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Local teachers nominated to win free roof Special to Gannett FORT WALTON BEACH Voting is now open for Specialty Roofers, Inc.’s Roofs for Educators contest!. More than 275 Northwest Florida educators were nominated to win a free roof, and now it is down to the final three Billie “Charisse” Stokes from Crestview High School, Donna Barton from Destin Elementary and Patrick Cole from Niceville High School. “As a local company that deeply cares about this community, we want to give back,” Erin Bakker, director of business development at SRI, said. “Early in my career I taught first and second grade at Destin Elementary, so I know firsthand that teachers deserve all the praise and appreciation we can give them.” ....