Weekend: Friday, Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Friday night: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday: Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunday: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Saturday and Sunday nights mostly clear, lows in the 70s. Details here.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Drought Index: 5
The OED’s Word of the Day: hegemony, n..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.
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- Cultural Coda
“There is of course a certain innocent amusement to be had from poking fun at cranks. But when cranks acquire the wide popular following that men like [William Hope “Coin”] Harvey had, it may be the better part of sportsmanship to take their agitations, even if not their ideas, seriously.”
–From Richard Hofstadter’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” (1965).
Previously:
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.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: A three-day tax “holiday” for back-to-school shoppers begins Friday. During the holiday, shoppers will be able to avoid paying sales taxes on clothes that cost $60 or less and school supplies that cost $15 or less. Lawmakers approved the tax holiday during this year’s legislative session. See details here.
Free For All Fridays on WNZF: Host David Ayres welcomes Bob Pickering of Flagler Emergency Management, Chief Mark Strobridge of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, and a representative of the Flagler Gun Club, starting a little after 9 a.m. with a commentary by FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam on pre-existing conditions.
First Friday Garden and Butterfly Walk at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 North Oceanshore Blvd., 10 a.m. Join a ranger at 10am for a walk through our historical gardens. Learn about the history of our park while exploring the beauty of the formal gardens, with an emphasis on butterflies. The walk is approximately 1 hour. Please bring water and wear comfortable walking shoes. Meet in the garden parking lot. Garden walk included with park entry. No registration required.
Friday: Bethune Cookman University’s Marching Wildcats are featured in the Netflix Original Series “Marching Orders,” which starts to air today. Bethune-Cookman University’s Marching Wildcats played the Super Bowl and NFL Pro Bowl and appeared in the movie “Drumline.” See the trailer here.
First Friday at Flagler Beach’s Veterans Park, with vendors, games, food, music and other delights, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday: The Grateful Dead tribute “Uncle John’s Band” performs at the Daytona Beach Bandshell, 7 p.m., with Tie-Dye Road opening, in Oceanfront Park on the North end of the Boardwalk amusement area and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean at 250 N. Atlantic Avenue. General admission for each Friday night is free and VIP tickets (which include a chair) are only $10, plus applicable fees. Children under 10 are free. Tickets can be purchased in advance for the season at Ticketmaster.com, onsite at the Peabody Box Office or at the Bandshell on show nights.
Saturday: Save Cooper Rally: animal advocates assemble at the intersection of Palm Coast Parkway and Belle Terre Parkway to rally support for Cooper the dog from 9 to 11 a.m. Cooper is a dog Palm Coast government has ordered killed after Cooper bit and severely injured a man after the dog had already been declared dangerous months earlier in Port Orange. Advocates want the dog’s live preserved and Cooper sent to a refuge for dangerous dogs on the west coast of the state, where his safekeeping is assured. A lawsuit was filed to save the dog. See background stories here and here.
Saturday: First Aid & CPR/AED class, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Palm Coast Fire Station 25, 1250 Belle Terre Pkwy., Palm Coast. This class is a 7-hour course (one hour for lunch) designed to meet OSHA regulations and teach administering CPR to children and adults, using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), using a mask or barrier device, assisting with bleeding, broken bones. $50/person with pre-registration required by 9 a.m. Aug. 2. Sign up at www.palmcoastgov.com/cpr. More info: [email protected] or 386-986-2300.
Saturday: African Fashion Show: The Women’s Day Committee of First (A.M.E.) Church – in a spirit of versatility – will light up the runway in an African Fashion Show at First A.M.E. Church, 91 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. Contact Jeroline D. McCarthy, 386/446-5759. A $10 donation that will include refreshments for the palate.
Saturday: Flo.wav Music & Arts Festival 2: Featuring over 40 Artists from around Florida on three Stages, $5 per person, food trucks, all ages, all day, Palm Coast’s Town Center at Central Park. See the website: http://www.flowavmusic.com/flowavfest .
Saturday: Yoga on the Beach at Jungle Hut Park: 10 a.m.-11:30, Unroll your mat on the beach with Melissa Byram of Meditation Mama Yoga for an hour of yoga bliss! Join us for a fun and relaxing experience on the beach culminating in an extended savasana with delicious lemongrass essential oil cold cloths! All experience levels welcome! $10 drop in fee, bring your mat, towel, and water, we’ll bring the rest. Jungle Hut Park, 125 Jungle Hut Rd, Palm Coast. Contact Melissa Byram, 904-514-3598.
