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Richard Farless - Dickie Farless
In December 1977, the skeletal remains of two Pagan motorcycle gang members were found in the Ocala National Forest, ending a three and one half year search for Dickie Farless - the son of George Farless of Forsyth Road in...
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Edvard Radzinsky
Edvard Radzinsky visited Orlando to speak at the University of Central Florida in 1988. On October 23, 1988, the Orlando Sentinel said this about his visit:
Edward Radzinsky, the Soviet Union's most popular playwright, will make three appearances this week and...
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Interview with Janet Nixon - Nov. 16, 2009
November 16, 2009, interview with Janet Nixon, director of the Russell Home for Atypical Children and daughter of the home's founder Vantrease Russell conducted by Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich.
The Russell Home was the first no...
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Interview with Angela Jacobe
Interview with Angela Jacobe, long time employee of the Orange County Library System conducted on October 29, 2009 by Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich. Angela discusses coming to the United States from the Philippines, working at a...
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Interview with Fred Houk
Oral history interview with long time citrus professional and Central Florida resident Fred Houk with Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich on October 20, 2009. Mr. Houk passed away on August 16, 2011. VIEW his obituary.
Mr. Houk is 83...
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Fawn Sue Trivette
Fawn Trivette - Graphics Designer
In July 2005, Fawn Trivett had her whole life ahead of her working as a free-lance graphics designer here in Orlando. Several years earlier, she was a valued team member at Century III Teleproductions located on...
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Ross M. Cibella - Newslink
Ross Cibella - Production Director
Along with a team of production professionals, NewsLink brings you a wealth of experience and technical skill to provide you with the highest quality results for your live shot, Satellite Media Tour, video and news product...
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Ross M. Cibella - Orlando Business Journal
Cibella keeps Century III on cutting edge.
Orlando Business Journal - May 17, 1996 - Susan Lundine
Ross M. Cibella is a gadget guy. He has the latest four-pound laptop computer, the newest, smallest portable phone and a modernistic, multi-function Ph...
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Mack Meiner
Mack Meiner's Real Pit Bar-B-Q
ABOVE: Postcard Meiner's Pit Bar B Que on Colonial Drive in Orlando.
Restaurant Business Was In His Blood
The keys to Mack Meiner's success were an eye for business opportunities and a secret family barbecue recipe. A restaurateur...
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"Winners: Memoirs by Carolyn Sparks"
It all began at an interview in March 1987. Carolyn Sparks was meeting Mr. Bill Spoone, the principal of the soon to be opened new high school to discuss a teaching position. Mr. Spoone asked Carolyn if she had any...
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My Grandmother, Mary Raab, and Orlando Regional Medical Center
My grandmother, Mary Raab, was an amazing woman and I loved her very much.
In 1922, when she was 18 years old, my grandmother, then Mary Ellman, moved to Winter Garden, Florida with her family. They later moved to Orlando to...
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Gerald Ford at Florida Technological University
Sometime between 1974 and 1975, President Gerald R. Ford visited the campus of Florida Technological University (FTU) now University of Central Florida (UCF) to speak to the Society of Professional Journalists. My husband was attending school there and had the...
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