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Volume 5, No. 20, February 8, 2006 On the Cover: John Morrison (photo by Brandon Blatcher)

News Cover Story

6 Mr. John Morrison

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Letters to the Editor IN ill ill

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News bits from around town

City Notebook

Jane Fishman 10 When seasons get stubborn

12 Georgia Days 2006

Community

Cover Story 6

Blotter 13

From SPD reports

News of the Weird 14 Strange but true Earthweek

15 This week on your planet

Culture HoTHo Art Patrol

City Notebook 9

22 Exhibits & openings

Vibes Music Interview 17 Mighty Clouds of Joy

Music Menu

Concerts of the week

20 Local gigs a la carte

Good Show Will Travel 21 Regional concerts

Music Interview 17

February

Film Oscar Preview 24 Matt’s prognosis

The 411 Week at a Glance

5 Our best bets for cool stuff to do

Happenings 31 All the stuff, all the time

Art Patrol 22

Free Will Astrology 43 Rob Bresny’s look at your stars

Classifieds Weather 15 News from the sky Sudoku Puzzle 42 It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle 39 Mental fun Classifieds 45 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

Oscar Preview 24

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Thursday, Feb. 9 Frantic Rabbit Poetry What: Corey Houlihan is a Spoken Word artist, formerly part of Soapbox Entertainment. She is finishing her third album, Sugar Honey Asphalt, and has recently relocated to Savannah.

When: Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Call: 232-4447.

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What: Two of Ireland’s foremost harpers, Grainne Hambly and William Jackson, perform.

When: Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Where: Trinity United Methodist Church on Telfair Square. Cost: $10 adults, children under 12 free. Call: Folk Traditions Store, 341-8898.

The Lucas Presents La Boheme What: Puccini’s opera is performed by Teatro Lirico d’Europa. When: Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $50, $47 and $37.

Call: 525-5050.

Sun., Feb. 12

The 2nd Annual Psychotronic Film Festival Presents Peeping Tom What: The festival closes with a bang with perhaps the most notorious British thriller ever made.

There will be a pre-show drawing for hundreds of dollars of door prizes donated by local businesses. When: 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.

Black Heritage Gospel Concert What: A concert featuring the Mighty Clouds of Joy, with local gospel acts. When: Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. Where: St. John Baptist Church, 522-28 Hartridge St. Cost: Free.

Call: 691-68847 or visit www.savstate.edu.

SCAD opens Metamorphoses What: The media and performing arts department presents a play based on the transformation myths of the Roman poet Ovid. When: Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: $10 general admission and $5 seniors and students with valid ID. Call: 525-6648.

Saturday, Feb. 11 Bacon Park Forest Workday What: Join the Savannah Tree Foundation, the Park and Tree Department and the Leisure Services Bureau in a work session to remove English ivy and other non-native invasives from Bacon Park Forest. Training on-site. Bring gloves, pruners, loppers and pruning saws, and dress appropriately in long sleeves and long pants. Cotton work gloves, snacks, water and tshirts provided. When: Feb. 11 at 9:30 a.m. Call: 233-8733 to register.

Georgia Days 2006: Super Museum Sunday What: Area museums open their doors to the public at no charge during this annual event. When: Sunday, Feb. 12 from noon to 4 p.m. Where: For a list of participating museums, visit www.georgiahistory.com.

Cost: Free. Call: 651-2125.

2006 Girl Scout Cookie Cook-off What: Local chefs, culinary students and Girl Scout troops will create original desserts using one special ingredient -- Girl Scout cookies. All guests will be invited to sample more than 30 of the desserts -and you can buy cookies.

When: Feb. 11 at noon. Where: Savannah Mall.

Black Heritage Festival: Grand Festival Day

What: Keynote speaker will be Rodney E. Miller, Sr., president and CEO of Schneider Regional Medical Center in the Virgin Islands. When: Feb. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Where: Savannah Cost: Free. Call: 691-6857 or visit Civic Center.C www.savstate.edu.

What: An all-day cultural learning village with arts and crafts demonstrations, vendors and live entertainment by B5 and New Editions, as well as storyteller Bobby Norfolk, Magic Marc, Chef Joe Randall, the Savannah State University Dance Ensemble, the Sankofa Dance Theatre and the Coastal Good Life Band. When: Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center. Cost: All Black Heritage Festival events are free. Call: 691-6847 or visit www.savstate.edu.

What: SCAD Radio presents the third annual record and magazine fair. Buy, sell and trade used records, CDs, magazines and music memorabilia. When: Feb. 11 from noon to 6 p.m.

Where: Orleans Hall, 201 Barnard St. Call: 5255257. To participate as a dealer, call Connie Williams at 525-5511 or connie@scad.edu.

Georgia Day Parade What: Thousands of elementary students, dressed in 18th century finery, join dignitaries and citizens in a parade through the squares of Bull Street. When: Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. Where: The parade begins at Forsyth Park and moves north on Bull Street to City Hall. Cost: Free.

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Children’s Winter Video Series What: See manatees up close and learn how the “Reef Doctor” takes care of injured coral reefs. When: Feb. 4 from 3-4 p.m.

Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center. Cost: $4 adult, $3 for children 3-16. Call: 786-5917.

What: This year’s speaker is Sen. Saxby Chambliss. R-Ga. When: Feb. 13 at noon.

Where: Hyatt Regency. Cost: $30 per person or $350 for a table of 10. Call: Call 651-2125, Ext. 20, or e-mail cwilson@georgiahistory.com.

Century Players Present The Adams Family: John & Abigail What: Muriel Maida and Gabe Romero appear as John and Abigail Adams in The Adams Family: Their Correspondence from 1774-1776.

When: Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.W Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Call: E-mail murielmaida4@msn.com.

Tues., Feb. 14 Wedding Day at Davenport House What: Judge Harris Lewis will perform wedding ceremonies every 10 minutes in the Garden.

Couples must bring a valid Georgia marriage license. In event of rain, the ceremonies will be on the back porch. When: Feb. 14, 5-7 p.m.

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What: The Georgia Historical Society will present instrumentalist Anne Acker and soprano Lucinda Schultz in a recital of 18th century music played with period instruments.

When: Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. Where: Hodgson Hall, headquarters of the Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St. Cost: Free. Call: 651-2125.

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John Morrison shows that old soldiers have a lot to teach us all

THE 2005 HOLIDAY SEASON was very different from what 81-year-old John J. Morrison, a retired longshoreman, experienced the previous year.

Although he enjoyed Thanksgiving Day at home with his family, he spent Christmas and the bulk of the holiday season with what might be called his new adopted family at the Tara Nursing Home in Thunderbolt.

The plan had actually been for Morrison to go home for Christmas as well. However, when his 78-year-old wife Gladys suffered a fractured hip and was rushed to the hospital on Christmas Eve, those plans were canceled.

The adjustment Morrison had to make from the privileges of living independently to residing in a nursing facility is one that more and more Americans have to make every year. Advances in healthcare and more active lifestyles have allowed many of the country’s nearly 37 million senior citizens to maintain independence by receiving assistance in private residencies.

However, the American Health Care Association estimates that some 45 percent of those 65 and older will likely spend extended periods of time -- anywhere from three months to five years or more -in a nursing care facility.

Even in a year without the depressing super-catastrophes of tsunamis, hurricanes and war that marked 2005, residents in nursing homes can find themselves giving in to the blues rather than celebrating cheerfully during special occasions.

As the resident director of social services at Tara, Sue Gahagan is charged with insuring the “psychosocial wellbeing” of the home’s residents, family members, and staff.

Both she and James Hardy, the facility’s administrator, acknowledge that the change from independence to dependence can prove very challenging.

Residents receive some relief from those challenges with increased visits from family members and friends, the exchange of gifts, special meals, and other activities.

However, says Gahagan, “It’s important to remember that our residents are here throughout the year and can always benefit from positive interaction with the community.”

While such interaction allows residents to remain connected to the larger community, Gahagan notes that it also allows members of the community to benefit from learning the stories of the residents’ lives.

“That’s probably the part of my job that, if it isn’t at the top of what I enjoy most, it’s very near the top, and that’s sharing people’s stories. They have a lot to teach us,” she says.

In the case of John Morrison, he does indeed have a lot to teach. Few would assume so watching him maneuver his way down the corridors of the Tara, steering his wheelchair with one hand and balancing a cup of ice cream with the other.

Born in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 11, 1924, Morrison grew up in Savannah, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Ask about his life as a teenager in the late 1930s and one receives the startling answer that Morrison joined the U.S. Army at the age of 15! By the time he was 25, he had participated in at least two major American World War II military operations in two very different parts of the world.

As a member of the all AfricanAmerican 388th Battalion/Engineer General Service Regiment, Morrison was among those who provided critical support for the construction of the AlaskaCanada (or Alcan) Highway.

Considered one of the great engineering feats of modern history, the highway stretches 1,619 miles. It was built in less than a year by seven U.S. Army regiments consisting of approximately 10,607 engineers, or soldiers, total.

At a cost of $110 million, the finished product included some 133 bridges. The highway runs from Canada’s Dawson Creek to just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, at Delta Junction.

“We were all over Canada, building roads and transporting fuel,” says Morrison, who drove jeeps, trucks, and other vehicles to transport supplies and personnel.

As a transportation specialist, he was true to his regiment’s motto: “Hic Et ubique,” which means “Here and Everywhere.”

During that time of his life, he was nicknamed “Pee Wee.” Morrison’s role in building the highway was as a member of the team that constructed the Canadian Oil Pipeline, which provided fuel for the massive operation as well as for U.S. bases in Alaska.

Previously, the fuel had been brought in by ship across the Pacific. However, Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and its invasion of the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan coast on June 3, 1942, convinced the U.S. to secure an oil source that would not be vulnerable to enemy attack. The government found that source in the oil fields of Canada’s Northwestern Territories.

“The soldiers in my regiment could do all kinds of things,” says Morrison, or Pee Wee. “They built houses, hospitals, schools, stores, whatever was needed.”

Listening to Morrison speak, it sounds simple. But building the facilities he describes also entailed clearing miles of

7 several days later while fighting was still in progress and dead bodies floated on the waves.

“I had to walk through the water holding my gun over my head,” he recalls.

“On the beach, we had a hundred yards between us and enemy fire. It wasn’t easy but we did what we had to do.”

For that reason, he hopes “to see people get together more than they do, and love each other like human beings instead of attacking each other like animals.”

Although Tara Nursing Home administrator James Hardy can’t promise Morrison an end to violence or apathy in the world, he is doing something to acknowledge the veteran’s battle for freedom and peace during World War II. Upon learning that Morrison’s name had not been entered into the National World War II Registry of Veterans, he agreed to submit the appropriate information so that Morrison’s contributions and legacy are not forgotten.

“That’s a small gift to him from us,” says Hardy, an Air Force veteran himself.

“After everything he’s done for everybody else, he deserves it.” ◗

Aberjhani is co-author of the awardwinning Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and the author of I Made My Boy Out of Poetry.

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Morrison jokes that he spent his Christmases in Europe “trying to run and hide. We celebrated as much we could but it was wartime so it was dangerous.

Usually we would have C rations out in the field, but on Christmas the whole regiment would get a Christmas dinner with real turkey.”

In 1945, he spent the final months of his military career as a prison camp guard. Ironically, he befriended one German officer prisoner, named Wilhelm, whom he would later get to know under very different circumstances.

After leaving the military with a bronze American Campaign medal commemorating his wartime service, Morrison worked a number of years in Philadelphia and New York City.

It was in New York that he re-united with a childhood friend from Savannah named Gladys James. The two married in New York before eventually settling back in Savannah, where he began working as a longshoreman.

To his surprise, Morrison was at work one day when he met the former German officer who had been his prisoner during the war. With the conflict long ended, the former prisoner Wilhelm had started making annual trips to Savannah as part of the crew on a cargo ship.

“He came off that ship, walked right up to me and said, ‘How you doing, Pee Wee?’ We got to be good friends,” Morrison remembers.

“I would send him things from Savannah for his wife and family and he would send me things from Germany for my wife and family. I would see him every year around Christmas time ‘cause they’d be bringing in German products for the holidays,” he says.

“Then his shipping route got changed and I didn’t see him anymore.”

Morrison remained a longshoreman for 35 years. Reflecting on the 81 years of his life, he notes, “I’ve seen some beautiful things and I’ve seen some ugly things. I’ve lived on the good side of the knife and the bad.”

The “good side of the knife” includes childhood memories of families that seemed to him more supportive of one another and their communities than what he sees now. He laments what appears to him as increasing violence, not only between countries but between communities and individuals.

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untamed wilderness, creating pathways where none existed.

Ironically, because Morrison was part of an all African-American unit –– with the exception of white commanding officers –– his own shelter in Canada consisted of a “pup tent” that barely insured survival.

Being the young soldier that he was, he took it all in military stride.

Among Morrison’s favorite memories from that period is coming upon a bear cub whose mother had died.

“We took the bear back to camp and adopted it as a kind of pet,” he says. “It always wanted to hug somebody -- which I didn’t too much care for -- but he wouldn’t leave you alone until you gave him a hug.”

The Canadian Oil Pipeline on which Morrison worked became the first major pipeline in North America, and during the war carried fuel over 600 miles. After serving in Canada for almost a year, Morrison returned with his regiment to the United States.

They soon shipped out again.

Morrison’s assignment this time took him and the 388th to England, and then France, where they participated in the deadly and crucial Battle of Normandy in France.

Morrison was scheduled to arrive on France’s Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Although he was spared the bloody chaos of D-Day, his regiment landed

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Humane Society wasn’t so humane to this kitten Editor, I see in your paper that the Humane Society of Chatham-Savannah is expanding into new “facilities” and is obviously embarked on a PR promotion (“Animal House,” by Linda Sickler, Jan. 4).

To hear them tell it, they are full of good will and better intentions to find homes and care for the animals brought to them. Naturally, they expect the citizens to support them by sending in gifts of money.

I receive many envelopes requesting gifts, as I’m sure you do. I have a wonderful cat and I therefore have always contributed over the years so that homeless animals might find shelter and compassion.

I’m sure you feel the same. My own experience, therefore, could be enlightening.

Recently a tiny, obviously abandoned, beautiful black and white kitten sheltered itself on my porch and demanded attention by every means. This poor thing had apparently lost its way and was in serious need of help.

My own older cat, although of the very same lovely black-and-white-marked, long-legged, aristocratic kind, would have nothing to do with the arrival of this kitten and began to disappear for hours, not wanting to enter the house if this kitten was around.

And “around” it certainly was.

I called the Humane Society and was told that I could bring the animal to them.

I do not have a car, so I called a taxi and picked up the little thing, put it in a basket and we went off.

While the taxi waited, I went inside to an empty waiting room and was met by two glum-faced, bored-looking teenagers, who looked at me as if I were crazy for bringing in any animal and said they had no more room.

They said they were “full,” although I had been told on the phone to bring the cat in. The number of places they said they maintained for cats was ridiculously small, and obviously hardly relevant to care for a population in a city like this, if in fact what they told me was true.

They then asked if it was my kitten.

