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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNegotiations-1994/1995/1996 Hopes rise for solution- to Oviedo mall dispute ❑Winter Springs agrees 1.2 million-square-foot mall on land in Oviedo Crossing, where to negotiations over its the Central Florida GreeneWay objection to a road and crosses over Red Bug Lake Road. fears of traffic problems. The mall is in unincorporated Seminole County, but the proper- , ty touches Oviedo and Winter By Will Welton, Springs. Oviedo has a deal to an- nex the land, but Winter Springs CF PIE SENTINEL STAFF is concerned about cut-through traffic in Tuscawilla. The cities WINTER SPRINGS — The city have sued each other. has taken its first step toward Winter Springs commissioners working out an end to its dispute met in private to debate an offer over a proposed shopping mall by Rouse and The Viera Co., the near Oviedo. Duda company that owns Oviedo Winter Springs has not accepted Crossing, that could settle law- the mall developer's settlement of- suits involving the mall. Develop- fer, but commissioners emerged ers offered the city $330,000 in from nearly three hours of closed- concessions if Winter Springs door talks late Monday night with would drop its opposition to a a commitment to negotiate. critical entrance road. They put together a negotiating Last week Ferring was upset be- team that includes Commissioner cause the developer made its offer John Ferring, a retired union ne- public as soon as it was delivered gotiator, City Manager John Go- to city officials. Neither the city voruhk,and two city attorneys. attorney nor city management City Attorney Frank Kruppen- were involved in drafting the pro- bacher, commissioners and the posal. mayor declined Tuesday to talk Ferring declined Tuesday to about the meeting but issued a talk about the upcoming negotia- statement saying they are "pre- bons. pared to make an extraordinary Representatives with the city and effort to bargain in good faith to the developers were working Tues- negotiate a resolution that is in day to set up a negotiation session the best interest of the citizens of before the end of the week. Winter Springs'and our county." The Rouse Co. wants to build a Please see MALL, C-5 Winter Springs to look at concessions MALL from C)-1 tight the issue in court. This past week, attorneys for Officials with Viera Co. were Viera and Rouse filed motions in pleased that Winter Springs is Seminole Circuit Court, asking a ready to make a counterproposal. judge to dismiss a suit by Winter Springs against Oviedo, which We are extremely pleased that says the neighboring city is not /V q. 2 0 ry they have decided to come to the following its growth plan. The �j J 0 table," said Tom Morgan, a Viera developers, named in the suit, spokesman. said it was improperly filed. The At the same time the developers developer also wants Winter want to push the talks forward, Springs to pay its attorneys' their attorneys are taking steps to fees. Winter Springs stays mum on mall road compromise By Darrell Johnson Each city has sued the other. Oviedo wants to condemn an ease- Tom Morgan of A.Duda&Sons, The Winter Springs City Com- ment which prevents the connector parent company of Vera and origi- mission met behind closed doors from intersecting at Winter Springs nal owner of the land involved, ap- Monday night to decide what to do Boulevard. Winter Springs wants to peered bemused by the abruptness of with an offer to settle the controversy nix the mall by citing conflicts in land Winter Springs' announcement, but over a mall connector mad. The re- use plans. was optimistic about what it could sult was a tersely worded press release Coincidentally, the Seminole mean. soda mshof"no comments"from city County Planning and Zoning Com- "I'm tickled that,unlike previous officials and staff members. mission gave the mall plans unani- offers that have been made and re- "The Winter Springs Commis- mous approval last week,opening the jected, this one has been looked at sion wants to reiterate its desire to door for full approval by the County differently,"he said."We need to get reach a negotiated settlement to the Commission as early as May. to work now to work something out" differences that presently exist," the At last week's Winter Springs An ongoing complaint about two-sentence release began. Commission meeting it was strongly Winter Springs has been the It was almost two weeks ago that implied that the closed-door session Commission's apparent lack of coon- The Rouse Company and the Vera would lead to an announcement at the terproposals, leading opponents to Company, developers and landown- next regular meeting, which is next wonder if they understand the seri- ers for the proposed 1.2 minion square Monday.The