Venice City Council abolishes Airport Advisory Board
The Venice City Council voted three to one to abolish the Airport Advisory Board despite arguments from Berry Walker that airport business burden would fall on the council. Walker cast the sole dissenting vote and urged planning input for master plans to guide future direction.
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Airport Advisory Board
Venice
Berry Walker
Walker
Advisory Board
Jan Dean
Graham
Harry Case
Eugene Caffrey
Dale Rieth
Rieth
Airport
Dean
City Council weighs Rieth pay plan for city workers
Council members praised City Administrator Dale Rieth as he submitted proposed personnel rules and a new pay plan. City Attorney Wheeler reviews the draft for ordinance changes while Councilman Walker warns the salary boost could raise taxes despite Rieth calling the increase minimal and fair for employees.
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Berrisford Walker
Dale Rieth
Rieth
Charles Wheeler
Walker
Metric program aims to ease conversion for students at Garden Elementary
Kindergarten to sixth grade students participate in a year long Metric Madness Mob program teaching grams meters and liters with levels of complexity. Characters Killer Kilo Happy Hecto and Doctor Deka aid memory of prefixes while activities include estimating weights and building volume measuring devices. The school plans to continue and others may adopt materials as color video demonstrates the program statewide.
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LaMort
Garden
Joan Ewing
Harry Soward
Seward
Garden Elementary
United States
U.S
Janice Pozniak
Sandy Daves
Nancy Fisher
Mary Pat Epperly
Sally McLean
PLUSword contest offers gift certificates and cash prizes
Readers can solve the PLUSword puzzle in this week's PLUS issue to win a $10 gift certificate from The Men's Shop or a $5 cash award from The Gondolier. Two names hidden in the puzzle correspond to local business owners. Call 488-8700 between 9 am and 4 30 pm for the display advert department to enter. Winners announced in the next PLUS.
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PLUS
Venice OKs Storer Cable TV rate hike after long debate
Venice City Council approved Storer Cable TV rate schedule for 1976 after hours of debate and a public hearing. The plan sets a $6 monthly service charge per outlet, $2 for each additional outlet, and various installation fees with waivers for existing contracts and mobile home park limits.
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Venice
Storer
City of
Council
City Hall
Berrisford Walker
Walker
Bill Freeman
Country Club Estates Mobile Home Park
CB radio fans rally for blood drive in Englewood
Lady Jane Barbara Sharpe organized a broad cast plea with CB operators like The Joker and Blue Rider to donate blood for Ray Melintosh now in Venice Hospital. The effort across area restaurants and WENG radio set a new record with 59 pints donated toward a 100 pint goal.
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Lady Jane
Carolina Sunshine
Blue Rider
the Joker
Englewood
Ray MelIntosh
Venice Hospital
Handle
Barbara Sharpe
Joker
Dick Olin
Fritz Kluge
McIntosh
Laurel Nelson
Hospital Mobile Blood Unit
Pizza Pub
WENG
George A. Sharpe
YMCA seeks slogan for new Venice Y facility
The South County Family YMCA offers a free membership to the winning writer who creates the best slogan for the new Y to open at 701 Center Rd Venice. Second and third place receive prizes. Enter by June 1 with name address and phone. Winners announced noon June 5 at grand opening.
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South County Family
Hemingway
YMCA
Venice
Fla
Center Rd
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