Welcome to Spring Hollow Estates and this beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with 1817 square feet of living area. The exterior of the home is all brick with dimensional shingles. The columned entryway adds a touch of elegance to the foyer and living room. 12' ceiling in the formal dining room and 10' ceiling in the living room. Kitchen boast a breakfast bar and black Kenmore appliances including a built-in microwave range hood. Single french door in the breakfast area leads to a covered back porch and nice backyard. Master bedroom features a trey ceiling and sitting area. Master bathroom has a garden tub, double vanities, walk-in closet and linen closet. Beautiful upgraded lighting package throughout the home with ceiling fans in the living room and all 3 bedrooms. Ceramic tile in all wet areas. Inside utility, 2 car garage and large attic provide plenty of storage space.
From I-10 Take Highway 85S. Turn left onto Live Oak Church Road, right into Shoal River Country Club, left onto Timberline, left onto Skyline, left into Shoal Landing
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Shoal Landing East Lot 11. Note
LOCATED IN SHOAL RIVER COUNTRY CLUB IN SHOAL LANDING ON THE LAKE! THIS WONDERFUL, SPACIOUS EXECUTIVE CUSTOM HOME IS SUPER FOR ENTERTAINING AND LOTS TO OFFER! THIS 4 BEDROOM, 2 1/2 BATH, 2806 SF HOME FEATURES: FORMAL LIVING ROOM, FORMAL DINING W/ACCENTED COLUMNS, DEN WITH GAS FIREPLACE, WONDERFUL KITCHEN W/PLENTY OF CABINETS, BREAKFAST BAR, CENTER ISLAND COOKING, BUILT-IN DESK, LARGE PANTRY, UTILITY ROOM W/SINK & STILL ROOM FOR FREEZER OR EXTRA REFRIG, MASTER BATH WITH HIS/HER VANITIES, SEPARATE WALK-IN SHOWER,WHIRLPOOL TUB & HUGE WALK-IN CLOSET. THE GUEST BATH HAS SEPARATE DOUBLE VANITY DRESSING AREA. THE LAKE CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE MASTER BEDROOM (FROM SCREENED PORCH), FORMAL LIVING ROOM, BREAKFAST AREA & DEN. EXIT TO THE LARGE DECK FROM MASTER BEDROOM SCREENED PORCH, FORMAL LIVING ROOM FRENCH DOORS OR DEN SLIDING DOOR & STEP DOWN TO THE HOT TUB! THERE IS STORAGE AREA UNDER HOUSE AS WELL AS UNDER DECK ALONG WITH LIGHTED ATTIC W/PULL DOWN STAIRS. SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR LAWN.
I am hopeful that the Browns will pick up Robiskie there is going to be a big upside to this player and would be a great fit.
The above were the comments I had on the browns and how it would be a great pick and I was glad to see that they did pick up Mr. Robiskie he will grow into a top wide out for the Browns I just hope they keep him there into a long term deal as he will just get better over time and playing time at that. They got rid of Joe J. and got rid of Kellen W. so if they were looking to shop around Braylon Edwards they are going to have no receivers by the time they put Cribbs back in his rightful place as Kick and Put return and special teams.
I have heard many analysists discuss the point if you move kick and put returners into WR position it throws off their return game and there might be something to that I think they need to keep him in his specialities and keep the good field advantage like the Bears had with their superbowl run with their star.
I also think there is a good pick and good value at the second round pick with Georgia Mohamed Massaquoi being in Florida they showed all georgia games in the Northwest Florida area here so I got to see alot of his catches and he is a good all around wide receiver so another good pick.
The first round if they think that the center spot will open up in the next couple years makes good sense with that pick too.
Traffic flow during Honor Procession for Deputy Lopez
The Crestview Police Department has clarified the traffic flow during Honor Procession for Deputy Lopez on April 30. Between the hours of 2 PM and 5:30 PM HWY 85 will not be closed but severe congestion and slow traffic is to be expected. The only road that will be closed is Pearl St. We ask for your understanding and patience during this time.
