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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: Saturdays through late August from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Where: Corner of East Broad and Gwinnett streets, across from the Starfish Cafe. Cost: Free. Call: 2382777 Ext. 23 or 236-7423.

Wednesday, July 20 Psychotronic Film Society Presents Wild in the Streets What: This movie was released in 1968 at the height of the youth culture and quickly became one of the most controversial films of its time.

It centers around a charismatic young rock star named Max Frost who is pushed into running for President by cynical politicians who think they can use the youth vote to their advantage.

Their plan backfires when the kids unite and sweep Frost into office and he subsequently outlaws everyone over 30, throwing most of the adults into giant outdoor concentration camps and force-feeding them LSD. Shelly Winters, Hal Holbrook and a young Richard Pryor as “Stanley X” co-star. When: July 18. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Call: 232-4447.

Pet Day What: Thinking of getting a pet? Want to learn more about it? The Savannah Kennel Club presents Pet Day with many AKC breeds for you to meet. Local groups will be on hand to answer questions, and there will be demonstrations at 1 p.m.

When: Saturday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Target Court at Savannah Mall. Cost: Free. Call: 238-3170.

A Day at the Spa for Your Best Friend What: There will be bathing, grooming, acupuncture, massage, manicures and pedicures, Tarot card readings, baked goods and a pet psychic. Oh, didn’t we mention this is a day at the spa for your dog??? All proceeds will help support the Humane Society of Chatham/Savannah. When: July 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Call: 234-3336.

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AASU Presents Steel Magnolias (thru Saturday)

What: Two one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow and A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot, will be presented.

When: July 21 and 28 at 8 p.m. Where: Tybee Theater Cafe, above Las Palmas restaurant on U.S. 80 and Jones Avenue. Cost: Tickets are $12 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. Call: 786-6384.

Friday, July 22

What: This newly created theater group launches its second show this year with a creative production of Eve Ensler’s 2004 play, The Good Body. Ensler, best known for The Vagina Monologues, tackles the entire female body in this hour-and-a-half piece. What begins as a play focusing on one woman’s trials with her own personal demon -- her stomach -- soon evolves into a much broader view of women in general and the modifications through which they constantly put themselves. When & Where: July 22 and 29 at Cafe Ambrosia at 8 p.m. and at the Sentient Bean July 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. Cost: Donation.

Call: 224-6513.

Sunday, July 24

Lunchtime 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 Savannah Brass Trio will perform this week. When: July 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: Wright Square.

Cost: Free.

Free Rides in the Race Cars at OSP What: Fans of all ages are invited to ride in the race cars with their favorite NASCAR drivers. Also, the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series will be held. When: July 22. Gates open at 6 p.m. Racing is at 8 p.m. The race car rides are at 9 p.m. Where: Oglethorpe Speedway Park on U.S. 80 in Pooler. Cost: $10 adults, $9 military or senior citizens, $3 ages 6-12 and free for ages 5 and under. Call: 964-8200 or www.ospracing.net.

Tybee Theater Cafe Presents Love Letters (thru the weekend)

Skate Jam 2005 What: The Chatham County Youth Commission, E-93 and WZAT present this skating event to promote a safe summer with quality, but fun, activities for teens.

When: July 24 from 7-10 p.m. Where: Star Castle, 550 Mall Blvd. Cost: $5. Tickets can be purchased at the Chatham County Youth Commission office, 124 Bull St., Suite 110, during business hours, or by calling 652-7964. Call: 652-7964.

Tuesday, July 26 Sand Gnats Home Stand with Charleston begins What: The Savannah Sand Gnats take on the Charleston RiverDogs in a four-game series.

When: July 26, 27, 28 and 29 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive.

Call: 351-9150.

What: Tybee Theater Cafe presents A. R. Gurney’s funny and poignant play about communication and missed connections. The doors are open prior to the show for dinner and light fare. When: July 22, 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. Where: 1st Street and Jones Avenue above Las Palmas restaurant on Tybee Island. Cost: $12. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Reservations are recommended. Call: 786-6384.

Wednesday, July 27

Layla’s Caravan

Psychotronic Film Society Presents The Brainiac

What: Glamour, mystery and bellies abound as Layla Katrina’s troupe of belly dancers extraordinaire perform in full costume. A highlight of the show -- fire dancing. When: July 22 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Donation. Call: 232-4447.

Saturday, July 23 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

What: This infamous Mexican horror film was made in 1961. In the 1700s, a Mexican baron is sentenced to death by a team of corrupt judges. He uses supernatural powers to entomb his soul into a comet that returns to Earth in 250 years. When it arrives, it crashes and becomes a ghastly blood-drinking vampire with huge ears and bushy eyebrows that seeks out revenge on the descendants of the men who killed him.

He cuts a hole in their skulls and slurps out their brains, storing them in a small wooden bowl in his stomach. The closest thing Week at a Glance Sponsored by: you’ll find to a Mexican version of Ed Wood’s “masterpiece” Plan 9 From Outer Space. When: July 27. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Call: 232-4447. ◗

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What: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Department of Art, Music & Theatre presents a touching and hilarious tribute to the strength of Southern women.

When: July 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Jenkins Theater.

Cost: General admission $8. Seniors, military, AASU faculty/staff and all students admitted for $7. Call: 927-5381 from 2-6 p.m. weekdays.

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What: Oglethorpe Speedway Park salutes all military personnel and their families with a paratrooper demonstration by the Fort Benning Silver Wings. There will be a special ceremony honoring veterans and current soldiers and their families along with a full night of NASCAR racing, including the 100-lap National Late Model feature, Vintage Cars, Street Stocks and more. When: July 23. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Racing begins at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Oglethorpe Speedway Park on U.S. 80 in Pooler. Cost: $18 adults, $5 for all military (retired and active) and immediate family members (bring military ID), $5 ages 6-12 and free for ages 5 and under. Call: 964-8200 or www.ospracing.net.

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HISTORY HAS MOVED to the front burner in the Savannah/Chatham County Public Schools.

Teachers were finding that as students moved into upper grades, they knew virtually nothing about American history. As a result, history lessons are being introduced earlier, in elementary school.

Motivating students to learn is the most challenging aspect of teaching, says Dorothy Denegal, a second grade teacher at Pooler Elementary School.

“You have to be motivated to learn,” she says. “If you aren’t, nothing gets in.”

A lack of experience compounds the problem, says Keith Kulikowski, who teaches eighth grade Georgia history at Hubert Middle School. “A lot of students don’t have the experience of getting out of the 10-block radius they live in,” he says.

Proving that learning never ends, two groups of 25 teachers from the Savannah/Chatham County Public Schools recently participated in a history summer travel institute.

One group, comprising teachers in grades K-3, traveled to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. June 22-30 to intensively study the history of the American Revolution. The other group, comprising middle and high school teachers, visited Civil War sites June 20-25.

The trips were funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Education as part of a program to increase teacher content knowledge in American history.

The theory is that teachers can better understand and appreciate history when they stand where great Americans delivered speeches, fought in battles and made sacrifices for the greater common good. That in turn translates into better history instruction for students.

“I can better teach my students because I was there,” Denegal says. “I’ve got actual photographs of the places I visited and will be talking about. That will help supplement my teaching. I think the children will be more interested.”

The trips were organized through the Massie Heritage Center, and teachers had to apply for a place in the program.

At Pooler Elementary, American history lessons are consolidated into the

curriculum. “We teach the three branches of government, American symbols, Thanksgiving and the Founding Fathers,” Denegal says.

Laura Filson, who teaches in the second and third grades at the Charles Ellis Elementary School, also is planning to tell her students about her trip.

“I think it will give them a good understanding of what early America was like,” Filson says. “It certainly gave me a better appreciation, not just for the founding fathers, but for the founding mothers, too. I learned what they had to go through and what it meant to them.”

The teachers learned that the nation’s founders were more than great leaders -they were ordinary citizens who had faults and foibles. “We had a big discussion about whether this took them off their pedestals,” Filson says.

“It did, but that was good,” she says.

“They were farmers, teachers, doctors and lawyers, just like people today.”

If students understand that great leaders started out as ordinary human beings, they might consider that they can achieve greatness someday. Yet in previous generations, America’s founders were regarded as heroes, almost superhuman in their abilities, and exaggerated stories about their greatness were taught.

“I’m in my 40s, and I grew up with the myth that Washington never told a lie,” Filson says. “Abraham Lincoln read by the fire’s light. But they were really all ordinary men with extraordinary traits.”

While Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin and others were great, they also were human. “They all had faults,” Filson says. “They all pretty much realized slavery was wrong, but it wasn’t in their power to change it at that time. They did their best to their ability.”

Some facts learned on the trips were new to the teachers. Filson was surprised at the proximity of noted Americans to each other as they went about their daily lives.

“When we visited Lexington and Concord, we found out that Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson all lived in the same neighborhood,” Filson says. “In Philadelphia, the people working for independence all found themselves living

Some teachers who went on the trips, in the Massie Heritage Center’s traditional classroom: front row, Judy White (Heard) and Laura Filson (Ellis); second row, Sharon McGinnis (Marshpoint) and Joanne Parker (Gould); third row, Dewilla Hedgecoth (Gadsden) and Heather Cook (Pt. Wentworth); back row, Keith Kulikowski (Hubert) and Christi Martin (Heard) in the same area. I found that astonishing. We are all so spread out now.”

Filson also learned that Paul Revere did not ride alone. “He had someone else riding with him and they met up with a third man along the way,” she says.

“Paul Revere had help. He was caught, and it was the third person who got through to tell the people of Concord that the soldiers were marching toward them.”

Can young students reach an understanding of history? Yes, although very young students might have a little trouble grasping the notion of the passage of time.

Although history lessons are being taught in the early grades, they are not taught as intensively as they will be later on. “Our job is to really pique their interest,” Filson says.

“If they realize these were real people with interesting stories, they’ll have a fascination for history,” she says. “We want to give them something to plug into. It’s really important when teaching to begin developing file folders in their heads.”

In preparation for the trip, teachers read biographies written for adults. They were then given biographies to take back to their students. “They loved them!”

Filson says.

The teachers were given a test before the trips to gauge their knowledge of American history. They will be taking another test now that they’ve returned to show how much they learned during their travels.

The trips were intense, not just in educational terms, but physical ones, as well. “There was a lot of walking involved,” Denegal says. “Especially on the last day, when we went to Arlington National Cemetery.”

Kulikowski had already visited many Civil War sites as a youngster while on a family vacation. “I had seen it, and although there were many things I did not remember, I did remember certain aspects,” he says. “I’m glad my parents took us there.”

Already, Kulikowski is thinking about how he can apply his experiences in the classroom. “Even something as simple as taking pictures will help them learn,” he says. “This is something that is not in the textbooks.”

The trip was extremely valuable to Kulikowski. “It’s a living experience that I took part in. When we toured the battlefields, I could almost see the Union and Confederate troops. It was definitely a living history type of experience,” he says.

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“Just being there and seeing the difplete with authentic buildings brought ferent sights was great. It was like handsover from the Old Country. “All of them on history in terms of the scale of the eventually blended into American farms,” battlefields, the topography and terrain.

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There were quite a few things that sur“On the last day, we went to Lexington prised me in terms of how people on to see the Stonewall Jackson House,” both sides went back into public life after Newsome says. “We visited the Lee the Civil War,” he says. “It was a very civil Chapel and Museum.” war in those terms. That was unique.”

Then the group traveled to Leah Colby, Massie’s K-3 project Appomattox Courthouse National director, organized the Revolutionary War Historic Park for a tour of the Wilmer trip. Judy Newsome, middle and secMcLean House, where Lee and Grant ondary project director at Massie, signed the surrender. organized the Civil War trip.

While most people believe the sur“Both of the programs have the render was signed at an actual courtteachers coming to workshops on-site at house, Newsome points out that Massie,” Colby says. “We Appomattox have historians come to Courthouse is talk to them. We also actually the name of provide high-quality lesson the town where it was plans.” signed.

The travel program was At each stop, the begun because most teachers were given a teachers have never visited lesson. “Prior to the the historic sites they trip, we called each teach about, Colby says. place we were going “This program allows them and talked to the eduto teach things they have cational staff,” experienced first-hand,” Newsome says. “At she says. “They see where each site, there was a the treaties were made, demonstration or a the battlefields where the lecture, as well as a battles were fought.” tour.”

Every day was packed “It was not just full of tours of historic sight-seeing,” Colby sites and activities at adds. “It was very those sites. On the first intense. We told the day of their trip, the middle Teachers Amanda Roberts (Pooler teachers before we and high school teachers left that there wasn’t a Elementary) and Diane Harwell visited Soldier Camp, a (Islands Elementary) prepare a dish lot of free time. program that demonstrates from a Colonial recipe at Plymouth “They learned a a soldier’s life in a camp great deal of history Plantation during the Civil War. and learned from all They also visited the the resources each Hollywood Cemetery, where many Civil site employs,” she says. “These were not War soldiers are buried. “We visited the tour guides, who are paid to be enterMuseum of the Confederacy and the taining.”

Confederate White House,” Newsome Newsome says the Battlefield in a Box program at Antietam normally is taught to says. students. “That demonstrated to the “On Tuesday, we went to Manassas National Battlefield Park and then went to teachers how they could turn around and do this with their students,” she says.

Washington, D.C. to the National “They actually got to see what happens in Archives,” she says. “The teachers got to a war.” see original documents, including the Colby says starting history lessons at Declaration of Independence and the a young age is vital. “Middle school Constitution.” teachers were finding out that students The group visited Harper’s Ferry were coming to them unprepared, National Historic Park on Wednesday without even basic content,” she says. morning. That afternoon, they visited “The K-3 program gives teachers the Antietam, and participated in an educainformation they need to lay the fountional program called Battlefield in a Box. “On Thursday, we visited Gettysburg dation in the primary grades so the and the Eisenhower Farm,” Newsome middle school teachers will have somesays. “We went to the Gettysburg thing to build on.”

National Cemetery, as well as the battleThe K-3 trip started at the field.”

Massachusetts Historical Society. “They The next day, the group arrived in have an amazing collection,” Colby says.

Staunton, Va. “We visited the Woodrow “On the second day, the teachers Wilson Presidential Library and the visited the Paul Revere House. Fanueuil Frontier Culture Museum,” Newsome Hall, Old North Church. Lexington and says.

Concord,” Colby says. “Paul Revere didn’t The Frontier Culture Museum offers say, ‘The British are coming! The British living history tours, with re-enactments of continued on page 8 German, Irish and English farms that look as they did in the colonial era, com-

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George Washington at 40 years old,” Newsome says. “I would never have recognized him.

“We saw a portrait of Robert E. Lee at Lee Chapel in Lexington,” Newsome says.

“Robert E. Lee was a handsome young man. Until then, the teachers had seen only the traditional Washington, the traditional Lee.” Such personal touches make history more interesting for everyone, Newsome says. “History is a collection of stories,” she says. “All of us are interested in stories.

“If people taught history as a collection of stories, it would be so much more interesting,” she says. “If teachers have gone to a place, then their perspective is better.

“It is more interesting when they can show their students a picture,” Newsome says. “It makes a difference if the students know their teacher has been there.”

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U.S. Capitol,” she says. “The White House tours are done by lottery now, and last year’s group didn’t get to go.”

The next stop was Ford’s Theater, where Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. “We also went to Arlington National Cemetery, where they saw the changing of the guard and President Kennedy’s grave,” Colby says.

The lessons learned by the teachers will give added impetus to their lessons, Colby says. “We’re trying to give more substance to grades K-3,” she says.

“The only time the kids hear anything about Washington or Lincoln is around Presidents Day in February,” Colby says.

“We want to give teachers more historical content so they can teach it to their students.”

Sometimes, teachers don’t have the tools or education needed to teach history. “Most colleges do not require more than one American history course,” Colby says.

“Teachers don’t have a lot of content knowledge through no fault of their own,” she says. “We can’t expect them to teach something that they don’t know themselves.”

The program has been so successful, grants have already been applied for for next year. “We won’t know if we’ve got them until the fall,” Colby says.

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Then it was on to Philadelphia and a visit to Valley Forge. “It’s where the Continental Army came together,” Colby says. “It’s where they taught the soldiers to be soldiers.”

The group saw the interactive exhibits at Constitution Center. “They have an amazing sculptural gallery with sculptures of all the signers,” Colby says.

At Carpenter Hall, the teachers visited America’s first library, which was founded

by Benjamin Franklin. “We got to go behind the scenes,” Colby says. “They even had someone there playing the glass harmonica, which Franklin invented.”

At Independence Hall, the group learned even more about Benjamin Franklin. “He was such a multi-faceted person,” Colby says. “All most kids know about him is that he flew a kit with a key on it.”

The group then went to Washington, D.C. At Mount Vernon, Washington’s home, Dr. Stan Deaton of the Georgia Historical Society met the group and gave a lecture about Washington.

“The afternoon was spent at the National Archives,” Colby says. “We got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian, focusing on the presidential exhibit.

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The next stop was Plymouth Plantation, with various colonial houses and buildings. “They have reconstructed Plymouth Plantation the way it was in 1627,” Colby says.

“The teachers got the chance to roleplay there,” she says. “They each drew a duty they were to enact, such as bringing in the firewood.”

During a lecture on the Native American experience, the teachers learned about the interaction between the Indians and the early colonists. Turns out the two groups were not nearly as close as tradition would have us believe.

“There was a lot of dispelling of myths and legends about the first Thanksgiving,” Colby says. “We learned how things really were.”

Colby carefully prepared the teachers for a visit to Plymouth Rock, which literally is -- a rock.

“It was a huge disappointment to last year’s group,” she says. “This year, I prepared them for the fact that it wasn’t a huge thing.”

A visit to a recreation of the Mayflower, the ship the pilgrims arrived on, proved more exciting. “We went so they could see the conditions the people had to endure on the way over here,”

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Editor, Regarding “Charity begins with a home:” Mark Thomas should be ashamed of himself for questioning the St. Jude house giveaway.

But that’s exactly what I like about Mark; there’s no shame in his game.

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Editor, Loco’s is an odd place to see live music. Split right down the middle it’s kinda like being at somebody’s house where your hanging out watching a game and there just happens to be a badass band rehearsal going on in the basement.

The fellas from P-groove and old jammate on the drums rolled in the tour cases FULL of technical goodies complete with a great light rack. I told the sound man that I appreciated all the equipment they were willing to haul for a low-key Wednesday night gig that yielded a mellow crowd of 50 or so people and he asked if I was being sarcastic.

When these guys roll back into town, they really should have a better venue to let loose in. They sounded so good and were so relentless in their pursuit of having that out-of-body jam improvisational experience that it was worthy of an atmosphere 20,000 times the buzz that Loco’s can muster.

If Savannah is going to put its rich music potential on the map it’s going to do so with bigger, badder, venues along the lines of Stubb’s BBQ or Austin Music Hall in Austin, Tejas. After all, Austin is the so-called “Live music capital of the world” because they say so.

I suppose this is just venting. It’s time for an official city organization to nurture the type of investment and creativity it takes to build a lasting and

thriving music scene. It won’t take much convincing, places like Austin, Texas, realize many millions of dollars per year just from “Music Tourism” and it’s related/supportive aspects.

Uh, I’ll get to work then. I used to live in Austin, but there ain’t no ocean there, just a bunch of cowboys.

Savannah is cooler than Austin.

‘Ben’

You do the math Editor, Minor error in the story “The buck literally stops here” -- first column, sixth paragraph.

The increase in collected property tax revenues projected amounts is 10.78 percent. The amount included in the original budget proposal was 4 percent.

Therefore, the amount of increase above projected amounts is 6.78 percent. Just thought you would want to know.

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THEY GIVE YOU FAIR WARNING in Aspen: “If you don’t want it printed, don’t let it happen.” This advisory appears above the masthead of the Aspen Daily News, which is free.

That’s the way they like things here, in this luscious, attractive, heavenly city, tucked away in the mountains. Nice and clear. Like the sky, a constant cerulean blue, except for the predictable, fastmoving, late afternoon eruptions.

Like the distinctive, black-and-white magpie or the rose-throated hummingbird that dart through the air. Like the well-marked trails, wholly absent of any litter, any debris. Like the sign near the Roaring Fork River in the Aspen Valley Land Trust: “Fly fishing: all fish must be returned to water immediately.”

It’s the land of pretty people. And good calves. Lord, give me strength, I said, my first day on a hiking trail. Not easy for a flatlander from the Lowcountry, where the biggest hill is the five steps leading to my house.

Going up the hill isn’t so bad, even if we were at 10,000 feet. Lots of heavy breathing, yes, but not without the proverbial second breath kicking in.

Heading down -- or merely trying to walk the second and third day -- is another story.

Lots of little mincing steps work the best. And exaggerated stiff knees. Not the best way to negotiate steps at a concert hall, but when it’s a $10 rehearsal ticket to see a very casually dressed violinist Joshua Bell play in front of a full orchestra of equally casually dressed musicians (the first chair violist was wearing an Alan Iverson T-shirt) in the Aspen Music Festival’s main tent, you suck it up and hustle to your seat.

The food may be pricey in Aspen ($6.95 for a pound of chicken at the supermarket) -- and the lodging (unless you have a generous cousin with a generous home in the generous hills of Snowmass) -- and the real estate ($6 million for a sweet little bungalow at the base of the mountain? Not uncommon).

But there are plenty of free or inexpensive concerts to attend during the annual summer music festival; free intown shuttles to ferry you to and fro; and the occasional free fly-casting lesson offered at the downtown Wagner Park, a lovely open, grassy space surrounded by mountains of many colors and dozens of yawning ski runs, now green, now strangely empty.

There’s buffalo and elk meat for sale at the farmer’s market. And during the week the downtown postman takes his dog along for company.

There’s plenty of free gossip to pick up, too, like an upcoming tribute to Hunter Thompson (on the next hill over), the house Jack Nicholson supposedly

occupies, the recent appearance of Bill and Hill at the Aspen Institute’s thinktank gathering. That’s when Hill compared Mr. Bush to comic-book character Alfred E. Newman, and where incoming planes at the small airport had to cool their heels for hours while the Clintons got settled and secured.

And -- once your calf muscles kick in - there are the generous and free bike paths along the circuitous, switchback twists of the well-known Independence Highway, which officials no longer bother trying to keep open in the winter.

I’m not there yet; maybe next time.

This is a very impressive and challenging bike town but odd, too. While most bicyclists and kayakers wear helmets, apparently there is no law that says people on motorcycles have to. Weird.

For now, for me, Aspen is all about the hiking trails, the vistas, the surprises -- like the ice caves, a geological phenomenon some 3,000 years old just a few steps off the trail. It took a bit of negotiating to get into the caves, then a little more to cross the ice without slipping too badly, then enough to hoist oneself out again.

For now, for this trip, Aspen is all about the wildflowers -- and that’s not counting the sage brush, the fir or the distinctive aspens, the ubiquitous whitebarked, twinkling trees with random markings spotting the trunk that resemble individual eyes (and represent broken branches).

There are, the books say, some 600 easily spotted species of wildflowers.

You could separate them by color (yellow, lavender, red or blue), family (aster, formerly composite; primrose, figwort, hellebore, mint, lily, rose and many more) or merely the pleasure you take in saying their names.

I’m opting for the latter.

Some of my favorites are the showy cow parsnip (celery family), the omnipresent penstamon (figwort), the Alpine pussytoes (aster),the little red elephant (figwort), rosy Indian paintbrush (figwort), the brook saxiflage (saxiflage), the poisonous monkshood (hellebore), the smelly sky pilot (phlox) and the popular columbine (hellebore), the state flower, which we saw in white, lavender and white and red.

But just when I was believing everything I was seeing -- the meadows, the babbling brook, the evening breezes -- I sat on my cousin’s deck and half-heartedly started looking for the black bear he warned me about.

Instead I saw a shovel. A serious shovel.

That’s it, I decided. For me Colorado will be about wildflowers, hikes and maybe some cycling. That and what the local rag can dig up to print. ◗

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emitted into the air. For example, over 700,000 pounds of hydrochloric acid are being pumped into the atmosphere, along with 500,000 pounds of ammonia, 330,000 pounds of sulfuric acid, 270,000 pounds of toluene, and 47,000 pounds of formaldehyde. This does not even touch on some of the chemicals being emitted that are known carcinogens (other than formaldehyde).

Over two million pounds of arsenic, and 8,000 pounds of lead compounds are being emitted into our local atmosphere.

Both of these chemicals have a long, detailed history of health risks, yet we are still being exposed to them, often without our knowledge.

To determine where these emissions are coming from, all you need to do is look up and down the Savannah River.

The view from the Talmadge Bridge is by no means a panoramic view for the scrapbook. It may be breathtaking, but unfortunately, that is a literal translation.

The constant levels of industry located along the river are the top emitters in the region, with facilities owned by KerrMcGee and International Paper topping the list of polluters, followed by Engelhard Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company (in Port Wentworth), Savannah Electric Kraft Plant (in Port Wentworth), EMD Chemicals, INtercat, Great Dane Trailers, Citgo Asphalt Refining Company, and Georgia Pacific Resins (in Port Wentworth) rounding out the top ten.

This is not to say these companies are doing anything illegal. It is more a result of the low air quality standards established by the EPA. Since the data for this report were gleaned from the TRI being sent to the EPA, the companies are likely within their limits for each pollutant.

Unfortunately, that does nothing to prevent residents of Savannah and Chatham County from inhaling arsenic, lead, sulfuric acid, or hydrochloric acid.

Still, there is hope on the horizon.

Either due to EPA regulations or just by cleaning up their own emissions, total cancer risk due to local industry has decreased 51 percent from 1998 to 2002.

Now, if you’ve been living in Chatham for that period of time, you were still exposed to much higher levels of chemicals than if you have arrived post-2002. But at least it’s a start in the right direction. Hopefully, we will see another 50 percent decrease by 2006.

For a complete list of chemicals and polluting sources in Chatham County visit www.scorecard.org and enter your zip code. ◗

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AS I SAT AROUND the park few weekends ago, I thought how great it was to be outside, enjoying the sun and the fresh air.

Imagine my surprise when I learned that Chatham County’s air quality has been ranked in the worst tenth percentile in the entire nation by a monitoring group called scorecard.org.

I’ve always heard about Atlanta’s air quality issues, but Savannah has not had the same sort of problems. This is due to the type of monitoring performed, which analyzes the ozone levels (as well as carbon monoxide, particulates, and sulfur and nitrogen dioxides) in the air, titled the Air Quality Index (AQI).

Savannah is not typically burdened with this problem and does not have ozone action days, or days when residents are warned not to participate in physical activity and to fill their gas tanks up after 6 p.m. to reduce the risk of ozone exposure.

So where does our air quality fail?

Scorecard.org creates Environmental Release Reports, which combine data from the most recent U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) together with authoritative information on the potential health hazards of particular chemicals to show what chemicals in our area may pose health risks and what companies are responsible.

Scorecard reports cover only the pollution from industrial facilities that were required to report to TRI in 2000, and only 650 listed TRI chemicals. The reports do not cover all toxic chemicals and omit many important pollution sources, such as motor vehicles and small businesses.

What I read was a distressing eyeopener, yet offered a glimmer of hope.

Chatham County ranks in the lowest (worst) tenth percentile in total environmental releases, cancer risk score (air and water releases), air releases in recognized carcinogens, and air releases of recognized developmental toxicants (included are carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds).

Chatham County finished in the lowest twentieth percentile in air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants, and the bottom thirtieth percentile in non-cancer risk score (air and water releases).

As bad as that sounds, Chatham was still only sixth-worst in the state in pounds of chemicals released -- 6,410,390 lbs emitted as compared to Bartow’s 22,482,899 lbs. Monroe, Putnam, Richmond and Heard Counties all emit more than Chatham as well.

This is a large cause for concern for Chatham County residents, who are exposed to a laundry list of chemicals

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West Nile hits Georgia

Nguyen wins jazz competition

A 34-year-old man in north Georgia’s Paulding County is recovering after being diagnosed with the West Nile Virus, the first human case reported in Georgia this season.

No human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Chatham County yet this season.

Georgia had 21 total human cases of West Nile last year, with Chatham County having one confirmed human case in 2004.

Nationwide, the number of humans contracting the virus this year is steadily growing. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there are 25 known human cases in 11 states so far.

“This isn’t unexpected or a reason to be afraid,” says Cristina Pasa, an epidemiologist with the Chatham County Health Department. “Instead, it’s a reminder to take extra precautions.”

Pasa asks everyone to remember the 5 “Ds” of prevention: • Dusk – Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus usually bite at dusk and dawn.

• Dawn - Avoid outdoor activity at dusk and dawn if possible. If you must be outside, be sure to protect yourself from bites.

• Dress – Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants to reduce the amount of exposed skin.

• DEET – Cover exposed skin with a repellant containing the chemical DEET, which is the most effective against mosquito bites.

• Drain – Empty any containers holding standing water, because they can be excellent breeding grounds for virus-carrying mosquitoes.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, less than one percent of people bitten by mosquitoes develop any symptoms, and relatively few mosquitoes carry the virus.

Savannahian Alex Nguyen, currently a student at the University of North Florida, won the 2005 Jazz Improvisation Competition at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21-24.

Nguyen, a graduate of the Savannah Arts Academy, occasionally performs around town as a member of various jazzoriented groups.

Shootings investigated Two men were found shot to death at 12 E. 64th St. late the night of July 12.

Three days later a man was shot to death at Strathmore Estates on the Eastside.

In the first incident, police responded to reports of loud gun-like sounds only to find the two men dead, one inside the building and one outside.

Police say the victims -- Quintrell Leonard "Poach" Daniels, 34, and Dawan Hasan Johnson, 28 -- did not live at the address and the shooting appears to be drug-related In the second shooting, neighbors found 32-year-old Hosea Pedro Ramirez severely wounded outside 803 W. Crescent Dr. Witnesses told detectives “that the incident was the result of a botched robbery attempt,” a police spokesman says.

Ramirez died later that night from his wounds.

Left to right: Alex Nguyen with second place winner Brynn Rector and third place winner Etienne Charles

ICON brings jobs to town ICON, a Utah-based firm that is the world’s largest manufacturer of home fitness equipment, hosted a ribbon-cutting last week at the Crossroads Business Center site of its new East Coast warehouse distribution center, which the company moved from Charleston to Savannah.

The company says it will employ up to 150 people in this new 600,000 sq. ft facility.

Two of ICON’s best-known products are the NordicTrack treadmill system and JumpKing trampolines. The company also sells workout equipment under the Reebok and Gold’s Gym names under licensing agreements.

Bicyclist dies in accident A wreck on Chevis Road at the Sylvania Road intersection killed a bicyclist July 17.

Just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, police say the man was riding a red bicycle without lights on Chevis Road when he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee driven

by Robert Carl Maner.

The bicyclist was thrown, suffering very serious injuries. Though transported to Memorial Health University Hospital’s Trauma Unit, he died shortly after arrival.

Investigators have determined that “the bike was not equipped for riding on the highway at night and the intersection is not equipped with street lights,” a police spokesman says.

Police do not anticipate charges against Maner.

While officers have tentatively identified the 33-year-old bicyclist, who was carrying a Mexican voter ID card, anyone with information on a possible family contact is encouraged call Traffic Officers at 652-6650 or CrimeStoppers anonymously at 234-2020. ◗

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• A woman was driving west on I-16 when an unknown driver began tailgating her vehicle. She told police that the driver then began blowing the horn and flashing his lights at her. When the driver was able to get around her, he cut her off, causing her to slam on her brakes.

She said that caused other drivers behind her to slam on their brakes. The driver was seen heading into an exit. The woman was able to describe the vehicle and gave police the Georgia tag number.

• An officer was called to Avery Street in response to a fight. A woman there told police that a man knocked on her bedroom door. She said she has no idea how he got in the house, but there was no evidence of forced entry. A verbal argument began and she told the man to leave. She followed him outside and the argument continued. She hit his vehicle with a broom and he jumped out and grabbed her by the throat and shoved her to the ground, then slapped her in the face three or four times, then shoved her into a staircase. The woman told police she would prosecute. ◗

• An officer on routine patrol observed two young males on a bicycle that had no lights. He stopped the two and frisked

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them for weapons. He told them to keep their hands on the patrol vehicle. While he was checking one of the youths, he observed the other pushing something into his boxers. He placed the second youth in handcuffs and searched him. He found marijuana that had been wrapped in cigar wrappers. The youth was charged with possession of marijuana and released to the custody of his grandmother.

The other was given a warning and released.

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• POLICE WERE CALLED to a domestic dispute on Cornwall Street. A woman said the suspect had come to her house to argue about their unborn child. She said the man struck her in the face and on the arm. She had scratches and a slight swelling on her face.

The man was not at the scene and could not be questioned, but a witness told them she had seen the man strike the woman. She was given a case report number and advised about warrant procedures.

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The Jordan River, considered by believers to have been the gateway to the Garden of Eden (and by Christians to have been where Jesus was baptized), is now more than 50 percent raw sewage and agricultural runoff, according to a Middle East conservation group spokesman interviewed by Reuters in June. Together, Israel, Jordan and Syria have diverted away from the river (and then treated) about 90 percent of the water flow over the years for their own uses, though part of Jordan’s diversion was to create a clean-water baptismal site for pilgrims (some of whom, nonetheless, still bathe in the greenish, polluted part).

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In an early-morning shootout on June 4 in the Homewood housing complex in Pittsburgh, two undercover officers and suspect Keith Carter, 19, exchanged a total of at least 103 gunshots and missed every single time. (On the other hand, in March, Regina Jones-Peoples, 30, of Warren, Ohio, survived 18 gunshots, from her neck to her legs, allegedly by her estranged husband, Marcus Jones, 29, on whom police issued an arrest warrant.)

In the course of a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Kingdom City, Mo., in June, Missouri Highway Patrol officers found a 3-foot-long rocket with an electric launcher, attached to an elaborate system of pulleys in the trunk of the car of two men, Michael Ray Sullivan, 41, and Joseph C. Seidl, 39. The rocket, which could probably be triggered from the driver’s seat, was found stuffed with methamphetamine, with more (totaling about $145,000 worth) in pipes alongside.

The patrolmen who arrested the pair believe the contraption was for quick disposal of their inventory if they got cornered.

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Government in Action Ireland’s justice ministry proposed rules changes for its prison system in June, banning such “inhumane” treatments as restricted diets and corporal punishment. On the other hand, among the current practices that would soon be prohibited are inmates’ bringing in their own furniture, hiring maids, and ordering food and alcoholic beverages, according to a dispatch from Dublin published in The Australian.

Officials in Montgomery County, Md., regard the feathery green plant called the mugwort as a weed, an “alien invasive plant,” and periodically lament its presence in the county’s parks, according to a June Washington Post report.

However, local Koreans, who call the plant “souk,” consider it a delicacy in seafood soup and rice cakes, and have eagerly been digging it out of the parks for free, except that it is illegal to remove anything,

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even weeds, from the parks.

Consequently, according to the Post, county officials have simultaneously undertaken (a) a pilot program to see if goats could be trained to root out unwanted flora and (b) a stepped-up program to convince the Koreans to obey the law against removing mugwort.

In May, Councilman Manfred Juraczka in Vienna, Austria, proposed, in order to alleviate the city’s growing problem with pet droppings, to collect DNA samples from all registered dogs so that the soilers can be identified and their owners fined. According to an Associated Press report, a similar proposal was made in Dresden, Germany, in March, and News of the Weird reported another, in 1996, in the English village of Bruntingthorpe, which at the time had a population of 200 people and 30 dogs. (Vienna has about 50,000 registered dogs.)

News That Sounds Like a Joke (1) The support group for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Nelson, New Zealand, announced that it would support in principle the illness-publicizing International Awareness Day on May 12 even though its members would probably not participate in the commemorative activities because they are often too tired for such things. (2) The Rotary Club of Chatham, New Brunswick, announced in May that the grand prize in its raffle to help build a new environmental awareness center would be a Hummer. (3) Federal agents who were interviewing Gerald T. Williams, 34, about possible child pornography at his home in St. Louis, said that in the course of the interview, a screen saver featuring childsex images happened to appear on Williams’s computer. (Williams pleaded guilty in June.)

First Things First Juan M. Puliddo-Castaneda, 24, was arrested just as he was preparing to play a round at the Anchorage (Alaska) Golf Course on June 11. Police said he had just moments before caused a two-car collision that sent five people to the hospital (but not Puliddo-Castaneda, who walked away). Puliddo-Castaneda’s passengers said he was speeding because he said he had to make his tee time. And, in June, describing the moments immediately after a serious auto collision the month before on Interstate 4 near Plant City, Fla., victim Tracy Palmer (ankle shattered, lip impaled on her teeth, according to a Tampa Tribune story) said she could hear tires rolling inches from her head as other motorists crept through the four-car wreck in order to be on their way. “People were actually driving between us (victims),” she said.

Questionable Judgments An 82-year-old man who had locked himself out of his still-running car in Glen Burnie, Md., in June, was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns after attempting to siphon gasoline from the car using an electric vacuum cleaner (a spark from which ignited gasoline vapors). He told police that he wanted to force the engine to stop by removing the rest of the gasoline.

In June, community leaders in a largely gay neighborhood in Toronto unveiled a 13-foot-high statue of Alexander Wood, one of their historical heroes, who according to legend had been pressured out of town in the early 1800s over a sex scandal. As the story goes, magistrate Wood, investigating a heterosexual rape in which the victim claimed to have scratched her attacker’s genitals, rounded up numerous suspects and zealously examined each for such a scratch.

Hence, the statue features a 5-foot-tall image of Wood, seated, “inspecting” a standing man with his trousers down.

Names in the News A Springfield, Ill., lawyer was unsuccessful in his petition to the judge to have his client tried for DUI-reckless homicide under a false name (in that the jury just could not be fair if it knew her real name, which is Doris Lush, and in fact, she was convicted) (May). Another woman who might have a similar problem: Denise Coke, 25, charged with possession of 33 pounds of cocaine (Roseville, Mich., May).

Not so troubled: Mr. Emmanuel Innocent, charged with attempted murder in a bar fight (Ottawa, Ontario, May).

Recurring Themes “Fool for a client” Timothy Daniel, 25, who had fired his lawyer and defended himself on a murder charge in Columbus, Ohio, was found not guilty by a jury in May (though the judge sentenced him to five years in prison for being a felon in possession of a gun). (News of the Weird reported in 2003 that Jonathan Harris, representing himself, not only beat a murder rap in Philadelphia, but also prevailed as his own counsel in two felony trials, and then taunted the prosecutor for threatening to bring additional charges.)

Fetishes on Parade (1) In the course of accusing her estranged boyfriend of killing her miniature collie in New York City in March, according to the New York Post, a woman said the man was fond of having the dog watch while the couple had sex.

(2) In the course of investigating sexcrime charges against former Citrus County, Fla., judge Gary Graham, investigators said a former girlfriend reported that Graham was fond of having her dress as a little girl, with hair in pigtails and freckles painted on her face, according to a May Tampa Tribune story. ◗

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Nepalese Rhino Crisis

French Drought

Tropical Cyclones

Zero-Smart Bird

Earthquakes

Temperatures

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Atlantic

93° 79° Gulf Stream Low 72° 86°

Rain Gauge Total July rain through the 17th: 2.88”, normal 3.22”, -0.34” for the month.

Total 2005 rain: 26.77”, normal 26.15”, +0.62” for the year

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France is in the grip of Poaching of rare its worst water single-horned shortage since 1976, Dennis rhinos has with many of the 4.7 increased dranation’s rivers drying up and 5.5 3.1 matically in Nepal’s Chitwan reservoirs straining to meet National Park during the demand. In some regions, Emily +1220 country’s current unrest, reservoir levels are at their lowest Haitang 5.8 Death Valley, with 10 of the endangered in 54 years due to nine months of California animals being killed drought conditions. Irrigation between March and June, restrictions for farmers in several according to a report in the regions have already caused crop Kathmandu Post. The park, losses, and teams of “water 0 -94 about 55 miles south of the police” have been dispatched to 5.0 South Pole, Nepalese capital, was make sure the rules are enforced.

Antarctica established in the early But some farmers, faced with 1970s to protect wildlife. In losing their entire crops, say they the 30 years that followed, are prepared to risk being the rhino population caught. The ban on unnecessary Week Ending July 15, 2005 swelled from fewer than 100 water use has also been imposed to 550. But the recent in several communities, where car insurgence by Maoist rebels has forced Shiveluch is now sending out pyroclastic washing and watering of landscape areas the army to redeploy troops that normally flows that have reached about 1,470 are prohibited. Meteo France forecasters A long stretch of the Caribbean patrol the park to other areas of the degrees Fahrenheit. Shiveluch is one of say the remainder of the summer is likely and Gulf Coast was battered by country. This has allowed poachers to kill the Kamchatka Peninsula’s 28 active volto remain very hot and dry.

Hurricane Dennis. The storm the rhinos with impunity, selling their canoes, and is located far from any populeft at least 56 people dead in horns for large amounts of money to lated areas.

A researcher at Brandeis Haiti and Cuba before lashing the Florida Southeast Asia traders who specialize in University says he has disPanhandle and adjacent areas of illegal rhino horn aphrodisiacs. The latest Ocean temperatures in the covered that an African grey Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. census shows that there are now only North Atlantic rose to an all-time • An area of disturbed weather in the parrot with a brain the size of about 360 of the horned animals left in high last year, raising concerns a walnut understands a numerical concept central Atlantic slowly intensified into the park. about how much ecological disakin to zero — an abstract notion that Hurricane Emily as it entered the southruption will occur due to global warming humans don’t usually grasp until the age eastern Caribbean.

Indonesian experts raised the in one of the world’s richest environments of 3 or 4. Cognitive scientist Dr. Irene • Typhoon Haitang formed to the alert level for Mount Merapi, on for marine life. The Canadian Fisheries Pepperberg says the bird, Alex, spontasoutheast of Iwo Jima, and was threatdensely populated Java Island, Department said that sea ice off neously and correctly used the label ening Japan’s southernmost islands late as the mountain showed Newfoundland and Labrador was below “none” to describe an absence of items in the week. increasing signs of activity. Residents normal for the 10th consecutive year, and on a tray during numerous training sesliving near the slopes of the 9,800-foot the water temperature outside St. John’s sions. Chimpanzees and possibly squirrel A sharp temblor off volcano were advised to stay alert for any Harbor, in Newfoundland, was the highest monkeys show some understanding of the Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island further increase in Merapi’s rumblings. on record during 2004. Ocean temperaconcept of zero, but Alex is the first bird prompted widespread panic • Far East Russia’s Mount Shiveluch has tures have also risen around the globe, to demonstrate an understanding of the but inflicted no injuries or sigshown a sharp increase in explosive outwith some species dying as a result, said absence of a numerical set, Dr. nificant damage. bursts, punctuating a three-month Bill Wareham, acting director of marine Pepperberg noted in the Journal of Comparative Psychology. ◗ • Earth movements were also felt in eruptive phase that has produced gas and conservation for the Vancouver-based northern Albania, New Zealand’s North ash plumes, as well as debris avalanches.

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by Jim Reed

‘I get more out of it than

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it takes away from me...’

Delta blues revivalist Jimbo Mathus finds salvation in hardship DESPITE SEEMING EVIDENCE to the contrary, most musicians don’t like to go out on the road unless it’s really worth their while.

The hassle and energy it takes to pack up gear, travel, set up, play, tear down and return home is usually only mitigated by a long string of (hopefully) lucrative dates spaced a couple of hours apart.

That’s why they call them tours.

However, there are some artists out there who simply live to play.

They’ll more often that not go through hell and high water just to get the opportunity to turn a new crop of people on to what they do.

Jimbo Mathus is one of those artists.

Through a string of extremely diverse and noteworthy musical endeavors (some commercially successful, some not), this Mississippi native has demonstrated an extreme fascination with pushing the envelope of whatever genre he was operating in at the time – whether that be the chiming, British-influenced alternative rock of his early ‘90s cult band Metal Flake Mother, the hokum blues and Tin Pan Alley noir jazz of the multi-platinum selling Squirrel Nut Zippers, a highprofile stint as guitarist on two of Buddy Guy’s most acclaimed records (“the greatest artist I ever worked with,” says Mathus), or his latest effort as bandleader and frontman, the group Knockdown South.

That unit, a down and dirty backwash of Delta blues, Stones-y romps and churning, groove music that at times approaches the deep-fried psychedelia of early Captain Beefheart or the 13th Floor Elevators, is perhaps closest to Mathus’ heart, for it encapsulates most of what he adores most about music in general, while simultaneously providing something of a beginner’s course in the convoluted

Jimbo Mathus history of how hardcore blues slowly morphed into what we now call rock and roll and R & B. Mathus lives – and loves – to play.

That’s one of the main reasons he and his three-piece road band just drove nineteen hours each way from their home in Clarksdale, Miss., to Deadwood, S.D., to play a blues festival.

With no gigs in between.

I tell Mathus that I hope the booking was lucrative enough to make it worth all that time and effort. He shrugs off the question with a bemused chuckle.

“Well, you know... money’s money! (laughs) As long as you wind up makin’ more than you spend, I guess you’re doin’ OK. (laughs)” These days, regardless of the size of his checking account, it would seem

Mathus is doing more than OK. He’s lived and worked for the past three years in Clarksdale, a stone’s throw from where he was raised. It’s a move that he felt compelled to make after years in North Carolina (where both Metal Flake Mother and The Squirrel Nut Zippers were formed).

“A lot of the groups I played with in Chapel Hill... Well, I was just a Mississippi boy kinda fittin’ in where I could. People recognized that I was a musician, so I wound up playin’ drums or bass, or whatever. It was cool. That’s why I went to North Carolina in the first place – ‘cause it seemed like a creative place with a lot of different things goin’ on. A lot of the music I made up there was more like a sidetrack from what I

really do, but I’m definitely proud of that time and all those records,” he says.

These days, Mathus devotes almost every waking hour to doing just what he wants to do. To that end, he opened a small analog recording studio in a desolate section of downtown Clarksdale, and when he’s not playing gigs with his band, or recording his own material, he’s busy tracking sessions for an astoundingly wide range of artists.

Some are locals (many of which he records for free or at cost in light of their financial hardships), who are glad for the opportunity to do high quality work close to home. Still others are established acts who travel great distances in hopes of having some of Jimbo’s trademark vibe rub off on their tunes.

It’s a vibe that is hard to pin down, but to say it’s a thick, swampy, morass of soul and groove would be something of an understatement.

Mathus feels a big part of that unique feel must have something to do with his studio’s physical location.

“We’re the only business left in this old four-story, hundred-year-old hotel.

We’re in the ground floor. The top three floors are just full of pigeons. It really adds to the ambience! (laughs)” There’s more to it than that, however.

“It’s where WRLX radio was located, and in its day, that was one of the biggest and greatest radio stations in the South. There’s nothing but ghosts and pigeons around us now... It’s a cool old building, and I’m really glad to be there.”

So too was Elvis Costello, apparently. The legendary songwriter spent a whirlwind afternoon cutting live demos at the Delta Recording Service in preparation for the more labor-intensive sessions which would make up his most recent LP The Delivery Man. Yet, when all was said and done, one cut from Jimbo’s place (“Monkey To Man”) made the final album sequence, and wound up

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So, have those tendencies served him well or poorly in this business?

“I’d say well and poorly. I’m still here, you know? That’s kinda what I expected when I got into this whole deal. I didn’t think I was gonna make a lot of money or anything like that, so it’s all good.”

True to form, when our conversation turns to his upcoming appearance in Savannah, his devotion to simply throwing down and having a party comes to light.

I ask Mathus how long of a show his band will be playing, assuming that since they’re on tour, they’ll be sticking to an industry- standard seventy or eighty minute headlining set.

“How late’s the place stay open?” he asks with a laugh.

“We’ll play for three or four sets.

Whatever it takes, you know. When I started checkin’ out the juke joints and doin’ my homework, I learned a lot about what bands are supposed to do.

“We’re like ‘goodwill ambassadors,’ bringin’ a little of the Clarksdale style to people wherever we go. The kind of music I like, you just follow the spirit, see where it leads you, stink it up good, and make sure you wear everybody out.” ◗

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economy sucks and the cotton industry is vanishing. Clarksdale’s no exception.”

He says, however, that despite such a bleak situation which in many ways brings himself – and the other residents – down, Clarksdale’s hardscrabble environment also serves to bring out the most resilient parts of their personalities.

“Something so strong is gonna have a serious upside and a serious downside,” he explains. “I’ll put it to you this way: I get more out of it than it takes away from me. I believe the spirit that created John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke, Ike Turner, and Muddy Waters... It’s still there.”

Another thing that’s still there after all these years is Jimbo’s lack of interest in worrying about who may or may not like what it is that he does.

“We (in Metal Flake Mother) were totally unconcerned with demographics, and I still am today,” he says with gusto.

According to him, that sort of mentality is inextricably linked to his birthplace.

“Everybody down here in the Delta has a bit of an outlaw personality anyway. Their natural inclination is to sorta... resist. There’s an African expression, where they say that roots cast no shadow. Well, these people down here ain’t really castin’ much of a shadow. (laughs)” “I work for myself. I don’t like workin’ for other people. I don’t like nobody tellin’ me what to do. I like to have a good time and throw down some boogie music all night long! (laughs) So, I’d say there are some pretty hardcore outlaw tendencies in my nature.”

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being released as the first single and video off the record.

Not long after, Costello’s label – sensing there was something intangible but captivating about that afternoon’s document -- compiled all the loose, passionate sides from the Clarksdale session and issued them as a limitededition disc.

Mathus says that twiddling the knobs for Costello and his band The Imposters surely stands as one of the highlights of his career so far.

“They were very cool. He and his band were right up there with the very best people I’ve ever worked with. They didn’t blow a single take, and what was really great is that they let me do things my way.”

He says that even a famously intense personality like Costello seemed to lay back and go with the flow once entering The Delta Recording Service. Mathus figures that’s because of the efficient and intuitive way things work at his place.

“Well, we get to rollin’ so fast that people don’t have a chance to think too much about stuff. It’s more of a fun vibe.

Elvis was relaxed, and he seemed really into the spirit of it, or else he wouldn’t have been there. I mean, he could go into any studio in the world.”

Providing the same kind of service for unknown artists as he does for folks like Costello was one of the main goals behind returning to Mississippi and setting up shop – specifically there, in an historic city that unfortunately has seen much better days.

“The Delta is not doin’ real well now,” Mathus admits with a discernible trace of concern. “Most towns are either drying up or caving in, just ‘cause the

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Born and raised in Mississippi, she was introduced to blues, gospel and country in her youth, but those influences blossomed during her college years in the musical hotbed of Chicago.

Now, her original material inhabits that toe-tapping nexus where Big Star, The Rolling Stones, The Flamin’ Groovies, Kelly Willis and Dwight Yoakam take turns pulling on a whiskey bottle while some hanger-on shakes a tambourine.

Since playing Savannah 5 years ago, she’s been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and has released several albums – her latest on the highly-acclaimed North Carolina label Yep Roc (home to Nick Lowe, John Doe, The Forty-Fives and more). I’ve no idea how well this driving roots-rock will translate to a solo setting, but when the melodies, turns of phrase and presentation are this good, the strip-down is probably of little concern. Tickets for this ALL-AGES, noalcohol show are $10 each or $8 for SFMS members. Fri., 7:30 pm, Wesleyan Monumental United Methodist Church (429 Abercorn St.).

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A few weeks back this annual R & B and Hip-hop showcase was cancelled at the last minute due to (depending on who you believe) either inclement weather, or backstage promoter shenanigans. Now, it’s back on, but the venue has shifted from Grayson Stadium to Savannah State’s Tiger Arena, and while headliner Toni Braxton is still being touted, word on the street is that virtually the entire rest of the lineup is being replaced.

I’d like to be able to tell you exactly which other urban music acts will be supporting Braxton, but as of press time, WEAS-FM had yet to announce them. There were a few local acts who competed to win a coveted slot on the show (including Yancey & The Breakneck Quartet), but again, who know’s if they’ll still appear at this rescheduled date.

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Expect to hear suspiciously noteperfect renditions of her signature hits, such as “Un-break My Heart” and “Breathe Again.” Sat., 1 pm, Savannah State University’s Tiger Arena.

Hot Young Priest, Magnapop Take a trip back to the glory days of indie-rock with this smashing lineup of two terrific Georgia bands that just happen to be fronted by women.

Headliner Hot Young Priest has only been around for a bit, but has knocked ‘em dead at this room before, and are winning fans over left and right with their throbbing, dark, guitar rock that’s one part Pixies, one part Tin Machine, and two parts PJ Harvey.

Magnapop, on the other hand, has been MIA for almost a decade, and has recently regrouped (with a new rhythm section). Led by the duo of Linda Hopper (formerly of Athens’ cult faves OH-OK with Matthew Sweet and Michael Stipe’s sis Lynda) and Ruthie Morris. Their new CD, Mouthfeel, is turning heads worldwide, and will soon head to Belgium for a series of major festival dates. Their “old-fashioned” overdriven, power-chord fuzz-pop is as bittersweet today as it was the first time around. If you missed out on the group back then, come see what all the fuss was/still is about. Sat., The Jinx.

Bluegrass & BBQ Party Sponsored by The Sons of The American Legion, this early-evening show marks the first installment of the non-profit group’s new monthly concert series. Each event will feature a different type of music (courtesy of a number of regional artists), accompanied by a catered meal. Proceeds benefit the SAL, funding their larger charity throwdowns.

This time around, the theme is Southern Americana, with live entertainment by The Jimmy Wolling Band, a great local quartet specializing in both traditional bluegrass and progressive “jam-grass,” as well as old-school country – like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Sr., and Elvis. Wolling’s known far and wide as one of the best banjo men in our area, and the rest of the crew (guitarist Dennis Goldbaugh, bassist Timmy Burke, and mandolinist Spec Hosti) is solid as a rock.

Memphis-style pork, side dishes and Creole-style gumbo will be sold by downtown’s newest joint, Angel’s BBQ. Food starts at 6 pm, music at 6:30 pm. $5 cover, $7 dinners. 21+ only. Sun., American Legion Post #135 (1108 Bull St. by Forsyth Park). ◗

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Ballyhoo Orchestra “Progressive Groove Rock” act from Atlanta. Expect lots of improvisation, with a 6-string bassist and classicallytrained keyboardist. Sat., JJ Cagney’s.

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One of the area’s longest-running party bands, Bluesonics have gone through a handful of different lineups over the years, but their commitment to offering unpretentious, straight-up electric blues remains. This bass, drums and guitar trio can always be counted on for a solid and captivating live show that doesn’t let up. Fri., 9 pm, Jukebox Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Bottles & Cans Raw, “gut-bucket” blues unit in the Fat Possum vein. If you dig the loose, emotional delivery of Hound Dog Taylor or R.L. Burnside, you may appreciate this local quartet. Thurs., Savannah Blues + Fri., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Brock Butler Rare solo set form the frontman/guitarist of Perpetual Groove. Expect lots of psychedelic and classic rock covers (as well as arrangements of P-Groove numbers) augmented with a variety of electronic effects. Thurs., 6 pm, Felipé’s Mexican Restaurant.

Thomas Claxton Solo acoustic versions of classic and modern rock hits, played and sung with gusto. Wed., 7 pm, Pogy’s Bar & Grill + Thurs. - Sat., 9 pm, The Bayou Café + Fri. 5:30 pm, The Warehouse.

Cosmic Charlie (Grateful Dead Tribute) Athens band that’s spent the past few years earning a rep as one of the more enthralling Dead tribute acts on

Well-known acoustic duo of actual siblings who sing and play pop, country and soft rock hits on guitar with sequenced backing. Thurs., 7 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt).

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Ray Dodd Diverse musician who draws on both jazz and blues genres in his work. He’s particularly known for his strong and expressive saxophone work. Sun., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

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The Robbie Ducey Blues Band Based in South Georgia near the Florida line, this fiery blues guitarist in the tradition of Jimmy Thackery plays a soulful brand of keyboard-heavy blues (think Curtis Mayfield), and is becoming something of a regular attraction at this subterranean venue in City Market. Sat., Savannah Blues.

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Electric band Eat Mo’ Music mixing country and rock covers and originals – featuring locals Jason Courtenay, Jesse Jordan, Tim Burke, Chuck Courtenay, and G.E. Perry. Fri., The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

High Velocity Southern and classic rock covers and originals played with vim and vigor by a group of seasoned pros. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Silver Dollar Bar & Grill (Hwy 204).

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Beckler’s a great Orlando-based songwriter whose selfrecorded debut is one of the most lush Justin Beckler and dreamy indie efforts I’ve yet come across. His production and delivery inhabit a space somewhere near Peter Gabriel and Kurt Ralske. Mirande is a local singer and acoustic guitarist who’s appeared at some Folk Music Society events. She’s said to be heavily influenced by the dulcet tones of Joan Baez and the sincere vision of protest icon Pete Seeger. Thurs., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

the circuit. Rather than slavishly recreate precise moments from any number of historical bootlegs, they prefer to try and channel the improvisatory spirit that made the noodle kings famous. Their sets regularly change and they’re known to dig deep for odd arrangements and rare tracks from the group’s long career.

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Excellent new regional blues group with a top-notch rhythm section (the drummer logged plenty of road time with Mr. “Achy-Breaky Heart” himself, Billy Ray Cyrus). Fri., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Part music lesson, part open hoot, this free weekly get-together is run by Joe Nelson, who plays a variety of stringed instruments (uke, banjo, mandolin), and lives to keep the flame of “old, weird American music” alive.

Novices and old hands alike are welcome to sit in and pick a bit. Mon., 7 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Acoustic duo (known for their roles in one of the area’s more popular bar bands) playing modern and classic rock covers and originals. Thurs., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Liquid Ginger One of the most popular bar bands in the immediate area, offering well-known, Liquid Ginger dance-oriented classic and modern rock covers, along with impressive and catchy crunch-pop originals from their two major-label-quality indie CDs. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, The Oyster Bar (Wilmington island).

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Patty Hurst Shifter Ace North Carolina roots-rock band with the emphasis on rock. Imagine late ‘80s Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers crossed with early ‘90s Paul Westerberg. Then imagine some L.A. metal cat sitting in on lead.

One of the best such groups to hit town in a long while, these guys truly get what they’re doing, and they make the most of it. Fri., The Jinx.

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Dee Lucas Trio Contemporary jazz unit from Tampa Bay, Florida that prominently features the alto sax. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

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She Alice Female-fronted party band (featuring members of The Positions and The Sapphire Bullets), playing popular dance-oriented favorites. Fri. Sat., 9:30 pm, Scandals (Tybee).

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North Carolina outfit devoted to recreating classic tunes by these onetime kings of extreme rock music.

Their repertoire is said to consist solely of the reputation-making material released before the group’s breakthrough “black” album. This show is open to anyone 18+. Fri., 10 pm, The Gold Club (Hwy 17 near Hardeeville).

No cover to get in to see this mainstream jazz act centered around the agile and Patty Hurst Shifter ever-so-tasteful 7-string guitarwork of Paul – a major talent who often gigs with genre heavyweights like Intriguing, nascent alt.country trio Jimmy Bruno and Bucky Pizzarelli. Fri., 9 (guitar, bass, drums) from Athens, led by pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park. native Texan Nic Goodson. At times, their plaintive dirges and acoustic ballads laced with atmospheric guitar skronk suggest an agrarian Wilco. Fri., The Jinx.

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Acoustic balladeer playing traditional and contemporary Celtic tunes on guitar.

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Randy “Hatman” Smith Solo singer/guitarist playing beach, boogie and blues tunes with electronic sequenced backing, to simulate “that full band sound.” Thurs., Stingray’s (Tybee).

Chris Talley Multi-instrumentalist songwriter from Athens who cites Ryan Adams and Tom Petty as key influences on his organic rock. Sat., Finnegan’s Wake.

Voodoo Soup Greasy, swamp-rock combo (featuring members of The Permanent Tourists and The Greg Williams Band) that takes great delight in jamming long and hard on a seemingly endless number of rock, blues and soul covers. Wed., JJ Cagney’s.

Greg Williams Poetic singer/songwriter heavily influenced by Dylan, Hendrix, Bowie, and Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q’s .

Wed., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

WormsLoew Young “y’allternative” rockers patterned after the Drive-By Truckers, Widespread Panic, and Jupiter Coyote.

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Saturday the 23rd Bruce Springsteen - Philips Arena, Atlanta Blowfly, Cadillac Jones - The EARL, Atlanta G.B.H. - The Masquerade, Atlanta Crossfade, Dark New Day Centre Stage @ The Plex, North Charleston David Allan Coe - The Last Call, Augusta Tinsley Ellis - Double Door, Charlotte “The Sugar Water Festival” w/Erykah Badu, Floetry, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte

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‘Guale Gold’ --Images of Ossabaw Island by Tim Coy; proceeds benefit the fund to restore the historic Boarding House on Ossabaw Island. Through Sept. 30 at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. ‘Show Horse’ -- SCAD mixed-media exhibition inspired by the nature and mystique of horses, July 1–Aug. 14, at the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. ‘Variegate’ -- A SCAD fibers department group exhibition, through Aug. 30, at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St.

‘Cloudy Day’ -- Original paintings by Russian artist Vitold Barhatkov at Maggies Antiqiues, 2819 Bull St. ‘Migration: New Paintings by Monica Cook’ -- New work from this SCAD 1996 painting alumna is on display through July 27 at the Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. A reception will be held Thursday, July 21, 5-7 p.m., at the gallery.

Public Painting -- The Savannah College of Art and Design presents a five-day public painting display by New York artist David Ellis, July 18–22, 5 a.m.–9 p.m., outside Working Class Studio, 233 W. Boundary St. Ellis will continuously paint and repaint a SCAD delivery truck, in keeping with his recent work of painting trucks in graffiti-inspired style.

Free and open to the public.

‘Bright Spirits’ -- John Zeuli’s black and white portrait photos of authors Peter Straub, Andrew Vachss, Harry Crews and others on display through July at the Starfish Cafe, 719 E. Broad St. Hours are M-F 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

‘Pressed Transition’ -- The Savannah College of Art and Design presents thisprintmaking exhibition by Jessica Lambert through July 29, at the May

‘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.

Free and open to the public.

‘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.

Maureen E. Kerstein -- New paintings by this Signature Member of the Georgia Watercolor Society, through Aug. 31 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

‘A Fine Dividing Line: Folk Art, Fine Art’ - A double show through the end of July at the Hurn includes “Purvis Young: A 30 Year Retrospective” and “Ricardo Manuel Diaz: Reality Out of Grayness.”

1015 Whitaker St. ‘The Nude at the Vanishing Point of Folk Art and Fine Art’ -- Paintings by Suzanne and Eric Longo run through July 31 at the Hurn Museum, 1015 Whitaker St. Gallery 209 Artists of the Month -Painter Christina Bates and potter Betty Melaver display work at Gallery 209, 209 E. River St. through July. ◗

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‘Of the Recently Antiquated’ -- New photos by Nicholas Silberg featuring prints in the photogravure and relief printmaking processes. July 20-Aug. 2, Pei Ling Chan Gallery and Garden for the Arts, 322 MLK Jr. Blvd. Reception for this thesis show is July 22, 6-9 p.m.

'Phyllis Limbacher Tildes -- Awardwinning illustrator of children's books exhibits at Cutters Point Coffee, 7360 Skidaway Rd. in Sandfly, thru Aug. 13.

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‘Fabricated Cindiisms’ -- Show by fiber artist Cindy Male at the DAC Gallery in the Downtown Athletic Club at One East Broughton Street in Savannah.

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Author Andrew Vachss, one of John Zeuli’s portraits on display at the Starfish Cafe

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Theatre Preview

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by Ashley Jenson

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Fighting the make-over mania

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The Good Body examines America’s dissatisfaction with its female physiques AMERICA HAS AN OBSESSION with women’s bodies. With shows like “Extreme Make-over,� “The Swan,� and “I Want a Celebrity Face,� never has it been more apparent that we pay too much attention on appearance and leave little time to work on ourselves inside.

Eve Ensler, best known for The Vagina Monologues, examines these and other issues in her newest show, The Good Body, a play being produced here in Savannah for the first time by the Drama Bums.

When I first caught wind of this production I admit my initial excitement was based on Ensler-hype. Ooh, artsy new show, what fun I will have, I thought.

But when I later sat down with Sheila Lynne and April Harder at CafĂŠ Ambrosia, where the play is to be shown as well as at the Sentient Bean, I grew excited for a completely different reason.

Lynne and Harder’s passion and conviction for the play was contagious, and as I was leaving the interview all I could think about was how happy I was that people were bringing this kind of theatre to Savannah.

Though originally The Good Body is a one-woman performance piece, the Drama Bums have taken the individual monologues and divided them among the cast’s three women -- Harder, Lynne, and Jill Brumer -- to create a play.

It begins with focus on one woman’s frustrations with her stomach and then moves into a broader view of women and the lengths in which they go to “fix� their bodies. The Good Body scans the globe, examining not just America’s preoccupation, but a wide array of cultures and the different ways that women deal with self-image. “Consumerism plays a big role with how we look at ourselves,� says Harder. “There’s this assumption that to look good you have to feel good, and to feel good you have to spend money on things or surgery.� “It’s timely, based on current events,� adds Lynne. “With all these make-over shows, things are getting worse. It’s starting to feel like the norm that people should have surgery to fix themselves.

This play is like a back-lash to those ideas.�

Perhaps in tune with the play’s lashout is the Drama Bums‚ own rebellion against current trends in theatre by going back to the basics. With their minimal set and exclusion of graphics or special effects they’ve brought the focus to what theatre is truly about -- the words. “Sure, people want to see toe-tapping musicals and feel-good pieces, but I want to do things that make people think so much that they feel,� explains Lynne. “This play says so many things that we’re afraid to say ourselves. It exposes ‘body’ as the four-letter word we’ve made it into.� “This looks at how women truly see themselves in the mirror, taking you inside of her,� notes Harder. “No matter how thin or beautiful you think someone is, for every perfection you can point out, there are ten things they can find not to like about their body. People of all body types have image issues.�

Pushing the buttons on weight, body modification, bombardment from magazines, and the constant feeling of inadequacy, Ensler leaves little unsaid about

the lengths a woman will go and how we got to that point, as she puts it: I see how other women’s stomachs or butts... have come to occupy their attention, so that we have very little time left for the war in Iraq -- or much else for that matter. “She makes me think of the possibilities,� muses Harder. “If we took all the time we spent fussing over how we looked and used it to do something of value, what wonderful things could we accomplish?� ◗

The Good Body will show at CafÊ Ambrosia July 22 and 29 and at the Sentient Bean on July 23 and 30 at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but donations for local women’s charities will be accepted.

