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The newly inked federal eco-nomic stimulus package offers only limited benefits for small businesses — but Central Flor-ida lenders say any help in 2009 is welcome.

Of particular interest is the stimulus package’s $35,000 life preserver for small businesses drowning in red ink.

Under the law, the Small Business Administration tem-porarily will guarantee 100 percent of loans of up to $35,000 issued by banks to small busi-nesses struggling to make pay-ments on existing debt. The SBA will pay the interest on the loan, and small businesses

will have a year before they must start repaying it.

“Our committee has heard from many firms who could be via-ble and grow again if they could only buy a little time,” said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Small Busi-ness Committee.

“This new program was designed with these firms in mind.”

But a $35,000 guarantee prob-ably wouldn’t make a difference for most companies, said Shan-non Talty, owner of Olde Hearth Bread Co. in Casselberry, which has 46 employees. “That’s about a two-week payroll for my busi-ness,” said Talty, who got an SBA loan to expand his bakery in 2007. “That wouldn’t get us very far. It might help for a very small business.”

Still, any program that stim-ulates lending is helpful, said John Hanrahan, an accoun-tant executive with Florida First Capital Finance Corp. in Orlando. “Hopefully, these

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Just when it seemed things couldn’t get any worse, Central Florida’s econ-omy now appears poised to sink even further. More than $314 million worth of Orlando-area commercial real es-tate loans held as mortgage-backed se-curities were delinquent at the end of January — nearly double the amount three months earlier.

And another 127 Orlando-area loans worth $1.4 billion — a whopping 19.6 percent of the area’s commercial mort-gage-backed securities (CMBS) loans — are on a watch list of loans that

could face trouble soon. The watch list, compiled by of Horsham, Pa.-based credit-rating agency Realpoint LLC, uses a metric that includes payment defaults, lower occupancy levels and poor borrower finances.

“We expect commercial loan de-faults to triple in 2009,” said Frank

By chris KAuffmANN

High-speed rail in Central Florida may be back on track, thanks to the new federal economic stimulus pro-gram, which contains $8 billion in no-match money allocated for high-speed rail projects nationwide.

The Florida High Speed Rail Au-thority will meet Feb. 26 at Orlando International Airport to discuss what it needs to do to update old plans for the planned rail system, which in-cludes several possible routes, all of them with Orlando at the center.

It will be the first time the authority has met since former Gov. Jeb Bush killed the plans for the system in 2004 due to lack of available state money.

The authority’s chairman, former Or-

ange County Com-missioner Lee Chi-ra, believes Florida should be at the top of any list for high-speed rail money because it’s further along in the plan-ning process than any of the other 10 regions in the country that have been mentioned for high-speed rail.

“We’re at least one year ahead of everyone else because we’ve already spent $30 million to come up with a plan and with routes,” he said. “We’re

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Dig in | 4 ‘Shovel-ready’ projects likely to get federal funds

On the radar | 4 Airports eye stimulus money

Road warriors | 5 Metroplan battling for government dollars

Finding money | 5 Tax breaks encourage small biz spending

Executive Profile | 6 Les Simmonds, president and CEO of L.G. Simmonds Real Estate Corp.

Paying for progress | 8 Proposed law would help doctors fund electronic record systems

Replacement facility | 9 Community Health Centers to build $2.9 million clinic in Groveland

Fannie tightens up | 11 Stricter condo loan requirements make it harder for Realtors, developers

Time to regroup | 13 Owner of Orlando International Airport Hotel files Ch. 11

Angry aviation | 14 Corporate aircraft criticism seen as unfair

Special Report | 15 Architects, Construction & Engineers: Local firms gear up to vie for local infrastructure, public works projects

The List | 16 Central Florida’s largest architecture firms

The List | 20 Central Florida’s largest engineering firms

Entrepreneur | 23 Fork in the Road: Two childhood friends making lots of dough

Moneyed Metros | 24 Orlando seventh-best area for small business

Focus on Sales | 24 Sales and marketing are not synonymous

Calendar | 26 Multiple agencies offer human resources help

Executive Etiquette | 26 Listening ability could determine success

People in the News | 28 Kerry Kelly to head Florida operations for Fulton Communications

Biz Leads | 29 GE Commercial Finance wins $16M judgment against Bill Heard Chevrolet

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Blood moneyOnly people who donate to

Florida’s Blood Centers every 112 days, known as “automated donors,” now will be eligible for Club Red and its gift cards.

Whole blood do-nors will be out of the club and won’t get the freebies.

A u t o m a t e d d o n o r s h av e one component removed from the blood — a 90-minute process — while donating whole blood takes only 10 to 20 minutes.

The organization, which has come under fire for its CEO’s $500,000 salary and business deal-ings with board members, notes that donors can decline their gift cards to help the organization save money.

Star face treatmentMascara for Eva Mendes and

lip balm for Pierce Brosnan.That’s what owners of Maitland-

based Kroma Makeup Studio have ahead of them this weekend after being invited to the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles to hand out their products to celebrities. The maker of natural botanical makeup plans to give away lip balm for the guys and mascara, an eyelash comb and foundation primer to women.

EA Sports brand toysElectronic Arts Inc., parent

company to Maitland-based EA Tiburon, has teamed up with Toy Line to introduce toy products bearing the EA Sports brand in the fall.

EA Sports’ video games devel-oped at EA Tiburon include Mad-den NFL, FIFA Soccer, NBA LIVE and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR. The toy line is expected to focus on outdoor play.

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Proposed bills offer tax reliefAnnual property assessment caps would drop to 5 percent

BY ANJALI FLUKER

Augie Byllott, like other Central Florida landlords, is caught in a cash quandary. He has had to charge low-er rents due to market pressures — while paying higher proper-ty taxes every year.

In fact, Byllott, a managing member of ChampionsGate-based Ho-meowner Resource LLC, has seen taxes at some of his properties grow by 20 percent year-over-year, an amount impossible to make up by raising rents due to growing competi-tion for tenants.

Part of the reason for the tax increases is be-cause the assessed value of rental properties, now capped at 10 percent an-nually, has continued to grow.

Commercial property owners like attorney Matt Englett face the same

dilemma. He owns two Class C office towers in Altamonte Springs, where his property taxes went up by $20,000 to more than $180,000, or 11 percent, be-tween 2007 and 2008.

He also faces stiff competition from Class A office buildings in Maitland try-ing to lure tenants by leasing space at the same rate as him. Now, said Englett, “I’ll have to slash my rates even more.”

That’s why state lawmakers want to provide some relief to landlords in this year’s legislative session, which begins March 3. Companion constitutional amendments — House Joint Resolu-tion 97 and Senate Joint Resolution 532 — would limit property assessment in-creases for rental properties, capping them at 5 percent or the average annual percentage growth in revenue from the property over the last three years.

The proposed change also would lower assessments on homesteads by 50 percent for first-time homeowners for the first year, and then phase the tax break out over three years.

“We’ve got a big economic disas-ter going on,” said Rep. Carl Domino, R-Juno Beach, who introduced the House bill. “We need to stabilize home prices, and if we do that, all the toxic paper at the commercial banks won’t be toxic anymore.”

But residential landlord Fred Allen isn’t sure this is the way to deal with

the problem. Allen, presi-dent of Clermont-based Allen Properties Inc., said even if property assess-ment caps are lowered, local municipalities raise property taxes and fees to make up for that lost rev-enue. For example, city and county governments have added licensing fees, while raising fire service fees and other charges, squeezing several landlords.

The bills also further shift the bur-den of taxes to a smaller population — such as snowbirds and office condo owners, said Kurt Wenner, director of tax research for Tallahassee-based Florida TaxWatch, a nonpartisan, non-profit government watchdog agency.

The Save Our Homes amendment, which limits residential property tax assessments at 3 percent for homestead-ers, shifted the burden to commercial property owners.

Although the 5 percent cap would help owners of rental properties, “it fur-ther squeezes the balloon, and all other people not getting breaks from Save Our Homes will be burdened,” Wenner said.

However, Byllott said lower property taxes would give landlords some relief. “At least it gives you control over ex-penses from a forecasting perspective.”

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By KENT HOOVER

The politics of getting the econom-ic stimulus package passed may pale compared with the politics of getting some of its billions of dollars in infra-structure spending.

Mu c h o f t h e money will flow to state governments and school districts through existing funding formulas. Localities will compete for funding, particularly for road repair and other highway projects.

States have identified more than 5,000 highway projects costing $64 bil-lion that could be awarded within 180 days. The bill will fund only $27.5 bil-lion of them.

There’s no question politics will be involved in which projects are selected, said Jerry Gorski, who chairs Associ-ated Builders & Contractors.

“Shovel-ready” projects that will ben-efit the economy will be favored.

“You have to make your case that the money will be spent well, with ac-countability,” said Douglas McGarrah, who chairs law firm Foley Hoag’s infra-structure group in Boston.

Contractors, like local governments,

also must make their case for the work, McGarrah said.

The legislation also gives federal agencies billions of dollars for infra-structure projects ranging from en-ergy-efficient retrofits of federal build-ings to grants for broadband develop-ment in underserved areas. Informa-tion technology companies also stand to benefit from a $19 billion investment in electronic health records.

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Where the dollars will go• $27.5 billion for highwayconstruction

• $19 billion for healthinformationtechnology

• $18.8 billion for cleanwater,floodcontrolandenvironmentalrestoration

• $17.7 billion for transitandrail

• $16.5 billion to makepublicbuildingsenergyefficient

• $15 billion for sciencefacilities,researchandinstrumentation

• $11 billion to modernizethenation’selectricitygrid

• $7.2 billion to expandbroadbandandwirelessservices

Source: House Appropriations Committee

Politics to play role in winning infrastructure dollars from feds

By cHRis KauffmaNN

Area airports are lining up infra-structure projects they believe will be eligible for some of the $2 billion in just-approved federal stimulus money ear-marked for aviation.

About $550 million will be handed out within the next four months.

Although local airport executives doubt they’ll get all $200 million worth of their shovel-ready projects funded, they said they’ll start chipping away with the money they do get.

Under the stimulus package, the Federal Aviation Administration will have an extra $1.1 billion to dispense this year in its Airport Improvement Program, said Airports Council Inter-national-North America, which repre-sents roughly 200 airport operators.

That money, 50 percent of which must be dispensed within 120 days (the rest within two years), is in addition to $3.5 billion the program traditionally gets each year through user fees.

Moreover, unlike the annual money, the new stimulus funds don’t require lo-cal matching cash. So, for example, Or-lando Sanford International would save $250,000 in local matching funds if it gets $10 million in stimulus money, said Larry Dale, airport president and CEO.

Also under the stimulus package, the Transportation Security Adminis-tration will have $1 billion to hand out

for checkpoint security and baggage screening projects. Orlando Interna-tional’s list contains a $60 million bag-gage system for the North Terminal, and Orlando Sanford has a $4 million inline airline baggage and security sys-tem listed among its top projects.

However, some are dismissive of the stimulus package’s aviation allotment.

Colorado-based aviation analyst Mi-chael Boyd criticized its lack of any-thing to increase dwindling passen-ger traffic or improve the national air traffic control system. “You’ve got to be smoking dope if you believe this is going to improve aviation. This is more show than go.”


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by chris kauffmann

Metroplan Or-lando expects to get at least $45 million for road and transit projects from the fed-eral stimulus pack-age — and possibly much more, depend-ing on what happens in Tallahassee.

T h e r e g i o n a l t r a n s p o r t a t i o n planning agency has lined up nearly 200 projects worth $3 billion in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties, rang-ing from the two-part $1.97 billion In-terstate 4 widening project to small resurfacing projects costing less than $20,000 apiece.

At this point, Metroplan executives

expect to get nearly $30 million directly from the stimulus package, and almost $15 million more through the local of-fice of the Florida Department of Trans-portation. And that doesn’t include whatever will come down from the state as a result of the $1.4 billion in highway and transit money Florida anticipates getting from the stimulus package.

In addition, Metroplan hopes to take ad-vantage if other regions falter in coming up with lists of ready-to-go projects that meet federal eligibility requirements. “There’s no shortage of projects in our ar-ea that appear to be eligible, but that can’t

be said for other areas,” said Metroplan Executive Director Harold Barley.

Metroplan’s desire to ensure no mon-ey’s left on the table was the primary reason for developing such extensive priority lists.

Local firms already are eyeing what the transportation portion of the stimu-lus package might mean to them.

Clancy & Theys Construction Co. might be suited for projects in the $10 million-$30 million range, said Pete Pace, CEO of the firm’s Florida division, which has 65 workers in Orlando. If the firm gets some stimulus project work,

Pace said he would hire up to five people per project in areas such as project man-agement, administration and finances.

Gencor Industries Chairman E.J. Elliott is even more encouraged about the possibilities for his Orlando firm, which makes heavy equipment for the road-building industry.

“This has been the slowest year in my 50-plus years in the industry, so we have no doubt the stimulus will help our business,” Elliott said. “To build roads, they need machinery, and that’s where we come in.”


Tax breaks may spur business investmentby kEnT hOOVEr

The American Recovery & Reinvest-ment Act gives companies two reasons to invest in new equipment this year, and it provides many small firms a way to find the money to make the purchases.

The economic stimulus package ex-tended two tax incentives for business investment through the end of this year. Companies can write off half the cost of new equipment immediately instead of following the usual depreciation sched-ules. Small firms can expense up to $250,000 of new equipment purchases this year.

These breaks can be a powerful in-centive for business investment, espe-cially when combined, said Bill Smith, director of the national tax office for CBIZ MHM.

Smith cites an example of a small busi-ness investing $500,000 in equipment normally depreciated over five years. The business could take the $250,000 Section 179 expensing limit and then ap-ply 50 percent bonus depreciation. The business could then depreciate $25,000 of the remaining $125,000 of the invest-ment this year. The end result: The business could write off $400,000 of the $500,000 investment this year, instead of having to wait to recover this money.

That’s good for cash flow, but many firms may not have the cash or credit to make this kind of investment, espe-cially in a recession.

However, the economic stimulus package provides a solution to firms with less than $15 million in annual revenue. The new law allows them to carry back net operating losses for five years, instead of the previous two-year limit. A business losing money could apply the losses to a previous profitable year and then claim a refund for taxes paid that year. “That’s going to inject a lot of cash into the business commu-nity,” Smith said.

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Les simmOnds,President and CEO, L.G. Simmonds Real Estate Corp.

To say Les Simmonds wears many hats would be an understatement.

Simmonds, president and CEO of Longwood-based L.G. Simmonds Real Estate Corp., also is the 2008-2009 pres-ident of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, an associate professor at Valencia Community College and will complete his doctorate degree in orga-nization and management at Capella University later this year.

The Jamaican native wasn’t the most likely candidate for a real estate career, since his schooling and early job path was in engineering. But when a woman he met told him, “You’d be a good real estate broker,” Simmonds took her advice, got his real estate li-cense, and the rest is history.

PersonalAge: 59

Education: Associate’s degree in applied science and mechanical technology, New York City Commu-nity College; bachelor’s in mechani-cal engineering and technology, Rochester Institute of Technology; master of business administration, Rollins College

First job: Engineering drafting and design

Other jobs: Quality control inspector for Ideal Corp. in Brooklyn, N.Y.; aerospace engineer for Lockheed Martin — then Martin Marietta Aerospace

Hobbies: Reading, traveling, dining and golfing

Little-known fact: I was an amateur boxer when I was in Jamaica during my high school years.

Home: Longwood

Family: Wife, Dell; two sons; one daughter; two granddaughters

Business PhilosophyEssential philosophy: Pray, work and fight.

Yardstick of success: Realization of a worthwhile goal

Greatest obstacle: Trying to deal with the current market conditions in real estate

Judgment CallsBest decision: Purchasing an office building when I became a real

estate broker, instead of leasing. I have a tenant, and that provides me with additional income.

Worst decision: Not selling Lucent Technologies stock when I had the chance

Most important lesson learned: By and large, people are more interested in themselves than in you.

True ConfessionsWhy this profession: The possibility of being my own boss

Celebrity who irritates you the most: Bill O’Reilly

Most annoying habit: I keep a sloppy home office.

Life motto: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

First choice for a new career: University professor

A phrase I use far too often: Can you imagine?

I wish more people would take more notice of: The wonderful country we live in and the men and women who put their lives in harm’s way to de-fend and keep her safe.

Et ceteraFondest childhood memory: Christmas celebrations

Most influential books: The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vin-cent Peale; Man of Steel and Velvet by Aubrey Andelin

Favorite movie: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Favorite restaurants: Charley’s Steakhouse and Bahama Breeze

Favorite vacation spot: Jamaica, of course

Favorite room in the house: Master bedroom, because that’s where I can finally relax

Automobile you drive: BMW 5 Series

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Electronic medical records not only save time and money, but also could save lives, allowing doctors to access a patient’s medical conditions, blood type, lab re-sults and prescrip-tions within seconds.

But setting up an electronic medical records system isn’t cheap.

For example, Dr. Dimitry Palceski’s Reflections Dermatology office in Bald-win Park invested about $40,000 in soft-ware when it opened in 2006, plus sever-al thousand dollars annually to upgrade and maintain the system since then.

Now, Florida lawmakers want to help more doctors make the switch from paper to electronic medical files, which would improve patient care and interconnect the state’s health care information systems.

Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, is spon-soring Senate Bill 162 for the 2009 ses-sion, beginning March 3, which would of-fer one-time, no-interest loans to eligible physicians or doctor-owned businesses for the initial costs of the system.

Last year, Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, proposed establishing the

Electronic Medical Records System Adoption Loan Program — with its Sen-ate companion bill sponsored by Ring — but it died after receiving no funding. She hasn’t yet proposed a House Bill for 2009 with the program, saying she may add it as an amendment to another bill. Grimsley said she may not ask for a specific amount of funding for the pro-gram, although even $200,000 would be welcome in a tough budget year. If there’s no funding at all, she said she’d still like to set up the program so it can be ready to fund later.

Such funding may not be impossible, after all. The newly approved federal stimulus package contains $19 billion for electronic health records. Accord-ing to a Feb. 12 Wall Street Journal article, physicians would get bonuses between $44,000 and $64,000 and hospi-tals would get up to $11 million if they have electronic medical records, while Medicare would impose payment penal-ties for not using electronic health re-cords by 2014.

Ring’s legislative staff said it’s not clear yet if any of the federal stimulus money will be available to fund the pro-posed loan program.

Incentives for physicians to imple-ment electronic medical records would be a huge cost savings, especially for doctors in solo or small practices, said Melanie Boscan, executive director of the Orange County Medical Society.

Any state funding to start imple-menting would be welcome, said Tan-ya Stewart, chief financial officer for Community Health Centers, which will implement electronic medical records at the first of its 10 clinics next week. The nonprofit built a capital reserve during the last five years to help pay for the $1 million upgrade.

Electronic records are key to getting federal funding and grants, Stewart said, as the government increasingly ties funding with showing good out-comes. And doctors must have electron-ic medical records in order to have that detailed data. “It’s a priority, because the federal government has made it a priority. Electronic health records are expensive, but it’s a great tool.”


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By Melanie Stawicki azaM

Community Health Centers Inc. will start construction this summer on a $2.9 million medical and dental clinic in Groveland that treats low- income patients.

Contractors’ bids on the one-story, 13,360-square-foot South Lake Family Health Center will be accepted until Feb. 24. The architect is Roger Allen Leibin & Associates of Altamonte Springs.

It will replace the existing 9,450-square-foot clinic, which backs up to some wetlands at 1296 W. Broad St. The

clinic suffered hurricane-related roof damage, as well as mold and mildew due to water intrusion. “The facility we are in now is literally falling apart,” said Tanya Stewart, chief financial of-ficer for Community Health Centers.

The larger new clinic will double the number of medical exam rooms from six to 12, and dental exam rooms will increase from three to six.

It will be built behind the existing clinic, which will continue to operate until the new one is done, and then it will be torn down. Construction will take roughly 15 months to complete, said Mark S. Williams, CEO of Commu-nity Health Centers.

The replacement clinic in Groveland has been in the works for four years, getting federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agricultural Rural De-velopment for the expansion back in 2006. But the permitting and federal approval processes took longer than expected, Williams said.

South Lake Family Health Center, which has 22 employees, serves about 6,000 patients a year — gaining about 1,500 new patients just in the past year. Stewart attributed the increase to population growth in Lake County and the recession.

“Certainly, there is a need, so we support their efforts to expand their clinic.” said John Moore, chief operat-ing officer at South Lake Hospital in Clermont, which operates a clinic for uninsured and underinsured residents with volunteer medical staff. Located roughly eight miles from the South

Lake Family Health Center, it serves about 500 patients and also has seen an increase in demand.

South Lake Fam-ily Health Center is one of 10 Cen-tral Florida clinics run by Community He a lt h C ent er s , wh i c h p r ov i d e s medical, dental and pharmaceutical ser-vices to more than 40,000 patients an-nually. Community Health Centers is

part of the Primary Care Access Net-work (PCAN), a collaboration between Orange County government and health care providers to serve local underin-sured and uninsured residents.


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Tougher rules make it harder for Realtors, developers to sell inventoryBY ANJALI FLUKER

Marcus Burke isn’t making many non-cash condo sales these days.

Burke, a Realtor and co-founder of Orlando-based Condo Metropolis LLC, said condo loans are nearly impossible to secure for potential buyers. And new, stricter guidelines taking effect March 1 are making it even more difficult for potential buyers to get Federal Nation-al Mortgage Association-backed condo loans, also known as Fannie Mae.

Fannie Mae is increasing eligibility requirements for condo pre-sales from 50 percent or more to 70 percent. That means condo complexes must have that many units sold or under contract before the remaining units can get ap-provals for Fannie Mae-backed loans.

Fannie Mae also is requiring that no more than 15 percent of a project’s units be 30 days or more past due on condo as-sociation fees.

The new restrictions make it nearly impossible for Realtors, developers or owners of condo conversion projects to sell units. “You can’t meet all those guide-lines, so I’m dealing pretty much only with cash buyers on condos,” said Burke.

But the new rules are designed to protect both buyers and condo projects.

“The pre-sale requirement is intended to ensure a project is well-managed and able to sustain itself financially at times when there are a larger number of con-do fee delinquencies,” said Amy Bonita-tibus, Fannie Mae spokeswoman.

The changes also will protect buyers from unanticipated financial hardships such as special assessments or substan-tial condo fee increases, she said.

The new rules could chill Central Florida condo sales at a time when the market was just starting to warm up. Fourth-quarter condo resales in

metro Orlando were up 23 percent, from 364 in 2007 to 446 last year, said the Florida Association of Realtors.

But many condo build-ings had investors snap up multiple units during the real estate market boom, and now face sev-eral foreclosures as those investors default on pay-ments they can’t afford.

And when investors walk away, they stop pay-ing condo association fees, said Rob Nunziata, president of Orlando-based FBC Mortgage LLC. “It’s going to make it more difficult for peo-ple who want to purchase a unit.”

However, Fannie Mae has added at least one

provision that makes it easier to sell units: Empty units previously were considered “non-owner occupied” and, thereby, threw off ratios for loan eligi-bility, which required a certain number of units to be occupied by owners rath-er than renters. But empty units are no longer in that category as of about a month ago, Burke said. “That’s a rule change for the better.”

[email protected] | (407) 241-2910Reporter Lisa Schoolcraft with sister publication

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By RichaRd BilBao

Efficient Engineers Inc., owner of Or-lando International Airport Hotel Inc. at 3835 McCoy Road in Orlando, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 reorganiza-tion on Feb. 9.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a com-pany to restructure its operations and debt while remaining in business.

Efficient Engineers, which has 20 em-ployees, owes $10.8 million to 32 credi-tors and has assets of $23.3 million, ac-cording to its bankruptcy filing.

The hotel was bought by Efficient Engineers in 2006 for $7.5 million from Superior Hotels Inc., according to the Orange County Property Appraiser.

The 300-room Orlando International Airport Hotel, which is undergoing both interior and exterior cosmetic renovations and is about 1.5 miles from Orlando International Airport, has a 30 percent occupancy rate, said Xiomara Rodriguez, hotel general manager. In

comparison, next-door neighbor and competitor La Quinta Orlando Airport West has a 52 percent occupancy level.

The reason for the bankruptcy filing, according to court documents: Two of Ef-ficient Engineers’ creditors were in the process of foreclosing on the property.

The downturn of the economy and the freezing of the credit market are the two main reasons the property is in trouble, said Gary F. Labrozzi, chief financial officer for Efficient Engineer-ing and owner of the hotel.

He said the reorganization will give the hotel time to refurbish itself

with approximately $1.5 million in cosmetic renovations.

In addition, the hotel plans to team up with Dallas, Texas-based Pegasus Solutions Inc.’s Utell hotel booking pro-gram to help increase both domestic and foreign traffic to the hotel, he said. The program is expected to go live at the hotel on Feb. 26.

One of the foreclosure suits was filed Sept. 25 by New York-based Intervest National Bank, the primary mortgage holder, because Efficient Engineers failed to make payments, said Joshua Magidson, attorney at Tampa-based

Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen PA, which represents Intervest.

The second foreclosure suit was filed by Warren H. Stumes, a secured credi-tor in the case, for $175,000. According to court records, the amount is part of a judgment lien filed in April 2007.

Intervest National Bank is the larg-est secured creditor in the case and is owed $7.56 million. The largest unse-cured creditor is Udaysinh Parmar, who is owed $960,000.

A creditors’ meeting is scheduled for March 2.


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Orlando notched the third spot among the most searched cities by users of ZipRealty Inc. seeking a new home, according to a fourth-quarter report.

ZipRealty tracked data from 5,400 cit-ies in 31 markets to identify the most searched cities by its users. Only Phoe-nix and Scottsdale were ahead of Orlan-do in the top 10 list. Filling out the rest of the top 10 were Las Vegas, Atlanta, Houston, Irvine and Fort Lauderdale.

The report also rated how sales pric-es compared with original list prices for several ZIP codes in the Orlando mar-ket. Homes in Orlando’s 32824 ZIP code, which is southwest of Orlando Interna-tional Airport, fared the best, selling at 97.28 percent of the listing prices.

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by chris kauffmann

The business aviation industry, al-ready reeling from the recession, now is crying foul over recent high-profile congressional attacks on the use of cor-porate aircraft — attacks they say are making a bad situation worse.

“Our industry has taken an absolute beating in the media, from Congress and the president,” said Kim Showal-ter, president of Showalter Flying Ser-vice, which provides fuel, maintenance, detailing, hangar space and other ser-vices for private airplanes at Orlando Executive Airport. “It certainly doesn’t help when we’re portrayed as part of the evil empire.”

The scrutiny over business aviation started when the heads of the three major American auto makers flew to Washington, D.C., in corporate jets to ask for bailout money in November. It continued in January when bailout re-cipient Citigroup came under intense criticism for its now-canceled plans to buy a $50 million corporate jet.

“Congress has decided any business jet is bad, and it started with those idi-ots from the car companies,” said Colo-rado-based aviation analyst Michael Boyd. “Now it’s politically incorrect to have them, so some companies will get rid of them.”

It’s proven to be a one-two punch for Showalter, whose business already was hurt by the run-up in aviation fuel prices last summer to as much as $7.02

per gallon. However, when fuel fell to $4.67 a gallon, customers didn’t return as expected — the company sold only 111,000 gallons in January, or 44 per-cent less than the 198,000 gallons it sold in January 2006.

That’s something Showalter partly attributes to the bad name business aviation has gotten recently.

“It’s not good when there is a lot of negative perception out there,” said Terry Lloyd, director of aviation for Kissimmee Gateway Airport.

In fact, Kissimmee Gateway — which aggressively targets corporate aviation — saw its fuel sales drop 5 percent by

the end of 2008, and cut its expenditures in anticipation of a 25 percent decline this year. It sold nearly 2.2 million gal-lons last year, and a 25 percent hit would bring sales down to about 1.64 million gallons. To offset that, the airport won’t replace a $40,000 tractor on its equip-ment replacement list this year.

Meanwhile, Showalter has taken even more extensive measures: freez-ing open positions, reducing operating hours and staff hours, among other things. The firm’s 30 employees also decided to launder their own uniforms, rather than have a service do it.

Boyd and Ed Bolen, president and

CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, said the biggest problem with the congressional criticism was that companies did nothing to defend the use of the aircraft as a necessary tool to help operate more efficiently.

Attorney Fred Leonhardt, director of Orlando law firm GrayRobinson, agrees that private aircraft not only save time and money, but also are the best way for him to stay connected with his firm’s 10 Florida offices.

Leonhardt and eight other inves-tors own two four-seat Cirrus aircraft, which they primarily use for business. “It’s an essential tool for people to move around Florida. We flew up to Talla-hassee [Feb. 16] at our convenience and got there at 10:30 a.m. If we had flown commercial, we would have had to go through Atlanta, and it would have tak-en most of the day.”

Now, the aviation industry has be-gun to push back against the nega-tive publicity. For example, Cessna, which has laid off 4,600 employees since December, has embarked on an ad campaign touting the benefits of corporate aviation.

Meanwhile, Bolen pushed the same theme recently in testimony before Congress. The campaign has had some positive effect, he added, as Congress has decided against a provision that would have required firms receiving bailout money to divest themselves of corporate aircraft.


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Male doMi-nation: The green movement in civil engineering now has strong female leadership. The speak-ers for the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions’ annual Environ-mental Conference session on elements of green site planning and construction were two women: Sandra Brock, chief engineer at Nitsch Engineer-ing, and Francesca Maltese, development manager for The O’Connell Development Group.

CoMMerCial growth: Despite a small increase in monthly billings — an eco-nomic indicator of construction activity — the worst is not yet over, said the American Institute of Architects. The Institute reported record lows between October and November, and although numbers grew slightly in December, they were still well below the previous year.

Chasing sChools: Zyscov-ich Architects opened a new Orlando office on Orange Avenue in January in anticipa-tion of more school-related work. The Miami-based firm will handle land-use and education projects from here.

outdoor Malls: The Sembler Co. got top retail design honors from Chain Store Age for its Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves lifestyle center — a 1.2 million-square-foot project it sold for $180.4 million in October.

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entral Florida architects, engineers and contractors want a piece of the infra-structure and public works projects slated for funding by President Barack Obama’s

$787 billion economic stimu-lus package.

Even though less money will be dedicat-ed to infrastructure than previously ex-pected — about $130 billion for such proj-ects, said Dallas-based HKS Inc. — that’s not stopping area firms from gearing up.

Local needs are immense.

For example, Lake, O r a n ge, O s c e ol a and Seminole coun-ties plan to seek $1.7 billion worth of federal stimulus money for projects, and Orlando, Win-ter Garden, Sanford, Kissimmee and Win-ter Springs will seek

a combined $814 million, as previously reported by Orlando Business Journal.

Statewide, there could be more than $100 billion worth of improvements needed in sewer lines, power lines and road work, said Dan Burden, principal and senior urban designer with architecture and engineering firm Glatting Jackson Kercher Ang-lin Inc.’s Orlando office.

Burden has been working with

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Central Florida’s* largest architectural firmsRanked by gross billings for 2008; ties broken by companywide billings

Notes: *Lake, Seminole, Osceola and Orange counties only. Not all architectural firms responded to this survey. Research Director Denise Hicks | (407) 241-2893 | [email protected]

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9th:TheworldrankingforHKSArchitectsInc.,accordingtoBDWorldArchitecture’sTop100January2008edition.Thefirmiscommittedtothe2030Challenge,whichcallsupontheglobalbuildingcommunitytodesignandbuildcarbon-neutralbuildingsby2030.HKShasmorethan240LEED-accreditedprofessionals(www.hksinc.com).

