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Table of Contents

November/December 2013

features:

62 Just Give

74 Holiday

Local charities need

Cheers

you

Here’s to the holidays,

87 Holiday Looks

92 Volunteers

The best dressing for

Those who give

the season

six ways

87 74 62 columns & departments

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on the cover: Santa Claus rests up for his busy season on the porch of

6 Editor’s Note 11 CoastalQueue 42 Just the Facts 46 Nature Connection 48 The Dish 50 Par for the Course 52 Green Acres 54 Digressions of a Dilettante 56 Money Talks 58 Living Well

Just Marry 98 The Wedding Party

duBignon Cottage on Jekyll Island. Photograph by Joe Loehle

NOISE MAKERS 102 Marc Andress

BY HAND 104 Katie Morse WORTH KNOWING 106 Santa Claus?

108 Coastal Seen 118 Coastal Cuisine

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Golden Isles Magazine is published six times per year by The Brunswick News Publishing Company.

Submissions

Golden Isles Magazine is in need of talented contributors. Unsolicited queries and submissions of art and stories are welcome. Please include an email address and telephone number. Submit by email to the editor, Amy Carter:

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Editor’s Note I used to cover the waterfront. It’s really best for all of us that I don’t any more.

I took a trip back to some of my old haunts for this, The Giving Issue. I’m talking about the places where I found the best stories and the most interesting people when I was a newspaper reporter. One of my all-time favorite places has always been the International Seafarer’s Center. A locally funded charity that reaches the world with its generosity, the center provides most of the comforts of home for foreign merchant mariners who call on the Port of Brunswick. The Star Istind, a bulk carrier that was offloading wood pellets and taking on paper rolls at Brunswick’s East River port terminals, is just one of the 500 or so ships the Seafarer’s Center ministers to each year.

We had a truly fun time with the center’s staff and volunteers and with the captain of the Star Istind. If you know me at all, you won’t be surprised when I tell you the proof of my labors fell overboard as we disembarked. My Reporter’s Notebook, more treasured than gold for all the notes I’d written about my day in the life of the port, is now a permanent part of the port, resting somewhere in the murky depths of the East River. Good reading for the fishes, I hope.

But the show must go on. I’ve done my best to reconstruct my conversations from that day, and have exacted promises from all parties involved that they will not sue me for the misquotes.

Every cloud has a silver lining – although silver is the only color we didn’t win! Golden Isles Magazine is the proud recipient of Gold and Bronze GAMMA awards given by the Magazine Association of the Southeast, an industry organization devoted to the furtherment of good publishing. We won the Gold for our May/June 2012 cover image of Hank and Wendy Paulson on Little St. Simons Island, a recreation of Graham Wood’s famous painting “American Gothic” with a kayak paddle instead of a pitchfork. And the Bronze went to our May/June 2013 issue, “Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May: The Garden Issue.” I take these awards as proof that notebooks falling overboard and other sundry crises are merely water under the bridge after the book hits the press.

I wish you fair winds and following seas until we meet again or, in the parlance of the season: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May God bless us one and all (and if I may be so shallow as to ask: please help me keep my notebooks dry in 2014).

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Organic gardening gets its turn on the mainland When the bottom fell out of the real estate market, Sam Wood found himself pondering uses for the virgin acreage he’d hoped to develop with hurricane-, termite- and fire-resistant duplexes he’s designed. He got two units built out of architectural concrete block and had completely installed infrastructure to support many more when the economy tanked.

He sat on the 10 acres of land – which he’d bought in 1991 from E.W. Merritt, who had long used it as a soil borrow site – until a “still small voice” gave him another plan. Now Sam is subdividing the

Sam Wood at Rainwood

acreage into 25’x 16’ lots and offering them for lease to the public as organic garden sites, the only such operation he’s aware of on the mainland. His acreage, named Rainwood, is located off Canal Road between Veterans Memorial Parkway (Ga. Spur 25) and the Glynco Parkway.

“No pesticides, no inorganic fertilizer,” he says of the site’s rules, snapping a couple stalks of red okra off a thriving bush on one such plot bush and offering it up as a crunchy mid-interview snack. It’s a healthy ecosystem he’s got despite the lack of top

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“I met a guy in the 1970s who was here for the R.J. Reynolds tobacco company.

He was scouting for deer’s tongue as a flavoring for tobacco,” Sam says.

While he seems a knowledgable guide to the flora and fauna of his land, Sam claims no special talent for gardening.

“I’m not an organic gardener. The plants teach you,” he says. He’s learning on his own “Three Sisters” garden, a Native American habit based on corn, squash and beans. Corn and squash go in the ground first, and when the corn stalks grow to about two feet in height, the beans are planted. “The beans run to the corn and use the stalks” like stakes, he says.

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soil. An hour’s visit includes sightings of lizards, a toad and a snake. There are several clumps of the native herb deer’s tongue or wild vanilla growing on the land – an aromatic native plant with leaves highly favored as a natural flavoring additive.

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The $199 annual rent on general lots will include an hour of watering per day, seven days per week. A well on site is programmed to provide one-inch of water per site per day, Sam says.

He hopes to establish a children’s garden on-site where children with autism and other special needs can safely enjoy the outdoors and reap the rewards of sewing sustainable, healthy seeds. He also sees potential for local restaurants to cultivate organic fruits and produce for use in their recipes.

He’s set aside a larger portion of the tract for that purpose.

For more information about the Rainwood Organic Garden site, find and like Rainwood Organic Garden on Facebook or visit Sam’s website at http://www. rainwoodorganicgarden.com

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Enjoy stopping by Ken’s Studio and gallery for a creative art experience. Original works in oil, DVDs, and painting workshops available. Check out his website below for important dates and new work.

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Christmas at the Lighthouse!

Coastal Georgia Historical Society 610 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522 The Coastal Georgia Historical Society invites the community to enjoy a sensational holiday season with a series of very special events. Pre-registration is required for all events except the Holiday Open House. For more information or to pre-register call (912) 634-7090.

November 9: Holiday Open House 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Museum Store Come join us for a glass of wine and see what’s new for the Holidays! Our holiday décor will be available for purchase, as well as a world of new gift merchandise, so bring your shopping list!

November 16: Fashion Show and Luncheon 12 p.m. • Heritage Center Event Hall • $25 per person Pre-registration is required.

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November 21: Jingle Davis Holiday Talk and Book Signing 7 p.m. • Museum Store Pre-registration is required.

Our favorite storyteller, Jingle Davis, returns with Ben Galland to sign their new book Island Time. This talk will include Jingle’s holiday memories of St. Simons, along with Ben’s favorite holiday and seasonal local photographs.

December 5: Michael Kitchens Talk and Book Signing Ghosts of Grandeur: Georgia’s Lost Antebellum Homes and Plantations 7 p.m. • Museum Store Pre-registration is required for all attendees.

Since childhood, Michael W. Kitchens has been captivated by the plantation manors and townhouses of the South’s elite. As a result, he has written a book to record the stories and memories of some of the remarkable and iconic homes that already have been lost to time. Through extensive research, he has gathered information on 94 houses that were built anywhere from the 1780s to the 1860s, and compiled the information to tell the story, as accurately as possible, of each house and the families who lived there. There are over 200 images in this beautiful coffee table book, some of which have never been published before. It is Michael’s hope that this book will bring more public attention to the

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Ghosts of Grandeur: Georgia’s Lost Antebellum Homes and Plantations recently received national recognition as the winner of the prominent Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal in the category of Best New Voice in Non-Fiction. The Benjamin Franklin Award is administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association which considers submitted books from across the United States, South Africa and Australia for its award categories. Michael’s book was also awarded the Silver Medal by the Georgia Author of the Year Awards in 2013 in the History category.

December 11: Jamie Credle Talk “Savannah’s Madeira Tradition and Alcohol Consumption in the Early Republic”

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Jamie Credle, director of the Davenport House Museum in Savannah, Georgia, will speak at the Coastal Georgia Historical Society’s Fall Membership Meeting. Participants will examine alcohol consumption in the Early American Republic with an eye toward understanding the history of the unique and flavorful wines produced on the island of Madeira. Two types of Madeira will be sampled.

Jamie Credle is a board member and the awards chairman of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries and is the immediate past president of the Coastal Museums Association. In 2005, she accepted the Davenport House’s Preserve America Presidential Award (for Private Preservation) from President George W. Bush at the White House.

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Children of the Golden Isles will enjoy an even higher standard of health care now that the Southeast Georgia Health System and Wolfson Children’s Hospital of Jacksonville have joined forces. Wolfson Children’s at Southeast Georgia Health System will offer 65 pediatric specialties and 100 sub-specialties in partnership with local pediatricians and physicians of the University of Florida.

Nicholas, Haley, Becky, Neal and Claudia Haraway

For patients like 14-year-old Haley Haraway, that means the covenience of big-city care at home. Haley was born with spina bifida, a permanently disabling condition where the spinal column does not close all the way, and her care takes her family on regular trips to Jacksonville to see the six or seven specialists who’ve cared for her since her birth, in partnership with Brunswick pediatrician Dr. Stephen Thompson, M.D. photo by Bobby haven

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“I work shift work so we’re constantly back and forth,” says Haley’s dad, Neal. Mother Becky also works fulltime and has to find someone to ride along and help

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Saturday, December 7, 2013 Presented by Cassina Garden Club & Special Interest Stop The Cloister

Tour Six Homes on Sea Island*, 10 am - 5 pm Bake Sale, 9 am - 5 pm

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her for every trip to Jacksonville. There are more stories like the Haraways’ than you might think, and the number of young patients who travel from Southeast Georgia for specialized care at Wolfson’s is what motivated Wolfson CEO Michael Aubin to begin forging regional partnerships like the one with the local health system.

“From Savannah south, there are 350,000 children in that area,” Michael’s research found. A lot are referred to North Florida for the highly specialized care that some childhood illnesses and accidents require. “In Glynn County we have great pediatric physicians but we don’t have pediatric specialists specific to children,” says Gary Colberg, chief executive of the Southeast Georgia Health System.

Wolfson’s at Southeast Georgia Health System is located on the third floor of the new Medical Plaza on Shrine Road near the main hospital. Initial pediatric specialties offered at the center include cardiology and rehabilitation services.

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But Pam Griner’s family beats them all with four generations entrusting the health of their vision to Coastal Eye Care and Dr. Hicks. “I started going to Dr. Hicks when I was 10 years old, 33 years ago. I’ve kind of grown up with him,” Pam says.

“At some point I guess Mom started going to him, and in the mid-80s my grandmother moved down here and started seeing him. She has macular degneration. She’s gradually losing her eyesight. Dr. Hicks has taken really good care of her eyes for a number of years. And then in middle school we figured out my daughter couldn’t see so I had to take her to Dr. Hicks. We have terrible eyesight. It’s definitely genetic.”

Having a doctor who knows their histories so well, however, is just part of the charm. “His customer seervice, his quality care, just his willingness to go the extra mile, we love Dr. Hicks.”

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Glynn Art Association’s ‘Night in the Museum’ is an insider’s look at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art As part of Glynn Art Association’s ongoing program of community enrichment, it is proud to present “A Night in the Museum,” an evening with Philip Verre, the chief operationing officer of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, with Philip speaking at the A. W. Jones Heritage Center. A reception at the Glynn Art Association Visual Arts Center will follow. Philip will be talking about upcoming exhibits at the High Museum as well as sharing his insights into the process of developing and presenting exhibits that are displayed in a major art museum.

Philip joined the High Museum of Art in 2000 as deputy director, becoming the chief operating officer in 2006. He

He holds a master’s degree in art history from The Clark Art Institute in Williamston, Mass., a bachelor’s degree in art history from Middlebury College in Vermont, and attended the Getty Center’s prestigious Museum Management Institute at Berkeley.

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served as managing curator for two of the High’s scholarly exhibitions from Italy, all focusing on one work of great art. These include “Verrocchio’s David Restored,” and “The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance Masterpiece.” Prior to coming to the High Museum, he was director of The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, N.Y.; Curator of Exhibitions at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, then Chief Curator, and finally Deputy Director. Prior to that, Philip was with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, as curatorial coordinator and collections coordinator.

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Tickets for the event are $50 per person, which includes the lecture and reception. Raffle tickets will be sold that feature a private tour of the High Museum, two admissions to the Atlanta Botanical Garden and two nights at a luxury midtown Atlanta hotel. In conjuction with the event, an exhibit of the works of local artists Peggy Everett, Janet Powers, Mary O. Smith and Ken Wallin will be shown at the Glynn Art Visual Arts Center during the month of January.

