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Weather: Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Heat index values up to 106. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Flagler Beach here.
- tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
The Public Safety Coordinating Council meets at 8:45 a.m. at the Emergency Operations Center in Bunnell, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 3, Bunnell. The council, chaired by Sheriff Rick Staly, is a statutorily required panel that assembles law enforcement, judicial, social services and local government representatives to discuss public safety and direct related grants to the appropriate agencies. The council meets roughly quarterly.
Separation Chat, Open Discussion: Today featuring Nancy Tray and Anne Watts, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the DeSantis administration’s Board of Education for violating their First Amendment rights through the implementation of H.B. 1069, the book-banning bill. The Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State hosts the open, freewheeling discussion on the topic here in our community, around Florida and throughout the United States, noon to 1 p.m. at Pine Lakes Golf Club Clubhouse Pub & Grillroom (no purchase is necessary), 400 Pine Lakes Pkwy, Palm Coast (0.7 miles from Belle Terre Parkway). Call (386) 445-0852 for best directions. All are welcome! Everyone’s voice is important. For further information email [email protected] or call Merrill at 804-914-4460.
The Circle of Light Course in Miracles study group meets at a private residence in Palm Coast every Wednesday at 1:20 PM. There is a $2 love donation that goes to the store for the use of their room. If you have your own book, please bring it. All students of the Course are welcome. There is also an introductory group at 1:00 PM. The group is facilitated by Aynne McAvoy, who can be reached at [email protected] for location and information.
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library: Do you enjoy Chess, trying out new moves, or even like some friendly competition? Come visit the Flagler County Public Library at the Teen Spot every Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. for Chess Club. Everyone is welcome, for beginners who want to learn how to play all the way to advanced players. For more information contact the Youth Service department 386-446-6763 ext. 3714 or email us at [email protected]
 Keep Their Lights On Over the Holidays: Flagler Cares, the social service non-profit celebrating its 10th anniversary, is marking the occasion with a fund-raiser to "Keep the Holiday Lights On" by encouraging people to sponsor one or more struggling household's electric bill for a month over the Christmas season. Each sponsorship amounts to $100 donation, with every cent going toward payment of a local power bill. See the donation page here. Every time another household is sponsored, a light goes on on top of a house at Flagler Cares' fundraising page. The goal of the fun-raiser, which Flagler Cares would happily exceed, is to support at least 100 families (10 households for each of the 10 years that Flagler Cares has been in existence). Flagler Cares will start taking applications for the utility fund later this month. Because of its existing programs, the organization already has procedures in place to vet people for this type of assistance, ensuring that only the needy qualify. |
Notably: “I’ll meet you in the parking lot of the Thriftimart.” “What Thriftimart,” Maria whispered. “Maria, I told you, you can’t miss it. Under the big red T.” Remember that brief scene in Joan Didion’s Play It As It Lays, as Maria is trying to get an abortion back in the pre-Roe days of back alleys, and now the post-Dobbs days of back-alleys’ return? Our memories are short, our compassion and humanity shorter. I’m surprised that we can have as high a proportion as 41 percent of our fellow-Americans saying abortion should be illegal but for emergencies. That 41 percent would be just as surprised at the other 59 percent’s existence, though I’m surprised the proportion of “no restrictions” is as low as it is.
—P.T.
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ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
Nar-Anon Family Group
Flagler County Beekeepers Association Meeting
Bunnell City Commission Meeting
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Do not let a day slip by without enjoyment. . .. Do not allow yourself to be tormented by the stupidity of others. . . . Remember that from its earliest beginnings the world has never been free from fools. … Let us not then distress ourselves, nor lose our pleasure, even though our own children, brothers and relations, happen to be selfish, ignoring our best efforts to make them otherwise. … Sake is the beautiful gift of Heaven. Drunk in small quantities it expands the heart, lifts the downcast spirit, drowns cares, and improves the health. Thus it helps a man and also his friends to enjoy pleasures. But he who drinks too much loses his respectability, becomes over-talkative, and utters abusive words like a madman. . . . Enjoy sake by drinking just enough to give you a slight exhilaration, and thus enjoy seeing flowers when they are just bursting into bloom. To drink too much and spoil this great gift of Heaven is foolish.
–From Onna Daigaku’s The Great Learning for Women (1729).
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Pogo says
@Still true (pun intended)
Stirred, not shaken
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Laurel says
No worries. When Trump gets reelected, there will be no need for a Supreme Court. Project 2025, which Trump claims he is not a part of, and has no knowledge of (even though his loyalists, and past staff members, are a part of), will restructure the judicial system, and it will be Trump, himself, who lays down the *law.*
Enjoy, Democrats and Republicans. Good job.