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Architectural firmAddress

Managing principalTelephoneArchitectural specialties

Gross billingsCompanywide billings

Percentage breakdown:commercial/residential

Number of active projects

HKS Architects Inc.225 E. Robinson St., Suite 405Orlando 32801

Matthew T. Clear(407) 648-9956Corporate/commercial, hospitality, health care, sports, entertainment, education and government

Commercial: 100%124

$31.8 million

3$420 million

Interplan LLC933 Lee RoadOrlando 32810

David Boyce(407) 645-5008National and regional development programs in the restaurant, retail, hospitiality and commercial industries

Commercial: 100%2875

$27.8 million

2$29.8 million

Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock/ArchitectsInc.222 W. Maitland Blvd.Maitland 32751

Michael K. Chatham(407) 644-2656Hotels, resorts, timeshares, entertainment, mixed-use, health care, government, construction litigation, education

Commercial: 95%; Residential: 5%3146

$25 million

1$25 million

Morris Architects622 E. Washington St., Suite 500Orlando 32801

Gerald B. Koi(407) 839-0414Hospitality, entertainment, planning


$24.6 million

5$42.4 million

HuntonBrady Architects800 N. Magnolia Ave., Suite 600Orlando 32803

Chuck Cole(407) 839-0886Health care, commercial, education, interior design, laboratories, medical office buildings


$22.3 million

6$22.3 million

Architects Design Group Inc.333 N. Knowles Ave.Winter Park 32789

I.S.K Reeves V(407) 647-1706Law enforcement, public safety, fire rescue, communications, emergency operations centers, public works, municipal

Governmental: 98%665

$20.2 million

7$20.2 million

Baker Barrios Architects189 S. Orange Ave., Suite 1700Orlando 32801

Carlos Barrios(407) 926-3000Commercial mixed-use, education, hospitality, corporate, retail and health care

Commercial: 100%765

$19.5 million

4$19.5 million

SchenkelShultz200 E. Robinson St., Suite 300Orlando 32801

J. Thomas Chandler(407) 872-3322Education, aviation, justice and commercial

Commercial: 100%870

$17.5 million

10$37.3 million

VOA Associates Inc.4776 New Broad St., Suite 200Orlando 32814

Jonathan F. Douglas(407) 425-2500Hospitality, commercial, health care, government, interior design

Commercial: 100%950

$16.6 million

11$51.6 million

C.T. Hsu & Associates PA820 Irma Ave.Orlando 32803

C.T. Hsu(407) 423-0098Education, government, transportation, recreation, mixed-use, commercial

Commercial: 100%1 018

$12 million

17$12 million

Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc.745 Orienta Ave., Suite 1121Altamonte Springs 32701

R. Norman Stoehr(407) 830-1400Multifamily, clubhouses, resort hotels, restaurants

Commercial: 20%; Residential: 80%1 150

$7.1 million

16$7.1 million

PBS&J Architecture482 S. Keller RoadOrlando 32810

Frances H. Boettcher(407) 647-7275Entertainment, hospitality, corporate, education, government


$6.9 million

23$28 million

The Scott Partnership Architecture/Interiors423 S. Keller Road, Suite 200Orlando 32810

Ray Scott(407) 660-2766Mixed-use, retail, senior living, multifamily


$6.9 million

8$6.9 million

RLF145 Lincoln Ave.Winter Park 32789

Steven M. Hingtgen(407) 647-1039Health care, Department of Defense, Veteran’s Affairs, assisted living/elderly care, education, cultural, religious, museums

Institutional: 100%1 454

$6.1 million

9$6.1 million

Fugleberg Koch Architects Inc.2555 Temple TrailWinter Park 32789

James E. Kelley Jr.(407) 629-0595Multifamily, hospitality, mixed-use


$6 million

14$6 million

The Evans Group1001 N. Orange Ave.Orlando 32801

Donald F. Evans(407) 650-8770Themed and specialty commercial, multifamily, residential, clubhouses


$6 million

13$6 million

DLR Group100 E. Pine St., Suite 404Orlando 32801

Michael E. LeBoeuf(407) 648-1331Corporate, higher education, justice and K-12 education

Commercial: 85%; government: 15%1 79

$5.3 million

26$112 million

Bentley Architects & Engineers Inc.665 W. Warren Ave.Longwood 32750

William C. Bentley(407) 331-6116Government, transportation, and commercial design


$4.7 million

NR$4.7 million

MRI Architectural Group Inc.320 E. South St., Suite 150Orlando 32801

Peter M. Ikegami(407) 245-3660Complete architectural and interior design services


$4.6 million

19$4.6 million

Charlan Brock & Associates Inc.1770 Fennell St.Maitland 32751

Charles Charlan/Gary F. Brock(407) 660-8900Mixed-use apartments resort, town centers, clubhouses, student housing, assisted living


$4.4 million

15$4.4 million

Rhodes & Brito Architects601 N. Magnolia Ave., Suite 100Orlando 32801

Ruffin Rhodes(407) 648-7288Education, aviation, commercial, civic

Commercial: 98%, Residential: 2%2 110

$4.3 million

20$4.3 million

Starmer Ranaldi Planning & Architecture Inc.820 W. Broadway St., Suite 3000Oviedo 32765

Joseph A. Ranaldi(407) 977-1080K-12 schools, colleges, universities, municipal, public safety and commercial commissions


$4.1 million

21$4.1 million

Slocum Platts Architects1245 W. Fairbanks Ave., Suite 400Winter Park 32789

Randall J. Slocum(407) 645-3019Residential, multifamily, hospitality, commercial and religious facilities


$3 million

22$3 million

McCree General Contractors & Architects500 E. Princeton St.,Orlando 32803

Richard McCree Jr.(407) 898-4821Design/build, feasibility planning, office, health care, industrial, religious, educational, government, recreational, retail

Commercial: 95%; Residential; 5%2 437

$2.1 million

NR$45 million

Powell Design Group Inc.303 E. Par St.Orlando 32804

George L. Powell(407) 622-6882Hospitality, multifamily, entertainment, commercial, education


$1.8 million

24$3 million

R. Miller Architecture Inc.1201 Fairview Ave.Winter Park 32789

Robert Miller(407) 539-2412Architecture, interior design, planning and landcape architecture

Commercial: 95%, Residential: 5%2 620

$1.8 million

NR$1.8 million

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groups such as the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the International City Managers Association, the Nation-al Association of Counties and the National League of Cities to ensure Central Florida has a voice in seeking stimu-lus project funds.

Those groups are gath-ering a list of “shovel-ready projects,” which can create jobs, and need only funding to get start-ed. “We want to take care of failing infrastructure first.” Burden said.

At least one local project ap-pears lined up for funding: the $43 million renovation of the George C. Young U.S. Court-house & Federal Building in down-town Orlando.

The U.S. Gen-e r a l S e r v i c e s Ad mi nist ration ( G S A ) , w h i c h oversees federal bu i ld i n g s , h a s named the refur-bishment of the six-story building at 80 N. Hughey Ave. among six to eight federal projects in the Southeast need-ing funding, said Michael LeBoeuf, president of design firm DLR Group’s Florida division in Orlando.

The project includes four bank-ruptcy courtrooms, support space for the clerk of the court and judges’ chambers, U.S. Attorney’s offices and a new entrance on the west side of the building, said LeBoeuf, one of 16 architects in the GSA’s design excel-lence program.

“I’m more confident projects at the GSA level and social programs will [receive] funding,” rather than local or state-level projects, LeBoeuf said.

Meanwhile, there could be some re-sidual benefits for local projects, said Michael Holbrook, director of planning for Bowyer-Sin-gleton & Associates Inc. in Orlando. “The thing everybody is trying to figure out is if certain projects get funded, will that make room for other projects,” to get local or state funding, he said.

Bowyer-Singleton is compiling a wish list of local road projects Cen-tral Florida agencies would like to see completed if federal dollars come this way, Holbrook said.

Meanwhile, firms that already have solid relationships with the govern-ment agencies that will dole out the work when funding is secured are more likely to get a piece of the federal pie, said William Owen, president and CEO of Real Estate Research Consul-tants Inc. in Orlando. “A lot of firms in Central Florida would like to get hold of some infrastructure money. If they haven’t already positioned themselves to work with local or state govern-ments, it’s probably too late to get in on the action now.”


Local experts believe experienced firms have better shot at landing public jobs

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Data dock

Program areas 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Bridges, rails, resurfacing $3.6B $4.1B $4.4B $5B $4.3B

Planning, engineering, inspections $1.1B $ 1.2B $1.2B $1.3B $1.2B

Operations/maintenance of tolls, turnpikes, tra�c engineering $647.4M $658.5M $696.9M $834.4M $852.1M

Administration $148.7M $155.2M $140.9M $152.0M $153.6M

Total expenditures $5.6B $6.3B $6.6B $7.5B $6.7B

Source: Florida Department of Transportation Photo: Jim Carchidi

Florida had 14 percent less money to pay for things such as bridges, rails and resurfacing in �scal 2007-2008, compared with the previous year, and 11 percent less for total infrastructure expenditures during that same time period. Below is a breakdown of the Florida Department of Transportation’s infrastructure expenditures:

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Kercher Anglin Inc.

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By SuSan Lundine

Growing up an Army brat, Debra Lupton had a nomadic childhood that involved moving every few years, in-cluding a stint in Japan.

So as an adult, she wanted a profes-sion that would allow her to create a permanent sense of place. In addition, she was fascinated by how buildings are designed and constructed. That’s why she decided to become an architect.

Lupton, 53, joined Orlando-based TLC Engineering for Architecture in 1993 as director of marketing, and in 2004, became CEO.

Under her leadership, the firm achieved $54.7 million in revenue last year with 350 employees in 10 offices in Florida, Tennessee and Texas. Founded in 1955, TLC Engineering specializes in designing buildings for the health care, multifamily residential, educa-tion, aviation and judicial industries, doing work in 41 states and abroad.

Some of the major projects it has worked on include: Florida Hospital Orlando’s $170.2 million Ginsburg Tow-er and emergency department; the $142 million 55 West condo tower on Church Street; and Orlando Utility Commis-sion’s new $42 million headquarters in downtown Orlando.

Upcoming projects include: the $1.2 billion Central Florida commuter rail system; the $220 million Dr. Phil-lips Orlando Performing Arts Center; the $145 million Citrus Bowl stadi-um renovation; and the $200 million

Nemours Children’s Hospital.

Major plans for your firm: In spite of the recession, we have ongoing activ-ity in investigating opportunities to ac-quire firms that would complement our geographic and market presence.

Your very first job: I taught ball-room and swing dancing to middle school kids, earning minimum wage in 1971 ($1.60 an hour).

Favorite part of the job: Visiting all my offices gives me the chance to talk to all the staff and hear what’s go-ing on in their part of TLC.

Advice for others in your field: Keep your sense of humor and focus on forward movement.

Biggest career challenge: 2008-2009 recession

Best business lesson learned: Al-ways help others and take the high road.

Greatest accomplishment: Balancing dual roles as a mom (my son is now in the architecture program at Valencia Com-munity College) and as a leader in busi-ness and my professional associations

Your secret to success: Perseverance

Fantasy career: R&B diva

Something you’ve always wanted to learn to do: Perform as an auction-eer — and I did

Something you’re good at: Public speaking and articulating ideas

Favorite weekend activities: Din-ner out with friends; movies or the the-ater; traveling

Favorite getaways: The beach, camping, snow skiing

What keeps you awake at night: At this time, I am constantly thinking about the balance of how to minimize the negative effects of the economy on our employees while sustaining the company for the long haul.

How you deal with disappoint-ment: Know that you can’t dwell on set-backs for very long — take it for what it is and either use that information to continue moving toward a successful outcome or get over it and move on to the next opportunity. [email protected] | (407) 241-2892

Nomadic childhood led Lupton to choose career with permanenceNewsmakers

Debra LuptonTitle:CEO,TLCEngineeringforArchitecture

Age:53

Birthplace:Quantico,Va.

Education:Bachelor’sandmaster’sdegreesinarchitecture,UniversityofFlorida

Family:Son:Alexander,19

Reading right now:The Snowball: War-ren Buffett and the Business of Life byAliceSchroeder

Favorite music:ClassicR&B

Hobbies:Traveling,camping,reading,gar-dening,weighttraining,familyactivities

Motto:Whenindoubt,doit.

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What’s the biggest infrastructure project you’re working on?

Trends

By Stefanie Kuncman

Sandeep Singh, president, Avcon Inc.:

“The rehabilitation of Taxiway C for the Orlando International Airport. We’re also working on our design project, district 5 of Florida Department of Transportation, State Road 600. It’s a highway project the state is reconstructing.”

Matt Price, Turnpike construction engineer, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprises:

“In Lake Jesup, we’re redoing the Seminole Expressway toll plaza, a $46.5 million project. We also have ongoing widening projects in Or-ange County for $214 million. We are widening the turnpike between In-terstate 4 and State Road 50.”

David Reser, president, Infrastructure Engineers Inc:

“ T h e P oi n c i a n a Boulevard widening from two lanes to four lanes, with the ability to go to six lanes in the future. We’re work-ing on three miles of roadway. Poinciana is a big community, and this will allow people easier access to U.S. Highway 192, Disney and Osceola County.”

Lynn D. Gibson, director of construction, engineering and inspection services, GAI Consultants Inc:

“We’re providing inspection services on the city of Orlando’s heavily traveled Nar-coossee Road project from the Beach Line to Lee Vista Boulevard. The contractor, John Carlo Inc., is doing a great job of handling traffic safely

while working with seven utility companies, plus keeping their own work on schedule.”

Alex Hull, president, Inwood Consulting Engineers Inc.:

“Widening Narco-ossee Road in Osceola County. We’re also starting a study to wid-en State Road 441 from U.S. Highway 192 north to Osceola Parkway about two miles. We’re doing another design for Orange County to widen Texas Avenue.

“Any time you enhance the trans-portation system, it opens up new areas for growth and improves safety. It also provides jobs stimu-lus associated with the design and construction of the project.”

Craig Deloy, manager of Central Florida operations, BRPH Architects-Engineers:

“Several in Central Florida that are comprehensive modernizations of existing schools, where some of the buildings date back to the 1930s.

“One is Oviedo High School, a 400,000-square-foot renovation. It will include a new two-story class-room building, cafeteria, indoor and outdoor dining areas, and new physi-cal education facilities, including a competition gym with seating for 1,700 people. The project also in-cludes a major upgrade to the performing arts and applied technology facilities, as well as vo-cational labs.

“BRPH began design on this project in 2005 and it is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2009. The construction budget is $60 million.

“St. Cloud High School is another major renovation project, which will include a three-story classroom building, a two-story classroom building, a new performing arts center, a new gym and new indoor and outdoor dining facilities. Bud-geted at $50 million, BRPH began design last August and it will be constructed in 2013.”


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Central Florida’s* largest engineering firmsRanked by 2008 C. Fla.* engineering billings; ties broken by companywide billings for 2008

Notes: *Lake, Seminole, Osceola and Orange counties only. Not all engineering firms responded to this survey. Research Director Denise Hicks | (407) 241-2893 | [email protected]

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Publish date: Feb. 20, 2009

FAST FACTS7,700:Numberofprofessionalsemployedthroughoutthe165worldwidelocationsofHDRInc.ThedesignfirmrankedNo.16amongEngineering News-Record’s2008Top500DesignFirms.AlsoamongtheTop20honoreesare:URS,AecomTechnologyCorp.,CH2MHillandTetraTech(www.enr.construction.com).

40%:ThepercentageofstockownedbyBowyer-Singleton’sEmployeeStockOwnershipPlan(ESOP).Inasurveyofmorethan600companieswithESOPsperformedbythelawfirmofReishandLuftman,93%reportedreducedabsenteeismamongemployees,86%indicatedadropinturnover,and79%notedanincreaseinmorale.Therearemorethan10,000companiesnationwidethathaveESOPs(www.bsacorporate.com).

52 million:Thetotalhospitalitysquarefeetdesignedin2007byMaitland-basedX-nth.AccordingtoHospitality Construction Magazine,X-nthrankedNo.1inhospitalityprojectsquarefeet(www.x-nth.com).

Rank20092008

Engineering firmAddress

Top local executiveTelephoneSpecialization

2008 engineeringbillings/companywide

No. licensedengineers/C. Fla.* staff

Locations Top projects for 2008

PBS&J482 S. Keller RoadOrlando 32810

$80 million(407) 803-4333Robert J. Paulsen

$617.9 millionProgram management, transportation, civil, architecture, water, planning, landscape architecture, science, construction

119/40621

1

General consultant for Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt Inc.941 Lake Baldwin LaneOrlando 32814

$35 million(407) 896-0594Wayne D. Chalifoux

$53 millionTransportation, land development, surveying/mapping, structures, water resources, ecological services, construction engineering/inspection

47/228152

2

S.R. 417 widening from S.R. 528 to Curry Ford Road forOrlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

CH2M Hill225 E. Robinson St., Suite 505Orlando 32801

$33.2 million(407) 423-0030Francois D. Menard/Bob Bailey

$6 billionProgram/construction management, design in transportation, water, energy, environmental, industrial

51/109DND3

3

Seminole County environmental services program, WekivaParkway & E study

Aecom Technology Corp.320 E. South St.Orlando 32801

$29.1 million(407) 425-1100Frank Gorry

$5.2 billionTransportation, water, facilities and environmental engineering

67/18934

NR

Central Florida commuter rail transit project

Ardaman & Associates8008 S. Orange Ave.Orlando 32809

$26.5 million(407) 855-3860Anwar E.Z. Wissa(407) 855-3860 $59.8 millionGeotechnical, environmental sciences, water resources, materials testing and facilities engineering

72/154165

9

SeaWorld’s Manta rollercoaster, Interstate- ultimate section

X-nth2601 Westhall LaneMaitland 32751

$25.9 million(407) 660-0088William Beckman

$61.7 millionEntertainment/gaming/hospitality, health care, science/mission critical (24/7 uptime operations), mechanical, electrical, plumbing, planning

27/18486

5

Qatar petroleum complex, Doha, Qatar

CPH Engineers Inc.500 W. Fulton St.Sanford 32772

$24 million(407) 322-6841David Gierach/Karam Khosravani

$43.5 millionEngineering, planning, landscape architecture, environmental, surveying, construction management, design/build

27/151157

6

Sanford South water resource center gasification system

Bowyer-Singleton & Associates Inc.520 S. Magnolia Ave.Orlando 32801

$23.8 million(407) 843-5120Raymond R. Bradick

$25.2 millionTransportation, land development planning/design, surveying/mapping, environmental services, GIS

31/13578

7

Kissimmee Park Road/Florida’s Turnpike interchange inOsceola County

URS Corp.315 E. Robinson St., Suite 245Orlando 32801

$22.7 million(407) 422-0353Stephen Noppinger(407) 422-0353 $3 billionCivil engineering, planning, traffic studies, environmental, evaluation, water resources, architecture, survey, construction

35/1073619

8

Interstate 4/State Road 408 interchange design

TLC Engineering for Architecture255 S. Orange Ave., Suite 1600Orlando 32801

$20.2 million(407) 841-9050Debra A. Lupton(407) 841-9050 $54 millionStructural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing/fire protection, voice/data distribution, security system, sustainable design/LEED consulting

97/135101 0

1 0

Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center

Professional Service Industries Inc. (PSI)1748 33rd St.Orlando 32839

$20 million(407) 304-5560John Pulsifer

$225.5 millionGeotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, construction materials/inspection, roofing inspection, building envelope

15/1501251 1

NR

Peabody Hotel expansion

Nodarse & Associates Inc.1675 Lee RoadWinter Park 32789

$13.7 million(407) 740-6110Leila Jammal Nodarse(407) 740-6110 $23.9 millionGeotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, threshold inspection, environmental, drilling

26/11191 2

1 8

Orlando event center, UCF’s College of Medicine at LakeNona, Great Orlando Wheel

HDR Inc.315 E. Robinson St., Suite 400Orlando 32801

$13.2 million(407) 420-4200Steve Keyes

$975 millionTransportation, water/wastewater, water resources, solid waste, construction management, security operations

24/791651 3

NR

State Road 408 widening, OUC Project Renew, FDOTplanning/public transportation support

Universal Engineering Sciences3532 Maggie Blvd.Orlando 32811

$12.4 million(407) 423-0504Sy Israel

$48.8 millionGeotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, building inspection, environmental sciences

32/150191 4

1 1

Orlando event center

MSCW Inc.4750 New Broad St.Orlando 32814

$12 million(407) 422-3330Stephen R. Miller(407) 422-3330 DNDCommunity planning/design, transportation planning and engineering, landscape architecture, environmental services

21/7211 5

1 3

Innovation Place

Tetra Tech201 E. Pine St., Suite 1000Orlando 32801

$11 million(407) 839-3955Mark A. Rynning

$2.1 billionWater, energy, environmental, transportation

628/802751 6

NR

DND

Professional Engineering Consultants Inc.200 E. Robinson St., Suite 1560Orlando 32801

$11 million(407) 422-8062Kenneth R. Hooper(407) 422-8062 $11 millionCivil engineering, planning and survey

14/7131 7

1 4

County Road 486/County Road 491-Citrus County

Mactec Engineering and Consulting Inc.4150 N. John Young ParkwayOrlando 32804

$10 million(407) 522-7570Brian J. DuChene

$650 millionEngineering and design, environmental and construction

374/61901 8

1 5

Southwest Florida Water Management District NAVD88vertical control survey

VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc.225 E. Robinson St.Orlando 32801

$8.3 million(407) 839-4006John Jennings

$146.9 millionTransportation planning, land planning, environmental permitting, hospitality, retail, colleges and civil engineering and survey

12/5021 9

2 0

Poinciana Parkway and ChampionsGate, Central FloridaCommuter Rail’s rail design and environmental

Lochrane Engineering Inc.201 S. Bumby Ave.Orlando 32803

$8 million(407) 896-3317Thomas G. LochraneRobert J. Lochrane $8 millionLand development highway design, survey services, subsurface utility exploration, utility coordination

9/6322 0

1 9

Innovation Way interchange Phase II development

Avcon Inc.5555 E. Michigan St., Suite 200Orlando 32822

$7.4 million(407) 599-1122Sandeep Singh(407) 599-1122 $9.4 millionAirport engineering, transportation engineering and land development

17/3642 1

2 3

Markham Woods Road widening for Seminole County,Orlando Sanford Airport runaway 9L-27R rehabilitation

Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc.1000 Legion Place, Suite 800Orlando 32801

$7.2 million(407) 893-5800Jesse Forst

$141 millionFacilities and infrastructure consulting in aerospace/defense, transportation, public infrastructure, construction engineering/inspection

13/5522 2

1 7

Mainland High School-Daytona Beach, widening of Interstate95 in Volusia County

GAI Consultants Inc.301 E. Pine St., Suite 1020Orlando 32801

$6.2 million(407) 423-8398Richard A. Cima(407) 423-8398 $68 millionTransportation, civil and environmental engineering, planning, surveying and landscape architecture

20/9092 3

1 6

Orlando event center, streetscape, Orlando Health expansion

Andreyev Engineering Inc.4055 St. Johns ParkwaySanford 32771

$5.9 million(407) 330-7763Nicolas E. Andreyev

$5.9 millionGroundwater, sinkholes, contamination, saltwater intrusion, aquifer

13/3042 4

NR

Sinkhole investigations

Geotechnical/Environmental Consultants Inc.919 Lake Baldwin LaneOrlando 32814

$5.7 million(407) 898-1818Gary L. Kuhns

$5.8 millionGeotechnical engineering, contamination assessment and remediation, construction materials testing, geophysical exploration

16/DND12 5

2 4

DND

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By Tammy WorTh

Having a good rapport is important when it comes to choosing an engineer-ing firm.

“You are working to achieve a vision together, so it’s important that the par-ties are comfortable with each other well,” said Arthur Schwartz, deputy executive director and general counsel for the National Society of Professional Engineers.

For a project to succeed, he said, firms must communicate openly with clients, and clients should be able to express what they want for the project.

When choosing an engineering firm, business owners also should do their homework on candidates for a project.

The first step can be checking out publications such as Engineering News Record, a magazine published by The McGraw-Hill Cos. that lists top design firms in various regions of the country.

Associations such as the National Society of Professional Engineers also have lists on their Web sites with de-tailed information about and qualifica-tions of member engineering firms,

Visiting the firm’s office is another good idea, Schwartz said. During a vis-it, a prospective client can look around, meet the staff and get a sense of who they are and what they do. Many firms will have models of previous projects available for viewing.

Finally, the most valuable references are previous clients. When requesting references, Schwartz recommended visiting different sites to get a sense of what the completed projects look like and to ask the people who work there how happy they are in the facility.

The most important consideration

is the firm’s qualifications, Schwartz said. These include experience and prior projects. Whatever the nature of the client’s project — public or private, office building or manufacturing plant — the engineering firm should have ex-perience in that specific area.

Depending on the scale of the project, learn what kind of in-house capabilities a firm has, as well.

For small projects, much of the work can be done internally. For more so-phisticated or specialized construc-tion, a client should make sure the engineering firm has the capacity to complete the job. This may include in-house mechanical, electrical, structur-al or geotechnical engineers. If a firm doesn’t have in-house specialists, a cli-ent should make sure proper outside contractors will help on the project.

A client also should ensure an engi-neering firm has professional liability insurance. Potential clients should find out the firm’s carrier, its insurance and deductible limits, its exclusions and whether the policy faces any cur-rent claims.

“Policy limits are aggregated,” Schwartz said. “If there is a $1 million policy and there is a current claim for $500,000, there is only $500,000 remain-ing on the policy. Clients should be aware of this.”

Although not everyone asks to see a firm’s insurance certificate, Schwartz said a company should be willing to give a copy if one is requested. If a proj-ect will span a number of years, a client may want to request a copy annually.

In addition, the contract should pro-vide a clear definition of the scope of work to avoid any unmet expectations.


How to choose an engineering firm

The city of Wild-wood awarded a civil engineering services contract to Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc.

Orlando-based Nodarse & Associ-ates Inc. will provide geotechnical engi-neering services as a subconsultant to Kimley-Horn.

The contract’s scope of work con-sists of: analysis

and design of minor engineering proj-ects; minor roadway and intersection design; oversight of water backflow protection standards; analysis of water, wastewater, and reuse distribution and collection options; minor drainage in-frastructure and pollution abatement design; and extension of water services and reuse mains to retrofit existing and future developments.

The contract will be renewed annu-ally for up to three years.

• Jacobs Carter Burgess was award-ed the Sand Lake Road utility improve-ments project by Orange County.

Nodarse & Associates will provide geo-technical engineering services as a sub-

consultant. The project will provide im-provements to the water, reclaimed wa-ter and wastewater utilities from west of Turkey Lake Road to Presidents Drive.

Utility improvements include con-structing new facilities as well as the removal or relocation of facilities that conflict with the Florida Department of Transportation’s roadway design.

Also included in the project is the de-sign and relocation of pump stations, along with the analysis of water, waste-water and reclaimed water facilities to support future development.

EnginEEring• The St. Johns River Water Manage-

ment District awarded Land Design In-novations Inc. a contract for local govern-ment reviews. LDI will help the Office of Communications and Governmental Af-fairs review comprehensive plan amend-ments submitted by local governments, along with development of regional im-pact materials. Land Design Innovations is based in Winter Park.

ArchitEcturERhodes+Brito Architects of Orlando

was awarded a two-year continuing ser-vice contract for design of small projects at the Orlando International Airport.


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Many people, stuck in stop-and-go traffic on I-4 every morning, have resigned themselves to chronic congestion as a fact of life—like the weather. They assume that because congestion has grown worse and worse over the last 25 years, the future will be much like the past. In

fact, that view is mistaken. We know a lot more about traffic congestion than we used to, and it is actually a solvable problem. But solving it will take serious rethinking and changes in transportation planning and investment. Over the next 25 years, the Orlando area will spend $13.2 billion on highways, transit, and related matters. One goal of the current long-range plan is to dramatically increase the fraction of people who commute via mass transit. If the current plan succeeds, transit’s share of trips will nearly double. But since the change would be from today’s 2% to a future 3.7%, the vast majority of trips will still be made by car. Today’s congestion, with trips taking 30% more time at rush hour than at off-hours, is bad enough. Area drivers waste $643 million per year in time and fuel, suffering a total of 38 million hours of delay

per year. With the region’s projected growth in population and travel, by 2030 rush-hour trips will take 59% more time—essentially double today’s level. And because of significantly larger popula-tion, total annual hours of delay will be 2.6 times today’s already high 38 million. Congestion does more than waste motorists’ time and fuel. It hurts every kind of business, especial-ly service businesses that send trucks to customers, professionals who go to clients, and businesses that depend on just-in-time deliveries. And by reducing how far people can go at rush hour, conges-tion reduces job opportunities for both individuals and businesses, making the region’s economy less productive. Needless to say, congestion also slows down responses by firefighters and paramedics, which can lead to lives being lost. So how do we actually reduce congestion? We know that about half of congestion is incident-related—accidents, bad weather, work zones, etc. We can do a lot about that, via better video surveillance, expressway service patrols, and better work zone management. The bigger problem is “recurrent” congestion—the kind you can count on every morning and afternoon, as demand for

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road space regularly exceeds supply. What can we do about that? A few low-cost measures can help: signal timing on arterials (“rolling greens”) and ramp metering on expressways are very cost-effective measures. Variable pricing on existing toll roads and new express toll lanes has had good success in other parts of the country. Charging higher rates at rush hour and lower rates at off-hours will shift some trips to

off-hours; encourage some people who now drive alone to carpool, vanpool, or take transit. Studies show that “congestion-priced” lanes can handle 50-100% more traffic per hour (and at high speeds) than regular lanes with stop-and-go congestion. But it is beyond dispute that as greater Orlando adds 50% more people over the next 25 years, and less than 4% of the total uses transit, adding significant highway capacity must be part of the solution. You can’t stuff 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5-pound sack, yet that’s what some urban areas have been doing by not expanding their expressway systems despite large population growth. Fortunately, unlike many urban areas, greater Orlando’s long-range transportation plan devotes about two-thirds of transportation

spending to the highway system, in recognition of this reality. And yet the nearly one-third spent on tran-sit, while significantly increasing transit’s share of trips, yields less than two percentage points of increase—from 2% to 3.7%. That’s a pretty small gain for $4.2 billion worth of transit spend-ing. And remember that after all of that spend-ing, greater Orlando’s congestion will have more than doubled. This suggests that Orlando’s current recipe for congestion-reduction isn’t going to do the job commuters and taxpayers expect for their $13.2 billion in transportation spending. It suggests that the planned mix of tools—better technology, improved incident response, and investments in transit and highway capacity—isn’t the best one. While proposing a detailed alternative is beyond the scope of this short article, let me suggest that a key missing ingredient is congestion pricing. Such pricing has a proven track record in a half- dozen other urban areas, providing both conges-tion relief and significant new toll revenue. And it can be combined with bus rapid transit (BRT) in win-win solutions that give both motorists and transit riders new and better choices. The first phase of such a project opened in De-cember in Miami—express toll lanes on horribly congested I-95. When the remaining phases are completed, this corridor will have not only a set of uncongested lanes between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, but also true high-speed, nonstop express bus service between the two. And that region is now studying the possibility of a whole network of such express lanes and express bus service. That approach, I suggest, could hold equally great promise for metro Orlando.Robert Poole is director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, a think tank based in Los Angeles. He has advised the U.S. Department of Transportation and a number of state DOTs, including Florida’s. He holds two engineering degrees from MIT.

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LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARDJeffery Earhart, PE Project Director Woolpert, Inc. Nominated by ASCEMr. Earhart is past president of ASCE and has provided leadership and technical expertise to municipalities throughout Central Florida for nearly 20 years. Highlights include: creating his own company; professor at UCF, K-12 educational efforts, and legislative policy initiatives.

Satya Sukumar, PE, PMP Sr. Project Manager PBS&J Nominated by ASEIMs. Sukumar has over 18 years of experience in the transportation industry. Satya has been very active in ASCE for over 12 years and is currently president of Florida Section ASCE.

Dennis M. Lind, PE Leader Design & Engineering Walt Disney Company Nominated by ASMEMr. Lind is responsible for the development of Integrated Facilities Planning for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. He is an executive committee member of the Florida Section of ASME.

Laura Gimpelson, PE Project Engineer The Shaw Group Nominated by SWEMs. Gimpelson is a highly-qualified professional with more than 25 years of experience in environmental and safety compliance; site characterization; and remediation of most environmental contaminants, including organic and inorganic compounds, heavy metals, and explosives.

Arturo Perez, PE Executive Vice President Leftwich Consulting Engineers, Inc. Nominated by SHPEAs a 1992 charter member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Central Florida Professional Chapter, Arturo has long contributed to the advancement of minority students into the engineering and science-related fields.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGINEERING AWARDF. Javier Caballero, PE Project Manager/Senior Highway Engineer PBS&J Nominated by ASCEMr. Caballero is honored for his 39 years of dedicated service to the transportation industry, his legacy of lead-ership abilities, and his ability to gain the trust of clients and build lasting relationships.

M. Krishnamurthy, PE, Ph D., CFM President Hydro Modeling Inc. Nominated by ASEIDr. Krishnamurthy exhibited outstanding leadership in improving the quality of life of citizens living in older sub-divisions of Orange County. Over a span of 35 years, he was mentoring many professional engineers promoting higher education and excellence in engineering.

Dave Evans Retired Nominated by ASMEMr. Evans is retired from Siemens. He was instrumental in performing aerodynamic designs of Westinghouse low-pressure steam turbines and developing flow field design computer codes that have been internationally recognized as an excellent computational method for the design of high-efficiency low-pressure turbines.

Christian S. Bauer, Ph.D., PE Vice Chair Florida Board of Professional Engineers Nominated by FESDr. Bauer has a 39-year career in engineering in Central Florida, at the Martin-Marietta Corporation and the Uni-versity of Central Florida College of Engineering. He held a variety of academic leadership positions, and currently serves as vice-chair of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AWARDMr. Thomas Davidson, PE Structural Department Manager Bridge and Tunnel Division Parsons Nominated by ASCE

Mr. Davidson has an extensive portfolio of major transportation projects in the Central Florida area, where he has made significant contributions to the aesthetic elements as well as the structural engineering design. Mr. Davidson has proven to be a trailblazer in innovative design and detailing. His service to UCF as a professional alumnus has also been exemplary.

Ms. Tracey Whaley, PE, FPE, QCxP Senior Mechanical Engineer Hanson Professional Services, Inc.

Nominated by ASHRAEMs. Whaley has completed technically challenging educational, military and commercial projects for 22 years. She has been instrumental in advancing the Central Florida engineering profession, providing educational programming for universities and schools.

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Nominated by ASMEMs. Schott is actively engaged in acoustical engineering, design, and testing, primarily in the multi-family residential and commercial building construction industries.

Amy Scales, PE Resident Engineer for Interstate Construction FDOT District Five Nominated by ASHE

Ms. Scales has provided engineering services to the people of the state of Florida for 21 years. Through this public service she has continued to develop advance-ments in the transportation industry.

Kimberly Guodace Lead Launch Site Integration Vehicle Engineer for Space Shuttle Endeavour

United Space Alliance Nominated by SWE

Ms. Guodace is a highly-qualified and high-ly-skilled, aerospace professional with more

than 12 years of experience in avionics, electrical, fuel cell, and vehicle integration engineering for the Space Shuttle Program.

Eduardo Divo, Ph. D. Faculty Member Department of Engineering Technology (ENT) and Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) at UCF Nominated by SHPE

During the past few years he has been heavily involved in teaching, service, research duties, and served as princi-pal investigator, principal researcher, and consultant for a variety of research projects.

YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Barika Poole, PE Water Resource Project Manager CDM Nominated by SWEMs. Poole not only has BS and ME degrees from the prestigious MIT but also exhibits excellence technically from papers, presentations, and work in other countries. She is a second-term president of the Central Florida Society of Women Engineers and is also very active in NSBE, Engineers without Borders and other engineering societies.

Snehal Ambare, EI Structural Designer EAC Consulting Inc. Nominated by ASEIMs. Ambare has a unique perspective on engineering with experience both in India and the U.S. She is an active member of ASEI, ASCE, and ASCE YMF and very involved in community service activities especially those involving students.

Cristina Dos Santos, EI Traffic Services Specialist Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise Nominated by SHPE

Ms. Santos is part of a team that is constantly studying ways to reduce the number of serious crashes on the turnpike system. A Brazilian native and fluent in three languages, she has excelled in both her career and com-munity work.

Michelle Everett, PE Project Engineer DRMP Nominated by ASCEMs. Everett is active with ASCE both here in Central Flori-da as the current president of the local Younger Members Forum (YMF) and nationally. She is very involved in the local community including being a mentor for a local elementary student.

Vu Vu, PE Senior Project Manager Bowyer-Singleton and Associates, Inc. Nominated by ASHEMr. Vu is active both in the engineering and local com-munity through participation in ASHE events, school football coach, Teach-Ins, and his church. He is passion-ate about educating students about the field of engineer-ing. He has worked in both the public and private sector.

Annmarie Connor, EI System Design Engineer, Launch & Recovery Systems Design United Space Alliance Nominated by ASMEMs. Connor is responsible for Orbiter Access and Multi-Use Ground Handling Equipment. She is active locally, regionally and nationally, in SWE and ASME.

Mandee Brandt, PE Project Engineer Inwood Consulting Engineers Nominated by FESMs. Brandt has been active for six and a half years in FES holding leadership positions both locally and statewide, currently serving as the local chapter treasurer. She is active in the community mentoring and assisting college students both at UCF and statewide and has participated in numerous local community events.

LARGE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEARPBS&J Nominated by ASCEPBS&J is improving life for generations by helping clients meet their goals, investing in the communities in which we live and work, and advancing the profession of engineering.

Bowyer-Singleton & Associates Nominated by ASHEBowyer-Singleton & Associates provides professional planning, engineering, environmental, and surveying and mapping services to public and private clients. Un-surpassed quality products and services, an experienced staff, a select, sophisticated client base, and our use of advanced technology distinguish us in our industry.

Hanson Professional Services Inc. Nominated by ASHRAEHanson focuses on seven markets: aviation; DOT and

tollways; energy and industry; government; local govern-ment; railways and telecommunications, and contributes to the engineering profession through the company’s ex-pertise, community service, and engineering education.

Parsons Nominated by FESFor over 60 years, Parsons has been delivering innova-tive design, engineering, and construction solutions to our customers around the world. We are committed to delivering interconnected and sustainable communities, a better environment, and a safer and healthier world.

HNTB Nominated by SHPEHNTB, established in 1914 with an emphasis on the design of railroad bridges, has grown into a diverse company, with areas of expertise including surface trans-portation, architecture, urban planning, environmental engineering and construction services.

SMALL ORGANIZATION OF THE YEARBASE Consultants, P.A. Nominated by SWEBASE Consultants, P.A. is a highly-qualified minority and woman owned structural engineering and parking consulting firm specialized in services for architectural, transportation, recreational, municipal, and educational facilities. We pride ourselves on technical excellence and a highly-skilled professional team. Mitigation Resources Nominated by SHPEMitigation Resources was established in 2001 to adapt standard engineering practices and techniques into natural systems engineering concepts.

Dave Schmitt Engineering, Inc. Nominated by FESDave Schmitt Engineering, Inc. is a 2-year-old planning and engineering firm whose goals are not only to provide excellent service to its clients, but to also be a great community business that supports a variety of causes in Central Florida.

Protean Design Group Nominated by ASHEProtean Design Group is a multi-disciplined civil engineering firm founded on the principal that diversity, ingenuity, and forward-thinking ideas make the greatest impact on our business. We are an innovative firm with expertise in transportation, site development, traffic, and lighting.

EPIC Engineering & Consulting Group, LLC Nominated by ASCEEPIC Engineering & Consulting Group, LLC is a Central Florida engineering, planning, and information solutions firm. EPIC assists government agencies, municipalities, utilities, and businesses in enhancing their business efficiencies through innovative business process optimi-zation, technology integration, and GIS.

PUBLIC ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAROsceola County Nominated by FESUnder the strong leadership of its Board of County Managers and Mr. Michael Freilinger, county manager, Osceola County is paving the way for a new standard in delivering roadway construction projects, utilizing Con-struction Management @ Risk delivery methodology.

Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

Nominated by ASHEThe Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority owns and operates a 100-plus mile transportation network that provides safer, more convenient travel alternatives to help Central Floridians meet the growing needs of their busy daily lives.

Florida Department of Transportation – District Five Nominated by ASCEDistrict Five of the Florida Department of Transportation consists of nine counties in the Central Florida region. Over 800 employees proudly serve the businesses, residents, and traveling public within the Central Florida area. Their motto is “ONE MISSION, ONE TEAM, ONE VOICE”.

PROJECT OF THE YEARTri-City Aluminum Properties Groundwater Remediation Pilot Test Nominated by SWETri-City Aluminum Properties Groundwater Reme-diation Pilot Test determined that an in-situ green innovative technology (chemical injection) could remediate a petroleum contaminated site to the ap-propriate groundwater cleanup target levels without using traditional treatment technologies.

Wekiva Parkway Nominated by FES Wekiva Parkway will complete the beltway around Orlando while meeting the goals of the Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act. The project includes over 8,000 feet of environmental/wildlife bridging through the Wekiva River Protection Area and will significantly increase conservation lands within the Wekiva-Ocala Greenway.

OUC’s Reliable Plaza Nominated by ASHRAEThis project is on track to achieve Gold certifica-tion in the U.S. Green Building Council LEED® rating program. The 10-story building uses 28% less energy and 40% less water than a similar building designed and constructed to standard codes. The I-4/ SR 408 Interim Interchange Improve-ments Project Nominated by ASHEThis project took 32 months and $120 million to complete. The improvements to driving through the interchange have greatly reduced travel time and have been recognized by the traveling public.

SR 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway) Bridge over Hiawassee Road Nominated by ASCEConstructed as part of the SR 414 extension project currently underway by the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority in northwest Orange County, the SR 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway) bridge over Hiawassee Road is the first bridge to be con-structed in the state of Florida utilizing the anchored end span concept.

Florida Hospital’s Ginsburg Tower Project Nominated by SHPEFlorida Hospital Orlando’s new 15-story patient tower, which houses 440 beds, one of the largest emergency departments and one of the largest car-diac catherization labs in the country. The design-build project was delivered with all key stakeholders working together to conceptualize and design a “healing environment.”

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InsidePEOPLE IN THE NEWS 28caLENdar 26 bIz LEadS 29

Most American workers are in “love” with their current occupations, according to Adecco USA’s latest Workplace Insights survey.

The survey found that 78 percent of those surveyed love what they do just as much or more than they did before the nation’s economy tailspinned into a recession.

Despite these feelings of love and affection, if they could do it all over again, 54 percent of participants said they would have chosen a different career path knowing what they know today.

Other findings in the survey include:

• Only 9 percent of work-ers dread starting a new work week, as feelings of appreciation (41 percent) dominate Monday morning emotions, outperform-ing those who felt indifferent (26 percent) and those excited to get going (21 percent).

• At least 90 percent have the same amount or less confidence in their company’s executive team as a result of the declining economic situation.

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By Kelda Senior

What are two child-hood friends with bachelor’s degrees in English and biology doing behind the coun-ter of a small pizzeria near the University of Central Florida?

Making a lot of dough.

Despite a lack of business knowledge four years ago when they opened Lazy Moon, 12269 University Blvd., Tim Brown, 28, and Matt Griffis, 28, earned about $1 million in 2008.

Not knowing what to do when they grad-uated from Florida State University in the spring of 2004, the pair decided to put their experiences as cooks and servers for a steak house in Tallahassee to work.

They decided their best opportunity for income was a pizzeria near a major univer-sity that would serve high-quality food at reasonable prices. Griffis, who spent two years at the University of Central Florida, convinced his friend their concept was something that didn’t exist near UCF.

Brown and Griffis reasoned their tar-geted market — college students — was one largely ignored by many businesses. Too many businesses believe college stu-dents don’t have any money. “Student income doesn’t really change with the economy,” Griffis said.

They financed their business with a combination of investments from fam-

ily members, bank loans and personal credit cards.

Their success comes almost in spite of themselves, they said. Although both had restaurant experience, they lacked experi-ence in the business side. That led to early stumbles when they opened the pizzeria.

“We knew we loved cooking, but we soon realized that we were unprepared for everything that was required to open up a restaurant,” Griffis said.

Brown said they found themselves deal-ing with building permits, insurance is-sues and other logistics involved with opening a restaurant. The hurdles they faced delayed their opening by more than four months.

The pair learned the business through trial and error, a process they wish they could have avoided.

“If we knew three years ago what we know now, we could have avoided some of the challenges we faced in the beginning,” Brown said.

Since its opening in December 2004, Lazy Moon has developed into a popular casual dining spot for college students.

Their salvation, both agreed, has been a good quality product at prices that appeal to college students. The restaurant is best known for its thin-crust pizza, served in large, made-to-order slices. The average price of a slice of pizza, with toppings, is about $3.50.

With costs rising for ingredients, the pair faced the challenge of keeping prices low enough to keep customers coming back.

Brown said the restaurant was able to keep costs down mainly by devoting more attention to quality control to trim mis-

takes in orders that would result in ingre-dients going to waste.

Despite having to tighten their belt, the pair said substituting key ingredients was never an option.

“As costs increased, we experimented with some different products, but we nev-er went with a lesser alternative because the pizza never tasted the same and we didn’t want to compromise on quality,” Brown said.

The pair are not content to simply ride out the recession. Brown and Griffis said they want to expand Lazy Moon restau-rants to college towns across Florida.

Whatever the fate of their business, the pair believe they will remain friends. Both believe their long friendship seems to com-plement their business partnership.

“For a partnership to be successful, everyone involved must have the same vi-sion,” Griffis said. “It can’t be a partner-ship of convenience.”


Lazy MoonEstablished: 2004

Top local executives: Tim Brown and Matt Griffis, co-owners

Description: Restaurant serving pizza, soups, salads, beer and wine

No. of employees: 31

Contact: 12269 University Blvd., Orlando 32817; (407) 658-2396; www.eatdrinkandbelazy.com

Fork in the roadA look at changing careers

Rolling in the doughTwo childhood friends find success in pizzeria near UCF

IMY JOB

SARAH ROGERS

Co-owners Tim Brown and Matt Griffis, in front of Lazy Moon, their pizzeria on University Boulevard. Right: Tim Brown throws pizza dough.

24 OBJ orlandobusinessjournal.com ENTREPRENEUR Feb.20–26,2009

Many business professionals today confuse sales and marketing and often use the terms interchangeably.

Sales convinces the customer what you offer is right for them, and mar-keting provides the tools to make that happen.

Marketing campaigns are usually very expensive endeavors, which is why those hard-won dollars must be used ef-fectively. Pressure to create a winning strategy can be enormous.

While some may consider the cur-rent economic climate a reason to play it safe, risk can be minimized and the chance of hitting the jackpot can in-crease dramatically by following this simple rule: A successful marketing campaign must have excitement, news and a compelling call to action.

Audiences are busier than ever, and it takes a carefully crafted campaign to ensure attention is paid to one market-ing message among the thousands of others on TV, radio, the Internet and other media.

Before moving forward on any ad, make sure it creates excitement, gener-ates real news, and provides a reason to stop everything and order the product or service.

The whole point of any promotion is to be noticed and get a response. The marketing industry spends $35 billion a month to grab consumer attention, just in the U.S. Will anyone really pay atten-tion to one more burger ad, one more beautiful older-looking couple seeking financial security by walking hand in hand on a deserted beach or one more gleaming auto isolated on a rain-slicked winding road in Monument Valley?

Most people believe that advertising dollars should be spent solely to launch a new product or service, build brand awareness and generate leads. While there is nothing wrong with these objec-tives, the six reasons to advertise are:

1. Motivate your troops. Advertis-ing has enormous potential to excite em-ployees and if done well will make them

feel proud of the company and them-selves. New ads should be previewed internally to create a buzz and employ-ees will then talk the campaign up with family and friends. Be sure to give each employee a schedule of what media the ads are appearing in, and when.

2. Tout merits of company to cus-tomers. Customers need to be remind-ed what a great company you are to do business with, an idea they would never come up with on their own. By creating awareness and jogging their memory, advertising encourages existing cus-tomers to take some action.

3. Generate new leads. Everyone wants new customers, but prospects need information. Be sure to provide a Web site or phone number that is very visible. Either give them a mechanism to respond or tell them exactly how and where to buy from you. A deadline al-ways helps.

4. Recruit from your competitors. You can really tell that your advertis-ing hit the mark when competitors’ employees contact you about job op-portunities and cite your advertising as the reason they did. Although they may not mention the ads, a spike in this kind of activity can often be traced to a

successful ad campaign. 5. Garner more positive publicity.

Industry reporters see your ads, too. Chances are you may be asked for an in-terview after the launch of a new cam-paign. Take advantage of their interest and go out of your way to be coopera-tive. This can be like a little book tour, with you touting the great work of your company through its advertising.

6. Build the brand. More awareness is always good. It is just that simple.

My all-time favorite ad is one suppos-edly placed by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous early 20th century polar explorer. In 1913, Shackleton placed a very brief announcement in several London newspapers for volunteers for his upcoming South Pole expedition. He hoped to attract 50 to 75 inquiries. Five thousand hearty souls responded to:

“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, and safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.”

Dave Rothfeld is a sales, service and management consultant, and founder of Creative

Sales + Management Inc. He can be reached at (407) 660-6688 or via e-mail at [email protected].

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By G. Scott thomaS

Looking for the best place to launch a new business during these tur-bulent times? Start your search in North Carolina.

The two markets with the nation’s top scores for small business vitality, according to a new Bizjournals study, sit 140 miles apart in the Tar Heel State. Raleigh is No. 1 in the national rank-ings, while Charlotte is No. 2.

Bizjournals used a six-part formula to analyze the nation’s 100 largest met-ropolitan areas, searching for the places that are most conducive to the creation and development of small businesses.

The two North Carolina markets emerge as the clear leaders, thanks to their outstanding records in four statis-tical categories with a direct impact on small business activity:

• Population: Raleigh and Charlotte picked up a combined total of 427,000 new residents between 2002 and 2007. Raleigh grew by 21.2 percent in that five-year period, Charlotte by 17.4 per-cent. Both dwarfed the national growth rate of 4.8 percent.

• Employment: The entire country is endangered by the current recession, the two North Carolina hubs included. But they cushioned any future blow with outstanding job growth during the 2003-08 span — 23 percent in Raleigh, 15.4 percent in Charlotte. The U.S. gain was 5.8 percent.

• Small business growth: The number of small businesses grew dramatically in both markets from 2005 to 2006, the lat-est period covered by official statistics. Raleigh led the way with a 4.6 percent rise, followed by Charlotte at 4 percent. The national increase was 1.3 percent.

• Small business concentration: The typical U.S. market has 24.57 small businesses for every 1,000 residents. The North Carolina markets enjoy con-centrations that are at least 10 percent bigger, with Raleigh at 27.58 per 1,000, Charlotte at 27.07.

The highest scores in Bizjournals’ study went to areas that have prosper-ous economies, are expanding rapidly and are densely packed with small busi-

nesses. (Bizjournals defines a small business as any private-sector employer with 99 or fewer employees.)

Seattle ranks third in the overall standings, putting it just behind Ra-leigh and Charlotte in terms of small business vitality. Austin and Boise, Idaho, round out the national top five.

The South and West offer a definite advantage for entrepreneurs, account-ing for all but one of the 10 metros with the best small business scores. The South is home to five of the leading markets, the West to four.

The sole exception in the top 10 comes from the East — Portland, Maine, which ranks 10th. The highest-rated Midwestern market is Des Moines, Iowa, in 22nd place.

The 100 markets in Bizjournals’ study group had a combined total of 197.3 million residents as of mid-2007, equaling 65 percent of the nation's pop-ulation. They also contained 4.9 million small businesses.

At the very bottom of the new rank-ings is Detroit, offering further proof that the declining fortunes of the auto-motive industry have harmed all kinds of small businesses in Michigan.

Employment has fallen 7.5 percent in the Detroit area since 2003, the worst decline anywhere outside of New Or-leans, which was devastated by Hurri-canes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Detroit also suffers from a weak concentration of small businesses, with only 22.7 per 1,000 residents, nearly 8 percent below the national average.

Also mired in the bottom five are Toledo, Modesto, Calif., Dayton and Rochester, N.Y.

This is the fourth time Bizjournals has rated the small business vitality

of America’s major markets — and Ra-leigh is the fourth different winner.

Orlando was No. 1 in the previous rankings, which were released in July 2007. The runners-up were two other Florida markets that were hot at the time: No. 2 Sarasota-Braden-ton and No. 3 Miami-Fort Lauderdale. (Florida’s 2007 superpowers now rank seventh, 44th and 12th, respectively.) Last place on the 2007 list went to Springfield, Mass.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale finished first in January 2006, boosted by what was then a prosperous economy with a rap-idly expanding population base. Mem-phis finished last.

Portland, Maine, was the leader in Bizjournals’ original standings in January 2005, in large part because it had the nation’s highest concentration of small businesses back then, just as it does now. San Jose occupied last place in the 2005 rankings.

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Orlando ranks 7th among best metros to start a small businessOrlandoRank:7

MuchofFloridaisaneconomicdisasterzone.Orlandoisfeelingsomeilleffects,too,butit’sweatheringtherecessionbetterthanmost.ItwastheonlyFloridamarkettoaddjobsbetweenthethirdquartersof2007and2008.

Small business stats (ranksinparentheses)

No. of small businesses:56,459(24)

1-year change in small businesses:3.52%(12)

Small businesses per 1,000 residents:28.25(14)

Other stats(ranksinparentheses)

Population:2,032,496(27)

5-year change in population:15.64%(11)

Private-sector employment:977,600(23)

5-year change in employment:18.17%(5)

Note: All statistics are the latest official figures available — small busi-nesses from 2006, population from 2007, employment from the third quarter of 2008. Ranks are among the nation’s 100 largest metros.

MethodologyGoal:Toidentifythemetropolitanareasthataremostconducivetothecreationanddevel-opmentofsmallbusinesses.Asmallbusinessisdefinedasonewith99orfeweremployees.

Areas:Thestudycoveredthenation’s100largestmetros.

Sources:Smallbusinessandpopulationsta-tisticscamefromtheU.S.Censusbureau.busi-nesscountsforthemostrecentyearavailable,2006,werereleasedinmid-2008.employmentfigurescamefromtheU.S.bureauofLaborStatistics.Allconcentrationratiosandgrowthrateswerecalculatedbybizjournals.

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Human Resources

WorkforceCentralFloridawillhostHR Strategies in a Changing Economy

Feb.24,7:30a.m.,atitsOrlandoad-ministrativeoffice.TheseminarispresentedbytheUniversityofCentralFlorida’sDepartmentofContinuingeducationandaddresseswaystorecruittalent,retainemployeesandcreateinnovativecompensationpackages.Seatingislim-itedandadvanceregis-trationisrequired.Phone:(407)531-1222.Website:www.WorkforceCentralFlorida.com.

SeminoleCommunityCollege’sCareerDevel-opmentCenteroffersthreefreeseminarstohelpstudentsandcom-munitymembersstandoutinthejobmarket.Session I, Planning Your Job Search,willheheldMarch2,9:30a.m.,attheSanford/LakeMarycampusandMarch9,3p.m.,attheOviedocampus.Session II, Implementing Your Job Search,willbeheldMarch4,9:30a.m.,attheSanford/LakeMarycam-pusandMarch10,3p.m.,attheOviedocampus.Session III, Resume Re-view,willbeheldFeb.24,1:30p.m.,March9,9:30a.m.,March26,4p.m.,

April8,6p.m.andApril22,2p.m.,inSanfordandMarch11,3p.m.,March23,2p.m.,andMarch25,5p.m.,inOvideo.Anup-datedresumeisrequiredforparticipationintheResumeReview.Forad-

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TheCenterforInde-pendentLivingofCentralFlorida’sbusinessAdvi-soryCouncilpresentsaWelcome Home Event and Career Expo for IndependenceFeb.28,10a.m.-3p.m.,attheVAMedicalCenterinOrlando.Theeventisforreturningcombatveter-ans,seniorsandpersonswithdisabilities.Contact:FanitaJackson,(321)397-6272,[email protected],(407)623-1070,ext.120,[email protected]:www.cilorlando.org.

eidsonInsurancepresentsits2009eidsonexecutiveConference,HR That Works In Tough Times,March4,8:30a.m.-noon,attheOrlandoMuseumofArt.Theworkshopwillcoverstrategies,forms,checklistsandothertoolstobuildsuccess-fulorganizations.Cost:$100.Complimentaryforeidsonclients.Reserva-tionsrequired.Contact:CelindaPeacock,(407)[email protected].

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employmentCouncilpresentsHandling Lay-

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March10,8-9a.m.,attheCuraScriptInc.of-ficeinOrlando.Open

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JewishFamilyServicespresentsGet Ahead of the Game: Interview Skills WorkshopMarch18,6-8p.m.Admissionisfree,butspaceislimitedsoreservationsarerequired.Deadline:March16.Contact:LauraVictoria,(407)644-7593,ext.237,[email protected].

CentralFloridaem-ploymentCouncilandChristianHeLPwillholdaJob Fair March25,noon-4p.m.Morethan70employersareexpectedtoattend.AdditionaljobfairsarescheduledforMay20,July15,Sept.9andNov.4.AllfairswillbeheldattheCentralFloridaFairexpositionPark.Freeadmissionandparkingareavailabletojobseekers.Website:www.cfec.org.Phone:(407)834-4022.

ConstructionTheCentralFlorida

chapterofAssociatedbuildersandContractors,inconjunctionwithMc-Graw-HillConstruction,

presentsThe Construc-tion Outlook,aregionalforecastoftheindustry’seconomic,environmentandmarkettrends,Feb.24,7:30a.m.-9a.m.Cost:$50forAbCmembersand$75fornonmembers.Registeronline:www.abccentralflorida.com.Phone:(407)628-2070.

TheCentralFloridachapterofAssociatedbuildersandContrac-torspresentsLunch and Learn about ABC March12,11:30a.m.-1p.m.,atAbC’sOrlandooffice.Topicsincludetheevents,education,training,legislativeworkandnetworkingop-portunitiesprovidedbyAbC.Cost:Nochargeformembersbringingaguest.NochargeforguestswhoregisterbyMarch5.Phone:(407)398-1278Fax:(407)398-1279.e-mail:[email protected].

MarketingTheFloridaPublicRelationsAssociation’sOrlando-areachapterpresentsStrategies to Reach Hispanic Consumers Feb.26,11:30a.m.-1p.m.,attheUniversityClubinOrlando.Cost:$25formembers,$35fornonmembersand$15forstudents.Registeronline:www.FPRA-Orlando.org.

LeadershipThemid-Florida

chapterofAPICS,anas-sociationforoperationsmanagementpersonnel,presentsValue Added Supply Chain Manage-ment March3,6-7:30p.m.,atDubsdreadCoun-tryClub.Speaker:AlanMilliken,businessprocesseducationmanageratbASFCorp.Cost:$25generaladmissionand$10forstudentsorun-employedpersons.Con-tact:JoFickes,[email protected](863)514-3777.Website:www.apicsorlando.com.

DaleCarnegieSys-temspresentsEffective Communication and Human Relations March31insouthOr-lando,6-9p.m.Topics:strengtheninginter-personalrelationships,managingstressandhandlingfast-changingworkplaceconditions.Phone:(407)493-3974.e-mail:[email protected].

Small BusinessTheNationalAssocia-

tionofWomenbusinessOwnerspresentsService Exchange,abreakfastmeeting,Feb.24,7:15-9a.m.,atDubsdreadCountryClub.Donateaserviceandleavewithadonationthatwillbuildyourbusiness.Cost:$15formembersand$20fornonmembers.Makeres-ervationsbyFeb.17:[email protected]:(407)210-3933.

TheSeminoleCom-munityCollegeSmallbusinessDevelopmentCenterpresentsInternet Marketing: Strategies & Tactics Feb.25,2-5p.m.,attheSCCCenterforeconomicDevelop-mentinHeathrow.Top-icsinclude:Webdesigntrends,creatinganInternetstrategy,reach-ingnewmarketsandimprovingcustomerrela-tions.Cost:$30.Phone:(407)321-3495.Website:sbdc.scc-fl.edu.

TheSmallbusinessDevelopmentCenteratUCFpresentsBusiness Strategies during a Down Economy March11,8a.m.-3:30p.m.,andMarch12,8a.m.-3:30p.m.attheDisneyentrepre-neurCenter.Designedfornext-levelgrowthbusinesses,thistwo-dayworkshopwillfocusonstrategicplanning,marketingandpricing,andthestrategicconsid-erationstomakeduringthecurrentrecession.SponsoredbyOrangeCountyGovernment.RegistrationfeeforOr-angeCountybusinessesis$75forbothdaysor$50foroneday.Registra-tionfeeforbusinessesoutsideofOrangeCoun-tyis$375forbothdaysor$225foroneday.Pre-registrationisrequired.Continentalbreakfastandlunchareincludedbothdays.Website:www.sbdcorlando.com.

Phone:(407)420-4850.TheSeminoleCom-

munityCollegeSmallbusinessDevelopmentCenterpresentsFederal and State Taxes for Small Business Feb.27,9:30-11:30a.m.,attheSCCCenterforeconomicDevelopmentinHeath-row.Topicsinclude:fed-eralandstatetaxfilings,includingcriticaldatestobeawareoftoensurefullcompliance.Nocost.Phone:(407)321-3495.Website:sbdc.scc-fl.edu.

Health CareTheUCFCenterfor

PublicandNonprofitManagementpresentsaPublic Administration Research Colloquium Feb.26,4-5:30p.m.Speaker:HillaryKnepper,adoctoralcandidateinpublicaffairsattheUniversityofCentralFlorida.Knepper’stalkistitled“Low-IncomeHealthCareNetworks:InitialConditions,extent,andIntensityRelevanttoCountyGovernmentParticipation.”Makereservationsbye-mail:[email protected].

TheWorldHealthCareCongressLeadershipSummitsandConnex-tionsHealthpresenttheLeadership Summit on Member Retention for Health Plans March18-19atRosenShingleCreekResortinOrlando.Topicsinclude:memberturnover;planprofitabil-ity;incentiveprograms,personalwellnessanddiseasemanagement.Website:www.world-congress.com/retention.

Real EstateTheCentralFlorida

CommercialAssociation

ofRealtorspresentsacontinuingeducationworkshopabouttheCertified Property Management Special-ist designation March13,8:30a.m.-5p.m.,attheClermontofficeofCold-wellbankerCommercialAtlanticProperties.Top-icsincludelocatingandevaluatingrentalmarketconditionsandcycles,dutiesofapropertymanager,understandingFlorida’sevictionprocess,andtenantscreening.Courseprovides8hoursofC.e.credit.Cost:$190,whichincludesboxlunch.Reservationdead-line:March10.Website:www.cfcar.net.

TechnologyTheNationalCenter

forSimulationwillhostthe2009 Defense Gametech Users Conference andUSAF Connections Confer-ence March9-12.TheconferenceswillbeheldsimultaneouslyattheInternationalPlazaResort&SpainOrlando.GameTechdemonstratesgamingandsimulationtechnologies,includ-ingvirtualreality,totheDepartmentofDefense.TheConnectionsCon-ferencespecializesinwar-gaming,focusingonhowgametechnologiesenhancethetrainingofwarfighters.Topicsin-cludegamesfortraining,wargaming,thefutureofvirtualworld,andtheU.S.AirForce’suseofvirtualworlds.Spaceislimited.earlyregistrantssave$30.exhibitspaceandspon-sorshipopportunitiesareavailable.Registeronline:www.simulationinforma-tion.com/Gametech09.

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[email protected],wedonotpublishnetworkingmeetings.

Are you inaccessible?If your calls are screened, where-

abouts are unknown, cell phone is turned off most of the time and it is dif-ficult for anyone to reach you, that fits the definition of inaccessible.

When a co-worker or subordinate needs to talk to you, it is a good idea to make yourself available promptly. Effective executives must know what’s going on around them before a crisis stage, not in the middle of one. Relying on text messages or one person to deliv-er messages is thoughtless and you be-come known as a rube in the Rolex set.

If you listen to the accolades being given at an awards banquet, the hon-oree is usually described in glowing terms by those business associates who know him best. Considerate, compas-sionate, generous, warm and sincere,

along with successful, visionary, am-bitious, hard-working are usually ex-pressed in the introduction.

One of the most important assets of a great leader is to be known as a good listener. To be a good listener, one must be available.

The best source of information — one for which there is no substitute — is a close friendly relationship with people

who work for you. If they know you are interested in what’s going on within the company and they are given a chance, they will gladly talk.

If you are inaccessible, impatient, disinterested, hard to get to, overly critical or your attention keeps wan-dering, no one will want to consult you about anything.

Managers who try to operate with an arm’s length are making a serious mistake. Employees need firsthand in-formation, and true leaders ensure that they receive it.

Astute managers don’t make it hard for their people to get in touch with them or have to request a formal inter-view every time an associate wants to talk. No matter how much paperwork is on the desk or obligations one might have, being aloof or inaccessible is be-

littling, offensive and a powerful dis-play of ego. It is also an example of very bad manners.

While good news is always preferred over bad, employees will be reluctant to disclose any details if they know man-agement loses it when told things aren’t going right.

Prominent leaders know that the best decisions are seldom made in an ivory tower. Keep in touch, ask questions, en-courage feedback, meet and greet your team members, and make it a point to learn their names.

If keeping you informed is a pleasant experience, people will do it gladly.

Barbara Bergstrom is the owner of Greetings Certified Etiquette & Protocol Specialists and the author of Bound for the Boardroom. She can be

reached via e-mail at [email protected].

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BirthdaysTodd Baldwin,

founderandpresidentofthebaldwinAccountingCPAfirm;45,onFeb.18.

Keith W. Houck,vicepresidentforadministra-tionandchiefbusinessofficer,ValenciaCom-munityCollege;59,onFeb.20.

Hal Litchford,ashareholderinOrlandolawfirmLitchford&ChristopherPA;56,onFeb.20.

David L. Shaw,founderandpresident,ShawMechanicalSer-vicesLLC;53,onFeb.21.

Warren E. Geltch,assistantcountyadminis-tratorforOrangeCounty;62,onFeb.24.

Environment

HandexConsultingandRemediationLLCsignedathree-yearcontracttoretainIrvin L. Heathaspresident.Heathisanattorney,andheengineeredthefirm’ssuccessfultransitiontonewownership.HCRisbasedinMountDoraandhasofficesinTampa,TallahasseeandDelray.

Accounting

RSMMcGladrey/Mc-Gladrey&Pullenpro-motedClay WordentoOrlandoofficepracticeleader,overseeingalloperationsinCentralFlorida.Wordenwasaco-founderofTedder,James,Worden&As-sociatesin1997.ThefirmmergedwithRSMMcGladrey/McGladrey&Pullenin2007.

EducationRobert B. Case was

nameddirectoroftheexecutiveDevelopmentCenterattheUniversityofCentralFlorida’sCol-legeofbusinessAd-ministration.Caseisthe

founderofRbConsultingInc.Caseisa1970gradu-ateofthecollegeandisamemberofthedean’sexecutivecouncil.ThecenterislocatedattheYingAcademicCenterindowntownOrlando.Itoffersexecutiveandpro-fessionalMbAprograms,non-degreedprofes-sionalworkshopsandcertificateprograms.

TheRollinsCollegeCrummerGraduateSchoolofbusinesshiredCari Haught Coats asinterimexecutivedirectorofitsCenterforentrepreneurship.ShetakesoverfromoutgoingexecutiveDirectorTomKruczek.CoatsfoundedtheC2Advisorsconsult-ingfirmin2007.Priortothat,shewaschiefoper-atingofficeratCNLRealestateAdvisors.

Andrew R. Stafford joinedMountainStateUniversityOrlandoasassistantdirectorofnurs-ing.HewaspreviouslywithAmericareSchoolofNursing.

Real Estate

Sher TolanjoinedtheOrlandoofficeofCushman&Wakefieldasadirectorinitsindustrialandlandbro-keragegroup.ShewaspreviouslywithCarterUSAasvicepresidentoftransactionservices.

Arlene-Frances RingwaselectedvicepresidentoftheNortheastCommunityAs-sociationManagers,anorganizationoflicensedcommunityassociationmanagersandprofes-sionals.RingismarketingdirectorattheClayton&McCullohlawfirminMait-land.Thefirmspecializesincommunityassocia-tionandrealestatelaw.

Larry FurlongjoinedOldRepublicTitleInsur-anceCo.asassistantvice

presidentofsales.HewaspreviouslywithLaw-yer’sTitleInsuranceCo.andisaformerSeminoleCountycommissioner.

