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By Mike GriffithBeacon Correspondent

TheSilver SandsRepublicanWomen,Federatedhosted aforumMonday forRepublicancandidatesseeking theoffice ofOkaloosa County Tax Collector.

The two GOP candidates fortax collector addressed the forum

in BluewaterBay: incum-bent BenAndersonand chal-lenger BillRoberts, athree-termcounty com-missioner,former FortWaltonBeach mayor and city council-man. No other candidates haveannounced for the post.

By Del LessardBeacon Staff Writer

The Niceville, Valparaiso, OkaloosaCounty Regional Sewer Board canceled$1.45 million in planned constructionafter wildlife authorities said it mighthurt a minnow that lives in nearbystreams.

In return, Eglin Air Force Base offi-cials have agreed to substantially reducethe rent the base will charge for continu-ing to spray treated effluent on Air Forceland, according to sewer board officials.

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The fundraising armof Northwest FloridaState College pledged$486,000 to guaranteethe next performanceseason at the MattieKelly Arts Center,Niceville.

Northwest FloridaState College Foundationboard of directors votedto underwrite the 2012-13 show schedule duringa meeting last week onthe Niceville campus.Officials said they don'tbelieve the foundation will ultimately have to payany money, however, because they expect costs ofthe season to be covered by ticket sales.

During the same meeting, May 1, the directorsagreed to spend endowment money for studentscholarships. They also heard a discussion of thenational economic situation, and its likely effect onthe foundation, from financial advisor RayMcGovern.

Arts Center Director Cliff Herron explained tothe directors that the college itself is not allowed touse tuition or tax money to underwrite, or financiallyback, the show series, which largely consists ofnational touring productions of musical theater andperformances by singers and musicians. But thefoundation, which raises additional funds for thecollege from private donors, may do so.

The directors agreed to underwrite the showseries cost of $486,000. The money is expected tobe repaid through ticket sales, said Foundation

Saturday, 10 a.m.

The GenealogicalSociety of OkaloosaCounty will hold itsmonthly meeting at theHeritage Museum ofNorthwest Florida. Thespeaker will be TonyMennillo, who will sharehistorical stories of Destinand the Emerald Coast,based upon photos by hisfather Arturo. Menillo isthe author of "SaltyMemories Along theCoastal Highway."

Saturday, noon

Lewis School will hostthe Lewis Athletics FirstGolf Tournament atEglin's Eagle Course. Therewill be a noon shotgunstart. The tournament is athree-person scramble.Cost: $50 per person/$150per team. Check-in andlunch will be at 11 a.m.The tournament will bene-fit the entire sports pro-gram at Lewis.

Monday, 6 p.m.The Niceville-

Valparaiso Tea Party willhost a CountyCommissioner District 5forum. The meeting willbe held in Niceville CityHall Chambers. All candi-dates have agreed to par-ticipate.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.

The Niceville HighSchool Chorus will pres-ent its 2012 SpringConcert at First BaptistChurch of Niceville. AllNHS Chorus ensembleswill perform. Tickets at thedoor will be $7. All pro-ceeds directly supportChorus purchases ofmusic and supplies.

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Beacon photo by Mike GriffithMilitary personnel, family members, friends and supporters Saturday came from all across America to take part inthe 43rd annual memorial service at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal School east of Niceville. The ceremony hon-ored 18 EOD technicians killed in action in the past year—a record. The main address was delivered by Gen.Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, who said the job requires "the mind of an engineer, the hands of a sur-geon, and the courage of a martyr." Pictured, Schwartz speaks to family members of one of the EOD technicianswho died last year.

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A day of prayerThe annual National Day of Prayerobservance in Niceville drew a siz-able crowd Thursday at city hall.Driven inside by threat of rain, atten-dees heard local clergy memberslead prayers for the U.S., its peopleand its leaders. The stated themewas from Psalm 33:12—“Blessed isthe nation whose God is the Lord.”One of the speakers, ValparaisoMayor Bruce Arnold, said: “Faith inGod built this nation, and has madeus the envy of the world." The obser-vance began with music by theRocky Bayou Christian SchoolChamber Choir (backs to camera)and band.

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A man identified by police asJeffrey Lee Johnson, Freeport,gets a decontamination showerfrom a firehose May 2 inValparaiso after getting out of atruck that authorities saidserved as a rolling meth lab. Hewas arrested on drug charges.

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Jeffrey Lee Johnson, unem-ployed, 43, 1590 Black CreekBlvd., Freeport, was arrestedby Valparaiso police May 2 oncharges of unlawful possessionof listed chemicals, possessionof methamphetamine, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia,

The 'threatened'Okaloosa darter.Concern for thehealth of the tinyfish caused cancel-lation of a $1.45million plan toinject sewage efflu-ent into the groundnorth of Niceville.

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Herrington said the agencyfeared that the effluent wouldintroduce "endocrinal dis-rupters"—such as drugs and per-sonal-care products—that couldharm the fish.

