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Volume 4, No. 34, May 18, 2005 On the Cover: The Rev. Thurmond Tillman at First African Baptist (photo by Brandon Blatcher)

News Cover Story

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Stepping Up

City Notebook

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News bits from around town

Free Speech

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Best CAT driver speaks!

Jane Fishman 10 The prison of prejudice

Cover Story 6

Blotter 11 From SPD reports Non Sequitur 11

Favorite cartoon

News of the Weird 12

Strange but true

Earthweek

13 The week on your planet

Best of Savannah 22

Shots from the awards party

Vibes

City Notebook 8

Music Feature 14 Southern Rock Music Menu 15 Local gigs a la carte

Soundboard 24 Who’s playing and where

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Culture Music Feature 14

Theatre 19

Digital news

Closer at AASU Ten bucks and under

Art Patrol 21

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Happenings 29 All the stuff, all the time Astroscope 39 What’s your sign?

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What: It’s time for baseball as the Savannah Sand Gnats face the Greenville Bombers.

When: Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, East Victory Drive.Call: 351-9150.

Friday, May 20 SCAD Fashion Show What: Savannah College of Art and Design presents its annual fashion show, featuring the designs of more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students.

Fashion legend Tom Ford will be honored with the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award.

When: Friday, May 20 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: The matinee is free, but has limited seating. Reservedseating tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $20 per person. Tickets are to four per person. Call: 525-5050.

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Third Friday Foreign Cinema Presents Insignificance What: British director Nicolas Roeg imagines one night in March 1953 in which he brings together Marilyn Monroe (the Actress), Joe DiMaggio (the Ballplayer), Joseph McCarthy (the Senator) and Albert Einstein (the Professor) in Einstein’s hotel room in New York City. It stars Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Michael Emil and Tony Curtis.When: Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Suggested $5 donation. Call: 232-4447.

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What: The original stage play of the popular movie starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law. When: Thursday May 19, Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21 at 9 p.m. Where: Black Box Theatre on Armstrong Atlantic State University campus. Cost: $5 general admission. NO ONE UNDER 18 ADMITTED.

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1st Annual Kids’ Day America What: This event is dedicated to children’s health, safety and environmental awareness. The activities will include child ID cards, photos and fingerprinting by the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan police; dental screenings by Small Smiles Dental; postural, spinal, scoliosis, EMG and thermal scan screenings by Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness Center; information on environmental awareness; and balloons, food and entertainment. The Southside Fire Department will present fire prevention tips. When: Saturday, May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Where: Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness Center, 320 E. Montgomery Cross Rd., Suite 36, between Hodgson Memorial Drive and Waters Avenue.Cost: Free.Call: 353-7611.

Sunday, May 22 Flannery O’Connor Spring Reading Series What: Rena Patton will present Poetry and Physics: A Happy Continuum. A poet and teacher at Savannah Country Day School, Patton bridges the arts and sciences with image, in poems and slides. When: May 22 at 3 p.m. Where: The parlor of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St. Cost: Free.

What: The Savannah Arts Academy presents an evening of music provided by band, chorus and piano students.When: May 22 at 6 p.m. Where: Lawn of the Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. In the event of rain, the concert will be held on the Main Stage.

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Wednesday, May 25 Sand Gnats vs. Kannapolis Intimidators What: The Savannah Sand Gnats take on the Kannappolis Intimidators in this midweek baseball game. When: Wednesday, May 25 at 10:05 a.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, East Victory Drive. Call: 351-9150.

The University of Venus 80’s Graduation Party What: Venus de Milo presents this school-themed party. Dress in your school jersey, cheerleading outfit or team attire, or wear a cap and gown for special drink discounts. Enjoy dance tunes from the 1980s and 90s. When: Wednesday, May 25, 10 p.m. to close. Where: Venus de Milo, 38 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Cost: Free. Call: 447-0901.

Psychotronic Film Society Presents Psychomania What: This 1973 British film stars actor George Sanders in his final role as a creepy butler whose employer is a wealthy psychic. Her son leads a violent motorcycle gang called The Living Dead, but once he learns the secret of immortality from his mother, the name becomes appropriate as he convinces his fellow gang members to kill themselves so they will come back from the grave to wreak havoc.

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What: Savannah College of Art and Design Professor Scott Boylston will read from his new book, Corrosion: Season of Anecdote, an integration of graphic design and poetry which he describes as his response to investigative reports concerning environmental degradations. Signed copies will be available for $10 and all proceeds will benefit Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. When: Tuesday, May 25 at 7 p.m.

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Black leaders weigh in on how best to fight local crime

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Left to right: The Rev. Thurmond Tillman at the First African Baptist Church; Nadra Enzi with Guardian Angel James Horry; and Verlynda Slaughter at The Midtown Center (photos by Eric Curl)

ON APRIL 1, SHANTE COOPER, 27-YEAR-OLD mother of three, was shot to death at the intersection of 38th and Harden Streets. It would be the first of a series of drive-by shootings that month – all of which occurred in mostly African-American neighborhoods.

Mayor Otis Johnson had some questions.

Where are Savannah’s black leaders? And are they going to use their positions in the community to help stop these crimes?

Nadra Enzi, Rev. Thurmond Tillman and Verlynda Slaughter are three such leaders working to provide an answer.

Nadra Enzi recently created Concerned Brothers of Savannah to stem the tide of violence within the black community -- as well as to improve relations between African-Americans and the police.

The organization recently entered the public eye when Enzi donated $1,000 to CrimeStoppers towards finding Cooper’s killers.

He says he’s disturbed by the fact that Cooper was murdered in front of witnesses, but no one has come forward with information leading to her killers. He says part of the reason no one has offered any information about Cooper’s shooters is that there is a lack of communication between the police and the black community – especially with the younger male members of that community.

Concerned Brothers of Savannah is working to develop a dialogue between the two groups.

“There already is one, but it’s dysfunctional,” Enzi says. “The traffic stop is not the time.”

Enzi says these dialogues should address the external and internal issues facing the communinity.

“We want to improve what we see as a pattern of police hostility towards the black community and do the

same within the black community,” Enzi says.

“We’re trying to bring the sides together.”

Assistant Chief of Police Lovett met with Enzi in April to discuss his ideas. Lovett says that Enzi’s message - that Savannah’s black youth do not want to be always thought of as the enemy - was a positive one.

He supports developing a relationship with Savannah’s black youth. “There’s nothing to it other than you’re gaining a new friend,” Lovett says.

Enzi says that young people are also receptive to meeting with the police.

“The point is they want to talk – it’s just that no one is listening,” Enzi says.

Enzi also wants to establish a community review board to observe police practices and policies.

Lovett says he’s against that idea. He’s concerned that people who don’t know enough about the law would be making decisions that affect people’s lives.

“If there is a crime in the community I want the police to be able to deal with that situation,” Lovett says.

Mayor Johnson recently created a crime-prevention task force, which includes Concerned Brothers of Savannah, to give the police a hand.

Enzi supports such group efforts towards crime reduction, saying that the idea that blacks need a single leader to step up and solve their problems is antiquated.

“The era of Dr. King and Malcolm X has passed,” Enzi says. “It’s much more of a collaborative effort now.”

He said he’s just one of many working to improve the quality of life in Savannah.

“These are very reasonable people trying to take on very difficult problems,” he says.

Verlynda Slaughter is trying to take on a few problems of her own. Problems like the two drive-by shootings that occurred in her neighborhood on April 6 and ended up sending Manny Engram, 19, and Damien Milton, 17, to Memorial Health University Medical Center in critical condition.

Slaughter, 48, has been the president of the Midtown Neighborhood Association since 1997 and has worked to improve her neighborhood for years. The Midtown Center, which opened in 2002, is a result of these efforts. Situated at 35th and Reynolds streets in what used to be an abandoned office building, it now serves as meeting place and resource center for neighborhood residents.

Slaughter says she wants to provide a positive environment for young people to interact with the older members of Midtown.

“It provides a safe haven for kids that live in areas that may have drug activity and criminal activity,” Slaughter says.

The self-funded center, staffed entirely with volunteers, provides meals, recreation, tutoring, career counseling, financial aid advice, computers with internet access, a garden and greenhouse for potential botanists, and a music room with keyboards for the musically inclined. Most of the kids who go to the center range in age from 5 to 13.

“We get them to think about other things then what they see here,” Slaughter says. “We’re working to help them set priorities.”

Brad Allen, a legal researcher who has volunteered at the center since it opened, said the younger kids are their main focus.

“This is the age you got to start with if you want to prevent crime in the neighborhood,” Allen says. “When they get older their interests are going to change and we hope they are going to change into something positive.”

He says some high-school students also come to the center and help the younger kids with their schoolwork.

The center also serves as the monthly meeting place for the Midtown Neighborhood Association. During these meetings, Midtown residents, along with the police, address ways to improve public safety.

Slaughter says the association submitted a five-year action plan in 2004 aimed at reducing crime in Midtown to the mayor, city manager and the city council.

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She says the residents can only do so much, however. “We’ve done everything we know to do. When does it come down to the police?�

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One prisoner he talked with, Jerome McIntosh, was released on January 2.

McIntosh was glad Tillman came. No one was going to see prisoners, like McIntosh, who had served their full sentence.

Tillman is visiting Albert Heyward next.

Heyward, convicted of armed robbery, will be released on May 30. Tillman says his program is just getting started, and in the future he would meet with prisoners at least six months before they are released.

Tillman says there will be 12 “deadly sins� inmates released this year, with that number likely to increase to 24 in 2006 and almost 40 in 2007. “From there it keeps getting higher and higher,� Tillman says.

Eventually Tillman would like to help all prisoners, not just those convicted under the “deadly sins� law. “Seventy-four percent of all crimes in Savannah last year were committed by people that were previously incarcerated.

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The Rev. Thurmond Tillman of the First African Baptist Church believes that crime in Savannah is going to get worse unless something is done to help ex-convicts successfully re-enter society. “We think crime is bad now – we haven’t seen it bad yet,� Tillman says.

That’s why he recently started 100 Black Churches Connected. The program, which currently includes 57 churches ranging from Hinesville to Augusta, aims to help ex-offenders find jobs and stay out of prison.

Currently, Tillman is focusing on the prisoners locked up under the “seven deadly sins� law created by the Georgia legislature in the 1990s. The law gives a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence without the possibility of parole to anyone convicted of rape, murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and aggravated battery.

Tillman says that when legislators enacted these “get tough on crime laws� they just wanted to get the criminals off the streets.

“Nobody thought about when they come back,� he says.

Tillman says part of the problem with the mandatory sentences is that since the offenders served their full sentences they don’t receive any help or supervision when they return to society. “They leave with $25 and a bus ticket,�

Tillman says.

Once released, the ex-convicts find it difficult to find a job and make a living since potential employers ask them if they’ve ever been convicted of a crime. “If they answer yes, than it’s hard to find work,� he says. “If they say no, then they find out the truth next week.�

He says family and friends could only help them so much. “If they lose hope, they go back to what they know best,� Tillman says.

Tillman, along with the participating churches in 100 Black Churches Connected, the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Georgia Department of labor, and Georgia State Parole Board are working to end this pattern.

He is asking area businesses to give these ex-offenders jobs and therefore a chance to become a part of the community. “They’ve been very receptive,� Tillman says. “Their main concern is whether or not they can do the job.�

He is going to the prisons and talking with the prisoners before they are

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The plan’s strategies include getting police officers to spend 30-minute shifts walking areas with high drug activity, establishing a Crime Watch Program, correcting deficient lighting, purchasing and rehabilitating vacant buildings, and assisting landowners in evicting criminals.

The council adopted the plan, and Mayor Johnson says the plan was discussed at a crime-rally in Midtown on May 9 in order to familiarize new members of the association with it. “Certain segments of the plan are already being implemented,� Johnson says.

Slaughter isn’t satisfied with the speed with which those segments are being implemented, however, saying the mayor has too many meetings discussing crime instead of doing something about it.

Johnson counters that Slaughter is entitled to her opinion. “I believe prior planning prevents poor performance,� Johnson says. “I don’t believe in quick fixes to complex issues.�

The April shootings, that police say are gang-related, underscore the need for something to be done. “It’s the worst feeling in the world,�

Slaughter says. “We really thought we had put a lot of that behind us.�

Slaughter says that the Midtown Neighborhood Association, the community center, and the crime-plan aim to eliminate any future violence. “This is

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A cherished 150-year-old live oak had Johnson High School students used to be removed from a Candler Hospital 100,000 pennies to learn about statistics parking lot this past Saturday due to recently. Setting up the experiment in “irreparable deterioration.” the school’s auditorium, they counted (The oak is not to be confused with the numbers of heads and tails to test the much older “Candler Oak” the statistical “law of large numbers.” downtown, which is still going strong.)

Locally owned Coastal Empire The tree, located off DeRenne Exteriors donated the pennies. Company Avenue in the parking lot adjacent to the owner Kip Lee said, “It's a great group of Heart & Lung and Professional Building, was dedicated in the 1980s to Dr. Harry E. Rollings for his work at Candler Hospital.

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Johnson High students use pennies to learn statistics St. Joseph’s Candler spokesperson Betsy Ray kids and a tremendous school, with says , “In an effort to diminish the ecostrong AP courses and the International logical impact and restore the deterioBaccalaureate program. It’s a school rated tree canopy, plans call for three that produces graduates who are live oak trees to replace the original.” accepted to prestigious universities who Those trees are to be planted in the will then come back and be a part of our same space the older oak once business community.” occupied.

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Our best driver of course possesses a great work ethic, and who better illustrates that than Leon Stevens and Tyson Gardner?

My creation should bring a certain zest and exuberance to the job, and here I would add just a dash of Jeff Swinton and Ava Lavergne to the mix. They would be tempered of course with the quiet professionalism of a Louis Givens or Richard Richardson.

I would want our “monster/driver” to be a loyal one, and for that, I would look to Leroy Orr and Junior Ginn.

Compassion is a lost art in our society, but alive and well at CAT thanks to Calvin “Cornbread” Lawrence, and Russell Brabham.

Well there you have it; I have built from scratch the “Best CAT Bus Driver”.

I ask my fellow operators, do you recognize him? They should, because he/she is the sum total of what each and every one of us brings to the table.

I’ve left out of the recipe so many of my fellow operators because of lack of space and a shortage of adjectives, but they are as much a part of the final product as any of us.

The fact of the matter is that no one operator possesses all the skills necessary to be the “Best”; we all have our strengths and our weaknesses. You see, the “Best” is a conglomeration of us all.

It is that little piece of ourselves that we are willing to give to our customers and to each other.

To build the Best Cat Bus Driver takes teamwork. It has been both my privilege and pleasure to be a small part of that team for the past 19 years, and I proudly share this award with my whole CAT family. ◗

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I WAS RECENTLY VOTED the best CAT bus driver of 2005 by the readers of Connect Savannah.

While being very honored to receive the award, my colleagues and I know there are many more deserving, and that the voting of said award is certainly subjective.

Who are these others who are more worthy, and what makes them stand apart are some of the questions that were going through my head. What are some of the traits and characteristics that would make someone the best bus driver?

Not unlike Dr. Frankenstein, I decided to give life to this ideal, and actually create the best CAT bus driver. To build a best driver you must have a foundation of longevity, and where better to start than with Randy Williams and Ronnie Helmuth who have been on the job for 40 years?

I would want my driver to look sharp and well groomed, sort of like Iris Bryant or Gary Jones.

Wisdom of course would be essential, and who better to provide it than Eddie Scriven and J.A. Brown.

Safety is of paramount concern in our profession, and in the hands of perennial Rodeo winners B.L. Smalls and Fredrick “Flash” Gordon, you are not only in good hands, but great ones.

Humor is also an important asset, and nobody makes us laugh more than Freddie Lamarr and Jimmie Bennett.

You have to be a nice person to drive a bus, and as far as kindness and patience is concerned, I will put Francis Spellman and Ben Reese up against anybody.

