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2A Midweek Edition-April 5-6, 2023
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WEATHER
EVENTS
Gainesville 5-Pay Forecast #AccuWeather I Go to AccuWeather.com
TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY
Inc. clouds Cloudy and mild Cloudy, a t-storm T-storms
SATURDAY
Rain, a t-storm
SUNDAY
Cool with some
sun
HIGH: 84° LOW: 64° 80759° 64747° 54745° 59746°
RFT: 84“
RFT: 79760
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RFT: 64739
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RFT: 50738
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RFT: 60741“
Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance:
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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. Tuesday
Temperature
High/low
75 57
Normal high/low
69744°
Record high
86° in 1999
Record low
Precipitation (in inches)
25° in 1943
24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. Tue.
0.00
Month to date
0.56
Normal month to date
0.54
Year to date
18.57
Normal year to date
16.28
Record for date
1.61 in 1998
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Main Offender: Particulates
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Grass absent
1 1 1
weeds absent
Low Mod. High Verjj
Main Offender: Oak, Birch, SweetGum
Source: National Allergy Bureau
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Albany
87 65 pc
87 66 t
Columbus
87 64 pc
85
64 t
Atlanta
86 66 pc
81 57 t
Dalton
88 64 c
78
53 t
Augusta
90 64 pc
85 64 t
Greenville
84 65 pc
83
59 t
Brunswick
83 70 pc
83 67 pc
Macon
89 64 pc
86
63 t
Chattanooga
88 64 c
75 52 t
Savannah
86 66 pc
85
65 t
UV Index
7
4
2
1
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.
Weather
Lake Levels
Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday
Lake
Full
Pool
Present
Level
24 hr
Change
Lake Lanier
1071.0
1071.38
none
Allatoona Lake
840.0
838.90
+0.16
Burton Lake
1865.0
1862.99
+0.09
Clark’s Hill Lake
330.0
330.83
+0.02
Hartwell Lake
660.0
660.39
+0.05
Russell Lake
480.0
474.78
-0.20
West Point Lake
635.0
632.69
+0.06
Sun and Moon
Sunrise today 7:18 a.m.
Sunset tonight 7:59 p.m.
Moonrise today 7:43 p.m.
Moonset today 7:09 a.m.
Full Last New First
Apr 6 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27
(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice
Community Passover Seder. 7:30 p.m. April
5. Chabad of Hall County, location provided
upon RSVP. info@jewishhall.com. $18-$54.
No School Nature Day. 10 a.m. to noon. April
6. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125
Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976,
sam@elachee.org.
In Full Bloom. 1 -3 p.m. April 6. Elachee Na
ture Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive,
Gainesville. 770-535-1976, sam@elachee.
org.
Hall County Master Gardener Spring Garden
Expo. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 7; 8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. April 8. Chicopee Woods Agricultural
Center, 1855 Calvary Church Road, Gaines
ville. 770-535-8293, mastergardener@hall-
county.org.
Sitting Up With the Dead. 2-10 p.m. April 7.
Gainesville Branch Library, 127 Main St. NW,
Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011, info@
hallcountylibrary.org. $13.
Outdoor Painting with Aida. 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. April 8. Elachee Nature Science
Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville.
770-535-1976, sam@elachee.org.
3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt. 10:30 a.m. to
9 p.m. April 8. Montaluce Winery & Res
taurant, 501 Hightower Church Road,
Dahlonega. $55.
Basic Building Blocks of Genealogy. 10:30 a.m.
to noon. April 11. Gainesville Branch Library,
127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311
ext. 4011, info@hallcountylibrary.org. Free.
Newcomers Duplicate Bridge Game. 10:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. April 11,18, 25. Lanierland
Duplicate Bridge Club, 3042 McEver Road,
Gainesville, Idecarlo50@gmail.com.
Hope for Natural Habitats. 6-7:30 p.m. April
11. Linwood Ecology Center, 118 Spring-
view Drive, Gainesville. 706-344-7362, bey-
moss@gmail.com. Free.
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,
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
Springview Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-
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Northeast Georgia Writers. 1 -3 p.m. first
Wednesdays of the month. Gainesville
Downtown 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.
770-536-2575, info@qvac.org. Free.
War Stories Book Club. 4-5 p.m. second
Thursdays of the month. Murrayville Branch
Library, 4796 Thompson Bridge Road,
Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 171. Free.
Discovery Saturdays. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
second Saturdays of the month. Elachee
Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive,
Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $3 - $5.
