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—GOOD MORNING Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY CASH 3 Midday: 6-7-5 Evening: 9-2-6 Drawings for Monday, August 24, 2020 CASH 4 Midday: 3-4-8-7 Evening: 6-8-0-8 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 8-0-7-7-3 Evening: 3-2-6-0-4 Previous days’ drawings FANTASY FIVE (8/23) 7-12-24-35-42 POWERBALL (8/22) 19-30-36-42-66 Power Ball: 14 Current jackpot: $37M MEGA MILLIONS (8/21) 11-15-31 -42-63 Mega Ball: 14 Current jackpot: $57M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. LET’S SAVE TOURISM Don’t cancel your trip. Change the dates. ExploreGainesville.org is #TourismStrong LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Aug. 24 NGHS data Aug. 24 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 121 Total cases: 7,020 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 83 Cases per 100k: 3,402 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 24 Deaths: 116 Total discharged: 1,894 Hospitalizations: 804 Total deaths: 240 Percent positive tests in last two weeks: 10.7% Wherever my sister goes, her boyfriend tags along Dear Carolyn: My sister and I are both divorced. For several years we’ve been getting together about once a week to drink wine and kvetch about work, kids, current events. Now she has a boyfriend. We have both dated fairly consis tently, but this is the first guy who’s gotten a title and a spare key, from either of us. Now they are a package deal. We are in our 50s; I thought the days of joined-at-the-hip couples were behind us. I like this man just fine, but he changes the whole tone and tenor of our hangouts. I have asked her to leave him behind, which she now does about half the time. Our weekly get-togethers were sacred to me, and I’m not sure whether it’s time to just grieve for them. I swear I’m not just jealous! — The Tagalong Please just say what you want. “Our weekly get-togethers were sacred to me. Any chance we can keep them going, and make other plans that include Boyfriend?” As long as you’re making an effort to be inclusive and welcoming of her new love, I don’t see anything wrong for asking her explicitly for the one-on-ones to remain so. Yes, you did bring it up already, but asking her “to leave him behind” with no mention of a plan to include him in other ways was perhaps not as attentive to her needs as you were being to your own. That, too, is something you can say outright — that you’re sorry you put it the way you did, assuming your representa tion here is accurate, and you’re all in on getting to know her guy better and sharing in her happiness. You’d just like this one weekly lifeline preserved. Re: The Tagalong: Also be prepared for a new normal. Maybe having him there half the time is the best compromise you’ll be able to get from your sister. Her life has changed in a big way, and there’s no getting around that. I hope she will be up for seeing you solo once a week. If not, when you explain how impor tant it is to you that you and she get solo time together, then make sure you’re will ing to be flexible. — New Normal Re: The Tagalong: Are there other friendships you could cultivate and make a bit more room for, that you haven’t because you have been so used to being fulfilled by the weekly get-together with your sister? Could deep ening one or more of those replace some of what you feel you’re losing with your sister in terms of general support, etc.? — Anonymous Good point, thanks. It generally comes back to bite us when we let ourselves think there’s only one way to meet a need. Especially one we can’t control. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com CELEBRIS REPORT Mural highlights Parton’s Black Lives Matter quote Tourists are flocking to Nashville to see a new mural of Dolly Parton that celebrates her position on Black Lives Matter. Mural artist Kim Radford had already decided to paint the mural of the country music icon on the side of a local music club called The 5 Spot, which was made famous for being one of the many filming locations for the TV show “Nashville.” But as she was finishing the mural, Rad ford saw an article from Billboard in which Parton said she supported the Black Lives Matter movement, saying “Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white (expletive) are the only ones that matter?” So Radford quickly added the quote to the top of the mural, replacing part of the curse word with butterflies and soon enough, pic tures started spreading on social media. The mural features cascading waves of Par- ton’s signature high-volume blond hair sur rounded by butterflies and wildflowers. A mural of Dolly Parton is seen outside The 5 Spot, a music club in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 21. MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press “I looked at her quote in particular and it was so sassy and a sensitive comment about something’s that got a lot of friction in the air right now,” said Radford. “And she just treated it just like Dolly does: lovingly.” The mural features cascading waves of Parton’s signature high-volume blond hair surrounded by butterflies and wildflowers. “I wanted it to be a real display of an icon, fun, bright, artistic way,” said Radford. “It’s a representation of an icon that Americans and really people across the globe are really proud to know and love her music. ” Now less than a week old, the mural has become a hot spot for tourists visiting Music City to get a selfie. 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For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvilletimes.com/subscribe ARIES (March 21 -April 19). Just when you think you know what you care about, you dis cover feelings you didn’t even know were there for people, places or things. In short, you’ll be amazed at your own passion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). How do you care for a person who doesn’t need your care? That’s easy: You do what’s fun. As you follow your own curiosity and joy, it sparks the same in others. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Many will be attracted to your kindness, including orphans, strays, wounded souls and kindred spirits. You’ll be open to all types and learn a little something from each person you interact with. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are inspired by encouragement and sup port. You’re also inspired by criticism and competition. Neither way is better than the other. Take motivation wherever you can get it, no judgment. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Some of your resources are not readily apparent. They are like underwater springs. Like the ancients who used a sacred stick to find water under ground, apply your intuition to divine your way to the good stuff. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The flow of energy through a location matters even more than the location itself today. Bad organization leads to unnecessary stress. Arrange things so you can easily move through. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Love isn’t always wise, but it is unwise indeed to shun love. Open yourself to love from wherever it may come, and accept as much of it as you are given. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Don’t hold out for magic. Make it happen. Align yourself with powerful forces to bring about a certain result, or learn the smoke-and-mirrors tricks that create an effect. Magic is within your ability. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The last word goes to the one who is the most stub born, not the most correct. Either way, it is a childish prize to fight for unless you are a parent teaching respect and manners to a child. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In dedicating yourself to being more effective, you will have the bonus of being more powerful. With power comes responsibility. You’ll be decid ing, realistically, if you really want it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The new person entering your life is neither entirely familiar nor entirely strange. There is some old Karma to work out here. No need to ask too may questions, though... feel your way through it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Much will be sorted out in 15 silent, thoughtful minutes. Those breaks during which you retreat to the sanctuary of your own mind will recharge you and open you to wonder ful ideas.
