Connect Savannah November 19, 2008

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Dive bombing A proposed U.S. Navy training range off the Georgia coast could finish off the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Should the concept of ‘national defense’ extend to these magnificent citizens of our coastal waters?

By summer teal simpson | 9 photo by Lucarelli Temistocle

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Park Place Outreach uses some unique methods, including teen mentors, to bring runaways back home | 12

The work of Brian MacGregor is featured at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar on MLK | 20

Chris Hillman, of Byrds and Flying Burrito Bros. fame, plays Randy Woods’ in Bloomingdale | 22

Madagascar 2 proves that it’s still all about the penguins, baby | 30

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Wednesday

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What to Do for Fun with Your Little One!

Events vary from week to week, but can include a farmer’s showcase, organic gardening presentations, films and more. Held every Wednesday from 4-7 p.m.

When: Wed. Nov. 19, 4-7 p.m., Wed. Nov. 26, 4-7 p.m.

Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad Street.

Cost: Free Info: 443-3277. www.trusteesmarket.com

Psychotronic Film Society: Breaking Glass

An intense, music-filled 1980 UK drama starring Hazel O’Connor as a mentally unstable female punk/new-wave vocalist.

When: Wed. Nov. 19, 7 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $5 Info: 912-232-4447. www. myspace.com/psychotronicfilms

Savannah Theatre: The Beat Goes On A stage musical that covers all of the best songs from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

When: Wed. Nov. 19, 8 p.m., Thu., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Fri. Nov. 21, 8 p.m. and Sat. Nov. 22, 8 p.m.

Where: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street.

Cost: $33 adults and $16 ages 17 and under Info: 233-7764. www. savannahtheatre.com

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Thursday

Friday

John Prine in Concert

Shows for children ages 18 month to 4 years and their parents, presented by Mike Make Believe, an actor, musician and storyteller, at the Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. When: Thu., Nov. 20, 9:30, 11 a.m., 1, 2:30 & 4 p.m.

Cost: $10 children, $5 adults, cash only.

Info: 728-4724. eyewinkerkids@gmail.com

The legendary folk singer will perform.

When: Fri. Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

Where: The Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Avenue.

Cost: $39.50-$49.50 Info: 525-5050. www. savannahcivic.com

Christmas Made in the South

Savannah Children’s Theatre: A Village Fable

A tale suitable for all ages, performed by members of the Teen Theatre class, ages 13-18.

When: Thu., Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Fri. Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Sat. Nov. 22, 3 p.m. and Sun. Nov. 23, 3 p.m.

Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Drive.

Cost: $12 Info: 238-9015. www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org

AASU Masquers: Crazy for You

George Gershwin’s hit musical comedy, presented in the newly refurbished Jenkins Theater, 11935 Abercorn St. When: Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. and Sat. Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10 Info: 344-2801. www. finearts.armstrong.edu

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John Prine performs Friday at the Johnny Mercer Theatre

Little Theatre of Savannah: Wait Until Dark A sinister con man and two ex-convicts are about to meet their match in Susy, who happens to be blind, in this suspenseful thriller.

When: Nov. 20-22, 8 p.m., Nov. 23, 3 p.m.

Where: The Freight Station, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $20 general,. $15 senior/students; $10 children Info: 631-3773. www.littletheatreofsavannah.org

SSU Players by the Sea: Nora

Ingmar Bergman’s retelling of the Ibsen classic, A Doll’s House, about an impulsive and materialistic woman, inexperienced in the ways of the world, who emerges at the end of the play as an independent woman.

Where: Savannah State

University’s Kennedy Theatre.

When: Nov. 20-22, 8 p.m. and Nov. 23, 3 p.m.

Cost: $10 general admission , $5 for students/faculty

Winter Dance Concert

Repertory concert showcasing Savannah Arts Academy student performers, choreographers, back stage technicians, and designers who are training for a career in the dance or theatre field.

When: Nov. 20 and 21 at 7 p.m.

Where: SAA theatre on Washington Avenue.

Cost: $6 general admission, $3 seniors, students, and children under 6 Info: 912/201-5000.

All types of art, gourmet food and handmade crafts will be demonstrated and sold.One admission good for all three days. When: Nov. 21, 10am-8pm; Nov. 22, 10am-6pm; and Nov. 23, 11am-5pm.

When: Fri. Nov. 21, 10 a.m.8 p.m., Sat. Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. Nov. 23, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Cost: $6 adults, children under 12 admitted free Info: 912-447-4000. www. madeinthesouthshows.com

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music

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art

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Third Annual River’s End Open House and Campground Celebration

Festivities will include a look at a nationally-aired program that showcased the campground over the last year, a hay ride for children, face painting, hotdog grilling and making S’Mores at the River’s End Campground & RV Park on Tybee Island.

When: Fri. Nov. 21, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: 257-9890.

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Sounds of Civil Rights Music Series

Held as part of a partnership with the Telfair’s “Freedom’s March” exhibit, this night of music will be presented by Juanita Tucker and members of The Spitfire Poetry Group along with special guests. They will perform music about the struggle for civil rights in America.

When: Fri. Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: Free Info: 912-232-4447. www.sentientbean.com

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Saturday

Autumn Delights

The Equinox Quintet in Concert

The Adult Dance Ensemble of Islands Dance Academy, directed by Kathleen Collins, present an evening of music and dance to benefit Savannah Danse Theatre’s Nutcracker in Savannah. At intermission, the “Land of the Sweets” reception will be held upstairs with wine, soft drinks and treats.

When: Sat. Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Islands Dance Academy, 610 Quarterman Dr. Cost: $12 adults, $8 children 12 and under, 3 and under free.

Info: 897-2100.

Super Saturday

Family fun for children ages 3-7 and their parents, with live music, songs, stories, make-believe, interactive fun, a main stage performance of a folktale by Saturday Stan, the Song and Story Man at Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. When: Sat. Nov. 22, 9:30, 11 a.m., 1, 2:30 & 4 p.m.

Cost: $10 children, $5 adults, cash only Info: 728-4724. eyewinkerkids@gmail.com

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Whitney Chappell and Ben Wolfe perform in the Masquers’ tribute to Gershwin, Crazy For You

Claremont Trio

Formed at the Julliard School in 1999 by twin sisters Emily and Julia Bruskin and pianist Donna Kwong, this trio performs standards and new works commissioned from contemporary composers.

When: Sat. Nov. 22, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn Street.

Cost: $35, $25 and $12.50 Info: 525-5050. www.lucastheatre.com

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Jepson Gospel Brunch

The Savannah Children’s Choir will perform. Brunch will be available for purchase, and admission includes access to the Jepson’s galleries.

When: Sun. Nov. 23, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the

A concert presented by the Coastal Jazz Association Of Savannah and featurimg Jeremy Davis on saxophone, Rick Lollar on guitar, Dave Potter on drums, Will Goble on bass and Clay Johnson on trombone and vocals.

When: Sun. Nov. 23, 5 p.m.

Where: Four Points by Sheraton Historic Savannah, 520 West Bryan St. Cost: $10 Info: 675.5419. www.coastaljazz.org

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Fall Concert

The Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Lyric Strings Ensembles and Debut Strings in concert at the Armstrong Center Ballroom, 13040 Abercorn St. When: Tue., Nov. 25, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $6 Info: 344-2801. www.finearts. armstrong.edu cs

A classical blast from the past It’s always good to see old friends. Last week I got the chance to spend some time with John Morris Russell, in town to guest-conduct a Savannah Orchestra Masterworks performance at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church.

John’s all-too-short two-year stint as assistant conductor with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra was notable for his full-on embrace of educational outreach, his unpretentious attitude toward classical music, and most of all his irrepressible, inspiring personality.

His time here was, quite frankly, a breath of fresh air among the usual affectations that tend to crop up in any classical music environment.

John’s wife Thea is a friend of my wife Sonja from back in their SCAD days, so it was only natural that we would keep up with the Russells after they left Savannah so he could take the job of music director with the Windsor (Ontario) Symphony Orchestra.

The Orchestra’s performance this past Saturday at Wesley was remarkable not only for the program — a particularly inspired menu of German romanticism from Weber, Bruch, and Schumann — but for the excellent acoustics in this venerable house of worship.

It was quite a treat to hear every nuance of soloist Terry Moore’s bow on the strings as he

expertly performed the sublime Bruch violin concerto. The experience was yet another example of the uniqueness of Savannah’s built environment, and how the arts fit into it almost seamlessly.

Savannah’s loss is Canada’s gain. But Savannah Orchestra director William Keith hints that he’d like to have Russell back in town to guest-conduct another concert, perhaps as early as next year sometime. Here’s hoping.

I want to direct your attention to our website at www.connectsavannah.com. As a weekly paper, sometimes it’s tempting — and practical, considering our comparatively small resources — to post a week’s worth of material at a time and let it ride. Unfortunately, if taken to extremes this approach gives our readers little incentive to check the website every day.

So we’ve begun a new initiative to freshen up the content on the website. You can see the results of that already with several web-only items that you won’t see in our print version.

For example, we have web-only pieces right now on the City of Savannah’s new recycling program, info on early voting for the important Dec. 2 runoff election, and Jen Blatty’s look at last week’s “Dancing with Savannah Stars” benefit at the Charles H. Morris Center.

See you at the website! cs

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city notebook:

Park Place Outreach does its part to combat the rising tide of runaways in Savannah. by linda sickler

13 community: Her name’s not

“Ruth”, but she does work at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, which recently hosted a benefit for the 200 Club. by jim reed

14 Hear & Now 15 Blotter 16 Straight Dope

John Morris Russell, center, at concert’s end at Wesley Monumental

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Correcting ‘false claims’ Editor, I am writing in response to the article “Pregnant? Worried?” which made several false claims regarding the work of the Pregnancy Care Center of Rincon and other crisis centers alike.

The Pregnancy Care Center of Rincon has been caring for women and families in our community for almost eight years.

Our center is a member of CareNet, a national affiliation network of pregnancy centers, and as an affiliate, is committed to upholding strict standards of care. As part of this network, we comply with strict guidelines regarding truthful advertising. All of our yellow page ads, website information, and other means of advertising clearly

state the services we offer.

We are committed to providing our clients who seek information about abortion risks with an accurate interpretation of the data on connections between abortion and health risks. All client material on abortion procedures and abortion risks have been reviewed by a medical professional and deemed medically accurate.

The Pregnancy Care Center of Rincon makes available tools that empower women to make informed decisions. After visiting our center, women know that whatever decision they make about their pregnancies, they are welcome to come back to our center. Our support and care for them is unconditional.

The center also offers ongoing support for women who choose to continue their pregnancies.

Material items are available such as maternity clothes, baby clothes, and other baby items. This is so that we can build relationships with these women and help meet some of their most basic needs. The center makes available community referrals which help women to receive medical care, food, education, and professional counseling if necessary.

We are committed to serving all clients with the care and integrity they deserve. In no way do we seek to be deceitful, intimidating, or harassing. On the contrary, our hope is to be as open and honest with each woman who walks into the center. Facing an unplanned pregnancy is a difficult time in a woman’s life and her choice is nothing less than life-changing.

Laura Devisscher

New rules Editor, A quick fix for our economic problems is like giving aspirin to a person with chronic migraines without determining the real cause. This is exactly what our government had done and continues to do with all the bailout packages.

After reading and listening to many ideas, the deep thinker in me decided to share with you a solid, long-term but guaranteed solution to our economic crises: 1. Media must report the news accurately, however it is not their job to create panic.

2. Our president-elect must instill confidence first in investors, corporations, and businesses by promising to lower income taxes, continues on p. 8

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diversity at SSU, as its rejuvenated theatre department essays Ingmar Bergman’s Nora. by ashley jensen

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to eliminate capital gains and inheritance taxes. If Obama tries to instill confidence in “Main Street” first, that’s fruitless because Main Street depends directly on Wall Street and businesses.

Eliminating capital gains taxes will encourage investment in mortgagebacked securities which leads to lending institutions wanting to lend money to people and businesses.

Eliminating the inheritance tax encourages wealthy folks with inheritances to invest assets here rather than in other countries or continents.

Lowering the income taxes will enable corporations and businesses become again profitable, which leads to a rise in the employment.

3. Stop corruption in government.

No more accepting money from institutions (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Acorn, etc.) to push their agendas.

4. And finally…what we, the people must do! We’ll all have the opportunity to learn the hard way valuable lessons of responsibility, accountability, efficiency, and competence. I am convinced that many already have those traits, unfortunately there weren’t enough!

We all want CHANGE, and this is the change our economy needs so that we, as a nation, can claim again the status in the world we once had. We need patience, hard work, humility, and the smarts to realize that when we expect our government to do everything for us, it will be the government that will take everything from us!

Carmen Alexe

Spare the spoon Editor, Tonight I was in TJ Maxx to purchase a shirt and I saw about four young kids between the ages of 5-9 laughing, jumping, and well, being kids. A woman who I believe to be their grandmother took out a wooden spoon and began hitting them with the spoon.

The kids stopped for a minute or so, but then continued with their behavior.

The woman went over to them again and hit them harder with the spoon.

I told the manager I did not think it was appropriate for this to be permitted in her store. The manager ignored me.

The kids resumed their playful behavior.

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You would think at this point the woman would have realized that the spoon routine was not effective. Wrong.

One more, a third time now, she took the spoon to the kids and yelled at them for their behavior.

I have to stop here and say, my mom took a wooden spoon to me before, but it got to the point where tangible things taken away from me were more effective (video games, trips to the movies, etc.). I wasn’t a perfect child, and my mother wasn’t a perfect disciplinarian, but she had control over her kids.

This woman lost control, and her kids were smarter than her to pick up on it. I’d never dictate to someone how to raise their kids as I do not have any.

I will say how you discipline your kids in public says a lot about your character and the future for those kids.

Lastly, kids just don’t belong in clothing stores. Take them to toy stores, book stores, grocery stores yes, but not clothing stores. Kids have a lot of energy.

These kids were doing nothing other than letting their energy out for having to be trapped in a clothing store.

I also realize kids need to learn self

control for their behavior. I don’t see that happening in this case since the woman had no control over her frustration. For all I know this woman could be the only provider for these kids, and she’s doing the best she can on her own.

I think getting some help from someone would be a wise choice at this point.

Harvey Dent

Patriot games Editor, Regarding your latest column: You took your flag down because you think the invasion of Iraq was wrong, and that it tarnished the memory of your father. Because you disagree with the president, and what was done is no reason for you to take your flag down.

To tell you the truth, it is a disgrace to the troops that serve and have served under that flag, like spitting in our faces, and also the face of the rest of the nation. I served 14 1/2 years and am medically retired. I also disagree with our actions as a country sometimes, but calling our going to war a disgrace to our flag is just plain wrong.

Gary Mountjoy

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North Atlantic right whales, like this mother and her calf, congregate in waters off the Georgia coast each winter

The Navy and the whale

An underwater collision of military interests and a mammal on the brink of extinction

by Summer Teal Simpson | sumrteal@gmail.com

Not far off the coast of Georgia, the North Atlantic right whale cruises the blue deep as it’s done for centuries. In tow, scientists, researchers, environmentalists, bureaucrats and animal-lovers hope to glimpse one of only several hundred remaining, to document their movements, and to discover how to keep them alive.

The precarious state of this baleen whale comes at odds with countless seafaring industries and competing uses of the bustling Atlantic seaboard, none more alarming to critics than the U.S. Navy’s proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), which could be in operation off the Georgia/Florida coast as early as 2013.

The Eubalaena glacialis, as it is scientifically known, was named because it was supposedly the “right” whale to hunt, for the oil lucratively harvested from her blubber. She was easy prey due to her tempered and shallow group swim and the thick layer of blubber that kept her afloat postmortem — thus facilitating retrieval.

Large-scale whaling began in the 11th Century, and by the mid-1500s, sailors would travel as much as 3000 miles a year in search of the profitable kill. Centuries later, American whalers continued the tradition, harvesting whale bones for corsets, umbrellas and whips until the late 1800s when it was no longer commercially viable.

By this time, the North Atlantic right

whale was near extinction. Where they once numbered hundreds of thousands, there remained only a few dozen.

The right whale still hasn’t managed to rebound in numbers, despite advancements in science, protection under the Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts, increased tracking capabilities, improved navigational technologies, and heightened public awareness. The population has held fast, stubborn, since the sunset of the whaling era.

“The North Atlantic right whale is considered to be one of, if not the most endangered of the great whales in the world. At present the population seems to be holding at 300-400 individuals,” says Cathy Sakas, Education Coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Sakas communicates regulations and protocols as they relate to North Atlantic right whales.

“Researchers are unclear as to whether or not this population will ever fully recover, since there are so many factors

that may be contributing to the decline in its overall numbers,” she says.

Five of the top ten largest ports in the country are on the east coast, all adjacent to the migratory route of the right whale. These coastal areas are also extensively dragged, netted and hooked daily by commercial fishermen. And the east coast is home to many military bases and operations that generate heavy sea traffic, including nine U.S. Navy homeport stations.

“Ships that ply the waters in and out of eastern ports are the most frequent cause of death for these whales,” explains Sakas. “While large ships are known to be responsible for most deaths, smaller recreational boats are also known to injure and kill calves and even adult whales. Entanglements in derelict fishing gear are also a high cause of mortality that in most cases is a slow gruesome process.”

With a life expectancy of around 60 years, two to six whales are lost each year, many prematurely. Eight deaths were recorded in a 16-month period in 2004 and 2005. Researchers believe additional deaths go unrecorded.

Since the Georgia coast is the only known calving ground for the species, its identification as the preferred site for the undersea training range has some convinced that this could be the end of the line for the North Atlantic right whale.

In 2004, the Navy unveiled plans to locate the range offshore in one of four locations: northeastern Florida, central South Carolina, southeastern North Carolina and northeastern Virginia.

Requirements for the site selection include water depth, maneuverability of underwater, surface and air participants, and proximity to homeport and training facilities.

Based on those criteria, the North Carolina site – Cherry Point – was initially preferred.

“Atlantic Fleet units deploy worldwide, and shifts in the military strategic landscape require increased naval capability in the world’s shallow, or littoral, seas,” explains Jene Nissen, acoustics program manager for U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

“Training effectively for these shallow littoral environments requires the availability of realistic conditions in which actual potential combat situations can be adequately simulated.”

The proposed USWTR would cover 500 nautical square miles of airspace, seaspace and seabed. Construction includes as many as 300 sensor nodes and cables along the ocean floor and connecting to onshore facilities via a single, buried trunk cable. The Navy has projected some 470 war-game training exercises annually, each lasting from one to six hours and involving multiple ships and aircraft. continues on p. 10

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In 2005, the Navy prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for USWTR. The public was given 90 days to comment. The response was unanticipated. A majority of the 40,000 pages of comments they received were critical, with many objecting to the USWTR’s interference with the migratory path of the right whale.

This year the Navy switched its focus to the northeast Florida site. There’s speculation as to whether the switch was in response to the public outcry at Cherry Point. However, it cannot be coincidental that the Florida site is near to naval installations at Jacksonville and Mayport, Fla., and Kings Bay, Ga. And as of 2005, all of the Navy’s east coast Seahawk helicopter squadrons are based in Florida, as are the P-3C Orion planes, used for long-range anti-submarine warfare patrols. Both will be instrumental to exercises at the proposed training range.

“The Jacksonville range site… is satisfactory in terms of adequacy of support infrastructure and training efficiency relative to vessel traffic,” explains Nissen. “In terms of operational viability, collocating the range facility in the same area as the aviation community represents the greatest efficiency in applying limited resources to support training.”

In 2008, the Navy prepared a subsequent EIS for the north Florida site, this time with a public comment period of a mere 45 days.

“Despite requests from numerous organizations, individuals, and elected officials, the Navy refused to extend the comment period beyond the 45 days it granted for review of the 2008 draft EIS, a voluminous document over 1000 pages long that the Navy has been working on for over three years,” complains Catherine Wanamaker, attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC).

But 45 days proved sufficient time for yet another outcry, founded on complaints that the re-draft remained riddled with problems and that the second potential site was even more egregious than the first.

“The bottom line is that we are dealing with an extremely endangered species, not only in the marine mammal world, but in the world in general,” says Brad Winn, Coastal Nongame Program Manager with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (DNR/WRD).

“There needs to be extreme measures taken to protect the species and the habitat in general where the species

exists. Anything that would potentially negatively impact that important habitat needs to be scrutinized and studied carefully previous to that act taking place.”

Every autumn, the female right whale frequents the temperate waters of the Georgia Bight, a stretch of shallows adjacent to the Georgia and Florida coasts. After a nearly one-year gestation period and a more than 1,400 mile journey south averaging six miles per hour, this is where the mother will birth her calf. She will nurse her newborn for a full year and then reserve one more year to fatten for the next pregnancy.

“A female right whale averages a single calf every three to five years with about a 30 year span of reproductive viability,” Sakas says. “So, in those terms, it is no wonder that this particular population has been slow in recovering from the devastation heaped on it during the heavy whaling activity of the 1700’s and 1800’s.”

The full threat to these creatures is apparent when you consider that in 2000 there was only a single documented calf birth. The birth to death ratio highlights the imperative to protect each and every right whale.

“Winter is a particularly critical time for this population since the survival of their species is dependent on successful birthing and then rearing of the calves to reproductive age,” Sakas explains.

“With each loss in the population, the gene pool is significantly reduced.”

The calving season spans Nov. 15-April 15, with peak calving season December through March. According to the 2008 Navy EIS, halting training operations during these months is not an option, as “any reduction of training would not allow sailors to achieve satisfactory levels of readiness needed to accomplish their mission.”

“The total population is dependent on this area for calving,” Winn says of

the right whale, Georgia’s official state marine mammal. “Seasonality is a big thing – maybe the biggest and most important thing they can do for the right whale. If they can come out of the known window of activity that would be the single greatest thing the Navy could do.”

As argued by the NMFS, the leading cause of death of North Atlantic right whales is vessel collisions. Furthermore, of the 50 dead whales reported in the last 22 years, at least 19 of them were ship strikes. This level of species loss is unprecedented in modern history.

According to the Navy, vessel collisions at the Georgia/Florida site are “not expected” due to the posting of Naval lookouts on all vessels that will be trained to “detect all objects on the surface of the water, including marine mammals.” Concerns have been raised by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division that lookouts are not a reasonable preventative to whale collisions with ships.

“What we are all lacking as managers for the species is the ability to detect the animals,” says Winn. “Something the size of a school bus that can appear out of nowhere and disappear just as easily.

Some of the statements made by the Navy do not reflect that.”

In the past, NMFS has requested that the Navy and other federal agencies ships adhere to a 10-knot speed limit in right whale presence (naval ships typically transit at 15-17 knots). However the draft EIS did not adopt this limit.

More recently, NOAA issued a regulation requiring large ships to reduce speeds to ten knots in the areas where right whales feed and reproduce, a significant step.

“Studies have shown that when whales are struck by ships that are moving at slower speeds, there is less of a chance that the whale will die from the injuries,” explains Connie Barkley, Director, Public Affairs for NOAA. “We hope that fewer whales will die as a result of this rule.”

However, federally owned or operated vessels are exempt from speed restrictions under some conditions, including vessels engaged in national defense activities.

Ultimately, the crux of the issue might lay with the use of sonar and its perceived effect on marine mammals.

The Navy faced a string of court defeats in Hawaii and California over its use of sonar to hunt submarines in training simulations, but appealed those deci-

sions.

Just last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Navy’s professed national security imperative to continue sonar testing.

According to NOAA, no studies have directly examined the impacts of mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar on North Atlantic right whales. However, recent studies examining the anatomy of the inner ears of North Atlantic right whales have allowed scientists to indirectly estimate the hearing range of this species, with predictions that North Atlantic right whales can hear sounds in the frequency range produced by MFA sonar.

“We know very little about modes of communication between adult right whales and their calves and there could be communication influences with calves and adult females in these waters,” explains Winn. “We think that mitigation as described by the Navy to this point is inadequate to address concerns regarding potential impacts of their activities.”

There is conclusive evidence that sonar affects a number of other marine mammals, many of which inhabit the Georgia Bight, home to 43 marine mammal species. According to NOAA documents, “Over the past 12 years, there have been five stranding events coincident with military mid-frequency sonar use.”

During these incidents, strandings were reported for as many as 12, 14 and 17 beaked whales, Minke whales and various dolphin species, respectively.

Many of the dead whales had auditory structural damage, hemorrhaged ears, blood clots, bleeding eyes, brain injuries, kidney lesions and congestion in the lungs. Many were found to have nitrogen bubble formation, similar to what might be expected in decompression sickness.

As many marine mammals rely on sonar for navigation, it has been presumed that whales affected by the naval sonar lost their bearings entirely or were frantic to escape the noise, rushing to the surface too quickly.

“The effects of sonar on marine mammals, sea turtles, and fisheries are poorly understood, and thus the Navy’s conclusion that there will be no adverse impacts to these species is unsupported and needs further analysis,” says Wanamaker. “Additionally, the Navy’s plans to leave voluminous amounts of discarded debris on the sea floor annually with little analysis of the consequences of this

With the closing of the public comment period, the responsibility lies with the Navy to analyze all submitted statements and update the EIS to address comments. The final EIS is projected to be released and approved in summer 2009. Any construction of the USWTR could begin as early as 2013.

For now, environmentalists, scientists and right whale advocates hold their breath. Opponents take some comfort in the successful rebound of the southern right whale. The Eubalaena australis, cousin to the North Atlantic right, has rebounded from only a few hundred in the 1800s to more than 10,000 today.

Their hopes rest with the Navy’s embrace or rejection of mitigation measures in submitted public comments.

The track record is not promising. “A host of mitigation measures that would render this proposal less harmful to the right whale and other species were offered by commenters in 2005, and summarily rejected by the Navy as not consistent with training missions,� recalls Wanamaker.

A notable recommendation has been that the Navy not conduct training op-

erations during the four to five months of calving season off Florida and Georgia. Other recommendations include surveying the training area before operations, reducing vessel speeds, and the use of passive acoustic monitoring to better locate whales.

Despite serious concerns over the USWTR, the Navy could still play a sizable role in the protection of the species. Their contribution to funding marine research is substantial. For fiscal year 2007-2009, the Navy will provide $26 million annually to research institutions, laboratories, universities and private researchers to study marine mammals. According to NOAA, “The U.S. Navy sponsors 50 percent of all U.S. research concerning the effects of human-generated sound on marine mammals.�

But the question remains, will the Navy abide by scientific conclusions that restrict its operations? “The Navy has had protective measures in place for right whales since 1997,� says Jene Nissen. “Additionally, as the science progressed to increase our understanding of the potential effects of sound on marine mammals, these protective measures have likewise evolved.�

The obvious compromise – suspending USWTR operations during the months when whales are calving in close proximity – has been declared too restrictive. But when the potential cost is threatened extinction of one species and significant impacts to others, opponents make a strong case for relocating, rescheduling and rethinking naval training operations.

Brad Winn, too, finds conflict with his responsibilities as a manager of the species and the proposals of the Navy’s undersea training range. “The Georgia and north Florida coastal waters are the most important and sensitive habitat for the 400 remaining North Atlantic right whales in their annual migrations. These southeastern waters support all calving activity for this critically endangered species,� he says. “If we intend, as a society and nation to fulfill our obligations to this magnificent animal, then we need to be 100 percent sure that any activity we engage in will not negatively impact the integrity of this calving area,� says Winn. “I do not believe that the Navy’s current mitigation measures adequately address our obligations to these whales.� cs

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debris for whales, sea turtles, fisheries, or habitat is concerning.�

Anglers and angling organizations are up in arms over the amount of wreckage that will remain on the sea floor, admittedly discarded by the Navy.

In their draft EIS, the Navy acknowledges that USWTR operations will result in the deployment and abandonment of thousands of sonobuoys, acoustic device countermeasures, torpedo control wires, and air launch accessories. “Georgia and Florida’s marine life and fisheries are too important for the Navy to build a sonar testing range before adequately assessing its impacts. And while the danger to all marine mammals in the vicinity of the proposed training range is concerning, the case of right whales is imperative because every single loss may doom the species to extinction,� cautions Will Berson, senior policy analyst for the coastal office of the Georgia Conservancy. “While no one wants to stand in the way of national defense, we must make sure that such measures are having as little environmental impact as possible, and the current proposal falls short of this goal.�

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Runaway statistic

Park Place Outreach serves the dramatically increased number of local youths at risk by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com

She fled in the night, intent on getting as far away as possible.

Just 14, “Haley” was angry — with her family, her teachers, her life. Leaving her home in California, she traveled thousands of miles, eventually ending up in Savannah.

Linda Hilts Lamas, executive director of Park Place Outreach, Inc., doesn’t know how Haley survived.

“I would have died the first night out on my own, but this young lady traversed the country twice,” she says.

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare, but Haley is just one of many such children.

According to Sgt. Robert Gavin, supervisor of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, the number of runaways reported in Savannah in 2008 is closing in on 750. “Runaways have gone up the last three years,” he says.

Gavin estimates that 95 percent of all runaways have family issues. “The other five percent are being physically, mentally or sexually abused,” he says.

The number includes missing children as well as runaways, many of whom return within 24 hours.

The SCMPD has detectives who monitor the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website.

“We deal with children from surrounding states — South Carolina, Florida — and we’ve gotten calls from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, in reference to children that might be on their way here,” Gavin says.

When abuse is involved, the Department of Family and Children’s Services is called and some runaways are taken into state custody. “There’s times when the police department is needed to remove children from a home,” Gavin says. “We work with DFAC and when placement becomes a problem, Park Place is an option for us.”

Park Place Outreach was founded in 1984 as the Savannah Runaway Home, sheltering youths-at-risk ages 11 to 17. The first shelter was on East Park Avenue, but recently relocated to 514 E. Henry Street.

The term “runaway” is outdated, Lamas says. “Today, they’re known as

‘throwaways’ or kids-at-risk,” she says.

“They come from all walks of life, all neighborhoods. Some need to flee their homes because they’re fleeing abuse.

Others are going through the usual teenage rebellion.”

In the 1970s, so many children ran away from home, Congress passed the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. The act paved the way for the creation of agencies like Park Place so runaways wouldn’t be taken to jail as criminals.

Park Place offers free services, and a runaway can simply show up to receive them. Entire families go for counseling.

“The child doesn’t even have to be a resident,” Lamas says. “If we can help them continue to be together, we feel that’s a huge success.”

The shelter has 12 beds — six for boys, six for girls. The average stay is 15 days. Park Place also takes to the streets in a big, blue van.

“I go out into the community with teen peer mentors,” says Tanyour Bolden, street outreach coordinator. “If we find someone, we encourage them to go to Park Place. Sometimes, they’re reluctant because they think we’re police. We try to stress that anything can happen to them on the streets — drugs, sex, violence.”

Runaways aren’t usually involved in major crimes, but may shoplift or trespass in their search for food and a place to sleep. “They’re going places they’re not supposed to be,” Gavin says.

How do runaways survive? “A lot of them go to a friend’s house, lie to the friend’s parents and say they’re allowed to be there,” Gavin says. “Most have someone or something they’re going to.”

Counselors at Park Place say they’re careful not to blame runaways. “Economic times are hard,” Lamas says.

“School is hard. Peer pressure is hard.

These are not bad kids — they come from bad situations.”

“That’s why they get in gangs,” Lamas adds. “We have a large population out there committing crimes because no one has made a difference in their lives.”

At the shelter, life goes on as normal-

Left, Roberta Pringle; right, teen mentorship is a huge part of what Park Place does

ly as possible. “We keep them in their home schools so they don’t get behind,” Lamas says. “We have an afternoon tutorial.”

Some youths are taken in for a break from their families until problems can be sorted out. “We have just as many parents as kids who step up and say, ‘I’m at my wits’ end,’” Lamas says.

Saddest are the runaways who don’t want to leave Park Place. “They’ve had people letting them down their entire lives,” Lamas says. “That’s one of the barriers we face in being able to reach out and assist them.”

Young people often respond better to other young people. Park Place is always looking for teen peer mentors, a paid position. The peer mentors ride with Bolden to look for runaways. Sometimes runaways recognize the van and approach to ask for help.

Bolden also passes out business cards. She’s learned that flyers tend to get lost along the way, but a card placed in a hand is much easier to hold on to.

“Some kids arrive at the front door with just the clothes they’re wearing,” says Senior Case Manager Roberta Pringle. “Some have young parents who haven’t had enough experience to know how to raise a child.”

Many are reluctant to talk. “They don’t want to get involved with the system,” Pringle says. “But after a while, they just want someone to listen to them.”

The children give as much as they get, Pringle says. “I learn from them,”

she says. “They teach me how to be calm. When they get upset, someone has got to be calm.”

Despite the struggles, staffers love the challenges. “Just to see one kid out of 100 turn around is an accomplishment,” Pringle says. “It makes the staff as a whole feel good.”

As Park Place settles into its new home, the accolades are piling up. Lamas was chosen one of Savannah’s Top Ten Working Women of 2008, and Park Place itself received a Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Award. The current building was a ruin when work started, but was transformed into a fully functional LEED-certified building.

“Do the hours ever stop? No,” Lamas says with a laugh. “Some days I’m ready to hand over the keys and walk away.

Then a former client will come and say, ‘Thank you’ and it keeps me going a little longer.”

And Haley, the runaway from California? “She called and said, ‘It’s time for me to find something safe,’” Lamas says. “She was ready to go home.” (Park Place works with the National Runaway Switchboard to help children from other areas get home.)

“I asked her what the difference was, and she said, ‘I’ve gained a new sense of responsibility,’” Lamas says. “It’s amazing how resilient these young people can be.” cs Park Place Outreach, 514 E. Henry St., is open daily 24 hours. Call 234-4048 or visit www.parkplaceyes.org

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Their signature of course is their aged-on-premises USDA prime steaks which are seared at close to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit and served on 500 degree, butter-drizzled plates. That, and a degree of personalized service that rivals anything I’ve experienced in Savannah to date.

My discussions with everyone from servers and bussers to hostesses revealed an energized crew who took no small amount of pride in their positions and displayed sincere enthusiasm for landing a job at one of the area’s most eagerly anticipated nightspots in recent memory.

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A lot at steak It’s been almost a half-century since the late Ruth Fertel founded the acclaimed fine dining chain with the tonguetwisting name —Ruth’s Chris Steak House— and just over eight years since Brooks Stillwell, Harry Haslam and Tak Argentinis formed the 200 Club of the Coastal Empire.

This past weekend, those two entities joined forces in a mutually beneficial arrangement that introduced Savannah’s newest high-end restaurant to a veritable who’s who of local movers, shakers and pundits, while simultaneously raising several thousand dollars for one of the area’s most worthy charitable causes.

Ruth’s Chris, named such due to Fertel’s initial purchase of New Orleans’ Chris Steak House in 1965, has grown in popularity since it became an international franchise in the 1970s, and is now widely considered to be one of the premier restaurant chains in the world.

The 200 Club, based in part on the Hundred Clubs of Detroit and Massachusetts and the Three Hundred Club of Atlanta, provides immediate financial assistance to surviving spouses and children of local law enforcement officers and firefighters who lose their lives in the line of duty.

In anticipation of Ruth’s Chris’ official public unveiling on Mon., Nov. 17, the restaurant provided free meals to the charity’s invited guests on both Friday and Saturday night — which, according to restaurant management, totaled about 200 diners on Friday. Roughly the same number were expected the following evening.

A choice of two delightful red wines —a Pinot Noir and a Syrah— were offered at $125 per bottle, with $100 of each purchase benefitting the 200 Club.

According to Maria Lancaster, the club’s marketing volunteer, preliminary figures show that around 100 bottles of wine were sold in total, resulting in approximately $10,000 in donations.

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Parking is about people, not spaces Next time you’re watching your child’s soccer game or in line at the grocery store, ask any nearby person two questions: 1) What should be done in Savannah about the economy? 2) What should be done about parking?

My bet is that just about anyone over age 16 has a concrete suggestion about fixing parking, but is left speechless about strategies for our economy. In that vein, this column isn’t about the economy.

Or is it?

Over the past nine weeks, a group of smart, concerned Savannahians has slogged through a discussion of the book, Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs’ 1961 classic about city design and city life. I’ve been honored to participate as the cruise director of this often arduous journey.

Jacobs’ fundamental point is that a city is an economic entity. From this premise, all her suggestions are intended to enhance the economic vitality of cities, including ideas about streets and automobiles.

In a 2005 New Yorker essay, Adam Gopnik wrote that “the mark of a city worth living in is that there are never enough places to park….”

Isn’t our local economy what we’re really talking about when we discuss parking? If Gopnik and Jacobs are correct, then what it means to have a citywide parking problem is that economic life is holding its own for now, despite the world’s economic downturn and its most recent local victims—laid off workers at JCB and Great Dane.

When I moved home to Savannah in 1994 it was pretty easy to park downtown. Not coincidentally, there weren’t many reasons, other than my job, to go down there. Most of my current favorite downtown destinations didn’t exist.

In the mid-to-late 1990’s, as a daily downtown office worker, my lunch choices were mostly limited to Morrison’s Cafeteria, Debi’s, a few sandwich places, the occasional precarious trek in high heels to River Street, or, after she moved downtown from the southside, over to Paula Deen’s then-unknown place on Congress Street.

Shopping? Globe Shoe Company and Levy Jewelers were determinedly staying put amid a sea of downscale

merchandise and vacant storefronts, and a couple of foolhardy art students had just opened Primary Art Supply, based on the crazy idea that they could survive on a mostly SCAD student clientele.

The Savannah Development and Renewal Authority was begging businesses to locate on Broughton Street. The city offered low-interest loans to property owners willing to upgrade their exteriors, using federal funds restricted for eliminating slum and blight.

Along Bull Street south of Forsyth Park, now the site of SCAD’s Arnold Hall, the prospect of a parking shortage was laughable. The area was considered a throwaway zone, and the city was creating housing programs hoping to encourage people to buy property there and in other low-income areas.

A major contributor to blight was the parking garage at Ellis Square, on the site of the former City Market, leased for 50 years to a private firm in 1954. By the mid-90’s, city staff were having informal brainstorming sessions on what to do when ownership reverted back to the public. The deadline of December 31, 2004 (the date the property reverted back to the city) was a major motivator.

It’s interesting to me that in the nearly three years since the Ellis Square garage wrecking party in December 2005, economic vitality in downtown Savannah has continued to increase, despite the elimination of those 400 parking spaces.

These days, as a work-from-home person, my morning commute is measured in feet rather than miles. Yet I venture downtown about once a week, during the 9 to 5, Monday through Friday period, and nearly as often at night.

I haven’t yet had to cancel my downtown plans due to an inability to park.

I’ve had to learn to change my habits—to plan ahead, usually allowing an extra 15 minutes in my trip in order to find a parking place. And, I’ve learned to park farther from my destination and hoof it through downtown—a fun experience now that our historic district has so many more interesting places.

In the end, the parking problem isn’t really about parking. It is about people—getting people from place to place in our city, so that they can work, shop, study, visit, teach, dine, create, worship, play. So they can live.

More on that next week. cs

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Two homeless men were arrested Nov. 13 after they were caught breaking into the St. John the Baptist Cathedral Parish Center on Harris Street.

A passerby saw the men entering the building and called police. Ronnie Wilson Sellers, 48, and Stephen Phillip Kenny, 39, were found hiding in a closet.

The two, who both have criminal histories, told officers they were just looking for a place to sleep, and said they had entered the church in the past. Both were charged with burglary and taken to the Chatham County Detention Center -- where they were given a place to sleep.

• A homeless man who needs to use a walker to get around told police he was walking along Abercorn Street in a Thomas Square neighborhood late at night when a man come out of a nearby club. He

said the man followed him to a convenience store.

The suspect asked the clerk to see some lottery tickets. The victim said he was sitting outside with his walker, his bag of belongings beside his foot, when the suspect grabbed the bag and ran east on East 42nd Street towards Lincoln Street.

The clerk told police he saw the theft occur and corroborated the victim’s story. He said the store has video surveillance, but it can only be accessed by a manager.

In the meantime, the suspect was spotted by another officer on East 37th Street.

He fled but the officer was able to catch him. The victim was taken to the area where the man was captured and confirmed that the suspect was the man who stole his belongings. The victim’s bag held a pack of menthol cigarettes, a red lighter, several items of clothing, lottery tickets, a Bible, a smaller bag, $5 in cash and the victim’s medication for schizophrenia.

• Police were called to East 55th Street on a report of shots fired. A woman at the scene said her car had been shot through the rear passenger’s side window, and the rear window of the car was shattered.

She said she was in her bedroom when she heard gunshots. Her daughter was in the living room, and she told her daughter to get on the floor.

The woman said she didn’t see anyone suspicious. Two neighbors said they heard eight to 10 gunshots outside their house.

One looked out through the blinds and saw a man with what appeared to be a 9mm handgun. The suspect climbed into a car and left the area.

An East 33rd Street resident told police that her boyfriend had cut her arm. An officer observed a small nick on the woman’s left forearm.

She also said that her boyfriend struck her in the face with a closed fist. She said she told him she didn’t want to be with him any more and he got mad.

The suspect told her she’d better not go to sleep because he was going to kill her.

She said she told him to leave, at which point he picked up a steak knife and poked her with it.

• Police were called to a Stephenson Avenue medical office when a doctor learned that someone had used her date of birth and Social Security number to open a credit card account.

The doctor said she had received a phone call from a credit card company advising her that she was late on her bill. She told them she didn’t have an account with the company.

The person who set up the account also knew her home and work numbers, but used a different home address. Charges totalling nearly $5,000 were made with the card.

She said the only people who know her personal information are her office managers. She said she trusts one of the managers, but said the other had been arrested two years ago for helping to conceal her husband’s “fake death.” cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

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I was shocked by your highly ignorant column on “when life begins” [October 24]. You have a very conservative approach, and a misogynistic one at that.

I appreciate your attempt at explaining brain waves. But what your article lacked was a woman’s right to her body, and you had an even more disturbing view on rape. Apparently, you need to take a woman’s course or ethics course. You included research on a boy’s soul being present at 40 days, and a girl’s at 80 days, but you failed to acknowledge how sexist that view is. Furthermore, you genderized your “child” at the end as a “he.”

True, “he” is one of us, but are you responsible for raising him? Men have used the power of impregnation over women for too long. A woman’s right to choose is her ticket to sexual freedom. A man’s version of when “life” supposedly begins is HIS DEFINITION OF POWER OVER HER. Silly male monkey, tricks are for kids. —arcane_eye, via the Straight Dope Message Board Nothing personal, arcane_eye, but you’re one of the reasons we got stuck with eight years of George Bush. While I’m sure you’re a splendid human being in person, in your letter you come across as a self-centered ninny. I won’t waste time on your goofier objections.

Instead let’s get to the heart of the matter: a woman’s right to her body, and what that means.

Does a woman have a right to control her own body? Generally, sure. The question is whether that right trumps all other rights, including those of her unborn child. You think it does. You need to understand how foolishly radical that view is.

It goes far beyond the argument made by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. “[S]ome . . . argue that the woman’s right is absolute and that she is entitled to terminate her pregnancy at whatever time, in whatever way, and for whatever reason she alone chooses,” the court wrote. “With this we do not

agree.” On the contrary, “the State [has] an important and legitimate interest . . . in protecting the potentiality of human life.” That was the rationale for allowing states to prohibit abortion of a viable fetus except to preserve the life or health of the mother.

The court shied away from declaring that the unborn child was a person with rights, instead allowing states to act as guardians. While that approach might work for lawyers, it’s unsatisfying for almost everyone else. It suggests to some advocates of choice that the state is meddling in a woman’s private business.

For abortion opponents, it suggests the unborn child has no intrinsic rights and depends on the government’s whim.

I advocated a different view: bestow personhood on the fetus at the point at which brain function starts. I won’t reprise the argument; the point is that I joined Roe in accepting that the rights of the mother must be balanced against the rights of the unborn. Better that, I felt, than let extremists take the pro-choice argument over a cliff. The logic of the absolutist position is that at any time prior to birth—presumably even five minutes before—the life of the unborn child may be ended without a pang. The notion seems primitive, like something out of the Old Testament.

No wonder abortion opponents go nuts.

That brings us to the rape/incest/ birth defect exception. Roe notes it was introduced by the American Medical Association in 1967 as part of a policy statement opposing abortion. Never mind that the exception is tough to swallow on ethical grounds—it’s a sop intended to get the pro-choice crowd on board with abortion restrictions, and unnecessary if early-term abortion is readily available. Why defend it?

Look at this from a practical standpoint. The failure to find a middle ground on abortion has been a major contributor to the polarized politics that has plagued the country since Roe was handed down. The idea that a fetus becomes a person at some point between conception and birth was the prevailing view for 2,000 years. It’s a reasonable basis for consensus, and until that consensus emerges, advocates of choice will never be able to rest easy—witness the recent challenge by Catholic bishops.

So lay off — I’m trying to help you out. cs

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Compact nuclear reactors scarcely larger than a sports utility vehicle but able to power thousands of homes are slated to go on sale within five years, according to U.S. scientists.

Department of Energy scientists working out of Los Alamos, N.M., say the Hyperion Power Module will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material and will be nearly impossible to break into because it will be encased in concrete and buried underground.

The reactors will use a chemical reaction in uranium hydride to create heat, which is transferred to the surface to power steam turbines. The units are not watercooled and cannot melt down, according to the firm that has licensed the technology. New Mexico-based Hyperion Power Generation Co. says each unit costs about $25 million, but monthly power fees would be only about $250 per home when divided among the 10,000 households it could serve. The unit’s softball-sized fuel must be replaced every seven to 10 years.

Solar Cycle 24 An eerie calm between sunspot cycles ended abruptly in early November as four of the first sunspots of the next 11year period of solar activity finally appeared. The sun had been relatively free of any new spots since the previous cycle ended last year. Scientists were able to

determine the new sunspots were part of the next cycle and not the one just ended by observing their polarity and distance from the solar equator. The first sunspots of a new cycle initially emerge at high latitudes, then appear progressively closer to the equator as the cycle matures. This cycle is the 24th since detailed solar record-keeping began in 1755.

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They say they base their conclusion on improved data about the Earth’s climate history and ongoing observations of change, especially in the polar regions.

Ecuadorian Eruption Ecuador’s Reventador volcano spewed fresh bursts of ash near the capital city of Quito.

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Two nearby oil pipelines and a major highway could be threatened should activity from Reventador intensify, Ramon said.

About 450 nearby residents voluntarily evacuated their homes after being warned of the heightened volcanic activity.

Earthquakes A sharp earthquake centered in a western Chinese mining region caused a few huts to collapse and some buildings to develop cracks, but no significant damage or any injuries were reported.

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Co-Lateral Victims More than a quarter of the world’s surviving mountain gorillas were left with no official protection after Tutsi rebels overran and occupied Africa’s oldest national park. Renewed conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government and fighters led by Gen. Laurent Nkunda has also created a massive humanitarian crisis.

Thousands of people have been left malnourished and ill after being displaced by the advancing rebel forces, including more than 50 wildlife rangers who had spent years protecting the gorillas and other wildlife in Virunga Park prior to being driven out by the rebels. The park director, Emmanuel de Merode, called the seizure of the park’s headquarters “unprecedented, even in all the years of conflict in the region.”

During repeated attacks in 2007, 10 of the endangered primates were killed. Park officials say that some of the rebels are now hunting and camping in the same forested hills that are home to about 200 of the last remaining 700 mountain gorillas. cs by steve newman, universal press syndicate

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When a four-bedroom house inhabited by 50 tenants partially collapsed in October in Honolulu, at least 10 of the residents said they had been pressured to let the property manager give them experimental “stem-cell” injections.

Manager Daniel Cunningham, 56 and a de-licensed chiropractor, said he has been injecting the substance, phenol, into himself for years, to treat gnarled hands (though the hands appeared to a Honolulu Advertiser reporter to be deteriorating to the point where Cunningham wears socks over them). One man said Cunningham injected him directly into the eye, and others complained of various side effects. Cunningham ran for mayor of Honolulu this year and in the September primary received 737 votes on a platform of complaining about government’s meddling into health care.

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to find and purchase a huge slab of the identical high-grade white marble of the Tomb and offered it, free of charge, shipping included, to the Army (which has been considering reconstruction of the Tomb since 1987). In the ensuing five years, according to an August Denver Post story, the Army continues to ignore Haines, yet periodically shows interest in opening the reconstruction to competitive bidding, but mostly just allows the idea to languish.

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• In September, a Wisconsin appeals court suppressed the surveillance video that allegedly captured David Johnson, 59, having sex with his comatose wife in a Portage nursing home, obviously violating the state law against sex without consent. Nursing home caregivers had installed the camera to protect the wife, but the court ruled it an invasion of the privacy of the marital relationship.

• In November, the Bombay high court expunged the arranged-marriage records of an Indian couple who had separated immediately after their 1998 honeymoon when the husband complained that he had been unable to consummate because the bride had large boils on her face. She has since been cured of her disorder and did not want future suitors to read of her past.

• Deceitful mating strategies may be rife in the animal kingdom (especially among humans), but Australian researchers recently documented the sexual guile of a group of orchids that basically trick male wasps into pollinating them by resembling the look and smell of female wasps. Writing in The American Naturalist, the authors noted that female wasps reproduce both with The New Nature of Work and without sperm, with the latter cre(1) Officer Keith Breiner, suspended ating male offspring. Consequently, the from the police force in Beaumont, researchers hypothesized, when orchids Texas, for crossing the line during an commandeer sperm, it indirectly leads undercover prostitution sting (that is, to the birth of more future pollinators. he actually had sex), defended himself (Charles Darwin’s subsequent book, in an August hearing: “It was a job, sir. I after “The Origin of Species,” was “The didn’t have pleasure doing it.” It was, he Various Contrivances by Which Orsaid, “something I did for the city.” (2) chids Are Fertilized by Insects.”)

In his murder trial in October in Leeds, • The remote Manitoba First Nations England, chef Anthony Morley testified tribes in Canada have largely moved that the killing was in self-defense, but away from alcohol abuse, according he did admit to carving, cooking and to an October Winnipeg Sun report, eating part of the body afterward. “At to the abuse of much more potent some point (the victim’s) body had “superjuice,” made with a fastjust become something I would acting yeast that encourages deal with at work, a piece of quick brewing. According to a How can meat. ... That’s my daily task, I apply for local probation officer, though, preparing meat.” an economic underbrewing results in the bailout? swill’s continuing to ferment in News That Sounds the stomach after consumpLike a Joke tion, causing violent pain and (1) In October, the local progressive inebriation lasting government council in Worcester, for days.

England, ordered Bill Malcolm to • In 2003, retired Colorado take down the 3-foot-high, barbedbusinessman John Haines, who wire fence he had installed to deter was concerned about dangerthe thieves who had broken into ous cracks in the Tomb of the his storage shed three times in the Unknowns at Arlington National previous four months. AccordCemetery, went to great lengths

ing to the Daily Mail, the council said it feared the government would be sued by a wounded trespasser. (2) In August, the local government in Dymchurch, England, said a traditional celebration of the inspirational character Dr. Syn would have to be altered because the town had been unable to obtain liability insurance. According to legend, the swashbuckling Dr. Syn braved enemy troops to bring food to starving villagers by horseback, but without liability insurance, the man portraying Dr. Syn would now have to merely walk.

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Two high school boys in Markesan, Wis., were hospitalized in September with broken pelvises after a “prank” went bad and a classmate inadvertently drove over them as they lay in the road in front of her car. On the other hand, a professional, Tom Owen (known as the “Human Speed Bump”), was hospitalized in October with similar injuries after he attempted to break the Guinness Book record by being run over by eight vehicles (with the last one, a box truck, leaving him in bad shape). Owen got certification, though, because the truck did pass completely over him.

Failure to Keep a Low Profile

(1) University of New Hampshire officials banned Bert Allen III, 44, a convicted sex offender, from campus in September for posting fliers without permission, seeking a “trophy wife.”

To further draw attention to himself, Allen sued for a restraining order (unsuccessfully) to allow the continued solicitation. (2) Police in Covington, Ky., arrested Gregory Griggs, 19, in October at the USA Motel, a suspected drug market. Though several people were booked that night, Griggs was the one wearing the T-shirt that read, “It’s Not Illegal Unless You Get Caught.”

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Many people believe Israelis have more important things to worry about these days, but the city government of Petah Tikva (a Tel Aviv suburb) became the latest municipality to implement a registry of dog DNA, to encourage owners to pick up after their pets in the city’s streets and parks. Abandoned droppings will be analyzed and those dogs’ owners punished. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Out of the doll house SSU brings Bergman’s Nora to life

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In yet another example of how Savannah State University is revitalizing its theatre department, David I. L. Poole and his students bring Ingmar Bergman’s Nora to Kennedy Fine Arts Theatre.

The Victorian piece, along with last month’s Lysistrata, shows how the department is making efforts to add variety to SSU’s traditional season.

“SSU is known for historically black plays,” says Teresa-Michelle Walker, “and while we respect that, we want to offer a varied program to our students and audiences.”

Nora is Bergman’s condensed version of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House. Bergman cuts out all extraneous conversation and characters, whittling three acts down to one. In the single act we follow Nora as she evolves from a pampered, naïve housewife to a china doll who finally realizes she’s been living in a cabinet.

Unrequited love, deceit, blackmail, and feminist undertones bridge the gap

between the time Nora is set in and the time we live in today. “These are moments that occur in real life,” says Michael Knowles, who plays Dr. Rank. ”Love, hatred, betrayal; that’s reality.”

And in keeping, Poole stayed true to the reality of the play in his designs for the show.

“We’re using bustles, corsets, antique furniture, and we’re even making the ornaments and wrapping for the gifts,” explains Poole. “The visual aspects are truly stunning.”

And that’s not ego talking. Nora is outfitted in a breathtaking, handpainted peacock inspired gown with a fur-trimmed cape and muff. Even more awe-inspiring is that these are not rented pieces, but costumes created right in SSU’s theatre design studio.

Another surprise is that Nora is played by guest artist Parris Sarter, a SCAD graduate student.

“We wanted to up the ante and show our students what other institutions are teaching,” notes Poole.

Sarter, who is a fan of A Doll House, is thrilled to be working with the SSU students and hopes to convey the universality of the play’s meaning.

“I want people to see that this could be any relationship,” stresses Sarter. “It’s simply about someone who took all they could and has finally had enough.”

Whether you’re one for feminist or civil rights themes, Nora can satisfy all with its relatable storyline and a heroine who finally learns to stand on her own two feet. Nora busts out of her dollhouse starting November 20. cs

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Nora When: Nov. 20-22 at 8 p.m. & Nov. 23 at 3 p.m.

Where: Kennedy Fine Arts Theatre at SSU. Cost: $5 students and faculty, $10 general admission.

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Ancient Forest of the East — Jarrid Spicer will exhibit his MFA thesis work in both TruSpace and Desotorow galleries Nov. 21-26. Artist’s lecture Nov. 21 at 6:30pm at TruSpace Gallery.

Coastal Photographs — An exhibition of photographs by former Georgia state photographer and current DNR Artist-in-Residence, Diane Kirkland, through Feb. 6 at the Melon Bluff Nature Center, 2999 Islands Highway in Midway. Open Saturdays.

Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment — A multimedia installation by Carrie Mae Weems, commissioned by SCAD and the National Black Arts Festival, through Nov. 21 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Earth, Water, Air — Paintings by Elena Madden, Tracy Jefferies and Daniel Smith on view at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery through Jan. 14. Reception Nov. 21, 6-8pm. A portion of proceeds from sales will benefit The

Georgia Conservancy.

Fall 2008 Senior Graduation Art Exhibition — Presented by AASU’s Department of Art, Music & Theatre at the AASU Fine Arts Gallery, 11935 Abercorn St. Reception Nov. 21, 5:30pm.

