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9th Annual Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival • Saturday May 18, 2002 Hubert Sumlin

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The Special

By Brian Neill.............................................14

How Wal-Mart Is Remaking Our World By Jim Hightower.................................18

SPRING SALESpring -A-B RATION Into a New Honda

Opinion Whine Line ......................................................................4 Words ..............................................................................4 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down ..........................................4 This Modern World ........................................................4 Suburban Torture ...........................................................6 Austin Rhodes ................................................................8 Insider ...........................................................................10

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Duke Robillard to Perform at Ninth Annual Blind Willie Blues Festival ................................................................22 Religion Rocks in “Jesus Christ Superstar” ...................24

Neato Torpedo Going Strong, Having Fun...................................................38

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Movie Listings .............................................................26 Review: “Unfaithful” ....................................................29 Movie Clock ..................................................................30

Events

8 Days a Week .............................................................31

Music

Spend a Hot Southern Night With Rascal Flatts and Aaron Tippen .................................................................37 Music By Turner ............................................................37 Neato Torpedo Going Strong, Having Fun ..................38 Nightlife .........................................................................39

Stuff

News of the Weird .......................................................42 Brezsny's Free Will Astrology .....................................43 New York Times Crossword Puzzle ............................43 Amy Alkon: The Advice Goddess ................................44 Date Maker ...................................................................45 Classifieds ....................................................................47

EDITOR & PUBLISHER David Vantrease ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Rhonda Jones STAFF WRITERS Stacey Eidson, Brian Neill ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Joe White ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Kriste Lindler, Ashley Landrum PRODUCTION MANAGER Joe Smith GR APHIC ARTISTS Stephanie Carroll, Natalie Holle ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER Meli Gurley RECEPTIONIST/CLASSIFIED COORDINATOR Sharon King ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT Lisa Jordan CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Meli Gurley SENIOR MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR Ed Turner EDITORIAL INTERN Aimee Pavlik CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Chuck Shepherd, Rob Brezsny, Austin Rhodes, Amy Alkon, Rachel Deahl CARTOONISTS Tom Tomorrow, Julie Larson

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here is nothing dynamic, talented, or even colorful about Austin Rhodes. His “stage name” does not even demonstrate an inkling of creativity. Listening to “Rhodes” is like having to succumb to a dull neighbor’s conjecture on the weather. His opinions are uninformed; he is completely devoid of any form of media personality. I understand that we are subject to whatever local talent resources are present, but I am positive we can do better than this.

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Is it just my household or has everyone else in the Augusta area been receiving open and tampered-with mail? This is something that has just recently begun, and I’m getting a bit sick of it. My wife tried to explain it away by saying the sender hasn’t been sealing them properly, and I believed her until mail from other sources started coming opened also. This is a federal crime, isn’t it? This is how credit card fraud starts? And to make matters worse, the post office wants to raise the price of postal stamps! Well, I’ve got news for them: I want a free stamp every time I get a piece of opened mail.

In March of 2001, The Spirit ran a story about a collection of lynching photographs assembled by an Atlanta ar t collector. The story drew controversy af ter we ran one of the photos on the cover.

But the story also drew praise for opening people's eyes to a page in American history most would rather, for convenience's sake, forget. Now the same collection of photographs, titled "Without Sanctuary," is on display at the Mar tin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. It has drawn crowds and praise and definitely seems wor th the drive to see.

This is regarding the deplorable treatment of listeners at the hands of self-important DJs. Recently, my teen-age daughter tried in vain to get through for a radio contest being held on PWR107. After several tries I’m sure, another young girl did finally get through. Her reward was that of being rudely hung up on before being given the opportunity to respond because her radio was up too loud. It is time that we as a people demand respect for our loyalty and financial support from the artists and radio stations that we support through our children. Instead of boycotting a state about a flag most of us don’t care about, we need to send to the poorhouse those that eat at our expense and then spit the cud back on us. Wake Up!

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There has been a lot of complaining about Bob Costas saying Augusta was all fast food and Hooters. Well, let him say it.

Augusta is more than one golf course on Washington Road.

Though some of the proposed pay raises for county employees seemed overly generous, to say the least, none seemed more so than the proposed $8,169 raise going to Richmond Count y Deputy Cit y Administrator Fred Russell who's been at his post a whopping four months. Four months and an $8,000 raise? And who requested the raise on his behalf? Cit y Administrator George Kolb, who also pushed to hire Russell, a former colleague from Richmond, Va. Any questions?

The Masters is only one week. Most locals can’t get in. The restaurants and motels raise their rates, both to sky-high levels.

Krystal, Krispy Kreme, and Hooters give us the same good treatment year round. The Masters gives us the shaft. Now they’re giving it to their old winners. Bleep the Masters.

I have a question. Who is Bob Costas and why does anyone care what he thinks?

Here’s betting Messers. Jones and Roberts are agog in the afterlife because a no-class bumpkin named Hootie has sullied the

W O R D S “It's not a pretty picture. A lot of it maybe has been a few self-inflicted wounds.”

—Julian Miller, general manager of The Augusta Chronicle, as quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Miller was responding to questions concerning the drop in circulation at The Chronicle and several other daily newspapers across the state.

Augusta National by breaking Mr. Jones’ promise to all Masters Champions that along with their green jackets, they earned a lifetime exemption to play in the Masters.

What’s next, Hootie? Are you going to start making older champions such as Snead, Coody, Palmer, Nicklaus, Crenshaw, and the like eat in the kitchen during the Champions Dinner? After all these decades, why has Augusta National suddenly turned against its older champions?

On occasion I happen to listen to the Austin Rhodes radio program. I find it amazing how he’s so racist in his remarks to Charles Walker and Ed McIntyre and every other black politician we have. And how come the NAACP is not out there protesting is beyond me. Austin is one of the most racist men I have ever heard in my life. He needs to be kicked out of Augusta. He doesn’t even live here; he lives in Atlanta.

This is in response to the whiner comparing the Catholic Church scandal to the North American Man-Boy Love Association: I’m a gay woman who opposes both situations.

Molestation or rape of children is not about being gay; it’s about forcing oneself upon children. Leave it to the uneducated to blame gay people, since the overwhelming majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men. Give me a break; quit blaming us for the indiscretion of a few disturbed people.

With new data, scientists have determined that the universe is 13 billion years old.

After hearing this, Strom Thurmond said, “It kills me that I missed the first half.”

It’s great that Dr. Bonnie Bragdon is proposing pet licensing. The problem has always been irresponsible pet owners who don’t keep up with shots, spay or

neuter or just don’t care. Dr. Bragdon seems to be doing the very best she can in a difficult position.

To the woman who is confused about the definition of a homosexual and a pedophile. A pedophile is an adult who has sex with a child (no matter what gender the child is). A homosexual is a person who has sex with someone of the same gender as themselves. There is definitely a difference between the two. This person needs to learn how to use a dictionary.

I listened in astonishment this morning as Austin Rhodes lamented that he could not believe Linda Schrenko had not informed him first that her husband was ill. He claimed to be extremely close to her and her husband and the idea that they had given the news to the Atlanta Constitution first just seemed to leave him dumbfounded. Here we have the self-proclaimed king-maker and giant-slayer ... I guess seeing his track record of losers that he has backed dismisses his king-maker status.

And the fact that he is like a fly buzzing around an elephant as far as Charles Walker is concerned shows he is really the handsdown winner of the Mouth of the South With no Clout award.

I really don’t understand how The Chronicle and its chosen staff of supporters could give George Kolb such an “outstanding” rating. How can his actions over the past year be rated so highly? Haven’t the citizens of Augusta realized that he increased your property taxes so he and his good friend Steve Shepard could put in their pet projects? Why did Kolb have to hire a “deputy administrator”? To me that simply means he couldn’t do his job to continued on page 6

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I have read some absurd statements made by public officials, but the statement by District Attorney Danny Craig concerning the city’s desire to tear down the historic De Laigle house takes the cake. Craig said, “I don’t think this is something that should be decided by the people who have a place in their heart for such a structure.”

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A few weeks ago I noticed a whine that decried the local music scene as unremarkable at best, and closed with the lament that such untalented bands really made him pine for the big city. Then last week a new whine surfaces from what has to be the same guy. I know because my mind automatically began reading the whine as though I could hear it being spoken in the high-pitched, asthmatic, quivering falsetto, that the whiner no doubtedly has. I had to get involved because I know whom he is referring to. In his latest whine he maligns The Spirit for praising local “cover” bands, and not paying more attention to 2 Skinnee J’s. Well, I have seen all the bands in question and there are differences. The local bands start promptly and give a good show, interspersing their own excellent material with a few covers to please the crowd. They are awesome musicians, who are having a great time and everyone enjoys them thoroughly. I’d rater listen to rehashed Skynyrd by people who care, than listen to flash-in-the-pan, 311/Red Hot Chili Peppers sound-a-likes who dare not stray from their corporate sponsorship. Clue to the whiner: Lose the inhaler and actually circulate in the real world, or maybe you should go back to the “Big City.”

I’ve been keeping up with the infamous Ronnie Few and his exploits in D.C. They have just about run him out of town.

Where are our illustrious commissioners who ran to D.C. to tell what a great and honorable man he was? What a joke ... I don’t see them making any comments about what has happened to their best chief of the fire department.

The purpose of private dining clubs is simple: We don’t have to tolerate crying children, cell phones ringing, and poorly dressed teenagers with hats turned around.

I’d like to propose a ban on weed eaters and leaf blowers in Olde Town. On any given morning you will find some knucklehead operating one of these things. I’ve seen one person cut their whole yard with a weed eater. People should be more considerate.

— Call our Whine Line at 510-2051 and leave your comments. We won’t use your name. Fax your whines by dialing (706) 733-6663 or e-mail your whines to whine@metspirit.com

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hey made sure I didn’t get the scoop this time.

The folks at The Augusta Chronicle were none too pleased when lil’ old radio blowhard here broke the story on the biggest personnel news in the paper’s recent history.

Phil Kent’s departure for the Southeastern Legal Foundation was quite a head-turner.

Suzanne Downing’s departure won’t generate the same type of rhubarb, and that is just the way she likes it.

Nobody was gonna tell this story but them.

The Chronicle went so far as to hold the report from their Web site until well after Tuesday night’s 11 o’clock TV newscasts were history. A fitting professional obituary for the prototype “company foot soldier,” better known as Downing.

As the paper’s editorial editor she had a clear mission, and that was to return the ownership of the page to publisher Billy Morris. Mission accomplished.

Since the late ’70s, Kent had been the star of The Chronicle. While Morris called the shots, Kent was magnetic, photogenic and energetic. He also provided a first line of deniability for Morris. After a particularly scathing editorial, Morris could always shake his head and say, “Well, you know Phil.”

Phil Kent in many ways became bigger than his publisher. And that is a no-no.

With Phil’s departure as editorial chief, a whole new approach was to be taken, and a makeover was in order for the reputation of the page. Some say (not me) that the page had become too aggressive under Kent’s hard-core conservative philosophies. Nothing better to soften that image than to bring on an understated intellectual who would rather endure a root canal than be in the spotlight.

Here comes Suzanne Downing.

I said at the time they should have stayed local. Barry Paschal had worked under Phil and was at that time opinions editor for the Morris-owned Columbia News Times. Barry had the institutional knowledge and the hometown credentials to become the greatest opinions editor in Chronicle history.

He was by far the best choice for the job.

But, he also would have been the guy who “replaced” Phil Kent. Tall order there.

So Downing came in and served not only as a complete change of pace, but as the pin cushion to take the heat as the “star” left the building.

Chronicle general manager Julian Miller got Suzanne and I off to a great start the day he introduced me to her. As I extended my hand to hers he said, “... and this, Suzanne, is Austin Rhodes, the guy who didn’t want you to be here.”

Technically he was right, but still, ouch.

In the months that followed, conservatives around the CSRA were falling all over themselves because the once-rabid diatribes that attacked left-wing corruption, both foreign and domestic, were now decidedly ... um ... toned down.

It was Suzanne’s style. At the risk of sounding misogynistic, the content was largely what you would expect with a woman in charge. Ironically, it had little to do with the fact that a woman was in charge.

Morris’ edict from day one was a “kinder,

gentler” editorial page. Suzanne delivered.

She also became a very real part of the political landscape. She showed up at meetings. She became a trusted confidant of many local movers and shakers. She actually developed more “grass roots” background, faster than any media figure I have ever known.

Because she had no history here, she could not afford to be lazy, and she wasn’t.

Suzanne operates with an enthusiasm for politics and public policy that is rare among local media. I know the “gleam” because its absence is something I loathe in “professional journalists.” There are a few in town who have the “calling,” and you could fit them all in one elevator. Easily.

While many of the old Phil Kent fans can take serious issue with the direction the page has taken since Suzanne took over, keep in mind, not a single stance appears in print that does not line up squarely with Billy Morris’ edicts. She is in essence, the Morris mouthpiece. But she made sure she got the goods on the issues before one word made it to press.

Upon news of her departure, Phil Kent told me that he hated to see this, because she was really starting to see that many of the hard stands he had taken over the years were exactly what was needed. Indeed, in the last several weeks the “benefit of the doubt” approach the page has taken lately with Charles Walker, seems to have finally worn out.

Some folks have speculated that Suzanne has recently been lobbying Billy to “take the gloves off.” Only she and the little big guy will ever know if that is true.

While the decision to bring Suzanne Downing to Augusta brought very mixed reviews at the time, I must compliment Morris and say that it was a smart thing to do. Political stands aside, she has proven to be a brilliant editor and an asset to The Chronicle and the community.

Between the exodus of Kent and legendary cartoonist Clyde Wells, many believed the glory days of the page were all behind them.

Downing’s steady style, and the addition of remarkably talented cartoonist Rick McKee, proved those gloom-and-doom predictions premature.

Now ... who is gonna take her place?

Damn good question. My first choice, the aforementioned Barry Paschal, is apparently still a candidate.

When I asked him for an official comment, this was his answer: “I want to make a decision that is most advantageous for me and the company ... and it is something we will be discussing more in the coming days.”

In the three years since Downing’s arrival, Barry has added three more years of local experience and hometown “gravitas” to his already substantial resume. There are very few native Augustans who have ever been so imminently qualified for such an important local position.

In 1999, The Chronicle’s leadership had several good excuses to look elsewhere; now, they have no excuse to look anywhere else.

In the meantime, Godspeed to my colleague, and sometime nemesis, Suzanne Downing. You are a credit to your profession, and a consummate editorialist. You will be missed.

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the primary and they field a strong candidate t is no secret that Republicans are their to fight in November. Barbara Dooley is a own worst enemies. Even die-hard members of the Grand Old Party (GOP) strong candidate.

Conventional wisdom is that Charles Walker know this point is true. The recent Jr, the son of state Senator Charles Walker, will withdrawal of Burke County’s Cleve Mobley easily win the Democratic primary. That should from the 12th U.S. Congressional District scare the hell out of Republicans who despise election is a case in point. Mobley made his decision public on Wednesday after an excru- the senior Walker. With “Daddy” in the spotlight for ethical lapses, the idea of sending his ciating two weeks of deliberation with his son to Washington frightens a lot of people. family and Republican big-wigs.

If Dooley enters the race, she could get Mobley’s colorful past caught up with him. votes from the Republicans in His indiscretions were the district, those white revealed via an e-mail Democrats who hate Governor campaign intended to Roy Barnes for taking away smear him. Mobley knew their state flag, the anti-Walker it was only a matter of element, and women. Not to time before the media mention Georgia Bulldog fans. made a circus of his candiIf the Republicans have any dacy. Political enemies hope in November, they need were already scouring the someone like Dooley to come courthouse for documents forward. At the same time, involving a previous nasty Norwood and Kingston should divorce and domestic diffikiss and make up. If egos preculties. His youthful party vail and Republican factions do days were haunting him as not unite, Charles Walker, Jr. word spread that Mobley’s Cleve Mobley will waltz into office. checkered history would Republicans cannot afford to become a campaign issue. fall on their own sword.

He chose to leave the race.

Politics is a nasty busiThe Chamber Strikes Again ness. Mobley should have The Metro Augusta Chamber known his life would be of Commerce just cannot seem examined thoroughly when to get it right. If the job of the he decided to run. His chamber is to promote business chief backers, 10th District in Augusta, why would they U.S. Congressman Charlie schedule their annual golf outNorwood and state party ing in North Augusta? chairman Ralph Reed, Insiders report that, for the should have known that second year in a row, the chamMobley’s past would ber will play in North Augusta. become an issue. Did Jim West, Chamber Mobley not tell Norwood, Why not a course in Augusta?

The city’s course, Augusta Golf Reed and other Republican fat cats? Did they not do a background check Club a.k.a “The Cabbage Patch,” has been renovated and there are other courses available in on this guy? After all, Mobley was the chothe town the chamber represents. What gives? sen one. Or was he?

The same, sorry story of a chamber of comPolitical insiders report that the leaks originated from fellow Republicans. The idea that merce without a clue. No wonder some city officials and politicians want to take money Georgia’s U.S. Congressman Jack Kingston’s camp initiated the e-mail campaign is floating allocated for the chamber and fund a separate economic development entity. around Republican circles and has Mobley supporters livid. Whether this is true or not Rocky Pope Is Gone remains to be seen. Regardless, there is defiPolitical insiders know the name Rocky nitely a temporary split between Kingston Pope. His rich history as a behind-theand Norwood. Kingston seems to have won scenes player in local politics is well on this one. Norwood has egg on his face. known. He fought battles as a Democrat for Barbara Dooley, wife of former University of years before becoming involved with Georgia football coach and current Athletic Director Vince Dooley, had been urged to run by Richmond County Republicans. His most recent political successes were his participaKingston even before Mobley backed out. tion in the election of state Rep. Sue Reportedly, Dooley told Mobley that she would Burmeister and Augusta Commissioner not run as long as he was in the race. Now, all Tommy Boyles, both over entrenched eyes are on her. Insiders report that she is under incumbents. Rocky died this week after a considerable pressure to enter the contest and lengthy illness. Those who knew Rocky she will have to give her answer soon.

Republicans must unite in their effort to win will miss him. His name fit him like a glove. Rocky. He fought until the end. the new congressional district. The district was drawn for a Democrat and the —The views expressed in this column are the Republicans’ only hope is that a weak views of The Insider and do not necessarily Democratic candidate emerges victorious in represent the views of the publisher.

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n a rainy day, Richmond County chief appraiser Sonny Reece sits in his office and says that the weather influenced him to wear a Donald Duck tie to work. “I figured since it’s raining, it’s a good day to be a duck,” Reece says, smiling.

With its overseer clad in a Donald Duck tie and the jovial atmosphere its employees provide, the Richmond County tax assessor’s office may not seem like it conducts serious business. But Reece’s job is to make sure that it does. “I oversee the operation of this office to ensure that all properties are uniformly appraised,” he says.

Reece started his career in real estate in the 1970s. But when a recession hit, “the real estate market dried up.” He began working as a commercial/industrial appraiser for the county in 1974. “I’ve been all over this office,” he says, pointing to the corner that held his first desk and is now a part of his personal office. He resigned in 1978 to start his own appraisal business.

“I was a candidate for MAI designation.

At the interview, the committee said as long as I worked here, I couldn’t get it,” says Reece. “So I opened my own shop.”

After 20 years of self-employment, Reece closed shop and went back to the Richmond County tax assessor’s office. “I saw they were looking for a new chief appraiser. I was contemplating putting in my application, but I just wasn’t sure,” he says. “I think God had a little hand in making me apply for this job. I was in perfect health, and in January of 2000, I fainted.”

After the fainting episode, Reece discovered he needed a pacemaker. “I think it was a guiding hand telling me to change my stressful ways,” he says. “Maybe when I took this job, I just jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.”

Working as chief appraiser gives Reece a chance to catch up with his family, more so than when he was running his own business. He and his wife, Patricia, have been together 23 years. They met at the Masters Tournament in 1978. “I have two lovely daughters. Jessica is at the University of Georgia and majoring in journalism and is probably going into law. Courtney, she’s an artist and journalist and a rising junior at Davidson Fine Arts School.” Reece also has a Maltese poodle, which he walks down Russell Street every morning.

When Reece isn’t spending time with his family, he enjoys Augusta’s favorite sport.

“I’m a hacker,” he says. “I like to play a little golf. I play about a half a dozen times a year.” He’s played for charity, as well as with members of his church, Reid Memorial Presbyterian.

“I also fish, hunt. I like to deer hunt; I like to duck hunt. I used to love to go dove hunting,” says Reece, acknowledging the fact that having a pacemaker has altered his habits. “I’m left-handed, but because of the pacemaker, I’ve had to learn to shoot right-handed.”

Reece also likes to read, something he has more time to do since he started working at the tax assessor’s office for the second time.

“My girls kind of laugh — they’re both excellent readers. So is my wife. They laugh because I don’t want to put the book down.”

Reece was born in Augusta and has close ties to the city. “I’m a true native,” he says.

“I was born in Augusta, at old University Hospital, and raised in Harrisburg. I’m proud of this city. I have a lot of good memories of childhood.”

After attending Augusta State University, Reece served in the 319th Army Reserve Unit. “I had the pleasure of going to Vietnam,” he says. “I couldn’t have gone with a better group of guys.” Members of

the unit have a reunion every year, with people traveling from as far away as Michigan to attend. “It’s good to see some of the guys again,” Reece says.

“All in all, I think Augusta is a great place to live,” says Reece. “The people are friendly — a lot of people are moving here because of that. We have a good ballet, fine arts center, good museums; we’re a couple hours from the beach and the mountains. We have excellent restaurants. I like to support downtown. I like what they’re doing downtown.

There are some good young entrepreneurs

down there. And we have artists — a good cross-section — and good musicians.

“I get to meet new people. I like that. I like people. I like to hear people’s different thoughts. I like my church, my church family, my Sunday school class,” Reece says.

It seems Reece has come full-circle since his beginnings at the tax assessor’s office nearly 30 years ago. Local government has made some changes since then, and Reece thinks members of the Richmond County government share a common goal. “We know where we’re heading.”

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here was no babying of the city’s greenest department directors by the Augusta Commission this week.

Fire Chief Al Gillespie and newly appointed finance director David Persaud were thrown in with the sharks during the commission’s May 7 meeting like any other city employees facing politically charged issues.

As the meeting began, the Augusta Commission was set to discuss moving the city’s Housing and Neighborhood Development Department (HND) into a new office on Laney-Walker Boulevard. The building, which will house and be owned by the Augusta Neighborhood Improvement Corporation (ANIC), is expected to be completed in December.

Several commissioners had planned for more than a year to help support ANIC’s revitalization of the Laney-Walker neighborhood by moving a couple of the city departments into its building.

But when Commissioner Lee Beard reviewed the lease proposal presented by County Attorney Jim Wall, he immediately questioned why HND was the only department listed.

“Mr. Mayor, maybe I missed something last week, but it was my understanding that the fire department would also be housed in the Laney-Walker area where this building is being constructed,” Beard said.

City Administrator George Kolb told the commission that the city had initially included the fire department in its plans for the Laney-Walker office; however, after presenting that idea to Gillespie, Kolb said the fire chief determined it was not an appropriate place for a temporary fire headquarters.

In three years, Kolb explained, the fire department is expected to move into its own 10,000 square-foot administrative building near Highland Park.

Whether the fire department’s relocation to Laney-Walker was going to be temporary or not, Beard said the decision to move into that neighborhood had already been made.

“I think that decision had been made prior to anyone (as fire chief) coming onboard,” Beard said. “This had been talked about for a long time. And personally, I don’t see any reason why we can’t go along with it at this point.

“We have made overtures to the (ANIC) people who are involved in this ... and I think it is kind of wrong for us to back out at this particular time and say that we can’t do this.”

Before the discussion got out of hand, Gillespie wanted to explain why he didn’t think moving to Laney-Walker was a good idea.

“We, in the fire department, understand the need for presence in the Laney-Walker area,” Gillespie said. “But our concerns had to do

Fire Chief Al Gillespie with timing, for one. Certainly, we feel like we need to make the move sooner.”

Currently, the fire department’s administration is paying $30 per square foot to be housed in a 2,000 square-foot office in the Riverfront Center on Tenth Street. Gillespie said that was simply too expensive.

Therefore, he wanted to move prior to September to save the city money and not wait until the ANIC building’s opening in December.

“Secondly, the size of the area (in the ANIC building) would be insufficient for us to move our entire command center there,” Gillespie said.

County Attorney Jim Wall suddenly looked bewildered by the chief’s comment.

“Well, the 2,000 square footage, that’s what I was told to negotiate (with ANIC),” Wall said, adding that ANIC offered to rent the space to the city for $15 per square foot. “So, that’s the reason it was 2,000 square feet. I mean, they wanted to lease us more space.”

ANIC President Robert Cooks enthusiastically agreed with Wall. “All of the specification that I received on the space needs told me the fire department needed 2,000 square feet,” Cooks said. “It’s the assumption that I’ve been operating on for 12 months.

“The building is actually 17,000 square feet, so more space is available if you want it.”

