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Weather: Sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Saturday Night: Mostly clear. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 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 Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Wickline Park, 315 South 7th Street, featuring prepared food, fruit, vegetables , handmade products and local arts from more than 30 local merchants. The market is hosted by Flagler Strong, a non-profit.
Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley: Not today. The commissioner is taking Labor Day weekend off.
Peps Art Walk, noon to 5 p.m. next to JT’s Seafood Shack, 5224 Oceanshore Blvd, Palm Coast. Step into the magical vibes of Unique Handcrafted vendors gathering in one location, selling handmade goods. Makers, crafters, artists, of all kinds found here. From honey to baked goods, wooden surfboards, to painted surfboards, silverware jewelry to clothing, birdbaths to inked glass, beachy furniture to foot fashions, candles to soaps, air fresheners to home decor and SO much more! Peps Art Walk happens on the last Saturday of every month. A grassroots market that began in May of 2022 has grown steadily into an event with over 30 vendors and many loyal patrons. The event is free, food and drink on site, parking is free, and a raffle is held to raise money for local charity Whispering Meadows Ranch. Kid friendly, dog friendly, great music and good vibes. Come out to support our hometown artist community!
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.
| In Coming Days: Sept. 4: “An Evening with Shaun Tomson” 5 p.m. at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach Street in Daytona Beach. World champion surfer, documentarian and best-selling author Shaun Tomson will be the keynote speaker. The event includes a showing of the classic 2008 surf film “Bustin’ Down the Door.” Tomson, whose book “The Code: The Power of ‘I Will’” explores faith, courage, creativity and determination, has become an in-demand motivational speaker. He will speak in advance of the film and will take part in a Q&A after the showing. Sept. 19: Sheriff’s Summit to Protect and Serve Seniors, 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Operations Center, 2101 Commerce Pkwy, Bunnell. Participants will benefit from a presentation about frequent scams and frauds, have access to free document shredding and paramedicine, and will get a tour of the Sheriff’s Office Museum. The event is free to the public. Sept. 19: 988 Suicide Prevention Walk: 5:30 at Wadsworth Park, 2200 Moody Blvd., Flagler Beach. The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach will host an Awareness Walk to promote the 988 National Suicide Crisis Hotline at 6:00 p.m. on September 19, 2024. Participants will walk from Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach, over the Rt. 100 bridge to Veterans Park where we will gather for a brief ceremony. Anyone wishing to participate should arrive at Wadsworth Park at 5:30 pm. After a brief welcome, the walk will begin at 6 p.m. Participants are encouraged, if possible, to wear purple and/or teal, the colors of suicide prevention awareness. Advanced registration is not required. All are welcome at this cost-free event that aims to bring the community together to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the critical resources available through the 988 hotline. Sept. 25: The Palm Coast Tiger Bay Club presents a candidate forum ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, Sept. 25, 5 to 8 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. The forum will feature the candidates in three runoff elections for mayor and Palm Coast City Council seats. The forum is free and open to the public, and will be simulcast on WNZF and live-streamed on FlaglerLive, among other media sources. |
Notably: In late 1960 when Dwight Eisenthower traveled to Europe, the MIddle East and Asia on a farewell tour, the last time an American president was welcomed everywhere he went with gushings of adoration, there was a stop in Rome and an audience with Pope John XXIII. The pope also gave an audience to reporters, as Gilbert Grosvenor, who was then reporting on the Eisenhower trip for National Geographic, wrote. Grosvenor quoted the pope, who spoke to reporters of “the lofty mission that the responsible newspaperman fulfills,” and, in Grosvenor’s paraphrase, “remarked that if St. Paul were alive today he probably would be a journalist, so that he could spread the doctrine of Christ.” Grosvenor then went back to quoting the pope directly: “If you will combine the propagation of truth with natural goodness and good will, then you will render a great service to the cause of peace in the world.” Grosvenor noted that “His words brought a glow of pride to all of us.” I write this in the days following Donald Trump’s return to Twitter, and with full knowledge that for all his photographic style and eminent years at National Geographic, Grosvenor was, like former Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, among the directors of the Ethyl Corporation, whose willful blindness to lead’s dangers delayed the removal of lead from products, gasoline included, for years.)
—P.T.
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August 2024
Saturday, Aug 31
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Saturday, Aug 31
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Law Office of Scott Spradley
Saturday, Aug 31
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Flagler School District Bus Depot
Saturday, Aug 31
Peps Art Walk Near JT’s Seafood Shack
September 2024
Sunday, Sep 01
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Presbyterian Church
Sunday, Sep 01
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, Sep 01
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Sunday, Sep 01
Al-Anon Family Groups
Monday, Sep 02
Flagler County Commission Morning Meeting
Government Services Building
Monday, Sep 02
Beverly Beach Town Commission meeting
Monday, Sep 02
Nar-Anon Family Group
St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church
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It’s probably not a good idea to take too personal an interest in your microbes. Louis Pasteur, the great French chemist and bacteriologist, became so preoccupied with them that he took to peering critically at every dish placed before him with a magnifying glass, a habit that presumably did not win him many repeat invitations to dinner. In fact, there is no point in trying to hide from your bacteria, for they are on and around you always, in numbers you can’t conceive. If you are in good health and averagely diligent about hygiene, you will have a herd of about one trillion bacteria grazing on your fleshy plains—about a hundred thousand of them on every square centimeter of skin. They are there to dine off the ten billion or so flakes of skin you shed every day, plus all the tasty oils and fortifying minerals that seep out from every pore and fissure. You are for them the ultimate food court, with the convenience of warmth and constant mobility thrown in. By way of thanks, they give you B.O.
–From Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003)..
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