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Whine Line Thumbs Up The local sheriff’s department should be applauded for its efforts in rounding up more than 50 street-level drug dealers in a recent sting operation. While many dismiss the arrests of street-level drug dealers as doing nothing to take down the real kingpins, corner drug peddlers create a blight in communities, and their removal is greatly appreciated by residents held hostage in their own homes.

Besides, if there are no more peddlers left, the kingpins will be forced to hit the streets themselves — and get busted, too.

Thumbs Down A recent story in The Atlanta JournalConstitution highlighted an alarming trend for workers of thankless jobs.

The article cited Department of Labor statistics that revealed a 69 percent increase in the number of cashiers, many of whom were employed at convenience stores, killed on the job between the years 1999 and 2000. More disturbing, the article pointed out, was that many convenience store owners don’t do enough to protect their employees working alone at night.

The story went on to cite several recent deaths at convenience stores around Atlanta, including the shooting death of a 38-year-old handyman in front of a 24hour grocery, and a 52-year-old clerk at an Exxon in Cobb County who was killed eight days earlier in an early morning holdup.

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o wonder our homes are being revalued at up to 30 percent in Richmond County. It’s been reported that only 50 percent of Richmond Countians pay taxes in the first place. How much longer can those of us who pay taxes support the parasites?

Listen up, Bob Young, George Kolb and Commissioners — whoever is responsible for the terrible situation at Animal Control. All of you are going to be out on the street; none of you are going to be re-elected if you don’t do something about this terrible situation.

People of this county are very upset about this and something has to be done right away.

All five of the blind mice who sit on the Columbia County Commission really do themselves and the county a disservice when they brag about the great sale of the spec building that sold for nearly $1 million less than it cost the county. Their actions to acquire it in the first place were actions of stupidity. Now we are told that some of these “money managers” for the county are considering acquiring another white elephant.

Ken Kraemer talks a good game and sounds like the brightest guy in city government. But parallel runways at Bush Field when the one we have now sits unused 99 percent of the time, seems a terrible waste of my money.

What Augusta needs to resume its oncebustling air traffic is fair airfares and a good long war like Vietnam to rebuild traffic from Fort Gordon. Neither seems on the horizon.

All of the commissioners who voted against giving the city administrator the power to hire and fire made a big mistake. Get out of the Dark Ages! No wonder Augusta is going nowhere fast. You hire an administrator for a reason — now let him do his job! As inefficient as this government is, I’m almost afraid to live here anymore.

The recent sales tax holidays in Georgia and South Carolina were a great success. It looks like Bryant’s convenience stores had the right idea all along: Make every day a sales tax

W O R D S “Everyone has to understand that Augusta isn’t quick to change things. No matter what I or the press say, they do things at their own pace, such as allowing the first black golfer to play or join the club, and won’t buckle to outside pressure. Would I like to see women members? Yes, that would be great, but I am only one voice.”

— Pro golfer Tiger Woods, quoted in a recent Knight Ridder News Service article, in which he stated that he believed women should be admitted to the Augusta National golf club, but doubted his opinion would carry much weight. holiday. Sounds good to me!

I just finished reading the article “Pit Bulls” in this week’s issue of The Spirit. I am appalled to have read that there are actually individuals in society that believe that a dog should be considered “dangerous” based on its breed and not it’s breeding history or its owner's history for that matter. Any breed of dog can be taught to attack on command. If time is put into the research, any breed of dog can be portrayed as a menace to society.

The dog, the breed itself, cannot be held responsible. Instead, ponder this thought for all of two seconds: Maybe the one that should be held responsible for the dog’s actions is the person that supposedly is smarter than the dog, the owner! Focus on the person that actually paid to train the dog to kill or attack. Focus on the person that thought for one second than no one would notice 12 dogs sitting in his yard. Leave the pit bull terriers alone.

What is wrong with our black community!

The special grand jury investigated us as a whole community; they spent nearly two years investigating and then gave us their findings. If we do not listen to them and take heed to their advice, then we are a part of the

problem. What do we have to lose by listening to them? If we do what they say and it doesn’t work out, I don’t think things could be any worse. We can always go back to the way things were. Let’s give it a try. I don’t think having black leaders is a problem. It’s the particular ones we have that creates the problems.

