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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, February 15, 2024

February 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Dem Jobs Report by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.
Dem Jobs Report by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.

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Weather: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.See the daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.



 

Today at a Glance:

In Court: The trial of Donald Andrew Sharp before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County Courthouse is expected to conclude today. Sharp faces several capital felonies–he would face life in prison, not death, if convicted–on accusations that he raped his 8 and 9 year old cousin when he babysat her in Palm Coast, and directed her slightly older brother to molest her. See: “In Trial’s Opening, Prosecution Describes Andrew Sharp, 22, as Babysitter Turned Sexual Predator on His Own Young Cousins,” and “Babysitter Accused of Turning Predator Against Children in His Care Confronts His Most Damning Witness: Himself.”

Flagler Beach Commission Workshop on Voting Mayor and Term of Office, 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 105 S 2nd Street. Commission Chair Eric Cooley proposed changing the commission’s form of government, giving the mayor a vote, changing the length of commissioners’ terms, and making the mayor the permanent chair of the panel, following the model of Palm Coast and Bunnell. The proposal would have to go before voters in a referendum, but the commission would have to vote approvingly of proposing such a measure. There is not much consensus on the commission for the proposal. See: “Should Flagler Beach Mayor Have a Vote and Chair All Meetings? Commission Is Split on Possible Ballot Proposal,” and “In Flagler Beach, A Lack of Consensus Even About the Discussion on Changing Mayor’s Role and Commission’s Make-Up.”

Drug Court convenes before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse, Kim C. Hammond Justice Center 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell. Drug Court is open to the public. See the Drug Court handbook here and the participation agreement here.




Story Time for Preschoolers at Flagler Beach Public Library, 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach. It’s where the wild things are: Hop on for stories and songs with Miss Doris.

Palm Coast Open: A USTA Pro Circuit Event: At the Palm Coast Tennis Center, 1290 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast. Check daily schedules here. In its 13th year, the Palm Coast Open features elite men’s tennis played on our hometown stage. Competitors worldwide travel to Palm Coast for a chance at winning a total of $15,000 in prize money and points toward their ATP ranking, a merit-based method to determine tournament entry and seeding based on men’s tennis rankings.

‘Tuck Everlasting,’ at Limelight Theater, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. Tickets: $22.50. Book here. 7:30 p.m., except on Sundays, when the show is at 2 p.m. What would you do if you had all eternity? Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tuck’s unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: return to her life, or continue with the Tucks on their infinite journey.

Mania: The Abba Tribute, 8 p.m. at the Peabody Auditorium, 600 Auditorium Boulevard, Daytona Beach. Tickets here. The world’s number one touring ABBA tribute returns to the Peabody Auditorium. MANIA formed in 1999 and the show has been selling out theatres and concert halls internationally ever since. This year the iconic Swedish pop group, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their breakthrough hit single “Waterloo” and MANIA can’t wait to share the joy of this huge milestone! Mania the ABBA Tribute has successfully toured every continent in the world and has played over 3,000 live concerts in over 35 countries. Recent highlights included a second run in London’s West End where the show performed for a month in the iconic Shaftesbury Theatre, London in May 2021. The show also enjoyed an 80 date sell-out USA National tour in 2022/2023, Mania continues in its quest to bring the music of the Swedish ’Supergroup’ to millions of fans, old and new!






Notably: The world nearly ended on this date in 2013. Space.com had written before the fly-by: “The asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly extremely close to Earth on Friday, Feb. 15, but poses no risk of impacting our planet. It may, however, be visible in backyard telescopes if you know when and where to look, but will be a stargazing challenge, NASA says. Discovered last year, asteroid 2012 DA14 is about half the size of a football field and will approach within 17,200 miles (27,680 kilometers) of Earth when it flies by during its close encounter.” But the same day, a meteor 60 feet in diameter and traveling at at roughly 42,000 miles an hour, undetected, exploded 15 miles over Chelyabinsk, a Russian city just north of the Kazakhstan border in Central Asia. “If it had detonated closer to the ground, it would have been worse,” Margaret Campbell-Brown, a member of a team of researchers at the University of Western Ontario who have analyzed the meteor’s orbit and characteristics of the blast, told the New York Times. “It also helped that the meteor was a stony one — what scientists call an ordinary chondrite — and not a rarer iron-nickel one, in which case it might have reached the ground before exploding.”

 

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November 2025
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Wednesday, Nov 05
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board Meeting

Palm Coast City Hall
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Wednesday, Nov 05
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Separation Chat: Open Discussion

Pine Lakes Golf Club
flagler beach city commission logo
Wednesday, Nov 05
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Flagler Beach Library Book Club

315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
course in miracles
Wednesday, Nov 05
1:20 pm - 2:30 pm

The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group

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chess club flagler county public library
Wednesday, Nov 05
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library

Flagler County Public Library
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Wednesday, Nov 05
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Flagler County Republican Club Meeting

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Wednesday, Nov 05
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Flagler Beach Parks Ad Hoc Committee

Flagler Beach City Hall
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Wednesday, Nov 05
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Women United Flagler Grant Awards

flagler beach united methodist church food bank
Thursday, Nov 06
9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church
Courts around Florida are overworked and need more judges, the Supreme Court found. While the 7th Judicial Circuit, which includes Flagler County, was found to need some additional judges, Flagler County was not among divisions considered in need. (© FlaglerLive)
Thursday, Nov 06
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Flagler County Drug Court Convenes

Flagler County courthouse
Thursday, Nov 06
11:00 am - 11:30 am

Story Time for Preschoolers at Flagler Beach Public Library

315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Thursday, Nov 06
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Town Center

Central Park in Town Center
Thursday, Nov 06
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine

Limelight Theatre
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