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WEEK AT A GLANCE Freebie of the Week What: SCAD’s

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

annual “New Alumni Concert.” JJ Grey and Mofro open.When: Fri. June 1, 7 p.m.

Park Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: scad.edu/

Where: Forsyth

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kind of yoga, y’all.

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07 Editor’s note 08 Civil society 10 News Cycle 14 Blotter 15 Straight Dope 16 News of the Weird

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Film: Strong (USA, 2012)

Free Advice Friday

alumna Cheryl Haworth as she prepares to compete as an Olympic weightlifter.

When: Thu. May 31, 6 p.m.

Where: Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: scad.edu/

and perhaps able to answer any question that they are asked.

When: Fri. June 1, 12 p.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Creative Coast, 15 W. York St., Cost: Free Info: thecreativecoast.org/

Nature Outing: Wassaw Island National Wildlife Refuge

Historic Savannah Foundation Garden Party

What: Pairing businesses with local art-

Thursday What: Documentary that follows SCAD

What: Finale of Savannah Preservation

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sends the “aloha Vibe’ to the universe.

by Bill deYoung

18 Noteworthy & Soundboard 20 Music: Grace potter

culture

32 Foodie: Hot doggin’ at

SubDogs.

by Tim Rutherford

26 Best party photos 34 Mark Your Calendar 35 Art 36 Summer preview 39 movies

Festival events, features life music, hors d’oeuvres, container garden exhibit.

When: Thu. May 31, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Where: Davenport House, 324 E. State Cost: $75 Info: 912-233-7787. myHSF.org/

2012 SCADemy Awards

Friday What: A few people will be ready, willing,

Broughton Street Shop ‘n’ Hop

ists, this night sponsored by the Savannah Downtown Business Association turns Broughton Street into a gallery hop. Vendors remain open after hours, from 6 pm – 9 pm, and most will have artwork showing by local artists.

When: Fri., June 1, 6-9 p.m.

Where: Broughton Street Cost: Free to attend

What: SCAD’s film and television awards honoring graduate and undergraduate film students who have produced short films during the year. Includes screening of award-winning films.

When: Thu. May 31, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: scad.edu/

What: Wild beaches, windswept dunes, maritime forest combine with human history of the coast, as you travel by motorboat to explore with a Wilderness Southeast guide. Leaves from Wilmington Island. Reservations required.

When: Sat. June 2, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where: Wassaw Island Cost: $65 Info: 912-236-8115. www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

Free Cult Classics Double Feature

What: A free, one-day-only DoubleFeature of two unique and quirky movies from Psychotronic Film Society stash.

First screens at 5 p.m., second at 8 When: Saturday, June 2 Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Free Info: PsychotronicFilmSavannah.org

First Saturday on the River

What: Arts & crafts, entertainment and fun for the entire family on historic River Street. Free and open to the public.

When: Sat. June 2, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Where: Historic River Street Cost: Free and open to the public Info: 912.234.0295. riverstreetsavannah. com/

Savannah Sand Gnats Baseball

What: It’s Thirsty Thursday at the ball game and you know what that means!

Home stand continues thru Sunday.

When: Thu. May 31, 7:05 p.m., Fri. 7:05, Sat. 6:05, Sun. 2:05 Where: Historic Grayson Stadium in Daffin Park, 1401 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $7 Gen. Adm. Info: sandgnats.com/

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

What: Every Saturday. Fruits, veggies, baked goods and more from local and regional growers/producers.

When: Sat. June 02, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South End of Forsyth Park, Bull Street & Park Avenue Cost: Free to hang out and visit.

SCAD Animation Graduation Show

What: Juried showing of ninety minutes of the best animation films from this year’s graduating class. Screening plus awards ceremony.

When: Thu. May 31, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: lucastheatre.com/

Saturday

Coastal Wetlands Day at Oatland Island

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals play Forsyth Park for free Friday, June 1

What: Free admission and activities focusing on wetlands. Installation of Turtle Excluder Devices on your crabtrap.

When: Sat. June 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Cost: Free and open to the public.

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Sunday Film: Headhunters (Norway, 2012)

What: Psychotronic Film Society’s “Movies Savannah Missed.” “The most intriguing Norwegian film since the original ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ trilogy...[a] clever, intelligent and gripping action-crimethriller.” Screens at 2, 5, and 8 PM. When: Sun. June 3 Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $8 Info: musesavannah.org/

Young Artists Masterclass

What: A concert of Savannah high school singers as they prepare for an upcoming “Beautiful Voices” Concert.

When: Sun. June 3, 2 p.m.

Where: Christ Church, 28 Bull St Cost: $9.50 Info: tickets.scadboxoffice.com/

Music: Brian Luckett on Classical Guitar

What: Former director of Emory University’s Classical Guitar Studies performs original Spanish and South American compositions.

When: Sun. June 3, 3 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: www.shipsofthesea.org/

Lecture: Guerrilla Gardening by Jane Fishman

What: O’Connor House 2012 Spring Lecture Series features the Savannah Morning News columnist discussing her new book, The Dirt on Jane.

When: Sun. June 3, 4 p.m.

Where: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 East Charlton St Info: flanneryoconnorhome.org/

WWE Wrestling: Smackdown World Tour

What: “The Great White” Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Alberto Del Rio in a triple threat match for the world heavyweight championship, plus lots of other matches in Savannah for a body-slamming good time.

When: Sun. June 3, 5 p.m.

Where: Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $15 - $95 Info: savannahcivic.com/

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Monday Lecture: The Visual Art of Kahlil Gibran

What: A Gallery Talk “Visions of The Prophet: The Visual Art of Kahlil Gibran” in conjunction with Telfair Academy’s exhibition.

When: June 4, 1 p.m.

Where: Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St Cost: Museum Admission: Free for members.

Info: 912-790-8800. telfair.org/

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Wednesday

Film: Andy Griffith Birthday Tribute Savages (1974, USA) What: Griffith sheds his noble

persona to return to his roots (his early roles were usually evil-hearted villains before he became famous as the wholesome family man on TV’s “Andy Griffith Show”). A 22 year old gas station attendant in a desert town is looking to make some extra money and is hired by a wealthy lawyer to be his guide in a hunting trip in the desert. When the lawyer accidentally shoots a prospector, he is fearful of what it will do his reputation, and decides to eliminate the only witness.

When: Wed., June 6, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse Cost: $6 cash only Info: SentientBean.com

Johnny Mercer Boulevard Project: Open House and Comments

What: View the proposed project, ask questions and submit comments Presentation will be given at 6pm.

When: Wed. June 6, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Where: May Howard Elementary School, 115 Wilmington Island Road, Cost: Free and open to the public.

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Happy new year?

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

In some ways we’re approaching the start of my calendar year — work-wise, anyway.

The recent, huge, nearly 100-page Best of Savannah issue and accompanying awards party which happened last week mark the busiest time, the high-water mark as it were, of Connect Savannah’s year.

The annual free SCAD graduation concert in Forsyth Park — featured on our cover this week and for which this year there’s an extraordinary amount of buzz — has become our final landmark pending the arrival of the summer months.

For us, summer isn’t only vacation time, but a planning and incubation period when we prepare to roll out new features, strategies and content plans for the fall.

This summer we’re working very hard on several new and very significant content upgrades for the fall which I have every confidence will be received with open arms by our readers.

Best of luck to all recent SCAD grads, and remember: If the brutal job market gets you down, there are lots of entertainment options in Connect Savannah to distract you! cs

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T-SPLOST won’t fly

Editor, In regards to the proposed T– SPLOST tax: The statement, “Economic development suffers if we don’t pass this tax” is not a valid statement, because Georgia has always been behind the 8 Ball in regards to transportation, but yet look at the growth we have experienced.

Georgia now ranks 11th in the country as of 2010 and this occurred mostly since 1995. The economic vitality of Georgia is alive and well considering the slump the country is in.

GDOT is going to waste a lot of that 75 percent money before it ever gets to the counties on administration, studies, etc. I will say the counties will be lucky to get back 60–65 percent.

And which is best for your county, a 100 percent SPLOST tax or a percentage of a T– SPLOST tax?

GDOT in Sept. 2011 had another change in leadership; one reason being it has become too politicized. GDOT in the past was a well–run and efficient organization but within in the last 10–15 years or so has become too much of a

political bureaucracy to fulfill its duties properly or even be cost–efficient.

I will use a metaphor to describe GDOT beginning with the Transit Governance Study Commission. Everyone wants this airplane called T–SPLOST to fly, a pilot and destination has not been established and the fuel to get there is not yet available and won’t be unless the tsplost tax passes.

So the Governance Committee does a study and decides it is out of their ability to fly the plane and dumps it on state government representatives with input from local reps called county commissioners, neither one of which know how to fly the plane either, and are not sure of their destination but know they want the money to get there.

Meanwhile through frustration with political pressure from state reps and the Chamber of Commerce, GDOT (who is normally the pilot) goes into disarray and now faces the possibility they may not know how to fly the plane any longer and for sure does not know the destination and must contend with further political interference, now from

a different set of state reps and also local reps.

And the end result will be the plane may never fly, and if it does it may not get to its destination because of detours to exotic places characterized by stops in places like Jekyll Island to form more committees. The best thing that can happen to this planned destination of confusion is for the voters not to supply the fuel for the plane.

Why should voters support a tax to fly a plane with no pilot or fully planned destination?

Why should voters support a tax when the vote has been rigged by unbalanced region populations where 2 or 3 counties decide the vote of 11 or 12 other counties?

Georgia’s biggest problem, the main area where Georgia is behind, is the water supply to support the population growth we have experienced and where State officials should spend a lot of time and effort resolving. We can get by with traffic congestion; we cannot get by with lack of water.

So why is this T–SPLOST tax so bad? Because the ones who will suffer with this tax are the low income, the fixed income,

and other poor.

There will be no economic benefit for them as they become more dependent on government support because what little they have, more will be taken away; and those who support government with their taxes will see other taxes rise to support the poor who will need more government assistance.

Slim down GDOT, renew its purpose, eliminate some of their programs not directed specifically at improving transportation, install strong transportation leaders with knowledge in the field, eliminate political hacks in the department with no experience in transportation issues, provide sources of revenue from those who benefit the most from transportation (the users) and not the poor, renew GDOT’s pilot license, get out of their way and let them do their job and they will set the destination and get us there.

Because the rank and file of GDOT has the skills and the Chamber of Commerce and the politicians don’t.

Vote for Home Rule — Vote No to T–SPLOST 2012.

Mike Sims

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FIRST OFF, many thanks to those Connect readers who voted me Best Local Blogger in our last issue.

Eightish years ago, when my youngest child still had all the heft of a kitten and I was spending most of my time changing diapers and wiping yogurt out of my hair, a small start-up company asked me to write some content for their website in the form of a blog.

I told them I didn’t WordPress wonderwoman Jane Wells know what a “glob” was, but if they furnished a comtweeted that one of WordPress’ top puter, I’d be happy to kick out some people lives on Tybee Island. Of all snark during naptime and 23–minthe islands in all the world, one of the ute episodes of Blue’s Clues. principal geeks of blogging software The company and the motherlives on mine? board of that old MacBook have Let it be known, Jane Wells does fallen by the wayside, but Yo, Yenta! not make housecalls. She nicely lives on. Eight years is practically referred me to a local blog mechanic, dinosaur status on the interwebs, and WordPress nerd Adam Singer of because of the blog’s longevity, some AJ Singer Studios, who helped me have the mistaken notion that I am transfer most of my 2000ish posts somehow a blogging “expert.” They over to a new site and get it live by want to know what widgets I use and the next day.

But Wells also agreed to ask terrifying questions about Askilet me pick her big brain for a bit if I met spam, which I’m pretty sure is a drove out to Tybee, where she’s busy delicacy in Hawaii. painting shelves and rewiring outlets The truth is, I think of my blog the for her new wi–fi café, the Jitterbug same way I do about my minivan: Bakery.

I’m not exactly sure how it works, Basically, WordPress’ UX designer but when I put the key in and start (that’s “user experience,” yes, I had to ‘er up, she goes. I, like 70 million othask) and community guru makes it ers, use the free platform WordPress, all look easy.

A former baker, project which makes blogging so simple that manager and massage therapist who my dog could do it if she was still ambled from Oregon to Vermont and allowed near the computer (she kept back to San Francisco, this Jane–of– shedding in the keyboard when trollall–trades met WordPress founder ing LOL cat sites.)

Matt Mullenweg in 2003, “when he Which means when it breaks was just a scrawny little teenager.” down, I’m as helpless as when the From there, she put her mad web minivan starts roiling smoke out of developing skills to work and put the AC vents: When I sat down to Mullenweg’s open source project in write a new blog post last Monday the hands of the people. night and found that a gremlin had “The mission was, and still is, to gnawed through the firewalls and left democratize publishing,” she tells me a salmagundi of HTML code in its as we lounge with our laptops on Jitwake, I was stranded like a toothless terbug’s comfy red couches. “Anyone hooker in the gutter of the informacan put something out there, and it’s tion highway. free—free as in liberty, and in cost.”

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that recently went viral, there’s no doubt that blog freeware is changing the world. It’s also mucked up our consciousness with celebrity– obsessed navelgazers and boring business blogs, but democracy is messy, yo.

(FYI, Wells says it isn’t worth it to pay someone to do search engine optimization for your site.

Or, in her words: “SEO is bullshit.

You want to come up in searches?

Write better content.”)

When I confess that I’m kind of dumb about the inner workings of my own blog, she encourages me to cowgirl up and start tweaking it.

“It’s just code. If you screw it up, you’re not going to kill anyone.”

To learn more, I vow to attend one of the next WordPress meetups, casual hangout sessions at ThincSavannah where bloggers can ask questions and tweak without fear. Wells began organizing them when she first rolled into the Savannah area last year after taking charge of her teenage nieces from Middle Georgia. She considers herself “mostly coastal” (one of the perks of being a big–time geek is you can work anywhere with an internet connection), and though Tybee is hardly a bastion of advanced cyberpower, it was the closest beach from the girls’ hometown. The easy livin’ fit the bill, but the island was missing an essential ingredient to a seasoned blogger’s perfect world: A nice café with good coffee and kickass wi–fi.

Necessity being the mother of invention, Wells has birthed Jitterbug, slated to open next month in the former Charly’s restaurant next to the post office. The green bungalow will offer locally–roasted PERC coffee, blended teas, baked treats (made by her own hand, natch) and faster broadband than you’ll ever get at home.

I was already in awe of Jane Wells for her techie savvy and the whole global free publishing thing, but finding out that she named her caf after Tom Robbins’ epic novel Jitterbug Perfume has made me an official groupie. She plans to begin hosting WordPress meetups at Jitterbug soon, which means I’ll be blogging at the beach this summer.

Though sand is probably even harder to get out of the space bar than dog hair. cs

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Us & them AS HE CONTINUED complaining, all I could think was this: “Wow. He has no idea I’m one of the people he’s talking about.”

The subject, of course, was bicyclists and the topic occurred to him as we stood on the sidewalk. He’d observed cyclists rolling through the intersection at the end of the block without coming to a complete stop. A violation of traffic regulations?

Technically, yes. In reality, unless a car is approaching, it’s the rare cyclist who will put his or her foot down and come to a complete standstill at this normally quiet intersection with its unobstructed sightlines and relatively light traffic.

In fact, most motorists don’t stop either. Just like cyclists, they slow enough to determine that no one is coming and cautiously proceed through. There are a lot of intersections like this in Savannah.

As we talked, he eventually arrived at a new idea: That the real danger wasn’t the bicyclists’ rolling stops after all. It was drivers. Not all of them, just those who fly through the intersection at well above the 25 m.p.h. speed limit.

I agreed enthusiastically, thankful that I didn’t have to out myself as a cyclist–as is usually the case–before someone will concede that human– powered two wheelers aren’t the menace they’d originally suggested.

This encounter reminded me of how we perceive each other and our

transportation choices. Every “normal” adult is presumed to be a driver.

That’s why we are sometimes surprised to learn that a person regularly rides a bike, especially if he or she does not fall into a demographic group we associate with cycling, such as college students. Or if we have never seen them in the logo–festooned and form–fitting Lyra clothing we imagine all serious cyclists wear.

Without these outward indicators, we might assume the person is not one of “them” and therefore sympa-

them a scare. The face of cycling is changing in ways they may not detect.

Bicycle subcultures continue to thrive and mutate, creating differences that may not be immediately apparent to outside observers, while overall numbers of cyclists are growing. That means that when you complain openly and indiscriminately about cyclists, it will become increasingly likely the person you’re complaining to is one of “them” and less likely that you’ll initially recognize him or her as such.

learned that pleasant social experiences, like going out to eat with friends, can be even more sociable and pleasant if everyone rides bikes together instead of driving in separate cars.

Still others have figured out that riding their bikes to work allows them to save for when they are not at work: Money not spent on gas, parking and automobile upkeep can fund a nice vacation.

Some are even putting their bikes to work. I was recently shown the

Bicycle subcultures continue to thrive and mutate, creating differences that may not be immediately apparent to outside observers, while overall numbers of cyclists are growing. thetic to our gripes about cyclists. It’s like feeling comfortable badmouthing the opposing party to a person if you’re fairly certain he or she votes the same ticket as you.

I’m happy to say that those who think this way will need to be more mindful about what they say and to whom in the future. They won’t be safe in assuming the other person agrees that investing in cycling programs and infrastructure is wasteful or that cyclists don’t pay their fair share for using streets and roadways.

They shouldn’t expect a chuckle when they “joke” about buzzing a cyclist to teach them a lesson or give

And here’s the real kicker: You may become one of “them,” too!

You see, stereotypes don’t work as well when members of the groups they are meant to describe cease to be easily categorized. More and more people, from all walks of life, are realizing the amazing adaptability of bicycles and discovering ways that cycling can fit seamlessly into their daily lives.

Many have taken advantage of the bicycle as a multitasking machine, providing both transportation and exercise. Think of it as a piece of exercise equipment, similar to those found at the gym, that you can actually ride to the gym. Others have

frame of a cargo bike that was being assembled by a plumber. He apparently plans to use the bike to transport himself and his tools on calls.

This wasn’t in a bicycle mecca like Portland, mind you, but in a South Georgia town not too far from Savannah.

Folks like these defy standard notions of what cyclists look like, what they can do with their bikes, and where bikes belong. Bicycles are taking on new roles in our community, in our economy and in our discourse.

This makes it almost inevitable that you’ll soon encounter cyclists who are not like “them” at all. cs

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Jacobson tapped Little Lights Yoga director Jamie Patillo to teach a class for special needs children after Patillo worked with Jacobson’s 16 year–old son, Mikyle, who has autism. An occupational therapist for 14 years, Patillo uses yoga in her work with kids with autism and ADHD and has seen firsthand the benefits of teaching deep breathing techniques and stretching.

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“Any kid who is exposed to yoga will get the techniques to cope with all that life throws at you.”

Consistency is key, she adds. While it can be a challenge to get them interested and keep them still, she’s had clients like Mikyle take big strides.

“At first, Mikyle and I could barely get through one pose a session. Now when I show up he already has the yoga mat rolled out.”

Coping skills are also taught as part of Jacobson’s Trauma Sensitive Yoga classes, which incorporate her psychotherapy skills and as well as her experience working with veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)as far back as the early ‘80s.

(PTSD continues to plague thousands of vets; last week, Newsweek ran an article about the increasing number of suicides among soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.)

Jacobson also trained in trauma healing at the Kripalu Institute in Western Massachusetts, and her classes are appropriate for those with PTSD as well as anyone who has suffered high–stress situations, including abuse and natural disasters. Ganesha’s Place is the only location in the state to offer iRest, a deep relaxation technique also being used at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethseda, MD. Jacobson says she’ll offer free classes to any veteran.

“I had two brothers who were in Vietnam and they suffered horribly,” she laments. “I so wish they had had access to things like yoga.”

Also on the calendar at Ganesha’s are gentle yoga, the physically– invigorating Empowerment class, Restorative Yoga, Mindful Walking meditation and jubilant Hoop Dance.

Other services, including Thai massage and Reiki, are offered out of the space. Jacobson hopes to build a community based on compassion and self–inquiry, where folks can “tap into that deep part of ourselves we don’t often take the time to listen to.”

The name of the studio, which had its grand opening May 5, has a two–fold meaning for Jacobson: In yogini terms, Ganesha is the elephant–headed Hindu god whose task is to remove obstructions according to one’s karma and oversee new beginnings; he is often beseeched and thanked for prosperity and abundance. The colorful deity also has personal meaning in the form of a fuzzy stuffed elephant called “Ganosh” that accompanies her son just about everywhere.

“Ganosh goes upstairs at bedtime and comes back down when it’s time for school. He sees Mikyle off when the bus comes and greets him when he comes home,” she writes on her website. “He is one amazing elephant.”

As for the changes the elephant of karma has brought to her, Jacobson has nothing but gratitude: “Learning to navigate the obstacles and embrace new beginnings has made us stronger and more resilient.” cs

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Blotter All cases from recent Savannah/ Chatham Police Dept. incident reports

Ewwwwwww Four cats and a dog were found crated, abandoned and dead inside a storage unit.

Stephanie Bennett formerly of Waters Avenue rented the unit at the Stars and Stripes Storage Facility at 5503 Montgomery Street in January.

Police say she filled up the 10 x 20 unit with household items and the five animals she left behind.

The manager, Jim Buckley, went into the unit to do an inventory for auction. He discovered the animals and called police.

Animal Control Officers removed the animals. Their state of decomposition led them to believe the animals had been dead for months. Animal Control has charged Stephanie Smith (formally Bennett) and her mother Mary Stalvey with animal neglect, animal cruelty, and abandonment of animals.

— Two people were transported after an unusual accident left one woman pinned between a utility pole and a vehicle. Around 4:30 p.m., the driver of a Buick Sedan, Charlie Haywood, 78, pulled into a laundry service at 41st Street and Skidaway Road.

Haywood attempted to back out of his spot, thinking he was too close to the vehicle beside him. He struck the curb, then pulled forward, striking the rear of a GMC Yukon parked in the lot.

Haywood backed up again and ran into the curb a second time. He accelerated backward in a circular pattern backing into another vehicle, a 1999 GMC Suburban.

Ms. Krystal Morris and her son were removing items from the vehicle at the time of the collision.

They attempted to get out of the way when they were trapped between Haywood’s vehicle and a utility pole.

Morris suffered serious but non–life threatening injuries. Her son was transported and checked out as a precaution.

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— Two people are in custody and a third is being sought after the trio robbed five people and shot one in less than two hours. Police arrested Varico Williams, 21, for 3 counts of Armed Robbery and will also seek attempted murder charges against him as well as a 16 year–old juvenile.

Just after midnight Williams and at least two other individuals approached two men at their home on Duffy Lane. The suspects demanded to be taken into the house, where they took several items, to include keys to a 2004 Honda Accord.

Williams and the two other individuals then went on to rob another victim, at one point forcing him into the car at gun point and later releasing him, just before they robbed a woman just blocks away. The robberies took place minutes apart as the victims walked on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Then it is believed the suspects went into South Carolina, where they pulled into the front of Club Karma in Hardeeville, and robbed a Statesboro man that was outside the club near the front steps.

The man was shot multiple times and sustained a life threatening injury.

He was transported to Memorial University medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

After a short foot pursuit, two of the three suspects were apprehended.

Williams is in the Chatham County Detention Center, the juvenile is currently in the Regional Youth Detention Center. cs

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Just when I get the TV volume adjusted to the optimum level, a commercial comes on and rattles the house like a sonic boom. Who’s the Einstein who decided I should listen to commercials at a level loud enough to rupture my eardrums? —Rick Gray For as long as I can remember, home theater has had the same problem, namely, while the parts of a movie or TV show full of explosions are loud enough to strip varnish off a coffee table, dialogue at the same volume is barely comprehensible because it’s too damn quiet. Thus you either have to constantly adjust the volume or resign yourself to the possibility of permanent ear damage every time you watch an action movie. What’s the deal?

—Dan Rosenbluth Several audio techniques are at work here, two of which, interestingly, work in opposite ways. But the motive is the same: noise sells.

Viewers have complained about loud TV commercials since the 1950s but advertisers paid no heed, figuring people couldn’t ignore your message if you screamed it in their ears. In the 1960s the FCC began warning broadcasters to lower the volume but made no serious attempt at regulation, and industry efforts to self-police didn’t accomplish much either.

Things got worse in the era of digital TV, with improved technology greatly increasing the range of discernible sound volume, better known as dynamic range. Eventually Congress stepped in, passing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act in 2010. The law directed the FCC to set advertising loudness standards for broadcasters, cable operators and other video distributors. By December 13, 2012, a commercial’s average sound level must be the same as the average loudness of the surrounding programming. The idea is that once you get the TV volume adjusted to a comfortable

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level you won’t risk having your eardrums ruptured by a sales pitch.

Imagine a commercial skillfully interweaving tranquil footage of bunnies and butterflies with equal intervals of air raid siren-level noise. On average, the result is 100 percent FCC compliant.

Improved TV technology works both ways, however. Check your owner’s manual to see if you have a function called automatic gain control or peak limiting. If you do, and you have the moxie to navigate through the byzantine array of menus and options on the average TV, they’ll enable you to control the peak noise level.

That brings us to the related problem of loud movies. Increased dynamic range during regular programming was designed to enhance the vividness of the home theatre experience by reproducing the gamut of sounds you experience in real life. Unfortunately for your hearing, the approximation of real life favored by Hollywood tends to fixate on the whispers of the bedroom on the one hand and battling robots on the other.

Action movies are particularly problematic. Audio researchers found that whereas a typical episode of the sitcom Friends had a nontaxing dynamic range of 6.6 “loudness units,” the 1999 film The Matrix had a range of 25 units. The eruption of noise during The Matrix’s action sequences is part of its charm, of course, but such extreme dynamic range pushes the limits of what even the most sophisticated home system can reproduce, making it virtually impossible to find a comfortable volume level.

Once again, though, technology is your friend. The Dolby 5.1 system, for example, includes a “midnight mode” that compresses the dynamic range, lowering the sound peaks and raising the valleys to make a concussive soundtrack more listenable.

But here’s the surprising part. Where the movie industry uses increased dynamic range to make more noise, the music industry uses dynamic range compression to do the same thing. Dynamic compression is a major weapon in what’s been called the “loudness war,” the steady increase in the volume of rock and pop music. Music producers and engineers have always been trying to make their records sound bigger and more exciting than the competition’s, and one way of getting a song to jump off a jukebox is simply to make the recording itself louder. CS

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news of the weird In Sickness and in Health, But Not in Triviality and Tackiness All U.S. states have forms of nofault divorce, but not England, which requires that couples prove adultery or abandonment or “unreasonable behavior,” which leads to sometimes-epic weirdness, according to an April New York Times dispatch from London. For instance, one woman’s petition blamed her husband’s insistence that she speak and dress only in Klingon. Other examples of “unreasonable behavior” (gathered by the Times of London): a husband objecting to the “malicious” preparation of his most hated dish (tuna casserole), a spouse’s non-communication for the last 15 years (except by leaving Post-it Notes), a spouse’s too-rapid TV channel-changing, a husband’s distorting the fit of his wife’s best outfits by frequently wearing them, and one’s insistence that a pet tarantula reside in a glass case beside the marital bed.

Compelling Explanations Lame: (1) Madison County, Ind., council member David McCartney admitted to the Herald Bulletin newspaper in March that he had exchanged “sexually explicit” emails with a female official in another county but would not resign. In fact, he said, he had engaged in the exchanges not for hanky-panky but in order to “expose corruption.” He has not elaborated. (2) Chris Windham, 27, was charged with improperly photographing a 57-year-old man in a

men’s room in Trinity, Texas, in March to Mrs. Starr. Astonishingly, neither after Windham, using a stall, allegedly Mahalanobis’ health nor her restausnapped a cellphone photo of the man rant business noticeably improved! standing at the adjacent urinal. WindAmong the remedies that Mahalanoham explained that typically he braces bis accepted: buying seven tabernacles himself with one hand on the floor ($19,000 each) to “vanquish (her famwhile he wipes himself, and this time ily’s) negativity” and putting $100 bills the hand on the floor was holding his and a piece of paper with her relatives’ cellphone. names written on it under her mattress -- Maureen Raymond, along with a grapefruit 49, said her roadside DUI (which, as everyone test administered in Januknows, attracts and ary was unfair. According then isolates the evil). to records cited by Scripps Things Leaders Media, she told a deputy Summer time in Port St. Lucie, Fla., that Believe and the living she couldn’t walk a straight is easy -- Though recently line “with her big booelected Councillor bies,” which she said makes Simon Parkes told “balancing” difficult. The the Scarborough Evedeputy reported that Rayning News in March mond helpfully offered to that his work on the show him the evidence but Whitby (England) that he stopped her.

Town Council would not be affected, he has Things People Believe famously (in a YouTube -- She is not the typivideo) reported lifecal gullible victim. Ms. long “horrific” invasive Priti Mahalanobis is a encounters with extracollege-educated mother of two who terrestrials, including many visits from ran a franchised restaurant in Avalon a 9-foot-tall, green “mother”-like being Park, Fla., near Orlando, but when who sends him “messages” through his her health, her brother’s marriage eyes, down his optic nerve to his brain. and her business experienced prob-- Arni Johnsen, a member of Icelems, she bought a $20 psychic readland’s Parliament, survived a serious ing from “Mrs. Starr” (also known as 2010 automobile crash -- a stroke of Peaches Stevens). The Orlando Sentinel good fortune he has since attributed reported in January that, over the next to a family of elves (three generations, seven months, Mahalanobis lost about in fact, according to an “elf specialist”) $135,000 in cash, jewelry and gift cards

who live in a boulder near the crash site. Iceland’s Morgunbladid newspaper reported that Johnsen recently had the 30-ton boulder relocated to his own property, which he said affords the elves a better view than at their previous home. (Another elf “authority” told reporters, however, that relocating the family was bound to bring Johnsen bad luck.)

Ironies -- A three-truck crash on Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, N.M., in May destroyed one truck and sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries. One tractor-trailer carrying a load of charcoal and charcoal lighter fluid crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying frozen meat. The lighter fluid facilitated a huge fireball/barbecue.

-- Only in Muncie: (1) In April, Christina Reber, 43, was charged with assault after she entered the home of her “on-again, off-again” boyfriend in Muncie, Ind., punched him in the head numerous times and squeezed his scrotum until he finally pried her fingers loose. He was taken to Muncie’s Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital. (2) Muncie college student Bakhtiyor Khafizov, 21, was arrested in April for allegedly attacking a former girlfriend in her campus dorm room.

The woman said she escaped only by kicking him in the groin. The students attend Ball State University.

The Litigious Society

-- Felix Velazquez’s meticulous attention to detail could have served him well in legitimate endeavors, but was unfortunately displayed in a recent attempt to stalk an ex-girlfriend in Broward County, Fla. He had already been to prison for a 2008 stalking when he allegedly devised a fake double kidnapping -- of her and him -- so that he could “rescue” her and win back her affections. According to prosecutors, he created 23 pages of maps, photos and, reported the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, an “encyclopedic amount of detail about (the woman’s) routine, her appearance, friends and driving routes to work” and thought he had convinced a former cellmate to do the abduction. However, as frequently happens, the cellmate got queasy and told police, who devised their own elaborate ruse to sting Velazquez. He is awaiting trial.

-- The family of a 13-year-old girl filed a lawsuit in Queensland, Australia, in April after their daughter, in a physical education tennis class at an upscale private school in Mudgeeraba, was hit in the eye by a bad shot from a fellow 13-year-old. The injury came as the girls were “smashing” balls back to each other from the baseline during a lesson. (Brisbane’s Courier-Mail reported that several schools in Queensland state have banned such “dangerous” activities as “cartwheels” and “red rover.”)

-- Henry Wolf filed a lawsuit in April in San Francisco against BMW, claiming that the Corbin-Pacific seat on its 1993 motorcycle formed such a “ridge” that Wolf developed painful priapism that has plagued him since he made a four-hour ride in May 2010. (Although the actual length of each priapic episode was not disclosed in the lawsuit’s initial filing.) cs

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MODERN SKIRTS At 9 p.m. Friday, June 1

Congress Street Social Club, 411 W. Congress St. Jay Gully, JoJo Glidewell, Phillip Brantley and John Swint have been Skirting since 2004. One of the cleverest, most interesting quirko–pop bands to emerge from Athens in many an era, Modern Skirts’ earlier stuff was piano–driven, sublimely crafted music that drew deeply from the harmonic well of the Beach Boys and other ‘60s masters who knew how to churn great and hard– to–ignore three–minute songs.

It was in 2007 that R.E.M.’s Mike Mills named Modern Skirts his favorite Athens band; subsequently, they opened several European shows for the city’s favorite sons.

On Modern Skirts’ latest, Gramahawk, there’s more of an emphasis on hard power–pop rhythms and synthesizers – it’s not as “jangly” as its predecessors. The sound originated with Gully’s ongoing and wholly unhealthy fascination with a band of cheesy, Japanese–made keyboards he had laying around the house.

In music, evolution is the only real alternative to stagnation.

“We love this more than anything we’ve done before,” Brantley told an interviewer last month.

“We don’t even like to play the old songs anymore,” he says. “I feel like we’ve finally found our voice.”

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At 10 p.m. Thursday, May 31 The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. $8 First and foremost, everybody who walks in the door between 9 and 10 p.m. gets a free copy of the Cusses album on CD. Sweet.

After 10, here’s the deal: You can pay $8 admission and have the usual blast, or choose from these options the lovely Smithers is holding: Admission plus a CD is $10; for $20, you get admission, CD and a T–shirt; admission, Cusses on vinyl and a digital download of the album; or admission and Cusses on vinyl; for $30, admission, the vinyl and a T–shirt.

Got all that?

From the Raleigh area, Towe3rs, fronted by guitarist and songwriter Derek Torres, starts the show at 10 p.m., followed at 10:50 by the proggy three–piece Odist.

Cusses will play an hour–long set starting at 11:50. At last week’s Connect Best of Savannah Readers Poll bash, the band took five awards, which may be a record.

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Congratulations on the new single, “Never Go Back.” I can’t get it out of my head.

Grace Potter: Oh, thank you. It’s really great to hear. It’s funny because it’s a dividing point for me as a musician — this is that moment, just now, where I’m just starting to hear what other people think of the song. It’s a really cool thing to see how everybody’s receiving it. Obviously, I’m biased.

What does this album represent to you? Is this like your Sgt. Pepper?

Are you rubbing your hands together, going “Just wait till they hear this one”?

Grace Potter: (laughing) This is definitely our Sgt. Pepper. Actually, it might be more Rubber Soul. There’s just a lot to it. It was a real labor of love. This was an intense record to make because we were much more involved. I co–produced it. Really sunk my teeth into it, in a way I’ve never done before. Usually, my experience with making records is you

find a producer, the producer kind of does his or her thing with you, and you come out the other side and go “Oh, I’m glad that turned out great.”

Or: “I didn’t like how that turned out, and it’s all their fault.”

But this time around, it was kind of taking all that load and putting it on ourselves. With the deft ability of people like Jim Scott and Dan Auerbach, we marched on. One thing that’s very different about this record is that it’s a mobile record. We didn’t just make it in one place. We made it everywhere.

I mean, we tracked in Nashville, L.A., I did the vocals in a hotel room, we tracked some of it in Vermont, some of it in Northern California. There’s just a lot of elements in play that much more reflect how we’ve been living our lives for the last few years.

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And what I love about that is that we never really have had the one. We’ve had a lot of close calls and some near major smash–it–home hits. But it never really goes all the way there, which I’m really grateful for in a way.

Because it’s given us a really nice solid foundation to stand on so we’re not just a, you know, hit machine. And I think that’s a pretty cool thing to be able to say, that we’ve really enjoyed almost a decade of making music together.

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Grace Potter: No, I love pop.

Because everything’s changed. It’s not what it used to be. I love pop music — I listen to fuckin’ Rihanna, and I dance around like an idiot. There’s a place and time for every kind of music, but pop is so many things — and obviously we are a rock ‘n’ roll continues on p. 22

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This year’s headlining band for the SCAD “New Alumni” concert is an exemplary rock ‘n’ roll outfit, tough as the Foo Fighters and tender as the Avetts, big on soaring guitars, chunky riffs and insanely catchy melodies.

And then there’s Grace.

The charismatic Vermont–born and bred Potter, 28, is the band’s chief songwriter, frontwoman and, most auspiciously, lead singer.

Potter is a rock ‘n’ roll vocalist with a bluesy edge, but there’s this thing in her voice that you don’t often find in singers from that dime–a–dozen milieu — a clear, almost innocent tone that gives everything she sings a wonderful gossamer quality.

She’s a dynamo onstage, too, loose and wild and funny, exuding feel– good hippie–jam love and a contagious zeal for the unfettered joy of music–making.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ fourth major–label album, The Lion The Beast The Beat, will be released on June 12.

The day after the Savannah show, Potter and the boys begin a long summer tour that includes high–profile stadium slots as the opener for country stars Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw.

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band, but within that, yeah, we would like to be considered pop music because that’s what it is. If we’re getting right down to the nitty gritty of it, a hook is a hook because people want to dance, they want to sing.

They remember it.

It’s not a dirty thing to do; if you want to sing it over and over again, and get it stuck in your head, that’s a good thing. So yeah, we’re pretty fearless when it comes to hooks and things like that. But having said that, there does have to be a craft, and a sensibility, and a balance to it. You can’t really put your finger on it – you just have to know what the fuck you’re doing.

So it’s been exactly 10 years since you stopped doing open mic nights in Vermont and started a rock ‘n’ roll band.

Was your musical evolution – getting here from there – gradual or fast?

Grace Potter: I think my evolution would have been drastically different if I wasn’t in a band. That I was loyal to and that I loved. Benny, our guitarist, was driving recently and he was listening to the record, and he was like, “God, I fuckin’ love this record!” We were having a love–fest on the phone. And I said “Everything that happened built up to the music sounding the way it sounds. If any little piece of this had happened differently, it wouldn’t be this kind of music.”

I always had a death wish to be a star. When I was 4 years old I was singing The Little Mermaid and dreaming of the day when I could be in the spotlight. So there was always that ball of energy inside me, waiting to pop off and tell the world what I had to say. But I think the way in which it has happened is so much more rewarding, because I never did have that one defining moment, or

that one defining song, or that really sad “trying really hard for 10 years and never quite making it” thing. I think this was completely a group exercise.

But was it always going to be rock ‘n’ roll? I’m trying to figure out if you were more Jewel or Shakira in those days.

Or more Bonnie Raitt?

Grace Potter: Defnitely Bonnie Raitt. She was the guideline for me and for a lot of young women coming up in the music industry.

I wanted to be Robert Plant. Or Mick Jagger. I didn’t think about the female side of it. I wasn’t really led by many females; I wasn’t attracted to as many females as I was attracted to males. I would watch footage of Mick Jagger humping the big inflatable penis and I was like, “OK, how do I make that my job? How can I be that guy?” So I’m happy to have made it even a tenth as far as I expected to.

You walked out of the initial sessions for The Lion The Beast The Beat.

What was that all about?

Grace Potter: I was having a mid–life crisis! It had to do with the music, more than anything. What was happening was, we were churning out song after song and the process was not rewarding to me. The songs sounded great, and we were poppin’ ‘em out like bunnies, but it didn’t feel “sticky” – there didn’t feel like there was anything was sticking together.

It was just a bunch of songs, and it sounded like we were really searching for a hit. And I was losing faith in myself, because I don’t like writing songs to sound like hits. That’s not how I work. That’s not how my brain works; I don’t want to write a hit. I just want every song I write to BE a hit. (laughing) You can’t aim for it, though. It’s a delicate balance and like

Grace Potter: I did a bunch of shows with Kenny last year, and they went over gangbusters.

We’re trying to do the Eagles crossover thing! That’s what I’ve always wanted to do. I love not having a genre to point at. I love not being one thing or another. And I think that being on tour with Kenny and Tim is all about that. CS Grace Potter and the Nocturnals With JJ Grey & Mofro Where: Forsyth Park, Bull Street When: At 7 p.m. Friday, June 1 Admission: Free

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You’re going on tour with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. With all due respect to them, how do you fit in with country singers?

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Grace Potter: That’s a good question. It is and it isn’t. I don’t like saying “concept album,” because I wouldn’t want to deter people from listening to each song. If you hear a song from a concept album, you’re like “I don’t get it, because I haven’t listened to the big picture,” or “I guess I’ve lost the plot.”

I really did want these songs to stand on their own and be their own things, but then also feel like they fit into the groove of a deeper thematic road map. If you listen to the whole record, top to bottom, we tracked it in order so there was a lot of time and thought put into the transitions between songs. I do think that this is a concept record at the heart of it, but I try not to overstate that.