For tickets and information, please contact Glynn Art Association at 912638-8770 or glynnart.org – Information courtesy Glynn Art Association

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Seaboard Construction Begins $16.1 million Rehabilitation of Brunswick Golden Isles Airport Runways and Taxiways.

What goes into rehabilitating the Brunswick Golden Isles Runway and Taxiway pavement? Unlike paving a highway, resurfacing a runway for an airport requires a combination of materials that are unique to aviation purposes. Robert Burr, executive director of the Glynn County Airport Commission, points out that the safety standards for runways far exceed those of highways.

“You’ve got passenger service aircraft that weigh in excess of 100,000 pounds landing on just two wheels. By comparison, the heaviest vehicles on the roadways are tractor trailers,” Robert says. “Even fully loaded, they don’t deliver the same kind of impact on roadways because their weight is spread out over 18 wheels.”

After careful testing to confirm exact procedures and timing, local contractor Seaboard Construction and engineering firm RS&H, Inc, designers and consultants for the project, began the enormous task of replacing the airport’s 8,001-foot long runway, taxiway and drains.

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Brian says 1.99 million square feet of asphalt pavement will be “milled off,” or removed from the existing runway and taxiway surface; 46,691 tons of milled asphalt will be recycled for use in other projects.

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The completed project will use up to 75,300 tons of special asphalt paving materials that are specified by the FAA for aviation purposes. That’s enough asphalt to fill the University of Georgia football field (including the end zones) nearly 17 feet deep. It’s also enough material to overlay a 12-foot wide highway lane two inches deep by 92 miles long.

Nighttime paving operations began Sept. 22, and are expected to run until Nov. 30. Details such as painting and surface finishes will be completed in early 2014. No interruptions to scheduled air service are anticipated.

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“While Portland has tremendous benefits it does not work well on historic substrate because it is not only much harder than the tabby, it doesn’t allow water to permeate through it,” says Greg Jacobs of Tidewater Preservation, the Virginia-based firm that will conduct the restoration project. Installed during a restoration project 20 years ago, the Portland never properly adhered to the tabby so it traps moisture that the tabby absorbs. And because the two materials expand and contract at different rates, crack-

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The weight of history is a heavy burden to bear, especially when it’s rooted in the antebellum South. And yet, the historic tabby cabins on Gascoigne Bluff have borne it stoically for two centuries.

There are a great many stories in those walls made of lime, sand, oyster shells and water, but they’re largely obscured by a coating of modern concrete. The Cassina Garden Club, caretakers of the cabins for 81 years, is hoping to rectify the problem with an ambitious restoration project designed to remove the Portland-based stucco and plaster covering the exterior and interior walls and restore the old tabby underneath with an original recipe.

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Cassina Garden Club prepares to embark on major restoration of historic Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins at Gascoigne Bluff

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SHARE the spirit of the season and BRING joy to visiting seafarers by donating 15 of the items below, gift-wrapped in a cloth ditty bag or shoe box.

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Toiletries Shampoo Conditioner Soap / Body wash Toothbrush Toothpaste Shaving cream Razors After-shave lotion Combs Manicure kit Small scissors Lotion Hair Gel

Medical / Health Tylenol / Aspirin Chap stick Baby oil Band-Aids Antibiotic ointment Deodorant Bath Soap Hand Lotion Kleenex Vaseline Q-tips Toothbrush Toothpaste

Stationeries Pencils / Pens *$5 phone cards Note pads Envelopes Pencil sharpener Post cards Address book Highlighters Book marks *Upcoming year’s calendar

Food (non-perishable in sealed packages) Crackers / Pretzels Nuts Gum / Candy Raisins Dried Fruit Canned meat (pop-top) Juice Mints Popcorn

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ing in the Portland mixture allows more moisture to reach the tabby.

“The tabby is not breathing,” Greg explains. “This can be remedied by removing the Portland carefully – which is not an easy process – from the inside and the outside and replacing it with historic lime-based materials that are compatible with the tabby.”

The task will be accomplished by hand and by craftsmen specially trained for the task. The cost: about $375,000, which Cassina plans to raise with its traditional Christmas Tour of Homes on Dec. 7 and sales of its classic cookbook, Coastal Cooking. Donations may also be made through Cassina’s web site, www.cassinagardenclub.org Greg says the cabins are “in wonderful shape considering their age, and I want to point out that the exciting thing about these cabins and the exciting thing about this garden club is that they have been good stewards since the 1930s. They are the reason why these buildings are still in the wonderful condition they’re in and still open and available to the public.”

The members of Cassina are dedicated to preserving the cabins for generations to come, says garden club president Janis Rodriguez. While the restoration is in progress the club hopes to open up the cabins for a day of tours and educational instruction on the mechanics of antebel-

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To support the restoration effort, you may: • Visit the club online at http://www.cassinagardenclub.org/cassina_store.org. You may make a direct donation there or purchase copies of Coastal Cooking, the club’s first fund-raising effort directed solely at preservation of the historic cabins.

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• You may also purchase tickets to the Christmas Tour of Homes, featuring the cabin, six houses on Sea Island and The Cloister Hotel. The tour will be from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Dec. 7. The club’s traditional bake sale, featuring family recipes from members and recipes from the book, will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the cabins on Gascoigne Bluff.

• Tickets are $45 in advance; $50 on tour day. They are on sale at ACE Garden Center, G.J. Ford Bookshop and St. Simons Drug Co., all on St. Simons Island. After Nov. 15 tickets will also be available for purchase in Brunswick at Hattie’s Books and Pat’s Hallmark (Glynn Place).

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14th Annual St. Simons Land Trust Oyster Roast brings together local talent The Oyster Roast will be Saturday, Nov. 23 from 5 until 8 p.m. at Gascoigne Park. This year, in addition to celebrating the Land Trust and its work on the Island, the event will showcase the talents of many local restaurants, volunteers and residents and, new this year, music.

The menu will feature classic Southern Fare highlighting the epicurean talents of St. Simons’ best chefs and restaurateurs. Look for oysters, a low country boil, BBQ, chicken, shrimp and grits and many side dishes and desserts – all of which have been donated by this year’s restaurant sponsors.

The band, Old You, is based out of Charleston, S.C., but plays frequently up and down the East Coast and as far west as Colorado. Drummer John Pope and bass player Paul San Luis both grew up on St. Simons, and both attended Frederica Academy. “We still have our roots in St. Simons and close family and friends here,” says John. “It’s always great to come home. You never quite get the welcome you get from your hometown anywhere else. We are excited to be playing for such a good cause at the Oyster Roast.” John

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The 2013 chairperson is Marty Moody, former land trust staff member and 20year resident of the Island. “It is an honor to work with such an incredible group of volunteers. Some have been with the Oyster Roast for ten years,” Marty says.

“This event would not be possible without the volunteers or the generous contributions from local restaurants and businesses.”

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• New Time, 5 – 8 p.m. To take advantage of the beautiful setting at Gascoigne Park for watching the sunset, the oyster roast will start earlier this year. “This will allow attendees plenty of daylight to park, get to the event, and enjoy the last bits of sunlight under the oaks at Gascoigne,” Marty says. “Guests will also have an extra hour to hang out, have fun listening to the band, enjoy the variety of food options and socialize with their fellow Land Trust friends and members.”

• Ticket special: $50/SSLT member ($45 before Nov. 8); $75/nonmember. To purchase tickets, please visit www.sslt.org or call 912-638-9109. In an effort to save paper, there will be a “ticketless” check-in at the entrance to the event.

About the St. Simons Land Trust: The mission of the St. Simons Land Trust is to preserve the island’s natural and scenic character, and to enhance the quality of life for our island community for present and future generations. The Land Trust was founded in 2001 and today has 776 acres protected in perpetuity.

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Gentlemen’s Outfitters turns 30 Frank Still Jr. was 27 and disillusioned with his job. Younger sister Elizabeth Jordan, then 24, recalls the conversation that ensued. “Dad said,‘Frank, what would you like to do?’ and Frank said, ‘I’d love to have Howard Cosell’s job. If I can’t have that I’d love to have an athletic store.’”

Frank is now 30 years into a successful career in retailing, not sportscasting, but he seems none the worse for the wear. After buying a local athletic franchise that included a store on St. Simons Island and one in the old Brunswick Mall, Frank and Elizabeth embarked on a retailing journey that has made them the foremost purveyors of classic sports and casualwear by makers such as Southern Tide, Spartina, Vineyard Vines, Cole Haan and Brighton.

“We’ve weathered two recessions,” Elizabeth says proudly, adding that it’s not Frank and Elizabeth alone who are responsible for the success. “We feel first of all this is a God-first business. Beyond that we feel like we’ve got some of the most loyal employees from which you derive loyal customers. I have customers who write me thank you notes for my employees.”

The siblings credit their late father, Frank Still Sr., with their retailing savvy; he worked for Belk 46 years, retiring as manager of the Brunswick store. They credit their mother, Martha Still, for teaching them the more genteel approach to life and business. “Mom is the perfect gracious Southern lady,” Elizabeth says.

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“It’s just not Christmas without Messiah!” That phrase is once again being heard around town as the Community Messiah Chorus prepares

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for its 28th performance of Handel’s masterpiece. This year’s concert will be dedicated to the memory of Jan Lane Harper who for 25 years served as organist for the production which has become a Christmas tradition for the Golden Isles.

In 1984, Jan and Barbara Meadows conceived the idea of giving Messiah as a gift to the community at Christmas time. They began with their church choir at St. Simons United Methodist Church and it was such a success, they decided to invite community singers to join them the following year.

From there “it just blossomed,” Barbara says. When the chorus grew to 100+ members, the concerts moved to Strickland Auditorium at Epworth with Jan at the organ and Barbara directing. “In addition to playing the organ, Jan obtained wonderful publicity, maintained the scrapbook, and did so much more,” Barbara notes. “People did not realize how much time she gave to the concerts.”

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However, the choristers knew and appreciated her hard work and effervescent presence. “What fun it was to be around Jan,” says Judy Clifton, a longtime singer. “She loved people and had an absolutely dazzling smile.” Another veteran singer, Gail Rivard notes, “I’m not sure Jan expected to spend 25 years performing this very demanding piece of music, but as time began to take its toll on her hands, she did not let that inhibit her desire to provide the backbone of the musical accompaniment.”

For many years, the chorus was accompanied by Jan’s husband John on piano, Jan at the organ and two trumpets. Today, the ensemble has grown and the chorus has found a new home at Wesley United Methodist Church whose members have enthusiastically embraced the production as part of their Music Ministries.

“The idea is to continually move toward the Baroque origins of Handel’s work which was composed in 1741,” says Christopher Goodson, director of Music Ministries at Wesley who is in his second year as conductor of the Messiah Chorus. “Last year we added strings to the organ, brass and timpani, and this year we will add woodwinds. Our goal for next year is to include a harpsichord.”

This year’s performances will be held at Wesley at 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 8. Admission is free and seating is open. Returning soloists are Rhonda Hambright, soprano; Regina Torres, alto; Greg Doke, tenor, and; Chris Roper, bass.

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A memorial fund honoring Jan’s memory and benefitting the Messiah Chorus has been set up at Wesley. Persons wishing to contribute should send their checks made payable to Wesley United Methodist Church, 6520 Frederica Road, St Simons Island, GA 31522 with a notation of “Messiah-Harper Memorial” on the check. Contributions are fully tax deductible.

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Nazzaro’s Brings Local Flavors to Authentic Italian Cuisine Extra virgin olive oil is a primary component of Italian cuisine. It is one of the most essential and versatile ingredients in the world of cooking, and has always been used in the authentic Italian recipes of Nazzaro’s Italian Restaurant & Bar. Ninety-nine percent of the olive oil consumed in the United States is imported, and most of the remaining one percent is from West Coast producers. But a small cadre of Georgia farmers wants to change our growing dependence on foreign olive oil. Jason Shaw, a South Georgia farmer, insurance executive and freshman legislator, and his partners in Georgia Olive Farms, are spearheading the effort to make artisan olive oil Georgia’s newest cash crop.

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This past September he harvested the first crop of olives from trees planted on 16 acres in 2009. Although a full harvest is not expected for two more years, the early harvest of about four tons produced 100 gallons of the liquid gold, bottled under the label of Georgia Olive Farms. Nazzaro’s recently began using the product in all of their savory recipes; they have also made it available to their patrons to purchase in the restaurant.

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Presenting the check to Ms. Robinson were (l- r) Steve Waters, director of athletics for the Glynn County School System, along with Creg Miller and Mason Waters of Atlantic National Bank.

ANB Challenge Benefits Local High Schools Atlantic National Bank recently sponsored the ANB Challenge during the City Football Championship between Brunswick High School and Glynn Academy. Proceeds from the special fundraising event will support the athletic programs at both schools.

Altogether, nearly 1,000 raffle tickets were sold with one lucky contestant having the opportunity to kick a 30-yard field goal to win the grand prize of $1,500. Although Ruby Robinson missed the kick before a cheering crowd at Glynn County Stadium, she still claimed a consolation prize of $150.

“We appreciate everyone who supported the ANB Challenge,” says Creg Miller, a loan officer at Atlantic National Bank and alumnus of Brunswick High School. “Proceeds from ticket sales will directly benefit student athletes at both schools. As we celebrate our 15th year of service, our commitment to this community has never been stronger.”

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Just the Facts: Live Oaks Big cities have their skyscapers. And they can keep them.

– the strength to withstand British cannon fire in the War of

We have live oak trees. Many times stronger, infinitely more

1812. But the trees are so much more than great defense; they

interesting and really quite lovely, our live oaks are the stuff

are forces of nature and witnesses to the long march of history

of legend. Live oak wood harvested off Gascoigne Bluff on St.

along our golden shores.

Simons Island gave the USS Constitution – a.k.a. “Old Ironsides”

• Known by the scientific name Quercus virginiana, live oaks are native to the coastal plain from Virginia to Florida and as far west as Oklahoma.

• The live oak was designated the state tree of Georgia in 1937.

• Live oaks grow 40 to 80 feet tall with canopies 60 to 100 feet wide. They weigh more than 55 pounds per cubic foot when air dried.

• In forests the tree grows erect to a height has much as 100 feet, but in open landscapes the sprawling horizontal branches arch to the ground and form a broad, rounded canopy. This gives the tree stability in hurricane winds.

• Although fast-growing in youth, gaining as much as 2 1/2 feet of height a year, the tree slows as it matures.

Common theory holds that a live oak spends 100 years growing, 100 years living, and 100 years dying, although landmark trees throughout the south – including Brunswick’s own Lovers Oak – are said to be 900 to 1,000 years old or more.

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• Lover’s Oak is perhaps the most famous live oak in the Golden Isles. Located at the intersection of Albany and Prince streets in Historic Old Town Brunswick, local lore holds that Native American braves would meet their maidens beneath the broad shading limbs of the tree. While some speculate that the tree is as much as 900 years old, a plaque at its base commemorates its history thus: 1787-1987. The National Arborist Association and The International Society of Arboriculture jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here at the time of the signing of our constitution.

photo courtesy of Georgia Division of archives and history

• Dr. Don Gardner, ag and natural resources agent for the Glynn County Cooperative Extension Service, says live oaks in urban settings suffer shorter life spans than those in forests. “A 300 year-old tree in a city is a rare thing indeed. A live oak might get 300 years in the forest but only 50 years on a city street, on average. Give those trees excellent care and that value can be doubled – up to 100 years. Most of the live oaks in Savannah are less than 120 years old but people swear they are 500 years old without any supporting evidence whatsoever.”

Helen Keller visits the Lanier Oak

• Spend an afternoon studying a live oak and you’ll see an entire ecosystem in one tree. Live oaks are home to squirrels and songbirds, lizards and insects, and support a host of epiphytic plants such as Spanish moss and resurrection fern that rely on the tree for shelter but not sustenance. Live oaks in forest and urban settings are often close neighbors with azaleas, saw palmetto and palmetto palms.

Sources: UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, www.caes.uga.edu; Southern Pride Tree Farm of Florida, sptreefarm.com Novem ber/Dece mbe r 2 0 1 3

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The Nature Connection

One Mad Pelican B Y Ly d i a Th o m p s o n Michelle works for the Jekyll Island Authority. Her job is to ensure that the island is neat and clean. One of her areas is St. Andrews Picnic Area. One day, she was cleaning around the picnic tables when something hit her full force from behind. It hit her so hard that it knocked her to her knees. She didn’t know what to think, but she did what came naturally. She sprang up and turned ready to hit her attacker. But to her surprise, it wasn’t a human; it was a Brown Pelican, and it was mad. It inflated its pouch and blew at her. Then it charged her. She did the smartest thing she could do: She ran. She jumped in her van and radioed for help.

car. “Oh, you mean Petey,” they said. “He is not dangerous. We have been bringing him fish for about a week. He is our friend.” Michelle was shocked.

Another worker came to help. He thought Michelle had lost it. “Come on, get real, a pelican attacking? That is just crazy.” He jumped out of his van convinced that he would prove she had just imagined this attack. He strode out into the park. The pelican charged him. The worker turned and ran. He jumped into Michelle’s van. The pelican jumped on top of the van. He wouldn’t get off. Nothing they did made this pelican leave.

Alligators that get thrown chickens (or, even worse, marshmallows) cannot distinguish the hand that threw the chicken from the chicken. These alligators have to be killed.

What happened to Petey? The pelican was picked up by DNR’s Nongame Wildlife Division. The bird did not put up a fight. It was taken to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, given a clean bill of health and taken up the coast and released with other pelicans.

Please think twice before you feed a wild animal. We don’t want another Mad Pelican.

Whether Lydia Thompson is talking about birds, banding, or drawing birds, her major focus is to intertwine her bird studies and her art. Now she is pursuing her studies of birds & the art of the intaglio print. Preservation and conservation of bird habitats are her major concern. She is blogging at www.coastalgeorgiabirding-lydia.blogspot.com.

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They put the van in reverse and backed up – the pelican stayed. They drove forward – the pelican stayed. Finally, the bird got off the van and lumbered off to the park. They were able to escape. Michelle called the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Then she waited at the entrance to the picnic area to warn people not to go down to the park. One car started past her. She flagged them down. “There is a dangerous bird down there,” she cautioned the occupants of the

This pelican had lost its fear of people. When wild animals lose their fear, they become dangerous. When you hand-feed big animals they become a problem. Think about gulls when people feed them, encouraging them to take food from the hand. This is when the word “seagull” comes into play; these are gulls that become pests. They steal food right from people’s hands.

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nAzzaro’s does coastal cuisine with italian flair Rich Nazzaro and John Wirtz

Since July 2000, Nazzaro’s Italian Restaurant has proudly served traditional and innovative Italian-American cuisine.

Owners Rich Nazzaro and Chef John Wirtz have been creating comforting food for locals and visitors alike. Integrity and passion for food and wine has guided their mission, with quality being their top priority.

If you are a part of this thriving and creative community, chances are you have heard about all of the changes and improvements they have recently made.

In August 2013 they unveiled months of hard work…renovating the former credit union next door into a brand new bar and patio area that is as inviting as it is trendy; and an upgraded and refreshed main dining room.

With an extensive wine list that will please every palate, the dinner menu has many new lovely additions, such as Italian Nachos and Breaded Cheese Ravioli; yet still features fresh local seafood and signature Italian dishes with Chef John’s “made from scratch” sauces that have kept customers coming back for 13 years.

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Stir in basil and season with salt and pepper to taste before serving.

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Par for the Course

Get out of the bunkers and improve your play B Y R i c k M at t o x , P G A P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r , H a m p t o n G o l f C l u b Success out of the sand depends on three things: Correct setup, proper technique and a consistent point of entry.

start the motion, producing a more vertical swing which encourages the club to enter the sand about two inches behind the ball.

For a correct setup, I like to draw or visualize three lines in the sand. Each line has its own specific purpose. The line going from the target to the ball and extending beyond the ball is called the target line. The next line is about 10 degrees open to the target line and is the angle of your feet and toes. Then draw a line perpendicular to the target line originating at the ball. This represents ball position, which should be off the left heel for right-handed golfers.

What you are trying to do is to take as little sand as possible without contacting the ball. Allow the sand to lift the ball from the bunker. (The point of entry drill described below will help with your consistency.)

Once you have the correct setup with the same amount of weight on each foot, dig your feet in and the face of your club should be slightly open. This puts loft on your ball and allows the back portion of the bottom of the club to bounce off the sand, as opposed to the leading edge digging into the sand.

For me these are the three most important things regarding sand play. Please visit our practice sand trap at the King and Prince Golf Course and give these tips a try today.

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The start of the backswing should be straight back or slightly outside the target line. There is an immediate breaking of the wrists as you

As you make contact with the sand there should be a cupping of the left wrist. Let me explain: Assume you are wearing a wrist watch on your left wrist with the face, as usual, pointing outward. When you contact the sand on the forward swing, you should try to take the back of your left hand and move it toward your watch face, creating wrinkles underneath your left wrist. This is called cupping the wrist and is necessary to produce quality sand shots. This keeps the club from closing and lifts the ball into the air with backspin.

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Green Acres

The Magic of every day moments

BY Amanda Kirkland

I’m not unique. Except for a few quirky odds and ends, like pulling a goat’s head out of a fence here and there, I usually spend my days in the same ordinary way that most moms do. I shuttle kids to all of their different activities (swim team, scouts, art, so on), try to work in three squares, farm chores and homework. Most of the time, I finish the day wishing there were just two more hours because that way, I could surely get everything done. I think it’s safe to say that the ho-hum attitude I tend to exhibit while running through the daily routine is not exceptional, either.

A few weeks ago, during one of the regularly scheduled pick-ups, Jackson got into the car so excited he could barely contain himself.

He said that the Scouts were putting on a magic show and we were all invited to come. Immediately (as much as I hate to admit it) I wanted to know how this was going to fit into the schedule. Jackson mentioned that there would be a Saturday (dadgummit) practice and that the show would be scheduled for one of his regular den meetings in a couple of weeks.

While the excitement about the magic show was growing for anyone under nine in my house, I have to say that I only saw it as a time and

place on our calendar. Don’t get me wrong, I was excited for Jackson because he was so excited but it’s so hard to remember everything that we all have going on, much less show enthusiasm for it all.

Finally, the evening of the magic show arrived. We kept the other kids home from all of their activities, had an easy dinner and rushed off to the church. When we got there, we were ushered into our seats in the audience, handed a program and patiently waited for the magic to begin. I looked over the program to do a quick estimation of how long all of this would take and chuckled a little at the first few lines. “The boys are very excited to show off their magic tricks.

Let them know how much you are amazed, thrilled and mystified by these great feats of magic … Let’s hear some “oohs” and “aahs” and plenty of clapping!” I showed the bulletin to everyone in my row and made sure that everyone knew to “ooh” and “aah”; admittedly I was a little obnoxious about it.

The magic show began and the tricks were all things that we had seen before but the more we showed our amazement the better the night got. By the end of the night the audience was on their feet cheering with excitement and there were broad smiles on every face in the room. It didn’t matter that a few of the boys had missed practices and some had gotten stage fright and refused to speak during their tricks. The more the audience “put on” their amazement the more excited everyone got.

But why am I telling you this silly mom story? Like I said, it’s not unique, right?

The morning after the magic show, I still couldn’t stop smiling. I couldn’t place what had touched me so much about that night.

Then it hit me, it was the mandatory “oohs” and “aahs.” We, the audience, had been asked to stay positive and excited about the tricks (whether they were noteworthy or not) and that had in turn made the night magical. I wondered what might happen if I began to look at the things that happen in my life that way. What if I tried to “ooh” and “aah” over even the smallest things that happen on a daily basis? Maybe my life isn’t missing the magic; maybe I’m not acknowledging it.

Amanda Kirkland is a Georgia girl who fell in love with a redneck and had five beautiful redneck children. She spends her days taking care of those five kids, about 25 cows, 100 chickens and a garden that has fed her family for at least three decades.

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Digressions of a Dilettante

wayne’s world B Y BUD H EARN

I have a friend. His name is Wayne. He’s a country boy. He spends eight hours a night underneath a train locomotive. It’s his job. It’s not his chosen profession, or his talent; photography is. He does what he has to in order to pursue the passion. He works in a CSX railroad repair yard in Waycross. It’s a nasty, hot job. Being “low man on the totem pole,” his job is to climb up inside enormous locomotive engines and repair them. Such work of grease and grime is foreign to most. It’s hard to relate.

For most, making a living comes easier. We use our tongues, phones, keyboards and pens. But look around…everything you own arrived either by air, highway, water or rail. Things break; somebody has to repair them. That’s what Wayne does.

Every night Wayne climbs down in the “locomotive pit.” That means he’s underneath a gigantic mass of steel weighing in excess of 200 tons. Repairs are made in the belly of the beast. It’s not the same as a business meeting over coffee and a donut. He shows me a picture of a motor that has exploded. It has eight small, round doors on each side. Looking in, the twisted crankshaft stares back. It’s as big and long as a large man’s leg. This particular repair job required a piston assembly. Pistons are removed from the top of the engine. Under pressure, these pistons – which are as large as a wash tub – can explode and be blown 30 yards.

can self-govern without outside interference. He affirms his family is paramount, and that church and faith have never failed him.

I ask him if he’s satisfied with life. He thinks about it. “I have a job, a pay check, a few acres, a dog, a house, grandkids and good health.

My taxes are paid, my mortgage is current and my old pickup’s paid off. I have a new camera, a nice garden and I’m not on the government dole. I’m not complaining. Things are pretty good, I’d say.”

There’s something American and uniquely refreshing about that, don’t you think?

P.S.: Wayne is an excellent photographer. He has two books of photography, Satilla Solitude and Okefenokee Swamp ~ Wild & Natural. They can be found on his web site: www.waynemorganartistry.com. Do yourself a favor and take a look.

Bud Hearn was born in Valdosta and grew up in Colquitt. A graduate of the University of Georgia, he moved to Sea Island in 2004. He cohosts the weekly Friday Forum community lunches at the McKinnon-St. Simons Airport, invests in real estate, writes Inane Vignettes (two books), and also engages in travel, photography and piano playing.

Wayne describes the maze of power cables inside this monster. Each cable is the size of a broom handle. They must be disconnected before the motor can be dropped down for repairs. This, he says, is the worst part of the job. In order to reach the power cables, he has to crawl through a miniscule black hole into a dark cavern. His hands grope, working just inches from his face. It’s tedious work in a cramped space, no wiggle room. He pauses, laughing, and says it would send a person with claustrophobia over the edge.

Wayne may be country, but he’s bright. He doesn’t speak in metaphors, nor does he consult a Thesaurus. He lives in the world of absolutes, a matter–of-fact world where Yes is yes, and No is no. Explanations are unnecessary. When cash gets tight, people buck up and do whatever they have to, which gives the disgustingly vernacular “whatever” an entirely different meaning. It’s a world where high school football reigns supreme and tithing is not an option.

Wayne’s a fellow who’ll help you change a flat tire in the rain. He believes a neighbor is special and is convinced that his small town

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“To access the repair area, I have to extend both arms straight above my head, like Superman. Then I climb a ladder into the innards of the leviathan and get on top of the motor.” He digresses, confusing me with the specs of engine repair and other minutiae, like train wheels that weigh 2,200 pounds. Little wonder the Lincoln nickels we put on the tracks in our youth were flattened.

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Money Talks

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Mortgage programs have changed significantly over the past five years. Most mortgage companies offer the same conventional and government programs that everyone else does. So what are these loans and what do you do if you need specialty financing?

Stephen Moreno, Jessica Ciambrone, Tara Stephens and Brian Strickland

A conventional or conforming mortgage is not insured or guaranteed by the federal government but does adhere to the specific guidelines set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These loans have payment terms between 10 and 30 years. Conventional loans require as little as a three percent down payment when purchasing a home. Credit score requirements depend on the amount of down payment and the overall strength of the buyer’s employment history and amount of assets. The lowest credit score accepted is a 620; however, with smaller down payments a score of 640 to 680 is generally required.

A conventional loan also requires a stable work history or a steady, verifiable income stream. Private mortgage insurance is required when making a down payment of less than 20 percent.

What happens if you don’t fit into the conventional or government mold? Until recently, you may have been completely out of luck.

Fortunately, some banks have recognized that new mortgage products are a great way to help the community and the economy in our local markets.

One such company is BrandMortgage. “Brand has always been in business to make good loans to good people,” says CEO Greg Shumate. “Regardless of the regulatory changes and the volatility of the financial markets, there are still folks that want to borrow money and have money to put down as a down payment. We want to meet the needs of those borrowers.” BrandMortgage is a subsidiary of BrandBank, a bank that was established in 1905 and is one of the oldest privately held banks in Georgia.

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Government loans are mortgages that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), or the Rural Housing Service (USDA loans). FHA requires a 3.5 percent down payment (although this can be a gift) while USDA and VA do not require a down payment. Most government loans have looser credit requirements than conventional loans. The FHA swill accept a credit score down to 500 but it is difficult to find a lender that will take a credit score below a 620. up to 90 percent of the purchase price.

• Doctor Loan: Created for doctors, dentists, medical residents and interns. No or low down payment required.

• Self-Employed Full Document Bank Statement Loan: Buyers who are self employed can use 24 months of bank statements to verify their income rather than traditional methods.

• Lot Loans: Financing available up to $500,000 on lots.

• Non-warrantable Condominiums: Financing is available for both primary residences and second homes.

• Jumbo mortgages up to $2,000,000.

BrandMortgage has come up with a new line of products designed for consumers and properties that don’t always fit the normal loan mold. Here are some of the new products we offer: • Construction to Permanent: This is a loan that only requires one closing for buyers wishing to build their own home. Brand will lend

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For more information on BrandMortgage’s niche products or conventional and government loans, contact our local St. Simons office. We are located at 621 Ocean Boulevard or you can call us at 912.638.3005. Brand Mortgage Group, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender | NMLS# 75615 | www.brandmortgage.com

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Living Well

Hearing: A Biological Need

by Dr. eric Linert, Advanced Hearing and Balance

“Researchers have looked at what affects hearing loss, but few have looked at how hearing loss affects cognitive brain function,” says Dr. Frank Lin, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor of Otology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Lin and his colleagues used statistics from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (BLSA) to determine whether there is a link between hearing loss and dementia. The BLSA was initiated by the National Institute on Aging in 1958. The study has tracked various health factors in men and women over the last five decades.

I learned something about hearing and communication from the September 2012 issue of National Geographic. Blue whales have the loudest voices of any living thing. Male blue whales sing the loudest songs, and use this ability to find a proper mate. While listening to submarine activity in the Pacific Ocean during the cold war, American scientists discovered that blue whales 1,000 miles apart were able to communicate with one another. Today, that distance has decreased ten-fold to only 100 miles due to the din of underwater noise pollution – commercial shipping, recreational boating and marine construction – created by humans. The result is that survival of the blue whale, a solitary species that depends on sound to navigate, detect food and find a suitable mate, is imperiled.

Like blue whales, humans also have a biological need to hear. Besides the obvious benefits of hearing, a recent study of hearing loss and dementia has potentially linked the two. Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. It affects memory, thinking, language, judgment and behavior.

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Lin’s study, published in the February 2011 Archives of Neurology, concentrated on 639 people whose hearing and cognitive abilities were tested between 1990 and 1994. Lin photo by Joe Loehle reports that about 25 percent of the participants had hearing loss and none had dementia at that time. The volunteers were then reevaluated every one to two years for hearing loss and dementia. Lin and his team discovered that by 2008, 58 participants had developed dementia. The research also showed that participants with hearing loss at the beginning of the study were two to five times as likely to develop dementia.

The research team was also careful to take into account other factors that are associated with increased risk of dementia such as diabetes, high blood pressure, age, sex and race. The link between hearing loss and dementia was still strong. “A lot of people ignore [progressive] hearing loss because it’s such a slow and insidious process as we age. Even if people feel as if they are not affected, we’re showing that it may well be a more serious problem,” Lin says. We have yet to evaluate whether hearing loss is a marker for early stage dementia or is actually a modifiable risk factor that may slow or stop the onset of dementia. However, mitigating the effects of hearing loss may improve the quality and quantity of life as we age.

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Just Give

Charity begins at home, but once it becomes a habit it spreads.

by Amy H. Carter | Photography by Luke smith

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It’s sometimes overwhelming to live in a land of plenty surrounded by so much need; where does one begin? If every one helped just one person in need, what a different world this would be. Help comes in many forms, from money to muscle and many things in between. If you’re looking for ways to help, we’ve got a few good answers for you: local nonprofits concerned with local needs.

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Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Staff: Lee Owen, Executive Director Ellen Post, Grants/Operations Manager Board of Directors: Rees Sumerford, chair Arthur M. Lucas, vice chair Claude H. Booker Jr., treasurer Jeff Barker Mark Bedner Martha Brumley Ellis Ellen Fleming Diane Laws Jeanne Manning Bernard McCloud Dennie McCrary Diana Murphy Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Alfred Sams III Bonney Stamper Shuman William Stembler The mission of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation is to improve the quality of life in coastal Georgia by promoting and increasing responsible, effective philanthropy – now and for future generations.

Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation 1626 Frederica Road, Suite 201 St. Simons Island, GA 31522 912.268.4442 www.coastalgeorgiafoundation.org

Lee Hiers Owen has a quiet grace about her, a survivor’s sense of peace with life and all that it brings. That air of confidence combined with a sense of compassion that is immediately endearing well suit the director of a “community chest” that matches local donors with local charities.

Lee has directed the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation since July 2006, shortly after its founding by a local board of philanthropists, and will retire next year, handing over the reigns to Valerie Hepburn, former president of Coastal Georgia Community College.

The local foundation is one of 700 similar public charities nationwide that manage individual, family and business funds and en-

Lee Owen and Skyler

dowments for philanthropic purposes. “This concept works for good and forever,” Lee says. The foundation directed more than $300,000 in charitable gifts to local nonprofits in 2012, in addition to nearly $600,000 in competitive grants awarded to 14 charities. The foundation has granted $3.7 million to mostly local charities since its founding.

“We are not in competition with other charities,” Lee explains. “You do not give to a community foundation, you give through it.”

The Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation serves the coastal region comprised of: Glynn, McIntosh and Camden counties.

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Coastal Coalition for Children Staff: Scott Runkle, executive director Linda Mincey, First Steps coordinator Loretta Jackson, Healthy Families coordinator Margaret Gant, Grandparent Connection coordinator Board of Directors: John Matthews, president Mike Muldowney, vice president Kimberly Joiner, secretary Pamela Melton, treasurer/accounting Denny Silva, treasurer/accounting Shannon Wainwright Sarah Kreimborg Lee Heery, M.D. Brooke Baxter Kelli Perry Suzanne Haley D.M.D. Signature Fundraiser: A Taste of the Vine, an evening of wine tastings and dining, held every fall. To volunteer or make donations to the Coastal Coalition for Children, visit online at http:// www.cc4children.net/donate or call 262-1855.

When Shekinah Thompson speaks, young mothers listen. She’s been where they are, and she’s benefitted from the advice and counsel of someone like herself, a family support worker with the Coastal Coalition for Children. The coalition administers three family-support programs designed to ensure the health and welfare of young children: First Steps, Healthy Families Georgia, and Grandparent Connection.

All three are educational programs funded in part by state and federal grants but sustained by private local donors. First Steps and Healthy Families Georgia are offered to all new mothers prenatally or at the time of delivery at the Southeast Georgia Health System.

Staff like Shekinah make weekly home visits with the mothers and their newborns up through toddler-hood. Their purpose is to encourage and educate new mothers on the care and nurture of young children.

“This gives the mother the opportunity to acquire parenting techniques they might not have been exposed to,” says Scott Runkle, executive director of the Coastal Coalition.

“We really try to stress to them that we’re just here to support you,

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Scott Runkle, executive director

to be your friend. No judgment,” says Shekinah, who was inducted into the Healthy Families curriculum when her daughter, Nyriana, now 3, was born. During her enrollment, the coalition received a grant to fund a part-time worker focused on retention, and Shekinah popped immediately to mind, Scott says.

She was so successful at encouraging young mothers to stick with the program and even re-enroll after dropping out that her’s was the first name on the list for full-time work when an family support worker’s post came available. The program marked a change in her life, Shekinah says, when it taught her patience and the importance of setting realistic goals.

Many of the young people she sees have set high goals for themselves but do not understand that the journey begins with a single small step, like getting their G.E.D. or enrolling and attending classes in a trade school. Shekinah teaches them to explore their interests and investigate the path they’ll have to follow to success.

“We try to empower them to do this stuff on their own. We’re not doing it for them,” Shekinah says.

Karen’s House of Hope/Faith Works FaithWorks Staff: Wright A. Culpepper, executive director Celia Eisentraeger, administrative assistant Janice Applegate, director of community resources Melissa Stroud, director of the Cancer Network of Hope Jim Hornbuckle, director of Open Doors Larry Kimel, mentoring director of Open Doors Monica Rich, case manager for Open Doors Peter Vivenzio, chaplain B. G. Roberts, chaplain Budd Wicker, chaplain Jackie Herrington, custodian Todd and Joy Johnson, house managers of 1200 R Street FaithWorks Ministries:

Maria Terhune

Maria Terhune brings a Yankee practicality to the task of volunteering. Since moving from Long Island, N.Y., by way of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., she has filled her days doing unto others as she hopes they would do unto her. “I don’t have a job. I don’t have family here. I just can’t stay home cleaning and running the vacuum. I have to do something more to use my brain a little bit. Housework and the TV don’t do that for me,” Maria laughs.

As luck would have it, Maria had Mondays free and Karen’s House of Hope had a Monday morning need. Karen’s House of Hope offers free lodging to cancer patients who’ve traveled to Brunswick for chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The house was founded by FaithWorks, a local ministry rooted in the United Methodist Church that targets many areas of need in the Golden Isles, from lodging to meals to clothing and much more.

Melissa Stroud, director of the Cancer Network of Hope for FaithWorks, says volunteers regularly cook and clean Karen’s House and knit prayer shawls and prepare gift bags for cancer patients in town for treatment. Melissa herself will drive them to appointments, if need be, and take them shopping for basic needs to carry them through stays that can last anywhere from a couple days to a couple months.

• Sparrows Nest • Cancer Network of Hope and Karen’s House of Hope • Samaria * Norwich Corridor Outreach * 1200 R Street * Second Saturday Sandwich Ministry * Open Doors * Walk Wolfe Street in Brunswick every Tuesday distributing food from America’s Second Harvest * As mentors to students at Burroughs-Molette Elementary School To volunteer, donate or learn more about FaithWorks contact them at: FaithWorks/Sparrows Nest 2911 Altama Avenue Phone 912.261.8512 E-mail wright@faithworksministry.org http://www.faithworksministry.org

Maria hopes to transfer from Karen’s House of Hope to the new Nunnally House under construction next door. The new lodge will offer greater capacity and even greater need for a shoulder and smile from a caring human being.

“Anybody can get cancer at any time,” says Maria, herself a cancer survivor. “There’s that feeling that, ‘Gee, that could be me,’ so be nice to that person because I hope someone would be nice to me if it were my turn.”

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Manna House Signature Fundraiser: Have a Heart for Manna House dinner dance.

The Eighth Annual dance Feb. 8, 2014 will feature Mason Waters and the Groove Allstars performing at Sea Palms. Call the Lord of Life Lutheran Church Office at 638-4673 for information and to purchase tickets.

Have a Heart for Manna House Committee: Cathy Erickson, chair Jane Bozza, co-chair Joe Bolinger Katie Bolinger Beth Brockwell Linda Bulloch Kathy Hidek Barb Jokinen Laura Kipp VIrginia Lensch Debbie Phillips Kelby Phillips Ellen Strojan Gardi Wood

Board of Directors: Don Herrman, president Ray Colglazier, vice president Fred Coolidge, treasurer Doris Davis, secretary Sally Tuttle Ted Wright Bob Manor John Humphreys Jim Crandall John Girton Gardi Wood Penny Smith Frank Grashuis Linda Dennis Joe McGoogan Don Herrman and Evelyn Butler

Many of us spend our days in pursuit of our own personal plenty.

What constitutes plenty is different for everyone; perhaps that’s why it’s so difficult to see those who don’t have enough. We might acknowledge the less fortunate with a prayer before sleeping, but the next day we’re up and out again on our own personal quest.

There are some amongst us, however, who will rise tomorrow and the next day and especially holidays to make sure the less fortunate get just enough to make it through one more night. For 170 people per day, a single hot nutritious midday meal is as close to plenty as they’re likely to get.

It is free, prepared with love and kindness by volunteers from all walks and stations of life who staff Manna House on the corner of G Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

“I love to throw open the doors when lunch is ready and yell, ‘Welcome to Manna House!’” says Don Herrman, chairman of the Manna House board for 20 of the 30 years it has been in existence. Don revels in the chance to talk with and get to know the guests of Manna House (be sure to read the profiles of three guests he’s written to accompany this piece). In Don’s eyes, they’re down but not out. Where there’s life, there’s hope.

“Brunswick has several thousand homeless people and a lot of them live in abandoned houses and vacant homes. They go to businesses

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at night and other places at night ... where the water faucet is and wash up in the dark,” Don says. One day Don spied a Manna House regular sitting with a child’s book she had found. She was poring over it so intently it might have been War and Peace. That vision led Don to build a bookcase for Manna House and solicit free (grown-up) books for guests to take.

Manna House thrives through the donation of time and money by local churches and civic organizations whose members rotate through the Manna House kitchen and dining room, preparing and serving and then cleaning up for the next day and the next crew.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church on St. Simons Island has taken on Manna House as a fund-raising focus, sponsoring the “Have a Heart for Manna House” dinner dance every February at Sea Palms on St. Simons Island. The event has raised more than $18,000 since its inception, and has grown to include a silent auction and raffle.

Cathy Erickson, co-chair of the Manna House Committee with Jane Bozza, says the idea began as a Valentine’s Day event for the church.

It included dinner, dance lessons and vow renewal for marrieds who wished to reaffirm their commitment. “It started as a fun thing to do in the church. It needed to have a purpose,” Cathy says. When the church looked around the community, Manna House was where they saw the biggest need. Eight years later, the dance has outgrown the church social hall and will mark its second year next February in the convention space at Sea Palms.

INTERVIEWS ON SEPT. 17, 2013 AT MANNA HOUSE

by Donald Herrman It’s early, and the wheelchair patrons are the only ones in line. I decide to interview the first three in line. All three are handicapped physically and limited in speech.

• Roy, 48, was born and raised in Brunswick. He graduated from school here and at some point went to work for Winn-Dixie as a meat cutter. He had three sisters. He has always been into sports and he played and follows football still as his main hobby.

He lives by himself in a small apartment near enough to Manna House that he can ride an electric wheelchair over every day. He is usually the first in line and has a smile and says “Hi”, “Hello,” or something. He never married and sees himself as “just an average guy.” Five years ago he suffered a stroke which ended his working days and his lifestyle.

Today, he lives on $1,000 a month that he receives from Social Security. After he recovered from the stroke and regained some mobility he started eating lunch at Manna House. That was about four years ago. Roy always has a smile on his face and a word of welcome even though he is limited in what he can say.

• Denny, 57, was born in Quincy, Fla. He has lived for 10 years in Brunswick with his sister. He was born with a physical disability which has greatly limited what he can do. He did learn to repair cars though and worked from home for years and continues to do so even though he is greatly limited being dependent on a wheel chair for transportation.

His sister is single but Denny is married, although separated from his wife. He spends a lot of time fishing in saltwater down near the docks. The fish he catches supplements the $750 a month he receives from Social Security disability.

He has enjoyed having lunch at Manna House for five years now.

Not only his legs but his right arm and hand are limited. Denny is a regular church attendee.

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• Allen Lee, 80, hardly looks his age. Like me, he used to be 6-feet2-inches tall according to his driver’s license, which he showed me in answer to a couple of questions as it is difficult for him to speak.

Like me he spends a lot of time watching TV, mostly news programs so he can keep up with the world. (This is just an example of a person who might not speak or say “thanks” to a volunteer and the volunteer resents it and thinks they are not grateful. Others might have problems or be in pain. Believe me, they appreciate every meal.)

Allen was born in Georgia and came here 10 years ago. When asked, he says he’s been eating here “a long time.” He came to Brunswick about 10 years ago when he had a stroke so that his sister could take care of him. He gets some money from Social Security but has no other income. Social Security also bought him the wheelchair.

Allen goes to church “sometimes” and almost always has a smile on his face although he has difficulty saying “Hi.”

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International Seafarer’s Center Staff: Valerie Crumpton, executive director Robert Randall, director of volunteer programs and services Angus Campbell, store manager Dolores Vendette, finance administrator Vicki West, office administrator Board of Directors: William B. Dawson, president John Galland, vice president George Yarborough, vice president James Vivenzio, treasurer Henry Harvey, secretary Mickey Fedorko Norman Haft Rick Haines Nick Hart Jack McConnell Mike Murphy Chris Wynns Signature Fundraiser: International Night Out, held every Fall, featuring wine and food from across the globe.

Other ways to help: Christmas-at-Sea sees the donation of toiletries, snacks and sundries to the 1,000 seafarers who visit the Port of Brunswick between Thanksgiving and Christmas. For a complete list of needs and how to donate, visit the International Seafarers Center on the web at http://www.seafarerscenter.org/

Valerie Crumpton

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Robert Randall

Barbara Harrison

Stan Wright developed his waiting skills at sea, so it’s a bit ironic that they’re being tested so thoroughly aboard the Star Istind, a bulk ship berthed on the East River in Brunswick to unload wood pellets.

Stan is here to meet with the captain of the ship and extend a warm Golden Isles welcome to him and his crew on behalf of the International Seafarer’s Center.

farer’s Center. Her skills cover the gamut from clerking in the center’s store to conducting health screenings on workers who visit her, most often at the center’s Colonel’s Island facility. A sweet-talking Souther belle, she giggles as she shares how the longshoremen pop in just to say “hi” when she’s been away for a few days. “They make a difference for me,” she says.

A former merchant mariner who put to sea at age 18 and stayed until he was 25, Stan is well versed in shipboard life. Cooling his heels in the ship’s conference room for nearly an hour while the captain sees to shift change among his officers and meets with the vessel’s agents is all in a day’s (unpaid) work for Stan. He is there to not only welcome the captain and his crew to port and offer the services of the seafarer’s center, he’s also there to assess the state of affairs on board. The men and, increasingly women, who ply the seas in the name of trade are typically onboard their vessels for 10 months at a time. It is not unusual for a ship to berth in Brunswick bringing tales of piracy, pay disputes and squalid living conditions. The Seafarer’s Center maintains lines of communication with the U.S. Coast Guard and the international seafarer’s union to ensure the safety and wellbeing of international shipping workers.

The center ministers to 12,000 seafarers from 70 countries each year.

Most are away from their families and homes for 8 to 10 months out of the year, and need a place to relax, to make phone calls, to wire money home, or just to buy snacks. Angus Campbell, director of the center’s store, once crisscrossed the county in search of a specific variety of pipe tobacco a sailor requested.

Whereas Stan brings a sailor’s understanding to the task of making sailors feel at home, Barbara Harrison brings a nurse’s perspective.

For the past six years, Barbara has been volunteering at the Sea-

Unlike Stan and Barbara, Angus does not necessarily draw on the lessons of his previous life as a telecom executive in the field of port relations. What Angus and the entire staff and crew of volunteers at the center share, says director Valerie Crumpton, is a love of people and a desire to help. Herself a native of the Asian port city Singapore, Valerie brings a multilingual background to the job which makes it easier to communicate with the predominantly Asian crews who visit.

More importantly, however, she is the captain of a ship that ensures that all is well in port, on both sides of the dock.

Angus Campbell

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Holiday Cheers compiled by becky derrick | Photography by annaliese files

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, a time when everyone’s of good cheer and spirits are bright. When it comes time for those parties you’re hosting, eschew the usual eggnog and champagne and serve some creative mixes (in alcoholic and non-alcoholic form) from the best bartenders in the Golden Isles, who gifted us with some of their favorite holiday potions. Cheers!

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Nazzaro’s Holly Tini 1 oz. Absolute Vanilla 1 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur 1 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur 1 oz. Baileys 1 tsp. Cream Chocolate Shavings (Bartender Karen Friend is pictured.)

Halyards’ Crown Maple Manhattan Crown Royal Maple Sweet vermouth Bitters Pour ingredients into a mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

(Bartender Chris “Maxi” Maxwell is pictured.)

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Tramici’s Whiskey Kiss Bulleit rye whiskey Disaronno amaretto Homemade sour mix Rose water Shake together with ice and strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with a cherry and an orange peel.

(Bartender Larry Arndt is pictured.)

Island Natural Market’s Raw Vegan Eggnog Smoothie 1/2 cup raw almonds + 1 1/2 cups filtered water (or 1 1/2 homemade raw almond milk) 2 frozen ripe bananas 1 pitted date soaked for about an hour 1/4 tsp. natural pure vanilla extract 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon pinch of ground cloves pinch of Celtic sea salt or Himalayan salt

Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender and puree until smooth and creamy. Add more water, if needed, to achieve desired consistency. Pour into chilled glass, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve immediately. Serves 4-6.

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Marshside’s Orange Berry Spritzer 3/4 cup cranberry juice 1 Tablespoon orange juice 1/2 cup Sprite Combine juices with soda into a cocktail shaker. Shake or stir and serve over ice. Garnish with fresh cranberries, lime wedge, or sprig of mint.

(Bartender Courtney Burkett is pictured.)

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The Still and Winery’s St. Simons Island Cold Snap 1 part (ginger)Snap organic spirits 2 parts apple cider Combine spirits with cider into a cocktail shaker. Shake or stir and serve over ice.

Perfect for when there’s a chill in the air, (ginger)Snap organic spirits are certified organic neutral spirits with blackstrap molasses, ginger, clove, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and pure cane sugar.

(Owners Kristine Zeh and Jason DeGoursey are pictured. Glassware is from 1610 Antiques.)

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Fabulous Finds by becky derrick

Reflect simplicity and quality with this classic mason jar pendant.