Hospice Savannah Art Gallery — Contemporary water media and collage by abstract artist Sally Clark through Dec. 31 at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Jean Claude Roy — Work by this French artist will be at the Grand Bohemian Gallery, Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. through Dec. 2.

Landscape of the Spirit — Paintings by Richard Mayhew Sept. 24 through Jan. 5. Through Jan. 5, 2009. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. National Arts Program — The City of Savannah’s second annual exhibition of employee artwork in conjunction with the National Arts Program Foundation, Nov. 3–Dec. 12 at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Painters of American Life: The Eight — Sept.

17 – Nov. 30. Presented by the Telfair Museum of Art and organized by Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tenn. to mark the centennial of “The Eight’s” 1908 show, which launched the modern ritual of artistic rebellion. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard Street.

Palliser — Work by this noted European portraitist and part-time Savannah resident at the Jepson Center.

Requiem for a Dream — An MFA photography exhibition by Alison Behr Nov. 14-20. There will be an artist’s talk Nov. 14 at 6:30pm followed by an opening reception 7-10pm at TruSpace Gallery, 2423 Desoto Ave.

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Saints of My Love: Paintings & Poetry for the Wicked — Works by Shelley Smith through Dec 1 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. 2335348.

Works by Brian MacGregor are at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar; reception Thursday SCAD Museum of Art — has re-opened at Kiah Hall, 227 MLK, after an exterior renovation project. Seven exhibitions, including “Hogarth’s Tale of Two Cities: Rich and Poor in 18th Century London,” are displayed. Summer hours are weekdays 10am-5pm.

Spiritual Rhythms — Paintings by Danny Simmons, Def Jam poet, author, philanthropist and painter, Oct. 10-Dec. 12 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. The Electoral College of Artistic Insight — Works by 19 artists expressing their views regarding the presidential election through Nov. 23 at Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. The Master Eye — 19th- and 20th-century photography presented by SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Featured photographers include Mathew Brady, Eadweard Muybridge, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz and others.

The Works of Maxwell Taylor — Woodcut prints by a noted Bahamian artist that focus on the themes of slavery and the Middle Passage Nov. 9-Jan. 4 at the Beach Institute.

Transcendence — Works by Brian MacGregor through Dec. 7 at LuLu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK Blvd. An opening reception will be held Nov. 20 at 7pm.

Transformation — Digital paintings by Jonathan Anderson through Nov. 27 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

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Truspace - a desotorow gallery — is now accepting inquiries for exhibits and music events.

For info, e-mail info@desotorow.org or visit www.desotorow.org. Ongoing.

Watercolors from Italy — by Fran Thomas and works by 22 other artists can be seen at Gallery 440.

Wet Ink — An exhibition that showcases work

by SCAD printmaking faculty and staff through Jan. 4 at Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 322 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. An artist reception will be held Dec. 12, 6-8 pm. cs

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Coastal Jazz AssN. presents: Equinox Jazz Quintet

This incarnation of transplanted Louisiana tenor saxman Jeremy Davis’ Equinox jazz brand finds him backed by some of the finer area players, including: guitarist Rick Lollar, drummer Dave Potter, bassist Will Goble and singing trombonist Clay Johnson.

Together, they’ll offer up a variety of hard-bop tunes, some of which may be familiar to folks who have seen previous incarnations of Davis’ Equinox group — including the large-scale version, which in recent years has appeared at outdoor events such as the Ellis Square Merchants Association Christmas Celebration and the Johnny Mercer Birthday Tribute Concert.

Over the course of his career, Davis has shared the stage with everyone from the celebrated, pioneering David Sanborn to slide guitar wünderkind Derek Trucks.

He cites Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Stanley Turrentine as key musical influences.

These evening concerts cost $10 for the general public, but are free to CJA members. As always, anyone who signs up that night to become a member of the CJA will be admitted for free. Learn more at coastal-jazz.org. Sun., 5 pm, Four Points by Sheraton - ALLAGES.

I Scream presents: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad

The newest addition to Savannah’s slowly growing number of independent show promoters continues to bring in unusual and adventurous acts to the LiveWire on River St., and this gig is no exception. Based out of Rochester, N.Y., this mesmerizing sextet blends roots reggae, dub and afrobeat into an intoxicating swamp of loping, heavy grooves.

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John Prine, Carrie Rodriguez Standard Songs for Average People is the name of beloved singer-songwriter John Prine’s latest album on his indie label Oh Boy, and that’s an apt description of the kind of beautiful, imagistic Americana tunes he’s been penning for decades now. A former mail carrier who got his start at Open Mics around the Chicago area, he burst on the scene in a big way in the early ‘70s — earning the respect of his peers like Steve Goodman and his heroes, like Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson.

Known for a gentle lyrical touch and a sly, homespun sense of humor that’s at times reminiscent of Bobby Bare or Tom T. Hall, his early, signature works like “Angel From Montgomery” (popularized through Bonnie Raitt’s 1974 cover version), “Hello In There” and “Far From Me” have stood the test of time, become minor classics of the form. Over several more albums, he drifted from raw-boned love ballads to wry political commentary and —at times— flat-out satire, much like Randy Newman.

The rough edge now present in his singing voice comes courtesy of surgery and radiation treatments after a bout with throat cancer a decade ago. they are making waves on the outdoor festival scene without the benefit of a major label behind them, and seem well on their way to being firmly established stars of

This rare Savannah appearance finds him joined by opening act Carrie Rodriguez, a rising star in the contemporary folk and roots-country world since she was discovered by the great B (of “Wild Thing” fame) at Austin’s 2001 South By Southwest Showcase. The two have since gone on to release a number of records together and frequently tour as a unit (although this gig sees her fronting a small backing group of her own).

Tickets $39.50-$49.50 at lucastheatre.com or 525-5050. Listen & Learn: johnprine.net, carrierodriguez.com. Fri., 8 pm, Lucas Theatre.

the growing reggae-rock hybrid movement. They’ll play two full sets with no opening act. $7 adv. tickets on sale now at livewiremusichall.com or pay $10 at the

door. Listen & Learn: giantpandadub.com. Thurs., 9 pm, Live Wire Music Hall.

B & D Burgers (Southside) Trivia w/ Artie & Brad (Other) Starts at 10 p.m.

Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

The Boathouse TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Doubles Lounge DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (Live Music) Acoustic guitar and vocals duo known playing pop, rock and country (covers/originals) 7 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/ soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). 10 p.m.

Guitar Bar Open Mic night hosted by Caesura (Live Music) Open Mic Night led by a young local melodic metalcore/indie-rock combo. 10 p.m.

Hang Fire #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eddie Wilson (Live Music) Singing solo pianist playing a variety of styles from swing to classic rock to jazz. 7 p.m.

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King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall “Jazz Night” w/Bobby Lee Rodgers & Papa Mali (Live Music) Weekly event hosted by a nationally known classically-trained guitarist/singer whose band Lost Radio blurs the line between blues, jazz, pop and jam. 9 p.m.

Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Trivia w/Ben Bennett (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-known electric blues trio (covers & originals).

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Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic (Live Music) With Markus & Hudson. 10:30 p.m.

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

Augie’s Pub (Pooler) TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

Benny’s Tybee Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) w/DJ Levis 9:30 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Blaine’s Back Door #@*!

Karaoke (Karaoke) Bogey’s Five Points Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel (DJ) 10 p.m.

Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fannie’s on the Beach “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House 6 Gun South (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and standards. 6:30 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Skypager w/Zone D (DJ) Dancehall tunes.

Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) Rock, Blues, Soul and Pop 8 p.m. continues on p. 24

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Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Robin’s Nest Team Trivia (Other) 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

Scandals TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Psychotronic Film: BREAKING GLASS (Uncut) (Other) Rare, intense 1980 British drama set in the punk and new-wave music scene unavailable in the USA for decades. Seating begins at 7:30 pm for ALL-AGES. 8 p.m.

Slugger’s 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Steamer’s Five Point Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/Jeremy & Ben (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Venus De Milo Open DJ Night (DJ) 9 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

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Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley’s “Swoonatra” (Live Music) Singing thespian’s tribute to Ol Blue Eyes’ golden period. 7:30 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charleston-based troubadour playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes and “Coastal Country.” Nov 19, 8:30 p.m., Nov 20, 8:30 p.m., Nov 21, 8:30 p.m., Nov 22, 8:30 p.m. Nov 23, 8:30 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall I Scream presents: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (Live Music) Rising Rochester, N.Y. sextet blending roots reggae, dub and afrobeat. 9 p.m.

Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Five Points Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local guitar/bass/ drums trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) w/female vocals (covers & originals).

8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Hardswinging, house rockin’

garage-blooze and old, weird, Americana (covers & originals). Nov 20, 10 p.m.

Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) Acoustic guitarist/singer playing alt.rock and pop 8:30 p.m.

Murphy’s Law “Live Jukebox” w/DJ Sweaty Sock (DJ) 11 p.m.

Myrtle’s Bar & Grill J. Howard Duff (Live Music) 7:30 p.m.

Night Lights “Rock Star Karaoke” (Live Music, Karaoke) Kraoke featuring a live band, rather than prerecorded music. 11 p.m.

Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s (formerly John’s Bar) Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Robin’s Nest Karaoke (Live Music, Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Savannah Arts Academy Savannah Arts Acdemy’s Winter Dance Concert (Other) Repertory concert feat. student performers and guest choreographers utilizing a variety of dance styles. Nov 20, 7 p.m. Nov 21, 7 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Open Mic Poetry Night (Other) Local spoken word showcase. 8 p.m.

Slugger’s Trivia w/ Charles & Mikey (Other) 10 p.m.

Spanky’s TBA (Live Music)

8 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Americana (DJ) Wasabi’s Live DJ Frankie Spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (DJ) 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Barry Johnson (Live Music) 6 p.m. Trey’s Aliens (Live Music) 10 p.m.

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A.J.’s Dockside “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) American Legion Post 36 Karaoke (Karaoke) Baja Cantina TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe TBA (Live Music) Live rock, blues and Southern rock cover bands. 9 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Black Angus Saloon Keith & Ross (Live Music) Local roots rock, southern rock and classic rock duo using acoustic guitar and banjo (covers/originals). 9 p.m.

The Britannia British Pub Hammerhead Stew (Live Music) 9 p.m.

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continues from p.24 Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ) Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Beach, Shag and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.) (Karaoke) Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Hang Fire Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Rap, hip-hop and spoken word showcase from a local collective of musicians, poets and DJs. 10 p.m.

Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Isaac’s on Drayton TBA (Live Music) Nov 21, 9 p.m.

Nov 22, 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Jeff Beasley Band (Live Music) Swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll, Cajun-tinged Americana and boogiewoogie feat. drums, sax, bass and guitar (covers & originals). 9 p.m.

The Jinx Karaoke (Karaoke) 11 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charleston-based troubadour playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes and “Coastal Country.” Nov 19, 8:30 p.m., Nov 20, 8:30 p.m., Nov 21, 8:30 p.m., Nov 22, 8:30 p.m. Nov 23, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Ted Bowne of Passafire (Live Music) Savannah-based singer/songwriter known for his nationally-touring reggae-rock hybrid combo Passafire. 9 p.m. DJ MK2 (DJ) 11:45 p.m.

Lucas Theatre John Prine; Carrie Rodriguez (Live Music) Legendary acoustic singer/songwriter famed for classic Americana

21, 8 p.m.

Steed’s Tavern @#! Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Moustache (DJ) 9 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

-noon -7 p.m. Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Female jazz vocalist backed by a versatile pianist. Nov 21, 7 p.m. Nov 22, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country covers with sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist. 8 p.m.

Wasabi’s DJ Frankie -C Spins Hip-hop an Electric Fusion (8 p.m.) (DJ) Ways Station Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Live DJ (DJ) 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Mary Davis & Co. (Live Music) Female-fronted acoustic cover combo featuring members of Band In The Park (rock/pop/soul/beach music). 6 p.m. Radio Cult (Live Music) Atlantabased party band wearing spandex, playing ‘80s-style metal and dance (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

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8 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Versatile, regional electric blues combo (covers & originals). Nov 21, 10 p.m. Nov 30, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub The Domino Effect (Live Music) Local funk/reggae/soul-based jam act feat. singing guitarist Josh Wade (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Greg Lilley (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Murphy’s Law “MyPod Night” (DJ) Customers may bring iPods to play for the whole bar. 9 p.m.

Pepino’s #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s (formerly John’s Bar) Repeating Family Patterns (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Randy Wood’s Concert Hall Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen (Live Music) Acoustic mandolin and guitar duo feat. a founder of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band, who’s also a member in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Smoke and alcohol free listening room show for ALL-AGES. 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Arts Academy Savannah Arts Acdemy’s Winter Dance Concert (Other) Repertory concert feat. student performers and guest choreographers utilizing a variety of dance styles. Nov 20, 7 p.m. Nov 21, 7 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean “Sounds of Civil Rights Music Series” (Live Music) In tandem with the Telfair Museum’s “Freedom’s March” exhibit, Juanita Tucker, Spitfire Poetry Group and special guests perform a night of interactive, historic music about the U.S. civil rights struggle in America. Nov

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Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe TBA (Live Music) Live rock, blues and Southern rock cover bands. 9 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Black Angus Saloon Pocket Change (Live Music) Funk, soul and R & B covers with a raucous edge. 9 p.m.

Bogey’s Five Points Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

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Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One DJ Hancock (DJ) 10 p.m.

Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Deb’s Pub & Grub Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Longrunning party band specializing in disco, 60s rock, Motown and vintage soul (covers).

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Fannie’s on the Beach TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House Listen 2 Three

(Live Music) Pop-oriented modern guitar rock power trio with a strong blues and funk influence (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and

standards. 6:30 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Jake The Snake (DJ) 10 p.m.

Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Isaac’s on Drayton TBA (Live Music) Nov 21, 9 p.m. Nov 22, 9 p.m.

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The Jinx Darsombra; Ala Muerte (Live Music) Ambient, horrific metal soundscapes by the mastermind behind Baltimore’s Meatjack and Suckpig; Haunting, Swans-esque female-fronted low-fi psych-folk with pre-recorded backing effects. 11 p.m.

Juarez Mexican Restaurant (Waters Ave.) Karaoke (Karaoke) Jukebox Bar & Grill TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charleston-based troubadour playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes and “Coastal Country.” Nov 19, 8:30 p.m., Nov 20, 8:30 p.m., Nov 21, 8:30 p.m., Nov 22, 8:30 p.m. Nov 23, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Underground Orchestra (Live Music) Named L.A.’s Best Jam Band of 2006 by the L.A. Music Awards, this buzzworthy prog/funk/fusion act feat. Savannah’s Ben Baruch on percussion. 10 p.m.

Lucas Theatre Savannah Concert Association presents: The Claremont Trio (Live Music) Critically acclaimed female classical group that won the 2001 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.

8 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local guitar/bass/ drums trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) w/female vocals (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Hitmen (Live Music) Brash local electric blues trio featuring Maggie Evans and Mark Cordray of Silver Lining on bass and drums (covers & originals). Nov 22, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Greg Lilley (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Paradiso at Il Pasticcio DJ Matthew Gilbert & DJ Kwaku (DJ) House Music 11:30 p.m.

Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s (formerly John’s Bar) Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist ranging from AC/DC to LL Cool J. 10 p.m.

Quality Inn American Pride Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

Shoreline Ballroom Battery (Metallica Tribute); Hells Bells (AC/DC Tribute) (Live Music) Double-bill of two acclaimed, touring groups recreating the look and sound of two hard rock and metal titans.

9:30 p.m.

Steed’s Tavern #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Hosted by Sam Johnson. 8 p.m.

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continues from p.26 (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Nick (DJ) 10 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m.

Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Female jazz vocalist backed by a versatile pianist. Nov 21, 7 p.m. Nov 22, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse The Jeff Beasley Band (Live Music) Swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll, Cajun-tinged Americana and boogie-woogie feat. drums, sax, bass and guitar (covers & originals). 8 p.m.

WG’s The Tenderloin Trio (Live Music) Local act playing hillbilly jazz, Old-Time country,

rural blues and string band covers & originals on acoustic guitar and singing saw. 10:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Joey (Live Music) Long-running acoustic guitar and vocals duo playing popular favorites.

1 p.m. Hidden Element (Live Music) Al. nu-metal sextet with both pop and hardcore leanings. 10 p.m.

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (Live Music) Veteran Jazz Duo (piano & bass) playing standards 11:30 a.m.

Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bernie’s (Tybee) Karaoke

w/DJ Levis (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Bogey’s Five Point Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Singer/ guitarist (with sequenced backing) plays pop/rock/soul/ beach hits and originals.

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Pop, Country, Blues & Soul covers El Potro Mexican Restaurant Karaoke w/Michael (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

The Flying Fish Barry Johnson (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Country, Blues & Pop covers 6 p.m.

Four Points by Sheraton Historic Savannah Coastal Jazz Ass. presents: The Equinox Jazz Quintet (Live Music) Tenor-saxman Jeremy Davis, joined by a quartet of top Savannah players. Open to ALL-AGES. 5 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bill Smith & Ellen Gross (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Wednesdays at hang fire

Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charlestonbased troubadour playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes and “Coastal Country.”

Nov 19, 8:30 p.m., Nov 20, 8:30 p.m., Nov 21, 8:30 p.m., Nov 22, 8:30 p.m. Nov 23, 8:30 p.m.

Marlin Monroe’s Surfside Grill TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). Nov 23, 10 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Irish Pub Session (Live Music) Local and regional Irish musicians playing both trad and contemporary Celtic music.

6 p.m. “Hitman Karaoke” (Karaoke) Standard Karaoke hosted by local blues guitarist and singer Brett “Hitman” Bernard. 9 p.m.

Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Red Leg Saloon Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “PianoPalooza” (Live Music) Crowd members get a chance to add vocals to their favorite tunes - played live by professional pianists. 8:30 p.m.

Shoreline Ballroom Musical Benefit for “Mr. C.” (Live Music) Beloved Hilton Head bassist/vocalist Codtney Ulmer is suffering from a debilitating heart condition. Over 30 popular regional entertainers will take part in this all-day, family-friendly event. Buffet meal included. 1 p.m.

Slugger’s 5 Point Productions Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Tantra Lounge Five Points Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

The Tailgate Five Points

Productions’ Butt Naked Trvia w/Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 10:30 p.m.

Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Blues, Country, Rock, Bluegrass & Pop acts Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m.

The Warehouse Electric Cheese (Live Music) Twopiece guitar and vocals offshoot of quirky local party band Rhythm Riot, playing well-known tunes to sequenced backing. 7:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Hammerhead Stew (Live Music) 1 p.m. Barry Johnson (Live Music) 6 p.m.

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Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke (Karaoke) Cardinal Rep “The PBR Show” (Other) Live, weekly, old-fashioned “Radio Drama” w/music, sound effects and improvisation 8 p.m.

Doubles Lounge Live DJ (DJ) Beach Music Fiddler’s Crab House Hakim Parush & Co. (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Kane (DJ) The Jinx DJ KZL’s Kaleidoscope (DJ) Wild mash-up of soul, garage rock, dub, psych, funk, electro, disco and punk from GAM frontman Keith Kozel. midnite Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic Celtic troubadour who hosts GPB

radio’s “The Green Island” radio show (covers & originals).

Nov 24, 8:30 p.m., Nov 25, 8:30 p.m., Nov 26, 8:30 p.m., Nov 27, 8:30 p.m., Nov 28, 8:30 p.m., Nov 29, 8:30 p.m.

Nov 30, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Greg Williams (Live Music) Prolific local acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter playing blues, folk, rock and pop (covers & originals). Nov 24, 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Open Mic Night (Live Music) Hosted

by Markus from The Train Wrecks. 10:30 p.m.

Scandals DJ Marty Corley (Karaoke) 9:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Dare Dukes (Live Music) Low-key, locally-based indie-rocker with strong ties to the NYC scene, currently promoting a new DIY CD. 8 p.m.

Tantra Lounge Swing Dancing Lessons (Other) Just like it says... 10:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m.

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Randy Wood’s Concert Hall in Bloomingdale so frequently touts the artists they book as “world class” that you’d be forgiven for simply assuming it’s so much hype.

However, the simple truth is that Wood, a “world class” luthier himself, is a real stickler when it comes to acoustic folk, bluegrass, blues, jazz and pop music. He’s simply not interested in presenting anyone who isn’t near the top of their game. Every once in a while, this results in acts gracing the small, low stage in his unpretentious listening room that are world famous as well.

That would certainly be the case with this Friday’s attraction, the duo of Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen (on mandolin and guitar, respectively).

Both masterful string-musicians with tons of successful albums and tours to their names, frontman Hillman is a true legend of modern popular music.

A founding member of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Manassas, he has literally played a key role in the so-called “folk-rock” boom of the ‘60s, the birth of the initial country rock movement, and the subsequent spin-off genres of alt.country and Americana.

A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1991), and blessed with a wondrously sonorous voice and way with a phrase, he’s a four-time Grammy nominee whose Desert Rose Band was named Touring Band of The Year from 1988-1990 by the Academy of Country Music Association. He also nabbed a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 from the Americana Music Association.

I caught up with this iconic artist by phone at his California home.

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proud of that far outweighs any monetary gain is that we left a musical path for everyone to follow. Be it the Eagles, or Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty — who has always acknowledged it. I mean, I don’t even know anything about Kenny Chesney, except that he’s a huge country star. But I saw an interview the other day where he said he felt there wouldn’t even be any country music today without The Byrds, because we used to have folks like Vern Gosdin —who’s an old band-mate of mine— open for us. It was a very nice sentiment.

Do you enjoy smaller gigs like this one?

Chris Hillman: Lemme tell you something: I’d rather play for 100 people than 10,000. I like the intimacy. I like to sit down and just be able to talk to the people about the music we’re playing. I don’t tell them what the songs are about, though, because that’s open to their own personal interpretation.

What can folks expect from this show?

Chris Hillman: We’ll tackle everything from “Eight Miles High” and “Turn, Turn, Turn” to stuff from Manassas and the Burritos with just those two instruments and our two voices. When you play in that way, the pure essence

of the songs come through. This is not like a loud, assaulting concert. We take an entirely different tack. It’s a gentle approach, but it’s not gonna put you asleep! (laughs) Herb and I want to get folks into the venue and put a smile on their faces. That may sound like a tired old cliche, but I mean every word of it. I’m proud to say that I’ve never had anybody ask for their money back. Not in 45 years!

Even when you played with David Crosby?

Chris Hillman: (Laughs) They might have asked him for their money back! (laughs) Yeah, there were moments sometimes. We were dumb kids. I took a lot for granted. Now I look back and realize I’m so blessed to still be working. It’s a pleasure to come out after the shows to meet everyone and thank them for supporting what I do. cs Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen Where: Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale) When: Fri., 7:30 pm Cost: $30 adv. for ALL-AGES @ 748-1930 Info: chrishillman.com, randywoodguitars. com

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Anyone who thinks that the Madagascar franchise is all about the Benjamin (Stiller, that is) has seriously overrated the importance of marquee names to animated flicks.

With rare exception (say, Eddie Murphy in the Shrek works), the most memorable cartoon characters have nothing to do with A-list casting (who even remembers that Bruce Willis starred in Over the Hedge?) and everything to do with matching the tone with the toon (I ask you, what superstar could have done better than relatively unknown Patton Oswalt as Ratatouille’s Remy?). So while the cast of Madagascar and its new sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, is headed by Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith, it’s really all about the penguins, baby. Certainly, Stiller (as Alex the lion), Schwimmer (Melman the giraffe), Pinkett Smith (Gloria the hippo) and especially Rock (Marty the zebra) do their part to make these movies two of the few tolerable non-Pixar/non-Miyazaki toon tales of recent times, but what truly blesses the pair is the presence of the flightless fowl. Led by

Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath, co-director of both films), these penguins are among the least sentimental of all animated characters in the history of the film medium. Their cynicism shines through at every turn: After they run over a pesky human with a jeep, one asks, “Is she dead?” When informed that she’s not, he then tries to run over her again. Somehow, I don’t see Mickey or Porky taking this course of action. If this follow-up isn’t as good as its predecessor, that’s largely because the warmedover central storyline -- so similar to The Lion King that there’s even a Scar stand-in -- has to compete with various other plot threads so diffuse that no real narrative momentum is ever established; there’s a rushed sense that wasn’t present in the first picture. But whenever the penguins pop up for their welcome routine, the movie takes flight.

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Casino Royale, the 2006 revamp of the hallowed 007 film franchise, turned out to be the best Bond outing since Reagan’s first term in office, so expecting Quantum of Solace to surpass it was probably asking too much. And indeed, this second effort starring Daniel Craig as the newly minted agent with a licence (preferred Brit spelling intentional) to kill gets off to a rough start, simply because the two elements we can always rely on -- the opening credits and the theme song -- are particularly dreadful.

The animated graphics are a real eyesore, while “Another Way to Die,” sung by Jack White and Alicia Keys, will doubtless lead to bleeding ears in Dolby-enhanced theaters across the globe. Fortunately, it isn’t long before we’re again immersed in the Bond mystique. Half gentleman, half bruiser, Craig’s Bond is still learning the ropes of his new status as a field operative, and it’s up to his superior, M (again played by Judi Dench with the right mix of exasperation at the monster she helped create and barely concealed pride at the confident, competent male she’s released to the world), to try

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Rarely has patience been such a virtue than when faced with Rachel Getting Married, which gets off to an extremely rough start before eventually finding its stride. Movies about dysfunctional families -- even dysfunctional fam ilies prepping for an upcoming marriage ceremony -- are trotted out by indieminded filmmakers with alarming regularity, but better to spend some time with Rachel at the wedding than with Margot at the Wedding. Anne Hathaway, unfairly overlooked in such efforts as Brokeback Mountain and The Devil Wears Prada, commands most of the attention -- from both audience members and the other actors -- as Kym, a recovering drug addict who returns home to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). Kym, who still feels guilty for a past tragedy, is a complete mess: Paradoxically, she’s upset when she feels all eyes are on her -- as if everyone’s monitoring her to make sure she doesn’t do anything destructive -- and equally angered when she feels all eyes aren’t on her -- as if her problems shouldn’t always automatically make her the center of attention. Naturally, Rachel feels resentment while other family members, including the wellmeaning dad (Bill Irwin, excellent) and his icy ex-wife (Debra Winger), are at a loss for how to handle Kym and her frequent outbursts. Because the characters created by writer Jenny Lumet (Sidney’s daughter) are nothing but brittle and bitchy at the start, it takes some time to warm up to these people and their

-- usually with little success -- to keep him in line. In a first for the 46-year-old series, Quantum of Solace isn’t loosely connected to past pictures but is instead a direct sequel to its predecessor: To watch it without having seen Casino Royale would be akin to viewing The Empire Strikes Back without having seen Star Wars. The villainous organization in the previous picture is still full speed ahead, and revenge for the death of a loved one remains foremost on the mind of our hero. M is worried that this will cloud Bond’s judgment, but 007 is nothing if not effective at multitasking. And does he have his hands full, whether tangling with the dastardly Dominic Greene (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’s Mathieu Amalric), forming a partnership with the lovely Camille (Olga Kurylenko, certainly a letdown after Eva Green’s brainy, biting Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale), or seeking help from coolly distant allies Felix Leiter and Mathis (returning co-stars Jeffrey Wright and Giancarlo Giannini). With conservation on everyone’s mind, it’s a clever touch to make the chief baddie, Dominic “Greene,” the head of an organization that’s supposedly supporting a healthy environment but is instead a front for its creator’s own avarice. And while the CIA has offered Bond a helping hand on several occasions in past pictures, the outfit here is hellbent on stopping him, since American interests are better served by sucking up to a corrupt billionaire promising to line pockets rather than aiding a conscientious British agent who can offer no such shady

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emotional resonance is concerned, the latest from the consummate director certainly reverberates more strongly than either of those other features.

Based on a true story and brought to the screen via an ambitious screenplay

by J. Michael Straczynski, Changeling stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, a single mom whose only son (Gattlin Griffith) goes missing one fateful afternoon in 1928. The Los Angeles Police Department, mired at the time in corruption, spots an opportunity to do something right and eventually reunites the mother with her boy. The only problem is that they bring back the wrong child, but rather than risk further embarrassment for the department, a zealous captain (Jeffrey Donovan) decides to drown out Christine’s protests by any means necessary, including labeling her as an unfit mother. Eastwood’s stately picture slowly extends its reach, as various other plot elements circle the central story of a parent’s unbreakable bond with her offspring; while some suffer in the mix (John Malkovich, as a crusading reverend fighting for Christine’s rights, could have benefited from more scenes), the overall result is a movie that will disappoint only those who require tidy endings wrapped up in pretty bows.

What Just Happened From Sullivan’s Travels and Sunset Boulevard to S.O.B. and The Player, I’ve always been a sucker for movies about the movie business, since the insideHollywood info at the filmmakers’ disposal tends to reach the silver screen in a raw, uncut form that allows every blemish to be tantalizingly exposed and even magnified. What Just Happened, however, is only partly successful in its attempts to wallow in the wickedness of the motion picture industry, as a scattershot screenplay by veteran producer Art Linson (adapting his own memoir) perpetually keeps losing sight of the important targets. Robert De Niro plays Ben, who’s experiencing major difficulties with both films on which he’s currently serving as producer. The violent drama Fiercely (starring Sean Penn) is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, but a disastrous test screening places Ben in the middle of a spat between the studio head (Catherine Keener, again pigeonholed in the role of a frigid ballbuster) who wants to recut the picture and the director (Michael Wincott) who insists any changes will destroy the purity of his vision. Meanwhile, Ben is

also having trouble getting Bruce Willis (as himself), the star of his next action movie, to shave an imposing beard that makes him look like a cross between Grizzly Adams and Santa Claus.

Linson’s industry jabs are frequently amusing but rarely uncover anything we haven’t heard before, and his sidebars involving Ben’s family woes add nothing to the mix; meanwhile, Barry Levinson, continuing his career slide (from Oscar glory with Rain Man to 10 Worst lists with Envy and Man of the Year), directs with little sense of passion or purpose.

The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is the sort of Southern-spun, honey-soaked confection that, in the wrong hands, could have turned out dreadful. Yet Writerdirector Gina Prince-Bythewood largely stays away from grandiloquent gestures designed to manipulate audience emotions, relying instead on sound storytelling and a set of accomplished performers to punch across the story’s humanist appeal. Set in 1964 South Carolina, the story centers on young Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning), who’s haunted by memories of her late mother (Hilarie Burton) and ill-treated by her unfeeling father (Paul Bettany).

Hoping to learn more about a mom she barely remembers, she runs away from home, dragging her caregiver Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) along with her. She heads to a town where she knows her mother once stayed, and, upon arrival, she and Rosaleen end up taking shelter in the home of the Boatwright sisters: patient August (Queen Latifah), suspicious June (Alicia Keys) and sentient (if simple-minded) May (Sophie Okonedo). There, Lily not only finds the answers she seeks but also the family she never had. It’s only been two years since I last saw Fanning (in Charlotte’s Web), yet she seems to have passed that vaguely defined mark between adorable moppet and self-assured teen.

Pride and Glory The award for the year’s most generic title thus far handily goes to Pride and Glory, a moniker so instantly forgettable that, in just a few short weeks, folks will be remembering the film as Honor and Justice or Law and Order or Cops and Crooks or, with apologies to Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment. Then again, this snoozy title reflects the picture bearing it, since this is nothing but one more look at police corruption, a subgenre

that’s become especially threadbare during the course of this decade (Narc, Dark Blue, We Own the Night). What’s especially lamentable is that this movie strands yet another exemplary turn

by Edward Norton, who once again is superior to the material surrounding him. Here, he plays Ray Tierney, part of a clan of cops: His father (Jon Voight), his brother Francis (Noah Emmerich) and his brother-in-law Jimmy (Colin Farrell) also have NYPD blood coursing through their veins. Troubled by a past tragedy and therefore satisfied to be working a quiet desk job, Ray is reluctantly pulled back onto the streets after four police officers are fatally gunned down in the line of duty. As Ray works his connections in the back alleys and juggles a handful of clues, he makes the startling discovery that the murders are connected to dealings within his own family.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno The latest from writer-director Kevin Smith is always likable even if it isn’t always inspired. As he proved with Chasing Amy (still the Citizen Kane of his output), Smith can deftly pull off the proper mix of sweet and funny and raunchy; in this case, though, only the “funny” clears all hurdles, as the “sweet” is of the standard variety while the “raunchy” often overwhelms the picture. Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks are aptly cast as Zack and Miri, lifelong best friends and present-day roommates who are so broke that they can’t even afford to pay their utility bills. After a life-altering high school reunion, Zack hits upon the brilliant idea of making their own hardcore adult film in order to raise significant amounts of green. Initially, the eightperson cast and crew (played by, among others, Smith vets Jason “Jay” Mewes and Jeff Anderson and former porn star Traci Lords) plan to mount a Star Wars spoof titled Star Whores (featuring such characters as Hung Solo, Princess Layher and Darth Vibrator), but after that falls through, they opt to use a coffeehouse as their setting. Rogen and Banks are both utterly winning, and their charisma helps offset the fact that their characters’ romance takes off down a disappointingly predictable path (remove the risqué trimmings, and we’re left with a Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan rom-com). The vulgar material is alternately hilarious and off-putting, although any movie with the imagina-

tion to cast perpetually boyish Justin Long as a gravel-voiced Hollywood gay porn star obviously has much to recommend it.

body of lies Despite Russell Crowe’s shared marquee billing, this is really Leonardo DiCaprio’s film, as the young thespian handles the part of Roger Ferris, a compassionate CIA point man working in the Middle East under the jaded eye of his ruthless superior (Crowe) back in the U.S. Hoping to track down a bin Laden-like terrorist (a menacing Alon Aboutboul) responsible for a series of attacks on America and its allies, Ferris ends up traveling to Jordan and entering into a terse relationship with Hani Salaam (Stardust’s Mark Strong), the head of Jordanian intelligence. The film’s best scenes are between DiCaprio and Strong, as their characters alternate between working together and keeping each other at arm’s length. Better than the vast majority of the post-9/11 terrorist yarns, Body of Lies is both more ambiguous and ambitious than such heavy-handed duds as Rendition and Redacted. Director Ridley Scott (who last teamed with Crowe on American Gangster) and The Departed’s Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monaghan (working from David Ignatius’ novel) refrain from merely putting Ferris and Hoffman through the goodcop-bad-cop routine: Ferris’ idealism isn’t always beneficial, while Hoffman might be a prick, but he occasionally exhibits more clarity than might be expected.

Max Payne Imagine The Constant Gardener after a frontal lobotomy, and that’s Max Payne in a nutshell. The latest bomb based on a popular video game, the film stars Mark Wahlberg as the title character, a New York cop who is still obsessed with solving the murders of his wife and baby. It sounds like standard Death Wish fare; the picture even opens with Max luring three drug addicts into a subway restroom, then proceeding to inflict Payne -- excuse me, pain -- on them. But as in The Constant Gardener, a major pharmaceutical outfit figures into the proceedings, though it’s safe to say that Ralph Fiennes never had to contend with winged demons flying all over the cityscape. cs

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Activism & Politics Coastal Democrats

Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com.

Drinking Liberally

An informal gathering of left-leaners. august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally. org.

Early and Advanced Voting Schedule for Runoff Election

The Chatham County Voter Registration Office will conduct early voting for the General Election Runoff at the Main Office, 1117 Eisenhower Dr., Suite E, Nov. 18-21, 8am-5pm. Advance voting during the week prior to the election will be conducted at the Main Office and the Savannah Civic Center. Times and places are: Main Office, Nov. 24 & 25, 8am-7pm and Nov. 26 8am-5pm; Savannah Civic Center, Nov. 24, 25 and 26, 9am4pm. Through Nov. 26.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County

meets the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffet, 307 Highway 80 in Garden City. 308-3934 or www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html. First and Third Thurs. of every month.

Recyclable Collection/ Drop-off

The SCAD women’s lacrosse team is sponsoring this event Dec. 13 from 9am to noon at a booth in the south end of Forstyh Park. Through Dec. 13.

Savannah Area Young Republicans

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.

Auditions Little Theatre of Savannah

Auditions for a January production of The Sea Horse will be held Nov. 24 and 25 at 7pm at The Freight Station, 703 Louisville Rd. Roles are available for 1 woman and 1 man. www.littletheatreofsavannah.

Benefits 2nd Annual Festival of Trees and Wishes

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia and Alabama will host a festival with trees and wreaths decorated for the holidays Nov. 20 through Dec. 12 at the DeSoto Savannah Hilton Hotel, 15 E. Liberty St. A gala reception and auction will kick-off the festival on Nov. 20, 2008, at 7 pm.

On Dec.6 from 11am to 1pm, Santa Claus will the Harborview Room of the DeSoto Savannah Hilton during “Cookies with Santa.” Free, but advance registration is required. Through Dec. 6.

Breast Cancer Awareness Holiday Tree Lighting Reception

Wine and cheese will be served Nov. 20 from 3:30-5pm in the Telfair Pavilion inside Candler Hospital. Ornaments will be inscribed with names for $5, a card can be hung on the tree for $1 or get a pink ribbon pin for a donation of $5.

Through Nov. 20.

Fall Youth Explosion

This event will showcase youth and youth orgazations, programs, and churches. Nov. 22 at 1pm at Beach High School. $5 adults, $3 for youth over 3 and $1 for children 3 and under. The funds from this event will support the A.E.Beach High School chorus trip to Washington, D.C.

