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Community Lifestyles Sports For the latest Lifestyles Editor GHS football activities, events Peter Covino reviews player, CHS and classes, see... a collection of movies basketball play- for dad on Father’s er sign grants Page B-4 Day.... Page B-1 Page A-7 Serving Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Poinciana, Harmony, Narcoossee, BVL 117TH YEAR • SATURDAY EDITION • 50 CENTS JUNE 8, 2013 Police First storm of the season soaks Osceola By Ken Jackson and Tiffanie Reynolds Staff Writers One down, but who knows how many to go. Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named News-Gazette Photo/ system of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane Andrew Sullivan season doused Osceola County with up to Over the course of several Woman caught three inches of rain this week between late hours Thursday, Tropical hiding drugs after Wednesday and early Friday. Storm Andrea left sev- Weather stations around the county eral inches of rainfall on shooting at vic- reported sustained winds in the 15-20 Osceola County, which tim’s vehicle mph range for a good portion of Thursday handled the added overall A Kissimmee woman afternoon. Gusts did not reach the tropical moisture well. ,At left, driv- was arrested after shoot- storm threshold of 39 mph locally. The ers navigate through stand- ing at the victim’s car fol- highest reported was 37 mph at Kissim- lowing a dispute and later mee Gateway Airport at 3:15 p.m. A ing water on Boggy Creek caught moving cocaine to South Florida Water Management District Road, near Royal Palm her neighbor’s apartment. station at the south end of Lake Toho- Avenue. See page A-2 pekaliga saw a 36 mph gust Thursday morning, and a Poinciana station saw one See Storm, page A-5 Local Osceola County Kissimmee Grown offers Taking the jazzy jams out to the street fresh food options By Ken Jackson Osceola County Staff Writer City Grown, a group of area Just like most everyone farmers, is hosting the thinks they can sing when newest farm market in they belt out tunes in the approves the county three times shower, bands who play out a week through the of a garage also have ideas of month of June. stardom based on how they Toho think they sound. See page A-3 But, a musician’s validation comes from playing in front ferryboat of people, and getting their affirmation. It’s all a part of the evolu- program tion of musicians and per- formers, and Miguel Alvarado can attest to it. By Tiffanie Reynolds Alvarado, a past profes- Staff Writer sional jazz musician who has The Kissimmee City recorded and performed his Commission unanimously Are you going on vaca- saxophone styling across the approved ferryboat trans- tion this summer? country before becoming a portation on Lake Toho- teacher, knows the impor- pekaliga, along with the • Yes, I’m leaving tance of giving his student $150,000 grant from the the state. musicians the right kind of Florida Department of forum to perform and receive Transportation, but isn’t • Yes, I’m leaving . the country. feedback. using the funds right away. • Yes, but I’m staying Simply put, players have The commissioners here. to play. If you play jazz, you approved it under the con- • I can’t afford to go. “jam,” and thanks to Alvara- dition that the city publish- do, a group of Osceola Coun- es a Request For Qualifica- Vote at ty teenagers have a schedule tions to find a vendor who www.around of nights to play locally. could run and maintain the osceola.com The music teacher at Denn ferryboat system. City offi- John Middle School has cre- News-Gazette Photo/Ken Jackson cials want to research the Results from the ated “Osceola Jams,” a group Trumpeter Shawn Fernandez, center, belts out a riff at Tuesday’s Osceola Jams marketplace and vendors May 25 Question of the of middle and high school session at Broadway Pizza Bar in Kissimmee. Bassist Daniel Chico, left, and saxo- before spending the grant week: band and vocal students that phone player Jordy Motta, right, wait for their moment to add their stylings. The to implement the pro- perform in public as they group will be back at the downtown eatery on June 18. gram. A third party vendor Are you prepared for sharpen their skills and get also would take the finan- hurricane season? lost in the rhythm of the cial burden of running and music in the process. The The group took up space instead pulled up an outside tion High and whoever else maintaining the program • No, it’s too early. group, which can number on the restaurant’s outdoor chair at a table to take in the shows up from the group of away from taxpayers. – 74% about 20, played the Broad- patio area as the dinner melodies of the mostly brass kids Alvarado knows from his City Manager Mike Stei- • I wait until I know way Pizza Bar in downtown crowd began trickling in. A ensemble. music circles — come to play, gerwald proposed the con- there is a storm Kissimmee on Tuesday eve- few patrons who were about It’s all free form — students not knowing who else will ditions during Tuesday’s coming. – 11.8% ning after making its debut to enter the establishment from the Denn John, Osceola meeting, which mirrored • I plan on doing it there two weeks prior. and have their meals indoors School for the Arts, Celebra- See Jams, page A-3 the concerns of many of soon. – 7.9% the commissioners about • Yes, I’m ready. – this program. 