Winter plants and schools hit by Mount Dora freeze
Ice coated citrus and orange trees frame the Mount Dora yard as sprinklers froze on last week's cold. Mt Dora Growers Cooperative manager Blair notes minimal tree damage and reduced fruit juice yield while schools canceled classes as a conservation measure. Basketball games and the Albert Crone Interscholastic Play Festival were postponed with makeups planned.
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Hackett Court
Mount Dora
Pisie Gene
Mt. Dora
Eustis
Albert Crone
Mount Dora Council Debates Wage Policy and Equipment Funds
Mount Dora officials clash over wage policy as the Finance and Wages and Personnel committees review Cody & Associates findings. A 16 percent raise for a Public Works employee is rescinded amid calls for council approval on department wage changes, while budget talks focus on equipment replacements and Revenue Sharing Fund allocations.
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Brandon Wald
Cody & Associates
Nick Pellegrino
Lakeland
Pellegrino
Frank Clifton
Mayor Champion
Champion
Mount Dora
Dean van Landin
Public Works Department
van Landingham
Public Works
Police Department
Roy Christopher
Gepeght
Lot
Forsga 4
Jefferson Ray
Jack
Mount Dora Considers Sunday Alcohol Sales Plan
Mount Dora city council will seek first reading of an ordinance revising liquor sale rules at the February 1 meeting. A Sunday sales proposal failed Jan 18 for lack of a second a 12:01 pm to 10 pm window would apply to food heavy establishments. Fire chiefs report mutual aid talks with nearby towns and hydrant use agreements with Pasco Volunteer Fire Department are reviewed.
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Mount Dora
Carroll Griggs
Eustis
Tavares
Umatilla
Walt Zeiner
Pasco
Mount Dora Weather Report Sees Driest Spell Yet
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station records high and low temperatures since January 19 with 0.37 inches of precipitation for the period and yearly rainfall totaling 3.84 inches.
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Mount Dora
Councilman Proposes Equipment Replacement Plan For Mount Dora
Councilman Dean Van Landingham presents a detailed 29 unit rolling stock replacement plan for Public Works Fire and Electric, raising budgets from 80 000 to 96 000 for three years 1978 then to 68 000 84 000 1981 1990. He proposes funding via higher mills revenue sharing or user charges plus property sales rent of city lands and rate increases for utilities. He frames a choice between efficient operation and a political but popular “prayer and a hope” approach.
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Clifton
East Town
van Landingham
Frank Clifton
C.E.T.A
Council
Public Works Department
Fire Department
Dean van Landingham
Pee Dora
Public Works, Fire and Electric Utility
Florida Power
Florida Telephone
Mount Dora
van Landing
Public Works
Golf Association
IceHouse
Carter supporter enjoys inauguration festivities
Everette Huskey of Huskey Realty attended President Jimmy Carter's inauguration in Washington DC. He called the mood lively and friendly, noting Carter walked the parade route and greeted guests. The trip included a White House visit, a District of Columbia Armory reception, and meetings with the Carters and Mondales.
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Everette Huskey
Huskey Realty
Mount Dora
Maitland
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Huskey
Mr. Huskey
Huskeys
District of Columbia National
White House
Walter Mondale
Carter
Jack Carter
Sweetwater Oaks
Five fire calls test Mount Dora crews in one week
Mount Dora Fire Department logged five calls in seven days with two false alarms. Incidents included a weather triggered alarm at Mt. Dora Growers Co operative, a chimney fire at the Log Cabin on Lakeside Inn grounds, a gutted unoccupied structure at 949 Camp St, a faulty alarm system at Florida Favorite Fertilizer, and a small house fire at 148 E Ninth Ave linked to a cigar ember. Damage was reported at $100 for the Log Cabin fire.
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Mount Dora
Mt. Dora
Lakeside Inn
Camp St
Florida Favorite Fertilizer
Camp
Rossiter
Ninth Ave
Joseph Hammond
Mr. Stewart
Motorcyclist Injured in Mount Dora Crash
James Cravey of Mount Dora was slightly injured when thrown from his motorcycle at the Eudora and Palmetto Roads intersection Monday. Louis Franklin Decker, 51, of Orlando, was charged with violation of the right of way after he turned left into the motorcyclist’s path. Cravey received treatment at Waterman Lakota Hospital Bustis.
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James Cravey
Mount Dora
Eudora
Palmetto
Louis
Franklin Decker
Orlando
Decker
Cravey
Waterman Lakota Hospital
Bustis
Fees set for groups using Gilbert Park
Milton S Goodholm chair of the Park Commission says Mount Dora will charge rental and clean up deposits for Gilbert Park starting February 1. Fees scale by group size from 20 to 100 dollars for rent and similar for cleanup, with deposits returned after a function barring repair costs. reservations must be made one month in advance.
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Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Miltons. Goodholm
Park Commission
Ee Oe
Ty O Mowat Baker St. Ou
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Winter Wonderland
al Blackburn
Concerned Cotton Association
Tom Champion
Recreation Department
Public Works Committee
Frank
Zeiner
Carters
E. Everette Huskey
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