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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Forrest Wood Cup After the glitter settled on the floor of the Gwinnett Center Arena, a 21-year angler basked in his record breaking haul and the sun shone on Lake Lanier as the Forrest Wood Cup drew to a close. Page 63

Lanier venue loses major event The highly anticipated 2013 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship originally planned for Lake Lanier has been relocated to Indianapolis. Page 16

Visiting Midway, Georgia With America facing a key election in November, it seems appropriate to visit the cradle of the revolutionary spirit in and around Midway on the Georgia Coast! Page 58 Also inside: Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Break from the lake . . . . . . . .Page Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Captain’s comments . . . . . . . .Page Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page COE column . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Cruising Wilsons . . . . . . . . . . .Page Dining guide . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Fishing column . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Glenn Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Lake Lanier Olympic Venue . . .Page Lake levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Lanier map . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Marinas information . . . . . . . .Page Outdoor activity calendar . . . .Page Power Squadron column . . . . . .Page Recreation guide . . . . . . . . . .Page Sailing calendar . . . . . . . . . . .Page Shore Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Steve Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . .Page US Coast Guard Auxiliary . . . . .Page

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Having fun for 40 years: Local Atlantans Banks Burgess, left, and Paul Shane marked their four decades of playing tunes together by performing at Lake Lanier Islands last month. Story, page 48.

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By Pamela A. Keene For more than 20 years, the Lake Lanier Association has been working to keep Lake Lanier clean through its annual Shore Sweep event. The format of the event has changed, but the goal is still the same – collect trash, garbage and Styrofoam from the lake, its islands and shorelines each September.

Senior Writer Pamela A. Keene

This year’s event features an advance collection period the week before. There will be nine locations for people to bring trash. The association has created a list of these locations on its website with map coordinates on the Atlantic Mapping Recreation and Fishing Guide for Lake Lanier. In addition to the locations listed, the or-

ganization has set up an advance collection point at Toto Park on the north end of the lake.

From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 29, volunteers are asked to report to various locations around Lake Lanier.

These include War Hill Park, Bald Ridge Marina, Habersham Marina, Port Royale Marina, Lanier Harbor Marina, Aqualand Marina,

Clarks Bridge Park, Gainesville Marina, Hideaway Bay Marina, Holiday Marina, Lake Lanier Islands and Sunrise Cove Marina.

Captains at each site will be present to assist with collection and to provide T-shirts to volunteers who participate.

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Boat docks as bass magnets are hard to beat While growing up six miles from Lake Blackshear, I spent lots of time at my Uncle Jack’s lakefront place. I kept my jon boat in one of his slips. Entering the enclosed dock was always exciting because a stealthy approach would routinely reveal schools of bream moving around and several bass suspended in or near the shaded areas. When it comes to dependable bass holding cover, boat docks are hard to beat. The waters below these sanctuaries offer both security and food. Bass are ambush predators and gravitate readily to areas of shadow.

Typically docks attract small bluegill and other species of forage making them a natural hang out for many gamefish. It’s no surprise that most highly skilled bass anglers are masters at pulling fish from around and under these prime pieces of underwater real estate. As you might imagine, docks vary widely in the level of productivity. Some might be close to a sure thing on every outing while others only produce the occasional fish. The dock itself along with the bottom underneath and around it can provide many clues. Areas with firm bottom

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compositions tend to be more productive than softer sediment.

If the shoreline is rock studded, it’s a pretty good bet the cover extends for a distance underwater as well. Without throwing wild cards (like planted cover or consistent night lighting) down, it’s usually a safe bet that larger docks are more productive than smaller structures. Likewise, older docks that have a very noticeable “patina of age” – alright I really mean run down – can be great producers for several reasons.

These are well worth seeking out.

Don’t forget suspended fish Marina boat slips are the mega docks of many lakes. These can be real hot spots harboring the entire food chain from plankton to predator fish. They are normally well lit at night which is a plus for attracting baitfish. Bass are al-

ways present at a number of key areas in a complex structure like this. It is important to note that some marinas allow anglers to fish slips and some do not. Be sure to look carefully for any posted signs before fishing these areas. If in doubt, it’s always prudent to ask. Since I just mentioned the factor of night lighting, it’s worth noting that docks set up for crappie fishing can be sweet indeed. Look for locations sporting light fixtures close to the water and lots of rod holders.

They’re usually spiked with man made brush piles sunk along the sides and front. Locations like this are bass magnets and should be fished thoroughly. Some property owners sink brush and Christmas trees around docks as a disposal method. This cover is usually not obvious to the eye but a jig or plastic worm can quickly reveal the hidden treasure. When casting around an unfamiliar dock, always make a couple of presentations with a bottom bumping bait for this reason. Unlike the region where I grew up, nearly all docks in our area are suspended on floats. Catchable fish may be suspended just under

the floats or hugging the bottom depending on seasonal and daily conditions. When fishing floating docks, be sure to target anchor poles holding it in place. Bass often gravitate to these the same way they relate to stumps and other objects.

Shoot plastics to hidden bass When casting close to private docks, etiquette is important.

Crankbaits and jerkbaits with treble hooks are pretty safe to fish around the outside edges. When casting into slips I prefer single hook weedless lures such as soft plastics or jigs. Mindful casting along with proper lure selection virtually eliminates above surface snags in this scenario. If a boat is in a slip, space may simply be too tight to make a traditional cast. In this situation, a technique known as “shooting” can provide responsible casting along with presenting lures to bass that receive little to no pressure. Would you like to show a lure to a bass that has not seen an artificial in who knows how long? Safety should be the primary focus with this technique.

Practice in your yard to get started and ensure you are proficient before hitting the water.

This method is exclusive to spinning tackle. It’s best suited to plastic grubs, worms, or skirted tubes rigged on lead heads. If fishing the plastic worm, be sure to use a lead head type hook as well. Skirted jigs and twin tail grubs are also good candidates.

This is an accurate way to put a lure well back into a tight spot where traditional casting is not an option. Since targets are low, a kneeling position is standard. To execute the move, open the bail and drop the lure to halfway between the first eyelet and reel seat. Press the index finger on your rod grip hand against the top edge of the spool to prevent further line from playing out. Now load the rod by grasping the lure with your non casting hand and pulling it directly toward the butt of the rod. The stop point here varies with rod action. Often it will be slightly ahead of the reel.

Next point the rod directly toward the target and parallel to the water surface. Release the lure and index finger you are pressing against the spool simultaneously.

When done properly the bait will slingshot with pinpoint accuracy See Fishing, page 7

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• Fishing Continued from Page 6 to your point of aim. If you need to apply the brakes, simply extend your index finger to the lip on the reel spool. It’s very important to understand how to grasp the lure when doing this. Be sure to use the thumb and closest finger to securely hold the hook in the bend area with the point away from your body. Practice shooting your baits of choice in the back yard, through the kitchen, and under the pick up truck. It’s kind of fun really.

Swimming plastics cover all depths Another very popular method of presenting lures to fish under boat docks is called skipping. As the name implies, the bait is skipped like a flat stone on the water surface. Some anglers can skip expertly with baitcast reels. For most of us, including yours truly, this always results in the biggest gnarly backlashes known to man. For a surer and less frustrating approach reach for the spinning tackle again.

Standing on the bow of the boat, point the rod tip close to the water and snap a cast only a few degrees downward from parallel to the surface. It does take a little practice but like shooting, the rewards are worth the effort. Lures lending themselves best to this technique are jigs, spider grubs, and weightless plastics. When targeting docks remember the fish could be at any depth depending on the conditions and time of year. They may be suspending

slightly below the floats. In this situation, spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits can be effective along the outer edges. On the approach be sure to fish the entire front edge adjacency as well.

Swimming plastics such as curl tail grubs and fluke type baits on Fish Head Spins are great choices with versatility from just below the floats to the bottom. In much of the country, tubes are legendary dock baits of choice. In our area, the king of dock fishing lures is the straight no frills finesse type worm five to six inches in length.

Pick your favorite color of green and pair it with a lead head. A 3/16 ounce size is a day in day out favorite. If you’re taking beginning anglers out try live nightcrawler worms around and under the docks. Use medium spinning tackle and eight pound test. Tie on a number two Aberdeen style hook and crimp a fat split shot about 18 inches up the line. Thread a fat nightcrawler through the middle to cover the hook shank. Gently lob the worm to likely areas and allow it to settle on the bottom for about a minute. Pick it up and repeat the procedure. Be sure to keep tension in the line once the bait reaches the bottom.

In closing, good news is there’s no shortage of boat docks on many of our north Georgia reservoirs. They’re great places to check out when the fishing gets tough. If you’re looking for consistent See Fishing, page 14

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Lanier Fishing Report Lake level: A little over 1062 or about seven and a half feet below full pool.

Surface Temp: 79 to 82 degrees.

Clarity: Normal. Clear in main lake areas with light color in upper tributaries.

Bass fishing has been fair lately. The normal summer patterns are still in full effect.

Drop shot rigs paired with smaller profile finesse worms will fool fish in or around submerged brush piles on points and submerged humps. Shades of green will get the job done when it comes to color selection. Start your search at the 20-foot depth and go deeper. A few fish are responding to the Fish Head Spin paired with a Super Fluke Junior. White pearl is always a sound choice with this baitfish imitating plastic. Don’t forget about the topwater bite. Anglers are reporting pretty decent action in some instances. Keep a ready rod rigged with a small to medium size surface plug. Wolf packs of spotted bass may chase baitfish to the surface at any time. This is especially true on days with clear skies. Expect this to diminish later in the month as we begin the transition to fall.

Striper fishing has been good. Pretty much nothing has changed since last month.

Trolling and live bait on down rods are still the methods of choice. A one ounce bucktail jig trailed on a leader behind eight colors of lead core line will get you into the zone. If you don’t get bit at eight colors, drop back to nine. Be sure to tip your jig with a herring or plastic baitfish style trailer. Down rods are being baited with blue back herring dropped to about 35 feet deep over bottom depths of 80 feet or more. If you spot deeper fish on sonar, don’t hesitate to drop down to a few feet above their level. With both techniques continue to target points and humps near creek mouths and structure adjacent to the main river channel. Look for the legendary Long-A night bite to begin sometime between late September and mid-October.

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Lake association planning legislative agenda focused on safety

By Jane Harrison A local alliance of Lake Lanier stakeholders expects to formulate suggestions for legislation focused on water and boating safety in Georgia next month. Representatives from eight organizations with connections to Lanier discussed the objectives of the nascent Water Safety Alliance at a

late July meeting at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier Islands Resort.

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The public’s lack of awareness about boater education classes was expressed by Philip Burton, President of Gainesville Marina.

“I’ve been on the lake for what seems like 120 years and I’m The Water Safety Alliance, hearing a lot of these things for being formed by the association the first time,” said Burton, after in the aftermath of six fatalities learning of boater and water eduon the lake from May through cation classes available for years July, is expected to propose legthrough organizations with repreislative changes that could effect sentatives at the meeting. boating under the influence and These include courses by the boater licensing requirements.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and “The legislators around the Lanier Sail and Power Squadron, lake are very supportive of helpplus U.S. Army Corps of Engiing the lake,” said LLA President neers safety outreach at schools Val Perry, who suggested stricter and the Rules of the Road Handboating laws. “Alabama has book for boaters published by the strong rules about who can drive Georgia Department of Natural a boat. In Georgia, you get a push Resources. back from those who (would reNick Baggett, Corps Supervisent laws) that won’t let (them) sor for Lake Lanier, commented get their six-pack and take out that despite the summer focus by their jon boat.” the news media on fatalities LLA plans an October meeting caused by boating incidents, there to discuss what suggestions it will are actually more non-boat reput forth. lated drownings on the lake each In the meantime, LLA is colyear. lecting information about boater DNR spokesperson Melissa education and water safety classes Cummings reported to Lakeside to list on its website and at varithat as of mid-August, four peo-

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Ten people drowned in non-boating related incidents in 2011.

Baggett said a majority of those who drown are Hispanics, perhaps indicating a cultural barrier that thwarts safety communication to minorities. He added the Corps dispenses water safety information to schools and posts signs in both English and Spanish and that more outreach to minorities might save lives.

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Getting your boat to the lake and back safely When you are boating on Lake Lanier on any summer weekend, dealing with the rough water due to wind and wakes made by larger boats, you may find it hard to believe that approximately 95 percent of boats sold are small enough to trailer. Many recreational boaters trailer their boats to and from area lakes when they go for a spin on the water while others may launch their boat in the spring and keep it at a private dock until winter. As a matter of fact, one of the real advantages of having a boat of trailerable size, usually 26 feet or less, is that you can visit different bodies of water and vary your scenery and experiences. You may elect to go up to Chattanooga and cruise the Tennessee River, either toward Knoxville or Alabama in the other direction. This will give you a chance to experience “locking through” huge locks on the river.

You may also choose to go to Savannah or Brunswick and get acquainted with the intracoastal waterway.

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that the recommended pressure is stamped on the side of the tire.

Trailer tires are usually smaller Roy than automobile tires, which Crittenden means that they spin and flex many more times per mile than do USCG the car’s tires. When tires flex, Auxiliary they get hot and eventually may blow. When trailering your boat, stop along the way, take a break, outing on the water quicker than a and check the temperature of the trailer failure of some kind on trailer’s tires and wheel hubs by your way to the launching ramp. hand. A hot or excessively warm Even if you make it, you will tire or hub may indicate an imhave had an unpleasant interruppending problem. Before we tion. The purpose of this article is leave tires, remember that your to minimize your traveling probtrailer’s tires will most likely dry lems and pass along some tips rot, develop cracks or separate inthat could be useful in helping side the tire long before the tire make that trip to the lake more enjoyable.

Contacting USCGA During my preparation of this in an emergency article, I spoke with a fellow who sells boat trailers, and I asked him The Coast Guard Auxiliary’s which aspect of trailering or Operations Center with watch trailer maintenance is most likely stander is open from mid-May to get shortchanged by those who through September, weekends trailer their boats. Without hesitaand holidays, from noon until 8 tion, he replied “failure to mainp.m., and can be reached by tain proper air pressure in trailer VHF/FM marine radio on tires.” He reminded me that most Channel 16 or by cell phone by trailer tires require higher prescalling 770-967-2322. sure than automobile tires and

tread wears down. I replaced the tires on my tandem axle trailer this year simply because my tires were getting too old to be trustworthy. Nothing like peace of mind in at least one area. There’s plenty of other stuff of which to

be concerned when you are a boater!

While we are in the wheel area, we should say a few words about the little gismos that ensure that the wheel spins effortless See USCGA, page 14

MORE INFO: 770-393-4382 • alcrit@mindspring.com Flotilla 29 Lake Lanier • http://a0700209.uscgaux.info

Safe boating course set for September 15 Flotilla 29 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Lake Lanier, announces a one-day, seven-lesson “About Boating Safely” course. The course is scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 2012. This course also serves as a PWC certified course for children under the age of 16.

This course will be given at the Coast Guard Auxiliary Operations Center, 6595 Lights Ferry Rd., Flowery Branch, Ga., on the left just before the entrance to Aqualand Marina.

Classes run from 8:30 a.m.

until 4:30 p.m. and cost is $40.

Discounts available for additional family members.

Course contents include: • Know your boat • Before getting underway • Navigating the waterways • Operating your vessel safely • Boating’s legal requirements • Boating emergencies • Enjoying watersports • Georgia boating laws Successful completion of this course may result in a reduction in your boat’s insurance premium.

MORE INFO: Pat Lindsey, Flotilla Commander Flotilla 29 • 770 271-4059 • lakelanier.ga@aol.com

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Striper Jackpot Tournament lands with a splash

By Pamela A. Keene Grab your bait and tackle and get ready for the Striper Jackpot Tournament on Lake Lanier the weekend of September 14-16.

Presented by the Get Kids Fishing Foundation, the event features two days of tournament catchand-release fishing and one day of angling for fun. The tournament will raise money for the foundation and CURE Childhood Cancer. “We’re all about getting kids and families on the water, so combining a fun event with a tournament is the best of both,” said Dave Dayton, founder of Get Kids Fishing Foundation.

On Friday and Sunday, competitors will fish for points and prizes. On Saturday, tournament entrants will each bring out a CURE family for fun fishing.

“One day away from the hospitals, doctors, nurses, needles and medications can be a great relief to these families,” Dayton said.

“These families face stress that you and I may not understand and this type of event can help them have some normalcy for at least one day. The foundation’s wish is that each child attending will experience the fishing thrill of a lifetime.” The tournament will cap registration at 50 boats.

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since they, too, don’t like water.

Be sure to unplug your trailer lights from your tow vehicle before backing into the water at the launching ramp. The ramp is not a good place to get in a hurry, since strange things can and do happen there. Remember the time when some fellow unhitched his trailer on the ramp and forgot to untie the boat from the trailer and the whole thing rolled down into the lake? Stuff like that does happen. Safety chains (sometimes a cable) attached to the trailer are required and should be crossed when attached to the tow vehicle.

Theoretically, this enables the chains to catch the trailer tongue in case the coupler on the trailer comes loose from the ball on the hitch of the tow vehicle. Other considerations should include tying the boat to the trailer at least at the bow and the transom. Having a fire extinguisher in the tow vehicle is a good idea as well.

Don’t forget the jack (your car jack probably won’t do) or a spare tire. One last thing before closing: make sure your boat is positioned properly on the trailer.