HospitalityTheCentralFlorida

chapterofHospitalitySalesandMarketingAs-sociationInternationalappointedBob Wright,ownerofVisionMarket-ing&Communications,executivedirector.Erin Kendrick,vicepresidentofmarketingatOertherFoodsInc.,wasnamedpresident.Thefollow-ingwerenamedvicepresidents:Laura Lynn,newspaperrelationshipmanageratCareer-builder.com;Jeff Chase,ownerofOfferoStudios;Leslie Alcuri,accountexecutiveatexpedia.com;Michelle Kearns,accountmanageratWorldsofDiscovery;Laura Nipe,marketingandmediamanageratNickelodeonHotel;Lisa Jennings,chiefexperienceofficeratWildlyDifferent;LeAnn McGuinness,ownerofThebasketCase;Jay Peeper,salesmanageratFreeman;Dawn Hatch,directorofreservationsatRosenShingleCreek;Brande Brown,accountexecutiveatGoldnerAssociates;Diane Politi,whoisinsponsorshipsalesatCareerbuilder.com;Tina Wolpow;andVeronica Santiago,revenuemanageratblueTreeResort.John Weed,arepresentativeatSimonPropertyGroupInc.,isthegroup’simmediatepastpresident.

NickelodeonFamilySuiteshiredJim Strunaasdirectorofmarketingandrevenuemanage-ment.Strunawasprevi-ouslycorporatedirectorofrevenuemanagementforGinnResortsinFlori-daandthebahamas.

TheWestinImagineOrlandoappointedRob-ert Mason asexecutivechefofitsFiorella’sCuci-naToscanarestaurant.HewaspreviouslywithThebohemerestaurantattheGrandbohemianHotelindowntownOrlando.

TheCentralFloridachapteroftheAmericanCulinaryFederation

namedUniversalOr-landochefJoe Alfano itsCulinarianoftheYear.

emerilLagassenamedGregory Richie chefdecuisineatemeril’sTchoupChop,hisPoly-nesian-AsianrestaurantlocatedattheLoewsRoyalPacificResortatUniversalOrlando.RichiewaspreviouslywithRoy’sRestaurant.

Health CareRosemary Reiner

joinedFloridaHospitalWatermanasvicepresi-dentandchiefnursingofficer.Shewasprevious-lychiefnursingofficerandchiefoperatingoffi-ceratSouthwestGeneralHospitalinCleveland.

TotalMedicalSolu-tionspromotedKevin T. Glennon toexecutivedi-rectorofclinicalservices.Glennonwaspreviouslydirectorofhomehealth.Heisaregisterednurseandjoinedthecompanyin1997.

AccountingMooreStephens

LovelacePApromoted

Bill BlendandRob Matschner toprincipals.blendisamemberof

thefirm’sgovernmentalpracticegroupandjoinedthefirmin2005.Matschnerjoinedthecompanyin2000andisamemberofitsseniorhousingpracticegroup.botharemembersofMSL’sauditandaccountingteam.

ServicesJeffrey Williamson

wasrecognizedbyUPSfor35yearsofservicewiththecompany.Wil-liamsonisatractortrailerdriverinOrlando.Thefol-lowingUPSemployeeswererecognizedfor30yearsofservice:Wayne Baker,atractortrailerdriverinOrlando;Patri-cia Bamberg,astrategicaccountsadministrativeassistantinOrlando;John Franko,apackagecardriverinOrlando;Reynolds Lys,apackagecardriverinOrlando;andRed Percival,apackagecardriverinApopka.Thefollowingwererec-ognizedfor25yearsof

service:Matthew Aubin,apackagecardriverinLongwood;Dana Christie,apackagecardriverinLongwood;Jeff Cochran,apackagecardriverinOrlando;Sam-uel Hathcock,aplantengineeringsupervisorinLongwood;Edward Kearce,apackagesorterinOrlando,Brad Kidd,apackagecardriverinLongwood;Bruce Norton,apackagecardriverinLongwood;Ra-fael Pagan,acustomersupporttechnicianinOrlando;andHumberto Serrano,apackagecardriverinOrlando.TwoUPStractortrailerdriv-erswererecognizedforoutstandingsafetyrecords:Paul Chandler completed25yearswithoutanaccident,andMichael Zebosky completed35yearswithoutanaccident.UPSdriverslogover2billionmilesayearonU.S.roadsandaveragelessthanoneaccidentpermillionmilesdriven.

MediaGen2MediaCorp.

appointedShawn Portmann executivevicepresident.

GolfChannelhiredJack Graham asvicepresidentofgolfeventsandexecutiveproducer.Grahamwilloverseelivegolfcoverage.Hewaspreviouslyafreelance

produceranddirector,workingforvariousnetworksoneventsin-cludingcollegefootballandtheTournamentofRosesParade.

Retail

Thearon Scurlock wasnamedareadirectorofbusinessdevelop-mentatSimonProp-ertyGroup.TheIndiana-basedcompany’slocalpropertiesincludeTheFloridaMallandOrlandoPremiumOutlets.

NonprofitsFloridaHospital

FoundationnamedDavid S. Collis actingchiefdevelopmentofficer.CollishasworkedwiththefoundationforseveralyearsasaconsultantonitsWinterParkMemorialHospitalcampaign.

TheWinterParkHealthFoundationboardoftrusteeselectednewofficers:Gerald Sutton,chairman;Sandra G. Hostetter,treasurer;Judith G. Thames,secretary;Mary B. Rumberger,vicechairwomanforchildrenandyouth;Charles F. Pierce,vicechairmanforcommunityhealthpolicy;andMatthew M. Davies,vicechairmanforolderadults.Dr.Christine E. Jablonski,aninternistinWinterPark,andDavid Stanley,principalattheWinterParkNinthGradeCenter,joinedtheboard.

Rich Maladecki

joinedtheboardoftrusteesoftheOrangeCountyLibrarySystem.MaladeckiispresidentoftheCentralFloridaHotel&LodgingAssociation.

Finance

Betty WhittakerwasnamedvicepresidentandbranchmanageroftheUnitedSouthernbankbranchonStateRoad50inClermont.

Paul W. Bryan IIjoinedtheboardofdi-rectorsofUnitedSouth-ernbank.HeispresidentofbryanPropertiesInc.,acommercialrealestatefirminTavares.

Engineering

RS&HpromotedseniorengineerandprojectmanagerJesse Forst toleaditstransportationandpublicinfrastructurepracticesinOrlando.ForstreplacesformerofficeleaderJamesAvitabile,whowasrecentlyappointedtodirectthefirm’sdesign-buildpracticenationwide.(See“PeopleintheNews,”Jan.30-Feb.5,2009,issueofObJ.)

ConsultantsDianeMeillerand

AssociatesInc.namedSerena Frank principalofitsgovernanceandstrategypractice.ShewaspreviouslyaseniorvicepresidentofinformationtechnologywithWyndhamVacationOwnership.

Head of stateKerry Kelly wasnamedFloridabranch

managerforFultonCommunicationsInc.ofFlorida.HewaspreviouslypresidentofSouthCom.

KellyhasbeenmanagingtelecomoperationsinFloridasince1972.Hehasnumerous technical certifica-tionsandisaregisteredFloridalow-voltagecontractor.

KellywillbebasedinFulton’sLongwoodoffice.FultonCommunica-tionsisbasedinGeorgiaandprovidesproductsandservicesforvoiceanddatatransmission.

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condition of your customers or competitors? These business bankruptcies were filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando. The information is listed as follows: com-pany, address, attorney, case number and date filed.

Chapter 7: Debtor’s assets usually are liquidated and sold by court-appointed trustee, with proceeds used to pay creditors. Some companies can, however, resolve their problems and settle with creditors before it gets to that stage.

Chapter 11: Debtor continues to operate during reorganization; a plan to pay creditors is established. May convert to Chapter 7.

This listing includes all commercial bankruptcies filed, as well as personal bankruptcies that include a business’s assets in the filing.

Chapter 7Ormond Bar BQ Inc., 782 S. Yonge St., Ormond Beach 32174; Assets, $375; Debts, $271,038; Major Creditor, John Kirkpatrick, $187,919; Attorney, David R. McFarlin; Case No. 09-01401, 02/09/09.

Earthscape Lawn Care Services Inc., 5111 Edmee Circle, Orlando 32822; Assets, $25,000; Debts, $285,587; Major Creditor, Banco Popular, $233,773; Attorney, David Dowell; Case No. 09-01402, 02/09/09.

Port Orange Bar-B-Q Inc., 1515 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange 32127; Assets, $1,922,887; Debts, $1,817,523; Major Creditor, Comerica Bank, $1,120,169; Attorney, David R. McFarlin; Case No. 09-01403, 02/09/09.

Volusia BarBQ Inc., 1500 W. International Speedway, Daytona Beach 32114; Assets, $0; Debts, $95,960; Major Creditor, Sysco Food Service, $60,024; Attorney, David R. McFarlin; Case No. 09-01404, 02/09/09.

S. Daytona Bar-B-Q Inc., 1840 S. Ridgewood Ave., Daytona Beach 32119; Assets, $0; Debts, $31,936; Major Creditor, RBC Bank Lend-ing Service Center, $31,936; Attorney, David R. McFarlin; Case No. 09-01406, 02/09/09.

Moth Partners Inc., 710 S. U.S. Highway 1, Suite A-1, Vero Beach 32963; Assets, $50,000; Debts, $637,903; Major Creditor, Vero Beach Shopping Center Assoc. Ltd., $433,292; Attorney, Kevin E. Mangum; Case No. 09-01608, 02/13/09.

Marhouse Inc., P.O. Box 150605, Altamonte Springs 32715; Assets, $0 to $50,000; Debts, $50,001 to $100,000; Major Creditor, not shown; Attorney, Rosalyn Dunlap; Case No. 09-01672, 02/13/09.

Chapter 11MCI Trust & Founda-tion Ltd., P.O. Box 731584,

Inc. vs. Cane Island Devel-opment LLC (foreclosure), 482 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie 34953, $2,952,753, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 9694 MF, 02/06/09.

Wells Fargo NA Trustee vs. Current Streams Inc. Trust-ee (foreclosure), (address not shown), $249,379, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 004177 MF, 02/06/09.

Fifth Third Mortgage Co. vs. Graystone Reserves LLC a dis-solved Corp./Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando Master Association Inc. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $382,500, plaintiff, Case No. 49 2008 CA 007815 MF, 02/06/09.

Chicago Title Insurance Co. vs. Hi-Tec Invest-ments, (address not shown), $73,732, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 8774 CI, 02/09/09.

Mark and Katie Joynson vs. Superior Homes and Investments LLC aka Regal Oaks at Old Town, 2822 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 400, Orlando 32819, $69,998, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 7247 CI, 02/11/09.

Orlando National Bank vs. Sun Resorts Development LLC (foreclosure), (address not shown), $237,104, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 006862, 02/12/09.

MDE Express vs. A&M Logistics Solutions LLC, 22290 S.W. 162nd Ave., Goulds 33170, $10,900, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CC 003516 CL, 02/12/09.

5th Judicial Circuit — Lake CountyMetals USA Building Prod-ucts LP vs. Premier Pool Enclosures LLC and Daniel L. Bauer, 12701 Metro Parkway, Unit B, Fort Myers 33966, $16,478, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 5431, 02/06/09.

The Bank of New York Trustee vs. KJ Property Investments LLC et al. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $94,827, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 005025, 02/06/09.

LPG Urban and Regional Planners Inc. vs. Withla-coochee Partners LLC, 2295 N.W. Corporate Blvd. No. 110, Boca Raton 33431, $25,083, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 005410, 02/06/09.

Casmin Inc. vs. Richards Contracting & Design LLC and Alan T. Rich-ards jointly and sever-ally, 25100 Washington St., Astatula 34705, $11,297, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CC 002446, 02/10/09.

Marian Farms Inc. dba Hillary Peat Co. vs. Endless Summer Landscape Nurs-ery LLC, Royal Palm Blvd., Royal Palm Beach 33411, $10,403, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CC 003490, 02/10/09.

SCP Distributors LLC vs. Steven King and Son’s Inc./Steven King and Lisa

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Ormond Beach 32173; Assets, $140,000; Debts, $99,000; Major Creditor, EMC Mortgage Corp., $99,000; Attorney, J. Christopher Rich; Case No. 09-01498, 02/11/09.

Golden Tennessee Leas-ing Inc., 115 N. Maitland Ave., Altamonte Springs 32701; Assets, $1,000,001 to $10,000,000; Debts, $500,001 to $1,000,000; Major Creditor, not shown; Attorney, Pro Se; Case No. 09-01526, 02/11/09.

JudgmentsCircuit court judgments

recorded against businesses in excess of $10,000 have been col-lected from public records and include the following informa-tion: plaintiff, defendant, defen-dant’s address, amount of judg-ment, which party prevailed, case number and date recorded.

9th Judicial Circuit — Orange CountyRegions Bank vs. Vetco International Inc./Carlos J. Lamarche individually and Edwin E. Acosta-Rubio individu-ally, (address not shown), $804,534, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 2378, 01/26/09.

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. vs. Mr. Always Trucking Inc./Suresh Omrao and Mr. S. Trucking Inc., 6256 Mission Drive, Orlando 32810, $11,787, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CC 18660, 01/26/09.

Bright House Networks LLC vs. Fuller Enterprises of Brevard Inc. dba Preci-sion Doors of Orlando, (address not shown), $27,820, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 021313 O, 01/26/09.

ABN Amro Mortgage Group Inc. vs. Shelter Solutions Inc. et al. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $49,364, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2007 CA 004713, 01/26/09.

Mercantile Bank vs. Sago Construction and Development LLC, 940 W. Oakland Ave., Suite A-9, Oakland 34787, $2,028,263, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 021334 O, 01/26/09.

VL Partners LLC vs. Jose Balestrini individually/Amigo’s Network Enter-prises Inc. dba Cellular Centers Plus et al. jointly and severally, 6610 Hiwas-see Road, Orlando 32835, $86,834, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 2977 O, 01/26/09.

First Commercial Bank of Florida vs. Drewtina Prop-erties III LLC et al. (foreclo-sure), (address not shown), $4,088,000, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 0011313 O, 01/28/09.

Coleman Floor Co. vs. Meadows Properties Inc. dba Meadows Homes, (address not shown), $185,249, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 17695 O, 01/28/09.

West Oaks Mall Trust as successor in interest to GGP/Homart Inc. vs. Terminal Fashion Inc. dba Linda Forever and Shi-mon Sabag, 814 Terranova Road, Winter Haven 33884, $467,864, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 019795, 01/28/09.

Fifth Third Mortgage Co. vs. Lewis Real Estate Holdings LLC (foreclosure), 1217 23rd St., Orlando 32805, $72,092, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 005717 O, 01/28/09.

Federal National Mort-gage Association vs. Orlando PBT LLC et al. (foreclosure), 7532 Liberty Bell Drive, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80920, $204,972, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 012494, 01/28/09.

Cemex Construction Materials Florida LLC successor by conversion to Rinker Materials of Florida Inc. vs. K&A Ponce

Construction Inc. and Abel Ponce individually, (address not shown), $39,534, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 028951 O, 01/28/09.

Southern Electric Supply Co. Inc. dba Rexel Consoli-dated fdba Consolidated Electric Supply vs. Gulf Coast Electric of Naples Inc. and Mark D. Schisler individually, 45 Esther St., Naples 34104, $27,932, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 30384 O, 01/28/09.

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC dba Ford Motor Credit Co. vs. Florida Bobcat Services Inc. and Phillip L. Sandlin, 9016 Jupiter Drive, St. Cloud 34773, $21,108, plaintiff, Case No. 07 CA 11575, 01/29/09.

Oakhill Village Associates LP vs. Joseph P. Pierre dba Prime Stylish Prod-ucts, (address not shown), $147,634, plaintiff, Case No. 07 CA 6753, 01/29/09.

First Commercial Bank of Florida vs. Drewtina Prop-erties I LLC et al. (foreclo-sure), (address not shown), $2,269,239, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 11334, 01/29/09.

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. vs. Wally & Son Trucking Inc., (address not shown), $46,380, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 27850, 01/29/09.

Winter Garden Business Park LLC vs. Evolution Hair and Spa Salon LLC fka Evolution Hair and Spa Salon Inc./Elizabeth Sanchez, 1742 Delafield Drive, Winter Garden 34787, $147,059, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 28149, 01/29/09.

Plastic Tubing Industries Inc. vs. Duncan McCallum and Phyllis McCallum and Duncan McCallum Enter-prises Inc. aka Duncan Enterprises Inc., 1955 S.W. Eighth Terrace, Williston

32696, $11,192, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CC 17103, 01/29/09.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Trustee vs. 14231 Southern Red Maple Drive Trust et al. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $423,679, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 008466 O, 01/29/09.

National Loan Acquisitions Co. vs. Lazarus Invest-ments of Orlando Inc. et al. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $1,572,361, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 024768 O, 01/29/09.

Asian/Florida Investment Co. Inc. vs. First National Lending Inc. and Ha T. Nguyen jointly and sever-ally, 3060 Natoma Way, Orlando 32825, $13,136, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 024790 O, 01/29/09.

T&G Corp. dba T&G Constructors (defen-dant/counterclaim plaintiffs) vs. First Sealord Surety Inc.(third party defendant), (address not shown), $474,365, defen-dant/counter plaintiff, Case No. 06 CA 1003, 01/30/09.

T&G Corp. dba T&G Constructors (defen-dant/counterclaim plaintiffs) vs. Earth Trades Inc.(plaintiff/counterclaim defendant), (address not shown), $516,685, defen-dant/counter plaintiff, Case No. 06 CA 1003, 01/30/09.

Winter Park Real Estate Holdings LLC vs. Florida Home Constructors Inc., (address not shown), $66,000, plaintiff, Case No. 07 CA 0016511 O, 01/30/09.

Anderson & Badgley PL vs. Christopher Mills and Executive Wireless LLC, 6487 White Spruce Ave., Braselton, Ga. 30517, $30,050, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 10328, 01/30/09.

R.H. Donnelley Publish-ing & Advertising Inc. vs. Small Moves Inc. of Orlando, 800 Harold Ave., Winter Park 32789, $27,382, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 8370, 01/30/09.

Sysco Food Services of Central Florida Inc. vs. ABC Pie Corp. dba American Pie Pizza Co., 1470 Cape Sable Drive, Melbourne 32940, $13,158, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CC 15239, 01/30/09.

SunTrust Bank vs. Rosado Enterprises Inc. and Jose Rosado jointly and severally, 2185 Clap-per Trail, Apopka 32703, $14,794, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CC 16446 O, 01/30/09.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Trustee vs. Eglob-al Enterprises LLC (foreclo-sure), (address not shown), $520,000, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 024705, 01/30/09.

Plainfield Specialty Holdings II Inc. vs. Club Atlantis I LLC et al. (foreclosure), (address not shown), $11,177,452, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 007076 O, 01/30/09.

Greater Orlando Auto Auction Inc. dba Man-heim Central Florida fka Manheim’s Central Florida Auto Auction vs. GA Auto Mall Inc., 2306 Tayside Crossing N.W., Kennesaw, Ga. 30152-6753, $168,380, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 021025 O, 01/30/09.

Greater Orlando Auto Auction Inc. dba Man-heim Central Florida fka Manheim’s Central Florida Auto Auction vs. GA Auto Mall Inc., 2306 Tayside Crossing N.W., Ken-nesaw, Ga. 30152, $168,380, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 021025 O, 01/30/09.

Commerce Bank NA vs. Highly Favored 1 LLC

(foreclosure), (address not shown), $126,439, plaintiff, Case No. 48 2008 CA 029912 O, 01/30/09.

18th Judicial Circuit — Seminole CountyManheim Automotive Financial Services Inc. vs. Worldwide Sales & Leas-ing Inc., 675 Longlake Drive, Oviedo 32765, $232,310, plaintiff, Case No. 08 CA 5325 15 G, 02/11/09.

GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corp. vs. Bill Heard Chevrolet Corp.-Orlando (foreclo-sure), 127 N. Oregon St., Sanford 32771, $16,469,291, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 9314 14 W, 02/11/09.

Chase Home Finance LLC successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mort-gage Corp. vs. Private Mortgage Investments & Trust Inc. as Trustee et al. (foreclosure), 2680 Azalea Drive, Longwood 32779, $118,850, plaintiff, Case No. 59 2008 CA 003893, 02/12/09.

9th Judicial Circuit — Osceola CountyFinishmaster Inc. vs. Super Service Auto Body Inc./Un Kee Wing, 1110 S. John Young Parkway, Kissimmee 34741, $46,080, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 9626 CI, 02/05/09.

Reliance Insurance Co. in liquidation as succes-sor in interest to United Pacific Co. vs. William R. Maxwell dba Security One Investigations and Protective Services, (address not shown), $32,570, plaintiff, Case No. CI 07 CI 1965, 02/05/09.

United Midwest Savings Bank/Midwest Business Capital a division of United Midwest Savings

King jointly and severally, 8545 Florida Boys Ranch Road, Groveland 34736, $54,430, plaintiff, Case No. 08 4918, 02/11/09.

City Electric Supply Co. vs. G. Electric Services Inc. and Jorge De La Noval aka Jorge Alberto De La Noval jointly and severally, 10350 S.W. 90th St., Miami 33176, $58,930, plaintiff, Case No. 2008 CA 5334, 02/11/09.

Lawsuits FiLedSuits have been filed against

the businesses listed. No judg-ment has been rendered yet. This information has been gath-ered from public records in each jurisdiction and contains the following: plaintiff, defendant, case number and date filed.

Orange CountyMarie Schmidt Britt vs. Action Nissan Inc., Case No. 09 002647-O, 01/29/09.

Mary Lynch vs. Walt Disney World Co., Case No. 09 002698-O, 01/29/09.

Republic Properties Inc. vs. Chabad of South Orlando Inc., Case No. 09 002825-O, 01/29/09.

Ada B. Angarano vs. Tish-man Hotel Corp., Case No. 09 002883-O, 01/29/09.

Santiago Marino Cama-cho vs. Ckars Consult-ing Inc., Case No. 09 002911-O, 01/29/09.

Albert Kemperle of Florida LLC vs. JCR Auto Body and Collision Inc., Case No. 09 002926-O, 01/29/09.

Donald Hoevenaar vs. Executive Automo-tive Corp., Case No. 09 002928-O, 01/29/09.

Patricia Sprouse vs. Albertson S LLC, Case No. 09 002930-O, 01/29/09.

Rosa M. Torres vs. Publix Super Market Inc., Case No. 09 002857-O, 01/30/09.

Sherica Moody vs. Walter Industries Inc., Case No. 09 002863-O, 01/30/09.

Trebor Power Systems Inc. vs. Altier Mechanical Services Inc., Case No. 09 002864-O, 01/30/09.

Bertha VanZant vs. Publix Super Market Inc., Case No. 09 002871-O, 01/30/09.

LA Fitness International LLC vs. Gateway Phase Two LLC, Case No. 09 002903-O, 01/30/09.

Belfor USA Group Inc. vs. HHT Ltd., Case No. 09 002996-O, 01/30/09.

Blue Sphere Deerfield Plaza LT vs. Natures Health and Fitness et al., Case No. 09 003006-O, 01/30/09.

Minnesota Ware-houses Ltd. vs. Gallery Baraka Inc., Case No. 09 003085-O, 01/30/09.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Fairways Group Services Inc., Case No. 09 003089-O, 01/30/09.

Shakti Copeland vs. Universal City Develop-

ment et al., Case No. 09 003110-O, 01/30/09.

Adenia M. Angeles vs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Case No. 09 003113-O, 01/30/09.

Wilder Flight of Florida LLC vs. Fidelity National Card Service, Case No. 09 003114-O, 01/30/09.

First Insurance Funding Corp. vs. Foodcrafters Distributing Co., Case No. 09 003117-O, 01/30/09.

Julia R. Rodriguez vs. Sand Lake Imaging LLP, Case No. 09 003081-O, 02/02/09.

Maria Blandon vs. Walt Disney World Co., Case No. 09 003095-O, 02/02/09.

WFTV Inc. vs. Woodpez Environmental LLC, Case No. 09 003108-O, 02/02/09.

West Oaks Mall Trust vs. My Three Sons Ice Cream Inc., Case No. 09 003226-O, 02/02/09.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Macg Hold-ings LLC, Case No. 09 003231-O, 02/02/09.

Heidi J. Barter vs. Walt Disney World Co., Case No. 09 003250-O, 02/02/09.

Patrena A. Holmes vs. PF Changs China Bis-tro Inc., Case No. 09 003254-O, 02/02/09.

Jeannette Delmoral Pabon vs. Adventist Health Systems Sunbelt, Case No. 09 003256-O, 02/02/09.

Gladys Rivera vs. Orlando Health Inc., Case No. 09 003257-O, 02/02/09.

Glad Dairy Exports SA vs. Kwasny Co., Case No. 09 003260-O, 02/02/09.

F Schumacher & Co. vs. Admiralty Trad-ing LLC, Case No. 09 003274-O, 02/02/09.

Kara Skorupa vs. Celes-trial Club Inc., Case No. 09 003279-O, 02/02/09.

ACF Environmental Inc. vs. United Erosion Control Inc., Case No. 09 003297-O, 02/02/09.

Jaime Otero vs. Town & Country Transport, Case No. 09 003310-O, 02/02/09.

HD Supply Electrical Inc. vs. B&S Diversi-fied Inc., Case No. 09 003068-O, 02/03/09.

White Cap Construction Supply vs. Waterford Development Inc., Case No. 09 003071-O, 02/03/09.

DI Partners LLLP vs. Auto-sport Collection Inc., Case No. 09 003309-O, 02/03/09.

Rosa LP Ltd. LLLP vs. Carden Inc. dba Price-less Dry et al., Case No. 09 003317-O, 02/03/09.

Liberty Property LP vs. VMW Logistic Inc., Case No. 09 003194-O, 02/04/09.

Averett Warmus Durkee PA vs. The Grove Counsel-ing Center Inc., Case No. 09 003220-O, 02/04/09.

tax LiensThe U.S. Internal Revenue

Service and the state Depart-ment of Revenue file tax liens in local courts against companies or individuals when disputes over taxes arise. Liens may be

appealed. The information for tax liens includes: taxpayer, address, amount due, type of tax and date recorded.

When a taxpayer has paid the lien filed against them, a Release is issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the state Department of Revenue. This information includes: taxpayer name, address, amount paid, type of tax and date recorded.

Federal Tax liensOrange CountyMarinos Tile & Marble Center/Steven Mackay Partner, 1187 Mor-ristown Drive, Toms River, N.J. 08753, $12,163, (6721/940/941), Book/Page 9821/2475, 01/28/09.

Robinson Masonry & Construction Services Inc., 621 E. Plant St., Win-ter Garden 34787-3119, $12,996, (941), Book/Page 9821/2477, 01/28/09.

Roger Franz, 5128 Conroy Road, Apt. 727, Orlando 32811, $16,504, (941), Book/Page 9821/2503, 01/28/09.

Prestige Paving & Land Development Inc., P.O. Box 561441, Orlando 32856-1441, $38,642, (1120), Book/Page 9821/1655, 01/28/09.

Matthew D. Jackson/Mechanic Solutions of Central FL, 2429 Marzel Ave., Orlando 32806, $19,487, (941), Book/Page 9821/1673, 01/28/09.

Gregg Dobbs, 1103 Oakdale St., Windermere 34786, $18,917, (940/941), Book/Page 9821/1664, 01/28/09.

Osceola CountyAV Logistics Group Inc., P.O. Box 450265, Kissimmee 34745, $11,670, (944), Book/Page 3797/1994, 02/11/09.

Lake CountyWilliam H. Tipton, 121 E. Division St., Clermont 34711-7951, $24,930, (941), Book/Page 3729/1598, 02/09/09.

James T. Wilson, 7301 Berkley Square S., New Albany, Ohio 43054-8864, $182,121, (6672), Book/Page 3729/1601, 02/09/09.

sTaTe Tax liensOrange County250 North Orange Avenue LLC, 250 N. Orange Ave., Orlando 32801-1819, $68,159, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4951, 01/28/09.

Makos Orlando Inc., 27 W. Church St., Orlando 32801-3301, $46,320, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4950, 01/28/09.

Peoples Choice Auto Sales Inc., 1043 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando 32805-3739, $22,427, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4981, 01/28/09.

Uptown Classics Inc., 507 N. Semoran Blvd., Orlando 32807-3325, $10,251, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4976, 01/28/09.

International Hotel Management LLC, 8444 International Drive, Orlando 32819-9329, $34,364, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4969, 01/28/09.

H.A.I. Orlando Inc., 829 Sand Lake Road, Orlando 32809-7718, $27,903, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4978, 01/28/09.

Rofe Properties Inc., 7670 International Drive, Orlando 32819-8265, $23,559, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4971, 01/28/09.

Mama Nem’s Restau-rant Inc., 805 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 106, Orlando 32811-2200, $37,842, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4958, 01/28/09.

People’s Choice Auto Sales Inc., 4978 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando 32808-7755, $23,110, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4980, 01/28/09.

SI Restaurant I-Drive LLC, 7500 International Drive, Orlando 32819-8235, $13,488, (sales and use), Book/Page 9821/4970, 01/28/09.

Seminole CountyHutson Food Services Inc., 11829-A S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando 32837, $23,979, (sales and use), Book/Page 7133/1702, 02/12/09.

Sunshine State Properties Inc./Thomas Springer, 4995 Double R Lane, Oviedo 32765, $12,848, (sales and use), Book/Page 7131/841, 02/09/09.

Orlando Restaurant Group of Melbourne LLC, 4200 N. Wickham Road, Mel-bourne 32995-2476, $15,160, (sales and use), Book/Page 7132/124, 02/10/09.

BRI/Bonner Roofing Inc., 5224 W. State Road 46, Suite 206, Sanford 32771, $15,034, (sales and use), Book/Page 7132/125, 02/10/09.

construction Liens

Construction liens are filed by contractors, subcontractors or suppliers for unpaid balances on services or materials provid-ed. Although the lien is recorded against the property itself, the debt actually may be owed by either the contractor named or the property owner listed. This information includes: claimant, contractor, lien amount, proper-ty owner, address and date filed.

Orange CountyClaimant: Florida Concrete Block & Curb LLC, Contrac-tor: Earth Trades, $26,591, Owner: KA and KM Devel-opment Inc., on property at 12388 S. International Drive, Orlando, Book/Page 9819/8385, 01/26/09.

Claimant: Hardin Con-struction Co. LLC, Con-tractor: Paramount Lake Eola LP, $1,865,562, Owner: Paramount Lake Eola LP, on property at 15 Lake Avenue, Orlando 32801, Book/Page 9820/1854, 01/26/09.

Claimant: Tri-City Electri-cal Contractors Inc., Con-tractor: Star Creations Devel-opment LLC, $41,160, Owner: Historic Creations Realty LLC, on property at 23 S. Osceola Ave., Orlando, Book/Page 9820/2934, 01/26/09.

Claimant: Robert A. Har-ris Architect, Contractor: Devonshield Retail Center, $61,070, Owner: Owen

Tracey, on property at 6800-6898 Silver Star Road, Book/Page 9820/3195, 01/26/09.

Claimant: Wayne Auto-matic Fire Sprinklers Inc., Contractor: Southchase Investors LLC, $218,075, Owner: Southchase Investors LLC, on property at 12351 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando 32837, Book/Page 9820/4818, 01/27/09.

Claimant: Hall Brothers Roofing Inc., Contractor: Premier Construction Inc., $37,797, Owner: Robert and Claudia Conroy, on property at 11250 Hideaway Cove Court, Orlando, Book/Page 9820/6153, 01/27/09.

Claimant: Wayne Auto-matic Fire Sprinklers Inc., Contractor: R.P.O. Construc-tion, $116,092, Owner: L.S.K. Development LLC, on property at Portion of Sec. 22 and 23 22S 28E, Book/Page 9820/6182, 01/27/09.

Claimant: Robert Deck Inc. dba Labor Finders-Orlando, Contractor: Wood Partner LLC, $10,770, Owner: Leonard W. Wood, on property at 10 W. Grant St., Orlando 32806, Book/Page 9820/7766, 01/27/09.

Claimant: A.S.A.P. Solution Inc., Contractor: Mezardjian Group Inc., $16,780, Owner: Paul and Ellie Angelino, on property at 10552 Kirby Smith Road, Orlando, Book/Page 9820/8770, 01/27/09.

Claimant: Breedlove Dennis & Associates Inc., Contractor: Universal City Property Management III LLC, $172,899, Owner: Universal City Property Man-agement III LLC, on prop-erty at 9751 Universal Blvd., Orlando 32819, Book/Page 9820/8879, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Wild Oak Hold-ing Inc. dba Vertical Blind Manf. CFL, Contractor: Turner Construction Co., $49,000, Owner: Lincoln Properties LLC, on prop-erty at 111 N. Magnolia Ave., Orlando 32801, Book/Page 9821/1521, 01/28/09.

Claimant: P&G Mechani-cal Inc., Contractor: S.L. Construction & Remodel-ing Inc., $26,926, Owner: Full Deliverance Church of Jesus Inc., on property at 3832 New Hampshire St., Orlando 32808, Book/Page 9821/153, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Wesco Foun-tains Inc., Contractor: Turner Construction Co., $43,624, Owner: Hilton Grande Vaca-tions Co., on property at 7803 Palm Parkway, Book/Page 9821/2541, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Atlantic Steel Inc., Contractor: Finfrock Construction, $33,000, Owner: Square LLC, on prop-erty at 8375 International Drive, Orlando 32819, Book/Page 9821/3749, 01/28/09.

