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LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Dec. 21 NGHS data Dec. 21 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 272 Total cases: 15,736 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 156 Cases per 100k: 7,625.92 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 54 Confirmed deaths: 206 Total discharged: 3,697 Hospitalizations: 1,479 Total deaths: 512 Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 20.9% CELEBRIS REPORT JUSTIN LUBIN I Lucasfilm Ltd./TNS Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and -v. <j the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) in Lucasfilm’s 9 (W “The * \ ) 1 Mandalorian” season two, exclusively on J l| Disney+. • Disney+ confirms series for ‘Star Wars’ Boba Fett The “Star Wars” galaxy is still expanding. Disney+ and executive producer Jon Favreau confirmed Monday that the Boba Fett series teased in the season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian” will be its own spinoff series, set to premiere in December 2021. A post-credits scene in Friday’s finale introduced “The Book of Boba Fett” after the bounty hunter (played by Temuera Mor rison) and assassin Fennec Shand (Ming- Na Wen) gunned down Bib Fortuna inside Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine and laid claim to his throne. Speculation stirred over whether the title was actually a spinoff series, the title of the third season of “The Mandalorian” or some thing else entirely, but Disney was mum until now. Morrison and Wen will both return in their roles and Favreau, Dave Filoni and Robert Rodriguez will all serve as executive producers. But beyond that, the only other details that Lucasfilm is coughing up is that the series will be set in the same timeline as “The Mandalorian.” “The Book of Boba Fett” now joins a seem ingly impossible 10 new “Star Wars” series slated to arrive at Disney+ over the next few years and rolled out at Disney’s Investor Day earlier this month. Among them are a live-action “Ahsoka,” with Rosario Dawson reprising her role of the dual-lightsaber- wielding warrior Ahsoka Tano, “Lando,” “Andor” and an “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series with returning stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen. Tribune News Service Singer Grande announces engagement, flashes ring online Ariana Grande has announced she is engaged in a series of photos of her and her fiance and her engagement ring. The “Rain on Me” singer posted the pho tos of her cuddling with Dalton Gomez, a luxury real estate agent, on Instagram on Sunday. Grande included a close-up shot of the ring in the post, which was captioned “forever n then some.” The singer’s mother congratulated the couple on Twitter, saying she was excited to welcome Gomez to the family. People magazine reported Grande and Gomez started dating earlier this year. Grande released her latest studio album, “Positions,” in November. On Monday, Netf- lix will release a behind-the-scenes movie on her “Sweetener” world tour, titled “excuse me, i love you.” She was previously engaged to “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson in 2018, but they ended their relationship later that year. Associated Press ABOUT US AND OUR VALUES The public has a right to know, and The Times is dedicated to that principle and the “continued enlightenment and freedom of the people of North Georgia,” as engraved outside our building. The pursuit of truth is a fundamental principle of journalism. But the truth is not always apparent or known immediately. A professional journalist’s role is to report as completely and impartially as possible verifiable facts so readers can, based on their own knowledge and experience, determine what they believe to be the truth. That is often an ongoing pursuit as journalists work to uncover stories and follow those stories wherever they lead, regardless of preconceived ideas. 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Should I ask my sister to tell her husband to steer clear of my son, or let it go for one time a year? — Relative Well, the pandemic answered this for 2020. But there’s no avoiding bad role models entirely, and whatever you teach your son is going to have to bear up under all kinds of external and societal pressure, only a sliver of which you can anticipate and preempt. When you know you have some say, it can be a tough decision. Is it protect ing your kids as any responsible parent would, or is it pearl-clutching and bubble wrapping at your kid’s own expense? I don’t think there’s a universal answer, in part because quickie descriptions often don’t offer enough information for risk- assessment. “The Gift of Fear” and “Pro tecting the Gift” (Gavin de Becker) can help you calibrate your judgment, and they’re both accessible in what they suggest. In the meantime, you can do your own basic risk test: Are once-a-year arm-wres tlings at the table — which you can see and say no to right away, if it’s important to you — and a few gambling tips enough to send your son’s life spinning off course? Is preventing these things worth the no doubt highly insulting conversation with your sister? Is an occasional conversation with your kid about nutty Uncle Bookie enough to maintain proper perspective? If there’s more to this, and/ or your brother-in-law triggers your gut-level warning system, then the answer still isn’t to talk to your sister — it’s to make sure your son is never unsuper vised with any person who sets off any danger bells. Dear Carolyn: My 30-year-old niece completely ruined Thanksgiving by saying after grace, “and may you all be forgiven for eating turkey flesh.” She also brought up a cousin’s painful breakup in front of everyone and spilled other family secrets. I left early with a migraine. I would like to host a Christmas dinner [note: this question is from 2019] but I don’t want her ruining my dinner and I don’t trust her to keep quiet. What should I do? She also skipped the vegan options and ate the vegetarian food my family brought. — Hosting Provocative Vegan Why are you giving her so much power? I won’t endorse “spill[ing] family secrets,” but I’ll agree the turkey-flesh comment was offensive. Even then, we all still hold the power to make our “ruin everything” threshold unreachable by mere provocative vegan sass. Short version, focus on chipping “com pletely ruined” down to “made... interest ing,” by not taking her bait. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1858, opera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy. In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of trea son in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti- Semitism. (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.) In 1940, author Nathanael West, 37, and his wife, Eileen McKen- ney, 27, were killed in a car crash in El Centro, Calif, while en route to the funeral of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who had died the day before. In 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washing ton for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for sur render, writing “Nuts!” in his official reply. In 1968, Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower in a private cer emony in New York. In 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him. In 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last of Eastern Europe’s hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising. Playwright Samuel Beckett died in Paris at age 83. In 1991, the body of Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an Ameri can hostage slain by his terrorist captors, was recovered after it had been dumped along a highway in Lebanon. BIRTHDAYS Actor Hector Elizondo is 84. Country singer Red Steagall is 82. Former World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz is 77. Baseball Hall of Famer Steve Carlton is 76. Former ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer is 75. Rock singer-musi cian Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) is 72. Baseball All- Star Steve Garvey is 72. Golfer Jan Stephenson is 69. Actor BernNadette Stanis is 67. Rapper Luther “Luke” Campbell is 60. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 58. Actor Lauralee Bell is 52. Country singer Lori McKenna is 52. Actor Dina Meyer is 52. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is 50. Actor Heather Donahue is 47. Actor Chris Carmack is 40. Actor Harry Ford is 38. Actor Greg Finley is 36. Actor Logan Huffman is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jordin Sparks is 31. Pop singer Meghan Trainor is 27. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO Associated Press Rescue workers pull a miner worker from the Orient No. 2 coal mine in West Frankfort, III., Dec. 22, 1951, following an underground methane explosion. The state legislature passed the Illinois Mining Act of 1953, mandating better ventilation in underground mines and better testing for methane, which investigators said was the cause of the blast. Find local events at gainesvilletimes.com/calendar HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY ARIES (March 21 -April 19). There’s something you’re better at than anyone around. The fact that it’s offbeat makes it all the more exciting. Acknowledge, praise, cel ebrate this unique manner in which you can’t be outdone, champ! TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The reason to be confident isn’t so that you can feel bet ter about what you’re doing. The confidence is for them. It will help them feel stable. From that stability, all can do their best work. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). One reason you strive to lis ten and observe keenly is be cause you realize the power that lends. To see something in a person they cannot seem to and relay it with gentle clarity — this is a rare and life changing gift. CANCER (June 22-July 22). And if you can’t seem to drum up confidence in your mes sage, say nothing. Do more research, formulate your opinion, write it out, check it. The high level of care you give to communication will pay off in interesting ways. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Maybe you’re not the one making a decision, but if you’re pretty sure you’re not going to rebel, then get on board as quickly as possible. The reward will be the thrill of momentum, which is lost on those who hesitate and vacillate. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). People around you have had enough of superficiality. They long for the kind of fresh depth that you so readily of fer in even the most casual of interactions. It’s no wonder you’re so popular. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). Act practically; act now. To dilly-dally is to fall prey to the perils of doubt and inertia. Consider that most of the evil in the world is not a product of active malevolence but of stagnation. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The key to change isn’t any thing particularly magical. In stead, it’s in creating different rhythms and patterns in your days. Experiment with it. How can you make healthy habits more addicting so they’ll catch on? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be the initiator of wonderful things, for instance connecting with friends, per haps remotely. Bonds will be strengthened through laugh ter and sharing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Certain forces gain intensity as they lose visibility. Persua sion is like this. Influence is most effective when it is un felt. Love is the opposite. It’s strongest when demonstrated visibly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A solitary mood sets in for part of the day, providing a chance to hear quiet mes sages from your own heart. Out of caring and curiosity, people will check in whether you want them to or not. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As for rock-solid stability, there is very little of it in the civilized world. However, if you can promise to be there for yourself and accept your self as you are, the trouble (which springs from insecu rity) will avoid you.
