LOG Wins Two Awards for Pollution Coverage
The Destin LOG earned two state awards from the Florida Press Association for Old Pass Lagoon pollution reporting and harbor water quality coverage. Writers Karen MacGrogan Vanita Trippe Ingrid Kreis and Jim Chitwood led the work with contributions from Barbara Pusch and Craig Terry. An honorable mention went to the 1982 Destin Fishing Rodeo issue cover designed by Judy Ricks, with Jim Chitwood accepting the honors in Tampa.
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Destin
Old Pass
Florida Press Association
Better
LOG
Karen MacGrogan
Vanita Trippe
Ingrid Kreis
Jim Chitwood
Barbara Pusch
Craig Terry
The
Judy Ricks
Tampa
Kelly Keeps WMMK Going After $250000 Bid
Mattie Kelly, a principal in Gulfcoast Broadcasting, bid $250000 to save WMMK from foreclosure. Niceville attorney James Moore led the purchase at a Monday auction in the Shalimar Courthouse Annex, ordered by Circuit Court Judge Jere Tolton after First National Bank of Destin sued Gulfcoast and Holley Rogers. Kelly gains two lots in Kelly Homes Subdivision, three Gulfcoast stock certificates, and all broadcasting and studio equipment.
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Mattie Kelly
WMMK
Gulfcoast Broadcasting
Niceville
James Moore
Kelly
Shalimar
Jere Tolton
First National Bank of Destin
Gulfcoast
Holley Rogers
Kelly Homes
Death penalty spared for Williams in deal on truth telling
In Florida, circuit Judge Jere Tolton ruled that John F. Williams will not face the death penalty if he provides truthful testimony against co defendant Mickey Alan Park. The agreements hinge on Williams testifying at Park's October trial about the August 1982 murder of Ted Schery in Destin. If Williams deviates, a new penalty verdict could be held November 3, with potential life sentence.
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Ingrid Kreis
John F. Williams
Santa Rosa Beach
Williams
Jere Tolton
Destin
Ted Schery
Tolton
Mickey Alan Park
Ringgold
Park
Santa Rosa
Schery
Walter Anderson
Isle Conspiracy Case Proceeds In Okaloosa Circuit Court
Judge Jere Tolton denied a motion to discharge pending litigation over a $15 million Isle of Destin parcel dispute. The case centers on a failed Aug 1981 agreement for Lagoon Drive property and alleged return of a $50,000 earnest deposit, with lis pendens debated and a bond issue set for August 18.
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Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa County
Jere Tolton
Destin
John Yamnit
Tolton
Wallace Yost
Saudi Corporation
Holiday Isle
Yamnitz
Lagoon Drive
Saudi
Yost
Pensacola
Isle
Saudi Corp
John Yamnitz
Circuit
DeWitte “Sparky
Lovelace
Gulfside International Inc
Pointe Destin
Internal Revenue Service
George Dana
Doodle” Harris Jr
James Wilson
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Tennessee
McLanahan Ingles
Virginia
Arthur McQuillan
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Philip Beall
Harris
New York
Francois Lorin
South America
Houston
Wallace Silversmiths
Oneida
CTV
Chateau Village Plazza
Qooneida
Midwinter
Wedgwood
Connie Banko
Sand Castle
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