Through Aug. 17: Florida Department of Health in Flagler is offering free back-to-school immunizations July 30 through August 17. Parents and guardians are asked to bring their child’s immunization record, insurance card, and a photo ID. The clinic will be open Monday through Friday from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The DOH-Flagler is located at 301 Dr, Carter Blvd. in Bunnell. For more information, call 386-437-7350, ext. 7095 or write Gretchen Smith [email protected]. Click on the flier to the right for a larger view of it.
Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:
- Thursday: Chick Fil A, 1000 Palm Coast Parkway, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday: Advance America Palm Coast, 800 Belle Terre Parkway Suite 212.
- Saturday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sunday: Oceanside Beach Bar and Grill, 1848 South Ocean Shore Boulevard, Flagler Beach, noon to 5 p.m.
Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell
Jail Bookings, June 19-22 Sheriff's night shift incident reports, June 21 Sheriff's day shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's night shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's day shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's night shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's day shift incident reports, June 21 |
Senior energy program money available for air conditioning: Flagler County has a program available for qualified residents who need help with household air conditioning. “The Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program is designed to help low income households who have at least one member over the age of 60, and who is experiencing a cooling emergency,” said Joe Mayer, director of Community Services. Eligible households may receive one benefit for up to $600 for the cooling season. The money is to make payments to utility companies, to make repairs to equipment like air conditioners, or to otherwise resolve a home cooling crisis. A home cooling crisis exists when one or more of the following conditions apply: the household’s home cooling energy source has been cut off; a household has been notified that its energy source will be cut off; a household has been given notice that their energy bills are past due; or, a household has other problems with a lack of cooling in the home. To receive the assistance, proper documentation including gross income, family size and other factors determine program eligibility. For more information, contact Flagler County Senior Services at 386-586-2324, extension 3621.
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.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS DUE: State candidates and political committees face a Friday deadline for filing reports showing finance activity through July 27.
—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive
In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:
Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes
The following is provided as a service to Community Cats of Palm Coast and the Flagler Humane Society. Should you have a lost pet and would like it noticed here, please contact us at [email protected]. |
Keep Up with Donald Trump’s attacks on the press through the ACLU’s running tab here.
Keep Up with mass shootings in a running database here.
Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports
Here’s a summary of the latest city developments as of July 20, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.
Click to access week-in-review-july20-20181.pdf
Road and Interstate Construction:
Cultural Coda
Jean Rondeau Plays Soler’s Fandango
Previous Codas:
- Chloe Moriondo’s “La vie en rose”
- Martha Argerich Plays Liszt’s Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major
- Beethoven on Piano for Romsai the Elephant
- Yuja Wang Plays Liszt’s Sonata B minor
- Evgeny Kissin Plays Schumann’s Toccata Opus 7
- Beethoven : Piano concerto No.3 Performed by Alice Sara Ott at the Piano
- Kurt Atterberg: Suite No. 3, Op. 19 for violin, viola and string orchestra, Pantomime
- Kurt Atterberg: Sinfonia for Strings
- David Letterman First Ever Appearance On The Tonight show With Johnny Carson: 1978
- Andres Alen: Variations on a Theme By Milanes
- Stephen Heller, Etude Op 46, 11
- Constitutionally Speaking with Justice David Souter and Margaret Warner
- Agustin Barrios Mangore: David Russell Performs the 4th Waltz Op. 8
- A Few Bach Inventions
- Boris Berezovsky Plays the Chopin/Godowsky Etude in G flat major
- Stewart Goodyear: Beethoven’s Hammerklavier 4th movement
- Claude Bolling and Hubert Laws on the Johnny Carson Show
- Schumann’s Toccata, Op. 7, Performed by Evgeny Kissin
- Bach Cantata BWV 170, Clare Wilkinson, mezzosoprano
- Toru Takemitsu: Air for Solo Flute
- Martha Argerich Plays Piazzolla’s Oblivion
- Bach-Liszt: Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor
- Leonard Bernstein: Young People’s Concerts Vol. 2 (Includes André Watts)
- Emerson Quartet, Contrapunctus 9 from Bach’s Art of Fugue
- Virginia Grand Military Band, Memorial Day Concert 2017
Pogo says
@About today’s quote:
“There is of course a certain innocent amusement to be had from poking fun at cranks. But when cranks acquire the wide popular following that men like [William Hope “Coin”] Harvey had, it may be the better part of sportsmanship to take their agitations, even if not their ideas, seriously.”
– From Richard Hofstadter’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” (1965).
Reminds one:
“The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. – James Shin Hoo”
– Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game