BRADENTON — The Manatee County Health Department is advising residents to stay out of the water at Palma Sola South Beach through the weekend after a sewer line break occurred Thursday about 50 feet west of the beach sample station.
About 300 gallons of untreated sewage leaked from the sewer line and may have entered the water. The health department says swimming in the area could cause infections or rashes.
The advisory will remain in place until the next water sampling next week.
For more information, call the health department at 748-0747.
Bradenton woman named to statewide council
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist announced the appointment of a Bradenton woman to the Florida Rehabilitation Council on Thursday.
Valerie Stafford-Mallis, 53, the education and training programs coordinator at Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, began her one-year term Thursday.
The council works to increase employment, enhance independence and improvr the quality of life for those with disabilities.
Radebach School reports reaccreditation
MANATEE — The Florida Kindergarten Council, which oversees private schools in Florida, has reaccredated Radebach School, according to information from the school released Wednesday.
Renee Cottrell, school administrator, said she and other staff members at the school in the 2400 block of 38th Avenue West, Bradenton, are proud.
At their June meeting, the Council board of directors reviewed the report of Laura Murphy, who evaluated the school for a five-year reaccreditation evaluation, according to a letter from the Council.
The board accepted the report and recommendation of the committee.
The school is located in a Florida home on a little less than one acre of land, the letter states. It was founded in 1999 by Jennifer Radebach, who chose to build a school based on her philosophy of inclusion.
— Herald staff reports
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