Mount Dora Names Robert Locke New Police Chief
Robert Locke, a Houston native with Florida ties, becomes Mount Dora Police Chief after serving as deputy in Lake County. He holds degrees from LSCC Florida Tech and Rollins, plus a master’s in criminal justice, and teaches part time at LSCC. He and wife Mary Ellen have two daughters.
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Mount Dora
Robert Locke
Locke
Houston
Texas
Florida
Tavares High School
Air Force
Brantland
Europe
Lake County
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Orlando Police Academy
St. Petersburg Junior College
Vo-Tech
Eustis
Lake-Sumter Community College
LSCC
Florida Technological University
Rollins College
Leesburg
Mount Dora Weather Record Shows Yearly Rainfall Rise
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station logs high and low temperatures since November 2 with total rainfall for the year at 35.61 inches and precipitation for the period at 0.70 inches.
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Mount Dora
Field of potential candidates for Mount Dora council expands to six
Five more candidates collected petitions for Mount Dora offices, bringing the total to seven for the December 14 election. Incumbents Wald and Ray III filed for mayor, Coffield aims for council, and others including Dave Curtis Carmody Mancini and Mahaffe note multiple petitions. Petitions must be returned by 5 p.m. November 22 with 25 valid signatures.
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Jeanne Mahaffe
Mount Dora
Mat Carson
Brandon Wald
Jeff Ray III
John H. Coffield
Coffield
Florida Telephone Neismgare
Leeburg
Wade
Dave) Curtis
N. McDonald
Tim Carmody
Maureen R. Mancini
Roseborough
Library Open House Marks New Mount Dora Library
A Saturday open house celebrates the Mount Dora Public Library moving to its new building on Donnelly Street. Founders Circle of Lakes and Hills Garden Club dedicates exterior plantings and a plaque marks the Charles Putnam Florida Collection, presented by Mount Dora Men's Garden Club. Events start 10 30 a.m. with residents invited to attend.
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Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Charles Putnam Florida
Mount Dora Public Library
Donnelly Street
Lake County Boards Allocates Funds for Three Schools
The Lake County School Board approved seven million seven hundred sixty six thousand four hundred twelve dollars for five year meat projects at Roseborough Elementary Mount Dora Middle and Triangle Elementary. Mount Dora Middle gets 301112 for a new PE complex. Roseborough 488500 for six classrooms and renovations. Triangle 198900 for four classrooms. All three projects have top priority ratings. Construction starts with Mount Dora Middle once Tallahassee approves plans. Future work depends on bond sales from the State Board of Education.
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Iiegeo Board
Lake County
Roseborough
Mount Dora
Triangle
Triangle Elementary
Jim Dunaway
the Lake
Sidewalk Sale Days Planned in Mount Dora
Four turkeys and four fruit baskets will be given away as part of the annual Turkey Days Sidewalk Sale in downtown Mount Dora this weekend. Sale days are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12. The event is co sponsored by downtown merchants and the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce with civic clubs participating in bake sales plants and handmade booths along Donnelly Street and Fifth Avenue.
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Mount Dora
Topic announces subscription rate increases effective December
The Topic will raise in county rates to 6 dollars per year or 11 dollars for two years and out of county rates to 7.5 dollars per year or 14 dollars for two years starting December 1. Current subscribers may renew at old Lake County rates of 5 dollars per year or 9 dollars for two years and out-of-county rates 6 dollars per year or 11 dollars for two years until December 1. The single copy price stays at 15 cents.
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Lake County
Kalamazoo County’s first woman judge Marjorie Luna
Judge Marjorie Luna, the first female judge in Kalamazoo County, recounts her path from education in Otsego to law in Michigan. She describes retirements, court service, and pioneering work on the Fifth Kalamazoo Circuit Court, with focus on alcoholism, probation, and ERA support.
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Marjorie Luna
Welborne Luna
Otsego
Marjorie
Margie Armstrong
Annandale
Washington D.C
Allegan County
Welborne
Michigan
Allegan
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County
William Gee
Luna
Fifth
ERA
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Jeanne Mahaffey
Blackstone College of Law
Chicago
Alle County
Fred T. Miles
Jurist
Warjorie
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