Wednesday Briefing: Bunnell Retreats, Black Violin, African-American Entrepreneurs, FPC Band and Chorus

Black Violin duo members Kev Marcus and Wil B, in the rear row, gave members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra's Harmony ensemble a special hour-long master class Monday before Black Violin's 7:30 p.m. performance at the Flagler Auditorium. Marcus invited several of the students on stage to improvise and told them all to follow their passion if they want to end up like him--doing what he loves most nights of the year on stage. Monda's was Black Violin's last performance of the year. (© FlaglerLive) — Black Violin duo members Kev Marcus and Wil B, in the rear row, gave members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra’s Harmony ensemble a special hour-long master class Monday before Black Violin’s 7:30 p.m. performance at the Flagler Auditorium. Marcus invited several of the students on stage to improvise and told them all to follow their passion if they want to end up like him–doing what he loves most nights of the year on stage. Monda’s was Black Violin’s last performance of the year. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Today: Cooler, sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight: Clear. Lows around 40. North winds 5 to 10 mph. 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: 202
The OED’s Word of the day: raisonneur, n.
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

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First Light
In Flagler and Palm Coast
Flagler Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours of Incident Reports
Announcements
In State Government
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

“I do not know what effect my accusers have had upon you, gentlemen, but for my own part I was almost carried away by them; their arguments were so convincing. On the other hand, scarcely a word of what they said was true.”

–From Plato’s “Apology of Socrates” (399 b.c.).

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.

The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets at 10 a.m. at City Hall in Town Center.

The Bunnell City Commission holds a daylong goal-setting retreat at Princess Place Preserve Legacy Cottage 2500 Princess Place Rd., Palm Coast, starting at 8 a.m.

The Flagler County Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon-cutting for the African American Entrepreneurs Association at 4883 Palm Coast Parkway at 5 p.m. The ribbon-cutting will be followed by a members appreciation day.

FPC Band and Chorus Holiday Winter Festival at the Flagler Auditorium, 5500 East Hwy 100, Palm Coast, 7 p.m.

The Old Kings Elementary School Advisory Council meets at 4 p.m. at the school’s media center. The PTO meets at 5 p.m.

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):

Wednesday: Post Office, 2 Pine Cone Drive, Palm Coast, noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday: Sandvik Kanthal Palm Coast, 1 Commerce Boulevard, Palm Coast, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: Aaron’s, 229 St. Joe’s Plaza, Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: Santa Maria del Mar Church, 915 North Central Avenue, Flagler Beach, 9 a.m. to 1 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:

Teens-in-Flight took second place in Best Theme in Saturday's Holiday Parade in Flagler Beach. (Seth Dolan) — Teens-in-Flight took second place in Best Theme in Saturday’s Holiday Parade in Flagler Beach. (Seth Dolan)

Here are the winners of the 2018 Flagler Beach Holiday Parade hosted by Cindy Dalecki and Robert Snyder:

Best of Parade – Phun Coast Parrot Heads

Best Theme
1st Waste Not Want Not
2nd Teens-in-Flight
3rd Turtle Patrol

Best Marching Unit
1st Imagine Spirit Team
2nd Cub scouts/Boy scouts
3rd Greater Daytona Beach Clemson Alumni and Fan Club

Best Talent
1st Studio Z Fitness
2nd MHS marching band
3rd Paks Karate

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.

CLEMENCY BOARD MEETS: Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Executive Clemency Board, will meet. (Wednesday, 8 a.m., Cabinet meeting room, the Capitol.)

KIDCARE MONEY ON TABLE: The Social Services Estimating Conference will analyze expenditures in the KidCare subsidized health-insurance program. (Wednesday, 9 a.m., 117 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

BEACH ACCESS AT ISSUE: The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a meeting focused on beach access at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Northwest Florida. (Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Central time, Northwest Florida State College, South Walton Campus, 109 Greenway Trail, Santa Rosa Beach.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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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. 11, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here. (The city has not updated its reports since mid-November.)

Click to access developments-nov-11-20181.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction: