Venice Beach Reports Limited Tar Ball Spill Reach
Tar balls from a 1979 Gulf spill wash ashore at Manasota Siesta Keys with sporadic deposits at Venice Beach. Lifeguards note few tar patches and advise solvent cleaning. county crews continue beach cleanup and tar pool removal after a recent storm. Scientists cite Gulf currents and storm dynamics as contributing factors.
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Siesta
Casey Keys
Gulf
Venice Beach
Sarasota County
Siesta Key
Kelly _Cecil
Bay of Campechee
County Parks and Recreation Department
Venice
Weekend prisoner work release eyed by Sarasota officials
Sarasota County Sheriff Jim Hardcastle urged the county commission to approve a weekend work release program for inmates at the Sarasota County Jail to ease overcrowding. Judges voiced support, with estimates showing 5 to 25 prisoners weekly would participate in a Saturday 6 AM to 5 PM work gang before release at 6 PM. The ordinance was sent to the clerk for advertisement and upcoming agenda consideration.
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Sarasota County
Jim Hardcastle
Hardcastle
Sarasota
Hente
Beverly Stackler
Stackler
Rieth criticizes county staff and asphalt depth conflict
Rieth says Sarasota County Commission overreaches by involving itself in city engineering decisions. He notes delays and higher costs if the county enforces one quarter inch thicker asphalt than originally specified, risking mismatched road depths with existing streets in Golden Beach.
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Rieth
Sarasota County
Golden Beach
Space Shuttle Columbia broadcasts reach public via toll line
NASA sets a toll number to hear live communications with astronauts Ken Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield from the space shuttle Columbia. The line costs 50 cents for the first minute and 35 cents per additional minute, with broadcasts audible only about 30 percent of the time due to atmospheric conditions.
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Ken Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Mission Control
NASA
Total eclipse expected with colored sky rings in Braden ton
The article notes limited visibility but the eclipse will already have passed. It describes colored hues during totality due to atmospheric dust and mentions Bishop Planetarium Braden ton offering free viewing July 5 and 6 from midnight to 5 30 am with three of four telescopes set up east of 9th Street and free admission.
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Bishop Planetarium
Bradenton
9Th Street
Municipal Auditorium
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