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On the Cover: Photo illustration by Brandon Blatcher

News Cover Story

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A closer look at the new smoking ban

8 Dr. Ben Hubby’s prescription City Notebook 9 News bits from around town Politics 10 Dave Lippman’s CIA satire Jane Fishman

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Free Speech 11 Good environmental news -- no, really Blotter 12 From SPD reports Non Sequitur 12

Favorite cartoon

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Strange but true

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The week on your planet

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Music Menu 19 Local gigs a la carte Connect Recommends 20 Concerts of the week Connect Savannah

Good Show Will Travel 21 Concerts of the week Soundboard 24 Who’s playing and where

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Personal Tech 16

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Film Now Showing 27

Music Feature 17

All the flicks that fit

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

Classifieds Weather 14 News from the sky Classifieds 40 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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Crossword Puzzle 42 Mental Fun

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The Venn Diagram What: This fashion show is being presented by a group of Savannah College of Art and Design graduating seniors, but the show is not affiliated with SCAD. Participating designers are Courtney Coffey, Leigh Poindexter, Emily Davies and Bradley McIlrath.

They will present a variety of styles. When: May 26. A reception will be held at 7 p.m. followed by the fashion show at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Station. Cost: $15 general admission and $10 SCAD students. Tickets may be purchased downtown at Bleu Belle Boutique or the Sol Boutique.

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What: A play written and performed by Ross Travis and directed by Charlotte Brecht Munn, with guest artist designer Brian MacGregor, Aw Ahoy Namto! (which means “to rebel against”) is about a man trapped between the physical world and the dream world and a war between gods, while he is desperately trying to keep humanity from losing touch with our dreams forever. When: May 26 at 9 p.m. and May 27 at 7 p.m.

Where: Mondanaro Theater, Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Friday, May 27 NASCAR Nextel Cup Race of Champions What: Nextel Cup champions Matt Kenseth, Bill Elliott and Dale Jarrett, along with Jimmy Spencer and Casey Mears, will be driving in this second annual race. Meet and greet the drivers, get an autograph and have a photo taken with them, then watch them race a pair of feature races in late models. When: May 27. The gates open at noon. The Nextel Cup Driver Meet & Greet will be held at 6 p.m. Racing will begin at 8 p.m. Where: Oglethorpe Speedway Park on U.S. HIghway 80 in Pooler. Cost: $25 adults, $10 for children ages 2-12. Call: 964-8200 or visit www.ospracing.net.

Annual Tybee Island Beach Bun Parade What: A wet and wild parade with floats and marchers who just might splash you with a water gun, all presided over by the Great Kahuna. Be sure and bring your own When: May 27 at 6:30 p.m.W Where: The parade begins at the North Beach water gun.W parking lot and continues down Butler Avenue to the South Beach parking lot. Cost: Free.

Saturday, May 28 Union Mission’s Growing Hope Community Farmers Market What: The market features quality grown local produce, plants and flowers, crafts, baked goods and art in a fellowship-filled, family atmosphere. The Starfish Cafe is also open at this time. and offers a variety of breakfast, brunch and lunch items.

Activities often include live music, a Kids Corner and chef demonstrations. When: Saturday, May 28, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Where: Cornner of East Broad and Gwinnett streets, across from the Starfish Cafe. Cost: Free. Call: 238-2777 Ext. 23 or 236-7423.

Fastrak Late Models at OSP What: The best of the traveling Fastrak Racing Tour takes on the best from Savannah in a 40-lap feature paying $2,000 to the winner, plus a full night of stock car racing.

When: May 28. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying begins at 7 p.m. followed by racing at 8 p.m. Where: Oglethorpe Speedway Park on U.S. Highway 80 in Pooler.

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James Brown in concert What: This performance by the Godfather of Soul is sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design, which hasn't formally announced the concert as we go to press.

However, we do know that something big is going to happen and that it does involve James Brown. When: Friday, May 27. The exact time of evening the concert will start will be announced May 25 or 26, but we suggest staking out a spot early. Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free -- yes, FREE.

Sunday, May 29 Flannery O’Connor Spring Reading Series What: Tom Kohler and Susan Earl talk about their just-published book, Waddie Welcome & the Beloved Community. Kohler and Earl have told a modern-day success story of citizen advocacy that has been praised by none other than former President Jimmy Carter as “a modern day parable from which we can all learn.” When: May 29 at 3 p.m.

Where: Flannery O’Conner Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St. Cost: Free.

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What: The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter No. 671 will hold its annual Memorial Day Candlelight Service. There will be a guest speaker and the service will end with the lighting of candles and the reading of the names of the 106 Savannah area soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who gave their lives for their country during the Vietnam War. When: May 29 at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Vietnam Memorial in Emmett Park. Cost: Free. Call: Charles Whitfield at 898-8525 or Bob Burchard at 927-9713.

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What: Dearly Departed takes a look at the lives of a quirky Southern family, the Turpins. The patriarch of the family, Daddy Bud Turpin, dies in the opening moments of the play and the family begins to gather to make funeral arrangements. As the Turpins sort through hangovers, money problems and head stone engraving, they learn that coping with life and death can be very funny, indeed. When: May 29, 30 and 31 and June 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. and June 5 at 3 p.m. Where: Jewish Educational Alliance Auditorium, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

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When: May 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Fort Morris State Historic Site, located 7 miles east of Interstate 95 at Exit 76. Follow the brown Liberty Trail signs. Cost: $2.50 adults, $2 for 62 and above, $1.50 for ages 6-18 and free for children 5 and under.

Call: 912-884-5999 or fortmorris@coastalnow.net.

Tuesday, May 31 Georgia Tech on Tap What: Explore the latest ideas in science and technology as representatives of Georgia Tech discuss the topic, From Black Water to Blue Water about scientific diving in support of coastal engineering and physical oceanography. When: Tuesday, May 31 at 7 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Call: 2324447.

Wednesday, June 1 Concerts in the Squares What: Bring a sandwich and enjoy the tunes as the American Federation of Musicians presents performances ranging from ragtime to jazz. The Sandra Embley Four will open the series. The Peter Berquist Trio will perform two days later. When: The Sandra Embley Four will perform on June 1, and the Peter Berquist Trio will perform June 3. Both concerts will be held 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: Johnson Square.

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Ambiguity of new smoking ban confuses local restaurateurs

ON MAY 9, GEORGIA NONtrast to the SMOKERS received a breath of fresh 10 percent of air when Gov. Sonny Perdue signed his business into law the “Georgia Smokefree Air involving Act of 2005.” minors.

The law, which goes into effect July If forced 1, serves as an expansion of existing to make a prohibitions, making it illegal to light up decision in any enclosed public space -- with a between few exceptions. allowing Those exceptions dealing with smoking or restaurants and bars are causing conallowing fusion, and some distress, among minors in his Savannah restaurateurs. estab“There is a lot of ambiguity, the way lishment, the it has been explained so far,” says economic Pino Venetico, owner of Il Pasticcio equation restaurant at Broughton and Bull. does not Venetico’s concerns arise from bode well for Section 31-12A-6a-9A of the the minors.

Smokefree Act, which provides an “I hate the Andy Holmes and his wife under a portrait of their bar’s namesake exception to the smoking ban for “all fact that I’m -- who ironically poses with his ever-present cigar bars and restaurants to which access being forced is denied to any person under the age to make this of 18 and that do not employ any individual under the decision,” Holmes laments. “We don’t like the idea of age of 18.” excluding anyone.”

Thus, legally, if a restaurant chooses to ban minors Venetico estimates that his clientele includes close from their premises, they could continue to allow to 30 percent smokers. But he places more weight on smoking. the revenue brought in serving minors and families with “There are questions like, what if I stopped serving young children. minors at a certain time,” Venetico points out. “Could I “We do a good bit of business with minors -- espethen allow smoking? Most families tend to eat early, and cially around prom, graduation time.” the majority of my smoking business comes in later, so He maintains that, regardless of the eventual interwhat if I stopped allowing minors in at 9:30 or so?” pretation of the new law, Il Pasticcio will not go allVenetico is not alone in his concern. Churchill’s Pub smoking. and Restaurant on Bay Street currently denies access For others, the decision is not as torturous. Brian to minors after their kitchen stops serving dinner, and Grenchik, owner of A Vida restaurant on Broughton the business focus shifts to the bar patrons.

Street, has a young son who joins him often for meals Owner Andy Holmes doesn’t see any reason why there. patrons shouldn’t be allowed to smoke after the “I’m not going to tell my son that for the next fifteen doorman has assumed his position later in the evening. years or so, he can’t come in my place.”

“I mean, if the point is to try and limit minors‚ Overall, Grenchik is happy to have the smoking ban. exposure to second-hand smoke, wouldn’t that do it?”

In its current configuration, A Vida allows smoking at The issue is more than a little relevant for downtown the bar and at small cocktail tables adjacent to the bar. restaurants. Holmes estimates that at least 25 percent But Grenchik, whose grandmother is currently sufof his clientele carry a pack of cigarettes with them fering from lung cancer, has no problem disposing of all when they come into Churchill’s. That’s a sharp conthe restaurant’s ashtrays and matchbooks. gene witham

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“Sure, smokers have rights, but non-smokers have the right to live, too.”

Even with 16-foot ceilings and a good ventilation system, Grenchik says he still receives numerous comments from non-smokers about cigarette smoke ruining their meals. He maintains that he has definitely lost customers because he allows smoking, although he can’t recall anyone ever canceling because they couldn’t smoke at one of the tables in his main dining area.

Perhaps 15-20 percent of A Vida’s business consists of smokers. From Grenchik’s perspective, that makes 80 percent non-smoking. And he doesn’t expect to lose all of his smokers when the ban goes into effect.

“I’ve heard some smokers who were happy about the ban. It will give them an excuse to quit.”

Others aren’t finding it as easy to accept the abrupt, forced change in their operations. Il Pasticcio allowed smoking anywhere in the restaurant when it first opened in December 1993. Public opinion and market trends have since caused Venetico to limit smoking to the bar and the “lounge area” adjacent to the bar.

Venetico swears that he cannot recall a single instance of a customer complaining because of cigarette smoke. In 1999, Il Pasticcio underwent major renovations, and one feature of the restaurant’s new design was an open kitchen, where those dining in the main area could watch cooks prepare their dinner. This open cooking necessitated the installation of a powerful ventilation system.

“It recycles the air very quickly,” Venetico says. “In fact, when we first put it in, it was too strong -- it would suck things off of tables.”

This system, coupled with the high ceilings at Il Pasticcio, make Venetico confident that no one has ever been disturbed by smoking in his restaurant.

“I guarantee that you could smoke at one table, and the people sitting right next to you would never know.”

Andy Holmes of Churchill’s also knows about ventilation. The latest manifestation of his business opened on Dec. 26, 2004, in its newly-renovated location on Bay Street. As part of the extensive renovation effort, Holmes installed a costly smoke-removal system which completely recycles 60 percent of the air in his restaurant in less than a minute.

“That means that 100 percent of the air in here is replaced by fresh air every two minutes.”

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When presented with Venetico and Holmes’ suggestion that they close their doors to minors after a certain hour and then allow smoking, Bordeaux, an attorney, admits there is a lack of clarity in the new law.

