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By Jessica J.SaggioTHE CHRONICLE

With the retirement ofcurrent Superintendent BillVogel on the horizon, thesearch for his replacementis a hot-ticket item for con-cerned residents, parents,teachers and school boardmembers.

After 13 years of servingSeminole County Public

Schools, Vogel announcedhis retirement earlier thisyear to a whirlwind ofdebate surrounding hisreplacement and a possibleextension of his contract.

Several school boardmeetings and an influx ofpublic commentary later,the board voted to extendVogel’s contract anotheryear to make the transitiona more seamless process.

After arguing that changesin legislation could affectthe upcoming school yearand budget issues wouldprove a challenge, Vogel’scontract was extended untilJuly of 2012.

Since those decisionswere made in February ofthis year, the humanresources department hasorganized a series of threetown hall meetings. The

meetingshave beenorchestrat-ed to allowp u b l i ccommenton searchcriteria andqual i t ies

expected in a new superin-tendent.

The town hall meetingsare set for 6- 7:30 p.m. onNov. 8 at Oviedo HighSchool, Nov. 15 at LymanHigh School and Nov. 16 at

Seminole High School. All school board mem-

bers will be present at thetown hall meetings along-side the SuperintendentSearch AdvisoryCommittee. The commit-tee is made up of individu-als from 11 different organi-zations throughout thecommunity including vari-ous government entities,Chamber of Commercemembers, the PTA and

Town hall meetings set for public’s input

■ Please see SEARCH| A3

Ed Ruping | The Chronicle

CHANGES: The new Ale House will beconstructed where Safari Adventure once was.


After years of negotiations,plans and rumors, it’s official.Miller’s Ale House is coming toOviedo.

For more than three and a halfyears, negotiations have been brew-ing between land owner NicholasFranze, the city of Oviedo and thedevelopers of the new Miller’s AleHouse. But as of last Friday, the dealwas sealed and developers pur-chased Franze’s land for $600,000.

The land is located just east ofthe Tee It Up driving range onMitchell Hammock Road, alsoowned by Franze, where a minia-ture golf course once sat.

The company will be redevel-oping the land, which currentlyincludes a retention pond, that willbe moved from the front of theproperty to the back. Two addition-al parcels will also developed at alater date, said Franze.

“With the economy, it got heldup a little bit, but the Ale House

Miller’sAle Housecoming toOviedoRestaurant expectedto open Summer 2012

■ Please see ALE HOUSE | A6

By Laura GabaroniTHE CHRONICLE

Oviedo and Winter Springs residentsjoined thousands nationwide this past Saturdayin an effort to create safer streets in the com-munity.

These citizens took part in NationalPrescription Drug Take Back Day, a specialevent that enabled them to safely dispose ofunused prescription medications at any of sev-eral designated locations.

Based on preliminary figures, turnout wasstrong despite rainy weather, and more than100 pounds of medication were collected at theOviedo and Winter Springs police depart-ments.

“This is a program initiated by the DrugEnforcement Administration,” said Lt. MikeBeavers of the Oviedo Police Department. “It’sdesigned for folks who have expired or unusedprescription drugs and don’t know what to do

By Bel HustonTHE CHRONICLE

A crowd erupts in aboisterous cheer as a boyswings a bat, connects withthe ball, and is pushed inhis wheelchair to first base.Preschool children sitcrisscross applesauce, asthey’re entertained by apuppet show. Tears streamdown a mother’s face whenshe learns her daughterwill be the first in theirfamily to go to college.

All these joyous

moments have one unlikelything in common. They allhave been made possiblewith bit of help from a littlepacket of signature beansoup — a long-standing tra-dition from the OviedoWoman’s Club.

Next Saturday, Nov. 12,all of Oviedo will cometogether once again for the38th annual Great Day inthe Country. This yearlyarts and crafts festival, themain philanthropic venture

It’s a ‘Great Day’ in Oviedo

Vogel

Superintendent search begins

Dropping off drugs

CLEANING UP THE COMMUNITY


EXPIRED PRESCRIPTIONS: Kris Castiaux disposes a bag of unwanted prescription medication during Take Back Day in Oviedo and Winter Springs.

■ Please see DRUGS | A5

Ed Ruping | The ChronicleGIRL POWER: From left, Woman’s Club Members Angela Iverson, ReginaBereswill, Peggy Osborn, Pat McRee and Roberta McQueen. ■ Please see GREAT DAY | A6

Craft festival to bring creativity, fun to city

Effort takes drugs out oftrash cans and to the DEA

Great Day TIME & DATE:Saturday,Nov.12,20119 a.m.to 4 p.m.

LOCATION:Lawton Elementary School151 Graham Ave.Oviedo,Fla.

CONTACT INFO:

greatdayoviedo.org

407-365-9420

PRICE:Free admission

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POLICE BLOTTERWarren Lee Berghuis, 41, of the 100 block of Monsswood Circle,

Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 25, and charged with driving under the influence.

Ashton Jomar Boston, 21, of the 2600 block of Running SpringsLoop, Oviedo, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility onOct. 29, and charged with driving under the influence.

Albert Nmn Brinson, 47, of the 100 block of Tradewinds Road, WinterSprings, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.27, and charged with stolen property and larceny.

Thomas Michael Campbell, 32, of the 4400 block of Brook HollowCircle, Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk CorrectionalFacility on Oct. 28, and charged with driving under the influence.

Jason Paul Clendenin, 32, of the 2000 block of Squirrel Run, Geneva,was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 25, andcharged with failure to appear, larceny and a nonmoving trafficviolation.

Jason William Creel, 33, of the 1000 block of McCall Court, Oviedo,was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 29, andcharged with driving under the influence.

Nicholas Alan Crooke, 25, of the 1000 block of Burnett Street,Oviedo, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.29, and charged with driving under the influence.

Erica Lyn Defazio, 32, of the 100 block of Tradewinds Road, WinterSprings, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.27, and charged with stolen property and larceny.

Blake Ryan Doble, 18, of the 400 block of Fourth Street, Chuluota,was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 26, andcharged with drug equipment possession.

James Fitzpatrick 25, of the 3500 block of Foxcroft Circle, Oviedo, wasbooked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 29, andcharged with driving under the influence, hit and run, a moving trafficviolation and probation violation.

Jonathon David Haines, 20, of the 900 block of Willow Run Lane,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 26, and charged with an out of county warrant.

William Brodley Hames, 35, of the 400 block of Sheoah Boulevard,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 28, and charged with aggravated battery and obstructingjustice.

Kristopher Clay Jenkins, 35, of the 3000 block of Osceola Road,Geneva, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.25, and charged with conditional release violation.

Aurelia Elizabeth Kambic, 30, of the 2400 block of Morton Lane,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 27, and charged with possession of drugs.

Randy Eugene Klinger, 26, of the 1700 block of Murphy Street,Oviedo, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.25, and charged with burglary and larceny.

Roberto L Lagunes, 22, of the 900 block of Sharon Court, Oviedo, wasbooked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 29, andcharged with driving under the influence and a nonmoving trafficviolation.

Gregory Scott McGuinness, 28, of the 1600 block of Oviedo Grove,Oviedo, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.29, and charged with aggravated stalking, harassing communicationand loitering.

Hector Huiles Mercedes, 50, of the 1000 block of Ward Circle, Oviedo,was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 26, andcharged with grand theft.

Jane Lee Milton, 24, of the 1200 block of State Road 46, Geneva, wasbooked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 27, andcharged with an out of county warrant.

Susan Marie Lynch Patterson, 55, of the 400 block of Green SpringCircle, Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk CorrectionalFacility on Oct. 29, and charged with driving under the influence.

Diane Michelle Sewell, 42, of the 1300 block of Andes Drive, WinterSprings, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.26, and charged with a nonmoving traffic violation.

Joshua Paul Spadafora, 21, of the 1000 block of Darien Court, WinterSprings, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct.29, and charged with resisting an officer and disorderly intoxication.

Eric Joshua Washington, 24, of the 100 block of Stone Gable Circle,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 27, and charged with battery and resisting an officer.

James Alfred Whitaker, 39, of the 50 block of North Cortez Avenue,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 28, and charged with drugs possession, drug equipment andprobation violation.

Charles White, 45, of the 3000 block of Security Avenue, Oviedo, wasbooked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 26, andcharged with drug possession.

Donald Edwin White, 52, of the 300 block of Murcott Drive, Oviedo,was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Oct. 24, andcharged with burglary, larceny, burglary tools, damage to property.

Jeremy Matthew Wilkerson, 31, of the 600 block of Sailfish Road,Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facilityon Oct. 27, and charged with driving under influence.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAROngoing events

Two new provocative discussionscan be ‘Heard in Central Florida’ atCMF Public Media www.cmfme-dia.org.

End-of-life treatment is the topicat a public forum presented by theHemlock Society of Florida. Listento a discussion of the challenges ofchoosing a dignified death, treat-ment and care options, legal issuessurrounding advanced directives andhospice care. You’ll hear remarksabout helping patients and familiesmake difficult medical choices froma hospice care doctor, a nursing spe-cialist and a palliative care chaplain.

The 2012 Economic Forecast isthe topic of the Oviedo-WinterSprings Regional Chamber of Com-merce members’ luncheon. Hearpredictions and analysis from Dr.Sean Snaith, director of UCF's Insti-tute for Economic Competitiveness.

Also, continuing online at CMFPublic Media are these audio pod-casts:

-Lake Mary City Elections —Allan Plank and Blair Thomas Harleface off on Nov. 8 for election to thecity commission.

--Homelessness — up-dates onthe status of county funding andaffordable housing challenges inSeminole County.

-Gun Laws — the Oviedo PoliceChief, our State Representative and alocal gun owner discuss the pros andcons of the new gun legislation.

