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Table of Contents Volume 4, No. 40, June 29, 2005

On the Cover: Roddrick Marshall (photo by Jim Morekis; photo illustration by Brandon Blatcher)

News Cover Story

Roddrick Marshall

City Notebook

News bits from around town

Jane Fishman

Vacant talk about a vacancy

Living History 10

New War of 1812 exhibit

Blotter 11 From SPD reports

Cover Story 6

Non Sequitur 11

Favorite cartoon

News of the Weird 12 Strange but true

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Culture Personal Tech 14 Art Patrol 16

Living History 10

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Exhibits & openings

Cuisine 17

The Grill Beachside & Sea Dawgs

Theatre 18

Cop-Out at the Bean

Corkscrew 19

Female aficionadoes

Vibes Music Feature 20 Backseat Superstars Connect Recommends 22 Concerts of the week Music Menu 23 Local gigs a la carte

Art Patrol 16 Soundboard 26 Who’s playing and where

28 Regional concert listinge

Good Show Will Travel

Film

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Week at a Glance

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Classifieds 44 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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Editorial Editor-in-Chief: Jim Morekis (jim@connectsavannah.com) News Editor: Linda Sickler (linda@connectsavannah.com) Music Editor: Jim Reed (jim.r@connectsavannah.com) Contributing Writers: Matt Brunson, John Delaney, Richard R. DiPirro, Taylor Eason, Jane Fishman, Bertha Husband, Ashley Jensen, Michael Jordan, Tom Parrish, Mark Thomas Editorial Intern: Traci Dasher-Sullivan, SSU Photogs: Cheryl Digiovanni & Gene Witham

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The Fantastic Fourth What: This three-day celebration will begin with artisans and crafters selling their wares and entertainment that will include the bands Delta Moon, Band in the Park and Jacey Falk and the Revue of Atlanta. There will be a pet contest, a children’s activity area, boats on display and a fabulous finale with fireworks. When: July 2, 3 and 4. Where: River Street. Cost: Free. Call: Savannah Waterfront Association, 234-0295.

Wednesday, June 29

Lunchtime Concerts in the Squares

Atlanta Falcons Fan Festival What: Tour the Falcon’s mobile museum, play interactive games, win prizes and purchase Falcons merchandise. The first 200 fans can get signed autographs. When: June 29 from 4-8 p.m. Where: Memorial Stadium. Cost: Free.

Thursday, June 30 The Integration of Baseball What: Byron A. Boyd will present Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey and the Integration of Baseball as part of the 2005 Renaissance Lecture Series. When: June 30 at 5:30 p.m. Where: Magnolia Manor at Richmond Hill. Cost: Free. Call: 756-4300 What: The Savannah Sand Gnats take on the Hickory Crawdads for a four-game series. When: June 30 and July 1 and 2 at 7:05 p.m. and July 3 at 2:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Call: 351-9150.

What: Tybee Theater Cafe presents A. R. Gurney’s funny and poignant play about communication and missed connections. The doors are open prior to the show for dinner and light fare. When: July 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. Where: 1st Street and Jones Avenue above Las Palmas restaurant on Tybee Island. Cost: $12. Call: 786-6384.

Saturday, July 2 Yankee Doodle Doggie Patriotic Pet Costume Contest What: Each contestant will be scored on two categories, patriotism and originality, by a panel of judges. All proceeds will benefit the Humane Society Chatham/Savannah. When: July 2 at 10 a.m. Where: River Street at the stage. Cost: The registration fee is $10 per dog. Call: 354-9515.

Union Mission’s Growing Hope Community Farmers Market What: The market features quality grown local produce, plants and flowers, crafts, baked goods and art in a fellowship-filled, family atmosphere. When: Saturdays through late August from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Where: Corner of East Broad and Gwinnett streets, across from the Starfish Cafe. Cost: Free. Call: 238-2777 Ext. 23 or 236-7423.

Sunday, July 3

Production of Cop-Out at the Sentient Bean

Fireworks on the Beach What: Fireworks over the Atlantic Ocean are the highlight of this annual event. The fireworks are staged on the pier, but are easily viewed from any of Tybee’s eastern beaches. When: July 3 at around 9:15 p.m.

What: Fowl Brick Theater Company and Studio West Productions present this one-act dark comedy by John Guare, in which two actors portray seven different characters. When: June 30 and July 1 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $3 donation. Call: 232-4447.

Annual Patriotic Concert and Barbecue Dinner What: Savannah Winds, the resident wind ensemble at Armstrong Atlantic State University, will honor America, her servicemen and women and veterans of the U.S. armed forces with this concert. When: July 3 at 3 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Dinners are $7.50. Call: 927-5381.

Friday, July 1

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What: A sophisticated and nuanced black comedy that is a social satire of contemporary Czech society. When: July 3 at 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $6, cash only.

What: This month’s events include the opening reception for Its Imminent End, Its Imminent Beginning, an art exhibition. A performance by Luke Homitsky will be presented during the reception. When: July 1 from 6-10 p.m. Where: Starland Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2428 Bull St. Cost: Free. Call: Starlandsavannah@hotmail.com.

Monday, July 4 Fantastic Fourth Fireworks A scene from Cop-Out

What: All blood and platelet drive participants will receive an American Red Cross T-shirt and will be eligible to win tickets to an upcoming Braves’ game, signed memorabilia or the grand prize: four tickets to an upcoming game with a field visit. When: July 1, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; July 2, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and July 4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Red Cross Savannah Donor Center, 25 Tibet Ave.

NASCAR Mid-Season Championships and Fireworks What: The NASCAR Mid-Season Championships for late models, street stocks, pure stocks and mini stocks will be held. All classes will run double features and there will be a fireworks display to celebrate the Fourth of July. When: July 1. Gates open at 6 p.m. Racing is at 8 p.m. and the fireworks will be at 10 p.m. Where: Oglethorpe Speedway Park on U.S. 80 in Pooler. Cost: $12 adults, $11 military or seniors, $3 Week at a Glance Sponsored by: ages 6-12 and free for 5 and under. Call: 964-8200 or www.ospracing.net.

What: One of the most spectacular fireworks shows in the region. Keep your radio tuned to KIX 96.5, COOL 103.9 or Z-102 for a simulcast of music choreographed to the fireworks. When: July 4 about 9:25 p.m. Where: River Street. Cost: Free. Call: 234-0295.

Independence Day Colonial Faire What: There will be games of skill, colonial music, musket and cannon firing and a visit from the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. When: July 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Fort Morris State Historic Site, seven miles east of Interstate 95 at Exit 76. Follow the brown Liberty Trail signs. Cost: Free. Call: 912-884-5999 or visit www.gastateparks.org.

Wednesday, July 6 Psychotronic Film Society Presents Shock Waves What: This creepy, low-budget shocker was a familiar attraction at drive-ins around the country -- the greatest underwater Nazi zombie movie ever made. When: July 6. Seating at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5 at the door. Call: 232-4447. ◗

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What: Kick off America’s Independence Day celebration with this sparkling performance. When: June 30 and July 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU’s Jenkins Theater. Cost: $8. Call: 927-5381.

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Atlanta Braves American Red Cross Blood Drive

Tybee Theater Cafe Presents Love Letters (all month)

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What: Enjoy the tunes as the American Federation of Musicians presents performances ranging from ragtime to jazz. Up this week is the Victorian Ensemble. When: July 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: Johnson Square. Cost: Free.

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Cover Story

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F. SCOTT FITZGERALD famously wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives.” Roddrick Marshall would like to prove Fitzgerald wrong, however. Since his release from prison, the 31year-old former inmate has made it his mission to help other ex-offenders in the Savannah area re-enter society and become productive citizens. But with his positive attitude, boundless energy and ready smile on his face, Marshall has a lot to teach us all about the power of redemption. He was the first convicted felon to complete the Savannah Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy. He volunteers with a wide array of local nonprofits, from Court Appointed Special Advocates to the Rape Crisis Center. He’s on the board of directors of the Wesley Community Center. And a new college textbook -- the seventh edition of Joel Samaha’s Criminal Justice -- features Marshall as a case study of successful inmate re-entry. While Marshall is critical of Georgia’s restrictive policies regarding convicted offenders, he maintains that if he can successfully make the transition from prison to everyday life, anyone can. He is especially focused on making sure ex-offenders don’t make the disastrous plunge into recidivism -- going back into a life of crime, and back into prison. We spoke to Marshall at his Southside apartment, where he lives with his wife Tamika and four of his five children.

Connect Savannah: First off, everyone’s going to want to know what you were in prison for. So let’s get that over with. Roddrick Marshall: There were three juvenile convictions -- entering an auto and burglary, and two auto thefts. And two adult convictions, both for auto theft.

Connect Savannah: Where does your story begin? Roddrick Marshall: Bellwood Heights in Columbus, Ga. Primarily African American, low-income, poverty and druginfested. A lot of drug activity. It was a real breeding ground. The main problem was no one would report crime to the police because someone involved was usually a friend or associate. As a young

kid in that neighborhood, it led me into that life. No one ever talked about the effects of being a convicted felon. Everybody just said, “Don’t get caught.” I’m 31 now, but a lot of guys I grew up with are still in prison. Society has it set up so that there are so many barriers to re-entry. I went to jail, was punished, went through parole and probation. And still there are a lot of barriers.

never told me. I had to find out from the Georgia Fatherhood Program. You have to wait five years before you can apply for a pardon. I was like, “Wait a minute, I’m past five years already.” So I made an appointment to get the process going. You have to go through all kinds of background checks. You have to bring in three letters of reference from respected people in the community.

Connect Savannah: Like what?

Connect Savannah: Exactly what civil rights are returned to you?

Roddrick Marshall: You lose your right to Roddrick Marshall: You get full firearm vote, even after you’ve completed your rights, to keep and bear arms. You get to sentence. Housing? If you have any kind serve on a jury. And you get to run for of drug conviction -- I’m so thankful I public office. And I plan to do all three of never had one of those -- you can’t apply those things. for public housing or get food stamps. I’ve already Look at these had my projects all encounter with around here. the jury system. There may be I’ve been sumlots of crime in moned twice. The those areas, but first time my if you’ve got a number wasn’t drug conviction called. The they won’t even second time we let you get a were about to go place there. to trial but it was You can’t get called off at the a Pell Grant so last minute. That you can go to happens a lot, school. I want to when guys find start taking out that a jury classes at could give them a Savannah State lot bigger senor maybe tence than a plea Armstrong bargain with the Atlantic this fall. I DA. I was like, want to go back “Oh, man, I really to school to wanted this to go improve my life to trial.” I was and become proexcited. I was ductive, but how ready. can I pay the full Six states tuition? It puts have what they you in a corner. Roddrick Marshall with his family call a certificate of Connect Savannah: You’ve referred to a rehabilitation. It shows some proof to the pardon that you were recently granted by community of your rehabilitation and your the state Board of Pardons and Paroles desire to be productive. that has helped you re-enter society. Connect Savannah: Georgia doesn’t offer Roddrick Marshall: I didn’t find out about that. pardons until a few years after I got out of Roddrick Marshall: No. It’s going to take prison. And I didn’t find out about it from a lot more people in the struggle to get any probation or parole officer. They out and vote. That’s the roadblock to

changing policy. A whole lot of people in my situation would rather just stay below the radar.

Connect Savannah: What convinced you to come up into the radar? Roddrick Marshall: The last time I was incarcerated, I was serving a four-year sentence. At that time the governor of Georgia was Zell Miller, and he started a boot camp program for any person convicted of a non-violent crime with a sentence under ten years. I fit that description (laughs). So I had a choice -- spend my time lifting weights and sitting around talking negatively, or go get some discipline. I chose the boot camp for four months. I figured if I could make it through that, I could make it through what I would face on the outside. We’d get up at 5 a.m. every morning and exercise and do push-ups -- “drop and give me twenty.” It didn’t matter what the conditions were outside, how cold it was. We went out every day and did that. I’ve taken those same principles and mentality back into my life as a citizen.

Connect Savannah: What is your main focus with your outreach now? Roddrick Marshall: I want to reach out to the public to help motivate other convicted felons to take the necessary steps to become productive citizens. At one point I’d like to take my first ten years out of prison, write it down and get other people to go through that program. But if we all chill out and don’t do anything, there won’t be many policies affected. A lot of people think they can handle the street life. They’re not thinking about re-entry at all. But real survival is when you can really re-integrate into society. Just because you don’t re-commit a crime doesn’t mean you’ve made a successful re-entry. I want them to know that if you keep trying at something, you can make it regardless of the barriers. You have to have that inner determination to be the best you can be. That’s what I learned from that boot camp.

Connect Savannah: Probably not too many convicted felons are reading this paper right now. What do you gain by reaching out to the media in this way?

7 Roddrick Marshall: Well, for example, a lot of wardens and law enforcement people have their own personal views of exoffenders. That’s an uphill battle in itself. I mostly want to spread the word. There was this guy in Savannah the police pulled over on Abercorn. He was driving on a suspended license, and he got out of the car and ran. His fatal decision was to jump the fence at Hunter Army Airfield. That meant a federal charge. It was just that simple. He picked the wrong fence to jump. And now he’s got to go through everything that I went through, all the challenges when he gets out.

Connect Savannah: Do you go into prisons to speak to current inmates?

Connect Savannah: What brought you to Savannah? Roddrick Marshall: I didn’t really see any change coming about in Columbus. It was a real struggle to break through there. So I decided to make a fresh start, in a place that wasn’t as big as Atlanta, where you’re just one of four million.

Connect Savannah: Do you have a job? Roddrick Marshall: I work as a temp for hire through Snelling. Right now I’m actually working for a parts supply company for JCB.

Connect Savannah: You’re the first exoffender to participate in the Citizen’s Police Academy. Did they seek you out? Roddrick Marshall: No, I came to them. I saw commercials for it on TV. So I went through all the proper channels to see if they would let me do it.

Connect Savannah: What did you learn? Roddrick Marshall: I learned that it’s tough being an officer. You have to make a lot of decisions instantly. Even if someone dies

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Roddrick Marshall: I think he’s making a definite impact. But I’ve only been in Savannah four years now, so I don’t have too many mayors to compare him to (laughs). At the townhall meeting he held, I stood up and let everyone know that when you’re let out of prison, you get $25 in cash and a bus ticket. That’s it. That’s your ticket back to society, and then you start back at square one.

Roddrick Marshall: I work with CASA -Court Appointed Special Advocates. I work with the Rape Crisis Center, which was hard to break into, because I’m a male. I’ve worked with them on a men’s pledge, to reinforce the fact that when a woman says no she means no. I was on the Public Safety Task Force, which just concluded. I’m now on the mayor’s Crime Prevention Solution Task Force, which was basically when he called out the local black leaders. I’m on the Youth Development Subcommittee of that. I’m with the Interfaith Hospitality Network, that helps homeless people find a place to live. I’m on the board of the Wesley Community Center. Two of my sons were students at their daycare. Let’s see, what else... at my apartment complex we have a neighborhood watch program -- I’m a block captain in that. The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum -- I volunteer as a guide. I also work with the Chatham Juvenile Court. They have a mentor volunteer probation program that Judge Stone initiated a year ago. They got the idea from the Big Brother/Big Sister program, which we no longer have here.

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Connect Savannah: What do you think of Mayor Johnson’s efforts to fight crime?

Connect Savannah: Tell us about the other volunteering you do.

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Roddrick Marshall: I’ve been trying to get an opportunity to speak at Coastal State Prison up here for about a year. I’ve gone to two transitional centers -- the Coastal Transitional Center and the Savannah Men’s Transitional Center. I joined the mayor’s Public Safety Task Force. I was the chairman of the Re-entry Aftercare Committee. We just made our recommendations as part of that task force, which has concluded now.

from your decision, you have to be able to explain it and then move on. Being a police officer is something I might like to do later on in life. I’d like to be an officer walking the beat, getting to know the community, letting them know that officers are your friends.

Connect Savannah: It seems like you’d make a great mentor for young people to keep them out of jail altogether. How do you go about being a role model for young people who have not yet come in contact with the justice system? Roddrick Marshall: Show them the consequences. Show them that re-entry is a lifelong process. Show them that all it takes is that one mistake, and from then on you’re faced with an uphill battle. I take a hands-on approach -- like taking them to an apartment complex to fill out an application, so they can actually hear what the property manager says when they see you’ve checked the box that says you’ve been convicted of a felony. To get them to see that 85 out of 100 times you’ll be told, “Sorry, we can’t take you here -- you’re a convicted felon.” That stigma is like a life sentence. You can’t shake it. Even when I’m 65 I’ll still be a convicted felon. A lot of people just don’t ever discuss it. But that’s the only way to bring about change -- to have a frank, open discussion. ◗

You can reach Roddrick B. Marshall at 341-2460. To comment on this article in a letter to the editor, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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Local golf show premiers Comcast Cable Seven will premier a new golf show, “On the Green,” with host Tim Iley, executive director of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. “On the Green” will air Sundays at 6:30 p.m. and “will provide viewers with an in-depth look at golf courses in Savannah and the surrounding areas,” says a Comcast spokesman. Repeat episodes will be shown on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 5 p.m.

“Three Wishes,” a new NBC show hosted by Grammy-winning singer and Georgia native Amy Grant, is looking for locals who want their wishes granted. “The show will spotlight people who have inspiring or touching stories to tell,” says “Three Wishes” spokesperson Stacy Kitter. “No story is too big or small. We’re looking for emotional stories of people in need.” Kitter says “The wishes can involve fantasies, reunions, and personal journeys -- as long as the wishes come from the heart.” If you’d like to ask for a wish or nominate someone deserving, e-mail Stacy at stacyk@glassmanmedia.com. To be considered for the show, every submission must include background info on the person(s) being nominated; a creative and specific wish to be granted; a picture of the nominee and all contact info; and your name, city and state in the subject line of the e-mail. “Sorry, no home makeovers,” Kitter adds.

