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Picnic in the Park What: Enjoy orchestra music in a picnic setting. Picnic registration is from 4-5:30 p.m. and judging begins at 5:30 p.m. The pre-show entertainment begins at 4 p.m. and will feature the Skyelight Jazz Band, Savannah Arts Academy Orchestra, Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra and more. The Picnic in the Park Orchestra with Conductor Neil Casey will begin playing at 7:30 p.m. When: Saturday, Oct. 8. Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free. Call: 651-6417.
Thursday Oct. 6
Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series
Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival
First Friday at Starland Design District What: In the Starland Gallery, Tug of War features work by artists who attempt to unravel the consequences of political conflict. When: Oct. 7, 6-10 p.m. Where: Starland Arts Collaborative, 2428 Bull St.
Thoroughly Modern Millie What: The winner of six Tony awards. When: Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre. Cost: $30-$47. Call: 651-6556.
Dreadful Pestilence (thru October) What: This living history program dramatizes Savannah’s 1820 yellow fever epidemic. When: Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 7:30 and 8:45 p.m. Where: Isaiah Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. Cost: $10 in advance for adults, $5 in advance children ages 8-17, or $15 at the time of the performance. Not appropriate for children under 8. Call: 236-8097 or email jcredle@savbusiness.net.
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What: The 226th anniversary commemoration will feature hourly hands-on demonstrations of military life during the Revolutionary War and activities for children. When: Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 9 at 7 a.m. Where: Battlefield Park Site, intersection of MLK Jr. Boulevard and Louisville Road, on Saturday, and the Savannah History Week at a Glance Sponsored by: Museum parking lot on Sunday. Cost: Free. Call: 6516895.
What: Play based on the Caldecott Award-winning book Many Moons by James Thurber. All ages will enjoy this uplifting tale which focuses on Princess Lenore, who becomes very ill as a result of a mysterious longing. Her doting father promises her the moon when she requests it, only to discover the impossibility of actually getting it. A perfect first-time theater experience for any child. When: Saturday and Sunday Oct. 8 and 9 at 3 p.m. Where: Black Box Theatre at SPACE, 9 W. Henry St. between Bull and Whitaker. Cost: $5. Call: 651-6783 for reservations.
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Sunday Oct. 9
What: The stylists of the B Street Salon, Greener Grass Salon, Liberty 6 Salon and Salon De La Vita have joined forces to raise money for hurricane relief. Good eats and live music also are planned, There will be a boutique with items from local businesses and face painting, nail painting and more. All proceeds will benefit the Red Cross. When: Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: 2517 Abercorn. The event will cover an entire block at 42nd and Drayton.
Premiere of Kilowatt Ours What: This documentary was created by Jeff Barrie. It follows him on a search for solutions to the most urgent environmental Where: The Sentient problems of our day. When: Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.W Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Call: 232-4447.
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What: A discussion of Flannery O’Connor’s story The Life You Save May Be Your Own will take place at three different locations. When: Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Where: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St.; E. Shaver Fine Books, 326 Bull St.; and The Landings. (Call 598-1254 for location.)
Century Players Present Spring Silenced What: Leonard Au Clair and Muriel Maida will present the works of Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson and Michael Moore. With music by Diane. When: Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Call: 232-4447.
Holocaust Remembrance Lecture
Tuesday Oct. 11
What: Jerry Fowler, staff director of the Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will present Creating a Community of Conscience: Holocaust Remembrance and Contemporary Genocide. When: Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.
AASU Wind Ensemble in Concert When: Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Call: 927-5381.
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What: The film stars Chuck Connors, TV’s The Rifleman, and Tanya Roberts of That 70s Show and The Beastmaster. When: Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Call: 232-4447. ◗
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What: An array of entertainment and educational offerings, plus forums, seminars and field trips for bird watchers. Visit www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org for a complete schedule and registration information. When: Oct. 7-9. Where: Jekyll Island Convention Center. Call: 1-877-4JEKYLL.
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What: Arts, crafts, antiques and all things pirate can be found at the Thieves’ Market. Children’s activities and a treasure hunt, plus a pirate’s costume bash. A parade will be held Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. All entries pirate themed. When: Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Various locations around Tybee. Call: 220-3428 or visit www.tybeepiratefest.com.
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What: Col Francis C. Kajencki, U.S. Army (Ret.) will discuss The Intrepid Warrior: Casimir Pulaski Fights for American Liberty. This is the fourth in a series of lectures about the Revolutionary War that are being sponsored by the Coastal Heritage Society. When: Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. Where: Savannah History Museum Theater, 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in the Visitors Center. Cost: Free. Call: Krystal Kornegay at 651-2249 or kkornegay@chsgeorgia.org to RSVP.
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“WE’RE NOT GOING TO VIOLATE anybody’s rights here,” is the first thing Savannah Police Capt. Richard Zapal says to the group of uniform and undercover officers gathered at 8 p.m. one recent Friday night in the briefing room on Oglethorpe Avenue. Capt. Zapal is preparing the thirty or so officers from various local law enforcement agencies for another citywide “jumping corners” operation, designed both to make arrests and to promote police visibility. The tactic is simple: An unmarked van drives up to a group of people congregating in a high crime area. At a signal, the back door of the van opens and 8-10 police swarm onto the block. The reasoning is also simple, almost childishly so: If you run away, you’re probably up to no good. “If they scatter like cockroaches like they usually do and some get away, we’ll get the puppies and go down the back trails to see if they dropped anything,” Capt. Zapal says. The “puppies” are a Savannah Police dog primarily trained to detect drugs and a Sheriff’s Department dog primarily trained to detect explosives and guns. Though local police have done such large-scale operations without dogs in the past, the K9 officers and their four-legged partners take the operations to a whole new level. The only hitch in the plan tonight is the unavailability of the usual unmarked bus. “Somebody broke it,” Capt. Zapal jokes. To compensate, the police do what you or I would do in a similar situation: “We rented a truck from Budget,” Capt. Zapal says, almost sheepishly. He figures the Budget truck will be good for two hours, max, before word gets out on the street -- “faster than the Internet,” as one cop puts it -- and the element of surprise is lost. “We’re going to hit all the corners we hit last time and then some,” Capt. Zapal concludes his briefing. “We’re not looking for arrests, but we’ll make some arrests. Let’s make good use of the helicopter and the dogs. That’s what we’ve got them for.”
I will be riding along this night in an unmarked car driven by Sgt. David Gay, head of the Savannah Police robbery division. Looking more like a young Navy officer than a veteran detective, Sgt. Gay’s youthful, clean-cut look belies his years of experience on the force. His job tonight -- along with several other unmarked units -- is to circle the periphery of the target area. He’s there to support the raid and block off avenues of escape, but it’s also crucial that he not get too close to the Budget truck and give the game away. The first stop is a gathering of young black males at Waldberg and East Broad. While it’s true that every single area targeted this night will be heavily African-American, it’s just as true that a high proportion of the officers “jumping corners” are also black. The Savannah Police K9 officer, for example, is African-American himself.
If you were so inclined, you could make a case that these operations unfairly target black citizens; but you cannot make the case that they are purely white-on-black efforts. As usual, Sgt. Gay and I never see the cops swarm out of the Budget truck; we will always arrive moments later.
Approaching the scene on foot, I see what will become the pattern for the evening: Lone black men, separated from their friends by at least 20 feet, being spoken to by lone police officers -- some uniformed, some not. But this is no “Cops” episode. The police do not bark or threaten or humiliate or gang up. In fact, I never hear them so much as raise their voices. “There’s no point trying to intimidate people,” Sgt. Gay explains. “Some of these guys may have been in prison five or ten years. There’s nothing we can do that will intimidate them.” In each one-on-one encounter, spaced out of earshot of the others, the officers politely but persistently ask questions. Not only are they eliciting information from the men, they sometimes lie to them in order to get that information. “Police don’t have to always tell you the truth,” explains police spokesman Bucky Burnsed, citing a Supreme Court ruling. “Just because a cop may lie to you and say, ‘Your buddy told me the dope was yours,’ doesn’t mean you can tell that cop a lie. The burden is still on you to always tell the truth.” I will notice throughout the evening that it’s usually the same officers having these one-onone curbside chats. “Some officers are just better at communicating than others,” Sgt. Gay explains. “And some officers are better at straight-up enforcement, like traffic officers.” The key, he says, is to establish a rapport with the suspect. He reiterates that police abuse of citizens is not only bad PR, it’s also a Uniformed police take their positions in readiness to ‘jump corners’ very ineffective way to get information.
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the middle of the street, cuffing him. His cellphone clatters across the pavement. I immediately feel sorry for the suspect, a black male in his mid-40s, clean-cut and casually but attentively dressed. He appears to be a regular working man, I think to myself, probably with a family at home -- hardly someone who deserves this rough treatment at the hands of the police. But by the time I walk the 30 feet to the scene, police have already found a crack pipe in his truck. The next step is to look for the drugs the police are sure he’s thrown in the lane. They don’t even need a dog for this. Within a few minutes police have found a baggie in the tall grass in the lane, containing a few rocks of crack and some powder cocaine. “That’s a big bag,” Sgt. Gay says. “If we’re lucky it’ll be over 28 grams. If it comes in over 28 grams we can charge him with intent to distribute.” As the man is being put in a police car to go to jail, Bucky Burnsed En route to our next motions me over to the corner, there’s a now-abandoned truck, change in plan: An which will have to be officer is trying to initowed. tiate a traffic stop of a “Look at this,” he pickup truck driving smiles, pointing to a sheet away from a known of paper in the cab of the drug hotspot. pickup truck. The truck is driving It’s one of Burnsed’s in a downtown lane, own Savannah Police which is illegal and press releases, titled therefore “probable “Tips on How to Avoid cause” to justify a Being a Crime Victim.” pullover. The chase is It’s funny in that on. cynical sort of way We’re several blocks common to cops and away when we hear the journalists, and we all get call on the radio. Sgt. a kick out of that piece of Gay guns his unmarked Sgt. David Gay paper. car and we quickly But later on it just head east. Looking to makes me feel sorry for my right, I see other unmarked units conthe guy again. I can’t quite put my finger verging in the same direction down other on it. side streets. Sgt. Gay turns south on Harmon, and Next we will jump a corner in the Fred within seconds the pickup truck exits the Wessels project -- or “public housing community,” as police insist on calling it. lane and heads right for us. Behind it is a As usual, Sgt. Gay and I arrive immedimarked police car, lights flashing. Several ately after the swarming from the Budget unmarked Crown Victorias appear in my truck. A group of black males is being peripheral vision as we close head-on separated and interrogated near a white with the pickup truck. car. The driver of the truck, realizing the On the hood of the car a plastic cup game is up, slams on brakes well before with a small amount of liquor sits on top we close with him. The officers in the of a pack of playing cards with the marked unit behind him leap from their Oglethorpe Club’s logo. One and fivecar, guns drawn, yelling at him to get out. dollar bills are scattered for several feet This is as close as we’ll get to a around the car. “Cops” episode tonight. As the man exits the truck, the cops grab him and throw him down -- hard -- in continued on page 8
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While the young men are kept separated, the drug dog is brought in to sniff the car the men were hanging around. Amazingly, the dog will find traces of drug residue in every single vehicle I see it sniff this evening. Every one, without exception. Still, only a single drug arrest will be made the entire night. Why? “The dog just knows it smells drugs,” Burnsed explains. “It doesn’t know who had them or when.” Indeed, these cops this evening are keenly aware that unless their case is airtight, it is unlikely to result in a conviction and will just waste everyone’s time. “An arrest is only the first step of the law enforcement process,” Sgt. Gay says. “That’s a lesson a lot of cops have to learn the hard way. It’s very important that an officer be able to articulate his case in front of a judge, otherwise a good defense attorney can make you look really bad.”
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In the minute or so since the cops “This you, man?” the cop asks. swarmed out of the truck, a large crowd The young man, 19 or 20 years of Fred Wessels residents has already old, breaks out into a grin and walks gathered to watch the show. up to the cop as the crowd laughs. It’s actually a wholesome family “Yeah, that’s me, but you know, I scene, with surprisingly little tension in wasn’t gonna say nothin’,” he says. the air. Children play boisterously, “You wasn’t gonna say nothin’?” parents calmly converse on cellphones, the cop repeats, laughing. babies coo and cry. “I didn’t know what was goin’ on Circling overhead is the Savannah up in here, you know, so I didn’t say police helicopter, with its blinding, nothin’.” intense searchlight that can light up an I ask Sgt. Gay why the young entire city block. It’s not quite like dayman isn’t in a heap of trouble for not light, as police PR likes to claim, but the claiming his car. chopper’s searchlight does enable us to “We didn’t actually ask him if it see quite comfortably at 10 p.m. on this was his car, so technically he didn’t dark street. have to tell us anything,” Sgt. Gay “There goes our night vision,” jokes a says. “If we had asked him directly cop. and he lied about it, that’s a different The drug dog has found residue matter.” somewhere in the back of the car. Of Another man, probably in his late course, no one is claiming ownership of 20s, feels comfortable in the vehicle. approaching the white car now that “Ordinarily we would ask the owner if police know who it belongs to. He we can search the car,” Burnsed says. “If reaches for the half-empty cup of they say no, then we don’t. But no one is liquor still sitting on the hood. The Savannah Police drug-sniffing dog in the front seat of owning up to whose car this is, so we “That yours?” an undercover cop the vehicle pulled over at Harmon and Waldberg can consider it abandoned and search it says. all we want.” “Hey, it’s in a plastic cup,” the “Hey, man,” the cop says, a smile As cops remove the car’s backseat to man smiles. beginning to form on his face. search for what they hope are the drugs “You can only have to-go cups in The officer looks down at the photo, the dog sniffed, an undercover officer certain areas,” the cop answers. “It then up at a young man standing on the finds something: A color copy of a photodoesn’t go out this far.” curb nearby, then back down at the photo graph. “Well, I guess I’ll leave that little bit again. alone,” the man laughs, walking off.
As Sgt. Gay and I drive away, I mention that cellphones all over town are probably real busy right about now. “Oh, cellphones are ringing off the hook,” he says. “All talking about a Budget rental truck.” I never did see who ended up with all those one and five dollar bills. We’re going over to the westside now, to the hotspots off MLK Jr. Boulevard near Beach High School. But things are pretty slow, and none of us can figure out why. Then one cop says over the radio, “Oh, I forgot -- Beach is playing its homecoming against Groves tonight.” Until some action can be found for the Budget truck, we’re going to check out a known drug area near Beach. Sgt. Gay and I drive up as undercover police are questioning a man sitting alone in his very nice sports car in a parking lot known to host drug transactions. The officers are speaking gently to the heavyset, older black man in the shiny silver car. One of the officers waves us off, as if to say, “We’ve got this one under control.” As we drive off, I look over my shoulder. The driver’s door of the sports car is open, and an undercover cop reaches down beside the driver’s leg. He pulls out a big semiautomatic pistol, probably a Glock, in a holster
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under the driver’s seat. That’s a concealed The consensus is that it’s better to let weapon violation. You can have a gun in the drug corner go than to have someone your car; you just can’t keep one there. get shot and killed during a domestic The Budget truck isn’t having much argument with small children around. luck. It approaches some crowds, only to So off to Kayton Homes we go. see them scatter quickly. We wonder if The scene has cooled off by the time word really did spread “faster than the internet” over here. we get there. Police follow the usual Meanwhile, as we arrangement, sepadrive north past the rating the disputing corner of 38th Street parties -- in this and MLK, Sgt. Gay case two young sees something. black men -- and “Look at that forcing each to sit group of guys. See on the curb as they that one right there? talk to individual He’s counting his officers. rocks.” One officer All I see is a group speaks to the of young black men woman at the center hanging out on a of the dispute. She porch. If hanging out is allowed to stand. on a porch on a hot Sgt. Gay explains summer night in the that less people are South is a crime, I getting hurt in think to myself, they’ll domestic arguments need to build a lot than they used to. more prisons. “It used to be And then I realize: that police would I’m looking at an respond to open-air drug market, domestic calls just right there under the to have somebody Looking for drugs at East Broad & Waldberg say there’s nothing streetlight. One of the men is going on and they standing there, looking down and counting won’t press charges,” he says. “So the something in the palm of his hand. I can fighting would just continue. Sometimes almost see his lips move as he counts. you’d have police coming back to the But Sgt. Gay keeps on driving. same location four and five times in one “If they see brake lights flashing, they night.” know someone saw them. So I’ll go up A crackdown by the Georgia legishere a ways and turn around,” he explains. lature, he says, has allowed police much “The other thing is eye contact,” he more leeway in domestic disputes -adds. “When I was first starting out, I whether or not someone is pressing would look directly at people who were charges. acting suspiciously. I found out that’s the “We want to defuse the situation by last thing you want to do, because it clues separating the parties,” he says. “If you them in that you’re watching them.” can just take one of the parties away from He radios in his observation, menthe scene, by putting them in jail for a tioning the specific location and that night or whatever, a lot less people get “there’s a carpet hanging over the steps.” hurt.” I didn’t see any carpet. Why did he As we talk, a Beach High cheerleader mention that over the radio? Cops sure in full regalia walks by, returning home are funny, I think to myself. with her mother. The homecoming game is Meanwhile, the Budget truck is still in over -- and apparently, so is this phase of search of targets. The chances of a suctonight’s operation. cessful ambush here tonight seem to be Capt. Zapal says police will now turn receding rapidly. Apparently the alert level their attention to Forsyth Park. The Jazz on the westside is high. Festival is letting out, and he doesn’t want Sgt. Gay is lobbying for the truck to any robberies as people return to their approach the crack market at 38th and cars. MLK. “They’ve got a carpet over the “Besides, the truck is burned anyway,” steps,” he repeats. he says of the now famous Budget rental. There he goes with the carpet thing I’m ready to go home, so Sgt. Gay again. drives me back to my car near the police “They’re reaching up under there. I barracks at Oglethorpe Avenue, where the think that’s where the merchandise is.” evening began. Oh. That. It’s now 11:30 p.m. The operation will Sgt. Gay is about to get his way when continue until four in the morning. ◗ we hear over the radio that there’s a To comment in a letter to the editor, e-mail domestic in progress in Kayton Homes us at letters@connectsavannah.com and that we’re all to go over there instead. “Now you’ll get to see some ‘baby mama drama,’” says Sgt. Gay.