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IT’S ONE THING TO READ ABOUT the prison abuses at Abu Ghraib, the sadism, the meanness, the degradation. It’s another to learn what we knew about the people behind the acts - and how the military signed them up anyway.

Before going to Iraq, one reservist (a former Marine, roused by 911 to reenlist) was arrested for harassing his ex-wife, who he admitted dragging around by her hair, a woman who had to issue three protective orders against him.

Then there was his military/reservist girlfriend. While in Iraq, they made videos of themselves having sex, a violation of military rules. They took photographs of one another holding a leash tied around the neck of naked and crawling detainees, most of whom have never been charged with any crimes. They were frequently admonished for loud and bawdy behavior.

But before another soldier blew the whistle, there were no reprimands.

Nothing was done to them.

All this, in the military that won’t allow gay men and women to enlist or serve.

Since the 1993 “Don’t ask, don’t tell” ruling - surely one of the most block-

headed decisions ever to come out of government - over 11,000 gay men and women have left the service, including at least 25 highly trained linguists from the military’s Defense Language Institute.

This in a military that can’t meet recruiting goals, that except for Turkey’s is the only one in the world to exclude gays.

Very disturbing, the presumptions we make about some people (and, conversely, the breaks we give others, like ex-Marines). Very scary, the judgments we issue toward people who don’t look the same as we do. Very pervasive, the prejudices we carry.

From a friend who works at a local hospital I heard about two nurses and a doctor who could not figure out what to do with a man - a poor man who smelled a bit, who wasn’t particularly articulate or forthcoming. He had been treated. He had his prescriptions. And yet he sat there in the outpatient office.

“They called me in and asked, ‘What should we do with him?’” she said.

In 20 seconds, my friend learned the man had a Medicaid card - which would pay for his prescriptions - and a phone number for a sister - who was waiting to pick him up.

The difference? “I talked to him,” she said. “They didn’t.”

Paper Clips is another movie about intolerance and ignorance. The Jewish Educational Alliance showed the film to students at St. Vincent’s. It’s about a middle school in Whitwell, Tenn., that was studying the Holocaust and the systematic destruction of 6 million Jews.

Whitwell is a town of 1,500 with no Jews, no Catholics, five AfricanAmericans, one Hispanic - and the intelligence to know they could not picture 6 million of anything. So they decided to collect 6 million paper clips, which the Norwegians wore during World War II as a gesture of solidarity. They collected 29 million - and decided to save 12 million, to symbolize the slain Gypsies and homosexuals. In the process, they received thousands of letters and artifacts and met a handful of aging, articulate Holocaust survivors.

To see the good people of Whitwell respond with such heart to the testimonies of the survivors was moving and hopeful. Which makes the notion of who we are, what we look like and how possible it is to get beyond our prejudices very relevant. Would that we could start this process in the Armed Forces. ◗

Racism, elitism, assumptions are very dangerous things. Check out the new movie Crash if you have any doubt.

It’s a fascinating, tense, sit-on-the-edgeof-your-seat movie that takes place in Los Angeles. We see the characters Latinos, Koreans, blacks, whites, cops, Iranians - and because we’re smart we think we know who they are. We think we know what they’re about, what they’re thinking, what they’ll do. But we don’t.

There’s the locksmith who is mistaken by the movie’s rich, white bitch (Sandra Bullock) for a gang member; an Iranian businessman thought to be an Arab, not a Persian; a black cop who can’t get it straight which Latin American country his girlfriend is from; a black TV director who is told by a coworker that one of his characters “doesn’t talk black enough,” and a racist white cop who takes care of his aging, ailing father.

When I was telling someone about the film, she told me something that happened to her when she was out walking her dog late one night.

“It was dark,” she said. “These two guys in big, white T-shirts and lots of gold jewelry were coming toward me and I got a little scared. Then, as we passed, one said, ‘Happy Mother’s Day.’”

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• OFFICERS RESPONDED to a complaint about a juvenile on Dodge Avenue. When they arrived, a woman told them a neighbor child threw cookies and onions at her son, hitting her house. Officers spoke with the child and his mother, who said the two boys had argued.

One threw shoes at the other’s house, and the other responded by throwing cookies. The boys were made to clean up the mess. Officers did not observe any property damage.

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• A Montgomery Cross Road motel clerk called to report that a woman was beating and dragging a juvenile. When the officers arrived, the woman said her son ran from their room and into the office because he was afraid she was going to hit him. The woman said she had not hit her son and did not intend to. She said she was only trying to get him to stop jumping on a bed and making noise. She said her son would not come when called and her boyfriend had to bring him back to the room. ◗

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• An officer on patrol observed someone inside the locked gates of Bonaventure Cemetery. With an off-duty Thunderbolt police officer, he approached the cemetery and entered.

A man came out from behind the bushes and raised his hands in the air.

He said three more people were hiding in the wooded area. The officers asked the other three to come out, but they never did. The man was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

• A man walked out of a Broughton Street restaurant into Broughton Lane.

As he attempted to retrieve his cell phone from his car, he was approached by two men. One pointed an automatic pistol at him and the other placed a hard object, which he believed was a pistol, at the back of his head. One of the man said, “Give me what you got,” and the man handed them his wallet.

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Windsor, Ontario, hair stylist Waddah (Martin) Mustapha was awarded the equivalent of about US$270,000 by a court in April after he testified that he became racked with depression upon seeing a fly inside a commercial bottle of water at his salon.

Presumably, damages would have been more if Mustapha had actually drunk from the bottle (or even opened it). As it was, he and his wife vomited, and he required extensive psychotherapy for nightmares, loss of sense of humor, increased argumentativeness, lack of desire to shower regularly, and constipation.

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Compelling Explanations

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In April, Laura and Edmund Gerstein of Boca Raton, Fla., who want to save their beloved backyard grapefruit tree from the state’s citrus canker eradication program, formally claimed immunity for the tree under a provision in the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The Gersteins pointed to a paragraph on protecting crops needed for civilians’ survival during wartime, in that, said Edmund, “As I understand it, (the U.S.) is in a state of war.” (Responded a state Department of Agriculture spokesman, “That tree will be coming down.”)

An arbitration panel in April issued a two-year suspension to champion cyclist Tyler Hamilton for having transfused another person’s blood for a race in Spain last year. At the panel’s hearing in March, according to an April New York Times story, Hamilton and his lawyers had denied the charge and raised the possibility that maybe Hamilton had a “vanishing twin” who had shared the womb with him during his first trimester, which would account for why he wound up with some blood that doesn’t match his “other” blood.

More Compelling Explanations: (1) Police in Morrisville, Vt., who arrested a teenager in April for allegedly removing a corpse’s head in a cemetery tomb, said the suspect had spoken of using the head as a marijuana bong. (2) A young woman who in December sued an Austin, Texas, distributor of steamy “spring break” videos, admitted that she had consented to be in a video topless, but now said she was only 17 at the time (and therefore a minor) and now fears the video’s circulation will hamper her in “college,” “career” and “church.”

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climb in through the roof. However, the manager admitted that he had not locked the door that night and that Mitchell could have just walked in. Three weeks earlier, in Fostoria, Ohio, thieves broke in and carried off a safe in the office of a local organization that serves the poor (Fostoria Bureau of Concern), but director Susan Simpkins said that not only was the safe empty but the bureau had decided to junk it a while back and was looking for someone to haul it away.

Thanh Nhat Le, 51, was arrested in Dorchester, Mass., in April, when he tried to cash a check he wrote to himself for $7,550 on his account at a Sovereign Bank. He had opened the account two weeks earlier, handing over $171 in small bills. He was certain that he had plenty of money in his account, though, because in the interim, he had also mailed the bank three checks for deposit: one for $250,000, one for $2 million, and one for $4 billion.

Recurring Themes In Springfield, Mass., in April, Thomas P. Budnick became the most recent man who was convicted at a trial in which he had persuaded the judge to let him act as his own lawyer, to then argue with a straight face on appeal that his conviction should be overturned because his trial lawyer was incompetent. (The decision is pending.)

Cutting-Edge Research (1) Homelier-looking kids get taken care of by their parents less attentively than do the good-looking ones (e.g., they don’t get buckled into carts as frequently in supermarkets, and are allowed to drift further away in the store) (reported Dr. Andrew Harrell, University of Alberta, April). (2) Gay men resemble women in their approach to reading road maps (determining directions by, for example, use of landmarks, rather than the typical heterosexual male approach of spatial reasoning) (reported by psychobiologist Oazi Rahman, University of East London, February).

The Classic Middle Name (all-new) Arrested for murder recently: Darrell Wayne Maness, 19, Wilmington, N.C. (January); Timothy Wayne Ebert, 40, Cleveland, Texas (February); John Wayne Blair, 49, Sevier County, Tenn. (April); Derek Wayne Jackson, 18, Norristown, Pa. (April); Nathaniel Wayne Hart, 34, Austin, Texas (April). Convicted of murder: Donald Wayne Shipe, 37, Winchester, Va. (May). Sentenced for murder: Emmanuel Wayne Harris, 28, Bisbee, Ariz. (February). Executed for murder: Dennis Wayne Bagwell, 41, Huntsville, Texas (February); Lonnie Wayne Pursley, 43, Huntsville, Texas

(May). Committed suicide while suspected of murder: Eric Wayne Jacobs, 27, Castroville, Calif. (April).

And a Classic Middle Name Special: In April, in New Scotland, N.Y., Jean Balashek, 86, was found murdered, and police charged her daughter, Corianna Thompson, with the crime. Thompson’s birth name was Corey Wayne Balashek, and before his sex change, he had served nine years for another killing.

(Thus, Thompson/Balashek may be the first American ever charged with homicide in both genders.)

No Longer Weird Adding to the list of stories that were formerly weird but which now occur with such frequency that they must be retired from circulation: (73) Pranksters who playfully carry away a prominent local mascot figure and abuse it or subject it to a “ransom” demand or photograph it in zany places, such as people who took the stuffed buffalo from the field house at Milligan College (Elizabethton, Tenn.) and suspended it from the ceiling of the campus chapel (April). And (74) the toddler who grabs the family’s car keys and somehow manages to drive a respectable distance at least semi-safely, as did the 4-year-old boy in Sand Lake, Mich., who drove his mother’s car a quarter mile to a video store in the middle of the night (February).

Are We Safe? (continued) The Defense Department’s March 30 progress report on the post-9-11 upgrading of its needs for foreign language professionals showed the Pentagon (41 months after the attacks) just now getting around to learning how many of its people already speak a foreign language. According to the document’s chronology (reported in April by Slate.com), it was not until May 2004 that a formal decision was made to “assess (foreign) language needs” and form a “steering committee.” By July 2005, the Pentagon is to issue “guidance” for how to manage a stepped-up program, and

by December 2005 to create a database of personnel with foreign language skills.

The management system for how to run such a program is to be in place by September 2007, after which, presumably, attention to the actual upgrading of skills can begin.

God’s Will In January, a 69-year-old minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Oviedo, Fla., suffered a fatal heart attack in mid-sentence during a sermon, as he was quoting the scholar John Wesley, “And when I go to heaven....” And in April, at least 52 Hindu pilgrims drowned in India’s holy Narmada River when a power-generation dam upstream released water. And in February, at least 59 worshipers were killed in a fire in a mosque in Tehran, Iran, when a worshiper’s veil ignited from a kerosene stove. ◗

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The recently discovered slowing of the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic could bring a dra4.1 matic cooling effect on the climate of Britain and Europe, according to a British scientists who discovered it. The Times of London reports +1130 Peter Wadhams, professor of Podor, ocean physics at Cambridge Senegal University, hitched rides 3.2 under the Arctic ice cap in Royal Navy submarines and used ships to take measurements across the Greenland Sea. “Until recently, we would find giant ‘chimneys’ in the Week Ending May 13, 2005 sea where columns of cold, dense water were sinking project could provide about 13 billion from the surface to the seabed 3,000 cubic feet of fresh water per year to the meters (10,000 feet) below, but now they three countries on the Dead Sea, as well have almost disappeared,” he said. The as around 550 megawatts of hydrosinking brings in more warm water from electric power. the south, keeping Northern Europe mild. Climate change experts have long Angola’s health minister said predicted a slowing of the massive his country is finally winning ocean current system due to global the battle against the deadly warming, but this is the first evidence Marburg virus after no new that it may have begun. cases were reported during a 24-hour period for the second time in a week.

Jordan, Israel and the The Ebola-like virus has killed 284 Palestinian Authority agreed people, mostly in the northern province to a feasibility study to bring of Uige, since the outbreak emerged six in water from the Red Sea to months ago. Initial resistance by the replenish the slowly vanishing Dead Sea. local population to health authorities Decades of water diversion from the allowed the disease to spread, but Jordan River, the Red Sea’s main source recent cooperation has allowed the of inflow, has caused the lowest and disease to be brought under control. most saline body of water on Earth to •Medical experts were rushing to the shrink by a third. Its level continues to north of the Republic of Congo to invesdrop by about three feet a year. The protigate whether a new Ebola outbreak has posed Two Seas Canal would bring emerged. At least six people have died water from the Red Sea to a power with signs of hemorrhagic fever, but the station and a desalination plant in victims did not suffer the massive Jordan. The five-year construction

A tremor near a South African gold mine west of Johannesburg caused tunnels to collapse at one mine, killing five workers.

• Earth movements were also felt in northern Turkey, western Greece, northwest Sumatra, metropolitan Tokyo, west-central Japan, Haiti and three points in California.

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Iberian Drought The record drought parching much of Spain and Portugal has caused lakes and reservoirs to dry up, and threatens to wipe out much of this summer’s crops. Last winter’s rainy season brought only a third of normal precipitation in many locations. Water is now being trucked into many communities that have lost running tap water, and pastures have become so barren that not a single blade of grass is growing.

Satellite photographs show that the entire southern half of Portugal is brown due to drought. The same region was lush green a year ago.

Colombian Downpours At least 16 people died in flooding and mudslides set off by recent heavy rains in Colombia. About 40,000 others were forced from their homes by floods or unstable hillsides.

Rain Gauge Total May rain through the 15th: 1.30”, normal 1.55”, -0.25” for the month.

Total 2005 rain: 14.70”, normal 15.38”, -0.68” for the year.

The first swarms of desert locusts to appear in Niger since last year have sparked fears that another harvest may be lost in a nation where millions of people face food shortages. State radio reported the locusts were eating plants and leaves in Diffa, near the border with Nigeria.

The insects also caused power cuts by weighing down electricity cables.

Experts have warned the insects have started a new breeding cycle and are likely to return to northern and western Africa this year.

Eagle’s Return Golden eagles have nested in Ireland for the first time since 1912 due to a release program designed to restore the birds to their former habitat. A pair of the eagles was seen nesting in Donegal four years after 35 young golden eagle chicks from Scotland were released into the area. The single egg that was laid within the past few weeks did not successfully hatch, but the head of the Golden Eagle Project described it as a major step forward in breeding native golden eagles. The birds were wiped out in Ireland almost 100 years ago due to hunting and development around their habitat. ◗

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The Allman Brothers and Skynyrd kick off a summer of shows YOU’VE HEARD IT a million times before: “No good shows ever come to Savannah.”

Most of us who care about live music have been guilty of saying this out loud at one time or another over the past two decades. Usually to someone who’s just moved here or thinking about doing just that. Usually while at least partially inebriated, and usually while trying to make a greater point.

However, while it is most certainly a truism that Savannah enjoys nowhere near as many major concert events by nationally-known artists as our closest neighbors (such as Charleston, Jacksonville, Columbia, and – at times – even puny Hilton Head Island), the truth is that things are not nearly as bad as they once were.

Yes, the club scene here has deteriorated in the sense that we no longer have anything remotely approaching a “showcase room.” But, then again, the last time we did was over a decade ago,

when what had initially begun as the Night Flight Café’s second location morphed into Congress Street Station, and then morphed right out of business.

