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Table of Contents

Volume 5, No. 39, June 21, 2006

On the cover: Post-Katrina devastation; could it happen here?

News 6 10 11 12

Cover Story 6

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Cover Story It’s getting hot in here City Notebook News bits from around town Feedback Readers have their say Jane Fishman Famous or infamous?

Blotter From SPD reports News of the Weird Strange but true Earthweek The week on your planet

Culture Cuisine Cosentino’s on MLK 24 Art Patrol Exhibitions and openings 27 Theatre Finding new homes 20 City Notebook 12

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Music Interview 16

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Music Interview Kick out the Jamz Connect Recommends Concerts of note Music Menu Local gigs a la carte Good Show, Will Travel Regional concert listing Soundboard Who’s playing and where around town

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The 411 Week at a Glance Our best bets for cool stuff to do 15 Weather News from the sky 30 Happenings All the stuff, all the time 34 Free Will Astrology Rob Breszny’s look at your stars 5

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thu, june 22 Savannah Actor’s Theatre Opens Neverwhere

What: A modern fairy tale about a London man who finds himself in London Below, the place where the forgotten go. This world-premiere stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel is directed by Sasha Travis with production design by Danica Leigh. Following each performance, live improvisational comedy will be presented by the Opposite Of People Squad.

When: June 22, 23, 24, 29 and 30 and July 1 at 8 p.m.

The OOPS improv show will begin at 10:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703 Louisville Rd., Suite D. Cost: Admission to Neverwhere is free, although donations are appreciated. Admission to OOPS is $8. Call: 660-0795 or neverwhere@savannahactorstheatre.org.

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Fiesta Latina!

What: Presented by the Latin American Services Organization, this festival will feature stage performances, arts and crafts, children’s activities and food. When: Sunday, June 25 from 1-6 p.m.

Where: Rousakis Plaza on River Street. Cost: Free.

Call: 238-2032 or www.lasonet.org.

Disney Live — Mickey’s Magical Show

What: A live stage show featuring favorite Disney characters. When: Friday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 24 at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, June 25 at 2 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Arena.

Cost: Everyone 2 and older must have a ticket. On opening night, all tickets are $12, except the floor and box seats. Other tickets are $14 for mezzanine rear, $18 for mezzanine front, $22 for loge seats, $30 for box seats and $35 for floor seats. Military with ID and kids 12 and younger will receive a $5 discount at the Saturday, June 24, 4:30 p.m. show. Call: 651-6556 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Summer Concerts in the Squares

What: The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs will present free concerts every Friday in June and July. This week, the Ricardo Ochoa Quartet will present jazz and Latin jazz. The series has been arranged by Local No. 447-704 of the American Federation of Musicians.

When: Friday, June 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where: Johnson Square. Cost: Free.

sat, June 24 Cruise in for Babies

What: Local car clubs and car enthusiasts will show their cars trucks and motorcycles at this fund-raiser for the Coastal Empire March of Dimes. The crowd will vote for its favorite car, truck and motorcycle, and there will be food and other activities. When: June 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Savannah Festival Factory Stores at Interstate 95 and Highway 204.

Cost: Spectators will be encouraged to make a donation to the Coastal Empire March of Dimes.

Call: 354-5900.

Sun, june 25 Reel Savannah Film Group Presents Kekexili — Mountain Patrol

What: The screening of this celebrated Chinese film was scheduled as a follow-up to the visit of the Tibetan monks at the Telfair. Filmed in a remote region of China, this film tells the true story of a Beijing reporter who follows a volunteer patrol in their quest to stop poachers to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope. In Mandarin with English subtitles. When: June 25 at 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $7.

Mon, June 26 Savannah Sand Gnats

What: The Sand Gnats take on the Rome Braves in a four-game series. When: June 26, 27, 28 and 29 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 E. Victory Dr. Cost: Box seats are $9.50, reserved seats are $7.50 and general seating is $6. Call: 351-9150.

Regional Theatre Roundtable

8th Annual E93 Jamz Fest 2006

What: Jamz Fest started as a Juneteenth celebration where African-Americans came together to celebrate their heritage and music. This year’s show will include performers Brooke Valentine, Luke & Q, Maceo, Rasheeda, Missez, Kieran, Bodagia, Fonzworth Bentley and Chingy, with headliner Ginuwine.

When: June 24 at 6:30 p.m. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Where: Savannah State University’s Tiger Arena.

Cost: $12 in advance or $15 on the day of the show. Ticket outlets include the E93 studios, Lester’s Florist and the Savannah Mall Customer Service Desk.

Savannah Film Society Presents a Children’s Series

What: The screening of the classic 1964 film Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke will be presented Saturday, June 24 at 3 p.m. Disney’s animated 1950 film Cinderella will be presented Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.m. The smash hit Shrek, with the voices of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy, will be presented Sunday, June 25 at 3 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $6.

Series passes are available.

Call: 525-5050 or visit www.lucastheatre.com or www. trusteestheater.com.

What: The Savannah Actor’s Theatre will host a regional theater roundtable. This will be a first monthly roundtable discussion open to all regional theater makers to discuss their companies and their work in an open and informal setting. When: June 26 at 8 p.m.

Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703 Louisville Rd., Suite D. Call: 660-0795 or mail@savannahactorstheatre. org.

Tue, june 27 Tuesdays at Tybee

What: This guest lecture series feature various topics every week, including local environmental issues, animals in the coastal environment and local history.

Speakers are professionals in their respective fields.

This week, Capt. Vincent Russo, an expert at cleaning seafood, will demonstrate how to clean what you catch from the sea. Russo is the author of cookbooks and a DVD series, and will speak on boning shad, picking crab and filleting flounder with the proper tools and special techniques. When: June 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand on Tybee Island. Cost: Free. Call: 786-5917.

Wed, June 28 Psychotronic Film Society Presents Starcrash

What: A 1979 Italian sci-fi turkey that is regarded by some to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious and awful low-budget movies ever made -- sort of a cross between Plan 9 From Outer Space and Barbarella. It is a blatant rip-off of Star Wars, complete with light-sabre battles and a villain whose name rhymes with “Darth.”

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Global warm ing, hurricane s and the Ge orgia coast

WE can argue the particulars all day long, but two indisputable facts are self-evident: 1) The earth is getting warmer.

2) Hurricanes are getting bigger, stronger, and more frequent.

Reasonable people can disagree whether global warming is natural, manmade, or a combination of both. They can also disagree about the link between global warming and tropical weather patterns.

But with every Category 5 storm, every lengthening storm season, every year of increasing global temperature, every year of retreating glaciers and melting permafrost, the evidence continues to pile up that something very alarming is happening -something no generation in living memory has had to cope with.

Washington, D.C., is dealing with the problem the way it often deals with complex issues of profound importance: by ignoring it.

For those who live on the southeast coast of the U.S., however, the issue is anything but hypothetical. And for those of us who live in Chatham County, sticking our head in the Tybee Island sand is simply no longer an option.

Devastation in New Orlea “Folks on the coast will be the first ones clamns after Katri and na oring for something to be done about this because of the Athens. potential consequences,” says Tybee Island Mayor Jason While a self-described progressive city govBuelterman, who has taken a lead role in combating global ernment like Savannah’s would seem to be a likely candidate warming at the local level. to sign onboard the Climate Protection Agreement, city of“Whatever the City of Tybee is going to do will be minificials say that’s premature. mal, but we can set an example for others,” Buelterman tells “I would not want to comment on that until I’ve actually Connect Savannah. read the agreement,” says Alderwoman Edna Jackson, who Elected last November, the 31-year-old recently joined is serving as Mayor Pro Tem during Mayor Otis Johnson’s over 250 other mayors around the country in signing onto recuperation from a recent heart attack. the U.S. Climate Protection Agreement, which is essentially “And then of course it’s something that our city attorney a municipal version of the international Kyoto Protocol adand our city manager would have to take a look at as well.” dressing global warming.

(Our calls to the City Manager’s office were not “A lot of people still don’t think global warmreturned as of press time.) ing is really happening,” he says. “But I think peoDespite the often contentious political nature of ple who are elected are supposed to look 20, 50 or the global warming debate, Buelterman so far has even 100 years down the road.” received no criticism for signing the agreement.

The idea is that by making city fleets more “I really haven’t gotten any negative comments. I fuel-efficient and using more eco-friendly urban guess I hope that’s not how it goes, with it becomdesign, America’s cities can fill the leadership ing a political thing. I’m really more of a centrist, vacuum left by a reluctant -- and in some cases myself,” he says. openly hostile -- federal government.

“I think it’s more geographical really, beBuelterman admits that Tybee’s efforts so cause it affects folks on the coast. Global far are fledgling. warming will really impact property owners, “The main thing we’ve done is we’ve started especially in low-lying areas like ours.” a curbside recycling program. We’re the only government in Chatham County that does A local source tells that,” he says. “We also have a policy that I put Connect Savannah that The hurricane/warming link in place last year about fuel efficiency in city Though Mayor Buelterman signed the An Inconvenient Truth, vehicles.”

Climate Protection Agreement, he’s still not Al Gore’s film about Buelterman says that while no Tybee vesold on the link between global warming and global warming, will hicles have had to be replaced yet, when they hurricanes. hit Savannah theatres do, fuel efficiency will be balanced with return June 30. However, as of “I just went to a national hurricane conon taxpayer money. ference in Orlando, and one of the sessions press time we had not “If we get a Honda Civic for Parking Serwas about that,” he says. “From what I heard, received independent vices, they cost $13,000 versus a hybrid for it’s very much in dispute – many think it’s confirmation. $20,000. Then we have to look at the cost,” cyclical.” he says. “If it’s more cost-efficient in terms of But while the jury of science has yet to renlong-term fuel savings, then we’d go with the hybrid. If we der a conclusive verdict, there is a clear link between a rise can save the taxpayers money and be more energy efficient in water temperature and storm activity. at the same time, of course that’s the way to go.”

“I don’t think you can argue there’s a climate change goOther cities in Georgia that have signed the U.S. Climate ing on,” says Phillip Webber, director of the Chatham EmerProtection Agreement include Atlanta, East Point, Macon

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gency Management Agency.

“If the temperature has gone up X degrees over X amount of time, you’ll have warmer sea temperatures that lead to increased tropical storm activity. The controversy comes when you debate what is the cause of that warming,” Webber tells Connect.

“Still, we’ve been keeping records on this for what, 100, 125 years?

That’s just a blip in the timeline of the planet,” he says.

“But suffice to say, it’s warm, it’s getting warmer, and that’s going to cause more of this activity.”

Most leading scientists agree.

“What we see when we look at the Atlantic, even if we just focus our attention on the last 35 years where we’ve had very good hurricane records, is a rather spectacular correlation between sea surface temperature and aggregate measures of hurricane activity,” says Massachusetts Institute of Technology hurricane expert Dr. Kerry Emanuel.

The news here is that fresh research is convincing many scientists to put less stock in the natural theory of hurricane activity, the somewhat comforting “multidecadal cycle” that global warming skeptics often speak of.

“I no longer believe there is any evidence for a natural cycle of Atlantic hurricanes, even though a year ago I did,” Emanuel says.

“It was largely an error that was made by people who assumed that global change was some nice linear ramping up of temperature, and it hasn’t been,” he says. “We don’t expect now to see, on a decadal time scale, a downturn in activity.”

Dr. Peter Webster is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of a landmark study in Science Magazine that found the average strength and duration of hurricanes has doubled in the last 50 years.

“The data is fairly unequivocal in what it says. Overall in all of the ocean basins, one is finding almost a doubling of the number of Category 4 and 5 storms,” Webster says.

Not only that, but the window for opportunity for these monster storms is increasing as well.

“Since 1915 the number of days in the hurricane season has increased by about 5.5 days per decade. That increase has become even more rapid during the last 30 years,” he says. “2005 was a good example of that, where June and October were two very, very active months, which indicates the increase in length of the season.”

Global warming skeptics frequently point to the fact that ocean temperatures actually fell from 1950 to about 1990 as proof of a natural cycle.

But Emanuel says there’s a specific reason for that.

“The cooling of the north Atlantic from the 1950s to the 1980s had nothing to do with a natural cycle, but with actually the consequence of a different kind of air pollution, most of it manmade, which are aerosols,” he says.

Emanuel says that once aerosols -- yes, the stuff that used to come out of spray cans -- were banned in the ‘70s to conserve the ozone layer, the cooling effect aerosols had on the atmosphere tailed off. Global temperatures subsequently rose precipitously.

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Webber chuckles when he’s asked about lessons his agency has learned from Katrina.

“We’re still taking into account lessons learned from David in ‘79, Hugo in ‘89 and Floyd in ‘99,” he says.

“Our main interest right now is in capitalizing on the interest of others. And the thing Katrina caused is a lot of interest.

People came to the table and said, this is something we need to be involved in,” Webber says.

“What we need to do now is match that interest with our energy, and leverage that interest to build capacity.”

Webber says his disaster approach is a community-wide effort in which no sector -- public, private, forprofit, nonprofit, faithbased, neighborhood -- is not involved.

It’s that holistic approach that Webber says will keep Savannah from turning into another New Orleans, where a clash of bureaucracies made an already overwhelming job of disaster recovery nearly impossible.

“You need to have a well-defined process of operations, and while personalities and working with people is important, it has to be strictly process-driven,” Webber says.

“You have to have a plan by which fire Prepared for the worst? and police and utilities can work across “I feel we’re much better prepared here jurisdictions.

You have to think about how in Chatham you would reCounty than open after a in some other large-scale event parts of the like a Category state,” says Pete 5 hurricane or a Liakakis, Chaterror incident tham County -- and how you Commission would protect chairman. your critical as“We’re sets,” he says. in excellent “We’re workshape, particuing to reinforce larly when you a lot of messages -Tybee Island Mayor talk about oth-situational er municipaliJason Buelterman awareness being ties,” echoes the chief one.

Savannah’s And we’re workEdna Jackson. ing to keep interoperability with elected of“We’ve got one of the best emergency ficials. They’re the decisionmakers,” he says. agency staffs in the state of Georgia,” says Alderwoman Jackson says there is nearLiakakis, who has a lot of CEMA experiunanimity among local elected officials as ence himself. “In fact, our director was beto the effectiveness of CEMA’s current diing considered to replace the retiring state saster response planning. director.”

