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JAZZing Guitarist Howard Paul on the annual Yuletide concert |18

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FILMING Indie moviemakers prepare

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What: A Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for homeless and working poor families. Includes a health fair, children’s activities and more.

When: Thu. Dec. 23, 5 p.m.

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to seniors, students & military. Micro-chipping also available.

When: Wed. Dec. 22, 5 p.m.-6 p.m.

Where: Tails Spin , Habersham and 61st St. Cost: $12/vaccine with $2 benefit local pet rescue Info: www.TailsSpin.com/

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When: Sun. Dec. 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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What: Two children get free admission to the

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Thursday An Evening with Haviland Stillwell

Holiday Tours by Candlelight

What: The evening tours explore the holiday

Lace ‘em up: The 2010 Skatefest continues at the Savannah Civic Center

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tress/singer along with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Limited number of tickets available. Proceeds benefit Tybee Post Theater.

When: Thu. Dec. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: The Spiva Home, 12401 Apache Ave. , Cost: $75/person (tax-deductible) Info: 912-786-7009. www.restoretybeetheater. com/

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Gingerbread Village

What: The last opportunity to see the ornate

holiday revue in 2010.

When: Thu. Dec. 23, 8 p.m.

Where: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Cost: $35/adults, $17/kids under 16 Info: www.savannahtheatre.com/

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gingerbread village constructed by local chefs, among others. Presented by the Savannah Harbor Foundation.

When: Friday, Dec 24, 10 a,.n,-5 p.m.

Where: Westin Savannah Harbor, 1 Resort Drive, Hutchinson Island Cost: Free

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When: Fri. Dec. 24, 6 p.m.

Where: Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Cost: Free Info: 912-355-4704. www.unityofsavannah.

What: It must be winter, because it’s time for ice skating in the Civic Center. Times vary during the week. Full schedule available at Civic Center website.

When: Fri. Dec. 24, 10 a.m. 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, , Sun. Dec. 26, 4 p.m. 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 2:00 PM, Where: Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe St. Cost: $7 Info: 912-651-6556. www.savannahcivic.com/

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

What: The Unity Choir lead by Dale Worley and

Sanford Jones, a local classical pianist, will perform.

Saturday Jazz Yule Love

What: The CJA’s annual Christmas

day concert features a performance

by Teddy Adams and an all-star cast of local players.

When: Sat. Dec. 25, 5 p.m.

Where: Westin Savannah Harbor, Hutchinson Island Cost: $15/adv, $20/door Info: 912-920-1317. www.coastal-jazz.org/

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When: Sun. Dec. 26, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Mon. Dec. 27, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Tue. Dec. 28, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Wed. Dec. 29, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Where: Davenport House, 324 E. State St. Cost: Adults: $8/adv, $10/door; Kids: $5/adv, $7/door Info: 912-236-8097. www.davenporthousemuseum.org/

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Tuesday Reptiles of the Coastal Plain

What: Get up close and personal with local

reptiles in this program run by a herpetology expert. Reservations requested.

When: Tue. Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum, 681 Fort Argyle Rd. Cost: $20/person, $10/children under 12 Info: 912-236-8115. www.wilderness-southeast.org/

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Wednesday Film: Rare Patti Smith Documentary What: The Psychotronic Film Society

celebrates Patti Smith’s 64th b-day with a screening of a rare documentary.

When: Wed. Dec. 29, 8 p.m.

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07 The City finally

finalizes its 2011 budget, but not without controversy. by patrick rodgers

As 08 environment: harbor deepening

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09 Community 10 seeing green 11 Blotter 12 Straight Dope 13 News of the Weird

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A very wise man who celebrates a birthday this week once said, “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

A stunningly direct statement, short, succinct and easily digestible. Strange that in this era of bumper–sticker ideology so few people pay attention to it.

Note it’s not money itself that’s the problem, but the love of it. That’s an important distinction, and I’ve had an epiphany about it lately.

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years criticizing the religious right wing for what I saw as forcing their morality on people. But whatever else you may say about religious conservatives, at least they possess moral values of some type.

Today’s politics, by contrast, are now dominated by libertarian “free market” advocates who seem to know the dollar cost of everything but the true value of nothing.

Whether you agree with them or not, you must admit that evangelical Christians begin every debate from a clear moral position, and for the most part they cannot be bought.

But have you ever tried arguing with someone whose only religion is money? Who views any and all taxes as theft, and every single thing government does, from police to firefighters to environmental regulations, as too costly?

I have, and trust me, it’s exhausting. You can never really win, because in real life everything worth doing costs some amount of money, and not everything goes according to plan.

And that’s what these people are looking for: A world where nothing costs a dime, people are unfailingly rational, no one gets old or sick or

finds themselves broke and alone, and there’s no need for compassion or conservation or community effort of any kind.

We as a nation obviously need to bring our budget under control. Countries do collapse under the weight of debt, and America could be next to fall. The problem comes when we make budget decisions in a moral vacuum, with no measure of the human cost.

Just over the past month I’ve seen the following crazy things done in the name of money: • Medical treatment for sick Ground Zero first responders on 9/11 voted down because it costs too much; • Unemployment benefits for jobless people voted down because they cost too much; • “Experts” who will never have to rely on a Social Security check telling us that Social Security costs too much; • And a new Georgia governor who says education costs too much and will get further cuts. (Is it possible to rank lower than 50th in a country with 50 states? We’re about to find out).

The list goes on. Everything boils down to money, and nothing and no one is immune.

Well, almost no one is immune.

Corporate America just finished its most profitable quarter in history. Baseball players

almost no one has heard of now routinely get $100 million contracts without a peep of disapproval from the fans who can’t afford a ticket to see them play.

Americans continue to be obsessed with the sex lives and clothes of fantastically wealthy actors, as well as with the “reality” of idiots who are paid millions for being their idiot selves in front of the cameras.

Yet we’re told the things we actually need cost too much for us to have.

As we’re distracted by the penny–wise, pound–foolish rhetoric of the deficit hawks — many of these “free market” advocates having never met an earmark in their own district they didn’t like (cough cough, harbor deepening, cough cough) — take a look at what’s really happening to our republic.

Or should I say, our banana republic: We have greater wealth inequality than at any point in U.S. history, with a bigger gap between our richest and poorest citizens than Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Guyana!

(For more perspective, read the excellent letter from Stephen Saunders below.)

There’s a real human cost to this fundamental inequity, this hoarding of extreme wealth while others are told to go without: Of all developed nations, America has the worst infant mortality, worst access to health care, fastest–falling educational levels, highest drug use, highest violent crime, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate.

Two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth was very clear that we shouldn’t let money get in the way of doing the right thing. That was actually quite a radical position at the time.

My Christmas wish is that it would be a less radical position today. cs

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Editor, Enjoyed your recent column “A deficit of patriotism.” I’ve voted Republican for 30 years. Especially don’t like government intervention. Believe me, I’m not the radical type. Self-employed. Made it.

But recently I researched the U.S. Census stats. To my surprise the data stops at $250,000. Why? Then I found the site called the “L–Curve” (www.lcurve.org). It said the wealth curve is even more dramatic. It made me realize that we fight amongst ourselves, i.e. the

welfare people, blue collar workers, white collars, and even the “rich” docs, but actually the real rich are way above all of us.

This micro–minority owns the majority of the country, i.e. its money and riches. Therefore it controls the politicians.

Notice that the press, politicians, talk radio, etc., call this “class warfare.” It’s therefore envy, not American. Therefore we fight among ourselves but don’t really focus on the question: Is it American for two percent to own the majority of this country? The Tea Party should direct their disgust to America’s royalty.

Notice how quiet Democrat Hollywood is about this. Why? Check out the number of millionaires in Los Angeles County.

How many people does Sean Penn employ? Michael Jordan? Or super–wealthy who only employ someone to manage their money and captain their yachts?

Notice the proportional difference between Rush Limbaugh, who makes $50 million and employs about two dozen people, and the paint contractor making $25 g’s employing two, or the civil engineer making $100 g’s and employing four, or a factory owner making $175 g’s employing 50.

Yes, it’s the latter who really produces the jobs of ‘small’ business.

They need the tax breaks.

People in your position can help the American people understand that our country unfortunately is not what we think. We are owned by a “royal” few, we just don’t call them King, Prince, Duke, Earl, etc.

The politicians are afraid to get rid of the Bush tax cuts even starting at $1 million.

How about even $5 million? $10 million? Why not? Because that’s who owns them.

Stephen Saunders

Controversial 2011 budget passes, concluding months of debate

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

Another year of spending on city services and capital improvement projects has been approved, but not without struggles. The mayor and council passed the 2011 budget by a vote at last Thursday’s meeting, marking the end of several intense weeks of back-and-forth with city staff — and the public.

Budget staff had been preparing for a tough year, but shrinking revenue and SPLOST funds forced many difficult decisions. Early on, departments were asked to plan for five percent cuts to budgets. But as the year went on, acting City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney requested that departments plan for 18 percent cuts.

Since the initial budget was presented in early November, city officials have endured copious public commentary regarding contentious decisions to cut funding for the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority (SDRA) by 60 percent and to re–configure the Film and Tourism Services Office.

The meeting’s lengthy agenda, wrapping up business for the year and recognizing several organizations for good deeds, was exacerbated by nearly an hour-long starting delay as council members were in closed session to discuss matters of litigation.

Dozens of people who had come to support both the SDRA and the Film Office grumbled that the delay was a tactic by council to sap their vitriol.

Even with the delay, there were still nearly a dozen citizens who stood before council in support of the SDRA, giving arguments for a more substantial financial commitment to the organization that serves as a bridge between public and private investment along Broughton Street and the MLK corridor. Comments ranged from practical to mildly unhinged, including sensible discussions of longterm redevelopment plans and a mind–boggling tale about a New York hot dog vendor.

In an 11th hour effort, the SDRA presented city council with a proposal to compromise with a 36 percent budget cut, acknowledging there were changes that needed to be made within the organization. That plea fell on deaf ears.

If the SDRA completes a comprehensive audit by the end of January 2011, council members left open the possibility that discussion of the organization’s future could be re–assessed mid–year.

The other hot button budget issue has been the re–structuring of the former Film and Tourism Services Office, an effort plagued by misinformation and a failure to communicate. During periods of public comment, concerned citizens and professionals have often expressed dismay over the dissolution of the Film Commission (a completely separate entity from the Film Office that hasn’t been at risk).

Although the “Tourism” aspect of the office has shifted to the Citizens Liaison Office, which contains the newly formed Downtown Services department, the Film Office will have two full time staff and be funded at close to the same level that it had been previously, minus the tourism–related budget.

An earlier draft of the budget had the office being reduced to one staff member, however, Small-Toney conducted a job audit and added the second staffer back to the office.

During last week’s meeting the main opposition to the proposed changes to the Film Office was that it would be housed under Leisure Services rather than answering directly to the City Manager, which it has done since its creation in 1994.

Members of the Film Commission said that shifting the office further from the City Manager sends the wrong message to incoming producers and film executives.

By 4:45 p.m. the time for public comment was closed and the budget vote came before council. There were three amendments made to the budget totaling an additional $70,000 in spending by the city. The mayor’s Healthy Savannah Initiative, the Homeless Authority and a joint environmental awareness website funded by the City and County all received additional funding.

An additional amendment proposed

by Alderman Jeff Felser, which would have restored some additional funding for the SDRA, failed to pass by a vote of 6–2. CS

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The deeper we go A public meeting reviewing the proposed harbor deepening pits the economy vs. the environment

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

It was an event nearly 13 years in the making when representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), the Georgia Ports Authority and other partnering agencies presented nearly 3,000 pages of draft reports documenting the various impacts of the proposed harbor deepening.

The purpose of the four–hour event at the Civic Center last Wednesday was to accept comments and concerns from the public about the harbor deepening, which is pitting long term economic goals against fragile aquatic eco–systems. The comments will be compiled and added to the final report.

Several hundred people showed up — a mix of concerned citizens along with stakeholders like the Longshoremans Association, among others — and were able to view exhibits outlining the “three E’s”: Environment, economy and engineering.

Dozens of three ring binders were also available with portions of the dense, highly technical reports that were in the spotlight for the evening,

the General Re–evaluation Report and the Tier 2 Environmental Impact Statement.

Currently, the path from the ocean to the port is dredged to a depth of 42 feet, which makes it difficult for larger ships to access the port when the tide is out.

The reliance on the tide and limitations on the size of ship able to call on the Port of Savannah leads to inefficiencies that increase the cost of shipping.

The federal government has identified 47 feet as the optimal depth, according to the National Economic Development plan, which strives to balance cost with benefits.

The non–federal partners — the State of Georgia and the Ports Authority — would like to see the harbor deep-

ened to 48 feet. The state has vowed to cover the additional costs associated with dredging the extra foot, totaling $33.4 million dollars.

The total cost of dredging the channel to 48 feet is $551.4 million, including mitigation efforts to offset the environmental damage of the deepening. Mitigation actually comprises more than one third of the total budget for the project.

According to the economic benefit analysis conducted by the federal agencies, the economic benefits of dredging to 47 feet are about $116 million per year, while the benefit of going to 48 feet is a close second at $115.7 million.

The state’s interest in going to the extra foot is based on rosier growth estimates for the port than the federal numbers.

Although the case for the economic reasons are clear-cut — it’s estimated that cargo volume through the port could more than triple by 2032 — there are a significant number of environmental questions about the project.

Destruction of freshwater marshland, adverse impacts on habitat for the endangered shortnose sturgeon, the risks of exposing cadmium–laced soil in the riverbed (cadmium is toxic and can be absorbed by plants, animals and water), and potential risks to the City of Savannah’s surface water intake system (which supplies about two–thirds of the potable water in the area) are among the concerns raised by environmental groups and stakeholders.

In total there are 20 threatened or endangered vertebrate species and three endangered plants that would be affected by the harbor expansion.

Several hundred pages of the report detail the environmental risks and potential mitigation efforts that would be incorporated into the project by the ACE to offset impacts of the project.

First and foremost is the concern that deepening the channel would allow higher concentrations of salt water to travel further up the channel.

Without mitigation, the deepening is likely to destroy more than 1,200 acres of freshwater marsh. In a best case scenario, if the modeling is correct, mitigation would reduce that loss to about 300 acres.

The increased depth and influx of salt water will further damage the dissolved oxygen levels in the river, which are already classified as impaired because of the amount of oxygen demanding substances dumped into the river, including nitrates and other pollutants.

“The studies also indicate that deteriorations of the lowest dissolved oxygen

values... increase proportionately to the amount of the deepening,” according to the report.

The system for mitigating the dissolved oxygen impact is a series of cones that pump tens of thousands of pounds of oxygen into the water. A demo run of two cones was conducted here in 2007 in anticipation of the issue, and was found to be reasonably effective at improving areas of the river in proximity to the pumps, but not the river as a whole.

Despite assurances that the calculation of impacts is being done with the best methodology possible, the ACE has a mixed record when it comes to mitigation efforts along the Savannah River.

In the late 1970s a sediment control system was put in place to help reduce the cost of sediment removal (about 7 million cubic yards of material are removed from the channel annually during maintenance dredging).

In a debacle now known as “Tidegate,” the system was partially removed in 1990 because of “adverse environmental impacts,” according to the ACE’s report. The project increased salinity at the Wildlife Refuge, destroyed 4,000 acres of freshwater marsh and decimated striped bass populations.

With the current project there have been questions raised about the methodology used by the Corps of Engineers to calculate impacts of the project.

The City of Savannah, whose surface water system pulls directly from Abercorn Creek, expressed concerns with the ACE’s predictive model for increases in salinity around the intake system.

If the rise in chlorides near the surface water intake is too great, it could require an eight-mile pipeline so that the city can draw water from further upstream. The pipeline would be paid for by the ACE, however, because of the timeline for constructing something of that magnitude, work on the pipeline would have to begin around the same time as the rest of the deepening work.

Regarding the construction of the pipeline, the report states, “at this time the best impact prediction model that is available indicates that a supplemental intake line is not warranted.”

A final decision on the scope of the deepening is expected sometime in December 2011. cs

The period of public comment on the draft report is open until January 25, 2011.

For more information, visit the Savannah District ACE’s website: www.sas.usace. army.mil/

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Questions about parking and cost at the planned site at the corner of Hall Street and MLK Jr. Boulevard prompted analysis into alternative sites on the western side of Orleans Square and at the corner of Oglethorpe Avenue and MLK. The Cultural Arts Center is a $17 million project funded by SPLOST V that will include a 500-seat performance hall and a 250-seat black box theater as well as gallery space, classrooms and studios. Plans called for 150 parking spaces to accompany the building.

According to a presentation by Parking Services Director Sean Brandon, by restructuring parking in the area of the Hall Street site, approximately 130 parking spaces could be created.

Plans were developed to create street level parking by redeveloping a portion of Kaytonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Frazier by the Housing Authority, according to the acting City Manager. That idea had to be scrapped after a change in priorities by the Housing Authority.

The lack of available parking would force construction of underground parking, which was deemed too expensive to be costâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;effective. The City is currently in litigation with the general contractor of the underground parking deck beneath Ellis Square because of unforeseen difficulties and expenses, adding to the reluctance to pursue additional subterranean construction.

On average, the city collects about $3.50 per parking space per day in its garages, with the highest performer (the Ellis Square garage) collecting about $5.50 per space per day on average. An underground garage at the Hall Street site would need to collect more than $9 per site per day to be viable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Numbers for the underground facility just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work,â&#x20AC;? explained Brandon.

Plans for potential alternate sites were presented by urban planner Christian

Sottile. The first site, between the Civic Center and the western edge of Orleans Square, would utilize the former site of the Municipal Auditorium, a grand performance hall that existed in the early 20th Century.

Within the footprint of the former structure, currently 45 parking spaces at the front of the Civic Center parking lot, Sottile demonstrated how the building could include the desired cultural arts facilities as well as the newly proposed W.W. Law Research and Preservation Center.

There is some opposition to that site from residents around Orleans Square who feel that overflow parking on the streets during Civic Center events is already disruptive to their quality of life.

The second site, which stands at the corner of Oglethorpe and MLK, is currently an empty lot, much of which is owned by Chatham County. Plans for that site include three separate structures straddling Oglethorpe Lane.

Alderman Van Johnson expressed some concern about traffic conditions and parking there because of the volume of cars coming over the bridge.

The site at the corner of MLK and Oglethorpe appears to be the most politically palatable choice because expectations for the Cultural Arts Center have been that it would help anchor a new phase of economic development along the MLK corridor.

Alderman Tony Thomas expressed some dismay that the City had paid nearly a million dollars for the Hall Street property, but now was considering other options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep buying sites without master planning,â&#x20AC;? said Thomas, who cited purchases of the proposed arena site and property for the Bull Street Fire Station as further evidence of their occasional hastiness.

Acting City Manager Rochelle Smallâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Toney presented the option of using the Hall Street site, directly across from construction for the new Food Lion grocery store, as a mixed use development that would include affordable housing for seniors and street level retail. CS

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seeing green

by Sharon Bordeaux

An embargo in a pear tree Fa la la la la... 10 lies a leaping... and an embargo in a pear tree? This is not your usual holiday tale.

Grab your favorite cockle–warming beverage and let’s begin this fractured fable set on a tropical island with renowned music, crumbling architecture and a very resilient people.

Once upon a time, in the late 20th century, Cuba traded heavily with Soviet Bloc countries. Sugar was king, queen and all that. It was exported at a high profit that funded the importation of food (which was no longer being grown on land devoted to lucrative sugarcane) and other essentials.

Agribusiness had taken control of Cuba. The people turned their backs on traditional farming techniques and embraced a modern dependency upon machinery and chemical enhancements. Quality of life indices were higher than any other Latin American country. Those in favor of industrial farming assumed a smug “We told you this is the way to do it” attitude.

When the Soviet Bloc disintegrated in 1991 Cuba lost over 80 percent of its trade and its ability to import food, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals and pretty much everything that was needed for life to go on as usual. It was a dire situation.

Fidel Castro decreed that the country

Grab your favorite cockle– warming beverage and let’s begin this fractured fable set on a tropical island with renowned music, crumbling architecture and a very resilient people. was experiencing The Special Period in a Time of Peace, a poetic euphemism for “Oh @#@#!”

The government said to the citizens of Cuba: “We can’t feed you,, so grow your own food. Use this land. We’ll provide information and supplies.

There is no fuel for the tractors, but not to worry, we are breeding oxen like crazy. Forget pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilizers; those are in short supply. We will help you grow fruits and vegetables using organic methods.

Just like your peasant forefathers.”

And the people did grow organically and prolifically, on vacant lots, on rooftops and on land reclaimed from abandoned cane fields. It was not instantaneous, but the hunger crisis eased due to ordinary Cubans who of necessity became organic gardeners and small-scale farmers.

With 70 percent of Cuba’s population in urban areas, the ability to grow food crops within and adjacent to cityscapes was intrinsic to survival. It takes a long time for an ox pulling a cart to travel 50 miles. Petroleum-fueled transport over long distances was not an option.

During The Special Period homegrown fruits and vegetables saved people from starvation. Still, it was not time for the happily ever after. Almost every area of life was affected: clothing, factories, newspapers, pharmaceuticals, toiletries.

Cuban scientists and engineers sprang into action, developing alternative energy sources, drugs from native plants, natural soil amendments and biological controls for insects. These efforts, in addition to the thrust for organic farming, put Cuba in a positive spotlight.

The Grupo de Agricultura Organica, Cuba’s organic farming association, was awarded the 2005 International Right Livelihood Award. In 2006 the World Wildlife Fund determined that only one country in the world was living sustainably: Cuba.

They based this designation on a high basic quality of human life combined with a low ecological footprint.

Today there are an astonishing 60,000–plus urban gardens in Cuba, producing between 50–80 percent of the island’s food needs. For city dwell-

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ing Cubanos, the day’s fresh vegetables are just down the street, sold from simple stands close to where they were harvested. There is no middleman, low overhead and lip smacking freshness.

Thanks to the government’s pro–growing attitude, those working the gardens are well compensated.

The moral of this story would seem to be that Cuba has proven that we have the ability to wean ourselves from a lifestyle fueled, in so many insidious ways, by petroleum. It’s not so simple.

Is it ever? Even during The Special Time, one vegetable did not go cold turkey. The potato continued to mainline herbicides and other chemicals provided from dwindling state stockpiles.

The agribusiness door was never completely closed. And as embargoes have lifted and the economy has improved, there is increasing pressure for the return of industrial agriculture.

Corporate agribusiness has said that organic growing cannot feed a country.

Cuba has shown that to be, if not a lie, at least a half truth.

I began this story by mentioning 10 lies. In the presence of governments and corporate business, and just plain folks, lies are legion. Lies are spun on threads of golden profit margins.

In Cuba the balance between organic and industrial farming might be tipped at any time. The crux of the matter is an embargo in a wobbly organic pear tree. cs

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‘I’m a f***ing Ranger’

Shortly after 3 a.m. an officer overheard an argument between three men. One man had gotten out of his car and was yelling, “why the f*** did you hit my car?”

The subject stated the man smacked the back of his car, but that it was OK because there was no damage. The officer told all of them to leave the scene.

Before they left, one of the unprovoked car smackers waved goodbye to the driver “in an antagonizing manner.” He refused to provide any form of ID. “F*** that, why? I am a Ranger. I don’t give a f***,” the man told the officer. The other fellow came and asked for the man to be let go because they were both drunk. The foul–mouthed car smacker then got in the officer’s face “in an aggressive manner,” and began yelling, “who the f*** are you? You’re

just a f***ing private. You ain’t sh**! I’m a f***ing Ranger.”

The officer pushed him back. Both men began to approach him like they wanted to fight. Backup officers arrived on the scene, a crowd formed and people in nearby residences began looking out their windows at the scene unfolding in the street.

The officer attempted to flag down a taxi for the two men, to get them away from the scene, but the cab driver refused to give them a ride because they had jumped on his hood earlier. It took several officers to handcuff the men, who were then transported to CCDC. • A woman called police to report threatening messages. The woman’s brother is currently in jail and a friend of his sent the woman a threatening message via Facebook because he believes her brother is snitching to detectives. The message stated “Y’all betta tell dat boy da stop making up sh** befour somebody come up missin.”

The woman gave her username and password to detectives so they could view the message for themselves. The

man who made the threats has an outstanding warrant for armed robbery.

• Police responded to a fight at Rainbow Apartments. The officer spoke with a woman involved in the fight, who explained she fought a woman who broke her door. The door breaker was looking for the resident’s boyfriend. Following the altercation, the door breaker went into the parking lot and smashed the back windshield of the aforementioned boyfriend’s car. Via phone, the man stated he did not want to file charges against the woman for smashing his car window.

• A woman called police to report that someone had shot her car. The victim advised that she and the suspect had driven to Guyton to drop off her child with the complainant’s mother.

On the way back to Savannah, the woman wanted to get some cigarettes so she went to “the cigarette man’s house”

on 39th Street. She retrieved some money from the cigarette man to buy some cigarettes.

When she returned to the car, the suspect had a black semi–automatic pistol in his lap.

They began arguing and the suspect pointed the gun at her. She dropped him off at his residence, but he took her keys. The victim got her keys back and the suspect ran back to his residence, whereupon he fired several shots, including one that struck the passenger side door. She then drove to her grandmother’s house to call the police. The victim said she and the suspect do not have any children together, but just “mess around.” cs

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A colleague told me that after wars, the male-female ratio at birth increases. I found several articles mentioning this but none explaining it. Any truth? — Edgard Let’s take it step by step.

1. The natural sex ratio is about 1:1. Duh, you say. Come now—every schoolboy knows you could maintain the species with a handful of males to service the available females, and most would be happy to try. In the real world, however, the forces of natural selection militate in favor of roughly equal numbers of girl and boy babies. This is called Fisher’s principle, after Ronald Fisher, the English

biologist and statistician who explained it all in 1930.

2. The observed sex ratio at birth isn’t in fact 1:1, but more like 105 males to 100 females. Good thing. What with car wrecks, power tool accidents, and other masculine mishaps, the ratio declines to 1:1 during adulthood.

3. Even the 105:100 ratio is a pretty loose approximation. The actual number can vary from 103 to 107 from region to region and year to year. One alleged variation is that more boy babies are born after a war. The simplest explanation for this comes from the 18th-century German demographer and theologian Johann Süssmilch, who proposed that God was compensating for soldiers who got killed.

4. Among the more recent proponents of the war-equals-additional-boys effect are Jan Graffelman and Rolf Hoekstra. In a 2000 study they analyzed birth data for the U.S. and European countries from the mid-1800s onward, focusing on the first and second world wars. There was an uptick in wartime and postwar male births in eight of 10 belligerent countries, but it was small—just 0.15 percent. This works out, for example, to 950 extra boys in the Netherlands in 1942 and 1,800 extra boys

in France in 1943. Considering the tens of millions slaughtered over the period, who gives a fluke about a few births?

5. We happened on a 2009 paper by geneticist William James, who was more our kind of guy. He pointed out that sex ratios trend slowly but significantly up and down over extended periods of time for reasons nobody really understands. So if you look at the long sweep of history, short-term fluctuations get lost. Better to compare wartime and postwar periods with immediately adjacent years. The best way to do that wasn’t complicated technical analysis a la Graffelman and Hoekstra; rather, you needed to eyeball the graphs.

6. With that in mind, James proceeded to review numerous conflicts.

You’re wondering about the effects of the Russo-Swedish war of 1789-’90? Birth ratiowise, it didn’t do squat. Likewise for the Napoleonic wars, the Franco-Prussian war, etc. In fact, just about the only conflicts clearly marked by fluctuations were (a) the first and second world wars, where the male birth ratio went way up in some countries, and (b) the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, where in Iran it went way down—in fact more girls were born than boys.

7. An ordinary person might think: this is a fatal flaw in my hypothesis. Not James. He reasoned that when the sex ratio jumps either way, that’s something we need to explain. James propounded an explanation with entertainment value: coital rate. Briefly put, if couples have frequent sex when the male is home on leave, or during the giddy celebration at war’s end, the result—for reasons having to do with the timing of conception during the menstrual cycle—is more baby boys.

Meanwhile, he blamed the low male birth ratio in Iran on maternal stress, which apparently leads to more miscarriages of boys. A supporting data point: the male birth rate in New York City dropped in the wake of 9/11.

Interesting, but the impartial observer is obliged to say that if wartime birth ratios sometimes go up, sometimes go down, but mostly stay the same, the obvious explanation is that this so-called phenomenon doesn’t really exist. But how much fun is that? Cecil sympathizes with James’s approach: when faced with uncooperative data, get out there and dance. cs By cecil adams

The Cabral Chrysler dealership in Manteca, Calif., was so desperate for a sale in October that one of its employees picked up potential customer Donald Davis, 67, at his nursing home, brought the pajamas-and-slippers-clad, dementia-suffering resident in to sign papers, handed him the keys to his new pickup truck (with the requested chrome wheels!), and sent him on his way (even tossing Davis’ wheelchair into the truck’s bed as Davis sped away). Shortly afterward, Davis led police on a high-speed chase 50 miles from Manteca. He was stopped and detained (but at a hospital the next morning, he passed away from heart failure). The Cabral salesman said Davis had called him twice the day before, insisting on buying a new truck.

Cultural Diversity

• At an out-of-the-way Iranian cemetery on the border with Turkmenistan lies an ancient burial ground guarded by a majestic tower and marked with headstones, some of which resemble penises and some of which resemble breasts, supposedly in honor of the prophet Khalid Nabi, who was born a Christian but who became a hero of Islam when his daughter visited the Prophet Muhammad and converted her father. The site is growing in popularity among young Iranians, but officials struggle to embrace it fully as a tourist destination.

• It sounds like a “demonstration” sport showcased from time to time at international games, but kabaddi is highly competitive -- featured at the recent Asian

Games and usually dominated by south Coming” sale, supposedly to commemoAsian teams. According to a November rate the Day of the Lord when Jesus reAgence France-Presse dispatch, teams turns, triggering the Apocalypse. Among “(join) hands, holding their breath and the responses by local residents: Why raiding opponents, chanting ‘kabaddi, would anyone planning to be taken away kabaddi, kabaddi’ as they do so.” Players need jewelry anyway, and, especially, tout the sport’s benefits to health and hapwhy would Falter need to sell his jewelry piness (the breath-holding, under stress), instead of just giving it away? (Falter said claiming it will add years to one’s life. that he owes money to people right now India and Iran played for the championand is obliged to pay them back as best he ship at the Asian Games this year (but can before departing.) the result seems not to have been widely Questionable Judgments -- In November, Singapore’s reported).

Information Ministry de• Though the death and injury rates for motorbikers in Nigeria Merry X-Mas nounced the country’s water gay people, are high, compliance with a helmet polo team for wearing swim You can have law is notoriously bad -- because trunks in a likeness of the a right or two so many riders fear “juju,” which nation’s flag (stars and a crescent) -- especially since, on is the presence of supernatural spirits inside head coverings. Juju the men’s trunks, the inchsupposedly captures a person’s thick, 5-inch-long crescent brain and takes it away, leading most is placed vertically on the front riders to “comply” with the helmet in what appears to be an “are you glad to see me?” design. The law by wearing only a thin cloth hat that spiritualists assure them will not team’s manager denied even the allow “juju” to take hold. “slightest intention” of insulting the country.

Latest Religious Messages • An unnamed plumber in Stockholm, Sweden, was arrested in Au• Imagine the surprise in November gust for attempting to procure sex from when a burglar rummaging through the an underage girl after he had confronted St. Benno Church in Munich, Germany, the girl’s father on the telephone. Accordwas suddenly attacked. He had bent down ing to the plumber, the girl’s sex services to open the donation box, and just then, were advertised on the Internet, and the a statue of St. Antonius fell on top of him, plumber paid online and scheduled a momentarily knocking him to the floor session, but the girl failed to show up. and forcing him to flee empty-handed.

The plumber somehow found the girl’s • Mixed Message: Larry Falter, the home telephone number and demanded a owner of a Superior, Wis., jewelry store refund from her father, who reported him and an elder in a local messianic church, to police. began staging in November a “Second

People With Issues

“Dr.” Berlyn Aussieahshowna, 37, was arrested in Boise, Idaho, in November and charged with practicing medicine without a license after she convinced at least two women to let her fondle their breasts under the guise that she was performing a breast “exam.” According to police investigators, Aussieahshowna is neither a doctor nor even Berlyn Aussieahshowna. She is Kristina Ross, and is not even a biological female, although she was identified in a 2004 arrest as a maleto-female transsexual. Authorities were puzzled why the two women were duped since both times, “Dr.” Aussieahshowna performed her “consultations” in bars.

Update

When News of the Weird reported in 2004 on Disney fanatic George Reiger of Bethlehem, Pa., he was in full glory, with a 5,000-piece collection of Disney character and movie memorabilia and some 2,000 tattoos covering almost all of his body. He said then that he had been married six times, but that each wife had left him, unable to compete with Disney for his affection. In November 2010, Reiger, now 56, opening up to The Philadelphia Inquirer, admitted that he had not been married at all and was in fact extremely lonely in his Disney obsession, but that he had finally found the love of a woman and wanted to end his fanaticism and remove the tattoos. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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The Train Wrecks perform Dec. 27 at Live Wire Music Hall

River Water Tribe plays “gypsy folk” Dec. 23 at the Wormhole Bar

Savannahians don’t put a premium on live music over the Christmas holidays. With most of the college students out of town, and everybody else concentrating on friends, family and a lazy not–going–out–to–see–bands kind of approach, things slow down considerably for this week.

That’s not to say there isn’t any great live music over the holiday stretch. Seek, and ye shall groove.

Miliwaukee’s “gypsy folk” trio River Water Tribe is at the Wormhole Thursday, Dec. 23. The Wormhole’s closed on the 24th and 25th, but will return with the acoustic punk band Among Giants Monday the 27th.

The Eric Culberson Band (note that “Blues” is no longer part of the name) gigs at Fiddler’s, on River Street, on Christmas night. At the Jinx, the 25th brings regular faves Damon Mailand and his old–time country band, the Shitkickers.

Chatham country balladeer Chuck Courtenay plays Driftaway Cafe (Dec. 22) and Wild Wing Cafe (Dec. 28). Soul’s Harbor is at Wild Wing on the 23rd.

On the 25th (yep, Christmas night), the Live Wire Music Hall’s got Thumbprint (Paxton Willis and Rick Riles), the local electronica unit that shared a bill with Athens’ Sumalian a few weeks ago at the Wormhole; on the 27th, Live Wire welcomes back Savannah’s Train Wrecks (we’re still waiting on that new CD, guys).

Ray Lundy and Mike Walker, of Bottles & Cans fame, perform as Acoustica Dec. 26 and 28 at Jazz’d Tapas Bar. Crystina Parker is at Tantra Lounge Dec. 27.

Featured in last week’s edition of Connect, minimalist musician Lady Lazarus has a Dec. 28 date at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar. On Tybee Island, catch the jazz band Savannah Avenue at Huc-a-Poo’s on Christmas Night, and Train Wreck Jason Bible the next afternoon at the Tybee Island Social Club.

And finally, if you happen to be out on Friday night (that’s Christmas Eve), stop in to the Mansion at Forsyth Park and say hello to Jeff Beasley and his trio – they’ll be playing from 9 p.m. until midnight. CS

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Interview

If you act, sing and dance, they call you a Triple Threat.

I have no idea if Haviland Stillwell can dance, but she can certainly act, and she can really sing... she has a honey–dripping Southern accent, and anyway, she’s Haviland Stillwell. Nobody else can claim that cool name.

So there you go. Triple Threat.

A native of Savannah who’s had two juicy roles in recent hit Broadway revivals (Fiddler on the Roof and Les Miserables) and has just released an eclectic pop/cabaret CD (How I Role), Stillwell is performing in concert Dec. 23 to benefit the restoration of the historic Tybee Theater.

It’s a house concert, at Mr. and Mrs. Spiva’s place on Paradise Island, at which Stillwell will be accompanied by pianist Steven Jamail on a cross–section of Broadway, cabaret and holiday songs.

She’s calling the show I’ll Be Home For Christmas, because, well, she will be.

Now a resident of Los Angeles, Stillwell is the daughter of Hunter McLean attorney W. Brooks Stillwell.

Her parents divorced when “Hav” was 9, and she moved with Cynthia, her mother, to Atlanta to work in the entertainment industry. Stillwell says she pretty much knew from an early age what she was going to do with her life.

And once she sets her mind to something, she gets it done.

Her friend Riese, who runs the website autostraddle.com (Stillwell is a frequent contributor), calls her “The amazingly popular intergalactic superheroine hairstylist dynamo powerhouse soundmachine popstar actress/singer.”

She’s also a contributor to the California National Organization for Women site (canow.com), conducts musical theater master classes, and hosts an interview segment on broadwayworld.

com. What she believes in most is the power of positive thinking.

Recently, Stillwell had parts in the TV movie The Client List (for which Jennifer Love Hewitt received a Golden Globe nomination) and the independent film Below the Beltway. She appeared in the TV series Eastwick and Six Degrees.

I understand you first appeared onstage as a student at Savannah Country Day School.

Haviland Stillwell: My first role was playing the title character in The Little Red Hen when I was in 1st grade! We were 7 years old. I had no idea at that point that I wanted to be an actress or anything. And then I really liked it!

I was always artistic as a kid. Later, I started to really get into Bette Midler.

And that really sealed the deal for me.

I suppose your mother’s involvement with show business must have had some effect on you?

Which came first, singing or acting?

Haviland Stillwell: Acting was first. I wasn’t really aware that I could sing, or that it was in me. I was actually really shy about singing, which is crazy to think about now – but that went away quickly. And when I started singing in any public forum, I realized that it all goes together.

I did about three years of work in Atlanta on the TV series I’ll Fly Away with Sam Waterston, and a lot of plays, so between acting and singing in the choir at school ... the vibrations in the room when you’re singing, it’s such a visceral experience that you go “Oh, this is what I’m supposed to do.”

Certainly it’s ambition, and drive, and all of that, but I also firmly believe that if we get really quiet, and we pay attention to instinct, we know exactly what we’re supposed to be doing. At any given moment.

Why did you go to NYU? Haviland Stillwell: I was going to Ithica College because I wanted to study opera, classical training for my voice. After being there for two years I realized that wasn’t necessarily the right place for me. I wanted to train classically, but I also wanted to be able to do everything.

I wanted to develop in all ways, and part of that was that I knew I was going to be in New York after graduation.

So to get the ball rolling, I applied and auditioned at NYU, and started there as a third–year student. I have a bachelor’s in music, in vocal performance, with a concentration in musical theater.

What’s it feel like the first moment you step out onto the Broadway stage in front of an audience?

Haviland Stillwell: I cried really, really hard. Thankfully it was an appropriate moment in Fiddler on the Roof to cry! It was really outstanding. I was 22 years old, six months out of college, and it’s literally a dream come true. I’m standing on a stage with these outstand-

ing actors, and it’s completely silent – there’s 1,700 people watching us. It’s like “Thank you, God.” I just felt so completely grateful for everything.

Two years ago, you just up and made the move to L.A. The great unknown: Wasn’t that a nerve–wracking thing?

Haviland Stillwell: It was and it wasn’t.

I wasn’t moving an entire family or something like that; it was really just me and my person. Even now I still have a place in New York. Against my intuition; instead of analyzing it, it was really just a matter of “Just go. Just do it.” And thankfully my friend Craig Ramsay was ready to go at the same time, and he’s since become a big rock star in the fitness industry, and he’s the co–star on a TV show on Bravo. He’s remained one of my best friends out here.

What would you like to happen in the future?

Haviland Stillwell: I certainly am auditioning quite a lot for television and movies. I love the idea of being on a series, and being able to develop a character on an ongoing basis. That’s very attractive to me. That’s what I would really like to do, and when you do that obviously you can keep writing music, keep playing music, it doesn’t have to be one or the other. That’s the goal of 2011.

Why is this Tybee Theater benefit important to you?

Haviland Stillwell: I am, at my core, a Southern girl. And Tybee is very much a starting point for me. I always want to come back to Savannah; that’s where my roots are. I do a lot of volunteer and activism work, and I’m very specific, as I think we all should be, about who we want to spend our time and energy giving to. They asked me, and it was really a no–brainer.

I think Savannah audiences are really amazing, because there’s such an appreciation and excitement. And enthusiasm. That’s what you don’t always get in other places, because “We see this every night.” So that’s cool. And it’ll be fun. CS ‘An Evening With Haviland Stillwell’ Where: 12401 Apache Ave. When: 7–10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23 Tickets: $75 (tax deductible to benefit the Tybee Post Theater) Phone: (912) 786–7009 Online: restoretybeetheater.com Artist’s Web site: havilandstillwell.com

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Haviland Stillwell: She was the president of the Savannah Theatre when I was a small child. So she had always been involved in that way. When films started to come to Savannah, in the mid ‘80s, they hired her to do locations, and eventually to do casting. So she went sort of full–force into the film and television industry, and in Atlanta she really had the market cornered on casting in the Southeast. At that point, I was always on sets and all of that; even to this day, when I walk onto a set I sort of feel like it’s home.

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The closest thing Savannah has to a full–tilt jazz club is in Hilton Head, S.C. That’s the Jazz Corner, which opened in 1999, with a performance by George Shearing, and has kept the Olympic flame burning all these years with night after night of the good stuff in its myriad forms.

Be that as it may, our fair city has its own keepers of the jazz torch, and while they might not have a regular, finger– snapping nightclub, they’re dedicated to keeping jazz living, and breathing, in Savannah.

Formed in 1982, the Coastal Jazz Association was the brainchild of local music legends Teddy Adams and Ben Tucker, along with a like–minded group of jazz enthusiasts. Adams, in fact, had been playing trombone here in his hometown since the 1950s.

This weekend, Adams has organized his 35th annual holiday concert with a band of area all–stars. Taking place on Christmas Day, at the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, Jazz Yule Love is technically the December entry in the Coastal Jazz Association’s monthly calendar of events.

Guitarist Howard Paul, who’s lived here since 1991 and is a frequent performer at CJA shows, and the annual Savannah Jazz Festival, is making his very first appearance at Jazz Yule Love (he’s usually out of town for the holidays).

An organized jazz society, Paul believes, is “a tremendously important part of the community. Not just ours, but communities all over the country.

“Here’s one of the challenges: Everybody has a different impression of what jazz is. Particularly club owners – their perception of jazz is either what they think their customers are going to buy, or what they bring in to a hotel, restaurant or nightclub, with their perceptions, and try and sell it.”

Paul is president and CEO of Benedetto Guitars, and he’s also the public face of the internationally–renowned instrument manufacturer.

“The benefit of a jazz society,” he says, “is that you have a group of people in the community who are sort of deciding – or at least helping the community

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decide – the whole breadth of jazz available through community concerts.”

To wit, Paul explains, the monthly CJA shows, spotlighting different local, regional and national artists, regularly bring in between 250 and 300 people.

“Every month, it’s a very different group,” he says. “Every month it’s been nearly a sold–out audience, and every month it’s been a very different style of jazz. But it’s still jazz.

“And I think that’s what the community misses without having an association dedicated to jazz. When you see a jazz festival advertised today, it’s funk, or smooth jazz, or hip hop or who knows what you’re gonna find.

“I think what the Coastal Jazz Association’s been able to do is really keep more traditional aspects of jazz in mind when they bring in these various concerts. And without ‘em, you’d just never see it.”

In November, for example, Bob Masteller’s Jazz Band put on a tribute to Louis Armstrong. “And so it was very traditional New Orleans and Chicago–style jazz, but true to the art form of what it was intended to be,” says Paul.

“The month before that, the band was a more modern group led by Jack-

son Evans, who’s what I would term a fourth or fifth generation jazz guitarist.

Maybe he listened to people like Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, but his greater influences were much more modern players. So the music that Jackson played had much more modern aspects.

“Yet there were 300 people that showed up because they trusted the Coastal Jazz Association to bring in an appropriate group that they could see.

That they could still call ‘jazz.’”

Jazz Yule Love features what Paul terms a “classic pick–up group,” meaning the musicians have all played together before, at one time or another, but never in this precise configuration.

Along with Paul on guitar, there’s drummer Quintin Baxter, pianist Eric Jones, bassist Willie Harvey, trumpeter Alex Nguyen and sax player Keddi Williams.

Although the concert will be tailed by a traditional holiday jam session (with Adams and other CJA stalwarts joining in), “it’ll be probably a lot more structured than a jam session, but still very loose and improvisational,” Paul says.

“There are no charts. Somebody’s going to call the tune, and everybody’s going to try and look like they know what the hell they’re playing.”

These are pros. They’ll hammer out a set list at their afternoon soundcheck.

“If three out of the five guys know the tune, we’ll probably do it. And that should be entirely invisible to the audience.

“And often it makes for an even more enjoyable song, because in the band there’s a great deal of excitement and energy.”

And that, of course, is the essence of jazz. CS Jazz Yule Love Where: Westin Harbor Resort, 1 Resort Drive (on Hutchinson Island) When: At 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 25 Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door Contact: (912) 920–1317

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Birds in Flight — An installation by Matt Hebermehl of his signature, patterned bird forms hanging in the Jepson’s atrium.

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Finding Balance — New work from photographer Liza Crowley Judson and jewelry designer Heather Lindsey Stewart.

Kobo Gallery , 33 Barnard St. , http:// www.kobogallery.com/ Fragmented Desires — A collection of new work by local artist Laurie Darby based off European damask patterns found on wallpaper, upholstery and other items. Runs through Jan. 23, 2011. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. , http://www. kingtisdell.org/ Gestures of Breakfast — A collection of new paintings by Erin De Rosa. Runs through Jan. 2. Seed Eco Lounge, 39 Montgomery St. I Have Marks to Make — An exhibition featuring work made by a diverse group of individuals from the community with disabilities or in a therapeutic context. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www. telfair.org/

Prints by Kent Amber are up at Gallery Espresso; closing reception is Dec. 30

Modern Masters from the Smithsonian — Paintings and sculptures from mid-20th century artists taken from the Smithsonian collection. Runs through Feb. 6, 2011. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www.telfair.org/

No Ordinary Folk — An exhibition of sculpture, drawings and paintings from self-taught folk artists from around the Southeast, including Ulysses Davis, William Golding, Bessie Harvey and more.

Runs through January 3, 2011. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www. telfair.org/

New Work 2010 — Featured artist is Peter Polites, who paints detailed landscapes inspired by the coastal marshes. Show also includes work by Meryl Truett, Tiffani Taylor, Maureen Kerstein and others.

Runs through Jan. 1. Off the Wall Gallery (45 Bistro), 123 E. Broughton St.

Open Windows and Doors — A collection of minimal, composition-focused paintings by Amanda Hanlon as well as ceramics by Neil Austing. Runs through Jan. 2, 2011. Hospice Savannah Gallery , 1352 Eisenhower Dr. , http://www.hospicesavannahhelps.org/

Prints by Kent Ambler — Ambler is an SC-based print maker who hand carves blocks depicting everything from street scenes to nature. Closing reception: Dec. 30, 6-9pm. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. , http://www.galleryespresso.com/ The Art of Kahlil Gibran — Pieces from the Telfair’s collection of Gibran’s work, a visionary artist best known for writing “The Prophet,” one of the best selling works of the 20th century. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www.telfair.org/

Tibby Llewellyn — A mix of framed and wearable batik works from Llewellyn, a self-taught artist. Gallery 209, 209 E. River St. , When the world goes sour and the milk blows up — A colorful meditation on existential crises by Joel Cothran. Mr. Beast, 1522 Bull St. , http://mr-beast.com/ cs

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Haywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Carter, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also direct Savannah, wrote the TV movies Love is Strange and Blue Valley Songbird, and directed, among other things, the film Foxfire and an episode of the TV series SeaQuest DSV. She was a script supervisor in Hollywood from 1986 to 1995, working on such titles as Driving Miss Daisy, Cliffhanger and Wrestling Earnest Hemingway.

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You can get all the details at savj.org â&#x20AC;˘ And the comedians just keep on coming. John Boy and Billy, hosts of the nationally syndicated radio program The Big Show (it airs weekday mornings on WIXVâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;FM, a.k.a Iâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;95, in Savannah) will be onstage at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Feb. 11, along with Tim Wilson, Killer Beaz and Greg Warren. CS

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All’s right at Wright Square My cassoulet and Ms. T.J.’s Monkfish arrived placed precisely and beautifully on large, saucer–shaped plates.

The attention to detail was superb, and is a mere hint to the detail that has gone into the Sandfly location of Wright Square Cafe.

The little downtown chocolatier and grab–n–go gourmet convenience foods shop has built a loyal and demanding following. It has grown from one storefront on York Street to two. Its success is an homage to the devil–in–the–details ethic of its founders, Anthony Attardi and Gary Hall.

The two have honed their skills and their vision – and opened a second location in Sandfly, in a space that is part of a massive facelift for this once worn–looking shopping center anchored by Piggly Wiggly.

It’s hardly the scene you would suspect for a fine dining restaurant – but the transformation and the execution are truly amazing. From the paint colors to the wood molding, from the floor plan, to the plans for outside seating and special events space, seemingly no detail was overlooked. Even an embossed sheaf of wheat on a large pane of glass near the bar carries significance – and stands in homage to Attardi’s heritage.

Visiting any week–old eatery is risky – but the thoroughness of this opening extended to the kitchen and wait staff – who performed as if they have been in place for more like seven months, not seven days.

My calamari appetizer was solid in preparation and proved a generous portion. The breading may have been a touch salty, but a nice, creamy tomato and lemon aioli added balance. Properly prepared breaded calamari requires attention to the oil temperature – and the chef was right on the mark.

Ms. T.J. barely left a morsel of her Roasted Pear and Hazelnut Salad. It was a mouth–watering combination of flavors – sweet pear, tangy Gorgonzola cheese and peppery arugula, all highlighted by crunchy hazelnuts.

The delicate little lobster claw meat that arrived on top of her Monkfish almost looked like a tiny fish itself – but was the standard bearer for a wonderfully decadent lobster sauce that bathed the tender, mildly flavored and flaky fish portion. A side of creamed celery root brought contrasting savory notes to a dish made sweet with lobster and spicy with a hint of chile pepper.

My cassoulet was as warming and hearty as I anticipated. A thick, rich, bean stew proved a solid foundation to big bits of sausage and a wonderfully flavored confit duck leg.

The house–made desserts sounded delicious – but we were too full. Instead, we chose a trio of chocolates – including a sublimely extravagant dark chocolate truffle

Last minute gift ideas for the wine lover First, the mass market 2009 Bordeaux is arriving on retail shelves. These aren’t the big, bold pricey Bordeaux of legend – but immediately accessible, enjoyable red blends that offer interesting variety.

Even better news is that these juices begin at around $9.99 and go up.

I recently tried Bergerac 2009 Bordeaux ($9.99, Habersham Beverage) and found it nice and juicy, a pretty garnet color and imminently enjoyable with everything from chili to braised beef.

On the other hand, 2007 marked a remarkable year for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards.

These wines, typically from small producers (500–ish cases a year), carry price tags from $50–$80. Consider producers like Seavey, Shafer and O’Shaughnessy.

These special event wines, which will cellar for another 15 years or more, are drinking beautifully right now.

Long–lasting bottles The cassoulet at the new Sandfly location of Wright Square Cafe

infused with Savannah Bee Sourwood honey. It was so tiny, yet so over the top with decadence.

On my next trip, I’ve promised myself to try the lobster mac–n–cheese – and the bricked chicken.

Come January, the restaurant will have its liquor license – and will no doubt become a must–visit destination with its cozy 12–seat bar. Outdoor seating is also being completed – as is a special events room off the bar entrance.

It is also heartening to see the business partners draw talent from the city – including its chef, Chris Cohen, formerly of The Olde Pink House. It’s sous chef, baker and other staff are all students nearing graduation from Savannah Tech’s culinary arts program.

Regulars to the downtown location will recognize the chocolate counter and be versed in the gourmet sandwich and salad lunch program. That will continue in Sandfly; a seated, luncheon menu will be offered in January.

Hall and Attardi bring family history into the business – and it’s clear they’ve made the best of their experiences. This addition to the Savannah culinary scene is a welcome newcomer.

It was a full house on our visit – a Wednesday night – and I suggest reservations.

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Tron: Legacy

If the Disney–manufactured hype is to be believed, 1982’s TRON was the Gone With the Wind of its day, a Citizen Kane for the modern age, a blockbusting, award–winning blah blah blah. No. TRON was a lightly entertaining movie (and notorious box office underachiever) whose sole claim to fame was its groundbreaking, computer–generated effects. So not surprisingly, the primary focus for the makers of TRON: Legacy was to create visuals that take us to the next level. But did they have to do so at the expense of virtually every other department?

Certainly, the effects in this sequel are sometimes astounding (although the 3–D immersion is less pronounced than in Avatar), and, for the first hour, the film offers no small measure of fun. As he searches for Kevin Flynn (TRON star Jeff Bridges), the father who disappeared two decades earlier, Sam Flynn (wooden Garrett Hedlund) finds himself whisked into a digital landscape fraught with danger.

The setup is sound, and the early action sequences are stirring, but then the film settles into a sameness that allows viewers to focus too intently on the feeble plotting, the tired dialogue, the unfortunate performances (as

the opportunistic Zuse, Michael Sheen camps it up like a villain from the old Batman TV show) and the awful use of the character of TRON himself (returning Bruce Boxleitner).

By the time this overlong feature arrives at the anticlimactic standoff between Kevin and his digital alter ego CLU (a creepily de–aged Bridges), most viewers will be wanting their quarters back.

Black Swan Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is a messy masterpiece. Like Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead and Aronofsky’s own Requiem for a Dream, it’s one of those films that will force viewers to either reject it outright or allow it, however reluctantly, to burrow into the brain and remain there for days, weeks, months on end. It’s a character study writ large, a juicy melodrama operating at a fever pitch. And at its center is Natalie Portman in an astonishing performance

THE FIGHTER

True to form for controversial director David O. Russell (Three Kings), The Fighter takes a real–life story and turns it into a scrappy, hard–edged motion picture. Its focus is the relationship between Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), a boxer with real potential, and his brother–trainer Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), a boxing has–been and crack addict holding his sibling back. Micky’s manager–mom (Melissa Leo) isn’t much better in looking out for her pugilist son’s welfare, leaving it to his new girlfriend (Amy Adams) to properly guide him.

The Fighter is initially so raw in its approach that it’s a shame when it becomes less Raging Bull and more Rocky IV just in time for a conventional fadeout. And while the oversized theatrics of Bale and Leo have already generated Oscar buzz, I actually prefer the more subtle earnestness of Wahlberg and especially Adams (shucking her usual sunshine beaming for an unexpected toughness).

Still, all four actors (plus Jack McGee as Micky’s sympathetic father) work well in tandem, and Russell and his scripters make the shifting dynamics among the family members ring true. The Fighter doesn’t quite go the

distance, but it’s good enough to last several rounds.

HOW DO YOU KNOW

Often as likable as a frolicking puppy – and always as messy – How Do You Know is one of those pictures in which everyone is so gosh–darn charismatic that the battle – at least for the filmmakers – is already half over. When compared to writer–director James L. Brooks’ early efforts in television and cinema (Broadcast News and Mary Tyler Moore are two of the all–time greats, and Terms of Endearment and Taxi aren’t too shabby, either), this latest work is a mere trifle.

But it’s a fairly clever one, with Reese Witherspoon cast as Lisa, a professional softball player forced to choose between two guys: a baseball star (Owen Wilson) who’s so smitten with Lisa that he agrees to a monogamous relationship (albeit one with the occasional “anonymous sex”) and a squeaky–clean executive (Paul Rudd) being bamboozled by his corrupt dad (Jack Nicholson) into taking the fall for the old man’s illegal activities. Witherspoon and Rudd are both adorable, and Nicholson has one killer scene set inside a hospital room.

Yet given the occasional blandness of the former couple’s romantic interludes and the haziness of the latter’s business dealings, the movie works best when Wilson is front and center. The actor doesn’t stray from his patented mellow schtick, but by subjugating his hangdog aura for a more aggressively horndog sensibility, he provides the film with its most knowing laughs.

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Portman’s cast as Nina Sayers, a ballerina whose methods involve clockwork precision but leave little room for true passion. Nevertheless, her director (Vincent Cassel) decides to take a chance by casting her in the lead role of his production of Swan Lake.

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On the sliding scale of Narnia adaptations, 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince Caspian was slightly better than 2005â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but any hope for continued ascendancy in this franchise ends with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A costly franchise that switched studios midstream, the Narnia series (based, of course, on C.S. Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books) has always come across as timid fantasy fare, squeezing out all the danger and intrigue inherent in the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film cycles.

Such an overly cautious approach especially nullifies the content of this torpid installment and renders it toothless â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just the opposite of what we should expect from a series featuring a lion as its most powerful character. The protagonists â&#x20AC;&#x201C; returning siblings Lucy and Edmund Pevensie (Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes) and obnoxious newcomer Eustace (Will Poulter) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are bruisingly boring (paging the Potter kids!), and their adventures aboard the title seafaring vessel are only slightly less moldy than their skirmishes on land.

Forget the Titanic: The Dawn Treader is the real sinking ship.

The Tourist

With The Tourist, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t functioning as actors so much as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying their hands at being slum lords. Hollywood royalty blessed with a substantial measure of talent, these Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;list actors are merely coasting here, slumming in style as they enjoy exotic locales and continental cuisine at studio expense. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing wrong, of course, with watching even the most gifted of thespians let their hair down for an undemanding part, but it works so much better when the audience is allowed to participate in the festivities. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case with The Tourist, which finds both stars sleepwalking through an exceedingly daft motion picture that insults moviegoer intelligence at an alarming rate.

A smug and chilly Jolie, whose wardrobe budget alone probably surpassed the salaries of the pictureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire sound, music and editing departments combined, stars as Elise, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being tracked across Europe by Scotland Yard due to her association with a wanted man named Alexander Pearce. The mysterious Pierce instructs Elise (via letter) to throw the authorities (repped by Paul Bettany) off his trail by befriending a complete stranger and making them think that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually Alexander Pearce.

Elise settles on Frank (a crushingly dull Depp, in a role reportedly handed first to Tom Cruise and then Sam Worthington), a vacationing math teacher whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunned that such a beauty would be interested in him. The ruse works too well, though, as a criminal kingpin (Steven Berkoff) also falls for the deception and thus orders his goons to kill Elise and capture Frank.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amusing to see former Agent 007 Timothy Dalton doing desk duty as a Scotland Yard superior, and equally

pleasing to watch â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s villain Berkoff threaten Depp just as he did Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop and Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II. But when mere trivia footnotes such as these prove to be a filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highlights, then somethingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone terribly wrong.

I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2005 Anthony Zimmer, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as clumsily constructed as this idiotic remake. The Tourist is the sort of lazy picture that relies on an absolutely unbelievable coincidence to set the whole story in motion; from there, it only grows sillier, with characters behaving in illogical ways no matter what the situation.

Burlesque

Surely no one out there really believes that tired line about film critics wanting to hate whatever pictures they catch on the job? On the contrary, like everyone else, reviewers want to be entertained, enchanted and even educated for those two hours in the dark. Admittedly, though, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that occasional rare flick that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether through plot, casting, trailer, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;haveâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; looks so awful that a deliriously bad time seems assured.

Sight unseen, that initially appeared to be the case with Burlesque. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s examine the evidence, shall we? An aging entertainer returning to the screen after being away for years. (Think Mae West in the ghastly Myra Breckinridge.)

A pop sensation in her first major bigâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;screen role. (Think Mariah Carey in the abysmal Glitter.) A musical milieu that has been the site of some enduring camp classics. (Think Showgirls, Staying Alive, etc.)

Alas, in the case of Burlesque, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;tis not meant to be. Certainly, the film contains some risible moments, but nothing wretched enough to plunge it into the bowels of bad cinema. Ultimately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Tangled Tangled follows last year’s The Princess and the Frog) as an indication that, after years of dreary product, old–school Disney might be making a comeback. Yes, the animation is CGI rather than hand–drawn, but both Frog and Tangled benefit from strong storylines that stir memories of the outfit in its distant prime.

In the case of this latest picture, it’s a loose retelling of the tried–and–true saga of Rapunzel, she of the loooong golden hair. Forced by an evil woman she believes to be her mother (and who looks like 80s–era Cher) to stay hidden in a tower 24/7, Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) reluctantly complies until the day a devil–may–care thief named Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) happens to come along.

This one’s no classic–in–the–making, but it’s certain to remain one of the season’s best bets for family entertainment, with a pleasing mix of music, mirth and oddball supporting characters.

LOVE & OTHER DRUGS For all the pleasure it reportedly provides, Viagra does flirt with potential side effects, including headache, upset stomach and blurred vision. Similarly, while Love & Other Drugs offers its own pleasures, this adaptation of Jamie Reidy’s Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman results in such possible side effects as irritation, frustration and disgust. And yet, the final product is easily worth any potential pitfalls.

For the most part, this is an intelligent piece in which cocky pharmaceutical salesman Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) tries to make his mark in business while simultaneously engaging in a no–strings–attached relationship with the no–nonsense Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway). The picture is initially as light and carefree as their romance (and kudos to an American motion picture that actually isn’t afraid of sex), but as their mutual commitment deepens, so does the film, with Maggie’s medical misfortune – and Jake’s reaction to it – resulting in some standout sequences and coaxing a knockout performance from Hathaway.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Like the previous six Potter installments, this one clocks in around the 2–1/2–hour mark. But this is the first picture in the series that actually drags.

It’s not a disastrous debit since the majority of the film is so strong, but it does suggest that some trimming might have given us the final chapter in one fell swoop. The coasting comes in the middle, which is fortunate since it leaves the production with a vibrant opening act and a powerhouse final hour.

Newbies to this world of wizardry need not apply, but fans of the previous films will immediately be swept up in this latest chapter, which begins by killing off one of the good guys and sending Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) on a crusade to locate specific items that might help them vanquish Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

The movie spends an awful lot of time on the three teens as they set up camp in an isolated area, and the romantic yearning between them, usually a highlight of the series, here settles into soap opera mundaneness. Yet the cliffhanger finale promises great things in the next installment. CS

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It’s punishingly overlong (even at just under two hours), yet it does provide some flashes of entertainment bang for the matinee–price buck. For what it’s worth, it’s probably the best 2–star movie of 2010 – and if that’s a prime example of damning with faint praise, it’s nevertheless the best I can muster.

Cher, her face as immobile as a kabuki mask (and far less expressive), receives top billing but actually plays second fiddle to Christina Aguilera; the latter is just OK as Ali, who leaves her podunk Iowa town in the hopes of making it in LA. It’s not long before she stumbles across an intriguing nightclub called Burlesque.

“Is this a strip club?” she asks the doorman (Alan Cumming), whose reply (“I should wash your mouth out with Jagermeister!”) represents, for better or worse, the script’s best line. From there, everything proceeds according to formulaic plan: She snags a job at the joint waiting tables, wins the grudging respect of club owner Tess (Cher) and Tess’ gay BFF (film MVP Stanley Tucci), lands a hottie boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), clashes with the venue’s bitchy star (a miscast Kristen Bell), and – you go, girl! – gets that big break that turns her into an overnight sensation.

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Activism & Politics Chatham County Democratic Party

For info, contact Tony Center at 912-233-9696 or TonyCenter@comcast.net Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 313 W. York St. Savannah http://www.chathamdems.net

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

Savannah Tea Party

meets the first Monday (excluding Holidays) of each month from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the SRP offices located at 11 East 73rd Street. All persons interested in America’s Future are invited.

Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-598-7358 for additional info.

Benefits Canned Food and Supply Drive

Park Place Outreach, youth emergency shelter is in need of canned food and household supplies. Household items needed include, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, fabric

softer, paper towel and toilet paper. Donations accepted through January. Please visit www. parkplaceyes.org for directions.

Call for Entries Artists: Beyond the Fold

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

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “Beyond the Fold,” which examines artists who utilize paper in a way that exceeds the utilitarian, two-dimensional expectations of the material. $20 submission fee. Deadline for submissions is Jan 7 at 5pm. For info: 912-3558204 or email info@desotorow.org. Desotorow Gallery , 2427 Desoto Ave. ,

Safe Kids Savannah is accepting new and gently used life jackets that will be available for loan at popular boat ramps as part of their “Kids Don’t Float” campaign. There are several locations life jackets can be dropped off, including County Aquatic Center, the JEA and the Habersham YMCA. For more info visit www. safekidssavannah.org

The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina is holding auditions for both shows on Jan. 8, 11AM2:30PM & 3:30–7PM. Seeking Equity and nonEquity performers age 14 to mid-50s who can sing and dance. Auditions by appt only. For info, contact Gail Ragland at 843-686-3945 ext. 236 or e-mail her at gragland@artshhi.com.

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Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group

As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinderblock wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique.

In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

Auditions: “Hairspray” & “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”

Auditions: The Mikado

The Asbury Memorial Theatre will be holding auditions for Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado” on January 11 from 6:30-8:30pm. Come prepared to sing 32 measures of the music from the show. The show will run March 4-6 & March 11-13 (Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees). 1008 E. Henry St.

Interns wanted

The Wooden Sheep is now accepting applications for interns. Background in architecture, design, fibers and/or fashion required. For more info contact: Woodensheepsav@gmail. com or stop in Monday-Friday 10am-5pm at 10 West Liberty St.

The old Hotel Tybee

Harry Spirides is collecting stories and photos from the old Hotel Tybee, which stood on the island from the late 1880s until its destruction in 1960. He’s working on a book about the historic establishment. Anyone with memories, memorabilia or anything else related to the hotel is asked to contact: hoteltybeebook@ oceanplaza.com or call 912-786-7777.

Volunteer Tax Prep Assistance

The City of Savannah is hosting several Volunteer Tax Preparation Assistance (VITA) sites from January 18 thru April 15, 2011. Volunteers will be trained with Internal Revenue Service tax materials to help people whose incomes are $52,000 or less with their federal and state of Georgia individual income tax returns. For more info about the service or volunteering, call 912-447-5577.

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Coach Wayne teaches gymnastics in the Savannah Mall every Saturday. Introductory class is $1. www.coachwayne.com, or call 912-925-0800.

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Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah http://www. savstate.edu/

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Experimental and classical art. Draw and paint figurative or abstract. Choose the technique which interests you the most. Lean about other artists and art history. The teacher is a former art professor with two masters in art and 20 years of experience in teaching art. contact: 912-604-3281

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DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, DWI, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. A must see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license for the first time or teenage drivers who already received a license.

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Family Law Workshop

A 2-hour course for those representing themselves in a family legal action. 1st Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7:30 pm. The fee is $20 and provides forms and assistance in the filing of divorce, child custody modifications, legitimations or contempt legal actions. Pre-registration is recommended. For info: www.mediationsavannah.com or call 912-465-6686.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. Savannah

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New to the area teacher with 10+ years experience has available openings for all beginner/intermediate students. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Call 401-255-6921 to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson!

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912-232-5987

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Mindfulness Meditation Class

Instruction in mindfulness stress reduction meditation. Group practice with time for questions and comments. Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15pm.

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Music Lessons

New “mommy and me” music classes starting in Nov. Certified teacher with BA in Music Education. New classes offered for students ages 6 months-5 years. Private lessons also available for piano, woodwinds, brass, beginner guitar, and more! Contact Ms. Amy at msamyschoolofmusic@gmail.com or at 912-659-0993.

This 14-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Ms. Musheerah Owens 912-234-0525 ext.1506 The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street , Savannah http://www. thestarfishcafe.org/

Volunteer 101

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

Clubs & Organizations Buccaneer Region SCCA

is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http://buccaneerregion. org/solo.html.

Coastal MINIs

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New Horizons Adult Band Program

A music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school or college and would like to have the opportunity to begin playing again. Dust off your instrument every Monday night at Portman’s Music Store (Abercorn) at 6:30p.m. The cost is $30.00 per month. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Contact Pamela Kidd at 912-354-1500 for more info.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 6523582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

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

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Coastal Readers & Writers Circle

A Creative Writing and Reading discussion group that meets the 3rd Sunday of every month, 3:30-5pm at the new Savannah Mall Branch Library. Bring: Passages from any of your writing that you would like to read and passages from a book, publication, or production that you would like to share with the group. www.TellingOurStoriesPress.com for more information

Energy Healers

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-695-2305 for more info. http://www.meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/

volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@gmail.com or visit www. savannahadventureclub.com

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.

Savannah Art Association

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

The non-for profit art association, the Southeast’s oldest, is currently taking applications for membership. The SAA offers workshops, community programs, exhibition opportunities, and an artistic community full of diverse and creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Please call 912-232-7731 for more info.

Every Wed. 5:00PM at My House Consignments & More, 206 W. Broughton St. No fees.

Wanna learn? We love to show what we know.

Many different levels get together in the store.

Talk, knit, share have fun! 912-236-4111

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Savannah Brewers’ League

Low Country Turners

Savannah Browns Backers

This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , Savannah

Moon River Chorus

Ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 927-2651 or sylviapf@ aol.com. Whitefield United Methodist Church, 728 E. 55th Street , Savannah http://www. whitefieldumc.com/

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:1511:30 am Call 898-0869 and 897-6167 or visit www.mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http://www.fbcislands.com/

Old Time Radio Researcher’s Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street at 7:30 p.m. Call 3082094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www. roguephoenix.org. Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www.safekidssavannah. org or call 912-353-3148 for more info

Savannah Adventure Club

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis,

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 7487020. Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www.stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month.

Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@ aol.com.

Savannah Guardian Angels

Come meet the Local Chapter of the Guardian Angels on the 1st Monday of every month from 7pm-9pm at Elite Martial Arts in Pooler,GA. Free snacks and drinks and info on the Guardian Angels. For more info:www.

SavannahGuardianAngels.com

Savannah Jaycees

Meeting and information session held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join the chapter. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees.com

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc. com for the events calendar or e-mail Wendy Wilson at Wendyq1053@yahoo.com.

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah http:// www.savannahsunriserotary.org/

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 484-6710. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave, Savannah

Savannah Wine Lovers

A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/savannahwine-lovers.

Savannah Writers Group

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891. 8108 Abercorn St ., Savannah

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail. com Savannah Mall,

Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit www.southernwingz.com

Tarde en Espanol

Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment.

236-8566.

The 13th Colony Patriots

A Tea Party group that meets the 13th of each month at Logan’s Road House at 6pm.

11301 Abercorn St. Open to the public.

Dedicated to the preservation of the United States Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. www.13thcolonypatriots.com or call 912-5965267.

The Peacock Guild

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and the Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. at meet at 207 E. Charlton St (Flannery O’Connor’s Childhood Home). Call 233-6014, facebook Peacock Guild or email peacockguild@googlegroups.com for more info.

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn St., each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@yahoo. com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook.

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

Urban Professionals

Meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com. Vu Lounge at the Hyatt, 2 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Victorian Neighborhood Association

Meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month, at the American Legion Hall located at 1108 Bull Street. For more info visit the VNA website at: vna.club.officelive.com

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. Savannah

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance.

Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes are held Monday through Friday at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Classes start at $25.00 per month. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round. (912) 921-2190 The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads ,

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St. , Savannah http://www.ayoluwa.org/

Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1-3:30pm. Open to the public. Cost $3.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo.com.

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St., 231-0888. Every Thursday, 7PM-8PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr., 398-4776 kleokatt@gmail.com or www. cairoonthecoast.com

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

The perfect class for those with little to no dance background. Cybelle has been formally trained and has been performing for over a decade. Tues: 6-7pm & Thurs: 7-8pm. Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3. com or call 912-414-1091 Private classes are also available. Walk-ins are welcome.

C.C. Express Dance Team

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

Ceili Club

Experience Irish Culture thru Irish social dancing. No partner or experience needed.

Learn the basics of Irish Ceili dancing. 7176 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. For more info email PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@

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“Greater-Than Sudoku” - For this “Greater-Than Sudoku,” I’m not givin’ you ANY numbers to start off with! Adjoining squares in the grid’s 3x3 boxes have a greater-than sign (>) telling you which of the two numbers in those squares is larger. Fill in every square with a number from 1–9 using the greater-than signs as a guide. When you’re done, as in a normal Sudoku, every row, column, and 3x3 box will contain the numbers 1–9 exactly one time. (Solving hint: try to look for the 1’s and 9’s in each box first, then move on to the 2’s and 8’s, and so on). psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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Film & Video

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Psychotronic Film Society

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels.

Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912354-5586.

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Pole Dancing Class

For exercise...Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms, a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes off is your shoes. Pre-registration req’d. Beginners Classes, Wednesdays 8pm. Level II Classes, Mondays 8pm. Pole fitness, Mon&Wed, 11am. 912-398-4776 or visit www.fitnessbodybalance.com. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.

Salsa Classes

Learn Salsa “Rueda de Casino” style every Wednesday, from 6-7pm Beginner, 7-8pm Intermediate, at the Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 3305421. Delaware Recreation Center, Savannah

“In a Hotspot”--they’re connecting wirelessly, sorta. by matt Jones | Answers on page 36

1 “Switched on Bach” synthesizer 5 Diamond stat 8 Jack on “24” 14 Sony co-founder Morita 15 Fine and dandy 16 Bring into harmony 17 What some things catch on like 19 Candle store choices 20 They can get busy during the winter and summer 21 Half a dance step?

22 Badminton divider 23 Figures in early Salem history 26 The Rent Is Too ___ High Party 29 “I had too much root beer” noise 30 Carson Daly’s former MTV show 31 Late singer Cassidy 32 Airport readerboard abbr.

33 Counters in China 35 XP protection 40 Frodo’s home, with “The” 41 Some Monopoly spaces: abbr.

42 Mauna ___ 43 “___ see it...”

44 Ending for Scooby or Scrappy 45 Space starter 46 Steadfastly 51 Pres. during V-J Day 52 Suffix for McCarthy 53 Least likely to speak up 57 Mizrahi and Asimov 59 Swimmer with large pectoral fins 60 Little stream 61 Gives it a thumbs-up 62 Writer Sarah ___ Jewett 63 Not as much 64 Important 65 Answer, as to an invitation: abbr.

Offered Saturdays 11:30am-1pm. $10.00 per class. Packages prices also available. Contact Kelly 912-398-4776 or www.fitnessbodybalance. com

Salsa Lessons

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56 “Sons of ___” (Digital Underground song) 58 Capone and Green 59 Panda Express kitchen fixture

Salsa Savannah offers beginner and intermediate salsa lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at several locations. For more info, contact: salsasavannah@gmail.com, or call 8567323. www.salsasavannah.com

Salsa Savannah

Tuesdays at Tantra (8 E. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-9pm, open dancing 9pm-1am. Thursday at Saya (109 W. Broughton St.), lessons from 7-8pm, open dancing 9-11pm. Bachata lessons at Saya Thursdays from 8-9pm. For more info: www.salsasavannah.com, 912-704-8726.

Savannah Shag Club

Shag music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr.

The Savannah Dance Club

The Savannah Dance Club hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:15-11 p.m. FREE basic Shag and/or West Coast Swing lessons each Monday.

Lesson schedule posted at Facebook/Savannah Dance Club. Dance lessons 6:15-7:45pm.

Special discount on 2011 membership thru Feb 15. For info: Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit Facebook/Savannah Dance Club

Events Display of Civil War Artifacts

An exhibition of items recently unearthed from a former prison site known as Camp Lawton, near Millen, GA. Includes many rare personal items, such as picture frames, belt buckles and other items. Georgia Southern University Museum.

Statesboro. $2/admission. On display through the end of April 2011.

Music in the Parlour with Diana

An afternoon of music, with homemade scones and sweet tea. Saturdays and Sundays, 1-3pm. $30/person. Limited seating. Reservations required. Call Diana Rogers: 912-236-2866 or email: DianaInSavannah@yahoo.com

The Armstrong Center

The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events. Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah

Hosts weekly screenings every Wednesday, 8pm, at the Sentient Bean. Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. For upcoming schedule visit: www.sentientbean.com Hosts screenings of critically acclaimed independent films from around the world at Victory Square Cinemas, 1901 E. Victory Dr. For schedule and more info, visit www.reelsavannah.org

Savannah Jewish Film Festival

Passes are on sale for the 2011 SJFF, which takes place from Jan. 29-Feb. 6, 2011. Full week passes are available for $50/JEA Members and $65 for non-members. Individual tickets for screenings will be available at each screening.

For more info, including schedule: www.savj.org or call 912-355-8111.

Fitness A New Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

VING TSUN (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Using angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against them makes VING TSUN Kung Fu effective for everyone. Call Sifu Michael Sampson to find out about our free trial classes 912-429-9241. 11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome.

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Belly Drills

Belly Drill your body with Cybelle. This is an intense dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. Geared to all levels of ability. Dance your way to a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. Thurs: 6-7pm. Visit www.cybelle3.com.

For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-4141091. Walk-ins welcome.

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

The most fun class you’ve ever taken to get you in the best shape in the least amount of time.

We provide bright colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, and exotic music. Every Wednesday, 6:30pm. $15 drop-in or $40 for four classes.

Call 912-660-7399 or email ConsistentIntegrity@ yahoo.com

Bellydrills

2 hour dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. This is geared to all levels of ability.

Dance your way towards a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. $25/class. 912-4141091 http://cybellefusionbellydance.wordpress. com/

Crunch Lunch

30 minute Core and ABs concentration class.

Offered 11:30am & 12:15pm Mon, Wed & Fri @ Fitness Body & Balance 2127 1/2 East Victory Dr. www.fitnessbodybalance.com 912-398-4776.

Curvy Girl Bootcamp

Exercise class assisting women of size to reach their fitness goal. Every Tues & Thurs, 6-7pm.

Lake Mayer Community Center. $70 a month or $10 per session. For more info call 912-3417710 www.preservethecurves.com/curvycamp

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary.

Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center. The cost is $14 per class.

Multi-class discounts are available. Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. , Savannah http://www.savannahyoga.com/

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Pilates Mat Classes

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Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018 Momentum Pilates Studio, 310 E. 41st St , http://savannahpilates.com/

Pregancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:15 PM at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery.

Cost is $100 for 8 weeks. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@aikyayoga.com.

Rolf Method Bodywork

For posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900. Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street , Savannah

Squats N’ Tots

Stretch and strengthen overused body parts, as well as focus on muscle endurance, low impact aerobics, and abdominal work. Your baby (age 6 weeks to one year) can get in on the fun, or simply stay close to you on your mat. Call to pre-register 912-819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

The Yoga Room

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

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., Tuesdays and 12:10 p.m., Thursdays, FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Call 912-350-9031.

Zumba Fitness

Classes every week in the Pooler and Rincon area. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music dance themes that create a dynamic, effective fitness system. All ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. $7 per class. For info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@comcast. net.

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

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

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

Savannah Pride, Inc.

Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@ savpride.com. First City Network, Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth

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

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “There’s always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in,” wrote novelist Graham Greene. I’ll add to that: There are at least three moments in adulthood when a new door opens and invites the rest of the future in. Judging by the astrological omens, I’m guessing that one such breakthrough lies ahead for you in 2011. What can you do to expedite and encourage fate’s summons? Here’s one possibility: Surrender to the naked truth of what you love.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) If oil companies were given permission to sink their drilling rigs into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the petroleum they produced would ultimately lower gasoline prices by four cents per gallon. To my mind, that’s not a good trade–off. Let this scenario serve as a cautionary metaphor for you in 2011, Taurus. Don’t share your pristine wilderness or soulful beauty with exploitative types who offer iffy rewards.

Instead, hold out for those who appreciate you profoundly and whose own gifts help you to thrive.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Freud said that among all human endeavors, there were three “impossible professions” that inevitably yielded unsatisfying results. They were child–rearing, the governing of nations, and psychoanalysis. My own experiences don’t entirely confirm this. My parents raised me pretty well and I’ve given my daughter a decent upbringing. Of the nine psychotherapists I’ve consulted in my life, two were excellent healers and none were damaging.

But even those relatively winning projects were sometimes fraught with unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations, and maddening uncertainties. I bring this up, Gemini, because I think 2011 will be a time when you will generate far more gratification and success than usual in your own versions of “impossible professions.” Unsolvable riddles, chronic frustrations, and maddening uncertainties won’t be completely absent, but they could very well be at an all–time low.

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(June 21–July 22) “We have to believe in free will.

We have no choice.” So said author Isaac Bashevis Singer. I encourage you to adopt that puckish thought as your motto in 2011, my fellow Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, this will be our year to supercharge our willpower and intensify our ability to carry out our plans –– but always with good humor and a highly tuned sense of irony.

In fact, one of the best ways to deepen our command over our own unconscious impulses and the caprices of fate will be to take ourselves –– and everything else, too –– less seriously.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) The coming year will be a time to think big –– maybe even bigger than you’ve dared to think in over a decade. That doesn’t mean you should be rash, reckless, or unrealistic. On the contrary. Your expansive dreams should be carefully wrought and anchored in a detailed understanding of how things actually work. As an example of what not to do, learn from Snoop Dog. The rapper wanted to rent all 62 square miles of the small European nation of Liechtenstein so he could film his music video there. Liechtenstein authorities turned him down, but only because his team didn’t ask far enough in advance. Had he been better organized, the whole country could have been his.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) An Oregon man named Don Wesson stopped his truck by the side of the road and took home a 40–pound rock that caught his eye. That was more than a decade ago. For years he used it as part of a border to prevent his dog from messing up his garden.

Then he saw a TV show about meteorites and brought the rock to scientists. They told him it was a 4.5 billion–year–old meteorite that fell to earth long ago and originally came from the asteroid belt. Other experts told him he could probably sell the exotic artifact for as much as $40,000. I predict a metaphorically similar development in your life during the coming year: the discovery of a valuable old thing from far away that you will underestimate at first.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Richard Grossinger is my friend,

my teacher, and the brilliant author of numerous books. (His latest is called 2013.) He is also a humble adept in the high art of gratitude. On his website, he has a page devoted to expressing vivid appreciation for the 71 best teachers of his life. (bit. ly/YourTeachers) His testimony is a riveting and touching reminder of how each of us is a creation of all the important people we’ve loved and hated. Compiling such a list should, I think, be a rite of passage for anyone who aspires to be an authentic human being.

There will never be a better time than 2011 for you to do this work yourself, Libra.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) “Just when I found out the meaning of life,” said comedian George Carlin, “they changed it.” I’m hoping that will be one of your top inspirational jokes in 2011, Scorpio. If all goes well, you will no longer be content with all your previous answers to the question “What is the meaning of life?”

–– either because “they changed it,” as Carlin suggested, or because it’s no longer interesting or useful to you. This is very good news, in my opinion. You will have the invigorating privilege of going off in search of fresh answers to the riddle of the ages!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

The United Nations has declared that 2011 will be the International Year of Chemistry –– a time to honor the role chemistry plays in our lives. Meanwhile, you Sagittarians will be celebrating your own personal Year of Chemistry, although in a different sense of the word –– the sense that means natural attraction, spontaneous connection, intuitive allure, and uncanny synchronicity. Don’t let this abundance of grace make you overconfident, and don’t just sit back and let it run wild. Be a master chemist intent on rigorously cultivating the very best experiments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

I have tracked down a formula that I think should be one of your central ongoing meditations in 2011. It’s from newsman David Brinkley: “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.” In the coming

months you will be extra smart about knowing which of these bricks to use and how exactly to position them in your foundation.

And more than that, Capricorn: You will have special insight not only about bricks that have been flung fairly recently, but also about those that have been hurled at any time in your life.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) The city of Stockholm, Sweden consists of 14 islands that are spanned by more than 50 bridges.

It’s a beautiful, clean, culturally rich place that’s ranked among the best urban centers in the world. I’m hoping that in the coming year you will develop a certain resemblance to it. With a little luck and a clear intention to forge strong new links, you will connect the many fragmented areas of your life, creating a unified network that ensures each part is humming in resonance with the whole. In fact, let’s call 2011 your Bridge–Building Year.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) At age 19, I wanted to be a poet when I grew up. My goal was to write a poem every day forever.

And yet I had almost no ambition to get published. I was satisfied to bask in the ecstatic epiphany that accompanied each fresh poetic eruption. Then one day I was browsing in a bookshop and saw a flyer for a big upcoming poetry reading. It included every major poet in my then–hometown of Santa Cruz –– except me. I was shocked and hurt. Why was I left out? Eventually I realized it was because all the other poets listed had written a book. From that moment on I was obsessively driven to publish my own tome. A year later, after much hard work, it came to pass. I would love to see you experience a similar wake–up call in 2011, Pisces: a friendly jolt that motivates you to rise to the next level.

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St. Mary’s Health Center is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 443-9409. St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St.

A method used at Fort Campbell to treat lack of sleep, anger, flashbacks, nightmares and emotional numbness in veterans is available in Savannah. 927-3432.

Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com. Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd , Rincon http://www. themidwifegroup.com/

HypnoBirthing Classes

Learn to birth in a calm and gentle environment without fear. Uses relaxation, meditation and guided imagery to achieve the birthing experience you desire. Tiffany, tiffany@savannahdoula. com.

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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

a group of individuals with a strong desire to help raise awareness about pancreatic cancer.

The group also provides support for families coping with this illness. Dec. 28, 6p.m. at Panera Bread on White Bluff & Abercorn. For more info, call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-350-7845.

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First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154.

The Quit Line

A toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco.

Call 1-877-270-STOP

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 7273177, visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.or e-mail gadolphin@comcast.net.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species. Open daily, 10am-5pm. For more info, call 912-786-5917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org. Tybee Island

Walk on the Wild Side

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 8983980, www.oatlandisland.org. 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah

Wilderness Southeast

Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-236-8115 or sign-up on our website www. wilderness-southeast.org.

Pets & Animals A Walk in the Park

Professional pet sitting, boarding, dog walking and house sitting services offered in downtown Savannah and the nearby islands. All jobs accepted are performed by the owner to ensure the safety of your pets. Local references available. Please call 401.2211 or email lesleycastle@gmail.com to make a reservation.

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Savannah Kennel Club

The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier. Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. 209 Stephenson Ave , Savannah

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. Savannah

Tea time at Ola’s

A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, Savannah http://www.liveoakpl.org/

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Metaphysics For Everyday Self-Mastery A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St., Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10 suggested donation, 1-877-494-8629, www.freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yahoo.com. Savannah

Midweek Bible Study

Every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com.

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An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus by Night, Savannah

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness.

The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

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

Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee. 224-7456, 231-2252, 234-0980, uusavannah.org Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts. , Savannah

The Savannah Zen Center

Soto Zen Meditation: Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with study group following 6:307:30pm; Sundays 8am-9:30am which includes Dharmatalk. Donations accepted. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach cindy@alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, 505 Blair St. Savannah. More info: savannahzencenter.com The Savannah Zen Center, 505 Blair St., Savannah

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 1001 E. Gwinnett St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

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

234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www. uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah

Unity of Savannah

Two Sunday morning Celebration Services - 9:15 and 11:00. (Children’s Church and childcare at 11:00.) A.W.E. interactive worship service at 7 p.m. every first Friday of the month. Noon prayer service every Thurs. To find out about classes, workshops and more visit, www.unityofsavannah.org or call 912355-4704. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Women’s Bible Study

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Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo for more information.

Texas Hold ’Em Poker League

Free Texas Hold Em poker league is available to the public. Teaches new players how to play and advanced players can come and work on their skills. Prize tournaments for season points leaders. www.series7pokerleague.com for more info.

Support Groups Al Anon Family Groups

A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com. Savannah

Al-Anon Meetings

Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 11am. Melissa, 844-4524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http:// www.fpc.presbychurch.net/

Alcoholics Anonymous

If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 912-356-3688.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts a Caregiver’s support group for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Meets every second Monday at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road.

For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143. Savannah

Amputee Support Group

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

Bleeding Disorders Support Group

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth. com/

Cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-8784.

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Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633. Savannah

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 355-1221; or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

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Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250. This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@ hotmail.com. 55 Al Henderson B;vd. , Savannah

Domestic Violence Hotline

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-800-33-HAVEN.

Domestic violence support group

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Inc. Building at 3205 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.

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Are you between the ages of 11-18, or a concerned parent of a teen? We are here to help. Please call Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter 912-234-4048 or www. parkplaceyes.org

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 819-6743.

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First Line

An after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options.

A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800264-7154.

Gray Matters Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth. com/

Grief Support Group

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 450 Mall Blvd. Seven-week support groups for children and adults are offered by the bereavement counselors at no charge as a complementary service of Hospice Savannah. For information call 912.303.9442 or visit www.HospiceSavannahHelps.org. Savannah

Heartbeats for Life

A free support and education group for those who have suffered or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems.

Contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org

Hope House

Provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, follow-up care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families. Please call 236-5310 for information. Hope House of Savannah, 214 E. 34th St. , Savannah

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group

meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916. Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave , Savannah

LD-AD/HD Support Group

Parents of children with learning disorders, attention deficit or hyperactivity disorder are invited to join this professionally lead support group discussion problem solving, medication, alternative treatments and more. Pre-registration req’d. Call Laurel Brady at 912-659-4687.

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma

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For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845.

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Living without Violence

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship.

Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999. First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. , Savannah

Memorial Health Focus

Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For info, call Saundra at 350-3396.

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Multiple Sclerosis support group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave , Savannah

Narcotics Anonymous

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

A recovery support group for people living with mental illness. Tuesdays: 6:30-8pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. Thursdays: 6:30-8pm, Pine Woods Retreat, 1149 Cornell Ave. Suite 3A. Saturdays: 1:30-3:30pm, Candler Heart & Lung Building (2nd Floor). Call 912-353-7143 for more info.

