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‘Welcome to the State of Poverty’ Welfare Simulation What: More than 27,000 Savannahians and their families are living at or below the poverty level. For them, every day can turn into a emergency, whether it’s securing a place to live, feeding their families, paying the electric bill or finding and accessing transportation and support services to help them meet basic needs. With the help of local volunteers, businesses, government and faith-based organizations, Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative will offer the public the opportunity to learn why poverty is everyone’s emergency. In a simulation, groups of 35-75 people assume roles in 26 typical families living in poverty. The goal of each family is to survive for one month of four 15-minute “weeks”. When: Thursday, Aug. 25 from 8:30-11 a.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center. Cost: Free, but registration is required. Call: Letty Shearer at 921-5740 or send e-mail to Shearele@mail.armstrong.edu.

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What: Lonely Robots Theatre and Plan B Productions, along with StarCCA Theatre, present Neil Labute’s The Shape of Things. The story examines the relationship between graduate art student Evelyn and Adam, an insecure nerd who falls in love with her. As their relationship progresses, he changes himself more and more to satisfy her desires, while his friends can only stand by and watch him become less Adam and more Evelyn’s “ideal man.” When: Opens with a preview on Wednesday, Aug. 24 with performances Thursday, Aug. 25 through Saturday, Aug. 27, all at 8 p.m. Where: Starland Theatre, 2424 Bull St, between 41st and Maupas. Cost: $5. Call: Director Janson Lalich at 308-1067 for information or to inquire about advance tickets.

Two by Tenn on Tybee What: Two one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow and A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot, will be presented. When: Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. Where: Tybee Cafe, above Las Palmas restaurant on U.S. 80 and Jones Avenue.

Cost: Tickets are $12 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. Call: 786-6384.

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Grand Opening Party What: Theme Party King Chris Cook is toning down his parties this year. He’s going to focus on new themes, parties that are more dance-oriented and have cash prizes and professional performances. And he’s starting with this Grand Opening Party, which will feature digital turntabulist Octavio spinning 1980s and 90s retro, plus cash prizes for the best 80s outfit.

The evening includes complimentary cocktails until midnight, go-go girls, and even fire spinning. When: Aug. 26. Where: Valhalla Legends at the AVM Entertainment Complex, 121 W. Congress St. Call: 495-9001.

Reel Savannah Presents Mon Tresor What: Sixteen-year-old Or follows her mother into a life of prostitution in this French/Israeli production. In Hebrew with subtitles.

When: Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: $6, cash only at the door.

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Tidal Creeks by Boat What: Come aboard with boat captain and naturalist guide Rene Heidt for a trip through the tidal salt marshes to observe dolphins, egrets, crabs and oysters -- all hard at work. Boat space is limited, so reservations are required. Sponsored by Wilderness Southeast. When: Aug. 28 from 3-5 p.m. Cost: $30 per person. Call: 907-5108 for information and reservations.

Psychotronic Film Society Presents Johnny Got His Gun

Wednesday Aug. 31

What: Based on the a controversial 1939 anti-war novel by blacklisted author and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who won Academy Awards for Spartacus and Roman Holiday, and directed by him as well, this intense, impressionistic black and white film concerns an injured World War I soldier who has his arms, legs and most of his face blown away by a land mine. The book and film were the inspiration behind the hit song One by Metallica. The film was unavailable in the United States for decades. This is an uncut French print of the film.

When: Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Call: 232-4447. ◗

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StarCCA Theatre Presents The Shape of Things (thru the weekend)

What: The musical Godspell will be presented

by Tybee Theater Cafe, Trinity United Methodist Church and Savannah Children’s Theatre. The production is directed by Kelly Miley, executive director of Savannah Children’s Theatre. When: Aug. 26 and 27 and Sept.

2 and 3 at 8 p.m. Also, a special matinee performance will be presented Sunday, Aug. 28 at 3 p.m. Where: Tybee Theater Cafe, U.S. 80 and Jones Avenue, above Las Palmas restaurant on Tybee Island. Cost: Tickets are $18 general admission and $15 for students and seniors. Reservations are required. Call: 786-6384.

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What: Eight straight nights of baseball with the Savannah Sand Gnats as they face the Columbus Catfish and, later in the week, the Greenville Bombers.

When: Sand Gnats vs. the Catfish on Aug. 25, 26 and 27 at 7:05 p.m. and Aug. 28 at 2:05 p.m. Sand Gnats vs. the Bombers on Aug. 29, 30 and 31 and Sept. 1 at 7:05 p.m.

Where: Grayson Stadium, East Victory Drive. Call: 351-9150.

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Restoration on track

Preservation team works to save buildings at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum DAY BY DAY, the Roundhouse Railroad Museum is carefully being restored. It is a massive project, one requiring skill and extensive knowledge of historic preservation. Virtually everything is done in a way that preserves as much of the original structures as possible.

The Coastal Heritage Society, which manages the site, has put together a 30-member preservation team comprising mostly Savannah College of Art and Design historic preservation graduates and students.

Coastal Heritage Society Marketing Director MIchael Jordan says the complex is unique. “It was started as one large complex,” he says. “At the time, it was revolutionary to build it all at once.”

The Roundhouse Railroad Museum today is the most extensive historic railroad district in the world. It has been named a National Historic Landmark.

The complex also was unique because of its technology, which was advanced for those times. It boasted a 40,000 gallon water tank over a natural spring, which meant flushing privies could be installed.

The Central Railroad and Canal Co. was chartered in 1833 to give Savannahians a way to export local crops, such as cotton. The canal never materialized, but the railroad grew rapidly. Two years later, the first structures were built at what is now the Roundhouse Railroad Museum.

By 1859, the Central Railroad and Banking Co. of Georgia had built the longest continuous railroad under one management in the world. There were 190 miles of rail, and rolling stock that included more than

Above left, a view of the so-called Paint Shop; other shots are of various SCAD preservation students at work on various phases of restoration (all photos courtesy of the Coastal Heritage Society) 50 locomotives and 500 cars, making it the second largest holding in the South.

The entire complex was built over a historic site -the area where the Siege of Savannah was fought during the Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on Oct. 9, 1779 on the slope in front of the Spring Hill Redoubt, an earthen fortification used by the British.

American troops, aided by the French and Haitians, fought the British in the second bloodiest battle of the war. Seven thousand soldiers were involved, and 850 of them were killed or wounded, including Count Casimir Pulaski and Sgt. William Jasper.

Today, the railroad complex is considered historically important in its own right and has been designated the Georgia State Museum of Railroad History.

Thirteen of its original buildings are still standing.

During the Civil War, most of the railroad’s rolling stock was released by government order to the Confederate military. William T. Sherman’s soldiers destroyed as many rail connections as they could by heating the rails on fires and wrapping them around trees and telegraph poles.

These “Sherman’s neckties,” as they were called, were irreparable in the field. When Sherman arrived in Savannah, all the remaining rail and rolling stock at the Roundhouse were destroyed, but the buildings at the complex were spared.

After the Civil War, the rail connections were replaced and the railroad was restored and expanded.

Nearly 1,500 miles of rail were added.

In 1893, the Central purchased the fastest train in the country, the Nancy Hanks. In 1895, the railroad became the Central of Georgia Railway, which reached its peak in the early 1920s.

The railroad was the largest employer in the area for more than a century. During the Depression, the company went bankrupt, but operations continued.

However, with the advent of diesel engines in the last 1940s, the company began to fade. The Roundhouse was not conducive to diesel service, and most of the diesel trains were sent to Macon.

“When the steam engines were replaced by diesel, this was obsolete,” Jordan says. “As of 1963, it was derelict. Southern Railway put hundreds of people out of jobs.”

That was the year the Southern Railway purchased the Central and closed the shops. The site sat vacant until 1989, when it came under the management of the Coastal Heritage Society.

Covering two blocks, the buildings are being restored as a museum. Historic rolling stock is restored in the site’s Back Shops.

The 30-person team doing the renovation is comprised of Savannah College of Art and Design historic preservation graduates and students. “This was a ruin when they got here,” Jordan says of the Master

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Mechanics Office, now being restored “This job is pretty much typical and converted to office space. preservation,” he says. “It’s not a Sonia Dejesus is project manager of nightmare, but there are several chalthe Master Mechanics Office. Mortar is lenges.” being scraped out and replaced and In October 2002, a purchase old, broken bricks that cannot be used agreement was reached between the are being removed and replaced with City of Savannah and Norfolk Southern vintage brick. The team also has Corp. for the 9.5 acre battlefield site. created new windows that look like the Voters approved $8 million in SPLOST original windows, which were lost long funds in March 2003 to develop the batago. tlefield park, and in December, the sale “It was dark, dirty, when I first saw was completed. it,” says Dejesus. “I think it’s a very In purchasing the battlefield, the city noble career to restore historic also acquired the Carpentry Shops buildings and fix them so they can be building. There is little of the original used again. These people are doing a building left, but once it is restored, it really good job.” will become the heart of the state Team members are busy repairing railroad museum. termite damage and replacing rotting Becki Harkness is the project timbers. manager of the Carpentry Shops. “This One wall looks as if it has been project has been in the works for six damaged by fire, but it was actually years,” she says. “I’ve been involved for painted black during the filming of the two years.” movie Glory. “We’re thinking about At times, the project seemed to be leaving that wall black,” Dejesus says. moving forward, then it would stall. “I’ve Some of the “tricks” of historic found it goes back and forth,” Harkness preservation are being used in the says. building’s reno“For now, vation. we have the Dejesus’ team funding to do is creating the masonry modern work,” she thermal insusays. “We are lation that simgetting ready ulates historic to send out wood. Fire bids.” retardant The paints also are buildings being used at forlorn this site. appearance is Another due to a fire. “It method being has burned utilized is sadtwice -- in 1923 Going over some plans dleboxing. and again in “We’re cov1987, after it ering original beams so they can be was reconstructed,” Harkness says. used without damaging them,” Dejesus The first fire was caused when says. acetylene was used during the painting At the Compressor Room, Aaron of passenger cars. “It destroyed one Hallquist is the project manager. “This wall,” Harkness says. building was finished in 1855,” he says.

“In the ‘80s, some homeless people Hallquist points to the original were living in the basement,” she says. woodwork that is being restored. “Look “They started a fire and caught the floor at the growth rings in that wood,” he of the building on fire.” says. “These boards were taken from The Coach Shops and Paint Shops old-growth pines that were probably were built in the 1920s, according to 400 to 500 feet tall.” project manager Terry Koller. The Paint The ongoing projects at the museum Shops were purchased along with the are multi-phase. Each project manager Carpentry Shop by the City of Savannah does several jobs. for the Battlefield Park project.

“My job is assessing the damage.”

“There are two major projects in this Hallquist says. “It’s pretty much a stock- building,” Koller says. “There are roof in-trade preservation job.” drains throughout the building that have Despite appearances, the building is allowed the roof to leak, which has structurally sound, although some caused major damage to the roof and emergency stabilization was undertaken the structural columns.” in one of its corners last year. The walls It is the columns that hold up the are made of Savannah gray brick. roof. “There are 60 columns in the “It is very soft, very porous,” building,” Koller says. “Twenty of them Hallquist says. “Everything we do we try have roof drains. Those 20 are so close to use the original parts of the to failure, it’s not even funny.” structure. We try to save what we can.

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point that they offer little support.

Koller points to one of the column bases.

“There is only 30 percent of the original column left to support the roof,” he says. “A catastrophic event could cause it to collapse.”

This is not taken lightly. Workers leave the building any time a storm approaches.

Replacing the columns has been somewhat difficult. Over the years, the size of similar support beams has changed.

Koller says it is a challenge to find replacement bases and columns that match the originals. “We are completely replacing about half a dozen columns,” he says. “Where the roof drains, the seal is so badly deteriorated, we are having to replace the support beams.”

A large forklift is used to hold the roof up while a column is placed. Despite the difficulty of the restoration project in this building, Koller says it is hoped the work will be completed in about a year.

Visitors’ eyes are drawn to the graffiti that covers the walls. “Over the last 25 years, it’s been primarily SCAD students coming in and painting on the walls,” Koller says.

“It’s been going on so long, they think it’s permitted, but it’s not,” he says.

Restoring a window “We’ve been trying really hard to keep people out of the building.”

An electronic security system now helps to keep trespassers out of the building. Yet the graffiti is part of the building’s uniqueness.

“We are debating whether or not to preserve the graffiti because it is part of the building’s history,” Koller says. “Some of it is actually very good. We may leave part of it.”

Although the original paint is long gone, the walls were once painted white.

“It is a beautiful building,” Koller says.

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The building has a sawtooth roof, an unusual design design. “It is one of only three buildings like this in Savannah,” Koller says.

Skylights were placed inside the “teeth” of the roof, making the building a “daylight factory.”

“All the light was provided by skylights,” Koller says. “There was no electricity.”

Eventually, the building will be used as a museum.

“It will be a youth museum,” Jordan says. “That’s a long way down the road.

“For now, we are just trying to preserve the building.” he says, adding that it is an urgent matter.

“Even now, when the wind blows strong, everyone gets out,” he says.

The nearby Coach Shops may someday house the CSS Georgia, a Confederate ironclad that now lies in the Savannah River directly across from Old Fort Jackson.

As some structures are being renovated, another will be created. Plans for the proposed Battlefield Park call for the reconstruction of the Spring Hill Redoubt.

For now, the work is on hold as one more archaeological dig is undertaken at

the site. Archaeologist Rita Elliott says she will be looking for lots of artifacts, including items from the War of 1812.

This is not the first time work on the park has been delayed. An environmental cleanup had to be conducted at the site to remove lead and arsenic from the soil, industrial pollutants leftover from the railroad days.

Battlefield Park project manager Brian White says research will help with reconstruction of the Spring Hill Redoubt. The original redoubt is believed to be somewhere under Louisville Road, but the reconstructed redoubt will be placed as close to the original site as possible, at the intersection of Louisville Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

White says the redoubt will be a hybrid between similar structures from that era and the descriptions of the redoubt in historic records.

Original plans called for the redoubt to be completed by Oct. 9, the 226th anniversary of the Siege of Savannah.

Because of the archaeological dig, construction will be delayed.

“We have a general idea of how it was constructed,” White says. “We’re hoping it will be finished the first week in November.” ◗

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Editor, After walking around town today I saw several places with graffiti on the walls. I would just like to ask the person[s] doing this: Why? Are you really that bored or just that stupid? This kind of act to public property is a huge display of ignorance!

Do you really think we want to see this garbage everywhere?

It is not even creative nor is it an art form! How low does your self-esteem have to be to create your own billboards everywhere? Your attempts would be laughable except for the unattractiveness of it and the taxpayers’ money being spent on cleaning it up.

I suggest if you think you’re that talented, put your graffiti in a sketchbook and send it to an art school.

I have probably already given you more credit and attention than you deserve; so in closing please stop vandalizing the city of Savannah and get a life!

Joel Ring

Boycott the pumps Sept. 30 Editor, I am asking everyone in the United States to please stay away from the gas pumps on Sept. 30, 2005. It’s an attempt to lower the gas prices. This is out of hand.

And who are they to control these unbelievably high prices? So let’s together take control of this issue. If our wallets have to feel the void, well then let’s let them feel it as well.

And if this doesn’t work then we will do it again. Until they lower these prices.

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Editor, Very informative cover story by Jack Star about the use of solar energy (“Building Solar”) and SCAD Dean of Communications Bruce Chong’s letter to the editor regarding the expansion of SCAD. That is where the accolades stop.

I don’t think all people share Kelly Newberry’s opinion of Elizabeth Faris’s letter (Aug. 3) With regard to the five columns allowed “Intruder” to vent his frustration at his business associate’s complaint

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Editor, The letters of your Aug. 10 issue were insulting to those of a different opinion, in this case Elizabeth Arata Faris (Aug. 3). It is one thing to question another writer’s views, but quite another to write in such an unpleasant manner.

I have noticed a growing trend for the Letters columns in both the Savannah papers which I read to attack the writer as well as what they wrote. It seems to me that this is done to embarrass the writer, who usually has a liberal viewpoint, so that they will not write anymore.

By contrast, the Atlanta daily edits out such personal exchanges, and simply gives the writers’ viewpoint. This makes for much shorter and more readable columns.

No one should be attacked in this manner simply because they wrote a letter to the editor, nor do I as a reader wish to read it.

But I got my daily laugh, however unintended, from the big bold former serviceman (“Intruder”) who went on and on about courage -- but did not have the guts to sign his name!

Many papers do not publish anonymous letters, and I think that it is a good idea also. I heartily recommend it to you in the future, to spare us from this kind of excess.

Incidentally, I am the wife of a retired serviceman and have the greatest respect for our military personnel and their families. I believe Sgt. Benderman has chosen a far more difficult path than simply waiting out his current enlistment and then getting out, and I am sure he did not make his decision as lightly as your letter writers would imply.

My sympathy is also for his wife at this difficult time.

Margaret W. DeBolt

about how he is inconvenienced by the war in Iraq, was a bit too much rhetoric for me. (I thought all Letters to The Editor had to be signed or the newspaper would not print it.)

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Still not buying the bicoastal thing LAST MONTH, WHILE SPENDING a week in Aspen, hanging with the rich and famous -- or in my case, my cousin, who once played center field on some local softball team with Hunter Thompson in left and Jack Nicholson in right -- I got into conversation with someone from San Francisco, an artist who was taking a workshop in Colorado.

She had moved to California from New York City, where, incidentally, she attended the School of Visual Arts. She was filled with opinions, with pronouncements, with attitude.

In many cases, these are good and worthy traits. But in my mind anyone who has lived solely on the left and the right coasts, California and New York, could only be described one way.

And that is bicoastal. Which is not necessarily a good thing.

If this is prejudice, if I am prejudging someone without knowing them, then so be it. I’m prejudiced. And occasionally I’m irked. Because to

bicoastal people -- so my thinking goes -the whole midsection of the country, including Georgia and the State of Chatham, might as well not even be on the map.

To them, we are toast, chopped liver, guacamole from a squeeze tube. We are white bread, head lettuce, packaged cheese.

I tried to hold my tongue during this cocktail party in Aspen. I tried to keep the thought private. I tried to refrain. But I couldn’t.

The first time Ms. New York-movedto-California said something I thought a little pretentious or snooty, I came out with it.

“You think that because you’re bicoastal,” I declared.

No one picked up on it, including her, because when there are six people in on a conversation -- none of us best or old friends -- everyone is so busy filling every minute with opinion and intellect to show the rest of the group how smart we are that no one does too much listening.

Once again, when she said something I thought rather sweeping in its generalization, I repeated -- but this time to myself -- “You say that because you’re

bicoastal. You can’t possibly think that anything of any worth could be going on in the Midwest, the Southeast, the Upper Midwest.”

The evening ended pleasantly enough. I did my best to leave them with positive images of Savannah. How a swim at high tide in the creek can leave your skin so soft you’d swear you just bathed in fabric softener. What a racket the tree frogs make at night or late in a summer afternoon. Deafening, really.

The sight of an orange full moon rising over the Atlantic Ocean and, on the other side of Tybee Island, another orange orb, the sun, slipping behind the Back River.

I did what I could to talk of places between New York and California, but I knew ahead of time she had never been to Door County, Wisc., would probably never visit Omaha, Neb., or Royal Oak, Mich., and probably couldn’t find Brevard, N.C., on a map.

I realize there’s a little defensiveness in my posture and a little envy, too, that in some parts of the country it’s a little easier than others to state the obvious, to declare the absence of clothes on the emperor, to find like-minded people.

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I also realize that no matter where you live it takes time and patience to fight the system, lots of practice to become a better painter, concentrated effort to learn Spanish.

All over the country -- not just in New York or California -- six-year-olds are starting to play violin because parents know it develops good manual dexterity, 10-year-olds and 70-year-olds are making an effort to get up at 9 a.m. on Saturday to go to free art classes at local universities, 12-year-olds are swimming laps, back and forth, back and forth, and becoming great breaststrokers.

I know good, creative, stimulating things can happen anywhere. On Michael Feldman’s “Whadda Ya’ Know?” radio show this week, Feldman interviewed a restaurateur who returned to his hometown to open a restaurant.

“I love Iowa,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to return here.”

Take that, Ms. New York-moved-toCalifornia. Someone who chooses to live in Iowa. ◗

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mixed emotions about this, but guess what? My blood pressure is down and I am actually smiling instead of shaking my head in disbelief at some of the shenanigans my people get up to.

I refuse to open a Savannah paper or watch the news on WTOC. I’m not interested in the Churches Fried Chicken Murder. Or the Rib Hut Slaying. Or whatever the hell is going on in Savannah.

This is one blackout I won’t regret.

So the first night here I head to the social hub of Sea Pines, Harbor Town.

I’m not deterred that I’m without transportation. I do what any graduate of the Savannah school system would do, I steal a car. Albeit the car belongs to my parents.

After parking the getaway vehicle, I stroll around Harbor Town and finally settle in at the Harbor Side Café with perfect view of the marina. A few feet from me a is a guy playing guitar and singing the Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.” I’m feeling so positively Reagan, I order my very first mint julep.

This is pretty much how it will go for the next week or so. Sitting around the marina. Going out to dinner with the folks. Not a care in the world.

One night I ride the trolley. If you’ve ever been overseas on holiday you might have an inkling of what I’m feeling when I spot a black family climbing aboard the trolley. You know, there you are on vacation and suddenly you run into some Americans.

The spell of being on vacation is broken. You’re reluctant to say hello just in case they turn out to be the Ugly American we are warned about.

But if you’re a black American you don’t have to travel the far corners of the globe to experience this phenomenon.

You just have to go some place where there simply aren’t that many black people. Say an opera, a bar mitzvah, or even the beach.

I suddenly remember what happened at that pool all those years ago. I decide to take a different sort of plunge. I say hello. They say hello back. We smile. The parents introduce their kids. We chit. We chat. We exchange small talk just like normal people.

Eventually the trolley comes to my stop. I tell this family it was nice meeting them. And it was.

Walking back to my parent’s place I have to wonder if I will ever have a similar conversation when I return to an entirely different plantation. The one with the mental, not metal, gates that keep so many people, blacks and whites, imprisoned.

You know, the one we call home.

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SOME SAVANNAHIANS get up at the crack of dawn. Others at the crack of ice. And far too many at the crack of crack.

For the last few mornings yours truly, however, has been getting up at the crack of a whip. I guess it’s appropriate, really, since I’m back on the plantation.

Now, if you think I’m somehow picking cotton at sunrise, don’t worry (and for some of you, don’t get your hopes up) -- it’s not that kind of plantation.

I’m talking about my parents’ place over at Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island. What a difference a civil war makes.

Anyway, the aforementioned whip is being wielded by an overbearing overseer who happens to be my mother.

Mom still hasn’t broken her lifelong habit of getting up before me and yelling, “Mark! Get your bony behind out of that bed! The house is on fire! Grab a water hose, boy!”

You see, after my recent car jacking and subsequent bullet through the chest, an expensive gated community may be just what the doctor ordered.

In case you’re unfamiliar with Sea Pines, it the largest and probably most exclusive of the ten plantations on Hilton Head. It is also the home of the MCI Heritage (golf) and the Family Circle Cup (tennis). Well, it used to host the latter until Charleston got its grubby -- but still genteel, mind you -- fingers on it two years ago.

Believe it or not, there was a time when I wouldn’t be caught dead on Sea Pines. In my confused teenage mind the place was just too white. It wasn’t “down.” Like I’d actually run into some homeboys on the back nine.

To be honest, in all the years of coming over here to Sea Pines I’ve only used the pool once. I remember belly flopping into the water and then watching the white parents yank their kids out. That was over twenty years ago.

After a ten-year self-imposed exile from Sea Pines I find that I’m loving every well-manicured moment of it.

Homeboys and poolside bigots be damned.

My reason for returning here is a simple, yet politically incorrect one. Mayor Otis Johnson, I suspect, was alluding to it at a recent Town Hall meeting concerning the wretched state of Savannah’s public schools when he said, “There are some things I want to say, but I’m not going to.”

I’ll say it for you, Mr. Mayor: I’m sick of crazy black people and I need a freakin’ break.

So here I am on Sea Pines with nary a black face insight. Of course, I have

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Getting What You Pay For Even though India now has 80,000 licensed dentists, nearly 100 “street dentists” continue to operate in dusty, open-air “offices,” performing extractions and “fitting” used dentures for, typically, 1 percent to 2 percent of what a licensed dentist would charge. One patient of practitioner Mahender Singh, observed for a June dispatch from Jaipur in The New York Times, was “spitting streams of blood into the gutter” after removal of an incisor that, said Singh, “was not working right” and “kept turning left and right when he ate.” Singh uses anesthetic but said some patients still pass out from the pain.

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Citing the high quality of the workforce in Ontario, Toyota decided recently to build a second plant in the province (this time in Woodstock) even though Ontario was offering only about half the subsidy offered by Mississippi and Alabama to build the plant in one of those states. According to a July Canadian Press story, a trade association executive said the industry had learned from Nissan and Honda, which had found the workforce in the U.S. South to be often untrained and illiterate, and that, in Alabama, trainers had to use pictorials to teach some workers how to use the equipment.

Recurring Themes Incompetent Home Improvement: A bee-plagued homeowner in northwest Tucson, Ariz., attempting to “frighten the bees off” (according to a fire department spokesman) by lighting a small fire in the attic, inadvertently ignited insecticide vapor, with the resulting blaze causing about $100,000 damage to the roof (March). And a woman in Mecklenburg County, N.C., attempted to chase snakes out of a couch on her front porch by dousing the nest with lighter fluid, but then an accidentally dropped match set a fire large enough that she had to jump out a window to safety (June).

Fetish du Jour: In July in Exeter, England, Paul Pennington pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom, while incidentally dressed in a baby diaper, bib and girl’s dress and carrying a baby bottle (but also wearing a stuffed bra). And Sean Kelly, 35, was arrested in Sebastian, Fla., in July, and charged with fraudulently attempting to obtain health-care services after he showed up at a clinic complaining of back pain but dressed in a baby diaper (which he eventually “loaded,” demanding a change). And Calvin Milo Alvarez, 30, was arrested in Fayetteville, Ark., in May on a child pornography charge after he was found by police, arguing with another man at an apartment house, with Alvarez dressed in a baby diaper and bleeding from the mouth.

Latest Religious Messages Britain’s Church Mission Society, with 200 missionaries around the world, decided recently that a place that needs one the most is the town of Telford,

the message, according to a report on WHAM-TV.

First Things First In June, the Arab Balad party went to court in Haifa, Israel, challenging ultranationalist Jews of the Gush Katif settlement, who are virulently opposing the government’s mandatory withdrawal from Gaza. However, the Balads’ complaint has little to do with sovereignty or religion. The party has for years used orange as its organizing theme color and filed the lawsuit to make the upstart Gush Katif stop using orange in its own materials.

Thinning the Herd The bodies of Kentucky State Reformatory inmates Avery C. Roland, 26, and Michael Talbot Jr., 24, were found in a nearby landfill the day after they went missing in July; a Department of Corrections official said they had probably hidden inside a garbage truck without realizing that, to prevent escapes, the prison requires that garbage be compacted twice before it leaves the grounds. And four days apart in July, two 19-year-old men (in Sheboygan, Wis., and Louisville, Ky.) fell to their deaths while car-surfing at high speeds. (According to a witness, the Sheboygan man’s fatal fall came shortly after he yelled to his driver, “Is that all you got?”) ◗

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First prize in the youth division of the Fourth of July parade this year in Haines, Ore., went to three kids, all aged 9 and 10, who dressed as large, shelled insects (actually, in inner tubes covered by garbage bags), pushing huge rubber balls coated in sand, dirt and dead grass, according to the Baker City Herald. (Yes, the parents had conspired with their kids to dress them up as dung beetles!)

The Living Word Tabernacle in Waverly, Ohio, terminated the membership of Loretta Davis recently, according to a July report by WCMH-TV in Columbus, because she had stopped

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England (population 150,000), where fewer than one in a hundred residents attends an Anglican church. (Said a CMS spokesman, “These days the CMS goes to the hard places and takes on the hard cases.”) (The Church of England might have a larger problem, according to a July survey by Bangor University researchers: 3 percent of its clergy doubts the existence of God, which works out to nearly 300 non-believing ministers.)

A growing number of historical sites in Mecca (perhaps even including the home of the Prophet Muhammad) may soon fall to urban renewal as developers plan skyscrapers with stores and condominiums, according to a July Reuters dispatch. (Ironically, many devout Wahhabi Muslims support the demolition, hoping to prevent people from worshipping such “sacred” buildings instead of concentrating on their proper duties in Islam. Those Wahhabis view only the Grand Mosque, which is the destination for the annual hajj pilgrimages, as untouchable.)

The New Born Fellowship Christian Center in Rochester, N.Y., recently adopted a several-weeks-long “Spiritual Warfare” theme that featured its pastor, Warren Meeks, delivering sermons while in military fatigues (and asking congregants to wear fatigues, too), to battle the spirits opposing U.S. troops overseas and those challenging American youth with drugs and gangs. Meeks also brought in an Army missile, to help with

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paying her tithe. Davis’ contributions ended in January after she was hospitalized the first of 15 times this year for congestive heart failure. The church’s founder said non-member Davis could still attend, but Davis’ daughter said, “In the time of (her) need, (the church) should be caring, supporting, asking what she needs, help her if she needed help.” (When healthier, Davis was donating $60 a month out of her $592 Social Security check.)

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A French bus line filed an unfair-competition lawsuit against a group of cleaning ladies in Moselle, who used to be customers but who recently began carpooling to their jobs across the border at European Union offices in Luxembourg.

Transports Schiocchet Excursions wants the ladies fined and their cars confiscated. And in Tokyo in July, a group of French-language schoolteachers filed a lawsuit against the city’s governor (asking the equivalent of almost $100,000) for his having denigrated the French language, calling it a “failed international language.” Said Malik Berkane, head of a French school in Tokyo, “(I)t’s unacceptable for him to insult French in this way.”

In Kyrgyzstan (and some neighboring Central Asian countries) the pre-12thcentury tribal custom of “ala kachuu” continues, in which a man reduces the time and expense of courtship by riding up on horseback to a woman, snatching her up, and taking her to his family home, where his relatives (and sometimes hers) prepare her for marriage.

According to an April New York Times dispatch from Bishkek, more than half of wives are acquired by ala kachuu (although the term can also mean a morebenign “elopement”), and even some of the snatched wives eventually “consent” to the marriage. Ala kachuu has been illegal for years, but the law against it is rarely enforced.

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The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza spread farther westward across Russia in migratory birds, reaching the Ural Mountains. The Interfax news agency reported that 60 chickens died in the Ural village of Oktyabrskoye. The Netherlands announced that all of the country’s poultry farms must be enclosed during the upcoming bird migration period as a precaution.

Heartland Drought The worst drought to strike the American Midwest since 1988 has turned parts of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers into virtual sandbars and has caused widespread crop losses. In the worst-affected states of Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin, the drought has also dried up wells and

Deluge Aftermath The death toll from waterborne illnesses around India’s financial and entertainment hub of Mumbai (Bombay) reached 251 as the region’s health facilities struggled to deal with the aftermath of a week-long monsoon deluge that ended in early August. Officials say that 1,071 people drowned or were crushed by landslides across Maharashtra state during the record cloudbursts. But poor sanitary conditions combined with lingering pools of water and overflowing rivers have also brought a rash of leptospirosis infections and other waterborne diseases to the disaster zone.

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• Twenty-six people were injured in southern China’s Yunnan province when a magnitude 5.3 quake destroyed homes, damaged reservoirs and disrupted communications facilities.

• Earth movements were also felt in Indonesia’s Sumbawa and Bali islands, South Australia, central Iran, northern Chile, southern Mexico, northeast Arkansas and south-central Alaska.

Tropical Cyclones Tropical Storm Sanvu made landfall in coastal areas of southern China’s Guangdong Province, producing minimal damage.

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Pleistocene Park Scientists in the United States have proposed reintroducing big-game animals into the Great Plains, similar to the mammoths and other large mammals that existed there in the Pleistocene era more than 10,000 years ago. Writing in the journal Nature, the team, led by Josh Donlan from Cornell University, said the move could not only make large tracts of North America act as breeding sanctuaries for species under threat in Africa and Asia, but such ecological history parks could also become major tourist attractions.

Donlan proposes using the reserves to build the populations of large animals such as Bactrian camels, Bolson tortoises, and rare species of horses, elephants, cheetahs and lions. The project could provide a pool of range-adapted animals that could be returned if their home habitats are eventually saved. ◗

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A huge cloud of smoke from burning forests on Borneo caused a health emergency in parts of Malaysia, then eventually blew northwestward to Thailand’s beach resort of Phuket. The annual pall occurs as farmers, illegal loggers and plantation operators, mainly on the Indonesian side of Borneo, set hundreds of fires to clear land. Once the fires are ignited, underground peat and coal seams often keep smoldering for weeks. Australia said it will send a team of firefighting experts to help combat the blazes, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations announced it has set up a panel of experts to tackle the smoke pollution.

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BLIND CARBON COPIES, internet acronyms, and defragging your hard drive. How do these three relate? They simply don’t. But who cares? This is a tech advice column, not a debate group. I’m sure I could think of something, though.

How ‘bout internet acronyms with blind letters attempting to organize your data?

Anyway, on to this week’s questions.

What’s the hype on the acronyms?

What does IHMO mean? I’ve been reading a message board about one of my favorite basketball teams. Some acronyms have me stuck. -- Frank

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Diva: Umm. I dunno... looks scary.

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ACK=Acknowledged AFK=Away from keyboard ADN =Any Day Now AFAICT= As Far As I Can Tell AFAIK= As Far As I Know AFAIR= As Far As I Recall

Yes, defragging will help speed you up a bit and it should be done every so often to organize your data. You can analyze your hard drive with the tool to see if you actually need to defrag. Open “my computer” - you will see a list of your drives. Right Click on C. Scroll down to properties. Under the “Tools” task bar you will see the defragment now‚ option. Select that and you’re on a roll! (Note: you will see the option to analyze the drive in that window). ◗

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There are a slew of internet acronyms used. An acronym is simply an abbreviation that makes typing quicker. Below I list a few. However, there are many, many more. Sometimes I get lazy in email or chatting with family and find myself making my own up. They’re like WTF? (haha)

AIIC =As If I Care www.netlingo.com/. By the way, Internet AIR=As I Recall, or remember Acronyms evolve. There are also some AKA=Also Known As unique ones that could be possibly conBBL= Be Back sidered slang variaLater tions.

AIIC IBK OIC BBL IRL LOL GMTA =Great LOL AIIC GMTA LOLAIIC IMO TBH How do I send an Minds Think Alike LMAO email to everyone HTP=Happy to GMTA LOL AIRLOLOIC AIR without showing help, or hope this GMTA OIC HTP AIR everyone’s email helps.

IOWIOW BBL GMTA IBK=Idiot Behind address to everyone IOW GMTA getting the email?

Keyboard BBL AKABBL IMO=in my opinion — Diane TBH LOL OTL IMHO=in my Yeah, no kidding! honest opinion LMAO LOL ROTFLMAO AKA You don’t want to IOW=In Other AKA promote all of your Words ROTFLMAO ROTFLMAO IRL=In Real Life buddy’s email LMAO NBD=No Big Deal addresses. When you LOL-laugh out loud are in your email LMAO=laughing my ass off program which I am assuming is Outlook OIC=Oh, I see or Outlook express just select the to‚ OTL=Out To Lunch field and it will bring up another window TBH=To Be Honest with an option for BCC (blind carbon ROTFLMAO=Rolling on the floor copy) and put all your friends in that BCC window. Each person will get the laughing my ass off TIA=Thanks In Advance same email, just without all the email WIC=Where I’m Concerned addresses of other recipients.

If you still have codes you’re trying to Could you give me step-by-step direcbreak, here is a link to an internet tions for defragging my HP laptop with acronym dictionary to help you out.

Windows-XP? Thanks in advance. — Bud There are so many out there there is no possible way I could list them all.

One internet Acronym Dictionary:

Jack Johnson, “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” U2, “Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own” Madeleine Peyroux, “Don't Wait Too Long” Dave Mattews Band, “American Baby” Carbon Leaf, “What About Everything?”

Kathleen Edwards, “Back To Me” Marc Broussard, “Home” Snow Patrol, “Chocolate” Joss Stone, “Right To Be Wrong” John Butler Trio, “Zebra” Moby, “Beautiful” Charlie Mars, “Try So Hard” Ben Folds, “Landed” Ben Lee, “Catch My Disease”

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Aspiring country artist Jason Courtenay opens for the famous Andy Griggs THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, Port Wentworth – a city that has been trumpeting its impending rebirth – will be visited by one of country music’s more respected stars.

Andy Griggs is well-known in the world of C&W for his husky vocal turns on romantic ballads like “Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man,” and rocking, uptempo dance numbers like “I’ll Go Crazy.” But according to Griggs, there’s more to him than meets the eye.

“I think people have heard it when I sing and play live,” the Louisiana native said recently, but he quickly added that he felt something was lacking on his actual recorded output. It’s hard to describe, he said, but if anything, it’s the sound that can only come from enjoying diverse musical tastes.

“It’s nothing for me to listen to KISS and then put on Bill Monroe,” says the towheaded frontman.

“There’s a lot of room in between those two.”

Another up-and-coming singer and songwriter (who also plays guitar) is Jason Courtenay, and anyone familiar with his musical exploits to date would have to agree that he too is the product of diverse musical tastes.

As one half of the popular acoustic cover duo The Courtenay Brothers (with real-life sibling Chuck), Jason has logged countless hours playing renditions of popular hits by everyone from James Taylor and Van Morrison to Garth Brooks and Tom Petty – and he’s done this in a wide variety of situations.

Whether at high-profile public gigs in the City Market Courtyard, or private, invitation-only receptions and fundraisers at some of the area’s swankiest facilities, he and Chuck have plied their trade in everything from tuxes to T-shirts, and it has served them well.

They’ve both become proficient on the guitar, and adept at vocal harmonizing. But according to Jason, the inherent constrictions of that duo format have – in some ways – prevented him from flexing certain creative muscles.

To that end, he recently formed The Hazzard County band with a handful of

Left, Jason Courtenay; right, Andy Griggs area pickers, and now juggles the two groups (and the occasional solo gig).

This variety is offering him the creative freedom he says he needs to bring out the best in his own songwriting.

That’s a talent he’s just now starting to focus on, and he says this new combo is the best way for him to improve upon that talent.

“It’s given me my independence in a way,” he offers. “I feel like I can break away a bit and do more of an original thing. The duo’s all about giving people exactly what they want, and I’m glad to do it. But more and more, I like to be able to step up in the light a bit and not worry so much about what people think.”

“We’re doing three of my own songs now in our sets, and (bassist) Tim Burke has some good songs of his own as well that we just haven’t gotten around to

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working up yet. We’ll put more effort into the original stuff in the next few months.”

Jason’s original material and his new backing group will be on display Thursday night when they open for Griggs, along with another fledgling regional country artist, Bryan Clees. This will be the second showcase gig of the Summer for Hazzard County (they recently nabbed a sweet spot supporting stars Jo Dee Messina and Mark Chesnutt at Red Gate Farms).

Courtenay says these opening slots are a key to getting his band’s name out in this area – and to showing people a side of the singer they may not expect.

“We do a lot more country stuff – both old and new – than in The Courtenay Brothers. We don’t do soft rock and pop. It’s about good and fast country rock.”

That’s what the crowd at The Island Grill will get Thursday night.

“We’ll just throw out the best eight to ten songs we’ve got,” says the frontman. “Originals and covers.

New stuff and classic.”

Jason says he’s thrilled at the chance to share the stage with Griggs.

“I’ve loved every record he’s ever put out. He’s got a really rough and cool voice that doesn’t sound like anybody else. He does his own thing.”

That spirit of individuality is something Courtenay says he’s hoping to tap into more and more as time goes by.

“There’s no doubt that one way or another I’m not givin’ up on my dream... I want to hone in on my abilities. Whether or not I get a number one hit – or even a record deal – I’ll still be playin’ bars on the weekends. But I aspire to do more.

It’s just gonna take hard work and being in the right place at the right time.” ◗

The Hazzard County Band plays The Island Grill Thursday night at 8 pm with Bryan Clees and Andy Griggs.

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by Jim Reed

performance artist who takes his cues from Mark Mothersbaugh and company.

Talented multi-instrumentalist (guitar, He constructs musical Rube Goldberg bass, drums, percussion, who knows contraptions out of antiquated synths, what else) who apprenticed with legwaveform generators, pitch transposers endary jazz and blues players during a and effects units (some archaic caststint in Chicago, and has since relocated offs, some of his own tinkering creation). to Savannah. Thurs., 5 pm, Cobblestone He’s done his wiggly and disturbingly Conch House. funny bit at various underground venues from here to NYC, and a few weeks back blew Lyndy Brannen’s Longstanding local mind on a fairly surreal electric blues band installment of local TV specializes in uptown morning show Coastal Chicago-style shuffles Sunrise. Well worth and tightly-concatching if this sounds structed ballads. Fri., like your bag. Also on 10 pm, Mercury this bill: kindred souls Lounge + Sat., Video Hippos, Jimmy Savannah Blues.

Roche: Ghost Zane, and Werewolf Unit.

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Annie Allman

Bluesonics

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& , Savannah Blues + Sun., 6 pm, American Legion Post #135 (1108 Bull St.).

DJ Discipline Atlanta-based turntablist spinning in the basement of this downtown pizza joint. With regional and local DJs BetaSP, Carmine, Relaxed Action, Dsaga & Culprit. Wed., 10 pm, Rude Rudy’s (Whitaker & Broughton Sts.) - ALL AGES.

Jason Courtenay & Hazzard County Full, electric country band featuring half of the popular acoustic duo The Courtenay Brothers. See also Music Interview. Thurs., 8 pm, The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth) + Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, The Oyster Bar (Wilmington Island).

Eat Mo' Music Funky instrumental dance grooves and soul jazz from a local quintet of trumpet, bass, drums, guitar and trombone. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

Trae Gurley's Sinatra Tribute Local thespian’s interpretation of the big-band era of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ career (to pre-recorded backing tracks). Thurs., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

The Hitmen Electric blues combo led by local guitarist/singer Brett “Hitman” Bernard.

Tues. (hosts Open Mic) & Wed., Savannah Blues + Thurs. (hosts Open Mic), Locos Deli & Pub +

The Elliot Holden Group

The Chuck Courtenay Band

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Terrific, fusion-based electric guitarist from the Augusta area, who’s often Another electric band led played with some of James by the other member of the Brown’s sidemen. His The Courtenay Brothers. Fri. group’s instrumental Sat., Tubby’s (Thunderbolt). musings are refreshingly low on mindless noodling and high on empathetic Elliott Holden and melodic constructs. and engaging grooves. It’s an approach Eric is likely the area’s best-known more like Eric Johnson’s or Jeff Beck’s electric blues guitarist. He plays in the than Trey Anastasio’s or even Joe brittle-but-fluid style of Freddie King and Satriani’s. Fri., JJ Cagney’s.

Albert Collins, Tues. (hosts Open Mic) -

Eric Culberson Blues Band

Wed., Mercury Lounge + Thurs., JJ Cagney’s + Sun., Fiddler’s Crab House.

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The Keiran Daly Trio

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Exciting jazz-grass combo led by the banjo-playing prodigy Daly, who cut his teeth as a young tee in the Lowcountry Boil Bluegrass Band. Bassist Delbert Felix has gigged with tons of big names including some of the Marsalis brothers.

Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

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Dan Deacon A recent transplant to our area, Deacon is an absurdist composer and

Knowface Brand-new Augusta nü-metal act.

Also appearing is Columbia, S.C.’s Namedropper, who cite Pearl Jam, Jeff Buckly and hometown heroes Crossfade as influences.

Fri., 10 pm, The Gold Club.

Keith Kozel & The Foxedos Present...

Monthly Anti-Folk showcase curated and run by local songwriter Kozel (frontman for both GAM and

Superhorse). Backed by multi-instrumentalists Ricardo Ochoa and Sebastian Edwards, each installment features the work of a different local scenester, artist or composer.

Thurs., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Eddie Mercer Solo singer/guitarist offering popular rock, pop and country tunes. Thurs., 7 pm + Thurs., 3 pm, Stingray’s (Tybee).

Roger Moss w/The Ricardo Ochoa Ensemble

band’s originals) on acoustic guitars.

Thurs., 8 pm, Spanky’s (River St.).

The Swinging Medallions Free show by one of the South’s best-known and well-liked shag and pop bands. They long ago replaced most of the founding ‘60s members, and current gigs resemble any high-dollar corporate show band, but they still air out the oldies. Fri., 6 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt) gates open at 3 pm.