Half gallon mason jar with no bottom for easy bulb change. Plugs into any wall outlet. 4 1/2” dia and 11 1/4”h ($59) 60 watt vintage bulb, sold separately ($32)

BALLAST POINTE TRADING COMPANY 100 S Lee St, Kingsland GA 912.882.1100 ballastpointetrading.com

Can’t choose a favorite stone? No worries! Queen Bead Convertibles by Galatea Jewelry by Artist are sterling silver pendants and earrings on which you can change out the beads! Beads are available in glass or carved pearls (white, peach, or black Tahitian). Beads also work on bracelets. Available exclusively at “The Store With The Big Clock Out Front.” Price for pendants (from $58-$171), earrings (from $116-$341), additional beads (from $26-$138)

Ned Cash Jewelers “The Store With The Big Clock Out Front” 1418 Newcastle St, Brunswick GA 912.264.0012 nedcashjewelers.com

Help him stay sharp! The Benchmade Mini-Barrage 585SBK has a durable textured handle for no-slip gripping. The knife has a coated, serrated droppoint blade and a reversible pocket clip for easy carry for righties or lefties.

For safety, an AXIS locking mechanism with a thumb-stud opener.

KENNEDY OUTFITTERS 10 Airport Plaza Suite 101, St. Simons Island 912.634.FISH (3474) kennedyoutfitters.com

For your avid outdoorsman, hunter, or even sports fan there’s no more perfect gift than the Drake Waterfowl MST Eqwaderplus Quarter Zap Camo.

100 percent waterproof and windproof, with fleece lining and neoprene cuffs, there’s nothing that will keep them warmer. This jacket is midchest adjustable and features a magnetic chest call pouch, a zippered license/key pouch and zippered handwarmer pockets

KENNEDY OUTFITTERS 10 Airport Plaza Suite 101, St. Simons Island 912.634.FISH (3474) kennedyoutfitters.com

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2 gifts for 1 price! The 7-foot epoxy-coated Ugly Stick Rod and the Shimano Sedona 4000-FD Spinning Reel Convertible are a great combo! The rod is lightweight with easy grip and the reel provides instant hook-setting power and smooth powerful retrieve. Approved for saltwater use .

KENNEDY OUTFITTERS 10 Airport Plaza Suite 101, St. Simons Island 912.634.FISH (3474) kennedyoutfitters.com

{ s p e ci a l a d v e r t i s i n g s e c t i o n } Keep warm this winter season in this Kennedy Outfitters private label fleece. Available in vest style for layering or in a jacket. Men’s and women’s sizes & assorted colors in-store or online.

KENNEDY OUTFITTERS 10 Airport Plaza Suite 101, St. Simons Island 912.634.FISH (3474) kennedyoutfitters.com

Kick it up a notch in these great boots

by Very Volatile! Adults and kids alike can go classic with monochromatic styles or show some flair with a hip color combination.

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A bit of fall in the air calls for something chic, and this Ark & Co peek-a-boo sleeve jacket can be layered to create an edgy look for any occasion.

Give a gift with taste this holiday season!

These delectable artisan chocolates are prepared by hand using only premium natural ingredients. Offering elegantly simple gift packaging and exquisite gift box combinations, you’re sure to please anyone’s palate.

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Wild & Personal A stunning reminder of the purity and beauty of nature, t.s. pink’s SoapRocks and SoapWoods are hybrid dense glycerin soaps made from natural products.

They gently cleanse without removing skin’s natural moisture and are long-lasting. SoapWoods, especially, are a favorite gift item among men ($7.95-$12.95).

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Wild & Personal Redfern Village, St Simons Island 912.634.4563 wildandpersonal.com

These rustic turkeys would be thankful to be in your home this holiday season!

These gobblers, made of natural products including leaves and pinecones, would make a nice addition to your holiday decor ($14.50-$36.50).

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Entice Santa to stay! Santa can rest on this burlap Christmas pillow, while eating cookies and drinking milk from this mug (it actually holds milk and cookies!) and reading a note written on your personalized stationery. (Pillow $40, mug $16, cards $20 for 10)

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Celebrate the season with this beautiful photo frame and pillow reminding you of what’s really important and a toast from this natural burlap wine bag. A monogrammed wine stopper tops off any bottle perfectly! (Frame $31, pillow $33, wine bag $8.50, monogrammed wine stopper $16.50)

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3600 Frederica Rd, St. Simons Island 912.638.5366 Arte Italia presents Natale, a holiday collection handmade and hand-painted by Italian artisans. This unique divided dish is just one of the many pieces ideal for entertaining throughout the winter season. Dishwasher and microwave safe.

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Let them choose exactly what they want with a gift card from Kennedy Outfitters, the complete one-stop shop for all of your fishing needs. Available in-store or online for your convenience.

KENNEDY OUTFITTERS 10 Airport Plaza Suite 101, St. Simons Island 912.634.FISH (3474) kennedyoutfitters.com

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Won’t Santa be thrilled to find his milk and cookies in such a beautiful display?

This hand-made and hand-painted Santa’s milk and cookie set from Arte Italia is unique and timeless, a perfect household tradition.

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Add some sparkle to your holiday season with these beautiful handcrafted earrings. Nautilus shell hammered in .925 sterling silver with faceted stones. Shown in peridot, and available in a variety of stones.

Spice Island Jewels available at Indigo & Cotton & the Jekyll Island Club Hotel Gift Shop as well as by private party booking 912.996.3195 spiceislandjewels.com

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Be one-of-a-kind this season and all year long in this elegant sterling silver jewelry set, handcrafted by Vitor Toniolo. Visit our store for beautifully detailed creations to suit any taste and occasion!

Designer’s Boutique Fine Jewelry 135 Shopper’s Way, Brunswick 912.265.3220 designersboutiquejewelry.com

Adults and children alike will clamor for this comfortable cotton Saint Simons Island long-sleeve t-shirt.

Made in the USA, this Spirit original features a solid front and text across the back shoulders. Available in a variety of color combinations, this is truly cotton people love to live in!

Give someone a taste of home this holiday season! This signature wooden crate bursting with Southern artisan delicacies makes the perfect gift for anyone anywhere. Choose from a wide selection of mouthwatering southern treats to make your crate exactly what you want. These Southern Belles are happy to customize and ship your gift anywhere in the US (starting at $50 + customization & shipping)

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Look and feel your best! Lose up to 10 pounds or more in just 21 days with the 21-day fat loss challenge. This specialized challenge includes training as well as before and after fitness assessments so that you can track your progress. Meal planning and grocery lists are included to help you stay on track and reach your goal. The trainers at Best Body Bootcamps are ready to provide you with the guidance, motivation and accountability that you need to achieve your goals!

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Best Body Bootcamps & Personal Fitness 155 Altama Connector, Brunswick 912.289.9293 bestbodybootcampsga.com

Modern construction with classic appeal! Made for the American gentleman, this bag and gun case are crafted of military-grade canvas and leather and can be personalized.

White Wing luggage, sporting gear, and leather goods are all made in the USA and carry a lifetime guarantee.

White Wing is available exclusively at Indigo & Cotton.

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Make sure that she looks radiant this season! NeriumAD is a line of natural high-performance skincare products that helps skin retain or regain its vibrant youthful glow.

LilyMac products are amazing skincare and cosmetic products made from the finest natural and botanical products, so that skin can breathe and pores won’t get clogged.

Sheila Martin Skincare at Michaelangelo’s Salon & Spa 544 Ocean Blvd, St. Simons Island 912.342.3278 sheilamartinskincare.com

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w o r d s & i m a g e s BY J e n n i f e r M i l l e r B r o a d u s

The holidays are all about proper costuming. Starting with Halloween and wrapping up with New Year’s Eve, there are parties and football games and dinners and soirees galore; that’s a bunch of changes of clothes, if you’re counting!

Fortunately we Golden Islanders live in a fashion-rich environment. Every age and every style is covered, and covered quite attractively if we do say so ourselves. To help with your holiday outfit planning, we’ve polled a few of our favorite local retailers who’ve tapped a few of their favorite local customers to present a veritable parade of choices for the crazy busy holiday season ahead. Happy dressing!

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Redfern Jewelers Holiday Bling! The lovely Kim Gibson is wearing three wonderful custom creations from Redfern Jewelers Ring – custom designed by Thao Gibson - 18kt twotone ring with 3.04cts. of diamonds Earring – custom designed by John G. Designs - 14kt yellow gold earrings with 2.31cts of diamonds Cuff Bracelet diamonds

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Bailey Boys Holiday Precious! Liza and Champ Bailey model festive creations from the Bailey Boys Classic and .J Bailey lines.

Liza in red corduroy empire dress with red and white checked sash - $76 Hair bow to match - $14 Champ in forest green corduroy pants - $46 White oxford button down shirt - $40 Red cable sweater Vest - $36

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McRobin’s Holiday Classic! Jan Campbell models comfortable and chic fall creations from McRobins while husband John looks on from his favorite toy, a 1964 Porsche Cabriolet.

Jan wears a casual yet stylish all-cotton blazer and matching cotton jersey leggings in shadow grey from Mod-O-Doc. Shown with classic white cotton turtleneck. Accessorized by Hardware by Renee purse made from all-recycled materials, and colorful striped silk scarf. She’s ready for a holiday drive!

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Two Friends Holiday Chic! Harriett Jones and Mary Beblowski model stunning holiday fashions and accessories featured at Two Friends Boutique in Redfern Village.

Harriett (left) wears a gold zinnia mid-length jacket and black Loir Paris pants accessorized with a Julie Vos coin and chalcedony link bracelet, Julie Vos Tribeca horn pendant, Kenneth Jay Lane gold bamboo hoop earrings, and a black metallic clutch purse.

Mary (right) is stunning in a silk side bow blouse from La Roque, black pants by Crazy Larry, accessorized with gold knot earrings, jeweled cuff bracelet, coin cocktail ring, and gold metallic clutch purse all at Two Friends Boutique

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Volunteers Redefining the Concept of Charity

by dana moody | Photography by Joe Loehle

What words come to mind when you think of volunteering? Charitable? Altruistic? Generous? When we asked four Golden Isles volunteers what volunteering means to them, they used uniquely rich words like “exciting” and “energizing.”

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Volunteers Rhonda Griffin, Diane Evans, Sarah Butler and Cody Cocchi defy the misrepresenting connotations that cloud volunteerism and redefine the concept in their own terms. They just might challenge you to do the same. Here are their stories:

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Diane Evans (and Cassie) Diane Evans uses another word to describe volunteerism: “energizing.” That’s an admirable attitude for her to adopt considering the incredible amount of energy it must take to keep up with her particular line of volunteerism. After all, walking, playing with and nurturing animals at the Humane Society all day is no easy task.

Working with people all of her life, Diane decided that after retirement, she wanted to spend her time doing something completely different from the everyday grind she was used to, something even a little out of her comfort zone. Working in the medical clinic of the Humane Society with no medical background, she’s found it.

“Naturally, I don’t perform surgery,” Diane laughs as she explains her role and responsibilities.

Instead she offers support to the medical staff who spay and neuter the animals, administer rabies vaccinations, and implant microchips. She spends most of her time at the clinic comforting the animals as they awake from surgery, cleaning out cages, and just offering time and love to animals who haven’t gotten it elsewhere.

While encouraging volunteerism, Diane doesn’t rebuff the people who think they have nothing to offer organizations like the Humane Society; instead she empathizes. Before retirement, working a fulltime job at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and raising a family, Diane felt the exact way a lot of us feel about volunteering: there’s just not enough time in the day. But volunteering doesn’t necessarily have to mean hours upon hours of tiresome commitment or another full-time job on top of the life you already have. In fact, Diane believes that it just takes one hour.

“Everybody has one hour to give, either one hour a week, or one hour a month. When I worked a full-time job, I felt that way [like I didn’t have any time to volunteer], and now I wish I would have volunteered. I just encourage people to just give that one hour. Just one hour makes a difference, it really does.”

Continuing to work part-time at a law enforcement consulting firm, Diane is not able to spend every waking hour at the shelter, but taking her own advice and giving the time and energy she can afford, she continues to support the staff and offers tender love and care to the animals that come through, redefining volunteerism one hour at a time.

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She had a secret.

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Sarah Butler While “exciting” might not be the adjective most people would use to describe volunteerism, it was the first word out of 27-year-old Sarah Butler’s mouth when asked what the word meant to her.

Having been involved in Relay for Life since she was 15 years old, Sarah had no idea that one day 12 years later she would be approached by the American Cancer Society and asked if she would take on a bigger role in what Sarah calls “THE fundraiser of the American Cancer Society.”

