Orlando Magazine - September 2009

Site Staff

Dream Car


An inventor prepares his solar vehicle for a transcontinental race, hoping to win a $2.5 million payday.
Kate Vilches,
Features

Tim Miller's Search for Lost Souls, Including His Own


Scouring the wilderness for missing persons has helped the founder of Texas EquuSearch find some sanity and peace.

A rotting corpse doesn’t always smell. Tim Miller didn’t learn that gruesome tidbit from one of those CSI crime shows on television. He was looking for a woman who had been missing for about two weeks in Texas when he came upon a blanket bundled up in a field. Using a shovel, Miller gently unfurled the blanket, which yielded decayed flesh and exposed bones but no foul odor.

He would have to remember that—you can’t always rely on the stench of death to locate a body. But that’s a rarity. It was an awful smell, after all, that got the attention of some boys riding bikes across an abandoned Texas oil field, where  the body of Miller’s 16-year-old daughter, Laura, was found. She had been missing 17 months.
Jay Hamburg,

The Producers

 

Local farmers and food specialists are helping Orlando-area restaurants to get back to basics.  

Joseph Hayes,
Features

Have We Got Some Deals For You! 2


Enjoying the finer things doesn’t mean you have to break the bank. Some sharp-eyed bargain hunting and a little careful planning can drastically reduce the cost of shopping, dining, bar-hopping, golfing, moviegoing and other leisure-time activities. Of course, all that bargain hunting and careful planning can be tedious and stressful, but not to worry. We’ve already done most of the work for you.
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