From a population of 90 in 1940 to over 175,000 in 2002, the Greater Fort Walton Beach area has enjoyed growth in many areas. Undiscovered for many years, the area abounds with both large and small businesses, beautiful residential neighborhoods, sophisticated condominium complexes, an active industrial park engaged in light, clean industry, and many opportunities for outdoor sports and activities. A civic auditorium, council chambers, library complex, and attractive parks give the city its core of activity. Fort Walton Beach has an unusual number of fine restaurants and entertainment facilities. A top rated educational system provides students with the opportunity of a kindergarten through graduate school education. The city has many churches of every denomination as well as numerous clubs and civic organizations. Situated on the beautiful white sands of the Emerald Coast on the Gulf of Mexico, Fort Walton Beach draws from a business area of more than 177,000 people.
Many factors go into making Fort Walton Beach and Okaloosa County the vibrant area it is today. However, there are five important areas that stand out: the military impact in the community, the high tech industry located here, the abundant educational opportunities, the cost of living and the life-style advantages. Browse through the community section to see things that make the Fort Walton Beach area such an attractive place to work, live and play.
Fort Walton Beach is rapidly earning the reputation as the "Technology Coast." Dozens of small and mid-size companies designing and manufacturing a vast assortment of products for military/industrial use have chosen our area as their home. These businesses often keep a low public profile due to their military and defense connections, but their impact on Fort Walton Beach is great. Their presence means an influx of professionals who are highly skilled, highly educated and highly paid. As the "Technology Coast" grows - and by all indications it will do so by leaps and bounds - so will the Fort Walton Beach metro area.
In 1931, what was to be Shalimar and its thereabouts was an elaborate scheme of amazing proportions that captured the eye of many an investor and the attention of nearly all of Northwest Florida.
Port Dixie, it was called.
In "A History of Okaloosa County" by Henry Allen Dobson, the author referred to the Port Dixie development as "A grandiose scheme which had the ingredients of a great hoax."
It was to be an extraordinary commercial-industrial complex on Garnier’s Bayou and chartered as the Port Dixie Harbor and Terminal Company.
The optimistic venture depended on two things: the enlargement of Destin East Pass to accommodate large sea vessels, and the construction of a railroad that would service the complex.
Following rampant rumors of the development’s birth and details of its far-flung facets – realty company, railroad, port, steamship lines, ship-building plant, tire plant, town site, night club – the complicated plan fell on its face.
"The Corps of Engineers decided that the plans to dredge Destin East Pass to accommodate deep-water vessels was not feasible," Dobson wrote. "It is not known for certain whether capital for the railroad was contingent upon a positive report by the Corps of Engineers on the pass proposal, or whether company was simply unable to finance the railroad. In any case, the project died, died with no obituary, no post-mortem."
Port Dixie was the first of many ventures to see unexpected change in the yet-to-be-named Town of Shalimar.
When Clifford Meigs started the town in the early 1940s, he developed a community of 160 houses to be used as housing for military officers.
Said to mean "by the beautiful water," Shalimar became the lovely home – although often only for a short time – of dozens of military and, later, civilian families.
A Dec. 31, 1944 article in the Atlanta Journal reads: "Life beyond the ragged hammocks, the flat sage grassland and the blue waters becomes remote. The little community at Shalimar is a world of its own…and always there hangs the Damocles’ sword of ‘When will overseas orders arrive?’ The peace and beauty of the this little hidden home spot is made more poignant because of this constant apprehension."
In the 1940s, few thought Meigs’ plan to develop military housing would be a prosperous one.
An article in the Nov 12, 1959, Playground News (what is now the Northwest Florida Daily News), quotes Meigs as saying: "I furnished the land and another fellow did the buildings…it was a gamble, though. People said I was crazy to build houses way out here in the woods, that the base would fold up as soon as the war was over, and I would be left with empty houses on my hands. But it didn’t work out that way, and the 160 houses I had constructed stayed rented all the time." Meigs turned his gamble into a success.
But not until gambling of another sort prompted the issue, did Shalimar incorporate.
Florida law prevented clubs in unincorporated areas from staying open from 12 a.m. Saturday until Monday morning, according to the Playground News of 1959. That meant could be trouble for the famed Shalimar Club owned by Roger Clary and described in "A History of Okaloosa County" as a "sumptuous" spot.
