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Volume 5, No. 18, January 25, 2006 On the Cover: Inside an abandoned house in New Orleans (photo by Sabrina Manganella Simmons)

News Cover Story

6 New Orleans homecoming

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City Notebook 10 News bits from around town Letter from the Editor 11 Look ma, I’m on Fox News

Cover Story 6

Jane Fishman 12 Saying goodbye to Patches Blotter 14

From SPD reports

News of the Weird 15 Strange but true Earthweek

16 This week on your planet

Culture HoTHo Art Patrol

City Notebook 10

22 Exhibits & openings

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Music Interview 17 SOL Essential Connect Recommends 18 Music Menu

Concerts of the week

19 Local gigs a la carte

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Good Show Will Travel 20 Regional concerts Soundboard 24 Who’s playing and where

Now Showing 26 All the flicks that fit

The 411 Week at a Glance

5 Our best bets for cool stuff to do

Happenings 29 All the stuff, all the time

Recommends 18

Free Will Astrology 31 Rob Bresny’s look at your stars

Classifieds Weather 16 News from the sky Sudoku Puzzle 32 It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle 33 Mental fun

Art Patrol 22

Classifieds 42 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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Thursday, Jan. 26 Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Initiative What: In Savannah, more than 35,000 people and their families live at or below the poverty level. Local volunteers, business, government and faith-based organizations will offer the public an opportunity to learn why poverty is everyone’s emergency. When: Thursday, Jan. 26 from 8-10:30 a.m. Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: Free, but registration is required. Call: Lindsay Trout at 6446439 or e-mail ltrout@savannahchamber.com.

Week at a Glance compiled by Linda Sickler

look at the mysteries of our wide, flat beaches.

Find out who hides under the sand and what they’re hiding from. When: Jan. 28 from 2-4 p.m. Cost: $10. Call: 897-5108 for reservations, which are required.

Tia McGraff in Concert What: This gutsy, soul-stirring singer/songwriter returns to Savannah for a night of fun and friendship.

When: Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Ave. Cost: A hat will passed. Call: 352-4400.

2nd Annual Psychotronic Film Festival Presents The Dark of the Sun

AASU Masquers Open Women’s Voices What: This collection of situational comedic and dramatic short performance pieces celebrates all women through the presentation of stage scenes written for and about women.

When: Jan. 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Black Box Theater. Cost: Free, but seating is limited, so tickets are required. Call: 927-5381 weekdays between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Any remaining tickets will be available at the Jenkins Box Office one hour before the show.

Friday Jan. 27 Tim Miller Workshop Performance What: Performer, teacher, activist and writer Tim Miller will lead workshops for SCAD media and fine arts students. This performance is a culmination of those workshops. When: Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Where: Mondanaro Theater, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

GhoStock 2 What: This conference is a “spirited weekend of spirits” that will feature seminars, speakers, tours and activities for people interested in ghosts and ghost stories. It is sponsored by Ghost Hounds, an organization based in Atlanta.

When: Jan. 27, 28 and 29. Where: The Marshall House. Cost: Pre-registration for one person is $39.95 or $69.95 per couple. Visit: www.ghostock.com.

State of the Union Watch What: Members of the interfaith community will share their reactions to President Bush’s state of the union address, as well as express their own visions for where our country should be heading, according to their values. When: Jan. 31 at 8:30 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Call: 232-4447.

What: In addition to screenings of rarely seen or commercially unavailable features, there will be nightly pre-show drawings for hundreds of dollars of door prizes donated by local businesses. This film provides a realistic look at “soldiers of fortune”and is quite brutal and harsh for its time period. When: Jan. 30. Seating starts at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6. Call: 232-4447.

Wed., Feb. 1 The Telfair Presents ‘Addie Reeves: The Beloved Community’ and the ‘Art of a Phone Book’

Saturday, Jan. 28 Civil War at Sunbury What: Remnants of the old colonial town of Sunbury still existed when the Civil War began. Several Confederate units were mustered into service there, and the old earthworks were used as a picket post. This program will demonstrate the life of a Civil War soldier with drills, musket and cannon firings, demonstrations and soldier talks. When: Jan. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Fort Morris State Historic Site. Cost: $3 adults, $2.50 for seniors, $1.50 for youth and free for ages 5 and under.

Call: 912-884-5999.

Factoring in the Arts What: This program is presented by Union Mission and sponsored by the Grassroots Art Program.

When: Jan. 28 at 1:30 p.m. Where: J.C. Lewis Health Center. Call: 238-0277, Ext. 11.

Wilderness Southeast’s ‘Beach in Winter’ What: During the winter, the beach exudes a quiet magic.

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What: The Telfair will present a lecture with authors Tom Kohler and Susan Earl; the Rev. Bennie Mitchell, pastor of Connors Temple Baptist Church; attorney and citizen advocate Lester Johnson; and columnist Jane Fishman.

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The 2nd Annual Psychotronic Film Festival Presents Stars & Bars What: This 1988 film is a hilarious black comedy starring Daniel Day Lewis. It concerns an uptight British art dealer who travels to rural Georgia to persuade a redneck patriarch and his wacko relatives to part with a priceless painting that has been in the family for years.

When: Feb. 1. Seating starts at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6. Call: 232-4447. ◗

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What: Marcia Hall, Ph.D, will present Viewer Participation: Color and Other Allures in Late Renaissance Painting, about paintings

by Titian, Tintoretto, El Greco, Barocci and Caravaggio. When: Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. Where: Oglethorpe House ballroom, 201 W. Oglethorpe Ave.

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Won’t you go with me, down the Mississippi/ We’ll take a boat to the land of dreams/ Come along with me, down to New Orleans…

-- “Basin Street Blues”

Above: The calendar on the wall of this still-abandoned house in the Broadmoor neighborhood remains on Friday, Aug. 26 -- the day Hurricane Katrina took aim for New Orleans and a state of emergency was declared in Louisiana

Above, ‘Snappy Nails’ anchors a deserted strip mall in Broadmoor; below, a destroyed brick house still in disarray uptown

I WILL NEVER FORGET how I felt riding through New Orleans for the first time, the windows of the taxi open, the heavy wet air touching my face.

I was 18, on my way to a college I had never visited, and utterly alone in the world. My heart was pounding and I was awash with heady expectation.

It was love at first sight, and that love has never faltered.

I loved the quality of the light, rich and warm, the smell of someone starting a roux, the lazy days spent on my porch reading novels as children played in the streets and Mr. Taylor practiced his piano.

I loved the taste of an oyster po-boy, salty and sweet, washed down with a cold bottle of Barqs. I loved dancing with an old man in a red threepiece suit as Kermit Ruffins blew the hell out of a horn in a rundown bar in Tremé, and then eating red beans and rice with the band, sweating and exhausted.

I loved the pace, the blissful slow dripping pace, which celebrated food and music, and scoffed at anything stinking of pretension.

I got a job at a gas station-turneddeli, Beebo’s, and every afternoon when band practice let out boys would stomp down the street playing horns and saxophones. They’d come into the deli, dance and play for me, and tell bold 12-year-old jokes.

I sent them packing with some free candy, sat back in the sun, and read some book for school as I drank dark chicory coffee.

I made $3.35 an hour, swatted cockroaches and was happy.

I fell in love with Jack during Mardi Gras, as we rode our bikes down to the parades, and wandered the streets holding hands, alive with the abandon that comes when a town lets down its guard and parties.

He proposed to me parked by the levee in his old pick-up truck. We walked out to the Mississippi, and he told me he wanted to propose on the levee because it would be there forever, and we could always go back to this place.

This past Thanksgiving break we drove back to New Orleans with our daughters to see LSU play Arkansas and have Thanksgiving dinner with old friends.

Nothing could have prepared us for what we saw when we went back. Nothing.

On the way there, we saw the change when we stopped for gas outside of Biloxi. There was

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We drove by the former house of my in-laws, and looked around.

We met for the first time in this house, and although it is no longer in the family, it still feels like it’s ours.

The porch where we had my husband’s graduation crawfish boil is waterlogged and moldy. The entire house, lovingly restored by my father in law, flooded out.

Much of the city is still without electricity. The streetlights are out in major intersections, with makeshift four-way stops set up.

We didn’t go into the city at night, but friends tell us that it’s pitch black for miles.

And it is quiet. Deadly quiet.

Jackson Square, usually full of jazz musicians, painters and fortunetellers, is barren.

Like cockroaches and rats, the French Quarter T-shirt shops survived the storm. Walking past the T-shirts, hung in storefronts throughout the quarter, were shirts that said things like, “Katrina, that bitch,” and “Katrina Blows Hard,” along with much grosser captions.

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no gas in most of the gas stations, there were strange piles of garbage everywhere, and when we did find gas, we stopped next to a white van full of Latino men, packed in like sardines.

Then we started seeing huge plywood signs with spraypainted messages on the Interstate, advertising housegutting.

We drove into New Orleans, and we could hardly Rescue markings on an abandoned house uptown read ‘No Cat’ on one bear it. We kept unit and ‘Cat Taken’ next door pointing and looking and gasping.

The photos don’t do it justice because they don’t show that the devastation seems to never end. They don’t show that the abandoned streets go on forever. They don’t show that there are piles of garbage everywhere you look.

They show one or two houses, but you can’t begin to understand what it’s like to see thousands and thousands of trashed houses, or thousands of small businesses with inventory spread out like so many broken dreams, wet and warped, and lying in the streets.

You can drive for miles and miles and miles and see the same thing: totaled cars covered with mud, hand-painted signs, and empty inhabitable homes and businesses.

Try and picture 80 percent of the houses and businesses in Savannah rendered unlivable. Then imagine driving to Wilmington Island, the Southside, Pooler, Georgetown and Tybee and seeing the same devastation.

Then you head out to Beaufort and Hilton Head, and you see no people, just ghost towns.

In our old neighborhoods, there are empty houses, abandoned cars, and spray-painted “help” signs on roofs.

Every house has spray-painted codes on them, like the mark of Judah. The code tells you that the house has been checked for people and animals, and how many dead they found.

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Tulane University, our alma mater, was buzzing on Thanksgiving Day, with hundreds of Latino men and women working to rebuild the campus. The sound of Spanish echoed across the quads.

It’s hard to comprehend all that Katrina took, but beyond the horrible loss of life, beyond the countless baby photos, old love letters, childhood trinkets saved because they remind you of another time, beyond all this, there is an entire culture at risk.

Drive across America, and you will see the same garish intersections with a McDonalds and a Chevron, maybe a Waffle House, and a Super 8. They are all the same, and survive, much like the dirty French Quarter T-shirt shops.

As ugly physically as they are spiritually, soulless, these chain shops have overridden small towns and neighborhoods with their fat-laden French fries and their Snapples, stealing any sense of place, any indigenous slice of culture. Like weeds, they multiply.

The delicate cultural and physical infrastructure of New Orleans takes generations T-shirt says FEMA stands for ‘Federal Employees Missing Again’ to create, and is impossible to replace.

Culture does not come from corporations. It comes from people who cook their own food their own way, play music that makes them shiver with excitement, and celebrate Fat Tuesday without Hallmark cards.

What can you say about a city where black people put on blackface and fake afros and throw out coconuts every Mardi Gras morning in the Zulu parade? Or do the whole Indian thing -- which I can’t say I understand -- but it does involve wearing the most elaborate beaded Indian costumes ever and fighting. Or the custom of second-lining down the street at funerals?

This rich coat of many colors cannot be rebuilt. The people have to be brought back. Music must once again interrupt the quiet.

Who will lead the way?

The state and local governments are completely overcome, and have no capacity to deal with this type of catastrophe.

The federal government, who built the levees and was responsible for maintaining them, seems completely ‘We Will Be Back’ reads the graffiti at Joe’s Bar in the central oblivious to the business district type of response this disaster demands.

We can’t sit back and watch the nation lose one of her children, this city, this dancing daughter who isn’t afraid to get up on the table and shake it for all its worth. ◗

Sabrina Manganella Simmons is a local photojournalist and freelance writer. To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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Sullivan responds to column

Doing right by Danny Editor, Danny Hansford...many adjectives would describe his life and person but we won’t go into that. For more information read “The Book.”

Speaking of The Book, I have one particularly unforgettable memory: Danny wanted a headstone. He thought that hanging out with the rich and raunchy would get him one. It didn’t.

For whatever reason a young man would be interested, express the thought or even entertain the idea of his own

Thanks to Jane Editor, Regarding Jane Fishman’s “Singing Kitty’s song”: A beautifully written article. I hope when I go someone walks as softly through my life. I pray they mention that I, too, knew The Goatman.

Jimmy Maddox

Blake’s sister responds Editor, Regarding your blog entry titled “Homicide #2 of 2006”: I cannot stand to see my brother, Greg Blake, referred to simply as, “Homicide #2.” He was a wonderful, kind, loving and deeply loved man who will be tragically missed by all who were lucky enough to have known him.

I would like to post a link to his online memorial or if you can do it for me I would be very grateful: obit.altmeyer.com/obit_display.cgi?id=277 903&listing=Current/.

If the link doesn’t work, it can be found by going to altmeyer.com and typing Blake into the obituary search.

Thank you.

Lisa Goodrich Editor’s Note: I understand your dismay.

The blog posting was done as soon as we received the first press release from local police about the murder. As is typical for initial releases, it did not contain Greg’s name. We apologize for any hurt feelings this may have engendered. ◗

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Editor, Regarding Jim Morekis’ “Taking Savannah Back -- from whom?”

An excellent article about some of the deeper issues about crime in the town.

The racial tensions at the crime forum underscored the deeper issue, which you did an excellent job of articulating -racism.

Sad as I am to say, if the young girl who was killed in Orleans Square was black there would not be such an outrage. As a member of the Mayor’s Task Force on Education, I can say the same exists there as well.

