Weather: Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 105. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Today at the Editor’s Glance:
In Court: Pre-trial day in felony court.
The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop at 9 a.m. at City Hall. The council will hear a presentation from the Flagler County sheriff, a presentation on pedestrian safety, a presentation on property taxes, and will discuss the latest two applications by the city’s contractor for two new cell towers, on Royal Palms Parkway (at its far east end) and at Clubhouse Drive. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.
The Community Traffic Safety Team led by Flagler County Commissioner Andy Dance meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor conference room at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. At the June 14 meeting: Representatives with Imagine School will be present to discuss traffic issues at their school. Questions to be explored: How will the added traffic from the residential development impact the intersection of Town Center Blvd. and Lake Avenue? Are turning lanes in the forecast? What procedures has the school implemented to reduce the vehicle stacking? You may also join by zoom. Meeting ID: 823 5444 1058, Passcode: 565882
The St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board holds its regular monthly meeting at its Palatka headquarters at 10 a.m.. The public is invited to attend and to offer in-person comment on Board agenda items. A livestream will also be available for members of the public to observe the meeting online. Governing Board Room, 4049 Reid St., Palatka. Click this link to access the streaming broadcast. The live video feed begins approximately five minutes before the scheduled meeting time. Meeting agendas are available online here.
The Flagler County Planning Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. See board documents, including agendas and background materials, here. Watch the meeting or past meetings here.
Keep in Mind the Summer BreakSpot: Free Meals for Kids and Teens, Monday through Friday: Flagler Schools and Café EDU is providing free meals to all kids 18 and under this summer. It started on May 31, it’s running through July 29. Meals Must be Consumed Onsite. No Identification Needed. No Application Necessary. The Summer BreakSpot Program, also known as the Summer Food Service Program, is federally funded under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and, in Florida, administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Sites are locally operated by nonprofit organizations (sponsors) that provide the meals and receive a reimbursement from USDA. For additional information, please reach out to Café EDU at 386-437-7526 x1159, or email [email protected]. The free meal locations are:
Flagler-Palm Coast High School
5500 E. Highway 100, Palm Coast, FL 32164
Breakfast: 7:45am–8:30am
Lunch: 12:15–1:00pm
Dates: May 31–July 29, Monday through Friday, except July 4.
Housing Authority
502 S. Bacher St., Bunnell, FL 32110
Breakfast: 9:00am–9:30am
Lunch: 11:30–12:00pm
Dates: June 6–July 29, Monday through Friday, except July 4.
Navy Bombing in the Ocala National Forest: Navy training schedules indicate that inert and live bombing will take place at the Pinecastle Range Complex located in the Ocala National Forest this week. Bombings at times can be heard in Flagler-Palm Coast. The bombings are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday – 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Live/Inert
Wednesday – 10 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. Live/Inert
Thursday – 1 p.m.-Midnight. Live/Inert
Friday – 1 p.m.-Midnight Live/Inert
Saturday – 5:30-8:30 p.m. Live/Inert
During bombing periods wildlife may be temporarily displaced. Use extra caution when driving through the Ocala National forest and surrounding areas. Secure any items around your residence that could attract wildlife. Always be mindful of larger animals including black bears and practice bearwise measures. The telephone number for noise complaints is 1-800-874-5059, Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Jacksonville, Fla. For additional information, call (904) 542-5588.
From Statista: “In addition to the humanitarian catastrophe, the war in Ukraine has also triggered an inflation crisis that is affecting people all over the world. As this infographic based on the latest OECD Economic Outlook shows, the impact of rising consumer prices is being especially felt in Europe and countries neighboring Ukraine. For Lithuania, OECD analysts project an inflation rate of 15.6 percent for 2022 – compared to the previous forecast from December 2021, this is an increase of 12.4 percentage points.”
Notably: The city of Munich, one of the great capitals of beer, was founded by Henry the Lion on this date in 1158, though it was not to Robert Graves’s taste. “Munich,” he wrote in Goodbye to All That, his very good autobiography, “we found sinister–disgusting fumes of beer and cigar smoke, and intense sounds of eating in restaurants.” It is also Donald Trump’s birthday. The Resentful Rage was born on this date in 1946 in New York. He is 76. He was the 45th president, “and whilst he enjoyed the vain pomp of triumph,” Edward Gibbon wrote of a different emperor, “he neglected to secure the means of victory.” It is also Flag Day in the United States, and it is Yasmine Bleeth’s birthday (54). I wouldn’t normally mention the birthday of a Baywatch and Nash Bridges star, but how often does one get to name-drop a starlet’s yaz? We went to school together (at the UN school). She was a grade below mine. Untouchable even then. (Dustin Hoffman’s daughter was two floors below, in grade school.)
Now this:
Flagler Beach Webcam:
The Live Calendar is a compendium of local and regional political, civic and cultural events. You can input your own calendar events directly onto the site as you wish them to appear (pending approval of course). To include your event in the Live Calendar, please fill out this form.
Creekside Music and Arts Festival 2024
Flagler County Commission Morning Meeting
Beverly Beach Town Commission meeting
Nar-Anon Family Group
Palm Coast City Council Workshop
Community Traffic Safety Team Meeting
St. Johns River Water Management District Meeting
Flagler Beach Library Book Club
Flagler County Planning Board Meeting
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
For the full calendar, go here.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20–In the trial of Inga Hanson, charged with trying to defraud a street car company through alleged injuries, Mrs. White, a nurse, testified: “For a month Inga Hanson did not eat a mouthful of food, so far as I know.” “If she took no solid
Or liquid food, upon what did she live?” asked Special Counsel Franklin B. Hussey. “The odor of roses,” replied Mrs. White.” “She would crush them in her hand and sniff their perfume for minutes at a time. Her bed was covered constantly with rose leaves, out of which she had crushed and inhaled the fragrance. She kept roses in her room always. She said the fragrance strengthened her.
I know she seemed wonderfully braced up after breathing the odor.”
–From the full, Page 1 article, “Lived on Perfume and Roses,” in The New York Times, Jan. 21, 1905.
Regulator says
If it’s going to keep my child safe then I’m all for it.