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Wednedoy, December 6, 1 978 Board Mulls Amount of Museum Bond By MARC O'CONNELL tiating with the owners of Howard Hughes' mammoth plane, though no committment has been made. Commissioner Mike Mitchell suggested the public hearing to "explain some misconceptions about this project" However, he urged the hearing be held next week, saying "time is of the essence." The hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Shalimar courthouse annex. The Air Force Armament Museum Foundation's lease with the Air Force requires the new museum be under construction by February, 1979. Outgoing U.S.

Rep. Bob Sikes Tuesday urged the board to act quickly on approving a $600,000 adding the entire amount would not have to be issued if not needed. Sikes said his indications from Hughes Sum-ma Corporation lead him to believe the county has a good chance to get the Spruce Goose, but he dismissed the plane as "sideshow." "The Spruce Goose is not essential to the museum," he said. "But we will need the $600,000 with or without the plane." Commissioner Moe Hersh, though, argued for the smaller bond figure, saying he felt the larger figure would not com- Journal StoH Writer CRESTVIEW The Okaloosa County Commission will hold a public hearing Dec. 12 before adopting or rejecting a bond resolution to finance construction of a new Air Force Armament Museum.

The board has to decide, if it approves any Iwnd. whether to authorize $400,000 or $600,000. Construction of the new museum was estimated at $400,000, but the larger amount was suggested to cover expanded costs of housing the "Spruce Goose." The museum's trustee foundation has been nego i.t is -(' zm I- ft f- 11 11 ''r pletely cover the costs of bringing the Spruce Goose to the county. He added that the smaller bond would be easier to repay, should the source of repayment money falter. The resolution would pledge revenue from the Okaloosa Air Terminal operation to repay the bond, as well as revenue from museum operation.

Commission Chairman Hayward Hayes pointed out that the Air Terminal money was pledged as back up, adding the museum should be self-supporting. Mitchell added that Air Terminal funds may have to be used in the first year of construction, but should not be needed after that Both Mitchell and Sikes said that with or without the 1 Spruce Goose, the new museum is necessary. "The present building is totally inadequate," Sikes said, adding there are some 4,000 items in the museum's possession for which there is no display room. "This would be a tremendous drawing card for tourists." Mitchell said "major industry of this county is air power," and that the museum would preserve the history of that industry. He estimated that within nine months "we could have it together and people walking through it," once a decision was made.

The museum's founda- tion members are still working to secure the Spruce Goose, which is maintained in flyable condition by the Hughes-founded Summa Corp. in a Long Beach, hanger. However, the huge plane would require at least a 62,000 sq. ft building, whereas the original plans for the new museum called for 13,000 sq. ft adjacent to the Air Terminal The present facility, located on the Eglin air Force Base, is 6,500 sq.

ft The plane would also require about $125,000 to barge through the Panama Canal to Fort Walton Beach, where it would have to be reassembled. "The Summa people don't feel there is anywhere else that can offer what this area has to offer," Sikes said Tuesday. "But the Spruce Goose would just be icing on the cake. Without that the museum has enough to make it important." Sikes said he was unable to find federal funds to assist with construction of the museum, but that once established, the facility may find funds for personnel or expansion. Sikes also dismissed Hersh's concern over the stability of the Air Terminal funds pledged to pay the bond.

He predicted that rather than losing ground, air transportation would increase in the county, perhaps with the addition of other, air travel firms. Okaloosa Board Approves Industrial Recruiter Pay By MARC O'CONNELL Journal Stalf Writer CRESTVIEW The search for Okaloosa County's new industrial recruiter is nearing its end, and the commissioners Tuesday alloted the 3i remaining funds needed to finance the $20,000 a year position. Commission Chairman Hayward Hayes appointed new Commissioner Larry Anchors to the Okaloosa Economic Development and Planning Council(OEDPC). which will study ap- plications for the job and make a rec- several county chambers of commerce endorsed the idea. The supporters wanted the commissioners to hire a professional recruiter for the entire county.

The board, after setting $10,000 aside for the new position, also gave $10,000 to the Fort Walton-based Okaloosa Industrial Development Council, through the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce. Another $10,000 went to the Destin Chamber for advertising. The commissioners also learned Tuesday the Army Corps of Engineers has approved a more detailed study of proposed improvements to the Old Pass Lagoon in Destin. Anti-Shoplifting Seminar Slated CRESTVIEW It's a seminar on how shoplifters can be spotted so shoplifters aren't invited today to the crime prevention program in session in the community room of Okaloosa Memorial Hospital Annex. The program is sponsored by the Greater Crestview Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Administration and conducted by the University of West Florida.

Only owners or managers of businesses or their employees are invited employees must be identified by their employers. From Page 1C Sears 11 v5 Commendation to the board. OEDPC chairman Francis Spence said the council may consider its recommendation at a Dec. 20 meeting. The board approved moving $13,825 from a contingency account into the account set up for the industrial recruiter and a secretary.

The money would augment $10,000 placed in the account during budget sessions this summer from federal anti-recession funds. The $20,000 salary, plus benefits, will actually be about $17,800 since at least three months of this fiscal year will have passed before a recruiter is hired. The board's administrative assistant, B.B. Sadler, said another $6,000 was needed to pay the secretary now working for the OEDPC. The recruiter's salary was placed in an enterprise budget for the Okaloosa Comprehensive Planning, Zoning and Inspection Department The recruiter will work with the staff of the OEDPC.

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The program needed $10,000 to keep the Freeport site open, but the county commissioners said there were no funds available and urged an alternate plan to keep the Freeport site open as long as the other four were. But Jan Brown, program director, said the county commissioners have been informed that their alternate plan was not feasible and the Freeport site will close at the end of December. The Headstart Program is struggling with a $6,000 budget shortage brought on by a federally mandated increase in minimum wages and social security contributions, as well as inflated food prices. The Administration of Child, Youth and Family Agency, which funds Head- Big savings on beautiful basics! Cling-alon fits so beautifully because it clings to your curves. In pantyhose styles: sandalfoot, demi-toe or reinforced at panty, heel and toe.

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Inflated food prices increase the costs of breakfast and lunch served to Head' start participants, thereby increasing the shortage of funds available for the ing elevations poses other problems the county has not considered. "We don't know the depths or the probable settling time," Redig said. "If the pond crests after 10 minutes of rainfall, its worthless. Why do the thing if you're not sure it's going to work." The DER, Redig said, contends the use of a filter screen in conjunction with haybales used in the past probably make up the most appropriate system to control the sedimentation at the source the storm sewer entrance. The DER's earlier recommendation for "modfication and maintenance of the outfall at the bayou to abate further sedimentation and turbidity" apparently has not received the county's attention.

When asked Tuesday about the conditions at the outfall site, Rogers said he was not aware of what had been done and "will take another look and get back with DER." At least one bayou resident, Jim Waugh, remains disturbed over the county's apparent failure to correct a situation that's "killing the bayou." Waugh blames part of the problem on the failure of "some agency to require an environmental assessment before they turned that swamp into a lake. It's not even a lake. It's a barrow pit." "After a year of this, you bet I'm upset," Waugh said. "Anytime it rains, that clay goes into the bayou. It's killed the grass beds and fouled this end of the program.

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