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Local media is unaccountable Editor, There has been a lot of attention lately on accountability and objectivity in the media. Unfortunately, on the local level there is an unbelievable amount of bias and no accountability for expressed opinions. Most figures in local media have a fixation on power, and tend to use it in selfish and embarrassing ways. Often the local media will voice opinions without fully knowing the facts, or perhaps subverting them. For instance, both the Savannah Morning News and Bill Cathcart of WTOC attacked Jimmy Carter for opposing the BRAC committee’s decision to close the Groton, Conn., U.S. Navy base. Yet several Republicans, including the Speaker of the House, also voiced their disapproval, and their decisions were partly based on the fact that King’s Bay, Ga., was the the only one of three Navy bases that was not adjacent to a nuclear submarine factory. Is Dennis Hastert an idiot, too? Should we really close a submarine base a mile from the factory and ship subs down to Georgia? The Savannah Morning News’ ridiculous personal politics often interferes with its news gathering. Usually, the paper will air a news story only so it can editorialize it the next day, commonly its petty fight with alderman Tony Thomas. My favorite recent power trip was Rexanna Keller Lester’s publication in her column of the address of someone she accused of taking her misdelivered encyclopedia set. Hail the power of the press! The paper gets testy when it gets excluded from courtrooms and City Hall meetings, as if it is concerned about “the public,” but consider the following: The hideous pairing of Tom Barton and radio alias “Ben Bennett” (Anthony Crystal), who chides people for anonymity while he hid for years behind an assumed name. Crystal calls liberals (i.e. some Savannah Morning News subscribers and “the public” ) pedophiles and “peace monkeys.” Barton has no problem appearing weekly on his show and playing the occasional golf with Crystal, totally oblivious to the appearance of impropriety. Crystal himself often reads reports of of Drudge or NewsMax without bothering to confirm the facts; but hey, the editor of the local paper appears on his show weekly to give him credibility.
While those in the “liberal media” are constantly trying to defend themselves from charges of bias, our local media remains completely unaccountable. There is no Public Editor or ombudsman at the newspaper, and Crystal always pronounces himself king, even when his “news” is about as unbiased as Michael Moore and as newsworthy as some gossip rag. For once they’re right: You can’t trust the media, because they are a part of it. You can keep my last name out of this -- I don’t want Rexanna Keller Lester publishing my phone number. Lee
More conservative columns! Editor I told myself a long time ago that I would refrain from reading Connect Savannah. As usual I end up picking the magazine up to read about local happenings, as I did with the most recent issue. I was reading about the Cindy Sheehan tour and an article entitled “Get off poor Dubya’s back, people.” While I respect every individual’s right to their own opinion, I have to say that your paper only ever presents one side. Your writers consistently write article after article displaying a decidedly liberal opinion. That’s fine. This country was founded on a belief that we should be able to do that. My question is why do you never present a conservative opinion? There are two sides to every story. Robert Editor’s Note: We have no policy against running conservative columns, but frankly we receive very few of them. Other than the occasional column from local Republican consultant Dave Simons, local conservatives seem to prefer writing letters complaining about the lack of conservative opinion in Connect Savannah. Regarding our editorial policy: As an alternative weekly it’s part of our mission statement to provide a countering viewpoint to the monopoly daily newspaper, which in this market is very conservative. Whether you agree with our stance or not, we’re clearly doing something right - our readership and ad base have steadily grown while the Savannah Morning News’ circulation remains remarkably small for a market this size. Surely a conservative such as yourself can appreciate the free market at work!
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None of this bubbled up during the first Gulf War, Ellison said, “because then we were following the Powell doctrine to go in with overwhelming strength. We had an exit strategy. This time Rumsfeld sends in 150,000 troops when Tommy Franks wants 400,000.” Unlike World War II, where there was collective action, this war -- as the one in Vietnam -- is being fought in a vacuum. “I was doing what I thought was right but no one anywhere had any clue. The whole thing was out of control,” he said. “No one knew what we were supposed to do except suck it up like a true warrior and move on, which I’ve been doing ever since. We had no time to grieve, to process what happened. I never even talked to Sharon about it. At 18 you can’t deal with those emotions.” It doesn’t help Ellison’s cause to drive down the street, see “Support the Troops” on bumper stickers and know no one is supporting him. “Just because there’s no visual wound doesn’t mean I’m not wounded. But the doctors at Big Pine know. They also know we’re about five years out from a major eruption of PTSS with the returning troops,” he said. “They’re already gearing up.” ◗
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Sharon said, “He would insist, ‘I don’t need this stuff.’” Last October he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS). But he still wasn’t buying it. By this time, Ellison had begged his employer for a less strenuous position or to be placed on sick leave. In 20 years he had 900 hours of sick leave built up, plus 250 hours of annual leave. They kept stalling. In January, he was placed on administrative leave. Desperate, he e-mailed Max Cleland, who was diagnosed with PTSS three years ago. Cleland called with advice. “I was really moved by the call, by how he reached out,” Ellison said. “But you’d have thought he’d talk about it before then, with all the action he saw, wouldn’t you?” In July, Ellison got admitted to a sevenweek program in a psychiatric hospital in Big Pine, Fla. Three weeks in, he conceded to PTSS. “For 36 years I didn’t think I had a problem. I just thought I was an oddball. That I was unlucky, that it was always me who got the bad supervisor.” Yet, in all that time, he never mentioned the war, wore memorabilia, marched in the annual veteran’s parade, watched films on Vietnam.
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Then, last March, he went to Washington, D.C. for a training session on customs and border protection. During the meeting, a helicopter flew overhead. It was a sound Ellison knew well. After that everything started to unravel. He had flashbacks to Vietnam, nightmares, cognitive memory loss. He started sleeping three hours a night. He’d had two earlier bouts with depression, the latest after 9/11. But with medication, he always managed to hold it together. This time was different. With the Marines taking heavy losses in Falluja and the realization that Bush had no exit plan, no clear objective, insufficient troops and an irritating way of hiding the truth, Ellison could not shake the depression. Everything was beginning to feel a little too familiar. He’d come home from work, suck down three beers before dinner and shut down for the rest of the night. He couldn’t talk to Sharon. In the nightmares, he’d find himself in a firefight, at night, without a weapon. It was black. He was in a ditch. He could hear the rats. He was sure he’d be buried alive with the rats eating his face. At someone’s suggestion, he started going to the VA Center on Commercial Drive. It wasn’t the first time. He’d tried earlier but never stayed. After each visit,
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FOR MORE THAN 35 years Michael Ellison stuck to himself. He did his job, moved around a lot and never spoke of his experiences in Vietnam. As a driver in the motor transport system, he was often the first one to see returning troops. Like his father, a decorated World War II vet whose ship was torpedoed off Cuba, Ellison enlisted at 18 because it was the right thing to do. He chose the Marine Corps because of the tradition, the toughness, the pride. He never considered ducking out of service, though if the country hadn’t been involved in a war he would have gone to college. In public, Ellison’s demeanor is pleasant, confident, at ease. He and his wife Sharon have been married for 30 years. For years Ellison has been an amateur photographer, more comfortable behind the lens of a camera than in front. For the past couple of decades he’s worked in four locations for the Government Services Administration as a property manager. His job is to lease and maintain more than one million square feet of property. It’s a stressful job. He’s had his fair share of difficulty with supervisors. But the independence suited him.
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the discovery at a meeting of the Savannah City Council. The Battle of Savannah has gone Elliott says an exhibit down in history books as one of the probably will be developed to bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary share artifacts and the story War. of the redoubt’s discovery It began at dawn on Oct. 9, 1779 with the public. “This will on the western outskirts of the city. bring the story to everyone,” Of the 7,000 soldiers who fought she says. “So many people that day, 850 were killed or died here. This is a story of wounded. global importance.” It was during this battle that Every year, the Count Casimir Pulaski and Sgt. Coastal Heritage Society William Jasper fell. Other men who commemorates the battle. fought that day included French This year, the 226th officer Pierre L’Enfant, who would anniversary of the Battle of later design the capital city of Savannah will be observed Washington, D.C., and a Haitian on Oct. 8 and 9. youth named Henri Christophe, who On Saturday between would someday become the first 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the Battle king of Haiti. of Savannah Living History The heaviest fighting occurred at Day will be held at the the Spring Hill Redoubt, an earthen, Battlefield Park Site at the fort-like structure used by the intersection of MLK Jr. British to repel an allied force of Boulevard and the Louisville Colonial, French and Haitian troops. Road. Re-enactors in 18th In mid-August, a Coastal century dress will demonHeritage Society archaeological strate military life during the team began looking for evidence of Revolutionary War. the battle. CHS Staff Archaeologist There also will be Rita Elliott, Frank King and volunchildren’s activities and teers Chris North, Dan Elliott, Travis Elliott will give a hands-on Brown, Brad Carter, Don Sweat and archaeological presentation. Eric Davenport carefully sifted The Allied attack on British through the soil, finding four musket Forces will be recreated at 11 balls and a piece of a gun. a.m, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. At 2 The musket balls apparently p.m., a brief ceremony will be were used by the Allies. “The caliber held to honor local leaders indicates they are American or who helped secure the French,” Elliott says. Battlefield Park site. The brass gun piece is believed Top, artifacts from the dig include musket balls and part of a pistol; On Sunday at 7 a.m., to be part of a pistol, probably part bottom, a cross-section of the Spring Hill Redoubt. the annual Battle of of the barrel. “The hole was for the Savannah Anniversary Traces of the redoubt’s original ramrod,” Elliott says. Ceremony will be held. Participants will trenchwork and post holes were located. While those finds are exciting, there gather in the Savannah History News of the discovery was kept quiet to was more -- much more. Two weeks into Museum/Visitors Information Center keep looters from destroying the site. On the dig, the team located traces of the parking lot, then march up the hill Sept. 1, CHS representatives announced Spring Hill Redoubt itself. towards the Spring Hill Redoubt site.
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At one time, the placement of a monument in a public setting was a splendid event. Brass bands played and the entire community gathered for what was guaranteed to be a darned good show. Savannahians will have the rare opportunity to experience such a monumental event on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Savannah International Trade Center. At that time, two original, classical sculptures, Peace and Justice, will arrive in the United States from Scotland. The seated bronze sculptures will be part of a larger monument called The Millennium Gate, which eventually will be placed at Atlantic Station in midtown Atlanta. Their journey across Georgia is being billed as A Monumental Journey and stops are planned in Madison, Macon, Fort Valley, Athens, Watkinsville, Pine Mountain, LaGrange and Rome. “We are cooperating with arts organizations in each city,” says Sue Deer, a publicist in Atlanta. “We want to share these sculptures with people across the state who might not have the opportunity to come see them in Atlanta.” At each stop, a dramatic series of events is planned. In Savannah, the statues will arrive on a barge, accompanied by a water salute. They will be uncrated and lifted by cranes onto a river esplanade for public viewing. Local arts organizations will
were commissioned by the National Monuments Foundation, Inc. to be a part of the $18 million, seven-story Millennium arch. The arch will sit in the middle of Atlantic Station, a 140-acre “mini-city” that is being developed. The gate will be so large, it will be visible from the Interstate 75/85 Downtown Connector. The idea for The Millennium Gate came from Rodney Cook Jr., who as a
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hold events in conjunction with the arrival of the statues. When the statues leave Savannah, they will make their way across Georgia via a horse-drawn caisson that will be driven along the way by various “notable citizens” in each community. The sculptures were created by Alexander Stoddart, an internationally renowned sculptor in Scotland, who will travel to Savannah for their delivery. They
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They will be following the steps of the Allied soldiers who marched this very route during the Battle of Savannah on Oct. 9, 1779. “We will organize visitors into columns of attack to give them a chance to experience it the way the soldiers did,” Coastal Heritage Society Executive Director Scott Smith says. “Telling the story is one thing. Explaining the battle at the actual scene is something else entirely. It makes a big difference in historical interpretation. It gives the story more authenticity.” Not only did the find add some validation to the story, it also provided information about the construction of the redoubt and its architectural features. A replica of the redoubt will be built at the battlefield park, hopefully by spring. Although the site has been located, the terrain is quite different than it was in the 18th century. “The topography has changed a great deal,” Smith says. Although hundreds fell at the battle, the bodies would have been buried in shallow graves 2 to 3 feet deep. The bones have probably fallen to dust long ago or been carted away during construction of the railroad at the site. But locating the redoubt helps keep alive the memories of those who died that awful day. “If you had an ancestor who fell in the first wave of fighting, now we are able to say it happened right here,” Smith says. “We can use the redoubt not only as a symbol, but as an interpretive device.”
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The Millennium Gate is being constructed in the style of a triumphal arch, such as the Washington Arch in New York, the Wellington Arch in London and the Carrousel Arch in Paris. Cook says monuments are desperately needed in Atlanta. Unlike Savannah, it has relatively few monuments. The excuse is made that monuments are too expensive to erect and the craftsmanship needed to build them has been lost. Wrong on both counts, Cook says. “These are crafts that have been brought back to life,” he says. Sculptor Alexander Stoddart of Scotland was chosen to create the sculptures. He is noted for his international work as a monument-builder. Cook. a frequent visitor to Savannah, says Atlanta has few monuments because it was destroyed during the Civil War, and all monuments erected to that point were destroyed with it. The city’s rapid development since then has most often meant tearing down the old to make way for Alexander Stoddart examines one of the sculptures the new, leaving little of the past he created for The Millennium Gate project behind. “The town plan of Atlantic Station is ascension of the United States, and partly based on Savannah, writ large,” Atlanta itself. Cook says. “It’s going to be a giant hit.” The monument is certain to become A true monument, The Millennium a tourist attraction, Cook says, one that Gate will recognize the accomplishments may dazzle visitors for the next thousand of mankind over the last 2000 years, the years.
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“We used to do this as a culture,” he says. “We would always celebrate the arrival of great works of art in capital cities. Why not do it still?”
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More nuke plants won’t solve our problems IN 1991 FORMER PRESIDENT George H. W. Bush designated October as Energy Awareness Month. The proclamation stated, “Continuing instability and conflict in some regions of the world underscore the need to use energy efficiently; to reduce our dependence on insecure sources of energy; and to develop more energy resources.� Sound familiar? The 2005 theme for Energy Awareness Month “Not In Use? Turn Off the Juice!� wisely highlights the importance of using energy efficiently. However, perhaps we should take pause to better understand how the recently passed national energy bill may more likely increase the number of nuclear power plants in Georgia or other nearby states than provide effective ways to reduce our energy use, save us money at the gas pump, or promote safe, reliable ways to produce electricity. As a nation, from 1948 to 1998, we spent more than $111 billion on total energy research and development. Sixty-six billion dollars, or 59 percent of that total, was spent on nuclear power, an industry that provides only 20 percent of the total electricity generated in the country. The national energy bill extends these massive corporate giveaways to the nuclear industry. For example, it provides a production tax credit of 1.8 cents per kilowatt hour for the first half dozen nuclear power plants built, which could cost the government over five billion dollars. This is considered one of the most influential tax subsidies to the nuclear industry because the costs are so high to initially build a plant.