The issues, as you know, are about the haves and have-nots -- i.e., social inequality -- which is increasing more and more under Bush. Race, class, education and stereotyping are the real issues to be addressed in this town.

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Editor, I would like to draw your attention to an inaccurate statement in Nadra Enzi’s column “Saving which Savannah?”

The article stated “a founder of Save Our Savannah dismissed all black crime victims as crackheads without arising the ire of his peers.”

Two points that need to be clear: 1. That statement was not made by the founder of Save Our Savannah. SOS was founded by Martin Sullivan, and the other individual has never been authorized to speak for our group.

2. The second point is that while he did use the term crackheads he did not intend or say that all black crime victims are “crackheads.”

Save Our Savannah is a citizens advocacy group formed to reduce crime in Savannah for everyone, everywhere, everyday! We’d be happy to have you as a member to help us fight crime in Savannah for everyone, everywhere, everyday.

Martin Sullivan

death is fascinating, but Danny did. He spent time in graveyards. Did he have a premonition of his early death?

Danny did not get the headstone he wanted. Did he deserve one? Does anyone? But without Danny, there would have been no Book, no Movie. You think not, take him out of the Book and what do you have? Savannah’s made money off Danny and it’s time to return some of it!

His mother was poor and unable to afford Danny’s headstone. He may have pointed out to someone what type of headstone he liked best. Does anyone know? Possibly he may have liked the black marble with a car etched on it. He was certainly known for driving fast.

All in all, much money has been made off Danny. There is even an entire bookstore devoted to this one particular Book.

How many books can make that boast?

Yes, Savannah, Danny needs a headstone and it’s up to us to give him one!

Jan Hottle Winchester, Va.

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“It’s going to be a long-term thing.”

GhoStock 3 will be held next summer, and next winter, too. “We’ll be holding it twice a year, in July and January,” Burns says. “If it continues to go as well as it has, we may have it three or four times a year.

“Savannah has the reputation for being haunted, and is infamous for ghostly activity,” he says. “The number of haunted legends out of Savannah is legendary.”

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Savannah: It still tastes good

At right, Live Oak Public Libraries Director Christian Kruse with Roger Moss; above, library gala guests have buffet dinner in the stacks

Library gala hits the books The Bull Street library was unusually boisterous last Thursday evening, as Live Oak Public Libraries held its annual gala fundraiser.

The approximately 250 guests checked in at the checkout area downstairs, then proceeded to the second floor, where they were treated to the music of Roger Moss and Ricardo Ochoa’s ensemble, who serenaded the crowd from the third floor mezzanine.

Interested guests circulated throughout smaller rooms on the second floor containing various silent auction items; a live auction later in the evening was hosted by Jim Carswell.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of the evening was the buffet dinner; to bring home the importance of books, guests took their seats anywhere, whether at the study tables, standing at the various stacks or even at computer terminals.

“We change the program every year after we get feedback,” says Live Oak Public Relations Coordinator Susan lee.

“This year we think we got it down.”

Former local police officer dies in Iraq Samuel E. Parlin Jr., a retired officer of the former Chatham County Police Department, died Sam Parlin last week in Baghdad. when an Improvised Explosive Device struck an armored vehicle in which he was riding.

Parlin was serving as an international police liaison officer with DynCorp International in Iraq. He joined the Chatham County Police Department in 1986 and retired in 2000; most of his

service with the county was in patrolling the intracoastal waterway as a Marine Patrol Officer.

“Sam was an exemplary police officer and outstanding maritime enforcer,” said former Chatham County police Chief Tom Sprague. “He was my go-to-man whenever there were problems along our waterways.”

Ghost meeting this weekend A “spirited weekend of spirits” is set for Jan. 27-29 as GhoStock 2 rolls into Savannah. The ghost hunters conference will be held at the Marshall House, and will feature seminars, guest speakers, tours and actual paranormal investigations.

Organizer Patrick Burns founded an Atlanta-based organization called Ghost Hounds in September 2001.

“Prior to that, I was a member of a group in Athens called the Georgia Haunt Hunt Team,” he says. “We had an annual road trip. We found haunted locations and made it a weekend thing to go there. I thought it was a really cool idea and I wanted to do something more.”

The result is GhoStock, a full-fledged conference. The first GhoStock was held in Savannah last July.

“We didn’t promote it much because it was the first,” Burns says. “We knew there would be problems and surprises.”

GhoStock 2 is open to the public.

Pre-registration for a single person is $39.95 and for a couple is $69.95. For more information and to register, visit www.ghostock.com/.

Burns hopes to eventually launch ghost conferences in other haunted cities, such as New Orleans, Charleston, Key West and St. Augustine, but says GhoStock will always stay in Savannah.

When Burns ran an online poll asking Ghost Hounds members where they wanted to go for the conference, Savannah won by a landslide. The conference will be returning in the future.

The Trade Center hosted one of Savannah’s most beloved events last Friday, the “Taste of Savannah.”

Guests tasted the wares of some of Savannah’s most popular and revered restaurants, which competed for various awards.

First place for appetizers went to 45 Bistro (Bluffton oysters with fondue of leeks), followed by Johnny Harris Banquet Center and the DeSoto.

First place for entrees went to Belford's Seafood & Steaks (lobster stuffed ravioli tossed with shrimp and scallops in a cajun cream sauce), followed by Dolphin Reef Restaurant at Ocean Plaza and Doubletree Hotel.

Best dessert went to Leopold's Ice Cream (Caffe Impossible), followed by Savor Savannah Catering by SMG and Leopold's Ice Cream again.

SSU gets a cool million Savannah State University recently received the largest endowed scholarship gift in its history.

Designated by the estate trustees as the James “Jimmy” Brown Endowed Scholarship, the $1 million gift will provide financial support for Savannah State students who from selected counties in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

At right, service with a smile from one of Savannah’s great chefs at Taste of Savannah ; bottom, the winners gather for a group photo

Scholarship recipients must be full-time students and maintain a 3.0 grade point average.

“Though not a college graduate himself, Mr. Brown’s decision to invest in the education of others demonstrates his belief in the value of a college degree and its ability to transform lives,” said Savannah State University Vice President for Institutional Advancement Larion M. Williams.

“This significant gift enables the university to extend more financial support to academically deserving students.”

WRHQ, Young get Local kudos Buy Local Savannah held its annual awards luncheon last week at The Lady & Sons Restaurant.

Business of the Year was WRHQ 105.3 FM, Savannah’s only locally owned and operated radio station.

“Jerry Rogers and his station have always been an important part of Buy Local Savannah and are hugely ingrained in the Savannah community,” said Buy Local President Joe Ippolito. “The choice seemed obvious.”

Advocate of the Year was Marjorie Young of Carriage Trade Public Relations. Ippolito said Young was an easy choice.

“She understands the thin web that connects all local businesses to each other,” he said. ◗

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Uh-oh. I had no clue what Rossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last words were, and even if I did the last place I would share them would be on Fox News. Thankfully Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done enough public speaking to know that when in doubt, just start talking. I improvised through the awkward situation pretty well, but it was a close call.

Banderas then switched over to a Savannah Police sergeant on the phone, asking him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So is it true this case has aggravated racial tensions in Savannah?â&#x20AC;?

The cop wisely replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not getting into the politics of all that.â&#x20AC;?

I wanted to yell, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julie, over here! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m your huckleberry! Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry -- Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get all up into the politics of all that!â&#x20AC;?

But no. Banderas closed the interview by going to her â&#x20AC;&#x153;expertâ&#x20AC;? detective in the studio, who deduced that the killer was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a local guyâ&#x20AC;? (thanks, Sherlock) who was probably -- cue organ music -- watching Fox News at that very moment!

Oh, well. One good thing about TV interviews: Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re over really quickly.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regret doing this one, but afterward I felt an overwhelming need to wash my hands and take a shower. It was an actual physical sense of revulsion, like I had brushed up against some evil spirit.

I mean that literally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lineupâ&#x20AC;? offers little truth and no discernable public service. It exists only to make people feel uncomfortable and afraid in their own homes, and to sow prejudice and suspicion among neighbors.

If there is such a thing as a fallen angel named Lucifer who whispers sweet temptations and ancient nameless fears into the ears of mortals, that is surely his mission as well.

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REGULAR READERS of this column will no doubt get a kick out of the irony that I recently made my national TV debut on none other than my arch-nemesis, the dreaded Fox News Channel.

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say it was a pleasant experience, but I did manage to introduce Connect Savannah to a national audience for the first time. I also gained some insight into the true nature of the mainstream media today. It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pretty.

On Saturday, Jan. 14, I was interviewed about the Jennifer Ross case on a crime show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lineup,â&#x20AC;? hosted

by Julie Banderas. For some reason no local station -- not even the Fox affiliate -could or would provide a live uplink to New York. So I was driven to Charleston for the interview, pulling up to the station literally ten minutes before we went live.

(The crew at WCBD-TV Channel 2 grinned from ear-to-ear the whole time.

They told me later they were getting paid some crazy double overtime to be there.)

After a hasty mic check -- making sure I was sitting on my coattails so my jacket wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bunch up, as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taught -- I glanced over at the monitor carrying the live feed of the show.

The segment prior to mine dealt with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rape spreeâ&#x20AC;? in an Ohio college town. The earnestly dim-witted Banderas, dark eyes piercing into the camera, made sure above all else that her audience knew the rapist was still at large.

Her guest, an Ohio police reporter, said this was the kind of small town where people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lock their doors at night. Banderas replied in a grimly serious tone, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I bet theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re locking their doors now, arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they?â&#x20AC;?

My heart sank. All day long I had prepared pithy but powerful soundbites to say during my interview about the ongoing racial tension over the Ross case and the political football it had become.

But apparently the only goal of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lineupâ&#x20AC;? is to scare the bejeezus out of everyone watching. Clearly there would be no appeal to reason this evening, no analysis, no plea for racial harmony.

We opened with an overview of new developments. Banderas quickly became obsessed with the killerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whereabouts.

She seemed hell-bent on getting me to say he was not only armed and dangerous, but looking over the viewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shoulders as we spoke. I replied that the killer was undoubtedly laying low right now since he must know heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most wanted man in the tri-state area.

Banderas didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like that. She went into default mode with this classic tabloid tearjerker: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you tell us the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last words?â&#x20AC;?

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Never a good time to say goodbye I’VE PUT TWO DOGS to sleep in my life: Dinah and Lucy, 19 and 17, respectively. So I feel I know enough about the process to offer counsel.

“You’ll know when to do it,” I tell people who ask for advise on that subject. “Trust me. You’ll just know when the time is right.”

Except when it gets right down to it -when you’re tending an old, incontinent, doddering, slumberous, poky, drowsy dog who has been with you forever, someone who knows the history, who has traveled with you to Montreal, Key West, Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Eureka Springs, Ark., Ft. Lauderdale, Detroit, Nashville, Beaufort, S.C., and most recently, over the Christmas holidays, to Tybee Island, Georgia -- you really don’t know because how can someone know this, how can someone prepare for this?

“Dogs can die in their sleep, can’t they?” I’ve been asking everyone I see, the produce guy, the liquor guy, the bank officer, the artist next door, hoping for an answer in the affirmative, hoping for another way out, something a little less preemptive, a lot less assertive.

Wrong. No one I spoke to could ever remember a pet, short of surviving an accident, dying in his or her sleep.

It doesn’t help the situation to have a dog totally invested in following you around, room to room, her brown, expressive, besieging eyes tracking you every minute her tired little peepers can stay open, every second she herself can remain awake.

It doesn’t help when someone outside the immediate circle identifies her -- the experienced and sage veteran of one serious car accident that nearly shattered her pelvis, two presidents, three mayors, two houses, 17 Wimbledon champions, and the whole cyberspace explosion -- as the puppy of the family, the squirt, the youngster, instead of her stepsister, a nubile threeyear-old whippersnapper with whiter teeth, sharper hearing, a livelier vertical leap, a quicker step and an altogether more pleasant and inviting smell.

“You’ll know when to do it,” people would toss back at me when I’d bring up the subject of Patches -- aka Patch, Patch-it-to-me, Patchatronic, Patcherama, Patcharoo, Patcharooski, Patchers -- my under-bited pal of nearly two decades, my constant companion, my conscience, my crony.

But I didn’t.

Instead I’d tie her up outside in the garden under a bench between the chickens and the garlic, not that she’d run away but in these last few years she

has tended to wander, to drift wherever her nose would lead knowing, unconsciously, that tempus fugit, time flies, that we are all only passing through and if she got a wild hair she would, by golly, follow up on it.

In the morning I’d take her soiled bed, throw it in the washing machine and put down something new and fresh for her to lie on, thinking to myself, “Well, it’s a good thing she can no longer jump on the chaise longue or the bed because the floor is a lot easier to clean.”

That worked for awhile. In the cemetery, where we went for walks, Charlie Elizabeth, No. 2 dog, the heir apparent, would bound ahead while I stayed back with Patch, who was content to amble along, to sniff, to pee, to roll around in the grass, to live.

But as her back two legs got more and more wobbly - arthritis, perhaps, or maybe the result of the car accident the walks got shorter and shorter. And at the end of the day, when I’d return to her in the garden -- or wake up to see her in the morning -- I’d find her in the same curled up position I left her in.

Finally, on a Thursday, around 4:30 in the afternoon, after seeing yet another day of no movement, no interest in scrambled eggs or oatmeal and not much life in her eyes, I made the call to Steve, her vet.

He was working that day but wouldn’t be back until the following Tuesday. I made the appointment for Tuesday, but as soon as I hung up I knew this was the time. This was the day, the last day.

