Heather Hawthorne Sets Mark At Florida AAU Junior Olympics
Heather Hawthorne of Mount Dora AAU Swim Club won the 50-meter butterfly for girls 11 to 12 with a 32.37 second time at the Florida AAU Junior Olympics in St. Petersburg. She earned three more medals and ribbons including third in the 100-meter butterfly and a relay bronze with Barbara Borowsky Kim Klamt and Darby Ray.
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Heather Hawthorne
Mount Dora
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Mount Dora Mount Continues to Spark Local Buzz
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce presses a lighthearted campaign about the town's 184 foot Mount Dora mountain. Residents recall its historic ties to the name and a 1943 clipping jokes about the mountain’s whereabouts.
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Orlando Sentinel
Hearing Set on Use of Federal Funds in Mount Dora
Mount Dora City Council will hold a public hearing during the regular meeting Tuesday August 2 at 8 p.m. to discuss allocating 3578 in Federal Fiscal Assistance Funds. It tentatively approved 2400 to resurfacing Forest Road and the rest for painting city buildings. The city has received 15000 this year under a Congress extended anti recession program. A six month extension of a 50000 note with First National Bank will also be discussed. Council reports on city departments will be given.
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Weather records at Mount Dora station show rainfall rises
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station reports a period with .84 inches of precipitation. The year to date rainfall climbs to 20.67 inches since July 20.
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Lake County teachers seek big raises amid budget squeeze
Lake County Education Association demands salary increases and class load cuts for 1977 78, proposing boosts from Rank III to 10030 and Rank II to 22560 while stressing need for more teachers and 122 new classrooms. The school board says funding gaps would leave only 476000 for all operations.
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Ation
Waterman Hospital Faces Million-Dollar Upgrade Costs
Waterman Memorial Hospital administrator Jim Kulpan warned Kiwanis Club members that Carter’s 9 percent charge cap would threaten funding for a $1.1 million modernization. The plan adds a maternity unit, ICU cardiac care, and new diagnostic equipment, with faster results and fewer outside tests, but raises operating costs and staffing needs in Mount Dora.
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Jim Kulpan
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora
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Kulpan
Eustis Hospital
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Mount Dora Officer Glen Waterman Profile
Glen A. Waterman has served about a year with the Mount Dora Police Department. Born in DeLand and raised in Umatilla, he graduated from Umatilla High School and studied law enforcement at the Vo-Tech Center in Eustis. He completed basic, refresher, and intermediate courses including breathalyzer training.
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Glen A. Waterman
Mount Dora
DeLand
Umatilla
Eustis
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Mount Dora Sets Schedule for Rebuilding Sewer Plant
Mount Dora city council in special session approved a resolution outlining the timetable if the city wins its 201 Plan grant for a separate sewer plant. The plan includes a schedule the city will follow during the project.
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Mount Dora Council Tackles Oak Trees and Sewer Plans
Mount Dora officials voiced urgency over 19 aging oak trees likely to fall, citing only one bucket truck. The council discussed a $2 to $3 million rebuild plan for new plant capacity and irrigation, with 25 percent city share and federal funds covering the rest. They also pursued a separate sewer plant with Eustis and requested plan changes for an EDA road and sewer project in East Town, aiming to secure a $400,000 grant and a $531,000 city match beginning in 1976.
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C. O. Lott
Howard Cox
Frank Clifton
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Department of Environmental Regulation
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