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2A Weekend Edition-January 12-13, 2024 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com WEATHER EVENTS Gainesville 5-Day Forecast #AccuWeather VisitAccuWeather.com TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Rain, at-storm A t-storm around Breezy in the Partly sunny Inc. clouds Cloudy and chilly HIGH: 50° LOW: 30° p.m. 47730° 46731° 47734° 41718° RFT: 40724 ° 1 RFT: 44729 ° 1 RFT: 50729 ° 1 RFT: 3273 Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: Precip chance: 100% 40% 5% 10% 15% 25% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Regional Weather Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 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High Verjj Main Offender: Trees, Mold Source: National Allergy Bureau City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 68 36 t 55 32 pc Atlanta 57 33 r 50 33 s Augusta 63 39 r 53 31 s Brunswick 68 48 t 58 40 pc Chattanooga 59 29 r 47 25 pc City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 66 32 t 52 31 s Dalton 56 29 r 46 28 pc Greenville 54 35 r 49 29 s Macon 67 35 t 52 30 s Savannah 68 46 r 57 35 pc UV Index 1 Lake Levels 1 Sun and Moon 0 1 0 0 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 data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Full Present 24 hr Lake Pool Level Change Lake Lanier 1071.0 1067.12 +0.44 Allatoona Lake 840.0 834.05 +2.09 Burton Lake 1865.0 1857.32 +0.01 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 324.94 +1.35 Hartwell Lake 660.0 656.87 +0.34 Russell Lake 480.0 476.31 -0.13 West Point Lake 635.0 630.44 +1.83 Sunrise today 7:42 a.m. Sunset tonight 5:45 p.m. Moonrise today 9:00 a.m. Moonset today 7:13 p.m. First Full Last New 009 _ Jan 17 Jan 25 Feb 2 Feb 9 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice THANKYOU 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. Subscribers can tailor their preferences for reading the day’s news, whether that’s the traditional print edition or a combination of online formats. 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The Storybook Market, 224 Main St., Gainesville. 770-535-1976. Free. Left Nut $10 Regular Blind Draw (Sunday). 1:30 to 5 p.m. Jan. 14. Liquid Nation Brewing (Left Nut Brewing), 2100 Atlanta Highway, Gaines ville. ONGOING Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group. 5:30- 6:30 p.m. first Tuesdays of the month. Grace Episcopal Church, 422 Brenau Ave. NE, Gaines ville. 727-409-6608, charlenebestdewitt@ gmail.com. Free. Card workshop. 10a.m. to 1 p.m. first Satur days of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gaines ville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011, gkoecher@hall- countylibrary.org. 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. 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. Gainesville Lacers. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Satur days of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gaines ville. 770-532-3311, gkoecher@hallcountyli- brary.org. Gentle Yoga. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.second, third and fourth Wednesdays. Blackshear Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway, Gaines ville. 770-337-1572, dl9345@bellsouth.net. Free. 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. Gold Rush Quilting Guild. 10 a. m. to noon first Wednesdays of the month. Friendship Baptist Church, 3513 Westmoreland Road, Cleveland. alenekempton@gmail.com. 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. Hip Hop Class Wednesdays. 4-5 p.m. (3rd to 5th Graders) through May 15. Gainesville Ballet Company, 971 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 770- 866-5353, info@gbcdance.com. $88. Homeschool Day. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. third Thursdays of the month. Elachee Nature Sci ence Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $15. Ice Skating at Sugar Hill. Through Feb. 17. The Ice Rink at Sugar Hill, 5039 W. Broad St., Sugar Hill. Music Bingo. 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday. NoFo Brew Co. Gainesville, 434 High St. SW, Gaines ville, topher@nofobrew.co. Free. 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. Tea with Jane Austen: A Reading Group. 3-4 p.m. fourth Fridays ofthe month through No vember. Hall County Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532- 3311 ext. 4011, gkoecher@hallcountylibrary. org. Free. Trivia Night. 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. NoFo Brew Co Gainesville, 434 High St. SW, Gainesville, topher@nofobrew.co. Free. Turning Leaves Book Club. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Wednesdays ofthe month. Linwood Nature Preserve Ecology Center, 415 Linwood Drive, Gainesville, karin.hicks@uga.edu. War Stories BookClub. 4-5 p.m. second Fridays ofthe month. Murrayville Branch Library, 4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville. 770-532- 3311 ext. 171. Free. TODAY IN HISTORY Jordan Strauss Associated Press Lisa Marie Presley, daughter ofthe late singer Elvis Presley, attends a hand print ceremony honoring the Presley family on June 21, 2022, at theTCL ChineseTheatre in Los Angeles. Lisa Marie Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, after a hospitalization, according to her mother, Priscilla Presley. She was 54. On this date: In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain. In 1910, at a White House dinner hosted by President William Howard Taft, Baroness Rosen, wife ofthe Russian ambassador, caused a stir by requesting and smoking a cigarette—it was, apparently, the first timea woman had smoked openly during a public function in the executive mansion. In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a proposed constitutional amendment to give women nationwide the right to vote. In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus. In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a major, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. Aircraft from U.S. Task Force 38 sank about 40 Japanese ships off Indochina. In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race. In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy “All in the Family” premiered on CBS television. In 2000, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer. In 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake; the Haitian government said 316,000 people were killed, while a report prepared fortheU.S. Agency for International Development suggested the death toll may have been between 46,000 and 85,000. In 2023, the only child of Elvis Presley and a si nger-songwriter ded icated to her father’s legacy, died at age 54. £hc Stmts gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication © 2023, Vol. 77, No. 8 Weekend Edition-January 12-13,2024 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 Advertising Sales Mgr Jessica Shirley jessicashirley@gainesvilletimes.com Editor John Chambliss jchambliss@gainesvilletimes.com Director of Audience Shannon Casas scasas@gainesvilletimes.com Controller Susan Andrews sandrews@gainesvilletimes.com TALK TO AN EDITOR, REPORT AN ERROR If you spot an error, we want to correct it immediately. We also want your news tips and feature ideas. 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