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Weather: Areas of frost in the morning. Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Friday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 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 Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
Note: the cold-weather shelter is NOT open tonight, but will reopen Saturday and Sunday nights.
Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres, an hour-long public affairs radio show featuring local newsmakers, personalities, public health updates and the occasional surprise guest, starts a little after 9 a.m. Today, media editors and publishers from around Flagler County discuss the top stories of 2024. See previous podcasts here. On WNZF at 94.9 FM and 1550 AM.
The Friday Blue Forum, a discussion group organized by local Democrats, meets at 12:15 p.m. at the Flagler Democratic Office at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite C214 (above Cue Note) at City Marketplace. Come and add your voice to local, state and national political issues.
Notably: There’s something touching, almost Burghers of Calais-like, in the image above, which I froze while catching a glimpse of Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington Thursday–a place that holds more sinister memories for me, when the same George W. Bush seen here bombasted his way through the post-Sept. 11 service, grapes of wrath dripping, as he whipped the country into a fever for the three wars to come, all lost. But not today. Not even with Trump and Melania there–Trump who, remarkably, did not stand up when Obama walked in (Michele-less), though others did. To see all these men and women–the Bushes, Bill and Hillary, Obama, Gore and Pence sitting side by side, Obama next to Trump, Biden and Harris–so austerely civil, so normal, as most of them are of course. The Burghers of Calais were willing collectively to sacrifice themselves for the liberation of their little city. Most of these people would probably be willing to do something similar, if they could. They’d want to liberate the country from what’s ahead, again, starting Jan. 20. But there’s no one to be hostage to but the next president, and no town to give up but a country. They knew: they were not at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Or rather, not just at Carter’s funeral, and “Imagine” wasn’t just a song that Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed. It was all they–all we–had left.
—P.T.
Now this:
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January 2025
Saturday, Jan 11
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Saturday, Jan 11
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Flagler School District Bus Depot
Saturday, Jan 11
Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Saturday, Jan 11
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Cypress Knoll Golf and Country Club
Saturday, Jan 11
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach
Saturday, Jan 11
The Isaacs at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center (Flagler Auditorium)
Flagler Auditorium/Dennis Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, Jan 11
‘Exit Laughing,’ at Daytona Playhouse
Sunday, Jan 12
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Presbyterian Church
Sunday, Jan 12
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, Jan 12
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Sunday, Jan 12
Democratic Party Congressional Candidates Meet and Greet
Flagler County Democratic Party HQ
Sunday, Jan 12
‘Exit Laughing,’ at Daytona Playhouse
Sunday, Jan 12
Al-Anon Family Groups
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For the full calendar, go here.
“If I were an amputee, for instance, my prayer would not be to restore my leg but to help me make the best of my condition, and to be thankful for life and opportunities to be a blessing to others. At the moment, we are monitoring the status of my cancer, and my prayers about my own health are similar to this.”
“If our doctors tell us that we have a terminal illness and can expect to live only another year, or five years, how would we respond? In fact, we confront exactly the same question if we are still healthy and have a life expectancy of fifteen or twenty more years.”
–From Jimmy Carter’s The Virtues of Aging (1998) and Faith: A Journey for All (2018).
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