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The heart of South Venice since 1955 JULY / AUGUST 2019
FROM DUKE DOOGUE
President’s Message Our July 4th event was a great success. I want to thank all our members and guests who joined us, our hard-working board, the businesses that donated to our raffle baskets and espe-cially Butch Gerace and Bandana for a fantastic
event! We had to turn away over 30 peo-ple who wanted to buy tickets at the door because we had sold out quickly. I urge you to book early for next year’s July 4 BBQ bash and avoid being disappointed!
The money we raised that day will be used to improve our hall and to purchase a de-fibrillator. I want to thank the anonymous member who generously donated $500 toward the cost of the defibrillator.
We are continuing to improve the interior and the exterior of the hall - we had the floors buffed and then polished and they
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We celebrated the Fourth of July this year with a BBQ and Bandana. 200 people filled the hall for some great music, burgers and BBQ. Seen here, SVCA Board members with Butch Gerace of Bandana. Left to right are: Walt Ernst, Dianna Brannan, SVCA President Bernard “Duke” Doogue, Maureen Holland, Gerace, Cherry Giovinazzo, Chuck Bauman and Eric Barnes. See more photos on page 3 and on our Facebook page.
On June 12, we had a Wine & Cheese Reception to allow our current members to meet and welcome new members. Wines for Humanity
brought a great variety and there was a nice spread of cheese and fruit .
Everyone really enjoyed the
event, and with our mem-bership growing every month, we’ll do this again during season. More pho-tos on page 4.
No Public meeting in August
Have a great summer!
SEPTEMBER PUBLIC MEETING
MONDAY, SEPT. 16 at 7:00pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monday, AUGUST 12 at 4:00pm
BEACH TRUSTEES MEETING
Trustees don’t meet until September
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South Venice
Civic Association The heart of South Venice
since 1955
720 Alligator Drive South Venice Beach, FL 34293
Phone: 941-493-0006 Office hours: 9:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
Office administrator: Linda Fisher
www.SouthVeniceBeach.org [email protected]
BOARD OFFICERS Bernard ‘Duke’ Doogue, President
Rick Curwood, Vice President
Dianna Brannan, Treasurer
Gail Parker, Secretary
DIRECTORS AT LARGE Walt Ernst, Immediate Past President
Maureen Holland
Cherry Giovinazzo Eric Barnes
Chuck Bauman
Jerry Bannon
South Venice Beach WAVE Editor: Maureen Holland
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Walt Ernst [email protected] 941-493-8138 Rick Curwood [email protected] 941-493-5613 Dianna Brannan [email protected] 941-497-6456 Gail Parker [email protected] 941-244-0814 Maureen Holland [email protected] 941-408-44065
Joan ‘Cherry’ Giovinazzo [email protected] 215-872-2943 Bernard ‘Duke’ Doogue [email protected] 941-220-3407 Eric Barnes [email protected] 941-244-0224 Chuck Bauman [email protected] 989-274-6631 Jerry Bannon [email protected] 845-642-0339
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Update on Building and Grounds Thanks to Mr. Sullivan who has once again helped with our sound system. He installed a night light that will indicate when the microphone is on. That’s a great help.
A+ Plumbing recently checked all our outdoor faucets – some weren’t working. The air condi-tioner apparently needed an outdoor water source to com-plete an inspection – that has been seen to.
And if you’ve been by lately, you may have noticed that the floors are looking great; they were rewaxed and buffed on June 6 and 7.
We finally had the trees on our property trimmed up. Paradise Tree Co. did the work and they did a very thorough job and removed all the trimmings. Looks great.
We’re working to improve our civic center and we’ve got more projects ongoing and planned.
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Here’s how it went on July 4 . . . • We netted almost $2000 • 200 people attended and we had to turn
away over 30 others • 9 people won raffle baskets • 50/50 winner took home $125! • We earned $318 on the raffle
. . . and here’s some who helped Thank you to all the wonderful board and volunteers who worked so hard: • Thanks to Carol Jiga, Sarah Mueller and
Josephine McCullough. • Thanks also to Nancy Doogue, “Kitchen
Magician”. • Thanks to all of those who stayed to
clean up the hall—so many of you! You’re the greatest.
and those who donated . . . • Thanks yet again to Chad Czerny of Colli-
gan Water who donated cases of water for the day.
Our SVCA thanks to these local businesses who generously donated the basket goodies that allowed us to earn $$$$ on the raffles.
• Venice East Golf Course • Lake Venice Golf Course • Off the Wagon Bar & Grill • Cooks Sporting Goods • Your Golf Shop • Aldie’s Grocery Store • Bandanna • Wines for Humanity • Sarasota County Fire Department
LOTS OF FUN - FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE!
July 4 ‘BBQ with Bandana!’
2019-2010 Calendar as of now SEPTEMBER 16 Public Meeting
OCTOBER 12 Pancake Breakfast
OCTOBER 21 Public Meeting
NOVEMBER 9 Pancake Breakfast
NOVEMBER 18 Public Meeting/Volunteer Awards
DECEMBER 7 Arts & Crafts Show and Sale***
DECEMBER 14 Pancake Breakfast with Santa
DECEMBER 16 Public Meeting
DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve - 65th Anniversary
JANUARY 11 Pancake Breakfast
JANUARY 20 Public Meeting
JANUARY 25 Business EXPO
FEBRUARY 8 Pancake Breakfast
FEBRUARY 17 Public Meeting
MARCH 14 Pancake Breakfast
MARCH 23 Public Meeting
APRIL 11 Pancake Breakfast with the Bunny
APRIL 20 Public Meeting
MAY 18 Public Meeting
JULY 4 2nd Annual BBQ with Bandana
AUGUST tbd MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT
SEPTEMBER 21 Public Meeting
OCTOBER 10 Pancake Breakfast
OCTOBER 19 Public Meeting
NOVEMBER 14 Pancake Breakfast
NOVEMBER 16 Public Meeting
DECEMBER 12 Breakfast with Santa
***Sales space at our December Arts & Crafts Show sells out fast and we’re already taking reservations. There are
only 25 tables. Tables are $30 for non-members, $25 for members. We are only taking vendors whose work is origi-
nal, designed, created by the vendor; no used, or newly manufactured goods will be accepted. There will be food
sold at the event. If you want table space, it’s best to move fast as we’re already getting reservations from last year’s
vendors. Contact Linda at our office at 941- 493-0006 or [email protected]. If she’s not there, she’ll get
back to you. You can also contact organizer Gail Parker at 941-244-0814 at any time.
In June, we welcomed our new members with a Wine & Cheese reception.
Dan Hocken-smith of Wines for Hu-manity brought a va-riety of wines for tasting.
We’ll be do-ing this one again and hope you can join us next time.
look great. We also had the palm trees trimmed and main-tained.
I want to announce some great news and that is the return of the South Venice Garden Club, who will once again call the South Venice Civic Association home beginning in Sep-tember. The current president, Jean Goodrich and the oth-er great members have also volunteered to use their ex-pertise to improve the overall appearance of the plantings in front of the hall. So we welcome back the South Venice Garden Club and those of you who enjoyed the ‘Garden Club Clippings’ column in the WAVE in past years can now look forward to seeing it in future issues. We are also work-ing to make building improvements not just for our mem-bers but for the many groups and individuals who rent the SVCA. We hope to upgrade our electric and water heating systems and are seeking an investor to assist us with that initiative.
Another project we are considering is installing solar panels on the roof to help reduce our electrical costs – and serve as a good civic example! Please contact me directly if you have an interest in assisting with the research or financing of any of these projects.
Please keep in mind that, as a non—profit, we welcome and appreciate any and all donations –it could be cash, equip-ment, items (even cars!) that we can either put to use at the SVCA or raffle, sell at our yard sale or outright sell to supplement SVCA’s revenue and use that money for improve-ments to the build-ing and grounds.
We are also working to bring our mem-
bers some exciting events for the fall and winter and, as always, we welcome your ideas and suggestions for pro-grams, presentations or entertainment. See page XXX for a list of things already on the schedule.
Enjoy the remaining days of summer, and I look forward to seeing and talking to you soon. Be well!
SOUTH VENICE BOOK CLUB
What we’re reading From Gail Parker The club has taken the summer off— I hope everyone has been staying cool and enjoying the long days! Meetings resume in September—second Tuesday, September 10 at 4:00pm. We’ll meet at the Civic Association building and at that meeting, we’ll be discussing our current book, The Witch Elm, by Tara French. Afterward, we’ll decide the ti-tles for October—and perhaps November.
If you have been thinking about joining us, please do! New faces and new voices are always welcome! I look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to the club.
Captain’s Corner: By Capt. Randall Patterson
With the summer heat upon us, many people are looking to cool off with a swim at the beach. But this year, due to
increased awareness, if not increased frequency, there is concern about con-tamination in the water. News coverage of “flesh-eating” bacteria and sewage spills have folks worried about the safety of that cooling dip in the Gulf. The alarm is not without warrant. As I write this, there have been at least eight cases and two deaths attributed to the bacteria this
summer. Many have been here in Florida, but the Chesa-peake and Delaware Bays have also been affected.
There are several bacteria that can cause “necrotizing fasciitis,” the medical term for the flesh eating infection. It
Welcome to our newest members!
Ronald Drobisch James Firestone Ted Marasciulo
Nathan & Molly Gadow John & Kelly Parisi
Christine & Jeff Flynn Gordon McKeehan
Joseph Lewis Cheryl Cooper
President’s Report (continued from Page 1)
Learn Water Coloring with Carol Merenda every Wednesday at SVCA
Monthly sessions. Course starts the first Wednesday of every month. The full course is $90 (plus supplies)
New students may register at the class or contact instructor Carol at 941-366-2866 to get started.
Classes are 1:00-4:00pm
Not joined yet? Not renewed yet?
Family membership still only $60.00
Ferry and
Ramp Fees
FERRY — ANNUAL Resident Rate $130
Non-resident Rate $260
FERRY — MONTHLY Resident Rate $ 65
Non-resident Rate $130
BOAT RAMP (annual only)
Resident Rate $ 90 Non-resident Rate $180
Joining is easy: 1. JOIN ONLINE at southvenicebeach.org
2. JOIN BY PHONE—call the office at 941-493-0006 and renew with a credit card.
3. STOP BY—drop in during office hours, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday between 9am and 1pm.
4. BY MAIL—return your renewal invoice to the office.
You should know that: membership fees are the engine that keeps the SVCA going. Supplemental revenue from rentals, donations and fund raisers is very important, but it’s your membership that keeps the lights on. And just as importantly, your membership is your commitment to community.
comes on quickly, usually in a matter of hours to two days, and is fatal in nearly 10% of cases. The bacteria causing the trouble here in Florida is vibrio vulnificus, a common bacte-ria found in saltwater, but it occurs more frequently when the water is warm. It is usually contracted through eating raw shell fish, which is why you shouldn’t eat raw oysters in the summer months. In fact, far more people die from in-gesting it than from the skin infection. It affects the elderly and immunocompromised more.
In necrotizing fasciitis, the bacteria gets in through an open cut, wound, or sore and spreads from there. So if you have open cuts, don’t go in the water. Seek medical treatment at the earliest sign of infection. Time is of the essence.
There are other bacteria that can cause sickness present in our waters. There have been “No Swim” advisories posted recently due to enterococcus which is found in human and animal waste, and can lead to intestinal illness and skin rashes. The recent sewage spill on Grand Canal on Siesta Key is a good (or bad) example. The same rules apply to all bacteria outbreaks. Don’t swim in, or eat raw shell fish from, the contaminated area.
You can check on the status of bacteria at the Health De-partment’s website, ourgulfenvironment.net, or Mote Re-search Lab’s site, visitbeaches.org. The readings for Casper-sen and Manasota beaches will give you a pretty good idea of how our beach is doing.
And remember, you can still enjoy the beach without swim-ming. Just inform yourself and use good judgment before entering the water.
Upcoming Community Improvement Projects
To join one of our teams or just learn more about what
we do, contact Marla Wilcox at
[email protected] or call 303-818-3641
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 14—8:00am
Alligator Drive Clean up This is SVCA’s adopted road. Meet in the Civic Associa-tion parking lot.
Saturday, JULY 27 – 8:00am
Venetian Waterway Clean-up Meet in front of the tennis courts at Shamrock Park. Gloves, trash bags, and some pickers will be available
2019 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP only $60
Renew now! ONLINE BY MAIL
BY PHONE
AT THE OFFICE
For 64 years, the SVCA has been here for South Venice, for YOU!
Only with membership can we be your voice in Sarasota County
MEMBERSHIP MAKES US STRONG
MEMBERSHIP MAKES US A COMMUNITY Reach out to your neighbors— invite them to join.
When we’re strong, we are heard at the County on civic and service issues that affect South
Venice— like tree trimming, ditch mowing, code enforcement, mosquito spraying, drain mainte-
nance, zoning, permitting, water and sewer.
Together, we work to keep South Venice Beach a community to be proud of! Beautiful Neighborhoods Initiative • Water Quality Task Force • Siesta Waterway Clean-up • Shamrock
Park Clean-up • Community Emergency Response Team • International Coastal Cleanup • Government Affairs Committee to track issues and liaise with Sarasota County
FROM TERESA GOOD, Shamrock Park
What’s happening at the Park Nature Center Hours: Shamrock Park is a great place to bring your kids for a bike ride, hike or a romp in the play-
ground. When the heat of summer hits, however, sometimes you need a break!
