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Table of Contents
january
Feburary
Wild Animals
Wild Waters
Wild Game
Wild Clothes
Wild Hobbies
columns & departments Editor’s Note Coastal Queue Just the Facts Nature Connection Green Acres Digressions Of A Dilettante 50 Money Talks 52 Living Well 54 Par for the Course 14 17 42 44 46 48
Noise Makers 94 Tony & Beth Adams
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Wild Work
on the cover: Where the Wild Things Are, a photograph of the Avenue of Oaks at Retreat Plantation taken by Barbara Marie Kraus, epitomizes the “wild” nature of our January/February 2015 issue.
BY HAND 98 Gene Threats WORTH KNOWING 102 Natalie Murrah 105 Coastal Seen 119 Coastal Cuisine
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Contributors Jennifer Broadus
Shannon Lewis
Jennifer Broadus moved to St. Simons Island in 2005 after a 30-year career owning an advertising agency and public relations firm in Atlanta. She is a painter, writer, photographer and illustrator who has produced a number of book covers, including several for noted fiction writer Stuart Woods.
Shannon Lewis is the Director of Youth and Contemporary Worship at First United Methodist Church of Brunswick, and an ardent music consumer and creator. You can visit Shannon at www.SaintLewisMusic.com where he regular shares thoughts on spirituality and the latest releases in equal measure.
CYLE Lewis
Amanda Kirkland
Telling the Story, Cyle Lewis is a freelance writer, entrepreneur, wife and mom. Find out more at CyleAugusta.com where she tells the stories that inspire peace and spread hope.
Lydia Thompson
Bud Hearn
Whether Lydia Thompson is talking about birds, banding, or drawing birds, her major focus is to intertwine her bird studies and her art. Preservation and conservation of bird habitats is her major concern. She is blogging at www.coastalgeorgiabirding-lydia.blogspot.com.
A graduate of the University of Georgia, Bud moved to Sea Island in 2004. He plays the fiddle and the piano, invests in real estate and operates drug and alcohol addiction recovery centers in Georgia. He’s written six books. Read more at theweaklypost.com, and communicate with him via email at budhearn@mindspring.com.
Dana Moody Dana Moody earned a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Georgia College where she primarily focused on fiction and script writing. She explores every creative outlet she can whether it means writing feature articles, press releases, or editing scripts. In her spare time she likes to write comedy sketches, and she is currently working on a young adult novel.
Amanda Kirkland is a Georgia girl who fell in love with a redneck and had five beautiful redneck children. She spends her days taking care of those five kids, about 25 cows, 100 chickens and a garden that has fed her family for at least three decades.
Judy Brunelle Judy Brunelle is a retired Registered Nurse who graduated from Albany Memorial Hospital in Albany, N.Y. She and her family moved to Brunswick in 1979 when her husband Don became Director of Physical Therapy at the local hospital. Judy and Don now live on St. Simons Island.
Tamara Gibson
Michael Kuenlen
Tamara Gibson is a lifestyle and wedding photographer who loves creating beautiful imagery for her clients. Though originally from NYC, she now calls the Golden Isles home. When she is not storytelling with her lens you will find her spending time with her hubby and their two fur babies.
Michael Kuenlen was raised on St. Simons and besides a brief stint in college has spent much of the last 20 years working in its restaurants as well as other venerable institutions within the area. He currently teaches history at the College of Coastal Georgia.
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p h o t o g rap h e r s Jennifer Broadus Tamara Gibson Brian Brown Keith Fletcher Mar k e t i n g c o n s u l ta n t Becky Derrick ad v e r t i s i n g director Heath Slapikas C i r c u la t i o n Director Rene’ Griffis P u b l i c at i o n I n f o Golden Isles Magazine is published six times per year by The Brunswick News Publishing Company. Submissions Golden Isles Magazine welcomes unsolicited queries and submissions of art and stories. Please include an email address and telephone number. Submit by email to the editor, Amy Carter: acarter@goldenislesmagazine.com or by mail to the St. Simons Island address up top. Only work accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope will be returned. Ad v e r t i s i n g Information regarding advertising and rates is available by contacting Becky Derrick by phone at 912.634.8408 or email at bderrick@goldenislesmagazine.com
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Editor’s Note The Brunswick Christmas Parade rolls past the end of my street every December. I marched it with the Glynn Academy Band in high school, skipped a few years while I was away at college, and picked up the habit of going again when my son was born. He’s old enough now to participate in the parade, and I got to ride along on the float with him and his church buddies this past Christmas to make sure no one tumbled off or touched the hot generator that was powering Shannon Lewis (one of our favorite GIM contributors) and his worship band as they regaled parade-goers on Gloucester Street with Christmas cheer. Their music inspired one little guy – probably no older than 3 or 4 – to literally dance in the street as we stopped in the intersection of Norwich and Gloucester streets to wait our turn past the reviewing stand in front of City Hall. That child, a small black boy wearing a smile nearly as wide as he was tall, kept dancing as Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering approached him. The Chief was walking the parade route with his own son’s Cub Scout Pack. Dressed in his Chief regalia, smiling and waving, he’d break from the Pack every so often to shake hands with the crowd. That little dancing boy, a stranger’s son, never missed a beat when he saw the Chief. He grabbed Chief Doering’s hands and pulled him in, and to the man’s everlasting credit, he danced too. It was a moment Norman Rockwell might have drawn for the cover of the old Saturday Evening Post, that sentimental paean to small-town American life, and a divine contradiction to all the negative stories about race relations that were making the news in early December. We love to celebrate small-town life here in the Golden Isles, and we’re happy you’re here to enjoy it with us. Welcome to a new issue and a new year!
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The right shoes are magic. They helped Dorothy find her way back to Kansas. They led Cinderella to true love. Let them lead you to The Cloister Hotel on Feb. 21 for Wine Women & Shoes, a fabulous pairing of our favorite things for the good of Hospice of the Golden Isles. Is this the perfect intersection of shopping and philanthropy or what? There’s no way your husband can object to this shopping excursion! Get the skinny on page 22.
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The “tea cabin,” at left, stripped down to its original tabby during an ongoing restoration project. At right is the corner of “the meeting cabin,” still clad in Portland cement applied during a previous restoration effort. The Portland cement is damaging the foundations of the buildings, so restoration is ongoing to reapply original materials and preserve the 200-year-old cabins.
Cassina Garden Club appeals for donations to save historic Tabby Slave Cabins at Gascoigne Bluff “George Washington slept here” is a common claim to fame for many a historic building in the Northeast. We will probably never know the names of the people who slept in the Tabby Slave Cabins at Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons Island, the oldest and most historic buildings in the Golden Isles. No one wrote of the lives and labors of their inhabitants; the buildings alone are all that is left to tell the story of the slaves who worked Hamilton Plantation. As simple as they are, the Hamilton Plantation cabins likely represent the fancier end of the gamut in slave dwellings. Each building is about 600-square-feet in size. One cabin housed two families with a common wall dividing the space and a shared center fireplace providing fire for warmth and cooking. Children slept in the attics. The two remaining cabins – among the best preserved in the nation, according to the National Park Service – were likely part of a complex of more than a dozen similar dwellings arranged in rows along the banks of the Frederica River. Salvaged wood timbers, framed door and window openings. The window were likely shuttered but not glassed. The floors were probably dirt, maybe tabby. Tabby is an indigenous building material made from oyster shells held together by a mixture of lime, sand and water. The tabby was poured in sections much like concrete, and you can still see the peg holes and grooves demarcating the 18-inch frames the builders of the Hamilton cabins worked with.
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“These materials have lasted 100-plus years. A lot of new technologies don’t have that track record,” says Fred Ecker, president of Tidewater Preservation. “They’re starting to deteriorate now and need restoration. By using the same materials to do that, we’re hoping to get the same results.” The Cassina Garden Club hired Tidewater Preservation last year to begin a major restoration of the cabins that were deeded to the club in the 1950s. The cost of the restoration project – which includes removing Portland cement applied in a previous restoration, re-roofing and restoring the original door and window configurations of the cabins – is greatly exceeding the club’s budget, funded historically by annual home and garden tours on St. Simons and Sea islands. This Spring, the club will roll out a major fundraising effort through its Cabin Fever capital campaign, asking the community’s help in raising funds to ensure the preservation and survival of the cabins. To donate to the effort, visit www.cassinagardenclub.org or mail your tax deductible donation to: Cassina Garden Club Inc. P.O. Box 20191 St. Simons Island, GA 31522
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Seated inside a parlor at the Jekyll Island Club, AT&T President Theodore N. Vail (far right) participates in America’s first transcontinental telephone call on Jan. 25, 1915. Also attending the historic communications event on Jekyll Island are (left to right) noted American architects William Welles Bosworth and Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge and Jekyll Island Club members J.P. Morgan Jr. and William Rockefeller. Vail’s telephone party line includes U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in Washington; telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell in New York; and Bell’s assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco.
Jekyll Island Museum hosts Centennial Celebration of Historic Transcontinental Phone Call Join the festivities Jan. 25 as the Jekyll Island Museum celebrates a historic American event that also became another landmark chapter in Jekyll Island’s storied past. The museum will commemorate the centennial of a momentous scientific achievement that literally echoed from sea to shining sea: exactly 100 years earlier, the first transcontinental telephone call took place, and Jekyll Island was on the line, as was San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. The famous four-way call that transpired around 4 p.m. on Jan. 25, 1915, was hailed as a technological triumph of monumental proportions, as instantaneous, coast-to-coast conversation became
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possible for the first time. The moment ceremoniously ushered in a new era of transcontinental telephone service for the expanding U.S. population. It was no ordinary party line, either. Among the prominent participants on the call that winter’s day: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in Washington; scientist and telephone inventor Dr. Alexander Graham Bell in New York; and Bell’s eminent assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco. And when the greeting, “Hello, Jekyll Island,” reverberated across the phone lines, it was answered from Georgia by American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company President Theodore Newton Vail, who took part in the pioneering chat as he sat in one of the parlors of the legendary Jekyll Island Club. Among those witnessing the remarkable proceedings unfolding in the room were business magnates and Jekyll Island Club members J.P. Morgan Jr. and William Rockefeller, along with distinguished American architects William Welles Bosworth and Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge. The Jekyll Island Museum’s “Centennial Celebration” will pay tribute to the historic role Jekyll Island played in this major communications milestone. The celebration takes place inside the Morgan Center on the grounds of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, 371 Riverview Drive. The event will feature a short presentation, a complimentary champagne toast, and the unveiling of a commemorative keepsake. Coffee and cake also will be served. The festivities begin at 4 p.m. – the same hour as the precedent-setting transcontinental telephone call a century earlier. Admission is free. Want to learn more? The Jekyll Island Museum recently launched an online exhibit telling the story of the first transcontinental telephone call. The presentation can be viewed at www.jekyllisland. com. The Jekyll Island Museum is your “Gateway to the Gilded Era,” a journey of discovery through daily programs, interpretive exhibits, and a museum store. You also can unlock the pristinely preserved heritage of Jekyll Island with a tour of the National Historic Landmark District, led by museum experts. Throughout the Historic District, guests will find an array of artifacts, exhibits and active tour opportunities that provide an insightful look at the island’s past lives.
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The Jekyll Island Museum is located at 100 Stable Road, Jekyll Island. Telephone 912.635.4036. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is free. -Andrea Marroquin
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Hospice Auxiliary announces second annual Wine, Women & Shoes fundraiser Good news girls! The Auxiliary of Hospice of the Golden Isles is inviting us all to shake off the winter doldroms at Wine Women & Shoes, the organization’s second installment of this fabulous girls-and-shoeguys only fundraiser Feb. 21 at The Cloister on Sea Island. The Wine Women & Shoes model for fundraising is every woman’s dream, facilitating partnerships between charities, wineries, shoe and accessory retailers, corporate sponsors and women in 175 communities nationwide. The event has raised more than $20 million for women and children’s causes over the past decade. The pairing of wine and shoes as a fundraising model grew from a joke between Napa Valley vintner Elaine Honig and a friend who, while chatting about the growing of popularity of wine and food pairing events, joked that wine and shoe pairings would be even more fun. The average attendee spends between $200 and $600 at each event. In the Golden Isles, 100 percent of ticket sales revenue will benefit Hospice. Local and national vendors will donate 20 percent of their revenues to Hospice as well. Last year the one-day event raised $38,000 for Hospice of the Golden Isles.
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With some 25 women serving on various committees involved in planning Wine Women & Shoes, the event promises to be an eventful 3½ hours. Holly Ferguson and Stephanie Jacobs are planning something a little different for this year’s fashion show featuring local models wearing the latest looks from local boutiques. “It will be a sensory experience,” Holly says. Cissy Thompson graduated from planning the silent auction last year to co-chairing the overall event this year, and says it will be “bigger and better.” Silent and live auctions are on the bill again, along with a luncheon, wine tastings and a raffle for the “Key to the Closet,” which contains many great items donated by vendors. Best of all, much of what you’ll see is presented on a silver platter by “shoe guys,” prominent men from the community who are schooled in the difference between a wedge and a platform pump and can even tell you the best wine to pair with each.
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New Year! New You! Jack Kilgore
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Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation elects officers, new board members The 19-member board of directors of Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation elected new offiicers and two new members during its annual meeting in November. Jack Kilgore and Janet Shirley joined the board in January. Jack is a Glynn County native who retired as president of the consumer brands division and co-leader of the United States Canada region of Rich Products in 2014, capping 36 years of leadership in the food products industry. He has held leadership positions with the local and state chambers of commerce, and as a board member for Communities in Schools, the United Way’s Graduation Blueprint Intiative, the College of Coastal Georgia Foundation and the St. Simons Land Trust. Janet is an attorney practicing in the areas of estate planning and fiduciary law with Atwood Choate, P.C. A fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a member of the National Association of Estate Planning Councils and an Accreditted Estate Planner, Janet has been practicing law in Georgia for nearly 30 years. She is active in a range of community and cultural organizations, including the Coastal Symphony and the Live Oaks Garden Club. She is a past president and current member of the Auxiliary of Hospice of the Golden Isles.
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Rees Sumerford, managing partner with Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, will serve as chairman of the board in 2015. Art Lucas, president of Lucas Properties, will serve as vice chair and secretary. Jeff Barker, president of the St. Marys United Methodist Church Foundation, will serve as treasurer, and Claude Booker, Jeanne Manning and Bonney Shuman were elected at-large members of the executive committee.
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Incorporated in 2005 as a tax-exempt public charity for Glynn, McIntosh and Camden counties, the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation has assets approaching $14 million and hosts some 40 distinct funds. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded more than $4 million in grants to community organizations in the three county region and beyond.
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One of the Golden Isles’ most beloved dancers is teaching again. Christina Patelidas Godwin opened the doors of her “new” Christina’s Dance World in early December. The studio staff will offer a variety of weekly dance classes for ages 3 and up: tap, ballet, jazz, pop, hip-hop, musical theater, lyrical, and wedding dance lessons, ballroom dance, cardio-dance fitness and stretch classes, production team auditions and worship dance. Christina will host monthly workshops with guest teachers and coaches, and also themed birthday parties and specialty celebrations. A dance teather and choreographer for 34 years, Christina was a professional dancer for Norwegian and Crystal Cruise Lines, and the lead dancer and illustionist’s assistant in the Siegfried & Roy Show at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas for five years.
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Explore our new Cabinet Design Center on St. Simons Island and meet Marx Rehder, our cabinet design specialist. With top of the line cabinets from Wellborn, you’re sure to find something that will excite you. Also, while you are there, don’t forget that with more than 25 years experience, Ed Kellis is the expert for all of your flooring needs.
Stay current on opportunities, auditions, performances and invitations from the studio by visiting christinasdanceworld.com online. The studio is located at 2601 Demere Road on St. Simons Island, 912.399.1417, butrflydancer@hotmail.com.
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The Golden Isles Bracelet Co. is a little store with a big reputation for fine locally crafted silver and gold jewelry. Sizes for all wrist measurements. The St Simons Island Signature Bracelet, Jekyll Island Turtle Bracelet, earrings, pendants, and custom-fit toe rings are included in the array of unique pieces found only here. IS YOUR BUSINESS GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES?
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The staff and board members of brainREconnect. Seated, from left: Sharon Marmitt, Executive Director Royce Laidler, Rhonda Hand. Standing, from left: Wes Joiner, Bryan Thompson, Leslie Fernandez, Graham Laidler.
New support group forms to help brain impairment survivors Helping stroke and traumatic brain impairment survivors learn to adjust to a “new normal” after the crisis phase of their injury has passed is the goal of brainREconnect, a new support group serving Glynn and surrounding communities. “We are the quintessential ‘grass roots’ effort, and are hoping and expecting to make a difference in the lives of our friends and families in Southeast Georgia who are now struggling with a ‘new normal’ and traumatic brain injury,” says Royce Laidler, speech language pathologist for Southeast Georgia Health System and director of brainREconnect. The group morphed out of a stroke support group due to the recognition that traumatic brain injuries have much the same affect on movement, language and cognitive skills as stroke. Royce says there are 100 people on the new group’s mailing list, and upwards of half as many attend the monthly support group meetings held on the 4th Wednesday of each month from 2:30 until 4 p.m. in the Outpatient Conference Room of the Brunswick hospital. The health system has recently donated a house near the hospital to the group, which is working with a newly formed board of directors to renovate and refit the house to meet the needs of members, their families and caregivers. brainREconnect is a not-for-profit organization that runs on donations and volunteer assistance. To help, or to learn more about the organization, find them on Facebook or contact Royce Laidler at 912.506.0305 or roycelaidler@ att.net.
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Have a Heart for Manna House Dinner Dance moves to the King and Prince The Ninth Annual Have A Heart for Manna House dinner dance celebration will be held Feb. 21 at the newly renovated King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St. Simons Island.
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Manna House provides more than 150 lunches each day, Sunday through Saturday. The facility is located in the heart of Brunswick on Martin Luther King Boulevard, and is the only daily soup kitchen in Glynn County. Approximately 25 area churches and other volunteer teams plan, prepare and serve meals year round. The funds raised through this year’s Have a Heart for Manna House dinner dance and silent auction will enable the Manna House Ministry to continue to grow, as needs have increased for feeding the poor and disenfranchised of our community. Lord of Life Lutheran Church, through 2014, has raised more than $25,000 with this annual event that is the largest fundraising effort on behalf of Manna House. Again this year, there will be a silent auction as well as various raffle items. The silent auction begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7, with the evening continuing with dancing at 8 p.m. Mason Waters and the Groove Allstars will play for dancing and listening pleasure. Singles and couples are welcome. Rich Products has joined as a sponsor of the annual event. Tickets are limited and must be purchased ahead of time. The cost of $55 per person includes dinner and dancing. Host a table or come on your own. Reservations for tables of 10 are available. There will be a cash bar. Call the Lord of Life office at 912.638.4673 for information or to arrange the purchase of tickets or email lollssi2014@gmail.com.
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‘Let the Good Times Roll’ at the Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball benefitting Golden Isles Arts & Humanities “Fat Tuesday” will be here before you know it, and now is the time to make plans to celebrate it at the Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball, a gala fundraiser for Golden Isles Arts & Humanities, on Feb. 7. This wonderful event will be held at the King & Prince Resort on St. Simons Island. The ball starts at 7 p.m. with the arrival of guests in their unique masks, creative Mardi Gras costumes or best formal attire. Partygoers will enjoy New Orleans-inspired food by the chefs of the King & Prince Resort, live music by the Sam Rodriguez Band and a cash bar. Guests can have their pictures taken by a Pixel Pop photographer or in the photo booth as a fun party favor. And in addition to great silent auction items, there will be some unique games of chance that will have everyone walking out a winner. All the games will cost a minimum of $5 and up to $20 to play, depending on the prizes offered. At the Wine Pull, patrons can take a chance of winning a bottle of wine valued at $100, or just $15. The Jewelry Grab, sponsored by Ned Cash Jewelers, will offer several different fine jewelry prizes, or just a box with Mardi Gras beads. “You have to take a chance,” says Heather Heath, executive director of Golden Isles Arts & Humanities. Mitch and Peggy Parrish, owners of Ned Cash Jewelers, at the Mardi Gras Ball
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Golden Isles Arts & Humanities is bringing a striking collection of iconic photos by late New York Times photographer George Tames to the Historic Ritz Theatre Gallery for the month of January. The exhibit, Presidential Pathways, will open with a community reception during First Friday festivities on Jan. 2 from 5 until 8 p.m. at The Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street in downtown Brunswick. Tames, who won awards for his photographs of a civil rights march, a farmers’ protest and a still life of the Lincoln Memorial, was perhaps best known for images of U.S. presidents and other world leaders. He covered Washington, D.C., for The Times from 1945 until 1985 after working for Time magazine. During his tenure with The Times he photographed 10 presidents – from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George H.W. Bush. He captured numerous iconic images, including President Richard Nixon waving goodbye after his resignation and perhaps the best known, the photo above of President John F. Kennedy leaning over his desk in the Oval Office, framed against the windowsill. “We are very fortunate to be able to share this exhibit of images that captured so many important moments in American history,” says Heather Heath, executive director of Golden Isles Arts & Humanities. Presidential Pathways will remain on display through Jan. 30. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturdays. For more information about the exhibit and complete details about upcoming shows, call 912.262.6934; email info@goldenislesarts. org; or visit www.goldenislesarts.org. – Cynthia Robinson
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Glynn Visual Arts, formerly the Glynn Art Association, launches capital campaign to fund new visual arts center “The Campaign for Island Drive” is designed to raise $500,000 to transform the former Rent All facility at 106 Island Drive into a new home for Glynn Visual Arts. The campaign will unfold in two phases. Phase One will provide the funds necessary to renovate the facility in time for GVA to begin operations there in January. Renovation is already well underway, and only $130,000 remains to be raised to meet the Phase One goal of $250,000.
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Coastal preservationists help One Hundred Miles celebrate one year anniversary One Hundred Miles, a Brunswick-based environmental organization dedicated to protecting Georgia’s 100-mile coastline, celebrated its first anniversary Nov. 7. More than 150 people attended the party held at the One Hundred Miles office at 301 Gloucester Street.
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“We’ll go out to the farm, cook in front of everybody, touch and feel the food – it will be a unique event. We just fell in love with the idea. It’s a Sunday afternoon, football is over so we won’t be competing. That’s important, ‘cause I wouldn’t show up,” John laughs. It’s shaping up to be the event of the year. Supper on the Farm was suggested by Chef Dave Snyder of Halyards Restaurant Group, who invited CheFarmer Matthew Raiford, culinary arts coordinator at the College of Coastal Georgia, into the plan. The event will be held at Matthew’s family farm, Gilliard Farms in southwest Glynn County, where the chefs will prepare the evening’s meal live using locally sourced ingredients. The menu will include organic produce, chicken and whole hogs. “It’s going to be a really cool event,” John says. “Hopefully it’s going to be something we can repeat. As a nonprofit you’ve got to do these things, so to do something different is really exciting.” John is a certified addiction counselor who worked at a therapeutic children’s home in North Georgia. He enjoyed that work so much that a return to St. Simons Island was out of the question until his grandchildren were born. “That has a way of drawing you back,” John laughs. He and wife, Beth, returned and started a private practice that led to volunteer work with the Baptist Ministry Center on Norwich Street. There John found himself increasingly drawn to the needs of the homeless and the poor he counseled through that ministry. the Remedy Project was the answer, a nonprofit that blends the clinical side of addiction treatment with faith. “We try to blend the two in a healthy balance. It’s working, and it’s grown to the point where it’s not just the guy under the bridge, if you will. We see people who, because of the economy, lost everything. They started drinking, had no resources, marriage falling apart … .” On Tuesday nights John leads a meeting on Norwich Street in Brunswick that regularly draws 30 to 40 people for supper and a 12step meeting. In May of this year, Beth began leading a group for family and friends of addicts. John himself is a recovering addict, which makes Beth an expert on the disease as well. “It affects every member of the family,” John
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The Big Read leads a cultural celebration of black history throughout the month of February The Big Read, the community-wide reading initiative, returns in 2015 with African-American author Zora Neale Hurston’s vibrant and achingly human novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston’s prose, her remarkable gift for comedy, and the sheer visceral terror of the book’s climax, all transcend any label that critics have tried to put on this work. In conjunction with The Big Read selection, the Middle and Little Big Read have companion books appropriate for young and middle grade readers. This year’s Middle Big Read selection is Christopher Paul Curtis’ Bud, Not Buddy. The Little Big Read selection is Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach. Free copies of all three selected books, as well as support materials and programs for teachers, will be distributed at no cost to Glynn County Public schools. Copies of the novel will also be available for individuals to pick up by mid-December. Big Read programs will take place Feb. 6 through March 7 and include discussions, performances, films, art exhibits, and school programs designed to get everyone in the community reading, discussing, and thinking about Zora Neale Hurston and her significant work.
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The Big Read will launch a month full of events celebrating Black History Month throughout February. Cultural Expressions Art Exhibit & Opening Reception Local and regional African-American artists will display their individual work bound in a common theme – a reflection of pride in the many dimensions of their African-American cultural experiences. An opening reception for the exhibit and kick-off of The Big Read will take place during First Friday festivities on Feb. 6. The exhibit will run through Feb. 28 and is open to the public Wednesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. Cinema Gourmet: Conrack Cinema Gourmet, the popular series that offers delicious food tastings from Chef Kate Buchanan of Indigo Coastal Shanty and insightful talks about important films, will present a screening of Conrack during The Big Read on Thursday, Feb. 12, starting at 6:30 p.m. This
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This concert, scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, takes a look at the music and the words of the Harlem Renaissance. The six-piece tribute band will feature local musicians Phil Morrison and trumpeter Ken Trimmins and will celebrate Duke Ellington’s legacy in music. Members of the Brunswick Chapter of The Links will be sharing the writings of the time. In addition to these special programs there will be book discussions, special guest speakers, films at the Brunswick Library, College of Coastal Georgia and The Ritz, and in-school programs for local students.
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From the snowbirds who vacation here to escape the frigid, northern winters to the pelicans which can be seen diving in the soft gray waters off our coast, the Golden Isles is vibrant with life and was long before you or I ever stepped foot here. Through the ages, people, plants and animals have come and gone to shape the coastal world we live in, and here are some of their stories:
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The Great Backyard Bird Count BY Ly d i a T h o m p s o n I just heard a Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing. The tiny kinglet is a bird that I associate with winter. It is a common bird that is probably in your backyard right now. It won’t come to your feeder unless you put out gnats and grubs. However, they do associate with chickadees and titmice that come to bird feeders for seed.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Birds tend to flock during the colder months. This flocking helps the birds to find food and stay safe from predators. Chickadees seem to attract a crowd. When you hear the chickadees chatter look around for other small birds. They know that there is safety in numbers. The kinglet is a tiny bird that is just a little bigger than a hummingbird. It often follows the chickadee flock, so when you hear the cheerful “chickadee-dee-dee” of the chickadees look for a twitchy gray-green bird flitting around the shrubs: that’s the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Flocks of birds establish routes that they follow during the winter. If you pay attention to your bird feeders, you will see a pattern start to emerge. It is a wonderful way for the beginner to learn about birds. Put up a bird feeder somewhere near a window. Pull up a comfortable chair, grab your binoculars and a bird guide, and see what comes to the feeder. Be warned: if this is the first time you’ve had a bird feeder in that space it will take a while for the birds to adjust their winter route. There is one thing I can honestly tell you about birding: It takes a lot patience. If you want to learn more about birds in your backyard, think about participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count in February. The weekend started back in the 1990s when the computer was just becoming a common fixture in the house. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology created a website, http://gbbc.birdcount.org/. This website gathers data from all over the country and gives a picture of what the winter birds are doing in realtime. The count is held on President’s Weekend in February every year because a long weekend makes it easier for people to find the time to sit and watch their feeders. This year the GBBC is February 13-16. As the years pass, the guidelines for the weekend expand the list of places people can go to look for birds. If you have a favorite place to walk or a favorite park, you can count there. You must count for at least 15 minutes, then go to the website and enter the birds you saw. You can also find out what other people are seeing in their favorite places. It is fun exploring how we connect to the world through birds. Our Coastal Georgia Audubon Society uses the Great Backyard Bird Count weekend to help teach people about birds. We hold two bird walks
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that weekend. On Feb. 14 the club will meet at the Satilla River Waterfront Park on the Greenway in Woodbine. On Feb. 15 we will meet on Jekyll Island and see what we can find. Before the weekend, the Audubon Society hosts a short workshop to help you learn about the birds in our area and how to use the website. This column is titled Nature Connection.The Great Backyard Bird Count is one way to connect to the rest of the country. Think about joining the Coastal Georgia Audubon’s GBBC workshop and field trips. For more information, find them on Facebook or call Marge Inness, Coastal Georgia Audubon president, 912.638.3986. G
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Life is a Marathon, Not a Sprint BY Am a n d a K i r kl a n d Why didn’t I burn that picture in a pile with all of the yard trash? I look at that picture and count at least 62 imperfections. If this were a game, you could circle them and turn to the back of this magazine to see how many you got right. So again, why didn’t I just make it disappear as soon as I came across it?
ginning, and yet had just completed 13.1 miles of hard running when that photo was snapped. I see a woman trying to be an example for the five children that she loves so much. I see a woman trying to be the best she can possibly be. I proudly share this picture with you and with anyone who happens upon it.
I started training for my very first 5K (3.10 miles) race about four years, ago. I was on a mission to better health and walk/running was going to help me achieve that goal. When I started training, I could do a 5k in about 45-50 minutes. After about a year of training, healthier eating and weight loss, I was able to drop my 5k time to about 28-30 minutes.
As for the Under the Oaks Half Marathon, I’ll have my day. Look for me on October 10, 2015, at the finish line and I guarantee you’ll see me there in less than two hours. G
As I ran more and walked less, it didn’t take me long to decide that I wanted to do longer distance racing. The St. Simons Christian School offered just that opportunity through their Under the Oaks 10k Double Pump challenge. You could run the 10k race and, as long as you made it back to the start in 55 minutes, you could then participate in the 5k race, as well. That meant about nine miles of really fast running. The bad news is that they stopped doing the Double Pump before I was fast enough to compete in it (which still hurts this extremely competitive heart a little bit) but the good news is that two years ago they introduced the Half Marathon (13.1 miles). Last year, I made it my goal to run the Under the Oaks Half Marathon. I spent the summer months training while everyone was enjoying the sun at the beach. I’d sneak out early in the morning to take advantage of any cool hours while the kids slept soundly in their beds. I worked hard because I had a goal in sight. I was going to run the 13.1 miles and I was determined to do it in less than two hours. The big race day finally arrived in early October. I looked at the weather and knew that I would be in trouble. The high was supposed to be 85 or so with 90 percent humidity. Once I got on the race course, which encompassed most of Jekyll Island and was exceptionally beautiful that time of day, I knew that I wouldn’t make the time I had worked so hard for. That picture was taken at the finish line where I saw that my time was two hours and eleven minutes. I was defeated. The humidity had beaten me. Or at least it had beaten me for the moment. But when I take a good, long, hard look at that picture, I see a woman who completely changed her lifestyle and with that changed the direction her health was taking. I see a woman who couldn’t run for one minute in the be-
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Folding the Tent BY B u d H e a r n Well, sadly our lease on 2014 has expired. Time to pack up and move on. Time is fickle…it never gives, only lends. And this year’s loan has come due. Even my tangerine tree next to the sidewalk had to pay up. Last fall it yielded fruit without complaint, feeding the yardmen, dog walkers and myself. On New Year’s Day only one tangerine remained. It hung there looking lonely and longing to go. It made me sad to pick it. But it was born for this. Its sweet nectar, squeezed between my teeth, seemed an apt metaphor to summarize the year just passed. The year was full of change, both good and bad, but it’s over. Time to fold up last year’s old tent and find a new spot to erect it. Packing up is sad business. Like moving from one house to another. Things wear out.We leave them behind. Like I did with an old tent. Tents are impermanent, at best temporary. My father once gave me a “pup tent” he purchased from an Army-Navy store. Children think everything’s permanent. We camped along creek banks, back yards and dense woods. We pretended to be warriors on the move, armed with Daisy lever-action BB guns and firecrackers. We were terrors to small creatures. Now we are small creatures subject to terrors. Life turns tables. A couple of times a year the carnival came to our small town. It was exciting seeing the set-up, anticipating the sideshows with their grotesque and parallel universe of characters. We paid real money to see these tent spectacles. Reminds one of Congress. At least the carnivals moved on when our money ran out, or the novelty wore off. Life’s like that. Like it or not, it demands we clean up, pack up and move on. Which, in this New Year, is exactly what we’re doing at our house…ruthlessly casting out the old rubbish, making room for the new. Our household acknowledges the futility of making resolutions.The last time it was tried I discovered that I coveted the chocolate more than I hated the heft. Resolutions serve only to expose the frailty of human flesh. Nevertheless, there’s work to be done, like reorganizing the storage cabinet. Without compassion I cast out the superfluous – rat poison, congealed floor wax, dead batteries and gummy emulsions of suspicious origin. I decide to keep the $9.99 rubber knee pads purchased from Home Depot. Husbands do well by wearing them early and often.
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In 1863 Mark Twain wrote: “Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient short comings considerably shorter. We shall reflect pleasantly upon how we did the same old thing last year about this time. “New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion.”
But sideshows, tents and bright lights lose their luster sooner or later. Like all the clutter we collect and keep. Out of sight, out of mind. We’re like dogs burying bones in trackless desert sands on a pilgrimage to Mecca; we’re not coming back this way. One short second, an infinitesimally small measure of time, sent 2014 packing. It comfortably rests now in the dustbin of history. We can hold a wake or look back on it with longing, but we can’t go back and retrieve the bones we buried there. Meanwhile, history moves on in its inexorable pace toward an unforeseen and indeterminate conclusion, kept entirely secret in the sole counsels of Divine Wisdom. Lying ahead are some pleasant meadows seen only in our visions and dreams. Perhaps they will be pleasant places in which to stake our claims and pitch our tents in 2015. I’ll leave you to prepare your welcome mats with this thought from Benjamin Franklin: “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors and let each New Year find you a better person.” Imagine the possibilities! G
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Alternative investments are gaining in popularity BY Joel Bickmore | Certified Financial Planner | Coastal Bank of Georgia
For the past three years or more economists, brokers and a myriad of talking heads in the investment business have been screaming about the effects of rising interest rates on bond portfolios. For those of you who are unfamiliar, let me explain: When interest rates rise, the value of existing bonds declines. Minor improvements in interest rates can have a rather sizable effect on the value of bond portfolios and many advisers have been counseling clients to consider moving their bond holdings toward the short end of the yield curve. Doing so can limit the effects of rising interest rates, but it can also limit returns. But what if you don’t want to limit returns? Traditional diversification uses two main asset classes: stocks and bonds. Investors use bonds to balance out a stock portfolio and lower the overall risks of the portfolio. Given that bonds will be impacted if and when interest rates begin to rise, traditional diversification may not make sense going forward. If you don’t want to limit your returns and you are willing to take on more risk you can easily choose to replace the bonds with stocks. But not everyone wants to assume more risk, so what other options are out there? There’s a buzz in the industry right now about “alternative investments.” Alternatives have been around for many years but haven’t been accepted en masse except among institutional and other wealthy investors. The famous endowments of Harvard and Yale have been raising their exposures to alternative asset classes for years. Examples of alternative strategies can be as simple as owning real assets, such as timber or infrastructure. An example of a more complex strategy might employ long positions (a bullish bet) alongside short positions (a negative bet) to create a marketneutral investment. Alternative strategies typically have lower correlations to stock and bond market movements and therefore can lower the risk level of a traditional stock and bond portfolio without limiting returns. This is one key reason I have been introducing some of my clients to these strategies. The goal of introducing alternative investments into a portfolio is to gain a broader exposure to additional asset classes. While alternatives can expand diversification, as usual there is no guarantee that an investor will make money. What they do provide, however, are new opportunities for
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Joel Bickmore positive returns when traditional assets, such as stocks and bonds, are not returning desired results. Interest rates have been falling for the past 30 years, which has created a 30-year bull market for bonds. Going forward, I don’t know if that will be the case, so additional asset classes may be necessary to maintain diversification and performance. So to sum things up, if you’re concerned about the impact a rising rate environment will have on your portfolio and you’re looking for ways to potentially enhance its risk-return profile, then alternative assets may be a good “alternative” to consider. G Joel Bickmore is a Certified Financial Planner Professional, registered representative of Synovus Securities Inc., and Financial Consultant with Coastal Bank of Georgia. This article is meant for informational purposes and nothing contained within it constitutes a solicitation for any security nor is it meant to be investment advice.
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Dentistry is about more than just your teeth BY A n g e l a B r i tt , D M D
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Did you know that TMJ Disorder (Temporomandibular Disorder) can affect denture wearers? Many people don’t realize what an important role muscles play in dentistry, with teeth or without teeth. When experiencing TMJ disorder symptoms, your jaw posturing muscles may be overworked in trying to maintain your present “programmed” position, even when you think they are relaxed.
This harmony can be achieved by relaxing and reprogramming the muscles. A bite computer is used to determine the optimal position (physiologic occlusion) of the jaw after relaxing the muscles with mild electrical muscle stimulation. Once the muscles are relaxed, the bite is designed to fit together into that comfortable position with an orthotic. The orthotic is worn during this diagnostic phase and at this point, nothing is done to permanently alter your teeth or your bite. After a determined period of time, a decision can then be made how to alter the bite permanently with orthodontics or porcelain veneers on back teeth or even porcelain veneers on all the teeth.
Head posture can also affect the way your teeth or dentures come together and muscles that control head posture are mainly in the neck and upper back. Together, these conditions can lead to a host of problems including a less-than-ideal bite, muscle pain, or jaw joint problems. Some of the common signs or symptoms of TMJ Disorder can be: • Pain in the face and jaw • Jaw joint pain • Pain in the muscles • Difficulty biting or pain when biting or chewing • Jaw joint noise or clicking • A change in how the upper and lower jaw fit together • Limited jaw opening • Teeth grinding • Neck Pain • Pain in and around the ear • Ringing in the ear • Vertigo The goal of neuromuscular dentistry is to harmonize teeth or denture position, muscles and the jaw joints. We call this getting the bite right. Neuromuscular dentistry is a term applied to techniques that expand upon the traditional approach to dentistry and considers the entire system that controls the positioning and function of the jaw.
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The side benefit of getting the bite right can be a more youthful, refreshed, rejuvenated look by enhancing the cosmetics. Worn, chipped, cracked teeth can be covered with porcelain to change the size, shape and color of the teeth. Often times, wrinkles around the eyes and mouth are decreased by improving the bite and this is why we refer to it as a nonsurgical face lift. These techniques can also be used for patients with dentures. The same principles are used to determine the correct jaw positioning. “New You Dentures” not only look great and give facial support but can also help with symptoms that may be a result from TMJ disorder. We also refer to “New You Dentures” as a surgery-free face lift because the results can help achieve a more youthful, refreshed look, often helping patients look 10 to 15 years younger. Results that are accomplished with porcelain crowns or veneers can also be achieved with “New You Dentures” and patients don’t feel like they are wearing dentures anymore. G The founder and owner of Exceptional Dentistry, Dr. Angela Britt, DMD, has been providing patient care and dentistry services across the Lowcountry coastal region including St. Simons, Jekyll Island, Sea Island and Savannah for more than 15 years.
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The Mental Game BY R o b Ell i s | P G A D i r e c t o r o f G o l f | J e k y ll I s l a n d G o l f Cl u b
Golf is different from other sports in many ways – it’s individualistic nature, how long it takes to play, and the fact that the ball is sitting still when we hit it – which is why it can be so addictive and also drive us crazy at the same time. Those differences are at the root of one aspect of the game that is often overlooked: the “mental game.” Bobby Jones once said: “Golf is a game that is played on a 5-inch course – the distance between your ears.” The first obstacle that a golfer must overcome is the inner battle against himself. There are many choices that are made on each shot, and the only person who can make them is you. From choosing what club to hit, where to aim, and finally what to think about when you swing, there are many things that can go wrong or right. The ability to calm your thoughts and make good choices can be the difference in a great shot and a horrible one. The best way to ensure a great one is to have a consistent pre-shot routine. This will allow your brain to be in the same mind set on every shot and allow your body to perform like it should. Your pre-shot routine should be just that – a routine – and it should be exactly the same every time. The second challenge that we encounter in golf is the length of time that it takes to play a round. Four hours is a long time to think about anything, and for that reason, I want you to spend the majority of your round thinking about something other than golf. There is one exception to this rule: you are not allowed to think about work. The only time you should be thinking golf is for about one minute before you hit the shot. You will make your choices, perform your pre-shot
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routine, and then hit the shot. The worst thing you can do is dwell on previous shots or worry about upcoming shots. Learn from the shot you just hit and move on to the next one. I know you have heard it before, but play one shot at a time. Golf’s last big challenge is the fact that the ball is sitting still. In every other sport the ball is moving and you have to react in order to hit it. For this reason, your swing can not be the same every time; you have to be able to adapt to hit the ball. In golf, because the ball is sitting still, we strive to groove our swing and make it as repeatable as possible. Three-time Major Champion Larry Nelson once said: “If I can hit a curveball, why can’t I hit a ball standing still on a course?” To ensure a repeatable swing, it is vital to make sure you set up the same way every time. Anyone can set-up like a tour player; it does not take any skill to get your body and the club in the proper place prior to your swing. The more consistent your set-up is, the more likely you are to be able to make the same swing. As you can see, none of this has anything to do with the actual swinging of the club. If you can master that “5-inch course between your ears,” your golf game and overall enjoyment on the course will improve greatly. Gary Player may have said it best: “A strong mind is one of the key components that separate the great from the good.” Please contact your local PGA Professional for more information. G The Jekyll Island Golf Club is headquartered at 322 Captain Wylly Road on Jekyll Island. It is the largest public golf resort in Georgia, encompassing three 18-hole courses – Pine Lakes, Indian Mound and Oleander – and one historic nine-hole course – Great Dunes. Learn more at golf.jekyllisland.com
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A Grevy’s zebra mother and colt graze at White Oak. The Grevy’s zebra is the largest and least well-known of the three zebra species. Endangered by over hunting, habitat loss and outbreaks of anthrax disease, the wild population of Kenya is thought to number fewer than 2,200. The Grevy’s zebra was one of the first animals established at White Oak, and more than 70 foals have been born on the property.
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t’s a long and winding dirt road that leads through the piney woods of North Florida to the African savanna. The white rhinos grazing placidly along the fence line right outside the car window are my first clue that any similarities this place might bear to my own coastal home ended at the gate. I am visiting White Oak, a 7,500 acre sanctuary straddling the St. Marys River. A former pine plantation that fed the mills of paper baron Howard Gilman, White Oak was converted in the 1980s into a conservatory for animals and artists and Gilman’s considerable collection of just about everything you can imagine. The plantation and all that it entails was purchased from his estate in 2013 by L.A. Dodgers owners Mark and Kimbra Walter. The team pennant flies alongside the U.S. and Florida state flags outside the Yacht Club, which offers an expansive view of Georgia across the St. Marys River. Located outside Yulee, Fla., less than an hour’s drive from the Golden Isles, the plantation is or has been home to all manner of exotics, including Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Giraffes were established at White Oak in 1987. Their name is derived from the Arabic Azarafah, meaning “one who walks swiftly, gracefully.� Giraffes have been clocked at speeds approaching 37 mph. They stand 6 feet tall at birth. Photo by Amy Carter
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White Oak is home to three of the world’s five species of rhinoceros: the Black rhino, Indian rhino and White rhino, shown here. The colors black and white are misnomers, as both species are mostly gray in color. The origin for the name of the White rhino is thought to be the South African Boer word “wist,” meaning “wide,” referring to the size and shape of the grass-heating White rhino’s head and mouth. The Black rhino is distinguished by its “hook lip,”useful for stripping twigs, branches and leaves from trees. Rhinos are hunted to the point of endangerment by the horn trade, which prizes the animals’ most prominent feature for medicinal and decorative purposes. (Photo by Amy Carter) Visiting White Oak is like traveling the world without leaving home. In the foyer of the Great Hall where guests gather for meals and meetings, a stuffed polar bear stands tall on its hind legs, its already formidable height boosted by glass bricks lit from within to look like ice. Through the archway that frames a long, elegant hallway sits a massive wooden bar unit taken from the Chicago Stockyards. It dates to the time of gangster Al Capone. Along the hallway are framed movie posters – most autographed – advertising major titles released throughout the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s.
busy cubs. Behind us is a pen with one pacing female and one growling one. I cannot imagine the terror of hearing the fastest land animal on Earth growling like that with no fence to keep her from coming after me.
