Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

Community Bulletin

Caroline Elaine Schumacher of Maitland graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Mary Washington.

Winter Park-based Chelle Stack's Gymnastics, owned and operated by 1988 Olympian Chelle Stack, qualified three gymnasts, Chelsea Grimison, Adrienne Czaplewski, and Brittany Arlington, to the 2010 USAG Women's Junior Olympic Level 9 Eastern Championships. For more information, visit www.chellestacksgymnastics.com.

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of America Art has pushed back its reopening date to Tuesday, June 1, and will offer free admission through Friday, June 4. It closed on May 11 after an electrical short in the building's climate-control system caused smoke to filter through the air ducts. Visit MorseMuseum.org for more information.

Habitat for Humanity Orlando recently celebrated National Women Build Week – an event designed to empower women to take action against poverty housing conditions. Locally, 420 women volunteered to build seven town-homes at Stag Horn Villas. The nonprofit also received more than $75,000 in donations. Volunteers included Jessica Parker, a Maitland resident, and well-known personalities such as Miss Florida 2009, Rachael Todd, and winner of last season's "The Bachelor" TV show, Vienna Girardi. For additional information, visit www.habitat-orlando.org/Women-Build.

The Goldenrod Chamber said goodbye to President Lawrence Phillips of United Legacy Bank (formerly Riverside Bank of Central Florida) on Thursday, March 25, and welcomed President Elect, Joseph E. Regner, Jr of Brenner Real Estate.

Lots of Kids (LOK) a baby-sitting co-op, is looking for new members in College Park, Winter Park and Orlando. LOK members do not charge each other for babysitting, instead they trade babysitting hours. However participation in the exchanges is not required for membership. If you would like to join the group, e-mail [email protected]. Yearly dues are $12 a year per family, prorated at $1 a month.

Save the Manatee Club cautions recreational boaters over Memorial Day weekend to be mindful of the manatees throughout Florida's waterways. If you see an injured, dead, tagged or orphaned manatee, or a manatee who is being harassed, call the FWC at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922) or #FWC or *FWC on your cellular phone, or use VHF Channel 16 on your marine radio.

Dr. David D. Swanson, senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Orlando and resident of Baldwin Park, has published his first book, titled "Vital Signs: Discovering the Keys to Abundant Christian Living." The book is available through Amazon.com and DrinkFromTheWell.com.

Mitchell's Fish Market, which is opening in the Winter Park Village on June 14, is hiring for 115 positions, including various servers, cooks and general utility workers. Those interested should apply in person at 460 N. Orlando Ave. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 407-339-3474 or visit MitchellsFishMarket.com for more information.

Business Briefs

Orlando Orthopaedic Center announced that Director of Ancillary Services Ron Esteban and Director of Client Relations Bob Hammon were recognized by the Athletic Trainer's Association of Florida at their 22nd Annual Clinical Symposium.

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a sublease agreement for 1,525 square feet of office space at 138 W. Jessup Ave. in Longwood.

The commercial division of Palmer Electric Company has secured a $1.05 million contract with the Orlando office of PCL Construction Services Inc. for the Orlando Regional Medical Center. Under the scope of its services, Palmer will install 40,000 lineal feet of underground duct banks and 30 manholes throughout the facility's downtown Orlando campus.

The Central Florida office of SIKON Construction announced the company ranks as the 24th largest Florida-based contractor and 74th largest overall among "The Southeast's Top Contractors", according to Southeast Construction magazine's annual 2010 survey published in its April/May issue.

Grubb & Ellis Commercial Florida recently completed a 61-month office lease agreement for 2,904 square feet in the Northbridge Centre at 711 N. Orlando Ave. in Maitland.

Winter Park Memorial Hospital is readying to open its newest medical office building. The building, which has been under construction since September 2009 along Lakemont Avenue, is set to open at the end of June and will house the Centre for Family Medicine and the Florida Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program.

Mitchell's Fish Market announced the appointment of General Manager Rob Schelle and Executive Chef Jeremy Mattson for its new location in the Winter Park Village opening on June 14.

Winter Park-based Natural Systems Analysts Inc. has been authorized by the Jacksonville District of the Army Corps of Engineers to begin monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation in the estuaries that feed the Everglades. This five-year contract has a value of more than $2 million, should all options be exercised, and is part of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (www.evergladesplan.org).