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1) Anyone have extra furniture They intend to get rid of? A Lady who has been renting in the park, just bought, and is in need of some. Call Janet for details 2) Been to see the clowns in Sarasota? Some are on St. Armands Circle and more around Main Street and toward Fruitville Road. Also some on 41 toward the bridge to the circle. 3) Dr. Donohue's column: What is niacin for: In small doses, niacin is vitamin B-3. It prevents pellagra, an illness of diarrhea, skin eruption, mental decline and death. In large doses, niacin can lower cholesterol and triglycerides. It also goes by the names nicotinaminde and nicotinic acid. 4) Christmas Parade downtown Venice November 25th. Attractions start at 5:45 at W. Venice Avenue and Harbor Drive; parade, starting and ending with Santa, on W. Venice Avenue south on Nokomis Ave,starts at 7:00 - 9:00. 5) Marion Gager of 192 3rd St. West, has a sturdy set of card table and 4 padded chairs (both back and seat) for sale. $19.00 for all call Janet for

1) Christmas Bazaar, haven't seen any ads in thenewspaper, but according to the sign out front, it is tomorrow at the clubhouse. Lu St. George told me lunch is $4.00 and consists of a hot dog or ham salad, baked beans, chips and a pickle, and a cupcake donated by the Millie Lake's exercise class and is served from 9:00 to 1:00. 2) Third Thursday Stroll - Venice Mainstreet - TheIsland Avenues 5:30 to 8:00 pm. 3) We drove to Myakka State Park the other evening at sunset (5:00 to 6:30) and enjoyed seeing quite a few animals along the drive in the park. First was 5 teenage piggies, all colors, walked across the road in front of us. Then we saw 6 deer, 2 and 2 and 1 and 1, all, either along the road or crossing in front of us. Only 1 squirrel and a few alligators and birds,usually a bunch of them. 4) Sarasota County courts have help for people going through legal proceedings without a lawyer. The County Court Small Claims Self-Help DVD was developed by County Judge Kimb

Today is Veteran's Day . (also Vicki Peel's birthday) Shopping for a new appliance? To pass along myfindings at Jessup's on East Venice Avenue. Again,you can't believe what you see in print (except from here ha). The add was for a French Door refrigerator 25 cu ft for $2,199. But their price was only $2,017! And if you didn't want stainless steel, it was only $1,711! This was for a KitchenAid, and his explamation was; KitchenAid wouldn't help pay for the advertisements unless they used their prices. My problem, it just won't fit in my kitchen! Right now they have a rebate on Whirlpool appliances purchased between now and Dec 10th. Worth checking out. Annual Singing Christmas Tree presentation Not too early to plan your trip to the 33rd Annual Singing Christmas Tree presentation at the First Baptist Church of Sarasota. There are 9 presentations between Dec 1 and Dec 10th. $10.00 per person. 941-365-28463) To remind you of the parking downtown Venice:

COFFEE AT THE CLUB HOUSE There is now a 12 cup coffee pot in the club house kitchen with filters for everyone to use. There is a blue sheet in the clubhouse hall to log trips to airports. If you log as soon as you know, maybe we can consolidate trips. Notice the survey teams here last week? They are doing so as to locate OUR ditches. Supposed to be in connection to being able to keep them CLEAR? Sign up cards available for Thanksgiving dinner. Get your 'family' together and sign up! Only a coupleof weeks away. Does anyone have a candy thermometer they aren't using? Sometimes I need one. I recived this from a friend and thought it was quite nice and it does work. I thought you might like to share it. From Dwana Reeves Subject: Something cool that Xerox is doing If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but

hi there Villagers thank you for your patience whilst we have been opening our new "toy" The Lake Village Gazette Blog. Yes we have finally switched on to the latest technology and opened our first Blog so that we can keep everyone updated with the latest news and snippets from the local area. Over the next few days I will be testing and working out how to use it properly with the help of fellow Lake village resident Geoff Lord The Internet Marketing-Tutor of 4th Street East. As I learn to use this we will all benefit from the fact that you will not only be able to read the latest New as I publish, but you will also be able to re-read and check out previous post, post your comments, submit your own news items, and have access to usefull information that we post in the blog. So Stay tuned..

Meet your perfect partner here ENGLEWOOD -- More than 5,000 underprivileged people over the last two decades have received the gift of better sight through the Venice/Englewood Lions Vision Screening and Treatment Program's Alfred G. and Ingeborg Keerl Trust. The trust is maintained by the Venice and Englewood Lions clubs to help financially challenged families with eye care. "I think that's wonderful," said Larry Beers, coordinator of the Englewood Lions Club eye care program. "There are a lot of people who can't afford eye care. The (criteria) levels are set a little higher, because there are people who work who can't afford glasses." November 2006 marks the 19th anniversary of the Venice/Englewood Lions Vision Screening and Treatment Program. The program serves the residents of Venice, Nokomis and Englewood who might otherwise not be able to afford proper eye care. "There's no cost to the patient. It's a real good program," B

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