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Jesus Christ

Did he light a menorah?

Coastal Jazz Christmas jam

Bad toys

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Table of Contents Volume 5, No. 13, December 21, 2005 On the Cover: Photo illustration by Brandon Blatcher

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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City Notebook 12 Feedback 13 Jane Fishman 14

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Holiday wish lists News bits from around town Letters to the Editor Did Jesus light the menorah?

Free Speech 15 The truth about ‘educational’ toys Blotter 16 News of the Weird 18 Earthweek 19

From SPD reports Strange but true This week on your planet

Culture HoTHo Art Patrol 23 Exhibits & openings

City Notebook 12

Vibes Music Menu

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Music Interview 20 Harry O’Donoghue

21 Local gigs a la carte

Connect Recommends 22 Concerts of the week Soundboard 26 Who’s playing and where

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Film

Music Interview 20

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All the flicks that fit

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The 411 Week at a Glance

5 Our best bets for cool stuff to do

Happenings 30 All the stuff, all the time

Classifieds Recommends 22

Weather 19 News from the sky Sudoku Puzzle 40 It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle 41 Mental fun Classifieds 45 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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Reborn: Men on a Mission

Gingerbread Village What: Not just a gingerbread house, but an entire gingerbread village can be seen. When: Now through Dec. 26.

Where: Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa lobby.

Cost: Free and open to the public. Call: 201-2000.

Holiday Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

Wednesday What: Uniformed Civil War soldiers firing Dec. 21 one of the fort’s cannons twice every

Psychotronic Film Society Presents Night of the Bloody Apes

What: Move over, Scrooge, it’s time for your old partner, Marley, to tell his story. This play is irreverent, yet affectionate and very moving. When: Dec. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30. Showtime is 8 p.m. with the doors opening at 7 p.m. for light fare and drinks. Where: Tybee Theater Cafe is above Las Palmas restaurant at Highway 80 and Jones Avenue.

Cost: $20. Call: 786-6384, Reservations are required.

Skatefest (thru Jan. 2) What: Skate on real ice. Each session lasts one and a half hours. When: Dec. 21, 22, and 23 at 10 a.m., noon, and 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 24 at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 and 4 p.m.; Dec. 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 at 10 a.m. noon, and 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 31 at 10 a.m., noon, and 2, 4 and 6 p.m.; and Jan. 1 at 2 and 4 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Arena. Cost: $7 per person. Call: 6516556.

Friday Dec. 23

Christmas Castaways

What: Chatham County students receive free admission to the Ships of the Sea Museum with a paying adult, up to three students per adult. When: Dec. 23 and 26-30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Cost: $7 admission for adults.

Call: 232-1511 or visit www.shipsofthesea.org.

Christmas Day

Sunday Dec. 25

Christmas at the Mercer House What: Mercer House was designed by New York architect John S. Norris for Gen. Hugh W. Mercer, great-grandfather of Johnny Mercer. It was restored by Jim Williams. When: Dec, 26-31. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The museum is closed on Wednesdays. Where: 429 Bull St. on Monterey Square. Cost: Admission is $12.50 for adults and $8 for students. Call: 236-6352 for reservations or visit www.mercerhouse.com.

Monday Dec. 26

Holiday Evening Tours at the Davenport House What: The tours explore how members of the Davenport household celebrated Christmas and New Year’s between 1820 and 1827. When: Monday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 30 from 6-8:30 p.m. Visitors wishing a complete experience should be at the Davenport House no later than 8 p.m. Where: Isaiah Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. Cost: Adults, $8 in advance or $10 at the time of the tour; children ages 6-18, $5 in advance or $7 at the time of the tour. Call: Call 236-8097 to reserve a space or send e-mail to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

Puppet Making Workshop

Tuesday Dec. 27

What: Kids will enjoy exercising their imaginations, sparked by instructions and supplies provided by Puppet People. When: Dec. 27-31 from 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Where: Puppet People’s Workshop, 3119 Furber Ave. Cost: $10 per hour per puppet maker. Many different types of puppets can be made in one hour. Call: 355-3366 or visit www.puppetpeople.com/.

Holiday Programs by the Sea What: Feeding demonstrations, sea creature crafts, story book time, marine videos and more. When: Dec. 27-30. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for Tuesday, when it closes at noon. Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand St., Tybee Island. Cost: $4 adults, $3 for children 316. Call: 786-5917 or send e-mail to info@tybeemsc.org.

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What: Join a Wilderness Southeast naturalist guide to get acquainted with some of the 15 different species of ducks at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. When: Dec. 28 from 2-4 p.m. Where: Meet at the Laurel Hill entrance to the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Highway Week at a Glance Sponsored by: 170. Cost: Suggested donation of $10. Call: 8975108. Reservations required. ◗

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Tybee Theater Cafe Presents Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (thru Dec.)

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What: One of the most bizarre, lowbudget shockers known to exist is the classic 1972 Mexican thriller Night of the Bloody Apes, featuring violence, nudity, masked wrestlers and at least one bloody ape-man. This is the completely uncut version. While not rated, this film is not recommended for anyone under 15. When: Dec. 21.

Seating begins at 7:30 p.m. and the screening begins at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5 at the door. Call: 232-4447.

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day. When: Dec. 21-31 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Where: Old Fort Jackson, 3 miles east of downtown off President Street. Cost: Admission $4 for adults, $3 for students, active or retired military, members of AAA and senior citizens, and free for ages 6 and under.

Call: 232-3945.

What: This eight-man singing group is comprised of students or graduates of the Old Savannah City Mission’s Urban Training Institute Program. They will be singing Christmas songs in honor of the holiday season. When: Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. Where: Ruth Byck Adult Day Care Center, 3025 Bull St. Call: 232-1979.

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Wish lists

Community leaders tell us their fondest holiday hopes for Savannah

Editor’s Note: For this issue, local freelance journalist Robin Gunn talked to some up and coming leaders in Savannah in a variety of fields, from the arts to the environment to business, and asked them about their holiday wishes — “from a holiday miracle to something basic,” as Robin puts it. “This can run the gamut from world peace to less junk mail.”

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Daniel Dodd Age 36; Project Director, “Step Up Savannah,” a collaboration of over 70 private, non-profit and government organizations working to reduce poverty in Savannah.

I’D LIKE TO SEE Step Up continue to involve individuals in the community, particularly the people in neighborhoods affected by poverty, to become involved in the solutions to poverty. I’d like to see people get involved with the resident teams that make up the initiative.

If people give up then what’s the point? If we do, we are giving up on ourselves, on society. I wish for optimism, for people to remain optimistic.

I wish for people to continue to hold the initiative accountable, which is holding ourselves--the community—accountable. I would challenge them: What are you doing? They are just as responsible, it’s not up to one person to do that.

I’ve been involved with meditation for over ten years. I feel it puts me in a situation that as I develop patience with myself, I develop patience with other people.

Mediation gives me the tools to be a lot more, much the same way that many people do with prayer.

Fitz Haile

Age 28, Project Manager for the Creative Coast Initiative (TCCI), a public/private partnership responsible for attracting and growing knowledge-based businesses in Savannah.

FIRST OF ALL, I wish for a high waged knowledge based economy for Savannah. Savannah has all these great assets, it’s beautiful, it has a low cost of living, an unbelievable amount of students, diversity, culture.

A technically and creatively focused economy would bolster the city, even more than it already is. The people that would come are educated, open minded progressive people, usually involved in the community, exactly the kind of people you want in the city.

In Savannah we have a technology confidence problem. A lot of the resistance we run into is that people don’t think Savannah is capable of being a knowledge-based center. Savannah should get over that, and be aware of its potential, the resources it has; start thinking of itself that way.

From my altruistic self, I come from a family that hasn’t had problems--my parents are together, I graduated from high school, college, there was no abuse, no drugs. The whole world of poverty is foreign to me.

I’ve seen a small amount of it working with Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. It opens your eyes to how people live, how tough it must be. I wish that wasn’t the case.

On the less altruistic side, I wish my electric bill was less than $200 a month. I love my apartment but I don’t love the electric bill, or the fact that my den is a toaster oven and my bedroom is a freezer. For Joe P. Poverty, that $200 is not doable. It’s a deal breaker.

Alloceia Hall Director of Admissions, Bethesda Home for Boys and Day School.

I WOULD LIKE for my community to have a passion for educating our children. Through that, my community could become independently wealthy as a community.

This is not a wish that can be purchased or just provided. This requires that parents, teachers and educational systems start a process of taking kids from where they are to the best that they can be educationally.

Can I sprinkle some fairy dust that just gets them all together? If I could have fairy dust sprinkled over all the adults, I would take every child who’s performing below or at grade level and provide them with what they need to push them. Then the wealth would come.

I support working with kids where they are, and not punishing them because they’re not academically where they need to be.

I have no patience for excuses. The minute I hear ‘My child can’t read’ and then it’s followed by blaming someone else, I cringe, because when I was in fourth grade, when my mother found out I couldn’t read, that I was just regurgitating back what they told me in class, she made me read into a tape recorder until I could read perfectly and could comprehend it.

Now I love to read. Everyone who can read and comprehend has the opportunity to love reading.

We are depriving kids of the opportunity to enjoy books. There’s no such thing as kids that don’t like to read if they’re comprehending what they are reading. We have a book club at Bethesda now. When parents hear about the kids involved they’re in awe.

If I could start with just my family on the idea that our kids who show up for Christmas dinner are getting the best from their education, then it’s all the same thing, because it all starts at home.

I try to do my part. I buy books for any child in my family who wants them. I encourage them to pass the books on to share them with others, to tell their friends how much fun they had reading them.

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Lowell Kronowitz Age 42. President, Levy Jewelers, a 105 yearold family-owned business.

Age 30; co-owner and manager of Primary Art Supply on Broughton Street. Owner of Civvies, a new and recycled clothing store, on West Broughton Street, opening in midJanuary.

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I RELATE THE HOLIDAYS to downtown and Broughton specifically. Over the years I’ve seen so much growth and energy and literally the lighting up of downtown. From the day we opened in 1994 we were one of the pioneers on Broughton, and Christmas was really nothing for us. It was a ghost town. The students were gone and we took vacations.

That’s definitely changed, it’s a time of growth for us, to the point where we don’t rely on SCAD students; we rely on the community and other businesses.

My wish is for the continued growth of small business on Broughton Street. One thing I’ve noticed in opening a second business is the difficulty in finding a location that was affordable and within the downtown loop. Real estate has really skyrocketed. It’s become very difficult for people to move in.

There are still a lot of empty storefronts that are just very difficult to obtain. My wish is that these places can be affordable and can hopefully house new small businesses over the years.

For specific businesses, I’d like to see more ethnic restaurants, more clothing, more furniture, and more affordable restaurants. I’m in direct contact with the student body at SCAD, we need more things geared towards them.

When the higher end boutiques and restaurants open up, they leave out that whole group. A yoga studio! There is a gym but it would be nice to have a yoga studio on Broughton.

The corporate chains definitely serve as anchors on the west end. They gave other businesses the confidence that shoppers would be there, but I think that’s the problem, that some of the storefronts stay empty because they are waiting for corporations to come in, and are charging rental prices only they can afford.

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I WANT TO SEE Savannah’s growth curve continue, to make sure that we have a community which welcomes well-educated, highly compensated, environmentally clean industries.

It’s nice to see major chains looking at Savannah, but what’s more important is that we continue to do business with Savannahians.

We’ve had an enormous flight of corporate entities, which are no longer headquartered here.

We need to be able to support Savannah businesses. They are part of the fabric of the city.

As far as community relations, unfortunately we are a community with many agendas, a lot of individual agendas. Our primary agenda should be moving our city forward. Primary should be building up our education, making sure our community is safe, making sure people can come to Savannah as tourists or neighbors and feel safe.

It’s wonderful to see the amazing reenergizing of Broughton Street in the last half dozen years.

You see people on the street at all hours of the night on Broughton. That’s not all of Savannah of course but it’s a major portion of Savannah.

People need to feel welcomed and comfortable.

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Tommy Linstroth Age 28. Head of Sustainable Initiatives at Melaver, Inc., a “third generation family business working to become a vertically integrated sustainable real estate firm.”

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James Holmes, 38, left, is a Model at Savannah College of Art and Design. His partner, Robert Bush, 41, right, is a Project Attorney for HIV-AIDS Legal Project at Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. Robert: I wish for a regime change. I wish that we thought more in terms of values than in terms of profits.

One of those values is that people should have healthcare.

I’ve been paying attention to this Medicaid thing that the government is trying to do. To sell it they are calling it “consumer choice” and “consumer responsibility.” They’re showing that behavior and lifestyle changes can make a difference in people’s health, but what are also lumped in there are things that people can’t control. If you live in an inner city neighborhood you can’t go for a three-mile walk after work, or you may work two jobs.

Then I wish we’d be home from Iraq, but honestly I wish it had never happened.

I’D LOVE A CURBSIDE recycling program. Tybee’s seems to be going pretty well. They have such a transient population, I imagine that would make it harder.

On the other hand, a lot of those people are coming from places where they have recycling, so there’s no learning curve for them.

What will it take? Government buy-in. It has to fit into a strategic waste management plan.

I hope that recycling falls into the category of a logical decision based on future growth, as well as potential revenue. They are projecting that 50,000 more people are coming and they’ll be adding their waste here.

Right now it’s necessary to hire private recycling companies. For the two local companies that do it, we create a heavier demand than they’ve had before.

To those who say that there’s no market to sell the recycled materials, I would respectfully disagree. The third largest aluminum recycling factory in the U.S. is in Georgia; there are paper mills all over the place in Georgia.

The first steps to make it happen? The City is already analyzing their waste options, to find potential markets for it; and comparing it to the future costs for landfills.

For my neighborhood I’d wish for a little less crime.

Not that it has impacted me directly, but it seems every time I open the paper, there’s a robbery or an assault or a shooting. In the Christmas spirit, why can’t we all get along?

James: I wish the school district would go back to community schools and make every school work. Kids can live in a community, but because they go to a magnet school or a school across town, they don’t know the kids in their own neighborhood.

I wish the government, whether they be Democratic or Republican, would be more for the people and not for the party. If a politician does wrong, then rat that person out, don’t have laws to cover that person.

I wish they would start selling alcohol on Sundays, that law is overdue.

Robert: I wish that there was greater awareness of what the divisiveness of extreme politics has caused. Gay marriage was not the most important issue, but gay marriage became about whether gays are seen legitimately by society.

In a gay relationship, it’s like any other relationship. It’s about love and commitment.

That stabilizes society; that raises healthy children. Society is healthier when you have people who are in healthy relationships, especially when they’re raising children.

James: I wish in Savannah that more black people would get involved in important issues. When I go to neighborhood meetings, there’s very few blacks. When I go to gay pride meetings, there’s very few blacks. The majority of the blacks that I see are usually in church.

Robert: I wish there would be another season of Six Feet Under. I wish we had a four day work week, that Tybee would stay the way it is and stop developing, that chocolate had no calories.

I wish that other people could have the level of love and joy in the community that we have because I think we are very fortunate in that, very fortunate.

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Darrell Naylor-Johnson Age 42. Vice President for SCAD e-Learning.

33-year-old classical and jazz violinist.

Production manager for the Savannah Music Festival. Former musician with the now-defunct Savannah Symphony Orchestra. Pictured with daughter Ronni Antonia Ochoa, age two months.

I ALWAYS LIVED in a town that had at least one symphonic orchestra. I grew up understanding the importance of that. My father was a guitarist, not an orchestra member.

He took me to the symphony every Sunday.

I am actually doing better than when I was working full time for the symphony.

It’s not that I wish it so I could go back and have a full time job, but I see the influence a symphony has on a community.

Now, my child is going to grow up in a community that doesn’t have a symphony. I don’t want that to happen. That is my main wish.

The Savannah Symphony went into the schools on a regular basis, as wind quintets, brass quintets, so the kids could get interested in art, develop a different way of thinking, and enhance their cultural knowledge.

I honestly don’t think the old symphony model would be the best thing right now. It would be better to do fewer public concerts and more educational programs, something that can be adaptable to the amount of people that live in this town.

We are a small town but we do have a baseball team, it’s part of the culture. The musicians were getting paid about as much as the baseball players are getting paid, which is not much.

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I THINK MORE THAN any time, what I wish for every year is always just peace. The need for harmony right now is so important, on every level of where we are. I think the word harmony is better.

And we can talk about balance. People see their world, they ask where is the balance in what they’re doing? With children, we’re always looking for harmony there. I think this time of year brings out a lot of very positive feelings.