This year’s Nutcracker to boast live orchestra Following up on the success of her Savannah-themed Nutcracker ballet this past December -- featuring a cameo by Paula Deen -- Savannah Danse Theatre Director Suzanne Braddy plans to go herself one better this coming Christmas. Braddy has contracted with forty area musicians, including many former members of the nowdefunct Savannah Some of the musicians Symphony, to that will play at the perform on Nutcracker performing December 9-11 at a recent fundraiser at the Lucas Theatre. “I’ve been talking about this for a couple of years now,” Braddy tells Connect. “As a native Savannahian and with the symphony not around anymore, it was very important to me that this area have a live orchestra at the Nutcracker. Live musicians make so much of a difference.” Though the cost to hire the musicians may sound expensive -- about $40,000 according to Braddy -- for 40 of them it’s a reasonable price, she says. Savannah Danse Theatre is currently embarking on a capital campaign to raise the money for the orchestra. To contribute or to get involved in that effort, contact them at 897-2100 or at Savannah Danse Theatre, 115 Charlotte Rd., Savannah, Ga. 31410. ◗

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Because if there’s anything that drives me crazy when I look at the breakdown of my taxes, it’s the amount of money paid to the schools. Because if there’s any bigger problem in this town -- other than the trafficking of drugs and its ugly side effects -- I don’t know it. Johnson’s a comfortable school. The seats in the auditorium come with side flaps you can swing over and write on. Plenty of leg room, too. But as soon as I sat down, heard the candidates echo one another (“I agree with everything that’s been said ahead of me”), I started to nod off. I was tired, I knew. Nothing like a little manual labor to do you in. It was the end of the week. I was sitting too far back. I reshifted my position, re-crossed my legs, tried leaning forward on my knees. This is important, I implored my inner self. Pay attention! Nothing worked. I felt as if I were back in college microbiology. Either I couldn’t stop thinking about what needed doing next on my house -better screens, the possibility of burglar bars, how to reshift some funds -- or there was nothing going on in front of me. I know they’re very accomplished individuals, very professional, very different from one another. But I couldn’t tell them apart. I couldn’t get through the rhetoric. I wasn’t hearing anything new. My own questions seemed too mundane, like why do schools spend so much money on those freestanding message boards that never announce anything other than word of the week (“character,” “loyalty,” “honesty”), dates of vacation, book of the month, dates of the next test. What can schools do to counter this ridiculous emphasis on testing? Why about more foreign languages? What about art and gym? What’s the holdup on technical schools, for goodness sake? What can we do about bullies? Why aren’t front offices more receptive to volunteers? No one caught fire for me. I didn’t want to think this. I didn’t want to be negative. But it all sounded like more of the same. Accountability. Academic outcomes. And more visits to the checkbook. ◗

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I HAVE TO ADMIT. It was a relief last week to plop down in the Johnson High School auditorium to listen to the four candidates vie for our vacant school superintendent job. I didn’t have to go to the meeting. I could have read about it the next morning. I could have caught the highlights on television. If I wanted to see fireworks -- which I didn’t really expect -I could have slipped into a Sand Gnats game. But after spending most of the week working my way through a to-do list of home repairs, sitting down inside was a good excuse to clean up, put on some decent clothes and rest somewhere cool -- even if I don’t do the actual home repairs myself unless you count cleaning up after the skilled worker, shlepping to the lumber yard with a list I don’t understand, shlepping a second time to return what I incorrectly bought in the first place and managing some unskilled painting. Unless you count writing the checks. Like many people around me -- and in the lines at Home Depot -- summer seems a good time to paint, to replace broken windows, to spruce up. Not that any of this starts off in the plural. Usually it’s one thing, one task. For me it was hanging a fan. Then what follows is always the same. Once you’re in the house and you’ve engaged the services of someone with certain skills, the dance begins. “I’m going to paint the house in a few months,” I mention in passing as we unwrap the packaging of fan parts. “Really?” he says skeptically. “Then you might want to replace a few of those rotten boards.” Get out the checkbook. “This is money in the bank to people like me,” he says later, as a piece of siding crumbles in his hands. The good part about being the boss and writing the checks is this: you can take long lunches; you can leave the worksite anytime you want. “I’ll be back,” I say. “Have to go to a meeting.” Want to go to a meeting. Want to see who is crazy enough to apply for the job of superintendent. Want to see the kinds of questions people ask.

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New Camden County exhibit features War of 1812 artifacts IN TODAY’S WORLD, where media coverage of wars is instant, it’s hard to imagine battles fought after a war is over. But that’s exactly what happened along coastal Georgia during the War of 1812. Under the direction of Gen. George Washington, a fort was built in 1776 at Point Peter, near St. Marys in present-day Camden County. This fort was the site of the last major military activity of the War of 1812. The war was already over, but 600 British troops who did not get the word invaded the fort. They easily overcame 130 American soldiers who were stationed there. After claiming the fort, the British looted the town of St. Marys. When they left, they destroyed their plunder by burning the fort. Today, the area of Point Peter is a prime spot for development. Land Resource Companies, which is based in Atlanta, is developing Cumberland Harbour, a high-end waterfront community. The site encompasses about 1,000 acres along the Intercoastal Waterway in St. Marys. “We bought a piece of property that included Point Peter,” says George Miners, the project’s general manager. “There was a known fort there,” Miners says. “We wanted the area to be excavated and an archaeological dig conducted.” LRC has 15 active projects throughout the Southeast. “We are primarily developing property for retirees and secondhome users, using what we call a ‘soft footprint,’ with green space and amenities,” says Miners. “There will be around 1,200 residential units on 1,000 acres at Cumberland

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Harbour,” he says. “It is halfway complete.” To meet federal historic preservation requirements, LRC hired archaeologists from the cultural resource firm Brockington and Associates to uncover the remains of the fort. Now that the excavation is completed, LRC is sponsoring the War of 1812 exhibit. The exhibit is being designed and created by The History Workshop, a division of Brockington and Associates. This division focuses on historic preservation and public education, and presents results of archaeological projects conducted by Brockington to the public. Workshop Director Connie Huddleston says the exhibit will tell the Top: Brockington and Associates Archaeologist and project manager story of the invasion at for the fort excavation, Scott Butler, in the well they uncovered at the Point Peter. “It’s a very site; bottom: Artifacts at the bottom of the display case, which is little-known story,” she already set up at the museum says. Bryan County fourth and eighth graders “It took a long time to travel between about the Ford Plantation. Britain and the United States,” The exhibit will open to the public on Huddleston says. “The British landed at July 1 at the Cumberland Island National St. Marys and moved on to Point Peter.” Seashore Museum, which is at 129 The soldiers at the fort were completely outmanned, Huddleston says. “The Osborne St. in St. Marys. The museum is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Current British stayed on Cumberland Island for a plans call for the exhibit to stay at St. while, then looted St. Marys,” she says. Mary’s until 2012, or beyond, for the The remains of the old fort were bicentennial anniversary of the beginning uncovered during the archaeological dig. the the War of 1812, “The exhibit will tell the story of the regHuddleston says very little of the iment of men who stayed there,” original fort remains. “The site is very Huddleston says. large,” she says. “The fort was in one It also will tell the story of the place, the blockhouse was in another and invaders. “Many were black soldiers, the battery was out in the marsh.” former slaves,” Huddleston says. The blockhouse and battery will be These were slaves who took preserved, but the other areas will be advantage of a promise by the British to developed. Huddleston notes that while free all slaves who fought for England. LRC was required to preserve the cultural “They sent their families to Trinidad or resources at the site, they were under no other islands and joined the British army,” obligation to fund the exhibit. In addition Huddleston says. to the exhibit, LRC also is funding a fullVisitors will see artifacts from the scale education program for eighth excavation, including buttons, buckles graders in Camden County. and pieces of rifles and even pieces of Huddleston notes that Brockington the dishes which were taken from the and Associates is unique among cultural inhabitants of St. Marys. “There also will recourse firms because its History be uniforms from the War of 1812 period, Workshop interprets finds for the public. which were very different from uniforms “A lot of archaeology gets done and that were worn before,” Huddleston says. nobody ever knows about it,” she says. “Visitors will get an idea of what the sol“When we are doing a dig, we make sure diers looked like.” the people in the community know all Other projects of The History Workshop include educational packets for about it.” ◗

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• A LAROCHE AVENUE man told police a neighbor who was jet-skiing ran over the batter boards of a boat dock he is building. The man advised the woman that she was too close to the marshland, but said she just laughed at him. He told police the woman and several other neighbors do not want the dock to be built, and have been trying to hinder its progress. He said he had seen neighbors taking photographs and video taping the dock. The police talked to the woman, who said she had been using the jet ski, but that she had not struck the batter boards. She said they were already floating in the marsh when she went by.

• Officers were called to the scene of an armed robbery and cutting of the victim at East Atlantic and Washington. An officer found a blood trail starting at East Atlantic and Washington and heading east on Waters Avenue. They went to the hospital to speak to the victim, who told them his wallet had been stolen and he was cut. He was able to describe his assailant. ◗

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• An officer reported to North East 36th Street in response to a call about a person injured by a dog. Upon arrival, the officer observed the victim being treated by EMS. The victim had visible scratches, welts and minor abrasions up and down his left arm. His mother advised police that she was walking to

her car with the suspect’s dog approached her. She remained calm and told the suspect she would not make any sudden moves. Her son came out of the house and the dog quickly approached him. The boy yelled out in fear and threw his arms up to protect his face and the dog attacked him. The suspect said the dog was out front without a leash and would not respond to his commands. He said his dog attacked the victim. The officer reviewed veterinary papers which indicated that the dog had been vaccinated against rabies. Animal Control arrived and cited the suspect.

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Messin’ with Texas Gerardo Flores, 19, was convicted of murder in June in Lufkin, Texas, in the death of the 5-month-old fetus of his girlfriend, Erica Basoria. Flores admitted that he had stood on Basoria’s stomach several times at her request to induce a miscarriage, but Basoria had told authorities that she had also punched herself in the stomach several times. Under Texas law, killing a fetus is a capital offense, and so Flores automatically received a life sentence, but Basoria could not be charged because of her constitutional right to abortion.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit (1) British entrepreneur Colin Dowse recently introduced Sprayonmud (about US$14 a quart), dirty water chemically treated for greater stickiness, mainly for urban SUV owners to pass themselves off as all-terrain adventurers. (2) The maker of Doggles (which for several years has sold sunglasses for dogs at about $25) now offers corrective-lens Doggles starting at $75, which veterinary ophthalmologists can prescribe as alternatives to $2,000 lens-replacement surgery, according to a March report by KMGH-TV in Denver. In the last few years, Taiwan entrepreneurs have opened restaurants with motifs such as prisons, zombies and Mao Zedong, but the latest is Eric Wang’s “Marton,” in Kaohsiung, whose theme is the toilet. All seats are what you would think, with food served on a glass tabletop resting on a bathtub, and some of the delicacies are presented in miniature toilet bowls (among them,

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curry hot pot, and disturbingly, chocolate ice cream).

Science on the Cutting Edge Recent scholarly findings (reduced to their essence in a May Wall Street Journal column): It’s much easier to identify someone if he is physically near you than if he is up to 450 feet away (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, February). People who choose their careers carefully, rather than on a whim, experience greater job satisfaction (Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 26, no.3). College students tend to drink more alcoholic beverages than they realize (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, April). If patients voluntarily tell a doctor about a bad side effect of a medicine, they are more likely to be switched to a safer one than if they don’t (Archives of Internal Medicine, January). According to a study by Professor Martin Gibala and others, published in the June Journal of Applied Physiology, people can get the health benefits associated with two hours’ cycling in just two minutes. Gibala said that over a twoweek period, two hours daily of moderate-speed riding made cyclists no healthier than four all-out, to-the-max 30second bursts daily (with four minutes’ rest in between). (However, all subjects were already at least moderate exercisers.)

Leading Economic Indicators (1) New York state Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, from Manhattan, introduced a bill in June to require a minimum wage for comedians (at least $125 per 20-minute show at comedy clubs on weekends and $28 on weekdays). (2) North Carolina correctional officials

began rethinking inmate manufacturing programs recently when they discovered that, even though they pay prisoners only $3 a day in their T-shirt-making concession, suppliers in Bangladesh can make the shirts for 38 percent less. London’s Housing Market: Agence France Presse reported in May that an agency had just rented out a 54-squarefoot apartment in Notting Hill (loft bed over a kitchenette, closet and shower) for the equivalent of US$1,065 a month. And in the Haringey Park neighborhood, developer Andrew Markey proposed to convert the kitchen and hallway of a house he owns into its own two-story townhouse (producing a living room 21 feet by 8 feet). Agents said such a house might go for the equivalent of US$325,000, but in June, the local council rejected his initial plans.

Man’s Best Friend In March, Mark Allen Shook, 43, attempting to flee (with his dog) Mountain Ranch, Calif., police officers who had come to arrest him on a domestic violence charge, was captured after a chaotic fight during which the dog bit off part of Shook’s ear. And in Eltham, England, in May, a family’s dog, chasing a ball, bumped the ladder on which a man was standing to trim some bushes with a chainsaw, causing him to fall and fatally slice the neck of his wife, who was holding the ladder.

More Things to Worry About (1) Five Buddhist monks in Bangkok were defrocked in May after a street fight culminating years of hostility between two temples, according to a Reuters dispatch. Said one (who used brass knuckles), “When an ordinary person is given a middle-finger sign, he will be mad. So will I.” (2) In May, a 1,500pound camel named Poon, roaming around his home at the Mayle Farm in

Shinnston, W.Va., decided to sit down on top of a woman who was painting a fence. No one could hear her muffled screams, but she managed to call 911 on her cell phone, and help arrived just as Poon had begun to bite her.

Least Competent Criminals Easy Identifications: (1) Awiey “Chucky” Hernandez, 20, was arrested when he went to the 90th Precinct station house in Brooklyn, N.Y., to check on the status of a pal and inadvertently stood directly in front of his own “wanted” poster (on robbery and drug charges). The in-custody pal Hernandez had come to inquire about was Huquan “Guns” Gavin, 18, who appears with him on the poster. (2) Charles Cross Jr., was arrested on the street minutes after allegedly robbing a Fifth Third Bank in Louisville, Ky., in May, because he displayed the effects of having been looking directly into his stash bag at the moment the red-dye device exploded.

Thinning the Herd A man fell to his death from an overpass onto Interstate 5 in Seattle, the loser of a who-can-hang-the-longer game with a friend (May). And a 22-year-old intoxicated man from Aberystwyth, Wales, accidentally fell through a window and fatally landed on a spiked fence after having pulled down his trousers and screamed to no one in particular, “Who wants some of this?” (April). And in Frederick, Md., a judge convicted Ben Meacham, 23, on two misdemeanor counts for his role in the death of a 21year-old pal, who had said he wanted to do something unusual on his motorcycle because it was about to be repossessed over a loan default. With Meacham videotaping, the pal, pantsless, did a wheelie before losing control and accidentally, fatally ramming a parked truck (June). ◗

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An increasing number of sandstorms, created as climate change causes deserts to spread around the world, poses a serious health threat to people continents away, according to a report by a U.N. researcher. Dr. Zafar Adeel, assistant director of a U.N. water research facility at Canada’s McMaster University, says desertification not only makes refugees out of those near the encroaching deserts, but also creates environmental hazards far away. Huge dust clouds can bring eye and respiratory infections to the opposite sides of oceans, and can even transport dangerous bacteria and fungi embedded in the dust. Adeel says dust storms from Africa can even damage plants’ ability to grow as far away as Florida by dimming sunlight.

Indian scientists said the intensity of eruptions on the Barren Island volcano have increased since it became active on May 28. A new vent has developed, according to a scientific expedition, and recent eruptions have thrown lava, boulders and pyroclastic debris hundreds of feet into the air. The island has also become a popular destination for tourists who want to witness India’s only active volcano in action.

Tropical Storm Beatriz formed off Mexico’s southwest coast, then gained strength as it moved out to sea. The second storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season was predicted to be a threat only to shipping lanes.

Bird Flu Warning The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned China that there could be serious consequences for Asia if it does not stamp out misuse of an effective bird flu drug intended for humans. Noureddin Mona, FAO’s representative in China, said that if poultry farmers continue to be provided with amantadine, and the virus becomes resistant in birds, the drug would be useless in future human cases of avian influenza. • Meanwhile, Vietnam announced 6,000 chickens became infected with the disease in the south of the country, and Indonesia confirmed its first human case of bird flu.

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Earthquakes California was shaken by it’s fifth significant earthquake within a week when a quake struck off the state’s northwest coast. • Earth movements were also felt in the mid-Mississippi Valley, northern Chile, New Zealand’s North Island, eastern Japan, western Japan, eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, eastern Iran, eastern Romania and western Greece.

Lion ‘Guardians’ Police in Ethiopia’s Bita district say a pride of lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from her kidnappers, then stood watch over her until a search party arrived. Sgt. Wondimu Wedaj told the Ethiopian News Agency the girl was kidnapped by four people while she was on her way home from school. The kidnappers encountered the lions while moving the girl to another district, then abandoned her as they fled in fear. The animals left peacefully into the bush when police and the girl’s parents arrived. Leading wildlife experts question the good intentions of the predatory cats. “This was just pure luck, not a question of guarding the girl or keeping her safe,” said Ketma Amberber, head of the Zoological and Natural History Museum at Addis Ababa University. “Either the lions had already eaten and were full, or the police arrived as they were deciding whether to eat her or attack.” ◗

Rain Gauge Total June rain through the 26th: 4.05”, normal 4.73”, -0.68” for the month. Total 2005 rain: 21.34”, normal 22.17”, -0.83” for the year

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The devastating Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 31,000 0 people in Sri Lanka alone, also washed alien species of plants deep into some of the island’s key ecosystems, the U.N. environmental agency warned. “In some areas, including important national parks, the wave has encouraged the spread of alien invasive species, such as prickly pears and salt-tolerant mesquite,” the agency said in a statement. Neither species is native to Sri Lanka, but they existed in small numbers in limited coastal areas, according to Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, the country’s leading nature expert. He did not say how the species first arrived in Sri Lanka.

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Attacks by rabid vampire bats in northern Brazil have killed at least 11 people since early June, according to local health authorities. More than 700 others have been treated for rabies in the town of Augusto Correa in Para state after being bitten, and treatment stations were being set up around the remote Amazonian outpost. The small flying mammals usually extract blood only from livestock or other animals, but Brazil’s environment agency says destruction of the rain forest is bringing them into populated areas.

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THERE’S A WAY to save the best birthday you ever had before it turns to rust and crumbles away. But you’d better not wait too long. You may think the sweet family memories caught on VHS videotape or even flickery 8 mm film are preserved forever. Problem is, it’s likely that the iron oxide magnetic coating — basically the same chemical as rust — on your old videotapes is flaking away. Colors are fading on your old 8 mm films, and mold may even be growing on them. Even if old videotapes and films weren’t deteriorating, it’s gotten hard to view them. Many people put the old VHS player in the same closet with the tapes when they bought a DVD player. The aging of old media may be painful for consumers, but it’s creating a business opportunity for entrepreneurs. Take Nick Cate. He’s the owner of Cate Video Services, a video transfer company. About $100,000 worth of high-tech equipment, parked in the living room of his home, gives him horsepower to transfer old movies and videos to a modern DVD. For about $25 he’ll transfer two hours of video onto a DVD. A former information technology employee at Delta Air Lines, Cate says the business is both a way to support his family and a personal mission. “I lost my parents, and there’s no video of them at all,” he said. “I can’t tell you what I’d give to have 30 seconds of video of them walking down the street.” Cate bought a turnkey video business from Home Video Studio — where the price tag starts at $100,000. “It was always Nick the video guy when I was at Delta,” he said. “I did this as a hobby, and people from school and church were always bringing me tapes to transfer.”

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Vintage tapes, film get new life on digital media

Nick Cate of Peachtree City, Ga., transfers old home movies, as well as VHS tapes, to modern DVDs

“I was always ‘Nick the video guy’ when I was at Delta. I did this as a hobby, and people from school and church were always bringing me tapes to transfer,” says Nick Cate, who decided to go into the business full time Robert Hanley, founder of Home Video Studio — now with 71 independently owned businesses around the country — said consumers are beginning to realize their old videotapes are doomed if they don’t take action to preserve them. “Yes, definitely, it’s a growing market,” he said. “We have tons and tons of videotapes that date back to the ’80s. And those tapes weren’t meant to last more than 10 years — they are starting to fade out.”

