2A Midweek Edition-February 28-29, 2024
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WEATHER
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TODAY
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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Almanac
Regional Weather
Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
Monday
Temperature
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
High/low
72°39°
Normal high/low
58736°
Record high
77° in 1951
Record low
Precipitation (in inches)
6° in 1967
Monday
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Month to date
3.93
Normal month to date
4.76
Year to date
13.58
Normal year to date
10.04
Record for date
3.22 in 1934
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Albany
78 45 c
65 51 c
Columbus
78 40 t
Atlanta
73 37 t
59 45 c
Dalton
69 31 t
Augusta
78 41 t
60 43 c
Greenville
72 33 t
Brunswick
77 57 pc
61 54 c
Macon
78 39 t
Chattanooga
69 32 t
55 39 c
Savannah
82 50 pc
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62 48 c
55 39 c
59 34 c
61 45 c
62 49 c
UV Index
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Lake Levels
1
Sun and Moon
Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday
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ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Lake
Full
Pool
Present
Level
24 hr
Change
Lake Lanier
1071.0
1071.12
-0.08
Allatoona Lake
840.0
834.68
-0.01
Burton Lake
1865.0
1862.22
-0.11
Clark’s Hill Lake
330.0
329.54
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Hartwell Lake
660.0
660.36
-0.07
Russell Lake
480.0
473.28
+0.01
West Point Lake
635.0
629.84
+0.01
Sunrise today 7:06 a.m.
Sunset tonight 6:30 p.m.
Moonrise today 10:28 p.m.
Moonset today 9:03 a.m.
Last New First Full
Mar 3 Mar 10 Mar 16 Mar 25
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice
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EVENTS
Learn or Play Mah Jongg!. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 29. Hall County Library System, Gaines
ville Branch, 127 Main St NW, Gainesville.
770-532-3311 ext. 4011, jcline@hallcountyli-
brary.org. Free.
LEGO Club. 4 to 7 p. m. Feb. 29, March 7,14.
North Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Rd.
Suite B, Gainesville. 770-532-3311.
Preview Night for the 46th Annual GALA - Fine
Art Auction. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb 29. Quinlan Vi
sual Arts Center, 514GreenSt. NE, Gainesville.
770-536-2575, info@qvac.org. Free.
46th Annual GALA - Fine Art Auction. 6:30 to
11 p.m. March 2. Quinlan Visual Arts Center,
514Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
info@qvac.org. $214 - $856.
Elachee Adventure After Dark Guided Hike. 6
to 10 p.m. March 2. Chicopee Woods Aquatic
Center, 2100 Calvary Church Rd., Gainesville.
770-535-1976. Free.
Greeting Card Workshop. 10a.m.to 1 p.m.
March 2. Hall County Library System, Gaines
ville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville.
770-532-3311 et. 4011, gkoecher@hallcoun-
tylibrary.org. Free.
Family Frolics. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 6.
Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee
Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $0 - $10.
Homeschool Workshop: What is Soil?. 10 a.m.
to noon March 6. Atlanta Botanical Garden
Gainesville, 1911 Sweetbay Drive, Gainesville.
$10.
Caffeine and Octane Lanier Raceway. 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. March 8. Caffeine and Octane's
Lanier Raceway, 5301 Winder Highway, Bra-
selton.
Sitting up with the Dead. 10 a.m. to 10 p. m.
March 8. Gainesville Branch Library, 127 Main
St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011.
$15.
Early Blooms: Witch Hazel and Spring Ephem-
erals (WalkingTour). 10 a.m. to noon March
9. Atlanta Botanical Garden Gainesville, 1911
Sweetbay Drive, Gainesville. $29 - $34.
United Way of Hall County’s 75th Anniversary
Gala. 6 to 10 p.m. March 9. The Boathouse at
Lake Lanier Olympic Park, 3105 Clarks Bridge
Road, Gainesville. 770-536-1121, kellison@
unitedwayofhallcounty.org. $75.
Eagle’s Women’s Golf Chattahoochee Colle
giate. March 11-12. Chattahoochee Golf Club,
301 Tommy Aaron Dr, Gainesville.
WHHS Art Exhibition. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
March 11-15. Flowery Branch City Hall, 5410
Pine St., Flowery Branch. Free.
YAC. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 11. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Rd. Suite B,
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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@
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Discovery Saturday. 10a.m.to3 p.m.Satur
days. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125
Elachee Dr., Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $0-
$10.
