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TABLE OF CONTENTS Staff picks (3) Plug in (4) Entrepreneur Focus (6) BIOGRAPHY: Bob bugg (9) Health focus (13) Haisten work week (19) Aquatic adventure crew visits lake blackshear (25) Kitchen table: summertime grilling with mac wren (29) July/august 2015 calendar (32) Sports: Hawks fall short, now must look toward the future (34) Restaurant Review: Fishtales (37) Laws of life (41) Paparazzi (43, 59) inside the Fox Theatre (45) Movie review: slow west (48) artist profile: Jason Stowell (51) outdoors: thunder & lightning (55) 2015 beerfest (57) Game page (60) Fiction: Turning Point (62) Freedman’s finds (64)

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Ashley [GENERAL MANAGER]

JOSH [Account manager] Ain't nobody got time for bucket lists

Run a marathon ALLISOn [EDITOR]

MICHELLE [GRAPHIC DESIGNER] View the night from the largest optical telescope in the world

Spending a week at Yellowstone BEN [PUBLISHER]

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OUTDOORS WRITER HISTORY WRITER Catch a worldrecord bass

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ENTREPRENEUR

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Larry Maxwell’s passion for locksmithing was ignited during his time as an elec-

tronics technician for the Griffin-Spalding County School System. A coworker brought Larry a padlock and asked if he had ever picked a lock before. Larry said no, then watched as his coworker fiddled with the lock and two small tools. Within a minute, the lock popped open, and something clicked within Larry. He was in awe of the power and simplicity in those tools. Larry worked for about an hour with the lock and tools before he, too, was able to open the lock. “All of a sudden the lock popped open,” said Larry, “and when it did it just set me on fire. I had to become a locksmith.”

In 2003, he began Larry’s Lock and Key, a full six years before he retired from the school system. By day he continued his work as a technician, but he spent his off time practicing, training, and working as a locksmith.

Larry’s operation has remained light, even as it has grown to be so successful. Larry’s fleet is three trucks strong, and the big truck we see around town is Larry’s office. He keeps it stocked with all of the parts and gadgets he needs to tackle his customer’s problems. If he hasn’t got a part, it’s likely that one of his technicians does; after a quick meet-up they’ll get the job done.

Larry’s customers trust him with their safety because if Larry can’t fix a problem, he tries to find someone who can. He says, “I don’t like to go in and put band-aids on stuff; I like to fix it.” His business is not meant to pad his own pockets, he says, it’s for making people safe. Larry refuses to persuade his customers into buying a new “better” lock if their existing hardware is doing the job and they feel safe using it.

The key to Larry’s success is the relationships he forms with his customers. He knows the responsibility he carries as a locksmith, and every day people place their trust in him. As Larry’s mentor Skeeter Norsworthy said, “If you can’t trust your locksmith, who can you trust?”

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Regina “Gigi” Alexander’s interest in antiques began as a fascination with interior design sparked by an eighth-grade home economics class project. For a modest sum, she and her mother redecorated her room in a Hawaiian theme. They bought fabric on sale and picked up a few small accents at yard sales, and suddenly her room was completely different. Regina was immediately hooked, and eventually she began going to yard sales and antique stores on her own to find unusual and unique items.

This hobby followed Regina into adulthood, and she began to collect and furnish her home with antiques. Around 1995, while working full time, she decided to begin selling antiques, renting a lot in Griffin’s Dovedown Antique Mall. Any time she had a spare moment, she would come down and tinker with her space. Within a few years, her hobby had grown into a passion, and she was taking care of multiple lots full of antiques.

When the Brinson family moved their business from Dovedown Antique Mall to The Antique Griffin’s current location on Taylor Street, so did Regina. When the Brinsons were ready to retire in 2012, they approached her about taking over the lease for The Antique Griffin. Regina and her husband agreed that this was the right opportunity for her to go into the antiques business full time.

The business was renamed Gigi’s Antique Griffin, and Regina has since added considerably to the offerings of her antique mall. It’s still a great place to browse antiques of all kinds, and there is a restoration area in the back.

Regina hosts several parties throughout the year that are open to the public. Even on regular weekends, she provides refreshments like lemonade and cookies for her customers.

Regina loves her Taylor Street location. The building is set up, as she describes it, to be a “cozy maze of nooks and crannies,” and its central location has helped it become a vibrant Griffin institution.

Regina loves hosting curious out-of-towners who see the Shannon Lake artwork on the building and stop in for a look. One of Regina’s antique plates showing a horse and rider jumping a fence was the inspiration for Lake’s mural.

After all of her work, Gigi’s Antique Griffin has become more than an antique store. “I’m always trying to push it up a notch,” she says. “I want the store to have something for everybody.” Gigi’s now offers a vast selection of gift items and even has sections for wedding gifts, clothing, and décor.

With about 60 dealers showcasing their unique finds, there is always something new to see at Gigi’s Antique Griffin.

113 East Taylor Street Griffin, GA, 30223 (770) 227-7708 Mike Grant is an entrepreneur who has been in business for over 20 years. In that time, he has built several successful businesses and has endured the same issues experienced by local business owners every day. “One of the most difficult decisions you can make as a business owner is where to spend your money for exposure,” he says. He’s seen how quickly the advertising landscape can change, and he knows what a business owner needs to make the most of their marketing.

Mike enjoys being a business leader and innovator of new ideas. Three years ago, Mike saw a huge opportunity to give back to every business in the community through digital media. This was the beginning of Southern Digital Captive Audience Advertising. Mike and his wife, Brandy, have grown Southern Digital to over 150 indoor digital network locations across the South Metro Atlanta area. Mike and Brandy’s goal for Southern Digital is to help businesses build brand awareness and gain exposure through improved targeting and repetition. To help meet this goal, Southern Digital has expanded to include other advertising services like promotional printing, a savings coupon network, business fundraising, and more.

Despite Southern Digital’s explosive growth, Mike and Brandy continue to take time to visit each indoor digital network location in person. They visit their customers to build lasting personal relationships and to make sure the businesses they serve are thriving. “It is important to us for our customers to have success,” says Mike, and it shows in every interaction he has with the businesses that count on him.

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B IO G R A P H Y BOB BUGG ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY ASHLEY CALLAHAN Bob Bugg doesn’t care to have much, if anything, of a digital footprint. You won’t find him on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. If you want to talk to him, you will need to call him or email his wife, Roi. But if you’re lucky enough to sit down and spend time with Bob Bugg, you will find the imprint he’s forged is far greater than most social media page boastings—he’s set records that will go down in the annals of swimming history, and then there are the children and soldiers.

Bugg is among the U.S. Masters Swimming greats, ranking in the world’s top ten for the 200-meter freestyle—the most competitive of the swim strokes. Accruing 92 top-ten swims, setting three world records, being named number one in the world 22 times—Bugg admits he has “no boxes left to check” when it comes to swimming. Not bad for a kid who, at 14, started swimming for the Griffin Country Club and eventually walked on the University of Alabama swim team. Bugg humbly explains, “It was a gift—I was just barely smart enough not to mess it up.”

“Not mess it up” would be a bit of understatement. Under the coaching of International Swimming Hall of Fame coach Don Gambril, Bugg became the first four-time National Junior Champion, a Southeastern Conference record holder, and a three-year, five-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-American. His two-hour workout sessions 11 times each week (including loathed early morning swims that he finished before the sun came up) earned him the 10th fastest world time of 1977—making his swim the 13th fastest ever recorded.

But if it seems all the stars aligned for Bugg, there is one that didn’t. What he chalks up as one of those “objections in life to overcome” is what most people would describe as life altering.

He was among millions of Americans watching Meet the Press on January 20, 1980, when President Jimmy Carter announced he intended to boycott the upcoming Olympic Games in Moscow; unlike most everyone else watching, Bugg had secured a 1980 Olympic Trial qualifying time and could have competed for a slot on the U.S. Olympic Team.

