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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
Bears Who Care honors founder this weekend. 3A.
FREE • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024
VOLUME 91, NO. 42
Michael Eng
Hurricane Milton claimed the billboard on State Road 50 in front of Jowers Batteries.
ONE LONG NIGHT
YOUR TOWN SEMINOLE ATTIRE NOW ON DISPLAY The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation has opened a new exhibition and will host a special reception at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17. “Seminole Attire: History and Culture Through Design” will be on display through Dec. 31 and features a history of the Seminole people plus handcrafted outfit and doll figures from a private collection. Special guests at the reception will include members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Refreshments will be served. The Winter Garden Heritage Museum is at 1 N. Main St., Winter Garden. For information, call (407) 656-3244.
WOHS TO TAKE OVER PLANT STREET
Thomas Lightbody | TK Photography
West Orange High School will host its annual Homecoming Parade and transform downtown Winter Garden into a sea of blue and orange. The parade will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in downtown Winter Garden. Staging begins at 4:30 p.m.
ROTARY PLANS POKER TOURNEY
Courtesy of Duke Energy
Duke Energy crews worked hard to restore power in Winter Garden after Milton.
Amy Quesinberry Price
Dawson Peek, 5, left, and Ethan Peek, 11, worked diligently to get their front yard cleaned up following the hurricane.
Hurricane Milton tore across Orange County in the early-morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 10, and caused damage in every community in West Orange and Southwest Orange. STORIES ON PAGES 4-5A.
Courtesy photo Amy Quesinberry Price
A huge tree limb narrowly missed crashing into Oakland’s Historic Town Hall building.
An oak tree landed on one of the flooded sheds in the West Orange High School FFA yard.
The Rotary Club of Winter Garden is hosting its 16th annual Texas Hold’Em charity poker tournament Friday, Oct. 25, at Tanner Hall, 29 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden Registration begins at 6 p.m., and cards fly at 7. The cost is a $75 donation with preregistration and $85 at the door — and this includes pizza, salad and two drinks. Prizes are Visa gift cards in the amounts of $250, $500, $750 and $1,250. To register, visit bit. ly/4eIQYBL.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Dr. Phillips seeks to stay perfect this week as it hosts Edgewater. 1B.