Recently added articles from Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL):
Dad: Daughter abused at day care: Seven-year-old told father Patti's Day Care co-owner showed her his gun, warned not to tell about alleged abuse.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Gant Oct. 2--FORT WALTON BEACH -- The father of a 7-year-old girl who launched last week's sex abuse investigation at Patti's Day Care says he never knew the center had been investigated before. "I had no clue what was going on," he said Monday. ...
Women mixing golf and business.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kari C. Barlow Oct. 2--On most Emerald Coast golf courses, business deals go down left and right amid the drives, putts and chip shots. And there's often not a woman in sight. The Okaloosa-Walton College Foundation is out to change that Oct. 29 ...
Good tidings in Niceville for Christmas decorations: Christmas Lady agrees to take popular display to City Hall.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Mcdermott Oct. 2--NICEVILLE -- Everyone's playing nice and the city's Christmas groups are joining forces. Debbie Lewis, aka The Christmas Lady, will take her popular display to City Hall and team with the Niceville Community Guild. Or, ...
EDITORIAL: Flagpole casts shadow over FWB's rules.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--The controversial new flagpole at Uptown Station shopping center is up and Old Glory is flapping proudly in the breeze. Looks great, doesn't it? Funny thing, though. The flagpole is supposed to be a record-breaker for this area, but ... well, it just doesn't look all that tall. ...
Daily News local briefs.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Man flown to hospital after tree falls on him FLOROSA -- A man was flown to a Pensacola hospital after he was injured during a treecutting accident this morning. The man, who is in his mid-40s, was briefly pinned between a felled tree and some tree ...
Daily News lifestyle briefs.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--FFGC officers meet in Santa Rosa Beach SANTA ROSA BEACH -- The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs will hold its District 1 fall meeting on Wednesday at Christ the King Episcopal Church. Cinny O'Donnell of Pensacola, president of the FFGC, will ...
Home Depot gets a makeover: Proposed store will be less orange, fitting it into Heart of Navarre color palette.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dusty Ricketts Oct. 2--NAVARRE -- The Home Depot that's expected to open in Navarre next year could look somewhat different from other stores in the homeimprovement chain. The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board of Adjustments initially denied The Home Depot ...
Getting back to normal: Okaloosa-Walton basketball teams ready to return to state playoffs.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Pruiett Oct. 2--It must have felt a little strange last season at the state tournament without the presence of either Okaloosa-Walton College basketball team. For the first time since the 1996-97 season, both the Raiders and Lady Raiders were shut out of ...
New Walton County courthouse opens.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Civil Oct. 2--DEFUNIAK SPRINGS -- The new addition to the Walton County courthouse opened to the public Monday, three years after work to expand the existing building began. Some kinks remain to be worked out, but the building experienced few problems ...
School cuts not as bad as expected: Local districts will actually see a funding increase.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel Kyler Oct. 2--Last week, as the Florida Senate proposed slashing more than $1 billion from the state budget, school districts were spared the worst. "I'm really thankful," said Santa Rosa County Superintendent John Rogers. District officials were expecting 4 to 10 ...
A one-mile stretch north of U.S. 98 will be set aside to protect endangered lichen.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Ayres Oct. 2--OKALOOSA ISLAND -- Eglin Air Force Base plans to put fencing up in front of its beaches on the north side of U.S. Highway 98 to protect the environmentally sensitive area. The fencing will run along U.S. 98 from Coast Guard Station Destin ...
BRIEF: Man could lose leg after accident: Pest control employee is pinned by vehicle as he sets up for job in FWB.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jill Nolin Oct. 2--FORT WALTON BEACH -- A pest control employee was pinned between two vehicles as he started to set up for a stop in front of a Fort Walton Beach home. The man, whose name was not available, was placing an orange cone behind his green Florida Pest ...
LOUD & CLEAR: 'NAVARRE S INTENSE BUT QUIET SETTER HAS TAKEN ON A LEADERSHIP ROLE ... AND IS GETTING HER MESSAGE ACROSS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jared Macarin Oct. 2--NAVARRE -- When Sarah Augustin gets in the zone on the volleyball court, she gets quiet. But the Navarre senior setter is trying to get out of that habit, and let her words -- as well as her play -- speak loudly. "I'm intense, focused and I want to ...
Scales open for '07 Rodeo: Destin Fishing Rodeo begins as Carl Giroux weighs in 4.6 pound red snapper.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Randy Dickson Oct. 2--DESTIN -- It didn't take long for the first fish of the year to hit the boards at the 59th annual Destin Fishing Rodeo. The scales at the docks at AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar opened at 10 a.m., and at 10:35, rodeo executive director Helen ...
Recess receding in schools to accommodate P.E. mandate.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel Kyler Oct. 1--Olly, olly, oxen free! Recess is hiding at many Okaloosa County schools. With a new state mandate for 150 minutes per week of physical education, schools such as Liza Jackson Preparatory School ended any unstructured play this year. School officials ...
IF A TREE FALLS ...: Mary Esther resident looks for clues in unauthorized clearing of his property.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jill Nolin Oct. 1--MARY ESTHER -- Bob Mc-Tyeire hopes the safety of anonymity will encourage someone to come forward with information about the person or persons who cleared his property without his permission. He also is offering up another incentive: ...
BRIEF: Correction.(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--It is the policy of the Daily News to promptly correct all errors that appear in news stories. If you wish to report an error, or clarify a news story, please direct your call to 862-6397. All corrections or clarifications will be published on page A2 under the heading of "Setting ...
EDITORIAL: Grab a bucket for mortgage bailout.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--You just knew this was coming, given the Pavlovian way politicians react to headlines. The push is officially on for a legislative response to the subprime mortgage mess. In the first of what undoubtedly will be a wave of bills aimed at pandering to an emerging political ...
Mending fences in Navarre: State park construction on beach should last eight months.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dusty Ricketts Oct. 1--NAVARRE BEACH -- More than three years after Hurricane Ivan decimated the nearly-two-year-old Navarre Beach State Park, the grounds remain in disrepair. That will slowly change as work on repairing the park is finally scheduled to start this month ....
Quality of life: DeFuniak aims to help its senior citizens.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Civil Oct. 1--DEFUNIAK SPRINGS -- The city is taking steps to become a better place for senior citizens to live. The city has been named a "Community for a Lifetime" by the state Department of Elder Affairs. That designation opens the door ...