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Table of Contents Volume 5, No. 10, November 30, 2005

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On the Cover: Top, Iraqi children; bottom, a U.S. soldier stands amidst an overflowing garbage dump on a Baghdad street (photos by Michael Jordan)

News Cover Story

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Baghdad Diary

Letter from the Editor 11 Have they no sense of decency?

Free Speech 12 Georgia’s flawed voter ID law Blotter 13

From SPD reports

Cover Story 6 14 Strange but true

News of the Weird

Earthweek 15

This week on your planet

Culture Art Patrol 16 Local shows & exhibits THoTHo Theatre Preview 18 Sylvia at AASU Books 20

Art Patrol 16

Preston Russell

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Music Interview 21 Ensemble Con Spirito Connect Recommends 23 Concerts of the week Soundboard 24 Who’s playing and where

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Good Show, Will Travel 26 Some good regional concerts

Books 20

Music Menu 27 Local gigs a la carte

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Film All the flicks that fit

The 411 Week at a Glance

5 Our best bets for cool stuff to do

Happenings 31 All the stuff, all the time

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Free Will Astrology 40 Rob Brezny’s wit & wisdom

Classifieds Weather 15 News from the sky Sudoku Puzzle 38 It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle 38 Mental Fun

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Holiday on the River and the Lighted Holiday Parade What: This annual holiday celebration is presented by the Savannah Waterfront Association and features arts and crafts and live entertainment. The highlight is the annual holiday parade, which this year is lighted and will travel from River Street into downtown Savannah. When: Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Where: River Street. The parade will travel from east River Street to the west before turning up Montgomery Street past City Market and then down Broughton Street. Cost: Free. Call: 234-0295 or www.riverstreetsavannah.com.

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What: This candlelight vigil is being held as part of an international event. When: Dec. 1 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Where: North end of Forsyth Park at the fountain.

Holiday Concert Series What: The Savannah Arts Academy Choir will perform holiday music. When: Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. Where: Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. Call: 201-2000.

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City Market Holiday Open House

First Friday for Folk Music What: This month’s concert features Chris Desa, Bernice Lewis and more. When: Dec. 2 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Where: Wesley Monumental Fellowship Hall, 4129 Abercorn St. Cost: Suggested $2 donation. Call: 786-6953 or www.savannahfolk.com.

The Barber of Seville What: Rossini’s beloved opera. When: Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre/ Cost: $50, $47 and $37. Call: 525-5050 .

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What: Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research in the waters of coastal Georgia into the habitats and activities of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin.

When: Dec. 3 at 9 a.m. Where: You must be at least 18.W Armstrong Atlantic State University, University Hall. Call: 843342-9816 or visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.

City Market Christmas for Kids Celebration What: Cookie decorating, ornament creation, a petting zoo and music. When: Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: City Market.

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Away in a Manger What: A collection of Nativity sets from around the world will be displayed. When: Dec. 3 from 3-8 p.m. and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Where: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 11500 Middleground Rd. Cost: Suggested $3 donation.

Hurricanes and Major Storms: Future Risks for Coastal Georgia What: The Center for a Sustainable Coast will host Chuck Watson, a coastal environmental system computer modeling expert. When: Dec. 3 from 5-7 p.m. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s new Conference Center, located in the Publix shopping area on Abercorn Street. Cost: Free. Call: 638-3612.

Annual Christmas Boat Parade in Thunderbolt

What: There will be carolers, visits with Father Christmas and holiday treats.

When: Dec. 2 from 6-9 p.m. Where: City Market. Cost: Free. Call: 232-4903 or visit www.savannahcitymarket.com.

What: The Geechee Sailing Club is hosting this annual parade, which is open to sailboats and powerboats of all sizes, decorated with Christmas lights. When: Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. Where: Wilmington River in Thunderbolt. Cost: Free. Info: www.geecheesailingclub.org.

SCAD Gallery Hop

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What: The work of Savannah College of Art and Design students, faculty, alumni and staff is presented in the college galleries. The Red Gallery at 201 E. Broughton St. will present Small Works. Pinnacle Gallery at 320 E. Liberty St. will feature Hallelujah: The Poetry of Classic Hymns by Richard Krepel, and Under Pressure: An Exhibition of New Works by Printmaking Minors will be exhibited at Poetter Gallery at 342 Bull St.. ShopSCAD, a gallery store that features the artwork and designs of SCAD students, faculty, staff and alumni, will be open throughout the event.

Shuttles will run between galleries. When: Dec. 2 from 5-7 p.m. Where: SCAD galleries. Cost: Free.

What: SSU’s concert choir will perform holiday favorites. When: Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. Where: Kennedy Fine Arts Auditorium.

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A Walk Through Bethlehem What: A small city with period shops with shopkeepers, a census taker, Roman guards, wise men, shepherds, prophets, angels and Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus will be reenacted by the congregation of Skidaway Island

St. Petersburg Ballet and Ballet South Present The Nutcracker What: One of the holiday season’s most beloved ballets. When: Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Call: 651-6556. ◗

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What: Tour the seasonally decorated house and gardens at the Chatham County Garden Center and Botanical Gardens. When: Dec. 1-4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: 1388 Eisenhower Dr. Call: 3553883.

United Methodist Church. When: Dec. 2 and 3 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: 54 Diamond Causeway. Call: 598-2068.

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Editor’s Note -- Local freelance journalist Michael Jordan sent us regular e-mails during his recent trip to Iraq as an embedded reporter with several U.S. military units. On the eve of the December elections in that country and during a rising debate over U.S. troop withdrawal, we present the entire series of e-mails with a few of Jordan’s own photos.

Thurs., Oct. 20

Arrival in Baghdad

text and photos by Michael Jordan

Somewhere nearby, Saddam Hussein is also crawling onto a cot. His trial starts here tomorrow morning.

Fri., Oct. 21

Madrassa & medics Today Alpha Company soldiers from 3/7 infantry battalion took me to a madrassa (Islamic school) in the Al-Jihad neighborhood. The walls were covered in Arabic graffiti reading “death to Americans” and “Shia and Sunni unite to kill the occupiers.”

But the actions inside the walls overpowered the words on the outside.

Inside, members of the new Iraqi police force were providing security for a free medical clinic. Reportedly, this was the first time the Iraqis have handled this on their own.

The 3rd ID soldiers stayed away on the next block, watching but not interfering. I went inside with a translator.

Several hundred Iraqis of all ages came through the gates to see doctors.

About an hour after the clinic began, the

to the Coalition clinic -- an amazing breakthrough considering the time and place. Suddenly, hundreds more people thronged to the schoolyard. In all, more than a thousand showed up.

I was so moved, I had to stop shooting video at one point. I helped one elderly lady step down off a steep sidewalk. She gripped my hand tightly, and we walked together to the end of the line. Then she kissed my hand.

It’s so much more real when you connect with people in person -- and they stop being “the Iraqi’s” we see on the news every night and become people just like our own families.

We only stayed at the school for a couple of hours, then our convoy moved to a local district council building so Captain Ike Sallee of Alpha Company could meet a local citizen and hear his complaint. The entire time, Sallee’s Iraqi cell phone was ringing off the hook with calls from neighborhood people giving tips on insurgents, asking for help, and keeping him informed of goings-on.

The soldiers have a very hands-on relationship with the neighborhood—almost like local politicians or cops on the beat. It’s hard to get the idea from network nightly news coverage, which makes you think American soldiers hide in armored compounds and never venture outside for fear of their lives.

Twenty hours after I left the These 25-foot tall statues of Saddam Hussein once stood hotel in Kuwait, I’m still not all atop the Salaam Palace, now ‘Camp Prosperity’ the way to my destination. Our bus left the Kuwait Hilton at 2 freeways, headlights and tail lights. It’s a.m. Tuesday and took us to an amazing how much Baghdad looks like American air base deep in the Kuwaiti any other city you fly over as you’re desert. landing at an American airport. Then I On board the bus were more than saw Saddam’s old palace -- familiar from fifty people, virtually all civilian conall the coverage on cable news. tractors working for the U.S. government After the chopper landed, I waited for in Iraq. I met an internet security expert a ride in an armored SUV to the who works at the U.S. embassy and a Coalition Public Information Center former soldier/Hinesville resident who (CPIC). I met a Fort Stewart soldier defuses unexploded terrorists bombs who survived a roadside bomb blast found by the military. What a job! today and is already on his way back We sat around outside under a tent to work. until after 7:30 a.m., when we climbed He was blown out the turret of his aboard an Air Force C-130 cargo plane vehicle and landed on his back, and flew to Baghdad. The flight took unconscious. He’s a little sore, but about an hour and a half. We wound up okay. I was not able to interview him, crowded into a concrete and gravel Sat., Oct. 22 but I’ll never forget our conversation. holding area at BIAP (Baghdad It’s now close to 10 p.m. Baghdad International Airport). time, and I’ll be spending the night Today I accompanied Captain A member of the Third Infantry on a cot here until I can get credenSallee as he met up with his local Division’s Public Affairs Office, Sergeant tialed and link up with the 4th police contacts within the First Class Flores, picked me up and Brigade folks tomorrow morning. company’s sector. We met with the drove me to the division’s headquarters Then I’ll proceed to Forward colonel of the elite Lion Brigade nearby. I spent the day hanging out with Operating Base (FOB) Falcon to commandos, the Public Order public affairs folks until 6 p.m., when I embed with 3/7 Infantry Battalion for Brigade, and the local Iraqi Police. climbed aboard a Blackhawk helicopter a few days.

Afterwards, we dismounted from for a hop across town to the Green Zone My roommates in this huge office the Humvees and Bradley Fighting in central Baghdad. in the convention center are a twoVehicles and strolled through the Al The flight over Baghdad was person crew from Britain’s Sky News.

An Iraqi man has his blood pressure checked at the free Jihad open-air market. The market enthralling. The full moon illuminated the We started talking about Old Fort includes just less than two hundred medical clinic inside the madrassa sprawling city. Our chopper was comJackson and the Battle of Savannah, stalls given to the Iraqis by Alpha pletely blacked-out to make us invisible and I learned the Sky producer/editor Company. to terrorists with shoulder-fired rockets. I is a War of the Roses reenactor, who imam (Sunni preacher) at the mosque Tomorrow morning I’ll join another was not even allowed to use my little owns a broadsword, bow and arrow, and next door began broadcasting some3/7 company and some civil affairs Sony infrared camera, for fear insurgents a complete suit of 15th-century-style thing on the mosque’s public address troops as they deliver wheelchairs to with night vision goggles might see my armor. He refused to be sent to cover system. local disabled folks, then I’ll rejoin “invisible” light.

Hurricane Rita because he had to take The translator told me he was telling Captain Sallee at a District Advisory Zipping over the city at less than a part in the final battle of the season! all the folks in the neighborhood to come thousand feet, I saw street lights, homes,

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Afterwards, Sallee and his men will drop me off at the larger, more central 4th Brigade headquarters so I can transition to the 2nd Brigade and Sadr City on Monday.

that culminated with a walking patrol of a market in the Shiite Zaphernia area.

About 5:30 p.m., when the sun was setting and people were preparing to end the daylong Ramadan fast, three distant rumbles shook the ground. We could see three distinct plumes of dark smoke rising over central Baghdad.

We rushed back to Camp Loyalty and joined a group of soldiers preparing to speed to the scene and assess the situation. We arrived at the location -- Firdos Square and the Palestine/Sheraton Hotel complex -- in a matter of minutes.

Triple car bombing

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blasted an opening through We kept the concrete barricades on the move, protecting the hotels. never The second was standing still stopped by gunfire across for too long the square. The bombs in one spot-still went off -- sending lest our silshrapnel ripping through houetted Mon, Oct. 24 nearby homes and busiforms draw nesses and killing several the attention Iraqis. of snipers.

Wow -- it’s been quite a day. Let me The third and final We left within begin by telling you all that I’m okay, and vehicle bomb-- packed into half an hour. so are all the local soldiers here in a huge cement truck-Gazing Baghdad tonight. My day started with a made it through the hole in past the tour of the base where the wall and into the hotel scene to the I’m staying now --Camp complex. An alert Fort roof of the Iraqi security men like these often disguise Loyalty -- home to the Stewart soldier fired his Palestine their identities to avoid reprisal 2nd Brigade Combat rifle and stopped the hotel, I saw Team (last week I was attack. network TV with 4th Brigade — both Our group got there just after the crews doing their live shots.

I asked my brigades are part of the Iraqi first responders had cleared out escort, 2nd Brigade Public Affairs Officer 3rd Infantry Division). the dead and wounded. As we walked Major Russ Goemaere, if the network The base used to be quickly from our Humvees to the scene, camera crews had likely already been to Saddam’s internal I felt glass and metal crunch beneath my the scene. security compound feet. I soon realized this was pieces of He explained the Western news net(translation: spying and the exploded vehicles. works get much of their video from Iraqi torture center). The Soon we found chunks of the frame “stringers” who are essentially photogracomplex appears on no and engine block, and a U.S. Army phers-for-hire. I realized I might be the Iraqi maps. It has a huge Bradley Fighting Vehicle blackened by first American videographer on the scene. bombed-out prison in the blast. In the traffic circle around the Back at Camp Loyalty, the public the middle, with undersquare, two cars sat gutted by the affairs soldiers helped facilitate my live ground tunnels conexplosion. report on WSAV-TV/Savannah via a milnecting the prison to the Across the square, the sounds of itary satellite system. It was 6 p.m. in hospital, in case screaming and wailing women pierced Savannah, 1 a.m. here. Now it’s 3:05 a.m., someone was tortured a the darkness. Nearby, we found more and I’m starting to wind down. little too much.

A U.S. soldier examines the first SUV to explode in the triple bombing; gutted cars, and a three-foot-deep Tomorrow, I’ll go on a guided tour of According to Capt. he is using a flashlight mounted on his sawed-off pump shotgun crater craved by the blast. The engine the well-known Sadr City neighborhood -Melissa Ringhisen, block was blown seventy-five feet from one of the poorest in Baghdad -- to see “mayor” and chief adminThis is the same square where people where the explosion began. water, sewer, and trash projects that are istrator of Camp Loyalty, Saddam hired toppled the big statue of Saddam Hussein I was surrounded by American soldiers making life tolerable for the two million Chinese laborers to build the place, then in April 2003, and the hotel complex this entire time, with one soldier specifipeople who call Sadr City home. jailed and killed them so the design plans where members of the international media cally assigned to keep an eye on me. I I’ll have more -- hopefully more would remain a secret. You can still see are holed up behind concrete barriers, was wearing my helmet and body armor. I mundane -- info to report then.

Mandarin Chinese characters scratched razor wire, and security guards. shot video with my small, night-vision on one cell wall.

It turns out a series of three suicide Sony camera, and took the attached still After a tour of the prison, I joined a car bombers had detonated their explopictures with my canon digital Elph. continued on page 8 group of soldiers for a series of activities sives in the area. The first, in an SUV,

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Tues., Oct. 25

Tues., Oct. 25

Mid-afternoon

Evening

Things are a little Another oncequieter here in eastern in-a-lifetime kind Baghdad today. Today of day here in we left the base at 9 Baghdad. a.m. for a tour of Sadr Tonight, I joined City. This 7x7-mile area a group of Fort is home to roughly two Stewart soldiers million Shia. It is invited to break wretchedly poor. the day’s We were traveling Ramadan fast with military engineers with members of who are overseeing a local neighlarge water, sewer, and borhood advisory electrical projects in council. the district. They said We all things are much better gathered, now than just a year standing, around ago, but it was still a big ovular pretty squalid. The table. The hosts A district advisory council in progress, sewage was so passed around roughly equivalent to a city council here pungent it made my big trays of eyes water. chicken with I could barely get any video because sweet rice. When the clock registered of the children who mobbed us every5:30 p.m. (time to break the fast), we dug where we went. They shouted “STA, in.

STA!” (mister, mister), and tapped or Afterwards, hosts and guests got tugged incessantly on my arms and down to business. I was ushered into a clothing. The soldiers give them candy, backroom as 2nd Brigade Combat Team money, and toys, so kids have come to commander Lieutenant Colonel Merkel associate military convoys with met with a man whose son-in-law has handouts. been detained on suspicion he is part of the insurgency.

broadcast Through a transreporter Michael lator, the elderly man Jordan while begged for help, and embedded with insisted his son-in-law Coalition troops in is innocent. Colonel eastern Baghdad.

Merkel promised to At approximately look into the man’s 0145 local time, concerns. while attempting After the main to avoid an course at dinner, the oncoming Humvee hosts passed around traveling at plates of a baklava-like approximately one desert and cups of hot kilometer per sweet tea. I spent about hour, Mr. Jordan half an hour learning stepped off the Arabic words from a road, twisted his bodyguard named ankle, and fell Muhammad. face-first into a I’ve attached a tansharp-leafed talizing shot of the wondesert plant. derful flat bread sold in Mr. Jordan the markets here. The now has a bread is baked in the big concrete-and-brick Fresh flatbread will break the Ramadan fast swollen ankle and a fat eyelid. He will ovens you see in the not be evacuated from the area of operabackground. Sometimes they make it tions. thick and puffy with a pocket inside, and insert grilled meat and vegetables.

Well, there you have it... klutziness Thurs., Oct. 27 apparently follows you even to the other side of the world. But let me rewind the tape a bit and tell you about the events CAMP HOPE, EASTERN BAGHDAD, that led up to my fall.

IRAQ -- Coalition forces regret to Yesterday (Wednesday), I traveled in announce injuries sustained by a convoy from Camp Loyalty (the former Savannah, Ga.-based free-lance Saddam prison/evil compound) to Camp

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Sadr’s image is everywhere -- one finger raised as if he’s making a point-leering down from every street corner and most buildings. There are also Sadr stickers adorning regular official signs.

On one of the day’s patrols, I saw a soldier carrying a tabloid-sized Sadr poster; the troops are required to remove any poster or sign that shows Sadr with weapons, and this poster featured a masked militiaman shouldering a bazooka.

After the water station visit, the 3/15 troopers visited a sewer pumping A Sunni woman sells fruit in the Al Jihad market station to check on a malfunctioning piece of Hope (FOB Hope, as the military calls it), equipment (3/15 infantrymen are engito spend some time with troops from the neers as well as soldiers), then stopped 3/15 Infantry Battalion. I accompanied on a major highway to set up a roadmembers of E-company on a patrol in block to search cars for weapons and Sadr City. explosives.

First off, we visited one of the new neighborhood stations that provide safe, clean drinking water to Sadr City residents. While we were there, I noticed an Iraqi man who seemed to be arguing with the soldiers. I learned that they were asking him to take down a poster of local leader Muqtada al-Sadr from the water station wall (it’s inappropriate to hang political posters on an official government building).

The man protested that he would endanger, embarrass, or humiliate himself if he removed the poster. The troops backed off and asked him to remove it before they returned.

I should take a minute here to Images of Muqtada al Sadr are posted explain who Muqtada al-Sadr is. Sadr’s everywhere in Shia neighborhoods father was the longtime spiritual leader of the two million-plus downtrodden I headed out into the stopped traffic Shia people who call Sadr City home. with an interpreter to ask the drivers if He was murdered by Saddam a few they were irritated with the hassle. years ago, and how his son Muqtada has All I spoke with -- even cabbies -- said created a cult of personality centering no, and that they supported the on himself. He’s the Shia leader whose militia battled with American troops here continued on page 10 earlier in the year.

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Coalition. I’m not sure how honest they The New York soldiers wore the funky were being, but the Shia in Sadr City did new “pixilated” camouflage the army has vote to support the new constitution. adopted, rather than the standard desert On our way back to the base, we DCU’s most soldiers wear, and head passed a large pro-constitution demonfour-inch-long night vision monocles prostration. I saw Iraqi news crews videotruding from their faces. taping the activists, There are infrared who marched with lights attached to large Arabic banners the barrels of the and posters of Shia soldiers’ rifles. The leaders. resulting illumination Another thing that is visible only made a real through the nightimpression on me vision goggles. With during this visit was their helmets, body the large number of armor, hi-tech camrocks thrown at our ouflage, gloves, Humvees by neighradios, wrap-around borhood kids -- many shades, and huge of whom had been automatic rifles, the smiling and asking soldiers looked like for candy and money starship troopers or just moments before.

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The soldiers just Our night patrol keep moving and do took us into some not respond to the rough neighborSunni boys in the market stonings, which leave hoods, where trash small dents in their Plexiglas window piles climbed up gated walls and spilled armor. out onto the road, and untreated sewage After dinner, I went back out on bubbled up from the street. patrol, this time with soldiers of the 10th As we walked through one particuMountain Division out of Fort Drum, New larly rough patch, Capt. Stephen Sumner York. One company of this unit was told me to walk alongside the rolling traded from across town in exchange for Humvee so I could jump back inside if an armored company from 3rd ID. there was trouble. It reminded me of TV

news stories I’d seen about constables in Northern Ireland or Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip.

We walked the streets slowly and quietly, the soldiers scanning rooftops and dark corners with their infrared-emitting rifles, as the heavy armored Humvees with their big top-mounted high-caliber guns crept along in front and behind.

It was eerie and unnerving. The streets were empty, as Ramadan dinner parties were winding down and the midnight curfew was going into effect.

I have so much new respect for our soldiers now, knowing they do this on a regular basis, day in and day out, battling boredom and Michael Jordan, left, with Sgt. Bruno; U.S. soldiers fatigue that can take away their often carry Beanie Babies like the one Sgt. Bruno edge and place them in danger. has to give away to Iraqi children No more high adventure for this reporter. Today, I’m going to nurse Oh, I almost forgot -- it was after the my fat ankle and be a “fobit” (a person late-night patrol that I fell off the road. I who stays on the FOB, or base, all day). inadvertently emitted a high-pitched yelp Hopefully I can begin looking through upon contact with the evil desert bush. the mountain of videotape I’ve accumuSoon afterwards, I saw a passing lated during the journey. soldier and hoped he did not see my Tomorrow morning I’ll chopper over embarrassing fall. He just said, “Hoo-ah” to the Baghdad airport base and climb and kept walking. aboard a C-130 for the flight back to Feem Al’lah (Go with God -- Arabic Kuwait. I can’t wait to pack up my heavy for goodbye) from Baghdad.... ◗ body armor and finally leave it in my room!

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No, I’ve spent enough time at the treacherous intersection of politics and journalism to know such apologies are not forthcoming, not in this lifetime or any other, and that being able to say “I told you so” is a bittersweet victory at best.

What I do expect, however, is a baseline minimum standard of common decency from the city’s daily paper.

It’s normal and altogether fine that I will open up the Savannah Morning News and see many things with which I will agree or disagree. It’s quite another thing to open up a newspaper of record and find an editorially sanctioned accusation of treason against a large percentage of its readers -- and indeed the American population as a whole, a clear majority of which now regards the war as a mistake and favors some form of troop withdrawal.

It’s shocking, but I can’t say I’m surprised. The moment the insurgency began and Rumsfeld and company responded with Katrina-level incompetence, it was a foregone conclusion that war supporters would eventually be reduced to gutter-level McCarthyism to avoid responsibility for their role in the disaster. Like the scorpion in the old tale, attacking others is all they really know how to do.

Too bad the armchair warriors aren’t as good at fighting real wars in foreign lands as they are in fighting bloodless political wars at home, eh? Perhaps the war would have gone differently if more of them had signed up to fight instead of sitting on their asses stateside calling fellow citizens silly schoolyard names, questioning their patriotism, questioning even their right to live here and hold a job.

But we’ll never know, will we? Like the American people, history has already rendered its verdict.

Whatever good will come from this war will come from the Iraqis themselves, a courageous people who have had to deal not only with Saddam Hussein’s atrocities but with a bungled occupation that seems all but helpless in stopping the suicide bombers the president told to “bring it on.”

No, it’s all over but the crying -- and after that the long and thankless task of cleaning up the mess. I doubt that lowlifes like Michael Ramirez will lift a finger to help. Will the Savannah Morning News? ◗

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JANE FISHMAN IS taking some time off this week. While I’m sure you’d rather be reading her right now, I thought I’d fill her space as best I could with an observation.

This past Thanksgiving Day readers opened their Savannah Morning News to see a political cartoon by the nationally syndicated Michael Ramirez, whose extremist views were apparently too much even for his own Los Angeles Times, which recently fired him.

It was a simple visual metaphor depicting an Army Humvee with the label “Iraqi Democracy” driving on a dusty road. Alongside the Humvee was a roadside bomb, bearing the labels “Democrats” and “U.S. Politics.”

Why in God’s name did the usually very professional Morning News editorial page team choose to run such a tasteless and divisive cartoon on a national holiday of homecoming? You’ll have to ask them yourself about their incredibly bad timing. My focus here is on the cartoon itself, and the decision to run it at all, at any time.

I’ve long since inoculated myself against the viral cesspool that is the Morning News editorial page, which from the day George W. Bush was elected has seen its letters section degrade into a toxic sandbox for the area’s most vicious police state advocates and bigoted flat earth fundamentalists to play in, enlightened only by the occasional courageous missive from such local luminaries of reason and common sense as Father Michael Kavanaugh.

But this latest cheap shot -- this irresponsible defamation equating war critics with roadside bombers -- crosses the line. In response I can only echo the famous words from the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954: Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?

Now, I don’t expect an apology from the Morning News any more than I expect an apology from all the bandwagon jumpers three years ago, who when I questioned the looming invasion of Iraq responded with a raised eyebrow and a smug, “Silly boy -- don’t you think Bush and Cheney have a plan?”

I don’t expect an apology from the Morning News any more than I expect an apology from the local talk radio host -who neglected to enlist to fight this war he’s so gung-ho about -- for calling anyone who disagrees a “peace monkey” (certainly the least offensive name I’ve been called in almost 20 years of newspaper work).

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Pulling the white sheet from the voter ID law I’M NOT A DEMOCRAT. Core parts of its current platform make me cringe.

However, its stance on civil rights intersects nicely with mine.

One important intersection is the sore subject of mandatory, state-issued photo identification required for Georgia voters. This mint julep Frankenstein is the brainchild of the Dixiecrat wing of the state Republican Party, a throwback to the bad ‘ol days roundly denounced by liberals, progressives and common sense conservatives nationwide.

Sue Burmeister, a Republican state representative from Augusta, felt confident enough in the bias of Bush Justice Department appointees to state recently that when black voters in her district “are not paid to vote, they don’t go to the polls.”

This illustrates the time warp many white Georgians find themselves enjoying: a parallel universe where the need for a federal Voters Rights Act, a Civil Rights Movement and associated initiatives is still bitterly contested.

Far from an aberration, she is representative of many here and throughout

the South who wish to shout, “Whoa!” to the civil rights wagon train. They actually feel that everything was solved years ago, and since their kids grew up watching The Bill Cosby Show then there’s no need for pesky rules to protect black voters from this end of the political spectrum.

Burmeister reminds us that Jim Crow didn’t disappear, he just stopped being so vocal.

In a (Colin) Powell White House, such a statement would hopefully lead to an investigation from that agency’s Civil Rights Division. I cite former Secretary of State Powell because he and economic opportunity quarterback Jack Kemp embody the kind of Republicanism few lovers of liberty and fairness could reject because of party affiliation.

The right wing coup that is pushing GOP moderates away from its center is succeeding in confirming every shrill suspicion of the party’s detractors.

Republican members of the Chatham County legislative delegation, particularly State Senator Eric Johnson, need to answer hard public questions about whether they share Ms. Burmeister’s biased bent. As President Pro Tem of the Senate, Johnson’s input is key, since I’m

sure Burmeister aired her views while the voter ID law was crafted.

Our Republican congressmen need the same opportunity to support or denounce these statements. The shadow of the original boys in the hood darkens the agenda of Georgia’s Republican Revolution.

The honorable among them should use this revelation to hold a moratorium on whether they pander to racists or reject them wholesale. If they endorse Burmeister’s worldview, then the worst allegations of the Black Caucus, the NAACP, and the ACLU, among others, stand confirmed for the world to see.

Sadly, the Bush Justice Department didn’t bat a proverbial eye, nor even remind her that attitudes like hers are exactly why Southern states are under stringent voter laws, given their very recent history of excluding black voters.

I find it hard to believe massive black voter fraud would have gone unpunished during two Reagan administrations or even during former Georgia Governor Zell Miller’s tenure.

This casts a more sinister light on the Chatham County Board of Elections decision to close several polling places in majority black precincts, an effort led by a

Republican Party operative. Observers like yours truly chalked this up to a stealth attempt to undermine the groundswell of black voter registration and participation during the second election of President George W. Bush.

Governor Sonny Perdue can expect massive opposition at the polls, so any measure to diminish the black vote is to be expected.

In the midst of this melee where, oh where, is our local and state Democratic Party? Championing losing propositions like same-sex marriage should take a distant back seat to fighting naked attempts to rob a bedrock part of its traditional base of its voting power.

Absent an enfranchised black electorate, Democrats of all stripes, socialist, Blue Dog and DLC, will find it very hard to win offices -- a fact not lost upon the opposition.

Sue Burmeister and those who disclosed her comments have done what their opponents couldn’t: They pulled the white sheet off Georgia’s voter ID law, and should be thanked. ◗

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• A man called police to report that while driving east on Highway 104, he noticed a woman traveling across each lane into the emergency lane and in front of other vehicles. He and another driver said that they saw the woman come extremely close to striking the brick median. The man called 911 to report a possible drunk driver. He said the woman pulled off the roadway and onto the grass before stopping. When he approached her vehicle, he noticed her slumped over the steering wheel, passed out, with the vehicle still in drive. After failing to wake the woman, he returned to his vehicle for a jack handle and got inside and turned the key off. The woman was not drunk, but had become ill and lost consciousness. ◗

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• Residents of a Westside neighborhood are credited with the speedy capture of a man who robbed a dry cleaning business on Nov. 18. Leonard Dukes, Jr., 18, of Savannah, walked into the Majestic Dry Cleaners in the Metropolitan neighborhood with a gun and demanded money. When officers arrived at the business, they were met by residents who provided description of the suspect’s clothing and the direction he had fled. Officers saturated the area within minutes. Another witness saw the suspect running east across Montgomery Street after he had apparently changed clothes and pointed officers in his direction. Dukes was captured near 33rd Lane, just east of Montgomery Street. K-9 officers from the SCMPD and the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department found the suspect’s clothes and gun used in the crime, along with the money that was taken. “Robbing that cleaner was like going into a Krispy Kreme when the Hot Donuts sign is lit up,” said Sgt. Ashley Brown of Central Precinct.

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A 35-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH youth pastor was arrested after he confessed to murdering his wife and burying her body in a grave on the outskirts of Chatham County’s Westside. Police received a call Nov. 20 from a person identifying himself as the brother-in-law of suspect Eric Brian Golden. The caller told the dispatcher that Golden had confessed to a murder and was surrendering to the sheriff’s department. SCMPD violent crimes detectives responded to the jail where Golden told them he had killed his wife, DeeDee Marie Golden, on the evening of Nov. 17 at their home at 124 Slate Circle then buried the body.

The couple’s 15-year-old son was asleep upstairs at the time. A shallow 34 foot grave was located in a wooded area belonging to Fort Stewart, located about 7 miles west of Interstate 95 off Georgia 204. The GBI Crime Lab performed an autopsy, which revealed the victim died of a broken neck. Golden was charged with one count of murder and is being held without bond.

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Rural Myth Debunked?

“Cow-tipping” (the legendary prank of sneaking up on a dozing cow and pushing her over) was exposed as a near-impossibility by researchers at the University of British Columbia, according to a November report in The Times of London.

Calculating the newtons of force required to topple an average cow (estimating the angles between left hooves, right hooves and the point of push; and the resistance of the cow to downward pressure), Dr. Margo Lillie found that two people could exert the required force only if the cow made no reaction at all to the initial touch, but that more than likely, a successful tipping would require at least five people.

Cultural Diversity Prozac Nations: An official adviser to the Blair government warned in September that Britain urgently needed 250 special treatment centers, staffed by 10,000 therapists, to deal with what he called the country’s “biggest social problem”: a national epidemic of “unhappiness.” And in October, German companies donated the equivalent of about $35 million for a media campaign to make their countrymen feel better about themselves. (Sample script: “(O)utdo yourself. Beat your wings and uproot trees. You are the wings. You are the tree. You are Germany.”)

Prominent Spanish entertainer Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya (“Farruquito”), 23, was married in Seville in September to a teenage bride in a televised ceremony that included, for the cameras, the so-called Gypsy custom of the “test of the handkerchief,” in which the bride’s friends use the garment to ascertain whether the “three drops of blood” (said to be present in a virgin) will appear. (Mrs. Fernandez Montoya evidently passed, but women’s organizations in Spain were outraged.)

