Memorial Day Services Planned by Destin Legion Post 296
American Legion Post 296 Destin will hold a Memorial Day service at Destin Memorial Cemetery on Monday May 27 at 10 am with colors, flag raising by Preservation of Destin, and remarks by Legion members and city officials. Master of ceremonies Legionnaire Jack Shea Msgr Cunningham and Rev Greene to offer invocation and benediction. Taps will be played by a bugler from Eglin. Following, families may decorate graves, then coffee at Legion Hall. A Fort Walton Beach parade to Beal Memorial Cemetery and Liza Jackson Park lunch follows. Vietnam veterans invited. Participants urged to wear uniforms hats and medals.
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Karen MacGrogan
American Legion Post 296
Destin
Destin Memorial Cemetery
Preservation of Destin
Post 296
Legionnaire
Jack Shea
Msgr
Patrick Cunningham
Corpus Christi Catholic
Alexander Greene
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Shea
Bill Phillips
Florence Alnwick
The
Legion Auxiliary
Eglin
Legionnaires
Legion Hall
Main Street
Stahlman Avenue
Fort Walton
DWU and DNR Negotiate Pipeline Fee
Destin Water Users and the Department of Natural Resources are negotiating a fee for using state submerged lands to lay a water pipeline across Old Pass Lagoon. Casey Fitzgerald said DWU will pay a reasonable fee, with final approval by Gov. Graham and the Cabinet as trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
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Steve Humphries
Old Pass Lagoon
Department of Natural Resources
DWU
DNR
Holiday Isle
Casey Fitzgerald
Bob Graham
Cabinet
Internal Improvement Trust Fund
Cemed
Fitzgerald
DWA
Eric Smith
DNA
Smith
Save Our Coast
Destin City Limits Boundary Bill Clears House
The Florida House passed a local bill rewording Destin's boundary description to correct an error that listed Indian Bayou intersecting Choctawhatchee Bay. The change enables a certified map and access to state and federal funds as city officials had sought since the 1984 adjustment. The measure heads to the Senate.
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Destin
State House Without
Indian Bayou
Choctawhatchee Bay
Senate
East Destin
Coleman L. Kelly Trust
City of
Destin Bridge
Okaloosa-Walton County
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Highway Patrol predicts 34 fatalities in Memorial Day period
The Florida Highway Patrol forecasts 34 deaths from traffic accidents during the Memorial Day holiday window from 6 p.m. May 24 to midnight May 27. Col. Bobby R. Burkett notes likely alcohol involvement and low belt use, urging public cooperation and full trooper patrols statewide to reduce fatalities.
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Florida Highway Patrol
Florida
Bobby R. Burkett
Burkett
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