Overeaters Anonymous

Meets weekly at several locations. Please visit www.oa.org to locate a meeting.

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah www.memorialhealth.com/

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month. 56:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 355-6347 or 2384666. cs

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2BR/1BA $45,000.

1718 E. 39TH STREET

1BR/1BA Duplex $60,000.

1021 W. 45TH STREET

3BR, 1BA, CH&A $45,000.

915 W.VICTORY

3BR/1BA, CH&A $50,000 Call Alvin at 604-5898 or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 355-5557

1626 East Henry St. Gordonston Area, Renovated Home, 3BR/1BA, huge workshop/courtyard, DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION, for $99,900.

Tom Whitten Realty Executives 663-0558, 355-5557

2424 HAWAII AVENUE 3BR home in East Savannah. Updated kitchen with appliances, hardwood floors, central heat/air, total electric, 2-car detached garage, storage shed.

Only $86.900.Possible lease purchase.

Call Alvin 604-5898 or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 355-5557

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3BR/2BA, LR/DR combo, eatin kitchen, bonus room. MBR has walk-in closet. $127,400.

Roberta Clarno, Clarno Realty, Inc. 912-354-8490

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1020 East Anderson

1 & 2 bedroom apartments. $450-$600 per month. Available now. On the busline, Anderson @ Waters. 604-9997 Homefinders Realty.

•111 EAST 39TH STREET• 2BR spacious,upstairs apt. located between Drayton & Abercorn. High ceilings, hardwood and carpeted flooring,CH&A, windows galore.$635/month.

Call 441-3087.

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12350 Mercy Blvd.

Savannah, GA 31419

912-925-4815 Phone

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1309 E. ANDERSON:

2/3 Bedrooms, CH&A, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connection, carpet, backyard. $650/month, $500/deposit. Section-8 Welcome.

354-1453 or 667-7993

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1315 East 57th Street $700/month. 3bedroom/1bath.

Fenced yard, Section 8 accepted. www.OurSignatureProperties.com (912)629-2700

1-3BR Houses and Apts. for Rent in Savannah.All are very nice, clean properties at reasonable rates.

Please call,912-658-2422 or 912-658-3763

2216 AUBURN STREET, East Savannah.Beautiful brick home 3BR/1BA, new stove,refrigerator, carpet,paint. Huge backyard, washer/dr yer hookup. $800/month, $800/deposit.Section 8 Welcome. 912-844-2344

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Duplex for rent on Wilmington Island. $735/month plus water.

Call 912-897-6722.

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APTS FOR RENT

1315A E.67th: 2BR/1BA $675/month, $400/sec.deposit.

100 Lewis Dr:2BR/1.5BA,Apt.7B $575/month, $400/sec.deposit.

Both have stove, refrigerator, CH&A,total electric. 912-308-0957 •Chapel Lake: 4BR/2.5BA family room, 2-car garage, $1599/month.

•Georgetown: 3BR/2BA, great room w/fireplace, new paint & carpet, deadend, $1100/mo.

912-308-9382

DECEMBER SPECIAL 3BR/2.5BA, Great room, Sep. DR, Marshview in Rivers Bend First month FREE! Deposit only.

Subd. off Whitefield Ave. Clar- 2 & 3 bedroom apartments & houses. Call 912-844-5996 or no Realty, Inc. 912-354-8490 47 KING HENRY COURT GEORGETOWN TOWNHOMES: 2BR/1.5BA, new kitchen, large pantry, private deck. Only $700/month plus security. Smokers okay. Chuck Seyle 659-4825. Shore, Bell and Seyle Realty 356-1653 625 WEST 42ND STREET: 2BR/1BA, washer/dryer hookup, stove and refrigerator included. $500/month, $500/deposit. Call 912-844-2344

•806 Allen Ave- 2BR House, $500/mo +security •920 E 39th St- 3BR window a/c, gas heat. $650/month+security •1021 West 41st- 3BR, 1BA, livingroom, dining room, kitchen, $700+ security •23 Clearwater Lane- Laurel Green subdivision, off Quacco rd, 3BR/2BA, garage, fenced yard, $1000/mo +security.

•1202 E 35th St- 3BR/2BA,large livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, washer/dryer included, garage, $1000 +security LANDLORDS: If you are in need of a good Property Manager, CALL US. Managing property is what we do best!

Call Lester 912-234-5650 or 912-313-8261 APART/CONDO Three Bedrooms Pooler/Condo 303 Gallery Way $1100 Eastside 527 E.38th St. $725 TWO BEDROOM Near Sav’h Mall 98 Hidden Lake $850 Furnished 116-1/2 E.Gaston St. $1100 Duplexes 2128 Clars Ave $495 1126 E.53rd St. $575 1128 E.53rd St. $575 1203 E.54th St. $550 1234-A E.55th St. FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

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ConneCtSavannah.Com FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE 1117 Wilmington Is.Rd $1650 THREE BEDROOM HOUSES Landings 4 Woodward Ln. $1600 Ardsley Park 132 E.48th St. $1195 Southside 15 Wilshire Blvd $875 714 Beauregard $825 TWO BEDROOM HOUSES Port Wentworth 814 Crossgate Rd. $795 Near Mall 6 Seneca St. $775 Westside 637 W.42nd St. $595 Twickenham 310 Screven Ave $695 FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038 Great central location! 5 minutes from Hunter, Armstrong, St Joseph’s, and 2 malls. No 1/2 hr wait @ Abercorn ext bridge or I-516 @ rush hour. Save on gas. Newly renovated Windsor Forest home, hardwood floors, carport, covered patio, fenced yard, 3 storage sheds, 3 bedrooms and den. $950/month, 912-376-1585 HOMES & APARTMENTS Clean and fresh, available now, all areas, from $525 to $1000 See Pics & Info @ FrankMooreCo.com Frank Moore & Co. 920-8560 House for rent Daffin Park Area (Victory Drive)3BR/1BA, freshly painted inside, kitchen furnished, CH&A, new carpet, $765/month w/deposit. 441-5552 LARGO/TIBET AREA 2BR/1BA Apt, Rent $595, Security deposit $350. Call 912-704-3662 or 912-656-7842

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Mt. Pisgah Properties Homes for Rent •216 Greene Rincon 3/2 $925mth LP Available •218 Vale Royal Rincon 3/2 $850mth LP Available •113 Charlton Rincon 3/2 $850mth LP Available •16 Lanvale Pt. Wentworth $950mth LP Available •501 E. Hwy 80 B-dale 2/1 $650mth •308 E. Hwy 80 B-dale 2/1 $550mth •306a E. Hwy 80 B-dale 1/1 $375mth LP=Lease Purchase Please call 912-823-3302 or visit www.mtpisgahproperties.com

Near Sav’h Mall 3BR/2BA w/large den or 4th BR,All electric, $825 plus dep. 234-0548.

Hibiscus 1BR Duplex,recently remodeled, all electric $475 plus dep. 234-0548.

East 55th 2BR Duplex,carpet, fenced $525 plus dep. 234-0548.

Fall Ave 2BR/1.5BA mobile home, near Buckhalter. Private lot,water included $525 plus dep.

234-0548 NO SECTION 8 OAK FOREST DRIVE 2BR/1B, furnished kitchen, $500 dep/$500 rent.

WINDSOR CROSSING 2BR/2B, furnished kitchen, w/d, screened porch, downstairs unit. $500/dep/$650 rent GEORGETOWN CONDO 2BR/2B, furnished kitchen, w/d, fireplace, breakfast area. $500 dep/$795 rent Contact 927-4383 ZENO MOORE REALTY *No Application Fee*

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2027 E. 36th Street 3BR/1BA $650.

913 Carver 3BR/1BA $675.

930 Seiler 3BR/2BA $800.

417 Montclair 3BR/2BA $1050 509 E.39th: 4BR/2BA $900.

Several Rent-to-own properties.

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STAY MANAGEMENT 352-7829 RENT: DUPLEX 1220 E. 55th. 2-bedroom, 1-bath $475/month plus deposit $475. Two blocks off Waters Ave., close to Daffin Park. Call 912-234-2726, Days/Nights/Weekends.

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2BR with central heat/air, on Eastside, fenced backyard. $650/month plus small down payment. 660-4296 or 507-7875

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Newly Renovated Rose of Sharon Senior Residences, 322 East Taylor St.,Savannah, GA 31401 has the perfect apartment for your Active Senior Lifestyle. The Rose of Sharon captures the essence of Savannah living. Located in the heart of Savannah’s, most prestigious shopping, entertainment and dining district. We offer Resident Services & Activities, On-site Transit, Controlled Access, and Media & Fitness Center.

We are located 5 minutes from the Hospital and Pharmacy. The Rose of Sharon is quite simply the place to be!

Hurry, apply today as our apartments are extremely limited for our certain senior subsidized units starting at $495.00*.Must be 62 and older.Contact Karen Witter at 912-234-5417.

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SOUTHSIDE •1BR apts, washer/dryer included. Water & trash included, $600/month.

•2BR/1.5BA townhouse apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer/$625.

Call 927-3278

THE BRANNEN COMPANY •9 Seminole Street• 3BR/1BA, new carpet, CH&A, carport, fenced backyard. $875/month, $800/deposit.

Call 912-844-6294

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ROOMS FOR RENT

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New Large Clean Carpeted Rooms, only 2-4 rooms per guest house. Quiet Areas, Busline. Cable, Fridge, TV, utilities, furnished rooms. Rooms with PRIVATE BATHROOMS available. $99-$159/Week.

DISCOUNT FOR FOOD SERVICE AND HOTEL EMPLOYEES EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS 2BR/1BA & 1BR/1BA APTS. LR, kitchen, refrigerator, stove, all utilities & cable included.

Weekly $179, $215, $225.

Monthly $880 w/utilities. No Credit check.

912-472-0628/341-6122

AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 CLEAN, FURNISHED ROOM on busline, $110-145/week plus deposit. Utilities Included.

Call 660-2875 CLEAN, QUIET, Room & Efficiencies for Rent.On Busline, Stove, Refrigerator, Washer/Dryer. Rates from $100-$165/week. Special Discounts for Monthly Payments. Call 912-272-4378 or 912-631-2909 EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week + deposit. Call 912-844-5995.

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VICKSBURG DRIVE CLEAN 2 BR, 1-Bath house.

Central heat/ac. New carpet & paint. Laundry connections. $650.00 (912)658-2072 Happenings: All the info about clubs, groups and events. Only at www.connectsavannah.com

•Wilmington Island Duplex: 2BR/1BA Livingroom/dining combo, kitchen, laundry. $700/month 912-897-6789 or 344-4164

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NICE ROOM for rent, private bath, cable, electricity and water paid, $115/week +deposit.

No drugs allowed. Call 912-428-6324 NO DEPOSIT- Limited time East &West Chatham & Bloomingdale •REDUCED RENT!• •Rooms $100 & Up. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Hardwood floors. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-210-0181.

ROOMS Available near SSU & busline. All amenities, quiet lifestyle. $85-$130/week. Call Sandra King, 912-428-3514 or 912-355-1359 ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995.

SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline. 2 blocks from Downtown Kroger, 3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week w/No deposit.

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cars 910 1999 Infiniti Q45, 4 door, sedan leather seats, heated power seats, windows & locks, cd player, sunroof, V-8, BOSE stereo, Great condition. 1 owner, 174K miles, No mechanical problems, $5000.

484-6106

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Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

TOYOTA 4Runner Limited, 19982WD, in good condition, loaded, leather, all power, new battery, Ujoints and belts, good tires, 210K miles $4800. Call 912-655-6675

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TOWNHOUSE: 100 Lewis Drive, Apt 13D 2BR/1.5BA, 2-story. Washer/dryer connections, all appliances. No pets. $600/month, $600/deposit.

Call 912-663-0177 or 912-663-5368.

rooms for rent 895

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

Looking for two responsible persons. 2 rooms available. Privatebaths, CH&A/cable/telephone.

Immediate occupancy. $500/month each room, $125/security deposit.

Mr.Brown: 912-663-2574, 912-234-9177.

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air. No deposit. Call 912-398-7507.

Boats & accessories 950 2002 Grady White 208 POWERBOAT Grady White, 2002ONLY 107 HOURS! Cuddy cabin with freshwater plumbed head, holding tank and electric pump out. Professionally maintained. $27,000.00 (912)507-7137 AQUASPORT, 25’, center console, leaning post, trim tabs,hull in good condition, interior needs a little TLC. Hull. Make offer.

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2BR/1BA Balcony Apt. overlooking Oglethorpe Square & OwensThomas House. Freshly painted, completely renovated. Kitchen,LR, hardwood floors, parking garage. $900/month. 355-2848/398-3281 2BR/2BA, Southside condo, carpet, tile, pool, free water, screened porch, washer/dryer included. $675/month. Call Eric 912-220-1566 3BR/2.5BA, 2 car garage, eat-in kitchen, formal dining-room, office/laundryroom, wood/tile floors, screened porch, 7 Barbour Drive, $950/month. 234-7019 or 719-440-0882

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