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Observer Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. VOLUME 89, NO. 37
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Town of Windermere remembers 9/11. SEE 5A.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
78 years later, an honor World War II hero George Bray McMillan received a posthumous degree from The Citadel. 3A.
GAME OF THE WEEK Windermere vs. Dr. Phillips
Magical Mr. Dean
The Wolverines are building a new culture based on family. 1B.
Winter Garden sanitation worker Dean Boodhan has many young fans along his garbage route, which he has driven several times a week for 16 years. STORY ON PAGE 4A.
YOUR TOWN GET RID OF UNWANTED DOCUMENTS The Ocoee Police Department is hosting a paper-shredding event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the police station, 646 Ocoee Commerce Parkway, Ocoee. No registration is needed, and the drive-thru event is free. Acceptable items include all paper, file folders, paper clips and staples. The first box is free, and a donation of $5 is suggested for other boxes. There is a five-box limit for this shredding day. The donations will benefit the Ocoee Lions Club and the Woman’s Club of Ocoee.
Amy Quesinberry
Ro Nelson can be sound asleep but will wake up anytime he hears the garbage truck in his neighborhood. He has formed a special bond with Dean Boodhan, the Winter Garden sanitation worker known as Mr. Dean on his routes.
Town will proceed with boathouse suit
LEARN CPR FOR FREE! The Winter Garden Fire Rescue Department is offering a free hands-only CPR citizen training course Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Jessie Brock Community Center. There are two class options: 9:30 to 11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The course covers adult and child CPR, proper AED use, and adult and child choking. To register, visit enroll.wgplay. com. Pre-registration is required, and space is limited to 12 participants. The community center is at 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden.
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HAWKS CAN SWIM Horizon High’s girls swim team defeated Freedom 89-74 in a meet Wednesday, Sept. 7. The boys broke a school record. OrangeObserver.com
The Windermere Town Council last week approved a resolution to move forward with a suit. SEE PAGE 6A.
Orange County OKs Selnik project The development includes 110 homes across from Windermere High School. Page 2A.