E A ST COUNTY
EAST COUNTY
Health Matters Observer
JUNE 2019
Observer
SAFETY IN THE SUNSHINE
Lakewood Ranch’s weekly newspaper since 1998
How to keep your skin protected and healthy during our sunniest season. PAGE 2
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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FREE THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019
VOLUME 21, NO. 31
FIT FAST
One couple used fasting to lose 100 pounds.
Flexibility is key to your overall health. Start simply.
PICTURE OF HEALTH
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YOUR TOWN
STRETCH IT
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To stay fit, find an exercise you love.
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Major service providers add 17 small cells to Lakewood Ranch, but officials question whether it is enough. PAGE 3
Pam Eubanks
Finally retired Supervisors on the Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 board celebrated on June 13 the retirement of longtime board member Gary Berns, pictured above with his wife, Selda. Berns had tried to retire once before but was talked into staying. He finally did so after 15 years on the board. Prior to that, he served with the Summerfield Riverwalk Village Association along with other elected positions. “Almost 40 years I was in an elected office,” Berns said. “To walk away from it was not easy. I was extremely lucky to work with you folks all these years.”
Bear in mind Retired fire ranger crafts Smokey Bear medallions to push fire prevention. PAGE 8
Pam Eubanks
Directory startup Calling Phase 1 Lakewood Ranch residents: Gary Glass (above) needs your help. Glass, director of Community Association Services for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, is working to re-create a resident directory for Lakewood Ranch Phase 1 — Greenbrook, Country Club at Lakewood Ranch/Edgewater and Summerfield/ Riverwalk. Responses have been lacking, and Glass said he needs residents to submit their information to be included in the new directory. The directory is printed and shared only with other Phase 1 residents. “We’re starting from ground zero,” Glass said of compiling the directory. To be included, contact Glass at Gary.Glass@ lwrtownhall.com or 9070202.
Pam Eubanks
Andy Lee forms his wood medallions by drilling a hole through its sides and attaching a 3-foot-long string. He adds stickers, such as a photo of Smokey Bear, or fire prevention sayings. He likes to give the necklaces to people in the community.
Doctors in the house
Courtesy photo
Victoria Laman, an incoming junior in high school, works her way through a model lung at LECOM’s Medical Science Academy.
LECOM provides students with a real-life look into medical careers. PAGE 2
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