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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1982
Page
2
Okaloosa County health chief Doug Sims told commissioners that developers with public water and sewer access may be limited to four lots per acre under state law if septic systems are used. He urged an ordinance change to cap lot sizes at one half acre on such properties, with a public hearing to follow.
Destin Advertising and Graphics won an Addy award Friday night from the West Florida Advertising Council in Pensacola for a billboard promoting Destin Chamber of Commerce Think Destin everything you've heard is true. The council held its first awards as a new organization with Northwest Florida agencies and media. Destin agency was the sole winner from Destin or Fort Walton Beach.
A memorial service for Jeanne S. Kelly is slated for Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in New Destin Cemetery, officiated by Father Patrick Cunningham. Kelly, who disappeared with the luxury yacht Flying Dutchman in October 1976, had been declared legally dead in 1981. She is survived by three sons Matthew, Mark and Joseph Fontenot, four daughters Marlon Stagaman, Mona Riley, Melanie Fontenot and Colleen Kelly, her mother Marjorie Rysedor of Niceville, two sisters Donna Born and Dianne Reece of Niceville, and two brothers Johnny Rysedorf of West Palm Beach and Edward Rysedorf of Valparaiso.
Local arcade hosts a playful scene as painter Doug Morgan creates a mural featuring Pac-Man. The artwork depicts the well known video game character amid onlookers and casual chatter about retro arcade culture.
The piece recalls Saint Patrick’s life from Britain to Ireland, his missionary work around A.D. 432, and legends such as the shamrock and snakes. It notes his death circa 461 and explains how St. Patrick’s Day grew into a nationwide observance in the United States since 1845, with parades and green attire. It mentions Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Philadelphia and Irish societies in New York. It ends by noting a Georgia city dyes its river green.
A Coast Guard Falcon jet and the 82-foot cutter Point Lobos joined Destin and Eglin Air Force Base helicopters in a night search for a man who fell overboard 23 miles southwest of Destin. No sightings by mid afternoon and the active search was suspended pending developments.
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