There are more than 20 buildings on the plantation, each housing some component of Howard Gilman’s collection of rare and widely varied things. One building still houses the ephemera associated with Baryshnikov’s residency as director of the White Oak Dance Project, an initiative that hosted the world’s great choreographers.
Next we meet the giraffes, oddly surreal to see peeking out from a grove of pine trees. One runs away skittishly as we approach while another lopes over to snatch the leafy branch Stephanie proffers for a snack. On further and I’m treated to a staring contest with an Eastern bongo (antelope), who peers at me through the peephole of his pen, begging the question: Is White Oak an observatory for humans to look at animals, or for animals to look at humans? I’m watching him, he’s watching me, and as long as I’m up for the game, he (or she) is too. Here I am, mere inches from an animal I would likely never have encountered in my lifetime, he being a member of a species native to West and Central Africa.
And then we come to the animals. Cheetahs first. White Oak is one of the foremost cheetah breeding facilities in the U.S., with 27 cheetahs in residence currently and 44 litters born there since the 1980s. In the pen before tour guide Stephanie Rutan and me is a wary mother cheetah and her three
And where else would I ever have the opportunity to pet a white rhino? The animal’s skin looks leathery, almost like an elephant’s (not that I’ve ever been close enough to one of those to know for sure, either) and it feels soft. It shocked me, too, but it’s true. The rhino seems good-natured enough,
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White Oak’s
Odd CouplE Hasari and Kadir have been friends for a long time. Paired when they were just weeks old, the two have made it seven years and show no signs of parting. That’s not news, you say. If Hasari weren’t a cheetah and Kadir weren’t a dog, you’d be right. As it is, the pair happily coexists in a generously proportioned pen at White Oak Conservation outside Yulee, Fla., the ultimate in odd but oddly well-suited couples. Hasari, whose name means “mischievous” in Turkish, was orphaned as a cub and being hand-raised by the White Oak staff. Kadir, an Anatolian shepherd whose name means “powerful or mighty,” became her littermate and companion. The inspiration
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for this pairing comes from Africa, where Kadir’s breed is used to protect livestock from predators such as the cheetah. The cheetah is endangered in Africa in part because farmers kill them to protect their livestock from attack. Cheetah conservation organizations in Africa are working with farmers to put Anatolian shepherds in their herds and to help them care for the dogs. The shepherds in particular are such fierce protectors of what’s theirs that they make poor pets. Because Kadir and Hasari met as a pup and a cub, they know each other as friends, not predators. They are a model for friendship that we could learn from, yes?
Photos courtesy of White Oak Conservation there behind the fence, chewing hay in a metaphysical way, pondering the human condition, perhaps? Wondering where I came from, perhaps, and more importantly, did I bring alfalfa hay? It turns out that rhinos love the occasional treat as much as any of us, and alfalfa hay is that treat. It is used by the staff of White Oak as a means of operant conditioning: The rhinos come to the fence for their special hay, and lean on the fence while chewing it, within easy reach of the needles and medical ministrations of the staff. It’s a magical way of getting a 4,000-pound rhino to submit to just about anything, including a shot. White Oak’s primary mission where the animals are concerned is conservation and education. A member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, White Oak operates much like a zoo, only better. Every animal has room to roam, some in pens large enough to fit a small zoo. While the animal caretakers get to know the animals and even give them names, they
still keep their distance. “We treat them with the respect of a wild animal,” says Stephanie, who’s worked at White Oak for 20 years. An animal that is conditioned to human interaction is a poor candidate for breeding, and inter-breeding among animals belonging to other members of the AZA and White Oak is designed to maintain the genetic diversity in America’s stock of threatened and endangered animals housed in zoos and conservatories like White Oak. And there are some animals at White Oak, like the roan antelope, that are rarely seen in zoos. They have Cape Buffalo and a creature that goes by the giggle-inducing name (you’ll see) of Somali Wild Ass. They’re beautiful creatures. White Oak houses 280 animals representing 28 species. Only one, the Mississippi Sandhill Crane, is taken in for eventual release back into the wild. G
Visit White Oak
White Oak Conservation offers educational tours, meeting facilities and overnight lodging for all ages. There is a nine-hole golf course on property that can be used independently or in concert with a meeting, tour or lodging visit.
who introduce them to animal husbandry staff, veterinarians, and researchers while meeting the animals they are working to save. In addition, students are offered access to all of White Oak’s amenities – golf, tennis, swimming, campfires and river tours.
Field trips, class retreats and summer camps are all part of the White Oak experience. Student visitors are paired with science instructors
To learn more about White Oak and the different ways to visit, go to www.whiteoakwildlife.org or call 904.225.3396.
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e’re all well versed in the sights and sounds of the wildlife that shares the land with us – the chattering of squirrels, the schizophrenic musical stylings of the mockingbird – but it’s a lucky few who’ve fished a creek with a pelican for company, or paddled the beachfront in the company of a school of dolphins. You haven’t really seen the Golden Isles until you’ve seen them by water. There, the ebb and flow of life rolls on undisturbed by the things of man.
Todd Hendrix is an avid kayaker who was raised on Jekyll Island, moving to St. Simons in 1990. “It was then I began sailing and kayaking in our local waters, and continue enjoying both at present,” he says. The Georgia coast is a dynamic environment that offers different wildlife viewing experiences at different times and places: low tide vs. high tide, ocean vs. river, east side vs. west side of islands, weather conditions, night vs. day, and different seasons.
The popularity of kayaking on the Georgia coast has given us an even keener appreciation for all the creatures, great and small, that share our home. “Every trip out on the water gets you undoubtedly closer to nature,” says Cindy Janus, co-owner of SouthEast Adventure Outfitters. “It is so cool to enter the realm of wildlife more fully through the sites, sounds, smells, and even the feel of the water. The beauty of being in a kayak is that you get a closer look at the smaller creatures, like fish, turtles, crabs, snails.
He’s seen his share of birds, both common and not so much so: cormorants, anhinga and marsh wrens – “I love to see their engineering skills at weaving nests with the tops of the marsh grass,” Todd says – roseate spoonbills and bald eagles.
“We live in an area that is very attractive to many birds because it is relatively undeveloped and very productive. Seasonal changes for bird watching can keep even the best birder on their toes. Turtles, dolphin, manatee, mink, sharks, alligators, and more, all make appearances.” Cindy says she’s seen wild pigs swimming through marsh creeks, an alligator taking a stroll down a dirt road, messages in bottles, eagles and osprey fighting mid-air, and even wild cows on Sapelo Island.
It’s the amphibious reptiles, however, who stick in the mind, like the rat snake that swam across to Pelican Spit from Sea Island, wrapped itself around Todd’s Hobie catamaran and wouldn’t let go. Or the alligator he surprised on an overnight trip up the Altamaha River from St. Simons to Jesup and back. “I had been paddling about 10 hours and made it to a creek leading to the Hampton Marina. Unfortunately I took the wrong creek and ended up in about a 6-foot wide shallow creek. As I rounded a corner I froze when I saw a huge thick gator tail sticking out of the marsh grass and down into the creek. It was easily over 10 feet long. I didn’t want the gator to hear me, but I believe it smelled me and quickly whipped around in the mud, charged directly towards me and went beneath my kayak.
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A brown pelican, drifting; an egret takes wing over the marsh; exploring a cypress swamp. (Pictures by SouthEast Adventure Outfitters)
“I could only back paddle, as my 16-foot kayak could not be turned in this narrow creek. Though it was very scary at the time, I believe the gator was just as spooked by me and was only trying to get to the safety of the water. I don’t know which of us made it out of that little creek first, but I never saw it again.” It’s not just the reptiles who give a kayaker a scare, however. “I was trout fishing from my kayak in Village Creek and I noticed a mink swimming in front of me,” Todd says. “I thought it would pass by me, but it turned and headed straight for me, and then climbed up on the front of my kayak and started bounding across the top of my kayak towards me. I dropped my fishing rod, grabbed my paddle and knocked it into the water. The mink then quickly climbed back onto my kayak and ran towards me again. “After knocking it off a second time, I decided it would be best to just get away from this crazy little mink, so I paddled away. I don’t know if it was sick, friendly, or maybe it just wanted to eat the trout I had caught.” The pursuit of fresh catch inspires some ingenious behavior on the water. Todd says his favorite animal to see while kayaking is the bottlenose dolphin. “They will generally swim by you and often make eye contact and
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then continue on,” he says. On a couple of occasions, however, they stayed. Like the time Todd saw dolphin feeding on catfish in Black Banks Creek. “I watched as the dolphins would scare these large catfish to the top of the water and then swim behind and bite them completely in half just behind the sharp barbs that protrude from their fins. It was amazing to see the precision they used without getting stung by the catfish barbs. I found several catfish still gasping for breath yet cut completely in half.” Coastal Georgia offers more than 2,500 miles of tidal shoreline in its rivers and creeks, says Michael Gowen, Cindy’s business partner at SouthEast Adventure Outfitters. The two have been leading kayak tours for 20 years and say they see something new every time they go out. “I often muse that one could go everyday and never see it all,” Michael says. “Some of my favorite places include the marshes between St. Simons, Sea Island, and Little St. Simons, Sapelo and Blackbeard Islands, Cumberland’s north end, the freshwater portions of the Satilla, and the lower Altamaha Swamps above Darien. There are dozens more and many yet to be discovered.” G
Pictures by Keith Fletcher
“We usually see manatees at our Brunswick dock in the Spring and Summer. They are very interesting. We’ve seen seven-foot sturgeon jumping, dolphins jumping, big spotted eagle rays cruising along the surface, otters, deer and pigs in the swamps. We’ve also seen waterspouts, a peregrine falcon bombing a kingfisher, swimming snakes – it’s always interesting in Coastal Georgia.” – Michael Gowen, SouthEast Adventure Outfitters
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“Any place that is farther away from development – like Sapelo and Blackbeard Islands, Cumberland Island, the Altamaha and Satilla rivers – you are really getting into great territory for wildlife viewing. It’s hard to beat Coastal Georgia. We are so lucky to be here. The area speaks for itself in many ways.” – Cindy Janus, SouthEast Adventure Outfitters
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“I have occasionally seen raccoons walking through the marsh feeding on oysters, and even swimming across the creeks. During unusually high tides I have seen both raccoons and mink riding on logs and debris, because all of the marshland was completely covered with water. Years ago, I would see river otters swimming in the creeks and walking on the mud banks looking for food. Sometimes they were alone and sometimes in small groups of two to five. I am sure they are still around, but I have not seen them in many years now.” – Todd Hendrix, avid kayaker
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A hunter at Sea Island’s Cabin Bluff, circa 1933-34. Courtesy Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, gly075
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Hunting scenes from Jekyll Island at the turn of the 20th Century. (Jekyll Island Museum)
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ingling near a fireplace on sleepy Sapelo, Eugene Lewis and Howard Coffin relaxed in hunting breeches discussing the development of Sea Island. Historian Buddy Sullivan suggests that Coffin had transferred part of his automobile fortune from Detroit in 1912 to buy much of Sapelo in the same tradition of the Spaulding family who’d held it as a sportsman’s retreat years earlier. There Coffin raised turkeys, pheasant and the Chachalaca, which he personally introduced. As Howard Coffin was developing his private island for sport-hunting recreation and research, the Jekyll Island Club was phasing out its stocking of game to promote other forms of leisure for members. Yet only two decades earlier hunting was the club’s principal attraction. At the height of hunting near the last decade of the 19th Century, club members bagged 1,000 quail, a score of dear, marsh hen and doves, several wild hogs and more than 70 ducks, according to records.
