Thursday Briefing: Great Kids, FPC Ring Ceremony, Quit Tobacco, Pianist Maria Dolores, Jouissance

Deputy Robin Towns, Rymfire Elementary School Principal Mrs. Moore, Sheriff Rick Staly, D’Zyon Coates with family, Rymfire Elementary School Assistant Principal Mr. Lee, and Commander Phil Reynolds. — D’Zyon Coates, a student at Rymfire Elementary, was one of three students who received the sheriff’s Great Kids award this month. D’Zyon represented Rymfire Elementary as the 4th grade Tropicana Speech Champion. Other recipients were Ashlyn Paige Machiela of Buddy Taylor Middle School and Brett Galt of Matanzas High School. Above, Deputy Robin Towns, Rymfire Elementary School Principal Mrs. Moore, Sheriff Rick Staly, D’Zyon Coates with
family, Rymfire Elementary School Assistant Principal Mr. Lee, and Commander Phil Reynolds. See the full release here. (FCSO)

Today: Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 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: 161
Global Warming: The daily carbon count.
A.Word.A.Day from Wordsmith.org. Today’s word: jouissance.
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

“As I walked to my dorm, I realized that the other girls didn’t even look at me, and I could tell that it wasn’t out of meanness. I don’t think they even saw me; their eyes had been trained since birth to recognize importance. I wasn’t that.”

–From Kevin Wilson’s “Nothing To See Here” (2019).

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.

Flagler Palm Coast High School holds its annual Class Ring ceremony at 6:30 p.m. in the school’s dining hall, 5500 State Road 100, Palm Coast.

Quit Tobacco Your Way: AdventHealth Palm Coast: 5:30 p.m. at 60 Memorial Medical Parkway, Conference Room C. Let today be your day to start your journey toward a tobacco-free life. We provide FREE patches, lozenges or gum! Join us for a FREE Quit Tobacco Your Way class at AdventHealth Palm Coast. Call Northeast Florida AHEC at (904) 482-0189 to register and learn about more classes near you.

Pianist Maria Dolores Gaitán at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, 6 p.m. Gaitán will host a family-friendly piano concert. Light refreshments will be provided. Tickets cost $20 for adults and children over age 10. The concert is free for children 10 years of age and younger. For tickets visit ccpvb.org, call Jennifer Jordan at 904-280-0614 Ext. 1202, or email jjordan@ccpvb.org. Gaitán gives a unique performance with a universal vision of Spain through the gestures of the musical movement and its most significant elements, such as dance, flamenco and the popular elements that make it unique. Each piece is evidence of these ingredients with an international language like a trip through the Iberian geography via the hand of composers such as Tturina, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, and Manuel de Falla. As the latter said in his “Piéces Espagnoles,” this work aims to show the “Spanish race.”

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):

Friday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday: Flagler Beach City Hall, 105 South 2nd Street, 4 to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 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

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:

See details here.

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.

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

I-295 EXPRESS LANES DISCUSSED: The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing about a project that involves construction of express lanes on Interstate 295, from State Road 9B to J. Turner Butler Boulevard in Duval County. (Thursday, 4:30 p.m. University of North Florida, Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Dr., Jacksonville.)

MOODY AT PALM BEACH GOP EVENT: Attorney General Ashley Moody is slated to be honored during a reception held by the Palm Beach Republican Club. (Thursday, 5:30 p.m., The Colony Hotel, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach.)

STATE OF EDUCATION AT ISSUE: Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and state Rep. Shevrin Jones, D-West Park, are expected to take part in a town hall meeting about the state of education in Florida. (Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Miami Norland Senior High School, 1193 N.W. 193rd St., Miami Gardens.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

Coming Days:

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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. 22, 2019:

Click to access City-of-Palm-Coast-Week-in-Review-Issue-04-Nov.-25-20191.pdf

See the full Week in Review here.

Cultural Coda

Chopin Grand Duo Concertant in Czchów, Poland