“I’m not going to say it’s flawless, but if Tybee’s Buelterman says, “Phil Webber is you ask me right now if we’re prepared, I’d really good, and I’m very comfortable with have to say yes, we are,” says Jackson. him and how prepared the county is for “Everyone learned from Katrina – the these types of situations.” whole United States learned from Katrina,” Indeed, in a complete turnaround from Jackson says. “We know that we have to the post-Katrina stereotype of the clueless make sure that every aspect of this city is and bumbling disaster response chief, curtaken care of, particularly our residents in rent CEMA Director Phillip Webber brings

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“Since about 1985 or 1990, the effect of that kind of air pollution has been overwhelmed by the effect of increasing greenhouse gases,” Emanuel says.

What about the talking heads on the Weather Channel who take great pains to avoid any mention of global warming?

“I think it’s cultural really,” Webster explains.

“While Max Mayfield (of the National Hurricane Center) does a fine job, his main worry is where a Katrina will be tomorrow and at what intensity,” he says. “I think where the difference is that most of us viewing hurricanes in a more global sense take a much more holistic view on the role of hurricanes in the general circulation of the planet.”

Still, scientists admit that because only ten percent of tropical cyclone activity is in the north Atlantic -- and an even smaller percentage of storms worldwide actually makes landfall -- global warming will never be the prime factor in determining our risk here.

“When it comes to landfalls, even for the next 50 years, it is lady luck that is the main determinant about whether you get hit -- and you shouldn’t forget that,” Emanuel says.

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nursing homes and those who have special needs.”

Liakakis says an important part of local disaster response is mutual aid between governments and organizations.

“What we did beginning in September of last year is work with the Coastal Regional Development Center -- comprising ten coastal counties and 35 cities that belong to it – and bring up how all our cities and counties in the region are set up for mutual aid,” he says. “And a number didn’t have that.”

Liakakis says further lobbying at the governor’s hurricane conference last month reinforced the concept.

“I helped get our emergency management agency to work with the Regional Development Center for us to know exactly what kind of support we can get from the ten coastal counties,” he says.

“Say they need something in Midway -- generators or trucks or public service workers or doctors or ambulances – then they’ll know that Savannah or Chatham County could provide some or all of that for them.”

Liakakis concludes, “We just need to be in depth with our mutual aid, and we’ve done a good job right here because of CEMA.”

Re-engaging communities

“People always ask me, what are we doing differently in the wake of Katrina,” says CEMA’s Phillip Webber.

“I’m here to ask, what are you doing differently? What are you doing to talk to people in your discipline and your field about the lessons learned? Have you talked to people in Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana?”

Webber and local elected officials are pushing hard for communities and citizens to take more personal responsibility for disaster response at the micro level -- not to replace government, but to enhance it.

“Katrina showed such a failure of government operation.When you have people standing on rooftops holding signs saying ‘help us,’ government has failed those people. No question about it,” he says.

“You can’t make me believe that that large a percentage of people made a choice to just be obstinate.”

But at the same time, Webber says Katrina was also a situation of people failing themselves.

“The other side is, let’s work to diminish the demand on government,” he says.

“We also have to have a level of personal responsibility to achieve a standard of care so that we can get our families the heck out of here when the time comes.”

To that end, Webber is constantly speaking to neighborhood groups and associations as to the importance of taking stock of the community around them and having a plan in advance.

“I’ve been going into neighborhoods and communities talking about personal and community preparations,” he says.

“I’ve been saying, if you know there’s

someone in your community who has special needs, we as neighbors can help them.

So -- let’s just help them.”

Edna Jackson has been preaching the same message.

“We’ve been talking to our neighborhood associations telling them they have to be prepared to help those residents that may not have anyone to assist them, particularly the elderly or disabled,” she says.

“We’re also telling people if they have to be transported somewhere they should have a hurricane survival package to take with them, including water and crackers or something like that to eat,” Jackson advises.

“We want to make sure that this time of year people have survival goods on hand, such as water and a flashlight, and other items you can get from CEMA, along with nonperishable food items,” she says.

Webber says that in a city famous for having a church seemingly on every block, faith-based organizations should be taking a greater role in mobilizing community response.

“The thing to do is to get them to look at their rolls and say who’s shut in or who has special needs. Don’t just put them on a list for the government to take care of,” he says.

“That’s not the civic spirit that makes America what it is.”

Insuring the uninsurable

No one but an insurance salesman enjoys talking about insurance.

But while it’s perhaps the least sexy and media-friendly aspect of global warming, the affordability and availability of insurance -- or more precisely, the lack thereof -- may have the most immediate economic impact on the coast.

“We’re already seeing the implications in the form of higher prices and restricted availability of insurance. There are also more subtle things going on, like higher deductibles,” says Dr. Evan Mills, scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Mills says this “affordability crunch” could also trickle down to the real estate and banking sectors.

“It may affect home-lending as well. If insurance isn’t available, banks won’t engage as lenders, because insurance protects their collateral on their loans,” he says.

Last year’s storm season was a wake-up call for the global insurance industry.

“The numbers are still coming in. So far it’s something in the vicinity of $200 billion (in damages), part of which was insured and part of which was not,” he says.

“That certainly does not include the indirect effects, such as the world-shaking rise in oil prices.”

The 2005 hurricane season was not only nonprofitable for the insurance industry -- with about $65 billion in insured losses -- but “it’s sobering to note that that is significantly in excess of the losses from 9/11,” Mills says.

“And so one has to ask our society why so much more attention -- not that ter-

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rorism doesn’t deserve atBut I don’t think it would tention -- but certainly an be fair. We absolutely need equal or greater amount a federal flood insurance should be given to these program.� issues.�

Pete Liakakis agrees.

Ominously, it was a bad “We should have that year for the reinsurance flood insurance, because a industry as well -- that is, lot of that protection is not the companies who insure covered by your homeowninsurance companies. er’s policy,� he says. “The reinsurers, who “If it needs to be back up the insurers, they changed, maybe it could paid out $1.36 for every be changed to something dollar of revenue they took where the money can be in,� Mills says. put in a fund to be able to pay for that if “So what we have here is a growing crisis flooding was to occur, so that it doesn’t put of the availability and affordability of insura huge burden on the government or one ance, and individual insurwe’ve seen ance company,� withdrawsays Liakakis. als of insurStill, Buelers from terman says we various don’t have to just Gulf states.� depend on inIn a surance to mitisense, Mills gate the impacts says, the of major storms.

-Phillip Webber, CEMA director economy “I think the actually long-term betdodged a ter solution is bullet with Katrina. stronger building codes,� he says. “Analysis “The insured value of coastal property has shown that in newer communities with just for Florida and New York is about $2 stricter building codes, they really stood up trillion for each state,� he says. “The insured pretty well in terms of what winds can be value of Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia withstood.� is about one-twelfth of that total.�

DOE’s Evan Mills agrees, and says there Still, the exponential growth of the are a number of things that can be done to southeastern coast means even more damincrease the resiliency of the coast. age is likely as storms increase. “Certainly protecting and restoring So is the answer simply to develop mangroves and wetlands increases resilelsewhere? iency against tidal surge, and it also helps “If you look at this huge rise in damages sequester carbons,� he says. over the last 100 years, it’s almost all de“Dual-pane windows in houses decrease mographic,� Emanuel says, referring to the the likelihood of window shattering and growth in coastal population. water damage in buildings -- they also obvi“But often this is portrayed as a false ously reduce air-conditioning and heating dichotomy as well -- that since it’s all demo- energy. Distributed energy generation sysgraphic, why should we worry about global tems are less vulnerable to power outages, warming. Problem is, they’re compoundwhich have huge economic consequences,� ing,� he says. “It’s not that you should worry he says. about one or the other -- you have to worry “It’s important not to paint it as an eiabout both.� ther/or kind of public policy choice.�

The increased development and the Georgia Tech’s Webster concludes: subsequent increased threat of property “It seems to me a very prudent thing to damage to the coast may have a huge effect do is to start to take into account the possion the currently cheap and widely available bility and likelihood of increasing intensity federal flood insurance. and start to use that as a planning basis,� he Mills says the largest burden of insursays. ance loss from storms falls on the govern“If one doesn’t take the potential of inment, “and the insolvency of that national creasing hurricane intensity to heart, one is flood insurance program is the most poifaced with repeating history, of putting up gnant example of that. We’re clearly with $200 billion worth of damage every not pricing the insurance to reflect the so often -- every year or two years or three exposures.� years -- rather than a more cautious apAs Emanuel says, “It’s not surprising that proach, which might be to accept the poswhen you subsidize risk, people take risk.� sibility of more intense hurricanes and start If increased hurricane activity forces the talking about mitigation,� says Webster. federal government to revisit the whole no“I’m not quite sure how many $200 biltion of subsidized flood insurance, it could lion storms the country can afford.� w have a huge effect on regional economies, one that local leaders are loathe to consider. To comment, e-mail us at Tybee’s Mayor Buelterman says, “It’s letters@connectsavannah.com scary to think about, but if we keep getting hits it’s inevitable that’s going to happen.

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In last week’s cover story, event organizer Murray Silver was quoted as saying of the Drepung Loseling Tibetan monks, “They always bring rain.” Sure enough, with the monks’ arrival came the drenching downpour of Tropical Storm Alberto. The waters receded, and all week the monks worked on their mandala in the minimalist, open atrium of the Jepson Center for the Arts -- a facility tailor-made for the monks’ brand of detached transcendence -- only to ritually destroy it.

Hundreds packed the atrium this past Sunday afternoon to pay hushed homage to the monks and their collective effort. Cymbals clashed and horns brayed prior to a final ceremony featuring the monks’ otherworldly multiphonic singing and repeated Buddhist mantras. Then, with little fanfare, a single monk stepped forward and almost casually began defacing the mandala -- to audible gasps from the crowd.

With a full police escort down Jefferson photos by Brandon Blatcher Street, the monks then led a procession to the Savannah River, where the mandala’s million grains of sand were thrown to depict the cyclical, transitory nature of all things. - Jim Morekis

In clockwise order starting at top left: The crowd admires the finished mandala shortly before its destruction; a shot of the packed Jepson atrium; the mandala after it had been ritually defaced prior to pouring into small plastic bags, to be handed out to the crowd; monks sing in the distinctive Tibetan style as part of the closing ceremony; and finally, a monk intones a ritual blessing prior to pouring a segment of the mandala into the Savannah River as the crowd looks on.

Film for a cause Austin and Tom stopped in Savannah to raise money and talk to a new friend, Catie Wilkins. Catie, 4, of Effingham, was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was one years old. She has undergone 7 surgeries, 22 months of chemotherapy and 30 radiation treatments.

“Thank you for doing what you are doing,” said Jen Wilkins, Catie’s mom to Austin and Tom. “We can make up the difference, “said Austin. “I know we can.”

“5,000 miles is a long way,” said Tom, “But I had a childhood friend who didn’t survive cancer, and it made the decision to do this easier.” -- Phyllis Guilmette Follow Babbish at www.veritazproductions.com/. Online donations can be made at www.rallyfoundation.org/. Go to www.rallyacrossamerica.com to learn more about Austin and Tom’s trip. To learn more about curing childhood cancers, go to www.caringbridge.org/ga/catie/. w

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Two bicyclists on a mission to help childhood cancer victims rode into Savannah recently as part of their 5,000 crosscountry mile trip to raise $250,000 for cancer research. And SCAD student film maker Chelsea Babbish was along for the ride.

The bicyclists, recent college grads, Austin Bauman and Tom Reardon, are riding from Nashville to New York, “the long way,” to raise money for the Rally Foundation, a nonprofit group that strives to find a cure for childhood cancers.

Austin and Tom are stopping in 21 cities, visiting cancer survivors, children’s hospitals, and raising awareness. All money raised will go toward pediatric cancer research and awareness.

Babbish and the film crew from her production company, Veritaz Productions, are making an independent documentary called Pedaling for Change about the trip and pediatric cancer survivors.

“I want to make films that make a difference,” said Babbish.

“People have been so good to us, in helping make this come together.”

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Editor, I was most impressed with the May 24 article, “Airing the Dirt,” by Stacey Kronquest, that exposed one of Savannah’s dirty little secrets. The toxic pollution that is added to our area by the incinerator on Presidents Street is appalling.

Would it be possible for you to email me a copy of that article that I could forward to friends in town and on Skidaway Island? We’re trying to start our own recycling program here on the island, but of course it will be a “drop in the bucket” in the overall scheme of things in Chatham County.

Thank you for this revealing article.

Phyllis Limbacher Tildes Editor’s Note: There has been quite a response to both of Ms. Kronquest’s columns in Connect. Look for a cover story by her soon. We’ll post “Airing the Dirt” again to the front page of our website this week at www.connectsavannah.com

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Editor, Thanks for your insightful review of my new book, Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women’s Lives.

I’m happy to be called a journalist, as I have the greatest respect for those who ply that art. Indeed, I’ve done a great deal of journalism myself through the years -- I was recently introduced before a lecture by a colleague who called me “the only writer I know who has written for both Mademoiselle and Mother Jones!”

I also appreciated your comments about how men might feel reading the book (and as you undoubtedly noted in Chapter Seven, “If I Thought Like a Guy,” we’ve had some truly great men in Zona Rosa.)

But you might not have fully realized the reason for, and the public assessment of, my past writings regarding women’s sexuality.

I grew up surrounded by Southern women who never told the truth about anything; speaking honestly about anger or sexuality was a taboo I never heard broken (with oft tragic results: my mother committed suicide after a lifetime of “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”).

To break these taboos was a conscious decision, and while admittedly the resulting books aren’t for the faint of heart, it was one understood by many of my readers.

My first collection of poems, A Sexual Tour of the Deep South, was favorably reviewed in venues from Ms. magazine to Rolling Stone. My memoir, Fatal Flower: On Sin, Sex, and Suicide in the

Deep South, was also reviewed favorably throughout the country, and was reprinted in 1999 after winning the Palimpsest Prize for a most requested out-of-print book.

