County Committed to Building Baseball Complex for Two Major League Teams
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Community Lifestyles Sports For the latest Lifestyles Editor Former OHS activities, events Peter Covino reviews hoops coach and classes “Monsters makes national University”... see... hall of fame Page B-1 Page A-2 Page A-7 Serving Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Poinciana, Harmony, Narcoossee, BVL 117TH YEAR • SATURDAY EDITION • 50 CENTS JUNE 22, 2013 Business Journal County committed to building baseball complex for two major league teams New lab makes medical tests more affordable in Kissimmee Express Labs of Kis- simmee, a medical lab that focuses on making medical tests affordable for the underserved, underinsured and unin- sured, has opened. See page A-2 St. Cloud File Photo Osceola County officials are hoping to receive funds from Tallahassee to allow them to build a new baseball complex to compliment the Osceola County Stadium, shown above, which would possibly become a home for minor-league team. St. Cloud working toward By Ken Jackson Kissimmee for spring training, the property, land across U.S. Highway ing those clubs in the market for a county must be extremely prudent as 192 from Osceola Heritage Park the new spring home in Florida rather utilities bill Staff Writer Should help come from Tallahassee the process in contracting with build- county purchased in 2012, pad-ready than defecting to Arizona. The county system to build it, Osceola County is commit- ers and the teams. for development, including building would only receive $20 million from transition ted to building a new spring training The Board of County Commission- 180 acres of ponds that would serve the state if it were proposing a single- The city of St. Cloud baseball complex for two major league ers is scheduled to hold a workshop as a water quality facility. Toho Water team complex. Public Services staff has teams that other amateur sports on this topic July 8. The TDC has Authority would pay back the county That would leave $45-50 million to been working with Orlan- groups could use the rest of the year. scheduled a special meeting for July for the land and that construction. finance, County Manager Don Fisher do Utilities Commission County staff presented to the Tour- 2 at 3 p.m. in order to formulate a That work would create develop- told the TDC Tuesday. That remain- and Toho Water Author- ism Development Council Tuesday a recommendation to give the BCC at able parcels of 165 and 115 acres. ing money would come from tourist ity since October 2012 to mock-up of what a conceptual two- the workshop. The county also proposes extending tax funds. ensure the smoothest pos- team facility might look like, and “At this time, it’s hard to make Boggy Creek Road and Bill Beck “Without the state funding, there sible utilities billing system the TDC board gave its feedback on any other judgment,” TDC Chairman Boulevard across U.S. Highway 192 is no deal,” Fisher said noting spring transition for St. Cloud whether it could support a project that Brian Wong said. to create a road network in the new training is a “high community prior- customers. would need tourist development tax As part of a multi-phase economic development. ity”. See page A-3 dollars to rise up from the dirt. development plan, Osceola County The total price tag would be about County Director of Operations Gary would use $25 million from its gen- $95 million, with $50 million coming Their consensus: while it’s an excit- See Complex, page A-5 ing idea to bring a second team to eral fund to make the Judge Farms from a state grant aimed at keep- City to start construction Are you concerned St. Cloud retiree runs up more that the Earth will be hit by a large asteroid in of Shingle Creek Trail your lifetime? than 900 marathons, 3rd in U.S. Regional Trail, which has Yes, I am. By Tiffanie Reynolds been in planning since • . Kissimmee • No, it won’t Staff Writer August 2011, will span the happen. For Denny Fryman, one By Tiffanie Reynolds majority of Osceola Coun- • Depends how big running goal wasn’t enough. Staff Writer ty. It starts at the Orange/ it might be. The 65 year-old St. Cloud Residents of Osceola Osceola County line at • I have no opinion. resident has 904 marathons County will soon be able John Young Parkway and under his belt, with his next to walk along the banks of runs along the creek, down goal to reach 1,000 by his Shingle Creek, the head- Hoagland Boulevard and Vote at 70th birthday. He ranks third end at Kissimmee Lake- in active North American waters of the Everglades www.around that run through the city of front Park, according to osceola.com marathon runners and 18th in world megamarathon (over