Best known for its gambling, Dobson wrote, the club’s opening "was the social event of 1947." But because its home wasn’t incorporated, the club’s existence was threatened.
"The Fort Walton Beach places were doing a booming business on the weekends while there were rumors that the sheriff might enforce the law in Shalimar and close the place there," Meigs told the Playground News. "The owner came to me and suggested incorporation, and while I didn’t think I had much to gain then, I agreed. With only about three other freeholders in the area, it was a simple matter to get incorporated."
Although helped by the Town’s incorporation in 1947, the Shalimar Club and other gambling hotspots didn’t fare too well for too long.
"The collapse of Okaloosa gambling was brought about by the glare of outside publicity, reform zeal from within and the direct intervention of Governor Fuller Warren. The first wind of adversity was blown in by the Tampa Tribune’s expose of gambling in Fort Walton," Dobson wrote.
Despite such glitches, Shalimar began to build its own character, much of which came from Meigs, its founder and mayor from 1947 to 1960, when he died.
Jim Tras was Shalimar’s first elected mayor in 1965 following a short term in office by Clyde Meigs – Clifford’s brother – and a term of two to three years by Sara Tras, who was married to Clifford Meigs at the time of his death. She is currently married to Jim Tras.
Greatly responsible for Shalimar’s continuous growth, the Meigs family donated land for Choctawhatchee High School (now Meigs Middle School), Meigs Stadium and what eventually became the Shalimar Courthouse Annex. Before the annex was completed in 1947, a winery stood in its place, according to Sara Tras.
Today, the Meigs family continues to spur growth in quickly changing Shalimar. Clifford Meigs, Jr., owner of Shalimar Ventures, a commercial development firm, has built a car wash, convenience store and has other ideas "on the drawing board."
That, he believes, would suit his father just fine.
In the 1959 Playground News interview, Shalimar’s founder said the area should not depend entirely upon Eglin for its growth. With that in mind, Meigs says of his dad: "I think that he definitely would agree with some of the other local people here that we need other industry.
I give a lot of credit to the Air Force, but then I give a lot of credit to this area and to the beauty of the area and the water and the climate. We’re building a real large retirement base."
Even in 1944, Shalimar’s settler had that in mind. "Pilots, returned from combat overseas, are settling at Shalimar now," the Dec. 31, 1944 Atlanta Journal reads. ‘The billeting officer gives them first preference. And I am glad they can have its peace and quietness, its unique charm…to help salve the mental wound of battle."
From I-10 Take Highway 85S. Turn left onto Live Oak Church Road, right into Shoal River Country Club, left onto Timberline, left onto Skyline, left into Shoal Landing
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Shoal Landing East Lot 11. Note
LOCATED IN SHOAL RIVER COUNTRY CLUB IN SHOAL LANDING ON THE LAKE! THIS WONDERFUL, SPACIOUS EXECUTIVE CUSTOM HOME IS SUPER FOR ENTERTAINING AND LOTS TO OFFER! THIS 4 BEDROOM, 2 1/2 BATH, 2806 SF HOME FEATURES: FORMAL LIVING ROOM, FORMAL DINING W/ACCENTED COLUMNS, DEN WITH GAS FIREPLACE, WONDERFUL KITCHEN W/PLENTY OF CABINETS, BREAKFAST BAR, CENTER ISLAND COOKING, BUILT-IN DESK, LARGE PANTRY, UTILITY ROOM W/SINK & STILL ROOM FOR FREEZER OR EXTRA REFRIG, MASTER BATH WITH HIS/HER VANITIES, SEPARATE WALK-IN SHOWER,WHIRLPOOL TUB & HUGE WALK-IN CLOSET. THE GUEST BATH HAS SEPARATE DOUBLE VANITY DRESSING AREA. THE LAKE CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE MASTER BEDROOM (FROM SCREENED PORCH), FORMAL LIVING ROOM, BREAKFAST AREA & DEN. EXIT TO THE LARGE DECK FROM MASTER BEDROOM SCREENED PORCH, FORMAL LIVING ROOM FRENCH DOORS OR DEN SLIDING DOOR & STEP DOWN TO THE HOT TUB! THERE IS STORAGE AREA UNDER HOUSE AS WELL AS UNDER DECK ALONG WITH LIGHTED ATTIC W/PULL DOWN STAIRS. SPRINKLER SYSTEM WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR LAWN.