“It’s not clear,” he says, after a close analysis of the law’s verbiage.

“I could make a pretty strong argument either for or against their position.”

Bordeaux suspects that the provision about minors was introduced as an attempt to weaken the legislation in order to appease business owners who still want to allow smoking in their establishments.

“This was a tough piece of legislation,” he says. He remembers the Smokefree Act as one of only three bills introduced this past session which wasn’t “ramrodded through,” with its outcome already orchestrated by the majority Republicans.

“This was an extremely bi-partisan bill. Republicans and Democrats all have smokers and non-smokers in their constituencies.

And although it’s the kind of legislation normally associated with Democrats, it was introduced by the Republicans.”

Bordeaux maintains that this was one of the few laws passed this session which was actually debated on its own merit, rather than being handled in a strictly political fashion.

And, although he voted in favor of its passage, he is still surprised that the Governor eventually signed it into law.

“Amazingly, it passed,” he says.

“I’m still shocked.”

Meanwhile, with less than six weeks until the implementation of the Georgia Smokefree Act of 2005, Savannah restaurant owners just want some clarification.

Section 31-12A-9 of the Act reads: “The Department of Human Resources... may engage in a continuing program... to guide owners, operators, and managers in their compliance with [this chapter of the Act].”

Such guidance would be welcome by Venetico. “You know, when California banned smoking, they just banned it completely -that’s it, no more smoking. I don’t smoke, personally, and I’m all for a ban -- just not this half-way of doing it.”

He pauses as he considers all of the ramifications.

“I have to make a decision, but I just don’t have enough information.” ◗

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Holmes, like Venetico, claims that he has never had a complaint about smoking in Churchill’s.

“On the contrary,” he states, “I’ve had dozens of compliments, mostly from smokers themselves -that they can hang out here and go home, and their clothes don’t smell like smoke.”

The stipulation about minors isn’t the only aspect of the Georgia Smokefree Act of 2005 that Savannah restaurant owners have questions about. Il Pasticcio and Churchill’s both have separate, enclosed rooms within their establishments which each owner would love to use as a dining area for smokers.

Holmes and Venetico are both unclear as to what constitutes an enclosed space, what the ventilation requirements will be, and whether or not they should be allowed to serve food in these areas.

These questions may be more readily answered than those relating to the admission of minors by a close reading of the Smokefree Act. Section 31-12A-6a-9B of the Act provides an exception to the smoking ban for private rooms in restaurants and bars if such rooms are enclosed and have an air handling system independent from the main air handling system that serves all other areas of the building, and all air within the private room is exhausted directly to the outside by an exhaust fan of sufficient size.

And Section 31-12A-2-5 states that: “Enclosed Area‚ means all space between a floor and ceiling that is enclosed on all sides by solid walls or windows, exclusive of doorways, which extend from the floor to the ceiling.”

Other questions are not so readily addressed by the new law.

Are business owners liable if someone is found smoking in an unauthorized area in their establishment?

If so, what is the fine structure for this offense? Are employees allowed to smoke in the business after hours, when it is closed to the public?

The Smokefree Act gives responsibility for enforcement to the Department of Human Resources.

But who will actually be writing the tickets? Will it be the Health Inspector, or will DHR authorize local law enforcement agencies to enforce the Act? State Representative Tom Bordeaux (D) of District 162 agrees that the Act is vague, especially with regard to the issue of admitting minors.

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SEVEN MONTHS AGO we were consumed. If not by Iraq, then by politics. We speculated, deliberated, debated. We spoke out.

We put up bumper stickers, sought out yard signs, staked a position.

Some of us actually campaigned.

Instead of reading the paper (and getting angry), listening to the radio (and talking back), sitting around (and complaining), we gave up a morning, an afternoon, a weekend to join with like-minded people to canvass for a cause.

It felt good, no matter the party affiliation. Better to be active than passive.

Think globally, act locally.

Then we moved on to other things.

I doubt that will happen to Ben Hubby. For 40 days before the presidential election Hubby campaigned the old-fashioned way, going door to door, hitting nearly every registered voter in Chatham County.

With a group of eight to 12 hardcore compatriots -- three or four on any given day -- Hubby, an independent physician, wore out some shoe leather. Every afternoon, seven days a week, he’d leave his practice or his southside home and hit the streets.

It’s not the first time Hubby’s put his politics on the line. In the early 60’s he picketed the White House during the fight for Civil Rights. He volunteered to work for the poverty program in Mississippi in the early 70’s. In 1980, he helped run Spencer Lawton’s race for district attorney. And in 1991, he ran for Mayor.

He’s not about labels. He voted for Bob Dole against Bill Clinton. He endorsed Republican candidate and

eventual winner, Susan Weiner, against names. It wouldn’t be John Kerry. We John Rousakis. need a new crop of leaders.

He is about stating his case and “I’m attracted to Bill Richardson (Dmobilizing voters. But to this veteran NM). He’s a wonderful human being, but activist, the hostility and animosity in the I think he’s waiting in the wings to see Bush-Kerry campaign was shocking. what happens to Hillary.”

“A real eye-opener,” says Hubby, Hubby grew up in Princeton, N.J., in a wearing his trademark hat hooding his Republican family. He had a small boat eyes, this time a faded blue, beaked cap he named Ike. “But I think my father, who is 98, would agree when I ask, ‘Where from Amherst College. are all the speeches from the “I was surprised. I got Pat Robertsons of the world obscene phone calls, about the morality of torture, doors slammed in my face about fairness?” and real negativity, espeTrained as a pediatrician, cially in Windsor Forest. If Hubby enlisted and served at war can’t be debated Fort Carson in Colorado. After during a presidential traveling around in a VW election, we’re in big station wagon with his wife trouble. This goes back and two small children, Hubby to Abraham Lincoln, the visited Savannah.

Mexican War, the War of In a serendipitous moment, 1812. Wars have always Dr. Hubby, left, celebrates he learned about an empty been debated. But this being voted ‘Best Doctor’ by office at Hall and Habersham time there was real our readers this year streets, which he rented. In Republican trickery, that 1975 Hubby started his love-her-or-leave-her menpractice. tality. To me, the war has nothing to do Twenty years later, in an era of corwith backing the troops. The best way to porate takeovers, empire building and back them is to bring them home or unwiedly and impersonal medical pracprotect them better.” tices, Hubby is still an independent Hubby started the campaign in South physician, one of a handful in town.

Carolina for Howard Dean. He was “I can’t be fired,” he says. “Only my impressed by Dean’s energy and strong patients can do that. Generations from dissenting voice and would not be surnow anthropologists will be coming prised if Dean gave it another shot. around with a metal detector wondering Kerry was challenging to work for. about this breed, ‘independent “Not a lot of fun,” says Hubby, never physician.’” mincing his words. “He didn’t make a Savannah’s air was polluted and strong enough argument against the war stinky then, but Hubby, who lived and didn’t deal with the Swift Boat issue downtown, liked the feel of the place. His early enough. I would have preferred daughters attended St. Vincent’s another candidate. He should do the Academy, Clary’s delivered sandwiches country a favor and drop out of any at lunch and fed ice cream sandwiches future races. There are very few national to Hubby’s dog, Snowball. statesmen now. John McCain is one. So is Lowell Weikert. But I’m struggling with gene witham

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“It was a Saturday Evening Post upbringing,” he says. “There were artists, plumbers. I’ve always liked a mix. Even now, I like talking to my right-wing drug representatives and Republican friends.

That’s why I like Savannah.”

But there was a seediness back then, a winking and nodding at wrongdoing in poor neighborhoods, a certain friendliness between city council and package liquor stores. There was crime.

“I don’t think we’ve ever really cleaned house,” he says. “We have not aggressively tasked our police to fight crime. The horses and bikes are just showcasing. I don’t think any thoughtful person can say we’re being aggressive on crime. If Savannah wants to be a great city it has to tackle this problem.

Politics interfered with the police department then and it still does.

“People can sense when a town means business. Let’s face it. Our police officers want to get home safe. They think, ‘Why must I risk my life to a community going through the motions?’

Where are our local leaders? Where’s the Chamber of Commerce? I think they should be warning tourists of crime. Why aren’t we making the same demands of the police department as of the board of education?” he asks.

“We’ve heard from the mayor about crime, but what about the voices from the white pulpits? This is everyone’s problem. We need to be our brother’s keepers. We can’t blame crime on poverty or black parents. It’s corruption and drugs. We need people with more passion.”

We need more shoe leather and longer memories. ◗

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Hitless win lands Sand Gnats on ESPN and in record books In one crazy record-breaking inning last Thursday, the Savannah Sand Gnats defeated the Greenville Bombers 4-3 -without registering so much as a single base hit.

The bizarre feat got the attention of ESPN, which covered the event on “Baseball Tonight” and “Sportscenter.”

Down 2-0 going into the bottom of the third, “Savannah strung together a four-run frame with little more than Scotch Tape and bubblegum,” says Savannah Sand Gnats communications director Kevin Gray.

After Trey Webb led off the inning with a fly out to center, seven of the next eight Gnats reached base on five walks and two hit batsmen. A stolen base and two wild pitches later, Savannah had scored four runs without a base hit.

It’s a South Atlantic League record, according to Gray -- the highest number of runs ever scored in a Sallie League victory without a base hit.

Saddled with the loss was hapless Greenville reliever Jesus Delgado, who went a third of an inning, surrendering two runs on four walks, a hit batsmen and two wild pitches.

Gnats manager Randy Knorr, a 20year veteran, joked, “It was good coaching.”

Eleven members of the Savannahbased “Flying Tiger” Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol participated in a statewide search and rescue evaluation at St. Simon Island on May 21, working with other C.A.P. squadrons throughout the state.

The Civil Air Patrol is an all-volunteer, all-civilian official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. The Savannah Composite FLYING TIGER Squadron is based at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport under the direction of Captain Bob Olson.

Formed in 1941, the Civil Air Patrol performs more than 95 percent of all U.S.A.F. directed search and rescue missions with a fleet of nearly 600 aircraft and more than 64,000 members. The St. Simon Island Squadron and the

Arrests made in killing A second man is now in custody in connection with the shooting death of Ervin Law on Rogers Street last week.

Willie Liddell, 21, of a Franklin Street address in Savannah, turned himself in only hours after he eluded police during a foot pursuit in Tatemville.

The first arrestee, Ronnell Valentine, 23, was taken into custody without incident from his South Street residence.

Both men are charged with murder. ◗

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AT CARDIAC ARREST 2005 WHAT IS CARDIAC ARREST? Citizens of Chatham County “Arrestees” will appear in front of “Judge Heartless” (The Savannah Bank’s own Billy Reese) to answer for their crimes. Why? To raise money for the Chatham County Chapter of the American Heart Association

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“Good Morning America” movie critic Joel Siegel will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree when he addresses more than 1,100 graduates at this year’s SCAD commencement ceremony.

The event takes place Saturday, May 28, at 9 a.m. in the Savannah Joel Siegel Civic Center.

Siegel is the only drama critic to ever receive a Tony nomination, for his book for The First, a Broadway musical about the life of Jackie Robinson.