I’ve been a bit disturbed by people who want to see their religious beliefs carried out in the malls. The magic of this holiday, Christmas and Hanukah, and the hope it gives us doesn’t lie in the malls.

However those community places say their greeting to me doesn’t really matter. They are there for one thing. Spiritually, wherever your spirituality is, it’s

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Susan Laney Photographer and Director of Jack Leigh Gallery, a gallery of original prints by the late Jack Leigh and other artists. Age 32.

WHAT I’VE BEEN thinking about a lot this season is that people seem to lose sight of what the holiday is about. I’m trying to focus on spending time with family and friends and making that the most important thing. I’m trying to make it more about time with people than about gifts.

There are people in my neighborhood who take care of their elderly neighbor next door, I think if everybody was a little more like that Savannah would be a lot better for a lot of people.

I wish that when people want to buy something they will think about the origins of what they buy, what it means to be shopping locally, the small boutiques and galleries and the artists and artisans represented there.

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I WISH FOR federal immigration reform. Specifically, for visas or work permits for migrant workers that do not wish to reside in the country but want to pay taxes. Most are already paying taxes with fake Social Security numbers that they get in order to be employed, but they can’t claim Social Security benefits.

We have paraprofessional visas, but no visas for onion pickers or poultry workers. All these folks are working in Georgia industries and contributing to our economy.

If there was a line somewhere in Mexico for people to sign up for those visas, they would line up. Companies will continue to employ them; all they ask for is a Social Security number. They have a chance to check the numbers for legality and they don’t. They need the workers.

I also wish for immigration education reform so that undocumented minors who were brought into the U.S. following their parents’ orders, not knowing they were entering illegally, can be legal.

It’s morally right to give a chance to minors who have no fault in crossing the border illegally. If they came in before age 16 and have lived in the U.S. for five years or more, and if they have completed high school, they’re allowed to apply for temporary residency to go to college, join the military, or perform community service.

It’s a reward for those who have proved themselves to be productive citizens. They’re not eligible if they have a criminal record.

I wish for acceptance by Americans of Latino people.

Americans love everything about Latino culture — Mexican food, Cuban food, Latin music, salsa and meringue dancing.

We love piñatas. We have them at almost every little blonde haired girl’s birthday party. Why not love and accept the people that produce these things and bring them into our legal system?

Tonya Ruffin Age 36; program development consultant, Georgia Department of Corrections. Manages adult and juvenile substance abuse programs for Savannah Impact Program (SIP).

THE HOLIDAYS ARE a difficult time for people in alcohol and drug treatment. More people relapse from Thanksgiving to New Year’s than at other times. If I had a wish I would retain more people, have fewer relapses, fewer people using drugs and alcohol during the holidays.

To make that come to pass, I hope that the education and support we provide here helps them understand that this is to improve their lives, it’s not about us.

Most Savannah Impact participants are lowincome. They have felony offenses, it makes it hard for them to get employment, it makes it difficult for them to take care of their families.

For the adolescents in the program, I hope the same for them as for the adults, that they continue to make the right choices through the holidays, not just related to drugs but also to lifestyle choices.

We’ve got so many kids getting in trouble, when it comes to obeying the law, juvenile crime has increased. We are seeing more young people at Savannah Impact as a result of that.

Education is an issue. When they get in trouble they get suspended and expelled. We are losing kids from the traditional school system, they have to go to alternative school system as a result of getting in trouble.

Through Richard Arnold High School we offer GED’s on site for juveniles and adults. Try to get as many people in as possible.

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Clinton Powell Age “mid 30’s”. Spoken word artist, poet and playwright. Cofounder of Spitfire Poetry Group.

Ages when added together: 62.

Christian is an architect and Design Principal at Sottile and Sottile Urban Design as well as an Adjunct Professor of Urban Design and Architecture at SCAD. Amy is an Urban Planner and Managing Principal at Sottile and Sottile. Pictured left to right: Amy Sottile; Michael Sottile, age 3; Isabella Sottile, age 5; Christian Sottile; and Vincent Sottile, age 2 Christian: I start with thinking about what we do. What we have available to us here in Savannah. It’s so different for Savannah than in other places, it’s hard to not dream of leveraging that into something of national significance.

The way we plan for our future is to understand our past.

I wish we had a deeper understanding of an urbanism that is so authentic that it defies all other national models. I wish we didn’t have to succumb to the pressures of national models here, because we have better opportunities than that -- we have the opportunity to become leaders here.

Amy: That’s not to take away from other projects, or that they shouldn’t happen, but they should acknowledge that they are part of something greater. The idea of these self-contained development projects are scary, and are detrimental to development of a city.

Christian: We are a small city but we have resources that are more powerful than in a larger city. We need understanding of the connections between urbanism architecture, people, philosophy, economics, power.

Amy: You don’t need to be a big city to have big ideas. I think history has proven that. We are on the threshold of proving big ideas if there is collective will in the community to be fearless about breaking the conventions, the national economic models. ◗

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Christian: You need to go downtown to go to work, not to a business park.

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Amy: I wish that we would strive for the excellence in design that we already have to build upon, and not accept anything less. There are so many projects going on, and many of them have merit, but we tend to lose the focus of the center, downtown. We need to acknowledge downtown as the nucleus and that it should always be the nucleus. That should continue to happen. If we develop in poor ways then we lose that. We need to go downtown to go to the theater, to find the best shopping.

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I’M THE OLDEST of five children. We’ve just lost both parents in a span of two years, one year since we lost our mother. It marks a different time, not having your parents to ask for advice. But we’re also celebrating a new family addition, the birth of my nephew.

The family is very close. We talk just about every day. It’s a testament to how we were raised, we stick together. It’s been pretty difficult, everyone has their moments. Being sort of into myself, it made me have to be out there a little more.

For Savannah as a city, I want to see us better off economically. Socially we have things to work on.

Savannah needs to be more cohesive, some areas aren’t connecting; there is a gap between some things that are possible and things that are happening in Savannah.

I like the direction that Mayor Johnson has us going in, it probably takes more of us at the grassroots to implement our own plan.

For our kids [Spitfire Poetry Group participants] we are helping them to find their own voice. Not everyone is an athlete or a scholar. Whatever their niche is to keep them out of trouble, that’s what we want them to find.

Having lived here before, when you go away and come back, you see the beauty Savannah has to offer, the beach and how Savannah looks in the spring. If young people are taught to respect that, they aren’t going to trash their neighborhoods.

As a writer, I’m getting back into writing plays. The passing of [Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright] August Wilson makes me realize it’s something I’ve been putting off.

As a poetry community I wish for us to be a little closer. We hang out now but we could hang out more.

By nature I’m pretty much a recluse. I’m cool with hanging out in the house, with Captain Crunch, watching cartoons or reading a book. If it’s me and Captain Crunch we’re alright.

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Lockamy addresses forum What a difference a year can make.

One year ago, members of the community packed the house when the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools administrators and school board hosted a public forum.

The crowd was Thomas Lockamy so large, some had to watch the forum on a screen in an adjoining room at the Whitney Administrative Complex.

But at the school board’s second community forum Dec. 14 at the Whitney Complex, half the seats were empty.

Many in the audience were teachers and administrators, with far fewer parents in attendance than last year.

School Board President Hugh S. Golson had an explanation: “Much has occurred since our last annual forum,” he said.

In October 2004, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) placed the school system on probation because school board members had interfered with district operations.

However, that probation was recently rescinded.

Also, Superintendent John O’Sullivan Jr. left the district in Nov. 2004 at a time when most student test scores had not improved, adding fuel to the fire.

At last week’s forum, however, only two people stepped forward to speak.

The first was a comment on parent support, given by Richard Ricci, and the other was a question about the system’s compliance with the No Child Left Behind act, posed by Savannah High School Parent Teacher Student Association President James Putney.

New superintendent, Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr., spoke at the forum, comparing the district to a traveler who has “embarked on a long journey.”

“Although there is no ready-made map, we know success is possible,” he said. “We are making significant strides to become a world-class district.”

Being cleared by SACS is a sizeable improvement, Lockamy says. “This is a huge step,” he says. “Are we there yet?

We are not there yet, but we’re off to a splendid start.”

Lockamy referred to a possible dress code, which brought a murmur of response from the audience. “Dress is very important to me,” he said. “We have to address how are students are dressed.”

Safety is the number one area of concern with student attire, Lockamy said.

Also of concern is how clothing affects a

student’s success in school and sense of self, he said.

“Baggy clothes that can hide an arsenal of weapons are not acceptable,” Lockamy said. “At the same time, teachers, staff and administrators remain vigilant to any problems.”

Students must learn powerful literacy rather than just become functionally literate, Lockamy said. With powerful literacy, the emphasis is on the basics -reading first, with an emphasis on math.

All these changes will not come at once, Lockamy said. In fact, progress might take quite a long time.

“How do you eat an elephant?”

Lockamy asked. “One bite at a time.”

‘Coppa Claus’ visits sick kids “Coppa Claus,” aka Savannah Police Sgt. Todd Rhodes, is set to visit a number of sick children who are too ill to leave the hospital during the Christmas season.

Some places he visited this past week include the Westside Communities Christmas Parade this past Saturday and Candler Hospital and Hospice Savannah this past Tuesday.

Coppa Claus will help with a gift giveaway this Thursday and will be on hand 2-5 p.m. that day at the Savannah Mall for photos. Friday he visits Memorial Health.

Anthony Gadsen, T.J. Ferrell, Jairus Cannon and Ron Jackson, some of the ‘Reborn’

Former homeless choir carols Eight students and alumni of the Old Savannah City Mission's Urban Training Institute are spreading holiday cheer this season through music, in a vocal group called “Reborn: Men on The Mission.”

The group -- comprising Ronald Jackson, Steven Brooks, Jonathan Lee, Yapheete Couley, Timothy Ferrell, Jairus Cannon, George Barns and Anthony Gadsen -- is set to sing Christmas songs at several locations in Savannah, including Stillwell Towers this past Monday, Rose of Sharon Apartments this past Tuesday, and at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care Center, 3025 Bull St., this Friday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m.

The Urban Training Institute is a yearlong residential recovery program offered by the Old Savannah City Mission, a Gospel Rescue Mission which receives no government funding. ◗

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Editor, I understand you want to print editorials reflecting a range of opinions. But as journalists it is your ethical responsibility to present the facts when you print a letter that is so inaccurate (“State, Church aren’t separate,” by “Hancock”).

As good Americans, we should not allow our history to be usurped and rewritten. Even in my high school history class, we learned that many founding fathers were Deists who acknowledged that there was a creator who made us and then left us to develop on our own.

The myth of Washington’s Christianity comes from the book Life of Washington by Mason Weems (a minister). This book includes the cherry tree story and has no historical basis.

Washington’s diaries show he rarely attended church and his Freemason connection points to deism.

The most religious of the founding fathers was John Adams. He was a Unitarian, a group that would be considered liberal and on the fringe by today’s fundamentalist Christians. As a Unitarian, Adams did not believe in eternal damnation and said so in a letter to Jefferson.

I could go on refuting the claims made in the letter about Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. The point is that this writer is historically inaccurate and “plain wrong.”

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Editor: I prepared a letter just after I read your column (“Have They No Sense of Decency”) thanking you for your honest appraisal. However, I rationalized that you would receive so many letters like mine that I would just be “chiming in.”

Now I see that you’ve published two letters in opposition to the column. I will not grace Kevin Warner’s diatribe with an answer to each of the charges; suffice to say that it included all of the same tired clichés found every day on Faux News.

Apparently, Warner has not noticed the latest “talking points” that come from George Walker Bush himself, who stated clearly at least in the case of Rep.

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Murtha, that those who disagree with this Administration regarding the war are NOT un-patriotic, anti-American or aiding and abetting the enemy.

While none in this Administration has gone so far as to say that dissent is nothing if not a courageous and patriotic act, most who know anything at all about the birth of our own Constitution recognize that document as living proof that “real” Americans have always dissented, and that public discourse is a vital tool to safeguard our democratic republic.

Thank you for the column. The majority of silent Americans (according to recent polls, no less than 60 percent do NOT approve of how the President is handling his job), also thank you!

One last point: NO weapons of mass destruction, not even a shred of evidence that there were WMD, were found in Iraq. The President admitted today (December 14, 2005) that “the intelligence was wrong.”

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the so-called yellowcake story knows that particular bit of hype was proved to be a lie – beyond a shadow of a doubt – to the U.S. intelligence community, prior to our entry into Iraq.

I guarantee that any reader who takes even a little time to research will find that the Niger-yellowcake story was a lie.

And, that in an effort to cover up that lie, a high-ranking official in this Administration outed a CIA operative and subsequently resigned. “Scooter” Libby (an assistant to Vice President Richard Cheney) may now be facing prison time, and others may yet be indicted.

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Editor, I doubt that Kevin Warner (“Bush critics are ‘Marxists’; WMDs found in Iraq”) would know a Marxist if one bit him on the leg.

But he certainly has been swilling the garbage spewed by “Rash Limberger.”

Yellow cake (uranium, not plutonium, to mention just one factual error in his letter) is a raw material that must be extensively processed with equipment Iraq did not have.

While arguments can go back and forth about prewar intelligence from Sept. 2002 to Feb. 13, 2003, it is clear from reports from UNMOVIC and IAEA from Feb. 14 until the time inspectors were ordered out of Iraq in mid-March that much of the reasoning for going to war could no longer be supported by facts on the ground. These include: 1) The aluminum tubes alleged to be components of a centrifuge to process uranium were for the manufacture of artillery rockets.

2) The Niger document was proved to be a forgery.

3) Iraq was unable to reconstitute it long range ballistic missile program, partially as a result of the bombing in 1998 as part of Desert Fox. 4) The unmanned aerial vehicles were prototypes and weren’t being manufactured.

5) The handful of modified jet trainers equipped with sprayers that might be used for chemical or biological warfare could only be useful in-country.

6) U.S. and Australian Special Forces who searched prior to the invasion found no trace of the remaining SCUDs Iraq was thought to have.

7) Intelligence provided by the US of the location of nearly 100 high value WMD sites proved worthless.

8) Iraq was finally cooperating with the inspectors who now could use surveillance aircraft, visit any site and interview scientists and others privately.

Also Iraq was actively destroying its short range rockets.

9) Allied intelligence did not support links between Al-Qaida and Iraq.

The primary justifications for going to war could no longer be supported after Feb. 14, 2003, but Bush went ahead.

Further: • The mandate for UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors called for inspectors to remain indefinitely to see that Iraq did not resume research or develop WMD. • Allied intelligence did not agree that U.S. troops would be met as liberators, but warned of a prolonged insurgency.

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Did Jesus light the menorah?

THERE’S NO MIS TAKING this month, is there? All that red. All those parties. All those questions.

“What are you doing for the holidays?” (Eating gumbo, Brunswick stew and vegetarian chili, in between whole batches of kale, swiss chard and lentils for breakfast, trying to keep the diet balanced, you know; drinking $8 cosmopolitans, pretending to be a grown-up, fine wine from Spain or hot tea in the afternoons, perfect for sitting around with a friend cracking pecans and/or finding a good lamp for these dimly lit days and plowing through Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of Augie March”).

“What are your plans for Christmas, er, Chanukah, or whatever?” (Taking a quiet walk in the middle of the street on Christmas Day, happy for the solitude, just me and the golden leaves of the gingko trees and the remaining blueness of the plumbago plant, just me and the rest of the population that has no nostalgia with Christmas morning, no family history with the gestalt of Christmas).

“Got your shopping done yet?”

(Nope. Too crowded. But I do have a

recycling, regifting pile ready for wrapping and distributing).

“Chanukah’s late this year, isn’t it?”

(Yes. The Jewish holidays are based on a lunar calendar so it’s always different, but I never remember the first day of the eight-day holiday starting the night of Christmas Day.) All those church sermon topics. My personal favorite: “When it’s not your baby.” (Huh?).

All that early New Year proselytizing about going to the gym since in our weight-obsessed society it’s OK to smoke as much as you want but the notion of putting on a few pounds is tantamount to a major moral failure not unlike a slow self-imposed death, a suicide, since not to exercise is not to take responsibility.

Since I’ve fallen off the wagon lately with a swimming routine I thought I would follow forever (hah! so much for “forever”), I recently popped my head into the gym where I used to work out to see if that might be the route to take, something a little different, come 2006.

But I think not. All those machines and accompanying levers and pulleys looked more like a factory floor than a place of exercise. All those hydraulics.

All those legions of thin women with the minimum of flesh (women who probably

smoke to suppress their appetites and maintain their svelte figures).

I had forgotten about all the groaning and grunting that goes on in a gym, the utter grimness and near sexuality of the exertion, the sweating and then the stooping to mop the floor. The activity was all so much more public than I remembered. But the TV was a draw; I will admit that. And a dim memory of what happens when the endorphins kick in, the energy that produces.

Nope, there’s no mistaking this month. The three shepherds, the star, the theme of hope, the little baby Jesus in the manger, all those years I mouthed the words “Jesus Christ” when I was singing carols in my pre-politically correct, predominately gentile elementary school because though no one told me so, I didn’t think it was right for a little Jewish girl to say those things.

My teachers didn’t know how I felt and I wasn’t about to tell them and draw attention to myself, an outsider, especially since my school was a couple miles from The Shrine of the Little Flower, where Father Coughlin, a notorious anti-Semite, broadcast his vitriolic radio messages.

They couldn’t imagine growing up anything but Christian. To them - and

many people, still - the whole world is Christian. The whole world celebrates the baby Jesus and Christmas.

But the question I want to pose - is this: Since Jesus was Jewish, did he celebrate Chanukah?

Did he light the menorah with Mary and Joseph, one candle each night for eight nights, to symbolize the miracle that happened 2,000 years ago when a small band of Jewish fighters - led by the heroic Judah Maccabee - fought back the Greeks - or was it the Syrians? - in their attempt to turn the Jews into idolworshipping hedonists?

Did Jesus and his family talk about what happened after the battle, about how the Jews found one little vial of oil, enough to light the menorah for one day, only to see the oil lasting eight days?

Did they invite friends over to make potato latkes - traditionally fried in oil, lots of oil - and to exchange presents and to talk about the possibility and the beauty of miracles?

If so, if Jesus did celebrate Chanukah, then why doesn’t everyone, Christian and Jewish alike, celebrate Chanukah as well as Christmas?

That’s what I want to know. ◗

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Twilight Zone. We have come to a point in the Age of Technology that the cost of living is high enough where both parents must work, and to take the place of parents as the socializing unit for children, there exist nameless, faceless voices that congratulate the child on spelling the letter A correctly or that squeal “That’s Tunisia!” while looking at a globe.

Using technology as the only educational tool for youths will make this type of technology necessary. Children spend 44.5 hours a week using non-school-related media, and as Vicky Rideout, a Kaiser Foundation vice president who directed the study, said, “These kids are spending the equivalent of a full-time work week using media, plus overtime.”

Children’s welfare seems to be at stake as well. According to the KFF study “18 percent [of young people] who are lowest on a scale of contentedness spend more time using media than their most contented peers (9.44 hours versus 8.07 hours in total media exposure [per day])”.

Just because a child wants to engage in media use for nearly nine hours a day gives little reason to allow them to do so, whether or not it is under the guise of “education.” What’s more, much of these “educational” tools are so high-priced to the point that if a poorer family believed that these toys could actually help their children, they could not afford them. The Touch Tablet from VTech is $100 alone!

When it comes down to it these “educational” toys are just that, toys. The products do win awards, but few of them deal solely with the educational components of the product.

Even the National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval, which has been awarded to several of these companies, is based on the “level of desirability” that the products have. The rest merely comment that they are the hottest picks for electronic toys.

Where are the studies that substantiate the claims made by these companies for their educational value?

Have grades gone up across the board with the use of their products?

And as a society, are we willing to give up quality time spent interacting with one another for better grades in school?

Doing over again, if the 4.0 GPA I graduated high school with came at the cost of less interaction between humans and an increase in electronic usage, I would take a lower grade any day. ◗

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THE COMMER CIALS VARY. Some show a baby, giggling with a plush blue talking cell phone to her ear.

Others, a mother chiding her children for playing games with each other instead of with their “educational” video games.

Then there’s the one with the dancing tweens holding up fake laptops, showing how cool and smart collide with this particular product.

The audience? Children who receive upwards of 10,000 commercials per year.

Perhaps with such a high rate of advertisements on TV, many will simply ignore the onslaught of the ones released by VTech, a leading edge global technologies company for both adults and children, or LeapFrog or FisherPrice. However, the top product of Walmart.com’s “12 Toys of Christmas” list is VTech’s V.Smile, an “educational” video game system.

Looking back on my own childhood, I didn’t use electronic devices to further my education. Instead of Fisher-Price’s DVDs reading Where the Wild Things Are to me, my parents would (or at least nod approvingly as I sounded out the words myself).

We didn’t even have cable television installed until I was almost a teenager, and even then, we barely watched it. Playing outside concerned us more.

At the age of 15 I became proficient in computer use. None of it really utilized the educational components of the computer. I mostly used it for recreational purposes, and it seems that most youths between the ages of 8 and 18 use it for the same reasons.

In fact, a Kaiser Family Foundation study shows that children of those ages spend, on average, 8.33 hours per day using electronic media, including TV, computer, music, and video games. They only spend 2.17 hours as quality time with their parents.

VTech, LeapFrog, and Fisher-Price products require very little human interaction. Few to none of their commercials portray parents actively engaging their children as they play with the “educational” toys.

Instead it is a child sitting alone on a couch interacting with the TV reading it story books. It is the little boy playing video games in a darkened bedroom with his mother calling up “you can’t get into college if you don‚t play your video games!” It is an electronic voice describing to a young girl the geography of Africa.

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The suspect passed out on the spot.

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He said the suspect was intoxicated when he arrived at the home with a group of men. After the suspect retrieved his children, he walked through the trailer park for while. The complainant said he took out a good behavior warrant on the suspect earlier this year. Both men were given a case report number card and were advised on warrant procedures.

• A woman was visiting a friend on East Derenne Avenue when she heard noises outside. She told police she went outside to investigate and found a woman she knew and two other women who she did not know. She said she got into a verbal argument with the suspect, and that it turned physical when the woman began to strike her.

The victim sustained minor injuries -- a scratch on the chest and a minor cut to her right ear. The suspect then jumped onto the hood of the victim’s vehicle and started to kick in the windshield, then left in a car with the two unidentified women. The victim’s friend witnessed the incident. A blue hat and a 12-inch knife with a broken wooden handle were left at the scene by the suspect. These items were logged into the police property room as evidence.

• A Quail Hollow Drive resident told police he has been having problems with neighborhood children playing ball in the street and encroaching onto his property. He said he finally called police after a group of children playing

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football threw the ball into his yard several times, striking his vehicles. The man said no damage was done to the cars, but he is tired of the children causing problems. When an officer arrived at the scene, two of the children’s parents were on the scene because the man had confiscated the children’s football. The officer advised the parents that they were in violation of a city ordinance that prohibits allowing children to play in the street.

They said they were not familiar with the ordinance, but would comply, adding that their children have no where else to play. The officer then advised them that the problem was beyond his control, but the enforcement of city ordinances was not. After the parents were warned, the man wanted the officer to cite them. He was told the officer had already let them go with a warning and making a citation would not be proper at that time. The man stated he will expect a citation in the future. The officer assured him he would do so, since the parents are now familiar with the rules.

• An officer was dispatched to a Coakley Street address in reference to a disorderly person. On arrival, he was approached by a woman who said she witnessed an incident in which a 6-yearold boy was hit in the stomach by his mother. The complainant said the boy is diabetic and is a very sickly child.

The officer spoke with the mother who said she and her son exchanged words, but said she never touched the boy.

The complainant said she saw the mother push the boy in the stomach and said he stepped back about four steps. Both women were given case report number cards and the complainant was advised on warrant procedures. ◗

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British store owners seeking to drive away obnoxious, congregating teenagers have turned to security consultant Howard Stapleton’s recent invention, similar to a dog whistle, that emits a high-frequency sound audible to most teens but few older people.

“The Mosquito” (it’s “small and annoying,” Stapleton told a New York Times reporter, who vouched that she couldn’t hear it, either) emits what one merchant called a pulsating chirp, not painful but surely irritating. A professor of neurophysiology verified that the ability to hear high frequency dissipates with age but that some people in their 20s and 30s could probably still hear it.

(1) Robbin Doolin, 31, accidentally fell from her car while driving on U.S. 71 in Kansas City, Mo., in July when she opened the door to spit and leaned too far. (She quickly jumped up and chased her car, which left the road and ran down an embankment.) (2) In Amarillo, Texas, Bobby Reynolds, 74, and his son Gary, 43, were hospitalized in July after an incident in which their car got stuck on tracks at a railroad crossing. After unsuccessfully trying the move it, reported the Amarillo Globe-News, they somehow fell asleep in the car and were later hit by a train.

In November, Parker Houghtaling, 23, standing on a station platform in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was hit in the head when he leaned out too far over the

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tracks as a Metro-North train was arriving. The Poughkeepsie Journal reported that Houghtaling was similarly hit by a New York City subway car in 2002 when he leaned out too far. (He was hospitalized both times.)

The Litigious Society Barnard Lorence filed a $2 million lawsuit in Stuart, Fla., in November against the First National Bank and Trust, accusing it of falsely advertising that it cares about its customers. He said he had been charged a $32 fee for overdrawing his checking account by $5, was unsuccessful in asking for a waiver, and said the stress from the incident exacerbated a 2001 brain injury.

The Poor Dears The Boston Globe reported in September that the elite Palmer & Dodge law firm in Boston had been awarded almost $100,000 in fee reimbursement after putting a partner and three other lawyers to work representing a prison inmate upset mainly at being restricted in his use of the prison law library and being prevented from receiving “sexually explicit” photos in the mail. The complainant, Daniel LaPlante, murdered a pregnant woman and her two children, reportedly smirked at the jury, and was described by his trial judge as so detestable that the judge would have “no problem” personally executing him.

Inmate Robert Murray refused to appear at a court hearing in September in New York City because he “found it humiliating” to have to wear Hannibal Lecter-type restraints. (The HIV-positive Murray had admitted to at least four attempts to infect police officers by spitting blood at them.) And Biswanth Halder, facing 338 felony counts, including aggravated murder, in a shooting spree in Cleveland, declined to come to court in November until the judge let his lawyers go buy him a hairpiece. (The judge acquiesced.)

Book-Learning Overrated A judge in Santa Maria, Calif., ordered Nobel-prize-winning physicist John Robert Schrieffer, 74, to prison for two years in November after he acknowledged that he killed a man and injured seven others when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car, at more than 100 mph.

Schrieffer had nine previous speeding tickets and was driving at the time on a suspended Florida license. He also admitted that he lied to police about the cause of the collision. (Schrieffer and two others shared the 1972 Nobel for their theory of electrical superconductivity.)

In Their Own Words (1) Singer Kenny Chesney, explaining to Life magazine in October how profoundly he felt the loss when he and actress Renee Zellweger ended their recent, brief marriage: It was “like opening the door to your house and having someone come in and take your big-

screen TV off the wall during the big game, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” (2) Kelley Borland of Evans, Colo., who in September received a $100 ransom demand for the return of his missing dog, authenticated by what was supposedly a sample of the dog’s droppings: “It looked like my dog’s poop, but I’m not a dog poop expert.”

Recurring Themes “Cargo cults” have made News of the Weird several times in this column’s 17 years and still flourish in Papua New Guinea, whose police arrested 320 cultists recently for practicing sorcery.

(The cults typically believe that Western products, brought by missionaries before World War II, are gifts from God, and they even worshipped the airstrips on which the goods-bearing planes landed.) A female leader of one of the groups involved in the recent arrests said she “found strange teachings about women and their monthly period” in the Bible’s book of Leviticus. The leaders concluded that menstrual blood was sacred water that let them see “invisible things,” according to a Reuters report quoting The National, a newspaper in Boroko.

News of the Weird last reported on Hormel Foods Corp.’s Spam in 2002 when McDonald’s was test-marketing a breakfast containing the luncheon meat in Hawaii, where Spam is a delicacy. It is perhaps even more highly revered in South Korea, where (according to an October Los Angeles Times dispatch) an estimated 8 million cans are sold each holiday season, and a gift set of 12 in upscale department stores goes for about $44. Jeon Pyoung Soo, the South Korean Spam brand manager, continues to be puzzled at the product’s U.S. reputation: “I can’t understand what is funny about Spam.”

Compelling Explanations Latest Insanity Pleas: Ryan T. Green was convicted of murder in Pensacola, Fla., in October despite his defense that he was certain the “A” on his police officer-victim’s hat was for Antichrist, whom he was obligated to kill. And Clayton E. Butsch was convicted of murder in Everett, Wash., in October despite his defense that he was part of “The Truman Show” movie and had been ordered to kill by a pet cat.

A November paper by Sheffield (England) University lecturer Pat Sikes argued that not all teacher-pupil romances are bad and that sometimes “the seductive nature and ‘erotic charge’ often characteristic of ‘good’ teaching” can provoke a “positive and exciting response.” Dr. Sikes, 50, who met her nowhusband in 1970 when she was 14 and he was a 22-year-old history teacher, estimated that 1,500 pupil-teacher affairs develop in Britain every year. ◗

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Earth’s magnetic north pole has begun moving so rapidly during the past several decades that it could drift from Arctic Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years. The movement could mean that residents of Alaska will no longer be able to see the vivid northern lights, which will become more visible in Northern Europe and Russia. Oregon State University paleomagnetist Joseph Stoner told the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco that the shift may be part of a normal oscillation, and the magnetic north pole will eventually migrate back toward Canada.

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Eruptions Vanuatu’s Mount Manaro Volcano spewed thousands of tons of additional ash over Ambae island, keeping about 5,000 people away from their homes. Heat and fumes from the eruption have made several people ill, including children. In a tribal gesture of appeasement, chiefs from Ambanga village say they were planning to toss a large boar’s tusk into one of the mountain’s crater lakes and offer apologies to the god Tagaro, whom they believe may have been angered.

• Southern Alaska’s Augustine Volcano belched sulfurous steam over the mouth of Cook Inlet, prompting reports of “rotten egg” smells from people in several nearby communities. The mountain last erupted in 1986 and has been under a yellow alert since November 29.

Australian Spring Storms The latest in a series of severe storms to strike eastern Australia killed three people and left three others recovering

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Earthquakes A powerful earthquake that rocked a wide area of the Indian subcontinent injured at least 10 people and wrecked nearly 200 houses around the epicenter in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province. The magnitude 6.7 shaking triggered panic among survivors of October’s tremor that killed more than 70,000 people in northern India and Pakistan.

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Hong Kong officials announced their alarm at the rapid increase in the number of monkeys in the former British colony even as its human population is in decline. The South China Morning Post reports the monkey population is nearing 2,000 and rising at a rate of about 6 percent a year. The mischievous primates live mostly in the port’s rural parks, where experts say the hikers who feed them are helping the population to grow at three times the normal rate. Primate expert Jane Goodall, on a five-day visit to Hong Kong, told the newspaper: “Monkeys here are taking too much of the wrong food, such as human food, which is usually fatty and bad for their health.”

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O’Donoghue continues to evolve on latest CD AS THE HOST OF Georgia Public Broadcasting’s long-running Celtic music radio program The Green Island, Harry O’Donoghue is used to people recognizing his name and his husky brogue. In fact, his comforting presence as he waxes poetic on the joys of Irish song has no doubt directed scores of people to both sample and purchase such releases.

It also draws newcomers out to his own live performances. But sometimes, those in the audience don’t always know what to expect.

“I was doing a concert down at the community college in Brunswick,” recalls the fifty-one-year-old singer and guitarist.

“And this lady came to the show because she’d been listening to me on the radio program for years, and she heard I’d be in town. But it turns out she had no idea that I was a musician as well.”

So what exactly did she think he was going to do on stage?

“I have no idea,” he chuckles.

“Perhaps just sit and talk about records like I do on the radio! In the end, though, she wound up enjoying herself very much.”

That’s not hard to imagine. Harry’s decades of service to what Leonard Cohen once called “The Tower of Song” have left him with a wonderful repertoire of both traditional Irish folk tunes and contemporary compositions. The troubadour is a familiar name around these parts, having played more than a third of each year at Kevin Barry’s on River Street since relocating to Savannah from his native County Louth.

That was almost 25 years ago. Since then, he’s released one album for the giant European label Polydor, and seven more completely on his own, all of which remain in print and sell well at his live shows and through his website, www.harryodonoghue.com/.

His latest CD, Sincerely, has been available since May 2005, and showcases a side of the artist that he feels was absent from his last few albums. Three of those were recorded live onstage in an attempt to provide a keepsake for fans.

Their tracklistings therefore featured his most popular selections, and there was no opportunity to finesse his own performances, or capture the particular

mood he would have liked to.

