BORDERS STILL in COMMAND New District Health, Wellness Center Opens
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C M Y K PRSRT-STD THE NEXT STEP: Postal Customer U.S. Postage Clermont, FL Paid Demps expected to 34711 Clermont, FL sign NFL contract Permit #280 SEE PAGE B3 REMEMBER WHEN | B1 Serving Clermont, Minneola, Groveland, Mascotte, Montverde FRIDAY, AUGUSTOUTH 17, 2012 LAKE RESS50¢ NEWSSTAND S www.southlakepress.com P CLERMONT BORDERS STILL IN COMMAND New district health, wellness center opens Staff Report “I’d like to thank dis- trict staff and CareHere The Lake County for helping to get this School Board, joined by facility up and running to representatives from the provide our employees community and Care- with an option to have Here, recently opened medical care,” School the district’s new Board Chair Rosanne Employee Health and Brandeburg said. Wellness Center on U.S. Lake County Schools Highway 27, near State opened its first Employee Road 19. Health & Wellness Center Located in the front a year ago in Eustis. The offices of the district’s centers are a no-cost new transportation cen- alternative for employ- ter at 20265 U.S. Highway ees, retirees and depend- 27 North, the Employee ents that are covered by Health & Wellness Center the district’s health insur- is about 2,000 total ance plan. square feet with a recep- The centers do not tion lobby, records room, replace the district’s health offices and three exam DAILY COMMERCIAL FILE PHOTO rooms. SEE CENTER | A2 Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders was re-elected by a wide margin on Tuesday. See story on A9. Sheriff wins big; CLERMONT Baker beats out Havill Bates, Murry square off THERESA CAMPBELL | Staff Writer Staff Report tion in the Nov. 6 general [email protected] election is a write-in Despite a contro- Timothy Bates and Tim candidate. Murry will square off in versial Lake In another close- County Sheriff’s the general election in ly-watched race that November for Clermont Office shooting pitted sitting Lake City Council, Seat 1, after death one month County School Board neither emerged with ago that led to members Rosanne BATES MURRY protests and the threat of a Brandeburg and Jim Miller more than 50 percent of lawsuit, Sheriff Gary the votes in the four-per- Bates, 39, said he cam- against one another VICTORIA ALDRICH / DAILY COMMERCIAL Borders easily won re-elec- son council race in paigned hard and has because of redistricting, Rosanne Brandeburg, right, chats with friends while waiting for tion Tuesday night by Tuesday’s primary. met a lot of people in his Miller came within a cat’s election results on Tuesday at the Lake County Administration more than a 2 to 1 margin Bates received 1,432 quest for the council seat. hair of the 50 plus-1 per- Building in Tavares. over veteran lawman votes for 42.78 percent of He said he didn’t have a cent of the vote needed to chance to celebrate the Sandy Carpenter. win another four-year 15.8 percent of the vote. had won a couple of straw the 10 precincts that Another popularity con- went to the polls. Murry election results. term. Miller, who garnered Borders received 67.02 polls in recent weeks, “I have two younger test saw high-profile, for- had 788 votes for 23.54 49.1 percent, will now face percent of the vote com- despite an incident on July kids and they had school mer state Sen. Cary Baker percent; Thomas Spencer Brandeburg, who captured pared with 32.9 percent for 15 when a sheriff’s deputy orientations, so as soon come out ahead over long- came in third with 633 35.1 percent, in the general Carpenter, who ran for shot and killed a man in as the polls closed, I was time Lake County Property election this fall. Also in sheriff in 2004 but lost in his apartment while look- votes and 18.91 percent, at their schools,” he said. Appraiser Ed Havill, virtu- that primary race was the GOP primary to Chris ing for another suspect in while Cuqui Whitehead Murry, 58, was planning ally giving Baker the job Leesburg bail bondsman Daniels, who later died in a finished last with 494 because the only competi- Pernell Mitchell, who won bus crash. Borders also SEE PRIMARY | A2 votes for 14.76 percent. SEE COUNCIL | A2 INSIDE TAVARES CLASSIFIED B10 CROSSWORDS B2 Board battle will continue in November DEATHS A9 REAL ESTATE C1 GREG JONES | Staff Writer Mathias said he believed his Seat, Jim Miller got more votes the District 1 Seat in August of REMEMBER WHEN B1 [email protected] private sector experience as a than fellow board member and 2010. Due to the redistricting, SPORTS B3 business owner appealed to Chairperson Rosanne Bran- Miller lives in the new District 2 There will be a newcomer on voters. deburg, but not enough to win and decided