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PHOTO BY TIM FREED Opening an opera — THE OBSERVER Winter Park Mayor Ken Bradley rings the bell to Rollins students set the stage. announce the arrival of SunRail, which lauched LIFESTYLES, 6 with ceremonies at each stop on April 30. See more photos of the commuter rail’s kickoff on page 11. Neighborhood know-how Tips from a Realtor on choosing the right place to call home. HOME MAGNIFIER, 9

COMMUNITY BULLETIN ...... 4 Will the road run through it? CALENDAR ...... 4. LIFESTYLES ...... 6 City proposes alternate to head further east on Webster placed near their HOME MAGNIFIER ...... 9. Avenue from Lee Road. future Whole CULTURE ...... 15 Lee Road extension A project to extend Lee Road Foods Market lo- OPINIONS ...... 19 has been on the Florida Depart- cation along 17- CLASSIFIEDS ...... 20 TIM FREED Observer staff ment of Transportation’s to-do 92. list since 2003, back when they On Monday SUBSCRIBE NOW! Winter Park officials discussed conducted a Preliminary Devel- city staff present- VISIT WPMOBSERVER.COM a new approach to realigning Lee opment and Environment study ed the Commis- Road on Monday – hoping to suggesting a realignment punch- sion with a new solve local traffic problems with- ing the road through to Denning alternative, which out creating new ones. Drive and Railroad Avenue. extends Lee Road The City Commission held UP Development from Nash- toward Denning a work session to look at three ville recently had a study con- before curving potential realignments for street, ducted and proposed a similar south and con- PHOTO BY TIM FREED — THE OBSERVER trying to manage traffic along alignment of their own – referred necting to Web- Three options were on the table for Lee Road extension plans. U.S. Highway 17-92 to the south. to as “Alignment A” – connecting ster Avenue. The section of road fills up with to Carver Street. The developer The new route – referred to about more cut-through traffic in drivers heading north and south had pushed for that study in 2003 as “Alignment B” – came in re- neighborhoods to the north along Publisher statement on page 2. USPS 00-6186 on 17-92 along with others trying in hopes of getting a traffic light sponse to residents concerned n Please see ROAD on page 2 City says development size matters Other language from the to negotiate, allowing the City Winter Park Commission votes down ordinance would have excluded Commission a better chance of parking garages when calculat- getting the developments they amendment to allow bigger buildings ing a development’s floor area want. TIM FREED ratio (FAR), a regulated percent- “When you have the garage Observer staff The amendment voted age of a building’s size com- as part of the FAR, you never down by City Commissioners pared to its lot. really are able to capitalize on Winter Park residents wary would have allowed all city The amendments were the total FAR of that building,” of more development breathed a property next to a four-lane largely influenced by planning Stone said. “You have to al- sigh of relief last Monday after a road – outside the box of prop- consultant Silvia Vargas’ study locate some of that space to the proposed change to the com- erty surrounded by Fairbanks, of the comprehensive plan last parking garage. If we’re going prehensive plan, which could Interlachen, Pennsylvania and year. Planning and Community to do that, then we’re really not have opened the door for more Webster avenues – to be zoned Development Director Dori truly getting a 200 percent FAR, development of a larger size, for planned developments, Stone said the recommended you’re really getting 150 or 130 came down to a single vote by larger projects usually made up changes would give develop- or 100 percent FAR.” the City Commission. of mixed land uses. ers more flexibility and room n Please see DEVELOPMENT on page 2 Page 2 | Thursday, May 8, 2014 | Winter Park / Maitland Observer

ROAD | Cut-through traffic is issue No. 2 DEVELOPMENT | Garages still count n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE really gives me heartburn,” Coo- n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE areas to test that level of density Established in 1989 by Gerhard J.W. Munster Denning Drive. per said. “If we’re going to make “You’re not really giving the without damaging residential “One of the main advantages this decision, let’s make sure we development that opportunity to areas or the city core. She said Thursday, May 8, 2014 is it puts the traffic on Webster completely understand.” see what they can bring in and sticking to that concept is crucial PHONE: 407-563-7000 where we feel like this dogleg Taking out existing traffic see what we can negotiate.” to maintaining the desirability of FAX: 407-563-7099 traffic is going anyway,” Public lights, she said, might be a better City Commissioners voted Winter Park. WPMOBSERVER.COM Works Director Troy Attaway solution. down the changes 1-3. Mayor “What we’re now doing is we PUBLISHER said. “It also severely alleviates Mayor Ken Bradley said the Ken Bradley’s absence from the are saying that, ‘Unless you’re the potential for people to travel