The Log staff and contact details list Destin edition info
Published each Wednesday and Saturday The Log lists addresses Postmaster changes and staff names. It gives offices Santa Rosa Beach Okaloosa Walton circulation rates and ad deadlines. Copyright notice 1986 prohibits reproduction.
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Soabapog Verge Ag
P.O
Destin
Airport Road
Wis
Cano Square
Jack Fast
Jim Chitwood Ucich
Bill Dought
Baus
Rane Pogay Bailer
Kim Dale
Ray Johnson
Dan Bonee
Stine Manche
Cae Terry
Tenerilyn Wooldridge
Mary Vanita Trippe
Norma Michel
Martha Norviel
Sap Cone
Gene Sinsko
Carol Collins
Tom Haye
Nancy Riley
Patsy Ear
Abby Thomaard Becklund
Pat Rundge
Carlyn
Wile
Santa Rosa Beach
Joyce Denmar
Faye Nettles
Okaloosa
Walton
Florida
A decade of Christmases on the Gulf Coast
Personal essay reflecting on ten Christmases in the same Gulf Coast town. The narrator recalls family traditions, moving often due to a military backdrop, the role of the Christmas tree, and the comfort of finally saying we are home for the holidays. The piece contrasts past itinerant Christmases with a settled present and ends with Seasons Greetings.
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USA
England
Alabama
Texas
Japan
North Carolina
Christmas editorial echoes peace and charity across world
A reflective editorial describes Christmas as more than gifts and decorations. It frames the holiday as a call to peace, brotherhood, and charity, urging efforts to aid the less fortunate, while celebrating family, children, and hope for a better future despite global hardships.
Christmas Memories From Florida Home on an Abandoned Schoolhouse
The author recalls celebrating Christmas in Florida without snow, comparing it to holidays with fireworks and feasts. They recount buying seven acres in 1947 at the site of an old Wright schoolhouse, its red stucco walls cracked and roof leaking, and living there due to housing shortages and rent controls. The tale mentions Silas Gibson, the Valparaiso Bank branch, the teachage cottage, and nearby figures like Johnny Fortune’s father and State Senator W. D. Childers.
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Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Pole
Silas Gibson
Valparaiso Bank and Trust Company
Beal Parkway
Racetract Road
Okaloosa
Johnny Fortune
W. D. Childers
Christmas at the boondocks with the poacher visit
A memory of a rural Christmas near Star Route Valparaiso with waterlogged basements rotting wood scorpions in shoes and a black stove named Big Bertha. The poacher and family walked barefoot to the old schoolhouse on Christmas Day sharing gifts and a .38 revolver a deer hide and a bobcat skin.
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Boonies
Lewis Turner
Racetrack
Fort Walton Beach
Valparaiso
Gap Creek
Letters To The Log And Community Echoes In Destin
Readers respond to columnist Dot Jones on inclusivity and old timers. A letter challenges a Bethlehem census claim by citing Luke versus Roman practice, arguing Jesus may have been born in Nazareth. Sign-offs thank the Destin Post Office for safe mail and open envelope incident.
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Dot Jones
Destin
Joseph
Mary
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Jesus
Augustus
John
Destin Post Office
Marilyn Schneider
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Syria
Judea
Herod the Great
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