Along with my next memoir, Sleeping with Soldiers (in which I sought to turn the double standard on its head), it became a forerunner of the current memoir trend.

Thank you again for your kind words.

Thank you, too, for the thoughtful and serious tone you’re setting for Connect.

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The thin line between famous and infamous Savannah. The word has a nice ring, a pleasant rhythm. And though the noun carries a second meaning (minus the “h” on the end) - “A tropical land mass of grassland and scattered trees” -- people rarely confuse the two words.

Still, confusion happens.

My first Sunday at a house-sitting gig in Pittsburgh (another city with an “h” on the end, something people outside of Pennsylvania often fail to include) I went to a block party on Abbott street, just around the corner of East End Avenue, where I am staying in Regent Square.

As anyone who moves around a lot knows (and subsequently forgets), it takes a while to make friends in a new place.

Oh, you can banter: “What kind of dog is that? A pug? Cute”; you can make small talk: “Where’d you get your Keens? I need a new pair”; you can talk about the bipolar weather.

But other than that people generally gravitate towards people they know. They talk about things on their mind, which at the block party that Sunday afternoon was the Walgreens they are fighting to keep out.

When someone approached me with a petition to sign I tried talking about a related subject -- the Family Dollar proposed for my residential neighborhood in Savannah.

I didn’t get much sympathy because guess what sits about four blocks north? A Family Dollar (the only place, by the way, a panhandler has approached me so far).

But I digress. Anyway, the petitioner was more interested in the raspberry torte I had brought, baked in advance by Matt, the man whose house I’m staying in.

When someone else tried to get me to sign the petition I said I don’t live here.

Oh, he said, where do you live? Savannah, I answered.

He shook his head politely, started talking about something else, then circled back to Walgreens. “You can still sign the petition,” he said. “You’re in the neighborhood.”

Huh? Turns out there’s a Savannah Avenue about three blocks away. That’s what he heard. That’s the assumption he made.

Not an impossible stretch to imagine.

For others, mention Savannah, Ga., and it’s the outstretched arm of SCAD that people think of first, long known for its wide-ranging and limitless penchant for recruiting students.

One Pittsburgh man, with friends in

Savannah and a daughter who just graduated from high school, told me he made a single inquiry into SCAD. Since then he said he receives monthly letters, literature and phone calls about the school. Someone else mentioned a recruiter who showed up in her high school class one day.

Mention Savannah and No. 2 to SCAD as a response is -- you guessed it -- TV personality and famous cook, Paula Deen.

“Is she as nice as she seems?” several people ask.

I say yes, because she is. Then I tell the same story. When people stop and ask for directions to the restaurant (the thing tourists ask the most), I answer something to the effect of, “Take a left at the next street, then the first right, then look for the line,” the same answer I used to give when people were seeking out Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room on Jones Street.

Speaking of restaurants, it was the Davis Produce T-shirt from Savannah I was wearing that tipped me off to the demise of Gottlieb’s restaurant.

“Tell me it isn’t true!” said Jeff, a former Savannahian working in a Pittsburgh art gallery after he spotted my shirt. “That was one of my favorite restaurants.”

On another day someone spotted by red North Beach Grill t-shirt and said, “San Francisco?” Nope. Tybee Island. She

wasn’t impressed.

On a more sour note, the next most mentioned response to Savannah is crime.

It didn’t help that the first Sunday I was here Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Brian O’Neill wrote a piece headlined,“A father’s search for his son’s killer.”

“How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend?” it began. “Greg Corwin and his daughter Jamie spent it passing out flyers in the gorgeous historic district of Savannah, Ga., looking for help in finding out who killed his son and her big brother.”

The incident, which I had sort of forgotten about because after awhile they all kind of fuse together, happened two years ago. O’Neill went on to mention a similar killing of a returning serviceman in Pittsburgh. Except this shooter, arrested and charged with criminal homicide, is in jail awaiting trial.

Savannah’s murder rate for 2004, he wrote, was about three times the national average.

I wish I could write him back and say he was misinformed, he was confused, he had the wrong Savannah. That would be nice, wouldn’t it? w E-mail Jane at gofish5@earthlink.net/. To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

• While patrolling River Street, an officer saw a man sitting on a bench with a bunch of handmade roses. The officer assumed the roses belonged to the man, so he asked him for his license. The man said they were not his roses. At that time, the man who was making the roses arrived with a plate of food. The officer started to talk to him and told him he should not leave his working area the way he did. There were palm strings all over the ground, a large amount of paper cups, trash around the bench and a plastic bag with clothes. The man was told he was littering, and suddenly became violent. He started to yell, “This is a bunch of bulls--t. You are full of s-t!” The officer asked the man to calm down, to which he responded, “I have a good lawyer, don’t give me this s--t.”

The officer then asked him to place his hands behind his back, at which the man started to scream at him. The man said he had been told he could do anything he wanted so long as he had a peddling permit. He told the officer, “(Someone) said you already lost your stripes because of your attitude, now you are going to lose your job. I’ll f--king make sure of it.”

He was placed under arrest and charged with littering and disorderly conduct. He was then transported to the Chatham County Detention Center.

• A fight broke out between a woman and her boyfriend after she told him she wanted to break up with him. At the time, they were outside a Wilder Drive residence, pouring water into a car radiator using plastic antifreeze bottles.

Upon hearing that the woman wanted to break up with him, the man hit her in the face with an empty antifreeze bottle.

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• Police were called to a gymnasium on Brewer Street in reference to a fight in progress. Upon arrival, an officer spoke with the victim, who said she was standing outside when an unknown man walked up to her. She said the man told her, “Bitch, I know that you know me.

You are a stupid bitch!” The victim said she told the suspect that she had never met him before. He then brandished what appeared to be a silver pistol. The man then told her, “I’m sure. I would like to pop your little ass with this.” The victim said the whole time, the suspect never pulled the pistol out all the way or pointed it at her. He said he was going to call his sister to “take care” of her.

While she was talking to the man, the victim noticed a woman approaching.

The woman said, “Bitch, you wanted to see me?” at the same time the man brandished a box cutter and threatened to cut the victim with it. The victim said she was in fear for her life so she ran away from the scene. She then called 911. Neighbors in the area gave police an address where the suspects might have been staying and said they saw them run into that house. An officer spoke with a resident of the house, but did not find the suspects. w

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The couple then went inside. While in the living room, the man used his hands to choke the woman, leaving an abrasion on the right side of her neck. They then went back outside, where the man punched the woman in the face with a closed fist. The woman said she was going to call the police and ran to another address to use the phone there. While she was calling 911, the man fled the area. A witness told police she saw the man hitting the woman with the antifreeze bottle, but did not see the rest of the fight.

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Someone called police anonymously and said a bomb would explode at a local abortion clinic. Officers went to the scene and asked protesters in front of the building to clear the area. An offduty police officer working at the clinic was informed about the bomb threat, as was the staff of the clinic. All staff and clientele were asked to leave the premises. A section of East 34th Street was closed to traffic by police. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was dispatched to the scene, which was checked and cleaned. Everyone was allowed to return. A second bomb threat against the facility came in later that same day. EOD advised they would not respond, but said to place the location under extra patrol.

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by Chuck Shepherd

Ewwww!

A 5-year-old boy in Broward County, Fla., preparing to enter kindergarten, is believed by gender-identity experts to be the youngest kid in the country whose family supports his decision to live completely as the other sex (according to a May profile in New Times Broward-Palm Beach). The parents doubt that the unnamed now-girl (dubbed “Nicole Anderson” in the article) is “just going through a phase,” because of “her” early, constant, and insistent female preferences and comments, e.g., “I want the fairy princess to come and make my penis into a vagina.”

Government in Action

In May, Nevada officials said they were hopeful of persuading the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow the family of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, and who is buried in a federal cemetery, to have

a Wiccan symbol on his headstone. The department has approved headstone symbols for more than 30 religions, as well as one for atheists, but so far not for Wicca.

Much Ado About Little: (1) The student lockers at Kealing Middle School in Austin, Texas, haven’t been used in 10 years (for disciplinary reasons) and probably won’t be again, but they will still be “refurbished” (and some new ones added) at a $60,000 expense to taxpayers, according to school renovation plans in a recently passed local budget. (2) Included in a local task force’s proposal this year for building a $381 million riverfront arena in Louisville, Ky., was $63 million to move a Louisville Gas and Electric substation about 30 yards, across the street from its present location.

In May, independent arson experts reported that the 2004 Texas execution of Tyrone Willingham was based on evidence that has now been scientifically disproved (and which had probably been repudiated

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earlier in 2004, when another Texas arson convict had had his death sentence overturned). According to a Chicago Tribune story, the fire marshals whose testimony cinched Willingham’s sentence relied on out-of-date, discredited tests, leaving no reliable evidence for the jury that the fire that killed Willingham’s three kids was deliberately set. According to the report (commissioned by the Innocence Project), no formal training (only training “on the job”) is required of Texas fire marshals.

Bright Ideas

New Scientist magazine reported in May that the Pentagon’s cutting-edge research agency, DARPA, was considering a human-launching device that works like a cannon, to blast special-forces troops (and maybe firefighters and police officers) at just the right trajectory so that they land on hard-to-reach locations, such as rooftops.

-- Last year, in order to soften the transition from an agrarian economy, the rural village of Renhe, China, offered to give farmers apartments in town -- onebedroom flats for single people and twobedroom units for married couples. But in a fit of greed, hundreds of couples promptly divorced for no other reason than to qualify for two apartments so that they could rent one out. When officials learned of the scams, they modified the rules, according to a May dispatch in the Los Angeles Times, and turmoil resulted, as newly divorced couples failed to reconcile, leaving children in broken homes while husbands ran off with younger women.

in Wausau, Wis., Thomas Vogedes, 58, was sentenced to six months’ probation for incidents in which he hung dozens of bras and panties (new and used) from car mirrors and videotaped them.

Least Competent Criminals

No “Oversies”: Sarah Zabolotny, 29, who was in the courthouse in Buckhannon, W.Va., in March to deal with a speeding ticket, was later charged with petty larceny after she was seen on surveillance video folding up an 8-foot rug in the building and walking out the door. When a court clerk tracked her down, Zabolotny asked if she could just give it back and forget the whole thing, but the clerk said no. And in Williston, N.D., in March, Ryan Wright, 20, was arrested for bank robbery, even though he insisted that all he did was walk in to the bank wearing a ski mask and demand money, before saying, “Just kidding” and leaving.

Recurring Themes

(1) The principal of Liberty Elementary School in Colleyville, Texas, authorized an enlarged photo of a nickel on this year’s yearbook cover, but with “In God We Trust” deleted so as not to cause offense -- but then handed out stickers with those four words so that students could place them on the cover photo if they wished.

(2) A British government agency recently decided to spend the equivalent of $33 million over 10 years to encourage women and minorities to become fishermen (or fisherwomen) because too many anglers are white, male and middle-aged; a Welsh pilot project, for example, teaches Muslim women and children to fish for trout.

Less than three months after one wifeas-sex-slave contract surfaced (in Iowa, for which husband Travis Frey in June was sentenced to 10 years in prison), Hudson, Wis., husband Kevin Anderson was accused of making his own sex-slave contract with his estranged wife, Kimberly O’Brien, which O’Brien filed as evidence in March in her pending divorce. The contract required O’Brien to call Anderson “Master Jon,” to achieve orgasm “ONLY” (emphasis in the original) by permission, and to allow her orgasms to be “controlled for proper training (and) teaching ... good habits (and) providing motivation (and) physical or sexual energy.”

Playing Hardball: The newspaper Ha’aretz (Tel Aviv) reported in March that the Moqassed Hospital in East Jerusalem was under investigation for detaining a newborn baby for two months because its parents did not pay the bill. (The mother had given birth to premature triplets; the hospital allegedly let her take two home but kept the third.) And London’s Daily Telegraph reported in April the hard luck story of unemployed Darren Wheeler, 30, who had six of his teeth extracted at the Birkdale Clinic in Whiston, England, but before dentures could be fitted, the clinic converted from public health to private practice and said dentures would now cost Wheeler the equivalent of almost $5,000.

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Ernest G. Johnson, 42, was arrested in Shreveport, La., in May after he, posing as an insurance company employee, roamed the corridors at LSU Hospital seeking to photograph women wearing casts. Said a police detective, “It’s like all he wants is to be in the presence of a woman with a cast on and have her attention.” And in April

In April, Elgin, Ill., police said they gave confidential informant Robert Bridges, 29, $300 to buy 7 grams of cocaine and sent him into a drug house for a sting, but later they got tired of waiting for him to leave, and they stormed the house. Inside, they found Bridges, intoxicated, with no money and only 2.8 grams of cocaine left. w

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by Steve Newman

Warming Evolution

Atlantic basin, swamped western Cuba and parts of the Florida peninsula before losing force along the U.S. East Coast. A hurricane warning was briefly issued for Florida.

Scientists said evidence is mounting that climate change has led to genetic modifications in a range of creatures, including birds, squirrels and mosquitoes.

Writing in the journal Science, professor William Bradshaw and researcher Christina Holzapfel of the University of Oregon said the evolution is due to global warming producing longer growing seasons while simultaneously alleviating winter cold stress without imposing summer heat stress.

Animal species have responded with heritable, genetic changes as they have extended their range toward the poles while developing or reproducing earlier, according to the report.

assent over the mountain before reaching the affected area.

Wildlife authorities in South Africa’s Kruger National Park say an outbreak of anthrax has killed 15 animals near the park’s border with Zimbabwe. Park spokesman Raymond Travers said staff have found kudu, nyala, buffalo and giraffe that died of the disease, which occurs naturally. He attributed the outbreak to recent heavy rainfall that followed unusually dry conditions in the park — conditions regarded as typical for such anthrax outbreaks. In the event of a spread, the area might have to be burned or cattle might have to be vaccinated against the disease, he added.