When I said no, they told me that they did not take “strays!”

When I asked what kind of animals they did take, they said they would take animals if the owners no longer wanted them, or couldn’t keep them any longer.

The difference remains a mystery to me. I got into the taxi and returned with the kitten.

I sent my two friends back there with the kitten the next day. They were told, “Yeah, give us the kitten,” and along with that they were handed a form to fill out.

At the bottom of the form my friends found a signature line, asking them to agree to the euthanasia of the kitten.

(Conveniently, around the corner is the county’s Animal Control, where all strays are put to death.)

My friends asked if the kitten was just going to be put to death and asked whether any effort was going to be made to find a “foster home” (as the Humane Society so charmingly suggests on its PR letters) for this kitten.

“No. We’ll just put it to sleep,” was the reply.

Bored. Ho-hum. Just another stray.

My friends took the little kitten away with them. They released it in an area of homes and some open spaces and wished it well. There, at least, it has a chance. It can fight for itself.

Maybe fate will be kinder than the Humane Society of Chatham-Savannah.

And cheaper.

The other day I saw a huge Humane Society van careening around the corner near my home. It was huge and apparently suited for collecting gifts of food and warm bedding, toys, etc., which the kind and generous lovers of animals have donated.

Those who donate should examine the situation. Like many “institutions,” it probably exists only to benefit those few who work within it.

And maybe being next door to Animal Control is a little too comfortable.

Mary McBride

Thanks for New Orleans story Editor, Thanks so much for the piece about New Orleans (“Resurrection Blues,” by Sabrina Manganella Simmons, Jan. 25).

The photo on the cover was just beautiful and the article was great.

I hope that in the months to come Connect will follow up on the progress down there. It is such an important story.

Thanks for giving it the attention it deserves and doing it with just the right touch.

S. Smith

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Savannah Police last week announced some major developments in several high-profile murder cases: • Michael Thorpe, 25, of Savannah was charged with the Dec. 24 shooting and attempted robbery of 19-year-old Jennifer Ross at Perry and Barnard.

Ross died from her wounds on New Year’s Day. Thorpe has been charged with one count of Thorpe murder and aggravated assault with intent to commit armed robbery. Police say additional arrests are expected.

• Kenneth Fish, 34, of Savannah was charged with the Jan. 3 armed robbery and slaying of 45-year-old Gregory Blake at Uncle Harry’s Lounge. Detectives initially developed Fish, a former employee of the club, as a person of interest. They later Fish found him in the Clayton County jail days after fleeing from Savannah.

• Detectives charged Bryant Hayward, 27, and Reginald Lynch, 28, with the January 19, 2005, murder of Asim Davis. Davis was gunned down while sitting in his car at a stop sign at East 37th Street and Bee Road. Both suspects were arrested on unrelated charges earlier last Hayward year while still in possession of the weapons used to shoot the victim.

Hayward is already incarcerated and Lynch is out on bond (for photo of Lynch see The Blotter). As we go to press detectives are actively seeking Lynch for service of the murder warrant. ◗

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Heavy rain didn’t stop a crowd from packing the meeting room of the Unitarian Universalist Church last Thursday evening for a forum on issues involving the fast-growing local Hispanic community.

Organized by the Latin American Services Organization, the forum featured guest speakers Dr. Miriam Urizar Rittmeyer, SPD Sgt. Armando Tamargo, and Pastor Samuel Rodriguez of the Primera Iglesia Bautisto Hispana.

The first Latino that SPD has ever promoted to sergeant, Tamargo said that while the 2000 census counted only about 5,000 Latinos living in Chatham County, “pretty much everyone knows” that with the recent boom in population and the large numbers of undocumented residents, the real number is at least 15,000 now.

“And probably a lot more than that,” he said.

Tamargo said that to cope with the increase, SPD last year formed the Latino Officer Outreach Program (LOOP), which currently has four bilingual officers.

“We want to break down the barrier between the police and the Latino community,” Tamargo said.

“A lot of them are afraid that if they talk to us, we’ll instantly call immigration.

Also, they have a lot of preconceived notions from their native countries about how police will treat them.”

When pressed about SPD’s policy on illegal immigrants, however, Tamargo allowed that local police often do indeed inform immigration, though he clarified that it’s generally done on a “case-by-

case” basis, and almost never done when an undocumented Latino is a crime victim.

“Our job is not to enforce immigration laws,” Tamargo said. “We aren’t designed or equipped to enforce that.”

“We dedicate our performance In any event, Tamargo said Chatham tonight to our queen -- Coretta Scott County’s Latino community, particularly King,” said Alvin Ailey American Dance the undocumented portion, is at a critical Theater Artistic stage.

Director Judith “Right now, the Jamison last vast majority of them Tuesday night, are male,” he said. not 24 hours “They’re over here after MLK’s establishing a homewidow died. front and sending Jamison money back home.” opened the perTamargo said that formance by dynamic will change accepting the when these men begin key to the city -bringing their families “it opens nothing to the U.S. permabut our hearts,” nently. He said the quipped Mayor department’s goal Otis Johnson as now is to cement he presented it good relations now so to her -- and An Ailey dancer airborne the effort will pay off in opining at length the future. on her love for Savannah.

Ideally, Tamargo said, local police will “The first thing I said when I got off one day have a full-time Hispanic outthe plane was I need some good food reach coordinator. Pointing to and some good prayer,” Jamison said.

Clearwater, Fla.’s success with a similar “And I got both. But that’s what you program, Tamargo said that such a have in Savannah -- good prayer and staffer would ideally have their office “in good people.” a centralized location, along with all the The nearly sold-out crowd at the other advocacy groups that Hispanic citJohnny Mercer -- including much of the izens usually use.” city council and county commission -Rittmeyer, speaking on behalf of was so psyched for the show that they Memorial Health’s new Hispanic outgave Jamison a standing ovation when reach initiative, the Community she was introduced.

HealthCare Center, said she and her colAfter Jamison’s heartfelt speech, the leagues are seeing growing health Alvin Ailey dancers began the evening’s problems in the local Latino community. first segment, several dances accom-

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panied by the music of Earth, Wind and Fire. A brief break signalled the second set, a tour-de-force to a classical string accompaniment by three of the company’s male dancers, all of whom showed a command of ballet and modern skills that was almost alarming in its virtuosity.

After intermission, dancers performed jazz-themed compilation set in a ‘30s bar scene. Closing the show was a classic piece of Ailey choreography with a spiritual theme.

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Above: Dr. Miriam Urizar Rittmeyer speaks as Pastor Rodriguez and Sgt. Tamargo look on; at left, the new Savannah Police “Espanol” badge signifying a bilingual officer

“Many of them have changed their eating habits since they’ve come here.

We’re now seeing the same diseases that afflict many other Americans,” she said, referring to diet-influenced maladies such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.

Rittmeyer said that, like other disadvantaged Americans, Hispanics are facing a crucial vacuum of health insurance.

“At least 44 percent of Hispanics in Georgia are uninsured,” she said.

Half funded by Memorial Health and half funded by grants and private sources, the Community HealthCare Center provides free medical service to Latinos. It is only the fifth such site in the nation, she said.

Rittmeyer echoed Tamargo’s analysis of the Hispanic community’s relationship with police.

“In many of their countries if they have to go to a policeman they’re very scared,” she said. “Here, it’s different.

The policeman is here to protect you.”

Rodriguez said that contrary to popular opinion, HIspanic immigrants often face an identity crisis.

“I’m not from here and I’m not from there,” he said. “If we go to our country, there they say ‘You’re American.’ If we come here, they say ‘You’re Mexican.’”

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If seasons won’t change, change your seasoning “WELL, SHE’S finally here,” said the man in the lobby to a friend of mine during last week’s ferocious rain storm.

“Who’s here?” she asked, looking around for someone to answer that description.

“She,” the man said. “Winter.”

Well, it’s about time. I knew we’d been missing something. I just didn’t know it was a “she,” as in winter.

While I don’t mind the low electric bills -- although considering the mild weather it does seem as if they should be even lower (or am I being paranoid and negative?) -- I have other issues, such as scarves to wear before it’s time to fold them away again for next season, sweaters to revisit and remember, collards anxious for that extra nip in the air, broccoli plants that are threatening to bolt.

I have a spirea bridal wreath tree itching to put out buds, bitty little nasturtium seedlings I planted last Valentine’s Day thinking it’s April and wondering to themselves why they never bloomed, a row of Mexican heather plants that is already sprouting new growth around the bottom. My Japanese

plum (loquat) have been sporting blooms for two months already.

Dandelions, in all their spring-filled, red-balloon, e.e. cummings yellowness, are dotting the brownish, winter grass.

The grass is doing the right thing. The dandelions are not.

Daffodils, bless their optimistic souls, are going strong.

It’s crazy. If it weren’t for the nasty, cut-up and ragged banana tree leaves we’d have trouble telling what month it is.

This year’s Super Bowl Sunday came and went and I didn’t even plant sugar snaps or snow peas, which I always thought was a great time to get those suckers going. Because who wouldn’t rather be outside -- sometimes in sleeting rain -- than in front of the boob tube?

But this year I kept waiting for cold weather to roust my memory to order the seeds, and it never came so I forgot.

I’m still waiting for that winter splurge of lettuce and arugula, plants that depend on cooler temperatures to grow thick and compact and tasty. It must be a sparse year for greens because I’m not even tired of picking them yet, which is like saying I’m not tired of basil -- gag --

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by the time November rolls around.

One lettuce that’s going to town for me this year is something called mizuna.

I couldn’t identify it when it started coming up. I only knew a slight mustard taste, a bitterness.

I plant these seeds when they’re the size of black pepper and then don’t remember where I put them or what they are supposed to look like when they’re all grown up. And while the package may claim 84 percent germination rate I don’t get anywhere near that.

But a few weeks ago when I was out of town and doing a little fine dining at an expensive restaurant (on someone else’s credit card) I spotted this particular lettuce with its distinctive feathery leaf (the catalogs and sites on the Internet call the leaves “finely desiccated” and agree the lettuce is from Japan).

So I asked the server and got the name. Bingo. I was growing the very same thing.

The full menu item read “crisp calamari, mizuna greens, yuzu (I have no idea what that is) vinaigrette and toasted sesame seeds” -- a bargain at $10.

And to think the last way I served my mizuna was at home as a bed of greenery to set off some of Kroger’s famous $5 roasted chicken dinner.

Hold the toasted sesame seeds. Minus the yuzu vinaigrette. I had no idea nouveau cuisine had come to 38th Street.

Whenever I have success with something, such as this year’s mizuna, I start to fantasize about developing my own little cottage industry. Like the summer I grew about 50 luffas (or do you say loufas?).

But then, my total marketing plan ready to go, I fail to replicate my earlier success. Farming is so unpredictable.

Besides, as with anything that turns commercial -- art or writing or crafts -more time is spent packaging, wrapping, marketing and distributing than actually creating the product.

So the answer is: Be here now.

For the garden, that requires cold weather, winter, seasonal change.

But have faith. She might be on her way. ◗

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William Bartram is Georgia Days 2006 honoree ON FEB. 13, THOUSANDS of elementary school students will descend on Savannah’s streets, dressed in their best colonial finery. The Georgia Day Parade begins at 10:30 a.m. at Forsyth Park, winding up through the Bull Street squares to City Hall. It’s just one of many events in Georgia Days 2006 designed to encourage a better understanding of Georgia history.

“The purpose of Georgia Days to to celebrate the founding of the Colony of Georgia,” says Christine Wilson, development and events coordinator for the Georgia Historical Society, which sponsors the twoweek celebration.

“The parade involves thousands of local elementary students dressed in costume,” she says.

“Their teachers are given a packet of information beforehand to start telling the students about this year’s honoree.”

Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe founded the Colony of Georgia at Savannah on Feb. 12, 1733. “The very first celebration was on the first

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anniversary of the founding on Feb. 12, 1734,” Wilson says.

Each year, Georgia Days honors a historic figure who was instrumental in the state’s history. This year, naturalist William Bartram is being honored.

The William Bartram Exhibit can be seen Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Feb. 28 at the Massie Heritage Center, 207 E. Gordon St. It features work from several private collections and presents Bartram’s artwork.

Admission is free.

Bartram, born in 1739 in Philadelphia, was the son of John Bartram, America’s first professional botanist. At the age of 26, William accompanied his father on a botanical expedition to the Florida territory in 1775. Florida had been acquired from Spain in 1763, and John Bartram had been commissioned as ”the King’s Botanist” to explore the territory.

While traveling with his father, William fell in love with Florida. He tried to become an indigo farmer, but although this experiment failed, he remained in Florida for a time. In 1773, William visited the Georgia coast, where he learned of a meeting between representatives of the Creek and Cherokee Indian nations that was to take place in Augusta in two months. William decided to stay in Georgia so he could attend the meeting and record its proceedings. He explored the Georgia coast in the meantime, visiting Savannah, Midway and Sunbury.

In addition to learning about Bartram, students also participate in other activities to learn about colonial life.

“There’s a colonial clothing competition,” Wilson says. “The students can actually make their own costumes.”

Following the parade, the Georgia Day Luncheon will be Monday at noon.

This year’s keynote speaker will be U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. Reservations are required for the luncheon. The cost is $30 per person, or $350 for a reserved table of 10.

“The luncheon is traditionally held at the Hyatt Regency,” Wilson says. ”This

year, there will be a performance by the Savannah Arts Academy’s jazz band.”

Another Georgia Day event has become a tradition in its own right. The Georgia Birthday Bash, Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m., is a reception in the Alida Harper-Fowlkes House on Orleans Square, which is rarely open to the public. The cost is $60 per person.

In conjunction with Georgia Days 2006, Super Museum Sunday will be held Feb. 12 from noon to 4 p.m. Savannaharea museums will open their doors to the public at no charge. See which museums at www.georgiahistory.com.

An hour-long recital of 18th century music will be Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at Hodgson Hall, home of the Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St. Music of the Georgia Colony will be presented by Anne Acker, who will play colonial-era music with period instruments to accompany soprano Lucinda Schultz. This concert is free. ◗

For more information or to make reservations for the Birthday Bash or the Georgia Day Luncheon, call 651-2125, Ext. 20, or e-mail cwilson@georgiahistory.com.

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DETECTIVES ARE SEEKING Reginald Leonard Lynch, sought for the January 2005 murder of Asim Davis at 37th & Bee Road.

Lynch is 28, with a last known address on Hansen Street. He is 5’11”, 170 pounds. Anyone with information should call the SCMPD Violent Crimes Unit at 651-6728, or call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.

• A Johnny Mercer Boulevard couple told police that someone stole an envelope filled with credit cards while they were away from home for about 20 minutes. The doors were left unlocked while the couple was gone. The victims said “they have been trying to clean up their credit” and that is why all of the credit cards were in one location.

• An Eisenhower Drive business owner reported that the phone lines at the back of the business were cut. Nails were strewn in the front parking lot, and two holes were shot in the front office window by someone with a pellet gun. The victims say the incidents may be related to other recent incidents they have been victims of. The owners said a house they own was set on fire recently. That incident also is being investigated.

• Police were called to a mall parking lot on Abercorn Street by a witness who saw a man and woman inside a pickup truck engaged in a physical confrontation. They had their small child in the back seat at the time.

When the man observed the witness, he moved the truck to another parking space. The witness called police and waited until they arrived. The couple’s vehicle was stopped to find out what was going on. The woman said they had gotten into a verbal altercation which never became physical. She said “the man never hit her and she didn’t have any bruises or cuts on her.” The man said they were going to take their daughter “to get some ice cream” when they got into a verbal altercation.

He said “he struck the center console of the truck twice, but he never hit his wife.” Military Police were called because both husband and wife are in the military. ◗

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

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• Police responded to a complaint of a disorderly child. An officer was told by a man that his stepson attacked him with a knife. Upon entering, the officer met the boy’s mother, who said the boy had just run out the back door and jumped the fence. The officer returned to his car and located the boy at the rear of Savannah Christian School on East Derenne Avenue. He returned the boy to his home to speak with both parents. The parents said the boy became upset when he was told he could not go to the store. When the man attempted to walk away, the boy attacked him. He was charged with aggravated assault.

• A man was cleaning up a Waters Avenue parking lot when a man wearing a mask knocked him to the ground and attempted to take his wallet. The robber struck the victim in the left eye, closing it. The victim went home and later went to a hospital emergency room for treatment. He called police from the emergency room.

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• Police were called to an Abercorn Street fast-food restaurant on a complaint of fraud. Upon arrival, an officer spoke with the restaurant’s manager.

She said one of her employees used a credit card that was left accidentally in the drive-thru. Total charges were $158.16. The victim was notified and picked up the card. The employee who illegally used the card and the night manager were the only two people working when the incident occurred, and the employee was charged with fraud.

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• A Drayton Street resident told police that when she turned her lights off in her living room to go to bed, her dog began barking at the living room window. The woman said she saw the shadow of a person outside that window. The window peeper ran west towards Drayton Street and the woman went to wake her husband. She said a similar incident happened about a year ago. A cement cinder block was found on the ground by the bedroom window.

An extra patrol look-out was posted.

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Ms. Sierra Stiles, age 8, was credited with the first bear kill in Maryland in the limited October hunting season, downing a 211-pounder from 50 yards away with her .243-caliber rifle. (She had won one of the lottery-awarded permits and then aced the safety test.) And according to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer profile in January, Aidan Gold, age 8, of Bothell, Wash., recently climbed a 20,300-foot peak on Mount Everest in the Himalayas with his dad, adding to his previous climbs in the Cascades and the Alps.

Aidan said the last part of the Everest climb (a 45-degree stretch of rock and ice) was “the (hardest) 3,000 feet I’ve ever done.”

The Entrepreneurial Spirit Katie’s Pet Depot in La Verne, Calif., is one of the few grooming salons in the country for rats, according to an October Associated Press report. A special $10 treatment includes lustrous-coat shampooing, claw-clipping and flea and mite treatment, and employee Karri Garrison said the claw-clipping is the hardest: “They have very small feet.”

Opportunities in Toilet Paper: (1) Rev. Rick Oliver of the First Church of God in Pendleton, Ore., decided last fall that the church’s new fund-raising campaign would involve sales of toilet paper, specifically the upscale brand Angel Soft. (2) The Portuguese paper producer Renova introduced black toilet paper in France last fall (and expect to introduce it in the U.S. soon). A Renova statement called the tissue “elegant, rebellious, alternative and eternally fashionable.”

Animals With Issues In October in Louisburg, Kan., and January in Eau Claire, Wis., cats went missing after hiding behind drywall being installed in houses, eventually getting sealed in. The unnamed Kansas cat was in for three weeks before workers re-

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turned and heard an intrawall shuffling noise, and “Mary Poppins” in Wisconsin moved between walls and ceiling for five days before homeowners tracked her down with thermal imaging equipment.

China’s Xinhua news agency reported in October that Ai Ai, the veteran chimp at the safari park in Shaanxi province, who is 27 years old and who started smoking cigarette butts at age 11 when her first mate died, has finally kicked her nicotine habit. Zoo officials attributed her success to distractions such as exercise, music (via a Walkman “borrowed” from a keeper), and better food, such as fried dishes and dumplings.

Pigs Fighting for Respect: Pigs’ personalities are distributed much like humans’, according to patiently observant British researcher Niamh O’Connell (interviewed for a November story in London’s Daily Telegraph). Except for the largest ones, pigs are of two types: pushy ones that always fight for food and choice sleeping space, and meek ones that avoid confrontations. According to O’Connell, the aggressive ones have higher stress levels and make poorer parents, and besides, they ultimately lose out when they challenge the alpha pigs.

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(1) Mike Bolognue opened what he believes is the only alcohol-free “sports bar” in America, in Plain Township, Ohio, near Akron. It was unintentional. He had already invested $560,000 in the bar before he realized that it was located in a dry district. (However, voters can un-dry the district on a ballot question in May.) (2) And in December, a typist for the Japanese bank Mizuho Securities hit the wrong keys and sold about 600,000 shares of an expensive stock that Mizuho owned only 1 share of, making the firm liable for the equivalent of more than $225 million. (The

Tokyo Stock Exchange pressured some company buyers to cancel their purchases, but individuals got to sell their purchases back to Mizuho at a huge profit.)

Questionable Judgment In a company employee style manual issued in late 2005 by Commonwealth Bank in Queensland state in Australia, workers were advised with great specificity how to groom themselves and practice good hygiene. Among the areas covered were proper brands of underwear, shapes for women’s eyebrows, and frequency for shaving and for moisturizing one’s hands.

(In December, a Commonwealth executive issued an “if” apology, i.e., an apology “if” the bank had offended anyone.)

Chutzpah!

(1) Lucella Bridget Gorman pleaded guilty in Brisbane, Australia, in December to two counts of theft, the first count for stealing things from a department store and the second count for stealing the mugshot camera while police were booking her for the department-store theft. (2) FEMA subcontractor Frank Tanner, 47, was charged with looting in Slidell, La., in January after he walked out the front door of Darin LeBlanc’s home with an armful of electronic equipment. LeBlanc was standing in his front yard at the time, but Tanner, in the hubbub surrounding cleanup efforts, apparently thought LeBlanc was just another contractor.

Least Competent Criminals Selina Valdez, 28, was arrested in January and her suspected partner, Daniel Marquez, 41, was sought by police, on counterfeiting charges in Pueblo, Colo., after police walked into their foulsmelling home. No hoarded animals were present, but according to police, about a

week before the arrest, officers had called on the couple, who had then hurriedly flushed the bogus bills down the toilet. After questioning them, police left, but the toilet clogged, and since then, the couple have been relieving themselves into plastic bags that police found strewn about the home.

Classic Middle Name (all-new) Arrested recently and awaiting trial for murder: Jeremy Wayne Hopkins, 22 (Denton, Texas, November); Reginald Wayne Thomas, 23 (Houston, November); Matthew Wayne Almand, 18 (Melbourne, Fla., November); John Wayne Surratt Jr., 28 (Stanly County, N.C., December; escaped and recaptured, January); Curtis Wayne Campbell, 25 (Norman, Okla., January). Convicted of murder: Roy Wayne Russell, 45 (Vancouver, Wash., January). Sentenced for murder: Douglas Wayne Pepper, 44 (Greensboro, N.C., November). Executed for murder: Melvin Wayne White, 55 (Huntsville, Texas, November). Committed Suicide While Suspected of Murder: Don Wayne Moody, 26 (Laredo, Texas, December).

Update In 2003, News of the Weird reported on the design of Bill Martin to build a Christian-themed nudist park, Natura, in Florida’s Pasco County. (He argues that nakedness is more Christianlike than the expensive, garish clothes worn by worshipers at mega-churches’ Sunday galas.)

Martin plans to open later in 2006, despite legal challenges such as the one over the guidelines on Natura’s Web site. The most controversial is an essay reassuring men and boys that spontaneous erections seldom occur and should not discourage them from visiting. Though Christian organizations, and even the more staid nudist organizations, have objected to Martin’s candor, he stood fast: “Erections,” he said, “have got to be addressed.” ◗

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Flash flooding from the downpours forced Rio’s two airports and two largest hospitals to shut down.

Earthquakes A magnitude 7.6 temblor rocked a wide area of Indonesia and was felt as far away as Darwin, Australia.

Two people were trampled to death when the shaking beneath the Banda Sea caused panicked residents of Ceram to rush to higher ground in fear of a tsunami.

Cracks appeared in buildings there and in East Timor.

• Earth movements were also felt in northwest Sumatra, southern Iran, metropolitan Tokyo, northern Nebraska and around Portland, Ore.

Alaskan Eruption Alaska’s Augustine Volcano roared back to life following 10 days of relative calm, spewing a cloud of ash that soared 40,000 feet into the sky southwest of Anchorage. It was the 10th explosion since Jan. 11, when the 4,134-foot Cook Inlet volcano ended 30 years of dormancy.

Devil Cancer Spreads A cancer that has been killing Tasmanian devils was discovered near a “disease free” national park on the Australian island state from which the animal got its name. The Devil Disease Project confirmed that a dead devil found within 6 miles of the Narawntapu National Park was infected with the deadly facial tumor disease. The tumors can become so large that they force the teeth from a devil’s mouth, leaving it to die of starvation.

“We’ll be looking at some disease suppression activities, including the trapping and removal of diseased devils, if the disease is found within the park,” said project leader Alistair Scott. The foul-tempered creatures are about the size of a small dog, with sharp teeth, powerful jaws and a screech that earned them the name. ◗

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Cyclone Jim skirted the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Remants of the storm were predicted to move over northern New Zealand.

• Minimal Cyclone Bolotese weakened to tropical depression strength before it passed over Madagascar. The storm then regenerated and reached category 1 strength over the Mozambique Channel.

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Conservation groups in India met with government officials to con3.1 vince them to ban a 2.9 common cattle medication that threatens to bring the country’s vultures to extinction within a few years. The government promised last March to phase out veterinary use of the drug diclofenac, but the move has faced opposition from the pharmaceutical companies that produce it. Scientists say a switch to the use of meloxicam, which does not harm the birds, could resolve the crisis. They also note that populations of the three threatened vulWeek Ending February 3, 2006 tures have plummeted in South Asia by more than 97 percent over the can live up to 1,000 years, could die out past 15 years due to the widespread use completely within the next two decades. of diclofenac to treat sick cattle. With the disappearance of the scavenger birds, feral dogs now flourish on dead animals, An outbreak of a crippling and and there are fears that both the dogs incurable mosquito-borne disand the rotting carcasses that litter the ease has spread to more than countryside will spread disease to hu50,000 people on the Indian mans.

Ocean island of Reunion. Within the past week, health officials reported more than Climate change is ravaging 5,600 new cases of people infected with Germany’s once magnificent “chikungunya,” a Swahili word for “that forests, with researchers anwhich bends up.” The term refers to the nouncing that one in every two stooped posture of those afflicted by the oak trees is officially sick. The country’s non-fatal disease for which there is no agriculture ministry says that the phenom- known vaccine or cure. Schools have enon of Waldsterben, or forest death, rebeen closed, and the health ministry has versed slightly last year but pollution and called for actions to be taken to eradicate global warming are still taking a heavy toll. mosquitoes across the popular tourist reGermany’s Friends of the Earth environsort island. mental group blame carbon dioxide emissions for creating global warming heat The heaviest rainstorm to strike waves during 2002 and 2003, which joined the Brazilian city of Rio de with other air pollution to damage the Janeiro in nearly a decade trees’ health. Group spokesman Rüdiger killed more than 12 people and Rosenthal said that while pine trees apbrought the city to a near standstill. Six of pear to be unaffected, the oaks, which

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Connect Savannah: This last album is spectacular. The goal was to create the definitive record of your career. Did you?

Joe Ligon: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right. When I first met the producer Sanchez Harley, he said to me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been together for so long, and won so many Grammys and Stellas

Joe Ligon: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not gonna lie on the man.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to work with. But buddy, if you do what he says, the results are phenomenal! Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love it. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfectionist, but he does things the right way.

All the rest of the gospel quartets out there kinda follow after The Clouds, and now, everybody that could get to him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or pay what he charged â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they went after him. He has a knack for finding material that brings out the best in people. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done Shirley Caesar, a lot of R & B people, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done Aretha Franklin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my Godsister. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already collecting songs for our next release. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a studio album, and it should be finished and out by this time next year.

Connect Savannah: If you do not move your listeners to accept Christ, is that a failure of some sort. Or is it enough that you have brought them happiness â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if not salvation?

Joe Ligon: Well, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re into the Lord or Jesus or your Savior, or however you look at your religion, we just figure that out of 12 songs on a CD, there should be four or five that will direct peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds to the Supreme Being and how important He is. There may also be songs on there about life, where we might not mention Jesus or what we believe in. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell people how and when to go to church, who to pray for.

We tell them our theory. We believe in God and that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real. If we did not trust and believe in God over these 46 years, we would not have made it. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always sing about that. heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in there regardless.

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FOR CLOSE TO A HALF-CENTURY, The Mighty Clouds of Joy have been known worldwide as the preeminent black gospel quartet.

From their earliest days in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditional gospelâ&#x20AC;? format of four voices and one solo guitar, through their pioneering â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s mixture of sanctified singing and funky, electric soul arrangements, to their current bag as a slick, polished, powerhouse of roof-raising harmonies and modern, rock-influenced bombast, The Clouds have earned their position as leaders and innovators of their genre.

While the lineup has changed a bit over the years, founding members Joe Ligon and Richard Wallace have stood the test of time, with longtime collaborators Mike Cook, Ron Staples, and Johnny Valentine rounding out the current lineup.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long road from their first recorded single (1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peacock 45 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steal Away To Jesusâ&#x20AC;?) to their most recent album, In The House of The Lord: Live In Houston. That briskly-selling disc is a thrilling testament to the thunderous experience of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebrated live shows, which have made them one of the top-grossing Christian music acts.

By incorporating brightly colored outfits and fancy footwork (a la The Temptations) and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; horrors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an electric backup band (a la Bob Dylan circa â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;65), they drew cries of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judasâ&#x20AC;? from gospel purists who would later recoil at the mention of The Cloudsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; breakthrough disco smash â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mighty High.â&#x20AC;? But history has proved the group to be prescient avatars of contemporary religious music.

We caught up with bandleader Joe Ligon via phone from a stop on the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neverending Tour.â&#x20AC;?

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Joe Ligon: We wouldn’t have been as effective as we are now now. We’ve opened for The Stones, Al Green, James Brown... Um, now who’s that little short man who plays the guitar?

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Joe Ligon: No... Paul Simon! We opened up for him at Madison Square Garden.

We’ve opened for B.B. King and Bobby Bland in Japan. Our success would not have been the same – and it wouldn’t have mattered how good our voices were -- if we hadn’t been losin’ our minds on the stage! All the promoters and the artists we’ve worked with always mention our energy. We do “Shout” by The Isley Brothers and just act crazy! We started that policy back in 1964. It went over so big that people started saying “Their guitar player does the duckwalk like Chuck Berry!” It’s because of things like that that we’re now known as The Mighty, Mighty Clouds Of Joy.