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ginning next season, leaders of cheering sections at its games will be required to submit to background checks and be licensed. Permits will be required for anyone who plays drums or trumpets at the game, waves flags or banners, or leads organized chants. Owners say organized-crime gangs were moving into the cheering sections and shaking down fans for tips.

Strange Customs: (1) New Zealand’s road safety manager acknowledged in October that the recently enacted Community Roadwatch program does indeed permit police to issue a traffic ticket solely on the say-so of another driver (if there is evidence that the reported vehicle was at the scene and provided the complainer is willing to go to court). (2) Reuters reported on the annual November ritual in Finland in which the income-tax agency makes public everyone’s tax records for the previous year. (Personal disclosures of income are considered vulgar in Finland, but apparently the November ritual is welcomed.)

Latest Religious Messages Adam Turgeon, 27, and Lisa Wagner, 26, were arrested in October for vandalizing the Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur, Ala., which they both said they were moved to do by Jesus Christ himself. Turgeon explained that the couple, independently, had experienced visions of Jesus, and when they found themselves in services on Oct. 2, they re-enacted the part of their dreams in which they wrecked the church’s altar as a protest against “manmade religion” and idolatry. Turgeon said he was especially bothered by people who balance their checkbooks during church services and by religions that believe only parts of the Bible.

Least Effective Protest On Nov. 2, about 45 demonstrators lined up outside the Alliant Techsystems headquarters in Edina, Minn., to protest,

for the 512th consecutive Wednesday, the company’s work making military weapons that “indiscriminately” kill civilians. However, Alliant says it long ago stopped making those munitions (e.g., land mines, cluster bombs), although it still makes bullets. In fact, much of Alliant’s work these days is on “alternative” military weapons that limit civilian casualties. According to a report in Minneapolis’s Star Tribune, the demonstrations have taken on a life of their own as a regular gathering for the area’s peace protesters, thus amusing and bemusing many Alliant employees.

Readers’ Choice In November, a jury in Westmoreland County, Pa., awarded Ken Slaby $46,200 for genital injuries inflicted by his vengeful ex-girlfriend, Gail O’Toole, in 2000.

While Slaby was napping (according to a report in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), O’Toole had glued Slaby’s buttocks cheeks together, his penis to his abdomen, and his scrotum to his leg, all as payback for his having moved on with his life after their breakup. (O’Toole said it was all part of consensual sex between them, but she had earlier pleaded guilty to simple assault for the incident.)

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(1) The Royal Meteorological Society, seeking evidence of global warming for a journal article, happened upon data collected by a fellow named David Grisenthwaite, 77, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, who has logged detailed information about every single time he mowed his lawn since 1984; he has inadvertently documented that grass-growing season is longer lately. (Grisenthwaite said he also memorizes transit bus timetables.)

(2) In England’s Lincoln Crown Court, in October, municipal parking employee Julie Wall, 46, was sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling the equivalent of about $1 million over 10 years (spending nearly the entire amount on Elvis Presley records and memorabilia, most of which were found unopened at her home). (Said her lawyer, “She simply wanted to own (the items).”)

In October, martial arts instructor Andrew Jacobs was arrested for allegedly assaulting two 10-year-old girls in their bedroom in Vienna, Va. (but being fended off by them based on skills they learned as students at Mountain Kim Martial Arts Center, where Jacobs was their teacher). Jacobs told police his plan was to tie the girls up so he could steal things from the home.

In a September road-rage incident in Salt Lake City, a woman sped by in a blocked-off lane to get around a 25-yearold motorist on Interstate 15, then rolled down her window and screamed at him.

The man, according to a report in the Deseret Morning News, made an “obscene hand gesture.” The woman then pulled out a .357-caliber revolver, shot off the tip of his middle finger, and sped away, later crashing into a barricade.

Least Competent Criminals (1) Barbara King, 35, was arrested in Largo, Fla., in October on a warrant for forgery and prescription fraud; when police knocked on her door, a man told them that she wasn’t home, but a 4-yearold girl standing alongside said, “Mommy’s in the closet!” (2) Police in Memphis, Tenn., reported in October that they had closed down a crack house on Rosamond Street, a task made easier because the resident usually announced the start of business hours by hanging out a sign reading, “Crack House.”

Smooth Reactions (1) Car salesman Philip Vandergraff, 35, was arrested in September on a battery charge after an incident at a Ford dealership in Atascadero, Calif.

According to customer Jeff Walston, the two were haggling over a car purchase, and when Walston offered $5,000 less than Vandergraff’s price, Vandergraff punched him in the face. (2) According to police in New York City, after Joe Daniels complained to neighbor Paul Kim in September that Kim’s dogs had bitten Daniels’ cat, Kim allegedly attacked Daniels and in the course of the fight, bit him. ◗

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The annual arrival of monarch butterflies 6.0 peaked in the forests of central Mexico, where 2.5 environmental officials said favorable weather may produce a tenfold increase in their number this season. Jose Bernal, director of inspection for Mexico’s environmental Gamma protection agency, said bitterly cold weather during the 2000-2001 Mexican winter reduced the butterfly population to 28 million. But that number recovered to 93 million the following year, and as many as 200 million of the colorful insects may winter this season in the fir forests of Mexico’s Michoacan state. After leaving Mexico in the spring, it Week Ending November 25, 2005 takes three or four generations of monarch butterflies to reach eastability to survive,” said report author ern Canada and parts of the United Michael Jasny.

States. The last generation has a longer life span, making the entire 3,400-mile flight back to Mexico.

Ongoing drought and lack of fuel to operate well pumps in A report by the Natural Zimbabwe’s largest national Resources Defense Council park have caused about 100 warned that increasing levels animals to die from dehydration, accordof ocean noise generated by ing to a wildlife official. “More than 40 military sonar, shipping, and oil and gas elephants, 53 buffaloes, a giraffe, three exploration are threatening the survival of zebras and two impala succumbed to marine life. The report said that whales thirst and blackleg, a disease that affects and dolphins, which rely on sound for animals when the ground is too dry,” said finding food, mating and avoiding predaNational Parks and Wildlife Management tors, were in particular danger.

Authority spokesman Edward Mbewe. The Researchers believe that sonar either government in Harare announced plans causes whales to panic and surface too last month to move elephants from the quickly or forces them deeper before they country’s “overburdened” national parks can expel nitrogen, leading to the same to Namibia after at least 50 pachyderms type of compression sickness known as starved to death. “the bends” in humans. Noise from oil and gas exploration has also affected fish.

The most severe hailstorm in “It’s been shown that some species of living memory to strike a key fish suffer severe injury to their inner ears, apple- and cherry-growing rewhich can seriously compromise their

A tropical depression along Sri Lanka’s northeastern coast unleashed flash floods that killed two people and marooned thousands across the island nation. State radio reported that more than 8,500 families were moved to higher ground after the storm left several districts under feet of water.

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Tropical Cyclones Tropical Storm Gamma left at least 34 people dead and a dozen missing across Honduras and neighboring Belize. It was the 27th storm of the Atlantic season — a number never before reached in recorded history. The storm washed out several national roads and caused heavy damage to other infrastructure.

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A powerful quake centered beneath Indonesia’s Banda Sea rocked buildings as far away as the northern Australian city of Darwin.

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Vulture Diners Officials in India’s northeastern Assam state announced a plan to open “restaurants” for vultures in order to save them from extinction. The Hindustan Times reports the first open-air feeding station will allow the winged scavengers to gorge on healthy carcasses near the state capital of Guwahati. Forestry officials initiated the scheme after becoming alarmed at a recent drop in the number of vultures in the region. Since 2001, at least 200 vultures have died after feeding on carcasses of cows treated with the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. Another 300 died of avian malaria during the same period. ◗

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compiled by Jim Morekis Small Works -- Various media by artists June Stratton, Monica Cook, Elena Madden, Daniel E. Smith, Corinne Adams, Leslie Kneisel, Barbara J. Brown, James Allen, Stephen Kasun and Adela Holmes, Dec. 1-23 at The Whitney Gallery, 415 Whitaker St.

‘the trouble with building here’ -- Julio Garcia’s series of studies on the encroachment of development on natural landscapes. Nov. 11-Dec. 2 at Atwell’s Art & Frame, 228 W. Broughton St. Opening reception Nov. 11 at 6 p.m.

Healthcare showcase -- Art work by local healthcare professionals is at Hospice Savannah Art Gallery Nov. 1Dec. 31. 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

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SCAD Gallery Hop -- Monthly event is Friday, Dec. 2, 5-7 p.m., in four college facilities: Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St., and ShopSCAD, 340 Bull St. Shuttles will run between the galleries and refreshments will be served. Participants may join the gallery hop at any of the stops.

Free and open to the public.

JEA Art for December -- The work of Tybee painter Steve Willis will be on display this month at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Gallery 209 Artists -- Featured artists at this gallery at 209 E. River St. are Alaine Daniel and jeweler Angela Erdy.

‘A Host of Folk Angels’ -- New exhibit at the Hurn Museum, 1015 Whitaker St., Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Closed Monday.

‘Sencha,’ by Jessica Barnhill at Gallery Espresso 'Le Cafe' -- Acrylic paintings by Jessica Barnhill, Nov. 17- Dec. 8 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Illustrative style paintings inspired by retro and European advertisements.

Michael Banks -- The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art presents work by this outsider artist Sept. 6-Dec. 31 at 1015 Whitaker St. Closed Monday. ◗

‘Faces of Folk’ -- Rare portraits in a new exhibit at The Hurn Museum, 1015 Whitaker St., Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Closed Monday.

‘Horne & Thistle Gallery -- Through December, a group show at this new gallery at 424 E. Oglethorpe Ave. features Gamble Moore, Craig Stevens, Arnold Desmarais, Mary Ellen McLaughlin, William Peterson, and Hillary Parker.

Work by Steve Willis is at the JEA thru Dec. ‘Ties That Bind’ -- Watercolors by Savannah native Sonya Walker through Dec. 11 at the Beach Institute, corner Price & Harris.

Art Patrol is for rotating shows, exhibitions and receptions. Send your art info to jim@connectsavannah.com

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It’s only puppy love

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Sylvia tells the comic story of a man, a woman and the canine that came between them THE LAST THING GREG expected when he walked into Central Park that autumn day was to fall in love.

Sylvia captured his heart with her winsome ways. So Greg took her home to his wife, Kate, who’s quite upset and increasingly jealous of this interloper.

“No wonder,” you say. “What wife wouldn’t be jealous of the other woman?”

But in this case, the other woman is a real dog. No, seriously, she really is a dog.

And when she jumps into Greg’s lap on that fateful day, he just can’t resist her charms. It really is a classic love triangle.

The Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers will present A.R. Gurney’s off-Broadway canine comedy Dec. 1-3 and 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. in Jenkins Theater. The play contains mature language, so be forewarned.

When the play opens, Greg is successful, but finds his job as a currency trader unfulfilling. Once Sylvia offers her unconditional love, Greg finds his life has new meaning.

But his wife, Kate, doesn’t want a dog on her furniture -- or anywhere else, for

that matter. Greg realizes he’ll have to choose between Kate and Sylvia.

Bess McCreary, a senior theater major at AASU, portrays Sylvia. “I’m not in a dog costume, although I do have a collar on,” she says.

“I just act as doggish as I can get,” McCreary says. “In the opening scene, I’m sniffing around the stage.”

It soon becomes obvious that Sylvia is a dog. “Greg is talking to me like I’m a dog,” McCreary says. “And I do bark.”

Sylvia also talks -- sort of. The audience can hear what she’s thinking, and she views Kate very much as a rival for Greg’s affection.

“It’s a very challenging role for me,” McCreary says. “I’m not normally one who plays comedy, I play the straight character. It’s a physically demanding role, as well.”

At AASU, McCreary has appeared in numerous productions, including A....My Name is Alice, Little Shop of Horrors, As You Like It and I Do, I Do. McCreary is preparing for another major production. “I’m getting married in June,” she says.

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Also appearing in the production are Hai Dang, a computer science major appearing in his first Masquers production, as Gary, and Jamie Busbin, a theater major, as Kate.

The production is directed by Pete Mellen. “This is Bess’s capstone,” he says. “She wanted to do this play. I agreed to direct it.”

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“I feel more confident in this production than I have many others,” Mellen says. “That’s because I have a very great cast.”

Also some great material to work with. Gurney is the author of several popular plays, including Love Letters.

His playwriting career began when he joined the Navy during the Korean war and wrote shows to entertain military personnel.

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Gurney’s work focuses on middle class American life and its issues and realities. He has been given many awards, including a Drama Desk Award in 1971, a Rockefeller Award in 1977 and two Lucille Lortel Awards in 1989 and 1994.

Some of Gurney’s other plays include Scenes from American Life, The Dining Room, Children, Richard Cory, The Middle Ages and The Golden Age. In 1991, Gurney adapted his own novel, The Snow Ball, for the stage. His other novels include The Gospel According to Joe and Entertaining Strangers.

Sylvia is particularly appropriate for one segment of the population. “Dog owners will love this show,” McCreary says. “It’s very true to the way owners react with their dogs. In this production, we get to hear what the dog says.” ◗ The AASU Masquers will present A.R. Gurney’s comic play Sylvia Dec. 1-3 and 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. at AASU’s Jenkins Theater. Tickets are $8. Call 927-5381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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by Robin Gunn

Other voices, other Joans

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A local writer’s ten-year search for Joan of Arc “RURAL TEEN EXECUTED: 19-year-old who Defeated English Government Claimed she Heard Voices of Saints.�

Had there been a newspaper in France in 1431, this headline might have described the heresy trial and burning at the stake of the woman known as Joan of Arc. In 1995, Savannah author and (nowretired) physician Preston Russell knew little about Joan, or Jeanne d’Arc, other than what he had gleaned from plays and movies. While on vacation in France, a chance visit to the garden where the twelve-year-old Jeanne first claimed to have heard the voices lit a fire in Russell that has resulted ten years later in his newly published book, Lights of Madness: In Search of Joan of Arc (Frederic C. Beil).

On Sunday, Dec 4, Russell will give a free lecture and reading from his book at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave., at 6 p.m.

Lights of Madness is classified as biography, but this is no detached account. The book begins almost as a travel memoir, recounting the moment when Russell stood in Jeanne’s garden “where a remarkably serious girl, aged twelve or thirteen, first heard a frightening voice‌.Then and there I heard something like a voice myself. Was it true? Can it be?

From that instant, I was hooked.� “I’m a physician,’ says Russell. “I’ve spent almost half a century as a scientist.

When I first got that curiosity, “Is it really possible?� my scientific curiosity was greatly aroused. In my gut I was convinced that something really happened.�

From the first pages, Russell plunges into the story of Jeanne’s heresy trial, recounting her day-after-day ordeal, the hours of questioning put to the illiterate 18-year-old woman by a dozen learned

men, whose motives were not to give her a fair hearing but to find her guilty.

Jeanne becomes real--courageous, standing up to her inquisitors, and unwavering in her claims that Saints Margaret and Catherine instructed her to lead the French army to victory over the English, and deliver the country to God’s chosen king of France, the not-yet-crowned Charles VII. Never does Jeanne falter in her story, nor in her faith: not in exhaustion from imprisonment, despair, and the relentless trial; not even in her agony as she is burned alive after being found guilty of heresy--for daring to suggest that God has communicated to her through the saints rather than through intercession by the hierarchy of the church, and for the sin of wearing men’s clothing. “It was considered a minor heresy for women to wear male clothes,� says Russell. “In Deuteronomy and in [the letters of] Paul it says what you should wear and what you can’t. That was the literal reason she was burned at the stake.

After she recanted and swore she would wear women’s clothes, she put men’s clothes back on in prison. The judges saw this as another example of ‘You’re not knuckling under.’�

After the dramatic trial and execution related in the first chapter, Russell turns back the clock on Jeanne’s life in Chapter Two, describing her childhood and the events leading up to her arrest, including the victories of the underdog French army against the English.

Russell recreated this section from transcripts of Jeanne’s “Rehabilitation� in 1450, when Charles VII, after becoming king, set out to learn the truth about Jeanne by interviewing her family,

childhood friends, compatriots in battle, and even witnesses at the heresy hearings nineteen years earlier. Russell’s skills as a story teller, and his personal interest in Jeanne, make this chapter nearly as compelling as the first, particularly the descriptions of her meeting with Charles VII and the battle scenes.

