DER backs Dixon disposal plan despite local opposition
State officials maintain approval of a garbage compaction and transfer center in South Walton. Residents near J D Miller Road fear groundwater contamination and nuisance from trucks and noise. The DER has issued new stipulations and seeks elevations and design details before construction. A county emergency ordinance and ongoing legal action delay building, with possible daily fines if the Blue Mountain and Freeport landfills remain open past December 31.
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Vanita Trippe
South Walton
Wayne Hasid
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Dixon Disposal Systems
J.D. Miller Road
Hasid
DER
Dixon Disposal
DEA
Dixon
Miller Road
Walton County
Dixon Disposal System
Commission
A&b Garbage
Clyde B. Wells
Thhe Company
Wells
Blue Mountain
Freeport
Billy McLean
A&b
McLean
DeFuniak Springs
County police seize 65 marijuana plants in South Walton field
Walton County officials reported that 65 marijuana plants were seized Wednesday in the South Walton area of Steel Field due to manpower shortages. No arrests were made in that field find. Separately, 27-year-old David Clyde Slade of Ponce de Leon was arrested on marijuana growing and harvested plant possession charges.
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Walton County
David Clyde Slade
Ponce de Leon
North County
Cocaine Charges Leveled Against South Walton Businessman
Walton County deputies arrested Robert Edward Humphrey, 31, owner of Bob's Runaground, on Maryland cocaine charges. A department spokesman said indictments for sale and possession prompted the arrest after Maryland authorities notified Walton deputies of the warrants. Humphrey was jailed in DeFuniak Springs to await extradition.
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South Walton
Walton County
Robert Edward Humphrey
DeFuniak Springs
Corps Eyes Channel Work Near Choctawhatchee Bay
Walton County officials and U S Army Corps of Engineers will explore dredge material disposal sites for possible future LaGrange Bayou Channel clearing on the north shore of Choctawhatchee Bay. County Engineer L C Wilkinson will join the Corps in site searches, though officials say dredging is not planned soon and may not occur for years.
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Vanita Trippe
Walton County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
LaGrange Bayou
Choctawhatchee Bay
Alton Colvin
Corps
Panama City
L.C. Wilkinson
Dennis Wilson
Wilson
SWES Plans Funds Drive and Community Events
South Walton Emergency Services board discussed successful fund-raisers and upcoming events over the next two months. A crafts fair netted nearly $600, two turkey shoots are slated for November, a firemen's ball may cost five dollars per couple in December, plus a Sadie Hawkins Day today.
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Vanita Trippe
South Walton
Sadie Hawkins
SWES
Becky Morgan
Vicki Johnson
LeBleu
Lion’s Park
State Budgets $1 Million For Bay Bridge Replacement
Walton County plans a major bridge overhaul with $400,000 for preliminary engineering toward a new three- to four-lane span by 1986. Over $500,000 funds lift-span repairs, with a $1 million target to replace an adjacent small bridge in 1985 86. Total project cost around $33 million, centering on possible four lanes and center-causeway removal to improve bay flow.
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Vanita Tripp
Choctawhatchee Bay
Walton County
State Department of Transportation
Department
Allen Potter
DOT
Potter
Billy McLean
Center Causeway
McLean
Irish Priest Chains Paths Across Panhandle Parish
Father Brendan Haislip, longtime Mobile Birmingham diocese priest, leads St Rita's in Santa Rosa Beach. Having served 23 years, nine as pastor in Niceville and three in Marianna, he travels extensively through Choctawhatchee Bay area and now camps at the church on Highway 98 while awaiting a home on Oyster Lake in Dune-Allen.
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Peggy Bailer
Brendan Haislip
St Rita’s Catholic Church
Santa Rosa Beach
Panhandle
Father Haislip
Choctawhatchee Bay
Haislip
Detroit
Central
South America
Tipperary
Ireland
St. Patrick's
Mobile-Birmingham
Niceville
Marianna
Chattahoochee
Blountstown
Sunny Hills
South Walton
St. Rita's
Highway 98
Jenning
Oyster Lake
Dune-Allen
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Dottie Brearley
Gail Echols
Gail
Jane Henkle
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