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Tons of videos? It sounds dramatic and even exaggerated, but don’t tell that to Margaret Aurand of Sugar Hill, Ga. “I have an entire room in my house dedicated to old media,” she said. “Everything from 16 RPM vinyl records with speeches on them to large-reel tapes to 16 mm film.” Many of the films and videos contain footage of her father. She considered transfering some of the old images that are on film and videotape to DVD but has battled technology along the way. She tried to do it herself, using a computer. But complicated software and poor technical support hampered her. “It is daunting,” she said. She’s hesitated to try a commercial service but said she’ll someday take her videotapes and films to someone like Cate. “I take the vulture method of technology acquisition,” she said. “I sit on my branch and watch and wait, and then flap down and get it.” Roger Merritt, owner of Omni Images, a commercial video transfer firm and photography studio in Kennesaw, Ga., lately has seen more and more vultures flapping down from the branch. Unlike Cate’s home-based business, Merritt operates out of a strip shopping center in Kennesaw. He has seen a pattern developing for the videotransfer side of his business. Cate deals mostly with consumers, but 90 percent of Merritt’s business comes from other businesses. In some cases, old videotaped promotional presentations are transferred to DVD. In others, Merritt shoots new video. But he’s also seeing more walk-in customers with family videotapes ready for transfer. ”Usually it’s not something that people are thinking about,” Merritt said. “Then they’ll have a birthday, or some function, even a funeral service, and bring the tapes in to transfer them ... maybe three or four tapes.” The ease and quality of the DVD copy often makes believers — and repeat customers — out of them, he said. We will see them two or three times a year after that,” said Merritt. As with Cate, prices vary wildly for transfers, depending on what the customer wants to do. Basic transfers, moving two hours of video to a DVD, usually cost $25. But if narration, editing or music needs to be added, the cost can go up. Consumers can also use the Internet to find mailoff services that will send back a freshly minted DVD. Similar services are available for 8 mm film and slides. In general, costs today are much less than a few years ago. “I can remember when we charged $250 for a [video] transfer,” Merritt said. “Prices have dropped and probably will continue to do that.” That’s likely to keep new customers coming. Jackie B. Hamilton of Atlanta has six or seven family videos she would like to transfer. ”There are pictures of my grandson and family recordings, Christmas time and different holidays,” she said. But last time she checked prices for a transfer, the cost was between $50 and $60 a tape. “That’s more than I want to pay,” she said. “So I’ll wait.” ◗

Art Patrol

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‘Migration: New Paintings by Monica Cook’ -- New work from this SCAD 1996 painting alumna is on display June 29July 27 at the Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. A reception will be held Thursday, July 21, 5-7 p.m., at the gallery. Free and open to the public.

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‘Ravenscroft’ -- Collaborative mixed media by Sarah Smith and Summer Wheat, June 23-July 14 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Reception July 7, 6-8 p.m. ‘Guale Gold’ --Images of Ossabaw Island by Tim Coy; proceeds benefit the fund to restore the historic Boarding House on Ossabaw Island. July 6-Sept. 30 at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. Opening reception July 7. ‘Variegate’ -- A SCAD fibers department group exhibition, through Aug. 30, at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. A reception will be held Thursday, June 30, 5–7 p.m. Both the reception and exhibition and free and open to the public. Maureen E. Kerstein -- New paintings by this Signature Member of the Georgia Watercolor Society, July 7-Aug. 31 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive. Opening reception Tuesday, July 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

‘Tina Tinklebloom,’ from Sarah Smith and Summer Wheat’s collaborative show ‘Ravenscroft’ at Gallery Espresso ‘Show Horse’ -- SCAD mixed-media exhibition inspired by the nature and mystique of horses, July 1–Aug. 14, at the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. ‘Fabricated Cindiisms’ -- Show by fiber artist Cindy Male at the DAC Gallery in the Downtown Athletic Club at One East Broughton Street in Savannah. An evening “Meet the Artist” is Tuesday, July 12, from 4-7 pm.

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‘Farm Team: A Season in the Minors’ -Joseph C. Gamble’s thesis exhibition chronicles life in baseball’s minor leagues. At Grayson Stadium on Victory Drive through the Sand Gnats season.

Phyllis Limbacher Tildes -Award-winning illustrator of children's books exhibits at Cutters Point Coffee, 7360 Skidaway Rd. in Sandfly, thru Aug. 13.

‘Small show/Large presence’ -Paintings and prints by the late Joan Hamilton Cobitz, through June 30 at the Sentient Bean.

‘Souvenir’ -- MFA Thesis Exhibition by LaMoille Graybeal will be on display at The Starlander Coffee House, 11 East 41’st St. through June 30.

‘ S pri ng Ti de : New Work, New Beginnings’ -- Never-before-seen water images by the late Jack Leigh on display through July 11 at the Jack Leigh Gallery, 132 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10:30-5:30, Sun. 1-5 p.m. ‘Special Edition: Fashion Photography from the Rhoades Collection’ -- SCAD presents this exhibit through July 30 at the Earle W. Newton Center for BritishAmerican Studies, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd. Free and open to the public.

‘A Fine Dividing Line: Folk Art, Fine Art’ - A double show through the end of July at the Hurn includes “Purvis Young: A 30 Year Retrospective” and “Ricardo Manuel Diaz: Reality Out of Grayness.” 1015 Whitaker St. ‘The Nude at the Vanishing Point of Folk Art and Fine Art’ -- Paintings by Suzanne and Eric Longo run through July 31 at the Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, 1015 Whitaker St. Gallery 209 Artists of the Month -Sharon Saseen and Jewelry-Maker Randee Powell are featured for June at 209 E. River St. ◗

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Theatre

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New theatre company stages dark comedy at Sentient Bean by playwright who penned Six Degrees of Separation WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS two actors, seven characters, six scene changes, and the Sentient Bean? Savannah’s newest theatrical group, the Fowl Brick Theatre Company, and their debut performance of John Guare’s Cop-Out. The author of such plays as The House of Blue Leaves and award-winning play-turned-movie Six Degrees of Separation, John Guare spins a dark one-act comedy with two parallel story lines. In one a slapstick detective stumbles through a mystery steeped with intrigue, deception, and double-crosses. The second is an unfolding love story between a Vietnam War protestor and a policeman. Both storylines comment and inform on one another. “It’s a crazy, wild ride,” says Tosha Fowler, co-founder of the Fowl Brick Theatre Company. “It’s very quick, with lots of props and costume changes.” “It’ll blow minds because it really hits home on a lot of things,” adds Fowler’s partner in crime, Chris Brickhouse.

“I like how there’s all these political and moral things are simply wrapped around these two people’s love story. Savannah doesn’t see plays like this very often.” Fowl Brick was created earlier this summer for the sole purpose of producing this play, though other productions are in the works. Fowler and Brickhouse were astounded and ecstatic about the amount of support they’ve received from the community in response to their project. AASU offered them free rehearsal space and assistance with props, costumes, and designing. The Sentient Bean, a place that many new coming and independent artists call home, has volunteered their space as a venue for the play. Fowl Brick recognize Martel Stroup of Studio West productions and Mel and Sheila Mrochinski for their tremendous production and directorial assistance. “I was truly amazed because in Atlanta, where I was this past year,” says Fowler,” there are no venues or support for companies like ours. It was the complete opposite here.”

Both Fowler and Brickhouse note the loss of the City Lights Theatre and a definite lack of theatre outside of Savannah’s traditional and educational venues as inspiration for starting the company. For Brickhouse this project has been a revitalization of sorts for his acting career. “At a time when I thought a lot of my career goals were dead,”he said, “ this whole process helped me create goals instead of trying to go find them. I think this is one of the best things I’ve done theatrically.” Stroup and Fowler agree that creating, whether it be characters, costumes, or rhythms, has been in integral part of this entire production, one that they all enjoy. “Guare writes for the theatre,” says Stroup. “Everyone’s looking for real life,

Two scenes from Cop-Out; the two actors are Tosha Fowler and Chris Brickhouse and here it is. Get ready to site back and be entertained by actual human contact.” ◗

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Music Interview

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by Jim Reed

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Atlanta’s Delta Moon among featured acts on the river this weekend IT’S BEEN A few years since the celebrated Georgia blues band Delta Moon has played in our area, and in that time, they’ve gone through several changes. The core group of lap-style slide guitarist Tom Gray, bottleneck guitarist Mark Johnson, and drummer Scott Callison are still onboard – as they have been since 2004 – but they have recently welcomed a new bassist into the fold. Perhaps most importantly, their longtime female vocalist Gina Leigh is no longer with them, having left the band late last year. Her replacement, Kristin Markiton, signed up not long thereafter, and since late 2004, the band has slowly been moving farther away from their already jumbled roots. Originally an acoustic blues group that wasn’t afraid to place their own idiosyncratic tunes alongside standards in well-received bar and coffehouse sets, the band soon began to develop their own unique sound – a mixture of roots-rock, blues, country and Appalachian balladry that fit nicely into the burgeoning Americana genre. Before too long, they were collecting accolades and playing well-received shows around the region. That period seemed to culminate in January of 2003, when they beat out fifty other acts to win top honors at Memphis’ prestigious International Blues Challenge. Yet, since then, they have refused to rest on their laurels and have instead continued to evolve. In fact their latest album features a version of the Iggy Pop glam-rock nugget “Nightclubbing,” of all things. Their current incarnation is being praised as their best yet, and as time goes by, more and more echoes of vocalist Gray’s pop and rock sensibilities seem to come to the fore (he wrote, among other things, Cyndi Lauper’s mega hit “Money Changes Everything”). To hear Johnson tell it, though, the band is extremely concerned with not veering too far from their initial course. I caught up with the Mark Johnson by phone during what the band’s manager termed a “much-needed vacation.”

Connect Savannah: I hope I haven’t called you at a bad time. Mark Johnson: Nope. I’m about to jump into the hot tub out here in Golden, Colorado! (laughs) We already went out to Red Rocks and saw some shows this weekend. We caught Widespread Panic, and it was really great. It’s gotta be the most beautiful music venue in America. There’s a limited number of seats, and it’s really spectacular.

Connect Savannah: I know your bandmates all have a wealth of other musical influences besides roots-rock and blues. Does it ever get hard to keep the band’s sound from drifting too awfully far from what people know you for? Mark Johnson: Well, I would say we’re always drifting... Especially when we’re writing. Then, at the end of the day when we sit back and listen to the song – whether it’s something we’re writing, or a cover we’re learning – we say, hey, is this Delta Moon? And how we define what we are may be a little difficult. But it has to fit the overall sound of the band. We throw an awful lot of stuff out. It’s hard not to unconsciously draw on a lot of our influences. We’re constantly trying to push the envelope, at least as far as blues goes.

Connect Savannah: Do you tend to throw things out because they’re too rock? Mark Johnson: Sure. Or too country. ‘Cause we’re not really a country band. Although we do pull in influences like Hank Williams from time to time.

Connect Savannah: Do you wind up writing great songs you just can’t use? Mark Johnson: All the time. When people ask me what kind of music we play, I have a hard time describing it, and I think that’s when I’m on the right track. When things are hard to explain easily that means there are a lot of different forces at work. People tell us that we sound very unique, and that we’re a breath of fresh air.

To me, that’s the ultimate compliment. I think that’s what it’s all about. You know, when you look back closely at all the early blues and country guys that we’ve studied, and compare them to their contemporaries of their time, they’re al so different that you can’t even call ‘em the same thing! They only had regional influences. They were influenced by two guys down the street, or maybe some guy from across the line in Mississippi, and that was it. That was their style, and they put it all together in their own way. I think it’s key to find your own voice. We’re still pushing.

Connect Savannah: The loosely configured Americana format must be a boon to a group like yours, because people it’s much more accepting and tolerant of dichotomous acts – instead of insisting that they be spoon-fed. Mark Johnson: I think it’s moving even farther in that direction. There’s a whole group of people in America right now that are desperate for some good music. Those are the kind of folks who are travelling great distances to go to places like Red Rocks. They’re already open-minded, and they don’t want their music choices pigeonholed for them. Tom was raised in Appalachia near Boone, North Carolina. They have a family farm near there that goes back generations. I’m more of a hardcore blues player, but we’ve wound up with kind of country flair to what we do. For us, it’s perfect, because all the good acts are all fighting to play festivals, but we’re able to play both Americana and blues.

Connect Savannah: Young people are now getting getting turned onto blues more and more through things like the Fat Possum label, and by alternative acts like The White Stripes or The Black Keys deconstructing and spitting it back out as a modern form of garage rock. How does that relate to what your band is doing? Mark Johnson: I think the common denominator between the two things is dance. I mean, I love all the stuff you just mentioned – especially the Fat Possum

21 stuff, and it really comes down to providing music that grooves so hard that people just wanna get up and shake their butts. I saw R.L. Burnside at The Variety Playhouse as part of a trio, and he’s just sittin’ there in a chair, and he had the whole place up dancing! That’s what gets the younger people excited. Some of that Chicago stuff just got really stale.

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Connect Savannah: How difficult was it to weather the loss of your frontwoman, and how smoothly were you able to make the transition to working with Kristin? Mark Johnson: Amazingly smoothly. We auditioned about a dozen singers, and when she came in, her personality clicked with us right from the start. She’s totally different from Gina, but every bit as talented. Her influences are Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle. That’s stuff we were already listening to on the bus, so it worked out just great.

Connect Savannah: You have a brandnew bassist in the group? Mark Johnson: Well, our drummer Scott Callison and Phil Skipper played for something like five years on the road with (blues guitarist) Tinsley Ellis, so they knew each other real well, and Phil most recently played with a bluegrass band called Cast Iron Filter.

Connect Savannah: For those who remember you from last time you played here, what changes will they notice? Mark Johnson: I’d say we’re sounding better than ever. And, it’s more grooveoriented. The band’s tighter and stronger. We’ve finally got the right rhythm section with us and I’m smilin’ from ear to ear. I’m having so much fun now that I can’t tell you. I’m so excited

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Mark Johnson: Clearly, the emotion in the playing and in the voices. But, I now hear that in a lot of early country as well. Even a few contemporary artists like Gillian Welch or Lucinda Williams have that same sort of passion and heart in their voices.

Mark Johnson: I think it will. That’s the key – getting the right people together to make the music you want to make. If you’re really enjoying it, I think the rest just takes care of itself. ◗

In addition to Delta Moon, several other popular regional and local acts will be performing on River Street throughout this holiday weekend – including Liquid Ginger, Shol’ Nuff, High Velocity, Jacey Falk and others. For a complete listing (and start times), see this week’s Soundboard Calendar.

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Connect Savannah: What is it about the blues that attracts you to it as a musician?

Connect Savannah: Well, I hope it lasts as long as you want it to.

Delta Moon’s free concert Saturday night on River Street is part of The Savannah Waterfront Association’s Fantastic Fourth on The River celebration, which also includes all manner of family-oriented entertainment such as: Arts & Crafts Booths, a variety of Food Vendors, The Humane Society’s “Most Patriotic Pet Contest,” a Yellow Ribbon Tribute to our military around the world, and the area’s largest fireworks display set to music.

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Mark Johnson: Hey man, we don’t even do a shuffle! (laughs) We’re clearly trying to stay off the beaten path, but apparently the “blues police” still accept us, so we must be rooted in something traditional. I gotta admit though, the first time I heard a Robert Johnson tape, I thought boy, I don’t know. I just didn’t hear it. It was so old and scratchy... But I kept at it, and paid attention, and then one day I got it! It’s not about Marshall amplifiers and Les Pauls at this point. Those things weren’t around. But here this guy was – playing with the same intensity.

about the band because I feel it’s where I’ve needed it to be since it began.

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7 pm. That show is free for all ages. Tickets to the Lucas concert range from $10 to $15 and are on sale now at the Theatre’s box office. Call 5255050 for more info. Sat., 8 pm, The Lucas Theatre.

With their winning combination of bluegrass, traditional folk, country and contemporary acoustic songwriting, Calhoun, Georgia’s Lovell Sisters Band is making quite a name for themselves. This Irish rock group Many alert fans of recently signed to the NPR’s A Prairie Home miniscule NYC indie imprint Companion may recall 10-34 Records on the that the group recently strength of their DIY single won that radio show’s “Alarm,” which cracked the Teenage Talent Contest, Top 20 in their homeland on and it’s worth noting that the back of constant despite their young age, touring (to rave reviews) Morello they’ve been performing and a smattering of live together for more than a decade. radio concerts. With musical heroes like dobro The group, made up of 3 brothers, a legend Jerry Douglas and several years childhood friend, and a kindred spirit of classical training in piano and violin, from Milan was formed in Dublin, and they seem prepared to make the most of has just relocated to The U.S. in anticitheir newfound notoriety, and embrace pation of their first American tour. the Americana genre fully. Musically, their ringing, distorted guitars Backed by Josh Miller and Andy Nall, recall straight-up emo, but the gallons of Jessica, Morgan and Rebecca Lovell noisy conviction have led some to liken incorporate mandolin, dobro, fiddle, them to post-hardcore avatars Fugazi bass, guitar and banjo into their arrangeand fellow countrymen Kerbdog. ments of standards, and they are now This will likely be a loud and raucous beginning to pen their own original tunes show, the likes of which have probably in preparation for cutting a debut album. never been seen at this venue in the In addition to their Lucas Theatre past. Wed., July 6th, B & B Billiards. show, the group will also be appearing live at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Oglethorpe Mall on Friday evening at

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Local alt.rock group straddling the lines between punk, reggae, ska and classic rock. Sat., JJ Cagney’s.

Local fixture playing traditional Celtic tunes and soft pop music on acoustic guitar. Wed. - Sun., Kevin Barry’s.

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Jazz project from the fertile jazz environs of North Florida – led by one of the most celebrated young pianists in America. Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

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Eric (or EROK as he’s sometimes known) is a dynamic singing guitarist in the vein of Freddie King or Albert Collins. Tues. (hosts Open Mic) - Wed., Mercury Lounge + Thurs., JJ Cagney’s. + Sat., Locos Deli & Pub.

Eat Mo’ Music Instrumental soul combo of trombone, trumpet, bass, guitar and drums bridges the gap nicely between funky dance grooves and standard-fare dinner music. Fri., 6 pm & Sun., 6 pm & Mon., 1 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee) ALL AGES + Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar .

JeWop Furious, frenetic and wry hardcore bass-and-drums duo (think Minutemen) from Florida, featuring a former member of Savannah’s old-school punk legends Clownknife. Fri., The Jinx.

