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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1978
Page
2
City Manager Dale E. Rieth argues that annexing enclaves by ordinance is a communal solution to service delivery. He compares the challenge to pushing wire through swiss cheese, noting 600 building lots and 180 acres across four areas. He denies tax motives, urges calm discussion, and calls for shared burdens to keep neighborhoods integrated.
Kay Page reports Venice Gardens Elementary uses the Metric Mob characters Dr. Deka Happy Hecto and Dimple Deci to teach metric prefixes through hands on activities. The program, a decade old, blends kinesthetic learning with goals on measurement thermometer reading and Celsius, household item weighing, and long range understanding of metric systems.
A reader sends a correction to May 238 1978 council actions. It clarifies the Building Department was not instructed to deny the MacArthur Beach and Racquet Club permit. No action to block a high rise parking lot was taken. William Korp outlines proper procedures. The approved site plan concerns Capri Isles Block A, not Pine Brook South.
The Sertoma Club of Venice expresses gratitude to numerous sponsors for the successful Cops vs Freaks Benefit Softball Game. Acknowledgments include Cal's Distillery City of Venice Showmobile Eric Daniels Barbara Fisherman's Wharf Marina Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 45 Little John Pewter Mug Pet Dairy Ponder's Foremost Publix Southeast Bank Seven-Eleven Sullivan's Sunshine Press and T-
Venice Ladies Auxiliary thanks donors from the third annual Fireman's Ball, noting about $1900 raised for equipment and nine firefighters training with Coral Kings Dive Shop. Public and police support praised, with special thanks to local hardware stores and media coverage.
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