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2A Midweek Edition-April 12-13, 2023 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com WEATHER EVENTS Gainesville 5-Pay Forecast #AccuWeather I Go to AccuWeather.com TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Sunny and nice Clear Not as warm A shower and t-storm Warmer with some sun A couple of t-storms HIGH: 76° LOW: 48° 68756° 65754° 77757° 70743 s RFT: 75754 ° 1 RFT: 65755 ° 1 RFT: 79756 ° 1 RFT: 70742 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 5% 10% 25% 95% 25% 90% 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 72 41 Normal high/low 70746° Record high 89° in 2001 Record low Precipitation (in inches) 29° in 1938 24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. Tue. 0.00 Month to date 2.67 Normal month to date 1.51 Year to date 20.68 Normal year to date 17.25 Record for date 1.10 in 1956 Air Quality Today ▼ 50 100 150 200 300 Main Offender: Ozone Source: Environmental Protection Agency Pollen Yesterday Trees 0 °“ o»o» o n ".H Grass absent Weeds absent Low Mod. High Verjj Main Offender: Oak, Birch, Sweetgum Source: National Allergy Bureau Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Morganton 76/41 Turners 76/46 Toccoff 78/46 uanionega uranium - 76/46 q 76/46 ©“■ Murrayville . . O 76/47* , oi“®, Dawsonville O ' 129 i 77/47 75/47 Gainesville o Homer < 76/48 78/46 Cumming 76/47 Oakwood X*_ ■■ ° o ®W° © 0 Duluth O Q / 76/46 Winder O Canton 77/46 Commerce 77/44 Danielsville 78/43 Athens 79/45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2023 City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 80 59 pc 72 61 t Atlanta 77 53 s 66 58 t Augusta 79 45 s 79 60 t Brunswick 76 68 pc 75 66 pc Chattanooga 78 47 s 70 58 pc City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 79 56 s 67 59 t Dalton 77 44 s 69 57 pc Greenville 78 46 s 78 56 s Macon 78 52 s 71 59 t Savannah 78 57 s 77 62 t UV Index “ 6 3 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. Lake Levels Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Full Pool Present Level 24 hr Change Lake Lanier 1071.0 1072.02 -0.03 Allatoona Lake 840.0 841.77 +0.46 Burton Lake 1865.0 1863.62 +0.05 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 331.47 +0.24 Hartwell Lake 660.0 660.97 -0.42 Russell Lake 480.0 475.39 -0.02 West Point Lake 635.0 635.06 +0.22 Sun and Moon Sunrise today 7:08 a.m. Sunset tonight 8:04 p.m. Moonrise today 2:14 a.m. Moonset today 11:47 a.m. Last New First Full ^ ^ 0 0 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27 May 5 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice Kaya Vineyards Wine Run 5K. 5 p.m. April 13. Kaya Vineyard & Winery, 5400 Town Creek Road, Dahlonega. Free Photography Seminar. 6:30-8 p.m. April 13. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, haley.yar- nall@quinlanvisualarts.org. Historic Downtown Braselton Tours. 10-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-2 p.m. April 15; 12:30-2 p.m. April 16, 29. The 1904, 9924 Davis St., Bra selton. 706-921-4016, nperry@braselton. net. $10. Bear on the Square Mountain Music Festival. 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 15; 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 16. Historic Dahlonega Square, 1 Public Square, info@bearonthesquare.org. Free. Gainesville Theater Alliance presents “1984.” Noon to 5 p.m. April 15-16,18-22. Ed Cabell Theatre, 3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood. 678-717-3606, leslie.beaman@ung.edu. ZF Gainesville Car Show. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 16.1925 New Harvest Road, Gaines ville. Free. University of North Georgia Annual Pops Con cert. 3-8:30 p.m. April 16. Memorial Hall, 130 Georgia Circle, Dahlonega. 706-864-1423, cherri.helms@ung.edu. Newcomers Duplicate Bridge Game. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 18, 25. Lanierland Duplicate Bridge Club, 3042 McEver Road, Gainesville, Idecarlo50@gmail.com. 2023 Art Walk. 4-8 p.m. April 20. Downtown Gainesville, 301 Main St., Gainesville, Ishu- bert@gainesvillega.gov. 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. 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 Publish your event Don’t see your event here? Organizers can go to gainesvilletimes. com/calendar and submit their events for publication online and in print. Click the “+Add event” button at the top right and follow the prompts to add information and a photo. Events publish at the editors’ discretion. See more Go to gainesvilletimes.com/calendar for the full interactive calendar of events throughout the region. 