And yet, now, we have more live music venues than ever before. It’s just that most aren’t big enough to hold the crowds that are expected to show up for major artists, and none of the current batch of clubowners are interested in ponying up the kind of cash it would take to turn even a smaller venue into an acoustically-sound listening room with a killer in-house PA that would serve the needs of most such acts.

Notwithstanding those limitations, there are plenty of places to catch outstanding (or merely noteworthy) live music in Savannah, such as our own Civic Center Arena, the Historic Roundhouse (usually the site of the Coastal Heritage Society’s annual Blues & Barbecue Festival), and a trio of beautiful theaters: the Johnny Mercer; the Lucas; and SCAD’s Trustees.

There’s also an intriguing new contender that has been under the radar for quite some time now, but seems poised for a comeback of sorts. Red Gate Farms, a sprawling swath of actual farmland only minutes from downtown is primarily thought of as a picturesque location for wedding receptions and the like.

However, over a decade ago, it was used for a couple of big, all-day music events, and starting with this weekend’s Country Fest (see Connect Recommends) it seems to be back in play for large-scale shows.

We’re not telling!

I’m even told by one major radio station in town that they have tentative plans to bring in plenty of live shows there in the upcoming year.

With an eye towards dispelling the belief that “no good shows ever come to Savannah,” here are some soon-to-occur events that hopefully bode well for local music fans: • The Allmans / Lynyrd Skynyrd This Friday night, a monster of a Southern rock double bill roars into town. One of those pairings that seem so logical (at least from a financial and sartorial sense) that it seems hard to believe it took this long to become a reality. Try to forget that hardly anyone in either band is an original member. Then

drink a beer and raise hell. That’s what they hope you do.

• The Rock Never Stops Tour This July 9th show at Red Gate Farms features ‘80s and early ‘90s throwbacks RATT (without lead singer Stephen Pearcy), Cinderella, Firehouse, and a special local opener on a second stage.

It should probably be sponsored by Cialis or the Hair Club for Men – especially considering Quiet Riot frontman Kevin DuBrow’s follicle makeover (he’ll be appearing).

• Savannah Blues Society’s First Show This is a major show in that it took this newly-formed organization to bring in a hip, post-modern blues guitarist who isn’t trying to emulate Stevie Ray or Freddie King. Jimbo Mathus is known to many as a former member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and cult faves Metal Flake Mother, but these days he owns a studio in Mississippi that cranks out earthy albums by the likes of Elvis Costello and Buddy Guy. At the Mercury Lounge July 23.

• Free Super-Secret Mystery Funk Show And finally, there’s a free concert Friday May 27 in Forsyth Park. Paid for

by SCAD (who brought in George Clinton last year), the artist’s name is supposed to be a secret, in the hopes the park won’t be mobbed. But I can tell you this: He’s a “Dynamite” singer who’s about as important to soul music as Marlon Brando was to the mob in The Godfather. ◗

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The Back River Ramblers Impressive trio of local songwriters (who’ve played Nashville’s Bluebird Café). They play “marsh grass music”: acoustic blues, bluegrass, and honky tonk. Thurs., 7 pm, Fannie’s On The Beach (Tybee) + Sat., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

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The Chris Chandler Trio Mainstream jazz and standards led one of Savannah’s most well-known pianists. Fri., 9 pm - 1 am, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Thomas Claxton Full-throttle acoustic guitarist and singer who plays high-energy covers of classic and modern rock both solo (as in this case) and as in a full-band context (as frontman for The Long Awaited).

Wed., 7 pm, Pogy’s Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill) + Mon., 6 pm, The Sea Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

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Wed. - Sat., 9 pm, Gilley’s (Hinesville).

A 3-night stand at one of River Street’s most popular live music rooms caps a busy week for EROK. As Savannah’s best-known electric blues guitarist and singer, his Chicago-style R & B never seems to go out of style. Tue., (hosts Open Mic) Wed., Mercury Lounge + Thurs. Sat., JJ Cagney’s.

Dueling Pianos A high-energy show featuring wise-cracking tagteam pianists who one-up each other with off-the-cuff renditions of popular tunes – all at the audience’s request.

Wed. - Sat., Savannah Smiles.

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Eat Mo' Music Hard-grooving instrumental funk-jazz quintet. They’re becoming a regular attraction at this microbrewery and restaurant. Fri. - Sat., 8:30 pm, Moon River Brewing Company.

Dodd Ferrelle Solo acoustic show from this Athensbased roots-rock songwriter, just before a screening of the family film Because of Winn-Dixie. Dodd will play songs he wrote about growing up in this area.

Sat., 7:30 pm, Tybee Island Lighthouse.

Gumshoe Moody and dreamy indie-pop quartet begun as a one-man low-fi bedroom recording project by local Kevin Daiss, and now expanded to allow live gigs.

Also on the bill: The Still, a young local trio that cites Savannah’s Christian

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JeWop Impressive bass-and-drums hardcore duo from Florida (featuring the immensely talented Savannah native Adam Safer) that strips everything down to little more than rhythm and a hint of melody, and lets fly like Firehose with a broken tweeter.

Also on this bill: Athens ultraindie buzz punks Polemic (think Jucifer meets Dressy Bessy), who’ve just licensed a bunch of tracks to a new MTV series – despite their anti-establishment posturing – and Brass Castle, a flat-out great Atlanta drum and guitar act that burn through bluesy riff rampages like they couldn’t care more about caring less about caring. Sat., The Jinx.

Keith Kozel & The Foxedos present: Dave Williams This installment of GAM frontman Kozel’s monthly showcase of local “outsider music” and anti-folk features former HoboErotic leader Williams, whose drawling, self-referencing rock tunes acknowledge a stylistic debt to the inebriated jangle of the Glimmer Twins, as well as middle-period Paul Westerberg’s caustic pisstakes on the rock canon. He’ll be debuting some new, tongue-in-cheek material, backed by The Foxedos (featuring Ricardo Ochoa, Sebastian Edwards and Kozel). Free with a suggested $2 donation to the artists.

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Long-running regional blues combo led by drummer and vocalist Ken Harrison. They specialize in uptempo, danceable tunes.

Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

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To celebrate their first year in business this downtown skin art shop is sponsoring a massive metalcore show.

The unbelievably heavy headliner Withered hails from Atlanta and features ex-members of Leechmilk. They play Swedish-influenced sludge/grind/death metal, and have opened for the likes of Mastodon and Exhumed. Locals Chronicle A/D feature former members of Karst and Antischism, and are known for a dark and metal-tinged take on brutal punk. The fast and frenzied Black Tusk includes members of the nowdefunct Bricks and Hammürd Shit, while 10 1/2 is a brand-new local tribute act to the legendary California punks Black Flag (!). Fri., The Jinx.

Bryant) join forces – merging setlists and vocal harmonies in the process – to offer a wide range of country, rock and pop hits.Wed., 7:30 pm, The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

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The Mayview Jazz Trio Sandersville act with a female vocalist, offering older and contemporary standards.

Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

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Tom O'Carroll This Dublin-born folklorist, singer and musician tours North America offering educational and historical concerts everywhere from pubs to libraries and festivals. He plays the guitar, the tin whistle and the bodhran drum, and is a favorite in our area.

Wed. - Sun., Kevin Barry’s.

Old-Time Jam Session Part music lesson, part history lesson, and part Open Hoot, acoustic string musicians sit in and jam on mountain and country music from the

Straight-ahead jazz from one of the most talented jazz guitarists in the area, who plays a custom-made 7string. Sat., 9 pm - 1 am, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Sultry Northeastern songwriter who’s won some major recognition and awards in her field, and has been featured on a Starbuck’s compilation disc. She tours in the U.K. and has made this coffeehouse a regular stop on her neverending tour. She’s joined by songwriter Pete Schmidt, who’s gigged with Jason Mraz, Norah Jones, and David Gray, among others. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

The Permanent Tourists Excellent regional party band playing a wide variety of dance-oriented rock, soul and funk hits (think The Stones, Prince, The Commodores, etc...). Fri., 9 pm, The Oyster Bar (Wilmington Island).

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repertoire leans toward well-known covers, plus some originals. Thurs., 6 pm, The Sea Grill (Pt. Wentworth) + Sat., 12 pm, Tubby’s (River St.).

The Bobby Ryder Quartet Big-band style jazz. Thurs., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

The Screaming Fedoras A “new hard rocking experimental band” that says they’ll soon be topping “the charts.” Fri., 10 pm, Boba Internet Café (City Market).

The 2005 Small World Festival w/The 8-Tracks This 6th Annual outdoor event cosponsored by the Liberty Co. Chamber of Commerce and Ft. Stewart is a 2-day family-oriented street party located in Downtown Hinesville, behind the courthouse. Friday night kicks off at 6 pm, and features a live concert by this eclectic local cover band (featuring members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior) that plays rock, Americana and Memphis soul gems. Saturday, the gates open at 10 am. There’ll be food and crafts available throughout the duration of the festival.

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Fri. + Sat. (w/The Lex & Terry Radio Show), The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

Pat Donohue

This increasingly popular regional band (their members are divided between the greater Savannah ad Atlanta areas) has released two exceptional indie albums of modern, radiofriendly pop with occasional forays into hard rock territory.

While their local shows have been few and far between over the past year or so, they are now taking place with greater frequency, and that can only help to shore up their loyal fanbase. For the second evening of this two-night gig, they’ll appear alongside Lex & Terry (host of the highly-rated syndicated radio morning show which bears their name).

Events such as these always do well in the Coastal Empire, and it’s a safe bet that not only will this be a fun and memorable gig by one of the better regional

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This well-known jazz trumpeter (and reedman) is versed in an unusually wide range of styles, from bop to hard bop, from post-bop to mainstream. As if that weren’t enough, he’s demonstrated his abilities in each one on the numerous albums and sessions he’s cut since he emerged on the scene in the 1950s.

He served a stint with the travelling college known as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the mid-’50s, ultimately settling in Florida. He prefers to stay out of the limelight, and – as a result – is not nearly as widely known as he perhaps should be, even amongst jazzbos.

For this weekend engagement, he’ll be backed by The Christian Tamburr Quartet, another Florida-based act that has played this supper club before to enthusiastic response. Tamburr is a young and driven multi-instrumentalist who – of late – has specialized in the vibes. Many believe will soon take his place among the ranks of the finest in his field, such as Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, and Gary Burton. he’s currently working on stage music with famed illusionists Penn & Teller... Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head). ◗

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Here’s a show that’ll probably go down as one of the more unique and enjoyable concerts of the year: a solo gig by a tremendously talented guitarist – who’s Pat Donohue also known for his weekly role in Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band on NPR’s beloved A Prairie Home Companion.

Praised by the late Chet Atkins as “one of the greatest fingerpickers in the world,” plenty of his peers are quick to gush over his technique, such as Leo Kottke, who calls Donohue’s talent “upsetting,” and says that keeping up with Donohue haunts him. Pat’s live gigs find him blending blues, jazz, folk and storytelling into a fanciful mix that’s appropriate for both children and adults.

Throughout the course of his long and varied career, the St. Paul, Minn.based artist has seen his original compositions recorded by such stars as Kenny Rogers and Suzy Boggus. He counts Blind Blake, Charlie Parker, Muddy Waters and Miles Davis among his main influences, but his improvisational range is often compared to that of giants like the late Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian. For more information or to get tickets for this show, call 7866953.

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This major live music event brings together some of today’s hottest national C&W acts with a few of the more notable local performers for an entire day of mainstream American music. The show gets under way at 1 p.m. with a set by Savannah’s own Hazzard County Band, featuring The Courtenay Brothers, as well as other established players.

Also on the bill: two young vocal prodigies. Ciera Ouellette is a 16-year-old whose style has been likened to both Patsy Cline and Janis Joplin (whew!).

This will be her last local show before relocating to Memphis. 14-year-old Morgan Grotheer, on the other hand, is a “power singer” with a modern country (read: pop) feel.

As far as headliners go – Lonestar have been on the scene for nigh on a decade and enjoy one of the most successful careers in country music today.

Their hits include "My Front Porch Looking In," which was the most-played country song of 2003. Jo Dee Messina is a multi-platinum artist who’s had 8 #1 singles, and is currently enjoying huge success with her wry hit “My Give A Damn’s Busted.” But that’s not all: Mark Chesnutt plays as well, plus David Ball (in a special solo performance).

Tickets are still available for this rainor-shine show, and kids under 6 get in free. For info, tickets and directions, call 947-9650 or go to www.kix96.com.

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by Phil Kloer iTunes online music site will be introduced in a few months.

Most of the technology is still on the drawing board, but it will probably work in one of two different ways. Some cellphones would plug in to your PC, and you would download music files to the phone over a cable. Another likely way is to download hit songs wirelessly, as most phones do with ring tones.

There may be confusion at first, and incompatible methods, because both the phone manufacturers (Motorola, Nokia, etc.) and the service providers (Cingular, Verizon, etc.) want to dominate, and they may not play well together.

“You’re going to have some real potential head-butting,” says Michael Oryl, Internet chief at the wireless technology Web site Mobileburn.com.

The beauty of the music phone is that it blends an MP3 player like an iPod with a cellphone. Not everyone sees it that way, though.

“That’s too much going on in one thing,” says Carly Stein, an Emory University sophomore sitting at a picnic table on campus. She has her cellphone on the table, alongside her iPod mini, which she’s listening to with ear buds.

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Next generation of cellphones could put dent in iPod sales FIRST YOU GOT A CELLPHONE with a color display screen. Then you got a cellphone with a camera. The next Next Big Thing? The music phone — half cellphone, half iPod. Already available in South Korea, Japan and a few other countries where wireless technology outpaces the U.S., music phones will be rolling out here in the fall and will probably start hitting critical mass next year, analysts say.

“Everyone’s talking about 2005 as the year of the MP3 phone,” says Peter Rojas, editor-in-chief of Engadget.com, a Web log that monitors high-tech consumer products. No one even knows quite what to call them yet — MP3 phone, music phone, even an iPhone — because they don’t exist in the United States.

The notion of an iPhone, for example, is based on a collaboration between Apple (creator of the iPod and iTunes) and Motorola (a creator of cellphones), but so far no name has been announced.

Motorola CEO Ed Zander recently told analysts in a conference call that a new phone that will hook up to Apple’s

“I might be interested, eventually,” Stein adds, “but I’m not the type to buy something right away. [She got her iPod in December.] I’d want to see how they were doing.”

With no advertising and no hands-on experience, it’s difficult for even early adapters to get excited about a product that is still months away from shelves. A number of Emory students, an intensely plugged-in demographic, were rather blasé about the notion of a music phone.

Diana Choe, a sophomore from South Korea, said friends back home already have music phones — 2.3 million MP3-enabled phones were sold there in 2004, about 9 percent of total sales.

But she’s content with her iPod mini, which she carries in her hand while she listens to music, and her cellphone, which stays in her pocket when she’s listening to her iPod. “I guess it would be convenient,” she says of the coming phones, “but if you already have an iPod and a phone, it sounds kind of expensive to go buy it right away.”

The music phone is sometimes being referred to as a potential “iPod killer” in the world of technology because it has the potential to replace the iPod as the portable music device of choice.

Although the iPod is rightly seen as a huge success, it’s tiny compared with cellphones. Last year, there were about 80 million cellphones sold in the United States, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, compared with 10 million iPods — total, worldwide.

But at least for a while, the new music phones will have nowhere near the storage capacity of iPods. Early guesses are music phones will have around one gigabyte of storage, compared with 20, 30 and 60 gigabytes for the iPod. “I have a huge music collection,” says Emory law student Brent Kramer, listening to his iPod while reading at the Starbucks just off campus. “I don’t want to carry just 100 songs on a phone. It wouldn’t be worth it.”

The only big announcement so far of a music phone for the U.S. market is Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phone, an attempt to revive a 25-year-old brand name that’s been eclipsed by the iPod. The W800 will play MP3 music files and some FM radio (FM radio stations heading to cellphones is another, slightly smaller Next Big Thing), and Sony claims a battery life of 15 hours.

“The Achilles’ heel of the whole concept is battery life,” says Rojas.

