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In case you missed District 4 Commissioner Dave Piech’s monthly Zoom meeting, here are the highlights of his discussion:

• Fish and Wildlife Conservation is investigating two abandoned, derelict vessels in the Santa Rosa Sound. A preliminary investigation shows that neither vessel is leaking any oil or fuel.

Digital billboards are giving motorists along U.S. Highway 98 notice that the busy highway will have some closures on Saturday, Oct. 23. The signs are placed along both sides of the road at various spots.

Ian Satter, spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, said more information will be released later but that the closure is required for work to be done on the pedestrian walkway over the highway near Hurlburt Field.

More than 120 colorful vehicles lined the parking lot of Navarre High School Oct. 9 at the 20th annual Navarre Car, Truck & Bike Show.

“These are the best cars we’ve ever had,” organizer and president of Pirates on the Panhandle Mark Miller said. “They’re not just cars, they’re like works of art.”

The Santa Rosa County Tourism Development Council received an update Oct. 7 from Julie White, director of the TDC, about issues with maintenance, vandalism, pavilions, parking lots, beach sand and trash. According to officials, residents have complained about the conditions of Navarre Beach as of late and officials are working to find solutions.

Council members called the conditions “unsatisfactory” after the presentation concluded, citing a need to expand maintenance crew staff to handle the growing number of visitors.

Emily Jones, an eighth grader at Avalon Middle School, was riding the bus home down U.S. Highway 90 on a Sept. 17, when her bus driver, Roberta Temple, started feeling tightness in her chest.

Temple pulled over in a Dunkin’ Donuts plaza to ensure the safety of about 70 middle schoolers on her bus. She reached for the radio but couldn’t get words out.