Now as chair of the recruitment committee, Sarah’s innate encouraging skills and everything she has learned in her position at Troy University as a recruiter has finally found an outlet. As chair Sarah says she’ll be attending all of the meetings of the teams involved in Relay for Life, building the excitement, and encouraging more people to get involved, a task she has been unknowingly preparing for her whole life.

“Relay for Life, to me, is getting the community together to honor those who have had cancer and to memorialize those who passed away from cancer. It’s a time when the community can get together and bond over a common cause,” Sarah says about the event.

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Sarah not only finds the time to be a major supporter of Relay, but she also volunteers for Goodwill, Safe Harbor and with the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, serving as one of its Chamber Ambassadors. Although volunteering is a big part of Sarah’s job at Troy University’s Brunswick site, she says she would do it even if it wasn’t a part of her job, “just because I love it. And I’m thankful I have a job that allows me to volunteer.”

Besides the feeling of fulfillment volunteering gives her at the end of each day, Sarah also loves volunteering because of the rush of excitement it adds to her life, the not-knowing of what each experience will bring.

“You never know what you’re going to end up with. You never know if you’re going to be the grunt worker at the bottom or the chair on top. Volunteering is just exciting,” she says through a grin.

It doesn’t matter to Sarah if she is the leader or the worker bee because she knows that whichever role she performs will make a huge difference in someone’s life.

empowerin Cody Cocchi What could be more empowering than working with your hands to raise walls, hammer nails, shingle roofs, and – through the haze of exhaustion at the end of the day – see the concreteness of what you’ve accomplished in the form of a fully erected, fully finished house, the new home of a family in need? What term could fit this feeling better? None, according to 27-year-old Habitat for Humanity volunteer Cody Cocchi.

Having briefly worked with Habitat when he was younger, Cody didn’t get heavily involved with the organization until he began working at the College of Coastal Georgia as the assistant director of service learning. In his position Cody rallied volunteers, making 225 CCGA students, staff and faculty members the driving force that helped to build two of the houses Habitat built this year for families in need.

With little to no experience, these volunteers framed the houses, put walls into place, shingled the roofs and painted.

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When the volunteers are there, there is a construction manager on site the whole time. He’s there to kind of assist and help them learn.

We find it kind of empowering that the folks who never did anything like that before got comfortable fairly quickly,” Cody says.

“I’m not going to say any names, but I was watching this one girl try to hammer this nail for the longest time,” he laughs. “It was funny, but then you got to see that moment where it really clicked. She was frustrated, but then she got in the groove of it and started really enjoying it.”

Through sweat and splinters, ripped jeans and aching muscles, Cody and his army of volunteers helped change the lives of two families forever. Now Cody is looking forward to Habitat for Humanity’s next project and many more empowering moments and is hoping to encourage CCGA to step up to help support families in need and to empower themselves once again.

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Rewarding Rhonda Griffin Rhonda Griffin, 26-years-old, soft-spoken and sweet-natured never imagined she would one day be a volunteer counselor at Care Net Pregnancy Center. With a degree in medical billing, counseling was the furthest career goal from Rhonda’s mind, but now teaching women about the consequences of sex and the benefits of abstinence and offering a supportive place for women to talk and learn is an opportunity that Rhonda is incredibly grateful to have.

Rhonda began volunteering for Care Net after attending a mission fair at her church and learning about the organization’s goals and their impact on the community. At the mission fair, Rhonda says she felt God calling her into volunteerism at Care Net. She believes it is her God-given mission to help young, troubled women see the blessing in the middle of what they believe to be a tragedy.

Not currently working, Rhonda has more time to volunteer and to pursue her passion of counseling, a career which she is now considering because of her time at Care Net. Rhonda says that she believes it is important to give back, to focus on others, and to bless others the way she has been blessed.

“I feel like it’s made me more compassionate towards people. It makes me feel good to be able to help other people,” Rhonda says.

As a counselor helping women in need, Rhonda is redefining volunteerism as “rewarding;” rewarding for the women she helps and rewarding for her own sense of self. By offering education, encouragement and a compassionate heart, Rhonda is empowering young women to take control of their lives and teaching them to never define themselves by their circumstances.

Rhonda Griffin, Diane Evans, Sarah Butler, and Cody Cocchi continue to volunteer because of the little moments that make it all worth it, the moments they can see that they have a changed a life forever. Each of those moments has given each of them a deeper understanding of what volunteerism really means; it is rewarding, energizing, exciting and empowering.

Dana Moody earned a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Georgia College where she primarily focused on fiction and script writing. Incorporating her passion for language into everyday life, she explores every creative outlet she can whether it means writing feature articles, press releases, or editing scripts. In her spare time she likes to write comedy sketches, and she is currently working on a young adult novel.

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The Wedding Party No one sets out to outshine the bride on her special day but, hey, we all want to look good, right? Dress big, we say.

Get all dolled up, girls, and let the admiring stares fall where they will. We spent an afternoon at Antiques Etc. in downtown Brunswick playing dress-up with the lovely Elizabeth Jordan of Gentlemen and Lady Outfitters, top right; Alanna Smith, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Smith of Brunswick, top left and her neighbor Alaina Strickland, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Darren Strickland, at left. Proprietress Louise Bledsoe gave us the run of the place, which is stocked to the rafters with gorgeous antiques and fab finds for every taste, and photographer Annaliese Files of Studio Pixel Pop indulged her inner glamour goddess to bring you these exquisite pics. Many thanks to Evelyne Talman on St. Simons Island for Elizabeth’s gown and accessories; Essentials in Brunswick for Alanna and Alaina’s gowns and accessories; and Alaina’s hair and makeup by Anneliese Lightfoot; Alanna’s hair and Elizabeth’s hair and makeup

by Penny Hufstetler, A New Horizon. Don’t forget to visit us at Much Ado Over I Do, the 10th annual Golden Isles Magazine Bridal Show. We’ll be in the Morgan Center with a cadre of very talented wedding vendors at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Jan. 19, 2014.

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{ Noise Makers }

Marc Andress

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usician and instructor Marc Andress is a true “American” player, holding a significant supporting role in the local Americana scene. One may then be surprised that – much like the USA is a melting pot – Marc’s tastes and influences are quite broad. “Apart from Hip-Hop, there’s not a genre of music I don’t like,” says the multi-instrumentalist. “From Django Rhineheart, Hank Williams Sr. and Willie Nelson to Led Zeppelin, Franz List and Vivaldi – those guys were amazing – I’m influenced by a myriad.”

Beyond his improvisational skills and studied formal abilities, Marc brings another asset to the table: the pedal steel. “Hearing Robert Randolph play prompted me to pick it up. It’s kind of a dying art, an American instrument, and there aren’t many that truly have originated here.” Shortly thereafter he happened upon a used one at Clyde’s Music downtown. It was love at first sight. “It’s truly an instrument of the heart,” Marc says. “It’s so easy to express how I feel when I play.”

A licensed certified Georgia Educator who graduated cum laude from Armstrong Atlantic State University, Marc has studied music theory in depth. It’s hard not to laugh, however, when he talks of his introduction to music as a pre-teen: “I stood in my bedroom, jamming away on my electric tennis racket to Kiss’ Dynasty. That was when I knew I wanted to play.” Beginning guitar lessons on an acoustic at 8, Marc really wanted an electric guitar. So in the ninth grade he bought it himself, “a ‘beat up six string from a second-hand store,’” as Foreigner sang it in Juke Box Hero. “I worked (in a restaurant) on St. Simons Island washing dishes and whatever else needed done.” Even with an electric in hand, however, Marc didn’t assemble his first real band until after high school. “I was just too shy,” he says.

“Besides I spent my free-time surfing.”

More recently, Marc put his education degree to work by starting St. Simons Rock Academy in 2010. The academy offers lessons in guitar, piano, Dobro, lap steel and pedal steel with Marc and other area instructors. There’s no denying the obvious joy he takes in passing along his skills to the next generation.

Marc started the Bo-Weibels with Noel Holloway, Crawford Perkins and Ivan Grammer shortly out of high school. “My uncle Harry Andress played with Ray Price and Hank Williams Sr. back before he was popular. I remember traveling with him as a kid. It was inspiring.” Taking things on the road, Marc moved to San Diego for a time with Noel Holloway, forming the band Supernaut, which was voted best band in San Diego in a “Battle of the Bands” contest. After a few years playing festivals throughout California and stopping off at Lake Tahoe, he landed back home in the Golden Isles again in 1999, after which he played with Kellie Parr and Konichiwa.

To date, Marc’s greatest success, however, has been with local Americana band Honey Blue. Nominated for two Georgia Music Awards in 2012, their latest – Nashville 48 – was recorded by Grammy Award winning producer Eric McConnell, well-known for his work with Loretta Lynn and Jack White. After extensively touring in support of that record the band went on hiatus but still plays the occasional show.

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Marc’s primary musical outlet currently is the band Ultra with Craig Barnette, Nate Nash and Scott Clark, another alt-country Americana band which plays primarily festival gigs. In a surprising twist, all of his current bandmates play on the side at Christ Church in Jacksonville. “Joining this band strangely happened right around the same time I agreed to start helping out at St. Simons Community Church. It’s a magical feeling, playing at a church – extremely fulfilling.” Marc finds himself surrounded by old friends there. “Kimbo McMinn, the guitarist, has been a mentor over the years, my ‘guitar daddy,’ and Gary Share, bassist, gave me my first job teaching in a music school.”

Though not based in a huge music hub like Nashville, Athens or Austin, Marc finds himself living out his dreams right here in Coastal Georgia. “Teaching and music are my passions and I’m lucky to get to do both of those,” he says.

Marc will be hosting a Christmas concert with his students at 5 p.m. Dec. 14th at Palm Coast Coffee. He can be found most afternoons through early evenings shaping young students into well-skilled and versatile musicians at his school. Reach him at 230-9303.

Living a patchwork life, Cyle Lewis is a blogger at www.CyleAugusta.com, where she tells stories of songwriting, making music with her husband, family life, thrifting, photography, crafting, loving kiddos and spreading hope. Husband Shannon is a musician, writer and youth minister at First United Methodist Church in Brunswick.

Marc Andress with two of his students, Chole and Zoe Linert.

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Katie Morse

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t is no small stretch to call Katie Morse an artist. With works ranging from canvas to mixed media, collage to portraiture, and photography too, all of her work has a central theme: Jekyll Island architecture and history. This interest has greatly influenced her community activity in the area of expanding the arts in Glynn County, and on Jekyll Island specifically.

man services – sees it differently. “You have to bring the community together. That has value in and of itself.” The benefit of a healthy community arts program is that it creates a place for people to interact and share their lives, when their paths might not otherwise cross. “You have people from different walks to life coming together, experiencing something in common.”

Hailing from Maclean, Va., with a degree in anthropology from Sweetbriar College, Katie arrived in the Golden Isles in 2001 pursuing an environmental education position at Honey Creek. Due to a cap in funding, however, the job was cut three weeks later, so Katie moved to Atlanta in pursuit of work. Having felt the sand between her toes, however, she jumped at the opportunity when a position opened at the Jekyll Island 4H Center a year later.

In January of 2013 Katie formed a Facebook group called Jekyll Amphitheater for Arts and Humanities where members share fond memories of the amphitheater and its summer musical plays, which were staged by the theater department from Valdosta State University. “I want to give all of those who have fond memories of the amphitheater a voice. It only takes one to make a little ripple, and I hope to get a big wave of support. The island has a lot of potential, some wonderful things are going on, and this could be one of them.”

Katie’s long love of art became her passion when she enrolled in a high school art class with photographer Robert Creamer while attending Oldfields School in Maryland. Broadly published in magazines such as National Geographic, Architectural Digest and Southern Living, his eye for landscape photography was transformational for Katie, and she set herself to mastering the ability to capture great detail in nature, architecture and portraiture.

Katie found her muse on Jekyll Island, and has developed a passion for the Jekyll Amphitheater, championing its renovation. “I was first introduced to the Jekyll Amphitheater in 2001 – the beginning of its demise. For the most part, it was vacant.” Katie began to dream of what it could be, noting that the original architecture was “a good intention, without much consideration for the future.”

Katie is seeking to come to an agreement with the Jekyll Island Authority which would allow her to pursue private funding via individual donations and grants towards revitalizing the theater. “As the theater currently stands, it was built to only function seasonally.

It needs to be roofed, as most of the theater has been vandalized.

It also needs better seating, a new ticket booth, concessions, bathrooms and full handicap accessibility.”

The concern is that the theater won’t bring in substantial revenue, but Katie – who is studying psychology with an emphasis on hu-

The Jekyll Amphitheater for Arts and Humanities Committee will be presenting a petition to the JIA at the end of November, with online signatures from residents of the East Coast and beyond, including Kenya, Russia and Great Britain. Word has spread, and theater groups have begun to express interest, and even engaged couples have expressed interest in getting married at the amphitheater.

