Best Best Inn Robbery Stuns Destin Motel Crowd
An armed man with a paper bag over his head robbed the Best Best Inn in Destin early Tuesday, taking about $100 from a clerk. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s officials seek a white male in his late 20s, about 5 foot 10, with a medium build, last seen fleeing toward the motel parking lot.
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Parking Christening Eye Park Naming Hearing in Shalimar
A public hearing will be held at 10 15 a m on Tuesday Nov 15 in the Okaloosa County commissioners board room Shalimar to discuss naming the park on Calhoun Avenue in Clement E Taylor Park in memory of Destin's first schoolteacher Residents may comment Destin Bridge foot Choctawhatchee Bay location and unnamed status were noted at a prior meeting
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Destin Paces United Way Drive Toward Goal Leaderboard
Destin United Way fund drive nears 90 percent of its 5 099 goal with 4 604 donated locally. Okaloosa County totals reach 225 743 (61 percent) of 370 000. Campaign chairman Glenn Kilpatrick cites countywide giving and Gulf Power workers boosting pledges, with Destin firms Delchamps and First National Bank rising strongly.
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Coast panel to study growth in Okaloosa Walton counties
Destin developer Davage Runnels Jr. will chair a 26 member growth management panel formed by Governor Graham. Local officials Bill Peebles Jr. and Collier Houston joined the group to bridge local needs with state guidance on regulating development in the Destin South Walton area and along the coast. Panel members will meet individually with the state Department of Community Affairs before the full board convenes in December.
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Hardship Granted for Mobile Home in BT District
Velma Berry of Destin won approval from the Okaloosa County Board of Adjustment to reside in a mobile home within a Business Tourism district near her daughter Patsy Destin. Councilmen ruled unanimously that medical reasons justify the exception. she may stay until death, after which the trailer must be removed from Calhoun Avenue.
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Taekwondo Draws Largest Female Participation in Martial Arts
Taekwondo has more female participants than any other martial art. The ATA lists well over 100000 members with at least 30 percent women reaching senior instructor levels. Women emphasize leg power and self defense against larger opponents. CHILDREN. 244 5968.
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