Lee Road intersection and the cut- meeting put a final deciding vote in the area from Pennsylvania Tracy Craft 407.515.2605 north on Denning and impacting through traffic in neighborhoods on the shoulders of Vice Mayor to Interlachen and from Webster [email protected] neighborhoods around Park Ave- should be treated as separate is- Steven Leary. to Fairbanks, you are eligible for nue – we heard that as a concern.” sues. A vote in support of the item this planned development zon- MANAGING EDITOR FDOT ap- Cars cut- would have tied the count at 2-2 ing,’” Cooper said. Isaac Babcock proved of the ting through and moved the item forward, but “I believe we are opening the 407.563.7023 [email protected] alignment, but on “If we’re going to make neighborhoods Leary instead chose to oppose aperture way too wide.” the condition that this decision, let’s make could be given the ordinance Cooper said planned devel- ASSOCIATE EDITORS left turns onto sure we completely a study all its Leary had spoke in favor of opments are at risk of becom- Sarah Wilson Webster from 17- own, he said. the changes moments earlier, ing even bigger when taking 407.563.7026 92 would be pro- understand.” “I don’t supporting the increased flex- parking garages out of the FAR [email protected] hibited, Attaway know how ibility. calculation, which ultimately Tim Freed said. A traffic light at the extended much of it’s caused by this in- “There’s a determines a 407.563.7054 road and Webster would be pro- tersection and I don’t know how way to do it “I believe we are building’s size. [email protected] posed by the city as well. much is going to be fixed by this gracefully and “The only ARTS EDITOR But City Commissioner Caro- intersection,” Bradley said. “Rav- I think if we opening the aperture thing that con- audage has just one restaurant to trols the size of Josh Garrick lyn Cooper said the city shouldn’t can turn that way too wide.” [email protected] be so quick to extend Lee Road, it and we’re complaining about over to staff the building is which she believed could cause cut-through traffic.” and give them the size of the DESIGNER more cut-through traffic in other City Commissioners eventu- the flexibility to do that, we can building lot,” Cooper said. Tom Miller neighborhoods. ally agreed that Alignment B had get what we want,” Leary said. More than a dozen Winter 407.563.7032 [email protected] The completion of the Ravaud- the most potential of the three op- But Commissioner Carolyn Park residents stepped forward age planned development nearby tions and should be sent to FDOT Cooper showed concern over the prior to the City Commission STAFF WRITERS could offset the extension, she as their primary choice. ordinance, claiming that planned vote to voice their disapproval Brittni Larson said, bringing in 3,200 more peak The City Commission will be development should be limited and fear of widespread develop- Megan Stokes Allison Olcsvay hour trips to the Lee Road inter- presented with a resolution for- and parking garages should be ment in the city. Kristy Vickery section. mally supporting the alignment at part of the FAR. Resident Linda Eriksson “For me, to jump right to cut- a future meeting date, City Man- Cooper said the compre- said that more developments of COLUMNISTS ting through our neighborhoods ager Randy Knight said. hensive plan identified specific increased size would eventually Chris Jepson turn Winter Park from extraordi- [email protected] nary to generic. Louis Roney “I don’t want this to become [email protected] Savannah Court and Cove anywhere, USA,” she said. “I ADVERTISING SALES Excellence in Assisted Living, want us to stay a village.” (Display & Classifieds) Resident Sally Flynn stepped Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Linda Stern before the podium holding a 407.376.2434 A Senior Living Community where Hospitality is a Way of Life. homemade white flag – a symbol [email protected] of her lost hope if the ordinance were to pass. 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corridor. - Sustainability Action Plan Pub- of emotion is what she ultimately • Resolution – Communicat- lic Forum hopes to achieve. ing support of an extension of Lee • Tuesday, June 24, 6 to 7:30 “Art in Chambers,” a project of Road east of U.S. Highway 17-92 p.m., Winter Park Community Cen- the Winter Park Public Art Advi- and turning south to intersect with ter, 721 W. New England Ave. sory Board, showcases works by lo- Webster Avenue; authorizing the The Sustainability Action Plan cal artists or works borrowed from Winter Park City Talk transmittal of this resolution to the is designed to address seven core local museums. For more informa- BY RANDY KNIGHT Florida Department of Transporta- areas: tion regarding “Art in Chambers,” City Manager tion. 1. Community engagement and please call 407-599-3498. • Resolution – Requesting the green economy Orange County Board of County 2. Waste diversion and recycling Winter Park to celebrate Commissioners to extend the life of 3. Mobility and urban form Farmers Market 35th the CRA for five years. 