Weekend Briefing: Back To School Jam, Health Screenings, LGBTA Caucus, Wizard of Oz at Playhouse, Lifeguards

Weekend: Unsettled, hot, 50 percent chance of thunderstorms, higher on Sunday, highs in the lower 90s, lows in the 70s. 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: 30
The OED’s Word of the Day: bourgade, 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
Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes
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

“Even as corporate America has unleashed insatiable consumer demand for innovative low-cost goods and technology, it has driven economic trends that continue to increase inequality, stall wage growth and strengthen the power of business. […] Nearly half the country’s voters support a president who embraces upwardly redistributive policies that many of them do not benefit from. Why? Because on race, religion, abortion, LGBTQ rights and immigration, President Trump — unlike previous Republican presidents — has given his voters exactly what they want.”

–Thomas Edsall, in a July 26 New York Times column.

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.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

Free For All Fridays on WNZF: Host David Ayres welcomes Flagler County schools’ Finance Director Tom Tant and Rep. Paul Renner to discuss a state funding formula that punishes Flagler schools, Bunnell Commissioner John Rogers to talk about Bunnell’s future, and Flagler Emergency Management’s Bob Pickering to talk about lightening, starting a little after 9 a.m. with a commentary by FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam on the return of anti-union, yellow-dog contracts under a new guise.

Friday: Florida Hospital Flagler Health Screening Event 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy, NE. Florida Hospital Flagler, our official Health & Wellness event partner, is offering a FREE health screening event in support of July is Parks and Recreation Month. Services will include, pulse, blood pressure, height/weight, BMI, etc. There is no registration for this event. More info: 386-986-2323.

Friday: Open Campus, Open House for Indian Trails Middle School students, 8:30 a.m.

Friday: The meeting of the Scenic A1A PRIDE committee scheduled for today is cancelled.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: The Flagler Playhouse features The Wizard of Oz, Young Performers Edition, a production of its summer-camp students, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday bat 2 p.m. (two shows on Saturday). The Flagler Playhouse, 301 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell. Call the box office at 386-586-0773 or visit the website for tickets here.

Saturday: Back to School Jam: at Flagler Palm Coast High School from 10am – 1pm. You’ll find many back to school resources available to you in one spot. this year Flagler Schools has teamed with the Flagler County Education Foundation to offer transportation to and from the Back to School Jam from certain areas of Flagler County. Please go to this link for information and make a reservation. Reservations will close at 8:00pm Wedensday, July 25th.

Starting Friday through Aug. 10: Road Closure in Palm Coast: A short section of Pritchard Lane – between Providence Lane and Prince Eric Lane will close beginning Friday, July 27, and continuing through about Aug. 10, with a detour, so repairs can be made to pipe crossings that are part of the city’s stormwater drainage system. Residents will have access to their homes, but that section of Pritchard Lane will be closed to through traffic.

Friday: Sundance Head is the featured act at Daytona Bandshell at 7 p.m., with an opening act b y Dallas Reese, in the historic amphitheater in Oceanfront Park on the North end of the Boardwalk amusement area and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean at 250 N. Atlantic Avenue. General admission for each Friday night is FREE and VIP tickets (which include a chair) are only $10, plus applicable fees. Children under 10 are FREE. Tickets can be purchased in advance for the season at Ticketmaster.com, onsite at the Peabody Box Office or at the Bandshell on show nights.

Saturday: The United States Lifesaving Association concludes several days of competition in Flagler Beach.

Sunday: Member Appreciation Day at the Pool: A big thank you goes to Frieda Zamba pool members with a free after-hours party for all members. Refreshments will be provided. 6 p.m., Frieda Zamba Pool, 339 Parkview Drive, Palm Coast.

Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:

Friday: Flagler Fish Company, 180 South Daytona Avenue, Flagler Beach, 10 a.m. to noon.
Friday: Palm Coast City Hall, 160 Lake Avenue, 1 to 4 p.m.
Sunday: 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.

Announcements:

Nightly lane closures on Florida Park Drive to begin Monday, July 16 and continuing until Friday night, July 20. The Palm Coast Utility Department will be closing one lane of Florida Park Drive — a segment at a time – from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly to allow for lining of the sanitary sewer system. The project will be done in rotating segments all along Florida Park Drive. Traffic control will be provided.

Garbage, recyclables & yard trash must be placed at curb no later than 6 a.m. Palm Coast reminds all residents to place their garbage, recyclables and yard trash at the curb no later than 6 a.m. on their scheduled pickup day. The city’s garbage collection contractor, Waste Pro, has recently changed the routing of some routes. With the summer heat, the re-routing will allow employees to focus on heavier volumes earlier in the day. With that, customers may see a change in the time of day their garbage is normally picked up. However, the days of collection (Monday-Thursday OR Tuesday-Friday, with yard trash on Wednesdays) is not changing. Issues with garbage service can be reported at that website, or by calling Customer Service at 386-986-2360.

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.

ETHICS COMMISSION MEETS: The Florida Commission on Ethics will meet. Among the issues will be discussion of an advisory opinion about an agreement between Florida State University and the Florida Department of Health in which Leslie Beitsch, chairman of the university’s Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, temporarily serves as a deputy secretary at the Department of Health. Beitsch sought the opinion to determine if a conflict of interest exists. Ethics commission staff members have said they do not think the situation poses a conflict. (Friday, 8:30 a.m., 1st District Court of Appeal, 2000 Drayton Dr., Tallahassee.)

COMMUNICATIONS TAX ON TABLE: The Revenue Estimating Conference will dig into data about the communications-services tax and the gross-receipts tax. (Friday, 1:30 p.m., 117 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

LGBTA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS GATHERS: The Florida LGBTA Democratic Caucus will start a summer conference, with appearances Friday night by gubernatorial candidates Philip Levine and Chris King. (Friday, Saturday, Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hotel, 150 Australian Ave., West Palm Beach.)

FINANCE REPORTS DUE: State political candidates and committees face a Friday deadline for filing reports showing finance activity through July 20.

CRIST HOLDS TOWN HALL: U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., will host a town-hall meeting in Pinellas County. (Saturday, 10 a.m., St. Petersburg Palladium Theater, 235 Fifth Ave. North, St. Petersburg.)

GOP CANDIDATES RALLY IN SARASOTA: Numerous Republican candidates will take part in a rally and straw poll in Sarasota County. Among the expected participants are Gov. Rick Scott, who is running for U.S. Senate, gubernatorial candidates, state Cabinet candidates, congressional candidates and legislative candidates. (Saturday, 11 a.m., Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes


The following is provided as a service to Community Cats of Palm Coast and the Flagler Humane Society. Should you have a lost pet and would like it noticed here, please contact us at [email protected].

Cats and Dogs Looking for Homes is provided as a service to Community Cats of Palm Coast and the Flagler Humane Society. Should you have a lost pet and would like it noticed here, please contact us at [email protected].

A Twitter List by PierreTristam

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 July 20, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.

Click to access week-in-review-july20-20181.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

Beethoven on Piano for Romsai the Elephant

From YouTube: “Romsai is an old bull elephant almost blind. I’m playing what seems to be his favorite composer. Music: Beethoven slow movement from Pathetique Sonata. Romsai lives at Elephants World in Thailand http://www.elephantsworld.org ”