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Grape gluts, foreign subsidies — and bargains all around A CHEAP BUZZ IS HARD TO COME BY. As wine has grown in popularity, it seems the price has skyrocketed, leaving us tunneling into the couch cushions for spare change. But some wineries aim for the cash-impaired — those of us who just want decenttasting juice that won’t chomp into the bank balance.

Land and labor costs are the true culprits. These costs have tripled over the years in wine-production states like California, Oregon and Washington, so the price of the cherished cheap bottle has crept up. As a result we’re abandoning our American roots, buying up bargains from around the world.

Australia’s Yellow Tail Shiraz, for example: $10 for a 1.5 liter. To keep export prices low, the Australian government offers subsidies for production and marketing, always a hefty chunk of change. Chile’s land and labor costs are still dirt cheap, although on the rise, so

good deals from that South American stronghold continue to emerge.

But recently, the much-publicized glut of grapes in California has opened up a market for entrepreneurs. Armies of inexpensive wines from California have descended within the last few months, and I can barely keep up. Some of them are even worth catching.

Whatever war of the wines is going on, we benefit. You can even pick these up at the grocery store, often at lower prices than the ones quoted here. If you’ve got 40 quarters, you can buy yourself a good ‘ole buzz and brag about the bargain.

Recommended Wines McManis 2004 Viognier (California) -- An aroma you’d gladly dive into, with fragrant honeysuckle and roses wafting up the glass. Follows with full-bodied apricot and toasted almonds. Sweetness = 3. $10. ★★★★ Twin Fin 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon (California) -- Easy-going and attractive like a metrosexual guy — bright raspberry

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‘Spring Tide: New Work, New Beginnings’ -- Never-before-seen water images by the late Jack Leigh. Also featuring work from the gallery’s other represented artists, Ben Beasley, Rod Cook, Eliza Lamb, Susan Laney and Lisa Robinson.

Exhibition will be on display May 21-July 11 at the Jack Leigh Gallery, 132 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10:30-5:30, Sun. 1-5

‘Alexander Girls’ -- Photos by Jenn Alexander at Black Orchid Gallery, 131 Drayton St. ‘Organic Constructions’ -- SCAD presents an exhibition of digital art by Kenneth A. Huff, through May 21, at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. ‘Dreams and Visions’ -- Works in oil and wax on paper and canvas

by Ruth Hunter through May at the Alvida Art Gallery 7303 Abercorn St. Mary Ellen McLaughlin -- New paintings by this watercolorist through May at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. ‘Savannah Theme Parties’ -Exhibition of photos by Emily Jane Becker Harris spanning five years of costume/theme events in the Savannah area.

Reception May 28, 6 p.m.-3 a.m., at Gallery 1818, 1818 Whitaker St. One night only.

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‘Small ‘Farm Team: A Season in the show/Large Minors’ -- Joseph C. Gamble’s presence’ -thesis exhibition chronicles life in Two images from the new exhibit at baseball’s minor leagues. At Paintings and prints by the late the Jack Leigh gallery: top, Leigh’s Grayson Stadium on Victory 1998 Seascapes #1; bottom, Joan Hamilton Drive through the Sand Gnats Everyday Epiphanies by Eliza Lamb season.

Cobitz, May 18June 30 at the ‘Perception & Reflection’ -- Featuring the Sentient Bean.

Reception: Sunday, May 22, 5-7 p.m. works of Savannah artists Grace Rohland, Ron Schaffer & Jerry Luke.

‘Disparity’ -- Large-scale drawings by through May 27 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 Astrid Muller-Karger through June 2 at West Henry Street.

Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Reception ‘A Fine Dividing Line: Folk Art, Fine Art’ Thursday May 19, 6-8 p.m.

- A double show at the Hurn includes ‘Still Life’ -- Photo installation by Khaki “Purvis Young: A 30 Year Retrospective” Bedford, using a Holga toy camera. May and “Ricardo Manuel Diaz: Reality Out of 20-26 at DeSotoRow Gallery on 41st.

Grayness.” 1015 Whitaker St. Street between Bull & Whitaker.

Gallery 209 Artists of the Month --Painter Reception Friday May 20 from 6-9 p.m.

Rebecca Willis and jeweler Marlene Bob Farr - Exhibition of new black and Nawrocki are featured at Gallery 209, white photography at Cutters Point 209 E. River St. throughout May. Coffee in Sandfly, Skidaway at Ferguson Kevin Starr -- 11 large photos based in Avenue. Through June 10. fashion and narrative interpretations, at ‘In House’ -- SCAD presents this exhithe Sapphire Grill through May 30. bition influenced by skateboard culture, Call for Entries -- Show is June 3-June 24 May 18–June 28, in the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Reception is Thursday, at the Starland Center of Contemporary May 19, 6 p.m., featuring a 7 p.m. lecture Art. Show “strives to exploit the complex

by Mike Grimes, the curator for “32-Inch possibilities” that pencil and paper offer Canvas,” a traveling collection of skatein partnership. Submit to board decks from Canada. Free and davideveritthowe@gmail.com. open to the public.

Submissions must include photographs, dimensions, and an artist statement.

‘Cyclical’ -- An MFA thesis show by Deadline May 23. Work selected by May Bethany Bond, May 12-29 at Venus De 25. Installation begins May 30. ◗ Milo, 38 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Art Patrol is for rotating shows, exhibiMary Adams -- Exhibit of recent tions and receptions. Send your art info to jim@connectsavannah.com paintings and sculpture at Iocovozzi Fine Art, 12 West Harris St.

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‘Variations on a Still Life’ -Patricia Walker’s oil paintings and drawings in charcoal and pastel are displayed in DAC Gallery at One East Broughton St. from May 10 to June 15.

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‘Best of Savannah’ Party

Savannah Smiles on Factors Walk was the fine setting for a rollicking “Best of Savannah” awards party on May 10. Following are a few photographic highlights of the festive evening. Go to bestofsavannah.com to see more. To purchase reprints of party photos contact Gene & Cheryl at fatratone@aol.com

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Corley (9:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Psychotronic Film: THE YES MEN (8 pm) SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- Karaoke SPANKY’S (River Street)- Live Music TBA STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA TUBBY’S (River St.)- Sunset Party w/Live Music TBA (6 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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SATURDAY MAY 21ST AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Music TBA B & D BURGERS (Southside)-Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAJA CANTINA (Skidaway Village Walk)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BENNY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BOGEY’S- Live Music TBA CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- Live Music TBA THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) CHUCK’S BAR- Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB IBIZA (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)- DJ Cesar (Top 40 & Hip Hop) CLUB ONE- Local Cast CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR- The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm) DAQUIRI DEPOT (Pooler)- Live Music TBA DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOLPHIN REEF (Tybee)- Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- The Back River Ramblers (10 pm) FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)-High Velocity (9 pm) GO FISH- Live Music TBA (7 pm) HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Dance) THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Karaoke HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA IL PASTICCIO- Live Jazz (9:30 pm), House w/DJ Josh Barrett (12 am) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Liquid Ginger w/The Lex & Terry Show THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Ira Sullivan w/The Christian Tamburr Quartet (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Mayview Jazz Trio (9 pm) THE JINX- JeWop, Polemic, Brass Castle JJ CAGNEY’S- The Eric Culberson Blues Band KEVIN BARRY’S- Tom O’Carroll LOGGERHEADS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- The Howard Paul Trio (9 pm - 1 am) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- Bluesonics (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Eat Mo’ Music (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- DJ Will 2K THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.)Tradewinds (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)- Live Music TBA RED GATE FARMS- KIX 96 Country Fest w/Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, Mark Chesnutt, David Ball, The Hazzard County Band feat. The Courtenay Brothers, and more (1 pm - 10 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- Turtle Folk SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos SCANDALS (Tybee)- She Alice (9:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Meika Pauley w/Pete Schimdt, Sans Coda (8 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)Live Music TBA (9 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA

STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA SUNDOWN (Hilton Head)- Live Music TBA TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Live Music TBA TUBBY’S (River St.)- Rick & Ginger of Liquid Ginger (12 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) TYBEE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE (Thunderbolt)Dodd Ferrelle (7:30 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Hwy 80 & Bryan Woods Rd.)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO- DJ Maybe, DJ Aerochron & Friends (10:30 pm) WET WILLIE’S- Live DJ Brad Tatom

NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- Secret Sunday (w/The Gold Club) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- Karaoke STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA TEMPLE MICKVE ISRAEL (20 E. Gordon St.)Guitarist Pat Donahue (3 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Hwy 80 & Bryan Woods Rd.)- Live Music TBA (1 pm)

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MAY 23RD

BAYOU CAFÉ- Chief BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA BLUEBERRY HILL- Karaoke DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- DJ spins AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Beach Music FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- BN Trivia w/Artie & Music TBA B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA Brett THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)- Live Music (6 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ- Chief TBA (7 pm) BENNY’S (Tybee Island)- Live Music TBA THE IRISH TIMES- Live Irish Music BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)- Open Mic CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 w/The Bandtastics THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Jam w/The pm) CITY MARKET COURTYARD- Live Music TBA John Brackett Quartet THE JINX- Open Mic Night (1 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S- Greg Williams THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Pianist DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island)- Live Music TBA Eric Jones (7 pm - 11 pm) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA Music TBA PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- Randy “Hatman” Smith (3 pm) Live Piano Music TBA FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA SAVANNAH BLUES- Live Music TBA THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Karaoke SAVANNAH NIGHTS- Karaoke THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Deas’ Guyz THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Thomas (6 pm) Claxton (6 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Old-Time Music Jam KEVIN BARRY’S- Tom O’Carroll Session (7 pm) THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Pianist SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA WET WILLIE’S- Karaoke (9 pm) Eric Jones (7 pm - 11 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke

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SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos SCANDALS (Tybee)- She Alice (9:30 pm) THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music TBA THE SENTIENT BEAN- 3rd Friday Foreign Film: INSIGNIFIGANCE (7:30 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- DJ Mike Ambrose SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) STEED’S- Karaoke STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA SUNDOWN (Hilton Head)- Live Music TBA SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA

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The “underdog sports comedy,” which hasn’t been run into the ground as much as it’s been pureed in a top-model blender, travels as far as it probably can go these days in Kicking & Screaming, an immensely likable if somewhat toothless family film in which even the notorious Mike Ditka comes across as a stuffed panda bear. Will Ferrell ably tackles his most complete role to date:

He plays Phil Weston, a wimpy husband and father whose entire life has been spent in the shadow of his ultra-competitive dad Buck (Robert Duvall), a bullying jock who also happens to be the coach of the vicinity’s best boys’ soccer team.

After his own son gets traded by Buck to the worst team in the league, Phil takes it upon himself to become the ragtag outfit’s new coach; he enlists exChicago Bears coach Ditka (playing himself) as his assistant, learns that

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It’s not that the new Star Wars films are bad -- far from it. The Phantom Menace was a mixed bag, with its positive aspects overshadowed in the press by that infernal twosome of Jar-Jar Binks and Jake Lloyd. And I actually awarded a positive review to the equally maligned Attack of the Clones, which, in its best moments, recaptured the spirit and flavor of the original three-pack. But overall, Phantom and Clones never felt part of a whole with the original trilogy, any more than the belated Godfather III felt organically connected to the first two Mob installments or the dismal Exorcist sequels to their powerful predecessor. Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith tries its best to supply those connective tissues, and while it eventually succeeds on a narrative level, it fails to make the leap in most other regards. Still, once the movie settles into an appropriate groove for the second half, it takes off like a cheetah, leaving most objections in the dust. Lucas has declared that this is the darkest film in the series (certainly, The Empire Strikes Back is the only chapter that compares), and the MPAA obviously agreed by pasting the movie with a PG-13 rating instead of the usual PG. It’s here that we witness the final transformation of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) from a young idealist who’s been tagged as the “Chosen One” by the Jedi Council to an agent of evil for the power-hungry lords of the Sith. Despite efforts by his wife Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) and his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) to keep him from turning to the dark side of the Force, Anakin instead chooses to follow the advice of the nefarious Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), a megalomaniac determined to decimate his political opponents and establish his own insidious, fascistic government. (If that sounds suspiciously like America 2005 as opposed to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, be aware that Lucas includes plenty of topical parallels.) Bluntly speaking, the opening acts are dreadful. Lucas begins by showing us a high-speed vehicular chase that, to quote William Shakespeare (whose sparkling words are, needless to say, worlds removed from Lucas’ often plodding prose), is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. A few more missteps still lay on the path ahead. Christopher Lee, betrayed by Peter Jackson when the director decided to chop his scenes from the final Lord of the Rings flick, now finds himself at the mercy of Lucas, who, after establishing Lee’s Count Dooku as a formidable villain in Attack of the Clones, has him mowed down about as quickly as the swordsman who takes a fatal bullet from Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lucas then introduces another villain -- General Grievous, leader of the droid army -- but this clunky character seems more afterthought than inspiration. And so it goes, until something inspiring occurs: The mythology takes over. As Lucas rounds the final curves, he begins to focus on the elements of the story that directly tie into events first recorded in the original Star Wars flick back in ‘77. We see how the Jedi knights are exterminated with extreme prejudice, with only Ben Kenobi and the Jedi Muppet Yoda left to hoist the flag for the old guard; we witness the births of twins Luke and Leia, and note how they’re shuttled off to different corners of the galaxy; and, of course, we’re privy to the climactic battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin, the fateful duel that will lead directly to the birth of Darth Vader. For the first time since, well, 1977, Lucas seems completely in control of his craft, and these sequences resonate beyond the screen, fueled as much by our own nostalgic twinges as by the filmmakers’ ability to send the series off in style.

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The setting is 1930s Cornwall, as two elderly sisters (Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) discover that a young man has washed up on the beach next to their quaint little cottage. As they nurse him back to health, one of the sisters (Dench’s Ursula) slowly begins to fall for this lad who’s approximately a half-century her junior; meanwhile, it emerges that this guest (who speaks no English) is a Polish violinist, and that a beautiful artist vacationing in the area (Natascha McElhone) might have both a personal and a professional interest in him. Although it looks like a product straight off the “Masterpiece Theatre” assembly line, Ladies In Lavender is a movie marked by major surprises: It’s surprising that the first half is so perceptive, and equally surprising that the second part is so preposterous.

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Set during the Crusades, this dutiful slog through revisionist history stars Orlando Bloom as Balian, a tormented blacksmith (his wife committed suicide after the death of their child) who learns that his father (Liam Neeson) is a revered knight and decides to accompany him to Jerusalem. There, he finds himself in the middle of a growing feud between the Christians and the Muslims, both of whom lay claim to the holy city.

Comparisons to recent sword flicks like Troy and Scott’s Gladiator are natural, but despite the lofty ambitions of William Monahan’s literate yet arid script, such contrasts do this lumbering movie no favors. If nothing else, at least those other films moved; beyond that, they also featured several morally ambiguous characters (as opposed to the cut-anddry saints and sinners showcased here), handed juicy roles to vets like Peter O’Toole and Oliver Reed (Kingdom’s name actors labor mightily in colorless parts), and, in the case of Troy, made a stronger case for contemporary relevance (even today, Christians are still bullying their way into the Middle East, but Kingdom is too timid to make many lacerating observations). As the courgeous Balian, Bloom has the heroic glower down pat but brings little else to the role.

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It was only a matter of time before Douglas Adams’ cult phenomenon -which had already moved from radio to print to television -- would eventually complete the journey by edging into cinema. Yet as a movie, H2G2 is only a mixed bag, crammed with many inspired bits but never coalescing as a whole.

The picture gets off to a great start, as drab human Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) learns from his alien pal Ford Prefect (Mos Def) that Earth is about to be destroyed to make room for an intergalactic freeway. These early passages present the film at its finest: Reminiscent of both Monty Python and The Fifth Element, they embody a cheeky spirit that becomes harder to appreciate once the picture begins to buckle under the weight of an overly busy plot.

