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s I’ve been working on this issues feature dealing with homelessness and the vagrants, one thing I hear a lot is that there is a difference. “A lot of the people that hang out downtown, and cause trouble aren’t homeless,” is what they say. So for the past several days, I’ve gone around talking to people about it. The corner directly across from The Rookery, where most of the shit goes down on a daily basis, was my first stop. Seven out of the eight people there are homeless at one point or another. They sleep on friends couches when they can, but they also spend some time in shelters and on sidewalks at night when they have to. For the most part, their routine is to go to Labor Ready in the morning, put their name on a list, and when nothing comes up, they make their way to the corner and sit. As the day wears on, beers show up, and things seem escalate. Almost daily there is a fight, or at least some sort of loud

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argument that comes from the frustration of just having to endure the heat all day. Another thing I heard among organizations that help these kinds of folks, is that there aren’t many options for these people during the day. Unless you are involved in some sort of program dealing with addiction or alcoholism, you don’t really have anywhere to go. Some suggested opening a supersecure 24 hour facility with no service requirements. This means you can still use the facilities if you are drunk, or mentally ill. It creates a comfortable and peaceful atmosphere that will hopefully lead back to the right road. And it keeps them off the street during business hours. This first article only scrapes the problem that we have here between the vagrants and those of us trying to revitalize the area. Over the next several months, we will offer up solutions to these problems, and looking deeper at what causes them. We hope you’ll be paying attention.

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Columnist Karen Rogers: For over fifteen years Karen Jones has been a military spouse and a stay-athome mother of two. Last year, she began writing after a suggestion from a professor at Macon State College.This has evolved into a “second career” and love outside of her domestic dalliances.

Debra McCorkle began writing liberal commentary when she turned forty, the same year that George W. Bush was first elected president. She has spent the last decade in respectful disagreement with various aspects of the government as well as pondering the rapidly shifting social climate. McCorkle has written for The 11th Hour for the past six years. Her work has also appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Hip Mama, and on Georgia Public Radio. The south Georgia native has owned a shop for twenty years and is the proud mother of two daughters.

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“It’s illegal to sleep in public and there are laws against loitering and panhandling. It is literally illegal to be homeless.”

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Homelessness: A Social Category One Mercer grad works toward helping the community understand the plight of the homeless

ercer graduate Phillip Banze was looking for his perfect job: something that would use his sociology degree and something located in Macon. His dream came true when one of his professors suggested he apply for a position with Americorp VISTA. Just one week after classes ended, he was employed, “I was one of those lucky folks to get a job in my field.”

Working for Americorp and the National Coalition for the Homeless, Banze has the opportunity to not only put a face to homelessness but also to give the homeless a voice. “We want to take it one step further than just telling people about the plight of the homeless. Our program brings in one to four homeless or formerly homeless individuals to tell their stories.” Banze said.

The program was designed in response to the rising number of attacks on the homeless (mostly by teenagers). Recently, a homeless man was burned to death when teenagers dowsed him in gasoline and then set him on fire. Banze tells his own story of facing the reality of homelessness.

“Last winter I was walking home from a restaurant with some friends when we came across a dying homeless woman,” Banze said. “She passed away while we were there with her. Authorities were never able to find her family and she was buried in a common plot without a name.”

Banze is spearheading a new program in Macon that allows community members to actually experience homelessness for 48 hours. “I had done programs before that tried to create the physical uncomfortableness attached to homelessness. I slept in church parking lots in refrigerator boxes, ate soup, etc. But our program takes this concept a step further.

Rather than simply stopping with the physical aspects, our program stresses the need to experience both the mental and emotional side of homelessness.”

This program has been offered in Washington, D.C. for over 25 years and Banze has modified it

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he mayor and Macon’s City Council are locked in an arm wrestling match over who actually has the strength to furlough city employees. Unfortunately for both sides, the city’s policy, which lets the administration (in other words, Mayor Robert Reichert) have hiring and firing abilities for department heads, but let’s the council approve changes to Macon‘s organization chart, is too vague.

It doesn’t actually say, which “proper authority” can reduce the city’s workforce, now around 1,400 employees. It also doesn’t specifically address furloughs and who oversees such action. So now the two sides of City Hall are left with a battle of separation of powers. Again.

“This is an important issue - it deals with the entire workforce,” said Councilman Rick Hutto, who is co-sponsoring legislation with Councilman Mike Cranford to reword the policy to require both governing bodies to approve furloughs.

But, he said, if enough employees are furloughed or let go then it could change of the overall organizational chart. Councilman Tom Ellington agreed, adding that “it’s ambiguous right now.”

“The council has some power such as setting salaries and the organizational chart, but hiring and firing is under the administration, and I don’t think we should change that,” he added.

“The mayor feels the administrative power rests with the executive branch to meet the needs of the budget,” said Andrew Blascovitch, the mayor’s spokesman. “And if you take it to the state level and look, the governor didn’t have to ask the legislature (to approve furloughs).”

When asked whether the council’s action could cause a rift between the two sides, Blascovich said: “I think it’s a move to create a better definition between the two sides.We’re not looking to create animosity but rather to create rules.”

He did, however, say the mayor would probably veto the move if approved by the council.

“He strongly opposes this legislation,” Blascovich said. Beating a dead horse: Council looks at downsizing, non-partisan elections. Here we go again. Once again a City Council member has proposed downsizing the 15-member group and changing the election format from partisan to non-partisan.

They’ve been there, tried it and failed. Still, Councilman Erick Erickson, a republican, is trying to push through at least half the agenda.

While he admits shrinking the size down to 11 “is definitely dead,” he feels that he has the requisite nine votes needed to get the election process changed.

“I think it’s not only doable, but probable,” he said, adding that it could happen in the next month or two. “I think the arguments against it are ridiculous. One argument is that it would put more republicans on the council, but most people would still probably announce their political party anyway.”

Additionally, he said, demographics in Macon still favor a majority democrat leadership on the 15-member council and that the move could save about $35,000 because it would eliminate primaries.

for the Middle Georgia area. Once a month, up to four participants are asked not to shave for five days or shower for two days before the program begins. Then, for 48 hours, participants experience first-hand the physical and emotional challenges facing the homeless.

“Many find this program controversial in that participants quite literally go undercover as a homeless individual, but this is one of the few ways to come closer to a complete understanding of the problem of poverty,” Banze said. “While undercover as a homeless person, I’ve had mothers move their children to the other side of the sidewalk from me, I’ve been laughed at, and I even was asked by one lovely passerby ‘How's that concrete feel?’

But not all of Banze’s experiences have been negative. He tells of a restaurant manager who gave him a free meal and people at Christ Church who took time to actually speak with him while allowing him to fill his water bottle. “The people most responsive to us, who looked us in the eye and said they didn’t have money but we could go to the outreach center, were the same people that we saw eating with us at the service providers.”

“The program is not really about donations or getting people involved in a service program,” said Banze. “The biggest service [you can do] is to actually recognize people in the street as rather than walking by them and ignoring the situation.”

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Macon by the way, is the only city out of Georgia’s 535 that has non-partisan elections at a local level.

“There are no partisan issues on council,” Erickson said.“Maybe there are some ideological issues, but ‘D’ versus ‘R’ means nothing.”

Democrat and Councilwoman Elaine Lucas, who has long proposed shrinking government through city and county consolidation, said the council should be dealing with “essential issues” and “stop spinning our wheels and wasting time on two issues that aren’t going anywhere.”

She added that members who feel strongly about downsizing should “just resign and then that would solve the problem for them.”

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How I long to relieve the pressure under which my friend suffers! But because I care deeply for my friend, I refuse to give simplistic answers. We Christians have been too quick to offer shallow and quick answers to the suffering of people. While those answers may be well-meaning, they are misguided.

Christians who give answers too quickly and easily are not firmly grounded in the God who is at work in the world. They also don’t know how to live with the mystery of God as revealed in the Bible. The Bible, rather than being an unfolding and open-ended story/revelation that ends with a comma, is viewed as a heavy-handed prescriptive text that ends with a period.

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I no longer believe that. Good things happen to bad people sometimes. Bad things happen to good people sometimes. And sometimes stories do not have happy endings.

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The lack of a happy ending, or the carrying of an inexpressible burden, does not mean the absence of God. God does not control us like puppets and does not plan every nuance of our lives. It is a glorious mystery… one I am willing to simply live with.

Sometimes we bring suffering and burdens on ourselves… other times they occur for no reason at all. Why does this happen? I don’t know. It is a mystery… one I am prepared to live with.

To my friend I say this: You are a child of God. When you were born God whispered a secret in your ear that no one else knows.

No one in the whole world can take your place. Your burden is not a sign of God’s absence. Will I pray for the alleviation of your burden? Of course. But I will do more than that – I will pray that in the midst of your pain, you will glimpse the face of God. When will your pain end? I don’t know. But I promise to listen to whatever you want to tell me, and I will simply stand by you when you are overwhelmed. Will everything be ok? Short term, I don’t know. But ultimately with all that I am I believe that “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” I can live with that. And I think you can too.

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fter six years on City Council, I’m beginning to feel like those “veteran” members such as Ed DeFore who carry such a valuable store of institutional knowledge. Occasionally I even begin to mouth the words, “Back in my day…” or some other disturbing introduction to a tidbit of knowledge until I bite my tongue and swallow the temptation.

I’m often asked how this Council differs from the last, and my answer is that, while half the members have changed, we still have workhorses and showhorses. I give the voting public enough credit to know which is which.

The major change, of course, is that we have a new Mayor who rode into office on a groundswell of public support. Our relationship with him has been far more cordial and cooperative than what was almost an armed combat with the last administration when I had to file Open Records requests and threaten legal action in order to obtain financial information. No one doubts the current Mayor’s sincerity or his good intentions and he gets especially high marks from me on the matter of providing needed information when it is requested.

Unfortunately, however, he is often badlyserved by his staff.

The Council continues to receive legislative requests which must be rushed through the process without the proper Committee due diligence because of impending deadlines. The most recent publicity over a federal grant proposal for “free money” (there is no such thing) to renovate the dilapidated Atlantic Mill building failed to point out that the grant correspondence was received and date-stamped in the Mayor’s office on June 8th – seven weeks before it was presented to us in a “rush” with a submission deadline only days away.

I enthusiastically supported the grant and even wrote an amendment in committee to keep it alive so that the entire Council could approve it. But it was yet another example of a continued dysfunctional relationship in getting legislation to us in a timely manner. Just last month the full Council approved an appropriation for a consultant in the Mayor’s office whose work was already completed – completely contrary to law. When the same thing was done by former Mayor Ellis, the local media fell all over themselves to make the matter public.

Yet when we complain, we are accused of trying to “steal” the Mayor’s power and tie his hands. It is an argument made loudly for him by the Macon Telegraph who delights in praising anything the City does right as the Mayor’s due while any of the City’s woes are entirely attributable to the Council.

When council complains, we are accused of trying to “steal” the Mayor’s power and tie his hands. It is an argument made loudly for him by the Macon Telegraph who delights in praising anything the City does right as the Mayor’s due...

The City of Macon, like most representative democracies, operates under a system of checks and balances. The Mayor rightly holds most executive, ceremonial, and appointive powers, while City Council holds the purse strings. Just as the President of the United States must go, hat in hand, to Congress to finance a War he declares, Macon City Council is given the same local fiscal responsibility. Nowhere is that right of appropriation more integral than in dealing with the costs maintaining City staff – a cost of $1.7 million every two weeks no matter whether tax receipts rise or fall.

