Okaloosa County Fair continues with daily shows and pig racing
The Okaloosa County Fair runs four more days with gates opening at 4 p.m. daily. Wednesday features Robinson's Racing Pigs and Tennessee River Boys at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., Thursday offers Youth Steer Sale at 7 p.m. and The Chapel Choir, plus pig action. Friday presents Thrasher Brothers at 5:30 and 7 p.m. and more pig events, while Saturday starts at noon for the final day.
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Tennessee River Boys
Thrasher Brothers
Destin Hospital Auxiliary Seeks New Members Orientation
Destin residents aged 18 and up are invited to an orientation for the Humana Hospital Destin Auxiliary. The 9 a.m. Thursday session on Oct. 2 will be in Human Destin's cafeteria. Memberships fit varied schedules. services now include escort, gift shop, and information desk at the Airport Road facility.
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Destin
Humana Hospital Destin
Human Destin
Airport Road
St Jude Wheels for Life Bike A Thon Seeks Bikers
Bikers are invited to join the St Jude Children’s Hospital benefit ride on Saturday October 18 with headquarters at Destin American Legion Post 296. For information call 837-9829 or Jerry Santuci at 837-8635. Hot dogs and refreshments will be offered at the Legion on ride day.
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St. Jude’s
Wheels For Life
Bike-A-Thon
St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Destin American Legion Post
Jerry Santucci
The
Legion
Academy Day with Rep Hutto at Fort Walton Beach High School
Congressman Earl Hutto hosts Academy Day at 3 p m on Saturday Oct 11 at Choc tawhatchee High School Fort Walton Beach for First District Florida high school students seeking service academy nominations. Attendees include reps from five academies and ROTC programs to provide guidance and information.
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Earl Hutto
Choctawhatchee High School
Fort Walton Beach
Florida
U.S. Service Academies
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
Army Rotc
Navy
Revision Lets Destin Roots Run Deeper
Vivian Mettee with Capt Reddin Brunson Captain Howard Marler Sr and Jack Dorman Jr add three more stories to the Destin history volume And the Roots Run Deep covers Destin Harbor fishing from 1930 to 1960 the DCBA formation in the late 1950s and the 1984 incorporation of Destin Village The book is available for 9 95 with proceeds supporting the Old Destin Post Office Museum Society Visitors can view the museum Mondays and Wednesdays 1 to 4 pm at Stahlman Avenue Destin.
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Vivian Mettee
Reddin
Salty” Brunson
Howard C. Marler Sr
Jack E. Dorman Jr
Destin
Capt. Brunson
Howard C. Marler
Marler
Destin Charter Boat Association
DCBA
Bruce
Destin Harbor
Old Destin Post Office Museum Society
Stahlman Avenue
Destin Library
Destin Iga
Destin Drug Store
Book Nook
Fort Walton Beach
First National Bank of
All Aboard Chipley ARC Sails To Destin Vacation
Chipley Association of Retarded Citizens members saved earnings from landscape work kitchen duties and church cleaning to fund their annual Destin trip. About 80 members stayed at Sea Dome Resort with a second night complimentary and visited Gulfarium on Okaloosa Island. Around 60 rode the party boat.
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Chipley Association of Retarded Citizens
Destin
Chipley Arc
Sea Dome
Gulfarium
Okaloosa Island
Local Students Preach Gospel Overseas
Six Rocky Bayou Christian School students spent summer missioning in Brazil Haiti and England. Tiffany Filar 14 traveled to Sao Miguel Brazil with Teen Missions International guiding a 35 member team down the Amazon to build water towers a restroom and a septic tank for a boot camp for Brazilian teens. Crystal Filar 16 helped in Passe Catebois Haiti where the group built a 36 by 40 foot church with baptistry while noting Haitians are hardworking and generous. Brian Grete 14 joined Port Morsby New Guinea project building water towers classrooms and other facilities for missionary work.
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Rocky Bayou
Teen Missions International
Tiffany Filar
Crystal
Passe Catebois
Brian Grete
RBCS
Bob Grete
Port Morsby
New Guinea
Aksombay
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Annie Whitley
Tim Hekker
Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club
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By Karen MacGrogan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!