The two-inch Okaloosadarter has been listed as a"threatened" species by thewildlife agency since last year.Previously it was listed as"endangered," a higher-prioritylisting that was downgraded fol-lowing Eglin efforts to restorethe creature's habitat.

The regional sewer boardvoted May 2 to stop the effluentproject and continue to spraymost treated wastewater from itsNiceville treatment plant ongrassy fields on the Eglin reser-vation just north of the city.From there, the effluent soaksinto the ground, where it, too,enters the water table, but at agreater distance from the darterstream.

A proposed upgrade of thedisposal system, RapidInfiltration Basin System(RIBS), would have reducedsize of the sprayfield, saving aconsiderable sum of money inrent. Eglin Air Force Base offi-cials had demanded that thesewer board pay market rates forits 240-acre sprayfield. Theboard, which currently uses theland for free, said the now-can-celed upgrade would haveslashed the size of the field bytwo-thirds, to about 80 acres. Asa result, estimated rent wouldhave dropped to about $110,000a year, officials estimated.

As part of a deal to abandonthe RIBS project, Eglin officialsappear to have cut the rent theysought for the current 240-acresprayfield to a figure in theneighborhood of what theywould have charged for theplanned, smaller one.

Eglin spokesman Mike Spaitsconfirmed that cancellation ofthe RIBS project would reducerent charged on the 240-acresprayfield.

At a May 2 meeting, GlennStephens, board engineer, toldregional sewer board membersthat he had met with the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. Hesaid the wildlife agency andEglin officials preferred that theutility continue to use the spray-field rather than RIBS to disposeof treated wastewater from theplant. Stephens said he was toldthat if the utility installed theRIBS system, the sewer authori-ty would likely be required tomonitor the nearby darterstream for the presence of phar-maceutical and personal careproducts that are found insewage.

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all the wastewater in a quarter ofthe land area, he said, andUSFWS officials fear that mostof the water would eventuallywind up in a nearby darterstream that flows into RockyBayou.

According to the U.SEnvironmental ProtectionAgency, pharmaceuticals andpersonal-care products, orPPCPs, include prescription andover-the-counter drugs, vita-mins, sun screen, fragrances,cosmetics and veterinary drugsthat are excreted or discardedinto the sewage stream. By theirnature, many PPCPs contain"bioactive chemicals" whichaffect living tissue.

Stephens estimated that test-ing for PPCPs would cost theutility about $50,000 a year,possibly more.

Stephens and WandaCruttenden, Niceville city plan-ner, attended a meeting withEglin and the wildlife service.They said Eglin was willing toreduce the rent it will charge ifthe board abandons RIBS infavor of the existing sprayfields.Stephens said Eglin's real estate

personnel estimated an annualcost of $90,000 to $100,000 forthe 240-acre sprayfield, if theregional utility abandoned theRIBS.

The regional sewer authorityhad originally estimated the costto continue leasing the spray-fields from Eglin at $1,382 peracre, with annual escalators. Atthat price, the annual lease to theregional utility would be about$330,000.

Sewer board presidentPatrick Strong expressed con-cern that it would prove difficultto grow grass on the sprayfieldwith the new treatment plantremoving much of the nitrogenfrom effluent. But LannieCorbin, Niceville city manager,said that the city planned to stepup irrigation use of the treatedeffluent, also known as reusewater. That would reduce theamount of water that sprayfieldgrasses would need to absorb,he said. Also, he said that whenOkaloosa County diverts itsshare of sewage now going tothe regional utility, it wouldresult in a drop of about 800,000gallons of effluent per day.

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State Democratdelegates namedBeacon Staff

Seven Okaloosa CountyDemocrats, including three fromthe Niceville area, were electedSaturday as delegates to theFlorida Democratic Party StateConvention.

This was the first time theFlorida Democratic Party heldcaucuses in all 67 counties to elect1,500 state convention delegates.

The following OkaloosaCounty residents were elected atthe County Caucus. FromCongressional District 1: NaomiHardison, Fort Walton Beach;Harriet Humphrey, Shalimar;Clara Oates, Shalimar; JudyByrne Riley, Niceville; and GaryStelling, Shalimar. Ellen Holt andJerry Mallory, both of BluewaterBay, were selected fromCongressional District 2. All wereunopposed.

According to the OkaloosaCounty Democratic ExecutiveCommittee Chair Jerry Mallory,55 ballots were cast at Saturday'sOkaloosa County Caucus inShalimar.

The delegates will go to theparty's state convention June 1-3in Tampa, where they will select300 delegates and 23 alternates forthe Democratic National

Convention in Charlotte, N.C.,this summer.

If selected for the NationalConvention, it will be Riley'sfourth trip. She has attended threesuch conventions, once as a dele-gate.

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The dedication, approvedby the Florida Legislature, is tohonor the women and men inthe community who have shedblood and given their lives forfreedom, Gaetz said.

"It's a chance to show oursolidarity for our military andour respect and admiration fortheir sacrifice," he said.

