Nov/Dec 2010

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Our Annual Celebration of Young Leaders The Maestro: Luis Haza

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Table of Contents

November/December 2010

features:

38 20 under 40

74 Maestro Luis Haza

86 McGladrey Classic:

The best and the brightest of

International man of music

a Photo Essay

2010

by Amy Carter

The PGA plays through the Golden Isles

by Amy Carter

by Joe Loehle

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departments:

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Editor’s Note

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Coastal News & Notes

SHORT FICTION 28 Imagine That

The 20 Under 40 issue! Meet the best and brightest of 2010. Photographed by local photographers. Cover Design by Joe Loehle, EOJ Design & Photo.

13 The Dish With Flo 17 Par for the Course 21 Nature Connection 25 Vignettes of Absurdity 90 Coastal Calendar

PEOPLE & PLACES 78 The Sicilian Judge’s Son

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94 Coastal Cuisine

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“New research indicates that holding a pose that opens up a person’s body and takes up space will alter hormone levels and make the person feel more powerful and more willing to take risks,” MSNBC said in reporting on the study’s findings. They call it power posing, and it’s akin to smiling even when you’re blue in hopes of tricking your mind into thinking you’re happy. Or, put another way, faking it until you make it.

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Now I didn’t go to Harvard (although I did once buy a T-shirt from Kmart that said “Yale”), but I am smart enough to know that faking it can get you into trouble. That’s how I got busted in youth orchestra once.

I picked up the violin at age 8, star-struck by the string section that backed The Rolling Stones on their uncharacteristically syrupy ballad, “Angie.” By 8th grade, I was over it. For one thing, The Rolling Stones never once invited our local youth orchestra to accompany them in concert. Hence I took to bobsledding my violin case down the stairs before me as I prepared to leave for school, hoping the crash at the bottom would break the neck of the stringed albatross that was choking my spirit.

The last straw was the day my violin and I were walking home from Glynn Middle School and a handsome Glynn Academy senior asked after my machine gun. I volleyed back with some childish insult or another before he revealed himself to be an aficionado of the stringed instruments. All was forgiven, but not even the validation of a handsome older man’s appreciation for my erstwhile craft could divert me from the train wreck that was setting up to end my orchestral career.

And so there I was not long after, cleverly mimicking the bow strokes of all the good little musicians around me, when the conductor called me out.

She took my sheet music and commanded me to play some random passage in the symphony we were practicing. I couldn’t do it. And slouching failed to protect me from her wrath.

Alas, I have not slunk down the path of least resistance to become a complete waste of humanity. By virtue of not graduating from the esteemed Julliard School of Music as my dear Daddy hoped I would, I have the pleasure of being here to introduce you to 20 young leaders in the making.

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Straton Hall adds Savannah Venue Straton Hall Catering and Special Events has expanded its venue options with the purchase of Brockington Hall at 213 East Hall Street in Savannah’s Historic District.

The 14,000-square-foot Victorian house, located just off Forsythe Square, will play host primarily to weddings and large social events.

The house will open for business Nov. 1.

Stacy Bass founded Straton Hall in Baxley, later relocating to Brunswick. Originally based on Jekyll Island, the company expanded locally in 2009 with the purchase of Brunswick Manor, a Victorian bed and breakfast in Brunswick’s Historic Old Town.

Live Oaks Garden Club Poinsettia Sale The Live Oaks Garden Club of St. Simons Island is hosting its annual Poinsettia sale.

These large and beautiful Poinsettias (red, white or pink) are planted in 8-inch gold foilcovered pots and cost $15 each.

Proceeds from the sale go toward worthwhile beautification projects on St. Simons Island and in Brunswick. Past sales have benefitted the Demere/Frederica Roundabout, the St. Simons Land Trust’s Gilbert Nature Trail, the Land Trust’s North Harrington property, an award-winning butterfly garden in Demere Park and the Gateway project at the entrance of St. Simons Island.

The deadline for orders is Nov. 19. For more information, call 634-3445.

Pray thee, please befriend me The staff of Fort Frederica National Monument is celebrating the 275th anniversary of the founding of the fort by bringing two of the original settlers from 1736 back to life on Facebook. Francis Moore and the Rev. Charles Wesley were the only two original settlers known to have written journals. These writings offer a remarkable level of insight about the conditions Frederica’s settlers faced in the Georgia wilderness.

Moore’s journal starts as he boards the ship Symonds. His descriptions of life aboard ship show the pains the Trustees of Georgia went to in order to insure a safe voyage. Upon his arrival in Georgia his journal describes the very new environmental and living conditions faced by these new emigrants from London.

Wesley’s journal is much more personal and details his struggles as Oglethorpe’s secretary and the pastor to Frederica’s settlers. His words give an understanding of the difficult early days of Frederica’s settlement.

Moore and Wesley now have Facebook pages where their journal entries appear as their updates almost daily. To befriend them log on to Facebook and send requests to Facebook. com/FrancisMooreOfFrederica and Facebook.com/TheReverendCharlesWesleyOfFrederica.

– Contributed by Jon Burpee

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St. Simons Land Trust Oyster Roast The St. Simons Land Trust will celebrate 10 years of land conservation and historic preservation at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 with its 11th annual Oyster Roast on the grounds of the Fort Frederica National Monument. Tickets are $45 for members, $65 for non-members. Tickets/ memberships available at www.sslt.org, (912) 638-9109, or at the St. Simons Land Trust, 1625 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island. Inclement weather cancels event.

The celebration of the purchase and preservation of the Old Sea Island Stables lot at the corner of Frederica and Sea Island roads will be a highlight of the evening, which has historically served as an annual thank-you to donors and members of the Land Trust.

The evening begins at 7 p.m. with oysters roasted specially by Crabdaddy’s Seafood Grill owner Charlie Williams, and a variety of tasty dishes donated by local restaurants and caterers in numbers great enough to serve 800, the average crowd for this event. “We couldn’t do it without them,” says Jennifer Leavy, chair of this year’s Oyster Roast. Among the contributors will be Bonefish Grill with its signature bang-bang shrimp and Outback which, for the first time, will be cooking steak on-site. Southern Soul BBQ will bring the barbecue, and Sysco Food Service will donate corn, potatoes, sausage and the like to mix with shrimp for a Low Country Boil. Doug Harris’ Fireside Grill will bring the Brunswick Stew.

has restored and preserved 165 acres of green space on the Island, much of it in the last four years, doubling the amount of protected land in 2008. Altogether, though, less than five percent of St. Simons Island has been set aside as open space, and one percent of that is Fort Frederica, which is protected by the federal park service.

By comparison, Land Trust Director Russ Marane says 18 percent of Hilton Head Island is protected; 50 percent of Edisto Island; and 62 percent if Kiawah, all barrier islands in South Carolina. The Land Trust brought Marane here from Hilton Head in 2007 to redirect the organization’s efforts. Previously, the trust targeted landowners with the hope that tracts large and small would be donated for conservation. That approach did not prove terribly effective, so the Land Trust is exploring other ways of accomplishing its goal.

The downturn has been a boon and a curse to the trust. Russ has his eye on Cannon’s Point, the last intact tract of plantation land on the island. Formerly owned by the Sea Island Co., the tract is still prohibitively expensive for the trust. The 600-acre tract is a microcosm of St. Simons history, with maritime forest, archeological remains of the plantation’s residents, shell ruins and middens, and even the ruins of what is suspected to be a Spanish mission.

“This is a complete community effort,” Jennifer says. She’s particularly thankful for “The Chef Brigade,” a band of local chefs who volunteer their time every year to prepare and serve the foods offered to guests.

“What a treasure for the island,” Russ says, albeit wistfully, as the tract is said to be in the sights of plumbing fixture magnate Herb Kohler. While the Land Trust always hopes landowners will consider donating such tracts for preservation, conservation and the public enjoyment, he understands the importance of private property rights, too.

Begun as a grassroots effort to preserve and conserve the historic look and feel of St. Simons Island 11 years ago, the Land Trust received official non-profit status in 2000. Since then, the organization

With the support of more than 1,000 local households, the leadership of a man with experience and a board with a heart for the Island, it seems any dream is possible.

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The Golden Isles Community Sailing Center There is an app for everything these days, including sailing, but there is no OMG moment in a virtual jibe when the mainsail crosses overhead and all hands on deck must literally duck or dive.

The Golden Isles Community Sailing Center is committed to ensuring that the art of sailing is an actual experience for more young people, but the sailing program that the sailing center sponsors at local high schools could come to a crashing halt in the next year without the community’s help. With the assistance of the Glynn County School System, the Navy Junior Officers Training Corps, Brunswick Marina, the Brunswick Bar Pilots and the Golden Isles Sailing Club, the center teaches sailing to middle and high school students who participate in sailing regattas throughout the Southeast.

Glynn Academy and Brunswick High are both members of the South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association.

To help more young people in Glynn County learn the self reliance, leadership skills and teamwork inherent in sailing lessons, contact Pam Heine at gicsc@bellsouth.net. With the help of our community this very worthwhile program that helps build character in our local youth can continue for many years to come.

– Contributed by Nathan Russo

Blink Going Digital Blink Marketing & Design has been selected by Adobe Systems Inc. to test its digital publishing program. Jim Wiggins, creative partner of Blink marketing & Design, calls this a significant first step toward creating a publishing platform which enables new possibilities for magazines, newspapers, retail catalogs, corporate presentations and business colateral to be experienced on products such as the iPad, smart phones, e-readers and tablets.

Traditional publishers such as Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and retail stores such as IKEA and Pottery Barn have embraced this digital age technology for creating newly popular apps.

“It seems everyone is looking for innovative, cost-effective ways to design and deliver content to their audiences and customers,” Jim says. “It’s an exciting time to be in the advertising and marketing business.”

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Cassina Garden Club to Present Christmas Tour of Homes The Cassina Garden Club will present its 26th Annual Christmas Tour of Homes from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.

Five St. Simons Island homes will be featured in all their holiday finery, with proceeds from ticket sales, bake sale and gift shop purchases going to the preservation of the historic tabby slave cabins at Gascoigne Bluff.

The newly renovated Lighthouse on St. Simons Island and the A.W. Jones Heritage Center will be featured as a special stop on this year’s tour, themed “Light Up Christmas.” This tour stop will include a visit with Santa, nature-themed decorated Christmas trees, light refreshments and a rest stop. The gift shop will be stocked with wonderful gifts for the holidays. A bake sale will also be held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Cassina Cabins on Gascoigne Bluff.

