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MBS Training Club Volleyball League
Avalon Park's "Athletics and Academic" club Supporting Student and Athletes, one Champion at a time
Our volleyball club is ready to serve the community! Our season runs November 2014-June 2015. We would like to purchase these shirts (see below) for our 25 players to
wear while they are serving. Would you consider sponsoring? A sponsorship of at least $250.00 or more will get your company’s name (or logo) on the back of this shirt. An additional sponsorship of $250.00 or more will get your company’s name on another one of our practice t-shirts. We will also recognize your company on our Facebook page and website for one year.
To contribute, please visit our Go Fund Me online fundraiser at: http://www.gofundme.com/mbsvballclub
Thank you for your partnership! 501c3
Tax ID: #462176265
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Timber Creek News
Newsletter
Five TC Teachers Receive Special Recognition
Timber Creek’s own Shawna Sherry, Mike Jones, Lauren Thomas, Kyle Dencker, and Anna Stevens were recognized
at the NAF (National Academy Foundation) Next 2014 Conference in Washington DC. They received a NAF Distinguished
Academy Award for the Academy of Information and Technology.
Orange County Public School Calendar 2014-2015
- Mon.-Fri. Nov. 24-28 Thanksgiving Break · Students are out all week · District offices are open Nov. 24-26 · Nov. 24-26: Teacher non-workdays
- · Nov. 27-28: Teacher holidays
- Two Weeks Dec. 22-Jan. 2 Winter Break (Schools are closed. District offices are closed Dec. 24-Jan. 1.)
- Mon. January 5 Students return to school
- Thu. January 15 End of 2nd marking period (44 days)
- Fri. January 16 Student holiday/teacher workday
- Mon. January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (Schools and district offices are closed.)
- Tue. January 20 Begin 2nd semester/3rd marking period
- Mon. February 16 Presidents Day holiday (Schools are closed; district offices are open.)
- Thu. March 19 End of 3rd marking period (42 days)
- Fri. March 20 Student holiday/teacher workday
- Mon.-Fri. March 23-27 Spring Break (Schools are closed; district offices are open.)
- Mon. March 30 Begin 4th marking period
- Mon. May 25 Memorial Day holiday (Schools and district offices are closed.)
- Wed. June 3 End of 4th marking period/last day of school for students (47 days)
- Thu.-Fri. June 4-5 Post planning for teachers
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Local Band with Roots in Avalon Park
14th Annual Deland Original Music Festival
"Peyote Moon" - an East Orlando band - will be performing at the 14th Annual Deland Original Music Festival on November 15th. "Peyote Moon" had its beginnings in the Avalon Park area... a few of the members live and worked there. They have performed together for over 3 years.
The Deland Originals Festival is a popular festival that features over a hundred acts all performing original music. Peyote Moon will perform two acoustic sets. The band includes: Phil Davis, Lakshmi Ramaseshan, Bill Rubino, and Amy Davenport.
Peyote Moon is scheduled to perform at the Deland Festival on Nov. 15th @ 5:20pm at Chess Park and @ 9:00pm at The Grotto (details and map of stages shown here).
- They will be playing for 40 minutes at each location... 9 original songs
- Tickets are $15 if purchased at the gate at the festival and $10 if purchased through the band
- ·Do contact the band directly if you want tickets, as they will receive certain credits from the Deland Music Festival Organizers for bringing a crowd!
Peyote Moon had their first performances in Avalon Park restaurants, cafes and at the Avalon Park band shell.
They released their first CD of 13 original songs earlier this year and it’s available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and other online venues. Just look for “Peyote Moon”.
They currently have a standing monthly gig at Maxine’s on Shine in downtown Orlando (on the fourth Sunday of every month), and they have played at several other Central Florida restaurants and at private parties.
They are currently well into the recording of their second CD which features 15 new original songs, many of these songs are ones they have performed for the last year. Their second CD is titled “Running with Ghosts” and includes some of the band’s favorite numbers.
