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Almanac
Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
through 5 p.m. Tuesday
Temperature
High/low
76°54°
Normal high/low
58736°
Record high
IT in 2021
Record low
11° in 1935
Precipitation (in inches)
24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. Tue.
0.06
Month to date
3.89
Normal month to date
5.15
Year to date
13.43
Normal year to date
10.43
Record for date
2.09 in 1997
Air Quality Today
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50 100 150 200 300
Main Offender: Particulates
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Pollen Yesterday
Trees
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Grass
absent
Weeds
absent
Low Mod. High Very
high
Main Offender: Alder, Juniper, Oak
Source: National Allergy Bureau
UV Index
9 a.m. Noon 3 p.m. 6 p.m.
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
City
Today
Hi Lo W
Tomorrow
Hi Lo W
Albany
83 64 t
82 68 c
Atlanta
76 65 t
73 65 sh
Augusta
82 62 pc
78 61 sh
Brunswick
82 64 c
84 65 c
Chattanooga
77 62 t
70 62 c
Lake Levels
Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday
Full Present 24 hr
Lake
Pool
Level
Change
Lake Lanier
1071.0
1070.83
-0.01
Allatoona Lake
840.0
832.34
-0.13
Burton Lake
1865.0
1860.22
+0.11
Clark’s Hill Lake
330.0
328.36
+0.10
Hartwell Lake
660.0
658.90
-0.05
Russell Lake
480.0
473.94
-0.08
West Point Lake
635.0
631.01
-0.12
Today Tomorrow
City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W
Columbus 79 66 sh 78 67 c
Dalton 74 61 t 69 64 sh
Greenville 75 61 c 72 59 sh
Macon 81 65 c 81 65 sh
Savannah 83 64 pc 84 61 c
Sun and Moon
Sunrise today 7:05 a.m.
Sunset tonight 6:31 p.m.
Moonrise today 1:10 p.m.
Moonset today 3:37 a.m.
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University of North Georgia Jazz Band. 7:30-8:30
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CORRECTON
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A headline was incorrect on the Feb. 24-25 story about the real Cocaine Bear. It should
have read “Ex-GBI agent recalls real Cocaine Bear.”
TODAY IN HISTORY
CHARLES TASNADII Associated Press
Assistant Special Watergate Prosecutor Jill Volner leaves U.S. District Court in Washington
on Friday, March 1, 1974, after a federal grand jury handed down indictments charging
seven people with involvement in the Watergate cover-up.
On this date:
In 1815, Napoleon, having escaped exile
in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and
headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred
Days” rule.
In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state as
President Andrew Johnson signed a proc
lamation.
In 1893, inventor Nikola Tesla first publicly
demonstrated radio during a meeting of the
National Electric Light Association in St.
Louis by transmitting electromagnetic en
ergy without wires.
In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the
20-month-old son of Charles and Anne
Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family
home near Hopewell, New Jersey. (Remains
identified as those of the child were found
the following May.)
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
back from the Yalta Conference, proclaimed
the meeting a success as he addressed a
joint session of Congress.
In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists
opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of
the U.S. House of Representatives, wound
ing five members of Congress.
In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3
impacted the surface of Venus, becoming
the first spacecraft to reach another planet;
however, Venera was unable to transmit any
data, its communications system having
failed.
In 1974, seven people, including former
Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman
and John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney
General John Mitchell and former assistant
Attorney General Robert Mardian, were in
dicted on charges of conspiring to obstruct
justice in connection with the Watergate
break-in. (These four defendants were con
victed in January 1975, though Mardian’s
conviction was later reversed.)
In 2005, Dennis Rader, the churchgoing fam
ily man accused of leading a double life as
the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita,
Kansas, with 10 counts of first-degree mur
der. (Rader later pleaded guilty and received
multiple life sentences.) A closely divided
Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty
for juvenile criminals.
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Tom Sizemore’s
family ‘deciding
end of life matters’
LOS ANGELES — More than a week
after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneu
rysm, a representative says the actor’s fam
ily is “now deciding end of life matters.”
“Today, doctors informed his family that
there is no further hope and have recom
mended end of life decision,” Sizemore’s
manager Charles Lago said in a statement
issued Monday night. Lago said another
statement would be issued Wednesday.
Sizemore collapsed early Feb. 18 at his
home in Los Angeles and has been hospital
ized since, remaining “in critical condition,
in a coma and in intensive care.” The brain
aneurysm was the result of a stroke, Lago’s
statement said.
Sizemore, 61, has acted in films like
“Saving Private Ryan,” “Heat” and “Black
Hawk Down.” While he received accolades
for his acting, his career foundered amid
a litany of drug abuse arrests and run-ins
Celebrity birthdays
Singer/actor Harry Belafonte is 96. Rock
singer Mike D’Abo (Manfred Mann) is 79.
Former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., is 79. Rook
singer Roger Daltrey is 79. Actor Dirk Bene
dict is 78. Actor-director Ron Howard is 69.
Country singer Janis Oliver (Sweethearts
of the Rodeo) is 69. Actor Catherine Bach
is 68. Actor Tim Daly is 67. Singer-musician
Jon Carroll is 66. Rock musician Bill Leen
is 61. Actor Bryan Batt is 60. Actor Maurice
Benard is 60. Actor Russell Wong is 60.
Actor Chris Eigeman is 58. Actor George
Eads is 56. Actor Javier Bardem is 54. Actor
Jack Davenport is 50. Rock musician Ryan
Peake (Nickelback) is 50. Actor Mark-Paul
Gosselaar is 49. Singer Tate Stevens is 48.
Actor Jensen Ackles is 45. TV host Donovan
Patton is 45. Actor Joe Tippett is 41. Actor
Lupita Nyong’o is 40. Pop singer Kesha (for
merly Ke$ha) is 36. R&B singer Sammie is 36.
Pop singer Justin Bieber is 29.
with law enforcement, including domestic
violence and abuse allegations. In 2003,
he was convicted of domestic violence
charges against his ex-girlfriend, former
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
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