We call this “balancing your load.” No more than 5-7 percent

of the total weight of the tow should be on the trailer tongue (tongue weight).

The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers a “Trailering Handbook” which is available for the asking.

We also teach trailering in our “About Boating Safely” 1-day course.

Correction from July article: In my article “Nighttime boating dangers hit home on Lake Lanier,” I need to correct a portion of a sentence involving navigational lights. Here is the proper way the paragraph should have read: “We teach in our safe boating courses that when you see a white and a green light you are the stand-on vessel and have the right-of-way, but remain alert in case the other skipper does not see you or does not know navigational rules. When you see only a white light, you are overtaking a vessel or the other vessel is anchored. When you see a red and white light, you must give way and pass behind the other boat since he has the right-of-way.” I had the wrong color listed in the last sentence.

Roy Crittenden is the Public Affairs Officer for Flotilla 29.

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• USCGA Continued from Page 12 around the axle. We, of course, are talking about “wheel bearings,” something you really don’t want to neglect, for if any of them fail, you are out of business until they are replaced. Trailers in general and wheel bearings in particular don’t like water, especially salt water, and we must take the necessary steps to ensure that they are protected from the elements that can and will cause their destruction. We must make sure we have them well lubricated, minimizing heat buildup but also leaving little or no room for water intrusion into the bearings. There are available wheel bearing protectors which replace the hub caps on the axle. You simply tap them on with a rubber hammer and fill them with a grease gun through the grease fitting (zerk fitting). They are spring loaded, and the spring pushes a disc outward as the grease fills the bearing area. It is a good practice to carry an extra set or two of the proper size bearings in case you need them, for they can be had to buy on a Sunday afternoon!

Trailer lights are required by law and need special treatment

• Fishing Continued from Page 7 year round bass action, be sure to have docks high on your casting list.

Be safe and enjoy the lake!

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LAKE LANIER OLYMPIC VENUE Lanier loses NCAA Rowing Championship

By Jane Harrison The highly anticipated 2013 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship originally planned for Lake Lanier has been relocated to Indianapolis. NCAA announced in late August that the regatta planned for May 31-June 2 at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue was moved due to concerns about hotel accommodations and lake access in light of an expanded Division I field.

“I’m disappointed. I think we’re all disappointed,” said Lake Lanier Rowing Club President John Ferriss, whose club submitted the original regatta bid through Clemson University. Clemson would have played host to the Division I, II and III Championship on LLRC’s home waters.

“We have been looking forward to this for several years,” Ferriss said of the regatta originally announced for Lanier in 2010. “It is a significant disappointment.”

NCAA spokesperson Cameron Schuh reported Clemson withdrew the bid “to ensure the best student-athlete experience.”

The University of Notre Dame will host the championships at Eagle Creek in conjunction with the Indiana Sports Corporation. Schuh referred follow-up questions to Clemson Women’s Rowing Coach Robbie Tenenbaum, who did not respond to inquiries left by voice mail.

Ferriss said he learned of NCAA’s concerns with the Lanier site from the Clemson coach, who acted as a NCAA delegate. He said Tenenbaum told him that NCAA officials had issues related to accommodations and lack of a large banquet facility near the venue.

Additionally, NCAA had concerns with holding the regatta on a course not completely closed to boat traffic. Clemson’s financial ability to carry out the regatta was also in question, though Ferriss said Tenenbaum downplayed that concern.

Ferriss reported he was told NCAA had concerns with the lack of affordable interior access only ho-

tels in the immediate area that could accommodate one athlete per bed. “Imagine having your daughter and 1,000 of her friends” coming to town, Ferriss said. He speculated that parents of NCAA women athletes would prefer their daughters stay in hotels with interior access only.

He said NCAA also required a large banquet hall and that the city’s lease of the Georgia Mountains Center to Brenau University made the facility’s former banquet hall inaccessible.

Ferriss said no mention was made of Lanier’s water level, which was down about eight feet when Clemson officials visited in mid-August. Because of low water, the docks behind the boat house were disconnected from the lakeside wall and rowers and paddlers were using accessory docks attached to shore beside the main docking area.

Ferriss said NCAA had some concerns about the ability to limit boat traffic on the Olympic course.

He indicated this issue might be mitigated as it was during the 1996 Olympics when the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shut down the channel for the competitions.

He also mentioned that although nearby hotels and banquet facilities may not fulfill NCAA’s needs, there are numerous accommodations within 30 to 55 minutes in the Gwinnett and Atlanta area.

In 1996, Olympic athletes rode buses to the venue from Atlanta.

City of Gainesville Communications & Tourism Director Catiel Felts responded to questions about concerns with the city’s ability to accommodate the NCAA championship. She that the city’s supply of motel rooms could be improved upon. Asked about lack of a large banquet hall, she said the city has an abundance of meeting space and that the city might could have negotiated with Brenau about using the former Georgia Mountains Center for a NCAA banquet. Questioned about whether the city has attempted to partner with Gwinnett County and the See Rowing, page 17

LAKE LANIER OLYMPIC VENUE INFO Here's a profile and calendar for the two clubs operating at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue:

Lake Lanier Rowing Club Contact: John Ferriss Phone: 770-287-0077 Email: LLRC@mindspring.com Address: Lake Lanier Olympic Venue 3105 Clarks Bridge Rd., Gainesville, GA 30506 Website: www.LakeLanierRowing.org Club offerings: Recreational and competitive rowing for ages 13 to 80+. Beginner to elite offered through regularly scheduled practices, classes, and camps hosting of local, regional, national and international rowing regattas.

Calendar of events: (complete list on website) Sept. 15-29 - Learn to Row Sept. 22 - Taste of Gainesville

Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Contact: Office Administrator Brenda Miller, LCKC President Kevin Seitz Phone: 770-287-7888 Fax: 770-287-3444 Email: info@lckc.org Website: www.lckc.org Address: Lake Lanier Olympic Venue 3105 Clarks Bridge Rd., Gainesville, GA 30506 Club offerings: Recreational and competitive canoe and kayaking for ages 12 and up. Beginner to masters programs offered through regularly scheduled practices, classes, and summer camps. Also hosts local, regional, national and international competitions.

Calendar of events: (complete list on website) Sept. 8 - Atlanta Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Sept. 11, 13, 18, 20 - Adult Learn to Kayak Class Sept. 28 - Moonlight Paddle Sept. 29 - Junior Olympic Fungatta Sept. 29 - Stand Up For Lanier Paddle Races Venue seats about 2,000 with parking capacity of about 400 cars.

The boathouse and tower are available to rent for meetings and special occasions.

The dragon boats are coming Sept. 8

By Jane Harrison The biggest multicultural celebration on Lake Lanier is set for Sept. 8 when hundreds of competitors hit the water in the 17th Annual Atlanta Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. More than 60 teams from corporations, charitable organizations, colleges and clubs are expected to board 22-person boats in the festival that highlights the region’s cultural diversity.

Crews teamed up with experienced paddlers from the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club last month for training sessions at the Lanier Olympic Venue.

Among those practicing were two boat loads from the National Association of Asian American Professionals, which has raced in the top five since 2005.

“We have a great crew this year,” said NAAAP President Tamara Strickley, whose boat had just completed a practice run with LCKC paddler Chris Miller.

The local club organizes the competition, while the remainder of the festival is coordinated by the Atlanta Hong Kong Information Center of Atlanta.

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON The action on the water is nearly rivaled by the fun Chris Miller of LCKC steers a boat of dragon boat in the grandstands. Festival attendees can fill their paddlers from the National Association of Asian See Dragon, page 17 American Professionals at a practice last month.

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Continued from Page 16 plates with everything from barbecue to stuffed bamboo and enjoy Asian dances, martial arts

demonstrations, and a spirited costumed dragon at the noon opening ceremony.

Hong Kong Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival When: Saturday, Sept 8.

Where: Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, 3105 Clarks Bridge Rd., Gainesville Schedule: 7 a.m. Monks bless the boats; 7:45 a.m. races begin with heats every 9 minutes; 12:30-1:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony; 4 p.m. awards.

Admission: Free, parking $5 & $10.

Note: The boat ramp at Clarks Bridge Park will be closed. Expect heavy traffic on Clarks Bridge Road, especially between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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By Jane Harrison The first Saturday of fall offers a delectable debut of the season with the annual Taste of Gainesville at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue.

The yearly fundraising event by the Lake Lanier Rowing Club features fare from dozens of area restaurants on the grandstand plaza overlooking the lake.

North Georgia restaurateurs will serve up a variety of entrées, side dishes and desserts for diners to sample at tables adorned with white cloths and flowers. Local musicians are expected to add ambience with soft pop and classical tunes.

Fair skies and moonlight Tickets are currently available nights have traditionally greeted through www.lakelanierrowingdiners for a pleasant lakeside club.org, (770) 287-0077, or from evening. Only twice in what is be- LLRC members. lieved to be the 15-year history of MORE INFO: the event has it been moved inwww.lakelanierrowingclub.org doors to the LLOV boathouse.

Enjoying Taste of Gainesville.

Continued from Page 16 north Atlanta area to offer a broader accommodations base, Felts responded: “Some people like it all in their backyard.”

“We’re always happy” about large-scale rowing and canoe/kayak events that come to the Olympic venue, Felts said.

“It’s a plus” for local residents, she said, because of the tax revenue these events bring.

Ferriss said that when NCAA gave Lanier the nod in 2010, the championship regatta consisted of about 700 athletes. It has now grown to about 1,000. NCAA cited the growth as a factor for the relocation.

Eagle Creek was the venue in 2002 and 2003 when Divisions I, II and III conducted their first separate championships. The row-

ing championship had been a National Collegiate event (all divisions eligible for a single championship) from its inception in 1997 to 2001. Lanier hosted the National Collegiate championships in 1998 and 2001.

Eagle Creek also has successfully hosted the Big Ten Rowing Championships the past two years and will host it again this year.

Taste of Gainesville When: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 22.

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Rivers Alive Clean-up answers plea for help on Flat Creek

By Jane Harrison The City of Gainesville’s plan to focus its Rivers Alive Adopt a Stream Clean-up in the Ridgewood Point area of Flat Creek was the answer to a resident’s plea for help.

Paul Mercer and his wife, who moved to the lake neighborhood 15 months ago, were dismayed to find that rain regularly washes litter into the Flat Creek cove near their boat dock.

“I love the lake. That’s the whole reason I moved here” said Mercer. “My dream was to live on the lake,” said the former Covington resident who was unaware of Flat Creek’s dirty history as an urban waterway that carries improperly disposed trash from streets, backyards, stores, and industry. That trash ultimately ends up in Lake Lanier.

The Mercers’ dismay turned to shock the second weekend of August when they awoke after a night of thunderstorms to find their cove flooded with garbage.

“It was anything that goes into a dumpster … plastic bottles, cans, Styrofoam cups, baby diapers, baby toys, cell phones … anything that went down the sewer drain, this is where it ended up,”

Mercer said.

Two months before, Mercer and his wife had gone out in a jon boat to pick up pounds of debris so they could entertain guests coming over for a lakeside visit.

“We spent a full Saturday cleaning” and collected more junk than they could haul off.

“It looks like we never even did it,” Mercer said after the August rain. “This is the worst I have seen. The amount of clean up required is overwhelming for us,” he wrote in a plea for help circulated to the media and eventually to the City of Gainesville.

Upon learning about the garbage accumulation at the Flat Creek cove, Gainesville Environmental Monitoring Coordinator Brian Wiley set the city’s 12th Annual Adopt A Stream Clean-up for Ridgewood Point. On Sept 15, a throng of volunteers is expected to descent upon the Mercer’s neck of the lake with trash bags and rakes to clear it of debris.

Wiley acknowledged that pollution on Flat Creek has been an on-going problem that will require community cooperation to solve. “People think when they throw something out it goes into sanitary sewers,” he said. “It goes

into storm drains, into streams and eventually into Lake Lanier” which supplies the city’s drinking water and serves as a playground for swimmers, boaters and anglers.

“People don’t know when they throw something out how far it travels,” Wiley said.

City of Gainesville Public Utilities Manager David Dockery said the August barrage of garbage into Flat Creek was a “flooding event,” not a spill or municipal trash mishap. “When the Flat Creek floodplain was inundated with water, trash floated out of people’s yards. Anything in the floodplain washed into the stream and into the lake,” he said. Garbage accumulation in Flat Creek Cove on Lake Lanier.

Dockery said that during his 20 year tenure with the city, there September shoreline clean-ups have been various problems with Flat Creek, including past diesel Rivers Alive Adopt A Stream Clean-Up, Gainesville. Volunand wastewater spills and floodteers to clean up trash on Flat Creek, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15. Parking loing events. He said he hopes cation to be determined. Wear closed-toe shoes and apparel for Gainesville and Hall County’s remuddy conditions. Bring rake. Gloves, trash bags, breakfast and cycling programs, Keep Hall lunch provided. Register in advance, by calling (770) 532-7462 or Beautiful campaigns, inmate trash at city of Gainesville Water Resources Facebook page. pick-ups, efforts to clean storm Shore Sweep, Gainesville. Volunteers pick up trash at 13 locadrains, and volunteer clean-ups tions on Lake Lanier. Bring gloves and wear clothing suitable for have had positive impact. muddy conditions. Trash bags provided, t-shirts to volunteers turnJason Ulseth, Technical Proing in a bag of trash. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 29. www.lakelanier.org, grams Director for Chattahoochee (770) 503-7757.

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It’s possible that ethanol will soon be replaced We all have read about what ethanol can do to our boat engines and fuel systems. Unfortunately some have experienced it first hand in their boats or vehicles. With the possible introduction of E-15 which would cause more problems, research has been going on to find a replacement for ethanol that won’t cause the same problems. Enter isobutanol which is 30 percent more powerful than ethanol and has none of the corrosive, water, and separation problems of the latter.

Marine engineers, along with the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association (NMMA), American Yacht and Boat Council (ABYC), Boat U.S., the U.S. Coast Guard, representatives from Volvo-Penta, Indmar, and Bombardier, spent a week in Annapolis, MD testing a Malibu ski-boat.

The Coast Guard is involved in a separate study with Honda and Mercury Marine. B-16, or “Butanol” as it is called, did well on all tests, and had no engine or fuel system problems. Chevron and BP are interested because all stations would have to add new gas pumps to deliver E-15. Toyota is also labeling some of its car gas caps with “Don’t use E-15.” B-16 would solve all the problems. The Coast Guard says it would like to start using B-16 in all of its outboard powered boats.

The U.S. Department of Energy subsidized the big testing with a $400,000 fund. It sounds like we might have found the answer. B-16 has more power, no corrosive problems and passes emission tests. Another good thing: it’s easy to produce through a fermentation process. Maybe we could make it out of Kudzu and create a new industry for Georgia. Look for more information in your boating magazines and for sure at the Miami International Boat Show. Currently B-16 is being produced by GEVO, a Colorado based Isobutanol producer which provided the fuel for the test. There are several other companies gearing up to produce isobutanol.

Ethanol was added to our fuel to help get us off fossil fuel and to lower emissions, which when everything is perfect it works. But side effects caused problems which will eventually create more emissions and costly repairs not only to boats but to your vehicles.

Mike Rudderham Captain’s Comments

The sooner isobutanol replaces ethanol the better.

Beneteau Baracuda 9 It’s about time someone put an amidships cabin with a fly-bridge on a center console boat.

Beneteau’s new 29-footer powered with twin outboards makes an all-around family boat, great for fishing, cruising or just enjoying the water. Ladies will like it because of a roomy cabin for protection from the weather and a head you don’t need a shoehorn to get in and out of. Reports on its performance are good. Look for it at fall boat shows. The price should be very competitive. I think it’s a great looking boat and would be proud to dock one at any marina.

Beneteau also just came out with a 34’ trawler and did the Great Loop for a successful shake down cruise. It seems like there are a lot of new boats in the 34’ range. Carver has a new 34’ flybridge model that also looks great. Jeanneau has a new model with a sliding sun roof and swim platform with a walk through transom. A lot of small trawlers and replica tub boats are being offered with single diesel power for economy. Stay tuned, I think we will see a lot of new boats coming in 2013 with more creature comforts and better economical operation.

Hot tub boat Yep, someone had to do it. The 12- 13-foot boat has a standard hot tub, teak decks, and is controlled with a joystick from inside or outside the tub. The designer/ inventor plans to rent four of the boats at his home base of Lake Union. Then he wants to sell them throughout the country.

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Ladies love to fish One in three recreational fishermen is a woman. Sometimes we men with our fish stories where the fish gets bigger with every telling put them in the background. According to Betty Bauman, founder of “Ladies, Lets Go

Fishing (LLGF)” says there are 14 million fishing females. In 1997 when she felt left at the dock when the men were too busy to teach her, she founded LLGF for women who were interested in becoming anglers, or improving their fishing skills.

Now LLGF sponsors weekends of comprehensive instruction from knot tying to weather forecasting, and fishing between classes. They call it the LLGF University. The university holds classes in South Florida, the Gulf Coast, the Treasure Coast and the Florida Keys. They also offer fishing retreats to Costa Rica and Alaska. They are now in their 16th year and have trained over 7,000 women from the ages of 16 to 80.

When I guided, whether it was fresh water or salt water, the women always seemed to be reasonably successful. I attributed that to women listened to instructions, whereas the men thought they knew it all. My mother and aunt were great fishermen. When the men were telling their stories I always remember someone mentioning Virginia’s or Catherine’s fish was bigger. Their best fish were mounted and on the wall, so that usually settled that question. Women interested in attending one of these LLGF retreats or in forming a Lake Lanier Chapter, contact: www.ladiesletsgofishing.com.

America’s Cup The Cup trials are over – and they were exciting – with more than 60,000 watching in Newport, RI. Next up will be the bigger and faster 72’ boats. The 44-footers used in the trials this summer could go 30 knots in a moderate breeze. I wonder what the 72’ catamaran will do.

I’m sure there will be many a story in the coming year while they shake down the 72’ Cup boats. These new boats will have much more of a following because of their speed, danger, and maneuverability. Long gone are the old mono hulls with light air drifting being called racing. The excitement is back and I for one can’t wait to see the competition.

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• Flat Creek Continued from Page 18 Riverkeeper, said that he has been studying Flat Creek extensively for several months and has seen various levels of trash accumulations. “It’s not uncommon to see large quantities of trash in urban waterways when they pass through a large population with a large volume of trash,” he said.

“It’s important to clean the roads, storm drains and parking lots,” he said. The pollution that flows into urban waterways passes from hand to ground and is not from something like “a pipe a coming out

of a factory.”

The trash problem is best addressed through public policy and education, he said.

Nick Baggett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Supervisor for Lake Lanier, agreed. “Education is definitely a tool we can use to minimize how much trash is getting into an area,” he said. He said the Corps could send a ranger to check out the August Flat Creek trash accumulation, but the Corps has no funding to clean it up.

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High temps are about to tumble September comes from the Roman word “septem,” which means seven because it was the seventh month of the Roman calendar. It is also the month where the hottest temperature ever recorded on our planet occurred. In September of 1922, the temperature in Libya was recorded at 136.4 degrees! It has certainly felt that hot here in Georgia this summer.

However, our long, hot, and brutal summer is coming to an end. The Autumnal Equinox is September 22nd at 10:49 a.m.

Every year at this time I get a lot of emails asking why there are not exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness on the fall equinox?

On the equinoxes, the very center of the sun sets just 12 hours after it rises. But the day begins when the upper edge of the sun reaches the horizon (which happens a bit before the center rises), and it doesn’t end until the entire sun has set. Not only that, but the sun is actually visible when it is below the horizon, as Earth’s atmosphere refracts the sun’s rays and bends them in an arc over the horizon.

It has certainly been a summer for the record books here in north Georgia. The high of 106 degrees in July set an all-time record. Severe storms were the rule almost daily. At least the rain was welcome but we could have done without the lightning fires and wind damage.

Fall will certainly be in the air soon

enough. I like September. More often than not, it is a very quiet Glenn weather month, the exBurns ception being, an active tropical season, which Lanier this is not. There is a Outlook certain “feel” that the seasons are changing.

We’re still going to have plenty of summer weather this month but every so often, a cold front will find its way down and it will drop our temperature a few degrees and bring us a big drop in the humidity. As the hours of daylight grow shorter our morning low temperatures are going to get nice and cool. By the end of the month, the average low temperature will be the low 60s while our average high temperatures will be in the low 80s.

Another highlight in September will be the bright Harvest Moon. The full Harvest Moon will rise at 10:49 pm on September 22. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the first day of fall. I have a very good friend who is an Apollo astronaut.

He went to the moon aboard Apollo 15. A few years ago we were sitting on his front porch near the beach and waiting for the Harvest Moon to rise over the ocean. I asked him what he thought was the most remarkable thing about his trip to our nearest neighbor in space. He said, other than his being the first scientific mission to the moon and getting to drive the lunar rover, it was the footprints left by the Apollo astronauts. When I asked why, he See Burns, page 49

SOLUNAR TIMES FOR LAKE LANIER

LAKE LANIER WATER LEVELS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AVG MAX MIN

JAN

FEB

1059.84 1059.86 1059.84 1059.80 1059.81 1059.82 1059.88 1059.94 1060.01 1060.05 1060.17 1060.27 1060.34 1060.38 1060.41 1060.45 1060.53 1060.67 1060.77 1060.90 1061.27 1061.46 1061.74 1061.92 1062.04 1062.04 1062.28 1062.36 1062.42 1062.48 1062.54 1060.85 1062.54 1059.80

1062.60 1062.66 1062.71 1062.78 1062.85 1062.88 1062.90 1062.92 1062.96 1062.98 1062.99 1063.03 1063.01 1063.10 1063.07 1063.13 1063.16 1063.24 1063.29 1063.33 1063.39 1063.39 1063.41 1063.45 1063.48 1063.52 1063.49 1063.56 1063.59

MAR

1063.63 1063.73 1064.24 1064.36 1064.45 1064.51 1064.57 1064.64 1064.77 1064.83 1064.86 1064.90 1064.98 1065.02 1065.16 1065.16 1065.24 1065.31 1065.36 1065.40 1065.40 1065.44 1065.47 1065.50 1065.51 1065.53 1065.55 1065.56 1065.57 1065.60 1065.68 1063.13 1065.03 1063.59 1065.68 1062.60 1063.63

APR 1065.72 1065.75 1065.79 1065.81 1065.87 1065.87 1065.88 1065.89 1065.85 1065.86 1065.80 1065.69 1065.61 1065.62 1065.62 1065.49 1065.45 1065.60 1065.56 1065.48 1065.50 1065.50 1065.43 1065.34 1065.31 1065.20 1065.09 1065.13 1065.13 1065.02

MAY

1064.93 1064.89 1064.81 1064.83 1064.83 1064.84 1064.76 1064.75 1064.73 1064.70 1064.68 1064.67 1064.88 1064.93 1065.01 1065.02 1065.07 1065.05 1065.06 1065.06 1065.02 1065.03 1065.05 1065.05 1065.01 1064.98 1064.94 1064.93 1064.86 1064.88 1064.86 1065.56 1064.91 1065.89 1065.07 1065.02 1064.67

JUN

JUL

1064.82 1064.81 1064.75 1064.77 1064.79 1064.77 1064.77 1064.71 1064.70 1064.73 1064.73 1064.72 1064.73 1064.69 1064.65 1064.63 1064.59 1064.54 1064.47 1064.44 1064.41 1064.34 1064.33 1064.29 1064.22 1064.16 1064.11 1064.05 1063.98 1063.95

1063.92 1063.81 1063.81 1063.78 1063.69 1063.64 1063.61 1063.54 1063.46 1063.46 1063.49 1063.60 1063.61 1063.58 1063.58 1063.60 1063.57 1063.56 1063.51 1063.49 1063.53 1063.52 1063.47 1063.43 1063.39 1063.31 1063.25 1063.24 1063.16 1063.06 1063.04 1064.52 1063.51 1064.82 1063.92 1063.95 1063.04

SOLUNAR TIMES FOR LAKE LANIER

AUG 1062.99 1062.94 1062.89 1062.90 1062.84 1062.79 1062.81 1062.78 1062.79 1062.83 1062.83 1062.77 1062.73 1062.71 1062.70 1062.64 1062.58 1062.55 1062.55 1062.49 1062.45 1062.39 1062.34 1062.43 1062.38 1062.33 1062.27 1062.25 1062.20

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LLA survey focuses on safety, boating education

By Pamela A. Keene As surveys go, the Lake Lanier Association had success with its recent online survey.

“For us, it validated that people understand and value the work that the association does for Lake Lanier,” said Joanna Cloud, executive director of the organization. “There was strong support for our legal involvement and for encouraging boater safety. And respondents told us that the association has made a positive impact on overall lake cleanliness.”

The short survey also asked about mandatory boater licenses. Fifty-seven percent of respondents agreed that boaters should be required to have licenses to operate their vessels. Thirty percent were opposed and 12 percent had no opinion.

“We will be working with several different agencies and organizations through

the Lake Lanier Water Safety Alliance this fall to determine whether boater licensing is something we want to push with the state legislature,” Cloud said.

Response was positive for more boater education around the lake, with 90 percent of participants weighing in as positive.

Survey questions about increasing nowake zones and creating boating speed limits netted mixed results.

The top three reasons that people said they supported the Lake Lanier Association were the need for a lake advocacy group, the need for communication regarding lake issues and legal representation.

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Yes, the times, they are a-changin’ once again Bob and Carolyn Wilson, aboard Sea Island Girl, continue Lakeside's long running series of cruising adventures which began in the mid-1990s. To date we've had the Johnston family, Jean and Bill Bayman, and Mechelle and Bill Cooksey all contribute to the series. Bob and Carolyn boated on Lake Lanier until leaving for their adventure in 2002.4 While rambling through a bag of electronic cords scattered about the boat I came across what looked like a rat’s nest of wires, plugs and extension cords. There were so many it was difficult to sort them out properly to determine what went where and with what.

Without giving it much thought I untangled the wires and tried to identify the appropriate device for each one before placing it in a quart size Ziploc bag, hoping to store it with the matching piece of electronics. RCA, USB – it really didn’t matter.

Success depended on finding a manufacturer’s label to help speed things along. It took several hours, but when everything had been sorted, the reality struck.

The times, they are a-changin’.

I came across a yellow Pelican

messages, I would tell them I was with the CIA, “this is how spies communicate with other agents Bob & and headquarters.” They were imCarolyn pressed, and I always had a good Wilson laugh.

A second bag contained all of Cruising the connection wires and headWilsons phones that we needed for using our computers and SKYPE. At the time, SKYPE was revolutionbox. In it was something that looked like a small keyboard and ary! We were like ET, and could call home to catch up on the latest screen. It was the Pocketmail goings on. The downfall to this email device we had purchased 10 or so years ago. That was how was that only one person at a time was allowed to talk or hear, and we communicated with our the internet speed was so slow friends and family – if we could that we were constantly competfind a working telephone, which in the Bahamas was often a chal- ing with millions of others online for bandwidth. The warbles, lenge. To use it, we would type echoes and disconnections were in a message and save it. Attachexceedingly frustrating. The techments were not allowed. We nology has vastly improved over would then dial into a toll-free the years. number, extend a sending device After five years or so we found which was placed over the rethat most marinas were routinely ceiver and press a button. Our providing some sort of internet messages would be sent and inaccess. The waiting lines, especoming emails received one at a cially in the mornings and time. The speed was deplorable.

The device was odd looking; very evenings, were long and again, the speed was less than desirable. similar to the device Maxwell Smart used when he would talk in We were also able to locate a his shoe, (remember that). When number of internet cafés or restaurants that provided access, a kid gave me a strange look but again, it was expensive. while I was sending or receiving

A few years later Wi-Fi came into existence. Although available, a storm could affect the reliability of the service. We would tromp around town with our laptop in hand to locate a signal.

Much later, marinas began offering their own Wi-Fi. Some charged on a daily basis and passwords were required to log-on. If we were fortunate enough to be in a clear view of the antenna, we could count on sending and receiving emails 50 percent of the time, but having large boats nearby, or being docked too far from the antenna routinely diminished the signal and it was common to be cut-off during a SKYPE phone call, or disconnected altogether.

During the past three years, electronics, especially computers and cell phones, have changed significantly. iPads, notebooks and a 4G network in most areas have substantially broadened access. Reliable service is now readily available. Although we sometimes take it for granted, we can now use our smartphone or iPad to enjoy catching up with

Collection of old technology.

email and our Facebook friends.

What will be the next wave of communication gadgetry? Who knows, but I am sure it will not be compatible with my Pocketmail, or any of the wires and gadgets in the now antique collection of cell phones, computers, head phones and chargers, which were not cheap when purchased. Keeping up-to-date can be expensive, but for those of us who find it hard to shake the addiction, it seems we will need to step up to the plate and continue to convert to a new technology every two or so years.

- Until next time, Bob & Carolyn Wilson

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Full fall schedule of classes offered for safe boating School’s back in session but there are still plenty of great times to be had on the beautiful waters of Lake Lanier! As we head into fall the Atlanta Sail and Power Squadron has lots of trips and classes planned.

Our next America’s Boating Course (formerly BoatSmart) will be held on October 6 at the Corps of Engineers office in Buford.

During the one-day class you’ll learn all the basics of boating, including on the water boat handling, docking and trailering, safety equipment and procedures, navigation basics such as the “rules of the road,” boat types and terminology, and much more. The class has a low cost of $35 for the textbook, and families may share this resource. Visit www.atlantasboatingclub.com anytime to learn more and sign up.

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Lakeside Calendar September 2012 Thru Sept. 7 – First Fridays from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. held in downtown Gainesville Square.

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Sept. 8 – Harvest Festival held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at John Kollock’s The Saturday Shop, 450 Bybrook Trl. in Clarkesville. The event features the official release of Kollock’s watercolor print release “Pickin’ on the Porch,” Nathaniel Samsel’s dulcimer and banjo music, Kathleen Kollock’s watercolors and Sarah Samsel’s pressed-flower art and cornhusk dolls.

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Sept. 11 – History forum held at the Helen Arts and Heritage Center, 25 Chattahoochee St. in Helen. Times: 5:30 p.m. Authors David Greear and Chris Brooks will introduce “Images of America: Helen,” a new book that traces Helen’s history from earliest days to the present.

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Sept. 12-Nov. 4 – Jaemor Farms 8th Annual Cornfield Maze Adventure held at Jaemor Farms in Alto at 5340 Cornelia Highway. Info: 770-869-3999; www.JaemorFarms.com.

Sept. 14, 15, 16 – 9th Annual Art in the Square held in downtown Gainesville on the Square with free concert Friday, Sept. 14 from 710 p.m. Event held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday. Free. Info: www.artinthesquarega.com.

Thru Sept. 15 – “Sights and Sounds of Summer,” presented at Helen Arts & Heritage Center at 25 Chattahoochee St., Helen, features work by painter Mary Ellen Rand and potter Nannette Johnson. Free. Info: 706-878-3933; www.helenarts.org.

Sept. 15 – Bark in the Park, by Unicoi State Park, Helen, features the chance to paint nature, dogs and people. Fee: $30 vendors fee, payable to Friends of Unicoi State Park benefiting park services, i.e., bear-proofing containers and trash cans and to help raise awareness of rescued animals that can be adopted by area shelters.

Info: 706-219-4344.

Sept. 18, 27-30, Oct. 2-6 – Gainesville Theater Alliance’s production of “The Frog Prince” held at Brenau University’s Pearce Auditorium, 500 Centennial Circle, Gainesville. GTA’s free stage tour of the show held 6 p.m. Sept. 18. The production runs 7:30 p.m., Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 5-6; 2:30 p.m., Sept. 30. Info: 678-717-3624; www.gainesvilletheatrealliance.org.

Sept. 20-23, 27-30 – “Bye, Bye Birdie” presented by Habersham Community Theatre, 1370 Washington St. in Clarkesville.

Times: 7:30 p.m. evenings; 2 p.m. matinees. Info: 706-839-1315; www.habershamtheater.org.

Sept. 20 – 2012 HAHC Juried Competition opening reception held at Helen Arts & Heritage Council, 25 Chattahoochee St. in Helen. Free. Info: 706-8783933; www.helenarts.org.

Sept. 22 – 14th Annual Taste of Gainesville, held 69 p.m. at the Olympic Plaza at Clark’s Bridge Park at 3105 Clark’s Bridge Rd., Gainesville. Local restaurants and caterers to provide signature dishes under the skies as music from the Chattahoochee Cannibals fills the air. Proceeds from the event benefit the ’96 Olympic venue. Tickets: $25, advance; children 10 and younger free. Info: www.lakelanierrowing.org.

Sept. 28-30, Oct. 5-7 – “The Foreigner,” by playwright Larry Shue, presented by Fifth Row Center and Live Arts Theatre at 5509 Main St., Flowery Branch. Tickets: $12/adults, $10/seniors and students. Info: 678-357-7359; www.liveartstheatre.org.

Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Blue Sky Concerts held in downtown Gainesville on the Square from noon to 1 p.m. Free. Info: 770-535-6860.

Thru October – The Olde Cannery Market, sponsored by the Dahlonega Arts Council, features handmade cottage goods, natural soaps, paintings, woodworking, ceramics, pottery and jewelry. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday.

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Thru March 2013 – Third annual North Georgia Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition held on the North Georgia College & State University’s campus. Free.

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Black Bear Stage Captain Billy Presents (dinner & show) …

Oct. 5 – Elvis & Manuel Covington (The Man w/1,000 Voices) in “Soul & Rock n’Roll” Oct. 6 – Patsy Cline Show Oct. 19 – Crist Family – Southern Gospel Oct. 20 – Tugalo Hollow Bluegrass Band Dinner - 6:30 p.m.; Show-7:30 p.m. at Black

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Cumming Playhouse Sept. 6-30 – “Smoke on the Mountain” Oct. 11-Nov. 4 – “Deathtrap” Info: 770-781-9178; www.playhousecumming.com.

Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds Oct. 12-21 – Fall Festival featuring arts and crafts, music, shows and Pioneer Village. The Flower Show begins at noon on Oct. 12 and continues throughout the festival. The performances include: Jim Wood and The Georgia Mountain Fair Band, Aaron Tippin, Bellamy Brothers, The Isaacs, Crystal River, Nelons, The Grascals, Wyatt Espalin and Trees Leave, John Conlee, Brantley, Connie Smith, Steven Phillips and Midnight Express, Ronnie McDowell, Mike Fuller, The Quebe Sisters Band, The Florida Boys, Palmetto State Quartet, The Talleys and the Fiddlers’ Convention.