Connect Savannah: What’s the biggest misconception about The Clouds?

continued from page 17 the scene, we were singing “Amazing Grace.” But Lord, we got smart. We said, gospel music’s gonna change, and we’ve always been a daring group. Our producer knew it would take a creative shift.

He was seeing back then what people are doing now, 25 years later! People thought we were losing our minds, because we were working with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff at Sigma Sound in Philly. People thought we’d gone secular, ‘cause we were the first gospel group ever to appear on Soul Train. Boy, we really got talked about then! (Laughs) When we came out with songs for the young people like “Ride The Mighty High,” they said we were talking about using drugs. I said, gettin’ high? The “Mighty High” is God!

Connect Savannah: What kind of set can folks expect at this upcoming show?

Joe Ligon: We’ll do stuff from our entire history. There’s always different types of people in our crowds. We’ll mix it up, because we’re very good observers, and whatever songs are getting through the best, we’ll key in on.

Joe Ligon: Well, when we went contemporary, my father and the gospel industry got angry because when we came on

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Connect Savannah: With the passing of Coretta Scott King, people are taking stock of the state of black America.

Christian faith played a huge role in galvanizing people of all races to join the civil rights movement. What do you think of American race relations today?

Joe Ligon: Dr. King and his wife changed a lot of things. He had to believe in what he was doing, even if it cost him his life – which I feel he knew it would. I often wonder what would have happened if we had not had a Dr. King. There were a lot of people who just said I’m not gonna go out and fight dogs and water hoses, get locked up and called the “N’ word. Why should I do that? But he beat the bushes, and never said it was just for black people. It was for people, period.

For anybody who was looked down upon. I was in Albany, Ga. I saw it and I’ll never forget. Him getting pushed around and dogs snapping at their throats.

Think about it. What would America be like today without Dr. King? ◗

The Mighty Clouds of Joy and various local choirs appear Sunday at St. John Baptist Church (522 Hartridge St.) as part of Savannah’s 2006 Black Heritage Festival. The show starts at 5 p.m.

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2nd Annual Terrapin JamFest Sponsored by the Ga.-brewed Terrapin Beer and the Allman Brothers-o-centric fan magazine Hittin’ The Note, this 18-city tour pairs Macon’s noted jam-rock group Moonshine Still with a handful of rotating opening acts. For the Savannah date, that support slot is filled by Josh Roberts, formerly of their kindred spirits Captain Easy. The idea is to approximate the vibe of the outdoor Summer festivals (that are so popular with fans of this loose-limbed, organic roots-rock genre) in an indoor environment during the colder months.

In addition to contests and door prizes that will be given away at each stop, a portion of the proceeds from each date will be donated to local food banks.

Thurs., Locos Deli & Pub (Downtown).

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Tony Morris Raised in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and North Carolina – the

The Detroit Cobras A rare local date by this pistol-hot Motor City combo that’s made a major underground rep for years by taking forgotten soul nuggets of the ‘60s and ‘70s and jackin’ them up on bathtub crank.

Vocalist Rachel Nagy and guitarist Mary Ramirez have seen sidemen come and go (their current road band even includes a member of The Dirtbombs!), but the feel remains the same – sultry, reverb-soaked twang-bar mantras to love, loss and gettin’ buck wild. If Shonen Knife balled The Stooges, these would be their love children. Tourmates Reigning Sound and local female-fronted indie-rock darlings Hot Pink Interior open. $15 tickets.

Wednesday, Feb. 15th, 10 pm, The Jinx. ◗

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descendant of coal miners and sharecroppers, this Savannah-based singing poet and acoustic guitarist blends the two disciplines to create what he terms ”Hillbilly Soul.” Widely published, his award-winning written work is distinguished by its fragile phrases that draw the reader into portraits of fleeting moments and hidden feelings. For this gig, he’ll perform both original songs and cover tunes on guitar and harmonica, and read from his second book of poetry, 2005’s Back To Cain. Both his CD EP and book will be available for purchase. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL AGES.

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marathon of live entertainment. In the material allowed). If years past are any early part of the afternoon, local stalwarts indication, you’ll find local stores hauling like prestidigitator (and TV personality) in boxes of inventory, and longtime Magic Marc and area dance troupe packrats looking Sankofa will be on hand to thrill forlorn as they watch and mesmerize. Later strangers pick over on, the Savannah State stuff they no longer University Dance have room for. It’s not Ensemble will appear, uncommon to see plus headliners New decent-quality Edition. classic rock LPs That multi-platinum going for $3, and selling hip-hop and R & B rare, autographed group helped to create memorabilia priced and popularize the New at upwards of Jack Swing movement in $100. After the the mid-’80s, and though show, student The Detro they split up for several DJs keep the it Cobras years before reuniting (sans party going with original member Mr. Whitney a dance set at 8 pm, Houston himself, Bobby and the whole thing is simulcast on the Brown), their members conschool’s internet radio station www.scadradio.org). tinued to have a great impact on both (w urban and pop radio through groups like Last year I traded a live concert from Bell Biv Devoe. This lineup recently Television’s 1992 reunion tour for an signed with P. Diddy’s Bad Boy original Slash pressing of Rank & File’s Entertainment, and – with Brown’s debut LP. If you have any idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure I’ll see you there. longtime replacement Jonny Gill in tow – To reserve a table, call Connie Williams at seem to be enjoying less of a ”comeback” 525-5511. Sat., 12 pm - 6 pm, Orleans Hall than a significant new chapter in a mature ((201 Barnard St.) - FREE TO ALL AGES. and ongoing career. Sat., 1:30 pm, Sav. Civic Center - FREE TO ALL AGES.

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Attention vinyl hounds and music memorabilia geeks: SCAD’s Student Media Department is once more hosting an all-day extravaganza aimed squarely at you! Collect old soul 45s? Love to flip through dusty 12-inches looking for obscure remixes from the mid-’80s? Need only one back issue of Option to complete your archive? Searching for import CDs? It’s your lucky day.

This ”Record & Magazine Fair” allows dealers and individuals to rent table space – at only $10 a pop – for buying, selling or trading whatever they like (no pirated

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The Ben Tucker Trio

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Mainstream jazz combo featuring some of the area’s best players – including bassist Tucker, drummer Steve Primatic, pianist Bob Alberti and vocalist Huxsie Scott. Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

This Atlanta-based keyboardist won several awards in her native Japan, and blends jazz, fusion and funk (think Chick Corea). She’s worked with Eric Marienthal and opened for Chris Botti, and tours as a duo with guitarist/singer (and former S.O.S. Band sideman) Prince Redd. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Scott H. Biram

This “Dirty Old One Man Band” is a Young, male Miami hoot in more indie-rockers with a ways than bit of old Riot Grrl one. Like Fat posturing (droning Scott H. Biram Possum grunge riffs, bludgRecords’ Bob eoning vocals). A bit Log III, he injects a nihilistic attitude into rough around the edges, but that may be old, John Lee Hooker-inspired solo footpurposeful. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.. stomp blues, and like Athens legends The Chickasaw Muddpuppies, he’s not afraid to place tongue in cheek when it Fiery Southern jams (like a baresuits the song. As with the late Hasil bones Allman Brothers Band) led by 2 Adkins, Biram’s an intense, one-man excellent singing guitarists, Tyler Roe freak scene, but his backwater bit came and Ronny Keel. from salad days in metal and punk Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Blues. instead of a lonely cabin. A little-known fringe artist who flips the bird to convention, he’s been championed by Danceable rock and pop covers (from cowpunk icons such as Hank Williams III. Al Green to Little Johnny Cougar).

Local outlaw country crooner Whiskey Fri., 7 pm, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House.

Dick opens. Wed., 10 pm, The Jinx.

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Fri., 6 pm, The Warehouse + Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Brock & Albert (of P-Groove)

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Laid-back set from two members of Savannah’s most well-known jam-rock exports, Perpetual Groove.

Wed., Locos Deli & Pub (Downtown).

Roaring ‘20s Valentine’s Party Costumed theme event (with contests and retro music) thrown by local impresario Chris Cook. Tues., Notorious.

Mike Cross Nationally-known bluegrass artist mixing impressive chops, good humor and storytelling into a wholesome revue.

For advance tickets, call 748-1930. Sat., 7:30 pm, Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor (1304 E. Highway 80, Bloomingdale).

JandointheusTony Valentine’s Day for the music of Trae Gurley Clarke Quintet in the Luna Lounge.

Indulge in complimentary chocolates and Bellinis (with purchase of entreé).

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Mary Davis & Company Acoustic pop, rock and soul covers from members of Wilmington Island’s Band In The Park. Sat., 7 pm, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House.

The Angela Linsey Trio Songwriter/singer known for a soulful vocal style that’s been likened to Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Ricky Lee Jones, and Roberta Flack. Tues., 7 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Savannah Avenue Statesboro-based jazz act.

Sat., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.

Vivaldi’s “Gloria” This church’s choir and Savannah Country Day’s Upper School Strings Chamber Ensemble performs this classical piece for free, with donations to the church’s mission in Haiti being accepted.

Sun., 4 pm, Lutheran Church Of The Ascension (120 Bull St.).

Silver Lining Local trio playing unique arrangements of dance-oriented pop, funk and soul covers.

Fri., 8 pm, Moon River Brewing Co.

Southpaw Tight regional band playing modern and classic country and honky-tonk.

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

’Georgia Kyle’ Shiver & Jimmy Wolling Acoustic blues, bluegrass and folk from a singer/guitarist and an ace banjoist. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

The Greg Williams Duo Prolific local guitarist/songwriter playing rock, folk and blues covers and originals w/guitarist Shane Baldwin.

Fri., Fiddler’s Crab House + Sat., 10 pm, The Underground @ Churchill’s Pub. ◗

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by Jim Reed Dark Star Orchestra - Headliners @ Banana Joe’s, Columbia Lily Tomlin - Blumenthal Center, Charlotte The Fiery Furnaces, Deadboy & The Elephantmen - Visulite Theatre, Charlotte

California Guitar Trio - University Of Florida, Gainesville Marty Stuart, Connie Smith - Orange Blossom Opry, Weirsdale, FL

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compiled by Jim Morekis SCAD professors opens at the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Thurs., Feb. 2. “Pull" showcases artists who use a vast array of materials to evade dimensional definition; artists include Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne, Kip Bradley, Tom Gattis, Yves Paquette and Amy Norgaard.

Roger Surprenant -- Photography on display at Moon River Brewing Company at 21 West Bay St. and Angel's BBQ at 21 West Oglethorpe Lane. Exhibits include a Roundhouse collection and graphic/abstract prints. Through mid-March; free admission.

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VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER AT HYATT REGENCY SAVANNAH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH 6:00pm-10:00pm

Turn an ordinary night into something extraordinary at Windows Chop House. Our culinary experts have prepared an exclusive menu for your romantic Valentine Celebration. Items featured include Chilean Sea Bass, Lobster Tail & Snapper, Filet Mignon, Chicken Roulade, Linguini Primavera and a selection of sweet treats.

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Group Exhibition-- Show at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St., features eclectic work by Fran Thomas, Jorge Alvarez, Barbara Jones, Jill Chafin and others.

‘Grey Gardens’ by Lauren Hausler at Two Pale Josephines Black Heritage Exhibition at Starland -This exhibition will follow the theme of the 17th Annual Black Heritage Festival "Our Sons, Our Future". Features Charley Palmer, Luther E. Vann, Lee Ransaw, Christopher Freeman, Wendell Smith, Amiri Farris, Elliott Stiles, and Napoleon Wilkerson. At Starland Gallery, 2428 Bull St. ‘Conflict and Creation’ -- Paintings and hand-carved menorahs by Robert Lask.

Opening reception Sunday Feb. 12 from 5-8 p.m. at the Black Orchid Gallery, 131 Drayton St.

Meryl Truett -- New photographs exploring the vernacular architecture of the American South, at Rosewood Studio and Gallery at 113 Oglethorpe Ave. JEA Art for February -- Paintings by Stacie Albano will be on display this month at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Gallery 209 Artists -- Deborah Auleatha Mueller is featured artist in February, exhibiting raku and stoneware at this gallery at 209 E. River St. ◗

‘Moving Along’ -- Kinetic abstract painting by Mike DeMaria at Venus de Milo, 38 MLK Jr. Blvd. Opening reception Feb. 16, 7-9 p.m.

‘Control’ -- Acrylic on linen by Andrew J. Rogers, thru Feb. at DeSotoRow Gallery in the Starland Design District.

Two Pale Josephines -- New work in oil and mixed media by Laurel Hausler. 416 W, Broughton St. ‘Faces of Folk’ -- Exhibit thru Feb. at The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, 1015 Whitaker Street. Call 234-7322.

'Perfect Soundness' -- Paintings and drawings Allison McElroy, through Feb. 9 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

‘Eruption’ by Robert Lask at Black Orchid ‘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. ‘Pull’ -- This exhibition featuring the work of nationally known artists and several

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

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by Matt Brunson and the Academy responded by handing it six nominations in technical categories. Likewise, Peter Jackson’s King Kong snagged four deserving nods in the technical arena. And while War of the Worlds has emerged as the 2005 blockbuster that few admit to liking, no complaints have been lodged against the awesomeness of its visual and sound effects, which racked up three noms.

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• The triumph of the independents. In the 1996 race, a lot of ink was spilled over the fact that the only Best Picture nominee from a major studio was Jerry Maguire. This year, the sole big-studio representative is the atypical Munich, which will be hard-pressed to gross even a third of what that Tom Cruise vehicle earned. In short, even with Miramax out of the picture, the independents continue to make their presence known during awards season. Focus Features has been leading the • No Best Picture nomination for The charge as of late: Their titles among the past few Constant Gardener. This wouldn’t be the first time years include Lost In Translation, The Pianist, that BAFTA (aka the British Oscars) would be Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Far From smarter than our own AMPAS. The British Heaven and, from 2005, Brokeback Mountain, The Academy nominated this excellent picture for a Constant Gardener and Pride & Prejudice. field-leading 10 awards, but the U.S. Academy • The Best Original Score nominees. For could only muster four nominations. It should have decades, the old fogies who make up the music earned additional nods for Best Picture, Director branch have been notorious for ignoring new(Fernando Meirelles) and Actor (Ralph Fiennes). comers. And yes, this time around, they did pre• No Best Documentary nomination for Grizzly dictably hand two of the slots to John Williams (for Man. We knew about this snub for some time, but Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha), bringing his that doesn’t make it sting any less. The Academy’s career total to 45. But astonishingly, the other documentary board weeded down the year’s crop three nominations went to musicians who are not of contenders a few weeks ago, and Werner only Oscar first-timers but international comHerzog’s extraordinary film didn’t even make it to posers fairly new to English-language cinema: the final round. Given that this was the year’s most Argentina’s Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback praised nonfiction film (it earned Best Mountain), Spain’s Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Documentary honors from nine critics’ groups, far Gardener) and Italy’s Dario Marianellia (Pride & outpacing March of the Penguins’ four), its snub Prejudice). stirs memories of the years when the Academy • The Best Animated Feature nominees. Shark would routinely ignore great docs like The Thin Tale, Brother Bear, Treasure Planet… These are Blue Line, Crumb and Hoop just some of the Dreams. acknowledged medi• The omission of the ocrities that have s tar s o f T h e U p s i d e o f Oscar’s 5 Best earned nominations Anger. Because it was These were the films nominated by the in the past, placing released in the spring, Academy for Best Picture. the purpose of this Academy members forgot 1. Brokeback Mountain (8 nominations) fairly new category in all about the extraordinary 2. Crash (6) question. This year, performances by Joan Allen 3. Good Night, and Good Luck (6) all three nominees -and Kevin Costner in this 4. Capote (5) Howl’s Moving low-key gem.