Siegel is president and co-founder (with actor Gene Wilder) of Gilda’s Club, a New York-based organization in honor of Wilder’s late wife, comic Gilda Radner.

The group offers emotional and social support for cancer patients and families.

SCAD has announced its honor graduates for 2005. The 2005 valedictorian is Margaret Coughlin, who came to SCAD from New York City to earn a BFA degree in photography. She had already earned a BFA in English literature from Hunter College, spent four years in a Ph.D. program at the City University of New York Graduate Center and earned a certificate from the New York Film Academy. Her academic record includes a 4.0 GPA and the distinction of being named to the Dean’s List every quarter.

The college named two salutatorians, Joanna Davidovich and Sriram Bhat.

Davidovich is receiving a BFA degree in animation. She has been on the Dean’s List every quarter, maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Bhat, who is receiving a BFA degree in illustration with a minor in drawing, has been on the Dean’s List all four years, maintaining a 4.0.

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Dave Lippman brings his offbeat political satire to Savannah DAVE LIPPMAN BILLS HIMSELF as “America’s foremost non-corporate comedian.” His sharp send-ups cover topical subjects such as weapons of mass distraction and the threatening scourge of Wal-Mart. Then there’s Lippman’s performances as George Shrub, the World’s Only Known Singing C.I.A. Agent. Shrub presents his Point of View (the Right One) in satirical songs.

Lippman is bringing Shrub and his “anti-folk songs” and “interventionary anthems” to Savannah on May 28 at 8 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. A $5 donation is suggested.

Connect caught up with Lippman to ask a few questions.

Dave Lippman: Yes, George was with us (and against us) from the time W’s daddy ran against Reagan in the primaries in 1980.

Contrary to rumor, I don’t do impressions. To paraphrase Lennon, Shrub is a concept by which we measure our pain by biting the tongue in our cheek. During the Clinton years, it was necessary to show how Democrats were becoming Republicans.

Connect Savannah: What are “anti-folk songs” and “interventionary anthems”?

Connect Savannah: Why a singing C.I.A. agent?

Dave Lippman: Those are from the CIA (Committee to Intervene Anywhere) lexicon. Naturally, they are against folks, so they have anti-folk songs. And songs to intervene by. George Shrub is the master of those genres.

Dave Lippman: Well, initially it just seemed very odd, sinister really, that the former head of the secret intelligence agency would become Prez. But more to the point, the idea of a secret agent getting on stage and telling the truth -well, that’s funny even without good lines. Almost.

Connect Savannah: George Shrub has been a part of your act since the time of Ronald Reagan.

Connect Savannah: How did your visit to Israel and Palestine in 2004 affect your philosophy and your work?

Dave Lippman: In satire, you have to know a little about a lot. When you concentate on one issue or country, it’s the other way around. So I had to read up, and think, and it’s become an ongoing process. I interact with the audience, soliciting their feedback and anger and so forth, and then bring it all back to my informal think tank, where I sound out my ideas and see if they have any bounce.

Connect Savannah: Ever been arrested?

Dave Lippman: Oh yeah. I was an unindicted co-conspirator for one song in 1969, where a bad-boy company recruiter got run off the campus for overthrowing governments. But they chose not to get me. Got my brother instead.

Later a couple of minor fracases involving attempts to educate high school students without the school’s

permission and passing motorists without the building’s permission, and some demonstrations.

Connect Savannah: Have you ever had to defend your point of view -- or your life -at a performance?

Dave Lippman: Well, these days all the time, with the Middle East piece. A couple of times it got sketchy.

Connect Savannah: What is the usual reaction of audiences toward your work?

Dave Lippman: They just have no idea what a pleasure it is for them to be with me. So I try to persuade them. You know, if they are part of my community of political understandings, or I am part of theirs, it’s a near riot, in a positive sense. For those who are just looking into these politics, or know a bit about it, but haven’t been involved, I think they get more out of it, really. For one thing, they won’t have heard it before. Because after hearing me, people invariably sign up for full-time political activity. I think it’s mandatory in Georgia. ◗

Dave Lippman performs May 28 at 8 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. A $5 donation is suggested.

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were they intended to. Our goal was, and remains, to seek more balanced and appropriate regulatory decisions that ensure proper protection and responsible, accountable use of public resources as our state further develops.

Those who cynically condemn environmental groups for restricting property rights fail to realize that we are, in fact, helping to protect the rights of many property owners and other citizens throughout the state, whose interests are threatened by overly narrow interpretation of the law.

Allowing use of public resources to enable short-term profits made by a few at the long-term expense of many others – including property owners and small businesses – is clearly not in the public interest.

Rather than “blocking” development as is often claimed, we are striving to make sure that future growth occurs with more deliberation and insight, supported by permitting decisions that truly reflect the interests of all Georgians.

Water quality, sustained water supply, clean air, and diverse, productive ecosystems can be preserved for future prosperity and health only if safeguarded with utmost vigilance.

Without this dedicated stewardship, our communities will not be prosperous, healthy, and blessed by nature’s vulnerable beauty. If any region can grasp the significance of this truth and the value of upholding it, surely it is Georgia’s coast.

Here we depend on nature for billions of dollars a year in business from tourism and outdoor recreation, as well as our unparalleled quality of life.

Far from witnessing the death of environmentalism, we are savoring the gradual spread of hard-won understanding about the natural world’s vital role in both sustaining and enriching our lives.

Despite this awakening, as growth continues we can expect still more intensified disputes over environmental issues. Therefore, our work has never been more essential to coastal Georgia’s future. ◗

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EARLIER THIS YEAR there was quite a stir when New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof announced that environmentalism is dead.

Citing results of the national elections, along with several notable set-backs in federal legislative battles as evidence, Kristof condemned environmental work with a premature burial.

But his biased analysis ignored many important environmental victories, giving a misguided portrayal of today’s “greenies” who are working for improved health, quality of life, and wise planning.

In recent years as state and federal funds for enforcing existing environmental regulations flagged and Congressional actions sometimes sought to weaken related laws, many less publicized battles to protect natural resources have been won.

Here in Georgia, we’ve had some substantial victories for the public interest achieved by environmental groups working together with unprecedented cooperation, strategy, and determination.

Consider the major achievement in the 2004 session of the General Assembly when the Georgia Water Coalition, a group of nearly 100 nonprofit organizations, local governments, and small businesses representing tens of thousands of Georgians defeated an action that would have allowed trading of water permits.

By stopping this first dangerous step toward making a life-supporting public resource into a private commodity for profit-making exploitation, the Water Coalition permanently advanced an environmental ethic in Georgia public policy.

Let’s also recognize several important court victories, including some in which my organization, Center for a Sustainable Coast, shared success with collaborating groups when attorneys at the Southern Environmental Law Center convinced state superior court judges that the Department of Natural Resources should go much further in protecting coastal marshes – and the diversity of fish and wildlife dependent on them – under existing state law.

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• AN OFFICER CHECKING behind houses in the 300 block of West 43rd Street in reference to complaints of drug use and prostitution, found a man and woman behind an abandoned house. The woman was lighting a glass pipe that appeared to be a crack pipe. She placed the pipe between herself and the man. The officer asked the man to hand him the pipe and lighter. The man had an apparent crack rock in his hand, which he tried to conceal. When he stood up, the officer found another crack pipe.

The man was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance.

He told officers, “I was just trying to get a fat head job,” and said he had bought the crack for the woman because she had promised oral sex in return. The woman was arrested for possession of tools for the commission of a crime.

• A man stopped for a light at White Bluff and Montgomery Cross Road and three men entered his vehicle and demanded drugs. One produced a six-

inch curved blade and told the man to drive. He drove to the parking lot of a nearby department store, grabbed a pocket knife and jumped out of the vehicle. He started for the store, but the suspect with the knife exited the car and began struggling with him. The man got away and went into the store to call police.

• A White Bluff Road man and his live-in girlfriend began arguing over money and paying bills on time. The fight became heated, and the man grabbed the woman around the waist and pushed her. She fought back. The fight started in the kitchen and ended in a hallway. Her four children were present but not directly involved. EMS was called, and the man, who had scratches on his neck and a cut finger, was taken to the hospital for stitches. Then he was taken to jail and charged with simple battery. The woman had a bruise on her hand. ◗

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Professor Mikhail Sokolshchik of Russia’s National Medical Surgical Center performed a two-stage penile lengthening early this year on a 28-yearold virgin, adding 5 inches to what was an almost dysfunctionally small organ.

In 2001, News of the Weird, summarizing a report in the Chicago Tribune, wrote that physician Krishnaswami Sriram of Lake Forest, Ill., had been charged with 64 counts related to Medicare fraud based on billings for, among other improbabilities, two 70-hour days, one day with 131 house calls, and 32 patient-visits subsequent to their dates of death. In April 2005, following hearings on the charges and the sorting out of Sriram’s records, federal judge John Darrah absolved Sriram of trying to cheat the government and found him guilty only of “chronically inept” bookkeeping (at a total loss to the government not of $15 million, as prosecutors claimed, but $1,258). Sriram pleaded guilty to three counts and was put on probation.

News of the Weird has already reported that some people have a fondness for inserting 3-inch steel hooks in their skin and hanging from pulleys for minutes, or even an hour, at a time. In April, about 100 such aficionados attended a gathering in Providence, R.I., and participants seemed thrilled, according to a Reuters dispatch. A Connecticut teen: “It was euphoric. It was spiritual. I’d do it again today if I wasn’t so sore.” A woman, watching her

Least Competent Criminals Vickey Siles, 35, was arrested in New Haven, Ind., last year and charged with altering a check from the Globe Life and Accident Co. The check was for $1, but Siles had badly obliterated the amount and written in “$4,000,000.00.”

Furthermore, she believed that she could cash a check for that amount at a neighborhood check-cashing shop (but a clerk alerted authorities). The job was so pitifully done that in March 2005, a judge gave her only a suspended sentence and probation.

A Chicago gas-station clerk tricked a robber in February by the simple ploy of telling him there was more money “up there,” pointing toward the ceiling. The robber looked, then said, “What are you talking about? There’s no money up there.” However, there was a surveillance camera there, and police were grateful for a full-face shot of the robber, according to WMAQ-TV.

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boyfriend slowly swing: “Look at his face. He’s so serene. We’ve had some really rough times this year, and he needed this really bad.” A Canadian man: “The first couple of times, I didn’t enjoy it. The first time, I blacked out, and one time I was convulsing. But the third time I got better. I wasn’t blacking out anymore.”

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Whatever (all-new) Accidents by elderly drivers who police suspect momentarily confused the gas pedal for the brake: Age 88, crashed into a bank (killing a customer), St. Pete Beach, Fla. (February). Age 85, crashed into a post office, West Salem, Ore. (December). Age 87, crashed into an animal hospital, Lynchburg, Va. (December). Age 88, hit two cars and two people in a Wal-Mart parking lot, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (January). Age 81, crashed into a car dealership after hitting her husband, a salesman, a car and a tree, Fort Myers, Fla. (April). Age 84, crashed into her son, waiting to be picked up at the front door upon discharge from a hospital, Manchester, N.H. (May) (He had to be readmitted.).