With my neighbor and friend driving we went to see Steve. He gave Patches a shot to put her to sleep, but it wouldn’t take effect immediately.

We returned home, dug a hole, then sat and watched her sleep and breathe, sleep and breathe, sleep and breathe until her body no longer expanded.

Then we carried her on her white fluffy bed -- “like a cloud,” said another neighbor -- and laid her to rest.

It was and is very final because that’s what death is. While somewhat peaceful, her death was quiet, not unlike the way she had become in the last few months, as if she knew she was headed for another chapter.

Since she passed on, the house is cleaner and more orderly. But to tell you the truth, the heir apparent and I, while in agreement that the time was right, are kind of lost and kind of sad.

I think we’ll both be all right -- as soon as I can stop calling her Patches. ◗

E-mail Jane at gofish5@earthlink.net/. To comment in a letter to the editor, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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THE MAN WANTED FOR THE October 2005 abduction, aggravated assault and rape of a Whitemarsh Island woman has been extradited back to Savannah to face charges.

Robert T. Field, age 34, of Florida, is being held at the Chatham County Detention Center. The FBI fugitive task force and Broward County authorities captured Fields on October 14 after he fled to Florida following the attack. At 2:20 a.m. Oct. 4, a 21-year-old woman called police to report she’d been raped on Whitemarsh Island. The woman told police a white male approached her inside the Circle K convenience store at Quarterman and Highway 80 and asked about a party. When she left the store and entered her vehicle, the man got in the passenger side, pulled out a gun, and forced her to drive to an area near Bryan Woods Road and Highway 80 where he assaulted and raped her.

• A man was arrested after he was discovered sleeping under some covers on a mattress in the bedroom of a residence he had broken into.

Police were called to a West 43rd Street residence by a man who said he noticed the rear door of his property had been forced open. A window next to the rear door had been broken, as well. The victim said he entered the building and observed someone sleeping on a mattress in a bedroom, at which point he went back down the stairs and called police. The responding officer also observed the man sleeping in the bedroom. The officer woke the man and asked him why he was at the residence The man responded that a cousin who used to live at the residence gave him permission to be there. When he admitted that he knew the cousin had since moved, he was arrested.

• While buckling her child into a child seat in the back of her vehicle in a Habersham Street parking lot, a woman was approached by a man who said, “I don’t wish to shoot you, just give me your purse.” The woman told police she didn’t see a weapon, but did believe the man had one. She gave him the purse and the man got into an older model car and drove off down Reynolds Street.

• An officer was dispatched to an apartment on Skidaway Road in reference to a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, the officer learned that the man who lived there was in his bedroom with the door closed and his former

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As the officer approached, the man came out of the bedroom. He said he was in the process of moving out of the apartment because he and his fiancee had not been getting along.

The man said he was trying to move his belongings, but his fiancee would not let him take the television and video game system that he had paid for. He told the officer that when his fiancee returned home, he was unplugging some of the equipment.

When she saw what he was doing, she became disorderly and began yelling at him and telling him he was not going to take the television or game system. He said the woman then came at him and began striking him with her hands and fists. A friend of the man separated the two, at which point the woman went to the kitchen to get a knife. After the officer spoke with witnesses at the scene, she was charged with simple battery.

• Police were called to an Abercorn Street bar in reference to an armed robbery. The victim advised he had just been robbed at gunpoint by two men. The victim said he was at the bar having a drink and went outside to the rear of the bar to get some money out of his vehicle to pay. He said he was approached by the men as he returned to the bar. The two men had been playing pool in the bar earlier, the victim said. He said the shorter of the two unknown suspects pulled a gun and said, “Gimme all ya money.” The victim said he gave the men his cell phone, $300 dollars and two gold necklaces. The suspects then jumped into a dark car and left the parking lot.

The victim said he attempted to locate them in his own vehicle, but was unsuccessful, so he called police.

Robbery detectives were notified immediately and witnesses were questioned. ◗

All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Department incident reports.

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Signs of the Times

Some of the most heavily armed park rangers in the world (carrying AR-15 and Galil automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns and protected by body armor) patrol 124,000 acres west of Mexico City, to protect monarch butterflies. The rangers keep loggers out of the area because the monarch population (22 million, this season) represents an 80 percent drop from the year before.

When Welsh Assembly Member Jenny Randerson was turned down in December in her request under Wales’ Freedom of Information Act for government documents about the budget, the official explanation given in the letter of denial was that, “The exposure of some of these discussions to the public domain, via a freedom of information request, may lead to individuals ... being targeted for ridicule through the media.”

(Randerson pointed out that the act doesn’t mention that defense.)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service once again in December rejected efforts

Great Art! In November, prominent, occasionally self-mutilating performance artist Marina Abramovic, 59, performed “covers” of other performance artists’ seminal works (with their permission) in her “Seven Easy Pieces” show at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum. In one, according to a New York Times profile, she covered her head in honey and gold leaf, cradled a dead rabbit, and whispered to it about pictures on the wall (original artist: Joseph Beuys). In another, she lay on a bed above lighted candles and made cuts on her fingers while slides of women painting their nails flashed on a screen (original artist: Gina Pane).

However, she was stymied by the denial of permission for her fondest proposed “cover”: Chris Burden’s 1973 piece in which his hands were nailed to the roof of a Volkswagen as it was rolled out of a garage.

Police Blotter (1) From the Union Democrat (Sonora, Calif.), 11-20-05: “Big Oak Flat.

A woman said an exhaust system stolen from her vehicle was returned and reinstalled” (2) from the Peru (Ind.) Tribune, 10-14-05: “(A) caller ... told the (sheriff’s

office) a man was in the middle of the road. The man told officers he was looking for his tooth that he lost yesterday while eating peanuts. He thinks he may have tossed it out the car window while he was tossing out peanut shells.”

Least Competent Criminals If the December robbery of a pharmacy went down the way McMinnville, Ore., police believe, it indicates the suspect, sheriff’s deputy David Verbos, 36, had little respect for their crime-solving ability. Verbos allegedly took OxyContin at gunpoint in the robbery, but later called the McMinnville police to report that someone had stolen his license plates (perhaps hoping to insulate himself in case a witness had glimpsed the plate at the scene). However, when police arrived to take a report, they noticed that Verbos, a stocky man about 5-9, was wearing a black jacket, gray sweat pants, and white sneakers, thus fitting nearly dead-on the description of the man who had robbed the pharmacy.

Readers’ Choice (1) A judge in Montgomery County, Md., ruled in January that angrily pulling down one’s pants and “mooning” a neighbor (even in front of the neighbor’s 8-year-old daughter) is not illegal in the state (though the judge did call it “disgusting”).

(2) Widespread news reports in December at first said a Blue Springs, Mo., woman had “swallowed” her cell phone after an argument with her boyfriend, but of course, miniaturization technology is not quite that advanced, and, several days later, Blue Springs police said it was not a swallowing but an attempted cramming and arrested the boyfriend. ◗

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(1) In a race between two AfricanAmericans, Don Samuels was elected again to the Minneapolis City Council in November, despite (or thanks to) his 2004 statements that he can effectively serve the city’s blacks because he de-

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to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered species in Nevada, despite general agreement among biologists that the last confirmed sighting of one in the state was in 1941. (The agency said its hands are tied by the wording of the law.)

The Los Angeles Times, after a public records search, found in January that the city’s Department of Water and Power had spent $1 million in the last two years in a campaign to convince residents that the city does, indeed, have top-quality municipal water, yet its employees spent $88,000 of taxpayer money during the same period on commercial bottled water.

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scended from “house slaves” in the South rather than “field slaves.”

(2) City Council member Clark Griep failed in his bid for mayor of Broomfield, Colo., despite his “October surprise” of revealing that the incumbent mayor, Karen Stuart, had had an extra-marital affair eight years ago with him. (She denied it.)

(3) Former Durham, N.C., city council member Jackie Wagstaff was beaten in the race for mayor last fall, having run as “J-Dub” on a “gangsta” platform, promising to bring “street teens” into her administration. (Eight of the 17 mayoral and council candidates in Durham, including J-Dub, had criminal records.)

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In September, fertility experts interviewed by London’s Daily Telegraph said an alarming number of women were choosing in-vitro fertilization not because of trouble conceiving but merely because “fast track” pregnancies better fit their busy lifestyles.

(Said one clinician, “Some people are horrified by the idea that they have to have sex two to three times a week (to maximize the likelihood of conception).”) And in October, an official at the Erasmus fertility clinic in Brussels, Belgium, said that because more lesbian couples were seeking insemination at a time of dwindling sperm supplies, the clinic might have to restrict its services to male-female couples.

The provincial government in Buenos Aires began in December requiring all retail clothiers selling to adolescent girls to stock a range of “plus” sizes in order to encourage larger girls to obsess less about being thin.

And in November, researchers from the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Ireland told a convention in Chicago that two-thirds of their patients who received injections into the buttock muscle had not received the full dose of medicine because existing needles are not long enough to reach beyond the fat.

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A severe Siberian chill descended on 3.9 Moscow and the rest of western Russia, where the mercury 3.6 dropped to near minus 36 degrees Celsius. The coldest weather in a decade was re4.7 sponsible for numerous deaths from hypothermia and the evacuation of children from a village where the heating system Urmil broke down. Temperatures inside houses in the Komi Republic village were said to be hovering around minus 10 degrees Celsius. The arctic blast coincided with the Jan. 19 Week Ending January 20, 2006 Epiphany ritual, when Orthodox believers symbolically purge Island, northwest Sumatra, northern New their sins by dipping themselves in holes Zealand, northeastern Japan, Hawaii, cut in frozen rivers and lakes.

Vancouver Island and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alaska’s Augustine Volcano produced several more eruptions An unsually warm winter has after ending 20 years of dorprevented residents of northern mancy the previous week. Thick Canada from building the usual clouds of smoke and ash soared 13 km winter ice roads, which are used into the sky southwest of Anchorage. to supply communities isolated during the Vulcanologists say that the 50,000 people rest of the year. “Without the winter roads, living near the volcano are in no immediall essential goods have to be flown into ate danger, but the U.S. National Weather the region,” said David Harper, chief of Service warned those downwind to stay the Garden Hill First Nation. There are no inside with their doors and windows conventional roads leading to the Island closed while the ash plumes pass.

Lake region of Manitoba, and the winter roads over frozen lakes and rivers have Nearly 14,000 homes in southtraditionally been used to bring in heavier west China’s Yunnan province supplies, such as appliances and bulk were wrecked by a magnitude food stocks.

5.0 temblor, centred in the impoverished county of Mojiang. Only one The ongoing drought in Kenya, person was injured by the shaking. which has already killed 40 peo• Earth movements were also felt in ple from malnutrition or associnorthern Pakistan, Indonesia’s Flores

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Norway plans to carve out a huge “doomsday vault” inside an Arctic mountain to store 2 mil5.2 lion crop seeds should they ever be needed in the wake of a global 5.0 5.7 disaster. The storage cave on the island of Spitsbergen will be designed to withstand catastrophes 01A like nuclear war or large meteor 6.7 6.1 impact, which would destroy the +113 0 planet’s agriculture. The Global Mardie, Tam Crop Diversity Trust says there are W. Australia currently about 1,400 seed banks 4.3 around the world, but many are located in politically unstable countries or areas that would be unprotected by a global catastrophe. “What we’re trying to do is build a backup to these, so that a ated illnesses, is also responsible for the sample of all the material in these gene deaths of scores of hippos in the counbanks can be kept in the gene bank in try’s famed Maasai Mara Nature Reserve.

Spitsbergen,” said trust spokesman Geoff Between 60 and 80 hippos have died Hawtin. there during the past six weeks amid increased drought-related competition for An Indian court has ordered scarce food and water. Kenya Wildlife Delhi’s civic body to catch Service spokesman Michael Koikai hordes of monkeys that have warned, “They will continue to die if this menaced lawyers and court drought persists, and we will see deaths staff for years or close down the court faof other species, notably elephant and cility entirely. The Times of India reports buffalo.” The drought has also clogged the judges are annoyed by the Municipal the streets and parks of Nairobi with hunCorporation of Delhi’s failure to tackle the dreds of Masai herdsmen, who had driven monkey menace at the Tis Hazari courts their cattle into town after their usual complex. Lawyers, their clients and court grazing grounds dried up. staff complain that they are under constant threat from the simians, which often Weak cyclone 01A passed just go after food and snacks being carried. south of India as it entered the India’s Hindu faithful try not to harm the Arabian Sea. Cyclones Tam and monkeys because one of their main Urmil formed briefly over the deities is the monkey-faced god open waters of the South Pacific.

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from the positive ruminations of seminal artists like Guru of Gang Starr fame, as well as contemporary heroes like OutKast and The Roots. But SOL (pronounced “soul”) Essential’s musical influences aren’t as homogenous as one might assume.

Fahie says he and his partners listen regularly to The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, as well as “everything from punk to reggae to hip-hop.” Well, almost everything.

“We don’t do country and Western,” he says with a laugh. Almost immediately he is upbraided by Burgess.

“OK, well, alright, heh, Adam listens to Kenny Rogers, but that’s it!”

For this upcoming show, their first major Savannah gig as a group (besides numerous appearances at various spoken word events and nightclub-based freestyle MC battles), the three SCAD students will be backed by impressive local organic hip-hop combo The Breakneck Quartet.

That band’s frontman, Yancy, has just relocated to Atlanta, and until they reunite they’re attempting to keep their chops up by playing as a unit whenever they can. Friends and admirers all around, when SOL Essential was approached by the group about joining forces for this gig, they jumped at the opportunity to flex their alreadyimpressive lyrical skills over a live groove – as opposed to their usual sequenced backing tracks.

