MJC campus gains ground on southern branch plans
Manatee Junior College aims to establish a southern campus with a local architect chosen to draft preliminary plans. If state funding priority is high enough, construction could begin as early as spring, said Dean Jack Dale, who noted the need to rise on the legislated funding list managed by Lee Henderson.
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Dave Martin
Manatee Junior College
Jack Dale
Southern
Lee Henderson
State Division of Community Colleges
Florida
Dale
End of Daylight Saving Time Brings Clocks Back One Hour
U S residents will set clocks back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. to end Daylight Saving Time and start Eastern Standard Time. The change will affect sunrise and sunset, extending sleep for some and delaying dawn for others as daylight hours shift earlier.
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United States
Grand Parade Highlights Venice San Fiesta
Today the annual San Fiesta Grand Parade travels the Venice streets from 10 a.m. at San Marco Drive and Nokomis Avenue to West Venice Avenue with groups large and small joining a celebration begun in 1973. Fiesta in the Park runs noon to evening at the Venice Community Center and Blalock Park, free to the public. A Miss Venice Beauty Pageant is set for 8 p.m. at Venice Junior High School with general admission 3.50 and reserved 4.00, as the city hosts a full week of events.
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Venice
Regin
San Marco Drive
Nokomis Avenue
Venice Avenue
Park
Venice Community Center
Blalock Park
Venice Junior High School
Phosphate boom reshapes Florida’s Suncoast and Peace River region
The piece traces Florida phosphate origins from 1881 discovery by Captain LeBaron to Moorehead’s early mining drive and subsequent land grabs. It notes clashes with cattlemen in 1925 over fencing, deadly shootings, and a long history of industry movement from the Peace River to Polk County and beyond as demand grows.
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Florida
Peace River
Polk County
Corps of Engineers
J. Francis LeBaron
Jacksonville
Men of Means
LeBaron
T.S Moorehead
Moorehead
John C. Jones
Orlando
Punta Gorda
Fort Odgen
W.E. McKee
Florida Southern Railroad
Venice innovator builds a better bus
Lee Huston of Skillcraft Industries in Venice Florida builds the nation’s first low floor buses. Demand outpaces supply as a 22 500 square foot plant expansion doubles output from three to two buses per month and raises staff from 31 to 80 or more.
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Writ
Skillcraft Industries
Lee Huston
South County
Sarasota
Huston
Ogden Road
Venice
Florida
Detroit
Toledo
Skillcraft
David Marta
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