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Almanac
Regional Weather
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through 5 p.m. Tuesday
Temperature
High/low 42°39°
Normal high/low 53734°
Record high 75° in 1931
Record low 10° in 1981
Precipitation (in inches)
24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. Tue. 0.01
Month to date 3.24
Normal month to date 3.21
Year to date 45.37
Normal year to date 53.61
Record for date 1.43 in 1967
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No School Nature Day. 10 a.m. to noon. Dec.
22,28. Elachee Nature Science Center,
2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-
1976. $10.
In Full Bloom. 1 -3 p.m. Dec. 22. Elachee Na
ture Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive,
Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $10.
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24,29-31. Wilshire Wonderland of Lights,
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5500, lshubert@gainesvillega.gov. Free.
Christmas Eve Candlelight at Free Chapel. 4-5:30
p.m., 6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Free Chapel
Gainesville, 3001 McEver Road, Gainesville,
nick.coggins@freechapel.org. Free.
Candlelight Communion Service. 6-7 p.m. Dec.
24. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 404
Washington St., Gainesville. 770-532-2977,
office@stpaulumcga.com. Free.
Elachee 2023 First Day Hike. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jan. 1. Elachee Nature Science Center,
2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-
1976. Free.
Elachee Virtual Science Night. 7-8 p.m. Jan.
3. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125
Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976.
Free.
Mommy and Me Nature Program. 10:30-11:30
a.m. Jan. 4. Elachee Nature Science Center,
2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-
1976.
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Lanierland Duplicate Bridge Club. 10:30 a.m. to
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YogaFit Gentle Yoga. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. every Wednesday. Blackshear Place
Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville. 770-337-1572, dl9345@bell-
south.net. Free.
Murrayville Library Lego Club. 5-6 p.m. first
Mondays of the month. Murrayville Library,
4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville.
770-532-3311 ext. 171; bhood@hallcoun-
tylibrary.org. Free.
Gold Rush Quilting Guild. 10 a.m. to noon first
Wednesdays of the month. Friendship
Baptist Church, 3513 Westmoreland Road,
Cleveland, alenekempton@gmail.com.
Turning Leaves Book Club. 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. first Wednesdays of the month. Lin-
wood Nature Preserve Ecology Center, 118
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Associated Press
In this Dec 22, 1988 file photo, police and investigators look at what remains of the
flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland. In 1988, 270 people were
killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie,
Scotland, sending wreckage crashing to the ground.
On this date:
In 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went
ashore for the first time at present-day Plym
outh, Massachusetts.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led
by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded
their “March to the Sea” as they captured Sa
vannah, Georgia.
In 1891, the first basketball game, devised
by James Naismith, is believed to have been
played at the International YMCATraining
School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (The
final score of this experimental game: 1 -0.)
In 1913, the first newspaper crossword puzzle,
billed as a “Word-Cross Puzzle,” was pub
lished in the New York World.
In 1976, the Liberian-registered tanker Argo
Merchant broke apart near Nantucket Island
off Massachusetts almost a week after run
ning aground, spilling 7.5 million gallons of oil
into the North Atlantic.
In 1988,270 people were killed when a terror
ist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing
747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending wreck
age crashing to the ground.
In 1991, eleven of the 12 former Soviet re
publics proclaimed the birth of the Common
wealth of Independent States and the death
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
In 1995, the city of Bethlehem passed from
Israeli to Palestinian control.
In 2009, the Obama administration imposed
a 3-hour limit on how long airlines can keep
passengers waiting inside planes delayed on
the ground.
In 2015, the nation’s three-decade-old ban on
blood donations from gay and bisexual men
was formally lifted, but major restrictions con
tinued to limit who could give blood in the U.S.
In 2020, President-elect Joe Biden received
his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on
live television as part of a growing effort to
convince the American public the inoculations
were safe. The Vatican declared it “morally
acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive
COVID-19 vaccines based on research that
used fetal tissue from abortions.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Boris Becker returns
to limelight after
months spent in prison
BERLIN — Fresh out of prison for bank
ruptcy offenses, tennis great Boris Becker
is heading for the limelight again.
The three-time Wimbledon champion
was deported to his native Germany last
week after serving eight months of a 2 1 /2-
year sentence in Britain.
German broadcaster SAT.l was due
Tuesday evening to air the first interview
with Becker since his release. The TV
channel quoted the 55-year-old as saying
his time in prison had taught him “a hard
lesson, a very expensive one, a very pain
ful one.”
Meanwhile, organizers of the annual
Berlin film festival said next year’s install
ment will feature the premiere of an as-yet
untitled documentary about Becker by
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney.
Celebrity birthdays
Talk show host Phil Donahue is 87. Actor
Jane Fonda is 85. Actor Josh Mostel is
76. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 74. Movie
producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is 72. Actor
Dennis Boutsikaris is 70. International
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert is 68.
Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 66. Actor-
comedian Ray Romano is 65. Country singer
Christy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is
60. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 57. Rock
musician Gabrielle Glaser is 57. Actor Kiefer
Sutherland is 56. Actor Karri Turner is 56.
Country singer Brad Warren (The Warren
Brothers) is 54. Actor Julie Delpy is 53.
Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant
is 51. Actor Glenn Fitzgerald is 51. World Golf
Hall of Famer Karrie Webb is 48. Actor Rutina
Wesley is 44. Actor Steven Yeun is 39.
The organizers of the Feb. 16-26 Berli-
nale said Gibney trailed Becker before his
April conviction for illicitly transferring
large amounts of money and hiding assets
after he was declared bankrupt.
Associated Press