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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1927, Ford Motor Co. unveiled its Model A automobile that
replaced its Model T.
In 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution con
demning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., saying he had
“acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the
Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
In 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylva
nia, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the U.S.,
began operations. (The reactor ceased operating in 1982.)
In 1980, four American churchwomen were raped and mur
dered outside San Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were
convicted in the killings.)
On Dec. 2,1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the
University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent arti
ficial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who
lived 112 days with the device.
In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to
death by security forces in Medellin.
In 2001, in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S.
history, Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection.
In 2015, a couple loyal to Islamic State opened fire at a holiday
banquet for public employees in San Bernardino, Calif., killing 14
and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.
BIRTHDAYS
Former Attorney General
Edwin Meeselll is 87.
Former Sen. Harry Reid, D-
Nev., is 79. Actress Cathy
Lee Crosby is 74. Country
singer John Wesley Ryles
is 68. Broadcast journalist
Stone Phillips is 64. Actor
Dennis Christopher is 63.
Actor Steven Bauer is 62.
Country singer Joe Henry
is 58. Rock musician Rick
Savage (Def Leppard) is
58. Rock musician Nate
Mendel (Foo Fighters) is
50. Actress Rena Sofer is
50. Rock singer JimiHaHa
(Jimmie’s Chicken Shack)
is 50. Actress Lucy Liu
(loo) is 50. Rapper Treach
(Naughty By Nature) is 48.
International Tennis Hall of
Famer Monica Seles is 45.
Singer Nelly Furtado is 40.
Pop singer Britney Spears
is 37. Actress-singer Jana
Kramer is 35. NFL quar
terback Aaron Rodgers is
35. Actresses Deanna and
Daniella Canterman are 26.
SUNDAY
DEC. 2
4:30-7:15 PM
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Record low
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Soil is mineral, organic with a
vital role: Nurturing plant life
Ninety-five percent of the food we eat
comes from the topsoil. Right between the
feast days of Thanksgiving and Christmas is
World Soil Day on Dec. 5, designated by the
United Nations.
We may call it “dirt” in conversation, and
the word fits when the kids drag it into the
house. But soil is the earth’s surface layer
of mineral and organic matter with a vital
role: nurturing plant life. Watch
ing Hall County Master Garden
ers at work, I’m always thrilled
by the attention they give the
topsoil, making sure none gets
wasted during bed cleanups, and
mixing it with compost to keep it
active.
To view the effects of careless
soil management, you don’t need
to leave Georgia. Just go to the
town of Lumpkin, west of Ameri-
cus. On Route 39C, aptly named
Canyon Road, you’ll find Georgia’s Provi
dence Canyon State Park.
It illustrates an early 1900s agricultural
disaster. Careless plowing and failure to
protect the topsoil from erosion allowed
storm water to carve deep grooves in the
landscape. Over the decades, the grooves
became valleys. Now they resemble a
small version of Arizona’s Grand Canyon,
with drop-offs as deep as 60 feet. Exposed
bands of subsoil and weathered rock show
beautiful colors. But the once-fertile topsoil
is gone.
Occurrences of this type led Congress to
establish the U.S. Soil Conservation Service
in 1935, now named Natural Resources Con
servation Service. Its website (www.nrcs.
usda.gov) offers just about any information
about soil types, treatment and protection
that one might look for, including mobile
apps. Advice on a local basis is available at
Hall County's Extension Service (extension.
uga.edu / county-off ices/ hall, html).
Its slow development of 1 inch
per 1,000 years makes topsoil
a nonrenewable resource. The
first order of protection is not to
pollute it. A pile of empty motor
oil bottles in the woods indicates
that someone has polluted the
soil (and groundwater) badly,
instead of taking the waste oil
back to the store for recycling.
Another common problem is
exposure to storm runoff. If soil
has been disturbed for construc
tion or landscaping, it needs a plant cover to
prevent rain from washing it away. A look
at the “Vulnerability to Water Erosion”
map on the NRCS site shows how important
it is to protect this resource. Note that the
entire Appalachian region appears there
in “very high” red, and North Georgia in
second-highest orange.
Rudi Kiefer, Ph.D., is a professor at
Brenau University, teaching physical and
health sciences on Brenau’s Georgia cam
puses and in China. His column appears
Sundays and at gainesvilletimes.com.
AROUND TOWN
TODAY
Holiday Open House. 8 a.m. Wheeler House,
500 Washington St. SE, Gainesville. 770-534-
6100. Free.
Morning Worship. 10 a.m.-noon. Mt. Zion Bap
tist Church, 4000 Thurmond Tanner Road,
Flowery Branch, mzbcinfo@yahoo.com. Free.
Communion and Cafe Connection. 11 a.m.-
noon. Chicopee United Methodist Church,
3 First St., Gainesville. 770-634-6803, peg-
flute@yahoo.com. Free.
Jeep & Truck Christmas Market. 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Cumming Fairgrounds, 235 Castleberry
Rd, Cumming. 404-906-3098, axel@uorshow.
com. $10 - $20.
Toys for Tots Christmas Event. Noon-4 p.m.
Ingram Funeral Home, 210 Ingram Ave.,
Cumming. 770-887-2388, Director@ingram-
funeralhome.com. Free.
Special Needs Library Hour & Sensory Storytime.
12:30-1:30 p.m. Hampton Park Library, 5345
Settingdown Road, Cumming.
Mark and Jody Jam This Sunday at Good 01
Days.. 2-6 p.m. Good ol’ Days Bar and Grill,
419 Atlanta Road, Cumming.
Adult Crafting: Christmas Crafts. 2-3 p.m. Sha
ron Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road,
Cumming.
Adult Makerday: Beaded Snowflake Ornament.
2-4 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road,
Cumming.
Deck the Halls: Appreciating the Music of Winter.
2-3 p.m. Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega
St., Cumming.
The Nutcracker. 2 p.m. Brenau University, 500
Washington St. SE, Gainesville.
The Nutcracker. 2 p.m. Pearce Auditorium, 202
Boulevard NE, Gainesville. 678-769-8493, gb-
cinfo@gainesvilleballet.org. $14 - $28.
Handcrafted for the Holidays. 3-7 p.m. Quinlan
Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gaines
ville. 770-536-2575, paula.lindner@quinlan-
artscenter.org. Free.
North Georgia Chamber Symphony Holiday
Concert. 3-5 p.m. Westminster Presbyte
rian Church, 1397 Thompson Bridge Road,
Gainesville. 706-867-9444, Bettyflorence@
windstream.net. Free.
A Christmas Carol. 3 p.m. Sylvia Beard The
atre, 2200 Buford Highway Northeast, Bu
ford. $30.
Ru Yi: Landscape of Stones. 3-7 p.m. University
of North Georgia, Bob Owens Art Gallery, 82
College Circle, Dahlonega. 678-717-3438,
victoria.cooke@ung.edu. Free.
2018 Festival of the Nativity. 3-9 p.m. The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1234 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 919-893-
8318, cketchem@ldspublicaffairs.org. Free.
Christmas on Green Street 2018. 4:30-7:15
p.m. Downtown Gainesville, 830 Green St.,
Gainesville. Free.
Christmas on Green Street - Free child’s craft.
5-7 p.m. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514
Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
info@qvac.org. Free.
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. 6-8 p.m.
Rock Goodbye Angel, 615 Oak St., Suite G,
Gainesville. 407-252-9884, angela@Rock-
GoodbyeAngel.com. Free.
Drive-Thru Bethlehem. 6-8 p.m. Gillsville Bap
tist Church, 2595 Ga. 323, Gillsville. 770-869-
3976, gbcchildrensministryl 6@gmail.com.
Free.
Christmas In Dixie “The Musical”. Cumming
Playhouse, 101 School St., Cumming. $25-
$27.50.