Andean Winter Storm

A snowstorm in Argentina’s Mendoza province blocked traffic through an Andean highway tunnel, trapping more than 2,000 vehicles. Another 1,500 trucks were forced to delay their

Chinese Flood Disaster

Fifty-five people were left dead or missing after flash floods ripped through southwestern China’s Guizhou province. The Xinhua news agency reported that nearly 1,300 homes collapsed in Wangmo and Luodian counties after 8.4 inches of rain fell during a four-hour downpour. The latest disaster came after at least 93 people were reported to have died over the previous two weeks in torrential rains that have battered parts of southern China.

Volcanoes

Five villagers living on the slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Merapi were reported missing and two others became trapped in a bunker as the mountain sent clouds of superheated gas cascading down its slopes. Officials placed Merapi on the highest level of alert, warning that a violent

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eruption could occur at any time.

• One man in the eastern Philippines died from an asthma attack triggered by the ash eruptions of Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon province. Residents of four nearby villages were told to wear facemasks to avoid inhaling ash particles in the air.

Antarctic Blast

A violent and chilling windstorm plunged much of New Zealand’s largest city into darkness when power lines were brought down by the tempest. Auckland’s businesses shut their doors, hospitals canceled all but emergency services and the city center was gridlocked as 300 sets of traffic lights went dark.

Hurricane-force winds in Wellington ripped roofs from houses and smashed windows. The main international airport at Christchurch was forced to halt operations due to heavy snow.

Hurricane Season

A sharp temblor that jolted western and southern Japan injured seven people and disrupted transport. The shaking halted some local rail lines, while bullet trains were forced to run at reduced speed as safety checks were conducted.

• Earth movements were also felt in Sumatra, New Zealand’s North Island, northern Pakistan, southern Albania, the Aleutian Islands and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sail Power

A German company has begun selling an airborne sail that it says will dramatically reduce the consumption of fuel on ships that install the system.

SkySails of Hamburg says its device uses a 1,700-square-foot kite, and is designed to pull ships along their route where winds are favorable. SkySails founder Stephan Wrage estimates that the sail, attached to the ship by a towing cable, could be used by vessels on half of their days at sea, saving about $1,200 in fuel costs each day that it is deployed. Using less fuel would also mean the ship would generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions during the voyage, Wrage says. The Beluga Shipping company of Bremen says that in 2007, it will launch the first ship to use the sail. w

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For the past 140 years, June 19th has been recognized as African American Emancipation Day. The observance of Juneteenth —as it has come to be called— began in Galveston, Texas, but in the near century and a half since its inception, it had grown in scope and scale. Today, Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

The celebration has grown to encompass (in some locales) as much as a month’s worth of festivities, gatherings, solemn reflection and rejoicing. It has also come to include all races, nationalities and religions — a sign of not only solidarity, but of the growing influence of African American arts and culture on the entire world.

One of the most obvious examples of such culture that has eclipsed the boundaries of the U.S.A. is urban pop music.

Whether we’re speaking of rap, hip-hop, R & B or soul, these genres have moved around the globe, evolving as they go. Hiphop in particular, has been assimilated into so many different cultures that nearly every society in the world now boasts its own unique strain of the art form.

This Saturday at 6:30 pm, the 8th Annual E93 Jamz Fest takes place. Timed to coincide roughly with Juneteenth, this event has evolved from a small gathering to one of the most eagerly anticipated urban music concerts of the entire year. After inclement weather forced 2005’s show to be cancelled —and rescheduled— at the last minute (causing a number of entertainers to drop out of the event), organizers have returned to a familiar site they have utilized in the past: Savannah State University’s Tiger Arena.

Cumulus Broadcasting, parent company of E93-FM has sponsored Jamz Fest since it began, and spokesperson Joe Driggers says they’re proud to be able to continue to host such an array of talent.

“We brought the African-American audience together to celebrate their heritage in music. You know, E93 has had the same format for 30 years, and they’re number one in the market. That affords the station a great opportunity to put on something like this to thank our listeners for their dedication over the years.”

According to Driggers, the impressive and diverse roster of artists —both established and rising— that have become the calling card of Jamz Fest are the result of a long selection process.

“The lineup is chosen by E93’s Operations Manager Sam Nelson and Music Director April ‘Baby Girl’ Dobbs. They see who’s really hot in our market based on requests. We do our very best to get the acts that the people really want to hear.”

This year, that list reads like a who’s who of modernday hip-hop and R & B talent, including headliner Ginuwine (“Pony,” “Same Ol’ G”), Chingy (“Right Thurr”), Maceo (“Nextel Chirp”), Luke & Q, Brooke Valentine, Rasheeda, Bodagia, and perhaps the most unusual artist, Fonzworth Bentley.

“If you remember him, he used to work for Puff Daddy,” explains Driggers.

“He like, carried his cane and stuff.”

So, just carrying P. Diddy’s cane will earn you a record deal these days?

“Well, he was Puff Daddy’s personal assistant,” Driggers explains.

“And now, he’s with Sony Urban Music through Epic Records. He’s more of a come-

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Driggers says that after 8 years, more and more big name artists are aware of the celebration, and are often eager to sign up.

He says that Cumulus was able to book most of the artists on their “wish list.”

“Ginuwine and Chingy were our top picks, and we were lucky to get them.”

As if snagging big name acts wasn’t enough, once more, this year’s Fest will feature a 2-song opening set by a lucky local artist chosen from 20 contestants during showcases at the Southside’s Club Ice. Those winners will “duke it out” the night before the event to determine a winner. w Tickets to this event are $12 in advance ($15 day of show), and are available at a few local outlets, such as E93-FM’s studios, Lester’s Florists and the Savannah Mall Customer Service Desk, as well as online at www.e93fm. com.

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With well over a decade of professional experience under their collective belts (and stints in such established touring acts as One Tribe, The Zion Band and Crucial Movement), this Wilmington, N.C.-based roots reggae outfit is adept at mixing genre standards by Marley, Hibbert and Tosh along with their own material, and, as good reggae is hard to come by in our neck of the woods, this show’ll likely be packed with the faithful from miles around. Fri., 11 pm, Dolphin Reef Lounge (Tybee).

Emerson, 86 Charley

After years of fly-by-night operations and sketchy business arrangements, it looks like our area finally has a legit, dedicated ALL-AGES indie-rock concert venue. Located about 45 minutes from downtown, this newly-constructed site is booking youth-oriented emo, punk and Christian hardcore. They hire off-duty cops for security, and welcome parents to Th’ Legendary Shackshakers act as chaperones. There’s no smoking or When no less than Jello Biafra of the alcohol allowed, and the owner’s pizza joint next door provides food and soft drinks.

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The Jeff & Vida Band

This New Orleans acoustic group (now based in Nashville) enjoy a loyal local following. Between guitarist Vida Wakeman’s aw-shucks demeanor and almost violently beautiful voice, and mandolinist/banjo player Jeff Burke’s savage instrumental finesse and bittersweet vocal harmonies , they make old-time mountain music sound effortlessly contemporary and vice versa.

This low-key outdoor gig at a funky Caribbean eatery only steps from the ocean may be the hottest ALL-AGES ticket in town — and best of all, you don’t need a ticket. It gets my highest recommendation for fans of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Lucinda Williams, The Del McCoury Band and Nickel Creek. Rumor is they may be joined by a fiddle player who gigs with Widespread Panic... Fri., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

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on their way to bigger rooms and national success. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.

Tony & Hardy Williamson

Among bluegrass and country aficionados, the Williamson name is synonymous with amazing talent. Mandolinist Tony’s musical heritage goes back generations.

He took part in the Savannah Music Fest’s Mando Madness a couple years back, and regularly performs at Merlefest. For this show, he’ll be joined by his son Hardy, who’s carrying on the family tradition. Dig searing, virtuosic acoustic music? Catch one of the greats (and his progeny) up close and personal. Advance tix for this no-smoke/ no-alcohol ALL-AGES gig are only $15.

Call Randy Wood Guitars at 748-1930 for more info, or go to www.randywoodguitars.com. Sat., 8 pm, Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Highway 80, Bloomingdale). w

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These alt.rock and Americana stars (led by David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven fame) recently released Greatest Hits Redux, an indie CD containing some of their best-known tunes, including the MTV smash “Low” and the cult fave “Euro-Trash Girl.” This intimate show, co-sponsored by Connect Savannah, finds them playing a smaller venue than usual (all net bar proceeds benefit local charities) on a tour in support of their brand-new CD Greenland, which mixes the straightahead roots-rock of their earlier albums with doses of spacey, Pink Floyd-ian droning and reflective, mature pop song craft. $20 cash advance tix available through Wednesday evening at Angel’s BBQ (21 W. Oglethorpe Ln.) and Silly Mad CDs (7090 Hodgson Memorial Dr.). Any remaining tix are $23 cash at the door. 21+ only w/ID. Thurs., 9 pm (doors at 8 pm), American Legion Post #135 (1108 Bull St.).

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Solo jazz and blues guitar from an ace player and key member of both The Sapphire Bullets and The Fundamentals.

Sun., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Bottles & Cans

Raw, freaky, psychedelic Delta blues.

Wed. & Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Blues + Mon., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

The Hitmen

Highly acclaimed Grateful Dead Tribute from Athens, featuring some of that celebrated music town’s best players, and a setlist geared toward both casual listeners and hardcore fanatics.

Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Locos Deli & Pub (Downtown).

Thurs. June 22

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Great jam-grass act featuring members of The Jimmy Wolling Band. Sun., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

Liquid Ginger

Free show by this extremely popular local pop-rock group, at the Grand Opening of a new fun-eatery and live music venue in City Market. Fri., 5 pm, Wild Wing Café (formerly Malone’s).

Led by a young trumpet prodigy, this straight-ahead jazz combo also features noted area vocalist Gina Rene. Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Cosmic Charlie

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The Alex Nguyen Quartet

Solo acoustic set from the guitarist/ frontman of alt. rockers Hazel Virtue. Sat., 10 pm, Finnegan’s Wake.

Wed. June 21

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The Courtenay Brothers

Acoustic guitar-playing siblings, covering pop, rock and country hits. Sun., 5 pm, City Market Courtyard.

Eric Culberson Blues Band

Funky Chicago and Memphis-style electric blues. Tues. (hosts Open Jam) Wed. & Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Sun., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Eat Mo’ Music

Upbeat, instrumental soul-jazz quintet (horns, drums, guitars). Sat., 6:30 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

The Foxedos Present...

Monthly “anti-folk” showcase led by Superhorse frontman Keith Kozel. This time The Foxedos back up the “Greenwich Village folk revival-esque” originals of local Teddy Bihune. Alan and Brian from metal sensations Baroness open with a short set of dual acoustic guitar works. Thurs., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

The Noel Friedline Quintet

Excellent, Fl.-based pianist whose profile is steadily increasing in international jazz circles. Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

Grupo Savannero

Percussion-heavy Latin fusion featuring a who’s who of local jazz ringers. Fri., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

High Velocity

Country, Southern and classic rock hits.

Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, VFW Club (Hinesville).

Kitschy ‘80s pop/ metal cover band that wears checkerboard spandex, and plays xerox copy renditions of Poison, Twisted Sister, Pat Benatar, etc... They even do the theme to Beverly Hills Cop... Sat., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café (formerly Malone’s).

Red Moon

Reggae-influenced jam band from S.C., that’s gaining a strong regional following and reportedly on the verge of cutting an album. Sat., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Seven Gates To Elsewhere

Young locals influenced by late-’60s psychedelia and soulful ‘70s British bluesrock. Sat., The Britannia (Wilmington Isl.).

Silver Lining

Jazzy local trio featuring female vocals.

Thurs., 8 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park + Sat., 8 pm, Moon River Brewing Co..

Vermillion X

Dreamy, dissonant, mid-’80s-style alt. rock, whose textures and grooves recall The Church, Romeo Void and —at times— a more organic Portishead. With 9 On Bali, a low-fi experimental psychfolk outfit (think Strawbs) led by Dan Susnara. Fri., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

Voodoo Soup

Heavy-duty Southern-fried jam rock with plenty of soul to spare. Thurs., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

Watermelon Sugar

Multi-instrumental (guitar, banjo, violin, mandolin) female indie folk duo rooted in soulful harmonies and “intoxicating” alt.country. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Weedeater

Relentless, overdriven Southern sludgecore (featuring Dave “Dixie” Collins, formerly of Buzzov-en). With stoner-rock openers Gonzalez. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx. w

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Saturday the 24th

The Doobie Brothers - Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta Sister Hazel - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta Melissa Ferrick - Atlanta Pride Fest, Pied-

mont Park, Atlanta Mother’s Finest - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Zao, So They Say, Race The Sun, Madina Lake, Demon Hunter, August Burns Red - The Masquerade, Atlanta Dubconscious - James Island Co. Park, Charleston Cracker, The Elms - The Windjammer - Isle of Palms, SC Murder By Death / Lucero, Vedera - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Nashville Pussy, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers - Smoke Out, Salisbury, NC

Sunday the 25th

Phil Lesh & Friends - HiFi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Hot Sauce, Jennifer Daniels - The Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC The Talk, Birdmonster - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte Cracker, The Elms - Common Grounds, Gainesville, FL

Monday the 26th

The Futureheads, French Kicks - Loft @ Center Stage, Atlanta “Vans Warped Tour 2006” w/As Cities Burn, Against Me!, Anti-Flag, Buzzcocks, Cartel, Every Time I Die, Helmet, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, Motion City Soundtrack, NOFX, Saves The Day, The Bouncing Souls, Thursday, Undero-

ath, and many, many more - Exchange Park, Ladson, SC New Riders Of The Purple Sage - The Pour House, Charleston Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Jennifer Daniels - Windjammer - Isle of Palms, SC Dash Rip Rock - Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville

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Tuesday the 27th

Sheryl Crow - Fox Theatre, Atlanta Slayer, Mastodon, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb Of God, Children Of Bodom - HiFi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Jennifer Daniels - Windjammer - Isle of Palms, SC

Wednesday the 28th

“Vans Warped Tour 2006” w/As Cities Burn, Against Me!, Anti-Flag, Buzzcocks, Cartel, Every Time I Die, Helmet, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, Motion City Soundtrack, NOFX, Saves The Day, The Bouncing Souls, Thursday, Underoath, and many, many more - HiFi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta Saliva - The Handlebar, Greenville Duncan Sheik, Holly Brook -Visulite Theatre, Charlotte Cracker, The Elms - Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville

Thursday the 29th

Mary J. Blige - Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta

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And the soul is Cannoli, a small sometimes healed pastry “tube,” is light with rich wine -- in and filled with a sweet my case usually a lot ricotta cream. The of red wine. cream is simple but is Cosentino’s sometimes too sweet.