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This show kicks off the 10th year of the Savannah Folk Music Society’s monthly coffeehouse-style acoustic concert series. This time around, they feature Nashville’s Cindy Kalmenson, a one-time eleTexas-born singer/songmentary school writer/acoustic guitarist teacher that Music whose live gigs lean heavily Row Magazine on roots-rock covers by compares to both Lucinda Williams Americana icons Cash, Dylan, Petty and and Patty Griffin. Springsteen. Sat., 6 pm, She was a winner at The Warehouse. the 2003 South Amburgey & Hanson Florida Folk Festival songwriting contest, Well-received Savannah and tours nationally. act featuring such music scene veterans Also appearing are the local swing GAM), guitarist as bassist Mike Walker (G blues duo of guitarist Michael Amburgey Ray Lundy, ace drummer Jason Gecik, and harmonicat Bobby Hanson (of The and harpist Marty “Lockjaw” Ellis. Their JoJa Band), and the Calhoun, Ga. Oldenthusiastic take on raw, “gut-bucket” he Time and honky tonk duo known as Th blues sets them apart from most of the Little Country Giants (see also Connect slicker such local groups. Wed., Recommends). This no smoke and no Savannah Blues + Fri., JJ Cagney’s + alcohol show is free with a suggested Sat., Mercury Lounge. donation of $2 which goes to the SFMS. Refreshments are available. Fri., 7:30 pm, Wesleyan Monumental united Methodist Piano jazz combo featuring Chandler, Church (429 Abercorn St.). - ALL AGES. a talented keyboardist who’s released several indie CDs, and who tours internationally. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar. Local thespian who’s devoted to recreating Frank’s lush, big-band arrangements from the golden age of his Delightful, understated Jacksonvillecareer. Thurs., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar. based jazz vocalist backed by a sympathetic pianist and standup bassist who really know how to swing. Sat., 9 pm - 1 Electric band mixing country and am, The Mansion on Forsyth Park. rock covers and originals – featuring locals Jason Courtenay, Jesse Jordan, Tim Burke, Chuck Courtenay, and G.E. Hopped-up and dedicated Seminole, Perry. Fri., The Island Grill (Pt. Fl. punk-pop quintet that’s made The Wentworth). Warped Tour, and played with The Used and Sum 41. Nothing special, but not half as cloying as most. Sat., The Jinx. South Carolina jam band that’s more of a Light Noodle. Fri., Locos Deli & Pub.

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This time around, these SoCal punques’ nationwide tour (with kindred souls Normal Like You) is co-sponsored by a chain of gourmet burrito restaurants. Wow, that’s really street. The endless barrage of virtually indistinguishable, carefully-coiffed, posthardcore scream-pop outfits like this seems to be irrefutable evidence that human cloning has already been – ahem – perfected. What kind of dirt do these guys have on André The Giant sticker mastermind Shepard Fairey to get him to do their graphics and proudly attach his name to this stuff? Sat., The Jinx.

South Carolina jam with a strong reggae influence. Mon., JJ Cagney’s.

Local hard rock cover band featuring former members of area faves Shut Up & Drive, Big Nasty, and The Dynamic Duo. Sat., The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

Mama Trish Something of a homecoming gig for this acoustic guitarist and singer who used to play frequently in our area. Blessed with an expressive voice and a captivating stage presence, she plays well-known pop and rock covers. Try to stump her with Beatles requests... Fri., Finnegan’s Wake.

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She Alice Up-and-coming female-fronted local party band, playing popular dance-oriented favorites. Fri., Mary’s Seafood & Steaks + Sat. & Sun., Scandals (Tybee).

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Park Bench Trio Hard-rocking power-blues unit that takes its cues from freewheeling combos like Gov’t Mule and Cream. Though based in Athens, they tour nationwide and some members hail from our neck of the woods. Fri., Savannah Blues.

The Howard Paul Trio Excellent, inventive jazz featuring the fretwork of 7-string guitarist Paul, one of the finest players in our area. Fri., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

The Peelers Excellent and highly entertaining Celtic punk group from Canada. Expect an over-the-top stage show, and plenty of hard-drinking, manic rave-ups, a la The Pogues or Seven Nations. Wed., The Jinx.

Stay At Home Mafia Southwest Florida “skunk rock” trio whose members boast fake stage names. Power chords galore. Wed., The Jinx.

Strip City Sinners Raunchy North Carolina rawk band that’s patterned after Buckcherry and Velvet Revolver. Only a few months old, they’re already generating buzz, and – while not breaking any new ground – they’re tight and ripe for refinement and exploitation by the majors... Fri., The Jinx.

Chris Talley Multi-instrumentalist songwriter, who cites Ryan Adams and Otis Redding as influences. Sat., Finnegan’s Wake.

Thunderlip Wow. Tough as nails trash-rock from Wilmington, N.C. that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but is most definitely not a

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Too Blue Electric duo of local singing blues guitarists Jeff Beasley and Ray Lundy (of Bottles & Cans). They play danceable blues, R & B and blues-rock. Thurs., 8 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park + Fri., 6 pm, The Warehouse + Sun., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

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Drop-down funk and groove ensemble that evolved from a weekly jam session. Their muscular take on soul and rock covers allows them to flex their badass rhythm section. Featuring members of The Permanent Tourists and The Greg Williams Band. Wed., JJ Cagney’s.

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DOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOLPHIN REEF (Tybee)- Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA ELYSIUM WINE BAR- LIve Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- Live Music TBA (10 pm) FINNEGAN’S WAKE (Formerly O’Connell’s Irish Pub)- Mama Trish FOSTER’S PUB (Tybee)- Karaoke FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA THE GOLD CLUB- Live Music TBA (10 pm) HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-Hop) HOOTERS (I-95 & Hwy 204)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) IL PASTICCIO- Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Hazzard County THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- The Kevin Bales Quartet (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- The Chris Chandler Trio (9 pm) THE JINX- Thunderlip, JeWop, Strip City Sinners JJ CAGNEY’S- Bottles & Cans JOHNSON SQUARE (Bull & Congress Sts.)Victorian Ensemble (11:30 pm) - FREE JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)Perception KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson LOCOS DELI & PUB- The Heavy Sandwich THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- The Howard Paul Trio (9 pm - 1 am) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- She Alice MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- The Hitmen (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Live Music TBA

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AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Joey Manning (7 pm) BAJA CANTINA- Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Open Mic Night BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Karaoke (8 pm) BOBA INTERNET CAFÉ (City Market)- Open Mic (9 pm) CLUB ICE (formerly THE CAVALIER)- DJ Will 2K DEB’S PUB & GRUB- #@*! Karaoke (10 pm) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- DJ Pat McBride (Savannah Shag Club) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Jason Courtenay (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- Jason Bible (9 pm) FUN N’ GAMES (Whitemarsh Plaza)- Karaoke FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- G.E. Perry w/Strange Brew (8 pm) THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Karaoke THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- The Earl Williams Quartet (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Gregg Snyder (7 pm) THE JINX- The Peelers, Stay At Home Mafia JJ CAGNEY’S- Voodoo Soup KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson LOCOS DELI & PUB- Trivia Night w/Ben Bennett & Senea THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Pianist Inman Dewey (7 pm - 11 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- The Eric Culberson Blues Band NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- (Hip-hop, R & B, Top 40) NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor)- Open Mic Poetry Night w/Spitfire, A.W.O.L. &

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The Back TBA (6 pm) W.O.R.D. (8:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- One-Act Play: Cop-Out PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)River Ramblers (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- Keith & Ross (10 (8 pm) Gail Thurmond SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)pm) FINNEGAN’S WAKE (Formerly O’Connell’s Irish STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Karaoke w/Eddie Thomas Claxton (7 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- Bottles & Cans Pub)- The River Cats Foster SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice (HipSTINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Robert Willis FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)- Live Music SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TBA (7 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)- Karaoke w/DJ Marty HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)- TUBBY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) Corley (9:30 pm) DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-hop) TWILIGHT MUSIC LOUNGE (Daiquiris on Bay)THE SENTIENT BEAN- One-Act Play: Cop-Out THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Live Music TBA Open Mic Night (8 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Karaoke UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE- Live Music SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- Karaoke SPANKY’S (River Street)- Live Music TBA TBA (7 pm) (9 pm) STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA VENUS DE MILO- DJ Maybe spins disco & THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- The David SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA house vinyl (9 pm) Buskirk Quartet (7:30 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.)- Sunset Party w/Live Music JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) TBA (6 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) THE JINX- Dance Party w/MCs Awesomesex, Vinyl Ritchie & ShizNite JJ CAGNEY’S- The Eric Culberson Blues Band AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)“Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Too Blue AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)B & D BURGERS (Downtown)- Live Music TBA (8 pm - 12 am) Karaoke B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA (6 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA TBA (10 pm) BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORE (Oglethorpe (9 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Eric Britt Mall)- The Lovell Sisters Band (7 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)- Live Music MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke TBA (6:30 pm) MERCURY LOUNGE- Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 BAYOU CAFÉ- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ- Chief BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- Reggae (9 pm) BOGEY’S- Live Music TBA (8 pm) Madness w/Syndicate Sound CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- Live Music TBA BOGEY’S- Karaoke w/Ron PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) CHUCK’S BAR- Karaoke (10 pm) Gail Thurmond CLUB IBIZA (at IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)- DJ Cesar CLUB ICE (formerly THE CAVALIER)- DJ Will POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)- Live (Top 40 & Hip Hop) 2K Music TBA (7 pm) CLUB ICE (formerly THE CAVALIER)- DJ Will CLUB ONE- Industrial Night w/DJs Shrapnel & SAVANNAH BLUES- The Hitmen Logik (10 pm) 2K SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice (HipDOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA CLUB ONE- Local Cast hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- DJ Sam CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR- The Beer Parlor SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos Diamond’s Karaoke Ramblers (7:30 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)- Karaoke w/DJ Marty DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music Corley (9:30 pm) DAQUIRI DEPOT (Pooler)- Live Music TBA DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke TBA THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music

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All shows subject to change - please call the venues for ticket info...

A Flock Of Seagulls - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte

JULY Friday the 1st

Sunday the 3rd

Lennon - Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta Caitlin Cary, Thad Cockrell - The Handlebar, Greenville

Thursday the 7th

"Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam" Philips Arena, Atlanta Bettie Serveert, Parker And Lily The EARL, Atlanta Alkaline Trio, Death By Stereo, Rise Against - The Masquerade, Atlanta Hot Tuna (acoustic), Barry Mitterhoff Freebird Live, Jacksonville

Tom Jones, Tower of Power Nanci Griffith - Botanical Garden, Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Chastain Park Atlanta Amphitheatre, Atlanta Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Laura Cantrell, Paul Burch - Red Light Wilson, Pat Green - Bi Lo Café, Atlanta Center, Greenville Sleater - Kinney, Dead Meadow Caitlin Cary, Thad Cockrell Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Visulite Theatre, Charlotte Citizen Cope - Music Farm, Rev. Billy C. Wirtz - European Charleston St. Café, Jacksonville Dash Rip Rock, Drivin-N-Cryin’ Keith Sweat - Florida Theatre, Tom Jones The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, Smokey Robinson - Chastain Park Jacksonville Blue Dogs SC "Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Amphitheatre, Atlanta Alkaline Trio, Rufio, Thieves Like Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC "99x Downtown Rocks" w/ Cake, HuckJam" - Jacksonville Veterans Survivor - Downtown Charlotte Us - Tremont Music Hall, Stereophonics, Caesars, Memorial Arena Winters Brothers Band - July Charlotte Trances Arc - Underground Better Than Ezra - Uncle Sam 4th Celebration, Alachua, FL Atlanta Kenny Chesney Two Step (Dave Matthews Trick Pony, Mark Chesnutt, Jam, Charlotte The Codetalkers Featuring Tribute) - Andrews Upstairs, Oteil And The Peacemakers Buddy Jewell, Terri Clark Col. Bruce Hampton - The Atlanta Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville Metropolitan Park, Jacksonville Mission, Augusta "An Evening With The Grand Ole Rodney Crowell, Will Opry" w/Marty Stuart, Craig Kimbrough - The Handlebar, Kiss Army (Tribute) - Andrews Upstairs, Copeland, Denison Witmer, Paramore, Morgan, The Del McCoury Band Greenville Rainer Maria - New Brookland Tavern, Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Kenny Chesney, Gretchen I Am The World Trade Center, Psychic Columbia Atlanta Wilson, Pat Green - Charlotte Hearts, Snowden - The EARL, Atlanta Rodney Crowell, Will Kimbrough Coliseum Keith Sweat Dash Rip Rock, Drivin-N-Cryin’ - The - Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta Stevie Nicks, Vanessa Carlton Hot Tuna (acoustic), Barry Mitterhoff Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC Lost City Angels, The A.K.A.’s, - Verizon Wireless Botanical Garden, Atlanta Nappy Brown, Steady Rollin’ Bob Kings of Nuthin’ - Masquerade, Atlanta Amphitheatre, Charlotte Isaac Hayes - Chastain Park Margolin - Sockemdog Saloon & Lost City Angels, The A.K.A.’s - Jack Amphitheatre, Atlanta Performance Ctr., Long Creek, SC Rabbits, Jacksonville ◗

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Monday the 4th

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"My South Rocks" Concert w/Atlanta Braves & MANDORiCO - Turner Field, Atlanta Dinosaur Jr., Bardo Pond - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Communiqué, Tegan and Sara, The Double - 40 Watt Club, Athens Appetite For Destruction - The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC Sam Bush - Sockemdog Saloon & Performance Ctr., Long Creek, SC The Codetalkers Featuring Col. Bruce Hampton - Visulite Theatre, Charlotte Hobex - Rafter's, Saint Simons Island

Friday the 8th

Saturday the 2nd

Tuesday the 5th

Wednesday the 6th

Voted UNDER Best NEW OWNERBlues Bar! SHIP No Cover Mon-Thurs.

Happy Hour Every Day 4-9

Wed. June 29

Bottles & Cans $1 PBR

Thurs. June 30

The Hitmen

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Party Starts at

Sunset

This is the ONLY Thursday Night place to be!

$1 Wells & Dom. Drafts for the Ladies

Celebrate July 4th Weekend!!!

Fri. July 1

Park Bench Trio $5 Jaeger Bombs • $2 Cuervos

206 West Julian St. City Market Mon-Sat 7pm-3am Tues-Fri 5pm-3am

Sat. July 2

Happy Hour Specials Live music on the porch

The Hitmen Mon July 4

Hitman & The Blues Boys

DJ in the back Free Parking

$2 Jaeger, Cuervo, Bud & Bud Light Sat. 2pm-3am 232-7002

Tues. July 5

Open Mic Night w/ The Hitmen

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Happenings

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Rules for Happenings Nonprofits -- We will list your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit. Free events or services -- If your event or service is free of charge, we will in turn list it at no charge. Current Connect Savannah clients -- We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper. Private business or individual -- We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the option to place your happening in the appropriate category. Send Happenings and/or payment to: Connect Savannah, 1800 E. Victory Dr, Suite 7, Savannah, GA, 31404. Fax to 231-9932. E-mail: linda@connectsavannah.com. We reserve the right to edit or cut non-paid listings because of space limitations.

Activism & Politics

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Amnesty International Local group meets regularly the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Call Raymond at 898-3506.

Chatham County Democratic Committee meets on the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. For information, call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 234-5969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www.chathamdems.org.

Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Chatham County Young Republicans For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

Comprehensive Planning Workshop The Metropolitan Planning Commission will host several workshops throughout Savannah during the summer. On July 12, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the MPC Hearing Room, a workshop will be held regarding the Historic Neighborhoods (East). The Historic Neighborhoods (Downtown Area) will meet same time and place on July 14. All neighborhood residents and business owners are encouraged to attend. Those who are unable to attend may contact the MPC at 651-1440 for additional information or for an individual appointment.

Curbside Recycling Persons who would like the city to initiate a curbside recycling program can sign a petition offered by the Savannah Chapter of the Green Building Council. Call 236-0781 or access the petition online at www.petitiononline.com/cleannow/petition.html.

Fellowship of Reconciliation The oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

Food Not Bombs Feed the hungry and the homeless Sundays at noon in Franklin Square as part of a worldwide effort to encourage kindness in the place of violence. Cooking starts around 10 a.m. at The Blue House, 410 W. Duffy St. To volunteer, call 233-4461.

Foster Grandparent Program Earth Day The Foster Grandparents Program of EOA is celebrating Earth Day by saving empty printer cartridges and used cell phones from disposal in landfills across the country. Used cartridges and cell phones can be refurbished for reuse. Drop off cartridges and cell phones at 618 W. Anderson St. For more information, call Debbie W. Walker at 238-2960, Ext. 126.

League of Women Voters The Savannah-Chatham chapter of the League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler

Hospital. The league is a statewide, non-partisan, non-profit, multi-issue organization that encourages citizen participation in government and takes action on public policy issues. membership is open to any citizen at least 18 years old.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at Oglethorpe Mall. Call 308-3934 or visit www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertariansinsga.html.

Rap Sessions A free-flowing discussion of spiritual, political and social issues on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St., on the corner of Lincoln and Gwinnett, next to Kroger. During the 1960s and 70s, rap sessions (times when people got together and discussed what was on their minds) were going on at college campuses all over the U.S. Has today’s generation become totally leveled or do we have something to say? Don’t let your human voice be silenced. Call 232-1165.

Savannah Peace Coalition Keep up with current events every Tuesday night on Yahoo Chat around 7 p.m. Send an e-mail to schmalk@yahoo.com to receive an invitation to join the chat.

Savannah Republican Club Meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170.

Sierra Club Regular meetings held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. 351-7436.

Skidaway Island Democrats For information, call Tom Oxnard at 5984290 or oxhouse@aol.com.

Speak Up! Local activist group focused on protesting the illegality of the war in Iraq. Contact Richard DiPirro at 441-7167 for more information.

Auditions Lowcountry Ensemble Company is looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, poets and those who want to be. The Lowcountry Ensemble Company is in the process of creating, developing and maintaining a company of actors. For information, call 220-1014 or send e-mail to negroensemble@comcast.net.

Roundhouse Educational Company is seeking children grades 4-7 to prepare for a CD recording session for educational purposes. Compensation provided for studio time. Audition July 10 at 2 p.m. at Live Oak Community Church on Tibet Avenue. Call 920-6542 or 272-3911.

Benefits & Fundraisers 6th Annual Dog Days of Summer Friday This benefit will raise moeny for Save-A-Life. There will be a raffle and dog treats, and dogs are welcome to attend with their owners. It all takes place July 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Venus deMilo, 38 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Call 447-0901.

Blessingdale’s A new thrift store at 2118 Bona Bella, at the corner of Skidaway and Bona Bella in the Bacon Park Shopping Center, sells clothes, furniture, electronics and household items. All proceeds support The Living Vine, a Christian maternity home in Savannah. Donations are greatly appreciated. Call 3554339.

Daughters of Destiny A fundraiser and sale of handcrafted jewelry and accessories will be held at 12 E. 41st St. (in the little red cottage) on Friday, July 1 from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, July 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This fundraiser will benefit Daughters of Destiny.

Hawaiian Luau Omar Temple No. 21 Shriners will host a fundraiser for sickle cell disease research on Friday, July 15 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Alee Shrine Center, Eisenberg Drive and Skidaway Road. Attire is casual or Hawaiian. Tickets are $20. Call 596-5491 oro 547-7224.

Loco’s Day to Fight FA Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is a rare, genetic, neurodegenerative, multi-system, life-shortening disorder. About one in 50,000 people in the U.S. have FA. Loco’s Deli and Pub, 301 W. Broughton St., will hold a fundraiser for the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance on Sunday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to midnight. Loco’s will donate $1 for every Redneck burger, Rooster salad and 10 wings sold that day. In addition, they will raffle off prizes. For information, call Allyson Campbell at 631-1113 or Lindsay Ashman at 925-9360.

Paddling for Healthy Hearts Tour This fundraiser was begun by members of the Savannah/Chatham County Southeast Affiliate of the American Heart Association to raise funds and awareness. It is based on long-distance sea-kayak trips along the Atlantic coast. To follow the progress or make a donation, visit www.heartpaddle.org. r 713-8778.

