FLORIDA LOOKOUTS

VENETIA

Sarasota County

October 30, 1974:   "Mike Keel, district forester for the five-county area including Sarasota and Charlotte counties said Tuesday the closing of the Venetia Tower of the Division of Forestry will not result in decreased fire protection.
      The old fire spotting tower, located on State Road 775 about four miles south of Venice, will lose its full time spotter in November.   The news prompted worries on the part of Clifford Horn, chief of the South Venice Fire Department, that the area might be in trouble when the brush fire season arrives."   (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)