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Hutches presented r: ; • x:, • • / ' , / ! x+ W. policeman S rin s wins p g karate medal at of m ics police y p WINTER SPRINGS¶ ¶ Winter Springs police training in karate and plans on entering othe! Officer Kenneth Starr won a Bronze Medal in the Karate school-oriented tournaments throughout the next. year Division of the annual Florida Police Olympics held in he said,"That's how you get your training, be competing Orlando last month, making him the only Seminole in other tournaments." County policeman who won at the annual event. "I have always wanted to be a police officer," Starr, 26, has been a full time officer with the WSPD continued."I tried other professions such as manager of; for the past year. Prior to becoming full time, he served food chain, etc., but they didn't have the same appeal fo on the WSPD reserve force for a year. Starr had been me as a career in law enforcement." employed by the Orange County Sheriffs Dept. as a With this in mind, Starr is taking courses in crimina corrections officer, prior to joining the WSPD. justice and other related subjects with the eventual aim. It was during that time that he first became interested degree in his chosen field. he now attends Seminol in participating in the Police Olympics. However, he was Community College. unable to do so because the competition is only for Apart from his duties as police officer, Starr is policemen who work the road. breathalizer custodian and technician and is coordinato Starr had been training in karate for some four years for the Winter Springs Youth Police. "off and on", earning a purple belt. Starr explained that the Florida Police Olympics hel Full-time employment with the WSPD enabled him to June 20-23,is a statewide competition with an assortmen , finally try out for this special competition. he said he was of categories in which to compete. An example of th urged on by his friend, Ken Peters, a former Winter range of categories include arm wrestling, basketbal Springs Police Officer who also tried out for the karate, pentathlon, power lifting, tennis, rifle, etc. competition. Starr said he didn't feel he would do well he said, "It was great. Apart from the competition, this year and was surprised to find that he had won the was nice talking and exchanging ideas with other poli< Bronze Medal. This achievement has given him the )fficers from all over the state. Some I met were fro! confidence to try again and he vows that next year he will - ittle towns and others from big cities. It was a bring home a Gold Medal. interesting experience and I'm looking forward to ne: In his spare time Starr plans on intensifying his year's Olympics and bringing back a gold medal." • 4igN 1:2 • 1/ r ; i,.. � KENNETH STARR ' t tw 4 ' 9o7o5- Winter Springs officers honored ______ , , . .., ‘,..,a, f 1 iv 4 41111"— Y tel Photo by P.K. Martin LEFT TO RIGHT: CINDY GENNELL (COMM.), DAVID MCLEOD DEPUTY MAYOR), JOHN LANGELLOTTI (COMM), RON MCLEMORE (CITY MGR), MAYOR PAUL PARTYKA, MICHAEL BLAKE (COMM), LARRY CONNIFF (COMm), OFFICERS JIM FLANNIGAN AND MIKE ROBBINS Chick-fil-A celebrates the opening of its first Winter Springs free-standing restaurant Chic-fil-A, Inc.contintkes to expand in tAre nietro-Orlando area to meet the demands of its growing customer base and to achieve the company's strategic expansion goals with the Jan.23rd opening of its first free-standing restaurant in Winter Springs. Located at 1455 Tuskawilla Road,the new restaurant will operate between the hours of 6:30 am to 10 pm daily,except Sunday. Since opening his first restaurant in 1946,Chick-fil-A,Inc.founder S.Truett Cathy established the company's"closed-on-Sunday"policy to allow restaurant Operators and employees time to spend with their families and to worship if they choose. "The new restaurant will enable us to serve a breakfast menu featuring our popular Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit. In addition,active families will appreciate our drive-thru-window and playground for the kids,"said Bob Kyle,Operator of the new restaurant. Orlando continues to be a key growth area for Chick-fil-A which currently has 10 restaurants in the market. The company built three new locations there in 19%including most recently the Chick-fit-A free-standing restaurant in Apopka which opened in December. Chick-fil-A continued its substantial growth in 1996 and achieved another milestone internationally with the opening of its first restaurant outside of North America in Durban, South Africa. In addition,the company celebrated Cathy's 50th year in the restaurant business by opening Truett's Grill in Atlanta—a new concept for the company. "Our direction for the 1990's is to aggressively expand into non-traditional markets so we can provide customers with more convenient alternative locations to obtain our products,"said Truett Cathy. "The success of these new concepts has put us on track to achieving our sales goals for the 21st century." Chick-fil-A,Inc.is the third-largest,quick-service chicken company and one of the largest privately held restaurant chains in the country, with more than 700 locations in 34 states,Canada and South Africa. Expansion plans for 1997 call for opening more than 65 restaurants. 