-Commentary — James Hart-mann, new Seminole county govern-ment manager, comments on whySeminole matters.

Mother’s Hands Teen MotherSupport Group, is a free supportgroup for teenage mothers who arepregnant or have children, is heldon the first Thursday of everymonth from 6:30–7:45 p.m. in theconference room of the EastBranch Library, 310 Division Street,Oviedo. Contact Tricia Poole at407-529-7142 [email protected] formore information.

The Oviedo Historical Societywill open its doors to the public onthe first Saturday of each month.On display will be much ofOviedo’s rich history, includinginformation and exhibits on theearliest Oviedo settlers and variouslandmarks throughout the city.

The Lawton House, located at200 West Broadway, will be openfrom 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more infor-mation, visit www.oviedoohs.com.

The Vine Outreach Thrift Storewill hold a free lunch and grocerygiveaway to those who need it. TheVine is located at 98 W. BroadwaySt., Oviedo. Lunch will be servedfrom 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. on the lastSaturday of each month. For moreinformation, call 407-971-8135.

Coffee Talk, a group for seniormen and women ages 55 and up, hasa weekly meeting on Tuesdays at10. Meetings are held at the Barnie’sCoffee on 1016 Lockwood Blvd. No.170, Oviedo. Attendance is free andopen to the public. For more infor-mation, please call 407-977-2484.

The Oviedo Farmer’s Market isopen on the first Saturday of each

month at the Lawton House. Themarket opens at 8 a.m. and closes at1 p.m. To be a vendor or to find outmore information, please contactLars White at [email protected] or 407-971-5612.

Jackson Heights Middle Schoolin Oviedo is looking for adults whoare interested in serving as a read-ing mentor to assist students whoare reading below grade level.Volunteers work one-on-one withan assigned student before schoolfor 30 minutes, one or more times aweek through the end of the schoolyear to build fluency and compre-hension skills.

Sessions are from 8:30-9 a.m.,Monday through Friday. Free train-ing is available. For more informa-tion, contact Connie O’Hanlon at407-492-3212.

University Carillon UnitedMethodist Church is offering park-ing passes for the UCF football sea-son. The parking is close to UCFgames and offers an easy exit.Season passes are $100 and individ-ual game parking costs $20. All pro-ceeds will benefit community min-istries. For more information, con-tact Karyn at 407-588-1703 or visitwww.ucumc.net.

GriefShare is a support groupfor those grieving the death ofsomeone close to them. The groupmeets at First Baptist Church inOviedo. For more information, call407-365-3484.

The R.E.A.D. Book Club is opento children in fourth through eighthgrades who love reading and wantto be taught the fundamentals of lit-erature. Meetings are weekly andcover one book per week. The clubis led by a teacher with more than30 years of experience. For moreinformation, contact CathyMcLarnon at 407-342-0483 or [email protected].

Happening this week

Thursday, November 3Come join the Florida Freewheel-

ers for a 25-mile group ride throughCross-Seminole and the Cady WayTrails. The ride starts promptly at 8a.m. at the Home Depot/Staplesparking lot.

The group maintains a designatedleader so that no one gets lost and allrules must be followed. All ridersmust wear a helmet and there will bea break during the ride.

For more information on thisweekly ride, call 407-491-4835 or visitwww.floridafreewheelers.com.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 12The Oviedo Garden Club is host-

ing a fall plant sale from 8:30 a.m. to 1p.m. A wide variety of plants will besold at good prices and will go backinto the community to support envi-ronment-related projects. The salewill be held on Broadway at AulinStreet across from Oviedo HighSchool. Parking is free and everyoneis welcome to drop by. For moreinformation, contact Lauratta Tice [email protected].

The Veterans of Foreign Wars,post 10139 in Chuluota, is hosting aVeterans Day event. There will be

food and drinks, entertainment, andfireworks will be shot after dusk.

For more information, call 407-365-3524.

The Oviedo Woman’s Club ishosting Great Day in the Countryfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the LawtonHouse grounds. The 38th annual artsand crafts festival will feature morethan 350 booths and entertainment.

Admission is free and parking isfree at Oviedo High School. Therewill also be a free shuttle from thehigh school to and from the festival.

The Oviedo Preservation Projectwill also unveil its 2012 calendar,which features the winners ofTOPP’s photo contest.

For more information, visitwww.greatdayoviedo.org.

Sunday, November 13Keep Seminole Beautiful is host-

ing an invasive species clean-up atBig Tree Park, 761 General HutchisonParkway in Longwood. For moreinformation, contact Kristie at 772-285-5628.

Monday, November 14St. Therese Circle of Annuncia-

tion Catholic Church will be holdingtheir 25th Annual Fashion Show andLuncheon, “Fashion Masquerade,” atthe Lake Mary Events Center, 260 N.Country Club Road, Lake Mary.

Proceeds from the door prizes,raffles, 50/50, money tree and silentauction will benefit local charities.The event starts at 11 a.m. with lunch-eon served at 12:15 p.m. Tickets are$28 and must be purchased by Octo-ber 28. Tickets will be sold at thedoor. For tickets and more informa-tion, please call 407-804-5506 or 407-829-2030.

Friday, November 18A Christmas craft sale will be held

at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, 575Tuskawilla Road, Winter Springs.

The sale will feature home decor,floral arrangements, a children’s bou-tique, a women’s boutique, Christ-mas decorations and items for yourdog.

The sale will be held from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. onSaturday. Everything is handmadeand prices are reasonable.

All proceeds will go to outreachfor Orange and Seminole counties.For more information, call 407-699-5683.

Saturday, November 19The Rotary Club of Seminole

County South is hosting an Art, Craft& Wine Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.on Nov. 19 and 20.

The festival will be held at CranesRoost Park and will feature morethan 90 crafters and artists as well asfood and entertainment.

For more information, check outRotary’s Art, Wine & Craft FestivalFacebook page.

Saturday, December 10Oviedo Parks and Recreation will

transform the Oviedo Mall into thatwinter wonderland called SnowMountain. Participants can enjoysled rides down the mountain, asnow play area, entertainment, carni-val games, art and craft vendors, pic-tures with Santa and more.

For more information, call 407-971-5575.

MIAMI (AP) —Florida Highway Patrolsays a Miami policeofficer was arrested atgunpoint and chargedwith reckless drivingafter going 120 mph onthe turnpike.

According to anFHP report, a trooperspotted a Miami policepatrol car changinglanes in a dangerousmanner around 6:30a.m. on Oct. 11.

FHP says the patrolcar ignored warningsand led a brief high-speed chase beforestopping nearHollywood.

FHP spokesmanMark Wysocky tellsThe Miami Herald thatthe trooper drew hergun as she approachedOfficer Fausto Lopez“for her own safety.”

According to FHP,Lopez said he wasspeeding because hewas late for his off-dutyjob.

Miami policespokesman DelrishMoss told TheAssociated Press onSaturday any adminis-trative action againstLopez will be takenpending the outcomeof the criminal case.

Miami officer chargedwith reckless driving

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Despite a hard hit fromthe economy and talks ofselling, Hugo Joe’s is hereto stay.

While Hugo Boesch,owner of Hugo Joe’s,knows that rumors havecirculated around theclosing of his restaurant,the idea of closing hisdoors was more of a night-mare than a reality. Withword on the street that hemay be closing, Boeschsaid his sales have beendown more than 50 per-cent for reasons he blameson the rumor.

In the past severalmonths, Boesch wasworking with an investorto potentially sell theproperty. However, thingstook a turn when the dealfell through and now therestaurant is focusing oninternal work, he said.

Slowly transitioning toa more European-focusedmenu, the restaurant isunder the gun to makesome changes.

Although known forfresh seafood and an oys-ter bar reviewers havedeemed “to die for,” therestaurant is tweaking itsmenu to include moreGerman-style cuisine.Now offering Germanspecialities every week-end, Boesch said that thechange is already garner-ing positive results.

With pleased guestsand a new style, Boesch istaking his business back tobasics.

“Every weekend we do

a German specialty andspecials and the peoplereally like it,” Boesch said.“When I bought the busi-ness three years ago, Ithought it was going to beGerman food and Germanbeer restaurant, but it justdidn’t catch on so Iswitched to seafood.”

However, as Boeschand his wife have dabbledback into their Europeanroots, menu items such asWeinerschnitzel andGoulasch are finally tak-ing off, he said.

Originally fromSwitzerland, Boesch andhis wife, Erika, a Germannative, came to the UnitedStates to pursue theirdream of opening arestaurant in a place theyenvisioned as one of thefriendliest and oppor-tunistic places in theworld. Previously owninga night club inSwitzerland, the duomoved to the U.S. andvery selectively choseOviedo as their newhome.

“I checked a lot ofplaces and we checked at

least 50 restaurants and itwas the most beautifulplace,” Boesch said. “It’s areally nice place, it’s a nicebuilding.”

Since then, the restau-rant has developed itselfinto another hometownstaple. Offering live bands,open mic nights and otherentertainment throughoutthe week, Hugo Joe’s is aplace for both fun andfood.

As time goes by,Boesch said he hopes toexpand his German offer-ings and continue his liveentertainment. However,the restaurant’s signatureoysters, seafood and other

dishes will remain on themenu as well.

Some reviews have criti-cized the restaurant, notingcustomer service issues andless-than-perfect food, butBoesch said that, unfortu-nately, that’s just the name of

the game. Because he is an inde-

pendent owner, he said hecan’t always bend over back-wards and give discountsand complimentary food theway bigger chains do.

While his honesty has

garnered criticism, hestands by his principles.

“I’m not the guy to takeeverything off and give awaymy food for free. I don’t dothat,” he said. “I can’t affordto do that, I have a businessand I have to pay my bills.”

