Letter on curb parking and disabled spaces in Venice
John D. Condon urges Venice officials to create loading and unloading zones and designated disabled parking on a Rialto block near Venice Medical Center. He notes repeated double parking by nonpatients, harming elderly and disabled residents, and asks city leaders to adopt rules reflecting access laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice Medical Center
Rialto
Venice Hospital
Venice
John D. Condon
Sets Record Straight on Airport Claimants
Finn W. Casperson details council minutes from 1946 to 1959 to argue that Mayor Clyde Higel and the Venice city government secured and operated the airport, including Deeds of 1947 and 1948 and a 1957 land transfer, crediting Higel for initiating the process and work with War Assets Administration and District Engineers. The letter challenges prior opinions by Higel’s and Suter’s successors.
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Higel
Suter
Peterson
Col. W. B. Dixon
Richard Gedney
M. Cousins
George Botts
H. S. Bowden
George Higel
District Engineers
District
5Th Street
Vincent Fette
War Assets Administration
Lake Venice
James Kiernan
Gulf Front
Loran
Smyth D. Brochard
Clyde Higel
Venice
Finn W. Caspersen
Scrap both airports and move inland to Sarasota Venice
Mike Murphy argues to scrap both the Sarasota and Venice airports, proposing a new inland facility about fifteen miles between the two towns. He cites congestion, understaffed terminals, and noise as motives, urging county control and long term planning over piecemeal fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
QO. J. Simpson
Sports Illustrated
Venice Park
Sarasota
Sarasota Port of Call
Manatee County
Bradenton
Tampa International
U.S. 41
Venice
FAA
City Hall
Reader disputes Lemon Bay name in Sun Coast Times
A letter from Greg Paradiso of Rotonda West challenges the April 8 Sun Coast Times article claiming the Charlotte County School Board would name Lemon Bay Junior- Senior High School after the committee led by Bill Strickland. Paradiso says the chosen name was Lemon Bay High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Coast Times
Lemon Bay
Charlotte County School Board
Bill Strickland
Lemon Bay High School
Greg Paradiso
Rotonda West
Lands Key Club VHS Win Blood Drive Support
Venice High School Key Club and students conducted a week long blood donor drive with enthusiastic community support. The Blood Bank expresses gratitude for the junior citizens' outreach and the impact on those in need.
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Key Club
Venice High School
Blood Bank
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Urph
Mike Murphy
Isel
Thomas Fuller
Lemon Bay High
SUN Coast Gondolier
Sam Dillon
John C. Hewens
Jim Beans
Dorothy Lippstretter
M.B. Macfarlane
Craig Nelson
Liliane Johnson Randall Hicks
Sun Coast Gondolier Inc
Sarasota County
Derek Dunn
Michael W. Corradino
Sun Coast Gondolier, Inc
Miami Ave
P. O
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Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
Fla
New York
N.Y
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Bond Jewelers
Jacaranda Plaza
Seiko
Bulava
Watchmaker
Jeweler
James Billup
James
Bowmans Technical School
Swiss Watch Technical Center
Gemological Institute of America
U.S
Jewelers
Punta Goraa
Charlotte It. Petersburg
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