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Historically, investing in nuclear power has been risky for utilities and ratepayers. An analysis using figures from a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study, adjusted to exclude the effects of inflation and interest, shows that the total estimated cost for a group of 75 U.S. nuclear reactors was $45 billion but the actual cost turned out to be $145 billion (both in 1990 dollars). Here in Georgia, nuclear plant Vogtle in Burke County experienced significant cost overruns. The final capped costs to build the plant were over $8 billion, nearly 12 times the original cost estimates, resulting in one of the largest rate hikes in Georgia’s history. The current energy bill acknowledges nuclear power’s economic instability by doling out taxpayer dollars, yet again, to keep the nuclear industry afloat. Despite experiencing these risks firsthand, Southern Company (parent company of Georgia Power and Savannah Electric, among other subsidiaries) is again pursuing nuclear power. Southern is a member of NuStart Energy Development, LLC, a consortium made up of nine nuclear power companies and two reactor manufacturers. NuStart is taking advantage of the DOE’s Nuclear Power 2010 program that offers a 50-50 cost sharing initiative (as in, half the cost is paid by the industry and the other half is paid for by the government, better known as the American taxpayer) to offset the more than $500 million price tag it’ll take just to prepare a new licensing application known as a Combined Construction and Operating License (referred to as a “COL�). Six candidate sites were initially chosen including our polluting upstream neighbor, the DOE’s Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina along the Savannah River (also
known as the “Bomb Plant�). NuStart has said the final two sites will be selected this October. Southern Company is also looking to ‘go it alone’ by possibly building a third reactor at Vogtle. They plan to pursue another ‘new’ licensing process in 2006 that can also qualify for this 50-50 cost sharing incentive, known as an Early Site Permit (ESP) and have begun preliminary work. They may even pursue a COL or a mix of both. On economic grounds, it’s easy to see why nuclear power is risky. But what about other objections to building more nuclear power plants? Here are a few: Nuclear power poses national security risks. In February, FBI Director Mueller told Senate Select Intelligence Committee members that they consider the energy sector vulnerable and targetrich, particularly nuclear power plants, and reiterated that Al Qaeda leaders had nuclear power plants in their target set and they have “no reason to believe Al Qaeda has reconsidered.� And the reactors aren’t the only security concern. The used or “spent fuel� sitting in storage pools or outside in storage casks, such as at Plant Hatch along the Altamaha River, are a problem. In terms of natural disasters, such as Katrina, nuclear power hasn’t proven itself as a reliable supply. The Waterford nuclear plant just west of New Orleans shut down before the hurricane hit. For days it had no offsite power except from the emergency back up diesel generators and was still down two weeks later, not producing a bit of electricity. Nuclear power plants are large water users. Plant Vogtle and Plant Hatch, along the Savannah and Altamaha rivers respectively, both consume tens of millions of gallons of water every day that is not returned to the rivers. The water that
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is returned is thermally hotter and can impact the surrounding environment. For safety reasons, nuclear power plants must have continuous water supplies available in order to keep the radioactive fuel cool. At a time when Georgia struggles to manage its water resources, it is disconcerting to see companies tying up those resources for decades to come. Nuclear power does not reduce our dependence on foreign sources of oil. Very little of our electricity in the U.S. is produced from burning oil. And we don’t fill up our gas tanks with electricity, so building more nuclear plants, as the recently passed energy bill aims to do, won’t solve our problems at the pump. Though the development of hydrogen as a fuel is part of the energy bill, producing it from nuclear plants, which is also in the bill, would be a very expensive and risky proposal. We could instead produce biofuels, such as biodiesel, or even hydrogen, from forestry and farm materials of which we have plentiful supplies here in the Southeast. This would certainly be safer while benefiting our rural communities. Although there are incentives for this and other renewable energy supplies in the energy bill, there are not enough. And as this year’s theme advocates, energy efficiency and conservation remain a wise choice for all of us. ◗
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That can occur for various reasons. It’s something that you will simply have to troubleshoot, and it may be resolved quickly—if you get lucky. If luck isn’t by your side, the resolution may require additional effort and could be quite complex. According to Microsoft, there are seven different methods to try. I’ll add notes on how to quickly access these methods and provide the link to Microsoft’s article. 1: Try to shut down or restart the computer from Safe mode (press F8 while starting the computer — select safe mode). 2: Use Device Manager to determine if the problem is related to a device driver (start -> control -> panel -> system -> hardware -> device manager. 3: Try to restore operation of Windows XP by using System Restore (start -> programs -> accessories >system tools -> system restore). 4: Try to restore operation of Windows XP by using the Last Known Good Configuration functionality (this is also accessed by pressing F8 upon booting the computer). 5: Try to repair your installation of Windows XP by performing an in-place upgrade. 6: Confirm that the CMOS/BIOS settings are correct. 7: Confirm that your hard disk or file system is not damaged (to check your hard disk: -> open “my computer” right click on “C” -> scroll down to properties -> tools -> you will see under error checking “check now” select both options to fix file system errors and scan for bad sectors. You will then see a screen that asks if you would like to schedule it to run at next startup, because it will need exclusive access to some windows system files. Select (“Yes”). The above is just a quick reference to aid you quickly in locating these system tools. Search the knowledge base @ support.microsoft.com - Article # Q308029. ◗
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A FRIEND AND I decided to go see The Interpreter. We decided to take one car, so I parked at his place. When we got back to his place after the movie, I realized my car was gone. I panicked. “Stolen” went through my mind, and then I started wondering maybe I had lost my mind and not parked where I thought (denial sets in). Then he says, “Oh yeah, I didn’t think about it, but did you park in a visitor’s spot?” I shook my head, letting him know I didn’t know there was a visitor’s spot. He proceeds to fill me in on the tow policy there, which is usually strictly enforced on weekends. I thanked him for filling me in (you know I wasn’t really thanking him in my mind). I had to pay $85 to get my car out of tow. The ticket to the movie was $7.50. Since my friend had to drop me off at home and pick me up early the next morning to get my car, I bought him lunch — roughly another $15. My review? The movie was OK, but not worth $107.50.
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Police arrested a man last week after he stole a vehicle from the Bowyer Motors Car lot at 712 Montgomery Street. Gerald Mathew Kelly, age 42, “drove a car off the lot of a dealership after pretending to be an interested buyer,” police say. A Bowyer salesperson who was assisting Kelly gave him the keys to a 1995 Chevy Camaro to listen to its engine. Initially the vehicle would not start, so the salesperson, “believing it to be out of gas, left Kelly with the vehicle to get some gas.” Kelly managed to start the vehicle and drove it off the lot. Police soon spotted the Camaro with the price tag of $6995 displayed on the windshield. Police followed the car to where Kelly parked it on New Castle Street behind the gated yard of a residence. “After stashing the vehicle, Kelly began walking towards Augusta Avenue,” police say. He was arrested at the corner of McIntyre and Augusta Avenue. • A man carrying a dark-colored back pack was observed walking in an area that had recent break-ins. The man was “walking in the shadows near parked cars as the officer circled the block in an attempt to make contact.” As the officer left his car, “he realized the man was the same subject contacted on an earlier occasion when the man was discovered sleeping on the doorstep of an apartment in that area.” At that time, he told police he was waiting for his cousin to pick him up. On that occasions, the officer asked to search the back pack. At first, the man refused, but then agreed. The officer found three wire cutters, screwdrivers and chisels, along with dirty clothes. The man said he was working on a house and needed the tools. On this occasion, the man said “he was walking to a friend’s house, but when the officer knocked on the door where the friend supposedly lived, the woman living there said she’d never heard of the man.” The man’s backpack was searched again, and the same tools were there, along with a small pry bar. The man said they were used to tear down sheet rock at construction sites, but none of the tools had construction debris on them. The man also had “burnt steel wool of the type used as a filter for smoking crack cocaine.” He was charged with loitering or prowling. • An officer was called to a downtown restaurant on Abercorn Street in reference to a criminal trespass. Upon arrival, the manager directed the officer to an outdoor walk-in food storage unit,
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which is secured by a flat iron bar with padlocks on each end. There were pry marks on the front of the unit door. The security bar was slightly beaten outward away from the door. Entry to the unit was not obtained, but the manager said this is the second time the unit has been damaged by intruders. • An officer exited the Truman Parkway onto Victory Drive and observed an SUV waiting at the red light. As the officer approached, the driver of the SUV turned left, even though the light was still red. The officer saw two vehicles slam on their brakes to avoid striking the SUV. After initiating a traffic stop, the officer approached the vehicle. There was a strong aroma of alcohol, and “the driver’s movements were slow and deliberate.” His eyes appeared to be glassy and his speech was slurred. As the driver exited the vehicle, “he had to hold on to it to maintain his balance.” The driver was asked to perform a series of tests to determine if it was safe for him to drive, but said “he has numerous problems with his heart, and he would not be able to do any tests.” He was arrested and charged with DUI. • Headquarters advised two officers on patrol that a man with a gun was driving his car east on Bay Street towards East Broad Street. The officer was told there was a warrant for the man’s arrest. A traffic stop was initiated. A woman was driving the car, and the man with the gun was her passenger. Both were taken out of the car and patted down for weapons. No weapons were found. When asked for his name, the man gave a false name. While officers were conducting the field interview, a fugitive recovery enforcer arrived and gave the man’s real name and provided the officers with the man’s arrest documents, which included a photo. The suspect was arrested and charged with obstruction by false name. ◗
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Lights Out Major skyscrapers in New York City began dimming their lights in an effort to protect the estimated 5 million migratory birds that fly through the area during fall and spring. Daniel Klem, an ornithologist at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania, estimates that 100 million birds die from building crashes each year during migration times because they can’t see the glass windows. Lights will be dimmed starting at 11 p.m. in September and October, then again in April and May, the two peak periods for bird migration. ◗
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned that the world’s oceans soon will be nearly empty of fish if present fishing practices continue. Group spokesman Thomas Kaissl stated that 80 million tons of fish and other marine animals are caught throughout the world each year, four times more than half a century ago. The WWF called on consumers to buy only fish that are known to have come from secure and replaceable stocks. • The director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the University of Miami announced that sturgeon are threatened with extinction almost everywhere in the world. Ellen K. Pikitch made the warning in the journal Fish and Fisheries. Sturgeon are the source of black caviar, and a combination of overfishing, pollution and loss of habitat is causing the decline, Pikitch says.
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One of the most 5.0 elusive and feared creatures in the 3.5 3.4 Rita world’s oceans was 5.4 5.2 5.3 3.2 captured on camera by a team Jova Norma 4.9 of Japanese zoologists. The 3.6 giant squid, or Architeuthis, is the size of a bus and has giant +115 0 Damrey Kenneth eyes and suckered tentacles Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that were made famous in Jules 5.6 Vernes’ 20,000 Leagues Under 7.5 the Sea. It had never been observed up close until the National Science Museum in Tokyo and Ogasawara Whale Watching Association set up a special rig 3,000 feet beneath -1040 the ocean surface off Japan. Vostok, Week Ending September 30, 2005 Time-lapse images show the Antarctica creature attempting to free itself from a hook on the rig, providing informa• Typhoon Saola narrowly missed striking tion about how the squid is able to propel the coast of eastern Japan. Tropical Four people were killed and itself. One severed tentacle remained on storms Jova, Kenneth and Norma moved thousands made homeless the hook after the camera was recovered, westward between Mexico and the when a magnitude 7.5 temblor and its huge suckers were still able to Hawaiian Islands. struck northern Peru’s San grip the boat deck and any fingers that Martin region. touched them. A swarm of strong earthquakes • Earth movements were also felt in in northeastern Ethiopia’s Afar Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, Taiwan, Typhoon Damrey killed at least region accompanied a fiery southern Tajikistan, northwest and south96 people across four eruption of Mount Arteale — the ern Iran, the Bosnia-Croatia border region, Southeast Asia nations during a country’s only active volcano. The mounthe Maine-New Brunswick coast, western week-long sweep. The death toll tain had been mainly dormant for about Idaho, the San Francisco Bay Area and reached 16 in the Philippines, 16 in south60 years. Seismologist Gezahegn Yirga southern Yukon. ern China’s Hainan province, 57 in northfrom Addis Ababa University said molten ern Vietnam and seven in far northern lava spewed from the volcano, covering A massive wildfire in northern Thailand. Damrey also inflicted significant large portions of its slopes and surroundBolivia’s Amazon forest region damage to agriculture and infrastructure ing areas, while thick blankets of ash and destroyed 370,000 acres of in China and Vietnam. plumes of smoke were reported in the rewoodland and sent a pall of • Hurricane Rita swamped parts of the mote region. The sharp quakes opened smoke over much of the country. Drought Texas and Louisiana coasts as it roared large fissures and triggered landslides, and high winds sparked the blazes, which ashore from the Gulf of Mexico. While the killing approximately 200 goats and 59 officials say can only be extinguished by storm weakened before making landfall, it camels. rainfall. still submerged several coastal communi• Dry springtime weather, combined with ties and caused another breach in one of high winds and lightning in South Africa, the levees protecting New Orleans. ignited bush fires in four provinces.
KwaZulu-Natal in the east was the worst hit, with a 6-year-old girl perishing inside a burning house in which she had taken shelter. One elephant was injured by the blazes.
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Compelling Explanations Debra Field was convicted of violating the Hobart, Ind., nuisance ordinance in July by keeping two 300-pound hogs as pets, after neighbors complained of the smell produced by the pigs’ estimated 35 pounds of waste per day. Fields had testified, apparently seriously, that she personally couldn’t smell her pigs at all. Two former girlfriends of married New York City endocrinologist Khaled Zeitoun have sued him recently, according to a September New York Post story, claiming that they had been tricked for years by his lies. Tiffany Wang said that Dr. Zeitoun had (1) told her on their first date that they had been married in a previous life, that he regretted mistreating her, and that he had been searching for her in this lifetime to make amends; (2) told her that the devil had taken his soul 14 years earlier, that to get it back he had to agree never to marry, and that Wang was the first woman to make him regret the deal; and (3) that when he actually popped the question to Wang in May 2002, he never intended to marry her but wanted merely “to see the look of joy on her face.”
The Litigious Society The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled in July that the family of Detroy Marshall Sr. could proceed with its lawsuit against Burger King for Marshall’s wrongful death caused when a car jumped the curb and crashed into a BK whose building was protected by a brick wall that the restaurant had built only a few feet from the ground instead of higher up. The trial court had dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that Burger Kings can’t be expected to
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build fortresses against recklessly driven, airborne cars. The state of California agreed in August to pay $10 million to the family of Marisol Morales, who accidentally drove her truck off of guardrail-less Highway 138, through a fence, and into the California Aqueduct near Los Angeles in 2003, killing her and two of her children. A surviving child will need $7.5 million for medical care, but $2.5 million will go to husband Raul Morales, an unlicensed driver who had originated the fatal trip by dispatching his wife, also unlicensed and just learning to drive, on an errand.
Ironies In August, a jury found Virginia deathrow inmate Daryl Atkins mentally competent, based on a recent IQ score of 76 (thus beating the “70” standard, below which under state law he could not be executed). Prosecutors said two previous scores below 70 were deceptively low because of Atkins’ drug and alcohol use, but legal experts hypothesized that Atkins’ IQ had actually improved in recent years via the intellectual stimulation of discussing his case with lawyers. (1) Lawyer Curtis Holmes, who had just delivered the opening statement in defense of an alleged child sex abuser in a Pocatello, Idaho, courtroom in August, was, minutes later, suspended by the state bar association for a previous case, in which he arranged to take nude photos of a client in exchange for reducing her bill. (2) Former L’Oreal executive Elysa Yanowitz won a preliminary round in her lawsuit against the company, which had fired her, she said, because she had refused to dismiss a dark-haired subordinate whom her blonde-preferring
boss thought was not attractive enough (in other words, a woman whom L’Oreal thought was not “worth it”).
People With Too Much Money The New York Post reported in July that several high-profile Manhattan dentists were offering sets of temporary teeth veneers to make patients’ smiles resemble those of celebrities, at $1,000 to $2,000 a set; more popular veneers were the “Halle,” the “Britney,” the “Gwyneth,” and, of course, for men, the “Tom” and the “George.” And The Wall Street Journal reported in July on people who pay “lifestyle designers” up to $450 an hour to construct fanciful, all-new personnas for them, including proper wardrobe and home decor down to which gifts to give and which vacations to take. For example, an ad agency owner who wanted to project a “carefree” image had to be told to buy herself a turquoise 1955 Thunderbird and wear cowboy boots and a bright red scarf around town.