Georgia Cross Stitchers. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
second Saturdays of the month. Hall County
Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127
Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext.
4011; gkoecher@hallcountylibrary.org. Free.
Homeschool Day. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. third
Thursdays of the month. Elachee Nature
Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive,
Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $15.
Gainesville Lacers. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. third
Saturdays of the month. Hall County Library
System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St.
NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311, gkoecher@
hallcountylibrary.org.
Tea with Jane Austen: A Reading Group.
3-4 p.m. fourth Fridays of the month. Hall
County Library System, Gainesville Branch,
127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311
ext. 4011, gkoecher@hallcountylibrary.org.
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33-year old electrical engineer from New York City and his wife were executed on charges
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In 1614, Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter
Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe,
a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth
Colony in present-day Massachusetts on a
monthlong return trip to England.
In 1764, Britain’s Parliament passed The
American Revenue Act of 1764, also known
as the Sugar Act.
In 1887, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, teacher
Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as
her 6-year-old deaf-blind pupil, Helen Keller,
learned the meaning of the word “water” as
spelled out in the Manual Alphabet.
In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sen
tenced to death following their conviction in
New York on charges of conspiring to commit
espionage for the Soviet Union.
In 1976, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes
died in Houston at age 70.
In 1986, two American servicemen and a
ENTERTAINMENT
Webby Award noms for
Styles, Lizzo, Post Malone
NEW YORK - Harry Styles, Post
Malone, Lizzo, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stal
lion, the cast of “Ted Lasso” and the web
series that gave us a kid loving corn are
among the nominees for this year’s Webby
Awards, recognizing the best internet con
tent and creators.
The International Academy of Digital
Arts & Sciences announced the nominees
on Tuesday, the result of nearly 14,000
entries from 70 countries.
Styles nabbed a nomination for his com
mercial for AirPods, Trevor Noah for his
segments filmed between the scenes at
“The Daily Show” and BTS fans for their
YouTube uploads called #MyBTStory.
Lizzo got one for her hosting “Lizzo’s
Watch Out For the Big Grrrls,” in which
she hunts for dancers.
Doja Cat’s reluctant social video for
Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza — “I like my
pizza with refried beans/Peep my ad/
Search YouTube/This ain’t even Mexican
food” — was nominated for best advertis
ing partnership, and faces-off in that cate
gory with the collaboration between “Ted
Lasso” and FIFA 23.
Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of
a West Berlin discotheque, an incident that
prompted a U.S. air raid on Libya more than a
week later.
In 1987, Fox Broadcasting Co. made its
prime-time TV debut by airing the situation
comedy “Married with Children” followed by
“The Tracey Ullman Show,” then repeating
both premiere episodes two more times in the
same evening.
In 1991, former Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, his
daughter Marian and 21 other people were
killed in a commuter plane crash near Bruns
wick, Georgia.
In 2008, actor Charlton Heston, big-screen
hero and later leader of the National Rif le As
sociation, died in Beverly Hills, California, at
age 84.
In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch
mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29
workers. In a televised rescue, 115 Chinese
coal miners were freed after spending eight
days trapped in a flooded mine, surviving an
accident that had killed 38.
Celebrity birthdays
Movie producer Roger Coiman is 97. Country
singer Tommy Cash is 83. Actor Michael Moriarty
is 82. Pop singer Allan Clarke (The Hollies) is 81.
Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 81. Actor Max
Gail is 80. Actor Jane Asher is 77. Singer Agnetha
Faltskog (ABBA) is 73. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 71.
Singer-songwriter Peter Case is 69. Hip-hop
artist/actor Christopher “Kid” Reid is 59. Rock
musician Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 57. Singer
Paula Cole is 55. Actor Krista Allen is 52. Actor
Victoria Hamilton is 52. Country singer Pat Green
is 51. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 50.
Rapper/producer Juicy J is 48. Actor Sterling K.
Brown is 47. Country singer-musician Mike Eli
(The Eli Young Band) is 42. Actor Uly James is 34.
Nominees include “Recess Therapy,”
the show that highlighted 7-year-old corn-
loving Tariq, Post Malone’s listening expe
rience for “Twelve Carat Toothache” and
a VR concert by Megan Thee Stallion was
nominated for best metaverse, immersive
or virtual performance.
In other music nods, Future’s “Wait For
U” featuring Drake and Terns, Muse’s
“Compliance,” Disturbed’s “Bad Man”
and Christina Aguilera’s reworked “Beau
tiful” for World Mental Health Day are
competing for best music video.
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