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Older Winter
Springs is
alive and well
By Joe Kiliheimer
OF THE SEMM6 SWKF
WINTER SPRINGS —
What a difference 20
years make. In 1971, if
you had asked a Central Floridian
for directions to Winter Springs,
no one would have known what
you were talking about.The Semi-
nole County city that lies between
Casselberry and Oviedo went by
another name:North Orlando.
City fathers changed the name
in 1972 after residents complained
that the North Orlando moniker
tended to cause mix-ups with the
maiL They adopted the name of a
development they had annexed
the same year.
What once was known as North Or-
lando is regarded as "old Winter
Springs." Compared with other cities,
it's not that old—the first homes were
built in 1959.But it's a reference to the
fact that the other half of Winter
Springs—which is mostly Tuscawilla
—grew up in the years since the name
change.
The older neighborhoods in Winter
Springs, which lie mostly off State
Road 439,have developed into healthy
resale markets,according to real estate
professionals in Seminole County.
Buyers looking for affordable hous-
ing priced in the $50s and $50s have
plenty of options in the original neigh-
borhoods of North Orlando, such as
North Orlando Terraces. And buyers
looking for something with pizazz can
find houses in.subdivisions such as
The Ranchlands, originally built as
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OUR COUNTY
Wonder how they
pronounce tomato
Cfearing a mystery: In Win-
ter Springs,folks are divid-
ed on the pronunciation of
Sheoah, as in Sheoah Boulevard.
Some call it SHEEo-ah, others
say it is SHAY-o-ah.however,that the street They ono
Australian tree.
To get to the bottom of this
weighty matter, I called on John
Baker, the official historian of
the city of Winter Springs (first
known as Village of North Orlan-
do).
Which is it? And is that really
the name of an Australian tree?
It is SHAY-o-ah, says the man
who had already researched the
matter. As,for the tree bit, the
answer is yes and no, he said.
And therein lies a story.
Back in the late '60s, Austra-
lian golfer Bruce Devlin was lay-
ing out what is now Winter
Springs Golf Club. He had a soft
spot for trees in his homeland,
according to John's research, es-
pecially for the Sheoak. That,
Devlin decided, would be the
name of his new golf club and
for the boulevard leading into
The Highlands, the sprawling
residential development that
was tied to the course.
Devlin scrawled his pick for
the street name on work papers,
but when the secretary typed the
legal document she read his
sloppy k as an h; thus the spell-
ing.
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the document was recorded,says "/ /
John. But he liked the wrong
spelling even better than the
correct one. And so it was that
poor penmanship led to the
name of a golf and country club
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r�1f In Winter Springs,the issue has
x been brought up a couple of
tr ` z r times, says Doug Taylor,assistant
r r director of utilities, but there has
h rjaz been no strong support for fluori-
`,..W dation.Indeed,when the matter is
x t i p brought up among water depart-
� ` ment staffers, you get the impres-
sion p a that they wouldn't mind if it
..-,.;at;iU.k,.. /ir'".. >. weren't discussed. Controversial,
Don Boyett you know.
Seminole County Utilities flu-
oridates, as do all cities in the
OUR COUNTY county other than Winter
Springs, Casselberry and
Oviedo. The latter, however,
It's a leap of faith could move to the "add" column
if oufluoridate later this year.The City Council,
y says City Manager Gene Willi-
ford,has directed that a study be
Amatter of faith: Fifty years made, and a decision likely will
ago last week, the city of come soon. He attributes a
Grand Rapids, Mich., intro- younger council having children
duced fluoride into its water sys- as the changing factor.
tem. Scientists had determined Williford acknowledges the is-
that people who ingested fluoride sue is controversial. He was rude-
had fewer cavities. Thus, a cam- ly awakened to that fact when an
paign was launched to make den- anti-fluoride crowd packed a com-
fishy an oddity of history. mission chamber in Crystal City
Since then, the evidence has on what he thought would be a
supported those early findings. routine decision. He was nearly
With such overwhelming data driven from town.
against the specter of rotting teeth Seminole County lags most of
and the health complications that Florida in fluoridating. In Talla-,
stem from having poor teeth, you hassee, Rhoda Lawrence, who
would think every water system in monitors fluoride systems for
the nation would be adding flu- the state, says 69 percent of the
oride by now. population statewide served by
Nosiree. Only 53 percent of community systems gets fluori-
Seminole County's population .
dated water. Clearwater is the
,served by community water sys- largest Florida city not fluoridat-
tems gets fluoridated water.Why ing.
is that? Even after 50 years with no de-
Hemp Conley, general manager flnitive proof of harm and much
of Sanlando Utilities, said he can evidence of good, there continues
speak only from what he has been to be a great division on the mat-
told; he has been with the com- ter. For some who object, it is po-
pony only 24 years. The matter litical; many ultra right-wing or-
has been discussed a couple of ganizations have opposed fluori-
times, he has been told. Adding dation,the most extreme contend-
fluoride was controversial, so it ing it a sinister plot against the
was not done.Simple as that. American people. And, yes, there
Sanlando,one of several private are those in the scientific commu-
utilities in the county, serves nity who have sincere objections,
some 10,000 customers in west based primarily on doubt.
Longwood and sprawling develop- But most who object do so not
ments to the west of there,includ- out of political fears or on scientif- 9 !o /31
ing Wekiva and Sweetwater. is knowledge. They lack faith in
That's a pretty"enlightened"pop- one or all of the institutions of our
ulation, yet the subject remains society. Government, lawyers,
too controversial. doctors, scientists, academics,
and, yes, the press — one or all
lack favor among these doubters.
And no amount of reasoning will
change them until that faith is
earned.
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Don Boyett
OUR COUNTY
Is other words: Oh, how
America loves euphemisms.
Anything to hide what may ap-
pear as detracting. Undertakers
became funeral directors. Cof-
fins became caskets (one wag
suggests slumber boxes will fol-
low). Used cars and homes be-
came"not new"or"preowned."
Here's a new one spotted in
the Hacienda Village News,serv-
ing Hacienda Village, a Winter
Springs community catering
mostly to the retired. The ad re-
ferred to homes as"pre-loved."
Have any other euphemisms
lying around?This column buys,
sells and otherwise trades fer
substitute words and phrases.
Must be in good condition.
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