While Gillespie was pleased to hear that ANIC had more room available in its building, the chief offered the commission another solution. He said after reviewing the space available in Fire Station No. 3 on Reynolds Street, he believed that the fire administra-

“I think that decision had been made prior to anyone (as fire chief) coming on board.”

tion could move to that location until the city completes its Highland Park building.

Commissioner Bill Kuhlke said Gillespie’s suggestion was the perfect solution because the city wouldn’t have to pay any rent if the fire department moved into Fire Station No. 3.

“If he (Gillespie) says we have the space available on Reynolds Street, it doesn’t make sense to me for us to spend money when we don’t need to,” Kuhlke said.

Commissioner Willie Mays almost fell out of his seat in disbelief at Kuhlke’s comment.

“It’s amazing how folks and their terminology changes when locations change and depending on who the benefactors are,” Mays said, referring to the downtown Riverfront Center location, which the city has leased for $30 per square foot.

Mays sarcastically suggested that Gillespie should get a raise for finding extra space on Reynolds Street that past fire chiefs have been unable to use as administrative offices.

He also said somebody should have to answer for the amount of taxpayers’ money that has been wasted renting the office space in the Riverfront Center for almost a decade.

“It’s real strange, gentlemen, how, after we’ve spent a gazzillion dollars down there on the river (in the Riverfront Center), that now all of a sudden, we have the space there on Reynolds Street to do it all the time,” Mays said. “Somebody has wasted a whole lot of money for a long period of time.”

When it comes to the city using funds for revitalization, Beard said oftentimes only certain “preferred” areas end up with the funding.

“These people out in the Laney-Walker area and ANIC are waiting on this. They

have been waiting on it for some time,” Beard said. “They deserve something out there. They deserve to know what’s going to happen and we ought to be men enough up here to make a decision. Today.”

In the end, Kolb suggested the city agree to move the fire department into the ANIC building, but have the flexibility to ask ANIC for available space of up to 4,500 square feet. The commission approved Kolb’s recommendation with an 8-1 vote, with Commissioner Steve Shepard voting against the motion.

After witnessing the commission’s lengthy debate of the fire department, it was David Persaud’s turn.

Persaud, who has been the finance director for Chatham County since 1987, was Kolb’s top choice for Augusta’s new finance director. But before Persaud had a chance to introduce himself, Shepard had a few questions for the new candidate.

“I’ve indicated to my colleagues when we were at the GMA (Georgia Municipal Association) meeting in Savannah that the news was dominated by the budget problems of the Chatham County Commission,” Shepard said.

Last month, the Savannah Morning News ran several stories stating that Chatham County was in “financial straits” because it has no money tucked away in reserves in the case of an emergency.

In fact, the Chatham County Commission has discussed using $14 million in sales tax money, which was designated for drainage and infrastructure projects, to help balance its 2002 budget.

“Let me ask you this,” Shepard said to Persaud. “Does Chatham County, to your current understanding, have a fund balance?”

“Unfortunately, no,” Persaud said. “The current body does not operate with the inclusion of a reserve policy. Absent a reserve policy, we have suffered a significant budgetary fluctuation.”

However, Persaud stressed that not having a fund balance was a “policy decision” by the Chatham County Commission, not a recommendation from the finance department.

“Whether you are a government or a private entity, it’s a necessity that you have an established fund reserve,” Persaud said. “The budget is only a financial plan based on projected revenues and planned expenditures.

For several reasons you can deviate from that plan. ... Having those reserves provides fiscal stability so you don’t have severe volatility and fluctuations in your budgetary plan.”

With that, Shepard seemed satisfied that Chatham County’s financial woes would not find their way to Richmond County, and with an 8-0-1 vote, Persaud was approved as Augusta’s new finance director.

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t a little more than 6-feet, 5-inches tall, and 219 pounds, Brandon Reeves isn’t the first guy with whom anyone possessing common sense would pick a fight in a bar.

And the fact that he’s wearing a sheriff’s department uniform would seem to make him an even more formidable opponent.

But, as the Richmond County deputy can attest, common sense is often in short supply when the music’s loud and the drinks are pouring freely.

Reeves has been pushed, shouted at, and punched in the chest so hard that his uniform nameplate broke, all in the line of working special duty at Coconuts, a local nightclub in Surrey Center.

That isn’t to say that Coconuts is any worse than other local bars, Reeves said. It’s just that when large numbers of people and alcohol mix, it’s often a recipe for trouble.

“Just about any deputy who works the bar scene has been struck,” Reeves said, standing out in back of Coconuts on a recent Saturday night as patrons began trickling in. “Black eyes, stuff like that. Nothing major. No major injuries where it would put you out of work or anything.

“Once the alcohol takes its effect, they’re 10 feet tall and bulletproof.”

Reeves is one of roughly 100 deputies who work what has come to be known as “a special.”

In their spare time, officers like Reeves provide security to establishments and at special functions in exchange for a chance to earn extra money.

That seems the sole motivation for Reeves.

“It’s the extra money, really,” he said. “You know, you don’t want to be around a bunch of drunks, and being the only sober person in there.”

Deputies on special duty are paid $15 an hour, a rate set by the sheriff.

They also are hired for a minimum of four hours, according to Capt. Jim Griffin, who oversees special-duty assignments for the sheriff’s department.

“If you want a deputy for a party, but your party is only going to last for two hours, you’ve got to pay for four hours,” Griffin said. “And that kind of makes it worth the effort of a deputy to get up and go out to work something, and make it worth his or her while.”

Griffin said that as many as half of the department’s roughly 250 road patrol deputies work special duty assignments regularly or occasionally.

“Some work them on a regular basis, some intermittently,” Griffin said. “And some don’t work them at all, or have the desire to, and I guess are fortunate enough not to have to.”

Not all deputies who work special duty do so at drinking establishments. Some provide security at places like nursing homes, or serve to handle traffic problems such as at the Colonial Village at Walton Way Apartments, where a special duty deputy often directs afternoon motorists coming in and out of the complex.

In light of recent problems, including a drowning and increased public drinking, special-duty officers also have recently been hired to patrol the Augusta Canal.

Deputies who work specials are required to be certified through the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, which is a prerequisite for road patrol duty.

Although working a special fits the mold of a side job, deputies working in that capacity are every bit as much police officers as if they were working their regular shifts, Griffin explained.

“They’re there as a law enforcement officer,” Griffin said, adding that failure to show up to a special can carry the same disciplinary repercussions as if the deputy failed to show up for his regular shift— up to and including being brought before the department’s review board and being suspended without pay.

Deputies working a special are required to radio in their whereabouts to dispatch prior to starting their off-duty post and can be called to the scene of a crime or emergency if they are

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deemed the closest deputy able to respond in the least amount of time.

Sheriff’s department policy mandates that a deputy working a special assignment work no more than four hours in that capacity within 12 hours of his or her next shift.

“Occasionally, a football game or something when recreation events are going on, we might let them work up until 10:30 at night, prior to a 6 a.m. reporting time,” Griffin said. “But even that’s a rare occasion. Basically, you’re supposed to be off eight hours before coming back to work on the street for us.”

While picking up an extra hundred or so bucks on the weekend is attractive to some deputies, there are some special assignments on which they’d rather pass.

Large, out-of-hand crowds have been publicized recently in conjunction with Super C, a nightclub and restaurant on Tobacco Road.

Little, however, has been mentioned about the impact the establishment has had on the Huddle House restaurant just down the street, which is a favorite gathering spot for those leaving Super C at closing time.

“There’s a Huddle House down the road from it who hired deputies last year, primarily because when Super C lets out on like a Saturday night, they would come down there, and of course they’d have been drinking and wanted to cause problems there and it caused like a domino effect,” Griffin said. “The private security (company) pulled out of there (Huddle House) — you know, they’ve got all the retired people and they couldn’t deal with a 19-, 21-, 22-year-old kid who wanted to get rowdy.”

Huddle House had scaled down to one deputy working a special, but that deputy has since left the department, leaving behind a gap in the restaurant’s security, Griffin said.

“Well, right now I can’t get anybody to work Huddle House. There’s no deputy out there right now,” Griffin said. “Of course, the deputy that was there, he’s no longer with the department, but since I’ve posted it, because of, I guess, its reputation — not anything Huddle House has done, but where the problem comes from — nobody wants it.”

Though Reeves is permanently assigned to Coconuts as a special-duty officer, he says he would have to draw the line at working at Super C or the Huddle House.

“No, no,” Reeves said. “There’s certain things I won’t do.”

Charles Cummings, owner of Super C, recently vowed before the Augusta Commission to

clean up his establishment by not allowing any patrons under 21 into the restaurant/lounge and agreeing to bring in deputies much earlier than their previous midnight start time.

Because deputies are not required to work special duty, that means the owners of establishments deemed undesirable for special-duty service must hope that an officer has a change of heart or is willing to give it a try.

Owners of nightclubs with notorious reputations can offer more money in order for an officer to work a special, but that must be approved through the sheriff’s department, Griffin said.

But, in those instances in which a club owner has to offer more money for a deputy to brave a dangerous environment, they will likely be made by the sheriff’s department to

employ additional officers.

“So we can say, ‘If you want one, fine and well, but you’re going to have to take two more with him, or three more with him,’ ” Griffin said. “We will not put any one deputy in a situation that could cause him or her to get hurt.”

At certain establishments, such as Super C and Coconuts, the sheriff’s department already mandates that more than one deputy at a time work special duty.

Reeves, for instance, is one of four deputies who round out the security force at Coconuts on weekends.

“I don’t mean to be accusatory, but Coconuts, you know, attracts a lot of people and they occasionally have problems there,” Griffin said. “But there’s a large number of people that comes to it. I guess when you’ve

got that many mixed in and alcohol combined, there’s the likelihood that you’re going to have some trouble. So obviously, the more deputies there, it’s safer for them and it’s safer for the customers.”

It can also be safer and more effective for owners.

Just ask Kelly Lundy, general manager of Coconuts.

“I’d much rather have deputies working my front and back door, to ID persons so no underage, of course, can come in,” Lundy said. “And with a badge, you have a lot more pull. And say if myself or one of my guys walk up to any trouble, we like to take care of it with deputies standing behind us.

“That just helps the matter. Where they might not listen to us talking to them, they’ll listen to the badge.”

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istening to Bob Young talk about the past four years he’s been in office, one can’t help but think of that old Rodney Dangerfield line: “I don’t get no respect.”

But the fact that the Augusta mayor has felt unappreciated by many of his constituents is understandable, especially when so many have relished pointing out his faults and giving him a hard time.

It’s true, Young has shot himself in the foot politically on a variety of occasions since leaving the anchor desk at WJBF-TV NewsChannel 6 in order to step on the other side of the news as an elected official.

For instance, there was the “Take that E-Z-Go!” remark that so bristled management at the Augusta golf cart factory and astonished some in the community.

Young made the remark after competitor Club Car celebrated the millionth golf cart built at its factory — in Columbia County.

Needless to say, those at the E-Z-Go factory, a company that pays taxes and conducts business in Richmond County, were not amused.

There was also the letter Young fired off to the employer of Brad Owens, after Owens, a political wannabe and then-columnist for Augusta Focus, repeatedly referred to Young as “Mayor Boob.”

Reading between the lines, which wasn’t hard for most to do, the letter was an obvious attempt to cost Owens his job.

After the dust settled, following more prodding and vocalizing on the issue from Owens, it was blatantly apparent that Young had done some severe image damage to himself, all over a petty nickname.

For such faux pas, however, Young has a ready answer: “I’m not a politician.”

Young explained that he merely holds a political office, but is more concerned about bettering the city’s image and assets than choosing the right words to fit the mold of what a seasoned politician, or mayor for that matter, should say.

But will voters carry that message in their heads prior to going to polls on Nov. 5, or will Young be plagued by the blunders of the past four years?

“That’s entirely up to the electorate,” Young said in response to the question. “To me, I’m not a politician, you know. We all learn as we go when we’re not

politicians and we’re put in a political environment.

But my focus has been on policy and trying to do those things to improve this community and that’s where my focus remains.

“And I still enjoy driving my grandchildren around in the E-Z-Go golf cart I keep in my garage.”

Running an open office, free of impropriety and malfeasance, and working to ensure affordable housing in the community top the list of things Young feels he’s accomplished in office.

“I think, number one, that I have run this office with honesty and integrity. There has not been a hint of scandal in this office since I’ve been here,” Young said. “There has not been a question about the integrity of the mayor and the honesty of the mayor or the decisions and initiatives that have come out of this office.

“The second thing is, I’ve probably run the most open administration for a mayor of this city. The mayor has been accessible, not just to the press, but more importantly, to the public. And the mayor has been visible in the community as well as the parts of the state and country representing this community. And the third thing I think I would list is the emphasis on affordable housing initiatives in the city. I’ve been very active in that.”

The mayor credited himself with forming the board for the Augusta Neighborhood Improvement Corporation (ANIC) and also with lending support to other neighborhood development corporations.

Young stated as his primary weakness, not claiming enough credit for the things he has accomplished.

“I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy that it’s not important who gets the credit, but that the job gets done,” Young said. “But I’ve come to realize, in politics, you need to get some credit so people know what you’re doing and know what you have done. I probably haven’t been aggressive enough in taking credit for those things for which I deserve credit.”

Among those things, Young said, were his efforts to keep the King Mill textile plant open after it had succumbed to debt, and getting the Augusta Commission to agree on hiring George Kolb as a replacement for City Administrator Randy Oliver, who left for a job in Greenville, S.C., in the latter part of 2000.

“Reopening King Mill, I played a major part in that. I brought the parties together, but it was more important that we got those people back to work, than I got the credit, so I didn’t get the credit at the time for doing that. Those types of things. You know, I put together the 10 votes to get George Kolb hired, which was a unanimous vote of the commission, something I did without a vote and a veto. But I didn’t seek a lot of credit for that and I didn’t expect at the time to get any, but when you’re out here running for re-election you need to get credit for the things you do.”

Getting votes from commissioners is a subject that has been a sore spot for Young, who’s well familiar with comments from political observers that he’s a

“I think the discord that you see in the commission chambers is more of an issue of differences of opinions among commissioners and not (between) the mayor and commissioners.

Now I think there are some that resent that I called for the special grand jury investigation, resented the fact that I turned in CSRA Waste to the sheriff for criminal investigation and things like that, but that’s not representative of the ongoing relationship between the mayor and commission.”

— Augusta Mayor Bob Young

“I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy that it’s not important who gets the credit, but that the job gets done. But I’ve come to realize, in politics, you need to get some credit so people know what you’re doing and know what you have done. I probably haven’t been aggressive enough in taking credit for those things for which I deserve credit.”

— Augusta Mayor Bob Young great communicator on behalf of the city, but a lousy communicator with the body he chairs.

He thinks that perception boils down to a misunderstanding on the part of the public.

“It’s fair and it’s not fair, and I’m going to tell you why,” Young said. “I’m not a politician, so if I’m perceived that way, you’re seeing the real Bob Young. But on the other side of the coin, I think there’s a great misconception about the mayor and the commission. There is not one initiative that I have taken before the commission that has not been approved.

None. And as I mentioned, George Kolb was hired, on my recommendation, on a 10-nothing vote.

“I think the discord that you see in the commission chambers is more of an issue of differences of opinions among commissioners and not (between) the mayor and commissioners. Now I think there are some that resent that I called for the special grand jury investigation, resented the fact that I turned in CSRA Waste to the sheriff for criminal investigation and things like that, but that’s not representative of the ongoing relationship between the mayor and commission. I think overall, we have a good working relationship.”

Augusta Commissioner Bill Kuhlke said he thinks Young has done an adequate job as mayor, particularly when he has no vote or veto power. A move to grant those powers to the mayor was proposed this year by some legislators but died a miserable death in the General Assembly.

“It’s a difficult job when you don’t have a vote and you’re more of a figurehead than somebody who’s making some decisions down there,” Kuhlke said. “But I think Bob has tried to be innovative and I think he’s presented himself well as mayor of Augusta and I think he attempts to work well with the commissioners.”

“You’ve basically got 10 different individuals down there,” Kuhlke added, “but I think he’s come up with some things he’d like to see accomplished, and by and all, I think he’s gotten good cooperation from the commission.”

Augusta Commissioner Marion Williams, on the other hand, faults Young for focusing too much on downtown and neglecting other communities in the area.

“I think Bob has tried, but I don’t think Bob’s done for an entire community what he could have done,” Williams said.

“I know that in the office of the mayor he’s tried real hard and I think his heart is in the right place, but I think Bob comes from a different side of the tracks where he might not understand the whole situation when it comes to Augusta.”

Still, Williams said that if he had to rate Young’s performance in office on a scale of one to 10, he would give the mayor a seven.

“We’ve been focusing a lot on downtown,” Williams added. “But this city has to grow as a whole all over and I don’t think the entire community has felt his heart. I think other communities have felt he doesn’t care.”

Although Williams said he wasn’t speaking specifically of the black community, he did say that the predominately black Laney-Walker community is one area that could use more of the mayor’s attention.

Unless he’s hedging, Young is unsure how much support he’ll get from the black community in the upcoming election.

“I don’t know; that’s a good question and we’ll know when the ultimate poll is taken on Nov. 5,” Young said. “But I feel I’ve been extremely sensitive not only to issues in the African-American community, but also south Augusta and other parts of the community. And I

haven’t spent my time pandering to any particular constituency; I’ve tried to do what I have thought was in the best interest of the city. And if that translates into African-American support, or Hispanic support or south Augusta support or east Augusta support, or whatever, then so be it.”

Young was mum on his competition thus far in the upcoming race, which will include former state Rep. Robin Williams and Richmond County Board of Education President Andrew Jefferson.

He also downplayed the issue of how much money he’ll need to run a campaign, saying it depends on the amounts other candidates are willing to spend.

When told that Robin Williams, for example, planned to spend roughly $200,000 on his campaign, Young replied, “Well, that will be good for the economy.

“I’m not trying to be evasive,” he added. “You just don’t put all your stuff out on the table.”

Young indicated he would take a waitand-see approach to Williams’ vow not to go negative during the campaign.

Some will remember Young, himself, getting down and dirty during the last campaign. Among other maneuvers, the Young campaign circulated a photo of former Mayor Larry Sconyers sleeping during a commission meeting.

“It was in the public domain,” Young said with a ‘who, me?’ grin.

As an incumbent, however, Young said he feels this campaign will be much different.

“As an incumbent, you run a different type of campaign than you do as a challenger,” Young said. “And we’re planning to put my record out there to the voters and ask for four more years.”

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ullying people from your town to China: Corporations rule. No other institution comes close to matching the power that the 500 biggest corporations have amassed over us. The clout of all 535 members of Congress is nothing compared to the individual and collective power of these predatory behemoths that now roam the globe, working their will over all competing interests.

The aloof and pampered executives who run today’s autocratic and secretive corporate states have effectively become our sovereigns. From who gets health care to who pays taxes, from what’s on the news to what’s in our food, they have usurped the people’s democratic authority and now make these broad social decisions in private, based solely on the interests of their corporations. Their attitude was forged back in 1882, when the villainous old robber baron William Henry Vanderbilt spat out: “The public be damned!

I’m working for my stockholders.”

The media and politicians won’t discuss this, for obvious reasons, but we must if we’re actually to be a self-governing people. That’s why the Hightower Lowdown is launching this occasional series of corporate profiles. And why not start with the biggest and one of the worst actors?

The beast from Bentonville Wal-Mart is now the world’s biggest corporation, having passed ExxonMobil for the top slot. It hauls off a stunning $220 billion a year from We the People (more in revenues than the entire GDP of Israel and Ireland combined).

Wal-Mart cultivates an “aw shucks, we’re just folks from Arkansas” image of neighborly small-town shopkeepers trying to sell stuff cheaply to you and yours. Behind its soft homespun ads, however, is what one union leader calls “this devouring beast” of a corporation that ruthlessly stomps on workers, neighborhoods, competitors and suppliers.

Despite its claim that it slashes profits to the bone in order to deliver “Always Low Prices,” Wal-Mart banks about $7 billion a year in profits, ranking it among the most profitable entities on the planet.

Of the 10 richest people in the world, five are Waltons-The ruling family of the Wal-Mart empire. S. Robson Walton is ranked by London’s “Rich List 2001” as the wealthiest human on the planet, having sacked up more than $65 billion (£45.3 billion) in

“We signed [union] cards, and all hell broke loose.”

— Sidney Smith, Wal-Mart Supercenter meat-cutter

personal wealth and topping Bill Gates as No. 1.

Wal-Mart and the Waltons got to the top the oldfashioned way–by roughing people up. The corporate ethos emanating from the Bentonville headquarters dictates two guiding principles for all managers: Extract the very last penny possible from human toil, and squeeze the last dime from every supplier.

With more than 1 million employees (three times more than General Motors), this far-flung retailer is the country’s largest private employer, and it intends to remake the image of the American workplace in its image–which is not pretty.

Yes, there is the happy-faced “greeter” who welcomes shoppers into every store, and employees (or “associates,” as the company grandiosely calls them) gather just before opening each morning for a pep rally, where they are all required to join in the WalMart cheer: “Gimme a ‘W!’” shouts the cheerleader.

“W!” the dutiful employees respond. “Gimme an A!’” And so on.

Behind this manufactured cheerfulness, however, is the fact that the average employee makes only $15,000 a year for full-time work. Most are denied even this poverty income, for they’re held to part-time work.

While the company brags that 70 percent of its workers are full-time, at Wal-Mart “full time” is 28 hours a week, meaning they gross less than $11,000 a year.

Health-care benefits? Only if you’ve been there two years; then the plan hits you with such huge premiums that few can afford it–only 38 percent of Wal-Marters are covered.

Thinking union? Get outta here! “Wal-Mart is opposed to unionization,” reads a company guidebook for supervisors. “You, as a manager, are expected to support the company’s position. . . . This may mean walking a tightrope between legitimate campaigning and improper conduct.”

Wal-Mart is in fact rabidly anti-union, deploying teams of union-busters from Bentonville to any spot where there’s a whisper of organizing activity. “While unions might be appropriate for other companies, they have no place at Wal-Mart,” a spokeswoman told a Texas Observer reporter who was covering an NLRB hearing on the company’s manhandling of 11 meatcutters who worked at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Jacksonville, Texas.

These derring-do employees were sick of working harder and longer for the same low pay. “We signed [union] cards, and all hell broke loose,” says Sidney Smith, one of the Jacksonville meat-cutters who established the first-ever Wal-Mart union in the U.S., voting in February 2000 to join the United Food and Commercial Workers. Eleven days later, Wal-Mart announced that it was closing the meat-cutting departments in all of its stores and would henceforth buy prepackaged meat elsewhere.

But the repressive company didn’t stop there. As the Observer reports: “Smith was fired for theft–after a manager agreed to let him buy a box of overripe bananas for 50 cents, Smith ate one banana before paying for the box, and was judged to have stolen that banana.”

Wal-Mart is an unrepentant and recidivist violator of employee rights, drawing repeated convictions, fines, and the ire of judges from coast to coast. For example,

the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has had to file more suits against the Bentonville billionaires club for cases of disability discrimination than any other corporation. A top EEOC lawyer told Business Week, “I have never seen this kind of blatant disregard for the law.”

Likewise, a national class-action suit reveals an astonishing pattern of sexual discrimination at WalMart (where 72 percent of the salespeople are women), charging that there is “a harsh, anti-woman culture in which complaints go unanswered and the women who make them are targeted for retaliation.”

Workers’ compensation laws, child-labor laws (1,400 violations in Maine alone), surveillance of employees–you name it, this corporation is a repeat offender. No wonder, then, that turnover in the stores is above 50 percent a year, with many stores having to replace 100 percent of their employees each year, and some reaching as high as a 300 percent turnover!

Worldwide wage-depressor Then there’s China. For years, Wal-Mart saturated the airwaves with a “We Buy American” advertising campaign, but it was nothing more than a red-whiteand-blue sham. All along, the vast majority of the products it sold were from cheap-labor hell-holes, especially China. In 1998, after several exposes of this sham, the company finally dropped its “patriotism” continued on page 20

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posture and by 2001 had even moved its worldwide purchasing headquarters to China. Today, it is the largest importer of Chinese-made products in the world, buying $10 billion worth of merchandise from several thousand Chinese factories.

As Charlie Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee reports, “In country after country, factories that produce for Wal-Mart are the worst,” adding that the bottom-feeding labor policy of this one corporation “is actually lowering standards in China, slashing wages and benefits, imposing long mandatory-overtime shifts, while tolerating the arbitrary firing of workers who even dare to discuss factory conditions.”

Wal-Mart does not want the U.S. buying public to know that its famous low prices are the product of human misery, so while it loudly proclaims that its global suppliers must comply with a corporate “code of conduct” to treat workers decently, it strictly prohibits the disclosure of any factory names and addresses, hoping to keep independent sources from witnessing the “code” in operation.

Kernaghan’s NLC, acclaimed for its fact-packed reports on global working conditions, found several Chinese factories that make the toys Americans buy for their children at WalMart. Seventy-one percent of the toys sold in the U.S. come from China, and Wal-Mart now sells one out of five of the toys we buy.