Despite missing a shot at the Olympics, swimming wasn’t something Bugg could just leave in Tuscaloosa upon graduation. Having spent much of his life in constant companionship of the time clock, swimming had become a part of his DNA. While he no longer desired to “chase the black line” himself, that didn’t mean he couldn’t inspire others to do so.

Living out his personal philosophy that you must be willing to share your talents and help others, Bugg found himself back at his high school club (also the state’s oldest swim club), coaching the Tara Tarpons in Forest Park part time.

Bugg encouraged kids to “think, believe, dream, and dare,” all the while instructing parents to “love while I shove.” His students reached elite levels, making runs for the Olympics in the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Trials. Having been eluded by the Olympics for decidedly the last time, Bugg hung up coaching in ’96 to cheer on his sons at their (non-swimming) sporting events.

Seven years would pass before Bugg would return to the pool to compete as a U.S. Masters swimmer. By 2009—at 52 years old—he wasn’t just winning, but setting Masters Swimming world records. Having had a terrific time, Bugg thought that would be his last stint in competitive swimming… then he received a phone call that would reignite his longtime passion. He was about to accept an invitation to train a new group of swimmers—injured servicemen and women competing in the Wounded Warrior Games trials.

As Bugg works with Army soldiers who are transitioning back to units as part of active duty, serving in the reserves, and

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retired from service, today his swimmers are recovering from traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and spinal and visual injuries; some are amputees.

Those conditions aside, Bugg maintains, “When I coach, I only see abilities.”

And the competition among the five military branches is fierce. Forty top swimmers from each branch—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and SOCOM (Special Operations)— from all across the country compete each year to win and take home the Warrior Games cup. Having served on the coaching staff and as the Army’s head swim coach, Bugg finds the competitive spirit and fortitude with which the Wounded Warriors compete to be amazing. “Whatever they have, they use,” he says.

Reflecting on what he’s witnessed in the pool, he becomes a little misty, saying, “Watch a quadriplegic swim 50 meters out of sheer determination to accomplish the swim and experience the cheers from the stands—you can’t help but have tears in your eyes.”

Whether Bugg will be back competing in the pool again himself is still to be determined. He says he has nothing left to prove, no boxes left to check. But maybe, just maybe, he’ll go back to Masters Swimming when he turns 60. At the moment, as Bugg prepares to leave for Virginia to coach his fourth Department of Defense Warrior Games in Quantico, he is a man at peace and grateful for having had a great career and an opportunity to give back.

On this summer day, he is focused on the coaching at hand and leaving an imprint on the lives of those with whom he comes into contact. “As much as I have learned from being a part of aquatics,” says Bugg, “My identity is found in walking imperfectly with the Lord each day and totally dependent on sharing my life and love with Roi, my wife of 30 years.”

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• Poor Sleep Will Wear You Down • Insomnia – The Most Common Sleep Complaint • Steps to a Better Night’s Rest • Take Our Sleepiness Quiz d • Outpatient Services When (an Where) You Need Them!

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EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE

POOR SLEEP WILL WEAR YOU DOWN

Along with nutrition and exercise, sleep is one of the three pillars for your healthy lifestyle. How much sleep is enough? The answer is a bit of a numbers game! Infants typically need about 16 hours a day, teenagers require about 9 and the elderly may only need 6 hours.

The average adult should obtain 7 or 8 hours; some may need as few as 5 hours, but others can require as many as 10 hours each day! As you can see, especially for adults, it’s hard to name an exact number.

How likely are you to doze off or fall asleep in the following situations, in contrast to feeling just tired? This refers to your usual way of life in recent times. Use the following scale to choose the most appropriate number for each situation:

0 would never doze 1 slight chance of dozing 2 moderate chance of dozing 3 high chance of dozing

SITUATION (SCORE 0-3) · Sitting and reading · Watching TV · Sitting inactive in a public place (e.g., a theater or a meeting) · As a passenger in a car for an hour without a break · Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit · Sitting and talking with someone · Sitting quietly after lunch without alcohol · In a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic

A score of 10 or above is considered to be excessive sleepiness.

This test is not a substitute for professional medical diagnosis and treatment management — if you have any concerns regarding your health, seek professional medical advice.

One thing is certain, not getting enough sleep can have negative effects on your health, contribute to poor school or work performance and increase your risk of injury. From jet lag to insomnia, sleep apnea to sleepwalking, there are more than 80 documented sleep disorders. In the short term, sleep deprivation can cause:

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ABBREVIATED ATTENTION SPANS AND POOR CONCENTRATION IMPAIRED MEMORY AND COGNITIVE ABILITY INCREASED RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY HIGHER RISK OF AUTOMOBILE INJURY

Most disorders that cause poor sleep or sleep deprivation can be diagnosed and treated. However, if sleep problems continue unabated, they can cause more serious medical illnesses, including high blood pressure, heart attack and heart failure, stroke, obesity, depression, attention deficit disorder (ADD), mental impairment, growth retardation for fetuses and children, and an overall poor quality of life. For example, chronic snoring has been linked to higher rates of heart and brain-related diseases, and sleep apnea is considered a primary risk factor for high blood pressure.

If you have a sleep disorder, you are not alone. Approximately 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders annually, and another 20 million experience occasional sleep problems.

Many people have poor sleep habits that prevent them from getting a good night’s rest, such as staying up too late or getting up too early. But there are also physical factors that can interrupt sleep, including arthritis or acid reflux, psychological issues such as stress or depression, and even certain medications with a side effect of sleeplessness. You should talk with your doctor if you find that your sleeping problem persists, occurs more than three nights per week for longer than one month, or if you have other symptoms such as chest pain or shortness of breath. For more information about sleep disorders, visit the American Academy of Sleep Medicine website at www.

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INSOMNIA: THE MOST COMMON SLEEP COMPLAINT One sheep. Two sheep. Three sheep. If it often takes you more than 20 minutes, as well as counting several hundred sheep, to go to sleep, you may have insomnia. About 30 percent of adults have symptoms of insomnia. In addition, about 10 percent of adults have insomnia that is severe enough to cause daytime consequences. But for others, stress or depression can cause chronic insomnia lasting several weeks or longer.

People with insomnia may have difficulty falling asleep, problems staying asleep or may wake up too early. Women and the elderly are more likely to be affected by the sleep disorder, which can be caused by anxiety, menopause, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, asthma, heart failure, overactive thyroid, heartburn, stroke, posttraumatic stress disorder or restless leg syndrome. Some medications, including certain asthma, cold and allergy medicines, as well as beta blockers, also may cause insomnia. In addition, caffeine, tobacco and alcohol have been associated with the sleep disorder.

Feeling sleepy from time to time during the day is normal. However, insomnia may cause other symptoms as well, including lack of energy or motivation, difficulty concentrating, mood swings, headaches or stomachaches, or impaired driving ability. If insomnia begins to impact your daily activities, it is time to see your doctor.

Insomnia can be diagnosed based on medical and sleep histories, as well as a physical exam. A sleep study may be recommended if the cause of the insomnia is not identified.

Another method for improved sleep is cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). This can be used as a tool for relaxation training and biofeedback to help you change thoughts and actions that can interfere with sleep. Sleep studies and other diagnosis methods can help to identify ways to improve your sleep. These treatments can include new routines before bedtime, prescriptions to help you sleep or the use of other medical tools and techniques to drastically improve your night’s rest!

Short-term insomnia is brief and lasts up to three months. Chronic insomnia occurs at least three times per week and lasts for over three months. A board-certified sleep medicine physician diagnoses chronic insomnia. A sleep team at an accredited sleep center can provide ongoing care. [Learn more about Spalding Regional’s three Centers for Sleep Medicine on page 4.]