Creme de la Weird Brendan Francis McMahon, 36, a partner in a financial planning and mortgage brokerage in Sydney, Australia, was arrested in August for having sex with one pet rabbit and abusing others and was jailed without bail because the magistrate thought he posed a danger to animals in the community. McMahon was due back in court on Sept. 30, and police said they may charge him with more bestiality at that time. (McMahon’s lawyer blamed a methamphetamine habit for any trouble he may be in.)
Least Competent Criminals The Dominion Post of Wellington, New Zealand, reported in September the arrest of a recruit at the Porirua Royal New Zealand Police College, who in the course of learning fingerprint protocol, ran his own and discovered an outstand-
ing assault warrant. He was immediately arrested. And in May, Laurie Ralston’s plans to join the police department in Amherst, Ohio, as a dispatcher were scuttled when a background check revealed 17 traffic convictions and two outstanding warrants. She was immediately arrested.
More Things to Worry About In tests of busy hospitals in each state (reported in a July issue of the New England Journal of Medicine), it was discovered that at least 12,000 heart-attack patients in a six-month period were apparently not given the most basic, lifesaving, follow-up instructions (such as prescribing aspirin in the first 24 hours after an attack, which increases survival rate by 30 percent). “(T)hings will fall through the cracks,” said an author of the study. And a RAND Corp. survey released in August revealed that, of 19 public health clinics tested with telephone messages describing symptoms of facial pustules or other well-known indicators of small pox, not one of them told the caller to isolate the patient.
People Who Just Can’t Give It Up Thomas Haberbush, 72, pleaded guilty in April in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to two counts to settle charges that he recently stalked as many as nine longago supervisors, with petty vandalism of their homes, in retaliation for his having received unfavorable job reviews as an elementary school teacher nearly 30 years ago. And retired political science professor Robert Spadaro was convicted in New York City in June of recently trying to kill Douglas Bennett, who was a personnel executive in the administration of President Ford and who in 1975 allegedly denied Spadaro a job. ◗
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IT’S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS now orchestras, from Augusta, Ga. to Hilton since Savannah bid farewell to its Head, S.C., and beyond. They also beloved but financially challenged require the services of a guest conSymphony Orchestra. In the time that ductor, and this time around, that role has passed, there have been will be filled by Neil Casey, fewer classical music conconductor of the Statesborocerts in town, but to the Georgia Southern Symphony pleasant surprise of most and Assistant Conductor of everyone you’ll ask, symthe Augusta Symphony. phonic concerts continue to Casey is also on staff at take place in Savannah. the University of South Just not by our very own Carolina in Columbia, and Symphony. teaches at the Conductor’s The annual city-sponInstitute. He travels extensored concert in Forsyth sively and is in great demand Park is easily Savannah’s as a guest conductor. For this most eagerly anticipated particular show, he’ll be classical music event. This leading almost 50 musicians Guest conductor outdoor recital under the through pieces by Strauss, Neil Casey stars has come to be known Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Goodwin, as The Picnic In The Park, Offenbach, Andrew Lloyd due to the longstanding tradition of folks Webber and others. bringing food and drink with them. As in years past, while the main event In fact, it would foolish to dismiss the starts at 7:30 p.m., the live music actually convivial nature of this annual concert. begins much earlier in the day with perThe lure of relaxing music, good food, formances by the Skylight Jazz Band, libations, a family-friendly environment, the Savannah Arts Academy Orchestra and (hopefully) nice weather make this and Combined Choir, the Atlantic an outing that all strata of local society Chamber Orchestra, and the Armstrong finds pretty hard to pass up. Atlantic Youth Orchestra. Lara Hoffman, marketing coordinator “There’s so much more going on that for the City’s Cultural Affairs Department day than just the main orchestra,” says takes pride in the wide-ranging appeal of Hoffman. “Including the contest for best this event, and says that when the time picnic setup.” Prizes for the winners in came for the Savannah Symphony to this eagerly anticipated event were disband, there was never serious considdonated by many area businesses, and eration given to ending this tradition. Hoffman says they’re some of the best “I don’t believe we ever really thought and most valuable ever offered. about not doing it,” she says. While in the past these shows have “We weren’t quite sure what form it drawn crowds as large as 5,000, organwas going to take without our own symizers are expecting a bump in attenphony, but there was a group of musidance. cians who were dedicated to preserving “This year because of scheduling it, and when they approached us about conflicts we chose to do this on a taking the reins, we immediately agreed. Saturday instead of a Sunday” explains They’ve done a great job since then of Hoffman. “We’re hoping that there will putting it all together, and everyone be even more people who are able to loves the job they’re doing.” come.” This year’s effort is led once more by She says that while each year there Picnic In The Park Orchestra are a handful of noise-related complaints Coordinator Carl Polk, a former member from those living near the park, the of the Savannah Symphony who helped response is overwhelmingly positive. spearhead the drive to continue on. “People come from all around for Hoffman says that while the city this. They plan weekend trips and stay in covers the cost of staging the event, and hotels and go shopping. It’s great for allows the park to be used, they have no Savannah’s economy and for our spirit hand in the artistic direction. as well. I know it may sound cheesy, but “The city sponsors it but they leave the sense of community this creates is the program up to the experts (laughs)! really beautiful to me.” ◗ The truth is that it could be really tricky Picnic in the Park’s musical program because we don’t have a functioning begins at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 8, symphony any more, but Carl and the with the main performance starting at other main players do a great job of 7:30 p.m. Picnic registration is from 4gathering other musicians from all over 5:30 p.m. with final judging at 5:30 p.m. the area.” This year – as in the past – the group in question is an amalgam of players brought in from several regional
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The 2006 Savannah Music Fest looks great – and a lot more affordable IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS since the offer tiered pricing for virtually all of its inception of the Savannah Music major concerts. Festival, and in that time, it’s made an This means that instead of all the interesting transition from a moderately seats in the Lucas, Trustees or Johnny known –yet well respected– vocal comMercer Theaters costing the same petition (known as Savannah Onstage) to regardless of location, ticketholders will its current incarnation as one of the have their choice of spending more for most interesting and ambitious musical events in the country. While it’s now mentioned in the same breath as Charleston’s worldrenowned Spoleto Festival, in truth, the Savannah Music Fest is finally beginning to step out from behind the shadow of that more established cousin, and based on the infectious enthusiasm Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson has for Bela Fleck and Emmylou Harris are among the featured artists not only the newly at the 2006 Savannah Music Festival announced 2006 roster of artists but the potential of this annual event, it deserves to be judged solely on its own merits. those with the best view and sound (or Though primarily thought of as a celas Gibson and Public Relations Manager ebration of classical and jazz genres, the Danette Wills call them “the sweet spot”), Savannah Music Fest is a much more or substantially less for those farther open-minded affair. For the past several away from the stage – such as balcony years (ever since its name and direction seats or those in the back of the room. changed) it has been Gibson’s fervent This radical departure from the premission to present a well-rounded samvious routine means that now, young pling of artists from across the globe, people, those on fixed incomes, and just and one would be forgiven for thinking plain average folks can easily afford to he’d just about outdone himself this time see four to five times as many shows as around. they could at the 2005 festival. In addition to the aforementioned That’s because even though most of genres, some of the finest names in the last year’s events topped out at around fields of blues, chamber music, blue$35 or $40, once you factor in lunch or grass, world music, gospel, zydeco, dinner and parking, it’s not hard for two roots-rock and more will converge on people to spend a hundred dollars or our city for a seventeen day marathon of more on just one concert. jaw-dropping talent. And – in a surprising Now, it’s possible to catch such legmove that many in this community will endary stars as Emmylou Harris and surely hail as both welcome and unexBuddy Miller for as little as $15, or Les pected – for the first time, the festival will Ballet Africains (the National Dance Company of The Republic of Guinea),
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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, or The Del McCoury Band – each for as little as $10. That’s much less than you’d see them for anywhere else (in a bigger room no less). Throw in a cheap meal and it’s the best date in town. Mind you, these seats aren’t bad by any means. To paraphrase Gibson, it ain’t the price – it’s the proximity. With less than 1,200 seats available in both the Lucas and the Trustees, and less than 2,400 in the Johnny Mercer, no matter where you’re parked, you’ve got a fine view of the stage – and all three have better than average acoustics, so there’ll be no problem hearing the music. Compared to the 4,500-seat Fox Theater in Atlanta (an historic venue designed by the same hand as our Lucas), “the back row of the Lucas is 110 feet closer to the lip of the stage,” notes Gibson with glee. “I’ve sat up there at the back. It’s a great view, and it’s a great value.” “This is all about inclusion,” he continues. “My job is to bring great music to Savannah, and a lot of that depends on tourists who come here specifically for this event. But we want to feel like pretty much everyone in town can take part in this if they want to.” “We’re bussing in thousands of schoolkids this year – just as we always do – so that they can see for free a lot of the same shows we charge for. That’s one way of giving back to the community, this is another.” ◗
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Michael F. Blair Solo versions of alternative rock covers from a longtime associate of local jam heroes Perpetual Groove. Fri., 6:30 pm, Felipé’s Mexican Restaurant.
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Dangerous Swamp Band. No less than Pete Seeger says that Massachusetts’ Jay Mankita “is one of the half-dozen best songwriters today.” His irreverantly humorous tunes have been heard on NPR. Opening will be local fingerstyle guitar favorite Tuck Brawner. Free (suggested $2 donation). Fri., 7:30 pm, Lutheran Church of The Ascension (120 Null St.).
Remember Main Ingredient? That ‘70s soul group had a chart-topping crossover hit with “Everybody Plays The Fool,” sung by Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s father. This journeyman vocalist Southern rock covers and was briefly a member of that originals. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, group, as well as a touring fill-in Gilley’s (Hinesville). for one of The Platters. He currently lists as his mission, “to show people, through my music, how they affect their Local acoustic blues duo baby in the nine month period Amburgey (guitar) & Hanson of development... You cannot (mouth harp) team up with botsmoke marijuana, snort Jaime Michaels tleneck guitarist (and New cocaine, smoke cigarettes, Orleans evacuee) Michael Pearce to drink alcohol, or eat the wrong foods!” raise funds for The Salvation Army. CoHis new solo album is the soundtrack to sponsored by The Savannah Blues a low-budget movie that he has yet to Society. make. He also plans to create a “very Thurs., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean. funny” sitcom called Ruben and Leroy before he departs “to the next level of existence.” In the meantime, he’ll play a Extremely popular local pop band free show at this genplaying covers and modern tlemen’s club adjacent to rock originals. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 the Victory Lanes bowling pm, Scandals (Tybee). alley. Wed., 8 pm, King’s Inn (2729 Skidaway Rd.).
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Acoustic covers combo led by the vocalist of the popular local party group Band In The Park. Sat., 7 pm, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House.
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Eat Mo’ Music Funky instrumental jazz quintet that’s recently welcomed longtime area rock Shut and metal guitarist Bart Zipperer (S Up & Drive, The Six Million Dollar Band ) into their fold. Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.
The 8-Tracks Eclectic party band playing quirky rock, pop, country and soul nuggets from the ‘50s to the ‘90s – with members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior. Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.
First Friday For Folk Music This monthly coffeehouse-style family-oriented concert series has been going strong for well over 100 installments, and now returns –for one night only– to the venue where it was founded (its current home is otherwise occupied this time around). Santa Fé-based headliner Jaime Michaels is a 2-time Kerrville Folk Fest finalist best known in our area as the former lead singer for the Truly
Big-time post-grunge metal act whose singer is starring in Aaron Spelling’s new TV series. One of their guitarists just quit, but they’re still touring... Wed., Oct. 12th, 8 pm, Monkey Business (Hilton Head).
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Ben Tucker w/Huxsie Scott Celebrated local jazz bassist Tucker (joined by drummer Steve Primatic and pianist Bob Alberti) welcomes awardwinning gospel, blues and jazz vocalist Scott – who’s sung with Lionel Hampton and McCoy Tyner’s bands. Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).
KTCF Awards w/Big Boi he King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation Th collects and preserves African-American cultural experiences of Georgia and South Carolina’s Sea Islands. This annual banquet is their primary fundraiser, and one of this year’s 5 Fine Arts Award Recipients is Grammy-winner Antwan (Big Boi) Patton of the hip-hop group OutKast, an international superstar – and Savannah native. Tickets are $75. Call 234-8000. Sat., 7:30 pm, Hyatt Regency. ◗
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Ben Folds This criticallyacclaimed pianist and songwriter has come into his own since bursting onto the Ben Folds scene with his first notable group The Ben Folds Five. Of late, he’s been performing with various symphony orchestras around the globe, and –get this– producing the flat-out stupendous Has Been CD for Star Trek icon (and famed Goldenthroat) William Shatner. Sold out for almost a month, but one might find a ticket on the street beforehand. Sat., 8 pm, Trustees Theater.
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With every A& R guy in the country looking for the next John Mayer or Dave Matthews, it’s no wonder this young Florida guitarist has been playing so many showcases over the past few years. The 2-time Intl. Songwriting Competition Finalist (out of over 10,000 entries) has been courted by everyone from Island to Atlantic – but still no takers. Regardless, he has the chops, the accessible voice (comparable to the young Van Morrison or Adam Duritz – whoops, same thing), the boyish good looks, and the killer band of classicallytrained ringers. His DIY albums are selling well, and if he’s smart, he may just sign with AWARE and forget about this major label nonsense... Fri., JJ Cagney’s.
1st Tybee Island Pirate Fest Sat, Oct 8
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This pirate-themed weekend includes food vendors, arts and crafts, and plenty of free live entertainment. Friday night at Café Loco, Jude Michaels and Hound Dog provide live music. The YMCA will offer child care for kids 3 - 12 and a Pirate Costume Party for teens that night. Saturday, there’s live music from 4 pm till 11 pm at the South Beach Parking lot and Pier. The headliner will be Zydeco star Chubby Carrier &The Bayou Swamp Band. Sunday at 2:30 pm, Jason Courtenay & Hazzard County play country and Southern rock favorites, and
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from 6:30 pm till 11 pm, there’s an adultoriented Costume Party with Jah Creations, a touring reggae band. For more info and a complete schedule of events, check out www.tybeepiratefest.com.
Red Cross Benefit: ‘Voices’ Another fundraiser to help aid hurricane victims in the ravaged Gulf Coast, this musical gala was planned by vocalists Roger Moss and Trae Gurley, and features Huxsie Scott, Kim Polote, John Bell's Big Band, the Savannah Arts Academy Choir, the Skylite Jazz Band, Hilton Head Prep School Choir, the Gretchen Green Dancers, the East Coast Praise Team, and the cast of Jukebox Journeys. Tickets can be purchased at the Lucas Theater Box Office, and are $15 for general admission or $50 for includes seating and a reception catered by some of Savannah's finest restaurants. Sun., 7:30 pm, Lucas Theater.
Jeanne Flight, Emergency Broadcast System, The Talk Triple bill of newish indie-rock bands that are all influenced (in varying degrees) by both the golden age of new wave and the post-punk noise-rock movement. Jeanne Flight is a boisterous local quartet that rocks hard in an off-kilter, Talking Heads-ish way. Until very recently, EBS was The Talk known as The Fashion Brigade. Before trading in that name, this N.C. four-piece hired engineers Doug Easley and Stuart Sikes (T The White Stripes, Jeff Buckley, Cat Power, Sonic Youth) to helm their new EP. It’s a brisk and brash 27 minutes of distorted drums and grinding guitar/synth lines that’s shot through with the ghosts of Joy Division and early Cure. The Talk, on the other hand, has a new CD that’s more maudlin than their breathtaking debut, but still flirts with electroclash
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rhythms and Cheap Trick mannerisms. Cathartic mood music for the Izod cardigan set. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.
The Forty-Fives Taking their cues from such legendary acts as The MC5 and The Sonics (and from such kinda-sortalegendary groups as The Woggles and The Gories), these fantabulous Atlanta garage revivalists play jacked-up, The 45s Hammond-heavy rave-ups that evoke flashbacks to the glory days of tinny, British Invasion singles by The Who, and Creation. Once they start, they don’t let up until you’re as soaked in sweat as they are. Fri., 10 pm, The Jinx.
‘History of The Rock Poster’ In the world of collectable poster art, Paul Grushkin is the king. A noted archivist and expert on the evolution and artistic worth of this integral part of the music business, he’s co-authored landmark reference books like The Art of Rock: From Presley To Punk, which many consider “the Bible” of rock posters. He’s just completed the longawaited follow-up to that coffee-table tome, and it focuses on the resurgence of activity on this front over the past 15 years. in addition to this free, SCADsponsored lecture, Grushkin will also take part in The Poster Explosion Art Show the following night at 7 pm at The Jinx, answering questions and signing items. That show is sponsored by Drowning Creek Art Gallery, an adjunct of the Seppuku Tattoo parlor, specializing in new and vintage poster art of the rock concert variety. Many of the artists featured in Grushkin’s book will be on hand throughout the weekend at Drowning Creek’s Thunderbolt location. Call 351-0565 for more info. Thurs., 9 pm, Trustee’s Theater. ◗
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compiled by Jim Morekis R. Land -- Atlanta–based artist presents solo exhibition of never-before-seen work at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St., Oct. 6-Nov. 5. Opening party Saturday, Oct. 15, 7-11 p.m. ‘Silverworks 2005’ -- SCAD presents this juried exhibition at May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St., Oct. 6-26. Free and open to the public. JEA Art for October -- The monthly art show at the JEA, 5111 Abercorn St., beginning October 1 will feature the works of Ron Schaffer, Grace Rohland & Jerry Luke.
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Carolyn Neely -- Open house at Remshart Row Studio and Gallery, 106 W. Jones St. Recent work by Neely, Sharon Eswine, Beth Logan, Ron Fagin, Debbie Helmken, Charmaine West, Betsy Freeman, Lynne Harris, Lydia Spears and Sally Brown. DesotoRow Hurricane Relief Show -- Half of proceeds go to hurricane relief and the other half to the artist. Thru Oct. 5 at DesotoRow in the Starland District. ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ -- SCAD presents work by video artist Slater Bradley at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., beginning Oct. 7. Free and open to the public.
‘Constructs Series’ -- SCAD presents this exhibition of the work of photography professor Liz Darlington, Sept. 28–Oct. 30 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. Sandy Branam -- Solo exhibit at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. thru October. ‘Revelations: The Discovery of Beauty in Light and Shadow’ - Photographs of the human figure at the Starlander Gallery & Cafe, 11 E. 41st St. Artist's reception, Friday, Oct. 7, 6-9 p.m.
‘Diorama’ -- New paintings by Savannah artist and SCAD professor Pete Christman, Sept. 6-Oct. 28 at the City of Savannah’s Gallery SPACE, 8 W. Henry St. Free and open to the public. ‘A Celebration of Judaic Art’ -- Work by Vicki Stone and Raya Zorkine expressing Jewish life. Sept. 6-Oct. 31 at the Hurn Museum, 1015 Whitaker St. Closed Monday. Admission for adults if $4 and for students is $3. Michael Banks -- The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art presents work by this outsider artist Sept. 6-Dec. 31 at 1015 Whitaker St. ◗
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‘Poster Explosion Art Show’ -- Seppuku Tattoo hosts the exhibit of silk screened concert posters on Friday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at The Jinx, followed by live music. Poster artist Paul Grushkin will be on hand to answer questions & sign books. Other artists in attendance as well. Seppuku Tattoo & the Drowning Creek Art Gallery, 2213A Rowland Ave. in Thunderbolt, will host artists from the Poster Explosion show all weekend.
June Stratton -- New fall collection of figurative oils now on view at the Whitney Gallery, 415 Whitaker St. Wed-Sat 10-5.
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Ashley Byer -- Work by this artist is at DeSotoRow Gallery in the Starland district Oct. 6-12. Opening reception on First Friday, Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m.
Call for Entries -- ‘Unsuspected Outlaws’ will showcase artwork “liberated from the contraints of the conventional Savannah gallery.” Show runs through the month of November at Black Orchid Gallery. Submissions due Oct. 12. E-mail image of submissions, medium, dimensions to: foetoenoelle@hotmail.com/. Call 596-0311.
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Work by Paul Grushkin at Seppuku Tattoo ‘Tug of War’ -- Show at Starland Gallery’s First Friday features work by Curtis Ames, Richard Bjornseth, Natalie Bray, Penny Brice, Worthy Evans, Mellissa Frangias, Wendy Fosterwelsh, Alex Gingrow, Eric Ginsburg, John Jensen, Matthew Mascotte, and Michael Scoggins. Oct. 7-28. Opening reception on First Friday, Oct. 7, 6-10 p.m.
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JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Eat Mo’ Music (9 pm) THE JINX- Jeanne Flight, Emergency Broadcast System, The Talk (10 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S- Red Moon KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARKToo Blue (9 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- The 8-Tracks (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- Old School Hip-Hop & Top 40 THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.)Live Music TBA (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)- Gail Thurmond SAVANNAH BLUES-Turtle Folk SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos SCANDALS (Tybee)- Liquid Ginger (9:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Jaime Michaels, Gerlinda Grimes (8 pm) 1790 RESTAURANT- Live Music TBA (9 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)- Paul Parr (9 pm) STARLAND CCA (2424 Bull St.)Dancefloor Tragedy, A Girl, A Guy, A Ghost, Chevy Chase Stabbed The King, With Space or Flame, Celeste, Ride The Pink Horse - ALL AGES (7 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Live Music TBA (9 pm)
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Quality of kosher wines is on the rise HOLD ONTO YOUR MATZOH balls; kosher wines are getting better. Traditionally, these religiously important wines have not exactly screamed quality; instead they were thick, syrup-sweet tongue attackers. But, there’s good news for the approaching Rosh Hashanah holidays. In the last 20 or so years, new kosher producers have bested the granddaddy of kosher wine, Manischewitz, by expanding varietal choices and delivering goods even non-Jews should deign to consume. American kosher wines are rooted in upstate New York, home to the indigenous Concord grape. Early Jewish immigrants set up shop fermenting these wild grapes — the same used by Dr. Thomas Welch in his famous juice. A distant cousin of the esteemed European vitis vinafera grape family (cabernet, chardonnay, merlot, etc.), the Concord is brutally acidic (like sucking on a key lime), and forms the base for traditional kosher wines.
To overcome the high acid and make a palatable product, the winemaker has to add loads of sugar. So historically, American kosher juice has been a diabetic’s nightmare. But with California wineries like Baron Herzog, Gan Eden and Weinstock using vitis vinafera grapes, the challenge to kosher’s sugary stigma has begun. In addition, improvements in shipping technology have introduced praiseworthy, high-octane chardonnays and cabernets from Israel, France, Chile and Australia. What makes wine kosher? Contrary to some beliefs, kosher wines are created the same way as other wines, only with a few stringent regulations. According to the folks at Royal Wines, America’s leading kosher wine producer, there are two rules when making wines kosher: 1. Animal-derived material, such as gelatin, is forbidden in the winemaking process. One exception is the use of egg whites (from eggs containing no blood) in the “fining” or “clarifying” stage, a voluntary step that removes sediment left over from fermentation;
2. From beginning to end, all equipment must be kosher; for example, the fermentation tanks must be “koshered” (sanitized with a special hot water spray process), and Orthodox Jewish workers must handle all winemaking duties. This rule continues through the bottling stage, until the cork and seal are in place. Wines have deep significance in Jewish high holy days. During Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year in early October, wines are poured during the celebration dinners. Spring’s Seder meal to celebrate Passover highlights wine in the festivities. At this elaborate dinner, participants consume four samples of kosher wine at appropriate times during the dinner to represent the four stages of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt: freedom, deliverance, redemption and release. Both red and white wines can be used, but red is preferred because it represents the blood spilled in Egypt. With better wines to choose from, kosher diners can now kick up their heels and escape to dry wines, but it’s high time non-Jews venture out and explore the kosher plains. Besides,
kosher Cab pairs just as well with gefilte fish as with grilled chicken breast. Shalom. ◗
Recommended Wines: Golan Heights 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Galilee (Israel) -- With aromas of sweet cherries and ripe raspberries floating up your nose, this masculine, earthy red follows through in the mouth with bright, cheery berries. Easily worthy of nonkosher consumption. Sweetness = 1. $13. ★★★ 1/2 Baron Herzog 2003 Chenin Blanc (California) -- Clean, citrusy and refreshing, this slightly sweet Chenin can chill out any spicy dish. This white goes down easy, especially on the wallet. Sw = 3. $8 ★★★ 1/2 Carmel 2003 Private Selection Chardonnay/Sauvignon Blanc (Israel) -- A fantastic wine for anytime, not just kosher occasions. It shows off the best of both grapes in the blend: delicious, tart grapefruit with a hefty dose of rich, creamy butter on the tongue and finish. Sw = 2. $17. ★★★★
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IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES , a Muzzy takes the young, impetuous dose of good old-fashioned light enterMillie under her wing. tainment might be just what the doctor “Muzzy is larger than life, in love with ordered. life, passionate about New York City, Thoroughly Modern Millie is the prepassionate about performing,” Belt says. scription; but interestingly the show “The love of her life passed away, and served the same purpose when the now she’s helping people through love. movie preThe thing miered that I love during about Muzzy another is that she troubled truly is larger decade, in than life but 1967. very down to “This is a earth. She’s traditional from romantic Baltimore, comedy which is musical. It ironic has such a because I’m heart. That’s from what we’’re Baltimore,” trying to do Belt laughs. - show the Belt has Kriste Belt as Muzzy Van Hossmere heart of a just joined young girl with the going to the city and challenging life,” Millie road show, taking over from says Kriste Belt, who plays the character Stephanie Pope. of Muzzy Van Hossmere. “We just started rehearsals in “The show is set in the roaring ‘20s, August, and we just had previews in and there’s such a flavor of that Rockville, Md.,” she says. heartbeat. There’s this driving energy, Has the grueling nature of touring everything is large. Women were road show taken away from her ability to bobbing their hair and raising their do new things with the character? skirts.” “Muzzy is one of the characters I feel The young girl Belt refers to is the doesn’t necessarily have such an arc to “Millie” of the title. travel. We’ve been directed to start with “Millie is the kind of girl that comes the core and spread from there. Our to the city saying, ‘I’m just going to director has always told us there is more marry wealthy and then I can shop at to discover. He’s very specific about Sak’s and be this beautiful woman,” Belt what he wants -- we have to be specific says. in order to tell the story -- but like he “But right at the beginning, the first says, we’re not in a prison.” time she and Jimmy meet something With a screenplay by Richard Morris, sparks in her. That hunger and curiosity the film Thoroughly Modern Millie starred Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler drives her and leads her into this metaMoore hit theatres in 1967. morphosis.” A La Jolla Playhouse stage adapMuch of the metamorphosis happens tation, with new music by Jeanine Tesori, in an interaction with Belt’s character, premiered on Broadway in 2002, garMuzzy. nering six Tony Awards before taking its “There’s a beautiful scene they share final bow in October 2004. ◗ in Act Two that helps Millie get to the place where she can challenge life but Thoroughly Modern Millie is performed also take a chance on love,” Belt says. Friday, Oct. 7 at the Johnny Mercer “In truth her heart is yearning for that Theatre. Ticket are $30, $40 and $47. love and that’s really why she goes to Available at the Johnny Mercer box city. All she knew before is a farm in office, all Select-A-Seat locations, online Kansas, where she was supposed to at savannahcivic.com, or call 651-6556 or have children, get married and that’s all 800-351-7469. there is in life.”
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mindful Polanski stayed away from the cinematic flourishes seen in such masWith its gorgeous shots of inviting surf terworks as Chinatown and Rosemary’s and sand, Into the Blue is the very defiBaby. So what’s his excuse with Oliver nition of a mindless summer movie. So Twist? This “re-imagining” (as the press what does Columbia Pictures elect to do material calls it) of the Charles Dickens with it? Hold it until the fall. Then again, classic tinkers with the original tale, but that dense thinking goes hand in hand deviation from the source material isn’t with the doltish shenanigans occurring its primary problem. Instead, it’s that on screen while this during the timeless tale course of this has been silly yet uncorked harmless once again, it piffle. Paul isn’t allowed Walker is to properly Jared Cole, breathe, an amicable stewing beach bum instead in its hoping to find own sunken stodginess. treasure in Leanne Rowe the Bahamas. makes a Jessica Alba, favorable who wears the impression as same vapid look the ill-fated she displayed Nancy, while Ben earlier this year in In much the same manner that David Lynch Kingsley, while Sin City and deconstructed the myth of the squeakynever matching Fantastic Four, clean small Southern town in Blue Velvet, so Alec Guinness’ plays Samantha, too does director David Cronenberg take a peerless porwho’s apparently hatchet to the façade of bland Midwestern trayal in the Lean content simply homeliness. The movie establishes the version, turns the being Jared’s proper tone of unease from the start, as two sniveling thief sweetheart. Along men check out of their motel in the grisliest Fagin into a with Jared’s insuf- way imaginable. From here, we jump over a figure more likely ferable best friend few cities to the home of Tom Stall (Viggo to be pitied than Bryce (Scott Mortensen), a hard-working café owner and loathed. As for Caan) and his family man blessed with a devoted wife the child actor opportunistic girlnamed Edie (Maria Bello) and two children. essaying the title friend du jour Tom’s peaceful existence disappears the role, Barney Amanda (Ashley night that a pair of strangers bust into his Clark is rather Scott), they not diner with the intention of slaughtering non-descript. only discover a everybody in sight. Springing into action, sunken pirate ship Tom kills the intruders, which in turn leads to but also a downed his national status as a hero. Unfortunately airplane confor Tom, this widespread exposure brings Fans of the taining millions of more strangers to town -- specifically, gruff dollars worth of mobster Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris) and his two short-lived TV series Firefly will cocaine. This is flunkies. Fogarty seems to believe that Tom doubtless want the sort of low-IQ Stall is actually Joey Cusack, the homicidal to add another fare in which brother of an influential Philadelphia kingpin couple of stars Alba’s derriere (William Hurt) as well as the guy responsible to the rating for receives more for Fogarty’s mangled face. Far be it from this big-screen close-ups than her me to reveal whether this is anything more face, yet writer than a case of mistaken identity, but with this spin-off. But for those who Matt Johnson plot thrust, Cronenberg and scripter Josh haven’t already does make an Olson create a dizzying examination of this admirable stab at country’s love-hate affair with brutality. Viggo built up a rapport with these charproviding some Mortensen, formerly a wretched actor who acters and their dramatic heft to has matured in leaps and bounds these last struggles, his script until the few years, was a wise choice for the lead -Serenity is a long inanities finally get it’s impossible to read anything on his slog through scithe best of him. passive face, thus making it hard to gauge fi tedium, mixing whether or not he’s telling the truth about elements from his past. Maria Bello also shines as the wife the countless who’s forced to confront some unpleasant space operas truths about both her spouse and herself. that preceded it without bringing Roman Polanski anything new to the party. Written and finally won his Oscar a few years ago for directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy the The Pianist, but that actually represented Vampire Slayer), this is set 500 years in one of his least interesting directorial the future, with the universe under the excursions: Because that Holocaust thumb of the evil Alliance. Its only oppostory was both so personal in nature and sition comes from the crew members of so global in its tragic implications, a
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A sober look at international gunrunning, what dooms Lord of War right from the start is its central character. Speaking to the camera as if he fancied himself Ferris Bueller, Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) informs us he’s an international arms dealer who’s made a successful life for himself by acquiring and selling weapons to anyone, anywhere. It’s Scarface all over again, to such an extent that I almost expected Yuri to point at his arsenal of AK-47s and bellow, “Say hello to my little friends!” The improbabilities and contradictions make this an impossible character to play, and Cage immediately falls back on his established mannerisms to coast through this film.
JUST LIKE HEAVEN ✰✰1/2 The latest Reese Witherspoon vehicle makes ample use of her winsome appeal while ignoring the deeper acting chops employed in earlier pics like Election and Freeway. This romantic comedy casts the plucky actress as Elizabeth, a workaholic who seemingly gets killed while driving home from her job at a San Francisco hospital. She continues to haunt her apartment, which proves to be a problem since the place is now occupied by David (Mark Ruffalo), a new tenant who for personal reasons has shut himself off from the rest of the world. Hostile at first, the pair eventually try to bring each other back to life -physically in her case, emotionally in his.
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With Corpse Bride, Tim Burton returns to the stomping ground of his previous foray into stop-motion animation, 1993’s Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Compared to Christmas, which featured better songs, more interesting characters and a darker sensibility, Corpse Bride can’t help but qualify as a mild disappointment. Based on a Russian folk tale yet set in Victorian England, Corpse Bride finds Johnny Depp providing the voice of Victor Van Dort, a shy lad who’s set to marry a shy lass named Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson). While practicing his wedding vows he places the ring on a spindly branch, only to watch in horror as the branch reveals itself to be the finger of a corpse that rises from the ground like a zombie extra in a George Romero feature. This turns out to be Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), a young woman who died on her wedding night and who’s been waiting ever since for her true love. Corpse Bride is a marvel of craft and imagination, yet what’s most surprising is its ability to make us care about the fate of Bonham Carter’s character, a lovely woman who suffered a cruel betrayal she didn’t deserve.
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Not only the best animated flick of the year but also one of the most enjoyable outings in any genre. In this yarn, Wallace and his silent sidekick have taken it upon themselves to rid their burg’s rabbits by forming a pest control outfit called Anti-Pesto. Using Wallace’s latest invention, the Bun-Vac 6000, the team is able to humanely capture all the bunnies that have been helping themselves to the neighbors’ garden patches. But shortly before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition is scheduled to take place, one of Wallace’s experiments goes horribly awry.
thriller, is an involving “A”-list project that doesn’t just go down as it reaches its preposterous third act -- it then explodes on contact, creating fireballs of flaws so massive that they obliterate entire theater auditoriums and even singe the concession stands. Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster), a recent widow catching a Berlin-to-New York flight along with her six-year-old daughter (newcomer Marlene Lawston), becomes frantic once the girl disappears during the course of the flight. The entire premise rests on the fact that no one else aboard the plane, from the crew to the passengers, ever once caught a glimpse of the moppet, thereby establishing in their minds Kyle as a woman who’s delusional and possibly dangerous. Director Robert Schwentke exhibits aptitude in his ability to stage tense confrontations between Kyle and her doubters, while the meticulous recreation of a jumbo airliner provides the film with a setting that feels as expansive and full of mystery as Baskerville Hall. Yet what really sparks this portion is Jodie Foster: Glimpsed at the beginning of the film as a lost soul still shell-shocked by the sudden death of her husband, Kyle springs into action once her daughter goes MIA, alternately scaring passengers, ignoring the flight attendants and berating the flight’s pilot (Sean Bean) and air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard). served to complement the movie’s anti-
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meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Call Raymond at 898-3506.
Chatham County Democratic Committee meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. Call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 2345969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www.chathamdems.com.
Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.
Chatham County Young Republicans For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.
Coastal Democrats For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.
Curbside Recycling Persons who would like the city to initiate a curbside recycling program can sign a petition offered by the Savannah Chapter of the Green Building Council. Call 236-0781 or access the petition online at www.petitiononline.com/cleannow/petition.html.
Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher at a local Democratic drinking club. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, leftleaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Coach’s Corner. For information, visit
The oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
League of Women Voters The Savannah-Chatham chapter of the League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone18 and older.
Sierra Club meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. 351-7436.
Speak Up! Local activist group focused on protesting the war in Iraq. Call Richard DiPirro at 4417167.
Auditions Abyssinia Players Present Black Nativity
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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 nonsinging 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. Individuals will be contacted via e-mail and telephone to schedule auditions.
\meets every Tuesday on Yahoo Chat around 7 p.m. Send an e-mail to schmalk@yahoo.com to receive an invitation to join the chat.
Lowcountry Ensemble Company is looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, poets and others. Send e-mail to negroensemble@comcast.net.
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Libertarian Party of Chatham County Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Boba’s, 309 W. St. Julian St. Call 308-3934 or visit www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertariansga.ht ml.
National Council of Negro Women The council meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.
Meets every second Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170.
Blessingdale’s thrift store at 2118 Bona Bella, at the corner of Skidaway and Bona Bella in the Bacon Park Shopping Center, sells clothes, furniture, electronics and household items. Proceeds support The Living Vine Christian
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maternity home. Donations appreciated. Call 355-4339.
Fill it Up, Give Life Savannah Mall and Oglethorpe Mall are partnering with Cumulus Broadcasting to help the American Red Cross by hosting blood drives and donating all funds collected in the mall fountains. The “Fill It Up, Give Life” collections will be donated to aid Gulf Coast residents. Change can be donated at either fountain. Blood drives will be held Sundays from 2-6 p.m. through Oct. 30.
Give for the Gulf is a year-long, comprehensive Armstrong Atlantic State University initiative that will raise funds and provide community services for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.
Hurricane Katrina Benefit Website A community website/blog where local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, fundraising events and other information are listed can be found at http://www.katrinahelp.gatherat.com.
Night Stalkers Association In honor of the fallen soldiers who served in the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) out of Hunter Army Airfield, the Military Affairs Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging donations of funds and resources to the Nigh Stalkers Association, which uses funds to assist surviving spouses and family members with college grants, loans and other financial assistance. Call Linda R. Rogers at 352-6645 or send donations to: The Night Stalkers Association, 3/160 SOAR, 1304 N. Lightning
33 Rd., Hunter Army Airfield, 31409-4719. For information, visit www.nightstalkers.com.
Paddling for Healthy Hearts Tour This fundraiser was begun by members of the Savannah/Chatham County Southeast Affiliate of the American Heart Association to raise funds and awareness. It is based on long-distance sea-kayak trips along the Atlantic coast. To follow the progress or make a donation, visit www.heartpaddle.org or call 713-8778.
Roll for LIFE in support for Brothers On Wheels, a group for persons who are disabled but want to help empower others with disabilities to better their lives, will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. The starting point will be at LIFE, Inc., 17 Travis St. The group will proceed to Montgomery Cross Road down to Lake Mayer Park, about 2.5 miles, where a hot breakfast will await all participants. For info, call BOW President Kelvin Johnson, 232-7686 or 441-6273 or send e-mail to kjbrowneyes2004@yahoo.com.
available to a limited number of vendors for $5 more. Deadline is Nov. 1. Call 912-876-6276 or send e-mail to OSCVendors2004@aol.com.
Mutation: the venue for misfit crafts 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.
National Youth Gospel Competition Auditions for this national competition will be held Oct. 8 at Mustard Seed Faith Church, 9150 Old Montgomery Rd. The contest is open to solo vocalists between 14-22. To register, visit www.allamericangospel.com. For info, call Youth Minister Brian Friday at 3553787 or send e-mail to brian@seedfaith.org.
Two Pale Josephines is a boutique gallery/working studio opening on West Broughton Street that is looking for artists interested in consigning work. Especially interested in clothing, accessories
and textile designers, as well as home decor, painting and sculpture. Send email to 2palejosephines@bellsouth.net or call 232-4848.
Classes & Workshops AARP Drivers Safety Program Classes will be held Thursday and Friday Oct. 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at GenOne. Call 350-7587 to register. Classes will be held Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 18 and 19 from
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Walk to Talk for Autism Awareness will be held Oct. 15 at 9 a.m. at Lake Mayer Park. Register before the event by calling 691-0790 or visit http://andrewsanswers.atspace.com. On the day of the walk, participants can register at 8:30 a.m.Fro info, call 201-5583 or send email to jane.newman@savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us.
Call for Applications AARP Foundation SCSEP The AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program offers job search assistance and paid on-the-job training for eligible workers 55 years of age or older. Call 234-1681 or visit the AARP office at 221 E. 34th St.
Call for Entries Annual Craft Sale St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 11500 Middleground Rd., is seeking crafters for 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.
Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians The Chatham County Chamber Group is seeking classically trained musicians. Call 232-2326.
Fort Stewart Holiday Bazaar The Fort Stewart Officers’ Spouses’ Club will sponsor a holiday bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Club Stewart at Fort Stewart. Artists and crafters are sought to display and sell work. The vendor fee is $60 and includes a 6-foot table and two chairs. Two tables are $100. Electricity will be
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Order holiday greenery now for delivery the first week of December. Plants available include boxwood, pine and fraser fir and all mix wreaths and garland, various types of topiaries, paper whites and poinsettias, azaleas and amaryllis. The deadline to order is Friday, Oct. 28. Proceeds will help fund and implement community landscape projects. To place an order, call 898-0478.
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will be held Oct. 22 at the Alee Temple ballroom to benefit the Savannah S.A.F.E. Shelter. Music by the Coastline Band with heavy hors d-oeuvres. B.Y.O.B. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The band plays from 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are $18 until Oct. 19. After that, they are $25. For info, call Don Sample at 927-9439.
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1-5 p.m. at Whitemarsh Island-Murray Community Center. Call 898-3320 to register.
Chatham County Aquatic Center
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are held at The Art School Mondays from 79 p.m. and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Beginners are welcome. For information, call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151.
offers open lap swim, water aerobics classes, swim lessons and competitive swim teams for all ages, home school programs and field trips for students on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. 6526793 or chathamcounty.org.
Free drawing classes for teens, adults and seniors are offered by the Savannah Art Association on Saturdays through October from 9 a.m. to noon at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s’ Fine Arts Hall. For information, call 897-5612 or 598-8217.
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based on the work of Byron Katie offers immediate help 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.
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The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.
Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E. are being offered for children and adults at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-4248.
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The Art School 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. 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. 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. Call 819-8583.
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 heldTuesday at 10 a.m. at the Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., 1601 Drayton St. 447--5711.
Building a Home The UBuildIt office in Savannah offers free seminars. Call 236-1211.
Career Achievement Program St. Mary’s Community Center, 812 W. 36th St., an affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler, offers a program to help adults with math, reading and writing skills. Participants choose their hours between Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 447-0578.
The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. offers specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.
Classes at Familiar Pathways Several classes are offered, including Meditation 101 and 102; Aura 101; Tarot 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 classes cost $50 and lunch is included. Many classes are ongoing, running every month. Payment is to be made two days prior to the class starting date. Call Anastasia at 443-9678.
Coastal Scooters Classes 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 on-road instruction. Classes meet on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Sundays from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $40. To register, call 232-5513 or visit Coastal Scooters at 418 W. Broughton St.
offers several classes and workshops, including sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.
The Economic Opportunity Authority offers free computer classes 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.
Fanny’s Spanish Learning Center Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Call 920-2171 or 220-6570 to register.
First Steps parent education program This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. Call 8196910.
Free Coaching Session and Assessment for personal, career and professional development. Call Executive Leadership Coaching, 443-9860, or send e-mail 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.
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Basic introduction to computers and Microsoft Works offered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bull and 31st streets. Cost is $20 for the session and $20 for the text book. Pre-registration is required. Call 3550219.
titled Are Your Kids Driving You Crazy? will be presented by author Jane Bluestein on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 6-8 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Center. Bluestein has appeared on Oprah, CNN and National Public Radio. She has written several books, including her latest, High School’s Not Forever, which will be released later this month. For info, call Wendy Marshall at 9215541.
Culinary Arts Classes Enroll now in a free culinary arts training program at the Starfish Cafe. This program is a collaborative effort of Union Mission, Inc., and Savannah Technical College. For information, call Mindy Saunders at 2382777.
Discover Creativity Coaching Free initial consultation. Expert with two creativity degrees helps you kick-start your project, sort ideas, break through blocks, clarify intentsions and plan approaches. Call 412-9199 or send e-mail to breakthru.creativity@gmail.com.
Free Tax School Liberty Tax, 6821 Waters Ave. near Eisenhower across from Burger King. Earn extra income after taking course. .Call 3523862 or visit www.libertytax.com. Small fee for books, but classes are free.
How to Get Sales Out of Your Website is a seminar that will be held Thursday, Oct. 6 from 6-8 p.m. in the Small Business Assistance Center at 111 E. Liberty St. The fee is $30. Call 651-3200.
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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 Sunday 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 nonmembers. 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.
Memorial Health positive parenting class The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years. To register, call 350-9335.
Mindful meditation classes will be held Monday from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Integrated Behavioral Center, 1121 Cornell Ave. The cost is $10 per session. Call 355-4987.
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 $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.
Multiple blessings is a four-week education course offered by Memorial Health and designed for the family expecting twins, triplets or more. Call Barbara at 350-3129 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.
Painting Classes for beginners and studio groups for experienced artists Private studio in historic district. Professional instruction by MFA graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Oil and acrylic painting, charcoal, pencil and pastel drawing. $125 for six-week course or $75 a month for weekly studio sessions. Call 234-5737 for information and registration.
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.
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Savannah Art Association Life Drawing Drawing sessions will be held the first three Tuesdays of every month from 9:3011:30 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.
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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.
Taxes and the Long Term Investor will be presented Wednesday, Oct. 12 at noon and 7 p.m. at Smith Barney, 7402 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 692-4613 for reservations.
Tennis, anyone? Tennis for munchkins, juniors and adults -summer camps, clinics, ball machine workouts. Call 961-9862.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults. Classes include microscope labs, squid dissection, guided beach walks and tours of the Science Center. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org.
AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors role playing with Dungeons and Dragons, Modern D29, Witchcraft, magic the gathering and other role playing games. Anyone interested in playing is free to join. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AASU Compass Point Club House. The club is forming a laser tag team and has bi-monthly children’s readings on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. at Media Play. Call Antonio at 713-1470 or send email to Catscandance2@aol.com.
ABATE (American Bikers Active Toward Education) District 11 meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Saloon on Hwy. 204 and Old River Rd. Please call for more info. 233-9800.
Alternative Video/Film Enthusiast Viewings are 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.
Ascension Lutheran Dinner and a Movie Join other college-age Lutheran friends for fun and fellowship on the first and third Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran, 120 Bull St. After dinner, the group will attend Reel Savannah screenings. Call 232-4151 or send email to program@elcota.org.
Banner of the Nations Savannah meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at 352-2323 or visit the Web site at www.bannerofthenations.com.
Beach Historic Neighborhood Association meets monthly on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Call 605-4471 for details.
Beanhead Writers Group meets very second Saturday at 1 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. to critique works in progress and to discuss
Bipolar Support Group John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.
Bridge club meets at the JEA 1511 Abercorn, ACBL certified duplicate bridge game every Wednesday at 1 p.m. There is a $4 fee. Call Lynn Pierce at 3549739.
Chihuahua Club of Savannah 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/.
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. Visit 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. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.
Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah sponsors a 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. 728-5989.
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Community Hymn Chorus All denominations are welcome to come together to make a joyful noise 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.
Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Facilitated by Miriam Center.
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DEFCON/2600 This computer club is dedicated to the innovative use of technology, including computer security, radio and wireless and hardware modding. The first meeting will be Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Oglethorpe Mall Food Court. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge.
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.
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Friends of Oatland Board of Directors meets every third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; general membership meeting follows at 7 p.m. at the Oatland Island Educational Center. Call Serena Nasworthy at 897-3060.
Friends of the Library meet the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3655.
Georgia Christian Singles Memberships start at $25 and remain active until marriage. See website or call for local chapters. 1-800-869-2500.
Gold Wing Road Riders Association promotes education, safety and fun to motorcycle riders. Call Julian at 920-2700 or John at 858-5414 or visit chaptere2.tripod.com. 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.
Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association holds its board meetings on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. These meetings are open to the public. For information, call 236-8546.
Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Call 659-2930 or 443-9267.
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the game that will soon replace Chess as the intellectual strategy game par excellence., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Books-AMillion on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.
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.
Low Country Artists’ and Artisans’ Society
Progressive Guys’ Discussion Group
sponsors a Country Textiles African American Quilt Making Guild. Call 447-1888. at 2202 Norwood Ave. sponsors bingo every Tuesday and Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. There is a $700 jackpot.
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. 231-8841.
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for stay-at-home moms and their children. Events include day trips, service projects, monthly Mom’s Night Outs, play groups, play dates, crafts events, a babysitting coop, and other activities. For information, call Courtney at 921-1462, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com.
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.
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)
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The Island Mothers of Preschoolers meets every first and third Wednesday at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Child care is provided. Call Linda at 897-9632.
“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.
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Millionaire’s Club for Women The purpose 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.
Savannah Adventure Club
meets biweekly at the Lion’s Den Lounge. Call Brian at 234-2484 or ww.savannahobjectivists.org.
People who enjoy outdoor activities and are looking for adventure are invited to join. Visit www.savannahadventureclub.com for information.
Oglethorpe Business & Professional Women’s Club
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All instrumentalists who are interested in Celtic music are welcome. Meets the second and fourth Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at
Philosophical sessions taking on a different topic each time at Barnes & Noble every
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.
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.
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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 6550994.
Savannah Art Association offers affordable art workshops, social activities and a chance to display 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.
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. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.
Savannah Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will host an open house Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Exchange on Waters. Call 233-2838 for info or registration.
Savannah Chapter of the Sons of Italy 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 Chess 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.
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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. Call Katie at 227-4193.
Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Women’s Association meets the first Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Golf Club on East President Street. RSVP to Laura McLaren at 236-6750, Ext. 14, or 898-9362.
Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $30. All equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencingclub@hotmail.com.
Savannah Italian Club
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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) meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. See www.savannahmug.org.
Savannah Newcomers Club is open to all residents who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. The club hosts a monthly luncheon and program on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants and sponsors tours, activities and events to help new residents. Call 351-3171.
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society is dedicated to the preservation of the canal and its natural and historical features. Dinner meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. Volunteer Saturdays are the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Savannah-Ogeechee 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.
helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935.
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.
Single People in Christian Education (SPICE) 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 is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Taylor’s Restaurant inside the Days Inn on Mall Boulevard. Call Linda Lee at 695-7733.
Subbuteo Table Soccer meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. For information, call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.
Telfair Academy Guild will meet Monday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. at the Owens-Thomas House Slave Quarters, 124 Abercorn St. After the meeting, members will visit the workshop of Greg Guenther, furniture maker and restorer. For info, call 598-7447.
Tybee Beautification Association 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.
Tybee Performing Arts Society (TAPS) meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com.
Weekend Warriors is a program at Portman’s Music for people who were musicians as kids, but went on to pursue other types of careers. The cost is $95, which includes two hours of instruction each week for four weeks. The latest gear will be provided. Call 354-1500.
Young Professionals of Savannah A forum for young professionals ages 21-40 to build relationships, develop professionally and enhance business by expanding their social For information, send email to Katie at kathleen.patterson@smithbarney.com or Garrett at garrett.w.murphy@smithbarney.com..
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Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah 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. No cover and club membership is not necessary. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.
Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.
Events King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation Banquet The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation Inc. will host the Eighth Annual Awards Banquet on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency Savannah. A reception will precede the banquet at 6:30 p.m. Awards will be given to Sisters of Mercy and St. Joseph’s/Candler, Antwan “BigBoi” Patton, Jessie Collier DeLaoch, Dr. David Hall and Dorothy Pelote. Tickets are $75. Call 234-8000.
Southeastern Camellia Society Fall Picnic will be held Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bamboo Farm Pavilion on the lake. Everyone is invited. Just bring enough food for your gang. Drinks will be provided. Tom Johnson, horticulturist, will discuss basic camellia culture and answer questions. Plants will be on sale.
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.
Anusara Yoga Workshop with Barbara Hall This workshop is for all levels and is hosted by the Savannah Yoga Center on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Epwoprth Methodist Church, 2201 Bull St. This is the first Anusara Yoga workshop held in Savannah and students and teachers from all over the Southeast will be participating. The cost is $70 for both sessions or $40 for either the morning or afternoon session. Pre-registration is required. Call Kelley Crane at 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com.
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at Islands Dance Academy. All levels welcome, including beginners. Challenging, rewarding and fun. 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.
Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes
The Savannah Shag Club
Chopra Center at Memorial Health Yoga Classes
Savannah Stitch-N-Bitch meets every second Tuesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. All that is required is an interest in knitting or crocheting. Bring a project and join in the stitching, talking and munchies. Call 2380514.
Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Midtown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 927-9439.
Savannah Shag Club Fundraiser and Auction will be held Oct. 22 at the Alee Temple ballroom to benefit the Savannah S.A.F.E.
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.
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Shelter. Music by the Coastline Band with heavy hors d-oeuvres. B.Y.O.B. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The band plays from 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are $18 until Oct. 19. After that, they are $25. For info, call Don Sample at 927-9439.
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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 232-6682 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.
meets every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 am at the First City Club in downtown Savannah. 233-1600.
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to 1 p.m. (Lunch Yoga) and Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 5:45-7 p.m. (Evening Yoga.) The cost choices include a $12 walk-in rate, along with additional rates. Call for information. Classes are held at The Chopra Center at Memorial Health at 300 Bull St. For information, call 236-2131 or visit chopra.memorialhealth.com.
Chopra Center at Memorial Health 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.
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Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group Classes are offered Saturdays starting Sept. 17 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The cost is $8 or 10 classes for $80 for adults, $70 for students. Drop-in rate is $10. All experience levels are welcome. Beginner instruction available for the first hour. Call Jeff at 352-7057 or email 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.
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 The only center in the area that brings in the world’s leading yoga teachers to conduct workshops. Located at 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton. Call Kelley Crane at 441-6653 for more info and directions or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Current class schedule is as follows: Monday, Mellow Flow Yoga, all levels, 5:30-6:45 p.m.; Tuesday, Beginners Basic Yoga, 6-7:15 p.m.; Wednesday, Flow Yoga-All Levels, 6-7:15 p.m.; Saturday, Flow Yoga-All Levels, 10-11:15 a.m. (no class Oct. 8 due to workshop). Drop-in rates are $12, Students with ID $10, active duty military/dependents with ID $8. Upcoming workshops include Anusara Yoga on Oct. 1, Anniversary Partner Yoga Workshop on Oct. 27, Opening the Heart on Nov. 5, Yoga Master Doug Swenson on Nov. 16 and KIRTAN Indian Chant concert with David Newman “Durga Das” on Nov. 18. All workshops are held at Epworth Methodist Church, 2201 Bull St.
Tai Chi Classes are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.
tions and the natural history of the fish, crabs, shrimp, oysters, mussels, clams and so on featured in each dish. The cookbook also will include appetizers, salads, side dishes and deserts that will compliment the seafood entrees. Visit www.tybeemsc.org for information on submitting your recipes.
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.
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The Yoga Room Hatha Flow Level I Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m., Friday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon; Hatha Flow levels I and II, Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 5-6:30 p.m.; Hatha Flow levels I and II Monday 6:30-8 p.m.; Vinyasa Flow-Power Yoga Saturday 9-10 a.m. and Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Mommy & Me Yoga Monday 4-5 p.m. for 5years old and up and Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. for 2 and 4year-olds; Baby & Mommy Yoga call for schedule. Private instruction and gift certificates available. Whitemarsh Center, 115 Charlotte Rd. Cost is $12 for drop-ins and $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. Call 819-6463.
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
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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.
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meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 441-4407.
Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.
Georgia Equality Savannah
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is the local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.
Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff members, who discuss obesity and the surgical process. Free. Call 350-DIET or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com.
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.
National Coming Out Day Events Two events are scheduled to generate momentum for National Coming Out Day, which is Tuesday, Oct. 11. The first will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at Blaine’s, 13 E. Perry St. The second will be held Sunday, Oct. 9 from 4-8 p.m. at Queeny’s Restaurant, 1611 Habersham St. For information, call 690-7716. 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.
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HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.
Keeping at risk individuals healthy A Union Mission Inc. program that provides HIV/AIDS education and outreach through the use of free workshops, seminars and peer education. Free needleless testing is provided. Services are free to churches, clubs and shelters. Contact DaVena Jordan at 231-0123 or send e-mail to djordan@unionmission.org.
LaLeche League of Savannah
Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc.
Mammograms
What Makes A Family is a children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 3522611.
Health Community HealthCare Center
offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.
Dual Recovery Anonymous 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.
Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324..
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.
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 Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at SmartSenior, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. Call 447-0578 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chatham County Health Department on Drayton Street. Call 354-9357 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group in Rincon. Call 354-9357 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Long County Health Deparmtent in Lucowici. Call 5452107 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group in Pembroke. Call 653-2897 for appointments.
March of Dimes The March of Dimes offers valuable information for women. www.modimes.org or 1888-MODIMES. 354-5900.
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will hold an Enrichment Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. in Room 508A of the Candler Professional Building at Candler Hospital, 5354 Reynolds St. A City of Savannah presentation and forum will be held to gather parental input concerning planning for the Ellis Square Park Project. Call 897-9261. Information, education, encouragement and support are available free of charge to all women who are interested in breastfeeding through monthly meetings and over the telephone from La Leche League of Savannah. Call the LLL of Savannah Help Line at 897-9261. All series meetings are held in the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St, Room 508A.
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at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance. Pain treatment, cellulite reduction, long established business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 8561534.
is offered at The Chopra Center at Memorial Health. Visit chopra.memorialhealth.com or call 350-2467.
Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.
Memorial Health Child Safety Seat Checks Certified car seat inspection technicians will check your child’s car seat to make sure it is property installed every Wednesday in September from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MedStarOne at Memorial Health. Call Lahoma Thurman at 658-6430.
Memorial Health CPR training FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.
Memorial Health group meditation sessions are offered free to the public every Tuesday from 5:30-6 p.m. on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine.
Memorial Health heart risk assessment is held once a month at FitnessOne. The appointment takes about 40 minutes and the cost is $50. Call Midge at 350-4042.
Memorial Health SET Focus Group This is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents/caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. Call Donna at 350-5616 or Saundra at 350-3396.
Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:15-7:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint replacement. To register, call 350-3603.
Memory Screening A free memory screening clinic will be offered Nov. 4 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. 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.
Miracle on Wheels will make available power (electric) wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens (65 and over) usually at no out-of-pocket expense. This service also may be available to the permanently disabled of any age. Call 1-800-749-8778 or visit the Web site at www.durablemedical.com.
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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.
Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services, women’s shelters, sexual assault services, crisis information, birth control, S.T.D.s, pregnancy options, and more. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154.
Project SAVE The Savannah Health Mission, the Georgia Eye Institute and the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association are joining forces to implement Project SAVE, Screening and Vision Education, for people with diabetes. The program provides eye exams, education and care to those who have no health insurance, are unable to pay for care privately and meet certain qualifications. The clinic meets Thursdays by appointment. Call 3522032.
The Quit Line a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP. Online information can be found at www.unitegeorgia.com.
Senior companions needed Citizens Inc. is seeking Senior Companions - men and women 60 or older -- to provide care to older adults. Senior Companions receive a small stipend and travel assistance for their duties, which consist of light housekeeping, running errands and providing companionship, as well as other tasks as needed. Applicants must meet program requirements to apply. Call 236-0363, Ext. 120 or 121.
and salt marsh habitats. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. MF:9 a.m.-4 p.m. and most Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for everyone over 4. 898-3980 or visit www.oatlandisland.org.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. Beach Discovery Walks are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Call 786-5917 for information about current programs. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children 3-16. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Tuesdays when it is open 9 a.m. to noon.
Wild Islands and Estuaries Travel with a Wilderness Southeast guide on Sunday, Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. to noon through the tidal marshes of the Bull River and other creeks to observe birds, dolphins and other marsh creatures. Venture ashore on Williamson’s Island, Georgia’s youngest barrier island. The cost is $40 per person. Advance registration is required. Call 8975108. 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.
The Casual Poets Society 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.
Super 2 Access Clinic
Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club
Super 2 Access (After Cancer Cure Evaluation Strategy and Support) is a clinic for children and adolescents who completed cancer treatment at least two years ago. For information, call Pam at 658-2215 or Donna at 667-8943.
meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.
Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for smart, motivated people interested in giving back to their community. Call 651-5371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.
Understanding Hospice is a seminar that will be presented Oct. 6 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. For information, call 447-6605.
E. Shaver, Bookseller, Book Signings On Friday, Oct. 7 from 4-6 p.m., John Berendt will sign his new book, City of Falling Angels. On Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 4-6 p.m., Damon Lee Fowler will sign Damon Lee Fowler’s New Southern Baking. E. Shaver is located at 326 Bull St. Call 234-7257.
Inspirational book club 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 Islands book group
SSU hosts the artist Pleasant
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.
The artist Pleasant will present a lecture Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. in the Savannah State University Howard Jordan Business Building’s Torian Auditorium.
Lunch bunch book group An open book discussion the fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble. Participants can talk about any book.
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Dolphin Project of Georgia Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.
Take a walk on the wild side at the Oatland Island Education Center. The “Native Animal Nature Trail” features a variety of live animals and landscapes and winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland
meets monthly to get the scoop on what other adults are reading at the Ogeechee Branch Library, 1820 Ogeechee Rd. Call 2321339.
Reader’s theater meeting every other Thursday from 4-5:30 p.m. at the South Effingham Library in Rincon. This performance group is a free program for middle and high school students. Call Linda Bridges, children’s coordinator at 826-2222.
Tea time at Ola’s is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth
Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660.
curriculum for K-12 youth in the religious education program. Services are held Sundays at 10 a.m. Call 233-6284 or send email to UUBC2@aol.com.
Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry
Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. The church has moved to a temporary home at the Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. on Monterey Square. On Oct. 9 at 11 a.m., Rev. Frank Check will speak from the topic, Connecting With Deity. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.
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 Asbury Memorial Presents God on Broadway The second sermon of a six-week worship series that incorporates Broadway shows into the worship experience will be held Oct. 9 with Fiddler on the Roof. The pastor is the Rev. Billy Hester. The church is located at 1008 E. Henry St. at the corner of Waters Avenue. The curtain rises at 11:15 a.m. Visit www.asburymemorial.org.
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Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans The CUUPS group meets the fourth Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham at East Harris and East Macon streets on Troup Square. Come explore an earth-centered and earth-honoring spiritual path among like-minded people.
Wildwood United Methodist Church invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is located at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway.
Woodlawn United Methodist Church Sunday school is at 9:45, worship at 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. 2502 Highway 80, Garden City.
Women’s Bible Study at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or stop by 1601 Drayton Street.
Sports & Games Savannah Masters Adult Swimming is available at the Chatham County Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr., next to Lake Mayer. Levels are Beginner, Fitness, Triathlete and Competitive. Times are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:306:45 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. For information, call Scott Rabalais at 927-7016 or visit www.savannahmasters.com.
Savannah Shamrocks women’s rugby team Practices are every Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Forsyth Park near the tennis courts. Call 404-449-5875 or send e-mail to savannahrugby@yahoo.com.
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Wheelchair Basketball
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.
BlazeSports Club of Savannah, a program of The Rehabilitative Institute at Memorial Health Medical Center, sponsors wheelchair basketball. Practices are held each Monday. Beginners and intermediate players practice from 6-7 p.m. Advanced players practice from 7-8 p.m. Basketballs and sports wheelchairs are provided. Call 350-7268.
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 652-3496.
Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group meets Sundays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square. Please arrive and be seated no later than 9:25 a.m. Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome. Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.
Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. A pagan service will be held Sunday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. The service will be led by Kathleen Moore, a member of Savannah’s pagan community. The church is located at the corner of Houston and Oglethorpe streets. Creating a Peaceable Kingdom is the
Support Groups African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.
Al Anon Family Groups A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://all-anonsavannah.freeservers.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.
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meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynn’s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.
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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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Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group
Better Breathers support group
Celiac Support Group
for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-causing illnesses meets the first Monday and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. Visit www.alzga.org or call 920-2231.
meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, at noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. Contact Tina Nelson at 819-7340 or Cindy Balkstra at 819-8032.
for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 507-2592.
ually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.
Citizens With Retarded Citizens
Full Circle Grief and Loss Center
Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633.
a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289. Grief 101 is a seven week support group for individuals who have suffered a loss by death. Pre-registration required. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Grief Support Network is an on-going peer-run support group. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Children’s Groups, call for times. Specialty Groups such as Spouse Loss Group and Loss by Suicide Group are offered when needed.
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This monthly support group is for families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia and is held the second Thursday at 6 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Amanda Christenson, 236-0363, Ext. 105.
Bipolar Support Group John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.
Bulloch County Rape Crisis Hotline The Bulloch County Sexual Assault Task Force has announced a new 24 hour/7 day a week hotline staffed by trained volunteers to aid victims of rape, incest and sexual molestation. The number is 912-531-1771.
Amputee Support Group
CASA Support Group
Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.
This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 4478908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.
Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616.
Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.
Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group
Cancer support group meets every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon in the board room located on the first floor of St. Joseph’s Hospital. 819-2475.
Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association meets the fourth Saturday of the month from10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 352-8383 or 927-8332.
Compassionate Friends Support Group offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. It meets the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Candler Heart & Lung Building, Conference Room 2, 5356 Reynolds St. 925-5195.
Depressive/Manic support group Open to persons diagnosed with depression. Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064
Diabetes support group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.
Domestic violence community support group SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building at 325 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.
Domestic Violence Hotline
for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.
The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-800-33HAVEN
Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group
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A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.
Fibromyalgia support group meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743.
First line is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sex-
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Gay AA Meeting An Alcoholics Anonymous group for gays meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 233-4255.
HIV/AIDS :living with HIV/AIDS? My Brothaz Home is a support group for men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.
Hope House provides supportive housing for single mothers with one child. Please call 236-5310 for information.
Huntington Disease Support Group meets the last Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital, second floor, Room 2. Call Sandra at 9640455.
Keeping hope alive while living with cancer meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845.
Koolostomy Accessories is a support group open to anyone who has an ostomy and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.