4. Buildings, energy and water anniversary Market milestone You can find the City Commis- 5. Natural resources and sys- The city of Winter Park is proud can be found at cityofwinterpark. sion’s full agenda on the home tems to announce the Winter Park Farm- May 12 City Commission org/ccpackets) page of cityofwinterpark.org under 6. Local food and agriculture ers Market 35th Anniversary Cel- meeting • Approve the lease agreement What’s New. 7. Local government operations ebration will be held Saturday, May There will be a City Commis- with National Railroad Passenger Remember, if you are unable to For more information regarding 17, at 10 a.m. The Farmers Mar- sion meeting Monday, May 12, at Corporation (Amtrak) for occupa- attend City Commission meetings, the Sustainability Program or the ket is located at 200 W. New Eng- 3:30 p.m. in City Hall Commission tion of the new Winter Park train you can watch them live, gavel-to- action plan, please visit the city’s land Ave. Festivities will include Chambers located at 401 S. Park station located at 148 W. Morse gavel, as they happen. During the official website at cityofwinterpark. door prizes, live music, vendor Ave. For the most up-to-date agen- Blvd. meeting, simply log on to cityof- org/sustainability or call 407-599- discounts, free market bags, and da, please visit cityofwinterpark. winterpark.org/cclive to easily stay 3364. kid-friendly activities such as face- org under What’s New. Below are a Public Hearings tuned-in to official city business. painting, a bounce house and more. few topics of interest: • Request of Benjamin Partners, “Art in Chambers” exhibition A doggie fashion show will be held Mayor’s Report LTD and the Sydgan Corporation Sustainability Action Plan featuring Sarah Ali on the main stage at 9 a.m. for dogs representing Bubbalous Inc. on survey The city of Winter Park Public dressed in their favorite baked • Presentation - Winter Park the properties at 970/1000/1008 In 2008, the city adopted a reso- Art Advisory Board is proud to an- good, produce or farmers market High School State Championships and 1306 Loren Ave.; 1141 Benja- lution to become a certified Green nounce the newest “Art in Cham- attire. Fashion show participants • Presentation - Best of Show min Ave. and 1313 Lewis Drive, in Local Government. Since then, in bers” exhibition featuring paintings can register at 8:30 a.m. from 2014 Winter Park Sidewalk conjunction with the Ravaudage 2011, Winter Park achieved the by Sarah Ali. The exhibition will be Winter Park Farmers Market Art Festival Planned Development: Gold Level status, which shows open for public viewing from 8 a.m. began when former City Commis- • Presentation - Healthy Weight • Second reading of the ordi- the city’s commitment to being to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, sioner Jerry Donnelly suggested Community Champions Award nance amending the “Comprehen- “green.” Now the city is striving in City Hall Commission Chambers that the city initiate a Saturday • Proclamation - Building Safety sive Plan” Future Land Use Map to to reach Platinum Level status and and the adjacent Chapman Room, morning market at the train de- Month change the Future Land Use Des- has developed a draft Sustainabil- at Winter Park City Hall located at pot. On May 19, 1979, the Farmers’ • Proclamation - EMS Week ignations of Commercial and Low ity Action Plan to help reach that 401 S. Park Ave. The exhibit will be Market opened with approximate- • Proclamation - North Ameri- Density Residential to Planned De- goal. Currently in draft form, the on display through Monday, Sept. ly eight vendors. Thirty-five years can Occupational Safety and Health velopment Future Land Use desig- city is looking for public input to 8. later, the market hosts more than Week nation. help fine-tune the plan that will ul- Ali’s entry into the world of art 80 vendors with approximately • 2014 board appointments • Second reading of the ordi- timately help the city have a more was one that found her and almost 5,000 visitors shopping for diverse Non-action Items nance amending the Official Zon- sustainable future. Please help the saved her. Diagnosed with Lupus, kitchen and garden items, from bay • Financial Report – March 2014 ing Map to change the Commercial city shape this plan by sharing your she was encouraged to paint by her leaves and bratwurst to bagels and and Low Density Residential Dis- feedback at one or more of the fol- uncle Jamali - one of the most re- butterflies. For more information, Consent Agenda trict designations to Planned De- lowing opportunities: spected contemporary artists of to- please call 407-599-3275. • Approve the minutes of April velopment District zoning. - Sustainability Action Plan Sur- day. Ali soon realized that painting Visit the city’s official website 28, 2014. • Second reading of the ordi- vey at cityofwinterpark.org/SAP was an act of meditation that brings at cityofwinterpark.org, find us • Approve various purchases nance governing garbage collection • Complete survey by Monday, about a great sense of euphoria on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and contracts (a complete listing service in the Center Street business June 30. and harmony. This collaboration watch us on Vimeo.