to run in his new VOICES A4 the Lake County School Board. “A business approach is the outright. Miller, who won 49.1 district as opposed to serving out WORD ON THE STREET A2 In the District 1 race, Bill core of my campaign, because I percent of the vote, will face the final two years of his current Mathias, an U.S. Army veteran, have 30 years of experience in Brandeburg, who won 35.1 per- term. Miller will resign his SOUTH LAKE PRESS defeated Jimmy Nussbaumer in the private sector, and I started cent, in the Nov. 6 general elec- District 1 Seat effective at mid- Tuesday night’s nonpartisan pri- VOLUME 97, NO.33 | 3 SECTIONS my business with $5,000, and tion. The third candidate in the night on Nov. 19th if elected and mary. Mathias received almost you don’t last that long unless race, Leesburg bail bondsman ©2008, HarborPoint Media. will begin representing District 2 72 percent of the vote. Mathias you are fiscally responsible,” Pernell Mitchell, got 15.8 percent. on Nov. 20. All rights reserved. praised his opponent, calling Mathias said. Miller, who couldn’t be reached www.southlakepress.com him a good person. For the school board District 2 for comment Tuesday night, won SEE BOARD | A2 C M Y K A2 SOUTH LAKE PRESS Friday, August 17, 2012 CLERMONT South Lake Briefs Schmid marks its 10th anniversary CLERMONT Softball game benefits Special to Daily Commercial Leadership in Energy and Environmental homeless children Design (LEED) Platinum bank and auto In July 2002, brothers John and George dealership in Florida. A celebrity softball game fundraiser Schmid and one other employee opened The LEED projects include First Green for New Beginnings will be held at 7 a general contracting business in a small Bank’s 11,893 square-foot headquarters p.m., Today, at at the National office in south Lake County. Ten years and in Mount Dora, a showcase of sustainable Training Center Softball Complex, $200 million in business later, Schmid features, and Headquarter Honda, a 2350 Legends Way, in Clermont. Construction marks its anniversary as 47,556-square-foot dealership incorpo- Tickets are $5, and any child in one of Central Florida’s largest and most rating many environmentally-friendly sports uniform will get in free with a successful general contractors. features, including an 8,000-square-foot paying adult. The 24,000-square-foot current head- All proceeds will benefit the home- quarters in Clermont is now home to 39 green roof system. Schmid Construction employs a close- less recovery programs of New employees and a host of major projects Beginnings. that include many national brands. knit team that will mark the 10th anniver- sary at a private celebration next month. For information, call New What makes Schmid’s story all the more Beginnings at 352-404-6946, all Sandy remarkable is how the company thrived The company believes in being a good community partner and supports many Farnsworth at 352-617-8788, or go to when construction business, especially in www.newbeginningslake.org. Florida, was hit harder by the economy charities, including the American Cancer than probably any other industry in Society, Boy Scouts of America and the CLERMONT America. Yet Schmid has grown through South Lake Chamber of Commerce, the difficult times, rising from 16th largest where John Schmid serves on the board. City starts tennis classes locally-owned Central Florida general The company not only contributes finan- for adults, kids Monday contractor in 2007 to sixth in 2012. cially but encourages employees to vol- “I give all the credit to our employees,” unteer their time and gives them paid The city of Clermont will be starting said President John Schmid, alumni of the time off work to help nonprofits. its fall tennis classes on Monday with University of Central Florida and Florida Big milestones for the company include classes for children 7 years and up Institute of Technology who is a certified notable projects, such as the 135,121 COURTESY PHOTO beginning at 6 p.m. and for children general contractor in three states. square-foot Xymogen manufacturing and Schmid Construction founders, from left, George 11 years and up beginning at 7 p.m. Among its many achievements, Schmid distribution center in Orlando, and more Schmid, vice president and operations manager, Each four-week session will be held Construction is a state leader in green than a dozen national-franchise con- and John Schmid, president, stand in front of the at Palatlakaha Park, which is located construction, having built the first structions in 11 different industries. company’s Clermont headquarters. on 12th Street just south of SR 50. The adult classes (four weeks each) will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m.