Committee off and running Fiesta celebrates Bicentennial year
The 1976 San Fiesta committee plans Oct 23 to 31 events ending on Halloween. The org, a baker's dozen strong, aims to build a yearly Venetian tradition in a resort town emphasizing local home folks over tourists. The 1973 festivities included a parade, pageant, sports and food, marking Venice Little Theatre’s grand opening.
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Baker's Dozen
Venice Little Theatre
Elks Club
Municipal Pier
Blalock Park
Venice Pool
Rieth tightens Venice City Hall operations
Venice City Hall undergoes rapid reorganization under City Administrator Dale Rieth using firm but restrained leadership. He reports streamlined staff meetings, a new staffing chart, and plans to finish personnel rules by month end with an April council presentation. Rieth also pursues media liaison and a resident metric system adaptation program.
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Venice
Dale Rieth
Rieth
City Hall
Venice Plans two Metric System Seminars For Citizens
City works on a program to show daily life changes under the metric system with City Engineer Mr Yeatts ready to lead. The administrator backs contracting Leeco Consultants Inc for 2500 dollars plus expenses to review insurance and rebid city premiums.
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Venice
Yeatts
Leeco Consultants, Inc
Ft. Myers
Florida
Rieth
Case
Venice area beaches packed as sun lovers crowd shoreline
Sun seekers flocked to Nokomis and Venice beaches over the weekend with crowds estimated at more than 3,000 on Sunday. Beach managers report strong business despite the swell, while local merchants joke about shark teeth sales and the fame of Jaws.
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Florida
Venice
Nokomis
Sam Cuccia
Estimat
Cuccia
Judy Raynor
Brochard Park
Basil Tzankis
Venice Municipal
Osprey
Manasota Key
Venice considers new road to improve safety for mobile home residents
Venice City Council approves a resolution to seek county funding for an engineering study of a road and bridge south from Bay Indies Boulevard and Ridgewood Avenue to East Venice Avenue. The plan would connect Ridgewood and Bay Indies parks to the U.S. 41 Bypass at a traffic signal intersection, aiming to reduce accidents and improve access. Petitions with 1300 signatures supported the project. estimated costs are 25 000 to 30 000 for the road and 30 000 for the bridge.
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U.S. 41
Venice
Sarasota
East Venice Avenue
City of
Bay Indies Boulevard
Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood
Sarasota County
Ted Yeatts
Berrisford Walker
Venice Airpark
Lloyd Hermar
Ron Cyril
Council
Hermar
Walker
Herman
Chuck Reiter
Roberts Bay
Bass seeks Sarasota school board seat claiming Osprey needs own school
Vernon Bass, a Democrat and former anti close school activist, announces a bid for Rev. David Olson's Sarasota County seat. He argues Osprey should have a local elementary to replace Gulf Gate plans, cites rapid area growth, and plans to raise funds with Curtis Bass to build a new Osprey school. He also opposes removing Bible from schools and would fund most campaign contributions to the building account. The Bass brothers emphasize Bicentennial-era school closures hurt Osprey, the county's oldest town.
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Osprey
Sarasota
David Olson
Vernon Bass
Bass
Gulf Gate
Curtis
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Robert Anderson
Douglas Murphy
Harry Case Dig
Hugh McPherson
Andrew Sandegren
VACC
Merle Graser
Robert Chable
New Orleans
Beaumont Hotel
Terry Ewing
Mickey Agee
Civic Center
Anne Agee
Paul Atrochin
Ed Bahret
Mike Corradino
Jim Huffaker
Connie Keys
Jerry Kinder
June Lee Reninger
Joanne Troeke
Ellie van Tol
Norah Denison
Tzankis
Awtic
Bill McFarland
Venice Area
Council E
Olson
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