The focus of their sound is their vocals and harmonies….. “a little bit country, a little bit rock n’ roll, a little bit pop” is how they describe it. “Peyote Moon” weaves its own web of emotion and feeling. Don’t let the sweet sound deceive you… there’s a wide emotional pallet here.
You can follow them on Facebook:https://facebook.com/peyotemoonmusic
To learn more about purchasing tickets through the band, please contact Lakshmi at: 248-921-4186 or email the band at peyotemoonmusic@gmail.com
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Thanks 4 Giving Drive
Written by Linda Bilyeu
Our community have yet another opportunity. Last year, The Solon Group of KW and several partners were fortunate enough to coordinate a turkey drive for a local Pantry located in the Avalon Park Community (East Orlando), at Castle Creek Elementary. We donated about 10 carts of food, and 30 Turkeys to local families in our community who were in need. This year, we are doing it again and hoping to at least triple our numbers from last year- 90 Turkeys and 30 carts of food. Food donated will go to Casey's Closet, a Pantry servicing East Orlando located at Castle Creek Elementary. We have partnered up also with Orange County Academy located in Bithlo to distribute items to the families in need. As before, we are looking to connect with the community, businesses and volunteers.
Here are the opportunities:
1. Host a Can Food Box in your business
Collect Goods and Host a mini drive to be collected for distribution on November 22 at Castle Creek
2. Make a commitment to Purchase a Turkey(s). Remember, we need 90 Turkeys!!!! Please let us know your turkey commitment, how many, name, email.. so we can help you fulfill it for distribution. Let us know by emailing info@thesolongroup.com
3. Volunteer at one of our Can Food Drives at a local Grocery Market or contribute resources, sponsor shirts for the volunteers, provide tents, tables... etc.
4. Donate Can food at at a Designated location
5. Become a Coordinator
We have been planning preliminary for the past couple weeks, and now are moving ahead so if you are interested in any of these opportunities please let us know, info@thesolongroup.com.
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Coloring Like a Boss (In Avalon Park)
by Diane Laney Fitzpatrick
I just found out that adult coloring is a thing now. I haven't been this excited since I learned we can still be in spelling bees and take tap.
All this time, I thought my love of coloring was just me being childish. I don't think I ever got over snapping Periwinkle in half while coloring Joseph's coat of many colors, and I've been searching for that perfect shade of lilacish-blue ever since.
But now I'm to learn that coloring is OK for adults. Socially acceptable. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Therapeutic even.
I didn't realize how much I loved coloring until my kids all graduated and stopped doing projects that I could help with. When my youngest went to college, I kept asking her if any of her college classes required posters, dioramas, illustrated poetry collections or illustrated anythings. As it turns out, social work majors live in a very black and white world.
That's when I realized that I had been coloring since I picked up my first Magenta and I really hadn't ever taken a break. I colored in school, I colored with my neighborhood friends, I talked my older sisters into coloring with me. My admiration and awe of my sister Reenie was solidified when she announced she was changing her coloring style from "light" - barely grazing the crayon across Barbie's prom gown - to "dark" - making all 64 colors in the big box stand out like mod 1960s wallpaper.
Then I became a parent and colored with my own kids. When I was a new stay-at-home mom, my 5-year-old and I sat at the kitchen table and I drew big, fat, empty letters that spelled out words. He and I would color them in with crayons.
So what's a grown woman supposed to do with a basket full of markers, Crayolas and colored pencils, but no valid excuse to use them? You look for an excuse, of course.
Thus, I found this article on Huffington Post that quotes a real psychologist saying this:
"(Coloring) generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity."
I suspect psychology majors didn't have much use for color, either, and somebody's mother had quite an influence.
