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2A Weekend Edition-February 9-10, 2024 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com WEATHER EVENTS Gainesville 5-Day Forecast #AccuWeather VisitAccuWeather.com TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Cloudy Mild with rain HIGH: 61° LOW: 53 c RFT: 60° I RFT: 48° A couple of showers 65756° A little p.m. rain Mild with rain Precip chance: 10% Precip chance: 90% Precip chance: 85% 63755° Precip chance: 75% 64737° Precip chance: 90% Mostly sunny; cooler 54735° Precip chance: 15% RFT: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. Almanac Regional Weather Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 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A Roswell 62154 Danielsville 64/55 ° Duluth O 4© 62/53 M/54 q wind rrenceville 63/53 ,23, » ® Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2024 Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport Wednesday Temperature High/low 56 35 Normal high/low 53732° Record high 78° in 2019 Record low 12° in 1978 Precipitation (in inches) Wednesday 0.00 Month to date 0.03 Normal month to date 1.23 Year to date 9.68 Normal year to date 6.51 Record for date 2.45 in 1955 Air Quality Today w . m 50 100 150 200 300 Main Offender: Ozone Source: Environmental Protection Agency Pollen Yesterday Trees 0 °° 0 Grass absent Weeds absent Low Mod. High Verjj Main Offender: Trees Source: National Allergy Bureau UV Index City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Albany 72 52 c 73 60 c Atlanta 66 58 c 68 60 c Augusta 71 50 c 71 58 c Brunswick 70 56 pc 71 59 pc Chattanooga 60 55 c 64 49 r Lake Levels City Today Hi Lo W Tomorrow Hi Lo W Columbus 71 56 c 68 62 c Dalton 61 55 c 64 50 r Greenville 61 51 c 65 54 c Macon 71 53 c 71 60 c Savannah 73 54 pc 75 59 c Sun and Moon 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 1070.30 +0.01 Allatoona Lake 840.0 830.96 -0.15 Burton Lake 1865.0 1858.64 +0.12 Clark’s Hill Lake 330.0 328.66 -0.02 Hartwell Lake 660.0 658.99 -0.03 Russell Lake 480.0 472.87 -0.28 West Point Lake 635.0 628.63 -0.12 Sunrise today 7:27 a.m. Sunset tonight 6:13 p.m. Moonrise today 7:33 a.m. Moonset today 6:03 p.m. New First Full Last ‘ i : ' * Feb 9 Feb 16 Feb 24 Mar 3 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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Caffeine and Octane’s Lanier Raceway, 5301 Winder Highway, Braselton. Elachee Story Time. 10:30to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 9. The Storybook Market, 224 Main St. SW, Gainesville. 770-535-1976. Free. Valentine's Weekend Sunset Cruises. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9-14. Lanier Boat Charter, 6800 Lights Ferry Road, Flowery Branch. 678-882- 8062, cptthomasstepnowski@gmail.com. $225. Cat Cafe. 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 12. Hall County Library system, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext.4011,jcline@ hallcountylibrary.org. Free. Galentine’s Charcuterie Workshop. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Hall County Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gaines ville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011, jcline@hallcoun- tylibrary.org. 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, Gaines ville. 727-409-6608, charlenebestdewitt@ gmail.com. Free. Card workshop. 10 a.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. 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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. f i rst 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 of the 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, to- pher@nofobrew.co. Free. Turning Leaves BookClub. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. first Wednesdaysof the month. Linwood Nature Preserve Ecology Center, 415 Linwood Drive, Gainesville.karin.hicks@uga.edu. War Stories Book Club. 4-5 p.m. second Fridays of the month. Murrayville Branch Library, 4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville. 770-532- 3311 ext. 171. Free. TODAY IN HISTORY Jordan Strauss Invision/AP Screenwriter Han Jin-won and director Bong Joon-ho, winners of the Original Screenplay, International Feature Film, Directing, and Best Picture awards for “Parasite,” pose in the press room during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) at Hollywood and Highland on Feb. 9, 2020 in Hollywood, California. On this date: In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candi date received a majority of electoral votes. In 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy duringWorldWarll. In 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied vic tory over Japa nese forces. In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. In 1962, an agreement was signed to make Ja maica an independent nation within the British Commonwealth later in the year. In 1963, the Boeing 727 went on its first-ever flight as it took off from Renton, Washington. In 1971, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in Califor nia’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65 lives. In 1984, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov, 69, died 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was followed by Konstantin U. Chernenko, who would only be in powerfor 13 months. In 1986, Halley’s Comet visited the solar system forthe first time since 1910. (Its next return will be in 2061). In 2002, Britain's Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died in London at age 71. In 2009, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking performance-en hancing drugs, telling ESPN he’d used banned substances while with the Texas Rangers for three years. In 2018, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North and South Korean athletes entered Olympic Stadium to gether, waving flags showing a unified Korea; it was their first joint Olympic march in more than a decade. In 2020, “Parasite,” from South Korea, won the best picture Oscar, becoming the first foreign- language film to take home the biggest honor in film. £hc (Times gainesvilletimes.com A Metro Market Media Publication © 2024, Vol. 77, No. 28 Weekend Edition-February 9-10,2024 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. 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Periodical p paid: USPS 212-860 Delivery problems call (770) 532-2222 SINGLE COPY The Times is available at retail stores, newspaper racks and at The Times for $2.00 Midweek Edition and $2.00 Weekend Edition For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvillebmes.com/subscribe ENTERTAINMENT The Berlin Zoo mourns the death of flamingo BERLIN — The Berlin Zoo is mourn ing Ingo the flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least 75 years of age and had lived there since the mid-1950s. The zoo announced Ingo's Feb. 3 death at an “imposing’ age in social media posts on Wednesday, adding that he was “truly a legend!” His place of origin is unclear. The zoo said a ring on the bird's leg with the inscrip tion “Cairo, 23.6.1948” showed that he was ringed at a young age and was at least 75. The title of oldest animal at the zoo passed to Fatou, a gorilla whose age the zoo puts at 66. Ingo had lived at the zoo in what was then West Berlin since the summer of 1955, when he arrived from the Tierpark zoo in the divided city's communist east. The inscrip- Celebrity birthdays Actor Janet Suzman is 85. Singer-songwriter Carole King is 82. Actor Joe Pesci is 81. Singer Barbara Lewis is 81. Author Alice Walker is 80. Singer Joe Ely is 77. Actor Judith Light is 75. Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 69. Actor Ed Amatrudo is 68. Jazz musician Steve Wilson is 63. Country singer Danni Leigh is 54. Actor- producer Charlie Day is 48. Rock singer Chad Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 48. Actor Zhang Ziyi is 45. Actor Tom Hiddleston is 43. Actor David Galla gher is 39. Actor Michael B. Jordan is 37. tion on the ring was discovered only a few years ago. Ingo had limped a little recently and sometimes appeared to need a rest from his fellow flamingos, standing aside from them, but lived well beyond the roughly 30-year average life span of flamingos in the wild. In a statement on Thursday, zoo director Andreas Knieriem said an autopsy showed that “multiple age-related changes” caused the flamingo's death. Associated Press