Fahie says a great deal of work has gone into this show – even though they’ll only be featured with the band for about one-third of the 3-hour gig.

“We gave them a copy of our demo, and they’ve practically learned everything that was on there! It sounds really nice – in fact, we’re wondering now why we never played with a live band before.”

So, back to that nagging question: What does the band hope to accomplish?

“While we’re here, we hope to change the face of hip-hop back to what it was that excited us initially,” says Fahie.

“The industry is like a big ocean, and if we can wind up making even a little ripple, that’ll really be something.” ◗

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It’s questions like those that parents and elders often find impossible not to badger their kids and young charges with. Despite the fact that such queries likely drove them crazy in their own youth, it’s virtually impossible for those who sense talent and potential not to wonder how that potential might be capitalized on.

That’s the sort of feeling I get when asking MC Scandalous (aka Sean Fahie) about the long-range goals of his exciting hip-hop trio SOL Essential.

That’s probably a result of the fact that like – many adolescents – Fahie comes off as both enthusiastic about the future of his musical group, and devil-may-care about the notion of taking their achievements to the oft-heralded “next level.”

“Uh, what are our long-term goals,” he asks Adam (Analyst) Burgess with a titter.

On my end of the phone, I can hear a few hushed moments of frenzied conversation punctuated by plenty of that same nervous chuckling from all involved.

Finally, Fahie returns from the huddle, invigorated and armed with an answer that – were I not privy to that pregnant moment of indecision – would not only satisfy my curiosity, but would easily leave me convinced that this trio (including MC Kid Syco aka Lloyd Harold) has had a solid game plan from the start.

“Honestly,” he replies with the cool air of someone who’s spent an awful lot of time thinking on his feet in front of a rapt crowd, “if we could push ourselves independently that would be lovely. But, if somebody wanted to back us, we’d certainly consider it. At this point, the industry isn’t pushing what we are, and we don’t wanna end up doin’ cheesy dance moves in shiny suits! We want to be true to ourselves and our fans.

“But, hey, if there was a label that believed in the same things we do, and wanted to market this music, then why shouldn’t we join up with them?”

That’s a good point. So what exactly is the direction that he’s speaking of?

Well, it’s not the mindless “Jeep bass” and booty music that seems to have both the club scene and modern urban (and pop) radio in a vice grip. It’s a more thoughtful, contemplative brand of hip-hop. One that draws inspiration

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those headliners – or package deals – route themselves through Augusta, This longtime couple and concert act This will be the second local Charleston or Columbia on their way plays their own blend of appearance by this fun and through Georgia and S.C. to bigger trad bluefunky Klezmer band from markets like Athens and Atlanta. grass, Central Virginia. Their first was So it’s a big deal when a tour of this country, last year at Congregation magnitude decides to grace the Coastal Mickve Israel, while this one gospel, folk, Empire instead of one of the region’s blues, jazz and finds theme in coffeehouse more accepted destinations. This anticieven rock and mode. That shouldn’t be pated show finds four of the best and much of a stretch, as this rockabilly, and brightest extreme modern metal bands on they call this quartet of drums, upright the circuit teaming up for a hellacious hodgepodge of bass, clarinet and violin has throwdown that is drawing folks from related genres gigged everywhere from hundreds of miles away.

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Bar Mitzvahs to delis to Headliners High On Fire are one of the Cute, huh? street parties to world most respected acts in their genre, and While both music festivals to the Key cks have been since 1999, when h e Ad c o T West’s legendary Green Eddie and Martha frontman/guitarist Matt Pike (late of doom Parrot Bar. have impressive rock gods Sleep) started the band. These They’re all devotees of pedigrees on their days, bassist Joe Preston (exthis infectious blend of tradiown (he as a banjo Melvins) helps hold player and guitarist and she as a vocalist), tional Jewish folk and aloft their intense European gypsy music, they’re known best as a duo – which isn’t and über-heavy which first enjoyed a major surprising, as they’ve been playing side fantasy metal.

U.S. resurgence in the by side for more than 30 years. Their Simply put, High On early 1980s. For the uninimusical and personal relationship grew Fire is like vintage tiated, it’s a festive, from a chance meeting at luthier Randy Black Sabbath on Wood’s old guitar shop in Nashville, Tn., dance-oriented, mostly steroids. instrumental sound that so it’s only fitting that they now return to The Bronx hails combines Old World Randy’s current digs to play an intimate from L.A., where show for area acoustic music enthusiasts. charm with – at times – they’ve made a name a jazz sensibility. For A popular regular attraction at the for themselves since Vulgar B music with roots in relilong-gone (and sorely missed) Night ulgars 2002 as major conFlight Café on River Street, they’ve gious observance, it’s tenders for underground surprisingly irreverent. Prepare earned multiple Grammy nominations for fame. Former G-n-R guito smile. their amazing musical talents, and widetarist Gilby Clarke proSat., 8 p.m., The Sentient Bean. spread praise for putting on wholesome, duced their early demos, and after flirting family-oriented shows that only serve to with the major labels, the band has highlight the way roots music (in parreturned to their DIY roots, selling limitedticular) can bring young and old listeners edition pressings of their records directly together and bridge the often insurSince the day the doors opened, The to the fans. mountable gaps that exist between generMurder Jinx has made a name for itself as the Big Business (featuring an ex-M ations.

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Aggressive indie-rock spiced with elements of ska, punk and reggae.

Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

Well-regarded jazz keyboardist who made a name for himself in the mid-’70s.

Fri. - Sat., 9 :30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

The Jeff Beasley Band

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Electric blues, and early (50’s) rock & roll (think Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Elvis) from one of the leaders of Too Blue. Fri., 10 pm, The Underground @ Churchill’s Pub + Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

A mixture of rock and roll and country (both originals and covers) from a longtime regional guitarslinger. A latenight jam session allows other brave musicians to sit in and try to “cut heads.”

Sat., 9 pm, Capone’s Billiards.

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Eric Culberson Blues Band

New local power trio with members of Splitfinger and The Jimmy Wolling Band, based around the original songs of guitarist Bill Sabo. The Train Wrecks headline.

Sat., 10 pm, Finnegan’s Wake.

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Motown, shag, beach music and other danceable varieties of classic soul hits.

Fri., 8 pm, Mary’s Seafood & Steaks.

Solo acoustic set from the frontman and songwriter of brainy, regional alt.rock faves Hazel Virtue. Sat., 10 pm, The Underground @ Churchill’s Pub.

Eclectic cover band (featuring members of Superhorse, GAM and Hot Pink Interior) playing rock, country and soul nuggets from the ‘50s to the ‘90s.

Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

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Classic, Southern rock and modern Skynyrd, Allmans, Doors, country covers (S Big & Rich, etc...).

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

Relentlessly-touring Boston songwriter/guitarist, just named Grand Prize winner of an annual Starbucks music competition.. Her next CD’s producer has worked with John Mayer and Liz Phair. 21year-old Berklee grad Rebecca Loebe opens with a set of contemplative and quirky acoustic guitar-based originals.

Fri., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Bill Hodgson Solo act by a veteran local guitarist and singer with an impressively inclusive The Beatles to Bacharach). repertoire (T Fri., 8 pm, Augie’s (Richmond Hill).

Jeanne Flight Boisterous and adventurous local rock quartet whose pinched and angular guitar squeal and vintage keyboard sounds slightly recall early ‘80s Talking Heads, They’ve recently welcomed a new vocalist to the fold. Thrashy Atlanta openers PPR certainly can play. Too bad their meanspirited, “shocking” lyrics sound like they were written by – and for – 14-year-old jerks. Fri., 10 pm, The Jinx.

Red Moon South Carolina jam band with a strong reggae influence, and a growing fanbase.

Fri., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Liquid Ginger One of the area’s most popular modern rock bands, playing crunchy, radio-friendly pop music and well-known covers in a similar vein. Fri., 10 pm, Jen’s & Friends (unplugged duo) + Sat., 9 pm, Bahama Bob’s (Pooler).

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Completely over-the-top retro speedmetal (think Clutch, Slayer, and Yngwie) that also references Danny Elfman’s film scores. Plus, they wear devil horns and kabuki-inspired makeup. Foul-mouthed Atlantans The Vaginas open the show.

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Tight band playing modern and classic country and honky-tonk covers.

Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Tommy’s (Pooler).

The TJ Project Organic rock outfit featuring members of regional jam-band Turtlefolk. Fri., 10 pm, Locos Deli & Pub (Southside). ◗

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misogynistic rants, arrive late. Why didn’t they play with PPR? Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.

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The area’s best-known electric R & B guitarist and vocalist (think Freddie King) – who just released a live album.

Tues. (hosts Open Jam) - Wed., Mercury Lounge + Thurs., JJ Cagney’s + Sun., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

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JANUARY Friday the 27th Bettye LaVette - 5 Spot, Atlanta Kaki King - Red Light Café, Atlanta The Whigs - The EARL, Atlanta Asleep At The Wheel - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Badfish (Sublime Tribute), Gates Of Berlin - The Masquerade, Atlanta Son Volt, Shannon McNally - Music Farm, Charleston Southern Bitch, Wrinkle Neck Mules The Pour House, Charleston Gretchen Wilson, Van Zant - Colonial Center, Columbia Kevn Kinney’s Sun Tangled Angel Revival - State Theatre, Augusta David Olney - Evening Muse, Charlotte Spam Allstars - Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte Rickie Lee Jones - Florida Theatre, Jacksonville Gaither Homecoming - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Gin Blossoms, Sister Hazel - University Of North Florida, Jacksonville

Saturday the 28th Ahmad Jamal - Georgia State University, Atlanta

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Dubconscious - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Hot Young Priest - The EARL Perpetual Groove - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta High On Fire, The Bronx, Big Business, Buried Inside - 40 Watt Club, Athens Doug Stone - Bada Bing, Santee, SC Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Charleston Performing Arts Center Badfish (Sublime Tribute) - Music Farm, Charleston Kaki King - Imperial Theatre, Augusta Bettye LaVette Double Door, Charlotte Carey Bell - J.B.’z, Ahmad Jamal Charlotte Naked Eyes - Café Eleven, Saint Augustine Vince Gill - Florida Theatre, Jacksonville

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Monday the 6th Early Man, Priestess, Sword - The EARL, Atlanta

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Wednesday the 8th The Rolling Stones - Philips Arena, Atlanta Hayseed Dixie - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Dave Bazan (Pedro The Lion), Will Johnson (Centro-Matic) - 40 Watt Club, Athens “Ska Brawl Tour” w/The Toasters Georgia Theatre, Athens ◗

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‘The Magic Coin Trilogy: Bridging a Community’ -This unique event happens Jan. 27, 5-7 p.m. at the Starland Gallery, 2428 Bull St. Featuring an African American child as the protagonist, “The Magic Coin” trilogy invites young readers to navigate a series of fantastic adventures to accumulate a newfound respect for themselves and for others. The event is geared for local children and features writing workshops, games, prizes, food, and SCAD student Patrick McWhorter's illustrations.

closing gallery reception, Thursday, Jan. 26 at noon.

Meryl Truett -- New photographs exploring the vernacular architecture of the American South, at Rosewood Studio and Gallery at 113 Oglethorpe Ave. JEA Art for January -- Paintings by Ligel Lambert will be on display this month at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Gallery 209 Artists -- “Small Treasures” is the theme for January at this gallery at 209 E. River St. ◗

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

SCAD Gallery Hop -- Friday, Feb. 3, 5-7 p.m., in four college facilities. Free and open to the public. Shuttles will run between the galleries and refreshments will be served. Participants may join the gallery hop at any of the stops.

February’s gallery hop features: “Many and Varied” Faculty Photography Show, Alexander Gallery, 668 Indian St.; “Natural Selection: Curtis Bartone and Dale Clifford,” Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.; “Pull” ceramic exhibition, Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.; ShopSCAD, 340 Bull St.; Arturo Soto: “Street Snaps,” May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St. ‘Natural Selection’ -- A collection of paintings and original prints by Savannah artists Curtis Bartone and Dale Clifford at the Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. ‘Adventures in Abstraction’ -- New paintings by Matt Hebermehl. Desoto Row Gallery of Starland, 2427 Desoto St. Jan. 19-Feb. 1.

Marcus R. Thomas -- Black Orchid Gallery features this artist’s paintings, prints and mixed media through Jan. 31.

131 Drayton St. ‘The Anti-postcard Show!’ -- Paintings by Lind Hollingsworth and photographs by Michael Ellison through Feb. 28 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, located at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. ‘Various Views’ -- Show at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St., features eclectic work by local artists iIncluding Fran Thomas, Morgan Kuhn, Charlotte Dunlap, Frances Walters, Angela Coonce, Carolyn Neely and Preston Russell.

‘Aftermath’ -- AASU presents the artwork of painter Katherine Taylor Jan. 9-26 in the AASU Fine Arts Gallery. Taylor’s large scale, oil-on-canvas paintings are based on actual scenes of devastation in the Gulf Coast. Taylor will attend the

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IL PASTICCIO- Doug Carn (9:30 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music TBA JANUARY 28TH THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- The Josh AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)Bowlus Quintet feat. Angela Roberts (7:30 Joey Manning (7 pm) AUGIE’S (Richmond Hill)- Bill Hodgson (8 pm) pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- The Jeff Beasley Band BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)- Liquid Ginger (9 (9 pm) pm) THE JINX- Monsters of Japan, The Vaginas BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke (10 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ- Thomas Claxton (9 pm) JJ CAGNEY’S- The Rick Brantley Band (10 BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Karaoke (9 pm) pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Harry O’Donoghue CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- “Georgia Kyle” Shiver LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown)- Nicklebag (10 pm) of Funk (10 pm) CAPONE’S BILLIARDS- The Buddy Corns THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK- Trae Band (9 pm) Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (9 pm) CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- #@*! Karaoke MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music CHUCK’S BAR- #@*! Karaoke TBA CLUB ONE- Local Cast CLUB OZ- “Heat Check” Spoken Word/Music MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- The 8-Tracks (10 pm) Showcase (9 pm) COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE- Live Music MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUBJude Michaels (10 pm) TBA (6 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Live Music CONGA CLUB- Caribbean Night (DJ spins TBA (8:30 pm) Salsa, Merengue, etc...)