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STEPS TO A BETTER NIGHT’S REST • GO TO BED AND GET UP AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY, INCLUDING WEEKENDS. • TRY TO EXERCISE 20 TO 30 MINUTES EACH DAY, BUT NOT WITHIN SEVERAL HOURS OF BEDTIME. • DO NOT EAT A LARGE MEAL BEFORE GOING TO BED, AND AVOID CAFFEINE, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO OR MEDICATIONS THAT CAN DISRUPT SLEEP. • RELAX BEFORE BEDTIME BY READING, TAKING A HOT BATH OR WATCHING TELEVISION. • MAKE SURE THE ROOM TEMPERATURE IS COMFORTABLE AND THE BEDROOM IS DARK AND QUIET. • AVOID TAKING NAPS AFTER 3 P.M. • GET UP AND DO SOMETHING QUIET IF YOU CANNOT FALL ASLEEP WITHIN 20 MINUTES.

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OUTPATIENT SERVICES WHEN (AND WHERE) YOU NEED THEM! Did you know that Spalding Regional provides you with several specialized outpatient treatment facilities in five counties: Spalding, Henry, Butts, Lamar and Upson? If you are experiencing any of the sleep issues discussed in this section, please consult with your physician. If you need a sleep study, Spalding Regional’s Center for Sleep Medicine is fully accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and has three locations to serve you in Griffin, Locust Grove and Thomaston. We’re available to you seven days a week and are available for both night and daytime studies. Simplified, unattended studies are also available based on insurance coverage.

Spalding Regional’s Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine was named a national Center of Excellence in 2015 by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of wound healing services. Seek treatment at our Center for Wound Healing if: · You have a sore with increasing pain, redness or swelling, foul odor or a change in color · You have a post-surgical wound that has ruptured or opened · Your wound has not healed in 30 days (commonly experienced by people with diabetes)

Usually your treating physician will refer you to our center; however you can also schedule an appointment yourself without a physician referral.

Spalding Regional’s Center for Rehabilitation provides this region with physical, occupational and speech therapy for both adults and children.

Our licensed therapists will help you restore function, prevent future injury, reduce pain and improve your activities of daily living. The Center for Rehabilitation has three convenient locations to serve you in Griffin, Barnesville and Jackson.

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If you would like to find a physician who best suits your needs, please use our physician referral service, 770.467.6136; SpaldingRegional.com/PhysFinder

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS Spalding Regional’s 4th Annual Scrub Run: Saturday, September 12 Like us on Facebook to get all the information early 2nd Annual Bra-dazzled Fundraiser for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October 1 If your organization would like to participate with an entry, contact Carla Adams, 770.228.2721 ext. 1291

Classes for moms-to-be, and the entire family; all classes are free, but registration is required. For more information on any of the classes below, or to register, call 770.467.6136 or visit us online at

www.SpaldingRegional.com/WomensServices. nd Third Tuesdays of each month 6:30 pm OB TOURS: First and Third Tuesdays of each month 6:30 pm Join us for a tour of our Women’s Services (and receive a free gift for mom with your tour).

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH: July 27 and Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24 7:30-9:30 pm

This five-session class is designed for first-time parents and provides an understanding of the process of labor and delivery, options available and how to prepare for becoming a family.

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH: Weekends Aug. 21 and 22 A two-session class meets on Friday, 6:30-8:30 pm and Saturday, 8:30am–12:30 pm.

BREASTFEEDING: July 7 and Sept. 3 6–8 pm May 19 and

This class covers the basics of breastfeeding, the best way to feed a baby

INFANT CPR AND SAFETY: July 14 and Sept. 10 6–8 pm This class teaches the basics of CPR and first aid for infants, and discusses creating a safe home environment.

SIBLING CLASSES: July 11 and Oct. 6 4–5 pm

Targeting 3- to 7-year-olds with help in preparing them to soon be a big brother or big sister.

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HAISTEN WORK WEEK

Renovation of a Local Landmark

BY DREW TODD AND DREW PAYNE

Over a five-day period in mid-May, a seemingly disparate group of local stakeholders, united by a sense of civic duty, converged on Griffin’s Meriwether Street in pursuit of a common purpose: the preservation and redevelopment of what is commonly known as the Haisten building, most recently a funeral home, but also Griffin’s second-oldest hospital, long vacant and in a state of severe disrepair.

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A number of different organizations—the Griffin-Spalding Historical Society, Home Depot’s brigade of Team Depot volunteers, the City of Griffin, the Griffin-Spalding County Land Bank Authority, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and Preservation South—brought their resources to bear on the project, contributing money, materials, and manpower in an effort to beautify and stabilize the structure’s exterior. Hundreds of volunteers spent the Haisten work week painting, landscaping, and installing historic windows, making

bankrolled the Haisten venture, while the Griffin-Spalding County Land Bank’s demolition moratorium bought time for the movement, allowing the property to be marketed to prospective developers through the summer and into early fall.

Kyle Campbell, owner of Preservation South in Greenville, South Carolina, has offered the services of his company pro bono and is currently conducting a viability study of the property. Campbell also spent the work week in Griffin, clinging to ladders, hammers, paintbrushes, and a host

over the century-old building, designed by renowned Georgia architect Haralson Bleckley, in just a few short days.

of other hardware, contributing his sweat to the Haisten building’s equity.

The Haisten project has gathered steam over the past few months as several groups have worked in concert with one another to restore the site. The Griffin-Spalding Historical Society’s Preserve Griffin fund has

Home Depot stepped in as the project’s key corporate sponsor with a commitment from 10 stores—spearheaded by the Griffin location under the direction of manager Kevin Hawkins—to provide volunteers and supplies during the work week and Continued on pg. 23

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I’ve experienced a whole bunch of things in the aquatic crew. I’ve learned to swim, and when I took my swim test I didn’t fail because I had a lot of cheering and people believing in me.

My trip to Lake Blackshear was very interesting. When I went fishing I dropped my fishing pole. When I was trying to cast, my hand hit the dock and my pole slipped out of my hand. The next day we went canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding. I was enjoying my time on the lake until I fell from my green kayak. I managed to pull myself back into the boat and finish going around the lake. Later that afternoon a helicopter landed near us, which interested me. The best part was when I was able to recover my fishing pole that I had dropped two days earlier. That was the best catch of the day! I had an amazing time!

Jarred D. I’ve experienced a whole bunch of things in the aquatic crew. I’ve learned to swim, and when I took my swim test I didn’t fail because I had a lot of cheering and people believing in me.

We have been going on a lot of field trips where there is water. We have been canoeing, swimming, camping, and other exciting things. We swam in Lake Blackshear. Mrs. Thompson wouldn’t go deeper, so I sneaked behind her and splashed her. Later I made her do flips underwater. We went swimming in the pool and I got in the hot tub. When we went to the lake to kayak, canoe, and paddleboard, I got scared because it’s been a while since I’ve kayaked.

At night we went hiking. I didn’t like it because it was dark and I couldn’t see where we were going. We stopped at the veteran statue and museum. Gnats were horrible down there, but we had fun together as a group.

Danielle H. Ms. Thompson is the best teacher of my life of all time. When I first met her, she was my math teacher. She is nice, but when she is mad she will yell, but she loves me like I love her. She taught me everything. She taught me how to calm down. I’ve been there with her almost eight years, but she is mine forever. I just want to say thanks to Ms. Thompson for teaching me how to swim. People used to pick on me. What can I say— I’m not that perfect. I try so hard to be

that person. The Boy Scout team taught me how to swim and how to hold my breath a long time. I like to swim, but not that good sometimes. Thanks to my old math teacher.

Demonte D. Being in the Aquatic Crew I learned how to swim front strokes. I learned how to jump in the pool, kick my feet in the water, and go back and forth in the pool. The most important fun part was diving in the pool. I like Mrs. Heidi Thompson, Mrs. Braswell, and my friend Alex. They all taught me a lot. We went on a trip this summer to the Veterans Park far away. I went canoeing and swimming in the lake and pool. At night we went on a walk and I felt good and proud. We saw police helicopters fly and land where we were, and we saw the museum. The whole trip was awesome! Thanks to all the people that gave us support so we could go on our trip, and thanks to the BSA Aquatic Crew members at Mainstay Academy.

David R. My experience as an Aquatic Crew 185 member has been quite interesting. I made a few friends, Danielle, Alex, Robert, Demonte, Ashley, Jarred, David (bus boy), Dillon, and others. We have lots of fun…even when the water is freezing! We have gone camping, swimming, canoeing, water rafting, fishing, hiking, and kayaking. I hope that we can do it again!

Tyler N. The trip to Lake Blackshear was actually pretty fun! We first went swimming in the lake, but some of us (not me) wanted to leave and swim in the pool because the lake was a little dirty. After dinner, we went for a long hike and got lost a few times (my worst nightmare), but we got through it and made it back to the cottage. I didn’t like when everyone walked over the names of veterans at the Veteran’s Memorial. The next day we went kayaking, canoeing, and paddleboarding on the lake. I did pretty well on the paddleboard, but I like kayaking better. Before we left, we visited the veteran museum. I really

enjoyed seeing the historic military vehicles and artifacts!

Austin M. Being an aquatic crew member has been a huge privilege. I have been a crew member since the beginning, and it has been interesting to see the changes and new faces join and become more involved in what we do.

What do we do, you say? Every other week when possible we go to a pool that has been provided for our school’s use. On Fridays we will meet, and those who have had good behavior and completed their work are able to join and go swimming with us. We also have gone on other trips that include canoeing and other outdoor aquatic activities. We have lots of fun, but safety is always a must! Our teachers who attend our activities have gone through lifeguard certification and/or CPR and first aid training. Also, at the beginning of the year we are required to perform a routine swim test and are not allowed to join in all the activities until we pass. I hope to see my school’s aquatic crew grow to be even bigger in the years to come.

Alex S., Student Government Association co-president Christopher is a non-verbal, autistic student. He has been a member of the aquatic crew since its beginning, and this year he graduated. He has gone swimming, camping, and hiking with the crew. It has been a pleasure to be able to experience these activities with him. From his facial expressions and gestures, he appeared to have enjoyed his time with us, as well. Congrats, Christopher, you will be missed!

Heidi Thompson, Teacher For more information about the Aquatic Adventure Crew, including sponsorship opportunities, email heidi.thompson@gscs.org.

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BY TAYLOR GANTT As the final few seconds ticked off the clock in the Eastern Conference Finals, Hawks fans were left wondering where, exactly, the dream season slid off the tracks. After dominating the competition for the majority of their record-setting 60-win season, Atlanta struggled through the first two rounds of the playoffs before ultimately being swept by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Injuries played a major role in unseating the Hawks as one of the premier teams in the league. With only a few weeks until the playoffs, Thabo Sefolosha, the team’s best defender, had his leg broken during an altercation with police officers outside a New York City nightclub. Once the playoffs began, several players suffered injuries that either limited them or took them off the court completely: Al Horford (finger), Paul Millsap (shoulder), DeMarre Carroll (leg), and Kyle Korver (leg).

It can be hard for a Hawks fan to hear the criticisms lobbed at a team that accomplished so much this season. However, I do believe that the Hawks must make adjustments in order to remain viable. Obviously, some of the younger talents on the squad like Dennis Schröder and Mike Muscala will continue to mature and improve as their careers progress.

The team will have to decide the future of two big contributors who are both eligible for free agency: DeMarre Carroll and Paul Millsap. While the Hawks have the financial means to retain them, both will command considerable salaries in order to keep them around. If the Hawks are inclined to move on from these two starters, Teague, Horford, and Korver will remain as the pillars for the organization. While the 2015 free-agency period won’t provide an abundance of talent to choose from, stars like Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan, and LaMarcus Aldridge could all be looking for a new place to call home. Alternatively, the Hawks may hold off until the 2016 offseason (when the Kevin Durant sweepstakes will be in full swing) to make their big move.

Granted, no team is completely healthy by the end of an arduous NBA season (the Cavaliers provide ample proof of that fact). However, the Hawks’ success was predicated on contributions from all of their key players instead of just one primary star. Although the depleted Hawks battled valiantly against Cleveland, they were unable to mount enough offense to counteract the brilliance of LeBron and his supporting cast.

No matter what the Hawks decide to do, the momentum created by this past season leaves the team with significant expectations for the future. With the city fully behind the team, the organization is now tasked with maintaining a high quality of performance in the years to come. Whether the team gets the band back together for the next few years or makes significant changes to the current structure, the Atlanta Hawks will enter 2016 as front-runners in the Eastern Conference.

With the 2014-2015 season at an end, the organization is at a critical juncture. The ultimate question going into next season is simply this: Do the Atlanta Hawks reload with the same core group of players or are major changes needed to propel the team to the next level?

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BY LAURIE COCHRANE PHOTOS BY B. MICHELLE COBB FishTales is the sixth restaurant run by well-known local restaurateurs, the Anderson family. Starting with a seafood restaurant in Panacea, Florida, the family has been in the restaurant business for 43 years. With FishTales, Chris Medley, along with parents Dean and Dana Anderson, continue their family tradition of delivering simple, delicious food in the friendly, casual, come-as-you-are atmosphere that they’ve taken with them wherever they go.

Don’t expect anything fancy. You don’t have to get your hair done before you come. Chris, who manages FishTales, tells us that when they bought the building that used to house Spicy Thai, friends chipped in to supply the nautical decor. We imagine it gave some grateful wives the chance to unload their husbands’ old fishing trophies that now adorn the walls. (It’s tough to work interior design around a five-foot stuffed barracuda.) The investment is in the food. The plates are melamine, the tissue is one-ply; if you’ve got a problem with that, feel free to bring your own!

seafood, that a seafood restaurant needs to do right in order to be successful: good hush puppies, good cole slaw, and good tartar sauce. FishTales checks all three boxes.

The first thing you’ll see are the HUSH PUPPIES – crisp and flavorful, with lots of black pepper. Taylor claimed that they “redefine the genre.” Pro tip from Nicole: “Put a little tartar sauce on top of the hush puppy, then take a bite. That leaves a crevasse, and you put more tartar sauce in that. Repeat.”

The TARTAR SAUCE is Dana’s recipe. Pam boasted, as she began piling our table with food, “Dean makes everything but the ketchup, and if making the ketchup weren’t so aggravating, he’d make that too!”

People come to FishTales to eat good seafood. And, over the two years the restaurant has been in operation, the Andersons have refined the menu to offer only the best. Fresh fish comes in every Tuesday from the Gulf.

“If they don’t catch it, we don’t get it,” said Dean.

The COLE SLAW is finely chopped, fresh and slightly sweet – not too much mayo. Just a refreshing accompaniment to any dish you choose. I loved it and ate far more than my share.

The service, like the food, was straightforward and satisfying. Our server, Pam, was everything I like best in a server – pleasant, professional, funny, honest, and attentive without being intrusive. Plus, she called me “Honey” (bonus points!).

Allison adds a fourth requirement for a good seafood restaurant – good Sweet Tea. FishTales is four for four! The restaurant also serves beer and wine; no harder stuff.

We’ll get to the seafood in a minute, but right off the bat, there are at least three things, BESIDES the

After the hush puppies, our group started out with APALACHICOLA OYSTERS three ways: RAW IN-SHELL,

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BAKED THREE-CHEESE JALAPEÑO, and BAKED PARMESAN. For Allison, this was a new adventure: “Okay,” she admitted,” I’ve never eaten an oyster. Somebody tell me how.” She took Wes’s solid recommendation for someone new to oysters and downed a lightly baked beauty of an oyster with melted cheese and a jalapeño slice.

Way to go, Allison! It was tough to choose between those and the baked oysters with garlic butter and Parmesan cheese – wonderful, bold flavor! The veterans in the group were also mightily impressed with the Raw In-Shell oysters and ended up ordering an extra round.