statement released Tues- ousness of the conflict. foot Marketplace at Oviedo Crossing day, however, does not specify any If Winter SPrinEs decides to pm- mall,proposed a plan that could have time frame, nor does it report what sue negotiations,the RouseNera po- netted Winter Springs as much as went on during Monday's executive sitionis dear,said Morgan.They need $330,000 in improvements and cur- session. to drop their lawsuit and abandon the tailed legal battles between that city "You have to say it was a posi- easement.That will clear the way for and Oviedo. tive statement,"said Winter Springs the count},to finish the approval pro- Winter Springs is not ready to Mayor John Bush. "An announce- cess and get construction on the mall accept the proposal,but it is ready to mem will be forthcoming,and we feel underway. negotiate.Ateam has been established it will be a positive message." to work with the RouseNiera/Oviedo Bush added that the commission people on a manageable compromise. did, indeed, support a news release, The issue involves a proposed and that they wanted to make sure road that loops around the mall,link- something was put out. ing Red Bug Lake Road.and Winter "I think things will happen Springs Boulevard. Tuskawilla red- quickly now,"he said."I think you'll dents are afraid the road will increase see movement. We're at a sensitive traffic through their neighborhoods. juncture." 95o 3 0 q • Talks continue over road to proposed Oviedo mall WINTER SPRINGS—A city ne- gotiating team and developers are still discussing an entrance road to a planned mall at Oviedo Crossing. Winter Springs representatives have been talking since Friday with mall developer The Rouse Co. and The Viera Co,the landowner,about building a road across a city-owned 10-foot conservation easement. On Monday, Viera spokesman Tom Morgan could only confirm that talks were continuing. He de- clined to speculate on whether an agreement would be reached. The easement is blocking mall ac- cess to either Winter Springs Boule- vard or State Road 426.Without the secondary entrance mad,Rouse offi- cials say they cannot build the mall north of Red Bug Lake Road If a deal is etz , and Viera hkdy will pay 1 t, . • s hundreds of t1 nners& . •Winter Springs already ldseted.• a deal that vaanld essiona the; city$330,000 in concessions. g5o 3/K a0 td 9 N .l. C9 V C g" 8 n.. O g C) C g ii . 1th S 9'1. 1 S O a O S .O., O cq a• 8 0 Pa m $ ' 20 0 '- Sa 3 p0 O O' O pG y H 'O �n 0 rt pig, .. , n. N- ,. T N � b M y C d T O "'] O 3 O S 0 e. « gg dF. 2 �2aa8E � ' � worn - C.' 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Rouse would design the mall en- s trance at Winter Springs Boulevard under deal • $1 million paid to he city to prohibit drivers • coming from for R 4o spend as a sees Po, and Tuscawilla from turning in to the $50,000 for attorney fees. The city mall.And shoppers leaving the mall will get$1 million when the mall a would not be allowed to turn in to before city Only traffic from State • WMer Springs will immedt Road 426 in Oviedo could enter the ately annex about 20 acres of shopping center from the north. ■ A Winter Springs Oviedo Crossing land zoned for Winter Springs Commissioner public hearing and vote shops and offices. John Ferring is convinced the deal for final approval could • An entrance e oad al Writer is in the city's best interest. Springs Boulevard designed to It is tremendously difficult to come as early as Monday. prevent motorists coming from put the city in a litigation that could Tuscawilla to turn in to the mall. cost the city six figures or higher as By Will Wellons ■ A new entrance to the opposed to the deal we are getting." OF THE SENTINEL STAFF • Tusrawilla community paid for by Moti Khemlani, president of the Rouse and Vera Tuscawilla Homeowners Associ- • Winter Spdngs police offi- ation, called the deal an "indecent WINTER SPRINGS—In a tenta- cols will be allowed to patrol most proposal. We did not moye into live settlement announced Wednes- of Winter Springs Boulevard, in- Tuscawilla for money. We moved day night,the city of Winter Springs dulling a portion inside Oviedo. here for quality of life," said Khem- could end up with$1 million in cash lard,who has sued to blade the mal1 from developers of a proposed re- The agreement would end a Ronal maR series of lawsuits between Winter The agreement would Springs and neighboring Oviedo. clear a roadblock for The Market- place Deal would b to Oviedo Crossing — built u0t along Red Bug Lake Road — d — ending a year of haggling over a critical mall entrance that would end lawsuits run into the upscale Tuscawilla community. between cities City commissioners met behind closed doors for 245 hours, debating a settlement in which developers MALL from A-1 *could pay the city the cash and give