6.3% “I don’t think the city New Gateway Airport training facility takes flight should spend money and waste money on a grant By Tiffanie Reynolds that the local taxpayers Staff Writer and the city would have to Seasoned pilots, Kissim- foot the bill for,” said Kis- Index mee city commissioners and simmee Mayor Jim Swan. Gateway Kissimmee Airport Commissioners Sara officials celebrated the open- Shaw and Jose Alverez Page A4, Editorial ing of the new SunState Avia- echoed similar concerns, tion training facility on May requesting that the city Page A7, Sports 31, bringing the company research the program to up-to-date in connectivity and see if it would be economi- Page B4, Community technology as well as much- cally viable before the city needed space for aircraft stor- spends the grant. Page B1, Lifestyles age. If a qualified vendor Page A2, Police news The two-story facil- were found, the grant ity holds the flight school, would cover upgrades Page C1, Classi ed a fully stocked pilot shop to ferry boats and docks and observation decks with around Lake Toho. This Page C3, Legals a 10,000-square-foot, fully includes the 30-passenger functional aircraft hanger. To ferryboat donated by Dis- Page B6, Obituaries SunState, the facility was the ney to Osceola County. answer to cramped space for According to city plans, students and aircraft, spotty the boat would take visi- Wi-Fi and inadequate air con- News-Gazette Photo/Tiffanie Reynolds tors and residents from City Commissioners, airport officials and SunState Aviation staff gather in front of the the Toho Marina at Lake- See Facility, page A-5 new flight training facility, cutting the ribbon to mark its official opening. See Ferryboat, page A-3 Page A2, NEWS-GAZETTE • Online All The Time • www.aroundosceola.com • Saturday, June 8, 2013 Woman caught hiding drugs after shooting at victim’s vehicle Laporte-Fonseca to meet at her covered large quantities of cash who said they knew Ramdani away in his work clothes from Suspects wanted for residence and talk. When the and methamphetamines in her was selling drugs. a North Point subdivision home criminal mischief Police news victims arrived, a physical and home. Investigating further, depu- on Boggy Creek Road on Tues- Two criminal mischief suspects verbal dispute broke out, ending Deputies arrested Laila Meri- ties located a safe containing day. His arrest was the result of are on the loose in Kissimmee. A Kissimmee woman was with Laporte-Fonseca pulling out am Ramdani, 19, and charged more than $7,300 in cash and an undercover investigation by arrested after shooting at the Officers responded to Physi- a handgun. She asked the victims her with trafficking methamphet- 292 grams of MDMA, other- deputies, who saw Cintron-Res- cian for Adults on North Central victim’s car following a dispute to leave, and as they drove away amine, posses- wise known as “ecstasy”. Ram- to go into the and later caught Avenue in Kissimmee on Monday she fired a shot at their car. sion of mari- dani cooperated with the inves- home and walk on a criminal mischief complaint. moving cocaine juana under 20 As deputies approached tigation and told deputies she out with stolen It was determined that the day to her neigh- grams and pos- Laporte-Fonseca’s home, she supplied a buyer MDMA just property. Dur- before, around 3:16 a.m. , two bor’s apart- session of drug was seen walking out of her prior to the incident. The buyer ing questioning, suspects entered the parking lot ment. paraphernalia. neighbor’s apartment. Both her agreed to provide her money at he told police of the business in an older model Deborah The inves- and her neighbor agreed to let a later date. that he also was vehicle and started shooting sev- Laporte-Fonse- tigation began deputies search their apartments, Based on the information responsible for eral BB’s at Physician for Adults ca , 27, from and deputies found 146 grams shortly after and evidence at the scene, Ram- 291 Flower Laporta- five other bur- and possibly at cars passing by of cocaine and a scale at the midnight Ramdani dani was arrested and booked Cintron- Lane in Kis- Fonseca glaries in Osceo- the business.

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