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For more information, call (407) 303-1700 or visit HealthyCentralFlorida.org. HCF-14-18815 Page 4 | Thursday, May 8, 2014 | Winter Park / Maitland Observer Calendar Family MAY 10 Florida will hold the 2014 Star Party on The American Lung Association’s Fight Saturday, May 10, in honor of Astronomy MAY 9 for Air Run/Walk starts at 7:30 a.m. Day. The Star Party will take place from Good Morning Winter Park will feature Park. It’s only $5 for Winter Park Chamber Calendar 6 to 11 p.m. on the Sanford/Lake Mary Dick Batchelor from the Change 4 Kids members and $15 for non-members to May 10 at Harbor View Park in Baldwin MAY 8 Park. It’s a 5K or 1 mile, for runners or Campus. The event will include food charity and Orange County School Board eat, drink and get to know the business community after work. It’s from 5:30 p.m. The Winter Park History Museum is proud walkers. Come out and run for a cause. trucks and telescope viewings. There will Chairman Bill Sublette starting at 8:15 onward on May 15. Visit winterpark.org to unveil its latest exhibition, “Whistle Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. Visit also be several planetarium presenta- a.m. at the Winter Park Welcome Center for more information. in the Distance: The Trains of Winter lungfla.org for more information. tions inside the dome and outside under at 151 W. Lyman Ave. in Winter Park. Net- Park,” and will be hosting a grand open- the stars. Admission to the event is free. working begins at 7:45 a.m. MAY 16 There will be plenty of space in the Star ing party on Thursday, May 8, from 5 to 8 It’s Disney’s “Frozen” at Maitland’s Want to learn how to negotiate in busi- Party area for visitors to bring chairs and p.m. The event is open to the public and Movie in the Park this month. It’s at 8 MAY 15 ness? It’s coming up at the Small Busi- will take place at the Winter Park History p.m. May 10 at Quinn Strong Park. Bring blankets. Leadership Winter Park will present a ness Education Series from the Winter Museum and Farmers Market, located at a blanket, chairs or a picnic basket. The event will take place in the faculty Graduation Celebration Luncheon from Park Chamber. Mark Van Valkenburgh will 200 W. New England Ave. Whole Foods, and staff parking lot adjacent to build- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May walk you through effective negotiation YumYum Cupcakes and Sassafras Sweet Join the Maitland Public Library on Satur- ing B and the planetarium, just off Col- 15, at the Rachel D. Murrah Civic Cen- techniques that also help build relation- Shoppe are among those in-kind spon- day, May 10, for Free Comic Book Day! lege Drive on the Sanford/Lake Mary ter, 1050 W. Morse Blvd. in Winter Park. ships. It’s from 8:15 to 9 a.m. on May 16 sors who will be providing hors d’oeuvres This event is free and open to the public, Campus. 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0425-2 CNwinterParkAd.indd 1 4/28/14 5:30 PM Page 6 | Thursday, May 8, 2014 | Winter Park / Maitland Observer Lifestyles Opera offers ‘musical theater on steroids’ ALLISON OLCSVAY Observer staff “I like to listen to actors’ perfectly as one voice. suggestions,” he said. “The Off stage they check their “How am I going to compete singers bring things I never phones, laugh together and kid with the disco ball?” asked Rachael thought of.” around like old friends. Marino during rehearsal for the Twitching his high top The easy camaraderie may be upcoming Florida Opera Theatre Converse sneakers to the beat due in part to the time both Davis production of Leonard Bernstein’s of the music, Pinder takes and Ciaramitaro spend together on “Trouble in Tahiti.” notes as the performers re- campus at Rollins. “You’re not,” replied the direc- hearse the last few scenes in Davis is a professor of voice tor Eric Pinder with a wicked grin. the one-act opera. and Ciaramitaro is a music perfor- “The disco ball has top billing.” His suggestions at this mance major. “That’s the way it always is,” point are like icing on the At 22, Ciaramitaro sings and said Marino, laughing. cake, smoothing over any acts well beyond his years, dis- Marino plays the female lead rough spots, encouraging and playing a maturity and grace one Dinah a 1950s-era wife and mother, tweaking as needed. would equate to more experienced discontent in her personal life. “There is a beautiful irony performers. But unlike her character, Marino to this opera, it’s about regu- Perhaps that’s because he is living her personal dream, find- lar people with relationship spends so much time performing ing fulfillment after leaving behind issues, something we can all all over town. the workaday world in 2011 to fo- PHOTO BY ALLISON OLCSVAY — THE OBSERVER relate to,” Pinder said. “I’ll go anywhere they’ll have cus fully on her musical career. Singers both students and professionals team up for Opera performances throughout Orlando. “Because of its modern me,” Ciaramitaro said. “Just to “I grew up dreaming about a themes and the fact that it is keep singing.” career in musical theater,” she said. about it, it’s raw and real.” da State University. written in English, it is a very ac- He started as a choirboy in sev- “It wasn’t until I got to college that Gabe Preisser plays her hus- Preisser appears to be the oppo- cessible opera, something even enth grade, singing all the way I discovered opera.” band Sam a moody man caught up site of his character as well – family non-opera fans can get into.” through middle school and high “Opera is like musical theater in his own interests, ignorant of the takes priority, he said. He returned The show will open with opera’s school before auditioning for Rol- on steroids. For me, it’s very real, needs of his wife and family. to Florida after grad school in Tex- greatest hits followed by “Trouble lins and Miami. the intensity of emotion is what I Preisser grew up in Apopka as as to be close to home. in Tahiti,” giving the audience a “Rollins won out of course, so find really exciting.” the son of educators in a self-pro- Sitting alone on the sidelines, taste of opera’s great variety. here I am,” he said. Marino glances around the fessed “sports family” – an unlike- he quietly goes over his music as Morgan Davis, Anthony Ciaramitaro may be the shortest room while rehearsing an intense ly beginning for an up-and-coming he waits his entrance in the next Ciaramitaro and Sean Stork make one on stage, but he makes up for scene as if looking for sympathy, opera star. scene. up the ‘Greek Chorus.’ it with his impressive range, reach- exhausted by the difficult emotions “I took chorus and piano be- His turn on set arrives and he The trio adds a touch of irony ing up into the higher octaves with of her character. Dinah’s exaspera- cause it was what my mom wanted asks several questions, making his and humor to the production, ease. tion with her selfish husband has me to do,” Preisser said. “Besides, own suggestions and displaying breaking in at inopportune mo- Mingling with his fellow per- reached its peak. there were a lot of girls there.” the attention to detail that makes ments with bursts of song, remi- formers, one would think he was a “Just like real life, opera doesn’t A fact that proved all too true his performance so believable. niscent of early television commer- seasoned pro. require a happy ending,” Marino when Preisser later met his future Director Eric Pinder welcomes cials. “Opera feels like home to me,” said. “I think that’s what I like wife in the music program at Flori- such collaboration. On stage their voices harmonize n Please see OPERA on next page VÉÇzÜtàâÄtà|ÉÇá? 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Winter Park / Maitland Observer | Thursday, May 8, 2014 | Page 7 Cora Boyett Evans celebrates her 100th birthday

ANN HICKS MURRAH on the southern shore of Tampa scholarship, work at the school, the University there. In 1949 they child whose family couldn’t care Guest writer Bay, after the terrible freeze of and her mother’s first job at the moved to Winter Park and Ross for him, led to the adoption of a What better way to celebrate 1895. packing house. began his career at Rollins College, beloved son, Howard. He; Cora’s a 100th birthday than with a tea Cora’s With a degree in home eco- continuing full-time for more than niece Marilyn Annan; and two party at Casa Feliz?! Fourth-gener- father became nomics, she took a teaching job in 30 years as a much admired and of Ross’s former students, Guy ation Floridian Cora Boyett Evans an overseer Macclenny, which she remembers appreciated professor. Colado and Dodi Fox, planned the was the center of attention as of extensive as “the most forgotten place in In the 1950s Cora taught home celebration. friends and family from near and vegetable the world.” Her principal was a economics again, this time at While great-nephew Walker far gathered on April 23. A festive farms as well wonderful man who introduced Winter Park High School. She Hamby attended Rollins in 2006, tea was especially appropriate, as as the ship- her to the love of her life, Ross appreciated the classroom equip- he conducted a long interview Cora co-hosted and created her ping operation Evans. His persistent courtship led ment, which was much improved with Cora, and then gave the special sandwiches for annual tea for Ruskin to marriage in 1936, with the wed- over the oil stoves in her first recording to the Rollins archives. parties for the Rollins Women’s tomatoes on ding in the house her father built job in Macclenny. She has fond In it Cora refers to the personal Association for years. For this the mainland. on Terra Ceia. memories of the students, many of history that Ross wrote, titled “The party, Arthur’s exceptional cater- Even though he had just a third- Their love of travel and explo- whom still live here and welcome Story of My Life – So wonderful ing prepared the treats. grade education, he was deter- ration of unfamiliar places began her to their reunions. that if I could live it over, I would With a remarkable memory and mined that his five children would early in their marriage, as they With Ross’s work at Rollins and not change a thing.” a natural gift for storytelling, Cora go to college. Cora was the oldest, spent summers in New York so his CPA practice in Orlando and Cora agreed. “As I think back entertained friends with recol- and was able to attend Florida Ross could complete a Master’s their thrifty habits, Ross and Cora I really don’t know how I could lections of her personal Florida State College for Women (now degree in accounting at Columbia. were able to take long trips dur- have been any more blessed. I history. The stories began with her FSU) in 1931 in spite of the chal- They lived in New Orleans, Atlan- ing college vacations. Before his always said that if I didn’t have grandparents’ move by wagon lenges of the Depression. She is ta, Gainesville, then Puerto Rico death in 2004, they were pleased anything special happen to me af- from Cassia to Terra Ceia Island, grateful for the assistance of a 4H for a year while Ross taught at to be able to establish scholarship ter I was 21, I had been so blessed endowments at the three schools with my mother and my father that were so important in their and my upbringing and living at lives: Florida State University, the Terra Ceia Island, it had been all OPERA | Rollins teacher takes lessons from fellow performers University of Florida, and Rollins’ such a wonderful experience.” Crummer Business School. Add to that four years at FSCW, 67 n CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ing, watching and learning from “We’re almost there guys; in just In 1962 an unanticipated years as Mrs. Ross Evans, and the said Ciaramitaro, a senior set to her director and fellow performers. a few days, this thing is on stage request from a friend, to provide “Rollins family” years. graduate in May. “Doing this makes me a better and all this hard work will pay a short period of shelter for a It is still a wonderful life! “I sing everywhere, because I teacher, the things I learn here, I off,” he said. love it. I’ve performed in churches, put right back into my students,” Despite their different back- at the Macaroni Grill in Altamonte she said. grounds and career paths, all have Springs, with The Villages Philhar- “I feel blessed to be doing both, their love of performance, especial- monic, the Bach Festival Society. [teaching and performing]. It’s nice ly opera, in common. I’m in three ensembles at Rollins. I to see both sides.” Gabe Preisser may have spoken don’t have a regular job; singing is As Pinder wraps up the re- for the entire cast when he said, it for me.” hearsal for the night, he congratu- “It’s a big risk to put yourself out Davis may teach at Rollins, but lates the entire cast on a successful there and it’s very gratifying to me for now she’s the student, listen- evening. to have ‘made’ it.”

