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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. Radford herself got
stopped by Dolly fans in front of the mural
to pose for pictures.
“I’ve had fans reach out from as far as
Dubai,” said Radford. “A lot of women. And
I have to say, 95% super positive.”
Associated Press
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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with
some settling in present-day New Orleans.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing
the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure pro
viding pensions for former U.S. presidents and their widows.
In 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi
Party, was shot to death in the parking lot of a shopping center
in Arlington, Virginia; former party member John Patler was later
convicted of the killing.
In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles
of Saturn’s cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about
the ringed planet.
In 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces
after four years of Nazi occupation.
In 2001, rhythm-and-blues singer Aaliyah was killed with eight
others in a plane crash in the Bahamas; she was 22.
In 2012, Neil Armstrong, 82, who commanded the historic Apollo
11 lunar landing and was the first man to set foot on the moon in
July 1969, died in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 2009, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the U.S. Sen
ate, died at age 77 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a battle
with a brain tumor.
In 2014, a funeral was held in St. Louis for Michael Brown, the
Black 18-year-old who was shot to death by a police officer in
suburban Ferguson.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey, the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in
more than a decade, made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, with
130 mph sustained winds; the storm would deliver five days of rain
totaling close to 52 inches, the heaviest tropical downpour ever re
corded in the continental U.S. The hurricane left at least 68 people
dead and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage in Texas.
BIRTHDAYS
Actor Sean Connery is
90. Actor Tom Skerritt is
87. Jazz musician Wayne
Shorter is 87. Movie
director Hugh Hudson
is 84. Author Frederick
Forsyth is 82. Movie
director John Badham is
81. Filmmaker Marshall
Brickman is 81. Rhythm-
and-blues singer Walter
Williams (The O’Jays) is
77. Actor Anthony Heald
is 76. Rock singer-actor
Gene Simmons is 71.
Actor John Savage is 71.
Author Martin Amis is 71.
Country singer-musician
Henry Paul (Outlaws;
Blackhawk) is 71. Rock
singer Rob Halford is
69. Rock singer Elvis
Costello is 66. Movie
director Tim Burton is
62. Country singer Billy
Ray Cyrus is 59. Rock
musician Vivian Camp
bell (Def Leppard) is 58.
Actor Blair Underwood
is 56. Rap DJ Terminator
X (Public Enemy) is 54.
Television chef Rachael
Ray is 52. Actor-writer-
director Ben Falcone
is 47. Actor Alexander
Skarsgard is 44. Actor
Kel Mitchell is 42. Actor
Rachel Bilson is 39. Actor
Blake Lively is 33. Actor
Josh Flitter is 26.
TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO
Dr. Mae C.
Jemison, the
first black
female astronaut
candidate, steps
through the
hatch of a space
shuttle trainer
at the Johnson
Space Center
in Houston,
Texas, Aug. 25,
1987. Jemison
became the first
black woman to
travel into space
when she served
as a mission
specialist
aboard the
Space Shuttle
Endeavour.
ED K0LEN0VSKY
Associated Press
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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.
