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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1981
Page
9
Venice High School Key Club led drive aims to reach 250 pints by March 6 with donations at the school mobile unit and Venice Hospital Blood Bank. Awards, prizes, and a western theme accompany donor incentives while Kiwanis support funds the program.
The Lions Club of Englewood will stage a White Cane Sale on March 5 6 and 7 with co chairmen Frank Cook and Philip A Knuth. Proceeds fund aid to the blind including eye banks eyeglasses leader dogs and libraries eye wills and glaucoma screenings. March is Lions Eye Bank Month proclamation urged and Eye Wills forms will be available.
Mr and Mrs Charles Shepard announce the engagement of daughter Lisa to James A Brown son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Brown The couple's families reside in Nokomis and Tampa Lisa is a Venice High School 1975 graduate with a USF elementary education degree She is a Kappa Delta Pi member and teaches at Venice Elementary School James is Gulf Fabrics assistant manager and a 1970 Chamberlain High School graduate who attended Hillsborough Junior College A July wedding is planned
Loveland School grounds near the South County Courthouse Annex in South Venice will host a flea market on Saturday March 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is set on school property and opens to the public.
Laboratory Technician Patti Heald of Venice has been chosen as Employee of the Month for February at Venice Hospital. Since joining in 1972 she has worked in hematology blood bank microbiology and chemistry, now focused in chemistry and advanced by workshops in Houston and California.
The engagement of Keri Milbrandt daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Milbrandt Merrill Wisconsin and Douglas E Schepp son of Mr and Mrs William Schepp Laurel Rd Nokomis is announced with plans for an August wedding. The bride elect attended the University of Wisconsin River Falls earning a degree in pre school elementary education and works at Kinder Care Center in Houston. He graduated from Venice High School and the University of Florida with degrees in mechanical engineering and chemistry and is employed at Celanese Chemical Company in Houston.
The engagement of John Spedter and Valarie Lynn Polink is announced. John, a Navy servicemember stationed in Washington D.C., is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merz of Venice. Valarie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Polink of Fairfax, Virginia. The couple plan to marry this fall in Fairfax. A White Elephant table benefits from donations of miscellaneous items, plants, and baked goods, with public attendance and refreshments.
Partnerless parents group schedules a busy March with family fun days at Englewood Recreation Center and gatherings around food, games, and outings. Events include meetings with President Paul Strausbaugh, a March 7 coffee discussion, family hikes, dinners, dances, skating, and a beach outing.
The American Association of Retired Persons Englewood Chapter 1344 marks the state charter anniversary at a March 6 meeting at 1 30 p m in St David s Episcopal Church Parish Hall A chorus from Englewood Elementary School performs Assisant state director Everett Burgett of North Port will attend The chapter sponsors a Tax Ride Program with IRS trained counselors A social hour follows and the public is invited to attend.
Venice Chapter 372 of the American Association of Retired Persons will sponsor a spring luncheon on Friday April 24 at 12 30 p m at the Venice Community Center 326 South Nokomis Ave The lunch catered by Buffalo Bill and Sandy Reiner a professional guitarist will entertain Members and friends are invited Donations are 5 Tickets can be bought at the March 20 meeting or by calling Russ Olson at 485 3196
The VFW Tamiami Memorial Post 8118 will apply reflective tape to bikes at Garden Elementary on March 9 from 2 to 3 30 PM. Volunteers will inspect horns lights rear reflectors brakes and ensure bike visibility after dark, with certificates for free McDonald hamburgers for participants.
Eva Titus will lead a two session seminar on writing for children at the Venice Public Library on March 3. The event covers craft, style, plot, and read aloud technique, with a lunch break and manuscript analysis. Fee is $50. contact library director Jean Maguire at 488-9628 for arrangements.
Kiwanis Club Englewood presents a travelogue titled Portraits Of New England with speaker Robert Ditta on March 7 at 7 30 p.m. in Lemon Bay High cafetorium Englewood. Tickets 3 dollars at the door. Ditta, a New York City native and world traveler now living in California, will discuss Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island through his photo lecture.
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