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Observer Windermere, Horizon West, Dr. Phillips
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VOLUME 10, NO. 11
YOUR TOWN LONE SAILOR PINS FIFTH CHIEF
The Lone Sailor Division of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps held a chief pinning ceremony Nov. 3 at Windermere Town Hall. Honored was the division’s fifth chief, Katherine Hone. Hone, 17, was promoted to chief petty officer. She was presented with her promotion by Lone Sailor Division Commanding Officer Jeff Hawk, with Hone’s mother, Meghan Hone, and Lone Sailor Officer Andy Stetzinger pinning her rank. Chief Petty Officer Zoie Quevedo of the Boca Delray Division presented Hone with her cover to mark the occasion. The ceremony was attended by Hone’s family and friends, Windermere Police Chief David Ogden, Orlando Police Department Sgt. James West, and Yomarel and Jared Justiniano, her employers at Nautical Bowls. Hone is a home-schooled high school junior and dual-enrolled at Southeastern University, where she is pursuing a degree in criminal justice. She plans to attend the police academy after graduation. The U.S. Sea Cadets program is the Navy’s youth development program that gives young Americans skills, knowledge and confidence through a variety of training opportunities.
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Courtesy photos
The group traveled to Atacama Desert in Chili in 2022: Bill Davis, left, George DuBois, Bill Martini, Gregg Anderson, Scott Hartog, Dave Farwick, Nic Tautiva, Armando Tautiva, Donny Davis and Don Lake.
The Arctic Brotherhood spent time on the Wind River Range, south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 2013. Making the journey were Kevan Spear, Armando Tautiva Jeff Wilson, Dave Farwick, Bill Davis, Donny Davis, Gregg Anderson and Don Lake.
Nine Windermere friends have taken 22 epic hiking adventures to national parks around the U.S., as well as to several other countries. They say this is the one week of every year they can be manly. STORY ON PAGE 4A.
Windermere leaders OK Town Hall renovations The Town Hall renovations and restroom construction will move forward, as well as the Chaine du Lac referendum. SEE AGE 7A.
RECORD BROKEN Windermere’s Alfredo Adrian and Francesco Sanchez pack a punch. SEE PAGE 1B.
Windermere High’s T.J. Drain scored 39 against Olympia to set a record. SEE PAGE 3B.
Dear Santa ... Horizon West residents enjoy first Christmas at Hamlin holiday festival. SEE PAGE 6B.