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Dallas Peavey, Jr., head of Holley Navarre Water System, has been terminated by the board following a closed executive session meeting held last night by board members.

The meeting came after accusations about Peavey’s past resurfaced more than a week ago. It was the second such meeting held to discuss the accusations and potential action of the board.

News Service Florida Tallahassee – Florida State University and the University of Florida plan to file arguments at the state Supreme Court in support of a woman who suffered catastrophic injuries when she was hit by a pickup truck in an incident that involved underage drinking.

Attorneys for the universities submitted a notice Tuesday that is a first step toward filing a brief supporting Jacquelyn Faircloth, who was 18 when she was hit by the truck in 2014 while crossing a Tallahassee street. Faircloth had been drinking, as had the 20-year-old driver of the truck, who had been at Potbelly’s, a bar near the Florida State campus.

Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce have canceled the in-person Santa Rosa County Candidates Forum on Tues., Aug. 9 and Wed., Aug. 10 due to a scheduling conflict.

Both chambers remain committed to educating residents on public issues and the electoral process. They plan to continue to take questions from the public and deliver them to the candidates.

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce came out to support the ribbon cutting for Perfect Blend Coffee Company’s new mobile coffee trailer July 21. The trailer is parked in front of St. Michael’s Brewery from 7-11 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Tallahassee – Florida’s aerospace agency wants to expand its role from helping companies finance rocket and satellite projects to more directly getting money into the hands of firms seeking to move burgeoning technology to the launch pad.

The Santa Rosa County Commission has no authority over Holley Navarre Water System. It does, however, get to pick its business partners.

“I don’t like what’s going on down there. My hands are tied to a degree; however, we are working with them in a joint effort on the spray field,” Commission Chairman Bob Cole said at Thursday’s regular commission meeting. “To me, that opens a door for us to have some knowledge of what’s going on with that organization as a board of county commissioners. I want to know who I’m working with, whoever I’m partnering with.”

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Colten Wright said last week that it’s not fair to levy a toll on motorists to help pay for the $2.7-billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project.

“I personally take great issue with putting a toll on … Interstate 10 coming into Escambia County and Santa Rosa County,” Wright told the commission at its regular meeting July 28 in Milton.

There are many developments going up in Navarre and the south end of the county. From new stores to new apartments and a water system project years in the making Navarre is expanding. One of the projects with the most impact is the Eglin RIBs Project. Holley-Navarre Water System and Santa Rosa County are working together on the project, which will carry treated wastewater, or effluent, to a site on Eglin.

“By the time we caught on, he had defrauded the company out of something like $25,000,” Wilkinson said. “He was terminated immediately, and we filed suit.”

On Mar. 4, 2009, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Peavey, and he was remanded in custody that day at 2:20 p.m. He was charged with three counts of felony theft. On Mar. 20, 2009, Peavey was released on a $20,000 personal bond.

Don’t expect the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to approve bear hunts in the Western Panhandle anytime soon.

David Telesco, FWC Bear Management Program coordinator, said the commission’s 2019 Bear Management Plan did conclude that hunting is “an important tool that can be used to manage the bear population.”