Was Jeanne d’Arc a heretic, a war hero, a saint? A feminist, a lesbian, a witch, a man? Did she have multiple personalities? Was she manic depressive?

Paranoid schizophrenic? Was she divinely directed, or was she delusional?

In the final two chapters, the author’s passion to answer his fundamental question “Is it really possible?� led him down all of these paths. Russell applies his training as a pathologist to psychological, medical, sociological and theological questions.

In his breezy, often conversational style, Russell follows the literary and historical Jeanne revealed by Shakespeare, Freud, Twain, Shaw, and dozens of Jeanne scholars, weaving into his discussion Jeanne’s evolution in the Roman Catholic church from heretic to saint.

Russell’s accounting of these treatments of Jeanne makes for entertaining and informative reading, at times laced with humor. Only an occasional lapse into an academic deconstructionist style detracts from these chapters.

Says Russell, “I just love the bitchy literary fights that people will get into -great writers arguing that their Jeanne is the real Jeanne and the other guy’s is trash. So I just traced about 500 years of opinions starting with Shakespeare on up through the 20th century.�

Small wonder that the writing of this book took ten years.

Preston Russell Russell describes the final chapters of his book as “a layered approach scientifically and medically, peeling each layer of the onion one at a time. I peel away the layers and come to a conclusion. The reader has to read each layer to get there.�

The author waits until the very last page of Lights of Madness to reveal his conclusion, which he calls an “impossible possibility.� Discussion of his theory on what 12-year-old Jeanne heard in her garden nearly 600 years ago could have led to another lively chapter, but Russell sidesteps a defense of his resolution.

Resist the temptation to skip ahead through the layers to peek at Russell’s resolution to the mystery. Instead, enjoy the adventure and pathos revealed in the skillful telling of his journey in search of the real Saint Jeanne d’Arc. ◗

Preston Russell will give a reading and lecture on Lights of Madness: In Search of Joan of Arc, on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Free admission. A book signing and reception will follow.

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Okay, okay, maybe 1905. But that’s school in Rochester, N.Y, that was one of pushing it. the last ones to focus on a capella music However, the members of one of the arranged for women. After college, I most respected groups of local musididn’t have much opportunity to sing, but cians currently on “the scene” in once I married and settled down, I was in Savannah finds much of their inspiration church choirs, but missed that unique in the work of composers and pergirl-sound. formers who lived and died hundreds of Jennifer Dickinson: The way it feels when years ago.

No, I’m not speaking of the sadly you perform it. There is something indedefunct Savannah Symphony. I’m talking scribable about singing with other about Ensemble Con Spirito. women. The sound is more inclusive, This ecumenical vocal group was more familiar, I think. As with all-male founded in 2001 by Cuffy Sullivan as “a groups, you can achieve a “singleness” way to find a more challenging musical of sound that you otherwise wouldn’t be experience,” and initially known as the able to produce in a mixed choir.

Savannah Women’s Sacred Music Rebecca Faucette: I’ve always adored Ensemble. They exist to perform and Renaissance, sacred harp and modern Medieval and Baroque music. The simple work of a similar nature. and clear sound is so haunting and Currently, the group is made up of lovely. I used to listen to a CD of monks eleven women – all of whom have come chanting and it was quite therapeutic. I together out of a love for God and for guess singing this music speaks to my the hymns, carols, chants and madrigals soul. that have traditionally been used as Connect Savannah: What got you started songs of praise. in singing? Church? School choir?

Their upcoming performance at Cuffy Sullivan: Sang since birth! My downtown’s Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church is an annual event mother was an opera singer who which generally draws the largest attended the Eastman School of Music. crowds of all their public concerts. This Her entire family was extremely musical year’s show is a traditional service of (they’re all Welsh), and it was expected carols and lessons that originated in of us.

England, and was made famous at King’s Jennifer Dickinson: I’ve been singing my College in Cambridge. The program alternates readings with choral and conwhole life in small ensembles and church gregational Advent carols, many of which choirs, and have a degree in music comcontain an element of audience participosition and theory. I love music and pation. especially singing. It’s how I connect With this highly anticipated concert with God. There is something about drawing near, I sat down with three continued on page 22 members of the group: Managing

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making music that allows you to express your faith and feelings like nothing else.

Rebecca Faucette: I sang in high school and at my church. About two summers ago I went to a week long choral retreat at Suwanee in Tennessee., and had the privilege to study under Malcolm Archer who is the choir director at St. Paul’s In London. That gave me the confidence to try out for this.

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Connect Savannah: Who picks the repertoire, and where do you find material?

Cuffy Sullivan: I’m the Managing Director and handle all the arrangements.

Jennifer Dickinson is the Artistic Director, she chooses music, plans the recital programs, and helps us find our sound.

Jennifer Dickinson: I choose the music, but usually after talking with Cuffy about what I’d like to see the group do. Music, for me anyway, is as much an emotional journey as a technical one. You know when a choir truly loves what they’re doing and when they don’t. That makes all the difference in performance. So, obviously, I try to find music that the group will want to invest themselves in.

Also I try and choose music that challenges the group, helps it grow in some way. We are constantly striving to

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become better musicians and create a more integrated, cohesive sound.

Connect Savannah: What makes this show so different from the others?

It’s so much more than that, though.

What makes Ensemble Con Spirito what it is, is who we are. We are a collection of extraordinary women with diverse backgrounds and circumstances who come together every week to sing, share our lives and create this incredible communion. That spirit, that essence -- more than the desire for perfect notes or precise diction or a devotion to shared religious traditions -- binds us together.

Jennifer Dickinson: I think this is the first time we aren’t sort of flying under the radar. Beyond that, there’s been quite a bit of publicity, it’s an ambitious program for us, we’ve been invited to sing in a truly wonderful space and, in some ways, this is the culmination of several years of very hard work. Further, the literature is very challenging for a group of our size.

Unison plainchant singing is very difficult to perform well. I don’t know that we would have attempted something so exposed just two years ago. So, I guess, this concert represents an arrival of sorts; a coming into our own. Which, of course, is fitting for the Advent season.

Rebecca Faucette: The depth of devotion to God that each of our members has is personal and we are indeed an ecumenical group. The common mission is that we all love music and thank God for our talents by singing praises to Him. When we perform we’re able to share those talents.

Connect Savannah: Are all the members very religious, or are some folks involved specifically for the music?

Connect Savannah: What’s the most challenging aspect about singing this music? Is it the multiple languages?

Cuffy Sullivan: We are a pretty ecumenical group, but what bonds us together is singing praise to God in a beautiful way.

Cuffy Sullivan: Singing a language doesn’t have much to do with speaking it, and that includes English. We’re thrilled to be doing a piece in Welsh and have found a native speaker to help us sing it correctly.

Jennifer Dickinson: Cuffy is absolutely right. We are all “devout” in our own ways and each of us brings our own ideas, our own spiritualities, to the table.

Jennifer Dickinson: The most challenging aspect from a technical perspective is

creating and maintaining a “core” sound.

Our goal is to sound like one person singing, not eleven individual voices. This becomes increasingly more difficult -and more important -- the smaller your group.

Rebecca Faucette: I love it that we’re expanding our language skills. In this concert alone we’re singing pieces in Olde English, Welsh, German and Latin.

The challenge makes it interesting.

Connect Savannah: What’s the biggest misconception about this type of music?

Jennifer Dickinson: I think people unfamiliar with “classical” music in general have the sense that it’s stodgy and boring, or that it won’t engage them in some way. Or, more specifically, that the “religious” aspect of the music we perform has no variety. However, the music we, and other groups like us, perform varies widely. It is exciting, mournful, beautiful, serene, introspective, and fun, depending on the context. ◗

Ensemble Con Spirito performs Advent Lessons and Carols at 5 p.m. Sunday at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church (429 Abercorn St.). The concert is free and open to the public.

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On the opening track of the brandnew indie album from this Ashevillebased (by way of Athens, Ga. and Rockland, Maine) acoustic duo, fiddling vocalist Cregan Montague and singing guitarist Danielle Tibedo sing plaintively of their “dark darkness,” but while there’s plenty of allusions to heartache, madness and consuming passion present in the lyrical conceits of the tracks contained in Love Me Like The Roses, this record is by no means a downer. In fact, it’s quite a leap forward for the pair, both in terms of production value and artistic growth.

While the pair often find themselves likened to the Indigo Girls, there’s really only a passing resemblance to that trendsetting Atlanta act – mostly in divineMAGgees gender, careful vocal harmonies, and palpable willfulness.

Stylistically, they’re in their own bag.

Fri., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

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FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Mary Davis & Company (10 pm) FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2 - #@*!

Karaoke GILLEY’S (Hinesville) - High Velocity (10 pm) THE GOLD CLUB - Live Music TBA (10 pm) HUC-A-POOS (Tybee) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) IL PASTICCIO - The Permanent Tourists (9:30 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Al Ortiz Quintet (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR - Bluesonics (9 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS (Bull & Broughton Sts.) - “An Evening With Greg Williams” (10 pm) THE JINX - Live Music TBA (10 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S - Black-Eyed Katie JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S - Danny Quinn LUCAS THEATRE - Teatro Lirico D’Europa (8 pm) THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Vocalist Angela Roberts (9 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS - Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S - Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE - The Hitmen (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S - John Banks (9 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. - Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN - The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) Live DJ THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

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PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES - Live Music TBA SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER - DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES - Dueling Pianos SAVANNAH THEATRE - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee) - Georgia Rhythm (9:30 pm) THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN - divineMAGgees CD Release Party (8 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204) Live Music TBA (9 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.) - Live Music TBA STARLAND GALLERY (2424 Bull St.) Blackwürm, Kristin Gustafson (6 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee) - Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE - Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO - DJ Maybe, DJ Aerochron & Friends (10:30 pm) WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill) Karaoke (9 pm) WESLEY MON. UNITED METHODIST (429 Abercorn St.) - First Friday For Folk Music (7:30 pm) WET WILLIE’S - Live DJ

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3RD AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) Joey Manning (7 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES - Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ - Thomas Claxton (9 pm) CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) - “Georgia Kyle” Shiver w/Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (10 pm) CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE - #@*! Karaoke CHUCK’S BAR - #@*! Karaoke CITY MARKET COURTYARD - Live Music TBA (12 pm) CLUB ONE - Local Cast CLUB OZ - “Heat Check” Spoken Word/Music Showcase (9 pm) COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE - Live Music TBA CONGA CLUB - Caribbean Night (DJ spins Salsa, Merengue, etc...)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) - Karaoke DEB’S PUB & GRUB - #@*! Karaoke (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) - Live Music TBA DOLPHIN REEF (Tybee) - Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) - “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) - The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Greg Williams (10 pm) FINNEGAN’S WAKE (Formerly O’Connell’s Irish Pub) - Hazel Virtue (10 pm) GILLEY’S (Hinesville) - High Velocity (10 pm) IL PASTICCIO - Eat Mo’ Music (9:30 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) - Live Music TBA THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) - The Al Ortiz Quintet (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR - Mama’s Mojo (9 pm) THE JINX - The Rosebuds, Vermillion X (10 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S - Black-Eyed Katie KEVIN BARRY’S - Danny Quinn LOCOS DELI & PUB - Blender

THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK - Too Blue (9 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS - Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S - Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE - The 8-Tracks (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. - Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN - The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) - Old School Hip-Hop & Top 40 THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.) - Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA RANDY WOOD’S PICKIN’ PARLOR (Bloomingdale) - The Chris Sharp & David Long Band (7:30 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES - Live Music TBA SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER - DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES - Dueling Pianos SAVANNAH THEATRE - Jukebox Journey (3 pm & 8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee) - Georgia Rhythm (9:30 pm) THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN - Suzanne & Jim (8 pm) 1790 RESTAURANT - Live Music TBA (9 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204) Live Music TBA (9 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee) - Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.) - Live Music TBA (6 pm)

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Karaoke COASTAL COFFEE (2100 E. Victory Drive) Poetry Open Mic (7 pm) DEB’S PUB & GRUB - #@*! Karaoke (10:30 DECEMBER 4TH pm) AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) - Live DECEMBER 5TH Joey Manning (7 pm) Music TBA (6 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ - Chief BAYOU CAFÉ - Live Music TBA FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Argyle (9 pm) BLUEBERRY HILL - Karaoke BELFORD’S - Live Music TBA (6 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) - DJ spins CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) - Live Music TBA (10 Masteller & The All-Stars Beach Music pm) THE JINX - Hip Hop w/Selvis & DJ D-Frost DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) - Live CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE - #@*! Karaoke (latenight freestyles/breakdancing) DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) - Karaoke Music TBA (7 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S - Open Mic Night w/Red DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island) - Live Music FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - BN Trivia Moon w/Artie & Brad TBA KEVIN BARRY’S - Frank Emerson THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) - Live DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) - Live MERCURY LOUNGE - Open Mic Jam Music TBA (7 pm) Music TBA (7 pm) w/EROK FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) - Randy THE IRISH TIMES - Live Irish Music MOLLY MACPHERSON’S - Annie Allman (9 THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) - Howard “Hatman” Smith (3 pm) pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Live Music TBA Paul & The John Brackett Quartet NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) - Teen THE JINX - Rock & Roll Bingo Night (10 (10 pm) Night w/DJ Triple A THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK JJ CAGNEY’S - “An Evening With Greg Dixieland Jam (3 pm), Deas’ Guyz (7 pm) HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR - Annie Allman (7 pm) Williams” (10 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES - Open Mic w/The KEVIN BARRY’S - Frank Emerson KEVIN BARRY’S - Danny Quinn Hitmen THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK VENUS DI MILO - Open DJ Tables - bring HOUSE) - Live Piano Music TBA Harpist Kristin Gustafson (11 am) needles & vinyl (10 pm) MCDONOUGH’S - Karaoke SAVANNAH BLUES - Live Music TBA WET WILLIE’S - Karaoke (9 pm) MERCURY LOUNGE - Voodoo Soup (10 SAVANNAH NIGHTS - Karaoke SCANDALS (Tybee) - DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) NOTE: All Bands Scheduled Subject To NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) pm) Change THE SENTIENT BEAN - Live Theater w/The Secret Sunday (w/The Gold Club) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK Century Players (8 pm) WET WILLIE’S - Karaoke (9 pm) HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond THE SENTIENT BEAN - Open Mic Night (8 pm)

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1790 RESTAURANT - Live Music TBA (8 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE - Jukebox Journey (3 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE - Live Music TBA (7 pm) WESLEY MON. UNITED METHODIST (429 Abercorn St.) - Ensemble Con Spirito (5 pm)

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Thursday Dec. 1

Eric Culberson Blues Band

Friday Dec. 2

Black-Eyed Katie

Saturday Dec. 3

Black-Eyed Katie

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SPANKY’S (River St.) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) - Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB - DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DE MILO - DJ Maybe spins disco & house (9 pm)

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DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7:30 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Live Music TBA (10 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Quartet feat.