Please note that due to strong language and adult content, this play is not appropriate for children. Contact Sheila Lynne at 224-6513 or April Harder at 210-2865 or e-mail the_drama_bums@yahoo.com for more information.

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A BELOVED SOUTHERN COMEDY Sears says her all-female cast is pricomes to life onstage this weekend, as marily composed of AASU theatre the AASU Department of Art, Music & majors, with the exception of Truvy, Theatre performs Steel Magnolias at the played here by nursing major Melissa Jenkins Theatre on campus.

McNaughton.

However, fans of the popular 1989 “There were not a lot of theatre film version, about a young woman in majors at the auditions who fit her charLouisiana acter -- this is struck with her space, her illness but environment,” determined to says Sears, live life to the explaining the fullest, should difficulty of know there casting that are a few diflarger-than-life ferences. role.

“In the Other cast stage version members of this all the action Masquers prois in Truvy’s duction are Erin beauty salon, Solomons as which is a conAnnelle, Cheryl The cast rehearses verted Tech as Ouiser garage,” says director Pam Sears, AASU Boudreaux, Michelle Fekete as Clairee professor of theatre. “You don’t ever see Belcher, Bess McCreary as M’Lynn and the men in their lives.”

Samantha Noon as Shelby Eatenton.

Sears says that forcing the audience Sears says the title of the play says it to use their imagination to picture offall. stage characters can sometimes be “It’s about these women who spend more effective than ever seeing the charso much time dolling themselves up, but acters. are much stronger on the inside than “You can really learn a lot about the you’d expect,” she says. “It’s surprising characters you don’t see, primarily by even to them.” what is said about them,” she says.

Sears says even though the setting Also, Sears says, “the play has a bit is as Southern as you can get, not all the more comic tone than the movie. The actors are native Southerners. drama is still there, but it’s definitely “A lot of them are looking to older undercut by comedy.” women in their lives for tips and inspiSteel Magnolias began as a short ration -- grandmothers, great aunts. I story written in ten days by Robert think they’ve gained a lot of respect in Harling after the death of a sister folthe process,” Sears says. lowing childbirth. It was, he later “It’s been absolutely interesting to admitted, the first thing he’d ever watch. We have characters ranging up to written.

69 years old, all being played by twentyHarling developed the story into a something women, all of them sort of script first produced off-Broadway at the embracing the grace of womanhood,” WPA Theatre, then produced on she says.

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Brilliant young cast more than matches director’s ambition in Cultural Arts Theatre’s Grease THE CULTURAL ARTS THEATRE’S recent high-energy, high-quality run of Grease at the Trustees Theatre is yet more proof that Savannah is undergoing a bona fide renaissance in the performing arts.

I suppose this renaissance is due to a lot of factors -- dedicated K12 performing arts magnets in the public schools, SCAD’s overall artistic influence, an influx of new residents from more -- um, shall we say, artistically savvy areas of the country, etc.

But in any event, what’s without question is that an up-and-coming generation of extremely talented young performers is making a lot of directors’ jobs in this town a lot easier.

Not to take anything away from Grease director D.J. Queenan. This relative newcomer to the city’s theatre program seems to have staged such a dynamite show precisely because he’s a newcomer -- one who doesn’t have time to listen to the usual nay-sayers and nags who insist that mediocre is good enough for Savannah audiences.

Want a full rock band, complete with sax, onstage the whole show dishing out tasty ‘50s early rock licks? Check.

Want a real live hot rod -- courtesy of Custom Auto Sales on Ogeechee Road - to roll onstage when it’s time let “Greased Lightnin’” rip? Check.

Want an ensemble with pipes so strong and clear that the two leads are given a serious run for their money?

Check.

Queenan has some powerful allies in this effort, though, chiefly a skilled musical director in Warren Heilman and a cast of strong-voiced, extroverted young performers who are so comfortable onstage you’d think they lived there.

Wide-eyed, sweet-voiced Lauren Fruits simply could not be a more perfect Sandy. Yeah, guys, I know what you’re thinking: More perfect than Olivia Newton-John?

But yes, Fruits not only ably sings and acts the role, but has a deft touch with Sandy’s more mischievous side (a side sadly left out of the film version of Grease, which made Newton-John’s Sandy entirely too squeaky clean to have any realistic allure for a leather-jacketed tough boy).

Fruits is well-paired with Nick Bushkar as the steely-but-sweet Danny

Zuko. Bushkar is a charismatic and forceful actor with a very powerful singing voice -- I’m talking heavy metal level pipes here -- but it’s not what I’d call mellifluous.

Bushkar is clearly more comfortable singing than delivering dialogue -which I suppose is better than the other way around if you’re in a musical. It’s a little disconcerting when he follows up a piece of low, nearly mumbled dialogue with a meter-pegging vocal display straight out of an Iron Maiden show. But, hey, maybe he’s just saving his voice. If I had a voice like that I’d save it too.

The stage version of Grease is substantially different -- and in my opinion superior to -- the film version because it’s more of a true ensemble piece. While the film was a transparent star vehicle for the two leads, the play gives the supporting characters a chance to really stretch out. Here again, Queenan’s casting choices live up to that promise.

Stefanie Selai’s brilliantly penetrating voice works perfectly for the ‘50s girlgroup vibe of “Freddy My Love,” sung by her flirtatious and funny character Marty -- a bit part in the film who thankfully has a much larger role in the play.

Faith Boles is so strong as the hardedged but soft-at-heart Rizzo that the other actors are clearly challenged by her. Luckily, they’re made of strong stuff and respond by lifting their games instead of allowing Boles’ stage presence and dynamic voice to dominate them completely.

Danny’s sidekicks Kenickie (Jimmy Pember), Roger (Matthew Dixon), Doody (Kyle Merritt) and Sonny (Chris Godbee) make a great comedy team -- if an entirely lame street gang -- and do a great job of providing unique comic relief to a show that’s already hilarious (not an easy thing to do).

No one could ever “steal the show” from young actors as aggressive and talented as these. But if anyone comes close, it has to be Robert Bush in his alltoo-brief turn as the “Teen Angel.”

Flanked by a chorus of backup angels in curlers, Bush ascends to the highest point on the set resplendent in a tight, white Freddy Mercury outfit.

Ornamenting “Beauty School Dropout” with enough falsetto grace notes to make Frankie Valli blush with embarrassment, Bush -- for one brief shining moment -- shows the young whippersnappers how it’s really done. ◗

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Forty percent of Sherlock’s wines have shelf talker help, but at B-21 in Tampa Bay, 65-75 percent of its inventory has a descriptor tag. Rhett Beiletti, wine consultant at B-21, considers it the store’s duty to provide enough information for a customer to decide on a wine, in order to create a comfort level with the buying process.

And the tags provide a qualified outside source to back up a salesperson’s opinion. In addition to monthly Staff Picks, they scour the Internet to find several informational sources even from esoteric publications such as Beverage Dynamics (a trade mag I don’t even read).

The effort creates a veritable encyclopedia of wine-buying info.

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Another consumer, a more skeptical ones, said: “Yes, they have [influenced me]. This was especially the case when I was first developing a taste for wine. My feelings might be more mixed in this regard now, after seeing Mondovino [a controversial wine biz movie out in indie theaters now], I’m somewhat suspect of wine critics.”

The most ubiquitous shelf talkers come from the national magazines, like Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, and list ratings on a scale of 1-100. But one really cool option is stores that create their own shelf talkers or “Staff Picks.”

Ansley Wine Merchants in Atlanta has been using these for years, and, unlike the stuffy wine mags, its talkers are comedians.

Comments like “Staff Favorite … means we drank a lot of it” engage customers rather than confuse them. Debbie Fraker at Ansley says, “Shelf talkers are there for when we’re not … they work well for shy or busy people,” who don’t want

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Although it pained this budding artist to squander his creativity on annoying 30-second radio spots, the commercials apparently sold cars.

Just like the little annoying “shelf talkers” at wine shops — those tags that hang off the display shelves that scream ratings, descriptions and other tidbits of often useless info. They apparently sell wine too.

I spoke with several consumers who confessed their weakness for shelf talkers.

When asked if these little marketing tags ever influenced a purchase, replies like, “yes, I’m a sucker for those,” and “Absofreakinlutely, I rely on them to expand my horizons. Tags have caused me to spend money I would not have otherwise … I do not always agree with what the tags said after tasting the wine, but mostly

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Restaurant’s islands theme aims to relieve you of your ‘extra baggage’ WHEN I ARRIVE AT TANGO, I notice a few things: I notice the large, colorful umbrellas above the tables…the intimate, yet festive atmosphere…the singer doing Sinatra standards over in the corner.

Wait a minute: Sinatra? At an island restaurant? Shouldn’t he be belting out Buffett or something?

This is my first clue that Tango is anything but typical.

Then, after Mr. Savell… er, I mean Tim (which, as I was informed by Rob the bartender, is the only thing anyone ever calls him) and I sit down to talk, it is not long before I realize that the owner is as eclectic as the restaurant itself.

“The ideas for the décor and most of the menu items came from my travels in the West Indies, the Philippines and the Virgin Islands,” Tim says.

And then he begins to tell his tale.

“The day after my high school graduation, I flew to Jamaica. I sailed all around the Caribbean and the Indies, living on my boat, before somewhat settling on the small Jamaican island of Port Antonio. That’s where I stayed, until the locals took over the island and hijacked my ferry.”

He begins to go on with his story, so (naturally) I have to stop him and ask him to repeat himself… and elaborate.

“The island was run by this New York business man, and he wasn’t real wellliked by the locals. He overworked them, and underpaid them, and they decided to revolt. The owner ordered all his guests off of the island, and as I returned from taking the last guest over, a group of islanders boarded, drunk and wielding

machetes. They ordered my friend and I off of the boat,” says Tim. “Being visibly American, we knew we were not safe on the island,” he continues. “We got a friend to ride us to the mainland on a dinghy. Later that night, my friend had an attack of pancreatitis, and we were air-ambulanced to Miami,” he continues.

Tybee, an island he describes as a "quiet gem".

Having owned his own restaurant in St. Johns, he decided to give it another go, and five years ago, Tango was born.

“She recovered, but after that I decided to move to St. Johns, U.S. Virgin Islands,” Above, owner Tim Savell behind the bar; Tim says. “Somehow having at left, the restaurant’s signature PuPu Platter that U.S. in the name made me feel a lot safer."

Wow. What a tale. So, to bring things So what’s in the name? up to the present, after leaving St. Johns “The tango is a very passionate, and returning to mainland, he began to sensual dance,” Tim explains. “That’s how travel to all the different beaches of the we feel about our food. We’re passionate East Coast, eventually making his way to about what we do."

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The drink menu at Tango is highly specialized as well, featuring wines from small boutique vineyards, unique tropical drinks made with exotic fruit juices, and a variety of different martinis.

“I believe in quality over quantity,” Tim says. “I would rather make sure that every item on my menu is top notch than to include just anything.”

Another thing Tim believes in is therapy… Tango style.

“When you come here, we want you to forget about your troubles,” says Tim. “If people arrive with extra luggage in the back of their head, of what they’ve done today or what they’ve got to do tomorrow, we want to be their therapist… their exorcist. We want to get all that out.” ◗

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This is something I have had to walk people through numerous times. If were paid a nickel every time, I would thank MS, but hey — it’s simple and don’t charge for quick and easy fixes.

Outlook Express: Under the File Menu, select tools and then scroll down to “options.” You will see a security tab above. Select that and you will see abox (probably checked) that states “Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus.”

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Yahoo’s got a new tool bar that has an antispy scanner as well as pop-up blocker. Get that as well. Run them all. I haven’t used it, but download.com also has a new category dedicated to this junk: www.download.com/SpywareCenter/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir.

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Tim Burton, last seen lunging for Oscar gold with the forced whimsy of Big Fish, is back on steadier ground, helming the second screen version of Roald Dahl’s 41-year-old novel. Johnny Depp headlines as Willy Wonka, the eccentric candymaker who allows five children to take a tour through his gargantuan factory. Young Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore, Depp’s Finding Neverland co-star) is a perfect angel, but the other four kids prove to be such brats that they all eventually get their comeuppance within the walls of Wonka’s candy-coated fortress. In most respects, this surpasses the previous screen incarnation, 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: It’s funnier, faster and more visually stimulating. But Burton’s maudlin streak gets the best of him via a needless back story that explains Wonka’s affinity for candy, and this plot strand leads to a soggy finale that’s easily bested by the final act of the ‘71 model. Depp, whose Wonka seems to be a cross between Michael Jackson and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’s somnambulist, delivers an engaging surface performance, though I prefer the more measured madness of Gene Wilder’s interpretation.

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Modern movie comedies are starting to resemble nothing so much as the board game Clue, with its limited number of characters rotating throughout the confines of an established milieu. Is it Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in the Christmas comedy about an eccentric family? Is it Stiller and Vince Vaughn in the summer comedy about an underdog sports team? Is it Stiller, Wilson and Will Ferrell in the fall comedy about the fashion models? Or is it Stiller, Wilson, Vaughn and Ferrell in the spring comedy about a pair of TV cops? Wedding Crashers shuffles around Wilson, Vaughn and one “surprise” cameo player in just the sort of picture we’ve come to expect from this Hollywood version of a theatrical repertory company: rude, ragged and funny more often than not. Wilson and Vaughn play John and Jeremy, longtime buddies who crash weddings in order to sleep with the emotionally vulnerable women they encounter there. But the pair’s successful operation hits a snag once they infiltrate a wedding that’s under the auspices of Treasury Secretary William Cleary (Christopher Walken): John falls in love with Cleary’s levelheaded daughter Claire (Rachel McAdams) while Jeremy finds himself being terrorized by the politico’s seemingly psychotic daughter Gloria (Isla Fisher). While it could be construed as a tragedy if Hollywood has already starting steering McAdams (Mean Girls, The Notebook) into standard “girlfriend” roles, it should be noted that her vitality and Fisher’s zaniness match up nicely against the leading actors’ personalities.

For their part, Wilson and Vaughn are in exemplary comic form, doing their best to lift a clunky screenplay that’s bogged down by the usual stock characters (overbearing fiancé, creepy gay kid, etc.).

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Dark Water is the sort of brooding psychological film often embraced by discerning audiences in the fall off-season, but during the blockbuster period, it doesn’t stand a chance. That’s a shame, because as far as American remakes of Japanese horror flicks go, this one’s

better than either The Ring or The Grudge. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia Williams, an emotionally fragile woman whose recent divorce leaves her scrambling to find a place for her and her young daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade) to reside. They end up moving into a decrepit apartment on Roosevelt Island, just across the way from Manhattan, but it’s not long before matters take an eerie turn: Ceci becomes obsessed with her new imaginary friend; the building’s elevator operates according to its own schedule; and the imposing water spots on the ceiling seem to pulsate with a purpose. Connelly anchors this with a strong performance, though the film is stolen by supporting players Pete Postlethwaite (as the building’s gruff janitor), Tim Roth (as Dahlia’s adept lawyer) and especially John C. Reilly (as the sleazy landlord).

FANTASTIC FOUR ✰✰

Assign acclaimed directors to superhero flicks and you get the likes of the SpiderMan pair, the X-Men duo and Batman Begins. Assign any Tom, Hack or Harry, and you get flaccid duds like Elektra, The Punisher and now Fantastic Four. The protagonists of this new film certainly deserved a better fate: Arriving on the scene (1961) before the X-Men, the Hulk and even Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four were the heroes who initially established the popularity of the Marvel universe. It’s shocking that 20th Century Fox didn’t treat this with the same care as their classy (and wildly successful) X-Men franchise; instead, they handed the directorial reins to Tim Story, whose brief resume (Barbershop and the Jimmy Fallon bomb Taxi) offered no hints that he was the right man for this job. So what we get is a half-assed enterprise that might play better with the general public than with fans who will be outraged at the liberties taken by Story and screenwriters Mark Frost and Michael France. While on a scientific mission into outer space, Dr. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), his ex-girlfriend Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), her brother Johnny (Chris Evans) and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) run afoul of a cloud of cosmic radiation; the exposure ends up turning them into, respectively,

Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, The Human Torch and The Thing. When they’re not busy bickering among themselves, they spend their time matching wits with industrialist Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon), whose own contact with the radiation transforms him into the villainous Dr. Doom. Among the heroes, Chiklis fares best as the tortured Thing, but McMahon makes a pitiable Dr. Doom, a towering comic book villain reduced to a wimpy matinee villain.