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Orlando’s housing market took der contract and for purchase in March is 49.10 its traditional month-to-month awaiting closing percent above that of March 2013, springtime sales hop in March, – are currently at and now rests at 10,343. Inven- with 17.28 percent more closings 7,530. The number tory increased in number by 159 taking place in March than in Feb- of pending sales properties over last month. ruary. “Normal” transactions led in March 2014 The inventory of single-family the way with a month-to-month is 14.42 percent homes is up by up by 50 percent increase of nearly 24 percent. lower than it was when compared to March of 2013, Buyer demand is continuing to in March 2013 while condo inventory is up by also drive increases in the area’s (8,799), but 6.28 44.03 percent. The inventory of median price. The overall median percent higher than duplexes, townhomes and villas is price (all sales types and all home it was in February up by 50.70 percent. types combined) for the month 2014 (7,085). Current inventory combined of March is $160,000 – a 1.27 Short sales made with the current pace of sales percent increase over the February up 42.46 percent created a 4.42-month supply of 2014 median price of $158,000. of pending sales homes in Orlando for March. In addition, the March median in March 2014. There was a 2.56-month supply price is a 14.29 percent increase Normal properties in March 2013 and a 5.10-month compared to the $140,000 median accounted for 37.94 supply last month. price in March 2013. percent of pend- Orlando’s overall median ings, while bank- Affordability price (all sales types and all home owned properties The March affordability index PHOTO BY TIM FREED — THE OBSERVER types combined) has recorded There were 17.28 percent more closings on home sales in March than there were in February of this year. accounted for 19.60 is 180.26 percent, a decrease from year-to-year gains for 32 consecu- percent. February’s index of 183.65. (An tive months and has risen 38.53 affordability index of 99 percent percent since July 2011. month, homebuyers paid an aver- 3.65 percent. Inventory means that buyers earning the Each individual sales type and age interest rate of 4.37 percent; The number of existing homes state-reported median income are home type saw a median price this month last year, homebuyers Pending sales (all sales types and all home types 1 percent short of the income nec- increase in March. “Normal” sales paid an average interest rate of Pending sales – those un- combined) that were available n Please see ORRA on page 14 experienced a year-to-year 11.37 percent jump, while the median price of short sales increased 4.59 percent and foreclosures increased 9.46 percent. The median price of single- family homes increased 16.13 percent when compared to March of last year, and the median price of condos increased 12.83 percent. Completed sales Members of the Orlando Regional Realtors Association participated in the sales of 2,342 homes (all home types and all sale types combined) that closed in March 2014, a decrease of 13.58 percent compared to March 2013 and an increase of 17.28 percent compared to February 2014. “Normal” home sales increased by 3.69 percent when compared to March 2013 and now make up 68.45 percent of the sales pie. Closings of short sales decreased by 68.37 percent while closings of foreclosures decreased 3.99 percent. Orlando Regional Realtor As- sociation Chairman Zola Szerenc- ses, RE/MAX 200 Realty, says the percentage of foreclosure closings is expected to rise in the near future due to a tremendous injec- tion of foreclosures into inventory over the past few months. “For example, in March the number of foreclosures available for purchase was 125 percent more than in March 2013,” explains Szerencses. “For buyers who have struggled to find a suitable home within Orlando’s tight inventory and who have been worn down by competi- tion and bidding wars, foreclosures represent a new avenue of opportunity.” Single-family home sales decreased 11.56 percent in March 2014 compared to March 2013, while condo sales decreased 28.01 percent. Compared to last month, single-family home sales increased 18.75 percent and condo sales increased 6.51 percent. Homes of all types spent an average of 76 days on the market before coming under contract in March 2014, and the average home sold for 96.50 percent of its listing price. In March 2013 those numbers were 79 days and 96.03 percent, respectively. The average interest rate paid by Orlando homebuyers in March increased to 4.43 percent. Last Page 14 | Thursday, May 8, 2014 | Winter Park / Maitland Observer

HAMMER | Quick fixes for wood floors ORRA | Sales of existing homes dropped this year over last n CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 if you’re worried about ruining the n CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 recorded in March 2014 compared March 2014 compared with 3,299 You can blend in minor surface floor finish, is to cover the dent with essary to purchase a median-priced to 432 in March 2013. in March 2013. To date, MSA scratches using a stain marker wood putty and stain it to match. home. Conversely, an affordability Orlando homebuyers purchased sales are down 10.18 percent. (available at home-improvement Apply the putty one small amount index that is over 100 means that 226 duplexes, town homes and vil- Each individual county’s and flooring stores) in a matching at a time, smoothing it completely median-income earners make more las in March 2014, which is a 4.64 monthly sales comparisons are as color. A video by The Rosebud into the depression, until