Louise Spencer (7:30 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR - Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) THE JINX - Dance Party w/MCs Awesomesex, Vinyl Ritchie & ShizNite JJ CAGNEY’S - The Eric Culberson Blues Band KEVIN BARRY’S - Danny Quinn LOCOS DELI & PUB - Open Mic Night w/The Hitmen THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Trombonist Teddy Adams (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S - Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE - Live Music TBA (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S - Jude Michaels (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. - Eric Britt (8:30 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) Reggae Madness w/Syndicate Sound PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond SAVANNAH BLUES - Live Music TBA SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER - DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES - Dueling Pianos SAVANNAH THEATRE - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee) - Karaoke w/DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) SLUGGERS - Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

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PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond NOVEMBER 30TH POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) - Thomas Claxton (7 pm) AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT SAVANNAH BLUES - Live Music TBA (Tybee) - Joey Manning (7 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER - DJ Blue B & D BURGERS (Southside) - Trivia Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ - Live Music TBA (9 pm) SAVANNAH SMILES - Dueling Pianos SAVANNAH THEATRE - Jukebox CLUB ONE - #@*! Karaoke DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) - DJ Journey (8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee) - Karaoke w/DJ Pat McBride (Savannah Shag Club) Marty Corley (9:30 pm) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) - Live THE SENTIENT BEAN - Psychotronic Music TBA (7 pm) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) - Film: WAL-MART: HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE (8 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm) 1790 RESTAURANT - Live Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) (9 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) - Live Music FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE - Live TBA (7 pm) Music TBA (9 pm) FINNEGAN’S WAKE - Open Mic w/Eric Britt (10 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) - DECEMBER 1ST Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) - Live THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) Music TBA (7 pm) Earl Williams Quartet (7:30 pm) BARNES & NOBLE (Oglethorpe Mall) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR - Greg Snyder (7 Open Mic (8 pm) pm) BAY STREET BLUES - Open Mic THE JINX - “Drunk Tank Soundsystem” Night w/Tim w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye BAYOU CAFÉ - Live Music TBA (9 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S - Baleen BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET KEVIN BARRY’S - Danny Quinn Thomas Claxton (8 pm) LOCOS DELI & PUB - Team Trivia BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR - #@*! w/Ben Bennett & Senea Karaoke THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK CHUCK’S BAR - #@*! Karaoke (10 pm) Pianist Inman Dewey (7 pm) CLUB INVASION (121 W. Congress MCDONOUGH’S - Karaoke St.) - DJ Nick J - ‘80s, house, breaks, MERCURY LOUNGE - The Eric D & B (10 pm) Culberson Blues Band CLUB ONE - Industrial Resurrection NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) w/DJ Mouse & DJ Shrapnel (10 pm) (Hip-hop, R & B, Top 40) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) - Live Music TBA NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) - DJ Open Mic Poetry Night (9 pm) Sam Diamond’s Karaoke

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DECEMBER Thursday the 1st The Codetalkers Featuring Col. Bruce Hampton - Georgia Theatre, Athens Larry Keel And Natural Bridge - The Pour House, Charleston Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Peace Center, Greenville Jump, Little Children (farewell tour) Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte The North Mississippi Allstars, Dixie Hustler Freebird Live, Jacksonville

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Monday the 5th Cold, P.O.D., Fivespeed - Earthlink Live, Atlanta Garrison Starr - Red Light Café, Atlanta A Fir-Ju Well, Gates Of Berlin, Sovus Radio - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta “99X Mistle Toe Jam” w/Coheed & Cambria, Our Lady Peace - Tabernacle, Atlanta

Tuesday the 6th Wayne “The Train” Hancock, The Rounders - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Children Of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Trivium The Masquerade, Atlanta Fozzy - Playground Bar, Augusta GWAR, A Dozen Furies Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Georgia Tech, Atlanta American Analog Set - The EARL, Atlanta Juliana Hatfield - The Yngwie Malmsteen, Masquerade, Atlanta Orange Sky - Roxy X - The Masquerade, Theatre, Atlanta Atlanta T h e D i r t y Dozen Brass Eddie From Ohio - Variety Yngwe Malmsteen Band - The Mission, Playhouse, Atlanta Augusta Jimbo Mathus - The Pour Fozzy - Amos’ Southend, House, Charleston Charlotte Cigar Store Indians - Wild Wing Café, Mount Pleasant, SC Robbie Fulks, - Evening Muse, Charlotte Star 94 FM’s “T-Mobile Jingle Jam” The Codetalkers Featuring Col. Bruce w/Howie Day, Switchfoot, Gavin DeGraw, Hampton - Visulite Theatre, Charlotte James Blunt, Jason Mraz - Arena @ Outlaws - Freebird Live, Jacksonville Gwinnett Center, Duluth Jimbo Mathus - Blind Willie’s, Atlanta Jump, Little Children (farewell tour) Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys - Knights Eddie’s Attic, Decatur Of Columbus, Atlanta Sam Thacker, Gates Of Berlin - Variety John “Jo Jo” Hermann - Smith’s Olde Playhouse, Atlanta Bar, Atlanta Moonshine Still - The Pour House, American Analog Set, Glue, Minamina Charleston Goodsong - The EARL, Atlanta Edwin McCain - Uncle’s Place Bar & Grill, The Working Title, Cartel, Terminal - The Walterboro, SC Masquerade, Atlanta Bif Naked, Default, Hinder - Amos’ Jump, Little Children (farewell tour) Southend, Charlotte Morton Theatre, Athens

Wednesday the 7th

The Britannia Come visit the coolest bar on Wilmington Island & watch the sunset over the marsh

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Saturday the 3rd

Tishamingo - 550 Blues, Macon The Codetalkers Featuring Col. Bruce Hampton - The Mission, Augusta Jeff Foxworthy - Bi Lo Center, Greenville Young Jeezy - Cricket Arena, Charlotte Schooner - Evening Muse, Charlotte Doc Watson - Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte Michelle Malone, Garrison Starr, Nini Camps - Sylvia Theater,York, SC X, Juliana Hatfield - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte Fozzy - Freebird Live, Jacksonville

Sunday the 4th “99X Mistle Toe Jam” w/O.A.R., Violent Femmes - Tabernacle, Atlanta The Kingsbury Manx - The EARL, Atlanta John “Jo Jo” Hermann - Music Farm, Charleston The Working Title, Terminal - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Robbie Fulks - Atlantic Theater, Atlantic Beach, FL Oteil And The Peacemakers, The Lee Boys - Freebird Live, Jacksonville

Friday the 9th The Codetalkers Featuring Col. Bruce Hampton - 550 Blues, Macon Duwayne Burnside - Chip’s, Winder Van Zant - Cowboys, Kennesaw Delta Moon, Ken Will Morton - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Delbert McClinton - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Confederate Railroad - Bada Bing, Santee, SC Perpetual Groove - The Pour House, Charleston Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Bell Auditorium, Augusta John Berry - Etherredge Ctr., Aiken, SC Bif Naked, Default, Hinder Headliners @ Banana Joe’s, Columbia Moonshine Still - The Mission, Augusta Medeski Martin and Wood Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte Edwin McCain - Old City Hall, Brunswick Tishamingo - Po’ Boys Creole Café, Atlantic Beach, FL ◗

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Dueling Pianos

Talented guitarist, bassist and drummer who honed her skills on the Chicago jazz scene. Sun., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar + Tues., 9 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

Savannah’s only show of its type, where the audience calls the shots – trying to stump 2 singing keyboardists with cocktail napkin requests. Every night’s show is a little different, so you never know quite what’ll happen.

Wed. - Sat., 9 pm, Savannah Smiles.

Argyle Brash and challenging local group mixing reggae, ska, punk and jam influences into an aggressive form of alternative rock. They recently released an impressive debut CD. Tues., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

John Banks Longtime guitarist (and key member of the 13-piece R & B show band The Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love) offering a solo set of electric jazz and blues. Fri., 9 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

The Beer Parlor Ramblers

Funky instrumental dance grooves and rocking soul jazz from a local quintet of trumpet, bass, drums, guitar and trombone. Featuring drummer Tony Clarke and trumpeter John Tisbert. Sat., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

The 8-Tracks One of the more eclectic cover bands in the area, dusting off album cuts and rarely heard rock, country and soul singles from the ‘50s to the ‘90s. Their lineup features members of such local original bands as GAM, Superhorse and The Judge & The Jury. Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Georgia Rhythm Regional cover group playing popular favorites in the country and Southern rock genres. Fri. Sat., 9:30 pm, Scandals (Tybee).

Bluesonics One of the area’s longest-running party bands, they’ve gone through a handful of different lineups over the years, but their commitment to offering unpretentious, straight-up electric shuffles remains.

Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Mary Davis & Company Stripped-down acoustic covers combo (classic rock and pop) fronted by Davis, the vocalist from Wilmington Island’s popular Band In The Park. Fri., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House + Sat., 7 pm, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House.

Guess Who I Saw?

Trae Gurley

Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute Frank Emerson Traditional and contemporary Celtic tunes and pop hits, sung and played on acoustic guitar by a longtime local solo act who’s been a familiar face at this legendary Irish pub for longer than most folks can remember.

Mon. - Tues., Kevin Barry’s.

First Friday For Folk Music The 114th installment of this familyoriented (no smoking or alcohol)

This local thespian has been performing his heartfelt tribute to the glory days of ‘Ol Blue Eyes’ big band years for some time now, and he considers himself much more than a mimic. While he usually sings to pre-recorded backing tracks, he aims to communicate the vibe and attitude of Sinatra rather than merely parroting his obvious vocal mannerisms.

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KEVIN BARRY’S Irish Pub & Restaurant Voted Among The Top 10 Irish Pubs In America

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This Wed–Sun Live Music w/ Danny Quinn Voted Best Neighborhood Bar!

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All Next Week Frank Emerson Live!

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Jam-influenced outfit featuring members of such Athens organic rock groups as Cosmic Charlie (a Grateful Dead tribute) and Stewart & Winfield (an electric Americana act with strong ties to Savannah).

Sat., 10 pm, Locos Deli & Pub.

acoustic music showcase kicks off with the eclectic local quartet FOCOROPO, who blend folk, country, rock and pop (hence the name). They’re followed by 6 and 12-string guitarist Chris Desa, whose traditionals and originals have been featured at these events for over a decade.

The headliner will be New Englander Bernice Lewis, a fixture on the coffeehouse and festival circuit. She’s studied vocal iprov with Bobby McFerrin and songwriting with the likes of Roseanne Cash. She’s gigged with everyone from Odetta to The Dixie Chicks. This show is FREE TO ALL AGES, with a suggested donation of $2.. Fri., 7:30 pm, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church (429 Abercorn.

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No cover to enjoy the house band at this landmark local eatery. They play hoppin’ Dixieland-style jazz on a small stage in the corner of the dining room.

Fri., 7:30 pm, The Crystal Beer Parlor.

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Hazel Virtue This regionally-based alt.rock quartet’s last album was a slick, professional affair that resulted in some commercial radio airplay, as well as kudos in industry trade papers.

Now shorn to a trio, they have cut an as-yet-unreleased follow-up in Nashville, and seem to be biding their time with lowkey area gigs such as this one. For fans of dense, guitar-o-centric indie rock with just a hint of a Southern twang. Sat., 10 pm, Finnegan’s Wake.

Mic), Locos Deli & Pub + Fri., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Mama’s Mojo Formerly known as The Ignitors, this regional blues combo seeks to bridge the gap between the lowdown, gritty Chicago sound and the more polished show bands of the form.

Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Jude Michaels Local acoustic guitarist and cellist who peppers his sets of popular covers with his own original soft-rock tunes . Thurs., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

High Velocity

Great regional Southern rock act playing Hazel Virtue popular hits, deep album cuts and a few of their own tunes in the same vein.

Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Gilley’s (Hinesville).

Tight, funky soul and rock party band with a large and varied repertoire of Prince, The Rolling Stones, Kool covers (P Blues-influenced rock (and vice versa) & The Gang, etc...) and a killer rhythm act – led by electric guitarist Brett section. One of the best such groups in “Hitman” Bernard – that gigs regularly the area. around town. Tues. (hosts Open Mic), Fri., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

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Excellent blues and folk-based This award-winning touring duo is singer/songwriter who’s released a few keeping alive the American tradition of albums of accomplished, introspective travelling minstrelsy. They play festivals, acoustic theme parks, clubs, tunes. For schools, churches, Saturday dances, etc... She sings, night’s gig yodels and plays he’ll be spoons, bones (!), flute accompanied and guitar, as well as

by Fiddlin’ clogging on a raised Scott Holton. wooden platform. And Thurs., 7:30 him? He plays banjo.

Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient pm, Fannie’s Bean.

On The Beach (Tybee) + Fri., 7 pm, AJ’s ‘Georgia Kyle’ Shiver Dockside With his electric (Tybee) + Sat., backing band on hiatus, this local song10 pm, Café Loco (Tybee). writer embraces his salad days as a solo artist, and hones his already-impressive one-man show. Expect rootsy, impressionistic folk-rock (think Petty, Hiatt), and Singing keyboardist Stevens got his unabashedly sweet songs of love and start in the church, but was also trained loss. Fri., 10 pm, Jen’s & Friends (Bull & Broughton Sts.) + Mon., 10 pm, JJ classically. The Hilton Head resident’s Cagney’s. ◗ current bag is blues and jazz numbers by such folks as Ramsey Lewis, Earth Wind & Fire and Quincy Jones. Thurs., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

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One generally encounters a sense of déjà vu when watching a biopic about a celebrity, since they all trace the expected ups and downs in the most conventional manner possible. Yet a conventional film doesn’t automatically mean a boring one, and for all its familiarity, there’s plenty to like about Walk the Line. First and foremost the film positions itself as a love story, one that finds Cash locating his soulmate in country star June Carter. A vivacious firecracker who takes her time in committing to this troubled individual, June has her own demons to tame, most notably attempting to reconcile her two divorces with her strict Christian upbringing. Just as Ray lived or died on the powerhouse performance of Jamie Foxx, so too does Walk the Line depend on the mesmerizing work by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon (who both do their own singing) to carry it over the line. continued on page 30

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The Ice Harvest is being promoted as this year’s Bad Santa, but it’s just bad, period. Its only merit of distinction belongs to Oliver Platt, who’s aces as the sort of obnoxious, loud-mouth drunk who invariably attaches himself, barnacle-like, to some poor sucker’s arm during a festive holiday party. Otherwise, this merely goes through the motions by displaying all the requisite black humor and hipster stylings without stopping to figure out what generally makes these ingredients work. John Cusack, who’s played this sort of mellow, wise-cracking character many times before, stars as Charlie Arglist, a Wichita lawyer who, along with his partner Vic (Billy Bob Thornton), steals over two million dollars from a local mob boss (Randy Quaid) and then begins to sweat when an ice storm prevents them from skipping town.

As Charlie trudges around the city waiting to make his great escape, he repeatedly bumps into two acquaintances: Renata (Connie Nielsen), a strip club owner who suspects Charlie’s up to something, and Pete (Platt), a vulgar souse who (among other grievances)

bemoans his marriage to Charlie’s golddigging ex-wife.

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Puccini wrote his opera La Boheme in 1896, and it was exactly 100 years later that Jonathan Larson’s update Rent created seismic waves in the theater world.

Rent faithfully follows the story structure of La Boheme, although Larson injected a sense of immediacy by adding AIDS to the equation. Unfolding in the late ‘80s, the story centers on a group of bohemians in New York’s East Village.

Mark (Anthony Rapp), a filmmaker, and Roger (Adam Pascal), a songwriter, share a grungy apartment that they’re in danger of losing if they don’t cough up the rent to Benny (Taye Diggs), a former friend who ended up marrying the landlord’s daughter and now acts as a suit-wearing enforcer. Mark and Roger open up their space to their philosophical friend Tom (Jesse L. Martin), who has just entered into a relationship with a street drummer named Angel (Tony Award winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia). Living in the flat downstairs is Mimi (Rosario Dawson), a stripper whose eye is caught by the passive Roger. For his part, Mark has just had his heart broken by kooky performance artist Maureen (Idina Menzel), who left him for another woman, a lawyer named Joanne (Tracie Thoms). If this all sounds like Melrose Place on welfare, the story’s defining characteristic is that half of its leading players are HIV-positive, contracted through either sex or drug use. For a musical, there isn’t much dancing per se, and director Chris Columbus and choreographer Keith Young stage the few numbers competently if not excitingly.

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Phoenix, all hunched shoulders and slow-burn stares, commands the screen, yet even he’s topped by Witherspoon in her most fully realized performance since Election. Phoenix may provide the movie with its voice, but it’s Witherspoon who delivers its soul.

attempts to mold himself into a military man of steel. From here, it's off to the Middle East, where these young men -pumped up by visions of macho exploits, bonding with their phallic rifles and whipped into a feeding frenzy by a screening of Apocalypse Now's Wagnerian interlude -- are ready to kill countless Iraqis for God and country.

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There’s a reason that this is the first movie in the franchise to earn a PG-13 rating, and it’s not because there’s suddenly heavy petting between Hermione and her best buds Harry and Ron. Instead, director Mike Newell and scripter Steve Kloves, forced to whittle down Rowling’s enormous tome, steadfastly refuse to coddle the youngest audience members, “family film” status be damned. The Triwizard Cup competition, undertaken by Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and three older students, is fraught with such perils as fire-breathing dragons and piranha-toothed mermaids.

A key supporting character -- a likable one, at that -- is unexpectedly killed. And the evil Lord Voldemort, who hasn’t been seen since he murdered Harry’s parents 13 years earlier, finally makes an appearance (Ralph Fiennes is suitably slimy in the role). Yet the series’ greatest strength -- namely, the dead-on portrayals by Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Hermione -- never fails to deliver, and even an overstuffed plot doesn’t slow down the proceedings as much as convey that there’s much at stake in Harry’s increasingly sinister world.