NLC interviewed workers in China’s Guangdong Province who toil in factories making popular action figures, dolls, and other toys sold at Wal-Mart. In “Toys of Misery,” a shocking 58-page report that the establishment media ignored, NLC describes: Thirteen-to 16-hour days molding, assembling, and spraypainting toys-8 a.m. to 9 p.m. or even midnight, seven days a week, with 20-hour shifts in peak season.

Even though China’s minimum wage is 31 cents an hour–which doesn’t begin to cover a person’s basic subsistence-level needs–these production workers are paid 13 cents an hour.

Workers typically live in squatter shacks, 7 feet by 7 feet, or jammed in company dorms, with more than a dozen sharing a cubicle costing $1.95 a week for rent. They pay about $5.50 a week for lousy food. They also must pay for their own medical treatment and are fired if they are too ill to work.

The work is literally sickening, since there’s no health and safety enforcement. Workers have constant headaches and nausea from paint-dust hanging in the air; the indoor temperature tops 100 degrees; protective clothing is a joke; repetitive stress disorders are rampant; and there’s no training on the health hazards of handling the plastics, glue, paint thinners, and other solvents in which these workers are immersed every day.

As for Wal-Mart’s highly vaunted “code of conduct,” NLC could not find a single worker who had ever seen or heard of it.

These factories employ mostly young women and teenage girls. Wal-Mart, renowned for knowing every detail of its global business operations and for calculating every penny of a product’s cost, knows what goes on inside these places. Yet, when confronted with these facts, corporate honchos claim ignorance and wash their hands of the exploitation: “There will always be people who break the law,” says CEO Lee Scott. “It is an issue of human greed among a few people.”

Those “few people” include him, other top managers, and the Walton billionaires. Each of them not only knows about their company’s exploitation, but willingly prospers from a corporate culture that demands it. “Get costs down” is WalMart’s mantra and modus operandi, and that translates into a

Likewise, a national class-action suit reveals an astonishing pattern of sexual discrimination at Wal-Mart (where 72 percent of the salespeople are women), charging that there is “a harsh, anti-woman culture in which complaints go unanswered and the women who make them are targeted for retaliation.” crusade to stamp down the folks who produce its goods and services, shamelessly building its low-price strategy and profits on their backs.

The Wal-Mart gospel Worse, Wal-Mart is on a messianic mission to extend its exploitative ethos to the entire business world. More than 65,000 companies supply the retailer with the stuff on its shelves, and it constantly hammers each supplier about cutting their production costs deeper and deeper in order to get cheaper wholesale prices. Some companies have to open their books so Bentonville executives can red-pencil what CEO Scott terms “unnecessary costs.”

Of course, among the unnecessaries to him are the use of union labor and producing goods in America, and Scott is unabashed about pointing in the direction of China or other places for abysmally low production costs. He doesn’t even have to say “Move to China”–his purchasing executives demand such an impossible lowball price from suppliers that they can only meet it if they follow Wal-Mart’s labor example.

With its dominance over its own 1.2 million workers and 65,000 suppliers, plus its alliances with ruthless labor abusers abroad, this one company is the world’s most powerful private force for lowering labor standards and stifling the middle-class aspirations of workers everywhere.

Using its sheer size, market clout, access to capital, and massive advertising budget, the company also is squeezing out competitors and forcing its remaining rivals to adopt its priceis-everything approach.

Even the big boys like Toys R Us and Kroger are daunted by the company’s brutish power, saying they’re compelled to slash wages and search the globe for sweatshop suppliers in order to compete in the downward race to match Wal-Mart’s prices.

How high a price are we willing to pay for Wal-Mart’s “low-price” model? This outfit operates with an avarice, arrogance, and ambition that would make Enron blush. It hits a town or city neighborhood like a retailing neutron bomb, sucking out the economic vitality and all of the local character. And Wal-Mart’s stores now have more kill-power than ever, with its Supercenters averaging 200,000 square feet–the size of more than four football fields under one roof!

These things land splat on top of any community’s sense of itself and devour local business.

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community, Wal-Mart can crush our groceries, pharmacies, hardware stores, and other retailers, then raise its prices once it has monopoly control over the market.

But, say apologists for these Big-Box megastores, at least they’re creating jobs. Wrong. By crushing local businesses, this giant eliminates three decent jobs for every two Wal-Mart jobs that it creates–and a store full of part-time, poorly paid employees hardly builds the family wealth necessary to sustain a community’s middle-class living standard.

Indeed, Wal-Mart operates as a massive wealth extractor.

Instead of profits staying in town to be reinvested locally, the money is hauled off to Bentonville, either to be used as capital for conquering yet another town or simply to be stashed in the family vaults. (The Waltons, by the way, just bought the biggest bank in Arkansas.)

It’s our world Why should we accept this? Is it our country, our communities, our economic destinies–or theirs? Wal-Mart’s radical remaking of our labor standards and our local economies is occurring mostly without our knowledge or consent.

Poof–there goes another local business. Poof–there goes our middle-class wages. Poof–there goes another factory to China.

No one voted for this . . . but there it is. While corporate ideologues might huffily assert that customers vote with their dollars, it’s an election without a campaign, conveniently ignoring that the public’s “vote” might change if we knew the real cost of Wal-Mart’s “cheap” goods–and if we actually had a chance to vote.

Much to the corporation’s consternation, more and more communities are learning about this voracious powerhouse, and there’s a rising civic rebellion against it. Tremendous victories have already been won as citizens from Maine to Arizona, from the Puget Sound to the Gulf of Mexico, have organized locally and even statewide to thwart the expansionist march of the Wal-Mart juggernaut.

Wal-Mart is huge, but it can be brought to heel by an aroused and organized citizenry willing to confront it in their communities, the workplace, the marketplace, the classrooms, the pulpits, the legislatures, and the voting booths. Just as the Founders rose up against the mighty British trading companies, so we can reassert our people’s sovereignty and our democratic principles over the autocratic ambitions of mighty Wal-Mart.

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f it’s made from scratch, Charlie Baggs says, it just tastes better.

In December of 2001 he decided to take that theory and run with it, so he opened Charlie B’s, a restaurant showcase for his wife Susan’s recipes.

“We cut the potatoes and put the milk and the butter in there and all that jazz,” he said of his mashed potatoes. If you go to other homestyle restaurants, he said, the vegetables usually come from a can. “There are people out there who can tell the difference,” he said. “I certainly can.”

If you are a pork chop fan, you can get them for breakfast, lunch or dinner, fried or grilled. There is also homemade meatloaf from one of Susan’s special recipes, and served with some of those redskin potatoes buttered and mashed to perfection.

The menu is so packed with good things to eat, you just might have a hard time making a choice.

You could have baked ham for lunch, country fried steak, beef roast and gravy, or even catfish. There’s so much real food there, you’ll think you’re at your mama’s house. There’s also a wide range of vegetable selections, from squash to broccoli, hash brown casserole, steamed cabbage, glazed carrots, and plenty more.

If lighter fare is what you crave, check out the salad and soup menu.

There’s even a kids’ menu, from grilled cheese to a burger plate – even the special macaroni and cheese meal, which is a double portion of that golden, creamy delight. The kids’ lunch plate is a piece of Charlie B’s Southern fried chicken, with one vegetable and a portion of bread.

The scrumptious sandwiches – halfpound burger, barbecue pork, country

Photo: Joe White

fried steak and more – come with yummy sides like potato salad, pasta salad, pear salad, deviled eggs, English pea salad, and more.

The extensive drink menu offers hot tea as well as iced, regular or chocolate milk for kids of all ages, assorted fruit juices, soft drinks and lemonade.

In addition to good food, Charlie B’s offers full service – the waiter will seat you, bring your food in 10 minutes, and accept your money. “You don’t have to do anything but enjoy the meal,” he said, adding that, even though the service is quick, the staff doesn’t rush the customers.

It’s just right for a nice sit-down dinner with Mom on her special day.

And how about some dessert afterward? Choose from peach or apple cobblers, cinnamon buttercreme cake or brownie mocha trifle. If she likes piña colada cake, Charlie B’s is there to please. For the rest, come and see for yourself. But you’d better bring your appetite.

The Savannah native-turnedAugustan (he’s been here since was 5; he’s practically a native) is not new to the restaurant business. And he’s not bad at it, either. Charlie Baggs is the owner of Atlanta Bread Company, a gourmet sandwich shop that turns out large portions of good food quickly, and charges a reasonable price. And their iced tea is some of the best.

While Charlie B’s is a different type of establishment, Baggs’ track record as a restaurateur suggests you might want to try out the new place.

Charlie B’s is located at 3730 Wheeler Road, between Doctor’s Hospital and I20, and can be reached at (706) 2109696. Open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Duke Robillard to Perform at Ninth Annual Blind Willie Blues Festival

BY RHONDA JONES

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t’s hard to put sounds in words.”

Blues great Duke Robillard said a mouthful when he said that. He was trying to think of a way to explain the blues, and at first, he decided to go the technical route.

“It’s a sound that kind of basically builds around a very simple chord progression. And it’s a sound that I’m feeling,” he said. But the blues, he added, is not necessarily about having the blues. “It’s about feeling good really. It’s about release.”

Robillard has been feeling the blues for about 43 years now, since he was 10 years old. It got into him at an early age and became his life.

In the late ‘60s, he helped found the Roomful of Blues band, and then the Pleasure Kings a decade later. Among other accomplishments, he has worked with the Legendary Blues Band, backed up Bob Dylan and been a Fabulous Thunderbird (having replaced Jimmie Vaughan).

Since 1984, he’s put out nine albums and won several awards, including the International Guitarist of the Year award (1999) from the French Blues Association, as well as other “of the year” awards.

But Robillard considers the highlights of his career the times when he got to play with people he admired, like Muddy Waters and Big Joe Turner.

Asked if it was a little scary to play with people he has so much admiration for, he said, of course. “It’s always scary when you meet someone who’s an idol of yours, especially if you’re young.”

But after that, he said, it’s all inspiration. “When you realize that they enjoy what you do as much as you enjoy what they do, then it’s just great fun. Getting to work with the masters, getting accepted by them, kind of gave me the inspiration to continue to pursue this.”

And pursue it he has.

Since he’s been at it for so long, he was a good person to ask for advice. He had pretty much the same words of wisdom for those who want to play the blues as for those who just want to listen well.

Go back to the beginning.

“Check out all the old masters,” he said.

Getting to know the blues just means listening. Live bands are good for that, he said, and listening will clue you in on what styles you like.

As for musicians, he said, learning from the old masters, and not just the previous generation, makes for a more well-rounded musical education.

Following Duke’s Advice Of course, seeing the blues is easy when so many great blues artists are gathered in one place as they will be on the 18th for the Blind Willie Blues Festival — artists like Hubert Sumlin, who played lead guitar with Howlin’ Wolf for 20 years, and who heavily influenced guitar gods Eric Clapton and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Bob Margolin, whose Bob Margolin Revue will be backing up Hubert Sumlin at the festival, is a Chicago Blues guitarist. In the ‘70s, he played in Muddy Waters’ band. He has released several albums for Powerhouse Records, Alligator and Blind Pig Records.

The latest is “Hold Me to It” for Blind Pig. Carey Bell, a Macon, Ga., native, has been playing harmonica since he was 8 years old, and is considered one of the best. He has also worked with Muddy Waters, as well as Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk and Lowell Fulsom.

Steve Forbert is a fine songwritin’ folk singer from Mississippi. In the mid-1970s, he became a New Yorker and released “Alive on Arrival,” which is considered one of the best collections of original folk-style songs ever. He will be performing solo.

The Crosstie Walkers come to the festival every year. They do originals. They do folk-rock.

So Who Was This Blind Willie Cat Anyway?

And of course, they do the blues.

Blind Willie was only one of the many names he used. He was born around the turn of the And finally, we have Bill Sheffield and the Ringtail Rounders. Sheffield is an Atlanta boy century in Thomson, Ga., hence the festival. He was a legend in the making, packing along who has been considered a leader in the music scene there for about 20 years. He has done his 12-string guitar in the big city ... New York as well as Atlanta, even though he had been some vocal work with Roy Buchanan; he has led the XL’s, a popular Atlanta scene band in blind from childhood. He had a map in his head. He only had to go to a place once before the ‘80s; and he also writes his own songs. he had it forever.

He recorded during the 1920s and ‘30s under such names as Blind Sammie, Georgia Bill and Hot Shot Willie for Columbia, Okeh, Victor, Decca and the Library of Congress – all in the name of skirting around contractual issues. He travelled, he played, he grew legends, and then he died, having stirred the waters of the blues.

The Blind Willie Blues Festival is held every year in his honor. This year it will be on May 18, at a site one mile north of Interstate 20 at Thomson, Ga., Exit 172. For more information, visit www.blindwillie.com.

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ver the last several weeks, Jacob Patteson of the Augusta Players has been slowly transforming himself into a traitor.

His is the main character in the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Judas Iscariot.

And working with the character has changed Patteson’s mind about the apostle.

“I was taught in church that he just turned Jesus in. That’s all you ever saw. I always pictured him as this weasely guy who turned on his friend.” But delving into the mind of Judas to play the main character of “Superstar” has shown him to be a man at odds with the love he had for his friend and doing what he thought was right, and then dealing with the repercussions of his decision.

“In the beginning,” Patteson said, “he (Judas) looks out for what would be best for the whole group, because at that time in history, you just didn’t start an uprising and get away with it.”

There are other, more complicated, emotions at work here as well, Patteson said.

“Like Judas realizes in the end and it’s very apparent in what he says, why it had to be him, that he was used, by God and by Jesus,” Patteson said, to fulfill the prophesy of Jesus’ crucifixion.

Eleanor Noegel plays Mary Magdalene, the prostitute befriended by Jesus, a friendship of which Judas did not approve.

“I will be dressed in a sort of a gypsy costume,” she said. “This particular production, we’re doing a little bit more in a modern way.” She added that Judas and the other apostles will wear modern clothing.

Noegel said that this is a pretty intimidating production to work on, partly because of the huge subject matter, and partly because of her colleagues. “Well, first of all, it’s intimidating because the rest of the cast is so talented. Playing the role I have is also intimidating – first of all, in working so closely with Jesus. That in itself is intimidating.”

As far as Magdalene, though, Noegel said she has prepared herself with research and spent the time with the character to get to know her a little better. As a result, Mary has followed her home.

“I’m kind of just living in it right now,” she said. “I find it easier to just be Mary all the time. My winding down won’t happen until after the production is over.”

Of course, that means that her friends and family spend a lot of time with Mary, too. “My roommate gets tired of hearing my songs,” she said. “She knows my songs just as well as I do.”

Right now, she said, her mother even calls her Mary.

Because of the amount of work that goes into a production – much less a musical, and one of this scope – her castmates are just about her only friends.

Being a bit controversial within the play itself, she spoke a bit about the controversy surrounding the play as a whole. “A lot of people, especially here in the South, think it’s a sacreligious show. It can be done that way. But the way we’ve chosen to do it is very biblically correct,” she said. “It’s going to be a fabulous production.”

Even though he’s not the main character of this particular story, Jesus of Nazareth is perhaps the most demanding character of all. He will be portrayed by Eddie Renew, who says it is most definitely a challenge.

“There are a lot of expectations and everyone expects to see it a certain way,” Renew said.

“And there is a lot of characterization and a lot of emotion that you have to run through.”

He has to walk a fine line with a character like Jesus, because in spite of others’ expectations, he still wants to give a performance that is fresh, and to do that he has to find something within Jesus that he can identify with and make it his.

And he’s singing the whole time.

“Not only is it vocally demanding, but it’s also emotionally draining. At the end of rehearsals it’s very easy to go home and go to bed.”

And to make matters more interesting, Renew has very deep beliefs concerning this story, as do Noegel and Patteson. He says he doesn’t find this take on the story of Judas’ betrayal offensive himself, and supposes that those who do are simply not used to the idea of mixing rock ‘n’ roll with religion.

But there might be a few converts made along the way. His dad, for instance.

“I didn’t know this,” Renew said, “but my dad said he heard the music and saw the movie in the ‘70s. He was a little apprehensive but not too much.”

His parents will be there opening night, he said.

Richard Justice – well known in the Augusta area for his work on a production list as long as your arm, and most recently as Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character in Charles Dickens’

classic “A Christmas Carol” – is the director.

He agrees with Renew’s take on rock and religion.

“I think the reason it was controversial (in the ‘70s) is because it was the first passion play put to rock music. I think people of that time were skeptical of the message that rock music and biblical stories did not go together,” he said. But with the popularity now of Christian contemporary rock, he added, this play is right on target.

Jesus’ characterization might tend to raise a few eyebrows too, he added.

“The story is told through the eyes of Judas Iscariot, as opposed to Jesus telling the story, so you see a lot of the humanistic side of Jesus Christ. I think that could have played a part in the controversy in the early ‘70s.”

Another thing that might make people a little twitchy, he said, is the lack of a resurrection scene. “However, to combat that,” he said, “the overture is used as a celebration of the resurrection, with the cross empty with the white fabric on it.”

Personally, Justice likes the play. “It’s one of my favorites,” he said. “The music is really nice. At times you’ll feel like you’re in church – and there are times you’ll feel like you want to rip your heart out and slit your wrists.”

Performances run May 17-18 at 8 p.m., and May 19 at 3 p.m. For tickets call 826-4707.

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All About the Benjamins (R) — Ice Cube and Mike Epps risk their necks for $20 million in uncut diamonds and a $60 million lot tery ticket. Cube plays Bucum Jackson, a Miami-based bounty hunter with an at titude. He dreams of opening his own private investigation firm. His latest hunt leads him to old foe Reggie Wright (Epps), a slippery con man. Reggie buys a lot tery ticket with numbers supplied to him by his girlfriend (Eva Mendes). Bucum spots Reggie and af ter a way-too-long chase, Reggie escapes. Bucum spots Reggie a few minutes later and the chase is on yet again.

Only this time, they both land smack dab in the middle of a multimillion-dollar diamond heist. Ice Cube may be the mastermind behind "All About the Benjamins," but it's Mike Epps who steals the show. Cast: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes, Tommy Flanagan, Valarie Rae Miller, Roger Guenveur Smith, Lil' Bow Wow, Carmen Chaplin and Anthony Michael Hall. Running time: 1 hr., 30 mins. (McCormick) ★★ A Beautiful Mind (PG-13) — Russell Crowe is the Nobel-prized brain with mental problems in Ron Howard's film about John Nash, a real math genius caught up in 1950s paranoia, represented by spooky agent Ed Harris. Jennifer Connelly is Nash's of ten frustrated wife. Howard brings back an era while being specific about Nash's long struggle, and his reality comes through movingly, even with a slightly maudlin finish. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jason GrayStanford, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bet tany. 2 hr. 8 min.

(Elliot t) ★★★1/2 Blade 2 (R) — Wesley Snipes is Blade. He's a buff leather dude, a half-vampire who hunts vampires with weapons that might give James Bond pause, and with the mar tial moves of a Hong Kong dervish on a spree. There is a vampire aristocracy, their bodies so bleached and pasty you expect them to crumble into talcum powder. And there is a new strain of killer virus monster. Set in a Prague that surpasses Kafka's bad dreams, the movie has a necro-glam ostentation. Kris Kristofferson is Blade's friend, mentor, old daddy-o. The movie is an enjoyable showoff until it turns pompous, runs too long, and tries to find pathos in the decay of the vampire dynasty, as if this were Greek tragedy instead of pop kitsch. Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus. Running time: 1 hr., 52 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Changing Lanes (R) — A propulsive nerve-biter with genuine human characters, about a yuppie law firm hawk (Ben Affleck) who upsets the precarious life of a volatile working stiff (Samuel L. Jackson), their mutual moral crisis moving on lines that converge jarringly, despite some plot conveniences. New York is seen smar tly by ace English director Roger ("Persuasion") Michell, with Toni Collet te also outstanding as a lucid mistress. 1 hr., 47 mins. (Elliot t). ★★★1/2

Clockstoppers (PG) — Mediocrity will have its way.

That is always clear at a movie as generic and pigeonholed as "Clockstoppers." Jesse Bradford is Zak, a boy who comes upon a time-travel wristwatch per fected by a snarky teen scientist (French Stewar t, fairly excruciating in comedy).

Along with Paula Garces, as a student fresh from South America whose accent wanders through its own time zones, Zak trips around as other people freeze like statues or ooze in slow-mo. The effects have modest wow value. ★1/2 The Count of Monte Cristo (PG-13) — At first, Jim Caviezel is rather starchy and boyish as the young sailor. but af ter Edmond is betrayed by best friend Fernand Mondego, then tossed into the vile Chateau d’If for carrying a secret letter from Napoleon on Elba, he endures hell, grows a beard, digs out, finds a buried for tune and becomes the count — and is quite the hero. Caviezel learns to stride and swoop as a superbly equipped man of the world. His scheme is cold revenge on Fernand and perhaps Mercedes, the lover he thinks turned too soon to his betrayer. This is a plum and peachy enter tainment. If you don’t think so, you’re too old.

And, if you are young, say 11 on up, here is your chance for some old-time satisfaction. Cast: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Luis Guzman, Richard Harris, Dagmar Dominczyk, Freddy Jones, James Frain, Michael Wincot t. Running time: 2 hrs. 5 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★1/2 Deuces Wild (R) — In the sweltering summer of 1958, a gang war is brewing. Brooklyn teenagers, disgruntled over the loss of the Dodgers and plied with guns and drugs, set tle their disputes in the streets. Violence erupts between two prominent gangs, while a romance blossoms between the leader of an all-girl gang and one of the warring Deuces.

Cast: Fairuza Balk, Mat t Dillon, Stephen Dor ff, Deborah Harry, Johnny Knoxville, Frankie Muniz, Brad Renfro, Balthazar Get ty.

E.T. (PG) — Stephen Spielberg celebrates the 20th anniversary of his ex traterrestrial epic with a restored rerelease, featuring previously deleted scenes and new special ef fects. Starring Henry Thomas and a young Drew Barrymore as a brother and sister who protect and befriend an alien stranded on Ear th, the “E.T.” 20th Anniversary Edition is set to captivate a new audience. Cast: Henry Thomas, Debra Winger, Drew Barrymore. Running time: 120 minutes.

40 Days and 40 Nights (R) — Josh Har tnet t is Mat t, a San Franciscan devastated to lose his blonde prize, Nicole. Soon she is pledged to another, and Mat t staggers blindly into a special Lenten sacrifice: 40 days and nights of voluntary celibacy, to the shock of his hormonally ape-like buddies and the alarm of his brother, an aspiring priest who lets him vent in the confessional. Of course, his celibacy sparks rumors of gayness. Soon there's a bet ting pool online to see if he can go the distance. Mat t, his mind altered by denial, star ts to sense women's real needs, incarnated by Erica (Shannyn Sossamon). Michael Lehmann directed very lightly, as if hang-gliding through the vir tually empty plot.

The laughs are sitcom shaped. You might come out sexier, or swearing off for quite a while. Cast: Josh Har tnet t, Shannyn Sossamon, Vinessa Shaw, Mary Gross, Barry Newman, Paul Costanzo, Griffin Dunne. Running time: 1 hr., 34 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Frailty (R) — This thriller, Bill Pa x ton’s directorial debut,

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★★★★ — Excellent.

“Spider Man” follows the FBI on their search for a serial killer who dubs himself “God’s Hands.” The agents are stumped until a young man, Fenton Meeks, comes forward with an intriguing story; the killer may be his brother. Meeks tells a disturbing tale about his late father’s delusions of destroying demons who inhabit human bodies and how these same delusions may be haunting his younger brother. Cast: Bill Pa x ton, Mat thew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Mat thew O’Leary. Running time: 100 minutes.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PG) — It would be hard to imagine a bet ter Harry than Daniel Radcliffe. And, forming a Three Musketeers of sorcery, he finds wonder ful chums at Hogwar ts. Emma Watson is Hermione and Ruper t Grint is Ron. Much of the movie is given over to exploring the amazing Hogwar ts castle and a dark forest, plus a seismically shaking chess match and a sor t of "Star Wars"-on-brooms aerial game. A big asset is the gallery of old-pro British actors who teach, tease and taunt the students. "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Pot ter," intones John Hur t, and the worldwide population of Pot terites will gladly choose this movie. It waves a wand of instant appeal, and gives viewers the sor t of compelling rush that draws them back to "Peter Pan" and "E.T.," to "Star Wars" and "The Black Stallion." Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Ruper t Grint, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, John Hur t, Ian Har t, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith.

