Richard Schreiner at Salvo, The Rainmaker at City Rep, This and That at Calypso

Weekend: Sunny, in the 70s Friday and Saturday, in the 60s Sunday, nights in the 50s, then in the lower 40s Sunday night. Details here.
Drought Index is at 315.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Today’s document from the National Archives.
The OED’s Word of the Day: pensiero, n..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links

First Light
In Flagler and Palm Coast
Local Media Recap
Flagler Jail Bookings and Sheriff’s Crime Reports
In State Government
In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
The Day’s Best Reads
Fact-Checking the Knaves
Palm Coast Construction and Development
Local Road and Interstate Construction
Cultural Coda

” “Never before have the three branches of government been so productive. Never has the American system worked so effectively in producing quality legislation–and at a time when our system is under attack all over the world.”

–Lyndon Johnson, speaking to historian Bill Leuchtenberg in 1965 and quoted in “Flawed Giant” (1998).

In Flagler and Palm Coast:

Note: all government meetings noticed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many can be heard or seen live through each agency’s website.

Friday: The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell at 5 p.m. to canvass overseas ballots and discuss official results.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: “The Rainmaker,” at City Repertory Theatre, directed by John Sbordone. “The Rainmaker” is at heart a sentimental comedy that reprises some of the oldest mythologies of America’s Great Plains optimism: the faker and the husband-hunting rube whose mutual combustion unravels their greater selves. 7:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 18 and Saturday Nov. 19, and at 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 20 in City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite 207B, Palm Coast. Tickets are $20, available by calling 386-585-9415 or booked easily online here.

Saturday, 11 a.m., “Days of Harvest” Celebration at Whispering Meadows Ranch, raising awareness for our friends with special needs – Admission $5. 5011 John Anderson Highway, Flagler Beach, 386-439-3195 and 386-503-6312.

Saturday: Hoop Shoot, 4 p.m. at the Palm Coast Elks Lodge #2709: This free-throw competition lets boys and girls compete for a chance to represent their community at the National Hoop Shoot in Springfield, Mass., home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. At the conclusion of the National Shoot, one boy and one girl from each age group will win a national title and will have their names permanently inscribed at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Contestants will be assigned an age-group based on the age that they will be on April 1, 2017. Contestants must be 8 years old by April 1, 2015, to participate. Please bring a copy of the shooter’s birth certificate, without it they may not be able to advance to the next level. The contest is open to all girls and boys 8 – 13 years of age. Bring your Contestant(s) to the Matanzas High School gym at 3535 Old Kings Road North Pam Coast. For more information visit us at www.elks2709.com/BPOE/home-4/contact-us/hoop-shoot%c2%ae-soccer-shoot-contests/ or contact us at 386-446-2709 x101 or email [email protected]

Saturday: While We Were Sleeping: Reawakening the Hidden Works of Richard Schreiner, a new show featuring the works of the late, great artist who died in Palm Coast, with live music by Caroline Drive, wine and hors d’oeuvres starting at 6 p.m. at Salvo art gallery at Nature Scapes, 313 Old Brick Road, Bunnell. $10 cover charge.

Saturday: “This & That,” a new show celebrating art and culture, opening at Calypso Fine Art Gallery, 6 p.m. at 6601 East Moody Boulevard in Bunnell, in Marvin’s Garden Business Center. Call 386/313-5123.

Local Media Recap:

Updated jail bookings and day and night shift incident summary reports are available here.

Revered School District Administrator Is Baker Acted Outside Government Services Building

With “The Rainmaker,” Palm Coast’s City Rep Theater Reads Into America’s Most Reassuring Mythologies

Deltona civility ordinance halted; attorney’s resignation sought

Flagler Beach seeks bids for pier repair work

‘I won’t forget you’: Although Levi has been adopted, he helps donate gifts to those still in foster care

Boys removed from FPC over alleged threat still barred from school two months later, but no charges levied

“Shoddy Police Work” Helps Bunnell Man Facing Life in Prison Turn Trial In His Favor

Michael Dunn’s Conviction Upheld In Racial Murder of Jordan Davis in Jacksonville in 2012

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel.

Florida’s economy: The Economic Estimating Conference will analyze the state’s economy. (Friday, 9 a.m., 117 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

Unemployment: The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is scheduled to release October unemployment figures. (10 a.m.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:

♦ Nov. 21: The Flagler County Commission hosts a farewell reception for Commissioner George Hanns, whose 24 years of service–he had been the longest-serving elected official until his loss in the Nov. 8 election–are ending. The reception will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Blvd.
♦ Nov. 22: The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell at 10 a.m. to conduct a post-election, manual audit.
♦ Nov. 22: All Flagler Democratic Club holds its first general meeting. The organization has just been chartered. 7 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE.
♦ Nov. 29: A hearing is scheduled before Circuit Judge Scott DuPont in the case of Dunn v. Flagler County Schools, the case involving an allegation that two children were bullied and one of them was sexually assaulted by other children at a voluntary pre-kindergarten at Old Kings Elementary school in 2015. See the background story here. 1:45 p.m., Courtroom 402, Flagler County Courthouse.
♦ Dec. 4: Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens and Crematory is hosting the annual Candlelight Service of Remembrance at 6 p.m. at the Garden of Memory Mausoleum located at 511 Old Kings Road, South in Flagler Beach. The event, now in its 13th year, usually draws between 300 and 400 people. Details here.
♦ Dec. 10: Daytona State College Enrollment Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wetherell Center (Bldg. 100), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach. Students can take advantage of the one-stop events to complete everything from admission to registration and have a chance to win a $350 scholarship (Dec. 10 only) for a free class from the Daytona State Foundation. Students start by completing a Daytona State application, then meet with an Admissions Advisor and Financial Aid Counselor, take an assessment test (if applicable), meet with an Academic Advisor, and then lock in their schedule.
♦ Jan. 7: Daytona State College Enrollment Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wetherell Center (Bldg. 100), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach. Students can take advantage of the one-stop events to complete everything from admission to registration and have a chance to win a $350 scholarship (Dec. 10 only) for a free class from the Daytona State Foundation. Students start by completing a Daytona State application, then meet with an Admissions Advisor and Financial Aid Counselor, take an assessment test (if applicable), meet with an Academic Advisor, and then lock in their schedule.
♦ Feb. 6: The great violinist Itzhak Perlman opens the 2017 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival with a 7:30 p.m. performance at First Baptist Church, 1600 South 8th Street in Fernandina Beach. Tickets here.

The Day’s Best Reads:

Donald Trump’s populism is not just a Western phenomenon. https://t.co/odzAmXKVYK pic.twitter.com/z1BinlLAZi

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 17, 2016

Obamacare's individual mandate is no big deal. But something else is. https://t.co/2hS5bHcCUw pic.twitter.com/z4yOf7g5va

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 17, 2016

My review of Michael Chabon's powerful new novel "Moonglow" about an Augie March-like hero's picaresque adventures: https://t.co/PQh6Jjzy92

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) November 14, 2016

Why a Homer Simpson philosophy course isn’t as strange as it sounds https://t.co/qszUogEg10 pic.twitter.com/zoYiJRzrHY

— The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) November 16, 2016

On vagueness https://t.co/KEJGGO6asP

— Arts & Letters Daily (@aldaily) November 17, 2016

Fact-Checking the Knaves:

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

The following is an update of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast, through Nov. 10 (the city administration’s full week in review is here):

Click to access development-nov-10-20161.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction: