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Independent-Mal l associ a t e J i m L i t t l e s a i d .
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A s winter offi c i a lly ' d aw n s " T h e b i g g est t h il l g i s J 1 1 h
today; much of what the sea · a n d p o t t i n g s o i l s b e C ii U � (! j )'
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son means to a rea residents p i e m'e b r i n g i n g i n p l C l I I !

has already corne to pass. fro m the coid wra t h e r, " I l l '
Average temperat nres w i l l sa i d .
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d r o p a de g ree o r t w o i n BUb" - a n l s , sp i d e l's, C I I '
January, but won't get fa r off l'OaCll8S, earw i gs a n d l l l U l ' l !
the December tren d s . Home 1118.Y move i rl t o your hom e ( I , I .,

and garden m a i n te nance t i me of yea r fo r tIl e s a l l l e 1'1..\ 1 -

t a s k s shou l d a l re a dy b e
checked off t h e to-do l i s t .
We 've already expe henced a
nasty i c e storm.
I t seems all that s left t o d o
' yards i n search o f fo o el , a n d
n o w i s l o o k forward to the hol-
i d ays, including a chance of
snow Frid ay, a n d w a i t fo r
sp ring.
Gard e n s , and gard en e rs,
are doing j ust that fo r the
most part, White Jones
s on , he s d i d . P e s t i c i d e i :,
another s l1l pr i �; i n g l y b i g :ci u l l ­
er in Dece m i J u L
Deer lilClY a ls o ven t U l'e i l l l i l
M r. L i t t l e sa i d he h a s heen get ­
t i n g requ es t s fo r pro d u c l :J t l l n t
m i gh t l,eep t h e m , I W i I V N o
s lich t h i n g , h e s a id.
P l e a s e see Winter, P a g tJ 'I �' .-,
 1 tere r ontns ex ecte o e raIny
From Page lA needy during the winter have gone in two weeks, so more is In northeast Georgia. the
reported 10wer-than-usuaJ always needed. she said. heat assistance agency is
''There's no cure-all:' he Sunbelt
giving. Anderson Interfaith H uman Ninth District Opportunity.
said.
Min istries, for example. ran Advancement Resources Inc. at (800) 822-0179.
To take shoppers' mind5 off
out of money for heating is the designated agency to
winter, and to help them with
assistance at the beginning of distribute money from the
their Christmas buying, the
December. fede ral Low Income Home
store in the Watson Village
Executive D irector Kristi Energy Assistance Program.
shopping center has placed
King said the ecumenical. and applications for horne
on d isplay a few items that
nonprofit organization heating help are being taken
hearken to spring. Among
received a $12.462 check from at the Anderson office at 400
tbem: pecan picker-uppers,
Duke Power Oil Th ursday as E. River SI. case manager AI
garden gnomes and pruning
part of the utility's "Share Norris J r. said.
tool sets.
the Warmth" program. in There also are offices in
Meanwhile. except [or
which customers donate Oconee and Pickens counties.
Friday 's possible snow dur­
money for all·purpose heat­ ill Abbeville Connty. heat
ing the day. expeet a wet,
ing assistance when they pay assistance is available
rainy Christmas week after a
their bills. through GLEAMNS Human
sunny start Monday.
Demand is high. however. Resources Inc. . at ( BOO) 968-
Highs will be in the upper
and thai windfall couid be 8758.
40s on Ch ristmas Day and
Thursday. but drop to the 30s
on Friday. The h igh wiU be in
the 40s again Satu rday.
A rainier· than-normal
winter is predicted as a result
of the EI I l ino brew ing ofT
South America. a welcome
trend given the last five years
of drought in most of
Georgia and South Carolina.
And, in faCi.. rainfall has
been higher than normal.
Decem ber ryp ically brings
3.B6 inches tctcl. and 4.39
have fallen already at the
National Weather Service's
Greer station at [he
G re e n " iI l e · S p a r t a n bu r g
International Airport. About
4.14 inches have fallen at the
Anderson airporl.
For I he record. Jan uary
usuaUy brings 4 . 4 1 inches,
February 4.25 inches a n d
March 5.31 inches. From Dec.
22 to March 20 - a typical
winter - 17.38 inches of rain
normally falls al the Greer
station.
The rainy weather brought
Hartwell Lake up to 65\.9 feet
above sea level by Saturday,
eighl fee l below full pool but
only about three feel beloW
the average height of the lake
surface fo r this time of the
year. acco rding to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
Lake Keowee is more than
a foot below the minimum
December target height of 96
feel. according to D u k e
Power. while Duke's Lake
Jocassee is 16 feet belOW its
minimum target height, also
96 feel.
The normal December
high temperature in the
Upstate drops from 51 on Dec.
! to 50 by the last week of the
m o n t h . where it remains
un til the last week of
J a n uary. By the end of
February. the h igh has
climbed Lo 5B and continues
to 64 by March 20.
The low temperature drops
[rom a normal of 37 degrees
Dec. I to 33 at the official
start of win ter. It's al 32 by
month·s end and stays there
until the second week of
January. The next two weeks
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are typically the coldest of
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the year. wilh a normal low of
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degrees. on Dec. 2.
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