Monday Briefing: Bethune-Cookman's Nurses, Elijah Jackson on Trial, Another World

Bethune-Cookman University Nursing students, Sara Pascall, Tyana Mack, Rachel Lewis, and Dezja Durden successfully completed the School of Nursing Program. The four students participated in a pinning ceremony in their honor on Dec. 12 . The ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly-graduated nursing students into the nursing profession marking the transition from student to professional nurse. (BCC)

Today: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s National Commemorations.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Drought Index: 176
Global Warming: The daily carbon count.
A.Word.A.Day from Wordsmith.org. Today’s word: goliath.
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
Statista’s Chart of the Day
Flagler Beach A1A Construction Updates
Announcements
In State Government
In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
Fact-Checking the Knaves
Palm Coast Construction and Development
Cultural Coda

“There is another world, but it is in this one.”

–Paul Eluard.

Previously:

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.

Take the 2019 Palm Coast Community Survey.

In Court: 50-year-old Daytona Beach resident Elijah Jackson goes on trial on charges of using a computer to lure a child and transmission of materials harmful to minors: he is accused of sending a picture or video of his penis to a 15-year-old girl (his cousin). Absent a last-minute plea deal or continuance, the trial begins with jury selection before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse.

The East Flagler Mosquito Control District board meets at 10 a.m. at the district’s offices, 210 Airport Executive Drive (off Belle Terre Boulevard), Palm Coast.

The Flagler County Commission meets at 5 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 E Moody Blvd., Bunnell. See the agendas and background materials for meetings here, and watch or listen to meetings here.

The Flagler Palm Coast High School Winter Band Concert scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

Palm Coast Alateen Sereniteen and Al-Anon meetings: Alateen, part of Al-Anon Family Groups, is for teens bothered by someone else’s drinking. The group meets at 8 p.m. every Monday at Advent Health, 60 Memorial Medical Parkway, Palm Coast, at the south entrance, in meeting room D. Al-Anon meets at the same time. For more information about Alateen or Al-Anon, call toll free 1-888-4AL-ANON, or visit www.al-anon.org. Note: All Aalteen meetings are only open to teenagers who have been affected by another person’s drinking. For AA and NA meetings in Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell, go here.

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):

Monday: Bealls Outlet, 9 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast, 1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday: Banfield Pet Hospital, 5270 State Road 100 (Target Shopping center), Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, noon to 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Avenue, Palm Coast, 3 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Palm Coast City Hall, 160 Lake Avenue, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday: Chick Fil A, 1000 Palm Coast Parkway, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: Sandvik-Kanthal, 1 Commerce Boulevard, Palm Coast, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: Palm Harbor Golf Club, 100 Cooper Lane, Palm Coast, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, 10 a.m. to 6 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

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.

Statista’s Chart of the Day:

Conservatives storm to a landslide victory: Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party have stormed to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election. Their haul of 364 seats (with one constituency left to declare), coupled with a catastrophic loss of 59 seats for Labour gives the prime minister the largest Tory majority since 1987. The one blemish on the Conservatives’ night though was in Scotland where a resurgent SNP took 48 of 59 seats, representing an increase of 13 and leading inevitably to renewed and strengthened calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Flagler Beach Is Open For Business: A1A Construction Update:

FlaglerLive is providing weekly updates to year-long construction on and near State Road A1A in Flagler Beach as the Florida Department of Transportation rebuilds a 1.5-mile segment from South 9th Street to South 22nd Street, and builds a sea wall at the north end of town. These updates are provided through DOT or local officials. If you have any relevant information or images, you’re welcome to email them to the editor here.

Last Updated: Nov. 18

Segments 1 is complete.

Segment 2 (South 22nd Street to South 9th Street):

The work on the new median curbs and flumes is continuing and is approximately 80% complete. All sidewalks have been poured, and driveways are 75% complete. Work on the southbound roadway continues as the contractor has placed limerock base between 18th and 19th street, with paving for Segment 2 tentatively scheduled for later this month. The traffic separators are 90% complete.

Segment 3 (North 18th Street to Osprey Drive):

Wall construction is complete, and walkover construction will begin once Hurricane Season is over.

Announcements/Press Releases:

Home Instead Senior Care once again is calling on the community to give a gift of love through their “Be a Santa to a Senior” program. It’s easy to participate. Just visit one of the area Walgreen’s or Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate/Synergy. Choose an ornament from the tree and purchase the gift. These gifts will be distributed by Flagler County Senior Services. Touching our Seniors lives by sharing this Holiday Season.

Walgreen’s: 215 Palm Coast Pkwy., NE
1109 Palm Coast Pkwy., SW
5000 E. Highway 100

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate/Synergy
412 Beach Village Dr., Flagler Beach

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.

UCF TRUSTEES MEET: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees will meet. (Monday, 3 p.m., University of Central Florida, Millican Hall, Orlando. Call-in number: 1-800-442-5794. Code: 463796.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

Coming Days:

The Live Calendar is Flagler County’s and Palm Coast’s most complete, detailed and searchable community calendar of events, including culture, the performing arts, theater, government, the courts and justice system and a lot more. If you’re not listed here, you’re not getting the visibility you deserve. To include your event, please fill out this form. Any other issues, email the editor.

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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 Nov. 25, 2019:

See the full Week in Review here.

Cultural Coda

Alexandre Tansman – Variations on a Theme by Scriabin (performed by Karmen Stendler)