Thursday Briefing: Flagler's Education Leaders, African-American Mentoring Program, Marineland Arch

Wadsworth Elementary Principal Anna Crawford and John Winston, the long-time leader of Flagler County schools' the African American Mentor Program, at AAMP's annual year-end banquet at at First Baptist Church of Palm Coast last week. See additional images below. (Jason Wheeler/Flagler Schools.) — Wadsworth Elementary Principal Anna Crawford and John Winston, the long-time leader of Flagler County schools’ the African American Mentoring Program, at AAMP’s annual year-end banquet at at First Baptist Church of Palm Coast last week. See additional images below. (Jason Wheeler/Flagler Schools.)

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“The meaning of life is that it stops. Especially in his later years, Philip Roth often quoted this remark attributed to Kafka, and it was hard not to think of it when the news came that his heart had given out. He lived to be eighty-five, but he had little expectation of making it much past seventy. Over the years, there had been stretches of depression, surgeries on his back and spine, a quintuple bypass, and sixteen cardiac stents, which must be some kind of American League record. By the time Roth was in his seventies, he would open his eyes in the morning and experience a moment of ecstatic surprise: he had pulled it off again, stolen another taste of being alive, a self, conscious of the beautiful and chaotic world.”

–From David Remnick’s “Philip Roth’s Propulsive Force,” The New Yorker, June 4, 2018.

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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.

Common Ground Breakfast hosted by the Flagler Chamber of Commerce focuses on education in Flagler, with panelists Jim Tager, the school superintendent, Tom LoBasso, President of Daytona State College, and Renee Stauffacher, Director of Flagler Technical Institute, starting with registration at 7:30 and breakfast at 8 a.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center Blvd. Palm Coast. Members can preregister for $25, Guests & future members can attend for $35. The chamber is no longer accepting walkups. To pre-register, send an email to Heather Edwards at the chamber, at [email protected]

The Marineland Arch reopens over State Road A1A. A ceremony is set for 11:30 a.m. to mark the occasion near Marineland Dolphin Adventure 9600 Oceanshore Blvd.

Flagler County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin and School Board member Andy Dance, both of whom are running for re-election, hold a town hall meeting at Hidden Trails Community Center, 6108 Mahogany Blvd. in Daytona North, also known as the Mondex, at 6 p.m.

Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:

Wednesday: Palm Coast Data, 2 Commerce Boulevard, Palm Coast, Building 3 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Building 1 at 11 Commerce Boulevard from noon to 3 p.m.
Thursday: Fantastic Sam’s, 5200 East Highway 100 (Target shopping center), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday: Toscana Models and Sales Center, 15 New Water Oak Drive, Palm Coast, from noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday: Post Office, 2 Pine Cone Drive, Palm Coast, 2 to 5 p.m.
Saturday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell


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Previous and archived reports

Sources: Flagler County Sheriff's Office, Flagler Beach Police Department, Bunnell Police Department. This is Flagler County's only comprehensive, one-stop compilation of all local law enforcement's daily day and night shift commanders' reports.

Announcements:

The African American Mentoring Program, founded by former School Board member Jim Guines and John Winston more than a decade ago, held its year-end celebration on May 24 at First Baptist Church of Palm Coast, honoring graduating seniors and the group’s scholarship winners. A total of 164 students enrolled in AAMP’s Boys Program this year. Christopher Johnson, Associate Professor of Economics and the University of North Florida’s Coggin College of Business was the guest speaker. He spoke of the importance of life-long learning and never giving up. The district’s Jason Wheeler provided the images below.

164 students aamp — Some 164 students and their families were honored at the annual banquet.

Darryl Boyer, an AAMP participant and senior at Flagler Palm Coast High School, shared his story.

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.

DELANEY STEPS DOWN AT UNF: Longtime University of North Florida President John Delaney will retire from the post effective Thursday. Delaney, who has led UNF for 15 years, will be replaced by David M. Szymanski, who has served as dean of the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. Delaney, a lawyer, is a former Jacksonville mayor who will join an alliance of The Fiorentino Group government-affairs firm and the Rogers Towers law firm, which work together on government and legal issues.

PRISON VISITS AT ISSUE: The Florida Department of Corrections will hold a public hearing on a proposed rule related to the visiting schedule at prisons. (Thursday, 8:30 a.m., Betty Easley Conference Center, 4075 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee.)

SUPREME COURT RELEASES OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to release its weekly opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Here’s a summary of the latest city developments as of May 26, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.

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