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Year: 2008
Election – New School Board Members, Same County Commission
With two of the three county commission seats narrowly retained Bill Dozier smashed his opponent, John Salak by almost 7,000 votes, 19,399 to 12,701. Mike Thomas won 9,885 to Jim Lawson’s 9,034.
Ryan Neves took out Johnny Brock a whopping 19,231 to 13,444.
For all the results, check after the break.
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New Airport is on Schedule – Construction Update
The construction of the new airport is on schedule with paving of the runway to begin in 12 weeks. With over 40 million cubic yards of material moved since the beginning, still much work is to be done – obviously.
I’m not telling you anymore, you’ll just have to watch the video after the break.
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Grand Lagoon National Postponed until October
GRAND LAGOON NATIONAL COMMITTED TO HOSTING 2008 TOURNAMENT
New Tournament Fishing Schedule Released for Oct. 3 – Oct. 5, 2008 in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (August 25, 2008) As a sign of commitment to participants, anglers, and festival attendees from both far & near, the Grand Lagoon National Tournament has rescheduled tournament activities for October 3rd, 4th and 5th in Panama City Beach.
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Grand Lagoon National – First Night's Festivities – Video
The spirits were good and the mood, well, musical – country to be specific. In light of the postponement of the fishing tournament section of the Grand Lagoon National, the organizers decided to continue with the entertainment festivities. The attendance was low, as I’m sure one would expect since the main attraction wasn’t taking place, but there was still plenty of people having fun.
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CANCELLED – Grand Lagoon National Scheduled Festivities
THE GRAND LAGOON NATIONAL FISHING TOURNAMENT
HAS CANCELLED THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 22 – 24
Tournament Fishing Will Take Place Next Weekend, Aug. 30 – Sept. 1 in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (August 22, 2008) Continuing concerns resulting from the approach of Tropical Storm Fay have caused the Grand Lagoon National organizing committee to cancel all scheduled events for Friday, August 22, Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 in Panama City Beach.
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Panama City Beach Extends ‘White Sale’ For Fall
SAVINGS ROLL IN:
Panama City Beach Extends ‘White Sale’ For Fall,
Offers Discounts From 50 Travel Partners
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (August 21, 2008) – You can still catch the wave of savings at one of America’s top beaches — Panama City Beach, Fla. This award-winning destination on the Gulf of Mexico extends its Summer White Sale, offering deep discounts on weekend getaways and vacations well into the fall.
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No Fishing at the Grand Lagoon National
Well, no fishing this week, at least.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (August 21, 2008) The news from Panama City Beach is always good. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night has ever stayed us from our goal of welcoming the world to the our shores. Sometimes, however, we have to meet our guests with an umbrella and just the sunshine of our smile. Tropical storm Fay has made this one of those occasions.
Welcome to Grand Lagoon National – Video and Almost Live Coverage
That’s right, you read correctly. Almost live coverage of the Grand Lagoon National Fishing Tournament. By Almost Live, I mean that I’ll be posting tournament results and updates as often as I can, but not exactly as they occur.
Crews were getting set up today for the events to start tommorrow, a day later than originally planned due to Tropical Storm Fickle Fay. Of course, now, Fay is expected to make her way back over our area Friday and Saturday.
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Swim with a Red Flag, Get a Ticket
“Do you think a ticket system will help deter people from entering dangerous waters on Panama City Beach?” This was the latest pcbdaily poll trying to determine whether this would be an effective deterrence strategy and help reduce drownings in our warm gulf waters.
There wasn’t exactly a colossal difference between those who voted for the ticket strategy and those who voted against officers being empowered to ticket those ignoring the flag warning system. The poll ended with 55% voting for and 45% voting against.
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