Thank goodness someone else read the same philosophy and started producing adult coloring books and coloring pages you can print off the Internet. You can color a stage full of strippers, recreational drug use, or your favorite scenes from Breaking Bad. Or you can color this:
or this:
There are more. Lots more. But I'm not sure they'd interest you. I'm passing on them, because they require too much Flesh and I'm low on that color.
Adult Painting in Avalon Park
ONE DAY CLASS PASSES!
Did you know that we offer the option to purchase a one-day class pass for classes at our Avalon Park location. This pass can be used for your child to try a class or to just come as your schedule permits. The cost is $15/45-min class and $20/60 minute class. You must purchase the pass in advance to reserve your space in the
class.
Give us a call at 407-287-6698 to purchase your class pass
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EAST ORLANDO REAL ESTATE
written by Eddy Solon, 32828 Realtor, AP Resident
The Solon Group of Keller Williams
http:///www.TheSolonGroup.com
For Foreclosures listings, Home Valuations, and for luxury homes in East Orlando, please visit http://www.Realestate32828.com
The Latest price per square feet on homes sold in the 32828 can also be located on the site.
Check out what our local expert is saying about Real Estate in Orlando, Baby Realtor, BabyRealtor.com
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REGISTER FOR THE NEXT YARD SALE
September 2014 Yard sale had record number registrations so be sure to register early for Spring 2015, once registration becomes available. http://www.avalonyardsale.com/ |
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Capture Your Trick/ Treat Memories
Photo Booth will be Setup in front of Keller Williams in Avalon Park (Founders Square/ Peppervine Drive)
Capture the experience with the little ones for FREE.
Keller Williams in Avalon Park is hosting a photo booth for all residents tricking/ treating. Come and get your picture taken in front of a green screen and CHOOSE THE BACKGROUND....FOR FREE!!!!!! .
First come, First serve, while supplies last. Hosted by the Keller Williams Office in Avalon Park, the #1 Brokerage in all of East of Orlando and Avalon Park.
Chris and Jackie Caroll's 2012 Kids Halloween Photo
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ORANGE COUNTY NEWS
Non-Profit Safety Grant Workshop
Wednesday, November 5th ~ 10:00am to 12:00pm
450 E. South Street, Downtown Orlando, 32801
Are you part of or know of a non-profit organization and can use funding? If so, please take note of this upcoming Non-Profit Safety Grant Workshop. The grant program has available funding for non-profit community service organizations to implement projects that help reduce crime and enhance safety within a targeted community or a targeted population within Orange County. Applicants must meet minimum county insurance requirements and all other prerequisites. Funding is available for up to $10,000 per organization, through this reimbursement grant program. For more information about this grant, contact Danny Rivera at 407.836.5449 or danny.rivera@ocfl.net.
Monthly Adopt-A-Tree
Saturday, November 8th ~ 8am to 12pm
Ft. Christmas Historical Park, 1300 Ft. Christmas Road, Christmas, 32709
This is a FREE program for all Orange County citizens designed to encourage residents to add trees to our environment. Adding trees to the landscape has many long-term benefits. Along with the obvious advantages of shade and beauty, trees provide oxygen, filter pollution, and create habitats for wildlife. In addition, trees replenish our lost tree canopy that has diminished due to storm damage, age, and development. Each county resident must provide proof of residency and will receive up to two trees while supplies last.
Block Party Application
Have you or your neighbors considered having a block party in your neighborhood? Block parties are a way to welcome new neighbors to the neighborhood or a way to celebrated with neighbors on a annual basis. If so, there is a block party permit that has to be completed prior to having the block party. Click here to download the block party permit.
For more information, contact Luis Mercado at 407.836.8378 or at Luis.mercado@ocfl.net
Sustainability Advisory Board
Orange County Government is looking for citizens to be part of the Sustainability Advisory Board. To be eligible to serve, applicants must reside in Orange County (unless the requirement is waived for a particular appointee by a vote of 5 members of the board). Since there are 2 at-large members in addition to the 7 seats that represent a specific area, any resident of Orange County should be eligible. As with any advisory board, the Membership and Mission Review Board (MMRB) will select the members of the new board. If you are interested please visit the link below.