Freeport was founded around 1830. Visitors to the area admired LaGrange Bayou's naturally-created harbor on Choctawhatchee Bay's east side, near Choctawhatchee River's mouth. It was originally called "Genoa" and "Four Mile Landing," but as the Civil War raged, people began calling the town "Freeport" because docking in the port between LaFayette and Four Mile Creeks was literally free. Another historical interpretation of the name comes from the story of an unclaimed cargo of wine found in the port; according to the story, all the local residents enjoyed some free port.
Many families who first settled the area and founded Freeport still call the area home. The census of 1850 found that most heads of households worked as farmers or boatmen; most residents toiled in their fields and either fished during the off-seasons or worked on the commercial fishing and cargo ships. Farmers traded the produce they grew and livestock they raised good they couldn't make or grow themselves. The construction of lumber mills produced a large influx of new settlers, and many landings were established by families living along Four Mile Creek, LaGrange Bayou, Black Creek, and Choctawhatchee River.
Freeport was Walton County's political center for decades, due largely to schooner and steamboat passageways to Pensacola via the Gulf of Mexico and Geneva, in Alabama, via the Choctowhatchee River. Freeport's first mail came from Pensacola over the water, and a stagecoach trail stretching to Tallahassee merged with steamboat services in Freeport. Most goods that were ordered in Pensacola and beyond were shipped from Freeport in commercial wagon trains, following the road from Freeport northeast to Cerro Gordo through the Euchee Valley, located on the Chotawhatchee River. After Reconstruction in the Civil War era, lumber and naval supplies became Freeport's most important industries. Mills were constructed along the water since water transport was necessary for them. Valparaiso Development Company bought land in Freeport in 1918 for North and South Farms, where sugarcane was grown and sent to Chicago.
Now, Murphy Oil and Freeport Shipyards are housed at the original port in LaGrange Bayou between LaFayette and Four Mile Creeks. Many Freeport residents work at Eglin Air Force Base, both in civil and military service, but most work over the bridge in southern Walton County as county employees, builders, or in the service industry in real estate, retail, restaurants, hotels, etc. closely tied to South Walton's booming tourism.
Freeport literally divides north Walton County and south Walton County. It's conveniently positioned to Pensacola, Tallahassee, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, and Montgomery. It's only an hour's drive from the regional airports of Okaloosa County, Bay County, Destin, and the municipal airport of DeFuniak Springs. It's within a half-hour drive from the many recreational opportunities of south Walton County's golf courses and beaches. Freeport is proud to be a neighbor to, and cooperate with, Eglin Air Force Base, right outside the town. Great happenings in Freeport are only right around the corner.
The Browns hold the fifth overall pick and four others, including the 36th and 50th overall selections in the second round.
Browns fans certainly appreciated his father; Clay Matthews holds the club record of 232 games played. And now, as his son stands on the verge of starting an NFL career of his own.
I would have to say of Clay Matthews that his dad was one of my favorite players growing up I would of like to see him at OSU but Cleveland would be a good return.
I am hopeful that the Browns will pick up Robiskie there is going to be a big upside to this player and would be a great fit.
Taking that into account I would say they need to also pick up if available Malcom Jenkins to get them much needed coverage in their secondary.
The Buckeye nation will miss Jenkins leadership this year.
BrownsTown at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday, April 25 at 3 PM for the 2009 NFL Draft! Watch live as the Browns make their first day selections and get exclusive updates from the Browns draft headquarters in Berea on 29 flat panel HD TVs and our state-of-the-art 330-inch HD projection TV!
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Pre Season Schedule:
The Browns open the preseason Saturday Aug. 15 at Green Bay at 8 p.m. ET, then play back-to-back Saturday home games: Aug 22 against the Lions and Aug. 29 against the Titans.
Both home preseason games kick off at 7:30 p.m.
The Browns close the preseason Thursday night, Sept. 3, at Chicago. That game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET.
