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Issue #015 · Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
It rains from late morning on, and then it stops for about four days.
Hang on through today. Friday and Saturday come in sunny and eighty, and after a week of lows in the mid-seventies, Saturday night drops to sixty-one. 🌴
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86° / 73°
HIGH / LOW
TODAY AROUND THE ISLAND
Partly sunny, with storms likely from late morning on.
A 60% chance of rain, mostly after 11, and a north wind gusting to around 28. If you have something outdoors today, do it early.
🎣 Whitey's is back tomorrow, and here is who's playing
Whitey's reopens tomorrow, and their music calendar is up.
They are still closed today, but Banjo Brown kicks things back off Thursday from 5 to 9.
Thursday · Banjo Brown, 5:00 to 9:00 PM
2032 CR 220. First night back.
Friday · Greg Johnson 4:00 to 8:00, then Aaron Matthew 8:00 to midnight
Saturday · Joe Dowling at noon, Mike Cook at 4:00, Pink Paisley at 8:00
That is basically noon to midnight, with three acts in one day.
Happy hour is back with them: $4 all draft beer, Tuesday through Friday from 2:00 to 7:00.
📅 The rest of the week
Today, Wednesday, September 23
📚 Preschool Storytime: Letter G
10:30 to 11:30 AM · Fleming Island Library, Children's Activity Room
Stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft, built for ages 3 to 5.
🍷 Darren Ronan at Corks & Barrels
6:00 to 9:00 PM · 1824 Town Center Blvd, Suite 101
Live music on a Wednesday, which is rarer around here than it should be. He has played there before, and in their words, "Darren Ronan is back with us."
🎤 Ladies Night and Karaoke at Top of the Tee
Karaoke 7:00 to 10:00 PM, specials from 5:00 · 2260 Town Center Blvd
$25 bays for the ladies.
🎤 Karaoke with Ashe at Encore
8:00 PM · 2015 CR 220 · 21+
Every Wednesday without fail this month.
Which makes tonight a two-karaoke night on one island, about eight minutes apart, if you are that committed.
Thursday, September 24
🧸 Kaleidoscope Play & Learn
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM · Fleming Island Library, Children's Activity Room
A playgroup for children from birth to age 5 and the adults who bring them. It does not run every Thursday, so check the library calendar before you build a routine around it.
🎣 Whitey's reopens · Banjo Brown, 5:00 to 9:00 PM
🎵 Encore: Andy at 6:00, then Jim & Cody at 8:00
2015 CR 220 · 21+. Two acts, one night, across the street from Whitey's.
🏈 Thursday Night Football: Falcons at Packers
Kickoff 8:15 PM · Hibernia Pub and Top of the Tee, 2260 Town Center Blvd
$1 domestic drafts until the first score, and $1 wings.
Friday, September 25
💃 Line Dancing for Absolute Beginners
7:00 to 8:30 PM · Achieve Fitness, 2349 Village Square Parkway · $15 per person, pay at the door
No experience needed, no partner needed. Taught by Cheri and Kym of The Line Dance Experience. Teens are welcome with a parent.
🎤 Spot On Comedy
7:00 PM · Spotlight Events Center, 1809 East-West Parkway
Staged in the round, run by TAPS, a local theatre company. Your ticket includes the beer, wine, soda, and snacks.
🎭 Blithe Spirit
7:30 PM · The Island Theater, 1860 Town Hall Circle #54 · $18, students $10
Saturday, September 26
🌴 The big one, and the weather is now on its side. Sunny and 81, with a one percent chance of rain. The Vendor Village at 11, the blacksmith at 1, Concert on the Green at 6, and the End of Summer Market across the Black Creek bridge from 10 to 3.
Friday's issue has the full plan, with times, addresses, and the things off the island worth the drive.
Sunday, September 27
🎭 Blithe Spirit
2:00 PM · The Island Theater. Last performance of the run.
🐾 Joey has been waiting 710 days
We ran Joey on our very first day, August 31. He is still at Safe Animal Shelter, and today is day 710.
He came in on October 13, 2024. That is one week short of two years in a kennel.
He is four, black and white, about sixty-seven pounds, and the shelter has him down as affectionate, playful, house-trained, and a sun lover. Their words: "He loves his people, belly rubs, bacon strips, water, and most of all his herding ball. Joey is the BEST at playing soccer with it and could play all day if you let him." And: "Despite his size, Joey is convinced he is the perfect lap dog."
Here is the part that explains the 710 days, and the shelter says it plainly, so we will too.
Joey gets anxious around new people and new situations, and he has some resource guarding, mostly in his kennel, where he cannot get away. He does best with one or two experienced adults, in a calm house, with no other dogs and no cats. He pulls on the leash.
He is not waiting because nobody likes him. He is waiting because he needs a particular home, and the shelter refuses to pretend otherwise. That honesty gives the right home a chance to be the right home. And after 710 days, Joey deserves for us to ask again.
Safe Animal Shelter, 1754 Cider Cove, Middleburg. Open every day, 11 AM to 6 PM. 904-375-9122.
Not in a position to adopt? They always need foster homes. A foster spot frees up a kennel, which is the thing that lets a shelter say yes to the next animal.
🎓 One more good thing: what the five actually did
On Monday we told you five Clay County high school seniors were about to spend a day running the county. They did it yesterday, and the county wrote it up last night.
They spent the day with elected officials, law enforcement, fire rescue, and emergency management.
Then they finished with a mock budget workshop, where they had to pass a balanced budget.
Five teenagers spent a full day inside county government, and they finished by trying to balance a county budget. That is a better civics lesson than most people ever get.
It is the third year Clay County has run the program, and the students were picked through a countywide application.
The county still has not named them. Two press releases now, no names and no schools. So the question from Monday stands: if one of the five is yours, tell me. I would still like to run the rest of that story.
Before you go... tell me something good 💛
See a new business opening? Know of an event we should add to the calendar? Got a neighbor doing something wonderful, a local team having a big season, or just something good happening around Fleming Island?
Send it our way. This only gets better when all of us help find the good stuff.
❤️ Tell Us Something Good: A neighbor doing something kind. A kid doing something awesome. Something new going in or on around town. Anything that makes you think, "people around here should know about this."
📅 Submit an Event: Live music at a local restaurant, a fundraiser, a festival, a market, a school activity. Anything locals can put on their calendar.
⭐ Get Featured: Own a local business? Tell us your story through a short interview and give the community a chance to meet the people behind it.
See you Friday,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.