LeDon Anchors to speak at LWV annual meeting in Okaloosa Island
LeDon Anchors will headline the League of Women Voters annual meeting on March 14 at the Seagull Restaurant on Okaloosa Island. The talk titled Okaloosa County Prepared for the Seventies or When You Miss the Bus You Have to Run Faster. An election of officers and directors for 1987 88 will follow, with a luncheon. Reservations by noon March 12 to 862 2820.
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Fort Walton Beach
LeDon Anchors
League of Women Voters
Seagull
Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa County
Tax help for seniors at Destin Center on Tuesdays
Free assistance for senior citizens in preparing federal income tax returns available each Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Destin Community Center. Bring last year's tax return, 1986 financial info, and IRS items for the 1986 return. Sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons.
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Destin Community Center
Internal Revenue Service
American Association of Retired Persons
Okaloosa Symphony League to Host Attic Garage Sale
The 66 member Okaloosa Symphony League plans a Saturday garage sale March 21 at 8 30 a m at the symphony building on Robinwood Drive Fort Walton Beach to raise funds for the Okaloosa Symphony Orchestra. Donors may call Dawn Hughes at 244 3044. Proceeds aid the launch of the 11th concert season next fall.
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Okaloosa Symphony League
Okaloosa Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
Robinwood Drive
Fort Walton Beach
Dawn Hughes
Blood drive seeks donors across Okaloosa
Blood is urgently needed. Eligible donors at least 17 in good health with no hepatitis history are invited to participate. Schedule includes Crestview High School March 9 8 30 a m to 2 30 p m Crestview Humana Hospital Fort Walton Beach March 10 11 a m to 1 p m Okaloosa Walton Junior College Niceville March 11 9 a m to 3 p m Cinco Baptist Church Cinco Bayou March 17 4 p m to 7 p m and March 18 Niceville High School March 24 8 a m to 2 p m plus AMVETS Post 78 12 3 30 p m Niceville.
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Crestview High School
Crestview
Humana Hospital
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Niceville
Cinco Baptist Church
Cinco Bayou
Niceville High School
Amvets Post
Encouraging Verna Brown Guides Kenwood Students Daily
Verna Brown serves as guidance counselor at Kenwood Elementary where she began as a fourth grade teacher in 1968. She leads self concept building programs from DUSO to drug education and runs upper grade personal growth activities and a Student Council. Brown, a Washburn University alumna, works 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and mentors about a dozen student committees while directing school publishing and landscaping projects. She is active in AAUW and Delta Kappa Gamma, serving as vice president of Phil Delta Kappa.
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Verna Brown
Kenwood
Brown
DUSO
Kansas
Washburn University
Topeka
Troy State
Alabama
American Association of University Women
Delta Kappa Gamma
Phil Delta Kappa
Math teacher Ellen Scruggs finds art in teaching
Ellen Scruggs, a calculus and trigonometry teacher at Niceville High School, describes teaching as an art and an intellectual challenge that keeps her motivated by curious, college-bound students. She grew up in Jacksonville, earned a math education degree from Florida State, sponsors NHS Ma' Club, and pursues music with the Anthesis group while active in St. Simons E church.
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Niceville High School
Ellen Scruggs
Conan
Scruggs
Jacksonville
Florida State University
NHS
Perry Scruggs
Ann
St. Simons E
Fort Walton Beach
Folk
Choctaw Graduate Returns As Teacher at Choctawhatchee High
Linda Evanchyk, a Choctawhatchee High School alumnus 17 years later, teaches drama and journalism there. She mentors teens as yearbook sponsor and leads groups such as Opti-Miss Club and the Faculty Alumni Association, keeping tied to Fort Walton Beach roots.
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Linda Evanchyk
Choctawhatchee High School
Evanchyk
Choctaw
Opti-Miss
Fort Walton Beech
Choc
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