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As far as ill-advised Nicole Kidman vehicles that plunder past artifacts of pop culture are concerned, the nicest thing one can say about Bewitched is that it’s an improvement over The Stepford Wives. Directed and co-written (with her sister Delia) by Nora Ephron, Bewitched isn’t a faithful adaptation of the popular 60s TV series; instead, it’s the Ephrons’ attempt to outsmart Charlie Kaufman by constructing a scenario in which fading actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) attempts to rejuvenate his career by playing the Dick York/Dick Sargent part of the cuckolded husband in an update of Bewitched. So his own star won’t get eclipsed, he hires an unknown named Isabel (Kidman) to essay the Elizabeth Montgomery role of Samantha, little realizing he’s cast a real witch to play a fictional one. Ferrell’s manic performance quickly grows tiresome, while Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine are wasted in malnourished roles.

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The notion of a supercharged Volkswagen beetle seems quaint in this age of monolithic, gas-guzzling SUVs -indeed, the first Herbie picture, The Love Bug, hit theaters back in 1969 -- yet given the sort of cacophonous kiddie dreck that routinely fills the auditoriums today, this blast of old-fashioned sentiment isn’t half-bad. Lindsey Lohan, whose tight outfits continually threaten to put the kibosh on the film’s G rating, stars as Maggie Peyton, a third-generation member of a NASCAR family whose lineage includes her deceased grandfather, her retired pop (Michael Keaton) and her clumsy brother (Breckin

Meyer). Forbidden by her dad from ever taking part in races, Maggie goes against his wishes once she discovers that the rusty VW she rescues from a junkyard is magically endowed.

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Director Christopher Nolan, who immediately established himself with the crackerjack crime gems Memento and Insomnia, has made another movie in which thought often speaks louder than either action or words. Bruce Wayne (now played by Christian Bale) embarks on an international odyssey, hoping to learn all about the inner workings of the criminal mind. He has always been able to count on the services of the family butler Alfred (Michael Caine), yet he also finds allies in Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), an inventor who works for Wayne Enterprises, and detective Jim Gordon, seemingly the only honest cop left in Gotham (it’s nice to see perennial villain Gary Oldman cast in this sympathetic role). More ambiguous in her support is assistant d.a. Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes), who views Bruce Wayne as a shallow billionaire and Batman as a potentially dangerous vigilante.

MR. AND MRS. SMITH ✰✰1/2

Based on the countless scenes in which Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie strip down to their undergarments, it’s clear that there isn’t an ounce of flab on either of those beautiful bodies -- it’s just too bad the same can’t be said about the film itself.

Sorry, Ms. Aniston, but Brad and Angelina make a hot on-screen couple, and they gleefully throw themselves into this chaotic action flick in which the sharp dialogue too often gets drowned out by the incessant explosions and automatic weapon fire. The People Magazine perennials play John and Jane Smith, a suburban couple who have grown bored with each other over the six years they’ve been married. But what they don’t realize is that they’re both skilled assassins working for competing agencies; once this tidbit of information becomes known to both parties, each is suddenly forced to try to kill the other. ◗

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

Chatham County Democratic Committee

Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Chatham County Young Republicans Coastal Democrats

Comprehensive Planning Workshop The Metropolitan Planning Commission will host several workshops throughout Savannah during the summer. The Historic Neighborhoods (West) will meet July 28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the MPC Hearing Room. All neighborhood residents and business owners

CUTS Public Involvement Plan The Metropolitan Planning Organization is requesting that residents review the Chatham Urban Transportation Study report and provide comments. Written comments will be accepted until Aug. 19. Copies of the plan are available for review at all Chatham County public libraries, the MPC office or at www.thempc.org. A public meeting with the Citizens Advisory Committee will be held Thursday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. in the MPC Arthur A. Mendonsa Hearing Room, 112 E. State St. Call 651-1452.

Fellowship of Reconciliation 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.

Food Not Bombs 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.

League of Women Voters The Savannah-Chatham chapter of the League of Women Voters meets on the first

Libertarian Party of Chatham County

Auditions

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 A free-flowing discussion of spiritual, political and social issues on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St., on the corner of Lincoln and Gwinnett, next to Kroger. During the 1960s and 70s, rap sessions (times when people got together and discussed what was on their minds) were going on at college campuses all over the U.S. Has today’s generation become totally leveled or do we have something to say? Don’t let your human voice be silenced. Call 232-1165.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Cultural Arts Theatre Set Auditions Cultural Arts Theatre will present The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde beginning Sept. 9. Auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday July 25 and 26 at 6:30 p.m., with call backs on Thursday, July 28, at the Black Box Theatre at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St., between Bull and Whitaker streets.

Roles are available for ages 16 through adult.

Bring a 2-minute monologue or read one that will be provided. For information, call 6516783.

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

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

Help other women have a baby.

Be an Egg Donor. Give the Gift of Life to an infertile couple.

GEORGIA CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE 5354 Reynolds Street Ph: 912-352-8588 • Fx: 912-352-8893 www.gcrmsav.com

Call to find out about our anonymous egg donor program.

• Women needed, ages 21-30 • All procedures done in Savannah, no travel required.

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will meet Monday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Ave. The guest speaker is Mary Beth Pierucci, External Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of Augusta, will speak about the importance of the Supreme Court nomination and how a new justice could swing the court on reproductive rights. Megan Burgoyne, External Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of Savannah, also will be present. The public is invited. For information, call Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or 484-3222.

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

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meets on the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. For information, call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 234-5969, or Janice Shay, 5475212 or visit www.chathamdems.org.

are encouraged to attend. Those who are unable to attend may contact the MPC at 6511440 for additional information or for an individual appointment.

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

Donations are greatly appreciated. Call 3554339.

Night Stalkers Association In honor of the fallen soldiers who served in the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) out of Hunter Army Airfield, the Military Affairs Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging donations of funds and resources to the Nigh Stalkers Association.

Call Linda R. Rogers at 352-6645 or send donations to: The Night Stalkers Association, 3/160 SOAR, 1304 N. Lightning Rd., Hunter Army Airfield, 31409-4719. For information, visit www.nightstalkers.com.

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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. or call 713-8778.

Tax-Free Weekend Benefit for Goodwill Tax-Free Weekend is coming up July 28-31.

Shoppers can double their tax relief by going to Oglethorpe Mall during Tax-Free Weekend and taking donations to the Goodwill truck stationed outside. They will get a tax deduction for the donation and a chance to register for a $250 Oglethorpe Mall gift certificate. For information, call Goodwill at 354-6611.

Call for Entries Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians The Chatham County Chamber Group is seeking classically trained musicians. Call 232-2326.

Maggie Medal Nominations The Humane Society Chatham/Savannah will award the Maggie Medal to someone who embodies positive change or a favorable impact for a non-profit; exemplifies keen spirit, compassion, service and selflessness; demonstrates a commitment to volunteering; inspires others to contribute or volunteer; and has improved the quality of life for other living beings. To nominate someone for this award, complete a recommendation essay up to 500 words on how the candidate meets the criteria of the Maggie Medal. Essays must be typed and include a cover page with the full name, occupation, mailing address, contact phone numbers and e-mail address of the nominee; the same information for the nominator; and the relationship of the candidate to the nominator. Essays must be received by Aug. 10.

Mail to: Humane Society Chatham Savannah, c/o Mindy Nash/The Maggie Medal, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr., Savannah, 31406. The essays can be faxed to 354-2952 or emailed to mnash@savannahhumane.com.

Mutation: the venue for misfit crafts Crafters who are interested in selling their handmade goods are asked to apply to his upcoming show, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 from 1-6 p.m. at the Starland Center for Contemporary Arts.

Tables cost $12 and under. Contact Meghan Shannon at megshannon50@hotmail.com.

Remember This art show at the Starland Gallery for Contemporary Arts, 2424 Bull St., will be devoted to the work of young artists and should explore the themes of simplification, exaggeration and/or fantasy. Any visual

work created by anyone age 16 and younger will be accepted, up to three entries per person. Entries do not have to be current.

The entries are due by Aug. 2 and can be dropped off Thursday through Sunday from 6-8 p.m. or by appointment. Call Meghan Shannon at 429-3705 or send email to megshannon50@hotmail.com to make an appointment. Include the name and age of the artist, the title and contact information with the entry. The opening reception will be Friday, Aug. 5 from 1-6 p.m.

Classes & Workshops AARP 55 Alive This two-day, four-hours-each-day class focuses on refreshing driving skills, reviews the rules of the road and identifies areas where changes take place as we age. The cost is $10 per person. Upon completion, most insurance carriers may deduct up to 10 percent on certain parts of an insurance policy for a period of three years. Classes will be held Aug. 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior-Candler Hospital. Call 352-4405. Classes will be held Aug. 16 and 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Magnolia Manor in Richmond Hill. Call 756-4653.

AASU Computer Courses Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Department of Professional and Continuing Education will offer several computer courses. Excel-Level 1 will be held Aug. 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. The fee is $89.

Excel-Level III will be held Aug. 15 and 16 from 6-9 p.m. The fee is $89. Microsoft Access-Level III is an advanced class to learn how to customize and enhance your reports in Access by using macros, graphics and more. The class will be held Aug. 22 and 23 from 6-9 p.m. Call 927-5322.

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.

Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E. Several classes in art and theater are being offered for both children and adults at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-4248.

Art School Summer classes are offered for students ages 6 through teens. Classes run for a week at a time, with students attending Monday through Friday for three hours. The cost is $150 per week and supplies are included. Each week has a theme such as Three Dimensional Art, Drawing Threatened and Endangered Animals and Characters of Fiction and Fantasy. Call 921-1151 or visit www.theartschool-sav.com.

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 6-12 months and their parents.

Communicate with your baby before you knew it was possible. Classes are offered in four-week sessions every month. Times vary.

The cost is $50, which includes materials.

To register, call 355-4601.

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

Registration and pre-payment are required.

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1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.

Basic computer class

Coastal Folk Harp Society Harp Ensemble

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.

The Coastal Folk Harp Society and The Folk Traditions Store will sponsor a harp ensemble under the leadership of harpist Kristin Gustafson on Tuesday, July 26 at 5:30 p.m. at The Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Parts are available for players of all ages and all levels of experience. This is one of the most fun ways to improve harp skills.

The cost is $7 or $5 for FTS members. Call 341-8898.

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.

Bluegrass Banjo Workshop Michael Telzrow will present a bluegrass banjo workshop on Sunday, July 31 at 2 p.m. at The Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Michael has played bluegrass and clawhammer styles for 26 years, taught banjo at Stype Brothers Banjo Shop in Hollywood, Fla. during the 1980s and played in South Florida bluegrass bands, including the South Ocean String Band. The workshop will address the needs of beginner to intermediate clawhammer banjo players. Topics will include chord construction, basic right-hand techniques, lefthand techniques - hammers, pull-offs, slides, etc., songs and arranging your own versions and choosing a banjo. Handouts and tablature will be provided. The cost is $20, $15 for members. Call 341-8898 or visit www.folktraditionsstore.com.

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.

Children’s Art Studio Combining quality education with the fun and enrichment of the creative process, the Children’s Art Studio will offer mixed-media classes for children ages 4-12. Tentative class offerings include Ceramic Birdhouses, Children’s LiterARTure, Amazing Animal Games, Do The Zoo, Mimic the Masters and The Artist’s Garden. The studio is located at 714 Mall Blvd., across from South College.

An open house will be held July 10 from 2-5 p.m. and classes will begin the week of July 11. Classes will be offered Monday through Friday from 9-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon and 1-2:30 p.m. All classes are $95 for the week, which includes materials and a snack.

Call Kimberly Statts at 355-6252 or send email to kays435@comcast.net.

Church Music Seminar The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. is announcing specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry, including Conducting Techniques, Youth Choirs, Planning and Organization, Worship Teams, Midi and Keyboards, Children’s Choirs, Worship Planning, Liturgy, Senior Choirs, Keyboards, Vocal Techniques, Rehearsal Tips, Music Software and more. Call 236-

Coastal Scooters Classes 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.

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.

Davenport House Docent Training Volunteer docent training will be offered in July. Training includes studies in local history and decorative arts. Docents lead tours and assist with programming for people from around the world who visit the historic house. Call Dottie Kraft at 236-8097 or send email to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

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.

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.

Financial Workshop for the Individual Investor will be held Thursday, July 21 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Edward Jones, 315 Commercial Dr., Suite B-1. There is no charge and all materials are furnished. Call 354-1812 to enroll.

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.

35 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.

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.asp .

shooting time will be spent in informal discussions about the photographs with the instructor and other students as well as individual time with the instructor. This workshop will be held Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. Platinum Printing with Sal Lopes is a 5-day workshop that will be offered Sept. 4-10 to teach students how to make quality platinum/palladium prints. Instruction will be given in making enlarged negatives designed for contact printing with emulsions mixed and coated onto fine lithography papers by hand. Prints will be made from students’ existing nega-

tives. For information on these workshops, visit www.savannahphotoworkshops.com.

Safety and Health Management Systems This free OSHA-funded two-day workshop will be held Aug. 2 and 3 at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s University Hall, Room 156. It will target small to medium businesses. For information, call 888-284-8958.

Savannah Art Association Life Drawing Drawing sessions will be held the first three Tuesdays of every month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Savannah Art Association (located in

City Market upstairs over Belford’s). The model is clothed. Bring your own drawing supplies. $10 per session for members.

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

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Life Challenge Consulting When would now be a great time to engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial halfhour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.

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Memorial Health positive parenting class

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.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery Indepth exploration of the 11th step.

Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

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.

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.

Photographic Workshops in Savannah is currently offering two workshops. The Nude....The Southern Landscape is a 5-day workshop that will be spent on Ossabaw Island, accessible only by boat, where lush greenery, marshy vistas, old farm buildings and unspoiled beaches abound. Students will work with male and female models in the landscape or just the landscape alone. Non-

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with a clothed model will be held Sundays July 25, Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 from 14 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 non-members. Call 8975612.

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cific ocean theme. Programs are available for children ages 3 through 12. Call the Tybee Island Marine Science Center at 7865917 or stop by the center at 1510 Strand to pick up a schedule and registration form.

Stress Reduction Through Mindfulness Come learn the foundations of stress reduction as it applies to family, the workplace and current life challenges. Classes are held Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $15. 313 E. Harris St. For more information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

Tennis, anyone?

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

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Thinking of Starting a Business This workshop covers the basics of business startup. It will be held July 28 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. The cost is $40 per person if preregistered and prepaid before the day of the workshop or $50 the day of the workshop.

To pre-register, call 651-3200 or send e-mail to www.clee@sbdc.uga.edu.

is part of a regional and global church network. The group meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at 352-2323 or visit the Web site at www.bannerofthenations.com.

are welcome to come together to make a joyful noise. Meets every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church’s Horton Hall, 11911 White Bluff Rd. Call Ronn Alford, Director of Music Ministries, at 925-5924.

Beach Historic Neighborhood Association

Daughters of Destiny

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

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

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Beanhead Writers Group Get together with other Savannah writers -published and unpublished -- every second Saturday at 1 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. The group meets to critique works in progress and to discuss technique and marketing. Fiction and non-fiction, but no poetry.

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

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

interested in Celtic music are welcome.

Meets the second and fourth Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at the Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Call 341-8898.

Learn to play Go Learn how to play the game that will soon replace Chess as the intellectual strategy game par excellence., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Books-A-Million on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.

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

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

There is a $700 jackpot.

MOMS Club

1511 Abercorn, ACBL certified duplicate bridge game every Wednesday at 1 p.m.

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

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

offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults.

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

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

Friends of the Library

A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavanna h/.

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

The name of this group stands for Moms Offering Moms Support. It is for stay-athome moms and their children and we meet during the day, during the week, when moms need the most support. Events include day trips, service projects, monthly Mom’s Night Outs, play groups, play dates, crafts events, a babysitting co-op, and other activities. For information, call Courtney at 921-1462, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com.

Georgia Christian Singles

Millionaire’s Club for Women

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium

Civil Air Patrol

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

The purpose of the organization is to achieve wealth and success in personal and professional life and to share this wealth by mentoring others on the same path. Call 236-3660.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clean Coast meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. The group needs volunteers and volunteer boat-owners for monthly clean-ups on area beaches, barrier islands and marshes. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

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

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

Community Hymn Chorus All you need is the desire to have a good time singing God’s music. All denominations

Friends of Oatland

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

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

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

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

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

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

Irish Session The Irish Session is getting ready for a performance at the Sentient Bean in September. All instrumentalists who are

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

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

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

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

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

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Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at

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

Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Business Connection will be held Thursday, July 28 from 5:30-7:30 p;;.m. at Cobblestone Coach House -Savannah’s Caribbean on River Street at 225 W. River St. The cost is $5 for members and $15 for member guests. Contact Susan Smith at 644-6434 or ssmith@savannahchamber.com.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

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

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

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

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

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

Savannah Euchre Club Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor

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

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

meets the first Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Golf Club on East President Street. RSVP to Laura McLaren at 236-6750, Ext. 14, or 898-9362.