She Alice Popular party band featuring members of The Positions and The Sapphire Bullets. They play uptempo, dance-oriented funk, soul, pop and beach music. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, Scandals (Tybee).

Two Path Road

The Society of Lyrical Contortionists Newly-minted Open Mic Poetry Night primarily catering to high school and college kids. Open to ALL AGES. Tues., 7 pm, Coastal Coffee (2100 E. Victory Dr.).

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Miss.-based jam-band that’s been working with Memphis studio legend Jim Dickinson (father of – and mentor to – the cats from the North Mississippi Allstars). Wed., JJ cagney’s.

Prolific and accomplished singer/songwriter who plays major venues in Los Angeles and Nashville when not holding down the fort here at home.

Thurs., 10 pm + Tues., 10 pm (w/his band), Fiddler’s Crab House.

WormsLoew Young, rootsy, Americana band playing covers and originals. Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House. ◗

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Outformation Ladies Night: 2 for 1 Wells & Shooters • $1 Domestic Drafts • No Cover for Ladies

Classic, Southern and hard rock covers (plus a few originals). Fri., 9 pm, Jukebox Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Friday Aug 26

Elliot Holden Group

Prick Magazine Tattoo Party w/Artimus Pyledriver, Qualone, The Hungwells

Saturday Aug 27

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Monday Aug 29

S.I.N. Night: $1 off everything (w/ pay stub)

College Night • 2 for 1 wells • $1 Dom. Drafts (w/ College ID)

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Two key members of popular local show band Liquid Ginger. Playing classic and modern rock covers (as well as stripped-down arrangements of their

The Hitmen $1 PBR

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Bottles & Cans $1 Well & Dom Draft for Ladies

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Eric Culberson Blues Band

Rick & Ginger of Liquid Ginger

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An evening of intense Southern doom/sludge rock and retro punk rock, sponsored by a well-known rag for fans of extreme skin art.

Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.

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The Unknown Boyz $2 Jaeger, Cuervo, Bud & Bud Lt

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Jason Bible Open Mic w/Red Moon 2 for 2’sday: 2 for 1 all night, & Free Pool

Voodoo Soup Ladies Night: 2 for 1 Wells & Shooters • $1 Domestic Drafts • No Cover for Ladies

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The One Church Tour Big-time modern gospel package featuring such heavyweights as Kurt Carr, Smokie Norful and Rizen. Fri., 8 pm, Savannah Civic Center.

Married acoustic duo who’ve become a regular attraction at traditional folk music-related shows in the area. Known for their beautiful vocals and beguiling repertoire. Fri., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

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A rare live gig by this award-winning vocalist (whom many may recognize from his past appearances in the Savannah Music Festival WormsLoew and at the symphonic Picnic In The Park celebrations. This show focuses on the great American songbook. He’ll be singing Bluffton-based metal band that’s genstandards “from Mercer to Ellington” as erating quite a bit of industry buzz with well as a bit of Etta James for good their new material. They’re not that wellmeasure. He’s describing this cabaretknown in Savannah, but they pack style evening as “Sumptuous Songs, venues in Charleston, and fans of Luscious Lyrics.” Sat., 9 pm, The modern, radio-friendly hard rawk may Mansion on Forsyth Park. want to cross the bridge for an earful.

Thurs., Monkey Business (Hilton Head).

This award-winning young trumpeter is one of the most talked-about discoveries on the local jazz scene in years.

Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Jam-leaning country and rock band featuring the acoustic duo Keith & Ross.

Sat., The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

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Jake Landers & The Southern Strangers

by Jim Reed

Tybee Beach Music Festival

A repeat engagement by one of the most beloved and respected names in the old-school bluegrass Jake Landers world, this intimate Band show is led by a former member of both The Dixie Gentlemen and The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys (!) who’s been been playing guitar since the early ‘50s with cats like the late, great Vassar Clements and dobro genius Tut Taylor. He’s written many songs which have become standards, including “Walk Softly On This Heart of Mine� which was a major crossover country hit for The Kentucky Headhunters.

There aren’t many artists of this man’s caliber left who still hit the road, so if you fancy yourself a bluegrass fan, you won’t miss this great opportunity to see a true sensation backed by some of the finest pickers in his home state of Alabama.

Tickets are only $15 at the door, and can be charged in advance by calling 748-1930. This show may sell out, so check first before leaving home.

Sat., 8 pm, Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (Bloomingdale).

This is the second year in a row that Sounds of The South Productions has put on a massive (by Tybee standards) outdoor music festival on the North Beach “in Keith Sweat the shadow of the lighthouse.� The 2005 incarnation finds plenty of beer, food and (hopefully) beautiful weather, not to mention all the live shag, boogie, pop and country you can shake a glowstick at.

Friday night’s lineup starts at 7:30 pm, and includes Jive Train, Heather Lutrell, and Liquid Ginger. Saturday, things get underway at 12 noon, and for one low price you can catch sets by Jive Train, The Drifters, The Tams, The Embers, Heather Lutrell, Mustang Sally, and regional C & W favorites The Kinchafoonee Cowboys.

Lawn chairs are allowed but outside food and drinks are not. There will be shuttle buses running from nearby parking lots. Two-day and one-day passes are on sale now at the Tybee Market IGA, and the Savannah Civic Center Box Office. Charge them at (800) 351-7469 or www.tybeeislandfestival.com. Fri., 7:30 pm - 11 pm & Sat., 12 noon - 11 pm.

“Summer Sweat Tour� w/Keith Sweat, et al “New Jack City was a long time ago,� cracked comedian Chris Rock during his latest HBO standup special, and the film that helped launch his career is about as old as the New Jack Swing movement it was named for. In the ‘80s, Keith Sweat was one of the biggest stars of that R & B sub-genre, with hits like “Don’t Stop Your Love,� “Make You Sweat,� and “Merry Go Round.� Yet, he’s still on the circuit, and is touring behind a new LP. He headlines this package tour which also features hot Caribbean funk/soca sensations Elvis White, and K-Ci & Jo-Jo. Sat., 8 pm, The Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Blues & BBQ Party w/Bottles & Cans Bottles & Cans A few weeks back, this historic American Legion Post inaugurated their new monthly Sunday Night Concert Series, to overwhelming success.

The Sons Apparently, its organizers (T of The American Legion) were right: there are plenty of folks eager to find something fun and music-related to do downtown on Sunday nights, which – 111 W. DeRenne Ave

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except for a few scattershot restaurant gigs here and there – has traditionally been something of a mission impossible.

The first installment of these 21+ events found The Jimmy Wolling Band laying down traditional and progressive bluegrass, while the crowd danced, drank and scarfed down Memphis-style barbecue from Angel’s (a brand-new take-out joint profiled in last week’s edition of Connect).

However, the turnout was so much greater than expected that all the food was gone within thirty minutes of the dinner bell. This time out, Angel’s is back to provide a sit-down meal of smoked pork, slaw, beans and Creole gumbo, and one assumes there will be enough to last.

Live music comes courtesy of Bottles & Cans, one of the only local electric blues bands to intentionally avoid the more glitzy and showy trappings of that feel-good genre. Their lineup of guitar, bass, drums and mouth harp is more closely aligned to the gutbucket ethos of such famed juke-joint kings as the late R.L. Burnside and Hound Dog Taylor than the slick, urban approach of Robert Cray or Bobby Bland.

The lounge opens at 5 pm, food is served at 6 pm, and the band plays from 6:30 pm till 9:30 pm. $5 cover, $7.50 dinners, and all proceeds go to benefit local charities. Sun., 6 pm, American Legion Post #135 (1108 Bull St.). â——

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‘Savannah At Its Best’ -- Art by Jack Leigh, Elena Madden and Sam Ward through Sept. 5 at the Mansion on Forsyth Park.

‘Perfectly Right and Perfectly Wrong’ -- SCAD presents this mixed-media exhibition by Fred Jesser that explores the realization that the conceptualization and the production of art are much different, through Aug. 28, Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.

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‘Revelations: The Discovery of Beauty in Light and Shadow’ - Photographs of the human figure by Bill Ballard at the Starlander Gallery & Cafe, 11 E. 41st St. Opening reception, Friday, September 2, 6-9 p.m.

‘The Upper and Lower Worlds of Alhambra’ -- SCAD presents this printmaking exhibition by professor Robert Brown, Aug. 31–Sept. 25, at the Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. The exhibition is featured on the college’s monthly gallery hop, Friday, Sept. 16, 5–7 p.m.

The exhibition and gallery hop are free and open to the public.

‘Feline Beloved’ -- Photography of cats

by Kathleen Thomas at the Starlander Cafe & Gallery, 11 E. 41st St. ‘Reorder’ -- SCAD presents this mixed media exhibit that explores how artists process information about their environments. Aug. 19–Sept. 27, at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. The exhibition will be featured on the college’s monthly gallery hop, Friday, Sept. 16, 5–7 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

Michael Story -Friedman’s Fine Art presents this award-winning artist renowned for his marsh‘Sky Over the Courtyard,’ a work by Robert Brown as part of ‘The Upper and scapes on display the month of Lower Worlds of Alhambra’ at the Pinnacle Gallery August at 28 W. State St., hours Call for Entries -- For “Mod Podge Mon. – Fri. 9-5:30, and Sat. 10-5.

Collage,” a show celebrating the art of collage at the DesotoRow Gallery in the ‘Guale Gold’ --Images of Ossabaw Island Starland district. Accepting any works 2D

by Tim Coy; proceeds benefit the fund to and 3D combining multiple forms. Show restore the historic Boarding House on runs Aug 18-31. Reception Friday August Ossabaw Island. Through Sept. 30 at 19, 7-9 p.m.

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‘Cloudy Day’ -- Original paintings by Russian artist Vitold Barhatkov at Maggies Antiqiues, 2819 Bull St. Gallery 209 August Artists -- Artists of the Month at Gallery 209, 209 E. River St., are painter Kathy Miller and ceramic artist Linda Whitt Smith.

‘Variegate’ -- A SCAD fibers department group exhibition, through Aug. 30, at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. ‘Fabricated Cindiisms’ -- Show by fiber artist Cindy Male at the DAC Gallery at One East Broughton Street in Savannah.

‘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.

Maureen E. Kerstein -- New paintings through Aug. 31 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

The Hurn Museum -- located at 1015 Whitaker St., will be closed throughout the month of August. ◗

Art Patrol is for rotating shows, exhibitions and receptions. Send your art info to jim@connectsavannah.com

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AUGUST 25TH AVM ENT. COMPLEX (formerly IBIZA)- ‘80s night w/DJ Octavio B & D BURGERS (Downtown)- Live Music TBA (6 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)-Chuck Courtenay (6:30 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Live Music TBA BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA (8 pm) BOGEY’S- Karaoke w/Ron CHUCK’S BAR- Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ICE (formerly THE CAVALIER)- DJ Will 2K CLUB ONE- Industrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm) COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE- Annie Allman (5 pm - 8 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos SCANDALS (Tybee)- Karaoke w/DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music TBA (6 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Keith Kozel & The Foxedos Present... (8 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Rick & Ginger of Liquid Ginger (8 pm) STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Karaoke w/Eddie Foster STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Eddie Mercer (7 pm) SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TUBBY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) TWILIGHT MUSIC LOUNGE (Daiquiris on Bay)- Open Mic Night UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE- Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DE MILO- DJ Maybe spins disco & house (9 pm)

FRIDAY AUGUST 26TH AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)“Georgia” Kyle Shiver (7 pm) AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)- Karaoke AVM ENT. COMPLEX (formerly IBIZA)Grand Opening Party w/DJ Octavio (‘80s & ‘90s) B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BOGEY’S- Live Music TBA CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- Live Music TBA THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) CLUB ICE (formerly THE CAVALIER)- DJ Will 2K CLUB ONE- Local Cast

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THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Two Path Road feat. Keith & Ross THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Live Music TBA (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Live Music TBA (9 pm) * THE JINX- Prick Magazine Tattoo Party w/Artimus Pyledriver, Qualone, The Hungwells JJ CAGNEY’S- Marsupial JOHNNY MERCER THEATRE- “Summer Sweat” w/Keith Sweat, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Elvis White (8 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- J.J. Smith LOCOS DELI & PUB- Turtle Folk THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Roger Moss w/The Ricardo Ochoa Ensemble (9 pm - 1 am) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- Wes Heath (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (6 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- Old School Hip-Hop & Top 40 ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)- Trap Door (9 pm) THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.)- Jason Courtenay & Hazzard County (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)- Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)- Live Music TBA RANDY WOOD’S CONCERT HALL (Bloomingdale)Jake Landers & The Southern Strangers (8 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- Bluesonics SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos SCANDALS (Tybee)- She Alice (9:30 pm) SEA DAWGS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (1 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- The Keiran Daly Trio (8 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA (10 pm) STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Lee Sanchez (3 pm), Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm) SUNDOWN (Hilton Head)- Live Music TBA TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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I’VE ALWAYS FOUND BARTENDERS FASCINATING. These shrink substitutes, knowledge sherpas and purveyors of alcoholic bliss command immediate respect for whatever reason, and I cannot deny my jealousy of a few of them.

Not only do they appear to be “on” all the time, they have to be experts at everything in the establishment: the menu, the newest/hottest brands of vodka and, of course, the wine list.

So, with all that expertise, what wines are bartenders recommending these days? I had to ask.

I found that, for the most part, bartenders at hot bars are too frickin’ busy to ponder your question. They’ll list the selections and pray the customer has a clue — and, if the answer is no, pour the sub-par house wine with a patient smile.

Or, when asked, one bartender at a popular Tampa beer joint simply goes by gut. She eyes a white wine inquisitor up and down, then assesses how sophisti-

cated his/her palate might be. One option is “house wine” and the other might be Raymond Chardonnay.

She says her system works every time. But I wonder if a bad hair day would condemn me to plunk? Lesson learned: Ask for a wine list.

TIP: In a bar setting, you don’t know how much wine by the glass has been sold, so your beverage could have been opened for days. Since I’m a stickler for return on my $8 wine investment, I often annoy bartenders by asking how long a bottle has been fermenting in its own oxygen.

The investigation takes up two more precious minutes, but I tip well, so they usually indulge me. This process regularly results in a freshly popped bottle.

But the best service usually occurs at restaurant bars. Trained in the arts of food and wine, those bartenders direct people to what will harmonize with the menu. Ashley Crichlow, bartender at Fritti in Atlanta, steers people away from the typical varietals and asks them to explore the restaurant’s Italian wines by the glass.

But don’t always expect wine advice to be given straight up To customers looking for white wine, she recommends Gavi di Gavi, a relatively obscure, fruity white. For reds, she recommends the Italian zinfandel lookalike Primitivo, which matches really well with Fritti’s pizzas.

Keith Wlosinski, former bartender at Gallery Eclectic Bistro in Tampa, liked to suggest wines that both complement the food and taste good alone. His choices?

Evolution #9 from Oregon’s Sokol Blosser Winery and Rombauer zinfandel.

So wine recommendations, like bartenders, can come on all different levels: expert to lazy. Arm yourself with a little bit of knowledge, and you’ll come out ahead.