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CAPOTE ✰✰✰

Anyone heading into Capote expecting an exhaustive expose on the literary lion and social raconteur might be disappointed to learn that this film focuses exclusively on the period when he researched and wrote his nonfiction masterpiece In Cold Blood. In a way, it is an odd choice for a film: Almost everything you need to know about this incident -- and, therefore, Capote's viewpoint -- can be found in Richard Brooks' superb 1967 screen version of In Cold Blood. But the selling point in Capote is the excellent lead performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, that character actor extraordinaire who has contributed finely etched portrayals to such films as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Magnolia.

Constantly punctuating the air with his whispery wit and entertaining other people as if to the diva manner born, Hoffman's Capote is an odd figure against the barren backdrop of the Kansas flatlands, where he has come to learn about the brutal murders of a respected family of four. Accompanied by his friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), whose own book is about to make her a celebrity in her own right (a running gag is that nobody can recall the name of her upcoming novel, just that it has something to do with killing birds), Capote gets to know some of the locals and, eventually, the two drifters found responsible for the repugnant killings. He forms a bond with one of them, a pensive type named Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.), with whom he feels he shares outsider status. But as time passes and Capote keeps needling Perry for specific details on the murders (an absolute requirement for the completion of his book), it becomes unclear - perhaps even to Capote himself -whether the author is merely using Perry for his own purposes or whether the doomed convict has indeed stirred Capote's own humanity. It's at this point when Hoffman's portrayal truly mesmerizes, as the fey façade slips long enough to reveal an ordinary man both shaken and stirred by the finality of a nonfiction world.

LAST HOLIDAY ✰✰1/2

A remake of a 1950 British comedy starring Alec Guinness, Last Holiday is better than expected thanks to its retooling as a vehicle for Queen Latifah.

Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd, a working class woman who, upon learning that she’ll die in three weeks, cashes in all her assets and heads off to the Grandhotel Pupp (located in the Czech Republic) with the intent of winding down her life in luxury. While at the hotel, she befriends the cook (Gerard Depardieu -- how I’ve missed him!), offers sage advice to assorted individuals (among them Giancarlo Esposito’s silky Senator and Alicia Witt’s kept woman), and butts heads with her former boss, the hardhearted CEO of a

national retail chain (Timothy Hutton).

Meanwhile, her love interest (LL Cool J) back home discovers her dark secret and hightails it to be by her side.

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN ✰✰✰1/2

The secret behind Brokeback Mountain is that, behind its convenient (and infuriating) designation as “the gay cowboy movie,” this is as universal as any love story Hollywood has produced in recent times. The story begins in 1963 Wyoming, when two young cowboys -reserved Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and the more outgoing Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) -- are hired by a gruff rancher (Randy Quaid) to tend to a flock of sheep up on Brokeback Mountain.

One night, when it’s too cold to sleep alone, the pair huddle up together inside their small tent; before long, Jack is forcefully kissing Ennis and, to his own surprise, Ennis responds in an equally aggressive manner. The men separate, each going on to pursue a more traditional lifestyle. For Ennis, that means marrying his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and producing some kids. For Jack, that means trying his hand once again on the rodeo circuit, where he eventually meets his future wife, Lureen (Anne Hathaway). As Jack, Gyllenhaal delivers a nicely modulated performance that’s by turns silly and sullen. The weakness in his work -- that he doesn’t completely disappear into his character -- is only noticeable because his co-star is operating at such a stratospheric level. Ledger, in short, is phenomenal as Ennis, the sort of pensive individual who’s so reluctant to speak that it appears as if uttering a syllable is as strenuous for him as lifting a refrigerator is to the rest of us.

HOODWINKED ✰1/2

Clearly aping the Shrek films, this attempts to put a spin on the classic children’s fairy tales by adding all manner of so-called “hip” references and grownup-geared plot maneuverings, approaches that grow more stale with each passing year. Hoodwinked is basically Little Red Riding Hood by way of Rashomon, as amphibious Detective Nicky Flippers (voiced by David Ogden Stiers) hears variations on the saga from four different participants: Red (Anne Hathaway), Granny (Glenn Close), the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) and the Woodsman (Jim Belushi).

MUNICH ✰✰✰

Munich is a strong film, an important work, and already a lightning rod for controversy and (one hopes) healthy debate. But another instant Spielberg classic? Not quite. With a script drafted by heavy-hitters 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,

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THE RINGER ✰ 1/2

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. Two Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon alumni handle the key roles: Ziyi Zhang plays Chiyo, the penniless foster child who grows up to 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 age.

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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).Spielberg's muddying of the moral waters is already drawing heat (primarily from Jewish leaders), but it's to his credit as a filmmaker of consequence that he asks the hard questions and doesn't flinch from any unsettling truths that might emerge.

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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 low-paying odd jobs (the picture’s funniest sequences), the couple eventually turn to robbing local shops with a squirt gun, earning enough dough to engage in even more elaborate heists.

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Mel 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. In the Gene Wilder role of the timid accountant Leo Bloom, Matthew Broderick strains too hard to be funny.

Nathan Lane is a riot in the Zero Mostel role of Max Bialystock, the struggling producer who determines that a show called Springtime for Hitler is his ticket to riches.

RUMOR HAS IT ✰✰

Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston) learns through a series of events that the bestselling novel The Graduate was based on the experiences of her own family. Over 30 years ago, both her mother (now deceased) and grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) had slept with Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), who in more recent times has become a billionaire.

She maneuvers to meet him in person, only to find that, like her mom and grandma before her, she can’t resist his roguish charm. The hook turns out to be the most entertaining aspect of the film, as Sarah strives to learn exactly how all the pieces of the Graduate puzzle fit together.

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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. 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. 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.

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 civilizations. It's not hard to spot a bit of Aragorn and Sauron in the noble lion king Aslan and the nefarious White Witch (Tilda Swinton), one sworn to protect the land and the other determined to rule it. In short, viewers who enjoyed the LOTR threepeat should find similar compensations in this less ambitious undertaking.

WALK THE LINE ✰✰✰

Walk the Line positions itself as a love story, one that finds Cash locating his soulmate in country star June Carter. A vivacious firecracker who takes her time in committing to this troubled individual, June has her own demons to tame, most notably attempting to reconcile her two divorces with her strict upbringing. Just as Ray lived or died on the 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). Phoenix commands the screen, yet even he's topped by Witherspoon in her most fully realized performance since Election. Phoenix may provide the movie with its voice, but it's Witherspoon who delivers its soul. ◗

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Activism & Politics AMBUCS is a national service organization dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Kevin Sheehan at 691-2934 or send email to kshe62@aol.com.

Amnesty International

Chatham County Democratic Committee

Chatham County Democratic Women

Fellowship of Reconciliation

Skidaway Island Democrats

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

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.nodebts.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.

Chatham County Young Democrats

Planned Parenthood

Call Cory at 508-3335 or send email to c@depthllc.com.

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.

Chatham County Young Republicans For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

Coastal Democrats

Savannah Peace Coalition

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

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.

Drinking Liberally

Savannah Republican Club

Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher at a local Democratic drinking club. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays

Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

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 Abyssinia Players will audition new company members for the February production of A Sho ‘Nuff Heaven! -A Gospel Song Play, written and directed by Ja Jahannes. Seven actors with strong dramatic narrative voices, seven soloists with gospel singing experience, praise dancers of all ages, and members for a spoken word ensemble are needed. Must be able to commit to rehearsals. Send e-mail to abyssiniaplayers@aol.com. Send a brief resume of theater experience, sound files if available and contact information.

Cultural Arts Theatre will hold auditions for its production of The Sound of Music on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 30 and 31 at 6:30 p.m. with call-backs on Feb. 2 at the Black Box Theatre at SPACE, 2 W. Henry St. Call 651-6783.

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

Tybee Theater Cafe will hold auditions for Small Craft Warnings, written by Tennessee Williams, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at Tybee Theater Cafe and Sunday, Jan. 29 at Crites Hall, 217 Martin

Luther King Jr. Blvd. Call 236-2341 or send email to mail@savannahactorstheatre.com.

Benefits & Fundraisers 2006 Girl Scout Cookie Sale Girl Scouts currently are taking orders.

Cookies are $3.50 a box, with proceeds benefitting local girls. Call the Cookie Hotline at 888-223-3883 or visit www.girlscouting.org.

Blessingdale’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.

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

Night Stalkers Association In honor of the fallen soldiers who served in the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) out of Hunter Army Airfield, the Military Affairs Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging donations. Call Linda R. Rogers at 352-6645 or send donations to: The Night Stalkers Association, 3/160 SOAR, 1304 N.

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Red Cross assists returning troops The Savannah Chapter -- Liberty Branch of the American Red Cross is seeking donations of coffee, hot chocolate mix, tea bags, baked goods, snack foods, hot-serve cups, stir sticks, individual sugar and creamer packets as they welcome home 20,000 troops from Iraq. Call 912-876-3975.

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

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

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

Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame

The Art School

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.

is accepting resumes from area athletes and coaches who have accomplishments or made contributions to athletics through coaching, financial support and moral support. Include as much documentation as possible, including but not limited to news clippings, scrapbooks, testimonial letters and certificates of achievement, all pertaining to athletics. Entries must be postmarked no later than Jan. 31 and should be mailed to: The Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame, Box 983, Savannah, 31402, Attention: Honors Court.

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.

Zonta Club Fudge Scrabble Tournament

Two Pale Josephines

This fundraiser helps uninsured and underinsured women receive mammograms. It will be held Saturday, Jan. 28 from 1-5 p.m. at Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium. Cost is $15 in advance or $20 the day of the tournament. Rule ”fudges” will sell for $1 and cheat sheets for $5. To pre-register, call 8195074.

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.

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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.

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

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

Adult Education

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 6-12 months and their parents. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601.

Babysitters training class St. Joseph’s/Candler Childhood Injury Prevention Program offers a class for boys and girls 11-15 who want to become babysitters. The cost is $35. Call 819-8583.

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

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

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

Career Achievement Program 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.

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

Church Music Seminar The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. offers specialized workshops to give

practical help with almost every area of music ministry. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Davenport House Docent Training will be offered beginning in mid-February.

Training includes studies in local history and decorative arts. Docents lead tours and assist with programming. Call Dottie Kraft at 236-8097 or send e-mail to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

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

Drawing 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.

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“Discerning the Spirit” Check out our web site: www.asburymemorial.org

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

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School Graduation Test. Call Gloria Ferguson at 238-2960, Ext. 153.

Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc. Project Tomorrow Inc.

Fanny’s Spanish Learning Center

offers several classes and workshops, including sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.

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.

The Economic Opportunity Authority

First Steps parent education program

offers free computer classes in Computer Basics Level One plus the study guide program software for the Georgia High

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

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Physics instructor David Willey can safely walk barefoot across fields of broken glass. He can also dip his fingers into vats of molten lead and lie sandwiched between two beds of nails without incurring injury. There’s no magic involved, he says. He relies solely on his understanding of science.

Metaphorically, these are the kinds of feats you’ll be able to pull off in the coming week, Cancerian. Like Willey, you shouldn’t depend on guesswork or luck.

Do as he has done, which is research the laws of nature and use them to accomplish seemingly impossible tricks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The federal government of the United States has been dominated by rightwingers for years. But an opposite trend is now sweeping through the other America. Leftist leaders have recently come into power in Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Uruguay. This bears a certain resemblance to an adjustment that will soon be taking place in your life. Wherever you have become too one-sided, the other side will begin exerting a strong counterpoint. If any of your beliefs have become too dogmatic or unilateral, evidence will pour in to shake up your certainty. Don’t worry: This is a good and healthy thing. You’ll feel more flexible when the revolution comes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The New York Times’ Deborah Solomon interviewed Peter Watson, author of Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud. “What is the single worst idea in history?” she asked him. “Without question, ethical monotheism,” he replied.

“The idea of one true god. The idea that our life and ethical conduct on earth determines how we will go in the next world. This has been responsible for most of the wars and bigotry in history.”

Personally, I disagree with his curious assessment. I think history’s most terrible idea is the theory that some groups of people are smarter and better and deserve more rights than others. The coming week is a good time for you to meditate on these themes, Virgo. Which ideas do you consider bad ones, both

those on a global scale and those that have at one time or another infected your belief system? (P.S. It’s also a perfect moment to fight those bad ideas.)

experiments, Sagittarius. Come up with a lucid, ingenious hypothesis that will help you gather useful data about a question that’s crucial for you to explore.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I was meditating on your horoscope as I rode my bike up a trail to the top of a hill. “Give me a sign,” I asked the great mysterious intelligence known as nature. “Bless me with a symbol that will illuminate Libra’s imminent future.” My request was soon answered. I came upon a bare oak tree in whose low-hanging branches was nestled a radio-controlled toy airplane. Why was it there? Its flight path had obviously gone astray, but it didn’t seem damaged. There was no one in sight. Why had its operator abandoned it? Here’s how I interpreted the omen’s meaning for you and your life, Libra: You experienced a minor glitch while engaged in some amusing activity, and that caused you to give up on the fun prematurely. It’s time to go back and solve the problem, then resume your enjoyment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Right before Christmas, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that slashed funding for student loans, child care, and health benefits for the elderly and poor. Vice-President Dick Cheney aborted his trip abroad in order to on page <None> race home and continued cast the tie-breaking vote.