Trattoria on MLK The shell, which is light Boulevard will tug and flaky is usually at your heart strings overdone. Not in this with its immediate case. sidewalk charm. Its My cannoli, was small tables and rustic only $4, was large exposed brick are enough to share, and inviting and warm. helped me shake off And the wait any weekday stress. staff is beyond most It was overstuffed any other. From the with ricotta and powered moment I walked in, I sugar and small chocwas tended to quickly and olate chips. Two cherries with heartfelt honesty. My and small piles of fresh waiter was charming and whipped cream pleased knowledgeable. my eyes and eventually my I chose to have a small tongue. cup of the tomato basil The tiramisu, a dessert soup to begin, which was with mascarpone cheese, thick and hearty. Other a light sweet cream cheese, appetizer options include a an is nuzzled between fresh caprese salad, which espresso soaked lady is layered fresh mozarella, fingers. It is smooth, sweet tomatoes and basil and bold like an Italian leaves. Other light man. Not to be missed and hearty bright or ignored! salads are all reaI decided to really sonable and fresh. test this little cozy For my entrée, spot and request an my waiter recespresso. Whoever ommended the made my espresso mussels and linknew his or her stuff. guine with white The crema (small sauce and he was bit of foam on top) right on the mark. was perfect and rich A heaping pile and kept my blood Top, Scott Cosentino; center, the of mussels were pumping. crew takes a brief break; bottom al nestled amidst a nest With an appetizer, fresco at its best of perfectly cooked two entrees, drinks and linguine. Fresh basil dessert, our bill was only leaves adorned the dish and made for a $40. It was incredible and sealed the deal great presentation. My cup did runneth for me. over!

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Jean Claude Roy -- Works by this French impressionist hang through July 9 in the Grand Bohemian Gallery at The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

New works -- New paintings by Daniel E. Smith and Melody Postma are now at the Whitney Gallery. Also on display are June Stratton, Corinne Adams, Barbara J. Brown, Stephen Kasun, James Allen, Leslie Kneisel and Adela Holmes. Whitney Gallery is at 415 Whitaker St.

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Group show -- Horne & Thistle Gallery at 424 E Oglethorpe Ave. will have a show of gallery artists for June.

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‘Hints of Use: An Exhibition of Handmade Pottery’ -- Exhibition features hand-built ceramics by James Lobb.

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Robin Rathmann exhibits at Gallery Espresso; reception is Thursday ‘Remind Me of Home’ -- Photogravure and painting by Robin C. Rathmann, June 15July 6 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Reception: Thursday, June 22, 6-8 p.m.

‘Recent Works’ -- Exhibit by SCAD grad Tiffani Taylor at Off the Wall Gallery, in 45 Bistro at the Marshall House on Broughton Street. June 14 through July.

Karen Abato --- Primitive figurative work, nudes, some with spoken word verse, some sculptural work, First Friday in July at the Starlander Coffee Cafe. There will be a spoken word event offered as well. No cover, opening at 6 p.m., Moon River Brewing Company and Starlander Coffee Cafe contributing refreshments.

‘Pinned by a Voyeur’ -- Pinhole photography by Shawna Ventimiglia at Black Orchid through June 30. 131 Drayton St.

‘Abstract and Abstracted’ -- Chroma Gallery hosts a show featuring six popular Chroma artists: Loja - a collaboration of two favorites Jan Clayton Pagratis and Lori Keith Robinson; Ikeda Lowe; Ursula Brenner Elena Madden; and Heather Lindsey Stewart. 31 Barnard St. Isle of Hope Artisans League -- July 1–August 31 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive. Meet the artists at the opening reception, Tuesday, July 11 5:30-7:30 at the gallery. Show includes woodturnings by Noel Wright; ceramics by John Jensen and Polly Cooper; paintings by Pat Myers, Angela Oliver, Bellamy Murphy, Nancy Solano, Nancy Hughes, Betty Weeks, Camille Nelson and Dorie Nichols; photography by Linda Jensen, Bruce O’Donnell, and Mark Uzmann; quilting by Julie Rittmeyer; and stained glass by Connie Wright. A portion of the sales will benefit Hospice Savannah. Inc. Luther Vann -- The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk art presents work by this visionary painter through June 28. The Hurn Museum, 1015 Whitaker St. Tuesday-Saturday 11-4; Sunday 12-4; closed Monday.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 16-30 at the Penn Center School National Historic Landmark District on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

Telfair Art Fair Call for Artists -- From November 3-5 the 12th Annual Telfair Art Fair will feature original work by top local, regional and national artists. Entry deadline is July 15. Call 790-8869 or e-mail artfair@telfair.org. ‘Journey of a Soul’ -- Work of Outsider artist Larry Beaver documents his struggle with his demons. Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, 1015 Whitaker Street, (on the corner of Park Avenue and Whitaker), 234-7322, Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 - 4; Sunday 12 - 4; Closed Monday.

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JEA Art for June– The Art Show at the Jewish Educational Alliance will feature the art of the late Joan Kobitz.

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Stages of existence

Three local theatre companies move into what they hope are permanent spaces Two other theatre companies find homes

Above, the Savannah Actor’s Theatre crew gathers outside the space on Louisville Road; carpenters at work inside the space

Inkind donations also have come in.

“We got a lot of really cool items for our silent auction, including beautiful hand-painted wood etchings and a replica of the I Dream of Jeannie bottle,” Travis says. “A lot of companies responded that they couldn’t help us financially right now, but they helped us by giving us items for the auction.

“We’ve received couches, chairs, costumes and shoes,” she says. “We were opening up as a lot of people were moving out of their dorms, so we got a lot of stuff they didn’t want to haul back to Delaware.”

On June 22-24 and June 29 through July 1, the theater will stage a production called Neverwhere. “This is a world premiere of an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s book,” says Travis, who is the show’s director.

Neverwhere is a modern fairy tale about a man named Richard Mayhew who leads a normal but boring life in London. He finds himself in a magical place called London Below.

“It’s where the homeless people live and the people who are forgotten go,“ Travis says. “It’s kind of an Alice in Wonderland story with lots of action. The cast is really

solid. I know I’m the director, but I’m enjoying watching the play.”

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. A performance by the improv troupe Opposite of People Squad will be presented at 10:30 p.m. after each performance of Neverwhere, and admission to that is $8.

In addition to staging their own performances, McCurdy and Travis want to help other theater companies stage theirs. “We would provide the management and the space so that theater companies can say, ‘I want to do this show and I don’t want to have to worry about the when and how,’” Travis says.

“We have lots of space here,” she says.

“It’s very difficult to do a show if you don’t have your own space.”

A regional theater roundtable will be held at the theater on June 26 at 8 p.m.

“We’ll try to have monthly meetings with everyone in the area who does theater,” McCurdy says. “Savannah has a strong and vibrant theater community. It can be a theater destination. This city deserves and can have two or three theater companies.”

If the entire amount can’t be raised, new plans will be made. “We’ll put the money in an account and regroup and try to find another space,” Travis says.

“We really think there is a market here for what we do. We just hope that there is a market here for what we’re doing this instant.” w To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

The Savannah Actor’s Theatre isn’t the only company to have a new home. The Savannah Children’s Theatre has leased a space in the Crossroads Shopping Plaza at the intersection of Victory and Skidaway.

“We’re in the old Belk building,” says Vann Doubleday, the theater’s technical director. “It is roughly 32,000 square feet.”

That has quintupled the number of people who can be accommodated. “We were sharing a building with a dance studio,” Doubleday says. “We could seat about 40 people. Now we can seat approximately 160 chairs. We also have pillow seating up front for kids that holds about 40.”

Over on Tybee Island, Susie Morris, president of Friends of Tybee Theater, is excited about the acquisition of the Old Post Theater from the Tybee Island Historical Society. The Friends plan to turn the theater into a performing arts venue.

“The project has been going on about five years,” Morris says. “There were technicalities that needed to be dealt with the city, but now we are over all the hurdles.”

The group had to raise $350,000 to purchase the building. “We’re getting ready to start the first phase of renovation, which will be a new roof,” Morris says. “We hope that will start by the end of July.”

The theater currently is not usable. “It’s basically a shell, but it’s a good shell that is structurally sound,” Morris says. “The two previous owners gutted it.”

In addition to a new roof, the building needs ceilings, walls, floors and a stage. It was built circa 1930 by the Army as part of Fort Screven.

Plans are to remain as close as possible to the original design. “We have the blue prints from the war department and know there are other theaters like this one at Fort Benning, and in Maryland and New Jersey,” Morris says.

The renovation is projected to be completed sometime in 2009 and will cost about $1.4 million. “It’s going to be a firstclass, state-of-the-art performance building,” Morris says.

“We’ll be able to accommodate musical performances, lectures and movies, as well as theater,” she says. “It possibly might be used as another venue for the Savannah Music Festival, or the SCAD Film Festival.

It’s going to be for everyone.”

Morris says the Friends believe the new venue can be a tourism destination. “We think it’ll be a big draw for Tybee once there are performances,” she says. “We’ll have people visit just to see them.”

Volunteers and donations are needed to complete the project. People who are interested can call Morris at 786-0901. w

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It’s a sure bet that the builder of the warehouse at 703 Louisville Rd. never envisioned its current use.

The structure has been partitioned into smaller spaces, one of which is being used as a theater. Ryan McCurdy and Sasha Travis, founders of the Savannah Actor’s Theatre, have big plans for the site -- if they can raise enough money.

“Savannah Actor’s Theatre is a repertory company that does full-year theater for the Lowcountry,” says McCurdy, the theater’s executive director. “We started performing last September.”

The company has put on plays at the Starland District, The Sentient Bean and the late, lamented Tybee Theater Cafe, but wanted a space of its own. McCurdy and Travis paid $3,000 for rent for the space for the month of June, but must raise more than $17,000 if they want to keep it.

“We lose the space if we don’t make the money by June 30,” says Travis, the theater’s artistic director. “The landlord made it very clear that he wants the full year’s rent. If we don’t have it, we’ll have to vacate the space by July 1.”

A strong effort is being made to come up with the money.

“We are doing as many events as we can to try to make the rent,” McCurdy says.

Donations are coming in.

“It’s a steady trickle,” Travis says.

“It’s very difficult to raise money for a project people haven’t seen. There are people who know that we are capable of doing this. We’re hoping and hoping that people will respond to seeing the space and what we are capable of doing.”

Travis and McCurdy are convinced the project can be a success. “I think Savannah will support this,” McCurdy says. “I’ve already gotten email and letters of support.

That makes me optimistic.”

At the same time, the two know that they are working against the clock. “I’m aware what a large amount of money it is,” McCurdy says. “We’ll do our darndest to raise the money.”

A loyal group of supporters has already put in long hours on the project. “We open at 10 a.m. in the morning and sometimes we’re there to 2 a.m. the next morning,” McCurdy says. “There’s always someone here.”

“We’re very poor,” Travis says. “Most everything inside the theater is made from stuff we found. We even found an old piano beside the road. It sat in the rain for three days, so we decided no one must want it.”

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For a movie that many people (including me) tagged as this summer’s off-the-beaten-path sleeper hit, Nacho Libre turns out to be a surprisingly mild affair, one of those films where the creative juices dried up at some point between conception and execution.

The premise held promise: Nacho (Jack Black), the lowly cook at a Mexican monastery that doubles as a home for orphaned boys, realizes that becoming a Lucha Libre wrestler would not only earn him enough money to better take care of the lads under his watch, but it might also instill enough self-confidence so that he won’t remain tongue-tied around the lovely new nun (Penelope Cruz look-alike Ana de la Reguera).

But because the monks frown upon wrestling, Nacho is forced to disguise himself by donning a mask.

Writer-director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and co-scripter Mike White (The School of Rock) serve up a few potent gags, but they’re spread mighty thin throughout the picture’s running time. The remainder of the film is split between the sort of scatological humor we can find anywhere else — See Jack Black break wind! See Jack Black sit on the toilet! See Jack Black smear animal excrement on someone’s face! — and lazy south-of-the-border caricatures that aren’t funny, are offensive or are offensively funny. After a while, this disappointing film just lays there, like a wrestler body-slammed one time too many. w

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Sandra Bullock’s star-making performance in 1994’s fast and furious Speed rushed through auditoriums like a welcome breeze on a muggy summer day. But with the exception of those imbecilic Miss Congeniality comedies, it’s hard to recall a recent picture in which Bullock has been allowed to draw upon her natural charisma. On the other hand, Reeves in ‘94 was just emerging from a period in which his repeated miscasting in prestige pictures like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Dangerous Liaisons and Much Ado About Nothing left critics and fellow actors scratching their heads as to his ability to repeatedly land such highprofile roles. Since then, he’s excelled in a handful of diverse roles: iconic in The Matrix, funny in Thumbsucker and, in his best work, disarmingly romantic as he woos Diane Keaton in Something’s Gotta Give. The Lake House, which brings the stars together for the first time since Speed, serves as an exclamation point to the evolution of their respective careers. Bullock plays Dr. Kate Forester, whose new position at a Chicago hospital convinces her to move into the city and leave behind the lake house she’s been renting. Before departing, she whips off a welcome note for the next tenant, who turns out to be an architect named Alex Wyler (Reeves). But Kate’s comments in the letter, concerning the condition of the house, don’t jibe with what Alex sees, so he writes her back to clarify. Both parties come to the startling realization that they’re actually corresponding over the years -- she’s writing and receiving his letters in 2006, he’s doing likewise in 2004 -- and that the lake house mailbox serves as the magic portal.

