County budgets seek larger tax hike and sheriff boost
Okaloosa County eyes a $7.5 million tax increase with a 3.7 million rise in taxes for proposed budgets. Sheriff Gilbert seeks 5.9 million next year, up from 3.3 million, arguing a strong case. Overtime funds and deputy-per-capita ratios are debated amid landfill and humane society requests. Public hearings set for Sept 9 in Shalimar with a later follow up.
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Sheriff's Department
Larry Gilbert
Bob McGuire
Hus
Okaloosa County
Gilbert
Supreme Court
Public Works Department
McGuire
Department of Environmental Regulation
Humane Society of
Fort Walton Beach
Humane Society
Richard Sigman
Sigman
Okaloosa
Shalimar
Destin Officials Push North South Route Amid Bridge Debate
Destin City Council Chairman Bill Phillips calls a day span essential for public safety and says the new bridge will not solve all issues. He argues for a north south avenue and notes a $1 toll could save drivers from longer detours to Okaloosa-Walton Junior College or Eglin Air Force Base, even as he concedes other problems remain.
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Brooks Bridge
Destin City
Bill Phillips
Phillips
Destin
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Eglin Air Force Base
Fort Walton Beach
Coast Guard Reports A Series Of Small Craft Incidents
Coast Guard daily logs detail multiple small craft incidents from July 28 to July 31. Wahoo rescued three aboard a capsized 16 foot craft near East Pass. the 41 foot vessel later sank 200 yards southeast of Destin sea buoy with no injuries. July 29 brief tow of a disabled 24 foot craft from Station Destin. demasted Hobie Cat adrift two miles off Fort Walton Beach towed ashore. July 30 Rock Of Sands disabled east of Brooks Bridge. towed to Deckhands Marine. July 31 Miss Dottie ran out of fuel west of Choc tawhatchee Bay Bridge. towed to 331 launch ramp. Fire department reported a possible red flare at Boggy Bayou entrance. search found nothing.
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East Pass
Allen Gundt
Eglin Afb
Gene Bradford
Metaire
Station Destin
Destin Harbor
Fort Walton Beach
Gulf
Rock of Sands
Brooks Bridge
Deckhands Marine
Leslie Tucker
Valparaiso
Miss Dottie
Choctawhatchee Bay Bridge
William Foushee
DeFuniak Springs
Patricia Maureen Jones obituary in Miramar Beach
Patricia Maureen Jones aged 48 of Miramar Beach died July 30 1985 in a Fort Walton Beach hospital. She was a native of Worth County Georgia former resident of Camilla and Destin and had lived in Miramar Beach for three years. Survivors include husband Charles M. Jones daughters Lisa Michelle Mitchell and Lauren Belinda Jones son-in-law Emery Mitchell two brothers Milles Hannon and Ronald J. Hannon. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Point Washington United Methodist Church with Revs Clayton Green and Michael Calumbo presiding. Burial followed in Gulf Cemetery. Clary Godwin Funeral Home DeFuniak Springs Florida oversaw arrangements.
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Patricia Maureen Jones
Miramar Beach
Fort Walton Beach
Worth County
Camilla
Destin
Charles M. Jones
Lisa Michelle Mitchell
Santa Rosa Beach
Lauren Belinda Jones
Emery Mitchell
Santa
Point Washington United Methodist Church
Clayton Green
Michael Calumbo
Gulf Cemetery
Clary-Godwin Funeral Home
DeFuniak Springs Fla
Memorial for Nicholas Dale Quertermous dies in auto crash
Nicholas Dale Quertermous age twenty five of Fort Walton Beach Fla died Tuesday July thirty first, nineteen eighty five from injuries in an auto accident. He was born in Fairbanks Alaska and lived here most of his life. Survivors include his mother Jo Anne Quertermous and sisters Vicky Gaetz and Angella Quertermous. Funeral held Friday at McLaughlin Mortuary Chapel with Rev Dennis Lloyd officiating. Burial in Beal Memorial Cemetery. McLaughlin Mortuary in charge.
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Nicholas Dale Quertermous
Pelham Road
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Fairbanks
Alaska
Crimes Report From Shores Shopping Center Cars
July incidents include Cynthia Lloyd Pesnell reporting missing smoke colored T tops from a locked 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix with no forced entry. value $700. Richard M Kobdish Jr says a Dodge Caravan was entered via unlocked door at Shores, items including a canvas bag Cassette case and 20 tapes valued $300. William Dudley reports two stereo speakers missing from a 1985 Buick trunk at Destin Airport terminal worth about $70.
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Cynthia Lloyd Pesnell
Opelika
Shores Shopping Center
the Shores
William Dudley
Chattahoochee
National Car Re
Destin
Airport expansion fight hinges on ILS debate
Letters from residents urge the city to relocate airport operations to a regional site. The ILS would enable landings in poor visibility and boost takeoffs, despite FAA rules currently restricting such landings. The Airport Committee pushes City Council on Aug. 5, favoring ILS over environmental concerns amid 500 petition signers.
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FAA
Residents Attend Destin City Council Meeting
Citizens question council members and a business pilot about the ILS and air traffic. The piece stresses residents’ concerns versus business interests and urges Destin’s permanent residents to attend the next meeting to see whose needs win.
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