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Hello to each of you. I appreciate you picking up a copy ofthis newspaper. I would like to ask of you in return for all ofmy efforts is to ask businesses to advertise with us. I work

hard to ensure you a fine read with plenty of space for more of our com-munity to come together to help support this operation. I will and have before offer youas a customer a noticeable Ad space. I can fit any budget, especially Freeport should setme with advertisement section of their own. I can offer the best price and if a few more

joined in I would be able to amp out 4 more pages.I know Ive said this more than once but this newspaper is offered to you free from

our advertisers in each edition. Please thank them and use them when you need. Justlike us we are here to serve you, to help you as best as we can. I would like to mentionPalmetto Properties as your place to turn to when looking for a home or land. They have

been helpful to a lot of you readers, dont forget to mention where you saw their Ad!!You know when it comes time for me to write this column I have, my mind doesnt

know where to begin on topics that intrigue me. Should I take the chance of upsetting afew readers who feel differently about a topic I may choose to tap on? The ideas I get

sometimes makes me laugh thinking of who may read this or that. But thats what getsyou thinking of things. Good or Bad at least I made you think about it.

Over the years I have received hundreds of E-mails with suggestions to try this or saythat. If you look back through our archives you will see I have listened to each of yourresponses to some degree or another. Please feel free to write in anytime. Especially ifyou have an event you want to share with everyone.

So, keeping all that in mind. Id like to spout off a bit of my own, to get it off mychest so to say. Lets say my frustrations with the system of health care is beyondimaginable as of late. Recently my oldest daughter has been diagnosed with CRPS,stemming from a surgery she had back during Spring Break. Now without going into allof my personal feelings about the issue, the chance of a cure for her demands pain man-agement and physical therapy. It states it could be for years or even the rest of her life.

The past 4 months have been hell, trying to find a doctor that will take her case. Be-lieve me I have heard almost every excuse not to help her be free from this pain whichshe has continuous problems from sitting let alone walking. We are talking 17 yrs. old.Over the years I have heard about other folks having pain issues and how hard it is tofind a good trusting doctor in our area. Now I am at a loss for an answer. Any disordercan affect an entire family to one degree or another. But add pain from within and thesituation is more distressing.

As long as I have searched for an answer or a chance for her a full recovery, I pray.But I still continue searching everyday for a glimmer of hope from someone or some-thing. Anyone who knows me as an answer guy, got a problem? There is an answer,right? I pray for a lot of things, I catch myself praying for things I cannot help or

change. But that inner struggle for an answer only brings me more questions on a dailybasis. I mention my situation to folks I know and I hear of similar pain problems theyexperience too. This has only gotten worse since the operation.

Again, this only brings us and me to more questions. You have a doctor who refersyou to another specialist for to help you. That doctor says no for whatever reason. Thenwhat? I have had over 15 doctors confirm my daughters diagnosis, they all say she is in

bad pain but say they cannot fulfill her needs for the laws are different now. Since whendoes the law prevent doctors from doing what they are specialized to do? Are we all tothink it will get better with the new Obamacare? Not if you have been in my shoes overthe past 5 months or so. I have heard every recording imaginable over the phone, I have

been told so much discouraging news about help for her. Even as I write this, I await ahopeful call that someone can help her from all this pain. Being up 3-4 times a night

trying to comfort her, my family have felt so helpless. We all lose sleep, I lose worktime, struggles of simple things are now being tested to the fullest.

If it werent for our friends our lives would be consumed by this ugly situation. Thestruggle to keep your sanity and make good decisions when your world is falling apartfrom the inside is a tough one to deal with. Please help each other with comfortingwords and be understanding to each persons feelings of pain. Only the person in the

pain knows what it feels like and even to them it is sometimes hard to describe it.Now that I am near the end of my column, I again feel like nothing was discovered or

do I have a better feeling about hope for this situation. I researched many hours aboutthe diagnosis and when it recommends immediate pain management, where do you turnfor help? If your doctor cant help, then what? He says he tried and dont know where to

send you now, then what? I can see why doctor shopping may be a problem -for evenwhen a child cannot get pain relief to begin a chance of recovery, your kicked to dcurb.

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Walton Business License Fee QuestionAs reported by WZEP AM1460Walton County is considering a Business Tax Receipt, or Local Business Tax.This is basically a business license. With the current proposal, there is also a$10 fee that will go to help with economic development. At a recent workshopconducted by staff, Gerry Demers acknowledged this is a tax and says they arenot trying to hide it.

While most areas have some type of business license, Walton does not. A per-son or business can come into the county and start a business or bring a busi-ness operation into the county with no requirements from the county. The rea-sons cited for the licenses are to help identify what and how many businessesare in Walton. The proposal looks at all types of businesses from large compa-nies to home based businesses. There are some exemptions proposed as well assome required.

The need to identify has been listed as safety, marketing and land use. Safetycomes from a request by fire officials who say they need to know what types ofoperations are where. This is to help the firefighters know if an alarm they areresponding to has any additional dangers. Marketing is for economic develop-ment efforts and grants. At this time Walton has no way of knowing what busi-nesses are in the county. They can not tell a prospective company or a grant

application what assets or opportunities there are. The land use covers theproper business operating in a building or on property as it was designated.This helps assure the codes are being followed and that the required parking,drainage and safety features are there.

The initial proposal is to have a $50 fee to cover the paperwork and a planningreview. After that the cost would drop to $30 with $20 going to the Tax Col-lector and $10 to economic development. Walton Chief Deputy Tax CollectorCory Godwin says their estimated cost is very conservative and presents moreof an ideal situation in which they are able to minimize cost. He says only oneFTE employee is factored, though the number could be 3 to 4 as evidenced byother agencies. Godwin says they see the cost around $207,000 annually whichcomputes to a minimum need of $17.25 per transaction.

He says they based the estimate on conservative numbers, knowing at this timethe costs are unknown. For the estimate, they used 12,000 businesses based onthe Tangible Tax Roll. Godwin says the office believes this is actually a verysmall margin of Walton County businesses.

The postage and mailing costs are estimated guesses. Godwin also notes thereare many unknowns such as which agency will be responsible for the publiceducation portion of this proposed ordinance.

Rhonda Skippers Office has been recognised for efficiency and fiscal respon-sibility and Godwin says their goal is not to make money off the service, but toensure all costs of collecting the BTR are covered with the portion of the feecollected. Any monies collected over costs would be returned to the County atthe end of the fiscal year.

More on the Walton Tax Collector can be found online at http://www.waltontaxcollector.com.

Hospital has second

meeting with DOTBy Ron Kelley

Healthmark Regional MedicalCenter in DeFuniak Springs met

with District Secretary TommyBarfield and numerous FloridaDepartment of Transportation(FDOT) staff members onWednesday afternoon at the hos-

pital to discuss the planned pathof the US 331 four-lane alignment

project.Hospital officials have raised

serious concerns about the pro-posed path because the newestalignment places all four lanes of

traffic on what is now hospitalproperty and actually will not usethe current roadway.

Having major highway con-struction and vibration so close tothe Healthmarks emergencyroom, surgery, intensive care andMRI unit was one of many factorsunder consideration, as well as theimpact of taking the bulk of thehospitals usable property as it

relates to growth and the futureexpansion of medical services atthe site.

Wednesdays meeting was cor-dial as Barfield and staff dis-cussed several options, their costestimates and possible timelines.

Healthmark CEO Dr. JimThompson thanked SecretaryBarfield and staff for making thetrip and for the materials pro-vided. Thompson indicated that

he and hospital staff would reviewthe various plans with help froman engineering firm and legalstaff.

Healthmark and FDOT agreedto meet again in about two weeksfor a third and final meeting.

Clinton: Obama should honor

health care pledgeAdding pressure to fix the administration's problem-

plagued health care program, former President BillClinton says President Barack Obama should find away to let people keep their health coverage, even if

it means changing the law.

Clinton says Obama should "honor the commitmentthat the federal government made to those people

and let them keep what they got."

The former president, a Democrat who has helpedObama promote the 3-year-old health law, becomesthe latest in Obama's party to urge the president tolive up to a promise he made repeatedly, declaringthat the if Americans liked their health care cover-age, they would be able to keep it under the new

law.

Instead, millions of Americans have started receiv-ing insurance cancellation letters. That, coupledwith the troubled launch of the health care law'senrollment website, has prompted Republican crit-ics and frustrated Democrats to seek corrections inthe law.

The issue facing the administration now is how toease the impact on people who are losing their plansand don't qualify for subsidies to cover higher pre-miums. Carney said the White House opposes aHouse Republican bill, proposed by Rep. Fred Up-ton, R-Mich., that would allow insurers to keep sell-

ing insurance that doesn't offer the type of benefitsrequired by the new law."Any fix that would essentially open up for insurersthe ability to sell new plans that do not meet stan-dards would create more problems than it fixed," hesaid.One solution, he said, would be to offer a"transitional tax credit" to those consumers who arelosing their insurance and must pay more for newcoverage that meets the law's standards.In an interview with CNN, Durbin cautioned that ifconsumers are permitted to keep policies that don't

meet the law's minimum requirements "it's going tobe difficult for the insurance industry to produce aproduct that really is going to serve our needs andthat they can adequately tell us what it costs."Asked whether Obama lied to the public when he

promised people that they could keep their policies,Durbin said: "A couple more sentences addedwould clarify it."

Only 31 words -- Think about it!Isn't life strange? I never met one Veteran

Who enlisted to fight for Socialism!

86% will send this on.

If Muslims can pray on Madison Avenue, and the subway areas in Toronto, why are

Christians banned from praying in public and from erecting religious displays on

their holy days?

What happened to our National Day of Prayer?

Muslims are allowed to block off Madison Ave., in N.Y.C., and pray in the middle of

the street! And, it's a monthly ritual!

Tell me, again, whose country is this? Ours or the Muslims?

I was asked to send this on if I agree, or delete if I don't.

It is said that 86% of Americans & Canadians believe in God.

Therefore, I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in

the U.S. having 'In God! We Trust' on their money, and having 'God' in their Pledge

of Allegiance, or the Lord's prayer said in our schools or public meetings.

I believe it's time we stand up for what we believe!

The Pledge of Allegiance...a boy has a right to not stand for alle-giance but a veteran who lost his legs defending our right says we need to keep God in!
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DOH-WALTON Opening Primary Care Clinics inPaxton and Mossy Head

~ Were Branching Out ~

WALTON COUNTYThe Florida Department of Health in Walton County(DOH-Walton) is pleased to announce the expansion of its primary care services tothe Mossy Head and Paxton communities in Walton County. DOH-Walton in con-

junction with the Board of County Commissioners of Walton County, Florida andthe Town of Paxton will open offices that will offer much needed primary care

services to the communities. The branches are expected to open in November.The DOH-Walton Paxton Branch is located at 21505 US Highway 331 North,

Laurel Hill, Florida 32567. The DOH-Walton Mossy Head Branch is located at

1483 County Road 1087, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433.

Due to funding sources, all patients seen at these branches must be Florida resi-dents. Funding for the clinics is provided by the Board of County Commissionersand a Low Income Pool (LIP) grant by the State of Florida. For information aboutLIP funding: http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/Medicaid_reform/lip/

index.shtml.

Both branches will provide a range of primary care services. Clinic providers areable to help patients with a wide range of sickness such as sore throats, coughs,

colds, flu, rashes, aches and pains, stomach problems, and urinary infections. Theclinic also provides school-entry physicals, school sports physicals and well child

examinations.

Eligible clients will pay a reduced cost in relation to their income and family

size. Proof of income is required.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (850) 892-8015.

TDC Shoulder SeasonThe days may be shorter and the water may be cooler, but tourism in South Waltonis year round. With nine Signature Events throughout the fall and spring means

there is a multitude of places to go and things to do after the sun sets on summer.

Several years ago the TDC decided to step up marketing for the fall. This is calleda shoulder season. The TDC says tourism in the shoulder season has grown at arate of two to one versus peak season. For the local economy this means an annualtotal of over one billion dollars in rentals, salaries and spending, in a county that is

41stin population, yet in the top ten for visitor spending.

The Walton County Housing Agency, inconjunction with Habitat for Humanity,has recently aided in the transition offive Section 8 families into permanenthome ownership with the help of theHousing and Urban Development(HUD) Family Self-Sufficiency Pro-

gram.Over recent years, funding for the

Walton County Housing Agency hasbeen on a decline. Currently in WaltonCounty, 275 families receive rental as-sistance through Section 8 Hous-ing. This is a decrease from January2013 when the agency served approxi-

mately 330 families.

Due to the decline in funding, the agencyis striving to find other ways to both

assist families needing it most and workwith tenants to become self- suffi-cient. They have found success throughworking with the HUD Family Self-

Sufficiency Program (FSS).

FSS is a HUD program that encouragescommunities to develop local strategiesto help voucher families obtain employ-ment leading to economic independenceand self-sufficiency. Public housingagencies work with welfare agencies,schools, businesses, and other local part-ners to develop a comprehensive pro-gram that provides participating FSSfamily members the skills and experi-ence to enable them to obtain employ-ment that pays a living wage. Additionalinformation about the program can be

found at the following link:

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/

public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/fss

As part of the success of the program,one family will be receiving over$5,000.00 for earned escrow to assistthem in new home ownership. This ten-ant has met the goals established in herindividual training plan including im-

proved finances, stable employment,credit improvement, and furthering herlevel of education. Another FSS partici-

pant transitioning into a Habitat home

has recently established her own DayCare business.

In addition to those who have alreadytransitioned out of the program, one FSS

participant will be graduating in May2014 with a Dental Hygienist certifica-tion. This tenant will be transitioning

from the program at that time.

While the agency is excited about theirrecent success, they look forward tohelping additional families complete the

FSS Program and providing them withthe means to move towards permanent

home ownership.

For additional information, please con-tact Tom Baker, Walton County HUD, at

850-951-7278.

U.S. health officials unveiled long-awaited rules Friday that require insur-ance companies to cover treatment formental illnesses and addiction the same

way they cover physical illnesses.

Secretary of Health and Human ServicesKathleen Sebelius, who announced theregulations at a health conference in At-

lanta, said this is "the largest expansionof behavioral health benefits in a genera-

tion."

The regulations will make the 2008Mental Health Parity and Addiction Eq-uity Act a reality, and fulfill a generation-long effort to improve benefits andtreatment for people with mental health

issues or substance abuse problems.

Co-pays, treatment limits and deducti-bles can't be more stringent for people

with mental illness than for people witha physical illness, under the new rules.This means insurance providers "can'tsay you can only get substance-abusetreatment in state but you can go any-

where for medical/surgical" treatment,

This "incredibly important law, com-bined with the Affordable Care Act, willexpand and protect behavioral health

benefits for more than 62 million Ameri-cans," Sebelius said. "People who eitherhave insurance coverage now and have

no mental health coverage or where theAffordable Care Act fills in those gapsfor people who have no insurance at all,they will be able to access affordable

care."

"Every effort to have increased access tohealth care, including mental health care,

is progress in a civilized society."

The rules will affect most Americanswith health insurance, including health

plansbought under the Affordable Care

Act of 2010. However, the regulationsmay not apply to people covered byMedicaid,the publicly funded insurance

program for the poor, or Medicare,

which provides coverage for seniors

"We in the mental health field haveknown for some time that providing pa-tients with mental health and substanceabuse disorders the care they need canhave tremendous benefits in a number ofother key areas," he said. Decreased ab-

senteeism and increased productivity atwork, greater satisfaction in relationshipsand housing situations, and more suc-cessful treatment of physical/medical

illnesses are just some of these benefits .
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 The Emerald Star News, Inc.

The Mayors PostRuss Barley Freeport Mayor

Please send any and all comments

to The [email protected]

Freeport Opens A Place For HistoryAs reported by WZEP AM1460The City of Freeport now has a place for history. The Old Post Of-fice has been rededicated as a museum and is now called The Heri-tage Center of Freeport. And one of the first visitors at the cere-mony Sunday was Freeport Historian Becky Buxton. The crowd of

almost 200 gave Mrs. Buxton a standing ovation.

The old Post Office on Highway 20 had already been converted to ameeting room. With more and more Freeport history being pro-vided by citizens, the Town Council decided a permanent place wasneeded. Modeled after the Walton Heritage Associations Museum,located in the Old Depot in DeFuniak Springs, Freeport wanted tohave a place for locals to view and research history. The conversion

of the building was presented.

After work by city staff, the Town Planters Society and others, themuseum came together. Everyone seems to feel it has a good pres-entation and several residents tell WZEP they are very proud andglad of how the museum turned out. The Heritage Center of Free-

port will also serve as a visitors bureau.

Among the items are the books put together by Mrs. Buxton. Aftera medical event, the town historian did not see the museum workuntil the opening. When the new Council took office, Buxton of-fered her resignation so the history could pass on to another. The

Mayor refused the resignation and volunteers stepped in to help herwith any work. The town honored their historian with the standingovation. Buxton has honored the town with work in preserving localhistory. You can now see this on a regular basis at the Heritage

Museum.

WCSB MeetingThe Walton County School Board startedtheir meeting with a number of expulsions.One dealt with a bus explosion where twostudents were fighting. After the driver toldthem to sit down, one student left throughthe back door and the other through theside door. Superintendent Anderson saidthis caused safety issues. Another issuewas with a student who has shown a pat-

tern of disciplinary action.The consent agenda included two addeditems; two Paxton Middle School CrossCountry team members to go to Lakelandfor a state meet and for the Emerald CoastMiddle Junior Beta Club to travel to Or-lando to attend the state convention and

academic competition.

Board member Faye Leddon asked for areport on the software being used in thedistrict. She said she has received com-ments the software is not being used.Anderson said she had the same concernand asked for a report. She said they toldthe schools they will have to pay for thesoftware if the usage is low. Leddon saidshe wants to make sure they are not payingfor something that is not being used. Shesaid the action taken in the summer coverswhat she wanted. Anderson also talkedabout the use of more than one program forthe same thing. She has told the schoolsthey need to pick the best one and not du-

plicate with different programs.Kramer Entertainment will provide dis-tracted driver presentations for each highschool. This uses simulators and peopletelling about real life stories of distracteddriving to help the students understand theimportance of not being distracted. SRDJames Pittman has put the presentations

together.

During a discussion of a budget amend-ment, member Mark Davis asked about

money left over from one year being putinto the fund balance, but reallocated backwhen the new budget year starts. He saidthis makes the fund balance much lower.The idea was to take money left at a schooland return it for use next year so the schoolwould not find ways to spend it to keep

from losing the money.

The Board approved personnel recommen-dations. Member Faye Leddon noted theloss of several long time employees andwished them well. Additional fees were

approved for the Walton Middle Schoolproject, the Walton High Athletic projectand Freeport Elementarys additional

classrooms.

Russ Barley-Mayor

Another exciting two weeks have pass, beginningwith the Opening of the new Heritage Center of Free-

port located in the old post office building acrossfrom the Food Depot, approximately 200 people gath-

ered for the ceremony and opening on SundayNov.3rd. The museum houses artifacts about theHomes, Churches, Businesses, Schools, Ports andMilitary from Freeport along with many wonderfularticles that have been collected over the years fromour historian Beckie Buxton- many thanks to Beckieand Tim Ard Museum Curator for all of their hardwork in bringing this together. The hours of operationare 12:00 (noon)-5:00 PM- Wednesday through Satur-day, please drop by and discover Freeports past. OnMonday, Nov 4th, we held a ground breaking cere-mony for Cross Creek Estates up off Business Hwy

331, they are beginning their first 3 homes and haveplans to build some 140 residence. The Freeport Ele-mentary School held its Veterans Day Ceremony on

Nov 6th with a beautiful song to the veterans and akeynote speaker, quite a moving event. November 7ththe Special Olympics was held at Hammock Bay and

participants from as far away as Live Oak participatedand the competitors seemed to be enthused with thecompetitions and enjoyed the festivities. Nov 8th theFreeport High School held its Homecoming Festivi-ties beginning with a parade at 1:30 and followed

with the football game at 7:00 PM against the RockyBayou Christian School- Jordan Hepner and NoahSimmons were named Queen and King of the Home-coming Game. On Sunday Nov 10th was our second

picking on the porch where 50-75 people enjoyed thesounds of local musicians and the community cametogether for a good time. On Monday Nov 11th-Veterans Day, the Veterans Committee (A part of theTown Planters Society) held its annual Veterans DayCeremony with a very moving ceremony honoring theVeterans past, present and future- Tim Ard Commit-tee Chairman started the ceremony with a poem writ-

ten by Billy Posey who served in the US Navy andthe keynote speaker Capt. Bonnie Bonner(Ret) of theUS Navy was the keynote speaker and patriotic songswere sung by the Elementary School Choir and AmyBlizzard as well as the National Anthem sung by La-tilda Hughes a wreath was placed in Honor of all Vet-erans on the veterans memorial. A ribbon cutting forJobs Plus will be held on November 14th beginning at12:00 (Noon) , Jobs Plus is located on Highway 20East in the shopping center with Destiny WorshipCenter Please come join us for this special occasion

and welcome them to our fair city. There are severalnew developments coming up with the city and I lookforward to keeping you all informed as they develop.Remember if you have any questions or concerns

please do not hesitate to give me a call.