The Lake House’s central idea could work under the right set of circumstances -- chief among them the presentation of two lovers whose ardor is so all-encompassing that we feel like we’ll die if they don’t end up in each other’s arms. But The Lake House doesn’t even begin to inspire that level of swoony romance on our parts. The blame begins with director Alejandro Agresti, whose principal concern was apparently making sure that cinematographer Alar Kivilo captured the right lighting for each shot. Yes, it’s as pretty as a picture, only it’s the wrong type of picture -- not a motion picture, but a still life instead.

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On his way to California to prepare for a race against a grizzled veteran known as The King (Richard Petty) and a loudmouth called Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton), Light-

ning unexpectedly winds up in the town of Radiator Springs, a once-bustling Route 66 burg whose status rapidly collapsed once the freeway insured that all cross-country traffic would be diverted away from the town. He becomes acquainted with the locals, including Sally (Bonnie Hunt), a former big-city lawyer who prefers the simple life; Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), a good ole boy tow truck whose idea of a good time is tipping the sleeping tractors; and Doc Hudson (Paul Newman), a sage automobile who might be able to teach the

Local Film Series

Kekexili — Mountain Patrol

The screening of this celebrated Chinese film by Reel Savannah Film Group is a follow-up to the visit of the Tibetan monks at the Telfair. Filmed in a remote region of China, this film tells the true story of a Beijing reporter who follows a volunteer patrol in their quest to stop poachers to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope. In Mandarin with English subtitles. June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. $7.

Starcrash

Psychotronic Film Series presents this 1979 Italian sci-fi turkey that is regarded by some to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious and awful low-budget movies ever made -- sort of a cross between Plan 9 From Outer Space and Barbarella. It is a blatant rip-off of Star Wars, complete with light-sabre battles and a villain whose name rhymes with “Darth.�

It features a ludicrous plot, terrible special effects and horrible acting by David Hasselhoff, Marjoe Gortner and Caroline Munro, who wears a skin-tight bikini as “Stella Starcrash.� June 28 at 8 p.m. Seating will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $5.

Call 232-4447.

Children’s Series

Savannah Film Series presents a screening of the classic 1964 film Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke will be presented Saturday, June 24 at 3 p.m. Disney’s animated 1950 film Cinderella will be presented Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.m. The smash hit Shrek, with the voices of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy, will be presented Sunday, June 25 at 3 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. Cost is $6. Series passes are available. Call 5255050 or visit www.lucastheatre.com. w

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There’s a fine movie trapped inside The Break-Up, and it’s a shame that it couldn’t break free. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston play Gary and Brooke, whose initial meeting and courtship are dealt with during the opening credits. From there, an argument over a dinner party proves to be the catalyst for the pair deciding to call it quits. Secretly, Brooke doesn’t want to break up but as time crawls along, the hostility between the pair increases. He’s a prick; she’s a saint. Um, why exactly would we have a vested interest in whether these two remain together? Simple answer: We don’t.

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It’s a testament to the durability of the original comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby that the movie survives this hostile takeover. Newbies need not apply, but the faithful will catch on immediately when the movie brings up its smoking gun of a central issue: a “cure� has been found for mutancy, leading to divergent viewpoints among those afflicted with extraordinary powers. Some, like X-Woman Storm (Halle Berry) and the villainous Magneto (Ian McKellen), don’t look at mutancy as a curse and are offended that such a remedy is even being offered. Others see nothing wrong in desiring a life of normalcy; among those is Rogue (Anna Paquin), whose mere touch can kill anyone, even a boyfriend (Shawn Ashmore’s Iceman) with whom she can never enjoy even the most chaste of physical intimacy. As always, XMen guru Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) takes a philosophical, wait-and-see approach. And Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Cyclops (James Marsden)? They don’t seem too preoccupied with the issue, since they’re both still reflecting on the death of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), who sacrificed herself at the end of X2.

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No instant classic and it won’t sweep next year’s Academy Awards. Conversely, it’s also not a turkey for the ages -- it won’t draw instant titters at the mere mention of its name like, say, Gigli or Battlefield Earth or The Bonfire of the Vanities. Like Bonfire, however, I suspect that it will be judged far more harshly by those who read the book than those who didn’t. After all, on its own cinematic terms, it’s a moderately

entertaining ride, sort of like the Nicolas Cage hit National Treasure only done with more style and a more respectable cast. Steered by his Apollo 13 director Ron Howard, Tom Hanks plays the central role of Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist whose book-signing stint in Paris is cut short when he’s summoned to the Louvre to hopefully shed light on the strange circumstances surrounding the murder of an elderly curator. What Langdon doesn’t initially know is that the detective on the case, the gruff Bezu Fache (French national treasure Jean Reno), is convinced that he’s the killer. With a police cryptologist named Sophie Neveu (Amelie’s Audrey Tautou) as his only ally, Langdon evades capture and begins a jaunt across France and, later, England in an attempt to solve an ancient mystery that, if revealed, could potentially spell the end of Christianity as we know it. Seeking guidance, Langdon and Sophie turn to British scholar Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen, easily earning MVP honors) to fill in the missing pieces. However tantalizingly this might have all played out on the page, up on the screen it simply comes off as one more familiar Hollywood thriller.

Yet where The Da Vinci Code succeeds is, as expected, within the arena of religious debate. Whatever one thinks of the worldwide protests of offended Christians or Dan Brown’s research and subsequent conclusions, there’s no denying that the movie’s most gripping scenes involve the laying out of the conspiracy theories.

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Based on a comic strip with which I’m thoroughly -- and, if it’s anything like this movie, thankfully -- unfamiliar, Over the Hedge is yet another charmless animated feature made by profiteers whose historical reference point seems to begin and end with Shrek. An opportunistic raccoon (Bruce Willis), in hock to a grouchy griz-

zly (Nick Nolte), cons a group of peaceful forest denizens into helping him invade suburbia and steal the humans’ junk food.

There’s a witty sequence in which the raccoon explains how the humans “live to eat� rather than “eat to live,� and a nicely delivered Stanley Kowalski gag make me chuckle out loud. Otherwise, this DreamWorks production feels like a flat-footed attempt to rip off the Pixar template.

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The original Poseidon Adventure was one of the first disaster flicks and it arguably remains the best. The Oscar-winning visual effects hold up; the Oscar-winning song “The Morning After� does not. Come next spring, I doubt we’ll be similarly mentioning the new Poseidon and Oscars in the same sentence, since this is as forgettable as motion pictures can get.

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Look, I’m as sick of hearing about Tom Cruise’s offscreen nonsense as anyone else.

But the great thing about the magic of the movies is that it immerses us in fantasy worlds that more often than not allow us to disengage from real-life baggage. In other words, Cruise is accomplished -- and canny -- enough to know that a well-oiled summer flick is just the item to make us all forgive him -- at least temporarily -- for his indiscretions. Yet the performance of note in Mission: Impossible III belongs to Philip Seymour Hoffman, fresh from winning an Oscar for last fall’s Capote.

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Writer-director Paul Greengrass’ superb 9/11 docudrama United 93 is one of those movies that should be seen, but it’s understandable that many viewers won’t want to see it, and no amount of critical hosannas will change their minds. It’s a testament to the movie’s power that we find ourselves praying for a safe landing even though history has long dictated otherwise. How restrained is Greengrass’ approach? Understand that passenger Todd Beamer’s catchphrase “Let’s roll� -- you know, the one that’s been co-opted by seemingly every politician and pundit from coast to coast -is barely audible when Beamer speaks it. w

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Robert Altman’s best film since the onetwo punch of Short Cuts and The Player back in the early 1990s might at first glance seem like a minor work, an ambling, congenial picture constructed as little more than an opportunity to corral several major talents and give them a chance to sing songs and tell jokes in a relaxed setting. That the film is inspired by Garrison Keillor’s long-running radio show of the same name adds to that impression: Keillor, at least in his on-air persona, is the epitome of laid-back, down-home hospitality. For all its levity, the central theme focuses on the specter of Death -- how it hovers around us, how it haunts us, and how it can inform our every move. The movie chronicles the events that take place during the last broadcast of a popular radio show. The Axeman (Tommy Lee Jones), a corporate suit with no respect for history or tradition, has dropped by to make sure the closing goes according to plan.

G.K. (Keillor), the program’s guiding light, takes it all in stride (“Every show is your last show; that’s my philosophy�), more concerned that all the talent is in place.

And what talent! First, there are the singing sisters Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson (Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin). Then there are the cowboys Dusty (Woody Harrelson) and Lefty (John C. Reilly), adept at crooning cowpoke tunes. Backstage, the characters are no less colorful. Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) handles security for the program, though his bumbling manner recalls Inspector Clouseau more than it does Sam Spade. Yolanda’s daughter Lola (Lindsay Lohan) mopes around in the dressing room while Mom performs. And then there’s the mysterious lady (Virginia Madsen) who appears out of nowhere and hangs around for the rest of the show.

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Rules for Happenings

Nonprofits– We will lest your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit.

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

Current Connect Savannah clients– We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper.

Private business or individual– We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the right to option to place your happening in the appropriate category. Send Happenings and/or payment to: Connect Savannah, 1800 E. Victory Drive, Suite 7, Savannah GA, 31404. Fax to 912-231-9932.E-mail: linda@connectsavannah.com. We reserve the right to edit or cut non-paid listings because of space limitations.

Activism & Politics 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 691-2934 or send email to kshe62@aol.com..

Chatham County Democratic Committee

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

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

Chatham County Young Democrats

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

Chatham County Young Republicans

For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.

Coastal Democrats

will meet Monday, June 26 at 6 p.m. at Clary’s Cafe in the Habersham Shopping

Center at 4430 Habersham St. Georgia House District 162 candidates Craig Gordon, Don Smart and Joe Steffen will be the speakers. For information, call Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or 484-3222 or send email to R1999MHAR@aol.com.

Drinking Liberally

meets at The Caledonian at the corner of Abercorn and 41st streets, just north of Victory Drive. Promoting democracy one pint at a time -- share politics while sharing a pitcher. 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. For information, visit www.

DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.

League of Women Voters

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

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

National Council of Negro Women

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

Planned Parenthood

meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Megan Burgoyne at 3524052 or megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.

Savannah Republican Club

Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

Savannah Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528.

Skidaway Island Democrats

will meet Wednesday, June 28 at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the Landings Association Building, 600 Landings Way South. Congressional candidate Jim Nelson and State Sentate candidate Mel Traylor will speak. Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Benefits & Fund Raisers Cash Bash

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold this event Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler to raise awareness and funds for the Armed Forces Emergency Services programs. The evening will include dinner in the mess tent, music by Equinox Jazz featuring Trae Gurley, dancing, games, a raffle and more. Costumes are encouraged.

Tickets are $50. Call Jean Doliber at 6515309.

Give for the Gulf

for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.

Kicklighter Resource Center Fund-raiser

Boston butts will be sold. The cost is a $20 donation to benefit children and adults with developmental disabilities. Pre-order by June 22. Pick-up is June 30 starting at 10 a.m. at 7219 Seawright Dr. Delivery is available for 10 or more. Call Pennie Lightfoot at 3557633.

Make-A-Wish Foundation Golf-A-Thon

The second annual 24 Wishes in 24 Hours Golf-A-Thon will be held Friday June 23 and Saturday, June 24 at Crosswinds Golf Club, 232 James Blackburn Dr., Savannah.

The practice range opens and registration begins at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at 2 p.m. Friday, with play lasting until 2 p.m.

Saturday. An awards ceremony will be held after play ends. For information, call Carolyn Raines at 330-0476 or craines@gaal.wish.org or visit www.ga-al.wish.org.

Tybee Turtle Tour

This program is sposnored by the Tybee Arts Association to raise money to help save turtles through ecological education in a public art forum. Fifty fiberglass statues of sea turtles have been placed around Tybee Island and vicinity, and volunteers are being sought to decorate them. Organizational meetings are being held Wednesdays at 7pm, at the old school behind the new gym on Tybee. Visit www.TybeeTurtleTour.org. The tour will be active through autumn, 2007.

Call for Entries

Tybee Arts Association Logo Contest Prizes include limo service, dinner, a hotel stay and more. The deadline for entries is June 30. For information and contest rules, call 786-5920 or visit www.tybeearts.org.

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Classes, Camps & Workshops

Tybee Island, 1.5 miles past the Lazzaretto Creek Bridge on the right. Call 786-4431 or send e-mail to dragonflytybee@aol.com.

Classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday June 27 and 29 from 1-5 p.m. at the Thunderbolt Senior Center, 3230 Russell St. Call Yvonne Creech at 352-4846.

“I’ve never written anything since leaving school” -- but you always wanted to write.

A two-evening course set for July 10 and 11 will get you started. All details at www. cscottwriting.com/savworkshops.htm or call 398-1727.

AARP Drivers Safety Program

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.

Applied Behavior Analysis

The Art School

Summer 2006 classes will run for a week at a time. Students attend Monday through Friday. There are two sessions a day, one for ages 6-10 and the other for ages 11-teen.

The morning session is 9 a.m. to noon and the afternoon session is 1-4 p.m. The price per week is $160. Art supplies are provided.

Classes include Rare & Exotic Animals July 10-14, The Third Dimension June 26-30, People & Pets July 17-21, and This Land is Your Land. July 24-28. For information, visit www.TheArtSchool.-Sav.com or call Lind at 921-1151.

Art with Clay

Free pottery lessons. Coiling, slab building, pinch pots or try the wheel. Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Glazed Over Pottery Painting Place, 1190 King George Blvd., behind Steamers. Call 9614494 or send e-mail to glazedoverppp@aol. com.

Baby sign classes

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

Babysitters training class

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

Brush With Art Series

will feature classes, taught by Carolyne Graham, certified art teacher, at her Windsor Forest studio. These classes are offered in conjunction with the Savannah Art Association. Clay Play Workshops will be offered June 26-30 from 10 a.m. to noon, except for Tuesdays, when classes will be held 9-11 a.m. The class is open to adults and teens and the cost is $100, which includes supplies. Register by calling 9255465.

Children’s Creative Saturdays

Every second Saturday of the month 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

Clay Classes in Hand-building

will be held Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Carolyne’s Studio.

An open studio is available Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, call 925-5465.