MONDAY
Ru Yi: Landscape of Stones. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
University of North Georgia, Bob Owens Art
Gallery, 82 College Circle, Dahlonega. 678-
717-3438, victoria.cooke@ung.edu. Free.
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 8 a.m. to 11
p.m. Ninth District Opportunity, 615 Oak St.
Suite C, Gainesville. 855-636-3108, chris-
sypal84@aol.com. Free.
Isaac Alcantar Exhibit at the Quinlan Visual Arts
Center Regions Mini Gallery. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Regions Center, 303 Jesse Jewell Parkway,
Gainesville. 770-536-2575, amanda@qvac.
org. Free.
Water Aerobics. 9:30-10:30 a.m. University of
North Georgia, 25 Schultz Avenue, Dawson
ville, conted@ung.edu.
Drop in Craft for Adults: Dollar Bill Origami. 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. Hall County Library System,
Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gaines
ville. 770-532-3311, ext. 114, gkoecher@
hallcountylibrary.org. Free.
Fun for Adults: Dollar Bill Origami. 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Gainsville Branch Library, 127 Main St.
NW, Gainesville.
Hall County Board of Elections. 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Spout Springs Branch Library, 6488
Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch.
Robotics Club. 4-5 p.m. Spout Springs Branch
Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery
Branch.
Kinect Family Fun Night. 5-7:30 p.m. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Road Suite B,
Gainesville.
Minecraft (RSVP). 5-6 p.m. Blackshear Place
Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville.
Hall County Planning Commission meeting. 5:15
p.m. Hall County Government Center, second
floor, 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville.
770-531-6809.
Gainesville Historic Preservation Commission.
5:30 p.m. Gainesville administration building,
311 Henry Ward Way, Gainesville.
Gainesville Board of Education meeting. 6 p.m.
Public Safety Complex, 701 Queen City Park
way, Gainesville.
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21 -April 19).
Your first responsibility is to
yourself — keeping yourself
healthy and strong on all the
levels, including the spiritual.
Handle your responsibility to
yourself well and the other
responsibilities will fall neatly
within reach.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A
reckless person may execute
the same action as a confident
person, but the reckless per
son is coming from hopeless
ness and the confident person
is coming from optimism. This
matters. Learn the intentions of
others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Head games are not limited to
social manipulation. They can
be solitary efforts, too. You’ll
recognize the game you play
with yourself. Once you rec
ognize the loopy thinking that
isn’t serving you well, you’ll
quickly change it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). To
know that another person is
thinking the best about you,
taking what you say in the
most positive possible light
and interpreting good into all
you do — it’s an ultimate form
of success.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
welcome the opportunity to
try new things. That’s why you
won’t mind today’s detour all
that much. It involves new van
tages and people and so has
all the makings of an adven
ture.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The
person who understands a
concept extremely well will be
able to explain it simply and
concisely. If you’re confused
by an explanation, seek a more
expert teacher.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). If it
seems as though you still don’t
have what you’re looking for,
maybe you’re just looking in
the wrong direction. “All things
on Earth your will shall win
you.... But the Kingdom — the
Kingdom is within you.” — Ru-
dyard Kipling
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Different friends have different
roles in your life. These roles
can take a metaphorical min
ute to figure out. Some shuf
fling and experimenting is to
be expected. Also, these roles
change. Stay open.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The difference between a
garden and a lawless patch of
growth is not that one is more
beautiful or useful than the
other. It’s that one sticks to a
plan.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
The villains aren’t all bad, and
the heroes aren’t all good. It’s
better not to generalize any
way. Each instance needs to
be taken out of context, looked
at separately and then put
back in context and assessed
in the whole.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
When food doesn’t satisfy you
and people around you don’t
engage you, it’s a sign. If im
mediate needs can’t seem to
be met in the way they usually
would be, there’s something
deeper that needs your atten
tion.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Each ecosystem can support
only a certain number of liv
ing organisms. The various
social groups around you are
the same. The large and more
inclusive groups have the po
tential to make you very happy
now.