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“GOOD MORNING Sunday, December 2,2018 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY I Drawings for Saturday, December 1,2018 CASH 3 Midday: 4-4-6 Evening: 1 -3-0 Night: 1-1-9 CASH 4 Midday: 1 -5-8-5 Evening: 6-4-8-3 Night: 9-5-4-9 FANTASY FIVE 7-15-16-21-30 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 3-6-9-6-8 Evening: 6-2-1-2-1 POWERBALL (12/1) 10-11-47-55-58 Power Ball: 26 Current jackpot: $183M MEGA MILLIONS (11/30) 25-28-40-43-63 Mega Ball: 19 Current jackpot: $208M Lottery numbers are unofficial. Some results may be unavailable at press time; for updated numbers, visit gainesvilletimes.com/lottery. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. 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 DowntownGainesville.com WEATHER | Gainesville 5-Day Forecast # AccuWeather downloadthefreeapp TODAY TONIGHT MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY A shower in the Partly cloudy Mostly cloudy a.m. HIGH: 70° LOW: 50° 63737° Mostly sunny 46727° Partly sunny 50732° RFT: 63734 ° 1 RFT: 47729 ° 1 RFT: 45726 ° 1 RFT: 53733 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 55% 10% 20% 5% 5% 5% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Almanac Regional Weather Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Toccd.^^ Clermont P $0 70/48 ocomeha Murray vi lie .... 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High Verjj Main Offender: Ragweed and Juniper Source: National Allergy Bureau City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 77 58 t 67 43 r Atlanta 73 51 c 65 39 c Augusta 77 52 t 72 42 c Brunswick 78 68 c 72 52 r Chattanooga 70 44 s 58 37 pc City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 74 52 t 70 42 c Dalton 70 44 s 60 36 pc Greenville 72 49 c 68 39 c Macon 75 51 t 69 42 c Savannah 79 62 t 68 47 r UV Index 9 a.m. Noon 3 p.m. 6 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Lake Levels Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Full Pool Present Level 24 hr Change Lake Lanier 1071.0 1070.32 -0.01 Allatoona Lake 840.0 830.28 -0.39 Burton Lake 1865.0 1861.47 -0.15 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 325.93 -0.32 Hartwell Lake 660.0 658.53 -0.17 Russell Lake 480.0 475.33 -0.06 West Point Lake 635.0 631.41 -0.19 Sun and Moon Sunrise today 7:24 a.m. Sunset tonight 5:25 p.m. Moonrise today 2:32 a.m. Moonset today 2:52 p.m. New First Full Last Dec 7 Dec 15 Dec 22 Dec 29 She Stmcs gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication ©2018, Vol. 71, No. 336 Sunday, December 2, 2018 HOWTO REACH US 345 Green St. N.W, Gainesville, GA 30501 P.0. Box 838, Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 532-1234 or (800) 395-5005 Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Drive thru open: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. 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Periodical postage paid: USPS 212-860 ‘Includes the 2018 bonus days and holidays: ‘Includes certain holiday publications. IF YOU MISS A PAPER If you are in Hall County area and haven’t received your paper by 6:30 a.m. Mon-Fri; 7:00 a.m. Sat; or 7:30 a.m. Sun, call (770) 532-2222 or (800) 395-5005, Ext. 2222 or e-mail us at: circulation@gainesvilletimes.com If you have not received your paper by the above times, call before 10 a.m. Mon-Fri; 11 a.m. Sat; 12 p.m. Sun and we will deliver one to you inside Hall County. Customer Service Hours: 6:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Sun. SINGLE COPY The Times is available at retail stores, newspaper racks and at The Times for $1.00 Mon.-Sat. and $2.00 on Sun. 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. Publish your event Don’t see your event here? Go to gainesvilletimes.com/calendar to add it. Events publish at the editors’ discretion and as space allows. Call 770-718-3417 with questions. 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.
