Primary forum highlights Florida voters and long meeting
Twenty two candidates spoke at a marathon forum in Eustis Community Center on Labor Eve week. Sid Vihlen and JoAnn Saunders urged local committees to aid pending legislation. Mount Dora bands rehearse for Disney World parade as Labor Day closures affect offices and polling shifts occur for Precinct 20A voting location.
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Eustis Community Center
Sth
Sid Vihlen
JoAnn Saunders
Mount Dora High School
Florida
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Budget Figures Corrected In Topic Notice
The Aug 26 Mount Dora Topic correction fixes a typographical error in the city budget report. The current year balanced budget is 2,113,012 dollars, not 1 million less, and the 1976/77 proposal of 2,864,704 dollars matches revenue and expenditure levels after accounting for fuel adjustment and CETA payroll funding.
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Mount Dora
CETA
Mount Dora Mayor Cleared Over Stray Dog Rumor
A Mount Dora dog photo outside Mayor Tom Champion's law office sparked a rumor that he ordered a stray dog crackdown. The mayor clarified he did not direct police to shoot strays, and the incident involved a St Bernard photographed in a car near his office.
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St. Bernard
Tom Champion
Mount Dora
Mont Dora
Champion
Lake County improves says Windram in Kiwanis talk
Lake County is described as out of the intensive care room and in the recovery room by Commissioner Tom Windram during a State of the County address before Mount Dora Kiwanis. He cites five concerns including roads budget and planning while noting the 3.65 mill levy remains among the lowest in the state.
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Tom Windram
Lake County
Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
Windram
New Triangle Elementary School names Eudell Sutley principal
E. Eudell Sutley, long-time Mount Dora resident and former district official, is named principal of Triangle Elementary. He pledges focus on basic skills and individualized learning in a 400-student, open-space campus, inviting parent and community visits.
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Triangle Elementary School
Mount Dora
James H. Sutley
First Baptist Church of
Eudell
Triangle Elementary
Stetson University
Duke University
Sutley
Fine
Eudell Sutley
Mount Dora Council Revamps Budget Amid Cuts and Transfers
Mount Dora City Council reduced the proposed 1975 budget by 666 to 2 864 704 with further cuts across recreation police and chamber budgets. They added 1 500 for garage tune up equipment and shifted 5 000 from sanitation to street repairs. The Park Commission budget faced 8 250 in requested tract labor transfers, while overtime and equipment needs for fire and street departments were debated with potential federal funds and revenue sharing allocations.
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Mount Dora
Frank Clifton
Chamber of Commerce
Police Department
Park Commission
Fire
Milton Goodholm
Public Works Department
Commission
Goodholm
Tom Champion
East Town
Central Park
C. O. Lott
Lott
The
Robe Carson
Brandon Ward
Jeff Ray
Dean van Landingham
van Landingham
James H. Hunt
Cofc
Wald
Champion
Chamber
Carroll
Public Works
Clifton
Weather summary from Mount Dora station records
Daily temperatures since Aug 25 show lows of 14 and highs up to 95. The period includes precipitation of 0.02 inches, lifting the year-to-date rainfall total to 32.73 inches.
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Mount Dora
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E. Eudell Sutley
Tavares High School
MDHS
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