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A Niceville man, abouncer at an OkaloosaIsland nightspot, wasarrested Monday after heallegedly knocked a serv-iceman uncon-scious, criticallyinjuring him.

J o n a t h o nRichard Rybicki,25, of 1471 29thSt., Niceville, wasarrested byOkaloosa Countysheriff's deputieson a charge ofaggravated bat-tery, causing greatbodily harm, according tosheriff's reports.

Arrest reports and astatement from the sheriff'soffice gave the followingaccount:

On May 4, at 4:05 a.m.,Rybicki, a bouncer

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Anderson cited his record astax collector after being appointedto the post in the wake of previoustax collector Chris Hughes’ resig-nation in June 2011 amid contro-versy over Hughes’ payment ofmore than $1 million in secretbonuses to some employees,many of whom were contributorsto his political campaigns.

Anderson said he has acted tocut costs and eliminate excessiveexpenditures, ordering a "foren-sic" audit of the tax collector’soffice, scheduling in-house auditsevery quarter and making copiesof the tax collector’s budget avail-able to the state department ofrevenue, the county commissionand the public.

Anderson said he has alsoimproved the services providedby the tax collector’s office, byupdating the office’s website,developing applications to helppeople use their smart phones andother hand-held devices to accessthe tax collector’s office, and gen-erally improving efficiency.

“Put me back in,” Andersonsaid, “and I’ll continue to protectyour money and provide betterservices.”

Roberts cited his 18 years of

experience in local government,in Fort Walton Beach and on thecounty commission, and his 31years of local business ownership.

“I’m proud of the leadershipI’ve given,” he said, and added heknows how to make governmentdo more with less.

Asked about the Hughes con-troversy, Roberts replied, “That’swhy I’m in this race—to not letthis happen again.”

He criticized the report of theforensic audit which concludedthat nothing illegal had happenedin the tax collector’s officealthough “excessive spending”had taken place. He said that the

tax collector’s office had beenbadly mismanaged and as a coun-ty commissioner, he had receivedmore angry calls from citizensabout the matter than about a pre-vious scandal involving ex-SheriffCharlie Morris’ theft of taxmoney.

Asked about the ongoing scan-dal involving misspent funds fromthe Tourist Development Council,Roberts said, “The buck stopshere,” at the county commission,and that as chairman of the com-mission, “I had both MarkBellinger (head of the TDC) andJim Curry (county administrator)in my office” as soon as helearned about the TDC's use ofpublic money to buy a $750,000yacht.

Roberts said he had also pro-posed and voted for the immedi-ate termination of Bellinger, butwas outvoted by other countycommissioners. He said he hasasked the Okaloosa CountySheriff’s Office and other agen-cies to take part in the investiga-tion, and that he suspects that“others were complicit in the dirtydeeds” at the TDC. He said it istragic that Bellinger apparentlytook his own life following expo-sure of the scandal.

Anderson said he was “out-raged” by the TDC scandal,

which he said would never havehappened if proper financial con-trol procedures had been fol-lowed. He also said that the TDCreports directly to the chairman ofthe county commission, and thatthere was a lack of “leadership atthe top.”

Asked what they are doing orwould do differently if elected,both candidates pledged to makethe tax collector’s office more“transparent” to public scrutiny.Anderson said he had hand-car-ried copies of the tax collectorforensic audit report to the countycommission, and had madecopies available to state authori-ties and to the press, without wait-ing for public records requests.He said he plans in-house auditsevery quarter and will make taxcollector’s office records availableto the public.

Roberts also said he will maketax collector’s records available tothe public.

“Why should people even haveto ask?” he said. “There is nothingon my desk that I have to hide.”

He said that audits alone arenot enough to ensure integrity ingovernment.

“How do you make someoneethical?” he asked, and said thatleadership must be by example.“You have to live it.”


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Herron also outlined the tenta-tive list of shows for the 2012-13season. The schedule is subject tochange before being finalized laterthis year.Broadway Series

"Menopause, The Musical.""Shrek, The Musical.""Fiddler on the Roof.""Hair.""Rock of Ages."

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show will cost $37, and to aBroadway Series show, $47. Twodollars from each ticket sale willgo to the college to fund artsscholarships, according toNWFSC.

Five other shows for school-children on field trips are alsoscheduled.

In other business during themeeting, the foundation directorsagreed to allow $250,000 fromthe Mattie Kelley Endowment tobe spent for scholarships duringthe coming school year.Kedroski said the endowment isnow “above water” financially,unlike last year when it was“underwater,” with too little valuein the fund to support all thescholarships for which fundswere earmarked.

Foundation financial advisorRay McGovern, of the MerrillLynch stockbrokerage, whichinvests the foundation's $32 mil-lion endowment, told directorsthat the U.S. economy continuesto “muddle along,” and is expect-ed to do the same for the next sev-eral years. He said economicgains reported earlier this yearhave shown themselves to beunsustainable, as jobless claimshave gone up and gains in thegross domestic product have beenless than hoped for earlier in theyear.

