September 2010
By Leslie O’Shaughnessy

With his vigilant family’s help, his own quiet courage and technology, the 6-year-old diabetic enjoys a normal life
‘We are the Hippos, the mighty, mighty Hippos, Oorah!” shouts 6-year-old Gabriel Leeper in a mock Marine cry before hitting the field. Grinning from ear to ear and blond hair flying, he sails across the soccer field, kicking and tussling for the ball just like every other boy.

August 2010
By Kendall Bierer

Longtime fans take heart: Hairstylist Jeanette Hughesis back in business
With her hands in motion pampering clients with cuts, curls and hairdos, Jeanette Hughes is an artist at work. Winter Park customers have benefited from her award-winning talent for 30 years.

August 2010
By Sandra Carr

Longtime fans take heart: Hairstylist Jeanette Hughesis back in business
With her hands in motion pampering clients with cuts, curls and hairdos, Jeanette Hughes is an artist at work. Winter Park customers have benefited from her award-winning talent for 30 years.

July 2010

Artists’ journal entries offer insight into how bits and pieces of Winter Park’s plein-air festival become a wonderful whole
For eight spring days, 26 of Florida’s top plein-air artists moved throughout Winter Park with their easels and paints in the second annual Paint Out. Using the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens as their base, they set out to capture the city’s scenic beauty and then display and offer their works for sale at the museum.

By Leslie O’Shaughnessy
July 2010

Rollins professor is respected for his insights on community issues
Richard Foglesong’s life is an ongoing deliberation of one simple question: “Why do things happen the way they do?” A Rollins College professor of politics since 1984, he challenges and inspires his students daily to ponder the same question.

By Kayla Smith
June 2010

Her vast trove of collectibles defines Audrey Lentz’s free-spirited decorating style.
Step into her home and you are greeted by a striking ivory-colored horse from an old carousel. A little farther in, you see a huge flashing Lego submarine – complete with cotton ball clouds and flying helicopters – from an old toy store display.

By Kayla Smith
May 2010

Don’t get caught with nothing to do… summer camps are ready to entertain, enlighten your kids.
That last bell of the school year will ring at any moment, but don’t worry – there are plenty of opportunities in the Winter Park area to keep your children entertained and active during the fast-approaching summer days. Whether your goal is helping your children relax or keeping their minds primed for next year, local groups are bursting with options if you know where to look. Here are a few examples to help you get started.

Story and Photos by Courtney Shapiro
May 2010

Nearly 1,000 runners converged on Showalter Field for one of the area’s largest track-and-field events – and most of the competitors could even tie their own shoes.

The young athletes ran their hearts out during the fifth annual Fast Start Invitational, a free event for elementary school students from Winter Park, Eatonville and Maitland.

By Dixie Tate
April 2010

For the second year, the public is invited to watch as ‘plein-air’ artists of the Winter Park Paint Out roam the city, capturing its beauty and charm.
After a brief move to Roanoke, Va., following last year’s Winter Park Paint Out, Berto Ortega’s back in town. That means that if you’re strolling among the artists set up on the grounds of the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens at the end of April, you may just wind up in one of his paintings.

By Dixie Tate
April 2010

For 55 years, Winter Park Memorial Hospital has made sure that birth is truly a labor of love
Dr. Jacob “Jake” R. Rozier at Winter Park Memorial Hospital was the “go-to guy” on May 14, 1965, when my mother decided to make one more trip from Mount Dora to Winter Park – this time for my delivery. After the birth of my oldest brother, she suffered three late-term miscarriages until, under Rozier’s care, she successfully delivered another son. Five years later she arrived on the hospital steps pregnant with me, hopeful, prayerful and resolute for a full-term birth.