Mount Dora Regatta Set Amid Florida Boating Buzz
Historic Mount Dora regatta dates April 22 and 23 as the second and largest speedboat event of the season draw local and regional attention. In Florida boating circles, organizers from the Mount Dora Yacht Club and Mount Dora Power Boat Association mobilize for a major showcase on the water.
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Mount Dora
Post Office Department
Thomas Patrick Dwyer
John Groves
DeAnn Bateman
Joyce Moon
Joni Vincenti
Robert Wilson
Wendy Bardwell
Leslie Sanders
al Rehbaum II
Pam Brown
Jeff Ray Ill
Robert Alderman
Cora Ann Sadler
Charles Brown
Delores Billette
Betty Stockton
Beech Head Battle A Boy's 1910 Behalf of Honor
In summer 1910 a nine year old boy on a family trip drains a drought with a glass of milk after a bicycle breakdown. He joins a make believe war with friends near Bob Hanson, using imagined Red Skin foes and a hidden pistol arsenal. His bold flank attack foils a beech woods ambush, but the triumph ends when Nancy reveals the boy was late for supper, prompting a chastisement for over promising.
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Bob Hanson
Hanson
Bob
Nancy
Mount Dora Golf Treaty Draws Taxpayer Fire
A reader rebukes a recent Topic statement and questions a 1968 long term lease of golf course property to the Mount Dora Golf Association. The letter accuses mismeasurement of utility use, argues non residents benefit, questions tax exemptions and legality, and urges closer scrutiny by the City Council and state officials.
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Golf Association
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Golf Association
Pine Meadows
Silver Lake Country Clubs
Epilogue to a great man from Mount Dora
Readers recall Albert Crone a humble man who spoke truth and fought for freedom of speech. The community notes his twenty years in Mount Dora and Lake County, his open mind, readiness to discuss politics philosophy religion and science, and his lasting literary influence.
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Albert Crone
Mount Dora
Lake County
Remembering Albert Crome and his lively newspaper voice
The reminiscence recalls Albert Crome's spirited debates over IceHouse, Concerned Citizens, the Church, and the Library. He loved wordplay and poetry and sparked intense yet friendly clashes with colleagues. The piece ends with a nod to his weekly column in the Pearly Gates Gazette.
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IceHouse
Valhalla
Everett Dirksen
B. Y. Pennington
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Pearly Gates
Mount Dora Library Building Fund Drive Progress
Library Board Chairman Dave Edgerton discusses community support for a new Mount Dora library. He notes over 100000 in cash and pledges with 150000 target, urging 25 annual gifts from about 1500 contacted families and exploring foundations and trusts for funding.
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Dave Edgerton
Library Board
United Fund
Mount Dora
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