I suggest that you regard the 51 Scrooges who committed this sin as your anti-role models in the coming days, Capricorn.

You can’t afford to be anything but generous to the deprived and disadvantaged-including the underprivileged parts of your own psyche that you sometimes neglect.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self,” wrote Irish playwright Brendan Francis Behan. Let these words serve as your guiding light in the coming weeks, Scorpio. They should inspire you to be brave enough to confront the feelings of isolation that fester in your depths. That will in turn motivate you to reconnect with the parts of your psyche you were cut off from during times of trauma and unconsciousness in the past.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Professor Robert Crease asked physicists to name the ten most beautiful experiments of all time.

The winners were elegant and simple.

They required minimal apparatus, few or no assistants, and little computational power. One was Galileo’s legendary proof of the nature of gravity, in which he dropped two objects of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Another was the brainchild of Isaac Newton, who used a prism to decompose sunlight into a spectrum of hues. I invite you to be inspired by the spirit of these beautiful

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium. Chemist John Walker invented the match. Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen was the first person to find out about X-rays. What do these great minds have in common? They all refused to take out any patents in connection with their innovations, believing that they shouldn’t make any profit on something that rightfully belongs to everyone. They’re your role models right now, Aquarius. Let them inspire you to give away your brilliance for free. (P.S. I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but there’ll be a big reward for you if you do what I suggest.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ve entered the most shadowy and enigmatic phase of your astrological cycle, which is why I think you’re about to have a lot of interesting fun. You should look forward to your travels in the abyss with exuberant anticipation. Here are some guidelines to help you get the most out of the coming days. (1) Do the things that are hardest to do, but do them gladly and with grace, as if they were a great privilege. (2) Stay in intimate connection with your dark side, but don’t let that turn into an endorsement of your dark side’s fantasies. (3) Brainstorm about how to disarm and neutralize your adversaries without fighting them. ◗

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Only about 20 percent of the population is capable of deriving the full benefit of my horoscopes. That’s because most people don’t speak the language of metaphor, which is a staple of my writing. Luckily, you’re among the minority that appreciates the symbolic approach to communication, and so you’ll be able to use the following oracle: You can’t possibly defeat or outmaneuver the ogre who’s monopolizing the treasure you covet. If you’re smart, you’ll realize that you should transfer your longing to a different treasure.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus philosopher Bertrand Russell gave this testimony about what motivated him: “Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and an unbearable pity for the suffering of humanity.” To be in maximum alignment with cosmic rhythms, Taurus, I suggest that you boil down your desires to a slightly altered version of Russell’s: a longing to both give and receive love, a hunger for knowledge, and a yearning to alleviate the suffering of your fellow humans.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I don’t take drugs or alcohol, but I love to get high. Astrologer Caroline Casey states my belief perfectly when she says that we all need regular doses of vastness. So how do I crack open the doors of perception? Engaging in extreme horseplay is one way. Recently, for instance, three friends and I radically altered our consciousness in the middle of a cold night on the sidewalks of New York City’s Chelsea district. Oblivious to the taxis roaring by, we drove ourselves cheerfully insane as we did Appalachian square dances, channeled slapstick imitations of dead comedians Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks, and taught each other chaotic meditation techniques we’d learned from various fake shamans. I urge you to be inspired by this example, Aries. You’re overdue for a dose of vastness that’s unleashed by raucous fun.

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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.

Park Place Outreach

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.

offers Wednesday night youth groups for ages 11-17 and tutorial assistance sponsored by Park Place Outreach -- Street Outreach Team, formerly the Savannah Runaway Home. Call Tonyour Bolden, outreach coordinator, at 234-4048 for a location.

Painting Classes

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

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium

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.

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

The Live Oak Public Library

Paralegal Certificate Program

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

Call 652-3662.

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.

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.

Parent and Teen Driving Course

Small Business Record Keeping and Taxes

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.

A class called Employment Taxes will be offered Jan. 31 and Understanding Financial Statements: Managing by the Numbers Feb. 7. The cost is $30 per workshop. Call 6513200 to register.

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The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years. To register, call 350-9335.

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Memorial Health positive parenting class

Indepth exploration of the 11th step.

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

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

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

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

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

Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors 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 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.

will be held Jan. 26 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. The cost is $40 in advance or $50 the day of the workshop. Call 651-3200 to register.

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your art, art books of interest, techniques, etc. to discuss and share with the group.

White Bluff Rd. Call Ronn Alford, Director of Music Ministries, at 925-5924.

Artist/Photographers Group

Daughters of Destiny

A new group is forming to honor unique artistic visions and means of photographic expression. For information, call Kathleen Thomas at 234-2130 or send e-mail to ghostgirl1204@excite.com.

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.

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

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

Beanhead Writers Group

Bike Night with Mikie

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.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

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

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

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

Harley Owners Group HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum. Call 925-5349.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association 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.

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

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Islands Mothers Club

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.

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

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah 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.

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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.

Social club for mothers of young children.

The club hosts activities moms and kids can enjoy together and provides a community ysupport network for mothers. Call Julie Bird at 495-9950 or jbird@taigmarks.com.

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-AMillion on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.

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

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

There is a $700 jackpot.

MOMS Club for stay-at-home moms and their children.

For information, call Courtney at 921-1462, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com.

Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. 9610602.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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. 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.

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MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) 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.

Call Brian at 234-2484 or ww.savannahobjectivists.org.

Oglethorpe Business & Professional Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org. www.connectsavannah.com

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

Salon for Women Seeking Change Lively discussion, laughter and fun. Call 2368581.

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

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association 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.

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers 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 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.

Savannah Brewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; League 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.

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

Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a

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

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.

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

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

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

Savannah Newcomers Club is open to all residents who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. The club hosts a monthly luncheon and program on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants 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.

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

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.

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

233-1600.

Savannah Toastmasters 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.

a white and dark shirt, water, cleats and a positive attitude. Visit www.savannahultimate.com for information.

Single People in Christian Education (SPICE) discusses education and plans and hosts social events and functions for singles throughout each month. Meets Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church, Room 22.

Southside Optimist Club is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every 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.

Weekend Warriors is a program at Portmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Writers Unite!

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

The Young Professionals of Savannah For information, contact Jacob Cottingham at Jacob@thesouthmag.com.

Dance Adult Ballet & Modern Dance Classes at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Challenging, rewarding and fun. All levels and body types welcome. BeginnerIntermediate Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Beginner Adult Modern is Mondays from 1-2 p.m.

Intermediate/Advanced Modern is Mondays from 10-11:30 a.m. A variety of youth classes ages 3 to teen are available. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will come to Savannah on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Johnny Mercer Theatre as part of the 2006 Black Heritage Festival. Admission will be free, but tickets are required. Call 691-6847 to reserve tickets. Unclaimed seats will be distributed to those waiting 10 minutes prior to the show.

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

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

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

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Fitness 5 Steps to Healthy Weight Loss Taught by Debra Whalen C.P.T. is offered FREE Thursdays through Feb. 9 from 5:306:45 p.m. at Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

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

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

Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat Testing by certified nutritional consultants. Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group Classes are offered Saturdays from 9:3011:30 a.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Drop-in rate is $10, $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome.

Fundamental/beginner instruction available for the first hour. Call Jeff at 352-7057 or send e-mail to jadelotustaichi@yahoo.com.

The Jewish Education Alliance 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 3558111.

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

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight

sessions are $50. Pre-register by calling 8196463.

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

Then consider learning the ancient and timehonored 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.

Savannah Yoga Center Peace of mind in an energized body. Dropins welcome. If you are breathing, then you can do yoga. Come sweat, relax and get energized. Yoga Basics, all levels, Tuesday 6-7:15 p.m. Flow Yoga, all levels, Wednesday from 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday from 10-11:15 a.m. Drop-in rate $13, Student drop-in rate $11 with ID. Active duty military/dependents $9. Best value with multi-class card purchase -- 8 class card $85, 12-class card $120, 20-class card $190. Taught by Kelley Boyd Crane. Located at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

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

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

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 Flow classes taught by Debra Whalen R.Y.T. are offered Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. $10 drop-in fee.

Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

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.

The Yoga Room Hatha Flow Level I Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m., Friday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon; Hatha Flow levels I and II, Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 5-6:30 p.m.; Hatha Flow levels I and II Monday 6:30-8 p.m.; Vinyasa Flow-Power Yoga Saturday 910 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.

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and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. Spaces are limited. Call 352-2611.

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

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

are offered 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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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.

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

Gay & Lesbian Alpha Financial Management seminars A series of free seminars specifically designed for the LGBT community will be held. Attendees will learn about the tools needed to increase their wealth, protect their assets, take actions that are congruent with their own values, and to build a sense of financial and emotional security in life. For information, call 353-9343.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Georgia Equality Savannah Training Sessions Local residents can become certified ”Ambassadors” for Georgia Equality. A training session will be held Sunday, Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the offices of First City Network, 307 E. Harris St. A $10 registration fee covers lunch and all materials.

Call Kevin Clark at 944-0996.

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

Lesbian Therapy Group Share your thoughts, feelings and concerns in a safe, confidential environment that is facilitated by a licensed therapist the second

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Memorial Health group meditation sessions

Call 897-9261.

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

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

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

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

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 3522032.

The Latest on Lung Cancer is a seminar with Dr. George R. Simon of the Thoracic Oncology Program and Experimental Therapeutics Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute in Tampa, Fla. that will be presented Feb. 1 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Lunch will be served. Free and open to the public, but guests should register by calling 352-4405.

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

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

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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

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

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

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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. 2010071.

An enrollment assistance program will be held Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Savannah Technical College, 4717 White Bluff Rd. Call 651-2753,

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

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.

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Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for instructors. Call 651-5371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.

Historic A Missing Steam Train The Coastal Heritage Society is trying to locate a working replica of the Central of Georgia’s No. 406 passenger train that was built in the 1950s by machinist J.L. Owen.

The 1/12th sized train operated on actual steam power and included child-sized pas-

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.

Explore the Salt Marh By Land and Sea This program is presented by Wilderness Southeast in conjunction with Fort McAlister State Park. It will be presented Sunday, Feb. 19 and March 19 from 2-5 p.m. Walk and paddle with a naturalist guide to learn about the salt marsh ecosystem. $30 per person includes canoe rental and basic instruction.

Meet in the parking lot at Fort McAlister.

Reservations are required. Call 897-5108.

Take a walk on the wild side 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. MF: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.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center 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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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.

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Super 2 Access Clinic

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

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.

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.

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 826-4155.

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at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance. Pain treatment, cellulite reduction, long established business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 8561534.

This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:15-7:30 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.

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

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senger cars. Owen pulled kids around the former Gold Star Ranch, which was located off White Bluff Road. Anyone with information about the train is asked to call Michael Jordan at 651-6895 or send e-mail to mjordan@chsgeorgia.org.

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

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

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.

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

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Ekklesia, The Church

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

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

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

Lunch bunch book group

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

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

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

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

Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square. The choir, made up of

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

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

Please arrive and be seated no later than 8:55 a.m. Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome. Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

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

Religious education is provided for K-12 youth. Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On Jan. 29 at 11 a.m., the Rev. Joan Kahn-Schneider will speak from the topic, The Duration of All Existence. The service will be held in the Fellowship Hall behind the church’s Troup Square sanctuary. 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.

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 927-7016 or visit www.savannahmasters.com.

Savannah Shamrocks women’s rugby team 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.

Wheelchair Basketball 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.

Support Groups African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

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://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com.

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

Alzheimer's Caregiver’s Support Group 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.

Alzheimer’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

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

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

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 Nelson at 819-7340 or Cindy Balkstra at 8198032.

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

Bulloch County Rape Crisis Hotline 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.

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.

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

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

Citizens With Retarded Citizens 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 meets the fourth Saturday of the month from10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Candler

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Author Charles Campbell has written a series for young readers that will be luanched with an interactive family workshop Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, followed by an event at Starland Gallery on Jan. 27 from 5-7 p.m. that will include writing workshops, games, prizes, food and an exhibition of Patrick McWhorter’s otherworldly illustrations for the book.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

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ahead to reserve a seat. Call Amanda Christenson, 236-0363, Ext. 105.

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

Participants can talk about any book.

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus was a religious leader who came to Jesus by night looking for a way out of the darkness.

He received revolutionary understanding that compelled him to forsake everything to become a disciple. Jesus was considered a heretic for his radical teachings that people should give up their own possessions and care for one another instead of themselves.

Would Jesus’ teaching require anything less today?

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

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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.

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Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. The hgroup will meet Jan. 28 to discuss advance directives. Call 355-1221.

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.

Keeping hope alive while living with cancer

Depressive/Manic support group

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

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.

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Domestic violence community support group

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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.

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

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

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A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 cancer. It meets monthly at Summit Cancer Care. The group will meet Jan. 26 from 46:30 p.m. 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 Cancer Challenges Support Group Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

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.

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.

Memorial Health Hemophilia Support Group

Gay AA Meeting

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

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 men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

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

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delves into the creative expression of cancer experiences through journaling and craft activities. Call Jennifer Currin at 3507845.

meets the last Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital, second floor, Room 2. Call Sandra at 964-0455.

Journey Through Journaling People whose lives have been touched by cancer are invited to this support group that

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.

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

Memorial Health PRIDE Bleeding Disorders Support Group 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 Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523. ◗

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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.

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA, extra cab, 2-wheel drive, all the extras.

Asking $19,995. Call 912-6598141 or 912-484-2104.

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1997 EDDIE BAUER Edition Ford Explorer 4X4. Fully loaded!

125k miles, all reasonable offers considered. Great SUV. Will go very fast. Call 912-450-7990.

