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50 CENTS 112TH YEAR • THURSDAY EDITION OCTOBER 6, 2011 A student was hit by a vehicle Tuesday when the driver of the vehicle did not stop for a school bus that was picking up passen- gers. See story on page A-5. OOSCEOLASCEOLA NNEWSEWS-G-GAZETTEAZETTE www.aroundosceola.com • www.holaosceola.com Police news Investigation Swamp cabbage Housing ongoing in Kissimmee for seniors man’s death By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer set to open Kissimmee police detec- tives are investigating a homi- By Fallan Patterson help I could get.” cide that occurred early Friday A new home is only part of Staff Writer morning near the 600 block After months of anticipa- the incentive. The Dom- of East Vine Street in Kissim- tion, Frank and Therese Dom- browskis want to move into the mee. browski will see their new senior housing complex At approximately 5:30 home today at the grand open- because the maintenance will a.m., Alberto ing of Osceola County’s new be minimal and it’s closer to Rivera-Mon- senior housing complex, St. shopping areas, doctor appointments and church. tanez, 36, of Anthony Garden Courts. Kissimmee, “I don’t want to do yard The 50-unit low-income was found work anymore,” Frank Dom- senior housing project built by near death due browski said. “There’s not a lot Catholic Charities of Central to undisclosed of upkeep but I’m getting too Florida is at 444 Hamilton Park injuries. old to do even a little bit.” Circle in St. Cloud. “He was Part of the appeal of St. Rivera- The Dombrowskis, both 84, still alive when Montanez Anthony Garden Courts is its he was found,” have begun packing up their location, on the former site of a agency spokeswoman Stacie rural Osceola County mobile defunct townhouse project Miller said, adding that detec- home and are hoping for a cor- behind the Aldi’s grocery store tives are not releasing his ner two-bedroom apartment and near St. Thomas Aquinas cause of death. “I do not for the additional windows it Catholic Church, where the know how long he was there would have. Dombrowskis plan to walk in before someone found him.” “We’ve never had a new order to attend Mass. Rivera-Montanez was home in all our lives,” Therese “We’ll get out of the boon- transported to a local hospital Dombrowski said, adding she docks,” Frank Dombrowski were he died from his injuries, had visited the construction site said of their home for the last Miller said. after they applied to bury a 19 years. “It’s nice out there His death is being investi- small statute of St. Anthony on gated as a homicide and no the grounds. “I needed all the See Housing, page A-11 additional information is avail- able at this time, she added. Several business owners near the crime scene, which is Transit study for marked only by a Crimeline poster, said Rivera-Montanez was stabbed. “I’m only surprised (he was U.S. 192 a go murdered) because there’s so many cops around,” Rodolfo Fernandez, owner of the 192 By Marvin G. Cortner County news Latino Buffet, said. Editor Rivera-Montanez asked Osceola County govern- Federal Transit Administration Fernandez for food last week, ment is moving forward with a telling the restauranteur that study to determine transporta- and $200,00 in matching Lynx he had recently been released tion alternatives involving Lynx funds. The major portion of from the Osceola County Jail along U.S. Highway 192 from U.S. Highway 192 study area on Simpson Road and did not the Florida’s Turnpike on the would be in Osceola County. have any money. east to U.S. Highway 27 on the According to county docu- News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan west. ments, the study would gather “I gave him a plate the first As part of Saturday’s Cowboy Heritage Festival at Osceola Heritage Park, Mike day,” Fernandez said, adding On Monday, the County input from Lynx fixed-bus route Rivera-Montanez stopped by Lawson and Amy Heaberlin, representing the Far East Ranch in Kenansville, Commission authorized the users and business owners several times that week beg- prepare swamp cabbage, a dish made by chopping and cooking heart of palm, county to execute a memoran- along the corridor to see what ging for food. “The first time I and in this case, adding cooked bacon. The Far East Ranch also participated in dum of understanding with options the community would believed him and gave him a people's choice competition with other area ranches for best brisket. In addi- Lynx, the regional public trans- prefer to move people without free food but he always had tion to traditional Florida cracker foods, visitors to the event could also listen to portation authority, for the U.S. adding highway travel lanes. the same story.” stories of Florida history and learn how to crack a whip. 192 Alternative Analysis using The 20-year owner of the an $800,000 grant from the See County, page A-3 Apollo Inn, who declined to give his name, said crimes occur on U.S. Highway 192 near downtown Kissimmee Child welfare agency opens in Kissimmee but rarely as violent as mur- der. By Fallan Patterson “It’s always surprising News-Gazette because we don’t see that Staff Writer Photo/Andrew Sullivan The new lead agency for kind of crime on 192,” he Local business own- said. “I hope they find who Central Florida’s child welfare system is officially open in ers, elected officials did it.” and employees Rivera-Montanez had an downtown Kissimmee, part of attended a ribbon-cut- extensive criminal record Community Based Care of throughout Florida, with sev- Central Florida’s mission to ting ceremony for the eral violent and drug-related have bases in each of the new offices of Com- charges in Osceola and counties it serves. munity Based Care in Orange counties. The agency, which over- the Kissimmee City In April 2010, he was sees foster care, adoption and Centre Sept. 29. The found guilty of cocaine pos- other child welfare issues for company, which is session and sentenced to one Osceola, Orange and Semi- charged with handling year in prison. Court records nole counties, took over for adoption, foster care called him a “career offender” Family Services of Metro and other child wel- with 35 prior convictions and Orlando in April and answers fare issues in Osceo- four separate prison stints. to the Florida Department of la, Orange and Semi- One record from 2009, Children and Families. nole counties, takes “I can’t be happier with the when he was charged with up the fifth and sixth aggravated stalking, stated progress we’ve made over the floors of the City See Police news, page A-6 See Care, page A-6 Centre building. Inside Homefinder Sports News for you Classifieds . C-4 Celebration Osceola and Around Kissim- Community . B-3/4 ranked eighth St. Cloud mee, Around St. Homefinder . C-1 prettiest tangle on the Cloud and sur- Legals . C-7 rounding areas Local news . A-5 neighborhood, football field Opinion . A-4 Forbes Friday at featured in zoned Sports . A-8 magazine says. OHS. editions. School news . 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