So let me get this straight. The main advantage of paying the present subscription to the Fire Department is that I get a reduction in my fire insurance rate. In the case of my neighbor who has a trailer on some acreage, he gets no break on his insurance rating (no change on trailers due to their construction), and the fire department charges him only a minor amount. But if the Republicans get their way, he will pay taxes on all that property regardless of the fact that he will see no advantage in savings in his insurance rating ... and that is going to save money? Wake Up Columbia County. There is a new tax steaming down the track.

In reference to the latest vote by the Augusta city commissioners on giving the city administrator hiring and firing power: “I will not, in good conscience, vote for something that we as a government are not prepared to do,” said

Mr. Cheek. I wasn’t there, but I want to know, was he smiling when he said this? Say what? Of course I would expect him to vote his conscience. The point is what’s best for the city. Let’s elect some women to the commission. I have every confidence they could agree on something, anything.

I read The Spirit. The commission, the mayor, the city etc., will always be fodder for Austin. Ignore the uneducated, small-minded reporters with small town views that tell you what your city should be. It’s beautiful and will continue to thrive long after those morons are gone.

Why is it that all of the whines that people send in are not published? I know this for a fact as I’ve sent in several but have never seen them published. Let’s see if this one makes it.

I agree about the retail stores not having enough employees, and no jobs. What’s up with that? Listen up, retail businesses. This is simple. If I have to stand in a huge line, and there are seven registers, and only two people running them, I’m likely to leave, and take my business elsewhere.

Last week someone mentioned the Richmond Summit. I agree with you and I want to know how our city can ever expect to have the downtown area flourish once again with a housing project right in the heart of our business district. Look at the businesses immediately around the Richmond Summit and you will notice most are closed and boarded up.

Wake up people! Let’s stop this.

I used to be so homesick for Augusta. I read The Metro Spirit online occasionally just to keep in touch with what’s going on. But, even if I don’t read it for a few months, when I come back to it, it still has the same issues, same complaining and same stupid Austin Rhodes getting people in an uproar. When will everyone learn that there is more to the world than letting some Limbaugh wannabe cause stir-ups that are just to get himself more hype and publicity? Focus on what is good in Augusta, forget about the bad, and move forward. I remember the good, and don’t care to always read about the bad when

How many of our wonderful commissioners, black or white, actually live in the districts they are suppose to represent? I’m not talking about owning property and using that address. I mean live around the very people they claim to represent.

If the Democrats are in favor of changing the Medicaid, Social Security and prescription drug benefits, why wasn’t it a top priority in ‘92 when they controlled all three branches of the government? Why wait till now when they can only blame the failure on someone else. They don’t really want to change it, is why. They just want to own the issue.

What happened to the promise Larke made that the principals from failing schools would be removed? I see one was removed from the middle school to the high school! I don’t think that is what needed to be done.

Every time I hear the words “Bush administration,” I recall that old Firesign Theater album, “We’re All Bozos on This Bus.” Until all Augustans get colorblind and start using sense and making decisions based on merit, the city will stay as stagnant and backward as it is right now. Wake up people. Get past the color and look at where we want and need to go. The only color we should be seeing is green, and how much of it we can bring into our city.

When will Augusta’s wealthy golf elite equip Charles Howell with quality tournament attire for our region’s sake? Charles is a terrific young golfer but his attire is atrocious. I always wince when announcers mention Howell and Augusta in the same broadcast.

It’s past time to admit that Augusta’s blacks have a legitimate beef about our DA’s lack of zeal in prosecuting powerful whites in Augusta and Columbia County.

One change which would be helpful to law enforcement is for Georgia to make everyone from dog fights — organizers, owners, workers and especially spectators — felons upon conviction. And why aren’t DAs trying dogfight cases under RICO ordinances? Take the property — dogs, homes, vehicles, and wallets — from everyone involved.

It appears the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority swapped one tyrannical chairman, Bill Maddox, for another in Joe Scott. Mr. Scott’s clampdown on authority

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business and operations proves he doesn’t understand the concept of a free society. If Mr. Harper was physically threatened, he should report it to the sheriff. Phone records can be produced and the person(s) making the terroristic threat can be jailed. The authority should become a city department.

Period!

Charlie Norwood better wise up and support Linda Schrenko for governor. She has the Republican support he needs. Perdue is just another good ol’ boy professional politician.

We are tired of them, especially in Columbia County.

