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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1979
Page
1
Venice hospital clears a nuclear waste inspection marking a regulatory milestone. The facility underwent tests by environmental health authorities and met safety standards without noted deficiencies.
Venice firemen host a Saturday event at an old Venetian home, spotlighting its age and architecture during a guided tour. A 28 year old attendee is noted in coverage on page 17.
Venice and Lemon Bay start the high school basketball season with a lineup of local games. Details are on page 33.
Daily weather notes record temperatures and rainfall at 8 a.m. for the preceding 24-hour period, with dates listed for each entry. This routine shows consistent meteorological data collection across days.
In Venice, incumbent City Councilman R L Anderson won the unexpired one year term with 2 428 votes to 483, while Lucie Grey captured the three year council seat with 1 531 of 2 981 votes, making history with a woman on the council. Councilman Eugene Caffrey was re elected unopposed. Automa tic balloting faced delays as ballots were hand fed into the counting machines.
Betty and Edward Gibbons, longtime Hawaii residents, recall being in Kalihi Valley near Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes attacked on December 7, 1941. Betty describes fear of planes over head and the surprise of alert status ending days before the assault.
The Sarasota County Commission talked over the proposed County Comprehensive Community Energy Management program. Goals include a 25 percent reduction in energy use, maintaining efficiency, and setting future criteria while surveying the new administration building for energy metrics. The fed energy conservation grant may fund 50 50 post audit approval.
Ann Marie Brinkman, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Brinkman of Venice, won the Sarasota County Junior Miss title last weekend and will compete in the state pageant in Pensacola in March. She is a Venice High School senior and talents included singing Why Do I Love You from Showboat. She studies with Phyllis Stoltz and sings with Bel Canto Singers Chanterelle and the Fred Waring Blenders at Venice High, planning future auditions for the Fred Waring Summer Music Workshop Blenders and a career as a professional music director.
City Manager Dale Rieth announced Monday the appointments of Kenneth Anderson and David J. Weage to the city engineer and civil engineer positions respectively. Anderson, 54, comes from Venice with a Florida PE license and Sarasota County Utilities leadership. Weage, 59, a Sarasota resident with a Tri-State College degree, has led road and utility projects and helped produce the county Water and Sewer Master Plan. Both were recruited and will begin their posts soon.
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