Recurring Themes In Hong Kong in March, a 21-year-old man, reportedly upset about a recent breakup with his girlfriend, responded in a manner familiar to readers of News of the Weird: He tossed almost everything in his 35th-floor apartment out the window. (No injuries were reported.) And in Gang Mills, N.Y., in March, after neighbors reported a disturbance at the home of Billy Abbey, 31, police surrounded the house and, for the next 11 hours, tried to coax him out, but, as some perps have done in the past, Abbey slept through the whole thing, oblivious to the siege. ◗

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In April, the Fat Duck restaurant, in the countryside west of London, was voted in a poll by 500 industry experts as the world’s best (in spite of specialties such as “sardine on toast sorbet” and “leather, oak and tobacco chocolates”).

(It had rallied from a bad health inspection report the year before, according to The Guardian newspaper, in which it was graded “borderline” for staphylococcus and listeria, and experienced “cross-contamination” and handwashing problems.)

Almost ready for release is Spanish designer Pep Torres’ “Your Turn” washing machine, developed to encourage sharing of housework.

Household users, such as a husband and wife, initially register their fingerprints, and Your Turn will not then operate by the same person’s print twice in a row. Another product, still in development, is Briton James Larsson’s use of lie-detector technology on restaurant utensils so that socially incompetent diners can better gauge how their dinner dates feel about them, by measuring stress as they eat. Reasoned Larsson, “Geeks have major challenges dating.”

Tobin Bros. funeral home in Melbourne, Australia, introduced a rental option this year for families that seem to have gotten over their grieving: a leatherupholstered, chrome-outfitted van, with mini-bar and DVD player, so that the family can relax on the way to the cemetery (with room for the casket in back). Owner Martin Tobin said the van might not be for everyone.

Sokolshchik first removed the tip and stitched it onto the patient’s forearm so that he could graft more tissue onto it (from elsewhere on the arm). After the tip lengthened, he reattached it to its proper place. According to an April dispatch from Moscow in London’s Daily Telegraph, Sokolshchik is optimistic that all functions will be restored (though he said the man will probably be permanently semierect).

In April, two former Cornell University entomologists, in what they said was a show of respect, named three new species of beetles that feed on slime mold after President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. “We admire these leaders,” said Quentin Wheeler, for their “courage” “to do the very difficult and unpopular work of living up to principles of freedom and democracy ....” The Agathidium bushi are found in Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina, while the cheneyi and rumsfeldi are native to Mexico.

A French biologist, writing in an April issue of the journal Nature, described a species of Amazonian tree ant that not only builds complex traps (using plant fibers, regurgitated vegetation and organic mold) but then lies in wait to grab a passing insect with its jaws so that it can stretch it out in the trap in a manner resembling (according to an Agence France-Presse report on the article) “a victim on a medieval rack.”

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Eating disorders have such a hold on many young women that some Internet sites glorify anorexia and bulimia as a quasi-divinity, using religious language to command obedience to a goddess of thinness known as “Ana,” according to a May story in Minneapolis’ Star Tribune. Said one Minnesota college freshman, “Ana is definitely a higher power, not higher than God, but higher than myself.”

There are Ana prayers, Ana psalms and Ana commandments. One site has instructions for a ritual at an altar, culminating in a blood contract “with the anorexia deity.” An Arizona doctor reported that a 13-year-old anorexia patient suddenly spoke “an incantation, like a hex, as if to scare me off.”

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Warming Migration Global warming has sent nearly two-thirds of the North Sea’s fish population northward in 4.4 search of cooler waters, according to a report in the 5.3 journal Science. Marine biolAdrian 5.1 ogist Alison Perry, of the University of East Anglia, writes that if the trend continues, species such as cod, sole and whiting could disappear entirely from the -74 North Sea by 2050. Perry and her team analyzed data on 90 species of the region’s fish over 25 years, as well as water temperatures, which Week Ending May 20, 2005 rose 1 degree Fahrenheit between 1962 and 2001. “It ently appeared among Itoumbi villagers, isn’t just a case of individual fish who had gone elephant hunting and who choosing to move towards colder waters. touched and ate a dead monkey they It points towards an entire population of found in the forest,” said South African fish becoming less viable in response to travel health specialist Dr. Andrew warming,” said Perry.

Jamieson. Health officials were trying to track down 56 people suspected of close contact with the victims to ensure A massive burst of energy early diagnosis and to contain the from the sun on May 15 spread of the highly contagious hemorcreated one of the most rhagic fever. intense solar storms ever recorded in Earth’s geomagnetic field.

The stream of charged particles brought A new wave of desert displays of the aurora borealis as far locusts has gathered in south as Arizona and disrupted high-fresoutheast Niger, threatening quency radio communication worldwide. to devour crops in the region as well as parts of neighboring Nigeria. The swarms mainly consist of The World Health immature locusts bred during last year’s Organization confirmed that severe infestation, which stretched the hemorrhagic disease across western and northern Africa. responsible for nine human According to the African deaths in the remote northwest of the Agrometeorology Center, the insects Republic of Congo was caused by the have already caused minor damage to Ebola virus. Health experts believe the staple crops in southern Niger. The U.N. victims contracted the disease from an Food and Agriculture Organization made infected primate. “The first cases appar-

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another appeal for donor nations to help locust-threatened countries deal with the new swarms, which could bring a second year of acute food shortages.

Wayward Storm A rare, early-season tropical storm formed off Central America’s Pacific coast, then moved toward shore rather than on a path out to sea, which is normally expected at this time of year.

Tropical Storm Adrian was predicted to come ashore in El Salvador at near hurricane strength late in the week.

Earthquakes A magnitude 6.9 temblor in the northwest Sumatra aftershock zone triggered panic across a large part of the disaster zone. There were no reports of additional damage or casualties from the latest shaking.

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AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RUN of Bible Belt. As they gather for the funeral, Death of a Salesman, the Little Theatre they bring all their hangovers, money of Savannah turns to lighter fare -- the problems and arguments about an comedy Dearly Departed. appropriate gravestone for Daddy Bud “It is a very funny comedy about a with them. dysfunctional but loveable Southern “This is shaping up to be a pretty family,” says Eileen Janson, spokesfunny show,” Janson says. “We try to do woman for the Little Theatre. “In the a season that is diverse. We try to do a opening moments, the variety of serious, classic, patriarch of the family contemporary plays and passes away. The whole try to touch different play is about the family genres of theater.”

Dearly Departed is coming together, with directed by Bob R. various children and their Patterson, who most spouses, all squabbling as recently directed the Little they gather to plan the Theatre production of funeral.”

Joseph and the Amazing The cast is a mix of Technicolor Dreamcoat. familiar and new faces. “All “Dearly Departed is our shows have open one of the funniest scripts auditions. We always like it I’ve read in a while,” when new people Patterson says. “Needless audition,” Janson says.

The cast of Dearly Departed to say, everyone in the As the play begins, Bud family has their own Turpin dies in the opening problems. The characters scene, causing chaos are people anyone can recognize as among his survivors. As family members someone in their own family. Everyone gather around, “Daddy Bud,” as they has some relatives like the people in this called him, is revealed as a difficult man show.” through the eyes of his widow, Raynelle.

Little Theatre board members Raynelle, who is played by Mickey schedule the upcoming season in June, Dodge, has her hands full with the rest and are gearing up to start choosing of the family. Her oldest son, Ray-Bud, productions for next season. “This is the who is played by Thomas Mokwa, fourth show in our season,” says Janson. worries that the funeral director is going “We have one more this year, our big to overcharge him because of an summer musical, Into the Woods.” incident that happened when both were That production will be presented in grade school.

Aug, 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Armstrong Atlantic Her other son, Junior, played by State University. Auditions, which are Brandon Lee, has a nagging wife and open to everyone, will be June 6 and 7 at three children who are “demon pos6 p.m. at the JEA. sessed.” Junior is a philanderer who has In the meantime, there’’s Dearly gone broke in a parking lot-cleaning Departed. “If the audience finds this play business. half as funny as we’re finding it in Raynelle’s daughter, Delightful, who rehearsals, we’ve got it made,” Patterson is played by Adrienne Fraser, is a says. “This is very much an ensemble teenager who does nothing but eat. comedy, and the cast is a delight.”

Then there is Aunt Marguerite, played Even though he had just directed

by Gail Davis, who is holier-than-thou. On Joseph, Patterson decided to also direct the morning Daddy Bud dies, Marguerite Dearly Departed because he liked the has promised to come over and spend script so much. the day reading scripture to him so he “This is basically a comedy about can “get right with the Lord.” death, sex, food and family,” he says.

Others in the cast include Kelly “It’s just sheer, silly entertainment. The Nelson as Lucille, Patrick Saxon as audience is just going to be able to sit Royce, Jamie Busbin as Suzanne, back and laugh themselves silly.” ◗ Samantha Dukes as Nadine, and Ed Davis in four different roles as Bud, Dearly Departed will be presented May Clyde, the Rev. Hooker and Norval.

29, 30, 31, June 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. and If the plot and characters seem June 5 at 3 p.m. at the Jewish familiar, you may have seen the film Kingdom Come, an African-American Educational Alliance Auditorium, 5111 version of Dearly Departed, that starred Abercorn St. Tickets are $15 for adults Whoopi Goldberg and L.L. Cool J. and $10 for students and senior citizens.

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THE DVD EFFECT SETH MACFARLANE’S TV series has gotten a second life while Gary Scott Thompson’s leads two lives. For the same reason: The power of DVD. Like some “American Idol” version of technology, DVD has exploded on the TV firmament, throwing its weight around in the executive suites in Hollywood, where programming decisions get made, and in the aisles of suburban big box stores, where the right packaging or extras can turn veteran and canceled shows into unlikely hits.

Indeed, sales of TV shows on DVD in 2004 totaled about $2.3 billion, nearly double the 2003 figure.

“The TV-to-DVD phenomenon was something that didn’t exist when we premiered, and that was only six years ago,” says MacFarlane, creator of the animated series “The Family Guy,” which Fox canceled three years ago. Then “The Family Guy: Volume One” sold so well that it’s currently the No. 2-ranked single-season TV DVD in history. “It’s completely changed the economic model.”

Says “Las Vegas” creator and executive producer Thompson, who uses

DVD to attract new viewers to the NBC series and to flesh out scenes and characters in ways not possible on television: “There’s a whole DVD world out there that’s different.”

• Meet the new network TV pro grammer, DVD: “The Family Guy” didn’t exactly go away (reruns have been immensely popular on Cartoon Network), but now it’s back, to the tune of a mammoth 35-episode order and a straight-to-DVD movie due later this year.

“The two main reasons the show is back is DVD sales that surpassed anyone’s expectations and the fact [reruns] were topping Leno and Letterman in adult male demographics,” says MacFarlane, who points out that it’s easier to resurrect an animated program.

Then there are the new shows created just to boost DVD sales, a la Thanksgiving’s prime-time “Seinfeld” special. Sometimes it’s a whole month of specials. Recently, Comedy Central aired the first of four episodes of “Chappelle’s Show: The DVD Bootleg Episodes” that feature never-before-seen-on-TV pieces from the uncensored Season 2 DVD that goes on sale May 24.