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Interactive Neighborhood Kids Sept. 3-7 – Dragon Craft Week, make own dragon mask and dragon puppet Sept. 10-14 – 9/11 Craft Week, remember heroes from 9/11 by making patriotic crafts Sept. 15 – Youth Artist Market, Art in the Square’s INK booth. Event is for ages 5-18. $10 per 10x10 booth space. Budding young artists get a chance to showcase and sell their work.

Sept. 17-21 – Elephant Craft Week, make an elephant to take home Sept. 24-28 – Fall Craft Week, bring in Fall Season with some colorful crafts Oct. 1-5 – Pirate Craft Week, Aaaarrrgghhh … become a pirate; make an eye patch Oct. 8-12 – Firefighter Craft Week, learn what a firefighter does; make a fire truck Info: Free, with admission unless otherwise noted; www.inkfun.org; 770 536-1900 Lake Lanier Islands Resort 2012 Concert Series hosted by Banks & Shane at Georgia’s Island Stage, doors open at 7 and concerts start at 8 p.m.

Sept. 15 – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Tickets $26.75-$35.85)

Info: www.lakelanierislands.com Museum of Buford Tannery Row Artist Colony Sept. 15-Oct. 13 – Gwinnett Parks Plein Air Challenge – Artwork painted in six parks Oct. 15-Nov. 24 – Wink – Art that makes you smile Dec. 6 – Holiday Open House – Art for the holiday.

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North Atlanta Trade Center Sept. 21-23 – Down the Street Bead Show Sept. 22-24 – Western & English Atlanta Trade Show Sept. 29-30 – Atlanta’s Exotic Bird Fair Sept. 29-30 – Atlanta’s Love Your Pet Fair Info: www.northatlantatradecenter.com Northeast Georgia History Center Sept. 9 – Family Day: Gold Rush-The Northeast Georgia ‘29ers, 1 p.m.

Info: www.negahc.org Piedmont College Sept. 13 – Sheryl Haler, mixed media, 6 p.m. reception Sept. 15 – Jonathan Pilkington, tenor, 4 p.m.

Faculty recital Sept. 20 – Andreas Klein, piano, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 20-Oct. 20 – Heart of Echizen, Wood Fired Works, 6 p.m. reception on Sept. 27 Sept. 30 – Katie Timm, organist, Supernova Series Oct. 4-7 – “Anything Goes,” 7:30 p.m. evenings, 2 p.m. matinee Theater performances held at the North Georgia Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Admission: $20, general, $15 groups of eight or more; $18 seniors, Piedmont College students, faculty and staff, free.

Info: 706-778-8500, X1355, ww.piedmont.edu.

Quinlan Visual Arts Center Thru Oct. 6 – Expressions of Creative Minds, artists from the TULA Art Center in Atlanta—Lisa Moore, Joe Camoosa, Cat Tesla and Jan Eubanks.

Oct. 11-Dec. 1 – 65th Annual Members Exhibition with the opening reception held Oct. 11 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Info: 770-536-2575; www.quinlanvisualartscenter.org.

Sailing Club Events 2012 SAILING EVENTS ON LAKE LANIER Club

Event

Day

Date

SEPTEMBER 2012 LLSC LLSC AISC LLSC AISC SSC AISC BF LLSC LLSC BF UYC LLSC

Vern Pickering Commodores Cup Sat 09/01 Vern Pickering Commodores Cup Sun 09/02 AISC Summer 2 - #9 Wed 09/05 Old Goat - Thistle Regatta Sat/Sun 09/08-09 AISC Summer 2 - #10 Wed 09/12 Special Olympics Regatta Fri-Sun 09/14-16 AISC Awards Party Wed 09/19 Dorton Cup Sat/Sun 09/22-23 C22 “Gone with the Wind” Sat.Sun 09/22-23 Daylight Saving Time Race #1 Wed 09/26 Fall Squall #1 Sat 09/29 UYC Fall 1 Sat 09/29 Junior Regatta Sat/Sun 09/29-30

Club LLSC LLSC SSC LARC

Event Day Date Lightning Regatta Sat/Sun 10/6-7 Daylight Saving Time Race #3 Wed 10/10 Bill Sears #1 Sat 10/13 Fall #1 - SSC hosts (Bill Sears #1) Sat 10/13 LLSC Laser Georgia State Champ Regatta Sat/Sun 10/13-14 UYC UYC Fall 2 Sun 10/14 BF Fall Squall #2 Sun 10/14 LLSC Daylight Saving Time Race #4 Wed 10/17 LARC Fall #2 - BF Hosts (Fall Squall #3) Sat 10/20 LLSC Sailboard Regatta Sat/Sun 10/20-21 SSC Bill Sears #2 Sun 10/21 UYC UYC Fall 3 Sun 10/21 LLSC Daylight Saving Time Race #5 Wed 10/24 LLSC Halloween Regatta Sat/Sun 10/27-28

OCTOBER 2012 LLSC BF

Daylight Saving Time Race #2 Wed 10/03 Barefoot Open Fri-Sun 10/5-7

NOVEMBER 2012 BF

Fall Squall #4

Sat

11/03

Club UYC SSC LLSC LLSC LLSC LLSC LARC SSC UYC UYC

Event UYC Fall 4 Bill Sears #3 Miss Piggy (J-22, J-24) Miss Piggy (J-22, J-24) Annual Meeting Whitecapper/Oyster Roast Fall #3 - AISC Hosts Bill Sears #4 UYC Fall Makeup 1 Lanier Cup Invitational

Day Sat Sat Sat Sun Sun Sat Sun Sat Sat Sun

Date 11/03 11/03 11/03 11/04 11/04 11/10 11/11 11/17 11/17 11/18

These races are open to non-club members interested in connecting with the racing scene on Lake Lanier. For more information, visit www.SailLanier.com and click on the club that's hosting the race.

LARC - Lanier Auxiliary Racing Committee AISC - Atlanta Inland Sailing Club BFSC - Barefoot Sailing Club LLSC - Lake Lanier Sailing Club UYC - University Yacht Club

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Longtime Lanier sailor Bob Evans dies

By Pamela A. Keene Many sailors around Lake Lanier knew Bob Evans from his days as owner of Lanier Sailing Academy. He helped them learn to sail and cultivate a passion for a sport that many people only dream of experiencing.

He passed away at the end of August following a brief illness. He was 74.

Evans introduced freshwater sailors from Lanier to the British Virgin Islands and escapes to the Caribbean. He also sailed in Greece, New Zealand, Australia and Tahiti.

“Bob’s love of the water and sailing was contagious,” said Cindy Blanchard, general manager of Lanier Sailing Academy. “He lived life to the fullest.”

Evans, who grew up in Canada, served in the Air Force and was stationed in Japan as a young adult.

“He loved the water and boats,” said his wife Lana.

“When his parents moved to Florida he started sailing.”

Evans had several careers, including work as a sales engineer and as a builder of hotels and multi-family housing. But it was his love of sailing that brought him to Lake Lanier.

He purchased Lanier Sailing Academy and built it into one of the country’s leading American Sailing Association schools. He served on the ASA board and helped develop the organization’s sailing instructor standards. He also trained numerous sailing instructors through the ASA and conducted train-the-trainer classes for ASA. On Lanier, he created the Passport Sailing Club at LSA as an affordable way for weekend sailors to have access to boats without the obligations of insurance, dockage and repairs.

The Passport Club remains active at LSA. “I can’t tell you the number of people whose lives Bob touched through his love of the sport,” Blanchard said. “He will certainly be missed.”

Sailors race for Special Olympics kids

By Pamela A. Keene For the 12th year, sailors on Lake Lanier are going full out to race for Special Olympics Georgia, the largest Special Olympics chapter in the nation. Skippers who raise – or get pledges from supporters for – a minimum of $250 will compete for prizes and trophies. The event takes place at Sunrise Cove Marina September 14-16. The Special Olympics Regatta has raised more than $350,000 since its inception.

The event includes the Friday night Skipper’s meeting, racing on Saturday and Sunday, and the party on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday night’s party includes music by Bad House Tears, dinner provided by Texas Roadhouse and both silent and regular auctions. It is open to the public and tickets – at $15 per person – are available at the door.

Special Olympian Katy Wilson will speak at the party about her experiences as a gymnast for Special Olympics. There will be cruising and racing fleets in competition. The goal is to have at least 33 competitors.

“We’re hoping to grow the event with more boats this year,” said Rebecca Surles with Special

Olympics Georgia. “We are so pleased that Southern Sailing Club is again hosting this regatta.

The club has been a long-time supporter of Special Olympics.”

Registration is $250 minimum donation per skipper/boat. Many sailors on Lanier are seeking pledges for the entry fee. The skipper who raises the most money this year will win a four-

Scene from last year’s regatta.

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Former ‘hillbilly’ of Lake Lanier extols value of fishing clubs

By Jane Harrison The art of angling on Lake Lanier has come a long way from when Woodie B. Malone, Jr. first cast a line. Back when the lake was young and electronic fishfinders Malone a mere fantasy, the Malone family floated Lanier on a hand-made 35-foot wooden barge on barrels.

“We were the Beverly Hillbillies of Lake Lanier,” said Malone, 63, whose boyhood adventures fishing with his family launched an angling habit that keeps his freezer stocked and social calendar hopping.

Malone extolled the virtues of his favorite activity recently from the sunroom of his home tucked in above Six Mile Creek where his enclosed dock with a green door beckons hooks baiting good ‘uns.

Tanned and agile from hours on the water, Malone recalled how his father and a friend built the “hillbilly” barge equipped with all the necessities: a pot belly stove in the middle, table and chairs, and roll-down tarps on three sides to keep it warm in winter. Wooden barrels kept it afloat. It also had a fancy generator for night fishing lights.

“We’d fish all night long as a family,” said the retired real estate and banking businessman. He and his sister, mom and dad would set out from their home in Chamblee to a little cabin near Flowery Branch for weekends on the lake.

The steep lot at the family cabin made for difficult passage down to the water. So, his dad, the late Woodie B. Malone, Sr., 37-year mayor of Chamblee, engineered a railroad track to reach it. He also built a four-wheel, four seat electric cart with space for an ice-chest in the middle.

“My dad was quite the inventor,” said the junior Malone, who was grateful the cart relieved him of his chore carrying the ice chest to the barge. It was also his duty to clean the 20 or so fish the family pulled in. But, he didn’t mind getting the catch ready for his mom to cook up on the Coleman stove.

“That’s how I grew up fishing,” Malone said.

Fishing and fun Now, with time on his hands and the lake at his back door, the lifelong fisherman seeks to hook others on the sport. There’s much

more to fishing than getting bites and reeling ‘em in, Malone mused. The social aspect, especially among those who join fishing clubs, doubles the fun of fishing.

“What really makes it fun is joking and laughing and cutting up with friends” on the lake, at club meetings, or at fish fries, Malone said. After fishing most of his life, he recently joined the Lanier Crappie Anglers Club and forged friendships that bonded from the water to the dinner table and beyond.

From his first night as a guest at a club meeting, Malone found fishing buddies who shared homegrown blueberries and pepper plants, helped him push out his dock, and carved specialized anglers’ ink pins.

“Joining a fishing club is a whole lot more than fishing,” Malone wrote in an article promoting the club that focuses on his favorite fish: crappie. “I really could go on and on about the personal benefits of belonging to a fishing club,” he wrote, which include learning how to fish.

Malone mourned what he deemed a lost generation of fathers who never took up the fishing poles of their forebears. Their grandfathers may have fished, but did not pass it to the next generation, whose children are adrift in a sea of texts and tweets. Those who do attempt to catch a fish often string up only frustration because they don’t know how.

A fishing club can help, Malone said. Composed of “mainly old folks, like me,” he said, the clubs have a wealth of knowledge to pass on, including GPS coordinates that zero in on where the fish are and locations of structure where fish congregate. He added that club members don’t need to own a boat. “Many of our members are retired and are looking for folks to help them put their boats in and out of the water,” he said. They can put new anglers right on the hot spots.

“When people ask me how to catch crappie, I say to join a club,” said Dan Saknini, who founded the Lanier Crappie Anglers Club two years ago. “We give away valuable information” about how to catch, prepare and eat the mild flavored fish caught year-round on Lake Lanier.

Frying up the catch He described Malone as a big hearted contributor to the club, which started with 15 members and has grown to about 65.

“Everywhere I go I see the club’s fliers” that Malone prints and posts, he said.

“I invite every new member to come fish with me,” Malone said.

“I clean ‘em and send them home with enough crappie fillets to feed their family that night.” His generosity has extended up Six Mile Creek where he picked up a father and son “fishing with the wrong stuff” and invited them to fish at his boat dock.

“I sent them home with a mess of crappie” which he showed them how to clean in his bottom floor prep room sprinkled with fish scales from many fruitful outings. Malone said that most club members catch and release, but he often keeps his catch for family and club fish fries at his home. He crisps up enough crappie fillets to feed 40 to 60 people in his hand-forged cast iron fish cooker that holds 11 gallons of peanut oil.

“I look for reasons to have a fish fry,” Malone said. Diners at the quarterly club fish fries, anniversary parties and family gettogethers get treated with hand-dredged fillets and his special recipe of fried hushpuppies (a mixture of salt-and-peppered cornmeal, flour and eggs thinned with buttermilk) served “right out of the grease.” They finish up with scoops of his home-cranked ice-cream.

Malone, who lost his wife and 11-year-old son in a house fire 20 years ago, relishes the opportunities to share his fisherman’s heart with others. The walls of his home teem with angling souvenirs and collages of photographs from fishing trips, family gatherings, and friends’ celebrations.

Generational gap He has passed the gift of fishing to his daughter, Kimberly Starr, and two grandchildren. His granddaughter, Berkley, casts with the pink Barbie doll pole he gave her. He said his grandson, Forster, a student at Georgia Tech, has a “mild interest in fishing” but texted everyone he knew within five minutes of catching a lunker striped bass on Lake Lanier.

Malone said that marine electronics and artificial bait have nearly submerged his hillbilly days of yore on Lanier, just as the waters surely covered the old barge. He even told about how a fishing guide strung a cable from his bedroom window to an underwater camera at his boat dock so

PHOTOS BY JANE HARRISON

Woodie Malone points out a photo of the "hillbilly" barge his family fished from on Lake Lanier, above, and looks for reasons to have a fish fry.

he could see the fish before he got up. But, any day fishing is worth getting up for. “I very seldom come home empty handed,” he said.

Malone and a crew of fishing

buddies are awakening generations young and old to pick up a rod. He urges all prospective anglers to “meet new friends, have a lot of laughs and learn a lot more about fishing” in a club near you.

Lake Lanier Fishing Clubs Fishing clubs provide camaraderie, education, angling tips, fishing outings, friendly tournaments and friendships on and off the water.

Many feature meetings with guest speakers and dinner and occasional fish fries.

• Lanier Crappie Anglers Club – 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday monthly at Hammond’s Fishing Center, 4255 Browns Bridge Rd., Cumming. Tournaments held the following Saturday. Annual dues $30. Woodie Malone (770) 634-6539, greatatlantaland@gmail.com.

Website under construction: www.laniercrappieanglers.com.

• Lanier Bass Busters – 6:30 p.m. 2nd Monday at Loretta’s Cafeteria, 4305 Mundy Mill Rd., Oakwood. Monthly tournaments. Dues $180/year include GBF and FLW memberships and tournament pay-outs. Contacts: Dwayne Lee, dlee4145@att.net, Tom Healan, tchealan@aol.com.

• Oakwood Striper Club – 6:30 p.m. first Monday monthly at Zion Hills Baptist Church, 4100 Falcon Pkwy, Flowery Branch.

Monthly tournaments. Quarterly dues $25, tournaments $30 per boat. Oakwood Bait (770) 297-7373, www.oakwoodstriperclub.com.

• Lake Lanier Striper Club – 6:30 p.m. first Tuesday monthly at Roanoke Baptist Church, Buford Dam Rd., Cumming. Annual dues $60, tournaments extra, optional dinner at meetings additional $10.

Offers monthly fishing outings and annual tournament. Terrell Ivey (404) 386-0376, www.lanierstriperclub.com.

• Six Mile Bass Club – 7 p.m. the first Sunday monthly at Hammond’s Fishing Center, 4255 Browns Bridge Rd., Cumming.

Monthly tournaments, six on Lanier. Annual dues $25, plus annual FLW fees and optional BASS Federation Nation fees. Tournaments $30. www.sixmilebassclub.com.

Note: Lakeside News is seeking information about other area fishing clubs for listing on our website. Fishing club officers are requested to send information about meeting time and date, location, dues, tournaments, website and contact (phone and/or email) to lakesidenews@mindspring.com.

September 2012

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Friday night’s free concert features The River Street Band on the John Jarrard Singers and Songwriters Stage from 7 to 10 p.m.

During the two-day festival on Saturday and Sunday, there will be live demonstrations by artists, including plein air painting, raku pottery firings, drum making, chalk art and chain-saw carving.

Artists will exhibit original paintings, pottery, folk art, rustic birdhouses, handmade jewelry, wood turns, stain glass, mosaics, photography, fiber arts, face painting, arts and crafts for kids, and much more. Entertainment on Saturday and Sunday includes guitar music by Wayde Powell, belly dancing by Alchemy Drumming and Dance, special performances on the John Jarrard Songwriter’s Stage, and INK

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The event is sponsored annually by the Art In The Square Association and Main Street Gainesville.