MAKE-A-WISHWISH GRANTINGTRAINING SESSION IN NOVEMBER

Located in Escambia County on November 16, 2013

from 9:00am to 2:00pm

On Saturday, November 16th, 2013 Make-A-Wishof Central andNorthern Florida will be hosting a Wish Granting Training Sessionin Pensacola. The training class will be from 9:00am-2:00pm.Make-A-Wishgrants the wishes of children with life threateningmedical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope,

strength and joy. We currently have children in Pensacola and sur-rounding cities that are waiting to have their wishes granted. Thistraining session will teach the volunteers how to determine thechilds one true wish, different wish granting techniques, policies &

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Complaint Forms At City Hall

The dispute between Brighthouse Networks and Channel 13 continues with the residents using the localcable service not getting all the news and entertainment they want. Residents have complained to the De-

Funiak Springs city Council that they are missing needed local news and weather. Resi-dents also miss favorite TV shows and something dear to a southerner's heart, football.

Brighthouse recently told WZEP First News they are in negotiations and hope to have aresolution soon. Channel 13 says the cable company has not contacted them since justafter the station was taken off air. Mayor Bob Campbell and Council member MacWork are heading up the pressure on both.

The City staff says there are complaint forms available at City Hall on Highway 90.These forms came from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.Residents can use the forms to help communicate their questions or concerns to the ca-

ble provider about the loss of service. The forms will be available for a couple of weeks.Staff says you can send them in yourself or drop them back off at City Hall and theywill send them all in at the same time.

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DFS Zoning and Land IssuesAs reported by WZEP AM1460

DeFuniak Springs Council member Mac Work says the TacoBell will begin construction just after the start of next year.They are completing the new restaurant in Crestview first. Thenew addition to the city will have the updated restaurant de-

sign.

The C.O.P.E. Center has Magnolia Trace on Highway 331south. This is part of the area that will be taken with the widen-ing of the highway. They are looking at moving to a homeacross from Harbeson Field. Loretta Laird, with the city plan-ning department, says the applicant has requested to amend

their current application from a land use change only. At thistime, staff is not aware of the current proposals of the zoningnor land use for the property. If the project continues, the nextstep would be to bring the amended application back to thePlanning Board at the December 2, 2013, Planning Boardmeeting for recommendation to the council. This is a multi-step process needing several approvals by the council before itcan be completed prior to the home becoming an Assisted Liv-

ing Facility.

Laird also says between 30 and 40 people came to the publicinput meeting on proposed zoning and land use changes. The

City is working on a project to clean up the zoning and land usewithin the city limits. Laird says there are over a thousandacres with potential changes and clarifications discrepanciesneeded. Some of these will involve a look at the current landuse and making sure it matches the use or area classification.An example would be a single residential property on Highway90 that is surrounded by commercial or is in an area that will

become all commercial.

Laird says this is a multi-phase project with the first phasealong Hwy 90 from 2nd Street to the western city limit lineadjacent to the airport and from 2nd Street to 25th Street alongBaldwin Avenue. At the meeting, she explained that just be-

cause a homes land use might change from residential to com-mercial does not mean the owner would have to move. Lairdhas also received notification from Walton County PropertyAppraiser Patrick Pilcher indicating property valuations aremarket driven. For example, properties zoned commercial butused as single family residential may continue to be assessed asresidential due to their present use with properties not being

reappraised solely on the grounds of a zoning change.

The current project will go to the state for review and return tothe Planning Board then the Council. Again, there will be sev-

eral opportunities for the public to give input.

WC BCC Meeting Review As reported by WZEP AM1460

A realtor asked to purchase three county owned lots in the Old Town of Santa Rosa. Staff reviewed thelots and found the county still could use them. The recommendation was to turn down the offer. The com-missioners agreed. Dixie RV, who also owns the newly opened hotel, asked to annex their property intothe Industrial Park property. Commissioners agreed to this one too. With a wastewater facility coming tothe Industrial Park, staff asked to have a rate schedule adopted. This is to help when establishing funding.Mossy Head Water Works could take care of the billing. The rates will not go into effect now. The agree-ment with Dixie RV says the county will begin construction when the current capacity gets to 75%. It is

about 50% for the small package sewer plant now.

County Administrator Larry Jones talked about allowing individuals to sell dirt. Currently there is a limitto authorised extraction only. Jones said the state has recently developed a plan for a temporary extraction

permit and the county worked up a similar one. This would include pond building and allowing the dirt tomoved off site or given away. The temporary permit allows up to five acres if you have 40 acres. Com-missioner Chapman said he has not pit in his district and right now they will have to truck a long way to

do needed road work. he made the motion to approve. The approval begins the process.

Jones talked about the fees for the Planning Department. He asked to change fees. Commissioner CindyMeadows asked about the fee for variance requests. She said many are small projects. She asked to lower

the fee request from $700 to $500.