it’s filled than is necessary to qualify for a percent decrease compared to the follows: Company (http://bit.ly/1rVFAn2) and flush with the surrounding floor. median-priced home.) 237 purchased in March 2013. • Lake: 2.13 percent above shows a couple of ways to blend in Then use a stain marker in a color Buyers who earn the reported March 2013 the color, particularly by blotting matching the wood — either apply median income of $55,670 can MSA numbers • Orange: 17.92 percent below the marker on a cloth and then rub- directly to the putty or blot a cloth qualify to purchase one of 5,180 Sales of existing homes within March 2013 bing the cloth over the scratch to with the stain and dab or rub into homes in Orange and Seminole the entire Orlando MSA (Lake, • Osceola: 15.47 percent below more seamlessly blend it in. the putty and surrounding area. Al- counties currently listed in the Orange, Osceola, and Seminole March 2013 For small dents where the wood low the area to dry undisturbed for local multiple listing service for counties) in March were down by • Seminole: 5.82 percent below is compressed downward slightly, at least a day. $288,418 or less. 12.19 percent when compared to March 2013 you can try a couple of methods. If the scratches and dents are First-time homebuyer afford- March of 2013. Throughout the On unvarnished floors, you can try deep and numerous, or if the wood ability in March decreased to MSA, 2,897 homes were sold in — ORRA to steam out the dent. (Always test is seriously damaged, warped or 128.19 percent from last month’s this method first in an inconspicu- splintered, bring in a wood flooring 130.60 percent. First-time buyers ous area, and don’t do it if the finish professional to evaluate the problem who earn the reported median in the test area turns white or very and provide an estimate for repairs. income of $37,856 can qualify to cloudy.) Take a clean, lint-free cloth Wood floors can have a lot of im- purchase one of the 3,079 homes and a steam iron. Spritz a bit of pact on a house’s value, so take care in Orange and Seminole counties Dog can’t seem water directly onto the dent, place of them and get professional help currently listed in the local mul- the cloth on top, and with the iron for a complex job. tiple listing service for $174,332 on its maximum setting and the or less. steam turned on, press it over the Send your questions or home tips to to quench thirst cloth and move in a small circular [email protected]. My new Condos and town homes/ pattern for about a minute. 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Chris Louis Jepson Roney Perspectives Play On! 50 shades of gray The curious art of from sex to aging conversation

Sex. Ha! Made you look. Humans live age is a work of art.” • Does anyone wonder whether the understanding of many abstract words for sex. Literally and metaphorically. I No, aging can be as unsettling for American public was sharp enough to by the dramatic situation in which they think you’d have to be dead or nearly men as it is for women. Granted, there pick up on the slick removal of the true first occur. so to have no interest in sex. That may has always (and I mean always) been a facts of the Benghazi affair from the When I was a little kid, I said to my not even be entirely true if necrophilia premium on female beauty (See: Mar- news spotlight? This affair, of course, is grandmother, “I love peanut butter.” is to be believed. Even the dead partici- lowe, “Was this the face that launch’d a covered up to shield Hillary Clinton from She answered, “You don’t love peanut pate, willingly. Well, that’s a stretch. I’ve thousand ships And burnt the topless the blight of anything that might endan- butter, you like it! You love people.” “You even seen zombie movies about sexual towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me ger her planned run for president. In this mean,” I said, “I don’t love my dog?” attraction but it was, shall we say, merely immortal with a kiss.”) True, the physi- upcoming campaign, “Yes, I guess you can rebound zombie sex. Is there sex after cal equivalent for men — handsomeness expect more of this sort Communication via love your dog—but not death? Well, as the song suggests, “In — has never been the premium beauty of propaganda that will peanut butter!” heaven they have no beer that’s why we bestows upon women. But diminishment include on-going protec- human speech is really Niceties are nowa- . . .” is not strictly confined to the metaphori- tion by the media, for all quite a mysterious days often sloughed No, this column cal fading of the flower, of Hillary’s past “unfortu- over in daily speech, but is not about sex, it’s nor is it any less a dis- nate missteps.” The lady invention. there is pretty good rea- about aging. I was Humans live for appointment for men. may well rue a thousand son to be careful about sprucing up recently Why, I remember a times in connection with the Benghazi them in serious written communication. for a party and sex. Literally and time when I could work affair having said the words, “What I often call my b.w. “Darling pie, the noticed my first gray physically hard all day, difference does it make?” Well, she may most darling of all pies.” She may smile a hair. In my nose. Oh, metaphorically. shower and party to the now find out! bit, but she hasn’t divorced me yet. “You the indignity of it all. wee hours. Now, it’s • My father was smart. I thought he Call Everybody Darling” is worth singing Gray nose hairs. I but four or five hours knew everything about everything that to a person who qualifies. “Darling” and unceremoniously, eyes watering, plucked of heavy lifting, shower, a nap, and then