Today:: Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 5 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Light winds. 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: 85
The OED’s Word of the day: querulist, 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
- 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
“Mixed company moderates; like-minded company polarizes. Heterogeneous communities restrain group excesses; homogeneous communities march toward the extremes.”
–From Bill Bishop’s “The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart” (2008).
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.
33rd Drug Court Graduation, with keynote speaker Joe Mullins, a newly elected county commissioner who will be speaking about his past substance abuse and recovery. 10 a.m. at the Flagler County courthouse, Fourth Floor, Courtroom 401
1769 E. Moody Blvd ,Building # 1, Bunnell, all welcome.
Qualifying ends today for Flagler Beach’s municipal elections. Two seats are up, those of Commissioners Jane Mealy and Rick Belhumeur, both of whom are running for re-election and qualified already by petition. Paul Eik has also qualified by petition.
The Flagler County School district’s teacher and employee of the year celebration is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Flagler Auditorium.
The Wadsworth Elementary School Advisory Council and PTO meet at 6 p.m. in the school’s media center.
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.
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):
- Saturday: Chick Fil A, 1000 Palm Coast Parkway, 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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Playground at Palm Coast Community Center to be closed temporarily, on Jan. 28: The playground and patio area at the Palm Coast Community Center will be closed temporarily, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, for installation of new mulch. The basketball courts and trailhead at the Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy. NE, will remain open during the project.
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.
REFUGEE SERVICES DISCUSSED: The Broward Refugee Task Force will meet to discuss refugee services. (Thursday, 10 a.m., Broward College, Central Campus, Building 3, 3501 S.W. Davie Road, Davie.)
SUPREME COURT RELEASES OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to release its weekly opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)
FORMER SURGEON GENERAL SPEAKS AT FSU: David Satcher, who served as U.S. surgeon general under former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, will speak at Florida State University. Satcher, who will speak during Racism Awareness Week, will discuss the role of student activism in achieving racial justice and health equity. (Thursday, noon, FSU College of Medicine, 1115 West Call St., Tallahassee.)
PUTNAM COUNTY DELEGATION MEETS: The Putnam County legislative delegation, made up of Sen. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, and Rep. Bobby Payne, R-Palatka, will meet as it prepares for the 2019 session. (Thursday, 1 p.m., Putnam County Commission board room, 2509 Crill Ave., Palatka.)
—-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 Jan. 11, 2019, with a link to the full week in review here.
Click to access palm-coast-week-in-review-jan-11-2019.pdf
Road and Interstate Construction:
Cultural Coda
Florence Price’s Fantaisie Negre, Performed by Elijah Stevens
Previous Codas:
- Jean Sibelius, Tapiola: Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, Orchestra of the Slovak Philharmony
- Ciaccona in E flat major by Silvius Leopold Weiss, performed by Nigel North
- Brahms’s Requiem
- Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 (“Trout”)
- Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel (Midnight Mass for Christmas)
- Mozart – Violin Concerto No.3, Hillary Hahn
- 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)