Motorcycles/Mopeds/ ATVs NEW DIRTBIKES and 4 wheelers for sale. 90 cc and up. Prices start at $675 up to $1350. Located in Allenhurst Ga , 5 minutes from Fort Stewart. Call 912-5723373 or 912-369-4801.

2003 KAWASAKI CONCOURS ZG1000. Excellent condition, low miles (4800), garage kept, must sell. $5500 OBO. 2005 Kawasaki Mule 610 4X4. Like new, forest green, larger tires & wheels, low hours (-10 hrs). Must sell, $6500 OBO. Call 665-0057.

Pets/Animals/Livesto ck

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

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.

ABSOLUTE BARGAIN 5 piece Cherry bedroom group!

NEW headboard, footboard and rails (sleigh), chest & nightstand, still in original boxes.

Value $1650. Sell $695. 912-3132303.

Midtown

AMERICAN BULLDOG PUPPIES. 8 weeks old. All female, no males. NKC registered. Mother on site, excellent temperament.

Father certified canine good citizen. Handled daily by child, all shots & wormed. $500 OBO. 478-232-2798.

BASSET HOUND pups AKC registered and dewormed, $250. Call 478-668-3515.

Eastside

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

YAMAHA CLUB series system, (2X15H house speakers/stands w 1X18” sub), 1X 400 watt power amp. $600 OBO. Call 727-4217 272-8171.

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635 East Henry Street Wonderful Newer Construction on a tremendous lot. This 3BDR, 2 ? BA home offers a great floor plan, completely fenced, front and side porches. Would be a super home for the first-time buyer or an investment property. Offered at $219,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

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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*

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.

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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 . Offered at $435,000.* Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

Homes for Sale

1224 East 48 th Street Charming Craftsman Style Cottage located in the Coveted Parkside Community. This lovely home is offering 3 bedrooms [2 with fireplaces], separate Dinning room and Living room [each with fireplaces].

Refinished heart pine floors throughout and ceiling fans in many rooms. Also included is a very comfortable rear garden with a patio for entertaining along with additional large side yards. Pride of Ownership Shows. This house is ready for you to make it your home. Asking $210,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

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529 E. 31 st Street Recently renovated duplex.

Wonderful details throughout offering 2 BRDS, 2 BA, High ceilings, fully equipped kitchen and fenced back yard. Area of active renovation. Great investment. Just $199,900 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.

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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*

519 E. 45th Street Arts & Craft hardy board exterior, 2 story home with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths in the main house. Loads of detail, secret garden and brick courtyard with brick wall. Carriage house is rented for $900 per month!

Reduced to 529000.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

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*.

519 E 45th Arts & Craft hardy board exterior, 2 story home with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths in the main house. Loads of detail, secret garden and brick courtyard with brick wall. Carriage house is rented for $900 per month!

Reduced to 529000.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

515 East Harris Street $319,000 Perfect, move in condition.

Beautiful courtyard, huge kitchen, all appliance remain, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, one is a jack & Jill bath.

Great Street! 319,000 Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

Lot on the water in Midway!

1.5 acres and only 80000. Build you getaway home, or dream house.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

112 E Duffy St. 495,000 Triplex. Renotation going on now. Three 2 bedrooms. Steps to Forsythe Park.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

W. Broughton Street Condos - 2 left, both with great views and large windows good sq.ft.

289,900 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*

Comfortable Bungalow 19 Columbus St 3 bed, 1 bath Ardsley Area, Hardwood and Tile floors, Deck, Fenced Yard, Separate Den and living room/dining room, Updated Kitchen Call Michael McCormick 441 8285 Steven A McCormick Appraisals and Realty*

407 East 34th Street Arts & Crafts details in this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Wood floors throughout, plaster walls and 4 fireplaces. Located in an area of active restoration and growth. Great single family or convert to a duplex. $175,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 Coastal Real Estate Group*

Effingham Co. 410 Wrigglyfield Rd Brand New Home in Honey Ridge Brick Colonial 2400 Sq Ft, 9+ Ft Ceilings thoughout home, Hardwood, tile and carpeted floors,Fireplace, 5 Bed/ 31/2 Baths, FROG, Ammenity Community with Pool, Tennis Courts, and Clubhouse.

Near Horse Stables. Country living at its best Call Michael McCormick 912 441 8285.

Steven A McCormick Appriasals and Realty*

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*

39 Bull River Bluff Upgraded 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo in popular Bull River Bluff with a stunning marsh view. Seller has added new wood floors throughout, new kitchen counters and appliances, glassed in sun porch, and much more. The best buy on the island at $149,000 Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* 135 East 53rd Street Large Ardsley bungalow with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, sunroom, kitchen, and breakfast room. Upstairs master suite with walk-in closet, and large bathroom with double vanities and whirlpool tub. Office, and sitting room. New paint, carpet, refinished hardwood floors, new tile, and recoated lifetime metal roof. Seller is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Georgia. $335,000.

Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* 611 East 49th Street Great Ardsley bungalow with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths downstairs, new updated kitchen complete with new cabinetry and appliances, large open rooms with beautiful hardwood floors, and upstairs bonus room with bath. Living room, dining room, and large kitchen. Great location, great lot, and lots of house for the money. $285,000.

Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* 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*

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 Effingham County Schools!

Beautifully appointed 3 bedroom, 2 bath with bonus. All brick with interior arches, wood floors, brick fireplace in Great Room. Crown molding, 9 ft. plus ceilings, oversized whirlpool tub, separate shower and sitting room in master suite. Home has approx. 2100 sq. ft.

For more information or your personal viewing call LaTrelle @ 6587777 H-4375 $244,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*

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 personal viewing @ 912-658-7777.

ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4370 $338,500*

REDUCED! 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. $286,900 H-4337*

Beautifully appointed 3 bedroom, 2 bath with bonus. All brick with interior arches, wood floors, brick fireplace in Great Room. Crown molding, 9 ft. plus ceilings, oversized whirlpool tub, separate shower and sitting room in master suite. Home has approx. 2100 sq. ft.

For more information or your personal viewing call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 H-4375 244,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*

Investors/First Time Home Buyers REDUCED! 3 bedrooms/1 bath in Desirable neighborhood. Eat in kitchen, separate Dining room, outside storage building and carport.

Owner is a licensed Real Estate Broker. H-4201 Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 $78,000 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*

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*

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.

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

Coastal Area Partners (912) 704-3545/356-5001 katherineoxnard@comcast.net www.kwsavannah.com*

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 H4292 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*

626 East 53 rd Street Under Contract This 1939 Arts & Crafts home offers 3BR/2BA, oak & heart pine floors, 4over-1 windows, charming front porch, cedar closet, brick mantel & an attic big enough for a master suite or office. Room enough to make it your haven! $209,500.

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

REDUCED! 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. $269,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4310*

514-516 East Bolton Street Under Contract This Historic District income-producer just a few blocks from Forsyth comes with a buildable side lot worth at least $80K. The whole nine yards offered at just $399,000!

Katherine W. Oxnard Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners (912)704-3545/356-5001 katherineoxnard@comcast.net www.kwsavannah.com*

Reduced by $10,000! Beautifully appointed Savannah Grey Brick 3 bed/ 2 bath home. Custom built by Douglas Leonard. Hardwood and ceramic tile floors. 10 ft. ceilings with crown molding. Custom built cabinets and bookshelves. Separate Dining Room. 22 x 33 all brick patio overlooking golf course with private Lagoon view. Many custom features set this home apart.

Call LaTrelle for a personal viewing @ 658-7777 H-4226 $279,500*

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 826-2550 A-4239* 5 Hawkins Lane Island Dreamscape Prime eastern marsh lot with cooling summer breezes overlooking hammock with Indian artifacts, Tybee and Wassau Islands. Perfect spot for a stunning primary residence or second home for island living at its best! $469,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard Keller Williams Realty

314 West Penrose Drive Room to Spread Out Enormous brick Colonial includes 4226sf, 5BR, 2 full/1 half bath, eat-in country kitchen, barbecue pit, 2-car carport & fireplace. Mother-in-law suite adds another bedroom, 1.5 baths, kitchen and separate entrance, perfect for a home office or rental. A must see! $375,000.

Katherine W. Oxnard Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners (912)704-3545/356-5001 katherineoxnard@comcast.net www.kwsavannah.com* Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room. Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems. Some furnishings for sale.

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

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

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

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134 Schley Avenue An amazing opportunity to own 3 acres on deep water! This 4500sqft home takes advantage of breathtaking views of Forest River. Enjoy peaceful sunsets on your own private dock that features a screenedin porch, or take your boat off the hoist and take your family out for a day on the water. This large home features 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a sunroom, screened in porch, kitchen with island and breakfast room.

There's also a horse stable that will accomodate a single horse. New landscaping, new septic system and stunning views are just a few of the things that make this house special. Call Lori Judge for private viewings at 912-484-1514.

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519 E. 45th Street Wonderful family home in Ardsley Park with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. Included is a secret garden, bricked private patio, and an apt. rented for $900 per month. Totally restored to perfection! Call for a private showing. Priced to sell at $529,000. Sun Coast Realty, Rhondda Netherton 912 507-9800.

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The Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah was awarded the National Sales & Marketing Council of the Year Award. Presented as part of the International Builders' Show, the awards ceremony, The Nationals, was held Jan. 11 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and drew more than 1,100 attendees.

The Nationals are the most prestigious awards of their kind, setting the benchmark for innovations in new home design, marketing and sales," said Beth Williams, a Richmond Hill, Ga.-based builder and chairperson of the NSMC. "NAHB's commitment to recognizing originality, imagination and success has been exemplified by its award winners since the competition's inception."

During the three-day judging process, a panel of industry professionals from across the country selected the Silver and Gold award winners from a field of more than 1,400 entries. With the Sales & Marketing Council of the Year going to the Savannah HBA, Community of the Year honors going to: Vulcan Incorporated of Seattle, Washington for their project 2200 as Attached Community – Urban.

Brookfield Homes Southland of Irvine, California for their project TREO at Woodbury as Attached Community – Suburban. Keller Homes of Colorado Springs, Colorado for their project La Bellezza at Peregrine as Detached Community of the Year. With Irvine Community Development for their community Woodbury in Irvine, California took top honors in Masterplan.

The SMC of Greater Savannah was formed in June of 2004 for the purpose of providing education, recognition and networking opportunities to its membership. The Council received this National Award based on their programs, education, community involvement, promotion and membership development from this past year.

Those in attendance from Savannah were: Patty Rietkovich, Executive Officer, Cyndi Arnsdorff, Council Coordinator, Beth Williams, Past Co-Chairman of the Savannah Sales & Marketing Council, Cindy McPherson, current Chairman of the Savannah Sales & Marketing Council and Council Members, Sheila Doney, Jessica Miles, Stephanie Carter & Tina Derrier

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14 Harlan Drive Great Location!

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!

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Rhondda Netherton 912 507-9800 341-8005 rhonddane@comcast.net

Midway 1.5 acres on the lake! Midway lot with water, Isle of Wright location! Lot has been cleared and has the most beautiful views. Build your dream house or get-away home! $80,000.

Sun Coast Realty, Call Rhondda at 912 507-9800.

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

220 E 53rd-3bd,1ba, $1,050.00 (Avail late Jan)

514 EAST BOLTON STREET Lower apartment. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, kitchen. $600/mo.

2812 WHATLEY- 3bd, 2ba, $1,100.00

224 EAST GWINNETT STREET Upper, 2 bedrooms with bonus room, 1 bath, living room, dining room, large kitchen, gas stove and dishwasher, screened porch, washer/dryer. No dogs, no smokers. $850/mo. Includes, water/gas/trash.

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.

121 CHATSWORTH 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Wilmington Park. Living room/dining room combo.

Separate den with wood burning fireplace. Washer and dryer, fenced backyard, gas appliances. Available midMarch. $1,100/mo.

1012 CUBBEDGE-2bd, 1ba, $475.00

THUNDERBOLT ISLANDS 919 BETZ CREEK- 3bd,2ba,$1200.00 ( appt only) 103 RUNNER RD- 3bd, 2ba, marsh view $1400.00 121 PALMETTO BAY – 3bd, 2ba, $1200.00 153 LEWIS AVE-3bd, 2 ba, $950.00 ( Avail mid Feb)

SOUTHSIDE 129 RED FOX- 3bd, 2ba, $1,250.00 9 DELMAR- 3bd, 1.5ba, ($950.00) 34 LAS TUNAS -3bd, 1.5ba, $1000.00 (Avail mid February)

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

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

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. $1,300/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.

201 EAST 49TH STREET Lower. 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex. 2 offstreet parking spaces, living room, dining room, hardwood floors, $900/mo.

214-B WEST PARK AVENUE 2 bedrooms, 1 bath apartment with clawfoot tub, living room, kitchen refinished hardwood floors, fresh paint. $750/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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234-0606 722 East East 49th Street Large 2 BR, 1 Bath apartment with a formal dining room, sun room, large kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, W/D connections, hardwood floors, central H/A. Pet-friendly apartment. $875/mo. Available March 2006.

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1628 E 51st ST- 3bd, 2ba, $1100.00

317 LORCH STREET • UNIT B 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Living room, kitchen, washer/dryer. Available mid-March. $1,000/mo.

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. $900/mo. Currently under renovations.

Available February 2006.

542 East 49th Street In the heart of Ardsley, spacious 3 BR, 1 1/2 Bath apartment with a formal dining room, sun room, separate laundry room with W/D connections, kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, hardwood floors, central H/A, off-street parking and small shared backyard. Pet-friendly apartment. $900/mo.

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. $1,050/mo.

