Spring 2008 - Destin History and Fishing Museum

Destin History &
Fishing Museum
Here’s What’s Been
Happening at YOUR
Museum!
• Welcome to Maggie
Roberts.
• Welcome to our new
Board President , Rick
Lowry and the new
Board member,
Monica Autrey.
• Destin Forward refurbished the Wheelhouse for the Museum.
• Volunteers always
needed to help with
fundraisers and on
Tues., Wed., and Fri.
at the museum. Please
call 837-6611 if you
can help.
• New search engine
Goodsearch.com helps
the museum generate
donations. (see article
in newsletter)
• Gumbo Contest full
of fun.
DHFM newsletter
staff writer and Editor:
Inside this issue:
President Holcomb
2
Birthday Parties
2
Goodsearch
2
Miss Destin
2
Volunteers
3
Gumbo Contest
3
Civic Service Credits 3
Volume 2, Issue 2
April 2008 Newsletter
Director’s Line
Spring in Destin
brings to mind many things.
Spring is a time of renewal.
Our members are the backbone of the Museum. We
need all of you to carry out
the plans we have for expanding the Museum exhibits
and displays.
Spring is also the
time for the Grant review
process. We applied for and
took a trip to Tallahassee to
defend our General Operating Support Award from the
State Division of Cultural
Affairs. We scored very high
with our grant but at this
time there is no money in
the state budget for grants
so we are unsure if we will
receive any funds. The
House and Senate are currently meeting to discuss this
years budget. We feel
preserving Destin’s history is
vital and your membership
allows us to continue to provide the community with
valuable programs and exhibits. Please renew your membership today or make an
extra donation to help cover
the lost funds from our grant
programs. -Jean
Donation
Challenge
The first five people to donate $250 or more to the
museum will receive a FREE
HAUL from “The Boat
Haul” in Fort Walton Beach.
The value of the haul is $8
per foot. Act fast as the offer for a free haul only goes
to the first five who donate
$250 or
more to
the
Museum.
Star Fish Award
Presented to Dotty Bingham
for 300+ Hours of volunteer
service to the Museum.
Annual Fish Fry Full of Fun! Next Year’s …..March 21, 2009
served about 300 people in
three hours.
your calendars for next year’s
fish fry at
the
Participants enjoyed home
cooked fresh fish and a picnic Museum on
March 21,
atmosphere with festive
2009!!!
decorations and friends.
Thank you to Lloyd Taylor for
cooking all the food and to
This year’s Fish Fry Fundraiser Mike Long and John Lefler for
was held at Bass Pro Shop inorganizing the event. A
stead of our back parking lot.
special thank you to all the
The weather cooperated and we volunteers who helped. Mark
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Destin History & Fishing Museum
Calendar of Events
+ April 30th Ribbon Cutting ceremony 3-5pm
at the Museum
+ May 3 -May 31, 7—11am Farmers Market
Tim Holcomb
Exiting Destin History &
Fishing Museum Executive Board President
Timothy O. Holcomb
M.D. FAAFP was presented with a thank you
gift for his years of service as president for the
Destin History & Fishing
Museum’s Board of Directors. We are thankful Tim has agreed to
stay on as a board member. Tim’s term as
president expired in
March and it was bittersweet saying goodbye to
Tim and welcome to our
new Executive board
President Rick Lowry.
The Board has many
exciting things planned
for the museum in the
near future. The first
event being the ribbon
cutting for the Wheel
House on the 30th of
April. Checkout our
calendar of events for
more information.
at HarborWalk….. check out our booth display
+ October 18 11-3pm , Carnival Day at the
Museum
+ November 22 High School Curator Contest at
Thank you to the
Charterboat Association &
Destin Fishing Rodeo
For assisting the Museum
in the sale of the remaining
Shark Tournament T-Shirts
They helped us raise $500
for the Museum!!
Museum
+ December 13th Museum in Street Parade
+ February 7, 2009 Gumbo Contest
+ March 21, 2009 Fish Fry at the Museum
….Call the Museum with questions and updates….
Goodsearch Search Engine
makes money for Museum
You use GoodSearch.com like any other search engine
— the site is powered by Yahoo! —
Type in Destin History and Fishing Museum in the space
for charities and each time you use the engine, money is
generated for Destin History and Fishing Museum.
With GoodSearch part of advertising revenue will be
directed to Destin History and Fishing Museum.
In March the Museum Board of Directors welcomed our
new member of the Museum’s staff, Maggie Roberts.
Maggie grew up in Destin and received her associate’s degree from Berkley University in California. Maggie will be
busy conducting tours, researching artifacts, and much
more. Stop by the Museum and join us in welcoming her!
The Destin Fishing Rodeo held
their Miss Destin Contest Kick off
soda social at the museum. It was
an opportunity for the future representative of the Destin Fishing
Rodeo to learn about the history
of Destin and the Rodeo. Destin
is fortunate to have so many
bright and talented young ladies.