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.

First Steps parent education program

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

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.

Horse Camp

will be held July 10-14 and July 17-21 at Norwood Stables. The cost is $200 weekly.

Call 356-1387.

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Call 232-4232, Ext. 115. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m.

Junior Interpreters at the Davenport House

Young people ages 14 to 19 are wanted to participate in the Isaiah Davenport House’s summer Junior Interpreter program.

Participants will be trained on Thursday evenings through July 13 to give tours of the museum. Once trained, participants will be qualified to give tours to the public.

Call Jamie at 236-8097 or email jcredle@ savbusiness.net.

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The Kicklighter Resource Center will offer a training series for parents, teachers, students and professionals working with both special needs and typically developing children. The topic for June 30 is Introduction to Language Acquisition. The class will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the Kicklighter Resource Center. The cost is $50. Space is limited. Call Stacy Martin at 355-7633.

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counties are set for June 28 and July 13 from 9:30-11 a.m. and June 29 and July 11 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the United Way Building, 428 Bull St. Grant applications can be found at www.uwce.org. Completed applications are due at the United Way by Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 4:30 p.m. Call Richard Edwards at 6517727 or redwards@uwce.org.

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.

MBA Program Open House

for persons interested in obtaining a master’s degree in business administration will be held June 28 at 6 p.m. at Savannah State University’s Howard Jordan auditorium. Call 356-2335 or 356-2836.

Puppet Shows

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

Savannah Children’s Theatre Camp Campers will be cast in, rehearse and perform in summer productions. Tom Sawyer camp will be held July 10-23 and is open to rising 1st through 8th graders. The Wiz camp will be open to 6th through 12th graders and will be held July 24Aug. 6. Camp will be held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $375. Call 355-8003.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery

offers a variety of business classes. The center is at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 6523582.

The Publishing Scene

Christopher Scott Writing Courses teaches self-contained evening classes Tuesdays or Thursdays throughout the year on specific aspects of writing and publishing fiction.

For details, schedules, fees and reservations, call 398-1727 or visit www.cscottwriting. com/savworkshop.htm.

Indepth exploration of the 11th step.

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

A one-day course for writers on the world of publishing will be held Sunday, July 16.

Learn about agents, publishers, self-publishing and publishing-on-demand. For details, fees and reservations, call 3981727 or visit www.cscottwriting.com/savworkshop.htm.

Skills of Fiction-Writing

S.T.A.R.S. Summer Camp

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s St. Mary’s Community Center, 812 W. 36th St., is offering a summer camp for students in kindergarten through 8th grades that provides arts and crafts, swimming, outdoor games and academic skill building through July 21, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Call

Program Coordinator Artinique Thomas at 447-0578.

Tybee Arts Association Summer Classes

Painting from Memory with Denise Vernon for children under 12 will be offered June 26-29. All classes will be held at the old Tybee School. For a registration form, call Natalie von Loewenfeldt at 441-4487 or visit www.tybeearts.org.

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.

Writing Classes in Savannah

The 2006 schedule of classes offered by Christopher Scott Writing Courses includes weekday (evening), full weekend and single-day weekend classes for writers of all standards. Learn the basic Skills of Writing Fiction (plus a two-evening preparatory course entitled I’ve never written anything since leaving School!) or take the Advanced Fiction Writing course designed for more experienced writers. Other classes include The Publishing Scene and Writing Family Memoirs. Learn to write and get published.

Find details, schedules, fees, etc. at www. cscottwriting.com/savworkshop.htm or call 398--1727.

Writing Family Memoirs

Christopher Scott Writing Courses will teach a one-day course on researching, organizing and writing family memoirs on Saturday, July 14. For all details, fees and reservations, call 398-1727 or visit www. cscottwriting.com/savworkshop.htm.

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is registering kids ages 2 to 12. This year’s camp theme is Feel the Spirit. Camp will run through Aug. 11 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Activities include swimming, arts and crafts, sports, music, field trips, movies, spiritual enrichment, dance, character development and cultural and educational programs. Registration is $40 per child and the weekly fee ranges from $50 to $80 per week based on household income. Call 233-1951.

Clubs & Organizations

AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy.

Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Currently organizing a club trip to DragonCon, and a club magazine.

Call Michael at 220-8129, send e-mail to lightmagus@yahoo.com or mccauln1981@ hotmail.com. or visit http://aasuscifi. proboards105.com/index.cgi.

Bicycle Night

On June 28 at 8 p.m., enjoy food, fun and a beverage at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St., while watching The Collective, a great bicycling video. For more information about this event or to arrange the showing of

other bicycling videos, contact Scott at 5972423 or yipiia@aol.com.

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.

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. For information, visit http://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

Visit www.cbtc.org for meeting 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.

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.

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.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508.

No Kidding!

is the area’s first social club for single and married adults who do not have children.

Meet other non-parents at events and activities. For information on No Kidding! visit www.nokidding.net or send e-mail to luluette@prodigy.net.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

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

St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays at 4:50 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Call 234-3336.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Spiva Law Group, 12020

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The Young Professionals of Savannah

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance.

Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 6550994.

Dance

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Savannah Art Association

meets the second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. On June 8, guest artist Susie Chisholm will present Evolution of a Scultpure. Call 232-7731.

Savannah Brewers’ League

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

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

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 Jaycees

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

Call 234-2106 or visit www.savannahjaycees. com.

Savannah Kennel Club

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.

656-2410.

Savannah Writers Meetup Group

for published and unpublished writers of all genres will meet June 27 at 7 p.m. at Coastal Coffee, 2100 E. Victory Dr. Visit www.meetup.com and search for Savannah Writers Meetup Group.

Savannah’s First Pug Playday

This group meets every first Saturday at 10 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 Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net.

Tybee Performing Arts Society

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.

Urban Professionals

meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com.

Adult Ballet & Modern Dance Classes

at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Challenging, rewarding and fun. All levels and body types welcome.

Beginner-Intermediate Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Beginner Adult Modern is Mondays from 1-2 p.m. Intermediate/ Advanced Modern is Mondays from 1011:30 a.m. A variety of youth classes ages 3 to teen are available. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

Flamenco Enthusiasts

Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com.

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The Moon River Dancers will host the Independence Ball on July 8 from 8-11 p.m. at American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Attire is black-tie optional. There will be a complimentary dessert bar and coffee, plus a cash bar. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased

by July 1. Send checks to David White, 35 Bee Keeper Court, Richmond Hill, 31324.

Tickets will be mailed or placed on will-call status at the dance. For information, call Barbara Brown at 961-9960.

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 6:30-11 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop.com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge.

Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

Youth Dance Program

The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.

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

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

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

Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat Testing

by certified nutritional consultants. Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group

Classes are offered Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.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. Look on the web at www.jadelotustaichi.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 355-8111.

Ladies Living Smart fitness club

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

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

Pilates Classes

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

Pregnancy Yoga

An 8-week session of Pregnancy Yoga will be held Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. beginning June 6 in offices located at 7116

Hodgson Memorial Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Cost is $90 for once per week or $150 for twice per week for the 8-week session.

Call 596-0584 for information or space availability or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center

Classes offered seven days a week.

Community Flow yoga is offered three times a week at a cost of $5 per session. For other classes, the drop-in rate is $13, the student drop-in rate is $11 with ID and active duty military/dependents rate is $9. The summer schedule is: Monday, Community Flow Yoga from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and All Levels Flow Yoga from 5:30-6:45 p.m.; Tuesday: Yoga Basics from 6-7:15 p.m.; Wednesday, Gentle Yoga from 5:30-6:45 p.m.; Thursday, Dynamic Flow Yoga from 6-7:15 p.m.; Friday, Community Flow Yoga from 10-11 a.m.; Saturday, All Levels Flow Yoga from 10:30-11:45 a.m.; and Sunday, Community Flow Yoga from 5-6 p.m. Located at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Call Director Kelley Boyd at 441-6653, email kelley@savannahyoga.com 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.

Tibetan Prana QiGong

A two-day workshop Energy, Movement and Breathing Meditations will be held June 24 and 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St., Suite 201. The cost is $175. Call 236-2131.

Water aerobics at the JEA

The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393. 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.

The Yoga Room

Monday Level I and II 6:30-8 p.m., Mommy and Me Yoga 4-5 p.m. Tuesday Level II and III from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday Level I from 10-11:30 a.m. and Level I and II from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday Vinyasa Flow from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday Level I from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday Vinyasa Flow from 9-10 a.m. and Level I from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Sunday Level II and III from 5-6:30 p.m. There are openings for private sessions on weekends. Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361.

Yogalates Classes

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

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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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First City Network Community Center and Library

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

First City Network’s Workforce project

is a four-week series that will meet every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 beginning June 6 at the Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St. The cost is $100. To register, call 350-0307 or visit srs.memorialhealth.com.

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

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

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

Georgia Equality Savannah 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 Can’t Sleep?

Can’t sleep or stay asleep? Hypnosis and guided imagery works. Call 201-0071 for more information.

Circle of Healing

Connect, discuss, meditate and share energy with live-minded individuals in this free, inspirational circle of healing at the Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St. Call 236-2131.

Community HealthCare Center

is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap smears and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to

Dual Recovery Anonymous

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

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

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

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk

will be held Saturday, June 24 at 9 a.m. at the Wormsloe Visitors Center. This monthly cancer survivors’ walk is free and open to all survivors and their loved ones. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6654.

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 demonstration of Psych-K

will be offered Thursday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at Turtle Dragon Herb & Tea Co., 1202 1/2 U.S. 80 on Tybee Island. Call 786-6063 or visit www.psych-k.com.

Free hearing & speech screening

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

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

will meet Monday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 508 of the Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St. Call Phoebe at 897-9261.

Got a drug problem? Need help?

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

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

Home Health Care -- Part I

is a seminar that will be held June 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

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Coping With Infertility

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

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hypnosis lost 60 percent more weight than any other method. The Alpha Institute, 2010071.

Mammograms

St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

Mammograms will be performed June 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Chatham YMCA in Pooler. Call 819-3368 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed June 28 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Bryan County Health Department in Richmond Hill. For appointments, call 7562611.

Memorial Health blood pressure check 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.

Memorial Health group meditation sessions

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

the 411|Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): During America’s Civil War,

John Bell Hood was a top general for the Confederacy.

Though initially impressive, he grew increasingly ineffectual as his ferocious courage devolved into maniacal force devoid of strategy. His superior officer Robert E. Lee said that Hood was “all lion and no fox.” I mention this, Aries, in the hope that it will serve as a kick in butt.

You’re not as unbalanced as Hood--your ratio is about 90 percent lion, 10 percent fox--but if you want to navigate your way successfully through the coming weeks, you’ll have to work harder on cultivating your inner fox.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to a study done by

Memorial Health heart risk assessment

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

Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture

This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:15-7:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint replacement. To register, call 350-3603.

Memorial Health SET Focus Group

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

The Midwife Group of Coastal Georgia

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

Call 826-4155 or send e-mail to birthcenter@alltel.net.

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

The Quit Line

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

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.

Super 2 Access Clinic

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

Third Annual Multi-Generational Health Fair

Men can get free prostate, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol checks Saturday, June 24 from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Georgia Infirmary, 1900 Abercorn St. Appointments must be placed for the prostate screening by calling 819-3438.

Varicose Vein Seminar

with Dr. Anthony Avino will be held Thursday, June 22 at 6 p.m. at the Provident Professional Building at Memorial Health.

Call Beth Peigh at 350-5961.

Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors

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

Nature & Environment

Dolphin Project of Georgia

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

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by Rob Brezsny I decided to take a break from business as usual. That’s why I outsourced the writing of our Cancerian horoscope to an astrologer in Bangladesh, Farhana Rasel.

Here’s what she came up with: It is an auspicious time to use the good will you have accumulated through your generous deeds. You should ask for favors from people who have enjoyed your favors, and coast along on the currents of the good karma you have set in motion. Luck will be on your side if you permit yourself an excursion into the naughty mysteries of enlightened narcissism. You will be given more slack than usual, especially if you have the nerve to demand it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Prescribed Burn Season Begins”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Using your common sense, you

to a diverse range of scientists. Over the years, he has noticed that many of them have become “much livelier, more open-minded, and more interested in fields outside their own” than they were when he first met them.

Physicists are more interested in biology, biologists in astronomy, and engineers in cybernetics. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Virgo, this is a perfect moment for you to have this kind of fun. You will attract unexpected benefits into your life if you wander outside your areas of specialty and check out the action in other genres. It’s high time for exuberant cross-pollination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Since it’s my birthday this week,

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sociologist Werner Habermehl at the Hamburg Medical Research Institute, sex makes you smarter. His test subjects showed greater skill at performing certain mental tasks after they made love. Habermehl attributes the results to the increased levels of adrenaline and cortisol that are released in the body. I encourage you to do some experiments of your own, Taurus. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to engage in all manner of experiences that might boost your intelligence, including (though not limited to) regular erotic adventures. might assume you could swim faster through water than through syrup. But research published by Professor Edward Cussler has shown that’s not true. In his paper “Will Humans Swim Faster or Slower in Syrup?”, he proved that the breaststroke can be done with equal speed in both mediums.

Keep that in mind, Gemini. Your surroundings may sometimes feel dense in the coming weeks--more like syrup than water. But as long as you don’t buy into the fear that life will be more difficult and slow- going, you’ll be able to glide along with just as much grace as you’ve enjoyed recently.

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

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

read a headline in a Colorado newspaper that publishes my column. The report said that forestry officials planned to intentionally set easily- controllable fires on parcels of bone-dry woods. By reducing the density of potential fuel, they would dramatically reduce the threat of massive forest fires in the future. The burns would also make habitats more livable for wildlife. I suggest you make this your metaphor, Leo. If you burn a little now, you’ll prevent a bigger burn later.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Futurologist David Brin talks

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you think you need to be fixed, toned down, made over, or recreated from

scratch, you’re reading the wrong horoscope column.

Likewise, if you imagine that you’re a wounded animal in desperate need of rescue or a helpless victim cowering in your closet, I’m not the proper consultant for you.