As usual, District 6’s Andy Cheek was the only white commissioner to vote with the four black commissioners against giving the city’s professional administrator hiring and firing authority. Then he tries to convince us that he really supports the important reform initiative, but voted against it because the timing’s not right and/or he doesn’t like the way the commission is dictated to by the print media. Augusta is sinking fast, thanks in large measure to Andy Cheek. District 6 has some housecleaning to do next year.

We will never change Augusta until we are willing to clean house on the Augusta Commission and find ourselves a decent mayor. When the five even-numbered seats on the Augusta Commission come up for election next year, let’s all — black and white alike — resolve to find ourselves five continued on page 6

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new commissioners. In the meantime, let’s hope Bob Young has the good sense to step aside, so someone we can all support will step forward.

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To the person who wrote, “When I was young and morals were high, the only time you saw a woman wearing long pants, was when she was cleaning the barn or plowing!”

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In Mallory Millender's quote about, “special grand jury: garbage in, garbage out,” he should really know because all I have ever heard come out of his mouth or newspaper quotes is garbage. I can’t believe he teaches young minds at a college. Who knows what racist venom spews forth from his mouth on a daily basis? Paine College should fire him or he should resign. If a white professor made racist statements in the paper, he would be fired.

This is in reference to Senator Charles Walker making the comment, “We must get beyond this racial divide; we must abandon the excuses.” The only ones making the excuses are Sen. Charles Walker and the ones who are continuing this racism around here.

Here we go again: racism, racism, racism! It amazes me the black community in Augusta cannot actually understand that a black person can be wrong and a black person can be racist. After reading “The Community Unites Against the Grand Jury” by Stacey Eidson, it amazes me the black community hides their heads under a shell and refuses to condemn their own who are obviously at fault. Ronnie Few used Augustans, black and white, for his own personal use. He didn’t care what people's colors were.

Everybody yells racism, racism, racism.

There is black racism and white racism in America. It will always be.

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n 30 seconds he solved the problem that has perplexed Augusta for years. Elmo knows what to do with the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center.

Elmo walked up and gave me his theory as I pumped gas at the Quickie Mart.

That is my story and I am sticking with it.

“Oscar Rhodes, right? You the radio man?” he asked.

“Uh...that is Austin Rhodes...and yes I am the radio man,” I replied.

“Yeah, whatever. Look ... that Civil Center – you know, where the O’Jays played?” he said.

“Sure, and that is the Civic Center.” I answered.

“Like I care,” he continued, “Look here, why don’t you people sell that place to the folks that keep complaining about it? If they think they can do a better job, tell them to put up or shut up.

That’s what I think.”

Genius, your name is Elmo.

Elmo gets credit for this deal and that is a good thing because, quite frankly, he is black, and he has a better chance of being heard in Augusta than a smartaleck white boy.

Elmo says the government needs to get out of the business of running the Civic Center. Elmo says government, particularly Augusta’s government, could screw up ice cream day at a kindergarten.

Elmo is right.

Right now taxpayers owe exactly $6.7 million on the Civic Center Complex.

Elmo says Billy Morris, Frank Lawrence, and the owners of the Augusta Lynx have that kind of money sitting on their nightstand.

Sell it to them.

Paying off the Civic Center’s bonded indebtedness, $6.7 million, is the only thing needed to make this a reality.

Morris and his horse people have had a laundry list of complaints about the building for years. OK, let them run it.

Lawrence’s football hosses and the hockey folks, too.

They have complained about dirty bathrooms, drab decor, and disgruntled staff.

So put them in charge.

The Civic Center is a horrible venue (capacity wise) for today’s touring rock stars, so let the main tenants (horsies, hockey and hosses) own it and book it for whomever and whatever they want.

If they want nothing but sports dates, it is their building. If they want to take a chance on an Elton John or Madonna, let them make the deal. If they want to hire a private management company to do all those things, fine. They buy it; they run

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it. Problem solved.

Elmo says the building is more than big enough to handle the crowds the Big Three (horsies, hockey and hosses) attract. I reminded Elmo that Frank Lawrence wants a bigger arena. Elmo says Lawrence must have sucked in too much car exhaust at his Ford dealership.

Elmo reminded me that the crowds at Stallions football games have always been exaggerated by the management.

He told me it is a joke among the local sports media that the attendance numbers are padded to the tune of 25-30 percent. Kinda odd I thought. Sort of like cheating on your golf score when you are playing alone. Oh well.

Elmo says the Civic Center has been praised mightily by the hockey folks for being the perfect size and setup for their needs. As far as Morris’ horse events, the Futurity and the Barrel Horse Association routinely have plenty of room.