Game on Jekyll was regulated by a committee which imported species from England and Italy, imposed $5 fines for rules infractions, and invited women to try their hands at hunting. Historian June Hall McCash notes the New York Times reporting how “many of the ladies...wives of members and guests, are crack shots and may well be proud of their achievements afield.” By the outbreak of the Great War in Europe, hunting regulations in the United States were increasing and growing more stringent. Historian Tyler Bagwell points out that members soon found other interests as laws become too restrictive and game too expensive. In the 1916 guestbook, Dr. F. Shattuck lamented his only killing was a mosquito. As Jekyll’s hunting fever broke, Philip Berolzheimer and his “bandit” friends enjoyed sport hunting on Little St. Simons far more than harvesting cedar trees for pencils as originally intended. During those years Detroiter Dr. H. N. Torrey, who purchased Ossabaw as a hunting ground in the 1920s, complained that the Island was so overgrown that Texas cowja nua ry/february 2 0 1 5
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President Calvin Coolidge, Col. Osmun Latrobe and Howard Coffin with game shot on Sapelo Island, 1928. Courtesy Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, sap023
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boys had to be called in to herd and eliminate cattle and wild hogs left over from a century of ownership by the Wannamaker family of Philadelphia department store fame. Sea Island suffered a similar fate until Howard Coffin teamed with Eugene Lewis and Alfred Jones to develop the property from its intermittency of grazing cattle. The former Glynn Isle was earlier the hunting preserve of Jekyll member James F. O’Shaughnessy in the 1880s. Coffin further developed the inland retreat of Cabin Bluff, now renowned, with a sporting lodge and supporting infrastructure during the early days of Franklin Roosevelt’s activist New Deal administration. He even went so far as to invite exiting President Calvin Coolidge to the area in the late 1920s. Local historian Buddy Sullivan writes that Coolidge and the First Lady came to the Golden Isles on holiday after Coolidge declined to pursue re-election. The first family took in the inland hunting preserve and dined by the same fires that lit Coffin’s passion to develop Sea Island. No less an authority on the subject than Theodore Roosevelt bolstered the trend of associating wealth, manliness and influence with recreational hunting and the conservation of the natural environment. From recreation and research to economy and influence, the natural and majestic beauty of the barrier islands certainly owe their legacy to a host of sources. Undeniably the thrill of the hunt and the serenity of the surroundings have been drawing factors since the days of America’s industrialization — and a contributing one to their preservation as well. G A hunting party gathers under the live oaks on Ossabaw Island in the 1920s. Courtesy Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, oss026
Hunters pose with the day’s kill on Sea Island. (Sea Island Archives)
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Model Maria Paraja in distinctive fashions and accessories from Evelyne Talman Animal print button down velour jacket by Weavz - $158 Black animal print ankle pant in rayon spandex by Krazy Larry - $125 Tribal necklace by Lisa Kern - $90 Gold dangle earrings - $26 Cold cuff bracelet - $115
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FASHIONS GONE
WILD W o r d s a n d p i c t u r e s B Y J e n n i f e r B r o a d u s
Animal prints and faux fur have never been more popular in high fashion than now! In this issue, Golden Isles Magazine explores stunning designs and unique accessories embracing nature in wild animal prints and faux fur textures. Our scenic low country provides a stunning backdrop reminiscent of the African savanna and dense jungle for presenting these distinctive fashions available right here in the beautiful Golden Isles of Georgia! Showcased are creations from some of our finest local retailers including Evelyne Talman, The Cloister Collection, Gentlemen & Lady Outfitters, Mixed Nuts, and Island Couture.
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Gold and enamel belt buckle in leopard motif - $118 Gold lion’s head belt buckle -$80 Black leather reptile belt - $44 Evelyne Talman
Faux fur & leather hand bag - $30 Faux zebra fur flats from Talbots - $18 Faux fur leopard strap flats - $18 Mixed Nuts
Liz Claiborne Rayon Flair Shirt I - $16 Bejeweled leather tooled belt - $25 Mary Frances suede & leather purse - $90 Sasha London suede platform shoes - $18 Mixed Nuts
Animal print sweater - $18 Olivia Rose Tal faux leopard slip-ons with jewel buckle - $18 Gold & black bead safari necklace - $12 Mixed Nuts
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Model Maria Pareja is foreign exchange student from Cartagena, Columbia attending College of Coastal Georgia. Maria is wearing fashions from Evelyne Talman and The Cloister Collection. Raccoon Fur Vest by MK Metric Knits $198 Ribbed mock turtle camel sweater - $68 Animal print nylon & spandex capri pants by Krazy Larry - $125 Gold dangle earrings by Crafts & Lee - $28 Gold cuff bracelet - $18
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Model Michelle Dittrich in a fabulous fashion ensemble from Lady Outfitters and Cloister Collection Vegan friendly faux fur vest from By Together - $75 Crème Knit turtleneck by Carlie - $85 Crème cotton and tencel AG Jeans $168 (Cloister Collection) Sperry boots - militia tan - $178 Gold chain with tusk pendant - $42 (Cloister Collection) 18K gold plate cuff bracelet from Gracewear - $108
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Leather & calf hair phone wrist wallet - $70 Clutch purse in leather & suede - $198 Animal print pashmina & silk scarf - $25 Ann Klein wedge shoe in faux fur - $89 Lady Outfitters
Men’s tobacco straw panama hat by Henschel - $114 Sunglasses from Ocean & Land - $15 Elan safari shirt - $60 Island Couture
Joy & Mario canvas men’s espadrille - $66 Men’s Zep Pro suede & ribbon sandal - $45 Mixed Nuts
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Our lovely model Abigail Davis wears this stunning maxi dress in a zebra print by Jade Connally. Available at Cloister Collection$198 Gold & silver two-tone link necklace - $80 Gold cuff bracelet - $115
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Ballet instructor Val Salnikov rehearses a class of teenage dancers for his January production of From Russia With Ballet. The dancers are: Hailey Beasley, Katie Thompson, Mary Banks Shelander and Victoria Eades.
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al Salnikov is coaching four teenage ballerinas through a rehearsal in the studio of Jill Stanford’s St. Simons Island dance center. “The stage is dark,” he says as they rise en pointe, twirling around him. “The spotlight shines right there,” he says, his heavy Russian accent lending an air of spythriller intrigue to his stage directions. “Is it Bess?” he asks, as though he himself cannot be sure. On cue, Bess Chambliss – wife and mother of three – pirouettes into the circle of girls. After just two years of instruction, Bess will take the stage of Glynn Academy’s Memorial Auditorium Jan. 17 as a primary dancer in Val’s production of From Russia With Ballet. The show will introduce local audiences to select portions of classic ballets performed by professional dancers traveling from Russia, Ukraine, and various parts of the United States. Val’s show will be as much a political statement as a creative one, a cultural event designed to prove to both sides that what they learn about each other from the evening news is not all there is to the Russian, Ukrainian and American people.
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“Ballet doesn’t make money like war does,” Val says, but it does prove that people are good – and more alike in that respect than not – no matter where they live. Val’s ballet is a bewitching art form best suited to performance by women, and mature ones at that. An iconoclast who refuses to be tricked by our youth-obssessed culture, he sees grown women as living, breathing works of art, especially when they are dancing. In his native Russia, dance students must be at least 10 years old to enroll in ballet classes. Here in America, ballet is a field largely populated by tiny dancers wearing pink tutus, children whose teetering arabesques have moved generations of Spring dance recital audience to giggles. To be moved as ballet is designed to move a person, one must see it performed by adults. Art, yes, but an incredibly athletic one. “I put it ahead of Zumba, aerobics,” Val says, referencing the power of ballet to reshape a woman’s body in remarkable ways. But more than just physical, the ballet is an emotional dance, a universal form of storytelling that relies not on words but on motion to embody the emotion suggested by the orchestra’s music. Danced well – a feat that Val says is not limited to professional dancers – ballet can touch the unlikeliest of humans. Val recalls his school days when the father of a fellow student talked about the effect watching ballet had on him personally. He was a big Georgian – from the country of Georgia – a working class man
Val with her talent that he’s ready to pair her with professionals for the January show. “I still very much doubt myself,” Bess says. Val, however, does not. “If I had about seven more dancers like Bess, the New York Ballet could take a break,” he says. Since moving to the Golden Isles two years ago, Val has noticed the community’s unusually strong commitment to culture and the arts, considering its size. In some ways, he says, the Golden Isles defies tradition having both a community orchestra and a strong showing of painters, galleries and art shows. The ballet is a natural addition.
Bess Chambliss, Linda Daye and Lisa Jinkins at the barre during ballet class.