I completely support the Mayor’s efforts to “rightsize,” a term used to denote having the proper number of employees to serve the dwindling population of Macon. While the number of citizens declines, our staffing numbers remain the same or, in many cases, actually increase. No one disputes that, when the day comes when some of our employees will have to be let go, both the Mayor and Council will share in taking responsibility for that burden.

A new assertion of the Mayor’s, however, is that he can implement across-theboard furloughs in the City without Council approval. Actually, no Mayor since 1975 has had that right – not Jack Ellis, not Jim Marshall, not even Buck Melton. The City Code specifically refers to the plural authority required for a reduction in workforce. The City Attorney says that this matter is a “gray area” that needs clarification since one part of the Code might conceivably be interpreted to give that right to the Mayor, even though that part conflicts with another legal reference in the Code that requires our approval.

After the City Attorney made that suggestion in two different Council meetings, Appropriations Chairman Mike Cranford and I co-sponsored legislation to make the required clarification. I was immediately vilified as part of a greedy Council cabal attempting to wrest power away from the Mayor. The Telegraph lost no time in urging the Mayor to fight us on this vital issue, evoking images of “going to the mattresses” in a mafia war.

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Additionally, Lucas said that she feels voters want partisan elections because they want to “know what someone’s basic beliefs are.” Not Another Damn Penny Tax Bibb County leaders are again looking at asking voters to prove a new penny sales tax for every dollar spent in the county, which could raise as much as $180-million during the next six years.

Here’s the problem. Or at least one of many, considering how bad the economy is and most people don’t trust many of the local - city and county - leaders anyway.

Commissioners want to use a big chunk of that change to pay for the longdiscussed justice center and renovations

at the courthouse. And while commissioners can call for the vote, they really do need the city’s approval. Because if they’re not happy, they’re going to work against it, something some have successfully done in the past.

And that’s exactly what one such member, Councilwoman Elaine Lucas, said she’d do if the county doesn’t add more recreation projects for the city in its special purpose local option sales tax, or SPLOST, proposal.

“They’ll need our support because members could rally against it if the money collected doesn’t, in part, help fund city projects,” she said.

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In committee, four of five members voted in favor, while the Chairman voted “no,” opining that the Code already makes it clear that the Mayor cannot impose furloughs without Council approval. The back story is more complex. Several members of Council want the Mayor to take all the heat when furloughs become necessary, thus absolving Council of any responsibility.

One Council member even mentioned that hope in the committee meeting. I don’t know about you, but the last time I went into the voting booth to elect City Council members, I didn’t see the asterisk declaring that my vote absolved the candidate when he or she was too afraid to take a stand on a difficult issue.

So this is what will happen. If the full Council disapproves of the clarification, or if it is passed but then successfully vetoed by the Mayor as he has already threatened, then next summer during budget hearings we will face a situation in which he will declare large furloughs, claiming that he has no need for Council’s approval. Council will then raise its head (including those members who think the clarification isn’t necessary since the Code already requires it) and declare battle. The public conflagration will make the former Council – often referred to by one local radio commentator as “the Little Rascals” – look like the second coming of the Wise Men.

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race was born in Macon, she attended Valdosta State University, and later received a BA from Mercer University. As a student, Grace was a fan of Shakespearean literature, and intended to become an English professor after graduating from college. However, after the murder of her fiancé, Keith Griffin, when she was 19, Grace decided to enroll in law school and went on to become a felony prosecutor and a supporter of victims' rights.

Now she’s a television personalty most people love to hate, or hate to love. As host of “Nancy Grace” on CNN’s Headline News, she’s prime time, currently based at the New York bureau. Once quoted saying, “The truth is not always nice or polite or

easy to go down.

Sometimes it's harsh, and it hurts.”

Nancy's first work of fiction, The Eleventh Victim, was published by Hyperion on August 11, 2009. The mystery thriller follows a young psychology student, Hailey Dean, as her fiancé is murdered just weeks before their wedding. She goes on to prosecute violent crime and is forced to reckon with what she left behind.

A meet and greet with Nancy Grace will be at the Books A Million on Eisenhower Saturday, August 22 at 1p.m.

American Cancer Society Bark For Life Central City Park 8a.m. - 2p.m.

Saturday, August 29

Bark For Life is a Mini Relay where canine companions, along with their owners, are joining the American Cancer Society as participants in a mile long walk to celebrate cancer survivorship, to honor people lost to cancer, to fundraise in support of research, education, awareness, patient services, advocacy and help eliminate the suffering that cancer causes worldwide. 8am - 2pm at Central City Park. For more information call (478) 743-6391.

Grammy nominee Harriet Schock to perform in Macon on Saturday, August 29

Grammy Nominee Harriet Schock who wrote the words and music to the Grammynominated #1 hit for Helen Reddy, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" plus many songs for other artists including Smokey Robinson, Lee Greenwood, Roberta Flack, Carl Anderson, Gloria Loring, Manfred Mann and the The Little Mermaid (Jodi Benson) will perform in Macon. Schock, a Recording Artist and Songwriter, “may be American music’s best kept secret. With a

voice that can be at once angelic and haunting” – Nephi’s Music World.

Schock will perform during “An Intimate Evening with Karen Black and Harriet Schock” at the home of Don Bivings and Pino Mauro on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. Her performance will benefit the Cox Capitol Theatre’s continuing efforts to bring quality dinner theatre productions to our community.

Tickets for “An Intimate Evening with Karen Black and Harriet Schock” are $35.

Additional information and tickets may be obtained by visiting www.coxcapitoltheatre.com or by calling the Box Office at (478) 257-6391, ext. 3

Comedian Ron White Back in Macon

“Behavioral Problems” Tour August 21, Macon City Auditorium You can’t tell enough Waffle House jokes, Ron White knows the South, and knows just where to poke a little fun.

Tickets $42.75, reserved seating, and may we say this underused theatre doesn’t have a bad seat in the house.

Box office: 478-751-9232.

New Exhibit at Macon State paintingphotographydramasculp Combines TV’s Lost & Literature uredanceartpaintingphotograph Macon Mall is pleased to

A few months ago, Macon State College’s Assistant Librarian Felicia Haywood had a fairly simple idea for a library display that would highlight a number of books in the collection. That simple idea grew into the library’s largest display to date—an exhibit that snakes around the entire second floor and includes a full-sized boat, a tent constructed of bamboo poles, and a smoke monster.

And books, of course. Books as diverse as The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Wizard of Oz, and Bad Twin. “All these titles are from the library’s collection,” says Haywood, “but they have something else in common. They also play a part in the popular ABC-TV Show Lost— along with many other titles covering a spectrum of time periods and genres.”

If you’ve watched Lost (or heard your friends talk about it), you’ll know the show is a mind-bending puzzle.

Through events on the island and flashbacks to the characters’ earlier lives, we discover that the Flight 815 survivors have intriguing connections to one another. As Haywood says, “Tiny bits of information turn out to provide important clues later on, so when a character is shown reading a particular book at a particular time, it’s probably important.”

And the literary clues abound! The survivors of Flight 815 read books to pass the time. The Others have a book club. The Hatch where Desmond holds

the apocalypse at bay has a library.

Characters quote from books.

Writers reference them in episode titles and character names. Sometimes story lines seem to follow famous plots.

In a strange twist of life imitating art, there’s even one Flight 815 passenger who wrote a novel called Bad Twin— which was later published in the real world, and added to the Macon State College collection. If you’re interested in it, you can find it in the exhibit at Sawyer’s tent, along with his reading chair, Oceanic Airlines water bottles and blankets.

“My original idea,” says Haywood, “was to draw attention to some classic library books. And also to the second floor of the Library. Since a couple of us at the Library are Lost fans, the idea sort of snowballed. But what better way to get patrons to check out the upstairs than to provide them a recreation of the Survivors’ beach camp, Dharma stations, and even a model of the infamous Smoke Monster!”

“We’ve left clues everywhere to celebrate Lost’s homage to literature. If you’re a newbie to the show, you may just find yourself getting drawn into its world. If you’re a fan, see if you can make the connections.”

There are also plans for events, contests, and give-aways in connection with the exhibit, so watch out for more details. It is free and open to the public.

- Robin Grant

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Fri August 28

It’s 2-4-1 Night at Cox Capitol Theatre.

Showing “An Officer and a Gentleman” 7p.m.

2 for $5 admission, 2 for $2 popcorn & drinks

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Sat August 29

SUPERCENTER

$2 Sale! Everything is on sale for $2 or less!

Adult/children's clothing shoes, furniture, housewares, tools, sports/fitness items, jewelry, home decor, and other items to raise money for those in need.8am-Noon, St. Peter Claver School, 133 Ward Street in the gym.

Email your event to macon@11thHourOnline.com. Include dates, times, locations with address, cost and a contact number.

Thur August 20

The Drive-by Truckers in concert at the Capitol Theatre Doors open at 8pm,

show starts at 9 with special guest Tift Merritt.

Tickets $22 in advance, $25 day of show.

General admission. 257.6391. 382 Second St.

Fri August 21

Macon’s Midnight Rider, Trolley Bar Crawl 8pm until 2:30am, a $5 wristband is

your ticket to ride all night long! Two trolleys will run from Wager’s to downtown, a second will stop at MLK an d Cherry and to CJ’s and back. Stop and enjoy a drink at some of Macon’s best bars including The Bird, Envy, BJ’s, the Rookery, the Shamrock, and CJ’s.

Ron White "Behavioral Problems" Tour at Macon City Auditorium, 8:00 PM

Tickets on sale now! Adults $42.75 Reserved seating. Box Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30am-5:30pm, 478-751-9232.

Alphabuddies- Arts & Crafts for 4-6 yr. olds by Lynne Barta. 11:30-12:30p.m.

just $7995!

Sun August 30

Cox Capitol Theatre presents Sunday Supper: “The Flintstones (1994).” Doors

open at 5:30 p.m., movie at 6p.m. Tickets $5, Pizza slices are $1 (children only), Select draft beer $1(adults). 478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Beginner Tennis for Adults, 7-8pm

Tennis classes for adults who have never played or have very little experience Details: John Drew Smith Tennis Center 3280 N. Ingle Place. PRICE: $95.00/4 weeks. $10.00 discount if you become a member of our website (membership is free) 474-5075.

Mon August 24

Cool weather crops, planting times, pests; learn how to double your growing season.

6:30-8:30p.m. at the UGA Extension office, Houston County. 801 Main Street, Perry. $10 per person. Register by calling (478) 987-2028

High speed, low drag, high energy and highly volatile. Performing Friday - Sunday, 9pm.

Must be 18 or older. For reservations call 7853155. Tickets $10 per person. Picture above: Hooper, right with Norm McDonald, pre-show at a gig in February.

Sat August 22

Drivin' n' Cryin' in Concert

Their hits - "Fly Me Courageous," "Scarred but Smarter," "Build a Fire," "Honeysuckle Blue," & "Straight to Hell" - brought Southern rock to its peak of concise, passionate eloquence. Doors open at 7, show at 8pm with special guest Hank Vegas. General admission $20 in advance, $25 day of show. 257.6391.

382 Second St.

Rivalry’s presents Beer Pong Tournament, 9p.m. Satellite Beer Pong,

compete for a free trip to Vegas and free entry into the World Series of Beer Pong (and a chance to win $50,000!) Northside Drive.

The Sport of Professional Wrestling at the Fort Valley WrestlePlex, 1361 Peach Parkway, behind Felro’s Flea Market. All seats $5, kids 6 and under free. (478) 397-5734. 8-10p.m.

