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Observer Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. VOLUME 89, NO. 43
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Local family carves out a Halloween tradition. 3A.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022
A story that never grows old Foundation Academy thespians will stage ‘Peter Pan’ Nov. 4 and 5. PAGE 5B.
Ocoee approves Isaak Malta subdivision
1961-2022
GOOD & FAITHFUL SERVANT
A series of approvals by the City Commission has paved the way for a new 48-home community in Ocoee. SEE PAGE 8A.
YOUR TOWN
Winter Garden’s Pastor Anthony Hodge dedicated the last few decades of his life to leading “lost sheep” to a relationship with God. STORY ON 4A.
FAMILY CELEBRATES GRANDSON’S EXCELLENCE
Sam Stage, grandson of Sue Hurley and the late Warren Hurley of Windermere and son of Sally Hurley (1978 graduate of West Orange High School) and Scott Stage, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was offered full scholarships to both Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston and is beginning his studies in violin performance at Berklee. Stage graduated summa cum laude from Enloe Magnet High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, section leader in the big band and member of the jazz combo. Stage also is the greatgrandson of Lawton and Mamie Shaw, who established Shaw’s Florist in Winter Garden in the early 1950s, and A.W and Clara Tilden Hurley, of Hurley Groves, as well as the greatgreat-grandson of Luther Fuller and Emily Tilden, all pioneers and community builders of the West Orange/Tildenville/Winter Garden area in the 1800s. His paternal grandparents, the late Fred and Ellie Stage of Centennial, Colorado, would be proud of his accomplishments.
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West Orange Dream Center to host inaugural gala Nov. 5
NEHRLING HEARS A HOOT!
Knights on the town
Nehrling Gardens in Gotha hosted its 2022 Owl Prowl last weekend. PAGE 7A
Ocoee High School took over the streets in downtown Ocoee to celebrate Homecoming. PAGE 6B
The Winter Garden nonprofit provides outreach programs. PAGE 6.