Josh exclaimed, “It’s like I’m back in Brunswick!”

But the star of the evening was a beautiful BLACKENED FLOUNDER – cut checkerboard style to slide off the bone – flaky and delicious with Dana’s tartar sauce. Michelle never had flounder before and loved it.

Save room for dessert? Dana makes them from scratch.

Mario developed an instant obsession with the STRAWBERRY CAKE. He asked Pam: “Do you always have that Strawberry Cake?”

“Today’s the first day she’s made it.”

For Allison, though, the SEAFOOD CHOWDER was a starter more to her taste. She remarked: “The seafood was tender, the potatoes not overcooked, and there’s just the right amount of spice.”

For your main course, you can get just about anything grilled, blackened, or fried. You can stick with one type of fish – FLOUNDER, TILAPIA, SNAPPER, GROUPER, WHITEFISH, or CATFISH – or choose a grilled, blackened, or fried SEAFOOD PLATTER that combines fish, shrimp, oysters, scallops, and CAPTAIN JOE’S STUFFED CRAB, which is served in the shell – tasty and oniony.

Again, the oysters were standout items on the fried menu. Like the hush puppies, they were encased in a crispy, tasty breading and were tender and mild inside.

And the fried whitefish had a perfect, crispy cornmeal crust. The homemade POTATO CRISPS are another delightful side from the fry basket.

“Is she gonna make more? She needs to make more. WHEN is she going to make more? Tomorrow?

What time?”

All told, the KD crew left FishTales with full bellies and in good spirits. Michelle commented: “I like that what they care about most isn’t the plates or the decor; it’s the quality of the food. And it’s about the community coming together over good food.” Well said.

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The Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest is a program of the Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program. The contest invites students to select a Law of Life—a saying that summarizes an ideal, a character value, or a principle about life—and use it as a prompt to write about a core character value such as honesty, generosity, courage, compassion, or perseverance.

In the 2014-2015 school year, more than 45,000 students from 59 high schools across Georgia wrote an essay for the contest, which awarded a total of $20,000 to students and teachers. Here, Kitchen Drawer shares Malik Miller’s Laws of Life essay, the winning entry from Griffin High School. Malik used as his Law of Life “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

The crowd is cheering, the band is playing loud—down, set, hut!

I I get the ball, go to jump over the pile, and then CRACK! I fracture my knee. Throughout my life I have gone through a plethora of events that have impacted me for the better, but the one I reflect on the most is my junior football season where I suffered a traumatizing season-ending injury, fracturing my knee. This injury came totally unexpectedly and ended my dream season, and my team went on the win the state championship without me. While yes, this would be something most people would be depressed about, I am truly thankful for the lesson that the injury taught me.

BY MALIK MILLER

The injury itself symbolized how life can’t be planned and how no matter how hard you try to avoid disaster and mishaps, life is a beast that can’t be tamed. While most would have given up after such a traumatizing event, it brought out the resilience in me and taught me how to bounce back from tough situations. While yes, it was tough going to rehab early in the morning, fighting through the pain, and having to endure being left out while my team was playing, it gave me the confidence to realize that no matter what happens to me in college, or life, for that matter, I will have the ability to fight through it and overcome the obstacle, no matter how big the challenge.

Football is the biggest teacher of life; it presents challenges that are unexpected and forces you to overcome them in the heat of battle.

And I have been one of the biggest students of the game. The game itself hasn’t been the nicest to me, but it has taught me life lessons that couldn’t be learned anywhere else.

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Inside the Fox Theatre is thriving 40 years after “Save the Fox”

By Allison Smyly Photos by B. Michelle Cobb Vintage photos courtesy of the Fox Theatre

Many Kitchen Drawer readers of all ages cherish memories of magical evenings at Atlanta’s “Fabulous Fox” Theatre, and some longtime area residents recall the famous “Save the Fox” campaign of 1974-75. Forty years later, Atlanta’s only remaining movie palace is flourishing and remains a classic example of a very successful community-based restoration and preservation effort.Through educational programs like Fox in the Box and community outreaches such as the Fox Theatre Institute, the theatre is using its success to educate a new generation and to help struggling theatres around the state.

“Save the Fox” Turns 40

Last September, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the landmark’s rescue from demolition, the legendary theatre announced a yearlong celebration to thank those who helped save the Fox, including the founding board members of Atlanta Landmarks, Inc., members of subsequent boards, volunteers and donors throughout the years, and the greater Atlanta area. The celebration, called “The Legend Lives On,” included March 14’s Gala Celebration, a “Rock the Block” party on

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June 7, special Behind the Scenes tours in June, an anniversary-themed Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival, and expansions to Fox in the Box, the theatre’s educational program for elementary school children. The Fox also relaunched their Friends of the Fox program with expanded membership opportunities.

According to Adina Erwin, Vice-President and General Manager, the celebration was planned not only to thank those who have helped save the Fox over the years, but also to continue to engage new audiences and build affinity among those who might not be aware of the theatre’s history, such as younger people and residents who are new to the area. The celebration also recognizes the fact that the grassroots, community-based effort to save the Fox was one of the first of its kind.

It appears that the “Legend Lives On” celebration is meeting and exceeding these goals. Says Ms. Erwin of June 7’s Rock the Block party, “It surpassed all of our expectations.” The total number attending was not available at press time, but Ms. Erwin says, “We know we

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had 5,500 people come through the building, and we think there were many more at the outside activities.” She adds, “We wanted people of all ages, races, and ethnicities—even those who might not normally come to one of our productions—to experience the Fox. We opened up the building and had tours throughout the day.” The first-ever Fox block party also included live entertainment, a children’s area, lots of food and beverages, a booth where people could share their experiences with the Fox, and plenty of social media participation.

The March 14 Gala was also a resounding success, with events in all areas of the theatre, including the auditorium, the Egyptian Ballroom, and the Grand Salon. Well-known performing arts groups such as the Atlanta Ballet, the Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Boys’ Choir, and Dad’s Garage Theatre all took part.

The Experience and Preservation Efforts Audiences of today are likely to find the Fox just as unforgettable as theatre-goers of yesteryear did. The stars in the Fox’s sweeping night “sky” still shine overhead, the grand Moorish and Egyptian architecture and furnishings continue to inspire awe, and singalongs accompanied by the peerless “Mighty Mo” theatre organ still precede movies and many live shows.

The building’s interior is meticulously preserved and seems to transport visitors to a different time and place. Many ingenious techniques were used to achieve the Fox’s exotic ambience. The theatre makes extensive use of trompe l’oeil, an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create optical illusions. The Fox’s sky is actually a vaulted ceiling painted ultramarine blue. There are 96 stars in the Fox sky, of which 83 twinkle—the twinkling “stars” are 11-watt bulbs fixed above three-inch crystals. (The rumor that one of the stars is actually made from a Coca-Cola bottle was confirmed in 2010.) The auditorium’s enormous Bedouin canopy overhang is really made of plaster and steel rods; in addition to being decorative, it serves as an acoustical funnel to project sound to the rear of the house. The original brass and stained glass light fixtures still adorn the walls. Low lighting in the 4,678seat auditorium adds to the sense of mystery.

KD’s tour concluded with a peek into the recently remodeled star dressing rooms and some gossip about the celebrities who have performed at the Fox over the years. “When Yul Brynner performed here, everything had to be brown, even the carpet, because he couldn’t stand to see dirt,” Vosmeier told us. “When Prince was here, everything was covered in pink and purple chiffon and feathers.”

The Fox was honored by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in March for its preservation efforts.

Education and Community Initiatives During this celebration year, the Fox has expanded their “Fox in a Box” program to include even more schools, especially those whose students might not have the opportunity to experience the Fox firsthand. This traveling exhibit provides an interactive experience that gives insight into the theatre’s history and its role as a modern arts venue. “We tie into the curriculum, especially the third-grade Civil Rights curriculum,” says Ms. Erwin.

“We also tell about the theatre’s role in American history— how movies were a refuge and a place to get away during the Great Depression.”

Erwin says that the Fox Theatre Institute, formed in 2008 as the community engagement and outreach branch of the theatre, is going strong. “The motto is ‘Thinking outside the Fox.’ The institute takes our assets and resources to communities around the state. We support other historic theatres with grant funding and restoration projects.” As a local example, she cites the Institute’s helping Thomaston’s Ritz Theatre develop a preservation plan and get on the Georgia Trust’s “Places in Peril” list. Ms. Erwin explains that the community theatre is often a key driver for a small town’s economy: “The theatre gets people to come into town and stay. We at the Fox come into towns through the theatre door because that’s what we know.” She adds, “When you buy a ticket to the Fox, you’re not only helping the Fox, you’re helping small-town theatres around the state. We’re revitalizing communities one theatre at a time.”

An Intriguing Past, a Vibrant Present, and As this starstruck writer stood on the Fox’s stage for the first a Look Toward the Future time, Kitchen Drawer’s guide to the Fox, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing Jamie Vosmeier, said softly, “You’re seeing the same view that Elvis saw when he performed here.”

Incredibly, 165 of 168 pieces of the 1929 furniture, beautifully preserved, are still in use throughout the theatre, which houses the largest collection of Ketcham and Rothschild furniture in the world.

We had the privilege of meeting Edna Tillander, who continues a longstanding family tradition of maintaining the Fox in excellent condition. She and her brothers, who also worked at the theatre, have 67 years of combined experience helping to ensure that the paint, carpet, and other details are as close as possible to what a theatre-goer would have experienced in 1929.

Backstage, Jamie Vosmeier showed us many examples of the Fox’s practice of “retiring in place.” As new equipment is brought in to meet the needs of today’s high-tech performances, rather than disposing of old equipment such as generators, stage lift motors, and lighting boxes, the vintage equipment remains in place to help visitors appreciate the theatre’s past.

The Fox still has its original Brenograph projector; its use was discontinued just a few years ago, and then only because replacement parts were not available. As Vosmeier put it, “Our goal is to send you back to 1929.”

In 1928, the building that would later become known as the Fox Theatre was conceived as a home for Atlanta’s Shriners organization. Inspired by the ancient temples of the Far East, the Shriners planned a mosque-style structure to reflect the group’s prominence in the community. The building’s elaborate and ornate design includes soaring domes, minarets, and elegant archways.

The ambitious design proved more of a financial burden than the Shriners could bear, and the Shriners leased the building to movie mogul William Fox shortly before its completion. With Fox’s financial backing, the 250,000-square-foot Fox Theatre was completed, with the crowning addition of “Mighty Mo,” the 3,622-pipe organ that remains the largest Möller theatre organ and the second-largest theatre organ in the world. The Fox opened Christmas Day of 1929 to a sold-out crowd, showing SteamboatWillie, Disney’s first cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse.

The Fox’s popularity didn’t prevent it from suffering the impact of Great Depression; in 1932, William Fox and the theatre declared bankruptcy, and Fox lost his namesake movie palace.

The theatre was auctioned on the courthouse steps and was sold to a private company for a small sum, but it remained a beloved destination for moviegoers. For the next three decades, the Fox showed hundreds of films, hosted live performances, and was the favorite dance hall in Atlanta for live Big Band and swing music.

By the late 1960s, movie palaces across the country were being replaced by suburban multiplexes built for efficiency and multiple-screen showings. As customers left downtown Atlanta for the suburbs, the Fox fell into disrepair, and in 1974, Mosque, Inc. closed the doors. Atlantans horrified by the prospect of losing the beautiful theatre created a nonprofit called Atlanta Landmarks and launched the legendary “Save the Fox” campaign. In 1975, after months of painstaking restoration and many donations from area residents intent on saving the theatre, the Fox opened its doors once again. In 1978, the mortgage on the Fox was paid off six months ahead of schedule.

Since then, the Fox has hosted a wide variety of performances, including movies, concerts, Broadway shows, and comedy acts. It was the site of the world premiere of the touring production of The Phantom of the Opera.

For the past decade, the Fox has been consistently ranked in the top three theatres in North America for gross ticket sales.

The Fox is well positioned to continue to thrive and to be an asset to Atlanta well into the future. The Fox’s annual economic impact is $25 million, not including ticket sales, and it paid $2.8 million in sales tax in 2014. The theatre has 62 full-time employees, 400 part-time employees, and 800 volunteers. Since 1974, the Fox has invested over $30 million back into restoration efforts. An estimated 750,000 people visit the Fox each year. As it continues to reach out to the community, the Fox is likely to grow even more popular. According to Adina Erwin, “The primary goal of the Fox is that we stay in touch with the community and that we are doing things that make us a good community partner, because the community helped save us, and we’ve never forgotten that.”

MOVIE REVIEW

BY CLARK DOUGLAS

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SLOW WEST

low West has a short running time—a mere 83 minutes—but it makes good use of each and every one of those minutes.

It’s a Western that plays like an adaptation of a great short story, a melancholy fable about love, loss, greed, sacrifice, and the harsh realities of life in the Old West. The film moves at a languid pace (thus living up to its title), but it’s never dull.

It’s an unconventional Western, but it’s very much a Western: a tale of two men traveling west, complete with horses, villains, cowboys, Indians, and a great big shootout at a great big ranch.

Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is a 16-year-old Scottish lad who has traveled to America in search of his sweetheart, Rose (Caren Pistorius, The Light Between Oceans). Along the way, he meets Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender, X-Men: Days of Future Past), a veteran bounty hunter who offers to provide Jay safe passage to Rose’s home in exchange for a reasonable fee. Jay reluctantly agrees, recognizing that he lacks the skills necessary to survive on his own. What he doesn’t know is that Rose and her father (Rory McCann, Game of Thrones) have a $2,000 bounty on their heads, and Silas intends to collect.

Fassbender offers a touching, nuanced take on a familiar sort of character: the grizzled, cynical old mercenary whose heart is slowly softened by the presence of a younger, more earnest character (recall Rooster Cogburn’s gradual transformation in either version of True Grit). Eventually—and perhaps inevitably—Silas begins to experience a crisis of conscience and wonders whether the reward is worth betraying his innocent travel companion. Rose is in danger regardless of Silas’s decision, as a considerably more cold-blooded bounty hunter named Payne (Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline) is also on Rose’s trail.

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John Maclean finds ways to enrich the story and characters with each new shot—sometimes in obvious ways (such as when a character simultaneously experiences the literal and metaphorical versions of “salt in the wound”) and sometimes in subtle ones (such as the scene in which a character simultaneously becomes literally and metaphorically directionless). There are many compositions here that feel like living paintings, and Maclean has a knack for creating images that contrast natural beauty with man-made horror.

Slow West often recalls Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man in the way it casually wanders into episodic vignettes that enhance the movie’s themes without actually advancing the plot. At one point, Jay shares a memorable encounter with a deeply philosophical German writer named Werner (clearly modeled after filmmaker Werner Herzog), who bemoans the fate of Native Americans and provides one of the film’s key lines: “In a short time, this will be a long time ago.” There’s a brief but enjoyable musical interlude, a campfire story about an overambitious young outlaw, and a haunting encounter at a general store located in the middle of nowhere.

The performances are lovely. Jay believes deep down that his reunion with Rose will be a happy one, but what he fails to realize is that he’s living in the past while the present marches on. Based

on the flashbacks we see, there is ample reason to believe that his affection for Rose far outweighs her affection for him. SmitMcPhee plays the character’s heartsick yearning beautifully, and I love the way Fassbender’s glares of dismissive irritation slowly transform into glances of knowing concern. Mendelsohn does a great deal with a small role, sporting a surly grin and a massive fur coat—a potent symbol of death.