Tickets are $25 in advance and may be purchased after Nov. 15 on St. Simons Island at Ace Garden Center, G.J. Ford Bookshop, The Artshoppe at Redfern, Moncrief’s, Pat’s Hallmark, Heritage Center Museum Shop and St. Simons Drug Co.; and in Brunswick at Hattie’s Books, Market on Newcastle and Pat’s Hallmark in the Glynn Place Mall. Tickets will be $30 the day of the tour.

– Contributed by Denise Trethaway

Golden Elephant Upscale Flea Market to Benefit the Coastal Symphony The Golden Elephant – An Upscale Island Flea Market sponsored by the Symphony Society for the benefit of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and the Youth Symphony of Coastal Georgia, is back by popular demand for a second treasurefilled engagement.

much-needed funds for our distinguished symphonies. We have great hope that this 2nd annual Flea Market event will allow us to reach our fundraising goals through the active support of this community,” says Frances McCrary, president of the Symphony Society.

Held once again at 1810 Frederica Road on St. Simons Island, the market will offer bargain hunters an eclectic array of treasures including fine antiques, rugs, furniture, silver, crystal, home accessories, decorative items, fine art, housewares, fashion accessories, jewelry, toys, baby accessories, collectibles and much more.

The Golden Elephant – An Upscale Island Flea Market, will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Nov. 12 and 13. For more information about the Golden Elephant Flea Market, contact event chair Sharon Flores at 638-2412. For information on how to become a member of the Symphony Society, contact membership chair Susie Salvatore at 638-0177.

“The Golden Elephant event presents the Symphony Society with a golden opportunity to raise

– Contributed by Jennifer Broadus

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few weeks ago one of my good clients asked me to prepare dinner at their home on Sea Island for 30 guests.

This is one of my favorite types of catering. It means I get to cook in some really great kitchens, the guests have a really great time and I usually get to see a lot of them. Although I usually stay in the kitchen and have my staff do the serving, inevitably the guests find their way to the kitchen to tell me what they thought of dinner and to ask how I prepared the menu.

On this last sojourn, I had quite a group in the kitchen asking how I had prepared the beef tenderloin. They were all from the Midwest (Kansas, no less) and were asking me about beef preparation. Please! I thought Midwesterners were born knowing how to cook beef, sort of like Southerners and grits.

I guess there are a lot of methods to cooking beef roasts and I sort of figured it out for myself after much advice from many sources. My method has worked for me for 40 years. My mom used to cook prime rib for special occasions; always four ribs, trimmed and tied by her favorite butcher at the Lemoyne Farmers Market. My momin-law, Mary Packard, preferred to spend her money on a nice big strip loin and cut it into steaks before grilling. My Aunt Dorothy used Gracie Allen’s method: “You take one large roast and one small roast, put them in the oven and when the small one burns, the big one’s done!”

My method is pretty simple and has always worked. First you check the bank account and be sure you have enough in it to purchase a whole beef tenderloin. You can sometimes find them on sale and they do seem to freeze

f Tenderloin Flo’s R oasted Bee ream with Horseradish C alright for a few whiles, but you can expect to pay around $10 a pound for whole tenderloin, untrimmed.

Tenderloins come in two classifications – under five pounds and over five pounds. Most of the tenderloins we see in the stores are under five pounds (the others go to the hospitality industry). If they have been left untrimmed (the $10 per pound price), you can expect to pay between $60 and $80 per roast. Then you trim away almost one-third of the weight. These trimmings are the “chain” which runs along the side, about three inches off the skinny tail end and all of the fat and sinew. There is a good amount of meat here, but it is tough and if left on makes the roast tough; alas, the No. 1 complaint—tough tenderloin! Impossible, if you trim it carefully and completely. These trimmings can be used for beef tips or ground for burgers.

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Flo Anderson took her first restaurant job at the King and Prince Hotel in 1971. She’s been cooking ever since. Her restaurant, the 4th of May Café, endures in the St. Simons Village. Flo is the mother of three and grandmother to seven, all of whom live on St. Simons Island.

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nyone watching the Ryder Cup last month could see how important putting is to your score or match.

Putting may be the most important yet least emphasized physical aspect of the game of golf. There are several factors which go into being a good putter that often get overlooked. I highly suggest getting your putter fitted by a certified club fitter.

There are many variables that go into this process including length of the shaft, different putters that include toe-weighted, heel-weighted or center shafted putter styles. I recently gave a putting lesson to student who was 5-feet 3-inches tall and had a 35-inch hand-me-down putter. I put a 32-inch putter in her hands and it changed her whole set-up to the correct position that greatly improved her putting.

also remain as square as possible to the intended target line as long as possible (as the putts get longer, the putter head will swing to the inside and the putter face will open slightly on the back stroke).

Each stroke, regardless of length, should maintain the same rate of speed back and through.

The ball should be struck on the “sweet� spot on every putt.

There are many different drills and teaching aids available. Contact your local PGA Professional for help with all aspects of your game.

Jon Rife is the PGA General Manager/Head Professional at Heritage Oaks Golf Club.

Set-up The player should set-up with their shoulders square to the intended target line, in a posture and proper length putter that allows the hands to hang directly below the shoulders.

The eyes should also be directly over the ball, and parallel to the target line. An easy way to check this is to take a ball and drop it from your set up position. The dropped ball should hit the ball on the green.

The Stroke The lower body and head should remain as still as possible throughout the stroke. The shoulders, arms, hands and club should work as a single lever. The putter head should travel as closely as possible to the intended target line. The putter face should

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just stood there watching. When I looked down I saw small shadows on the ground moving quickly over the marsh grass like a light show in reverse, but the teetering overhead made me look up.

They seem to fly in tight chaos without running into each other. They change directions in a heartbeat and never miss a wing beat.

Swirling overhead making those small shadows dance beneath them. The tree swallows are migrating.

for birds, it also is valued for repelling insects. The author of one Web site suggests putting a sprig in a closet to keep out cockroaches. I also read on a Web site that wax myrtles used to be planted around homes to keep fleas out.

The tree swallows

Every year around the end of October tree swallows begin to move through the Golden Isles. They swarm our Georgia coast in countless numbers. They are about 5 3/4 inches on average from their bills to their tails. The males have iridescent blue-green backs. The females have brown and iridescent backs. The young birds generally have brown backs. They all have white bellies. Tree swallows eat many kinds of unwanted insect pests. They feed from dawn to dusk. Tree swallows are unique for they also eat berries from wax myrtles. This ability to eat seeds and berries allows them to winter in our area.

Right now, they seem to be everywhere but they are gathering all around our marshes. When it gets too cold for the insects these swallows depend on the wax myrtles. This evergreen scrub is native here and abundant. It is great for attracting birds. It provides a high energy food source for migrating warblers and winter home for gray catbirds, yellow-rumped warblers and ruby-crowned kinglet just to name a few. Wax myrtle is the main scrub summer home for painted bunting. Besides being great

As we move into November start looking for another migrating swallow, the cave swallow, a rare bird in the United States. It is found in the summer in Southwest Texas and Southern fly over the marsh.

Florida around the Miami area. However, in recent years cave swallows have started wandering north instead of south in the fall. They fly on the outer edges of huge flocks of tree swallows in November and December. Cave swallows are the same shape as tree swallows but slightly smaller. Instead of the tree swallow’s uniform dark head, back and rump, the cave swallow has a light neck area with a dark back and a cinnamon-brown rump. Its tail is squared off at the end instead of forked like the tree swallow’s.

Its throat is pale buff compared to the all-white throat and belly of the tree swallow. All these birds are swirling and twirling overhead, so keep watching the tight chaotic dance of those flocks of tree swallows. You might be rewarded by seeing a rare cave swallow. But even if you don’t see that rare bird you can be amazed by the swirling tree swallows of the marsh.

Whether Lydia Thompson is talking about birds, banding, or drawing birds, her major focus is to intertwine her bird studies and her art. Now she is pursuing her studies of birds & the art of the intaglio print. Preservation and conservation of bird habitats are her major concern. She is blogging at www.coastalgeorgiabirding-lydia.blogspot.com.

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arcissus fell in love with the wrong person … himself. Bad choices make for unhappy endings. His did.

He tried but couldn’t breathe life into his image. Grief stricken, he plunged a dagger into his heart, ending the torment. He exhaled, “Alas! Ah, youth, beloved in vain, farewell.” So much for an unrequited love affair with himself.

Only a flower bearing his name remains. So the myth goes.

The Greeks invented this guy, and sometimes myths take on a life of their own. Narcissus is the avatar of subtle seduction, enslaving those who fall in love with themselves. Self-reflections are delusions to be avoided. Yet we don’t, not in our culture. A friend explained to me the modern equivalent of this fable.

Mike owns a printing company located in an old warehouse. It bears no resemblance to a reflecting pool. He prints my business cards. Recently I showed up in his shop. Strewn on his counter were business cards and publications picturing beautiful women and handsome men.

Their self-replicas smiled seductively at the world, Photoshopped and airbrushed to perfection.

“Terrific crop,” I said.

“Nothing new. See it all the time,” he said. “Wanna look behind the scenes? Come on.”

I followed him to his darkroom.

He grabbed a stack of photos.

“See these?” he said. “They’re the same ones you saw up front.

Take this one, for example.”

He laid the photo next to a finished card. I examined it.

“Mike, no way this is the same person,” I said.

“Wrong,” he said laughing. “Masterful job of wizardry, huh?” he boasted. Pride hid his humility.

shots, do a clean-up and make ‘em irresistible. They put these clean-ups everywhere – Google, Facebook, Web sites, Match. com, magazines – you name it.

These are today’s Narcissistic pools. Even the President’s all over it. Didn’t he say, ‘We’re the ones we’ve been looking for?’

We’re a ‘me’ culture, in love with ourselves. There’s a new crop of ‘em every year.”

I did, vaguely. “Explain,” I said.

“And it’s not just women,” he said.

“Look at this guy.” A magazine cover showcased a young man looking like he’d walked off the cover of GQ. He appeared just a little younger than my used Lexus.

Mike quoted an obscure Dryden poem. “O, thou strong seducer, opportunity.” He continued, “Our culture is changing. People fall in love with themselves all the time. It’s how they get on in life.

They’re riding on a smile and a shoeshine. Looks and smiles will get them in the door, but they need substance to back ‘em up.

Doors swing both ways.”

“Wow. Work your magic on me.”

His laughter shook the building.

“Man, you should have been a cosmetic surgeon.” I said. “The pay’s better.”

“Not even I am that talented, pal. Save your money.”

“They pay me big money to make ‘em look young and alluring,” he replied, smiling. “Learned the trade from my uncle. He’s a mortician. His cosmetic makeovers are legendary. They make lifeless corpses ready for resurrection before they even leave the chapel.”

“OK, OK. Why are people so vain?” I asked.

“Amazing,” I said. “Who are these people?”

“You know Greek mythology?” he asked.

“The new hot shots around town,” he said. “Professional types. They gotta look good to get client interviews. It’s all flash. I take their best head

“A little,” I said.

“Competition,” he said. “Look, it’s a dog-eat-dog world. People judge on looks, then on credentials. Can’t blame ‘em for doing this. It gets ‘em in the door, that’s all. Then they’re on their own.”

“OK,” he said. “This fellow Narcissus hung out around his pool, contemplating his life. He saw his reflection and fell in love with it. He kept looking at himself, hung up on his reflection. He worshipped his reflection in the pool and went mad trying to possess it. He finally fell on his own sword.”

He added, “It’s hard to tell fact from fiction anymore. I feel guilty contributing to the ruse, but looks are often all they have to cling to. I help them grasp their reflection and make something out of it.” He looked sad.

I’d heard enough. I picked up my dull business cards, thanked him for his soliloquy and left. So far I’ve avoided reflecting pools, but just wait till you see my new business cards … .

“Mike, what’s all this?” I asked.

“Oh, those,” he said with an indifferent smirk. “The latest crop of over-achievers.”

“Well, they’re seeing their reflections in the pool of Narcissus.

Remember him?”

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By Willeta H. McGowen Illustration by Stacey NICHOLS Ever since Mama died, Daddy has been making a shrine of her life. I wish he would stop it. She was not a saint. In fact she sometimes made our lives a living hell. If you’ve heard the expression, “thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to,” well that was Mama. She was also an alcoholic, bipolar and a control freak. But you would never know it by the way my dad talks about her.

He remembers her early years, her “pre-me” days when she was a stunning beauty and the apple of many a man’s eye. Daddy said he swept her off her feet. She always told another story. According to Mama, Daddy was a whiny little man who kept pestering her to go out with him. She finally agreed, but only because she wanted to add another notch in her repertoire of admirers. She said the first date wasn’t too bad. Of course in order to impress her and be above all her other beaus, he had to take her to a most expensive restaurant. She was impressed, but not with the restaurant. She had been there many times before, but she knew my dad didn’t really have the means to afford such a fancy place nor the savior-faire to completely pull it off. But Mama gave him an “A” for effort and for giving it his best shot just for her. Apparently this tugged at her heart because she gave him another opportunity to take her out a second time. My father was honored.

Daddy’s charm must have started to work because there was a third and fourth date.

He took this as a sign that things were progressing toward true love. Well, Mama on the other hand had decided to keep him around when she saw just how smitten he was with her. It was like a cat toying with a mouse. Of course in the beginning of their dating phase, Daddy wasn’t the only one.

He knew this, but always had confidence he would be the sole winner of her affections.

I guess Daddy suited Mama’s expectations because he eventually won the honor of being her one and only. And he and his lovely lady, as he called her, started on the road to courtship and marriage. Ah! But what a ride.

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My maternal grandmother (Grandmother was what I always had to call her) was a homemaker who busied herself with church, social obligations and making sure Mama was popular. Grandpa owned a successful furniture business where he spent most of his time, mainly to stay out of the

way of his wife and only child. Daddy never talked much about his family except to say he dropped out of school in the 10th grade to help support his family after his father left.

Mama did have one year of college, which she always stretched into three for social purposes. She basically went to college to find a suitable husband (rich), but she always said the college boys just couldn’t keep her interested. She wanted a man of the world. Well Daddy was indeed a man of the world, sort of. He traveled as a cook in the Navy. However, he only left the United States once in his four years working for Uncle Sam. Of course Mama also stretched this truth (for social purposes) to include such exotic, glamorous places as Singapore, France, Japan, Spain, Italy. Later on I figured out these were the places Mama always wished she could have visited.

Grandpa didn’t care much whom Mama married. He was ready to be done with her and her haughty ways. Don’t get me wrong.

He loved her but he was an unpretentious man who treasured the simple things in life.

His wife and daughter were the social butterflies, lunching at the country club and enjoying all the cotillion parties. Grandmother always held out hope that with her daughter’s stunning looks and an abundance of admirers, she would get the golden prince in shining armor, and along with his white horse he would bring social prominence, money, more money and even more money.

Instead she got a car mechanic with greasy fingernails for a son-in-law. Daddy never did win over Grandmother. And she never let her daughter forget her disappointment in marrying him. My birth kind of soothed my grandmother’s pain, but never completely. I realized from an early age Grandmother was just going to pour all her dreams and aspirations she had for her daughter into me.

As I grew older I came to understand the dynamics of my parents’ relationship. Daddy adored Mama until the day she died. She on the other hand was very disillusioned by marriage. The glow wore off after only five years, but by that time, Mama felt there was no turning back. I find that odd since she was always encouraging me to take risks in life and go for what I really wanted. But she had a fairly comfortable life.

She never worked, and by the time I came along she never did much of anything else either. Grandmother kept pestering her for a grandchild she could spoil and show off, and Mama finally got it done.

After my birth Mama decided that being with child was a one-time only experience.

She would explain to me in vivid color and precise details the discomfort, pain and unkind things I did to her body the nine months I lived within. According to her, the birth was so excruciatingly painful she never wanted to talk about it, let alone experience it ever again. She wore childbirth like a martyr. Of

short fiction course the saga always got more elaborate over time. I must admit, she always seemed to get a little faint whenever the word “labor” was said. I got great joy watching her freeze whenever someone tried to give her a baby to hold and vowed that I would have a whole brood of children to call her Granny.

Daddy enjoyed tinkering with cars, so he took an auto mechanics class at the local technical college. He hoped to parlay his talent into a viable income. And he did. He provided for Mama and me by working 12 hours a day repairing rich people’s cars at a garage owned by an old Navy buddy. And he was good at it, gaining a reputation for quality work. One day his buddy announced he was moving on and selling the garage. He gave Daddy the first option to buy. Daddy had mentioned to Mama a few times how he would like to have his own auto repair business someday. So Mama latched onto this opportunity like butter to grits. She had a vision of Daddy having a chain of repair shops catering to the rich and famous. Her plan was to get Grandpa to give him the money. After all, his furniture store business was quite prosperous, with stores located throughout the state.

Daddy was not privy to Mama’s plan, which was consistent with how she operated. She always found a way to get what she wanted.

She and Grandmother approached Grandpa about investing in his son-in-law’s future.

Actually it was more like constant nagging.

Grandpa finally decided that the only way to shut up their day in, day out aggravation was to turn over the money. Since Daddy knew nothing about any of this, he was flabbergasted when after Sunday dinner with his in-laws, he was presented with a cashier’s check for the full amount needed to purchase the garage. However, being the honorable man my Daddy is, he refused to take the money until a letter of agreement

was drawn stating it was a loan and would be repaid.

friends’ moms who baked cookies and had sleepovers.

All this took place by the time I was two years old. My birth had taken a lot out of Mama, so Grandmother essentially became my nanny. She also took over the household duties, since Mama had become accustomed to taking to her bed after having her morning dose of “medicine.” Many a day Daddy would come home and cook dinner for us.

Grandmother was never the most awardwinning cook. But with Daddy becoming a businessman, Mama was roused from her lethargic state. She talked Daddy into buying this huge, country house and proceeded to furnish it quite luxuriously. Fortunately Grandpa was in the furniture business because she started spending money like it was manna from heaven. Daddy never complained. He wanted to keep his “lovely lady” happy and it gave him joy to see her so rejuvenated. He even agreed to her hiring someone to come in and clean and cook. He was an astute businessman and very well liked, attracting a good and often rich clientele base. He never did take to the idea of opening a chain of repair shops. I always thought expansion was a promising adventure, but Daddy liked the family atmosphere of his business. His seven employees were an extension of his family. He knew their spouses, girlfriends and children and shared in their sorrows and joys.

Once Mama had the house running like she wanted, she dived into social clubs where drinking and gossip were the chosen activities. She descended more and more into her dream world as the years wore on. She was soon using pills to get to sleep and alcohol to stay operational. I’ll give it to her – Mama was one of those Southern women who could hold her liquor.

The years moved quickly. I moved from elementary to junior high and then on to high school. Mama did her best to love and take care of me, but nothing seemed to hold her attention for long. She would go off on her tangents about the time it took to raise a child. Thankfully, Grandmother was around for most of my growing years to take up the slack. I made peace with my life at an early age, appreciating Mama for who she was. But there were times when I envied my

Mama’s body, soul and spirit gave out when she was 49 years old. I was going into my third year of college. She had had enough and was ready to move on to a more peaceful place. Everything culminated with her mother’s death a few years earlier. She just never functioned well after that. It was then that I realized how much influence Grandmother had over her daughter. Daddy took it pretty hard and vowed to never marry again.

And he never did.

I guess you are wondering how I turned out.

Well … actually, I was abandoned as a child and grew up in an orphanage. I always had a great imagination, which got me through those years when I was passed over for adoption.

Most of the kids were placed with what seemed to be happy families. I didn’t buy it and always saw life as a little dysfunctional. So this makebelieve story became my family and over the years I grew to love this pretend family.

As for the real me, I left the orphanage at age18, drifted for a few years, than decided to do what I do best. Use my imagination to create. That’s why you are reading this story.

So stay tuned.

The End. Willetta McGowen is a native of Brunswick. Married with children and grandchildren, she works for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. She is an ordained minister and loves to read and write fiction and nonfiction.

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2010 suc•cess, as defined one of three ways – and we choose the No. 2 way – by dictionary.com: 2. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.

What, specifically, constitutes “the like?” The respect and admiration of one’s boss? One’s peers? One’s spouse and children? One’s friends and neighbors? One’s mother-in-law?

This year’s collection of 20 notable leaders under the age of 40 has them all – dreamers and achievers nominated by those who know and love them best, the people they work for – whether motivated by love or money or any number of other intangible rewards.

