Destin Community Center to Hold April Meeting and Gumbo Contest
The Destin Community Center Inc announces a general membership meeting on April 9 at 7 30 p m to vote on leasing center property to the City of Destin for recreation and social activities The annual Destin Seafood Gumbo Contest is set for April 3 at the center Entry fee benefits the Old Post Office Museum with two divisions Destin private citizens and Destin restaurants Plaques awarded to first second and third in each division For details call Nell Baker or Lloyd Taylor
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Destin Community Center Inc
Destin Community Center
Destin
Woment
Old Post Office Museum
Nell Baker
Lloyd Taylor
Mud Races and Spring Fling Benefit Set for April 4
Four-Wheelers host a mud race at Interstate Fairgrounds Pensacola with proceeds benefiting Northwest Florida Crippled Children's Association. Gates open 9 am, races start 10 am, open to all four wheel drives, trophies and prizes awarded. rain date April 11. Admission scales by age, call 455-5495 for details. Separately Destin Library Guild holds fifth annual Spring Fling at Holiday Inn Okaloosa Island April 4 at 8 pm with buffet to 9 pm. Slo-Gin band from Birmingham performs oldies. $25 per person. For info, contact Rita Gwin 837-0200 Bonnie Meyer 837-7342 Merry Willis 837-0016.
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Pensacola
Northwest Florida Crippled Children’s Association
The
Destin Library Guild
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Slo-Gin
Birmingham
Library Guild
Destin Library
Rita Gwin
Bonnie Meyer
Merry Willis
Local aviation panel backs alternatives to new airport
Northwest Florida regional steering committee urges the state consultant to first pursue nonairport options such as expanded military joint-use. If a regional facility is needed, expansion of Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview is favored, with Okaloosa sites and military input shaping the plan.
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Northwest Florida
Bob Sikes
Crestview
Dynaplan International
Atlanta
State Department of Transportation
Florida
Okaloosa
Walton
Dynapian
Gordon Jackson
South
Pensacola
Panamaty
Eglin Air Force Base
Jackson
Eglin
Coy Thomason
Okaloosa County
Thomason
Bob Keller
Sunshine Aero Industries Inc
Keller
Air Force
Sikes
Danny Sparks
Tyndall Afb
Fort Walton Beach
Larry Patrick
J.C. “Buck” Smith
Charles White
Chamber of Commerce
County
Landfill dispute in Okaloosa County pits firms against incineration plan
Environmental Waste Systems denounces Waste Associates Co. as a cheaper landfill bid competes with the county's move toward incineration. EWS cites past IN cleanup costs and promises a $14 per ton tipping fee plus financing and operation. Waste Associates, newly formed, faces scrutiny over experience and cost viability as the April 30 deadline nears.
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Crestview
Okaloosa County
Waste Associates Co
EWS
Jerry Schnitzius
Warren Smith
Waste Associates
Schnitzius
Smith
Seymour
Zionsville
Chris Cadenhead
Fred Schnieder
State Department of Environmental Regulation
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