The contestants for 2008 are
Taylor Anderson, Lila Dillon ,
Samantha Esteban, Rachel Hayes,
J. Murphy, Amelia Mayeham,
Leah Stuart, Samantha Speight, &
Brooke Troop.
Congratulations to Leah Stuart
Miss Destin 2008
Group Discounts Available
Classroom Tours - Birthday Parties - Senior Groups
Family Reunions—and More
Call the museum today to schedule your tour. 850-837-6611
850-837-6611
Students– Are you in Need of Civic Service Volunteer Hours?
Blessing of the Fleet..
The museum offers the perfect opportunity for you to earn those hours. We’ll help you
fill the requirement for the Bright Futures Scholarship. Volunteer in a fun and educational
atmosphere at the Destin History and Fishing Museum.
Thursday, May 1st.
Contact us Tuesday thru Friday at 850-837-6611 for more information.
This year will be the 51st
anniversary of the,
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Volume 2, Issue 2
Thank you for the difference you make to the Museum!
The Destin History & Fishing
Museum honored their volunteers with a luncheon at
Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant. The honored individuals were Dotty Bingham,
Joyce LaFountain, Jerry Najarian, and Marguerite Foreman, (Ellie VanGeenen and
Sue Mallette) could not attend. Dotty Bingham was
presented with the Museum's
Starfish award for giving
300+ hours of volunteer
service to the Museum.
Each volunteer was presented
with appreciation certificates and
gift baskets along with the
following poem:
Making A Difference: A Man was
walking along the beach and he could
see a person going back and forth
between the surf's edge and the
beach. As he drew nearer he saw
hundreds of starfish stranded on the
sand and the person was picking up
the starfish one by one and throwing
them into the surf. He said to the
person, "You must be crazy. There
are hundreds, you can't possibly make
a difference.”
Thank you for
the difference
every member
makes to the
Museum!
The person looked at the
man as he threw one more
starfish into the ocean and
said," It made a difference
to that one!"
Area’s Finest Gumbo was sampled at
the Museum’s Annual Gumbo Contest!
Next years event February 7th, 2009
This years Gumbo
Contest centered around MardiGras with decorations of purple
green and gold. Twenty restaurants and fourteen individuals
competed for bragging rites to
the area’s finest gumbo. Celebrity judges performed blind judging, rating the gumbo on appearance, aroma and taste. The
steaming gumbo pots were
packed with shrimp, crab,
chicken, okra, Andouille sausage,
rice and secret ingredients like
crab claws and special spices.
Restaurant Category:
1st place Fisherman’s Wharf ,
2nd place AJ’s Seafood & Oyster Bar,
People’s choice AJ's.
Destin Forward Chamber
group has refurbished
the 1944 wheel house
that was donated to the
museum. The group has
worked many , many
long hours and built a
wonderful exhibit for the
visitors to the Museum.
They raised the money
and all work was done as
a donation to the
Museum! The official
ribbon cutting ceremony
for the Wheelhouse is
scheduled for April 30th
from 3:00 to 5:00pm.
There will games for the
kids and refreshments for
all.
Stop by the Museum and
join us in the celebraBarbara Gates
tion.
1st Place individual
Individual Category:
Peoples choice: Julie Brashears
Congratulations to all our winners it was a tight contest!
This tasty annual event also
included a silent auction, raffles,
a wine toss game, and live entertainment provided by
Banjorama.
Mark your calendars and start testing your recipes for next years event. You
may have the finest gumbo and
the trophy to prove it.
Jerry Najarian
2nd Place individual
Tweak your Recipe and Mark your Calendars for Next Years
Contest!
February 7, 2009!
Support
Your
Museum!
108 Stahlman Avenue
P.O. Box 548
Destin, FL 32540-0548
Preserving the Heritage of the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village
Destin History & Fishing Museum Foundation
Museum Board of Directors
Executive Board President: Rick Lowry
Treasurer: Helen Donaldson Vice President: Mike Long Secretary: (vacant)
General Board Jack Baker Reddin Brunson Rick Derek Monica Autrey Dave Steele Dr. Tim Holcomb
David Gates Edd Hogeboom Lloyd Taylor John Lefler Sid Braunstien Frances Thomas-Montalvo
Museum Executive Director Jean Melvin
Phone: 850.837.6611
Fax: 850.837.6609
E-mails:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Exec. Vice President: Sam Seevers
Museum Associate Director
Janet Chapman
Museum Associate
Maggie Roberts
DHFM
P.O. Box 548
Visit us on the web!
www.destinhistoryand
fishingmuseum.org
Check out the search
engine
Goodsearch A new way
for the museum to generate funds.
See story inside
Admission:
Adults: $5
Seniors & Military: $4
Students: $3
Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Saturday
10 to 4
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