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Matthew McHale B.T. Ramsey Construction Nominated by Leigh Anne Estrada Age: 29 It’s been a big week for Matthew McHale. He graduated from jump school at Fort Benning on his 29th birthday, five days later than planned, a technical glitch that kept him from seeing the culmination of a year’s worth of work planning the second annual TRI-RED sprint triathlon and 5K Run for the Red benefitting the American Red Cross. The participation of some 500 athletes made the event a “brilliant success,” according to Red Cross volunteer Michael Jenkins. Not surprising, given Leigh Anne Estrada’s assessment of Matthew’s leadership skills.

“He has an amazing ability to organize and implement a large-scale event with professionalism and attention to detail,” she says. “He cares about people in our community and strives to promote a healthy, safe and active lifestyle by living an example to all of us through his own training in the Iron Man competition.”

A member of the Marine Corps Reserve, Matthew was introduced to the work of the Red Cross while serving in Iraq as a mortuary assistant. The organization’s commitment to the military in addition to its domestic services appealed to Matthew so much he joined their cause upon returning.

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Medal of Honor Matthew holds his Eagle Scout Medal.

“The most important things I took from scouting was Integrity and Dedication.

The Marine Corps has definitely strengthened both ideals as well.”

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Meghan Henry Davis

Color Me Happy Nominated by Mary Lynne Cochran and Sherry Ellis Age: 31 Some people are their work. Meghan Henry Davis is happy because she’s doing what she loves with people she loves. Co-owner of “Color Me Happy,” a paint-your-own pottery shop in Historic Downtown Brunswick, Meghan is “uplifting, enthusiastic, gracious and loving,” according to Sherry Ellis. “Meghan is a fantastic mom, a faithful friend, a creative genius, an innovative business woman, a tireless volunteer and a caring community advocate.”

First Friday and the “Shop Local” movement are pet causes, as is service to others through her church, The Chapel, and encouraging children. Meghan received her bachelor of arts in Religion from LaGrange College in 2001, and went to work as a youth director for a church in Atlanta before returning home to Brunswick to raise her children.

“Meghan uses her shop as a venue for many family-centered outings and fundraising activities,” says Mary Lynne Cochran. “No task seems to be too large for her to take on with her good humor, her engaging smile and her can-do attitude.”

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Strokes of Genius The paintbrushes Meghan holds are significant because with them she disovered that she can be creative without fear of being wrong. “Once my husband suggested opening a paint-your-own pottery studio ... I got the best of both worlds.

I get to be creative and help others discover their creativity within themselves and I get to earn a living doing something I love with people I love – my mom and kids.”

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Miranda Collins

McGinty-Gordon & Associates Nominated by Emmit Nolan and Linda Borders-Davis Age: 26 Miranda Collins is busy. All the time. Being a mother to Parker, 7 years, room mother and soccer mom and working both full and part time jobs would be enough. But she’s also a tireless advocate for the United Way, a member of the Brunswick Junior Woman’s Club and political activist, leading the communications charge on behalf of the Committee to Elect Sammy Tostensen to the Glynn County Commission.

In fact, if you could have only one word to describe Miranda, that word would have to be communicator. Befriend her on Facebook and you’ll never again have to wonder what’s going on. From the 2011 Red Dress Ball benefitting the American Heart Association to the Young Leaders Society’s “Mauction,” Miranda is involved and recruiting for it.

“I believe if everyone is capable of giving back and would give back in some way (through volunteer time or donations) we as a community can offer some relief to those in need,” Miranda says. “From a young age my mother taught me to have compassion for those less fortunate and to help others in need. In light of the economy, the needs in Glynn County are growing.”

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Miranda is holding the hand of her son, Parker, because “that child is the most important thing in my life. He defines my success. I strive to provide a loving and encouraging environment that he can grow and thrive in.”

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Antwan Walker Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Nominated by Brian Dolan Age: 30 It takes one to know one, and Antwan Walker is using the memories of his own at-risk childhood to help children facing challenges overcome the odds. “I am a proud product of the Dixville Community on the South End of town,” he says. “My motivation stems from my family not giving up on me and believing that I am here for a reason. I was considered an atrisk youth early in my life but through prayer and strong family ties, I broke many barriers.”

The product of what he calls a non-traditional home, Antwan says he understands the hardships facing African-American youth today: A lack of male and female role models, negative peer influence, lack of resources and limited education, to name just a few. “My hope is that youth will hear and feel my testimony and understand that it is not about where, what or who you come from but understand that all things are possible. If God brought you to it, He will bring you through it.”

A Glynn Academy graduate who earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Morris Brown College and his master’s in education from Troy State University, Antwan sits on the boards of the Georgia Juvenile Services Association, the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia, McIntosh Seed and City of Brunswick Weed and Seed Steering Committee.

“Antwan is a very professional hometown guy ... very successful,” says Brian Dolan, director of the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia.

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A Photographic Memory “This is my photo album from my wedding (to Shauntae Walker of Camden County). Family is very important to me and I take them with me in all endeavors. Their belief and prayers for me motivate and make me work harder to reach all short and long term goals.”

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Tim Wessinger

District Press Secretary for U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston Nominated Anonymously Age: 29 If you think wisdom only comes with age then you haven’t met Tim Wessinger. You might remember hearing the name after a meeting on the controversial topic of relocating the Glynn County Detention Center deteriorated into a scuffle between two men on opposite sides of the issue. Without taking sides personally or on behalf of his boss, Tim stepped between the two with an admonition for cooler heads to prevail, acting with a decisiveness and practicality not typically associated with youth.

An old soul living in a young body, Tim possesses many of the character traits we all aspire to but seldom achieve without years experience. Confidence. Drive. Purpose. Motivation.

Devotion.

From tile setter to deputy press secretary for one of the most respected conservatives in Congress, Tim is clear about his path in life even as he reminds himself that it could end tomorrow.

“I am serving my country,” he says. He sits before three computer monitors and carries two Blackberries to keep up with the needs of not only his boss but the people his boss serves, the constituents of Georgia’s first Congressional district – more than half-a-million people in 25 counties, to be very nearly precise.

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The Stuff That Dreams are Made of Tim Wessinger holds a copy of The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, a book his grandfather urged the entire family to read, and which set Tim on the right path after a few months of aimless wandering. “That’s what started it all,” Tim says.

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Kate Sparks

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Nominated by Joan Scarborough Age: 29 Kate Sparks lives the wild life, whether tracking right whales and sea turtles by plane and boat, or simply indulging a taste for culinary adventures in the kitchen.

A native of Colorado, biology brought Kate east six years ago for a job in environmental education on Tybee Island. She moved on to Sapelo and then Ossabaw before landing on St. Simons to work as a right whale observer.

Now a wildlife technician for the Georgia DNR, Kate monitors dolphin and whale populations and is on-call for a “stranding network” that investigates the cause of death of marine life.

She works with children teaching them about the coastal environment and conducts workshops for teachers as well tracking the migrations of calving Right whales off the coast.

“Kate supports downtown development and encourages participation in local events,” says Joan Scarborough, a fellow member of the Cookbook Club at Hattie’s Bookstore. “She appreciates the history of the area and enjoys gardening at her home in Old Town. She crafts household art, pet sits and when she shares her latest culinary adventure with Cookbook Club members, her enthusiasm is contagious – and she’s a very good cook!”

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Grabbing Life by the Antlers “I am holding a key chain made of elk antler that my mother gave me before I moved out to Georgia,” Kate says. “She gave it to me to remind me where I came from. Not only does it remind me that I grew up in Colorado but of the strong and loving family I came from. I carry it with me every day as a reminder of this.”

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Christy Krisfalusi

SunTrust Bank and The Still & Winery Nominated by Greer Ward Age: 33 Christy Krisfalusi’s enthusiasm for the Golden Isles is so boundless one would think she was born and raised here. However, Christy and husband Aaron are relative newcomers, arriving in town in May 2007.

“Christy immediately threw herself into the community, becoming an active member of several organizations,” says Greer Ward.

A member of the board of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, Christy graduated the 2007-2008 class of Leadership Glynn, then co-chaired the 2008-2009 class. She co-chaired the marketing committee that produced the Glynn Community Crisis Center cookbook benefitting Amity House and volunteers to cook meals for the elderly/infirm members of her church. Recently she organized a benefit for the employees of Southern Soul BBQ after the business was burned out of its building in March.

“If it were my business I would be saddened over the loss but devastated that the people that count on my business to provide for themselves and their families would suffer,” Christy says. “There were so many people that wanted to help but didn’t know where to start.

When people are in need and you can help you should. It’s the right thing to do and our social responsibility.”

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Her Family Tree “My family is my foundation,” Christy says. “We are a large group of people led by my grandmother – the matriarch, the heart, the glue, the beacon of light, the faith, the mentor. Two pictures are of her. The other is a picture of my boys. I hope to be half the woman my grandmother is and continue to pass down her lessons and knowledge to them. I want to live my life celebrating my blessings, giving when I can and being the example to my children that my grandmother is to me and our family.”

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Beau Sasser, MD

Medical Director, Sports Medicine Program at Southeast Georgia Health System Nominated by Jacqueline Weder Age: 38 Dr. Beau Sasser likes to get people up again and moving. He’s a bit of a mover himself, although he admits wife Lisa is the better athlete when it comes to tennis. “She beats me up on the tennis court,” he says.

Beau says he chose to specialize in orthopedics because it gives him a chance to work with athletes.

“I enjoy actually working with the injured patient, being able to get someone back out there. I do a lot of stuff outside – work in the yard, play tennis, fish, jog, bike; I lean more toward that group of individuals and getting them well and on their way.”

A sideline physician for the Glynn Academy Red Terrors football team, Beau also volunteers his talents to the Coastal Medical Access Project, winning the organization’s physician volunteer of the year award in 2009. A member of the board of directors of the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia, Beau is also a consultant at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, having performed a handful of surgeries on injured sea turtles there. Beau received his sports medicine training while in a Fellowship program with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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“He is an extremely active volunteer in the community and gives back whenever he gets a chance,” says Jacqueline Weder. “We are all fortunate to have a physician like Dr. Sasser in our community.

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His Hero “That is a picture of my grandfather – No. 33, Pete Sasser – and the 1940 Glynn Academy Footabll team,” says Dr. Beau Sasser. “It is just one of those objects that my grandmother gave me and it just keeps me rooted to this place. That picture exemplifies the sort of hometown feeling I have about growing up here. I have a history here.”

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Beth Burnsed

Jekyll Island Authority Nominated Anonymously Age: 29 Anyone with the word “special” in her job title has a lot to live up to; Beth Burnsed does not disappoint in that regard.