Robert Willis (on harmony vocals), and “I was happy with the outcome of those Hadaway himself (on bass). live albums,” O’Donoghue admits. “But I The album’s sixteen songs run the didn’t feel I was truly getting across the gamut from beloved traditionals such as more ‘gentle’ sound which is what I’m “The Water Is Wide,” to more modern fare, really all about. I find like Tom Waits’ that my best perform“The Briar and The ances are late at night Rose,” and Van when most people have Morrison’s “Crazy gone and you can get Love.” soft and intimate with “That last one the crowd.” always goes over “So, for this album, well with the (co-producer) Phil college crowds,” Hadaway and I decided Harry notes.

Sincerely is to leave all the techalready selling nology behind. We briskly at his gigs, recorded everything and while with one mic. If we O’Donoghue says wanted more volume, Harry O’Donoghue he’d love to have we’d move closer to the an established dismic!” tributor pick it up, after the trials and O’Donoghue admits that approach tribulations he’s suffered in past dealings was daunting. Hadaway enjoys a repuwith the music industry, he’s more than tation as one of the finest recording engihappy to simply sell the album himself. neers in the area, and something of a “Realistically, nowadays, they’re not stickler for precision. Yet, the singer says looking for a 50-year-old. Not a chance. that once they began, both men felt they But then again, I don’t answer to anyone.” were on the right path. ◗ “The tendency is to fix things that aren’t quite perfect. Like singing a little Harry O’Donoghue plays Kevin Barry’s off-pitch. We resisted those temptations.”

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by Jim Reed

‘A Jazz Christmas’

The Round Table

The Luna Lounge (inside this swanky Italian restaurant) puts a live spin on the longstanding tradition of merging yuletide melodies and mirth with the jazz and R & B idioms. Fri., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

Local, guitar-based indie-rockers who disbanded soon after releasing their debut CD, but now play occasional live gigs. If Not Winter opens. Tues., 7 pm, Le Mort Rouge (103 W. Congress St.) ALL AGES.

The Jeff Beasley Band

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Well-known rock & roll from the ‘50s, electric blues, and boogie music. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Local trio playing jazz standards, fusion pieces and contemporary, funktinged pop (i.e., Diana Krall, Norah Jones). Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Bottles & Cans Local outfit that straddles the line between Hellhound rock and gritty Delta blues. Fans of T-Model Ford, Hound Dog Taylor and late-period Tom Waits will find much to like about this stirring quartet. Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Chaos Inc.

Regional country quintet that’s”all tore up” with the honky tonk. The play popular covers by the likes of Tracy Byrd and Toby Keith. Rumor has it they fired a guy once for bein’ right-handed. Fri., 9 pm, Tommy’s (Pooler).

The Peter Tavalin Ensemble

The Alex Nguyen Quartet Young, award-winning Savannah trumpet prodigy – now studying music in Florida. Joined by vocalist Angela Roberts, guitarist Ryan Rosello, and bassist Paul Sikivie. Fri., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

G.E. Perry Longtime area guitarist known for his mastery of electric blues and jazz.

Sometimes he’s accompanied by a harmonica player. Thurs., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

Phantom Wingo Fiery, Southern rock with more of an emphasis on improvisation and jamming (think Widespread Panic, Allmans) than on whistling and whiskey (don’t think Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws). Featuring guitarists Ronny Keel and Tyler Roe. Wed., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Gail Thurmond A downtown fixture of sorts, this vibrant singing pianist has been playing jazzy standards and show tunes in this cozy darkwood bar for over a decade.

Tues. - Sun., Planter’s Tavern (beneath The Olde Pink House Restaurant).

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Prolific, locally-based songwriter with a powerful voice and a handful of indie blues-rock and folk CDs to his name. recommended for fans of John Hiatt or Tom Petty. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Fri., 10 pm, Jen’s & Friends.

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Real-life siblings duetting on soft rock, country and pop hits. They Southpaw both play acoustic guitar Jazzy combo led by pianist Tavalin, and employ sequenced backing tracks. who’s a well-known composer and music Thurs., 6:30 pm, Baja Cantina (The educator. Thurs., 8 pm, The Mansion on Landings).

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CJA Xmas Concert & Jam

The latest project from The Marshall If you can believe it – this will be the Brothers, Stewart (of established 30th year in a row that the Coastal Jazz Association has held this wonderful Americana act Stewart & Winfield) and Jim (of the defunct local cover band annual concert event.

Backwoods), this straight-up rock and Designed as a way to celebrate our roll act’s members are based in both area’s (and America’s) history of innoSavannah and Athens. vation in this national art The new group (which form – while raising money is just beginning to gig for the CJA’s educational out with some regularity scholarship fund, it’s a during a slow period in great way to spend your Stewart & Winfield’s Christmas Day. touring schedule) boasts Entertainment will be four songwriters, and provided by the Teddy Adams Sextet, featuring plans to cut their first album in January. vocalist Huxsie Scott.

Additional members Afterwards, an open jam include guitarist Scotty session finds many of the Rahn from local Stones area’s best musicians tribute band Monkey Man, sitting in for an impromptu Huxsie Scott and Rick Williams, bassist set of roof-raising, off-thefor the Park Bench Trio (and roots-rock cuff jazz. The show starts at 6 pm. semi-stars Bloodkin.). At times, Junkyard There’s free parking and hors d’oeuvres, Angel is joined by pedal steel man A.J. as well as plenty of door prizes to be Adams. given away.

In addition to their own material, the Proceeds from the $15 donation fee group augments their sets with nuggets go to deserving college and high school from The Flying Burrito Brothers, Johnny students involved in established jazz Cash and George Jones catalogs, as programs. Tickets available at Portman’s Music, Rody’s Music, Annie’s Guitars, or well as plenty of “old-school” Dead, and Dylan tunes. at the venue. For more info, call 3562399.

Thurs., 10 pm, Finnegan’s Wake.

Sun., 6 pm, Cha Bella (formerly Suzabelle’s - Broughton Awhile back, two of & E. Broad Sts.). the area’s best and most popular electric This up-and-coming blues bands pulled a South Georgia organic switcheroo (as rock group first hit town opposed to a a few weeks ago and Conqueroo) and played a few last-minute exchanged bass gigs at JJ Cagney’s with players. little fanfare. Those who While The Ignitors were in attendance say were a relatively new they were blown away Stewart Marshall outfit based out of by the band’s songcraft South Carolina, the and musical interaction.

Bluesonics have been playing around Led by the Waycross-born vocalist Savannah – in one form or another – for and rhythm guitarist Justin Perkins, the well over a decade. In fact, this wouldn’t band’s anchor is the impressive rhythm be the first time that some of the two section of bassist Rory Hoke (a George group’s members had crossed paths.

Porter, Jr. acolyte) and drummer Justin Ignitors guitarist Josh Maul had filled Moore, whose nuanced use of dynamics the same role in the Bluesonics long betrays an affinity for both jazz, and the ago. With the addition of bassist Brian muscular playing of The Jimi Hendrix Prewitt, Maul and drummer Mike Experience’s Mitch Mitchell.

Fletcher dropped The Ignitors tag, and Above and beyond their unabashedly recast the new trio as Mama’s Mojo. anthemic arena-jams that instantly While many local blues groups tend suggest a weird amalgam of The Dave to cover the same basic ground stylistiMatthews Band and Pearl Jam (can we cally, this combo has made no bones say “ca-ching?”), their printed setlist bout the fact that they want to inject a includes hits by The Who and The little more of their own personal dynamic Rolling Stones. I’m not sure if “Dr. into what can at times be a less-than-flaDetroit” is a cover of the DEVO tune vorful gumbo. Whether it be their unique from the Dan Ackroyd/TK Carter film of arrangements of material by the likes of the same name, but just on the odd the late, great Albert King and “The chance that it is – that’s reason enough Iceman” Albert Collins (as well as more to make the show in my book. contemporary artists such as Poppa Tues., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House. ◗ Chubby), or their determination to stand apart from the crowd, this hard-grooving power trio puts on a tight live show that’s far from background music.

Fri., 6 pm, The Warehouse.

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‘Half the Story’ -Paintings by Nancy Doolan showing at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., from through Jan. 9.

'Disciples of Paper' -Group printmaking exhibit featuring Curtis Bartone, Josh Peplinski, Robert Brown,and LeRoy Lottmann Dec. 8-29 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

‘millions of unusual small creatures lurking everywhere’ -- Black Orchid Gallery at 131 Drayton St. hosts this exhibit by Ladyboy, a Philadelphia based artist. The show runs through December.

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

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

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. ◗

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‘Small Works’ -- SCAD annual holiday exhibition featuring work from students, alumni, faculty and staff, at The Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. All pieces are priced at $500 or less and measure 18 inches or less in any one direction.

‘Under Pressure’ -- SCAD hosts this exhibition of new works by printmaking minors at the May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St.

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The Academy isn’t exactly known for its embrace of comedy -- only in its humorless universe could Ben-Hur win the Best Picture Oscar in the year of Some Like It Hot -- but in the 1968 race, voters were in a giddy enough mood to hand the Best Original Screenplay Oscar to Mel Brooks for his comic gem, The Producers. Don’t expect similar accolades for this latest version, since a funny thing happened on the way to the podium. Brook’s commercial failure but cult success was resurrected by the comic legend himself as a Broadway musical, one so successful that it earned a record 12 Tony Awards to go along with its enormous box office booty. That a movie version would follow is no surprise; what’s startling is how the picture plays as little more than a static filming of the stage play, barely more mobile than those one-set Shakespeare dramatizations that used to pop up regularly on PBS. In the Gene Wilder role of the timid accountant Leo Bloom, Matthew Broderick strains too hard to be funny -- you almost feel sorry for the guy, praying he doesn’t give himself a hernia through all those pained expressions. Nathan Lane, on the other hand, is a riot in the Zero Mostel role of Max Bialystock, the struggling producer who determines that a dreadful show called Springtime for Hitler is his ticket to riches. ◗

MUNICH ✰✰✰

A strong film, an important work, and already a lightning rod for controversy and (one hopes) healthy debate. But another instant Steven Spielberg classic?

Not quite. With a script drafted by heavyhitters Tony Kushner (Angels In America) and Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Munich is largely a fictionalization of the events that transpired after that tragic day at the 1972 Olympics in Germany, when a group of Palestinian terrorists known as Black September slaughtered the Israeli athletes they were holding as hostages. The movie reveals that, in an effort to exhibit their toughness to the world, the Israeli government sent a select band of assassins to eliminate everyone who was responsible for the Munich massacre.

Spielberg and his writers bring to vivid life this motley crew of enforcers: Avner (Eric Bana), the sensitive leader of the group; the fiery getaway driver Steve (Daniel Craig, aka the new James Bond); the meticulous “clean up” man Carl (Ciaran Hinds); the jittery bomb maker Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz); and the pensive forger Hans (Hanns Zischler). But these characters aren’t positioned as Israel’s version of The Untouchables, with clear-cut visions of right and wrong.

Instead, as they carry out each hit on

their eye-for-an-eye agenda, each man reacts differently to the consequences of their actions. Spielberg’s muddying of the moral waters is already drawing heat (primarily from Jewish leaders), but it’s to his credit that he asks the hard questions and doesn’t flinch from any unsettling truths that might emerge. This is perhaps the least sentimental of any motion picture in the director’s strong filmography, with a couple of scenes that stand among the most memorable he’s created in recent times.

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA ✰✰1/2

Director Rob Marshall’s adaptation of the Arthur Golden novel plays like a Disney version of a Zhang Yimou movie, though the end result isn’t as dreadful as that designation might suggest. As movie artifice, it’s above average, but it goes no deeper than that. The cast features a who’s-who of leading actors from the East, though because none are from Japan, the film’s been swallowed up in a maelstrom of controversy. Nationalities notwithstanding, the performers are up to the task at hand. Two Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon alumni handle the key roles: Ziyi Zhang plays Chiyo, the penniless foster child who grows up to

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The 1977 original employs two actors of marginal comedic abilities -- Jane Fonda and George Segal -- in a lumbering yarn about a well-to-do married couple who turn to crime once the husband loses his job. This new version one-ups its predecessor right out of the starting gate by casting two bona fide comedians in the central roles. Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni play the new Dick and Jane, who find themselves in a similar predicament once the CEO (Alec Baldwin) of Dick’s company bails out, leaving thousands of employees without jobs, pensions or benefits. After working a series of lowpaying odd jobs (the picture’s funniest sequences), the couple eventually turn to

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become the legendary geisha known as Sayuri, while Michelle Yeoh essays the role of her mentor, Mameha. The Last Samurai’s Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe has the principal male role as the Chairman, the older man who catches Sayuri’s eye at an early (pre-pubescent) age and finds himself the center of her adoration over the ensuing years.

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the most entertaining aspect of the film, as Sarah strives to learn exactly how all the pieces of the Graduate puzzle fit together. But once she becomes romantically entangled with Beau, the picture grinds to a halt, losing its comic conceit and getting bogged down in the mundanity of its older man-younger woman relationship. Director Rob Reiner then proceeds to make matters worse, repeatedly mistaking frantic for funny and basically turning these initially promising characters into gibbering idiots.

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What could be more idiotic than releasing a foreign slasher flick in the high-profile summer movie season? How about releasing a foreign slasher flick on Christmas Day? This Australian import strands three college-age kids (Cassandra McGrath, Kestie Morassi and Nathan Phillips) in the Australian Outback, whereupon they meet a hulking roughneck (John Jarratt) who proceeds to slice and dice them as he sees fit.

Wolf Creek bills itself as “Based On Real Events,” a dubious claim since the film is rife with the sort of boneheaded plotting that can only be found in subpar thrillers of this nature. As if releasing this on December 25 wasn’t disturbing enough, there’s also a scene in which one of the young protagonists finds himself attached to a wall crucifix-style, with his arms outstretched and nails hammered through the palms of his hands. Father,

forgive them, for they clearly know not what they do.

KING KONG ✰✰✰1/2

Peter Jackson’s new Kong will make a fortune, and it saddens me that it will be viewed by scores of people who won’t even give the original 1933 take a passing glance because they lack the imagination to immerse themselves in the world of vintage black-and-white cinema. But that’s their loss, and certainly not Jackson’s fault. He’s done his part by treating the property with love and respect, and, much to my surprise, his Kong is a -- pardon the pun -- roaring success. In essence, Jackson has taken the 103-minute original and stretched it out to a 190-minute running time. The three-act structure remains intact, however. The first portion of the film details how visionary filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) elects to head out into uncharted waters to make his epic adventure movie, recruiting a struggling actress named Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) to serve as his leading lady.

Denham is all business, meaning that Ann’s romantic escapades arrive in the form of Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), a sensitive screenwriter with the heart of a poet but the steely resolve of an action hero. The second part charts the sea voyage and the arrival on Skull Island, whereupon Ann is co-opted by the local natives for the purpose of serving as a human sacrifice to the great ape known

as Kong. The climactic third act finds Kong captured and taken to New York, where, billed as “King Kong, The Eighth Wonder of the World,” he becomes the featured attraction in Denham’s lavish theatrical production. Naturally, Kong escapes and goes on a rampage. From there, it’s a quick jaunt up the Empire State Building and an even quicker trip back down. Despite a hefty $200 million budget, the film’s visual effects aren’t as seamless as one might expect, particularly when it comes to the dinosaurs. Yet the FX team comes through when it matters most: Kong himself is a visual marvel, with an expressive range of emotions, and the final battle between Kong and the fighter planes is one of the movie year’s defining spectacles. Jack Black’s turn as showman Carl Denham is especially memorable, even if I still prefer Robert Armstrong’s show biz bluster in the original over Black’s more Machiavellian demeanor. Ultimately, Jackson respects that King Kong is above all else a love story -- that’s why Fay Wray is remembered so fondly from the original picture, and why Naomi Watts will emerge the most triumphant from this new version. Watts plays her scenes opposite Kong beautifully, and it’s a measure of her skills as an actress that she generates enormous chemistry with an animal that’s created out of computer codes rather than flesh and blood.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE ✰✰✰

Christians, heathens and everyone in between will be inspired to hold hands and sway to the gentle rhythms of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis’ source material -- the first book in a series of seven Narnia adventures -sprinkled Christian allegories throughout a fantasy yarn that was aimed primarily at children, and the movie steadfastly respects Lewis’ intentions. Like the best kid flicks, this one never talks down to its target audience, and its religious themes -- issues involving honor, forgiveness and redemption -- embody the true spirit of Christianity and in effect serve as an antidote to the sadistic theatrics of Mel Gibson’s garish snuff film, The Passion of the Christ. Lewis and The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien were friends and contemporaries, so it’s not surprising that the films based on their respective works often resemble each other in style and structure. In fact, I’d wager that it took the massive success of the LOTR flicks for Narnia to even be given the green light. Therefore, it’s easy to see the plucky Pevensie children -- Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and little Lucy (Georgie Henley) -- as human Hobbits, bravely entering enemy territory to defeat an evil entity whose cruel reign threatens all sorts of races and civiliza-

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THE FAMILY STONE ✰✰1/2

AEON FLUX ✰1/2

An impersonal slab of sci-fi sameness, Aeon Flux wears its lethargy as a badge of honor, with Karen Kusama’s draggy direction and Charlize Theron’s monotonous performance front and center in every scene.