it 20 acres of prime land.In re- Several residents at the meeting " turn,Winter Springs would drop its urged the commission to stand up opposition to the project to the developer and fight the mall. • The commission voted unani- Diane Back told the commission fnously to move forward with am that the only things the city would proval, if the city attorney can get gain am more traffic,crime and low- some minor modifications to the er property values. "Don't sell us document. A Winter Springs public out,"she said. hearing and vote for final approval Debate over a secondary entrance Could come as early as Monday. road off Winter Springs Boulevard, 4 The Marketplace at Oviedo Cross- Tuscawilla's main thoroughfare,has ing is expected to draw shoppers brought mall plans to a standst0l from Seminole County and eastern Developers need the city's per- Orange County. In addition to 150 mission to build the entrance road specialty shops, Burdines, Dillard's because it would have to cross a and Gayfers have taken three of the city-controlled, 10-foot conservation mall's five anchor spots. easement along the southern edge of Tuscawilla. Winter Springs has refused to al: low the developer to cross the stretch, fearing motorists would be C3 Sol 3 6 tempted to cut through the commu- nity to reach the mall. 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They were trying to arrange a Winter Springs, pcetinythie heavy by aheavy holiday vacation schedule. The joint legislative Oviedo begin peace the council again in the Oviedo council chambers,they hope to approve whatever the two staffs work out talks over road spat "Everybody was peaches and cream,but nobody had anything solid,"Winter Springs City Man- by Stephen Combs - ager John Govorohk observed The last thing the city fathers Winter Springs argues that one about the meeting. "Somebody's of Winter Springs andOviedowant jurisdiction may not condemn the going Everybody have to give someplaee isafi htthatwill cost That land of another, but nobody, to g ry this point, has been able to cite Winter Springs Mayor John is why, after a period of chest- Bush was more blunt. thumping andsab out their n they any such reference in Florida law. p g g' So far, lots of talk, no action, "The city doesn't want to file will try to work out the differ- suit," he told the joint meeting. enee table. illy,over the confer- which is precisely what Winter Springs'city leaders want.A road "Tha[isno[something we want to ante table. being talked about is a road not do,but certainly we are prepared The issue is a wen's determi- being built. to do if necessary." nation to build a connecting road The map on this page may help between the proposed shopping last Wednesday, Winter Springs explain the issue. The proposed mall and Winter Springs Boole- commissioners and Oviedo croon- shopping mall, a project of the yard.Residents of the Tuskawilla oilmen,to thrash out the problem Vierra Company,a subsidary of A. community, with the backing of without resorting to the courts. Duda,$Sons,Inc.,would be built the Winter Springs city govern- This week they expressed opti- west of the Central Florida ment,have waged a Horsey battle mism,although nobody seems to GreeneWay between Red Budl,ake against the road on grounds that it be sure what exactly will happened Road and Winter Springs Soule- would eslroythe character oftheir next. yard. The developer's engineers neighborhood. Meeting in the Oviedo council contend that the mall needs a road Their trump card,to date, has chambers, along with their city connecting it with S.R.426 to re- been a so-called conservation attorneys,city clerks,mayors and lieve pressure off of Red Bug.To easement that the road must cross, an assortment of planning and bolster its argument, they say it an easement that belongs to Win- advisory staff,they kicked the is- also would improve access to the ter Springs. The city has con-. sue around for an hour and then Target store and Chile's restau- tended that no road may cross its decided to let their staffs hash it y rant, as well as Winter Park easement without permission; Hospital's proposed facility. Oviedo says "nuts" to that and Mayor Bush reminded Oviedo threatens to have the easement councilmen that Winter Springs condemned. "has never, never opposed this Besides, argues Oviedo City mall.However,we are concerned Manager Gene ea sement o has nothing con- about the traffic. If we can solve servation easement has nothing the traffic problem we can resolve to conserve." There is no vital this without mediation." wetland, no endangered species What the city wants is for Win- that needs the government's moth- ter Springs Boulevard to be cut off Brine. from the connector.If this can be accomplished--no left turns west from the connector onto,Winter Springs Boulevard