with a worker’s vocabulary. “All I can say is when I watch ballet my mood changes. I treat people different. I treat my wife different. When I go out the door, I just move about different.” After two years teaching ballet to children, teens and adults at Jill Stanford’s Dance Center, Val believes the Golden Isles are ready to enjoy real ballet as danced by professionals and by his own students. Bess is the first adult student he has pulled from his local corps de ballet to perform with professional members of the international ballet community, but he also has plans for students like Linda Dayne and Lisa Jinkins, who study with Bess in the thrice-weekly classes Val teaches. A person can spend a lifetime studying a thing and never show the world what they’ve learned – except in Val’s ballet classes. “When you paint some good picture you don’t hide it under the bed, you show it,” he says. Lisa Jinkins and Linda Daye aren’t as committed to show off their talents just yet. Both have a long background in dance. Lisa graduated from Florida State University with a degree in dance that carried her into a 10-year career dancing professionally with Martha Graham in New York City. Linda danced as a teen and again when her children enrolled in classes, and has taught fitness classes throughout her life. Neither woman was schooled in ballet before now. “I am not a ballerina and I refuse to get on pointe shoes,” Lisa says. The mother of two children who are nearly grown, she is continuing a lifelong enjoyment of dance. Linda is in her 60s and freshly retired from the emergency room of the Brunswick hospital. With time on her hands again, she’s rekindled her love affair with dance, tackling her lifelong dream – dancing the ballet. Linda has a strong background in dance and has even taught dance-based fitness classes throughout her life. “Now I’m doing it for myself,” she says. “I’ve always wanted to do ballet and so here I am.” Bess, who is the youngest of the three, has turned out to be the prodigy in their midst. A yoga and pilates instructor, she took up ballet just two years ago. She began learning pointe technique a year ago, and has so impressed
Val says he will continue pulling talent from his classes for grown-ups, teens, youth and children for future productions that will pair amateurs with professionals from around the world, giving the Golden Isles another flag to plant in its cultural treasure chest. G
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Only four of Georgia’s 14 barrier islands are accessible by car. Few of the others are inhabited by humans, and the ones that are – such as Sapelo Island east of McIntosh County – must import everything from food to medical care. Here is one woman’s account of being the first home health care nurse to deliver medical care to the residents of Sapelo Island. 92
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The river was calm with many dolphins and sea birds giving us all a show. The boat pilot, Tracy Walker, dodged the big waves, holding down any chance of my getting sea sick. When we arrived at the dock my first thought was, “How do we get to the patients’ houses? Do we have to walk?” The social worker directed me to our transportation for the day — several cars and pick-up trucks lined up alongside the road. You just pick one out and go. Ours was a 1948 Ford pickup, no license plate but still some tread on the tires. The truck started and off we went. We had some great discussions about Sapelo, including the fact that there was no police force. Didn’t need one. Imagine someone from New York trying to picture any place without a police force. Our first patient was a diabetic who needed medication counseling along with wound care and evaluation. During the visit I instructed her not to use so much salt. What she heard was “sawlt” not “saalt” (remember, New York). That created a giggle or two. After this visit it was back in the truck and off to the next house. That was when I noticed a log in the road that I was sure I would have to remove myself, until I saw it move and crawl out of the roadway on its own; my first sighting of a very large snake. Off we went again, slipping and sliding from the previous day’s rain, and then “whomp!” We were stuck in the mud. I got behind the truck and with the social worker at the wheel I yelled 1, 2, 3, and the wheels began to spin as I pushed with all my might. The good news was that the truck was free, but my nice white uni-
We made a few more visits after that to some very sweet people. My last patient felt bad for me having gotten so wet and dirty, so she gave me a few sips of an old Sapelo folk remedy (it may have been brandy, and maybe I had more than a few sips). I wasn’t a drinker. When I reboarded the Sapelo Queen, the boat captain noticed how tired I looked and directed me to the best seat on the boat. I fell asleep on the way over, missed the beautiful scenery and slept for another hour-and-a-half in the mainland parking lot. My future visits were not all quite so eventful. I did get to meet many beautiful people who were all so appreciative of anything I did for them. One of the most memorable was a double amputee who could not get out of the house because of the stairs. With the help of a wonderful man from Darien, Don Grinstead, we had a ramp built enabling him to leave his house at will for the first time in years. Sapelo was so beautiful that my husband and children often went with me and fished and cast-netted in Cabretta Creek – under the huge oaks – while I worked. My family reaped many benefits from the island including ribs made by Allen Green and a hand-made cast net by James Walker, which put many a shrimp on our table.
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Judy Brunelle and Don Grinstead pose with a patient. (Photos courtesy Don & Judy Brunelle)
The Golden Isles are now filled with former residents of Sapelo Island who have had a profound affect on many lives and on local tourism, and who continue to make a difference to this day. I met several children of past Sapelo residents last fall at the open house for the Harrington School House on St. Simons Island. They are working so hard to have this wonderful piece of history restored. I’m so happy to see this interest in local history being worked on by such dedicated people. It would be such a shame for the memory of people like Allen Green, James Walker, Cornelia Bailey and Old Sapelo to be forgotten.
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With the help of Cornelia Bailey, the matriarch of Sapelo, and a social worker from McIntosh County, my new adventure began in 1980. I really didn’t know what to expect and tried to prepare for everything. I donned my clean white uniform, carried my nursing bag and even polished my shoes. The ride to the island from the mainland aboard the Sapelo Queen was so beautiful I didn’t want to close my eyes for fear of missing something.
form and shoes were covered with mud. It was then off to Cornelia Bailey’s house where I washed my clothes and readied myself for the next visit. My next outfit will not be white.
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s a Registered Nurse working with a local home health agency, I had the privilege of being the first home health nurse to care for the residents of Sapelo Island. There were 100 or so residents of Hog Hammock, many elderly who needed care but were unable to travel to the mainland.
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ony Adams and his wife, Beth, are a surprise at every turn. Jovial and friendly, they cover classic favorites from most every era, yet layer state-of-the-art technology and loops over Tony’s grade-A musicianship to re-create the originals in almost perfect detail. Effortlessly sustaining an atmosphere of jubilance, the room sways with the songs, and the dance floor stays full. It’s as if the music flows from who they are, and in some sense it does: it was music that brought them together. “We both grew up in different areas of South Carolina. Beth is from the city of Columbia. I grew up in Jefferson, a town of about 500 in the country,” Tony says. Both were raised singing in church. At 18, each was hired to sing for a Christian conference center, the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. “That summer when we were singing partners we fell in love, but at 18, we already had plans at different colleges. We kept in touch occasionally but did not see each other again until 2000 when fate brought us back together. Music brought us together,” Tony says. Tony has been singing for as long as he can remember. “Our school didn’t have a music program, so my singing growing up was for family, church, weddings, and funerals. In such a small town, I was the one called upon to sing for any and all local events.” Although he doesn’t hail from a musical family, Tony’s grandmother - whom he called “Goggy” - was very involved in church and loved the music. “One of my Goggy’s favorites was His Eye is On the Sparrow, a gorgeous hymn with some pretty challenging vocal jumps. I have always counted that as my favorite. I enjoy singing almost anything that is lyrical, though – from country and pop to classical and Broadway.” Always looking to stretch his range, Tonys sees his voice as an instrument, and loves songs that challenge him to play that instrument more proficiently. “I came to the Golden Isles on a whim in 1989,” Beth says. “I had graduated with my journalism degree from the University of South Carolina, and I wanted to spread my wings.” Tony moved here in 2001 because of Beth. After working as a part-time musician for a number of years and completing a career with the Navy, he found an opportunity to perform as the featured entertainer onboard the Emerald Princess Casino Cruise ship in 2007. “When I first established
myself as a musician in Rock Hill, S.C., I started doing a little bit of everything. There is so much good music, and I try to meet everyone’s individual music tastes. The Emerald Princess was a perfect fit for my repertoire.” Tony and Beth also perform many Thursday nights at Bennie’s Red Barn. “I’m a huge Elvis fan,” Tony confesses, and like Elvis, Tony and Beth perform in a wide variety of venues, from casinos and bars to churches. Though they’re members of a local congregation - St. Simons United Methodist – they find no conflict about shifting between those two worlds. “It’s about treating others as God treats us – with love, compassion, and dignity. That message and attitude does not change with the venue,” Beth says. That feeling isn’t lost on their audience, either. If there’s one thing that comes across when Tony and Beth sing together, it is love, carried across the room by their huge smiles and engaging personalities. That love and joy and a bright white beard make Tony a shoe-in for another jolly, bearded man. “One of my biggest annual events is Christmas. God blessed me with a head of snowy white hair and a nice full beard, not to mention a Santa-like figure,” Tony says. “About 10 years ago children began seeing Santa in me, so I decided to don the role.” Beth designs his winter wear as he gears up for his busiest season. “I love it,” he says. “It’s just a wonderful feeling to experience Christmas through the eyes of a child.” Though neither writes songs, Beth does have a somewhat related creative outlet: teen literature. “Our daughters inspire me to write,” Beth says. “My favorite of her books is The Perfect Place to Run, inspired by our time in the Blue Ridge mountains,” Tony says. “My wife and I agree that when we get a little older we’d like to retire to a perfect future of R.V. ownership and to travel the USA.” With a smile, Tony expands on his dream: “We would sing where ever we could sing. It would be ideal to see the nation while doing what I love with the one I love.” For booking or more information about Tony and Beth, please visit TonyAdamsEntertainment.shutterfly.com or SantaTony.shutterfly. com on the web, email tathedj1@gmail.com, or call 912.223.0986. G
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ene Threats rarely meets a stranger. His “once a friend, always a friend” attitude, generous smile, and genuine personality are like gravity, pulling people in. “As a young child I’d sit at my mother’s feet drawing while listening to the hum of her sewing machine. She was a seamstress, so we’d sit for hours working with our hands – a needle and thread in hers, pencil and paper in mine.” Gene took naturally to drawing, so his mother and his art teachers encouraged his pursuit of the arts as his area of study. Graduating from Valdosta State with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts focused on printmaking, he returned to Brunswick and worked in banking and men’s wear while freelancing as an artist on the side. “I’m thankful for the experience. That taught me professionalism while allowing me to make a living and care for my mother.” Gene smiles big, his expression hinting at a twist in the story. “Mama would remind me, ‘Son, I didn’t raise you to be a banker. You were meant to be an artist.’” Fate stepped in when Gene’s health declined. “In 2000, I suffered a kidney failure for unknown reasons.” During one of his frequent dialysis treatments, he heard that still small voice say, “Now you have time to draw.” There was one roadblock – his illness restricted him from inhaling fumes, a common downside of printmaking. With his options limited, and with an affinity for color, he tried a pack of colored pencils. For three-and-a-half years, three times a week, for four hours at a time, he drew during treatments. “My training in printmaking began to emerge in my detailed colored pencil drawings,” he says. His lines, shading and skilled use of light and dark make the colored lead jump off the matte board. “People often tell me they see printmaking skills in my style. They see it in the lines. It has that etching, printmaking effect to it, the way I work with shading. “One of my nurses attended a show and responded, ‘Your art directly reflects you. You’re detailed, colorful, and love people - your colors
are warm, like you.” At that moment, Gene says, “I knew my new medium was a gift from God,” Influenced in his use of color by the French Impressionists, Gene also draws from American illustrator Norman Rockwell “in the way that he was an illustrator, telling people’s stories. My pencils are telling a story.” One work was purchased by a French enthusiasist from the Jekyll Island Art Center in Goodyear Cottage. “We became friends which led to a Paris trip where I was able to see the work of my artistic influences first-hand. It was so exciting,” Gene says. After Gene received a kidney transplant, his health improved enough to allow him to work at the College of Coastal Georgia and as a photographer on Sea Island, which he credits as the backbone of many of his current pieces. “Sea Island was such a fond experience. I was able to grow in my photography skills, and gain many unique experiences interacting with people from all over the world.” Surroundings have always been key to Gene’s work. An avid people-watcher, he portrays people realistically, reacting and expressing themselves naturally. He is particularly well-known for his depictions of the Gullah-Geechee culture of the coastal South. Every square inch of his home comprises Gene’s studio. Layers of art pieces are propped against walls. A tackle box contains pencils of every color. With the fine pencil lines he’s recognized for, it’s obvious he’s the owner of a fine pencil sharpener and a load of pencil shavings. “I do a lot of sharpening,” Gene laughs. Once again, art has become his full-time occupation. “I am looking forward to where it’ll take me,” Gene says. View his work in the Gallery of the Ritz Theatre in Downtown Brunswick Feb. 6-28 during Golden Isles Arts and Humanities’ tribute to Black History Month, Cultural Expressions. To learn more about Gene and upcoming shows visit http://jazzrhythmblues.biz/artgallery2.html or e-mail him at: threatsgene@ yahoo.com G
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atalie Murrah’s feline doppelgänger is willowy and graceful, just like Natalie herself. The cat’s name is Honey, and she clings with the consistency of same to Natalie’s ankles, her commitment to the task of loving her human equal in intensity to that which Natalie herself is devoting to telling the story of The Farm at Oatland North, happy home to wild souls like Honey’s for a decade. Not to be ignored in her bid for affection, Honey scales Natalie like a tree – leaping from Natalie’s feet to her waist and from her waist to her shoulder in two easy bounds. Reassured by a quick scratch and a nuzzle that Natalie does indeed still love her, Honey sails to the ground, landing on all fours in a puff of dust before sauntering off for a bath in the sun. Honey is one of about 80 animals who’ve found permanent shelter at The Farm, which lies on 120 acres of a larger tract purchased in the 1940s by Natalie’s great-grandfather, Doug Taylor, long-time caretaker and manager of Little St. Simons Island. Natalie spent childhood summers with her grandparents at Oatland plantation, helping to care for the animals they kept. Natalie’s parents, Barbara Hasell Murrah and Bascom Murrah, made their own home at Oatlands when he retired from NASA. Barbara started The Farm with one rescue horse, Lightning, and later took in the stable horses retired from Little St. Simons Island. Natalie added two hand-me-down cows to the mix when she returned to Oatlands from North Carolina to help Barbara care for her own mother, who had Alzheimer’s Disease. She’s stayed because Oatlands has always been home, Natalie says. “Where would I go with my cows?” she asks. The Farm takes in abused, abandoned and neglected animals referred from many sources. A forever home is what these lucky ducks get, although ducks are just about the only creatures not represented – yet. There are horses (two of them thoroughbreds), goats, cats, dogs, cows, geese, chickens and an ornery old rooster named Grandpa who’s only nice when he’s held. Deer and racoons who live in the neighborhood are welcome to come and go at will. It takes the kindness of volunteer labor and the generosity of animal-minded benefactors to get it done, but Natalie says the residents of The Farm never know want.
