E A ST COUNTY
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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FREE THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020
VOLUME 22, NO. 40
YOUR TOWN
Pam Eubanks
History drives estate sale Braden Oaks’ Jim Almeter (above) knows how to get attention when having an estate sale. Along with fabric, old tools and an assortment of other items, Almeter put up for sale his three-door 1922 Model T, which he has used to tour the country. This vehicle, which he bought five years ago, is his newest. The others — a 1929 Ford Model A Sport Coupe and a 1914 Model T — he plans to keep.
LEARNING TO ADAPT The landscape changes for East County students as school opens during the pandemic. SEE PAGE 3
Courtesy photo
Faith Bench, a math teacher at Braden River Middle School, has removed some of the desks in her classroom to ensure the remaining desks will be spaced 6 feet apart to maintain social distancing.
Liz Ramos
Teen carves a salute
Artist at work Lakewood Ranch 7-yearold Georgios Amanatadis picked up his brush, dipped it into a light brown paint and went to work creating a ceramic squirrel Aug. 7 at Arts A Blaze. He was diligent in his strokes as his grandmother, Bonnie Dowd (above with Amanatadis) watched. He chose the squirrel because it had several details to it. The budding painter was practicing for a possible future as an artist. “I like it because there’s a lot of things you can do,” he said.
Liz Ramos
Lorenzo Liberti hand-carves one of the 13 strips that will make the stripes of a 3-foot flag.
Lakewood Ranch High sophomore thanks health care workers by creating wooden flags. SEE PAGE 8
NEIGHBORS It’s still game time at Grove. SEE PAGE 16