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Lake Lanier Marinas Info AQUALAND MARINA Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for tenants, 8 a.m. to sunset for visitors Phone: 770-967-6811 Website: www.aqualandmarina.com Location: 6800 Lights Ferry Rd., Flowery Branch Types of slips available: Houseboats, covered cruisers, & all types of open slips plus covered & open dry slips, totaling 1,725 wet docks and 460 dry docks Store: Yes Store/Dock hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week (after Labor Day) Types of fuel: Non-ethanol, 90 octane Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.79 On-site eatery: Dockside Grill Take-out menu: Sandwiches Restaurant description: Casual Menu: Famous “Docker Burger,” sandwiches, salads & seafood grilled & fried.

Phone: 770-363-2318 Security: 24/7, gated Additional amenities: Self service work yard with deep draft well & marine travel lift, houseboat launching ramp, pump-out station, bathhouses with showers, laundry facilities, wet slips with private gated parking. Sales of new boats by Coast to Coast Yacht Sales, brokerage services by Marine Max, rental boats & cabins by Lanier Aqua Rentals.

AQUAMARINA LAZY DAYS Hours of operation: : Office/Dock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week (after Labor Day) Phone: 770-945-1991 Website: www.lazydaysmarina.com Location: 6700 Holiday Rd, Buford Types of slips available: Wet docks for 75-150 foot covered & 100-foot open slips; 554 dry stack; New 125' x 24' & 150 x 26' HB slips now available.

Types of fuel: 90 Non-ethonol and ValvTect diesel marine fuel Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12)) $4.99 premium; $4.39 diesel Security: Holiday Marina security patrols marina Full Maintenance, Repair and Service: Marine Max, 770-614-6968 Additional amenities: Free pump/porti-potti station for members. Wet slips: private gated access, golf cart valet service, free dockside pumpout. New gas dock easy access for houseboats. New courtesy docks for dry stack customers. Boat sales: Marine Max. BALD RIDGE MARINA Hours of operation: Office, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., marina has 24/7 access.

Phone: 770-887-5309 Website: www.baldridgemarina.com Location: 1850 Bald Ridge Marina Rd., Cumming Types of slips available: Covered & uncovered.

Store: Sandwich shop; some boating supplies Store hours: Seasonal Types of fuel: 90 Non-ethanol; diesel Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.79; $4.19 diesel (Dock open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon., Wed.,Thurs.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri.; 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat./Sun.; Closed Tues.)

On-site eatery: Dockside Sandwich Company Eatery hours: 11-6 M-F and 10-6 Sat/Sun - Seasonal Menu: Grilled & cold sandwiches, snack foods, drinks Restaurant description: Casual Phone: 770-889-5177 Security: 24/7 security, gated

Additional amenities: Full-service department, parts department, boat body work, yacht repair & Marine Max Stovall sales dock. Boating supplies/commissary/dry goods/retail clothing items.

GAINESVILLE MARINA Hours of operation: Office, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week Phone: 770-536-2171 Website: www.gainesvillemarina.com Location: 2145 Dawsonville Hwy., Gainesville Types of slips available: 600 slips, dry stack covered up to 25', wet covered & uncovered up to 80'.

Types of fuel: 90 recreational, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.79 (Dock open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week; Pay-at-the-Pump, 9 a.m.-‘til 30 minutes before dusk, 7 days a week, after Labor Day) On-site eatery: Skogies (Seasonal Wed. thru Sun.) Menu: Barbecue, seafood and American fare.

Phone: 678-450-1310 Security: 7 days a week Additional amenities: Parts department, land service shop, recreational room, bath house, pumpout station.

Sales of new, used and brokerage boats. Bennington Pontoon Boats, Four Winns Deck/Sport Boats and Yamaha Outboards.

HABERSHAM MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week Phone: 770-887-5432 Website: www.habershammarina.com Location: 2200 Habersham Marina Rd., Cumming Types of slips available: 650 slips for dry storage up to 27’ Store: Yes Types of fuel: 90 Recreational fuel, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.79 (Dock open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days a week, after Labor Day) Security: Yes Additional amenities: Repair services, detailing and bottom cleaning. Also bathroom and shower facilities are available.

HIDEAWAY BAY MARINA Hours of operation: Office: 8:30 a.m5:30 p.m., 7 days; Marina: 24/7 Phone: 770-967-5500 Website: www.hideawaybaymarina.com Location: 6334 Mitchell St., Flowery Branch Types of slips available: Wet (510) Dry (150) Showroom: Atlanta Marine Store/Gas Dock hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 7 days a week (after Labor Day) Types of Fuel: 90 octane, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.49 On-site eatery: Fish Tales Security: 24/7 manned security Additional amenities: Restaurant-Seasonal, complete boat/motor repair, new bathhouse w/ locked showers and AC, laundry, pump out, trailer storage.

HOLIDAY MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, Tues.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Mon., 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

Phone: 770-945-7201 Website: www.holidaylakelanier.com Location: 6900 Holiday Rd., Buford Types of slips available: 22-100' Uncovered including 80, 90, and 100' Breakwater Slips; 26-85' Covered Slips totalling 1238 Slips

Store: Yes; Convenience items and basic boating supplies.

Types of fuel: Premium, unleaded & diesel, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12): $4.89 premium; $4.84 unleaded; $4.49 diesel (5 percent discount with Westrec advantage membership) On-site eatery: Castaways Seafood Bar & Grill Menu: Fish, chicken and burger baskets Phone: 678 765-0424 Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: Boat rentals, repair service, pumpout station, boat sales, TowBoat US LANIER HARBOR MARINA Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 days; Gas dock: 24 hours.

Phone: 770-945-2884 Website: www.lanierharbor.com Location: 2066 Pinetree Dr., Buford Types of slips available: 40’x16’ & 50’x18’, with power, water, satellite hook-up Store: Yes Store hours: 24/7 gas dock & store Types of fuel: 89 octane, 93 octane Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.89 mid-grade, $4.99 premium, with 10 cents off a gallon, both mid-grade and premium, for Boat US members.

Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: 24/7 towing service PORT ROYALE MARINA Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.-Sun. Phone: 770-887-5715 Website: www.bestinboating.com/port_royale Location: 9200 Lan Mar Rd., Gainesville Types of slips available: Uncovered, 20' to 80'; covered, 24' to 80' totaling 514 slips & dry stack storage (470) for up to 39'.

Store: Service Store & Ship Store Store/Dock hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.-Sun. Types of fuel: 90-octane Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.69 On-site eatery: Pelican Pete's Bar and Grill Security: Night security Additional amenities: Climate controlled bath house with showers, 24/7 self-service pump out, rental boats, Courtesy dock for dry stack, two ship stores, full-service center, largest floating gas dock in Ga., 16 gas pumps.

SUNRISE COVE MARINA Hours of operation: Office/Store/Dock, Wed.-Mon. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Closed Tues. (after Labor Day) Phone: 770-536-8599 Website: www.sunrisecovermarina.com Location: 5725 Flat Creek Rd., Gainesville Types of slips available: Uncovered-20-70'; Covered24-50'; to include an exclusive 44' Sailboat Breakwater Dock. Total Wet Slips 688 and nine (9) Dry Storage Spaces (boats on trailer).

Store: Yes Store/Dock hours: 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed.-Mon., closed Tues.

Types of fuel: 90 recreational, non-ethanol Price of fuel: (as of 8/25/12) $4.79 with 5 percent off with Westrec Advantage Membership Security: 24/7 Additional amenities: Club House, bath house, laundry facility and pump-out open 24/7.

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Labor of love brings 1970 Chris Craft back to life

By Pamela A. Keene As a teen, Tim Burruss learned to ski behind his Uncle George’s Chris Craft on Lake Lanier. In those days (the early 1970s) the XK-19 fiberglass boat, which belonged to George Bagley, was brand spanking new.

In the late 1980s, Bagley pulled the boat and warehoused it.

It wasn’t until 2006 that Burruss remembered the boat and asked his family about it.

“I saw it covered up and didn’t realize what had happened to it,” he said. After checking with other family members, including his cousin, George Jr., Tim offered to restore it. He’s now the proud owner of a pristine 1970 XK-19 Chris Craft that he completely restored from stem to stern.

Chris Garrison did the fiberglass work, while Burruss took off every piece of hardware and disassembled the engine. The boat was gutted, the floor was upgraded and the engine was rebuilt.

“Tim took off the cleats, horns, all the hardware and had it all rechromed,” Garrison said. “It took him several years to finish

The Chris Craft after being completely restored, above. The bow, before and after new gel coating is applied. the boat.”

Garrison restored the gel coat to its original maroon color, complete with the white boot stripe.

There’s even a rally stripe across the deck.

Burruss said he enjoys owning his uncle’s Chris Craft, named “Big G” in honor of his uncle. It

brings back memories. It’s been in the water about two years.

The only caveat from the Bagley family is that they get first rights if he ever decides to sell.

“That’s no problem,” Burruss said. “This is a great boat and it was a real labor of love to restore her.”

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Cyclists to ride the gaps and valleys in Georgia mountains

By Jane Harrison The City of Dahlonega, just north of Lake Lanier, will transform into a bicycling mecca Sept.

29-30 as cyclists wheel through the North Georgia mountains and valleys.

The 24th Annual Six-Gap Century, Three-Gap Fifty and newer Valley Route Ride are expected to draw up to 3,000 cyclists for one of Georgia’s most popular biking events. The three rides, ranging from extremely to mildly challenging, plus a cycling expo around the historic downtown square put the former gold mining town in two-wheel drive for the weekend.

Cyclists travel from around the Southeast to ride the “gaps,” or mountains, on challenging courses that range in elevation from 1,400 to 3,364 feet. The six summit 104-mile route includes a seven mile climb up Hog Pen Gap that averages a 7 percent grade.

The Three-Gap 50 may be shorter at 58 miles, but is also demanding with climbs and descents not for the faint-hearted. Cyclists in the Valley Route Ride start with the three-gappers, but make a turnaround at Turners Corner to com-

plete a 35-mile scenic tour through the Yahoola Valley to RRanch and back.

“Some people call (Valley Route) the ‘no gap’ ride,” said event organizer Stefani Logsdon, of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce.

She said the chamber introduced it in 2008 after attendees asked for an easier alternative to the gaps.

“It’s a lot smaller, with about 40-50 people a year and makes a good introduction” to hilly riding, she said.

The wheels begin turning on Sept. 29 with a cycling expo that expands this year to feature not only bikes and equipment, but also a wellness expo with local medical practitioners, fitness centers and massage therapists. Ride participants are encouraged to check-in at the expo to avoid lines on ride day, Sept. 30.

Information: See Outdoor Calendar elsewhere in this edition, www.cyclenorthgeorgia.com.

tilian creatures, smooth and not, rally at Elachee Nature Science Center for the 20th Annual Snake Day. Elachee’s most popular event of the year features live animals ranging from common garden snakes to Komodo dragons and huge tortoises.

“It has grown into a festival of all things reptilian,” said Elachee education director Peter Gordon.

“People in the community love it.” An estimated 1,500 people attended last year.

Snakes from collections of the Georgia Herpetology Society, Zoo Atlanta, Elachee’s own exhibit and private reptile experts will be on hand for folks to see up close and learn about. In the touch a snake exhibit, attendees can feel a corn snake, king snake, boa or python. They get an “I Touched a Snake” certificate for their bravery.

Gordon described the often feared reptiles as gorgeous creatures that have important roles in world ecology. Snake Day affords a fun and educational opportunity Snakes Alive! for visitors to learn about native Reptiles to Take Over Elachee and exotic snakes and reptiles and Got the nerve to touch a dispel some myths and fears snake? Find out Sept. 8 when rep- about them.

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Islands Resort.

The Sept. 15 Tri2Remember at Laurel Park features a 400 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 5K run.

Athletes will emerge from the swim portion at the mega fishing ramp and jump on their bikes for a ride out Cleveland Highway, Honeysuckle Road, Clarks Bridge and Limestone Parkway before returning for a run in the park.

The event, which benefits the Tri 2 Remember Foundation for Alzheimer’s disease research, is capped at 500 participants.

The Sept. 30 Lake Lanier Islands Triathlon covers the same swim and run distances as the Laurel Park event. The bike ride is 13 miles. Participants enter and exit the water at the beach, follow the sidewalk to the parking lot Snake day at Elachee. transition area and get into the pedals for a roll out of the resort to New Bethany, Buford Dam, Triathlon season Shadburn Ferry and Peachtree Inwinding down on Lanier dustrial before returning on Lake Two opportunities remain on Lanier Islands Parkway. The run Lake Lanier to test a summer’s course take place entirely in the worth of swimming, bicycling resort. and running. Those sweating to Participants must check in and test their multisport fitness can hit the water and the roads in the sea- drop off their bike at the transison’s two final triathlons coming tion area on the 29th, the day beSee Outdoors, page 47 up at Laurel Park and Lake Lanier In addition to live animal presentations, the event includes crafts, face painting and guided hikes.

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Outdoor Activity Calendar September 2012 See Lake Lanier Olympic Venue Calendar for canoe/kayak and rowing activities Aqua Activities Tugaloo Triathlon, Lavonia. 1.5 K swim, 42 K bike, 10K run 8 a.m. Sept. 8, Tugaloo State Park at Lake Hartwell, 1763 Tugaloo State Park Rd. Individuals $87 by Aug. 26, $107 after; relays $125/$145. USAT member discounts. www.gamultisports.com, 770 926-2367.

Bootlegger Super Sprint & Kids Triathlon, Dawsonville. Super sprint-250 yard pool swim, 12 mile bike, 2 mile run, 8 a.m.; kids triathlon-distances/start times vary per age group, Sept. 9, Veterans Memorial Park, 186 Recreation Rd. Super sprint $45 individuals, $80 relays; kids $40/$70. www.active.com, www.fivestarntp.com. 770 633-5511.

Tri2Remember, Gainesville. 400 meter swim, 12 mile bike, 5K run 7:30 a.m. Sept. 15, Laurel Park, 3100 Old Cleveland Hwy. Individuals $82 by Sept. 1, $102 after; relays $125/$145. USAT member discounts. www.gamultisports.com, 770 926-2367.

Eric Shanteau’s Swim for Your Life, Buford. Open water 1K, 5K, 9:30 a.m. 500 meter junior swim following 12:30 p.m. swim clinic Sept. 22, Lake Lanier Islands Resort, 7000 Lake Lanier Islands Pkwy. Entertainment, awards ceremony, clinic hosted by Olympians. $50 adults, $35 children age 12 and younger; $20 extra for clinic. www.shanteauopenwater.com.

Lake Lanier Islands Triathlon, Buford.

400 yard swim, 13 mile bike, 5K run 7:30 a.m.

Sept. 30, Lake Lanier Islands Resort, 7000 Lake Lanier Islands Pkwy. Individuals $77 by Sept. 16, $97 after; relays $125/$145. USAT member discounts. www.gamultisports.com, 770 926-2367.

Brenau Masters Swim Team, Gainesville.

Practice and competitive program for masters swimmers of all levels, high school age and older. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 6-7 a.m., Brenau University Natatorium, Washington/Prior St. $60 month. 770 532-6279, bbachman@brenau.edu.

Note: Triathlons fill up quickly. Early registration is encouraged.

Grounded pursuits Warrior Bike Ride, Duluth. 22-mile ride from Duluth to Lake Lanier Islands Resort benefits families of fallen and wounded soldiers, 8 a.m. Sept. 8, Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main St. $40 ride only, $55 ride/T-shirt, $80 ride/jersey. Discount for groups of 10 or more.

No ride day registration. www.active.com, www. operationonevoice.org.

Snake Day, Gainesville. Annual snake and reptile program with live native and exotic species, plus children’s crafts and activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 8, Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Dr. Adults $5, children 2-12 $3, free to members. www.elachee.org, 770 535-1976.

Hilly 40+ mile ride, Gainesville. Bicycle ride in Cherokee, Forsyth, Dawson counties with Chicken City Cyclists, 9 a.m. Sept. 8, Simply Southern Restaurant, 12400 Canton Hwy. 20. 770 534-7075, unnoldl@charter.net.

Crows Lake 6.1/3.3-Mile Trail Race &

LAKESIDE 47 Kids’ Fun Run, Jefferson. Kids’ run 8 a.m., 6.1, 3.3 8:30 a.m. Sept. 8, Crows Lake, Crows Lake Dr. 6.1 $30 by Aug. 28, $35 by Sept. 6, $40 race day; 3.1 $25/$30/$35; 2-person 6.1 relay $50; kids $7. www.active.com, www.dirtyspokes.com, 9/11 Memorial XC 5K, Winder. Cross country race at Fort Yargo State Park, 6 p.m.

Sept. 8, 210 S. Broad St. $23. www.georgiarunner.com, www.active.com,706 680-7223.

Trail Crew Work Day, Gainesville. Bring water, lunch and gloves for trail maintenance work, tools provided, ages 18 and older, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 8, Elachee Nature Science Center, 2123 Elachee Drive. Call to register. www.elachee.org, 770 535-1976.

Fools Gold 100 & 50 Mile Mountain Bike Races, Dahlonega. 100-mile 7 a.m., 50-mile 7:30 a.m. Sept. 8, Montaluce Vineyards, 501 Hightower Church Rd. $175/$100. www.55nine.com.

Mountain Music Arts & Crafts Festival, Blairsville. Appalachian, bluegrass, gospel music, craft exhibits.10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 8, Vogel State Park, 405 Vogel State Park Rd. $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 706 745-2628.

Fools Gold Adventure Run 6.5 Miles, Dahlonega. Challenging run through Montaluce Vineyards and surrounding forest 8 a.m. Sept. 9, 501 Hightower Church Rd. $45. www.55nine.com.

Chicken City Cyclists, Gainesville. Club meeting 6 p.m. Sept. 13, Pasquales Italian Restaurant, 1011 Riverside Dr. 770 534-7075, unnoldl@charter.net.

Cupcake Challenge 5K/1K Fun Run, Clermont. 1K 8:45, 5K 9 a.m. Sept. 15, Concord Baptist Church, 640 Main St. 1K $15, 5K $20 by Sept. 4, $20/$25 after. www.runnersfit.com, 770-561-1050.

Multisport Workouts, Gainesville. Swim, bike, run training opportunities at Baxter’s Multisport, 2480 Limestone Pkwy. Call for info about group rides, swim clinics, runs. 770 532-2453.

Wednesday Evening Bike Rides, Gainesville. Road bike rides with Chicken City Cyclists, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Frances Meadows Aquatic Center, 1545 Community Way. unnoldl@charter.net, 770 534-7075.

ISI Cycling, Gainesville. Group bicycle rides all speeds and levels, 6 p.m. Thursdays, Dewberry Church Saturdays, corner Clarks Bridge and Glades Farm; multiple distances and speeds, 7:30 a.m. Saturdays, Corinth Bap-

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fore the race.

The two triathlons on the cusp of autumn end a season of eight triathlons on Lanier. They will have brought in more than 2,500 entries for tri races on the North Georgia lake.

Triathlons at other area venues this month include the Tugaloo Triathlon at Lake Hartwell Sept. 8 and the Bootlegger Super Sprint & Kids Triathlon, with a pool swim, in Dawsonville.

Information: See Outdoor Calendar above, www.active.com, www.gamultisports.com, www.fivestarntp.com.

tist Church, Thompson Bridge/Mount Vernon Rd.; fast pace ride 7:30 a.m. Sundays, Corinth Baptist Church. www.isicycling.com.

Stocking Scurry 5K, Fun Run, Gainesville. 1-mile fun run 8:30 a.m., 5K 9 a.m. Sept. 15, 308 Bradford St. S. $15 fun run, $25 5K. www.gainesvillejaycees.org, 229 8947093.

Bike Ride to Cornelia, Lula. 30-mile bike ride, lunch in Cornelia with Chicken City Cyclists, 9 a.m. Sept. 15, Living Missions Methodist Church, Belton Bridge Rd. 770 534-7075, unnoldl@charter.net.

Rivers Alive Adopt A Stream Clean-Up, Gainesville. Volunteers clean up trash on Flat Creek, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15. Parking location to be determined. Wear closed-toe shoes and apparel for muddy conditions. Bring rake.

Gloves, trash bags, breakfast and lunch provided. Register in advance by calling 770 5327462 or at city of Gainesville Water Resources Facebook page.

Cupcake Challenge 5K/1K Fun Run, Clermont. 1K 8:45, 5K 9 a.m. Sept. 15, Concord Baptist Church, 640 Main St. 1K $15, 5K $20 by Sept. 4, $20/$25 after. www.runnersfit.com, 770-561-1050.

Freedom 5K, Fun Run, Cornelia. 1mile 8:30 a.m., 5K 9 a.m. Sept. 15, Cornelia City Park, 100 City Park Dr. $25

by Sept. 7, $30 after. www.active.com, 706 968-0325.

Bark in the Park, Helen. Dog contests, silent auction, vendors, food, music, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 15, Unicoi State Park, 1788 Hwy. 356. $5 per dog, $5 parking. 706 878-2201, Ext. 305 Mill Race 5K & Fun Run/Walk, Maysville. Fun run 8 a.m., 5K 8:30 a.m.

Sept. 15, Hurricane Shoals Park, 416 Hurricane Shoals Rd. $15 early, $18 race day. www.active.com, www.georgiarunner.com, 404 583-1595.

Historical Rock Hike, Tallulah Falls. Strenuous technical hike to see unusual rock formations. Bring water and lunch. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sept. 15, Tallulah Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Dr. $5, plus $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 706 754-7981.

Trail to Eagle Ride, Sept. 15. A benefit motorcycle ride to promote International Scouting, sponsored by Boy Scouts of America, Troup 62 of Cumming, will begin at 8 a.m. in the Cumming Fairgrounds parking lot across from Hardee’s. Participants will ride from Cumming to BSA Camp Rainey Mtn., Clayton. Fee is $25 per rider with additional $5 per passenger. The proceeds will help send a scout to the World Scout Jamboree. The first 50 will receive a free long-sleeved t-shirt. Info: www.troop62.com and www.lottyfern.com.

Youth Fishing Days at Buck Shoals, Helen.

Children accompanied by adult fish in stocked lake. 8 a.m.-noon, every third Sat. through Sept. 15. Call for directions to Buck Shoals, near Smithgall Woods State Park. $5 parking.

706 878-3087.

Stars over Elachee at Chicopee Lake, Gainesville. Learn how to use a telescope, view the night sky. 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 22. Bring

pencil and flashlight. For ages 8 and up. Register in advance. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Dr. Adults $10, ages 8-12 $5. www.elachee.org, 770 535-1976.

Outdoor Adventure Day, Helen. Lessons on trout fishing, skeet shooting, and archery, plus hayrides, hunting dog demonstrations and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 22, Unicoi State Park, 1788 Hwy. 356. $5 parking. 706 8782201, Ext. 305 Full Moon Hike, Tallulah Falls. Strenuous guided night hike in gorge to suspension bridge over Hurricane Falls, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Sept. 30, Tallulah Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Dr. $5, plus $5 parking. Register in advance. www.gastateparks.org, 706 7547981.

National Public Lands Day, Gainesville.

Volunteer event for public lands provides opportunities to work on projects at Elachee Nature Science Center; bring picnic lunch, 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 29, 2125 Elachee Dr. Free. www.elachee.org, 770 535-1976.

Shore Sweep, Gainesville. Volunteers pick up trash at 13 locations on Lake Lanier. Bring gloves and wear clothing suitable for muddy conditions. Trash bags provided, t-shirts to volunteers turning in a bag of trash. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 29. www.lakelanier.org, 770 5037757.

Hustle for Hope, Sugar Hill. 5K 8 a.m., fun run immediately after, Sept. 29, Sugar Hill Church, 5091 Nelson Brogden Blvd. $22 by Sept. 16, $25 after. www.hustleforhope.blogspot.com.

Women for the Woods, Helen. Outdoor activities for women include fishing, orienteering, archery, campfire meal and optional camping 8 a.m. Sept. 29-30, Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail. $60 plus $5 camping fee by Sept. 15, $65 plus camping fee after. $5 parking. www.gastateparks.org, 706 8783087.

Six-Gap Century, Three-Gap Fifty, Dahlonega. Challenging road bike rides in Georgia mountains. 100-mile ride, 7:30 a.m.; 58-mile ride 8:30 a.m. Sept. 30, Lumpkin County High School, 2001 Indian Dr. Early check-in, expo 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 29, Historic Dahlonega Square. $55 by Sept. 27, $60 after. www.cyclenorthgeorgia.com.

Valley Route Ride, Dahlonega. Scenic 35mile road bike companion to Dahlonega’s Gap rides, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 30, Lumpkin County High School, 2001 Indian Dr. Early check-in, expo 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 29, Historic Dahlonega Square. $55 by Sept. 27, $60 after. www.cyclenorthgeorgia.com.

Fall Festival 5K, Duluth. 8 a.m. Sept. 30, Historic Downtown Duluth. $20 by Sept. 21, $25 after; $70 family of 4. www.duluthfallfestival.org, 678 795-0115.

Good News Ride, Gainesville. 28-, 40-, 60mile bike rides through North Hall and White counties benefit Good News at Noon, 9 a.m.

Oct. 6, Riverbend Baptist Church, 1715 Cleveland Hwy. $30 by Sept. 15, $40 after, includes SAG stops, lunch at Johnny’s BBQ. www.active.com, 770 534-1078.

- Compiled by Jane Harrison

MORE INFO: Additions/corrections, email lakesidenews@mindspring.com

Legacy on Lanier hosts ‘Fall Classic’ fundraiser The North Gwinnett Co-op and Kiwanis Club of North Gwinnett are hosting a golf tournament fundraiser on Tuesday, September 11, at the Legacy at Lake Lanier Golf Course with a 9:30 shotgun start. All proceeds will go to

support the Co-Op food pantry and college scholarships for local high school seniors.

Please register online at www.kiwanisclubofnorthgwinnett.com or call Susan Radford at 678-523-5435.

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Lanier a regular stop for Banks & Shane; local duo celebrates 40 years in the business

Shore Lines From the fascinating to the remarkable, Lake Lanier harbors many personalities and places along its shores. Lakeside presents “Shore Lines” – stories about people who live, work and play around the lake and the places that make the area special.

By Pamela A. Keene orty years and still making music, Atlanta-based Banks & Shane is basking in their success. But they haven’t let their notoriety change their approachable personalities.

“We’ve been very lucky to be able to live normal lives and be successful in the entertainment industry,” said Paul Shane, singer, trombone and guitar player for the band.

“I wouldn’t say that we’re normal, but we’re still having a great time, and we are really lucky,” said Banks Burgess, who sings and plays guitar and banjo. The two build on the years of rapport to create a party with friends atmosphere.

“Over the years, we’ve made so many friends, and people have welcomed us into their families,” Burgess said. “It’s been quite a ride so far.”

Their anniversary concert at Lake Lanier Islands brought together a sold-out crowd that included friends from Colorado, Texas, Florida and points beyond.

“It’s been amazing to see how people have come into our lives and become friends for life,” Burgess said.

The early days You could say it was fate that Albany, Ga., native Banks Burgess met Tampa native Paul Shane back in the summer of 1969. Burgess had just left the Air Force when he and a friend took

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Banks and Shane in the early years.

their musical duo to St. Petersburg for a gig. It just happened that they were subbing for the band Shane played for in a club called Down Under. Shane stopped by to listen to the Georgia duo and became friends with the musicians. They stayed in touch as Burgess came back to Georgia and Shane served in the US Navy out of Charleston.

“Our backgrounds were so similar – both self-taught folk musicians who were inspired by groups like the Kingston Trio – it was natural for us to start our own band,” Burgess said. He had taken music lessons from age 7, playing the trombone and French horn.

He also sang in church choir and school chorus.

“Paul and I decided we’d take our music on the road for a year or so to get it out of our system, and 40 years later, we’re still performing.”

One of the duo’s first jobs was a two-week stint in Underground Atlanta at TJ Kinney’s Saloon in Underground Atlanta. They ended up staying there for 10 months.

Shane grew up in a musical family. In fact, his brother Chuck plays drums and bass for the band. His sister is a music teacher in Cincinnati and plays French horn with the symphony. In the early days of Banks & Shane, he’d play at clubs at night and get up early five days a week to study music theory.

“I was getting close to burn-

PHOTO BY ALAN HOPE

Banks Burgess, center, and Paul Shane, right, entertain at Peachtree Point, Lake Lanier Islands in August.

Guitarist and band member Jim Durand is also pictured.

out, so I dropped the classes,” he said. “I do arranging now, but about every 10 years I’ll sit right down and write a song. I guess that means I’ve written four songs,” he said with a laugh.

Who moved home base?

For years the band’s home port was the Steak & Ale in Tucker.

“We’d go out on the road and come back and they would have enlarged the room,” Burgess said.

“It was a great place to perform and lots of regulars came to see us.”

By 1978, the band moved to Timothy Johns in Sandy Springs.

Several years later they opened Banks & Shane Restaurant in Sandy Springs, where they played from 1983 to 1988. They regularly brought in other entertainers including The Platters and the Drifters, and singer-songwriter Mac McAnally, who now tours with Jimmy Buffett.

With the revitalization of Underground Atlanta, they opened Banks & Shane in the heart of downtown. They had a successful run there from 1989 to 1992.

They’ve also toured the US and in Europe, both on their own and representing Georgia through the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Delta Air Lines and the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association.

For the past 20 years, they’ve balanced their time between concerts, corporate events and private parties. They average about a 100 dates per year.

And while they haven’t had a home base, it’s beginning to look more and more like Lake Lanier Islands could be their home.

Lake Lanier Ties Burgess’ wife Missy is on the permanent marketing staff at the 1,100-acre resort.

“It’s just good synergy to be out here,” Burgess said. “And it’s such a great venue.”

“I’m amazed at the fabulous job that the Williams family has done here at the resort,” Shane said. “It’s a pleasure to perform here.”

The anniversary concert was just one of many times they’ve entertained at Lake Lanier Islands. In 2006, they joined forces with Georgia comedian Jeff Foxworthy for a successful fundraiser for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Camp Sunshine. They frequently perform for charity.

“That’s just what you’re supposed to do,” Burgess said. “We love being asked to give concerts for worthwhile causes … “… Especially when it’s for the kids,” Shane said.

Off stage lives Back to the comment Shane made about being able to live normal lives. Both enjoy playing golf and sailing. Each year since the early 1980s, they’ve chartered sailboats to take friends and fans on musical cruises in such places as the British Virgin Islands, St. Lucia and the Grenadines. They each skipper a boat; their largest group has included 12 sailboats, but they typically average a halfdozen boats and 40 or so people.

Burgess and wife Missy have a 22-year-old son Mack, a selftaught guitarist who recently graduated from the University of Tennessee. He also has a daughter from a former marriage and one

grandson.

Shane and his wife Rose are Realtors in Suwanee. They each have children from previous marriages.

Both like to cook. For Burgess, it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, but he particularly enjoys cooking breakfast. Shane likes to cook with sauces and gets a little fancy in the kitchen. At one point he took private cooking lessons.

With doing about 100 shows each year, they can lead normal lives and spend time with family.

Typically, they’re only away from home for a night or two when they’re touring.

Back on stage It’s no wonder that folks take to Banks & Shane. Their shows are full of energy, spontaneity and humor.

“We have different personalities and great chemistry,” Shane said. After being together 40 years, they know what works.

Their songs range from Kingston Trio standards to new music by Zac Brown. They also performed a song by Miles Davis in their Saturday night show. They’re versatile and engaging. Their signature song, the one they always end their shows with, is “California (I’m going home)” by the Kingston Trio.

Having a conversation with Banks & Shane is just like talking to old friends. And no wonder …

As Shane puts it: “If I have to choose between getting applause or making someone laugh, making someone laugh would win out every single time. It’s a joy to entertain people and know that we’re performing for friends.”

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Meet your chief rangers at Lake Lanier

By Pamela A. Keene Three chief rangers at the Buford Project Management Office oversee the operations at Lake Lanier. All three have strong ties to Lanier and long-standing history with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They report directly to Project Operations manager Tim Rainey and Assistant Project Operations Manager Chris Lovelady.

Chris Arthur, Chief Ranger, Parks: Arthur serves as a Chief Ranger responsible for providing technical oversight for programming, planning and execution of the project’s recreation, Arthur interpretive, public safety, visitor assistance, public relations and security programs. He reviews and provides guidance for policies and plans for the operation of Lanier’s campgrounds and day use parks.

Since 1990 Arthur has worked with several Corps projects, starting with J. Strom Thurmond Lake/Clarks Hill Lake, which is the largest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project east of the Mis-

sissippi River and one of the largest inland bodies of water in the South. He also worked at Richard B. Russell Lake before moving to Florida to serve at Lake Okeechobee in the Jacksonville District.

In 1997, Arthur joined the staff at Lake Lanier, first working in Shoreline Management managing 2,500 docks and public property in Hall County. In 2004, he moved to Park Operations where he handled operations for both day-use parks and campgrounds.

Over the years, Arthur has won numerous awards for his work in water safety, including the development of a bi-lingual program several years ago. He has worked in a variety of aspects as park ranger, including the Volunteer Program, Interpretation Program and the Down-river Safety Program. Other responsibilities involved managing partnership programs, community service projects and coordinating the activities of Lake Lanier’s Water Safety Task Force.

Jeff Emmert, Chief Ranger, Environmental Compliance: An Illinois native, Emmert is Chief Ranger and Environmental Com-

pliance Coordinator. As such, he is responsible for Natural Resource Management, Cultural and Historic Resources, and Land Use ReEmmert quests at Lake Lanier. Additionally, he manages Environmental Compliance at Lake Lanier, Allatoona Lake and Carters Lake.

Emmert joined the Corps while he earned his bachelor of science in recreation, parks and tourism administration, working as a cooperative education student, starting in 2001. He came to

Lake Lanier in 2003, working as a ranger in Lanier’s Park Operations and Shoreline Management sections before becoming a Chief Ranger.

In his spare time, Emmert is an active outdoorsman, enjoying hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, canoeing, golf, and snowboarding.

Ernest Noe, Chief Ranger, Shoreline Management: With a bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation administration, Noe oversees all operating involving shoreline management, in- Noe

• Burns Continued from Page 24 said they will not erode as they would on earth since there is no wind or water on the moon. The footprints should last at least 10 million years, probably far longer. I thought that was just incredible. The footprints of the astronauts are still there.