The key to the nation’s finan-cial troubles, McGovern said, isgovernment spending whichincreases national debt. From aneconomic viewpoint, McGovernsaid, the solution would be to cut

spending. “The government can’tstop spending fast enough,” hesaid, to solve the debt problem.

McGovern then added, how-ever, that from a political andsocial viewpoint, it is unlikelythat the government will actuallybe able to make drastic spendingcuts without triggering the sort ofunrest, including riots in thestreets of major cities, that over-spent European nations likeGreece have been experiencingas they try to cut social welfareprograms in order to get theirspending and national debtsunder control.

Since spending can only bereduced slowly, if at all, withouttriggering unrest, McGovern saidhe expects a continuation of sloweconomic growth, and that in thecoming months, “inflation maybecome an issue.”

Corporations, he said, are inbetter financial shape than thegovernment, but are reluctant toinvest any of the cash they cur-rently have on hand, because ofuncertainty about the future, andespecially about the future regu-latory and tax policies of thenation. Companies, he said, arebuying back their own stock frominvestors, and “sitting on hugepiles of cash,” but are hesitatingto build new facilities or hiremore people because of financialuncertainty.

Fortunately for the NWFSCFoundation, McGovern said, thefoundation’s investments havebeen weighted in favor of modestreturn but low risk. These haveperformed better than the marketas a whole, leaving the founda-tion in a sound financial position,he said.

The next meeting of theNWFSC Foundation board ofdirectors is scheduled for 7:30a.m., July 3, on the third floorconference room of the studentservices building on NWFSC’sNiceville campus.

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* * *Christina Jean Laird-Zeno, a

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* * *Troy Adams, 37, of 1417-D

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* * *Steven Patrick Howald, 49, of

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A pharmacist in Nicevillebecame suspicious March 10 aftergetting a call from Steven Howaldasking why the pharmacy wouldnot release health information tohis wife, Teresa, and asking if hecould get a refill on his own pre-scription for Zolpidem Tartrate 10mg, a Schedule IV drug. TeresaHowald arrived later the same dayto pick up her husband's prescrip-tion medication.

The pharmacist checked thestate's prescription drug monitor-ing website and concluded thatSteven and Teresa Howaldappeared to be "doctor shopping,"that is seeking a prescription for acontrolled drug from a doctorwithout telling the doctor that theyalready had received a prescriptionfor the same controlled substancefrom another doctor within theprevious 30 days.

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Between Sept. 21, 2011. andOct. 26, 2011, Steven Howaldallegedly received three prescrip-tions for Zolpidem Tartrate, allwith refills, from three differentdoctors. Between Feb. 22 and Feb.27, 2012, Mr. Howald allegedlyreceived two prescriptions ofhydrocodone/acetaminophen, aSchedule III controlled substance,from two different doctors.

Several of the prescribing doc-tors allegedly swore in writtenstatements that neither Howaldtold them that they were receivingother prescriptions for the samecontrolled medications within the30-day time period.

DUI arrestsMatthew Scott Allen, 44, of

207 Crystal Court, Niceville, wasarrested by sheriff's deputies forDUI in the 4500 block of EastHighway 20, Niceville, April 27 at10:23 p.m.

TheftsA Valparaiso resident reported

April 26 that a rental property inthe 200 block of Montana Avenuethat was being used for storagehad been burglarized and severalitems stolen, including crystalglassware valued at between$1,750 and $2,500, a $2,000 set ofsilverware and other items. Twowindows appeared to have beentampered with. The burglaryapparently occurred within thepast three to four months.

* * *A Valparaiso resident from the

300 block of Okaloosa Avenuereported that unknown person(s)stole a .380-caliber handgun froman unlocked kitchen drawerstometime April 26-27.

* * *An 87-year-old Niceville

woman is out $1,500 in an all-too-familiar telephone fraud known asthe grandmother scam.

The woman told police that aman called her April 27 claimingto be her grandson. "You don't

sound like my grandson," thewoman told the caller. "I have abroken nose and I am in pain andhave wrecked my truck," thescammer replied, adding that healso needed money. The victimwent to the credit union, withdrew$1,600, and wired $1,500 to Peru.The woman said the unknownman called her again and askedher if she sent the money and shethen gave him the transactionnumber.

When the victim called herson's girlfriend she learned hergrandson was not in Peru. Policesaid the phone number on the vic-tim's cell phone was out ofOntario, Canada. The victim wasadvised to contact the FBI becauseof the apparent international scam.

* * *A Niceville resident from the

300 block of 23rd Street reportedthat unknown person(s) stole a$160 beach cruiser bicycle fromthe front porch of the residenceApril 28.


100 block of 2nd Street reportedthat someone stole prescription

medications from the residencesometime April 18-23. The victimhad just filled the 90-pill prescrip-tion.

