Scenic backroads tour sparks Florida drive pleasure
Floridora Bill Paul notes Semilole and Lake County views while detailing a Sunday trip through Astatula Montverde and Route 455. The piece highlights a New England style corkscrew stretch near Lake Apopka and mentions Mount Dora planning for the August Fishathon at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center’s Lake Tem, per Chamber of Commerce director Jean Cook Jedlicka.
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Bill Paul
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
Seminole County
Lake County
Florida
Astatula
Montverde
Lake Apopka
New England
Mount Dora
Golden Triangle
Lake Tem
Chamber of Commerce
IceHouse Plans Six Plays for 25th Season in Mount Dora
IceHouse Players announce six productions for the 25th season at IceHouse Theater Mount Dora with The Price and The Lion in Winter among them. Board committees elected include John Heist lights and sound Marcia Holcomb publicity Al Crone membership Anita Kauffman patron advertising and budget Frank Willis programs Marie Nachremer house Andrea Park annual awards Harlow Middleton bylaws John Stern play reading. Next governors meeting set for 8 p.m. Aug. 2 at Unser Street venue. public invited.
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Board of Governor's
John Heist
Lake Jem
Lights and Sound
Marcia Holcomb
Eustis
al Crone
Mount Dora
Anita Kauffman
Grand Island
Frank Willis
Marie Nachremcer
Andrea Park
Harlow Middleton
John Stern
Board of Governor
IceHouse Theater
Unser Street
Mount Dora adopts new tone alert system for volunteers
Mount Dora Fire Department deploys 20 Motorola Pageboy II tone alert receivers at $7,000 to replace the public alarm. Fire Chief Carroll Griggs says the pocket devices give quicker responses and allow dispatch directions to volunteers, with nearly 24 hour contact within city limits and tested range of 10 to 12 miles under certain weather conditions.
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Carroll A. Griggs
Mount Dora
Carroll Griggs
Mount Dora City Council Grants Huskey Permit and Raises Zoning Debate
The Mount Dora City Council unanimously approves a conditional use permit for Everett Huskey’s Bunker Hill condominium project despite criticism of its name and architectural plans. The panel also buys a $100,000 land tract for evaporation or spray irrigation, amends the zoning map to lower building height, joins Keep Florida Beautiful and the Ocklawaha River Basin Authority, and hires Harlow C. Middleton as public defender.
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Mount Dora
Everett Huskey
Jesse Willmott
Huskey
Bunker Hill
Willmott
Eustis
John Rich
Ocklawaha River Basin
Pool at Mount Dora City closed after pump motor burnout
Lightning burned out the pump motor at Mount Dora City Pool on Monday, forcing a closure of a week or more. The final week of swimming lessons was cancelled and Coach Gene Bebber announced certificates will be distributed to his students.
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Mount Dora City Pool
Gene Bebber
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Floridora
Lake District
Jean Cook Jedlicka
IceHouse
IceHouse Players
George Washington
City Council
Golden ‘Iriangic
Tudora Road
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