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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1985
Page
6
Harbor officials plan an inventory of pollution sources and harbor water quality assessment. The panel will monitor depths water quality litter and activities, and suggest actions for the city council. It will draft a comprehensive growth and restoration plan with annual reporting to the council.
Dorothy Ruddiman Pelton dies peacefully on Feb 23 1985 born Feb 24 1892 in Brooklyn NY widow of Judge Charles A Pelton of Clinton CT Aunt Dorothy spent winters at Tang-O-Mar Beach summers in Clinton and first visited Destin with her husband in the late 1940s Survived by nieces Dorothy Hickernell McInerney and Ann Hickernell Windes and many great nephews and nieces Memorial service at St Andrews By The Sea Episcopal Church Destin at 2 p m Feb 28 Donations to Destin Library suggested
James Pitts age 90 of Route 1 Freeport died Friday February 22 1985. He was a Walton County native and lifelong resident with work as a mechanic and church member at Freeport Freewill Baptist. Survivors include wife Ola and many children grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Funeral held 11 a.m. Monday at Damascus Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Bill George officiating burial at Hatcher Cemetery. Commander Funeral Home DeFuniak Springs directed arrangements.
DWU board members critique Henderson’s ad on rate hikes and plant expansion funding. They blame DEA rule changes for the permit, defend high tap fees as needed for effluent disposal and expansion, and note private utilities lack access to certain grants. Henderson defers comment. three director seats open at March 4 meeting at Destin Elementary School.
A seven member panel including Jane Moore and Reg Moore recommends restructuring chamber duties. Ten task force and three special committees would merge into five. Proposed committees cover Membership Government and Public Affairs Community Affairs Economic and a fifth unspecified group.
The draft proposes a seven member Tourism committee focusing on airport transportation and road infrastructure. It targets snowbirds, advertising and promotions, hotels and motels, tourism education, and restaurant sectors as driving factors for growth.
Destin residents question traffic impact as proposals seek to keep east and west park entrances open. Middleton defends the plan, while Moore emphasizes long effort. Engineer Detter cites lack of traffic studies and Vaughn argues for a single entrance to avoid perceived injustice.
Destin urges not to put all traffic on the bypass as he moves to endorse POD's compromise. Taylor seconds. Destin Taylor Phillips and Danny Woodward support asking the state to study POD's proposal while Vaughn Ted Shaw and Richard Duke oppose.
Mitchell insists lengthening the runway by 1,000 feet is essential before an ILS and should be done together, prioritizing runway expansion over the instrument landing system. He notes commuter flights may come if housing around the airport stabilizes, though no plans exist. Thomason reports no requests from small commuter airlines for Destin flights.
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