Environmental spokesman to speak at South Walton Realtors luncheon
Cliff Rohlke of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation will address the South Walton branch at 11:30 AM Thursday noon luncheon at Santa Rosa Beach Restaurant and Lounge Cane Square. Turkey shoot today by South Walton Emergency Services runs from 10 AM to dark. Daisy Girl Scouts meet Thursday at Santa Rosa Beach Community Center. information at 267-2239.
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Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
Cliff Rohlke
South Walton
Fort Walton Beach
Report on Santa Rosa Beach race boat crash findings
A preliminary Florida Marine Patrol report on the death of Clayton Webb Mapples Jr. notes no definite cause for his racing boat’s crash into a wall by Hogtown Bayou. Officer Mike Sweet cited many suspicious areas but no single pinpointed issue while the boat was severely damaged. Mapples, 43, holder of five world racing records, died in early October near Bridgeon County Road, awaiting further details.
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Florida Marine Patrol
Santa Rosa Beach
Clayton Webb Mapples Jr
FMP
Mike Sweet
Mapples
Hogtown Bayou
Bridgeon County Road
Sweet
Walton County Clerk Outlines Budget Transparency
Walton County Clerk Katherine King told a Santa Rosa Beach Kiwanis Club luncheon her role is to maintain accurate records of legitimate county expenses. She noted she has no control over spending if the expense is legitimate and described her work across the circuit court, county court, and county board books, calling herself a public servant with nothing to hide.
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Walton County
Katherine King
Santa Rosa Beach
Kiwanis Club
King
Junger Utility and Paving Challenges $4000 Fire Bill
An attorney for Junger Utility and Paving Co says the firm will go to court rather than pay a nearly $4,000 charge billed by the state for extinguishing a 1,214 acre fire in South Walton this spring. The state has no formal allegation, and the company denies responsibility, noting the fire got out of control. The blaze occurred east of West Hewitt Road, one of two fires that spread over 1,300 acres and tied up firefighters for two days, with the bill based on tractors and man hours used by the state.
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Junger Utility and Paving Co
South
Walton
Tallahassee
Tom Maida
Junger
West Hewitt Road
South Walton
Lloyd Junger
Fire Board Grapples With Tax Levy North Walton Fire District debates millage level
South Walton Fire District officials weigh a millage tax if voters approve a referendum. A public hearing is set for November 26 at 9 30 a m in the Walton County Courthouse DeFuniak Springs to decide if the five district commissioners may adopt millage up to one mill. Opinions vary with Gene Battaly favoring one mill while Robert Davis favors less than one mill for a basic budget with future flexibility. The district’s 1986 tax collection would begin if approved, and a ladder truck funded by new revenue could improve rescue capabilities in condo developments.
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South Walton
Fire Board
Walton County
DeFuniak Springs
Sioners
County Commission
Gene Battaly
Robert Davis
Davis
CFSW
Wyrough
CFSW votes favor incorporation in Walton plan
Citizens For South Walton shows strong support for incorporating South Walton and submitting a city charter to the Florida Legislature in April 1986. With 133 of 180 ballots in, only nine oppose incorporation, as president Bill Wyrough notes. Final tally planned for Tuesday night at 7 30 p m at Santa Rosa Beach Community Center. Wyrough targets 150 yes votes and says bylaw changes may shift CFSW from study group to incorporation lobbying and watchdog status.
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South Walton
Florida
CFSW
Bill Wyrough
Santa Rosa Beach
Wyrough
Citizens’ Organization
State May Drop Topsail Hill Purchase Plan
Governor aide says Topsail Hill land may be removed from CARL list as county rezoning raises land value. Interior will not recommend removing 1800 acres from Coastal Barrier Resources Act. Land sold to Panhandle Coast Investment. deal not closed. Congress may amend the act this spring.
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St. Joe Paper Co
Topsail Hill
Bob Graham
U.S. Department of the Interior
Congress
Department
Panhandle Coast Investment Inc
Graham
Jere Moore
Moore
Walton County Commission
Morris and
Campbell Lake
Florida Department of Community Affairs
Monroe County Commission
Keys
Carl
DGI Has The Cash For Land
Development Group Incorporated a Houston based firm plans to buy 2850 acres of beachfront property from St Joe Paper Co. with at least a hundred million dollars available to seal the deal. DGI is the trustee of Panhandle Coast Investments and has offered an undisclosed amount. The report notes DGI has recently surfaced in Houston business coverage.
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St. Joe Paper Co
Houston Chronicle
Chronicle
Jim Drummond
The
Log
Development Group Incorporated
Houston
St. Joe
DGI
Panhandle Coast Investments
Drummond
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