YOURS, MINE AND OURS ✰

A descent into the pits of hell disguised as a motion picture, Yours, Mine and Ours is the sort of broad, insincere schmaltz that moviegoers seem to eat up at this time of year. A widower (Dennis Quaid) with eight kids bumps into his former high school sweetheart, now a widow (Rene Russo) with 10 children. On a whim, they decide to get married, but managing a household comprising 18 minors proves to be a formidable challenge.

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Did we really need a new film version of Pride & Prejudice? After the ‘90s spate of Jane Austen adaptations -- not to mention the recent P&P updates Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bride & Prejudice -moviegoers understandably might proceed with caution. Yet all reservations dissipate as soon as the lights go down and this satisfactory version gets underway. Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach have done an exemplary job of making us care all over again about the plight of the Bennet sisters, five young girls whose busybody mom (Brenda Blethyn) sets about finding them suitable husbands against the backdrop of 19th century

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England. The oldest daughter Jane (Rosamund Pike) immediately lands a suitor, but the independent Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) finds herself embroiled in a grudge match with the brooding Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen).

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There's David Strathairn as journalist Edward R. Murrow, George Clooney himself as producer Fred Friendly, Frank Langella as CBS head William Paley and Senator Joseph McCarthy as… George W. Bush? Karl Rove? Bill O'Reilly? The film, which marks Clooney's second stint as director (he also co-wrote the script with producer Grant Heslov), looks at an inspiring moment in U.S. history, when Murrow did the unthinkable by standing up to Joe McCarthy, the junior Senator from Wisconsin who was destroying lives left and right by denouncing everyone who didn't subscribe to his petty politics as card-carrying Commie Pinkos. On one fateful evening in 1954, Murrow's TV show See It Now devoted an episode to sticking it to McCarthy. It wasn't long afterward that the Army-McCarthy hearings, featuring Judge Joseph Welch's famous smackdown of the Senator ("Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"), effectively ended McCarthy's reign of terror. At times, the laser-beam focus on both the setting and

the situation at hand makes the film feel as if it's been sealed inside a Zip-Loc bag: There's no mention of Richard Nixon, no Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, no Hollywood Ten, certainly no Ronald Reagan. The movie's genius, however, is in its integration of actual newsreel footage into the fictionalized framework.

No actor was hired to play Joe McCarthy because none was needed: The Senator is entirely represented through archival footage seen on TV screens. Apparently, Clooney felt that no performer could have captured this odious individual.

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If anything, this is the pioneer in a new genre: the anti-war-movie movie. With steadfast determination, it refuses to take sides, name names, push agendas or do anything that might potentially inspire the wrath of moviegoers, Oscar voters, Op-Ed editors, war hawks or pacifists. In adapting Anthony Swofford's book, director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and scripter William Broyles Jr. (Apollo 13) apparently felt that they had to be solely sympathetic to the travails of the foot soldiers -- in this case, the Marine "jarheads" who were dispatched to Iraq back in the early 90s to take part in the Gulf War. In much the same fashion as Stanley Kubrick's brilliant Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead opens stateside, as we see the basic training undergone by "Swoff" (Jake Gyllenhaal) as he

Rapper 50 Cent (or Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, as he’s billed here) may have set the music world on fire, but as a movie star, he’s as relevant as a dead mike.

DERAILED ✰

An awful thriller featuring a post-Friends (and post-Brad) Jennifer Aniston attempting to jumpstart a movie career.

Mining that fertile Fatal Attraction terrain, this finds unhappily married business executives Charles Schine (Clive Owen) and Lucinda Harris (Aniston) meeting as strangers on a train, engaging in flirtatious banter before deciding to get down and dirty in a seedy hotel room. But they’re suddenly disturbed by Laroche (Vincent Cassel), a French thug who rapes Lucinda (shades of Cassel’s Irreversible), beats Charles and murders the English language.

ZATHURA ✰✰1/2

Children’s author Chris Van Allsburg scored big with his picture book Jumanji, so it’s no surprise that he dipped into the same well for Zathura, which can easily be summed up as “Jumanji in space.” Yet moviegoers who caught the screen version of Jumanji at some point over the past decade might still be interested in checking out the new cinematic take on Zathura, which differs in that it focuses on a strained sibling rivalry, showcases better visual effects, and replaces Jumanji’s Robin Williams with a manic, defective robot (on second thought, that last point might not qualify as a difference).

CHICKEN LITTLE ✰✰

If Chicken Little represents the future of Disney animation, then the sky is indeed falling: This is as far removed from such old-school classics as Pinocchio and Beauty and the Beast as roast duck is from chicken gizzards. To be fair, this toon flick -- a frantic yarn about a diminutive bird (voiced by Zach Braff) whose warnings about an impending alien invasion are ignored by the other anthropomorphic animals in the town of Oakey Oaks -- has its moments. But the central thrust of Chicken Little -- a standard “follow your dream” slog that on a dime turns into War of the Worlds -is the same sort of hollow experience that has all but drained the traditional toon tale of its potency over the past decade-plus. ◗

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Activism & Politics Amnesty International meets 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 Democrats

Chatham County Young Republicans Coastal Democrats For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher at a local Democratic drinking club. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, leftleaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Coach’s Corner. For information, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.

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

Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

These holiday wreaths are offered for sale in your neighborhood or drop by Savannah Toyota, Greyson Stadium, Keller’s Flea Market, and the Piggly-Wiggly and Kroger in Richmond Hill. You also can call 927-7272 to order them.

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meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. 351-7436.

Post 135 will hold a Christmas dance with music by Todd & Ricky B on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 8 p.m. til midnight at the post home, 1108 Bull St. Net profits will benefit veterans.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. There will be a cash bar and door prizes. For tickets, call 354-0732, 233-9277 or 898-4809.

is a year-long, comprehensive Armstrong Atlantic State University initiative that will raise funds and provide community services for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.

Savannah Republican Club

Skidaway Island Democrats The Rev. Dr. Jim Nelson, Democratic candidate for Congress, will speak Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Sterne, Agee Building, 4 Skidaway Island Square. Wilson Morris will give a brief summary of the Bush White House over the past 12 months. Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Speak Up! Local activist group focused on protesting the war in Iraq. Call Richard DiPirro at 4417167.

Women and War: the Angst and Adrenaline

The One Hundred is selling pewter bear ornaments designed by Phyllis Tildes and crafted by Woodberry Pewter for $8 each.

Proceeds will benefit the Backus Children’s Hospital. To place an order, call Kelly Dykes Claxton at 350-6374 or send e-mail to dykeske1@memorialhealth.com.

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Masha Hamilton, who worked as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press for five yeas in the Middle East, will present this free lecture Dec. 4 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Memorial Hospital Conference Room C. Call 303-9890.

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.

Proceeds support The Living Vine Christian maternity home. Donations appreciated. Call 355-4339.

Benefits & Fundraisers

Benefit Concert with Jerry “The Ice Man” Butler

14th Annual Tree of Light

The Savannah State University College of Business Administration and the Savannah Chapter of 100 Black Men will present national R&B recording artist Jerry “The Ice Man” Butler in concert on Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Tickets are $40, $38 and $28 with proceeds benefitting scholarship programs. For tickets, call 651-6556 or visit www.savannahcivic.com.

A lighting ceremony will be held Sunday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. at Full Circle, 7212 Seawright Dr. All donations help support grief-counseling programs. Remembrances of $10 or more are recognized with a special ornament and the names are listed in the program. Call Doris Mobley at 355-2289.

League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone18 and older.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at BOBA’s, 309 W. St. Julian St. Call 308-3934 or visit http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

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meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

• Nutritional counseling • Nutritional seminars

Planned Parenthood meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Megan Burgoyne at 3524052 or send e-mail to megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.

Backus Children’s Hospital Ornament Sale

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Give for the Gulf

Hurricane Katrina Benefit Website A community website/blog where local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, fundraising events and other information are listed can be found at http://www.katrinahelp.gatherat.com.

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. 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.

Savannah Chapter of the Links fundraiser The annual fundraiser will be held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto. The theme is When West Broad Street Was King and the suggested attire is 1920s through 1970s fashions. Ticket donations are $60. Call 655-7081 or 925-0068.

Winter Hooch & Pooch Bring your pet for drinks at Venus de Milo, 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., on Thursday, Dec. 8, beginning at 7 p.m. This

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For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

Boy Scouts Holiday Wreath Sale

Sample holiday favorites, classics and international martinis at this benefit for Greenbriar Children’s Center. It will be held Dec. 3 from 7:30-10 p.m. at Venus de Milo, 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Call 447-0901.

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will hold an important informational meeting for anyone wishing to join or stand for election as an officer on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at 143 Houston St. Call Cory at 508-3335 or c@depthllc.com.

A Merry Martini Tasting

meets every Tuesday on Yahoo Chat around 7 p.m. Send an e-mail to schmalk@yahoo.com to receive an invitation to join the chat.

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meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. Call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 2345969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www.chathamdems.com.

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event will benefit PALS (Pet Assistance League of Savannah). Call 447-0901.

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at 1003 Victory Dr. will hold a Pre-K and Kindergarten round-up Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 9-10:30 a.m. Call 356-6987.

Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians

Building a Home

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

The UBuildIt office in Savannah offers free seminars. Call 236-1211.

Cultural Affairs Artist Roster

St. Mary’s Community Center, 812 W. 36th St., an affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler, offers a program to help adults with math, reading and writing skills. Participants choose their hours between Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 447-0578.

The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is compiling a list of artists of all disciplines of the arts and humanities to include in a Savannah Artists Roster. Call Daisy Williams at 912-651-6417 or send an email to dwilliams@savannahga.gov and include: group and/or individual name, contact information, and discipline.

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is a boutique gallery/working studio on West Broughton Street that is looking for artists to consign work, especially clothing, accessories and textiles, plus home decor, painting and sculpture. Send email to 2palejosephines@bellsouth.net or call 232-4848.

Classes & Workshops AARP Driving Classes Classes will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6 and Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior at Candler Hospital. Call 3524405. Classes will be held Monday, Dec. 12 and Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. at The Marshes at Skidaway. Call Katie at 5988998 or Chuck at 598-1011.

Adult Art Classes are held at The Art School Mondays from 79 p.m. and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

Beginners are welcome. For information, call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151.

Career Achievement Program

Chatham County Aquatic Center offers open lap swim, water aerobics classes, swim lessons and competitive swim teams for all ages, home school programs and field trips for students on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. 6526793 or chathamcounty.org.

Church Music Seminar The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. offers specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.

Classes at Familiar Pathways Several classes are offered, including Meditation 101 and 102; Aura 101; Tarot 101, 102. 103 and 104; Witchcraft 101 and 102; Henna 101 and 102; Herbology 101, 102 and 103; Deity 101 and 102; and The Art of Control: Principles and Tactics. Most classes cost $50 and lunch is included.

Many classes are ongoing, running every month. Payment is to be made two days prior to the class starting date. Call Anastasia at 443-9678.

Adult Education

Coastal Scooters Classes

The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.

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.

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

The Art School The Art School provides quality art instruction for ages 6 through adult.

Register now for afterschool classes.

Classes provide a comfortable, non-competitive atmosphere for students of all levels.

Tuition includes professional art supplies.

Located across from Summit Gymnastics/Sharks Cheerleading at 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads. 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. 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. Call 819-8583.

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

Beginners quilting classes are held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., 1601 Drayton St. 447--5711.

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Culinary Arts Classes Enroll now in a free culinary arts training program at the Starfish Cafe. This program is a collaborative effort of Union Mission, Inc., and Savannah Technical College. For information, call Mindy Saunders at 2382777.

Discover Creativity Coaching Free initial consultation. Expert with two creativity degrees helps you kick-start your project, sort ideas, break through blocks, clarify intentions and plan approaches. Call 412-9199 or send e-mail to breakthru.creativity@gmail.com.

Drawing Inspiration From the Masters Free drawing classes for teens, adults and seniors are offered by the Savannah Art Association on Saturdays through October from 9 a.m. to noon at Armstrong Atlantic

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State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fine Arts Hall. For information, call 897-5612 or 598-8217.

Drawing to Painting to Clay Classes with certified art teacher Carolyne Rodgers Graham are offered on an ongoing basis on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Savannah Art Association in City market.

Sign up at any time. Call 925-5465 to register.

Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc. Project Tomorrow Inc. offers several classes and workshops, including sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.

The Economic Opportunity Authority offers free computer classes 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.

Fannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spanish Learning Center Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Call 920-2171 or 220-6570 to register.

First Steps parent education program

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Free computer classes

Holiday Decorating Made Simple is a workshop that will be presented Dec. 1 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 4476605.

Inquiry Circle based on the work of Byron Katie offers immediate help when you need answers right

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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.

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 Belfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s). Bring your own drawing supplies. $10 per session for members.

at Armstrong Atlantic State University is a series of 10 courses over a one-year period.

Each course meets once a week for six weeks. Fees are $135 plus textbooks. Call 927-5213.

Open Studio Nights

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.

Bring your preferred medium to work in the company of fellow artists. No teacher, no schedule, no pressure, just share the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience. $5 a session. Held every Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Savannah Art Association Gallery, above Belfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in City Market.

The Live Oak Public Library

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

Call 652-3662.

for beginners and studio groups for experienced artists/ Private studio in historic district. Professional instruction by MFA graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Oil and acrylic painting, charcoal, pencil and pastel drawing. $125 for six-week course or $75 a month for weekly studio sessions. Call 234-5737 for information and registration.

Life Challenge Consulting

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

To register, call 350-9335.

Mindful meditation classes will be held Monday from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Integrated Behavioral Center, 1121 Cornell Ave. The cost is $10 per session. Call 355-4987.

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.

Moving Forward on Clawhammer Banjo with Jim Hale of Suzanne and Jim will be presented Dec. 3 from 4-5:30 p.m. at The Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Whatever your present level, this workshop will help improve your playing. Bring your favorite 5-string and come prepared to get serious about having banjo fun. Follow up with Suzanne and Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Paralegal Certificate Program The Armstrong Atlantic State University paralegal programs provide real-world skills and training. Each course meets once a week for eight weeks. Fees are $130 plus textbook.

Call the AASU Center for Justice Administration at 927-5231.

Parent and Teen Driving Course The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department will present a free two-hour parent/teen driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

is a course offered by Telfair Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital at Candler. Call at 819-3368 or visit www.sjchs.org.

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

Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Essay Contest The Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum is sponsoring an essay contest which is open to all 4th graders in Chatham County. The subject is the voyage of the S.S. Savannah.

Prizes will be awarded. Contest details (including deadline) have been sent to all public and private schools in the county.

Homeschoolers may contact Tony Pizzo at 232-1511 for information.

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

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

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

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium presents outreach programs that are interactive, with live animals, costumes and fun activities. Contact Stephanie Edgecombe at 598-2335 for reservations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turtle Talesâ&#x20AC;? is a 60-minute outreach program that combines science and art for pre-kindergarten and

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as well as its history and philosophy, and has taught group classes and private students for the past 10 years. For information or scheduling, call Hunter Leaf, 354-9274.

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

The only center in the area that brings in the world’s leading yoga teachers to conduct workshops. Located at 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton. Call Kelley Crane at 441-6653 for more info and directions or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Current class schedule is as follows: Monday, Mellow Flow Yoga, all levels, 5:30-6:45 p.m.; Tuesday, Beginners Basic Yoga, 6-7:15 p.m.; Wednesday, Flow Yoga-All Levels, 6-7:15 p.m.; Saturday, Flow Yoga-All Levels, 10-11:15 a.m. (no class Oct. 8 due to workshop). Drop-in rates are $12, Students with ID $10, active duty military/dependents with ID $8. KIRTAN Indian Chant concert with David Newman “Durga Das” on Nov. 18. All workshops are held at Epworth Methodist Church, 2201 Bull St.

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

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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.

Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Private Yoga Instruction Have you always wanted to try yoga but were unsure about participating in group classes? Do you need a safe, gentle and effective method of creating radiant health, reducing and even eliminating stress, and increasing happiness and joy in your life?

Then consider learning the ancient and time-honored science of yoga in your own home. Instruction will be tailored to fit your individual needs and help you create a daily, personal practice or allow you to feel more confident practicing in a group setting. The instructor is certified and thoroughly educated in the practical applications of yoga

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.