Update: On August 5, U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore signed an order stopping Florida from enforcing the silly felony law attached to shipping wine into the state. The order sprang from negotiations between Florida’s Attorney General and a law firm representing consumers and out-of-state wineries. This freedom will last until the

Legislature can enact permanent laws, whether barring all wine shipments in the state of Florida or allowing a level playing field between wineries out of the state and in state. Before May’s Supreme Court decision ruled Florida’s situation unconstitutional, in-state wineries could ship at will and out-of-state wineries were barred. ◗

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This animated feature clocked in at 109 minutes during its recent run in England, and for once, I’m glad of the short attention spans of American tots, as the movie has been mercifully chopped down to 76 minutes for its stateside engagement. The most interesting moment in this turgid film is the revelation at the end that of the 53 Dickin Medals given to animals for bravery during World War II, 31 of them went to pigeons. That sounds like a compelling subject for a live-action documentary (March of the Pigeons?), but instead, the topic has been tossed away on a rigidly rote cartoon that features the usual mix of audience condescension, uninspired computer-animated graphics, obvious morals aimed at small children and, oh yeah, flatulence gags. Ewan McGregor, in his second 2005 tour of duty in a mediocre cartoon (following last spring’s Robots), provides the voice for the title character, an undersized pigeon who gets to prove his mettle by delivering important messages as part of the Royal Homing Pigeon Service.

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin runs almost a full two hours -- normally, that’s a suicidal length for a comedy of this sort, but in this case, Carell and Apatow use the time wisely, developing the Andy-Trish romance at a believable clip and also turning Andy’s three buddies into fully formed characters rather than the onenote sidekicks we’re accustomed to seeing.

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Bill Murray plays Don Johnston, whose seemingly catatonic existence receives a much-needed jolt -- not so much from the departure of his fed-up girlfriend (Julie Delpy) as from the arrival of an anonymous letter claiming that he has a son who’s been kept hidden from him for the past two decades. Broken Flowers is a movie of wry humor and wry observations, yet it’s precisely because of Murray’s approach that the film works as well as it does: Rarely has an actor conveyed so much by doing so little. Yet Murray’s not working alone, thanks to the contributions of the women playing his former flames.

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Many of the elements that have made the contemporary romantic comedy such a grueling (and formulaic) experience are present in Must Love Dogs, and yet the movie nonetheless will work for those willing to surrender themselves to its dreamy passion. The film’s success begins and ends with its leading players, and yet it’s important not to under value director Gary David Goldberg’s script (adapted from Claire Cook’s novel), which adds some interesting quirks to a familiar framework.

Diane Lane, so beautiful that it almost hurts to look at her, plays Sarah Nolan, a recent divorcee who takes a chance on meeting single men who contact her through an Internet dating service. John Cusack, so adorable that even heterosexual guys might feel inclined to give him a big bear hug, portrays Jake Anderson, one of her prospective suitors. Over the course of the film, they date and dally with other people, yet they

John Singleton went from the Oscarnominated triumph of Boyz N The Hood to helming 2 Fast 2 Furious, the junky sequel to another director’s The Fast and the Furious. Four Brothers finds Singleton again slumming, this time in the service of a standard revenge flick that was a lot more fun when John Wayne and Dean Martin tackled the basic premise in The Sons of Katie Elder. The brothers of the title are Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), Angel (Tyrese Gibson), Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin) and Jack (Garrett Hedlund), who grew up in the care of a foster home provider (Fionnula Flanagan) who raised the boys after nobody else wanted them. The lads return to their Detroit home after they learn that their mom was killed during a holdup. But as they snoop around, they realize that she wasn’t an innocent bystander but the target of a planned hit.

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Inspired by the glut of so-called “hick flicks” that dominated drive-ins throughout the 1970s, the hit TV series was primarily an excuse to showcase good ol’ boy shenanigans amidst plenty of car collisions. This film version follows suit, and can be summed up in the sort of blurb found in TV Guide: “Bo (Johnny Knoxville) and Luke (Sean William Scott) try to prevent the corrupt Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds) from seizing all the land in Hazzard County for his own devious purposes. Daisy: Jessica Simpson. Uncle Jesse: Willie Nelson. 97 minutes.

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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.

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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 will hold a discussion meeting on Iraq on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at the former Sterne, Agee building at 4 Skidaway Village Square, across from the library. Lt. Col. William T. Gillespie Jr., professor of military science at Georgia Southern University, will address the group.

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 Abyssinia Players Present Black Nativity The Abyssinia Players will schedule auditions for Langston Hughes’ gospel musical Black Nativity, directed by Ja Jahannes. Four male and four female singing roles in the 20-60 age range, four dancing roles in the 16-25 age range, and two male non-singing roles in the 40-65 age range are needed. Production is scheduled for December. Send bio, headshot and audio sound files, if available, to DrJaPsych@aol.com or to Abyssinia Players, 1622 Ogeechee Rd., Savannah, 31419.

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Libertarian Party of Chatham County

For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Savannah Peace Coalition

He has had two tours of duty to Iraq. The public is invited. For information, call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or oxhouse@aol.com.

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The Savannah Branch NAACP invites the citizens of Savannah to attend a mass meeting on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 4 p.m. at First Bryan Baptist Church. Attorney Lester Johnson III will address the Voter Rights Act.

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For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

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.

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Little Theatre Presents The Nerd

Mutation: the venue for misfit crafts

The board of directors of The Little Theatre, Inc., of Savannah announces auditions for the Larry Shue comedy, The Nerd, on Aug. 30 and 31 at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance Auditorium, 5111 Abercorn St. The cast requires four men, two women and one boy between the ages of 8-12. For information, call 355-8111, Ext. 225.

Crafters who are interested in selling their handmade goods are asked to apply to his upcoming show, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 from 1-6 p.m. at the Starland Center for Contemporary Arts.

Tables cost $12 and under. Contact Meghan Shannon at megshannon50@hotmail.com.

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, send e-mail to negroensemble@comcast.net.

Starland Art Show This call for entries asks artists to unearth personal conviction, boldly translate international politics to local consequences. Send submissions and proposals to David at davideveritthowe@gmail.com. The submission deadline is Sept. 21. The work will be selected by Sept. 23 and installation will begin Oct. 2. The exhibit will run Oct. 7-29 at the Starland Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2428 Bull St.

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On Saturday, Sept. 3 from 6-8:30 p.m., the volunteers and staff of the nonprofit Coastal Heritage Society will host Cannons and Cuisine, an auction and low-country boil, at Old Fort Jackson, which is 3 miles east of downtown Savannah off President Street. In addition to great food, participants can bid on donated items. Proceeds will help raise money for Georgia’s oldest brick fort and National Historic Landmark, Old Fort Jackson. Reservations are required. Call 651-3673.

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The Savannah Jaycees will host their Second Annual Charity Mini-Golf Tournament on Sunday, Aug. 28. Proceeds will benefit local organizations, including the Moses Jackson Community Center, Safe Shelter, KidsCare ID and the Old Savannah City Mission. The tournament will be held at Putt Putt Golf Course at 202 Mall Blvd. A cookout for players will begin at 5 p.m. and golfing will begin at 6:15 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the best teams. Tickets are $45 for a two-person team, which covers the cookout and two rounds of mini-golf for each team member. Purchase tickets in advance by calling Michael Adams at 9619913.

Scholarship Tennis Tournament The Savannah Women’s Council of Realtors is hosting a tennis tournament on Aug. 27 and 28. Donations are being sought for the silent auction, both small and large ticket items. Tournament proceeds will be awarded to graduating seniors from area high schools. Call Shelley Carroll Lowther at RE/MAX Savannah at 961-3943 or send email to shelley@SavannahGaRealtor.com. If you would like to play in the tournament, call Trish Huene at 598-3754. Play begins each day at 9:30 a.m. and is $25 per player for the first event and $40 for two events. Entry fee covers balls, a t-shirt and refreshments.

AASU Computer Course Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Department of Professional and Continuing Education will offer a computer course.

Microsoft Access-Level III is an advanced class to learn how to customize and enhance your reports in Access by using macros, graphics and more. The class will be held Aug. 22 and 23 from 6-9 p.m. Call 927-5322.

AASU First Step Course Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Department of Professional and Continuing Education is offering a course specifically designed to help those who have been out of high school for 5 years or more prepare to take the first step towards starting college. Classes meet every Tuesday from Sept. 6-27 from 6-8:30 p.m. The fee is $49.

The classes will focus on academic skills, study strategies, time management and more. Call 927-5222.

Adult Art Classes are held at The Art School Monday evenings from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. Beginners are welcome.

For information, call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151.

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.

Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E. 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.

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St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 11500 Middleground Rd., is seeking crafters to display their wares at the annual craft sale, set for Saturday, Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Space and table rental is $30. A limited number of covered booths are available for $45. Call 925-4725.

The next session of Art Bodies, a weekly adult figure studio will be Wednesday, Sept.

7 through Oct. 12. The group meets Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, at The Art School, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads No. B-2. A variety of models and extended poses are available to artists who would like to pursue figure work. The cost is $60 for a six-week session. Pre-registration and prepayment required. Call 921-1151 for information.

Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians

The Art School

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

The Art School provides quality art instruction for ages 6 through adult.

Register now for afterschool classes.

Classes provide a comfortable, non-competitive atmosphere for students of all levels.

Tuition includes professional art supplies.

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Located across from Summit Gymnastics/Sharks Cheerleading at 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads. Call 921-1151 or visit www.theartschool-sav.com.

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 6-12 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 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.

Basic Boating Course The Tybee Light Power Squadron will conduct this course starting Tuesday, Sept.

6 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Hospital Medical Center Education Auditorium at 4700 Waters Ave. The 8-week course will include safe boat operation, basic navigation and piloting, seamanship, reading charts, state and federal regulations and more. Students will have the opportunity to use what they have learned on a short cruise. The cost is $40 for the first family member and $5 for each additional family member. Call 3514148.

Basic computer class 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.

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.

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.

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Church Music Seminar 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.

City’s Arts and Theatre Classes The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs offers classes in both Performing and Visual Arts, Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Stained Glass Mosaics, Jewelry-Making, Audition and Monologue Preparation, Creative Dramatics and more.

The eight-week classes will begin in September, so enroll today to guarantee a spot. All ages and abilities. Call 651-4248 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Classes at Familiar Pathways

Computer Classes 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 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.

Drawing Inspiration From the Masters 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.

is offering several classes and workshops.

The list includes sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280. 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.

Fiction Writing Workshop in Belize 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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Ministering to Vulnerable Populations: Child and Elder Abuse, a seminar for clergy and lay leaders, will be held Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. A $10 fee will cover the cost of materials and refreshments. For information, call the Victim Witness Assistance Program at 652-7329.

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

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Several classes are offered, including Meditation 101 and 102; Aura 101; Tarol 101, 102. 103 and 104; Witchcraft 101 and 102; Henna 101 and 102; Herbology 101, 102 and 103; Deity 101 and 102; and The Art of Control: Principles and Tactics. Most of these classes cost $50 and lunch is included. Many of the classes are ongoing, running every month. Payment is to be made two days prior to the class starting date. Call Anastasia at 443-9678 for class times.

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

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.

Free computer classes 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 based on the work of Byron Katie is now forming. It offers immediate h elp when you need answers right away. No charge.

Contact Ursula at 484-0134 or send e-mail to u.sterling@att.net. For information, visit http://www.thework.com/WhatisTheWork.as p.

Team Building & Adventure Ropes Course The International Center for Coaching & Leadership is offering this course. The center is located at 25 E. 40th St. Call 2363660 to reserve a course time. For more information, visit www.internationalcoach.org.

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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 Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 from 1-4 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.

Mindful meditation classes 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.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery 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

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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.

Photographic Workshops in Savannah is currently offering two workshops. The Nude....The Southern Landscape is a 5-day workshop that will be spent on Ossabaw Island. This workshop will be held Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. Platinum Printing with Sal Lopes is a 5-day workshop that will be offered Sept. 4-10 to teach students how to make quality platinum/palladium prints. For information on these workshops, visit www.savannahphotoworkshops.com.

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.

Stress Reduction Through Mindfulness 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.

Tennis, anyone?

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

Thinking of Starting a Business is a workshop that will be held Thursday, Aug. 25 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Small Business Assistance Center conference room at 111 E. Liberty St. The cost is $40 if pre-registered and prepaid or $50 the day of the workshop. For information, call 651-3200 or send e-mail to clee@sbdc.uga.edu.

Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

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Service Industry Night

$12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

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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.

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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.

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.

Banner of the Nations Savannah 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.

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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.

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

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

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

Beanhead Writers Group Get together with other Savannah writers -published and unpublished -- every second Saturday at 1 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. The group meets to critique works in progress and to discuss technique and marketing. Fiction and non-fiction, but no poetry.

Bipolar Support Group

Bridge club meets at the JEA

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

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 volunteer 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.

Community Hymn Chorus All you need is the desire to have a good time singing God’s music. All denominations are welcome to come together to make a joyful noise. Meets every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church’s Horton Hall, 11911 White Bluff Rd. Call Ronn Alford, Director of Music Ministries, at 925-5924.

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A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavanna h/.

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There is a $4 fee. Call Lynn Pierce at 3549739.

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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.

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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.

Harley Owners Group HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum. Call 925-5349. 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.

Irish Session The Irish Session is getting ready for a performance at the Sentient Bean in September.

All instrumentalists who are interested in Celtic music are welcome. Meets the second and fourth Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at the Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Call 341-8898.

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.

Low Country Artists’ and Artisans’ Society sponsors a Country Textiles African American Quilt Making Guild. Call 447-1888.

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 path. Call 236-3660.

Objectivist Society of Savannah

Oglethorpe Business & Professional Women’s Club meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org.

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

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.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club 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.

Salon for Women Seeking Change “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.

Savannah Adventure Club

Savannah Art Association

Savannah Italian Club

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.

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.

Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. For more details, call 4470943 or visit our web site at www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then choose Savannah Brewers League.

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.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association 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. This non-denominational 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. For information, including dates and times, call 655-0994.

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.

Savannah Lions Club 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 Chess Club

Savannah Newcomers Club

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.

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 Council, Navy League of the United States 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.

Savannah Euchre Club Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor (but discerning) man’s Bridge. Approaching Platonic 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

People who enjoy outdoor activities and are looking for adventure are invited to join. No cost to join. Visit www.savannahadventureclub.com for information.

Savannah Jaycees

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.

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 Ski Club

Savannah Fencing Club

meets every second Tuesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. New members are welcome. All that is required is an interest in knitting or crocheting. Bring a project and join in the stitching, talking and munchies. A preemie hat project is in progress. Guest lectures will begin in September. Free and open to the public. Call 238-0514 for information.

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.

For information, see www.savannahskiclub.com.

Savannah Stitch-N-Bitch

Savannah Sunrise Rotary club meets every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 am at the First City Club in downtown Savannah.

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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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Savannah Ultimate Frisbee 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.

The Sign-ative bridges the gap between the deaf, hard-ofhearing and hearing communities. Call 9650077 or send e-mail to thesignative@deafcafe.com.

Single People in Christian Education (SPICE) 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.

Southside Optimist Club

Subbuteo Table Soccer meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. For information, call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.

