Hobie Cat Race Ends In Nighttime Ordeal
The author recounts a 100mile Hobie racer around Santa Rosa Island with Jim Tucker and Carlton Tucker guiding. A brutal sequence of storms capsizes and near disaster culminates in a Coast Guard rescue, the race cancelled, and many boats unaccounted for as the author returns to Fort Walton.
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Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Jim Tucker
East Pass
Gulf
Carlton
Pensacola Beach
Hobie
Turtle
Pensacola Coast Guard
Navarre
Pensacola
Bay
Hud” Ae
Fort Walton
Destin Elementary enrolls 100 more students as classes expand
Editorial notes Destin and South Walton see a major enrollment surge of 100, prompting four new classrooms after similar gains last year. Officials plan state review to assess needs while urging community involvement to boost education. The piece cites a Newsweek poll on education as a key issue and cites Florida’s Omnibus Education Reform Bill as a start toward improvement.
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Okaloosa County
Destin Elementary
Destin
South Walton
U.S
Florida
Education Commission of States
Readers invited to send letters to Destin LOG Editor
The Destin LOG asks for legible letters with signatures and addresses. Send comments to Editor Destin LOG P O Box 957 1225 Airport Road Destin FL 32541 and note the paper reserves the right to edit lengthy submissions.
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Destin Log
P.O
Airport Road
Destin
Destin Vacation Sunburn and Traffic Concerns Prompt Letters
A Destin area vacation letter recalls a severe sunburn at White Wilson Medical Center and praises the staff. The author also criticizes rapid growth, traffic, and safety in Destin, urging incorporation, sidewalks, bicycle paths, and police enforcement to prevent chaos.
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Destin-Fort Walton
White Wilson Medical Center
New Florida
Panama City
Destin
Is That All by Carol McCrute
A narrator confesses to being the caretaker of a chaotic home. She reflects on failed dreams of marriage, orderly children, and flawless housekeeping, expressing frustration with truth about love and family life and imagining alternate careers. The piece ends with a candid, humorous self critique.
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Carol McCrute
Congo
Washington
FBI
Home front calendar of chaos and napkin flowers
In a vivid diary style, a parent endures a frantic school morning. The narrator balances breakfast chaos, bus notes, uniform cleanings, mall runs for Jessica's layaway dress, and a pile of school expenses. A busy scene blends humor with the pressure of juggling family needs and finances.
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Martha
Jessica
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