Yoga 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.

The Yoga Room Hatha Flow Level I Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m., Friday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon; Hatha Flow levels I and II, Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 5-6:30 p.m.; Hatha Flow levels I and II Monday 6:308 p.m.; Vinyasa Flow-Power Yoga Saturday 9-10 a.m. and Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Mommy & Me Yoga Monday 4-5 p.m. for 5years old and up and Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. for 2 and 4-year-olds; Baby & Mommy Yoga call for schedule. Private instruction and gift certificates available. Whitemarsh Center, 115 Charlotte Rd. Cost is $12 for drop-ins and $75 for eight classes. Call 8980361.

Yogalates Classes are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m.

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Food and Beverage Calling All Cooks The Tybee Island Marine Science Center is planning to publish a cookbook that will feature seafood recipes along with illustrations and the natural history of the fish, crabs, shrimp, oysters, mussels, clams and so on featured in each dish. The cookbook also will include appetizers, salads, side dishes and deserts that will compliment the seafood entrees. Visit www.tybeemsc.org for information on submitting your recipes.

Gay & Lesbian Alpha Financial Management seminars

First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.

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.

Standout is First Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay youth support group.

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

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What Makes A Family is a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Causes and Treatments for Dizziness is a seminar that will be presented by Dr. Michael Zoller on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For reservations, call 819-3368. 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. 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center. Call for an appointment at 692-1451.

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.

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 Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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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.

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

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appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

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

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.

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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.

La Leche League of Savannah invites all pregnant or breastfeeding mothers to an Enrichment Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St., Room 508A. The topic will be Raising a Highly Sensitive

Child. The next educational series meeting will be held Monday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St., Room 508. The topic will be As Your Baby Grows. Call 897-9261.

Lose Weight like Mark 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. The Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

Mammograms 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 Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Islands Medical Group. Call 898-1122 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Landings Club on Skidaway Island. Call 3549357 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Dec. 7 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical GroupPembroke. For appointments, call 912-6532897.

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

Massage by Certified Massage Practitioner at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes

tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia.com.

Citizens Inc. is seeking Senior Companions 60 or older to provide care to older adults.

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

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are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The Quit Line a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using

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Beyond Cabin and Castle Dr. Howard J. Keeley, director of the Center for Irish Studies at Georgia Southern University, will present a lecture, Beyond Cabin and Castle: Dwelling in Ireland after the Famine on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Ashmore Hall. For information, call Frank Clancy at 921-5624. t

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.

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

Jewish Cultural Festival December is Jewish Book Month. From Dec. 1-11, guest speakers, Torah study, concerts, Hannukah Happenings and more will be held.

A book sale will be conducted in the Jewish Educational Alliance lobby at 5111 Abercorn Dec. 1-16. Rambam will sell children’s books Dec. 12-16. Call 355-8111.

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

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services.

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This person must be computer literate (to include Microsoft Office and Excel), articulate, and professional with a stable work history.

Clerical experience required.

The hours are from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday with free parking in the Savannah historical district.

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

Participants can talk about any book.

Page turners book group meets monthly to get the scoop on what other adults are reading at the Ogeechee Branch Library, 1820 Ogeechee Rd. Call 232-1339.

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

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

Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry will be held the third Monday of each month from 8-11 p.m. at 800 E. Derenne Ave. Poets should stop by by 7 p.m. The fee is $5 general admission and $2 for poets. All are welcome regardless of race, sexual orientation or class. For directions, call 354-1678 or 352-2134.

Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline The Service of Compline, “Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ

Free Will Astrology

Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. On Dec. 4, Jeannette Mereski will discuss The Season of Light and of Love.

Services are held Sundays at 10 a.m. The church is located at the corner of Houston and Oglethorpe streets. Creating a Peaceable Kingdom is the curriculum for K12 youth in the religious education program.

Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.

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

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

Jewish Cultural Festival December is Jewish Book Month. From Dec. 1-11, guest speakers, Torah study, concerts, Hannukah Happenings and more will be held. A book sale will be conducted in the Jewish Educational Alliance lobby at 5111 Abercorn Dec. 1-16. Rambam will sell children’s books Dec. 12-16. Call 355-8111.

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.

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group meets Sundays from 9-10:30 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 8:55 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 Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. The church has moved to a temporary home at the Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. on Monterey Square. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.

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

Woodlawn United Methodist Church Sunday school is at 9:45, worship at 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. 2502 Highway 80, Garden City.

Women’s Bible Study at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or stop by 1601 Drayton Street. ◗

by Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Science writer Carl Sagan liked to say that “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” He often invoked that idea in his crusade to debunk theories he considered outlandish, like the proposition that extraterrestrials are visiting our planet. While I think Sagan’s measuring stick is usually quite useful, you should be careful about applying it too fanatically in the coming week. Surprising and marvelous possibilities are headed your way, and at least one of them will be very real but impossible for your rational mind to validate.

who has been confined to a wheelchair for years. When the plane he’s riding on crashes on a Pacific island, he is not only unhurt, he recovers the use of his legs. The accident itself is some howthe mysterious cause of the miracle. I predict that you will be the beneficiary of events that have a metaphorical or mythic resemblance to Locke’s story. Luckily, the triggering experience will be nowhere near as scary or dangerous as Locke’s.

And while the resulting transformation may also be less spectacular, it will fix a knotty problem or restore a lost capacity.

me and full of swimming fish or it was below me and full of flying birds. I kept seeing a snake swallowing its own tail. What does it all mean? -Puzzled Libra.” Dear Puzzled: I believe your dream points to three experiences that a lot of Librans are having right now: 1. Opposites are not only starting to attract; they may even be flowing into each other. 2. Beginnings and endings are not merely overlapping; they may both be contained in the same situation. 3. An influence now entering your life has arrived here from eternity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If in the last few years you haven’t discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.” So said the humorist Gelett Burgess, and now, just in time for your Shedding Season, I’m offering his advice to you. It’s high time for you to get rid of all the old stuff you possibly can, including not only the major opinions that you’ve outgrown, but also mementoes that have lost their meaning, clothes that no longer match your self-image, and once-exciting adventures that have succumbed to habit.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Sicily, the word “mafia” once

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have gone through feline phases before, Leo, but your current resonance with cat-like energy is extraordinary. I wouldn’t be surprised if you felt desires to undulate when you move, scratch furniture, sleep more than usual, rub yourself against people you love, act downright inscrutable, and get lots of high-quality alone time. I also suspect you’ll need to find a way to express a pressing urge to hunt. My advice? You might want to seek guidance in some of those horoscope books for cats, like Cat Astrology by Michael Zulio or *Starcats* by Helen Hope.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): George III was King of England from

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Writing in November’s Esquire,

1760 to 1820. During the last years of his reign, he gradually became more and more insane, talking to himself for hours on end and addressing trees as if they were people. When he first began losing his mind, his servants and assistants decided they would try to make him feel more comfortable by acting crazy themselves. Their collusion with George’s pathology is an extreme example of a situation that all of us are at risk of. Our associates and loved ones may fall into a rhythm of going along with our odd ideas and bad habits, encouraging us to continue doing what we probably shouldn’t do. I think this could be a potential problem for you in the coming days, Scorpio. Your allies may not bust you or call your bluff, which means you’d better do it yourself.

Chuck Klosterman described the National Football League as one of the most successful socialist institutions in the world. As evidence, he notes that rich teams in the biggest markets are required to share their revenue with poor teams in small markets. The league’s best franchise in recent years, the New England Patriots, has won so many games because its star players have volunteered to accept reduced salaries, making more cash available for the team to assemble the best possible collection of second-line players. I recommend a similar approach to you, Aquarius. It’s a propitious time to bring the NFL’s brand of communalism to the group or business or tribe that’s so important to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If they can get you asking the

said George Bernard Shaw. “One is to lose your heart’s desire.

The other is to gain it.” If we satisfy our deepest longings, in other words, we lose our primary reason for living. We love to feel our yearnings so much that we’re devastated if they’re ever quenched. Or so the argument goes. But I’m here to tell you, Pisces, that you have a good chance of refuting this theory in 2006. I think you’ll get exactly what you’ve wanted, and then thrive in the aftermath. A crucial key to this potential success story will be offered to you in the coming week. ◗

meant beauty, charm, excellence, or boldness. In its modern usage, both in Italian and English, none of the old senses of the word have survived. It refers to organized crime, and conveys a sinister mood. I encourage you to identify a comparable thing in your own life, Taurus: a situation, influence, or relationship that was formerly a blessing, but that has now degenerated into a source of darkness. Is there anything you can do to resurrect its original glory? If it’s even remotely possible, now is the time you’re most likely to accomplish it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): About 149 light years from Earth, astronomers have discovered a planet in a solar system with three stars. If you lived on that world, you’d regularly see three different sunrises, one each by a yellow, orange, and red sun. I think that happens to be an apt metaphor for your current state of affairs, Gemini. Several potent sources are competing to be your lodestar; you can’t decide which one you want to be your wellspring of meaning. I’m not saying that’s bad. In fact, it could be very interesting. But if you choose to keep indulging in this division of your attention, you will have to work hard not to become scattered.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you seen the TV show “Lost”?

One of the tales it tells is about a character named John Locke,

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): To convey the dirt simple oracle you need to hear, I’m going to steal a line from the poet William Kulik: “You can’t get it because you’ve already got it.” In other words, Virgo, your only hope for enjoying the lovely experience you’re wistfully fantasizing about is to register the fact that the lovely experience is available to you right now. It’s already yours for the taking.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Dear Rev. Brezsny: I had a dream that I was inside a drawing by M.C. Escher. Every time I reached the top of a stairway I found myself again at the bottom of the same stairway. I couldn’t tell which way was up and which was down. Depending on how I turned my head, the sky was above

wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers,” wrote novelist Thomas Pynchon. Between now and the end of the year, Sagittarius, please gaze into a mirror and tell yourself that advice regularly. You can’t afford to let anyone--authorities, experts, enemies, or even friends--set the ground rules or define the contours of your quest for the truth. Your driving passion should be to frame the unique questions that will lead you inexorably to what you need to know next. (P.S. The answers you receive will be wrong until you frame those crafty questions.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There are two tragedies in life,”

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1003 Lincoln Street PRICED BELOW MARKET for quick sale. Outstanding restoration work has been completed on this circa 1900 Victorian home.

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223,900.

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524 East Gwinnett St. The Ampersand Inn presents “Up Scale”, fully furnished Condo-Hotels located on Gwinnett Street in the Landmark Historic District. This concept offers the best of both worlds – as an attractive vacation get-

Great home completely restored with hardyboard ext. and 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, also an apt with 1 bedroom, 1 bath and fireplace that rents for 900!!!! great tenant too. Lots of extras such as the moldings, stone and marble, fireplace, large closets, and so much more. Could be 5 bedrooms and 4 baths.

Hardwoods though-out and priced to sell at $529,000

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2033 SKIDAWAY RD- 2bd, 1ba, $650.00 317 W WALDBURG- Apart B 3bd, 1ba $ 800.00 1628 E 51st ST-3bd, 2ba, $1100.00 12 COLUMBUS- 3bd, 2ba, $1200.00

THUNDERBOLT 2612 WHATLEY Unit 11- 3bd, 2ba, $1,000.00 2804 WHATLEY AVE-3bd, 2ba,$1,100.00 2812 WHATLEY-3bd, 2ba, $1,100.00

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6 N CROMWELL RD- 3bd, 2 ba, 4 TEAKWOOD RD- 3bd, 2ba, $1,375.00 115 SYCAMORE CROSSING- 3bd, 2ba, $1,100.00

518East Henry Street A duplex in the Historic District close to SCAD. Newly re-done and ready to move in to. Two 2 bedroom, 1 bath units with W/D and all new appliances. In addition, this duplex has cedar closets, new carpet and parking in the rear. $235,000

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32 MAPMAKER LN- 3bd, 2ba, appt only$900.00

W E L enjoy in this brick home in sought after Royal Oaks Subdivision. Open Foyer, Formal Dining Room, Great Room with fireplace, kitchen has custom cabinets, corian countertops, breakfast bar, 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, bonus room w/ wet bar. Guest suite with full bath amenities, romantic evenings to be enjoyed around fireplace in the hearth room. Adjourn to your master suite and relax in the whirlpool bath while the kids enjoy the upper floor with game room and TV area. Rear grilling porch great for the summer dinners with wonderful view.

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2 RUSTIC LN -3bd, 2ba, $1050.00 136 BURBANK – 3bd, 2ba, $950.00

WESTSIDE 5 WESTBOURNE-3 bd, 2 ba, $1175.00 25 FAIRGREEN -3 bd, 2 ba, $1175.00

407 East 34th Street

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Large 3 bedroom/2 ? bath home with great room, heated sun room and large office/den. Master bedroom has 2 walk in closets and master bath has double sinks with cultured marble vanity and separate water closet. 3 stall barn has tack, feed and tool rooms utilizing approx.

1440 sq. feet. Pasture is approx 2 ? fenced acres and pond is approx 1/3 acre. Call LaTrelle @ 6587777 for your personal viewing of this lovely property. Offered for only $324,900 H-New. ERA Adams-Pevey Realty

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

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. Many custom features set this home apart.

Call LaTrelle for a personal viewing @ 658-7777 H-4226 $289,500 518 East Duffy Street

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A beautiful newly re-done home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Kitchen has a sub zero fridge, dishwasher, honed granite countertops and travertine floors. The rest of the house has original heart of pine floors, plaster walls in good shape, and 3 fireplaces.

W/D included. Currently rents for $1,000 month. $225,000

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Beautifully appointed 3 bed/3 bath home on 5 +/acres. Deck overlooking 1 1/2 acre stocked pond, inground pool and Koi pond with waterfall. Large greatroom, separate dining room. Jenn-Air cooktop in kitchen with large, separate eating area. Skylights with remote control blinds.

Dentil molding, wood floors. 30 x 50 insulated 3 bay metal building with electricity.

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A charming 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath cottage nestled near a park. Offers the closeness of downtown without the price. Recently renovated kitchen and baths. Great for 1st time buyers or student rentals. $112,000

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

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. Many custom features set this home apart.

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Great 3 bed/2 bath starter home in desirable Rincon neighborhood. Separate L.R., Den, And Country kitchen. Covered patio and large fenced yard.

Beautiful low country on large wooded lot, large bonus, master on main has master bath with double vanities, whirlpool and walk in marble shower. Kitchen has island, large pantry and bay window. Eating area and screened porch off of kitchen. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 for your personal showing. $282,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty

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10 PUTTERS PLACE- 3bd, 2.5ba, $1200.00

Arts & Crafts details in this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home.

Wood floors throughout, plaster walls and 4 fireplaces. Located in an area of active restoration and growth. Great single family or convert to a duplex. $175,000

Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 $82,900

826-2550. Prices starting as low as $35,000.

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129 RED FOX- 3bd, 2ba, $1,250.00

9 DELMAR- 3bd, 1.5ba, ($950.00)

Investors/First Time Home Buyers 3 bedrooms/1 bath in Desirable neighborhood.

Eat in kitchen, separate Dining room, outside storage building and carport.

Owner is a licensed Real Estate Broker. H-4201

Custom country 3 bed/2bath home on 2 plus acres. Second floor overlooking great room and cathedral ceiling. Front great room features a clerestory that illuminates the open great room.

Upstairs master retreat has loft/study that can be converted into additional bedroom.

For your personal showing of this lovely property call LaTrelle

REDUCED! Beautiful view overlooking 4 th Tee, fairway and lake. Foyer, Formal D.R., L.R. with f/place and cathedral ceili n g s .

3bdrms/2baths,bonus room with walk in attic.

Hardwood flooring.

Spacious master bdrm.

Jacuzzi/double vanities In master bath. Many extras H-4185.

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Build your new home in the peaceful country. 4 lots with acreage between 5.05 and 7.52 acres. in Register, Ga., near Statesboro – Horses welcome - call today, don’t delay. Prices range from $28,000 to $42,000.

Plats are available in the office.

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

Home has 3beds/ 3baths and approx. 2300 sq. feet; 9 ft. ceilings, hardwood flooring, surround sound, screened back porch and custom cabinets in kitchen. All for only $309,900.

Call LaTrelle Pevey 658-7777.

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514-516 East Bolton Street SCAD rental-a-go-go!

