DUI program offers community help in Destin
Non-profit program by the Institute for Human Resource Development uses DUI probationers to perform free community tasks for Destin groups. About 250 probationers at once, 50 hours of service, funded by clients, not taxes. Organizations must document work and insure workers. program backed by courts under Florida law. Contact Danny McLean at 243-3552.
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Karen MacGrogan
Destin
Danny McLean
The
Institute For Human Resource Development
McLean
Institute
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Destin Tax Plan Spars With Landowners Over Boundary
The Destin charter tax plan targets land mainly owned by the Kelly Trust and Henderson family of Pensacola. Officials argue removing barrier island land from ad valorem tax is legal while owners oppose inclusion in city limits. Local official Ward questions the plan but concedes potential benefits if the zero tax base holds.
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Kelly Trust
Burney Henderson
Pensacola
Community Affairs
Mike Cusick
Barrier Islands
Destin
Okaloosa
Walton County
Henderson
CFI
Ward
Kelly Trust Principals
Mystery Testament Found in Destin Sparks Family Search
In Destin mystery surrounds a long lost New Testament mailed to John Gossett. His sister Eleanor Fowler traced a Knoxville address inside the book and sought help from Village Baptist Church, but no one there recalls the gift. The LOG asks readers to identify the kind stranger who mailed the book 41 years ago.
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Destin
Gossett
Knoxville
Village
Village Baptist Church
John Gossett
County EMS to adopt ALS system for paramedics
Stager and Byrd outlined plans to switch SWES to an ALS system within 60 days, pending state action. Two local doctors will direct EMS paramedics for $1 the first year, with a certified paramedic on every medical call and standard ALS equipment, enhancing readiness to save lives.
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Byrd
Stager
State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Barnie
Okaloosa
South Walton
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