Shag-Beach Bop Presents The Tams The Joe Pope Tams Concert/Dance will be held Friday, July 15 at 7 p.m. at Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. The Tams will perform many hits plus songs from their latest CD. Shag deejays also will play on a second dance floor. Cash bar. There will be a charity auction to benefit Open Arms and the Inner City Night Shelter. Tickets are $20 if purchased by July 11 and $25 after that. Reserved tables for 10 or more with tickets $17 by July 11 and $22 after. Call 927-4784

or 398-8784 or book tickets online at www.shagbeachbop.com.

Call for Applications AARP Foundation SCSEP The AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program offers job search assistance and paid on-the-job training for eligible workers 55 years of age or older. Call 234-1681 or visit the AARP office at 221 E. 34th St. to complete an application.

Chatham County 4-H Summer Camp The Chatham County 4-H Clubs are now accepting applications for summer camp. For information on the different types of camp, call 652-7987 or send e-mail to trishwest4h@hotmail.com.

Call for Entries Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians The Chatham County Chamber Group is seeking classically trained musicians. Call 232-2326.

Classes & Workshops AARP 55 Alive This two-day, four-hours-each-day class focuses on refreshing driving skills, reviews the rules of the road and identifies areas where changes take place as we age. The cost is $10 per person. Upon completion, most insurance carriers may deduct up to 10 percent on certain parts of an insurance policy for a period of three years. Classes will be held July 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior-Candler Hospital. Call 352-4405. Classes also will be held July 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Generation One and from 1-5 p.m. at Sterne/Agee in Skidaway Village. Call 350-7587 for the morning class or 352-0070 for the afternoon class. Classes will be held Aug. 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior-Candler Hospital. Call 352-4405. Classes will be held Aug. 16 and 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Magnolia Manor in Richmond Hill. Call 7564653.

AASU Fall Registration Dates Armstrong Atlantic State University announces that registration for undergraduate and graduate students will be held now through July 15 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Classes begin Aug. 15. To enroll in an undergraduate program, call 927-5277. For informaiton on graduate admissions and courses, call 927-5377. For information about AASU, visit www.armstrong.edu.

Adult Education The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers in collaboration with Royce Learning Centers and Hope House of Savannah offers tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711 or stop by the center at 1601 Drayton St. to register.

Looking For A Fun Job?? Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E.

Church Music Seminar

Several classes in art and theater are being offered for both children and adults at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-4248.

The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. is announcing specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry, including Conducting Techniques, Youth Choirs, Planning and Organization, Worship Teams, Midi and Keyboards, Children’s Choirs, Worship Planning, Liturgy, Senior Choirs, Keyboards, Vocal Techniques, Rehearsal Tips, Music Software and more. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.

Art School Summer classes are offered for students ages 6 through teens. Classes run for a week at a time, with students attending Monday through Friday for three hours. The cost is $150 per week and supplies are included. Each week has a theme such as Three Dimensional Art, Drawing Threatened and Endangered Animals and Characters of Fiction and Fantasy. Call 921-1151 or visit www.theartschool-sav.com.

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 612 months and their parents. Communicate with your baby before you knew it was possible. Classes are offered in four-week sessions every month. Times vary. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601.

Babysitters training class

Beginners quilting classes are held every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., 1601 Drayton St. Register by calling 447-5711 or stop by the center.

Building a Home The UBuildIt office in Savannah invites you to attend a free seminar to help you learn more about building your very own dream house. Call 236-1211.

Career Achievement Program St. Mary’s Community Center, an affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler, is offering a program to help adults with math, reading and writing skills. Participants learn through a computer software program, small group and individual tutoring and study books. Participants can choose their hours between Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center is at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

Chatham County Aquatic Center offers swimming lessons for all ages. Classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays for ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 8. Adults and ages 9 to 12 meet Tuesdays and Thursdays. A variety of times are offered. Call 351-6556.

Children’s Art Studio Combining quality education with the fun and enrichment of the creative process, the Children’s Art Studio will offer mixed-media classes for children ages 4-12. Tentative class offerings include Ceramic Birdhouses, Children’s LiterARTure, Amazing Animal Games, Do The Zoo, Mimic the Masters and The Artist’s Garden. The studio is located at 714 Mall Blvd., across from South College. An open house will be held July 10 from 2-5 p.m. and classes will begin the week of July 11. Classes will be offered Monday through Friday from 9-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon and 1-2:30 p.m. All classes are $95 for the week, which includes materials and a snack. Call Kimberly Statts at 355-6252 or send e-mail to kays435@comcast.net.

Basic introduction to computers and Microsoft Works offered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bull and 31st streets. Classes meet for two hours, one day a week for six weeks. Cost is $20 for the session and $20 for the text book. Pre-registration is required. Call 355-0219.

Davenport House Docent Training

Financial Workshop for the Individual Investor Sessions will be held Thursday, July 14 and July 21 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Edward Jones, 315 Commercial Dr., Suite B-1. There is no charge and all materials are furnished. Call 354-1812 to enroll.

First Steps parent education program This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. To find out how you can help, call 819-6910.

Found Object Sculpture Workshop for Teens The Art School is offering this workshop for ages 10 through teens on Wednesday, July 6 through Friday, July 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students will look at art of assemblage artists, then create their own sculptures using found objects. Creation of the sculpture will involve the supervised use of tools. Cost is $150, supplies included. Call 921-1151.

Free Coaching Session and Assessment Free session for personal, career and professional development. Call Executive Leadership Coaching, 443-9860, or send email to Vicki@excellentcoach.com.

Volunteer docent training will be offered in July. Training includes studies in local history and decorative arts. Docents lead tours and assist with programming for people from around the world who visit the historic house. Call Dottie Kraft at 236-8097 or send email to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

Free computer classes

Drawing Inspiration From the Masters

based on the work of Byron Katie is now forming. Contact Ursula Sterling at 484-0134 or send e-mail to u.sterling@att.net, or visit http://www.thework.com/WhatisTheWork.asp .

Free drawing classes for teens, adults and seniors are offered by the Savannah Art Association through a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Leisure Services Bureau. Classes are held Saturdays through October from 9 a.m. to noon at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s’ Fine Arts Hall. This program offers a solid foundational art education to members of the community at no cost. For information, call 897-5612 or 598-8217.

Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc. Project Tomorrow Inc. is offering several classes and workshops. The list includes sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.

The Economic Opportunity Authority is offering free computer classes for beginners in Computer Basics Level One plus the study guide program software for the Georgia High School Graduation Test. Call Gloria Ferguson at 238-2960, Ext. 153.

Familiar Pathways classes Upcoming classes include Tarot 101, which will be presented July 6 and 13 and July 20 and 27 from 6-8 p.m. This four-part course goes into depth of how to read aned understand tarot cards. The cost is $75 for the first class, and $50 per class for the next three classes. Henna 101 will be offered July 17 and 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This class will teach the chemistry of henna, the history of henna and the various traditions of henna. Lunch will be provided, followed by a demonstration of applying henna, including what tools should be used. Basic and advanced henna designs will be provided in the second session. The cost is $35 per class. Fees must be paid at the time of enrollment. All classes

Fax or Apply in person at Joker’s 111 W. Derenne or fax us at 912-352-0766 Mon-Sat 10-9 and Sun 12-8.

St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offers free computer classes. Call 447-6605 for times, days and registration information. Space is limited.

Inquiry Circle

Life Challenge Consulting When would now be a great time to engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial halfhour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.

Life Drawing Sessions with a clothed model will be held Sundays July 25, Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 from 14 p.m. at the Savannah Art Association, located above Belford’s in City Market. Bring drawing supplies. The cost is $35 per session for members, $45 for non-members. Call 897-5612.

The Live Oak Public Library offers free classes on using computers to access information at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3662.

Meditation 101 This two-part series will be taught at Familiar Pathways, 22 E. 39th St., on July 10 and 24 from noon to 4 p.m. In the first class, Anastasia will teach different techniques of meditation and some aids to use. In the second, more detail will be given about advanced techniques, Chakra, tools that aid in meditation and more. Lunch will be provided. The cost is $50 per class and fees must be paid at time of enrollment. Pay for both classes at one time and there will be a 15 percent discount. Call 443-9678.

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Eastside Concerned Citizens Inc. at 803 E. Park Ave. offers basic computer classes every second and fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. 232-5280.

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will be held this fall. The eight-night workshop will be held at Xanadu Island Resort. .Participants will fly out of Atlanta. All details are available from Christopher Scott Writing Vacations at 398-1727 or www.cscottwriting.com.

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Coastal Scooters is conducting classes that focus on road skills, safety and the proper maintenance of scooters. Classes are limited in size to provide personal assistance. Each rider is equipped with a TGB 49.5cc scooter and helmet. The class is three hours in length, consisting of classroom, field and onroad instruction. Classes meet on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Sundays from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $40. To register, call 2325513 or visit Coastal Scooters at 418 W. Broughton St.

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St. Joseph’s/Candler Childhood Injury Prevention Program offers a class for boys and girls 11-15 who want to become babysitters. The cost is $35, which includes lunch and a training manual, plus certification on completion of the class. Registration and pre-payment are required. 819-8583.

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The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years. To register, call 350-9335. will be held on Mondays from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Integrated Behavioral Center, 1121 Cornell Ave. The cost is $10 per session. Call 3554987.

The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council will present Making the Right Choice for Health Care Plans for Employees on Tuesday, July 5 at noon at the Fairmont Restaurant, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. The cost for lunch is $8.50. RSVP to Susan Smith at 644-6434 or ssmith@savannahchamber.com.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery

Stress Reducation Through Mindfulness

Indepth exploration of the 11th step. Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

Come learn the foundations of stress reduction as it applies to family, the workplace and current life challenges. Classes are held Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $15. 313 E. Harris St. For more information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

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The Calhoun Conservatory of Music at 101 Bull St. will host this program on Mondays, July 11, 18 and 25. Pre-registration is required. Programs include Instruments and Music Makers, Playing Instruments with Others, Introduction to Piano and Keyboard, Introduction to Music Theory and Singing and Performing on Stage. Call 236-1400 or send email to musicedu@calhounconservatoryofmusic.net.

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is a four-week education course offered by Memorial Health and designed for the family expecting twins, triplets or more. Call Barbara at 350-3129 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

Open Classes at The Studio The Studio, located on Roger Lacey Avenue in Thunderbolt (just off Skidaway Road and Victory Drive) offers the following classes: Adult Beginning Ballet Monday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr; Int/Adv Ballet Monday at 5:30 p.m. with Dago Nieves; Int/Adv Ballet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. with Jil Cooley; Int/Adv Jazz Tuesday at 5 p.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr and Adult Modern/Jazz Wednesday at 7 p.m. with Joanna Warchol. Call 6959249.

Parent and Teen Driving Course The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department will present a free two-hour parent/teen driver’s course the last Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Day School, 4625 Waters Ave. Call 651-6653 or send e-mail to ccamire@savannahga.gov and request a registration form. The course is designed for 14-16 year olds and their parents. Advance registration is required.

Parenting the preschooler is a course offered by Telfair Women’s Hospital at Candler. Call at 819-3368 or visit www.sjchs.org.

Savannah Art Association Life Drawing Drawing sessions will be held the first three Tuesdays of every month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Savannah Art Association (located in City Market upstairs over Belford’s). The model is clothed. Bring your own drawing supplies. $10 per session for members.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center at 801 E. Gwinnett offers business and computer classes.

Sea Camp 2005 Registration has begun for this year’s sessions. Each program involves a variety of hands-on activities centered around a specific ocean theme. Programs are available for children ages 3 through 12. Call the Tybee Island Marine Science Center at 7865917 or stop by the center at 1510 Strand to pick up a schedule and registration form.

Sea Scouts Kayak Camp sponsored by Savannah Canoe and Kayak, is for boys and girls ages 10 to 16 and will be held Monday through Friday July 11-15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The camp features one week of outdoor adventure, games and kayaking skills at the Skidaway Narrows. The cost is $275. Call 341-9502 or visit www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com.

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Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors role playing with Dungeons and Dragons, Modern D29, Witchcraft, magic the gathering and other role playing games. Anyone interested in playing is free to join. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AASU Compass Point Club House. The club is forming a laser tag team and has bi-monthly children’s readings on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. at Media Play. For information, call Antonio at 713-1470 or send email to Catscandance2@aol.com.

ABATE (American Bikers Active Toward Education) District 11 meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Saloon on Hwy. 204 and Old River Rd. Please call for more info. 233-9800.

Alternative Video/Film Enthusiast Join others who enjoy alternative movies. Viewings will be held in private homes which includes social time as well as viewing a movie. Call Don at 655-0482 or send e-mail to savdeca@aol.com.

The spirituality of nature and the inter-connectedness of all life are crucial beliefs of Unitarian Universalists. The importance of trees in our communities and our spiritual lives is the subject of a five-session program offered by the Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, Sundays at 10 a.m. The church is located at 143 Houston St. The program has been adapted from worldrenowned primatologist Jane Goodall’s Tap Roots curriculum. Elementary through high school-age students are invited to participate. To sign up or for information, call Chris Neal at 233-6284 or craftsneal@aol.com.

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Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp

1511 Abercorn, ACBL certified duplicate bridge game every Wednesday at 1 p.m. There is a $4 fee. Call Lynn Pierce at 3549739.

Applications are now being evaluated for this summer camp that is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10 to 19 are eligible to apply. Past participants have included Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Grant Hill and more. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp. For a free brochure, call 704-3730873.

Tennis, anyone? Tennis for munchkins, juniors and adults -summer camps, clinics, ball machine workouts. Call 961-9862.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults. Classes include microscope labs, squid dissection, guided beach walks and tours of the Science Center. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org.

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium presents outreach programs that are interactive, with live animals, costumes and fun activities. Contact Stephanie Edgecombe at 598-2335 for reservations. “Turtle Tales” is a 60-minute outreach program that combines science and art for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students. Call Edith Schmidt at 598-2447.

Worth Club K Softball School for girls ages 5-18 will be held this summer in Nashville, Tenn. For information, call 615641-5898 or visit www.clubk.com.

is part of a regional and global church network. The group meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at 352-2323 or visit the Web site at www.bannerofthenations.com.

Beach Historic Neighborhood Association meets monthly on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Call 605-4471 for details.

Bipolar Support Group John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Bridge club meets at the JEA

Buy Local Savannah Jane Wells, owner of Coastal Bath and Kitchen, will speak to members on Thursday, June 30 at noon at The Pirates House. Wells will speak on achieving excellent customer service using proven techniques from her sales experience. The lecture is free for Buy Local members. Lunch is $13, which includes buffet, drink, dessert and tip. Call 651-9000 or visit www.buylocalsavannah.com to RSVP.

unteer boat-owners for monthly clean-ups on area beaches, barrier islands and marshes. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah sponsors a bicycle ride every Saturday. Visit www.cbtc.org for a ride schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at Tubby’s Tank House restaurant in Thunderbolt at 6:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. 728-5989.

Coastal Georgia Volkswagen Club This group for Volkswagen lovers - who enjoy meeting like people & attending activities in their autos. Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. 961-0602.

Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement. The answers lie inside each of us. Meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Open to all women, all ages, all religions, all beliefs. Facilitated by Miriam Center.

Drumming circle There will be a Drumming Circle on Tybee Island the 3rd Saturday of each month from 4-6 p.m. at the Casual Reader bookstore at the shops at Tybee Oaks off Hwy. 80. Call 786-7655.

Friends of Oatland Board of Directors meets every third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; general membership meeting follows at 7 p.m. at the Oatland Island Educational Center. Call Serena Nasworthy at 897-3060.

Friends of the Library meet the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3655.

Georgia Christian Singles Memberships start at $25 and remain active until marriage. See website or call for local chapters. 1-800-869-2500.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association promotes education, safety and fun to motorcycle riders. Call Julian at 920-2700 or John at 858-5414 or visit chaptere2.tripod.com.

Goth Night Savannah A place to connect with fellow individuals who are interested in the music and art of the Gothic subcultures. We welcome musicians, bands, DJs, filmmakers, performance troupes, writers, clothiers, artists and artisans. Visit www.Goth-NightSavannah.com.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

Harley Owners Group

A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets the first Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chi/Savann ah/.

HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Perkins Restaurant, I-95 & Hwy 204. Call 925-5349.

Civil Air Patrol is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road, immediately behind Sitel Corp. and Signature Flight Support. For information, check the web site at www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

Clean Coast meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. The group needs volunteers and vol-

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association holds its board meetings on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. These meetings are open to the public. For information, call 236-8546.

Hostess City Toastmasters Club For those interested in gaining confidence in public speaking. Meets Tuesday evenings, 7pm at 6206 Waters Ave, Rivers Edge Retirement Community. 355-5450

Learn to play Go Learn how to play the game that will soon replace Chess as the intellectual strategy game par excellence., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Books-A-Million on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.

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Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Savannah Chess Club

Savannah Jaycees

sponsors a Country Textiles African American Quilt Making Guild. Call 447-1888.

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

meets Monday at Books-A-Million from 7 to 11 p.m. Bring your chess sets. Call 631-0338 or send e-mail to geocities/savannahchessclub.com.

for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 2326682 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.

Loyal Order of Moose at 2202 Norwood Ave. sponsors bingo every Tuesday and Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. There is a $700 jackpot.

MOMS Club The name of this group stands for Moms Offering Moms Support. It is for stay-at-home moms and their children and we meet during the day, during the week, when moms need the most support. Events include day trips, service projects, monthly Mom’s Night Outs, play groups, play dates, crafts events, a babysitting co-op, and other activities. For information, call Courtney at 921-1462, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com.

Millionaire’s Club for Women The purpose of the organization is to achieve wealth and success in personal and professional life and to share this wealth by mentoring others on the same pathy. Call 236-3660.

Objectivist Society of Savannah

Oglethorpe Business & Professional Women’s Club

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Postage stamp meeting and auction The Savannah Stamp Club meeting and stamp auction is held the second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church, 6412 Waters Ave. Call 354-8870.

Progressive Guys’ Discussion Group An opportunity for men to discuss books, music, film and cultural issues in an intellectually stimulating and non-judgmental environment. Meets the third Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffee House. 2318841.

Reiki Share If you are a reiki practitioner, join us to share its healing energies with others. Meets the first Monday of the month from 7-9 p.m. at Moondance Center. 236-9003. www.moondancecenter.com.

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Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord. Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Midtown on Abercorn. The $20 guest fee will apply to your membership if you join.

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition on Saturday, July 9 from 2-4 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 711 E. Victory Dr. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. All are welcome to sing or just listen. No experience or membership is required. Books will be available for loan or purchase. Call 655-0994.

Savannah Art Association s currently accepting applications for membership in our historic organization. We offer affordable art workshops, social activities and a chance for you to display your art in a downtown gallery. Drop by the gallery at 309 W. St. Julian St. above Belford’s in City Market or call 356-0249.

The Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 4470943. For more details, call 447-0943 or visit our web site at http://www.savannahcommunity.com/so/SBL.

Savannah Chapter of the Sons of Italy The Order of the Sons of Italy is forming a lodge in Savannah. This is the oldest and largest national organization that celebrates Italian/American heritage for men and women. Call Dennis Piasio at 1-888-674-2937.