* * *A Niceville resident reported

two juveniles stole his bicyclefrom a business, 139 W. John SimsParkway, April 26. One of thejuvenile suspects put another bikein the bushes at a nearby business,and it has been recovered.


1700 block of Union Avenuereported that someone stole afanny pack and wallet from adownstairs bedroom of the resi-dence. Four credit cards, $260cash, an ID and other items in thewallet were reported stolen.


1500 block of Pine Street reportedthat unknown person(s) stole hisprofessional camera equipmentfrom his locked pickup truckwhile it was parked in the drive-way overnight April 30-May 1.Deputies found no evidence offorced entry. The stolen equip-ment, two digital cameras fourother lenses, about 25 storagemedia and a camera case contain-ing assorted filters and other pho-tographic items, was valued at$10,000.

* * *A Niceville woman who was

hospitalized April 25-26 after shebecame highly intoxicated and

sick outside a Niceville restaurant,4538 E. Highway 20, reported thatwhen she returned home her pursewas in disarray and several itemsmissing. The missing itemsincluded a bank check card, a$1,500 diamond ring, a $3,000,two-set wedding ring combo witha large diamond and a plastic pillbottle with about $500 worth ofgold bits and pieces taken fromold jewelry.

Criminal MischiefA Valparaiso resident from the

300 block of Edge Avenue report-ed that someone threw a hose noz-zle through a window in the backdoor of the residence April 26.

* * *Niceville police reported find-

ing graffiti on the building wallsbehind the school district's busbarn, 511 Crestview Ave,, April29.

OtherA woman shopper called 911

after she was accidentally lockedin a Niceville store, 1021 E. JohnSims Parkway, April 28 about9:35 p.m. Police stood by as theemergency contact for the busi-ness returned to unlock the door.

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Police BlotterThe following accounts of the activities of police are according

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Street Situation Date TimeNorth White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................04/30/12 ............07:36White Point Road.........................Assist invalid..............................04/30/12 ............14:58Bobcat Cove.................................EMS call ....................................04/30/12 ............17:35North White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................04/30/12 ............18:41Saint Croix Cove..........................Assist invalid..............................05/01/12 ............00:33White Point Road.........................Dispatched and canceled.........05/01/12 ............09:09Troon Drive West.........................Assist invalid..............................05/01/12 ............17:45White Point Road.........................EMS call ....................................05/02/12 ............06:28Pine Street....................................EMS call ....................................05/02/12 ............09:27Troon Drive West.........................Medical assist............................05/02/12 ............12:21Ida Coon Circle ............................EMS call ....................................05/02/12 ............12:44North White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................05/02/12 ............20:24North White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................05/02/12 ............23:25E. Highway 20..............................EMS call ....................................05/03/12 ............09:35Olde Post Road ...........................EMS call ....................................05/03/12 ............15:27North White Point Road ..............EMS call ....................................05/03/12 ............16:55North White Point Road ..............EMS call ....................................05/03/12 ............17:55N. Highway 85..............................Dispatched and canceled.........05/03/12 ............20:17Ida Coon Circle ............................EMS call ....................................05/03/12 ............20:19North White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................05/04/12 ............01:23North White Point Road ..............Medical assist............................05/04/12 ............06:48Northridge Road...........................EMS call ....................................05/04/12 ............06:48Parkwood Place...........................Cooking fire ...............................05/04/12 ............17:39Oaklake Lane...............................Dispatched and canceled.........05/04/12 ............20:08West Birkdale Circle ....................Assist invalid..............................05/05/12 ............10:15Boca Drive....................................Dispatched and canceled.........05/05/12 ............15:14Troon Drive West.........................Assist invalid..............................05/05/12 ............16:33Merchants Way............................EMS call ....................................05/05/12 ............19:09West Parkwood Lane ..................Good intent call .........................05/06/12 ............09:19Olde Post Road ...........................Good intent call .........................05/06/12 ............18:23

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Valparaiso firefighters were calledbecause of the hazardous materials, saidValparaiso Fire Chief Mark Norris. Trafficon Valparaiso Parkway was blocked forabout 90 minutes.

As a precaution, Johnson was decon-taminated, or washed with water from afire hose after removing his outer clothes.A private company disposed of the chemi-cals and other contaminated materials,Norris said.

Firefighters from the Okaloosa County'sSpecial Operations team were also sum-moned.

As of Monday, Johnson, remained in theOkaloosa County Jail. He is scheduled toappear in court June 5.


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Take Stock in Children ofOkaloosa County held a gradua-tion celebration on April 25 tohonor 18 high school seniors atthe Niceville Community Center.Four of the seniors who werehonored, Bradley Fehrenbach,Emily Huston, Thuyvi Luong andMalik Williams, will graduatefrom Niceville High School inJune.

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The program began in 1995 atthe state level, and in 1997 inOkaloosa County. The local pro-gram currently serves 108 stu-dents in schools throughout thedistrict, including the public char-ter schools. There are currently58 Take Stock in Children stu-dents enrolled in college, and 15college graduates.