MINDHUNTERS ✰✰1/2

A high-tech update of Agatha Christie’s classic Ten Little Indians, the story finds a band of FBI agents sent to a remote island off the coast of North Carolina, where they’re expected to complete their training by taking part in an exercise that draws upon their skills as profilers of serial killers. But they soon realize that there’s a real killer on the island, and that he or she comes from within their own ranks. Could the murderer be the detective (LL Cool J) who joins the outfit at the last minute? The agent (Kathryn Morris) still troubled by a tragedy in her past? The FBI supervisor (Val Kilmer) who arranged the whole excursion? Or one of the other half-dozen agents on the island? A couple of clues make it relatively easy to deduce the identity of the killer. Regardless, the screenplay doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny, but director Renny Harlin has churned out a fairly engrossing film that doesn’t denigrate its (uncredited) source material.

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Jane Fonda returns to the big screen, and young ‘uns who’ve only heard about her standing as one of the finest actresses of the 1970s will automatically assume their parents have been pulling their legs all these years. Fonda, whose performances in Klute and The China Syndrome (among others) still have the power to stun, is an embarrassment in Monster-In-Law, betrayed both by director Robert Luketic’s mishandling and by her own rusty instincts. Jennifer Lopez, continuing to headline the sort of inane features that Fonda for the most part avoided in her heyday, stars as Charlie, a jill-of-all-trades who finds the perfect man in Dr. Kevin Fields (Alias’ Michael Vartan). All goes well until Charlie meets his mother Viola, who hates Charlie because… why exactly?

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Activism & Politics Amnesty International

Chatham County Democratic Committee

Chatham County Democratic Women Chatham County Young Republicans

Check out our web site: www.asburymemorial.org

Worship@11:15a.m. www.asburymemorial.com Corner of Henry St. & Waters Ave. • 233-4351, Parking Lot in back of building

printer cartridges and used cell phones from disposal in landfills across the country.

Used cartridges and cell phones can be refurbished for reuse. Drop off cartridges and cell phones at 618 W. Anderson St. For more information, call Debbie W. Walker at 238-2960, Ext. 126.

League of Women Voters The Savannah-Chatham chapter of the League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. The league is a statewide, non-partisan, non-profit, multi-issue organization that encourages citizen participation in government and takes action on public policy issues. membership is open to any citizen at least 18 years old.

will meet Thursday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at Churchill’s Pub on Bay Street, across from the Hyatt. The speaker will be Par Farrell, District 4 County Commissioner, who will speak on current projects of the County Commission. The meeting is free and open to the public. Call Brad at 596-4810.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County

Chatham Urban Transportation Study The Metropolitan Planning Organization is requesting that citizens review and provide comments on a report concerning the 20062008 transportation improvement program.

Comments will be accepted until June 21.

Copies are available at Chatham County public libraries, the planning commission office and online at www.thempc.org. A public meeting about the report will be held Thursday, June 16 at 5 p.m. in the Arthur A. Mendonsa Hearing Room, 112 E. State St.

Come join us for a free-flowing discussion of spiritual, political and social issues on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St., on the corner of Lincoln and Gwinnett, next to Kroger. During the 1960s and 70s, rap sessions (times when people got together and discussed what was on theri minds) were going on at college campuses all over the U.S. Has today’s generation become totally leveled or do we have something to say? Don’t let your human voice be silenced.

Call 232-1165.

Coastal Democrats

Savannah Animal Rights and Welfare Group

will meet Monday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Barnes Restaurant on Waters Avenue to focus on the public education system in Chatham County. The featured speakers will be Alfreda Goldwire of the teachers union and David Bonorato, a teacher in the school system.

A chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA. Call Jolee at 925-2710 or Dianna at 898-1080.

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Local group meets regularly the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Call Raymond at 898-3506.

“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at Oglethorpe Mall. Call 308-3934 or visit www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertairainsga.html.

Rap Sessions

Savannah Peace Coalition Keep up with current events every Tuesday night on Yahoo Chat around 7 p.m. Send an e-mail to schmalk@yahoo.com to receive an invitation to join the chat.

A Taste of the Greek Islands on Historic River Street

The oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

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Sierra Club Regular meetings held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. 351-7436.

Thank You!

Feed the hungry and the homeless Sundays at noon in Franklin Square as part of a worldwide effort to encourage kindness in the place of violence. Cooking starts around 10 a.m. at The Blue House, 410 W. Duffy St. To volunteer, call 233-4461.

Foster Grandparent Program Earth Day The Foster Grandparents Program of EOA is celebrating Earth Day by saving empty

Meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170.

Skidaway Island Democrats For informaiton, call Tom Oxnard at 5984290 or oxhouse@aol.com.

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Speak Up! Local activist group focused on protesting the illegality of the war in Iraq. Contact Richard DiPirro at 441-7167 for more information.

Paddling for Healthy Hearts Tour This fundraiser was begun by members of the Savannah/Chatham County Southeast Affiliate of the American Heart Association to raise funds and awareness. It is based on long-distance sea-kayak trips along the Atlantic coast. To follow the progress or make a donation, visit www.heartpaddle.org. r 713-8778.

The Voice of the Street An open mic ceremony for families of persons killed through violence will be held May 14. Speak up and reach out to the community. Call 412-4030 for information.

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Trees to Seas 5K Trail Run and Walk The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service on Skidaway Island will present this run and walk to benefit the Thunderbolt Elementary Marine Science Academy on May 21 at 8 a.m. For information, visit www.uga.edu/aquarium or call 598-2337.

Cultural Arts Theatre to Present Grease Auditons for actors, singers and dancers ages 12 and up will be held May 23 and 24 with call-backs on May 26 at 6 p.m. at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-6783. Bring a piece of prepared music, or learn one at the audition.

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Little Theatre to Present Into the Woods

2nd Annual Savannah Engineering Academy

The Little Theatre of Savannah, Inc. will produce the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim award-winning musical Into the Woods Aug. 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Fine Arts Auditorium. This lively music humorously combines a number of classic fairy tales into one over-arching narrative. It requires an ensemble cast of seven men and 12 women and some children. Auditions will be held June 6 and 7 at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance Audtiorium at 5111 Abercorn St. For information, call 429-2637, 355-811 Ext. 225 or 220-1255.

Rising juniors and seniors who have grades of 80 percent or better in all mathematics and engineering/technology/science courses are encouraged to participate in this academy, which will be held June 13-17 and is open to students in Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties. The registration cost is $25 after acceptance into the program. For information, call 921-5999. For a PDF copy of the application, go to http://www.externalaffairs.armstrong.edu/economicdevelopment.htm.

Chatham County 4-H Summer Camp

Lowcountry Ensemble Company is looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, poets and those who want to be. The Lowcountry Ensemble Company is in the process of creating, developing and maintaining a company of actors. For information, call 220-1014 or send e-mail to negroensemble@comcast.net.

Benefits & Fundraisers Blessingdale’s A new thrift store at 2118 Bona Bella, at the corner of Skidaway and Bona Bella in the Bakon Park Shopping Center, sells clothes, furniture, electronics and housshole items. All proceeds support The Living Vine, a Christian

The Chatham County 4-H Clubs are now accepting applications for summer camp. For information on the different types of camp, call 652-7987 or send e-mail to trishwest4h@hotmail.com.

Call for Entries Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians The Chatham County Chamber Group is seeking classically trained musicians. Call 234-0949 or send e-mail to oboefish@yahoo.com.

Class Reunions Herschel V. Jenkins, Class of 1995 will hold a 10-year reunion the weekend of June 17-19. For information, send an e-mail to HVJ1995REUNION@hotmail.com.

Savannah High, Class of 1985 will hold a 20-year reunion June 17-19. Call Tracy James at 313-7860 or Donna Miller at 507-6958.

Classes & Workshops AARP 55 Alive This two-day, four-hours-each-day class focuses on refreshing driving skills, reviews the rules of the road and identifies areas where changes take place as we age. The cost is $10 per person. Upon completion, most insurance carriers may deduct up to 10 percent on certain parts of an insurance policy for a period of three years. Classes will be held May 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Effingham Hospital in Springfield. Call 3524405.

Adult Art Classes are held at The Art School on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Beginners are welcome. For information, call Lind Hollingworth at The Art School, 921-1151.

Adult Education The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers in collaboration with Royce Learning Centers and Hope House of Savannah offers tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 4475711 or stop by the center at 1601 Drayton St. to register.

Adult Figure Studio is held every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at The Art School, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads, No. B-2. A variety of models and extended poses are available to artists who would like to pursue figure work. The cost is divided among participants, averaging $50 per 5 weeks. Call 921-1151 for more information.

Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E. Several classes in art and theater are being offered for both children and adults at

S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-4248.

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 612 months and their parents. Communicate with your baby before you knew it was possible. Classes are offered in four-week sessions every month. Times vary. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601.

Babysitters training class St. Joseph’s/Candler Childhood Injury Prevention Program offers a class for boys and girls 11-15 who want to become babysitters. The cost is $35, which includes lunch and a training manual, plus certification on completion of the class. Registration and pre-payment are required. 819-8583.

Basic computer class Eastside Concerned Citizens Inc. at 803 E. Park Ave. offers basic computer classes every second and fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. 232-5280.

Beginners quilting classes are held every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., 1601 Drayton St. Register by calling 447--5711 or stop by the center.

Building a Home The UBuildIt office in Savannah invites you to attend a free seminar to help you learn more about building your very own dream house.

Call 236-1211.

Cambridge College Information Session for educators and those interested in advancing a career in education will be held May 23 at 4 p.m. at the Courtyard Savannah Historict District, 415 W. Liberty St. For information, call Ken Boatner at 800-877-4723 or visit www.cambridgecollege.edu/ccnite.

Career Achievement Program St. Mary’s Community Center, an affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler, is offering a program to help adults with math, reading and writing skills. Participants learn through a computer software program, small group and individual tutoring and study books. Participants can choose their hours between Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center is at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

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Classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays for ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 8. Adults and ages 9 to 12 meet Tuesdays and Thursdays. A variety of times are offered. Call 351-6556.

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All details are available from Christopher Scott Writing Vacations at 398-1727 or www.cscottwriting.com.

Free session for personal, career and professional development. Call Executive Leadership Coaching, 443-9860, or send email to Vicki@excellentcoach.com.

The Guardian Angels are looking for volunteers to patrol the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. A training meeting will be held Tuesday, May 21 at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Call Norman Whipple at 429-0962.

Church Music Seminar The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. is announcing specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry, including Conducting Techniques, Youth Choirs, Planning and Organization, Worship Teams, Midi and Keyboards, Children’s Choirs, Worship Planning, Liturgy, Senior Choirs, Keyboards, Vocal Techniques, Rehearsal Tips, Music Software and more. The Annual Music and Worship Seminar will be held June 25 and 26. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.

First Steps parent education program This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. To find out how you can help, call 819-6910.

Free computer classes St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offers free computer classes. Call 447-6605 for times, days and registration information.

Space is limited.

Life Drawing Sessions with a clothed model will be held Sundays May 22, June 26, July 25, Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Savannah

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Basic introduction to computers and Microsoft Works offered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bull and 31st streets.

Classes meet for two hours, one day a week for six weeks. Cost is $20 for the session and $20 for the text book. Pre-registration is required. Call 355-0219.

Drawing Inspiration From the Masters Free drawing classes for teens, adults and seniors are offered by the Savannah Art Association through a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Leisure Services Bureau. Classes are held Saturdays through October from 9 a.m. to noon at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s’ Fine Arts Hall. This program offers a solid foundational art education to members of the community at no cost. For information, call 897-5612 or 598-8217.

Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc. Project Tomorrow Inc. is offering several classes and workshops.

The list includes sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.

The Economic Opportunity Authority is offering free computer classes for beginners in Computer Basics Level One plus the study guide program software for the Georgia High School Graduation Test.

Call Gloria Ferguson at 238-2960, Ext. 153.

Feng Shui Workshop Certified Feng Shui consultant Barbara Harrison will explore the art of creating a healthy, balanced, harmonious environment on Thursday, May 26 from 5:45-7:15 p.m. at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. The cost is $25 and pre-registration is required. Call 961-0104 or send e-mail to fengshui9@comcast.net.

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Coastal Scooters is conducting classes that focus on road skills, safety and the proper maintenance of scooters. Classes are limited in size to provide personal assistance. Each rider is equipped with a TGB 49.5cc scooter and helmet. The class is three hours in length, consisting of classroom, field and on-road instruction.

Classes meet on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Sundays from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $40. To register, call 232-5513 or visit Coastal Scooters at 418 W. Broughton St.

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will be held May 20-22 at Palm Key, S.C. Authors, editors, agents and publicists are scheduled to appear. The fees is $175.

Space is limited to 100 attendees. For information, contact Vicky Hunnings at 843-6815332 or islanderv@aol.com; or Dawn Josephson at 843-785-3770 or dawn@cameopublications.com.

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Art Association, located above Belford’s in City Market. Bring drawing supplies. The cost is $35 per session for members, $45 for nonmembers. Call 897-5612.

Program summer camp. The free day camp propgram will be held in June. For information, call Kathy Stewart or Coach Richard Basil at 353-5181.

The Live Oak Public Library

Open Classes at The Studio

offers free classes on using computers to access information at the Bull Street Library.

Call 652-3662.

The Studio, located on Roger Lacey Avenue in Thunderbolt (just off Skidaway Road and Victory Drive) offers the following classes: Adult Beginning Ballet Monday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with Vernoica Moretti Niebuhr; Int/Adv Ballet Monday at 5:30 p.m. with Dago Nieves; Int/Adv Ballet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. with Jil Cooley; Int/Adv Jazz Tuesday at 5 p.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr and Adult Modern/Jazz Wednesday at 7 p.m. with Joanna Warchol. Call 695-9249.

Memorial Health positive parenting class The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years.

To register, call 350-9335.

Mindful meditation classes will be held on Mondays from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Integrated Behavioral Center, 1121 Cornell Ave. The cost is $10 per session. Call 3554987. is a four-week education course offered by Memorial Health and designed for the family expecting twins, triplets or more. Call Barbara at 350-3129 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

National Youth Sports Program Savannah State University will hold a mandatory parent orientation on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to noon in Tiger Arena for those interested in registering their children for the annual National Youth Sports

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department will present a free two-hour parent/teen driver’s course the last Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Day School, 4625 Waters Ave. Call 651-6653 or send e-mail to ccamire@savannahga.gov and request a registration form. The course is designed for 14-16 year olds and their parents. Advance registration is required.

Parenting the preschooler is a course offered by Telfair Women’s Hospital at Candler. Call at 819-3368 or visit www.sjchs.org.

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is a complimentary workshop and luncheon for women who are experiencing divorce, widowhood and long-term caregiving that will be held Thursday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Exchange on Waters at Waters and Stephenson. Panel members will include financial consultant Jody D. McGovern, Linda Barnes of the Savannah Psychotherapy Center, attorney J. Stephen Lewis and CPA Jacqueline Watson. Seating is limited. RSVP by calling 692-4605.

Savannah Art Association Life Drawing Drawing sessions will be held the first three Tuesdays of every month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Savannah Art Association (located in City Market upstairs over Belford’s). The model is clothed. Bring your own drawing supplies. $10 per session for members.

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Sea Camp 2005 Registration has begun for this year’s sessions. Each program involves a variety of hands-on activities centered around a specific ocean theme. Programs are available for children ages 3 through 12. Call the Tybee Island Marine Science Center at 786-5917 or stop by the center at 1510 Strand to pick up a schedule and registration form.

Summer Music Program for Kids The Calhoun Conservatory of Music at 101 Bull St. will host this program on Mondays, beginning June 13, 20, 27 and July 11, 18 and 25. Pre-registration is required. Programs include Instruments and Music Makers, Playing Instruments with Others, Introduction to Piano and Keyboard, Introduction to Music Theory and Singing and Performing on Stage.

Call 236-1400 or send email to musicedu@calhounconservatoryofmusic.net.