So let them buy it and let them run it.

Elmo has the perfect solution. It gets government (and the certifiably insane members of the Coliseum Authority) out of the mix completely.

Talk of building a new arena has certainly been gaining momentum, but the current building isn’t broken, just the yahoos running it.

The biggest positive we have heard, when it comes to a new facility, has been the fact that it would be privately managed. That is all fine and good but there ain’t nobody in this town (short of the taxpayers) capable of putting down 60 million bucks to build one. If taxpayers finance it, government has to run it. That is the law.

Let the Big Three plop down $6.7 million, and they can have the Civic Center, the Bell Auditorium, and a bag of potato chips to boot. They can keep the toilets as clean as they want, hire as many courteous attendants as they can handle, and paint the damn building pea green. It is theirs.

What a concept! Elmo has really got something here. Augusta’s white politicians would go for anything right now to get this albatross from around their neck, and the black politicians have to be tired of Joe Scott, Quincy Murphy, and their cronies making them look bad.

Talk about obvious solutions to impossible problems. Somebody buy Elmo a beer.

— The views expressed in this column are the views of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher. The archived Austin Rhodes columns can now be seen at www.wgac.com.

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With a mother's heart, I understand the needs of our area and will work for the betterment of our community for all our people — not just a select few.

I am running for Commissioner because ‘I know I can’ make a difference. As a 9 year resident and a 3 year business owner in Columbia County, I can provide the professional leadership to implement needed improvements. I understand the needs of our community in the areas of education, recreation, future growth and roads that our children travel.

I appreciate the opportunity before me and will continue to give back to this great community we call home.

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or weeks following the special grand jury’s release of a scathing 124-page report on the fire department, the word around town was that an equally critical report was due to be released pertaining to the city’s purchasing department.

Well, the other shoe has finally dropped. On Aug. 13, the special grand jury released a 52page report focusing on Geri Sams, director of the purchasing department, and her management of the city department.

And for those anticipating a bloodbath, the report doesn’t disappoint.

“Purchasing, under its present leadership has caused unnecessary problems,” the report states. “Due to favoritism, lack of attention, sloppiness, stubbornness and incompetence, the purchasing department, under Geri Sams, has become a block to efficient government.

“It has allowed wasteful spending and has itself wasted money.”

The grand jury accuses Sams of selective enforcement of purchasing’s procedures and of allowing “favored people,” such as former Fire Chief Ronnie Few, to abuse the city’s purchasing system.

“Instead of encouraging responsible purchasing, it (the purchasing department) allowed cronies to play fast and loose with tax money,” the grand jury report states.

“Instead of solving problems, more programs are shifted out of purchasing and more red tape is added to an already bloated government.”

When The Spirit tried to reach Sams for a comment, a woman in the department said Sams was unavailable to respond to questions from the media.

The grand jury also alleges in its report that the purchasing department has not been business-friendly for those interested in bidding

on county contracts.

“Many businesses feel that there is not a level playing field due to the behavior of purchasing,” the report states. “Often, the purchasing department has ignored reasonable questions and requests from vendors. This gives the county government the image of being uncooperative.

“With the stagnating local economy, the Augusta-Richmond County Purchasing Department should be doing everything it can to encourage enterprise and make dealing with the county easier. Instead, it has made the county purchasing process a painful one for many that attempt to do business with Augusta-Richmond County.”

For example, the grand jury cites a situation with two local companies bidding on uniforms for the sheriff’s department. The bid was separated into two different sections: uniforms and accessories. On Jan. 24, 2001, the sheriff’s department recommended the lowest bidder be awarded both sections of the uniform contract.

However, Sams disagreed with the recommendation from the sheriff’s department, claiming that the other company actually had the lower bid when the city took the “weighted average” or oversize fees of some uniforms into consideration.

On Feb. 13, 2001, despite the fact that County Attorney Jim Wall agreed with the sheriff’s department’s assessment of the bid, Sams went against the sheriff’s department and recommended the other local company for the bid.

“Sams felt she could overrule the decision of an elected official heading an agency her department is supposed to serve,” the grand jury report states.

There was so much dissension and confusion surrounding the uniform contract, the

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“Due to favoritism, lack of attention, sloppiness, stubbornness and incompetence, the purchasing department, under Geri Sams, has become a block to efficient government.”