Claimant: MTS Partners LLC dba Corporate Electric Services, Contractor: Scher-er Construction, $38,257, Owner: LeRoyal Inc. of Mait-land FL, on property at 2450 Maitland Center Parkway, Maitland 32751, Book/Page 9821/5318, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Manuel Ouilli (President), Contractor: J&D

Development LLC, $13,234, Owner: Mr. Barrington Bowen and Mrs. Jessyrian Bowen, on property at Lot 18 Block 2 Cape Orlando Estates, Orlando, Book/Page 9821/5335, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Industrial Steel Inc., Contractor: Scherer Construction & Engineer-ing of Central Florida LLC, $35,340, Owner: Legacy Pointe at MetroWest LLC, on property at 5749 Westgate Drive, Orlando, Book/Page 9821/546, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Walker’s Con-tracting Group, Contractor: Standard Property Dev. LLC/George Venturella, $46,198, Owner: Standard Property Dev. LLC/George Venturella, on prop-erty at 8688 Palm Parkway, Orlando 33286, Book/Page 9821/902, 01/28/09.

Claimant: Southern Land-scaping & Irrigation Sys-tems Inc., Contractor: Orlan-do Decorative Concrete, $13,171, Owner: Rey Group, on property at Multiple Units Baldwin Park, Orlando, Book/Page 9821/6592, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Prestige AB Management Co. LLC, Contractor: Lennar Homes LLC, $10,495, Owner: Lennar Homes LLC, on property at 6351 Brenton Pointe Cove, Orlando, Book/Page 9821/6896, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Prestige AB Management Co. LLC, Contractor: Lennar Homes LLC, $16,033, Owner: Lennar Homes LLC, on property at 6359 Brenton Pointe Cove, Orlando, Book/Page 9821/6897, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Cemex Con-struction Materials Florida LLC fka Rinker Materials of Florida Inc. dba Cemex and/or Cemex Construc-tion Materials LP, Contrac-tor: Apex Construction & Dev Inc., $63,803, Owner: Ronald S. and Pamela Shill, on property at 9659 Castle Way Drive, Book/Page 9821/7631, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Residental Drywall Inc., Contractor: TCB International Enterprises Inc., $10,355, Owner: Kalson’s Hospitality Inc./Dinesh Kalidas Trustee, on prop-erty at 11428 Marbella Palms Court, Orlando, Book/Page 9822/1969, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Groundworks of Palm Beach County, Contractor: Della Road Development LLC and Unicorp Development, $144,000, Owner: Della Road Development LLC, on property at 7940 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, Book/Page 9822/209, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Groundworks of Palm Beach County Inc., Contractor: Della Road Development LLC and Unicorp Development, $250,178, Owner: Della Road Development LLC, on property at 7940 Via Dellagio Way, Orlando, Book/Page 9822/210, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Johnnie Miller/Klavon Building Inspection & Consulting Group Inc., Contractor: SL Construction & Full

Deliverance Church of Jesus, $10,473, Owner: Full Deliverance Church of Jesus, on property at Portion of Sec. 20 22S 29E, Book/Page 9822/2301, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Seminole Masonry Inc., Contractor: Today Realty Investments Inc., $110,864, Owner: Q Lake Pickett LP, on prop-erty at 18310 Lake Pickett Road, Orlando, Book/Page 9822/2624, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Lapin Septic Tank Service Inc. dba Lapin Services, Contrac-tor: San Jean Facility Care Inc., $10,000, Owner: (not shown), on property at 815 24th St., Orlando, Book/Page 9822/5967, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Reliable Ser-vices Group LLC, Contrac-tor: J. Tufford and Associates Construction Inc., $10,600, Owner: VP Phase II Ltd., on property at 6965 Piazza Grande Ave., Suite 212, Book/Page 9822/838, 01/29/09.

Claimant: Reliable Ser-vices Group LLC, Contrac-tor: J. Tufford and Associates Construction Inc., $10,600, Owner: VP Phase II Limited, on property at 6965 Piazza Grande Ave., Orlando, Book/Page 9822/840, 01/29/09.

Seminole CountyClaimant: Norcraft Com-panies LLC, Contractor: Mer-cedes Homes Inc., $72,872, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Tusca Place North and South, Book/Page 7123/1693 thru 1723, 02/05/09.

Claimant: Chancey Metal Products Inc., Contrac-tor: Tuskawilla Associates LLC, $19,603, Owner: WSTC Associates, on property at Isis Condominiums 7401 Bloomberg, Winter Springs 32208, Book/Page 7129/1444, 02/05/09.

Claimant: Del-Air Heat-ing Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Inc., Contractor: Deluca Group Inc., $12,076, Owner: Deluca Group Inc., on property at 746 Cristaldi Way, Book/Page 7129/1479, 02/05/09.

Claimant: Del-Air Heat-ing Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Inc., Contractor: Deluca Group Inc., $12,271, Owner: Deluca Group Inc., on property at 749 Cristaldi Way, Book/Page 7129/1480, 02/05/09.

Claimant: Cemex Con-struction Materials Florida LLC fka Rinker Materials of Florida Inc. dba Cemex and/or Cemex Construc-tion Materials LP, Contrac-tor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $21,370, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Tusca Place North and South, Book/Page 7129/283 thru 589, 02/05/09.

Claimant: American Gran-ite Factory of Orlando, Contractor: Bradford Building Corp., $15,250, Owner: Altaf Hemani, on property at Lot 6 Bella Foresta, Book/Page 7130/457, 02/06/09.

Claimant: American Gran-ite Factory of Orlando, Contractor: Bradford Building Corp., $17,025, Owner: Arif

J. Rajan, on property at Lot 10 Bella Foresta, Book/Page 7130/458, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Randy Suggs Landscaping Inc., Con-tractor: Montgomery Development Carolina Corp., $25,267, Owner: Dikeo Realty LLC, on property at Portion of Lot 22 Orlando Industrial Park, Book/Page 7130/710, 02/06/09.

Claimant: C Lee Inc. dba Superior Site Ser-vices, Contractor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $26,353, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Tusca Place North and South, Book/Page 7130/927 thru 938, 02/06/09.

Claimant: APAC-Southeast Inc. Central Florida Divi-sion, Contractor: Sitek Corp., $10,236, Owner: Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, on property at 4800 Howell Branch Road aka Polytechnic University, Winter Park, Book/Page 7131/424, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Gale Interior Solutions, Contractor: Delu-ca Homes, $17,458, Owner: Deluca Enterprises Inc./Bella Vista LLC, on property at Lot 57 Bella Vista, Book/Page 7131/59, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Gale Inte-rior Solutions, Contractor: Deluca Homes, $16,791, Owner: Mohamed and Najma Alibhai/Deluca Homes, on property at Lot 58 Bella Vista, Book/Page 7131/60, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Roof Com-ponent Solutions LLC, Contractor: Hall Brothers Roofing, $11,971, Owner: Bella Vista LLC/Deluca Homes, on property at 746 Cristaldi Way/Lot 57 Bella Vista, Longwood, Book/Page 7131/1483, 02/10/09.

Claimant: Charles Hubb Plumbing Inc., Contrac-tor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $10,964, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Tusca Place North and South, Sanford 32771, Book/Page 7132/28 thru 32, 02/10/09.

Claimant: Charles Hubb Plumbing Inc., Contrac-tor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $11,612, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Tusca Place South, Book/Page 7132/36 thru 44, 02/10/09.

Claimant: Cemex Con-struction Materials Florida LLC fka Rinker Materials of Florida Inc. dba Cemex and/or Cemex Construc-tion Materials LP, Contrac-tor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $17,385, Owner: Mercedes Homes Inc., on property at Multiple Lots Windsor Lake Townhomes, Book/Page 7132/745 thru 750, 02/11/09.

Claimant: James C. Hall Co. Inc. dba Hall Co. Inc., Contractor: RHS Construc-tion, $44,262, Owner: United Midwest Savings Bank/Unit-ed Financial Bank of FL, on property at 875 Currency Cir-cle aka United Financial Bank of Florida, Lake Mary, Book/Page 7133/289, 02/11/09.

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Osceola CountyClaimant: Beta Construc-tion LLC, Contractor: Building Ladera Construc-tion Group Inc., $27,360, Owner: Nicholas and Arlene Pizzo, on property at 420 Muirfield Loop, Book/Page 3795/835, 02/05/09.

Claimant: Norcraft Com-panies LLC, Contractor: Mercedes Homes Inc., $10,388, Owner: Mercedes Homes, on property at 3976 Blossom Dew Drive, Kis-simmee 34746, Book/Page 3796/1727, 02/10/09.

Claimant: L. Pellinen Const. Inc., Contractor: (not shown), $10,840, Owner: Mercedes Homes, on prop-erty at 1515 Angler Ave., Kis-simmee 34746, Book/Page 3796/2113, 02/10/09.

Claimant: Signature Pools Inc., Contractor: Rey Group Inc., $13,956, Owner: Rey Group Inc., on property at 2944 Casabella Drive, Book/Page 3797/1610, 02/11/09.

Claimant: Signature Pools Inc., Contractor: Rey Group Inc., $23,000, Owner: Rey Group Inc., on property at 2809 Via Largo Court, Book/Page 3797/1611, 02/11/09.

Lake CountyClaimant: White Alu-minum Products LLC, Contractor: Osceola Installers, $11,432, Owner: Clerbrook LLC, on property at Wood Deck, Book/Page 3728/1487, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Flash-Rite Inc., Contractor: Superior Inter-national, $43,833, Owner: Mana International Corp., on property at 25010 U.S. Highway 27, Leesburg, Book/Page 3728/2276, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Mack Concrete Industries, Contractor: Vision Outdoor Inc., $19,375, Owner: Richard Langley Dev/Jones Building Inc., on property at Townhomes at Green Valley Commons, Clermont, Book/Page 3728/2398, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Island Con-struction Systems Inc., Contractor: Orion Develop-ment Corp., $11,825, Owner: Crescendo Management Inc., on property at Lot 77 Bella Vista, Book/Page 3729/299, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Island Con-struction Systems Inc., Contractor: Orion Develop-ment Corp., $11,825, Owner: Crescendo Management Inc., on property at Lot 76 Bella Vista, Book/Page 3729/300, 02/06/09.

Claimant: Interplan LLC, Contractor: Clermont Land Development LLC and McGill Property Group, $104,567, Owner: Clermont Ventures LLC and Clermont Land Development LLC, on property at Oak Hill Commons, Book/Page 3729/1050, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Interplan LLC, Contractor: Clermont Land Development LLC, $15,662, Owner: Clermont Ventures LLC (fka Clermont Land Development LLC), on prop-erty at Oak Hill Commons, Unit I Sub Lot 3, Book/Page 3729/1055, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Richard Ferrell Pump Service, Contrac-tor: Spruce Creek Golf LLC, $10,413, Owner: Spruce Creek Golf LLC, on property at 17585 S.E. 102nd Ave., Summerfield 34491, Book/Page 3729/1349, 02/09/09.

Claimant: White Alu-minum Products LLC, Contractor: Osceola Installers, $12,314, Owner: Clerbrook LLC/Mellander & Associates Inc., on prop-erty at Lot 1005 Clermont Florida, Clermont, Book/Page 3729/385, 02/09/09.

Claimant: CBS Builders Supply Inc., Contractor: Grove Construciton Corp., $13,140, Owner: Public Housing Assistance Inc., on property at 2000 Park Circle, Leesburg 34748, Book/Page 3729/726, 02/09/09.

Claimant: Ferguson Fire & Fabrication Inc., Contractor: Savage Fire Protection Inc., $29,767, Owner: Sabal Palm Ventures LLC, on property at 1240 County Road 466, Lady Lake, Book/Page 3730/1554, 02/11/09.

BuiLding permits

Follow the money. Find out where companies and agencies are building and expanding. The information for the permits includes: contractor, type of structure and/or alteration, site address and estimated cost.

Orange CountyB&M Construction, com-mercial alteration at 2504 S. Orange Ave., $55,000.

Brasfield & Gorrie, com-mercial alteration at 9400 Southpark Center Loop, office building, $5,000,000.

Brasfield & Gorrie, com-mercial alteration at 601 E. Rollins St., second and fifth floors, $400,000.

Diversified Commercial Builders, commercial renovation at 600 S. Orlando Ave., $65,000.

Encore Construction Co., commercial build-ing at 14000 Water Plant Drive, public works buildings, $1,500,000.

Gomez Construction, commercial alteration at 9250 Airport Blvd., restau-rant/restrooms, $160,000.

H.J. High Construction Co., commercial building at 2047 Prospect Ave., church, $3,167,822.

Habitat For Humanity, commercial building at 4650 Stag Horn Drive, multifam-ily building, $383,000.

J.K. Holmes Construc-tors, commercial alteration at 6000 Universal Stu-dios Plaza, Building 745 Space 745G, $100,000.

Kelsey Construction, com-mercial addition at 7000 Dr. Phillips Blvd., YMCA, $75,000.

Kencon Corp., com-mercial alteration at 2504 S. Alafaya Trail, Anytime Fitness, $85,000.

Lamm & Co., commer-cial alteration at 355 N. Orange Ave., $700,000.

Lamm & Co., commercial alteration at 9750 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Fields BMW Showroom, $100,000.

Levon Enterprises Inc., commercial altera-tion at 6900 Turkey Lake Road, $95,000.

Mark Construction Co., commercial alteration at 6333 McCoy Road, office, $878,000.

MVB & Associates, com-mercial building at 5803 Elon Drive, public works building, $113,272.

Out For Bids, commercial addition at 700 E. Washing-ton St., restaurant, $125,097.

Prime Construction Group, commercial building at 5420 L.B. McLeod Road, municipal building, $10,800,000.

Scherer Construction, commercial alteration at 7988 Via Dellagio Way, Stogies, $80,000.

Scherer Construction & Engineering, com-mercial alteration at 7563 W. Sand Lake Road, Fresh Crafters, $85,000.

The Murray Co., commer-cial alteration at 4850 Mille-nia Blvd., third floor, $75,000.

Seminole CountyBrian and Kristen Roy, commercial renovation at 211 W. Warren Ave., $125,000.

Centex Homes, commercial building at 1 Maplebrook Drive, townhomes, $395,498.

Cornerstone Building, commercial building at 2698 Pemberton Drive, warehouse, $300,000.

Performance Contrac-tors, commercial building at 140 E. Lake Ave., office/warehouse, $198,000.

Osceola CountyFrasier Contracting, commercial alteration at 613 13th St., conve-nience store, $140,000.

Quest Com Group, commercial building at 4670 13th St., office/warehouse, $550,000.

Southland Construction, commercial renovation at 2800 13th St., McDonalds Restaurant, $65,000.

Theobald Construction, commercial alteration at 4737 Old Canoe Creek Road, doctor’s office, $60,000.

transactionsresidenTial

Families moving into new homes need an array of products and services. This list of residential transactions was collected from public records of each jurisdiction listed. The information includes: seller, buyer, buyer address, subdivi-sion and purchase price. To order an electronic copy of the records in this category, with phone numbers and additional listings, call (877) 593-4157.

Orange CountyJ.P. Morgan Chase Bank to Jack and Cheryl Yager, 8625 Bay Hill Blvd., Orlando 32819, Sec. 27 23 28, $820,000.

Brynley R. and Martha Davies to Maria A. Hjort

and Shaun McBride, 9696 Camberley Circle, Orlando 32836, Brentwood Club, $675,000.

Peoples First Community Bank to Craig or Andrew Hartman, 504 Largovista Drive, Winter Garden 34787, Johns Landing, $645,000.

Jill C. Hobbs to William L. and Lisa Richards, 6056 Lexington Park, Orlando 32819, Bay Hill Village West, $520,000.

Brant C. and Paige Quinlan to J.C. Andrews, 2449 Fawn-lake Trail, Orlando 32828, Stoneybrook, $510,000.

Weekley Homes to Charles A. Bond, 2944 Stanfield Ave., Orlando 32814, Baldwin Park, $472,142.

4526 Calabay Drive Trust/SV Consulting to Jorge Kusnir, 4526 Lake Calabay Drive, Orlando 32837, Hunter’s Creek, $460,000.

K. Hovnanian Homes to Tobias S. Peabody, 5314 Ardsdale Lane, Orlando 32814, Bald-win Park, $442,000.

James A. and Candy Hester to Doreen M. and Glynn Johnson, 10256 Cove Lake Drive, Orlando 32836, Sand Lake Cove, $420,000.

Randall W. Shirey to Christopher J. and Alba Bates, 5431 Walsh Pond Court, Windermere 34786, Eden’s Hammock, $416,000.

K. Hovnanian Cambridge Homes to Eduardo E. and Lorraine Pita, 2959 Stan-field Ave., Orlando 32814, Baldwin Park, $410,714.

Franklin G. and Sara Nor-ris to Byron Sierra and Ingrid Urrutia-Sierra, 1801 Bimini Drive, Orlando 32806, Bel Air Shores, $410,000.

The Vue-Orlando to Christopher Somers, 140 E. Robinson St., No. 3004, Orlando 32801, The Vue at Lake Eola, $409,857.

The Ryland Group Inc. to Michael Burbridge, 11747 Sheltering Pine Drive, Orlando 32836, Grande Pines, $391,285.

Douglas and Sherry Gutch to Lindy T. and Morgan DeMarco, 2444 Stoneview Road, Orlando 32806, Porter Place, $373,000.

Eleanore F. Walker and Joseph Hartman and Ter-rell Johnson to Howard S. and Rebecca Graves, 9781 Gault St., Orlando 32836, Bay Vista Estates, $359,000.

The Ryland Group Inc. to Joseph Petan, 15510 Belle Meade Drive, Winter Garden 34787, Belle Meade, $349,000.

Park Square Enterprises Inc. to Frederick and Naomi Borsoni, 9068 Della Scala Circle, Orlando 32836, Point Cypress, $330,000.

Deutsche Bank to Nicky W. and Amalia White, 13530 Glynshel Drive, Winter Garden 34787, Glynwood, $310,000.

Pulte Home Corp. to Ken-neth and Gloria Botelho, 13167 Vennetta Way, Windermere 34786, Lake Sawyer South, $300,000.

John L. and Sandra Maszy to Simon T. Simaan, 8712 The Esplanade, No. 17, Orlan-do 32836, Vizcaya Heights Condominium, $300,000.

Miltha DeLeon and Pablo Beltre to Jose Jimenez, 1118 Brant Point, Orlando 32828, Spring Isle, $287,571.

Tousa Homes Inc. to Samuel and Luisa Cabrera, 5708 Covington Cove Way, Orlando 32829, Vista Lakes Village, $280,000.

Connie Duprey to John Bougon, 5326 Chatas Lane, Orlando 32814, Baldwin Park, $278,000.

Pulte Home Corp. to Silvio and Sirlene Son-nino, 8915 Grey Hawk Point, Orlando 32836, Stonebridge Reserve, $275,857.

Federal National Mort-gage Association to Ronald L. and Anita Thurston, 3942 Kilmar-nock Drive, Apopka 32712, Springs Ridge, $274,000.

William R. Arnold to Clark and Tracey Megerle, P.O. Box 787, Oakland 34760, The Town of Oakland, $270,000.

Elizabeth and Hong Moon to Richard A. and Jayne Behrle, 2115 Tillman Ave., Winter Garden 34787, Bron-son’s Landings, $270,000.

Centerline Homes at Preston Square to Michael F. and Monica Reilly, 74 Arlena Terrace, Ramsey, N.J. 07446, Pres-ton Square, $259,428.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Wal-ter and Merila Cintron, 7422 Chelsea Harbour Drive, Orlando 32829, Vista Lakes Villages, $259,000.

Jimmy Liu to Ken Jantz, 12894 Middle Waits-burg Road, Waitsburg, Wash. 99361, Hunter’s Creek, $257,000.

Tousa Homes Florida to Heather Erenstein, 4070 Crestwick Circle, Orlando 32829, Victoria Landings, $255,000.

Timothy and Samenthur Blake to Rafael Perez and Confesora Rodriguez, 1761 Soaring Heights Circle, Orlando 32837, Falcon Trace, $254,000.

Maronda Homes Inc. to Kenneth J. and Pamela Henderson, 55 Disalvo Place, Apopka 32712, Landings at Rock Springs, $251,142.

Park Square Enterprises Inc. to Michel Fauconnier, 6900 S. Orange Blossom Trail, No. 432, Orlando 32809, Newbury Park, $250,571.

Rodrigo and Moana Shi-avo to Jasbir and Harjeet Channa, 203 Laurenburg Lane, Ocoee 34761, Wes-mere at Ocoee, $250,000.

John T. and Cynthia Riv-ers to Sarah G. Melanson, 2139 Whitehall Drive, Winter Park 32792, Kenilworth Shores, $250,000.

Carlene Weber to Laura R. Sofia, 907 Golfview St., Orlando 32804, Sec. 23 22 29, $250,000.

Seminole CountyYan K. and Mark A. Wilson to Kevin Shane and Robin S. Caldwell, 1905 Lake Markham Preserve Trail, San-ford 32771, Lake Markham Preserve, $2,100,000.

Aurora Loan Services LLC to Eric A. and Valena L. Moore, 424 Timberwalk Lane, Lake Mary 32746, Mag-nolia Plantation, $589,857.

Jerry M. and Kathy H. Smalley to Arthur and Inga Bateman, 460 Wild Oak Circle, Longwood 32779, Sweetwater Oaks, $455,285.

Rick and Ann Spencer to Gulshan Bahl, 2992 Bayhead Run, Oviedo 32765, Estates at Aloma Woods, $420,000.

David L. and Brenda J. Quickel to Bryan and Arlene Scheff, 1639 Redwood Grove Terrace, Lake Mary 32746, Magnolia Plantation, $420,000.

Tousa Homes Inc. to Duke W. and Emily M. Follistein, 3950 Flowering Stream Way, Oviedo 32766, Live Oak Reserve, $400,000.

Tanya K. and Michael J. Riccardelli Jr. to Kelly and Arthur J. Copeland III, 309 Stonebridge Drive, Longwood 32779, Sweet-water Oaks, $379,857.

Sandra K. and Lawrence J. Peletz to Amy J. and Kenneth Philip Stafford, 120 Lake Crescent Drive, Chuluota 32766, Lake Crescent Sub, $305,000.

Tousa Homes Inc. to Nicole H. Erney, 715 Comanche St., Oviedo 32765, Oviedo Forest, $298,000.

Stephen C. and Kimberly L. Mett to David L. and Jackie S. Longest, 593 York-shire Drive, Oviedo 32765, Bentley Woods, $279,857.

Timothy and Alice Graston to Paul H. and Anita E. Porter, 853 Paddington Terrace, Heathrow 32746, Carrington Park, $265,000.

Cartus Financial Corp. to Raymond Nunziata Jr., 1706 Tiverton St., Winter Springs 32708, Daven-port Glen, $265,000.

O.J. and Judith Mullis to Jack A. and Carol M. Rosier, 5112 Fillmore Place, Sanford 32773, Hamilton Place, $250,000.

Osceola CountyTonya Dorisca Trustee to Derrick Cooper, 1174 Forest Ave., Apt. 3, Bronx, N.Y. 10456, Lot 66 Somerset, $296,000.

Lucien Senese to David and Maureen Jackson, 1108 Oak Pond Drive, Celebration 34747, Lot 98 Celebration East Vil-lage, Unit 3, $282,428.

Robert and Debra Osborn to Fouad Sadiki and Amina William Andrews, 2423 Huron Circle, Kis-simmee 34746, Lot 15B Brighton Lakes, $280,000.

Martha Arango and Fabian Aurignac to Renzo Barcatta, (no address given), Lot 72 Celebration East Village, Unit 3, $260,000.

Avelo Mortgage LLC to Billy Jr. and Pam Allen,

5805 W. Main St., Houma, La. 70360, Lot 41 Wynd-ham Palms, $245,000.

Adams Homes of North-west Florida Inc. to Dwayne L. and Erica J. Martin, 1040 Twisted Branch Lane, St. Cloud 34771, Lot 44 Chisholm Estates, $245,000.

Yuscimid Rodriguez to Dewey M. III and Deborah L. Stowers, 2377 Josefina Drive, Kissimmee 34744, Lot 37 Tierra-Del-Sol-Unit II, $240,000.

Mercedes Homes Inc. to Joel and Darline Valcin, 3805 Marietta Way, St. Cloud 34772, Lot 333 Stevens Plantation, $232,000.

D.R. Horton Inc. to Mel-vin Jones Jr., 3071 Dasha Palm Drive, Kissimmee 34744, Lot 120 Raintree at Springlake Village, $221,714.

Robert and Claire Hard-ing to Reinard and Yvonne Schmid, 2567 Aster Cove, Kissimmee 34758, Lot 10 Aster Cove at Crescent Lakes, $220,000.

Mercedes Homes Inc. to Darryl D. and Ruby M. White, 177 White Plains Road, No. 21-A Building 4, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591, Lot 241 Stevens Plantation, $220,000.

D.R. Horton Inc. to Mela-nie L. Jackson, 3912 Emer-ald Tree Lane, Kissimmee 34744, Lot 142 Raintree at Springlake Village, $197,000.

Edward N. Luddy aka Edward N. II and Marion D.Luddy to Rene Dammen and Yosta Dammen-Peereboom, Masaistraat 12, Purmerend, Nether-lands 1448, Lot 150 Lake Berkley Resort, $190,000.

D.R. Horton Inc. to Shir-ley Bugg, 1 The Courts, Bath Road, Felixstowe Ipswich, Suffold IP117TP, England, Condominium, Unit 810 Building 8 Cane Island, $190,000.

Ian Armes aka Ian Richard Armes to Stephen J. and Dorothy M. Del Signore, 81 Gentian Ave., Providence, R.I. 02908, Lot 550 Indian Ridge, Unit Five, $188,428.

Alfred R. and Barbara A. Taddia to Zulma D. Alva-rez, 235 Goldenrain Drive, Unit 102, Celebration 34747, Unit 2102 Georgetown at Celebration, $185,000.

HSBC Bank USA National Association Trustee to Billie Sanderson and Judy E. Fields, 3755 Friars Cove Lane, St. Cloud 34772, (metes and bounds) Sec. 35 26 30, $185,000.

Edward J. and Joelle M. Porr to Thomas and Debra Archakis, 4403 Esquire Circle, Naperville, Ill. 60564, Lot 2 Building 26 Windsor Hills, $184,000.

D.R. Horton Inc. to Sain-adha Chekuri, 4 Shadow Drive, Princeton Junction, N.J. 08550, Condominium, Unit 501 Building 5 Cane Island, $180,000.

Pulte Home Corp. to Cesar V. Zanchet and Maria Ines B. Buchalla, Al. Oiapoque 65 Apto 2301 Barueri Alphaville SP. 06454-065, Unit 10239 Building 39 Promendades at Bella Trae, $180,000.

Standard Pacific of Cen-tral Florida to Michael C. and Lorna M. Krzenski, 2709 Eagle Cliff Drive, Kis-simmee 34746, Lot 89E Eagle Lake, $177,000.

Aurora Loan Services LLC to Joseph Louimaire and Jacqueline Thibodeau, 2282 Viehman Trail, Kis-simmee 34746, Lot 187 Oak Hammock Preserve, Unit 2, $177,000.

Standard Pacific of Cen-tral Florida fka Colony Communities to Laura A. Cilento, 2708 Eagle Cliff Drive, Kissimmee 34746, Lot 85E Eagle Lake, $176,285.

Lake CountyReda and Mary Awad to Kevin Humphrey, 32548 Hawks Lake Lane, Sorrento 32776, Lot 98 Heathrow Country Estate Homes, $613,000.

Michael R. and Judith M. Berger to Susan M. Kirch-hoff Trustee, 123 West Road, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. 12569, Government Lot 1 in Sec. 2 30S 26E, $560,000.

Creative Property Invest-ments LLC to James S. Browne aka James S. Brown, 6037 Lake Erie Road, Groveland 34736, (metes and bounds) Portion of Sec. 18 22S 24E, $468,428.

U.S. Bank National Association Trustee to Steven A. and Kathryn L. Long, 10821 Fox Hole Road, Clermont 34711, Portion of Sec. 11 23S 26E, $355,000.

John Carlucci and Corlas Carlucci to William S. and Carolyn D. Stahlnecker, 523 Cedar Lane, Swarth-more, Pa. 19081, Lots 11 and 12 Norwood, $350,000.

Hibiscus Homes of Florida Inc. to Scott and Sonya D. Rondelli, 3042 Chavez Ave., Clermont 34715, Lot 235 Verde Ridge, Unit 2, $345,000.

Pillar Homes LLC to Dar-rin and Angela Ambrose, 1144 Tamarind Place, Wil-liamstown, N.J. 06094, Lot 9 Pillars Landing, $339,142.

Lennar Homes Inc. fka Lennar Homes Inc. to Stephen O. Smyth, 554 W. 1000th N., Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062, Lot 256 Lost Lake Tract B, $337,000.

Centex Homes to Jung S. Kim, 30417 Tokara Terrace, Mount Dora 32757, Lot 422 Sullivan Ranch, $307,571.

Saxon Mortgage Ser-vices Inc. to Eli M. and Alice F. Sherman, 1382 Legendary Blvd., Clermont 34711, Lot 51 Bridgestone at Legends, $302,428.

Wayne H. Farrar and Maxine J. Farrar individu-ally and Co-Trustees to Jason D. and Susan R. Langley, 3216 Site to See Ave., Eustis 32726, Lot 114 Bright Water Place, $285,000.

Standard Pacific of Central Florida fka Colony Communities to Kamal and Debbie D. Samaroo, 3676 Briar Run Drive, Clermont 34711, Lot 77 Foxchase, $276,571.

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Masterpiece Homes LLC to Pedro and Graciela Velasco and Beatriz Velas-co and ARacely Velasco, 2165 Ficus St., Mascotte 34753, Lot 108 The Gardens at Jackson Ridge, $260,142.

Vernon C. and Pamela A. Swisher to Henryk A. Tzacz, 313 S. Riverside Drive, Unit 2, Pompano Beach 33062, Lot 48 Beacon Ridge at Legends, $260,000.

Meritage Homes of Florida Inc. to Elrico Key, 10901 Lemay Drive, Clermont 34711, Lot 103 Overlook at Lake Louisa, $239,857.

Anh V. and Amy Dang to Dieu Lourdes Mondesir and Lineda Mondesir, 15430 Grand Haven Drive, Clermont 34714, Lot 136 Tradd’s Landing, $239,000.

KB Home Orlando LLC to Lemuel L. Dailey, 4464 Aruba Blvd., Clermont 34711, Lot 15 Southern Fields, $238,000.

Fannie Mae aka Fed-eral National Mortgage Association to Ronald Smith and Phyllis Smith, 5425 Cape Hattaras Drive, Clermont 34714, Lot 11 Tradd’s Landing, $235,000.

Michael J. Driscoll to Richard O. Jr. and Regina P. Wightman, 216 Nautica Mile Drive, Clermont 34711, Lot 48 Clermont Yacht Club, $235,000.

Bank of New York to Ron-ald J. and Karen H. Sartele, 204 W. Blue Water Edge Drive, Eustis 32736, Lot 92 Blue Lakes Estates, $230,000.

Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corp. to Noella L. Affanato, 9831 Royal Vista Ave., Clermont 34711, Lot 156 Vista Grande, $225,000.

Property and Develop-ment Inc. to William A. Soriero Jr., 351 N. Duncan Drive, Tavares 32778, Lots 1-7 Oak Crest, $225,000.

Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corp. to Bernardus H. Vos, 12810 Katherine Circle, Clermont 34711, Lot 278 The Palisades, $222,000.

Standard Pacific of Cen-tral Florida fka Colony Communities to Gary Lee Erwin and Jeanne Marie Erwin, 3632 Briar Run Drive, Clermont 34711, Lot 102 Foxchase, $221,000.

Lennar Homes LLC fka Lennar Homes Inc. to Neil A. and Danielle N. Fedorovich, 1001 Glenraven Lane, Clermont 34711, Lot 243 Nottingham at Legends, $220,000.

Patrick J. Sochar to John C. Walker, P.O. Box 716, DeLand 32721, Lot 11 Block 136 Royal Trails, Unit 1, $210,000.

J&J Building LLC to Jessie L. Buelteman and Taryn Buelteman and Tyson R. Sherman, 9535 Lynwood St., Clermont 34711, Lot 12 Vista Grande, $205,714.

Burke County Investment Co. LLC to H. Wayne Smith and Iris K. Smith, 1237 Lavenham Court, Apopka

32712, Lot 16 Estates at Black Bear Reserve, $200,000.

DOA Properties IIIB (KB Models) LLC to Joseph M. Paris, 4400 Aruba Blvd., Clermont 34711, Lot 1 Southern Fields, $200,000.

CommerCialFind out the key players

in big real estate deals in this section. This list of com-mercial transactions was col-lected from the public records of each jurisdiction listed. The information includes: seller, buyer, buyer address, subdivi-sion and purchase price.

Orange CountyTinwood LLC to NC Regency Village II LLC (22.56318 percent inter-est)/Regency Village Realty Associates II LLC (44.34416 percent inter-est)/SPJ Orlando 1 LLC (33.09266 percent inter-est), 9 E. 40th St., New York, N.Y. 10016, Lot 1 and Lot 4 Regency Village Parcel IDs 23 24 28 7415 00 010 and 23 24 28 7415 00 040, $13,750,000.

Sand Lake Building LLC to Ghulldu Properties LLC, 9846 Camberley Circle, Orlando 32836, Unit 1-1 and 1-2 Sand Lake Building A Condominium, $1,376,285.

Irvin Frederick Whitten and Betty A. Whitten to PCL Construction Resourc-es (USA) Inc., 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower 2, Suite 2-500, Denver, Colo. 80222, Portion of Lot 26 in Sec. 6 22S 39E Willis R. Munger Subdivision Parcel ID 06 22 29 5844 00 251, $975,000.

Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited to Vacation Trust Inc., 4950 Com-munication Ave., Suite 900, Boca Raton 33431, BG Foundations Condominium (multiple units), $805,000.

Tinwood LLC to NC Regen-cy Village II LLC (22.56318 percent interest)/Regency Village Realty Associates II LLC (44.34416 percent interest)/SPJ Orlando 1 LLC (33.09266 percent interest), 9 E. 40th St., New York, N.Y. 10016, Lot 5 Regency Village Parcel ID 23 24 28 7415 00 050, $750,000.

Tinwood LLC to NC Regen-cy Village II LLC (22.56318 percent interest)/Regency Village Realty Associates II LLC (44.34416 percent interest)/SPJ Orlando 1 LLC (33.09266 percent interest), 9 E. 40th St., New York, N.Y. 10016, Lot 6 Regency Village Parcel ID 23 24 28 7415 00 060, $750,000.

Sand Lake Building LLC fka Drew Medical Building LLC to Ganpati Proper-ties LLC, 8147 Whistlewing Court, Orlando 32817, Unit 1-9 Sand Lake Building A Condominium, $470,285.

Vacation Trust Inc. to Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited Inc., 4960 Conference Way N., Suite 100, Boca Raton 33431, BG Foundations Condominium (multiple units), $423,285.

J&M Florida Invest-ments LLC to Hazeltine Property Management Group LLC, 6457 Hazeltine

National Drive, Suite 150, Orlando 32822, Unit 11 Lee Vista Pointe A Condo-minium Parcel ID 27 23 30 5036 00 110, $350,000.

Seminole CountyPhilip Simolari as Trustee to Lavoro LLC, 1345 Bennett Drive, Suite 101, Longwood 32750, Lots A-D Replat of Tract 75 Sanlando Springs, $2,264,285.

Robert E. Mike Sr. to Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., 111 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park 32789, Sec. 21 21 29 Parcel ID 21 21 29 300 0240 0000, $750,000.

Osceola CountyNLFC 1998-1 Bronson Highway LLC to T Old Town LLC, 16600 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75248, Parcel ID R03 92 52 8424 0000 10090 (metes and bounds), $5,850,000.

Coastal Technical Ser-vices LLC to Coastal Technical Services LLC Trustee, 1420 Celebration Blvd., Suite 314, Celebra-tion 34747, Condominium, Unit 314 Celebration Office Condominium, $1,006,714.

Regions Bank to Boardwalk LLP, 101 Park Place Blvd., Suite 3, Kis-simmee 34741, (metes and bounds), $900,000.

Fidelity Bank of Florida NA to Bumpstix Inc., 2009 13th St., St. Cloud 34769, Parcel IDs R01 26 30 0001 0248 0190, 30, 60 and 70 Lot 13-22 Block 248 The Seminole Land & Investment Co.’s map of the town of St. Cloud, $325,000.

Regions Bank to Jackline Investments LLC, 5446 Brookline Drive, Orlando 32819, Unit G 301-S the Villas at Reunion Square Condominium, $236,000.

Park Square Enterprises Inc. to Arusha LLC, 5200 Vineland Road, Suite 200, Orlando 32811, Lot 34 Legacy Park, $235,000.

Stevens Plantation Tract 7 LLP to Ramflas Roofing Svcs Inc., 3010 Elbib Drive, St. Cloud 34772, Unit 15 Stevens Plantation Tract 7 Condominium, $180,000.

Lake CountyJoseph Gartner and Glo-ria Gartner to Michael’s Restaurant & Catering LLC, 531 N. Central Ave., Umatilla 32784, Lots 5-7 and Portion of Lot 8 Block 16 North Umatilla, $318,000.

Guman Investments LLC to Caporal Inc., 11743 Oswalt Road, Clermont 34711, Portion of Govern-ment Lot 7 in Sec. 23 22S 25E Parcel ID 23 22 25 0004 000 01203, $275,000.

Lyle W. and Janine L. Fewlass to Trunzo Enter-prises Inc., 35919 Lake Unity, Fruitland Park 34731, Portion of Sec. 33 18S 24E Parcel ID 33 18 24 0004 000 04500, $235,000.

Hulk Heavy Transport Inc. to Pal Holdings LLC, 160 Nautica Mile Drive, Clermont 34711, Lots 4-5 Block 96 City of Clermont Parcel ID 24 22 25 0100 0960 0400, $235,000.

Business taxesPeople starting a new

company need an array of products and services, and our list of business taxes paid — a source of information on new businesses — can give you a competitive edge. To order an electronic copy of the records in this category, with phone numbers, call (877) 593-4157.Business tax information includes: name of company or individual, address and type of license. Occasionally existing businesses will appear in this database because of changes in ownership or operation.

Orange CountySvec & Irving LLC, 605 E. Robinson St., No. 240, Orlando 32801, administrative service.

4RS Transportation LLC, P.O. Box 1125, Oakland 34787, administrative service.

Francisco O. Castillo, 3001 Aloma Ave., Winter Park 32792, administra-tive services.

Gregory J. Johansen PA, 390 N. Orange Ave., No. 2300, Orlando 32801, attorney.

Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford PA, P.O. Box 2753, Orlando 32802, attorney.

Luis Perez, 2830 Empire Place, Sanford 32773, auto detailing.

Pro Tree Kustoms, 624 Zachary Drive, Apopka 32712, auto repair.

Minivan Source Inc., 1614 McCoy Road, Orlando 32809, auto sales.

Consulting Express LLC, 8368 Via Bella Notte St., Orlando 32836, auto sales.

Kennedy’s All American Barber Club Thornton Park, 1631 W. Oak Ridge Road, No. B, Orlando 32809, barber.

Dillard Street Barber Shop, 613 Forest St., Win-dermere 34786, barber.

KC Flooring & Pavers Inc., 2420 Amherst Ave., Orlando 32804, brick pavers.

Fernandez Electrical Services LLC, 6603 Cocos Drive, Orlando 32807, cabinets/countertops.

Jordan Cable Inc., 8544 Valencia Village Lane, No. 105, Orlando 32825, cable installation.

KLCK Inc., 4883 Stone Acres Circle, St. Cloud 34771, cable installation.

Hardcore Technicians Inc., P.O. Box 678471, Orlando 32867, cable installations.

Temple Israel Cemetery Corp., 3720 Wilder Lane, Orlando 32804, cemeteries.

Ramos Godoy Construc-tion LLC, 1700 Forrest Road, Winter Park 32789, certified general contractor.

David Girard Residential Contractor LLC, 3117 Ginger Circle, Orlando 32826, certi-fied general contractor.

Kids R Kids No. 13, 301 W. Welch Road, Apopka 32712, child care.

Phoenix Management & Appointments LLC, 1825

N.W. 22nd Terrace, Gaines-ville 32605, commissions.

Quality Senior Care, 2608 Silver Hill Drive, No. 6, Orlando 32818, com-panion service/errands.

BJS Konkrete Krush-ing LLC, 2895 Mercy Drive, Orlando 32808, concrete crushing.

Custom Site Works of Florida Inc., 1161 Spruce Ave., Orlando 32824, construction clean up.

Property Maintenance Services LLC, 37 E. Rosevear St., Orlando 32804, con-struction debris clean up.

Edge Public Affairs LLC, P.O. Box 140902, Orlando 32814-0902, consulting.

Mark Gonzalez Insights, 9537 Castleford Point, Orlando 32836, consulting.

Ecoclean Solutions LLC, P.O. Box 536605, Orlando 32853, consulting.

Hands On Healing Center, 1041 Choke-cherry Drive, Winter Springs 32708, cosmetologist.

JC Penney Salon, 3379 S. Kirkman Road, No. 1011, Orlando 32809, cosmetologist.

Chloe Hair Salon, 825 E. Sand Lake Road, Orlando 32809-7718, cosmetologist.

About Face Design Team, 2564 Woodgate Blvd., No. 207, Orlando 32822, cosmetologist.

Venus Nail & Spa, 4416 Curry Ford Road, Orlando 32812, cosmetology salon.

Discovery Zone Pre-school at Lavina, 9145 Narcoossee Road, No. A-108, Orlando 32827, day care.

GZ Orlando LLC, 8103 S. Orange Ave., Orlando 32809, deli take out.

Best Delivery, 2525 Maitland Crossing Way, No. 13104, Orlando 32810, delivery service.

VanStar Dental, 3804 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando 32803, dentist.

Lawrence Omari, 3013 Redlive Oaks Lane, Orlando 32818, disc jockey.

Merimont Inc., 2555 N. Forsyth Road, No. D, Orlando 32807, distribution-parts.

Roderic Lacy Toilet & Drain Unclogged, 2300 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlan-do 32805, drain cleaning.

Custom Technologies Inc., 1763 Brooks Lane, Oviedo 32765, electronic storage.

MSCW Inc., 4750 New Broad St., Orlando 32814-6422, engineer.

A Nomi Events, 4677 La Vista Drive, Orlando 32808, event planner.

Eola Skin Care Co. LLC, 2900 Vine St., Orlando 32801, facial specialist.

Miguel A. Hernandez Mar-quez, 663 Creekwood Drive, Orlando 32809, fencing.

Alberto P. Hinojosa, 7713 Doe Run, Orlando 32810, floor covering/tile.

Olympus Flooring Master, 1172 Calanda Ave., Orlando 32807, floor covering/tiles.

Douglas Tile Inc., 4868 Cypress Woods Drive, No. 314, Orlando 32811, floor covering/tiles/wood.

Zaida C. Morters, 13967 Marine Drive, Orlando 32832, freelance editor.

James D. Walker II, 860 Lenmore Court, Orlando 32812, graphic design.

Raymond T. Swint, 5105 Lescot Lane, Orlando 32811, hauling.

Florida Home Companion LLC, 620 N. Wymore Road, No. 260, Maitland 32751, home companion services.

Lake Eve Resort Man-agement LLC, 7011 Grand National Drive, No. 104, Orlando 32819, hotel management.

Luna’s Ice Cream, 14850 Sussex Drive, Orlando 32826, ice cream truck.

Antecello Logistic LLC, 6173 Raleigh St., No. 1701, Orlando 32835, import/export.

Rmelli Imex Corp., 6429 Conroy Road, No. 1204, Orlando 32835, import/export.

Gator Blinds, 1631 N. Rock Springs Road, No. 240, Apopka 32712, install window treatments.

Seminole Blinds, 1631 N. Rock Springs Road, No. 240, Apopka 32712, install window treatments.

Urlich Decorations LLC, 7611 S. Orange Blossom Trail, No. 343, Orlando 32809, Internet sales.

Million Bucks, 3911 Lake Margaret Drive, Orlando 32812, Internet sales.

Bradford M. Wemple, 4824 Bass Point Road, Orlando 32820, Internet sales.

Luis R. Viera, 7891 Sap-phire Lane, Orlando 32822, Internet sales.

Circuit Motorsports Corp., 10207 Mallard Landings Way, Orlando 32832, Internet sales.

J.J. Jay Investments Inc., 1735 36th St., Orlando 32839, investments.

Joseph Angelillo, 14195 Vista Del Lago Blvd., Winter Garden 34787, janitorial.

Paula A. Rodriguez, P.O. Box 87, Plymouth 32768-0087, janitorial cleaning.

Liz Sparkling Cleaning Service, 5206 Bonnie Brae Circle, Orlando 32808, janitorial cleaning.

Prestiege 1 Cleaning Service, 6177 Sellinger Lane, Orlando 32808, janitorial cleaning.

Felipa Pineda Nunez Mas-ter Cleaning Maids, 6232 Hillwood Drive, Orlando 32809, janitorial cleaning.

Pierre R. Coriolan, 2357 Lake Weston Drive, No. 1625, Orlando 32810, janitorial cleaning.

Truly Capable Inc., 5475 Vineland Road, No. 8212, Orlando 32811, janitorial cleaning.

Kay’s Cleaning Inc., 6138 Ches Court, Orlando 32819, janitorial cleaning.

Jose Salvatierra dba Top Notch Professional

Cleaning, 7669 Sapphire Lane, Orlando 32822, janitorial cleaning.

Adilia A. Ghani, 3022 St. Augustine Drive, Orlando 32826, janitorial cleaning.

Klean N Brite Janitorial, 404 N. Hastings St., Orlando 32835, janitorial cleaning.

M.C. Clean All Inc., P.O. Box 607037, Orlando 32860, janitorial cleaning.

Unique Cleaning Specialist, 2040 Mullet Road, Auburndale 33823, janitorial cleaning.

Elaine Jimenez, 14300 Avalon Reserve Blvd., No. 308, Orlando 32828, janitorial services.

Kendrick Bush Jani King, 5325 Moonglow Blvd., Orlan-do 32839, janitorial services.

All Used Parts LLC, P.O. Box 678326, Orlando 32867-8326, junk yard recycling.

Jose G. Calo, 7505 Thelma Way, Orlando 32822, landscape.

Darnell Thompson Land-scaping, 1367 Orange St., Apopka 32703, lawn care.

Alexander Cahill, 246 Cranor Ave., DeLand 32720, lawn care.

Jason W. Grimes, P.O. Box 780572, Orlando 32787, lawn care.

Opus In Green Inc., 3733 N. Goldenrod Road, No. 213, Winter Park 32792, lawn care.

Roberto La Rosa, 7055 E. Aloma Ave., No. E, Winter Park 32792, lawn care.

Justin L. Williams & Rachel Williams, 1118 Goldwyn St., Orlando 32805, lawn care.

Tennant Landscapes, 8201 Claire Ann Drive, No. 106, Orlando 32825, lawn care.

Robert Lee Carter, 5712 W. Washington St., Orlando 32835, lawn care.

Jason D. Barnard, 2708 Smithfield Drive, Orlando 32837, lawn care.

Infinity Wellness Center, 4484 Concord Landing Drive, No. 207, Orlando 32839, licensed acupuncturist.

Deprisa Express Inc., 13386 Glacier National Drive, No. 1408, Orlando 32837, manufacturer rep.-dropship.

Palma Volney, 1438 Holden Ave., No. B, Orlando 32839, manufacturer rep.-dropship.

Marlon D. Williams Sr., 4444 S. Rio Grande Ave., No. 808-C, Orlando 32839, manufacturer rep.-dropship.

Grumberg Contract Group, 434 Chinahill Court, Apopka 32712, manufac-turer rep-office furniture.

Massage Envy, 8081 Turkey Lake Road, No. 100, Orlando 32819, massage therapist.

I Knead You, 200 Sweet-bay Lane, Orlando 32835, massage therapist.

Florida Hospital Centra Care, 2540 Lee Road, Winter Park 32789-1746, medical doctor.

Orlando Family Physicians, 1130 S. Semoran Blvd., Suite C, Orlando 32807, medical doctor area critical need.

Edward Trawcznski Painting, 1866 Needham

Road, Apopka 32712, contractor/paint.

Charles E. Longley Pressure Cleaning Services, 8072 Excalibur Court, Orlando 32822, mobile auto detailing.

Blake BBQ, 4791 N. Pine Hills Road, No. 201, Orlando 32808, mobile food truck.

Stockton Turner & Co., 2914 Summer Swan Drive, Orlando 32825, mortgage broker.

Magic Nail & Day Spa, 8600 Vineland Ave., Suite 105, Orlando 32821, nail tech.

Lighthouse Central Florida Inc., 215 E. New Hamp-shire St., Orlando 32804, nonprofit business office.

Childrens Destiny Learn-ing Center Inc., 724 N. Hast-ings Road, Orlando 32818, nonprofit business office.

Lauren Gordon, 739 Belle Terre Court, Winter Garden 34787, occu-pational therapist.

Edward Lang Inc., 2722 Eastern Parkway, Winter Park 32789, paint base-board crown molding.

Wendell C. Wade, P.O. Box 1082, Zellwood 32798, paint baseboard crown molding.

Carl Gonzalez Contract-ing, 1812 Elsa St., Orlando 32806, paint baseboard crown molding.

Faith Electric Service, 5467 N. Orange Blossom Trail, No. 154, Orlando 32810, paint baseboard crown molding.

Kathleen Massey, 18503 Bellmore Ave., Orlando 32820, paint baseboard crown molding.

J&S Handyman Services, 9956 Triple Crown Circle, Orlando 32825, paint base-board crown molding.

Mack Construction Inc., 132 Dorscher Road, Orlando 32835, paint base-board crown molding.

Brian Gast Home Improvements, 6365 Conroy Road, No. 2004, Orlando 32835, paint base-board crown molding.

Hollywood Woodwork LLC, 2951 Pembroke Road, Hollywood 33020, paint baseboard crown molding.

Pallets, P.O. Box 15295, Tampa 33684, pallets.

Legalone Partners Inc., 1004 Delridge Ave., No. A, Orlando 32804, paralegal services.

Landscape Connection LLC, 1904 Industrial Park Drive, Plant City 33566, paving overcoating.

Orlando Family Medical Inc., 9753 S. Orange Blossom Trail, No. 102, Orlando 32837, physican/area critical need.

Orlando Pain Relief Center, 2450 Maitland Center Parkway, No. 101, Maitland 32751, physician.

Adriana Otto MD PA, 1400 S. Orlando Ave., No. 205, Winter Park 32789, physician.

Advanced Pediatric Surgical Specialists, 2501 N. Orange Ave., No. 200, Orlando 32804, physician.

U.S. Bariatric St. Augus-tine LLC, 7300 Sand Lake

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Commons Blvd., No. 327, Orlando 32819, physician.

Hills Plumbing, 9084 Floribunda Drive, Orlando 32818, plumbing contractor.

All Foreclosure Cleanup LLC, 4409 Hoffner Ave., No. 206, Orlando 32812, pool cleaning.

Foreclosure Clean Up Crew, 7002 Phillips Cove Court, Orlando 32819, pool cleaning.

Rite Choice Mainte-nance LLC, 5144 City St., No. 233, Orlando 32839, pool cleaning.

Abel V. Mayoral Perez, 732 San Juan Blvd., Orlando 32807, pressure washing.

Total Entertainment Prodcutions, 240 Haw-thorne Groves Blvd., No. 102, Orlando 32835, production company.

AAPK Services LLC, 5753 Oxford Moor Blvd., Windermere 34786, property management.

Graham Cottrill Jackson & Hostetter LLP, 110 E. Hillcrest St., Orlando 32801-1210, public accountant.

Options! Program Inc., 2100 Lee Road, No. C, Winter Park 32789, public assistance.

Apopka Realty, 911 N. Thompson Road, Apopka 32712, real estate broker.

Ken’s Mowers, 9291 Telfer Run, Orlando 32817, repair mowers/service.

Tatis Peruvian Cuisine, 1355 Florida Mall Ave., Orlando 32809-7731, restaurant-take out.

Stallones, 4626 S. Kirk-man Road, Orlando 32811, restaurant-take out.

Don Gabby Restaurant, 7500 Universal Blvd., Orlando 32819, restaurant-take out.

Seven Sisters, 911 N. Mills Ave., Orlando 32803, retail.

Have Faith Muzik & More, 927 S. Goldwyn Ave., No. 122, Orlando 32805, retail store.

Vertera Littles Black Arts, 6219 Peso Court, Orlando 32808, retail store.

A Classcuts & Lounge Inc., 10038 University Blvd., Orlando 32826, retail store.

G5, 8100 Lake Serene Drive, Orlando 32836, retail store.

Shana Thomas Fabulash Products, 253 Bacopa Pass, Davenport 33897, retail store.

Benzer Enterprises One Inc., 11007 Kentmere Court, Windermere 34786, retail store.

Latarus Lee Payne, 2932 Lazlo Lane, Orlando 32837, retail store books.

7 To 11 Food Mart, 20733 Macon Parkway, Orlando 32833, retail-convenience.

Pik N Run No. 14, 20101 Peachland Blvd., No. 301, Port Charlotte 33954, retail-convenience.

Delicia’s World Inc., 2575 Cheval St., Orlando 32828, sale miscellaneous items.

Rowley Clothing Co., 814 Grovesmere Loop, Ocoee 34761, sale mis-cellaneous items.

Wide Range Technologies Inc., 1969 S. Alafaya Trail,

No. 211, Orlando 32828, sale miscellaneous items/export.

Gregory L. Mormon, 7711 Lakeside Woods Drive, Orlan-do 32810, scrap metal dealer.

CASS Security Enterprise Inc., P.O. Box 4191, Apopka 32704, security agency.

County Fire Safety & Sercurity, 7407 Cassino Ave., Orlando 32819, security agency.

A&M Fire & Safety Equipment LLC, 2516 JMT Industrial Drive, Suite 112, Apopka 32703, ser-vice fire extinguishers.

E&C Construction LLC, P.O. Box 622451, Oviedo 32765, shed doors.

Atkinson Vacation Rent-als, 6129 W. Irlo Bronson Highway, Kissimmee 34747, short-term rentals.

Cajun Kitchen, 569 Wekiva Bluff St., Apopka 32712, snow cones/ice cream.

Bailey’s Striping & Seal-coating Co. Inc., 5331 Mary Ann Lane, Orlando 32810, striping/sealcoating.

DAC Multiservice, 1944 Bridgeview Circle, Orlando 32824, tax/book-keeping service.

Allsafe Accounting & Tax Services LLC, 27 S. Kirkman Road, No. 7, Orlando 32811, taxes/accounting services.

Tempus International Marketing Enterprises Ltd., 7380 Sand Lake Road, Suite 600, Orlando 32819-5259, timeshares.

Gregory E. Simmons, P.O. Box 682934, Orlando 32868, tree service/debris removal.

Groundtek of Central Florida Inc., 862 Magu-ire Road, Ocoee 34761, trucking/hauling.

Mr. E Handyman Ser-vices, 1119 Blackjack Ridge St., Mineola 34715, unlicensed stucco.

Sam’s Enterprises of Orange County Inc., 5207 Ganhill Court, Orlando 32818, unlicensed subcontractor.

Raul Baez, 4031 Alicia Court, Orlando 32822, upholstery.

Julien Sanon Trans-portation, 6712 W. Lake Blvd., Orlando 32810, vehicle for hire.

Edgardo Lopez, 4518 S. Hampton Drive, Orlando 32812, vehicle for hire.

United Cab, 2043 Vic-toria Falls Drive, Orlando 32824, vehicle for hire.

Anthonio Occil, 1724 Peregrine Falcons Way, No. 107, Orlando 32837, vehicle for hire.

Kristo Ivanov, 11909 Old Glory Drive, Orlando 32837, vehicle for hire limousine.

Jose Ortiz, 9151 Kilgore Road, Orlando 32836, voice over lessons.

Seminole CountyCharles E. Hughes PA, 1222 Arbor Lakes Circle, Sanford 32795, attorney.

Ricardo Rios Flooring Inc., 2121 Pine Oak Trail, Sanford 32795, installation.

Osceola CountyAnabel Yglesias, 1011 N. Main St., Kissimmee 34741, banking/finance.

1st Continental Mort-gage Inc., 956 E. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee 34744, banking/finance.

SHDK General Services Corp., 1154 W. Osceola Park-way, Kissimmee 34741, cleaning service.

Matos Cleaning Ser-vices Co., 5233 Sunset Canyon Drive, Kissimmee 34744, cleaning service.

Suzanne’s Cleaning Service, 1000 Oregon Ave., St. Cloud 34769, cleaning service.

PSI LLP, 4981 Enterprise Drive, Kissimmee 34758, commercial building rental.

Open Arte Construction Inc., 4997 Cason Cove Drive, Orlando 32811, contractor.

Kevin R. Butcher, 2506 Paradise Circle, Kissim-mee 34741, contractor.

Lu’s Pressure Washing & Painting Inc., 1905 Acacia Drive, Kissimmee 34758, contractor.

Vincente Figueroa Sun Services, 2 Bradford Court, Kissimmee 34758, contractor.

James Brown, 222 Cobalt Drive, Kissimmee 34758, contractor.

7-Eleven Inc., 7525 Osceola Polk Line Road, Kissimmee 33896, gro-cery/food products.

Produce Market LLC, 1963 S. John Young Park-way, Kissimmee 34744, grocery/food products.

Mickey’s Mini Mart LLC, 3670 Old Canoe Creek Road, St. Cloud 34769, grocery/food products.

The Painting Place Inc., 3960 Chaplain Road, St. Cloud 34772, handyman/carpenter.

Power One Inc., 1002 American Way, Kissim-mee 34741, health spa.

Transient Keepers LLC, 4694 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissim-mee 34746, hotel/motel.

DCS Lawncare & Maintenance Inc., 1068 Hermosa Way, Kissimmee 34741, lawn care/landscape.

Pro Cut Lawn Main-tenance, 1111 Ocean St., Kissimmee 34744, lawn care/landscape.

T&T Excavating & Property Maintenance, 1478 Oak Leaf Lane, Kissimmee 34744, lawn care/landscape.

Perfected Freedom Outdoors, 6176 Bass Highway, St. Cloud 34771, lawn care/landscape.

Autumn Creek Manage-ment Inc., 8550 Lansmere Lane, Orlando 32825, management company.

Topping Investments LLC, 17304 Silver Creek Court, Clermont 34714, management company.

FPA Clinical Research LLC, 445 W. Oak St., Kissimmee 34744, medical clinic.

Florida Physicians Medical Group, 400 Cel-

ebration Place, Kissimmee 34747, medical clinic.

Mortgage Mitigation Services Inc., 952 E. Osceola Parkway, Kissim-mee 34744, professional.

Atlas Technology Solu-tions, 838 Runner Oak St., Celebration 34747, professional.

Nib Benefits Con-sultant Agency, 235 Dalton Drive, Kissimmee 34758, professional.

AFM Inc., 1400 W. Oak St., Kissimmee 34741, professional shop.

Bebe Nails & Spa, 3054 N. Dyer Blvd., Kissimmee 34741, professional shop.

Emmanuel Hair Salon Inc., 1114 E. Donegan Ave., Kissimmee 34744, professional shop.

St. Cloud Main Street Program Inc., 1120 Pennsyl-vania Ave., St. Cloud 34769, public accommodation.

Jow Rental, 1109 Mosaic Drive, Celebration 34747, residential rental-long term.

Poplar Springs LLC Rental, 903 Maiden St., Celebration 34747, resi-dential rental-long term.

American Property Managers, 2922 Evans Way, Kissimmee 34758, residential rental-long term.

Mi Casita Realty, 4707 Hardy Mill, Kissimmee 34758, residential rental-long term.

Babalu Club LLC, 2096 E. Osceola Parkway, Kis-simmee 34743, restau-rant/catering/snack.

Pizzaland, 1308 10th St., St. Cloud 34769, restau-rant/catering/snack.

Marsahall-Cook Enterprizes LLC, 7860 Riffle Lane, Orlando 32818, retail/wholesale.

3 P Fashions, 1722 Kel-ley Ave., Kissimmee 34744, retail/wholesale.

Xiques Enterprise Inc., 984 E. Osceola Parkway, Kissim-mee 34744, retail/wholesale.

Christopher D. Church, 4301 W. Vine St., Kissimmee 34746, retail/wholesale.

The Sherwin-Williams Co., 1062 Cypress Park-way, Kissimmee 34759, retail/wholesale.

J.C. Sports Promotions, 14250 Colonial Grand Blvd., Orlando 32837, service.

J.J. All Detailing LLC, 720 Sierra Circle Drive, Davenport 33837, service.

Super Tax, 4717 Mon-terey Drive, Winter Haven 33880, service.

Accurate Emergency Services, 1087 Mary Frances Drive, Kissim-mee 34741, service.

Timeshare Resale World LLC, 830 N. John Young Parkway, Kissim-mee 34741, service.

J&A Marketing Enterprises LLC, 1032 Plaza Drive, Kis-simmee 34743, service.

Tile Enterprise Group LLC, 1198 E. Carroll St., Kis-simmee 34744, service.

World Awning & Auto Seat Covers, 126 San Blas Ave., Kissimmee 34744, service.

Fast Tax Solutions Inc., 1424 E. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee 34744, service.

Mortgage Solution Pros Inc., 2616 W. Vine St., Kis-simmee 34744, service.

Dustin Kelley Business Boosters, 4377 Reaves Road, Kissimmee 34746, service.

Thomas C. Kelly, 112 Eastpark Drive, Celebra-tion 34747-5022, service.

Brain and Kristine Hol-man/Marine Manage-ment, 203 Ellsworth Court, Kissimmee 34758, service.

Scott Bingham Home Inspector, 164 Conch Drive, Kissimmee 34759, service.

1st Choice Villa Rent-als, 2509 Weddington Green Court, Kissimmee 34743, short-term rental.

Excel Management & Rentals Inc., 2700 Prest-wick Lane, Kissimmee 34744, short-term rental.

Florida Villas & Homes By Elite LLC, 4634 Cum-brian Lakes Drive, Kissimmee 34746, short-term rental.

Villadirect Manage-ment LLC, 4682 Golden Beach Court, Kissimmee 34746, short-term rental.

Gemstone Properties LLC, 3163 Wet N Wild, Kissimmee 34746, short-term rental.

8521 Bay Lilly Loop LLC Rental, 8521 Bay Lilly Loop, Kissimmee 34747, short-term rental.

Holmar Villas, 881 Assem-bly Court, Kissimmee 34747, short-term rental.

Florida Dream Manage-ment Co., 2631 Archfeld Blvd., Kissimmee 34747, short-term rental.

Florida Deluxe Villas LLC, 3014 White Orchid Road, Kissimmee 34747, short-term rental.

Isabelo Cuevas-Fer-rer, 2567 Aster Cove Lane, Kissimmee 34758, short-term rental.

Southern Hospital-ity Properties Inc., 2600 Marg Lane, Kissimmee 34758, short-term rental.

Deborah A. Chambers, 5799 W. Irlo Bronson Memo-rial Highway, Kissimmee 34747, ticket sales only.

Atlas USA Transportation Inc., 2501 Hamlet Lane, Kissimmee 34746, trans-portation (vehicle permit).

Beniquez Auto Service Inc., 2596 Michigan Ave., Kissimmee 34744, vehicle repair/body work.

Frank Fiegl’s RV & Auto Repair, 2690 Sample St., Kissimmee 34744, vehicle repair/body work.

Lake CountySun Country RE Appraisal Services Inc., 40031 E. Ninth Ave., Umatilla 32784, assistant appraiser.

DJS Detailing By Douglas Hunter Jr., 2401 Briarwood Lane, Eustis 32726, auto care.

First Green Bank, 1301 S. Bay St., Eustis 32726, bank.

Let’s Face It, 142 Old Dixie Highway, Lady Lake 32159, beauty salon/barber shop.

Rock City Barbershop, 16215 State Road 50, Clermont 34711, beauty salon/barber shop.

Tiffany Contractors LLC, 12900 Leatrice Drive, Clermont 34715, building contractor.

FADC Investments Inc. dba Premium Pool Ser-vices, 1684 Duffy Loop, Lady Lake 32162, cleaning service.

Barbara Brown, 151 Sunny Side Drive, Clermont 34711, cleaning service.

Florida Sun Window Cleaning, 840 S. Grand Highway, Clermont 34711, cleaning service.

Kristina Depalma Unique Touch Profes-sional Cleaning, 1606 Sheffield Road, Leesburg 34748, cleaning service.

Quik Tax By Patti Chap-pell, 1416 Donnelly St., Mount Dora 32757, cleri-cal/office service.

Mount Dora Coin Laundry, 917 E. First Ave., Mount Dora 32757, coin oper-ated laundry machine.

John Knows How, 1009 San Felipe Lane, Lady Lake 32159, computer service.

Intuitive Logic, 15736 Lake Hodge Court, Clermont 34711, computer service.

Millbrook Web Solu-tions By Philip Lutz, 1501 Moss Ave., Leesburg 34748, computer service.

Reliant Fence Inc., 33918 Tarawood Drive, Leesburg 34788, fence installation and repair.

Fit 2 Live Workplace Wellness Inc., 2016 Classique Lane, Tavares 32778, fitness center.

Vitos Paint Service By Vito Tranchida, 510 Mark Drive, Lady Lake 32159, home improvements.

Robert Roosa, 5546 Berts-ville Road, Lady Lake 32159, home improvements.

Randy Kirkland’s Paint-ing, 1995 Meadowside Drive, Eustis 32726, home improvements.

Rubyn Howell Flooring Installer, 13500 Biscayne Drive, Grand Island 32735, home improvements.

Pascal Robertson Masonry Inc., 30248 Rainey Road, Sorrento 32776, home improvements.

Home Improvements & Tile By Samuel B. Nadiak, 1821 Dora Ave., Tavares 32778, home improvements.

Tom Midthun Repair & Remodel, 9933 Jaca-randa Ave., Clermont 34711, home improvements.

H2O Power Blast By Vincent Dizeo, 13409 Via Roma Circle, Clermont 34711, home improvements.

Benchmark Hospital-ity Bathtubs Inc., 332 E. Waldo, Groveland 34736, home improvements.

Fox Construction Ser-vices Inc., 17516 Mandarin Circle, Winter Garden 34787, home improvements.

Yard Dog By William J. Radcliffe, 34639 Rum Run, Leesburg 34788, home improvements.

Clean Slate Home & Lawn, 56038 Tyty Road, Astor 32102, lawn maintenance/care.

Steven’s Nursery, 23130 County Road 44A, Eustis 32736, lawn maintenance/care.

Byron’s Lawn Service LLC, 25511 Lido Ave., Sorrento 32776, lawn maintenance/care.

Cordero Service Enter-prises Inc., 24200 Adair Ave., Sorrento 32776, lawn maintenance/care.

Jemz Enterprises LLC, 402 Bramble Way, Minneola 34715, lawn maintenance/care.