Through Nov. 22.

education.

The Milton Project needs supplies and donations. Sherry Montgomery, 351-4151 or sherry@ coastalpetrescue.org.

Call for Entries

Feral Cat Program Needs Supplies

Home and Heart Warming Program

The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to be used to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 651-7730.

Hope House of Savannah

is a nonprofit housing program for homeless women and their children. Hope House is requesting donation of new or gently used furniture for its transitional housing program, Peeler House. Pick-up can be arranged and a tax deductible letter will be provided. Call 236-5310.

Looking for 35mm Analog Cameras

A non-profit that teaches photography to at-risk yout is seeking donations of old 35mm Analog SLR cameras, darkroom equipment, other camera equipment and black and white film.

Call Anthony Faris at 224-8296.

Recycle, Reduce and Reuse for Coastal Pet Rescue

Coastal Pet Rescue is asking area businesses to collect ink and toner cartridges at their offices.

This fund-raiser will help with regular vet care for rescued pets. Contact Wendy at wendy@ coastalpetrescue.org to arrange for cartridge pickup.

Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund

Donations can be made to the United Way of the Coastal Empire. All proceeds will go to affected victims and their families. Credit-card donations may be made calling 651-7701, and checks and money orders made payable to the United Way of the Coastal Empire, with “Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund” written in the memo line, can be mailed to: United Way of the Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St., Savannah, 31401.

Toys for Tots

Savannah-Chatham Metro Police and the U.S. Marine Corps are conducting a holiday drive. Collection boxes have been placed at police headquarters, corner of Oglethorpe and Habersham streets, and at each Precinct Office through Dec. 10. Donations must be new, unwrapped gifts for children aged infant to teen.

Precinct locations are: 295 Police Memorial Dr.; 102 Lathrop Ave.; 1512 Bull St.; 7804 Abercorn St. at Oglethorpe Mall; and 54 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Through Dec. 10.

Tybee Ta-Tas

A benefit for the Savannah Young Survival Coalition Support Group and local breast cancer research Sunday, Nov. 23, 3-7pm at Marlin Monroe’s, 404 Butler Ave.,Tybee Island. $15 includes buffet and live music. Get tickets at Seaside Sisters, Fannies on the Beach, Marlin Monroe’s, Atlantic Beacon Gallery and on Wilmington Island at Papa’s, or at the door. Through Nov. 23.

United Way 2-1-1

An information and referral service in Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Bryan, Glynn abnd McIntosh counties is available by calling 2-1-1. Services include food pantry programs, bill payment assistance, rent assistance, foreclosure prevention, job search and training programs, childcare programs, housing solutions and financial

6th Annual Mr. Black Teen of Savannah

Males 13-19 interested in signing-up should call Lester at 351-6159 and leave name, address and phone number.

Busy Woman of the Year Award

In 250 words of less, say why your nominee should be given this award. Nominationa can be submitted online at www.verveffect.com/busywoman or by mail at 648 Henry St., Savannah, 31401. For info, visit Savannah.EveryBusyWoman.com.

Displaced New Orleanians

A local tour guide who relocated from New Orleans to Savannah in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is working on an inventory of local evacuees and their post-Katrina experience. To volunteer and share photos, information, interviews, etc. contact J.J. at couvillon@ bellsouth.net.

Equal Opportunity Authority

is accepting applications for 4 year olds. Children with disabilities welcome. 234-2965 in Chatham County and 754-1822 in Effingham.

Home and Heart Warming Program

The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to be used to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 651-7730.

Recording Studio Seeks Musicians

Wilmington Island recording studio is seeking serious musicians to record their original material. Studio time is free. Unlimited space available. Weekends and evenings. Reservations required. 313-3505, www.incupro.com or larry@ incupro.com.

Share Your Writings

Announcing 3 ways to share your creative, expressive personal writings, journal entries and memoirs. 3 web sites, 3 anthology projects and 3 literary contests. www.UltraShortMemoir.com, www.ShortMemoir.com, www.TheDiaryBank. com.

Twelfth Annual Cultural Arts Trip to New York City

Armstrong Atlantic State University students, faculty, and guests will visit NYC May 13-18. The trip is open to anyone in the community at a cost of $1,850, which includes airfare, accommodation, seminars, two Broadway shows and a guided tour. A $300 deposit is due Dec. 1. roger. miller@armstrong.edu, 344.2705. Through Dec. 1.

Classes & Workshops 700 Kitchen Cooking School

will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. The cost of each class is $90 per person. Call 238-5158 or visit http:// www.700kitchen.com.

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at

SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. 912-356-2181. www.savstate. edu/

Adult Painting, Drawing and Clay Classes

Ongoing beginner, intermediate and open studio classes are offered Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 6-8 p.m. or Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. All levels welcome, with encouragement to expand your skills. Clay classes are $100 per 10-hour session plus $30 for clay and kiln usage. Painting and drawing classes are $85 per 10-hour session and a basic art supply fee, if needed. The instructor is Carolyne Graham, a sculptor, artist and certified art teacher. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582.

Art, Music and Tutoring for the Inner Child Beginning piano and voice lessons are taught by Linda Luke, who also tutors students in reading.

Creative dance and a snack are included in the lessons, and special education students are welcome. Sculpture, painting and drawing are taught by Jerry Luke. Private and small group lessons are available and open to adults, teens and younger children. The lessons last an hour and the cost is $80 a month. The address is 5225 Skidaway Rd. Call 349-0521 or 843-496-0651 for info.

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

for all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory.

Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056.

Baby Fun Time with Peek-A-Boo Sue

A performance from Eye Winker Entertainment with activities that will include rhythm activities, Tummy Time fun, live instrumental music, songs and rhymes, finger games and more for babies ages 0 to pre-walkers. Nov. 11, 13, 19 and 24, Dec. 2, 8, 10, 15 and 17 at 9am, 10:45am, 12:30pm, 2:15pm and 4:30pm. Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 1700 Abercorn St. Admission is $10 for one baby and one adult, cash only.

728-4721, eyewinkerkids@gmail.com. Through Dec. 17.

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, 407 A East Montgomery Crossroads. 912-920-6659. www.beaddreamer.com

Children’s Art Classes

for grades 1-5 offer basic art, clay and mixed media on Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. Cost is $65 per 5 weeks, basics supplied. Teen Class meets Thursday 4-6 p.m. Cost is $75 per 5 weeks, most supplies furnished. Savannah Art and Clay Creations, contact carolynegraham@ aol.com or 925-7393.

Construction Apprentice Program

is a free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction. Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books or tools. Provided t hrough a collaboration of Chatham County, the Homebuilders Association of Savannah, Savannah Technical Eollege and Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

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Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. 912-232-4447. www.sentientbean.com

Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar

This ongoing course is held every month at the Effingham YMCA in Rincon. This seminar is the first standardized credit education program in the nation. Topics covered are the steps to improve your credit rating and raise your credit scores, budgeting, managing your debt, what lenders require when you borrow money, how to spot looming money problems and how to deal with them before it’s too late. The fee is $99 per person or $169 per couple. Space is limited and registration is required in advance. Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266.

Entrepreneur Development Certificate Program

Tuesdays Nov. 18-Dec. 9 at the Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. Each seminar is $50 or $150 for all four. 651-3200, www. savannahsbdc.org. Through Dec. 9.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd.

Free Tax School

Earn extra income after taking this course. Flexible schedules, convenient locations. The class is free but there is a small fee for books. Call

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Garbage, Goo, Recycling and YOU

The Chatham County Department of Public Works is sponsoring this show by the Puppet People, which will tour elementary schools to teach students the importance of learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For bookings, call 355-3366.

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m.

Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

How to Prepare a Healthy Holiday Turkey

Lisa Jordan of the Chatham County Extension Agency will conduct this free seminar Thursday, Nov. 20 5:30-7pm. Through Nov. 20. AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605. www.sjchs. org/1844.cfm

Introduction to (Vipassana) Mindfulness Meditation

An ongoing class for beginners and experienced practitioners that offers a weekly interactive talk on the foundations of the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, followed by a period of meditation.

Mondays 6-7:30pm. 307 E. Harris St. Drop-ins, $14, 8-week package $80. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach. 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

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Mrs. Claus

A retired school teacher, Mrs. Claus is available for the holidays to all retirement centers, hospitals, day-care centers, churches, schools and private parties. Linda Luke, 349-0521.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Oatland island Wildlife Center has a new name, but still offers environmental education programs and weekend events. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912-898-3980. www. oatlandisland.org/

Personal Money Management

BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@boanconsults.com. BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@boanconsults.com.

Private Studio Art Classes

One-on-one attention learning techniques. Bring a friend and get the “Art Buddy” special. 5965493 or savannah.artspace@gmail.comm.

Psych-K Workshop

Start achieving your life’s goals. Learn a technique through hands-on practice that you can apply to many areas of your life. A seminar will be held Dec. 6 from 9am-4pm, Dec. 7 9am10:30pm and 1:15-5pm at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. $350 or $250 with “bring a buddy” discount. 247-6484. http://home.hiwaay. net/~north/ or www.psych-k.com. Through Dec. 6.

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Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention are offered by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham.

Costs $100 for 6 classes, or $30 per class. Clay supplies are extra. Call 925-7393 to register.

Fall classes begin Sept. 30. Children’s Art Class, ages 8-12, begins Oct. 2 and meets Thursdays, 5-6:30pm. $65 per 4 weeks, plus one-time supply fee of $30 for the school year. Teen Art Studio begins Sept. 30 and meets Tuesdays 5-6:30pm. $75 for 4 weeks, plus one-time suppy fee of $35 for the school year. Adult classes begin Sept. 30.

Hands of Clay meets Wednesdays from 2-4pm or 6-8pm. $100 for 10 hours of lessons, plus $35 supply fee. The Art of Painting will meet Tuesdays from 10am to noon or Wednesday from 6-8pm. $85 per 10 hours of lessons. 925-7393 or carolynegraham@aol.com.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street.

912-652-3582.

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 3083561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson

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Wicca 101

Overcoming by Faith Ministries offers 6-week classes open to all ages. Classes fill fast so register at www.overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601.

Youth Art & Clay Classes

Spanish Basic Classes

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program

This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Mindy Saunders at 234-0525. The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street. 912-234-0525. www.thestarfishcafe.org/

Studio Space as Needed

for teachers, instructors, trainers, body-work therapists or organizations. Available by the class/session, day, week or Tony, 655-4591.

Super Saturday

Performances of “What to Do with Your Little One?” featuring Saturday Stan, the Song and Story Man, on Nov. 22 at 9:30am, 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm at Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. $10 children, $5 adults. 728-4724, eyewinkerkids@gmail.com.

Through Nov. 22.

Teen Art & Clay Classes

Explore a variety of materials in this class specifically designed for teenage art students, taught by former middle school art teacher Carolyne Graham Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for 5 weeks of instruction.

Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.

Thinking of Starting a Small Business

is a course offered twice a month atthe Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. $50 in advance or $60 at the door. 651-3200, www.savannahabdc.org.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks.

Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3016. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand. 912-786-5917. www.tybeemsc.org/

Vocal Classes

The Highest Praise School of the Arts is accepting applicants for the 2008 Vocal Basics Classes. To register visit overcomingbyfaith. org or call 927-8601 for more info.

Volunteer 101

A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah. org.

Wednesday Figure Drawing Group

Work from a live model. Open to artists with some experience - no instruction offered. $60 a month. Judy Mooney. 443-9313 or judymooney@bellsouth.net. Cardinal Rep, 703D Louisville Rd. 912-232-6080. www.savannahactorstheatre.org

What to Do for Fun with Your Little One?

Shows for children 18 months to 4 years and their parents. Live music, songs, stories, make believe, interactive fun and a main stage performance by Mike Make Believe. Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, 11 and 18 at 9:30am, 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm at the Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. $10 children, $5 adults, cash only. 728-4727, eyewinkekids@ gmail.com. Through Dec. 18.

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 2346371.

Held Tuesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. The cost is $65 per 5 weeks of instruction. Call Carolyne Graham at 925-7393 or 925-5465.

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Dance African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582.

Autumn Delights

The Adult Dance Ensemble of Islands Dance Academy, directed by Kathleen Collins, will present an evening of music and dance to benefit Savannah Danse Theatre’s Nutcracker in Savannah. At intermission, the “Land of the Sweets” reception will be held upstairs with wine, soft drinks and treats. Nov. 22 at 7:30 pm, Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Island. $12 adults, $8 children 12 and under, 3 and under free. 8972100. Through Nov. 22.

Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Nocturnelle. Contact Maya,3131619, nocturnellegbd@yahoo.com or www. nocturnelle.org.

Breffni Academy of Irish Dance

has opened a location in Richmond Hill and is accepting students. The academy is located at Life Moves Dance Studio, 10747 Ford Ave. For information, call Michael or Nicola O’Hara at 305-756-8243 or send e-mail to Dance@ BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses.com..

C.C. Express Dance Team

meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons

Every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Also learn new line dances. Contact Tunya Coleman at 631-6700.

Flamenco Enthusiasts

Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St. 912-234-8745.

Gretchen Greene School of Dance

is accepting registration for fall classes in tap, ballet, lyrical, acrobatics, jazz and hip-hop for ages 3 and up. Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:30-8:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate.

Call 897-4235 or email ggsod.com.

Highest Praise Master Dance and Ballet Classes are offered every third Saturday of the month.

Open to anyone who wants to learn dance, conduct praise and worship through dance, or increase their skills in dance. All ages. 9278601 or www.overcomingbyfaith.org.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

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Latin Dance Performance for Girls

Tangroove offers classes for girls 10-17 in Salsa, Mambo and Tango. Orientation is Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 4pm. Classes start on Sept. 23 and end Dec. 16. Abundant Life Community Church, 119 Canal St., Suite 105, in Pooler. $40 per month and one-time registration $25.

826-6263 or calexe@comcast.net. Through Nov. 30.

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Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

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offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes.

All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Pole Dancing Class

POLE DANCING...for exercise. Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms,a total body workout.

Ladies Only! The only thing that comes of is your shoes. Classes begin Friday February 15th from 7:30 to 9:30. Space is limited call in advance to make your reservation $70 per month or $22 per class. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or email fitnessconnection1@yahoo.com

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah

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hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop.com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge. Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership. Call 9274784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop. com. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn Street.

912-352-7100.

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz

Free lesson and dance every Monday, 7:308pm lesson, 8-10pm open dancing. Tantra Lounge. 220-8096, info@SavannahSwingcatz. com. Free swing dance lesson and dance every Monday, 7:30-8pm, dancing from 810pm. Tantra Lounge 8 E. Broughton St. Free.

220-8096, info@SavannahSwingcatz.com.

The STUDIO

offers Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. Now accepting applications.

Ages 7 and up must arrange a placement audition class. Adult Ballet with Karen Burns is Mon.Thurs. at 11 a.m. and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Adult Tap with Pat Alley is now signing up. Veronica Niebuhr, 695-9149, www. thestudiosav.com or thestudidosav@aol.com.

The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Avenue. 912-3568383. www.thestudiosav.com/

Two to Tango - Savannah Tango Group

Learn the dance while having fun Sundays from 1:30-3:30 at the Doris Martine Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. $2 per person. Call 925-7416. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 912-354-8089.

Youth Dance Program

The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional DanceProgram 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. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 912-233-1951.

Fitness A balanced life

Student massage is offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $30 to $40 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt. com. Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc, 6413 Waters Avenue. 912-355-3011. www. ssomt.com/

Acupuncture for Health

is available Monday thru Saturday at Hidden Well Acupuncture Center downtown.

Traditional Chinese medical consultations and treatments are available with Fawn Smiley and Nicole Coughlin Ware. 233-9123, www. hiddenwellacupuncturecenter.com or hiddenwellacupuncture@gmail.com.

Ashram Savannah - Yoga

Yoga classes offered in different traditions for all levels of students. Classes 7 days a week, 2424 Drayton St. www.ashramsavannah.com.

Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness

Colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, jingly rattling bracelets, exotic music are provided.

Held Tuesdays at 1 pm and Saturdays at 3pm, cost is $20 per class. consistantintegrity@ yahoo.com.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West. 912-652-6780.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 8196463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Crossfit Hyperformance

meets mormings at 6:30am at Crossfit Hyperformance. Visit www.crossfirhyperformance. com. or call Jennifer at 224-0406 or Drew at 541-0530.

Dog Yoga

The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Energy Share

every first and third Friday of the month at a new integrated healing center located at 72nd and Sanders streets. Call Kylene at 713-3879.

Fit Lunch

FIT LUNCH - Join us for a 30 to 40 Minute workout on your lunch hour. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10:45am until 2:00pm by Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio. Classes are organized and led by 2 Certified Personal Trainers and will utilize a variety of training techniques which may include strength training, interval and cardio as well as core, balance and flexibility. Advanced booking required. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or 912-2249667. www.bodybalance.com.

Gentle Yoga

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Gentle Yoga with Mary Ann is offered Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older. Mat and blanket are required. Limited to 12 participants. Pre-register at adultenrichment@uusavanah.org or call 234-0980. Held

Kidz Fitness

an ongoing aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center. Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center.

819-8800. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

Ladies Livin 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. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912-447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Learn Kung Fu in Savannah

at the Temple of Martial Arts M, W, F 6:307:30pmm. Private classes also are available. Call SiFu Michael, 429-9241.

Mindful Fitness Membership Price Plan

$25 per month includes entry into all the Center for WellBeing classes. Pre-register in Suite 120 in the Candler Heart & Lung building. 819-6463.

Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, precrawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 4416653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www. savannahyoga.com/

Moms in Motion

A pre and post-natal exercise program is offered

by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing.

The cost is $30 per month. Call 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

Overcoming by Faith Ministries Aerobics and Exercise Classes

Free classes are offered every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. in Savannah. All classes are open to the public. For more information, call 927-8601.

Pilates Classes

are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-8196000. www.sjchs.org/

Reiki Level II Training

Reiki can assist in healing the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bodies, increase connection and awareness with the higher self and the universe. Classes are 1-6 pm at Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. $200.00.

234-6371.

Reiki Treatments

Reiki master Dante Santiago is trained in Usui Reiki Ryoho. Fifty-minute sessions are $60 and 50-minute in-studio sessions are $45. Call 6601863 for times and appointments.

Rolf Method Bodywork

for posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900.

Savannah Yoga Center

Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/

Senior Power Hour

is a program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals.

The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 898-7714.

Tai Chi Classes

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Wellbeing offers classes Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:306:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

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Tai Chi Relaxation Class

Ancient Chinese exercises that were specifically developed to heal body, mind and spirit together.

Held Saturdays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd. Call 898-0351. is held Sundays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroomm.com.