Perhaps those who prefer their Westerns a little more actionpacked will find Slow West tedious (despite the tremendous shoot-out sequence that concludes the film), but if you’re an admirer of Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, or the Coen Brothers, you’ll find a great deal to enjoy in this film’s gentle deadpan humor and precise, focused, artful storytelling. It’s a treat to get any sort of Western these days (America dropped its obsession with “horse operas” decades ago), but it’s a real treat to get a Western this rich and moving.

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To pursue his art, Jason got an associate’s degree from Gordon College. After that, he became an apprentice with a tattoo artist and then started working as a professional tattoo artist in 1999. He opened his first studio, Lucky Dragon Tattoo, in Griffin in 2001. “It was a way, as an artist, I could make money on a day-to-day basis,” Jason stated. “It helped keep me from being a starving artist.”

Though Jason has recently been getting into oil paints and watercolors, the only artistic medium he has really pursued is tattoo. “You can do a tattoo on someone, and wherever they go, people will see it, unlike a painting which just hangs on the wall somewhere,” Jason said. “Skin is a really awesome medium due to the exposure you get.” He personally has a lot of tattoos, with approximately 30 percent of his body covered in art. Jason gave himself his first tattoo. “I wouldn’t advise tattooing yourself,” he said.

After spending a few years working at a tattoo parlor in Macon, he opened up his current studio, Tattoos

by Stowell, in 2011. He works with three other talented tattoo artists: Fawne DeRosia, who recently did the art for a Kitchen Drawer Illustrated cover, Cabot Lerue Fairchild, and an apprentice, Sam Ramsey. Jason says that 50 percent of their walk-in customers are there for corrections, usually of names. But he prides himself in providing “the best custom, original artwork in town.” The shop also tattoos by appointment; consultations needed.

Style is very important to Jason’s art. He prefers American traditionalism to hyperrealistic tattoos. American traditionalism, a simple style, stems from the 1950s and ‘60s. It features bold outlines, heavy black shading, and simple colors.

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Jason’s specialty is custom tattoo art. He likes the artistic freedom that some customers give him with the design. For example, a customer who wants a custom piece would pay a deposit of around $20-$60, provide the location of the tattoo, and give Jason a general idea of what they want. Then, Jason sketches out a design and works with the customer until they come to an agreement.

Recently, Jason worked on a custom piece for a customer who had just received his captain’s license. The man wanted a nautical-themed tattoo to represent the ocean. Jason started sketching ideas using a ship’s wheel, lighthouses, crashing waves, anchors, and a boat in the distance. The tattoo was a half-sleeve, so he designed a lighthouse and a ship in crashing waves at the top, with the ship throwing an anchor down into the water. He said this allows for an additional tattoo with an underwater theme to be added to the sleeve.

Jason’s advice for those who want to be a tattoo artist is to start by pursuing an art education at a college or art school. The most important part, according to Jason, is to put together a professional portfolio of finished artwork. “I get people who are seeking an apprenticeship come in with sketches on loose-leaf paper in a notebook,” he said. He said to focus on making your work professional by putting together the best possible portfolio with full, finished, colored work. He also suggests getting tattooed by the artists that you admire. “It’s a good way to bond with a person you want to get an apprenticeship with.”

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I ADMIT IT. I AM SCARED TO DEATH OF LIGHTNING. I have fished when the air temperature was 15 degrees and I had to dip my rod in the water every cast to melt the ice in the guides. I have fished when the wind was so strong the front of my boat dipped under about every third wave and my trolling motor would not hold my boat in place. I have fished at night when it was so dark I could not see the rod in my hands.

BUT IF I HEAR THUNDER FAIRLY CLOSE BY, I AM OFF THE WATER! It all goes back to a night when I was about eight years old. The old wooden house I lived in had a huge screened-in porch with a concrete floor, and two of my friends and I were “camping out” on it in our sleeping bags.

About midnight there was a ferocious thunderstorm.

Lightning flashed every few seconds, and thunder made the house shake. I was terrified for what seemed like hours, just knowing I would die. It is an irrational fear, but still it overwhelms me almost 60 years later.

Over those years, I have had many bad experiences with thunderstorms while fishing. In the mid-1970s, Bob Pierce and I were fishing at Bartlett’s Ferry during the summer. We had run way up the Chattahoochee River, picking our way around unmarked mud flats and stumps to get there after lunch. It was cloudy but not raining. Suddenly, at about 5 p.m., there was a crack of lightning and an immediate boom of thunder very close to us. The wind started howling and the rain began pouring down.

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We could not run the 30 minutes back down the river to the boat ramp, so we pulled into a small creek that was just a few feet wider than the boat. I hoped the overhanging trees would give us some protection from the wind, and, in theory, lightning would hit one of the taller trees up on the bank and not get to us.

Even back in there, the wind made me stay on the trolling motor to keep us under the protecting trees.

After a few minutes, I realized the boat was no longer moving with the wind. It had rained so hard that rainwater in the boat had pushed the motor to the bottom of the creek.

We stayed there for about three hours before the storm stopped. We had to raise the motor and push with paddles to get the boat off the bottom and pull the plug as we tried to get on plane to drain the water. We barely made it back to the ramp before dark. After that, I put a bilge pump in the boat!

Another late afternoon summer trip was to Jackson to practice for a weekend night tournament. My dog Merlin was with me. It was one of those cloudy, hot, sticky days of August, but there was no wind, rain, or thunder. I was fishing right below the dam just as it got dark. Back then, there was no drum line to keep boats away from the dam, and it was a good place to fish. Suddenly wind started howling over the dam, rain fell in proverbial sheets, lightning flashed, and thunder boomed.

I was scared to try to run back to Kersey’s boat ramp, so I eased over right beside the dam and tied the boat to it. I hoped the concrete dam extending 20 feet up with its metal rails on top would protect me. I sat down in the driver’s seat to get as low as possible, and Merlin crawled under the console. Even with my eyes tightly closed and my face resting on my arm on

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the steering wheel, I could still see the bright flashes. The thunder was immediate, with no time between the flash and the boom. I sat there for two hours until the storm passed enough to allow me to run back to the ramp, load the boat, and go home. No more practice that night.

Most folks are not worried about getting struck by lightning in a boat—I saw that at a Top Six Tournament at Lanier in the early 1990s. I was Boat 23 in the first flight of 92 boats. We were all sitting in a big group out from the ramp waiting to take off. Without warning, there was a flash – crack – boom, with no time between them. I hate that; it means the lightning is very close. I looked around, and the folks in the other 91 boats just sat there.

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I couldn’t stand it, so I cranked up, idled to a nearby dock, and got under it. I told my partner that if he insisted, I would get out under the dock and he could take the boat out in the storm. He declined and waited with me. None of the other boats moved until the tournament director let them go. They all took off. About 30 minutes later, after the storm passed, I took off too, a little late but much safer.

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We’ve compiled a list of 55 Summer Fun ideas, each one offering something new for your and your family to do every day of summer vacation!

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▢RIDE ▢ A BIKE ▢HAVE ▢ A SLEEPOVER ▢COLOR ▢ PAGES ▢VISIT ▢ THE WORLD OF COCA-COLA ▢MAKE ▢ LEMONADE ▢VISIT ▢ THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM ▢EAT ▢ SNOW CONES ▢BUILD ▢ A FORT ▢HOST ▢ A PUPPET SHOW ▢GO ▢ ON A NATURE WALK ▢BUILD ▢ A SANDCASTLE ▢HAVE ▢ A TEA PARTY ▢FLY ▢ A KITE ▢GO ▢ FISHING ▢FAMILY ▢ GAME NIGHT ▢CATCH ▢ BUGS ▢WATCH ▢ FIREWORKS ▢DRAW ▢ A PICTURE ▢MAKE ▢ S’MORES ▢GO ▢ TO A BRAVES GAME ▢FAMILY ▢ PICNIC ▢VISIT ▢ A NEW PARK ▢MAKE ▢ TIE-DYE T-SHIRTS ▢RUN ▢ THROUGH SPRINKLERS ▢VISIT ▢ A FARM ▢FAMILY ▢ MOVIE NIGHT ▢ATTEND ▢ AN ART CLASS AT ’STACHE STUDIO

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TURNING POINT H

e bent to kiss her deeply one last time.

