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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1985
Page
1
The City Council calls a special meeting for Tuesday December 10 at 2 45 p m in City Hall to approve a time change for the December 16 session from 7 p m to 5 30 p m The change ensures public notice ahead of the Destin Chamber of Commerce Christmas party at Bobbi Restaurant at 7 p m on December 16.
The nine member Tourism Development Council will hold its first meeting Monday December 9 at the Shalimar Courthouse Annex. Destin TDC members include City Council Chairman Bill Phillips Chamber of Commerce President Bob Lloyd and Jim Neilson of Sandpiper Cove. If approved by voters the tax would be added to motel and hotel room rates to promote tourism with members from Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa Island and Destin.
This weekend features the Annual Christmas Parade in Fort Walton Beach at 11 a.m. Destin Woman's Club hosts the Mistletoe Ball at 6 30 p.m. at the Sandestin Hilton. The Nutcracker ballet runs Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fort Walton Beach High School. Eglin Air Force Base presents a Christmas Cantata Sunday at 3 p.m. in Chapel Two. A fashion show starts at 3 p.m. at TG and Y in The Shores Shopping Center.
The forecast calls for sunny skies today with highs in the low 60s and a northeast wind about 10 mph. Sunday and Monday look fair with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s to 40s. A chance of rain returns Tuesday with similar temperatures.
The Emerald Coast Tourist Development Council seeks pledges from area developers to fund an interim insurance policy aimed at countering a nine percent drop in occupancy in the first three quarters of 1985. President Ed Gilbert said the drive has $82,000 so far, with a $200,000 goal, amid doubts the bed tax will arrive in time for 1986.
The Florida DNR will close old U S 98 through Henderson Beach State Recreation Area after the new bypass opens. Park planner Lew Scruggs says the plan stands despite Okaloosa County pressure to reconsider. the old road will be repurposed for parking, not removed. The park, about 208 acres, will have a single north entrance from the new four lane, with space for nearly 700 vehicles and dunes protections planned.
Local postmasters state holiday mail delivery remains within a three day maximum for first class letters. Niceville reports volumes surge with letters up to double and packages up 300 to 400 percent, yet delivery times are unchanged.
Destin residents recount December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the California. Navy fireman O C Douglas recalls scrambling from the engine room as the ship burned with 800 to 1 000 men aboard and about 200 killed or wounded.
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