Savannah Ski Club

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

meets every second Tuesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. New members are welcome. All that is required is an interest in knitting or crocheting. Bring a project and join in the stitching, talking and munchies. A preemie hat project is in progress. Guest lectures will begin in September. Free and open to the public. Call 238-0514 for information.

Savannah Ghost and Mystic Meetup

Savannah Sunrise Rotary club

Belly Dance Classes

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society is dedicated to the preservation of the canal and its natural and historical features.

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

Savannah Port City Lions Club meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryan’s Restaurant on Stephenson.

For information, call 920-9081.

For information, see www.savannahskiclub.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah hosts Magnificent Mondays from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free swing dance lessons are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered the third and fourth Mondays. Every lady 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.

The Studio offers a variety of ongoing open dance classes, including Hip Hop on Thursdays at 7 p.m. with Mary Ann Duffy, Adult Beginner Ballet on Mondays at 10 a.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr (new session begins Aug. 8), Intermediate/Advanced Ballet on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. with Dagoberto Nieves, Intermediate/Advanced on Thursdays at 5:30 with Jil Cooley and Intermediate/Advanced Jazz Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. with Veronica Moretti Niebuhr. The Studio is located at 2805 Roger Lacey Ave. For information, call 695-9149.

A social network for ex-pats from the North (NY, NJ, CT, etc.) and those who love them.

Miss the camaraderie of the old social networks? Good company, edgy conversation, laughter, edible food, music, the arts, the beach and the pool, croquet, tennis, kayaks and dancing, just for starters. Call 232-4247.

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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.

Call 233-1951.

will hold its monthly luncheon July 21 at 11:30 a.m. at River House Seafood. Mark Dana will discuss Know Savannah instant email, web and text managing. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members.

Reservations are required by July 18. Call 356-1223.

Tybee Beautification Association meets the second Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

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

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.

Youth Dance Program

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Savannah Art Association

Tybee Performing Arts Society (TAPS)

will play touch rugby every Thursday through Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. with the championship on Aug. 6. All games and the tournament will be held at Forsyth Park on the south end. Minimum age 18. Call Steve Keller at 663-7415 or rugbyvulture@cldsnet.

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The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition at the First Christian Church, 711 E. Victory Dr. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. All are welcome to sing or just listen. No experience or membership is required. Books will be available for loan or purchase. For information, including dates and times, call 6550994.

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Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord. Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Midtown on Abercorn. The $20 guest fee will apply to your membership if you join.

(but discerning) man’s Bridge. Approaching Platonic perfection is all that one could wish from playing cards, it combines the deceptive simplicity of Gin with the addictive competitiveness of Poker, and it moves briskly enough to consume many hours of your life. Call Katie at 227-4193.

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instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. Multi-level yoga classes are offered Monday and Friday at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for drop-ins, $40 for a package card of five classes. Walk-ins are welcome. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com.

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

Chopra Center 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.

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

Personal training is $50 for a 1 1/2 hour session.

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..

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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 8196463.

Pregnancy Yoga An eight-week session will be held starting July 26 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m. at offices located at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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 for the 8-week session. Call 667-8877 for information or space availability or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center Located at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Schedule: Monday, 8-9:15 a.m., Morning Gentle Flow Yoga -- all levels; Monday from 6:30-7:45 p.m., Sunset Flow Yoga -- all levels; Tuesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m., Yoga Basics for beginners; Wednesday from 6:30-7:45 p.m.

All levels Flow Yoga. Drop-ins $12 or 4-class card for $40, 10-class card $90, 12-class card $105. Call 441-6653. A Chakra Yoga Workshop will be held Saturday, July 23 from 2-4 p.m. The cost is $20. Pre-registration is required by July 22. Register and pay online at www.savannahyoga.com.

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

Water aerobics at the JEA The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Call 819-6463.

Gay & Lesbian Alpha Financial Management seminars A series of free seminars specifically designed for the LGBT community will be held. Attendees will learn about the tools

needed to increase their wealth, protect their assets, take actions that are congruent with their own values, and to build a sense of financial and emotional security in life. For information, call 353-9343.

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

First City Network’s Workforce project offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job.

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

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

Gay AA Meeting meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 441-4407.

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

Lesbian Potluck 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 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.

Standout 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.

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

Health Backus Children’s Hospital Pediatric Memorial Service This memorial service is being held in memory and honor of children and adolescents who have died. It will be held Tuesday, July 26 from 11:30 a.m. to noon at All Faiths Chapel at Memorial Health.

Cancer 101: How to Make It Through the First Few Months will be held Monday, July 25 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Cancer Institute Conference Room at Memorial Health. For information or reservations, call Jennifer at 350-7845.

Community HealthCare Center provides free health care for those patients who live in Chatham County, are under 65, who do not have primary medical coverage,

and who do not exceed certain financial thresholds. The Center is located at 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center. Call for an appointment at 692-1451.

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

Domestic Violence The St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will present a Wisdom & Gathering Session on June 16 from 5:30-7 p.m. To make a reservation, call 447-6605.

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

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

Free fans for seniors Fans are being made available free of charge to those 55 and older and living at or below an annual income level of $11,000 who have no method of cooling their home.

Apply in person at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. To donate to the program, call 236-0363.

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

Gastric Bypass Surgery Session Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff members, who discuss obesity and the surgical process. Free. Call 350-DIET or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com.

Got a drug problem? Need help?

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.

Journey Through Journaling will be held Wednesday, July 27 from 6:157:30 p.m. at the Cancer Institute Conference Room at Memorial Health. This supportive care program is for people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Each month, the group will delve into the creative expression of cancer experiences through journaling and craft activities. The group is free and open to all who have had cancer and their loved ones. Call Jennifer at 350-7845.

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

La Leche League Are you breastfeeding or planning to?

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

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

Mammograms

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.

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.

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

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

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

Project SAVE The Savannah Health Mission, the Georgia Eye Institute and the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association are joining forces to implement Project SAVE,

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

Senior companions needed Citizens Inc. is seeking Senior Companions - men and women 60 or older -- to provide care to older adults. Senior Companions receive a small stipend and travel assistance for their duties, which consist of light housekeeping, running errands and providing companionship, as well as other tasks as needed.

Applicants must meet program requirements to apply. Call 236-0363, Ext. 120 or 121.

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

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

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Super 2 Access (After Cancer Cure Evaluation Strategy and Support) is a clinic for children and adolescents who completed cancer treatment at least two years ago. For information, call Pam at 658-2215 or Donna at 667-8943.

Varicose Veins: Nonsurgical Treatment Options Lecture will be held Thursday, July 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Savannah Vascular Institute, Suite 500 of the Provident Building on the Memorial Health campus. Surgeons from The Vein Center will discuss treatment options. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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

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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.

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 addition to The Hannah Savannah Series for Children by Pamela Munson Steadman is now available in bookstores and gift shops. The author will be signing books at various places around Savannah for the

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St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Most insurance plans (with the exception of Blue Cross HMO) are accepted. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

Mammograms will be performed July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reynolds Square in downtown Savannah. .For appointments, call 819-3368. Mammograms will be performed July 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Isle of Hope.

Call 354-9357 for appointments.

Mammograms will be performed July 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bryan County Health Department in Richmond Hill. For appointments, call 756-9357.

Screening and Vision Education, for people with diabetes. The program provides eye exams, education and care to those who have no health insurance, are unable to pay for care privately and meet certain qualifications. The clinic meets Thursdays by appointment. Call 352-2032.

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Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline

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.

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.

Soul of America

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

Savannah author Abraham King will introduce his novel, The Soul of America, on Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. at The Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Hailed as the next generation’s Kurt Vonnegut, King will read excerpts and lead a discussion of ideas from his hilarious and thought-provoking novel of contemporary life. Thomas Williams, a publisher and editor, will be on hand to comment on the book and discussion. Free and open to the public. Call 341-8898.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans The CUUPS group meets the fourth Saturday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham at East Harris and East Macon streets on Troup Square. 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

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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.

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.

Mindfulness Meditation meets Sundays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square.

Please arrive and be seated no later than 9:25 a.m. Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome. Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. The church is located at the corner of Houston and Oglethorpe streets.

Services are held Sundays at 10 a.m. Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On July 24 at 11 a.m., the workshop service will feature Imam Ali, who will deliver the sermon, Righteousness as an Essential Component of Faith, Social Activism and Social Justice. How do we incorporate righteousness in our quest to promote social change? The church has moved to a temporary home at the Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. on Monterey Square. For more information, call Cleveland Beach, 429-7264, or send e-mail to uusav@aol.com or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination. ◗

by John Delaney

Saturn in Leo conjunct1 the Sun in Cancer opposes2 Chiron@ in Aquarius conjunct1 the Full Capricorn Moon on July 21. As they run on adjacent crosstrainers while watching VH1’s I Love the Eighties at the gym, a forty-something man asks a twentysomething woman, “Does this TV show ever mention the 444-day Iranian hostage crisis?” The twenty-something woman responds, “I’m not sure – but they are featuring ARIES - You’ve already repeatedly warned the naive, “Those who don’t study history are condemned to repeat it.” Now, Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon force you to anticipate where your true self-interest lies as you adjust to drastic change. Find intelligent allies who have also noticed which way the wind is blowing.

TAURUS - Casual banter about nostalgia will invariably lead to angry political discussions. Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon advise you to deflect controversy. Prepare a bland joke as a response to any direct question concerning history in your time.

GEMINI - Because many advocates for change have no agenda but only ambitious impatience, Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon advise you to communicate that you have mastered specific, useful, applicable skills. Elucidate your significant professional experience so that such fools don’t mistake you as a pawn currying autocratic favor.

CANCER - During the pivot from the end of one era to the beginning of the next, Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon encourage you to have your own portrait – or a collective family portrait – either photographed or painted. Such a moment will yield epiphanies well beyond the current moment. Carpe diem!

LEO - Because current litigation so closely resembles political, professional or personal vendettas, only you yourself know if you are innocent or guilty – that is, until

the Red Hot Chili Peppers today!” “Oh - my mistake!” the man reproaches himself. “The 444-day Iranian hostage crisis is not ‘the Eighties’ – that happened at the end of the Seventies.” “The Seventies!” the woman exclaims. “That’s before President Reagan.”

The smiles, quite uncharitably. “The beginning of Reagan – and the end of the draft.

What goes around, comes around.”

everybody sifts through all the evidence. Until then, Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon denote that there will be tarnish upon your image. Waste no time trying to make yourself look better until after the truth comes out.

the role of alcohol & drugs both in the lives of writers & in literature itself, whether by studying either prohibition & alcohol or mandatory minimums & controlled substances. Blow through the facade of “the historical stance.” Identify the full range of “devices.”

VIRGO - Not only will certain real estate developers refuse to extend good will by honoring expiring contracts, but Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon also warn that such sharks will try to force through their agenda over the will of thousands of home owners – including you & your family. Expect the worst from those with the most to gain – or to steal.

CAPRICORN - Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon denote that your ability to decide your future is directly linked to whether you have a clear conscience about your life from 1991 through 2004. Ask – then answer – the tough questions. If you can’t come clean, then you won’t move forward!

LIBRA - You are furious that certain power brokers are pulling rank under the current influence of Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon. You have a lot to lose if bosses discipline you – but they have more to lose if you refuse to be disciplined. Will you take that risk? (It depends upon what you are willing to tolerate.)

SCORPIO - While your respect for law & law enforcement is greatly diminished, Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon signify that your penchant for self-protection allows you to obey this system with a healthy sense of aloofness – until, that is, that moment when you can assert your will with absolute authority & legal impunity. You’re no fool!

AQUARIUS - Protracted professional inactivity has made you so restless that you are vulnerable to the deceit of peers who issue autocratic instructions without any legitimate authority to do so. Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon confirm that you should now know how to work within the proper chain of command.

Redirect inappropriate orders to higher authorities who sadistically enjoy pulling rank on cheaters.

PISCES - If an ex-spouse or former partner is so insensitive to demand that you forfeit someone or something clearly precious to you, then Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon give you license to use whatever legal means to force them to back off. Reintroduce an extremely contentious dispute dating from your shared “ancient history.” No mercy to the merciless! ◗

SAGITTARIUS - Saturn, the Sun, Chiron & the Full Capricorn Moon urge Sagittarian writers to write about

@ Chiron, named after the wounded centaur who sacrificed his immortality in return for the liberation of Prometheus (he who stole fire from the gods!) was the first centaur planet discovered back in 1977. Chiron, described as “the wounded healer” by Zane Stein & Barbara Hand Clow, bridges the gap between Saturn & Uranus, exhorting us to teach that which we most need to learn.

1 A Conjunction is a harmonious aspect wherein two or more planets meet as they transit the same sign.

2 An Opposition is a disharmonious 180 degree aspect between or amongst planets transiting signs of like modality (modalities being Cardinal – Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn; Fixed – Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius; & Mutable – Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces).

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When you’re ready to sell your home, how will you select a real estate professional? I’ve already recommended in a previous column that you should call around, asking questions and answering some questions, too. Your greatest concern may be your bottom line, but to sell in a reasonable amount of time, you need to sell at a reasonable price.

With that knowledge, you can confidently price your home according to what you know the market will bear, and in a range that buyers will find competitive. Of course, you can put any price tag you want on your home, but don’t you want to sell more quickly at a fair price rather than overprice and wait while your listing languishes on the market?

Avoid the temptation to list with an agent simply because he or she tells you that they can sell your home for more money. Only with a complete Comparative Market Analysis in hand can you be sure that the agent has thoroughly researched the values of homes that have recently listed, sold and/or expired.

You could choose to list with an agent who tells you that you can get more money, but you might be waiting a very long time to sell at that price. Be upfront about your timetable for selling, and then ask for a CMA to price your home accordingly.

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Won’t last long!! Built to perfection in 1927 this all brick home featuring 2 bd., 1ba, central heat and air, garage and workshop is waiting for you. Absolutely cute as a button located in the very desirable area of Parkside.

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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

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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

Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six - 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District. Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each Alexander Grikitis 912-2201700 The Coastal Real Estate Group

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1318 East 49 th Street Parkside Gem.

Tybee Island www.tybeecoquinacottage.com Located 1/2 block from the ocean.

2 bedrooms/2baths with full service kitchen, covered parking for 2 cars, private pool close by - washer/dryer/disposal, dishwasher, microwave, Cable tv, vcr, phone and located within walking distance of the Pier, stores, restaurants, bars and the beach. Between Butler and Strand at Southbeach. call 912 507-9800 or email rhonddane@comcast.net. Rates - 120 per night plus 85 for the maid and 225 refundable deposit with 3 day min. Pets permitted with pet fee. Weekly rate is 750 with no maid fee and $225 refundable deposit. Monthly rate is $2000 for August or September and October thru March 15 the month rate is $1250. All utilities included.

Call Rhondda @Mopper Stapen Realtors 912 507-9800

321 Drayton Street.

An oasis in the middle of downtown! 2 BR 1 BA condo with wide plank hardwood floors, fully furnished kitchen, large bath, 2 fireplaces, ample closet space and private courtyard! All appliances, including washer/dryer, included. $210,000.00.

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

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

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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

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

1601 E 59 St Absolutely like brand new. Move in ready.

Totally remodeled brick home with very tasteful touches throughout.

Offering 3 bedrooms, beautiful new bathrooms, tile floors, new carpets, and garage.

Located on a very large private lot. Easy Living at just $145,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

328 Price St. Reduced to $245,000!!! 2 bedroom townhome with 4 fireplaces and built in 1862.

Heartpine floors, high ceilings, cute kitchen, all appliances included and a fenced courtyard!!!!

Won't last!!!!

Call Rhondda @Mopper Stapen Realtors 912 507-9800

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234-4406 107 WEST LIBERTY STREET #2 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in great location, living room, wood floors, Available mid July.. No Pets. $625/mo.

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501 EAST MCDONOUGH STREET UPPER B 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen, pets ok. $675/mo.

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305B WEST PARK Recently renovated 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, dining room, central heat and air, off-street parking, Available mid July. $700/mo

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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. Visit website at www.vinoguru.com/duffyst.htm

1011 JEFFERSON STREET 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, living room, kitchen with dishwasher, electric cook top stove, washer/dryer, Available Sept 1st. $900/mo

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.

Viewing by appointment only

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The Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah recently named fourteen local students as recipients of the Association’s Founders’ Scholarship Awards.

