E A ST COUNTY Lakewood Ranch’s weekly newspaper since 1998
Holiday Gift Guide
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. VOLUME 20, NO. 1
2017
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FREE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2017
Did rowing event earn gold? Indicators suggest 2017 World Rowing Championships generated $18.65 million in Sarasota and Manatee counties. SEE PAGE 3A
Ranch lands balloon festival
YOUR TOWN
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Tree-mendous fundraiser East County’s Chloe Wetherington, 12, (above) has worked on the Buy A Tree, Change a Life fundraiser for six years, helping to secure funds for Lakewood Ranchbased Beyond the Spectrum, a school for children with autism. This year Wetherington is working at RiverLife Church, 1012 57th St. E., Bradenton. Anyone who wants to help the cause can purchase Fraser Firs beginning Nov. 24 at the church.
Four-day event also will include carnival attractions and a classic car show. SEE PAGE 6A
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Festival promoter Ricky Garvie tested one of his hot air balloons earlier this month at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.
Jay Heater
Thanksgiving message Tara’s Rosemary Fetter (above) has written poems since she was in fourth grade, but she just came up with another in time for Thanksgiving. “Time to care, Help the poor ... Ask for peace, not for war ... Kindly share, something grand ... Goodness lies, in your hand. “Vow to stay, in these ranks ... Stop talking, give thanks.”
GOT FOOD
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Chefs share ways to gobble up what remains from Turkey Day. PAGE 8A
Different strokes INSIDE
LEFT OVER? Pam Eubanks