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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1983
Page
4
The Destin Log publishes each Wednesday and Saturday at 106 Marler Street Destin Florida 32541 for residents of Destin and South Walton County. It is mailed to subscribers as Second Class Mail with advertising deadlines at Monday Noon and Thursday Noon.
The Destin LOG details holiday pressures on reporting advertising and news work on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day. It notes editors scramble for last minute comments from officials, advertisers, and publishers while preparing the July Fourth fireworks and weekend events. It describes sailing news, a Gulf Seafood Festival Regatta, and the Rodeo Run on October 1, plus fireworks at Holiday Isle.
The piece praises Rep. James Ward’s idea to study coastal transport but condemns building a causeway or bridge as too damaging to the bay. Governor Graham vetoed the bill, warning that causeways worsen pollution and ecologies. It urges alternative funding and planning for Destin-South Walton traffic without a bay-crossing causeway.
Virginia R Aldridge laments low public turnout at the final June 28 workshop on County Ordinance 74 4. She notes a lack of official notice from the Board of County Commissioners or Planning and Zoning and urges formal announcements to boost citizen participation and awareness.
The county seeks input on revisions to a 1974 zoning code aiming to refine police powers over land use. The Planning and Zoning Commission backed most of the amended code but rejected expanding the Residential Urban Duplex Zone to include apartments. The Board of County Commissioners followed suit. Evening workshops to discuss parking provisions drew the same core attendees, while others unavailable during the day remain unrepresented.
A coastal narrator in Destin muses on living in the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village and the pressures of securing a reputation for fishing prowess. He notes the gulf habit of assuming fishing mastery and admits his own limits in knowledge about what to catch.
A coastal writer laments limited fishing trips while banked by salty humor about inshore kings and peanut butter sandwiches. He recalls Vic Dunaway’s 1979 Florida Fisherman menu, listing bluntly practical on boat snacks and odd tips for serving gear and meals amid anglers on holiday trips.
A reader recalls a roadside sign seen crossing from Pennsylvania into Maryland. The sign read You are crossing the Mason-Dixon Line Please drive gently, echoing Bill Tennis’s safe driving column and reader comments on the Log’s prompt.
From the Matthew family thanks for flowers cards and visits during Aunt Bill hospital stay. A poetic recipe invites readers to mix patience loving words helpful deeds and others needs to bake a sunshine pie for Destin.
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