and no right turns south from Winter Springs onto the connector--then the city q y /.y�C 49 maybe appeased.What this means simply is that traffic would flow only from the mall to S.R.426 and from S.R.426 to the mall. Under the cunentproposal,traf- fic could onlyturn right from Win- Winter Spr pgs..cffic.! ,hr; get ready tot more mall talk L1The city's deal with the mall proposal that includes a tewelopers of a proposed bridge across the Central Florida GreeneWay to the mall. The corn- Mall fizzled. Negotiations mission's approval of that propos- tay resume this week al negated the March deal struck by Winter Springs,Oviedo and the developers, The Rouse Co. and IN Will Wellons The Viera Co. pr as SEMNEL STAFF County leaders rejected the March deal's key element: a north- em mall entrance road Own Winter N" ✓INTER SPRINGS — The city Springs Boulevard, the main mad ggly learn this week that there is into the'1Lscawilla community no such thing as easy money. Because of County Commission ;Zit looked as though city corn- Chairman Randy Morris' de- Issioners had hit the jackpot in mends,blueprints for The Market- Minch, when they and developers place at Oviedo Crossing now in- of a proposed regional mall signed dude the $5 million bridge from e deal that would bring the city State Road 426 in Oviedo over the lhore than $1 million in cash and GreeneWay. the annexation of 20 acres. The bridge plan does away with •' Now the deal will be redone, the need to build the northern en- �ith negotiations expected to be- trance road across a Winter en this week. Springs-controlled easement. De- e Seminole County Commis- PM last week approved a revised Please see MALL,C-S City officials unhappy after mall deal fizzles MALL from C-1 said. Mike Rouse, would project manager velopers cut the deal with Winter for Rabou, would not talks. Even Springs in exchange for though about the elopers noel n Even permis- though the r Springs because longer sion to cross the easement, which need Winter Springs nocause runs along the southern edge of there are no plans for a northern Tuscawilla. entrance to the mall, Bryant.said, Winter Springs commissioners, they want to honor as much of the who faced harsh criticism from agreement as possible. residents because of the deal, are "We have to revisit it and see upset that the County Commis- what makes sense,"he said. sion ignored the work the city had Parties on all sides say it is like- done to reach an agreement with ly Winter Springs still will annex the developers. the 20 acres near the mall. But de- "I think it's asinine," Winter velopers need the $1 million Springs Commissioner David Mc- pledged to Winter Springs to pay Leod said. for the bridge. 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City commissioners announced to agreement cuusss legal strategy. meeting to d s Mayor John Bush said commissioners ❑Winter Springs may end up made the behind them,effort to get eton p mall issue behind them, and "move on with money and land in a deal _ - business." proposed by Oviedo Crossings * urea want to build a 1.2 otwica ate mall with a main en- developers. farm'Bed Bug Lake Road. The wrath have 150 specialty shops and By Will Wellons r�=hma, including Burdines, DLL- Is aeyfea. ofFE SBRMELSTAFF The IS plans upset some residents fo because of concerns about H WINTER SPRINGS — Developers of "traffic. Winter Springs sued the proposed Oviedo Crossing regional a and Oviedo m block the Mill are considering a deal to give the mall Oviedo has a deal to annex the city$200,000 and allow the city to annex mall lands. land near the mall. The new deal is only a fraction of the $1 million plus that The Rouse Com- pany, the mall builder, and The Viera Company,the landowner,were willing to pay Winter Springs when the mall want- ed an entrance road Soto Winter Springs Deal being negotiated would end suits Boulevard. That road would have crossed a city-controlled easement. Seminole County commissioners ten- DEAL from K-1 end the suits. dared the first pact obsolete in April : Oviedo sued Winter Springs over If a new pact can be when they required a mall entrance road the easement and access to the mall would clear all the existing legal from State Road 426.The new road plan site&can Winter Springs Boulevard roadblocks for the mall. The calls for a$5 million bridge over the Cen- The deal being negotiated would Tuscawilla Homeowners Association tar Florida GreeneWay. Even though construction of The Mar- ketplace at Oviedo Crossing no longer and its president, Mod Khckii, requires Winter Springs' approval, ex- dropped a lawsuit recently Vint ecutives with Rouse and Viea have said the developers and Winter *Inge they want to honor as much of the initial because the developers were no deal as possible. longer planning an entrance mad City