In Your Neighborhood - 06/16/11
Celebration
| Sara Paulshock ,a senior at Connecticut College, received the Claire Garber Goodman ‘54 Award, which is given to a senior anthropology major who has achieved academic distinction and shown a dedication to the values of anthropology. Her proud parents are Craig and Amy Paulshock of Celebration. |
Landsbrook Terrace
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Landsbrook Terrace residents clean a one-mile stretch of Conroy-Windermere Road. |
As part of an Earth Day project, residents of Landsbrook Terrace came together and cleaned a one-mile stretch of Conroy-Windermere Road in Orlando. Within two hours, the participating children and adults had collected more than 850 cigarette butts, swept up 30 pounds of broken glass, and filled six large bags with various types of garbage. Hector Ramos, manager of El Potro Mexican Restaurant in the Kirkman Oaks Shopping Center, was so impressed with the residents’ efforts that he treated everyone to lunch at the restaurant. |
Palma Vista
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Congratulations to Palma Vista residents Rodney and Avery Ray on the birth of their fifth child, Braydon Allyson. |
Rodney and Avery Ray of Palma Vista welcomed a daughter into the world March 9, 2011, at 12:23 p.m. Braydon Allyson weighed 10 pounds, 5 ounces, and was welcomed home by siblingsTaylor, Connor, Gavin and Payton. |
Sterling Pointe
| Robert “Bobby” Olszewski, managing principal of Emerson Management & Consulting Group Inc., was one of 25 applicants accepted to the Central Florida Political Leadership Institute, a nonpartisan program for business and civic leaders who have the potential to become political candidates or government leaders. The Sterling Pointe resident was selected from among 130 candidates in Central Florida. |
Windermere
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Rotary Club of Windermere representatives donate $10,500 to West Orange Habitat for Humanity’s Home At Last 2010 project. Attending the check presentation are (l. to r.) Rotary Vice President Brad Busbin; Darrell Gardener, Home At Last construction supervisor; Bill Curdts, Home At Last co-chairman; Bill Criswell, Home At Last chairman; Gary Atwill, chairman of the Rotary’s Lobster, Laughter, Lend A Hand fundraiser; and Jim McQuillan, Home At Last fundraising and publicity chairman. Not pictured: Rich Carbon, Rotary past president and HFH volunteer. |
Rotary Club of Windermere representatives donated a $10,500 check to West Orange Habitat for Humanity to benefit the Home At Last 2010 project. The money was raised through the Rotary’s annual Lobster, Laughter, Lend A Hand and Festival Among the Lakes events. |
| Michelle Ofina earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Dominican College in Orangeburg, N.Y. The Windermere resident received her degree last month during the college’s commencement ceremony. |