With a crowded room, parking and business changes were talked about. Staff also asked to remove thecurrent parking ordinance and allow time to take a more focused approach. Jones said they want to look atthe parking issues individually instead of a broad brush approach. He said dealing in a straight forth man-

ner, they feel they will have more success. Jones also sa id they plan to hold public input workshops.

There has been an idea to make Code Enforcement more proactive. Administrator Larry Jones asked thestaff to report on the most egregious and common violations. Junk and debris, signs, change of use androadside vending were reported. Jones suggested Code Enforcement Officers to be able to stop and ad-dress the matters when they see them during daily travel. Jones said his recommendation is to allow the

code officers to go to someone and tell them the officer saw the issue and he is here to investigate.

Commissioners approved the negotiated fee proposal form Atkins Engineering for engineering, surveyingpermitting and construction engineering inspection services in the amount of $199, 403.00 for the CR1084 roadway improvement project, renewed the current agreement with Roadscape North Florida, Inc.for Construction Contract Thermoplastic Striping, approved the 98 Median Landscape Maintenance, ap-

proved negotiated fees with Genesis for Contract Administration Services and Inspection Proposal for theCR2 Paved Shoulder Project, Phase III in the amount of $248,669.36, and an application to the DEP andACOE for Snorkel Reef. South Walton Artificial Reef Association has obtained the funds to permit andconstruct a 200' x 800' Snorkel Reef. The county is eligible for fee waivers on several of the permits for

the Dune Lakes.

With a claim from 1980, Attorney Mark Davis asked for a service agreement with Preferred Governmen-tal Claim Solutions, Inc. to perform Third Party Claims Administration Services for past self insuredworkers' compensation claims. Commissioners also approved a Florida Department of Corrections Work

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Letter to the :

Best Description Of Barack

Obama Ever WrittenWritten by Dr. Jack Wheeler

Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently

tailored empty suit.

No resume, no accomplishments, no

experience, no original ideas, no under-

standing of how the economy works, no

understanding of how the world works, no

balls, nothing but abstract, empty rhetoric

devoid of real substance.

He has no real identity. He is half-white,which he rejects.

The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he

hides, but is disclosed by his non-African

Arabic surname and his Arabic first and

middle names as a way to triply proclaim

his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya.

Only a small part of him is African Black

from his Luo grandmother, which he pre-

tends he is exclusively.

What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is

African-American, the descendant of

enslaved Africans brought to Americachained in slave ships.

He hasn't a single ancestor who was a

slave.

Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave

owners.

Slave-trading was the main Arab business

in East Africa for centuries until the Brit-

ish ended it.

Let that sink in: Obama is not the de-

scendant of slaves; he is the descendant of

slave owners.Thus he makes the perfect Liberal Mes-

siah.

It's something Hillary doesn't understand

- how some complete neophyte came out of

the blue and stole the Democrat nomina-

tion from her.

Obamamania is beyond politics and rea-

son. It is a true religious cult, whose ad-

herents reject Christianity yet still believe

in Original Sin, transferring it from the

evil of being human to the evil of being

white.Thus Obama has become the white liber-

als' Christ, offering absolution from the

Sin of Being White.

There is no reason or logic behind it, no

faults or flaws of his can diminish it, and

no arguments Hillary could make of any

kind can be effective against it.

The absurdity of Hypocrisy Clothed In

Human Flesh being their Savior is all the

more cause for liberals to worship him:

Credo quia absurdum, I believe it because

it is absurd.

Thank heavens that the voting majority of

Americans remain Christian and are in no

desperate need of a phony savior.

He is ridiculous and should not be taken

seriously by any thinking American.

You are drawn toward someone like a moth toward a flame on Monday -- although chances are, this attrac-tion isn't going to end with you burning to a crisp. (How hot could this person be?) There may or may not beromantic content to your attraction; nevertheless, they will be all you can think about. Tuesday and Wednes-

day find you thinking about yourself (and your wallet) before anything else,

It is within your nature to overcommit. You have big dreams and you don't want to say no to anyone else'sdreams either, but meanwhile you have a family and a job and a social life and -- well, when do you expectall this saving-the-world stuff to get done? Tuesday and Wednesday, reconsider your priorities. It's impor-

tant to schedule time for sitting in movie theaters and thinking about nothing at all.

You have a bizarre sense of double vision: You see yourself in the present and, simultaneously, you seewhere you want to be. Being alone is okay with you. Tuesday and Wednesday you hit an emotional speed

bump -- your dreams are rich and confusing, and even the simplest tasks seem impossible -- but Thursday

and Friday mark a return to form. Someone blurts out a wild idea and you seize it.

Everyone's inadvertently shocking everyone else. In a different mood you'd find this funny, but now it'sdriving you crazy. The best thing to do? Spend Tuesday and Wednesday around people who wouldn't driveyou nuts if they tried, people whose every gesture you anticipate. In other words, people you adore. Thurs-

day and Friday, don't jump head-first (or feet-first, for that matter) into anything.

You're thinking like a serious philosopher on Monday -- although you're trying not to bore anyone. You like

being around people who are nothing like you, who don't see things the same way, who've had differentexperiences than you've had. You enjoy a fresh perspective. Tuesday and Wednesday you're itching for a

change. (Some new clothes? A new career?)