Running time: 2 hrs. 32 min. (Elliot t) ★★★★ High Crimes (PG-13) — Morgan Freeman, wry old acting master, carries much of this taut but implausible thriller, which involves military cover-ups and a chilling trial, though early clues harm the whopper finish. Carl Franklin also got good work from Ashley Judd, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet and Adam Scot t. 1 hr., 47 mins. (Elliot t) ★★1/2 Ice Age (PG) — Most of "Ice Age" is about a lippy sloth named Sid, voiced by John Leguizamo. (Is there a less slothlike actor alive?) Fleeing the advancing polar ice cap, he tries fiercely to bond with a hairy mammoth, Manfred (Ray Romano) and even a saber-toothed tiger, Diego (Denis Leary). Sure enough, Sid, Manfred and Diego rescue a human baby from marauding saber-toothed tigers. That's the story: the three travelers, each way ahead of the evolutionary curve with their jokes, and the papoose-like human with big eyes, and the pursuing big cats, who expect Diego to betray his new companions. There is a clima x, so safely predictable you won't find your temperature budging. "Ice Age" will probably get enough kids smiling to earn its big cost back, and then some. Voices: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, Tara Strong. Running time: 1 hr., 24 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Jason X (R) — The latest in the “Friday the 13th” series, “Jason X” puts a sci-fi spin on a classic horror favorite. In the year 2455, a group of young explorers visits Ear th, which has turned toxic and been abandoned by humanity. They find Jason, cryogenically frozen and spor ting a hockey mask (later replaced by a futuristic-looking metal one), and make the mistake of bringing him on board their spacecraf t. He thaws and silently stalks the crew throughout the ship’s corridors. Plenty of gory special effects. Cast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Peter Mensah, Jonathan Pot ts, Lisa Ryder, Dov Tiefenbach. Running time: 93 minutes.

John Q (PG-13) “John Q” is fairly engrossing and fairly bad. John Q's (Denzel Washington) son suddenly collapses at a Lit tle League game, freaking John and his fiercely commit ted wife, Denise (Kimberley Elise). We know the family is in economic straits, and when the boy is taken to a big Chicago hospital, it turns out that John's medical plan has been cheapened by his employer, and the $250,000 needed

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for a hear t transplant is not available. Agonized, John takes over the emergency room and some hostages. Despite some brickload dialogue and a music track that of ten seems to have its own agenda, Washington is a great actor. Even when forced into tears, into emotional taffy-pulling, he brings weight and depth and dignity to his work. Oscar may notice.

Cast: Rober t Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberley Elise, Eddie Griffin, Ray Liot ta. Running time: 1 hr., 56 mins.

(Elliot t) ★★ Life or Something Like It (PG-13) — Transfixed as a girl by watching Marilyn Monroe on TV, Seat tle's Lainie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) grows up to be very blond and very TV. Local news star Lainie itemizes her "great job, great boyfriend, great hair" like Socrates espousing the Platonic forms of the Good. The only fly in her pink ointment is that Jack the street prophet (Tony Shalhoub) predicts, along with some coming spor ts and weather, her eminent death — bummer! Director Stephen Herek has had a loopy career arc from "Crit ters" to "Mr. Holland's Opus," from "101 Dalmatians" to "Rock Star." You might say he was prepared to do this. No one ought to be prepared for it. Cast: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Stockard Channing, Tony Shalhoub, James Gammon. Running time: 1 hr., 43 min. (Elliot t) 0 The Lord of the Rings (PG-13) — Simply saying the title is a verbal project. Watching the film for three hours is like hearing Wagner's Ring Cycle remastered by a genius of the kazoo — the concepts remain grandiose, but the music gets rather oopsy. The movie is visually spectacular, a feast from the kitsch kitchen. The story is a quest to return "the ring of power" to its bir thplace "in the fire of Mount Doom." The opening is not a movie launch, it's a franchise arrival, a hugely expensive gamble that the aging Tolkien mob can be whopper-welded to new crowds. The sights are gaga, but the storytelling gets fairly turgid. As with the last "Star Wars" picture, we detect a team of imagineers stretching their plot like a Goliath of taffy — tempting us, teasing us, set ting us up for future box-office kills. If you just got ta get killed that way, go for it. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Viggo Mor tensen, Cate Blanchet t, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Sean Bean. Running time: 3 hrs.

(Elliot t). ★★ Monster’s Ball (R) — Strong, rather solemn drama of a New South town on the old racial divide, Billy Bob Thornton underplaying as a miserable prison guard who finds some wor th by loving a distraught mom (Halle Berry, fine and physically brave). Candid sex, true dialogue, pure-racist performance by Peter Boyle, savvy direction by Marc Foster.

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle, Sean “Puffy” Combs. Running time: 1 hr. 48 mins.(Elliot t) ★★★ Murder by Numbers (R) — Stars Sandra Bullock as a Nor thern California homicide detective named Cassie, with a tormented past. She has a wiry, noir vulnerability as this cop who tries to be a calloused, brusque, sexually available toughie. Ben Chaplin is her new par tner, Sam. They have a brutal case, the "thrill" murder of a young woman. Ryan Gosling plays the pure cynic, a sociopath, and Michael Pit t is the nerd genius. The film moves on formulaic rails. The sado bits include a bizarre monkey moment, and a gaspy precipice clima x that mimics Hitchcock. The more the characters suggest specific humanity — and Bullock does some of her best adult work so far — the more the bland surroundings numb them down, by the numbers. Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pit t, Chris Penn.

Running time: 1 hr., 48 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ The New Guy (PG-13) — Every high school has a nerd, but the nerds aren’t usually the ones who end up in jail. Rocky Creek High School’s resident geek, Diz, gets expelled and ends up in prison, where his streetwise cell-

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a sweat lodge of commit tee compulsion by a team of writers, directed by Tom Dey like a prom for demented forklif ts, "Showtime" does, even in its worst impulses, get some laughs. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Rober t De Niro, Rene Russo, William Shatner. Running time: 1 hr., 36 mins. (Elliot t) ★1/2 Snow Dogs (PG) — This warm comedy is more about human feelings than goofy dog antics. It may not be the zany fish-out-of-water story, but it has a lot more hear t than you'd expect. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays a dentist who gets an unexpected inheritance and decides to visit the rugged town of Tolketna, where he finds out he's also inherited a team of sled dogs. The movie is neither too serious nor too funny. 1 hr., 39 mins. (Nina Garin) ★★ Sorority Boys (R) -- When three par ty-animal frat boys get kicked out of their fraternity house, they decide to dress in drag and join the sorority for the most unat tractive girls on campus. Along the way, they unravel the mysteries of sisterhood and realize just how badly they’ve been treating women; and they manage to accomplish it all with juvenile flair. Cast: Michael Rosenbaum, Barry Watson, Harland Williams, Heather Matarazzo. Running time: 94 minutes.

Spider-Man (PG-13) — Sweetly dorky Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is bit ten by a new form of lab spider on a school trip. He morphs into a speed master with arachnid powers, but keeps his real identity masked from the girl literally nex t door, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). SpiderMan casts webs from his hand, climbs and leaps around New York and bat tles a capitalist nut turned Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe). Always sidelined is the nut's son, Peter's best friend, Harry (James Franco). The film is high-craf ted and amusing, though the POW! style so right for Marvel pages can be numbing in this tech-loaded, hypersonic approach. "Spider-Man" has the heat of a newborn franchise.

The costumed hero finally makes a brilliant match with Old Glory, in a gleaming Manhat tan. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Rober tson, Rosemary Harris. Running time: 2 hrs. (Elliot t) ★★★

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The Sweetest Thing (R) — Three go-get-'em hotsies (Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair) live a highglitz, navel-oriented lifestyle bent on out-grossing the Farrelly Brothers. Diaz (who cleans up well) and Applegate comprise a crackerjack comedy team, although they can't salvage this oral-sex fixated raunch fest. But If you think you'd like a movie in which a woman has sex in a dressing room with a guy in an elephant costume ... 1 hr., 15 mins.

(Salm) ★★ The Time Machine (PG-13) — Guy Pearce, very intense and gaunt, is H.G. Wells' famous time-traveler, in a film of exciting design and special effects, and maybe too much monster shock for kids as he discovers a future where barely human beasts prey upon sweet lotus types.

Samantha Mumba is lovely, while Jeremy Irons is like a surreal update on Johnny Winters. 105 mins. (Elliot t). ★★ 1/2 Unfaithful (R) — In this remake of the 1969 French film “La Femme Infidele,” Richard Gere and Diane Lane star as per fect suburban couple Ed and Connie Sumner. When Connie has an affair, Ed hires a detective to trail her, and then Ed brutally kills her lover. In Ed’s rage, Connie sees a passion she’s never noticed in him before, and helps him cover up the murder. Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Mar tinez, Dominic Chianese, Margaret Colin, Chad Lowe, Erik Per Sullivan.

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mate gives him tips on becoming cool. Af ter a makeover and a name change, Diz, now known as Gil, transfers to East Highland High School on the other side of town and becomes the most popular guy around — until one of the bullies from Rocky Creek ends up at East Highland. Cast: DJ Qualls, Zooey Deschanel, Eliza Dushku, Eddie Griffin, Lyle Lovet t, Ross Pat terson, Rachael E. Stevens.

Panic Room (R) — Not since Hitchcock's "Rear Window" has a New York location been used more suspensefully than in "Panic Room." This New York home is a lavish town house that includes a "panic room," a top-floor security crib. Breaking into the seemingly vacant house on a stormy evening are three men who expect an easy job. Most surprised by this intrusion are Jodie Foster and her onscreen daughter, played by Kristen Stewar t. They flee to the panic room to find a phone that doesn't work and watch the frustrated crooks on the security screens. "Panic Room" is a cold sweat, fevered by frantic impulses. It's terrific entertainment. Cast: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Kristen Stewar t, Patrick Bauchau, Jared Leto.

Running time: 1 hr. 48 min. ★★★★ The Queen of the Damned (R) — The movie is dedicated to the late pop star Aaliyah, who died at 22 in a plane crash on Aug. 25. Cynicism suggests that it is in theaters less in her honor than because much money is tied up in it, and there are living careers still to be advanced. But who, really, wants to take credit? Maybe not director Michael Rymer, who seems just a bored assembler. Maybe not, very much, the effects specialists. They manage to set rakish, Goth-clad vampires on fire and then launch them into the air like flying charcoal briquets. Maybe the main credit is Stuar t Townsend, as Anne Rice's fabled night crawler Lestat.

The film's style is ornate, shrill and MTV, which is tired. The whole vampire genre has tired blood. Cast: Aaliyah, Stuar t Townsend, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin, Marguerite Moreau.

Running time: 1 hr., 39 mins. (Elliot t) ★ The Rookie (G) — Dennis Quaid at 47 is a bet ter actor than ever in "The Rookie." He plays Jimmy Morris, who gets a late chance to become a baseball star. Morris is a lit tle league baseball coach in Texas, where football is king. He regrets he gave up on his at tempt to become a star bigleague pitcher. When his lit tle league boys urge him to get back into pitching, he does, and tries to get into the show again. It's a Disney movie, G-rated, with safe lingo, gentle humor, buddy bonding and a firm net of family values. What works about "The Rookie" is the grounded verity of its places and people. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones. Running time: 2 hrs., 9 mins. (Elliot t) ★★1/2 The Scorpion King (PG-13) — The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson) plays Mathayus "the Akkadian." Up nor th are hairy Vikings, or Visigoths, or Who, but deser t lands, including sinful Gomorrah, are ruled by the crazed tyrant Memnon (Steven Brand). Mathayus leads the tribal remnant of free humans against him. First, Rock abducts and wins over the mean guy's sorceress (Kelly Hu). She joins him, a camel, a cute scamp, a silly sidekick and a vast dude who should be called the Meat (Michael Clarke Duncan of "The Green Mile"). The movie has epic sand, computerized vistas, harems of buff women, ex treme violence dry-cleaned of blood, lines that roll off the tongue like bricks, costumes wor thy of an old DeMille show. The pulp purity goes back before silent films and is breezy fun on a toy-macho level.

Cast: The Rock, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hu. Running time: 1 hr., 32 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Showtime (PG-13) — First bad idea: Cast Rober t De Niro as a tough cop in a TV "reality" show that has silly fun with tough cops. He hates the show and his new celebrity.

At the end, af ter countless scowls and slow burns and repressed (or implied) profanities, he gets a cute dog.

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“Unfaithful” Not as Compelling as Director Hopes

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drian Lyne is somewhat like a low-grade porn director who fashions himself an auteur. Aside from “Jacob’s Ladder,” Lyne has built a career making cheap sexual thrillers masked as thought-provoking dramas. In particularly unusual fashion, Lyne has managed to infuse written tales of sexual obsession with an ambitious visual style. The director’s unfortunate tendency to dress up his contextually vacant films as works of lofty artistic endeavors was painfully apparent in films like “Indecent Proposal” and “Lolita.” Whether cutting between close-ups of a roulette wheel in motion and Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson having sex in a bed full of money in “Indecent Proposal” or lingering on Jeremy Irons’ pained mug as he watches Dominique Swain lasciviously play in the sprinkler in “Lolita,” Lyne’s sometimes effective imagery never betrays the fact that he ultimately has nothing to say. With both “Indecent Proposal” and “Lolita,” and now “Unfaithful,” the director refuses to plunge the depths of his subject matter and opts instead to infuse his film with a mix of lifeless sex scenes and long lingering shots of his characters deep in contemplation.

About a well-to-do fortysomething couple living in an affluent suburb of Manhattan with a dog, a kid and an SUV, “Unfaithful” chronicles what happens when their American dream is destroyed by an act of infidelity and then one of revenge. Richard Gere and Diane Lane star as Edward and Connie; he’s a successful businessman with a strong bond to his family and she’s a bored housewife. When Connie has an unexpected run-in with a gorgeous, young, French book-dealer named Paul Martel (Oliver Martinez), she falls prey to temptation and begins a torrid affair with the stranger.

What begins as a trespass becomes a kind of obsession as Connie becomes more and more involved with her lover. When Edward begins snooping around, his worst suspicions come to fruition and he ultimately commits an unthinkable act.

As for the two leads, Richard Gere stumbles through the film with an unfortunate dye job (the actor drops his usual grey mop for a blondish-brown one, seemingly to look younger) and a toneless physique; Gere is at his most pathetic and vulnerable when his shirt is off. Diane Lane, on the other hand, carries much of the film.

Inexplicably relegated to the love interest role in crappy action films (“Judge Dread,” “Murder at 1600”) and awful comedies (“Indian Summer”), the one thing to be thankful for with “Unfaithful” is Lane’s presence.

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Billed by Lyne as “an erotic thriller about the body language of guilt,” the director goes to painstaking lengths to infuse “Unfaithful” with an importance and sense of meaning it never achieves. Excessive amounts of celluloid are expended on Gere looking hurt and Lane looking tortured. And, if exploring the “body language of guilt” is even worthwhile, there must be a more provocative way to do it than this.

One of the more annoying elements of Adrian Lyne’s cinema is the way he approaches his female characters. Often either objectified by men (“Indecent Proposal,” “Lolita”) or torturing them (“Fatal Attraction” and now “Unfaithful”), women always seem to be subjugated to their sexuality in Lyne’s films. And watching “Unfaithful,” you get the sense that one reason Lyne assumes this story is compelling is because the woman is the one doing the cheating. Does this mean that a story about a female adulterer is noteworthy because male adultery is commonplace? That certainly seems to be the unfortunate sentiment purveyed here.

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REGAL AUGUSTA EXCHANGE 20 Movies Good 5/10 - 5/16 Unfaithful (R) 12:50, 4:05, 7:45, 10:35 The New Guy (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:35, 12:05; Sun-Thur: 2:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:35 Spider-Man (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:45, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 7:50, 8:15, 9:40, 10:10, 10:30, 10:55, 12:20; Sun-Thur: 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:45, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 7:50, 8:15, 9:40, 10:10, 10:30, 10:55 Deuces Wild (R) Fri-Sat: 1:40, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45, 12:15; Sun-Thur: 1:40, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 Jason X (R) Fri-Sat: 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15, 12:30; Sun-Thur: 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Life or Something Like It (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40 The Scorpion King (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 12:00, 12:30, 2:20, 2:50, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 10:00, 11:50, 12:20; Sun-Thur: 12:00, 12:30, 2:20, 2:50, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 10:00 Murder by Numbers (R) 12:20, 3:55, 7:00, 9:50 The Sweetest Thing (R) Fri-Sat: 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 8:05, 10:20, 12:35; Sun-Thur: 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 8:05, 10:20 Changing Lanes (R) 12:05, 2:30, 5:25, 7:55, 10:30 Frailty (R) Fri-Sat: 7:20, 9:45, 12:10; Sun-Thur: 7:20, 9:45 High Crimes (R) 1:35, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 Clockstoppers (PG) 12:15, 2:35, 5:00 Panic Room (R) 1:10, 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 The Rookie (G) 12:10, 4:20, 7:35, 10:35 Blade 2 (R) 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Ice Age (G) Fri-Sat: 12:00, 2:10, 4:15, 7:10, 9:20, 11:40; Sun-Thur: 12:00, 2:10, 4:15, 7:10, 9:20 EVANS 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 5/10 - 5/16 Unfaithful (R) Fri-Sun: 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 The New Guy (PG-13) Fri: 3:20, 5:20, 7:25, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:25, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 5:20, 7:25, 9:25 Spider-Man (PG-13) Fri: 1:45, 2:30, 4:15, 4:45, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00; Sat-Sun: 1:15, 1:45, 2:30, 4:15, 4:45, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00 Mon-Thur: 4:15, 4:45, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00 Deuces Wild (R) Fri-Sun: 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40; Mon-Thur: 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Life or Something Like it (PG-13) Fri: 4:00; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 4:00; Mon-Thur: 4:00 The Scorpion King (PG-13) Fri: 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:50; Mon-Thur: 5:40, 7:40, 9:50 Murder by Numbers (R) 7:10, 9:40

Changing Lanes (R) Fri: 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:20; Sat-Sun: 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:20; MonThur: 5:05, 7:05, 9:20 High Crimes (PG-13) Fri-Sun: 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 The Rookie (G) Fri: 4:10, 7:00, 9:35; Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35; Mon-Thur: 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Ice Age (PG) Fri: 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; SatSun: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Mon-Thur: 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 MASTERS 7 CINEMAS Movies Good 5/10 - 5/16 The New Guy (PG-13) Fri: 5:25, 7:35, 9:55; SatSun: 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:35, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 5:25, 7:35, 9:55 Unfaithful (R) Fri: 4:00, 7:15, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 4:00, 7:15, 9:45 Spider-Man (PG-13) Fri: 4:15, 7:00, 9:30; SatSun: 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30; Mon-Thur: 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Jason X (R) Fri: 5:30, 7:50, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:50; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 7:30, 9:50 Scorpion King (PG-13) Fri: 5:15, 7:15, 9:15; Sat-Sun: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 MonThur: 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 Murder by Numbers (R) Fri: 4:30, 7:05, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 4:30, 7:05, 9:25 Changing Lanes (R) Fri: 5:20, 7:20, 9:20; SatSun: 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:20; Mon-Thur: 5:20, 7:20, 9:20 Star Wars Episode II (PG) Wed: 12:15 a.m.

REGAL 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 5/10 - 5/16 Sorority Boys (R) 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:05 All About the Benjamins (R) 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 John Q (PG-13) 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Show time (PG-13) 8:00, 10:05 40 Days and 40 Nights (R) 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 9:50 E.T. (PG) 2:05, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 The Time Machine (PG-13) 2:30, 4:35, 7:25, 10:00 The Lord of the Rings (PG-13) 1:50, 5:00, 8:15 Queen of the Damned (R) 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 A Beautiful Mind (PG-13) 2:15, 5:10, 8:00 Count of Monte Cristo (PG-13) 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Snow Dogs (PG) 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PG) 2:00, 5:00 Movie listings are subject to change without notice.

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Arts

THE WORK OF EDWARD RICE will be on display at the Mary Pauline Gallery though June 8. For more information, call the gallery at 724-9542.

Auditions

WORKS BY MARYANNE KELLY HAND now on display at the SouthEastern NeuroScience Building on Roy Road off Wheeler Road. Held through the summer. For more information, contact Maryanne Kelly Hand at 667-6622.

SUMMER STOCK ‘02 AUDITIONS held by ASU Drama Guild May 13-14 at 7 p.m. Openings for 16 males and 14 females in three one-act works. Held in the ASU Chateau on Arsenal Drive. No audition piece needed. For info, call 737-1500.

THE YOUTH WING OF THE AIKEN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE is holding auditions for “FAME” May 19 from 2-5 p.m. and May 20 from 6-9 p.m. Open to teens in middle and high school. There will be a shor t dance audition, so wear comfor table clothes and shoes. Play runs July 19-21 and 26-27. For more information, call (803) 648-1438.

THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS CHILDREN’S WING will hold auditions for “Tom Sawyer” May 25 from 1-3 p.m. Auditions will be held at the Augusta Players Warehouse, 1001 Walton Way. Per formance dates are June 28-29. For more information, call 826-4707.

THE AUGUSTA CHILDREN’S CHORALE will be auditioning children in grades 3-8 by appointment for the 2002-2003 season. To schedule an audition, please call 826-4718.

THE AUGUSTA CONCERT BAND holds auditions for new members by appointment. To schedule, call 202-0091.

Education “EXPERIMENTAL WATERMEDIA: BASIC COLLAGE” WORKSHOP at the Ger trude Herber t Institute of Ar t. Held May 11, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is $54 for Ger trude Herber t members; $60 for non-members. For more info, call 722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org on the Web. WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP taught by local ar tist Michael Pearson. Advanced beginners and intermediate students will learn to paint irises. Tuition is $55, and Ger trude Herber t members receive 10 percent off. Session I is May 15, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Session II is May 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Held at Ger trude Herber t’s Walker-Mackenzie Studio. Contact Dorothy Eckmann at 722-5495.

Exhibitions “WALTON’S REFLECTIONS OF COLOR: 30 DAYS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION” features works by Georgia ar tists with disabilities at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital through June 2. Open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. to the public and free of charge. Call 823-8526.

DAVIDSON FINE ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL SENIOR EXIT EXHIBITION showcases works by visual artists graduating from the school. The exhibit is at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art through May 31 and is free. For more information, call 722-5495.

AT THE GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART in Athens: “From Fauvism to Impressionism: Alber t Marquet, an Exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in Paris,” through July 7. For more information, call (706) 542-4662 or visit www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

“VISUALIZING THE BLUES: IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH, 1862-1999” will be on display at the Columbia Museum of Ar t through May 26. Features photographs by Eudora Welty, Gordon Parks, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Henri Car tier-Bresson and others. Visit www.columbiamuseum.org on the Web or call (803) 799-2810.

THE WORK OF KAY HUONGRAJ is on display at the Metro Coffeehouse on Broad Street throughout May. For more information, call the Metro Coffeehouse at 722-6468.

“A DELICATE BOUQUET: FRENCH FLORAL STUDIES” runs through May 24 at the Main Gallery at Ware’s Folly. This collection of detailed drawings by an anonymous follower of French flower painter Antoine Berjon is on loan from the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Ar t. For information, call 722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org on the Web. “RECENT WORKS FROM GERTRUDE HERBERT STUDIO ART CLASSES” exhibit runs through May 31 at the Gallery at Walker-Mackenzie Studio, 509 Fif th Street. The exhibit features selected works by student par ticipants in the Ger trude Herber t visual ar ts classes, and a variety of media will be represented. Call 722-5495 for additional information.

Dance BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS run in six-week sessions through June 4. Only pairs may register. Cost is $40/couple.

Held at the Odell Weeks Center. Call (803) 642-7631.

Music NINTH ANNUAL BLIND WILLIE MCTELL BLUES FESTIVAL May 18, noon until dark, in Thomson. Outdoor festival site is 2 miles nor th of I-20, exit 172. Features Huber t Sumlin, Bob Margolin, Carey Bell, Steve Forber t, Duke Robillard, the Crosstie Walkers and Bill Sheffield. No coolers or pets, and food and beverages are available at the site. Call the Thomson Tourism Office at 597-1000 or visit www.blindwillie.com.

There’s still time to make the Georgia Renaissance Festival in Atlanta – it runs through June 2, from 10:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, $11 for seniors, $6 for children 6-12 and free for those 6 and under. See calendar listing for details. to the public. Call the ASU Conservatory office at 731-7971 or e-mail consprog@aug.edu.

AIKEN CHORAL SOCIETY’S CONCERT FOR SPRING will be May 17 at 8 p.m. and May 19 at 4 p.m. in St. Mary Help of Christians Roman Catholic Church in downtown Aiken. There is no admission charge for this event. For more information, contact David Towles at (803) 867-9019.

A FESTIVAL OF THREE CHOIRS with the Augusta Chorale and the Augusta Children’s Chorale will be at Sacred Hear t Cultural Center May 18. Concer t begins at 8 p.m., and tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. For more information, phone 826-4713 or visit www.augustachoralesociety.org on the Web.

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“FROM BIBLE TO BROADWAY” CONCERT, presented by Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, features Cantors Steven Weiss and Nancy Kassel, accompanied by Judith Cole. Held May 23 at 935 Johns Way in Augusta. Patron tickets, including pre-concer t cock tail par ty, raffle and preferred seating, and general admission tickets available. Call 733-9491.

“WOODY GUTHRIE’S AMERICAN SONG” musical tribute will be per formed by the Alliance Theatre Company through June 9, with a gala opening May 15. Presented on the Alliance Stage at the Woodruff Ar ts Center in midtown Atlanta.

Tickets are $21-$60 and may be purchased by calling (404) 733-5000 or online at www.alliancetheatre.org.