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. sec ond Saturdays of the month. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gaines ville. 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, Gaines ville. 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. Free. 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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Associated Press On this date: In 1861, the Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63; he was suc ceeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. In 1955, the Salk vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective. In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin be came the first man to fly in space, orbiting Earth once before making a safe landing. In 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit. (During his time behind bars, King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”) In 1981, former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, 66, died in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1985, Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in space as the shuttle Discovery lifted off. In 1988, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of fice issued a patent to Harvard University for a genetically engineered mouse, the first time a patent was granted for an animal life form. In 1990, in its first meeting, East Germany’s first democratically elected parliament ac knowledged responsibility for the Nazi Ho locaust, and asked the forgiveness of Jews and others who had suffered. In 1992, after five years in the making, Euro Disneyland (now called Disneyland Paris) opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France, amid controversy as French intellectuals bemoaned the invasion of American pop culture. In 2015, Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics, announcing in a video her much-awaited second cam paign for the White House. In 2020, Christians around the world cel ebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus. St. Peter’s Square was barricaded to keep out crowds. Pope Francis celebrated Easter Mass inside the largely vacant basilica, calling for global solidarity in the face of the pandemic. ENTERTAINMENT Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK — Saying she is ready to share the “unfathomable” experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Rus sia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024. Griner was arrested last year at the airport in Moscow on drug-related charges and detained for nearly 10 months, much of that time in prison. Her plight unfolded at the same time Russia invaded Ukraine and further height ened tensions between Russia and the U.S., ending only after she was freed in exchange for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. A WNBA All-Star with the Phoenix Mercury, Griner had flown to Moscow in February 2022 to rejoin UMMC Ekater inburg, a Russian women’s team she has played for in the off-season since 2014. “That day (in February) was the Celebrity birthdays Playwright Alan Ayckbourn is 84. Jazz musi cian Herbie Hancock is 83. Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 79. Actor Ed O’Neill is 77. Actor Dan Lauria is 76. Talk show host David Letterman is 76. Author Scott Turow is 74. Actor-playwright Tom Noonan is 72. R&B singer JD Nicholas (The Commodores) is 71. Singer Pat Travers is 69. Actor Andy Garcia is 67. Movie director Walter Salles is 67. Country singer Vince Gill is 66. Model/TV personal ity J Alexander is 65. Rock musician Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen) is 65. Rock singer Art Alexakis (Everclear) is 61. Country singer Deryl Dodd is 59. Folk-pop singer Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) is 59. Actor Alicia Coppola is 55. Rock singer Nicholas Hexum (311) is 53. Actor Retta is 53. Actor Nicholas Brendon is 52. Actor Shannen Doherty is 52. Actor Marley Shelton is 49. Actor Sarah Jane Morris is 46. Actor Jordana Spiro is 46. Rock musician Guy Berryman (Coldplay) is 45. Actor Riley Smith is 45. Actor Claire Danes is 44. Actor Jennifer Morrison is 44. Actor Matt McGorry is 37. Actor Brooklyn Decker is 36. Contemporary Christian musician Joe Rickard (Red) is 36. Rock singer-musician Brendon Urie (Panic! at the Disco) is 36. Actor Saoirse Ronan is 29. beginning of an unfathomable period in my life which only now am I ready to share,” Griner said in a statement released Tuesday by Alfred A. Knopf.
