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2A GOOD MORNING Midweek Edition-December 2-3, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY I Drawings for Tuesday, December 1,2020 CASH 3 Midday: 4-3-7 Evening: 9-2-0 CASH 4 Midday: 9-5-9-7 Evening: 7-6-0-6 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 3-7-7-9-0 Evening: 0-5-2-9-5 Previous days’ drawings FANTASY FIVE (11/30) 3-6-11- 21-34 P0WERBALL (11/28) MEGA MILLIONS (11/27) 8-12-18-44-51 Power Ball: 18 4-10-27-35-58 Mega Ball: 10 Current jackpot: $231M Current jackpot: $229M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. LWTEST COVID-19 DATA Dec. 1 NGHS data Dec. 1 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 181 Total cases: 12,541 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 106 Cases per 100k: 6,077.57 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 49 Confirmed deaths: 195 Total discharged: 3,086 Hospitalizations: 1,259 Total deaths: 429 Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 11.2% WEATHER Gainesville 5-Day Forecast AccuWeather Plan your week | Get the NEW app TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mostly sunny HIGH: 55° Mostly clear; chilly LOW: 31° Periods of sun 55742° Periods of rain 54743° Partly sunny 52734° Mostly sunny 53735° RFT: 58740 ° 1 RFT: 52734 ° 1 RFT: 45724 ° 1 RFT: 50725 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 0% 0% 5% 70% 25% 15% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Almanac Regional Weather Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport through 5 p.m. yesterday Temperature Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. High/low 40°30° Normal high/low 56°/37° Record high 73° in 1998 Record low Precipitation (in inches) 15° in 1929 24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest. Month to date 0.00 0.00 Normal month to date 0.16 Year to date 71.19 Normal year to date 48.85 Record for date 1.82 in 2018 Air Quality Today ▼ Good | Moderate |5j“jj*lliihealtliyi Unhealthy l * azar<,ous 50 100 150 200 300 Main Offender: Particulates Source: Environmental Protection Agency Pollen Yesterday Morganton 51/23 Trees Weeds aosent r Low Mod. 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Find us on these platforms or reach out to our newsroom at news@ gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3435. /gainesvilletimes « @gtimes @gtimesnews CELEBRIS REPORT ‘All my love, Elliot’: Actor Page comes out as trans Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of “Juno,” “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as trans gender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood. “I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer,” Page said in a statement on social media. Page, the 33-year-old actor from Nova Scotia, said his decision to come out as trans, which also involved changing his first name, came after a long journey and with much support from the LGBTQ community. “I can’t begin to express how remark able it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” Page wrote. “I’ve been endlessly inspired by so many in the trans community. Thank you for your courage, your generosity and ceaselessly working to make this world a more inclu sive and compassionate place.” “The more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive,” added Page, who said his pronouns are “he” and “they.” Page signed his statement with the words, “All my love, Elliot.” The announcement was celebrated widely on social media by LGBTQ rights advocates and many in the film industry. Netflix, maker of the comic book series “The Umbrella Academy,” said, “So proud of our superhero! We love you Elliot!” “Elliot Page has given us fantastic char acters on-screen, and has been an out spoken advocate for all LGBTQ people,” said Nick Adams, GLAAD’s Director of Trans gender Media. “He will now be an inspiration to countless trans and non-binary people. All transgender people deserve the chance to be ourselves and to be accepted for who we are. We celebrate the remarkable Elliot Page today.” Page broke out in Jason Reitman’s 2007 film “Juno” in a performance as a preg nant teenager that earned him an Acad emy Award nomination. Page has frequently worked to bring the lives of LGBTQ characters to screen, including the 2015 film “Freeheld,” which he produced and starred in as the partner of a dying New Jersey police detective who had been denied pension benefits. Last year, he made his directorial debut with the documentary “There’s Something in the Water,” about environmental dam age on Black and First Nations communi ties in Nova Scotia. Associated Press TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French. In 1816, the first savings bank in the United States, the Phila delphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business. In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine oppos ing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere. In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October. In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago. 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 1970, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors under its first director, William D. Ruckelshaus. In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the Univer sity of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial 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 2000, Al Gore sought a recount in South Florida, while George W. Bush flatly asserted, “I’m soon to be the president” and met with GOP congressional leaders. In 2016, 36 people died when fire erupted in an illegally con verted warehouse in Oakland, California, during a dance party. BIRTHDAYS Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III is 89. Ac tor Cathy Lee Crosby is 76. Movie director Penelope Spheeris is 75. Actor Ron Raines is 71. Country singer John Wesley Ryles is 70. Actor Keith Szarabajka is 68. Actor Dan Butler is 66. Broadcast journalist Stone Phillips is 66. Actor Dennis Christopher is 65. Actor Steven Bauer is 64. Country singer Joe Henry is 60. Rock musician Rick Savage (Def Leppard) is 60. Actor Brendan Coyle is 57. Rock musician Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) is 52. Actor Suzy Nakamura is 52. Actor Rena Sofer is 52. Actor Lucy Liu is 52. Rapper Treach (Naughty By Nature) is 50. Actor Joe LoTruglio is 50. Interna tional Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is 47. Singer Nelly Furtado is 42. Pop singer Britney Spears is 39. Actor-singer Jana Kramer is 37. Actor Yvonne Orji is 37. Actor Daniela Ruah is 37. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 37. Actor Alfred Enoch is 32. Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is 29. Actors Deanna and Daniella Canterman are 28. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO | H. Sol la i Associated Press Women employees work on a jeep assembly line at Willys-Overland Motors plant in Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1941. The vehicles are used by U.S. army personnel to tow heavy caliber anti-tank guns and to transport troops. Find local events at gainesvilletimes.com/calendar Find Gainesville Times on your podcast app to listen to our Inside The Times series, where you can learn how stories come together and get to know our staff. 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Of all the notable sounds you’ll hear during the day, the two you’ll enjoy most will be your name on the lips of a delightful someone and the low din of life in the distance, uninterrupted by anything that requires your attention. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Wanting a particular outcome too badly makes you less aware of the nuances of tim ing. Help yourself play it cool by doing what it takes to return to a state of relaxed neutrality. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It seems like with sufficient evidence to make your point, the others would concede without drama. It is not so, as everyone has their own opin ion about the evidence. The only way to reduce drama is to drop out of the fight. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Items in your everyday life get out of control, seeming to have lives of their own or decaying in some way before your eyes. When the back of the closet and the refrigerator are declut- tered, so will be your mind. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The easiest people to be around today will be neither related to you nor reminiscent of anyone from your original family. You’ll see another side of yourself because they do. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). The anchors of life are very useful and can keep you from drift ing, emotionally or otherwise, to parts unknown. But you’re supposed to lower them when the ship is at rest, not en route. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). With the internet alive and ea ger with information, you have to be a little judicious about what you ask. There are things you really don’t want to know. Once you learn, you cannot unlearn, so go carefully. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You like the look of the situation and now it’s time to do a deeper dive. Is there sub stance hereto match? If there is, then you’ll know within 10 questions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You cannot develop yourself and ignore yourself at the same time. You are a reliable entity who must be listened to, first by you. Put self-approval before validation from others, and then act on what you ap prove of. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Certain individuals seem crystalized against the truths you hold so dear. On the bright side, if it were not the case, you wouldn’t have nearly the drive to explore, practice and celebrate this important part of who you are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You would rather do the listen ing than the talking, but what’s out there to listen to today will either be too quiet to hear or, quite frankly, not worth listen ing to. Take this as an invita tion. The world needs your contribution.