“This is going to benefit everyone in the long run – the local economy, as it could serve as a tourism boost. Tourists need reasons to come in the off-season and this could be leveraged for that.”

Work, school and a good cause keep Katie busy, but never too busy for her art. She is available for commissioned and outdoor portrait photography and has a wide range of art products featuring landmark photos of the area. Currently, she’s experimenting with pieces that utilize beer labels, photography and painting. She can be found at most area festivals and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center is currently showcasing her work. She can be contacted via her website, www. mkwellingtonart.com/ If you have an interest in the Jekyll Amphitheater, visit www.Change. org Living a patchwork life, Cyle Lewis is a blogger at www.CyleAugusta.com, where she tells stories of songwriting, making music with her husband, family life, thrifting, photography, crafting, loving kiddos and spreading hope.

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Santa Claus?

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When Gene Murrell agrees to participate in an article on, well, him, his major concern is on what he should wear. To most people, this may seem like an odd first response. But for Gene, it makes complete sense. For more than six years, Gene has played the part of Santa Claus in the Golden Isles and beyond.

Usually the children who visit him ask for bikes, toys and video games. On occasion, he’s met with a heart-wrenching experience, a child with a terminal illness who wants to get better, or a youngster who asks Santa to reunite his parents. “You can tell a lot about a child’s home life by what he asks for from Santa,” Gene says.

This year, he’ll kick off his St. Nick season at the annual Tree Lighting Festival on Jekyll Island, held in the Historic District the Saturday after Thanksgiving. After that, he’ll be the star Dec. 15 at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel’s Santa Claus at Crane Cottage, as well as other events throughout Georgia and north Florida.

Rarely does he know how a tyke’s wish turns out. Once, though, a mother whispered a request. “She asked me, ‘Can you tell my son he needs to start sleeping in his own bed? We just can’t seem to get him to do it,’” he recalls. The boy, about 4 or 5 years old, then sat on Santa’s knee, rattled off his list of holiday hopefuls, and just as he finished his wish list, Santa said he would do his best to get all those goodies to the boy, “but only if he started sleeping in his own bed,” Gene says. About two weeks later, the mother came back through Santa’s line at the mall (a job he now rarely takes, due to the long hours). She thanked Gene, noting that, “Ever since that day, the little boy had steadfastly slept in his own bed.”

The role was a gift that simply came to him, as if by fate. It all started decades ago when Gene worked in Washington, D.C., as a State Park Policeman. He then transferred from Virginia to Brunswick to work at FLETC, serving more than 16 years in the firearms division, plus many years in other departments. “It sounds strange,” Gene admits, “from being a cop to being Santa.” In truth, the two roles aren’t as different as it may first appear. Both roles are centered on keeping people in line, and rewarding those who follow the rules.

After he retired from FLETC, Gene took up a hobby acting in Western reenactments in the region, dressing in classic cowboy attire.

Eventually, a friend suggested he take his Western act to the next level and become Cowboy Santa for part of the year. “I said I’d give it a try,” he shrugs. He invested a couple hundred bucks in a red suit, complete with a long duster, large belt with an even larger Western buckle, and a Western hat. “It wasn’t the normal red Santa suit,” he says. “This was more traditional, more authentic, more formal.”

After his first Cowboy Santa appearance, he started receiving more referrals, and more Santa gigs started to fill his weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “This has all just evolved and come through word of mouth,” he says.

Now, years later, Gene has again invested in his Santa attire, paying $600-plus for a custom-made suit crafted by a seamstress in California who traditionally makes costumes for Hollywood films. Gene has even developed a shaving routine for his fluffy white beard, trimming it and his hair back once New Year’s rolls around, then letting it grow out again near the end of summer. “It’s about then, when I grow the beard back out, that I start getting the looks. The kids, they’ll look up at me when I walk by in the grocery store, wideeyed but never saying a word, never questioning. The adults are the ones who stop me, curious.”

“It was a very satisfying experience, to know that I had actually made a difference to this one family,” Gene says.

Likely, Gene has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of families, though, as might be expected of Santa Claus, he is slow to take any of the credit. “I just enjoy the spirit of the season and the joy it brings these little children,” he says, adding that his wife, Linda, is a major contributor to his overall success at St. Nick. “She is always there, playing Mrs. Claus. And she is just perfect at it, too. So warm and wonderful with these young children.”

After about an hour of talking, Gene stands, his red shirt, khaki pants and white beard hinting at how he will look in coming months. Nodding kindly, Gene shakes hands, gives a thoughtful smile, his blue eyes shining like new marbles. Then he turns, walking with purpose out to the parking lot. Several heads turn to follow his substantial figure as he exits. One small child stands, walking to the front window, and looks out excitedly, as if expecting to see Gene ride off in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Instead, Gene gets into his large white Chevy pickup truck, starts it up, and drives away. Despite his casual attire and his altered mode of transportation, that one child turns back to her mother, a questioning look on her face. Had she just seen Santa Claus?

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Anna Hall has been a journalist for a decade. She has written as a staff reporter for several Southeastern newspapers, and currently works as the communication specialist for Jekyll Island. She blames this dedication to journalism and writing on her sheer curiosity of the human spirit and the impossible need to understand the world outside her own individual experience.

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Coastal Seen Ever w o nder ho w we s pen d t h e 6 0 d a y s bet w een i ss u e s? We so m e ti m e s w o n d e r o u rs e l v e s. M o re o f te n th a n n o t, ho wev er, yo u’l l f i n d us o ut and ab ou t , c h ec k i n g i n w i t h ou r a d v e rti s e rs , s e e i n g w h a t g re a t a n d w o n d e rf u l th i n g s th e y ’ re u p to , and ho bno bb i ng with o ur read er s a n d s t or y s u bj ec t s . Th er e’ s a l w a y s a sto ry to te l l , a f u n p a rty to a tte n d a n d a s o c i a l e n g agement to cras h.

Phy llis Sumner & P a u l M es c h k e. A t la n t i c N a t i on a l B a n k c e l ebrated its 15th a n n i v er s a r y a t i t s m a i n of f i c e i n d o w n to w n Br u nswick Aug. 30 a n d a t ea c h of i t s br a n c h of f ic e s. T h e b a n k w a s c h a r t er ed A u g. 3 1 , 1 9 9 8 .

Hank Palacio & Lauren Dean. Viola’s Market on St. Simons Island hosted A S o u t h e r n A f t e r n o o n w i t h C h e f & C o o k b o o k A u t h o r , V i r g i n i a W i l l i s Aug. 14. Virginia is a chef, food writer, spokesperson and popular blogger at www.virginiawillis.com.

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Hearing for Life, Life in Balance.™ If you’re experiencing losses in hearing or balance, get diagnosed and treated correctly with the sound advice of Southeast Georgia’s only licensed Doctor of Audiology, Dr. Eric T. Linert. You may not need a hearing device, but if you do, trust the audiologists at Advanced Hearing & Balance Center to fit you with a superior, affordable solution from among several brands. An approved provider for most insurance plans, third party payers and Medicare, you’re treated like a patient, not a sales prospect.

If you have hearing loss, see a hearing doctor.

Ask your physician to refer you to: Dr. Eric T. Linert Dr. Kimberly S. Joiner

NEW LOCATION! We’ve moved to better serve your medical needs!

Southeast Georgia Health System Medical Plaza ADVANCED 3025 Shrine Road Suite 490 HEARING & BALANCE CENTER

912-267-1569

Learn about hearing loss at: www.HearingBalanceCenters.com Volunteer caregiver: Coastal Medical Access Project & Georgia Lions Lighthouse Project

Luxury Lodging

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Coastal Cuisine

Chec k y our newstands for Coa s ta l Cuis ine for c om pl ete r estaur ant m enus!

COASTAL KITCHEN

4TH OF MAY CAFE

102 Marina Drive

321 Mallery Street

DRIFTWOOD BISTRO

St. Simons Island

St. Simons Island

1175 N Beachview Dr.

912-638-7790

912-638-5444

Jekyll Island

The closest table to the water without getting wet! From house-made lobster ravioli, crab-stuffed flounder, wild Georgia shrimp and grits and house-made ice cream to the best fried oysters you have ever put in your mouth.

Since 1994, Flo and her son, Tommy, have been serving the best Southern-style cuisine at The 4th of May Cafe in the Pier Village.

Daily specials include freshly made entrees, overstuffed sandwiches, delicious seafood fare, BBQ, scrumptious salads, bread baked daily, a huge variety of home cooked vegetables and the best desserts in Coastal Georgia.

635-3588

SEASONS OF JAPAN 701 Glynn Isles Brunswick 912-264-5280

We offer fresh sushi, genuine Japanese fare and Hibachi-style cuisine. Every dish is prepared using the freshest ingredients and the most flavorful seasonings. We also offer a children’s menu and desserts. www.seasonsofjapan.com

OLE TIMES COUNTRY BUFFET 665 Scranton Road Brunswick 912-264-1693

Ole Times Country Buffet is “Home Cookin’ the Way Mama Does It!” Voted #1 in Southern Cooking and Best Country Buffet in South Georgia and North Florida for the last eight years running.

Bottom Feeders 2027 Stacy St Brunswick 912- 267-5959

Come try any of our $7.99 LUNCH SPECIALS from 11am - 3pm. To-go Available!

Afterwards, there’s HAPPY HOUR from 3pm - 6pm with dinner to follow. Come enjoy great seafood with us!

Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q

Zangla’s Trattoria

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The Driftwood Bistro, serving Low Country Cuisine, offers specialties such as meat loaf, stuffed flounder, herb crusted pork tenderloin and fried, grilled or blackened Wild Georgia Shrimp. Great selection of vegetables, specialty sandwiches and salads.

BEACHCOMBER BBQ & GRILL

Brunswick

St. Simons Island

912-275-7700

912-634-5699

Matt Zangla and his family have operated dining establishments locally for 26 years.

Open for lunch and dinner, Zangla’s offers moderately priced, made from scratch, absolutely delicious authentic Italian pizzas, pastas, calzones, sandwiches on homemade rolls, appetizers and crisp fresh salads in a casual atmosphere.

“No shoes, no shirt, no problem!” Great BBQ and burgers just a block from the beach on St. Simons Island. Dine in, family-size take out or catering. Featured on The Food Network. St. Simons’ Original BBQ Restaurant.

The Rooftop at Ocean Lodge 935 Beachview Drive St. Simons Island 912-291-4300

The Rooftop at Ocean Lodge, St. Simons Island’s only oceanview rooftop restaurant. Whether you choose to dine on our spectacular outdoor oceanview terrace or in our enclosed premium lounge, there is no other St. Simons Island restaurant that compares to The Rooftop. www.therooftopssi.com.

Zachry ’s Seafood and Steak 415 Palisade Drive (near Exit 29 at I-95)

Brunswick

912-265-9080

912-264.9184

Brunswick’s newest and best locally owned restaurant, Zachry’s Seafood & Steak features wild Georgia shrimp, oysters on the half shell, fresh seafood delivered daily, certified Angus beef, and much more. Daily lunch and dinner specials available, plus we offer a full service bar with happy hour Monday through Friday.

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Offering the very best authentic southern Bar-B-Q and fast, friendly service every time you visit. Sonny’s is the biggest name in Bar-B-Q and operates in nine states. Success is great, but after 40 years, it’s still about “Feel Good Bar-B-Q”. www.sonnysbbq.com

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Now open — nationally ranked care that’s close to home.

The same world-class pediatric specialists with Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville are now in Brunswick, thanks to a collaboration with Southeast Georgia Health System. We are currently taking appointments for cardiology and rehabilitation; infectious disease and urology will be added soon. To learn more, visit wolfsonchildrens.org/brunswick or call 912.466.7230.

3025 Shrine Road Suite 350 Brunswick, GA 31520 wolfsonchildrens.org/brunswick 912.466.7230

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Tired of Being Tired?

SEGA Health If you are one of the 40 million Americans suffering from chronic sleepiness, the Sleep Management Centers at Southeast Georgia Health System can help you get a good night’s rest.

The Sleep Management Centers can help diagnose and treat sleeping disorders, including snoring, sleep apnea, insomnia and narcolepsy. Left untreated, these disorders can negatively impact work, school and social life.

In Brunswick, please call 912-466-5320. In Camden, please call 912-576-6474.

Or, please consult your physician for more information.

Sleep Well. Live Well.

3003 Kemble Avenue • Brunswick, GA 31520 912-466-5320 2000 Dan Proctor Drive • St. Marys, GA 31558 912-576-6474 sghs.org © 2013 SGHS

Southeast Georgia Health System is a tobacco-free organization.

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