5. Munich (5) Castle, Tim Burton’s • Judi Dench up for Corpse Bride and Best Actress for Mrs. Critics’ 5 Best Wallace & Gromit: Henderson Presents . The Based on a national sampling of 640 The Curse of the reviewers, these were the films that appeared the worst nomination in the Were-Rabbit -- are whole batch. Dench gets most frequently on critics’ 10 Best lists. fully deserving of nominated for delivering the 1. Brokeback Mountain their bids. And as same performance she 2. A History of Violence someone who always does, thereby 3. Good Night, and Good Luck loathes the manner pushing out more deserving 4. Capote in which CGI has turns by the aforemen5. King Kong taken over the film -- (Source: www.criticstop10.net) tioned Joan Allen, Naomi industry, it’s gratiWatts (King Kong) and fying to point out Gwyneth Paltrow (Proof).

Brunson’s 5 Best that none of these • Frances M cDorm and These were my picks for the year’s best films were created up for Best Supporting movies. through computers Ac tre ss fo r N o rth Co untry .

1. The Constant Gardener (Howl was handThe fabulous McDormand 2. Brokeback Mountain drawn, while the fully deserved her Oscar 3. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wereother two employed win for Fargo and additional Rabbit stop-motion). noms for Almost Famous 4. Good Night, and Good Luck • The strong tech and Mississippi Burning.

5. A History of Violence nical support for But this wasn’t a particudeserving produc larly challenging perMoviegoers’ 5 Best tions. The lackluster formance, and her inclusion These were the year’s biggest moneymaking reviews for Memoirs knocked out one of several releases. of a Geisha immedimarvelous turns: Maria 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith ately squashed the Bello in A History of 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire pre-release buzz that Violence, Scarlett 3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch this would be a Johansson in Match Point, and the Wardrobe major contender. But Gong Li in Memoirs of a 4. War of the Worlds there’s no denying Geisha and Laura Linney in 5. King Kong its visual splendor, The Squid and the Whale. ◗

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TH E OS CAR NOM I NATION announcement can always be counted on for a few out-of-left-field surprises -- Edward Norton up for American History X? Yay! Paul Giamatti snubbed for Sideways? Booo! -- but this year resulted in zero surprises.

In the major races, the field is largely what people predicted, and the few deviations from the expected shakeout (e.g. most prognosticators figured Walk the Line would slip into the Best Picture lineup over Munich) are hardly earth-shaking. Even the directors branch, traditionally housing the most maverick voters, dutifully fell in line.

The directors who in the past were brave enough to award such challenging fare as Blue Velvet, Short Cuts and The Last

Temptation of Christ their solitary nods weren’t edgy enough this year to honor A History of Violence’s David Cronenberg, The Constant Gardener’s Fernando Meirelles or Cache’s Michael Haneke.

Still, there’s a silver lining. Unlike the Grammys, the Oscars at least attempt to honor the best achievements in motion pictures rather than the most profitable (those Best Picture Oscars for Titanic and Gladiator notwithstanding), and that’s never been more in evidence than this year.

Among the five Best Picture nominees, the highest-grossing among the bunch is Brokeback Mountain with roughly $60 million at press time. That figure will probably climb to $100 million in the weeks ahead, but the other nominees, with grosses currently ranging from $16 million to $53 million, won’t make it anywhere near that mark.

What’s more, the five nominees are an educational bunch, the direct antithesis to the perpetual dumbing-down of America by shallow newscasts and reality TV shows. Three of the nominees (Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, Munich) are based on events from the latter half of the 20th century, one (Crash) deals with race relations and the final title (Brokeback Mountain) focuses on homosexuality.

History, blacks and gays -- clearly, not topics that will find much traction with the conservative factions who are constantly circling the wagons in an effort to keep the world out. But progressive film fans will appreciate the Academy’s attempts to educate as well as entertain.

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This picture represents Allen's best work since 1996's overlooked Everyone Says I Love You, but it hardly belongs in the pantheon reserved for the likes of Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters.

Yet the hosannas are understandable: It's nice to have Allen back again, even if it turns out to be only for a short visit.

Forsaking his beloved New York City, Allen has made a film that's set -- and shot -- in England. Also gone is another mainstay: the nebbish protagonist, generally played by Allen himself but on occasion portrayed by a younger actor like John Cusack or Jason Biggs.

Clearly, the leading character here is no nervous, self-effacing nerd. Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is handsome, charismatic and secure enough to know what he wants out of life. A tennis pro employed at a posh London club, he makes the acquaintance of dashing rich kid Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), who then proceeds to introduce Chris to his sister Chloe (Emily Mortimer). Chris' life in the fast lane, however, encounters a speed bump in the curvaceous shape of Tom's American fiancĂŠe, Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson). Eventually, the two engage in an adulterous tryst that has the potential to bring down Chris' carefully constructed lifestyle. Match Point is exceedingly well-written and exquisitely performed (Johansson stands out in her best performance to date), yet what causes it to come up a hair short of true greatness is that, for all its dissimilarities to past Allen films, it still ends up largely playing like a remake of the "Crimes" half of Crimes and Misdemeanors, the section of the twostory film that focused on the adulterous duo portrayed by Martin Landau and Anjelica Huston. For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I won't specify exactly where the films line up and where they deviate, but suffice to say that this new drama could have offered more surprises and still retained Allen's thematic stance.

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Any ambience created in tandem by ace cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki Lubezki and director Terrence Malick repeatedly dissipate in the face of the plodding treatment of fascinating material: the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and, more specifically, the relationship between lithe Native American girl Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher) and sensitive English settler John Smith (Colin Farrell). As a look at the despoiling of untamed territory by brutish Europeans, this can't touch Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God -heck, it's not even up to the shaky standards of Hector Babenco's At Play In the Fields of the Lords. Malickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indifference to the accomplished performers milling around the set (Christopher Plummer and Christian Bale among them) is so apparent that one almost

wonders why he didn't just cast this with mannequins. He seems equally bored with prose, considering some of the dead-weight exclamations uttered by various characters. To even attempt to compare The New World with Disney's animated Pocahontas would be a pointless exercise in futility, far beyond apples and oranges. But I will say this: Where's a mischievous raccoon when you really need one?

NANNY MCPHEE â&#x153;°â&#x153;°1/2

Nanny McPhee may be based on Christianna Brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nurse Matildaâ&#x20AC;? books, but its cinematic predecessor is clearly the family film that turned â&#x20AC;&#x153;Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousâ&#x20AC;? into the longest household word ever recorded. Reminiscent of the black comedies routinely made by Danny De Vito (most notably his delightful Matilda), Nanny McPhee finds director Kirk Jones and Emma Thompson (who also penned the script) similarly employing menacing situations, questionable comic material and oversized, often grotesque characters in an unorthodox attempt to arrive at a sentimental conclusion. Thompson, delivering a sharp performance under pounds of facial latex, plays the title character, a snaggletooth, wartsprouting nursemaid who mysteriously shows up to help a widower (Colin Firth) contend with his seven monstrous children. As Nanny McPhee helps transform these little devils into little angels, she also becomes involved in the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strained affairs with an interfering aunt (Angela Lansbury) and a husband-hunting harridan (Celia Imrie).

SOMETHING NEW â&#x153;°â&#x153;°1/2

From Silver Streak to Bringing Down the House, there have been countless movies in which an uptight Caucasian is taught how to loosen up by an AfricanAmerican acquaintance. Something New reverses that formula, but beyond this little-seen novelty, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much about this modest romantic comedy that transcends the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected ebb and flow. Here, the rigid individual is Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan), a workaholic who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to look for her IBM (ideal black male).

When she finally does make time to go on a blind date, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunned to discover that the guy, a landscape architect named Brian Kelly (Simon Baker), is white. Initially resistant, she soon finds herself relaxing in his company and comes to realize that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d make a suitable boyfriend. But once Kenya is eventually introduced to her â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect mate,â&#x20AC;? a black businessman (Blair Underwood) who shares her work ethics and outlook on life, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forced to make a decision between what she wants and what society expects. This potential sleeper from director Sanaa Hamri and screenwriter Kriss Turner (both making their feature-film debuts) is a diamond in the rough, blessed with a

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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 heavyhitters Tony Kushner (Angels In America) and Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Munich is largely a fictionalization of the events that transpired after that tragic day at the 1972 Olympics in Germany, when a group of Palestinian terrorists known as Black September slaughtered the Israeli athletes they were holding as hostages.

The movie reveals that, in an effort to exhibit their toughness to the world, the Israeli government sent a select band of assassins to eliminate everyone who was responsible for the Munich massacre.

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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 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 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.

times. 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.

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Spielberg and his writers bring to vivid life this motley crew of enforcers.

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.

FUN WITH DICK AND JANE ✰✰1/2

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

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 serve as an antidote to the sadistic theatrics of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

WALK THE LINE ✰✰✰

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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S T E A M E R S ( G e o r g e t o w n ) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) S T I N G R A Y ’ S ( T y b e e ) - Eddie Mercer (7 pm) T A N G O ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA T O M M Y ’ S ( P o o l e r ) - High Velocity (9 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Chuck Courtenay & The Georgia Rhythm Band (9 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSEMary Davis & Co. (7 pm) THE UNDERGROUND @ CHURCHILL’S P U B - The Greg Williams Band (10 pm) V E N U S D I M I L O - DJ Maybe, DJ Aerochron & Friends (10:30 pm) T H E W A R E H O U S E - Jason Bible (6 pm) W E T W I L L I E ’ S - Live DJ (8 pm)

S U N DAY FEBRUARY 12TH AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT ( T y b e e ) - Joey Manning (7 pm) AQUA STAR RESTAURANT (THE W E S T I N ) - Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (11:30 am) B A Y O U C A F É - Live Music TBA B E L F O R D ’ S - Live Music TBA (6 pm) C A F É L O C O ( T y b e e ) - “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 pm) C A P T A I N ’ S L O U N G E - #@*! Karaoke D A Q U I R I I S L A N D ( A b e r c o r n ) - Karaoke D O C ’ S B A R ( T y b e e I s l a n d ) - Live Music TBA DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)Randy “Hatman” Smith (3 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - The Eric Culberson Blues Band (9 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)Deas’ Guys (7:30 pm) J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - G.E. Perry (7 pm) K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Carroll Brown LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE A S C E N S I O N ( 1 2 0 B u l l S t . ) - Choir Concert feat. SCD’s Upper School

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METRO COFFEEHOUSE (402 MLK, Jr., B l v d ) - Open Mic Night w/Brandon Clark (8 pm) M O O N R I V E R B R E W I N G C O . - Silver Lining (8 pm) M U L B E R R Y I N N - The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK H O U S E ) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)Bucky & Barry (8:30 pm) S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Dirty Uncle Bob (10 pm) S A V A N N A H D O W N U N D E R - DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder S A V A N N A H S M I L E S - Dueling Pianos S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) T H E S E A G R I L L ( P t . W e n t w o r t h ) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - 2nd Annual Psychotronic Film Fest: PEEPING TOM (7:30 pm) 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 2 0 4 ) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) S P A N K Y ’ S ( R i v e r S t . ) - Karaoke (9 pm) S T E A M E R S ( G e o r g e t o w n ) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) S T I N G R A Y ’ S ( T y b e e ) - Eddie Mercer (7 pm) T O M M Y ’ S ( P o o l e r ) - High Velocity (9 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Chuck Courtenay & The Georgia Rhythm Band (9 pm) U N C L E B U B B A ’ S O Y S T E R H O U S E - The Positions (7 pm) THE UNDERGROUND @ CHURCHILL’S P U B - The Buddy Corns Band (10 pm) V E N U S D I M I L O - DJ Maybe, DJ Aerochron & Friends (10:30 pm) T H E W A R E H O U S E - Bottles & Cans (9 pm) WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond H i l l ) - Karaoke (9 pm)

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Strings Chamber Ensemble (4 pm) THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARKMandolinist Keiran Daly (11 am) M C D O N O U G H ’ S - Karaoke M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Live Music TBA (10 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK H O U S E ) - Gail Thurmond S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Journey (3 pm) T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - Elise Witt & Mick Kinney (8 pm) 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH (522 H a r t r i d g e S t . ) - Black Heritage Fest Gospel Show feat. The Mighty Clouds of Joy & Various Local Choirs (5 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSELive Music TBA (7 p ) T H E W A R E H O U S E - Thomas Claxton (5:30 pm)

M O N DAY FEBRUARY 13TH B A Y O U C A F É - Chief B L U E B E R R Y H I L L - Karaoke D O U B L E S ( H o l i d a y I n n M i d t o w n ) - DJ spins Beach Music DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)Live Music TBA (7 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad T H E G R I L L B E A C H S I D E ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) T H E I R I S H T I M E S - Live Irish Music THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)Deas’ Guys (7:30 pm) T H E J I N X - DJ Keith Kozel’s Kaleidoscope (10 pm) K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Frank Emerson PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK H O U S E ) - Live Piano Music TBA S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Green Mossy Runoff S A V A N N A H N I G H T S - Karaoke S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm)

T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - The Century Players Present... (8 pm) 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers W E T W I L L I E ’ S - Karaoke (9 pm)

T U E S DAY FEBRUARY 14TH B A Y S T R E E T B L U E S - Live Trivia B A Y O U C A F É - Chief B L A I N E ’ S B A C K D O O R B A R - #@*!

Karaoke COASTAL COFFEE (2100 E. Victory D r i v e ) - Poetry Open Mic (7 pm) D E B ’ S P U B & G R U B - #@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)Live Music TBA (6 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Lucky Old Sons (10 pm) T H E J A Z Z C O R N E R ( H i l t o n H e a d ) - Bob Masteller & Friends (7:30 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS (Bull & Broughton S t s . ) - Greg Snyder (8 pm) T H E J I N X - Looks That Kill (Motley Crue Tribute), Skid Sister, Lucky Doll Lingerie Circus Sideshow (10 pm) K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Frank Emerson THE MANSION ON FORSYTH PARKThe Angela Linsey Trio (7 pm) M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Open Mic Jam w/EROK N O T O R I O U S - Chris Cook’s Roaring ‘20s Valentine’s Day Theme Party PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK H O U S E ) - Gail Thurmond S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Open Mic w/The Hitmen 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers V E N U S D I M I L O - Open DJ Tables bring needles & vinyl (10 pm) W E T W I L L I E ’ S - Karaoke (9 pm) NOTE: All Bands Scheduled Subject To Change

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D O C ’ S B A R ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA D O L P H I N R E E F ( T y b e e ) - Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington I s l . ) - Live Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Greg Williams (10 pm) F R I E N D L Y ’ S T A V E R N 2 - #@*!

