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FREE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018
VOLUME 21, NO. 3
YOUR TOWN
Apartment boom
Developers eye Lakewood Ranch area for rental housing. PAGE 3A
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Difference-maker Summerfield resident Mary Glass said the example set by her mother, 91-year-old Patricia Glass, has helped her to rise to president of the Manatee Education Foundation. The Manatee County Commission realized Patricia Glass (above with Mary) has that effect on everyone. On Nov. 27, the commissioners renamed their meeting chambers The Honorable Patricia M. Glass Chambers. Patricia Glass was the county’s first female commissioner. She was elected in 1978 and served until 2006. “She has been a role model for me,” Mary Glass said. “Everything she touched, she made a difference.”
Take stock in success Local student knocks it out of the park with mentor’s help. SEE PAGE 6A
Jay Heater
Giancarlo Gamboa-Barrios is a Take Stock in Children of Manatee County graduate who hopes to attend the University of Central Florida. Courtesy photo
Nice ride Gene Witt Elementary School fifth-grader Keali’i Bruno has always wanted to ride in a limo, so he worked extra hard when a limo ride became the top prize for the school’s Otis Spunkmeyer cookie fundraiser. Keali’i sold 51 items, and on Nov. 16 he joined fellow students Zoey Lykins, Alexa Dnadrow, Lilliana Pelham, Connor Gerhard, Texaco Guess, Lilyan Krysiak, Mia Gorskey, Mae Ann Cusano and Easton Delphy for a limo ride to Hungry Howie’s for lunch with their principal, David Marshall. “It was fun. It was like a party inside with flashing lights,” he said.
Holiday hoopla Pam Eubanks
Carlos E. Haile Middle School’s Nicole Hengel and her stepsister, Lily Mills, of B.D. Gullett Elementary, love to ice skate at Holidays on the Green.
East County has an abundance of seasonal entertainment. SEE PAGE 8A
A+E Can you dance on the Ranch? INSIDE