Grace Potter: Well, the lion and the beast make appearances in a bunch of songs. There’s also a sense of time and scale, by which we’re all living this life that kind of keeps going whether we want it to or not. And that’s actually the beat. The phrase refers primarily to the beating of time, the beat of a drum, the turning of the planet, the ticking of the clock ... it all adds up to that.

Every song has elements of that in it, but at the heart of it, we’re talking about human strength and human weakness, and how we act on impulses. And how that defines who we are. In every single song, you’ll find those themes.

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You’ve said it’s a concept album. Is it?

“Tommy, can you hear me”? That’s what concept albums mean to me.

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I didn’t think we were reaping the benefits of what the process of making a record should be about, which is continuity and really falling in love with a body of work all at once. So I scrapped pretty much everything we had done — we’d been recording for two months — and I threw it in the trash and said “Let’s start over.” And I just jumped in the car and drove. I drove for a week; I just pointed the car north and got out of the city. I also went to Vermont, and down to the Caribbean, I just needed to be a vagabond. And that’s where the album really came from.

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Tubby Love is the real deal. And his new record, wouldn’t you just know it, is called The Real Thing.

With a broad–brush talent for creating memorable melodies, a crystalline tenor singing voice and the sort of passionately positive life–view you find amongst hippies, born–again Rastafarians and people who like to surf, Mr. Love has crafted a five–song EP overflowing with good–vibey musical richness. Accompanied by the Midwestern band Vasudo, he’ll debut the record with a June 2 show at Live Wire Music Hall.

Tubby Love is Andrew Terrett, a 2006 graduate of Savannah Arts Academy.

That, as the song says, was long ago — he is now a thin, healthy, reggae–singing, life– loving, spiritually–questing vegetarian.

Ah, but back in the day .... “Yes, I was one of the bigger guys,” Terrett explains, “but still got lots of love from the ladies, and from my friends.

“Every time I would come into a room, my best friend would be, like, ‘Tubby Love!’ The reason I used it as an artist name is to me it represents massive love. Big love, you know? It was kind of like accepting who I am.”

He was one of those people for whom music is all–encompassing. “I wrote my first song when I was 10 or 11,” he says, “for a girl. And it got her attention. And I thought ‘Oh, man — this could be something serious here.’

“I was very curious about God and spirituality in the universe, as we all are as human beings.

I was writing songs about that, more in the singer/songwriter kind of fusion vibe.”

Terrett studied classical voice and opera at Georgia State University, and was offered a scholarship in songwriting from Boston’s Berklee School of Music.

“I feel like you can’t really teach people how to write songs. It’s really a gift that you channel, and you learn by experience. It’s all about what you’ve experienced, and putting that to music.

“But they gave me a really big scholarship! So I decided to stick with it.”

It was in Boston, Terrett says, that he made the decision to “re–invent” himself,

“in a brand new city where I didn’t know anyone.”

And it was during this period that he fell head–over–Huraches in love with reggae music.

Financed through a successful Kickstarter program and recorded on a chocolate farm in Hawaii (no kidding), The Real Thing features Aaron Lipp of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad on keys, drummer Elijah Ray from Band of Light, and producer extraordinaire Will Lydgate on bubbly bass (his family own Steelgrass Farm, where the recording studio is located).

The music covers supremely cool progressive reggae (“Miracle,” “Simple City”), uptempo Afro–Cuban jazz (“Afro”) and even a country–gospel tune (“Shining”). The title song is an infectious R&B shuffle.

Still, every song has what T.L. calls the “Aloha Vibe.”

“You can call it reggae,” says Terrett. “I’ve been calling it ‘roots from the soul.’ Because every track is different; it’s a very eclectic album with lots of different styles. Reggae is definitely an essential style on there, and of course I have a big love for reggae.

“It’s just songs that are deeply rooted in me, that deal with experiences that I’ve had in my life. I just get ‘em out any way that they want to come out. I really don’t have much control over it. Especially in this day and age, when we’re influenced by so many different genres. I grew up listening to the radio, and when I got to Berklee, all these styles came at me.”

The Real Thing was conceived as the first part of a recorded trilogy; Part Two, an all– acoustic album featuring guitar, mandolin, standup bass and Dobro, drops July 4.

“The reason I’m doing this trilogy is because there’s so many sides to me,” he explains. “Musically, I’m so passionate about so many different things. But it’s all rooted in the soul.

“And Part Three is where I’m getting five different bands to play five different songs of mine with me. They’re bands that I look up to and have heavily influenced me. Bands that I love.” CS Tubby Love CD Release Party Where: Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. When: At 10 p.m. Saturday, June 2 Admission: $5

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Best. Party. Ever.

They came. They saw. They conquered. They had a few beers.

They occasionally got a little annoyed at having to wait their turn to come up onstage and accept their award.

So they had another beer.

Tuesday, May 22, marked another successful edition of our annual Best of Savannah Awards Party, in which we honor all the readers’ choice winners with eats, beverages, and much love.

Thanks to the Charles H. Morris Center, First City Events, Live Oak catering and our event photographer John Alexander. cs

Wes Daniel and the crew from Hang Fire collect their multiple awards.

JinHi Soucy Rand’s Muse Arts Warehouse was named Best Indie Film Venue, while Psychotronic bossman Jim Reed took the award for Best Film Series.

Vinnie’s swept all the pizza categories this year, including Best Delivery

Flanked by Best Local Theater Director Jeff DeVincent andf Best Actress Maggie Lee Hart, Best Actor Christopher Blair says thanks.

Best Local Hip Hop/Rap/Group/Artist: Lloyd “KidSyc” Harold thanks the readers as the Brandywine guys look on.

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Willie Anthony Jones and Leslie Adele of A Nickel Bag of Funk accept the award for Best Funk/R&B/Soul Group or Artist.

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Aaah, the nearness of summer! Backyard barbecues, marshmallows on sticks over the fire pit — what could be better?

Letting someone else do the cooking!

For a hot dog unlike any you’ll find at the local supermarket, swing into SubDogs HotDoggery on Broughton Street. This is the downtown destination for gourmet hot dogs.

“Gourmet hot dog.” That’s probably not a phrase Upton Sinclair ever imagined in the wake of his groundbreaking novel The Jungle.

The expos about the life of immigrants in the United States is best remembered for its insider’s look at the turn–of–the–century

meatpacking industry. Thanks to Sinclair, the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was passed and laid the groundwork for meat safety – which today allows us to fall in love with what we call a gourmet hot dog.

History class over, we can return to SubDogs. Chef and owner Matt Jording kicked this concept around for a decade before launching near the busy Broughton and Bull streets intersection. His sells a full half– pound frank that is custom made using premium ingredients. That “say ahh”–sized dog is nestled into a house–baked bun for a perfect fit, then topped with any number of mouthwatering – and in some cases – zany ingredients.

I kept it pretty simple, opting for the Philly Wit, topped with saut ed green and red bell peppers, onions and Cheese Whiz. These meal– sized wieners are a hands–on affair and this gooey behemoth sent me scrambling for the napkins. The bun was ridiculously soft, the dog piping hot and the toppings fresh.

Still, the purist in me scrapped away the goodies midway through and doused the rest of my dog with mustard. Oh yeah...hot dog heaven.

There are 17 dog or brat options on the menu, a handful of salads and Dog Nughts – corndog nuggets sold in sixes, buckets or a full bucket. Turn any dog into a meal deal for another $2–$2.50 and get an order of fries and a fountain drink.

Happy hour, 4–9 p.m. daily, offers a free beer with your dog. That’s something to bark about! Find the entire menu online at subdogshotdoggery.com.

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Regular lunch and dinner hours will be Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Eat the wildlife

I spied a full–sized raccoon in Johnson Square during Taste of Downtown. It wasn’t cavorting about the moss–draped trees. It was sitting proudly on a vendors table holding a sign: “I am a cake!”

Darned if it wasn’t.

Designer, baker and artist Ashlee Perkins of Tier Luxury Cakes crafted the stunningly authentic looking critter. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Perkins has appeared on Food Network Challenge and is recognized as an up– and–coming designer in the luxury cake industry. Perkins shop is at Broughton and Abercorn streets.

You can see her gallery of cakes and contact her via her website, www.tierluxurycakes.com.

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Created just this year by the “full service entertainment company” O Ent., Inc., the Georgia Music Awards will honor “emerging talent” through public voting and a big awards show in Atlanta – June 16 at the Buckhead Theatre.

O Ent., Inc. and its owner Omar McCallop are responsible for the Carolina Music Awards.

Four Savannah acts have nominations: Liquid Ginger frontwoman Ginger Fawcett (Best Female Rock Vocalist) Chuck Courtenay (Best Country Artist), Big Money Band (Best Country Band), the Train Wrecks (Best Americana/Bluegrass Band).

With all due respect ... I don’t know that I’ve ever heard the Train Wrecks play anything even vaguely resembling bluegrass, but I guess O Ent., Inc.’s Omar McCallop knows more about

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Corey Smith is coming back to Savannah July 27. Tickets for the Georgia singer/songwriter’s Johnny Mercer Theatre show, available now through etix.com, are $25.

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This event has no affiliation whatsoever with Georgia Music Magazine, or the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

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David Warren, former chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Committee at Armstrong Atlantic State University, was a Best of Savannah winner in our recent poll, as Best Spoken Word Artist. The name he uses is Davis the Poet.

Apparently we misrepresented him in our description, and so we offer an apology and this correction, as penned

by Mr. Warren himself: “I have been writing for the past 13 years, inspired to write by my mother who taught English literature. Also, I was actually the one who started and hosted the monthly Open Mic Night at Armstrong for about 2 1/2 years before passing it on to a new host.”

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Explosion. June 17. MLK Arena.

• Sesame Street Live. June 19 and 20, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

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• What the Butler Saw. The Collective Face. Aug. 3–18. Muse Arts Warehouse.

• Avenue Q. Bay Street Theatre. Aug. 9–26.

• Jim Gaffigan. Aug. 10. Johnny Mercer Theatre.

• “Son of Rockin’ Rockin’ Cigar Box Guitars.” Aug. 11. Ships of the Sea Museum.

• George Jones. Aug. 17. Johnny Mercer Theatre.

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Performances by Each and Every Opus and Lovely Locks. Local sponsors include Bar Food, Crepe A Diem, Le Chai, Blu Owl Photography, Bikram Yoga Savannah, Form, Green Truck Pub, The Spice and Tea Exchange, Custard, Blue Turtle Bistro, Vitality Accupunture and Integrative Medicine, Leoci’s Trattoria, Sentient Bean, Brighter Day, Atwell’s, Savannah Yoga Center, ZIA Boutique, Telfair Museums and many more.

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Six large acrylic paintings which draw upon cartography, historical text and image painted over the textual background, which sometimes reveals an unforeseen message. Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Jr. Blvd.

First Friday Shop ‘n’ Hop — The Broughton Street committee of the Savannah Downtown Business Association announce their SHOP N HOP for First Friday on Broughton Street in June. Artists showing work include: Juliana Peloso, Tobia Makover, Liz Guri, Jeff Cook, Giana Eden, Scribbles Art Studio, Angel Benneditto, Clair Buckner, Jessie Usie, Charlie Jonkoff, and Anne Gates.

Broughton Street vendors will remain open after hours, from 6 pm – 9 pm.

Found — Anne Gates’ work consists of unconventional embroidery and sculptural objects. ‘Found’ explores the nuances between home and place, between growth and fear, and human motivation. The Butcher, 19 E. Bay St.

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In the Spiritual Realm — Lauren Flotte, SCAD photography major and Gallery Manager at Indigo Sky, has compiled a series of photographic works displayed in light boxes which she designed and fabricated. Flotte approached the Pastor of St. Phillip’s AME Church and was given permission to photograph services. Opening reception and artist talk May 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Exhibit runs through June 10. Hours Sat./Sun 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. Ink & Bones — Street level art pieces by Corey Houlihan, made of spray paint, acrylic paint and markers on found wood, skateboard decks and sometimes canvas. Reception June 1 at 6 p.m.

Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Kobo Spring Show — Kobo Gallery’s Annual Spring Exhibition features new artists Betsy Cain, David Kaminsky, David Peterson, Jan Clayton Pagratis, Melinda Borysevicz, and Daniel E. Smith.

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Take Away Words — Liliya Sotirova’s SCAD graduate thesis show consists of mixed media work (sculpture, installation, video art) that reaches into existential wanderings and inner reflections. Show on view May 30June 2. Southern Pine, 35th and East Broad Streets, Telfair Art Fair Call for Entries — The Eighteenth Annual Telfair Art Fair will be November 9-11 and will feature more than $10,000 in prizes. Interested artists are invited to visit www.zapplication.org to apply. All artists must submit a $35 non-refundable application fee accompanying entry materials, due to Telfair no later than June 1, 2012. Competition is open to artists 18 years of age or older.

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Vibrant Life — Work by local folk/abstract artist Jeff Zeigler.

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Gullah Living — Work by Tybee artist Samantha Claar from June 8-29. Opening reception June 8 from 5-7 p.m. Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Homework — Show by Kate de Para features a variety of fibers media, namely sculptural papermaking and tapestry weaving.

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That’s because The Avengers opened the season by smashing numerous box office records with the same ferocity that Hulk smashes his enemies. In fact, only one film realistically has a shot at outgrossing the superhero saga. Hint: It’s another superhero saga, and it’s among the 15 titles (out of approximately 50) listed below as the most promising ones to land in theaters between now and Labor Day.

(among them Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender as the requisite android) have a deadly encounter in a galaxy far, far away.

Rock of Ages (June 15). It might be necessary to have come of age in the ‘80s to hold hope for this adaptation of the stage hit, with Tom Cruise as rocker Stacee Jaxx, a potent supporting cast that includes Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand and the underrated Malin Ackerman, and a soundtrack ranging from the highs of Joan Jett and Def Leppard to the lows of Journey and REO Speedwagon.

Brave (June 22). After suffering its first–ever critical underachiever with Cars 2, Pixar should be back in the

good graces of everyone with this animated yarn about a plucky princess who tries to save the kingdom from a curse. This movie is especially notable for presenting Pixar’s first female protagonist.

The Amazing Spider–Man (July 3).

Yes, a complete overhaul so soon after Spider–Man 3 is absurd, but let’s go with the flow, shall we? Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) is the new Peter Parker, Emma Stone, whose gorgeous red hair would have made her a natural for Mary Jane Watson, goes blonde as Gwen Stacy, Sally Field plays doting Aunt May, and Rhys Ifans gets villain honors as The Lizard.

Savages (July 6). Oliver Stone hasn’t

been relevant as a filmmaker since the mid–1990s, so I’m cautiously optimistic about this adaptation of Don Winslow’s best–selling novel about two pot growers (Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson) who, with the help of a crooked DEA agent (John Travolta), go after the Mexican drug lords (Salma Hayek and Benicio Del Toro) who kidnapped their mutual girlfriend (Blake Lively).

The Dark Knight Rises (July 20).

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The Bourne Legacy (August 3).

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Hope Springs (August 10). A counselor (Steve Carell) works to keep a long–married couple (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) together in this comedy that reunites Streep with her The Devil Wears Prada director, David Frankel.

Premium Rush (August 24). An NYC bike messenger becomes a target after picking up a mysterious package.

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Lawless (August 31). The latest pairing of director John Hillcoat, writer Nick Cave and actor Guy Pearce is a Depression–era drama about three brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke) trying to protect their moonshine business. Pearce plays a lawman; Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska portray women who become involved

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Ruby Sparks (limited). Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the directing team behind Little Miss Sunshine, helm a quirky romance about an author (Paul Dano) who somehow transforms his female literary character (Zoe Kazan, who also scripted) into a flesh–and–blood person.

Take This Waltz (limited). I was a huge fan of the Alzheimer’s drama Away from Her, with actress Sarah Polley doing fine work behind the camera as director and (Oscar–nominated) writer. So I’m interested in her follow–up effort about a would–be writer (Michelle Williams) who’s married to a cookbook author (Seth Rogen) but pines for a handsome artist (Luke Kirby) living in the neighborhood.

360 (limited). Festival–circuit reviewers haven’t been too kind to this drama about strangers from around the globe finding themselves intertwined through various story threads involving sex and love, but with director Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener) at the helm, Peter Morgan (The Queen) contributing the script, and Rachel Weisz and a reportedly non–hammy Anthony Hopkins heading the cast, I’m there.

To Rome with Love (limited).

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The surprise regarding Men in Black III, then, is that great chunks of it display true wit and imagination. Ultimately, it still proves to be a bit long in the tooth, but a few bits manage to do the series proud. Once again, we find Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) still doing their part by patrolling extraterrestrial activity on Earth and making sure no malevolent aliens are threatening the planet. But K’s old nemesis, Boris the Animal (played by The Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement), has just escaped from a lunar maximum–security jail, where he’s been imprisoned since K first captured him approximately 40 years ago.

Now running free back on Earth, Boris utilizes a time–travel device to take him back to 1969, where he plans to kill K before the agent can apprehend him. Learning of this plot, J has no choice but to follow Boris back in time, where he ends up meeting the younger K (Josh Brolin).

As far as time–travel tales are concerned, this doesn’t compare to watching various

Terminators go back in time to kill Sarah Connor or her son, nor does it compete with Marty McFly’s exploits. Indeed, the time–travel material often seems anemic and underdeveloped, with the film rarely taking advantage of its placement of the thoroughly modern J in the 1960s.

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Peter Berg, who used to be a mediocre actor before morphing into a mediocre director, apparently wants to be the new Michael Bay (oh, for a time when filmmakers looked up to Hitchcock and Hawks instead!), and I guess give him credit for succeeding.

With awful dialogue, dull characterizations and snooze–inducing visual effects –– yeah, I’m not so proud that I can’t admit to uncharacteristically dozing off for a few minutes during one of the endless battle sequences – Battleship is the sort of mindless mayhem that’s defended by fans as “perfect popcorn entertainment.”

Sure, if you like your popcorn burnt and sticking to the bag. But to tag this as a worthy summer blockbuster is the equivalent of spitting in the faces of Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron or any other filmmaker who used to expertly do this sort of thing on a regular basis.

Battleship is jingoistic nonsense that shamelessly panders to every demographic – teen boys will ogle at the special effects, young women will dig hunks Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard, R&B fans will be excited at the prospect of Rihanna making her film debut (the verdict: meh), and older audiences will feel all warm and faux–patriotic when the film drags out geriatric naval officers to help fight the invaders.

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It was probably too much to hope that The Dictator would operate in the same fashion, and indeed, Cohen has added something to the picture that prevents it from completely succeeding: a plot.

The early going is hilarious, as we witness how Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen rules the North African country of Wadiya (that is to say, cruelly and ineptly). But formula filmmaking quickly sets in. Aladeen’s right–hand man (Ben Kingsley) plots to have his leader assassinated so the West can tap the country’s vast oil supply; the scheme really kicks into gear when Aladeen arrives in New York to address the United Nations.

Instead, he winds up hiding out, hoping to stop the simpleton who’s doubling for him from turning Wadiya into a democracy.

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It’s another all–star idiocy that strands a number of good (and some not–so–good) actors in several thematic vignettes of competing dopiness. This adaptation of Heidi Murkoff ’s nonfiction guide doesn’t go out of its way to insult the intelligence of its viewers; that’s not to say the picture is particularly funny or insightful, but at least it’s relatively painless.

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The 18th century period setting provides for the whirlwind prologue — the spurned witch Angelique (Eva Green) kills Barnabas’ true love Josette (Bella Heathcote) and turns the brokenhearted gent into a vampire, leading him to be imprisoned in a coffin by angry villagers. The rest of the movie takes place in 1972, when Barnabas is unearthed and returns to the family estate, now in the hands of dysfunctional descendants.

Barnabas’ reactions to a radical new world provide some amusing moments. But after a while, the fish–out–of–water gags grow old, and they’re replaced with something even more damaging: a plotline that takes itself too seriously.

The Avengers The Avengers is, quite simply, a brainy and brawny blast for anyone who appreciates summer movies in general and superhero flicks in specificity. Directly stemming from plot points glimpsed in Thor and Captain America, this finds the God of Thunder’s (Chris Hemsworth) evil half–brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) conspiring to get his hands on the Tesseract, a cosmic cube that will grant him unlimited power. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), head of S.H.I.E.L.D., realizes it’s going to take more than one hero to prevent the subjugation of our planet’s people.

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), still adjusting to a post–WWII life, and Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) are quick to answer the call. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) is more reluctant.

And Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), hiding out in an Asian jungle, is extremely reluctant, since he feels it’s best to keep his alter ego, the rampaging Hulk, far away from civilization.

The midsection is the best part, as the heroes spend more time battling each other than assessing the situation regarding Loki. It’s putting it mildly to state that this is a veritable clash of the titans, with oversized personalities rubbing each other raw.

Stark’s cavalier attitude versus Rogers’ stoicism provides most of the tension, but there’s plenty of unease to go around.

The surprising scene–stealer is Ruffalo, who provides Bruce Banner with a stirring soulfulness that was missing in earlier portrayals by other actors. cs

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Activism & Politics Drinking Liberally An informal, left-leaning group of folks who meet to talk about politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and anything else that pops up. Every first and third Thursday, around 7:30 p.m. at Loco’s, 301 W. Broughton St., upstairs.

Come join us! DrinkingLiberally.org Occupy Savannah Habersham & Bay Streets, 10am-6pm daily. General Assembly every Saturday at 3PM. For more information or to get involved visit our facebook page www. facebook.com keyword Occupy Savannah or send an email at occupy.savannah. ga@gmail.com. [010912] Savannah Area Young Republicans For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.

Savannah Tea Party Monthly Meetings First Monday of each month at B&B Burgers, 11108 Abercorn St. Social at 5:30pm. Business meeting at 6pm. All are welcome. Please join us to make a difference concerning local, state and federal policies that affect our way of life. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912598-7358 or Jeanne Seaver at 912-6638728for additional info. [051912] The 13th Colony Patriots A group of conservative political activists that meets the 13th of each month at Tubby’s restaurant, 2909 River Drive in Thunderbolt, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We are dedicated to the preservation of the U. S. Constitution and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans.

See our Facebook page or call Michael or Elizabeth at 912.604.4048. All are welcome. [041512]

Benefits Art Show and Sale Benefiting Tiffani Taylor Art Scholarship at SCAD Tiffani Taylor and Lex Hade present an art show to benefit the Tiffani Taylor Painting Scholarship Fund for SCAD Painting Majors. Hade was the 2011 recipient of the scholarship. Thurs. May 31, 5-7pm, Ruth’s Chris Restaurant, 111 W. Bay St. Information: www.tiffanitaylorart.com. Exhibit on display until July 15.

Dinner Benefit for A Volset, Girls’ School in Uganda Enjoy a Ugandan meal, a children’s art show and a silent auction to benefit a non-profit in Uganda assisting families affected by AIDS, to build a dormitory at a girls’ school in Uganda. June 15, 6-8pm at the Unitarian Universalist

Church Fellowship Hall, 311 E. Harris St. $10 donation at Brighter Day, Sentient Bean or at the door.

Household Supplies Drive Park Place Outreach, youth emergency shelter is accepting canned food and household supplies. Household items needed include, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, fabric softener, paper towels and toilet paper. Please visit www. parkplaceyes.org for directions.

Motorcycle Ride to Benefit AWWIN ACAPP Charity Ride (AWWIN Childcare Assistance Planning Program). Saturday, June 23, 8:30 AM Registration. Starting Point--Southeast Motorcycle-Garden City. Ending Point—Savannah HarleyDavidson. Entry Fee: $10. Fee Includes Continental Breakfast, Lunch, and Non Alcoholic Beverages Door Prizes. Benefiting low income single working women and men with childcare stipends.

For More Information please contact Sarahlyn U. Argrow. 912-659-0241. info@ awwin.org Runway to Recovery Fashion Show 2 p.m., Sunday, June 3, The Plantation Club at the Landings, Skidaway Island.

Sponsored by the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society.

Local cancer survivors will model clothing from Macy’s. All proceeds benefit local cancer patients and their families.

For tickets, call Laurel McKeith at 912658-2676.

Survive the Five...K Run Saturday, June 2, 8am at Isle of Hope Pool. Registration is $25 before May 31, $30 on or after June 1. Register at Active.com or at Fleet Feet Sports.

Information: christiand@sjchs.org or 912-819-5718. Proceeds benefit cancer survivors and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. After-race party includes music along with food and beverages donated by local merchants. Sponsored

by St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion.

Walk to Cure Diabetes Second annual walk is June 23, 8amnoon at Daffin Park. Sponsored by JDRF Georgia, he fundraising goal for this year’s walk is $25,000 for research to treat, prevent and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes. o register now and participate, sponsor the event, build a Walk team, or for more information please visit http:// jdrfgeorgia.org/ or contact Mandy Mosier at 770.395.5980 or amosier@jdrf.org.

Call for Entries 2012 Telfair Art Fair Call for Entries The Eighteenth Annual Telfair Art Fair, Nov. 9-11, 2012 is now accepting applications from artists interested in participating in this fair in downtown Historic

Savannah. Hosted by Telfair Museums.

More than $10,000 in prizes are offered.

The fair will accept 120 artists in a variety of art forms including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, photography, and furniture. Cynthia A. Prost, President of Arts and Education Council will judge the 2012 Telfair Art Fair. Visit www.zapplication.org to apply. There is no fee to join Zapp or to create a Zapp account. A $35 non-refundable application fee must accompany entry materials, due no later than June 1. Open to artists age 18 and up. Information: 912-790-8869.

City of Savannah Cultural Affairs: Grant Proposals Sought 2013 cultural proposals for City of Savannah funding are sought for three categories of programs: Cultural Education/ Access; Festivals; and Cultural Tourism.

Recipients must be a 501-c-3 nonprofit headquartered within Savannah city limits and must occur in Savannah during 2013 calendar year. Application deadline is Sat. July 7 at 5pm. Informational workshops for applicants will be held in May and June. Contact Michelle Hunter for workshop information or grant information at 912-651-6417 or mhunter@ savannahga.gov. More information on grants and workshops at www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/culturalaffairsweb. nsf.

Junior League Membership Applications Now Being Accepted Junior League of Savannah is looking for good women with a heart for voluntarism for the Fall 2012-2013 Provisional Class. To request an application, email headquarters@jrleaguesav.org. Applications and fees are due on July 15, 2012.

Please contact Keller Deal with any additional questions, kellerdeal@gmail.com.

For more information about the Junior League of Savannah please visit www. jrleaguesav.org.

Classes, Camps & Workshops “Camp Praise” 2012 Summer Camp Overcoming by Faith Ministries Summer Camp for Pre-K through 8th graders.

Camp begins June 11-22 (Mon-Fri) 9am5pm at Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. COST: $180/person for two weeks (if registered & paid

by May 20) COST after May 20: $200/person for two weeks Call (912) 927-8601 for more info or visit www.overcomingbyfaith.org 2012 Summer Art Camp The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting registrations for Summer Art Camp, June 11 through August 24 at S.P.A.C.E. studios, 9 W. Henry St. Ten camp sessions will be

offered for children, providing an introduction to painting, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media and performing arts in ageappropriate group settings. Includes sessions for ages 4-12. Fees $135 per session. $85 for the preschool half-days session. Call for complete information: 912-651-6783. or www.savannahga.gov/ arts Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only.

961-7021 or 667-1056. [122811] Avatar® Info Hour Are you interested in improving the world? Do you want to foster community locally and abroad? Join us every 3rd Tuesday of the month to explore the Avatar tools and learn how to live your life deliberately. Call Brie at 912-429-9981 to RSVP and for location details. http:// www.theavatarcourse.com. [041512] Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. [122811] Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah Beginning Precious Metal Clay June 8 and 15, 6:30-8:30pm at the Coastal Georgia Center, 405 Fahm Street. Learn the basics of precious metal clay (PMC), allowing artists to learn the art of metalsmithing. Projects focus on building forms and textures.

Discuss the pros and cons of the different PMC brands available. Offered by Georgia Southern Continuing Education Program in Savannah. Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912-6510942 or email christinataylor@georgiasouthern.edu Fee: $90.00 Registration includes materials. ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/artclasses.html Beginning Project Management A two-day course covering key skills and tools employees need to be successful in the planning and completion of assigned projectsusing the nine knowledge based areas needed in managing a project: scope, integration, communication, time, cost, procurement, risk management, quality control, and human resources.

Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, by Georgia Southern’s Office of Continuing Education. Source: Project Management Institute PMI® best business practices.

Part of the PMI PMP certification application. Friday, 6/8/2012 and Saturday 6/23/2012 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Registration Closes: Thursday, 6/7/2012 at 3:00 PM To register by phone please call 912-478-5551. For more information call (912)651-0942 or email christinataylor@ georgiasouthern.edu $650

techniques. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5/8- 5/17/2012, 6:30-8:30 pm. http:// ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ problemsolving.html Offered through Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah. Call for fee information. Register online or by phone at 855-478-5551 (toll-free).

Drawing I Mondays, June 4-25, 6:30-8:30pm. $125. Registration fee includes materials. Offered by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program in Savannah, at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Explore perception and how it relates to what you put down on paper.

Drawing activities will focus on using line, shadow and one point perspective.

Registration: 912-478-5551. Information: 912-651-0942 or christinataylor@ georgiasouthern.edu. ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/artclasses.html Drawing Instruction Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley. Call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com 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 or who have already received a license. Group meets monthly. $30/session. Information: 912-443-0410. [122811] English for Second Language Classes Students of all ages are invited to learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. Free. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 E Savannah. 912-897-3604.

Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org.

[020512] Family Law Workshop The Mediation Center has three workshops a month to assist citizens who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support and/or visitation and contempt. Schedule: 1st Tuesday, 5:30-7:30pm. 2nd Monday, 2-4pm.

4th Thursday 10am-12noon. Fee:$20 to cover all documents needed to file.

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Boys & Girls Clubs Summper Programs Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Empire now accepting registration for Summer Programs offered June 11 through August 17 at two sites. Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club, 510 East Charlton St., 912-233-2939 and KaytonFrazier Boys & Girls Club, 801 Brewer St., 912-443-9143. Arts & crafts, sports & fitness activities, educational fun and field trips. Registration specifics: Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club; Kindergarten to Age 12, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Frank Callen Summer Program cost: $10 membership (if not current) and $120 summer fee. KaytonFrazier Boys & Girls Club, ages 6 to Age 12, Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:p.m. Kayton-Frazier Program cost: $ 2.00 membership fee (if not current) Information: bgcsavannah.org or call 912-233-2939, ext.2 or 912-443-9143.

Champions Training Center Offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for youth and adults at all levels of expertise. 525 Windsor Rd. Call 912-349-4582 or visit http://www.ctcsavannah.com/ [122811] Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes.

Regular classes on boat handling, boating safety & navigation offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Learn from the experts. For dates & more information, visit our web site: www. savannahaux.com or telephone Kent Shockey at 912-897-7656. [010912] Coastal Georgia Master Naturalist Program An introduction to Coastal Georgia’s natural environment. The ten-week course meets at a different site each week and explores the natural resources of the site and its implications to how Georgia developed and will develop into the future. Wednesdays from March 28-June 6. 9am-3pm. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to each class venue. Fee: $150.00.

CIncludes all materials necessary for the course Contact Don Gardner, Glynn County Extension dgardner@uga.edu ; (912) 554-7578 or Pat Payne, Glynn County Extension uge3127@uga.edu ; (912) 554-7577. Sponsored by UGA Cooperative Extension- Bryan, Chatham, Glynn and Liberty Counties and other organizations.

Course on “The Four Agreements” A course on The Four Agreements, a book by Don Miguel Luis, will be held on Tuesdays, beginning June 5 through June 26. Time: 6:30pm to 8pm. Location: Unity Church of Savannah, 2324 Sunset Blvd., Savannah, GA 31405.

Registration: $10 per person by June 1, 2012. Contact Lydia Rose Stone 912704-0798.

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[040112] Group Guitar Lessons Join us for a fun time, for group guitar lessons, at the YMCA on Whitemarsh and Tybee Islands (adults and teens only).

Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading, ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912897-9559. $20/week. [122811] Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons Instruction for all ages of beginner/ intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401-255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [122811]

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912-232-5987 [122811] Homeschool Music Classes Affordable group music classes offered in Savannah and Guyton. Contact Brian at 912-414-5625 for more information.

[041512] 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:

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912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com Kids Pottery Camp 2012 June 11-Aug. 24th, Pick from 10 different weeks of camps. Young ceramic artists can let their imaginations soar as they learn to create wonderful works of art. Campers will cover a wide variety of ceramic techniques including both hand building and the potter’s wheel. All camps are weekly, 9am-12noon, $150.00 per camp. Contact: Lisa Alvarez Bradley lisa@savannahsclayspot.com. 912-5094647. www.savannahsclayspot.com.

Camp held at The Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard Street Savannah, GA 31401.

Learn Russian Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-713-2718 for more information.

[122811] Learn to Speak Spanish Spanish lessons offered by an experienced native speaker. Flexible schedule and affordable rates. Classes are held at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse. Call 912-541-1337. [122811] Ms. Amy’s School of Music A small privately owned studio offering Private and Group Lessons, Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, and more! Parent & Me classes for infants toddlers. Group preschool music classes. www.msamyschoolofmusic.com Music Lessons for All Instruments Rody’s Music is now offering music lessons for all ages on all instruments, beginners through advanced. 7700 Abercorn St. For more information call 912-352-4666 or email kristi@awsav. com. [051912] Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, drums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, flute, and woodwinds.

7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Info: 912692-8055 or smisavannah@gmail.com.

[122811] 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. [122811] Novel Writing Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work. Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email to pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com for pricing and scheduling information. [010812] Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot For potters with experience who want

time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots. Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912-509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com [122811] Painting and Drawing Lessons Small group and private instruction offered by local painter Melinda Borysevicz. SCAD graduate with 15 years professional experience. Phone: 912.484.6415, email: melindaborysevicz@ gmail.com, or visit melindaborysevicz. blogspot.com. [02052012] Photography Workshops at Skidaway Island State Park “Outdoor Photography for Beginning Digital SLR Photographers” workshop by Jackie DeBusk. After the lessons, participants head out into the park to apply their new-found knowledge and skills, shooting flora, fauna, landscapes, and waterscapes. The three hour workshop will be held twice on June 16. Session 1: 9:30am-12:30pm. Session 2: 1:304:30pm. Location: Skidaway Island State Park Group Shelter. Register at 912-5805308 or online at www.debuskphoto. com. Fees: $20 by mail by June 5, or $25 at the door. If pre-paying, mail fee to: Jackie DeBusk, P.O. Box 5219, St. Marys, GA 31558. Workshop fee does not include park’s required $5 parking fee, which can be paid the day of the workshop at the park.

ReSource Center at Habitat ReStore 1900 East Victory Drive. New home ownership resource center for anyone wanting to learn more about home ownership, homeowners insurance issues, home safety and security matters, and proper preparation for hurricanes and other severe weather. Includes two internetready computers. [122811] Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group The Savannah Charlesfunders meet every Saturday at 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds, and better investing. Meetings take place at Panera Bread on Bull and Broughton. Contact us at charlesfund@gmail.com for more information.

[122811] Savannah Entrepreneurial Center Offering a variety of business classes.

801 E. Gwinnett Street. Call 652-3582.

[122811] Savannah Sacred Harp Singers Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers at Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road in Savannah. All are welcome to participate or listen in on one of America’s most revered musical traditions. For more information call 912-6550994 or visit savannahsacredharp.com.

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Clubs & Organizations Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. beginning 2/21/2012. The aim of Savannah Authors Autonomous is to encourage first-class prose writing, fiction or nonfiction, through discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Savannah Association for the Blind (SAB), 214 Drayton Street. Founded by British writer Christopher Scott (more than a dozen published books) and local writer Alice Vantrease (one published novel, optioned for a potential Hollywood movie). All are welcome. No charge to attend. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@live.com) or 912-3083208.

Avegost LARP Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@gmail. com or visit www.avegost.com [122811] Buccaneer Region SCCA The local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting 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. [122811] Business Networking on the Islands Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group Meets 1st Thursday each month from 9:30-10:30 AM. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Savannah (912) 308-6768 for more info. [121211] Chatham Sailing Club Meets the first Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd., Savannah (across fom N. Cromwell Rd.) If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday. No boat? No sailing experience?

No problem! Information: http://www. chathamsailing.org. [051912] Coastal MINIs Local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to go on motoring adventures together. Meet at Starbucks,

corner of Victory Dr. & Skidaway Rd. in Savannah. Information: coastalminis. com. [122811] Starbucks, 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/ [122811] Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah Interested in exploring the role Savannah played in the American Revolution?

Join like-minded people including artists, writers, teachers and historians for discussion, site exploration and creative collaboration. Meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 6pm at Gallery Espresso. Email, Kathleen Thomas: exploretherevolution@gmail.com for more info. [122811] Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA 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. [122811] Honor Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial.

All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a governmentsupported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. Honor Flight is seeking veterans interested in making a trip to Washington. For more info: (912) 5961962 or www.honorflightsavannah.org [031812] Islands MOPS A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at the First Baptist Church of the Islands on two Wednesdays a month from 9:15-11:30am. Website/information: https://sites.google.com/site/ islandsmops/ [122811] Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Contact (912) 3086768 for info. No fees. Wanna learn?

Come join us! [121211] Low Country Turners A club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230.

[122811] Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Call 786-4508. [122811] Savannah MOMSnext For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school.

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Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity. Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret. Henry St @ E Broad, Mon/Tues 6-9pm, 1 1/2 hour lesson $25. SCAD students and alumni $5 discount. Call 786-247-9923, anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com, www.anitraoperadiva.com [122811]

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is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International. For more info or to register for a meeting, call (912)898-4344 or email kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www.mops.org/ [122811] Old Time Radio Researchers 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. [122811] Peacock Guild-For Writers and Book Lovers A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and third Wednesday. Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (207 E. Charlton St.).

Call 233-6014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [012212] 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. [122811] 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 308-2094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. [86/010112] 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 912353-3148 for more info. [122811] 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, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings.

Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@gmail.com or “like” the Savannah Adventure Club on Facebook. [122811] Savannah Art Association 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. [122811] Savannah Brewers’ League 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. Meet at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. [122811]

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 Savannah Clemson Club Savannah Area Clemson alumni and supporters meet at various times and locations throughout the year.

Game viewing parties for football, basketball and baseball, as well as a spring cookout, Sand Gnats outings and service events. https://cualumni.clemson.edu/ sslpage.aspx?pid=460 and look for us on Facebook!

Information: Gareth Avant at garethavant@gmail.com or 336-339-3970.

[051312] 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 748-7020. [122811] 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 $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call 429-6918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Go Green Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day! Call (912) 308-6768 to learn more.

[021212] 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 2140 years old to join the chapter. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees.com [122811] Savannah Kennel Club Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 11301 Abercorn St. on the fourth Monday of each month, September through May. Dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest Speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org 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. www.savannahnewcomers.com [122911] 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. [122911] Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn. 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.

[122911] Savannah Writers Group Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-andgreet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm.

Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891 for location. [122911] Savannah Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers A no-agenda gathering of the Savannah area writing community, held on the first Thursday of every month from 5:307:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid I.D. For location and details, visit SeersuckerLive.com.

[122911] 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 [122911] 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 http:// www.orgsites.com/ga/southernwings/ [86/010112] Stitch-N’s Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Free Spinning fiber into yarn group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [122911] 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. [122911] The Philo Cafe A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations 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. [122911] The Philo Cafe A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations 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. [122911]

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. [122911] U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Become part of the volunteer organization who assists the U.S. Coast Guard in the performance of their important duties. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. Coed. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Al Townsend at 912-598-7387. [122911] Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. [122911] Savannah Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912-232-3549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information. [122911]

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 held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com Adult Ballet Class Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:307:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun. Call 234-8745 for more info. [101711] Adult Dance and Fitness Classes Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone.

No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/information: 912-925-0903. Or www.theballetschoolsav.com [122911] 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. [122911] Beginners Belly Dance Classes Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/ four. 912-596-0889 or www.cairoonthe-

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Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784.

[122911] Savannah Dance Club “Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm. Call for details 912-398-8784.

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coast.com [122911] 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. $15/class. Tues: 7-8pm. Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912414-1091 Private classes are also available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911] 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. [122911] 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. [122911] 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, noncompetitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com or 912-704-2052.

[122911] Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc. 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 at 2728329. [122911] Modern Dance Class Classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912-354-5586.

[122911] Pole Dancing Class Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required.

Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www. fitnessbodybalance.com or 912-3984776. Nothing comes off but your shoes.

Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [122911] 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. [122911] Savannah Dance Club “Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St.

Events Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmers Market Find them at various spots around town including Wednesdays 2:306:30pm at Green Truck on Habersham, Thursdays 3-5:30pm at Bethesda Farmers’ Market and Saturdays 9-1 at Forsyth Farmers Market. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy and more. revivalfoods.com. [050612] Fort Pulaski Summer Hours and Programs Fort Pulaski National Monument begins its extended summer schedule on Saturday, June 2. The Visitor Center and the historic fort will be open daily from 9am to 6:30pm. Park gates wil close at 6:45pm.

Additional daily Ranger programs will be available for the public. Information: www.nps.gov/fopu or 912-786-5787.

Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on U.S. Highway 80, 15 miles east of Savannah. Entrance fee is $5.00 per person. Free for ages 15 and under.

St. Pius X High School Alumni Assoc.

2012 Summer Picnic Annual Summer Picnic is Saturday, August 18, from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Camp Villa Marie, Isle of Hope, Savannah. (All students who attended the school between 1952 and 1971 are invited. Food, fun, music, and games. Cost: $ 25.00 per adult, $12.50 for 12 and under. Free for age 5 and under. Please register by July 15. Make checks payable to the SPXHHAA, c/o Rex Deloach, ’55 - 1534 East 34th Street, Savannah, GA 31404.

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Film & Video CineSavannah A film series that seeks to bring new, first-run films to Savannah including critically acclaimed foreign films and documentaries, among others. To subscribe to information about the series, including screening dates and times, email: cinesavannah@att.net [122911] Psychotronic Film Society Hosts weekly screenings every continues on p. 48

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Wednesday, 8pm, at the Sentient Bean.

Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. Upcoming schedule: www. sentientbean.com [122911]

Fitness Beginner’s Belly Dance classes with “Cairo on the Coast” Back to back belly dance classes and two unique styles of dance. Every Sunday, 12noon-1pm, American Cabaret style, energetic and fast paced. 1-2pm, Tribal Fusion, a slower, more controlled style of dance. Both sessions $24, or a one hour session $15, or 4/$48.00. www. cairoonthecoast.com.

Fitness, Body, and Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Contact Nicole at 912-5960889. [122911] Belly Drills 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: 7-8pm. $15/class. Visit www.cybelle3. com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091. Walk-ins welcome.

Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911] Bellydance Fusion Classes Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and hip hop into a unique, high energy style of dance. Classes include drills and choreographies for all levels. Small classes held several days a week in downtown Savannah, and upon request. $10 per person. Contact Christa at 678799-4772 or see www.bohemianbeats. com. [121811] 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 [122911] Blue Water Yoga Community donation based classes held at the Talahi Island Community Center.

Tue. & Thur. 5:45 -7:00p Fri. 9:30-10:30a For info email egs5719@ aol.com or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. [030812] Fertility Yoga Ongoing series of six week sessions of Fertility Yoga are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at offices located at 100 Riverview Drive, off of Islands Expressway. Helps participants relax, start healthy habits to prepare their body and gain more confidence on the fertility journey. Instructor Ann Carroll, RYT 500. $100 for 6 week session.

(912) 704-7650 or e-mail carroll3620@ bellsouth.net. [122911] 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., http://www.

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 savj.org. [122911] Free Yoga Classes with Erika Tate Join us on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for free Yoga Community classes (starts May 15). Build strength, increase flexibility and relieve stress in a supportive, encouraging environment. Adults and youth 12 years and older are welcome.

Designed for all fitness levels. Mats available. Brought to you by bluknowledge, LLC and the City of Savannah/ Moses Jackson Advancement Center in West Savannah. Call (912) 525-2166 for information. Held at the Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410 B Richards Street.

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 912-4299241. 11202 White Bluff Road. Drop Ins welcome. [122911] 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, 1321 Bull St. $14 per class. Multiclass discounts are available. Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www. savannahyoga.com. [122911] Pilates Mat Classes Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am-8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am10:30am. 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, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates. com. [122911] Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Prenatal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery.

Cost is $100 for each course. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com. [122911] Savannah Disc Golf Club Weekly events (Entry $5): Friday 5 pm - Friday Night Flights. Sat. 10am-Luck of the draw Doubles. Sat. 1pm-Handicapped League. Tom Triplett Park, Hwy 80 W, Pooler. Sun. 10 am-Singles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. [031812] Stand-Up Paddleboarding Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours. A great way get out on the water and to stay fit. East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781-267-1810 [122911]

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. 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. [122911] Zumba Fitness (R) Classes with April Mondays @ 5:30 and Thursdays @ 6:30.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. Just $5 for nonmembers. Call 912-349-4902 for more info. [051312] Zumba Fitness Classes with Anne Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E Montgomery Crossroads, Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend.

(912) 596-1952. [010912] Zumba Fitness Classes with Mai Monday 8:30am-9:30 am, Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 G. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 per class Saturdays 8:30 am-9:30am, St. Paul CME Social Hall, 123 Brady St. $3 Per class.

Contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. [011412]

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.

[122911] Gay AA Meeting True Colors AA Group, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Sundays at 7:30pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm and Thursdays at 7:00 pm at 307 E Harris St, top floor. [030412] Savannah Georgia Equality Savannah The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912547-6263. [122911] 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. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com. [122911] 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. [122911] What Makes A Family A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611. [122911]

Health Alcoholics Anonymous If you want or need to stop drinking, AA

can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA. com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information.

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The Community Care Services Program will offer free six-week courses designed to help those who provide care for friends or family members with a chronic illness. Classes begin April 4 and June 6. Contact 912-644-5217 for more information.

Free hearing & speech screening Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m.

Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech & Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing.org [122911] Health Care for Uninsured People St. Mary’s Health Center is open for primary health for the uninsured of Chatham County. The center, located at 1302 Drayton, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [021912] Healthcare for the Uninsured St. Mary’s Health Center,1302 Drayton St.. is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Free of charge. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [122911] La Leche League of Savannah Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 10am. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers.

897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA.html. [122911] Savannah Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center.

Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John. S. Delaware Center from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM. On Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, the classes are held at the center on 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). For more information, call 912-447-6605.

[022612] Planned Parenthood Hotline 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. [122911] Prepared Childbirth Saturday Session 9:30am to 5pm, Saturday, June 2, Memorial University Medical Center.

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Dolphin Project of Georgia The Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at your school, club or organization. We offer a fascinating powerpoint with sound and video about our estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age-appropriate programs and related handouts. www. thedolphinproject.org [122911] 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. [122911] Walk on the Wild Side The Oatland Island Wildlife Center , 711 Sandtown Rd., 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. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org.

[122911] 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: 912-2368115 or www.wilderness-southeast.org.

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Pets & Animals Low Cost Pet Clinic Tails Spin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. Vaccinations: $12.00, with $2.00 per vaccination donated to Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies. Habersham Village Shopping Center. www.tailsspin. com [122911] St. Almo Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the Canine Palace, 612 Abercorn St. For info, call 912-234-3336. [122911]

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. [122911] Savannah Storytellers The Savannah Storytellers are re-forming on Feb 16. Weekly meetings to follow.

Bess Chappas will offer workshop on first meeting. Call. Wallace Moye 354-0048.

Call for reservation (limited seating).

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Janice at 912-224-2904. [021212] 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. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it. Treats to share are always welcomed.

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Religious & Spiritual Service of Compline The Service of Compline at Christ Church is moving: same music, same service, same choir, same preacher--different location. Beginning Sunday, December 11 the Christ Church Service of chanted Compline by candlelight will be held at historic Independent Presbyterian Church (corner of Bull Street and Oglethorpe) every Sunday night at 9:00p.m. “Come, say good night to God.” [121211] A New Church in the City, For the City.

We will gather on Sunday mornings beginning February 5th at Bryson Hall (5 East Perry St.) on Chippewa Square at 10:30 am. www.edenvillagechurch.org Like us on Facebook: Savannah Church Plant. [011412] Guided Buddhist Meditation Classes No experience necessary. Transform your life with inner peace! Linda Atkinson Buddhist teacher (912-358-0228) $10 or $5 students/seniors. Classes held in June, call for exact dates. meditationinsouthcarolina.org. Quality Inn Midtown, 7100 Abercorn Street.

Guided Silent Prayer A couple of songs done acoustically, about 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and a few minutes to receive prayer if you want (or remain in silence). A mid-week rest and re-focus. 6:45-8pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church. 615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah.org [122911] Savannah Zen Center Meditation, Classes & Events are held at 111 E. 34th St., Savannah, Ga 31401. For schedule: savannahzencenter.com or visit us on Facebook. [122911] Sizzlin’ Summer Suppers at White Bluff Presbyterian Church Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm, beginning June 13, gather for simple food, good community and a spiritual lift. A cookout supper followed by a simple vespers service. Supper is free, although contributions are welcome. The church is located at 10710 White Bluff Road in Savannah.

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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. [122911]

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Together we train to beat cancer! Meetings held at four different locations in Savannah/Chatham on 4/18, 5/16, 5/24, 5/30. See website for locations on these dates. Kick off party and info is June 7, 5:00-6:00 pm - Drop in for more info and to sign up 6:30-8:30pm - Kick-Off Party for all registered Fall season participants. Mercer Auditorium at Hoskins Center (on Memorial Health campus), East 66th St. http://www.teamintraining. org/ga

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Amputee Support Group Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635. [122911] 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. http://www.memorialhealth.com [122911] Breast Cancer Survivors Group Meets Tuesdays at 5:20om, at First Presbyterian Church on Washington Avenue and Paulsen Street. Survivor’s and care providers welcome. Enter via Washington Ave. Contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912-819-7053. [122911] 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. For anyone living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 8195704. [122911] 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. 3557633. [122911] Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Next meeting: Sat., April 28, 10:30am at Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium, 5356 Reynolds St. in Savannah. The group will celebrate its 15th anniversary. Polio survivors and guests are invited. For information call 912-9278332 or go to www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. (There is no charge for this meeting.)

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. Room 250. A group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail. com. [122911] Families Anonymous A world wide twelve-step self-help support program for relatives and friends concerned about and affected by substance abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one, has a new group in Savannah.

Thursdays at 7:30PM at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Information: 912-660-6845 or email sandyjtyler@comcast.net. [011412] Fibromyalgia support group meets the second Thursday from 5:306:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 819-6743. http://www.sjchs.org/ [122911] Gambling problem?

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(March 21–April 19) “Let’s waltz the rumba,” said jazz musician Fats Waller, suggesting the seemingly impossible mix of two very different types of dancing.

That’s an excellent clue for you to follow up on, Aries. I suspect that in the coming week you will have an unusual aptitude for hybridization. You could do folk dancing and hip–hop moves simultaneously.

It will make sense for you to do the cha–cha as you disco and vice versa. You’ll have a knack for bringing the spirit of belly dance into the tango, and for breakdancing while you do the hokey–pokey.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) Have you been feeling a warm fuzzy feeling in your money chakra? I hope so. The cosmos recently authorized you to receive a fresh flow of what we might call financial kundalini. Your insight into money matters should be increasing, as well as your ability to attract the information and influences you need to refine your relationship with prosperity. It may even be the case that higher levels of economic luck are operating in your vicinity. I’m not saying you will strike it rich, but you could definitely strike it richer.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Your core meditation this week is Oscar Wilde’s belief that disobedience is a primal virtue.

Be ingeniously, pragmatically, and cheerfully disobedient, Gemini!

Harness your disobedience so that it generates outbreaks of creative transformation that improve your life. For inspiration, read this passage by Robert Anton Wilson: “Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was denounced as fraud and folly. The entire web of culture and progress, everything on earth that is man–made and not given to us by nature, is the concrete manifestation of someone’s refusal to bow to Authority. We would be no more than the first apelike hominids if it were not for the rebellious, the recalcitrant, and the intransigent.”

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) “Some people tell me I’d invented

the sounds they called soul,” said musician Ray Charles, “but I can’t take any credit. Soul is just the way black folk sing when they leave themselves alone.” I urge you to experiment with this idea, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, you need to whip up a fresh, hot delivery of raw soul. One of the best ways to do that might be to leave yourself alone. In other words, don’t badger yourself.

Don’t pick your scabs and second– guess your enthusiasms and argue yourself into a knot. Create a nice big space for your original self to play in.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) “Where’s the most convenient place to discover a new species?” asks The Second Book of General Ignorance. What do you think the answer is, Leo? The Amazon Rainforest? The high mountainous forests of New Guinea?

Northwest Siberia? None of the above. In fact, your best chance of finding a previously unidentified life form is in your own garden.

There are hundreds of thousands of species that science still has no knowledge of, and quite a few of them are near you. A similar principle currently holds true for your life in general. It will be close to home that you are most likely to connect with fascinating exotica, unknown influences, and far–out adventures.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Now and then my readers try to bribe me. “I’ll give you $1,000,” said a recent email from a Virgo woman, “if you will write a sequence of horoscopes that predict I’ll get the dream job I’m aiming for, which will in turn make me so attractive to the guy I’m pursuing that he will beg to worship me.”

My first impulse was to reply, “That’s all you’re willing to pay for a prophecy of two events that will supercharge your happiness and change your life?” But in the end, as always, I flatly turned her down.

The truth is, I report on the music of the heavenly spheres, but I don’t write the music myself. Still, I sort of admire this woman’s feisty resolve to manipulate the fates, and I urge you to borrow some of her ferocity in the coming week.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) A solar eclipse happens when the

moon passes in front of the sun and blocks much of its light from reaching our eyes. On a personal level, the metaphorical equivalent is when something obstructs our ability to see what nourishes us.

For example, let’s say you’re in the habit of enviously comparing your own situation to that of a person you imagine is better off than you.

This may blind you to some of your actual blessings, and diminish your ability to take full advantage of your own talents. I bring this up, Libra, because you’re in an especially favorable time to detect any way you might be under the spell of an eclipse –– and then take dramatic steps to get out from under it.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Some secrets will dribble out.

Other secrets will spill forth. Still others may shoot out and explode like fireworks. You won’t be bored by this week’s revelations, Scorpio.

People’s camouflage may be exposed, hidden agendas could be revealed, and not–quite–innocent deceits might be uncovered. So that’s the weird news. Here’s the good news: If you maintain a high level of integrity and treat the brouhaha as good entertainment, you’re likely to capitalize on the uproar. And that’s your specialty, right?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

If you go to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor’s opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing.