The director of special events for the Jekyll Island Authority, Beth is responsible for planning great times on Jekyll through such events as the Shrimp & Grits Festival, the annual Beach Music and Barbecue Festival and the island’s Christmas Tree lighting. She also lends a hand to planning for other people’s events, including the TRI-RED Triathlon benefitting the local American Red Cross, the Southeast Georgia Health System’s Bridge Run, and the United Way’s Landmark Event.

Beth’s events are successful because she expects them to be.

“Many people would probably call me a perfectionist,” Beth says. “I just think I am always striving to do better and be better. I never want to stop learning or settle for mediocrity. I hope I can encourage others to do the same.”

The mother of two-year-old twins, Beth spends spare time enjoying the outdoors with her family. The events she plans are family friendly because Beth herself is that way.

“We are blessed to have both sides of the family living close by,” she says. “We enjoy family dinners and cook-outs.”

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Her Life in Print “These are some of the journals that I have kept throughout my life. They help me remember where I have been, where I want to be, and what my goals are.

They keep me striving to do more and be a better person. They also help me remember how important it is to relish every moment of life.”

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Jill Mitchell

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Nominated by Andrew Smith Age: 36 No single act of philanthropy reaps greater rewards than inspiring children, and Jill Mitchell is making that her life’s work. The executive director of Communities in Schools aims to increase high school graduation rates by engaging in meaningful relationships with students, their families and school staff.

“Through CIS Jill works with students before school at Glynn Academy and Brunswick High four days a week,” says Andrew Smith. “Not only does Jill do a fantastic job with her role in the classroom, she does a great job running the non-profit.”

Jill and two site coordinators “walk the beat” every day, checking on students, talking and creating a circle of influence for them so they never feel like they are alone.

“Most of our kids come from very difficult home situations – examples, a female student at BHS has a mother who sells drugs out of their back door for a living; a male student at Glynn Academy watched two family members be shot and killed last year. Helping them find productive adults as examples creates positive change in their personality, and the culture of their families,” Jill says.

The mother of a 15-year-old daughter, Jill is also a member of Leadership Glynn and volunteers as chair for the nonprofit Family Connections. She is also an enthusiastic volunteer for Relay for Life benefitting the American Cancer Society.

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Her Inspiration “My daughter, Morgan Mitchell. She is an incredible human being and the reason I fight for change in our world. She is strong and determined as well as amazingly able to inspire those around her to strive for greatness. She challenges me to grow and learn more every day. I am honored to be her mother.”

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Hillary Stringfellow

Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford and Martin Nominated Anonymously Age: 33 Had Hillary Stringfellow been the model for the term “Renaissance man,” the world would now measure dilettantes by the feminine ideal. Hillary’s resumé reveals a variety of interests and talents, from law to animal husbandry. Some of her philanthropic activities relate to her day job – for example, she is a member of the board of the Golden Isles Kingfish Classic. “I am no great fisherman, but have a pretty good understanding of the Internal Revenue Code as applied to tax-exempt charities, so I have helped the Kingfish Classic.”

She also serves on the board of the Georgia FFA/4-H Foundation. “Growing up I was a member of the Georgia FFA. I showed livestock, the whole bit.” She is also past Gala Chair for the American Cancer Society’s Victory Board; a member of the Hospice Auxiliary; and sits on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia. She serves on the Governor’s Judicial Nominating Commission and was appointed to the State Ethics Commission is June.

“Hillary really is a modern super woman,” writes the anonymous admirer who nominated her. “She does so much for so many and she never complains. She is worthy of this recognition because she does not look for recognition.

She is a leader with a servant’s heart and that is a quality that makes you a true ROCK STAR!”

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The Font of Knowledge “I am holding my great-grandmother’s ink blotter, which I keep on my desk at work. While I work at a desk and writing is an important part of my work, I have also been blessed with great examples of hard work and strength in my family and the blotter seemed symbolic of it all.”

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True Vine Wine and Gourmet Nominated by Joan Scarborough Age: 38

It speaks extremely well of a man that his mother-in-law would nominate him for accolades based upon his work ethic and good character. Brian Green is such a man.

A former Navy submariner, Brian was working full-time when he earned his bachelor’s degree in business management the same year he became a father. Three years later, he realized his dream of owning his own wine shop.

“When we lived out in the Pacific Northwest, we lived in wine country. When we came out here we did not see much of the Pacific Northwest wines. That planted a seed with me.”

As luck would have it, Brian ran across a study that the City of Brunswick had done that found a wine and gourmet shop was needed downtown. All signs pointed to a successful idea, and Brian launched his shop in November 2008 – in the midst of a down economy.

“I always joke about it; Who wants to run a small business in a good economy? You’ve got to have a challenge in life.”

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Charlotte Azcuna-Zell

Glynn Art Association Nominated by Lea King-Badyna Age: 38 Charlotte Azcuna-Zell loves to be behind the scenes, in part because that is where all the fun happens. That’s also why others like being back there with her.

“With her amazing energy and positive outlook she makes volunteering extra fun for those around her. She always has a smile on her face, plus Charlotte is one cool chick!” says Lea King, a friend and fellow member of the Golden Isles Track Club. Charlotte often brings daughter, Brooke, along on her causes, teaching her the value of volunteering.

“I think for her being an 8-year-old she knows what it means to be helpful,” Charlotte says. “I take her out and show her the different things that we can do to better ourselves.”

Children are near and dear to Charlotte’s heart – she is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) who visits at-risk children who, for family or other reasons, are involved with the local court system. “I’m blessed and I’ve got everything I need, so why not give back?” she says.

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The World in Her Hands “Brooke is is the only child so her dad and I take her where ever we go. Needless to say, she meets plenty of people. Brooke loves coming to events and functions and helping out.”

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Josh Kirkland

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Nominated by Amanda Kirkland Age: 31 Josh Kirkland has a jump on the crowd; he’s already country as it’s becoming cool again.

Josh and his wife, Amanda, own a family farm north of Brunswick, where they grow vegetables, tend a dairy cow and laying hens, and generally defy the odds. Josh and his family tend 33 acres that belonged to his grandfather.

Josh and his father revived the operation a few years ago.

“We absolutely don’t make any money farming,” says his wife, Amanda, the more talkative of the two, “but when you meet us, you’ll see we eat well.”

Josh co-owns a steel company in town, serves on the board of the Farm Bureau, and is a member of the Cattlemen’s Association (which he hasn’t had as much time for lately, being the father of four and running a business and a farm). An Eagle Scout, Josh serves as Cub Master for Pack 211 and instills his work ethic in his children, who learn by doing.

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Mallery Street Cafe; Under the Oaks Art; Honey Blue Nominated by Natalie Bishop Age: 26 Artists have a friend in Ashley Henry, who organized Under the Oaks Art, a cooperative for starving artists seeking a showcase for their works. “Ashley has worked tirelessly to provide interesting venues for those artists who want to show/sell their work but don’t want to (or can’t afford to) join an arts association or wait around for semi-annual art shows with high booth fees,” says Natalie Bishop.

In addition Ashley organizes a monthly Community Art Market at Palm Coast Coffee in the St. Simons Village to increase awareness of local art, to make more art available, and to make it available to everyone. The market is open to all artists and to the buying public. It is held from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on the last Sunday of every month.

Ashley herself is an artist, working most recently in textiles. She takes individual fabric pieces a bit like those that would be pieced together to produce a story quilt, but frames them individually. She is also well-known as a washboard player and singer in the group Honey Blue, which performs regular gigs on St. Simons Island. “I do a little bit of everything,” she says.

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From Humble Beginnings Ashley holds an acorn, a symbol for her Under the Oaks Art group. “I’m one person with an idea, starting small. That’s kind of what an acorn is, it’s small but the inspiration can grow. As long as you work, you can get as big as the wonderful oak trees we have here. The acorn is symbolic for me; things start small but as they grow they can get big.”

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Chris Pierce

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Nominated Anonymously Age: 38 You know one who cares by the passion they bring to their tasks. By his own admission, Chris Pierce cares deeply about this community, and it shows in the work he does.

A financial center leader for BB&T, Chris gives of his free time as a Glynn County Rotarian; he serves as an ambassador on behalf of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce; he volunteers for the United Way and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and serves on the Frederica Academy Parent Council.

“If I had to choose one word to describe myself, it would be leader,” Chris says. “Donald H. McGannon once said, ‘Leadership is action, not position.’ Being an effective leader in my occupation and society I recognize passion, dependability, honesty and principle to be the foundation of effective leadership. These characteristics combined lead to change that is required for growth both personally and in our community.”

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Tye Pipkin Canopy Asset Management Nominated by Stephanie Boatman and Christine Norris Age: 39 Tye Pipkin is the go-to guy for all things Bulldog around here, being best known as president and head cheerleader for the Golden Isles Chapter of the Georgia Bulldawg Club. But he’s also a good friend and neighbor, a cheerful welcoming committee to newcomers on the Island he’s called home since age 6.

“We have lived here six years, and Tye has been a terrific friend and neighbor,” says Christine Norris. “He is always willing to offer assistance and has an excellent rapport with his clients and everyone who knows him.”

Tye’s been busy this year starting his own business with his father, and his ability to juggle the demands of work, home and community have earned him the admiration of friends and employees. “Tye is a highly motivated individual,” says Stephanie Boatman. He sponsors sports teams and serves as a deacon at St. Simons Baptist Church. “I’m proud to be a deacon there,” he says. “If somebody asked me, ‘What are you involved in that really means a lot to you, that would be it.’”

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Calvin Collins Headway Outdoors, The Computer Nerds Nominated Anonymously Age: 25 Headway Outdoors grew out of a landscaping business Calvin Collins started at 16. To say that Calvin is an entrepreneur at heart is a lot like saying Bill Gates lives comfortably; gross understatement.

“I’ve been told by a lot of my friends younger and older that I have a very old soul,” Calvin says. When he’s not working at one of his two businesses, he’s still busy. He serves as a volunteer firefighter for Glynn County, and also coaches recreational league sports teams and teaches swimming. In October, he traveled to Honduras on a medical mission trip with Stepping Up and Reaching Out Ministries.

“Calvin has accomplished more in the short 25 years of his life than most people do in a lifetime, and still, he is forever looking to improve upon himself,” writes his anonymous admirer.

“He is an ever-present positive influence to his friends, family and community.”

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Dustin Paulk Moore Stephens Tiller Nominated by Angie Hays Age: 31 Dustin Paulk is a Southerner, and his hobbies tell us so. Fishing, hunting, scuba diving, spending time with his family and paying homage to the women in his life are all favorite pasttimes, most learned at the knee of his father while growing up in Southwest Georgia.

