Revels Farewell, Holly Norris Plea, Florida Presidential Electors, ITMS Concert

bunnell christmas — Bunnell put on its Christmas festivities Friday, with a featured performance by the singers of the First Baptist Academy. (© FlaglerLive)

Today: Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s inland…in the lower 70s coast. North winds 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Details here.
Drought Index is at 411.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Today’s document from the National Archives.
The OED’s Word of the Day: miffy, adj..
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“He was a migrant. He was one of those who had ended up in a place that was not the place where he began. Migration tore up all the traditional roots of the self. The rooted self flourished in a place it knew well, among people who knew it well, following customs and traditions with which it and its community were familiar, and speaking its own language among others who did the same. Of these four roots, place, community, culture and language, he had lost three.”

–Salman Rushdie, from Joseph Anton: A Memoir (2012)

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.

In Court: Holly Norris, accused of aggravated manslaughter in the death of her uncle, John Satanoski, in 2013, whose caregiver she had been, appears before Circuit Judge Matthew Foxman at 9 a.m. for a possible plea in the case. She is represented by Ray Warren. Courtroom 401.

The Flagler County Commission holds a 1 p.m. workshop to hear updates on Hurricane Matthew recovery, A1A reconstruction, dune hardening and to discuss legislative priorities ahead of the meeting, later this week, with the county’s legislative delegation. (At the Emergency Operations Center in Bunnell, behind the Government Services Building.)

The Flagler County Commission bids farewell to Barbara Revels, the county commissioner, who served for eight years. The reception is scheduled for 4 p.m. in board chambers at the Government Services Building, Bunnell, before the 5 p.m. meeting of the commission, where commissioners are expected to yet again extend the state of emergency caused by Hurricane Matthew. Commissioners will also consider approving a resolution asking the state Legislature to allocate $300 million a year to the state’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund. The state is required to set aside possibly more than that amount following voter approval of a constitutional amendment requiring appropriations for land and water conservation. Commissioners are also expected to ratify a proposal to subsidize Gioia Sails, the Palm Coast company, as it seeks to build a new facility on Commerce Boulevard. The county would provide $90,000 in cash over 10 years.

The Indian Trails Middle School Band is in concert at Flagler Auditorium at 7 p.m.

Rotary Club’s Annual Fantasy Lights Festival: It is open each night in December from 6:30 p.m. to 9. Entry into the park is free but donations are accepted. Proceeds from the event go back into community projects funded by Rotary.

In Florida and in State Government:

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

Florida’s presidential electors will meet in Tallahassee to cast their votes for president and vice president. The 29 electors include Attorney General Pam Bondi, Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, and state Republican Chairman Blaise Ingoglia. (2 p.m., Senate chamber, the Capitol.)

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., will hold a final news conference before leaving Congress. Graham did not run for re-election this year in her North Florida district and is considering a run for governor in 2018. (11:30 a.m., Tallahassee City Hall, 300 South Adams St., Tallahassee.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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

♦ Dec. 20: Learn about historic and interesting Flagler County sites with local author Bill Ryan as your guide. The bus leaves at 10 a.m. from the Holden House, 206 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell, and returns at 2:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per person which does not include lunch at Bull Creek Fish Camp. To make reservations or for more information call 386-439-5003.
♦ Dec. 21: Rep. Paul Renner and Sen. Travis Hutson, who form Flagler County’s legislative delegation, will host the annual delegation meeting in board chambers at the Government Services Building in Bunnell to hear concerns and legislative wish-lists from local officials and residents, ahead of the 2017 legislative session. To get on the agenda, call 386/446-7644.
♦ Dec. 22: The All Flagler Democratic Club meets at the Palm Coast Community Center, 7-8:30pm. The first hour is devoted to a presentation featuring three losing Demovcratic candidates for office in the last election, who will speak on the theme of “What I learned Running For Office.” The discussion is moderated by Merrill Shapiro, and features Bill McCullough, who ran for a congressional seat, Doug Courtney, who ran for Clerk of Court, and John Brady, who ran for mayor of Palm Coast. The presentation will be followed by the business portion of the meeting. The public is invited regardless of party registration. Questions: call Sheila Zinkerman, interim president, at 904/451-0301. (See background on the previous meeting here.)
♦ Dec. 24: Musicians gather to play in remembrance of James Gamble Rogers IV, a renowned folk singer, entertainer and storyteller who gave his name to the Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, where this event takes place, from 2 to 5 p.m. Musicians of all levels are encouraged to bring instruments and a chair to join the circle for a casual acoustic jam session. Instruments of all types are welcome but no power is available near the pavilion. Meet other musicians, practice or just have fun listening.
♦ Jan. 1: Start the new year off with a guided nature walk on the beautiful Joe Kenner Nature Trail at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach. Gather at 11 a.m. What better way to begin 2017 than hiking the 3/4 mile nature trail as it meanders through the park’s gorgeous maritime hammock and scrub plant communities? The hike will last an hour and a half. All ages welcome. You can register for this program on Eventbrite.com.
♦ Jan. 7: Daytona State College Enrollment Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wetherell Center (Bldg. 100), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach. Students can take advantage of the one-stop events to complete everything from admission to registration and have a chance to win a $350 scholarship (Dec. 10 only) for a free class from the Daytona State Foundation. Students start by completing a Daytona State application, then meet with an Admissions Advisor and Financial Aid Counselor, take an assessment test (if applicable), meet with an Academic Advisor, and then lock in their schedule.
♦ Jan. 21 and 22: Flagler County Home and Lifestyle Show, the annual event and fund-raiser for Flagler Technical Institute, the adult education division of the school district, takes place at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
♦ 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.
♦ Feb. 8: Jonathan Canales, the man accused of shooting his girlfriend in the neck and leaving her to bleed in a bathtub for hours in their Mondex trailer in Nov. 2014, is scheduled for a pre-trial at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County Courthouse. Canales had been judged incompetent to stand trial previously.
♦ March 7: Bunnell and Flagler Beach hold their municipal elections.

The Day’s Best Reads:

Nearly half a million people killed. Thousands trapped. The Syria civil war is far from over. pic.twitter.com/ixLKgTzXrW

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 18, 2016

"One day you'll look out the window and they'll be gone." My @WSJ article on 25 years since fall of the USSR. https://t.co/jfvTGvAlhu

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 18, 2016

NYPD official: Costs of Trump's security "not fair" to New York Cityhttps://t.co/QeYcBzfzwc pic.twitter.com/lsAs9CUZV8

— The Hill (@thehill) December 18, 2016

Media outlets are treating Trump’s climate denial & his intel denial as two separate issues, but they shouldn't: https://t.co/ZNqN8gPxwP pic.twitter.com/ZV4rvHJ5mq

— Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@BulletinAtomic) December 18, 2016

"Policing the Police" is our 8th most-streamed doc of 2016. Check out the list (& stream our films): https://t.co/YkEtB6ponY #WhatToWatch pic.twitter.com/EqsFaIh4sP

— FRONTLINE (@frontlinepbs) December 18, 2016

Perception that fake news causes confusion consistent across education, race, gender & age, but some diff by income: https://t.co/jByg5hFmTq pic.twitter.com/F3ipmTzuld

— Pew Research Journalism (@pewjournalism) December 18, 2016

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Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

The following is an update of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast, through Dec. 2 (the city administration’s full week in review is here):

Click to access development-palm-coast-dec-2.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction: