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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1986
Page
18
A fundraiser at Harbor Docks on Thursday August 28 features a silent auction from 6 to 8 p.m. and a live auction from 8 to 10 p.m. Items include lithograph pictures football tickets to Alabama versus Florida and Florida versus LSU games and tennis lessons with Roscoe Tanner.
Professional auctioneer Larry McCool will lead a late evening live auction with music from the Blue Beats and hors d oeuvres. Donated items starting at 50 dollars are still being accepted from residents or businesses. Recreation Committee could not be reached for comment on funds allocation.
Okaloosa County eyes a local option gas tax referendum after commissioners delay. Pete Lane and chamber leaders press for a 4 cent levy to fund $36 million in road projects, arguing rural counties risk losing state funds without local funding. Commissioner Peebles favors discussion and a future vote. Anchors warns of funding pressures and warns many counties already passed the tax.
Businessmen Morgan and Laird install decibel meters to limit noise spillover from bands at their docks expansions. Morgan spent over ten thousand dollars on a containment system, while Laird shifts band schedules and stage layout to keep noise to 75 85 decibels and invites residents to phone with concerns. A county board meanwhile creates advisory panels for trades and seeks volunteers to review complaints and set checklists.
City officials resist requiring engineer certificates due to high costs for sign owners and seek design guidelines to judge sign sturdiness. Council rejects a full billboard ban by 1996, opting to set size and spacing limits still to be decided. Brown notes two to three months needed to finalize the ordinance.
City officials plan public hearings after Thursday's session to discuss a revised ordinance. The measure would restrict to two outdoor signs per business, with corner or harbor front locations getting two per frontage and those with over 250 feet of frontage allowed three signs. Special rules would apply to multi tenant complexes.
The suit outlines a 1985 agreement to sell St Joe’s beachfront property for 182.4 million with Panhandle Coast Investments later assigned to DGI. It covers a June 3 closing after delays, Hill Financial loans, and demands boosting Hill stake to 75 percent, risking loss of deposits and profits.
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