Hpone Health Insurance Firm to Bring 260 High-Paying Jobs to Lake Mary
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WEEKEND:SEPT. 16-18, 2018 SEASON ON THE BRINK After a successful All-American Sanford Jazz in the Derby, Central Florida Soap Box Derby is ready to kickoff Park coming soon the 2018-2019 Rally Season See People, Page 5 See Sports, Page 10 AKEANFORDARY ONGWOOD INTER PRINGS VIEDO ENEVA ASSELBERRYERALDSTEEN HULUOTA LTAMONTE PRINGS E ARY L M ,L ,W S ,O ,G ,C ,O ,C ,A S ,D B S • © 2018 H Vol. 127, No. 11 READ US ONLINE AT: MYSANFORDHERALD.COM Since 1908 HEADLINES FROM Mayfair Country Club and golf course City lets Historic ASSOCIATED PRESS reaching out to the community Preservation Officer go, FLORENCE MAKES LAND- heading in ‘new direction’ FALL IN NORTH CAROLINA By Larry Griffin WITH 90 MPH WINDS Herald Staff HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin The storm has already inun- dated coastal streets with water Under new management for the last year from the Atlantic and left tens of with Cypress Golf Management, the May- Historic Preservation Officer Christine Dal- thousands without power fair Country Club is trying to set things ton was let go from the City of Sanford on right after several previous years of nega- Monday, but officials say that decision won’t tive financial returns. SOUTHEAST ASIA ALSO HIT impact their commitment toward the city’s his- General Manager Pete Sands thinks tory. BY CATASTROPHIC they’re on the right track. Residents who take an interest in the city’s WEATHER The Mayfair Country Club and its golf history were concerned. One resident, Maria course opened in the 1920s and was a main- Typhoon Mangkhut retained stay in the city for decades, though it had a See OFFICER, Page 6 its ferocious strength and slight rough patch in recent years. In 2014 slightly shifted toward more and 2016, under its previous management densely populated coastal Mayfair Golf Course General ManagerHerald photo Pete Sandsby Larry says Griffin company, the course reported losses in the provinces in the Philippines, they're trying to reach out more to the community this year. where a massive evacuation was See MAYFAIR, Page 6 underway. WHERE CIVIL WAR HAS CREATED A POCKET OF FAMINE Many families with starving PEA PICKING children in northern Yemen have nothing to eat but the leaves of a local vine, boiled into a sour, acidic green paste, The AP finds. GAS BLASTS WREAK Krysty Carr started Heraldher new photo job as by Executive Larry Griffin Di- DEADLY HAVOC IN NEW rector of the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber ENGLAND of Commerce this week. Explosions an official de- scribed as "Armageddon" killed a teenager, injured at least 10 Sanford Chamber welcomes other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three com- munities north of Boston. new executive director POSSIBLE SUMMIT SEQUEL HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin IN THE WORKS Donald Trump wants to meet with Kim Jong Un again, and the The new Executive Director of the Greater North Korean leader has told the Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce is White House he'd like more face- Krysty Carr, who comes with experience as a to-face talks with the American pilot and an endlessly cheery demeanor. president, but can it be in New Speaking to the Sanford Herald on Thurs- York? day, Carr had a warm smile and maintained that she was excited to get started in her new WHICH ICONIC VEHICLE IS See DIRECTOR, Page 6 BEING SQUASHED Herald photos by Tommy Vincent Volkswagen's American unit Cats search for peas as a man shells them outside of Bagg’s Produce Market. says it will end global produc- tion of the third-generation Bee- tle in July 2019 after offering two See what’s happening special editions for sale. HPOne health insurance firm to bring around Seminole County, STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST 260 high-paying jobs to Lake Mary Page 4 As of 3 p.m. Friday HeraldBy Larry Staff Griffin SEMINOLE SMILE Allegiant $122.95 Bombardier $3.57 The opening of a new HPOne health Faro $64.65 insurance firm in Lake Mary is poised Invacare $16.40 to bring 260 new high-paying jobs to the area, according to the company. NextEra $173.26 The jobs are purported to have an av- Tractor Supply $87.61 erage salary of around $60,000 a year. With the opening of the Lake Mary of- Toro $62.28 fice, the total number of people em- Wells Fargo $54.85 ployed by HPOne in Florida to about 600. And HPOne CEO Bill Stapleton said they’ll be hiring local residents to work in the center, not implanting people from elsewhere. A Wednesday morning ribbon-cut- Jessicca Crosby - Patient Coordinator at HPOne CEO Bill Stapleton cuts the Heraldribbon onphoto the newby Larry Lake GriffinMary office. See HPOne, Page 2 Synergy Oviedo Chiropractic PAGE 2 • Weekend: Sept. 16-18, 2018 SANFORD HERALD THE BULLETIN BOARD: Ac ademy Manor community holds