The Sport of Professional Wrestling at the Fort Valley WrestlePlex, 1361 Peach Parkway, behind Felro’s Flea Market. All seats $5, kids 6 and under free. (478) 397-5734. 8-10p.m.

Sun August 23

Wed August 26

Cox Capitol Theatre presents Dinner and a Classic: “Odd Man Out (1947).”

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., movie at 6:30.

Tickets $5, or ticket and dinner for $17.50.

478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Thur August 27

Platinum TV presents Hip Hop / R&B Showcase Series at Cox Capitol Theatre.

Acts looking to perform contact Platinum Sound and Media (478)238-6513 or PTV@platinumsm.com. Top performers will be featured on Platinum TV's mixtape. For more information visit: www.platinumtv.com

Friends of the NRA Dinner and Auction Through the Dinner and Auction,

money is raised to benefit shooting sports that include youth programs, women programs and range development. 6-10p.m. at Al Sihah Activity Building, Macon. $25.00 per person or $350.00 for a Sponsor Table of 8. Please contact mstubbs@hhnt.com for tickets.

CADILLAC DEVILLE!

All-Star Wrestling Network (AWN)

An Intimate Evening with Karen Black and Harriet Schock tickets are

Fall Vegetable Gardening Class

Stand-up comedy with Paul Hooper at the Whiskey River Comedy Club

Central City Park will be filled with best friends of the two-legged and four-legged variety for the 1st Annual American Cancer Society Bark for Life. This gathering is in celebration of cancer survivorship, and in honor of those who have passed away, all while raising money towards the annual Relay for Life event total. Blessing of the Animals, 9a.m, then a 1-mile walk along the riverwalk. Come out as an individual, or come out as a team, and try to raise money to help eliminate the suffering caused by this disease.

We will discuss the letter D and then transform the letter into something (ex.-dragon).

We will use a variety of supplies to bring their Alphabuddy to life. Lynne’s Gallery is part of the Macon Mall’s Art Space, 2nd floor, east wing. Cost: $10 per child. Info: 960-8339.

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Drive-By Truckers at the Capitol, Thursday, August 20

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$35. Additional information and tickets may be obtained by visiting www.coxcapitoltheatre.com or by calling the Box Office at (478) 257-6391, ext. 3

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Cox Capitol Theatre presents Sunday Supper: “Bee Movie (2007).” Doors open at

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5:30 p.m., movie at 6p.m. Tickets $5, Pizza slices are $1 (children only), Select draft beer $1(adults). 478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Douglass Theatre Presents: The Return of “Jazz In The Courtyard”

7:00 PM, Admission $5. For more information call 742-2000.

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Wed Sept 2

Drag Queen Bingo @ The Bird

A special happy hour event from 6:30 - 9p.m. featuring the beautiful and very talented (who saw the backflip into the splits in 4” heels?)

Deonna Sage. Free admission, super prizes and FREE drinks for the gals!

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Cox Capitol Theatre presents Dinner and a Classic: “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)” Doors open at 5:30 p.m., movie at 6:30. Tickets $5, or ticket and dinner for $17.50. 478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Sat Sept 5

Advance Auto Parts/JDRF Golf Tournament at Bowden golf course 8:00

a.m. 2-person team 2-person scramble fee is 35.00 per person or 70.00 dollars per team prizes and givaways. Call 755-0099.

Ongoing

- music

Poetic Peace Open Mic: Y-O on the 1’s and

2’s every Tuesday at 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry St. 8-10 p.m.

Live Music Every Friday Night on the Patio beginning at 7:00pm at Edgar’s Bistro. Please call (478) 471-4250 for music line-up.

Free concerts at the Golden Bough Every Tuesday: Come hear some of Macon’s best musicians and songwriters in an intimate listening room atmosphere. 9p.m. 371 Cotton Avenue, Call Eric for music line-up, 744-2446.

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City Market On the Green, every Saturday 9 until 1pm. The market is open to producers, growers, artists and other creative art vendors.

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A&Ecalendar Learn how to can and preserve food at workshop, Sunday, August 23

A hands on workshop teaching methods of canning and preserving food will be offered on Sun. Aug. 23rd at The Wellness Center, 3797 Northside Drive, Macon GA. Presented by Davis Farms, Roberta GA, the workshop will cover all aspects of canning, from blanching the fruit to using a pressure cooker and a hot water bath. “There has been a renewed interest in canning food” explains Kim Kelly, Farm Manager at Davis Farms. “Growing your own food motivates people to preserve it for future eating, and canning is a sustainable technique, since it requires no on-going refrigeration of the finished product” Ms Kelly continues.

There is a materials fee of $15.00 for the workshop. Limited scholarships are available.The canning workshop has been offered by Davis Farms for three years.This is the first year it will be offered in Macon, previous classes were held at the farm in Roberta GA. Davis Farms is a sustainable farm that sells a wide variety of vegetables, strawberries and mushrooms.They farm according to organic and sustainable methods. Farm visitors and volunteers are welcome.

Contact Davis Farms, 478-836-4564, davisfarmscsa@aol.com for registration or further information.

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MUSIC MOVIES IN DOWNTOWN

MACON

AT HISTORIC COX CAPITOL THEATRE

Sat. Aug 22 Sat. Aug 29 An intimate evening with

Karen Black & Harriet Schock

Drivin’ n’ Cryin’

Kevn Kinney is back with his band Drivin’ n Cryin’, with opening act, Hank Vegas. Hear hits like "Fly Me Courageous," "Scarred but Smarter," "Build a Fire," "Honeysuckle Blue," & "Straight to Hell"

Grammy Award winner Harriet Schock will perform at a private benefit concert. Schock wrote the songs for Missouri Waltz, a play written by and starring legendary actress Karen Black which will run September 18 - 26 at Cox Capitol Theatre. Tickets are $35.

Concert at 8pm. $20 advance / $25 at door

Call for details, not at the Capitol Theatre

movies at the capitol

WED

Dinner & a Classic

Dinner service at 5:30 Movie begins at 6:30 Tickets $17.50

Sundays

“Dinner & a Classic” $5 admission without dinner

$5 admission without dinner

26: Odd Man Out (1947) $17.50, 6:30p.m.

23: The Flintstones (G) $1 pizza, $1 drafts 30: Bee Movie (PG) $1 pizza, $1 drafts

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Tubman Africal American Museum presents Wini McQueen The History of the Dream Project. In 2001 the Tubman Museum commissioned artist Wini McQueen to create textile panels to be installed in the artrium of the new Tubman Museum. The finished commission chronicles the history of the tubman as well as significant people, events and memories from the macon and Middle Georgia community.

Stay & Play Thru Sept. 29 – Museum of Arts Sciences presin &Macon ents, “Thepresents Pieper Power Collection: Photorealistic Concert Series Watercolors.” Part of the Wisconsin company’s large

private collection. Included in regular admission, $4$8. 4182 Forsyth Rd.

Beverly Buchanan — Through Sept. 20, Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road. Buchanan’s expressionistic drawings and paintings of rural Southern architecture feature bright patchworks of color. 477-3232. $4-$8.

Thru Sept. 30 – Georgia Music Hall of Fame presents, “Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words.”

Celebrate the Savannah native’s 100th birthday with the exhibit that covers his 5-decade career. Tue. – Sun., 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 478.751.3334.

GeorgiaMusic.org. 200 M. L. King, Jr. Blvd.

Art Classes and workshops begin at the Barbara Barry Creative Studio -Beginners adult drawing, with Peter Nishanian -Painting butterflies, with Peter Nishanian -Soulscapes creative expressions in acrylic, -Assemblage, with Tim Hedden.

-Custom lampshade workshop -“Weekends for Women” with Barbara Barry and Sherry Cox. For schedule and information contact Barbara at 478-743-3144.

Admission just $5, kids enjoy $1 slices, adults $1 drafts

6p “Sunday Supper”

AUGUST 20 - SEPT 2, 2009

Macon Arts presents “Art Uncommon: Paintings

by Michele Treesong,” and “Pots for the Table and Garden: Ceramics by David Morgan.” 486 First Street, Gallery open Mon- Friday 11am-5pm.

Sunday Supper

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9/2: Mr Deeds Goes to Town (’36) $17.50, 6:30p.m.

Over 20 studio spaces fill the second and third floors above Michael’s on Mulberry. Everything from painting, printmaking and sculpture.

Contemporary Arts Exchange: Mulberry Street

Joycine's Art, Attitude & Accessory Gallery Costume jewelry, art and so much more!

333 Cotton Ave.

Open house, catch a film for $1, and $1 select drafts

for a complete schedule of events visit

Wednesdays

Buddhist Book Club Tuesdays 7pm at Golden Bough Vintage Books, 371 Cotton Ave. Macon. For more info call 744-2446.

Fridays, Dollar Night

full menu available Thur-Sun

382 Second Street 257-6392

Taking place on the block where farmers would bring their goods in horse drawn wagons, the center park of Poplar St.

THUR, AUG 27

Platinum TV

Live Open Mic, 7p FRI, AUG 28

2-4-1 Night

“Officer & a Gentleman” TUE, SEPT. 1

US Open Live, 6p

Gallery 51, Open -Mon- Fri 8am to 4:30pm and Sat. 10am-2pm. Fine art, handcrafted jewelery, art glass sculptures, stained glass, woodturned bowls, photography, carved stone. 51 W. Adams St. Forsyth Restoration Exhibit at the Hay House. Features up-to-date photographs and research on the history and restoration of the 7-storyNational Historic

Landmark. Included in regular admission, $4-$8.

478.742.8155. HayHouse.org. 934 Georgia Ave. Middle Georgia Art Association Gallery, 2330 Ingleside Ave. 744-9557.

Middle Georgia Art Association new exhibit/sale @ Market City Café. Thru Sept. 24, 5:30-9 p.m.

478.744.9557. MiddleGeorgiaArt.org. 502 Cherry St.

ongoing - family

“Sky Over Macon”, Fridays at 8p.m. Mark Smith Planetarium 4182 Forsyth Rd. Weekly, live star talk explore the constellations and far away celestial objectsvisible from Middle Georgia. Admission by donation. 477-3232.

Live music for kids every First Saturday at Georgia Music Hall of Fame Children love Pam Blanchard, the award-winning musician from Athens who performs music “for little kids and their adults.” Every first Saturday from 12 noon until 2 p.m., Program included with museum admission, $3.50 ages 4-17.

Mini-Zoo Tours Daily at 3 p.m. and Saturday at

1 p.m. Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Rd., Macon. Meet furry and feathered friends in the Mini-Zoo habitat. Free with Museum admission.

ongoing - movies

Macon Film Guild: Every second Sunday of the month. Show times are 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Douglass Theatre, 355 M.L.K., Jr. Blvd. For more information visit www.douglasstheatre.org.

Sunday Supper at the Cox Capitol Theatre Doors open at 5pm, movie begins at 6. $12.50 admission includes dinner. $6 child’s plate available. Aug 9: Madagascar, Aug 16: Charlotte’s Web Dinner and a Classic at the Cox Capitol Theatre: Doors open at 5:30 p.m, movie at 6:30p.m. $17.50 includes dinner. Reservations are GREATLY appreciated by calling (478)257-6391, ext. 6. Showing...

Aug 12: The Defiant Ones (‘58), Aug 19: Dr Zhivago (‘65)

museum - gallery hours

The Musuem of Arts & Sciences Monday - Saturday, 10 - 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.

Last Friday of Each Month, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Admission - Adults $8, Students 12-17 $5

Georgia Music Hall of Fame 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-5pm Sun. 1-888-GA-ROCKS. $8/$3.50.

Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-5pm Sun. Admission $8, children 4-16 $3.50.

The Hay House, 934 Georgia Ave. Open TuesdaysSaturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. - 4.

Tours are on the hour with the last tour at 3 p.m. $8 adults, $4 students. Children under 6 free.

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Love don't requir e no security depo sit, or an interest ra te, its a credit ch eck free, professional grade A, only way we are ever gonna he al the world.

-Loretta by Th e Notion

Pkyk Nyne (sick nine) is influenced by everything from family and friends, people they meet at shows and on the road. Their music follows the same melodic drama as their favorite bands; from Pantera, Disturbed, BLS, Black Stone Cherry to P-funk.

Band Members: Scott (S.D.B) Selph-Vocals, Misty Vaughn- Drums, Jimmy NolesBass and Guitar & Ben Parke-r Guitar “Heartaches and Hangovers is our second full length album. It's songs are about our lives and experiences, everything from riding Harleys and raising hell to relationships and of course, heartache and hangovers past, present & future. Its a rocking CD with plenty of groove and soul that will leave you bouncing and singing in the shower.

The CD was recorded at Goat Finger studio in Atlanta, Engineered by Lance Hoskins & Mastered by Rodney ills at Master House Studios.”

Psyk Nyne has been touring heavily over the past year, from the Southeast up to Sturgis, South Dakota for their annual Bike Rally, from bars to Jager stage promotions.

Local Spotlight

Macon’s heavy rock band Psyk Nyne is celebrating their current album release at Whiskey River

“There is so wany great bars to play in Macon and so many great acts. Its hard to choose our favorite place to gig, we try to pick clubs where our friends/ fans will have the most fun and bang for there buck. And just to set the record straight, people always talk about all the great music that came out of Macon in the old days... well, its still here in many styles and forms just waiting to be discovered, listened to and enjoyed. Rock on!”

- SDB of Psyk Nyne

Riverview Ballroom 426 Walnut Street

Sunday Night Live downtown jam

$5 cover 7p-until

Jazz, blues, southern rock, funk, soul and more!

Good food, Network, Drink Specials!

The birthplace of

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476 Poplar Street Home of the Legendary Wall of Fame

GRANT’S LOUNGE Suite 1200 475-5860 3076 Riverside Dr.

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Ashley & Ross El Azteca,Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.

Lewis & Matt CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

David Barbe, John Neff The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry

Live Music Tara’s Tavern, 2455 Emery Hwy Drive-by Truckers Cox Capitol Theatre

21 friday

B Keith Williams 20’s Pub & Subs, 3076 Riverside

RG & Roadhouse Backporch Lounge, Riverside Dr. Scott Pallot Nowhere Cafe, 3780 Northside 2 Finger Jester El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd The Whittles 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry St

Hank Vegas & Abby Owens The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Fly Brothers Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr

Toolshed Ginger CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

Psyk Nyne CD Release Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Loose Cannons Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside tba The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

**Drag Queen Bingo Every 1st & 3rd Wed @ the Bird

22 saturday

Tim Brooks CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

Cancer Benefit, 3 bands!

The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Drivin N Cryin Cox Capitol Theatre

Big Mike & Cuz Nowhere Cafe, 3780 Northside

Mike Delany & Blues Crew Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr Crankin’ Daddies The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

The Skeeterz Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Wild One Bday, NSP Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

23 sunday

Union South Tara’s Tavern, Emery Hwy

26 wednesday

Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

27 thursday

The Soul Shakers The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Floco Torres Club Envy, MLK Blvd.

Caleb Grimes El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd

Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono Lewis & Matt CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

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28 friday

Ken Will Morton 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry Street

Midnight Bluez Band 20’s Pub & Subs, 3076 Riverside Ziggy June Dance Party CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside Loose Cannons El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd

Bloodkin The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Lingo Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr

Craig Morgan Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Mister Fernando Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside Tim Brooks/Chris Hicks The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

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tba CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

Corduroy Road The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry UFC Championship Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr Steve & Mike Mellow Mushroom,WR

Soulshine Backporch Lounge, Riverside Dr. Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Red Tide Saga Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

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Scott Pallot on the Patio Wild Wing Cafe Soulshine CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

DRINK SPECIALS/ SPECIAL EVENTS MONDAYS

Happy hour til 7pm, jam & rehearse 7-10pm, 20’s Pub

50% off pool & Happy Hour prices for service industry BJ’s Billiards Happy Hour 4-7p El Azteca

$1.25 Bud til 8p, 35¢ Wings 8-11p The Hole Thang Free Pool Hud’s Bar & Grill $1 Wells all night, The Bird Happy Hour open to close Rivalry’s Sports Bar

$1.50 Dom. Beer, Free Pool Tara’s Tavern

$2 Coors Light, $1 Coors Draft Wild Wing Cafe

$8 Pitchers, $2 Pints Blue Moon Mellow Mushroom, WR

TUESDAYS

Open Mic, Poetic Peace, 567 Cafe

2-4-1 Wells, dom. bottles & drafts Mellow Mushroom, WR Ladies Night, 241, Nowhere 2-4-1 Margaritas all day at El Azteca Bud Bingo, win prizes!

Friend’s Bar & Grill

Happy Hour all night long The Hole Thang

Live music with B Keith Williams The Shamrock Ladies Night, Tara’s Tavern

2 fer Tuesday: Happy hour 10p-2a, Wild Wing Cafe

WEDNESDAYS

$3.50 Jagerbombs, $10 buckets, $4 Firefly, Wild Wing Cafe

50% off pool & Happy Hour prices for Public Service Professionals BJ’s Billiards 1/2 off select bottles of wine The Downtown Grill

2-4-1 Jagerbombs during Trivia, Happy Hour 4-7p El Azteca $7 Drink or Drown The Hole Thang

Drag Queen Bingo every 1st & 3rd Wed, free wells for the gals The Hummingbird Open Mic, 10pm, Rivalry’s

Free Pool, Steak Night at 6pm, Tara’s Tavern

Tim Brooks & Chris Hicks, 8:30 Backporch Lounge

Ladies Night, free cover and $1 drinks for gals, guys $1 drinks until 9:30pm Whiskey River $5 Bud Light Pitchers Mellow Mushroom, WR

THURSDAYS

50% off pool & Happy Hour prices for Students, BJ’s Billiards College Night, music with Matt & Lewis, 2-4-1 wells, Jagerbombs CJ’s Sports Bar 241 wells, margaritas, martinis, Nowhere Bar $1.25 Rolling Rock & PBR The Hole Thang

College Night, 241 Wells w/ID Club Envy Skirts, $2 drinks all night Rivalry’s Late Night Happy Hour El Azteca

Ladies Night, $4 martinis, $2 cosmos, $3 tic tacs, Wild Wing

Free Pool, 25¢ Wells, 25¢ cans Bud 7-9:30p, 2-4-1 select beer Whiskey River Thirsty Thurs: $3 Bombs Mellow Mushroom, WR

FRIDAYS

Happy Hour prices for poker players, BJ’s Billiards

WDEN Live Remote during Happy Hour 5-7p, El Azteca $1.25 Bud Light til 8pm The Hole Thang

Laugh at the Comedy Club get in to Whiskey River for free!

SATURDAYS

Free pool until 7p, BJ’s Billiards Ladies, 1st drink free until 10pm, Live music and DJ Don, $10 Whiskey River

SUNDAYS

Nascar, drink specials, 20’s Pub n’ Subs

Nascar, drink specials Friend’s Bar & Grill

Nascar, Poker at 2:30pm Rivalry’s Sports Bar

Acoustic music, $2 drafts Wild Wing Cafe

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local and regional bands performing over the next two weeks

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The Drive By Truckers @ The Cox Capitol Theatre

DANCE PARTY / DJ

Sexy Saturdays, Dress to Impress, Coaster’s Nightclub

DJ Darkshadow on Wednesdays at Club Envy

Middle GA’s largest dance party Wed Saturday at Whiskey River Dance night coming to CJ’s,Wedn.

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Wed,Thursday & Sat, 8p, Sundays, Tuesdays at 6pm, 20’s Pub Every Tuesday, Coasters

Every Friday 7:30, Mondays at 5pm, Friends Bar & Grill Every Wednesday, Hud’s Every Monday, Rivalry’s Thursday - Saturday at Tara’s Sundays with Brad, 9pm The Backporch Lounge Every Wednesday, 7-until Mellow Mushroom, WR

TRIVIA

Every TUES 8:30p, CJ’s Sports Bar Every Wednesday, El Azteca Team Trivia every Mon, Red Eye Every Tuesday Night, Rivalry’s Every Wednesday 9p, 550 Blues

Thursday nights 9p, The Shamrock Tuesday nights with Jason Hawk, cash prizes, Wild Wing Cafe Tuesday nights, Buffalos, WR

POKER

Texas Hold ‘Em 7:30,Tuesdays, AP’s Hidden Hideaway Nightly Poker 7:30p, Friends Bar

New Poker tournaments held every Wed,Thur & Sat upstairs at Envy Texas Hold ‘Em Tuesdays, Huds

Sunday Poker League 2:30, Rivalry’s Nightly Poker 7:30p, Friends Bar Nightly Poker 7p, BJ Billiards

Texas Hold ‘Em, The Hole Thang

Texas Hold ‘Em Wedn., Brewskeez Poker Tournament 7pm every Mon, Wed,Thur & Fri, 6pm Sat & Sun, Whiskey River Sports Bar

Flaunting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, DriveBy Truckers became one of the most wellrespected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s. Led by frontman Patterson Hood and comprising a rotating cast of Georgia and Alabama natives, the band celebrated the South while refusing to paint over its spotty past.

History, Southern folklore, politics, and character studies all share equal space in the Truckers catalog, And after nine albums their style created a spot in American Music History that the Truckers can claim as their own.

David Barbe and the Quick Hooks with Special Guest John Neff @ The Bird

David Barbe, the famed producer that has worked with folks like REM, The Drive By Truckers and Son-Volt, has spent the last couple of years producing local albums like Hank Vegas’ The Things You Are, as well as Abby Owens upcoming release. But he’s got a kick ass band of his own as well, and it’s rock and roll at its finest.

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Two Finger Jester @ El Azteca

The 11th Hour Readers Choice Award Winner For 2008 Cover Band of The Year. Since 2 Finger Jester's 1st show New Years Eve 2001 they have rocked the largest of stages to the smallest of bars leaving a wake of happy dizzy rocked out people. The National & State Fairs, Big Pig Jig. These guys rock and aren’t ashamed of it.

The Whittles @ 567 Cafe

Native singer/songwriter Blaine Whittle was a part of the early ‘80s post-punk, alternative scene playing regularly at CBGBs, Tramps and Bitter End in NYC. Since returning to Macon in 2004, Whittle has dusted his catalogue and with accomplished support from Maconites, bongo master David Stevens (Jupiter Coyote) and bassist Nina Talon (Red Heifers), presents tunes which have stood the test of time surprisingly well. Listening room atmosphere, 8pm.

Fly Brothers @ Rivalrys

The Fly Brothers are a funk/reggae/rock band with twist of jazz, born on an idea that good people, good music, and fly fishing could be fused together to form a great sound. There is no denying the talent that will be on stage.

Toolshed Ginger @ CJ’s

Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers are just a few of the influences listed by these local rockers. Members of VEX are alive and well in TG, and they play a set that is certain to have you up and dancing.

New South Players @ Wild Wing Café

Motown, Classic, Rock, Dance, and a little Beach music on the side. The New South Players perform the enduring classics and timeless melodies of the 60s and beyond with a reputation for style and musical talent.

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Caleb Grimes @ El Azteca

“Caleb puts everything on the line and in front for his fans. He'll play a million gigs and look for more, taking the time to shake hands and have a drink and a smile with everyone. More musicians should have the class and downhearted approach of this guy. (from 106.3)” American folk and John Mayer-esque.

Floco Torres @ Club Envy

You can bet one thing, Floco Torres is going to

must see

The Athens rock of Bloodkin returns to The Bird August 28

aniel Hutchens and Eric Carter met each other when they were eight years old and have been playing together ever since. The road eventually led them to Athens, GA, and by the early 90's they had a catalogue of over 300 compositions. By this time Hutchens and Carter had given their musical collaboration a "band name": Bloodkin, people started to notice, and some even started covering some Bloodkin compositions; most notably Widespread Panic, who wound up recording three Bloodkin songs. Panic's cover of "Can't Get High" peaked at 27 on the Billboard AOR charts. BABY, THEY TOLD US WE WOULD RISE AGAIN is the title of Bloodkin’s new album and it’s truly one of the best damned Rock and Roll albums that I have heard in many a year...life-affirming rock and roll in the grandest tradition...”

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Wild Wing Cafe celebrates their 1st anniversary with a weekend of live music, Aug 21-22

The New South Players will perform the enduring classics and timeless melodies of the 60s and beyond on August 22 for Wild Wing’s One year anniversary bash. Inspired by many legendary Motown groups, they combine their superb choreography, funky beats and fantastic vocals into one great show. From The Temptations to Marvin Gaye to Kool & the Gang, from dance-ready numbers to slow moving grooves, the New South Players amaze & entertain their listeners with music that stands the test of time. be the man to beat this year as Macon's favorite Hip Hop Artist. His song "Hot like the sun" was an anthem this past summer, and he shows no sign of slowing down, Psychelphia, his EP was released to much fanfare during Bragg Jam and his cohort Al King Rocked the Bird like it hadn't been rocked before. You want to see local music in Macon, this is the one to see.

Friday, 28

Loose Cannons @ El Azteca

The Loose Cannons are the ultimate recreation of a good time that you'll probably be to drunk to remember! With guitarist Nikki Lixx, formally of Mcfly and Lixx, this is one band you will definately want to party with. The Loose Cannons are out all over the southeast melting faces with the biggest hits from the 80's. So be sure to check the calendar, because this is one event you dont want to miss! Also playing Wild Wing’s birthday bash on the 21st!

Midnight Bluez band @ 20’s Pub

Blues infused Southern Rock, Tony Tyler’s dad formed this band that plays a variety of covers and originals bound to make you boogie!

Saturday, 29

Corduroy Road @ The Bird

“Although rooted in classic Americana, with lots of foot stomping, banjo plucking and pedal steel, The Corduroy Road also has a knack for endearing pop sensibility. It’s the kind of music that practically begs for a sing-along....Fans of anything from country to bluegrass to folk to rock will especially enjoy The Corduroy Road's notoriously lively shows.” From Flagpole

Red Tide Sage @ Wild Wing

The Red Tide Saga has spent much of the past three years touring around the Southeast. Since their beginning they have played hundreds of shows and recorded a demo along the way. They have opened for bands such as Crazy Anglos, State of Man, and multi-platinum recording artist, Tonic. Plans for the near future include more tour dates as well as recording their first full-length album.

Bandography online with MP3s of upcoming bands

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THUR. AUG 27

Soul Shakers

Second Sunday Brunch hosted over 500 people in the park for Jason Isbell

he Second Sunday in August meant the first anniversary of the Second Sunday Brunch. Put on by the good folks at the College Hill Corridor, (I’m one of the good folks) we have had a great year full of live music, mimosas, bloody marys and good food in Washington Park.

We thought we would kick off this year with a bang, and Jason Isabel provided just that noise, as over 500 people showed up to watch the Ex-Trucker rock. The summer heat moved the concert series from a brunch setup to the afternoon, in the hopes that it would be cooler. Still people arrived early, and took up in the shade as much as they could, until the sun finally ducked behind the trees.

Local songstress Oh Dorian warmed the crowd up with her laid back melodies, and folks lounged on their picnic blankets and ate whatever it was in those baskets, and as Isbell and friends took the tiny stage set-up, all was quiet. They broke into some great Isbell songs from his new

KINGS OF LEON Only by the night

New Releases Music writer David Higdon selects his favorite new releases to review

album, and they played some old Trucker standbys. It’s crazy that two acoustic guitars can make that much noise. It seemed like a rock show. Isbell also brought out some Trucker songs that hadn’t made any of their albums, and they even played some Talking Heads. By the end of the set, a few of us were rearing to go and made our way down to the Hummingbird where they locked the doors, and let us see some more, whereVic and Abby Owens also took the stage. It was, as you can imagine, a hard Monday to wake up to.

- Brad Evans

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R.E.M. Reckoning (Deluxe Edition) Released: June 23, 2009

This is a must have.

Whether you are a casual listener or a dedicated fan, Reckoning captures a band full of excitement at the head of an evolving music scene. Even if you already own the original release or the vinyl, the bonus disc alone is live R.E.M. at their mid 80s best.

Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul remastered Released: June 23, 2009

The 40th Anniversary of Hayes’ second album reminds the listener of the importance this album had on soul music at the time.While most groups released singles, Soul was released as an album, and it became the blueprint for music released in the 70s by musicians such as Stevie Wonder. Hayes only laid down four tracks on the original release, and the remastered edition includes the singles of these ten minute grooves.

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ith the Nowhere Cafe, I have to admit, I was expecting more of a bar atmosphere, and I was fooled. While there is a great horseshoe bar in the middle of the room, with a few flat screen TVs, the place still feels very much like the two restaurants that have gone before it, art still lingers from the former Luigi’s. Tailored booths line the walls, curtained and inviting booths along the back, with table linens and rolled napkins that create a much more The French Dip upscale atmoshpere than the new menu deserves. That being said, the new menu offers simple favorites, with a few southern delicacies that were all delicious and could be complemented with a few small changes to the decor.

The menu begins with a long list of appetizers very reasonably priced from $5.99 that includes a varied selection of fried vegetables including mushrooms, cauliflower, and squash, Cajun Rib Bites, Hot Wings and Raw or Steamed Oysters for $6.95 a dozen. We started our meal with the wings and mushrooms. The fried fungi looked like they were prepared in-house, with just the right amount of crisp batter. The wings were well flavored and served quickly, but the crisp, black linen napkins were not helpful with the aftermath.

Entrees included sandwiches like the Monte Cristo ($6.50), and the French Dip. I ordered the French Dip with a side of fries. Two of my teammates had the fried pork chops, huge slabs of pork fried into shapes that Frank Lloyd Wright himself might have designed. They were huge, and they were tasty, complimented by seasoned green beans and broccoli, both fresh and crisp. Wifey ordered the Asian Shrimp, moderately priced at $8.50, it came drizzled with a blue cheese, parmesan dressing, and was the best presentation in the place with large, fresh shrimp and slivers of red and yellow peppers over white rice.

I’m hearing they have $3.60 dozen oysters on Wednesdays, but unfortunately, I was there on a Tuesday. Yes, it’s in one of “those locations” that never seem to last, but I think they may have found the formula for that area. They offer blue collar selections alongside a 16 oz ribeye ($16.95). They are also open for lunch, serving the meat & veg until 2p.m Monday thru Friday.

One thing is for sure, I’ll be headed back to Nowhere soon.

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Macon’s Largest Selection of Imported Beer!

Thrilla from the Grilla with Pineapple Habenero Salsa

thedish BLD: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner BAR: Alcohol Served $: Entrees under $10 $$: $10-$20 $$$: Above $20

BAR FOOD / AMERICAN

The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer.The Rookery offers some of the best comfort food in Macon. Burgers, Nachos, Sandwiches and daily lunch specials that can’t be beat. LD BAR $ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658 Hud’s Bar & Grill Hamburgers,Wings, Bar appetizers, homemade stone-baked pizza (new item), homemade Barbecue and brunswick stew. LD • BAR • $ 2213 Gray Hwy, 330-6046

Mexican Pizza with marinated chicken, black olives & jalepenos

20’s Pub n’ Subs Boasting freshly prepared sandwiches, salads and dinner specials in a well-lit tavern-like setting.

LD • BAR • $ 3076 Riverside Dr.

5 Guys Burgers & Fries The best burgers in Macon is what our readers say, serving dogs and peanuts too. LD • $ 120 Tom Hill Sr., 474.0445

Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends.

LD • BAR $-$$, 477.WILD

CJ’s Bar & Grill You can’t really call this bar food. Is it fried, yes, but it’s fresh and so, so good! Sloppy nachos, great burgers and chicken wraps. LD • BAR • $ 2910 Riverside Drive, 757-3262

Rivalry’s – The only place in town where you can order Atomic Buffalo Turds and wash them down with a giantsized bottle of Monty Python’s Holy Ale. 3986 Northside Dr., Macon 474-0606 LD BAR $

Nu-Way Weiners Open since 1916, this original store with its neon sign is one of America's oldest hot dog stands and they serve secret recipe chili sauce, famous hot dogs, hamburgers, and other sandwiches. BLD • $ 430 Cotton Avenue, 743.1368

SOUTHERN / BBQ

Fresh-Air Bar-B-Que Award winning BBQ known for its tangy tomato and vinegar style pulled pork, ribs and baked beans. Don’t skip out on the Brunswick Stew neither. LD Open 7 days a week • $ 3076 Riverside Dr., 477-7229

Satterfield’s Serving hickory smoked meats, seafood, vegetables, daily specials and salads. L • $ 120 New Street, 742.0352 AP’s Hidden Hideaway Serving home cooking all day long and specialty dinners at night, enjoy their large patio.

Seriously good food. LD BAR • $ 4274 Broadway.

Good to Go There is a slightly different menu available every day, offering the best in the Souths lunchtime favorite, “the Meat & Three”. Full catering services also available. LD $ 1019 Riverside Dr. 743.4663 Sticky Fingers Ribhouse Choose your flavor; Memphis style Wet or Dry, Tennessee Whiskey, Habanero Hot or Carolina Sweet. Served with sweet corn bread muffins! Fresh salads and lunch specials. LD • BAR • $$ 5080 Riverside Drive, Open daily at 11am.

Dawson’s Kitchen You can’t beat southern cooking like this, you can see for yourselves the fresh ingredients in their market next door.

LD • $ 3360 Brookdale, Payne City

MEXICAN

Caliente’s Burrito Shop We’ve all had this style of big burrito by now, but

Caliente’s does them the best. If you can handle it, get the MOAB… if not, there’s always the Thrilla From Tha Grilla, which is just right. LD • $ 6255 Zebulon Road El Azteca One of Macon’s best patios, serving all your favorite Mexican dishes, voted Macon’s best margarita. LD BAR • $-$$ 169 Tom Hill Sr., 475.9199 Margaritas I hear that camarones a la diabla doesn’t mean ‘shrimp of the devil’ but I don’t care—it’s hot and spicy, and probably is what Satan eats when he’s feeling a hankering for Mexican.

