Youthful volunteers decorate Green Butterfly window art
Kim Smith and Kristen Smith, sisters from Venice High School, painted Butterfly designs on the Green Butterfly window at 209 West Miami Avenue. The effort supports Exceptional Industries shelter ed workshop and its thrift shops raising funds for handicapped adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Miami Avenue
Kim Smith
Kristen
Kim
Venice High School
Venice High
Paul Schmidt
Exceptional Industries
Gibbs
April Smyth and Marcy Fisk Vie For Miss Englewood Pioneer Days
Two of the 15 candidates for Miss Englewood Pioneer Days compete in the Labor Day Weekend pageant set for 7 p.m. Thursday September 2 at Lemon Bay High School gym. Organizer Tom Stephen of Lemon Bay Kiwanis Club chairs the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
April Smyth
Marcy Fisk
Englewood
Lemon Bay High School
Placida Road
S.R
Tom Stephen
Lemon Bay Kiwanis Club
Charles and
Roberta Smith
Washington Avenue
April
James Fisk
West Wentworth St
Venice Lions Club to host GTE talk on Communications of the Future
Venice Lions Club presents a 20 minute slide show on telecom origins and future tech including laser gear glass cables and digital phones. Club meets 6 30 p m first third Thursdays at Venice Community Center aiding visually impaired and those with hearing and speech challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice Lions Club
G.T.E
Venice Community Center
Venice
MIA POW Observance Planned by Venice Area Veterans Council
Venice area veterans council selects George Skaggs as president and outlines a MIA POW Veterans Awareness Observance set for Sunday September 5 at the DAV Hall Nokomis. Events include a community meal with modest donations and games for all ages along with council goals for Veterans Day and Memorial Day programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice Area Veterans Council
George Skaggs
American Legion Novel Post 159
Owen Manville
Venice Gulf
The
Veterans Council
DAV
Colonia Lane
Nokomis
American Legion
Nobel Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tamiami Post
Area couples plan nuptials Clapp Long
The engagement of Victoria Little Clapp and Andrew Keller Long is announced. They plan an October 23 ceremony in Nokomis and Groveland New York with families identified and careers noted for both. Baskin Kay engagements also announced with vows set for August 20 in Carrollton Georgia for Carol Baskin and Kevin Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Little Clapp
Charles Gilman Clapp
Nokomis and
Groveland
N.Y
Andrew Keller Long
H. David Long
Mt. Morris
Geneseo
Sarasota
Wykeham Rise
Washington
Carol Baskin
Pat
Fred Baskin
Carrollton, Ga
Kevin C. Kay
Kathleen
Edward Kay
Olivia Road
South Venice
Venetia
Carrollton
Venice High School
Manatee Junior College
CBS
Two Venice Area Births Recorded At Venice Hospital
Rebecca May Krueger was born August 10 to Michael and Mrs. Krueger of South Jessica Avenue Nokomis. The baby weighed seven pounds six ounces. Grandmothers Velma Lawson Nokomis and Mary Krueger Venice. Jennifer Lynn Tomich was born August 8 to Heather and Christopher Tomich of Pineland Avenue Venice at Venice Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds thirteen and a half ounces and measured twenty inches. Grandparents Mathew and Jean Tomich Nokomis Barbara and Francis Scanlon South Hadley Mass.
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Rebecca May
Michael Krueger
Jessica Ave
Nokomis
Venice Hospital
Jennifer Lynn
Heather
Christopher Tomich
Pineland Avenue
Venice
Mathew and
Jean Tomich
Barbara
Francis Scanlon
South Hadley
Mass
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Creer Butte
Leonardo DaVinci
Sistine Chapel
TREEN
Kristen Smith
Miss
Marcy
Lions Club
Venice Area Public Library
Yas
YA Board
Hers
Sarasota County Fair
Ringling Blvd
FFA
Jewish War Veterans, Post
Krueger
Velma Lawson
Mary Krueger
Tomich
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