Tap Roots The spirituality of nature and the interconnectednes of all life are crucial beliefs of Unitarian Universalists. The importance of trees in our communities and our spiritual lives is the subject of a five-session program offered by the Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, Sundays at 10 a.m. The church is located at 143 Houston St. The porgram has been adapted from worldrenowned primatologist Jane Goodall’s Tap Roots curriculum. Elementary through high school-age students are invited to participate.

To sign up or for information, call Chris Neal at 233-6284 or craftsneal@aol.com.

Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp Applications are now being evaluated for this summer camp that is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10 to 19 are eligible to apply.

Past participants have included Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Grant Hill and more. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp.

For a free brochure, call 704-373-0873.

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Tennis for munchkins, juniors and adults -summer camps, clinics, ball machine workouts. Also, a special free “Welcome Back to Tennis” party for players 45 and older will be held on May 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Daffin Park on Victory Drive. Food, music and prizes. Call 961-9862.

Tybee Arts Association Spring/Summer Art Education Classes Wonders of Watercolor Washes will be presented by Betsy Haun May 21 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for ages 8 and up. The cost is $20.

All materials will be provided. Call 224-8714.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults.

Classes include microscope labs, squid dissection, guided beach walks and tours of the Science Center. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org.

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium presents outreach programs that are interactive, with live animals, costumes and fun activities. Contact Stephanie Edgecombe at 598-2335 for reservations. “Turtle Tales” is a 60-minute outreach program that combines science and art for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students. Call Edith Schmidt at 598-2447.

Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors role playing with Dungeons and Dragons, Modern D29, Witchcraft, magic the gathering and other role playing games. Anyone interested in playing is free to join. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AASU Compass Point Club House. The club is forming a laser tag team and has bi-monthly children’s readings on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. at Media Play. For information, call Antonio at 713-1470 or send email to Catscandance2@aol.com.

ABATE (American Bikers Active Toward Education) District 11 meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Saloon on Hwy. 204 and Old River Rd. Please call for more info. 233-9800.

Alternative Video/Film Enthusiastst Join others who enjoy alternative movies.

Viewings will be held in private homes which includes social time as well as viewing a movie. Call Don at 655-0482 or send e-mail to savdeca@aol.com.

Banner of the Nations Savannah is part of a regional and global church network. The group meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at

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Beach Historic Neighborhood Association

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah

meets monthly on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Call 605-4471 for details.

sponsors a bicycle ride every Saturday. Visit www.cbtc.org for a ride schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at Tubby’s Tank House restaurant in Thunderbolt at 6:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. 728-5989.

Bipolar Support Group John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a biopolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Bridge club meets at the JEA 1511 Abercorn, ACBL certified duplicate bridge game every Wednesday at 1 p.m.

There is a $4 fee. Call Lynn Pierce at 3549739.

Chihuahua Meetup of Savannah A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets the first Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://chihuahua.meetup.com/65/

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An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement. The answers lie inside each of us. Meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Open to all women, all ages, all religions, all beliefs. Facilitated by Miriam Center.

Drumming circle There will be a Drumming Circle on Tybee Island the 3rd Saturday of each month from 4-6 p.m. at the Casual Reader bookstore at the shops at Tybee Oaks off Hwy. 80. Call 786-7655.

Friends of Oatland Board of Directors meets every third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; general membership meeting follows at 7 p.m. at the Oatland Island Educational Center. Call Serena Nasworthy at 897-3060.

Friends of the Library meet the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3655.

promotes education, safety and fun to motorcycle riders. Call Julian at 920-2700 or John at 858-5414 or visit chaptere2.tripod.com.

Goth Night Savannah A place to connect with fellow individuals who are interested in the music and art of the Gothic subcultures. We welcome musicians, bands, DJs, filmmakers, performance troupes, writers, clothiers, artists and artisans. Visit www.Goth-NightSavannah.com.

Harley Owners Group HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Perkins Restaurant, I-95 & Hwy 204. Call 925-5349.

Historic Savannah Chapter of the ABWA Call 233-2838.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association holds its board meetings on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street.

These meetings are open to the public. For information, call 236-8546.

Hostess City Toastmasters Club For those interested in gaining confidence in public speaking. Meets Tuesday evenings, 7pm at 6206 Waters Ave, Rivers Edge Retirement Community. 355-5450

Low Country Artists’ and Artisans’ Society sponsors a Country Textiles African American Quilt Making Guild. Call 447-1888.

Loyal Order of Moose at 2202 Norwood Ave. sponsors bingo every Tuesday and Friday starting at 7:30 p.m.

There is a $700 jackpot.

MOMS Club The name of this group stands for Moms Offering Moms Support. It is for stay-athome moms and their kids and features day trips, service projects, monthly mom’s nightout events, play groups, play dates, crafts events, a babysitting co-op, as well as other activities. Call Jenn at 354-4256, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail..com.

Objectivist Society of Savannah is a group dedicated to the philosophy of Ayn Rand meets biweekly at the Lion’s Den Lounge. Call Brian at 234-2484 or ww.savannahobjectivists.org.

Oglethorpe Business & Professional Women’s Club meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org.

Philo Cafe Philosophical sessions taking on a different topic each time at Barnes & Noble every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Call 659-2930 or 443-9267.

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meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. The group needs volunteers and volunteer boat-owners for monthly clean-ups on area beaches, barrier islands and

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game par excellence., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Books-A-Million on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.

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This group for Volkswagen lovers - who enjoy meeting like people & attending activities in their autos. Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. 961-0602.

Memberships start at $25 and remain active until marriage. See website or call for local chapters. 1-800-869-2500.

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is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road, immediately behind Sitel Corp. and Signature Flight Support. For information, check the web site at www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

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Savannah Chess Club

Savannah Macintosh Users Group (SMUG)

Single People in Christian Education (SPICE)

The Savannah Stamp Club meeting and stamp auction is held the second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church, 6412 Waters Ave. Call 354-8870.

meets Monday at Books-A-Million from 7 to 11 p.m. Bring your chess sets. Call 631-0338 or send e-mail to geocities/savannahchessclub.com.

Group for Macintosh computer and software users meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. See www.savannahmug.org.

Progressive Guys’ Discussion Group

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

is open to all residents who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. The club hosts a monthly luncheon and program on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants. In addition, the Newcomers sponsor tours, activities and events to help new residents in the area learn about their community and provide a forum in which to make new friendships. If you are interested in attending a luncheon or would like more information, call 3513171.

This group is interdenominational and there are no dues or fees. The group discusses education and plans and hosts social events and functions for singles throughout each month. Meets Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church, Room 22.

An opportunity for men to discuss books, music, film and cultural issues in an intellectually stimulating and non-judgmental environment. Meets the third Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffee House.

231-8841.

Reiki Share If you are a reiki practitioner, join us to share its healing energies with others. Meets the first Monday of the month from 7-9 p.m. at Moondance Center. 236-9003. www.moondancecenter.com.

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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 Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

Salon for Women Seeking Change “How untidy my shell has become! Blurred with moss, knobby with barnacles, its shape is hardly recognizable any more. Surely, it had a shape once. It has a shape still in my mind. What is the shape of my life?” -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh. If these words resonate with you and you are a woman of “a certain age” on her own, join us for lively discussion, laughter and fun. Call 236-8581.

Savannah Art Association s currently accepting applications for membership in our historic organization. We offer affordable art workshops, social activities and a chance for you to display your art in a downtown gallery. Drop by the gallery at 309 W. St. Julian St. above Belford’s in City Market or call 356-0249.

The Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. For more details, call 447-0943 or visit our web site at http://www.savannahcommunity.com/so/SBL.

Savannah Chapter of the Sons of Italy The Order of the Sons of Italy is forming a lodge in Savannah. This is the oldest and largest national organization that celebrates Italian/American hertiage for men and women. Call Dennis Piasio at 1-888-6742937.

has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. The Navy League is a non-profit civilian organization that supports the men and women of our sea services and educates the public about the importance of sea power. For information, call John Findeis at 748-7020.

Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Women’s Association meets the first Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Golf Club on East President Street. RSVP to Laura McLaren at 236-6750, Ext. 14, or 898-9362.

Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $30. All equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencingclub@hotmail.com.

Savannah Ghost and Mystic Meetup Meeting once a month inside a haunted historic house, this is a townhall for psychics, metaphysicians, tarot readers, mediums, remote viewers, pagans, Wiccans, vampyres and those interested in ghosts and parapsychology. Free to join. For information, visit http://www,ghosts.meetup.com/18/ or send e-mail to sscott191@comcast.net.

Savannah Italian Club is dedicated to discussing and preserving the heritage of Italians and ItalianAmericans. Meetings are the first Tuesday at 2717 Livingston Ave. Call Carol Taylor at 925-4064.

Savannah Jaycees for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests.

Call 232-6682 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.

Savannah Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Savannah Golf Club. For information, call 355-6033.

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Southside Optimist Club is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant. Call Linda Lee at 695-7733.

Spiritual Discussion Group An exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions on spiritual topics the last Friday from 7-8:30 p.m. in Moondance Center. 2369003 or www.moondancecenter.com.

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society

Subbuteo Table Soccer

is dedicated to the preservation of the canal and its natural and historical features.

Dinner meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. Volunteer Saturdays are the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Savannah-Ogeechee Museum & Nature Center at 681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Highway 204) 2.3 miles west of Interstate 95. 748-8068.

meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. Visit www.savannahsubbuteo.com.

Savannah Port City Lions Club

Tybee Beautification Association

meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryan’s Restaurant on Stephenson.

For information, call 920-9081.

Savannah Ski Club For information, see www.savannahskiclub.com.

Tourism Leadership Council will hold its monthly luncheon on May 19 at 11:30 a.m. at Outback Steak House Downtown. Eileen Baker, director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Savannah, will be the guest speaker. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Reservations are required by May 16. Call 356-1223. meets the second Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

With the exception of the June and December meetings, the association meets at the Tybee Community Center.

Tybee Performing Arts Society (TAPS)

Savannah Sunrise Rotary club meets every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 am at the First City Club in downtown Savannah.

233-1600.

Savannah Toastmasters ihelps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment. Give speeches, evaluate and lead meetings on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935.

Savannah Ultimate Frisbee meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. in Forsyth Park. Bring a white and dark shirt, water, cleats and a positive attitude. Visit www.savannahultimate.com for information.

The Sign-ative bridges the gap between the deaf, hard-ofhearing and hearing communities. Call 9650077 or send e-mail to thesignative@deafcafe.com.

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com.

Weekend Warriors is a program at Portman’s Music for people who were musicians as kids, but went on to pursue other types of careers. The cost is $95, which includes two hours of instruction each week for four weeks. The latest gear will be provided. Call 354-1500.

W.I.N.O.W.S. Women In Need Of Wine and Spirits meets once a month at a different restaurant or bar. Call 220-1117.

Concerts Fischbach Quartet in Concert Savannah’s well-known Fischbach Quartet will play a fundraising concert Thursday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. Proceeds will help the Telfair acquire artwork for its permanent collection. A wine and cheese reception will

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Conferences ABWA Professional Development Conference The American Business Women’s Association is presenting a professional development conference May 20-22 at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto. The theme is Discovering the Synergy of Teamwork.

Continuing education unit seminars and programs will be presented. The keynote presentation will be Standing in Your Authentic Power by motivational speaker and singer Bukeka Shoals. The cost for the complete conference is $275. A Saturday-only registration is $225. Friday’s optional pre-conference class is $125. To register, call 800-228-0007 or visit www.abwa.org and click on “Conventions and Conferences.�

Dance 5th Annual Birthday Party and Alumni Reunion

Belly Dance Classes will be held Wednesday nights with beginners from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and advanced beginners from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons with beginners from 2-3 p.m. and advanced from 3-5 p.m. Small classes, lots of individual attention, mirrored studio on East 53rd St. Cost is $10 per class. Call Layla at 354-5808.

Ongoing Classes at Ballet South Adult Beginning Ballet, Mondays at 10 a.m.

Stretch/placement Thursdays at 6 p.m. 5501 Abercorn St. Call 691-2900.

The Savannah Shag Club Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Midtown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 927-9439.

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah hosts Magnificent Mondays from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free swing dance lessons are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered the third and fourth Mondays. Every lady dqances each Monday night with members of the Shag-Beach-Bop Nip ‘N Males Dance Team. No cover and club membership is not necessary. Call 9274784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

Swing Dance Savannah meeets the first two Mondays of the month from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. A new swing dance club is forming. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or www.shagbeachbop.com.

Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for

A balanced life Student massage and yoga classes are offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $20 to $30 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. Multi-level yoga classes are offered Monday and Friday at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for drop-ins, $40 for a package card of five classes. Walk-ins are welcome. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for 8 sessions. 819-6463.

Chopra Center at Memorial Health Yoga Classes are held Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. at the Chopra Center and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in Richmond Hill. The cost is $36 a month or $12 for walk-ins. 3502467.

Inside Moves Yoga/Pilates/personal training are available from Bobbie Kraft, 238-1785, e-mail address bwill01@bellsouth.net. Eight classes of yoga/Pilates is $80, four classes is $45 or drop-ins are $12 for a 1 1/2 hour session.

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Inside Moves Hatha Yoga Eight classes are $80 and the first class is free. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Habersham. Call 238-1785.

Integral Arts Center at 301 E. 38th St. offers Yoga, Pilates and Ayurveda classes seven days a week.

Private lessons are available. Sunrise Flow Yoga is offered Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 a..m. Iyengar Novice is Monday at 5:25 p.m. All Level is Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m., Wednesday from noon to 1:15 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Iyengar Level I and II is Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. and Sunday from 4-5:30 p.m. Restorative Yoga is Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. Yogalates is Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Mat PIlates is Monday at 6:30 p.m. The Klein Technique is Friday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. An Ayurveda class with Haeyoung Grace Kandl will be offered April 21 from 6-8 p.m. The class is free for returning students and costs $18 for new students. Private sessions are available. Call Darlene at 447-9642.

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Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group Classes are offered Saturdays from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Drop-in rate is $10 adults and $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome.

Call Jeff at 352-7057 or send e-mail to jadelotustaichi@yahoo.com

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The Jewish Education Alliance will offer the following health and fitness classes: Yoga- Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Friday’s for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am.

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at Islands Dance Academy. All levels welcome, including beginners. Challenging, rewarding and fun. $10 per class. Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 115 Charlotte Rd. on Whitemarsh Island. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

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one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.

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will be sponsored by Shag-Beach Bop Etc. Savannah on Friday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at Doubles, Holiday Inn/Midtown. The shag/beach band The Rickey Godfrey Band will perform. Bobby “Mr. Beach� Malphrus will be the deejay. Admission is $25. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

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Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 355-8111.

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The City of Savannah, Leisure Services, Recreation Services Department, offers a yoga class on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Center, 414 Briarcliff Circle. The fee is $10 per month for ages 14 and over. Call 921-2105 or 651-3650.

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 233-4255.

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Lesbian Potluck Girls eat and socialize. Meets the 3rd Saturday of each month. 236-CITY.

Sports nutrition center offers free body fat testing and nutritional counseling. Call 2324784.

Hatha Flow Level I Thursday from 10-11:30 a.m. and Friday 6-7:30 p.m., Hatha Flow Level II Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 56:30 p.m., Open Flow Monday from 6:30-8 p.m., Power Yoga Saturday 9-10 a.m. and Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.m., Mommy and Me Yora on Monday 4-5 p.m. and Wednesday 46 p.m. and Baby and Mommy Yoga -- call for the schedule. 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center. Drop-ins $12 or $75 for eight classes Call 898-0361.

is the title of a lecture that will be presented

by Dr. Martin Greenberg on Wednesday, May 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Community Room of Effingham Hospital in Springfield. Sponsored by the Ministerial Association, the meeting is open to local ministers, hospital chaplains, physicians and those involved with hospital ethics. Lunch will be provided. Call Robyn Mitchell at 7543946 to RSVP.

Pilates Classes

Yogalates Classes

Ladies Living Smart fitness club provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.