Malik, Emily and Thuyvi haveeach participated in the TakeStock program since seventhgrade—Bradley came on boardwith the program in 10th grade.

"Being able to talk to a mentorshowed me that it is OK to askfor help," Emily said. "There arestill genuine people out there."

Bradley agreed, and said thatthe Take Stock program has givenhim advice that he will take withhim to college.

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Emily will attend Florida StateUniversity and major in musiccomposition; Malik will attendBirmingham Southern Collegeand will play football; Thuyviwill attend the University ofFlorida to study internationalrelations; and Bradley will attendFlorida State University to studypre-law.

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Stock in Children scholarshipdonors include Community YouthTrust, Mid-Bay Rotary Club, Drs.David and Virginia Morgan,Ferrol and Rebecca Spence, TwinCities Woman's Club and theKatie Mathews White MemorialScholarship fund (City ofNiceville).

During the ceremony, TakeStock in Children also welcomed11 new scholars. Wayna

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Michael Galati, a 2006Niceville High School graduateand former IT Institute student,will begin work at Google inJune through their InternalTechnology ResidencyProgram. Google is located inMountainview, Calif.

***Bethany Stevenson, of

Niceville, recently receivedrecognition as a member of theBeta-Beta-Beta national bio-logical sciences honor societyat Brevard College in NorthCarolina. Brevard College'sHonors and Awards Ceremonyhonors those students who haveexcelled in their academic pur-suits, or have been honored byinduction into one or more ofthe honor societies in their cho-sen field of study.

***Caleb Coatsworth, a 2011

graduate of Niceville HighSchool and son of Ms. LizCoatsworth, Niceville, andMatthew Coatsworth, Nevada,has beennamed tothe Dean'sList for thefall semes-ter at theUniversityof Nevadain LasVegas.Caleb ismajoring inmusic.

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Beacon photo by Tess HollisCancer survivors took a lap around the Niceville High School practice field on Friday during theRelay for Life Survivors Lap. The lap was led by Jillian Arnould, right, who recently won her battleagainst cancer. It was Arnould's first lap at the Relay event since receiving a prosthetic leg inJanuary.

Beacon photo by Tess HollisBlake Lawson, a fifth grader at Lewis School, looks over Marsvillemodels that show how to sustain life on Mars. Marsville was heldon Friday at the 33rd Fighter Wing Navy and Marine hangars onEglin Air Force Base.

By Tess HollisBeacon Staff Writer

More than 450 students fromLewis, Longwood, Wright,Baker and Eglin Elementaryschools participated in the 17thannual Marsville, held on Fridayat the 33rd Fighter Wing Navyand Marine hangars on Eglin AirForce Base.

Designed to inspire fifthgrade students to enter careerfields of science, technology,engineering and math (STEM),groups of fifth graders simulatedMartian life at Marsville by con-

structing living facilities.Students worked in teams todesign and construct life-sizedhabitats and models of supportsystems for air, water, waste,food, transportation, communi-cation and recreation.

The Marsville program beganin 1996 on the 10th anniversaryof the Challenger space shuttlecrash.

Eighty fifth graders partici-pated from Lewis.

"It is a very memorable expe-rience for all the students," said

Courtesy photoArtists Shawna Crist, right, and Sophie Buglewicz createdgreat works in the Artist's Cafe at Plew Elementary's 8thAnnual Evening of the Arts, held on April 26. This annual galacelebrates art in the classroom and community, with proceedsbenefiting Plew's campus and student programs.

Artists create masterpiecesat Plew annual gala

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Beacon photo by Tess HollisFour Niceville High School seniors recently completed the Okaloosa County Take Stock in ChildrenProgram. Each of the students received a Hewlett-Packard laptop to utilize at college. From left:Bradley Fehrenbach, Emily Huston, Thuyvi Luong and Malik Williams.

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Relay for Life celebrates survival, gives hopeThe 2012 Niceville-

Valparaiso Relay for Lifeevent was a success withmore than 150 survivors inattendance, and 40 teams rep-resented. The Niceville com-munity raised more than

$116,000 to go back towardthe fight against cancer.

The top teams, who raisedthe most money for theAmerican Cancer SocietyRelay for Life event included:

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Club, more than $15,000.—Survivors & Friends,

more than $9,000—Penny Keepers, more

than $8,000—Lewis Middle School,

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Lewis teacher and Marsvillecoordinator Carrie Pike.

The habitats were constructedout of heavy, clear plastic heldtogether with duct tape. Once thehabitats were constructed withthe help of parents, teachers andmilitary personnel, they werefilled with air from large fans to"sustain life."

In addition to the Marsville

habitats, students built projectsthat simulated a mock Marsville,and how life could be sustainedon Mars.

Blake Lawson, a fifth-graderat Lewis, said building the proj-ects was his favorite part ofMarsville.

"Building the habitats wasalso neat, because we get to seewhat other students are doing," hesaid. "I also like that we get to seewhat the military is doing here."