Paradise Landscape & Pavers, 5605 Oak Lane, Fruitland Park 34731, lawn maintenance/care.

Ross Russo Lawn Ser-vice, 35248 Janice Drive, Fruitland Park 34731, lawn maintenance/care.

Weeding By Mark Baker, 307 Willard Ave., Fruitland Park 34731, lawn maintenance/care.

Rough Rider Landscaping By Gerald Fleetwood, 911 Iowa Ave., Groveland 34736, lawn maintenance/care.

Valleycrest Golf Course Maintenance Inc., 25814 Glen Eagle Drive, Leesburg 34748, lawn maintenance/care.

Robin J. Wurth, 301 Skyline Drive, Lady Lake 32159, massage therapist.

Marielle G. Shoffstall LMT, 1400 Eudora Road, Mount Dora 32757, massage therapist.

Silvia Perez, 32636 County Road 437, Sorrento 32776, massage therapist.

Vincent Charles Cic-chetti, 10401 Highway 441, Suite 326, Leesburg 34788, massage therapist.

Infinity Michanical Inc., 9226 Cherry Lake Road, Groveland 34736, mechanical contractor.

Reality Investing LLC, 2880 David Walker Drive, Eustis 32726, miscellaneous.

England Site & Tree Removal By Joseph Eng-land, 23622 Oak Lane, Sor-rento 32776, miscellaneous.

Lake County Police Charities Inc., 1635 E. Alfred St., Tavares 32778, miscellaneous.

Victory Recycling LLC, 2601 State Road 19, Tavares 32778, miscellaneous.

Green Energy LLC, 2215 Cluster Oak Drive, Clermont 34711, miscellaneous.

Ousley Concierge Services, 17421 Sum-mer Oak Lane, Clermont 34711, miscellaneous.

Mud Hut Productions LLC, 554 Hernando Place, Cler-mont 34715, miscellaneous.

Ameet Udyawar Consul-tants, 442 E. Rosewood Lane, Tavares 32778, physical therapist.

Furnas & Bharosay LLC, 21 E. Pinehurst Blvd., Eustis 32726, professional office.

Hilltop Equine Clinic, 23703 State Road 44 E., Eustis 32736, professional office.

Merideth Nagel PA, 450 E. State Road 50, Clermont 34711, professional office.

Berlinsky Law Firm PA, 735 W. Montrose St., Clermont 34711, professional office.

Bounce Around Town LLC, 21552 Wiygul Road, Umatilla 32784, rental.

Tom Shuckers, 928 N. Eustis St., Eustis 32726, restaurant/seating.

Sonus USA, 13940 Highway 441 Building 600, Lady Lake 32159, retail sales.

Sams Club No. 4998, 755 N. Highway 27/441, Lady Lake 32159, retail sales.

Whiter Teeth Today LLC, 16114 Highway 441, Eustis 32726, retail sales.

Florida Wholesale Direct LLC, 204 W. Burleigh Blvd., Tavares 32778, retail sales.

Covert Skate Inc., 692 W. Montrose St., Clermont 34711, retail sales.

Round The Clock, 790 W. Minneola, Clermont 34711, retail sales.

The Abyss, 70 Center St., Minneola 34715, retail sales.

Pinch A Penny, 2251 Citrus Blvd., Leesburg 34748, retail sales.

Aladas China & Gifts, 415 W. Main St., Leesburg 34748, retail sales.

Fritz Co. of Central Florida Inc., 2729 W. State Road 50, Mascotte 34753, retail sales.

Vicki Witz Thrift Shop, 20625 Highway 441, Mount Dora 32757, trading in tan-gible personal property.

Gator Horse Trailers, 723 S. Rossiter St., Unit 59, Mount Dora 32757, trading in tan-gible personal property.

Ohio Cheese Connection, 20625 Highway 441, Mount Dora 32757, trading in tan-gible personal property.

Four Shamrock Corp., 15648 Carriage Hill Court, Clermont 34711, trading in tangible personal property.

Bountiful Baskets LLC, 1035 Tawny Eagle Drive, Groveland 34736, trading in tangible personal property.

Blue Dog Duds, 1130 E. North Blvd., Leesburg 34748, trading in tangible personal property.

W.C.H. Relocation Spe-cialists, 1604 Alan Drive, Eustis 32726, transport.

Troy White Express, 1948 Knollcrest Drive, Clermont 34711, transport.

Rajendra Persaud & Sons Delivery & Instal-lation Services, 2937 Magnolia Blossom Circle, Clermont 34711, transport.

Tajo Trucking Inc., 1129 Sea Eagle Ave., Grove-land 34736, transport.

Gretchen Maria Nelsen DVM, 23703 State Road 44 E., Eustis 32736, veterinarian.

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ORLANDO BUSINESS JOURNAL’S SpRINg 2008

Notice of Action

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 48-2008-CA-023180-O

SPRAGGINS FLOORING, INC., a Florida corporation d/b/a SPRAG-GINS BUILDER SERVICES, Plaintiff,

vs.

AMERICAN LIFESTYLE, INC., a Florida corporation, Defendant.

/

NOTICE OF ACTION

STATE OF FLORIDA

TO:AMERICAN LIFESTYLE, INC.

whose last known address is: 9105 Bevington Lane Orlando, FL 32827-7058

whose principal place of business or domicile is unknown.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for damages has been filed against you, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on BARRY KALMANSON, P.A., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 500 North Maitland Ave., Suite 305, Maitland, Florida 32751, on or before March 9, 2009, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

DATED this 21st day of January, 2009.

Lydia Gardner Clerk of the Circuit Court

By: Kelly Grubbs Deputy Clerk

Civil Division 425 N. Orange Ave.-Suite 310 Orlando, FL 32801

Barry Kalmanson, P.A. Florida Bar No. 0814199 Attorney for Plaintiff 500 North Maitland Ave., Suite 305 Maitland, Florida 32751

In accordance with the American

With Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration at 425 North Orange Avenue, Suite 2130, Orlando, Florida 32801, tele-phone 407/836-2303, within two (2) working days of your receipt of this document; If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

January 30, 2009 February 6, 2009 February 13, 2009 February 20, 2009

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO: 2008-33106-CICI-32

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OA19, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OA19 Plaintiff,

vs.

OMAR ABAZA; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF OMAR ABAZA; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; WHISPER OAKS VILLAS HOMEOWN-ERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

______________/

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: OMAR ABAZA 1627 BRICKELL AVENUE APT 2803 MIAMI, FL 33129 OR 404 ARNOLD DRIVE DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32114 OR 800 CLAUGHTON ISLAND DRIVE APT 2701 MIAMI, FL 33131

UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF OMAR ABAZA 1627 BRICKELL AVENUE APT 2803

MIAMI, FL 33129 OR 404 ARNOLD DRIVE DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32114 OR 800 CLAUGHTON ISLAND DRIVE APT 2701 MIAMI, FL 33131

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT ADDRESS UNKNOWN

And any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendant(s), if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage cover-ing the following real and personal property described as follows, to-wit:

Lot 102, FOREST GLEN PHASE II, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Map Book 39, Page 163, of the Public records of Volusia County, Florida.

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on John Howarth Farren, Butler & Hosch, P.A., 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E, Orlando, Florida 32812 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before March 20, 2009, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 3rd day of February, 2009.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administrator, Volusia County Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Avenue, Suite 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096, within 2 working days of your receipt of this NOTICE; if you are hearing impaired or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

Diane M. Matousek CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: J. Beach Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

February 20, 2009 February 27, 2009

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO:05-2008-CA-066437

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff,

vs.

ROGER S. CLARK; MARIA L. CLARK; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; EAGLE HARBOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

_________________/

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: ROGER S. CLARK 1340 TALON WAY MELBOURNE, FL 32934 OR 978 ENGLISH TOWN LANE APT 122 WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708 OR 3810 MURRELL ROAD 176 ROCKLEDGE, FL 32955 OR 734 CENTENARY LOOP LAKE MARY, FL 32746 OR 984 SHAW CIRCLE MELBOURNE, FL 32940 OR 5765 CROWNTREE LANE APT 204 ORLANDO, FL 32829

MARIA L. CLARK 1340 TALON WAY MELBOURNE, FL 32934 OR 978 ENGLISH TOWN LANE APT 122 WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708 OR 3810 MURRELL ROAD 176 ROCKLEDGE, FL 32955 OR 734 CENTENARY LOOP LAKE MARY, FL 32746

OR 984 SHAW CIRCLE MELBOURNE, FL 32940 OR 5765 CROWNTREE LANE APT 204 ORLANDO, FL 32829

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN



Lot 20, EAGLE HARBOR,according to the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 52, Pages 17 through 20, inclusive, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on John Howarth Farren, Butler & Hosch, P.A., 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E, Orlando, Florida 32812 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 28th day of January, 2009.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Court Administration at 2725 St. Johns Street, Building C, 2nd Floor, Melbourne, Florida, 32940, telephone (321) 633-2171, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing or voice impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, via Florida Relay Service.

Scott Ellis CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (COURT SEAL)

By: Carole Rooksberry Deputy Clerk



CASE NO: 2008-14687-CIDL-02

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2006, GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE3 Plaintiff,

vs.

ANN CORREIA; DAVID CORREIA; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; MARY E. CORREIA; MIGUEL RAMIREZ, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: MIGUEL RAMIREZ 1619 WAYBRIDGE DRIVE DELTONA, FL 32725 OR 1344 N SUNSET COURT WICHITA, KS 67212 OR 1573 HUNTINGTON STREET DELTONA, FL 32725




Lot 9, Block 1696, DELTONA LAKES, UNIT 65, according to the plat recorded in Plat Book 28, Page 117 to 121, of the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida.


WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 6th day of February, 2009.






CASE NO:2008-34602-CICI-32

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff,

vs.

MICHELLE GANOE A/K/A MICHELLE R. GANOE; DAVID GANOE A/K/A DA-VID L. GANOE; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the

above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: UNKNOWN TENANT I 2401 ANASTASIA DRIVE SOUTH DAYTONA, FL 32119

UNKNOWN TENANT II 2401 ANASTASIA DRIVE SOUTH DAYTONA, FL 32119




Lot 11, Block 1, GANYMEDE UNIT NO. 1, according to the plat thereof, re-corded in Map Book 10, Page(s) 168 through 172, inclusive of the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida.



If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administrator, Volusia County Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Avenue, Suite 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096, within 2 working days of

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Diane M. Matousek

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: J. Beach Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 48-2008-CA-018055-O

PROBUILD EAST, LLC a Delaware limited liability company f/k/a THE CONTRACTOR YARD, LLC d/b/a DUNN LUMBER/OVERHEAD DOOR CO OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Plaintiff,

vs.

JORDAN CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; and DUSTIN KYLE WILLIAMS, In-dividually, Defendant.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION

STATE OF FLORIDA

TO:DUSTIN KYLE WILLIAMS, Individually

whose last known address is: 931 Greentree Drive Winter Park, FL 32789

whose principal place of business or domicile is unknown.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for damages has been filed against you, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on BARRY KALMANSON, P.A., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 500 North Maitland Ave., Suite 305, Maitland, Florida 32751, on or before April 2, 2009, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

DATED this 6th day of February, 2009.


By: Parris Sachse

Deputy Clerk

Barry Kalmanson, P.A. Florida Bar No. 0814199 Attorney for Plaintiff 500 North Maitland Ave., Suite 305 Maitland, Florida 32751

In accordance with the American With Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration at 425 North Orange Avenue, Suite 2130, Orlando, Florida 32801, tele-phone 407/836-2303, within two (2) working days of your receipt of this document; If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

February 20, 2009 February 27, 2009 March 6, 2009 March 13, 2009


CASE NO: 2008-13512-CIDL-01

BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWALT 2004-08CB Plaintiff,

vs.

DONALD E. LEES, JR.; DOROTHY P. LEES; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; ISPC, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: DONALD E. LEES, JR. 1761 AMERO AVENUE DELTONA FL 32725 OR 5884 FISH ROAD DALZELL, SC 29040

DOROTHY P. LEES 1761 AMERO AVENUE DELTONA, FL 32725 OR 5884 FISH ROAD DALZELL, SC 29040


And any unknown heirs, devisees,

grantees, creditors and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendant(s), if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown.


Lot 11, Block 1701, DELTONA LAKES UNIT SIXTY-FIVE, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Map Book 28, Pages 117 through 121, inclusive, of the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida.







IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO: 07-CA-1642-14-L

AMERICAN HOME MTG SERVICING, INC., Plaintiff,

vs.

FENG-YU SUN; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF FENG-YU SUN; UNKNOWN

TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT; CARDINAL POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., 882 CARDINAL POINT LAND TRUST, DATED 10/15/05, WAINRIGHT MANAGE-MENT LLC AS TRUSTEE, A CORPO-RATION EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

________________/

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: Jane Doe a/k/a Feng Yu Sun 882 Cardinal Pointe Cove Sanford, FL 32771

John Doe a/k/a Unknown Spouse of Jane Doe a/k/a Feng Yun Sun 882 Cardinal Pointe Cove Sanford, FL 32771

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN

And any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendants, if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown.


Lot 9, CARDINAL POINTE, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 57, Pages 69-70, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida.

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to it on Travis J. Halstead, Butler & Hosch, P.A., 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E, Orlando, Florida 32812 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 29th day of January, 2009.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding,

you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court administrator, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite N301, Sanford, Florida 32771, (407) 665-4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this Notice of Action; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

Maryanne Morse CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: Shirley B. Brown Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 59-2008-CA-007621 DIVISION:

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION ,AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE 2006-NC1, Plaintiff,

vs.

TRSTE, LLC, TRUSTEE OF THE 1042 SEMINOLE CREEK DRIVE LAND TRUST DATED DECEMBER 15, 2006, et al, Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF ACTION

THE UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE 1042 SEMINOLE CREEK DRIVE LAND TRUST DATED DECEMBER 15, 2006

Last Known Address: UNKNOWN

Current Address: Unknown

ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS

Last Known Address: Unknown

Current Address: Unknown

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the fol-lowing property in Seminole County, Florida:

LOT 38, TWIN RIVERS SECTION IV,

UNIT1, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 39, PAGES 45 THROUGH 49 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA

A/K/A 1042 SEMINOLE CREEK DRIVE, OVIEDO, FL 32765

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses within 30 days after the first publication, if any, on Albertelli Law, Plaintiffís attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 23028, Tampa, FL 33623, and file the original with this Court either before service on Plaintiffís attorney, or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint or petition.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of this court on this 27th day of Janu-ary, 2009.

Maryanne Morse Clerk of the Circuit Court

By: Shirley B. Brown Deputy Clerk

Albertelli Law P.O. Box 23028 Tampa, FL 33623

- 08-11178

**See the Americans with Dis-abilities Act

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration at the Seminole Civil Courthouse, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite 301, Sanford, FL 32771-1292; Telephone: 407-665-4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this notice. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 or 711.


Notice of Administrative Complaint

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT

Case No.: 97149-08-AG

TO: Novak Title Corp Orlando, FL

An ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT to suspend or revoke your license (s)

and eligibility for licensure and ap-pointment has been filed against you. You have the right to request a hear-ing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57 (1) and (2), Florida Statutes, by mailing a request for same to the Department of Financial Services, Division of Legal Services, 200 E. Gaines St., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. If a request for hearing is not received by March 27, 2009, the right to a hearing in this matter will be waived and the Chief Financial Officer will dispose of this case in accordance with the law.

February 13, 2009 February 20, 2009 February 27, 2009 March 6, 2009

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT

Case No.: 97526-08-AG

TO: Shanti J. Pena Winter Park, FL

An ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT to suspend or revoke your license (s) and eligibility for licensure and ap-pointment has been filed against you. You have the right to request a hear-ing pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57 (1) and (2), Florida Statutes, by mailing a request for same to the Department of Financial Services, Division of Legal Services, 200 E. Gaines St., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. If a request for hearing is not received by March 27, 2009, the right to a hearing in this matter will be waived and the Chief Financial Officer will dispose of this case in accordance with the law.

February 13, 2009 February 20, 2009 February 27, 2009 March 6, 2009

Notice of Forfeiture

TAMPA, FLORIDA: Notice is hereby given that the following property was seized on September 12, 2008, at 1315 hours in Orlando, Florida, under the provisions of 18USC981, 18USC1956, and 18USC1956(c)(7)(A), 18USC1961(1), 8USC1324, 18USC1028, and 18USC1546: (1) 2006 Nissan Titan, VIN# 1N6BA07A36N542481. Anyone desiring to claim this property must appear at the Customshouse, Tampa, Florida, and FILE A LEGAL CLAIM

to such property (20) days from the date of first publication of this notice, in default of which the property will be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with the law. BY ORDER OF MARY ANN CRANFORD, FINES, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES OFFICER, TAMPA, FLORIDA.

MARY ANN CRANFORD, FINES, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES OFFICER

February 6, 2009 February 13, 2009 February 20, 2009

TAMPA, FLORIDA: Notice is hereby given that the following property was seized on May 5, 2008 at 1200 hours and July 31, 2008 at 0830 hours in Orlando, Florida for violation of 19USC1595a(c) and 31CFR560.201: 121 Hematology Analyzers and 1 Hematology Analyzer (demo unit). Anyone desiring to claim this property must appear at the Customhouse, Tampa, Florida, and FILE A LEGAL CLAIM in the amount of $5,000 to such property within twenty (20) days from the date of first publication of this notice, in default of which the property will be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with the law. BY ORDER OF MARY ANN CRANFORD, FINES, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES OFFICER, TAMPA, FLORIDA.



TAMPA, FLORIDA: Notice is hereby given that the following property was seized on August 2, 2008 at 1800 hours in Orlando, Florida for violation of 31USC5316/5317/5332: $103,747 in United States Cur-rency and $332.22 in U. S. Currency (converted from 28,500 in Jamaican currency). Anyone desiring to claim this property must appear at the Customhouse, Tampa, Florida, and FILE A LEGAL CLAIM to such prop-erty within twenty (20) days from the date of first publication of this notice, in default of which the property will be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with the law. BY ORDER OF MARY ANN CRANFORD, FINES, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES

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TAMPA, FLORIDA: Notice is hereby given that the following property was seized on December 30, 2008 at 1145 hours in Orlando, Florida for violation of 18USC981, 18USC1956/1957, 18USC1956(c)(7)(A), 18USC1961(1)(B), and 18USC1960: (1) 2006 Suzuki GSX1300R, VIN# JS1GW71A662111219. Anyone desiring to claim this property must appear at the Customhouse, Tampa, Florida, and FILE A LEGAL CLAIM to such property within twenty (20) days from the date of first publication of this notice, in default of which the property will be forfeited and disposed of in accordance with the law. BY ORDER OF MARY ANN CRANFORD, FINES, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES OFFICER, TAMPA, FLORIDA.


February 20, 2009 February 27, 2009 March 6, 2009

Notice of Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO: 2008-CA-003799

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-5CB MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5CB Plaintiff,

vs.

BALRAM BUDHAI; JASMATIE BUDHAI; WINDSCAPE HOMEOWN-ERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County, Florida, will on the 6th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Front door at the Judicial Center, 550 W. Main Street in Tavares, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Lake County, Florida:

All that certain parcel of land situate in the County of Lake, State of Florida, being known and designated as follows: Windscape Lot 97, Phase III, according to the map or plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 49, pages 95, 96 & 97, of the Public Records of Lake County, Florida.

pursuant to the Final Judgment en-tered in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is indicated above.

Any person or entity claiming an in-terest in the surplus, if any, resulting from the foreclosure sale, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim on same with the Clerk of Court within 60 days after the foreclosure sale.

WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 28th day of January, 2009.

In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons with dis-abilities needing a special accommo-dation to participate in this proceeding should contact Clerk of Circuit Court, Civil Division, 550 W. Main Street, Ta-vares, Florida 32778, (321) 742-4146, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing or voice impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, via Florida Relay Service.

Neil Kelly CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: Dana Nolette Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Lindsay W. Brown, Esquire Butler & Hosch, P.A. 3185 S. Conway Rd., Ste. E Orlando, Florida 32812 (407) 381-5200



CASE NO: 05-2008-CA-15971

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-FF2, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FF2 Plaintiff,

vs.

LESSIE BUTLER; CATHY BUTLER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN, A

DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK; EAGLE HARBOR HOMEOWNERS AS-SOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Brevard County, Florida, will on the 4th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the at Brevard County Government Center-North, Brevard Room, 518 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, FL 32780, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Brevard County, Florida:

Lot 16, EAGLE HARBOR, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 52, Page 17 through 20, inclusive, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.




In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a special ac-commodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Court Ad-ministration at 2725 St. Johns Street, Building C, 2nd Floor, Melbourne, Florida, 32940, telephone (321) 633-2171, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing or voice impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, via Florida Relay Service.

Scott Ellis CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: Jennie Young Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF John Howarth Farren Butler & Hosch, P.A. 3185 S. Conway Rd., Ste. E Orlando, Florida 32812 (407) 381-5200



CASE NO:08-CA-3903-14-L

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., D/B/A America’s Wholesale Lender, Plaintiff,

vs.

HAROLD HUGO CASTRO; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF HAROLD HUGO CASTRO; THE OASIS AT PEARL LAKE CONDO-MINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.; MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMIEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., 301 N. Park Avenue, in Room S201 of the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situated in Seminole County, Florida:

Unit 212, Building 5, of THE OASIS AT PEARL LAKE CONDOMINIUM, a Condominium, according to the Dec-laration of Condominium, recorded in O.R. Book 6473, Page 163, and all exhibits and amendments thereof, Public Records of Seminole County, Florida. Together with an undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant thereto, as set forth in said Declaration.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 23rd day of January, 2009.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court administrator, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite N301, Sanford, Florida 32771, (407) 665-

4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this Notice of Sale; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.


Mary Stroupe Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

Eric Michael Nordback, Esquire BUTLER & HOSCH, P.A. 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E Orlando, Florida 32812 Attorney for Plaintiff



CASE NO: 05-2008-CA-046141

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC Plaintiff,

vs.

JOSE C. CORCHO; ELIZABETH HER-NANDEZ; and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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The East 1/2 of South 200 feet of the North 450 feet of Lot 4, Section 15, Township 29 South, Range 37 East, Plat of Florida Indian River Land Co., according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 165, Public Records of Brevard County, Florida, less the West 25 feet for Road Utility and Drainage right-of-way.









IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO: 2008-CA-25409-39

NATIONAL CITYBANK Plaintiff,

vs.

TERRY L. FENGFISH; PAMELA J. FENGFISH; UNKNOWN TENANT I; WATERFORD CHASE VILLAGE MAS-TER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.; THE RESERVE AT WATERFORD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 27th day of February 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 14, WATERFORD CHASE VILLACE, Tract A, Phase I, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 38, Pages 9 and 10, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.




If you are a person with a disability who needs accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, for the provision of the certain assistance. Please contact Court Administra-tion at 425 North Orange Avenue, Suite 2130, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 within 2 working days of your receipt of this document. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

Lydia Gardner CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: Corine Herry Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Emily Jane Hansen Butler & Hosch, P.A. 3185 S. Conway Rd., Ste. E Orlando, Florida 32812 (407) 381-5200



CASE NO: 08-CA-2919-14-K

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE-HOLDERS CWMBS, INC. CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-HYB 2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HYB2 Plaintiff,

vs.

FLTR LLC AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE 1055 HENLEY DOWNS LAND TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 28, 2007; HEATHROW MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.; HEATHROW LAKES MAINTE-NANCE ASSOCIATION, INC.; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLO-SURE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at 301 N. Park Avenue, in Room S201 of the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Seminole County, Florida:

Lot 12, Reserve 2 at Heathrow, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 60, Pages 22 through 25, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida




If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court administrator, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite N301, Sanford, Florida 32771, (407) 665-4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this Notice of Sale; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.


By: Mary Stroupe Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Erin Amate Zebell Butler & Hosch, P.A. 3185 S. Conway Rd., Ste. E Orlando, Florida 32812 (407) 381-5200



CASE NO: 05-2008-CA-13050

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP. Plaintiff,

vs.

MARIE FRANCOIS; LEMOINE FRANCOIS; UNKNOWN TENANT

I; UNKNOWN TENANT II, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 4, Block 736, PORT MALABAR UNIT SIXTEEN, as per Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 15, Pages 84 through 98, inclusive, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.










CASE NO: 08-CA-2446-14-L

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-FF2, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FF2 Plaintiff,

vs.

SANTIAGO GONZALEZ; MARIA E. ARROYO; VILLAS AT LAKESIDE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., 301 N. Park Avenue, in Room S201 of the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situated in Seminole County, Florida:

Unit 111, Building 11, of VILLAS AT LAKESIDE, A CONDOMINIUM, ac-cording to the Declaration of Condo-minium recorded in Official Records Book 6297, Page 1244, inclusive, and all valid amendments thereto, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida; together with an undivided interest in the common elements as set forth in the exhibits to the said Declaration of Condominium, as recorded, exemplified, referred to and set forth in said Declaration of Condominium and exhibits thereto.




If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding,

you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court administrator, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite N301, Sanford, Florida 32771, (407) 665-4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this Notice of Sale; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.


Mary Stroupe Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

Eric Michael Nordback, Esquire BUTLER & HOSCH, P.A. 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E Orlando, Florida 32812 Attorney for Plaintiff



CASE NO: 08-CA-3249-14-K

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff,

vs.

ADRIAN HERNAIZ; NATALY MARTINEZ; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; CARRINGTON PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA-TION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the 301 N. Park Avenue, in Room S201 of the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing-described property situate in Seminole County, Florida:

Unit 47-100, CARRINGTON PARK, A Condominium, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, recorded on June 8, 2006 in Official Records Book 06280,Page 0151, and re-recorded on June 21, 2006 in Official Records Book 06295 Page 1591, Public Records of Seminole County, Florida and all amendments and supplements thereto, along with an undivided interest in common elements appurtenant thereto.










CASE NO: 2007-CA-2780

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF HARBORVIEW 2006-12 Plaintiff,

vs.

JAMES H. HEYER A/K/A JAMES HEYER; UNKNOWN TENANT I; WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit

Court of Lake County, Florida, will on the 3rd day of March, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Front door at the Judicial Center, 550 W. Main Street in Tavares, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Lake County, Florida:

Commence at the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Township18 South, Range 28 East, Lake County, Florida, and run South 89°39’26” East along the North line of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 32 a distance of 1096.60 feet to the Point of Beginning of this description; thence continue South 89°39’26” East, 730.87 feet; thence South 00°30’03” West, 411.61 feet; thence North 89°38’58” West, 573.44 feet; thence South 00°27’11” West, 97.54 feet; thence North 89°44’33” West, 156.16 feet; thence North 00°20’55” East, 509.30 feet to the Point of Beginning. Less right of way for County, Road.”




In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons with dis-abilities needing a special accommo-dation to participate in this proceeding should contact Clerk of Circuit Court, Civil Division, 550 W. Main Street, Ta-vares, Florida 32778, (352) 742-4146, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing or voice impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, via Florida Relay Service.


By: Trish Roberts Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 08-CA-2967-14-L

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE7 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE7 Plaintiff,

vs.

JOSE GUILLERMO MACIAS JIMENEZ A/K/A JOSE MACIAS A/K/A JOSE G. MACIAS; CLARA MATALLANA, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 11, Block F, SKYLARK SUBDIVI-SION, according to the Plat recorded in Plat Book 17, Pages 84 and 85, as recorded in the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida; said lands situate, lying and being in Seminole County, Florida.










CASE NO: 2008-CA-13426-39

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OC11, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OC11, Plaintiff,

vs.

CHITTRAWATTIE LUCKNAUTH A/K/A CHITTRAWATTLE LUCKNAUTH; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CHIT-TRAWATTIE LUCKNAUTH A/K/A CHITTRAWATTLE LUCKNAUTH; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS-TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMI-NEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING; BRAD JOHNSON, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 27th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot Four Hundred Twenty One (421), of ROBINSON HILLS, Unit 5, accord-ing to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 60, at Pages 77 and 78, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.






By: Belinda Garrett Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 08-CA-2310-14-K

COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB Plaintiff,

vs.

SERGIO NAVARRETE; MARIA ELENA NAVARRETE A/K/A MARIA E. NAVARRETE A/K/A MARIA EIENA NAVARRETE A/K/A MARIA ALINA NAVARRETE; NOTTING HILL AT OAKMONTE CONDOMINIUM AS-SOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Condominium Unit 121, Building 1,

Legals, see page 38


NOTTING HILL, a Condominium, together with an undivided interest in the common elements, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 6392, Page 1390, as amended from time to time of the Public Re-cords of Seminole County, Florida.










CASE NO: 05-2007-CA-18161

COUNTRYWHIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff,

vs.

JAMES B. PICCIONE A/K/A JAMES PICCIONE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAMES B. PICCIONE A/K/A JAMES PICCIONE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; TROY PERRY; TWANETTA LEWIS; ENVIRON CONODMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.; JEANNE MITCHELL BUCKLEY, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Brevard County, Florida, will on the 4th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at Brevard County Government Center-North, Brevard Room, 518 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, FL 32780, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-de-scribed property situated in Brevard County, Florida:

Lot 16, Block 51, PORT MALABAR, UNIT FOUR, a subdivision according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 14, Pages 18 through 23, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.






Jennifer Pastor Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

Lora Lea Henke, Esquire BUTLER & HOSCH, P.A. 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E Orlando, Florida 32812 Attorney for Plaintiff



CASE NO: 2008-CA-004249

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLD-ERS OF MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, MLMI SERIES 2006-A3 Plaintiff,

vs.

ROY F. PITTER; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROY F. PITTER; UPSON DOWNS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County, Florida, will on the 6th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Front door at the Judicial Center, 550 W. Main Street in Tavares, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Lake County, Florida:

Lot 43, UPSON DOWNS, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 36, Pages 4 through 9, inclusive, of Public Records of Lake County, Florida.




In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Clerk of Circuit Court, Civil Division, 550 W. Main Street, Tavares, Florida 32778, (904)742-4146, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing impaired, (TDD) 1-800-955-8771, or Voice (V) 1-800-955-8770, via Florida Relay Service.


By: Dana Nolette Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 08-CA-004994-14-K

FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff,

vs.

RUSSELL R. PYLE; MARIA PYLE; UN-KNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TEN-ANT II; NOTTING HILL AT OAKMONTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Condominium Unit 205, Building 16, NOTTING HILL, a Condominium, together with an undivided interest in the common elements, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Book 6392, as amended from time to tome, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida.




If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to

the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court administrator, 301 N. Park Avenue, Suite N301, Sanford, Florida 32771, (407) 665-4227, within 2 working days of your receipt of this Notice of Sale; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.






CASE NO: 2008-CA-25804-40

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC Plaintiff,

vs.

MISAEL RIVERA; AUDA LIZZY RI-VERA; ELEGANT CUSTOMS HOMES; JENNIFER R. HENRY; CHEYLA M. RUIZ; GROVE PARK REALTY GROUP D/B/A GROVE PARK APARTMENTS; SYLVAN POND HOMEOWNERS’ AS-SOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 A.M at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 66, SYLVAN POND, as shown in Plat recorded in Plat Book 21, Pages 97-98, Public Records of Orange County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 22nd day of January, 2009.



By: Corine Herry Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 08-CA-2918-14-L

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CB5 Plaintiff,

vs.

THREE PARTNERS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-TEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST NLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 11, Block 11, HEFTLER HOMES, Orlando, Section 1, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 13, Pages 5 and 6, Public Records of Seminole County, Florida.










CASE NO: 2007-CA-6712-39

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-HY2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HY2 Plaintiff,

vs.

ROBERTO TORRES; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROBERTO TORRES; AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.; BRYN MAWR SOUTH HOMEOWNERS AS-SOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or un-known spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 27th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 16, of BRYN MAWR UNIT 7, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 12, Pages 140 through 142, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.






By: Belinda Garrett Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 08-CA-003742-14-K

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-CB7 Plaintiff,

vs.

CHRISTOPHER A. YAGER; STEPHA-NIE YAGER, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Seminole County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M at the 301 N. Park Avenue, in Room S201 of the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Florida, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing-described property situate in Seminole County, Florida:

Lot 4, Block J, N.H. GARDNER’S ADDITION TO MARKHAM PARK HEIGHTS, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 2, Page(s) 81, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida.










CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 2008-CA-002598 DIVISION: W

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS BANKER’S TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE AND CUSTODIAN FOR MSIX 2006-1, Plaintiff,

vs.

ELISEO BORRERO, et al, Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to an Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale dated January 13, 2009, and entered in Case No. 2008-CA-002598 of the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Seminole County, Florida in which Deutsche Bank Trust Com-pany Americas formerly known as Banker’s Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for MSIX 2006-1, is the Plaintiff and Eliseo Borrero, Ten-ant #1 n/k/a Tom O’ Conner, Tenant # 2 n/k/a Deborah Ahrem, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lenders Direct Capital Corporation, Any and All Un-known Parties Claiming By, Through, Under, and Against the Herein Named Individual Defendant(s) Who Are Not Known to be Dead or Alive, Whether Said Unknown Parties May Claim an Interest as Spouses, Heirs, Devisees, Grantees, or Other Claimants, are defendants, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on Room S-201, Seminole County Courthouse, 301 North Park Ave., Sanford, FL 32771, Seminole County, Florida at 11:00AM on the 3rd day of March, 2009, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:

THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF BLOCK 4, TIER 20, OF THE ST. GERTRUDE ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF SANFORD, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 116, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SEMINOLE

COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A 1719 2ND STREET W, SANFORD, FL. 32771

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

Dated in Seminole County, Florida this 28th day of January, 2009.

