Okaloosa County BOCC — December 18, 2012 — PIO UPDATE — reading text

www.okaloosafl.com Please silence all pagers & cell phones for Board of County Commission Meeting. All visitors must speak into microphone for live broadcast & give name & address. Support Needed for artificial reef grant application Artificial reefs: How to submit Support letter:  Provide refuge for a wide range of  “I or my organization believes that marine species the Okaloosa County Artificial Reef  Increase Fishing opportunities Program is a worthy program that I  Increase Diving Opportunities or my organization support”.  Increase Kayaking opportunities  Please forward your support  Harbor target species and an ecosystem letter to: that supports them  Okaloosa County Artificial Reef  Boosts the local economy with minimal Program investment  84 Ready Avenue  Provide reuse for material that would  Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 otherwise be land-filled  Or, you can email me at shenson@co.okaloosa.fl.us. Please write “OCARP Support” in the subject line of your correspondence. If you want to fax, send it here: (850) 651- 7397.  Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program Certified Volunteers will VITA sites will be located provide free income tax at JobsPlus in Crestview and preparation for low-to Goodwill in Fort Walton Beach. moderate-income  Jobs Plus Crestview Hours: taxpayers (generally those who make $ 51,000 and  Tues. 1-5 PM below) who need help  Wed. 9 AM-1PM filing their returns.  Thurs. 1-5 PM  Call for appt.: 689-7823  Extended Hours & Saturdays are planned  Goodwill in FWB Hours are to be announced soon.  Call 689-5850. Empowering Women through OCCSW Commissioner Kelly Windes swears in the 2013 officers of the Okaloosa County Commission on the Status of Women, (L-R): Historian Jeanne Rief, Vice Chair Valerie McLaughlin, Secretary Amy McBride, Treasurer Mary Blackwell, & Chairman Shirley Pigott. The 2013 theme is “Empowering Women.”