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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1985
Page
4
This item lists office addresses editors and staff for The Destin Log plus circulation rates for Okaloosa and Walton Counties, pricing for 6 month and 1 year subscriptions, advertising deadlines, and copyright notice.
A writer laments Hurricane Elena damage to billboards along Highway 98 in Destin Florida. He critiques cluttered signs, favors stricter ordinances, and notes the state’s 30 000 billboards ranking second nationwide. He cites lobbying and a proposed 245 boat safety billboards.
A reader criticizes officials for delaying two lane traffic during Evacuation and recounts a fatal beach incident. The writer questions lifeguard coverage and ambulance readiness at Wayside Park on the Walton Okaloosa line, recounting delays and alleged negligence surrounding her husband Cliff Stack’s death from heart attack.
Northwest Florida Water Management District and the state Department of Environmental Regulation clash over how to address Destin Harbor pollution. The district renews support for flushing Old Pass Lagoon via a Gulf pipeline, while DER resists as too radical. The two agencies must weigh all options, including flushing, as legislative funding remains unavailable.
Craig Bowman argues public education is a contradiction, citing discipline, standards, and teacher quality issues. He notes heated school board meetings over topics like showing The Seduction of Joe Tynan to high school students as part of the debate on education quality.
Craig Bowman, an English teacher at Alameda Junior High in Lakewood Colorado, laments how schools become Beirut like battlegrounds over children’s minds. He singles out Moral Majority and NEA for clashing over prayer, censorship, and reform while many graduates struggle with basic literacy and reading comprehension.
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