Dual board feud roils Venice Symphony as dispute halts season
Conductor Hartley Haines accuses the Venice Symphony’s old board of thwarting the new board led by Geri Becker over concert plans and funding. Interpleader action ties funds at Venice Nokomis Bank while The Brickyard underwrites the April 25 concert.
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Hartley Haines
Venice Symphony Orchestra
Alan L. MacFarland
Haines
MacFarland
E. J. Schachte
Schachte
Geri Becker
Venice
Brickyard
Symphony
Venice-Nokomis Bank
New name for Civic Center debated Venice board agenda
Venice Recreation Board discussed renaming the under construction Civic Center to Venice Community Center and shaping its planning process. They considered a pro to run the center, concert and opera uses, a canopy from curb to entrance, and a committee to explore land use for the old center.
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Civic Center Saga
Venice Recreation Board
Dale Rieth
Venice Community Center
Paul Atrochin
Sam Herron
Venice Avenue
Berrisford Walker
Herron
Atrochin
Chuck Rieter
Venice Labor Relations Seminar Highlights Secret Ballot View
A Venice city hall seminar led by Al Leggat, Florida labor relations adviser, explained collective bargaining as the process where management and employee units negotiate wages hours and terms of employment. The talk covered union avoidance and the role of secret ballot elections amid local organizing efforts by Duke Schultz of St. Petersburg.
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Venice
City Hall
al Leggat
Duke Schultz
St. Petersburg
Controversy Over Right-of-Way Trimming in South Venice
Resident John Glander objects to South Venice Road and Bridge District trimming that leaves ragged edges along drainage ditches. Ed Foster says the county owns the area and the compact mower is used due to limited funds, aiming to keep ditches clear.
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Venice Road and Bridge
John Glander
Mangrove Drive
Glander
ED Foster
South Venice Road and Bridge District
City
Venice Gardens
Foster
Tony Briggs
South Venice
South Venice Road and Bridge
Big Brothers seeks male volunteers in Venice area
Carol Ross executive director of Big Brothers of the Venice Area urges area men to volunteer for boys ages 6 to 17 after Laraine Norquist's death. She cites many fatherless homes and stresses two hours weekly, stating money donations help expand the program.
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Carol Ross
Big Brothers
Venice
Miss Ross
Laraine Norquist
Big Brother
Miami Avenue
WAMER
Dr. T. Garner
Frank Loosier
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Abbe Morrison
Pattie Crouse
Debbie Hutchinson
Debra Kalchbrenner
Theresa Freiser
Leslie Fultz
Lynn Howes
Craig Grossenbacher
Tim Hagan
David
Thierry
Kevin Slapp
Kelly Cecil
Lisa K. Ball
Henry Walkup
Melissa McKay
Kathy Johns
Jay Jaqua
Paul Cotherman
Peggy Rankin
Pam Hattaway
Paige Peterson
Lissa Young
Michelle Cowart
Nancy Herron
Dianne Gulotte
Nancy Dinka
Paula Carsteens
John Jaqua
Paul Squee
Susan Wunder
Laura Samietz
Dorothy Lippstretter
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Jack Sullivan
Sullivan
Harry Case
Bill Freeman
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