The American flags they

planted are still there.

Our fall and winter may hold a few surprises. A weak to moderate El Nino is developing and we will talk more about what we might expect next month.

Stay tuned everyone!

Glenn Burns is chief meteorologist for WSB-TV in Atlanta.

cluding dock permits. He joined the Corps in 1992, starting at Lake Seminole in South Georgia.

Prior to working with the Corps, the Mississippi native also managed Elvis Presley Lake and Campground in Tupelo, Miss.

He moved to Lake Lanier in 2002. Over the years, he has won several awards, including the Take Pride in America award while in college. He has also been recognized by the Department of the Army, receiving Achievement Medals for Civilian Service during various natural disasters over the past 20 years. Noe enjoys spending time with his family, as well as hunting and fishing.

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New fishing agreement between Georgia, South Carolina in effect As a result of South Carolina’s recently revised fishing laws, development of a new reciprocal agreement with Georgia was necessary and went into effect July 1.

Georgia and South Carolina’s reciprocal freshwater fishing license agreement allows anglers to fish on border waters with a valid fishing license from either state.

Border waters include the Chattaooga River to Lake Hartwell and downstream waters such as lakes Russell and Clarks Hill, and the Savannah River.

“Anglers as well as state officials on both sides wanted to continue the fishing license agreement and keep fishing regulations as similar as possible on border waters,” explains John Biagi, Chief of Fisheries Management, Georgia Depart-

ment of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.

“To minimize confusion, Georgia sport fishing regulations will largely mirror South Carolina laws on border waters.”

Notable changes to fishing regulations covering border waters include: • a limit of 10 striped bass or hybrid bass or combination on Lakes Hartwell and Clarks Hill, only three may be over 26 inches; • the limit for trout is five; and • the limit for white bass is 10.

Anglers should note that South Carolina’s new fishing laws for crappie and bream are different than Georgia’s regulations. (You can keep more in Georgia - 30 and 40 respectively.)

MORE INFO: www.gofishgeorgia.com/fishing/regulations

Vote online for new wildlife tag designs Four new wildlife vehicle license plates are coming to Georgia, and the Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division wants the public to help select the best tag design.

Georgians can vote for the new wildlife tags at www.georgiawildlife.com. Simply click on the “Make Your Vote Count” link, fill out the short survey and cast a vote for your favorite tag design.

A share of purchases and renewals of the new tag will go toward conservation and habitat restoration efforts for the Nongame Conservation Section, the Bobwhite Quail Initiative (BQI) and the Trout Restoration Program of the DNR’s Fisheries Management Section.

“We are excited about the opportunity to allow Georgians to vote on their favorite tag design through our website,” said Wildlife Resources Division Director Dan Forster. “We have many beautiful wildlife designs to pick from and we hope that the switch to a full plate design will excite the public and they will want one on their vehicle.”

Information collected through the voting process will be used to determine which tags will be produced and made available for purchase through the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Services. Potential designs for the new wildlife license plates include: • Nongame wildlife tags, supporting the state’s Nongame Wildlife Conservation Fund Two designs will be chosen including blue heron in a shoals river scene; green tree frog; bald eagle soaring above Georgia pines; hummingbird with trumpet creeper; bald eagle with American flag; painted bunting; and North Atlantic right whale.

• Bobwhite Quail Initiative tags, supporting the Bobwhite Quail Initiative - Mother quail and chicks; flushing covey with a white-tailed deer; and turkey and a flushing quail with a whitetailed buck.

• Trout (Trout Unlimited) tags supporting the Fisheries Manage-

ment Section trout conservation program - Brook trout; rainbow trout; trio including brook, rainbow and brown trout; and a brook trout chasing a fly.

The deadline to vote on the new tag designs is September 15, 2012.

Winning designs will then be announced and made available shortly afterward in local tag offices and for online renewals.

Specialty plates cost $60 (plus advalorem taxes and other fees standard for all plates). There is an annual renewal of $35.

Georgia’s Nongame Conservation Section receives no state general funds for its mission to conserve wildlife not legally hunted, fished for or trapped, as well as rare plants and natural habitats in the state.

Instead, Nongame Conservation depends on direct contributions, grants, and fundraisers such as the nongame plates, which account for about two-thirds of funds raised.

MORE INFO: www.georgiawildlife.com/conservation/support

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It’s almost time for waterfowl, deer hunting at lake With fall approaching, many lake users are asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about hunting opportunities at Lake Lanier. Although the opportunities are limited, Lanier can provide an excellent, local location for hunting. Two types of hunting are allowed: waterfowl (geese, teal, and ducks) and deer.

Waterfowl hunting is divided into two seasons; an early season for teal and Canada Geese and a late season for ducks and Canada Geese. The Corps allows hunters to use some of the closed parks as access for waterfowl hunting. The regulations on hunting hours, limits, locations and required licenses can be found at www.sam.usace.army.mil/lanier/h unting.htm and http://gohuntgeorgia.com/.

Deer hunting Deer hunting on Corps property around Lake Lanier is limited to two archery-only quota hunts.

The two hunts are known as the “islands quota hunt” and the “Buford Dam quota hunt.”

In addition to the required

Fifteen hunters are drawn for each four-day hunt. In addition, Nicholas each person drawn is allowed to Baggett take one person to hunt with them. With an average 12 percent US Army success rate, this hunt is excellent Corps of for children and beginners.

Engineers The Buford Dam quota hunt is a two-day hunt scheduled for December 18-19. Thirteen hunters are drawn for this hunt. Each perstate licenses, participants in son drawn for this hunt is also althese hunts must have a permit lowed to take one person to hunt from the Corps. Permits are iswith them. All hunters participatsued by lottery drawings. To be ing in the Buford Dam hunt are entered in the drawings, hunters must apply by letter to Operations required to attend a pre-hunt meeting on December 17 at 7 Project Manager’s Office, Attn: Craig Sowers, P.O. Box 567, Bu- p.m. Maps for the two hunts can be found at www.sam.usace.army. ford, Ga. 30515. Letters must contain full name, address, phone mil/lanier/hunting.htm.

Safety first number, e-mail address, and indiFor public safety, all Corps cate the specific hunt(s) applied for. Applications must be received parks and trails located along Buby October 15 for the islands hunt ford Dam Road, except West and November 15 for the Buford Bank Park, will be closed during the Buford Dam hunt. Hunter edDam hunt. ucation courses are offered by the The islands quota hunt is divided into three, four-day hunts.

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Safe boating may be boring, but necessary My objective for this column is to grab your attention about something that will eventually happen in the realm of boating safety. The title of this article says it all … and it’s a true statement!

Not long from now the increased awareness of the tragic lake accidents this summer, together with the positive change of boating behavior we are now beginning to experience, will be diminished.

To what degree remains to be seen but this increased vigilance will not remain a priority when operating a marine craft no matter what type or size.

The benefit from boating education is measurable, especially with a reduction of marine accidents and enhanced safety. A heartfelt “Thank You” goes to organizations like the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Atlanta Sail & Power Squadron, law enforcement and others who contribute time and expertise to this endeavor. It is through these efforts that every boater is offered the opportunity to learn key elements of safe boating operations.

Safe boating is a process, a habit that is first acquired in a structured environment. The progression of knowledge and skill is much more in depth and ultimately develops into a recognition and evaluation of danger, an

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For those that want or need a Boating classroom setting, attending a Safety boating safety seminar or course also gives you connection with other like-minded mariners.

The second phase … and most intuitive sense that will keep you safer on the water or at the dock. valuable one for boating educaThere are two distinct levels of tion incorporates additional training, especially consisting of boating education and the transformation of safer performance it actual hands-on application and practice that will further increase produces. an effective approach to boating.

Initially the training gives the This helps you identify and avoid knowledge on how to react after certain danger, which should be an incident. With numerous prothe goal. cedures for countless scenarios, Safe boating may sometimes you can employ this know-how to actually be boring but adopting substantially increase survival proper methods of operating your outcome and even decrease the vessel is essential to everyone that severity of the situation in some takes to the water. Without boatcases. ing education we will continue to The only way to gain this insee tragic accidents and the conformation is by learning from sequences from this lack of professionals. This delivery of knowledge. knowledge does not have to be Make it your mission to learn from a USCG or state approved schools and organizations, but can and you will see the positive change it will deliver! be successfully obtained from Steve Johnson, US Coast skilled mariners that practice safe Guard (ret). is with CPO Johnboating and proper seamanship. son, Inc. There are many of you on the lake that are experienced. Men MORE INFO: toring others in your boat hanstevejohnson@navteach.com dling and safety expertise can

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New navigation aids add safety features to Sunset Cove

By Pamela A. Keene Red and green channel markers designate the preferred way in and out at Lake Lanier Island’s Sunset Cove.

Installed in August, the markers aid boaters in safe navigation.

The buoys have been installed through a partnership with Lake Lanier Islands Resort, the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority, the Lake Lanier Association, Hall County and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

“The markers are an effort to assist the boating public in accessing the cove in a more organized fashion, while providing improved entry to the cove by first responders in case of an emergency,” said LLIDA’s Executive Director Bill Donohue, adding, “LLIDA is committed to supporting our long-term lease partner, Lake Lanier Islands Management Company, in providing safe access and use of all the facilities at Lake Lanier Islands.”

Boaters should keep the red markers to their right when entering the Sunset Cove area. The green markers should be on their

right when they’re returning to the main channel.

Boating safety issues are top of mind this season due to the number of boating accidents and drownings.

The deaths of three youth in boating accidents, along with several other incidents, have led to the creation of a Lake Lanier Water Safety Alliance.

“We appreciate the fact that Lake Lanier Islands Resort and the LLIDA are addressing the issue of overall boating safety,” said State Boating Law Administrator for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Lt. Col. Jeff Weaver.

“The more efforts made to make Lake Sidney Lanier a safe boating environment, the better.

Of course, responsibility also lies with the boaters. Georgia DNR encourages boaters to boat responsibly, take a boating course so that they understand the ‘rules of the road,’ boat sober, and always wear a life jacket.”

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Lakeside’s Dining Guide Lakeview Dining Big Creek Tavern – Lunch, dinner and breakfast at 10 a.m. on Sundays. Open year around.

Featuring the “Best” Angus Beef, a step up from old-fashioned American food. Billiards, video games, beer, wine, liquor. Buford. B-3, 678-482-1662.

Bullfrogs Bar & Grille – Located at Legacy Lodge & Conference Center at Lake Lanier Islands Resort. Open for lunch and dinner daily. Dine poolside or indoors. Selections include salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts and a variety of drink options from full-service bar. Guests may arrive by boat or car. Buford.

B-3, 770-945-8787.

Castaways – Holiday Marina. Offering fish, chicken and burger baskets; hand-cut potato chips with special toppings; casual dining.

Full bar service, tropical and frozen drinks.

Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun., 11a.m.-9 p.m. C-3 678 765-0424.

Dockside Grill Café – Offering full lake views of Lanier in a casual outdoor café setting. Featuring the famous Docker burger, sandwiches including grouper, tuna and mahi.

Aqualand Marina, Flowery Branch. C-3, 770363-2318.

Dockside Sandwich Company – Offering sandwiches, lahvosh, salads, chips and snacks.

Baldridge Marina, Cumming. Seasonal. 770889-2185.

Fish Tales Lakeside Grille – Casual lakeside dining featuring grouper fingers, signature salads and much more. Full service indoor and outdoor bar with live music. Expanded patio and new TVs. Open for lunch and dinner everyday during spring & summer, weekends, fall & winter. Hideaway Bay Marina. C-3, 770-967-3775.

Pelican Pete’s – Picturesque dining right on the water at Port Royale in an open-air thatched-roof building. Selection of sandwiches, burgers, fish and more. Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.to 11 p.m. B2, 770-887-5715 ext 5.

Pier 29 – Located on Lake Lanier at lake marker 29 opposite Browns Bridge. Family friendly restaurant with a separate bar and dining patio with live music. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week. Offering fish, shrimp, steak, burgers, wings and hand-spun milkshakes. Dockside delivery available at restaurant’s courtesy dock as well as delivery to Port Royal Marina. Cumming. www.pier29onlanier.com, 770-781-2242.

Skogies – Specializing in seafood and American fare. Open 7 days a week. Gainesville Marina, C-1, 678-450-1310.

Sunset Cove Beach Club – An open-air eatery on a quiet stretch of beach near Chattahoochee Rapids at Lake Lanier Islands Resort.

Open for lunch and dinner. Views of the lake during the day or dine under the stars in the glow of firelight from the fireplace. Come by car or by boat. Also at Sunset Cove, Dog and Draft features 12 beers on draft, plus hot dogs, brats and sausage in pretzel buns. Fire and Ice kiosk offers smoked barbecue and burgers. On the waterpark side, Gianni’s Italian Bistro serves pizza, subs and pasta. By water, Sunset Cove is between buoys 7SC and 5SC. www.lakelanierislands.com. Buford. B-3, 770-945-8787.

Windows Restaurant – Located at Legacy Lodge & Conference Center at Lake Lanier Islands Resort and overlooks Lake Lanier.

Provides breakfast buffet and menu options daily, and special dining events every Saturday night throughout the season. Guests may arrive by boat or car. Buford. B-3, www.lakelanierislands.com, 770-945-8787.

American Antebellum – Southern contemporary cuisine including fried catfish with pimento dumplings, grilled wild salmon, thyme roasted pork chop, ribeye with buttermilk mashed potatoes and more. Weekend brunch features biscuits and gravy, ham steak and eggs, buttermilk pancakes, shrimp and grits, and more. Downtown Flowery Branch, 5510 Church St. C-3, 770-965-8100. www.antebellumrestaurant.com.

Austin’s Steak and Seafood – Specialties include seafood, premium aged steaks and chops, baby-back ribs, chicken and pasta.

Open daily, lunch and dinner. Full bar. Cumming. A-3, 770-844-0902.

Braise – Open for lunch and dinner, Tues.Sun. Also features fried green tomatoes, BBQ shrimp, oyster po’boys, braised short ribs and pot roast. Dessert for two features apple cobbler and brownie a la mode. Comfort food redefined. Live weekly entertainment downstairs at Coo-Coo’s Nest with an extended bar menu and drink specials. Located at 1920 Freedom Pkwy., just off Ga. Hwy. 400. A-3, Cumming, 678-456-8932.

Coastal Breeze Seafood Grill – Offering seafood, steaks, ribs, oysters on the half shell, salads, burgers and more. Lunch and dinner, full bar. Daily 11 a.m.-midnight. Located at 5390 Lanier Island Parkway. C-3, www.coastalbreezega.com, 770-945-9181.

Collegiate – Old-fashioned hamburgers, hot dogs and milk shakes served in 1940s setting.

Gainesville. C-2, 678-989-2280.

Foster House – Lunch and dinner served family-style featuring casual dining at lunch and fine dining in evening. Lunch served 11 a.m.2:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Dinner served 5-8:30 p.m., Thurs.; 5-9:30 p.m., Fri./Sat. Cumming.

A-3, 770-887-9905.

Norman’s Landing – Specializing in fresh seafood, hand-cut steaks, Canadian baby-back ribs with Kansas City barbecue sauce. Cumming. Casual. A-3, 770-886-0100.

Two Dog Café – Classic small town diner with an emphasis on fresh food and fast service for lunch and dinner. Located at 317 Spring St. Gainesville. C-2, 770-287-8384.

Wild Wing Café – Offers casual dining, live music, special Monday Trivia Night and 2 Fer Tuesday nights (buy a dozen, get a dozen wings free). Located at 311 Jesse Jewell Pkwy., Gainesville. C-2, 770-536-9177.

Yahoola Creek Grill – Features Southern-inspired, made-from-scratch cooking from our outdoor deck, cozy dining room and loft. Full beer and wine list. Open for lunch and dinner, Wed.-Sat. Open for brunch and supper on Sunday. Closed Mon./Tues. Located on S. Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-2200; www.yahoolacreekgrill.com.

Continental/Fine Dining Adam’s – American Mediterranean cuisine including Rack of Lamb, Calf’s Liver Anglaise, Mediterranean Chicken Penne, Oysters Rockefeller and Seafood Pastilla Rolls.

Full bar. Dinner Mon.-Sat., 5-10:30 p.m. Located at 15 East Main St., Buford. B-3, 678

754-0379.

Aqua Terra Bistro – European fusion cuisine served daily. Open for lunch, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; noon-2:30 p.m., Sat.; dinner hours are 5-10 p.m., Mon.-Sun. Located on Buford’s historic Main Street. No reservations. B-3, 770-271-3000.

Blue Bicycle – a bistro touting “great food in a place not to feel rushed.” Open for lunch Thurs./Fri.; open for dinner Tues.-Sat. Reservations are suggested. Located at 671 Lumpkin Campground Road, behind the Outlet Mall on GA. Hwy. 400. Dawsonville, B-1.

706-265-2153.

Corkscrew Café – Fine dining featuring varied menu choices, open lunch and dinner.

Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Tues.-Thurs.; 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri./Sat.; noon-9 p.m., Sun. Reservations suggested. Located on 51 West Main St., Dahlonega. 706-867-8551.

Luna’s – Continental cuisine, romantic atmosphere. Gainesville. C-2, 770-531-0848.