Hugo Joe’s battles rumors with refocused menu

By Marisa RamiccioTHE CHRONICLE

Feeling frustrated overfinances? Need help man-aging a student loan? TheFinancial Whiz Kid may beable to help.

At age 11, Danny Singh,also known at the FinancialWhiz Kid, started handlinghis mother’s finances andby age 14, he refinanced hermortgage, eliminated herannual credit card fees andsecured more than $1,300in refunds on interest and

f e e s .S i n g h ’ sf inancials m a r t sattractedm e d i aattention aswell as theattention ofthose who

need help with their ownfinances.

Now a freshman atSeminole State College,Singh is working on a bach-elor’s in BusinessInformation Management

and intends on having acareer in the world of bank-ing and finance.

Singh also shares hiswisdom with others andwill do so at his seminar,titled “Finances forStudents.” The seminarwill take place from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at SSC’s Oviedocampus. Singh will discussthe basics of financial man-agement as well as creditcards and student loans.

For more informationon this seminar, visitwww.seminolestate.edu.

Singh

Whiz Kid discusses finances

Ed Ruping | The ChronicleMAN BEHIND THE BUSINESS: Hugo Joe’s restaurant owner, Hugo Boesch.

Replacement will start May 2012

many more, said JohnReichert, director ofhuman resources forSCPS.

Vogel said he will notbe participating in thesearch for his replace-ment.

“We’re pretty muchimplementing the firstphase of the timeline forhiring,” Reichert said.“The timeline the boardhas adopted is subject tosome minor adjustment,but it’s culminating withthe new superintendent’sappointment around Mayof 2012, so that person willhopefully have some timefor a little overlap with Dr.Vogel.”

Following the town hallmeetings, the

Superintendent SearchAdvisory Committee willmeet to finalize plans andadvertisements for theposition, which will bereleased in January,according to a timelineprovided by Reichert. InFebruary, the advertise-ments will close and thecommittee will be respon-sible for narrowing downthe search to approximate-ly eight to ten candidates.

In March, Reichert saidthe committee will reducethat number to four or fivequalified candidates thatwill be presented to theschool board at a specialmeeting held at the end ofthe month.

In April, it is expectedthat interviews will beconducted and by the firstschool board meeting inMay, a new superintend-

ent will be selected. While the demand for a

replacement began inFebruary, Reichert said heintentionally did not beginthe search immediately.Because qualified candi-dates may have other posi-tions in other area, he saidhe wanted the selectionprocess to move quickly sothat there was no gapbetween employment forthat individual.

“Sometimes you justdon’t get many applicantsif you advertise too early,”Reichert said. “Those per-sons, especially those sit-ting as superintendents,will have their own schoolboards who now knowthis person is wanting toleave, and then you have aperiod of time that couldbe a delicate situation forthat person.”

From SEARCH | A1

Hugo Joe’sHOURS:Mon.- Wed.:11a.m.to 10 p.m.,Thurs.- Fri.:11 a.m.to 1 a.m.Sat:11 a.m.to 11 p.m.Sun:11 a.m.to 9 p.m.

INFO:1802 West Broadway St.Oviedo,Fla.407-359-3366www.hugojoes.com



Fall is the season ofharvest and there’s nobetter way to celebratethe season than to startyour own garden. SundewGardens will show youhow to get started at itsIntro to SundewGardening workshop onNov. 13.

The workshop willfocus on how to growcrops, improve soil andget rid of pests. There willalso be a tour of the gar-den, chicken coop, bee-

hive, earthworm tubs andgambosia pond as well asa hands-on gardeningproject. A question-and-answer session will beginafter the activities andorganic fertilizers andtransplants will be avail-able for purchase after-ward.

The workshop will beheld from 10 a.m. to noon,and questions will beanswered at 1 p.m. The costof attendance is $20 and $10for an additional familymember. For more informa-tion or to RSVP, email [email protected].

Harvest gardenwith workshop


As Seminole Countymourns the loss of educatorRobert J. Schmidt, theadministration at SeminoleState College is expressingits gratitude at his generosi-ty. Schmidt, who passedaway two weeks ago, hasleft $2 million of his estateto SSC to be used as fundingfor future scholarships.

“Bob believed in people,in their goodness and intheir abilities,” said E. AnnMcGee, president ofSeminole State, in a release.“This gift, the largest indi-vidual donation in the col-lege’s 46-year history, willenable countless students torealize their dreams.”

First-generation stu-dents as well as students inthe Center For Public Safetyand AutomotiveTechnology programs willbe able to receive scholar-ships from the donation,which will also fund the col-lege’s first endowment forbaccalaureate students.

But this is not Schmidt’sfirst donation to SSC.

Schmidt, who taught draft-ing design and technologyfor 26 years at SeminoleHigh School and for severalyears at SSC, donated$100,000 to the college in2005. That money was usedto fund a scholarship for stu-dents enrolled at SeminoleHigh School, Lyman HighSchool, the CroomsAcademy of Informationand Technology and stu-dents in SSC’s Adult HighSchool and GED programs.Schmidt contributed moneyto that scholarship everyyear.

On Oct. 24, four daysafter his passing, SSC’sDistrict Board of Trusteespassed a resolution thathonors Schmidt for his gen-erosity to the college.

“What an incredible tes-timony to his commitmentto Seminole State and thecommunity, leaving a giftthat will endure beyond histime with us,” said JohnGyllin, executive director ofthe Foundation forSeminole State, in a release.“For generations, our stu-dents will have Bob to thankfor changing their lives.”

Educator leaves $2million to college


Keep Seminole Beautifuland Symantec partneredthis past weekend in aneffort to improve WekivaIsland.

Both groups sponsored agroundbreaking event thatcelebrated the first of manyimprovement projects thatwill take place on WekivaIsland.

Volunteers from UCF,Rollins College, the GirlScouts and more participat-ed in a river cleanup and the

planting of a rain garden,which uses native plants tofilter run-off before it entersthe Wekiva River.

The event also featuredguest speakers such asC o n g r e s s i o n a lRepresentative SandyAdams, Seminole CountyCommissioner John Horanand Keep SeminoleBeautiful executive directorMike Barr.

The goal of the eventeducated and inspire indi-viduals to become involvedin improving the environ-ment.

Groups clean Wekiva Island

with them.”These medicines are

then turned into the DEAfor proper disposal.

Pills and liquids wereaccepted at Take Backlocations, said Sgt.Nicholas Romano of theWinter Springs PoliceDepartment, but needlesand syringes could not beput into the depositboxes.

“Any prescriptionmedications turned inshould be in a sealed con-tainer,” Romano said.“People who want to dropoff needles can visit thelocal fire department forthe appropriate biohazard[materials].”

Beavers explained that,on many occasions, peo-ple who have unused pre-scription drugs don’tknow how or where todispose of them. This pro-gram provides an alterna-tive to other methods.

“It’s safer than pouringthem down the drain,where they can get intothe water,” Beavers said.“And it’s also better thandumping them in thegarbage, where peoplecan take them out and usethem.”

It’s an effort that is wel-come by the city ofOviedo, where policehave been monitoringcomplaints of suspiciousactivities in the parkinglots of some local phar-macies.

“We try to have aproactive approach, offer-ing a way to get thesemedications off thestreets,” Romano said.“We’d like to prevent

juveniles from gettingtheir hands on these med-icines and using them forrecreation.”

Since October 2010,Beavers said theCommunity ResponseTeam for OPD has made198 arrests and seizedmore than 15,000 pills.

“That is one reasonwhy the DEA’s disposalprogram is so important,”Beavers said. “It affordscitizens a safe and securemethod of disposing ofunused medications with-out the fear of them wind-ing up in the wronghands.”

Based on the DEA’sNational Take BackInitiative website, thisprogram was establishedin connection with theSecure and ResponsibleDrug Disposal Act, signedinto law by PresidentObama in October 2010.

Last Saturday’s event

was the third of its kind,with prior initiatives tak-ing place in September2010 and April 2011.Nearly 4,000 state andlocal law enforcementagencies nationwide haveparticipated in Take Backevents, collecting approx-imately 309 tons of pills atmore than 5,000 sites.

Results for this latestevent are still being evalu-ated on a national level,but initial estimates putthe total for Oviedo at 82pounds, while WinterSprings contributed anadditional 23 pounds.

The DEA has informedthat National Take BackDays will be held approx-imately once every sixmonths, pending a newinitiative that wouldstreamline the disposalprocess for unwanted pre-scription drugs.

Winter Springs Police,however, have decided

that this effort is worthramping up. Last October,they started “OperationMedicine Cabinet,” a sim-ilar program that offersresidents the ability todrop off medicationsevery day.

“Seven days a week,they can bring in theirunused medicines,”Romano said. “No ques-tions asked.”

He added that, togeth-er with local residents,law enforcement agencieswould keep working oninitiatives to help reducethe risk of prescriptiondrug abuse in CentralFlorida.

“We will continue toimplement programs tokeep our communitysafe,” he said.

For more informationon the DEA’s Drug TakeBack Initiative, visitwww.deadiversion.usdoj.gov.

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Police: Drug drop-off a big success


DITCHING THE DRUGS: Oviedo Police Sgt. Carl Rager watches as Fernando Rivera disposes of unwanted prescriptions at the Oviedo Police headquarters.


wanted to come, they werejust trying to find the righttime, and right now was thetime,” Franze said.

The new Ale House willfeature a new prototype ofthe restaurant, said RayHolden, president and CEOof Miller’s Ale House. Thestructure will expand near-ly 9,500 square feet, seatabout 300 and will house anoutdoor patio, bar and fire-place.