5K Run/Walk to Benefit Heart of Florida United Way
Orange County Government invites residents to its second annual United Way 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, November 22, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the West Orange Trail - Chapin Station Park located at 501 Crown Point Cross Road, Winter Garden, FL 34787. All proceeds will benefit Heart of Florida United Way, Central Florida's most comprehensive health and human services charity and the largest regional provider of funds to critical health and human service programs.
Registration is now open. To register online, visit www.OCUW5K.eventbrite.com. The entry fee for children 14 and under is $10. For ages 15 and up, the fee is $20 from now to November 15, $25 November 16 - 21, and $30 on the day of the race. Children in strollers are free.
For more information, contact Kevin Simmonds at 407.254.9967 or by email at Kevin.Simmonds@ocfl.net.
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EAST ORLANDO SAFETY
32828 Statistics: Zone 22B
Retrieved from OCSO Website
Safety@apgazette.com
MONTH TO MONTH TREND: Upward
While 26 incidents were reported last Newsletter, 30 incidents were reported this month in our zone, which includes Avalon Park Area and surrounding communities. Based on the data available, there were 1 Arm to Person Robbery, 18 Auto Burglaries, 0 Home Invasions, 1 Commercial Burglaries, 8 Residential Burglaries, 1 Stolen Vehicles, and 0 Strong Arm to Person Robbery.
Avalon Park Residents, Have a safety concern? Feel free to email our off duty deputy Sal.Saldano@ocfl.net He is very responsive! What does off duty mean? It really does not mean they are completely off duty. They are hired by funds set aside by our HOA dues, on their off duty hours, to help secure the safety of our Avalon Park community. We have three deputies, and Sal is the primary coordinator.
To receive future statistics, Subscribe to our newsletter here
Since first step in crime prevention is awareness, everyone can contribute by forwarding these updates to their neighbor.
East Orlando Resident, have an incident, a report, or safety event, please email Safety@apgazette.com to be distributed to our 3,000 plus subscribers. |
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The Case for "UPTOWN AVALON"
Avalon Park Blvd and East Colonial, the new development and area should be referred to as Uptown Avalon
Written by Publishing@apgazette.com
Don't we already have an Uptown Avalon Park?
Tou·ché! We do have wonderfully built luxury townhomes in Avalon Park situated adjacent to Town Park located, in what most of us call, Down Town Avalon Park, however it is in down town AP, but Up town Down Town. If that makes any sense. ( side bar: There are only a few homes left, so if you are interested visit the Remax in Avalon Park).
Making the Case
Here are the facts. Although many, Avalon Park Residents, distinctly separate their community from other surrounding neighborhoods down Avalon Park Blvd, most of our neighbors have no clue that they do not live in Avalon Park.
"Oh, no Darling, you don't live in Avalon Park, you live in Avalon Lakes..."
Any Realtor can tell you that the majority of residents living down Avalon Park Blvd say they live in Avalon Park. And most Realtors can also tell you that the majority of buyers who are familiar with the area considers any neighborhood on Avalon Park Blvd as Avalon Park. Why is that, um maybe, because the main road is called Avalon Park Blvd, the proximity to Avalon Park, and the association and familiarization used as talking points about the community are all factors that play into this perception and belief.
There was a drive a couple years ago to make Avalon Park, it's own city and the surrounding neighborhoods were proposed to be a part of that city, so although many would like to believe Avalon Park ends at the roundabout and the intersection of Alafaya & APB, the reality is that our community extends beyond those parameters. We have neighbors who live in AP and own local businesses down Avalon Park Blvd, and residents who live in surrounding neighborhoods who directly contribute to our local economy daily, so when we say Avalon Park Community, it has a broader meaning then that of Avalon Park Neighborhood which many of us dutifully pay our quarterly HOA payment to.