Gentle Yoga. 11:30a.m.to 12:30 p.m.second,
third and fourth Wednesdays. Blackshear
Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville. 770-337-1572, dl9345@bell-
south.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.
Hip Hop Class Wednesdays. 4-5 p.m. (3rd to
5th Graders) through May 15. Gainesville Bal
let Company, 971 Riverside Drive, Gainesville.
770-866-5353, info@gbcdance.com. $88.
Inspired by Nature: The Works of James R.
Darnell Art Exhibit. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays
through April 18. The Arts Council Smithgall
Arts Center, 331 Spring St. SW, Gainesville.
770-534-2787, julie@theartscouncil.net.
Free.
Music Bingo. 7 to9 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.
Trivia Night. 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. NoFo Brew
Co Gainesville, 434 High St. SW, Gainesville,
topher@nofobrew.co. Free.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Terry Renna Associated Press
Students leave after attending class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in
Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Students returned to class for the first
time since a former student opened fire there with an assault rifle, killing 17 people.
On this date:
In 1849, the California gold rush began in ear
nest as regular steamship service started bring
ing gold-seekers to San Francisco.
In 1911, President William Howard Taft nomi
nated William H. Lewis to be the first Black As
sistant Attorney General of the United States.
In 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Fran
cis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered
the double-helix structure of DNA.
In 1975,42 people were killed in London's Un
derground when a train smashed into the end
of a tunnel.
In 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious
compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to
arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on
weapons charges; four agents and six David-
ianswere killed as a 51-day standoff began.
In 1996, Britain's Princess Diana agreed to
divorce Prince Charles. (Their 15-year marriage
officially ended in August 1996; Diana died in a
car crash in Paris a year after that.)
In 2009, Paul Harvey, the news commentator
and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style
made him one of the nation’s most familiar
voices, died in Phoenix at age 90.
In 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in
600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pon
tificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following
month by Pope Francis.)
In 2014, delivering a blunt warning to Moscow,
President Barack Obama expressed deep
concern over reported military activity inside
Ukraine by Russia and warned “there will be
costs" for any intervention.
In 2018, students and teachers returned under
police guard to Florida's Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School as classes resumed for
the first time since a shooting that killed 17
people.
In 2022, Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s
second-largest city, rocking a residential neigh
borhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a
17-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other
vehicles.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Music producer latest to
accuse Sean Combs of
sexual misconduct
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy“
Combs was sued Monday by a music
producer who accused the hip-hop
mogul of sexually assaulting him and
forcing him to have sex with prostitutes.
The suit, filed in federal court in
New York, accuses Combs of repeated
instances of unsolicited groping and
sexual touching. It also says the man
had to work in a bathroom while Combs
showered and walked around naked.
A lawyer for Combs called the events
described in the lawsuit “pure fiction.'’
“We have overwhelming, indisputable
proof that his claims are complete lies,’’
said Combs attorney Shawn Holley.
“We will address these outlandish alle
gations in court and take all appropriate
Celebrity birthdays
Architect Frank Gehry is 95. Singer Sam the
Sham is 87. Hall of Fame auto racer Mario
Andretti is 84. Actor Kelly Bishop is 80. Actor
Stephanie Beacham is 77. Writer-director Mike
Figgis is 76. Actor Mercedes Ruehl is 76. Actor
Bernadette Peters is 76. Actor llene Graff is 75.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman
is 71. Basketball Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley is
69. Actor John Turturro is 67. Rock singer Cindy
Wilson is 67. Actor Rae Dawn Chong is 63. Actor
Maxine Bahns is 55. Actor Robert Sean Leonard
is 55. Rock singer Pat Monahan is 55. Author
Daniel Handler (aka “Lemony Snicket”) is 54.
Actor Tasha Smith is 53. Actor Ali Larter is 48.
Country singer Jason Aldean is 47. Actor Geof
frey Arend is 46. Actor Melanie Chandra (TV:
“Code Black”) is 40. Actor Michelle Horn is 37.
MLB relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman is 36. Actor
True O’Brien is 30. Actor Madisen Beaty is 29.
action against those who make them,’’
he added.
In the lawsuit, the producer claims
Combs made him solicit prostitutes and
pressured him to have sex with them. It
also described a time when the producer
woke up in bed with two sex workers,
suspecting he had been drugged.
Associated Press
