Elephants and Family Ties in the Woodcocks Acts
Barbara Woodcock and her husband Bill lead a performing family in three rings with their adopted children Shannon and Dalilah. Their son Ben pursued a veterinary path before becoming a trainer. Adoptions from Florida Mexico and California shaped a life balancing travel, training, and education with circus support for 48 weeks a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Barbara
Ben
Shannon
Dalilah
Florida
Woodcocks
Mexico
Ruskin
East Bay High School
National Honor Society
Rotary Club
California
U.S
Ringling Circus
Benny
Shane
Circus
Williamses
Gulf Stream plans traffic signal at Center Road and U S 41
Sarasota County Commission approves rezoning to fund Jacaranda West phase one. A traffic signal will be erected at Center Road and U S 41 with completion planned as Gulf Stream completes phase one. The second nine holes are due by end of 1978 and a 4000 square foot clubhouse starts by April 30, 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Road
U.S. 41
Sarasota County
Jacaranda West
Gulf Stream Land Development
Gulf Stream
County approves beach land purchase plan
Venice area residents clash as county discusses buying land on Manasota Key. Audubon group backs the purchase while adjacent homeowners urge keeping the site residential. A public hearing will precede any decision, with commissioners cautious about committing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice Area Audubon Society
Manasota Key
Commission
Andrew Sandegren
Dye
Larry Rhodes
Englewood's Santa Claus Charms Town Holiday Spirit
Local resident Santa West, who does no commercial work, visits Englewood with a townwide charity circuit. He recalls tears of joy from the scene as Lions Moose and Elks clubs plus Englewood schools and shops host candy donations and the yearly Yale venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Englewood
Ary School
Santa West
Yale Ventures
Santa
Santa Claus
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Jacksonville Zoo
George
Empie
Helen P
Venice
Beldt
Francis J
Rotonda
W. Nelson
Earl
Warstler
Irene G. Ft. Ogden
F. Morrison
Mary B
Ellis
James H
Baggstrom
Oden E
Meyer
Melvin H
Stewart
Raymond J
Roemer
Edward C
Easton
Alice
Smyth
Martha M
Bradenton
Porster
Lillian V
W. Bonn
William F
Port Charlotte
Baker
Janice L
Austin
Hazel
Hamblett
Maurice F
Moriarity
Patrick D
Friedman
Gladys J
Taylor
Helen C
Osprey
Castelein
Gerald
Lockerby
Gwen S
Mast
David
Apel
Joan
Nokomis Tuck
George S
Nokomis Lewis
Dorothy H
O'Conner
Maryrose H
Queen
Myrtle E
Long
Faye
Nokomis Marchand
Leslie A
Englewood Smith
Cheryl A
Sarasota
Sutliff
John L
Amery
Frederick J
Saxima, Carlotta M
Tatro
Edna B
Nokomis Frietzsche
Helma
Plok
Claudine
Tuck
Evelyn
Nokomis Vos
Lois F
Lownds
Dorothy E
North Port
Kamer
Richard R
Hristova
Velichka G
Steel
James 8
Terry
Daniel
Englewood Gardner
Luella
Lindsey
Loantha D
Smith
George T
Jarman
George A
George, Mary
Englewood Metcalfe
Robert Paul
Nokomis Duncan
Betty A
Arling
Richard V
Englewood Harris
Daniel D
Koch
Adele B
Nokomis
Keen
Tillman L
Nokomis Thompson
James A
Roberts
Hugh C
Vanantwerp
Klass
William H
Benedict
Marian T
Englewood Carr
W. Reynolds
Edna M
Watson
Donald
Walker
Asbury W
Howard L
Young
Lucy T
Nokomis Behn
Frances
Berner
Englewood Burns
Vernon G
Colpitts
Rita
Fisher
Annabelle
Forster
Evelyn J
Hanawalt
Grove City
Hutchison
Marge
Juillet
Bertha
Venice Chamber of Commerce
Venice Shopping Center
Palm Plaza
Okays Beach Purchase
the Lions Club
Moose Club
Elks Club
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
South Trail
Wencee Traud Agency Inc
Venice Ave
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