Memorial Day Office Closures Across Destin Okaloosa Walton
Local state and county offices close Monday May 28 for Memorial Day. Destin Chamber Okaloosa and Walton offices shut. reopen Tuesday May 29 or 8 30 a.m. Walton Building Department first hour Tuesday. sheriff departments stay open on Memorial Day. South Walton Log office Cane Square closed. residents call main office toll free 267 2715.
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Destin Chamber of Commerce
Okaloosa County
Shalimar
Destin Log
South Walton
Cane Square
Log
Ascen tion Day Blessing of the Fleet at Destin church
St. Andrew's By The Sea in Destin invites participation in the annual Blessing of the Fleet on Thursday May 31. Festivities include a 4 p.m. mass with Rev. Alexander Greene and Rev. Matt Currin as speaker, a 5:30 p.m. procession to the Ben Marler dock, and the blessing as boats pass for a fruitful year. Capt. William Frank Davis serves as commodore. new boats will be boarded and a cross nailed to the helm. For details call Dale Allen at 837-6323.
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St. Andrew’s By the Sea Episcopal Church
Destin
Alexander “Sandy” Greene
St. Andrew’s
Matt Currin
Christ Church Pensacola
Ben Marler
William Frank Davis
St. Andrew's Church
Shell Ready To Go In Dome
Shell Offshore plans four exploratory wells in Destin Dome Gulf of Mexico starting mid June near 36 miles south of South Walton. Operations, rig Zapata Saratoga, involve 138 Shell staff from New Orleans with support in Panama City. Officials say plan meets safety criteria with blowout prevention and weather curtailment programs.
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Destin Dome
Gulf of Mexico
Dwaine Raynor
West Florida
Raynor
Gulf
Shell
Herland
Interior
Shell Offshore
Amoco Production Company
Walton
New Orleans
Panama City
Harbor funds await action on Old Pass Lagoon fix
A House Senate conference committee works to resolve a proposed 500000 harbor allocation versus zero funding for Old Pass Lagoon cleanup. House backed 500000 in the 1984 85 budget, while Senate version omitted lagoon funds. A compromise is expected by early next week to appear in a conference bill sent to both chambers.
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Ingrid Kreis
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
James Ward
Fort Walton Beach
Northwest
Grant
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Holiday
Dale Allen
By Jim Chitwood
Libby Herland
Bob Graham
FT Walton
Stawhatchee Bay
Dempsey Barron
Lagoon
Rep. Ward
Barror
Susan Grant
Appropriations
Rence
Tee
Man
Toot
Toyota
Jewelry and Repair Inc
Sweetser
Sacer Tex
Ft. Walton Beach
Roes
Fae
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