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The bad news is that some older shows sound different on DVD because they couldn’t afford the original tunes.

“I’ve done three seasons of ‘Felicity,’ and all the original music was pulled out and replaced with a new score,” says David Naylor, president of the DVD Group.

• I started watching the show . . . after I bought the DVD: Some scratched their heads when “24 — Season 1” came out on DVD just as Season 2 was about to premiere on Fox in 2002. After all, when the first so-called “season set” came out on DVD in 2000 — “The X-Files — Season 1” — that Fox show was already in its seventh season. Why would people bother tuning in to the new and complex “24” on TV, the thinking went, if they knew they could just wait a few months and see it all at once?

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Dennis Goldbaugh (musician, The Jimmy Wolling Band): It seems to me that he invented what we now think of as modern dance beats. I got into an argument in a bar once with somebody. They were incredulous when I told them that I thought James Brown was more of an important figure in the evolution of music than Jimi Hendrix. They couldn’t believe it!

Today we’re used to hearing those kind of sounds and coming down on the “one” beat. But that’s all thanks to him.

Keith Kozel (frontman, GAM): I think that all the wonderful things he did for the black community in the ‘60s cannot be underestimated. He was at the forefront of making the white-controlled government actually start to recognize black Americans as full-fledged citizens. As far as the music goes, he intensively explored combining black R & B with some aspects of popularized white music of the time. Even if he didn’t invent this combination, he completely defined it.

Sebastian Edwards (musician, Superhorse): As a musician, I respect the discipline that he instilled in his early bands – and I assume in the band he has now. Those guys were so tight it’s unbelievable. Hip-hop has been borrowing from him and his band ever since. The songs have air in them. He always left continued on page 18

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band became something of a rite of passage for many players who would later go on to much acclaim on their own, such as Bootsy Collins, Clyde Stubblefield, Maceo Parker, and Fred Wesley.

In fact, when the core of his backing group defected to George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic stable in 1968, that fissure paved the way for literally hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of funk and soul bands to follow in their wake.

His influence is almost inestimable, but that doesn’t stop people from trying.

In an interview a few years back, Atlanta saxophonist Philip Raines did his best to express how so many musicians feel about the strange amalgam of raw soul, unrelenting improvisation, and limbic, sexual energy that has become Brown’s stylistic trademark.

Says Raines, “I’ve listened to everything he’s recorded, I think. I honestly think he changed the world a little.

Changed my world anyway. Not the same way as monster players like Charlie Parker or Jimi Hendrix or John McLaughlin, but in this primal way like his music had soil in it. There is a certain trance involved to playing the parts, and it is the most solid foundation for an extended solo. And James Brown can take it hot.... He could grab the pan no matter how hot, how hard, however many things were hurled against him. The guy could just work like nothing nobody had ever seen. You go try to sing ‘Please, Please, Please’ like that. Damn if it won’t make you sweat.”

And sweat he did, famously dropping an average of seven pounds of water weight per show as he gyrated through backbreaking splits, turns and kicks that would leave men half his age spent and gasping for air – even if they weren’t singing.

True, in the late ‘70s and throughout the ‘80s his fame dwindled as more extreme and theatrical forms of funk, soul and disco supplanted the popularity of his

trademark innovations, but then again, all of that competition sprang from his triumphs.

In the late ‘80s, Brown, beaten down by debilitating drug abuse and a wrecked career found himself on the wrong side of the law once again – this time for a series of abusive incidents with his wife, and some reckless and dangerous behavior while under the influence.

While he has since served his time and appears to be clean and sober, in the past few years there have been troubling brushes with authorities and a handful of what appear to be public relapses into drug abuse.

Unfortunately, there are many young people for whom this twodimensional caricature is all they know of this towering figure of modern music and pop culture.

While the following local musicians and music fans may not be avid puzzlers, I queried them in the hopes of learning a small bit about what James Brown and his accomplishments mean to his disciples.

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CHRISTMAS IN MAY. That’s what this feels like to many of us in the greater Savannah area.

It’s been an awfully long time comin’, but it looks like the Coastal Empire’s finally gonna get back on its collective good foot.

James Brown’s comin’ to town.

In case you haven’t gotten the memo, this Friday night, the Savannah College of Art and Design is sponsoring a free show by one of the all-time greatest figures in American popular music. A man who at one point in his heyday was so ubiquitous that Look magazine placed him on their cover with a headline that read, “Is this the Most Important Black Man in America?”

It was a rhetorical question.

At that point in his career, James Brown was arguably one of the most recognized – and influential – men in the free world. It was quite an achievement for a person of his upbringing.

Born into extreme poverty in tiny Barnwell, S.C., 72 years ago this month, the future “Mr. Dynamite” stumbled through his early education, but could be found with much more regularity shining shoes or dancing in front of the local movie theater for spare change.

After being convicted of breaking into cars left him with a sentence of between eight and sixteen years of hard labor, it seemed as though Brown’s life was on a fast track to nowhere. But less than four years later he was awarded early release, and in a short while would emerge as a key member of his friend Bobby Byrd’s gospel band.

With Brown quickly assuming the duties of frontman and bandleader, the Famous Flames (as they became known) shifted from sanctified music to rhythm and blues, and before long, the group was tearing up the relatively lucrative chitlin circuit.

From 1959 through 1976, Brown’s iron fist and headstrong direction saw that group (and several others under such names as The JB’s and the Soul G’s) write, record and release eighty-six singles which charted in the Billboard Top 100. As the first international crossover artist, he helped bring black-oriented music to white audiences as never before, and without diluting or toning down his style, message, or attitude.

Utilizing an uncanny knack for sussing out young talented musicians with the potential for virtuosity, membership in his

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plenty of silence. He’s probably celebrating something very ancient.

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Tom Kohler (author, citizen advocate): I went to see James Brown in 1965 or ‘66 here in Savannah at the National Guard Armory on Eisenhower Drive. I was in the seventh or eighth grade, and I went with my best friend. We were two of three white people there. The place was packed. We saw the whole show, the go-go dancers with the longest of legs and the shortest of skirts, the music was as tight and right as we had ever heard.

That night James Brown was in complete control of the most powerful emotional force I had ever witnessed. When the concert was over, my friend’s parents were waiting outside to pick us up. They were not happy. The lack of racial diversity was jarring to them. Remember, this was 1965 in Savannah.

Phil McDonald (bassist, The Sapphire Bullets): I’ve seen James on three occasions, if you count the chance encounter in Manhattan. I ran into him with a friend of mine in front of the Taft Hotel in 1974.

Of course, we knew who he was. I asked him if he needed a white bass player. He just gave that little signature “heh-heh” laugh, and that was the end of that exchange. I saw him in ‘71 or ‘27, and then again in ‘76. The first time was the

most incredible. He brought three drummers with him. Two of the guys played funk, and the third guy only played on the ballads. When the funk started back after a slow song, one of the guys would start, and then the other guy would ease out of the songs and towel off, so he could be ready when it was his turn again. Just like a DJ with two turntables...

Connect Savannah: Is there anything in your own playing you can trace back directly to James Brown’s influence?

Sebastian Edwards: That would be the funk. Less is more and silence ultimately is the loudest note of all. It’s all about disciplined restraint. But, if it’s your turn, you better hit it hard and then quit again until it’s your turn.

Craig Johansen (guitarist, Hot Pink Interior): No. But there’s so many other bands who were strongly influenced by his music that it’s trickled down to me.

Every bass player or drummer that I’ve ever known was totally into his music.

Ben Tucker (bassist, composer): Well, me, James, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder... we’re all in the same bag, because we understand what the blues is all about.

James really understands the rhythm. He makes it so powerful, and before you know it, it’s magic. It’s all the blues, but his spin is unique. His music is a heavy

influence on today’s music. Rap, for instance is all James. It’s less melodic, but it’s the same...

Phil McDonald: My favorite song he ever did – and it still impresses me to this day – is called “There Was A Time.” Now, it’s one chord. There’s not a chord change in the tune. It’s nothing more than a presentation of dynamics. That left a lasting impression about what music really is. It’s energy and the manipulation of energy.

Connect Savannah: What’s your take on the bad publicity he’s received for his problems with drugs and violence?

Ben Tucker: Well, the media likes to ignore him except when they’re humiliating him. They say, oh he’s a crazy, burned-out old man who beats up his wife and screams and shouts! And yet, they accept rap. I don’t get it.

Phil McDonald: Some eighteen-year-old kid who doesn’t realize that most every sample on every hip-hop record he owns came from this man wouldn’t automatically put two and two together. But, that’s not my problem. If these kids don’t get it, that’s their loss.

Connect Savannah: Do you enjoy his music less because of his problems?

life give back the demons they were given. His behavior with women is deep seated and despicable. He is still JB to me, but a much more human JB. He was an idol. Now, he is an imperfect man, like all men.

Craig Johansen: You know, if Elvis was still alive, what kind of trouble would he have gotten into in the last thirty years?

Most of James Brown’s peers are dead.

He’s outlived them all. Who knows what sort of twisted stuff they’d be up to?

Phil McDonald: I don’t separate the two sides. I embrace every waking moment the boy still has. I won’t in any way allow someone’s personal life to intrude on their art. If that were the case, I’d have thrown away all my Boy George records.

Ben Tucker: Naw. I don’t even let the personal stuff come in the way of his artistry. You know, when he’s dead and gone, they’re gonna say, well who’ll replace him? Ain’t nobody gonna replace him! There can never be another. He’s a legend. ◗

Complete transcripts of these interviews, are at www.connectsavannah.com.

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The Talk, et al Sometimes I’ll receive a demo or a CD that just knocks my socks off, and I pass along that opinion in the hopes that others will catch a great group. However, I’ll sometimes find – much to my chagrin – that in a live setting these bands simply can’t cut it.

The last time these herky-jerky power-popsters passed through, I gushed about them only to have several folks tell me that in concert, their vocalist’s preening and affected mannerisms were so off-putting that many considered throttling him onstage.

Nevertheless, their 2nd (and most recent) LP, Like Magic In Reverse is an unrelenting, thirty-five-minute blast of Buzzcocks fury, Blondie melodies and jackhammering Joy Division drumbeats..

Also on the bill are Actress, a vaguely glam Chattanooga outfit that wears their love for The Jam proudly on their stovepipes. Rumor has it they’ve signed with Sony, and I wouldn’t be surprised, as their plaintive Echo & The Bunnymen-

Blue Aeroplanes vibe is timely meets-B Franz Ferdinand, anyone?). Then you (F have The Fashion Brigade, whose delayridden guitars and swirling synths recall Brits like Icicle Works. Finaly, there’s NYC’s male/female electro-punk twosome Mommy & Daddy. Sat., The Jinx.

The Jeff & Vida Band Make no bones about it: formed in New Orleans but now based in Nashville, this The Jeff & Vida Band tremendously entertaining acoustic trio (they juggle guitar, standup bass, mandolin, fiddle and banjo) is one of the best in the U.S at writing new material that sounds like it came straight out of the Appalachian mountains circa 1940, or Tin Pan Alley circa 1956.