And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here’s the moral of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) The state of Kansas has a law that seems more confusing than helpful. It says the following: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up

again until the other has gone.”

From what I can tell, Capricorn, a similar situation has cropped up in your life. Two parties are in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to make the first move. At this rate, nothing will ever happen.

May I suggest that you take the initiative?

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Should you get down on your knees and beg for love and recognition? No! Should you give yourself away without seeking much in return? Don’t do that, either. Should you try to please everyone in an attempt to be popular? Definitely not. Should you dilute your truth so as not to cause a ruckus? I hope not. So then what am I suggesting you should do?

Ask the following question about every possibility that comes before you: “Will this help me to master myself, deepen my commitment to what I want most, and gain more freedom?”

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) Do you know why flamingos have their distinctive orange–pink color? It’s because of the carotene in the shrimp and other food they consume. If they change their diet, their feathers turn dull grey. That’s a dramatic example of the adage, “You are what you eat.” Let’s use it as a prompt to contemplate all the stuff you take into the holy temple of your body, Pisces. Not just the sandwiches and chocolate bars and alcohol, but also the images, sounds, ideas, emotions, and energy you get from other people.

Is the cumulative effect of all those things giving you the shape and color and texture you want to have? If not, this would be a good time to adjust your intake.

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5-6:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 3556347 or 238-4666. [122911] Rape Crisis Center assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 912-2337273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families.

[122911] Spinal Injury Support Group Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial Health. For info, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. http://www. memorialhealth.com/ [122911] Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Sponsored by Savannah Educational Consultants and Royce Learning Center.

Professionally led support groups will be held on the 4th Monday of each month, 6-7:30pm. Meetings will be held at Royce Learning Center, at 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd. Contact Laurel Brady, 912-659-4687 or email LBrady@savannaheducationalconsultants.com [122911] Support Group for Parents of Ill Children Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity. Meets weekly. Call Donna at 912350-5616. http://www.memorialhealth. com/backus [122911] Support Group for People with HIV/AIDS For more information on a support group for men and women living with HIV/AIDS, please contact Mary Jackson at My Brothaz HOME, Inc. at 912-2318727. These two groups are confidential and only for persons with verified HIV/ AIDS. [122911] Survivors of Suicide Support Group Suicide is often labeled as “a senseless death,” leaving survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions.

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No charge. Information: Barbara Moss at Full Circle, 912-629-1089 or Tara Jennings at United Way, 912-651-7722.

[051312] Teens Nurturing Teens A support group for teens that have a family member or loved one impacted by cancer. Meets at the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. For more information, call 912-819-5704. [021912] Teens With No One to Turn To Are you between the ages of 11-18, or a concerned parent of a teen? Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter can help. 912-234-4048 or www.parkplaceyes.org. [122911]

Volunteers Community Cardiovascular Council Clerical and medical volunteers needed for non-profit working to eliminate heart disease. Flexible shifts and training provided. Staff the reception desk, answer phones, light administrative work, etc.

Medical volunteers take blood pressure readings and assist in computer data management. 912-232-6624 or knoxm@ sjchs.org. [021212] Good Samaritan Clinic St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The Good Samaritan Clinic serves people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. To volunteer call 912-964-4326. [122911] Island Hospice Seeks Volunteers Island Hospice, THA Group’s non-profit hospice service, is looking for volunteers in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston and Colleton Counties in South Carolina.

Information 888-842-4663 or visit www. thagroup.org. [050512] Live Oak Regional Public Libraries needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call 912-6523661. http://www.liveoakpl.org [122911] Medical Professional Volunteers Needed St. Joseph’s Candler’s St. Mary’s Health Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, is looking for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs. Located at 1302 Drayton Street, the center also needs non-clinical volunteers to schedule appointments.

Contact Stephanie Alston at 912-4439409. [021912] Oatland Island Education Center Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call (912) 395-1500.

711 Sandtown Rd. http://www.oatlandisland.org/ [122911] Pre-school Volunteers Needed St. Mary’s Community Center is looking for early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. The program is offered Monday-Friday, 9am12pm. Please call Artinique Thomas at 912-447-0578. [030412] Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Share your time and special talents with others, join the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of EOA (the Equal Opportunity Authority). Through RSVP, seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations from 1 to 40 hours per week. Make your choice of where you serve from many local agencies. Information: call Linda Fields at 238-2960 ext. 123. [041912] Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed Help in the “home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children.

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[86/010712] Narcotics Anonymous Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule. [122911] National Alliance On Mental Illness Connection Support Group A weekly 90 minute support group for any with a mental health diagnosis.

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HOUSES 3 Bedrooms 818 Granite Ln $1525 107 Capt. John Way $1450 8612 Lyn Ave. $995 605 Dyches Dr $875 2 Bedrooms 2117 Bolling St. $675 APARTMENTS 2 Bedrooms 703 Windsor Crossing $695 1130 E. 53rd St. $550 1 Bedroom 321 Abercorn St. $1395 110 E.Gaston St. $995 FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038 124 QUACCO ROAD: 3BR/3BA Home. $950/month, $950/deposit. Remodeled spacious kitchen, new appliances. 2,000 sq.ft., tiled sun room w/fireplace. Call 912-756-6726 to schedule an appointment.

1/2-OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT! Rent A Manufactured home,14x70,on high/wooded lot. 3BR/2BA,save $$$, Gas, heat and stove, central air, refrigerator,full mini-blinds, carpeting and draperies, washer/dryer hookups, 48sqft. deck w/hand rails and steps, double-car cement parking pad. Swimming pool, recreational areas, on-site garbage service(twice weekly) and fire protection included, cable TV available, guest parking. Starting at $500/month,including lot rent.

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Diabetic Test Strips Wanted Most types, Most brands. Will pay up to $10/box. Call Clifton 912-596-2275.

EmploymEnt 600

EmploymEnt WantEd 605

C.N.A C.N.A certified seeking position as an in home health giver to elder. I can provide excellent home care and help with all household chores, running errands, and accompany to morning doctor appointments. Prepare meals and help with feeding, bathing, clothing, etc. Available to work 8 :00 am to 1:30 pm and weekends are negotiable. Please call 912-414-1529. This is for Savannah area ONLY

4BR/2.5BA, approx. 3000 sqft! Brick, open floorplan, wood floors, screened porch overlooks Henderson’s 12th hole. $344,500. Neighborhood Realty, Rebecca, 920-3338.

LEASE OPTION: West 44th, near Beach High School. 3BR/2BA, furnished kitchen, total electric, heat/air, hardwood floors, laundry room, fenced yard. Owner Financing. 912-224-4167 commercial property for sale 845

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Half ownership in an operating and fully stocked bar on River Street in Savannah, GA. Reasonably priced. Call 912-604-5337

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2/3BR, CH&A, washer/dryer hookup, fenced backyard, security lights. $625/rent, $625/security deposit. Call Dawn,912-661-0409

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2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath w/central heat/air, all electric. $625/month, $625/deposit. No Section 8. Call 912-844-0752 1 Bed Room Apartment, 1BA, kitchen with stove, refrigerator, carpet, ch/a, nice area. $425mo/ $ 425 dep .912-667-7347 2019 MCLEOD AVENUE - Lamarville. 2BR/1 large bath, total electric, central heat/air, stove and refrigerator included. $600/month.

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3BR, 1 BATH Brick Ranch, off Waters near Oglethorpe Mall. Carport, fenced backyard, gas & electric. $750. 912-713-4581

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*410 E. 50th St: 1BR/1BA $650 *1919 Clemson: 3BR/1.5BA $800 *204 Henderson Oaks: 4BR/2.5BA $1375.

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4 Timbers Way Rivers Bend off Whitfield Ave, Hesse School District, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Den, Laundry room, eat-in kitchen, fenced yard, on cul-de-sac. $1200/month, $1200/Sec. deposit.

2220 E. 58th Street 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Living Room, Dining Room, Den, eatin kitchen, outside storage, fenced yard. $825/month, $825 Sec Dep.

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Relaxing screened porch on front. Shady lot. Convenient Location, Only $39,900.

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www.helenmiltiadesrealty.com Email: hmr1@aol.com 501 EAST 40TH: Upstairs or Downstairs 3BR Apt, large rooms, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup. Nice area. $850/rent, 1/2 security.

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625 WEST 42ND STREET between Burroughs & Florence. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, washer/dryer hookup, $500/month plus $500/deposit. Call 912-844-2344 BERKSHIRE CUL-DE-SAC BEAUTIFUL 3BR, 2BTH ON PEACEFUL CUL-DE-SAC. CLOSE TO SHOPPING, HOSPITAL AND ENTERTAINMENT. LR/DR COMBO, FR, HUGE SCREENED PORCH, FENCED YARD, DOUBLE GARAGE, ALL APPLIANCES AND MORE! $1,250.00 912-748-8493

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MOVE-IN SPECIALS AVAILABLE 1719 Legrande St. 2BR/1BA house, LR, DR, hardwood floors, laundry room, kitchen w/appl. CH&A,fenced yard, $665/month.

2BR/1BA Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, paint, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $595-$650/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

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By Daffin Park: 2BR/1BA APARTMENT: Refrigerator, stove, washer/dryer hookup, central heat/air. $625/month + $625 deposit. No pets. 912-657-4583

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DUANE COURT: 2BR/1BA, living room, kitchen furnished, total electric $695/month.

CAROLINE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA, living room, kitchen furnished, total electric $675/month.

912-897-6789 or 912-344-4164

FIRST MONTH 50% OFF! SOUTHSIDE: Welwood Drive.

3BR/2.5BA, hvac, furnished-kitchen,LR/ DR, Laundry RM, carport, new roof, paint, tilefloors, fenced back yard , out side pets ok w/ dep.Available Now. $925/month if paid by 1st, $875/dep No Section-8. 912-352-8251 Happenings: All the info about clubs, groups and events. Only at www.connectsavannah.com

For Rent 101 E. Fairmont Ave, 2BR/1BA, CH/A Carpet and Ceramic Tile.$ 695 mo/$695 dep. Call Dawn 912-661-0409 Call 912-721-4350 and Place Your Classified Ad Today!

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•2009 Atlantic Ave. Large 3BR house, gas heat $600/mo. + sec.

•1202 McCarthy: 2BR Apt., gas heat, window A/C $450 + sec.

•838 W. 39th Street: 2BR/1BA, LR, DR, kitchen, central heat/air $600/month + security.

•109 West 41st: Lower 1BR Apt., 1.5BA, central heat/air $500 + sec.

Call Lester @ 912-313-8261 or 912-234-5650

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2 remodeled mobile homes in Garden City mobile home park. Double/Singlewide. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval. Special ending soon.

Speak directly to Community Managers, Gwen or Della, 912-964-7675

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First month rent free! Wooden deck, curbside garbage collection twice weekly, swimming pool and playground included. Cable TV available.

NEAR BUCKHALTER 3BR/1.5BA, just remodeled. Taking applications $750/month + deposit.

NEAR SAVANNAH MALL 2-1/2BR, 1BA, country atmosphere. $695/month + deposit.

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Southside: 11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR, LR, equipped kitchen, W/D conn. $595/month.

1301 E.66th: 2BR/2 Bath, W/D connection, near Memorial Hosp. $725/month, $400/dep 207 Edgewater Rd: 2BR/2BA, washer/dryer connection, near Oglethorpe Mall $750/month, $400/deposit.

105 Hampstead Avenue near Hunter: 2BR/1BA $695/month DAVIS RENTALS 310 E. MONTGOMERY XROADS 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372

CADILLAC STS, 2005- V8, Leather – Low Miles – Luxury Loaded. Call Sonia for details, 912-503-3335 LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

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

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609

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ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

•1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer $675.

912-927-3278 or 912-356-5656

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.

844-5995 EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week.

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1 & 2BR/1BA Apartments, LV Room, Dining, Kitchen w/appliances, UTILITIES INCLUDED!, NO CREDIT REQUIRED! $179-$225 weekly, $695-$895/monthly, Call 912-319-4182, M-F 9AM-6PM

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SAVE $$$$ MOVE-IN SPECIALS Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$130 weekly.

Rooms w/bathroom $145.

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AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 CLEAN, QUIET, Room & Efficiencies for Rent.On Busline, Stove, Refrigerator, Washer/Dryer. Rates from $85-$165/week. Call 912-272-4378 or 912-631-2909

ROOMMATES WANTED Very Clean, newly remodeled w/central heat/air, stove,refrigerator,cable, washer/dryer. On busline.

No drugs. Starting at $125/week.

912-272-6919

DODGE Charger SXT, 2009- leather, telescopic tilt wheel cruise, brake & gas pedal adj, tire pressure monitor, trailer hitch, remote entry, fold down rear seats. low mileage, service record firm $14,900.00 912-925-4032 DODGE Ram 1500 SLT, 200548,600k, (1) owner excellent cond, loaded, 4-dr, blk $13,499.00 912-655-8377

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

FOR SALE 1986 Isuzu Pickup, long wheel base, 4cyl diesel engine, 5--speed transmission,engine and running gear perfect condition.

Needs fuel injector work, $1,800.

912-657-2767

MERCEDES C230 Sport, 2007Leather – Low Miles – Luxury Loaded. Call Sonia for details, 912-503-3335

ROOMS FOR RENT

Clean, safe, drama-free rooms available. Ceiling fans, Comcast cable, internet, central heat/air furnished. Walking distance to busline.

Rooms $125 & Up. 912-228-1242

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$100 & Up. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen and bath.

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1965 Mustang - Great Project Car FORD Mustang, 1965- In need of some body work. 289 V8 runs great. Asking $3,500. Call (843)514-8537

FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln Street. $155/week or $165/week for double occupancy, Includes microwave, refrig- ‘97 FORD VAN: Excellent condition. erator, stove, & utilities! Call 78,000 miles. Call John Kelly, 912.231.0240 912-353-9973. Price: $2,500.

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