Charming Victorian quadplex offers 4500sf, strong rental history and a buildable side lot—for less.

Property for sale next door: nearly the same price for half the space and no lot! $399,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty C.A.P. (912) 704-3545/ 356-5001. katherineoxnard@kw. com www.kw.com*.

826-2550. Prices starting as low as $35,000. A-4295*

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669 East 32nd Street Adorable 2BR/1BA Bungalow in a mature neighborhood.New systems and appliances.

House sits on a nice corner lot with a cozy backyard and off-street parking. Nice location. Asking $82,900. Could also berented for $700/month.

314 West Penrose Drive Reduced!

Square footage to spare!

Huge Brick Colonial offers 4226sf, 6BR, 3 full and 2 half baths, motherin-law suite, eat-in country kitchen, barbecue pit, 2-car carport & fireplace.

Hard to find this much room for the price anywhere on the islands! $375,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty C.A.P. (912) 704-3545/ 356-5001. katherineoxnard@kw. com www.kw.com*.

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Welcome to the Country! Build your new home in the peaceful country. 4 lots with acreage between 5.05 and 7.52 acres. in Register, Ga., near Statesboro ? Horses welcome call today, don?t delay. Prices range from $28,000 to $42,000.

Plats are available in the office.

Call LaTrelle Pevey 658-7777

Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty C.A.P. (912) 704-3545/ 356-5001. katherineoxnard@kw. com www.kw.com*.

416 West 36th Street This 1920 grand home needs your final touch to bring it's lost splendor back. Hardwood floors, parlors, garage and so much more! Area of active restoration.$224,900

Cell (912) 656-3475

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Absolutely charming Eastern Victorian bungalow! This move in ready 2BR/1BA home is remodeled with new central heat and air, electric and plumbing system.

Fenced in yard great for entertaining. New fixtures and adorable paint job make this a must see property! Great for 1st time home buyer or investor! Move in today for just $85,000. Could also be rented for $700/month.

LORI JUDGE Broker 912-484-1514 912-236-1000 SHERI CERMAK Agent 912-272-2494 SOJNA BANNON Realtor 912-441-4470.

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Lot 1 has a pond. Be the first to choose the one you want.

Call LaTrelle Pevey 658-7777,

Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty C.A.P. (912) 704-3545/ 356-5001. katherineoxnard@kw. com www.kw.com.*

A jewelbox of a house!

Make this former Low Country parson’s house the cottage of your dreams. Original tabby exterior, 2BR/1 bath, new appliances incl. dishwasher & washer/dryer and a large fenced yard with shed make this great as a starter home or investment property (currently rented for $700 month-to-month). $90,000.

1505 Grove St Great investment or starter home!

Charming 3BR/1BA bungalow in the Eastern Victorian District is completely renovated and ready to move in. New fixtures, hardwood floors, central heat and air, electric and plumbing system.

Lots of Southern Charm! Offered at just $88,900 Could also be rented for $825/month.

Call Lori Judge or Sheri Cermak, Judge Realty 236-1000 *

exceptional neighborhood deserves exceptional David Satterfield Sales Manager service.

Office (912) 351-5603

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214 Virginia Avenue Charming Gordonston at it's best! This 2BR/1BA bungalow sits on a great corner lot and offers a den, office space, new HVAC and a dressing room off the master bedroom. Only 2 blocks from a great private park.

With some minor TLC, you can make this your dream home! Just $175,000

Call Sheri or Sonja at 236-1000*

138 Walz Circle Totally Redone Starter Home or Investment Property.

New Roof, paint, tile flooring and door.

3br/1.5ba, eat-in kitchen, large yard.

Asking $126,500.

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626 East 53 rd Street Reduced!

Arts & Crafts lovers take note: charming 1939 bungalow awaits your loving hand! Many original features: oak & heart pine floors, 4-over-1 windows, front porch & brick fireplace. With 3BR/2BA & 1634sf, it won’t last at this price! $214,500.

409 Cranman Drive The best of both worlds: a well-built ’50s ranch with 21 st century updates!

Many new features in this 3BR/1 bath home: roof, windows, siding, appliances, water heater, carpet and vinyl tile. Huge garage w/ pulldown attic for storage, fenced yard and gorgeous live-oak lined street. A must see! $130,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty C.A.P. (912) 704-3545/ 356-5001. katherineoxnard@kw. com www.kw.com*.

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1992 Fleetwood manufactured 3 bed 2 bath home situated beautifully on 6.96 acres 2 of which are fenced in - great for your animals!

Landscaped yard with complete sprinkler system. Workshed 20x20 w/concrete floor, and 40x40 carport. All this for only $79,000.

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 *

669 East 32nd Street This renovated bungalow sits on a great corner lot in the Eastern Victorian District. Home offers 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, offstreet parking, new electric, plumbing and central HVAC system.

Cozy back yard is great for entertaining. Great starter home or investment! Just $82,900. Call Sheri Cermak 272-2494.

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311 W. Henry Completely renovated triplex near SCAD, with great rental history. Two cottages are 2BR/1BA units and one cottage is 3BR/1BA unit. All new appliances, electrical, HVAC and plumbing.

Great Investment! $295,000

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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 912351-0510 or 912-2245200 * 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.

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Adorable 4BR/2BA brick bungalow in Ardsley Park.

Price includes bungalow and Ardlsey Park Coin Laundry business and building at 3107 Waters Ave. Live in bungalow while you run your own successful business!

Won't last! $375,000

Tired of Ardsley Prices?

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 at 441-9314 or visit

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307 Briarcliff Circle Windsor Forest

18 E 41st Starland Design District

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

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 Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com *

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 *

Dazzling Queen Anne Interior details have been painstakenly restored while kitchens and baths have been updated with all new appliances and fixtures. This 3,200 square foot home has four bedrooms, three baths, eight fireplaces, new windows, large walk-in attic (could be studio or apartment), hardwood floors and artistic detail. Offered at $574,900. Call Christi Oates 695-5945 or Roberta Carver 596-0107.

Celia W. Dunn Realty, Inc. ARDSLEY PARK HOME for rent or sale.

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, pool. $1500/month to rent. Available Feb 1st.

1908 ARCHER STREET Brick ranch in Liberty City.

3-bedroom/1-bath, screened porch, enclosed garage, new HVAC. Needs a little TLC. $79,900. Lots of space for the money!

Elaine Berk, (912)3084512 Mopper-Stapen Realtors

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695-7733.

730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in

2 1/2 YEARS IN BUILDING! Finished with the finest materials! Live in the elegant 3 story space plus a carriage house apartment or rent the garden level as a second apartment. This acclaimed jewel sets a standard! Price includes rowhouse off square with walled courtyard, carriage house apartment, and nicely finished 2-car garage. $699,000. 547 E. Perry Street. 912-236-7840

Commercial Property 111 West Anderson St. Superb Commercial space available for Sale or Lease, Located near forsyth park. Aprox. 1500 Sq.Ft, w/ lots of parking.Front and rear access, high traffic area.

Contact: 912-220-1020 Residential & Commercial development potential. 10,500 sq. feet lot!

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 912351-0510 or 912-2245200.* Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size.

Priced to sell at $30,000.

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brick bungalow at 734 E. 48th St. and Laundry Mat at 3107 Waters Avenue.

Live in bungalow while you run your own successful business! $375,000

Call Judge Realty 236-1000* 107 Whitaker St. Commercial space - basement level. Brick walls and unfinished. 4764 sq.ft. in a great location corner of Whitaker and Broughton. Great investment opportunity. $595000.

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907 Montgomery St. Adorable Victorian duplex awaits your arrival.

Each unit is 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new central HVAC, washer/dryer, new appliances. Walking distance to Forsyth Park. $850/$900

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2210 Atlantic All American 2BR/1BA home, white picket fence and all! Hardwood floors, new appliances, huge fenced yard, marble accents and all new systems.

If interested in having your home or condo managed short term, long term, or executive furnished rentals - call us and we will be happy to find you a tenant. We have many people waiting for rentals right now!!!!

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Owner financing available. $175,000.

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

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Wilmington Island 6523 Concord Road Adorable 3BR/2BA House, Large Fenced Back Yard, Hot Tub, 2 Car Garage $1300/month

1315 S.E. 36th Street Newly Renovated 2BR/1BA House with Central Heat & Air, Washer/Dryer, Front Porch and much more!

Move in today for only $625/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000*

CHARMING BRICK BUNGALOW Beautiful brick bungalow offers large open rooms, hardwood floors, huge updated kitchen, living room, dining room, sunroom, and large bath on ground level. Stairs to floored attic reveal a working half bath, with room to expand living space by almost 1000 sq. ft. Situated on large corner lot with park view! 302 East 49th Street, $305,000.

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413 East 58th Street Ardsley Park Great spacious 3BR/2BA home in beautiful Ardsley offers over 2,000 square feet of space. Can be made into 4 Bedrooms if needed. Home has been renovated and features new appliances and large, open f l o o r p l a n . $1,200/month Call Christen @ 912-236-1000 Judge Realty* 669 East 32nd Street Adorable 2BR/1BA Bungalow in a mature neighborhood. New systems and appliances. House sits on a nice corner lot with a cozy back yard and off-street parking. Nice location.

Move-in today for $700/month.

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JUDGE REALTY*.

1507 Grove Street.

Charming Eastern Victorian Bungalow.

2br/1ba, totally redone cozy home awaits you for $700/month.

Call Christen at 912-236-1000.

Judge Realty.* 1505 Grove Street.

Completely renovated charming 3br/2ba bungalow in eastern Victoriandistrict.

Hardwood Floors, quiet street, close to Downtown.

Move-in for $825/ month.

Call Christen at 912-236-1000.

Judge Realty.* MIDTOWN DUPLEX. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, including all appliances with a washer, dryer, CHA, new carpet.

Rent only $450. Deposit only $250. Address 1310 E. 55th St. Call 912-691-2201.

SPACIOUS 1500 + Sq. ft.

Gordonston Duplex for rent. 2 bedroom, 1 bath including all appliances and washer/dryer. Water also included. Very clean and in superb condition. $375/deposit $750/rent. 2227 Alabama Ave. Call 912-6912201.

HISTORIC DISTRICT (Price & Gaston) 2 bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood floors, CHA, off street parking, Yd, pet ok/dep.

W/D, $950. Call 912-3088171.

Apartments for Rent 319 East Waldburg St. Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD, & Kroger. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large back Porch, courtyard, and Offstreet parking. $1200.00

Contact: 912-2201020, fvenetico@hotmail.com * 138 W. 51st

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Newly renovated duplex, across SCAD's Montgomery Hall Bldg. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, Bonus Room, LR, kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors,

Cen H/A, Courtyard & offstreet parking $850/month

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HISTORIC DISTRICT 1310 E. HENRY ST. 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 oneyear leases. $795/month William 912-412-5517 or Lazaro @ 912-2720382.

Commercial Rentals OFFICE SPACE for rent: Do you work from home and wish you had a furnished office with office equipment and receptionist, conference and training space to meet with your clients? One flat rate! Call (912)236-3660.

STARLAND DISTRICT. Beautiful 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment.

Recently renovated, with hardwood and tile floors, hvac, off street parking. $950/mo., includes water and trash. 22 1/2 E 39th Street. (912)658-8550 VICTORIAN DUPLEX 17 E. 34th St. 3 bedroom, hardwood floors throughout, fenced backyard, garage, CHA, washer/dryer, charming street. Close to SCAD. $1000/month. 596-1355.

Condos For Rent LUXURY AND SECURITY! Just renovated 5th floor studio condo with great view of Forsyth Park, private parking, washer/dryer and many other amenities, must see! No pets, available Januar y 1st. $750/month. Call Kathryn 912-484-2104 or 912-2348824

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Home values have been rising, and while some homeowners have been able to capitalize, others are suffering from “sticker shock” when they see their property tax bill.

Property tax - the biggest source of income for most local governments – is the biggest expense for most homeowners outside of mortgage payments. Lenders may keep a portion of your payments in escrow to pay those taxes on your behalf, so you might not be aware of the impact.

However, you should be aware of how your tax is determined, and whether it’s accurate.

Because there are various ways to calculate property tax, errors can sneak in. The National Taxpayers Union claims that up to sixty percent

of property may be over-assessed, but only one in fifty owners ever challenge their appraisal.

It’s wise to confirm the data upon which the tax is based, like your home’s square footage and number of bedrooms. Make an appointment or check online with the assessment office. You can check your property card, compare your neighbor’s cards, and get an explanation of how your home’s value is calculated.

A good place to start is with the National Taxpayers Union (www.ntu.org) booklet on fighting property taxes. Then it should just take a few hours to figure out if you have a case for reassessment. It’s time well spent if you have any doubts.

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518 East Duffy Street A beautiful newly re-done home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Kitchen has a sub zero fridge, dishwasher, honed granite countertops and travertine floors. The rest of the house has original heart of pine floors, plaster walls in good shape, and 3 fireplaces. W/D included.

Reduced to $189,000. Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700 John Giles 912.220.1667.

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Graciously appointed French Colonial style home on Palmetto Golf Course.

Over 6,500 +/- square feet of luxurious living space. 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths and 2 half baths. Features wired surround sound, gourmet kitchen and many more extras. Situated on a beautifully wooded 1 acre +/- lot. Priced at $1,600,000. Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700/ John Giles 912.220.1667.

This Ardsley Park bungalow has just recently been renovated with new bamboo and limestone floors throughout. Home has 3 bedrooms / 2 baths with limestone shower in master, all new appliances, updated kitchen, pool with all new pumps and filters, and much more. Must see to believe! Priced to sell below appraised value.

Owner is licensed real estate agent in GA. $248,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912-220-1667.

2008 Whitaker Circa 1900. Beautiful row house with many architectural details with 2004 updates. Same layout as 2006 Whitaker Street. Complete with coveted offstreet parking and a courtyard. Within walking distance of SCAD's future Richard Arnold Campus. Reducedtot $213,000 Roy Hill 912.844.4000.

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New York luxury style loft with Southern charm. One of the most unique and spacious lots on Broughton. This 2 bedroom / 2 bath loft features 1,422 sq.ft. of such fine appointments as a designer gourmet kitchen, custom baths, handcrafted mantle and gas fireplace, custom flooring and so much more. $433,000 Contact Roy Hill at 912.844.4000 or John Giles at 912.220.1667 for more information and complete marketing package.

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Coming Soon! A high-end historic Condominium Community... West Park / A Condominium.

Two and three bedroom spacious floor plans just 2 blocks from Forsyth Park. Just steps from all of the historic district has to offer. Units include stainless appliances, plasma TV, granite counters and surveillance systems. Priced from $280,000 to $300,000.

Alex Grikitis 912.220.1700 John Giles 912.220.1667.

15 W. Jones Street 1850’s Row House, with carriage house.

Currently rented as apartments, this is a unique opportunity to create a signature property on Savannah ’s most prestigious street. Reduced to $840,000. Roy Hill 912-844-4000.

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 John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700.

317 West Waldburg Street

14 Fairgreen Street –Godley Park

Gorgeous Victorian home with many beautiful upgrades.

Just 3 blocks from Forsyth Park . 1,926 sq.ft. Home features 4 bedrooms / 2 baths, Italian marble and tile flooring, new exterior paint, 10’ ceilings, Victorian details throughout, and much more. $350,000 Call Catherine Harrison for details at 912-856-5582.

Up and coming area! Cute 3 bedroom /2.5 bath home on a community park. Built in 2005. Home features all new appliances, large detached two car garage, community pool, tennis courts, fitness center and fishing pond.

Minutes from the airport! $185,000. John Giles 912220-1667 / Wallace Sharpley 912-441-4248.

315 E. Liberty Street Savannah, GA 31401

Park Place on Park Avenue Four condos located in an historic building close to Forsyth Park, SCAD and shopping.

Currently undergoing renovation, available August 2005. $174,000 to $177,000 each Roy Hill 912-844-4000 ONLY 2 LEFT!

2 Parkersburg Court – NEW LISTING! Be in your new Isle of Hope home for the holidays!

Great updated brick home on corner lot with 3 beds/2 baths and 2 fireplaces. Hardwoods and Mexican tile throughout. Hand painted kitchen floor and new commercial grade 6-burner stove/oven valued at $2500. New roof, new AC/Heat, new windows & French doors.

Large fenced yard with brick patio and shed. Priced at $295,500 Linda Bray 912.507.8500.

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616 E. 58th Street