Young Professionals of Savannah

The Studio

Looking for ways to expand your business and professional networks? Interested in making new friends and trying new things?

New to the area? Call Young Professionals of Savannah for more information. Call Kathleen at 692-4613 or Garrett at 692-4601.

offers a variety of ongoing open dance classes, including Hip Hop on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. with Mary Ann Duffy, Adult Beginner Ballet on Mondays at 10 a.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr, Intermediate/Advanced Ballet on Mondays at 6:45 p.m. with Dagoberto Nieves, Advanced Ballet on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. with Jil Cooley, Intermediate Ballet with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr on Thursdays at 5 p.m. and Intermediate/Advanced Jazz Wednesdays at 7 p.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr. The Studio is located at 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. For information, call 695-9149.

Weekend Warriors

Concerts AASU Guest Artist Recital Tenor Ronald Brendel and soprano Chery Brendel in a guest artist recital on Aug. 25 at 2:30 p.m. in the AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Call 927-5381 from 11 a.m. to 3 p;.m. weekdays for ticketing information.

Swing Dance Savannah

Dance Adult Ballet Classes at Islands Dance Academy. All levels welcome, including beginners. Challenging, rewarding and fun. $10 per class. Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 115 Charlotte Rd. on Whitemarsh Island. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

Ballroom Dance Party

Tourism Leadership Council

Basic Ballroom Class

will hold its monthly luncheon Aug. 26 at 11:30 a.m. at Savannah Electric. Swann Seitler, manager of corporate communications for Savannah Electric, is the guest speaker. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Reservations are required by Aug. 22. Call 356-1223.

Learn the Merengue and the Foxtrot on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 1-3 p.m. at the West Broad St. YMCA, 1110 May St. The cost is $3. The lessons are open to the public, and beginners, singles and teens are welcome.

Call Lora Wong at 925-7416.

Tybee Beautification Association

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

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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.

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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.

The Zion Method Local minster, choreographer and dance professor LaJune Wise-Wilkerson has developed a method that incorporates known dance techniques with all forms of movement to celebrate all of God’s creation.

The academy is located at 120 E. 42nd St. Classes include dance therapy for the physically and visually impaired, Christian-based dance therapy, general dance therapy, Guardians-Double Dutch weight loss, Double Dutch fitness, Double Dutch competition, advanced level dance composition/choreography, ballet, modern, jazz, tai fusion, ethnic and Zion Method litur-

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

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes 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.

Chopra Center Movement Classes Yoga, tai chi and dance classes are held morning, noon and evening for people of all skill levels. All classes are open to the public at The Chopra at Memorial Health at 300 Bull St. Special unlimited classes prices are available. For information, call 236-2131 or visit chopra.memorialhealth.com.

Chopra Center Yoga Classes 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.

Inside Moves 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.

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.

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will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Islands Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. The cost is $6 for members and $10 for non-members. Beginners and singles are welcome. A basic lesson in the Foxtrot begins at 7 p.m. and the social dance is from 8-10:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Call Lora Wong at 925-7416.

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.

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will meet Monday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. at the Telfair Museum of Art. Curator of Fine Arts Holly Koons McCullough will present a program featuring the top research discoveries among the 114 collection objects from the collection catalogue. She also will preview the exhibition, Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make Believe. A light lunch will be served for TAG members and guests. Call 598-7447.

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.

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.

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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 6-7:30 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 4479642 or send e-mail to yoga4u@bellsouth.net..

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Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group 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 Jewish Education Alliance 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.

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.

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.

South Coast Cheer Center Offers competitive cheerleading for pee wees, juniors, seniors and open (ages 18-30) divisions and pre-K gymnastics, pre-team cheerleading, tumbling and Mommy & Me classes. Other classes include “Girls Night Workshop, an adult aerobics class with child care. For information, call 756-STAR or visit www.southcoastcheer.com.

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.

Yoga 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.

The Yoga Room 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 5-6:30 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 4-6 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.

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.

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

Gay & Lesbian Alpha Financial Management seminars 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.

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.

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are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and

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

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

Savannah Gay Business Guild 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.

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.

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Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc.

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.

offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.

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.

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Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings 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.

Free Skin Cancer Screenings will be offered Aug. 27 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Richmond Hill YMCA in the Health Connection office and at the Effingham YMCA in the Health Connection Office. To register, call 819-3368.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Most insurance plans (with the exception of Blue Cross HMO) are accepted. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify. Mammograms will be performed Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Landings Club on Skidaway Island. Call 354-9357 for appointments.

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 estab-

lished business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 8561534.

Memory Screening A free memory screening clinic will be offered Friday, Aug. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium.

Neurologist Susan Brown with Savannah Neurology will be overseeing the screening process. You should be screened for memory problems if your memory loss interferes with daily activities, causes you to avoid specific tasks, hobbies or social events. is noticed by those closest to you or seems to be getting worse. Call Jenny House at the Alzheimer’s Association’s Coastal Georgia Regional Office at 920-2231.

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 826-4155.

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

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Saturn transits Leo from July 16, 2005 to September 2, 2007. The retired CEO, managing director or managing partner of the firm approaches the secretary’s desk while removing a stray thread from the arm of an otherwise impeccable, expensive business suit, then addresses the recent graduates buzzing around the department in the guise of talking directly to the secretary – very loudly, “Each & every individual enjoys their day in the spotlight – as long as that individual is consistent. However, for that indi-

ARIES - Why negotiate with individuals who demand that you accommodate them? When you say, “Take it or leave it!”, let selfish people know that you mean it. In order to be fair to everybody, you must be fair to yourself!

TAURUS - Those who make demands upon you expect to see your public, civilized face – but you may be more inclined to show them your sharp, barbaric teeth.

Communicate to the aggressive that they would be foolish to approach you smugly or cavalierly.

GEMINI - Take a closer look at the famous scene of Five Easy Pieces where a frustrated & furious Jack Nicholson orders a chicken salad sandwich . . . without the chicken salad. Study this classic performance for useful pointers in how you may want (and not want) to “act” when addressing merchants & vendors who ignore your direct instructions.

CANCER - To ensure your financial stability, you must be noble. Bosses expect more from you precisely because you will always & forever be either “much better” or “much worse” than the norm. Live up to – not down to – your role model status.

vidual to show consistency, that individual must withstand the criticism for demonstrating that consistent trait. ‘Too clean-cut.’ ‘A radical.’ ‘Feminist agitator.’ ‘Flaunts her buxom cleavage.’ Then, one day, after so much consistency & so much criticism, the mood shifts, and, whoever it is, flavor of the month, here is our poster child, standing ovation from the audience, we love you so much!”

LEO - You will now endure the negative psychological

SAGITTARIUS - Legal backlash could leave you vulnerable

projections imposed upon you not only by perverse political enemies, but also by your own family or fellow citizens. Repel their darkness with words & actions that demonstrate brilliance, virtue, compassion . . . and no judgmental attitudes whatsoever.

to accusations that you have violated somebody’s civil rights. You must not demonstrate reckless, cavalier or autocratic attitudes towards enforcing & upholding the law. Consider undergoing “sensitivity training” strictly to inform you of issues that could potentially arise.

VIRGO - It is a potential health hazard for you to lose your temper. Therefore, keep conspicuous, and almost rude, distance from contentious strangers. Beware friendly conversations by adversaries designed to set you up to suffer a sudden “sucker punch” by a real sneak.

CAPRICORN - If you antagonize enormously wealthy, influential power brokers, then they will stop the flow of all cash to you, immediately, without warning. Don’t volunteer to be their “scapegoat” for such power brokers’ “political statements.”

AQUARIUS - Partners, rivals & adversaries respect all that

LIBRA - Political & professional enemies will revel in the artless guile & blunt crudity of their blackmail & whitemail – but you will quickly find a way, without breaking any laws or rules, to beat such creeps at their own game.

SCORPIO - Professional superiors & law enforcement officials will decide upon looking at you only once whether you are their favorite or their enemy.

Whichever it is, follow their instructions & the letter of the law perfectly, flawlessly & to that letter.

you have accomplished over time – but do you return their respect, or do you treat it with haughty disdain?

Become more collegial.

PISCES - Develop, then maintain, an arduous, daily workout regimen, incorporating Kundalini yoga, tai chi or a martial art. And don’t be obsessed with looking at yourself in the mirror; rather, gauge your mental faculties to discern whether or not your logical mind is working more clearly. ◗

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This 12-step program addresses all addictions and mental health recovery. Persons who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.

Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.

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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.

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St. Joseph’s/Candler will offer its last lectures of this series, a simple and fun nutritional lecture series to help participants increase their daily servings of fruits and vegetables.

On Aug. 31 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2 at Candler Heart and Lung Building and Sept. 6 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Meeting Room 2 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the final lecture, White for Wellness, will be presented. The cost is $10 per lecture. Preregistration is required. .Call 819-6463.

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Planned Parenthood Hotline

Page turners book group

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.

meets monthly to get the scoop on what other adults are reading at the Ogeechee Branch Library, 1820 Ogeechee Rd. Call 2321339.

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.

Stop Smoking 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. t

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

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.

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. 232-5488 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 orientation or class. For directions, call 354-1678 or 352-2134.

Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline

The Islands book group

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

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.

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

Lunch bunch book group

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

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

Inspirational book club

An open book discussion the fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble.

Participants can talk about any book.

Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans

The Unitarian Universalist Beloved Church will present this education curriculum for the fall season for young people from kindergarten through high school age, beginning Sunday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. at 143 Houston St. at the corner of Oglethrope and Houston. The seven-session, activity-filled program will examine peace, drawing from a number of religious teachings, including the Unitarian Universalists, the Buddhists and the Quakers, among others. Students will learn through crafts, songs, stories, individual and group projects, games and dramatic play.

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 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.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. 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.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On Aug. 21, the Rev. Suzanne Cole Wages will deliver the sermon May God...The Force Be With You. The church has moved to a temporary home at the Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. on Monterey Square. For more information, call Cleveland Beach, 429-7264, or send e-mail to uusav@aol.com or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. 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.

meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 652-3496.

Woodlawn United Methodist Church

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group

Women’s Bible Study

meets Sundays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East

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

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

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

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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.

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.

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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. Contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

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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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$130 Queen Mattress and box spring set. NEW in plastic.

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FURNITURE Elegant hand-carved cherry 4 poster bedroom set. Dresser w/tri view mirror, chest and nightstand, All wood, NEW. Still in boxes. List $4500. Sacrifice $1500.

Can deliver.

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KING SIZE-PILLOW MATTRESS SET King Mattress & springs, still in factory bags, new with warranty.

Can deliver. Sacrifice $225. 912-965-9652

PILLOW TOP MATTRESS A Brand NEW deluxe queen mattress and box spring set with warranty. Sill NEW in original factory bag. Sell $150.

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MATTRESS Full size plush set with box spring, new in plastic. Sell, $120. Can deliver.

Call 912-964-1494.

Complete Bedroom Set Gorgeous Sleigh bed with dresser and mirror.

Chest and nightstand.

Brand NEW, Still in boxes. Retail $2,000. Must Go at $850. Can Deliver.

912-313-2303

BEDROOM SET Cherr y & chrome, 5 piece set. All NEW. Still in boxes. Sacrifice. $600 Call 912-966-9937

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MATTRESS Full size plush set with box spring, new in plastic. Sell, $120. Can deliver.

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9 PIECE DINING ROOM Still NEW in original boxes. List $5k, Selling for $1000. Can deliver. 912964-1494

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PARKSIDE HISTORIC 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, formal LR, DR, office, eat-in kitchen, fireplaces, fenced yard, 2800 sq.ft. C H/A, heart of pine flooring throughout, near Daffin Park. Separate workshop/storage shed.

48th Street, $325,000.

Call 691-2859. E-mail: aek35@cornell.edu.

Eastside

FURNITURE Elegant hand-carved cherry 4 poster bedroom set. Dresser w/tri view mirror, chest and nightstand, All wood, NEW. Still in boxes. List $4500. Sacrifice $1500.

Can deliver.

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PILLOW TOP MATTRESS A Brand NEW deluxe queen mattress and box spring set with warranty. Sill NEW in original factory bag. Sell $150.

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Cars

Fender Bender?

Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks

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Oceanview Tybee Cottage Put on your flip-flops we’re going to the beach! Enjoy Tybee in the off season or as the locals would say “the in season� on relaxing Tybee Island in the original Tybee cottage.

Great place to spend the holidays with the family and friends.

Sleeps 11, OctoberMarch $1600 per week.

Call 912-898-9889

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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 $139,500.00.

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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.

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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.

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103 W. Broughton Street Prime retail space in excellent condition.

Approx. 1500 sq. ft.

High ceilings, high traffic and 2 blocks from Ellis Square. Alley access for loading. $469,000.

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Southern Living in Pooler!

Beautifully designed and decorated, this 3 BR 2 BA is ready to move in, with brand new kitchen and updated baths, and a 16 X 20 covered terrace for outdoor entertaining.

Home warranty included! $142,000.00 Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com * 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.

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Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six - 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District. Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each Alexander Grikitis 912-2201700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

518 East Henry Street A duplex in the Historic District close to SCAD. Newly re-done and ready to move in to. Two 2 bedroom, 1 bath units with W/D and all new appliances. In addition, this duplex has cedar closets, new carpet and parking in the rear. $235,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

407 East 34th Street Arts & Crafts details in this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Wood floors throughout, plaster walls and 4 fireplaces.

Located in an area of active restoration and growth. Great single family or convert to a duplex. $175,000 Alexander Grikitis 912220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

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212B WEST HALL STREET 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, totally electric. $850/mo.

Beautifully renovated 2BR/1BA Formal dining room, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, new bathroom & kitchen w/ceramic tile floors.

Seperate laundry room and private courtyard.

C/H/A, total electric, security system.

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513 East 36th Street A charming 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath cottage nestled near a park.

Offers the closeness of downtown without the price. Recently renovated kitchen and baths. Great for 1st time buyers or student rentals. $112,000 Alexander Grikitis 912220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

625 East 51st Street Ardsley Park bungalow within walking distance to Grayson Stadium, Savannah Arts Academy, and Charles Ellis. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Detached garage with electricity. Newly refinished wood floors throughout and fully updated kitchen and baths. $289,000 Alexander Grikitis 912220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

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912-352-2747 MIDTOWN 725 E. 48th St.- 3bd, 2ba, $1,200.00 2033 SKIDAWAY RD- 2bd, 1ba, $650.00

THUNDERBOLT 2918 WHATLEY- 4bd, 2 ba, $1,000.00 2806 WHATLEY AVE- 3bd, 2ba, $1,050.00

ISLANDS 308 PICKWICK ROAD- 3bd, 2ba, $ 1,200.00 4 TEAKWOOD RD- 3bd, 2ba, $1,375.00 127 PALMETTO BAY ROAD- 3bd, 2ba, $1,200.00 127 ST. ANDREWS WAY- 4bd, 2.5ba, $1,300.00 145 ROPEMAKER LANE- 3bd, 2ba, $975.00 105 FORESTAY CT- FURNSIHED- 3bd, 2ba, $1,000.00 110 SOUTH SHEFTALL- 3bd, 2ba, $1,100.00 1018 TARA- 3bd, 2ba, $1,200.00

SOUTHSIDE 129 RED FOX- 3bd, 2ba, $1,250.00 11 CUTLER DR- 3bd, 2 ba, $1,100.00 109 DOVETAIL-3bd, 2ba, $1,100.00

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302 LORCH STREET UNIT 201 Chic 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo, hardwood floors, stainless steel, appliances, granite countertops, upgrades, sec. system, secure gated parking. $1,000/mo.

