WEEKEND: FEB. 17-19, 2019 FINAL 4 St. Peter’s Episcopal Seminole County had four Church in Lake Mary soccer teams reach the welcomes Father Jeremy State Semifinals Berstrom See Sports, Page 9 See People, Page 5 SANFORD HERALD LAKE MARY, LONGWOOD, WINTER SPRINGS, OVIEDO, GENEVA, CASSELBERRY, OSTEEN, CHULUOTA, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, DEBARY Vol. 127, No. 55 • © 2019 READ US ONLINE AT: MYSANFORDHERALD.COM Since 1908 HEADLINES FROM Longwood Commissioner, Casselberry man sentenced ASSOCIATED PRESS former wrestler Matt Morgan to 25 years in prison FROM SHUTDOWN TO wants to raise money to keep SHOWDOWN for death of girlfriend Lyman football players safe By Larry Griffin Congress has approved a bor- Herald Staff der security deal that would By Larry Griffin aims to raise money to pur- avert a second government clo- Herald Staff chase anti-concussion foot- William Pyle, 52, arrested in Casselberry last sure but a new confrontation has ball helmets for half of the year in the murder by strangulation of his girl- been ignited by President Former wrestler and cur- Lyman High School team friend, was sentenced to 25 years in prison this Trump's plan to declare a na- rent Longwood commis- that doesn’t have them after week. tional emergency to obtain bil- sioner Matt Morgan is his first fundraiser. On April 10, 2018 at around 5:30 p.m., offi- lions for his wall on the Mexican coming out of retirement To do that, he’ll be border. March 16 in the name of wrestling and soliciting See SENTENCE, Page 15 making sure young football fundraising donations at the PLENTY OF EXCEPTIONS players don’t get concus- free event in the park. TO LEVY RULE sions. “Coach Thomas, coach of The event is the Deputy our Lyman football team, River Cross Development Despite President Trump's Photo contributed Mayor Matt Morgan Reiter came to me and let me know tough talk on trade, hundreds of Matt Morgan shows off the helmets he Park Rumble, held at the companies permission could im- hopes to raise money for. park in Longwood, and he See MORGAN, Page 15 lawsuit against county port millions of tons of steel without paying the hefty tariff he put in place to protect U.S. will move forward manufacturers and jobs, accord- By Larry Griffin ing to an Associated Press analy- Herald Staff sis. Seminole County’s attempt to get a lawsuit 100 DAYS AFTER PARADISE from the River Cross developers dismissed in BURNED court didn’t go the way the County planned this week, as the court allowed much of the With the aid of public records, lawsuit to continue going forward. CalFire mapping of the fire's The one element of the lawsuit the court progression and dozens of inter- threw out was River Cross's contentious alle- views, the AP tells the stories of gation that the Rural Boundary, in place, since how California wildfire victims lived and died. See RIVER CROSS, Page 6 POTENTIAL COSTS OF BIG APPLE REBUFF FDOT: Traffic shift will take Amazon's decision to walk away and take with it 25,000 place on S.R. 46 next week promised jobs could scare off other companies considering Special to the Herald moving to or expanding in New York City. An overnight traffic shift is scheduled next week along State Road (S.R.) 46 as traffic TRADE CONFLICT STILL AT moves onto newly built lanes. This takes place AN IMPASSE on the north side of the roadway from Veranda NEW ADDITION TO THE RAILROAD DEPOT Way, east of U.S. 441, to Round Lake Road. The Two days of U.S.-China trade traffic shift will occur from 8:30 p.m. Wednes- day, Feb. 20 until 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. talks ended with no immediate Herald photo by Tommy Vincent word of progress, as the White Construction continues on the railroad depot on 1st Street which will eventually have shops and eateries. See FDOT, Page 6 House weighs whether to esca- late a technology dispute by going ahead with a March 2 tar- iff increase on imports from China. New Champion SoftWash cleaners help Check out what’s community organizations through their work happening around STOCKS OF Seminole County LOCAL INTEREST By Larry Griffin Herald Staff See Page 4 As of 3 p.m. Friday New DeBary residents Adam and Lindsay Hinesley recently Allegiant $139.43 moved down from North Car- SEMINOLE SMILE Bombardier $2.04 olina to join a very specific com- Faro $47.32 munity in Sanford: soft-wash roof cleaners. HCA Healthcare $143.58 The term refers to a method of Invacare $9.45 cleaning roofs with low pressure $183.78 chemical solutions so as not to NextEra damage them, as opposed to Tractor Supply $97.38 pressure-washing technology. Toro $63.54 The Hinesleys, of new start- up Champion SoftWash, are one