Lose Weight like Marc Merlis on Dateline. Safe, effective, reasonable cost. Researchers at the University of Connecticut found that people who used hypnosis lost 60 percent more weight than any other method. Call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

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

Lesbian Therapy Group Share your thoughts, feelings and concerns in a safe, confidential environment that is facilitated by a licensed therapist the second and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. Spaces are limited. Call 352-2611.

Savannah Gay Business Guild meets the second Tuesday at 7 p.m. to offer a networking service of gay and gay friendly businesses, organizations and individuals.

For information, contact Kevyn Withers at kevyn@kevynwithers.com.

are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50. Pre-register by calling 8196463.

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions.

Call 819-6463.

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An organization of GLBT Democrats promoting gay-friendly policies within the local Democratic party and working to elect gayfriendly Democrats to public office. Call 2399545.

Bacchus and Venus Lunar Wine Tasting

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will be presented Saturday, May 21 from 810:30 p.m. at Venus de Milo, 38 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Tickets are $20 and include wine and cheese. Taste new flavors and old favorites by the light of the full moon. Call 447-0901.

is First City’s gay youth support group.

Meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the FCN Headquarters, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor.

Call 657-1966.

An eight-week session will be held starting May 24 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m. at offices located at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Pre-natal yoga helps prepare mothers-to-be for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. The cost is $90 for once per week or $150 for twice-per-week. Call Ann at 667-8877 for information on space availability or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

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What Makes A Family is a children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 3522611.

Savannah Yoga Center

First City Network Board Meeting

Located at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Spring yoga schedule: Monday, Dynamic Flow Yoga 7:30-8:45 a.m.; Sunset Flow Yoga all levels, 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Yoga Basics at all levels, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Flow Yoga at all levels 6:30-7:45 p.m. Drop-ins $12 or 4-class card for $40, 10-class card $90, 12-class card $105. Private lessons, stress reduction, office yoga and yoga parties. Call 441-6653.

Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.

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offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job.

Call 236-2489 or send e-mail to bwooten@comcast.net.

are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.

The FCN Community Center & Library is open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors are welcome to check out gay/lesbian books and obtain information on “Gay Savannah” businesses and happenings. www.firstcitynetwork.com. 236-CITY

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Friends & Company bowling league meets Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at AMF Victory Lanes, 2055 E. Victory Dr. 354-5710.

Water aerobics at the JEA

The Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness Center will sponsor this event, which is dedicated to children’s health, safety and environmental awareness, on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CWC, 320 E. Montgomery Cross Rd., Suite 30, located between Hodgson Memorial Drive and Waters Avenue. The event is free, and will feature child ID cards, photos and fingerprinting by police; dental screenings by Small Smiles; postural, spinal, scoliosis, EMG and thermal scan screenings by CWC; information on environmental awareness; and balloons, food and entertainment. The Southside Fire Department will be on hand to offer fire prevention tips.

The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.

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provides free health care for those patients who live in Chatham County, are under 65, who do not have primary medical coverage, and who do not exceed certain financial thresholds. The Center is located at 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center. Call for an appointment at 692-1451.

Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc. offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.

Dual Recovery Anonymous This 12-step program addresses all addictions and mental health recovery. Persons who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings are conducted at three locations within St. Joseph’s/Candler. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:15-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, checks will be offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

Free hearing & speech screening Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.

Free Skin Cancer Screenings will be offered May 21 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Tybee Island YMCA in the Health Connection office. To register, call 819-3368.

Gastric Bypass Surgery Session Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff members, who discuss obesity and the sur-

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Georgia Smokefree Air Act The Community HealthCare Center is collecting signatures on a petition to amend the current bill to include the banning of all cigarette smoking in buildings where services to the public are provided; increase tax on a pack of cigarettes by $2; and require that proceeds from the increased tax be spent on health care treatment and research. To sign this petition, log on to www.chcsavannah.com, click on “New” and submit a short and simple form.

Got a drug problem? Need help?

Call the Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at 1800-334-3322.

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Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587. will sponsor a program about creating a healing journal on Monday, May 23 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Cancer Isntitute Conference Room at Memorial Health. To reserve a space, call Jennifer Currin at 3507845.

Memorial Health Child Safety Seat Checks Certified car seat inpsection technicians will check your child’s car seat to make sure it is property installed every Wednesday in September from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MedStarOne at Memorial Health. Call Lahoma Thurman at 658-6430.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

are offered free to the public every Tuesday from 5:30-6 p.m. on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine.

Are you breastfeeding or planning to?

Information, education, encouragement and support are available free of charge to all women who are interested in breastfeeding through monthly meetings and over the telephone from La Leche League of Savannah.

Call the LLL of Savannah Help Line at 8979261. All series meetings are held in the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St, Room 508A.

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be performed May 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 22 Medical Arts Center in Savannah.

For appointments, call 354-9357.

Mammograms will be performed May 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bryan County Health Department in Richmond Hill. For appointments, call 756-2611.

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FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

Memorial Health group meditation sessions

Memorial Health heart risk assessment is held once a month at FitnessOne. The appointment takes about 40 minutes and the cost is $50. Call Midge at 350-4042.

Memorial Health SET Focus Group This is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents/caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. Call Donna at 350-5616 or Saundra at 350-3396.

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A Union Mission Inc. program that provides HIV/AIDS education and outreach through the use of free workshops, seminars and peer education. Free needleless testing is provided. Services are free to churches, clubs and shelters. Contact DaVena Jordan at 231-0123 or send e-mail to djordan@unionmission.org.

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The St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will present a Wisdom & Gathering Session on May 19 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the center. Free vision/glaucoma screenings will be offered. To make a reservation, call 447-6605.

My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.

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Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:157:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint repoolacement.

To register, call 350-3603.

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The Midwife Group The Midwife Group/Family Health & Birth Center is offering a free program to women at any stage of pregnancy that includes free information on pregnancy, birth and parenting, an opportunity to talk to other pregnant women and informaiton on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital. Call 8264155.

Miracle on Wheels will make available power (electric) wheelchairs to non-ambulatory senior citizens (65 and over) usually at no out-of-pocket expense. This service also may be available to the permanently disabled of any age. Call 1-800-749-8778 or visit the Web site at www.durablemedical.com.

March of Dimes

The National Wellness Foundation

The March of Dimes offers valuable information for women. www.modimes.org or 1888-MODIMES. 354-5900.

sponsors a lecture every Thursday at 6 p.m. titled “The Essence of Chiropractic for the 21st Century.” Call 356-5887.

Massage by Certified Massage Practitioner

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at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance.

Pain treatment, cellulite reduction, long established business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 856-1534.

will be offered by the Savannah Catholic Diocese on May 18 at 7 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $75 per couple for materials, the introductory class and several followup classes. To register, call 819-3368 or visit www.sjchs.org.

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Stacy’s greatest attributes were not only his smiling personality and athletic abilities, but the way he treated people no matter where or how he met them. This tournament is in his honor and all proceeds will be used for collegiate scholarships, awarded to high school students who exhibit the characteristics and/or qualities that Stacy possessed.

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Open Meditation is offered at The Chopra Center at Memorial Health. Visit chopra.memorialhealth.com or call 350-2467.

Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services, women’s shelters, sexual assault services, crisis information, birth control, S.T.D.s, pregnancy options, and more. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154.

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Project SAVE The Savannah Health Mission, the Georgia Eye Institute and the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association are joining forces to implement Project SAVE, Screening and Vision Education, for people with diabetes. The program provides eye exams, education and care to those who have no health insurance, are unable to pay for care privately and meet certain qualifications. The clinic meets Thursdays by appointment. Call 352-2032.

The Quit Line a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP. Online information can be found at www.unitegeorgia.com.

Sankofa Counseling Center offers specialized therapy groups, individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy and training and retreats. There is a sliding fee scale and a $25 fee per group. Located at 8111 Waters Ave. Call 352-2611.

Senior companions needed Citizens Inc. is seeking Senior Companions -- men and women 60 or older -- to provide care to older adults. Senior Companions rreceive a small stipend and travel assistance for their duties, which consist of light housekeeping, running errands and providing companionship, as well as other tasks as needed. Applicants must meet program requirements to apply. Call 2360363, Ext. 120 or 121.

Service 2 Seniors An informational fair will be held Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oglethorpe Mall. Participating agencies include the Area Agency on Aging, Medicare, Social Security, GeorgiaCares, Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Elderly Legal Assistance Program and more. Call Delishia Ransom at 264-7363, Ext. 226.

StepOne Community Lecture is sponsored by the Memorial Health joint replacement program. On May 17 at 6:15 p.m., Dr. Spender Wheeler will talk about the risk factors of arthritis, its prevention and medical and surgical joint replacement options. To register, call 350-9378.

lecture about stroke issues. This month, Lisa Jordan from teh University of Georiga Cooperative Extension Service in Chatham County will give a dmonstration on healthy cooking on Thursday, May 12 from 6-8 p.m. in Conference Room A at Memorial Health.

Call 350-8381.

Total Wellness The St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will present a Wisdom & Gathering Session on May 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. To make a reservation, call 447-6605.

Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for smart, motivated people interested in giving back to their community.

Call 651-5371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.

Nature & Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.

Leaf Casting Class The Georgia Southern Botanical Garden is conducting a leaf casting class on Thursday, May 12 and Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Skidaway Island State Park.

The cost is $35, which includes all materials.

See www.ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/garden.

Sea Camp 2005 Ten weeks of day camp will be held June through August, Monday through Friday, at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center. The camps are for ages 3 through age 12. There are 3-day camps and 5-day camps, focusing on a range of topics. For information, call Education Coordinator Carol Davies at 7865917, send e-mail to cdavies@tybeemsc.org or visit www.tybeemsc.org.

Spring Migration Bird Walks Wilderness Southeast is sponsoring a spring migration bird walk on May 5. Join expert birder and columnist Diana Churchill for a stroll through Forsyth Park listening for and searching out our colorful neo-tropical migratory songbirds. Meet at the fountain.

Wear comfortable shoes and bring binoculars and bug spray. Runs in a drizzle, cancels in a downpour. Suggested donation is $5 per person. Free for Audubon members. Call 897-5108 for reservations.

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Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. For more info, call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

at the Oatland Island Education Center. The “Native Animal Nature Trail” features a variety of live animals and landscapes and winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. M-F:9 a.m.-4 p.m. and most Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for everyone over 4. 898-3980 or visit www.oatlandisland.org.

Stress Management for Women

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing will present Living Your Best Life: Stress Management for Women, on May 11 from 68 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $40 per person. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. Beach Discovery Walks are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Call 786-5917 for information about current programs. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children 3-16. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Tuesdays when it is open 9 a.m. to noon.

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Moondance Center Book Club

A storyboard exhibit by Nigel Law looks at love, life and the damaging effects of UV. See it in May to mark the opening of HalfMoon Outfitters at 15 E. Broughton St. For information, call Savannah Canoe and Kayak at 341-9502 or visit www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com.

The third addition to The Hannah Savannah Series for Children by Pamela Munson Steadman is now available in bookstores and gift shops. The author will be signing books at various places around Savannah for the next few months. The author is available for speaking engagements and school presentations. Call 233-1006.

Explore and discuss a new spiritually based book each month the third Monday of the month from 7-8 p.m. in Moondance Center.

236-9003. www.moondancecenter.com.

Readings & Signings

Inspirational book club

A.W.O.L. -- All Walks of Life, Inc. is a spoken word troupe that hosts an open mic night every third Sunday at the Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free and open to the public.

The Casual Poets Society holds an open poetry reading the second Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. at The Casual Reader bookstore, 1213 Highway 80. on Tybee Island at The Shops at Tybee Oaks. Call 786-7655.

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

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The Islands book group

Tea time at Ola’s

discusses thought-provoking literature with a different theme monthly the second Monday at 7 p.m. at the Islands Branch Library, 125 Wilmington Island Rd. 897-6233.

is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 2325488 or 652-3660.

Lunch bunch book group An open book discussion the fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble.

Participants can talk about any book.

tutions – including various governments – that, when such people look back over the past seven years, they are surprised at how much progress they have made in the face of adversity. While it is certainly no time to rest, it is time to slow down. Look back at how far everybody has come so as to plan the next steps on the long road ahead.

fire first. Negotiate with bosses based upon the premise that you will not tolerate half measures.

CANCER - The long-term negative behavior of spouse, partners or rivals impels you to protect yourself by being just as negative. Instead, treat any stranger whom you meet anywhere in the world with the respect & generosity that you would show to those whom you love the most.

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VIRGO - Because the time is not yet ripe

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discipline; now, teach others to trust themselves.

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will be held the third Monday of each month from 8-11 p.m. at 800 E. Derenne Ave. Poets should stop by by 7 p.m. The fee is $5

The Service of Compline, “Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square. The choir, made up of singers from churches around the city, sings in the darkened nave of Christ Church by candlelight. Compline, the last of the monastic prayer services before retiring, is a service in which one is invited to meditate and reflect on the day or week past and then enter into the little death of sleep to rise with hope and thanksgiving for the days ahead. ◗

of throwing your hat into the political ring or that you are considering eloping or making new babies with your spouse. Somebody sly has their eyes on you, hoping to trip you up. Keep your cards close to your vest.

SCORPIO - Listen to vulgar, ruthless neighbors, merchants & siblings without expressing any opinion. Learn the outer limits of other peoples’ toxic immorality to discern where you can lay your most effective boundaries.

thing, you will pay the price. If you honor such penance, you will pay all you owe as soon as it will do the most good. Otherwise, you will continue to scheme. The choice is yours.

AQUARIUS - Although you need not play any more institutional politics to get what you want, continue to do so for now. Certain associates have brilliant ideas as to the new type of leadership which you can provide. Be open to input.

PISCES - You will soon discern the depth

SAGITTARIUS - Colleagues whom you placed under the most arduous constraints now come to you for help as they intuit the breadth & scope of their upcoming freedom. For once, apply a light touch. You have imparted severe

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every other Thursday from 4-5:30 p.m. at the South Effingham Library in Rincon. This performance group is a free program for middle and high school students. Call Linda Bridges, children’s coordinator at 826-2222.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community meets every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 143 Houston St. at the corner of Oglethorpe. For information, call 786-6075.

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ARIES - Sidestep political struggles where others jockey for position as to the legacy of some departed leader.

Players those who fight this struggle now will be in no position to win it. The one who eventually wins it will now remain aloof – like you should be doing right now.

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Religious & Spiritual Affirming Oneness, Celebrating Diversity

Wesley Community Centers offers weekly book discussions of life situations and complexities every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 1601 Drayton St. All women and teen-aged girls are invited to attend. Stop by the center or call 447-5711.

Chiron in Aquarius & Capricorn transits Retrograde Motion from May 8 to October 5, while Nessus in Aquarius & Capricorn transits Retrograde Motion from May 7 to October 8, 2005. So many people have recently struggled to overcome financial hardship, resistance to their plans from bosses, and obstruction from large-scale insti-

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By Patty Rietkovich, E.O. Home builders Association of Greater Savannah

It’s not surprising that after a cold winter, getting a chance to open up the windows and let some fresh air into your home is a long awaited pleasure. As spring approaches, keep in mind that in addition to letting in a refreshing breeze, windows also play an essential role in home safety.

Your windows can serve as secondary escape routes from your home and are invaluable in case of emergency; every member of your family should know how to take advantage of a window exit during a fire. However, it is equally as important for homeowners to understand that open windows can be hazardous, especially to young children, and to be familiar with the important steps you can take to prevent accidental falls.

In honor of National Window Safety Week, May 23-29, 2005, take some time to assess the condition of your home’s windows and test your family’s awareness of their importance in terms of overall home safety. The tips below can help ensure that your windows provide a trouble-free escape route for your family in an emergency while remaining safe for youngsters in your home.

• Windows provide one of the fastest, easiest alternatives to escape a house fire.

Sit down with your family to design an emergency escape plan—and practice it.

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• While security bars, grilles and window grates keep intruders out, they also can lock you in. Make sure they have a simple and functioning release mechanism, so that you can escape a fire.