Thackery Place 2 and 3 BR apartments – Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham Village. Spacious apartments (over 1,200 sq ft) with separate dining rooms, 1 _ - 2 BA, hardwood floors, central H/A, kitchens furnished with stove & refrigerator, W/D connections and off street parking. Pet-friendly apartments. $625 - $700/mo.

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Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200 * 307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream. Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof!

Reduced to $249,000.

Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com * 27 E 55th Large Ardsley home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Open floor plan is great for entertaining, wonderful kitchen with Italian cabinets,Silestone counters, and stainless steel appliances. Master suite with private sunroom and bath.

Only $329,000.

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

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH condo at the Commons on Wilmington Island features washer/dryer hookup, 2 year old appliances, Berber carpet, hardwood, vinyl, screened porch. Amenities include tennis courts, pool, gated entrance and more. Asking $129,900. Unit Q-5 at the Commons off Cromwell Rd. Contact Susie Russell 665-1313 or 8971307. Office is 897-3109 .

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TOWNHOUSE IN THE WILMINGTON PLANTATION ON THE INTERCOASTAL. Located in Savannah, Ga on the Wilmington River. 2 bedroom, 3 bath elegant townhouse with 2 car garage. This luxurious home features 2 kitchens, one leading out to huge porch overlooking waterway. This waterfront townhouse is also across the street from the Wilmington Island Club golf course. Amenities include Pool, dock, landscaped grounds, gated entrance and much much more!

Contact Susie Russell of Homestead Realty 912-665-1313 912-897-1307 or 912-897-3109.

RENT TO OWN 2306 Alabama Ave. $575/deposit. Cinder block house, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, newly renovated kitchen, new carpet, washer/dryer hookup, appliances, window a/c, large fenced property, good neighborhood. 547-5977.

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.

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 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.*

695-7733.

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*

FSBO 2101 California Ave. $72k. Brick house, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, CHA, fenced yard on 3 lots. Call 404207-8033 or 912-507-8382.

Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive. Priced at $60,000. Make an offer.

Call Betty with Prudential for tax info and showing at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200*

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RICHMOND HILL 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage home (1795 sq ft) on cul-de-sac, great school district. Bonus room, carpet and wood floors, central A/C, master bedroom has walkin closet, bath with jacuzzi tub.

Large back yard with patio and fenced pet area. Located half mile from the High School/Junior High and only thirty minutes from Savannah.

Built in 2003, asking $189,900.

Contact owner @ 912-756-6466 912-572-7569.

605 BERWICK DRIVE. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Formal living/dining rooms, greatroom with fireplace and wood floors. Updated kitchen. A/C and alarm system. Wooded lot with privacy fence and pool.

Over 200 sq ft $189,900. Call for appointment 912-921-0284 912308-3044.

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912-429-9600 (We are not Realtors)

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*

102 Acres of Effingham Co. Land Great property for residential development.Priced at $20,500 per acre for 57.71 of upland acres.Will yield at least 128 units.County water & sewer on Hwy. 30 access for property. Won't last! $1,183,000 Call Lori Judge 912-236-1000*

House for Rent 319 E Huntingdon Lane Utilities and furnishings included!!!!

2 bedroom townhome with cable tv, towels sheets, and everything you need, even a parking space! Bring your clothes and move in. $1400 , month to month.

Call Rhondda @ 912 507-9800*.

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

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Online for FREE Visit www.connectsavannahexchange.com Call for Business Rates 238-2040 912 507-9800* 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 2 bedrooms/2 baths, winter rental includes all utilities, furnishings, phone, cable tv, $ 1250 per month.

Seasonal rental is $ 850 per week, steps from the beach and walk to stores and pier Call Rhondda @507-9800* 225A East Bolton St .

Totally restored and brand new, with up scale kitchen! $1200 per month.

Call Rhondda @507-9800* 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*

705 East Henry 2BR/1BA newly remodeled, hardwood floors, fresh paint, new appliances, off-street parking $750/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000* 116 West 39th Huge 3BR/1BA duplex in up and coming Starland District! Newly remodeled with 12 foot ceilings, 4 fireplaces,hardwood floors, security alarm, and tons of historic charm.$900/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000* 1317 Bonaventure 3BR/2BA, freshly painted, hardwood floors, fenced yard, off-street parking, lots of closets. $900 Call Judge Realty 236-1000*

CHARMING 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath home on the Eastside. $625/month + security. Call 429-9600.

CUTE BUNGALOW 2 bedroom, 1 bath, new kitchen, fenced yard, pets ok with deposit. $675/month. 1222 E. 33rd St. Call 844-2703.

2210 WHITAKER STREET. 3bedroom 2-bath, washer/dryer, dishwasher, central heat/air, off street parking. $950 monthly/1 month deposit. Pets negotiable. Call 912-667-2928

Apartments for Rent 414 East Park Avenue 2BR/1BA, all new appliances, central HVAC, off-street parking, available Jan. 1st $850.

Call Judge Realty 236-1000*

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 2nd-bath on main floor, hardwood floors, central heat/air, water included, $875/month. Call 912-233-5246 for appointment.

SPACIOUS 3-BEDROOM apartments, 917 Abercorn Street. $850/month. No pets or drug abusers. Available immediately. sliding pocket door, fireplace, hardwood floors, and many extras. Call 912-272-8883 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Carriage house apartment. Central heat/air, hardwood floors, security system, washer & dryer. $750/month plus deposit. Available March 1st.

912-596-4003.

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Join Richmond Hill’s premier community at the lowest cost ever.

1BR/1BA $490 • 2BR/1BA $550 2BR/2BA $570 • 3BR/2BA $640 Clubhouse • Swimming Pool & Sundeck • Extensive Fitness Center Washer/Dryer Connections Modern Decor

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

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505 Harris Trail • Richmond Hill Some Income Limits Apply *Rents Subject To Change

Specials: 1 bedroom / 1 bath and 2 bedroom / 2 bath.

Receive 1/2 to 1 full month FREE! Six floor plans to choose from...

Students, Military, Gulfstream, and Hospital Employees receive half off security deposit. (Half of $250 = $125)

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413 East 58th Street Ardsley Park Great spacious 3BR/2BA home in beautiful Ardsley offers over 2,000 square feet of space. Can be made into 4 Bedrooms if needed. Home

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 Dana at 912-236-1000. Judge Realty.*

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907 Montgomery St. Adorable Victorian duplex awaits your arrival. Each unit is 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new central HVAC, washer/dryer, new appliances. Walking distance to Forsyth Park. $850/$900 Call Dana at Judge Realty 236-1000.*

1507 Grove Street.

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

Call Dana at 912-236-1000. Judge Realty.*

2 HOUSES FOR RENT Victorian Cottages One-2 bedroom, 1 bath $575/month, One-3 bedroom, 1 bath $675/month. Both newly renovated, central heat/air, laundry room, hardwood floors. Pets OK. Call 844-4043 or 844-1778.

WILMINGTON ISLAND CONDO. 3 bedrooms upstairs, Bull River Shoals, amenities provided, $850/month.

Available February 1st. 6631753.

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2210 Atlantic 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new appliances & countertops, marble accents, new HVAC, plumbing and electrical. Large fenced yard.

Call Judge Realty 236-1000

has been renovated and features new appliances and large, open floorplan. $1,200/month Call Dana @ 912-236-1000 Judge Realty*

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STARLAND DISTRICT. Beautiful 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment. Recently renovated, with hardwood and tile floors, HVAC, off-street parking. $900/month includes water and trash. 22 1/2 East 39th Street.

912-658-8550.

912-233-6000 w w w. C o r a B e t t T h o m a s . c o m

Imagine you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action. What’s the next step?

Once you’ve made your decision, you must make a written offer to purchase, a statement of your intentions to buy the home based on certain terms and conditions, at a specified price. Here's how it works.

An “offer to purchase” is a unilateral document that is not binding until accepted by the sellers. You may withdraw your offer at any time prior to written acceptance by the sellers and delivery of the accepted document back to you.

An "offer" defines four primary points: 1) purchase

price, 2) terms under which you will make payment, 3) date of possession, and 4) a “closing” date when the transaction will be completed. You may also spell out other terms of your purchase, such as a request for a survey, or requirement that certain repairs be made prior to closing.

Sometimes, the offer is not acceptable to the sellers.

They may make changes in the offer, and make a "counteroffer," which would then require acceptance by the purchasers.

Once all parties have signed, indicating their accord, the document becomes a binding "agreement of sale." From then on, the agreement is carried out by all parties to reach a successful conclusion. Congratulations are in order!

NEWLY RENOVATED 1 bedroom in friendly Mid-town neighborhood. Sunny, new hardwood floor, off street parking, water included, $600/month. Call 312-217-3180.

Kelly & Fischer Real Estate

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.

1 bedroom + trunk room. 1 bath, balcony, 2nd floor of newly restored Victorian duplex.

Two blocks from Forsyth Park. $950/month.

Separate utilities. $950/ deposit. 732-757-7280.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT 1310 E. HENRY ST. Four Units Available 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments, 1200 sqft, separate living room, dining room.

Completely remodeled with Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer furnished, dishwasher, fireplace, kitchens by Ikea. Off-street parking, 6-month to one-year leases. $795/month William 912-412-5517 or Lazaro @ 912-272-0382.

SECURE GARDEN APARTMENT near Forsyth Park. well appointed, spacious, sunny, 1-2 bedroom, new carpet and finishes, private courtyard, kitchen, full bath, office/guest bedroom, W/D, central air. $975/month. Non smokers. Call 912-660-1354 HISTORIC DISTRICT

DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH-705 E. Henry Street, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Newly renovated, central heat/air, new appliances, ADT security, fenced backyard. $675/month. 912-944-6336.

ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH, 4 blocks from Forsyth Park, central heat/air, off-street parking, washer/dryer access, water and trash included. $550/month plus deposit. Available Now. 912-596-4003.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT. 346 Jefferson St. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, central heat/air, washer/dryer, $1100/month. No pets/smoking. 912-236-2458 or jrkenney@hotmail.com

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Linda Kelly

660-8777

309, 315, AND 317 WEST GWINNETT STREET Spacious, charming condos in area of active restoration. Approx. 1400 sq. ft. with covered front and back porches. Living and dining rooms have brick fireplaces, Fully equipped, eat-in kitchen. Beautiful Victorian district.

Call agent for completion dates.

Southside / Midtown Office (912) 927-1088 Islands Office (912) 898-3600 Richmond Hill Office (912) 459-1088

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611 EAST PARK LANE Great 2 bedroom, 2 bath cottage in Olde Mill Village Condominiums. Stainless kitchen, laundry, parking and much more!

Call today for an appointment. $152,000.

Savannah 315 Commercial Drive, Suite D-5 Each RE/MAX Office Is Independently Owned and Operated

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2 Parkersburg Court – Isle of Hope Great brick home on huge corner lot. Less than one mile to beautiful Bluff Drive and Marina. 3 bed/2 bath with Mexican tile and hardwoods.

Handpainted kitchen floor, brick patio and many updates. Reduced to $283,000. Call Linda Bray 912.507.8500.

113 Chriswoodelle Drive –Isle of Hope Great opportunity! Beautiful 3 bedroom/3 bath home located in quiet cul de sac area. Updated hardwood floors, sreened in porch, built-in bookcases, and much more. $359,000 Call Catherine Harrison for more details.

912-856-5582

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314 East 58 th Street This Ardsley Park bungalow has just recently been renovated with new bamboo and limestone floors throughout. Home has 3 bedrooms / 2 baths with limestone shower in master, all new appliances, updated kitchen, pool with all new pumps and filters, and much more. Must see to believe! Priced to sell below appraised value. Owner is licensed real estate agent in GA. $248,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912-220-1667.

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30 West York Lane High Voltage Loft! Create your own utopia when you purchase this fabulous raw space. Each unit will include 2 off-street parking spaces and the rest of the finishes are up to you. Call for details. Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912220-1667

317 West Waldburg Street Gorgeous Victorian home with many beautiful upgrades. Just 3 blocks from Forsyth Park .

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

817 Abercorn Street Fabulous Bloomquist construction featuring Christina Sharf Interior Design.

Magnificent features include Honduran pine, white cultured marble, large terrace, courtyard, and much, much more. Have to see to believe! $695,000 Call for details.

Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912-220-1667.

3311 Bull Street Remarkable Ardsley duplex located on corner lot. 1678 sq.ft. with 3 bedrooms/2 baths. Features include new HVAC and water heaters, hardwood floors, fenced yard, off-street parking, and more. Includes lot next to property. Seller to pay 2% of closing costs. $350,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700/John Giles 912-220-1667.

216 West Park Avenue State-of-the-art historic condominium community.

Three units with 2 and 3 bedroom spacious floor plans. Conveniently located near all downtown Savannah has to offer. Units include stainless appliance package, plasma T.V., granite countertops, and surveillance systems. Priced from $280,000 $300,000. Call Alexander Grikitis at 912-220-1700 or John Giles at 912-220-1667 for more details.

Park Place on Park Avenue Two condos out of four left. One bedroom/ one bath units located in an historic building close to Forsyth Park , SCAD and shopping. Recently renovated in 2005. $174,000 each. Call for more details. Roy Hill 912-844-4000

Bolton Row – A New Condominium Community Seven fabulous new construction 1 bedroom / 1 bath condominiums. 827-1,045 sq.ft. Many fine appointments and amenities, including offstreet parking and community pool. Please go by to see construction progress. Call for marketing package and details. Priced to sell from $240,000 - $310,000. Roy Hill 912-844-4000 / John Giles 912-220-1667

315 E. Liberty Street Savannah, GA 31401

Office: (912) 233-5900 Fax: (912) 233-5983 www.CoastalREG.com

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Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six - 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District. Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.

Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each John Giles 912.220.1667 Alexander Grikitis 912.220.1700.