Ray W. says
Remember, Laurel, that one of Jeb Bush’s first actions as governor was to sign an act that politicized the appointment process for judges in Florida.
In the 70s, after a series of judicial scandals, Florida revamped its appointment process. After the law passed, the governor appointed three members to each of 26 nine-member nominating commissions statewide. The Florida Bar appointed three more to each commission. The six appointed members voted on the final three members. These nine people, it was hoped, would avoid the appearance of partisanship and send three names of non-partisan applicants to the governor. The governor appointed the judge from those three names. The appearance of nonpartisan judges was preserved.
The system worked for nearly 30 years, until Jeb undid it.
Now, our governor appoints five members to each of 27 commissions and the Florida Bar sends additional names to the governor for consideration. The governor then selects the remaining four members from the list of names submitted by the Bar. The five partisan members appointed by the governor and the remnants of the many names submitted by the Bar now interviews applicants and reviews applications. The committee now sends six names to the governor. The appearance of a nonpartisan judiciary has been lost.
The overall number of lawyers who even submit their names to the nomination commissions for consideration has plummeted since Jeb’s 1999 overturning of non-partisanship appointments in the judiciary. Many promising young lawyers will never apply now, knowing that the process is no longer nonpartisan. It was once common to see 35, or even 40 lawyers apply for an open seat in the 7th Circuit. Even though the number of practicing lawyers continues to rise, we are “lucky” to see as few as 10 people apply for a judicial position today.
Laurel says
Ray W.: You know, I’ve always thought that it was really only the Chinese who play the long game, but now I see that it is the Heritage Foundation, its fans and suckers.
I never did like the Bush family, especially Barbara Bush. I’ll never forget how she put down, and criticized Lawton Chiles for coming forth admitting he suffered from depression. Meanwhile, one of her baby boys was a coke head. Kinda scummy.
I’m in a cranky mood today. I woke up, turned on “Local Now” for the weather, and was faced with George Clooney crying for President Biden to step down. Democrats are really something. Maybe they should vote Al Franken in again just so they can kick him out again.
Laurel says
Ray W.: And…The Supreme Court appointed George Bush as President of the United States, overriding American’s votes. Basically, nullifying them. I remember very well, as the hanging chad nonsense was in my county (Palm Beach County) that was turned over to the Supreme Court to decide the outcome of the election. We still trusted the Supreme Court, though many had concerns about Thomas’ harassment of Hill.
At the time, Y2K, I had a cat named Bailey who was running for President, and claiming he ate the chads since he had a known pica issue.
Watcher says
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.
Ray W. says
In an article related to a Michigan article published a few weeks ago, Oregon is the subject of last week’s USA Today’s state-by-state blurb, published in the News-Journal each Sunday:
“The bird flu outbreak has expanded to 31 states and jumped to dozens of species, including nine mammals in Oregon that tested positive for the H5N1 virus since 2022. A half dozen skunks, a raccoon, a red fox and a marten in Oregon were infected with the bird flu, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
CBS News reported on May 29 that over 4 million egg-laying hens had to be slaughtered in one county alone in an attempted to stop the spread of the virus. It was the largest depopulation of chickens in Iowa, the nation’s largest egg producer, since 2022. Iowa’s governor announced a “disaster proclamation.” 1.8 million chickens and turkeys had already been slaughtered in Minnesota in 2024, according to the story.
Many FlaglerLive readers will recall the several gullible commenters who repeatedly claimed the 2022 higher egg prices in Flagler County were due to “Bidenflation.” 2022 was a year that saw over 50 million hens slaughtered to stop the spread of that year’s bird flu virus. It turned out that the gullible commenters had it backwards. State government after state government saw outbreaks resulting in large losses of flocks of egg-laying hens. Reduce the number of eggs being laid and prices will rise. The gullible among us tried to henpeck us into believing that something false had happened. They were wrong. Inflation wasn’t the cause.
We may be seeing the same thing in its early phases this year. Time will tell. If flocks continue to be slaughtered and if egg prices rise and if the gullible once again swing into action, please look it up for yourself before believing the “pestilential” partisan members of faction among us.
Laurel says
Ray W.: What I am learning about my fellow Americans is that truth and logic don’t matter. Keep trying though, as a person who finds truth and logic important, I find your comments refreshing. I am really counting on more of you out there amongst the masses, and truth and logic will prevail. Hope springs eternal.