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® CREATIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED BY THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE NONA MARCH 2018 Volume 3 | Issue 2 Beauty in Obscurity page 10 Firearm Safety One Dress At a Time Why I Hire Vets A Letter to My 14 9 IN THIS ISSUE 11 Children E10 LOCAL LEADERS, 4 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE, 6 FEATURES, 10 HEALTH & FITNESS, 13 EDUCATION, 18 EVENTS, E2 FOOD & DRINKS E2 LIFESTYLE E5 SPORTS E14 NONAHOOD CALENDAR, E23 Your local expert and leading real estate group for listed and sold homes in Lake Nona. PETER LUU SIGNATURE GROUP 321.917.7864 [email protected] PeterLuu.com Name of brokerage/team is not affiliated with, or sponsored by, Lake Nona Property Holdings, LLC or its affiliated entities. Each office is independently owned and operated. Equal housing opportunity. Nonahood News LLC 6555 Sanger Rd 32827 Orlando, FL PUBLISHER'S DESK ® to our principals and to learn from our mistakes! CREATIVELY AND INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED BY THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE NONA Spring Into Intention to Grow Owning Nonahood News has been a great blessing. We Publishers Intentions weren’t content to let it sit still, though. In order for us Rhys & Jenny Lynn to see the growth we wanted, we first grew our team - Managing Editor we are shaping up to have an incredible group! There are BY RHYS & JENNY LYNN three important facets to Nonahood News: Our team, our Elaine Vail clients and partners, and most important of all: our read- Director of Marketing ers. Without any of those three things, Nonahood News Intention to Learn H. Nancy Breed would not exist. Listening and observing the needs and wants of our Content Creator readers, our community and our clients has helped us to Intention to Adapt Nicole LaBosco learn and create processes for the success of Nonahood News. We had little knowledge of publishing when we While we’re continuing to grow the content we print each Staff Writers month, Nonahood News is also adapting to create me- Vanessa Poulson, Brittany Bhulai, Sophia Rogers purchased the paper, but the lessons we have learned so far have been a growth experience for us these past few dia suited to the digital world. One of the most exciting Writers/Reporters months. Once we started listening, we were able to main- things that we’re working on is video content. We want Dr. Aishah Ali, Nir Bashan, Deborah Bullen, tain our focus on our growth, our team and our product. to stay on top of our game and offer the most compelling Zac Chambers, Chris Clark, Gianna Conde- We’re proud of what we create and we want to make it the way for our audience to stay in the loop on what’s going on luci, Jordan Eichenblatt, Aaron Ferg, Karey best it can be. The best way we can do that is to stay true in Lake Nona. 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Gated VIP Section, Gourmet Food, Private Bar, Backstage Tours & more! For tickets and sponsorships, visit Nemours.org/runawaycountry LOCAL LEADERS plague all of us. These are our future Nobel Prize winners. The third group Thank You to the wants to improve care for entire popu- lations – medically underserved peo- ple across our country and the world. Doctors in These are our future surgeons general. The best medical schools help make Our Lives each student’s dream take flight. March 30 is National Doctors’ Day across America, a time to thank the BY DR. DEBORAH GERMAN doctors in our lives for their knowledge and care. At UCF Health, our College of Medicine practice, we’ll be celebrat- ing the entire month of March, not just one day. As we do that, let’s take time to remember that the word doctor comes from the Latin, meaning “teacher.” I am honored to work every day with doctors across Central Florida who are taking care of you and teaching our stu- dents. They are in every hospital system across our community and many clini- cal practices. I want to thank them for the selfless care they provide to their patients and to the education of our fu- ture Physician Knights. Dr. Deborah German is the Vice Presi- Dr. Deborah German dent for Medical Affairs and Founding As a child, I wanted to be a veterinarian, but a guidance Dean of UCF College of Medicine. counselor told me I was too small to care for cows, horses To learn more, visit med.ucf.edu and hogs. As I became older, my desire to care for oth- ers developed into a desire to treat patients and educate the physicians of tomorrow. I’m not alone in that spirit. People who enter medicine – and other healthcare fields – do so because they want to serve others. And while the public might believe people become doctors to make money, my 40+ years in the profession have taught me something much different. Students enter medical school for one of three reasons. Some want to provide wonderful, individualized care to every person they meet. These are our future Mother Te- resas. Others go into medicine because they want to find the cure to cancer, AIDS, heart disease – the diseases that NHN: What inspired you to run? family, I understand the importance of protecting each LS: I have served this community in various legal ca- individual’s constitutional rights. Orlando Attorney pacities throughout my career. From my early years as a NHN: How do you hope to change the judicial prosecutor to supervising attorney at the Department of system for the better? Children and Families to representing individual clients Seeks to Bring in my law firm, I have been inspired and motivated by LS: I would like to incorporate technology to increase ac- different judges I have encountered. As an attorney who cessibility and efficiency in the court system. In speak- Compassion, practices daily in court, I know the qualities that com- ing with the community, I have heard the frustration of prise a good judge. Based upon my experience, I can add citizens who are trying to get their cases heard in front of the patience, compassion and knowledge of the law and the court in a timely manner. I believe expedited commu- Efficiency and bring that to the bench. Circuit court judge is a natural nications and technology can create increased efficiency progression where I can best serve the most people. within the system to help the community with one of the Experience to the most important days of their life. NHN: What do you hope to bring to the position? NHN: Anything else you'd like to add? LS: I am one of only 95 attorneys in Florida who are Flor- Bench ida Bar Certified in Juvenile Law.