LD • BAR • $ 6012 Zebulon Road, Macon 477.2410; 4696 Presidential Parkway, Macon 757.1300; 2400 North Columbia, Milledgeville 453.9547

SEAFOOD

Jim Shaw’s Casual dining with Macon’s best seafood, tuna tidbits, scallops, wild Georgia shrimp. Seperate bar area with smoking. D • BAR $-$$ 3040 Vineville

Fish n’ Pig Spectacular views of Lake Tobesofkee. Patio or inside seating serving both barbecue and seafood. D • BAR $-$$ 6420 Mosely Dixon, 476.8837 Nowhere Bar & Cafe Casual dining featuring fresh oystesr and shrimp specials, along with great burgers and steaks. LD • BAR $-$$ 3780 Northside Drive, 476-0554

PIZZA / ITALIAN

Giuseppi’s Pizza & Pasta Casual, fun atmosphere with everything from soup and salads to hot wings, pizza and their signature sandwich creation, the Weggie. Daily lunch specials. LD • BAR • $ 120 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd, 477.7400 Luigi’s Bistro Casual Italian cuisine in a hip, swanky atmosphere. LD • BAR • $-$$ 401 Cherry Street, 743.4645

Macon Pizza in the Alley Serving NY style pizza, grinders, pasta, salads and wings; hot, fresh and affordable! LD • BAR • $ Mulberry Street Lane, 742-5555 Ingleside Village Pizza A big no-brainer. IVP has the best pizza in town and the best beer selection.

Keep it classy with the white pizza and a Stella Artois or, keep it real with a slice of the ultimate and a 24-oz. High Life.

LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside Avenue, & downtown across from Mercer Univ.

LUNCH SPOTS

Adriana’s Gelato is Italian for “the best ice cream you’ll ever eat” and Adriana’s is the only place in town where you can find it. Also, quick & delicious cafeteria-style lunch. LD • BAR $ 359 Third Street

Molly’s Café – It looks like your grandma’s dining room and the menu eats like it too! This is the place for a quick and quaint lunch. 402 Cherry St., Macon 744-9898 LD $

Market City Café – Widely regarded, especially by our readers, as the best place in Macon for lunch, Market City also has the most amazing banana pudding we’ve ever eaten. 502 Cherry St., Macon 257-6612 BL • BAR • $-$$

SPECIALTY

Greek Corner Deli Serving delicious lamb gyros, monster greek salads, subs and specialty sandwiches 7 days a week.

One of the few restaurants downtown open on Sundays and the only late night eatery on Saturdays 12:30am til 3am!

LD • $ 587 Cherry Street, 254.3059.

The Downtown Grill Slightly upscale dining serving fresh fish, prime cut Black Angus and features it’s own humidor.

D • BAR • $$-$$$ 562 Mulberry Street, 742.5999 Edgar's Bistro Open Tuesday Saturday. Menu includes lobster bisque, stuffed prawns, veal medallions, duck and much more. Declicious. LD • BAR • $$$$$ 5171 Eisenhower Parkway - Across from Macon State College, 471-4250

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The Shamrock Dargan and his crew cook up some of the best homemade meals in Macon, including his legendary Shepard’s Pie. Plus, he’ll surprise you from time to time with some interesting seafood selections. D • BAR $-$$ 342 Rose Avenue, Payne City 750.1555

The Tic Toc Room Contemporary setting with a sophisticated menu, great wine selection. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 401Cherry Street, 743.4645

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All The Street People Get Names

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“I’ve spoken with Denise,” says Cesare Mammerella, “and she did a great job making me feel sorry for the people out there. I mean, one minute I'm out there complaining, and the next I'm offering to bring food, and do whatever I can to help. But the bottom line is this, why do they have to feed them in the Center of Downtown? Wouldn’t it be just as affective, and help just as many people, three blocks away? This way, patrons don’t have to worry about getting harassed, and those who need help still get it. Everybody wins.”

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ll the street people get names, eventually: The Dollar Lady, Nose, Highway, Gashy and Legs. They sit out there on the sidewalk, all shiny in the sun. I admit my tolerance is low.

Sometimes I feel like the opposite of what Jesus might have wanted me to be. I don t feel sorry for them. I don’t want anything to do with them, really.

They all know me from the time I got Young-blood locked up for breaking into my house, and stealing my cameras. He went away for a few months but he’s back now, giving me the hairy eyeball. So they know not to ask me for money, they know to step aside and not bother me when I walk by because I’m as likely to strangle them as I am to give them a dollar. They know this because I’ve spent a great deal of my time letting them know this. I’ve never actually strangled anyone, unless you count Young-blood.

Little Bit and Coop are different though. Each day, every time I walk out the door of my home, they are sitting there. “Hey Dog Man, where my dogs at!” She yells in her Tom Thumb voice. Little Bit is barely over five feet tall and can t weigh more than 90 lbs, but it s all gunpowder, and she’s cute in the loosest sense of the word. Coop is tall and lanky, like a wide receiver that’s been on the wrong side of the street for too long.

Dog Man is my first nickname and I’ve grown fond of it I admit. My dogs are often walking right behind me as she yells her greeting, and since they love the attention of Coop and Lil Bit, I guess I can too. Still, it wasn t until she handed me a leopard print notebook filled with her scribbling that I found the story in this unassuming couple.

Like many people that live or work downtown, my disdain for some of the vagrants and the homeless people that occupy this area comes from frustration. I live here, I spend 90% of my time here, and I run a business here. At least twice a week I see a fight on the streets between folks who have been drinking on the sidewalk all day.

I see at least one open market drug deal a week, in the daytime, right on Cherry Street. I see hundreds of open containers stuffed in paper bags. I step in human feces along the alleyways. I experience daily why Downtown is perceived as a dangerous place - because it looks like one. I don’t feel danger, most of these people are looking to destroy themselves, not anyone else, but the picture it paints just ain’t pretty, and that affects development, it affects commerce.

It’s no secret that the homeless problem in Macon, like in most cities, is connected to substance abuse, alcoholism and mental illness. That’s not to say that there aren’t exceptions. There is a long list of circumstances and issues that can be linked to homelessness.

Coop and Lil Bit are no exceptions.

Both would list crack -rock, hurricane malt liquor and schizophrenia as their interests on Facebook, were they ever close enough to the web to have a page. And these interests have followed them around for a lifetime. Lil Bit says she has been on the streets of Macon, Georgia since she was 12 years old (she’s 49) and Coop claims to have been the youngest man ever sent to prison in Georgia at age 14 (he’s 41) and he’s been living on the streets here for almost a decade.

Their paths have crossed and they’ve been linked in a way that any grown man or woman looking for a honey would hope for, but in the place of romantic getaways, shared checking accounts, and kids, their relationship is based on survival, addiction and loyalty.

Sometimes I wonder why I was made for this world.

I wonder why I am even here sometimes.”

- From Lil Bit s journal Lil Bit’s first memory is at some old house watching her grandmother drink liquor and her mother drink beer. “I can remember sitting on the floor watching them drink. My mama took me to my grandmama’ when I was four and my grandmamma couldn’t take care of me. So they came and got me. They came and got me and took me away.”

She spent the next several years in foster homes, where she claims to have suffered mental and physical abuse. Her arms and face are littered with scars, some from hot grease, some from knives, she says. When she was twelve, she decided she couldn’t take it anymore. One cold night in February, she hit the road running and she’s been on the streets of Macon, in one way or another, ever since.

“That first night I ran away, I squatted in a vacant apartment over in Tindall Heights. I was there for about a month. Since then I’ve been wherever I could get.—on porches, or a couch when I could, under steps, I’m so little that I can make a cat-hole anywhere.” A cat hole is what homeless people call a place to lay your head.

“If you try to find Lil bit, she’s got spots you’ll never find her.

Her cat holes are just so small you can’t even see her,” says Coop.

“But I’m not like Lil Bit see. I had a family who cared for me, who loved me. I just messed it up.”

“As a Pastor, I question who I’m supposed to feel sorry for,” Says Keith Watson, Pastor of New City Church located downtown. “Am I supposed to feel sorry for the people out on the sidewalk, drinking and fighting all day or am I supposed to feel sorry for the business owner, working 80 hours a week trying to make a living, who struggles for customers because of some drunk guy fighting right in front of his store? I know the answer is compassion for both, but in homelessness, we’re dealing with systemic problems. Are Macon’s services helping those problems or are they just helping sustain them? ” “I’ve heard that argument a lot,” says Phillip Banze, with Americorps Vista and the National Coalition to End Homelessness in Macon. “I’ve heard some people say we should cut half of our services, across the board, but most of our programs aren’t just ‘here is a meal’. They usually put other options in front of these folks that need it. Showers, beds, laundry services, I.D. services, all those things help people who want to help themselves get jobs or better themselves. Are there people out there that choose to be homeless and not seek help? Sure, but I believe most of those people are dealing with serious mental health problems and /or addictions and want to be secluded.”

Sometimes, I just feel so alone.

That’s the worst part.

- Lil Bit’s journal

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oop grew up in Kansas City in a home not unlike the others that surrounded it. He had a mother who called herself a Christian and a father who, though he gambled some, gave up drinking when Coop was in third grade.

By age 14 Coop and his family had moved to Griffin, Ga., and little Coop had begun shooting dice and playing Tonk with older men on a daily basis. It was in these alleyways and card rooms that he found alcohol.

But he also found something else.

“I had everything man. I was doing good in school.

I was smart. I was good at football. I mean I had the best hands there were. I have five relatives that played in the NFL. But still I was too into drinking, too into gambling to make anything of it. I even started carrying a gun, and that’s where things really got bad for me.”

One afternoon, right as the sun was going down, Coop says he tonked out and won a bundle of money from an older fellow he’d been playing with all day.

The guy thought he’d take the money back from the kid, but instead, Coop says he unloaded the gun into the man’s chest—killing him. At age 14—a murderer.

This story is something I haven’t been able to confirm. Coops records that I have been able to access don’t list murder under the laundry list of crimes he’s been incarcerated for over the past twenty years. That may be because he was a juvenile at the time of the murder. If he was the youngest person at the time, ever sent to Jackson Diagnostic Prison, there was no mention in the news of it and the public information officer at the prison doesn’t remember it. Regardless, in 1994, the year of the flood, Coop found his way to Macon, Georgia by way of his parole officer.

“I’d been in and out of trouble, and he told me that if I didn’t get out of Griffin, they were going to lock me up for the rest of my life. He asked me where I wanted to go and I said Macon. He brought me down here to the Salvation Army.”

He’s been here since.

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t any given day in Bibb County, 371 people are homeless. Each night 117 of those go without shelter. The Macon Coalition to End Homelessness is compromised of eighteen organizations that are dealing with the issue in some form. They are required to be a part of the Coalition, if they receive federal funding, in order to come up with a cohesive plan and not duplicate services.

The Current Chair of the Coalition, Johnny Fambro, estimates that anywhere from 120-150 people receive services each day from one of these organizations.

Denise Saturna, another member of the Coalistion, noticed a need among the homeless people downtown.

She started At the Fountain, a program that feeds sometimes as many as a 150 people every Sunday evening “at the fountain” on Third and Cherry. The program is funded out of her own pocket, and she’s been at it for over a year.

Ceasare Mammerella, owner of Luigi’s, Tic Toc and the soon to be open Dolce Vita, has had several problems on Sundays involving the influx of homeless people to the area.

"I'm opening two new businesses that are right next door to the Fountain. I had planned on being open on Sunday. But how am I supposed to count on people coming to eat with me when they have to navigate through two hundred people begging them for money. I mean, I had one lady offer one of my construction workers sex, she just came right in and actually offered that.

Every Sunday they hit up my customers at Luigis for money. It just doesn't create the right environment for commerce.”