Oar House in Dahlonega – Specialties: handcut steaks, seafood dishes and homemade desserts, “everything homemade from the bread to the pickles.” Located Hwy 52E, 4 miles east of Dahlonega. D-1. Reservations suggested. 706-864-9983.

Poor Richard’s – Specializing in Prime Rib, steaks, ribs and fresh seafood. Casual dining, dinner only. Full-service bar. Gainesville. C-1, 770-532-0499.

Scott’s on the Square – Upscale casual ambience with specialty sandwiches for lunch and gourmet entrees for dinner. Gainesville square. C-2. 770-536-1111.

Barbecue/Country/Home Cooking Johnny’s BBQ – Real Pit BBQ pork, chicken & ribs. Brunswick stew. Minutes from Clark’s Bridge rowing venue. Gainesville. Casual. D1, 770-536-2100.

Old McDonald’s BBQ – Real Pit BBQ, Brunswick stew, ribs. Minutes from Lake Lanier. Casual. Buford. B-3, 770-945-3431.

Deli Common Grounds Coffee Shoppe – Light breakfast, lunch and dinner and desserts fol-

lowed by fresh roasted coffee. Flowery Branch. C-3, 770-967-4080.

Italian Dominick’s Italian Restaurant – Features cuisine from the north of Italy, with veal, chicken and seafood dishes. Favorites include chicken saltimbocca and garlic bread appetizer. Half-price bottles of wine on Monday nights, half-price appetizers from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and endless pasta and salad on Wednesdays. Dominick’s is open Monday thru Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for lunch and dinner from 5-9:30 p.m. Located at the corner of Buford Hwy. and Hamilton Mill Rd in the Buford Village Shopping Center., Buford. B3, 770-614-0019.

Piazza – Features traditional Italian dishes, homemade raviolis, pizza, chicken, veal and seafood specialities. Open 7 days a week: 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri./Sat. Located on 24 East Main St., Dahlonega. B-1. 706-867-9881.

Vinny’s New York Pizza & Italian Grill – New York-style pizzeria known for generous portions and reasonable pricing. Specialties include Philly Chicken and Cheese sub, New York Pizza, Chicken Caesar Salad, Sausage & Pepper plate, baked pasta and Lasagna.

Desserts include Cannoli, Tiramisu, Italian Funnel Cakes or cheesecake. Wine and beer available. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat., noon-10 p.m.; Sun, 5-10 p.m. Located at 4977 Lanier Island Pkwy, Buford. C-4, 678482-9966.

Mexican La Cazuela – An Atlanta area landmark that’s expanded to two locations around Lanier. Features fajitas, selection of combination platters and more. Cumming, 678-947-0718, Buford, 770-614-6871.

Oriental Little Tokyo – Japanese dining - hibachi grill, sushi. Dine in, take out. Open Tues.-Fri., 10:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-10 p.m.; Closed Mon. Buford. B-4, 770-9453350.

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Lakeside’s Recreation Guide

CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAMPGROUNDS & DAY USE PARKS

Campsites w/ Hookups Campsites w/o Hookups Showers Dump Station Laundry Restrooms Picnic Tables Picnic Shelter Boat Ramp Swim Area User Fee No Pets

Provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The Corps of Engineers welcomes you to beautiful Lake Sidney Lanier. Located just 35 miles northeast of Atlanta, the lake offers some of the finest camping opportunities in the South. The Corps operates 7 campgrounds at Lake Lanier. Camping enthusiasts may enjoy the luxuries of fully developed areas with water and electrical hookups or “rough it” at designated primitive areas. Most campgrounds have park attendants on duty to assist our visitors. Camping in undesignated areas such as on the lake’s shoreline and islands is prohibited.

CAMPGROUNDS 13 VAN PUGH SOUTH 17 OLD FEDERAL 45 DUCKETT MILL 50 BOLDING MILL 53 TOTO CREEK 77 BALD RIDGE 81 SAWNEE

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Day Use Parks The Corps operates 35 day use parks at Lake Lanier. Facilities range from parks with boat ramps to those with designated swimming areas, picnic tables, shelters and playgrounds.

All day use parks close daily at 10 p.m. Boat launching is allowed at all hours unless otherwise posted.

Alcoholic beverages are prohibited in all parks.

Picnic Shelters Picnic shelters are available at several Corps’ parks around the lake.

They can be reserved for a fee. Call the Lake Lanier Management Office at 770-945-9531.

Day Use Fees Day use fees are charged at some park areas which have boat ramps or beach areas.

FEES (per day) Boat launching $3/$4 Vehicles $3/$4 Pedestrian/bicycle $1 Annual pass $30 Rules, Regulations and More Guidelines are not intended as restraints to the enjoyment of park visitors, but as aids for orderly operation, visitor safety and for the protection of the environment and public property.

Complete rules and regulations are posted at the entrances to all campgrounds and copies are available at entry stations.

To view annual opening and closing dates and rates for campgrounds and picnic shelters, visit http://lanier.sam. usace.army.mil/.

STATE, COUNTY & CITY PARKS 7 SHOAL CREEK 11 BIG CREEK 14 CHESTNUT RIDGE 33 CLARK’S BRIDGE 79 MARY ALICE PARK 86 FLOWERY BRANCH PARK 52 LUMPKIN COUNTY PARK 56 WAR HILL 71 CHARLESTON 74 SHADY GROVE 75 YOUNG DEER 87 LANIER POINT 88 LONGWOOD PARK 89 HOLLY PARK 90 LAUREL PARK 91 RIVER FORKS 96 LAKE LANIER ISLANDS

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Midway is a reminder of our glorious past With America facing a key election in November, it seems appropriate to revisit exactly how, where, and why this great nation of ours was founded. No where in our area are the answers more readily available than in the cradle of the revolutionary spirit in and around Midway on the Georgia Coast!

Today the tiny community of Midway in Liberty County is located on Old Highway 17 between Savannah and Brunswick, Ga. This historical area dates back to a meeting in a log house at Midway Neck on August 28, 1754, when English Puritans founded the Midway Society as a strongly religious group. These people had migrated to Midway from Dorchester near Charleston, S.C. in 1752 on a grant from the colonial Council of Georgia as a protectorate from the Creek Indians. Mostly rice farmers, the new settlers quickly developed a thriving agricultural economy in the community.

Many of the early residents in this part of Georgia were very brave, quite political, and were heavily involved in the early fight for our independence. One of these patriots was Lyman Hall who was a well-known member of the Midway Church and a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia during 1775. Hall, Button Gwinnett from St. John’s Parish, and George Walton from Augusta were the three Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Though not there for the signing, Nathan Brownson from Midway was also a member of the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778 and is buried at Midway Cemetery.

Lyman Hall was a physician

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MORE INFO: 770-289-1543 JFish51@aol.com www.fishinglanier.com by trade, but because of his stand for liberty, he fled north during the Revolutionary War with his family and worked for the fledgling Continental Congress. He settled in Savannah after the war and was the first elected Governor of Georgia where his efforts led to the charter of the University of Georgia.

The combination of St. John’s Parish, St. Andrew’s Parish, and St. James Parish became Liberty County in 1777. This county was the first in Georgia to vote for liberty.

Though the Midway Congregational Church was first built in 1752 and destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War, it has always been the centerpiece of this community. Even during those early years and still to the present, the colored members of the church always worshipped with the white population. The Midway Church was rebuilt in 1792 and still stands today as a beautiful, living monument to the beginning of our country.

The old cemetery across Highway 17 holds the remains of many great men from that era and throughout American history.

Buried there are two generals

PHOTOS BY BILL VANDERFORD

Girls in period 1ttire in front of the Old Midway Church.

PHOTOS BY BILL VANDERFORD

Old Midway Chruch.

from the Revolutionary War: Daniel Stewart, who was the great grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt, and James Screven, who died in a battle with the British about a mile south of Midway Church in 1778. A statue honoring these heroes was erected and dedicated in the center of the cemetery in 1915.

Five counties in Georgia (Screven, Hall, Gwinnett, Baker, and Stewart) were named after Midway men. Also, many other famous people came from this small area including John Le Conte, who became the first president of the University of California and Rev. Abiel Holmes, who was the father of celebrated writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A highlight of any visit to Midway would have to be seeing and experiencing history at the Midway Museum. This raised cottage style house like those from the 18th century is adjacent

to the Midway Church and is the home to many priceless documents, exhibits, and furnishings that commemorate and celebrate the passion for freedom that was always a part of the Midway Society.

With so much unrest in our country recently, I find it inspirational and rewarding to visit places like Midway to rejuvenate the passion and dedication that it took to give us the freedoms we enjoy. It is also important to introduce our children to the wonderful history and commitment of

PHOTOS BY BILL VANDERFORD

Girls showing respect for the dead in the Midway Cemetery.

our founders!

Anytime is a good time to see Midway Church, Cemetery, and Museum, but you can always check their website at: www.themidwaymuseum.org Bill Vanderford has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, and has been inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a Legendary Guide.

• COE Continued from Page 52 Georgia Department of Natural Resources and in most cases are required prior to hunting.

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Appearing before the court of useless information I don’t speak Girl. And that is what gets me in trouble. The only language I know, the only language I have ever known, is Manglish.

Not counting grunts and mumbles, there are only a handful of words in the Manglish lexicon. Comparatively speaking, it is far and away the easier of the two. Easy to learn. Easy to use.

Ordinarily, that would be all I have to say on the matter. But living amongst four citizens from the land of Talk, I am periodically obligated to twist up my tongue and engage in extended bouts of relentless speech. It’s hard. I’m exhausted just writing about it here in the peace and quiet of my Man-Cell.

The irony of such efforts is that when I attempt to engage in the use of other words, I find that I am completely forbidden to actually control the narrative. The language of Girl is almost exclusively dominated by the overriding quest for “information.”

To that end, I personally have no role in the gathering and consumption of said information. In reality, I am merely the vessel within which the Holy Grain of Information is conveniently transported to those existing on the high plain of complete and comprehensive knowledge of everybody’s business.

On the rare occasion that I am asked for additional information that will fill in the tiny crevices that are sure to unlock the bigger mystery

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Once the inevitable moaning and gnashing of teeth subsides to a tolerable level, I am summarily charged with the crime of the Serial Indifference, and the prosecution begins.

“All rise. The Court of Tedious Inquiry is now in session, the Honorable Judge Ida Asked More presiding. God save the tidbits.”

I have to admit that I am a recalcitrant offender, and that I find myself before the court on a near constant basis for a multitude of transgressions against the Fount of Easily Discoverable Knowledge.

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“Innocent.”

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the screw up.”

“Thank you, your Honor. Mr. Incompetent, is it true that you were present at the social gathering on the stated date set forth in the charges against you?”

“Yup.” “And did you engage in a feeble attempt at conversation with someone you met there?”

“Yes.” “And was the party of whom we are speaking of clad in a rather interesting scarf on that occasion?”

“I guess.”

And would it be the case that you intentionally and with malice aforethought failed to ask any questions as to the cost of the scarf, the material used to make it, the the care and clearing directions, whether there was a matching tote bag, or how same might be found online so that your dear wife and three lovely daughters might get one of those scarfs for themselves.

“Yeah.”

“Your honor, we rest our case.”

“Very well, will the offending oaf please crawl forward to the bench?”

“Mr. Sartain, you are hearby remanded to the custody of the Information Diagnostic Center to serve a sentence of not less than one full day in solitary confinement. Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

“Nope.”

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‘World championship’ of bass fishing a big catch for Lanier Originally published online 8/14/2012

By Jane Harrison After the glitter settled on the floor of the Gwinnett Center Arena, a 21-year angler basked in his record breaking haul and the sun shone on Lake Lanier as the Forrest Wood Cup drew to a close.

Jacob Wheeler, from Indianapolis, Ind., reeled in half a million dollars and made history as the youngest champion of the 16-year tourney, known as the world championship of bass fishing. The Aug. 8-12 tournament cast Lanier in the national spotlight and filled some area hotels with a fish-hungry crowd that followed the nation’s top anglers from their daily launch at Laurel Park to the evening weigh-ins at Gwinnett Arena. The tournament capped off the pro series named for the founder of Ranger boats, Forrest L. Wood, who attended the championship event and told the capacity crowd at Gwinnett Arena: “We know the future of fishing is pretty sound.”

Tournament organizers and locals praised the Lanier area not only for its fish bounty, but also for the logistics and community support rare in other venues. “It was incredible here two years ago and it exceeded that this time,” said Kathy Fennel, operations president of FLW Outdoors. The

organization that brought the crown of its national bass fishing tournament to Lanier in 2010 got a hardy welcome back this year, despite three days of storms and overcast skies that broke the final day.

“It was a great week, great competition and an incredible fan base,” Fennel said. She described Lake Lanier as a fantastic fishery located in communities that have the hospitality infrastructure and enthusiasm that will likely bring FLW back.

Tourism officials estimated local economic impact at $25 million in direct spending of anglers, tournament officials, sponsors and spectators. Stacey Dickson, Director of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, which teamed up with the Gwinnett CVB to play host to the event, predicted this month’s television broadcast of the event will further boost Lanier’s popularity.

The national exposure “is priceless for a lake destination like ours,” she said, adding “other major fishing events already have their eye on Lake Lanier.”

FLS official Fennel indicated the tourney will return to the lake where it had its largest turn-out ever. “We always want to come back ... I can’t say it’s in the books right now, but I’m sure we’ll be back,” Fennel said. It

PHOTO BY JANE HARRISON

Competitors line up for launch at Laurel Park on Lake Lanier.

won’t be next year. The 2013 FLW Cup is set for the Red River in Shreveport, La. Tourney winner Jacob Wheeler wouldn’t mind coming back to the lake where he had what he called “the best day of my life.”

The young angler pulled in just more than 60 pounds of bass and led from day one when he toted in 21 pounds, 15 ounces, five pounds more than his closest competitor.

“It’s my favorite lake for sure,” said Wheeler, who flipped creature balls and prop bait among stumps in the Chattahoochee River and made a run from Browns Bridge to the dam on the final day. The eight feet of muddy shore on a low lake didn’t bother him. “I think the lake being down actually helped the fishing” he said by making the prey easier to strike in the stumps.

Local angler Troy Morrow, who finished 8th among the 46 pros, said he’d seen better weeks on Lake Lanier. “It was the worst conditions,” said the pro angler from Estanollee, near Toccoa. He had to change strategies when the skies clouded up his game plan.

“It was a tough week,” he said, even though his four day load of 46 pounds, 11 ounces earned him $35,000.

Three area anglers fished in the co-angler division, casting from the back of the boats of pros they were partnered with. Lula fisherman Rob Hicks, who finished sixth in the division, said the opportunity to compete in the Forrest Wood Cup was a “dream come true.”

“Just to get up on that arena and walk across the stage was awesome,” Hicks said. By the conclusion of the three day co-angler contest, Hicks had toted just short of 17 1/2 pounds of bass to the weigh-in stage.

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Sunday's final weigh-in was filled with the finalists watching their names on the big screen at the Gwinnett Arena, above.

Jacob Wheeler, right, shows off the Forrest Wood Cup.

“I feel great! It exceeded my expectations,” Hicks said of his result. He brought back $8,000 and a ton of pride for the lake community. “I’ve traveled all of the county with (pro anglers) and at some weigh-ins there’s hardly anybody there,” he said, adding the packed Gwinnett Arena that made anglers feel like rock stars reflected the area’s enthusiasm for the sport.

The pros, some of whom stayed with Hicks at his home near Clermont, “bragged about our community,” Hicks said. “The people who came out to support us were awesome ... our community was so embracing.”

Many area hotels, including the Lanier Center Holiday Inn and Guest House Inn & Suites in Gainesville, were booked with pros, co-anglers and junior division competitors and their supporters. “We were absolutely full,” said Hannah Martinez, who worked front desk at the120-room Lanier Center. She said one of the hotel’s busiest weeks of the year actually started before anglers arrived with shipments of fishing gear coming in before they did.

The prestigious tournament brought “great exposure to the lake and the communities surrounding it,” said Kit Dunlap, President of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce.

The pros were among those calling at Hammond’s Fishing Center where counter worker and bait specialist Butch Mingione fielded calls from out-of-towners.

“The pros know they can come here,” said Mingione, whose boss Candy Hammond was stationed at Gwinnett Center where dozens

of exhibits displayed the angling culture. Hammond’s was represented on the lake, too, with three sponsored co-anglers, Hicks, and Nick Hensley, of Cumming, who finished 6th, and Jason Johnson, of Dawsonville, who finished 14th. Co-angler, Alex Posey, of Roswell, placed 14th.

There was another big local winner. After Wheeler strutted the arena runway with his gleaming trophy in front of thousands of cheering fans, a Suwanee man in the stands heard his first name “Brent” called out and held his breath. When the announcer boomed “Severson,” the former angler felt a thrilling call back to the water.

Brent Severson won the Ranger Z520 boat valued at $56,000 in the prize drawing. “I freaked out! I almost died,” said Severson, who ad- Severson mitted he had never fished Lake Lanier. He broke the news to an old fishing buddy by phone and got ready to hit the water. Pity, he said, he had no place to keep the boat at his Suwanee home and would likely haul the boat behind his mini-van to his boyhood waters on Lake Sinclair, where his father might expect to be the star of the lake.

Complete tournament results: www.flwoutdoors.com. Television broadcast can be seen Sept. 16 on NBC Sports Network.

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