Mount Dora Stays Sleepy Despite YMCA Plan Spark
The Mount Dora piece notes a sleepy town mood with retirees and a lively push by Dolores Olds to form a Central Florida YMCA. Olds, who moved from Massachusetts, will host a March 22 meeting at the Tavares Civic Center with William V. Phillips to organize a committee and explore site options.
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Orlando Sentinel Star
Mount Dora
Yacht Club
Mount Dorans
Fernald Hutchins
Kiwanis Club
Hutch
Sylvia Cook
YMCA
Golden Triangle
Dolores Olds
Howey -in-the-Hills
Massachusetts
Florida
William V. Phillips
Tavares Civic Center
Sao Women Topic Reveals Local Focus
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Mount Dora Council rejects voluntary gas sale controls
Mount Dora City Council on Tuesday night rejected a county voluntary gasoline distribution plan and then declined mandatory controls. The vote split 4 to 3 against the plan with three dissenters, and 5 to 2 against mandatory limits, as station owners urged more representative input.
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Mount Dora
Cauley Lott
Shirley Murray
Brandon Wald
Mrs. Murray
Tommy Houser
Gordon Dake
Howard Cox
Walter Frisby
Bruce Hursh
Duke
Mount Dora Fire Chief reports department status and council actions
Mount Dora Fire Chief Carroll Griggs gave a status update at a March Concerned Citizens Association meeting. The department has four paid firefighters and 25 volunteers with monthly drills. Equipment includes a 1960 Chevrolet 500-gallon tanker a 1953 LaFrance 300-gallon unit and a 1937 Ford built by firemen with a 500-gallon tank. Two rescue boats exist one donated by the Rotary Club and one by the Mount Dora Marina and First National Bank. The force uses a water supply system and warns toxic fumes from synthetic fibers and building materials are deadly. Other gear includes an air cutting chisel a 40 foot ladder and a 75 foot aerial unit purchased by Leesburg for about $88,000. A tone-alert system replaces sirens with 20 units at $340 each to avoid crowds. The council moved to annex 60 acres west of Eudora Road tied to Triangle Elementary School. the plan limits to single-family homes and avoids 190 houses. Mayor Champion set overtime parking fines at $1 next Thursday March 11. Revised schedules for Mount Dora Community Building use were approved with varied rates and rules. aging and facility use rules restrict Sundays and some group sizes. Authority authorized bids for SR19A area cleanup and sewer pond fencing estimated at $14,500. Library exterior painting bid noted at $936 to $1,198 with masonry work possible.
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Mount Dora
Concerned Citizens Association
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LaFrance
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Dake
Eudora Road
Triangle
Affiliated Services Corp
Winter Park
Murray
Utilities
Cox
Lott
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