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Coming Final More Than a Half Mile North of Wreckage Ablaze [email protected] The voice of Niceville, Bluewater Bay and Valparaiso since 1992 (850) 678-1080 TThhee BBaayy BBeeaaccoonn 12 Pages, 2 Sections, 4 Inserts Wednesday, April 11, 2012 50¢ UP Niceville sees more sewer fee hikes OMING C Rising costs fueled by buyout, plant upgrade Higher bills in the offing Monthly sewer bill, typical customer, City of Niceville, by year (not counting water bill) By Del Lessard lion buyout of Okaloosa County's share of the Friday, 7 p.m. $50 Beacon Staff Writer regional sewer plant. Niceville sewer customers may see their The projected rate hikes would be higher $39.66 for customers living outside the city limits. $40 monthly bills jump by $4.84 a month or more $34.82 *2014 level projected $33.42 They pay the city an additional 10 percent Source: City of Niceville $31.55 over the next two years. $30.05 The increase would raise the monthly cost "administrative fee" on their sewer bills. $30 $27.85 $28.60 $25.40 $26.25 $23.70 to the average Niceville sewer customer to Officials indicated that the increase, which $22.35 $20.65 Rocky Bayou about $39.66, or some $476 a year, 13.9 per- is subject to approval by the Niceville City $20 cent higher than today. Council, would be phased in over two years. Christian School will The projected rate hikes will be needed to Earlier projections called for increases of $10 hold its choirs concert about 3 percent a year due to other factors, but pay for increased operations and maintenance at Rocky Bayou Baptist the city now expects capital costs to soar costs of an upgrade at the Niceville, Valparaiso, Monthly bill, sewer only, typcial customer Church. Admission is because of its share of a $6.5 million sewer- Okaloosa County (NVOC) Regional $0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014* free, and the public is plant upgrade, and the city's planned $2.3 mil- Please see FEE HIKES, page A-4 invited. Performing will be the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and the Chorale. Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon The Niceville YMCA will Helping hold a ben- efit yard hands sale at the Students from Lesley Vance's YMCA, 1031 E. John third grade class at Rocky Sims Parkway. Info: 897- Bayou Christian School par- ticipated in the school's 9622. annual Work-a-Thon Thursday by cleaning up a Saturday, 6 p.m. yard at a house on Niceville Avenue. During the Work-a- Thon, students performed clean-up tasks for the elderly and families in need of assis- tance. This year, 677 RBCS students, kindergarten The Niceville High through 12th grade, partici- pated in the event at various School Jazz Band din- places in the area. Bagging ner and silent auction leaves, from left: Jonah will be at the Horton, Jamil Bowles, Jacob Rice and Tyler Filewich. More Community Life Center photos, Page B-1. at Niceville United Methodist Church. The Beacon photo cost is $35 per plate, or by Tess Hollis $325 for a premier reserved table for eight. For tickets, contact [email protected]. Sunday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Niceville grad thrives Cops seize drugs, as appeals-court judge pistol in 3 arrests By Tess Hollis School in 1988. Rowe's father two children, became involved The fourth annual By Del Lessard without a permit and posses- Beacon Staff Writer was in the military. with the Youth in Government Tea Party Tax Day Beacon Staff Writer sion of less than 20 grams of "I was first interested in law program sponsored by Niceville For one Tallahassee judge marijuana. In addition, Bailey Rally, hosted by the in 1980, High School and the YMCA, Three people were arrested who graduated from Niceville was charged with possession Niceville-Valparaiso when which allowed her to participate by Niceville police on drug High School, her interest in law of a firearm by a convicted Tea Party, will be held Reagan was in a mock legislative session in and gun charges following a and politics started as a girl of felon. president," Tallahassee. traffic stop on Marc Smith at Niceville City Hall, 10 during Ronald Reagan's first A 22-year-old Fort Walton said Rowe, Not long after that, Rowe Boulevard. 