550 EAST MCDONOUGH STREET Garden apartment. 1 bedroom 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen with refrigerator, dishwasher, stack washer and dryer, central heat and air, off street parking space. Avail. mid October. $650/mo 2514 WHITAKER STREET Renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. living room, kitchen with electric cooktop stove, heart pine floors, fresh paint. $1,000/mo 614 EAST DUFFY STREET Renovated deluxe 1870's Railroad Cottage.

2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, 1 bath with Jacuzzi tub 1 with claw foot tub, living room, porch, off street parking, IKEA kitchen with brand new appliances, washer/dryer. $875/mo. Visit website at www.vinoguru.com/duffyst.htm 445 JEFFERSON STREET 2 bedrooms, 1 bath apartment, furnished kitchen with dishwasher, built-in microwave, laundry room, stack washer and dryer, total electric. No pets. $825/mo.

2612 WHATLEY AVE. UNIT 11- 3bd, 2ba, $1,000.00

Reduced! Reduced!

Stop renting! 3 bedroom, 2bath double wide in sought after area, offers1680 sq.ft of living area, large lot , 1.61 acres, dining, and family rooms, home warranty and more. Call LaTrelle Pevey 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $79,999.

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527 EAST BROAD STREET 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath townhome, living room, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, central heating and air, decks on both levels. $1200/mo.

1534 MARCY CIRCLE- 3bd, 2ba, $825.00

705 WHITAKER STREET APARTMENT F 1 bedroom apartment with bonus room, off Forsyth Park, living room, dining room, washer and dryer connections, wood floors, Jacuzzi tub. Available mid October. $900/mo.

602 LINCOLN STREET Upper. 2 bedrooms, 2-1/2 bath apartment, living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen with JenAir stove, dishwasher, trash compactor, washer and dryer, fresh paint. $1,490/mo.

1312 LINCOLN STREET 3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, living room, alarm system, washer and dryer. $950/mo.

3602 MONTGOMERY STREET Renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex, central heat and air, washer and dryer connections, all new appliances, carpet with off street parking. $750/mo. (SCAD Students $650/mo.)

316 DRAYTON STREET 2 bedroom with bonus room, 1-1/2 bath, kitchen, living room, terrace, washer and dryer connections. $1,500/mo.

223 EAST JONES LANE 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath carriage house, open living room, kitchen area, washer and dryer, great location. No pets. $925/mo.

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328 Price Street Townhome in historic district between East Harris and Macon Street. Great Location.

2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, heartpine floors throughout, 4 fireplaces, washer, dryer, and refrigerator included. Fenced courtyard.

Excellent condition. $255,000.

(95176) Contact Rhondda.

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321 Drayton Street.

An oasis in the middle of downtown! 2 BR 1 BA condo with wide plank hardwood floors, fully furnished kitchen, large bath, 2 fireplaces, ample closet space and private courtyard! All appliances, including washer/dr yer, included. $210,000.00.

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 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.co*

518 East Duffy Street A beautiful newly redone home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Kitchen has a sub zero fridge, dishwasher, honed granite countertops and travertine floors.

The rest of the house has original heart of pine floors, plaster walls in good shape, and 3 fireplaces. W/D included. Currently rents for $1,000 month. $225,000 Alex Grikitis 912-220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

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1601 E 59 St Absolutely like brand new. Move in ready.

Totally remodeled brick home with very tasteful touches throughout. Offering 3 bedrooms, beautiful new bathrooms, tile floors, new carpets, and garage. Located on a very large private lot. Easy Living at just $145,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

107 Whitaker Street Just off Broughton Street. 4746 sq. ft. unfinished basement level with brick walls and high ceilings. Historic buildings, existing freight elevator shaft with rear alley.

Private entrance from Whitaker Street. $589,000. (94930) Contact Rhondda.

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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.co*

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907 East 40th Street Absolutely charming Baldwin Park Bungalow. Restored and offering 2 br., 1 ba, new metal roof, wood floors, spacious backyard for entertaining, fireplace and a welcoming front porch.

Move in today! Just $175,000.

101 W. Broughton Street Great space. 1187 sq. ft. Large 1 bedroom available with high ceilings. Class A hallways and entryway planned. Last one in the building. $299,000 (94766) Contact Rhondda.

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Horse Lovers Dream!

10 + acres, pond, tack room, field room, arena, 4 completed stalls with 4 more available.

Home has 3 beds/3baths and approx. 2300 sq. feet; 9 ft. ceilings, hardwood flooring, surround sound, screened back porch and custom cabinets in kitchen. All for only $309,900. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777.

H-4206 ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550

Great 3 bed/2 bath starter home in desirable Rincon neighborhood. Separate L.R., Den, and Country kitchen. Covered patio and large fenced yard. Call LaTrelle for your personal showing @658-7777 ERA Adams -Pevey Realty 826-2550 H4262 $115,900

Reduced! Reduced!

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 $79,000. Call LaTrelle 658-7777. H410 4 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550

Welcome to the Country! Build your new home in the peaceful country. 4 lots with acreage between 5.05 and 7.52 acres. in Register, Ga. , near Statesboro – Horses welcome - call today, don’t delay.

Prices range from $28,000 to $42,000.

Plats are available in the office.

LaTrelle Pevey @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 1005 East Waldburg Street Arts & Crafts FixerUpper With 2500sf and many original features, this could be a killer single family or rentable duplex !

Seller motivated and open to combo deal with 544 E. Waldburg! Sold "as-is." Offered at $1 29,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors.(912)7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com *.

544 East Waldburg Street Motivated Seller!

Looking for value in the Historic District?

Try this 2000sf Victorian with four double mantels on a subdividable double lot ! Potential combo deal w/ 1005 E. Waldburg .Sold "as-is." Offered at $19 9,000 .Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .*

514-516 East Bolton Street Renters Galore!

All four units of this Victorian quadplex are rented out for $2300/month total income, with 2-yr.-old roof, central heat/AC and a l arge buildable side lot! Offered at $399,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, MopperStapen, Realtors.

(912) 704-3545/2380874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .* 17 East Jones Street So Romantic!

This gorgeous 1850 townhouse has everything: beautiful floors, pocket doors, mantels, secret garden courtyard and high ceilings . It also acts like an investment property , with all four floors and separate carriage house metered separately with all new kitchens and systems. Offered at $1,950,000 .Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .* Carriage House for Rent Located at Historic Jones St. Cute Furnished 1BR/1BA, Central HVAC, Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer, 1 Off Street Parking. $1200/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000 *

Near Forsyth Park Large 1BR/1BA apartment, Central HVAC, new appliances, Washer/Dryer, Private Cour tyard, and Of f Street Parking. $750/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000 *

PARKSIDE DREAM 1223 Washington Ave $298,500 Overlook Daffin Park from the front porch of this recently renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Open and spacious rooms with original hardwood floors. Master suite includes entire 2nd level with space for office, seating area, includes view of the park, 2 walk-in closets, urinal for the men, and a huge Chicago glass shower. Won’t last long! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.*

TALAHI ISLAND 544 Suncrest Blvd. $350,000 Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on desireable Talahi Island. Freshly painted, wallpapered, and carpeted with a decorator’s eye. Ready to move in! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.*

Imagine you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action.

What’s the next step?

Once you’ve made your decision, you must make a written offer to purchase, a statement of your intentions to buy the home based on certain terms and conditions, at a specified price. Here's how it works.

An “offer to purchase” is a unilateral document that is not binding until accepted by the sellers. You may withdraw your offer at any time prior to written acceptance by the sellers and delivery of the accepted

EASTERN VICTORIAN DISTRICT 924 East Park Avenue $250,000 Grand single family home in active area of restoration. A lot of original detail ready for some TLC to be brought back to its original beauty. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.* Duplex Deal - 1113 East Park Ave. "Two" 2BR/1BA units ready for renovation. Live in one side while you rent the other. Situated on a double lot in an active area of renovation. Asking $75,000 Call Lori Judge 484-1514

Super Floor Plan 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Includes extra lot. Midtown 2864 sq. ft. heated. 2 car garage &breezeway. $359,000 Asking price.

Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912351-0510 or 912-2245200 * 307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream.

Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof!

Reduced to $249,000.

Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com *

27 E 55th Large Ardsley home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Open floor plan is great for entertaining, wonderful kitchen with Italian cabinets,Silestone counters, and stainless steel appliances.

Master suite with private sunroom and bath. Only $329,000.

Call Lisa Moore 4419314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com * 18 E 41st Starland Design Dis trict Classic Victorian beauty with fully restored exterior in area of high interest and active restoration and new construction.

Original details abound including restored standing seam roof, and heart pine floors. Buyer to complete interior.

Call Lisa at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.co m * 730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in Ardsley for less! Adorable 3 bedroom bungalow with all the details such as wood floors, high ceilings and front porch.

This one even has off street parking, a garage, and wonderful courtyard with fountain. A little love and care will make this bungalow fabulous!

Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com *

Traditional Park Home!

717 East 56th Street. $235,000.

Lovely renovation within walking distance to Hull Park. Offering high ceilings, hardwood floors, built-in bookcases, gas fireplace, energy ef ficient upgrades, large deck, fenced yard, Koi pond and more. Ready to move-in and make yourself at home!

Christi Oates, Celia Dunn Realty, 912-6955945.

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Need to sell? Needs TLC? Call today.

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Lots/Acreage VICTORIAN DISTRICTVacant Land! 510 East Anderson Street. $55,000. Here is your opportunity to build new in the up and coming East Victorian District. Walking distance to SCAD buildings, shopping and restaurants. Christi Oates, Celia W. Dunn Realty, 912-695-5945.

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LEGACY SQUARE 171 Parkview Road $185,000 Just like new home with many upgrades in desirable neighborhood. 4 bedrooms, 21/2 baths, separate living and dining rooms, 2 car garage, and huge backyard.

Call Lori Judge, 4841514.*

307 Briarcliff Circle Windsor Forest Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room. Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems.

Some furnishings for sale. Call Betty Stevenson at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.*

document back to you.

An "offer" defines four primary points: 1) purchase price, 2) terms under which you will make payment, 3) date of possession, and 4) a “closing” date when the transaction will be completed. You may also spell out other terms of your purchase, such as a request for a survey, or requirement that certain repairs be made prior to closing. Sometimes, the offer is not acceptable to the sellers.They may make changes in the offer , and make a "counter-offer," which would then require acceptance by the purchasers.

Once all parties have signed, indicating their accord, the document becomes a binding "agreement of sale." From then on, the agreement is carried out by all parties to reach a successful conclusion.

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Lots of people like to go through model homes. Some go to “dream of the day when”, others go to look for interior decorating ideas and to see what's new, and the rest are there to buy a new home.

You might think that the sales person is there just to sell you a home. But the sales representative should be considered as resource of information on the home, development and the area. Besides the question of “how much does it cost?,” and “when can we move in?,” here are some other questions to note the answers to:

14 Earl Court Savannah $115,900 Well maintained home with lots of living space, large kitchen, & separate dining as well as covered patio in rear area addition. Ceiling fans in most rooms. Large Cul-desac with fenced yard. Call Dianne Kessler 663-2417

5917 ACL Blvd Savannah $ 158,450 Great family home 3BD, 2BA, large fenced in yard, and large mastersuite. Over 1,700sq ft. with many more extras.

Call Sherrene Sears 306-9405

130 Tibet Avenue Commercial Opportunity Savannah $ 800,000 Almost 2 acres zoned RM 25. Approx. 16,000 sq. ft. Great potential for legal, medical, personal care. Call Sam Simowitz 655-0852

32 Cross Creek Drive Pooler $ 178,500 Lovely 3BD/2BA home with all appliances. Featuring dining RM, fireplace, 2-car garage, & large deck in private backyard. Call Belinda Davis 508-3840

Will the builder give you references of recent buyers/occupants?

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You have a right to and need to ask every question that you think is important. A little research with the neighbors is also a good idea.

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Bonaventure Bungalow Charismatic Bonaventure bungalow offering 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, with many original details, built-in bookcase, hardwood floors, high ceilings, two gas fireplaces, detached workshop, and expansive garden with fountain and Koi pond. Adjacent lot included. Asking price is $205,000. For more information or to schedule a showing, contact Christi Oates, 695-5945, www.ChristiOates.com.

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Does the builder have a financing plan established?

Are there options in the floor plan -- can a basement or deck be added?, etc.

Can a room such as the basement be left unfinished?

How much “customizing” can be done versus standard features?

Can appliances be up- or down-graded?

Are there any additional fees relating to the home or development?

Does the builder offer a warranty program?

Does the price include landscaping? and what if the plants die within a year?

Are there any restrictive covenants?

What are the estimated taxes on the property?

How is the school system rated?

Are day care and grocery stores convenient and satisfactory?

What about emergency facilities--police, fire department and hospitals?

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Sun Coast Realty Bringing Sunshine To Your Real Estate Needs The GRAND Opening Of:

Sun Coast Realty Located at 820 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401 Residential, commercial and management of properties

Rhondda Netherton 912 507-9800 and 341-8005 rhonddane@comcast.net

OWN THE WORLD 14 E. 73rd $455,000 Half an acre of prime commericial space in Savannah’s heaviest traffic area of 50,000 cars per day. Also includes 2500 sq. ft. building and 60 ft. globe great for advertising vehicle. A lot of opportunity. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

Eastside Commercial Building 2,600 + sq. feet. Great location. Front and back access, large bay with overhead door. Offices and baths.Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-3510510 or 912-224-5200.

Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size. Priced to sell at $30,000. Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200 Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive.

Priced at $60,000.

Make an offer. Call Betty with Prudentialfor tax info and showing at 912-351-0510 or 912224-5200

SUPER TYPE Make your classified ad stand out for only $2.00 extra a week. Sell it fast with a bold headline in Super Type!

Call 238-2040.*

Tybee Island Year round lease for $1100 - walk to the beach and enjoy this 3 bedroom/2 bath condo.

2 level townhome located on the North Side of Tybee. Call Sun coast Realty 3 41-8005 or 507-9800*.

515 East Huntingdon Street Only $1100 per month for this 3 bedroom/2 bath victorian home with a fenced courtyard.

Pets ok with a deposit.

Call Sun coast realty 912 341-8005 or 5079800 * Furnished Carriage House For Rent Located at Historic Jones St. Cute 1 BR/1 BA, Central HVAC, Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer, 1 Off Street Parking. $ 12 0 0 / m o n t h C a l l Judge Realty 236-1000 Starland District Large 3 BR / 1 BA Apartment, Central HVAC, Washer/Dryer, Private Balcony. $850/month Includes Water.