Saturna, who lives downtown and is looking to move her own business downtown, says “Listen, everyone has somebody in their life that has destructive

Their paths have crossed and they’ve been linked in a way that any grown man or woman looking for a honey would hope for, but in the place of romantic getaways, shared checking accounts, and kids; their relationship is based on survival, addiction and loyalty. habits. Do you want to just get rid of them because of their habits? Or do you want to help them? I believe that every person is different. While we don’t preach to the people who come to the Fountain, we do try to talk to them, and encourage them to have healthy relationships, and to seek the help they need.”

“I’ve spoken with Denise,” says Mammerella, “and she did a great job making me feel sorry for the people out there. I mean, one minute I'm out there complaining, and the next I'm offering to bring food, and do whatever I can to help. But the bottom line is this, why do they have to feed them in the Center of Downtown? Wouldn’t it be just as affective, and help just as many people, three blocks away? This way, patrons don’t have to worry about getting harassed, and those who need help still get it. Everybody wins then.”

Johnny Fambro with the Coalition agrees with Ceasare. “Denise is doing something great. But it’s true, putting it in the center of downtown isn’t necessary. It just creates more frustration, and that’s not what we want. I don’t think a ‘you’re not welcome’ sign is the answer, but there are plenty of areas, not in the center of our commercial district, where these folks can get the services they need.”

If I can forgive myself, then I hope that God can forgive me too.

–From Lil Bit’s journal It was just after the millennium when Coop first found Lil Bit. He had been living at the Dempsy Hotel, and each day he went over to a fellow’s house who sold liquor and beer, to sit around and do what he does. Lil Bit had been living in the cab of a pickup truck in the fellow’s back yard for some time, and finally Coop asked her if she needed a place to come to.

“She was underneath a piece of plywood, covered up, and I just asked her if she needed some rest.” She came home with me that night,” remembers Coop. “She just came home and watched movies for a week, just resting and we’ve been together ever since.”

fairly regular basis. They do panhandle, though not aggressively, and Lil Bit is quick to insist that only change leftover after meals are used to buy beer. Still, with those kinds of habits, it wasn’t long before they were kicked out of the Dempsey. Coop looked to Lil Bit, a veteran of the streets to teach him how to survive.

“I remember one night, we had a can of pork and beans, and we were both so hungry and just cold, looking out at the stars, and I told Lil’Bit that I wished we could get into the beans, so she took out a nail and showed me how to open the can. She taught me everything I know out here on these streets man.”

“What person, if dealt the right set of circumstances doesn’t have a breaking point?” asks Phillip Banze.

“Had I experienced the pain and abuse that some of our homeless people have experienced, not to mention the mental conditions, who’s to say that I wouldn’t be drinking every day, or burying myself in addiction?”

Coop and Lil Bit say that they do look for work.

They say that they don’t enter most of our programs because since they aren’t married, they would have to separate. Each morning, when they leave their cat hole, Coop goes by Labor Ready and puts his name on a list for jobs that hardly ever show up these days, he says. Then they make the trek to Cherry Street, to a bench right in front of my door, and wait for me and my dogs to come out.

Realistically, without serious help, they could remain where they are for the rest of their lives. But they are just two people in an ever-changing sea of faces that end up down here one way or another, every one of them with a story. People do combat homelessness, they do come back from the dead, and Macon is lucky to have programs that help make those things happen.

I’ve done everything I can do to survive, says Lil Bit. “I’ve sold drugs, I’ve sold myself, I’ve done whatever I can to get what I can. It’s just too much sometimes, too hard for me. I hope that one day I can have something to call my own, but I don’t know how that’s going to happen.”

Without us sinners-there wouldn’t be no saints” –Lil Bit;s journal

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heir relationship is volatile to say the least. They drink daily, and admit freely that while the drugs sold on Cherry Street are mostly baking soda that couldn’t get a weak man high, they still participate on a

NEXT UP: What’s missing? A look at programs that could help combat root causes of homelessness, and addressing the loitering in the streets of downtown.

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Psychics Now! But the red rocks were stunning and we ate mediocre Tex-Mex in order to gaze at this most excellent backdrop from the restaurant's patio.

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As part of Mercer’s tradition of personal attention and service, upperclassmen, faculty and staff will be on hand to help the students move into the residence halls on Saturday. Following move-in and lunch, students and their families will participate in two events at the University Center, a dessert reception with President William D. Underwood from 2 to 3 p.m. and an official welcome program in the UC Arena from 3 to 4 p.m.

On Monday, Aug. 24, the University will hold its annual fall convocation at 2 p.m. in Willingham Auditorium. Provost Wallace Daniel will speak at the event.

The convocation also features the faculty from the Macon campus in full regalia, as well as hundreds of returning students.

A 4 p.m. Monday, first-year and returning students will head to the annual Bear Fair in the University Center to learn about ways to become more involved on campus and off. More than 120 student organizations, campus offices and local businesses are expected in the UC Arena concourse and Heritage Hall, where they will provide information to an expected crowd of 600 students. Look for the 11th Hour table, we’ll be supplying each student with a copy of our publication, and taking email addresses from those of you who may be interested in a career in journalism, graphic design and photography.

Classes for the Macon campus begin on Aug. 25.

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Macon’s oldest college, Wesleyan, was once again ranked among America’s Top 100 Best Colleges, according to Forbes magazine. It is one of only two institutions from the state of Georgia to appear in the Top 100. In addition to its America’s Best Colleges list, this year Forbes also released Best Value Rankings, comparing school quality to cost. Wesleyan College appears 14th in the nation among colleges and universities offering high quality education at an affordable price. According to the magazine’s editors, “We basically asked, Where does a student get the most "bang for the buck?" The data compiled by CCAP show that students strongly prefer smaller schools to large universities. The median undergraduate enrollment in the top-50-ranked schools is just 2,285, and only one of the top 50 has more than 10,000 undergraduate students. “Small liberal arts schools shine in our rankings,” notes Forbes, “probably due to both the quality of their faculty and the personal attention they can provide.”

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rivin N Cryin, lead by Kevn Kinney will be releasing their first new album in 12 years on September 29th.With the “Great American Bubble Factory” comes a southeastern tour, and a new fanbase for the band that’s been playing and touring for almost twenty years. Publisher Brad Evans caught up with Kevn on a short break from the road at his home in New York. Kinney talks of life in the Big Apple and how it compares to the South, listening to Jason Isbell and the evolution of the band. Drivin N Cryin plays the Stay & Play Concert Series at the Capitol on Saturday, August 22.

When did you first start playing music and how did that come about.

I came of age in the 60’s. I was six or seven. The world was changing from black and white to color back then which was a magical thing to be watching.

Then the psychedelic world was kickin.

Music was like Candy back then you know, cool guys with long hair that looked like Jesus playing the guitar. That’s how I fell in love with making music. Just by watching music get made. It was a slippery slope from that point on.

How did Drivin and Cryin form? How did you guys meet? We met at the DietCruzen show. They were an early punk band from Milwaukee. I did a show with them in Atlanta, and Tim saw me and said he needed to find me a band.

In the process of looking for people to play with me, he started playing with me and we formed Drivin’ and Cryin’.

How was 1989 different from where you are today? Well, it’s a lot more fun now. We’re not in competition.

Back when you are young and successful, you are constantly trying to get more press, more attention from you label, all that weird politics stuff. After you’ve been around 20 years, you are doing it because you love it. Or you wouldn’t be doing it. It’s sort of like a brotherhood now. We’re all out here because we enjoy being out here.

Where do you find inspiration for your songs? What is your writing process like? I just sort of let everything settle.

For this record it was like let’s just go in a practice room, and get a couple of beers.

Let’s just sit in a basement and see what comes out. I watch a lot of TV. I read a lot of books, newspapers, I eavesdrop. I keep my eyes open to the world, and fill my head up. So when it comes time to make a record, it sort of just pours out.

What is it about the South that has inspires so many artists? I think Southerners are very optimistic. The glass is always full. I live in New York, and people always complain. It’s rare to see someone smile at you, they are always suspicious. I was telling someone the other day that if someone looked at me like that in the South, I would think that I’d dated his daughter, or something really bad. There is a poet called Deacon Lunchbox. I asked him what the difference was between the south and the north once and he said “Underbrush,” I thought, brilliant.

How does a Drivin’ N Cryin’ show differ from a Kevn Kinney show? Well we play all our hits with Drivin and Cryin, “fly me courageous,” we play them all. It’s more aggressive, more of a show. When you see my solo band, I don’t play a lot of our hits. Drivin and Cryin is more eclectic. My other project is more of a hippie jam band kind of thing.

Who are you listening to these days?

There is a band up here, The Madison Square Gardeners that I love. The new Seven Mary three record is great. I love Jason Isbel, Patterson Hood, Sun Volt, Wilco, REM. Most of the music I consume, I see live. I always listen to the Beatles, Allman Brothers, Stones, Bob Dylan, all the regulars.

What’s the favorite song you’ve ever written? “Straight to Hell.” It’s simple.

It tells a story and people like it. Today, I really like “Let me Down”, co-written with Mack on our new record.

Last time I saw you play, you had your son with you. Does he come out with you on a regular basis? Yeah. He’s a little bit too old these days. If he’s in town he’ll come out. He’s eighteen now and taller than me so…

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A Crushing Day T he Onestos approved of the pictures of their future home. The comfortable Southern home had many options that their Italian home did not: a pool, a backyard, and a dishwasher that was in the kitchen instead of the hall bath.

Lt. Col. Michael and Betty Onesto were stationed in Italy and were about to move to Ala. The Onestos don’t want their real names used. The Lt. Col., a squadron commander, doesn’t want his or his wife’s words used against him at work. The wife said, “It is important to put out a positive image to the squadron, even when it is not what you really feel.”

She believes her husband is better at it than she is.

The Onestos had a system to deal with their household moves: word of mouth, straight from other military members. Military trusts military--there is an assumed bond. Military takes care of military.

Onesto was looking forward to having a typical, middle-class American home. She looked forward to washing the dishes in the kitchen instead of the bathroom. Their future home held such promise for them. Conveniently, a close friend, fellow officer, and lawyer said that he loved the house he had been renting. He said it would be perfect for the Onesto family.

“The rental symbolized a pay-off for all that we went without while in Italy,” Onesto said, “We had to penny pinch to pay Italy’s high cost of utilities, often wash our clothes over at the base, and Michael was deployed up to eight months out of the first year.”

Military takes care of military. The Onestos signed a lease---sight unseen.

The family arrived at their new rental home. The wife said, “It seemed the development had gone downhill.”

Michael Onesto had promised his

boys a backyard to play in. He walked out with his wife and found that the yard had been neglected. It was overgrown with weeds, like a jungle. The chain link fence was hanging and dilapidated. He said, “I went from hero to zero in 2.3 seconds.”

The wife went to inspect the pool--the pool which their friend had lauded.

“There was a foot of foul-smelling goop in the bottom of the pool,” she said.

The couple was perplexed. They wanted to make this house work---their overseas shipment was arriving in three days. They had signed a lease and had put down a $1,000 deposit. Without this house, they were homeless.

After thinking that there has to be a way to make this home livable, the Onestos went back inside to re-assess the interior. The wife opened a closet door and what was inside became the deciding factor.

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“There were tons of giant intravenous bags filled with what was marked as ‘dialysis fluids’,” Onesto said, “There were tubes sticking out all over the place.”

She commented that they looked at each other and said, “We’re done here.”

Michael Onesto was too angry to call the landlord himself. He asked his wife to take care of it. She needed to convince the landlord that they need to break the lease without consequence. She had to put up an affable front even when she wasn’t feeling that way. She did it well.

The Onestos had relied on the adage that “military takes care of military”.