• If you have young children in your home and are thinking about installing window fall prevention devices or guards, make sure the product has a release mechanism so that it can be opened for escape in a fire emergency. Consult your local fire department or building code official to determine proper window guard placement.

• When children are present, make sure that windows are closed and locked. Set and enforce rules to keep your children from playing around windows or patio doors, and keep furniture, along with any other objects that children may climb, away from windows.

• Don’t depend on window screens to prevent falls. Insect screens are designed to provide ventilation while keeping pests and debris out—not to keep youngsters in.

• Plant shrubs and other soft landscaping underneath windows to lessen the impact in case of a fall.

For more information about National Window Safety Week and additional window safety tips, visit the National Safety Council Web site at www.nsc.org.

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Ardsley Park 414 East 54th Street 3BD 2BA LR/DR newly tiled kitchen/baths bonus room shed, covered patio, large laundr y room, of fice, hardwood floors throughout, covered entrance beautifully landscaped, fenced rear yard walk to Hull and Daf fin Parks, $215,000 Tom Colasanto 912-272-6557 Mopper-Stapen, Realtors 2009 Delesseps Avenue $104,900 Great price, Great house, Big house, little price. This 1400 sq ft home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Less than five years old. Huge backyard. Come! See! Buy! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737

556 Zettler Loop $60,000 This is a great buy! Remodeled mobile home with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large back deck with a big yard on a spacious 1.8 acre lot.

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17 East 33rd Street Commercial/ Residential

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705 WHITAKER STREET • APT G Studio apartment with separate kitchen and bathroom. $600/mo.

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Available mid June. $1200/mo.

EAST PARK AVENUE Lower apartment. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, renovated apartment. Open living room, dining room area, stack washer and dryer, back deck, off street parking. $900/mo.

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12 WEST TAYLOR STREET • APT#2A 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment near Monterey Square, Kitchen, Living room. $800/mo.

2006 WHITTAKER STREET 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath apartment, gas fireplace, hardwood floors, ample closet space, deck and porches, off-street parking. $1800/mo.

1312 LINCOLN STREET 3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, living room, alarm system. $950/mo.

202 A EAST GASTON STREET 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in great location, living room, kitchen, wood floors, includes water. Available mid June. $850/mo.

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Dianne Kessler Broker/Owner GRI, ABR 912-351-9737 118 Binnacle Court $131,000 Cute 3 bedroom, 2 bath island home located on quiet cul-de-sac. Home features new tile in kitchen with great screened porch overlooking large fenced backyard. Perfect for first time home buyer/investor.

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150 Hood Loop Road $69,000 Country living at its best! Well kept 3BR/2B dblwide on 1.79 acres. Room for building and roaming, with 3 storage buildings and a workshop. Land backs up to woods, partially fenced yard. Close to I-16 w/great school district. Call Belinda Davis @ 429-9599 for your showing today!!

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124 Preakness Point $95,000 This secluded 5.63 acres with 4 bedrooms, 2 bath is quietly tucked away in Guyton. Separate living/dining room. Large master bath features double vanity w/separate shower. Call Sherrene Sears at 844-3941.

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Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 0 Cypress Bay Loop $84,000 Bryan County Beautifully wooded 12.6 acre tract. Easily accessible to Ft. Stewart, Pembroke and Savannah. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737

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3 bedrooms, 1 bath home w/laundry room, dining room. Central heating and air. Detached electric garage.

Sold As-Is. Big House, Little Price for Quick Sale! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 85 Knollwood Lane $99,500 Perfect 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Townhome convenient to everything.

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Townhouse with fenced courtyard, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 4 fireplaces, Hartpine floors throughout, hi ceilings, all aplliances included. This historic home is located between Harris and Macon St. Rhondda @ Mopper Stapen Realtors 912 507-9800 or rhonddane@ comcast.net

321 Drayton Street.

An oasis in the middle of downtown! 2 BR 1 BA condo with wide plank hardwood floors, fully furnished kitchen, large bath, 2 fireplaces, ample closet space and private courtyard!

All appliances, including washer/dryer, included. $210,000.00.

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628 Seiler Ave. $110,000.

Cute bungelow with 2 bedrooms, finished basement with spiral stairs, cute up to date kitchen, beadboard ever ywhere, and fenced yard!!!! All appliances included.

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505 Pinecrest Court.

Southern Living in Pooler! Beautifully designed and decorated, this 3 BR 2 BA is ready to move in, with brand new kitchen and updated baths, and a 16 X 20 covered terrace for outdoor entertaining.

Home warranty included! $142,000.00 Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com

TYBEE ISLAND RENTAL L Condo located 1/2 block to the ocean and at Southbeach! Close to the pier, shopping, bars and restaurants!

2 bedrooms/2 baths, high ceilings, sleeps 6, cable tv, phone, washer/dryer, dishwasher, everything you could possible need! 110 per night with 3 day minimum and $75 for the maid when you leave. $100 refundable deposit required.

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(December-March monthly rental with all utilities included $1250 per month plus a $500 deposit) Rhonddane@comcast.net or 912 5079800 HISTORIC DISTRICT townhome B&B OR RENTAL located on Huntingdon Lane, near stores, shopping and walking distance to most everything. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths with cable tv, fully stocked kitchen, washer, dryer and all that you need is there! $110 per night with 2 night min. plus $75 for the maid when you leave. $100 refundable deposit/ Rates slightly higher during holidays.

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105 West Congress Street Suite B. Only commercial condo left in beautifully restored building. This is the residential unit in the building that can be converted to a residence with some work.

Secure entry, hardwood floors, tin ceilings, and a great central location! $195,000.00.

Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com 114 Stockbridge.

Convenient and desirable Georgetown location!

3 BR 2 BA updates home is in move-in condition!

Run--- don’t walk! This one will not last long!

Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com PRICED WELL BELOW APPRAISED VALUE! Newly built Hallmark home in Southern Woods at Rice Mill is priced almost $20,000 below value! 4 BR 2.5 BA with wood floors, and new everything!

This is a must see! A great home at a great price! $299,900.00 Shelley Carroll Lowther 912-604-8177 Re/Max Savannah 355-7711or visit www.SavannahGARealtor.com

L New construction in Bridgewater to be completed end of February, 2005. Four bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room, a formal living room, a formal dining room, a bonus room, $209,050.00 Buy now and pick colors.

Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 New Construction in Bridgewater 4 Bedrooms, 2Baths, a formal dining room, and great room. Will be completed in January, 2005. Buy now and pick inside colors. $196,075 Builder will contibute $3,000.00 towards buyers closing costs.

Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 Move in Now!!!

This 3 bedroom 2 bath home is located in Beautiful Bridgewater.

It sits on an oversized lot and backs up to woods. Call Amber to view this awesome home. $159,300.00 Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 Elegant 4 bed/3 bath home. Formal L.R. and D.R. Both /dental molding. Separate family room. Hardwood floors.Ceramic tile in baths. Large kitchen/separate breakfast room & pantry. Covered back porch.

Workshop with covered porch & electricity.

Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 ERA Adams -Pevey Realty 826-2550 H- 4186 $333,900 Charming, comfortable, and cozy 3 bed /2 bath home. Offers a country kitchen, hardwood floors, boat shed, 2128 sq. ft, access to boat dock, near the water, and corner lot.

Call LaTrelle Pevey @658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty, 826-2550 H-3919. $275,000.

On the 17 th Fairway.

This home is a true beauty. 3 bed/2 bath, home. Marble entrance foyer, fireplace, formal dining area, landscaped yard, double vanities, laundry room /mud sink, sunroom.

Over 2000 square ft.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777.

ERA Adams Pevey Realty 826-2550 H- 4146 $219,500.

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Downtown Duplex 17 East Jones Street $1,950,000 Historic Beauty + Income Potential Stunning, totally updated single family can also be five separate rental units. Each floor & carriage house metered separately, with all new systems. Original floors, mouldings, mantels & courtyard-all exquisite!

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

Spacious Victorian duplex in appreciating area, totally renovated to include new central heat & air, new kitchens & baths, refinished hardwood floors, 4 decorative fireplaces, wiring for high-speed Internet and networking, and all appliances, including washers & dryers.

Also features a fenced back yard and off-street, covered parking. Great moneymaker or perfect owner-occupant situation! 506 E. Anderson St. $259,900 . 912-2310240 or go to www.calypsorentals.com

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1134 East 48th Street $185,000 Charming Parkside Cottage Two-stor y frame 3BR/1BA carriage house w/ 1275sf one block from Daffin Park with huge front yard & loads of potential. Quiet street full of mature oaks and magnolias, and the chance to make a home just the way you like it.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

DEEPWATER LOT with floating dock for sale by owner in desirable Isle of Hope subdivision. Level lot (approximately 120’ x 110’ buildable) on the Herb River with underground utilities, including city water & sewer.

Incredible views and walking distance to Bluff Drive/ICW. The perfect spot for your dream home! 132 Cardinal Rd. $325K Owner/Agent.

Call 912-604-3722. www.calypsorentals.com

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2BR/1BA, CH/A, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, high ceilings,corner of Drayton and Anderson, available now, Pets OK. $700.00 (484-3986) 4BR/2BA, CH/A, washer/dryer on site, hardwood floors, high ceilings next to downtown Kroger, Available Now. Pets OK. $800.00 (484-3986) 101 Salt Creek THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath, central heat/air, washer/dryer, newly remodeled, on 7 acres waterfront lot, 10 min. from downtown, includes water. $1100/month. Call 912713-1072 CARRIAGE HOUSE East Hall Street New construction.

One bedroom. $835/month. Garage optional. 912-6612455.

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Liberty Deli (Business Only) 238 Drayton Street $150,000 Own the hottest lunch spot in town! Thriving restaurant in high-traffic Drayton Towers comes with equipment (incl. ventless hood), furniture & 3 yrs. left on 5-yr. lease w/option for 3 more. Upcoming luxury condos upstairs mean get in now and watch your business grow! BY APPT. ONLY. Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

Real Estate Wanted NEED HOUSE With 2-car garage or other large storage space for Home Improvement Contractor, wanting to move to Savannah area. Fixer-Upper OK. Call 912-631-1914.

912-228-0050 Apartments for Rent 1-4BR Apartments &Homes! Top quality, newly-renovated properties Pets welcome!

Calypso Properties 912-231-0240, www.calypsorentals.c om Unfurnished Home for rent in Ardsley, 3 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bathroom, pool, deck, central heat & air,alarm system, carport and fireplace. $1500 1-2 year lease. Available May 10th. Call Dr. Boyd 236 3660

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544 E. Waldburg St. $250,000 Cleans Up Nice!

Single family w/ 2000sf, beautiful mantels, floors, etc. just needs vision & elbow grease to make it shine! Sits on a subdividable double lot-many options for creative investor.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

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514-516 E. Bolton St. $399,000 Rental Property + Huge Lot Victorian quadplex w/ 4000sf rents for $2300/month, & with a little TLC it could bring even more. Or renovate & flip as two single-families & develop side lot for hefty return!

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

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1992 Fleetwood 3 bed/ 2 bath home on 6.96 acres- 2 of which are fenced in. Landscaped yard/sprinkler system; 20x20 workshed w/concrete floor, and 40x40 carport. $92,900.

Call LaTrelle @658-7777.

ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4104 Start putting the $ in your pocket instead of renting! 3 bed/ 2bath MBH in sought after area, 1680 sq.ft of living area, 1.61 acres, dining, and family rooms, home warranty and more.

Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $89,000. H-4058 Country feel, City Convenience! 3 bdr/2ba 3.55 acres, stocked fish pond, wrap around porch & deck, Corian kitchen, dual fuel range, pine tongue and grove, 20’ ceiling, stone fireplace, workshop. $274,000 Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 ERA Adams -Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4136

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House or Rooms for Rent! Historic District 4-5 Large Bedrooms, Hardwood Floors, W/D. All New Appliances. Large Front and Back Yard, Second Floor Rear Deck.

Security System and Privacy Fence. Must See. Call 748-6063 or 604-8912 Victorian District 2 and 3 Bedroom Apts.

Completed Renovated.

Central Heat & Air, Small pets allowed.

Many Extras.

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Ardsley Park Home 3 Bd 2 1/2 Bath, Italian Marble In Kitchen, Sub Zero Refrigerator, Custom Cabinets, Wrap Around Porch, French Doors, New Master Bath w/ Free Standing Glass Shower. Inquire For Price 315 E. Liberty Street Savannah, GA 31401 Office: (912) 233-5900 Fax: (912) 233-5983

Alexander Grikitis Cell: (912) 220-1700 alex@coastalreg.com

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Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level.

Need an office, an administrative assistant and a support network.

The International Center for Leadership and Coaching has all these.

Call Dr. Boyd 236-3660 1 BEDROOM COTTAGE for rent in Historic District. Hardwood floors, ceiling fans, front and back porches. Lots of character. Newly Renovated. $650/month.

Call 912-495-0305 ARDSLEY PARK 704 East 49th Street Renovated large 2-bedroom, Washer/Dryer, fenced backyard, garage, small pets welcome. $850/month. Call 912-596-1355.

HISTORIC DISTRICT APARTMENT Corner of Jones & Jefferson St. 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Carriage House. New central heat/air, wash-

er/dryer. Lots of light, Great condition.

Premium downtown location. Available June 1st. $1100/month. No pets/smoking. Call Jeff at 912-236-2458.

1-3 bedroom apartments Affordable apartments with price reductions.

Don’t miss an opportunity to get in on the savings. Great locations, nice and newly restored. All appliances including dishwasher, washer/dryer, central heat/air, hardwood floors, fireplaces, ceiling fans, bonus rooms and cable ready for high speed internet access.

Long and short term leases available. Pets welcome with pet deposit. $550-$900 per month.

Call 441-5689 or 7486632 or e-mail: Sheila_010_7@hotmail.com.

ONE LARGE bedroom apartment overlooking Baldwin Park, hardwood floors, $650 month 912-231-9661 or 912-441-9661.

VICTORIAN DISTRICT 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments Off-street parking, washer/ dr yer, central heat/air. Shor t walk to Kroger and Forsyth Park. Call 912236-7560 or 912-598-9048.

CHARMING 2 OR Possible 3 Bedroom.

Central heat/air, hardwood floors, recently renovated, near Daffin, available May 1. $695 + deposit. Reser ve it while you have the chance. Call 912-4299600 638 EAST 40TH ST. 2 bedrooms, central heat/air, washer/dryer, pet friendly. $750/month. Call 912656-1071 prichards42@comcast.net VICTORIAN DISTRICT: 114 1/2 E. Anderson St. Large 2 bedroom. All appliances, central heat & air. Pet friendly. $1050/month. Call 912596-5489 prichards42@comcast.net VICTORIAN DISTRICT 112 EAST ANDERSON St. 2 bedroom, all appliances, central heat/air, pet friendly. $900/month. 912-6561071. prichards42@comcast.net 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH in Starland Dairy District located on Bull St. Good condition.

Available now. $800/month.

Call Michael at 912-4848479.

Roommates Wanted Roommates Wanted Wilmington Island condos beginning Available now. $375/ month (plus utilities) or $500/ month (including utilities). Call 507-8689.

ROOMMATE WANTED 2 Bedroom / 1 bath / full kitchen/ livingroom / diningroom /washer& dryer / garage /fenced yard / off street parking. Great neighborhood, Great location Historic Baldwin Park ( Near Abercorn & Victory ) $500.00 a month + deposit Utilities included CALL JOHN @ 912-247-0877 College Student seeks roommate to share Wilmington Island 2bedroom, 2-bath condo, w/Washer/Dryer, large kitchen, screened porch, pool/tennis. $500/month includes utilities. 912-655-2526.

FEMALE ARMSTRONG STUDENT Looking for someone to share 2-bedroom Southside apartment w/pool. $450/month includes all utilities.

Available July 1st. Nikki, 912-272-7360.

SHARE 5 bedroom house on Tybee. $350 month. Includes utilities.

Alternative lifestyle OK. No pets or drug abuser.

9am-10pm, 786-7478.

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