Today:Partly cloudy with chance of thunderstorms and slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. North winds 5 mph. 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: 185
The OED’s Word of the Day: Nimby, n..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.
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“I learned that Osama bin Laden’s strategic logic was to embroil the United States in a never-ending conflict to ultimately bankrupt the country. “All that we have to do is send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written ‘Al Qaeda,’” he said in 2004, “in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving for it anything of note ….” Why are we continuing to do what Bin Laden wanted all along? But that, ultimately, was not the thing I realized. I learned that every part of me wanted to just stay quiet with my feelings about the war because I was afraid of what people might say. It’s easier to bask in the warm embrace of “Thank you for your service” without questioning what that service was for. One way or another, we were all affected by Sept. 11, which has caused us to view the war through a distorted lens. This is why most of us won’t comment or share or at least have a dialogue about the war.”
–From Joe Quinn’s “The Real Lesson of Sept. 11,” in The New York Times, Sept. 11, 2018.
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.
The Public Safety Coordinating Council, which hasn’t held its monthly meetings since April, was scheduled to meet this morning, but again cancelled the meeting.
The Palm Coast Leisure Services Advisory Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall in Town Center. The committee is scheduled to recommend a set of cultural arts grants for next year, totaling nearly $39,000. See the documents and applicants here.
Florida Beers MiniFest at European Village, featuring a one-time Summer Mimosa Bar in addition to free samplings of craft beers made in Florida from three renowned breweries: Tomoka Brewing Co, Persimmon Hollow Brewing Company, and Tampa Bay Brewing Company. Be at the Courtyard of European Village any time between 5 and 9 p.m.
Free legal clinics: This evening: Probates, wills and trusts: The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in partnership with the Flagler County Bar Association present a three part series of legal clinics free of charge. Come out and speak to attorneys who are knowledgeable in their respective field of law for free, at the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center–the Flagler County courthouse–in the 1st floor jury assembly room, 1769 E. Moody Blvd. Building #1, Bunnell, from 5 to 7 p.m.
“Florida’s Fleet: A Boatbuilding and Fishing Legacy,” presented by Brendan Burke, a presentation at 6 p.m. at the Lightner Museum. The talk is part of the programming for the new exhibit, Thinking Small: The Amazing Miniature World of Thomas Rahner, which is a retrospective of St. Augustine resident Thomas Rahner’s small boat building skills. Both the lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public. The talk will be in the held in the historic Alcazar Hotel pool. Guests may enter through the Granada Street entrance to the Cafe Alcazar, located across from the Corazon Cinema. Doors will open at 5:30 P.M. for guests to explore Thinking Small: The Amazing Miniature World of Thomas Rahner, which is located in the East Gallery on the Mezzanine. Seating is limited, and registration is encouraged here.
Through Sept. 23: The Palm Coast Senior Games. This year’s sanctioned events include archery, horseshoes, pickleball, tennis, golf and tai chi (new). The non-sanctioned events include ballroom dancing and a lot of new areas, such as sailboat racing, cornhole, bridge and cribbage. Men and women compete against other athletes and participants of the same gender and age group. Registration is $15 and includes a T-shirt and participation in one sport; participation in each additional sport event is $15. Competition is offered in 11 different age categories for sanctioned events and 3 different age categories for non-sanctioned events. To see the schedule and learn more, visit www.palmcoastgov.com/seniorgames. Registration can be accessed from the Senior Games website or directly at www.parksandrec.fun/seniors. Athletes may also register in person at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy. NE.
Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week (schedule your donation by going to the website and entering a Palm Coast zip code, then locating one of the venues below):
- Wednesday: CVS Pharmacy, 1 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast, 2 to 6:30 p.m.
- Friday: Bunnell City Hall, 201 West Moody Boulevard, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday: Aldi, 5095 State Road 100, 3 to 6 p.m.
- Saturday: Chick Fil A, 1000 Palm Coast Parkway, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: Santa Maria del Mar Church, 915 North Central Avenue, Flagler Beach, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Sunday: Flagler Humane Society, 1 Shelter Drive, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell
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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.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED: The Enterprise Florida Board of Directors will meet in Miami-Dade County. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., InterContinental Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami.)
TOURISM MARKETING BOARD MEETS: The Visit Florida Board of Directors is scheduled to meet. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, 1500 Masters Blvd., ChampionsGate.)
PAROLE CASES HEARD: The Florida Commission on Offender Review will take up parole cases from across the state. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., Betty Easley Conference Center, 4075 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee.)
BOARD OF GOVERNORS PANELS MEET: The state university system’s Board of Governors will hold task-force and committee meetings in advance of a full board meeting Thursday. Among other things, the board’s Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health Task Force will discuss mental-health services on campus. (Wednesday, meetings start at 12:30 p.m., New College of Florida, Harry Sudakoff Conference Center, 5845 General Dougher Place, Sarasota.)
I-4 UPGRADES AT ISSUE IN SEMINOLE: The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a meeting on improvements to Interstate 4 in Seminole County. (Wednesday, 5 p.m., Lake Mary Events Center, 260 North Country Club Road, Lake Mary.)
—-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
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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 Aug. 31, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.
Click to access week-in-review-aug-31-20181.pdf
Road and Interstate Construction:
Cultural Coda
Erroll Garner: Where or When (1962)
Previous Codas:
- Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, Performed by Pepe Romero
- Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Vienna Philharmonic (Salzburg Festival 2005)
- Barenboim & Argerich : Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos, K.448
- Beethoven: Symphony No.6, the “Pastorale,” the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi, dir.
- The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals
- Aladdin Haddad Performs Albeniz’s Asturias
- Hector Berlioz: Trio “Arrival at Sais” (from “L´Enfance du Christ”, op. 25)
- Karajan: Dvorak Symphony No.8 Rehearsal
- Aretha Franklin: Full Concert (1971)
- Toru Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
- Carl Nielsen’s Quintet op. 43 Performed by Carion
- Modest Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for Woodwind Quintet
- Anton Reicha: Woodwind Quintet in Eb major op.88 no.2
- Balakirev: Islamey, Performed by Giuseppe Mentuccia
- Jean Rondeau Plays Soler’s Fandango
- Chloe Moriondo’s “La vie en rose”