“I don’t want to leave you, but I guess I should go home,” he said.

“I’ll change, talk to Peg, then see you at the office.” He was holding her close to him. It never ceased to amaze him how holding her close, even after spending all night with her, could make his 46-year-old body react like that of an 18-year-old.

“When are you going to tell Roger?” He grazed her hair with his lips. Her smile exposed perfect teeth and no sign of regret.

“He left me two nights ago. I think he must have suspected. See you in a couple of hours.” In a whisper she added, “Hurry!”

Small, puffy clouds looked blue against the pink eastern sky as he turned onto the expressway. I’ll get this confrontation over as quickly as possible, he told himself. He was experienced at handling with tact and poise unpleasantness with clients, or friction among the office executives. He could handle Peg. She would agree that they just did not have much in common anymore.

Amelia, on the other hand, shared his dreams of travel, of basking in the sun on some remote beach, her beautiful body covered with only the tiniest bikini. Her desires were simple: to be with him. He and Peg had shared some good years, it was true, but now she was always busy with something. She enjoyed friends and church activities, and the children seemed to require almost all her time. She would survive. He would provide for the children.

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BY MARGARET LANDHAM

The lights were on upstairs and in the kitchen when he turned onto the driveway of 452 Oak Lane.

They would be having breakfast.

The school bus comes at 7:45.

Steve’s bike was not in the garage.

He wondered why. Patsy’s skates were once again on the steps. He must have told her a hundred times not to leave skates on the steps.

Suddenly, that tired feeling, the tremendous weight on his shoulders that he had felt so many times recently, descended again.

Peg’s blue, loose-fitting housecoat did not compare very favorably with Amelia’s red satin and lace nightgown that clung to her perfect size-eight body.

“Hi, Dad.” “Daddy!” came calls from the children. With surprise in her voice, Peg smiled and said, “Hello—you’re home early. Was it a good trip?”

“Uh-huh, okay.” He kissed her lightly on the cheek and asked, “Where’s Steve?”

“Don’t you remember, there was a baseball game last night. He spent the night with Mark. You want some breakfast, coffee?”

“No thanks, I’ll just take a cup with me upstairs and go shave.”

He heard Patsy and Dave fussing over toothpaste in the other bathroom, then they called, “Bye, Dad,” “See you later, Daddy,” and bounded down the stairs and out the door.

Peg was loading the dishwasher when he came back into the kitchen. “Were you able to get the contract signed?”

“Peg, sit down. I want to talk to you.

I did not go to Hartford. I spent the night with Amelia. She and I love each other.” He paused, took a long breath, and without looking at her, continued. “I’ve never felt like this before. I feel like I’m 18 and life is exciting. It’s fun. It’s wonderful!

I want to spend the rest of my life with her.”

Peg had not sat down. She was clutching the counter and trying to assimilate the staccato sounds that were flying into her face.

He talked on and on—something about taking care of the children.

“Amelia loves children, she would be good to them,” then something about “renting a big house at the beach and all vacationing together.” He did love her too, and they had known some good times, but he had never felt like this. Amelia is so very understanding.

“Stop it, Tom, stop it!” Peg’s voice did not sound normal, and it hurt her chest to take a deep breath. Her mouth was dry. Her palms were sweaty, and the room seemed to be moving. She glanced at the wall clock—8:25. At 9:30, she needed to be at Patsy’s school to preside over the Executive Board meeting of the PTO. “Tom, tell me in simple English what you are saying.” Her contorted face revealed at one time shock, pain, fear, disbelief, disgust, and something very close to hate.

“Peg, I’m telling you that I love Amelia and she loves me. Roger

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found out about us and has moved out. I want to do the right thing and marry her. She has given up everything for me.”

“In other words, you want a divorce?”

“Well, it’s not really what I want, but it seems to be the only way, and…”

“Tom, I have to go to Patsy’s school. Could we talk about this later?” The phone rang. Why, oh why, she wondered, does a crisis never happen in a vacuum? She decided to let it ring.

Tom’s eyes flashed. He put his coffee mug down too hard. This was not going as well as he had expected. “You see. It’s always this way. You always put the children and their needs first. We can’t even have a decent conversation. Why do you have to run the schools, the Cub Scouts, the church, and all the civic clubs?”

“Tom, I don’t try to ‘run’ all those things, but you know as well as I do that for the last five years there have been copresidents of the PTO—Mr. and Mrs. Somebody, but when we were nominated, would you do your part? Oh no, you said, ‘You can handle it.’ You were ‘too busy.’

I wonder now, busy with what, or should I ask with whom?”

She turned and left the room. As she climbed the stairs, hot tears blinded her. When she reached their bedroom she heard the back door slam and his car start.

“I must not, cannot, allow myself to think right now. This meeting is important. I must not think about Tom yet.”

As she dressed, she noticed Tom’s briefcase on the bed. It was the one he had taken to “Hartford” last night. She felt no guilt in opening it.

It was empty. What had he carried

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in it, she wondered—toothbrush, pajamas, perhaps a gift for Amelia?

Oh, the lies! The deception—what an utter fool I have been! How long has this been going on?

strength against the opposite wall.

Then she fell across the bed as deep sobs wracked her body.

During the drive to the school, fear and panic engulfed her. What am I going to do? What CAN I do, she asked herself. After Dave was born she and Tom had made the decision that she would stay at home and be a full-time mom. Now, 14 years later, she had no skills to compete in the modern, fast-paced workplace.

From the fire, sparks flickered and floated upward in the darkness. The flames warmed and illumined a circle of six retired couples dressed in jeans, sweatshirts, and heavy jackets. Disparate in backgrounds, experiences, age, and places of origin, but alike in their love of adventure, they were traveling in their RVs as a loosely formed group to Alaska and the Northwest Territories.

The meeting went rather well, she thought. Each board member had been given a chance to express his or her opinions, there was amicable and open discussion, and the vote was six to three in favor of the new stage curtain and playground equipment. She caught herself thinking, Tom will be pleased, then realized—he won’t give a damn. On the way home Peg stopped at a nearby grocery store for milk, cereal, and bananas. Life and its responsibilities must go on.

Back home, she fixed herself a cup of coffee and walked through the downstairs picking up a sweater here, a book there, last night’s newspaper. Was it a bad dream? It was not until she reached their bedroom that the flood hit her. Seeing their wedding picture in the silver frame, the pink lamps Tom’s mother had given them, the bed and dresser they had selected and sacrificially paid for over five years made her want to vomit, or kill someone.

A decorator had told her several years earlier that the lamps were very nice—probably their most valuable items. At that moment they represented to her 18 years of a life utterly wasted.

Tonight’s entertainment would be the sharing of experiences that had greatly influenced their lives. Marcel, the 6ʹ4” French Canadian, told of his hilarious but potentially lifethreatening encounter with a grizzly while he was hunting in the North Woods. The former airline pilot and his very young wife were eager to relate the story of their exciting trip down the Amazon. Alfred, a Jewish merchant from Miami, held the group spellbound as he explained the intrigue necessary for his family’s escape from Nazi Germany.

A tiny new moon hung by an invisible thread in the cloudless sky, and a coyote howled somewhere in the woods. Home and responsibilities seemed a million miles away. They were off on a high adventure.

Peg glanced at Tom sitting next to her. He was excited and smiling.

She knew in her heart that there were at least 150 ways their painful experience could have ended. She also knew that there are some lifechanging experiences that are best left untold.

She picked up the lamp on her side of the bed and threw it with all her

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