commissioners last week decided from Winter Springs Boulevard. that they would be willing to renegotiate the deal if the developers would allow for the annexation of 20 acres near the Tusca Ridge community and contribute $200,000 to the city. Of that amount, $50,000 would cover the city's legal costs. The city's offer also calls for assur- ances that developers would never pro- pose a mall entrance across its easement south of Winter Springs Boulevard. Hal Kantor,an attorney for Rouse and ,r r O 5'2 Viera,said the two sides are very close to y J a deal and he hoped to have a new ac- cord reached before the next commis- sion meeting on June 12. Agreement clears way for new mall By Will Wellona OF THE SENTINEL STAFF OVIEDO'—The builders of the proposed Oviedo mall have reached a settlement with the Tuscawilla Homeowners Associ- ation. Tuscawilla has agreed to drop its legal challenge to The Market- place at Oviedo Crossing,and The Rouse Co. has agreed not to seek related legal costs and damages. The settlement,filed Monday,is expected to help clear the way for Rouse to break ground on an 800,000-square-foot mall by Au- gust if not sooner.The mall,to be north of Red Bug Lake Road at the Central Florida GreeneWay, is expected to have Dillard's and Gayfers as its major anchors. Tuscawilla representatives de- clined to comment on the settle- ment. In the deal, Rouse Pledged never to build a mall entrance road connecting to winter Springs Boule- vard. An influx of traffic through the upscale community had been a concern of mall opponents. Tuscawilla's legal challenge was paid for by Waterford Property Holdings Inc., owners of a rival mall site in east Orange County. Waterford's involvement was held secret until last month. Rouse attorneys were low-key about the settlement. Attorney Hal Kantor said the deal was "an- other step in moving forward to get the mall built." Suit settled : Mall closer "We're one step closer to building the appears the so-called professional traffic Mall"was Duda's Tom Morgan's statement study(that they would not provide us in writ- about the settlement of lawsuits between the ing)used to attack the plan called for by our Yrerra Corp. and Moti Kbemlani and the original agreement,was apparently paid for TusawillaHomeowners Association. by this developer. This raises serious issue Khemlani and his attorney Tom Ross regarding the damage I think the City of Wm- have been in negotiations with lawyer Hal ter Springs and its citizens have suffered." Kantor and his associate Terry Young. Fening called for the City Attorney to The settlement was announced Monday. evaluate and report what damages the city Still to withdraw legal action agaioslthe has against all persons involved including mall is local Attorney Evelyn Cloninger,whose Khelmani,Ross,Ross'law firm,The Simon office abuts the proposed bridge to the mall. company,the engineers who generated re- "We're hopeful wecan work out asettlement ports; right the city has to file a grievance with Evelyn"said Morgan. with the Florida Bar against Ross;contact the Meanwhile,the Winter Springs Commis- State Attorney's office to report a potential sion planned legal action against Khemlani violation of Florida criminal statue;contact and Attorney Ross. and report these facts to the U.S.Department In a letter to the Commission read at the of Justice Antitrust Division; contact the regular meeting Monday night,Commissioner Florida Attorney General's office regarding John Faring stated: any anti-trust or violtion of Florida law. "We have now learned that the cost of In other business,Cindy Gennen,Wm- Mr. Ross' and the Homeowner's taSprings City comnmissioney will continue Association's efforts may have been totally to serve on CALNO, the Council of Local borne by another developer/Property owner Governments in Seminole County,provided who was secretly represented by Mr.Ross,to she resign from her position on the Seminole only the knowledge ofMr.Ross,Mr.Khcmlani, County' rails lltsk Force.This was the wwni- and possibly other boar d members of the mous decision of the commission Monday Tuscawilla Homeowners Association. It also night The Mall, the.Mall Has ever anise ue been more divisive--mnnnmnity against comnnmity,community against citizenry--than the Marketplace at Oviedo Crossings?Of course it will be good for ow community'seconomic health when it labailt Of course it will be a traffic nightmare,as Evelyn Cloninger put it.Of course it is probably inevitable. But a little part of us wishes that the Simon interests would do it again and beat Rouse to the punch,like they did Palucci. Rouse is saying they'll build,E.Colonial Mall or no E.Colonial Mall,but how much of that is bluff on a very pricey poker hand? Anyhow,another development surfaced this week.The Winter Springs Commissioners are after Moti and Tom Ross and it looks like they have enough to cause them some grief. Don't you suppose that the settlement of the Homeowner's lawsuit came about be ause Motu and Tom Ross were vulnerable?We're going to see HOW vulnerable.... QCz- 3 /5/ 'O CU 0 L L 0 > A O re I C EQ----- g .0 io o 3 .c ai !. > 9 q mg m o q gg 9 cQO wed. 