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr. 912-898-0361. www.thesavannahyogaroom.com/

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio. Vicki Lyn, 596-3009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted.

Women on Weights

Spine & Sports Personal Training offers the Women on Weights (WOW) Program. The WOW Program is designed to meet the specific needs of women. It is a series of one hour training sessions led by a Certified Personal Trainer who develops different routines throughout the month.

The routines may include but are not limited to, Strength Training, Cardio Training for the Heart, Flexibility, Balance and Weight Management.

The group meets two times a week for one hour each session. For pricing call 898-7714.

Yoga In the Park

Presented by the Savannah Food Coop, a paywhat-you-can yoga class in the south field of Forsyth Park. Bring a large towel or yoga mat.

Wednesdays 9:30-10:45am. Pay-what-youcan/$12 suggested, www.savannahcoop.com.

Yoga Teacher Training Institute

A 200-hour Basic Yoga Teacher Training program is offered at Savannah Yoga Center. It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500.

Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-2322994. www.savannahyoga.com/

Yogalates Classes

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center 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. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

Youth Kung Fu Classes

offered at the Temple of Martial Arts for kids ages 10-16. Call Sifu Michael, 429-9241.

Zumba Fitness

Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system.

No dance partner is required. Participants of all ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. The cost is $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@comcast.net.

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1 Horrorcore hip-hop group whose fans are called Juggalos, for short 4 Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra director Ozawa 9 World book?

14 Org. whose logo displays an eagle holding two guns 15 Statement accepted as true 16 Occasional Stooge 17 Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong et al.?

19 Transition from one topic to another 20 Introduce a new product 21 Florida city about an hour and a half from Disney World 22 Chinese name of Taoist philosopher Lao-Tzu 23 Key at the top left 26 More sharp 27 Much-maligned imports of the 1980s 29 Brain scans, for short 31 Goes bad 32 Device that cuts your fingernails without even touching them?

35 Electric shaver company 36 People who walk nervously during loud, stormy weather?

42 Greek god of love 43 “Bonne fete ___...” (“Happy Birthday” line, in Quebec) 44 Donald Sutherland mystery film of 1971 46 Gift recipients 48 Dir. opposite SSW 50 Abbr. meaning “in the same place,” in footnotes 51 Sweater fabrics 52 Sesame seed paste 54 ___-ski 55 Amount paid on a natural gas bill?

58 Actress Witherspoon of “Four Christmases” 59 In base 8 60 Prefix meaning “ear” 61 Word before code or shirt 62 Character who dies in “Top Gun” 63 “Smoking” alternative

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1 When Independence Day and Bastille Day take place 2 Board game with the categories “Data Head” and “Word Worm” 3 Spanish actress who starred in “Sex and Lucia” and “Spanglish” 4 Short story writer H.H. Munro’s pen name 5 Force out of the country 6 “There’s no ___ team” 7 Exercise in the park 8 Contacts while surfing the Web, perhaps 9 Org. 10 Band who sang “Pictures of You” in 1990 11 Will bequeather 12 Necklace charms with powers 13 “Womanizer” singer of 2008 18 Like weightless situations in space, for short 24 Antiperspirant brand once advertised as “strong enough for a man” 25 Budget brand of Intel CPUs 26 Org. with a shelter outreach program 28 ___ Fein (Irish political party) 30 Actress Peri of “Frasier” 33 Musical conclusions 34 Pit left by an acne scar 36 Highway cop 37 Roast subject, perhaps 38 Good-for-nothing 39 Former Secretary of State Root 40 River famously crossed by Caesar 41 ___ high heaven (really reek) 42 First name of a 1990 Johnny Depp title character 45 Phonograph inventor 47 Curvy letters 49 “At Last” singer James and namesakes 53 Competent 55 Keep all for oneself 56 “The Name of the Rose” author Umberto 57 Get from ___ B

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ARIES

(March 21-April 19) Fifty-five percent of Americans not only believe in guardian angels, but testify that they have been actively aided by the intervention of those divine helpers. Commenting on the results, one religious expert said that “Americans live in an enchanted world.” The 55 percent figure may rise even higher in the coming weeks. A majority of Aries all over the planet, regardless of their religious orientation, could have a mystical experience that will spook and delight them. If you’re one of the chosen ones, don’t get fixated on or distracted by the sheer amazement of the visitation.

Make sure you’re alert for its eminently practical guidance.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20) You’ve been hiding a part of yourself from your conscious awareness. That’s why I’m going to ask you to take off the mask you wear when you’re alone with yourself. You might be surprised when you actually gaze upon your secret face. But I believe it will ultimately prove to be an intriguing breakthrough that will give you good ideas about how to share yourself more completely.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) A year ago, I had a vision that your experiences in 2008 would boost your heart’s smarts -- maybe not up to the same level as your head’s intelligence, but much closer than before. I predicted you’d have a growing ability to master your own moods and emotions, and speculated on how that would in turn increase your understanding of why people do the things they do.

So if, during these last 11 months, you’ve been taking advantage of the potentials I named back then, you have undoubtedly developed impressive new skills in the art of intimate relationships. If for any reason this hasn’t happened yet, start playing catch-up immediately.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22) Activist and author Naomi Klein tells a story about the time she traveled to Australia at the request of Aboriginal elders. They wanted her to know about their struggle to prevent white people from dumping radioactive wastes on

their land. Her hosts brought her to their precious wilderness, where they camped under the stars. They showed her “secret sources of fresh water, plants used for bush medicines, hidden eucalyptus-lined rivers where the kangaroos come to drink.” After three days, Klein grew restless. When were they going to get down to business and show her the despoiled places?

“Before you can fight,” one elder told her, “you have to know what you are fighting for.” That’s good advice, Cancerian. I suggest you immerse yourself in the beauty you’ll be serving and stewarding in the future.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22) The Mystic Astrology Wizard says: Close one of your eyes. Tap your forehead three times with the palm of your left hand. Think of a sexy image. Lick your lips and whisper the words “Love Whisperer.” Insert your middle finger in the “DelightO-Meter” slot. Keep your finger there until the “Passion Lamp” turns on. Flash. Flash. Flash.

Thank you. Your evaluation appears below. *Your libido has been a bit off-course, semi-absorbed in unfruitful or irrelevant distractions.

But now it’s realigning itself with the central dream themes of your life. Prepare to experience a truer juiciness.*

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

ways swings back up when you try to tip it over. But lately I’m wondering if I should expand my concept of what we Libras do. I have fantasies of experimenting with a balance that more closely resembles walking on a railroad track. I could dip a foot here and there, first this side then that, just for fun, and still remain on the track. Maybe in time I could even dance on the rail. Your thoughts? - Libra in Expansion Mode.” Dear Expander: The coming weeks would be a great time, astrologically speaking, to try the experiment you described.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) It’s a ripe time to work on fixing any neurosis that chronically disrupts your economic karma. Can you afford sessions with a psychotherapist who’ll help you improve your relationship with money?

Just in case you can’t, I’ll offer two exercises that might propel you toward financial self-healing. #1: Twice a day for five minutes, visualize yourself immersed in a joyous and meaningful experience that would be made possible by a more abundant flow of money into your life. #2: Think of three generous acts you want to carry out, three blessings you want to bestow, or three uplifting messages you want to deliver to deserving people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

I suggest you meditate on the theme of exile. Here are some questions to get you started. 1.

Have you ever been shunned by people you care about? 2. Do you know what it’s like to unwillingly leave a place that has made you feel safe and secure? 3. Can you remember the desolation that came over you when you found yourself wandering in the middle of nowhere? 4. Has it been a challenge to connect with your tribe or be at peace in the land that makes you feel at home in the world?

Whatever your exile is, Virgo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to figure out how to heal it.

In her book *One Continuous Mistake,* Gail Sher provides excellent advice for people who want to be writers. I’m offering it to you for your all-purpose use as you enter the Reinvent Yourself phase of your astrological cycle. The drive for perfection can be a distraction, Sher says. What’s more useful is to be brave and free enough to experiment with possibilities that may or may not pan out. Don’t think yourself into a corner, agonizing about where to begin. Simply dive in and get to work, trusting that the agitation you churn up will show you what works. Exult in the revelations provided by the trialand-error approach!

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

“Dear Rob: In the past I’ve thought of balance as the ability to move between extremes without falling down. I pride myself on being a Weeble-Wobbler, the toy that al-

Long-time conservative writer Christopher Buckley, son of rightwing icon William F. Buckley, voted for Obama. Though he was once a speech-writer for John Mc-

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Cain, a man he admired, Buckley was aghast at how the presidential campaign unfolded. “I didn’t leave the Republican Party,” he said.

“The Republican Party left me.” I urge you to be alert for a comparable development in your own life, Capricorn. A group whose ideals you have held dear may be changing right in front of your eyes. Or perhaps a movement you’ve been part of has veered off course from the principles that drew you to it.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Never keep up with the Joneses,” counseled author Quentin Crisp.

“Drag them down to your level.

It’s cheaper.” But I don’t recommend that approach, Aquarius. To do so would be as big a waste of your energy as trying to match the consumerist folly of the Joneses.

The same holds true about any situation in which you’re tempted to compete for status with people whose values aren’t very deep: It’s crazy to get obsessed with wanting to either be like them or to drag them down. This advice is especially important now, when you’re more susceptible than usual to the dumbed-down influences of peer pressure. Try to carve out an independent path without indulging in envy, hatred, or superiority.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20) Do you have a negative opinion of clouds?

Are you inclined to regard them as symbols of gloom or malaise, interruptions in what you wish would always be clear blue sky? If so, I’ll ask you to revise your view.

Consider the fact that in Chinese mythology, there are *xiangyun,* or “lucky clouds” that are harbingers of great blessings. Deities may even ride on them for pleasure.

Among the Zuni Indians, the monster known as the Cloud Eater was feared because he devoured clouds that might bring replenishing rain.

And modern meteorologists know that white, fluffy cumulus clouds are signs that fair weather is on the way. Armed with these ideas, Pisces, go out in search of your own personal lucky clouds. They’re your metaphors of the week.

First City Network Board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912-236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

Savannah Pride, Inc.

meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend, for without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Patrick Mobley at 224-3238. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912-236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth -- Savannah

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@ standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth. org. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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 352-2611.

Religious & Spiritual Calling All Christians

Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Challenges of Christian/Muslim Conversation

will be presented by Father Sidney Griffith, Professor and Chairman of Semitic and Egyptian Languages at the Catholic University of America.

The first session is Nov. 21, 6:30-8:30pm, the second Nov. 22, 9am-noon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1802 Abercorn St. A free-will offering will be taken. 232-0274, Rector@StPaulSavannah.org. Through Nov. 22.

Chanted Office of Compline

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, located on Johnson Square.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477.

Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn Ext. 912-3547038. www.oglethorpemall.com/

Circle of Light

A night of touching the invisible and making Spirit tangible. Christia Cummings-Slack will construct a crystal grid matrix along with healing visionary art and feathers to anchor the energy of the evening, then lead a healing guided meditation to ground and clear away stress and energy blocks, and to introduce Spirit Helpers. Each participant will receive an individual message from Spirit and is encouraged to bring questions that might be weighing on their heart and mind. Oct. 15 and 22, Nov. 5 and 19 and Dec. 10, 7pm , Southern Hemispheres Bookstore, 41 Habersham St. $30. 234-6371, www.christiacummings.com. Through Dec. 10.

Downtown Bible Study

Pastor Ricky Temple of Overcoming by Faith Ministries leads the study every Wendesay at noon. Lunch is provided. 927-8601 or www.overcomingbyfaith.org. Through Dec. 10. The Historic

DrUUming Circle

is held the first Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drum-curious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-2340980. www.uusavannah.org

Introduction to (Vipassana) Mindfulness Meditation

An ongoing class for beginners and experienced practitioners that offers a weekly interactive talk on the foundations of the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, followed by a period of meditation. Mondays 6-7:30pm.

307 E. Harris St. Drop-ins, $14, 8-week package $80. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach. 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

Meditation and Energy Flow Meetup Group

First meeting Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. Meets once a month. Meet others to practice meditation and discuss spirituality, metaphysics and related topics of Reiki, energy work, etc. www. ellenfarrell.com or 247-4263.

Meditators Unite!

Beginner o advanced meditators unite to practice meditation and discuss metaphysics, holistic approach to healing, Reiki, Chakras, energy work and Spirit Connection. www. meditation.meetup.com/490.

Midweek Bible Study

Midweek Bible Study is offered every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible.

352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com. Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue.

912-352-4400. www.montgomerypresbyterian.com/

Music Ministry for Children & Youth

at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath. “Every breath we take is the breath of God.” The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd. 912-925-5924. www.wbumc.org/

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St.

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Overcoming by Faith Ministries

Services in Savannah are held on Saturdays at 6 p.m. Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. In Rincon, services are held Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at The Banquet Room, 135 Goshen Rd. Call 927-8601 or visit overcomingbyfaith.org.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

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

Call Janet Pence at 247-4903. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. 912-233-4766. www.trinitychurch1848.org/

Recruiting Church Launch Team

If you are interested in becoming part of an innovative multi-cultural church startup in West Chatham, contact Steve at 748-6439 or see www.ekklesiasavannah.org. .

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group

meets Sundays from 9-10:30 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 8:55 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 Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA)

SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call SGI-USA at 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

A sllent witness for peace that will be held in Johnson Square the fourth Sunday of every month from 1-2pm until the occupation ends.

Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee. 224-7456, 2312252, 234-0980, uusavannah.org

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 233-6284 or 7866075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary.

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Unitarian Universalist Men’s Group

An opportunity to meet with men and as a group explore men’s spirituality while offering social support in a safe atmosphere. Meets weekly to discuss a predetermined topic. Also plans outside activities or participates in activities as a group. Refreshments or dinner is served at each meeting. Visit http://men.meetup.com/46/ or contact Mike Freeman at 441-0328 or Dicky Trotter at 665-4488.

Unity of Savannah

A church of unconditional love and acceptance.

Sunday service is at 11 a.m. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

912-355-4704. www.unityofsavannah.org/

Wicca 101

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 234-6371.

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or Wesley Community Center, 1601 Drayton St. 912-232-0965. www. wesleyctrs-savh.org/

You Are All That: Discovering The God Within

A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The FreedomPath Science of Life Center, 1204 MLK, Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10, 1-877-494-8629, www.freedompathonline.org.

Support Groups Abstinence Program

Hope House of Savannah provides support for students between the ages of 13 to 19. Snacks and transportation provided. Call 236-5310.

ADD and Behavior Support Group

meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Mindspring Center in the Ranicki Chiropractic Complex, 1147 W. Highway 80 in Pooler. RSVP is requested. Call 748-6463 or frontdesk@mindspringcenter.com.

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://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com.

Al-Anon Meetings

Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday and Wednesday at 5:30pm and Sunday at 11am. Melissa, 844-4524.

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. 912-354-7615. www.fpc.presbychurch.net

Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Alzheimer’s Association Support Group

meets every second Monday at 10am at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Call Tara Redd and Lauren Dutko at 631-0675.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group

The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-causing illnesses and meets the first Monday 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.

Amputee Support Group

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

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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 3505616. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-1KID. www.memorialhealth. com/backus

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. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-1KID. www.memorialhealth.com/backus

Bariatric Surgery Post-Operative Band Support Group

Call 350-3438 or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth. com.

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group

for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-3508000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Better Breathers support group

meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with this disease.

Contact Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo. com.

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.

Cancer support group

meets every third Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-3360.

Caring for Us

is a support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.

CASA Support Group

This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group 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 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

Celiac Support Group

for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 507-2592.

Children’s Grief Groups

Open, drop-in support groups for children ages 6-17 who have experienced a loss by death.

Meets Tuesdays 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. 303-9442.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

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. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs. org

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250. This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@ hotmail.com.

Debtors Anonymous

meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. in the third floor New Beginnings Room. Enter on President Street through the left-hand set of glass doors between Whitaker and Barnard streets. Arrive early, as the entry doors are locked promptly at 5:30 p.m.

For information, e-mail DAsavannah@yahoo. com. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. 912-233-4766. www.trinitychurch1848.org/

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. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Diabetes support group

meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

is for trauamtic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. It meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center.

Grief 101

A 7-week educational group offering support and coping tools for adults who have experienced a loss by death. Meets Tuesdays 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. RSVP to 303-9442.

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 housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, follow-up care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families. 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 964-0455. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Journey Through Journaling

for peopl4 whose lives have been touched by cnacer. Jennifer Currin, 350-7845.

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. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue.

912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

KidsNet Savannah Parent 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.

meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916. Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave.

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-800-33-HAVEN.

is a support group open to anyone who has an ostomy and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Each month, the group focuses on a specific topic related to blood-related cancers and also discusses ways to improve quality of life. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845. For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845.

Domestic violence community support group

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Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

Every Step Counts

Cancer survivors and caregivers who advocate walking and exercise as a way to fight back against cancer and feel better meet monthly for walks. The next will be Nov. 22 at 9am at Fort Pulaski. The walk is free, but the park charges $3 to park. DeDe Cargill, 398-6554, everystepcounts@comcast.net. Through Nov. 22.

Fecal Urinary Diversion Support Group

The group is for patients who have had a colostomy, deostomy, urostomy (ileoconduit) and continent fecal or urinary diversion surgery. Call 819-3466.

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

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 355-1221 or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

First Line

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Gray Matters Brain Injury 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.. 819-6743. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Living without Violence

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship.

Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999.

Lowcountry Huntington’s Disease Group

Call 748-8808 or visit www.LowcountryHD.com.

Lung Cancer Support Group

Lung Cancer Support Group is for families who are going through lung cancer treatment and survivors of lung cancer. It meets the fourth Thursday of the month at the Lewis Research Center Pavilion from 5-6 p.m. Call Kay Denham at 651-5712..

Lupus Encouragement Group

A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 4476605.

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group

meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. 355-5196.

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group

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. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health POPPS! Group

for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth. com/

Memorial Health PRIDE Bleeding Disorders Support Group

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth. com/

Memorial Health SET Focus

SET Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One

is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 819-6171 for information. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

Multiple Sclerosis support group

Rape Crisis Center

Muscular Dystrophy support group

Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group

Call 653-5878. 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. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. 912-355-1523. 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. 3549576. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 351-7035 or 3537143. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-927-5277. about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders

meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. 912232-0191. www.wesleymonumental.org/

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

PRIDE Support Group

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

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The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. Call 233-RAPE. As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

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 651-4094.

S-Anon Family Group

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

Safe Shelter Outreach Program

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Sarcoidosis support group

meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, Noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. 692-2032. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs. org

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Project

meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St. 912-651-7700. www.uwce.org/

Savannah Weight Loss and Healthy Eating Group Meet with local people who are interested in weight loss and management. Gather to share tips, recipes and keep each other motivated.

