Thursday Briefing: IB Diploma Ceremony, Inspired Mic, Bowling Trial, Ocala Forest Bombing

Today: Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. 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: 11
The OED’s Word of the day: quidam, n.
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links

• First Light
• In Flagler and Palm Coast
• Flagler Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours of Incident Reports
• Announcements/Missing Dogs
• In State Government
• In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
• Fact-Checking the Knaves
• Palm Coast Construction and Development
• Local Road and Interstate Construction
• Cultural Coda

“For now, though, the CVS pharmacy is closer to the center of life than, say, Crate & Barrel or Pier 1, or restaurants, national parks, airports, research triangles, the lobbies of office buildings, or banks. Those places are the novels of the period, while CVS is its diary.”

–From Nicholson Baker’s “The Mezzanine” (1988).

Previously:

Do you inhale? Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy? | A modern society | Updike’s boozers | Poor whites’ suicides | Saul Bellow’s death | Fallacy of straight A’s | Inherited qualities | Fear of death | Isolation of innocence | Socrates’ Apology | Justice Jackson’s patriotism | Tweet-free Britain | Disbelieving science | Life | The world made for man? | Global warming’s escalator to hell | Shoreline retreat | First Thanksgiving | Killing women | Ruth Bader Ginger | Since World War I | The drunken waves | Sotomayor on profiling | Idealism awry | War on terror? | Cruelty to animals | The purpose of life | Friday Black | Private prisons | Life | American bedouins | Age | Richard Pryor on penitentiaries

 

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.

In Court: The third day of a week-long trial in the case of Michael Bowling, the 47-year-old Palm Coast man facing charges of molestation of 15-year-old girl during a sleep-over at her Bowling’s daughter’s house. Today, the prosecution may finish its case and the defense present its own, including testimony by the defendant. Bowling also faces rape charges involving a girl in his charge, starting when she was 8 and going on for several years. That trial would take place next year. Jury selection took place Monday. 9 a.m. in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse. See the background story here.

The Bunnell City Commission meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall, 201 West Moody Boulevard, City Commission Chambers – Building 3.

Flagler Palm Coast High School holds its International Baccalaureate diploma ceremony for the Class of 2018 at 6 p.m. in the school’s Bistro.

The Inspired Mic, Palm Coast’s most daring and unpredictable open mic event, is scheduled for its monthly edition at its new venue at the Hidden Treasures Restaurant, 820 Moody Ln, Flagler Beach. Each month some of the most creative, innovative performances a person could ever hope to experience take place at The Inspired Mic. 14 presenters each month pull out slices of talent and genius to entertain the audience. Each presenter gets 7 minutes to present on a very eclectic blend of their genius. Hidden Treasures Restaurant, 820 Moody Ln, Flagler Beach (under the bridge). Doors open at 6 p.m. and presenters begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 advance, available at theinspiredmicus.com, or $15 at the door. The ticket includes one drink and entry into a drawing with a prize of $25 cash or a $50 gift certificate to The Hidden Treasures.

Navy Bombing in the Ocala National Forest: Navy training schedules indicate that inert and live bombing will take place at the Pinecastle Range Complex located in the Ocala National Forest this week. Bombings at times can be heard in Flagler-Palm Coast. The bombings are scheduled as follows:

Thursday:8 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Live

During bombing periods wildlife may be temporarily displaced. Use extra caution when driving through the Ocala National forest and surrounding areas. Secure any items around your residence that could attract wildlife. Always be mindful of larger animals including black bears and practice bearwise measures. The telephone number for noise complaints is 1-800-874-5059, Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Jacksonville, Fla. For additional information, call (904) 542-5588.

Rotary Club Annual Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center’s Central Park, through New Year, every evening until 9 p.m. Free admission, with recommended donation to the Rotary Club, which makes the lights possible.

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):

• Thursday: Palm Coast Ford, 1150 Palm Coast Parkway, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Friday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Avenue, Palm Coast, 1 to 6 p.m.
• Saturday: Flagler Humane Society, 1 Shelter Drive, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday: 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

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
Previous and archived reports

Announcements/Missing Dogs:

None.

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.

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

DESANTIS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETS: Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Public Safety will meet. The committee is chaired by Kent Stermon, chief operating officer of Total Military Management. (Thursday, 1 p.m., location and conference call number will be provided at www.DeSantisTransition.com.)

GEOLOGICAL DESIGNATION HELD: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a State Geological Site designation ceremony at Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park. (Thursday, 2 p.m., Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park, 465 Wakulla Park Dr., Wakulla Springs.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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

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 Dec. 7, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.

Click to access week-in-review-dec-14-2018-development.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

• Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3, Hillary Hahn

Previous Codas:

• Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, Ivan Klansky, piano
• Victor Herbert’s Irish Rhapsody
• Malcolm Arnold: Serenade for Guitar and Strings
• Claude Bolling – Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio: Gracieuse (Carlo Pari)
• Aldo Ciccolini Performs Brahms’s Intermezzo n.2 op.118
• Erik Bosgraaf in performance at Wilton’s Music Hall
• Erik Bosgraaf & the Stradivarius of the recorder
• Medtner : Sonata for Piano in A Minor Op. 38 n°1 “Reminiscenza” (Evgeny Svetlanov)
• Ferdinand Ries: Quartet in D minor
• Rossini: Sonata Nr. 1 in G Major
• Copland’s 3rd Symphony
• Zdenek Fibich: Poem Op. 41, No.4 from “At Twilight”
• Kuhlau: Sonatine No.1 in C Major, Op. 20
• Beethoven 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli Op 120, Gavin Arturo Gamboa, piano
• Philip Glass: American Four Seasons with violinist Robert McDuffie
• Elgar’s “Nimrod”: Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1997
• Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
• Ravel : Piano Concerto in G major (Martha Argerich : Orchestre national de France)
• Schubert: Piano Sonata No.20 D.959 / Paul Badura-Skoda (1993)
• Antonio Vivaldi’s “Vedro con mio diletto” from Il Giustino by Jakub Józef Orliński
• Bill Evans Trio: Some Day My Prince Will Come (1965)