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Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor (but discerning) man’s Bridge. Apporaching Plantonic perfection is all that one could wish from playing cards, it combines the deceptive simplicity of Gin with the addictive competitiveness of Poker, and it moves briskly enough to consume many hours of your life. Call Katie at 227-4193.

Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Women’s Association meets the first Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Golf Club on East President Street. RSVP to Laura McLaren at 236-6750, Ext. 14, or 898-9362.

Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $30. All equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencingclub@hotmail.com.

Savannah Ghost and Mystic Meetup Meeting once a month inside a haunted historic house, this is a town hall for psychics, metaphysicians, tarot readers, mediums, remote viewers, pagans, Wiccans, vampyres and those interested in ghosts and parapsychology. Free to join. For information, visit http://www,ghosts.meetup.com/18/ or send e-mail to sscott191@comcast.net.

Savannah Italian Club is dedicated to discussing and preserving the heritage of Italians and Italian-Americans. Meetings are the first Tuesday at 2717 Livingston Ave. Call Carol Taylor at 925-4064.

meets the second and fourth Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Savannah Golf Club. For information, call 355-6033.

Savannah Macintosh Users Group (SMUG) Group for Macintosh computer and software users meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. See www.savannahmug.org.

Savannah Newcomers Club is open to all residents who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. The club hosts a monthly luncheon and program on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants. In addition, the Newcomers sponsor tours, activities and events to help new residents in the area learn about their community and provide a forum in which to make new friendships. If you are interested in attending a luncheon or would like more information, call 351-3171.

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society is dedicated to the preservation of the canal and its natural and historical features. Dinner meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. Volunteer Saturdays are the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the SavannahOgeechee Museum & Nature Center at 681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Highway 204) 2.3 miles west of Interstate 95. 748-8068.

Savannah Port City Lions Club meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryan’s Restaurant on Stephenson. For information, call 920-9081.

Savannah Shamrocks Rugby Club will play touch rugby every Thursday through Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. with the championship on Aug. 6. All games and the tournament will be held at Forsyth Park on the south end. Minimum age 18. Call Steve Keller at 663-7415 or rugbyvulture@cldsnet. There is no cost to participate. Cleats and comfortable running gear is suggested.

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Philosophical sessions taking on a different topic each time at Barnes & Noble every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Call 659-2930 or 4439267.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

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meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org.

“How untidy my shell has become! Blurred with moss, knobby with barnacles, its shape is hardly recognizable any more. Surely, it had a shape once. It has a shape still in my mind. What is the shape of my life?” -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh. If these words resonate with you and you are a woman of “a certain age” on her own, join us for lively discussion, laughter and fun. Call 236-8581.

has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. The Navy League is a non-profit civilian organization that supports the men and women of our sea services and educates the public about the importance of sea power. For information, call John Findeis at 748-7020.

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is a group dedicated to the philosophy of Ayn Rand meets biweekly at the Lion’s Den Lounge. Call Brian at 234-2484 or ww.savannahobjectivists.org.

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at 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 115 Charlotte Rd. on Whitemarsh Island. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

of five classes. Walk-ins are welcome. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary club

Belly Dance Classes

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

meets every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 am at the First City Club in downtown Savannah. 233-1600.

will be held Wednesday nights with beginners from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and advanced beginners from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons with beginners from 2-3 p.m. and advanced from 3-5 p.m. Small classes, lots of individual attention, mirrored studio on East 53rd St. Cost is $10 per class. Call Layla at 354-5808.

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for 8 sessions. 819-6463.

Savannah Ski Club

Savannah Toastmasters helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment. Give speeches, evaluate and lead meetings on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935.

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meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. in Forsyth Park. Bring a white and dark shirt, water, cleats and a positive attitude. Visit www.savannahultimate.com for information.

Adult Beginning Ballet, Mondays at 10 a.m. Stretch/placement Thursdays at 6 p.m. 5501 Abercorn St. Call 691-2900.

are held Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. at the Chopra Center and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in Richmond Hill. The cost is $36 a month or $12 for walk-ins. 3502467.

The Savannah Shag Club

Inside Moves

Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Midtown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 927-9439.

Yoga/Pilates/personal training are available from Bobbie Kraft, 238-1785, e-mail address bwill01@bellsouth.net. Eight classes of yoga/Pilates is $80, four classes is $45 or drop-ins are $12 for a 1 1/2 hour session. Personal training is $50 for a 1 1/2 hour session.

Ongoing Classes at Ballet South

The Sign-ative

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah

bridges the gap between the deaf, hard-ofhearing and hearing communities. Call 9650077 or send e-mail to thesignative@deafcafe.com. This group is interdenominational and there are no dues or fees. The group discusses education and plans and hosts social events and functions for singles throughout each month. Meets Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church, Room 22.

hosts Magnificent Mondays from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free swing dance lessons are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered the third and fourth Mondays. Every lady dances each Monday night with members of the Shag-Beach-Bop Nip ‘N Males Dance Team. No cover and club membership is not necessary. Call 9274784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

Southside Optimist Club

Swing Dance Savannah

Single People in Christian Education (SPICE)

is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant. Call Linda Lee at 695-7733.

Spiritual Discussion Group An exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions on spiritual topics the last Friday from 7-8:30 p.m. in Moondance Center. 2369003 or www.moondancecenter.com.

Subbuteo Table Soccer meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. Visit www.savannahsubbuteo.com.

Those Damn Yankees! A social network for ex-pats from the North (NY, NJ, CT, etc.) and those who love them. Miss the camaraderie of the old social networks? Good company, edgy conversation, laughter, edible food, music, the arts, the beach and the pool, croquet, tennis, kayaks and dancing, just for starters. Call 232-4247.

meets the first two Mondays of the month from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. A new swing dance club is forming. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or www.shagbeachbop.com.

Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.

Events 5th Annual Southern Isles Bodybuilding and Figure Championships

meets the second Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. With the exception of the June and December meetings, the association meets at the Tybee Community Center.

will be held Saturday, July 16 at Amrstrong Atlantic State University Fine Arts Auditorium. Pre-Judging is at 10 a.m. and the Finals/Show is at 7 p.m. There will be 2 national level guest posers. Special door prizes, including a 1-night stay at the Forsyth Park Inn in Historic Savannah, to be given away at the finals. For tickets, entries or information, contact Tony or Mary Ann at 897-1263.

Tybee Performing Arts Society (TAPS)

Familiar Pathways

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com.

A grand opening is set for Familiar Pathways, an eclectic spiritual shop with books, handmade candles and incense, divination tools such as Tarot and runes, crystals, clothing, specialty herbs, classes, gatherings and intuitive readings by appointment. The shop is located at 22 E. 39th St., located on the corner of Drayton. Hours are Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or by appointment. Call 4439678 or visit www.familiarpathways.com.

Tybee Beautification Association

Weekend Warriors is a program at Portman’s Music for people who were musicians as kids, but went on to pursue other types of careers. The cost is $95, which includes two hours of instruction each week for four weeks. The latest gear will be provided. Call 354-1500.

W.I.N.O.W.S. Women In Need Of Wine and Spirits meets once a month at a different restaurant or bar. Call 220-1117.

Dance Adult Ballet Classes at Islands Dance Academy. All levels welcome, including beginners. Challenging, rewarding and fun. $10 per class. Mondays

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Fitness A balanced life Student massage and yoga classes are offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $20 to $30 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. Multi-level yoga classes are offered Monday and Friday at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for drop-ins, $40 for a package card

Inside Moves Hatha Yoga Eight classes are $80 and the first class is free. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Habersham. Call 238-1785.

Integral Arts Center at 301 E. 38th St. offers Yoga, Pilates and Ayurveda classes seven days a week. Private lessons are available. On Monday, Lunchtime Yoga is at noon, Novice Yoga is at 5:20 p.m. and Pilates is at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Sunrise Yoga is held at 6:30 a.m., Yogalates at 10:30 a.m. and All Level Iyengar Yoga from 6-7:30 p.m. On Thursday, Sunrise Yoga is at 6:30 a.m., Yogalates is at 10:30 a.m. and Level I & II Iyengar Yoga is from 67:30 p.m. On Friday, Yoga Stretch is held at 10:30 a.m. On Saturday and Sunday, All Level Yoga is held from 9-10:30 a.m. Call Darlene at 447-9642 or send e-mail to yoga4u@bellsouth.net..

Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50. Pre-register by calling 8196463.

Pregnancy Yoga An eight-week session will be held starting July 26 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m. at offices located at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps prepare mothers-to-be for a more mindful apaproach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. The cost is $90 for once-per-week or $150 for twice-per-week for the 8-week session. Call 667-8877 for information or space availability or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center Located at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Schedule: Monday, 8-9:15 a.m., Morning Gentle Flow Yoga -- all levels; Monday from 6:30-7:45 p.m., Sunset Flow Yoga -- all levels; Tuesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m., Yoga Basics for beginners; Wednesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m. All levels Flow Yoga. Drop-ins $12 or 4-class card for $40, 10-class card $90, 12-class card $105. Call 441-6653. A Chakra Yoga Workshop will be held Saturday, July 23 from 2-4 p.m. The cost is $20. Pre-registration is requried by July 22. Register and pay online at www.savannahyoga.com.

Tai Chi Classes are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.

Water aerobics at the JEA The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.

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Yoga

Classes are offered Saturdays from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Drop-in rate is $10 adults and $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome. Call Jeff at 352-7057 or send e-mail to jadelotustaichi@yahoo.com

The City of Savannah, Leisure Services, Recreation Services Department, offers a yoga class on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Center, 414 Briarcliff Circle. The fee is $10 per month for ages 14 and over. Call 921-2105 or 651-3650.

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Hatha Flow Level I Thursday from 10-11:30 a.m. and Friday 6-7:30 p.m., Hatha Flow Level II Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 56:30 p.m., Open Flow Monday from 6:30-8 p.m., Power Yoga Saturday 9-10 a.m. and Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.m., Mommy and Me Yoga on Monday 4-5 p.m. and Wednesday 46 p.m. and Baby and Mommy Yoga -- call for the schedule. 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center. Drop-ins $12 or $75 for eight classes Call 898-0361.

will offer the following health and fitness classes: Yoga- Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Friday’s for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am. Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 355-8111.

Ladies Living Smart fitness club provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.

Lose Weight like Marc Merlis on Dateline. Safe, effective, reasonable cost. Researchers at the University of Connecticut found that people who used hypnosis lost 60 percent more weight than any other method. Call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

Muscle Quest Sports nutrition center offers free body fat testing and nutritional counseling. Call 2324784.

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Yogalates Classes are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463.\

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facilitated by a licensed therapist the second and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. Spaces are limited. Call 352-2611.

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Jon Gomes, Aqua Star’s esteemed sommelier, will uncork some of the summer’s best vintages every Saturday at 4 p.m. during July and August at the Aqua Star Restaurant at the Westin Savannah. The cost is $20. For reservations, call 201-2085.

meets the second Tuesday at 7 p.m. to offer a networking service of gay and gay friendly businesses, organizations and individuals. For information, contact Kevyn Withers at kevyn@kevynwithers.com.

Gay & Lesbian

An organization of GLBT Democrats promoting gay-friendly policies within the local Democratic party and working to elect gayfriendly Democrats to public office. Call 2399545.

Alpha Financial Management seminars

First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.

First City Network Community Center and Library The FCN Community Center & Library is open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors are welcome to check out gay/lesbian books and obtain information on “Gay Savannah” businesses and happenings. www.firstcitynetwork.com. 236-CITY

First City Network’s Workforce project offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job. Call 236-2489 or send e-mail to bwooten@comcast.net.

Friends & Company bowling league meets Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at AMF Victory Lanes, 2055 E. Victory Dr. 354-5710.

Gay AA Meeting meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 441-4407.

Georgia Equality Savannah is the local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

Lesbian Potluck Girls eat and socialize. Meets the 3rd Saturday of each month. 236-CITY.

Lesbian Therapy Group Share your thoughts, feelings and concerns in a safe, confidential environment that is

Standout is First City’s gay youth support group. Meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the FCN Headquarters, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. Call 657-1966.

What Makes A Family is a children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 3522611.

Health Community HealthCare Center provides free health care for those patients who live in Chatham County, are under 65, who do not have primary medical coverage, and who do not exceed certain financial thresholds. The Center is located at 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center. Call for an appointment at 692-1451.

St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be performed July 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group in Pembroke. To make an appointment, call 912-653-2897,.

Fans are being made available free of charge to those 55 and older and living at or below an annual income level of $11,000 who have no method of cooling their home. Apply in person at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. To donate to the program, call 236-0363.

Free hearing & speech screening Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. will be offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler on June 25 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the West Chatham YMCA in the Health Connection office. To register, call 819-3368.

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The St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will present a Wisdom & Gathering Session on June 16 from 5:30-7 p.m. To make a reservation, call 447-6605.

Call the Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at 1800-334-3322.

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A series of free seminars specifically designed for the LGBT community will be held. Attendees will learn about the tools needed to increase their wealth, protect their assets, take actions that are congruent with their own values, and to build a sense of financial and emotional security in life. For information, call 353-9343.

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are conducted at three locations within St. Joseph’s/Candler. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:15-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, checks will be offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.

Keeping at risk individuals healthy A Union Mission Inc. program that provides HIV/AIDS education and outreach through the use of free workshops, seminars and peer education. Free needleless testing is provided. Services are free to churches, clubs and shelters. Contact DaVena Jordan

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La Leche League Are you breastfeeding or planning to? Information, education, encouragement and support are available free of charge to all women who are interested in breastfeeding through monthly meetings and over the telephone from La Leche League of Savannah. Call the LLL of Savannah Help Line at 8979261. All series meetings are held in the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St, Room 508A.

Mammograms

March of Dimes The March of Dimes offers valuable information for women. www.modimes.org or 1888-MODIMES. 354-5900.

Massage by Certified Massage Practitioner at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance. Pain treatment, cellulite reduction, long established business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 8561534.

Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.

Memorial Health Child Safety Seat Checks Certified car seat inspection technicians will check your child’s car seat to make sure it is property installed every Wednesday in September from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MedStarOne at Memorial Health. Call Lahoma Thurman at 658-6430.

Memorial Health CPR training FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

Memorial Health group meditation sessions are offered free to the public every Tuesday from 5:30-6 p.m. on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine.

Memorial Health heart risk assessment is held once a month at FitnessOne. The appointment takes about 40 minutes and the cost is $50. Call Midge at 350-4042.

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This is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents/caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. Call Donna at 350-5616 or Saundra at 350-3396.

Citizens Inc. is seeking Senior Companions -- men and women 60 or older -- to provide care to older adults. Senior Companions receive a small stipend and travel assistance for their duties, which consist of light housekeeping, running errands and providing companionship, as well as other tasks as needed. Applicants must meet program requirements to apply. Call 236-0363, Ext. 120 or 121.

Join a Wilderness Southeast birding guide at the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge to witness the amazing spectacle of communal nesting of thousands of herons, egrets, ibis and wood storks. Meet at the refuge entrance on Saturday, June 18 at 4 p.m. The tour will last two hours. $10 per person. Limit 15 people. Reservations are required. Call 897-5108. t

Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:157:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint replacement. To register, call 350-3603.

The Midwife Group The Midwife Group/Family Health & Birth Center is offering a free program to women at any stage of pregnancy that includes free information on pregnancy, birth and parenting, an opportunity to talk to other pregnant women and information on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital. Call 8264155.

Miracle on Wheels

Readings & Signings

Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. For more info, call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

A.W.O.L. -- All Walks of Life, Inc.

Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors

The Casual Poets Society

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for smart, motivated people interested in giving back to their community. Call 651-5371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.

holds an open poetry reading the second Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. at The Casual Reader bookstore, 1213 Highway 80. on Tybee Island at The Shops at Tybee Oaks. Call 786-7655.

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Daily Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

is a spoken word troupe that hosts an open mic night every third Sunday at the Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free and open to the public.

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

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is offered at The Chopra Center at Memorial Health. Visit chopra.memorialhealth.com or call 350-2467.

Nature & Environment

Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services, women’s shelters, sexual assault services, crisis information, birth control, S.T.D.s, pregnancy options, and more. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154.

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.

Wesley Community Centers offers weekly book discussions of life situations and complexities every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 1601 Drayton St. All women and teen-aged girls are invited to attend. Stop by the center or call 447-5711.

Project SAVE

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The Savannah Health Mission, the Georgia Eye Institute and the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association are joining forces to implement Project SAVE, Screening and Vision Education, for people with diabetes. The program provides eye exams, education and care to those who have no health insurance, are unable to pay for care privately and meet certain qualifications. The clinic meets Thursdays by appointment. Call 352-2032.

Ten weeks of day camp will be held June through August, Monday through Friday, at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center. The camps are for ages 3 through age 12. There are 3-day camps and 5-day camps, focusing on a range of topics. For information, call Education Coordinator Carol Davies at 7865917, send e-mail to cdavies@tybeemsc.org or visit www.tybeemsc.org.

The National Wellness Foundation sponsors a lecture every Thursday at 6 p.m. titled “The Essence of Chiropractic for the 21st Century.” Call 356-5887.

Open Meditation

The Quit Line a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP. Online information can be found at www.unitegeorgia.com.

STD-HIV Awareness St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center will present a Wisdom & Gathering Session on June 30 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. To make a reservation, call 447-6605.

Sankofa Counseling Center offers specialized therapy groups, individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy and training and retreats. There is a sliding fee scale and a $25 fee per group. Located at 8111 Waters Ave. Call 352-2611.

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Take a walk on the wild side at the Oatland Island Education Center. The “Native Animal Nature Trail” features a variety of live animals and landscapes and winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. M-F:9 a.m.-4 p.m. and most Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for everyone over 4. 898-3980 or visit www.oatlandisland.org.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. Beach Discovery Walks are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Call 786-5917 for information about current programs. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children 3-16. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Tuesdays when it is open 9 a.m. to noon.

Inspirational book club

The Service of Compline, “Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square. The choir, made up of singers from churches around the city, sings in the darkened nave of Christ Church by candlelight. Compline, the last of the monastic prayer services before retiring, is a service in which one is invited to meditate and reflect on the day or week past and then enter into the little death of sleep to rise with hope and thanksgiving for the days ahead.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynn’s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.

Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans The CUUPS group meets the fourth Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham at East Harris and East Macon streets on Troup Square. Come explore an earth-centered and earth-honoring spiritual path among like-minded people.

Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

Faith Academy of Christian Teaching

discusses thought-provoking literature with a different theme monthly the second Monday at 7 p.m. at the Islands Branch Library, 125 Wilmington Island Rd. 897-6233.

Prayer: Does God Listen? is the topic of discussion for the spring quarter of FACT, an adult academy at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Dr. John Law will lead the class that will be held in the church sanctuary each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Call 598-0151.

Lunch bunch book group

Mediation

The Islands book group

An open book discussion the fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble. Participants can talk about any book.

Moondance Center Book Club Explore and discuss a new spiritually based book each month the third Monday of the month from 7-8 p.m. in Moondance Center. 236-9003. www.moondancecenter.com.

Page turners book group meets monthly to get the scoop on what other adults are reading at the Ogeechee Branch Library, 1820 Ogeechee Rd. Call 232-1339.