Group meets two times a month at a restaurant for a healthy lunch or dinner. Local weight loss experts come in and speak from time to time.

Call 404-567-5733 or e-mail ajaxacq@yahoo. com.

Senior Citizen’s Inc. Alzheimer’s Support Group

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 5:30 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Stacey Floyd at 236-0363. Ruth Byck Adult Day Care Center, 3025 Bull St. 912-2360363.

Sexaholics Anonymous

is a fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions.

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Smoking Cessation Support Group

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1401 E. 38th Street Large 2BR brick duplex $650.

4907 Montgomery Street 2BR house $650.

1106 E. 31st Street Very large 3BR, lower duplex, all electric $675.

2249 Florida Avenue 2BR house $725.

Rent to Own 1 Altman Drive-3BR, sep. den house. $825/month, $2475/down.

No Credit Check.

Rent to own 930 Seiler Avenue-3BR/2BA House. $800/month, $2400/down.

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Rent to Own 1504 E. 33rd Street-3BR house. $700/month, $2100/down.

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1133 E. 55TH STREET

Recently remodeled 2BR duplex. Kitchen furnished, fenced yard.

No Section 8. $545/month plus deposit. Call 234-0548

$150 Move-In Special

No tax or deposit required. $150 Total Moves you in! Efficiency Apt, furnished, cable & HBO included. Call 912-695-6778, 912-507-4595 or 912-355-2831.

1820 EAST GWINNETT off Pennsylvania.

3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, DR, den, hardwood floors. $975/month.

912-844-0694 or 912-508-2397.

1 BR, 1 BA, Bonus Room $550/month And 3 BR, 1 BA $725/month.

BOTH washer/dryer connection, CH/A, all electric, No pets. Reese & Company 236-4233 2160 FLORIDA AVENUE 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Living Room, Kitchen/Dining, small study/office, inside laundry, fenced yard, carport. Pets ok with approval. References/credit check required. $725/month, $700/deposit. 898-0078 2BR/2BA APARTMENT: Kitchen, LR/DR combo.

Largo Tibet area. $650/Rent, $650/Deposit. Call 656-7842 or 704-3662.

2BR/2BA, southside condo free water, pool, screened porch, washer dr yer hookup. $675/month. call Eric.

220-1566

3815 SKIDAWAY Rd:

4BR/1-1/2BA, fenced backyard. $900/monthly, $550/deposit.

ALSO ROOM FOR RENT

$120/weekly, $50/deposit.

Call 912-412-4841 3BR/2 Full Baths, Bonus room, DR, 2-car garage, Deck, fireplace, CH&A, kitchen furnished, washer /dryer connection, dishwasher, ceiling fans. $750/month.

912-412-2013 or 675-8550 3BR +Bonus room, 2.5/BA duplex. Isle of Hope Area. Jacuzzi tub in Master Bath, New Tile/carpet. $925. Call Eric:220-1566

734 EAST BOLTON: 3BR/1BA Duplex, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, $625/month plus deposit. Call Daryl, 655-3637. bUY. sELL. FREE!

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3 bedroom/2 bath, small home on acre lot. $850.

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Executive home, Forest Cove. 3BR/2BA, 15ft. ceilings, rosewood floors. Bonus room tennis/pool included. fireplace, wooded-view $1600/month.

306 San Anton Dr.

near St. Joseph’s 3/br 2ba separate lr/dr. 2 car g a ra g e. $1000/month.

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1140 E. 55th

3BR/1BA $550/month.

5500 Montgomery St. Apt D

2BR/1BA $550/mo plus deposit.

1401 SE 36th St.

2BR/1BA, Nice $700/month.

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6954 Damascus

3BR/1.5BA with garage. $950/month.

CALL BILL, 656-4111 No Pets; Plus deposits

97 Ridgecrest, 4 bed/2 bath for rent!

Great condition, 4 bed/2 bath. Fenced in yard. $1100 a month, we do accept section 8.

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All Brick 3 bedroom, 1 Bath with private backyard. Hardwood floors.

Eat-in kitchen. On Habersham close to DeRenne. Close to Hospitals. $1000/mo. with $300 security deposit MOVE IN SPECIAL 1st mo. 1/2 off Call free 24/7 800-830-0416 x 577.

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www.DorisThomasRealty.net 912-355-0294/912-27 2-4378 Check Website for Complete Rental List Accepting Section 8 Applications 924 ADEL: 3BR/1BA, $785/mo.

101 BACK SHELL RD: 3BR/2BA, $935/mo.

1016 W. 48TH: 4BR/1BA, $850/mo.

3112 WRIGHT ST: 2BR/1BA $400/mo.

1623 ROSEMARY CT.:1BR/1BA $725/mo.

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Nice one bedroom furnished efficiency apt.

Utilities included, cable, central air and heat, full size refrigerator, private bath, coin operated washer/dryer, very secure. $160/week. No Pets.Call 507-4595, 695-7889, or 355-2831 Eastside AREA -2118 New Mexico. 3BR/1BA, new central heat/air, remodeled & furnished kitchen, laundry room, carport, fenced yard.

Outside pet ok. $825/month, $825/deposit. Pre-Application required. No Section 8.

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Apartment for Rent 2 Br/ 1 BA apartment for rent. Living room carpeted, stove and refrigerator furnished. Window AC unit. 928 E 39th Street.

College Students and Section-8 welcome. $550/mo and $550 sec. deposit.

912-231-1465 or 904-766-7993 ATTRACTIVELY Renovated Large-2BR Apt. Central heat/air, dishwasher, washer/dryer, ceiling fans, hardwood floors.

Baldwin Park. Available Nov. 1st. $650/month plus deposit. Non-smoking. 912-234-8943.

Condo for rent 2BR 2Ba at Colony Park. $800/month + deposit.

598-3735 or 667-2948 COTTAGE FOR RENT: 416 E. 62nd, Ardsley Park area, 1BR/1BA, Appliances Included. Indoor pet welcome, $650/month. No Section 8.

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3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Deepwater at all tides. Drivable causeway to dock. Just remodeled! Very Private.

10 minutes from mall. $1500/month.

912-484-3700, Days 912-353-9757, Nights House for Rent 4 BR/2BA house with new kitchen and master suite. Hardwood floors. Close to hospitals. (912)313-4689 House for rent in Georgetown. 3BR/2BA, walk-in closet, $1200/month. $1000 deposit. Fireplace, liv-

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ing room, dining room, furnished, kitchen w/ microwave, breakfast area, washer & dryer hook-up, close to hospitals, Armstrong and malls. Please call for appt 925-2990 or 484-2284

POOLER Hampton Place 179 AQUINNAH DRIVE: 3-Bedrooms, 2Baths $1,050.

Southside 11603 COLLEEN DRIVE: 3-Bedrooms, 1.5-Baths $885.

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SOUTHSIDE 9418 DUNWOODY DR.: 3-Bedrooms, 1.5Baths, Large Den $1,050.

POOLER-Springlake 103 LAKEPOINTE DR.: 3-Bedrooms, 2-Baths, Garage $1,100.

12 WINTERLAKE CIRCLE: 2-Bedrooms, 2.5Bath Condo $850.

POOLER-Hampton Pl. 174 AQUINNAH DR.: 3-Bedrooms, 2-Baths, Garage $1,100.

MIDTOWN 4629 CUMBERLAND DR: 3-Bedrooms, 2Baths, Den, Play room $975.

EASTSIDE SAVANNAH 47 LAWTON AVE: 2Bedrooms 1-Bath $650.

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LIKE NEW Cottage-3BR/1.5BA, hardwood/carpet, water furnished, all electric. On 1.75acres, Hwy.80. 15 minutes to Pooler. Available Nov. 30th. $750/month.

912-663-4936.

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MOBILE HOMES: Available for rent. Located in mobile home park.

Starting at $450 per month and up.

912-658-4462 or 925-1831.

NEAR ST. JOSEPH’S. XLG 1BR, 1.5BA Condo, 1000+ sqft. Washer/dryer connection, kitchen furnished. End unit. Available Jan. 1st. $700. 352-1117.

NEWLY RENOVATED

For rent. 2BR/1BA, 3BR/1BA, or 5BR/2BA. Call 660-6477 or 844-8644.

NICE BRICK HOME, Ardsley area. 3BR/2 full baths, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer, wood floors and tile. $1100/month, water and garbage included.

105 East 64th & Abercorn 912-210-0126.

NICELY FURNISHED APARTMENT on bus line, private entrance, adjoining bathroom, mini-kitchen, phone, cable, internet, washer & dryer. $145/week $522/month.

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$1,050 PER MONTH, 3 BR, 2 BATH, LR, DEN, DR, KITCH APPL., UTILITY RM, SCREENED IN BACK PORCH, SHED/UTILITY ROOM IN FENCED BACK YARD. PERFECT FAMILY HOME--MUST SEE! IN NICE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD OFF WHITFIELD AVENUE, NEAR HESS ELEMENTARY. KINGSWOOD SUBDIVISION. $1,050 SEC. DEPOSIT AND 1ST MO. $1,200 TO MOVE IN REFERENCES REQUIRED CALL 912.927.3780 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ConneCtsavannah.Com Online listings & cOntent

Rental House: 10 mins from downtown Savannah, 15 mins from Tybee.

3BR/2BA, living room, den, dining room, kitchen, laundry room, large back porch, fenced yard, carport, garage, and shop. Located 1902 Foster Street. Fully furnished. $1200/month.

Or rent by room! Master bedroom $500, small bedroom, $400.

912-897-7746, 704-3688 or 704-3689

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Remodeled, large doublewide 3BR/2BA, large living room and den. all appliances included.

Lot space # 211. Savannah Pines Mobile Home park.

Reasonable monthly rent, Tenant check required. Call managers at 912-964-7675.

SECTION 8 WELCOME. Updated - 2403 New York. 3BR, washer/dryer included. $750/month.

Doll house - 2013 Louisiana: 3BR, washer/dryer $795/month.

Large Kitchen - 2140 Alaska: 3BR $805/month. 257-6181

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SOUTHSIDE HOUSE FOR RENT: 3BR/2BA, fenced yard, fireplace, single garage. Non-smoking.

References required.

Available Dec. 10th. $900/rent $700/deposit. 912-398-5590.

THUNDERBOLT/WHITAKER **2 efficiency apts, utilities included.

Near marina. $625 -$745/month. **7bedroom/3BA, $1200/month. Bonaventure. ** Large, 1 Bedroom on Whitaker, near Park $575/month +Deposit. 691-2368 TIBET AVE.-Brockington Square (gated community) 2BR/2BA furnished apartment w/appliances, very clean, own parking space. Close to schools and shopping malls. $750/month plus deposit. 912-961-5563. patart@poczta.fm TYBEE - 2BR/1BA Apt., central-heat/air, d/w.

Walk to beach, 1 block from AJ’s. $800/month, $800/deposit.

912-507-4637.

UPCHURCH ENTERPRISES 912-354-7737 MOVE-IN SPECIAL 2145 Cullman 3BR/1BA, freshly painted, new carpet. $650/month, $650/deposit.

VERY NICE HOMES

3BR/1BA. 221 Croatan Street. $795/month.

3BR/2BA, 301 Forest

for rent 855 Avenue $785/month.

3BR/1BA, 5637 Emory Drive $750/month.

All have furnished kitchens, fenced yards, wall-to-wall carpet, CH&A, lots more.

Call 507-7934/927-2853

VICTORIAN DISTRICT: 527 E. Park Ave. Renovated 1900’s house, 3BR/2BA, off-street parking, central heat/air, deck, washer/dryer & dishwasher. $950/monthly.

912-507-4637.

WILMINGTON ISLAND

2 Bedroom apartment at 6708 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Unit #2. CH&A, w/d hook-up, dishwasher, hardwood floors, carpeted rooms, ceramic kitchen and bathrooms.

Off street parking. $725/month.

Call:912-441-3087

WILMINGTON ISLAND CONDO

2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, screened porch.

Gated community, all amenities. $800/month.

Call 912-272-0874.

WINDSOR FOREST

124 CEDAR GROVE ROAD. 3-bedroom, 2bath, bonus room, dining room, den, fenced yard, security system.

Quiet neighborhood. $900/month.

Call 912-604-8009.

CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 2400SF WAREHOUSE, 2 minutes from Truman Pkwy. President St. at Elba Island Road. $1300/month.

484-0555 or 231-9444 ONE ROOM OFFICE FOR RENT. 7805 Waters Avenue, upstairs. $300/month. Utilities included. Call 352-8053.

Warehouse/workshop/office space for lease. 800 sq ft-4000 sq ft. Chatham Pkwy @ Hwy 80. Call Jimmy at 658-1395 We have several small choice office spaces available in various locations at reasonable rates! Call Savannah Land Company: 355-5560 rooms for rent 895 CLEAN, FURNISHED Room, on busline, $85-$115/week plus deposit. Call 210-1327 or 236-1952

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ROOM FOR RENT, $100 WEEKLY. plus deposit.

entry, am/fm/cd, power windows, new tires, shocks, and struts. $5000. Call 355-7350 or 401-3572

Southside-Eastside Westside New Large Clean Carpeted Rooms, Quiet Areas, Bus line. Free HBO. Furnished or Unfurnished. Rooms with PRIVATE BATHROOMS available. $115/Week & Up. 1BR/1Bth EFFICIENCY APTS No sharing, own bath & kitchen. All Utilities included, Ca ble (MB).

Furnished or Unfurnished. $159/Week & Up.

912-507-1489

BLOOMINGDALE

Furnished room in quiet area. Includes utilities, television, washer and dryer, stove, refrigerator.

Near Gulfstream, I-16 and airport.

Shared ki tc h e n and bath.

Call 912210-0181

CLEAN SUPER

Nice Furnished Rooms. Refrigerator in room. Central heat/air, HBO, Washer and Dryer. $100-$150 weekly. No deposit.

Call 912-507-8733

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Efficiency mobile home duplex, 1BR, kitchen, bath, cable, bed, TV, table & chairs, dresser, stove, fridge, carpet, heat&air, nice & clean, on bus line. U share nothing! $160/week. $80 deposit. Jermaine: 912-844-6282 NEAR MEMORIAL/ DELESSEPS No Deposit, East Savannah.

Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, television, washer/dryer.

Hardwood floors, ceramic tile in k itchen and bath.

Shared Kitchen & Shared bath.

5 minutes to Memorial Hospital.

Call 912-210-0144.

NICE ROOM near Kroger, central air/heat, 72 channels cable, microwave, fridge, bed, dresser. Busline, Drugfree. Pauper’s Paradise.

Call 441-1397.

755 E Waldburg. Free cable, central heat/air.

Call 912-657-0458.

ROOM FOR RENT: In very nice home in Windsor Forest on LaVida Golf Course. Everything furnished, non-smoking home, complete house privileges.

Off-street parking. Female preferred. $400/rent, $350/deposit.

Call 925-6940 or 844-4211

ROOMS AND APARTMENT FOR RENT star ting at $85/weekly.

Call 201-1742 or 675-8803.

ROOMS AND UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS for RENT at Waters and Anderson St. (1024 Anderson) Call 912-944-0105

ROOMS FOR RENT: $125/weekly. Washer/dryer, cable, central heat/air.

Call 912-596-0847 ROOMS FOR RENT

$85 to $115 per week.

East side, on busline.

Clean, central heat/air, appliances. No deposit.

912-272-3247.

ROOMS FOR RENT

$95 to $165 PER WEEK. Refrigerator, Microwave, Cable, TV, Telephone, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, on the Bus line. 912-507-1549.

Rooms for rent. CH&A, Washer/dryer, clean facility, starting at $125-$150/week.

No security deposit needed. Call 912-323-3908

ROOMS FOR RENT

Completely furnished.

Central heat and air.

Conveniently located on busline. $120/week.

EFFICIENCY ROOMS

Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week + deposit.

Call 912-844-5995 SOUTHSIDE & EASTSIDE home weekly rentals. $175 and up, deposit required. Very clean.

Call 631-1458 or 927-7644

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cars 910 1986 Mustang GT .

71,0000 miles, auto, air conditioned, keyless

1996 CHEVY BLAZER, 2-door, automatic, 129K miles. Runs good, alloy rims $2200 OBO. 1996 FORD THUNDERBIRD, automatic, runs good. $1200.

Call 655-4505.

1997 Mazda Miata. For sale. Under 100K miles, Convertible w/new top, Great condition. $3750.

Call:308-3272 1999 Mazda Protégé.

140K miles, great gas economy, 5-speed manual, CD player, PW/PL/AC, many new parts, good condition. $2625.

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2000 CAMARO

Excellent condition.

98,000 miles. Burgundy, T-roof, allow wheels $5500.

1995 VOLVO 940

White, 108,000 miles.

Wonderful bug. Looks great, clean inside, needs A/C $3000. Call anytime, 844-2250.

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2001 PT Cruiser: One owner, 37,000 miles, 4cylinder. 5-speed, air, cruise, tilt, CD. $6400 OBO. 355-5932 or 398-3132 2002 DODGE MINIVAN Wheelchair accessible.

Dropped floor/EZ lock. $17,000 OBO. Call 233-1050 AUTO REPAIRS Need service but low on cash?

Call 912-441-2150 for details.

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Reasonably Priced.

Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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GRAND THEFT AUTO Se habla Espanol $950 Down!

Pontiac Grand Am • ‘94 Toyota Celica • ‘97 Chrysler Concord ...and more!

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$600 Down!

• ‘95 Mazda Van • ‘95 Maxima ...and more! $400 Down!

• ‘93 Geo Storm • ‘93 Pontiac Van • ‘94 Ford Escort ...and more!

Call: 912-964-2440.

VW Jetta TDI 2000 AVG 45 MPG, high over 50 mpg, diesel, 188k miles PS PW leather, Moon-roof 6-CD changer, alloy wheels new tires, 5sp, All records, Great commuter car. $7250 OBO (912)354-9975 SUVS 930 1999 CHEVY TAHOE: 4-door LT. V8, 5.7L, auto trans. 2WD, Power everything, dual airbags. Am/Fm cassette, single CD, privacy glass, leather seats. $5295.

Call 912-667-9748.

Motorcycles/ AtVs 940 HARLEY DAVIDSON 2006, Soft-tail Heritage Deluxe. Black and white. 5000 miles Many extras. $14,000. Call 912-856-0101

ApArtments for rent 1001 e. Habersham st.

Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD & Kroger. New energy efficient townhome for rent with option to buy, 2 BR, 2 BA, open kitchen/ living room. Hardwoods, balcony and off-st. prkg. $1,400.00/mo.

319 e. Waldburg st.

Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD & Kroger. Newly renovated duplex, 2-3 BR, 2 BA, LR, large kitchen, W/D, hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, large back porch, courtyard & off-st. prkg. $1,175-$1,275/mo.

Call 912-220-1020 or email fvenetico@hotmail.com

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