Cecilian Choral Festival Highlights 21st Annual Event
The Cecilian Music Society of Venice hosts its 21st annual Choral Festival on Sunday February 19 at 4 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church Field Ave. Freewill offerings support the society scholarship fund with three Venice students among recipients. Thirteen choirs attend and Venice High School students join as soloists under Rev Theodore Ripper and Robert Bates.
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Cecilian Music Society of Venice
Grace United Methodist Church
Field Ave
Florida State University
Venice High School
Theodore Ripper
Robert Bates
Venice United Church of Christ
Grandmother of the Year Pageant planned by local groups
Two entrants in the Grandmother of the Year Pageant organized by the Englewood Elementary School PTA with the Lemon Bay Kiwanis Club will review rules with organizers. The pageant is set for 7 p.m. at Lemon Bay Junior High School gym, with entry deadline February 17.
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Englewood
Parent-Teacher Association
Lemon Bay Kiwanis Club
Gary Scherbert
Pete Weatherman
Donald L. Kent
John Glen Pearson
Lemon Bay Junior High School
Weatherman
T. R. McGinty
Macfarlane
Florida PTA president to speak at Venice Elementary PTA meeting
Venice Elementary School PTA hosts Florida PTA president Mrs. E. Clayton Register as guest speaker. She will discuss the Florida PTA role and results of National PTA violence on TV study. Parents from non PTA schools urged to attend and learn organizing PTAs. Campbell soup label drive ends at the school boxes.
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Florida
PTA
Venice
Venice Elementary School
E. Clayton Register
The
Register
National Pta
State Presidents Association
National
Final Audubon film shown at Venice Center
The Venice Area Audubon Society presents the wildlife film Pacific Shores photographed and narrated by Norman Wakeman. The event at Venice Community Center on Wednesday February 22 at 8 p.m. tickets cost 2 dollars for adults and 1.50 for students, with proceeds benefitting the community center.
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Venice Area
Audubon Society
Norman Wakeman
Venice Community Center
Venice Elementary Volunteers Help Students Across Programs
About 20 volunteers at Venice Elementary contribute three to ten hours weekly each, tutoring math and reading, staffing the clinic and library, and handling clerical tasks. Their 200 plus hours weekly free teachers to focus on the full educational program. Florida marks Feb 13 to 17 as School Volunteer Week.
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Venice Elementary
Florida
Venice Chapter 372 AARP murder crime prevention meeting
Crime prevention Venice Chapter 372 of AARP will meet Friday February 17 at 1 30 p m in Grace United Methodist Church hall Field Ave First regular meeting with new officers presiding Russell Chamberlin president Sidney Raffner first vice president Wilfred Westland second vice president Paul Spengler treasurer Mrs Eva Taylor and Mrs Betty Mason secretaries Corp Ray Pilon Sarasota County Sheriff's Dept assigned crime officer will speak on Theory on Crime Prevention A Q A period follows Dues may be paid preceding the meeting
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Venice
AARP
Grace United Methodist Church
Field Ave
Russell Chamberlin
Sidney Raffner
Wilfred Westland
Paul Spengler
Eva Taylor
Betty Mason
Corp
Ray Pilon
Sarasota County
NARFE Chapter 717 Meeting in Venice Feb 21
The Tin Pan Englewood Venic e Chapter 717 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees will hold a meeting on Tuesday February 21 at 10 am at the Tin Pan Alley Restaurant in Venice. A luncheon follows at 11 am and all retired federal employees are welcome. Reservations may be made by calling 474-4561 474-2661 or 485-3056.
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Englewood-Venice
National Association of
Pot Luck Dinner by Minnesota Wisconsin Club at Lemon Bay Jr High
Members of the Minnesota Wisconsin Club gather for a 5 p.m. pot-luck dinner in the Lemon Bay Junior High School cafetorium on Placida Road. Attendees should bring a share dish and individual table service.
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Lemon Bay Junior High School
Placida Rd
S.R
Art teacher Philip Held to judge Englewood Guild show
Sarasota art teacher and Columbia University alum Philip Held will judge the Englewood Guild of Artists and Craftsmen show held February 18 and 19 at Lemon Bay Junior High School gym. Guild members seek merit awards across media with Held selecting outstanding pieces using fifteen blue ribbons. Admission is free with show hours Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 to 5.
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Philip Held
Booker Bay Haven School
Sarasota
Englewood
England
Held
Booker Bay Haven
Batik
Coast Guard topic for Legion dinner in Lemon Bay post
American Legion Lemon Bay Post 276 dinner program will feature Coast Guard Auxiliary activities presented by Os Vining. Free Pelton will screen a Charles Nelson Reilly film on safe boating. Members must bring a dish for six and bring table service. Reservations with Mrs. Luke Bischoff by Feb 17.
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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
American Legion
Lemon Bay
Legion Hall
South McCall Rd
Os Vining
Englewood
Free Pelton
Charles Nelson Reilly
Luke Bischoff
Lumberjack in Hawaii travel film at Naar Hall
The World Travelventure program screens Lumberjack in Hawaii on Wednesday February 22 at Naar Hall United Church of Christ Venice Gardens with showings at 3 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Don Cooper narrates this humorous travelogue featuring NaPali coast Waimea Canyon and Waikiki Beach. Tickets available from Men's Fellowship or at the door.
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Hawaii
Naar Hall
United Church of Christ, Venice Gardens
Don Cooper
NaPali
Waimea Canyon
Waikiki Beach
Mothers of Twins Club Benefit Garage Sale Planned
The Suncoast Mothers of Twins Club hosts a benefit garage sale on Saturday March 4 at 355 Cypress Road South Venice. Proceeds fund a scholarship for a child to attend the South County Child Development Center in Venice.
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Mothers of Twins Club
Suncoast Mothers of Twins Club
Cypress Road
South Venice
Sarasota
South County
Swinging Into Spring at Venice Little Theatre Benefit
The Venice Little Theatre hosts a February 24 fundraiser at 2 p.m. featuring Doreen Ogonowski in a roller skating ballet, songs by Rex Miller, and fashion and dance routines by the VLT Guild to raise funds for a west wing climate control unit. Admission is $2 with tickets at the theatre. chairwoman is Mrs. David Bissell.
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Venice
Doreen Ogonowski
Venice Little Theatre
Rex Miller
Venice Little Theatre Guild
West
Tampa Ave
David Bissell
Outdoor wedding at Myakka River surprise barbecue
Elayne Blanchette and Lee W. Curry wed at the Blackburn homestead now home to friends Lawrence and Helen Tucker. Rev Carroll Lee officiated as a Southern sweet potato cake was shared, guests included Mrs Tucker and Rev Mike Terhune. The couple left on a white horse to camp by the river.
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Elayne Blanchette
Lee W. Curry
Blackburn
Myakka River
Lawrence
Helen Tucker
John Robinson
Bradenton
Robert W. Curry
Nokomis
Carroll Lee
Church of God of Laurel
Tucker
Mike Terhune
New Hope Baptist Church
Englewood
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Alfred Hollins
Nickolaus Bruhns
Herman Schroeder
H. Purcell
Lord Handel
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Butler
Warren Ward
Atlantic City
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MRS
Wakeman
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