HOPELANDS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES continues May 13 with the Evans High Jazz Ensemble I. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. All concer ts begin at 7 p.m. and are free. For more information or in case of rain, and those requiring special assistance or accommodations, call 642-7631.

“PINOCCHIO” will be presented by the American Theatre Ar ts for Youth May 9 at the Imperial Theatre. For ticket information, please call the Imperial Theatre at 722-8341.

GRAND POTPOURRI CONCERT May 14, 7 p.m. at the Grover C. Ma xwell Per forming Ar ts Theatre at ASU. Per formances by the Youth Wind Symphony, string trios, flute ensemble, duets and other small groups. Free and open

NEWBERRY HOUSE OPERA TRIP: “ALWAYS PATSY CLINE” June 2. Registration is required by May 18. The trip is for seniors and adults, and the $25/person fee does not include dinner. Leaves the Odell Weeks Center at 1:15 p.m. To register, call (803) 642-7631.

“OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS” is coming to the For t Gordon Dinner Theatre May 9-11. Tickets are $30 or $28 for seniors (65 and over). For tickets, call the box office at 739-8552 or buy online at www.for tgordon.com/theatre.htm#overriver.

MURDER AT THE PARTRIDGE INN SERIES PERFORMANCES May 19 and June 23. Tickets are $35 per person and include grand dinner buf fet at 7:30 p.m. Show star ts at 8. For reservation information, call the Par tridge Inn at 737-8888, ex t. 201.

“JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR” will be per formed May 17-19 at the Imperial Theatre. May 17-18 per formances are at 8 p.m.; May 19 per formance is at 3 p.m. Tickets range from $10-$30. Tickets can be charged by phone by calling the Augusta Players Business Office at 826-4707.

Attractions RIVERBANKS ZOO AND GARDEN EXTENDED HOURS: On weekends, Riverbanks’ admission gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m., though visitors may stay in the park until 6 p.m. Weekday admission is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular admission is $7.25 for adults and $4.75 for children ages 312. For information, call (803) 779-8717 or visit their Web site at www.riverbanks.org.

THOROUGHBRED RACING HALL OF FAME celebrates Aiken’s contributions to equestrian spor ts. The Hall of Fame is open Tuesday through Sunday from 2-5 p.m., weather permit ting. For more information, call 642-7650.

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Morris Museum of Ar t at 724-7501 or visit the museum Web site at www.themorris.org.

Woodrow Wilson as a child during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Original and period antiques, restored house, kitchen and carriage house, located at 419 Telfair Street.

Open 10 a.m. 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Tours are available. Tours for groups of 10 or more by appointment only. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for stuS dents under 18 and free for ages five and under. For more P information, call 724-0436.

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EVENTS AT THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: Mark Catesby’s Natural History of the Southern Colonies gallery talk May 16, 6-7 p.m. Free for museum and Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy members; $5 for non-members.

May Family History Series features a historical puppet show on May 18. Shows begin at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Free to museum members; non-members must pay regular museum admission. Please call 722-8454 for more information or visit www.augustamuseum.org.

I R AUGUSTA GOLF & GARDENS OF THE GEORGIA GOLF HALL I OF FAME features beautiful display gardens, as well as T bronze sculptures of some of golf’s greatest masters.

MASTERWORKS OF SOUTHERN ART TOUR at the Morris Museum of Ar t. This guided tour of the museum’s collection is free and star ts at 2 p.m. May 26. For more information, call 724-7501 or see www.themorris.org on the Web.

Available for rent for a variety of functions, including wed-

M dings, receptions, photo sessions, business lunches, cockA tail par ties, bir thday par ties and more. Group discount rates Y

are available. Closed on Mondays; open from 9 a.m. to 5

9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; open from 1 to 5 p.m. on 2 0 0 2

Sunday. Admission is $5.50 for adults; $4.50 for students, seniors and military; $3.50 for children (4 to 12); free for children 3 and under. Sundays are two for one with a Super Sunday coupon. Annual garden memberships are available.

For more information, call 724-4443 or 1-888-874-4443.

Also, visit their Web site at www.gghf.org.

FORT DISCOVERY/NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER Children and adults alike can immerse themselves in the wonders of science through live demonstrations, vir tual realities, Starlab, KidScape and more than 270 hands-on exhibits. General Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for children, seniors and active military. Group rates available. Members enter free. Halfprice admission daily af ter 3 p.m. Operating hours: MondaySaturday, 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. For information call 821-0200, 1-800-325-5445 or visit their Web site at www.NationalScienceCenter.org.

REDCLIFFE STATE HISTORIC SITE 1859 mansion of S.C. Governor James Henry Hammond, held by the family for three generations until 1975. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday-Monday on the grounds. House tours are noon-3 p.m. by appointment. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Admission to the grounds is free. Fee for house tours is $3 for adults and children ages 6 to 17. For more information, call (803) 827-1473. Located at 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island, S.C. SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER is offering tours of its 100-year-old building. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $1 per person, children free. 826-4700.

HISTORIC COTTON EXCHANGE WELCOME CENTER Open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Riverwalk. Free.

724-4067.

Members of the Augusta Ski and Outing Club pose for a picture before hitting the slopes in Big Sky, Mont., earlier this year. Members enjoy skiing, as well as boating, whitewater rafting, camping and other outdoor recreation and meet the first Tuesday of every month at the Cotton Patch at 6:45 p.m. A social is planned for May 21 at Treybon.

Call (803) 279-6186 for more details.

THE EZEKIEL HARRIS HOUSE — deemed “the finest 18th century house surviving in Georgia” by the “Smithsonian Guide to Historic America.” Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Other times by appointment. General admission is $2; senior admission is $1 and children get in for 50 cents. For more information, call 724-0436.

Museums MOTHER’S DAY AT THE MORRIS: On May 12, bring your mother for a light desser t, a special tour and a carnation.

Refreshments available at 1:30 p.m.; tour begins at 2 p.m.

For more information, call the museum at 724-7501.

HIGH NOON PROGRAM at the Hill Auditorium, High Museum of Ar t in Atlanta: “Ar tists Who Promote Self-Taught Ar tists,” May 15; “New Trends in Decorative Ar ts Collecting,” May 22. Free admission includes guided tour af ter each program.

For more information, call the museum at (404) 733-4444.

“THE TIES THAT BIND” African-American Ar t and Heritage Tour Program is available to students in grades 3-12. Prior to touring the Morris Museum of Ar t, a museum docent visits students in their classroom and provides a slide orientation.

The program is available year-round, Tuesday-Friday, and must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance. Call the

AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY, 560 Reynolds St., Augusta. Permanent exhibitions include the award-winning “Augusta’s Story” — 12,000 years of local history from early Indians through Susan Still’s 1997 space shut tle missions. Other at tractions include the community’s medical history, a restored 1917 steam locomotive and a reconstructed 1930s gas station; documentaries shown continuously in the History Theatre. Young people will enjoy the Susan L. Still Children’s Discovery Gallery. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and $2 for children; children under 6 are free. Free admission on Sundays. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays. 722-8454.

THE LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY is located at 1116 Phillips St. The museum plays host to ar t exhibits, senior luncheons, youth leadership programs, ar t and history programs and more. Its hours of operation are 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays, closed on Mondays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 724-3576 or see their Web site at www.lucycraf tlaneymuseum.com.

NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION’S WILD TURKEY CENTER AND MUSEUM: 770 Augusta Highway, Edgefield.

State-of-the-ar t museum celebrates the comeback of the wild turkey and features the role hunters and conservationists played in the wildlife success story. New legacy sculpture and garden; Outdoor Education Center; managing land for wildlife demonstrations; wetland habitat site and pavilion.

Self-guided tours Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; guided group weekend tours by appointment. Donation appreciated. On the Web at www.nwt f.org; (803) 637-3106.

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Band: Other Brothers Children’s Scavenger Hunt

DJ Dance Contest Mr. Relay Contest Dance Marathon Wake-Up Aerobics - The Family Y Final Team Lap Closing Ceremony and Awards

FAMILY DINNER AT PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK May 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring the family and a picnic dinner to the park’s Pharmacia Pavilion. Open for dinner at 6 p.m. and program begins at 6:30 p.m. This month’s topic is snakes. Free and open to the public; pre-registration not necessary. Call 828-2109 for more information.

THE SIGNAL CORPS MUSEUM The museum is in Conrad Hall, Building 29807, nex t to the Signal Towers on For t Gordon. Its hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

For more information, call 791-2818.

AIKEN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Open 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. (803) 642-2015.

BOOK REPAIR CLINIC May 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Reese Library on the ASU campus. Free estimates on book repair.

Call 737-1744 for more information.

GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART, located on the corner of Fif th and Telfair Street, is housed in historic Ware’s Folly. The Institute exhibits contemporary ar t in its gallery and presents ar t classes for children, youth and adults. The Walker-MacKenzie studio hosts classes and workshops.

Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday and by appointment only on Saturday. The Walker-Mackenzie Studio is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. For more information, call 722-5495.

ASIAN AND PACIFIC HERITAGE COMMAND PROGRAM May 14, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Alexander Hall at For t Gordon. Speaker will be Dr. Beheruz N. Sethana, president and CEO of the State University of West Georgia. Phone 791-6001 for details.

FIFTH ANNUAL BLACK TIE GALA, presented by 100 Black Men of Augusta, Inc., will be held May 24 from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at the Radisson River front Hotel. Features dinner, dancing, a silent auction and enter tainment by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. Tickets are $60 per person or $600 for a corporate table of 10. For more information, contact Larry Durr at 869-8699 or Wayne Foster at 651-8444.

Special Events

AUTHOR MARK LEEPSON discusses his newest book, “Saving Monticello: The Levy Family’s Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built,” May 20, 7 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Walton Way. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society, Historic Augusta, the Jewish Community Center and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Jewish Life.

Contact Vicki Greene at the Historical Society, 737-1532.

TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION FORUM May 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. Held at Augusta State University in Room 7 of Butler Hall. Forum and panel discussion aim to increase public awareness of teen pregnancy in Richmond County and discuss services available and strategies to reduce the number of teen pregnancies in Richmond County. For more information, contact Paula Hotard at 724-5550.

PHINIZY SWAMP MEMBER TOUR: RIVER SCAR TRAIL May 18, 9 a.m. to noon. Includes 1.5 mile nature hike, breakfast and shor t hike around the newly opened River Scar Trail.

Free to members. RSVP by May 16 at 828-2109.

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH at For t Gordon’s Gordon Club.

Tickets are required for the May 12 event, and there will be two seatings: one from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and one from 13 p.m. Tickets are $14 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-10 and $3.50 for children 5 and under. Call 791-6780.

2002 PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY will be held May 17 at 11 a.m. on the grounds of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, site of the Public Safety Memorial Wall. Ceremony to pay tribute to all Georgia peace officers killed in the line of duty; recognized this year will be Sheriff Elect Derwin Brown, Deputy Samuel Floyd Smith, Detective Sherry Lyons-Williams and Sgt. Wilbur Berry. The public is invited and encouraged to at tend. For information, please contact Ryan Powell at (770) 414-2619.

AUGUSTA POWWOW ASSOCIATION NATIVE AMERICAN POWWOW May 10-11 at the AJCC on Weinberger Way in Evans. Events include teepee and craf t competition, gourd dancing and midnight auction. Call William Medeiros at 7711221 or e-mail krazywilly@knology.net.

HOWARD FINSTER FEST May 18-19 at Paradise Gardens in Summerville, Ga. Features more than 100 folk artists, live entertainment, food and children’s activities. $5 per person fee. For information, call (706) 857-2926 or visit www.finster.com.

“ISLAM: A RELIGION OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE” presentations and open house 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 11 at the

Discovery Camps Summer 2002 Choose from several week-long, interactive camps. Also enjoy takehome projects, live science demonstrations, and Fort Discovery's awesome exhibits.

June 10-14 & July 22-26 June 17-21

Mission: Discover Mars For young astronauts entering 2nd or 3rd grade.

Discover Whodunit Designed for detectives entering 4th or 5th grade.

June 24-28

Draw on Nature Discovery Camp

July 15-19

Discovery Island I

June 24-28

Discovery Island II

July 8-12

Designed for exploring students entering 4th or 5th grade.

Designed for adventurous students entering 4th or 5th grade.

Designed for bold and daring students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.

Discover the Games For Olympic-minded students entering the 6th, 7th or 8th grade.

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Let Your Child all the fun sUMMER can hold!

Before and after Camp care offered • Space is limited, so sign up now!!

Fee Per Course: $125 Members / $150 Non-members For info call Lisa Golden at 706- 821-0646 or Email: goldenl@nscdiscovery.org

Application/Payment Due By May 15

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Islamic Center of Augusta on Middleton Drive. For more information, call Imam Mohammad Al-Homsi at 868-7278 or visit www.isaugusta.com.

rhododendron in the state. Features arts and crafts show, food.

For information, call the Georgia Mountain Fair office at (706) 896-4191 or visit www.georgia-mountain-fair.com.

MEAD HALL EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL May 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the school campus in downtown Aiken. Features Strawberry Ex travaganza, Strawberry Bakeoff, Doggie Fashion Show, live enter tainment, collectibles booth and more. For information, call Peggy Elliot t at (803) 648-9666.

SCRAPBOOKING WORKSHOP at the H.O. Weeks Center.

Held May-July. Morning classes 9 a.m. to noon the second Thursday of the month; evening classes are 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month. $10 per class for Aiken City residents. Pre-registration is required. Call (803) 642-7631.

WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE 2002 REUNION is hosted by Girl Scouts Central Savannah River Council on May 16, 7 p.m.

Held at the Augusta Country Club. Speaker is LPGA President Gail Graham. WAGT’s Mechelle Jordan will serve as master of ceremonies. For more information, call 774-0045.

WOMEN ON WHEELS RECRUITER DAY May 11 at Augusta Triumph on Wheeler Road, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Features bake sale and raffle. Organization is open to all women motorcycle enthusiasts of all ages. For more information, call 6509995 or visit www.womenonwheels.org.

COTTON BALL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FOR HISTORIC AUGUSTA will be held May 18 from 7-10 p.m. at Daniel Field Airpor t for a sunset cookout celebrating Daniel Field’s 75th anniversary. Individual level membership is $35; family level membership is $45. For more information, call Kim Overstreet at 724-0436.

MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION May 9, 7-10 p.m. at the City of Aiken Municipal Center. Cost is $5/person. (803) 642-7361.

PRATER’S MILL COUNTRY FAIR May 11-12 at Prater’s Mill in Dalton, Ga. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday. Features ar ts and craf ts, canoeing, pony rides, nature trail, square dancing, live music and storytelling.

Admission is $5, with children 12 and under admit ted free.

For more info, call (706) 694-MILL or visit PratersMill.org.

BE A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN is sponsored by the Augusta Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Events run through May 11 and feature tours, discounts and free admission to some of Augusta’s museums and at tractions. To par ticipate, obtain a complimentary “Be a Tourist” badge at the Cot ton Exchange Welcome Center or the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Call the Convention and Visitors Bureau at 823-6600.

RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL 10-12 in Hiawassee, Ga. The rhododendron garden is located within the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds and contains one of the largest collections of hybrid

Students may register online at www.act.org. Registration packets are also available through high school counselors.

GEORGIA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL will be held weekends through June 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Each weekend features a special event, ar tisans, rides, shows, concessions and retailers. Festival site is located off I-85, Peachtree City/Fairburn exit, close to Atlanta. Discount tickets available online at www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com or at select retailers; regularly priced tickets, available at the festival box office, are $15 for adults, $11 for seniors, $6 for children 612 and free for those under 6. For info, call the festival hotline at (770) 964-8575 or visit www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com on the Web. COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at PetsMar t. For more info, call 860-5020.

RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AND AUGUSTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS holds pet adoptions at Superpetz off Bobby Jones Expressway every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Call AARF at 364-4747 or visit www.aar f.net. Adoptions are also held at the Richmond County Animal Control Shelter on Tuesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call the shelter at 790-6836.

LOW-COST RABIES VACCINATIONS: Augusta-Richmond County Animal Control holds low-cost rabies vaccination clinics the four th Sunday of every month. The depar tment vaccinates privately owned pets for $8 per animal at 1 p.m. at Superpetz off Bobby Jones Expressway. Dogs must be on a leash and cats must be in a carrier. Puppies and kit tens must be three months of age and current for all other vaccinations. Schedule subject to change, so please call 7906836 for more information and to verify dates and times.

THE CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and every Wednesday

One FREE basket of Crab Legs for all mothers (with dinner purchase) OR Make it All-U-Can-Eat Crab Legs (mothers only) for $2.50

- loaded with Mussels

Clam Strips Frog Legs Scallops Grilled/Fried Pork Chops Grilled/Fried Whiting Grilled/Fried Chicken Clam Chowder Homemade Oyster Stew Whole/Fillet Catfish Fatback Cheese Grits Crab Salad Tossed Salad

OPEN THURSDAY-SUNDAY Lunch Thurs-Sat 12-2:30pm Dinner 5:30 until Sunday 12-9pm

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Cole Slaw Fresh Shucked Corn on the Cob Fresh Fried Green Tomatoes Homemade Mashed Potatoes Hand dipped Onion Rings Assorted Fresh Vegetables White/Fried Rice AVAILABLE FROM OUR KITCHEN (All-U-Can-Eat) Fresh Grilled Salmon Filet Mignon & Mushrooms Alligator Tail Alaskan Crab Legs Grilled Mahi Mahi Dinner Only: Scallops, Frog Legs, Raw Oysters & Baked Potatoes

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The Augusta Children’s Chorale will appear in concert with the Augusta Choral Society at the Sacred Heart Cultural Center, May 18 at 8 p.m. On May 21 at 7 p.m., the kids will give their spring concert at the First Baptist Church of Augusta. For info, call 826-4713 or 826-4718. evening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pet Center located behind the GreenJackets Stadium on Milledge Rd. Call 261PETS for more information.

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A HEART TO HEART CELEBRATION to assist the family of teenager Catrice “Kitty” Ortiz-DeLeon offset the cost of a recent heart transplant and to raise donor awareness.

Performance by local band Loose Theory, with information about organ donation available from the K.O.D. Foundation.

Held May 25 at the Private “I” on Thomas Lane in Augusta. For more information, contact the K.O.D. Foundation at 284-6086, Sandy Biles at 650-7927 or Cassandra Reed at 737-4482.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE May 11. Letter carriers and volunteers will be picking up food to help feed the hungry. Place your non-perishable food donation out by your mailbox or drop off in collection barrels at local post offices. For more information, contact Laurie Roper at 736-1199, ex t. 208; 1-800-766-7690; or email lroper@goldenharvest.org.

BERRY CHILDREN’S CENTER BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT June 7 at Forest Hills Golf Club. The Lauderdale format tournament will begin at 1 p.m., and a fried chicken dinner will follow. Entry fee is $60. For more information or to enter, contact Bet ty Tharpe at 738-5072.

“CELEBRATING THE GARDEN,” The Ar t Factory’s annual fundraiser, will take place May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Boardman Pavilion on the River. Features silent auction of works donated

by Augusta ar tists, heavy hors d’oeuvres and enter tainment.

Tickets are $35 per person. Call 731-0008 for reservations.

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“HOT SOUTHERN NIGHT,” a benefit for the Augusta Chapter of the Red Cross, will be at Lake Olmstead Stadium on May 18. For tickets, charge by phone at (803) 278-4TIX or visit www.tixonline.com.

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CELEBRITY WAITER NIGHT to raise money for Children’s Place, Inc. May 13 in Aiken. For details, phone (803) 641-4144.

12 & UNDER $1095 5 & UNDER FREE

RELAY FOR LIFE for the American Cancer Society is May 10-11 at Greenbrier High School. For more information, contact the American Cancer Society at 731-9900.

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THE GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK is seeking donations of nonperishable canned goods and grocery products. Anyone interested in conducting a food drive to assist the Golden Harvest Food Bank feed the needy may call 736-1199.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

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Learning UNITED WAY WORKSHOP FOR EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER FUND RECEPIENTS covers all points of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and provides technical assistance for nonprofit and government agencies that

receive EFSP funding. Held at the United Way offices on Ellis Street, May 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. Call 724-5544.

BUSINESS COURSES offered by the University of Georgia Business Outreach Services/Small Business Development Center. Includes: “Small Business Success School — Star ting Your own Business,” May 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; “Smar t Marketing,” May 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; and “Writing a Business Plan,” May 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. At tend one class for $35, or all three for $90. For more information and to register, please call 737-1790.

RED CROSS LIFEGUARD CLASS at A.H. Stephens State Park, Crawfordville, May 10-18; and at Magnolia Springs State Park, Jenkins County, May 31-June 8. Par ticipants must be 17 years of age and pass a swimming pre-test. Cost is $100.

For more information or to register, call 724-8483.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS CLASS offered at Maxwell Branch Library May 10, 17, 24 and 31, 9:30-11 a.m. Classes are one session. For information, call 793-2020.

AIKEN TECH CONTINUING EDUCATION is offering the following courses: Intro to Computers, Adobe PageMaker, Intro to Massage Therapy, Intro to Genealogy, Intro to Floral Design, Driver Education, Occupational Spanish and more.

Classes begin in May and June. For more information or to register, contact the Aiken Technical College Continuing Education Division at (803) 593-9231, ex t. 1279.

Health THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY and the MS Society of Canada have joined to present the 2002 Nor th American Education Conference, “Reaching for New Frontiers in MS Research” on May 14. Broadcast live via satellite and offered locally at MCG at 7 p.m. The public is invited to at tend free of charge. Contact Sally Layton at 1800-822-3379 or visit www.nationalmssociety.org.

FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS through May 10, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Dermatology Practice Site of MCG, in the Ambulatory Care Center on Harper Street. For more information, call MCG at 721-CARE. MCG TICK REMOVAL STUDY compares two methods of removing ticks from humans. If you find a tick on you and would like to par ticipate, please call Dr. Mike Felz before the tick is removed at 721-2855, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday.-Friday.

FREE HIV/AIDS TESTING every Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Ministry, 922 Greene Street. Free anonymous testing, pre and post test counseling and education.

HATHA YOGA CLASSES at the St. Joseph Home Health Care Center in Daniel Village Plaza. Held 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. $10 per class or $60 a month for unlimited classes. Mats are provided, but bring a towel and a water bot tle.

Call Tess at 738-2782 for more information.

A FREE WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC is held from 6-8 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Salvation Army and Welfare Center, 1383 Greene St., Augusta.

Services include Pap smear, breast examination and the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmit ted diseases.

This service is available through the Medical College of Georgia Student Chapter of the American Medical Women's Association and the MCG Depar tments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. For more info or an appointment, call the St. Vincent dePaul Health Center at 828-3444.

$350, plus an annual registration fee of $35. For information, contact Chiquida Brinson at 733-2512.

W.G. WATSON, M.D., WOMEN’S CENTER CONDUCTS EDUCATION CLASSES at University Hospital. Course topics include Lamaze, breast feeding, parenting and grandparenting. Par tners will learn positive suppor t techniques to use during the shared bir th experience. There are also programs designed to help older siblings adjust to new family members. Some classes are free, while others require a fee.

Registration is required by calling 774-2825.

WEEKLY STORY SESSIONS are held at all branches of Richmond County and Columbia County libraries. Visit www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us for more information.

Kids WILD TURKEY CENTER FUN AND LEARN DAY for children with special needs May 18 at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wild Turkey Center in Edgefield, S.C. Free and includes archery demonstration, airgun target shooting and gun safety, casting and fishing, wildlife demonstration and camouflage hide and seek, as well as transpor tation and lunch. Leaves from Walton Rehabilitation Hospital and the Weeks Center. Pre-register and make transpor tation arrangements by May 13 by calling (803) 637-3106.

HISTORY CAMP 2002 is presented by the Augusta Museum of History and runs June 24-28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For children ages 8 to 10. Theme is American Civil War era. $35 for museum members; $50 for non-members. Reservations required and must be made by June 14. Call the museum at 722-8454 to make reservations.

KIDS BUG CRAWL May 18, 1-3 p.m. at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. Open to children ages 6-10. Snacks and beverages provided. $5 fee for members; $8 fee for non-members. Register by May 16 at 828-2109.

BLUE’S CLUES LIVE! BLUE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY will be at the Bell Auditorium May 17-19. May 17 per formance is at 7 p.m.; May 18 and 19 per formances are at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are $15-$26.50. Call 722-3521.

“KIDS IN COLLEGE” SUMMER DAY CAMPS offered by USC-Aiken feature computers, science, math, ar t, music and more. Fee is $135 for sessions I and II or $75 per session.

Optional lunch fee of $30. Call (803) 641-3563.

MOTHERS DAY CRAFT WORKSHOP at the Wallace Branch Library for kids age 4-10. May 11 from 2-3 p.m. Please register by calling the library at 722-6275.

WALTON SUMMER EVENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: Fun and Learn Day May 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Hickory Knobb State Park, S.C.; Camp TBI July 14-19 at Magnolia Springs State Park. For information, call 823-8691 or e-mail jthompson@wrh.org.