– SPECIAL GRAND JURY REPORT

city was forced to rebid the contract. But before the request for proposals was sent out again, Wall made specific suggestions to Sams about how to improve the bid tabulation sheet.

In a letter to Sams, Wall wrote, “I believe there is still room for confusion.” Wall suggested that the purchasing department simply list each type of item for a single unit price and not include approximate quantities.

Therefore, the issue of “weighted average” of the clothing would not be considered and that would put an end to the bidding dispute.

However, when the new bid tabulation sheet was created, the grand jury report states, Sams did not follow Wall’s advice and actually confused the issue more by listing in the new bid tabulation sheet multiple sizes for each uniform item. The expanded sizes were

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Wall again wrote Sams in April 2001 urging her to stick to the format he recommended.

“I urge you to submit an addendum to the uniform bid package,” Wall said. “Otherwise, I believe that you are inviting a protest that frankly may have merit.”

Even though Wall advised against the “weighted average” evaluation of the uniforms, the grand jury reported that on May 2, 2001, members of the Augusta Commission, the city administrator and Wall met with Sams and it was decided in order to “save face for Geri,” the city would reinstate the multi-sized bid tabulation sheet with a “weighted average” evaluation.

One month later, the city received a protest letter from an attorney representing the com-

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pany preferred by the sheriff’s department, but not recommended by Sams. The attorney called the bid tabulations “fatally flawed.”

It wasn’t until a number of commissioners started questioning Sams’ recommendation that the city began to take Wall’s advice on a “cost per item” bid.

During an Aug. 21, 2001, commission meeting, Commissioner Andy Cheek said that something seemed odd about the bid process.

“It’s my understanding that we’ve massaged and calculated these things a couple of times – that lends the appearance to the public that we’re trying to adjust the bids and the outcome of the bids to suit a particular vendor,” Cheek said.

Commissioner Steve Shepard agreed, saying, “I just can’t escape the conclusion that all these weighted averages are fuzzy math and I think we need to do something that can be defended when we do it and that’s the actual cost per item method.”

Eight months after the first bids were sent out and the sheriff’s department made its initial recommendation, it was finally awarded the contract of its choice.

“Why did the purchasing director extend this process, use flawed numbers and logic ... and go to great lengths to recommend (another company) and contradict the county attorney, administrator and the sheriff?” the grand jury report questioned. “She (Sams) could never answer these questions. ... Sams demonstrated gross incompetence in attempting to perform her duties as a department head.”

The grand jury report stated the purchasing department is clearly in “chaos” and other city departments dread working with Sams because they know if a mistake is made by purchasing, their department will be blamed.

“Problems are not solved (in purchasing).

They are shifted or hidden,” the grand jury report states. “This causes them to fester and infect the whole governmental structure.”

And one of the main bodies to blame, the report states, is the commission.

“By protecting the purchasing director, they (commissioners) have enabled, rewarded and politicized incompetence,” the report states.

“By allowing the director to subvert the chain of command and meet with a few of them in private, they have hijacked the system. Her point of view reigns and the system clogs up.”

The report says that former county administrator Randy Oliver described Sams as “untouchable.”

“Under the present administrative scheme, the purchasing director still does what she wants,” the report states. “Her direct supervisor, a deputy administrator, admitted in testimony that she goes over his head. No one has control over her. She does what she wants.”

Therefore, according to the grand jury report, the only way to solve the situation is to get rid of Sams.

“Replace Geri Sams,” the report states.

“There is a great need for a new director due to the failure of the present one to fulfill the most basic criteria for good government.”

The grand jury recommended that purchasing be placed under the finance director and the sheriff’s department create its own purchasing department.

That’s the way any reasonable government or private business would handle a failing situation, the grand jury report states.

“Changes would be made and people would be fired,” the report states. “Why this director is allowed to continually bumble around is the fault of our commissioners.”

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Q& A With State House Candidates

By Brian Neill The time has arrived to decide which representatives will be handling our local business in the state Legislature. In preparation for the primary elections on Aug. 20, we asked

Democratic Candidate House District 96

Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

I don’t understand why we don’t. I think that nowadays, most of the management is done by large corporations, of civic centers all across the country. There’s probably three or four management companies. As you know, I represent one of them that was here in Augusta (SMG) and most of their contracts are directly with the governmental authorities of the city or county in which they operate ... and if you don’t think that they’re doing a good job, then you fire them and hire another management company. It’s as simple as that.

