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“GOOD MORNING Sunday, December 23,2018 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY I Drawings for Saturday, December 22, 2018 CASH 3 Midday: 2-2-1 Evening: 5-3-5 Night: 1-1-9 CASH 4 Midday: 0-6-1-0 Evening: 5-9-5-0 Night: 5-9-9-7 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 4-8-6-3-2 Evening: 1-0-6-2-7 FANTASY FIVE 4-6-12-20-36 POWERBALL (12/22) 21-28-30-40-59 Power Ball: 26 Current jackpot: $281M MEGA MILLIONS (12/21) 10-13-61-62-70 Mega Ball: 5 Current jackpot: $321M 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 1783, George Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retired to his home at Mount Ver non, Va. In 1805, Joseph Smith Jr., principal founder of the Mormon religious movement, was born in Sharon, Vt. In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act. In 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgi cal team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson, on his way home from a visit to Australia and Southeast Asia, hosted an unprec edented meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican; during the two-hour conference, Johnson asked the pope for help in bringing a peaceful end to the Vietnam War. In 1997, a federal jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, declining to find him guilty of mur der. (Nichols was sentenced to life in prison without the pos sibility of parole.) In 2003, a jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty. BIRTHDAYS Actor Ronnie Schell is 87. Emperor Akihito of Japan is 85. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung is 83. Ac tor Frederic Forrest is 82. Rock musician Ron Bushy is 77. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 75. U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is 74. Actress Susan Lucci is 72. Singer- musician Adrian Belew is 69. Rock musician Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) is 62. Actress Joan Severance is 60. Singer Terry Weeks is 55. Rock singer Eddie Ved- der (Pearl Jam) is 54. The former first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is 51. Rock musician Jamie Murphy is 43. Jazz musi cian Irvin Mayfield is 41. Actress Estella Warren is 40. Actress Elvy Yost is 31. Actress Anna Maria Perez deTagle is 28. Actor Spen cer Daniels is 26. Actor Caleb Foote is 25. 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Lake Lanier 1071.0 1070.72 +0.31 Moonrise Allatoona Lake 840.0 826.99 +0.57 Moonset 1 Burton Lake 1865.0 1860.70 +0.40 Last Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 327.30 +0.36 Hartwell Lake 660.0 660.24 +0.02 !.l Russell Lake 480.0 475.38 +0.47 xw West Point Lake 635.0 629.75 +1.88 Dec 29 New 7:38 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:47 p.m. 8:24 a.m. First Full * j Jan 5 Jan 14 Jan 21 She Sfmcs gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication ©2018, Vol. 71, No. 357 Sunday, December 23, 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. General Manager Norman Baggs, nbaggs@gainesvilletimes.com Editor in Chief Shannon Casas, scasas@gainesvilletimes.com Controller Susan Andrews, sandrews@gainesvilletimes.com Director of Revenue Leah Nelson lnelson@gainesvilletimes.com Production Dir. 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Periodical postage paid: USPS 212-860 IF YOU MISS A PAPER If you are in Hall County area and haven’t received your paper by 6:30 a.m. Wed-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: customercare@gainesvilletimes.com If you have not received your paper by the above times, call before 10 a.m. Wed-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 Wed.-Sat. and $2.00 on Sun. During dark December days, find ways to save on electricity Short days and long nights make this the darkest week of the year, requiring more electric lighting than at other times. To keep costs under control, saving electric ity is possible. But it’s easy to waste money on flimflam that only lightens the wallet, not the electric bill. It’s amusing to watch an online video about an “amazing, just invented” device that generates electricity and powers itself. Using the “spin ning principle” (a term previ ously unknown to me in physical science), this device would provide possibilities “electric companies don’t want you to know about”. I haven’t spent the 49 bucks to find out what new physical laws are being revealed in the booklet that the website sells. The established principles of physics remain true: energy has to come from somewhere. It can’t produce more power by recharging itself. The easiest way to reduce power bills is by using technology to get the same comfort, or more, with less energy input. Lights are the most visible target. The most wasteful light source still being sold is the incandescent bulb, featuring a tiny wire set aglow by electricity. In utility buildings, we replaced those with 40-watt fluorescent tubes for more light. Then with 32-watt ones. But now, there are LED bulbs avail able that screw into standard E26 sockets. Down came nine double-tube fixtures in my shop, previously drawing a total of 720 watts. The replacement is a set of rails, each carrying three spotlights with 13-watt LED bulbs, for 324 watts of total consumption. LEDs don’t last as long as manufactur ers claim. So it’s important to buy fixtures where the bulbs can be replaced when they quit, instead of the whole unit needing replacement. I’ve found that LED bulbs bought locally last longer than the weird-look ing direct-import ones I tried from online auctions. Upgrading the whole house and shop to LED was a simple way to save on electricity. Doing it one room at a time didn’t strain the budget heavily, and the improvement in lighting is remarkable. Space heaters are a very expensive heat source, because they use the same “hot wire” principle as old-style light bulbs. In a room where central furnace heat couldn’t be installed, I’ve had excellent results with a PTAC (packaged terminal air conditioner) of the type used in hotel rooms. Modern PTAC heat pumps are energy-efficient and quiet. 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 SUNDAY EB in guten. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. AMC, 350 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming. Singles Enrichment/Empowerment. 9-9:45 a.m. Mount Zion Baptist Church, 4000 Thurmond Tanner Road, Flowery Branch, mzbcinfo@yahoo.com. Free. Morning Worship. 10 a.m.-noon. Mt. Zion Bap tist Church, 4000 Thurmond Tanner Road, Flowery Branch, mzbcinfo@yahoo.com. Free. Children’s Christmas Program. 11 a.m.-noon. Dunagan Chapel United Methodist Church, 5540 Timber Ridge Drive, Gainesville, brockmm@gmail.com. Free. Winter Wonderland Tours. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 2912 Paradise Valley Road, Cleveland. 