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. 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.

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE ✰✰✰

Director Mike Newell and scripter Steve Kloves, forced to whittle down J.K. Rowling’s enormous tome, steadfastly refuse to coddle the youngest audience members. 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. 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.

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Puccini wrote his opera La Boheme in 1896, and it was exactly 100 years later that Jonathan Larsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, the story centers on a group of bohemians in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Village. If it sounds like Melrose Place on welfare, the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defining characteristic is that half of its leading players are HIV-positive, contracted through either sex or drug use. For a musical, there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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Initially more reminiscent of the brittle Thanksgiving yarns Home For the Holidays and Pieces of April than the warm-and-fuzzy titles usually foisted upon us at Christmas, this ensemble piece centers on the Stone family, a liberal New England clan whose members prove to be remarkably closeminded when it comes to accepting a conservative prude into their abode.

Oldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings girlfriend Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) home to meet his parents (Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson) and siblings, but except for his laidback brother Ben (Luke Wilson), all the family members -- especially bitchy sister Amy (Rachel McAdams) -- treat their guest poorly, finding it impossible to warm up to her sheltered viewpoints and physical eccentricities. The arrival of Meredithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger sister Julie (Claire Danes) only makes matters worse, as sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everything (warm, witty, understanding) that her sister is not. Writer-director Thomas Bezucha tips his PC hand early by making one family member (Ty Giordano) deaf, gay and attached to a black lover (Brian White), but he nevertheless manages to make the various strained character interactions believable.

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Karaoke COASTAL COFFEE (2100 E. Victory Drive) - Poetry Open Mic (7 pm) D E B ’S P U B & G R U B - #@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm) D R I F T A W A Y C A F É ( W i l m i n g t o n I s l . ) - Live Music TBA (6 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Blackeyed Katy (9 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) Masteller & The All-Stars - Swing Dancing DECEMBER 25TH DECEMBER 26TH (7:30 pm) AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) BAYOU CAFÉ - Chief THE JINX - TBA B L U E B E R R Y H I L L - Karaoke Joey Manning (7 pm) J J CAGN E Y ’ S - Open Mic Night w/Red BAYOU CAFÉ - Live Music TBA D O U B L E S ( H o l i d a y I n n M i d t o w n ) - DJ spins Moon BELFORD’S - Live Music TBA (6 pm) Beach Music K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Live Irish Music TBA C A F É L O C O ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (10 D R I F T A W A Y C A F É ( W i l m i n g t o n I s l . ) - Live LE MORTE ROUGE (103 W. Congress St.) pm) Music TBA (7 pm) The Round Table, If Not Winter (7 pm) C A P T A I N ’ S L O U N G E - #@*! Karaoke F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - BN Trivia M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Open Mic Jam CHA BELLA (formerly SUZABELLE’S) w/Artie & Brad w/EROK Coastal Jazz Association’s Xmas Concert T H E G R I L L B E A C H S I D E ( T y b e e ) - Live N V N I G H T C L U B ( S e d a h / M a i n F l o o r ) - Teen & Jam Session (6 pm) Music TBA (7 pm) Night w/DJ Triple A D A Q U I R I I S L A N D ( A b e r c o r n ) - Karaoke T H E I R I S H T I M E S - Live Irish Music PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK D O C ’ S B A R ( T y b e e I s l a n d ) - Live Music T H E J A Z Z C O R N E R ( H i l t o n H e a d ) - Closed HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond TBA for Xmas S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Open Mic w/The D R I F T A W A Y C A F É ( W i l m i n g t o n I s l . ) - Live THE JINX - TBA (10 pm) Hitmen J J CAGN E Y ’ S - Live Music TBA Music TBA (7 pm) V E N U S D I M I L O - Open DJ Tables - bring F A N N I E ’ S O N T H E B E A C H ( T y b e e ) - Randy K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Live Irish Music TBA needles & vinyl (10 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK “Hatman” Smith (3 pm) WE T WI LLI E ’ S - Karaoke (9 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Closed for HOUSE) - Live Piano Music TBA S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Green Mossy Runoff Xmas (9 pm) NOTE: All Bands Scheduled Subject To THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) S A V A N N A H N I GH T S - Karaoke Change S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - DJ Marty Corley (9:30 Closed for Xmas J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Closed for Xmas pm) K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Closed for Xmas WE T WI LLI E ’ S - Karaoke (9 pm) THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK -

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M A R Y ’ S S E A F O O D & S T E A K S - Live Music TBA (8 pm) M CD ON OU GH ’ S - Karaoke M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Bottles & Cans (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB Jan Spillane (10 pm) M O O N R I V E R B R E W I N G C O . - Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) M U LB E R R Y I N N - The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) N V N I G H T C L U B ( S e d a h / M a i n F l o o r ) - Live DJ T H E O Y S T E R B A R ( W i l m i n g t o n I s l . ) - Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Live Music TBA S A V A N N A H D O WN U N D E R - DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder S A V A N N A H S M I L E S - Dueling Pianos S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) T H E S E A G R I L L ( P t . W e n t w o r t h ) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204) Live Music TBA (9 pm) S P A N K Y ’ S ( R i v e r S t . ) - Karaoke (9 pm) S T I N G R A Y ’ S ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) T O M M Y ’ S ( P o o l e r ) - Southpaw (9 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Hazzard County w/Jason Courtenay (9 pm) U N C L E B U B B A ’ S O Y S T E R H O U S E - Live Music TBA (7 pm) V E N U S D I M I L O - DJ Maybe, DJ Aerochron & Friends (10:30 pm) T H E W A R E H O U S E - Mama’s Mojo (6:30

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CLUB ONE - Industrial Resurrection w/DJ Pimpsatan (10 pm) CR EOLE R ED - Karaoke (9 pm) D O C ’ S B A R ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA D O U B L E S ( H o l i d a y I n n M i d t o w n ) - DJ Sam Diamond’s Karaoke DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7:30 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Pocket Change (10 pm) F I N N E G A N ’ S W A K E - Junkyard Angel (10 pm) T H E G R I L L B E A C H S I D E ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Bobby Ryder Quartet (7:30 pm) J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) THE JINX - Dance Party w/MCs Awesomesex, Vinyl Ritchie & ShizNite J J CAGN EY ’ S - The Eric Culberson Blues Band K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Harry O’Donoghue L O C O S D E L I & P U B - Open Mic Night w/The Hitmen THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK The Peter Tavalin Ensemble (8 pm) M CD ON OU GH ’ S - Karaoke M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Greg Williams (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB - G.E. Perry (10 pm) M O O N R I V E R B R E W I N G C O . - Eric Britt (8:30 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) Reggae Madness w/Syndicate Sound PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Chaos Inc. (10 pm)

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AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) - Joey Manning (7 pm) B & D B U R G E R S ( S o u t h s i d e ) - Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ - Live Music TBA (9 pm) CLUB ONE - #@*! Karaoke D O U B L E S ( H o l i d a y I n n M i d t o w n ) - DJ Pat McBride (Savannah Shag Club) D R I F T A W A Y C A F É ( S a n d f l y ) - Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (7 pm) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Phantom Wingo (9 pm) F I N N E G A N ’ S W A K E - Open Mic w/Eric Britt (10 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) Earl Williams Quartet (7:30 pm) J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Greg Snyder (7 pm) THE JINX - “Rock & Roll Bingo” w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (11 pm) J J CAGN EY ’ S - Turtle (10 pm) K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Harry O’Donoghue L O C O S D E L I & P U B - Team Trivia w/Ben Bennett & Senea THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist David Duckworth (7 pm) M CD ON OU GH ’ S - Karaoke M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - The Eric Culberson Blues Band NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor) (Hip-hop, R & B, Top 40) NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor) -

Open Mic Poetry Night (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) - Thomas Claxton (7 pm) S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Bottles & Cans S A V A N N A H D O W N U N D E R - DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) S A V A N N A H S M I L E S - Dueling Pianos S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - Karaoke w/DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - Psychotronic Film: NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES (8 pm) 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Live Music TBA (9 pm) T A N G O ( T y b e e ) - Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm)

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Free events or services -- If your event or service is free of charge, we will in turn list it at no charge.

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Private business or individual -- We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the option to place your happening in the appropriate category.

Send Happenings and/or payment to: Connect Savannah, 1800 E. Victory Dr, Suite 7, Savannah, GA, 31404. Fax to 231-9932.

E-mail: linda@connectsavannah.com. We reserve the right to edit or cut non-paid listings because of space limitations.

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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 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.

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

Chatham County Young Democrats Call Cory at 508-3335 or send email to c@depthllc.com.

Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher. 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.

League of Women Voters

For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

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.

Coastal Democrats

Libertarian Party of Chatham County

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

meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at BOBA’s, 309 W. St. Julian St. Call 308-3934 or visit

Chatham County Young Republicans

http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

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

Planned Parenthood meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Megan Burgoyne at 352-4052 or send e-mail to megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.

Savannah Peace Coalition 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.

Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

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

Skidaway Island Democrats 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.

Auditions Lowcountry Ensemble Company is looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, poets and others. Send e-mail to negroensemble@comcast.net.

Benefits & Fundraisers Backus Children’s Hospital Ornament Sale 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.

Blessingdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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.

Boy Scouts Holiday Wreath Sale These holiday wreaths are offered for sale in your neighborhood or drop by Savannah Toyota, Greyson Stadium, Kellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flea Market, and the Piggly-Wiggly and Kroger in Richmond Hill. You also can call 927-7272 to order them.

Give for the Gulf 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.

Hurricane Katrina Benefit Website

Stained Glass Window Competition The Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah is offering a $500 award for the best design for a stained glass window to be placed in the apse behind the pulpit in the historic Jingle Bells church located on Troupe Square. The window must display religious symbols from a variety of faiths with the Flaming Chalice being predominant.

Judging will take place after Jan. 15. Send email to dinehart@aol.com to receive the window design and instructions.

Two Pale Josephines 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

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.

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.

Adult Education The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in

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.

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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. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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Pennies for Pets Coastal Pet Rescue is holding this fundraising drive throughout December. Call 351-4151 or send e-mail to info@coastalpetrescue.org.

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Southside Fire/EMS 2006 Calendar This project raises money for burn victims throughout the region. Models for the calendar are actual firefighters and emergency personnel from the Southside Fire Department. The calendars are $10 and are available at three SunCom locations in Oglethorpe Mall, on Hodgson Memorial near Kroger and at the Savannah Crossing Shopping Center on Abercorn Extension.

Calendars also may be purchased at SSFD Headquarters on Norwood Avenue or by calling 354-1011.

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

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Cultural Affairs Artist Roster The City of Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Portrait Contest My Dream Productions of Savannah is sponsoring this drawing contest in commemoration of the slain civil rights leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 77th birthday. Draw a sizeable image on poster board or any appropriate sketching material.

Submit by Friday, Dec. 30 at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museumm, 460 MLK Jr.

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Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E.

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basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.

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Blvd.; Cumulus Broadcasting, 214 Television Circle; Shuman Middle School, 415 Goebel Ave.; On Time Fashions-Heyman and Sons, 28 W. Broughton St; and Lesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Florist, 2100 Bull St. Entries may be mailed to Martin Luther King, Jr. Portrait Drawing Contest, Box 3565, Savannah, 31414. First, second and third prizes will be given and all entries will be displayed. Call 351-6159.

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Blessed Sacrament Catholic School 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.

Building a Home

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

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Career Achievement Program

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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.

Ceramics, Visual Arts and Theater Classes w/ Paula Deen

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The City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Department will offer classes in ceramics, painting, stained glass, jewelry, theater and more. Classes start in mid-January and registration begins Jan. 1. Call 651-4248 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

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.

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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.

Classes at Familiar Pathways

Fanny’s Spanish Learning Center

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.

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.

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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 State University’s’ Fine Arts Hall. For information, call 897-5612 or 598-8217.

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.

Basic introduction to computers and Microsoft Works offered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bull and 31st streets. Cost is $20 for the session and $20 for the text book. Pre-registration is required. Call 3550219.

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Saturday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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.

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.

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

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

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information, call Mindy Saunders at 2382777.

This seminar is presented by Savannah Country Day School and will feature William Damon, James Garbarino and Dan Kindlon discussing Raising Children of Character in an Age of Indulgence on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The school is located at 824 Stillwood Dr. The cost is $50 for the seminar plus $17 for lunch from Lady & Sons. Reservations are required. Call 9618828 or visit www.savcds.org and click on “Creative Minds.”

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

First Steps parent education program This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. Call 8196910.

Housing Authority offers free classes The Housing Authority of Savannah Neighborhood Resource Center at 1407 Wheaton St. is offering classes free to the public. Job Search and Job Skills training is offered the second, third and fourth Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Job Training Unlimited for ages 14-21 is by appointment.

Adult Literacy classes are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. Call 2324232, Ext. 115.

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

Free computer classes St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offers free computer classes. Call 447-6605.

Inquiry Circle based on the work of Byron Katie offers immediate help when you need answers right away. No charge. Contact Ursula at 484-0134 or send e-mail to u.sterling@att.net. For information, visit http://www.thework.com/WhatisTheWork.as p.

Legal Secretary Certificate Program 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.

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

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

Paralegal Certificate Program

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

Call 652-3662.

Memorial Health positive parenting class

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. www.connectsavannah.com

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experience. $5 a session. Held every Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Savannah Art Association Gallery, above Belford’s in City Market.

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

Multiple blessings is a four-week education course offered by Memorial Health and designed for the family expecting twins, triplets or more. Call Barbara at 350-3129 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

Open Studio Nights Bring your preferred medium to work in the company of fellow artists. No teacher, no schedule, no pressure, just share the artist’s

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

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

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Savannah Art Association Life Drawing

p.m. at Media Play. Call Antonio at 713-1470 or send email to Catscandance2@aol.com.

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

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

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meets the second Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. of the month at Books-A-Million. Bring your art, art books of interest, techniques, etc. to discuss and share with the group.

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Join other college-age Lutheran friends for fun and fellowship on the first and third Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran, 120 Bull St. After dinner, the group will attend Reel Savannah screenings. Call 232-4151 or send email to program@elcota.org.

AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors free role playing. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AASU Compass Point Club House and sponsors a laser tag team and bi-monthly children’s readings on Saturdays from 1-3

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

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah

Coastal Georgia Volkswagen Club Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. 9610602.

Beanhead Writers Group

Community Hymn Chorus

every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.

Bipolar Support Group

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

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

Goth Night Savannah A place for those interested in the Gothic subcultures. Visit www.Goth-NightSavannah.com.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

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

Bike Night with Mikie

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

meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

Beach Historic Neighborhood Association

meets very second Saturday at 1 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. to critique works in progress and to discuss technique and marketing. Fiction and non-fiction, but no poetry.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association

Harley Owners Group

meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at 352-2323 or visit the Web site at www.bannerofthenations.com.

Banner of the Nations Savannah

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

Clean Coast

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

728-5989.

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

Clubs & Organizations

Civil Air Patrol

Georgia Christian Singles

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

Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Facilitated by Miriam Center. Call 663-0894.

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

HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum. Call 925-5349. meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546.

Hostess City Toastmasters Club Gain confidence in public speaking. Meets Tuesday evenings, 7pm at 6206 Waters Ave, Rivers Edge Retirement Community. 3555450.

Irish Session All instrumentalists interested in Celtic music are welcome. Meets the second and fourth Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at the Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Call 341-8898.

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

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

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

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Ascension Lutheran Dinner and a Movie

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will hold an after-school and weekend Junior Group Tennis Program for ages kindergarten through 12th grade at various sites throughout Savannah. A cardio tennis program, Adults’ Workout With a Racquet, is a group activity that features drills aimed at giving players of all abilities a high-energy workout. Sessions are $10. For information about either program, call Phyllis Greene at 961-9862 or 507-9862 or send e-mail to ctcsavannahga@prodigy.net.

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Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)

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

The Island Mothers of Preschoolers meets every first and third Wednesday at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Child care is provided. Call Linda at 897-9632.

Millionaireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club for Women The purpose is to achieve wealth and success in personal and professional life and to share this wealth by mentoring others. Call 236-3660.

Objectivist Society of Savannah meets biweekly at the Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den Lounge.

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The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 6550994.

Savannah Art Association

Savannah Italian Club is dedicated to discussing and preserving the heritage of Italians and ItalianAmericans. Meets the first Tuesday at 2717 Livingston Ave. Call Carol Taylor at 9254064.

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

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

meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org.

offers affordable art workshops, social activities and a chance to display art in a downtown gallery. Drop by the gallery at 309 W. St. Julian St. above Belfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in City Market or call 356-0249.

Partners for Community Health

Savannah Brewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; League

Savannah Lions Club

is a group that meets every other month to discuss healthcare topics that impact the community. Call Dana Huffman at 350-6357.

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.

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

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member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

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

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

Progressive Guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Discussion Group An opportunity for men to discuss books, music, film and cultural issues in an intellectually stimulating and non-judgmental environment. Meets the third Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffee House.

231-8841.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

Savannah Chapter of the Sons of Italy is the oldest and largest national organization that celebrates Italian/American heritage for men and women. Call Dennis Piasio at 1-888-674-2937.

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

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020.

Savannah Euchre Club Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor (but discerning) manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bridge. Call Katie at 308-9815.

Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association

Lively discussion, laughter and fun. Call 2368581.

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

Savannah Adventure Club

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People who enjoy outdoor activities and are looking for adventure are invited to join. Visit www.savannahadventureclub.com for information.

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Savannah Linux Users Group The group meets the first Wednesday of every month. Call 210-9066.

Savannah Stitch-N-Bitch meets every second Tuesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. All that is required is an interest in knitting or crocheting. Bring a project and join in the stitching, talking and munchies. Call 2380514.

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

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

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

Single People in Christian Education (SPICE)

meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. See www.savannahmug.org.

discusses education and plans and hosts social events and functions for singles throughout each month. Meets Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church, Room 22.

Savannah Newcomers Club

Southside Optimist Club

Savannah Macintosh Users Group (SMUG)

is open to all residents who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. The club hosts a monthly luncheon and program on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants and sponsors tours, activities and events to help new residents. Call 351-3171.

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

Savannah Port City Lions Club meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant on Stephenson.

For information, call 920-9081.

Savannah Psychogeographic Society The society will investigate spaces in and around downtown. Celebrate the ordinary, the extraordinary, the overlooked, the neglected and the transcendent in Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s built and natural landscapes. Contact Ryan at leifmadson@hotmail.com.

is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant inside the Days Inn on Mall Boulevard. Call Linda Lee at 695-7733.

Subbuteo Table Soccer meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. For information, call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.

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

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

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

Waving Girl Smocking Guild meets the fourth Mondays at 6:30 p.m., August through May, at the Coastal Development Services, 7712 Seawright Dr. Those who love smocking and sewing are invited to attend. New members are welcome.

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The Jewish Education Alliance

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

Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Fridays for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am. Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 355-8111.

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Serious writers who want to read, do warmup writing, hold each other accountable, call 236-3660 and ask for Dana.

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An entire gingerbread village can be seen through Dec. 26 in the Westing Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa lobby. Free and open to the public. Call 201-2000.

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

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Call 656-1310 and ask for Peggy for a free fitness consultation.

Gingerbread Village

Youth Dance Program

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hosts Magnificent Mondays from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free swing dance lessons are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered the third and fourth Mondays. No cover and club membership is not necessary. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

Happy Hour 4-7pm

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.

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 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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Ladies Living Smart fitness club

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.

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.

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A R T. 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.

Yoga @ Work A six-week series of Yoga @ Work will be held Mondays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in offices located in downtown Savannah starting in January. The series will incorporate discussions about stress and provide tools to use during the work day to combat the stress we all experience. The class is available to all ages and levels of physical ability. No special attire is needed. The instructor is Ann Carroll. The cost is $90. Call 667-8877 for information on space availability or send e-mail to yayaannie@bellsouth.net.

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

First City Network Community Center and Library The FCN Community Center & Library is open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors are welcome to check out gay/lesbian books and obtain information on “Gay Savannah” businesses and happenings. www.firstcitynetwork.com. 236-CITY offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job.

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

Friends & Company bowling league meets Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at AMF Victory Lanes, 2055 E. Victory Dr. 354-5710. meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 441-4407.

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

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

Lesbian Therapy Group

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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 A series of free seminars specifically designed for the LGBT community will be held. Attendees will learn about the tools needed to increase their wealth, protect

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“Savannah’s Only Upscale Adult Gift Store”

Trinity Church A United Methodist Congregation On Telfair Square Since 1848

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. is First City’s gay youth support group.

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

Call 657-1966.

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

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

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

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

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.

Lessons and Carols- 7 pm Christmas Eve Guest artist, Kristina Beaty, The Savannah Brass Quintet Mr. Hubert Baker and Trinity’s 1949 Moller Organ The Trinity Choir and Soloists An Eclectic Celebration of Christmas Music and Scripture

Join Family and Friends Downtown in Our Recently Restored Historic House of Worship

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This Wed–Sun Live Music w/ Harry O’Donoghue

Closed on Christmas Merry Christmas!

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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.

Food and Beverage

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Gay AA Meeting

Savannah Gay Business Guild

Holiday-themed classes for adults and children will be offered at Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. Kids Holiday Cookies will be offered Dec. 24 from 3-5 p.m. The cost is $50 per parent/child and $15 for each additional child. New Year’s Eve Hors d’ Ouevres will be offered Dec. 28 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Dec. 29 from 6:30-9 p.m. and Dec. 31 from 2:30-5 p.m.

The cost is $90. Art of Entertaining: Christmas/Winter Brunch will be presented Dec. 24, 25 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $90. Call 238-5158 and ask for cooking school reservations.

For more information about the importance of arts education, please contact

First City Network’s Workforce project

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

Call 819-6463.

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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.

their assets, take actions that are congruent with their own values, and to build a sense of financial and emotional security in life.

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

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

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

Got a drug problem? Need help?

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

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

La Leche League of Savannah 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.

Loving Care Personal Home Bring your heart to us. Offers three meals a day, medical assistance, transportation, assisted daily living and more. Call 927-0671 or 921-4577 for more information.

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.

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 to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance.

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

Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587.

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.

Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:157:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint replacement. To register, call 350-3603.

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

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

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

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154.

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

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

Senior companions needed 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.

Super 2 Access Clinic 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.

Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free and open to the public.

Stop Smoking

The Casual Poets Society

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

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

Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for instructors. Call 6515371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

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

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

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.

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.

Wild Islands & Estuaries

Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry

Join naturalist John “Crawfish” Crawford aboard Capt. Mike Neal’s Island Explorer on a discovery cruise through Georgia’s tidal creeks and saltmarsh. Look for dolphins, birds, oysters and other inhabitants of the coastal estuary. Venture ashore on Williamson Island, Georgia’s youngest barrier island. Reservations required. Cost is $40. Call 897-5108.

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.

Pets and Animals

Chanted Office of Compline

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A pet adoption and fundraising drive is being conducted by Coastal Pet Rescue.

Adoptions in December will be rewarded with a free weekend of pet-sitting from At Home Pet Sitters, adoption treats from Winston’s Bakery, a $10 off coupon for pet first aid and CPR training from the Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross and coupons and information from Purina’s Rally to Rescue program. Call Lisa Scarbrough at 351-4151 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org.

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

Site Launched for Reclaiming Lost Pets

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

A new website has been launched to help people reclaim lost pets. It is located at www.thepetrescue.com. t

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

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Readings & Signings A.W.O.L. -- All Walks of Life, Inc.

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

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

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BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

927-7016 or visit www.savannahmasters.com.

Nelson at 819-7340 or Cindy Balkstra at 8198032.

Savannah Shamrocks women’s rugby team

Bipolar Support Group

meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 652-3496.

Practices are every Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Forsyth Park near the tennis courts. Call 404-449-5875 or send e-mail to savannahrugby@yahoo.com.

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

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group

Wheelchair Basketball

Bulloch County Rape Crisis Hotline

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.

BlazeSports Club of Savannah, a program of The Rehabilitative Institute at Memorial Health Medical Center, sponsors wheelchair basketball. Practices are held each Monday.

Beginners and intermediate players practice from 6-7 p.m. Advanced players practice from 7-8 p.m. Basketballs and sports wheelchairs are provided. Call 350-7268.

The Bulloch County Sexual Assault Task Force has announced a new 24 hour/7 day a week hotline staffed by trained volunteers to aid victims of rape, incest and sexual molestation. The number is 912-531-1771.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease

Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. On Dec. 24, the Christmas Eve Service will be presented with traditional hymns and classic popular Christmas songs led by Robert Ludgate. No service will be held on Dec. 25. 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 K-12 youth in the religious education program. Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.

meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

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Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On Dec. 25 at 11 a.m., the Rev. Joan Kahn-Schneider will speak from the topic Holiday Memories. 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.

Sports & Games Savannah Area Tennis will hold an after-school and weekend Junior Group Tennis Program for ages kindergarten through 12th grade at various sites throughout Savannah. A cardio tennis program, Adults’ Workout With a Racquet, is a group activity that features drills aimed at giving players of all abilities a high-energy workout. Sessions are $10. For information about either program, call Phyllis Greene at 961-9862 or 507-9862 or send e-mail to ctcsavannahga@prodigy.net.

Savannah Masters Adult Swimming is available at the Chatham County Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr., next to Lake Mayer. Levels are Beginner, Fitness, Triathlete and Competitive. Times are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:306:45 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. For information, call Scott Rabalais at

Support Groups Al Anon Family Groups A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 5989860 or visit http://all-anonsavannah.freeservers.com.

CASA Support Group This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

Cancer support group meets every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon in the board room located on the first floor of St. Joseph’s Hospital. 819-2475.

Fibromyalgia support group meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743.

First line is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289. Grief 101 is a seven week support group for individuals who have suffered a loss by death. Pre-registration required. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Grief Support Network is an on-going peer-run support group. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m.

Children’s Groups, call for times. Specialty Groups such as Spouse Loss Group and Loss by Suicide Group are offered when needed.

Gay AA Meeting An Alcoholics Anonymous group for gays meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 233-4255.

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HIV/AIDS :living with HIV/AIDS? My Brothaz Home

is a support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.

is a support group for men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

Celiac Support Group

Hope House

The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementiacausing illnesses and meets the first Monday and third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. Upcoming meetings are set for Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Monday, Feb. 6. Visit www.alzga.org or call 920-2231.

for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 5072592.

provides supportive housing for single mothers with one child. Please call 236-5310 for information.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

meets the last Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital, second floor, Room 2. Call Sandra at 9640455.

Alzheimer’s Support Group

meets the fourth Saturday of the month from10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 352-8383 or 927-8332.

If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group

This monthly support group is for families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia and is held the second Thursday at 6 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Amanda Christenson, 236-0363, Ext. 105.

Amputee Support Group Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

Compassionate Friends Support Group offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. It meets the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Candler Heart & Lung Building, Conference Room 2, 5356 Reynolds St. 9255195.

Depressive/Manic support group Open to persons diagnosed with depression. Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m.

920-0153 or 927-2064

Diabetes support group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.

Domestic violence community support group

meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building at 325 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group

Domestic Violence Hotline

for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN

Better Breathers support group meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, at noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. Contact Tina

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.

Huntington Disease Support Group

Journey Through Journaling People whose lives have been touched by cancer are invited to this support group that delves into the creative expression of cancer experiences through journaling and craft activities. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

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Keeping hope alive while living with cancer meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845.

Koolostomy Accessories is a support group open to anyone who has an ostomy and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group Each month, the group focuses on a specific topic related to blood-related cancers and also discusses ways to improve quality of life. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Living without Violence The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 2349999.

Lowcountry Huntington’s Disease Group Call 964-0455 or visit www.LowcountryHD.com. Call 964-0455.

Lung Cancer Support Group is for families who are going through lung cancer treatment and survivors of lung

43 cancer. It meets monthly at Summit Cancer Care. Call Patty Thornton at 350-9385.

Lupus Encouragement Group A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 447-6605.

Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Error Prevention Conference Room. A variety of guests discuss ways to improve health. Call Glenda at 350-3690.

Memorial Health Hemophilia Support Group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’ For information, call Jennifer Currin at 3503988.

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Memorial Health POPPS! Group for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Memorial Health SET Focus SET Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396.

Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 819-6171 for information.

Multiple Sclerosis support group discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What symbolic items might stimulate you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? The answer is: a lot of beautiful, comfortable shoes suitable for a variety of moods, from hiking to working to traveling to dancing. I recommend this dramatic upgrade in footwear because I think it would help drive home the single most important task you have ahead of you, which is to come all the way down to earth. This is the year you’ve got to become as well-grounded as you’ve ever dared to be.

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576.

will meet Dec. 28 from 4-6 p.m. at the Cancer Institute Conference Room at Memorial Health. Call Jennifer Currin at 3507845.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

PRIDE Support Group

meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 3517035 or 353-7143.

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders

for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.

meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better

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by Rob Brezsny

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve decided that the best possible gift you could give yourself this holiday season is this: a promise that you will love yourself with more wild abandon, reverent devotion, and unpredictable ingenuity in 2006. If you agree with my idea, then I suggest you make formal pledge to do just that, preferably written out on a piece of paper and placed in a prominent place in your home.

To carry out your vow, you might want to commit to a regular schedule of thoughtful gestures, like buying yourself a dozen roses or getting a massage twice a month--or handing yourself a compliment and putting yourself in the presence of awesome beauty once a day.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What symbolic items might stimulate you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? Here’s my answer: a skateboard or snowboard or bongo board. If you developed your proficiency on one of these, you’d be cultivating the same capacity you should build in your psyche: really good balance. In the coming months, I hope you will become a master of maintaining your equilibrium, seeing all sides of every story, and taking the middle path between two extremes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What symbolic offerings might inspire you to be in closest alignment with the cosmic currents in 2006? I’ve decided on a pair of binoculars, a microscope, and sunglasses with mirrors in the corner of each lens that allow you to gaze on the reflections of things behind you. These, I hope, would give you the message that you should try hard to see further, deeper, and more clearly; you should become more greedily eager to notice details you’ve been blind to in the past.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What symbolic items might stimulate you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? The first thing that comes to mind is a bar of gold bullion or a stack of gold coins. It might stir up your financial imagination and motivate you to take aggressive steps to increase your income, which would be right in line with the scenario that the astrological omens suggest is possible. What might be even more effective, though, is a photo or image or drawing that captures the invigorating experiences you’ll be able to buy yourself when you have more money.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What items might inspire you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? And the answer is: anything that makes you laugh harder, deeper, faster, and more often. For me that would be something like DVDs by comedians Margaret Cho, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Sarah Silverman, but you might need different stimuli. The point is, you’ve got to significantly raise your Laugh Quotient in the coming months.

The astrological omens say it’s the only strategy that’s guaranteed to make you an expert problem-solver, increase your intelligence, and keep you in peak health.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What symbolic offering might inspire you to be in closest alignment with the cosmic currents in 2006? I’ve decided on a magnesium firestarter, a metal tool with a striking rod that’s guaranteed to kindle a flame even when conditions are wet. This would, I hope, send you the message that your job in the coming months is to be constantly ablaze--to ignite passions, burn down obstacles, and be a source of intense light and warmth and energy wherever you go.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What symbolic item might inspire you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? I’ve decided it would be a fortune cookie inside of which was an oracle based on an old Sufi saying: “I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known.” This would serve as your motto and mantra in the coming months, a reminder that it’s high time for you to come out of every closet, throw off all your disguises, and reveal the curious, beautiful truths about yourself. Even if you don’t do that, I bet you’ll still become better known in 2006; not necessarily famous, but certainly more accurately perceived and more deeply understood.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What would best get you ready for 2006? What symbolic offering might motivate you to take maximum advantage of the astrological opportunities? And the answer is: the biggest, baddest vacuum cleaner ever made--a sleek, chic cleaning machine with turbocharged suction power, a hundred different attachments, and a very long reach. Such a gift would, I think, be an inspiring metaphor as you dive into the coming year’s most important project: to purge every last bit of messiness and chaos and karmic dirt that have accumulated in your life during the last ten years.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What would best get you ready for 2006? What symbolic offering might motivate you to take maximum advantage of the astrological opportunities ahead? And the answer is: a roundtrip plane ticket to the mysterious frontier or thrilling sanctuary or provocative paradise you’ve been fantasizing about off and on for a long time.

Why? Because this is the year you really need to escape the insidious comforts that have been sapping your ability to be the brave dreamer you were born to be. ◗

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What symbolic items might inspire you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? And the answer is: several fulllength mirrors that you can arrange in such a way so as to study what you look like from behind and from the side as well as from the front. What’s my reasoning? I believe you should get to know yourself much, much better in the coming months.

You should gaze into your own mysteries far more frequently than you ever have before, and try to see yourself with as much compassionate objectivity as possible.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): What symbolic item might inspire you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? The answer is: “The Daughter of Jacob Meyer,” one of Vincent van Gogh’s first drawings. He did it when he was 27 years old. That’s right: The celebrated painter didn’t even begin his life’s work until then, having failed in his careers as an art dealer and preacher. In recommending this as a present for you, I hope you’ll be inspired to realize that no matter what you’ve done up until this point, the coming year will give you a chance to start fresh on a new quest--maybe even a calling that will sustain you for decades.

explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006.

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Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523

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Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group

Smoking Cessation Support Group

As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking. Call 819-8032 or 819-3361.

seeking Chatham County volunteers to assist with income tax return preparation and to serve as receptionists. There is no requirement to be retired or to be an AARP member. Call Linda Gladin at 786-5530.

Teen Mom Support Program

American Red Cross needs volunteers

Hope House of Savannah provides support for teenage mothers between the ages of 13 to 19. Childcare, snacks and transportation provided. Call 236-5310.

The Chatham Branch of the Savannah Red Cross needs volunteers. Call Mark Stall at 651-5352 or send e-mail to stallm@savannahredcross.org.

The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it.

For information, call Martyn Hills at 6514094.

Transgender Support Group

America’s Second Harvest Food Bank needs volunteers

Safe Shelter Outreach Program

Telephone information & referral service that provides expertise and relief to individuals and families in need, with a database of more than 500 agencies and organizations.

651-7730.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

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Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential and free. 3025 Bull St. 651-0004.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Emory transplant support group meets every other month, Jan. 12, March 9, May 11, July 13, Sept. 14 and Nov. 9, in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. For information, call Terria Manning at 819-2171 or Karen Traver at 819-8350.

Sarcoidosis support group meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, Noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. 692-2032.

Savannah Chatham Truancy Intervention Project meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child.

The Savannah Parkinson’s Support Group meets the first Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. Call 355-6347 or 238-4666.

Sexaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.

S-Anon Family Group is a fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565.

My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.

United Way’s First Call for Help

Victim-Witness assistance program is for families of murder victims. The meetings are at 6 p.m. in the Chatham County Courthouse on Montgomery St. third Thursday of each month. 652-7329

to sort, clean, & shelve salvaged foods from reclamation centers where bent cans or crumpled boxes of nutritious food is sent.

Apply as soon as possible. 912-236-6750 ext 109.

Basic Computer Instructors Needed Volunteers are needed to teach Basic Computer Classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Wesley Community Centers.

Call Valeria Flowers at 447-5711.

Adoption Day volunteers. Fill out an online application at www.coastalpetrescue.org.

Community Cardiovascular Council is looking for medical volunteers to check blood pressures for our walk-ins. Anyone interested in a few hours a week please call Sydney Oetgen at 236-7666.

Crafts and Ceramics Teachers Needed The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers is seeking volunteers to teach crafts or ceramic classes on Mondays. Call Valeria Flowers at 447-5711.

The Dolphin Project of Georgia needs boat owners, photographers and other volunteers to help conduct scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along the coast of Georgia. You must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit the Web site at www.TheDolphinProject.org.

Faith in Action Multi-cultural Program of EOA

Make a difference in a child’s life. Call Michelle Jones, 652-6710.

needs volunteers. Your neighbors who are elderly or who have disabilities need your help with everyday activities, simple chores, friendly visits, telephone calls and respite care. Call Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

Become a mentor CASA needs volunteers

First Steps at St. Joseph’s/Candler

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a nonprofit weight loss group provides informative programs & info. Meets every Tuesday. from 6-6:45/6:45-7:45 at the Windsor Forest Community Center. 748-8700.

to speak up for abused children in court for their best interests and to help ensure they are placed in safe and permanent homes.

Call 447-8908 or send e-mail to infor@savannahcasa.org.

Become a volunteer with First Steps and provide support, education and community resources to help parents of newborns establish healthy and positive relationships with their babies. Call 819-6910.

Wheeze busters

Chatham County Truancy Intervention Project

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Weight loss support group

is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368.

Women who love too much meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

The Work meets the fourth Friday at 7 p.m. at 2320 Sunset Blvd., (just off Skidaway at Carey Hilliards). The Work is for mentally healthy people who are stuck in some area of their lives. 355-4704.

Volunteers AARP Tax Aid the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax counseling and preparation service, is

matches volunteer attorneys and other professionals with children who have been brought before the court for excessive school absenteeism. They also provide legal representation and other resources to children and their families to prevent school failure. TIP is recruiting professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement and social service. Become a mentor today and help make a difference in a child’s life. For information, call 201-2133.

Coastal Pet Rescue Foster parents are needed. A volunteer coordinator is needed, as are vet techs with microchipping experience, Pet Expo volunteers, fundraiser volunteers, a PR/marketing coordinator, a trainer/behaviorist and

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is seeking volunteers. Greet visitors, maintain trails, catalogue historic photographs and assist in the gift shop and more.

Call David Underwood at 786-5787.

Foster families and adoptive families are needed in Chatham County. Call 651-5437.

The Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers who are 60 or older to volunteer their time in educational facilities, day care centers and other social service agencies for 20 hours per week, working four or five days per week. FGP offers a modest stipend and assistance with transportation fee. Call Linda Fields at 234-7842 or 238-2960, Ext. 123. ◗

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Visit www.connectsavannahexchange.com Call for Business Rates 238-2040

Ads received by 5 pm Friday will appear in the Wednesday issue of the next week For Your Info For Service Shopping, Dining & More... www.savannahbest.com* GUITARS + DRUMS plus more at $90. Bigsby, Fender, Gibson, Slingerland and Leedy. Outlet Music, Pooler. Call 748-0226.

NEED HOME REPAIRS?

GLENN PHILLIPS SALON looking for professional hair stylist for station rent or commission. Call 354-2652.

CDL-A O/Ops. Great Miles*Bonuses! Base plates/permits paid! Regional home time weekly! Settlements twice weekly! Fuel/passenger program! Jerry: 800-432-5534.

Skills/ Trade

You’ll find an expert in the Home Service Directory, inside The Pennysaver every week. **

WANTED: IRONWORKERS and crane operators in Savannah area. Call 850-438-2912.

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Health Services

Musical Services

ATTENTION ALL original bands and solo artists; Guitar bar wants you! We are now booking for February 2006. For more info call 912-313-7136.

Help Wanted

Absolute bargain! Factory sealed plush set with warranty. $125.

Can deliver, call 964-1494.

(We are not Realtors)

100% Luxury Double pillow-top queen mattress & boxspring, sealed in original plastic, with warranty. Must move! $350.

912-966-9937.

House for Sale

KING PILLOWTOP mattress set. New & factory sealed with warranty. $225. Can deliver, call 912-964-1494.

Cars

Fender Bender?

Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks

355-5932

FULL MATTRESS SET Mellow Mushroom Now hiring for all positions!

Please inquire within at 11 West Liberty St. Savannah Sun Coast Realty is expanding and hiring real estate agents. If you are interested in high commissions, great working conditions, call for an inter view.

Located on the second floor of 820 Abercorn St, Savannah, near the Mansion! 912-507-9800 or 912 341-8005 * Now Hiring Bartenders, Servers, Drivers, and Cooks for Locos new southside location. Also, hiring for positons at our current downtown lcoation. Please stop by Broughton and Jefferson location or call 236-8711.*

Midtown

WOW! 1980 CHEVY EL CAMINO, pristine condition, like new. Only 42k miles. For only $3295. Please call 843-987-3260.

1973 FORD RANCHERO, bright yellow in color. $5000 negotiable.

Call 912-398-0549.

2001 ACURA TL silver/black leather, navi, CD, A/C, autostik shift, 1 owner, 130k hwy miles, perfect condition, $10,500. Call 912-232-8285.

1999 CHEVY PRIZM, audio, AC, only 72k for only $4995 OBO. Call 912-228-5536.

1711 East Gwinnett St .

Mid-Century Modern Masterpiece. Built in 1958 this sprawling split level home has vaulted ceilings, terrazzo floors, shag carpet and a redwood sauna.

There is a spacious sunk-in LR w/FP, separate dining room and family room which overlook the rear garden. Two master suites, two additional bedrooms, 3.5 baths in over 4000 sq. ft.. Owner/Agent $525,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

WE BUY HOUSES Need repairs? Vacant? Has’t sold yet? Liens, divorce, etc. Let us help, call today. We are NOT agents. Quick offers. Quick closing. Call 351-0500.

Southside

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Eastside

305 W Duffy St. ONLY ONE LEFT!!!

Gracious entry foyer leads to this spacious 1Br condo. There are 2 fireplaces, tremendous ceiling heights, unpainted wood trim, heart pine floors and original tiled bathroom. This unit also offers a rear porch and off street parking. Just $134,500.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

1014 Abercorn Street Stunning totally remolded “ New York ” style 3bdr., 2ba. loft over two large fabulous commercial spaces. Opportunity awaits for a variety of options. Live atop your own business in the thriving Victorian District. Only 1 block from Forsyth Park .Offered at $550,000.

Owner/Agent Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

404 East 40 th Street Arts and Crafts fixer. Over 2400 square feet of 1930’s charm!

Hardwood floors, 2 FP’s, separate LR & DR, eat-in kitchen, large back yard and a wonderful generous sized porch to relax and take in the neighborhood.

Just waiting for your touches and Offered at $192,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

406 E. 35th Street Such a deal – Offered in “As-Is” condition, this 3bdr. 1ba. home is your opportunity to turn it into a showplace. Look beyond the vinyl siding and carpet and you will find clapboard on the exterior and heart pine floors. Don’t let this one pass you by. Just $139,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

Motorcycles/ Mopeds/ATVs

MEMORY FOAM MATTRESS Visco memory foam mattress and box (as seen on TV). NEW sealed in original plastic. $1700 value, selling for $500. 965-9652.

DINING ROOM GROUP Cherry table and leaf, includes 6 chairs with hutch/buffet. Entire set is NEW and in original boxes. $5k value, sacrifice $1000. Can deliver 965-9652.

Don’t Wait Any Longer, Call us today!

912-429-9600

SUNI GA BIKE CORPORATION. Brand new 4 wheelers (90cc & 150cc) Dir t Bikes (110cc) Mini Choppers (50cc) and accessories for sale. Remote start and stop and alarm on 90cc 4-wheelers. Automatic transmissions on the 4wheelers. Prices start at $550 and up. Call 912-572-3373 or 912-507-7594.

WE BUY HOUSES Need repairs? Vacant? Has’t sold yet? Liens, divorce, etc. Let us help, call today. We are NOT agents. Quick offers. Quick closing. Call 912-351-0500.

219 East 31 st Street Circa 1905 Victorian Home offering over 3,000sq. ft. of impressive details. Triple parlors, 6 fpl’s, crown moldings, medallions and pocket doors. This Southern Lady boasts 5 Bdr., 3 ? Ba. large lot and is waiting for your personal attention. Own a piece of old Savannah . Of fered at $435,000.* Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

519 E. 45th Street is considering all offers! Large Art & Craft home, totally restored with hardyboard ext., 4 bedrooms/3 baths, plus a one bedroom carriage house that rents for $900. Secret garden and brick walled brick courtyard!

Great home on a great street!

Reduced to $529,000. Call for a private showing.

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PIANO TUNING and major & minor repairs. 8582620 or 655-9156.

We buy houses & lots/land.

Don’t Stress! We buy “as is”!

(No bank inspections needed) Quick, Fair Offers. Fast Closings. Avoid Foreclosure

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ABSOLUTE BARGAIN 5 piece Cherry bedroom group!

NEW headboard, footboard and rails (sleigh), chest & nightstand, still in original boxes. Value $1650. Sell $695. 912-313-2303.

CHERRY 4 POSTER RICE BED Queen size solid wood cherry headboard and footboard with side rails. NEW in box. $999/retail, selling for $399. 965-9652.

GORGEOUS CARVED sleigh bedroom set. Solid wood dresser and mirror, carved headboard and footboard plus a nightstand. All brand new furniture sealed in original boxes. $1300. Can deliver 912-313-2303.

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2003 KEYLARGO 190 CC, Johnson 130, T-top, Garmin 162, VHF, 15 gal LW, CD player, MT trailer, excellent condition, $15,000 OBO. Call 912-448-2449.

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MOBILE MASSAGE RELAX! Certified Massage Therapist will come to you! $55/hour. Call Joseph, 912-234-7004. For Health, For Tranquility, For A Gift. www.savannahhomespa.com

MAY TAG ATL ANTIS washer, $450. Whirlpool dryer, $250, warranty. Rhodes sofa, $200, loveseat, $200 green, no delivery.

L/M 912-234-1748 11-9pm

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Your car or boat get a Tax Break Call 927-7272 Coastal Empire Council Boy Scouts of America Proceeds from sales of all the sale cars and boats will go toward sending boys to summer camp.

FREE AD Place your “Lost and Found” ad in the Pennysaver and pay absolutely nothing! 20 words or less, free for 1 week. Mail it to Classified Department, P.O. Box 5100, Sav., GA 31414, bring it by our office, 1800 E. Victory Drive or fax to 944-0010. **

BED Cherry sleigh & rails with pillow top mattress & boxspring! New in wrapper. Sacrifice $425. Can deliver 966-9937.

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14 Harlan Drive

20 Mapmaker Lane Close to beach & downtown. This island home is move in ready w/ a privacy-fenced yard & BBQ porch. It features an open kitchen w/breakfast area, 3 BD, 2BA. Vaulted ceilings & garage. Priced only @ $157,000.

Call Nicole Brinkley. office: 912.352.2747 mobile: 912.844.8696 office fax: 912.352.3747

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All brick 3 BR/2 BA home, hardwood floors thoughout, sunroom, sits on a wonderful lot with a huge fenced backyard that backs up to green belt. This home is ready for your family!

Call Michael McCormick (912) 441-8285 Steven A McCormick Appraisals and Realty

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Real People Sell Real Estate Whether you are planning to sell a home or buy one, chances are you’ve considered (or already have been) searching the Internet for some basic information. You’re not alone, because recent research has shown that 92% of homebuyers use the World Wide Web to preview homes and locate real estate offices.

While such tech-savvy buyers and sellers realize the value of face-to-face contact, almost all of them have found that information on the Internet helps them to understand the buying and/or selling process better.

Some of the most useful information you’ll find online will be facts and figures about your area – finding local businesses, schools, entertainment, and shopping. Start with the local Chamber of Commerce website for such

directories and other local links.

While visiting an agent’s office is inevitable, you can find photos, descriptions, and even “virtual tours” online to begin your home search. Of course, a “virtual tour” is never as good as the “real thing”, but it’s a good place to start, especially if you’re relocating and trying to maximize your travel plans.

Regardless of how you use the Internet to gather and organize your information, be sure to avoid the “virtual agent”. A terrific website can promote a qualified and experienced professional, but nothing beats talking to and working with a real person when it comes to your real estate needs.

515 E Huntingdon St. Totally renovated in 2002 with a large kitchen, screened porch, working fireplace in the livingroom, 4 fireplaces, 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. Walk in closet and free standing in the Historic District ! 223,900 Sun Coast Realty, Rhondda 507-9800.* Midway LOT 1.5 acres of land of the LAKE. Water already to the property.

Located on Pineland. 80,000 Build your dream home!

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800.

223 E Bolton, Condo with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and finished to perfection. 1080 sq.ft. $269,900.

Must see this one!!!.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 507-9800 W. Broughton Street Condos - 2 left, both with great views and large windows good sq.ft. 289900 and 295,900.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 101 West Broughton Street $285,000 for almost 1200 sq.ft. of living space! One bedroom and one bath, staninless appliances, beautiful wood floors, move in condition!

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*

and 4 fireplaces. Located in an area of active restoration and growth. Great single family or convert to a duplex. $175,000 Alexander Grikitis \912-2201700 Coastal Real Estate Group*

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.