Holden said that work isset to begin this week withsome ground breaking andfoundation structuring, buthe hopes to begin seriousconstruction in April orMay.

“Our hope is to have itopen by the end of sum-mer,” Holden said.

Dominic Persampiere,mayor of Oviedo, said he ishappy to see a new busi-ness settling in Oviedo andsaid the company hasmoved very quicklythrough the processing incity hall. He said the devel-opers are about 90 percentthrough getting the go-ahead from the city and

only a few loose ends needto be tied.

“The plans have beensubmitted to the city andthey are in the process offinalizing some of theadjustments they made tothe plans and we should seesome construction on thesite within 30 to 45 days,”Persampiere said. “They’velaid out some pipe workand they’re doing some sur-veying and such now. Weare quite excited to bring inanother restaurant to thecity.”

Holden said that whilethe structure will be differ-ent from other Ale Housesin the area, such as theWaterford Lakes location,the menu will remain inher-ently the same. The restau-rant boasts a casual sports-oriented dining atmospherealongside a menu full ofsandwiches, steaks, seafood,pastas, desserts and drinks.With 53 locations now inexistence, the Oviedo loca-tion will be the chain’snewest addition.

“We’re excited aboutcoming to Oviedo,” Holdensaid. “We’ve actually beenworking on this for years.This is a great spot for us.”

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Ale House will have a new design, same menu

By Matthew CraftASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A waveof selling swept Wall Streetand stock markets aroundthe world Tuesday afterGreece said it would let thepeople vote on an unpopu-lar European plan to res-cue the Greek economy.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average fell 224 points,or 1.9 percent, after falling276 points the day before.The stocks of major banks,including Citigroup andJPMorgan Chase, were hitharder.

Intense selling roiledmarkets in Europe. Themain stock index wasdown 6.2 percent in Italy,4.6 percent in France, 4.2percent in Germany and2.4 percent in Britain.

The value of the dollarrose, and bond prices roseso dramatically that ana-lysts said they werestunned. Analysts said thebond action reflected fearsthat the turmoil in Greece

would tear at the fabric ofEurope’s financial system.

“The Greek referendumputs the connectionsbetween European coun-tries at risk, from free-tradeagreements to the com-mon currency,” said GuyLeBas, chief fixed incomestrategist at JanneyMontgomery Scott.

The prime minister ofGreece said unexpectedlyMonday that he would putthe European rescue planto a binding vote, the firstreferendum to be held inGreece since 1974.

The plan requires banksthat hold Greek nationalbonds to accept 50 percentlosses to the Greek econo-my afloat. It also beefs up aEuropean bailout fund andrequires banks to strength-en their financial cushions.

But international credi-tors have demanded thatGreece enact painful taxincreases and drastic cutsin public welfare pro-grams, and Greeks haveshown their hostility to

those measures in violentprotests and strikes.

If the European rescuefalls through and Greecedefaults on its debt, the rip-ple effect would be global.Europe could fall intorecession, hurting a majormarket for Americanexports, and banks couldseverely restrict lending.

In the United States, themarket sank Monday

before the surprise Greekannouncement. MF GlobalHoldings, a securities firmled by former New JerseyGov. Jon Corzine, was driv-en into bankruptcy in partbecause it held Europeandebt.

The selling acceleratedafter the Greek announce-ment, and the U.S. marketopened Tuesday with adrop of almost 300 points.

The market recoveredsome of those losses laterin the morning.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average was at 11,731 asof 11:30 a.m. Eastern. TheS&P 500 was down 27, or2.1 percent, to 1,226. TheNasdaq composite wasdown 57, or 2.1 percent, to2,627.

Pfizer Inc. was the onlycompany in the Dow torise. It gained 2.3 percentafter its quarterly resultsbeat Wall Street’s esti-mates.

Some of the selling instocks came becauseinvestors were eager tolock in profits after analmost uninterrupted rallyin October. The Dow hadits best month in nineyears, and the Standard &Poor’s 500 index its best in20 years.

In the bond market, theyield on the 10-yearTreasury note sank to 2percent from 2.16 percentlate Monday, a steep drop.Bond yields fall when their

prices rise as investors buyassets that are consideredto better hold their valueduring a slowing economy.The dollar rose to $1.36 forevery euro.

The yield on the 30-yearTreasury bond sank from3.38 percent Friday to 3percent Tuesday.

“That’s the biggestchange that I’ve seen in mycareer,” LeBas said. “It’sobscene.”

The yields of Italiandebt spiked to their high-est level this year, anothersign that investors areconcerned that the debtcrisis could spread to thelarger economies ofEurope. The yield on 1-year Italian governmentbonds soared 48 percentto 5.17 percent.

The yield on the 10-yearGerman bund plunged to1.78 percent, a 23.5 percentfall from the day before.The German economy isseen as the strongest inEurope and the most likelyto repay its debt.

Greek turmoil sends US, world markets lower

of the Oviedo Woman’sClub, offers a day of fun forthe entire family, featuringhundreds of vendor booths,live entertainment andfood.

“It really is a celebrationof Oviedo and everythingthat we can accomplishtogether,” said festivalchairperson AngelaIverson.

The Woman’s Club hasbeen making a positiveimpact in the area for years.

A while back, it wasn’tchickens that roamed freein Oviedo — it was hogs. Awomen’s literary group wasthen hired to help penthem up so that the animalswouldn’t run loose in thetown.

This same group ofwomen was responsible forother projects to help theircommunity, such as arrang-ing for their town to havewooden sidewalks, allow-ing its club house to alsoserve as the town’s firstlibrary and organizing afundraiser called MarketDay that raised $500 for thetown to purchase a new firetruck.

Today, instead of hogs,chickens roam freely inOviedo, and the firstfundraiser for a fire truckhas grown into an eventthat helps fund a multitudeof projects, from clinics forthe uninsured to scholar-ships for college-boundwomen. That women’s lit-erary group is now the 110-member strong OviedoWoman’s Club, and its orig-

inal fundraiser Market Dayhas morphed into GreatDay in the Country, a festi-val that attracted 65,000attendees last year.

While the event hasgrown every year, onething hasn’t changed, andthat is the festival’s tenden-cy to bring friends andneighbors together, makinga positive impact on thecommunity in the process.The event touches count-less lives, perhaps in wayspeople may not be awareof.

On any given Saturdayin the spring, you can catcha baseball game of theOviedo ChallengerDivision, a league for kidswith mental and physicaldisabilities. The OviedoWoman’s Club, throughfunds from Great Day inthe Country, has been asupporter of the league foryears.

Oviedo Little Leaguepresident Todd Cluxtonsaid that kids who partici-pate in the Challengerleague pay discounted reg-istration fees in order to beable to play.

“Boys and girls pay reg-istration each year, butChallenger pays only $25because we know that theyhave more needs at homethan kids that don’t havechallenges,” he said. “Withthe sponsors’ money andthe money from theOviedo Woman’s Club, webuy uniforms and every-thing they need to actuallyplay.”

During the games, eachchild is paired with a“buddy,” a local varsity high

school baseball player. Thatplayer will escort aChallenger player through-out the game, showing thechild where to go on thefield, assist with throwingand hitting, and helpinghim get from base to base.

It’s a memorable timefor the kids in the league,the volunteers, and all whocome to watch the game.

“If you came out to oneChallenger game, andwatched the smiles onthese kids’ faces who don’tget to really do much any-way, to see how excitedthey are to be able to playbaseball, you would knowexactly what I’m talkingabout,” Cluxton said.

Families who have chil-dren in the SeminoleCounty school system havebeen touched by Great Dayas well.

The Literacy Alliance, anonprofit organization thatshares its passion for read-ing through its various pro-grams, received funds thispast year that allowed it topurchase a new puppetstage, puppets and a wire-less microphone system.

The Book BustersStorytelling Troupe, agroup of teens from areahigh schools, uses the stageand puppets to conveytheir love of reading in theform of 30-minute presen-tations that include skits,magic and science tricksand songs.

The group practices formore than a month to cre-ate this program, which isthen performed atSeminole County daycares,after-school programs at

elementary schools andPTA events.

“It teaches these kids alot, like teamwork andbuilding together and thewhole idea of volunteeringtheir time doing somethingfor somebody else,” saidDiane Keyes, president ofthe Literacy Alliance.

Iverson said that themajority of the OviedoWoman’s Club’s fundingsupports programs thathelp women and children,and also programs thataren’t necessarily connect-ed to a larger organizationthat can assist with raisingmoney.

“We’re looking for thoseniche needs, the needs thatcan’t normally be filled, tosee how we can help,” shesaid.

Oviedo Fire Chief LarsWhite said the FireExplorers Program alsoreceived a portion of thefunds raised at Great Day, amodest sum of $200.While that amount mightseem low, he said that heasked that the amountgiven to his program bereduced after seeing howthe money was distributedat the Oviedo Woman’sClub’s Philanthropic Tea.

“Several years ago, welearned what great needthere was around the com-munity. We saw all thescholarships they werepassing out to some veryneedy organization,” Whitesaid. “It was our recom-mendation to decrease theamount that was being pro-vided to us.”

White said the FireExplorers used their

money this year to pur-chase a robotic public edu-cation device, a fire enginethat features Smoky theDog. The Explorers will bedemonstrating it at theirbooth at next weekend’sGreat Day.

“It is an amazing event.I’ve seen it for 25, 30 yearsand watched it grow,”White said. “What theseladies accomplish is phe-nomenal to me, and in turn,they invest that money intothe community, for somany critical needs. Andthere’s a lot of them.”

Iverson said that theOviedo’s Woman’s Clubwas not alone in organizingthe event.