Karaoke G I L L E Y ’ S ( H i n e s v i l l e ) - Southpaw (9 pm) T H E G O L D C L U B - Live Music TBA (10 pm) H U C - A - P O O S ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA (9 pm) FEBRUARY 10TH I L P A S T I C C I O - Teddy Adams (9:30 pm) AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)( T y b e e ) - “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7 The Ben Tucker Trio Feat. Huxsie pm) Scott (7:30 pm) AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Madoca (9 ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Karaoke A U G I E ’ S P U B ( R i c h m o n d H i l l ) - Live pm) * JEN’S & FRIENDS (Bull & Music TBA B r o u g h t o n S t s . ) - Jason Courtenay B A Y S T R E E T B L U E S - Karaoke (10 pm) B A Y O U C A F É - Thomas Claxton (9 T H E J I N X - Hip-hop night w/The pm) B E R N I E ’ S O N R I V E R S T R E E T - Live Union of Sacred Monsters, Sol Essential, Sypherbound (10 pm) Entertainment TBA (9 pm) JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL C A F É L O C O ( T y b e e ) - Live Music ( R i c h m o n d H i l l ) - Live Music TBA (9 TBA pm) C A P T A I N ’ S L O U N G E - #@*!

K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Carroll Brown Karaoke LE MORTE ROUGE (103 W. CLUB ICE (formerly THE C A V A L I E R ) - DJ Southstar: Hip-hop C o n g r e s s S t . ) - Perelandra, Splendid! Splendid!, Gumshoe, (10 pm - 6 am) alaska the tiger (9 pm) C L U B I N V A S I O N - Live DJ (10 pm) LOCOS DELI & PUB (Southside)C L U B O N E - Local Cast, DJ Jason The TJ Project (feat. Turtle) Hancock (Main Floor) THE MANSION ON FORSYTH C O N G A C L U B - Rhumba Night P A R K - “Trae Gurley Live” (9 pm) Latin Music Party (11:30 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKSC R Y S T A L B E E R P A R L O R - The Live Music TBA (8 pm) Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm) M C D O N O U G H ’ S - Karaoke DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - Live Music Karaoke TBA (10 pm)

1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers S L U G G E R S - Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) S P A N K Y ’ S ( R i v e r S t . ) - Live Music TBA (8 pm) T O M M Y ’ S ( P o o l e r ) - Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca T R O P I C A N A N I G H T C L U B - DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - The Courtenay & Daniel Duo (8 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSELive Music TBA (7 pm) V E N U S D E M I L O - DJ Maybe spins disco & house (9 pm)

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D O C ’ S B A R ( T y b e e ) - Live Music TBA DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)DJ Sam Diamond’s Karaoke DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington I s l . ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Lucky Old Sons (10 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)The Bobby Ryder Quartet (7:30 pm) J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) T H E J I N X - Fever Dance Party w/DJs Vinyl Ritchie & ShizNite K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Carroll Brown L O C O S D E L I & P U B - “Terrapin JamFest Tour” w/Moonshine Still, Josh Roberts THE MANSION ON FORSYTH P A R K - Vocalist Roger Moss (8 pm) M C D O N O U G H ’ S - Karaoke M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Jimmy Wolling (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S S C O T T I S H P U B - Jude Michaels (10 pm) M O O N R I V E R B R E W I N G C O . - Eric Britt (8:30 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK H O U S E ) - Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond H i l l ) - Too Blue (8:30 pm) S A V A N N A H B L U E S - Bottles & Cans (10 pm) S A V A N N A H D O W N U N D E R - DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) S A V A N N A H S M I L E S - Dueling Pianos S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Journey (8 pm) S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - Karaoke w/DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - The Frantic Rabbit Poetry Open Mic w/Corey Houlihan (7:30 pm)

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(10 pm) S A V A N N A H D O W N U N D E R - DJ Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, FEBRUARY 8TH Blue R & B) AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT S A V A N N A H S M I L E S - Dueling ( T y b e e ) - Joey Manning (7 pm) Pianos B & D BURGERS (Southside)S A V A N N A H T H E A T R E - Jukebox Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) Journey (8 pm) B A Y O U C A F É - Live Music TBA (9 S C A N D A L S ( T y b e e ) - Karaoke w/DJ pm) Marty Corley (9:30 pm) C L U B O N E - #@*! Karaoke T H E S E N T I E N T B E A N - 2nd Annual DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)Psychotronic Film Fest: DJ Pat McBride (Savannah Shag SUPERARGO VS. DIABOLICUS Club) (7:30 pm) D R I F T A W A Y C A F É ( S a n d f l y ) - Live 1 7 9 0 R E S T A U R A N T - Ed Rogers Music TBA (7 pm) T A N G O ( T y b e e ) - Trae Gurley’s DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) I s l . ) - Live Music TBA (7 pm) T U B B Y ’ S ( T h u n d e r b o l t ) - Jason F A N N I E ’ S O N T H E B E A C H ( T y b e e ) - Courtenay & Friends (7 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm) F I D D L E R ’ S C R A B H O U S E - Closed for Renovations (9 pm) F I N N E G A N ’ S W A K E - Open Mic FEBRUARY 9TH w/Tim & Mark (10 pm) G I L L E Y ’ S ( H i n e s v i l l e ) - Southpaw (9 A U G I E ’ S P U B ( R i c h m o n d H i l l ) Buddy Corns (7 pm) pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. L o c a t i o n ) - Live Music TBA W e n t w o r t h ) - Buddy Corns (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm) The Earl Williams Quartet (7:30 pm) J A Z Z ’ D T A P A S B A R - Greg Snyder B A R N E S & N O B L E ( O g l e t h o r p e M a l l ) - Open Mic (8 pm) (7 pm) T H E J I N X - Scott H. Biram, Whiskey B A Y S T R E E T B L U E S - Open Mic Night w/Tim Dick (10 pm) B A Y O U C A F É - Live Music TBA (9 K E V I N B A R R Y ’ S - Carroll Brown pm) L O C O S D E L I & P U B - Team Trivia B E R N I E ’ S O N R I V E R S T R E E T - Live w/Ben Bennett & Senea, Brock & Music TBA (8 pm) Albert of P-Groove B L A I N E ’ S B A C K D O O R B A R - #@*!

THE MANSION ON FORSYTH P A R K - Pianist David Duckworth (7 Karaoke C H U C K ’ S B A R - #@*! Karaoke (10 pm) pm) M C D O N O U G H ’ S - Karaoke C LUB INVASION (121 W. Congress M E R C U R Y L O U N G E - The Eric S t . ) - DJ Nick J - ‘80s, house, Culberson Blues Band breaks, D & B (10 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK C L U B O N E - Industrial Resurrection H O U S E ) - Gail Thurmond w/DJs Shrapnel & Pimpsatan (10 POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond pm) H i l l ) - Thomas Claxton (7 pm) C R E O L E R E D - Karaoke (9 pm) S A V A N N A H B L U E S - The Hitmen

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

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

AMBUCS is 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 6912934 or send email to kshe62@aol.com..

Amnesty International

Chatham County Democratic Committee

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

meets every Sunday at 10 a.m. to cook vegetarian meals to be served at noon on Franklin Square. Donations are accepted. Cook for peace and help the community. Call 201-6188867.

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

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

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

Chatham County Young Republicans

Planned Parenthood

For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.

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.

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

Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher at a local Democratic drinking club. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Coach’s Corner.

For information, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.

111 W. DeRenne Ave

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

Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

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

Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

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Live Music, Indie Film, Poetry For events listings visit:

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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.

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

Murder Afloat is auditioning actors and actresses for the 2006 season. All types, ages 20 and up, will be considered. Acting experience helpful, but not necessary. Visit www.murderafloat.com for info about the company and show. For audition appointments, send e-mail to auditions@murderafloat.com. Include basic description and contact information. Photo attachments are optional.

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.

Coastal Pet Rescue is seeking financial donations to assist with the medical care for two dogs that are victims of animal cruelty. The dogs were discovered without food, water or shelter and were severely malnourished, requiring veterinary care. While the dogs are improving, Coastal Pet Rescue would like to give them further medical treatment and place them in foster homes so they can become adoptable pets.

For information on how you can help, call 351-5161 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org to see photos of the dogs.

Fifth Annual Kiss A Kid Campaign Help young patients at St. Joseph/Candler’s The Children’s Place by purchasing a chocolate kiss for $1 at more than 40 local businesses, including all Piggly Wigglys. All proceeds will be used to purchase new monitoring equipment. The campaign ends Friday, Feb. 17.

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.

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ALMO Valentine’s Party A Valentine’s party for dogs and people is set for Sunday, Feb. 12 from 2-4 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. ALMO (Animal Lovers Meeting Others) benefits the Humane

Weight Loss Shots at Scale Solutions

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No Appointment Necessary We are located in the Enterprise Building across the street from Chuck E Cheese's on Abercorn, Suite 107

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Chatham County Young Democrats

Food Not Bombs

Society of Chatham/Savannah. Have you dog’s photo taken with Cupid. Call 234-3336.

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

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

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meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave.. Call Raymond at 898-3506.

Speak Up!

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.

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ART AND LIFE FAMILY SUNDAY February 12, 1–5 p.m.

FREE!

In conjunction with Super Museum Sunday 2006

Don’t know much about history, math, language, science, or geography? Find out how the arts teach about our world at this fun and informative family event.

Artists demonstrations 1-5 p.m.

John Mitchell, sculptor Alessandro Imperato, new media artist Kids Studio Activities

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Performances 1:30 p.m. Brien Engel – glass harp 2:30 p.m. Elise Witte – A musical trip around the world 3:30 p.m. Spitfire Poetry Group

Elise Witte

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Hurricane Katrina Benefit Website

Two Pale Josephines

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.

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.

Night Stalkers Association In honor of the fallen soldiers who served in the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) out of Hunter Army Airfield, the Military Affairs Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging donations. Call Linda R. Rogers at 352-6645 or send donations to: The Night Stalkers Association, 3/160 SOAR, 1304 N. Lightning Rd., Hunter Army Airfield, 31409-4719.

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.

Classes & Workshops AARP Drivers’ Safety Program Classes will be held Tuesday, Feb. 9 and and Friday, Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day at Generation One. Call 35-7587 to register.

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 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.

Savannah Friends of Music

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

is throwing an array of Parties a la Carte to support local music education. Call Kristina Svenson at 598-9470 or Anne Dauray at 5980149 for information.

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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

Classes at Familiar Pathways

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.

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

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Every second Saturday of the month beginning Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., children are invited to The Dragonfly Studio for projects in pottery, painting, planting, music and more. Every Saturday, a new project will be presented. Children must be 6 or older to participate. Parents may drop off children or stay and join them. Dragonfly Studio is located on Tybee Island, 1.5 miles past the Lazzaretto Creek Bridge on the

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.

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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 at 238-2777.

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.

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The Economic Opportunity Authority offers free computer classes in Computer Basics Level One plus the study guide program software for the Georgia High School Graduation Test. Call Gloria Ferguson at 238-2960, Ext. 153.

Experimental Retreat for Women who choose to make the journey as important as the destination will be held March 31-April 2 at Palm Key Nature Getaway. . This retreat is designed for the woman who is ready to make the changes necessary to consciously live the vibrant, balanced life that honors who she is. For information, call Elizabeth at 429-3089 or send e-mail to elizabeth@elizabethloyd.com.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.

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

Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. The cost is $40. Call 651-3200 to register.

Grandparents, Godparents and Etc. Class for families with a newborn baby will be offered Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. in Suite 508 of the Candler Professional Office Building.

Reserve a spot by calling 819-3368.

Guided Imagery Change your life with guided imagery. Read about it in Oprah magazine, January 2006.

Ditch anxiety, manage deadlines, lose weight, recovery from surgery. Call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.

Harp Workshops at Folk Traditions Store Two workshops and a concert with two of Ireland’s foremost harpers are set for Feb. 11. A workshop with Grainne Hambly will include background information on the Belfast Harpers Assembly of 1792. It will be held Feb. 11, 1-2:30 p.m. at The Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. The cost is $40 ($30 for store members). A workshop with William Jackson, Accompanying Other Instruments, will be presented from 3-4:30 p.m. The cost for that workshop is $40, or $30 for store members. Call 341-8898 or visit www.folktraditionsstore.com. The two harpers will present a concert at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Telfair Square. Tickets are $10 adults, with children under 12 admitted free.

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes Free classes that will be offered Fridays at 2:30 p.m., including Family Violence: The impact on our children on Feb. 10 and Coping Skills to Manage Day-to-Day Stress on Feb. 17 at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Call 232-4232, Ext. 115.

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

Introduction to Spanish: How to Raise a Bilingual Child is a class that will be offered Saturday, Feb. 26 from 12:30-5:30 p.m. at Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. The cost is $60. Call 921-4646 or cell 220-6570 to register.

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.

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

The Live Oak Public Library offers free classes on using computers to access information at the Bull Street Library.

Call 652-3662.

Futuristic Youth of Promise Foundation

Memorial Health positive parenting class

This talent-based organization is for youth ages 9-19. Volunteers are sought to teach gospel, jazz, photography, visual arts, writing, theater, cooking, dance, videography and more. To participate, contact Martha Dawkins Massey at fyparts3@aol.com.

Mindful meditation classes

Getting Money for Your Small Business is a workshop that will be held Thursday, Feb. 16 from 6-8 p.m. in the Small Business

The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years. To register, call 350-9335. 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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Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

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

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Parent and Teen Driving Course

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

Park Place Outreach 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.

Puppet Shows are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, daycares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.

Reku Pottery Class Raku dates back to early 16th century Japan.

This handbuilding and wheel-throwing class will be held Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Dragonfly Studio, located on Tybee Island 1.5 miles past the Lazzaretto Creek Bridge on the right. To register, call 786-5531 or send e-mail to dragonflytybee@aol.com.

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

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

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium presents outreach programs that are interactive, with live animals, costumes and fun activities. Contact Stephanie Edgecombe at 598-2335 for reservations. “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.

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Understanding Infant Adoption is a free workshop that will be presented Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. To register, call 1-888-440-9800.

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.

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

Alternative Video/Film Enthusiast Viewings are held in private homes which includes social time as well as viewing a movie. Call Don at 655-0482 or send e-mail to savdeca@aol.com.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

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at 801 E. Gwinnett offers business and computer classes, including computer keyboarding, starting any type of business, credit defense and more. Call 652-3582.

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

Savannah Area Tennis

Artist/Photographers Group

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

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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.

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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.