“We are not charismatic people but we are a God organization and God puts in front of us what we need,” Natalie says. Her family’s illustrious history, closely entertwined with that of St. Simons, Little St. Simons, Sea Island and the historically rich north end of St. Simons leads many to conclude that The Farm is backed by monetary wealth. Nothing could be further from the truth, Natalie says. “We’re all working people,” she says. Volunteer Diana Scarborough is a registered nurse who worked alongside Barbara Murrah on the Coronary Care Unit at the Brunswick hospital of Southeast Georgia Health System. Diana has continued to volunteer at The Farm since Barbara’s death in 2013, working weekends in CCU and giving the remainder of her week to helping Natalie care for the animals at The Farm. Barbara’s sister, Jackie Davis, is there daily as well. She can’t offer much in the way of expertise to the animals, she says, but she can give them the affection they crave, namely the kisses that leave lipstick marks on the horses’ faces. One of the few remnants of the peaceful, wild St. Simons of old, The Farm is a refuge for people as well as animals. The Farm is open to the public by appointment and every Sunday afternoon from 2 until 4 p.m. The Farm lies just outside the gates to Cannon’s Point. Give them a call at 912.580.6774 or like them on Facebook for more information. G
The Farm at Oatland North is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, and accepts donations to help with the expense of caring for and feeding the animals it shelters. The Farm also hosts special events, including birthday parties, to share its mission and to help offset expenses. Visit thefarmssi.com online to give, or email thefarmssi@gmail.com to book a visit or an event.
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Coastal Seen Golden Isles FCA capped a month of fundraising activities Dec. 4 when Bobby Bowden headlined the annual fundraising dinner for the Golden Isles Fellowship of Christian Athletes held at the Jekyll island Convention Center. FCA kicked off the holiday season with its Turkey Classic at Retreat Golf Course Nov. 24. (Pictures by Lindy Thompson/Golden Isles Photography)
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Gly nn Academy G o lf Team: C o ach Mike Zito, L ane Jowe rs, C arte r L awson, Will Barnes and Cody C ol lins
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Coastal Seen The Cassina Garden Club hosted a soft launch Cabin Fever fundraising campaign at the Hamilton Plantation Tabby Slave Cabins Oct. 29. The club’s leadership used the occasion to brief the honorary chairs of the fund-drive – Mr. & Mrs. William Downey, Mrs. Jane Ledbetter, and Mr. & Mrs. Ron Maulden – on progress to date and all that needs to be done.
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William & Beth D o wney, R o semary & R on M aul de n
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Coastal Seen The board of the Auxiliary of Hospice of the Golden Isles hosted a kickoff event for Wine Women & Shoes at the lovely Black Banks home of Monica Lavin. Event co-chairs Cissy Thompson and Debbie Holland, along with auxiliary co-presidents Teri Moore and Patsy Bryan, welcomed attendees and encouraged everyone to help prepare for the event. The excitement was palpable for this second annual event and many committees were formed and the planning process is underway. If you are interested in being a part of a committee or if you would like to volunteer, please contact Cissy Thompson at cissythompson@bellsouth.net or Debbie Holland at debssi@bellsouth.net.
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elvin Mayfield and his sister Trudy Mae knew that in order to attract the attention of the opposite sex they needed to... #1. Dress Well and #2. Bring Valentine cards and presents from The Market on Newcastle and One of a Kind. This Valentine’s Day was in the bag!”
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Coastal Seen The 15th Annual American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Fashion Show and Luncheon held at Sea Palms Oct. 17 raised more than $12,000. Presenting sponsors were Vincent K. Arlauskas, MD and Stephen G. Barrett, MD. Fashions were provided by Lady and Gentlemen’s Outfitters, Cloister Collection/Evelyne Talman, Beechers, and Shackelford Shoe Boutique & Accessories. (Pictures by Lindy Thompson/Golden Isles Photography)
The 2014 planning committee, from left, seated: Diane Heineke, Jan Whalen, Joy Cook, Rhonda Barlow, Diann Clark. From left, standing: Kelley Spaeder, Jennifer Bright, Peggy Tuten, Raylene Grynkewich, Suzan Rivers, Carole Nolan, Deborah Riner, Connie Hiott.
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Coastal Seen cheers to all of our friends who make every year sparkle.
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Wild game specials every day. open tues-sat,11-2 p.m. dinner 6-10 p.m., bar 5 until. 3415 frederica road st. simons island BISTRO 912.638.1330 AND BAR DELANEY’S
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Coastal Seen The 15th Annual Brunswick Rockin’ Stewbilee was held at Mary Ross Waterfront Park Oct. 18. Blackwater Grill’s recipe won the Judged Competition, while the stew masters at Southern Soul BBQ took the Peoples’ Choice. In addition to stew tasting and judging, the day-long event included a 5k Road Race, Pooch Parade, live entertainment, a classic car show and arts and crafts displays. (Pictures by Lindy Thompson/Golden Isles Photography)
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Redfern Village: Making History For 87 Years. Come see the most unique shopping village on SSI.
Unique Elegance • Paradigm Labs • Cachettes-SSI • Plantation Park Flop House Shoes • Marsh Point • Bubba Garcias
The Tabby House Spa • Elle Smith Photography
Wild Souls Clothing Boutique • The Brunswick News Paddle & Putt • Golden Isles Olive Oil • Chiropractic Palms
Picket Fence Properties • The Back Porch
Blackwater Grill • Tibi • Gogo • Coastal Eye Care
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World One Computers • Wake Up Coffee
Posh • Two Friends Wild & Personal • Viola’s • McRobin’s Lyman Gallery •
JOhn Shackelford P.C. • Gnats Landing
Island Property Company • Shear Magic Salon
Edward on Saint Simons • The Queen Bee • Wallin Gallery
Did you know? Redfern Village used to be an airfield and was named after pilot Paul Redfern. In 1927, Redfern took off from Sea Island headed to Brazil. If he had succeeded, it would have been the longest flight in aviation history; some 1,000 miles longer than Lindbergh’s. 13 rescue missions failed to find any trace of Redfern and 87 years later, his fate is still unknown.
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Offering the very best authentic southern Bar-B-Q and fast, friendly service every time you visit. Sonny’s is the biggest name in BarB-Q and operates in nine states. Success is great, but after 40 years, it’s still about “Feel Good Bar-B-Q.” www.sonnysbbq.com
Grandy’s began with the understanding that there’s something about that Country Fried Steak your grandma used to make that makes each bite taste like home. We strive to make sure that feeling comes through with each meal we serve. Delicious, lickyour-fingers, homestyle goodness for people who love real, no-nonsense comfort food. It’s just plain good for your soul.
DRIFTWOOD BISTRO 1175 N Beachview Dr. Jekyll Island 912-635-3588
The Driftwood Bistro, serving Low Country Cuisine, offers specialties such as meatloaf, stuffed flounder, herb crusted pork tenderloin and fried, grilled or blackened Wild Georgia Shrimp. Great selection of vegetables, specialty sandwiches and salads.
The Courtyard at Crane 371 Riverview Dr. Jekyll Island 912-635-5200
The Courtyard at Crane, the Jekyll Island Club Hotel’s casual fine dining option, is located in the center courtyard and loggia of the historic Crane Cottage. The chef’s unique menu is complemented by an outstanding wine list. Guests are offered the option of dining inside or outside. Come savor exquisite al fresco ambiance and world-class cuisine in a beautiful and historic atmosphere.
SEASONS OF JAPAN 701 Glynn Isles Brunswick 912-264-5280
Conveniently located in the Target shopping center, we offer fresh sushi, genuine Japanese fare and Hibachi-style cuisine. Every dish is prepared using the freshest ingredients and the most flavorful seasonings. We also offer a children’s menu and desserts. Online ordering is available at www.seasonsofjapan.com
COASTAL KITCHEN 102 Marina Dr. St. Simons Island 912-638-7790
The closest table to the water without getting wet! From house-made lobster ravioli, crabstuffed flounder, wild Georgia shrimp and grits and house-made ice cream to the best fried oysters you have ever put in your mouth.
The Roo ftop at Ocean Lodge 935 Beachview Dr. St. Simons Island 912-291-4300
The Rooftop at Ocean Lodge is St. Simons Island’s only oceanview rooftop restaurant. Whether you choose to dine on our spectacular outdoor oceanview terrace or in our enclosed premium lounge, there is no other St. Simons Island restaurant that compares to The Rooftop. www.therooftopssi.com.
The Jekyll Islan d Clu b Grand Dining Room 371 Riverview Dr. Jekyll Island 912-635-5155
The Jekyll Island Club Grand Dining Room, the hotel’s full service restaurant, offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and famous Sunday Brunch. The á-la carte menu features continental cuisine specializing in seafood, gourmet specials and authentic Southern fare. Victorian tea is offered daily from 4-5pm. The Club pianist complements evening dining and Sunday Brunch.
OLE TIMES COUNTRY BUFFET 665 Scranton Rd. Brunswick 912-264-1693
Ole Times Country Buffet is “Home Cookin’ the Way Mama Does It!” Voted #1 in Southern Cooking and Best Country Buffet in South Georgia and North Florida for the last eight years running.
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Robert F. English, MD Pediatric Cardiologist & Interventionalist
José A. Ettedgui, MD Pediatric Cardiologist & Interventionalist
Brandon E. Kuebler, MD Pediatric & Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Available at Wolfson Children’s at Southeast Georgia Health System Medical Plaza • 3025 Shrine Road, Suite 350 Brunswick, GA 31520 sghs.org/wolfsonchildrens
To make an appointment, call 912.466.7230 Physician referral may be required.
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