“The interesting thing is,110 women did not put onthe festival by themselves.Yes, we plan it; there’sabout 46 of us involved in

the planning aspect,” shesaid. “There are approxi-mately 20 to 22 commit-tees. It takes that manycommittees to put eachpiece of the festival togeth-er.”

She adds that her organ-ization is very blessed tohave so much help from thecommunity, including theOviedo Photography Club,which will help documentthe event, as well as volun-teers from the Rotary Club,the Kiwanis Club, the Cityof Oviedo, the Oviedo FireDepartment and theOviedo Police Department.

“There’s just so muchsupport from the commu-nity,” Iverson said. “It reallyis just very heartwarmingand overwhelming to seethat people really enjoyGreat Day and want tomake it a success.”

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Money raised for community’s needs

Ed Ruping | The ChronicleGIVING BACK: Proceeds from Great Day go back into the community.


IN WITH THE NEW: Construction on the Oviedo Ale House should start within the next 30 to 45 days.

Richard Drew | Associated PressIT’S ALL GREEK: Jonathan Corpina, left, works with fellow traders on the floorof the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. Worries that a planned Greekreferendum could scuttle a plan to resolve Europe's debt crisis rattled marketsTuesday morning. Stocks indexes plunged in the U.S. and Europe.


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SEEING INSIDE: Jordan Treibitz, front, and his brother, Nathan, look at X-rays during the Evans Elementary Spooky Science Spectacular.

WASTING AWAY: Anh Nguyen is a forgotten prisoner at the Carnival of Screams at Riverside Park in Oviedo.

BAT FOR LASHES: Bat girl Marina Ramirez batsher eyes for the camera as she stands before thejudges at a Halloween event at Riverside Park.

GHOULISH GUESS: Craig Taclof and son Nathanweigh a pumpkin after taking a guess at itsweight at the Evans Elementary Spectacular.

FAT JACK: Hayden Logue weighs his pumpkinafter guessing its weight as grandfather MikeMcClafferty and Priya Salooja look on.

DEATH BY SPIDER BITE: Black widows Shauna D’Amato and Susan Goyettapet Wilbur, the spider at the Carnival of Screams at Riverside Park.

TOXIC TRAP: A hazardous cleanup worker warns people to keep out of theannual Carnival of Screams at Riverside Park in Oviedo.

DAWN OF THE DEAD: Barrett Spray before awakening from the dead for theCarnival of Screams at Riverside Park in Oviedo.

WEIRD SCIENCE: Madeline Lerz prepares to create an acid-base reductionusing vinegar and baking soda at the Evans Elementary.

OVIEDOFootball

Oviedo (6-2, 3-0) rallied pastOak Ridge, 29-26, last week ina Class 7A, District 3 game.

Pop WarnerThe Oviedo Lions' Pee Wees

team lost to the Apopka BlueDarters, 38-34, in a Division Ifirst-round Mid-FloridaConference playoff game.Oviedo's Midgets squaddefeated Apopka, 19-13, in afirst-round contest, and thenlost to the South Central Tigersof Orlando, 32-0, in the secondround.

VolleyballOviedo (21-6) fell to Winter

Springs, 3 games to 2, in theClass 7A, District 4championship match.

HAGERTYFootball

Hagerty (3-5, 2-2) beatSeminole, 41-28, last week ina Class 8A, District 2 game.

Pop WarnerThe Hagerty Huskies' Pee

Wees team lost to the LakeBrantley Patriots, 22-0, in aDivision II first-round playoffgame. Hagerty's Midgetssquad shut out the RidgeYouth Lightning, 18-0, in asecond-round contest, edgedthe previously undefeatedSouth Lake Eagles, 26-22, in athird-round game, and thennipped the Leesburg Jackets,13-12, in the Mid-FloridaKumquat Bowl for theconference title at the FloridaCitrus Bowl in Orlando. TheHuskies' Mighty Mites teamhas been invited to play in abowl game against theUniversity Cougars of Orlandoon Saturday.

VolleyballHagerty (14-4) fell to

DeLand, 3-0, in the Class 8A,District 2 championshipmatch.

THE MASTER’SACADEMYFootball

The Master’s Academy (4-5,1-2) defeated The FirstAcademy-Leesburg, 22-14,last week to move into thirdplace in the Sunshine StateConference standings.

VolleyballThe Master's Academy lost

to South Daytona WarnerChristian, 3-1, in the Class 3A,District 4 championship game.

WINTERSPRINGSFootball

Winter Springs (1-7, 0-3)lost to Lake Howell, 35-28, lastweek in a Class 7A, District 3game.

Pop WarnerThe Winter Springs Grizzlies'

Midgets team fell to LakeBrantley, 14-12, in a Division IIfirst-round playoff game.

TRINITY PREPFootball

Trinity Prep (4-5) crushedCornerstone Charter, 44-6, lastweek.

LAKE HOWELLFootball

Lake Howell (3-5 overall, 1-2in Class 7A, District 3) visitsEdgewater at 7:30 p.m., Friday,for a district game.

Pop WarnerThe Lake Howell Silver

Hawks' Junior Pee Wees teamlost to the South OrangeBears, 12-0, in a Division IIfirst-round playoff game.

— Compiled by JeffGardenour

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KEEPINGSCORE

By Erika EsolaTHE CHRONICLE

Devon Dwyer is anhonor student with a 3.7grade point average and ateam captain. The seniorholds Oviedo’s schoolrecord for tackles in a singlegame with 29 and leads theLions with 124 on the year.

He’s been a consistentdefensive force at middlelinebacker for the Lions allseason and has caught theattention of a few collegefootball programs; however,he has yet to receive a singlescholarship offer to playfootball.

Not one.“I’m talking to a lot of the

high academic schools likeWest Point and Colgate,”Dwyer said. “[The recruit-ing process] has been pick-ing up a lot more towards

the end of the season. But nooffers yet.”

Dwyer has flown underthe radar throughout hisfootball career, partlybecause of constantly mov-ing (he’s lived in six differ-ent states), changingschools (he previouslyattended Lake Howell) andreceiving limited playingtime at Oviedo.

Dwyer’s senior season,his first chance at stardomfor the Lions, has not been adisappointment. The seniorwas named captain ofdefense and constantly hasbeen improving his playthroughout his breakoutyear.

“It feels good,” Dwyer

Dwyer shinesunder the radar

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LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Nick Romero, far left, Jonathan Elardoand James Spencer are the Eagles’ senior leaders.


Sports

By Steven RyzewskiTHE CHRONICLE

For any first year coach, tran-sition is challenging.

Perhaps one of the harderparts is getting the support ofthe upperclassmen, those whohad spent years under anothersystem.

Luckily for Master’s Acade-my first year coach Malik Sher-man, who took over the pro-gram in the spring, he inheritedseniors James Spencer, NickRomero and Jonathan Elardo.

All three, according to Sher-man, have bought into the pro-gram’s new direction, leadingthe way during an obvious tran-sition year that has the Eaglessitting on a 3-5 record headinginto their final regular seasoncontest.

“I think their consistencyand their willingness to endurethe transition to change that theprogram is going through[stands out the most],” Shermansaid. “As a senior you want to besuccessful and have a greatexperience, but these guys haveshown that they have the ‘stick-to-it-ness’ that they’re going tobe committed to it and they’regoing to be committed to theidea of the program.”

Sherman, who played hiscollegiate football for the SouthCarolina Gamecocks and previ-ously coached a state championtrack and field team in South

Carolina, says the three seniorshave excelled this season inpractice, in the huddle and oncethe ball is snapped.

“Those guys are three of themost productive players that wehave in the program,” Shermansaid of the trio’s production onthe field.

Spencer, who plays runningback and defensive back for theEagles, has overcome a concus-sion this season and used thetime off the field to find otherways to help his teammates andrefers to himself as a “servantleader”.

“When I had my concussion,I was there just bringing towels… Bringing water; just beingthere for them,” Spencer said.“[What] I love about football ismainly the team bonding, thefellowship and unity we havetogether; it’s a lot of fun, I lovethat stuff.”

Spencer, who also playsguard for the varsity basketballteam, is considered by Shermanto be the best athlete in theschool in any sport.

“Because of his athletic abili-ty he can accomplish and han-dle more tasks and assignments,responsibility when you talkabout X’s and O’s,” Shermansaid. “James is a gifted athleteand we were just glad that hewas able to come over from bas-ketball for the first time in thelast four or five years to playfootball.”

Where Spencer may be theteam’s best pure athlete,Romero excels as the program’sstrongest player. Fittinglyenough, Romero enjoy his timeon the defensive side of thefootball.

“I like hitting people,”Romero said about his fondnessfor playing linebacker.

Romero also plays runningback, though, and powers hisway into the end zone frequent-ly, most recently in a 22-14 victo-ry over First Academy last Fri-day.

“He’s an anchor for theteam… He’s one that is veryfocused, very intelligent, veryphysical and he definitely, heloves to hit,” Sherman said. “Wedefinitely want ten more [play-ers] just like him to put on thefield.”

Romero is also on the Eaglesbasketball team and playspower forward.

Where Spencer brings ath-leticism and Romero bringspower, Elardo brings a uniquedynamic as the team’s quarter-back and kicker. The skill set hebrings has opened up things abit for the Eagles, specificallyon fourth down.

“Jonathan gives us manyoptions … And he does themwell, so we want to make surethat we take advantage of thoseskills that he has and he has def-

Three seniors lead new-look Master’s Academy squad

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Ed Ruping | The ChronicleBRING IT BACK: Devon Dwyer returnsan interception against Seminole.


Local previews: Week 10 football matchups

Hagerty Huskies (4-4) at LymanGreyhounds (3-6)

The buzz: Here is a matchup whereboth programs had their struggles duringthe season, but are trying to finish strongcoming off of respective wins.