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

The City of Savannah will host this day of workshops, including Making a Positive Difference in Your Neighborhood: the 411 on Planning and Implementing Successful Community Projects. Other workshops include Developing Effective Executive Boards and Strategies to Address Housing and Property Conditions on Feb. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. The workshops are free.. Call 651-3685 to register.

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Ascension Lutheran Dinner and a Movie

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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.

will feature Bill Lattimore, president of the Lattimore Co. and Coastal Market Graphics, on Thursday, Feb. 9 at noon. The cost is $16.95, which includes lunch and the lecture. Call 238-4548 for reservations.

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.

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.

Beach Historic Neighborhood Association

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

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

Beanhead Writers Group

Georgia Christian Singles

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

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

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Bike Night with Mikie 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.

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

Chihuahua Club of Savannah A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. Visit groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavannah/.

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

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

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.

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

Islands Mothers Club Social club for mothers of young children.

The club hosts activities moms and kids can enjoy together and provides a community support 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.

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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.

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.

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Millionaire’s Club for Women

Savannah Art Association

The purpose is to achieve wealth and success in personal and professional life and to share this wealth by mentoring others. Call 236-3660.

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 Belford’s in City Market or call 356-0249.

Objectivist Society of Savannah meets biweekly at the Lion’s Den Lounge.

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

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

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

Philo Cafe Philosophical sessions taking on a different topic each time at Barnes & Noble every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Call 659-2930 or 4439267.

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Progressive Guys’ Discussion Group

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 American Businesswomen’s Association will meet Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Exchange on Waters. The guest speaker will be Dr. Walter Evans, speaking on his collection of African-American art. Call 233-2838 to RSVP.

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 Euchre Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor (but discerning) man’s Bridge. Call Katie at 308-9815.

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 Chamber Business Connection will be held Thursday, Feb. 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. The cost is $5 for members and $15 for guests. Contact Mayra Lopez at mlopez@savannahchamber.com or 644-6459.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Women’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 Italian-Americans.

Meets the first Tuesday at 2717 Livingston Ave. Call Carol Taylor at 925-4064.

Savannah Jaycees

Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. On Feb. 14, speaker Larry Goings will present, Creating Your Own Ultimate Buying & Selling Machine at the Spiva Law Group, across from St. Joseph’s Hospital. The $20 guest fee will apply to your membership if you join.

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 234-2106 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. from September through May at the Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. 6562410.

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.

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Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

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.

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Savannah Brewers’ League

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. 2318841.

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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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Savannah Linux Users Group

Savannah’s First Pug Playday

The group usually meets the first Wednesday of every month. Call 210-9066.

This group meets every first Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact melindahurst@hotmail.com or mike_kennedy@emc.com.

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

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

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Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist newcomers in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.

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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 SavannahOgeechee Museum & Nature Center at 681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Highway 204) 2.3 miles west of Interstate 95. 748-8068.

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meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryan’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 Savannah’s built and natural landscapes. Contact Ryan at leifmadson@hotmail.com.

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 Taylor’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

For information, see www.savannahskiclub.com.

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 welcome.

Savannah Stitch-N-Bitch

Weekend Warriors

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.

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

Savannah Sunrise Rotary club

Writers Unite!

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

233-1600.

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

Savannah Ski Club

Savannah Toastmasters

The Young Professionals of Savannah

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.

For information, contact Jacob Cottingham at Jacob@thesouthmag.com.

Dance

Savannah Ultimate Frisbee

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

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

Adult Ballet & Modern Dance Classes

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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.

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.

Valentine Ball

Youth Dance Program

African American Read-in Luncheon will be held Friday, Feb. 10 from noon to 1:15 p.m. in Room 158 of University Hall at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Presenters will include Dr. Uzzie Cannon, Dr. Beth Howells, Pat West, Alicia Ferrell, Dr. Evelyn Dandy, Nancy McCorkle, Debbie Rotkow, Brian Dawsey and J’miah Nabawi of Global Arts Education and Creative Storytelling.

Step Up Savannah Poverty Simulation Learn what it is like to live below the poverty level in Savannah by experiencing it in this poverty simulation program sponsored by Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Initiative. It will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 4-6:30 p.m. in the Family Resource Center, 1704 E. Anderson St. Registration is required, but participation is free. Call Lindsay Trout at 644-6439 or send e-mail to ltrout@savannahchamber.com.

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. The school is 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.

Chatham County Aquatic Center offers water aerobics classes, open lap swimming, learn-to-swim classes and lifeguard training classes. Call 652-6793.

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

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.

Raja Yoga Workshop with Judean Drescher will be presented Feb. 12 from 6:45-8 p.m. at the Yoga Room of Savannah. Call 898-0361 or send e-mail to SvnnhYogaRoom@aol.com..

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.

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.

Yogalates Classes are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung

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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.

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The Moon River Dancers in association with the American Legion will hold their annual Valentine ball on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 811:30 p.m. at the American Legion Ballroom, 1108 Bull St. Black tie optional.

Complimentary dessert bar and coffee.

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Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions.

Call 819-6463.

who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.

Gay & Lesbian

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

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.

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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

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.

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

Got a drug problem? Need help?

Georgia Equality Savannah

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

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

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.

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

Lesbian Therapy Group Share your thoughts, feelings and concerns in a safe, confidential environment that is facilitated by a licensed therapist the second and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. Spaces are limited. Call 352-2611.

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

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

Standout is First City’s gay youth support group.

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

Call 657-1966.

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

Health 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

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

La Leche League of Savannah Call 897-9261.

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

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

Mammograms will be performed Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eulonia Multipurpose Center in McIntosh County.

Call 912-437-4561 for appointments.

Mammograms will be performed Feb. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Landings on Skidaway Island. Call 354-9357 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reynolds Square in downtown. Call 819-3368.

Mammograms will be performed Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the SJ/C Medical Group in Rincon. Call 354-9857 for appointments.

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

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

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

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Love at first sight may be a matter of instinctively recognizing someone who will allow you to continue in comfortingly familiar--and often destructive-patterns learned in childhood.” So said Salon.com’s Lisa Zeidner in her review of Maggie Scarf’s book Intimate Partners.

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Super 2 Access Clinic

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guides you away from the sentimental illusions about romance that you may still be drawn to. After all, there are few things that undermine authentic love more than infantile wishes and naive fantasies. Happy Valentine Daze, Cancerian!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Welcome to Free Will Astrology’s annual “Swimsuit Issue.” We do it differently than other publications.

Sports Illustrated, for instance, fills its pages with photos of barely-clothed female models, whereas we provide verbal stimuli to help you get your fantasy life tuned up for the season of naked fun, which begins any minute for you Leos. The first image we’d like to evoke in your mind’s eye is of you lounging in a swimsuit on an otherwise deserted tropical beach with an attractive member of your favorite gender (or three of them if you’re in an expansive mood).

Visualize him or her or them engaging in some behavior that simultaneously rouses your lust, your tenderness, and your compassion. See them carrying out a series of acts that not only thrills you sensually but also moves you to happy tears and causes you to overflow with spiritual contentment.

Keep fantasizing for at least 15 minutes.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Leo! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Virgo! To begin our meditation on romance, let’s consider psychologist Carl Jung’s words: “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul.” Do you fit that description?

Have you ever employed tortured logic to explain to yourself why you’re not following your heart’s promptings? In the past year, did you take a detour that has led you further and further away from your true home? Are you engaging in evasive measures in order to keep yourself from seeing the open secret about love that’s right in front of you? I’m just asking, Virgo, not accusing. Only you know the correct answers.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Libra! After an extensive search for the wisdom that would be most likely to energize your love life, I found the perfect

advice. It comes to you courtesy of psychologist James Hillman: “For a relationship to stay alive, love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom.

Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.” How will you act on this excellent counsel? Maybe you could take you and your closest ally to a sanctuary you’ve never dreamed you’d go to in a thousand years. Or do an exercise in which you ask each other questions you’ve never broached before. Or devise an experiment in which the two of you get to face an unfamiliar challenge together.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Happy Valentine Daze, Scorpio! To begin our meditation on love, let’s turn our attention to Abhishek Parikh, an Indian man who claims to be the reincarnation of a very special woman. In his present life as well as in his last one, he believes he has served as the wife of the snake god Naagraaj. To perform his wifely duties, he sometimes transforms into a female snake himself, though he always returns to his male human form. I bring this up, Scorpio, because I think that you yourself have the potential of getting intimate with a snake god or snake goddess in the coming weeks. My gut instinct tells me so, and so does my analysis of the astrological omens. You don’t have to become the deity’s full-time wife or husband; being a part-time companion or apprentice will be just fine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Happy Valentine Daze, Sagittarius! The more animal noises you make during the season of love, the better you’re going to feel and the more successful you’re likely to be. The astrological omens indicate that cosmic rhythms will tend to align in your favor if you express a whole range of primal feelings with moans, growls, cackling, and other non-verbal sounds. P.S. If you don’t pursue this agenda with conscious intent, beastly behavior might possess you at inappropriate times, such as lion-like superyawns in the middle of a meeting or uncon-

trollable yapping when you’re suddenly overcome by territorial instincts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn! To begin our meditation on love, let’s turn our attention to your appearance. I think you owe a huge debt of gratitude to the fact that you don’t have the face and body of a dazzling supermodel or gorgeous hunk. The temptation continued on page <None> to rely on your physical attractiveness at the expense of developing your character would be virtually irresistible. In the coming days, this fact will bring you a fresh batch of benefits, including a subtle breakthrough in your romantic life. Here’s your quote of the week, from Katherine Hepburn: “It is the plain women who know about love. The beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Happy Valentine Daze, Aquarius! The English novelist Julia Pardoe expressed an idea that would be useful for you to integrate into your thoughts about love in 2006. “In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, a donkey, and a nightingale,” she wrote. “Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.” Why is this important for you to contemplate? In the coming weeks, I believe, you will have an unprecedented chance to bring the tiger and nightingale aspects to the forefront of both your own heart and the hearts of those whose affections mean most to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Pisces! Borrowing the words of poet Pablo Neruda, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn’t bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

Because of you, the dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses. ◗

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Gemini! After strenuous meditation about what advice would be most likely to energize your love life, I decided on some wisdom from journalist Mignon McLaughlin. “The hardest-learned lesson,” she wrote, “is that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.” I hope her perspective liberates you to enjoy what love actually is, rather than to always be pining for what it could or should be.

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

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Taurus! After extensive meditation about what advice would be most useful for your love life in 2006, I rejected this observation

by The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening: “Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.” Do not, under any circumstances, make those your words to live by.

Instead, consider the following counsel from Norman Mailer: “Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! As I meditated on what advice would be most likely to energize your love life, I thought of what Clarissa Pinkola Estes said in her book Women Who Run With the Wolves. “The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form,” she wrote, “is what causes love ultimately to fall over dead.” She obviously doesn’t mean you should seek negativity on purpose. Rather, you should freely acknowledge that even the most sublime intimacy has a dark side.

As long as you welcome love’s difficulties, it will remain vital.

at any stage of pregnancy that includes free information on pregnancy, birth and parenting, an opportunity to talk to other pregnant women and information on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital. Call 8264155.

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cancer treatment at least two years ago. For information, call Pam at 658-2215 or Donna at 667-8943.

Stop Smoking Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. Call the Alpha Institute. 201-0071. is a seminar that will be presented Feb. 9 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

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

Ekklesia, The Church

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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.

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is a spoken word troupe that hosts an open mic night every third Sunday at the Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free and open to the public.

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

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

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

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

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

Participants can talk about any book.

Page turners book group

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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.

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

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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.

Nicodemus by Night 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.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

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 and in February, will be Dr. Seuss’ spirituality for children. Also during February, a three-part series, Jane Goodall, Modern Day Prophet, will be presented. 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 Feb. 12 at 11 a.m., the Rev. Joan Kahn-Schneider will speak from the topic, Just As I Am. 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.

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

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

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Health Services MOBILE MASSAGE RELAX! Certified Massage Therapist will come to you! $55/hour. Call Joseph, 912-234-7004. For Health, For Tranquility, For A G i f t . www.savannahhomespa.com Musical Services ATTENTION ALL original bands and solo artists: Guitar Bar wants you! We are now booking for March! For more info call 912-313-7136.

Business Opportunities

CASUAL PART TIME web designer needed. Must be familiar with HTML, javaScript; Paypal, be willing to work in FrontPage & Dreamweaver. Must be reliable. Creativity a +. Work from home or on location Southside.

1-5/hrs per week @ $15-$20/hr.

Send resume to Alvida@comcast.net The Express Cafe, 39 Barnard St.

has immediate openings for part time front counter servers. Applicants must have reliable transportation and be available to work either 7am3pm Fri-Sun or 6-10am MonFri. Applicants need to be energetic, articulate, personable, reliable and work well with others and enjoy having fun at work. Starting pay $6/per hour plus tips. Applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check. To inquire about this position come by ONLY between 1111:30am Mon-Thur. No phone calls will be accepted. EOE

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Sun Coast Realty is expanding and hiring real estate agents. If you are interested in high commissions, great working conditions, call for an interview. Located on the second floor of 820 Abercorn St, Savannah, near the Mansion! 912-507-9800 or 912 341-8005 *

California Cartage Express Owner Operators, Home Daily!

Weekly Settlements!

Insurance/Parking Available, No Escrow, Drop & Hook, Free Drug Test. Call Melissa 912964-8710

DOWNTOWN CAFE looking for bicycle delivery persons to deliver to businesses and residences. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm. Must be dependable, articulate, wellgroomed and physically fit.

Apply in person MondayThursday, 11-11:30am at 39 Barnard St between Broughton and Congress. EOE BELLA’S ON HABERSHAM WAIT STAFF-1 year with wine knowledge a must. Must be able to work 2 weekday lunches. PM shifts available. PM Saute Cook needed part-time.

Call between 2:30pm-4:30pm.

354-4005 or email JShanks12@comcast.net.

Cars

Fender Bender?

Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks

355-5932 2001 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR, $19,000. White w/tan leather in-

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“WHEN I HAVE AN ASTHMA ATTACK I FEEL LIKE A FISH WITH NO WATER.” –JESSE, AGE 5

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Outside Display Advertising Account Representative wanted for an 82,000 free distribution weekly shopper publication in historic Savannah near the Georgia coast. Must have proven track record in print advertising sales. Must be a goal-oriented self-starter with an exceptionally strong work ethic. Salary plus commission/bonus.

Good fringe benefit package including 401-K program. Become part of a growing media company in a fast-growing and desirable location. Send cover letter with salary requirements and resume to address below or e-mail to pjackson@morrismultimedia.com

Coastal Empire Pennysaver c/o Peter Jackson Vice President, Sales & Marketing Morris Newspaper Corporation 27 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia 31401

GMC 12 TON BT gas, good condition, $15,000. 355-6315.

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA, extra cab, 2-wheel drive, all the extras. Asking $18,900. Call 912-659-8141 or 912-484-2104.

Boats/Accessories 99 SEARAY 270 Sundancer SE. Excellent condition, 200 hrs, sleeps 6, ac/heat, kitchen, bath w/shower and h&c water.

Full canvas, 454 Mercruiser w/Bravo III outdrive, comes with a very nice triple axle Magic Tilt trailer, $39900.

