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Bounce This Along---- Ever wondered if you could use "Bounce for anything other than cleaning your laundry ? Well here are few tips that you may not be aware of 1. All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It Will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice. 2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars That are sitting And it keeps mice from entering your vehicle. 3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get Opened too often. 4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop When outdoors during mosquito season. 5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) Screen. 6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe Your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from Resettling. 7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce. 8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Boun...

A whale of a story If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her . a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed gently around-she th...

4) The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an xceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England , and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads? Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England ) for their legions. The roads have be...

Hi everyone We have 210 fires here in Florida, over 43,000 acres have burned. Tuesday, we had smoke here at Lake Village, but not today. We had a great sunset Tuesday evening, a bank of clouds with a thin space just above the water. So, the sun went behind the clouds, but then peaked out in the thin space just before setting! 3) Now we have an early named storm. A subtropical one, Andrea is coming our way. All we should expect is some much needed rain. Now Alligator Alley is closed due to fires. 4) Does anyone know of a day-old bread store in Sarasota? I heard it is pepperidge farm outlet 'somewhere' off Beneva. 6) Having trouble canceling commercial mail addressed to the dead? Now there's help: the Direct Marketing Association's Deceased Do Not Contact List. Register the deceased person's information for $1 online at https://preference.the-ma.org/cgi/ddnc.php. Or write DMA at P. O. Box 1270, Carmel NY 10512. INclude the name, date of death, your name, ...

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Updates to the information files 1) You can use www.snopes.com to check the validity and origin of many circulating email stories. 2) Jim Brenner and Friends Wednesday at the Gazebo downtown Venice. 2 - 4 Jazz and Big Band medley. Liz Smith vocals, free bring a chair. 3) Thursday, Jazz at the Gazebo 2 - 4 Musicians always welcome bring a chair 423-9270 4) Junk Mail? Catalogs coming to your house you don't want? Send an email to optout@abacus-direct.com, or write to Abacus, POBox 1478, Broomfield, CO 80038. Then contact Direct Marketing Association, to remove yourself: www.the-dma.org or by writing DMA, PO Box 282, Carmel, NY 10512. They request a $1.00 fee to have your name removed from its junk-mail database. Then notify credit bureaus that you want to opt-out of their system that generates mailing lists for companies that send nuisance credit card offers to your home. Do so by calling toll free 1-888-567-8688 (1-888-5-OPTOUT) a toll-free service that's provided...

*** Tiki Band playing poolside Friday, February 9th, 3 to 5, if weather is nice. If not, they will be playing inside the clubhouse. Come and enjoy! 1) Tax time - Depending on your income level, your Social Security benefits may be taxable. To figure this out, add up all your taxable income, plus any tax-exempt interest you earned, plus half of your Social Security. If these combined amounts are under the required limits ($25,000 if you file as a single, and $32,000 if you file a joint return), then you owe no tax on your Social Security. But, if the total is greater, you will. For more information, call the IRS (800-829-3676) and request its free publication 554, Older American's Tax Guide. Need to file? Filing as a single - if your 2006 gross income was less than $8,450 ($9,700 if age 65 or older), they don't have to file. Filing married - you don't have to file if their gross income was less than $16,900. Add $1,000 for each spouse age 65 or o...

hi Everyone IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM YOUR SOCIAL DIRECTOR,>> MARDI GRA FEBRUARY 17TH AT 6:00 P.M. DINNER ANDDANCE. PRICE IS$15.00 PER PERSON. DUE TO LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS FOR THE MARDI GRA IHAVE DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE STREET CAPTAINS SELL .WE WILL BE SELLING TO FIRST COME FIRST SERVED ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT 10:00 A.M IN THE SOCIAL HALL. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THIS TIME. IF WE HAVE ANY TICKETS LEFT WE WILL RETURN TO THE SOCIAL HALL ON MONDAY MORNING THE 5TH AT 10:00 A.M. I AM SORRY IF THIS IS A PROBLEM TO SOME AND YOU MAY ASK A FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR TO PICK UP YOUR TICKETS. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY FAIR WAY TO REACH EVERYONE. I AM HEARING THIS IS GOING TO BE A SELL OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!.> Go Before it's too late! Several attractions in Florida have closed. Here are some that have been around for a longtime, but who knows how much longer. a) Silver Springs, Ocala. The 350 acre themepark hits all the major Florida notes: a gator-filled lagoon, an island in...

** A can't miss activity! The Tiki Band will entertain us at the pool Friday, January 19th from3:00 to 5:00. No admission (or tip jar), come early for the pool lounges and chairs, or bring your own. Drinks and snacks allowed, but no glass and NO TRASH! Bill and Casey, Liz and Larry Smith and Pat Ricciardi. 1) I replaced my HP Deskjet 648 printer with adifferent model and have 2 unopened ink jet cartridgesfor the HP 600 series printers.- one color HP 49 and one black HP 20. Will sell for$10 each. Coleen Fabrycki at 97 Circle Drive, phone 485-5868, e-mail vcoleen@comcast.net Tom Lock of 126 5th St. West is in need of a man'sbicycle. 485-8687 Pass the word along to friends whohave extra bikes and no computer. Well, we now don't have a 'dip' in the 'hill'between 7th East and Sunshine! Blacktopped, no less. Mark your calendar: The Pal Sailor Circus willpresent the 58th Annual Spring Show on March 21 thruMarch 31st. This is the one with children of s...

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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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