Community Bulletin

Can-tastic!

Winter Park firm RLF participated in the 18th annual Canstruction – Orlando competition. This year, top local architects, engineers, contractors and designers joined with talented high school students for the first time in the competition’s history. They worked together to design and build spectacular, giant-sized “Wonders of the World” — this year’s theme — made entirely from canned and nonperishable foods.

Hall of famers

Winter Park High School Sports Hall of Fame banquet was held Nov. 12 at the new Winter Park Community Center. Pictured are this year’s inductees.

Bikes for kids

Bright House Networks volunteers delivered hundreds of presents on Dec. 12 by pickup truck convoy to Hope and Help Center of Central Florida’s main office in Winter Park to be distributed to 80 boys and girls who belong to HIV/AIDS-affected families.

Board openings

The city of Maitland has openings on the following boards:

• Board of Adjustments and Appeals

• Personnel Board

• Transportation Board

For information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 407-539-6219.

Holiday card winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Winter Park Chamber’s Holiday Card Competition: Juliet Myers, Park Maitland School; Angelina Schreyer, St. Margaret Mary Catholic School; Alexis Tamvakis, St. James Cathedral School; and Marlaina Wakim, Park Maitland School.

Polling places

The General Municipal Election of the city of Maitland will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, for electing a mayor and deciding on the economic development ad valorem tax exemption referendum. Voting will take place at the following locations:

• Orlando Korean Presbyterian Church, 2405 Dianjo Drive

• Maitland Civic Center, 641 S. Maitland Ave.

• Asbury United Methodist Church, 220 W. Horatio Ave.

• Lake Island Recreation Center, 450 Harper St.

• 1st Baptist Church Winter Park, 1021 N. New York Ave.

• First Baptist Church of Maitland, 1950 Mohican Trail

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the polling places are accessible to handicapped voters.

SAR turns 50

The Central Florida Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution met on Dec. 10 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Major recognition was given to Compatriot James Paul Ristig Jr., who has served for more than 70 years. The keynote speaker was Colonel Danny McKnight, U. S. Army (Ret). McKnight’s military service includes combat duty in Somalia in 1993, which became the basis for the book and movie “Black Hawk Down.”

Duby graduates

Jeanette Duby received an Associates of Arts in Divinity from The Baptist College of Florida (BCF) in Graceville, Florida. She is a member of Killarney Baptist Church in Winter Park, Florida. Following graduation, Duby plans to continue her current leadership role as Children’s Ministry Director.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Tri-City Electrical Contractors Inc. completed work at the new five-story, 150,000-square-foot Adventist Health System corporate headquarters building at Maitland Boulevard and State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs, under its contract with Brasfield & Gorrie, Lake Mary.

The Gardens at DePugh, a rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility, recently named Mary Pitetti as its new executive director. In this role, she will provide strategic direction, oversee operations and ensure fiscal productivity.

Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. Communications Manager Ioana Good has been appointed as the Orlando City Group Leader for the Legal Marketing Association, Southeastern Chapter.

One Senior Place Orlando, the elder care services complex near Florida Hospital off Interstate 4 between State Roads 434 and 436, will house VITAS Innovative Hospice, Estate & Business Planning Group, Orlando Senior Health Network and Serenades by Sonata among other businesses. Visit www.OneSeniorPlace.com.

Sprinkles and CakeShooters will be celebrating National Chocolate Day (Jan. 27) with a “Chocolate Lover’s Dozen” of CakeShooters. Visit www.cakeshooters.com.

The Winter Park Day Nursery Inc., a not-for-profit childcare center and preschool for lower income working families, promoted Ali De Maria to executive director.

Lynne Strynchuk, CFP® of Maitland-based Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC, was one of only two dozen CFP professionals invited by CFP Board to create new questions for future CFP® Certification Examinations.

Orlando EB5 Investments, a subsidiary company of Maitland-based CommerCenters LLC, helped finance two upscale restaurants at the W. Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., recently with $16.5 million in investment capital.

Florida Radiology Imaging Princeton, one of 10 Florida Hospital and FRi mammography centers in Central Florida, has been designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, by the American College of Radiology.