Reader’s theater meeting every other Thursday from 4-5:30 p.m. at the South Effingham Library in Rincon. This performance group is a free program for middle and high school students. Call Linda Bridges, children’s coordinator at 826-2222.

Tea time at Ola’s is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 2325488 or 652-3660.

Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry will be held the third Monday of each month from 8-11 p.m. at 800 E. Derenne Ave. Poets should stop by by 7 p.m. The fee is $5 general admission and $2 for poets. All are welcome regardless of race, sexual orien-

Learn how to access your inner peace through weekly guided meditations every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Moondance Center in City Market. 236-9003. www.moondancecenter.com.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 652-3496.

Mindfulness Meditation meets Sundays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square. Please arrive and be seated no later than 9:25 a.m. Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome. Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

Simplicity as a Spiritual Practice is a series presented by Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, 143 Houston St. Services begin at 10 a.m. All are welcome. For information, call Chris Neal at 233-6284 or craftsneal@aol.com. UUBC Church welcomes all those interested in a liberal religious faith tradition. Coffee and refreshments accompany the discussion that follows each sermon.

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The third addition to The Hannah Savannah Series for Children by Pamela Munson Steadman is now available in bookstores and gift shops. The author will be signing books at various places around Savannah for the next few months. The author is available for speaking engagements and school presentations. Call 233-1006.

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Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Poetry and Patriotism, a worship service led by Jeannette Mereski, will be presented July 3. There also will be religious education for ages 5-18. The church is located at the corner of Houston and Oglethorpe streets. Services are held Sundays at 10 a.m. Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Services are held Sundays at 11 a.m. The church is moving for the summer to Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. on Monterey Square, because of renovations to the sanctuary to bring it back to its original historic style. For more information, call Cleveland Beach, 4297264, or send e-mail to uusav@aol.com or visit www.jinglebellchurch.com. The Uncommon Denomination.

Wildwood United Methodist Church invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is located at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway.

Woodlawn United Methodist Church Sunday school is at 9:45, worship at 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. 2502 Highway 80, Garden City.

Women’s Bible Study at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or stop by 1601 Drayton Street.

Sports & Games Savannah Masters Adult Swimming is available at the Chatham County Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr., next to Lake Mayer. Levels are Beginner, Fitness, Triathlete and Competitive. Times are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:306:45 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. For information, call Scott Rabalais at 927-7016 or visit www.savannahmasters.com.

Savannah Shamrocks women’s rugby team Practices are every Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Forsyth Park near the tennis courts. Call 404-449-5875 or send e-mail to savannahrugby@yahoo.com.

Wheelchair Basketball BlazeSports Club of Savannah, a program of The Rehabilitative Institute at Memorial Health Medical Center, sponsors wheelchair

basketball. Practices are held each Monday. Beginners and intermediate players practice from 6-7 p.m. Advanced players practice from 7-8 p.m. Basketballs and sports wheelchairs are provided. Call 350-7268.

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John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.

Support Groups

Bulloch County Rape Crisis Hotline

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building at 325 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.

African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

Al Anon Family Groups A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 5989860 or visit http://all-anonsavannah.freeservers.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.

Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver’s Support Group for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-causing illnesses meets the first Monday and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. Visit www.savannahalz.org or call 598-9905 or 598-8460.

Alzheimer’s Support Group A monthly support group for families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia is held the second Thursday at 6 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Amanda Christenson, 236-0363.

Amputee Support Group Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

The Bulloch County Sexual Assault Task Force has announced a new 24 hour/7 day a week hotline staffed by trained volunteers to aid victims of rape, incest and sexual molestation. The number is 912-531-1771.

CASA Support Group This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group will meet the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

Cancer support group meets every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon in the board room located on the first floor of St. Joseph’s Hospital. 819-2475.

Celiac Support Group for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 5072592.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association meets the fourth Saturday of the month from10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 352-8383 or 927-8332.

Compassionate Friends Support Group

Better Breathers support group

offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. It meets the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Candler Heart & Lung Building, Conference Room 2, 5356 Reynolds St. 9255195.

meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, at noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. Contact Tina Nelson at 819-7340 or Cindy Balkstra at 8198032.

Open to persons diagnosed with depression. Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

Depressive/Manic support group

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN

Eating Disorders Anonymous A 12-step group for people with eating disorders. 843-706-2541.

Fibromyalgia support group meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743.

First line is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289. Grief 101 is a seven week support group for individuals who have suffered a loss by death. Pre-registration required. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Grief Support Network is an on-going peer-run support group. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Children’s Groups, call for times. Specialty Groups such as Spouse Loss Group and Loss by Suicide Group are offered when needed.

Gay AA Meeting An Alcoholics Anonymous group for gays meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 233-4255.

HIV/AIDS :living with HIV/AIDS? My Brothaz Home is a support group for men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

Hope House provides supportive housing for single mothers with one child. Please call 236-5310 for information.

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Keeping hope alive while living with cancer meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845.

Living without Violence The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 2349999.

Lupus Encouragement Group A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 447-6605.

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Blood Disorders Support Group meets at Summit Cancer Care, 5400 Sutlive St. in the lobby on the second Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. Call Barbara at 354-6187, Ext. 212 to RSVP.

Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group

Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’ Memorial Health POPPS! Group for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Memorial Health SET Focus

Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 819-6171 for information.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or carefibers interested in learning more about it. For information, call Martyn Hills at 6514094.

Safe shelter outreach program Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential & free. 691-1911.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Emory transplant support group meets every other month, Jan. 12, March 9, May 11, July 13, Sept. 14 and Nov. 9, in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. On May 11 at 4:30 p.m., Dr. Teresa Schweiger will speak about The Art and Science of Immunosuppression. For information, call Terria Manning at 819-2171 or Karen Traver at 819-8350.

Sarcoidosis support group meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, Noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. 692-2032.

Savannah Chatham Truancy Intervention Project meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child.

The Savannah Parkinson’s Support Group meets the first Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler. Psychologist Daniel P. Nagelberg will be the guest speaker on June 2. Call l355-6347 or 238-4666.

Sexaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.

Multiple Sclerosis support group

S-Anon Family Group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523

is a fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565.

Muscular Dystrophy support group meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 3517035 or 353-7143.

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006.

The Parents of Difficult Teens group for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.

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Smoking Cessation Support Group is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking. Call 819-8032 or 819-3361.

Teen Mom Support Program Hope House of Savannah provides support for teenage mothers between the ages of 13 to 19. Moms will participate in Abstinence Education, field trips, tutorial/homework assistance and life skills classes in financial literacy, parenting, nutrition, career and education development. Childcare, snacks and transportation provided. Call 236-5310.

Transgender Support Group My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.

United Way’s First Call for Help Telephone information & referral service that provides expertise and relief to individuals and families in need, with a database of more than 500 agencies and organizations. 651-7730.

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SET Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. It also strives to provide young people with necessary tools to take responsibility for their own health and advocate for themselves as they move from childhood to adulthood. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396.

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For information, call Jennifer Currin at 3503988.

As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

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Victim-Witness assistance program is for families of murder victims. The meetings are at 6 p.m. in the Chatham County Courthouse on Montgomery St. third Thursday of each month. 652-7329

Weight loss support group TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a nonprofit weight loss group provides informative programs & info. Meets every Tuesday. from 6-6:45/6:45-7:45 at the Windsor Forest Community Center. 748-8700.

Wheeze busters is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368.

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Do you lose yourself in a relationship? come to our discussion group on Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

The Work meets the fourth Friday at 7 p.m. at 2320 Sunset Blvd., (just off Skidaway at Carey Hilliards). The Work is for mentally healthy people who are stuck in some area of their lives. 355-4704.

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Volunteers American Red Cross needs volunteers The Chatham Branch of the Savannah Red Cross needs volunteers. Call Mark Stall at 651-5352 or send e-mail to stallm@savannahredcross.org.

America’s Second Harvest Food Bank needs volunteers to sort, clean, & shelve salvaged foods from reclamation centers where bent cans or crumpled boxes of nutritious food is sent. Apply as soon as possible. 912-236-6750 ext 109.

AYUSA International is a nonprofit high school foreign exchange organization that places students from more than 50 countries in American homes and schools for an academic semester or year. Call 1-866-241-0517 or visit www.ayusa.org.

Become a mentor Make a difference in a child’s life. Call Michelle Jones, 652-6710.

CASA needs volunteers to speak up for abused children in court for their best interests and to help ensure they are placed in safe and permanent homes.

Call 447-8908 or send e-mail to infor@savannahcasa.org.

teers. Fill out an online application at www.coastalpetrescue.org.

CEL Regional Library

Community Cardiovascular Council

needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call Kathy Newman at 652-3661.

is looking for medical volunteers to check blood pressures for our walk-ins. Anyone interested in a few hours a week please call Sydney Oetgen at 236-7666.

Chatham County Truancy Intervention Project

Council on International Education Exchange

TIP matches volunteer attorneys and other professionals with children who have been brought before the court for excessive school absenteeism. They also provide legal representation and other resources to children and their families to prevent school failure. TIP is recruiting professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement and social service. Become a mentor today and help make a difference in a child’s life. For information, call 201-2133.

is seeking volunteer coordinators to recruit host families and supervise high school foreign exchange students in Savannah and surrounding areas for the academic school year. Small stipend and great travel incentives. Contact Bethany Hudson toll-free at 1866-860-1991.

Crafts and Ceramics Teachers Needed The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers is seeking volunteers to teach crafts or ceramic classes on Mondays. Call Valeria Flowers at 447-5711.

Coastal Pet Rescue

The Dolphin Project of Georgia

Foster parents are needed. Without them, more animals cannot be brought to Coastal Pet Rescue. A volunteer coordinator is needed, as are vet techs with microchipping experience, Pet Expo volunteers, fundraiser volunteers, a PR/marketing coordinator, a trainer/behaviorist and Adoption Day volun-

needs boat owners, photographers and other volunteers to help conduct scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along the coast of Georgia. You must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit the Web site at www.TheDolphinProject.org.

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Venus conjuncts* Mercury in Cancer & Leo from June 21 to July 15, 2005. The gracious hostess simply wants all of her guests to be happy. Most guests, along those lines, are easy to please: fine food, plentiful alcohol, pleasant surroundings, amusing conversation, beautiful people -- what could be better? Unfortunately, there exists, in this world, the type of people who are only happy when other people are

ARIES - Venus conjunct Mercury warns you, when hosting or attending parties, to know not only when to stop drinking, but also when to stop serving alcohol to rowdy guests. Some people don’t know when to stop -- so tell them when to stop before everybody stops “having fun.”

easy go,” may become “Easy come, easy gone.”

CANCER - While you must be graceful when dealing with other people, Venus conjunct Mercury warns that some unscrupulous people now wish to trespass even your generous boundaries. Don’t immediately react. Withdraw in stages. Allow a significant amount of time to pass before you demonstrate your adversarial demeanor.

TAURUS - Singles: be very careful when indulging one-night stands with somebody whom you don’t know very well in a local bar. Couples: avoid “continuing” the party after a night on the town by inviting people into your home. Venus conjunct Mercury warns that a good time can turn ugly quickly if you blur your protective boundaries. Say good night at a point when all are still enjoying themselves.

LEO - Venus conjunct Mercury warns you unconditionally not to take the hospitality & good will of other people for granted. Nobody is “entitled” to anybodyelse’s generosity. Don’t make enemies out of those who want to be friends.

GEMINI - You’ve been waiting for a couple

VIRGO - While you will indeed meet some

of years to have this much money -- so are you going to spend it in one night with some bunch of random acquaintances who want to go out drinking or gambling? Venus conjunct Mercury advises you to keep your money in your pocket -- especially if you earn your living on tips. “Easy come,

wonderful, charming people as yousocialize under the current influence of Venus conjunct Mercury, you will also meet some real losers. Know when to leave so that you won’t be on the scene when things get weird.

unhappy. These perverse individuals cultivate discomfort & mistrust through innuendo, intrigue, and, in worst case scenarios, malicious hidden agendas. Most people will try to deny such undercurrents in order to keep the peace, but others will do no such thing -- developments which will require careful, vigilant monitoring by such gracious hostesses, to prevent all untoward, unexpected explosions of pent-up ill will.

LIBRA - Demonstrate opulent generosity while peace & happiness reign. Soon, Venus conjunct Mercury warns that unworthy people will act in disgraceful ways. Deal with them as you should when you should. Show the best side of your personality to those who are truly worthy of it. SCORPIO - Don’t be lulled into such a false sense of security that you wander unsteadily across the line in the sand called “the law.” Venus conjunct Mercury especially warns that alcohol or sex can make you a little too dizzy for your own personal safety. The hammer of law enforcement knows no balance. Be careful. SAGITTARIUS - You have been so careful to insure that you & yours avoid thepitfalls of alcohol, illicit sex, credit card debt & dirty money that you are finally beginning to relax & to let your guard down. Unfortunately, as you do, Venus conjunct Mercury warns that you could meet the exact people who flagrantly flout the dangers of such pitfalls. Expel them from your life with unabashed shrieks of terror!

* A Conjunction is a harmonious aspect wherein two or more planets meet as they transit the same sign.

CAPRICORN - Venus conjunct Mercury asserts that you cannot be too careful when accepting the generosity of strangers. Heed your suspicions -- are you being tempted to do something illegal, immoral or dangerous?

AQUARIUS - Some people are all fun until the fun stops -- and then they are no fun at all. Venus conjunct Mercury recommends that you make your exit before the party ends. And, if you are single, and want to get to know so-and-so better, do so when you can meet sometime when neither of you have had a drink. PISCES - Venus conjunct Mercury reminds sensitive Pisceans that too much partying can undermine their health. Moreover, an important warning: do not drink alcohol while sunbathing. Drink water -- not beer, wine or booze -- at the beach. Dehydration can kill! ◗

43 Eur Au Pair Intercultural Child Care needs volunteers is looking for volunteers to interview potential host families, plan orientation for host families, meet with au pairs once a month, organize two cultural events, along with other duties. The Area Coordinator will host a workshop for training. E-mail: euraupairsouth@euraupair.com or try the internet www.EurAupair.com. 1-800-618-2002.

parents. The World Heritage International Student Exchange Program is seeking families for the 2002-2003 school year. Host families provide room, board and guidance. Call Justin Johnson at 655-9953 or 1-800888-9040.

Islands MOPS seeks volunteers

teers and admissions attendees are needed. Call Dan Genrich at 898-3980.

nahsl.org, email us at savealifeinc@yahoo.com, or call 598-SPAY.

Odyssey HealthCare

Senior Citizens, inc. seeking volunteers

provides hospice services in Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties and is seeking volunteers to assist in providing compassionate end-of-life care. Volunteers may visit patients, help with office tasks or work on special projects. Training, ongoing support and education are provided. Call Edward Minor, 352-8200.

Looking for volunteers to teach classes at Club 55. Areas of interest include music, art, computers, and exercise. 236-0363, Ext. 114.

Spanish Oaks Hospice

needs volunteers. Your neighbors who are elderly or who have disabilities need your help with everyday activities, simple chores, friendly visits, telephone calls and respite care. Call Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

Islands Mothers of Preschoolers is seeking loving childcare volunteers for their MOPPETS program, a non-denominational Christian ministry that encourages and supports moms of preschoolers. Meets the first and third Wednesday from Sept. through May from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Call Linda at 897-9632.

First Steps at St. Joseph’s/Candler

Library gift shop needs volunteers

Reading and math tutorial volunteers needed

Become a volunteer with First Steps and provide support, education and community resources to help parents of newborns establish healthy and positive relationships with their babies. Call 819-6910.

The Friends of the Library Gift Shop at the Bull Street Library needs volunteers for all days of the week and Saturdays. Retail experience is not necessary. All proceeds from the gift shop benefit the library branches. Call Kathy Newman at 652-3661.

for elementary and middle school students, Call Tosha Powell, Special Program Coordinator, St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1901 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

Lifelink of Georgia seeks volunteers

welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it. Call Martyn Mills at 651-4094.

to conduct hearing screenings for adults and children. Nurses and retired nurses are encouraged to apply for eye, ear, and dental exams on pre-school children. Flexible scheduling is available. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call Jane Medoff at 355-4601

The Retired and Senior volunteer program

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Through RSVP seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations, including hospitals, churches, youth recreational center and education facilities. Call 234-7842 or call Volunteer Coordinator Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

is looking for volunteers to assist children in grades Kindergarten through third grade to read. Assistance is needed Monday through Thursday in the morning and afternoon, about one hour per week per student. Call Bernice Webster at 925-9379.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Tutoring Volunteers Needed

Share your time and talents with others. Through RSVP seniors 55 and older serve at various community organizations from 1 to 40 hours per week. Call 234-7842 or Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

If you are an education major, retired reading teacher or a community resident who is interested in volunteering your time to a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students, call the African-American Health Information and Resource Center at 447-6605. ◗

Faith in Action Multicultural Program of EOA

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Foster families and adoptive families are needed in Chatham County. Call 651-5437.

The Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers

is a program of the Savannah Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services that provides free, unbiased information and assistance to Medicare enrollees on health insurance coverage, benefits, consumer rights and healthcare fraud. Volunteer training is required. Call Rose Beck, 1-800559-8387.

Hospice Savannah volunteer training is available in all areas of care. Volunteers can work directly with patients and families in their homes, in the nursing home or assisted living facilities or at Hospice House, and also can provide clerical assistance or other bereavement support. Call Beth Logan at 355-2289, Ext. 159.

Host families needed for exchange students Host families are sought for boys and girls from the former Soviet Union, Canada, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Students are between the ages of 15 & 18. Program is sponsored by ASSE International Student Exchange Programs. Students will stay through 1 school year. www.asse.com. 954-757-5115

Project READ, an adult literacy program, is in need of volunteer tutors who can commit to 2 or 4 hours each week. Call Jodi at Royce Learning Center at 354-4047.

Meals on Wheels Senior Citizens Inc.’s Meals on Wheels program is seeking summer replacement volunteers to deliver short meal routes one or two days a week. Volunteers are responsible for delivering hot, nutritious meals to seniors on routes that typically do not exceed one hour in length. Volunteers may deliver as frequently as they choose and all meals are brought to the area by Senior Citizens Inc. staff. Training and support is provided. Call Darla Cady, volunteer coordinator, at 236-0363.

Medbank foundation, Inc.

New Parent Education Program

Save-a-Life volunteers

The St. Joseph’s/Candler program helps provide new parents with support, education and resource referrals to establish positive relationships with their newborns. To find out how to become a volunteer, call 692-6910.

Volunteer animal welfare organization is seeking volunteers and foster homes. Visit www.savan-

Oatland Island Education Center at 711 Sandtown Road needs volunteers for special events and Saturdays. Trail volun-

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Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

Community volunteers are needed to be mentors for low-risk youth currently involved in the juvenile justice system. Call 652-6710.

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Students from Spain, Mexico, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan or one of the former Soviet Union countries need host

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is looking for volunteers to assist residents in activities or just come and visit. For information, call Rhonda Sheffield, volunteer coordinator, at 3548225, Ext. 243.

Caring adults are needed to help in the “home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children. Volunteer internships also available for college students. Call Jean Asta at 356-5520.

needs volunteers to fill out applications, do data entry, make phone calls, help with filing, process mail and perform other office tasks. Call Holly Smith at 356-2898.

