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Doris Berg - Who is best known
for her work with Shelter House, Transition House, Sharing and
Caring and the Okaloosa Medical Assistance Clinic. She was the
1996 Contemporary Inductee. |
| Margaret Gebauer - She was
foster parent to over 30 children from 1932-49; taught “Learning
to Hear With Your Eyes” & created 16 devices for the
hearing-impaired; worked for the Council on Aging; founded the
Okaloosa Regional Bookmobile Service & kept it running for
over 40 years; & promoted the “Just Say No”
drug program. She was a 91 year old activist at the time of
her induction as a pioneer in 1996. |
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Alice Starkey - She founded
the Alice Starkey Day Care Center, the first all-day program
for pre-school children in the early 1960s. She also developed
the first state subsidized childcare service in Northwest Florida
with centers in Niceville, Crestview and Fort Walton Beach.
Alice directed the Okaloosa County Day Care Program and served
with the county and state Associations of Children Under Six.
Was inducted posthumously as a pioneer in 1996 |
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