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Vintage Route 66 TV show screening July 16th
Jun 25th
Visitors will be able to get their kicks on “Route 66” as Flagler College screens an episode of the classic 1960s TV series on July 16.
The 1964 episode “This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You,” which was filmed in St. Augustine and the Hotel Ponce de Leon,
will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Virginia Room of the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St., St Augustine.
In addition, locals who were used as extras in the episode are being asked to come to the screening to be recognized.
The free event is being presented as part of the City of St. Augustine’s Concerts in the Plaza series and will feature music by Lis & Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky before the showing.
For more info, call Laura Stevenson Dumas, Director of College Relations at Flagler College, at 904-819-6205.
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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $24,960, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.
Source: Flagler College
Hurricane Sandy is going to visit St Augustine
Oct 24th
Live Sandy Updates from National Weather Service in Jacksonville
St. Johns County Office of Emergency Management
Sandy Web Briefing by NOAA 
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE- UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1200 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...GALE WATCH FOR OUTER WATERS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY TO THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...AND ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AS SANDY TRACKS TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND...HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS RESULTING IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND POSSIBLY GALE WARNINGS FOR THE OUTER WATERS...AND A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
Bloomberg editor to speak on 2012 election at Flagler College forum
Sep 1st
With November inching closer, the 2012 election race is beginning to reach its boiling point.
Mark Silva, deputy managing editor for government news at Bloomberg News
in Washington, believes the race may come down to the wire with states such as Florida being the decision makers.
“Florida’s long-fought 2000 election is what decided that election,” said Silva, who will kick off Flagler College’s 2012 Forums on Government and Public Policy lecture series at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 in the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College. “Florida again will be among a handful of states that determine the outcome this year.”
The topic of Silva’s talk will be “Election 2012: Too Close to Call?”
At Bloomberg since 2010, Silva oversees a team of reporters and editors covering the White House, Congress and the 2012 election campaign, as well as other agencies such as State, Defense, Justice and the Supreme Court.
According to Silva, the upcoming election will be close despite playing out against the backdrop of a struggling economy and more than three years of unemployment running at over 8 percent.
“Presidents have not typically been reelected in modern times with that much unemployment,” said Silva. “Yet President Barack Obama enjoys a high degree of personal popularity — the public’s favorable view of him exceeding the job approval ratings he gets. At the same time, Romney is a disciplined and also well-financed candidate backed by super-PACs whose fundraising and TV ads have enabled the Republicans to go toe-to-toe with Obama on the air.”
And while Silva believes that economic factors and demographics across the country will play a part in who wins the 2012 election, it will be the voters in swing states such as Florida that will make the difference.
“Florida is a true swing state,” said Silva. “They voted for Obama in 2008, George W. Bush twice, Bill Clinton for reelection in 1996 but not election in 1992, George H.W. Bush twice, Ronald Reagan twice, Jimmy Carter once, but not for reelection.”
Silva says voters should also keep an eye on North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and Ohio.
“The economy is better in Ohio than it is nationally, and even in Florida, which has suffered among the worst
in the collapse of the housing market, the economy has shown signs of improvement,” said Silva. “Ultimately, the way voters feel about their own economy in these swing states, and what they’ve decided about all this negative TV advertising, will determine who wins the White House.”
Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College is at 14 Granada St. in St Augustine. Forums are free and open to the public, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign language interpreters are provided. Call (904) 819-6400 for more information or visit the Forum on Government & Public Policy events website.
Source: Flagler College
