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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1979
Page
1
Governor requests funding for area road projects with details on page 16. Other items include a review of Move Over Mrs Mark Ham for VLT on page 20 and Venice High ROTC’s big win in Panama City noted in community news on page 15. VHS swimmers farewells appear on page 29.
Daily 8 am temperatures and rainfall data compiled for the prior 24 hours. Measurements cover multiple dates, tracking storm activity and climate changes across the region. Data supports ongoing weather analysis and reporting.
Venice Junior High School holds Clean-Up Day Saturday with 8:30 a.m. arrival for students, parents, and friends who bring bags. Free hamburgers donated by local restaurants follow the cleanup and painting work funded by STP volunteers. Gayle Warren coordinates signups. Mildred Wood leads the effort.
Sarasota County Commission received a quit claim deed gifting part of the South Jetty land from Venice owners George and Mary Gibbs. About one acre, bought for 24000 in back taxes by Jetty Villas, sits adjacent to the condo. The county land is a long used public fishing spot slated for a park. The commission also approved Venice's comprehensive plan with corrections and a clarification on sanitary sewer and economic feasibility elements. A plastic pipe ordinance study was referred to committee after a public hearing. The board faces a separate suit by Thomas Provenzano claiming unlawful denial of a concealed weapon permit.
City Council held a hearing requested by Councilman R L Anderson to consider banning aluminum wiring on load side mains and possibly live side feeds. Ansel Brennan the city electrical inspector argued for education and proper compression fittings, noting aluminum is cheaper but safe when properly installed, prompting calls for tighter code requirements and continued copper shortage concerns.
A Tuesday Venice Council session settled on a compromise for the Capri Isles Curry Creek annexation with higher sewer and water plant charges for the remaining 1,900 lots. The plan calls for $300 water and $150 sewer per hookup, boosting city revenue by about $500,000, while Castle Communities agrees to a 20 foot right of way along Colonia Lane for future widening. Dean of Roy Dean and Richard Bell of Castle Communities prepared the agreement for May 16 council review.
Derek Dunn Rankin, president and publisher, announces Robert A Vedder as general manager for Sun Coast Gondolier and Sun Coast Times. Vedder, 35, will oversee business office production and circulation. A DePauw graduate, he previously led The Trib in New York and spent a decade with Dow Jones. The Vedder family plans to relocate to Nokomis in August.
Venice city officials agreed seven years ago to fund a sewer extension from Davis Street and Airport Avenue for about 760 feet with an 8 inch line. The council decided property owners would not be charged for the extension as sales proceeds were deposited to the airport fund.
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