Kissimmee. Randy Schrader, a Kissim- mee Developmental Ser- Results from the 50 miles) rankings. The city received $2.8 vices Department planner June 15 Question of His secret? To only com- million for construction of the week: pete with yourself. That’s the first section of Shingle and a key member of the what got him started running Creek Regional Trail, start- project. What are you doing his first marathon in 1977, ing at the Osceola County But the trail won’t stop for your dad on Father’s making it in four hours and 12 Welcome Center and His- in Osceola County. Once it Day? minutes. A couple of months tory Museum on West Vine meets he Orange/Osceola later, he found himself com- Street to Babb Landing County line, it will connect • Taking him out. – pleting three more trying to Park. The 14-foot wide with four other trails along 92.4% beat that time. concrete trail will connect the creek, winding through • Nothing – 4% He was running a third existing boardwalk and Orlando and into Seminole consecutive marathon when • Buying him a also add benches, viewing County. It will stretch card. – 2.2% he met Sy Mah, a Cana- 32 miles from Kissimmee dian who worked as a college vistas of the creek and • Buying him a gift. emergency call boxes. –1.3% physical education teacher See Trail, page A-3 and became Fryman’s running The Shingle Creek mentor. He was impressed by Fryman’s drive and started to give him more goals as a run- Index ner. He also gave Fryman two Citrus greening taking pieces of advice: Don’t worry about who’s faster and always stay hungry. bite out of Osceola groves Page A4, Editorial “Always have an appetite production by 40 percent, los- Page A7, Sports for the next event, have an By Tiffanie Reynolds enthusiasm for the next event, Staff Writer ing 5 percent of his trees every and savor it, and you’ll never It’s amazing how one little year to both the disease and Page A2, Business Journal Submitted Photo get burnt out. I carry it to this bug can destroy so much. freeze. He began to notice the Page B4, Community day,” Fryman said. St. Cloud resident Denny Fryman, 65, has 904 mara- Citrus Greening, a disease disease significantly affecting Every year after that, Fry- thons under his belt, with his next goal to reach 1,000 killing Osceola County’s groves his farm last year, when he Page B1, Lifestyles man ran six marathons, then by his 70th birthday. He ranks number third in active since 2007, has yet to meet saw the symptoms of yellow Page A3, Local news eight, then ten. Now, he runs North American marathon runners and 18th in world its match. First appearing in leaves and fallen fruit on trees between 20 to 25 marathons megamarathon (over 50 miles) rankings. Miami-Dade County in 2005, scattered across his groves. Page C1, Classi ed a year, usually averaging it has cost the Florida citrus “It’s just like a cancer in a energy and confidence in the around 23. His longest mara- of 25. But, he soon discov- industry 8,257 jobs, around human. It’s just slowly consum- ered that marathons not only workplace, first as a bank Page C3, Legals thon was a 24-hour run, in $1.8 billion in income and ing it, and we haven’t been able gave him a challenge to work manager and economics pro- which he was able to com- $4.5 billion to the whole indus- to stop it,” Curry said. Page B6, Obituaries toward, but also a high sense fessor for 30 years in Ohio Citrus greening turns the plete 87 miles. try. of accomplishment. It was an before retiring to Florida and trees unproductive. It is done Fryman started running just For Billy Curry, owner of accomplishment that stayed through a bacteria that blocks to stay in shape, entering his Bull Creek Farms in St. Cloud, fist five mile run at the age with him for days, giving him See Fryman, page A-3 greening has cut his grove’s See Citrus, page A-6 Page A2, NEWS-GAZETTE • Online All The Time • www.aroundosceola.com • Saturday, June 22, 2013 OF OSCEOLA COUNTY TTHEHE JJOURNALOURNAL BUSINESS New lab makes medical tests more affordable in Kissimmee Florida Hospital Celebration Health recognized as a center of excellence in gynecology By Tiffanie Reynolds Florida Hospital Celebration Health has Staff Writer been approved as an AAGL Center of Renita Smith sees Kissimmee as a city on Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecol- the rebound, and wants to be a part of it by ogy (COEMIG)™. To deliver on its vision making it healthier. of advancing minimally invasive gynecology She is the CEO of Express Labs of Kissim- worldwide, the AAGL partnered with Surgi- mee, a medical lab that focuses on making cal Review Corporation (SRC) to develop the medical tests affordable for the underserved, Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive underinsured and uninsured.