LaLeche League of Savannah will hold an Enrichment Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. in Room 508A of the Candler Professional Building at Candler Hosptial, 5354 Reynolds St. A City of Savannah presentation and forum will be held to gather parental input concerning planning
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childhood to adulthood. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396.
Living without Violence
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The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 2349999.
is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 819-6171 for information.
Lupus Encouragement Group
discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523
A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 447-6605.
Leukemia, Lymphoma and Blood Disorders Support Group
Multiple Sclerosis support group
Muscular Dystrophy support group
meets at Summit Cancer Care, 5400 Sutlive St. in the lobby on the second Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. Call Barbara at 354-6187, Ext. 212 to RSVP.
meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576.
Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Error Prevention Conference Room. A variety of guests discuss ways to improve health. Call Glenda at 350-3690.
meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 3517035 or 353-7143.
Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’
Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders
Memorial Health POPPS! Group for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.
Memorial Health SET Focus
Astroscope
Safe shelter outreach program
Smoking Cessation Support Group
St. Joseph’s/Candler Emory transplant support group
Teen Mom Support Program
meets every other month, Jan. 12, March 9, May 11, July 13, Sept. 14 and Nov. 9, in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. On May 11 at 4:30 p.m., Dr. Teresa Schweiger will speak about The Art and Science of Immunosuppression. For information, call Terria Manning at 819-2171 or Karen Traver at 819-8350.
The Parents of Difficult Teens group
meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child.
As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management tech-
is a fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565. is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking. Call 819-8032 or 819-3361.
Sarcoidosis support group
Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group
S-Anon Family Group
Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential & free. 691-1911.
meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006. for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.
is a fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.
meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, Noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. 692-2032.
Savannah Chatham Truancy Intervention Project
The Savannah Parkinson’s Support Group meets the first Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium at
Hope House of Savannah provides support for teenage mothers between the ages of 13 to 19. Moms will participate in Abstinence Education, field trips, tutorial/homework assistance and life skills classes in financial literacy, parenting, nutrition, career and education development. Childcare, snacks and transportation provided. Call 236-5310.
Transgender Support Group My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.
United Way’s First Call for Help Telephone information & referral service that provides expertise and relief to individuals and families in need, with a database of more than 500 agencies and organizations. 651-7730.
Victim-Witness assistance program is for families of murder victims. The meetings are at 6 p.m. in the Chatham County Courthouse on Montgomery St. third Thursday of each month. 652-7329 ◗
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Ceres* transits Sagittarius from September 24 to December 11, 2005. The unmarried, male, blue collar (truck driver) (security guard) (warehouse employee) (cop), in a conscious effort to climb up society's ladder of status, buys a large Starbucks coffee before attending his evening business class after work at the local community college. Upon entering the classroom, he overhears a conversation between two younger female students, "And it was all in this article in Yahoo! by Justin Pope called 'Some
Question Third Year of Law School'. Apparently the third year of law school is for rich kids to relax before they make the really big money, so all that they do as third year students is cut classes, drink alcohol & travel. Who can afford all that?" The blue collar night student just smiled, then interrupted, "Sounds good to me – if you already got a job. As for me, I find it relaxing to come here after a long day at work with a big cup of Starbucks so I can learn something while sitting down after a whole day on my feet."
ARIES - Too much negotiation, haggling & transaction can batter your spirit into exhaustion. You need to give, as well as to receive, generosity & unconditional love, straight from the heart – if, for no other reason, to relax your mind. Lagniappe!
LEO - Your paycheck is boring because you've seen those numbers before – but is excitement really what you need? Remember that associates will remember your behavior – or, rather, misbehavior – should you go off the deep end.
SAGITTARIUS - Unless you purge yourself of negative
TAURUS - You lack inspiration & joy in your life because you value effort & discipline over unpredictable surges of emotion. Now, your emotional resources are depleted. Cultivate a desire which fills your soul with life.
VIRGO - Because potentially huge, material resources & legal precedents are at stake, you may need to make such judgments upon a member of your family. Be careful – the innocent should not have to live with any backlash.
CAPRICORN - Do you really think supplicants' problems are of their own making – or are you simply finding it convenient to "blame the victim"? Show compassion without casting judgment.
GEMINI - The demands of bosses are making you feel
LIBRA - Although you are in a weak position with both
overburdened, and, unfortunately, you project your frustrations onto your partner or mate. Don't fall into the unconsciously cowardly trap of "blaming the victim."
associates & employees, you can still negotiate your position, and issue instructions, in good faith, with the knowledge that those who took advantage of your vulnerability will suffer unwanted "corrections" later on.
CANCER - Have you been to the gym recently? If so, then monitor your performance. Does your brow sweat much more than your chest or back? That means you are pushing yourself too hard intellectually. Are you lifting less than you did when you were in a disciplined mode? If so, how much exactly have you regressed?
SCORPIO - Creditors, partners & children who have a claim upon your liquid income have taken away a lot of the incentive for you to earn extra cash. Nevertheless, you still need to make much bigger money. Have you considered retraining – or going back to school?
associations & affiliations, you may indeed find yourself vulnerable to all types of predators. Clean house before realigning yourself with long-term, loyal allies in December 2005.
AQUARIUS - You are exhausted from producing as a nonstop intellectual factory. You will be more than busy defending the ideas of the past ten years for the next several months. Before that starts, relax. Watch some television. PISCES - Do you really want to go through the effort to explain what you think or who you are to people too lazy to understand you? Decide, as quickly as possible, whether he or she is worth your time to go through such an effort. ◗
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The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it. For information, call Martyn Hills at 6514094.
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Candler Hospital. Call 355-6347 or 2384666.
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nique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.
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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. 912-965-9652
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FURNITURE Elegant hand-carved
FURNISHED EXECUTIVE RENTAL HISTORIC DISTRICT 411 Congress Street
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. 912-966-9937
FAUX FIREPLACE ORNATE carved mantel, Per fect for re-habbers. Use as fireplace or use only mantel. $100, obo. 912232-1934.
Professionally decorated 2-bedroom/1.5-bath furnished townhome in the action-packed section of the Historic District. Close to City Market, Broughton street, and Bay Street $1400/mo. Call Four Star Proper ty Management
810 Maupas Ave. Baldwin Park at its best! Pride of ownership shows in this 3 bedroom, 2 baths home. This home has been completely renovated and offers many extras. An awesome kitchen with an island and maple countertops, living room with a wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors, brick construction, metal roof and a 1 car garage with ample off street parking. You will truly want to call this home. Offered at $235,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
your home for only $130,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
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. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty *
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*
305 W Duffy St. New condo conver-
stored to perfection! Call for a private showing. Priced to sell at $560,000. Sun Coast Realty, Rhondda Netherton 912 5079800 *
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!
515 E Huntingdon St. A free standing 2 story home, and a great buy in the Historic District. 2 bedrooms/1.5 baths, screened large porch overlooking the fenced cour tyard. heartpine floors, 3 fireplaces and high ceilings. Move in condition! 223,900. Rhondda @Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 or
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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/dryer, included. $210,000.00. Shelley Carroll Lowther
912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com* 505 Pinecrest Court. 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
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.com* 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*
family or convert to a duplex. $175,000 Alexander Grikitis 912220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*
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*
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*
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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. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com* 328 Price Street 1862 historic home close to Toupe Sq. with 2 bedrooms/1.5 baths, 2 story. 4 fireplaces, hi ceilings, hear tpine floors, courtyard, all appliances included! $255,000 Call Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty. 912 507-9800.*
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.
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 912-2201700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*
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MATTRESS Full size plush set with box spring, new in plastic. Sell, $120. Can deliver. Call 912-9641494.
sion. 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. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
907 East 38 th St . How cute can you get? This totally remodeled 3 bedroom, 1 bath cottage is offering a large lot and an attached deck for entertaining. Make this
519 E. 45th Street Wonderful family home in Ardsley Park with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. Includes is a secret garden, bricked private patio, and an apt. rented for $900 per month. Totally re-
912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com* 114 Stockbridge.
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
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. H4058*
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 @ 6587777. H-4206 ERA Adams-Pevey 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 *
306 WEST PARK AVENUE Lower apartment, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, living room with hardwood floors, central heating and air, washer/dryer. $875/mo. 204B WEST DUFFY 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Open living room, kitchen area, central heat and air, washer/dryer. $650/mo. 212B WEST HALL STREET 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, totally electric, new carpet. $800/mo. 1103 EAST VICTORY DRIVE Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. Gated, off-street parking, overlooks Daffin Park. $1075/mo.
MIDTOWN 2033 SKIDAWAY RD- 2BD, 1BA, $650.00 317 W WALDBURG- APART B 3 BD, 1 BA $800.00 2136 TEXAS AVE APT-B - 1 BD,1 BA, $495.00
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2514 WHITAKER STREET Renovated 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. living room, kitchen with electric cooktop stove, heart pine floors, fresh paint. $750/mo. One month's free rent with years lease.
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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 A-4239*
626 East 53 rd Street Arts & Crafts gem ripe for the picking! Adorable 3BR/2BA 1939 bungalow with 1600+sf, oak & heart pine floors, original 4over-1 windows, eat-in kitchen, charming front porch and back deck, separate garage and nice yard. Won’t last at this price! $219,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty--Coastal Area Partners, (912) 7043545/356-5001, katherineoxnard@comcast.n et ,www.kw.com .* 514-516 East Bolton Street What can’t you do with this versatile 4500sf Victorian? Four rental units and a buildable side lot make for endless mix-&-match possibilities: keep as rentals, renovate as lucrative 2-family, create 2-4 condos and/or sell off the lot. You are limited only by your dreams…$399,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty-Coastal Area Partners, (912) 704-3545/3565001, katherineoxnard@comcast.net ,www.kw.com .*
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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. H-4104 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* Staged for Country Pleasure; A welcome escape from the city bustle. Three +/- 5 acre lots available. Lot 1 has a pond. Be the first to choose the one you want. Call LaTrelle 6587777, ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550. Prices starting as low as $35,000. A-4295*
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2210 ATLANTIC All American Bungalow Charming Baldwin Park bungalow, white picket fence and all! This adorable home has been renovated and offers 2BR/1BA, wrap-around porch, marble accents, new kitchen appliances and much, much more! Large 60 x 100 lot is great for all kinds of entertaining. Truly a Gem! Make this your home for $124,900. Call Lori Judge or Sheri Cermak 236-1000
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519 E. 45th Street Wonderful family home in Ardsley Park with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. Includes is a secret garden, bricked private patio, and an apt. rented for $900 per month. Totally restored to perfection! Call for a private showing. Priced to sell at $560,000. Sun Coast Realty, Rhondda Netherton 912 507-9800
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1505 Grove St Great investment or star ter home! Charming 3BR/1BA bungalow in the Eastern Victorian District is completely renovated and ready to move in. New fixtures, hardwood floors, central heat and air, electric and plumbing system. Lots of Southern Charm! Offered at just $98,500 Call Lori Judge or Sheri Cermak, Judge Realty 236-1000 *
1507 Grove St Absolutely charming Eastern Victorian bungalow! This move in ready 2BR/1BA home is remodeled with new central heat and air, electric and plumbing system. Fenced in yard great for entertaining. New fixtures and adorable paint job
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2210 Atlantic Charming Baldwin Park bungalow, white picket fence and all! This adorable home has been completely renovated and offers 2BR/1BA, wrap porch, marble accents, new kitchen, appliances and much more! Large 60 x 100 lot is great for all kinds of entertaining. Truly a Gem! Make this your home for $124,900 Call Lori Judge or Sheri Cermak, Judge Realty 236-1000 *
138 Walz Circle Totally Redone Starter Home or Investment Property. New Roof, paint, tile flooring and door. 3br/1.5ba, eat-in kitchen, large yard. Asking $131,000. Call Sonja Bannon, Judge Realty @ 912-4414 4 7 0 . www.HomesOfSavann ah.com *
1 Moss Hammock Lane One of few remaining lots at the Landings. Corner lot in upscale neighborhood, custom Home plans available. Build you dream
home! Asking $185,900. Call Sonja Bannon, Judge Realty @ 912-441-4470. www.HomesOfSavann ah.com * 311 W. Henry Completely renovated triplex near SCAD, with great rental history. Two cottages are 2BR/1BA units and one cottage is 3BR/1BA unit. All new appliances, electrical, HVAC and plumbing. Great I n v e s t m e n t ! $315,000 Call Lori Judge, Judge Realty 484-1514 * 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 912-3510510 or 912-2245200.* 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
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FOUR STAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 912897-3138 PETS NEGOTIABLESAVANNAH GORDONSTON 1840 Skidaway Road 2bd/1ba, upstairs apartment, private entrance, central heat/air, off street parking. $700. GORDONSTON 1840 Skidaway Road 2bd/1ba downstairs apartment, with hardwood floors, kitchen. LR, DR, sunroom, deck, and w/d available, central heat/air. $1000 NEAR SAVANNAH STATE 4415 Lilac Avenue Cute 3bd/1ba house, 1 car carport, Central H&A. $850 RICHMOND HILL MELROSE SUBDIVISION 45 Miner Drive. 3br/2ba, 1 car garage. Updated home, $1100. POOLER GODLEY PARK SUBDIVISION
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925 E. 37th Street Large commercial proper ty. Over 13,000 square feet. A lot of potential! Owner financing available. $175,000 Call Lori Judge, Judge Realty 484-1514 *
Tybee Island 2 bedrooms/2baths, highceilings, pets ok with deposit. Long term $1,250 per month, month to month. Go to website www.tybeecoquinacottage.com <http://www.tybeecoquinacottage.com/> or Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 5079800 or 912 266-3095.* 519 East Harris Street For Rent fully furnished with everything you could possible need! New home made to look old! 3 stories, 3 bedrooms/2 full baths, 2 half baths. Excercise room with equipment and 2 off street parking spaces. Glass enclosed porch! Rent by the month or long term. $1800 per month. Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 or rhonddane@comcast.net Commercial lease available with some furniture and reception available. Many offices - rent all the space or an office. Includes wireless phone system and computer set up, fully stocked kitchen and loads of parking! Close to the Mansion on Abercorn Street (#820) 300 to 1600 Sq. ft. available. 300-1600 per month. Call Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty - 912 5079800 or rhonddane@comcast.net Furnished Carriage House For Rent Located at Historic Jones St. Cute 1 BR/1 BA, Central HVAC, Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer, 1 Off Street Parking. $1200/month Call 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 * Wilmington Island 6523 Concord Road Adorable 3BR/2BA House, Large Fenced Back Yard, Hot Tub, 2 Car Garage $1800/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000 * 120 W. 37TH STREET HISTORIC HOUSE, newly renovated, 5bedroom 1-full bath (2nd bath can be added). 3,078sqf t., kitchen, washer/dryer, private cour tyard, $2742/month, long or short term lease available. Call 478-745-9065 or email williegriffin@hot-
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ARDSLEY PARK 2-bedroom carriage house, 1110 East 51st Street. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer, central heat/air, fenced backyard, small pets welcome. $650/month. Call 912-596-1355
1310 E. HENRY ST. Four Units Available 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments, 1200 sqft, separate living room, dining room. Completely remodeled Rooms For Rent with Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer furUNDER NEW MANAGEMENT nished, dishwasher, fireplace, kitchens by Under Renovation Ikea. Off-street parking, Renovated Rooms 6-month to one-year Available. leases. $795/month 23 East 37th St, 103 William 912-412-5517 or West 37th St, 212 West Lazaro @ 912-272-0382. 37th St, 502 West 37th MUST SEE to appreciSt. All rooms come furate. 6 miles from I-95. 20 LOFTS ON DRAYTON nished with all utilities minutes to Savannah Historic District. Mall. 1 bedroom, wash- Upscale 2 bedroom, 1 included, plus HBO, phone & washer/dryer. er/dryer, cable, water, furnished or unfur- bath apartment. Avail- Rooms share kitchen & now, bath, select rooms nished. All utilities able included $750 + $1250/month. Security available with private deposit. No pets! 748- entrance, washer/dryer, bath. Also on busline. 8367. dishwasher. Incredible Rooms as low as 3_79x6newlywedALMH.ai 5/10/04 1:58:27 PM WANTED!! Good neigh- location over Parker’s $120/week & up plus Market 231-1001 ext 4. bors for spacious 2-
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2008 Whitaker Circa 1900. Beautiful row house with many architectural details with 2004 updates. Same layout as 2006 Whitaker Street. Complete with coveted off-street parking and a courtyard. Within walking distance of SCAD's future Richard Arnold Campus. Priced at $219,000 Roy Hill 912.844.4000
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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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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
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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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