Vida Wakeman’s beguling yelp of a voice and Jeff Burke’s flashy fretwork and high vocal harmonies make them a must-see. As if that weren’t enough, they’re so gosh-darned nice. This gig next to Forsyth Park starts right after the James Brown show, and it’s free too.

Trust me when I say you cannot go wrong with this group. They’re that great... Fri., 10 pm, American Legion Post #135 (1108 Bull St.).

I’m surely showing my age, but I remember seeing Beanland play Savannah several times in the mid-to-late ‘80s. At the time, the Oxford, Miss., group was helping define what would soon be known as the jam-band scene – but back then, the notion of a club circuit for improvisational rock with roots in Southern soul and jazz fusion was still a pipe dream.

Athens became the epicenter of that movement, harboring influential groups (like Allgood, The Aquarium Rescue Unit and Widespread Panic), as well as also-rans (like White Buffalo).

Well, it’s 2005, and Panic is now at the top of their class. But long before their keyboardist JoJo Hermann came on board, he tickled the ivories in Beanland.

And, when cancer took founding Panic guitarist Michael Houser, they turned to Beanland’s George McConnell.

This low-budget documentary focuses on these unsung pioneers.

Drawing on archival footage plus interviews with producer Jim Dickinson and other key figures, this labor of love should prove fascinating for those who never experienced those times firsthand, and for those of us who saw it from the sidelines. Up-and-coming Atlanta trio Outformation (who’re under Widespread’s wing) play live after the screening. Fri., JJ Cagney’s. ◗

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Monday the 30th Bright Eyes/The Faint - Earthlink Live, Atlanta "Atlanta Jazz Festival" w/Benny Golson Quartet, Carmen Lundy, David Newman, René Marie, Andy Bey, Sonny Fortune Piedmont Park, Atlanta Drive-By Truckers, The Silos, Bonepony The Windjammer, Isle of Palms,SC Sawyer Brown - Cathedral Parish School - Saint Augustine, FL

Good Charlotte / Simple Plan, Relient K HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta The Hiss - The EARL, Atlanta Autechre, SND - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Jupiter Coyote, Sun Domingo The Bright Eyes/The Faint Windjammer, Earthlink Live, Atlanta Isle of Palms, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, SC T he Greencards Charlie Daniels Metropolitan Park, Band, Molly Jacksonville Hatchet, The Marshall Tucker Band Drive-By Truckers Anderson Sports Center, Anderson, SC The Futureheads - The Loft, Atlanta Tuck & Patti, Spyro Gyra - Lawn And Spoon - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Lights, Spartanburg Good Charlotte/Simple Plan, Relient K Drive-By Truckers - Deerfields Grady Cole Center, Charlotte Amphitheatre, Horse Shoe, NC Marky Ramone - Amos' Southend, Charlotte 3 Doors Down, 38 Special Dodd Ferrelle Food Lion Speed Street, & Tin Foil Charlotte Stars - 10 Rev. Billy C. Wirtz - Atlantic High, Atlanta Theater, Atlantic Beach, FL The Roots, Floetry "Atlanta Jazz Festival" Tabernacle, Spoon Atlanta Piedmont Park, Atlanta Trachtenburg Dollsquad Burlesque Revue, Family Slideshow Players - New Warm Gunns - Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta Blue Dogs, Patrick Davis - The American Theatre, Charleston Travis Allison Band - The Windjammer, Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC Ryan Cabrera - Anderson Sports Center, Isle of Palms, SC Cowboy Mouth - Headliners @ Banana Anderson, SC Styx, The Winter Brothers Band, Three Joe's, Columbia Local H, The Giraffes - Common Days Grace, D.B. Bryant - Food Lion Grounds, Gainesville, FL Speed Street, Charlotte Rascal Flatts - Jacksonville Veterans Marion Meadows - Jazz Café, Charlotte Rev. Billy C. Wirtz - Atlantic Theater, Memorial Arena Atlantic Beach, FL Good Charlotte/Simple Plan, Relient K Santana, Los Lonely Boys - Chastain Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta James Brown Tishamingo, Outformation Metropolitan Park, Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta Jacksonville Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Birds of Avalon, The Oranges Miller - Stephen Foster Band - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Culture Center, White My Morning Jacket - 40 Watt Springs, FL Club, Athens Rilo Kiley, Portastatic - Music The Smithereens Farm, Charleston Emmylou Harris Trachtenburg Family Slideshow American Pie, Atlanta Players - New American Theatre, "Atlanta Jazz Festival" w/Tito Puenté, Jr., Claudia Acuna, Dave Valentin, Hilton Charleston Kevn Kinney - Gallery 70, Columbia Ruiz, Jorge Castro, Nestor Torres, Blue Dogs - Headliners @ Banana Joe's, Sasha, Steve Berrios - Piedmont Park, Columbia Atlanta Commander Cody - Newberry Opera Drive-By Truckers, Kevn Kinney - The House, Newberry, SC Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC Perpetual Groove - The Mission, Augusta Rhonda Vincent & The Rage - Bill's ◗ Music Shop, Columbia

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‘HumaNatureScapes’ -- SCAD grad student Keri McLeod explores the regional landscape for her M.F.A. thesis show. Through May 31 in Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. Reception is May 27, 6-8 p.m. Free & open to the public.

‘For Art’s Sake’ -- Silent auction benefits Hospice Savannah Foundation.

Seventeen original works, including paintings, photography and sculpture will be on display at merchants in the Downtown Design District, Whitaker Street from Charlton Lane to Gaston, May 26-June 2nd. Silent auction June 2 during the Spring Open House from 5-8 p.m. Art may previewed online at www.downtowndesigndistrict.com ‘Fragmented Presence’ -- Paintings and prints by Jessica Lambert through June 1 at the DeSotoRow Gallery in the Starland Design District. Reception is Friday, May 27 at 7 p.m.

‘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 ‘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. through June 15.

‘Small show/Large presence’ -Paintings and prints by the late Joan Hamilton Cobitz, through June 30 at the Sentient Bean.

Art by Jessica Lambert from ‘Fragmented Presence’

‘Disparity’ -- Large-scale drawings by Astrid Muller-Karger through June 2 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Bob Farr - Exhibition of new black and white photography at Cutters Point Coffee in Sandfly, Skidaway at Ferguson Avenue. Through June 10.

‘In House’ -- SCAD presents this exhibition influenced by skateboard culture, through June 28, in the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Mary Ellen McLaughlin -- New paintings by this watercolorist through May at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

Photography by Keri McLeod is at Alexander Hall; reception Friday ‘Cyclical’ -- An MFA thesis show by Bethany Bond, May 12-29 at Venus De Milo, 38 MLK Jr. Blvd.

‘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. ‘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.

‘Special Edition: Fashion Photography from the Rhoades Collection’ -- SCAD presents this exhibit through July 30 at the Earle W. Newton Center for BritishAmerican Studies, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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‘Farm Team: A Season in the Minors’ -Joseph C. Gamble’s thesis exhibition chronicles life in baseball’s minor leagues. At Grayson Stadium on Victory Drive through the Sand Gnats season.

‘Perception & Reflection’ -- Featuring the works of Savannah artists Grace Rohland, Ron Schaffer & Jerry Luke. through May 27 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 West Henry Street.

‘A Fine Dividing Line: Folk Art, Fine Art’ - A double show at the Hurn includes “Purvis Young: A 30 Year Retrospective” and “Ricardo Manuel Diaz: Reality Out of Grayness.” 1015 Whitaker St. Gallery 209 Artists of the Month --Painter Rebecca Willis and jeweler Marlene Nawrocki are featured at Gallery 209, 209 E. River St. throughout May. Kevin Starr -- 11 large photos based in fashion and narrative interpretations, at the Sapphire Grill through May 30. ◗

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W i n e goes POSTAL SOON, WE MAY HAVE WINE falling from the sky‌ or at least from a UPS truck. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled on the interstate wine shipment issue, specifically on two court cases in New York and Michigan.

Like many states across the nation, New York and Michigan have a three-tier distribution system, in which an alcoholic product moves from producer to distributor to retail or restaurant outlet.

These two states currently allow intrastate shipments to bypass this system, meaning a consumer can order wine directly over the phone or Internet — but only if it’s from a New York or Michigan winery, not from out of state.

According to the Supreme Court, that’s not cool.

Justice Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion, said that restricting the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship directly to consumers violates the U.S. Constitution Commerce Clause: “States have a broad power to regulate liquor,� he wrote. “This power, however, does not allow States to ban,

or severely limit, the direct shipment of out-of-state wine while simultaneously authorizing direct shipment by in-state producers. If a state chooses to allow direct shipment of wine, it must do so on evenhanded terms.�

So does this mean we can throw out the three-tier system? No. The success of the current scheme is three-fold.

Distributors pay excise and sales taxes on alcohol, which, considering Americans’ drinking habits, adds a hefty sum to government coffers. The system also keeps alcohol from getting into the hands of minors — a heartstring issue the lobbyists tug to block changes to the existing laws.

But most importantly, the current system prevents the “Wal-Marting� of alcohol by making it impossible for mammoth retailers like Wal-Mart to negotiate directly for lower prices on bulk wine shipments with big companies like Gallo or Fetzer. Eliminating the middleman would eventually damage sales of small family wineries, the same people this recent ruling protects.

But three-tier distribution has, over the years, become as much a matter of choice limitation as it is one of temperance and taxes. Twenty-three states

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prohibit access to alcohol through any other means than this system. The distributor often ignores the small, boutique producers, which are tougher to market, and the little guys wind up with less access to the end consumers.

So with this ruling, David conquers Goliath. A little bit.

This decision only directly affects New York and Michigan, the third and 10th largest wine-consuming states (California and Florida are one and two).

What this means for other states with no direct shipping is up for debate. In Florida, where there is currently a federal court case pending on this topic, there will likely be some changes.

Richard Blau, attorney with Tampa’s Holland and Knight law firm, says this Supreme Court ruling, combined with the current case, will “likely bring about some relaxation in the regulation of alcohol� but notes that “the ruling does NOT mean wineries are completely free to start shipping wine directly to consumers today.

In 27 states, Georgia included, such shipments must follow specific procedures (and restrictions) already in place.