'S�gi'raea�a mE$ G 5t v8 rah co ma $jeog. 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At stake in the meeting could that allowing the access road would be how many taxpayers' dollars are lead to an immense amount of cut- an easement for an access burned in a legal battle. through traffic in Tuscawilla. road to a proposed mall. The joint meeting is scheduled for 7 So why bother with the meeting? p.m. Wednesday at Oviedo City Hall "To try and see if we can come to an By Will Wellons on Alexandria Boulevard. amiable solution," Oviedo City Man- Oviedo is planning to file suit to ager Gene Williford said. OF THE SIMNEL STAFF condemn a portion of the easement Winter Springs Mayor John Bush said - that runs along Winter Springs Soule- that his commission is ready to talk. OVIEDO — Leaders of Winter yard from Tuscawilla in Winter "Nobody wants to see governments Springs and Oviedo are miles apart on Springs to State Road 426 in Oviedo. sue each other,"Bush said whether to OK crossing a 10-foot con- The easement is blocking an access Winter Springs City Attorney Frank servation easement just south of road to a proposed 1.2 million-square- Kruppenbacher has more to do with the Tuscawilla. feet shopping mall. meeting than anybody.As an Ocoee city Yet, Wednesday the boards of the Winter Springs commissioners have attorney in the 1980s, Kruppenbacher two neighboring governments are a- said they will do everything in their helped draft a law requiring govern- pected to sit down and see if they can power to block access to the mall from ments to meet before they sue. State shorten the distance between their Winter Springs Boulevard. They fear legislators approved the local bill. 9yizi7 Oviedo, Winter Springs talk traffic ❑Cut-through traffic to a how to resolve the dispute without to turn into the mall. However, LO osed mall, and ways going to court. Both sides agreed them is still a concern that drivats- p p y s that lawyers and planners should will attempt U-turns on Winter to avoid it, were topics continue to work on a compromise Springs Boulevard and then enter W1, the C.4. met. during the next month. the mall from the other direction,' The two boards will meet again Oviedo Council Chairman Tom Jan. 25 in Oviedo to discuss a pos- Hagood offered a full-time police By Will Welton. sible settlement. officer to stop people from illegal- Oviedo THE ssanasiar es Oviedo City Manager Gene Wil- ly turning into the mall. liford brought up an environmen- Bush suggested that the two tal report that questions the need boards push for the removal of the OVIEDO — Leaders from Win- for a 10-foot conservation ease- toll booths on the Central Florida ter Springs and Oviedo went into ment stretching along the south- GreeneWay between State Road a joint meeting last week wonder- ern edge of the Tuscawilla corn- 434 and Red Bug Lake Road. ing if they would have much to munity up to State Road 426. "Get rid of the tolls and the is- talk about. Winter Springs Mayor John sue would be moot,"Bush said. Oviedo is prepared to sue its Bush made it clear that the com- Winter Springs Commissioner neighboring city so developers mission does not oppose the mall. Cindy Gennell spoke against the can build a critical access road It is worried about shoppers cut- the road network being reviewed across a conservation easement to ting through the country club by regional planners. a proposed 1.2-million-square-foot community to get the mall. Commissioner John Ferring of mall. Winter Springs has strenu- "The issue is traffic. It has al- Winter Springs said afterward, "I ously opposed the access road, ways been traffic,"Bush said. will have to give it lots of thought. fearing it will lead to cut-through To alleviate Winter Springs' I want to keep our options open." traffic in Tuscawilla. concern, mall developers have de- His colleague David McLeod Elected officials talked nearly signed an entrance that makes it was more upbeat: "At least we're' an hour Wednesday night about illegal to drive through Tuscawilla talking." Saving labels can benefit education Parents and friends of Indian Trails Middle School students can help the school acquire free tech- nological equipment by saving re- ceipts and labels. There are three way to help out • Save product labels for the "Campbell's Label for Education Program • Send in General Mills cereal UPC codes for the "General Mills Change Program." 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