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The Park Press APRIL 2014 ~ Positive news that matters ~ FREE Winter Park | Baldwin Park | College Park | Audubon Park | Maitland SunRail Stamp Out In The Soft Hunger Garden Opening 4 11 17 ForFor updated updated news, news, events events and and more, more, visit visit www.TheParkPress.com www.TheParkPress.com WPHS Basketball Wins State Championship A promise made is a promise kept and that is what Coach Black- mon and the Wildcat basketball team are all about. The team carried an aura of confidence despite the odds against them this year. Coach Blackmon, who prior to this year was the assistant coach, took over the team this summer. He credits his predecessor, Coach Bailey, for laying the ground work for the team’s success this year. Coach Blackmon challenged his team to go beyond their limits and they did. Coach even offered to let the team shave off his salt and pepper locks if they won the state championships. Week after week his players played with heart and teamwork. The Wildcats clawed their way to the top of the heap and eventually landed themselves in the state champion- ship game against Evans High School. As district rivals this game was shaping up to be a battle between the titans of high school basket- ball. As time was running out in this epic matchup, Winter Park High trailed Evans 53-47. The Wildcats fought back with some clutch shots and closed the game for a Wildcat OT win 66-64. As promised, during our Spring Pep Rally, Coach Blackmon strolled out to the middle of the basketball court to meet his players- ready and waiting with clip- pers in hand. What a fitting end to a storybook season. We congratu- late Coach Blackmon and the Wildcat basketball team for embodying the pride and winning tradition at Winter Park High. Winter Park High School’s Wildcat basketball team celebrate their state championship win. will be painting throughout Winter Park and Cen- Sixth Annual tral Florida, capturing local landscapes and land- marks with oils, watercolors and pastels. The pub- Winter Park lic is invited to stop by the museum and gardens from April 20-26 to see works in progress, recently Paint Out completed works, watch artists painting in the gar- dens, and to attend free painting demonstrations. The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gar- Artwork produced during the Paint Out will be for dens will host the sixth annual Winter Park Paint sale with a portion of the proceeds going to support Out during the last week of April 2014. Twenty-five the preservation, maintenance and operation of the Hal Stringer, also known as “Mr. Paint Out” captures a sunset on of the finest “plein air” artists from across the nation museum and gardens. 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[email protected] Oh, and half of the time [email protected] ____________________________________________ they make it hard for me Rick Cable to hide my expression of EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND WRITERS disbelief when they say, “Parkway?” Janna McGowan, John Gill, stood in my grandparent’s driveway watching While I’m shocked, I’m also thrilled to share George McGowan, David Ciambella, the launch of these missions, but I believe these 12 the answer with them. Barbara Solomon, Scott Richardson, legends should always remain household names: John Watts Young grew up right here in a Stephen and Kristin Pategas, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean, Ayesha G. Bullock, M.A., Scott Hillman charming and modest 1930s house in College ____________________________________________ Eugene Cernan, Pete Conrad, Charles Duke, Park, and graduated from Orlando High James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, Harrison Schmitt, PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Graffham, Tricia Cable, School, which is now Howard Middle School. David Scott, Alan Shepard, John Young. Scott Richardson He graduated with honors with a degree in ____________________________________________ In closing, I want to recognize that this issue aeronautical engineering from Georgia Tech, DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT Jimmy Segal marks our seventh anniversary of publishing ____________________________________________ and then joined the Navy. I’ll admit I overuse The Park Press. I’m humbled by the way it is the words awesome and great, but I’m very The Park Press, LLC, Winter Park, Florida received, and greatly valued, within our Central Office:407-644-6760 selective with the use of the word legend. He Florida Community. Thank you for welcoming E-mail: [email protected] served a tour during the Korean War, and then us into your homes each month. ____________________________________________ became a Naval test pilot. Most will react in As always, thank you for reading The Park Press, VISIT US ON THE WEB www.TheParkPress.com that casual “that’s cool” demeanor, and then I’ll ____________________________________________ and we look forward to the great things to come. finally say, “He WALKED ON THE MOON!” QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? He’s one of only 12 legendary men to get lunar We want to hear from you! Send your submissions to Rick The Park Press via e-mail at [email protected]. dust on his boots, and he grew up right here. 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For most of what I see coming across the fun, I kept a log last week tracking how much various devices that my children access. time my kids spend working on things that I I try not to be too terribly critical, but consider productive, versus things that I consider the majority of the stuff is rubbish. unproductive. Starting with 168 hours in a week Inappropriate pictures, with gestures and immediately backing out time spent on usually reserved for overpaid and school, sleep, athletics and other extracurricular spoiled rock stars or girls and boys in activities, and I’ve got one child left with a various states of undress. I have not whopping total of 13 hours per week of free time polled it, but at a glance, a lot of what had it all figured out and talked one of my friends and the other with a bit more, coming in at 19 I see seems to be used to tear each other down into placing the order on my behalf. However, hours per week. That leaves them with a mere as oppose to building each other up. I know it is this bully of a girl was so hell bent on calling her 1.85-2.7 hours a day to be the goof balls that probably a middle school thing, because I do see a out and embarrassing her in front of everyone they so enjoy being. Admittedly, we are fairly definite change in the content logged by the older, standing there, she caved and spilled the beans, scheduled in our house. However, if one of the more mature kids. So a transition of maturity and with the pointing of her finger directly at scheduled activities cancels and frees up time is noticeable. But what damage is done to the me, I knew I was in for quite a ride. That day on unexpectedly, they both get sucked into what I confidence or self image of those in the 11-14 age the bus, she attempted to torment me while I like to call the social media dead zone.

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