If you happen to be at the park when the nature center is open, please come in and enjoy the cool a/c while check-ing out our displays, artifacts, nature books and Kid’s Corner. The kids corner has toys, coloring pages, and books for your children to enjoy while escaping the heat. There are also two water
fountains located on the deck as well as restrooms. Simply sitting on the benches in the breezeway is an excellent way to cool off!
Thanks to some dedicated volunteers, the Shamrock Na-ture Center is open Fridays from 10:00am to 4:00pm and on Saturdays from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for Sham-rock Park, please contact Teresa Good,
[email protected]. We look forward to your visit!
Demonstration Gardener Tour The first Thursday of every month at 9:00am 18 years old and up. FREE.
The Demonstration Garden offers a nice, shady place to gather and learn about Florida-friendly plants. Come on
out and meet our Master Gardeners – and get answers to your landscape and gardening questions! Our Master Gar-deners will provide a tour and plant species list. Meet in front of the Nature Center.
US 41 CONSTRUCTION
Here we go again! The road construction project on the US41 By-Pass be-tween Gulf Coast Boulevard and Center Road has been underway for a few months now.
The Transportation Department is widening the road from four to six lanes, creating a new drainage and storm water system, improving lighting on the road, and adding bike lanes and sidewalks.
Long time residents have seen this show a few times be-fore and know what to expect.
Nice as that may be when it’s done, expect some block-ages and delays while the work progresses. Bicyclists es-pecially should seek alternate routes.
Word is the project is on schedule and will be complete by spring of 2021. Fingers crossed.
GOT AN EVENT? You can rent the hall! We’re also a great facility for regular classes and meetings
SVCA MEMBER RATES FULL DAY: full hall $360 or half hall $240
HALF DAY: full hall $200 or half hall $120
ASK ABOUT MONTHLY or
WEEKLY RATES
NON-MEMBER RATES FULL DAY: full hall $450 or half hall $300
HALF DAY: full hall $260 or half hall $150
AFFORDABLE and CONVENIENT AMPLE PARKING FULLY EQUIPPED KITCHEN
Contact Linda in the office at 941-493-0006 or [email protected] for hall availability and more information
Weddings • Company Parties • Birthdays
Organization Meetings • Classes • Speakers
Graduation Parties • Showers • Memorials
Family or Class Reunions • Dances
Exhibitions • Product Demonstrations
BE PREPARED Peak Hurricane Season is here! Let’s all be prepared and stay safe. Sometimes we’ll be un-touched through an entire hurri-cane season—other times we’ve been hit with as many as five storms in one year. (The year of
the five storms was the year that finally took down our beach pavilion.)
So don’t be surprised, be ready Have a plan an evacuation plan in case
Keep your gas tank full
Have cash on hand
If you’re staying home, make sure you have: • Non-perishable food (enough to last at least 3
days) • Water (enough to last at least 3 days) • First-aid kit (include any prescription medication
you may need) • Personal hygiene items and sanitation items. • Flashlights (have extra batteries on hand) • Battery operated radio (again, have extra batter-
ies)
Take photos of your furniture and possessions
Put important documents in a waterproof pouch and keep them with you: insurance papers, wills, con-tracts, deeds, stocks and bonds, medical records and prescriptions, family contact information, bank account information and passwords.
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Home Sales: MAY 16 to JULY 15, 2019
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State of the Market KELLEY ANN AYERS, Exit Realty Inventory is down! We have not had an update on the Market since May 15 and please note this is a double
period I am reporting on in this issue! Sixty-seven sales for this double period which is normal and in keeping
for this time of year. Of those, the highest was for $335K for a brand new home on Jamaica Road. Three
homes sold for over 300K, twenty-eight sold in the 200’s and one went under 100K, but it was very rough.
Thirty-five homes closed between $100,000 and $200,000. The average “sold price per square foot” was
$150.26 and the average sale price was $211,702 . . . almost no change from previous months and again
great news for homeowners of South Venice Beach! However, the big news is that there are currently only 86 Active listings at
the time of this article which is down a lot! The last report we had 128 Active Listings. Last report the number of Active listings
had gone down a little, but this is a significant inventory reduction! Sixty-five homes are currently Under Contract and waiting to
close, that is again a large number of Pending Sales for the neighborhood. With the inventory down and homes still selling at this
pace…well it is a very good time to put your home on the market! And do not forget summertime is when the serious buyers are
here! If you are thinking of selling Please call for a confidential free market analysis!
Disclaimer: The sales information was gathered from the Multiple Listing Service and sales were by various participants of MLS. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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