The disconnect you sense on Monday is particularly annoying because you can tell that this other person isin the mood to talk; you're just striking out on the specifics. You want to talk about how you feel; they wantto talk about money. It isn't until Tuesday and Wednesday that you feel in-tune with others. All week longit's important that you don't get riled up, that you allow events to take their course, because take their course

'Nations have their ego, just like individuals.' This resonates on Monday because the power struggle at handseems to have the gravity of international conflict, even though it's really just about you and someone elsenot seeing eye to eye. Tuesday and Wednesday, rather focus on whether or not you're in the right, focus on

what others are saying. Just listen. See what you learn.You are brilliant at finding ways to be constructive even as you're cleaning house, redoing the plan, experi-menting. You can change the tires on a car while it's still moving. This is what Monday is like. Don't besurprised if, on Tuesday or Wednesday, someone offers, 'Um, can we pull the car over and then finish

changing the tires?' Not a bad idea, when you think about it; no reason to be combative.

It's hard to think of a better definition of life, especially this week. Monday is more loaded with syrupysweetness than a stack of pancakes. Tuesday and Wednesday return you to your daily routine, full of minorvictories, everyday setbacks, etc., but the end of the week is (once again) completely about relationships.

Including romantic ones. You are more in control of your life than it may seem

'A family in harmony will prosper in everything,' so says a Chinese proverb. By this rule, there's not much

prosperity on the horizon at the start of the week, because matters in the family realm are anything but har-monious. Tuesday and Wednesday you view the current difficulties as an opportunity to be creative, to

dream up a silver-bullet solution; but this is not a cartoon. The truth is, everything might get worse

You get things the first time around on Monday. Others need the basics explained again and again -- bywhich point, you're totally bored. Think of ways to occupy your mind while everyone else catches up. Tues-day and Wednesday, overactive mental preoccupation may explain why you're unable to do very basic ac-tivities -- like eating without spilling on yourself -- but Thursday and Friday you're a superstar in every way.

If someone busts out a board game, they'd better be prepared to lose.

No matter how flawless a sales pitch seems on Monday, now is probably not the time. (In fact, the more flaw-less it seems, the more wary you should be.) Tuesday and Wednesday you're a lot more interested in creative

projects -- making music, making art, writing letters to people -- than in making money. These activities drawyou out in a way that feels good right now. Thursday and Friday find you a bit lost in the slow, fraught dynam-

ics of a family situation, but Saturday and Sunday are a pleasure (especially if you do something outdoorsy).


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C.O.P.E. Center To Move Assisted Living Home

As reported by WZEP AM1460With the widening of 331 many residents asked for, there comes changes to the corridor.Unless an adjustment is made, Healthmark Regional Medical Center will have the highway

just outside their ER doors. The old United Fire Station, now a Walton Fire-Rescue station,

will be rebuilt in the in the Woodlawn area. And Magnolia Terrace, the Assisted Living Facil-ity, will have 98% of their building taken away. The Choctawhatchee Office of PsychiatricEvaluation Center, or C.O.P.E., the Magnolia Terraces owner, has to find a new home for the

20 residents.

Rachel Gillis, with C.O.P.E., says they have found a 4700 square foot home across from Har-beson Field that would work. The property is to go before the DeFuniak Springs PlanningBoard next month for a land use change and then the project will have to go through the plan-ning process for approval. The idea of a home in the area has some residents concerned and

objecting.

Gillis says the money from the FDOT is not enough to build a new Assisted Living Homefrom the ground up. She says they have looked and this seems to be the only one that will meetthe need. The home will be the community rooms, dining, kitchen and office area. A new 4000square foot living area will be built on the back side. Gillis says they only have until next fallto find or build a home. She says this is the plan and the only other option is to move the resi-dents away from the area. Gillis says some have family here and they want their loved ones

close.

Gillis says there are some who oppose the idea of turning the large residential home into anassisted living facility. She says any information that the residents will be other than the eld-erly and those with daily living needs, such as handicapped, is incorrect. According to Gillis,they only plan to move the current residents and the home would only be used for standardassisted living residents. An assisted living home is a step down from a nursing home. Theresidents must have a certain level of self sufficiency. There is a home on Walton Road across

from the two schools and near an elementary.

Gillis says they can not have other types of residents without a special license. C.O.P.E. doeshave a residential home. Gillis says the plan is for the Magnolia Terrace residents to stay thesame, older and infirmed. She also says they do not have pedafiles or violent people in anygroup homes. C.O.P.E. has a policy against these types because of the danger they could bring

to other residents.

Gillis also says they have taken care of people for 37 years and have the best interest of thecommunity. She says they have a small budget and have to replace the rooms for the 20 resi-

dents within that budget.

There are three homes close to the residence being looked at for the move. The area also hasseveral businesses, the Boys & Girls Club and Harbeson Field. Several of the locals and someof the parents of children using the field have signed a petition against the home changing.

They say they are not against a home, but feel this is not the place. They say the close prox-imity to other residents and places children gather, the change from residential to a type ofcommercial and not knowing who C.O.P.E. might house there are what has prompted the drive

against the idea.

Gillis says her goal is to be a good neighbor in the community.

FLORIDA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE TO

HOST TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP~ Building Healthy Florida Communities ~

WALTON COUNTY The Florida Public Health Institute will host atechnical training workshop at the Florida Department of Health in Walton

County, Florida on Friday, November 15th, to assist northwest public healthdepartments support and sustain community health assessment, planning

and implementation.