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who are 60 or older to volunteer their time in educational facilities, day care centers and other social service agencies for 20 hours per week, working four or five days per week. FGP offers a modest stipend and assistance with transportation fee. Call Linda Fields at 234-7842 or 238-2960, Ext. 123.

to speak to community groups, pass out information at health fairs and organize awareness-raising events. Potential volunteers include transplant recipients and their families, patients waiting for organ or tissue transplantation, donor families or anyone interested in organ and tissue donation. Call 341-0000.

trains volunteer advocates to provide support and information to sexual assault victims on the crisis line and/or at area hospitals. Call 233-3000.

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is seeking volunteers. Greet visitors, maintain trails, catalogue historic photographs and assist in the gift shop and more. Call David Underwood at 786-5787.

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needs volunteers to help with administrative tasks such as receptionist/answering phones, copying, filing, assisting the office manager and making crafts. There is a great demand for patient care volunteers in the area of companionship, taking patients for a walk, feeding or just reading to a patient. Spanish Oaks Hospice and Retreat is located at 8510 Whitfield Ave. Orientation and training are available to all interested volunteers. Call Cyndi Haggerty-Krupa at 356-0233.

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9 East Goldfinch Court $139,900 This 3BR/2B Low Country home has a Great room with cathedral ceilings and a fireplace, separate Dining room and a one car garage. Fenced in back yard. Quiet culde-sac in Georgetown. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate @ 3519737 556 Zettler Loop $60,000 This is a great buy! Remodeled mobile home with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large back deck with a big yard on a spacious 1.8 acre lot. Equipped with its own septic and deep water well system. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 918 Whitman $106,900 Great house, little price! All new, yes, new! 3 bedroom, 2 bath w/all applicances-refrigerator, range and dishwasher. Built in 2005. Come! See! Buy! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 1298 Lee Road $122,500 Spacious 3BR/2B mobile home on 6.47 acres. Great location with easy access to Statesboro, Pooler or Savannah. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737

0 Cypress Bay Loop $84,000 Bryan County Beautifully wooded 12.6 acre tract. Easily accessible to Ft. Stewart, Pembroke and Savannah. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 2031 New Mexico $83,500 New carpet and paint. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath home w/laundry room, dining room. Central heating and air. Detached electric garage. Sold As-Is. Big House, Little Price for Quick Sale! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 85 Knollwood Lane $99,500 Perfect 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Townhome convenient to everything. More space than single family home. HOA takes care of outside, your take care of the inside. Perfect for student investor/first time home buyer. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 3519737 328 Price Street $255,000. Townhouse with fenced courtyard, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 4 fireplaces, Hartpine floors throughout, hi ceilings, all aplliances included. This historic home is located between Harris and Macon St. Rhondda @ Mopper Stapen Realtors 912 507-9800 or rhonddane@comcast.net

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2009 Delesseps Avenue $104,900 Great price, Great house, Big house, little price. This 1400 sq ft home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Less than five years old. Huge backyard. Come! See! Buy! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 3519737

150 Hood Loop Rd $69,000 Come to the Country! 3 bedrooms, 2 bath mobile home on 1.79 acres. Lots of room to roam and play. All appliances included with private well and fenced yard area. Great schools and low taxes! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 3519737

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810 Maupas Ave. Baldwin Park at its best! Pride of ownership shows in this 3 bedroom, 2 baths home. This home has been completely renovated and offers many extras. An awesome kitchen with an island and maple countertops, living room with a wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors, brick construction, metal roof and a 1 car garage with ample off street parking. You will truly want to call this home. Offered at $235,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

1020 Maupas Avenue Wonder ful Duplex. Twin units, each with FP, wood floors, kitchen w/breakfast room, lg 1bd, 1ba. Each with a porch, driveway & rear garden. Fantastic building with handsome details. Offered at $150,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

Ardsley Park 414 East 54th Street 3BD 2BA LR/DR newly tiled kitchen/baths bonus room shed, covered patio, large laundr y room, of fice, hardwood floors throughout, covered entrance beautifully landscaped, fenced rear yard walk to Hull and Daf fin Parks, $215,000 Tom Colasanto 912-272-6557 Mopper-Stapen, Realtors

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305 W Duffy St. New condo conversion. Gracious entrance foyer to three residential units with 1 BR each. Separate street entrance to commercial unit with attached living space. High ceilings, multiple fireplaces, w/d, dishwasher, hardwood floors, ch /a, private porch and off-street parking. Priced from $135,900.00. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

2401 Habersham Street Victorian style home located in the Thomas Square District. Completely restored, wonderful finishes in the kitchen & baths. All systems are new, Central Heat & Air, Electric & Plumbing. Offered at $235,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

124 Preakness Point $95,000 This secluded 5.63 acres with 4 bedrooms, 2 bath is quietly tucked away in Guyton. Separate living/dining room. Large master bath features double vanity w/separate shower. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737

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When you start shopping for a new home, you may encounter some words and terms with which you are unfamiliar. The following glossary will help you to be a better informed shopper. Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM). A loan whose interest rate is adjusted according to movements in the financial market. Amortization. A payment plan by which a borrower reduces a debt gradually through monthly payments of principal and interest. Annual Percentage Rate (APR). The annual cost off credit over the life of a loan, including interest, service charges, points, loan fees, mortgage insurance, and other items. Appraisal. An evaluation to determine what a piece of property would sell for in the marketplace. Appreciation. The increase in the value of a property. Assessment. A tax levied on a property or a value placed on the worth of property by a taxing authority. Assumption. A transaction allowing the buyer of a home to assume responsibility for an existing loan on the home instead of getting a new loan. Balloon. A loan which has a series of monthly payments (often for 5 years or less) with the remaining balance due in a large lump sum payment at the end. Binder. A receipt for a deposit paid to secure the right to purchase a home at terms agreed upon by the buyer and seller. Buydown. A subsidy (usually paid by a builder or developer) to reduce the monthly payments on a mortgage loan. Cap. A limit to the amount an interest rate or a monthly payment can increase for an adjustable rate loan either during an adjustment period or over the life of the loan. Certificate of Occupancy. A document from an official agency stating that the property meets the requirements

of local codes, ordinances, and regulations. Closing. A meeting to sign documents which transfer property from a seller to a buyer. (Also called settlement)

ment, or in some cases, be compelled to grant one by a local jurisdiction.

work involved in preparing and servicing a mortgage application (usually 1 percent of the loan amount).

Equity. The difference between the value of a home and what is owed on it.

Negative Amortization. An increase in the outstanding balance of a loan when a monthly payment is not large enough to cover all of the interest due.

Closing Costs. Charges paid at settlement for obtaining a mortgage loan and transferring real estate title.

Escrow. The handling of funds or documents by a third party on behalf of the buyer and/or seller.

Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions (CC and Rs). The standards that define how a property may be used and the protections the developer has made for the benefit of all owners in a subdivision.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA). A federal agency which insures mortgages that have lower downpayment requirements than conventional loans.

Condominium. A home in a multi-unit complex; each purchaser owns an individual unit, and all the purchasers jointly own the common areas, such as the surrounding land, hallways, etc. Conventional Loan. A mortgage loan not insured by a government agency (such as FHA or VA). Convertibility. The ability to change a loan from an adjustable rate schedule to a fixed rate schedule. Cooperative. A form of ownership in a multi-unit complex; the purchasers own shares of the entire complex rather than owning individual units. Credit Rating. A report ordered by a lender from a credit bureau to determine if the borrower is a good credit risk. Default. A breach of a mortgage contract (such as not making monthly payments). Density. The number of homes built on a particular acre of land. Allowable densities are usually determined by local jurisdictions. Downpayment. The difference between the sales price and the mortgage amount on a home. The downpayment is usually paid at closing. Due-on-Sale. A clause in a mortgage contract requiring the borrower to pay the entire outstanding balance upon sale or transfer of the property. A mortgage with a dueon-sale clause is not assumable. Earnest Money. A sum paid to the seller to show that a potential purchaser is serious about buying. Easement. Right-of-way granted to a person or company authorizing access to the owner’s land; for example, a utility company may be grated an easement to install pipes or wires. An owner may voluntarily grant an ease-

Fixed Rate Mortgage. A mortgage whose interest rate remains constant over the life of the loan. The payments are not necessarily level. (See Graduated Payment Mortgage and Growing Equity Mortgage). Fixed Schedule Mortgage. A mortgage whose payment schedule for the life of the loan is established at closing. The payments and interest rate are not necessarily level.

Prepayment. Payment of all or part of a debt prior to its maturity. Principal. The amount borrowed in a loan, excluding interest and other charges.

Growing Equity Mortgage (Rapid Payoff Mortgage). A fixed-rate, fixed-schedule loan which starts with the same payments as a level payment loan; the payments rise annually, with the entire increase being used to reduce the outstanding balance. No negative amortization occurs, and the increase in payments may enable the borrower to pay off a 30-year loan in 15 to 20 years, or less.

Recording Fee. A charge for recording the transfer of a property, paid to a city, county, or other appropriate branch of government.

Hazard Insurance. Protection against damage caused by fire, windstorm, or other common hazards. Many lenders require borrowers to carry it in an amount at least equal to the mortgage.

R-Value. The resistance of insulation material (including windows) to heat passing through it. The higher the number, the greater the insulating value.

Housing Finance Agency. A state agency which offers a limited amount of below-market-rate home financing for low-and moderate-income households. Index. The interest rate or adjustment standard which determines the changes in monthly payments for an adjustable rate loan. Infrastructure. The public facilities and services needed to support residential development, including highways, bridges, schools, and sewer and water systems

Level Payment Mortgage. A mortgage whose payments are identical for each month over the life of the loan.

If you think that buying a second home is a luxury only the Donald Trumps of the world can enjoy, think again. Recent statistics reveal that second-home sales increased nearly 25% in just the two years between 2001 and 2003. The primary buyers are baby boomers reaching the peak of their income earning years and investors (sometimes one and the same). There are three great reasons to buy a second home: as a vacation home, as a retirement destination, and as an investment. Thinking ahead to retirement, a home is an excellent asset that ranks up there with IRAs, mutual funds and CDs. Very few stocks or bonds offer the return that you’ll enjoy on the investment toward your retirement home. You can enjoy a nice tax break by downsizing now, avoiding capital gains taxes on the sale, and using your equity to purchase your retirement home. Then there’s the income when you’re ready to retire and can sell your current primary residence! A second home is a great investment at our low interest rates. Many investors are taking money out of the sluggish stock market and moving it into real estate, enjoying record appreciation. You don’t have to be an investment wiz to maximize your dollars in a second home. You just need a little guidance from your local financial and real estate professionals!

Point. A charge of 1 percent of the mortgage amount. Points are a one-time charge assessed by the lender at closing to increase the interest yield on a mortgage loan.

Property Survey. A survey to determine the boundaries of your property. The cost will depend on the complexity of the survey.

Joint Tenancy. A form of ownership by which the tenants own a property equally. If one dies, the other would automatically inherit the entire property.

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PITI. Principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (the 4 major components of monthly housing payments).

Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM). A fixed-rate, fixed-schedule loan which starts with lower payments than a level payment loan; the payments rise annually over the first 5 to 10 years and then remain constant for the remainder of the loan. GPMs involve negative amortization.

Interest. The cost paid to a lender for the use of borrowed money.

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Note. A formal document showing the existence of a debt and stating the terms of repayment.

Mortgage Broker. A broker who represents numerous lenders and helps consumers find affordable mortgages; the broker charges a fee only if the consumer fins a loan. Mortgage Commitment. A formal written communication by a lender, agreeing to make a mortgage loan on a specific property, specifying the loan amount, length of time and conditions. Mortgage Company (Mortgage Banker). A company that borrows money from a bank, lends it to consumers who want to buy homes, then sells the loans to investors. Mortgagee. The lender who makes a mortgage loan. Mortgage Loan. A contract in which the borrower’s property is pledged a s collateral and which can be repaid in installments over a long period. The mortgagor (buyer) promises to repay principal and interest, to keep the home insured, to pay all taxes, and to keep the property in good condition. Mortgage Origination Fee. A charge by a lender for the

Rapid Payoff Mortgage. (See Growing Equity Mortgage).

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). A federal law requiring lenders to provide home buyers with information about known or estimated settlement costs. The act also regulates other aspects of settlement procedures.

Sales Contract. A contract between a buyer and seller which should explain, in detail, exactly what the purchase includes, what guarantees there are, when the buyer can move in, what the closing costs are, and what recourse the parties have if the contract is not fulfilled or if the buyer cannot get a mortgage commitment at the agreed-upon terms. Settlement. (See Closing). Shared Appreciation Mortgage. A loan in which partners agree to share specified portions of the downpayment, monthly payment, and appreciation. Tenancy in Common. A form of ownership in which the tenants own separate but equal parts. To inherit the property, a surviving tenant would either have to be mentioned in the will or, in the absence of a will, be eligible through state inheritance laws. Title. Evidence (usually in the form of a certificate or deed) of a person’s legal right to ownership of a property. Transfer Taxes. Taxes levied on the transfer of property or on real estate loans by state and/or local jurisdictions. Veterans Administration (VA). A federal agency which insures mortgage loans with very liberal downpayment requirements for honorably discharged veterans and their surviving spouses. Walk-Through. A final inspection of a home before settlement to search for problems that need to be corrected before ownership changes hands. Warranty. A promise, either written or implied, that the material and workmanship of a product is defect-free or will meet a specified level of performance over a specified period of time. Written warranties on new homes are either backed by insurance companies or by the builders themselves. Zoning. Regulations established by local governments regarding the location, height, and use for any given piece of property within a specific area.

N continued from page 45 628 Seiler Ave. $110,000. Cute bungelow with 2 bedrooms, finished basement with spiral stairs, cute up to date kitchen, beadboard ever ywhere, and fenced yard!!!! All appliances included. Rhondda @ Mopper Stapen. 912 507-9800 or rhonddane@comcast.net

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105 West Congress Street Suite B. Only commercial condo left in beautifully restored building. This is the residential unit in the building that can be converted to a residence with some work. Secure entry, hardwood floors, tin ceilings, and a great central location! $195,000.00. Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com 114 Stockbridge. Convenient and desirable Georgetown location! 3 BR 2 BA updates home is in move-in condition! Run--- don’t walk! This one will not last long! Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com PRICED WELL BE LOW APPRAISED VALUE! Newly built Hallmark home in Southern Woods at Rice Mill is priced almost $20,000 below value! 4 BR 2.5 BA with wood floors, and new everything! This is a must see! A great home at a great price! $299,900.00 Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah

New construction in Bridgewater to be completed end of February, 2005. Four bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room, a formal living room, a formal dining room, a bonus room, $209,050.00 Buy now and pick colors. Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 New Construction in Bridgewater 4 Bedrooms, 2Baths, a formal dining room, and great room. Will be completed in January, 2005. Buy now and pick inside colors. $196,075 Builder will contibute $3,000.00 towards buyers closing costs. Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 Move in Now!!! This 3 bedroom 2 bath home is located in Beautiful Bridgewater. It sits on an oversized lot and backs up to woods. Call Amber to view this awesome home. $159,300.00 Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029

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Investors/First Time Home Buyers 3 bedrooms/1 bath in Desirable neighborhood. Eat in kitchen, separate Dining room, outside storage building and carport. Owner is a licensed Real Estate Broker. H-4201 Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 $87,900 ERA AdamsPevey Realty 8262550

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1992 Fleetwood manufactured 3 bed 2 bath home situated beautifully on 6.96 acres 2 of which are fenced in great for your animals! Landscaped yard with complete sprinkler system. Workshed 20x20 w/concrete floor, and 40x40 carport. All this for only $92,900. Call LaTrelle 658-7777. H4104 ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550

4 bedroom 2 bath manufactured home situated on 5 acres in Bryan County. Workshop with lean to, Master bedroom & bath secluded from the other bedrooms, has separate shower, garden tub, & double vanities. Deep well and great yard LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4119 $95,900

1 514-516 E. Bolton St. $399,000 Pretty Street, Great Income! Victorian quadplex w/ 4000sf rents for $2300/month, & a little TLC could bring in even more. Or renovate & flip as 2 singlefamilies & develop side lot for hefty return! Offered at $399,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, MopperStapen, Realtors. (912) 704-3545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

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17 East Jones Street $1,950,000. Updated Historic Beauty Stunning single family with nearly 5000sf can also be five separate rental units. All 4 floors & carriage house metered separately & new systems. Original floors, mouldings, mantels & courtyard--exquisite! Offered at $1,950,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

1005 East Waldburg Street $149,000 Duplex Potential Renovate this 2500sf Edwardian gem in the East. Victorian Dist. as lovely single family or lucrative duplex. Potential deal w/544 E. Waldburg. Sold "as-is." Offered at $149,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

695-7733. Commercial Property Liberty Deli (Business Only) 238 Drayton Street $150,000 Own the hottest lunch spot in town! Thriving restaurant in high-traffic Drayton Towers comes with equipment (incl. ventless hood), furniture & 3 yrs. left on 5-yr. lease w/option for 3 more. Upcoming luxury condos upstairs mean get in now and watch your business grow! BY APPT. ONLY. Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

House for Rent Historic District 2BR/1BA, CH/A, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, high ceilings,corner of Drayton and Anderson, available now, Pets OK. $700.00 (484-3986) 4BR/2BA, CH/A, washer/dryer on site, hardwood floors, high ceilings next to downtown Kroger, Available Now. Pets OK. $800.00 (484-3986)

NEW CONSTRUCTION AVAILABLE NOW Shadowbrook Subdivision Near Rincon 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1-car garage, Washer/Dryer connections, Excellent schools. Large lots. Two homes @ $875/month/each.

Godley Park 3 bedroom, 2 bath, detached 2-car garage, dining room, washer/dryer, gated community. Amenities include pool, fitness center, park. Lawn care provided. Easy access to I-95, minutes to Southside and Gulfstream. No pets! Two homes, $1300/month each.

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Apartments For Rent 319 E. Waldburg St. Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD, & Kroger. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, courtyard, and Of fstreet parking. $1200.00 Contact: 912220-1020

Office Space Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level. Need an office, an administrative assistant and a support network. The International Center for Leadership and Coaching has all these. Call Dr. Boyd 236-3660

Beautiful House! House or Rooms for Rent! Historic District 4-5 Large Bedrooms, Hardwood Floors, W/D. All New Appliances. Large Front and Back Yard, Second Floor Rear Deck. Security System and Privacy Fence. Must See. Call 748-6063 or 604-8912 Victorian District 2 and 3 Bedroom Apts. Completed Renovated. Central Heat & Air, Small pets allowed. Many Extras. Call 441-2343 for an Appt. 123 E. 40th St. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large courtyard & deck $1000/month Contact: 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020

301-303 East Henry Street Near SCAD, great location. Recently renovated with off-street parking. Two Units Available 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Laundr y area with washer/dryer, large living room and eat-in kitchen. 875/month 2 bedroom, 1 bath with bonus room and closet. Laundry area with washer/dryer connection. living room with eat-in kitchen . $950/month. Brockington Square Nice Condo, 2-bedroom, 2-bath, all appliances including Washer/Dryer. Gated community off Tibet Ave., near Armstrong. $775/month Call CML Holdings LLC 912-355-0286 or 912-604-3285.

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