St. Johns River Keeper
On this Heard in Central Florida you’ll hear remarks from the April 28, 2011 Hot Topic Luncheon of the League of Women Voters of Seminole County, Florida, on the subject of the St. Johns Riverkeeper… offered by the riverkeeper himself – Neil A. Armingeon. Michael Barr, executive director of Keep Seminole Beautiful and chair of the league’s environmental committee introduces Armingeon. length 51:54
Selected event photos courtesy Dennis Hightower Photography
Mental Health & the Justice System
On this Heard in Central Florida you’ll hear remarks offered at the League’s March 24, 2011 Hot Topics Luncheon on the subject of Mental Health and the Justice System spoken by three subject matter experts closely associated with the issue — Donald F. Eslinger, Sheriff of Seminole County; Dr. Valerie Westhead, Seminole Behavioral Health Care and a psychiatric consultant to the sheriff’s office; and John Woodard the 3rd, Seminole County Judge. Feature Length — 59:45
Title photo “Hand” courtesy Ramzi Hashisho.
Twin Cities – Economic Development
Hear remarks on the subject of economic development initiatives in the twin cities of Oviedo and Winter Springs, Florida, featured at the Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce members’ luncheon. Speakers at this event are Winter Springs mayor Charles Lacey… John Bush former Winter Springs mayor and now chairman of the twin cities’ business advocacy group… Oviedo mayor Dominic Persampiere… and John M. Jones, senior economic development planner with Land Design Innovations, Incorporated. Feature length – 53:31
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Bullying
Hear remarks offered at the Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce members’ luncheon on the subject of bullying in the public school environment. Subject matter experts Seminole County public schools’ W. Gene Grace, Director of School Safety and Student Alternative Placement; Laurie Bailey, Community Service Officer in the Crime Prevention Unit of the Seminole County Sheriff’s office, and Dr. Stacy M. Van Horn, a faculty member in the College of Education’s department of Child, Family and Community Services of the University of Central Florida. Miss Florida 2010, Jaclyn Raulerson, is a special guest speaker reflecting on her experience as a victim of childhood bullying. Feature Length — 33:07
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Commentary: Making Decisions in the Best Interests of Our Students
Dr. Tina Calderone, board member, Seminole County Public Schools, commenting on “making decisions in the best interests of our students.
Feature length – 4:04
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Seminole County’s New Manager
It’s been more than a year and a half since Seminole County Government was administered by a permanent county manager. But now, the board of county commissioners has taken action to put a new county manager in place. They have hired James Hartmann who will take over in June 2011.
Feature length – 16:58
Park Avenue History Alive!
The history of Park Avenue comes alive as Winter Park, Florida community leaders portray some of the earliest citizens. Dressed in period costumes, participants recount life from the 1880’s to the 1930’s along Park Avenue. Take a stroll down the street and listen as Kenneth Murrah, Thad Seymour, Jack Rogers, Alice Bass and Steve Schoene bring the past to life at the Fifth Annual James Gamble Rogers Colloquium on Historic Preservation on April 27, 2011
SEMATECH: A Postmortem
This podcast might have described a major economic gain for the city of Winter Springs, Florida …instead this podcast is a postmortem for a regional high-tech research project’s demise. Known locally as the SEMATECH project, a much anticipated multi-million dollar grant from the United States Department of Energy went elsewhere… together with the hopes of many in the city of Winter Springs, Florida and Seminole County. feature length – 21:55
