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www.starnewsgaonline.com StarNews January 14, 2024 Page 7 NEWS RECAP - from stories on SturNews Online website at www.starnewsgaonline.com Quilt show “Sacred Threads” now through March 23rd: also yoga! The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum invites you to experience the Sacred Threads Exhibit, which will be on display from January 2 - March 23, 2024, at 306 C Bradley Street, Carrollton, Georgia. Sacred Threads features 38 quilts all centered around the themes of Brotherhood, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Joy, Peace, and Spirituality. The Sacred Thread community storytelling series will expand on the exhibit themes allowing for greater community involvement and connections. It will feature a mix of invited storytellers, along with a safe platform for audience participation. This series will be held starting at 7:00 pm on the third Saturday of each month from January through March of 2024. The series is geared tor adult audiences, but everyone over the age of 12 is invited to attend. This is a free public event. The community is also invited to join us in the Sacred Threads Exhibit Gallery for yoga on the first Sundays of January - March. This 45- minute relaxing yoga practice will be led by FALSE PUBLIC ALARM from front page member of the Georgia State House in 2016, then-Representative Raffensperger authored HB 790 which increased the penalty for trans mitting a false public alarm to include prison time of one to ten years. Secretary Raffensperger calls on all elected officials and community leaders to denounce any form of political violence or intimidation, and to create stricter protections using the lan guage he proposed in 2016. On Wednesday, at least eight Capitol com plexes across the country received threats, cul minating in a shocking incident of swatting against a senior staff member of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. Raffensperger stressed that such actions have no place in a civilized society and go against the fundamen tal principles of American democracy. “Cowardice never wins,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “It is deeply troubling to see a rise in swatting and other physical threats. We expect heightened tensions as we head into a major presidential election. We expect American citizens to engage in the democratic process- not resort to cowardly acts of intimida tion. We’re committed to upholding our demo cratic principles and fighting for an environ ment in which citizens can freely and safely participate.” The Secretary of State’s office is working closely with law enforcement to investigate the recent threats and hold accountable those responsible. “The integrity of our elections is non-nego- tiable,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “We’re unwavering in protecting the values that under pin our democracy.” The Secretary reaffirms Iris commitment to protecting the integrity of Georgia’s elections and upholding the public’s right to free and fair elections - free from any form of intimidation. Georgia continues to set records for voter turnout and election participation, seeing the largest increase in average turnout of any other state in the 2018 midterm election and record turnout in 2020, and 2022. 2022 achieved the largest single day of in-person early voting turnout in Georgia midterm history utilizing Georgia’s secure, paper ballot voting system. Most recently, Georgia ranked #1 for Election Integrity by the Heritage Foundation, a top ranking for Voter Accessibility by the Center for Election Innovation & Research and tied for number one in Election Administration by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Angie. Please bring your own mat, donations are appreciated. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly. This program is also supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts. The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum is located at 306 C Bradley Street, in Carrollton, Georgia. The museum is open Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Regular admission is $5.00, with group discounts available. For more information go to sqtmuseum.org or contact us directly at 770-301-2187 or email us at southeasternquilt@gmail.com gomlivfi** (O Southwire |yf DELIVER POWER...RESPONSIBLY ■ C3 At Southwire, our team members are The People Behind the Power " of what is possible. We seek to discover, develop and distribute strong and sustainable solutions that exceed the expectations of our stakeholders around the world. STRONG. SUSTAINABLE. SOUTHWIRE. ©2024 Southwire Company, LLC.