KENNY THOMAS BASEBALL CAMP is for those 6-15 years old and is held at USC-Aiken. Half or full-day sessions available, with lunch provided for full-day campers. June 3-7, 1721 or July 15-19. Discount for those who register early. Call (803) 642-7761, (803) 641-3410 or (803) 641-3486.

JAPANESE CRAFTS FOR KIDS May 11 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Ma xwell Branch Library. Call 793-2020.

AUGUSTA PREP SUMMER CAMPS run in five one-week sessions from June 10 through July 19. Camp is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with ex tended hours available for an added fee. $175 per one-week session for ages 5-12; $90 per oneweek session for CITs, 13-14 years old. For more information, visit www.augustaprep.org or call 863-1906.

BOOKS-A-MILLLION EVENTS: Preschool storytime, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.; Kids Movies, Fridays at 7 p.m.; Harry Pot ter and Pokemon Trading Card League every Saturday. For more information, call 481-9090.

COLLAGE: CREATIVE ARTS CAMP is sponsored by the Friends of the Augusta Symphony and is for children entering kindergar ten through 5th grade. Camp is June 17-28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trinity-on-the-Hill. Tuition is $100 per week. For more info, call Sue Alexanderson at 738-7527 or the Symphony office at 826-4705.

ROBERT SAPP BASEBALL CAMP is now accepting registration for summer session, May 27-31. Camp is 9 a.m.-3 p.m at Patriots Park and is for boys 7-14. Fee is $110; team rates available. Call the Columbia County Recreation Depar tment at 863-7523 or e-mail rsbbcamp@aol.com.

GIRLS INCORPORATED SPECTACULAR SUMMER PROGRAM now accepting registration for May 27-July 26 summer day camp. Camp runs 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and is

ASU SUMMER CAMPS FOR AREA YOUTH: Kids University, Basketball Team Camp, Basketball Individual Camp, Choral/Vocal Camp, Cheerleading Camp, Orchestra/String Camp, Global Cultures Through the Ar ts Camp and Band Camp. Times, dates and cost vary from camp to camp. Call Steve Brady at 667-4821 or Kathy Schofe at 737-1878 for more information.

GIRL SCOUT SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS are available for girls ages 5-17; girls need not be Girl Scouts to at tend.

Overnight camp at Camp Tanglewood in Columbia County runs in six sessions, beginning June 9 and ending July 26.

Day camps are also sponsored: Barnwell Day Camp, June 17-21; Aiken Day Camp, June 24-28; Camp Tanglewood Day Camp, July 8-12; Jenkins Day Camp, July 15-19; and McDuffie Day Camp, July 22-26. Call 774-0505 or 1-800997-2472 to sign up.

SUMMER ADVENTURES DAY CAMP REGISTRATION at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken. The camp is open to kids age 5-12, and activities include spor ts, ar ts and craf ts, games, field trips and special theme activities. Cost is $80 per child if living in Aiken City limits; $107.50 for all others. Camp begins June 10 and runs Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at H.O. Weeks. Call (803) 642-7631 for information.

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM is available to eligible children ages 1-18 from June 5 through July 26. There will be more than 70 locations throughout Richmond County providing children with the same high-quality meals in the summer that they receive from the school nutrition program during the school year. For additional information, contact Joe Brandenburg at 737-7174.

PAINE COLLEGE NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM is a spor ts camp for 10-16 year olds from low-income families throughout the CSRA. Applications are now available for the June 3-July 9 camp and can be picked up at the Paine College Campus Safety Office on Druid Park Ave. There is no cost to par ticipate, and space is limited to 350 children.

For more information, contact the program director, Anthony Holland, at 821-8307.

SUMMER DAY CAMP REGISTRATION at all Augusta Parks and Recreation Community Centers. Summer Day Camp runs June 3 through July 26 and is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For registration information, call 796-5025.

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Seniors NATIONAL OLDER AMERICANS MONTH RECOGNITION CEREMONY AND RECEPTION May 21 from 1-2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Council of Greater Augusta and the CSRA center on 15th Street. Open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Ronald W. Schoeffler at 826-4480, ex t. 210.

THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA offers a variety of activities during May, including: aerobics, quilting, tai chi, Spanish, painting, line dancing, bowling and crochet. For information regarding cost, length of classes and other details, call 826-4480, ex t. 351.

SENIOR FUN DAY May 10 at the Smith-Hazel Center. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Features table games, horseshoes, poetry readings, information booths, food and more. $5/person fee includes lunch. (803) 642-7635.

SENIOR SPECTACULAR INFORMATION FAIR May 10 at the H.O. Weeks Center. In addition to exhibits and informative speakers, there will be door prizes, health screenings and bingo. Held from 10 a.m. to noon. Call (803) 642-7631 for more information.

LITERACY FOR SENIORS II CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE at Augusta State University. Learn a variety of the more advanced features of the application programs previously introduced in Literacy I. Classes are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon and run May 20-31. For information on how to register, call 737-1636 or visit www.ced.aug.edu.

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FIRST SATURDAY STORYTELLING Each first Saturday of the month, children and adults are invited to the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum to hear one of our many talented storytellers weave stories and folk tales into exciting adventures. In addition, they get a tour of the museum. Call 706-724-3576 for more information.

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SENIOR CITIZENS ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. at Smith-Hazel.

Activities include ar ts and craf ts workshops, trips and holiday par ties. Those in at tendance should bring refreshments to share. For more info, call (803) 642-7635.

ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING provides a broad range of activities for mature adults. Meets the second Friday of each month, Room 107 of the USC-Aiken’s Penland Administration Building. Contact the Continuing Education Office at (803) 641-3288.

SENIORNET provides adults age 50 and over education for and access to computer technology. Many different courses are offered. Contact the USC-Aiken Continuing Education Office at (803) 641-3563.

Sports JACKSON LIONS CLUB MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT May 18. Open to all st yles and ranks. Contact Mike Hess at (803) 652-2608.

EAST DISTRICT SPORTS FESTIVAL events are held in Augusta, Grovetown, Springfield and Statesboro through July 4, with the championships in Augusta July 12-21, and are presented by the Georgia State Games Commission. Open to all residents, regardless of age or skill level. Events include archery, baseball, basketball, bicycle riding, bowling, fishing, racquetball, sof tball, tennis and tae kwon do. For more information, call the Georgia State Games Commission at (770) 528-3585 or visit www.georgiagames.org.

HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS are every other Saturday, May 10-July 6 and July 20-September 14 at the Schofield Soccer Field in Aiken. Horses and supplies are provided, and cost is $20/person per session. For ages 4-adult. For more information, call (803) 642-7635.

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AUGUSTA STALLIONS HOME GAMES for the 2002 season are: May 10, 24; June 8, 21; and July 5, 20, 27. Season tickets star t at $40. Contact the Stallions ticket office at 738-9539 for season and individual game tickets.

AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS HOME GAMES May 9-13, 20-22 and 31; June 1-3, 13-16, 27-30; July 1-2, 5-8, 19-26 and 31; August 1-3, 14-21, 26-28, 30-31; and September 1-2. Ticket prices range from $6-$8, with special discounts for children and seniors. Sundays are Family Fest/Junior Jacket days, Tuesdays are “Two Fer” Tuesdays/Team Trivia and Thursdays are Thirsty Thursdays. For tickets, call 736-7889 or go to www.tixonline.com. Also check out www.greenjackets.net.

THE G.O.A.L.L.S. PROGRAM AT WALTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL is offering golf clinics for those with physical disabilities. Future clinics are planned for the second Tuesday of each month at the First Tee of Augusta. Golfers do not have to be affiliated with Walton to par ticipate. If you are interested in par ticipating, please contact Judie Thompson, G.O.A.L.L.S. Coordinator at 823-8691.

SIGNAL CORPS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION SPRING CHALLENGE 10K is May 18 at For t Gordon. Activities include a 10K run and a 10K team relay and a 1-mile kids’ run. For information call Sgt. First Class Dempsey at 791-6553.

Volunteer OLDER AMERICANS ACT SENIOR NUTRITION PROGR AM is looking for volunteers to ser ve hot, nutritious meals to needy older residents. To volunteer in suppor t of senior nutrition programs, contact the Senior Citizens Council at 826-4480, or visit your nearest par ticipating senior center. For those in need of home-delivered meals, please apply with the Area Agency on Aging at 210-2018 or toll free at 1-888-922-4464.

USDA SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN is looking for volunteers or sites in Aiken County interested in serving meals to children in need during the summer

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months. Program runs June 3-August 9, and deadline to volunteer a site is May 17. For information on the program, contact Steve Smith at the Aiken County Depar tment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism at (803) 594-0040.

FAMILIES NEEDED TO HOST FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS: World Heritage, a non-profit organization, is looking for families to host high-school foreign exchange students. To learn more about the program, contact Beth Folland at (803) 279-2696 or visit www.world-heritage.org on the Web. AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: Help Augusta-Richmond County Animal Control improve the lives of stray dogs and cats housed at our shelter by volunteering your time. New volunteer orientation is scheduled the first Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. Schedule subject to change, so please call 7906836 for information and to verify dates and times.

THE CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY is looking for animal lovers who are willing to donate a lit tle of their time. Volunteers are needed every Saturday at the Pet Center located behind the GreenJackets Stadium on Milledge Road. Please call 261PETS for more information.

SHEPHERD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER is seeking donors to prevent a blood supply shor tage. To donate call 737-4551, 854-1880 or (803) 643-7996.

Meetings OPTIMAL WELLNESS NETWORK monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in holistic health and complementary therapies that promote wellness. For practitioners of healing modalities as well as those interested in being responsible for their own health. Held at St. Joseph’s Health Care offices in Daniel Village on Wrightsboro Road. Nex t meeting is May 11 from 9:30-11 a.m. Phone 667-8734 for more information.

AUGUSTA-AIKEN SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT will meet May 17 from 7:30 to 9:15 a.m. at the Radisson River front Hotel. $15 guest fee includes breakfast. Professional Excellence Awards will be presented to organizations and human resource professionals in the Augusta community. Make reservations by calling Maria Defever at (803) 442-7812. or visit www.augusta-aikenshrm.org on the Web. STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MEETING May 30 at the Central Savannah River Area Regional Development Center in Augusta. Begins at 7 p.m. with information available for highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, enhancement and transit projects. For directions and more information, contact Costa Pappis at 210-2000, ex t. 129.

CSRA WRITERS will meet May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Augusta West Parkway. Writers in need of a suppor t group are encouraged to at tend and bring six copies of a manuscript to be critiqued. Contact Lela Turnbull at 738-4114.

THE RICHMOND COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY meets May 11, 9 a.m. at the Piccadilly Cafeteria on Washington Road.

All interested individuals are invited to at tend. For more information, call Dave Barbee at 394-4772.

THE AUGUSTA SKI AND OUTING CLUB is a non-profit organization for those who enjoy snow skiing, boating, camping, whitewater rafting, cycling and other outdoor recreation.

Meets 6:45 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Cot ton Patch. Social planned May 21, 6:45 p.m. at Treybon.

Club interests should be directed to (803) 279-6186.

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or Richard Hutchins, Hot Southern Night means concerts with big solo artists like Travis Tritt giving performances so great that “people were climbing the fence to get in.”

But Hutchins, chairman for the past two years of this event which raises money for the American Red Cross of Augusta, said that with two bands instead of one, this year’s concert is “the one that’s going to top them all.”

With performances by both the group Rascal Flatts and Aaron Tippin, this year’s Hot Southern Night, which will be held on May 18 at Lake Olmstead Stadium, is expected to attract its largest crowd ever.

“This year’s artists are tapping in on two different types of country fans,” Hutchins said.

Although artists from previous years have included Sawyer Brown, Kenny Chesney, the Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels, Hutchins said that he expects Tippin to attract “more hard-core country fans,” while Rascal Flatts might interest those less acquainted with country music.

Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts, said that unlike Tippin they are “not a traditional country band.” But LeVox added that the great thing about country music is that there is something for everyone.

LeVox said the group loves to perform, and that the best way to describe a Rascal Flatts show is a “whole lot of energy.”

Rascal Flatts’ self-titled debut album was released in the spring of 2000 and is currently at No. 4 on the Billboard Country Music Chart. Their album features hits like “Prayin’ for Daylight” and “I’m Movin’ On.” “We have music that speaks to the heart and the soul,” LeVox said.

Tippin’s seventh and latest CD, “People Like Us,” features the popular songs, “Kiss This” and “The Best Love We Ever Made.”

And he is no stranger to fundraising for the Red Cross. Proceeds from Tippin’s recent single, “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly,” are being donated to the organization.

Hutchins attributed the continued success of this concert series over the past seven years to the fact that Augusta expects it. Last year’s concert raised $63,000 and attracted an audience of about 4,700.

“There’s not enough country music concerts in Augusta, and this is a good area for it,” Hutchins said.

He also added that at this concert, people have the chance to listen to good music in a place where the “atmosphere is tremendous,” in exchange for giving money to a good cause.

LeVox said that Rascal Flatts regularly performs at fundraising concerts.

“We do a ton throughout the year,” LeVox said. “You can’t put a price tag on trying to raise money for a good cause.”

Beth Jones, chief development officer for the Augusta Red Cross, said that this yearly concert and an event called Boot Scoot Boogie, which is a dinner and an auction, are the two fundraisers that the Augusta Red Cross holds during the year; however, Hot Southern Night is the more successful of the two. She said that the money raised from this concert will go to funding emergency services, health and safety classes, and to training disaster volunteers.

“The funds and revenues generated from this event are very important to this organization,” Jones said. “This is a wonderful way for us to get our name out into the community.”

General admission tickets can be purchased for $18 in advance at Koger-Walters Amoco stores, Harmon Optical, the Imperial Theatre box office and the Red Cross office. Tickets will also be available the day of the concert for $23. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m., rain or shine, and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

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he Dave Matthews Band has finally completed recording sessions that began over two years ago with producer Steve Lillywhite. Matthews and Company were unhappy with the original results and eventually returned to the studio without Lillywhite to complete “Everyday,” their last studio release. “Busted Stuff,” due June 16, has been available as a bootleg on the Internet but the new edition features rerecordings of the tunes. The first single, “Where Are You Going?” is featured prominently in the new Adam Sandler flick “Mr. Deeds” and should be hitting radio any day now. Most of the songs on “Busted” have been performed in concert and are already well-known to ardent DMB followers, who, by now, should know exactly just whom they are.

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The television series starring his wacko family might be the biggest thing ever on MTV, but Ozzy Osbourne’s attempt to rewrite his musical history has some of his fans extremely unhappy. On the new reissues of his classic solo albums “Diary of a Madman” and “Blizzard of Oz,” Ozzy unwisely chose to re-record rhythm tracks and other instruments on most of the tracks, giving them a much different sound and feel. Curiously, this sonic pandering isn’t anything new, as even the late Frank Zappa fiddled with several early Mothers of Invention albums when they were first available on CD. It was a bad idea then and remains one today.

Paul McCartney’s enormously successful US tour pulls into Atlanta’s Philips Arena May 12 and 13. Tickets may still be available for both shows, although at least the first one was originally reported to be a sellout. Critics have raved about Macca’s voice as the 59-year-old rocker rips into Beatles and Wings classics that have never before been performed in concert. Some of the surprises in the two-and-a-half hour set include the show’s opener “Hello Goodbye” and

the Beatles standards “Getting Better” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” Poignant and moving tributes to John Lennon and George Harrison should truly make for an evening never to be forgotten.

He may have a “Stiff Upper Lip,” but that doesn’t mean that AC/DC’s Brian Johnson can’t enjoy a well-written melody. The question now is whether or not he can compose one as well. The singer has been busy working on a new musical, “Helen of Troy,” which debuts next March in Sarasota, Fla. Malcolm McDowell and even Jerry Springer (that’s instant credibility for you) may have roles in the show that boasts jugglers, acrobats, fire-eaters, and thirty dancers and singers. Betcha original AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott would have, eh, loathed it. A national tour of the show may follow (insert your own “Highway to Hell” joke here).

New CDs in the stores this week include: Ray Charles’ “Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again,” Dave Davies’ (Kinks guitarist) “Bug,” bluegrass whiz Jerry Douglas’ “Lookout For Hope,” Fatboy Slim's “Live,” Joe Grushecky's “Fingerprints,” Lauryn Hill's “Unplugged,” Etta James’ “Burning Down the House,” Ralph Stanley and Jim Lauderdale's “Lost In the Lonesome Pines,” Leftover Salmon's “Live,” Buddy Miles’ “Bluesberries,” O.A.R.'s “Any Time Now,” Russell Smith's (Amazing Rhythm Aces) “The End is Not In Sight,” Tom Waits’ “Alice and Blood Money,” and Warren Zevon's “My Ride’s Here.”

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Neato Torpedo Going Strong, Having Fun

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eato Torpedo may have been on the Augusta music scene for a while, but they’re still going strong.

Formed in the mid-1980s, the four-piece band — guitarist Dave Wolfe, vocalist Joe Graves, bassist Lance McCanly and drummer Brian Allen — describe their roots as “garage punk.” Since then, Neato Torpedo’s sound has evolved into high-energy, old-school rock with all the trimmings — guitar solos, melodies where you least expect them, and lyrics reminiscent of good times. Even their CD is called “Proposes a Toast.”

Following the band’s 1990 breakup, Neato Torpedo came back together for a show and ended up masterminding April’s Big Rock Stage Show at the Imperial Theatre.

“We existed as a band for a long time between 1986 and 1990 and got back together to just sort of put on a show at the Soul Bar late last year,” says Allen. “In the meantime, we ended up recording a CD. We were having so much fun, we decided to keep going with it.”

Thus, Neato Torpedo was reborn.

The Big Rock Stage Show, the group’s big comeback and an effort to shake up Augusta’s music scene, focused on taking the band’s act to a new level. “The idea was to try and go all - out and come up with as big of a show as we could on a low budget,” says Allen.

So they fashioned a large light-up sign, got together some of Augusta’s hottest bands — Jemani, Deathstar, Horsepower and the Shark Devilles — and challenged each band to put

on an outrageous show, complete with props. “A lot of bands don’t go to that much trouble,” says Allen. “We wanted to push everybody else to do the same sort of thing.”

The local music scene, Allen says, “cycles in a really big way.” At this point in time, and since 1999, things have been picking up. “We go through periods of real drought, but now it’s beginning to cycle up,” says Allen. “People are going to shows now.”

He also cites variety, “a few really good, high-quality bands,” more original music than ever before coming out of the local music scene, and the sheer number of local bands as reasons why the Augusta music scene just keeps getting better. “It’s probably better than Columbia,” Allen says.

This Saturday, May 11, Neato Torpedo is set to strut their stuff again, this time as part of the Garden City Music Festival. Neato Torpedo takes the stage at 3 p.m. at the Jessye Norman Amphitheatre, sandwiched between 420 Outback and fellow Big Rock Stage Show alumnus Horsepower. Plan to get down to Riverwalk early to catch all the fun.

Tickets are $6 in advance and $7 the day of the show, and are available by calling 8264702. You can also buy them on the Web at www.augustaarts.com.

And if you want a taste of what Neato Torpedo has in store for you this Saturday, check out their streaming and downloadable mp3s at www.mp3.com/NEATO_TORPEDO. Also, surf on over to their own personal Web site, http://come.to/neatotorpedo.

Impatient Web surfers beware: The site is broadband intensive. But kick back, listen to some Neato Torpedo mp3s, and you’ll discover that it’s worth the wait.

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Thursday, 9th Coconuts - DJ Cotton Patch - Patio Par ty with DJ Midlife Crisis Coyote’s - Ladies’ Night, Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Free Show with Vagabond Missionaries, Hypnotics, Eather D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Fox’s Lair - Karaoke Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Greene Street’s - Men’s National Karaoke Contest Highlander - ‘Smath sinn Dragon Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Joe’s Underground - John Kokopelli’s - The Skir t Lif ters Last Call - DJ Richie Rich Logan’s Roadhouse - Karaoke Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Pool League Marlboro Station - Talent Night Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - House Music Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Open Mic Night Red Lion - 3 Miles Richard’s Place - DJ, Pool League Robbie’s Sports Bar - Pool and Dar t Leagues Safari Lounge Aiken - Ladies’ Night, Karaoke Shannon’s - Glenn Beasley Sidestreets/Barracks - Karaoke Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Soul Bar - Galen Kipar, Shaun Piazza Sports Pub and Grill - Spor ts Trivia The Spot - Open Booth Night Squeak y’s Tip-Top - Live Music TGI Friday’s - Keith “Fossill” Gregory Time Piecez - Weekend Fishbowl Par ty Wheeler Tavern - DJ

Friday, 10th American Legion Post No. 63 - Ken Dukes Back yard Tavern - Karaoke Bhoomer’s Bar - Broken Arrow Band Big Iron Saloon - DJ Frank Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Charlie O’s - Live Music Coconuts - Miss Hawaiian Tropic with DJ Doug Continnum - Equilibrium Cotton Patch - Patio Par ty with Starlight Enter tainment Country Ranch - Live Music Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Black-Eyed Susan D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Durango’s - John Monroe and the Ghostwriters Finish Line Cafe - DJ Mykie G Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke Gordon Club - DJ Dance Par ty Greene Street’s - Karaoke with DJ Penny Hangnail Gallery - Polemic, Deathstar, The Shark Devilles Highlander - Live Music Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Imperial Theatre - Wyclif fe Gordon Joe’s Underground - Keith “Fossill” Gregory Kokopelli’s - The Skir t Lif ters Last Call - Grand Opening with DJ Richie Rich Lucky Ladies Bar and Grill - The Niche, Blind Draws

Marlboro Station - Show Night with Special Guest Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - Spin Sessions with Devin and Indica Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Partridge Inn - The C. Anthony Carpenter Project Patti’s - Free Pool Red Lion - Undun, 420 Outback Richard’s Place - Midnight Magic Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Shag Night with DJ Shannon’s - Steve Chapell Shuck’s - Opticon Sidestreets/Barracks - Ladies’ Night, Cabaret Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Soul Bar - ‘80s Night The Spot - Live DJ Veracruz - Live Music Wheeler Tavern - DJ

Saturday, 11th Back yard Tavern - Karaoke Bhoomer’s Bar - Broken Arrow Band Big Iron Saloon - DJ Frank Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Capri Cinema - hear tsscarved Charlie O’s - Live Music, Military Night Coconuts - DJ Doug Continuum - Strictly About Business Cotton Patch - Bamboo Country Ranch - Karaoke Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Wa x Bean D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Durango’s - John Monroe and the Ghostwriters Finish Line Cafe - DJ Mykie G Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke Fraternal Order of Eagles - Crossroads Band Gordon Club - Salsa Night Greene Street’s - Karaoke with DJ Penny Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Imperial Theatre - James Gregory Joe's Underground - John & Andy Kokopelli’s - The Skir t Lif ters Last Call - DJ Richie Rich Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - The Niche Marlboro Station - Show Night with Special Guest Metro Coffeehouse - Galen Kipar Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Chuck, Barroom Olympics Rae’s Coastal Cafe - Live Music Red Lion - 5th Year Crush, El Diablo Ninos Richard’s Place - DJ Riverwalk - Garden City Music Festival Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Karaoke Shannon’s - Bar t Bell Shuck’s - Opticon Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Soul Bar - Garden City Music Festival After-Par ty The Spot - Live DJ Squeak y’s Tip-Top - Live Music Time Piecez - ‘80s Ladies’ Night Veracruz - Live Music Wheeler Tavern - DJ

Sunday, 12th Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford and The Last

Bohemian Quar tet Country Ranch - Jam Sessions Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Logan’s Roadhouse - Trivia Marlboro Station - Starlight Cabaret Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Riverwalk - Sophisticated Swing Big Band Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G TGI Friday’s - John

Monday, 13th Coliseum - Q.A.F. Continuum - DJ Freeman and Guest Crossroads - Monday Night Dance Par ty Elks Lodge - Line Dancing Finish Line Cafe - Open Pool Tournament Fishbowl Lounge - Open Dar t Tournament Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Highlander - Dar t League

Honk y Tonk - Blues Monday featuring Robbie Ducey Band and Special Guest Joe’s Underground - John Kokopelli’s - Dar t Teams Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Dar ts Michael’s - Karaoke Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Trivia Night with Skin Tight Red Lion - Open Mic Night Richard’s Place - Dar ts Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Shag Lessons

Tuesday, 14th Club Incognito - DJ Richie Rich Coliseum - Tournament Tuesday Coyote’s - Karaoke Crossroads - Tuesday Night Music Club: Music

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Showcase Docker’s - Pool Tournament D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Elks Lodge - Line Dancing Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Greene Street’s - National Karaoke Contest Joe’s Underground - John Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Karaoke, Ladies’ Night Metro Coffeehouse - Irish Music Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Patti’s - Pool Tournament Red Lion - DJ Robbie’s Sports Bar - Ladies’ Night Somewhere in Augusta - Trivia Sports Pub and Grill - Trivia

Wednesday, 15th Big Iron Saloon - Ladies’ Night Coconuts - DJ Coliseum - Talent Search Cotton Patch - Trivia with Mat t Stovall Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Docker’s - Free Pool D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Euchee Creek Sports Bar - Ladies’ Night Fishbowl Lounge - Open Dar t Tournament Greene Street’s - National Karaoke Contest Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Joe’s Underground - Keith “Fossill” Gregory Kokopelli’s - Ladies’ Night Last Call - Suzy Black Benefit Concer t featuring The Dir ty Dozen Brass Band, The Big Mighty Logan’s Roadhouse - Trivia Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Pool League

Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - The Chill Out Lounge Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Jenga Competition Red Lion - Thinfin Richard’s Place - Pool League Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G, Free Pool Shannon’s - Majic Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Soul Bar - Live Jazz The Spot - Live DJ TGI Friday’s - Trivia Wheeler Tavern - DJ

Upcoming Minnesota Fattz Birthday Comedy Bash - Bell Auditorium - May 24

Elsewhere Belle & Sebastian - The Tabernacle, Atlanta May 13 Diana Krall - Fox Theatre, Atlanta - May 15 The Charms - Fado Irish Pub, Atlanta - May 15 City Stages - Linn Park, Birmingham, Ala. - May 17 Green Day, Blink 182 and Jimmy Eat World Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta - May 18 Dave Brubeck - Rialto Center, Atlanta - May 18 Hootie and the Blowfish - Chastain Park, Atlanta - May 18 Pink - The Tabernacle, Atlanta - May 22 India.Arie, The Calling - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta - May 24 Alanis Morissette - Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta - May 25 Meshell Ndegeocello - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - May 29 The Cranberries - Chastain Park, Atlanta - May 30 Rusted Root, Alice Peacock - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta - May 31 Dan Fogelberg and His Band - Chastain Park,

It could be mood music – depending on how moody you want to get. Listening to Polemic is like taking a cool nightmare trip to the other side of twilight. This Athens, Ga., band wants to wreak “electric havoc” on your senses, bring you “purity in agony,” “gouge holes in your safety blanket,” and light a fire in your bones. If that sounds all right to you, then cross their path at The Hangnail Gallery, May 10.

Atlanta - June 1 Chicago - Chastain Park, Atlanta - June 6 Drive-By Truckers, Cloud 10 - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta - June 7 Harry Connick Jr. - Chastain Park, Atlanta June 7 Rick James, KC & The Sunshine Band Chastain Park, Atlanta - June 9 Melissa Etheridge - Chastain Park, Atlanta June 10 Dave Koz and Friends - Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta - June 13 Jewel - Chastain Park, Atlanta - June 17 Michelle Branch - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta - June 21 The B-52s, Inxs - Chastain Park, Atlanta - June 23 Elvis Costello - Chastain Park, Atlanta - June 24

Incubus, Hoobastank - Enter tainment and Spor ts Arena, Raleigh, N.C. - June 24; Cricket Arena, Charlot te, N.C. - June 25 They Might Be Giants, Superdrag - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta - June 28 Many tickets are available through TicketMaster outlets, by calling 828-7700, or online at w w w.ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be available through Tix Online by calling 278-4TIX or online at w w w.tixonline.com. Night Life listings are subject to change without notice.

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n scholarly papers delivered at conferences in Japan and the United States in March and April, Japanese researchers from Okayama University and Japan’s National Cancer Center announced that beer inhibited liver, prostate, colon and rectal cancers in rats by as much as 50 percent.

Professor Sakae Arimoto said beer works on pre-cancers by controlling heterocyclic amines and that unlike other cancer-inhibiting foods (such as spinach and broccoli), only small amounts need be consumed to acquire the beneficial effects.

• “Splosher” parties are growing in popularity in San Francisco, attended by quasisexual fetishists who joyously wallow on floors and furniture, semi-nude, in gobs of mud, cream, and a wide variety of foods such as soups, salads, syrups, ketchup, cakes and pies. According to a March report in SF Weekly, playfulness and lack of inhibition are more important to most participants than overt sexuality. In one couple’s intimate scene, the man is a waiter who repeatedly spills food orders on the woman’s lap and on her head, causing her to squeal with delight.

Democracy in Action • Among the candidates for county sheriff in the May primaries in Kentucky are four former sheriffs forced from office after being convicted of crimes: Roger Benton (Morgan County), convicted of accepting a bribe; Paul Browning Jr. (Harlan County), convicted of plotting a murder; Douglas Brandenberg (Lee County), convicted of obstructing justice; and Ray Clemons (Breathitt County), convicted of failing to report drug activity. But the situation was more acute in the February legislative elections the state of Uttar Pradesh, India: 910 people with criminal charges against them ran for 403 seats, and 122 were elected, including an accused contract killer (who won perhaps because his opponent was himself the subject of 43 criminal charges).

Cultural Diversity • How Japanese Men Spend Their Money: Among the shops recently opened in several Japanese cities, according to a December Irish Times dispatch from Tokyo, are “cabaret clubs” (for drinking and permissible touching of the waitresses), “fetish clubs” (where patrons can act out fantasies, such as groping women on a stage set up like the inside of a train car), and “couples’ coffee shops” (where women select from among many men for free, anonymous sex in a back room). Also doing brisk business, according to a December story in Mainichi Daily News, are “mania shops” that specialize in selling the used panties of mostly Blist TV actresses. Said one clerk, “We’d give (a star’s panties) a three-month use-by date and put (them) up for sale. (Actress) Hanako’s cost 6,000 yen (about $46 U.S.) and sold like hotcakes.”

• A Malaysian businessman in the city of Jalan Beserah, intending to warn others who

employ household help, told reporters in December that he had recently dismissed his maid because he had acquired hidden-camera proof that she boiled her underwear in the soup she served him. According to the businessman, a witch doctor in her hometown had told her that such soup would convey a magic spell that would cause the employer to appreciate her more.

• A major recent influence on child-naming in Papua New Guinea is U.S. pop stars, according to Australian medical student Lisa Thompson, who addressed an Australian government conference in March on her recent health-care-assistance experiences in the country. “My favorite was Elton Travolta,” she said, although she also met an Olivia Newton-John and a Bill Clinton, among others.

Latest Religious Messages • Three Muslim men in their early 20s from the Washington, D.C., area have formed the rap music group Native Deen, whose signature beat resembles mainstream angry rap but whose music is restricted in other ways by their faith, according to a February Washington Post report. They must, of course, dress respectfully, and do not expect their audience to dance, nor women to sing along. Also, they use only drums since they believe string and wind instruments are offensive to Muslims. Their lyrics contain no sex or drug references, but rather exhort followers to virtue.

• God’s Will: A van carrying Hindu pilgrims to worship the god of destruction crashed near Calcutta, India, in April, killing 21. And a Baptist preacher, his wife, and two of their children were killed in December when an oak tree toppled over (in perfectly calm weather) onto their Lincoln Town Car, prompting the preacher’s deacon to say, “There’s no other explanation for this other than this was an act of God” (Cumberland, Ind.).

People Different From Us • A Brooklyn, N.Y., housing judge ruled in March that a 71-year-old retired Chinese immigrant had too much stuff in his federally subsidized apartment and that if he didn’t get rid of half of it quickly, he would be evicted. Fei Xu, 71, had so many items crammed into his 500 square feet that he had only a 14-inch-wide path by which to walk from one side to the other. Said Xu, of his accumulation (computers, typewriters, 17 suitcases, 13 clocks, 15 folding chairs, seven fans, two each of most appliances, etc.), “‘Many’ is such a subjective word.

For me, many is not too much. (I) thought this was a free country.”

Update • Maryland lawyer Peter Angelos decided in March that he would accept the state’s offer to pay him only $150 million for his firm’s work (instead of $1 billion) in representing the state in the massive 1998 multistate settlement with tobacco companies, in which Maryland was awarded $4 billion of tobacco money over 20 years (for which Angelos’ firm had contracted for a 25 percent fee). On the one hand, Angelos accepted 15 cents on the dollar from what Maryland originally agreed to pay him. On the other hand, even the smaller amount compensates Angelos’ work at many times his firm’s typical hourly billing rate, and for work that in large part was based on investigation and litigation already developed by other states.

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science. And that’s not all, Virgo. Your future self has time-traveled into the past to enlist the spirits of your ancestors in a conspiracy to unlock your sleeping genius. But wait! There’s more. The superhero you used to fantasize about being when you felt most helpless has been brought to life by the mad scientist in your psyche’s basement. Sounds like fun to me!

Free Will Astrology

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Please, please, pretty please, go hunt down a drink of Love that will at least begin to quench your longing. Hint: If you’re fixated on thinking that it has to come from a romantic or sexual encounter, it will elude you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

It won’t be easy to distinguish the rich clues from the misleading trivia, Aries. You’ll have to be a perceptive detective as well as a good listener.

With the help of www.uselessfacts.net, I’ve devised a test that will train and tone your mind for the challenge. Of the following truths, only three can serve as metaphors to help you live a happier, fuller life in the coming days. Which are they? 1. Toupees for dogs are sold in Japan. 2.

The first American flags were made of hemp. 3.

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights equal a left. 4. About 0.7 percent of the world’s population is currently drunk. 5. Buzz Aldrin was the first man to wet his pants on the moon. 6.

You’re more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark. 7. The Saguaro cactus doesn’t grow branches until it’s over 70 years old.

Some of your cohorts have been acting so “20th century” lately; they’ve been trying to get away with antiquated ways of thinking that are irrelevant in the face of the future shock we’re all wrestling with. If I were you, I’d ask those folks to snap out of their trances immediately. Where you’re going, you can’t afford to be collaborating with anyone who ignores wake-up calls. You’ve got innovators to meet and shapeshifters to learn from.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll be tempted to straddle the fine line between charisma and BS, between creativity and fakery, between dreaming up wildly useful innovations with your fertile imagination and just making stuff up to get your way.

Having received this warning from me, however, maybe you’ll be conscientious about staying on the brighter side. Every time you tell a little fib in order to make room for a great truth, you’ll do so with impeccable integrity. Whenever you pretend to know and be things you haven’t actually perfected yet, you’ll be picking up tips that will eventually make you an authentic master.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

“Life is for most of us one long postponement,” wrote Henry Miller. “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” observed John Lennon. “Kids have the good sense to choose one lollipop today over three lollipops tomorrow,” said New Age author Wayne Dyer. I hope these three quotes make you feel itchy and repentant, Taurus. I hope they fire you up with an urge to be disloyal to the crippling religion of Dutiful Procrastination. Be here now, baby. Cultivate a voracious appetite for freewheeling spontaneity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love,” begins a poem by the ecstatic Sufi poet Hafiz (rendered by Daniel Ladinsky).

“Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror. . . .” I send this out to you as a tender warning and a gentle prod, Gemini.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The black water of Rio Negro and the yellowish brown water of Rio Solimoes converge near the Brazilian city of Manaus. For a few miles they refuse to blend, flowing side by side as if intent on maintaining their autonomy. This two-toned phenomenon happens to be the official beginning of one of the world’s longest and sexiest rivers, the Amazon. I hereby name it your official metaphor of the moment, Scorpio. Will the unmingled flows in your life eventually mix, as the Amazon’s do? Or will they remain separate indefinitely? That depends: What do you want?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Many pro baseball players now have theme songs. As home-run king Barry Bonds strides to the plate, stadium loudspeakers reverberate with Dr. Dre’s “Next Episode.” Seattle’s Bret Boone favors “Elevation” by U2, and Atlanta’s Andruw Jones prefers “Last Resort” by Papa Roach. This is an excellent idea for all of us non-ballplayers to adopt — especially you Leos as you head into the heart of your personal high ambition season.

Even if you’ve had a personal anthem in the past, it’s time to find a fresh one that embodies the attitude you want to bring to your new success cycle. A bit of advice: Steer away from tormented rants like Pink’s “Missundaztood,” and head in the direction of declarations of independence like India.Arie’s “Video” or Mary J. Blige’s “No More Drama.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

I have a personal opinion about which side is more at fault in the conflict between Israel and Palestine, but so what? To express it might give me the satisfaction of letting you know who I am, but it would contribute nothing to the only important issue, which is: how to stop the killing and foster a lasting peace. Amazingly, a similar principle is at work in your own sphere: As long as blame dominates the discussion, as long as everyone is attached to the correctness of their analysis, then the smartest solution is impossible to even imagine. Serve love, Sagittarius, not vindication.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

This week brings Turn Beauty Inside Out Day. How to celebrate? Ridicule the epidemic compulsion to worship physically attractive people.

Behind your back, your imaginary friend is plotting with your inner child to overthrow your guilty con-

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51 European coal area 52 Berkshire town 53 Tom Jones’s “___ a Lady” 55 W.W. II site, briefly

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Boycott magazines that use pretty faces to sell their useless information. Spit at airbrushed photos of celebrities who have parlayed extensive cosmetic surgery and a squadron of stylists to create the illusion of outward perfection. Once you have all that healthy rebellion out of the way, Capricorn, enjoy Turn Beauty Inside Out Day in a more constructive manner. You might start by organizing an inner beauty contest among your cohorts. The funny thing is, you’ll probably win. The astrological omens agree with what my magic mirror is telling me: Right now, you are the fairest of them all.

You’re psychologically gorgeous, spiritually lovely, and ethically ravishing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I don’t usually encourage acquisitive behavior.

The current astrological omens, however, suggest that you deserve a special dispensation — if (and it’s a big if) you’re motivated by your soul’s hunger, not your ego’s greed. Find a way to pull that off, Aquarius, and you’ll you have license to gather up a huge cache of goodies. Actually, it shouldn’t be too hard to do just that, since the available treasures have little appeal to your need for status and a lot of appeal to your longing for meaning. Your nickname for the foreseeable future: Honey Collector.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

On an episode of the kids’ TV show “Even Stevens,” overachieving teenager Ren decides she needs to display more school spirit by joining the pep squad. It’ll look good on her résumé when it comes time to apply for college. Unfortunately, peppiness doesn’t come naturally to Ren. The head cheerleader has to lecture her on improving her attitude, admonishing her to “reach deep down inside and find your perky place.” There are far more profound reasons for you to follow this same advice right now, Pisces. You can’t imagine how important it is for you to practice being devoutly cheerful, sublimely upbeat, and fiercely optimistic.

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y boy friend and I were friends for a year before we got involved. Now we’re very much in love. Lately, he’s been hinting about marriage and ring-shopping. I just have one small worry: Every day, when we tell each other about what happened at work, he mentions this very attractive female coworker — she said this, she said that — that sort of thing. Sometimes the content of their conversation seems rather personal. Am I paranoid, or is this a red flag?

—Seeing Light Green

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I N S P I R I N G A L L G I R L S TO B E ST R O N G , S M A R T & B O L D

Contrary to what a lot of women like to believe, love doesn’t cause men’s eyes to go bad. No, the moment a man agrees to pair up with you, he will not star t hallucinating airbrushed water buf falo in “come-hither” repose where Spor ts Illustrated swimsuit models, Ma xim-um babes, and Playboy center folds used to be: “Hi, my name is Elsie. I weigh 1139 pounds soaking wet, and I enjoy chewing my cud, wandering the wide open spaces, and swat ting flies with my long, sexy tail.”

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a big, scantily-clad world out there, teeming with lingerie model-types in skir ts the size of cock tail napkins and pants so tight you could count their pores. Now, I’m not claiming that your boy friend’s staring so hard at these women that his tongue’s dragging behind him like a train on a wedding dress; that is, not when he’s with you. But, when your eyeballs aren’t around to monitor his eyeballs, you can bet his eyeballs are bouncing down the pavement like Jack Russell terriers af ter at least some of womankind. Not only that: When he has the oppor tunity to speak to a hot tie (or even a luke-warmie), and maybe even crank up his flir t jets, he’s unlikely to pull a hood over his head and scurry away mut tering something about a vow of silence.

What does this tell you about your boy friend? A star tling revelation: He’s a man.

Like you and every other person whose genes crossed the evolutionary finish line into this generation, your boy friend’s a walking, talking cock tail of adaptations fostering the spread of humanity across the planet (as opposed to millions of acres of untrampled peat moss). In men, being very visual and very excited by feminine variety are a few of these adaptations. (Most men keep this quiet, especially if they’re in a relationship with a female par tner, fearing that they’ll be yelled at

until their ears shrivel and fall of f for not thinking and behaving more like a woman.)

What does all of the above tell you about what is or isn’t going on at your boy friend’s of fice? Very lit tle. To figure that out, ask yourself whether his ethical standards appear to be constructed out of ribbed elastic. If so, why are you still there? Nex t, say he does have a crush on this girl. Will he leave you for her? There’s always that chance. To make that chance slim down, make your relationship feel like a place you both want to be — warm, sunny, exotic and fun, like a vacation in Tahiti. Since he’s being open with you about his life, it must feel something like that right now. To keep it that way, do every thing in your power to avoid making it feel like returning from Tahiti to a really bad day at customs. You know — being interrogated repeatedly under fluorescent lights and praying you won’t be dragged of f by the authorities to see whether you’ve tucked any contraband anyplace really inventive.

I’m a college-educated career woman. All the women in my husband’s close-knit family are stay-athome moms. They seem uncomfortable that my husband and I don’t live in the same suburb as the rest of the family, and that he doesn’t work in the family business. At family functions, they shun me. I find them narrow-minded, but I’m trying to bond with them for my husband’s sake.

Any suggestions?

—Stay-At-Work Wife Don’t let your relatives’ suburban base of operations stop you from applying “The Law Of The Serengeti” to meet your bonding needs. Like Denny’s, the Serengeti is always open for a meal ... providing you can get your fangs around your meal’s leg. Say you’re a lioness, and you’re up for a lit tle zebra tar tare. You find a bunch of grazing zebra, then lie in wait until one strays from the herd.

Only then is it safe to pounce. Likewise, on the suburban plain, approaching a herd of closed minds is likely to leave you flat tened.

But corner a straggler, and you just might gnaw your way to a lit tle common ground.

Star t with the weakest, then mow through the rest of the herd. Do, however, avoid taking this advice too literally. Tempted as you might be to break a lit tle skin on auntie’s ankle, it’s unlikely to advance your cause.

— © 2002, Amy Alkon

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WAITING FOR YOU Attractive BF, 28, 5’7”, medium build, enjoys dining, cooking, shopping, music and good conversations. Seeking SBM, 34-58, for sincere friendship. Ad# 3675 ANGEL EYES SWF, 21, 5’6”, brown hair/eyes, beautiful smile, enjoys having fun. Waiting to meet a charming SWM, 19-29, with gentleman qualities. Ad# 3671 BE MY KING Are you SBM, 38-49, seeking a serious relationship?

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SHY AT FIRST BF, 42, enjoys evenings out, movies, reading and attending church. Seeks SBM, 4252, with similar interests, for relationship. Ad# 3672

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JUST FRIENDS Attractive SWF, 28, 128lbs., N/S, with no kids, enjoys movies and the outdoors.

ISO SWM, 18-32, to build a friendship with. Ad# 2824

ROMANTIC? CALL ME! Friendly BF, 46, 5’8”, 170lbs., hobbies are music, bands, picnics and walking.

Seeking BM, 40-50, for friendship. Ad# 3615

ANSWER MY PRAYER Attractive S ebony woman, 29, 5’3”, black hair, loves reading, church, going out.

ISO man, 28-35. Christian a plus. Ad# 3560

HAPPY ME SWF, 5’6”, 138lbs., green eyes, reddish blond hair, enjoys movies, walks and good conversation. ISO SWM, 40-55, honest and outgoing. Ad# 3605

CAN IT BE YOU? SBF, 49, 5’5”, enjoys life, dining, church, parks, walks, seeking similar in SM, 55-60, maybe LTR. Ad# 3650

BE HONEST SF, 60, enjoys good conversations, going to Church, yard sales, music, seeking SM, 50-70, N/S, likes to go to Church. Ad# 3606

GOOD GIRL HUNTING SWF, attractive, blonde, hazel eyes, looks 35, 5’4”, 140lbs. Seeking tall, handsome WM, 32-42, with oldfashioned values, enjoys having fun. Ad# 2813 HONESTY A MUST SWF, 42, 5’4”, 180lbs., long-haired, hardworking, easygoing, likes animals, dining, quiet times, laughter, the lake. Seeks N/S, honest SWM, 35-45. Ad# 3590 FOR GOOD COMPANY SWF, 62, 5’6”, 130lbs., adventurous, into gardening, antiques, dining, sports. Seeks SWM, 55-75, for conversation, friendship.

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Male Female White Jewish In search of...

Non-smoker

B H A P N/D NA

Black Hispanic Asian Professional Non-Drinker Native American

D C S WW LTR

Divorced Christian Single Widowed Long-term Relationship Double Dater

BEING YOURSELF SBF, 27, N/S, 5’6”, 180lbs., brown eyes/hair, openminded, fun-loving, enjoys bowling, poetry, movies, quiet evenings. Seeking strong-minded SBM, 26-39.

Ad# 3195 PICK UP THE PHONE All thoughtful, respectful, drug-free SBPCM, 40-55, this SBF, 49, 5’4”, 165lbs., N/S, who enjoys dining, music, picnics, bowling, softball, wants you. Ad# 3200 MUCH MORE!!

SWF, 32, 5’3”, full-figured, reddish/brown hair, brown eyes, enjoys swimming, poetry, horseback riding, shooting pool. ISO secure, respectful SWM, 29-49.

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SBF, 33, N/S, full-figured, enjoys reading, long drives, the outdoors, seeking caring, understanding SBM, 25-38. Ad# 3551 SOMEONE JUST FOR ME DWPF, 44, 5’5”, 135lbs., very pretty, ethereal, enjoys gardening, reading, working, animals. ISO SCM, 4050, with similar interests.

Ad# 2809 MATURE MAN DBF, very spiritual, caring, honest, friendly, intelligent, romantic, physically fit, stable. Seeking BM, 37-45, spiritual, stable, and honest, for LTR. Ad# 2774 A STRONG WOMAN SBF, 28, 5’10”, 170lbs., outgoing, friendly, sociable, enjoys running, walking, biking, movies. Seeks SM, 24-37, for friendship. Ad# 3174 ISO MILITARY MAN Down-to-earth SF, 39, drugfree, looking for military SM, 28-42, in good shape, knows what he wants in life, for fun and LTR. Ad# 3176 WE SHOULD MEET SWF, 30, 5’5”, full-figured, shy, into movies, reading, intelligent conversation, basketball. Seeks SM, 2839, confident, for friendship.

Ad# 3159 ALL THIS AND MORE SWF, 33, 5’3”, 125lbs., green-eyed redhead, affectionate, ambitious, student, enjoys travel, sporting events. Seeking SM, 30-43, honest, friendly, intelligent, family-oriented. Ad# 3164 NO GAMES PLEASE! SBF, 32, outgoing, down-toearth, smoker, likes long walks, church, travel, cooking, dining. Seeking SHM, 30-45, stable, secure, for friendship. Ad# 3171 WAIT AND SEE SWF, 62, 5’6”, blond hair, blue eyes, loves camping, fishing, boating, walking, seeking SWM, 70, with similar interests. Ad# 3156 UNDER THE STARS SWF, 52, enjoys fishing, dancing, spending time with grand children, seeking SWM, 50-58, to spend quality time with. Ad# 3144

CAN WE MEET? SWF, 57, 5’4”, blonde, personable, loves reading fiction, dancing. Seeks SWM, 57-63, for friendship. Ad# 3132 WERE U BORN 6/20/51?

Tall, slim, attractive woman, auburn hair, light complexioned, seeking tall, attractive WM, born June 20, 1951. No other responders please! Ad# 2771 THE TWO OF US Beautiful, romantic SBF, 39, 5’6”, long black hair, enjoys swimming, ballgames, dancing, singing, movies, ISO outgoing, clever SBM, 40-60. Ad# 2654

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TREAT ME RIGHT! Outgoing DWF, 37, N/S, has kids, seeks true, honest, stable SWM, 28-48, N/S, for dining, movies, walks, and quiet times. Ad# 3035

CAREER MINDED SWF, 30, 5’6”, blonde hair, blue eyes, 135lbs., enjoys golf, tennis, music, outdoors, traveling, dining. ISO SWPM, 27-36, for friendship. Ad# 2976

MAKE ME SMILE BF, 23, has a great personality, likes laughter and having fun. Seeking SM, 24-35, for friendship, possibly more. Ad# 3087

SHARE WITH ME Brown-eyed SBF, 26, 5’, 100lbs., humorous, likes good conversations, 3-D puzzles, movies, reading.

ISO SWM, 21-28, for quality time. Ad# 3006

GETTING TO KNOW U WF, 26, 5’8”, 155lbs., red hair, green eyes, enjoys traveling, sports, and spending time with friends.

Searching for a SM, 23-36.

Ad# 3106

GOOD-HEARTED SWF, 44, 5’2”, 145lbs., redhead, green-eyed, humorous, enjoys reading, the outdoors. Seeking SM, 3552, with similar interests.

Ad# 3009

STRONG WILL SBF, 45, outgoing, attractive, youthful, enjoys writing, music, traveling.

Seeking mature, strongwilled SBM, 35-48, for friendship. Ad# 2956

WORTH YOUR WHILE Friendly, easygoing, laidback SWF, 20, 5’5”, 150lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, loves music, dancing, horseback riding, ISO SWM, 22-26.

