Older volunteer helps Liberia read through radio lessons
Mary Bumstead of Venice, a Peace Corps volunteer, taught reading in Liberia in 1978. She found schools lacked textbooks and teachers, and witnessed government corruption and a coup. She devised radio lessons to train English teachers and left behind tapes and funds for future use.
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United States
Africa
Liberia
Mary Bumstead
Venice
Peace Corps
Bumstead
Four Corners of the Earth
Mrs. Bumstead
Sanniquellie
Monrovia
Guinea
Unicef
Equator
Loren Wilson
Ivory Coast
Redistricting costs and funding debated by school board
School officials and board members spar over the redistricting plan for 1983 84 with emphasis on funding sources. Olson demands bottom line figures and warns of halting the plan if finances do not add up. Cooney cautions that lack of funds would prevent spending.
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Dave Olson
Olson
Richard Cooney
Cooney
Jim Fox
Kay Glasser
Tom McElheny
Dick Doudna
South County
North Port
Venice High School
Venice Enclave Residents Face Sewer Hookup Bill []
State lawmakers Rep. Ted Ewing and Sen. Warren Henderson from Venice suburbs sponsor a bill to curb mandatory sewer connections. The proposal would require a health hazard finding by the Sarasota County Health Department before any state forced hookup. The bill, tied to annexation rules and city plans for island areas, faces political hurdles with officials noting city annexation remains a condition for sewer availability.
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Venice
Ted Ewing
Warren Henderson
Florida
Senate
House
Ewing and
Henderson
Sarasota
Tom Danson
Danson
Dale Rieth
Rieth
Sen. Henderson
Rep. Ewing
Clock ticks on 540 day Venice utility project
Actual construction starts Saturday February 20 on sewer and water extensions in Venice island. Taddy Underground will complete a 3.18 million dollar project in 540 days across six sections starting with three sections this week. Major work builds a sewer force main from Gulf Street to the treatment plant on South Harbor Drive extension. Sewer main expected about 70 days.
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Venice
Taddy Underground
Gulf Street
South Harbor Drive
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David Olson
Ately
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Bill
Venice Enclave
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Social News
Arby's
Green Fountain Garden
House & Home Service
Jbyrons
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Norton’s Camera
Walgreens
Woolco
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