The students built the habitats,

shared their projects with theirhabitat mates, talked with guestspeakers and participated in otherMarsville activities. Because theevent was held in the 33rd FighterWing hangars, students also had achance to tour a Marine F-35B.

"The purpose of Marsville isto show that students can worktogether cooperatively and bringabout a solution to a possible reallife program—finding an alterna-tive site to support life," Pikesaid.

Each Lewis student conduct-ed their own research on infor-mation pertaining to their lifesupport system, but also learnedto share their findings in order tosolve the problem of buildingtheir life support system onMars.

"The students are looking at anew world and setting up acolony on Mars—what could bebetter than that?" Pike said.

Lewis fifth-grader HollyChavis said she was excitedabout the event.

"I've really liked learningabout life on Mars, and I'm real-ly enjoying today," she said.

Pike said the Lewis studentshave been preparing forMarsville all school year. Theofficial kick-off, however, forMarsville at Lewis was at theend of March when several peo-ple from Eglin Air Force Basevisited the school for aMarsville education day, thatincluded discussions on theneeds of humans on Earth andwhat it would take for scientists

and other people to provide forthose same needs on Mars.

"The students were so excit-ed to begin their journey by theend of the day, that some ofthem went home and startedresearching all the possibilities,"Pike said.

Lewis Principal MikeFantaski said the entireMarsville experience was justplain "fun" for the students.

"The kids really enjoy it, andit's a great hands-on learningexperience," he said.

Special to the BeaconMichael Dye, Choral Music

Director for Niceville HighSchool, invites the community tojoin the NHS Chorus at the 2012Spring Concert.

The concert, which willinclude recognition for senior

class chorus members and individ-ual award winners, will be May15, at First Baptist Church ofNiceville, 622 Bayshore Drive, at6 p.m. This will be the Chorus'final public performance this aca-demic year.

All NHS Chorus ensembles

will perform: Kantorai, 9th gradewomen; Bel Canto, 10th gradewomen; Camerata, the men's cho-rus; Select Women, 11th-12thgrade women; and the NicevilleSingers, Niceville ChamberSingers and Opus One audition-based mixed ensembles.

Together, these vocal studentsearned six Superior ratings duringthe District MusicianshipPerformance Assessments,packed the Mattie Kelly ArtsCenter during their 2011 HolidayConcert and placed 17 students inthe 2012 Florida All-StateChorus.

Since August 2011, Opus Oneperformed at the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II roll out ceremo-ny; at Florida State SenatePresident-Designate Don Gaetz'sprayer breakfast at the HistoricCapitol and his designation cere-mony in the Modern CapitolSenate Chamber; and at twoFlorida State University varsitybasketball home games.

Tickets for the Spring Concertare available for $5 through May4 at the NHS Chorus Room, orfrom any NHS Chorus student.Tickets at the door will be $7. Allproceeds directly support Choruspurchases of music and supplies.For additional information aboutthe concert, contact Ken Pickler,NHS Chorus Booster President, [email protected];or Janet Simpson, NHS ChorusBooster Vice President, [email protected].

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Beacon photos by Tess HollisFifth graders from Lewis School listened as Eglin Air Force Base airmen instruct them on build-ing their Marsville habitat. The habitats were made out of heavy, clear plastic, held together withduct tape.

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Rocky Academic Team places first in Knowledge Masters divisionThe Rocky Bayou Christian School Varsity Academic Team placed first in Florida for 2Aschools—201 to 500 students—on the Spring 2012 Knowledge Masters Open national exam, 10thin the nation in the same division and third of all local high schools that participated. The teamincluded A-team members Josh Turner, Bill Hudson, Matt Steele, Ian Kampert and team membersNoah Kerstein and Audrey Stevens.

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Thompson, a student at LewisSchool, is a new scholar spon-sored by the Mid-Bay RotaryClub. Johanna Wolfe and CarolBuchanan, both students atRuckel Middle School, are alsonew scholars sponsored by theKatie Mathews White MemorialScholarship.

The Okaloosa County cere-mony concluded with a specialpresentation by Nick Gupta, aPensacola High School junior,who surprised each student witha free Hewlett-Packard laptopfor college.

"This just shows that gen-erosity and kindness still exist,"Malik said.

Working through the SantaRosa Education Foundation,Nick raised the funds to pur-chase the laptops with donationsfrom local civic organizationsand businesses. The laptop proj-ect started three years ago, whenNick and his brother Nathan,who attends college in Boston,raised funds for the Take Stockin Children graduates in SantaRosa County.

"My brother and I realizedhow much we used our comput-ers, and how important theywere," Nick said. "Our parentshave always been involved inthe Take Stock program, and we

were able to learn about thesestudents and what they are deal-ing with. We started wonderinghow these students would getthrough college using just alibrary computer."

When the project first tookoff, Nick said he had no idea itwould receive so much support.

"The idea was maybe wecould spread into other counties,and across the state," he said."These grads really deservethese computers."