was. When I read Edgar Alan Poe’s “The “sweetheart” are words too often used it out. As if that will stem the tide. I’ve party to the wee hours. Did I mention, Purloined Letter” in school, I asked Dad on Broadway and in Hollywood. Actors been going gray hair-wise for 10 years, nap? Alas, I am not the man I was at age what “purloined” meant. Quick as a seem to call each other “darling” even but since I hit age 65, all of me is fading 30. whip he said, “Stolen. When something when it’s man to man. And, if it’s meant to gray. Sigh. But it’s more than that. My face, I is stolen from you, it is distanced from really caustically, one might even say, Actually, that is too strong a charac- fear for my face. Some people are sink- you, and ‘loin’ means ‘afar’ in French.” “Listen, sweetheart...” I seem to remem- terization, the fading part. I’ve never ers and some are saggers (skin tone), it I said, “Why didn’t Poe use words that ber instances where James Cagney, Hum- been a reluctant participant in life. A turns out I’m both a sinker and a sag- American kids could understand?” Later phrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson shrinking violet. Ask me (or not) and I’ll ger. I’ve watched as slight creases have I knew something about Poe because I of- said things like that to each other. give you my two cents. And then some. formed into deep craters at the corners ten drove by the Richmond house he had Lauren Bacall made her introduction It’s the luster that inevitably leaves one, of my mouth and I wonder, just what is lived in. But despite Poe’s big bunch of in movies famous with the words, “… the effervescent shine that fizzles slowly the point of that? I’m afraid to share the big words, it never quite occurred to me just whistle. You know how to whistle away. That great Hollywood mind following with my younger readers for what all of them meant. At 12 I had writ- don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips Gwyneth Paltrow summed it up so suc- fear of frightening them. Kids: As you ten down 400 words on a tablet, words together and blow.” With those words cinctly, “Beauty fades! I just turned 29, age you get ear hairs and graying nose enough to suffice me for my whole life in she snared Humphrey for life – marriage, so I probably don’t have that many good hairs and behind the ear cheese unfit for anything I thought I might want to say. that is. years left in me.” Horrors! Yet, I’m of the consumption or anything else. Then I met the beauteous Magda- Clark Gable said to Vivian Leigh upon generation who coined, “Over the Hill at Fortunately, my mind remains sharp, lena and she said something like, “It is walking out on her in “Gone With the 30.” all the better, I tell myself, to remember coincidental that I should make your Wind,” “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a Women seriously argue that aging what once was. Hmmm? What was it I acquaintance just at the opportune time, damn.” Vivien Leigh had the last words is much harder on “them” than it is for said humans live for? Haha! for you have a simplicity that is enchant- saying, “I’ll think about that tomor- men. There’s a nuance at play here. It’s ing for a complicated person like me.” row...” Did her “tomorrow” ever come? about what constitutes beauty, when you Jepson is a 27-year resident of Central Florida. That’s when I sensed I would need a Did Rhett come back? When asked, even have it and how gracefully you transition He’s fiscally conservative, socially liberal, likes art bigger vocabulary! Magdalena and I ran author Margaret Mitchell would answer from youthful beauty to embracing the and embraces diversity of opinion. Reach him at across each other often in school, and only, “How should I know?” homily, “Youth is the gift of nature, but [email protected] soon I found myself taking on her big • We enjoyed a lovely time at lunch nouns and verbs, and particularly her with Gene Hawkins in his beautiful adjectives. home on Lake Maitland. We renewed Communication via human speech our friendship with Chichina, who took is really quite a mysterious invention. care of the vittles – a helpful person who When you first heard, “I was curious makes life easier for our dear friend EDITORIAL CARTOON to comprehend what he said,” how did Gene. you know what “curious” and “comprehend” meant? If the other person said, About Roney: “I’m sorry about your misapprehension” Harvard’42—Distinguished Prof, Em.—UCF ... did you know what in heck she was 2004 Fla. Alliance for the Arts award talking about? It appears that we take on (Assisted by beautiful wife Joy Roney)

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Stopping undergrounding would No more high tension lines disgracing be a step in the wrong direction our landscape. No more “V-ing” of our Barrett M. Williams’ Letter “Stop bury- street canopy and beautiful oak trees. The ing the electric system” was like arguing ideas are there. The incentive to build against putting new tires on our old 1970 such units is gaining ground. Electric Ford Fairlane. Isn’t it time to ditch the cars are, now, where gas-guzzling cars Fairlane and go to modern technology? were in 1920. Yes, we have a long way to Do you realize we are, or should be, just go; but the future is within sight. Where around the corner of implementing a is the modern day Thomas Edison? Put new energy producing system? Can you a prize of $1 billion to the inventor of a imagine having a unit under your work- new, compact, but safe, energy system bench in the garage, which produces all and you will have it in service within two the electricity your home needs? No more decades.

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