A senior accountant for Moore Stephens Tiller, he also volunteers his time to serve as treasurer of the Golden Isles Christian Businessmen’s Association, the St. Simons Boating and Fishing Club and the Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association.

“I must give credit for my interest in the arts to the two most influential women in my life, my wife and my mom,” Dustin says. “The part that satisfies me the most about these organizations is what they remind me of in my past and present and it has been a priviege to be able to serve organizations taht I believe would make those whom I care about proud.”

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All the Gold Love for his new wife, Stacy Simmons, and for the hobbies his father taught him are foremost in Dustin’s heart. “I do not know how much these things say about me, but I know they say much more about those who have helped shape my life.”

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Samuel Norris, DDS Coastal Periodontists Nominated by Nicky Mavromat, Christine Norris, Eva Tarpley and Brenda Watson Age: 37 Dr. Sam Norris is a rare breed of man, one who is well-versed in art and science, practicing both with equal ease.

“To dentists, he’s known as a musician,” says Christine Norris. “To musicians, he is known as a dentist.” Up until recently, Dr. Norris played the string bass in the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and Jekyll Island Big Band, what he calls “a very serious hobby.”

“Trying to make a living in music is a tough way to go,” he says. “I wanted a job where when I did have a family, I would be home, not on the road.”

Family is highest on his list, and one of the several reasons so many – including his wife – stepped up to nominate Dr. Norris for this list. That’s not all there is to this well-rounded man, however. Dr. Norris volunteers for the Coastal Medical Access Project, and serves as a deacon and part-time Sunday school teacher at St. Simons Island First Baptist Church, where he also plays bass for worship service.

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Maestro Luis Haza

By Amy H. Cart er | Photography by C hris Moncus

You find out what is important to a man by looking at his hands.

At the moment Luis Haza’s hands are dancing nervously at his sides, quickened by the urge to reclaim a precious possession from the clutches of another.

“The maestro,” as he is known to fans, is usually as cool as they come, even when he’s speaking of his passsssssion for music in English heavily spiced by the Cuba he fled 46 years ago. At this moment, though, he is pensive, offering up a whispered “it is priceless” more as a prayer to God than an admonition to the photographer holding his Vuillaume picture bow.

The bow is a treasure not only because of the microscopic picture of 19th century French violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume that is revealed when one peers into a hole on the heel of the bow, but also because it is thought to have belonged to Napoleon III, nephew and heir of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Vuillaume bow was one of 12 in a Parisian collection with Napoleonic ties. The lot came up for sale in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, early in the maestro’s 36-year career as first violinist for the National Symphony Orchestra. A dealer offered him a preview of the Parisian collection and maestro purchased the picture bow “immediately” as a companion for his 1707 Guarnerious violin. The violin, too, is priceless, coming from the workshop of an Italian who competed directly with Stradivarius.

acrobatics, Chris Moncus manages to capture the likeness of Vuillaume from inside the bow, Luis Haza leans over the window of the camera to examine the digital rendering of an image seen only by a few select eyeballs over the last two centuries and says simply: “Wow.” He reclaims the bow, handling it with the same care one would employ holding a newborn baby. While the maestro’s hands do not resemble the rough and ready tools of a laborer, he considers himself merely the custodian for these two instruments.

“These belong to humanity,” he says of violin and bow. “I am just the caretaker.”

With both returned to his care, his demeanor undergoes a sea change. His spine straightens, his shoulders square and his left eyebrow arches, gloriously freed from the weight of worry. The maestro hoists that 300-year-old violin with all the aplomb of a matador twirling his cape, brandishing that imperial bow like a long-stemmed rose he means to use to woo that hourglass shape. Instead he sets bow to strings and, together, the trio makes beautiful music.

The maestro’s smile is now seductive beneath bedroom eyes, the look one expects from a suave señor whose swarthy good looks and celebrated talent are lethal to ladies, especially when he suits up in his performance tux (that according to his wife of six years, the elegant blonde Dana – ice queen to his sun king).

When, after a series of increasingly creative feats of photographic

Maestro Luis Haza will stage his debut performance in the Golden Isles at 7 p.m. Dec. 2, the star of a benefit concert supporting arts and cultural programming at the College of Coastal Georgia. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres catered by Halyards. Tickets are $100 and are available by contacting the college’s advancement

Maestro might be playing to type or, perhaps, being a classical musician and a Latin male, he is just naturally predisposed to romanticism.

He got his ideas about the American South from watching “Gone With the Wind;” he refers to Dana as his very own Scarlett O’Hara, equal parts Georgia peach and steel magnolia. They met after a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She was working as policy director for Newt Gingrich of Georgia, former Speaker of the House for the U.S. House of Representatives.

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“When I saw her and started speaking with her, I was very surprised she was a single woman by herself and she was interested in the musical education of young people,” he says.

The Coastal Youth Symphony will perform a holiday concert

It is a cause they share and one that they continue to champion, despite maestro’s “retirement” to St. Simons Island, which is shaping up to be a second career. Luis Haza, who staged his first violin per-

with Maestro Luis Haza conducting at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12.

The concert will be in the Glynn Academy Auditorium.

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The Sicilian Judge’s Son

By Bob Dart

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ometimes a father’s dreams for his son differ from the son’s dreams for himself.

The conflict can last a lifetime. The healing can comfort us all.

“My father always wanted me to go to law school,” recalls Philip Alaimo.

This paternal ambition is not surprising in that Philip is the son of Anthony A. Alaimo, who died in Brunswick at the age of 89 on Dec. 30, 2009, after 38 years as a renowned federal judge.

After graduating from Emory Law School, Tony Alaimo practiced law in Atlanta before moving to Glynn County to practice in 1957. The family settled in the Golden Isles. In 1971, he was appointed by thenPresident Nixon as the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia. The former POW is credited with landmark reform of the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville that took a quarter of a century lawsuit to achieve. He served on the federal bench until his death.

His parents were not “huggers,” Philip says.

“When I was 11 years old, somehow they forgot my birthday. I had a Little League game and afterward I was crying in bed and my mother came in to see what was wrong.

I told her ‘nobody even wished me happy birthday’.”

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“I didn’t hug them, didn’t play with them or go on picnics,” Judge Alaimo says. “I never was a buddy.”

But Phillip always wanted to play in a rock ‘n’ roll band.

To a son who grew up playing sports, partying and going to the beach on St. Simons Island, Anthony A. Alaimo was a stern and often distant figure.

“He didn’t like my career choice,” says Philip, who is 63 now with baldness replacing the shoulder-length hair he sported while playing bass guitar throughout the South in the 1960s and 1970s.

“He just worked all the time,” says Philip. “He was very serious about everything. If you were having too much fun, something was wrong.”

There were times that the father and son deliberately did not speak to each other.

However, that’s getting ahead of our story.

Anthony A. Alaimo was born in Sicily, the fifth of seven children born to Salvadore and Santa Alaimo who brought their family to the United States in 1922. He grew up poor during the Great Depression, earning money as a shoeshine boy and barber while earning a B.A. degree from Ohio Northern University. During World War II, he served as a U.S. Army aviator and was shot down over Germany. He escaped from a Prisoner of War camp and made his way to Switzerland. In 1946, he married a divorced woman, Jeanne Loy Bischoff, he had met before the war and helped raise her son, Bobby Bischoff, along with their son, Philip.

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To Philip, there was no such thing as “too much fun.”

Their attitudes were in some ways generational – formed by starkly different childhoods.

“He grew up poor in the Depression. He wore hand-me-down clothes,” says Philip. “His drive came because he didn’t want to be poor again.”

Philip grew up amid Baby Boomer prosperity and parental pressures.

In his biography, “The Sicilian Judge: Anthony Alaimo, An American Hero,” the father described the rearing of Bobby and Philip.

His own father, Salvadore, had sat at the head of the dinner table with a soup ladle handy to whack naughty children. Tony was rarely home for dinner with his family during Philip’s formative years.

Education had lifted the judge from his own humble beginnings and he stressed schooling for his son – who was less academically oriented. Philip was already in a band – the Sons of Bach or S.O.B.s – when he went to Georgia Southern as a freshman.

Then his grades came in – two Cs and a D. When Philip started back the next semester, his father forebade him from taking his amplifier. Philip defied his father and took the amp – declaring that he would use money he had earned lifeguarding to pay his own way to school.

“We were totally not speaking,” Philip recalls.

He remembers a stare that would wither lawyers in federal court decades later.

“My father never spanked me,” he says. “But I would have preferred being beat by a belt than to have that look. He could humble you with one short glance.”

At a time when starting teachers in Georgia were being paid $4,800 a year, Philip was earning more than $10,000 a year playing gigs at fraternity houses, dances and clubs. He would be a musician for the next half century.

{ people & places } “He was upset but he didn’t try to stop me,” Philip says. “He would say ‘Don’t expect my approval of your choices’.”

Philip married Pam, a girl he knew from Georgia Southern, and she became a teacher. They settled in Savannah. Philip played with several bands.

Because of his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, “Pam and I put off having children,” Philip says.

But as his father approached a milestone birthday, the judge told him, “‘I’m about to turn 60. I hope you’re going to produce me some grandchildren.’ That ended my traveling musician years.”

Pam and Philip had a daughter, Julie, and a son, Joseph. His father was “thrilled,” Philip says.

Philip went to work installing elaborate sound systems. “We did some federal courthouses and [my father] could see the results of my work,” Philip says. Still, there was never a “Son, you did a good job” in life.

and we’d watch football on TV and he’d smoke a cigar.”

They would talk of their lives. Philip would argue that he had created something tangible – sound systems – while lawyers “shuffled papers.”

“I’m sweating, climbing in rafters, making something,” he’d tell the judge. “He did respect sweat. His father was a bricklayer.”

They laughed together.

“He had a wicked sense of humor. Sarcastic,” Philip says. When the judge’s longtime friend, Jim Bishop, called near the end and asked how he felt, “he gave me a wry look and said, ‘Tell Jim I feel horrrrrible’.”

They never saw eye-to-eye, Philip says, “but we did have a good last year.”

Now the son is planning to move back to the Island and is looking for a rock ‘n’ roll band to join.

Now, though, the end of this epic is nigh.

Bob Dart retired as a national correspondent in the Washington Bureau of

The Bible teaches “To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”

So it is with fathers and sons.