The project was extended tostudents in Escambia Countythe following year, and this year,Nick assumed the sole responsi-bility for raising the funds inSanta Rosa, Escambia andOkaloosa counties.

Nick presented the laptops at

the celebration alongside FortWalton Beach High School stu-dents Tyler Margaratten andAngela Roy, who have acceptedthe challenge of duplicating theGupta's efforts to raise fundsand purchase laptops for the 27Okaloosa County Take Stock inChildren scholars who are slatedto graduate in 2013.

"We would love to see otherTake Stock programs in Floridapick us up in the next fewyears," Nick said. "The successof it relies on donors and the stu-dents. The donors are so gener-ous with their money, and thestudents all work hard to earnthis. We couldn't find a moredeserving group of students."

Special to the BeaconNorthwest Florida State

College graduated the largestnumber of students in history,1,997, on Saturday, May 5, atRaider Arena on the NicevilleCampus.

Because of the record-break-ing number of grads, the collegeheld two commencement cere-monies that featured a memberof the graduation class as thespeaker. This commencementalso marked the first time thecollege graduated more than100 persons in a single bache-lor's degree program—theBachelor of Applied Science inProject Management, with 114graduates. The total bachelor'sdegree graduates for the aca-demic year from all programswas 181 students.

Of the eight students whoparticipated in or spoke at thecollege's commencement cere-monies, Shiena Marie E.Normand, Kimberly MichelleGreene, Mimmi Hammenbeck-Willenborg and Ruth Berry,were all from Niceville.

Shiena graduated fromNiceville High School in 2010,and earned her Associate of Artsdegree and will attend NichollsState University in the fall. Sheaspires to work in the medicalfield. Shiena is the daughter ofretired EOD Navy Senior ChiefKenneth Normand and AnalizaNormand.

Kimberly received herAssociate of Arts degree withMana Cum Laude honors, andwill transfer to Florida StateUniversity to continue her

undergraduate degree in mathe-matics and computer science.

Mimmi is an internationalstudent from Stockholm,Sweden, and earned herAssociate of Applied Science inIndustrial Management, and aBachelor of Applied Science inProject Management degrees,both with Magna Cum Laudehonors.

Ruth Berry first attendedNWFSC as a dual-enrolled,home-schooled student in 2007.She graduated with her highschool diploma and associate ofarts degree in 2010. Ruthreceived her Associate ofScience degree in nursing onSaturday, with Magna CumLaude honors, and received theAcademic Achievement inNursing award for 2012.

Courtesy photoNorthwest Florida State college graduated its largest number of students in history—1,997—onSaturday at Raider Arena on the Niceville Campus. The college held two commencement ceremoniesbecause of the large number of graduates.

Northwest Florida BloodServices will hold the followingblood drives in May.

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May 16—Hurlburt Commissary,

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May 24—Eglin AFRL, 101 W. Eglin

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May 25—Walmart, Niceville, 2-6

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May 30—Eglin Building 351, 203 W.

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May 31—Eglin Building 11, 102 W. D

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STUDENTSFrom page B-1

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Gamma Epsilon members play dress-upMembers of the Gamma Epsilon Masters Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Niceville attended theSpring Gulf Area Convention in Crestview. They chose "Redneck Riviera" as this year'stheme. Members who attended included: Dianne Wilbur, Margaret Holley, Doris Oleg, MargeBallor and Mattie Williams.

Car raffle supports Niceville tech campaignSpecial to the Beacon

In support of the EaglesTechnology Campaign atNiceville High School, JoeFagundes of Thrifty Car Rentals,Niceville, has provided a 2008Dodge Nitro in excellent condi-tion, which will be raffled off toone winner. The school's goal isto sell $3,000 tickets.

All proceeds from the rafflewill go toward the campaign topurchase iPads, clicker systems,mimeos and web-based software

for students and teachers to usein classrooms.

Tickets can be purchasednow through May 31 in the frontoffice of Niceville High Schoolfrom 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The campaign works withlocal business partners to raisemoney to provide additionaltechnology options for theteachers and students at theschool. Principal MarcusChambers announced the cam-paign kick-off in March, and

hopes to raise at least $200,000by the end of this month in orderto start implementing the newtechnology by the fall.

Raffle tickets are $25 each;two for $45; three for $65; fourfor $85; or five for $100. Thewinner will be chosen from adrawing that will be held onJune 1, at 10 a.m., at NicevilleHigh School. The winner will benotified by phone. For moreinformation, call 833-4114, ext.1300.

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Walton Guard giveshistory lesson at LewisTwo Walton Guard representatives, Mike Jago and Tim Shaffer,set up Civil War re-enactment campsites at Lewis School onApril 13, complete with tents and a camp fire. Mrs. Gamble'seighth grade history classes were able to visit the sites to learnabout the weapons and camp site lifestyles of the Union andConfederate troops. From left: Eighth graders Donnell Wells,Joshua Callahan, Bethany Banaszak, JaKalien Cook andWalton Guard presenter Tim Shaffer.

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