Call Judge Realty 236-1000 48TH STREET 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, formal LR, DR, office, eat-in kitchen, fireplaces, fenced yard, 2800 sq.ft., C H/A, W/D, lots of appliances, heart of pine floors throughout, great family neighborhood. $1600/monthly plus utilities. Call 912-247-0415 or e-mail nrkpeace@ yahoo.com.

3br, 1ba Ardsley park, 132 E. 48th. 1700 sqft. with living room, dining room, and sun room, includes washer/dryer. $1275 monthly. call 9125 47-3960 or E-mail pd132@comcast.net

FOUR STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 912897-3138 PETS NEGOTIABLE-SAVANNAH GORDONSTON 1840 Skidaway Road 2br/1ba, upstairs apartment, private entrance, CH&A, off street parking, $700.

BRADLEY POINT SOUTH 113 Briana Circle, 3br/2ba/2 car garage.

With Amenities, $1100.

STONELAKE SUBDIVISION 21 Stonelake Circle.

Townhome with 2br/2ba, $800.

RICHMOND HILL MAINSTREET SUBDIVISION 285 Ivey Street.

3bd/2ba, 2 car garage, $1000 MELROSE SUBDIVISION 45 Miner Drive.

3br/2ba, 1 car garage.

Updated home, $1100.

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GODLEY PARK SUBDIVISION 3bd/2ba and detached garages. With amenities. from $950 to $1100.

Move-in discounts available.

3br/1ba, 7 room, second floor aptm. w/ porch, HVAC, stove, refrig.,d/w,disposal,W/D., convienent downtaown location, pets considered.

2br/2ba Cottage,deluxe renovation 2004, new HBAC, downtown location, D/W, stove,fridge, washer/dryer hookup, pets considered, call 912-233-0413 for Appt. or E-Mail RBURGESS@BESTTRANSLATION.COM for info.

Apartments For Rent Tybee Island, 3 bedrooms/2 baths, pool $1100-year round lease!

Contact R. Netherton @ Sun Coast Realty.

507-9800 Historic District - 515 E Huntingdon St. Free standing home with 2 bedrooms, walk in closet, big kitchen, fireplaces, hear tpine floors! $1200. Call Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 Historic District - 2 bedroom townhome totally furnished with utilities included, cable tv, washer/dryer and full service kitchen. Rhondda @ Sun coast Realty 507-9800 Tybee Island, steps from the beach. WWW.tybeecoquinacottage.co m Daily, weekly or monthly rentals starting as low as 575 a week, 1250 per month. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths.

507-9800 138 W. 51st Street.

Newly renovated triplex, across SCAD's Montgomery Hall Bldg. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, Bonus Room, LR, kitchen, washer/dr yer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, Courtyard & offstreet parking $750/month And 1Bedroom, 1Bath for $500/month Contact: 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020 fvenetico@hotmail.com Spacious downtown apar tment for rent.

Front and back porches, washer & dr yer hookup, off-street parking, cour tyard and MUCH more.

Must See! Please call 912-247-8164.

3 bedroom, 1 bath, large balcony, $1000.

598-5080 or 484-3986.

HISTORIC DISTRICT NIcely appointed, completely furnished 1 bedroom carriage house apartment with security system, in garage parking space, skylight. All utilities paid including local phone and basic cable. Short term or lease. Call 238-3171 for details.

VICTORIAN DISTRICT Large 2000 sqft 2-bedroom, 2-bath Luxur y apartment. 3-fireplaces, stained glass, screened porch, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, water included. Ver y large Master bedroom w/walk-in closet. Too many features to mention! $950/month.

Available September 1st. Call 912-233-5246.

DOWNTOWN APARTMENT Multiple 1,2,3 Bedroom apartments available.

August-September. $650-$775 per month.

Located Landmark Historic, Victorian and Thomas Square districts. All central heat/air, new appliances, washer/dryer, fenced yard or courtyard, refinished hardwood floors, window treatment, decorator colors, tall ceilings, great natural light and historic details.

Some with of f-street parking and water included. Pets welcome.

Contact: 912-234-5219, prodigalproperties@ yahoo.com.

138 W. 51st Street Newly renovated triplex, across SCAD’s Montgomery Hall Bldg.

2 bedroom, 1 bath, bonus room, living room, kitchen, washer/dr yer, hardwood floors, central heat & air, courtyard & offstreet parking, $750/month.

ALSO 1 bedroom, 1 bath for $500/month.

Contact 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020.

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1 bedroom & bath with loft. Approx. 1000 sq ft.

Common area W/D. Parking available $900/month.

Call Wendy 236-0593.

HISTORIC DISTRICT 1310 E. HENRY ST. Four Units Available 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments, 1200 sqft, separate living room, dining room.

Completely remodeled with Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dr yer furnished, dishwasher, fireplace, kitchens by Ikea. Off-street parking, 6-month to one-year leases. $795/month William 912-412-5517 or Lazaro @ 912-272-0382.

SUPER TYPE Make your classified ad stand out for only $2.00 extra a week. Sell it fast with a bold headline in Super Type!

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Rooms For Rent SPACE AVAILABLE FOR MASSAGE THERAPIST Rent room on Montgomer y Cross Roads near Waters.

Table and linens provided.

For more information, call 912.786.5005

Roommates Wanted MALE ROOMMATE NEEDED Looking for a male roommate in early to mid-20’s to share downtown townhouse/expenses with on Jones St. Smoking and drinking OK. No pets. $600 covers 1/2 rent and utilities.

Starting September 1st.

Serious Inquiries Only.

912-572-3149.

SUPER TYPE Make your classified ad stand out for only $2.00 extra a week. Sell it fast with a bold headline in Super Type!

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ROOMMATE WANTED WILMINGTON ISLAND Just remodeled. Just minutes to Tybee and Downtown. Condo is poolside and has tennis cour ts. $500/month includes all utilities. Available Now. Student Ok, no drugs.

Call 912-657-1919.

ROOMATE WANTED to share fully furnished 2-bedroom house in historic district . washer dryer, high speed internet, utilities included. $500monthly. call Tracy at (912)5083027

Commercial Rentals STUDIO/OFFICE SPACE in the Historic District Two Large and light filled rooms with a full bath and new kitchen in a cool mansion on H u n t i n g d o n .

Hardwood floors, high ceilings, fireplaces and charming details.

Could be one huge studio or shared. $1110/month includes water and off-street

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One bedroom apartment in a mansion on Huntingdon. High ceilings, hardwood floors, new kitchen, charming details. $1100/monthly includes water and WIFI. Call 912-232-4750.

LARGE 1-BEDROOM 1-bath apartment overlooking Baldwin Park.

Hardwood floors,large walk in closet,$650 month. 231-9661

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Corner Broughton/ Montgomery St. New luxury apartments. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, approx. 1,500 sq ft. All appliances & w/d included. A must see, $1,500/month. Parking available. Call Wendy 236-0593.

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Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 garage home close to South Effingham schools. Huge lot.

Open great room which creates great light and comfortable feel. Call Mike @ 429-3431 for details and private showing.

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Horse Lovers Dream!

10 + acres, pond, tack room, field room, arena, 4 completed stalls with 4 more available.

Home has 3 beds/3baths and approx. 2300 sq. feet; 9 ft. ceilings, hardwood flooring, surround sound, screened back porch and custom cabinets in kitchen. All for only $309,900. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777.

H-4206 ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550

Great 3 bed/2 bath starter home in desirable Rincon neighborhood. Separate L.R., Den, and Country kitchen. Covered patio and large fenced yard. Call LaTrelle for your personal showing @658-7777 ERA Adams -Pevey Realty 826-2550 H4262 $115,900

Reduced! Reduced!

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 $79,000. Call LaTrelle 658-7777. H410 4 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550

Welcome to the Country! Build your new home in the peaceful country. 4 lots with acreage between 5.05 and 7.52 acres. in Register, Ga. , near Statesboro – Horses welcome - call today, don’t delay.

Prices range from $28,000 to $42,000.

Plats are available in the office.

LaTrelle Pevey @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 1005 East Waldburg Street Arts & Crafts FixerUpper With 2500sf and many original features, this could be a killer single family or rentable duplex !

Seller motivated and open to combo deal with 544 E. Waldburg! Sold "as-is." Offered at $1 29,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors.(912)7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com *.

544 East Waldburg Street Motivated Seller!

Looking for value in the Historic District?

Try this 2000sf Victorian with four double mantels on a subdividable double lot ! Potential combo deal w/ 1005 E. Waldburg .Sold "as-is." Offered at $19 9,000 .Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .*

514-516 East Bolton Street Renters Galore!

All four units of this Victorian quadplex are rented out for $2300/month total income, with 2-yr.-old roof, central heat/AC and a l arge buildable side lot! Offered at $399,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, MopperStapen, Realtors.

(912) 704-3545/2380874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .* 17 East Jones Street So Romantic!

This gorgeous 1850 townhouse has everything: beautiful floors, pocket doors, mantels, secret garden courtyard and high ceilings . It also acts like an investment property , with all four floors and separate carriage house metered separately with all new kitchens and systems. Offered at $1,950,000 .Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopperstapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com .* Carriage House for Rent Located at Historic Jones St. Cute Furnished 1BR/1BA, Central HVAC, Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer, 1 Off Street Parking. $1200/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000 *

Near Forsyth Park Large 1BR/1BA apartment, Central HVAC, new appliances, Washer/Dryer, Private Cour tyard, and Of f Street Parking. $750/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000 *

PARKSIDE DREAM 1223 Washington Ave $298,500 Overlook Daffin Park from the front porch of this recently renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Open and spacious rooms with original hardwood floors. Master suite includes entire 2nd level with space for office, seating area, includes view of the park, 2 walk-in closets, urinal for the men, and a huge Chicago glass shower. Won’t last long! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.*

TALAHI ISLAND 544 Suncrest Blvd. $350,000 Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on desireable Talahi Island. Freshly painted, wallpapered, and carpeted with a decorator’s eye. Ready to move in! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.*

Imagine you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action.

What’s the next step?

Once you’ve made your decision, you must make a written offer to purchase, a statement of your intentions to buy the home based on certain terms and conditions, at a specified price. Here's how it works.

An “offer to purchase” is a unilateral document that is not binding until accepted by the sellers. You may withdraw your offer at any time prior to written acceptance by the sellers and delivery of the accepted

EASTERN VICTORIAN DISTRICT 924 East Park Avenue $250,000 Grand single family home in active area of restoration. A lot of original detail ready for some TLC to be brought back to its original beauty. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.* Duplex Deal - 1113 East Park Ave. "Two" 2BR/1BA units ready for renovation. Live in one side while you rent the other. Situated on a double lot in an active area of renovation. Asking $75,000 Call Lori Judge 484-1514

Super Floor Plan 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Includes extra lot. Midtown 2864 sq. ft. heated. 2 car garage &breezeway. $359,000 Asking price.

Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912351-0510 or 912-2245200 * 307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream.

Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof!

Reduced to $249,000.

Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com *

27 E 55th Large Ardsley home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Open floor plan is great for entertaining, wonderful kitchen with Italian cabinets,Silestone counters, and stainless steel appliances.

Master suite with private sunroom and bath. Only $329,000.

Call Lisa Moore 4419314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com * 18 E 41st Starland Design Dis trict Classic Victorian beauty with fully restored exterior in area of high interest and active restoration and new construction.

Original details abound including restored standing seam roof, and heart pine floors. Buyer to complete interior.

Call Lisa at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.co m * 730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in Ardsley for less! Adorable 3 bedroom bungalow with all the details such as wood floors, high ceilings and front porch.

This one even has off street parking, a garage, and wonderful courtyard with fountain. A little love and care will make this bungalow fabulous!

Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com *

Traditional Park Home!

717 East 56th Street. $235,000.

Lovely renovation within walking distance to Hull Park. Offering high ceilings, hardwood floors, built-in bookcases, gas fireplace, energy ef ficient upgrades, large deck, fenced yard, Koi pond and more. Ready to move-in and make yourself at home!

Christi Oates, Celia Dunn Realty, 912-6955945.

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Lots/Acreage VICTORIAN DISTRICTVacant Land! 510 East Anderson Street. $55,000. Here is your opportunity to build new in the up and coming East Victorian District. Walking distance to SCAD buildings, shopping and restaurants. Christi Oates, Celia W. Dunn Realty, 912-695-5945.

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LEGACY SQUARE 171 Parkview Road $185,000 Just like new home with many upgrades in desirable neighborhood. 4 bedrooms, 21/2 baths, separate living and dining rooms, 2 car garage, and huge backyard.

Call Lori Judge, 4841514.*

307 Briarcliff Circle Windsor Forest Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room. Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems.

Some furnishings for sale. Call Betty Stevenson at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.*

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518 East Duffy Street A beautiful newly re-done home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Kitchen has a sub zero fridge, dishwasher, honed granite countertops and travertine floors. The rest of the house has original heart of pine floors, plaster walls in good shape, and 3 fireplaces.

W/D included. $225,000 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700 John Giles 912.220.1667

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625 East 51st Street Ardsley Park bungalow within walking distance to Grayson Stadium, Savannah Arts Academy, and Charles Ellis. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Detached garage with electricity. Newly refinished wood floors throughout and fully updated kitchen and baths. $289,000 John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700

206-208 West Henry Street Circa 1900. An ideal investment opportunity! Located in an area of revitalization across from the SCAD Henry Street Campus. 8 beds/4 baths. Very little needs to be done to make this property move-in ready. Priced at $350,000. Roy Hill 844.4000

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518 East Henry Street A duplex in the Historic District close to SCAD. Newly re-done and ready to move in to. Two 2 bedroom, 1 bath units with W/D and all new appliances. In addition, this duplex has cedar closets, new carpet and parking in the rear. $235,000 John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700

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15 W. Jones Street 1850’s Row House, with carriage house. Currently rented as apartments, this is a unique opportunity to create a signature property on Savannah ’s most prestigious street. $875,000. Roy Hill 912-844-4000.

525 Howard Street Rare find! Just a half block from the fountain at Forsyth Park. 2 bed/ 3.5 bath townhouse. Hardwoods throughout, fireplace, laundry room, walk-in closets, tiered patio/deck.

Kitchen totally redesigned and under construction. Priced at $314,900. Roy Hill 912.844.4000

315 E. Liberty Street Savannah, GA 31401

Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six - 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District. Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.

Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700

Park Place on Park Avenue Four condos located in an historic building close to Forsyth Park, SCAD and shopping. Currently undergoing renovation, available August 2005. $174,000 to $177,000 each Roy Hill 912-844-4000 ONLY 2 LEFT!

1007 Juanita Street Great remodeled Whitemarsh Island home.

3 bed/2 bath. 1600 +/- square feet with garage and work/playroom additions. Large eat-in kitchen, ceramic floors, built-in bookcases. Large yard with privacy fence and custom playhouse and shed. $1,500 carpeting allowance. Priced at $205,000. Linda Bray 912.507.8500

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616 E. 58th Street Newly Renovated, 3 bedroom/1 Bath Home. Attached Garage, back deck, sunroom, Fenced in back yard, New Appliances (comes w/ W/D) $235,000 John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700

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