706-348-7279. $29. Mark and Jody Jam This Sunday at Good 01 Days. 2-6 p.m. Good ol’ Days Bar and Grill, 419 Atlanta Road, Cumming. Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is lands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. 6-8 p.m. Rock Goodbye Angel, 615 Oak St., Suite G, Gainesville. 407-252-9884, angela@RockGoodbyeAngel.com. Free. MONDAY Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. 4 p.m. Free Chapel, 3001 McEverRoad, Gainesville, alexisramgopal@gmail.com. Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is lands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. 6 p.m. Free Chapel, 3001 McEverRoad, Gainesville, alexisramgopal@gmail.com. TUESDAY Tuesday Open Studio Pottery - RSVP required. 10 a.m.-noon. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575. Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is lands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260. WEDNESDAY Day after Christmas Ticket. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 100 Aquatic Circle, Cumming. Handbuilding Basics with Mary Hull. 10 a.m.- noon. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, musesroost@gmail.com. $150 - $175. Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is lands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260. Nar Anon Family Support Group. 6-7 p.m. Family Life Center, First Baptist Church, 751 Green St. NW, Gainesville. 770-540-4395, kentmurphey@gmail.com. Free. A Course in Miracles Text - Chapter 13.VIII From 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. Perception to Knowledge. 7 p.m. ACIM Study Group, 875 Scales Road, Suwanee. THURSDAY Baby Play Day. 10:15-11:45 a.m. Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming. A Colorful Storytime with Esteban, The Pea Green Crayon! 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming. iKnit Crochet & Knitting Club. 1 -4 p.m. North Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Road. Suite B, Gainesville. Hebrew Kids Meetup. 1 -7 p.m. 455 Camp Per rin Road Northeast, Lawrenceville. Winter Wonderland Lego Afternoon. 2-3 p.m. Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming. Homeschool Group at the Maysville Public Li brary. 2-3 p.m. Maysville Public Library, 9247 Gillsville Road, Maysville. FCPL Writing Group. 5-7 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming. Magical Nights of Lights. 5-10 p.m. Lanier Is lands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford. 770-945-8787. $43 - $260. Teen Anime Club. 6-7 p.m. Spout Springs Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch. Harry Potter Book Club. 6-7 p.m. Braselton Li brary, 15 Brassie Lane, Braselton. Twilight Tales. 6:30-7:15 p.m. Cumming Li brary, 585 Dahlonega St., Cumming. Bingo. 7-9:30 p.m. American Legion Post 7, 2343 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 678-617- 2774, jbdillonl @gmail.com. Holly Jolly Christmas Party. 7 to 10 p.m. Buford Village, 11 Buford Village Way, Buford. FRIDAY Busy Builders. 10-11 a.m. Hampton Park Li brary, 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming. Preschool Play. 10:30-11 a.m. Spout Springs Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch. Winter Wonderland Play Date. 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Gainesville Library, Gainesville. A Colorful Storytime with Esteban, The Pea Green Crayon. 11:15 a.m.-noon. Hampton Park Li brary, 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming. Winter Break Family Movie Picnic - Rise of the Guardians (PG). 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming. Friday Sketch Club. 1:30-3 p.m. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St NE, Gainesville. HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY ARIES (March 21 -April 19). The unconventional wisdom is that unconventional wisdom doesn’t exist. If a thing works, it works for many other people, too. All you have to do is dig around a bit to see who else is using it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Come up with a name for the feeling you’re having — some thing all yours, to encompass both the sweeping scope and the minute specificity of the emotion. It will help you move through or use the feeling to good effect. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are different defini tions for the word pride, some focusing on a feeling of self- respect and worthiness and others focusing on a feeling of superiority and conceit. Pride is a precarious matter. Go cau tiously in its expression. CANCER (June 22-July 22). A return to merriness will have to do with letting go of a few things, especially things that won’t matter in a week or even tomorrow. Clinging tightly to things that will inevitably pass can only lead to misery. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Go on and make your rules, and then try to follow them. One a day is enough at first. Establish habits. Paradoxically, the more disciplined you are the freer you’ll be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Ev ery day, you tolerate people who have different values, styles and preferences. Usu ally, it’s not a problem, but it still takes self-control to live and let live, which is why it could be very relaxing to just stay home today. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). To be correct and to have the ap proval of those who recognize this can be a very stable sort of feeling, but it’s even more sta bilizing to know that whether or not you’re correct and ac cepted, you’re just fine. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The attempt to achieve security is silly, really — considering we live in the timespan of a blink on a spinning sphere hurtling through a vast universe. Yet you probably feel you need a little certainty today, and you’ll get it, too. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). In the past, you were pun ished for joy out of bounds. Now you restrict yourself need lessly. The biggest obstacle to your happiness is the simple fact that you’re not allowing it. So give yourself permission. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Questions open options and keep you in loops of thought, but thinking doesn’t always bring more clarity. Today it’s better to go another route: Stop asking and start accept ing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It takes a strong person to ac knowledge human vulnerabili ties. A weaker person puffs up to compensate for limitations shared by most others on the planet. How unnecessary. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Some relationships are so transactional it doesn’t mat ter who is on the other end; it could be a robot or a unicorn and make no difference. But there are intangible things your loved one does that can’t be duplicated by anyone.