annual cookout By Sheralyn Brinson Foe 70/30; 3rd Place Winner, Brother Byrd/Byrd-Man Bird- The Academy Manor Commu- Land. Thanks to Donna Peterson, nity, affectionately called, “The Coordinator, and others in the Manor”, held their 7th Annual community who worked diligently Labor Day Barbeque Cook-off on to make this event a tremendous Labor Day (Sept. 3, 2018) at 136 success. A large enthusiastic crowd Academy Avenue in Sanford. This came out to participate this year. event is sponsored annually by a It was a great time of fun, socializ- group of young men from the com- ing, and fellowship for the Acad- munity. Their stated purpose is to emy Manor Community, “The show people in their community Manor”. and other communities how to come together and work as a team. • The Western Florida Second The founders, Gregory Merthie, Jurisdiction Church of God in Gary Matthews, Corey Williams Christ, Inc. (COGIC) will host the and Kurt Pritchard, came up with Inaugural Banquet honoring the idea and put their plans into Bishop Larry E. Perkins, Pastor of action. Each year the participation Mission Road COGIC, located at grows and residents, both individ- 300 Mission Road in Oviedo, FL, uals and families, look forward to on Friday, September 28, 2018, at it. the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress While the contestants are cook- Hotel; One Grand Cypress Blvd. in ing the meats (ribs and chicken), Orlando, FL, at 7 p.m. Ticket do- Academy Manor Labor Day BBQ Cook-off Participants Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, which takes up several hours dur- nation: general $125; dais $225; COGIC, Inc. ing the day, others in the commu- table $1250. Purchase tickets on- nity prepare the side dishes. line at Westernfloridasecondinau- was elected Presiding Bishop in Milford Hayes; Kimberly Green; Residents from the community gural.ticketleap.com. 2007 after the passing of Presiding J.R. Jackson; Nellie Jones; Star serve as judges; their identities are Bishop Perkins has served at 1:00 p.m. are as follows: 7-7:30 Bishop G.E. Patterson. COGIC, Lawrence; David Livingston; kept anonymous until after the Mission Road COGIC for 29 years a.m., Dr. Sharon Patterson/Getting Inc., a Christian organization in Charlea Wynter Lowery; Brenda contest is over. The judges sample and many ministries have been Your House in Order Ministries. the Holiness-Pentecostal tradition, Jean Lundy Brooks; Janay Merthie; the barbeque and cast their votes birthed, i.e., Mission Road Daycare 7:30-8 a.m., Pastor Dora Richard- is the largest Pentecostal denomi- Lyndon Merthie; Al “Skip” for the best-tasting barbeque. The & Learning Center, Highest Aim son/House of Refuge Ministries. 8- nation in the United States. The Mitchell; Trasha Mullins; Sandra votes are tallied, winners are an- Computer and Tech Center, High- 8:30 a.m., Pastor Bill Lewis/New membership is predominantly Petty; Samelia Phillips; Kalin nounced and trophies are est Aim Television Broadcast, Bethel M.B. Church “Let’s Open African-American, with more than Richardson; Kendall Richardson; awarded. Afterwards, everyone is Highest Aim 501(c)(3) Community the Book” Bible Study. 8:30-10 6.5 million members. The church Edith Sanders; Arthur Mae Hen- treated to a complimentary bar- Development Corporation, and the a.m., Sheralyn J. Brinson/“Rejoice” has congregations in 63 countries derson Scott; Mother Ethel Steele beque meal. Hot dogs and soft 24,000 square foot Family Life Radio Broadcast (Gospel music, around the world. June; Phyllis Stokes; Deacon Jim- drinks are also provided for the Center, a state-of-the-art multipur- church and community announce- mie Lee Stuckey, Sr. (89th birth- children. pose facility that houses a gymna- ments). 10-11 a.m., Pastor Walter • September Birthdays and day); Leola Thrash; Rozland The 2018 contestants: Wise Man sium, bookstore, computer center, Seymour/Higher Heights Min- Wedding Anniversaries. Happy Tillman; Leona Ward; Melinda Finger Licking Ribs & Chicken; AC fitness room, classrooms, executive istries. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Free Will Birthday: Christopher Adams; Washington; Cleophas White, Jr.; 1-Real; Greg Merthie; Oscar offices and more. Bishop Perkins Holiness Church of God-Apopka, Meliah Anderson Adams; Con- and Geraldine Wright. Merthie IV/Bo-Key Foe 70/30; and his wife, Missionary Hattie FL. 12:30-1:00 p.m., Gospel Music. stance Williams Anderson; Alicia Happy Wedding Anniversary: Kurt Pritchard; Brother Perkins, have been married for 39 All of the programming will still Baker; Betty Black Smith; Carrie Ralph and Rozland Tillman (50 Byrd/Byrd-Man Bird-Land; Ray- years; they are the proud parents broadcast on WSDO 1400-AM Blake; Mae Emma Brown; Sandra years); Ben and Gail Chisholm (38 don Byrd/Byrd’s Eye View Bar- of two adult children, Christopher radio. With online streaming via Brown; Elisha Caffey; Elise Caffey; years); Ernest and Tiffany Hargett.