Ad# 3099

LET’S CUDDLE WF, 41, 5’6”, 138lbs., hazel eyes, brown hair, outgoing, likes cooking, fishing, hunting, NASCAR. ISO SWM, 37-48, for friendship. Ad# 3014

LOOKING FOR YOU HF, 28, brown hair, likes good conversations, sports, and having fun. Looking to build a friendship with a SBM, 20-40. Ad# 3084

WAITING TO HAPPEN DWF, 45, 5’4”, brown hair, green eyes, likes sports, music, dining out, searching for serious, honest, hardworking SWM, 40-55.

Ad# 3107 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Hardworking WF, 38, 5’4”, 100lbs., brown hair/eyes, enjoys biking, watersports, cooking, and travel. ISO WM, 35-50, for possible LTR. Ad# 2767 BE MY FRIEND SWF, 56, 5’4”, 160lbs., green-eyed, personable, loves dancing, reading.

Seeks SWM, 62+, for friendship. Ad# 3059 LOVING YOU BF, 25, 5’10”, 170lbs., seeks a BM, 25-35, who is honest and trustworthy, for quality time and romance.

Ad# 3046 NEEDING YOU Outgoing, friendly, BF, 5’8”, likes dining out, movies, basketball and long walks.

Looking for M, 21-31, with similar interests. Ad# 3049 LOVES GOD Hazel-eyed brunette DWCF, 48, 5’7”, enjoys nature, cooking, movies, reading. ISO honest, financially secure SCM, 45-55, for friends first, possible LTR. Ad# 3051

LET’S HAVE FUN BF, 20, 5’6”, 140lbs., friendly, loves having fun, likes movies, dining, bowling, sports. ISO SWM, 18-36, with similar interests. Ad# 3021 LET’S MEET SF, 40, 5’5”, 160lbs., brown eyes, friendly, sensitive, enjoys movies, clubs, music, children. ISO outgoing SM, 30-50, for possible LTR. Ad# 3025 GIVE ME A CHANCE BF, 55, 5’1”, 145lbs., browneyed, friendly, outgoing, enjoys dancing, movies, walks. ISO SBM, 55-60, who’s easygoing, understanding, friendship first.

Ad# 3028

LET’S GET TOGETHER! Outgoing, humorous SBF, 24, 5’5”, 135lbs., N/S, enjoys writing and sports.

Seeking independent, affectionate SM, 20-36, for LTR. Ad# 2948

WELCOME TO MY LIFE SWCF, 47, 5’9”, 120lbs., green eyes, no children, seeking N/S SWCM, 30-50, for friendship and possibly more. Ad# 2901 YOU NEED TO CALL SWF, 45, 5’9”, 165lbs., brown hair/eyes, outgoing, social, enjoys a variety of activities. Seeking active, fun, tall SWM, 40-50. Ad# 2905 ARE YOU TRUSTWORTHY? Honest, loyal SWF, 45, 5’4”, 155lbs., brown hair, loves to sing, dance, swim, fish. ISO SWM, 38-55, for companionship. Ad# 2909

ISO CARING GENTLEMAN Pleasant SWF, 71, 5’5”, 125lbs., brown hair/eyes, enjoys fishing. Seeks caring, giving SWM, 69-74, for friendship, card playing, dining out. Ad# 2744

THOMSON OR AUGUSTA AREA DWF, attractive, N/S, N/D, good personality, easygoing, enjoys movies, mountains, and walks. Seeks stable WM, 48-62, similar interests, for friendship, relationship. Ad# 2732

DOWN HOME GIRL DBF, 48, 5’6”, 175lbs., no kids, loves dining out, football, gardening. Seeking SBCM, for companionship.

Ad# 2904

LET’S CONNECT Cool, crazy BF, 30, 6’, enjoys travel, bowling, basketball, singing. Looking for special, sensitive BM, 2634, 5’11”. Ad# 2722

LONELY IN NEED Aiken resident, WWWF, 74, easygoing, youthful, enjoys gardening, crafts, flea markets, yard sales, walking.

ISO WM, 65+. Ad# 2737

NOT AFRAID SBF, 40, 5’6”, black hair, attractive, outgoing, friendly, enjoys fishing, walks, dancing, dining, movies, cooking, entertainment.

ISO SM, 40-60, for LTR. Ad# 2883

CALLING MR. RIGHT Full-figured, 48 year-old WWWF, seeking SWPM, 45-65, for companionship and possible LTR. Enjoys music, movies, walks and travel. Ad# 2739

ISO A GOOD MAN Outgoing SBF, 18, N/S, funloving, enjoys movies, dancing and wrestling. ISO SBM, 19-20, who likes the same things. Ad# 2979

ISO UNIQUE MAN Attractive SBF, 35, likes dining, sports, going out.

Seeking attractive, openminded, sensitive M, 30-45, for friendship or more. Local calls only. Ad# 2735

LET’S BE FRIENDS SBF, 21, new in town, 5’8”, 195lbs., enjoys movies, music, long walks and more. ISO SBM, 20-30, for friendship first. Ad# 2992

MAKE ME SMILE SWF, 27, 5’10”, brown hair/eyes, shy at first, likes fishing, camping. Seeking SM, 25-37, for fun and possibly more. Ad# 2913

CAN WE GET TOGETHER SWF, 53, 5’, 145lbs., shy, loves the outdoors, mountains, traveling. ISO SM, 4868, who’s tall, honest, sincere, for possible LTR. Ad# 2964

CARES ABOUT OTHERS SWF, 37, 5’8”, 185lbs., long auburn hair, friendly, cheerful, honest, sincere, loves reading, writing, traveling.

ISO honest SM, 30-45. Ad# 2922

LOOKING FOR YOU SBF, 42, 5’5”, enjoys cards, movies. ISO SBM, 42-55, understanding, kind, loves children, for friendship first.

Ad# 2886 ROMANCE IS THE KEY SBF, 50, 5’7”, 177lbs., saltn-pepper hair, romantic, fun, enjoys fishing, traveling. ISO SBM, 49-70, who’s sincere, open, for friendship. Ad# 2890 MY WISH LIST: A wholesome, family-oriented, enthusiastic, gainfully employed SWPM, 40-50, sought by attractive, charming Santa’s helper, SWPF, loving, spontaneous, broad interests. Ad# 2719

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"Continued from previous page" CAPTIVATING? Attractive, intelligent SWPF, 30, full-figured, enjoys reading, walking, church. ISO confident SWCM, 28-36.

Ad# 2864 SHOW ME THE TOWN SBF, 31, looks to meet a tour guide SBM, 25-35, for hanging out, fun, friendship.

Ad# 2870 R U THE ONE? SBF, 22, 4’11”, mother of two, likes movies, more.

Seeks fun, outgoing SBM, 22-26, for committed relationship. Ad# 2871 NO GAMES PLEASE SBF, 32, 5’4”, full-figured, outgoing, humorous, enjoys dining, dancing, football.

Seeks honest SBM, 30-45, for friendship. Ad# 2873 DREAMING WF, 38, 5’4”, sensitive, good-hearted, enjoys cooking, walks, quiet times. ISO BM, 35-50, must be honest, sensitive, sincere. Ad# 2851 ISO ONE GOOD MAN SBF, 22, 5’2”, 113lbs., enjoys dancing, shopping.

ISO SBM, 20-29, with a good personality. Ad# 2847 A FRIEND AND MORE SBF, 22, N/S, fun-loving, 4’9”, sexy, enjoys dining out, movies, long walks and shopping. ISO honest SBM, 25-35. Ad# 2833 SECURE AND SINGLE SBF, 48, Northerner, with sense of humor, enjoys jazz, Ingram & Wilson, reading. ISO SM, 48-60, financially secure, enjoys interesting conversation.

Ad# 2299 A SPECIAL SOMEONE Outgoing, loveable SBF, 21, 5’7”, 140lbs., brown hair, enjoys time with friends & family, traveling. ISO SBM, 21-27, similar qualities. Ad# 2681 START FROM HERE Outgoing, fun-loving, honest SWF, 45, 5’3”, 155lbs., brunette, loves dancing, singing, sports, beaches.

Seeking honest, loyal SWM, 38-55, for friendship first. Ad# 2688 BEST FRIENDS Upbeat SWF, 43, 5’3”, green-eyed brunette, likes bowling, movies, eating out, beaches, boating. ISO compatible SWM, 43-54, with same values. Ad# 2691

MAGIC MOMENTS Down-to-earth WM, 60, 5’8”, 165lbs., enjoys movies, sports, long walks, dining, quiet evenings at home. Seeking SWF, 53-60, for possible LTR. Ad# 2827 MUST BE STABLE SBM, 39, 6’4”, 250lbs., outgoing, energetic, openminded, friendly, likes having fun. Seeks lady who’s energetic, open-minded, attractive and financially secure. Ad# 3651 FINANCIALLY SECURE Handsome SBM, 21, 5’10”, 150lbs., seeks a very beautiful SHF, 19-29, for casual dating, maybe more. Ad# 3655 GREAT PERSONALITY Take a chance calling this in-shape SBM, 26, 6’1”, 201lbs., who enjoys traveling, outgoing, reading.

Seeks lady with same interests. Ad# 3660 ARE YOU THE ONE? Down-to-earth, outgoing SBM, 36, 5’7”, 180lbs., bald, likes bowling, basketball, etc. Seeks slim, outgoing SBF, 30-45. Ad# 3662

LOVES LIFE Fun-loving, very affectionate, sincere SWPM, 51, enjoys cooking, dancing, fishing. Seeks physically fit SWF, 40-52, who’s not into head games. Ad# 3659

CUDDLE WITH ME SWCM, 21, 5’8”, 200lbs., blond hair, enjoys going to Church, varied interests.

ISO SWCF, 21, with similar interests. Ad# 3604

NEW TO ADS Outgoing, fun SBM, 38, 5’8”, black hair, 165lbs., government job, looking for SF, 28-40. What do you like to do? Ad# 3199

MAGIC AND ROMANCE SBM, 24, 5’7”, 168lbs., enjoys movies, working out and music. ISO honest, down-to-earth, childless SF, 25-35, N/S, for friendship first. Ad# 2822

NEW IN TOWN 5’6”, 150lbs., blue eyes, blonde, WWWM, 47, enjoys travel, sailing, art, good food, beach. ISO SF, 35-mid 40s, seeking LTR. Ad# 2815

CHILL WITH ME SBM, 26, 5’8”, 150lbs., enjoys music, the outdoors, movies, parks, beaches, looking for SWF, 18-35, for casual relationship, maybe more. Ad# 3192

HERE I AM Retired DWM, 60, 185lbs., likes traveling, animals, going to church, seeks a nice, lovely lady, for companionship. Ad# 3645 CALL ME SBM, 39, very pleasant, lovable, likes sports, plays, dramas, seeks a nice lady with a beautiful smile, down-to-earth. Ad# 3580

A GOOD HEART...

SBM, 41, down-to-earth, outgoing, N/S, enjoys music, church, sporting events, seeking loving SBF, 30-45, for friendship. Ad# 2959

R U INTERESTED? SBM, 42, 5’8”, 160lbs., light complexion, enjoys baseball, movies, park walks, cooking, country music, movies. Seeking SWF, fullfigured, intelligent, understanding. Ad# 3180

GOING TO THE RACES! SWM, 23, 5’10”, 150lbs., adventurous, smoker, likes the outdoors, sports, racing, dining, wrestling, movies.

Seeking outgoing SF, 1835, for friendship. Ad# 3172 LET’S MEET Secure, good-natured SWM, 26, 6’2”, blue-eyed, sandy blond hair. Seeks ambitious SF, 19-27. Ad# 3080 CALL ME SBM, 21, 5’7”, 140lbs., enjoys movies, hanging out, quiet times, ISO SF, 21-40.

Ad# 3154

MODERN COUNTRY LIVING WM, retired senior citizen, 6’1”, 145lbs., ISO WF, 4560, attractive, medium-built, N/D, N/S, no children, for companionship, LTR. Ad# 2770 PERFECT DATE Are you a SF, 18-29, looking for a gentleman? This WM, 22, is perfect so give him a call. Ad# 3098 A GOOD FRIEND WANTED HM, 26, 5’9”, 220lbs., brownish black hair, very outgoing, likes photography, traveling, cultural activities, and movies. Seeking SF, 23-27, for relationship. Ad# 3114

LET’S ENJOYS LIFE SWM, 31, 5’8”, 180lbs., brown hair, green eyes, outgoing, enjoys movies, dining out, seeks outgoing, funny SWF, 25-45. Ad# 3613

COULD BE YOU WM, 37, 6’, 220lbs., who’s the outdoorsy type, likes hunting, NASCAR and walking. Interested in meeting a F, 28-44. Ad# 3048

NEED SOMEONE SPECIAL In your life? SBM, 46 young, 5’5”, 125lbs., old-fashioned, ISO sincere SM, 23-35, special friend and conversation. Let’s talk. Ad# 3627

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Medium-built BM, 48, 6’4”, 195lbs., likes running, lifting weights and walking.

Seeking H/W/BF, 25-45.

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DON’T PASS THIS UP SWM, 18, 5’9”, 140lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, caring, loving, outgoing. ISO SM, friendly, 18-45, for romantic adventures. Ad# 3637

MAKE IT HAPPEN! Outgoing SBM, 18, N/S, seeks SF, 18-21, who likes dancing, walks, movies, and enjoys life, for friendship first. Ad# 3038 LET’S DO LUNCH SM, 18, 5’8”, 250lbs., enjoys music, movies, shopping, meeting new people. ISO SF, 18-40, who wants something new. Ad# 3022 RUN WITH ME SHM, 50, 5’8”, N/S, likes outdoors, having fun, running. Seeking SF, 36-45, for friendship. Ad# 3000

VERY UNIQUE DBM, 45, N/S, N/D, likes sports, movies, dining out, sports, looking for SBF, 3550, with same interests.

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THE CAT’S MEOW SWM, 41, 5’11”, blue eyes, no baggage, educated, enjoys biking, travel, cats, aviation. Seeks SF, 30-45.

Gardening, cooking A+.

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THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE SBM, 30, 5’11”, mediumbuilt, clean-cut, no children, N/S, N/D, seeking SF, goodhearted, good-natured, down-to-earth, looking for relationship, maybe more.

Ad# 2755 JUST FUN Shy WM, 55, N/S, no kids, enjoys going for coffee, ice cream or a movie. ISO WF, 45-65, for friendship first.

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HARDWORKING MAN SWM, 36, brown hair/eyes, tall, 185lbs., people person, employed, ISO SF, 24-37, intelligent, pretty, with mixed interests. Friendship first. Ad# 3653

CELESTIAL SAILOR Mystical romanticist, rider, believer, gardener, chef, biker, crafts, camper. SWM, 43, very clean, financially secure. ISO SF, 29-50, loves jazz. Ad# 2747

WAITING FOR THE ONE SWM, 37, 5’4”, 135lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, likes camping, fishing, hiking, NASCAR, looking for N/S SWF, 30-37. Ad# 3631

LET’S TALK SWM, 46, N/S, 5’10”, 200lbs., enjoys outdoors, hunting, country music, bowling and flea markets.

ISO SWF, 35-50, hardworking, honest. Ad# 2986

LIVE FOR LOVE Friendly SWM, 37, 5’10”, 220lbs., brown hair, hazel eyes, likes building motorcycles, outdoor activities, searching for SWF, 27-45.

Ad# 3625 GREAT DAYS AHEAD SWM, 26, 160lbs., blond hair, blue eyes, has a wide variety of interests. Looking for honest, sweet, funny SWF, 21-30. Ad# 3635

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ROMANCE IS ALIVE DWPM, 56, educated, cultured, seeks WF for LTR and romantic adventure. I’m very athletic, musical, 5’10”, muscular build, good, patient listener. Ad# 2513

WHAT DO YOU LIKE? SWM, 46, 5’10”, brown hair/eyes, outgoing, likes long drives, good conversation, fishing, quiet times at home, looking for friendly SWF, 18-20. Ad# 3559

NO LIES! Down-to-earth BM, 34, ISO a LTR with a SF, 21-47, who wants a serious relationship without head games. Ad# 3622

HAND IN HAND SWM, 24, 6’2”, 225lbs., dark hair/eyes, outgoing, friendly, likes shooting pool, dancing, riding motorcycles, ISO SWF, 20-35. Ad# 3564

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WM, 30, with blond hair, enjoys beaches, dancing, movies and dining. Looking to meet a SF, 22-38, for friendship. Ad# 3618 WISH UPON THE STARS Outgoing SWM, 48, 5’10”, 189lbs., enjoys mountains, beaches, the outdoors, seeking SF, 35-55, with similar interests. Ad# 3599 MR. CHEF SWM, 34, 6’1”, 175lbs., blue eyes, good sense of humor, enjoys cooking, in/outdoors. Seeking SF, 20-40, welling to eat my cooking. Ad# 3596 BE YOURSELF SBM, 35, 6’, 180lbs., humorous, down-to-earth, enjoys church, jogging, movies, seeking SBF, 3040, with same qualities. Ad# 3598

EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Shy SWM, 46, homebody, seeking SWF, 35-42, no kids, easygoing, wants a relationship. Ad# 2991

NO MIND GAMES SWM, 26, 6’, 165lbs., brown hair, loves movies, dining out, shooting pool, sports, looking for SWF, 2026, to have with. Ad# 3561 READY AND WILLING Fun SBM, 28, 5’5”, 150lbs., bald headed, likes shooting pool, movies, clubbing, quiet times at home, seeking SBF, 28-35. Ad# 3567 ARE YOU THE 1?

SWM, 26, 6’, 165lbs., brown hair, green eyes, outgoing, fun, likes sports, shooting pool, movies, romantic evenings, looking for SWF, 21-28. Ad# 3572 ISO YOU SHCM, 51, loves cooking, working out, martial arts, seeking sweet, caring SF, 30-55, to spend the rest of my life with. Ad# 3575

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY SWM, 44, 5’7”, 180lbs., auburn hair, green eyes, enjoys traveling, motorcycles, certified SCUBA diver.

ISO SWF true companion, 30-45, outgoing, redhead.

Ad# 3209 R WE A MATCH? SWM, 40, 6’1”, 160lbs., brown hair, blue eyes, enjoys classic rock, movies, dining, more. ISO nice, friendly SF, 25-45. Ad# 3550 ENJOYING LIFE Retired SWM, 52, 6’4”, 155lbs., reddish/blonde hair, enjoys dancing, fishing, hunting, seeking similar SWF, 44-65. Ad# 3554 GIVE ME A CALL! SBM, 6’1”, 270lbs., seeking SBPF, 35-50, for friendship, movies, walks in the park, and dining out. Ad# 2810 ATTN FEMALE CITIZEN Hardworking SWM desires intelligent, humorous, sensuous WF, 28-38, with creative and kinesthetic outlet.

Call to negotiate terms of surrender. Ad# 2785 COUNTRY LIVING SWM, 37, 6’, brown hair, hazel eyes, 215lbs., likes the outdoors, country music, NASCAR, fishing, hunting, seeks homebody SWF, 28-45. Ad# 3048

WATCH THE SUNRISE SBM, 25, 6’9”, 225lbs., has a wide variety of interests, looking for an outgoing, sweet, caring SF, 20-39, for friendship and possibly more. Ad# 3141 WORTH THE WAIT SBM, 41, loves sports, church activities, searching for a SBF, 35-45, with similar interests, for conversation and possibly more. Ad# 3143 LOOKING FOR MY LADY SWM, 35, 6’1”, 195lbs., blond, blue eyes, enjoys cooking, dining, dancing, quiet evenings. ISO D/SWF, 25-40, for friendship, possible LTR. Ad# 2772 GOOD HEART...

Looking for love. Retired engineer, DWM, 70, 5’9”, 200lbs., seeks open-minded D/SWF to share friendship, love. ISO someone who likes movies, dining out, walks, talks, and some outdoor activities like golf, fishing. Age/race unimportant. Ad# 2773 LET’S TALK SWM, 34, 5’11”, 220lbs., easygoing, likes dancing, singing, fun times. Seeks laid-back, fun-loving SBF, 27-40, for coffee and conversation. Ad# 3065 MAKE ME SMILE SWM, 44, ex-military, mature, down-to-earth, respectful, enjoys movies, going out, fishing. Seeking reserved SBF, 32-44, for friendship. Ad# 3127

WHERE MY HEART IS Friendly DWM, 58, 5’10”, 190lbs., enjoys shooting pool, political research, cooking, looking for honest, healthy SWF, 46-56, for serious LTR. Ad# 3115 MILITARY MAN SWM, 34, 5’11”, 220lbs., fun-loving, easygoing, likes movies, quiet evenings, dancing, R&B, classic rock music. Seeks SBF, 29-40.

Ad# 3057 WANT TO MEET? DBM, 45, 5’10”, 220lbs., enjoys good conversation and food, sports, movies, ISO SBF, 35-50, for LTR. Ad# 3064 COMPASSION SM, 53, 6’, 180lbs., musician, loving, communicative, loves bowling, dancing, walks, car racing. Seeking attractive, compassionate SWF, 21-60, for a LTR. Ad# 3070 JUST KICK IT SBM, 24, 5’9”, shy at first, likes wrestling, bowling, theater. Seeks SBF, 21-31, medium build, fun-loving, to kick it with. Ad# 3082 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE SBM, 39, 5’6”, 160lbs., outgoing, honest, likes Blockbuster nights, attending church, fun times.

Seeks SF, 27-44, feminine, open, respectful. Ad# 3083

MAKE YOUR MOVE Laid-back SBM, 41, 6’1”, clean cut, medium build, enjoys church, dining, beaches, shopping, reading, sports. ISO SF. Ad# 2752 THAT SPECIAL LADY SWM, 60, easygoing, 5’8”, 160lbs., hardworking, secure. ISO SCF, 35-55, N/S, for LTR. Ad# 2974 A LITTLE TLC DWM, 47, hardworking, secure, ISO SWF, 35-46, who wants a LTR. Ad# 2978 TO THE POINT SWM, 47, 5’10”, 190lbs., outgoing. Seeking attractive SWF, 30-47, for LTR. Ad# 2960 LET’S TALK! Outgoing SBM, 44, N/S, likes reading and watching TV. ISO humble SBF, 29-46, for possible relationship.

Ad# 2944

TAKE THAT CHANCE GBM who likes quiet evenings, dining out, movies and stimulating conversations. Seeking SBM, 34-45, for friendship, possibly more. Ad# 2828 ENJOYS SPORTS Sweet, romantic SWM, 18, 5’8”, 145lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, enjoys movies, walks and horseback riding.

Seeks the same. Ad# 3656

GUY TALK SWM, 6’2”, 240lbs., blue eyes, brown hair, 52, dating first, possible relationship.

Enjoys walking, hand holding and talks. Seeking SWM, 30-40, with feelings.

Ad# 2819 CHECK IT OUT GWM 46, ISO GM, 23-35, to start a new friendship and more. Ad# 3627 SECURED & SINGLE GWM, 31, 5’8”, 168lbs., gray eyes, brown curly hair, mustache, down-to-earth, very open minded, seeking GH/B/mixed M, 24+. Ad# 2816 NOTHING TO LOSE WM, 32, 5’11”, 150lbs., with green eyes, seeking a WM, 20-45, for casual relationship and good times. Ad# 3614 SEE EYE TO EYE Shy WM, 44, with black hair, likes pool, movies and long walks. ISO a BM, 30-50, for good times. Ad# 3612 DOCTOR FIX IT SGM, 45, 5’10”, 230lbs., black hair/eyes, shy but reserved, enjoys bowling, working out, ISO SBi/GM, 30-60. Ad# 3597 NOT INTO GAMES SBM, 29, smoker, adventurous, likes fishing, picnics, family activities. Seeks adventurous, loving, supportive SM, 18-35, for LTR. Ad# 3586

LET’S GET TOGETHER SF, 24, 5’4”, 185lbs., dark brown hair, likes singing and family-oriented activities.

Seeking SBF, 22-33, for friendship, possibly more.

Ad# 3670 FRIENDSHIP FIRST! Funny, smart, down-toearth GBF, 5’6”, 125lbs., loves long walks, hand holding. ISO GF, 21-30, who likes kids and doesn’t play games. Ad# 2829 LOOKING FOR A QUEEN SBF, 30, one child, articulate, athletic, sense of humor, enjoys dancing. ISO SB/H/WF, 24-35, for conversation, friendship. No head games. Ad# 2821 YOUNG AT HEART Active GWF, 60, 5’5”, 122lbs., brown hair, enjoys meeting new people, dining out, short trips, ISO plussized GWF, 45-60. Ad# 3639 KIND AND CARING GBF, 24, 5’2”, 170lbs., blond hair, energetic, loving, enjoys movies, shopping, cooking, seeking romantic, outgoing GBF, 21-27. Ad# 3642 ZEST FOR LIFE Articulate, adventurous WF, 32, 5’8”, brown hair/eyes, enjoys animals, running, movies and dining. Looking for WF, 25-40, for friendship.

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