Wednesday Briefing: Kelsey Banks, Survivor, SBA Disaster Loan Assistance, Ending Fireworks Ban

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Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
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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.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

School Conference Week at all Flagler County elementary schools, all week.

The Public Safety Coordinating Council meets at 8:45 a.m. at the Emergency Operations Center in Bunnell.

SBA Individual Disaster Loan Assistance: Representatives from the Small Business Administration (SBA) invite the residents and property owners to attend an Open House on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 between the hours of 9:30 A.M until 4:30 P.M. in the Commission Chambers at City Hall in Flagler Beach, 105 South 2nd Street. This Open House is an effort to assist residents and property owners to apply for individual disaster low interest loans. The SBA representatives will guide those who attend through the application process. If you plan to attend, please make sure that you have registered with FEMA prior to Wednesday. That is a necessary first step. Bring your bank’s routing number and, if possible, your insurance and other relevant papers. Laptops will be available on site, for you to register and apply for the low interest rate loans.

The Fate of the Earth at 30: Elizabeth Kolbert, author of “The Sixth Extinction,” is the featured speaker at the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series, and will deliver a lecture, “On The Fate Of The Earth,” commemorating the 25-year anniversary of the publication of Schell’s book by that name, on the consequences of nuclear war. Presented by The New School, at the 12th Street Auditorium, New York City. Watch a live stream of Kolbert’s lecture here starting at 7 p.m. Watch the previous lecture in the series, by Bill McKibben, here.

Ribbon Cutting: Grand Opening of Chambery Family Funeral Home, 14 Palm Harbor Village Way, Palm Coast, 4 to 6 p.m. The ribbon-cutting is at 5 p.m.

Announcements:

Food Assistance, Oct. 11-15: The Department of Children and Families (DCF), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will implement the Food for Florida Disaster Food Assistance Program in Flagler and St. Johns counties to assist individuals and families impacted by Hurricane Irma from October 11- October 15. To qualify for the Food for Florida Disaster Food Assistance program, applicants must have lived or worked in one of the counties declared for FEMA Individual Assistance on September 5, and not be receiving food assistance through the regular Food Assistance Program. Additionally, eligible individuals and families must have suffered a disaster-related loss, such as damage to their homes or self-employment property, loss of food, reduction or loss of income, or have incurred other disaster related expenses. DCF will provide or mail Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to eligible individuals and families to use at authorized USDA food retailers. The program counts only income and expenses from September 5 through October 4, 2017. Individuals are encouraged to fill out the initial application for assistance online no later than the day before visiting the Food for Florida site. The application is available on the Food for Florida website, myflfamilies.com/fff. The Food for Florida disaster food assistance program for Flagler and St. Johns counties will take place: AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE FAIRGROUNDS, 5840 STATE ROAD 207, ELKTON OPEN 8 AM- 7 PM.

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel. Most legislative proceedings can be followed through the Senate or House websites.

SLAVERY MEMORIAL DISCUSSED: The House Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee is slated to take up a bill (HB 67), filed by Rep. Kionne McGhee, D-Miami, that would establish a slavery memorial at the state Capitol. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Morris Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.)

PANEL HEARS EDUCATION BUDGET REQUESTS: The House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee will hear presentations about 2018-2019 budget requests by the Department of Education and the Office of Early Learning. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Reed Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.)

TOURISM MARKETING ON THE TABLE: The House Tourism & Gaming Control Subcommittee will receive updates on issues related to tourism marketing. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

CHAMBER REPORT PRESENTED: The House Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee will receive a presentation on the Florida Chamber Foundation’s “Florida Jobs 2030” report. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., 306 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

MENTAL HEALTH ON THE AGENDA: The House Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee will receive updates about the implementation of mental-health and substance-abuse legislation passed during the 2016 and 2017 sessions. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., 12 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

WATER NEEDS DISCUSSED: The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee will receive presentations about water infrastructure needs. (Wednesday, 10 a.m., 301 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

`JOB GROWTH GRANT FUND’ CONSIDERED: The Senate Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee will receive a presentation from the Department of Economic Opportunity about the state’s new Florida Job Growth Grant Fund. (Wednesday, 10 a.m., 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

PANEL HEARS ABOUT ELECTRICITY RESTORATION: The House Energy & Utilities Subcommittee will receive a presentation about storm restoration efforts by electric utilities. (Wednesday, 1 p.m., 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA ON THE MENU: The House Health Quality Subcommittee will receive updates about a new law carrying out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. Speakers are expected to include Christian Bax, director of the Office of Medical Marijuana Use at the Florida Department of Health. (Wednesday, 1 p.m., 306 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

AUTISM AWARENESS AT ISSUE: The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee will receive an update about a new law aimed at autism-awareness training for law-enforcement officers. (Wednesday, 1 p.m., 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

NURSING HOME GENERATORS ON AGENDA: The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee will receive an update about emergency rules aimed at requiring nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have generators that can run air conditioning systems when electricity is knocked out. (Wednesday, 2 p.m., 401 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

LAWMAKERS LOOK AT ENDING FIREWORKS BAN: The Senate Regulated Industries Committee will take up a bill (SB 198), filed by Sen. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, that would end a decades-old prohibition on fireworks sales. Many people have gotten around the ban by using loopholes that allow the purchase of fireworks for such things as frightening birds for agriculture-related purposes. (Wednesday, 2 p.m., 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

AGRICULTURE DAMAGE DISCUSSED: The House Agriculture & Property Rights Subcommittee will receive a presentation from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services about storm-related damage in the agriculture industry. (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., 12 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW REVIEWED: The House Careers & Competition Subcommittee will receive updates about a series of laws passed this year, including a major economic-development law passed during a June special session. (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

LOW INCOME POOL AT ISSUE: The House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee will receive an update about the Low Income Pool, which provides additional money to hospitals and other health providers that care for large numbers of poor and uninsured people. (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

SCHOOL CHOICE CONSIDERED: The House PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee will receive an update from the Department of Education about the implementation of rules and policy related to school choice. (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., 306 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

CABINET AIDES MEET: Aides to Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will discuss issues in advance of an Oct. 17 Cabinet meeting. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Cabinet meeting room, the Capitol.)

`BAKER ACT’ FOR MINORS AT ISSUE: The Task Force on Involuntary Examination of Minors will discuss issues related to the use of the state’s “Baker Act” for minors. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Office, 2500 West Colonial Dr., Orlando.)

PAROLE ISSUES DISCUSSED: The Florida Commission on Offender Review is scheduled to meet in Manatee County and discuss numerous parole cases related to crimes committed in the 1970s and 1980s. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Manatee County Sheriff’s Office District III Location, 616 67th St. Circle East, Bradenton.)

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

The Day’s Best Reads:

Editor’s Tweets

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Updates of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast usually run here, along with a link to the city’s Week in Review. But the Week in Review, under the guise of being modernized, has become flashier and power-point like while becoming less substantive and dumbed down. We may or may not link to it in future.

Road and Interstate Construction:

• Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1, KV 478

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• Ludovico Einaudi, “Elegy for the Arctic”
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• Wynton Marsalis takes the Horn Challenge
• Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, Afiara Quartet
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