Now, that road to a strong finish runsthrough each other.

Lyman beat University (Orange City)convincingly last week, 29-14. TheHuskies were victorious, too, using a laterally to get past Seminole, 41-28. Thequestion for the Greyhounds coming intothis one is how to defend Hagerty’s dualthreat, with RB Garrett Moon fresh off athree touchdown performance and JasonDriskel, who can hurt you with his arm oron his feet.

Lake Howell Silver Hawks (3-5) atEdgewater Eagles (5-3)

The buzz: The Silver Hawks aregoing to try to make it three-in-a-rowwhen they travel to Edgewater and takeon the Eagles.

Lake Howell beat Winter Springs by alate interception last week in a closely-played game, 35-28. Edgewater won by asimilar score in an equally close game,beating Apopka in overtime, 35-29. Ifyou’re the Silver Hawks defense, youhave to be wondering how to control JonAltman who scored four touchdowns forthe Eagles last week.

Trinity Prep Saints (4-5) at JohnCarroll Catholic Golden Rams (2-6)

The buzz: The Saints will make quitethe road trip when they travel to FortPierce to take on the Golden Rams. Trin-ity Prep is fresh off demolishing Corner-stone Charter, 44-6. John Carroll, howev-er, is in the midst of a four game losingstreak, most recently having fell 22-0 toPort St. Lucie. The Saints should find suc-cess scoring against the Rams defense,which has struggled all season giving upbig numbers. The question, then, is howwell Trinity Prep defends. If they defendwell, it could mean a third straight winand finishing the season at .500.

Seffner Christian Crusaders (5-3)at Master’s Academy Eagles (3-5)

The buzz: The Eagles look to finishstrong on senior night this season beforethe playoffs, after pulling out a 22-14 winover First Academy (Leesburg). Mean-while, the Crusaders suffered a 45-31 lossat Cambridge Christian, their secondsuch loss following a mid-season fivegame win streak. For Master’s, they lookto finish strong at home and Seffner willhave to deal with containing speedy run-ning back James Spencer and powerfulrunning back Nick Romero. The Eagles,on the other hand, will be tested defen-sively by a team that is more than capableof putting 40 or 50 points on the board.

By Steven RyzewskiTHE CHRONICLE

The high school footballpicture keeps getting moreand more clear as we nearthe end of the 2011 regular

season. For two area teams,Week Ten will mark thefinal week of the regularseason, as Master’s Acade-

my and Trinity Prep finishup their slates. Two areateams will face off when theWinter Springs Bears try to

right the ship against pow-erful Oviedo, and both LakeHowell and Hagerty look tofinish their seasons strong,

coming off respective wins. With that in mind, here

is the Seminole Chronicle’sWeek Ten preview:

Winter Springs Bears (1-7) atOviedo Lions (6-2)

The buzz: The Lions won a back and forth bat-tle against Oak Ridge last week, with a huge nightfrom freshman Jurell Green and a key kick returnby A.J. Coney setting up a 29-26 victory. Mean-while, despite running back Charles Dell’s twotouchdowns, Winter Springs could not hold onand lost on a late interception to Lake Howell, 35-28. While Oviedo has a ton of offensive weaponsincluding C.J. Slater and Coney, the big question inthis contest will be how the Bears attempt to con-tain Green, who piled up 274 yards last week andhas been on fire lately.


FINISHING STRONG:Oviedo looks to earn their seventh win of theseason against Winter Springs this week.

said. “It makes me feel likemy hard work is finally pay-ing off.”

The 17-year-old hasbeen playing football sincethe first grade, and hasplayed just about everyposition on the gridiron.Playing defense alwaysstood out to Dwyer,though.

“I played just aboutevery position since firstgrade and I’ve played mid-dle linebacker since then,that’s always been con-stant,” Dwyer said. “I likeplaying defense and I liketo hit people. It’s great.”

His love for hittingshowed a few weeks backagainst East River, whenDwyer accounted for 29 ofOviedo’s tackles, a schoolrecord. 28 of the 29 tackleswere unassisted.

“I knew it was a biggame and I knew we had tocome out and play hard and

physical,” Dwyer said.Oviedo lost 24-14, but a

local program took noticeof Dwyer’s phenomenalperformance. The follow-ing week, Dwyer received aphone call. It was UCF.They invited Dwyer tocheck out the campus andcome to their homecominggame.

“[The UCF visit] wasgood,” Dwyer said. “I got totalk to the coaches for a lit-tle bit and go on the side-lines.”

Although the Knightsare interested, like everyother school that checkedout Dwyer, they haven’toffered yet.

It’s just fuel for Dwyer’sfire.

“I’m sending out mytape to a lot of schools,”Dwyer said. “And I’m justgoing to keep playing hard.”

Until then, the seniorwill look dominate again asOviedo completes theirdistrict schedule, this week,at Winter Springs.

Oviedo’s Dwyer waiting foroffers after breakout season


initely allowed us to dosome different things thatwe generally could notdo,” Sherman said.

Elardo previously spenta year in Champaign, Ill.,and has transitioned wellinto the program. Theschool Elardo went to didnot have a football teamand the senior notes thathe’s just happy to be play-ing the game again.

“Champaign is prettymuch corn … Corn every-where,” Elardo said. “Defi-nitely the surroundings [inthe Orlando/Oviedo area]are very different.”

Master’s Academy hashad some disappointinglosses this season, includ-ing a 43-17 defeat at thehands of OrangewoodChristian, a team theyunanimously agreed uponas their biggest rival.

Still, they say the sea-son has been fun and suc-cessful in other ways.

“Just having fun andcompeting every game,”Elardo said. “That’s onething that I think, for thisprogram, that we’ve donereally well, is we’ve alwaysbeen able to compete allfour quarters.”

Spencer added, “It’sbeen rough at times but Iknow that we’re dogs andwe fight it out.”

While Sherman hasbeen impressed with thetrio’s performance on thefield, he says it’s their off-the-field leadership thathas been most valuable tothe team and the school.

“[They have] the kindof character we want inthe program, the kind ofcharacter you want tohave your kids around, thekind of character we wantthe Master’s football pro-gram to be known for,”

Sherman said.As seniors, all three are

also turning their attentiontowards the future.Spencer would like toattend Rollins and studyphysical therapy, Elardohas his sight set on TaylorUniversity in Indianawhere he’d like to studyBible history and Romerohas it narrowed down toeither Florida State orFlorida Atlantic, hoping tostudy business.

But according to Sher-man, all three may have toreconsider their planssoon.

“There is some[recruiting] interest in,actually, all three of them… In the next two to threeweeks we’ll hear moreabout their recruiting bat-tles and some of thecoaches that are coming tosee them,” Sherman said.“That’s very exciting andthat’s part of our goal …We’re excited to havethose recruiters come inand talk to these kidsbecause they will get out-standing people, not justathletes, out of theseguys.”

Seniors help newcoach’s transitionFrom MASTER’S ACADEMY | A8

Courtesy The Master’s AcademySERVANT LEADER: James Spencer has helped lead the Eagles, even whenhe was out with a concussion earlier in the season.

Courtesy The Master’s AcademyTHE BIG MAN: Nick Romero is the Master’s Academy’s strongest playerand also plays power forward on the basketball team.

Courtesy The Master’s AcademyQUARTERBACK AND KICKER: Jonathan Elardo is a two-way standout playing two of the most stressful positions onthe gridiron: quarterback and kicker.

Ed Ruping | The ChronicleYES, SIR: Devon Dwyer is shown at practice with assistant coach Tom Jarzynka.

From OVIEDO | A8

LifestylesNovember 3 - 9, 2011

By Amy KD TobikTHE CHRONICLE

Tracy Wilmes’ facelights up as he enthusias-tically describes his latestendeavor — moving hispottery business to home.

“It was time,” Wilmessaid as he looked aroundhis trendy new 1,400-square-foot studio spacelocated on Alafaya Trail inOviedo.

Wilmes’ work is well-known in the communityunder his signature name,Pots by Tracy. Two yearsago, he moved his garagestudio to Sanford andlaunched a pottery busi-ness called Cup O’Pottery.

This month he wasable to move to Oviedo.

Wilmes said he alwayswanted his studio to bepart of the communitywhere he and his familylive and whose strategicplan involves the arts.Being connected to the‘Top 100 cities to relocateto,’ he added, would bethe icing on the cake.

“We found the idealspot; we love it. It’s sand-wiched between UCF, SR434 and Red Bug LakeRoad. It’s minutes fromhome and the kids’schools,” Wilmes said.“Keeping our family andour business successfulhas been challenging andI feel fortunate that wehave been able to balancethe two.”

Nearly seven years ago,

Wilmes, a lifelong artist,stopped teaching art full-time in the public schoolsto be a stay-at-home dadto children Camden, 6,and Kirra, 4. Moving CupO’Pottery home toOviedo, he said, wasalways his ultimate goal.

With a large kiln, sev-eral large work tables, aslab roller, potter’s wheels

and buckets of glazestacked nearby, Wilmesplans to open for businessthis week.

The bright, open stu-dio space has been deco-rated with several ofWilmes’ expressive paint-ings and soon the largeshelving units will house

Former teacher opens Oviedo pottery studio

By Amy KD TobikTHE CHRONICLE

The boy dashed over to the specta-tor and with great enthusiasm, thrusthis plastic creation high up toward herface.

“This is a bad octopus because he’strying to attack the ship. The ship hasmore than 100 damages from theoctopus but it’s going to beat the octo-pus,” said 5-year-old Gavin Knight.

Knight was having a blast buildingspaceships as well as his imaginationalong with more than 100 students atthe most recent Brick Buddies Clubheld at Stenstrom Elementary.

The club, which meets twice amonth, was started by parent BetsyJewell. She describes her two sons asLEGO enthusiasts who wanted thechance to create with other children.

Jewell said when her family lived inWisconsin, she investigated how tostart a club for her sons. With theassistance of a librarian inPennsylvania, she created a successfulgrassroots club, which met at the locallibrary.

“When we moved here, my sonasked if we would have another cluband I said yes, but this time with othervolunteers,” Jewell said.

She met with StenstromElementary Principal Sharon Tannerand with her approval, she started theclub, supported by the administrationand PTA.

“Dr. Tanner said this is exactly thetype of project that supports Kestaffand extended learning, and really withhardly any budget at all,” Jewell said.

Stenstrom Elementary’s BrickBuddies club builds skills,

creativity of students

■ Please see POTTERY | A12

BLOCK BUDDIES: Gavin Parr, far left, digs through a boxof LEGOs while Nicholas Martins and MichaelangeloDelgado , far right, work among the pieces and parts.

■ Please see LEGO | A13

Photos by Ed Ruping | The Chronicle


ARTISTIC DEBUT: Tracy Wilmes, owner of Cup O’ Pottery, works at setting uphis new Oviedo studio.

Cup O’Pottery

1977 Alafaya Trail, Suite 1091Oviedo, [email protected]

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Nothing’s more roman-tic than a picnic. Thisweekend, take your dateout for a picnic under thestars, complete with wine,gourmet goodies, and evena movie to enjoy — all in abeautiful garden setting.

Visit Leu Gardens inOrlando for its monthlydate night. On the firstFriday of each month, thegardens presents a movieon its beautiful grounds,inviting attendees to bringalong a picnic so that theycan enjoy dinner during themovie. November’s datenight movie is the 2009 ver-sion of Sherlock Holmes,starring Jude Law andRobert Downey Jr.

First things first, though.You’ll want to pack the per-fect picnic basket to takewith you. There’s no betterplace in Oviedo to pack afabulous dinner on-the-gothan Cavallari Gourmet.

Joan Harley and JoeySberna, owners ofCavallari, both made sug-gestions for the perfectitems to take along to LeuGardens.

Harley recommendedthree picnic basics —bread, wine and cheese —and several other sugges-tions to pack to enjoy anight out at the gardens.

“We have all kinds ofjarred items that can be putinto nice picnic basket. Wehave olive spreads,bruschettas, jellies. Salsasand chips. Artichokeparmesan spread. There’s aworld of fresh breads aswell,” Harley said. “There’shummus; you could do ahummus basket. You coulddo just a dip and chip bas-ket. It just depends on whatyou enjoy eating. We canpretty much fill anyone’srequests.”

During a tour of thestore, Sberna took the timeto point out a few cheesesto enjoy on a picnic.

“You can’t go wrongwith cheddar; typically theolder it is the drier it is,”Sberna said. He suggested asharp cheddar, but if you’renot a fan, lean toward ayounger cheese.

“Everybody loves gouda,they just don’t necessarilyknow they do,” he said.“Manchego is a wonderfulcheese from Spain, whatparmesan is to the Italians.Or try soft goat cheese withsome red pepper jelly andsome crackers.”

Next, your wine selec-

tion. “We’re not wine snobs

here at all. They don’t getmuch more expensive than25 bucks. And I’ve got tonsof great wines between 9and 15 dollars,” Sberna said.“Easy, uncomplicatedwines, nice reds, nicewhites. Just sit there andenjoy. We do Italian winesreally well.”

Not a wine fan? Not aproblem. Cavallari hasmore than 150 labels of craftand imported beer. Sbernajoked, if you’re afraid ofcommitment, you can tryjust one — the store sellsdiscounted six packs, soyou can mix and matchbeers.

Sberna also recom-mended their custom-made sub sandwiches for aquick and easy picnicoption, including a pro-sciutto di parma, a hand-carved roast beef, orCavallari’s famous chickensalad. All bread is bakedfresh every night and deliv-ered each morning.

Cavallari’s olive bar —the best in town, Sbernasaid — boasts 30 differentvarieties of olives, plusother delectable selectionslike peppadews, spicygreek peppers, artichokeswith the stems and roastedgarlic.

Love coleslaw? Thestore makes theirs fresh,shredding the cabbages andcarrots themselves, some-thing Sberna said doesn’thappen very often at otherestablishments.

Last, but certainly notleast — dessert, somethingno picnic would be com-plete without. Cavallari’soffers a case stocked full ofa dessert selection thatincludes eclairs, napoleons,individual servings oftiramisu, black and whitecookies, rainbow layercookies, Italian cookies andpound cakes.

“If you [want] to comepack a picnic, we’ll set youup with as much ice as youwant to make sure yourstuff goes down to LeuGardens and stays cool the

whole time you’re there,”Sberna said.

With picnic in hand, youcan head over to enjoy yourdinner and movie.

While the movie pres-entation starts at 7:30 p.m.,you’ll want to get there intime to snag a good spotand set up your dinner.Depending on the movie,spots can fill up prettyquickly.

“Some movies I have200 people, some movieswe’ve had a thousand,” saidTracy Micciche from LeuGardens. “Inception washuge; Notting Hill washuge. Sometimes we pack itin there.”

Micciche recommendsarriving between 6:30 and 7p.m., especially if you’recoming with a picnic.

“We’re open at six so ifyou want to stroll the gar-dens ahead of time you’rewelcome to,” she said.

Leu Gardens boasts 50acres of beautiful gardens,including a formal rose gar-den, a butterfly garden anda tropical garden. Moviesare presented in the rear ofthe grounds, near the land-scaped floral clock.Admission to date night is$5.

This Friday, head out fora classic dinner-and-a-movie date night — with amore romantic twist. VisitCavallari Gourmet inOviedo, fill your picnic bas-kets with some delectablefare, grab your blankets orlawn chairs, and visit LeuGardens for its showing ofSherlock Holmes.

Enjoy the season with picnic, outdoor movieDate Night

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GOURMET GOODIES: Cavallari’s Gourmet offers wine, beer, fancy cheese and delicious sandwiches for the perfect romantic evening.

hundreds of pieces of artin various stages ofdevelopment.

Wilmes said the CupO’Pottery philosophy isnot about the bottomline or a quick sale.

“It’s the bigger pic-ture, giving people amore satisfying life expe-rience,” he said. “Beingable to promote creativi-ty and forward thinkingand being able to offer abetter quality of lifehelps brighten andenrich people’s lives.”

Wilmes said he hasdiversified his businessto keep up with currenttrends and a changingmarket.

“Not only do we haveretail pottery for sale, weoffer parties, we offernaked [unfinished] pot-tery, paint-it-up pottery,wheel-throwing andhand-building classes,we wholesale to nearly25 galleries, gift shops,and coffee housesthroughout the U.S. andwe have a contract with apopular candle waxcompany that sells ourcanisters to day spasworldwide,” he said.

Wilmes said CupO’Pottery classes aredesigned for anyone,from beginners to themost advanced artists.

“When you are aneducator and are pas-sionate about your

approach, the deliveryand the experience thatyou are providing for thestudents supplies nour-ishment,” Wilmes said.“And by utilizing art as atool, we can help stu-dents, young and not soyoung, formulate strate-gies for future success;art can govern satisfac-tion and help bring inde-pendence in our lives.”

All class names arecentered around coffee,he said, because of hispassion for java.

The ‘Coffee Roasting’class, for example, isdesigned for beginners.Over the course of eightweeks, students canlearn basic hand-build-ing, wheel-throwing andglazing techniques aswell as have access to 25pounds of clay and openstudio time.

The ‘Café Expresso’class also offers the basicfundamentals of potterybut in a more concentrat-ed four-week session sobeginners can get a “fla-vor” of hand-buildingand glazing techniques.Class includes instruc-tion one day per weekwith clay for projects,usage of tools andappliqués.

To give parents theopportunity to explorethe fundamentals of claywith their children (ages4 to 15-years-old),Wilmes created the four-week-long ‘Coffee Beans’class. Families take home

several parent-childmasterpieces createdtogether.

For those who cannotcommit to a full course,Wilmes offers what hecalls the Naked Potteryclass which is availableon open studio days.Participants receiveinstruction on basic claydesign and glazing tech-niques and use wheel-thrown or molded‘blanks’ handmade byWilmes. These piecescan be embellished in avariety of ways usingstudio tools and glazes.

For the moreadvanced potters,Wilmes offers ‘GourmetBlend: Open Studio,’which gives artists theopportunity to utilize thestudio. Wilmes said highschool and college stu-dents are also encour-aged to utilize the studiofor student shows or amini gallery for anassignment. Private les-sons are available aswell.

Wilmes said he isthrilled to offer people achance to explore thearts.

“We want people tocome out and enjoy thefacility and make somelife connections,” hesaid. “We want people toleave the studio with ‘alittle skip in their stepand be that place thatcan cultivate creativityand provide enrichmentto people’s lives.”

From POTTERY | A11

Pottery classes offered forartists of all ages and levels


POTTERY POWER: Tracy Wilmes is opening his Cup O’ Pottery store in Oviedo on Alafaya Trail this week.


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Parents were askedto donate $5 and/orLEGOs, and the PTApurchased thousands ofmore blocks off ofCraigslist.

Jewell said she was abit surprised by theoverwhelming studentresponse to the BrickBuddies Club. By thesecond meeting, 107 stu-dents from kindergartenthrough fifth grade hadregistered.

“We already hadrobotics and SECMEclubs,” Tanner said in anemail. “This would be aseamless fit.”

Jewell said BrickBuddies gives studentsan excellent opportuni-ty to extend their learn-ing beyond the typicalclassroom. Extensiveresearch reinforcedJewell’s belief that play isvital to a child’s intellec-tual, social and emotion-al development.