Maryanne Morse Clerk of the Circuit Court Seminole County, Florida

By: Shaundrascia Moore Deputy Clerk

Albertelli Law P.O. Box 23028 Tampa, FL 33623 (813) 221-4743 / 08-06102



IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 2008-CA-003339 DIVISION:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE AND CUS-TODIAN FOR EQUIFIRST MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-1 , Plaintiff,

vs.

CARRIE L. CHEVALIER, et al, Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 15, 2009, and entered in Case No. 2008-CA-003339 of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Cir-cuit in and for Lake County, Florida in which Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, is the Plaintiff and Carrie L. Chevalier, Emile Chevalier, SunTrust Bank, are defendants, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on the first floor lobby near the information desk in the Lake County Judicial Center, 550 West Main Street, Tavares, FL 32778 , Lake County, Florida at 11:00AM on the 6th day of March, 2009, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:

LOT 14, BLOCK I, A REPLAT OF MISSION HEIGHTS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 11, PAGE 80, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A 206 SOUTH MOSS STREET, LEESBURG, FL 34748-5629


Dated in Lake County, Florida this 28th day of January, 2009.

Neil Kelly Clerk of the Circuit Court Lake County, Florida

By: Dana Nolette Deputy Clerk

Albertelli Law Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 23028 Tampa, FL 33623 (813) 221-4743

08-07853

If you are a person with a disability who needs assistance in order to participate in a program or service of the State Courts System, you should contact the ADA Coordinator, Patty McNeil, (352) 253-0900 x.100 within two (2) working days of receipt of this notice; if you are hearing or voice impaired, please call 1-800-955-8771.


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 2008-CA-001721 DIVISION:

WACHOVIA MORTGAGE CORPORA-TION, Plaintiff,

vs.

CECILIA HARDAT, et al, Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to an Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale dated January 13, 2009, and

entered in Case No. 2008-CA-001721 of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in and for Lake County, Florida in which Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, is the Plaintiff and Cecilia Hardat, Khemraj Dave Hardat, are defendants, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in the first floor lobby near the information desk in the Lake County Judicial Center, 550 West Main Street, Tavares, FL 32778 , Lake County, Florida at 11:00AM on the 3rd day of March, 2009, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:

LOT 65, COLINA BAY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 60, PAGES 34 THROUGH 38, OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A LOT 65 ALGARDI STREET, MONTVERDE, FLORIDA 34756


Dated in Lake County, Florida this 22nd day of January, 2009.

Neil Kelly Clerk of the Circuit Court Lake County, Florida

By: P. Birdsong Deputy Clerk


08-05842

If you are a person with a disability who needs assistance in order to participate in a program or service of the State Courts System, you should contact the ADA Coordinator, Patty McNeil, (352) 253-0900 x.100 within two (2) working days of receipt of this notice; if you are hearing or voice impaired, please call 1-800-955-8771.


NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE

BY THE CLERK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 9th JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 2007-CA-010615-O (37)

EXPRESS EQUITY LENDING GROUP, LLLP, a Limited Liability Limited Partnership, Plaintiff,

vs.

RONALD O. ROGERS, CAPITAL ONE BANK, JOHN DOE, Unknown Tenant in Possession and JANE DOE, Unknown Tenant in Possession, Defendants.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pur-suant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in the above styled cause now pending in said court, that I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at Suite 350, Orange County Courthouse, 425 North Orange Avenue, in Orange County, Florida at 11:00 A.M. on February 27, 2009 the following described property:

LOTS 16 AND 17, BLOCK 13, WASH-INGTON PARK, SECTION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 0, PAGE(S) 151, PUBLIC RECORDS OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA;

a/k/a 4534 Carter Street, Orlando, Florida 32811

Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. The court, in its discretion, may enlarge the time of the sale. Notice of the changed time of sale shall be published as provided herein.

Dated: February 5, 2009.

Lydia Gardner, Clerk (Circuit Court Seal)

By: Katherine Bernal Deputy Clerk

Attorney: Jorge L. Piedra, Esq. JORGE L. PIEDRA, P.A. Grove Professional Building 2950 SW 27th Avenue Suite 300 Miami, Florida 33133 Telephone:(305) 448-7064 Facsimile:(305) 448-7085



CASE NO: 2008-CA-7013-34

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECU-RITIES, MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-AR1 Plaintiff,

vs.

ALEKSANDR YEGOROV; TATYANA KHITYAEVA; UNKNOWN TENANT I; UNKNOWN TENANT II; BELLA VIDA AT TIMBER SPRINGS HOMEOWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLO-SURE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 26th day of February, 2009, at 11:00 am at Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 365, BELLA VIDA, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 65, Pages 90 through 99, inclusive, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 4th day of February, 2009.



By: Cynthia Zabetakis Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 05-2008-CA-046041

THE BANKOF NEW YORK AS SUC-CESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE OWNIT MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 Plaintiff,

vs.

JAMES D. DOUGLAS; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAMES D. DOUGLAS; CITIFINANCIAL EQUITY SERVICES, INC., and any unknown heirs, de-visees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 6, Block 561, PORT MALABAR Unit Fourteen, as per plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 15, Pages 64 through 71 inclusive, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 5th day of February 2009.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing a special ac-commodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Court Administration at 2725 St. Johns Street, Building C, 2nd Floor, Mel-bourne, Florida, 32940, telephone (321) 633-2171, not later than seven (7) days prior to the proceeding. If hearing or voice impaired, via Florida Relay Service.

Scott Ellis

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CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT




IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY.

CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: # 08-CA 5759

JUDGE:Maura Smith

ALBERT RUSSO; and ABBY RUSSO, his wife, Plaintiffs,

v.

NIK W. GREEN, JOHN PIPER; and RANEA PIPER, his wife, Defendants.

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PURSUANT TO FLA. STAT. CHAPTER 45

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, LYDIA GARDNER, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will, on March 6, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Ave., Room 350, Orlando, Orange County, Florida offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Orange County, Florida, to-wit:

Lot 10 and the west 10 feet of Lot 11, Block B, CHAMPNEY PORTION OF TOWN OF APOPKA, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book A, Page 87, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida

Together with all of the improve-ments now or hereafter erected on the property and all easements, rights, appurtenances, rents, royal-ties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property

pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on December 18, 2008, in the above-styled action.

Any person claiming an interest in surplus funds, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.

WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said Court, this 12th day of February, 2009.

Lydia Gardner, Clerk of the Circuit Court

BY: Cynthia Zabetakis Deputy Clerk

Notice to Persons with Disabilities

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in or-der to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact (407) 836-2303 within 2 working days of your receipt of this Summons; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).

Marc S. Teplitz, Esquire, 73 SW Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL 34994



CASE NO: 2008-CA-22710-34

H&R BLOCK BANK Plaintiff,

vs.

UMAIR JAWED; CENTRAL PARK A METROWEST CONDOMINIUM ASSO-CIATION, INC.; METROWEST MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.; SAND CANYON CORPORATION F/K/A OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 5th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 A.M at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Condominium Unit 204, Building 6190, CENTRAL PARK, a Metrowest Condominium, together with an undivided interest in the common el-ements, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, recorded in Official Records Book 8076, Page 3783, as amended from time to time, of the Public Records of Orange

County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 2nd day of Febru-ary, 2009.



By: Mayra I. Cruz Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)




CASE NO: 05-2008-CA-25965

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Plaintiff,

vs.

YOUNG HWA KO; “MERS” MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE KB HOME LOANS A COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE VENTURES, LLC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grant-ees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claim-ing by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 31, Block 732 of PORT MALABAR UNIT SIXTEEN, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 15, Page(s) 84 through 98, of the Public Records of Brevard County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 5th day of February, 2009.







CASE NO: 2008-CA-12678-39

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff,

vs.

BARRY LEVESQUE A/K/A BARRY S. LEVESQUE; DA LEVESQUE CORPO-RATION, and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 6th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following-described property situate in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 16, Block “D”, ILEXHURST, ac-cording to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book “G”, Page 67, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.










CASE NO: 2008-CA-26400-35

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS, CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-22 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-22 Plaintiff,

vs.

KARL M. MCKENZIE; RHONDA E. MCKENZIE; MORTGAGE ELECTRON-IC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB; SHANDS ROOFING, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 22, Block 5, CAPE / ORLANDO ES-TATES UNIT 31A, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Pages 110 through 111, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.






By: Elaine M. Chandler Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Emily Jane Hansen Butler & Hosch, P.A.

3185 S. Conway Rd., Ste. E Orlando, Florida 3281 (407) 381-5200



CASE NO: 2007-CA-13796-33

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREE-MENT RELATING TO IMPAC SE-CURED ASSETS CORP., MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 Plaintiff,

vs.

JORGE ORTEGA; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JORGE ORTEGA: ERNESTO CORTES; MARICELA CORTES; and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will on the 10th day of March, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., Civil Division Office, Suite 350, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the follow-ing-described property situated in Orange County, Florida:

Lot 37, of SPARLING HILLS, accord-ing to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 11, at Page 128, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.



WITNESS my hand and official seal of said Court this 17th day of Febru-ary, 2009.



Jennifer Arnold Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL)

Charles P. Gufford, Esquire BUTLER & HOSCH, P.A. 3185 South Conway Road, Suite E Orlando, Florida 32812 Attorney for Plaintiff



CASE NO: 2007-CA-12480-39

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007 Plaintiff,

vs.

VICTOR M. TOBAR; KENIA PALA-CIOS; FORESTBROOKE COMMUNITY OWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC., and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other un-known persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above-named Defendants, Defendants.

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Lot 101, of the FOREST BROOKE PHASE 3, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 59, at Pages 105 through 111, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida.

pursuant to the Final Judgment en-tered in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is indicated above









CIVIL ACTION

CASE NO.: 59-2008-CA-001734 DIVISION: G

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BANK OF AMERICA ABFC 2005-HE2, Plaintiff,

vs.

RAYNELLE L. BLANFORD, et al, Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 5, 2009, and entered in Case No. 59-2008-CA-001734 of the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Seminole County, Florida in which Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bank Of America ABFC 2005-HE2, is the Plaintiff and Raynelle L. Blanford, are defendants, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on Room S-201, Seminole County Courthouse, 301 North Park Ave., Sanford, FL 32771, Seminole County, Florida at 11:00AM on the 10th day of March, 2009, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:

LOT 13, GRANADA SOUTH, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 100, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

A/K/A 315 TEAKWOOD LANE, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32701


Dated in Seminole County, Florida this 6th day of February, 2009.

Maryanne Morse Clerk of the Circuit Court Seminole County, Florida

By: Shaundrania Moore Deputy Clerk


08-04798



IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 9TH JUDCIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION

CASE NO.: 07 CA 14858

FREMONT INVESTMENT and LOAN, Plaintiff(s),

vs.

FELIX L. FERNANDEZ et al., Defendant(s).

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NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 2, 2009 and entered in Case No. 07 CA 14858 of the Cir-cuit Court of the 9th Judicial Circuit in and for ORANGE County, Florida wherein FREMONT INVESTMENT and LOAN, is Plaintiff and FELIX L. FERNANDEZ, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF FELIX L. FERNANDEZ and KEYSTONE AT MEADOW WOODS HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC.

are the Defendants. I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at Room 350, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, ORANGE County, Florida at 11:00 A.M. oíclock on the 5th day of March, 2009 the following described property as set forth in said Order or Final Judgment, to-wit:

Lot(s) 85, KEYSTONE SUBDIVISION, according to the plat thereof, recorded in plat book 41, page(s) 7 ñ 10, of the Public Records of Orange County, Florida

a/k/a: 14118 Boca Key Drive, Orlando, Florida 32824

DATED THIS 11th day of February, 2009.


BY: Cynthia Zabetakis As Deputy Clerk

ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Jennifer A. Coya, Esq. Joseph H. Ganguzza & Associates, P.A. 1 S.E. 3rd Avenue Suite 2150 Miami, Florida 33131


Notice to Creditors

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OR-ANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION

FILE NO.: 2008-CP-002249-O Division: ONE

IN RE: ESTATE OF ANN CZYSANIUK, Deceased.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Single Personal Representative)

The administration of the estate of Ann Czysaniuk, deceased, File Num-ber 2008-CP-002249-O is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is: Orange County Courthouse, Probate Division, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 340, Orlando, Florida 32801.

The name and address of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentís estate on whom a copy of this notice is served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with the Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or de-mands against the decedentís estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

The date of the first Publication of this notice is February 13, 2009.

Attorney For Personal Representative Pedro P. Mendez Florida Bar No. 0975760 LAW OFFICES OF PETER P. MENDEZ 1622 Hillcrest Street Orlando, Florida 32803 Telephone (407) 895-2480

Personal Representative: Kristine Dikeman 4506 Hazelgrove Drive Orlando, Florida 32818


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR OR-ANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

FILE NO.: 48-2008-CP-1663-O

IN RE: ESTATE OF JUAN MALDO-NADO, DECEASED

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration)

TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of JUAN MALDONADO, deceased, File Number 48-2008-CP-1663-O; by the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division; the address of which is P.O. Box 4994, Orlando, Florida 32801; that the decedentís date of death was June 6, 2008; that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such

order are:

Creditors: None Known

Beneficiaries: CARMA L. PHAN, a/k/a CARMA L. MALDONADO

Address: 470 American Heritage Drive Orlando, FL 32809


All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administra-tion must file their claims with thiss court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTíS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS February 13, 2009.

Attorney for Person Giving Notice: STEVEN C. ALLENDER Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar No.: 0428302 ALLENDER & ALLENDER, PA 719 Garden Street Titusville, FL 32796 Telephone: (321) 269-1511 Fax: (321) 264-7676

Person Giving Notice: CARMA L. PHAN a/k/a CARMA L. MALDONADO 470 American Heritage Court Orlando, FL 32809



PROBATE DIVISION

CASE NO.: 48-2007-CP-2066

IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES EARL SANFORD, Deceased.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of James Earl Sanford, deceased, whose date of death was July 8, 2007, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Flori-da 32801. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or de-mands against the decedentís estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentís estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTíS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is February 13, 2009.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Charlotte Combs Stone, Esq. Attorney for Alice V. Sanford Florida Bar No.: 21297 Law Offices of Joseph F. Pippen, Jr. & Associates, PL 3200 US Hwy 27 S., Suite 304 Sebring, FL 33870 Telephone (863) 402-5696 Fax: (863) 402-5697

Personal Representative: Alice V. Sanford 4332 Blonigen Ave. Orlando, Florida 32812


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

PROBATE DIVISION

FILE NO.: 48-2008-CP-002344-O Division: Probate

IN RE: ESTATE OF GLORIA B. SEWARD Deceased.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration)

TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of Gloria B. Seward, deceased, File Number 48-2008-CP-002344-O; by the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Pro-bate Division; the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801; that the decedentís date of death was August 16, 2008; that the total value of the estate is $1616.21 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:

Debora Seward Address: 110 White Marsh Circle Orlando, Florida 32824

Debora L. Seward, Trustee of the Seward Revocable Trust dtd 12/10/1992 Address: 110 White Marsh Circle Orlando, Florida 32824


All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administra-tion must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTíS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this Notice is February 13, 2009.

Attorney for Person Giving Notice: Thomas P. Moss, Esq. Attorney Florida Bar No.: 0157376 Sawyer & Sawyer P.A. 8913 Conroy Windermere Road Orlando, FL 32835 Telephone: (407) 909-1900 Fax: (407) 909-1992

Person Giving Notice: Debora Seward 110 White Marsh Circle Orlando, Florida 32824



PROBATE DIVISION

CASE NO.: 48-2007-CP-000147-O

IN RE: ESTATE OF PINKEY H. MAJOR, Deceased.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of PINKEY H. MAJOR, deceased, whose date of death was January 7, 2007; File Number 48-2007-CP-000147-O, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 North Orange Avenue, Suite 340, Orlando, Florida 32801. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representativeís attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or de-mands against the decedentís estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentís estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTíS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is February 20, 2009.

David A. Yergey, Jr., Esquire Yergey and Yergey, P.A. Florida Bar No.: 374288 211 North Magnolia Avenue Orlando, Florida 32801 Telephone 407-843-0430 Facsimile 407-843-0433 Attorney and Personal Representa-tive



are steps in the right direction, and the lending gates will begin to open.”

The stabilization loan program is one of several provisions in the stimu-lus package aimed at making the SBA more helpful to small businesses.

The law gives the SBA $375 million so it temporarily can eliminate or reduce fees on its regular 7(a) and 504 business loans. Lending through both programs is down dramatically this year. Slash-ing the fees should make the loans more attractive to borrowers and lenders.

At least that’s the plan. But Geof Longstaff, CEO of Mercantile Commer-cial Capital, a leading SBA 504 lender in Central Florida, predicted the fee re-

duction will have limited effect. “The bit about fees is much ado about noth-ing. We’re not talking about enough money to coax people to go out and do their next project.”

The SBA also is authorized to guar-antee up to 90 percent of 7(a) loans, ex-cept for those made through the SBA Express program. The current guaran-tee limits are 75 percent for loans above $150,000, and 85 percent for smaller loans. This will “provide a higher level of protection for risk-weary lenders,” said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who chairs the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.

The legislation also allows small businesses to use the 504 program to refinance existing loans under certain conditions. That could help some firms, which could borrow money to expand while simultaneously refinancing an earlier loan at a lower interest rate,

said Longstaff. “Paying off debt is a permissible expense, which it wasn’t before. That is useful.”

Nonprofit organiza-tions will get $6 million in additional funds to make microloans of up to $35,000 to firms in their communities with 10 or fewer workers. Another

$24 million will be used to provide tech-nical assistance to these firms.

The stimulus bill also includes steps to thaw the frozen secondary market for SBA loans. Many lenders must be able to sell their existing SBA loans to have enough capital to make new loans, but they haven’t been able to do so in re-cent months. The legislation allows the SBA to make loans to broker-dealers who buy 7(a) loans and then pool them for sale to investors.

The new law also aims to unfreeze the secondary market for first-lien loans in the 504 program, which is used for real estate and other fixed assets. The SBA will guarantee pools of these loans, making them less risky than oth-er mortgage-backed securities.

The stimulus package also aims to make more financing available through the SBA’s Small Business In-vestment Companies program by sim-plifying the formula that determines how much money they can leverage from the SBA.

In addition, the bill temporarily in-creases the SBA’s guarantee on surety bonds from $2 million to $5 million, which, said Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., “will allow more small businesses to compete for more federal projects, creating jobs now.”

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The program’s goal is to make the SBA more helpful to small businessesLOANS

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Longstaff

BY DANIEL KAPLAN AND JOHN LOMBARDO

The NBA is set to borrow $175 mil-lion Feb. 26, marking one of the first league financings since the implosion of the credit markets last fall.

The money, which will be available to 15 teams, supplements an existing $1.7 billion leaguewide credit facility that uses the NBA’s media contracts as collateral to secure loans for the clubs. The NBA surveyed its teams, and 15 responded they would like to tap into the new borrowing.

While the league said it is pleased to borrow in an extremely illiquid credit market, the deal came at a cost, with interest rates up to 8.27 percent, hammering home the notion that the era of cheap money in sports is over. The 15 teams can use the money for any purpose, but cover-ing operating losses may be high on the list.

“In this economic envi-ronment, it’s tremendous that the league can place such a facility,” said Alex Martins, chief operat-ing officer of the Orlando Magic, which plans to bor-row from the new debt. “It certainly helps us bridge the time peri-od between now and when we move into our new events center in 2010. We’ve been operating at a $15 million to $20 million [annual] loss over the past half-dozen years, so it helps us.”

Each of the 15 teams can borrow a maximum of $11.66 million from the debt proceeds.

The private-placement deal was ar-ranged by JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. In a private placement, non-banking lenders such as pension funds and insurers extend the cash, commonly at fixed rates for five- to seven-year terms and at rates higher than what banks offer for f loating-rate loans.

Harvey Benjamin, the NBA’s execu-tive counsel for business and finance, said it’s important not to compare the rates with what the NBA had been pay-

ing before the credit market collapse — about 200 to 300 interest points less for similar debt, sources said — but rather, what borrowers of similar standing are paying in today's en-vironment. In that light, he said, the 8.27 percent the NBA will pay on $100 million of the debt, and the 7.45 percent on the remain-ing $75 million, is favorable.

“It shows how the NBA is viewed by the credit markets,” he said.

Rob Tilliss, a former JPMorgan Chase sports banker who runs his own sports boutique, Inner Circle Sports, agreed that given the market conditions, the NBA’s rates are hardly extreme.

“That is an outstanding execution,” he said.

The NBA was not looking to bor-row at this time, Benjamin said, but JPMorgan and Bank of America came to the league several weeks ago to say there was an opportunity to do so. The league, after polling its teams and

finding a need, agreed to the deal in part because of the lack of borrowing opportunities since the fall. Benjamin would not reveal which teams plan to borrow from the placement.

Tilliss said that over the last few weeks there has been a slight opening in the credit market for investment-grade borrowers like the NBA.

The NBA deal comes in the context of a changing landscape for the league-wide credit facilities. Once cheap sources of loans, the banks that man-age the loan pools have soured on them and have been unwilling to renew at the old terms. The NFL and MLB were both unable to renew their deals late last year and termed out. That means the debt automatically converted into a fixed-rate loan and triggered amorti-zation and slightly higher rates.

Benjamin declined to say if the NBA would term out of its credit facility in May when some of it matures, but he con-ceded that the league is in discussions with its banks to develop alternatives.

Of the NBA’s $1.7 billion facility, $1 billion is from short-term loans that renew annually. This would be the seg-ment that would term out if the league were to go in that direction. The re-mainder, like the pending deal, consists of private placements.

The new private placement is rated BBB-plus by Fitch Ratings, the NBA said.

John Lombardo and Daniel Kaplan are staff writers with SportsBusiness Journal, a sister publication.

Martins

NBA borrows $175M; Magic one of 15 teams to tap into money

‘In this economic environment, it’s tremendous that the league can place such a facility. It certainly helps us bridge the time period between now and when we move into our new events center in 2010.’Alex Martins,Chief operating officer,Orlando Magic

The $787 billion economic stimu-lus package became a battleground for several business-related issues that had little to do with lifting the U.S. out of recession.

Business groups won a couple of key victories, including another delay in a requirement for federal, state and local governments to with-hold 3 percent of their payments to contractors — a measure aimed at making sure contractors don’t avoid paying federal taxes.

Withholding this money could cause severe cash f low problems for many contractors, business groups contend.

The withholding requirement was scheduled to go into effect in 2011, but the stimulus bill pushed back that date until 2012. Business groups will continue to lobby for full repeal of the requirement.

The final version of the stimulus legislation signed Feb. 17 also omitted an amendment that would have re-quired recipients of stimulus-funded contracts to use the E-Verify system to determine their employees’ eligibility to work in the U.S. The now-voluntary Internet-based system compares the names and numbers of workers with information in federal databases.

Charles Kuck, president of the American Immigration Lawyers As-sociation, called E-Verify “a cumber-some system riddled with flaws and based on inaccurate databases.”

Business groups have sued to over-turn a Bush administration rule — now under review by the Obama adminis-tration — that would require most fed-eral contractors to use E-Verify.

Without the E-Verify requirement, however, illegal immigrants may get up to 300,000 of the 2 million con-struction jobs generated by the stim-ulus bill, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.

— Kent Hoover

Contractors win on withholding, E-Verify system

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Innaurato, managing director of Real-point’s CMBS research division. “The doubling of problem loans over three months in Or-lando is a trend that could easily continue.”

Nearly 5 percent of such loans issued in Cen-tral Florida are approach-ing default. “We see a big concern for many types of property in the Orlando area,” said Innaurato. “You have condo conversions, limited service hotels, re-

tail centers focused on travelers. All of them are struggling — and their situa-tion in worsening.”

The loans, which were a widespread source of commercial real estate fi-nancing during the boom, are simi-lar to the mortgage-backed securities used in financing residential real estate. Generally, they required bor-rowers to put down less money than conventional bank loans required, and borrowers typically didn’t have to post personal guarantees.

Realpoint’s research suggests many of the loans are unwinding. In the Or-lando area, 14 loans worth $166.6 mil-lion were delinquent in October. At the end of January, the number climbed to 32 troubled loans worth $314.8 million,

or slightly more than 4 percent of all CMBS loans in the market.

The deteriorating econo-my likely will mean a rapid rise in delinquencies.

“About 10 percent of the loans made in the last few years required no person-

al guarantees from the borrower,” said Matthew McKeever, who heads Cush-man & Wakefield’s Orlando office bro-kerage services division. “Many prop-erties are now worth less than what people paid for them, and without the personal guarantees, owners are will-ing to just walk away.”

The office vacancy rate is climbing, and is now about 17 percent. As build-

ings lose tenants, their owners lose cash flow needed to repay loans.

Jeff Sweeney, president of Grubb & Ellis’ Florida commercial broker-age office in Orlando, said bad CMBS loans are a major concern. “Retail is the front-runner in the decline. We have seen some retail centers that have lost both a Circuit City and a Linens n’ Things in the past year. If they are two of a center’s three anchors, the loss is just too much.”

And nobody has a clue how deep the national commercial loan default prob-lem might grow. “It’s the scariest thing,” Sweeney said. “We don’t know whether we are looking at a $50 billion problem or a $3 trillion one.”


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Last October, business owner Joshua Gair started a blog for people looking to book entertainment for events, thinking it might attract a few new customers.

But even he was surprised when it boosted revenue at his Longwood-based Impact Entertainment Services LLC by 20 percent. In fact, had it not been for Gair’s blog (impactentertains.wordpress.com), new customer Tom Pokorny of Orlando-based Big City Catering Inc. might not have come across Impact Entertainment.

Pokorny said the blog, which detailed what to expect when choosing an enter-tainment company, showed him that Gair had the expertise Big City Cater-ing needed when planning an event. “You can throw every ad on the radar you want, but when people can learn about your expertise, it’s like word-of-mouth advertising,” he said.

Ultimately, Pokorny said Gair exceed-ed his expectations, and “we formed a friendship. I feel a level of comfort working with him.”

Gair isn’t alone in reaping benefits from blogs found on social network-ing sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn.

Today, more than 116 million In-ternet users in the U.S. read at least one blog on such sites per month, said eMarketer, a digital media and market-ing research site. That figure will jump to more than 145 million users by 2012 — meaning an even bigger audience for companies’ marketing efforts.

“They’re the only business tools that are totally free,” said Gair.

Now, Pokorny is jumping into the blogging world, redesigning his firm’s Web site to include specialty catering blogs he hopes will bring in potential customers. He said his experiences with Gair’s blog, as well as checking Web sites such as www.theknot.com, an online wedding planning community, convinced him of the need to get more involved in Internet social networking.

Online social networking sites are a great way for small businesses to tar-get a smaller Internet community in-stead of spending a lot of money to buy placement on popular search engines such as Google, said Mark Unger, part-ner and creative director for new me-

dia at Push Inc., a creative advertising agency in Orlando.

Push, along with clients Tijuana Flats and Smokey Bones, is involved in several social networking sites such as Twitter and MySpace to reach poten-tial customers. Unger could not give specific figures, but said using social networking sites has increased Web traffic to each of the businesses, and

resulted in feedback from customers who were referred through the online social communities.

Getting involved in social networking sites “is a great strategy for anybody try-ing to make their business better,” said Unger. “The bang-for-your-buck ratio is great because you can reach a lot of peo-ple — and the return should be good.”


Social networking sites attract business

JIM CARCHIDI

Impact Entertainment’s Joshua Gair uses a blog as part of his company’s business tools.

The do’s and don’ts of social networkingA growing number of companies

are becoming more involved in on-line social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook in an effort to attract more customers.

However, there are some potential pitfalls it’s important to avoid, said Mark Unger, partner and creative director of new media for Push Inc.:

• Don’t take criticism personally. Instead, learn from it and make the company better.

• Don’t give up too early. Creating a following of readers that can re-sult in business will take time.

• Don’t allow employees to post things without monitoring the con-

tent to make sure the message re-flects your company accurately.

In addition, Unger suggests:• Communicate like a human, not

like a robot. These sites were cre-ated for social interaction, not for talking business.

• Create as much content and dia-logue as possible.

• Make friends. It’s important to make connections with like-minded people and companies.

• Experiment with different types of programs, make special offers or exclusive services for those in the network.

— Richard Bilbao

also the only ones in the country that have done the required environmen-tal impact study, which takes about two years to do.”

Although the qualification cri-teria for projects haven’t come out yet, Florida’s plans are “shovel-ready” — a major component of any project that would receive the stimulus money.

Moreover, the Florida High Speed Rail Authority has $4 million left over from its previous efforts that can be used to update the plans and staff the authority with personnel from the Florida De-partment of Transpor-tation. Chira said he’s been trying to get Gov. Charlie Crist to sign off on using the mon-ey, but has had no luck in getting a response. “I’m getting stal led left and right.”

Crist could not be reached for com-ment before publication deadline.

Chira believes Florida could be in line to get as much as $2 billion from the stimulus package. That amount would just about cover the estimated $2.5 billion cost of setting up a high-speed rail link between Orlando and Tampa, the least expensive of the routes considered in 2004. The other routes, Orlando-to-Miami or Orlan-do-to-Jacksonville, would cost about $8 billion and $4 billion, respectively.

Such a project would immediately create roughly 30,000 construction jobs as well as thousands of perma-nent jobs — another important fac-tor for receiving stimulus money.

Chira is anxious to get going be-cause there’s a September deadline to get a preliminary application sub-mitted to the federal government, and it will take about three months to update Florida’s plans.

Orange County Commissioner Lin-da Stewart is eager to get the project going, as well. “It behooves us to posi-tion ourselves for the 21st century,” she said. “Building roads is impor-tant, but we have to think of other ways to move people around, too.”


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the ink is barely dry on the new $787 billion federal economic stimulus plan and already common sense ap-pears headed out the door of the governor’s mansion.

Rather than moving forward in dealing with a multibil-lion-dollar budget shortfall, Gov. Crist is putting a hold on cuts and discussions on how to raise additional revenue, even though any stimulus dollars gained by the state will fall short of addressing all the budgetary woes.

Here’s the problem: Although Florida may get a little more than $12 billion from the federal stimulus plan, no

more than $3 billion will go toward clos-ing the $5 billion revenue gap for the coming year.

And then there’s the whole issue of budget shortfalls in 2010 and beyond, de-pending on how the economy shapes up. We already know the Legislature is eye-balling a $5 billion cut to balance next year’s budget, on the heels of a $2.3 bil-lion cut this year.

Meanwhile, no new ideas on how to raise additional state revenue are be-ing floated in Tallahassee — yet — and everyone appears content to pin our fu-ture on federal dollars that won’t come

anywhere near addressing our problems, which include not enough money for education, social services and health care, among other things.

What’s particularly puzzling about Crist’s response so far is an avoidance in recognizing the federal dollars are non-recurring money.

That means if the state elects to use the money to cover re-curring costs, such as education, it eventually will dry up — and the budget shortfalls will remain in place in the future.

While the federal money may preclude having to enact additional taxes or find other revenue sources immediately, it doesn’t solve the underlying problems.

The bottom line: Free money from the feds doesn’t ex-cuse any of our officials from responsibly making the hard decisions that will keep the state on sure footing until the economy recovers.

That’s what we elected them for.In fact, there’s more than enough work awaiting our lawmak-

ers’ attention that will require innovative thinking and tough stances to reform both the state’s tax and budget systems.

No one should believe a handout from Uncle Sam is the solution to all our budgetary woes.

To get our budget back in sound fiscal condition will re-quire both the governor and state lawmakers to get fully engaged in the process.

Earlier this week, Florida House and Senate Republicans indicated a willingness to consider new revenue sources other than raising taxes.

However, on Monday, Crist said lawmakers may not have to do that if enough stimulus plan money comes in.

That shortsighted thinking won’t help us deal with the big revenue deficits now flooding down to our cities, coun-ties and residents.

This is not the time to cross our fingers and hope federal stimulus dollars will make everything OK.

To do that would be like putting a Band-Aid on a a nearly severed limb.

We know what the state’s real budget problem is.The question is, who’s brave enough to address it?

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Hello — anybody awake in Tallahassee?

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how to raise additional

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71%

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Should the government limit pay at firms getting bailouts?

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Yes: 71%No: 18%only on rare occasions: 11%

whAt You sAid

• The government should not have their hands in this. What right does the govern-ment have to tell some-one who built their own company how much money they can make? This is a bad precedent to set.

• We are not talking about people who built their own companies. We are talking about grossly overpaid CEOs, who so badly managed the public companies in their care that they now have to beg the taxpayer for money. You bet their pay should be limited.

• The salaries to senior managers of bailed-out companies should be limited until the taxpayers are paid back by the company. Inflated salary

or not, those managers are responsible (they accepted that responsibility even if they did not cause the underlying problem). Upon repayment of the bailout, however, I see no problem with rewarding the managers with a generous bonus for sticking with the company and getting it out of financial problems. But the taxpayers have to come first.

• I re-read my copy of the Constitution and find no authority for the government to take money from the Treasury and give it to a specific private or publicly owned business. The 10th Amendment is at stake here, not that they ever pay any attention to it anyway. I suggest

they regulate and tax iPods.

• Under ordinary circumstances, I would prefer our gov-ernment maintain a hands-off approach regarding non-gov-ernment business operations. The bail-out situation changes the rules. In no way, shape or form should it be permissible for

one cent of bailout money to be used for sala-ries, bonuses, benefits or perks. If that means putting a cap on executive pay, then so be it.

• Yes, let’s limit the pay of the very people who will be responsible to re-start the economy. I’m sure our foreign competitors would love to get their hands on some of our talent. Can you hear that loud sucking sound as they leave the U.S.?

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