208 N. Partin Drive. presidential campaign. Beach man was also arrested, who says completed an externship with Police seized a loaded pis- Booths will open at That same interest drove her but later released without bail she has Shalimar law firm, Cotton, tol, cocaine and marijuana. to obtain a law degree and earn from Okaloosa County Jail 12:30 p.m., and the pro- always been Wesley, Poche and Gates. Angela Sue Mawhir, 38, of her current title as a judge on because of a judge's finding of gram will be from 1- motivated "That confirmed that I want- 908 47th St., Niceville, and Florida's First District Court of "no probable cause," according by public ed to practice law," she said. Joshua Kim Bailey, 30, of 308 3:30 p.m. Info: 729- Appeal. to jail officials. An assistant service. "I "Having the understanding of SW Miracle Strip Parkway, 2873, or info@emerald- Lori Rowe, 41, became one state attorney said Monday that was a great Lori Rowe the impact lawyers have on the #10C, Fort Walton Beach were coastpatriots.org. of Florida's youngest appeals- his office was evaluating admirer of his, and that's what legislative process, and the arrested by Niceville police court judges in 2009. March 31, each charged with whether to press charges in the Rowe spent most of her sparked my interest in politics impact of judges in the interpre- Calendar, B-4 and government when I was tation of the law, set me on my possession of cocaine, posses- Please see ARRESTS, page A-6 childhood in Florida, attended sion of a concealed firearm Ruckel Middle School and about 10 years old." Please see JUDGE, page A-3 graduated from Niceville High Rowe, who is married with Teachers, schools continue pay wrangle In closed hearing, district argues that union ineligible to appeal ʻstepʼ denial By Mike Griffith union, is whether the proceed- Beacon Correspondent ings were a suitable forum to No decision was reached resolve the OCEA's bid to over- during a closed arbitration hear- turn a Jan. 4 school board deci- ing Friday, sion reject- originally ing the tra- intended to ditional A hearing on an Okaloosa resolve a annual County School Board teacher- pay dispute teacher pay freeze was closed to the "step" pay press and public Friday. Far between the left, a sign posted on the hear- Okaloosa increases of 3 percent ing-room door at school board School headquarters, Fort Walton District and this year. Beach. No results were the Okaloosa County Education The union had 15 days to announced. Association (OCEA), the union appeal the decision, but failed that represents most local public to do so within the allotted Beacon photo school teachers. time, according to district by Mike Griffith A key issue discussed at the officials. hearing, which was closed to The union's president, how- the press at the insistence of the Please see TEACHERS, page A-2 The voice of Niceville, Bluewater Bay and Valparaiso since 1992 Page A-2 T HE B AY B EACON Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The closed hearing lasted for pay dispute was a “quasi-judi- to live up to the labor contract. TEACHERS over an hour, after which partic- cial hearing” during a special Peek also spoke, saying she From page A-1 ipants emerged and said that meeting of the Okaloosa School knew the district faces a tough ever, said the arbitrator had juris- nothing had been decided. board held Jan. 4 in the Niceville financial situation, but “it is time diction in the matter even though Following the hearing, High School auditorium, in to get creative, to plan and work no impasse appeal may have Spurlock told the Beacon that as which the elected school board together” to find the money been filed. arbitrator, his role was to listen members moved from being one needed for the step increases. Both sides will now file to oral statements from both of the antagonists in the pay dis- Peek said the union and its briefs with the arbitrator, who sides, gather post-hearing briefs pute to being the judge and jury. members have done their best to may issue a decision by late and other documents submitted —During the Jan. 4 hearing help the district cut costs by May or early June. If the arbitra- by the school district and the at Niceville High, which was using more associate rather than tor is unable to decide the issue, union, and if the two parties did attended by many teachers, the regular teachers, using cheaper the dispute may eventually end not reach an agreement of their position of the school district computers and other measures. up in court. own, “to weigh the evidence and administration was presented by Peek also reminded the Although the hearing, held at issue an award within 30 to 90 Mattimore, a labor-relations school board that at a previous the Okaloosa County School days.” lawyer for the district. meeting she had promised them Board chamber in Fort Walton Mattimore told the Beacon Mattimore showed budget fig- that if the time came to withhold Beach, had previously been that most of the discussion ures indicating that the school pay raises for teachers, she and announced as open to the public Friday was devoted to “proce- district has lost revenue during other OCEA members would by district Personnel Director dural issues,” and that the next the last several years from local understand.
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