17 Dec 1986
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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1986
Page
1
Destin residents and families are urged to add ornaments to the Destin Community Center Christmas tree on Stalkman Avenue. The tree, already decorated, was lit in a ceremony after the Destin Christmas Parade last weekend, with bare branches awaiting adornments.
The Air Force will launch its newest missile, the Advanced Medium Air-to-Air Missile AMRAAM, in the Gulf of Mexico this week if weather and conditions permit. The first AMRAAM launch from Eglin is described, with the missile listed as 12 feet long and weighing 335 pounds at one of three U.S. test sites.
Public Works Director Darrell Barnhill said striping of the Joe's Bayou Boat Ramp parking lot should wrap up by week’s end if rain stops. Ramp stays open to boaters and will serve about 28 vehicles. Anderson and Fleshman Inc. won the contract to perform the work with landscaping remaining after striping.
The notice lists tides and temperature readings for December 17th, 18th, and 19th. It references specific low tides and temperature measurements, indicating a brief maritime or coastal forecast. Key figures are the dates and the sequence of low tides noted.
Destin city officials consider two lease offers for the community center. One-year lease at ten dollars with city to pay utilities and insurance. Fifty-year option at ten dollars per year with requirement to build a new multipurpose recreation building by December 31, 1988. Negotiations expected to take months. both sides seek a legally sound deal.
Mary Brown of Indian Bayou in Destin reported her three-foot plywood Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was taken from her yard Friday evening. She said she spent two weeks crafting the display for her children amid family duties and weathered a long weekend of upset.
Destin pays its city manager Jack Dorman thirty six thousand four hundred dollars with dental and medical insurance a twenty thousand life policy and a pension plan. He holds a bachelor in community regional planning and a master in city planning with a career dating to 1973 in various governments. Dor man says every day brings new tasks and a city manager must be a generalist who knows where to find answers.
Okaloosa County Education Association plans to form a committee to study class sizes with teachers administrators and others, despite board opposition and attorney David Selby warning that board participation would pose a conflict of interest. The discussion notes overloads in seventh and eighth grade compensatory math and extreme ratios in elementary staffing.
The piece explores how marriages in biblical Nazareth formed around family approval and social norms. It notes Joseph’s likely age, Mary’s betrothal customs, and the humble, royal lineage of both families as they arranged the union, sealing their place in history.
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