Michael Onesto never talked to his friend again, the one who sang the praises of the shithole. This wasn’t supposed to happen this way. When they moved to their next assignment, they lived in base housing. Military housing takes care of military.

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Name: Rachel Age: 25 Occupation: Law Office Asst.

I love... Techno music, horses and art I hate... Posers, girly stuff and feet I like guys who... are upfront and outgoing. I also love a guy who really knows how to take a girl out, open doors, pulls chairs out, etc.

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Out with friends dancing and just cutting loose.

Would you like to be our Single of the Week, just email us at macon@11thHourOnline.com

I’m a die-hard Christian, and I believe that God has a path for me. I’ve been single most of my life, and I have a hard time accepting that this is what God wants for me. Should I be actively pursuing women or should I be waiting for God to bring me one?

Signed, WWJD?

Dear WWJD What Would Jesus Do? He’d hopefully kick you in the shaft if you ever asked him something like that. I once heard a great joke that pretty much sums up how caught up in the prophecy some of you MYF leaders can be. Here’s a joke to illustrate: “A man and his family are caught in a flood. They are a very religious family. An EMT comes by to help evacuate the area.

The family refuses, saying that God will save them. The water rises. A boat comes by. The family refuses to evacuate, saying that God will save them. A helicopter comes by; the family is on the roof, water rising all around them. They refuse, saying God will save them. He doesn’t. They end up in Heaven, and the husband goes right up to God and asks why he didn’t save his family. God Responds, ‘Hey dumb-ass, I sent three lifesavers by.’”

It doesn’t matter what you believe if you’re not open to it man. You’ve got to put all the jargon aside and listen. Was that girl dressed up like a fairy at Ren-Fest really looking at you? Who cares? Just stop being a Methodist and go talk to her. IT IS WRITTEN, you don’t want to be stuck jerkin it to JC Penny ads for the rest of your life. Get in there and shake it up son!

Dear Mr. Macon Out I’m a huge UFC fan, but my wife thinks it’s too brutal and pretty much bitches the entire time I’m watching it. It’s really one of my favorite hobbies. Should I quit watching just because she doesn’t like it?

Signed, Marshall Dear Marshall Whoa. Time for boys night buddy. If wifey has no friends, then it’s your job to go find her some. Sometimes, giving the wife a sewing circle to sit around can be as important as finding your own friends.

You’ve got to understand your wife not wanting to see Brock Lesner sleeper hold some guy into submission with his knuckles, but she needs entertaining to. If you’re not up to it then find someone else to share your life with.

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Boys Rescued From Mailbox VIENNA – Austrian authorities aren't about to give these pranks their stamp of approval.Frustrated officials say rescuers have been deployed twice this week to break open large mailboxes after two children locked themselves inside in separate incidents.Firefighters in the westernmost province of Vorarlberg say the latest incident occurred Thursday evening in the village of Schwarzach, where an 8-year-old boy climbed inside a mailbox and couldn't get out.Postal officials weren't able to find the key, so rescuers used welding torches and bolt cutters to open the box and free the child.

He was uninjured.

Judge Admits to Letting Air Out LA PLATA, Md. – A circuit court judge has acknowledged he deflated a tire on a car parked in a restricted area near his courthouse earlier this week. But he isn't apologizing.Charles County Judge Robert C. Nalley told station WUSA on Wednesday that he let out the air because leaving notes for those parked illegally AUGUST 20 - SEPT 2, 2009

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isn't effective.The chief administrative judge for Maryland's 7th Circuit said Nalley told him what he had done on Monday. Judge William D. Missouri suggested to The Washington Post that Nalley might be sanctioned.

Naked Man Loses Way WELLINGTON (Reuters) – An extremely drunk, naked man lost his way at a New Zealand hotel and ended up sleeping in the wrong room, forcing its female occupant to hide in the bathroom, local media reported.The 29 year-old Australian man had gone back the hotel in the resort town of Queenstown with a woman, but got up in the night and wandered into a bedroom where a couple were sleeping."He was a bit surprised that there were two people in his room and he was butt naked," Sergeant Steve Watt of Queenstown police told the Southland Times.

German Bride Spends Night With Vodka A bride in Germany spent her wedding night passed out next to a crate of vodka

in the back seat of a car and had to be rescued by police when the BMW began to overheat in the sun.Police in the western city of Cologne said Monday the inebriated 30-year-old remained unconscious even after they smashed the car window to get her out. "Only after being shaken several times did she eventually regain consciousness," police said in a statement.

What’s That Lassie?

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A mongrel has proven that dogs really are man's best friend when he helped rescuers find the body of his owner who was killed in a car crash in Australia.Moja, a small mixed breed, was in the truck with his owner Henry Drew when it crashed off a highway in Queensland and landed in dense shrubs.The animal sat by Drew's body, which was hidden by trees, barking incessantly for two days until a farmer went to investigate the cause of the noise.

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Q: Where’s the best place to get authentic Mexican food in Middle Georgia?

A: Margarita’s, of course!

Dear Mexican: My family hasn't been long in this country, came here because of lousy treatment by other Europeans, and didn't live close enough to the southern U.S. border to have exposure to Mexico or Mexicans. So, anyone looking down on Mexicans can be mysterious to many of us that have migrated to the Southwest, like myself. My family wasn't part of the evil done to Mexico and I have no racial or cultural prejudices. If anything, I just don't want to be clueless. In light of this, am I a gabacho, or is there another term to describe me? (I'm not trying to escape the negative, as my signature may show - just seeking accuracy.)

- Sin Pista y Confundido Dear Gabacho: You didn’t tell me what European group is your herencia—are you a mick? A spic? Bohunk? Honky? Kraut? Limey?

Frog? Polack? Ruski? Maybe a vile Luxembourger?—so, sí: unless someone of European descent in the United States specifically identifies with an ethnic group or nationality, they’re a gabacho in wab eyes. If you don’t think the term applies, you can apply for amnesty with the Mexican consulate but must make a strong case you don’t possess the gabacho mentality of Drinko por Cinco and Carlos Mencia when it comes to Mexicans— and even then, a bribe is a must. ¡ASK A MEXICAN BOOK CONTEST! In 25 words or less, tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno.

I’ll soon be traveling ‘round los Estados Unidos in my trusty burro to research my coming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States.

One entry per person, one winner per paper, five winners total for areas that don’t carry my column, and contest ends when I say so!

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You can be arrogant, presumptuous, and your own interests will come first.

You may think your luck is running perfect this week but you must face the fact that you can be deceived. Your imagination is playing a vital part in your life at this time. Use it as a tool to find the deception. Paperwork that has been postponed should be caught up. Finalizing your plans should be considered as high priority.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are practical, peace loving, stubborn, slow and deliberate. Taurus has a natural interest in money, and you like the finer things in life. Everything you do now seems to either be wrong or it turns out to be a much larger project than you expected or hoped for. It is a good thing you have plenty of energy during this period of confusion. Next week it all begins to turn around in your favor so try to stall any important project that you can possibly delay or postpone as you need the extra time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini is versatile, fickle, intelligent, creative, quick, neat, and curious. Gemini learns quickly and has the ability to get a good education. Lady Luck is with you from mid week to the end of the month so take advantage of it to get yourself resituated or something else you want. Your imagination is working overtime and you can be very inventive during this time. Follow your hunches or intuition for success. Paperwork or mechanical problems you encounter can be cleared up rather quickly.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancer is sentimental, sensitive, and needs to have a sense of security.

Cancer is intensely romantic and has a vivid imagination. You have put off your paperwork but now you must get at it and get it finished, off your mind and out of the way – and GONE! You also have a few things to say about money or your own financial situation. You will finally speak up toward the end of this week and say your piece.

Any checks that are owed to you should arrive about that time also.

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LEO (July 23-August 22): Leo is colorful, self assured, outgoing, impulsive and expansive. You may want to push your luck a bit between mid week and the end of the month. You have been thinking things over for the past few weeks and decided this week it is time to act. You may get an argument but somehow you have the upper hand because of your research of the facts and will win out. Your finances take a turn for the better.

VIRGO (August 23-Sept 22): You can be highly critical, sarcastic, & unforgiving. Your finances should have been on the upswing lately and will continue the same for the next eight weeks or so. There should be a nice bonus coming in around the first part of September.

You may be feeling restless or out of sorts, but that is not uncommon in your case. You know the solution is hard, and you must deal with it the best you can.

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LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 22): Libra is artistic, musical, level headed, sympathetic, and generous. You can be gossipy, critical, and bitter. Luck is on your side from mid week to the end of the month so you have all that time to do something important for yourself. Your intuition is on a “high” now so follow your hunches to be successful during the next two weeks or so. You just might have to back off a wee bit and compromise with someone to get your ideas accepted and initiated.

SCORPIO (October 23-Nov 21): You are very intense, strong willed, determined and secretive. You can be willful and sarcastic, but a deep thinker with a fine mind. It is a little more difficult to get your ideas and/or plans across to others and even if you can get someone to listen, no action is being taken. It is all very frustrating to see what you think are great ideas sit in limbo. Paperwork, as always, needs attention but you are not yet in the mood for it. It all changes shortly and then it will be your turn to find the actual truth.

SAGITARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Sagittarius is warm and friendly. You like to talk a great deal making it difficult for others to get a word in edgewise. Any projects you want to get off the ground should be initiated this week. You have the rest of this month to get something that is important off to a successful start. You have been thinking and planning for a long time now but the time to bring it all out in the open is this week.

If you need help in any area, you only have to ask for it. It is there waiting.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Capricorn is very often politically minded. Capricorn is also patient, reserved, cautious, faithful and shrewd. Someone is asking for your aid this week. They have been needing it for awhile and they are finally speaking out and asking for it. Any paperwork that has been pending will go forward now and mail that you have been expecting should arrive by the end of this week. Things that you have been postponed or put off can now move forward again.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Independence and a feeling of freedom is necessary. Aquarius has a strong will, and is original, inventive, and will always enjoy doing the unexpected. Your intuition is working at a top level throughout this month so take advantage by following your hunches to the letter. Any special talent you have should be augmented to genius level during the rest of this month. So be creative and be sure to take advantage of this aspect. This can be a lucky month for you but you must act for it all to work properly.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): You are emotional, ultra-sensitive, easy going, and sociable. Somebody has been needing your help for quite some time but has been reluctant to ask for it. This week they may finally speak up to be heard. You may need to adjust your schedule to fit in everything you need and must do. Unexpected news arrives mid week and things that have stalled will finally begin going forward again much to your liking.

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FOR SALE COLORS ON CHERRY, a downtown retail business for sale at 419 Cherry Street. Call Kacy at 960-9297 or 745-7474.

For Sale

by Owner

View details at www.HomesByOwner.com/51460

Lg master bath with clawfoot tub, dbl sinks and tile shower

4 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 3 Acres

Beautifully restored home located just 20 minutes from Macon off of I-16. Built in 1850 with original stained glass doors, mantels, lots of historic charm and antique heart-pine floors throughout! New exterior paint in 2007, updated plumbing, electrical and new HVAC. Very large, open kitchen includes all stainless steel appliances. Large, well-maintained yard with pole barn and storage shed at the back of the property.

Priced WAY below the appraisal for quick sale to someone who will love and appreciate this historic, beautiful home.

Jeffersonville

(20 minutes from downtown)

$143,000 Interested parties call (478)320-7861 to schedule a tour

PRICE REDUCED! $15,000 BELOW APPRAISAL! AUGUST 20 - SEPT 2, 2009 34 11thHourOnline.com

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