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“We had very heated political debates. Even that last year when I was spending the most time with him,” says Philip with a smile. “He had gotten more conservative as he had gotten older.”

They ate dinner together at the Red Barn on Saturday nights.

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formance at 11 and conducted his first symphonic orchestra at 12, has agreed to serve as conductor of the Coastal Youth Symphony of Georgia, sharing a talent born of tragedy and oppression with children born with the freedom to pursue any happiness they choose.

The maestro himself yearned for freedom long before he attained it; his father, chief of the national police department in Santiago de Cuba, was executed without trial for advocating democracy in Cuba. Dana says Cuban President Raúl Castro, brother of Fidel, pulled the trigger.

Maestro took up the violin nine months later, at the age of 9. Once, during a practice, communist guards came in and demanded a solo.

“You, boy, play something!” they commanded young Luis Haza. He complied with “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Before the guards could react (and retaliate), two older musicians answered with a ruse – “Did he play that right? He played that in F sharp and it should have been B flat” – while another bodily removed Luis Haza to the back of the orchestra “to defuse the bomb, because it was a bomb,” the maestro says.

Not long after, the boy who would become the maestro escaped Cuba with a planeload of Communist Party dignitaries bound for Europe, a feat engineered by a mistress of Fidel Castro. (“There is a saying in my country,” he starts somewhat hesitantly. “A pair of bosoms is more powerful than a pair of bulls.” He doesn’t want this on the record until I insist that it is not news, especially not to the women he fears he will offend; it is his homage to the tenacity of an extraordinary woman – paramour to one of history’s most notorious villains – who was determined to see him freed.)

The Golden Isles owes a note of thanks to that fearless woman, who delivered to us a most interesting talent, indeed. You are free to do as you please, fellow Americans, and the maestro will be the first to tell you that, but the chance to hear the man, his violin and his bow right here in the Golden Isles is a freedom best not taken for granted.

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n environmentally conscious individual does more than simply toss a plastic bottle in the recycle bin. He buys organic, reuses and recycles as much as environmentally possible, and leads by example. He’s more than eco-conscious – his habits are a way of life.

In the business world, working green can often be a challenge. Offices are full of energy-extracting devices and habits such as computers and printers; employees devouring reams of paper by printing and copying; lights that are left on; air-conditioning and heating units sometimes running non-stop; and there is always someone who refuses to use the recycle bin.

Can businesses run an eco-friendly environment? What are the costs associated with energy efficiency? And are there benefits to working green?

“It’s better for the planet if we use less power, less water,” says Barbara Ingram, president of Paramount Printing, adding that “it’s the responsible thing to do.”

Barbara’s employees recycle everything that can possibly be salvaged such as plastic, aluminum cans and cardboard. To them, she says, recycling is a habit. She strongly feels that once recycling becomes routine with anyone, the tendency is to continue recycling in one’s own home.

Leading by example, Barbara drives a Prius Hybrid, her family grows their own vegetables, buys organic and local, uses compact fluorescent light bulbs, runs ceiling fans, and never buys water in plastic bottles. “The point is to be sustainable,” she says. “Everything you do (has) a domino effect.”

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As the owner of a small commercial printer, Barbara is aware of the importance of energy savings. Although she had to adhere to strict historic preservation guidelines when she restored the now 100-year-old building that houses her business, she made certain the shop would run energy efficient without taking away from the authenticity of the structure. The building is equipped with energy saving materials such as a flat roof with a waterproofing system that reflects light and heat; programmable thermostat; and energy efficient air-conditioning units. She also installed Low-Emissivity window glass, which controls the amount of heat transfer and infrared radiation. Low-E windows typically cost 10 to 15 percent more than regular windows but reduce energy loss by 30 to 50 percent.

Despite running eight large pieces of printing, bindery and copying equipment and six computers in a building with 13-foot high ceilings and western-facing windows, Barbara’s electric bill is equal to that of most homes.

Great news for her business, considering Buildings Energy Data Book reports that residential and commercial buildings consume over 70 percent of electricity in the United States. This accounts for 80 percent, $238 billion, of the total U.S. electricity expenditures.

John A. Tuten and Associates, Architects earned a gold rating for the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified office building they completed in 2008. LEED accreditation is awarded to individuals, specifically architects and others who work within the building industries who have been trained in a variety of sustainable and environmentally responsible

{ business } building curriculum, explains Brock Tobaden, architectural intern with Tuten and Associates. The firm has three LEED accredited architectural professionals.

The gold rating they received was awarded using a point system in areas such as water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.

Their office building is the only building in Glynn County with the LEED gold certification.

President and Architect John A. Tuten explained that the essence of their building is the natural light. This would include an efficient reflective metal roof surface with the highest reflectivity to reduce solar heat gain.

The orientation of the building, combined with the design and placement of the roof overhangs and windows keep the building free of glare. They installed a reflective white limestone gravel surface in their parking lot instead of using heat absorbing asphalt.

When there is no natural sunlight, their sophisticated lighting system kicks in. All of the lights are activated with sensors that sense motion and patterns of use. They come on only when needed.

Nearly everything in their building is produced with recycled material including thecarpet, the recycled glass kitchen counters and rubber parking bumpers.

they’ve learned and researched as they can, to the extent the budget will allow. For now, John says their building is “the only building with daylight at this level of sophistication,” in this area.

The products we use in our homes and offices can also adversely affect our physical health. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development’s “Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study” found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be two to five times higher inside homes than outside.

These include paints and varnishes, cleaning supplies, and hobby and cosmetic products.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)—gasses emitted from certain solids or liquids—are up to ten times higher indoors than outdoors. VOCs are found in paints and lacquers; cleaning supplies; furniture and building materials; and office equipment such as copiers and printers, graphics and craft materials including glues and adhesives, permanent markers and photographic solutions.

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The facility is equipped with a sunken pond loop heat exchanger. This device uses the consistent temperatures at the bottom of the 13-foot pond to provide a natural airconditioning and heating system.

“Building an energy efficient building isn’t the least expensive you can do,” says John.

He was convinced, however, that you do not have to spend a lot of money for such a structure and used his own design as an example.

At their cost of $106 a square foot, the 6,000 square foot building operates at 56 percent of energy usage of a typical office building.

They save nearly $5,000 in electricity annually. The savings earned them a 2009 ENERGY STAR Certification.

Although John’s firm does not design all of their buildings with the LEED qualifications, they try to apply as many of the lessons

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“Anybody can put ‘green’ on their label,” says Anne. But what distinguishes environmentally safe green products from ones harmful to you, your family or pets, are the warning symbols. Products that tell you to use gloves, labeled danger, warning, caution or poison, are not products you want in your home or your business, she warns.

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To find out what’s really inside the bottle, check the labels or contact the manufacturer and ask for the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), she suggests. Web sites such as Green Seal (greenseal.org), Environmental Working Group (ewg.org) and Household Products Database (householdproducts.nlm. nih.gov/ingredients.htm) can provide additional information on your products.

Products that are all natural are organic, made with plants. Also, Anne suggests using products that are super concentrated, which will last longer and save you money.

Anne stresses the importance of businesses using environmentally friendly products to provide a safe place for their employees to work.

“Their employees are healthier, they miss fewer days of work, there are fewer accidents and they are generally happier,” she says. “As people are more environmentally conscious…then they are actually helping people as well as the environment to have better health.”

Barbara agrees that her employees at Paramount Printing are much healthier and happier. An air filtration system designed to eliminate the printing fumes means the air they breathe is cleaner.

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want this to be a happy place to work so they’ll stay.” She adds that keeping in mind the health of the ones who work for you is the right thing to do.

The fresh air standards at Tuten and Associates are the highest in the industry, says John. There are minimum standards and then there are the LEED standards they follow. “This building was extraordinarily clean before we turned the heating and air conditioning system on,” he says. They changed the filter after 90 days of running the system and the filter still looked brand new.

Their walk-off mats placed at each entrance use a recycled rubber grate system which “essentially knocks the dust and dirt off your feet so you won’t bring it inside and hurt your indoor air quality,” says Brock.

For John and his associates, their facility is a better environment to work in and because of this, “it’s a very pleasant place to be every day,” he states.

John wanted to demonstrate that a LEED building can be designed and built at a reasonable cost, and that it is a practical thing to do. A safe, energy efficient environment can be created by following “common sense guidelines.” He attempts to influence his clients, including school clients, to think in this direction.

“Our energy resources are limited and common sense is we’ve got to change it,” he adds. “We need to think differently about how we build buildings.”

J.M. Lacey (jmlacey.com) is a professional freelance writer. She writes articles on business, social development, the arts, health, fashion and Victorian homes.

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The McGladrey Classic: A Photo Essay writ ten and photographed by Joe Loehle The McGladrey Classic, A PGA Tour event, was held at Sea Island’s Seaside course on St. Simons Island. The tournament was hosted by the Davis Love Foundation. From October 6-10, 2010 many of the stars of the

PGA were in the Golden Isles. Many volunteers from the community lent a hand.

The weather was perfect and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. The tour-

nament was won by Heath Slocum. But the true winners were the children’s charities who benefited from the Davis Love Foundation’s contributions. The event will be held again in the Fall of 2011.

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The Volunteers Members of the community helped the tournament by volunteering for a variety of positions.

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DJ Gregory If you watch much golf you may have seen a special on a young man named DJ Gregory. DJ has cerebral palsy and is a huge golf fan. Even though he walks with a cane, and with much difficulty, he doesn’t let that stop him from enjoying the game. In 2008 he walked every hole of every PGA tournament for a total of 44 tournaments in 45 weeks. He continues to walk the cartpaths of the PGA today.

I saw DJ making his way to the next tee box at the McGladrey Classic and had the honor of walking with him a bit and asked to take his photo. He is truly inspiring. What was also great to see was every golfer and caddie that I saw stopped to say hello and shake hands with DJ like old friends. It’s just another example of what a great game golf is and what a class act the McGladrey Classic was.

To find out more about DJ Gregory, a simple Google search will yield many stories and videos.

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“Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes ... “ get caught up in the music and the romance when The Island Players bring the Tony award-winning musical, The Pajama Game, to the St. Simons Island Casino Theater.

Performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sunday matinees. Details: www. theislandplayers.com

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Historic Downtown Brunswick is the place to be on the First Friday of each month!

Various restaurants and pocket parks host live music, “He Said Beer, She Said Wine” tastings at select shops, restaurants and shops stay open late. Art galleries hold opening receptions for new exhibits. Special programs and crafts at the Brunswick Library. Join the fun on Newcastle and Gloucester streets beginning at 5 p.m.

