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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1985
Page
4
The Destin Log is published and printed each Wednesday and Saturday at 1225 Airport Road Destin Florida for residents of Destin and South Walton County. It is sent to subscribers as Second Class mail.
Gov. Graham and the Florida Cabinet weighed license plate designs after a public contest yielded 3 5 00 ideas. Readers proposed pothole imagery and coastal scenes, while some favored preserving the current state outline for recognition amid jokes about other states. The column also touches on letters, humor about bankers as pallbearers, and hurricane season trivia.
The Destin Chamber of Commerce board supports creating an Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Authority to enable a Choctawhatchee Bay bridge. The move aims to meet 1986 legislative deadlines and follows Northwest Florida Coast Resource and Management Plan recommendations for a north-south access from the Destin peninsula, with a White Point to Piney Point bridge as preferred.
The text questions whether state Rep. James Ward, previously a critic of Destin’s municipal move and involved in its charter, now offers to aid Citizens For South Walton with incorporation. It suggests Ward seeks exposure before next year’s House race, noting his narrow victory over Robert Harden and the potential political gain from the hot issue.
Letter from the Clement Taylor family thanks the Destin Woman's and Kiwanis Clubs for Clement E. Taylor Park. It highlights proceeds from the Sandestin Lions Club Pro Am benefiting the Florida Lions Foundation for the Blind and related groups, listing many sponsors and thanking them for supporting the Nov 16 17 golf event.
In a reflective piece the author recalls being in the county Emergency Operation Center during the hurricane threat, chatting with radio host Zo Rowley and others, praising EOC bologna sandwiches, and noting power outages. He describes encounters at Richard Williams Gallery of Fine Art, meeting a WW II seaplane pilot, and concerns over Destin runway repaving during a two week construction period at Crestview airport with FAA input. He urges safety over convenience and ends with thanks for being hurricane spared.
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