170 / /(,. J AV H yj 1 • Y a �+� i"' e� �� ry - z �yr `� t � t4 i lkor :- Nfii. , ,,,, ‘.., *ff ..,,, 7, 4M ii 17 4 ' ! ' k , * . r • 4R';a I r e A ..., , 1 h ..„ DENNIS WALL/SENTINEL Outstanding officers of the year include (from left, front) Tru- Office corrections; (back row) Kevin Flanagan, Casselberry; die McGriff, Eatonville; Lt. Ernie Scott, Orange County Sher- Michael Best, Oviedo; Lt. Jim Brantly, Seminole Sheriff's Of- iff s Office; Gary Calhoun, Maitland; Robert Cable, Winter fice; Terry Baker, Longwood; Larry Monti, Sanford; Jose Ro- Springs; Rex Straw, Winter Park; John Moore, University of mero, Winter Springs; and Bill Telkamp, Altamonte Springs. Central Florida; Angel Santana, Seminole County Sheriff's Not pictured is Stephen Shea, Lake Mary. Law enforcement recognizes top officers By Elaine Bennett • Longwood Assistant Police Chief the Law Enforcement Training Academy Terry Baker,who helped restore a build- at the community college, is retiring in OF THE SENTINEL STAFF ing now used as a Teen Dance Center. January. The center is a place where teen-agers • Seminole County Sheriffs Correc- LAKE MARY — Michael Best had can dance in a drug- and smoke-free en- tions Officer Angel Santana Sr. for con- been a member of the Oviedo Police De- vironment. sistently showing professionalism and partment for only one month in May • Winter Springs investigators Robert proficiency at the sheriffs office and the when he rescued two children from the Cable and Jose Romero, whose work John E.Polk Correctional Facility. back seat of a burning car while off duty. helped lead to the murder conviction this Here are the officers of the year recog- His heroic deed earned him the title of year of a man who strangled his es- nized from Orange County: outstanding officer of the year. He is one tranged wife, stuffed her into the trunk • Maitland Senior Officer Gary Cal- of 15 officers from Seminole County and of a car and fled with their children. houn, who was named the Maitland Po- parts of Orange County to receive the • Altamonte Springs Lt. Bill Telkamp lice Department's Officer of the Quarter honor. for spearheading a community-oriented for outstanding work in the community The officers were recognized last week policing program and a citywide program policing division. at the Heathrow Country Club. Co-spon- that encourages city employees to handle • Eatonville Sgt. Gertrude S. McGriff, sors were Seminole Community College, complaints rather than refer them to a school resource officer for six years be- the Lake Mary/Heathrow Chamber of someone else. He also is working with fore her promotion in July to patrol ser- Commerce and Melvin Simon & Associ- businesses to provide an alternative to geant. She initiated a fund-raiser for a ates Inc., developers of Seminole Towne trick or treat. child diagnosed with a hereditary child- Center in Sanford. • Casselberry Officer Kevin Flanagan, hood disease. Each was nominated by the depart- who grabbed a knife from a woman who • Winter Park Sgt. Rex Straw for ment's police chief, sheriff or supervisor. was stabbing herself in the chest. showing superior skills as supervisor of Here are the outstanding law enforce- • Sanford Cmdr. Larry Monti for do- the traffic and K-9 divisions, marine pa- ment officers recognized from Seminole ing his job,which included budget prep- trol and school resource officers. County: aration,thoroughly and with initiative for • University of Central Florida Police • Oviedo Officer Best, who suffered 15 years. and Public Safety Department Cpl. John third-degree burns when he rescued the • Seminole County Sheriff's Lt. Moore for working to improve the safety children. He also revived one of the chid James M. Brantly, who has worked 34 and security at the university. dren who had stopped breathing. years in law enforcement on the sheriff's • Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Ernie • Lake Mary Officer Stephen Shea, range and water patrol, judicial security Scott for leading a special unit that who has made 30 misdemeanor and fed- section,patrol and investigative divisions served 95 search warrants,made 1,300 ar- ony arrests — half of the arrests for his and training. Brantly, who is firearms rests and seized about $4 million worth squad—since January. range and defensive tactics instructor at of illegal drugs.