Call 961-6461.

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

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

HANDMADE BASS GUITAR; Keith Roscoe LG3005 five string, Left handed w/case.

Beautiful quilted maple top with spalted fingerboard. New list $3195, selling for $1800/firm. Call 547-0139.

Pets/Animals/Livesto ck BASSET HOUND pups AKC registered and dewormed, $250. Call 478-668-3515.

Miscellaneous Items For Sale

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.

AFFORDABLE COMPUTERS New and Used.

Free computer repair estimates.

Affordable Car stereo in the Tell-N-Sell Plaza.

Thursday-Sunday, Noon-7pm. www.acsga.com.

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

912-966-9937.

FULL MATTRESS SET Absolute bargain! Factory sealed plush set with warranty. $125. Can deliver, call 964-1494.

MEMORY FOAM MATTRESS Visco memory foam mattress and box (as seen on TV). NEW sealed in original plastic. $1700 value, selling for $500. 9659652.

GE REFRIGERATOR 27 cu ft black, water filtration/dispenser, $600. Whirlpool washer

PROFESSION-Auto Shop SNAP-ON TOOLS/HUGE BOX. Everything you need to get started. $40,000. “SERIOUS BUYERS only. Cash/cashiers check. Call from 9am-7pm.

912-897-9927.

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.

HELP WANTED

$1300. Can deliver 912-3132303.

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.

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

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Classified Advertising Sales Manager

wanted for a 6,800 free distribution weekly near the Georgia coast and historic Savannah. Must have print advertising sales experience; general management experience would be extremely helpful. Must be a self-starter with an exceptionally strong work ethic. Salary plus commission/bonus. Good fringe benefit package including 401-K program. Become part of a growing media company in a fast-growing and desirable location with great schools. Send cover letter with salary requirements and resume to address below or e-mail to pjackson@morrismultimedia.com

wanted for an 82,000 free distribution weekly shopper publication in historic Savannah near the Georgia coast. Must have proven track record in print classified advertising sales. Must be a selfstarter with an exceptionally strong work ethic and team-building skills. Salary plus commission/bonus. Good fringe benefit package including 401-K program. Become part of a growing media company in a fast-growing and desirable location. Send cover letter with salary requirements and resume to address below or e-mail to pjackson@morrismultimedia.com

Pooler News c/o Peter Jackson Vice President, Sales & Marketing Morris Newspaper Corporation 27 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia 31401

Coastal Empire Pennysaver c/o Peter Jackson Vice President, Sales & Marketing Morris Newspaper Corporation 27 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia 31401

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Mellow Mushroom Now hiring for all positions! Please inquire within at 11 West Liberty St. Savannah

E X P E R I E N C E D CASHIER/HOSTESS Needed.

Apply in person between 2pm4pm. Johnny Harris Restaurant, 1651 E.Victory Drive.

Want to be a model? Here’s your chance. I am looking for fit, athletic, or petite women for casting calls in the area.

(Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville). Opportunities include: films, commercials, modeling and fitness modeling.

No prior experience necessary.

Open minded women preferred. Contact Edge Productions local agent at edgeprod@hotmail.com

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& dryer, $400. All for $800/OBO. 655-4040.

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.

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TROPICAL SMOOTHIE Cafe of fers limited franchise opportunities at selected sites in Savannah. Visit http:// tropicalsmoothie.com or call 888-292-2522 ext 31.

Express Cafe & Bakery. Business is booming and we need extra help. Saturday & Sunday.

If interested, apply Mon-Thurs.

11-11:30am. 39 Barnard between Broughton & Congress.

Experience is preferred, but no required. Ask for Beth.

MASSAGE THERAPIST On call massage therapists needed. Will need to provide proof of liability insurance from AMTA OR ABMP. For more information, call 912.786.5005

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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*

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*

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*

219 East 31 st Street Circa 1905 Victorian Home offering over 3,000sq. ft. of impressive

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.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

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

Just $139,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

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 $498,000.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.

517 East Harris St. New on the market: Amost 2400 sq.ft. and 3 stories on a wonderful street in the Historic District.

Includes all the furniture and appliances! Even dishes and sheets. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half, 2 fireplaces, enclosed sun room, brick courtyard, 2 paved parking spots, hardyboard, and more! $515,000.

912 507-9800 * Midway Lakefront 1.5 acre lot reduced to $69,900.

Must see this beauty. Cleared for your dream home!

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W. Broughton St. Condo fully furnished with nothing but the best, and very upscale with 2 bedrooms. $489,900!

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*

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* 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*

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*

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* 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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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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

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

1628 E 51st ST- 3bd, 2ba, $1100.00 1012 CUBBEDGE-2bd, 1ba, $475.00 220 E 53rd-3bd,1ba, $1,050.00 (Avail late Jan)

THUNDERBOLT 2812 WHATLEY- 3bd, 2ba, $1,150.00

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234-4406 317 LORCH STREET • UNIT B 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Living room, kitchen, washer/dryer. Available mid-March. $1,000/mo.

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

919 BETZ CREEK- 3bd,2ba,$1200.00 ( appt only) 103 RUNNER RD- 3bd, 2ba, marsh view $1400.00 11 HIGHTIDE LANE-3bd, 2ba. $1375.00 (available mid Feb) appt only 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

705 A WHITAKER Spacious 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment off Forsyth Park. Living room, dining room, hardwood floors. Available Mid March. $900/mo.

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

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 mid-March. $1,100/mo.

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

401 NORTH CROMWELL ROAD, R-8 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo. Screened porch, washer/dryer. $875/mo.

234-0606 722 East East 49th Street Large 2 BR, 1 Bath apartment in Ardsley Park 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.

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.

1112 East Victory Drive This 3 BR, 2 Bath home features beautifully refinish hardwood floors throughout with original tongue and groove paneling in the formal living, dining and family rooms. Spacious bedrooms with a separate entrance from the master bedroom to wrap around front porch. Separate laundry room, private driveway and carport. 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.

17 East 33rd St. www.sicaymanagement.com

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 off-street parking spaces, living room, dining room, hardwood floors, $900/mo.

128 EAST 65TH STREET APT. B Studio apartment with kitchen central heat and air, patio. $550/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.

117 WEST CHARLTON #4 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment off Pulaski Square. living room, dining room, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, central heat and air. $1,550/mo.

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For more information, please contact the Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah at (912) 354-6193 or e-mail at HBASEO@aol.com.

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Chatham County Commission Chairman, Pete Liakakis will cut the ribbon for the 27th Annual Southern Home Show February 16th at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.

The 7:00 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony is part of the Annual Preview Party, which is held for the show’s exhibitors, members of the Home Builders Association, local dignitaries, special invited guests and news media from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. During the Party, the Home Builders Association will present awards for the best booth designs and “Rookie of the Year” Award for the best first-time entry to the Home Show.

This year’s Diamond Home Show Sponsors include: 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty and Savannah Electric. Platinum Sponsors include: Savannah Morning News, Clear Channel Radio, Secrets of the South Media, Williams Bros. Lumber Company, Yates Astro, Youmans Mobile Welding & Coastal Living Homes. Exclusive Home Improvement Sponsor is The Home Depot.

The Sterling Sponsors include: The Coastal Bank and Wachovia.

This years Gold Sponsor is Savannah Area Real Estate Today. Silver Sponsors include: Georgia Bank & Trust, Queenborough National Bank and Colony Bank. The Bronze sponsors include: Bryan Bank & Trust, First National Bank, Scana Energy, The Savannah Bank and Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenburg & Shawe. This years Ticket Sponsor is United Community Bank.

The dates and times for this years show are 11 – 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17th, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 18th, and 12 noon – 5:00 p.m., Sunday, February 19th. Admission is $7.00 per person and children under 12 admitted free with adult admission.

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

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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*

902 East Henry Street Beautifully restored Victorian with +/- 3000 sq.ft. of original detail.

Bright & open Kitchen, sep. L/R & D/R, four frplcs, crown molding, & heart pine floors. This home offers 4BRs & 2BAs w/ bonus room, wrap around porch,courtyard with garden shed, off street parking, enclosed by privacy fence. Offered at $395,000 Call Lori Judge 912-484-1514

Sun Coast Realty Bringing Sunshine To Your Real Estate Needs

5 Hawkins Lane Landings Lot-a-Palooza Prime eastern marsh lot with cooling summer breezes & views of Tybee and Wassau Islands . Perfect spot for a stunning primary residence or second home . I sland living at its best! $469,000.

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

626 East 53 rd Street Under Contract!

Charming Arts & Crafts home w/ 3BR/2BA, oak & heart pine floors, 4over-1 windows, front porch, cedar closet, brick mantel & attic big enough for 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.*

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 $498,000. Sun Coast Realty, Rhondda Netherton 912 507-9800.

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

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

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

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.

314 West Penrose Drive Reduced to $345,000!

You’ll swim in this brick Colonial w/ 4226sf, 5 BR /2.5 BA , eat-in kitchen, BBQ pit, 2-car garage & fireplace.

Mother-in-law suite adds another bedroom, 1.5 baths, 2nd kitchen and separate entrance, perfect for home office or rental. A must see!

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.* Super Floor Plan 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Includes extra lot. Midtown 2864 sq. ft. heated. 2 car garage &breezeway. $359,000 Asking price.

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

228 E 52nd St Big rooms, high ceilings, great kitchen, beautiful fireplace in living room that opens up to dining room.

Potential to build out attic space, room for staircase. Details original to house give it that special touch!MUST SEE!!

Contact Victoria Turner 484-3169*

1 Wymberly Point Road Beautiful home in highly desirable Isle of Hope community. Gorgeous view of Intracoastal Waterway on 1.5 acre lot. Home includes 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, indoor pool, fireplace in family room, and plentiful storage Contact Celia Dunn 234-3323.*

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 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!

Price reduced to $125,900.

Contact Susie Russell of Homestead Realty 912-6651313 912-897-1307 or 912-897-3109.

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

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

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Built in 2003, asking $189,900.

Contact owner @ 912-756-6466 912-572-7569. (color)

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

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800* 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. Availalbe for the months of June thru Sept. Will rent month to month, fully furnished with all the furnishings - 3 story home with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and a beautiful courtyard, bricked, and covered parking for 2 cars!!! $2,500 per month. 912 507-9800*

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

Call Judge Realty 236-1000 907 Montgomery St. Adorable Victorian duplex awaits your arrival. Each unit is 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new central

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.* 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* 110 Arnold Street 3BR/1BA recently renovated, new cabinets and appliances. Security and gated off-street parking. Pets welcome with deposit $950/mo.

Call Dana at Judge Realty at 912-236-1000 * 1003B Lincoln Street 2BR/1BA beautifully renovated victorian, all new appliances.

Walking distance to Forsyth Park and Kroger. Hardwood floors, W/D hookup, balcony.

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

SOUTHSIDE CONDO 2 bed/2 bath, great location in gated community, between both malls on Abercorn. $900/month + $900/deposit. (can be divided) 596-0031 407221-9438.

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.

ADORABLE ARDSLEY PARK Bungalow! 220 East 60th (great block). 2 bedroom, 1 bath, hardwood floors, sun room! Just redone. Available for rent March 1st. $750/month. Call 239-9551.

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

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.* Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size. Priced to sell at $30,000.

Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200* Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive. Priced at $60,000. Make an offer.

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

Apartments For Rent 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. continued on page 50

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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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.*

PARKSIDE 3-bedroom 2-bath, central heat/air, appliances, washer/dryer, newly remodeled, $975/month plus deposit, 1 year lease. Call 912-447-0035 or 912-897-4930

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

413 East 58th Street Ardsley Park Great spacious 3BR/2BA home in beautiful Ardsley offers over 2,000 square feet of space. Can be made into 4 Bedrooms if needed. Home has been renovated and features new appliances and large, open floorplan. $1,200/month Call Dana @ 912-236-1000 Judge Realty*

2/1 House, Paradise Park adjacent to Daffin Park, Grayson.

Quiet dead-end street, large fenced backyard, LR, DR, Porches, w/d hookups. $785.

404-441-0505.

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

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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.

HVAC, washer/dryer, new appliances. Walking distance to Forsyth Park. $850/$900 Call Dana at Judge Realty 236-1000.*

LARGE ONE BEDROOM Apartment in Queen Anne Victorian house. Hardwood floors, central heat/air, washer/dryer, water included. $675/month.

Call 912-233-5246, leave message.

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Ready to sell, but confused about pricing? No matter what you hear elsewhere, pay close attention to any advice that a real estate professional offers. Remember that the agent doesn’t set the price – you do. Make sure you understand all the facts before making your decision.

Would you think that a home that sells in just a few days was probably underpriced? You’d be wrong – obviously, the home was perfectly priced! If the sellers – and the buyers – did their homework, they probably found out exactly what other homes in the area listed for, sold for, and didn’t sell for. Homes priced at “fair market value” stand a great chance for an early sale.

If you begin by asking for more than the home is worth, you’ll be cheating yourself out of consideration by serious, qualified buyers who you know better. You’ll get less interest, less offers, lower offers, or even worse – you could accept an offer that will be later withdrawn when the lender discovers that the appraised value came in lower than the asking price.

The real proof that a quick sale wasn’t priced too low is the homes in the neighborhood that haven’t sold yet or have “expired.” Ask the agent for those prices and then you’ll understand how pricing correctly from the get-go results in a full price sale in the shortest time.

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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.

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

Rooms For Rent LARGE, NICELY Furnished room, across from main library and park, with balcony, cable, internet, washer/dryer, utilities. $150/week, 7 days. 912-2319464.

BRAND NEW EVERYTHING1217 East 54th. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, central heat/air, wooden floors, all appliances, $650/month. 912-656-1071.

Commercial Rentals OFFICE SPACE Do you work from home or alone in an office and wish you had a furnished office with office equipment, a receptionists and close FREE parking; conference and training space to meet with your clients? On flat rate!

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Carriage house apartment. Central heat/air, hardwood floors, security system, washer & dryer. $750/month plus deposit.

Available March 1st. 912-5964003.

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.co

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OFFICE SPACE 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.

NEWLY RENOVATED 1 bedroom in friendly Mid-town neighborhood. Sunny, new

Linda B. Kelly Broker

Good location and parking. 450 sq ft, kitchenette, bath, fully furnished. Call 912-925-1811 for Jack Wray.

SUPER TYPE Make your classified ad stand out for only $2.00 extra a week.

Sell it fast with a bold headline in Super Type!

Call 238-2040.*

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JEFFERSON STREET TOWNHOMES Outstanding townhomes under construction in the Victorian District. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, kitchen with granite countertops.

Fireplaces in living room and master bedroom. Off-street parking.

Call for floor plan and complete details.

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. $3,500 Design Allowance! 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.

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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.

311 Columbus Drive Charming 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Bungalow in Midtown. Oak hardwood floors, brand new bathroom, beechwood kitchen cabinetry. Just one block from Habersham Shopping Village shops and Restaurants.

1132 sq. feet. $220,000. Call Catherine Harrison for more details. 912-856-5582.

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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.