For the 23 states (like Michigan, New York and Florida) that prohibit direct

shipping by out-of-state wineries‌ the question becomes whether the states are acting in a discriminatory fashion.�

So this leaves Floridians on the edge of their seats, awaiting change. The predicted outcome, by all accounts, is that a small number of consumers – only 1 percent of all wine sales are currently direct-shipped – will get what they’ve wanted for years: access to everything out there. ◗

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“Poignant” and “touching” aren’t words usually associated with a Jet Li flick, but Unleashed isn’t your standard action yarn. That’s not to say Li has completely gone the Sense and Sensibility route: Rest assured that fans of martial arts mayhem will leave satisfied with the degree of bone crushing, rib cracking and face pounding on display. But Li actually tries to give a multi-faceted performance in this one, successfully eliciting a sizable amount of sympathy in the role of Danny the Dog. Danny has spent his life in the service of a ruthless Glasgow mobster known as Uncle Bart (Bob Hoskins), who makes him sleep in a cage, feeds him scraps of food, and keeps him docile via a collar around his

neck. But whenever Bart removes the collar (usually in the presence of deadbeats who owe him money), Danny turns into a savage beast who can pummel the opposition into submission. A chain of circumstances allows him to escape from his master; he falls in with a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his teenage stepdaughter (Kerry Condon), who eventually accept him as one of the family. A handful of thrilling set pieces goose the proceedings, yet it’s the acting that provides this with an advantage: Freeman packs his usual authority, Condon is an absolute delight, and Hoskins clearly relishes the return to the UK underground milieu of his careermaking films The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. continued on page 28

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Madagascar hails from DreamWorks’ animation division, the same outfit that brought us Shrek 2 as well as such outings as Shark Tale and The Road to El Dorado. Clearly, this toon unit doesn’t rely on sentiment as heavily as Disney, preferring instead to come across as the hippest cel block in town. But this constant attempt to remain up-to-date on the latest lingo, fads and pop culture references have, in my opinion, doomed their efforts to a shorter shelf life than the timeless tales generally churned out by Disney. What’s more likely to move audiences 35 years from now: The Incredibles, with its emotionally involving storyline about a family in crisis, or Shark Tale, with its flashy hipster stylings failing to disguise the thinness of the material? All of which makes Madagascar an odd little bird (no, I don’t mean the penguins). More than just about any other recent toon flick, it strikes an appropriate balance between Disney and non-Disney, being neither too sudsy nor too smart-alecky. The animal quartet at the center of Madagascar is comprised of the narcissistic lion Alex (Ben Stiller), the affable zebra Marty (Chris Rock), the commonsensical hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and the hypochondriac giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer). All are living in peaceful contentment at New York’s Central Park Zoo, satisfied with their meals, living quarters and celebrity status with the zoo’s visitors. But on his 10th birthday, Marty begins to question not only his lot in life but his very being. Is he black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Taking a cue from the penguins, four no-nonsense types who plan to dig their way to Antarctica, Marty manages to escape from the zoo, only to be tracked down by his friends at Grand Central Station. But all the escapees -- the primary quartet, the penguins, and a pair of monkeys hoping to attend a Tom Wolfe lecture so they can throw poo at him -- are soon recaptured and shipped off to a wildlife preserve in Kenya. But after the ship gets taken over by the penguins, the ensuing mishaps lead to Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria finding themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar, where the untamed environment starts to bring out the beast in Alex. Madagascar has earned a PG rating from the MPAA, and that’s certainly more warranted than the all-inclusive G rating animated flicks usually receive. While the climactic sequences involving Alex’s newfound bloodlust don’t match the intensity of numerous scenes from The Lion King (which somehow did cop a G), they’re still likely to cause uneasy seat-shifting by the youngest of tykes. Still, the primary reason to see Madagascar is to catch those penguins in all their waddling glory. Whether they’re plotting their great escape from Central Park Zoo or smacking around captive humans, they never fail to elicit huge roars of approval.

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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 ex-Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka (playing himself) as his assistant, learns thcoffee can provide a person with unlimited amounts of energy, and eventually becomes just as dictatorial on the field as his old man.

Duvall, channeling huge chunks of his Bull Meechum characterization from The Great Santini, seems to have wandered in from a much more serious movie, and the usual sports flick cliches (right down the Climactic Big Game) are pretty much repeated verbatim. What elevates the movie is Ferrell himself: While his patented shtick can grow tiresome, here it’s in the service of an actual character, and that seems to make the difference.

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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.

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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. 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, 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 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… whyy exactly? ◗

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Activism & Politics Amnesty International

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Curbside Recycling Persons who would like the city to initiate a curbside recycling program can sign a petition offered by the Savannah Chapter of the Green Building Council. Call 236-0781 or access the petition online at www.petitiononline.com/cleannow/petition.html.

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For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

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

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

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. 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 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.

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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/chathamlibertariansinsga.html.

Rap Sessions Come join 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. Call 232-1165.

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

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.

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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.

Skidaway Island Democrats For information, call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or oxhouse@aol.com.

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

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.

Auditions Little Theatre to Present Into the Woods 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 Auditorium at 5111 Abercorn St. For information, call 429-2637, 355-811 Ext. 225 or 220-1255.

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.

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Benefits & Fundraisers Blessingdale’s A new thrift store at 2118 Bona Bella, at the corner of Skidaway and Bona Bella in the Bacon Park Shopping Center, sells clothes, furniture, electronics and household items.

All proceeds support The Living Vine, a Christian maternity home in Savannah.

Donations are greatly appreciated. Call 3554339.

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.

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.

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

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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 447-5711 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.

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.

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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.

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.

Chatham County Aquatic Center offers swimming lessons for all ages.

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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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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Computer Classes 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 9610104 or send e-mail to fengshui9@comcast.net.

Fiction Writing Workshop in Belize will be held this fall. The eight-night workshop will be held at Xanadu Island Resort. .Participants will fly out of Atlanta.

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

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.

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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.

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

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.

Feng Shui Workshop Barbara Harrison, a certified feng shui consultant, will present a seminar, Are You Curious About Feng Shui?, on Thursday, May 26 from 5:45-7:15 p.m. at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. Pre-registration is required and the fee is $25. Call 961-0104.

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Inquiry Circle based on the work of Byron Katie is now forming. Contact Ursula Sterling at 484-0134 or send e-mail to u.sterling@att.net, or visit http://www.thework.com/WhatisTheWork.as p.

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.

Parent and Teen Driving Course 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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with a clothed model will be held Sundays June 26, July 25, Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Savannah 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.

Students and music recording industry professionals can learn the latest in sound editing and music recording software while earning credit toward certification as a Pro Tools operator. Pro Tools 101 will be offered at Savannah College of Art And Design June 6-9 and Pro Tools 201 will be taught June 1316 in Montgomery Hall, 3515 Montgomery St. Enrollment is limited, and a $100 deposit is required. The remaining fee of $650 is due before the first day of class. Call Sue Kennedy at 525-5841.

The Live Oak Public Library

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

Call 652-3662.

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.

Multiple blessings 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.

Open Classes at The Studio 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 Veronica

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.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center at 801 E. Gwinnett offers business and computer classes.

Savannah State Upward Bound Program for area high school students will be held June 5 through July 22. Upward Bound targets students ages 14 to 19 who are economically disadvantaged and allows them to experience campus and college life first hand.

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.

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The cost is $275. Call 341-9502 or visit www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com.

Seeds for Financial Success is a free seminar with the goal of providing an overview of how the use of sound financial principals can help individuals begin a steady pace out of debt. Topics discussed will include credit restoration, elimination of debt, addressing tax issues and how to win with real estate and stocks and how to create a residual income without a part-time job. The seminar will be held Saturday, June 4 at 6 p.m. in University Village on the campus of Savannah State University. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held in the Recreation Room/Commons area. There will be drawings for door prizes.

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.

Worth Club K Softball School for girls ages 5-18 will be held this summer in Nashville, Tenn. For information, call 615641-5898 or visit www.clubk.com.

Dance Adult Ballet Classes 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.

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.

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Tap Roots The spirituality of nature and the inter-connectedness 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 program 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 704-3730873.

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Tennis for munchkins, juniors and adults -summer camps, clinics, ball machine workouts. Call 961-9862.

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

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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.

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Lillian’s Best Seafood Quiche is offering a cooking class for girls ages 13-17. It will be held at 5404 LaRoche Ave. beginning June 6. Classes will be held every Monday from 36 p.m. through Aug. 8. The girls will learn how to cook, table etiquette, table manners and decoration. The cost is $60. .For information, call Michelle Johnson at 354-3315.

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

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.

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

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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 dances 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.

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.

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meets 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.

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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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The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes.

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Student massage and yoga classes are offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $20 to $30

Chopra Center 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 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. On Monday, Lunchtime Yoga is at noon, Novice Yoga is

at 5:20 p.m. and Pilates is at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Sunrise Yoga is held at 6:30 a.m., Yogalates at 10:30 a.m. and All Level Iyengar Yoga from 6-7:30 p.m. On Thursday, Sunrise Yoga is at 6:30 a.m., Yogalates is at 10:30 a.m. and Level I & II Iyengar Yoga is from 67:30 p.m. On Friday, Yoga Stretch is held at 10:30 a.m. On Saturday and Sunday, All Level Yoga is held from 9-10:30 a.m. Call Darlene at 447-9642 or send e-mail to yoga4u@bellsouth.net..

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

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.

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

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.

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

Pilates Classes 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 819-6463.

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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

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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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for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions.

Call 819-6463.

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.

First City Network Community Center and Library 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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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

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

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.

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

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

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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.

meets Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at AMF Victory Lanes, 2055 E. Victory Dr. 354-5710.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

Savannah Stonewall Democrats 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.

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

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training 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.

Keeping at risk individuals healthy 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.

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be performed May 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 22 Medical Arts Center. For appointments, call 354-9357. Mammograms will be performed June 1, 14 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group-Pembroke, 159 W. Railroad St. For appointments, call 912-653-2475.

Massage by Certified Massage Practitioner 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 8561534.

Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.

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 information on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital. Call 8264155.

Stop Smoking 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.

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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.

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. Call Carol Davies at 786-5917, e-mail cdavies@tybeemsc.org/.

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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.

Washed Ashore 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

Readings & Signings 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.

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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

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Your Wilderness Southeast expert birding guide will introduce you to Georgia’s unique barrier island habitat as well as some of the birds that lounge on the beach on Saturday, May 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meet at the end of Polk Street on Tybee, past the campground. Limit 15 people. The cost is $10. Call 897-5108 for reservations.

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

Hannah Savannah’s Favorite Tales The third edition 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.

Inspirational book club 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.

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

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

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Reader’s theater meeting 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 826-2222.

Tea time at Ola’s 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

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Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry 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 general admission and $2 for poets. All are welcome regardless of race, sexual orientation or class. For directions, call 354-1678 or 352-2134.

Religious & Spiritual Affirming Oneness, Celebrating Diversity 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.

Chanted Office of Compline 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.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynn’s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.

Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans Meets the fourth Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 E. Harris St. Come explore an earth-centered and earth-honoring spiritual path among like-minded people.

Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

Faith Academy of Christian Teaching Prayer: Does God Listen? is the topic of discussion for the spring quarter of FACT, an adult academy at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Dr. John Law will lead the class that will be held in the church sanctuary each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Call 598-0151.

Mediation Learn how to access your inner peace through weekly guided meditations every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Moondance Center in City Market. 236-9003.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 652-3496.

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is a series presented by Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, 143 Houston St. Services begin at 10 a.m.

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invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is located at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway. ◗

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Pholus$ in Retrograde Motion@, which exits Sagittarius to enter Scorpio on April 11, continues to transit Scorpio in Retrograde Motion@ until August 6, 2005. Those who ruthlessly pursued political action or business deals to further hidden agendas involving property, municipal zoning, race, oil or illegal drugs during early 2003 have now accomplished their goals. However, although it is certainly the case that, “To the victors go the spoils,” now, something contained within the victory itself is causing

GEMINI - You cannot redress the problems of your workplace simply by upbraiding the brazenly dishonest.

Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio denotes that the time is not yet ripe to make a clean sweep. Display a public memorandum of the right way to do things. Let corrupt has-beens continue to do things in the corrupt, old ways until you get the personnel & the authority to enforce the rules outlined in that public memorandum.

CANCER - Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio forces you to redress personal

LEO - Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio will burden you with a very guilty conscience if you don’t change your ways right now. If you have a clean conscience (and make sure you do before you do this), insist that all comply to a set of rules designed to protect all from the corruption of any. No more shadow behavior!

VIRGO - Undeclared enemies claim that you are stalling progress interminably through inactivity. Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio advises that you calmly explain the various pitfalls of extremely complex transactions. Don’t bother to apologize. Draw up the full context so that you can catch your enemies in the spider web that they created for you.

LIBRA - Although the predictability of certain associates’ low-minded desires has been confirmed time & time again,

SCORPIO - Specific authoritarian power brokers who view you as funky & obnoxious yet utterly vulnerable do not realize that you know how egregiously they have trespassed their legal boundaries. However, Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio does not recommend that you let them know that. Just keep score – and keep a low profile.

SAGITTARIUS - Tommy Chong of the comedy duo Cheech & Chong was recently forced to cancel his role in the North American tour of The Marijuanalogues because he was in danger of violating probation for selling drug paraphernalia when the audience openly smoked weed. Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio similarly reminds you that the letter of the law demands that you honor its myriad complications. Engage in no “crusades” if you are unsure of the reliability of your fellow “crusaders.”

CAPRICORN - Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio strongly warns you that the tolerance threshold of your most sophisticated clients for your radical political ideas is wearing dangerously thin. Such power brokers are quite capable of, and, in fact, experienced in, exiling such associates from all influence & power, all at once, in one fell swoop. Stop thinking that you are invulnerable to harm. Don’t get cute.

AQUARIUS - Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio alarms you as you notice that the sense of entitlement of certain associates frequently borders on the criminal. Draw a line in the sand, without telling anybody, of what you will & will not tolerate. Enforce it without warning or permission.

PISCES - As you consider hiring new employees, Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio encourages you to determine all that can possibly go wrong before doing anything. If that which is correct seems obvious to you, you have not done your homework. Anticipate every possible snafu, low or mixed motive, mistake, fraud, theft or corrupt act.

Steel yourself against that which corrodes. ◗

$ Pholus, named after the centaur who accidentally died because mighty Hercules was thirsty, was discovered in 1992 & named in 1996. Pholus bridges the gap in consciousness between Saturn & Neptune, forcing us mere mortals to realize that even our most severe discipline is worthless when God wishes to teach us a lesson. @ Planets either move forward, in which case they orbit in Direct Motion, or move backward, in which case they orbit in Retrograde Motion. Planets in Direct Motion seek to make progress, while Planets in Retrograde Motion seek to redress past imbalances.

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Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio denotes that they will simply never learn. Fortunately, their ends are near.

Recall everything they have ever done in a written outline. Be alert for the opportunity to exact irrevocable punishment.

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ARIES - Pholus in Retrograde in Scorpio advises you to wait before investing in any type of real estate. Convoluted, unsavory business practices in this volatile financial sector currently make investment very tricky. Save your money. Refine your dreams until the treacheries clear.

some very nasty spoilage. Why? Because the victors “won” by executing a strategy against a specific political enemy; now that this political enemy is no longer a part of the picture, their hidden agendas lack an overall vision for the future – which, of course, was absent from the very beginning, except insofar for the unconditional & absolute commitment to vanquish a scapegoat whom they vehemently opposed.

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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

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.

Equipped with its own septic and deep water well system. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 918 Whitman $106,900 Great house, little price! All new, yes, new! 3 bedroom, 2 bath w/all applicances-refrigerator, range and dishwasher.

Built in 2005. Come!

See! Buy! Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 1298 Lee Road $122,500 Spacious 3BR/2B mobile home on 6.47 acres. Great location with easy access to Statesboro, Pooler or Savannah. Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 351-9737 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 TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 3519737 150 Hood Loop Rd $69,000 Come to the Country!

3 bedrooms, 2 bath mobile home on 1.79 acres. Lots of room to roam and play. All appliances included with private well and fenced yard area. Great schools and low taxes!

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

ok with $100 non refundable deposit.

(December-March monthly rental with all utilities included $1250 per month plus a $500 deposit) Rhonddane@comcast.net or 912 5079800

2031 New Mexico $83,500 New carpet and paint.

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

HISTORIC DISTRICT townhome B&B OR RENTAL located on Huntingdon Lane, near stores, shopping and walking distance to most ever ything. 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.

Rhonddane@comcast.net or 912 5079800. Will consider month to month rental.

No pets

85 Knollwood Lane $99,500 Perfect 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Townhome convenient to everything.

More space than single family home. HOA takes care of outside, your take care of the inside. Perfect for student investor/first time home buyer.

Call TriCounty GMAC Real Estate at 3519737

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/dr yer, included. $210,000.00.

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

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328 Price Street $255,000.

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 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.

Rhondda @ Mopper Stapen. 912 507-9800 or rhonddane@comcast.net 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.

Slightly higher rates during holidays. Pets

Sicay Management, Inc 17 East 33rd Street Commercial/ Residential For Lease STARLAND DESIGN DISTRICT Beautifully renovated 2BR/1BA Formal dining room, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, new bathroom & kitchen w/ceramic tile floors.

Seperate laundry room and private courtyard.

C/H/A, total electric, security system.

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234-4406 527 EAST BROAD STREET 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath townhome, living room, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, central heating and air, decks on both levels, available mid June. $1200/mo.

614 EAST DUFFY STREET Renovated deluxe 1870's Railroad Cottage.

2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, 1 bath with Jacuzzi tub 1 with claw foot tub, living room, porch, off street parking, IKEA kitchen with brand new appliances, washer/dryer. $875/mo.

710 BARNARD STREET • APT G 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment steps from Forsyth Park. Living room, kitchen, hardwood floors, central heating and air, offstreet parking. $700/mo.

107 LIBERTY STREET • APT#3 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment, kitchen, living room, wood floors, no pets. $650/mo.

201 WEST 37TH STREET 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Living room, dining room, eat in kitchen with dishwasher and electric stove, hardwood floors, stack washer/dryer connection. fenced yard.

Available mid June. $1200/mo.

508 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.

517 EAST LIBERTY LANE 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, washer and dryer, hardwood floors, shared courtyard.

Available Mid June. $750/mo.

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.

3602 MONTGOMERY STREET Renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex, central heat and air, washer and dryer connections, all new appliances, carpet with off street parking. $750/mo. (SCAD Students $650/mo.)

421 EAST ANDERSON STREET • UNIT A 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen, central heat and air, washer and dryer. $525/mo.

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1601 E 59 St Fully restored brick ranch home with beautiful finishes throughout. With three bedrooms, two very attractive bathrooms, new systems throughout, and ceramic tile in the living room and kitchen, this home allows for low maintenance living at $145,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

9 East Goldfinch Court $139,900 This 3BR/2B Low Country home has a Great room with cathedral ceilings and a fireplace, separate Dining room and a one car garage. Fenced in back yard. Quiet culde-sac in Georgetown.

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2401 Habersham Street Victorian style home located in the Thomas Square District. Completely restored, wonderful finishes in the kitchen & baths. All systems are new, Central Heat & Air, Electric & Plumbing. Offered at $235,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

742 East 39th Street Live in this 2 BR flat with multiple FP, sep.

LR/DR, spacious rooms, and front porch, and open your dream business in the 1000 square feet of unfinished commercial space w/ CH/A below.

Large side garden and off street parking. Listed at just 129,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

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

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810 Maupas Ave. Baldwin Park at its best! Pride of ownership shows in this 3 bedroom, 2 baths home. This home has been completely renovated and offers many extras. An awesome kitchen with an island and maple countertops, living room with a wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors, brick construction, metal roof and a 1 car garage with ample off street parking. You will truly want to call this home. Offered at $235,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

1020 Maupas Avenue Wonder ful Duplex.

Twin units, each with FP, wood floors, kitchen w/breakfast room, lg 1bd, 1ba.

Each with a porch, driveway & rear garden.

Fantastic building with handsome details. Offered at $150,000.

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SERVICE YOU DESERVE PEOPLE YOU TRUST 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.

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!!

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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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 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 BE LOW 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 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

W E L 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

Horse Lovers Dream!

10 + acres, pond, tack room, field room, arena, 4 completed stalls with 4 more available.

Home has 3 beds/2baths and approx. 2300 sq. feet; 9 ft. ceilings, hardwood flooring, surround sound, screened back porch and custom cabinets in kitchen. All for only $339,000. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777. H4206

Black Creek Golf Community. 3 bed/2 bath, split bedroom plan, marble entrance foyer, fireplace, formal dining and eat in kitchen.

Over 2000 sq. ft. of living area including sunroom. Backs up to 17th fairway. All for only $209,900. H-4146. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777.

McIntosh County 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 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty, 658-7777 H-3919. $275,000.

Staged for Country Pleasure; A welcome escape from the city bustle. Three +/- 5 acre lots available. Be the first to choose the one you want. Call LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550.

Prices starting as low as $37,500. A-3915

4 bedroom 2 bath manufactured home situated on 5 acres in Bryan County. Workshop with lean to, Master bedroom & bath secluded from the other bedrooms, has separate shower, garden tub, & double vanities.

Deep well and great yard LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4119 $95,900 Investors/First Time Home Buyers 3 bedrooms/1 bath in Desirable neighborhood. Eat in kitchen, separate Dining room, outside storage building and carport. Owner is a licensed Real Estate Broker. H-4201 87,900. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777

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 singlefamilies & develop side lot for hefty return!

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

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

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

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.

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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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Apartments For Rent 1-4BR Apartments &Homes! Top quality, newly-renovated properties Pets welcome!

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VICTORIAN DISTRICT 112 EAST ANDERSON St. Large 2/3 bedroom, all appliances, central heat/air, pet friendly. $900/month.

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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)

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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.

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912-228-0050 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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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

HISTORIC DISTRICT APARTMENT Corner of Jones & Jefferson St. 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Carriage House. New central heat/air, washer/dryer. Lots of light, Great condition.

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

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Beautiful Design, Foyer, Dining Room, Great Room with fireplace, kitchen with fireplace,custom cabinets, corian countertops, breakfast bar, 5 bedrm/4 Baths, bonus room w/ wet bar, Guest suite, rear grilling porch with fantastic view! $435,000. Call LaTrelle @ 6587777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty H-4182

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DOWNTOWN APT. 319 East Anderson St. Large one bedroom with study. High ceil ings, tile and hardwood floors, central heat/air, washer/dryer, dish washer. $625/month.

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638 EAST 40TH ST. 2 bedrooms, central heat/air, washer/dryer, pet friendly. $750/month. Call 912656-1071 prichards42 @comcast.net

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

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VICTORIAN DISTRICT: 114 1/2 E. Anderson St. Large 2 or 3 bedroom.

All appliances, central heat & air. Pet friendly. $1050/month. Call 912596-5489 prichards42@ comcast.net

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

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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 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 FEMALE ARM STRONG 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.

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