Venice Considers Local Stance On County Water Ban
Sarasota County Commission approves a countywide outdoor sprinkling ban amid debate on enforcement and delayed city adherence. Venice may opt out citing no legal requirement, while officials cite drought conditions and saltwater intrusion risks. The rule limits lawn watering to 7 to 9 PM on designated days with permits for commercial users and hand watering allowed daily.
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Sarasota County Commission
Venice
Dale E. Rieth
Rieth
Venice Council Frets Over Water Ban and Unions
Venice council members discuss drought responses amid countywide watering ban while City Attorney Wheeler handles union recognition talks. A public hearing on Storer Cable TV rate hikes extends to April 20, with Mayor Case questioning the proposed increase.
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Walker
Rieth
Jan Dean
Charles Wheeler
Duke Schultz
Wheeler
Schultz
Harry Case
Department of Community Affairs
Dean
Venice
Case
Florida
Storer Cable TV
Storer
Venice relies on new RO plant to avert water crisis
Venice's $2 million reverse osmosis water plant, operating since October, now provides 30 to 40 percent of the city’s output and reduces strain on shallow wells. Utilities director Stewart Wilson says the two-source system helped avoid county outdoor sprinkling bans and a repeat of last spring’s shortage. Peak usage occurs around Easter, with demand tapering afterwards.
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Venice
Direcor Stewart Wilson
Venice Farm Road
Wilson
Young fisher Miss Sarah Lee Davis Makes News
A church child, five year old Sarah Lee Davis, catches a flounder at the South Jetty weighing about three pounds and shares the tale with a visiting editor. Her family, Rev Calvin Davis and Mrs Davis, her mother and brother Michael, accompany her. The catch feeds the family and she explains she caught it with a live shrimp and her father helped pull it in.
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Sarah Lee Davis
Louis Sinclair
Sarah
Briggs
Sarah Lee
Calvin
Davis
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Michael
Time Capsule Planned by Venice Bank Aims for 2076
Merle L. Graser announces the Bicentennial Time Capsule Planning Committee invites South County residents to submit items of Venice area historical or cultural significance for inclusion in the bank time capsule. The capsule will be sealed July 4 this year and reopen on July 4, 2076. Contact Ann Scott at First National Bank of Venice for submissions.
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Merle L. Graser
First National Bank of Venice
South County
Venice
Ann Scott
Nokomis Ave
Venice couple’s son sails for Bicentennial aboard The Unicorn
David L. Bender, son of Oscar and Mrs. Bender, will serve as master at arms aboard the brig The Unicorn for a seagoing Bicentennial salute. The ship will depart Port Everglades May 1 for Savannah then Bermuda, then New York for July 4 events. The Unicorn and its sister The Eagle will represent the United States in the flotilla and parade in New York Harbor.
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Venice
David L. Bender
Oscar Bender
Country Club Estates
America
Port Everglades
Ft. Lauderdale
Savannah
United States
New York Harbor
Gravesend Bay
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Fred Heinzman
Luther Rozar
U.S. Geological Survey
Horace Sutcliffe, Jr
Sutcliffe
Englewood
Sarasota
Commission
County Environmental Control Department
John M. Saba Jr
Jim Hardcastle
Peoria
Board of County Commissioners
Berrisford Walker
Dale Rieth
Stewart Wilson
A eWia As
Bermuda
THE
New York
Mrs. Bender
Herson
Florida Ocean Science Institute
Deerfield Beach
Fla
State Correctional Institution
Okeechobee
Tarpon Springs
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