Holland Park History, Trump's Excellent Temperament, Twitter Automation

frank meeker field — Frank Meeker Field was dedicated at Indian Trails Sports Complex Tuesday evening in the presence of Palm Coast City Council and Flagler County Commission members. (Palm Coast)

Today: Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening…then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Details here.
Drought Index is at 206.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
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First Light
In Flagler and Palm Coast
Local Media Recap
Flagler Jail Bookings and Sheriff’s Crime Reports
In State Government
In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
The Day’s Best Reads
Fact-Checking the Knaves
Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports
Local Road and Interstate Construction
Cultural Coda

Trump's Great Temperament from Funny Or Die

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.

Today through Sept. 30, traffic-ticket and other court collection-fee amnesty: Residents can pay their court debts with a 40 percent discount on what fees they may owe to collection agencies. Click on the link for details.

It’s Banned Books Week. To mark the occasion, the Flagler County Public Library features a documentary about the broadcaster Edward R. Murrow at 1:30 p.m. at the library’s main meeting room, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW.

The Flagler County Economic Opportunity Advisory Council meets at 9 a.m. in board chambers at the Government Services Building. Tracy King Sharp will talk about the U.S. 1 Corridor Reuse Plan.

Ribbon Cutting: Beach Belly Bobs, the sandwich shop in Flagler Beach, marks its renovation, at 4 p.m., 1842B S Oceanshore Blvd.

Twitter automation done right: Mark Woods, the king of Social Media Automation, is offering his comprehensive, hands-on Twitter Automation workshop for a second time in September by popular demand. Cost is $79 to attend. Limited Seats available. Advance RSVPs required. Call 386-445-4153 (9 to 5, M-F). The event is at 389 Palm Coast Pkwy, SW 4, starting at 5:30 p.m. More details here.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: City Repertory Theatre extends a welcoming hand to all veterans and active duty personnel in the area: The theater at City Marketplace invites you to see the Broadway musical, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, with your family, for the reduced fee of $15, or $10 off the regular price for an adult ticket; bring one child (age 8 or older please) for only $5. One child per adult ticket. There are three performances left Friday and Saturday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2 pm. Call 386-585-9415 to reserve your tickets. Its a fabulous family show. See the prview here.

Local Media Recap:

Updated jail bookings and day and night shift incident summary reports are available here.

Organized Thieves With Taste for Champagne Target 3 Publix Stores in Palm Coast

Flagler and Palm Coast Commercial Construction Update: 9-25-2016

10-Year-Old Boy Is First Cyclist Injured in Crash With Car Since Last School-Year’s Rash

Back-Up City: Palm Coast Will Buy Its Third Fire Truck in 2 Years, for Total of $774,034

Palm Coast’s Holland Park stocked with history

So long, Pennsylvania Club: A miniature community dissolves after 25 years

Post-Debate, Clinton, Clinton and Trump Are Invading Florida in Hunt for 29 Electoral Votes

Palm Coast Man Accused of Battering Mother Sends Deputy to Hospital With Eye Injury

Hundreds ride from Flagler to Volusia to benefit breast cancer patients

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel.

Citizens insurance: The Board of Governors of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will meet in Central Florida. (9 a.m., Sheraton Orlando North, 600 North Lake Destiny Dr., Maitland.)

Parole board: The Florida Commission on Offender Review is slated to discuss numerous parole cases related to crimes committed in the 1970s and 1980s. (9 a.m., 4070 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee.)

Adam Putnam: The Florida Chamber Foundation will start its “Future of Florida Forum,” with Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam giving a keynote address. (11:30 a.m., Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, One Grand Cypress Blvd., Orlando.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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

♦ Sept. 29: The Flagler County Department of Health heads a countywide meeting of local government representatives to discuss the county’s response to the Zika virus, now that Flagler County has been added to the list of 35 Florida counties with reported cases. Flagler’s cases, as in all but one zone in Miami, were travel-related cases, meaning that people contracted the virus elsewhere before returning to Flagler. The meeting is at 2 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center, behind the Government Services Building in Bunnell.