Photo contributed Wells Fargo $49.28 of only 240 companies in the Adam and Lindsay Hinesley of Champion SoftWash, ready to go to world who specialize in doing it, work. they told the Sanford Herald. Due to the niche nature of their new technologies and ideas, and homeowners don’t pay as much profession, the Hinesleys de- traveling to conferences even attention to the outsides of their scribed it as kind of a special in- out-of-state. Alice Pilch terest where everyone kept in The style of cleaning is impor- Deli Clerk touch, updating one another on tant, they say, because so many See SOFTWASH, Page 6 Hollerbachs Magnolia Square Market PAGE 2 • Weekend: Feb. 17-19, 2019 SANFORD HERALD THE BULLETIN BOARD: Memorial tribute to the late James Weldon ‘Chief’ Wilson By Sheralyn Brinson They overcame the prevailing racial years; Board Member, Orange attitudes of the time and shared their County Retired Educators Assoc.; Memorial Tribute to the Late passion for music as well as dedica- and others. He received numerous James Weldon “Chief” Wilson. He tion to perfection with audiences awards, i.e.: Florida Music Educators was born on November 2, 1928, in near and far. Hall of Fame; served as President of the Goldsboro Section of present-day Chief used the tool of music to the Florida Bandmasters Association Sanford, FL, the third son and 7th break down the walls of de jure seg- and was inducted into their Hall of child born to Thomas, Sr. and Gussie regation. It was his friendship with Fame; Donald A. Cheney Award for Lee Wilson. His siblings, Annie Florida Symphony Orchestra Con- dedication to the community’s his- Mae, Carrie, Olive, Eunice, Aaron ductor, Yves Chardon, that led to the tory and his role in shaping it; Man and Thomas, Jr., called him “the establishment of annual concerts by of the Year Awards; Lifetime baby.” As a child, it was said he re- the Orchestra and the Band. The Achievement Awards; Martin Luther sembled a comic strip character Band was prominently featured in King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice named “Button” and he was often many local and national events in- Award; Distinguished FAMU called that nickname by childhood cluding the 1964 New York World’s Alumni Awards; in 1989, the audito- playmates and lifelong friends. Fair and the 1982 Knoxville World’s rium at Jones High School was Years later, his students gave him the Fair. The JHS Symphonic Band, named in his honor. In 2016, Chief, name that everyone would know under the baton of Chief Wilson, be- along with the family of Del Ki- him as, “Chief”. Photos contributed came the first high school band in effner, former Edgewater H.S. Band Chief was a child of the 1930’s James Weldon “Chief” Wilson Florida to perform an entire sym- Director, began working with the Economic Depression Era. Although phonic work, Symphony (From the Film Dept. of the University of Cen- his father worked at the Atlantic New World) by Antonin Dvorak; the tral Florida, to document their un- Coast Line Railroad route delivering performance was released on an likely friendship during racially- ice via horse and buggy and his James Weldon “Chief” Wilson (throw- School were hand-stitched and album. Chief was first an educator, segregated times in Orlando in the mother was a school teacher, funds back picture) mended by band parents. A Black then a musician. With the exception upcoming documentary film, were tight. Chief learned to make his community dry cleaner preserved of one semester, he taught at Jones “Marching Forward”. As an histori- the uniforms for $1.00. Student own toys from whatever materials Band Director; he met with the prin- High School until he retired in 1990. cal record of the competitive rivalry he could find; he learned carpentry transportation to and from practices Committed to quality education, he of these schools, led by music educa- cipal and after graduation from and performances was difficult and by taking nails out of boards and FAMU in 1950 with a Bachelor of took pride in preparing his students tors who sought to teach their stu- “making something out of nothing.”; most band members walked; how- for college and helping them obtain dents that music knows no color, this Science Degree in Music Education, ever, Chief obtained a Commercial and he built and ran his own he was hired at JHS, “not as the scholarships. film is destined to be a touchstone in shoeshine stand. His carpentry Driver’s License and transported During Chief’s Crooms Academy history. Band Director because Orange them on school buses. skills and a high work ethic instilled County Public Schools were not hir- years and at the age of 13, he met James W.