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Let’s stew it! It’s time for the Brunswick Rockin’ Stewbilee at Mary Ross Waterfront Park. The day kicks off at 8 a.m. with a Veterans Day 5K. There will be live music from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a classic car show, pooch parade, arts and crafts, a dunking booth, a children’s play area and, of course, the main attraction: the Brunswick Stew contest. Be there to taste and vote for your favorites! Details: www.brunswickstewbilee.com

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Tour the studios of Glynn Art Association’s artists during the day, then enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails while watching artists demonstrate their craft in the gardens at Ace Garden Center on St. Simons Island from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gARTen ART pARTy fundraiser. Details: www.glynnart.org

Looking for tips on how to tell or sell your story? The Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference hosts amazing speakers and provides networking opportunities for writers. Popular author of the NY Times bestselling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon, and former Random House editor, Adam Davies, will be among the speakers at the November conference taking place at the King and Prince Resort. If you can’t attend the daily workshops, you can still meet the authors at a cocktail reception on Saturday.

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You will be amazed by the artistry displayed at Left Bank Art Gallery’s “Little Picture Show.” Stop by during the opening reception from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. to see more than 200 small jewel-like paintings by more than 25 artists. Details: www.leftbankartgallery.com

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If the Rockin’ Stewbilee wasn’t rockin’ enough, OSKAR Rockhammer will bring their rock n’ roll best to Mary Ross Waterfront Park in Brunswick for this Rhythm on the River concert. Grab a picnic dinner, your favorite beverage and some lawn chairs to join your friends and enjoy this outdoor concert series hosted by the Downtown Development Authority. All concerts begin at 6 p.m. Adult admission is $10. Details: 265-4032

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Have you ever done a Poker Run on a bicycle? The Brunswick Junior Woman’s Club will host the Tap to Tap for the Ticker Peddlin’ Poker Run at noon. This fundraiser for the Glynn Heart Association will start at Monkeywrench Bicycles, continue to Southern Soul Barbeque, Saltwater Cowboy and Locos, finishing with a Low Country Boil at Brogens North. Register online at active.com or at 11:00 a.m. on the day of the run. Details: www.brunswickjwc.org

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Yee-haw! Throw on yer best duds, hats, and boots, and round up yer pardners for the Cowpokes & Cocktails fundraiser to benefit CASA Glynn. The evening fun will take place in the St. Simons Casino Atrium with entertainment by Mason Waters and the Sons of Jesco, and a live auction. Details: 912-264-4448

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Travel the world without leaving your seat with the music of Athens ensemble Dromedary Quartet. These virtuoso world-music performers will perform one night only at the Historic Ritz Theatre in a 9 p.m. concert sponsored by Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association. Details: www. goldenislesarts.org

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Santa comes to Historic Downtown Brunswick for the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting celebration. Mayor Bryan Thompson reads “Twas The Night Before Christmas,” and carolers in the squares on Newcastle Street will fill the air with the sounds of holiday music.

Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. Details: 265-4032

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Watch the magic as Jekyll Island transforms into Holiday Island with the Jekyll Island Christmas Tree Lighting Festival.

Beginning at 4:30 p.m., the Historic District will be filled with arts and crafts vendors, delicious food and children’s activities. Santa will be on the scene for photos. The evening culminates with live music, the lighting of the Christmas tree and a fireworks finale at 7:30 p.m. Details: www.jekyllisland.com

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Treat yourself to a holiday extravaganza when the world-famous Rockettes bring their show-stopping kicks and a cast and crew of more than 100 to Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Adults and children of all ages will marvel at reenactment of the first Christmas in the “Living Nativity,” be amazed by the precision of “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” and will thrill at the trip to the toy shop at the North Pole with Santa himself. Details: www. artistseriesjax.org

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You will definitely want to see the imaginative works in various media created by K-12 students on display in the annual Glynn County Student Art Exhibit. The opening reception for the exhibit at the Ritz Theatre will take place from 5 to 8 p.m., and the exhibit runs through December 31.

Details: www.goldenislesarts.org

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Start your day with the annual Christmas Parade through Historic Downtown Brunswick at 10:00 a.m., then visit the Holiday Bazaar open-air market of arts and crafts, produce and homemade canned and baked goods, collectibles and more at Mary Ross Waterfront Park. Finally, treat the family to a holiday classic movie on the big screen at The Ritz Theatre on this Silver Screen Saturday. The 3 p.m. family matinee will be a showing of the 1947 magical holiday favorite, Miracle on 34th Street. Tim Burton’s imaginative and warm-hearted fable, Edward Scissorhands, will light the screen at the 7 p.m. show.

Details: www.goldenislesarts.org

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The Coastal Youth Symphony of Georgia will get their chance to perform the sounds of the season in a 3 p.m. concert at the Glynn Academy Memorial Auditorium. Come see these talented young musicians under the tutelage of Maestro Luis Haza, the renowned conductor featured in this issue. Details: www.coastalsymphonyofgeorgia.org

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Ciela and Mike Tomme bring the Colonial era to life at the Brunswick-Glynn County Library at 7 p.m. They will dress in period costume and display artifacts from those long ago days while they discuss this time in Georgia’s history.

Details: www.trrl.org

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I dare you NOT to cry when Tiny Tim rides on the shoulders of Ebenezer Scrooge when Brunswick Mayor Bryan Thompson reprises his role as Scrooge in Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. This perennial Dickens favorite will be on stage at The Ritz Theatre only one weekend, and is always popular, so get your tickets early. Details: www.goldenislesarts.org

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Sea-son’s Greetings from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center! Visit sea turtle patients, make a recycled ornament, and meet Santa during this fun holiday celebration at the Jekyll Island turtle care and rehabilitation facility.

Activities begin at noon. Details: www.jekyllisland.com

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Join the Golden Isles Dancers at the beautiful Brunswick Shrine Club from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for a spectacular New Year’s Eve Dance Party with plenty of live music, entertainment, games, all kinds of dancing, and a delicious buffet dinner with dessert catered by the Havana Bistro. Of course, party hats and noise makers are included, as is a bottle of wine or champagne for each couple. Get your tickets early for this event! Details: 635-8219

your last minute Christmas shopping 5-6 Get done at Glynn Art Association’s 19th annual Art in the Park Festival. This Christmas craft festival in Postell Park on St. Simons Island features more than 60 artists and fine craftsman. Booths will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Details: www.glynnart.org

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From Santa Claus to Père Noël, Christmas traditions and holiday music vary throughout the world. Join the Coastal Symphony of Georgia for a Christmas Around the World concert of holiday favorites from Rimsky-Korsakov, Corelli and Britten. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Glynn Academy Memorial Auditorium. Details: www.coastalsymphonyofgeorgia.org

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Enjoy radiant sunsets and experience the Golden Isles’ premier dining destination.

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OLE TIMES COUNTRY BUFFET 665 Scranton Road Brunswick 912-264-1693

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“No shoes, no shirt, no problem!” Great BBQ and burgers just a block from the beach on St. Simons Island. Dine in, family-size take out or catering. Featured on The Food Network. St. Simons’ Original BBQ Restaurant.

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Enjoy a Mediterranean menu with a Northern California wine country flair in a historic Italianate Villa. Dine alfresco in the loggia surrounding the fountain courtyard or indoors. Reservations are suggested.

Mack’s BBQ Place retains its historical reputation for “The Best Barbeque in Brunswick.” From our famous pork plates and battered fries to our great catering options, Mack’s BBQ has everything for the BBQ lover.

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An island tradition for more than 25 years, Brogen’s dishes up the island’s best burgers right in the heart of the Village. A 30-second walk from the Pier, we are the Island’s only double-decker restaurant with an ocean view.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are offered daily in this remarkably beautiful room, as well as a splendid Sunday Brunch. Enjoy live piano music with dinner and Sunday Brunch. Our chef is well known for her delicious low-country cuisine and seafood dishes, and the pastries and desserts are exquisite and all homemade.

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Celebrating our 25th Anniversary in Brunswick, this family owned business is more than just a restaurant that serves award-winning seafood and other delicious fare, it’s a Golden Isles institution. Stop by today and find out why the locals call us “The Best Little Seafood House in the Golden Isles!”

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It’s always game day at Brogen’s North, nestled among the oaks at Frederica North.

Grab a cold one and feast on one of our famous pizzas or burgers, or munch on our legendary potato skins. We’ve got pasta, seafood and the always delicious Chicken Swiss Sandwich on the menu, as well as all your favorite brews.

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The closest table to the water without getting wet! From House-Made Lobster Ravioli, Crab Stuffed Flounder, Wild Georgia Shrimp and Grits, House-Made Ice Cream to the best Fried Oysters you have ever put in your mouth, Coastal Kitchen will keep you coming back for more.

Whether it’s home-cooked breakfast or a tasty wholesome lunch you’re looking for, we have a table set for you at Northside Café. We serve fresh large three-egg omelets with grits, toast and a drink; perfect breakfast plates, and don’t forget the pancakes. Featuring daily lunch specials like burgers, home-style hot dogs & Cuban sandwiches.

DOUG HARRIS’ FIRESIDE CAFÉ 1801 Frederica Road St. Simons Island 912-268-2330

Island dining in a casual fun-filled atmosphere filled with local history. We’re serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner with specialties like blueberry pancakes, shrimp & grits, crab stew, 8 oz. hand-pattied burgers, local seafood, and our award-winning Brunswick Stew. Daily Happy Hour from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m.

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ALLEN’S BAR-B-Q 5420 Hwy 341 & I-95 912-265-4008

A family owned BBQ place that will tantalize your taste buds. An age-old approach is needed when it comes to cooking good BBQ. At Allen’s BBQ you will be welcomed by a down-home group of people who love to see you walk through their door. So when you get the taste for good BBQ, Allen’s will be ready for you.

BLACKBEARD’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 200 N. Beachview Dr.

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Jekyll Island

We offer genuine Japanese fare and Hibachistyle cuisine. Every dish is prepared using the freshest ingredients and the most flavorful seasonings. We offer a delightful children’s menu that every child is sure to enjoy.

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The favorite for pizza in the Golden Isles since 1973. We are known for our famous buffet which includes pizza, pasta, full salad bar and dessert for only $5.99.

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Whether it’s an appetizer and a cold beer that interests you or one of our signature seafood platters that include fresh fish and Wild Georgia Shrimp accompanied by a cocktail or a glass of wine, Blackbeard’s has what you crave!

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