League urges more protective measures for Caspersen Beach
Margaret Dudley of the South County League of Women Voters urged Sarasota County to expand protections at Caspersen Beach at the county commission meeting. She praised patrols and the new recreation facility rules and proposed park hours from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The league also backed moving roads east, adding boardwalks, and limiting parking in vegetated areas with support from SVCA representatives and Manasota Key concerns.
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Craig Nelson
Sun Coast Gondolier
Caspersen Beach
Margaret Dudley
South County League of Women Voters
Sarasota County
Caspersen
South Venice Civic Association
SVCA
Charles Drolet
League
Review Board invites public input on Sarasota County Charter
The Charter Review Board holds a public hearing tonight at 7 30 p m in Venice City Hall to discuss modifications to Article II on government organization and Article VII 7 2 reviewing County Government. Changes proposed may go to a referendum. residents in south county are invited to attend.
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Sarasota County
Charter Review Board
Venice City Hall
South County
Sarasota
Commission meets with absences delays zoning moratorium vote
Sarasota County Commission stalls on a rezoning moratorium due to commissioner absence. The body approves a traffic ordinance including 41 new stop signs for South Venice and considers rumble strips at county signs to boost safety. They oppose mandatory sewer hookups and plan to hire an accounting firm to study dual taxation while Venice Gardens residents alarmed by water quality issues.
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John Saba
Sarasota County
Venice
James Neville
Charles Goode
Dick Nelson
Neville
Maroney
Venice Gardens
Gardens
Fred Green
Eviction Mystery Baffles Florida Mobile Home Couple
Percy Power and his wife Gertrude face eviction from their Harbor Lights Mobil home in Venice on August 14 with no stated cause. The couple, tenants for 18 years, report timely rent and well kept grounds while park owner Herbert F. Hofmann could not comment due to illness. The mobile home landlords and a regional renters group seek answers to why the couple may lose their home.
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Harbor Lights
Mrs. Percy Power
Percy Power
Gertrude
Florida Paradise
Percy
Gertrude Power
Dick Fredricks
Federation of Mobile Home Owners
Harbor Lights Mobil
Venice
Herbert F. Hofmann
Power
Venice Blood Bank Appeals For Donors At City Drive
The Venice Hospital Blood Bank asks residents to donate blood of all types. A mobile unit will be at the First National Bank of Venice parking lot on Wednesday March 8 from 10 am to 3 pm. Donor age 17 to 66, over 66 with doctor’s consent. eight week donation interval. Blood must be transfused within 21 days and matched to recipient.
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Venice Hospital
First National Bank of Venice
Venice City Council Hears Donkey Races and Palm Tree Moves
The Venice council long meeting discussed palm tree relocations on Venice Avenue, a new fire engine, water plant issues, and a pension plan for police and fire personnel costing an extra 30 000 dollars from reserves. About 63 supporters urged against Rohmann over golf course complaints while city officials defend current operation and no investigations into Rohmann. The council approved relocation of palm trees and tasked Fire Chief Deming with ordering a new fire engine.
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Venice
Carl Rohmann
Lake Venice
Rohmann
Peter Holmbraker
James Knott
Venice Gardens Men’s Association
Venice Avenue
Theodore Deming
Un Florida Winter Echoes On Wet Season Debate
In Sarasota area the 1978 winter is unusually wet with residents like Nokomis Groves owner Gene Henderson noting shifting rain patterns. He treats cycles, not climate change, as the driver while recalling past floods and a pothole scare on Albee Farm Road in Nokomis on February 19 1978 that required county road crews for emergency repairs.
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Gene Henderson
Sarasota County
Nokomis Groves
Henderson
Nokomis
Pridmore
Weather Readings At Eight A.M Daily Summary
Daily temperatures and rainfall totals recorded at 8 a.m. for the preceding 24 hours. Data covers the listed dates and locations with high and low temperatures and precipitation amounts.
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Gulf
Review Board
Cowever P
Sinclair
Etee
Boeing
Stanley Zelinsky
Harry Case
Lake Venice Golf Association
Eugene Caffrey
Paul Pridmore
Albee
Albee Farm Road
Laurel Road
Phil Metz
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
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