♦ Oct. 1: Fund-raising golf tournament at Palm Harbor Golf Club to benefit the Flagler Palm Coast High School Lady Bulldogs Basketball team. Registration is at 7:30 a.m., requested donation is $75 per player, the fee includes green and cart fees, range balls, goodie bag, awards, door prizes, continental breakfast and lunch. For more information, call Ralph Lightfoot at 386-864-1510 or Vicki DiMaria at 386-597-3219.
♦ Oct. 3: Florida Hospital Flagler and the Flagler County Commission raise the Pink Army Flag in a morning ceremony in front of the Government Services Building at 8:15 a.m. The annual ceremony kicks off the fund-raising and awareness month focused on breast cancer.
♦ Oct. 5: The Flagler County Republican Club will host National Committeeman Peter Feaman, who represents Florida, along with Republican candidates who made it through the August 2016 primary. Feaman will discuss the role of committee members in relation to the local, state and national effort and provide updates on 2016 Presidential election. The final meeting before the November 8th general election will provide an opportunity to meet and greet local candidates in attendance. Open to registered Republicans, club members and their guests. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. Palm Coast Community Center.
♦ Oct. 8: Join the Friends of the Library for The People’s Choice, a musical celebration of U.S. Presidential Elections since 1788, presented by the Island Duet. This musical journey will leave you with a smile on your face and proud to be American. Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Pkwy NW. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Light refreshments will be served. Starting at 2 p.m. For questions, call 386/446-6763.

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♦ Oct. 8-9: The Florida Agricultural Museum will host the seventh annual Pellicer Creek Raid on Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program will involve a number of living history groups from around the southeastern United States. Approximately 150 infantry, artillery, and cavalry troops will be demonstrating military life in Florida circa 1864. Parades will take place at noon and battles at 1 p.m. on both days of the event. During the rest of the program, the re-enactors’ historic camps will be open to the public. Admission is $5 per person. For more information, please contact the Florida Agricultural Museum at (386) 446-7630 or [email protected]. The museum is located at 7900 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast.
♦ Oct. 21: Florida’s and Flagler’s September unemployment num,bers are released at 10 a.m.
♦ Nov. 5-6: Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Contest and Food Festival in Flagler Beach.
♦ Nov. 5: Flagler Fun Coast Bed Race, with Nov. 6 as rain date, In Flagler Beach.
♦ Nov. 29: A hearing is scheduled before Circuit Judge Scott DuPont in the case of Dunn v. Flagler County Schools, the case involving an allegation that two children were bullied and one of them was sexually assaulted by other children at a voluntary pre-kindergarten at Old Kings Elementary school in 2015. See the background story here. 1:45 p.m., Courtroom 402, Flagler County Courthouse.
♦ Feb. 6: The great violinist Itzhak Perlman opens the 2017 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival with a 7:30 p.m. performance at First Baptist Church, 1600 South 8th Street in Fernandina Beach. Tickets here.

The Day’s Best Reads:

Many of the crises in the Middle East stem from past American successes. Will the defeat of ISIS be any different? https://t.co/sqJlbZWefZ pic.twitter.com/bXhMU2DfDe

— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) September 27, 2016

Activists petition King Salman in a call to end Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system https://t.co/lmskxGNkNe pic.twitter.com/4li5YPcX82

— CNN International (@cnni) September 27, 2016

Last night's debate was really popular https://t.co/IwlEUHcNnT pic.twitter.com/NCF3o6JyIO

— Roll Call (@rollcall) September 27, 2016

Facebook is being taken somewhere it never wanted to go by @emilybell https://t.co/YfUuLgEytx pic.twitter.com/l58FQANeo0

— CJR (@CJR) September 27, 2016

In @tnyshouts: "Things I wish I had said in the moment but only thought of later." https://t.co/RKbkdlueb1 pic.twitter.com/oLDDxannJH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 27, 2016

Fact-Checking the Knaves:

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

The following is an update of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast, through Sept. 9 (the city administration’s full week in review is here):

Click to access development-sep-10.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction: