Community events and fundraisers listed for early April
Bay Club installs Friday at Rotonda Inn with luncheon by reservation only. Spaghetti dinner at Nokomis DAV Chapter home includes dancing, 3.50 donation per person. Alpha Xi Delta Founders Day luncheon on April 3 at 12 30 private club. Venice Area Art League hosts mixed sale at Blalock Park April 3 9 am to noon. Messages list organizers and contact numbers.
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Bay Club
Lemon Bay Woman's Club
Rotonda Inn
Rotonda
Marge Crone
Gladys Utecht
Venice Gulf Chapter
West Colonia Lane
Nokomis
Ernie Walker
Mickey Mazzarella
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice
Alpha Xi Delta
Hugh Westfall
Eleanor Evans
Denison University
Stanley Turner
University of New Hampshire
Carl Balbach
Wittenberg University
Richard Holmes
Monmouth University
Community spring benefits and events slated for April 3
Succulent Society plans a Saturday April 3 benefit sale at the Gardens Cocoanut Avenue Myrtle Street and 38th Street to fund a botany scholarship and meeting room expansion. Items include plants baked goods books seeds and crafts. Also on April 3 Square Dance Club events run at Lemon Bay Holiday Recreation Association Hall and Lemon Bay High School with April dancers weekly. A Polynesian Mobile Home Park Spring Jumble Sale on April 3 offers white elephant items clothing plants and lunch. An Easter Cantata Hallelujah for the Cross by John W Peterson will be performed April 4 at Calvary Baptist Church with soloist Margaret Wetherinton and Don McKeith directing.
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Sarasota
Buttons and Bows Square Dance Club
Englewood
Lemon Bay Holiday Recreation
John W. Peterson
Calvary Baptist Church Choir
Don McKeith
Margaret Wetherinton
Optimists honor Venice students in oratorical contest
Stacy Ryder won the annual Oratorical Contest by the Optimist Club of Venice held March 14 at Venice Junior High School and will compete in the Sarasota zone on April 10. Runner-up Margaret Allan spoke on Conservation You and I and Tomorrow. Both were coached by Carol Loomis. Margaret will substitute if Stacy cannot attend.
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Carol Loomis
Stacy Ryder
Margaret Allan
Barry McCarthy
Optimist Club of
Venice
Sarasota
Stacy
WJHS
Margaret
Nokomis firehouse chicken BBQ fundraiser set for April 4
Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department schedules a chicken BBQ at Station 1 111 Pavonia Road from noon to 5 pm. Tickets cost 3.50 each. Proceeds fund the purchase of a new tanker truck. Palm Sunday beach service by First Baptist Church April 4 at 6 pm Englewood Beach invites attendance with lawn chairs. Venice Audubon Society field trip April 5 to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary led by Marshall Simpson meet 8 am at Venice K Mart Jaccaranda lot. Admission to sanctuary 3.00.
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Nokomis
Pavonia Road
Palm Sunday
John E. Kennedy
First Baptist Church
Mango
Palm Grove
Englewood
Englewood Beach
Venice Area
Audubon Society
Marshall Simpson
K-Mart-Jacaranda
Venice
Water Safety Instruction Offered at Venice Center Pool
Red Cross Water Safety course starts Monday April 5 at 7 p.m. for six weeks with sessions Monday and Thursday 7 to 9 30 p.m. Paula Wormuth leads the class as certified instructor and county lifeguard. Registration is $20 and open to adults certified in Red Cross Advanced Lifesaving on a first come basis. Call 485-0600 for details.
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Venice Recreation Center
Paula Wormuth
Red Cross
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Art League
Blalock Park
Parkers Plan Jumble Sale
Calvary Choir
Auduboners
Zachary
Thomas
Kawai Organs
Grace Jones
Jacak
Moi
Landa Plaza
Florida
South Tamiami Trail
Fla
South Trail Plaza
Gulf Gate Mall
Cajun Club
Europe
Central
South America
United States
Pt. Charlotte
Sandy Lanzi
Prestige Automotive Pervice Inc
Wickes Lumber S
Pennzoil
Henson
Kickernie
Jodee
Truelife
Amoena
Riesz
Medical Arts Surgical Garment CO
Venice Centre Mall
Tampa Ave
East
Venice Ave
American Legion
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LouverDrape
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