But if you long to be fiercely understood, shaken awake, and dared to discover your higher calling, you’ve come to the right place. Now let’s get started on the next phase of my pet project, which is to inspire you to deal with what philosopher Alan Watts called “the taboo against knowing who you are.” There are secrets that your unconscious mind has been longing to reveal to your conscious mind, and conditions are now favorable for that shocking yet pleasurable communication to unfold.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the course of my life, I’ve

known five people whom I consider feral. They weren’t raised by wolves in the wild, but they have qualities that make it seem as if they could have been. They regularly get wild glints in their eyes, and are given to sudden expulsions of anomalous noises that express manic amusement mixed with inscrutable emotions. They can survive while traveling in foreign lands despite having little money, and even when they’re home they’re prone to taking long rambles in the middle of the night.

They couldn’t care less what anyone thinks of them, and rarely do what anyone expects them to do. These feral folks are disruptive but not dangerous, and they confound my beliefs about human nature in the most entertaining ways. Even if you don’t fit this description, Scorpio, you’d be wise to flirt with your own brand of feral behavior in the coming weeks. It’s time to untame yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The successful Czech

composer Vaclav Halek has an unusual muse: the mushroom kingdom. No, he doesn’t ingest the psychedelic varieties and write music while high. Rather, he wanders out into the forest, lies down next to fungal colonies, and tunes in to their vibrations. “I simply record music that the mushrooms sing to me,” he told *The Sydney

Morning Herald.* Trees and rocks also produce melodies, he reports, but the toadstools’ compositions are the finest. Given the fact that you’re in a phase when becoming a better listener would improve your life dramatically, Sagittarius, I encourage you to be open-minded about Halek’s approach to his creativity.

Just imagine that you have the power to eavesdrop on all of creation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “What the heart knows

today the head will understand tomorrow,” wrote Irish storyteller James Stephens. It’s lucky for you that this is true, Capricorn--or at least it *will* be lucky if you’re smart enough to trust your heart, which has already figured out a certain truth that your head is still days away from registering. This is not merely a pretty metaphor, by the way. Despite what you may have been led to believe about the nature of the heart, it is actually an organ of intelligence that is capable of deep thought.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): During an outdoor concert,

‘80s pop star Cyndi Lauper experienced a rare event that every singer dreads. As she belted out a long, booming note, a bird flying overhead dispensed a blob that zoomed into her wide-open mouth. Lauper’s grandmother later assured her that this was a stroke of good luck, and the singer herself referred to it as “God’s little joke.” I predict you will soon enjoy a metaphorically similar visitation. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re about to turn into a creative powerhouse-- and will remain so for at least a few weeks. That means you’ll be at the peak of your ability to conjure up artistic masterpieces. But more than that: You will also have uncanny skill at whipping up fresh, crisp solutions to conundrums that have stymied you and your tribe for a long time. It will almost be as if you have found a way to tap into the future, where you can learn novel ways of seeing that are impossible to access in the present. w

the 411|Happenings Walk and paddle with a naturalist guide on Sunday, July 16 or Aug. 13 to learn about and experience the dynamic and fascinating salt marsh ecosystem which has supported humans on this coast throughout history. $30 fee includes canoe rental and basic canoeing instruction. Meet in the parking lot of Fort McAlister. There is a $2 parking fee. Reservations are required. Call 8975708.

Rookery and Tree Tales

Join expert birding guide Diana Churchill and master naturalist and plant enthusiast David Moulder Saturday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to noon for this Wilderness Southeast visit to the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge. The focus will be the communal nesting of thousands of herons, egrets, ibis, anhingas and wood storks, as well as trees and plants. The cost is $15 per person.

Reservations are required. Call 897-5108.

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Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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

Tybee Marine Science Center is looking for volunteers interested in supporting educational programs. Help is needed with touch tank presentations, animal care, special events, sea turtle monitoring, outreach programs, gift shop and office duties. Call 7865917 or visit www.tbeemsc.org.

Pets & Animals St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays at 4:50 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Call 234-3336.

Savannah’s First Pug Playday

This group meets every first Saturday at 10 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 Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net.

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

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

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.

Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline

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

singers from churches around the city, sings in the darkened nave of Christ Church by candlelight. Compline, the last of the monastic prayer services before retiring, is a service in which one is invited to meditate and reflect on the day or week past and then enter into the little death of sleep to rise with hope and thanksgiving for the days ahead.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

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

Cresthill Baptist Church

Youth VBS is June 26-30 from 7-9 p.m. for grades 7-12. This year’s theme is Arctic Edge: Where Adventure Meets Courage. The church is located at 9120 Whitfield Ave. Call 3551505.

Ekklesia, The Church

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

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.

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

Would Jesus’ teaching require anything less today?

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.

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA) SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call Gil at 659-1917 after 7 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On June 25, the Rev. Diana McKendree will speak from the topic Between the Molecules. The service will be held Sunday, at 11 a.m. in the 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.

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at the Oatland Island Education Center.

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

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Large greatroom, separate dining room. Jenn-Air cook14 Fairgreen Street, near the top in kitchen with large, sepaairport. New gated communi- rate eating area. Skylights ty with club house, pool, and with remote control blinds. exercise room. This cute Dentil molding, wood floors. house has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 30 x 50 insulated 3 bay metal baths, fireplace, all the appli- building with electricity. Many ances, detached oversized 2 extras! $438,000 H- 4211 car garage. All this in a beautiCall Latrelle for details @ 658ful neighborhood over looking 7777 the park. Owner will consider ERA Adams-Pevey Realty renting ($1,150/month) with 826-2550* part of the rent going toward the sale of the home, if you buy it! $188,500.

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.

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14 Fairgreen Street

Near the airport. New gated community with club house, pool, excercise room. This cute house has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, fireplace, all the appliances, detached oversized 2 car garage, and all this in a beautiful neighborhood overlooking the park. Owner wiill consider renting, and part of the rent going toward the sale of the home if you choose to buy it! $188,500.

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Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*

Magnificent 3 story executive

$515,000 3 Story free standing brick home with 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths within walking distance home in the historic district with hardboard exterior, 3 bed- from the Grand Lake Lodge and rooms 2 full baths, 2 half baths, Spa in Southbridge. Purchase now and customize your colors, 2 working fireplaces, washer/dryer, and all the appliances flooring, counter tops and appliand furniture included in the ances. For your personal viewing sale.. 2 off street parking call LaTrelle @ 658-7777. Offered at $1,100,000.00 H-4416 spaces, enclosed porch, brick courtyard, must see this large ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8262550 home of over 2300 square feet.

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Arts and Crafts fixer. Over 2400 square feet of 1930’s charm! Hardwood floors, 2 FP’s, separate LR & DR, eat-in kitchen, large back yard and a wonderful generous sized porch to relax and take in the neighborhood. Just waiting for your touches and Offered at $192,000.

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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.

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234-4406 203 WEST WALDBURG STREET #3 UPPER 3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, convenient to Forsyth Park, living room, kitchen hardwood floors. $1,200/mo.

445 JEFFERSON STREET 2 bedrooms, 1 bath apartment. Furnished kitchen dishwasher, living room, stack washer/dryer. Courtyard. No pets. $825/mo.

204-C WEST DUFFY STREET 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Open living room and kitchen area, central heat and air, washer/dryer. $700/mo.

9 CHESTERFIELD AVENUE 4 bedrooms, 2 bath home in Southside Savannah. Dining room, eat-in kitchen, family room with fireplace, double garage, great yard. Convenient to malls. Lawn and pest control service included. $1,300/mo.

105 PORT ROYAL 3 bedroom, 2 bath home located in Island Wood subdivision. Living room, den with wood burning fireplace, eat-in kitchen, laundry room with washer/dryer connections, large fenced yard with storage shed. No Pets. $950/mo.

783 EAST PARK AVENUE 2-story home, fully furnished, 3 bedrooms with bonus room, living room, dining room, kitchen, 1-12/ baths, off-street parking, washer/dryer. $2500/mo.

202 WEST BROUGHTON, #201 2 bedroom condo with bonus room, 1-12/ baths, living room, kitchen, stack washer/dryer, central heat and air. $1700/mo.

509 EAST CHARLTON STREET 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath 3-story home. Living room, dining room, hardwood floors. Loft space on 3rd floor. Available mid July. $1200/mo.

519 TATTNALL STREET 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living room with fireplace, kitchen with cooktop stove and builtin microwave. Laundry room with washer/dryer. No pets or no smokers.

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421 EAST CHARLTON STREET 3-story home. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, living room, kitchen. Washer/dryer connection.

Courtyard. $1900/mo.

305 A WEST PARK STREET 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, recently remodeled, living room, kitchen, central heat and air, shared washer and dryer, off-street parking. $725/mo.

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Spacious home offers country living on 1.03 aacres. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Fireplace in family room. Large master bath and closet. All at a price you can afford.Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing @ 6587777. H-4453 $98,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550

Beautiful 3 bedroom/2 bath brick sitting on 1.79 acres. Inground pool and georgeous yard including oversized 26 x 43 detached garage, workshop and open shed. Home has 9ft plus ceilings and a skylight, den, living room, and separate office/study. Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely home @ 912-658-7777 H-4482 $279,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550

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Charming 2BR/1BA Victorian steps from Forsyth! Pine floors, 10' ceilings, tons of light, new kitchen floor/counters, tile bath, loads of closets + huge backyard w/off-street parking. Move right in! $199,000Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners, (912) 704-3545/356-5001. katherineoxnard@comcast.net ,www.kwsavannah.com

Huge brick Colonial on Whitemarsh Isl. Big enough for even the largest clan, w/ 6 bedrooms + bonus, 3 full & 2 half baths, eatin kitchen, BBQ pit, 2-car garage, 2-car carport & tons of storage. Inlaw suite perfect for home office or rental. $319,000. Under Contract!

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ISLE OF HOPE Open House 18 Hopecrest Avenue Sunday, June 25 2PM-5PM Charming Pre-Civil War home. 3BR/2BA, separate dining room, eat-in kitchen, hardwood floors, all glass spa room w/4person Thermospa.

Lovely 140x150 lot, fenced backyard, & a HUMONGOUS garage w/5T Autolifter. 3522873 or 660-4727

845 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 107 Whitaker St.

Commercial space - basement level. Brick walls and unfinished. 4764 sq.ft. in a great location corner of Whitaker and Broughton. Great investment opportunity. $595000.

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105 Whitaker

just off Broughton, and elevator building, furnished and all utilities including cable tv, month to month, very fashionable upscale condo. 2 bedrooms, custom kitchen, very NY! $1950 per month, Rhondda @ 912 507-9800

bedrooms & 2 bath, $650/mo & $400/deposit each. Water & cable furnished. Or one person rent furnished for $850/mo & $400/deposit & then rent 2nd bedroom for $650/mo & $400/deposit. You pay all utilities. W.Savannah off Lathrope. Call 912232-8377, available August 1

319 E Huntingdon Lane

Cute 2 story townhome totally furnished and all utilities included. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, cable tv, washer/dryer, disposal, dishwasher, micro, sheets, towels and everything you need is there! $1500 month to month Rhondda 912 507-9800 14 Fairgreen Street

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$1,350/Mo 2 Br/1ba, New Paint, Washer Dryer, Available Early June Rhondda at 912-507-9800.

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112 Arnold St. ARDSLEY PARK: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, washer/dryer, fenced $650/Mo 2br/1ba, Recently Remodeled, Fenced Yard, Off in backyard, $950 + deposit.

Street Parking, Pets Ok Call 912-308-8171.

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Totally updated home in the beautiful Wilmington Park subdivision. Four bedrooms and three bathrooms, hardwood floors, two car garage, 2,000 square feet- A can’t miss! $279,900. Call Phyllis for showing

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$676/Mo 2br/ 1 Ba Beautifully Renovated, One Is Handicap Accessible, Retirees Welcome. Section 8 Welcome.

Call Dana Dejames At Judge Realty 912-659-1067 Or 912236-1000.

705 E. Henry St.

$750/Mo 2br/1ba, Newly Remodeled, Hardwood Floors, Fresh Paint, New Appliances, Off Street Parking.

Call Dana Dejames At Judge Realty 912-659-1067 Or 912236-1000.

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$333/mo + 1/3 utilities. Call Gil 912-659-1917 after 6PM. Email: gilhigh@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL MALE Seeks N/S professional student to share 2 bedroom/2 bath gated luxury apt. on Westside. Just minutes from Downtown & Southside. W/D, cable, no pets. $475/month includes THREE OR 4 BEDROOM utilities. 678-852-9969, leave APARTMENT For rent; Securi- message. ty system, off street parking, hardwood floors, CHA, fenced back yard, $975 month. Pets allowed. 912-257-8576.

MERCER POINT: One bedroom apt. As new condition $750/Mo 3b /1ba, Renovated, with pool, tennis court, fitness Hardwood Floors, Quiet center, laundry and secure Street, New Appliances gated drive. $760 plus security Call Dana Dejames At Judge deposit. 912-507-9856.

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TWO BEDROOM One bath apartment. Cute and quiet neighborhood. Building is separated from main house. Concrete driveway w/carport. Free laundryroom and cable. All carpet, very secure. $900/month includes power, gas and water. 6 month lease available $900/deposit. Mature and reliable tenants wanted. Credit check mandatory. Available August 1. No pets. Call Christopher @ 441-5545

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311 & 313 W. Henry St.

Beautiful new all brick 5 bedrooms 4 full bath home. 6.7 acres. Over 3500 sq. ft. Split bedroom plan, prewired media room, separate dining room, and eat in kitchen with bay window and island. 3 car garage with storage room. Hardwood floors in foyer, D.R. and Great Room.

Ceramic tile in all baths, laundry room and kitchen/breakfast area.

Walk in attic with floored storage space. Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely home @ 658-7777 $450,000 H-4530

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319 East Waldburg St.- Great location near Forsyth Park, SCAD, & Kroger. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large back Porch, courtyard, and Offstreet parking. $1350.00 Contact: 912-220-1020, fvenetico@hotmail.com

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ROOMMATES WANTED for 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Isle of Hope. Professional or student OK. $500/month + utilities. Call Chris 912-660-4847.

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