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2A Midweek Edition-March 1-2, 2023 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com WEATHER EVENTS Gainesville 5-Day Forecast #AccuWeather i go to AccuWeather.com TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY jfcuB Tit, An afternoon shower 74° Rain and drizzle A couple of showers Rain and a t-storm HIGH: LOW: 62° 69761° 69747° Sunshine and nice 65743° SUNDAY Plenty of sunshine 66743° RFT: 68759 ° 1 RFT: 67744 ° 1 RFT: 65738 ° 1 RFT: 66742 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 65% 90% 90% 95% 10% 5% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. 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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. Full Last New First y<)0O Mar 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice THANK YOU FOR READING FULL ACCESS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Our local news team, the largest in Northeast Georgia, works each day to bring you honestly local news delivered in several different platforms. 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Find us on these platforms or reach out to our newsroom at news@ gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3435. University of North Georgia Jazz Band. 7:30-8:30 p.m. March 1. Hoag Student Center, 82 Col lege Circle, Dahlonega. 706-864-1423, cherri. helms@ung.edu. Symphony No. 100 “Military Symphony”. 7-9 p.m. March 2. UNG Shott Performance Hall, 82 College Circle, Dahlonega. 706-864-1423, cherri.helms.ung@gmail.com. Free. Sinfonietta. 7:30-9 p.m. March 2. Nix Fine Arts Center, 238 Georgia Circle, Dahlonega. 706- 864-1423, cherri.helms@ung.edu. Lake Lanier Boat Show. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 3-4; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 5. Margaritaville at Lanier Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands Park way, Buford. 678-960-2908, info@lakelanier- boatshow.com. $15. ONGOING Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group. 5:30- 6:30 p.m. first Tuesdays of the month. Grace Episcopal Church, 422 Brenau Ave. NE, Gainesville. 727-409-6608, charlenebestde- witt@gmail.com. Free. Gold Rush Quilting Guild. 10 a.m. to noon first Wednesdays of the month. Friendship Baptist Church, 3513 Westmoreland Road, Cleve land. alenekempton@gmail.com. Turning Leaves Book Club. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Wednesdays of the month. Linwood Nature Preserve Ecology Center, 118 Spring- view Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-8293, karin. hicks@uga.edu. Northeast Georgia Writers. 1 -3 p.m. first Wednesdays of the month. Gainesville Down town Library, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. Talltaleswriter@gmail.com. Free. Card workshop. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Sat urdays of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011, gkoecher@hallcountylibrary.org. Ekphrasis for the Masses. Noon to 1 p.m. sec ond Tuesdays of the month. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Publish your event Don’t see your event here? 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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. ENTERTAINMENT She (Times gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication © 2023, Vol. 76, No. 43 Midweek Edition March 1-2,2023 HOW TO REACH US 345 Green St. N.W., Gainesville, GA 30501 P.0. Box 838, Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 532-1234 Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Drive thru open: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Publisher Stephanie Woody swoody@forsythnews.com Group Editor Nate McCullough, nmccullough@gainesvilletimes.com Editor John Chambliss jchambliss@gainesvilletimes.com Director of Audience Shannon Casas, scasas@gainesvilletimes.com Controller Susan Andrews, sandrews@gainesvilletimes.com Production Dir. 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For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvilletimes.com/subscribe 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. Associated Press
