I-75 Plans Raise Venice Business and Zoning Talks
Venice area chamber aims to inform public on land use and economic impact of the I-75 connectors. The I-75 Action Council will study zoning, transportation, completion date, subdivisions, and growth to assess effects on local businesses.
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Venice
Frank Pellegrin
Capri Isles
Chamber
Venice Avenue
Pellegrin
Venice Area
Keith Swenson
General Development Corporation
Ellen Kansman
Kansman
Sarasota
Action Council
Water supplies in area may contain radium contamination
County health official Bob Forbes warns the Osprey Nokomis and Laurel area water may carry radioactive radium 226 from phosphate ore. Tests in 1974 found excess levels in public and private wells, though public systems have been corrected. Softening can reduce radium by about 75 percent. health impacts remain uncertain.
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Osprey
Nokomis
Laurel
Bob Forbes
Forbes
Health Department
Board fails to reach quorum at charter meeting
Sarasota County Charter Review Board could not act with only six of 13 members present. They planned final approval of proposed charter changes for the November ballot. Chair Robert Siff and member Charles Morgan discussed sending a reprimand to absent trustees.
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Beverly Clay
Sarasota County
Charles Morgan
Robert Siff
Robert Johnson
Jonathon Pugh
James Neville
Neville
Morgan
Pugh
South County
Larry Rhodes
Sun Day celebration planned across nations and Venice joins
Sun Day set for May 3 with events in 150 U.S. cities and 19 countries. Venice Mayor Harry Case says Sun Day is everyday and Sarasota proclaims Sun Day. the county’s Parkdale apartment complex adds a $14,000 solar water heating system designed by Solar Comfort Inc. and installed by Hill and Hill Plumbing with a back-up electric heater, expected to pay for itself in seven to eight years.
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Jimmy Carter
Sarasota County
Venice
Harry Case
Sarasota
Elmer
Berkel
Parkdale
Narvaczi Street
Solar Comfort, Inc
Hill and
Hill Plumbing
Randall Hicks
Bio rhythm used to gauge critical days at city hall
City employee Bernie Simanskey uses a pocket calculator to read a birth date based bio rhythm claimed to flag lapses in physical emotional and intellectual performance. He says the method warns when one is more likely to mismanage minus days and be extra careful on plus days.
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Bernie Simanskey
Simanskey
Sun Coast
City Hall
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