Nokomis Area Civic Association water symposium well attended

There was a full house at the Nokomis Community Center for Wednesday evening’s Water Symposium, sponsored by the Nokomis Area Civic Association.

John McCarthy, Executive Director of Historic Spanish Point, emceed the event that drew more than 100 attendees.

He began the evening with a short slide presentation documenting changing newspaper headlines from the 1920s, when hundreds of thousands of Gulf fish were caught and transported north, to today’s headlines on beach closures due to fecal bacteria, flesh eating bacteria incidents, and the area’s ongoing recovery after last year’s devastating red tide bloom.

“Something’s gotta give,” McCarthy said.