These students, all of whom are pursuing a construction-related education, were selected based on academic accomplishments, career goals and financial need. A total of $10,500 was awarded on behalf of the Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah in addition to $6,800 to be presented on behalf of the Home Builders Association of Georgia..

The students are: Carrie Allmond, Armstrong Atlantic State University Todd Allmond, Armstrong Atlantic State University Mathew Bush, University of Georgia Ryan Bush, Berry College

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Michael Ryan Connelly, University of Georgia Josh Dean, Southern Polytechnic State University William K. Feus, Southern Polytechnic State University Skyler Long, Georgia Institute of Technology Brandon Mell, Southern Polytechnic State University

445 JEFFERSON STREET 2 bedrooms, 1 bath apartment, furnished kitchen with dishwasher, built-in microwave, laundry room, stack washer and dryer, total electric. No pets. Available Mid June. $825/mo.

Courtney Bryan Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University

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.

Chiwoneso Mpofu - Armstrong Atlantic State University

302 ALICE STREET 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, kitchen with dishwasher and builtin microwave, living room, stack washer and dryer, total electric.

No pets. Available mid Sept. $850/mo.

1312 LINCOLN STREET 3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, living room, alarm system, washer and dryer. $950/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.)

316 DRAYTON STREET 2 bedroom with bonus room, 1-1/2 bath, kitchen, living room, terrace, washer and dryer connections. $1,500/mo.

345 BROAD STREET 1 bedroom with bonus space, 1 bath, living room with hardwood floors, kitchen with electric stove, dishwasher, stack washer and dryer. $850/mo.

Allie Randall, University of Georgia Emily Tuten, - Georgia Institute of Technology

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David Stubbs - Mary Washington University

912-352-2747 MIDTOWN 725 E. 48TH ST.- 4 bedrooms, 2 baths $1,200.00

ISLANDS 127 PLAMETTO BAY RD- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,200.00 325 MAPMAKER LANE- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,$850.00 103 DRY DOCK- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $850.00 145 ROPEMAKER LANE – 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $975.00 110 SOUTH SHEFTALL- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,100.00 1018 TARA-3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,200.00

SOUTHSIDE 129 RED FOX- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,250.00 109 DOVETAIL- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,110.00

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11 CUTLER DR- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $1,100.00 1534 MARCY CR- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, $825.00

Left to right: Carrie Allmond, William Feus, David Stubbs, Courtney Morrison, Josh Dean, Brandon Mell, Chiwonesa Mpofu and Stephen Remler, President of the HBA of Greater Savannah

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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

1992 fleetwood manufactured 3 bed 2 bath home situated beautifully on 6.96 acres 2 of which are fenced in perfect for your animals! Landscaped yard with complete sprinkler system. Plenty off room to roam. Ohhh! I almost forgot, 20 x 20 concrete floor work shed and carport. All this for only $92,900.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777.

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Beautifully appointed Savannah Grey Brick 3 bed/ 2 bath home.

Custom built by Douglas Leonard. Hardwood and ceramic tile floors. 10 ft. ceilings with crown molding.

Custom built cabinets and bookshelves.

Beautifully appointed Savannah Grey Brick 3 bed/ 2 bath home.

Custom built by Douglas Leonard. Hardwood and ceramic tile floors. 10 ft. ceilings with crown molding.

Custom built cabinets and bookshelves.

Separate Dining Room.

22 x 33 all brick patio overlooking golf course with private Lagoon view. eMany custom features set this home apart. Call LaTrelle for a personal viewing @ 658-7777 H-4226

1005 East Waldburg Street One-Two Punch Renovate 2500sf Edwardian home in East Victorian Dist. as single family or duplex. Owner open to deal for this and 544 E. Waldburg! Sold "as-is." Of fered at $129,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

544 East Waldburg Street Elegance in Waiting Victorian single family w/ 2000sf, double mantels, pine floors, pocket doors on subdividable double lot--many options for creative investor. Potential deal w/1005 E. Waldburg!

Sold "as-is." Offered at $199,000 Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

17 East Jones Street Your Savannah GetAway Stunning single family in the heart of Landmark Historic District makes a delightful winter retreat or 2nd home.

While you're away, all 4 floors & carriage house can become lucrative executive rentals, metered separately with all new systems. Original floors, mouldings, mantels & cour tyard --exquisite! Offered at $1,950,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at www.mopperstapen.com.

This traditional two-story home faces historical Daffin Park. It was the first home to be built in Parkside circa 1909. It has 3 bedrooms, and 2 baths all upstairs. Equipped with hardwood floors, an entrance foyer, living room has fireplace with gas line and a dining room and study. In addition, it has an eat-in kitchen, additional fireplace, laundry room with half-bath plumbed for shower, detatched one car garage, a fenced backyard with patio and includes an extra lot behind house facing 48th street.

Listing Agent Betty Stevenson (H) 912-351-0510 (C) 912-224-5200

LORI JUDGE Broker 912-484-1514 912-236-1000 201 East Charlton Street lori@judgerealty.com • www.judgerealty.com RESIDENTIAL SALES COMMERCIAL SALES & LEASE SHORT TERM RENTAL

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TALAHI ISLAND 544 Suncrest Blvd. $350,000 Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on desireable Talahi Island. Freshly painted, wallpapered, and carpeted with a decorator’s eye. Ready to move in! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

LEGACY SQUARE 171 Parkview Road $185,000 Just like new home with many upgrades in desirable neighborhood.

4 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, separate living and dining rooms, 2 car garage, and huge backyard. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514. continued on page 46

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PARKSIDE DREAM 1223 Washington Ave $325,000 Overlook Daffin Park from the front porch of this recently renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Open and spacious rooms with original hardwood floors.

Master suite includes entire 2nd level with space for office, seating area, includes view of the park, 2 walk-in closets, urinal for the men, and a huge Chicago glass shower.

Won’t last long! Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

1127 Washington Avenue $357,000

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All brick 3 bed/2 bath starter home in Rincon.

Large kitchen with abundance of cabinets and storage. Living Room/Dining Room Combo.

Private fenced back yard with grape arbor. Home is Good Cents Certified.

Fenced yard has gate large enough to drive into back yard. Wonderful starter home in good school district.

Call LaTrelle for a showing @ 658-7777 H4227 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $118,900

Spacious brick home located on 8.59 acres near Rincon. Home features formal living and dining, fireplace, huge laundry room, 2 fish ponds, deck on back of house, with over 2100 square ft. Call LaTrelle 658-7777. ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550 H-4122 $237,000 Waterfront! Build your dream home here!

Secluded 65.55 acres gives you plenty of privacy.

Great for the hunter who desires his very own hunting club.

Recreation only – No subdivisions. Minutes outside Rincon and Springfield . $130,000. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 A -3971 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550

514-516 East Bolton Street Lemonade on the Front-Porch Restore this 2-family & bring back Victorian heyday of genteel afternoons and elegant parlors. Or keep as quadplex and rent to students for good income. Large buildable side lot! Of fered at $399,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors. (912) 7043545/238-0874. katherine@mopper-stapen.com More info at

Near Forsyth Park Large 1BR/1BA apartment, Central HVAC, new appliances, Washer/Dryer, Private Cour tyard, and Of f Street Parking. $750/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000

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Reduced 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! $419,000.

Call LaTrelle @ 6587777 ERA AdamsPevey Realty H-4191

Stop renting! 3 bedroom, 2bath double wide in sought after area, offers1680 sq.ft of living area, large lot , 1.61 acres, dining, and family rooms, home warranty and more.

Call LaTrelle Pevey 6587777, ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550 $89,000. H-4058

Carriage House for Rent Located at Historic Jones St. Cute Furnished 1BR/1BA, Central HVAC, Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer, 1 Off Street Parking. $1200/MO Call Judge Realty 236-1000

PARKSIDE DREAM Overlook Daffin Park from the front porch of this recently renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Open and spacious rooms with original hardwood floors.

Master suite includes entire 2nd level with space for office, seating area, includes view of the park, 2 walk-in closets, urinal for the men, and a huge Chicago glass shower. Won’t last long! 1223 Washington Avenue. Asking $325,000. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

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Each office is an independently owned and operated branch of Keller Williams Realty

Parkside Wonderful, open, loft-like floorplan with sunken living room,

dining room, 2 bedrooms and bonus. Huge fireplace, lovely archways, wood floors. Bonus could be 3rd bedroom. Off street parking, fenced yard, detached garage, and only steps from Daffin Park. Won't last long at only $199,000. Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com

Available for sale as partial or entire floors!

Unparalleled expansive city views. For pricing, appointments and complete details of the Drayton Tower...

Call Dicky Mopper 912.663.5500 dmopper@mopper-stapen.com

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EASTERN VICTORIAN DISTRICT 924 East Park Avenue $250,000 Grand single family home in active area of restoration. A lot of original detail ready for some TLC to be brought back to its original beauty. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

307 Briarcliff Circle Windsor Forest Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room. Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems. Some furnishings for sale.

Call Betty Stevenson at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.

Super Floor Plan 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Includes extra lot.

Midtown 2864 sq. ft. heated. 2 car garage &breezeway. $359,000 Asking price.Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-3510510 or 912-224-5200 307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream. Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof! Reduced to $249,000.

Call Lisa Moore at 4419314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com 27 E 55th Large Ardsley home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Open floor plan is great for entertaining, wonderful kitchen with Italian cabinets,Silestone counters, and stainless steel appliances. Master suite with private sunroom and bath. Only $329,000. Call Lisa Moore 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com 18 E 41st Starland Design Dis trict Classic Victorian beauty with fully restored exterior in area of high interest and active restoration and new construction. Original details abound including restored standing seam roof, and heart

pine floors. Buyer to complete interior.

Call Lisa at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com 730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in Ardsley for less!

Adorable 3 bedroom bungalow with all the details such as wood floors, high ceilings and front porch. This one even has off street parking, a garage, and wonderful courtyard with fountain. A little love and care will make this bungalow fabulous! Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com

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Need to sell? Needs TLC? Call today.

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OWN THE WORLD 14 E. 73rd $455,000 Half an acre of prime commericial space in Savannah’s heaviest traffic area of 50,000 cars per day. Also includes 2500 sq. f t. building and 60 ft. globe great for advertising vehicle.

A lot of opportunity. Call Lori Judge, 484-1514.

Eastside Commercial Building 2,600 + sq. feet. Great location. Front and back access, large bay with overhead door. Offices and baths.Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-3510510 or 912-224-5200.

Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size. Priced to sell at $30,000. Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200 Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive.

Priced at $60,000.

Make an offer. Call Betty with Prudentialfor tax info and showing at 912-351-0510 or 912224-5200

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House for Rent Historic District 2BR/1BA, CH/A, washer/dr yer, 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)

NEW CONSTRUCTION AVAILABLE NOW Shadowbrook Subdivision Near Rincon 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1-car garage, Washer/Dryer connections, Excellent schools. Large lots. Two homes @ $875/month/each.

Godley Park 3 bedroom, 2 bath, detached 2-car garage, dining room, washer/dr yer, gated community. Amenities include pool, fitness center, park. Lawn care provided. Easy access to I-95, minutes to Southside and Gulfstream. Two homes, $1200/month each.

CML HOLDINGS, LLC 912-355-0286 or 912-604-3285

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Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD, & Kroger. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dr yer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large back Porch, courtyard, and Offstreet parking. $1200.00 Contact: 912-220-1020 3BD Downtown Apt. For Rent! Central H/AC, Big Front & Back Porches, & Loads More! Must See! $900/month. Call 912.247.8164 Unfurnished Home for rent in Ardsley, 3 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bathroom, pool, deck, central heat & air,alarm system, carpor t and fireplace. $1500 1-2 year lease. Available May 10th.

Call Dr. Boyd 236 3660 Beautiful House!

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

Security System and Privacy Fence. Must See. Call 748-6063 or 604-8912 Victorian District 2 and 3 Bedroom Apts. Completed Renovated. Central Heat & Air, Small pets allowed.

Many Extras.

Call 441-2343 for an Appt.

123 E. 40th St. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dr yer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large courtyard & deck $1000/month Contact: 912-484-5181 or 912220-1020

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

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

The International Center for Leadership and Coaching has all these.

Call Dr. Boyd 236-3660

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Totally furnished and all utilities included!!!!

Historic Savannah Heart of the landmark district - 319 E. Huntingdon Lane. Just renovated and sleeps 6 with comfortable beds! 2 bedrooms/1.5 baths 2 story townhome with one off street parking space, cable tv, fully stocked kitchen, micro, dishwasher, gas stove, large refrig, washer/dryer, central heat/air.

Monthly rent is $1500 Call Rhondda @Mopper Stapen Realtors 912 507-9800

HENRY STREET BUILDING Four Units Available 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments, 1200 sqft, separate living room, dining room. Completely remodeled with Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer furnished, dishwasher, fireplace, kitchens by Ikea. Off-street parking, 6-month to one-year leases.

William 912-412-5517 or Lazaro @ 912-272-0382.

301-303 East Henry Street Near SCAD, great location. Recently renovated with off-street parking.

Two Units Available 2 bedroom, 1 bath.

Laundry area with washer/dryer, large living room and eat-in kitchen.

875/month

ONE LARGE Bedroom apartment overlooking Baldwin Park.

Hardwood floors, $650 month.

912-692-0570 or 912210-3307.

2 bedroom, 1 bath with bonus room and closet.

Laundry area with washer/dryer connection. living room with eat-in kitchen . $950/month.

Call CML Holdings LLC 912-355-0286 or 912604-3285.

ARDSLEY PARK 704 East 49th Street Renovated large 2-bedroom, dining room, living room and sunroom. Washer/Dryer, fenced backyard, garage, small pets welcome. $850/month.

Call 912-596-1355.

SPACIOUS 2-bedroom apt, in the Historic district. Corner of Jones and Jefferson St. New central heat/air, new floors, washer/dryer.

Lots of light. Very clean.

Very nice. No pets or smoking. Available now! $1100/month Call Jeff 912-236-2458.

VICTORIAN DISTRICT Large 2000 sqft 2-bedroom, 2-bath Luxur y apartment. 3-fireplaces, stained glass, screened porch, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, water included. Ver y large Master bedroom w/walk-in closet. Too many features to mention! $1050/month.

Available September 1st. Call 912-233-5246.

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AUGUST SUBLET 2 BR Apt. near Forsyth Park, central A/C, washer/dr yer, hardwood, parking. Ideal for Students. $750.

Call 912-236-3879.

VICTORIAN DISTRICT Large 2000 sqft 2-bedroom, 2-bath Luxur y apartment. 3-fireplaces, stained glass, screened porch, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, water included. Ver y large Master bedroom w/walk-in closet. Too many features to mention! $1050/month.

Available September 1st. Call 912-233-5246.

RENOVATED LARGE ONE BEDROOM, Dining room and living room. 914 East 40th.

Washer/dryer, off-street parking, fenced backyard. $600/month.

912-596-1355.

Condos/ Townhomes BERWICK PLANTA TION Beautiful, new townhome at Ber wick Plantation. 3-bedrooms, 2-bath, upscale kitchen with stainless steel appliances plus microwave, separate laundry room with utility sink, hardwood flooring and carpet. Totally private from backyard view, total electric. August rent $500 deposit $500.

Call 912-484-4474

Roomates Wanted .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 116 E. Bolton St. Roommate wanted to share 2 BR, 2 BA Victorian apartment on Forsyth Park. Water, cable and wireless DSL included.Professional

or graduate student preferred. $650/mo.

Call (912) 661-1444 or e-mail fcburruss@aol.com.

WILMINGTON ISLAND Condo with pool and tennis cour ts. $500/month includes all utilities. Available Now. Call 912-657-1919.

SHARE 3 Bedroom apt. one block off Forsyth Park. $500 month.

Includes off street parking and all utilities, balcony Alternative lifestyle OK. No pets or drug abuser. 9am-9pm, 912-272-8883.

3 FEMALE ROOMMATES Needed large, new house. Private bedroom & bath.

Gourmet Kitchen, marsh front, river view, gated community, community dock, washer/dryer. Available August 1st. $625/month includes utilities.

912-429-9988

Commercial Rentals DO YOU work from home or alone in an office and wish you had a furnished office with office equipment, a receptionist and close FREE parking; conference and training space to meet with your clients? One flat rate!

ICLC 236-3660.

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Beautifully appointed 3 bedroom/ 2 bath home with Breakfast Room, separate Dining Room, and Great Room with Fireplace.

Detail features include crown molding, chair rail, hardwood floors, Italian ceramic tile, trey ceilings, ceiling fans throughout the house, walk in closets, oversized garage, 6 zone Rainbird sprinkler system, and home warranty. Call LaTrelle for a personal showing @ 658-7777 H-4230 $173,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550.

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