More than 40 representatives from the Florida Public Health Institute, theFlorida Department of Health state office and from Escambia, Santa Rosa,Okaloosa, Bay and Walton counties will participate in a technical assistanceworkshop to learn advanced analysis programs. The skills learned will helpstaff examine in detail, health-assessment data and pinpoint strengths and

weaknesses in the overall health of their communities.

Florida Public Health Institute Executive Director Dr. Roderick King, MD,MPH, said the key component of the workshop is to showcase advanced

technology which supports and sustains community health assessment, plan-ning and implementation.

The Florida Public Health Institute welcomes the opportunity to be a part-ner in building healthy communities across Florida, aligning our resourceswith the regional health departments to improve the overall health of each

community, said Dr. King.

Commonly, every three to five years, county health departments conductCommunity Health Assessments to determine the overall health of their resi-dents. Based on the information provided in the comprehensive health as-sessment, local Department of Health offices develop a community health

improvement plan to address problem areas.

The Walton Community Health Improvement Partnership has identifiedthree critical issues facing its residents: improving healthy behaviors; in-creasing the use of screening services, preventative services, and/or primarycare services; and increasing awareness of local resources. Walton commu-nity volunteers, community health agencies, and county representatives are

participating in meetings to develop action plans to address these critical

issues.

For more information, contact Laura Brazell at (850) 892-8040 or visit the

DOH-Walton website at http://www.floridahealth.gov/chdwalton/index.html.

DOH protects, promotes and improves the health of all people in Florida

through integrated state, county and community efforts.

Brain Differences Seen in Social Butterflies

A small new study suggests that parts of yourbrain may differ depending on whether you're a

social butterfly or a lone wolf.

The research is preliminary, but it could lead the way to more insight into how humans -- andother primates -- interact with others.

"The big message is that your brain is reflecting your current social environment, and your social

skills at a wider level. The brain is flexible and reflecting all of these behaviors."

There's also the question of which comes first. Is the brain pre-programmed to turn certain peo-ple into more social creatures? Or does your brain change as a result of whether you're willing toengage with lots of other people in your life? The researchers recruited 18 people, aged 27 to 70,and asked them about how many people they encountered over the past seven and 30 days. Theresearchers were trying to determine "social contact," according to Noonan: "Any phone call, any

physical interaction, any email."The researchers also scanned the brains of the 18 people and looked for anything that peoplewith similar social lives had in common. They discovered that three parts of the brain appearedto be larger and more strongly connected to other regions of the brain in people who had largersocial networks
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Two-time Emmy and Golden Globe Awardwinner Sally Struthers stars as the strong-willedmatchmaker Dolly, who travels to Yonkers,

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more tickets. Tickets are available online atwww.mattiekellyartscenter.org or in-person orby phone from the Box Office at (850) 729-6000. The center is located on the Nicevillecampus of Northwest Florida State College at100 College Boulevard, East. Box Office hoursare 10 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday and from6:00 to 7:30 p.m. the day of the show. At-the-door seats are the same prince as advance tick-ets. There is a $2 per ticket Box Office process-ing fee on all ticket sales.Best known for her work as Gloria in the legen-dary television seriesAll in the Family and

more recently as Babette on Gilmore Girls,Struthers career has spanned four decades. Inaddition to her ubiquitous TV career, she hassparkled on the musical theater stage nation-wide with featured roles in Broadway produc-tions ofAnnie, Grease and The Odd Couple,and regionally in The Full Monty, Mame, Le-gally Blonde and Chicago.With an irresistible story and an unforgettablescore including classics such as, Hello,Dolly!, Put on Your Sunday Clothes, ItOnly Takes a Moment, and the show-stoppingBefore the Parade Passes By, HELLO,

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boundless international success, as well as afilm adaptation that was nominated for sevenAcademy Awards in 1969.

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Handels MessiahFree Concert Nov. 23 atSt. Paul Lutheran with Northwest Florida

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The Northwest Florida SymphonyChorale will present a free concert of Han-

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prano, of Destin, who is an NWFSC adjunctmusic faculty member; Allison Everitt,mezzo soprano and Jeremy Ribando, tenor,

both NWFSC music professors; and Dono-

van Black of Niceville, baritone. The concertis under the direction of NWFSC music pro-fessor Lois Van Dam. The Chorale will pre-sent all of Messiah Part 1 and portions ofParts 2 and 3. Donations to support the Cho-rale will be accepted at the door at this freeevent. The Northwest Florida SymphonyChorale is a select choral group of talentedvocalists from throughout the communitywho perform with the Northwest FloridaSymphony Orchestra as well as in independ-

ent concerts. In addition to this years per-formance of HandelsMessiah, the Choralewill perform at the orchestras Holiday Popsconcert on December 13 and will presentBeethovens Choral Fantasy April 12, 2014

at the orchestras season finale concert.

Please be advised that the

Walton County Local RestoreAct Committee will hold theirnext meeting on Thursday,

November 14, 2013 at 5:00PM at the Bayou Arts Centerlocated at 105 HogtownBayou, Santa Rosa Beach, FL32459.

The purpose of this meeting is

to discuss the RESTORE Act.

Two or more Walton CountyCommissioners may attend.These meetings are open to the

public.
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