Jewell said DorothySinger, senior researchscientist at YaleU n i v e r s i t y ’ sDepartment ofPsychology and ChildStudy Center, believesplaying contributes toearly literacy develop-ment by increasingattention span, memory,creativity, and languageand vocabulary skills.Singer also found play isthe foundation for logi-cal mathematical think-ing, scientific reasoningand problem solving.

Tanner agrees play isessential to learning.

“It helps childrenlearn to make good deci-sions. With this play,children practice ana-lyzing, strategizing anddiscovering,” Tannersaid. “It helps childrenlearn how to get along.We live in a team-orient-ed society, whether it isworking in cooperativegroups in schools orplaying a position on asports team.”

Tactile and kines-thetic learning increasea student’s understand-ing, she said.

“The way this pro-gram is structured, itmoves beyond mechan-ical learning by combin-ing model-building withopen-ended, non-judg-mental questions,”Tanner said. “Theprocess of building cou-pled with dialogue andreflection are whatdevelops this deeperunderstanding.”

Jewell said BrickBuddies is a fun, non-competitive environ-ment, which allows chil-dren to encourage eachother.

“You see a lot of big-ger kids helping the littlekids, friends helpingeach other,” Jewell said.“There is no misbehav-ior,”

S eve n -ye a r - o l dEthan Jewell said heloves the Brick BuddiesClub because it giveshim the opportunity towork and play with hisfriends.

“I actually helpedstart this club … it’s agreat way to share

ideas,” Ethan said.Sharing and leadership

are key qualities BrickBuddies can teach students.

“Children must learnwhen to give and when totake; when to be the leaderand when to be the follow-er,” Tanner said. “Thesesocial and emotionalgrowth opportunities hap-pen naturally through play.”

Nine-year-old SydneyGanser, who hopes to workfor a scientist some day, saidshe likes Brick BuddiesClub because it helps herstay creative and spend timewith friends.

“I like [that] we can

make creations together …whatever we want,” Sydneysaid. “If we work together, Iam sure we can make a lotof things.”

Nine-year-old JulianMartinez said he has playedwith LEGOs his entire lifebecause they give him thefreedom to build whateverhe imagines.

“I joined Brick Buddiesbecause I play with Legosall the time and it’s a way toexpress my creativity,”Julian said. “I like to buildsecret bases and spaceships.I would like to be an engi-neer and I think this willhelp.”

From LEGO | A11

Studies show playtime leads to success

Ed Ruping | The ChronicleLOVING LEGOS: Keegan Sepiol and Adam Holden show off their ship made during the meeting of the Brick Buddies at Stenstrom Elementary.

Since the first Lego brick was invented in 1932 by Ole KirkKristiansen,master carpenter,to its 50th Anniversary in 2008,Legoand its company has gone through many milestones.The nameLEGO was formed from the Danish words “LEg GOdt”(“play well”).Later,it is realized that in Latin the word means “I put together.”

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‘I like [that] wecan makecreationstogether ...whatever wewant. If we worktogether I’m surewe can make a lotof things.’

Sydney Ganser, Age 9

THEIR WORDS


Viewpoints

Ed Sheneman | Tribune Media Services

GOP candidates offertax reform fairy tales This article by Doyle McManus origi-

nally appeared in the Los Angeles Timeson October 31, 2011.

Tax reform proposals are the politicalequivalent of science fiction: entertain-ing but imaginary. No tax proposal everpasses through Congress unscathed.There are too many interests thatbelieve their survival depends on taxpreferences — hence the tax code'simmutable tendency to accumulatecomplexities as a ship collects barnacles.

Still, presidential candidates' tax pro-posals are useful windows into theirphilosophies, if only because the taxcode forces every candidate to beginfrom the same starting point. Shouldincome taxes on the wealthy go up ordown? Should income from investmentsbe taxed at a different rate than incomefrom labor? And should "tax reform," agoal everyone embraces, be used as atool to shrink the federal government orto expand revenues?

This year's GOP presidential candi-dates have so far offered three markedlydifferent approaches to the issue — areflection, in effect, of three distinct tem-peraments. One, from Mitt Romney, iscautious and incremental. A second,from Herman Cain, is radical and impul-sive. A third, from Rick Perry, is inbetween: a plan that proclaims itself rad-ical but turns out, on closer inspection,to be a mix of radical rhetoric and prag-matic calculation.

Romney's proposal came first, inSeptember, when he tried to establishhimself as the most serious GOP candi-date by issuing a 160-page, 59-point eco-nomic program. Romney's plan wouldessentially maintain the current system,including the tax cuts enacted underPresident George W. Bush, but wouldeliminate capital gains taxes — taxes onincome from investments and savings— for taxpayers with adjusted grossincomes below $200,000. Eventually,Romney said, he'd seek "a conservativeoverhaul of the tax system that includeslower and flatter rates," but he hasn'tgotten more precise than that.

Other candidates, vying for supportfrom the tea party, have offered moreextreme plans. The most eye-catchingplan comes from Herman Cain, the for-mer pizza magnate, who has trumpeteda “9-9-9” plan: a 9 percent income tax, a9 percent corporate tax and a 9 percentnational sales tax. When voters noticedthat the burden would fall dispropor-tionately on low-income families, Caincheerfully offered to exempt the poorfrom income tax — and made no realattempt to calculate the impact of thatchange on the federal budget, as if thenumbers didn't really matter.

Almost unnoticed has been Cain'sultimate goal: to eliminate the incometax entirely and replace it with a federalsales tax of 23 percent or more. That's autopian proposal that has been rattlingaround conservative circles for years,but it's got a long road to travel beforemost voters — not to mention manufac-turers and retailers — will support it.

Finally, last week, came Rick Perry,with a cluttered version of the perennial“flat tax” idea. Perry's plan offers taxpay-

ers a choice: either stick with your cur-rent tax rate, or opt for a 20 percent flattax. But unlike most flat tax proponents,Perry has no regard for the virtue ofsimplicity. His plan would keep deduc-tions for mortgage interest, charitablecontributions and state and local taxes.It would exempt Social Security benefitsfrom taxation. Worst of all, it wouldforce many taxpayers to calculate theirtaxes twice, to find out which system ischeaper. But as a purely political exer-cise, it has something for everyone —especially the wealthy, who would seetheir taxes go down.

In a broad sense, all three plans havepremises in common. They approachtaxation not so much as a way to pay forthe necessary functions of government,but (in Romney's words) as “an instru-ment for promoting economic growth.”They share the bedrock conservativefaith that lower taxes is a better way tostimulate economic activity than directgovernment intervention.

They all reject President Obama'sargument that the Bush tax cuts wenttoo far and that, to reduce the federaldeficit, taxes should be raised on afflu-ent households making more than$250,000 a year.

They would all eliminate taxes oncapital gains — although Romney wouldextend that tax cut only to taxpayerswho make less than $200,000 a year, abreakpoint that makes him look uncom-fortably like Obama. (The formerMassachusetts governor explained thisapparent apostasy by saying the rich“are doing just fine,” and “the very poorhave a safety net.” “The people in themiddle ... are the people who need abreak,” he said at a debate earlier thismonth.)

Perhaps most importantly, they allsee their tax proposals as part of a muchlarger aim: to cut federal governmentspending as a share of the economy.

Romney says he would seek animmediate cut of $20 billion in federalspending and would aim to reduce fed-eral spending to 20 percent of grossdomestic product, down from the cur-rent level of about 24 percent.

Perry, in another feat of one-upsman-ship, says he would seek immediate cutsof $100 billion and reduce spending to 18percent of GDP, a cut of about one-fourth.

Cain hasn't offered a specific target,but he's left little doubt about where hisheart lies. “Government must get off ourbacks, out of our pockets and out of theway,” he says. “Nothing should be off thetable.”

Where would they impose thesespending cuts? For the most part, theyhaven't said. But there are only twoplaces in the federal budget that are bigenough to enable cuts that large. One isdefense spending — but Romney, Perryand Cain have all said they don't want tocut there. That leaves “entitlements” —Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

What the candidates would do toreduce the cost of those programs maybe the most important issue in this pres-idential campaign. But that's a subjectfor another column.

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Council appoints new city manager

How big is Oviedo government thatan “extensive internal search” could beperformed? Were city officials checkingout all the closets in city hall to inter-view the many skeletons too?

GOV’T SUPER-SIZED

An extensive search of three people?1. After an extensive internal search,

city officials have made a decision in

appointing a new city manager.2. “The City Council also praised the

quality of all three internal candidateswho competed in the selectionprocess.”

CONTRADICTORY?WINTER SPRINGS

Local man’s online seriesthrives on brotherly love

This is so exciting... I know Kirkfrom the past when he was on radioand playing in a band that was awe-some... for a long time I watched Markon TV and never related the two. Thetwo of them together in an adventurecan only mean one thing “success”... Iam so stoked for it to happen. GOODLUCK GUYS. I know everyone whoknows you will be tuning in!

PEGGYMELBOURNE

Each week the Chronicle hits the streets to find out what’s on your mind. This week, Amy KD Tobik asked … YOUR VIEW

‘Which song inspires you?’Asked at Riverside Park in Oviedo.

“‘America the Beautiful’.”— Marc

Oviedo

“‘100 Years,’by Five for Fighting.”— Bridget

Orlando

“‘Livin’on a Prayer,’by Bon Jovi.”— AlexOrlando

“Our national anthem, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’.”

— MikeOviedo

“‘Calling All Angels,’by Train; I love thatsong.”

— MarybethOviedo

If you want to have the Question of the Week asked at your business or event, email us at [email protected].

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