Coast Guard Aids Sue Dispatched Between Destin Buoys
Coast Guard reports from August 8 to 13 detail multiple rescue and towing operations near Destin. Units included the 17 and 41-foot craft assisting disabled vessels, divers, and a capsize, with towage to Destin Marina and East Pass Marina. Notable cases involve March Wind grounding near Choctawhatchee Bay and medevac for Cecil Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Williams
Wilsonville
Case
Destin Marine Towing
Merrell P. Eugene
Crestview
Destin Marina
Charles McCullough
Samson, AL
Destin Sea
Gulf
Florida Marine Patrol
Station Destin
Bay
Larry Jourdan
Destin
Coast Guard
Fred Shor
Fort Walton Beach
Destin Bridge
Pass
Marina Point Marina
East Pass Marina
Bounty Hunter
First Phase
Ruby Ellen
Destin East Pass
Heidi Pulsifer
Dallas
Sailing South
Destin sees July building permits top 1.7 million
Destin’s July total of permitted projects rose to over 1.7 million, driven by a 35 unit hotel apartment complex and an 18 unit condo. The month’s figures exceed July 1983 by 600000 and June by 400000, with Okaloosa County’s south end totaling 4.4 million in new starts. Major projects include Beach Drive hotel condo complex by Mayko Development at 362600 and Island Home Derm ent condo on Gulf Shore Drive at 259200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa County
Zoning and Inspection Department
Beach Drive
Mayko Development
Q-Ban Construction
Island Home
L.J. Henderson
William Davis
Davis & Son
Sandpiper Cove
Gull Shore Drive
Diamondhead Shelter Corp
Likens Construction
Main Street
David Krebs Sr
Destin Fire Control District
Destin Fire Department
Stahlman Avenue
Irving Lindaus
Charles Morgan
Aegean Condominium Association
1St National Bank of
Destin
Anchor Becomes Clue in Possible Shipwreck Search
Wilkinson plans another look for the ship tethered to an anchor found offshore. Aquanaut Scuba Center will extend the area search for signs of an ancient sunken vessel. If the chain was missing, observers speculate storms may have forced crews to cut anchor to lighten the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyelet
Wilkinson
Aquanaut Scuba Center
Butler
Guidance Clinic Offers Tutoring Series in Fort Walton Beach and Valparaiso
The Okaloosa Guidance Clinic launches a 12 week tutoring program starting Sept 11 with reading spelling and math for any grade. A certified teacher tutors two students per class in 3 to 7 p.m. sessions on Tue Thu or Mon Wed. Registration required, specify location, call 244-0151.
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Okaloosa
Fort Walton Beach
Valparaiso
County panel advances sewer hookup plan with safeguards
The subcommittee approved Kriegel backed proposals requiring septic tanks connect to a central sewer within a year of availability, a shift from earlier rules that waited for failure. The panel also urged denial of project approval without written assurance of an approved waste disposal method. Patton called it the best of all worlds if implemented.
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Peebles
Kriegel
Patton
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Buoy 5
Choctawhatchee Bay
Pensacola
Sheriff's Department
Sea Fox
Sailing South Marina
Marshall Nix
Roswell
Holiday Isle
Shoda Construction
Dudley Casper
Indian Trail
Monterey
Carver
Hudson Marina
Racetrack Road
Florida
Deb
Rick Foster
Dawn Johnson
Mountain DR
H&r Block
Oisler
Thurs
Mountain Drive
Okaloosa Gas
Melvin
Mars
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