I say we should embrace the reality in front of us and capitalize on it while building a broader sense of community. Staying in our bubble and telling ourselves that "the neighborhood down the street from us is not in our community" will only leave us with very little influence to help encourage more development that can help beautify the area. A rise in property values down the street equates to a higher rise in Avalon Park.
So What is being proposed here?
As many of you have seen, the new WAWA, Aldi, Wendy's, Dunkin Dounuts, and several others shops are coming to the area. It's situated "UP" Avalon Park Blvd about 3.5 miles from "Down Town." Get where I am going with this?
The shopping plaza is currently being named, Avalon Commons, but I propose that it is renamed Uptown Avalon, not Uptown Avalon Park, but simply Uptown Avalon. In fact, this entire area, including Grandeville Luxury Aparments, should be considered/ perceived as Uptown Avalon. When Grandeville first was being developed several years ago, they called themselves Grandeville in Avalon Park, but was challenged and had to change their name to Grandeville on Avalon Park, but now, as our community has matured and the upswing potential of building a stronger brand for our community which can yield more commerce, a rise in property values, and a beautification of the area which will attract more developers. For the thousands of drivers that pass this intersection daily, the consideration will now be, If there is an Uptown Avalon, where is Down town? Uptown Avalon seem to be an eventual fit for the area, but who knows!
Of course, there is cons.... there are always cons!
1. More commerce, may lead to more traffic
2. As in the past, news reports associated any crime occurring up Avalon Park blvd as Avalon Park although it was wrong, it will become fact. Our community understanding will certainly grow which is already the case in some of our groups on Facebook.
3. It will certainly promote community with other surrounding neighborhoods which may be a challenge
In Conclusion...
Should Uptown Avalon become a reality, a vision of more shopping, fine dining, and AP style housing in the area will help promote safer neighborhoods and help bring up an area that has been struggling for years.
What are your thoughts? Please send them to Publishing@apgazette.com
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Interested in Submitting an Article
Articles are due by the third Thursday of the Month, email them to Publishing@apgazette.com
You understand by Submitting an article:
1. It may be edited to fit in the issue without my input
2. All final edits are completed by Avalon Park Gazette Reviewers and Editors in conjunction with the contributor, when deemed necessary
3. I will abide by AP Gazette creed, To build community one issue at a time through practical, informative, and lifestyle oriented articles in commitment with Integrity, Trust, Good will and Honesty.
4. I will submit to final edits made by the AP Gazette Team with my input when deemed necessary or without at the discretion of the AP Gazette Reviewers and Editors
5. I will submit an article before the 3rd Thursday of the month prior to 12 pm to be considered.
6. My article may or may not be considered or may be used in a future article under the sole discretion of the AP Gazette Reviewers and Editors.
If you do not agree, please do not submit an article.
AP Gazette Opportunities
1. Reviewers- to review final submittal of newsletters prior to publishing
2. Education Contributor- An article written by an Educator in one of East Orlando schools. Topics may be anything to do with Education and teacher, student, and parent awareness. This will be a good place to highlight top achievers in our school (teachers and students).
3. Sports Contributor- To discuss East Orlando Sports, anything from little league and up
4. Political Contributors- Discuss local politics that impact East Orlando Residents along with other Political contributors
To be able to participate, you must be an East Orlando resident, if writing, submit an article prior to 3rd Thursday of the Month 12:00 pm, and send your interest and brief description of your background to Publishing@apgazette.com Keep in mind, any neighbor can submit an article.
5. Safety Contributor- Preferably someone in law enforcement who lives or patrol our community to provide monthly contribution on safety trends, practices, and awareness.
6. Tell us your story- Have a personal story about a triumph or a life transition that took place and you think it will benefit others, tell us your story by
emailing publishing@apgazette.com
7. Have A Birthday or Anniversary coming up, Email us and we will showcase it in the associated issue. Email publishing@apgazette.com |
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