Currently rents for $1,000 month. $225,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 Coastal Real Estate Group*

513 East 36th Street 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 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 Coastal Real Estate

great for the summer dinners with wonderful view. So much more! $419,900.00 Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty H-4191*

Beautifully appointed Savannah Grey Brick Home. Custom built

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

Custom built cabinets & built in bookcases. Golf course lot with private lagoon view. Many extras.

Call LaTrelle for list and viewing @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4226 $289,500*

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.

Many extras! $438,000 H- 4211 Call Latrelle for details @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty

826-2550* Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six - 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District.

Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

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 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*

407 East 34th Street Arts & Crafts details in this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Wood floors throughout, plaster walls

Come view this finely appointed 3 bedroom 2 ? bath all brick home, sitting on a spacious lot across from the club in Honey Ridge. Cherry cabinets, trey ceilings, corian counter tops, cultured marble in baths, hardwood floors, ceramic tile and oversized 3 car garage. Back porch is covered with surround sound speakers inside and out.Large fenced in back yard.

Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing @ 658-7777. $291,900 H-4337*

Beautiful Design & Fantastic View are yours to 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

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 @658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $254,900 H-4309*

Staged for Country Pleasure; A welcome escape from the city bustle. Three +/- 5 acre lots available.

Lot 1 has a pond.

Be the first to choose the one you want.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550.

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234-4406 19 EAST 63RD STREET 4 bedroom, 2 bath home approx. 2,700 sq. ft.

Large rooms, balcony overlooking family room with fireplace, large kitchen next to sunroom, large fenced yard, patio with wet bar $1,700/mo.

204B WEST DUFFY 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Open living room, kitchen area, central heat and air, washer/dryer. $650/mo.

315 WEST TAYLOR STREET 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath townhome, living room, kitchen with convection oven, side by side, washer/dryer, dining room with columns, garage parking, shared courtyard. $2,025/mo. Free months rent with 12 month lease.

202A EAST GASTON 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Living room, furnished kitchen, wood floors. Great location near Calhoun Square and Forsyth Park. $850/mo. Includes water.

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 2810 WHATLEY- 3bd, 2ba, $1,150.00

ISLANDS 103 OYSTERSHELL D-12 - 3bd, 2ba, $895.00 32 MAPMAKER LN- 3bd, 2ba, appt only$900.00 919 BETZ CREEK- 3bd,2ba,$1200.00 ( appt only) 103 RUNNER RD- 3bd, 2ba, marsh view $1400.00 211 REDAN DR- 3bd, 2ba, Avail mid Dec $1000.00 206 REDAN DR- 3bd,2ba, $ 1,100.00 109 FORESTAY CT- 4bd, 2ba, $1000.00

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

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

2314 BARNARD STREET 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, kitchen with gas stove, hardwood floors, central heat and air, washer and dryer, small deck. $1,200/mo.

203 WEST WALDBURG STREET Garden apartment. 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen, shared courtyard. $850/mo.

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6007 Waters Avenue Cute Tabby Cottage Former Low Country parson’s house makes a great investment or starter home. Rented for $700 month-to-month, with original tabby (stucco and shell) exterior, 2BR/1BA, new appliances incl. dishwasher & stackable washer/dryer ,plus large fenced yard with shed. $90,000.

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

514-516 East Bolton Street Downtown No-Brainer!

Charming Historic District quadplex with over 1100sf/unit, 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)! A steal at $399,000.

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

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.

CALL SHERI OR LORI AT 912-236-1000.

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10 PUTTERS PLACE- 3bd, 2.5ba, $1200.00 9 DELMAR- 3bd, 1.5ba, ($950.00) 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

509 EAST PRESIDENT STREET 2 bedroom, 1 bath home. Heart pine floors and cabinets, exposed wood beams, washer and dryer, central heat and air, security system, courtyard. Available January 2006. $1,300/mo.

201 EAST 49TH STREET Lower. 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex. 2 off-street parking spaces, living room, dining room, hardwood floors, Available mid-January. $900/mo.

626 East 53 rd Street Hate Bad Renovations?

Want an Arts & Crafts charmer with architectural integrity?

Many original features: oak & heart pine floors, 4-over-1 windows, front porch, cedar closet & brick fireplace. With 3BR/2BA & 1634sf, it’s a rehabber’s bargain in Ardsley. Reduced to $209,500!

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

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210 WEST 31ST STREET 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Living room, kitchen, hardwood floors, CHSA approved. $575/mo.

2003 BULL STREET Upper. Large 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment with view of Bull Street Library, Washer and dryer connections. Available March 6th. $1,100/mo.

Large 3 bedroom/2 1/2 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 1/2 fenced acres and pond is approx 1/3 acre.

Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 for your personal viewing of this lovely property. Offered for only $324,900 H-4292 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8262550*

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

234-0606 1314 East Victory Drive Large 2 BR, 1 BA with separate DR, hardwood floors, C H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator and off-street parking.

Views of Daffin Park and steps away from Spin City. Petfriendly apartment. $595/mo.

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401 N. CROMWELL ROAD #R8 THE COMMONS 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo. French doors leading to screened porch, washer/dryer, kitchen nook. $875/mo.

MIDTOWN 2033 SKIDAWAY RD- 2bd, 1ba, $650.00

15 Berkley Place Large 2 BR, 1 Bath, separate dining area, hardwood floors, W/D connections, central H/A, total electric, off street parking.

Quiet neighborhood and close to Montgomery Hall. Pet friendly apartment. $625/mo.

7 East 33rd Street Six short blocks to Forsyth Park. Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA with formal LR & DR, kitchen with stove & refrigerator, hardwood floors, central H/A, W/D connections, large front porch. Petfriendly apartment. $775/mo.

702 Maupas Avenue Large 3 BR, 1 BA apartment in Baldwin Park with formal dining room, breakfast room, sun room, small bonus room, hardwood floors, cenral H/A, W/D connections, small backyard, off street parking.

Pet-friendly apartment. $875/mo.

Available February 2006.

14 West 40th Street In the heart of the Starland District. Beautifully renovated 2BR, 1BA, with formal DR, refinished heart pine flooring, ceiling fans, new bathroom & kitchen with ceramic tile floors, C/H/A, total electric and security system. Separate laundry room, private courtyard and front and rear balconies. Petfriendly apartment. $875/mo. Currently under renovations.

Available February 2006.

1112 East Victory Drive Spacious 3 BR, 2 Bath house with large family room, hardwood floors, central H/A, W/D connections, wrap around porch, small backyard, garage & driveway. Pet friendly home. $975/mo. Available January 2006.

17 East 33rd St.

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 826-2550 H-4310*

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 ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550 *

314 West Penrose Drive Room for the Brady Bunch…Or your growing family. Huge brick Colonial offers 4226sf, 6BR, 3 full/2 half baths, mother-in-law suite, eat-in country kitchen, barbecue pit, 2-car carport & fireplace. A bargain on the islands! $375,000.

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

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.

LaTrelle Pevey @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8262550 A-4239*

409 Cranman Drive No Hard Stuff The current owners of this wellbuilt 3BR/1BA 1950s ranch have done all the hard work: new roof, windows, siding, appliances, water heater, flooring. All you need to do is move in your furniture and live happily ever after! $130,000.

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

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 *

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 Call Sonja Bannon 441-4470*

1507 Grove St Absolutely charming Eastern Victorian bungalow! This

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Great for 1st time home buyer or investor! Move in today for just $85,000. Could also be rented for $700/month.

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

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 Call Lori Judge, Judge Realty 484-1514 *

307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream. Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof!

Reduced to $249,000.

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

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18 E 41st Starland Design District 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*

730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in Ardsley for less! Adorable 3 bedroom bungalow with all the details such as wood floors, high ceilings and front porch.

This one even has off street parking, a garage, and wonderful courtyard with fountain. A little love and care will make this bungalow fabulous!

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

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.

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 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.* Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size.

Priced to sell at $30,000.

Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200* Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive.

Priced at $60,000. Make an offer.

925 E/ 37th Street Large commercial property. over 13,000 square feet. A lot of potential! Owner financing available. $175,000.

Call Lori Judge Judge Realty 484-1514.*

734 E 48th Street Ardsley Park Coin Laundry Price includes 4BR/2BA 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.

Call Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 507-9800*

WE BUY HOUSES House hasn’t sold? Need to sell? Needs TLC? Call today.

Not a real estate agent.

695-7733.

FAIRWAY OAKS/MIDTOWN SAVANNAH. 2050 sq ft. 2 story brick home. 2 bath, 3 bedroom, formal livingroom/ diningroom, updated kitchen, garage + 2 car carport, large patio, fenced backyard.

Hardwood floors. Great neighborhood! $275,000. Call 355-8875.

Real Estate Services $$ I BUY HOUSES $$ We buy houses & lots/land.

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(No bank inspections needed) Quick, Fair Offers. Fast Closings. Avoid Foreclosure

Don’t Wait Any Longer, Call us today!

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WE BUY HOUSES Need repairs? Vacant? Has’t sold yet? Liens, divorce, etc.

Let us help, call today. We are NOT agents. Quick offers.

Quick closing. Call 351-0500.

House for Rent 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!!!!

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 Tybee Island and only 1/2 block to the ocean has some openings for weekend specials. Walking distance to ever ything on Southbeach, Only $3 223 E Bolton Street Very upscale condo with courtyard, 2 bedrooms, granite tops in kitchen and fireplace. Gorgous! $1200 Per month and available January.

Call Rhondda @507-9800* Tybee Island Rental by the week, or month.

1/2 block to the ocean for this 2 bedroom/2 bath. Sleeps 6. All utilities, phone and cable tv. Totally furnished. Winter rate is $1250 per month.

Call Rhondda @507-9800*

G Charlton Street on Troup Sq. Furnsihed home with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, cable tv and all utilities included. Courtyard that is very special! Must see this 3 story home. Available in June - $2500 per month, month to month lease.

Call Rhondda @507-9800*

S Wilmington Island 6523 Concord Road Adorable 3BR/2BA House, Large Fenced Back Yard, Hot Tub, 2 Car Garage $1300/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000.* 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*

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.

Move in today for only $800/month.

Call Judge Realty 236-1000*

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 floorplan. $1,200/month Call Christen @ 912-236-1000 Judge Realty*

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 Call Christen at Judge Realty 236-1000.*

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. CALL Christen AT 912-236-1000.

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Super Floor Plan 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths.

Includes extra lot. Midtown 2864 sq. ft. heated. 2 car garage &breezeway. $359,000 Asking price.

Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200 *

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307 Briarcliff Circle Windsor Forest Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room.

Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems. Some furnishings for sale.

Call Betty Stevenson at 912351-0510 or 912-224-5200.*

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.

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3107 Waters Ave. 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 Call Judge Realty 236-1000*

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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.* 1317 Bonaventure 3BR/2BA, freshly painted, hardwood floors, fenced yard, off-street parking, lots of closets. $900 Call Judge Realty 236-1000* TWO BEDROOM, 1300 sq ft town home in historic district, near Whitfield Square, built 1900. Has hardwood floors, high ceilings, four fireplaces, porch/backyard. Includes washer/dryer. Walk to shops, restaurants and groceries. Cats ok. $1050/month. Call 912-224-7111.

2210 WHITAKER STREET. Three bedroom, 2 bath, washer/dryer, dishwasher, central heat/air, off street parking. $950 monthly/1 month deposit. Pets negotiable. Available January 1. Call 912-667-2928

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2409 LOUISIANA. 2/3 bedroom, 1 bath, CHA, fenced yard, $800/month. Call 596-5489.

912-658-7777 912-826-2550 ADAMS PEVEY Adams Pevey.

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Beautiful all brick home with wood and ceramic flooring. 9' plus ceilings, plantation shutters, surround sound speakers and sprinkler system in yard. Home has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths plus a bonus room, separate study, eat in kitchen and separate dining room. Great room has fireplace. Call Latrelle for your persosnal viewing @ 912-658-7777. ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8226-2550 H-4370 $338,500

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TYBEE ISLAND Properties for rent. 1 bedroom efficiency, furnished, utilities included, $650/month.

Short term lease. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, unfurnished, water included, $850/month. Long term lese.

Contact Tybee Vacation Rentals. 912-786-5853.

HISTORIC DISTRICT (Price & Gaston) 2 bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood floors, CHA, off street parking, Yd, pet ok/dep. W/D, $950. Call 912-308-8171.

TYBEE ISLAND 504 14TH STREET 2-bedroom/2-bath, HVAC, washer/dryer, dishwasher, screened porch, large yard. Pets negotiable. $900/mo. (912)667-2928

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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: 912-220-1020, fvenetico@hotmail.com * Connect Savannah cannot guarantee the goodwill of those placing ads. Misprints: Connect Savannah is not responsible for any typographical errors which appear after the first week of an ad’s publication. Please check your ad promptly for accuracy.

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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, Cour tyard & of fstreet parking $850/month Contact: 912-220-1020 or 912-484-5181 fvenetico@hotmail.com * 414 East Park Avenue 2BR/1BA, all new appliances, central HVAC, offstreet parking, available Jan. 1st $850.

Call Judge Realty 236-1000* 1 AND 2 BEDROOM 1-BATH Apartments. Newly renovated, wood and tile floor, appliances include washer/dryer & dishwasher, central heat/air, security doors/bars, porches, pets negotiable.

504/506 E. Duffy St. $740-$820/monthly plus security deposit, water/trash included. Call 912-247-8216 LARGE 1-BEDROOM apartment with porch, renovated Victorian. LR, DR w/fireplaces, spiral stairs to master suite/loft w/full bath, private deck and washer/dryer, guest bedroom or office and 2ndbath on main floor, hardwood floors, central heat/air, water included, $875/month. Call 912-2335246 for appointment. Available February 1st.

3 or 4 BEDROOMS, 2 baths, livingroom, sunroom, full kitchen, hardwood floors, fireplaces, washer/dryer connection. Perfect for roommates. $1050/month $1000/deposit. Call 912-897-0438.

CHEAP APARTMENTS in Historic District. Nicely updated student discount. www.R2inSavannah.com 232-9799.

HISTORIC DISTRICT-Spacious 3-bedroom apartment, 909 Abercorn Street. $850/month. No pets or drug abusers. Porch, sliding pocket door, fireplace, hardwood floors, and many extras. Call 912-272-8883 STARLAND DISTRICT. Beautiful 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment. Recently renovated, with hardwood and tile floors, hvac, off street parking. $900/mo., includes water and trash. 22 1/2 E 39th Street.

(912)658-8550 2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH. Available January 1st. 3 blocks from Forsyth Park. All electric, water and trash included, off-street parking, washer/dryer access. $700/month plus deposit. 912-596-4003.

DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH-2 bedrooms, 1 bath.

Newly renovated, central heat/air, new appliances, ADT security, fenced backyard. $750/month. 912944-6336.

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 one-year leases. $795/month William 912-412-5517 or Lazaro @ 912-272-0382.

Roommates Wanted SHARE 2-bedroom apartment with porch. One block off Forsyth Park. $375/month plus half utilities. Alternative lifestyle OK. No pets or drug abuser. 9am-9pm, 912-272-8883.

ROOMMATES NEEDED! gourmet kitchen, private bedroom and bath, gated community, community dock, 15 minutes to Downtown, $600/month. Call 912-429-9988

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Christi Oates, 695-5945.

Buildable multi-family lot in Historic District. Zoned for single-family and carraige house or up/down duplex. Close to SCAD and Forsyth Park. Area of active restoration. 510 East Anderson St. Priced for quick sale at> $44,000.

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cell phone: 844-1914 email: jabrown1@comcast.net website: www.celiadunn.com 22 West Harris Street Splendid 5 BR/5.5 BA Historic 4-story brick single family home near Madison Square. Features original architectural details, floor to ceiling windows and original heart pine floors. Includes a carriage house and a garden apartment.

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103 Commodore Dr. $1,050,000.00. Islands/ Beaches. 4 Bdrm, 5 full and 2 half Bath.

Stunning low country home situated in the Commodore Point community near the Savannah Yacht Club. Built by J.T. Turner, the house features the finest quality and attention to detail. Magnificant master suite with incredible master bath and closets. Fireplace in family room. Separate dining room, gourmet kitchen, den, hardwood floors, and awesome temperature-controlled wine room. Perfect for family and entertaining.

Victoria Turner 484-3169 or Celia W. Dunn 234-3323.

Ford Plantation Exclusive gated community. This home at 481 McAllister Landing is 2.3 acres with views of the Ogeechee River and the bird and wildlife sanctuary.

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