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

Should he have hiring and firing power? No. The reason is, I don’t believe in giving power to bureaucrats. I think that’s an elitist attitude. I think basically we need to get on the mayor and commissioners and ask them to show some type of gumption in doing their job. And I think the administrator should have disciplinary powers over the administrators of different departments.

And that would be suspending them or docking

their pay or whatever other type of disciplinary action that they may want to take. But no, I don’t think a bureaucrat that we haven’t elected should have that ultimate power.

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

I think that we need to look at other counties or municipal governments in this part of the country and discuss what works in those counties and what doesn’t work. What we’ve done here is we’ve put personalities in the political equation; that’s whether Bob gets more power, or Bob doesn’t get more power. When the founding fathers started this country, they didn’t say, “We like George Washington,” or “We don’t like George Washington.” We discussed the theories of government and how it should be set up in a proper way that will last, and has lasted for 200 years. We need to look at a city government design that will last and it doesn’t matter who’s in what position. And so far no one’s willing to discuss it in those terms and I don’t think we’re going to get anywhere until we do that.”

David Bell

several of the local candidates for state House what they

Democratic Candidate

thought about three prominent local issues of debate.

House District 96

Turmoil surrounding the Richmond County Coliseum Authority has made headlines lately and Augusta Commissioner Bill Kuhlke, at a recent commission meeting, made the recommendation that the Coliseum Authority be abolished, thereby placing the civic center under governmental control.

We asked candidates what they thought.

House candidates were also asked about their stances on the ongoing debate over whether the city administrator, currently George Kolb, should be able to hire and fire county employees and department heads without having to seek approval of the Augusta Commission.

The third question candidates were asked pertained to the hotly debated issue of mayoral powers — specifically, whether the mayor should have veto and voting powers.

Extended mayoral powers were proposed in various bills last year, all of which failed to gain approval by the full General Assembly before the legislative session ended.

Candidates were asked to be as brief and to the point as possible in their replies.

Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

There appears to be no reason to have the coliseum operated by a separate authority. It makes sense to eliminate a level of bureaucracy. The city through its Parks and Recreation Department, is capable of and should be given a chance to run our coliseum.

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

From a business standpoint, it makes sense to give hiring and firing authority to the CEO and have the CEO then accountable to the board of directors. However, the decision as to the authority of the city administrator should be made by our county commission and not by our legislative delegation.

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

We should do nothing that weakens the position of mayor. I am for progress and change, but before that can be accomplished, a consensus must be developed in the entire community as to the best approach. Following the heated debate of last winter, we need a cooling-off period where our leaders can bring us together and not divide.

Quincy Murphy

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Democratic Candidate

Republican Candidate

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House District 99 Incumbent

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Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

There will need to be some changes made. I’m not really sure that putting it under local government would be the answer. That’s something that I plan to study really hard. I think that persons that are named to the authority, everyone should be informed as to who the commissioner or delegate to the state (General) Assembly might be (who appointed them).

I’ve been looking at the possibility of just restructuring the authority as well, so I’ve been looking at both sides of that equation. Fortunately, I’ve had an opportunity to look at both sides of that (through serving on the Coliseum Authority).

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

I don’t have a problem with the county commission approving the firing or the hiring of persons that might be recommended for termination or hiring by the administrator. I think he should have the opportunity to go through the selection process and make his recommendations to the county commission. As you know, we have a board of education that has that same policy in place,

wherein the superintendent can make recommendations, but the ultimate decision is made by the board of education. It’s the same system in place and I haven’t really heard any complaints about that.

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

As it stands right now, based upon the approval of the consolidated government that was made by the citizens several years ago, the form of government they wanted was exactly what we have now. It was an honorary position as mayor, and based on the fact that we were going to hire an administrator, this is the system of government that people wanted. As it stands right now, in my opinion, we’ve got to learn how to make compromises with each other.

The art of politics is compromising. Everybody’s opinion must be considered. You can’t just have a government that is a dictatorship. You’ve got to have people to give and take. And ultimately, we’ve got to be in a position to see our community begin to grow again.

Harold V. Jones, II

Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

With the problems we’ve had with the Coliseum Authority, I think it would be wise to pass some legislation to place it under a different management and do away with the authority as it stands now.

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

Yes I do. I think any administrator of a government as big as Richmond County definitely needs that power to hire and fire.

I’ve had experience in a small government (Waynesboro) as a mayor and the setup we had was, our city clerk or administrator, he had firing and hiring privileges. And I think that’s essential. You need it.

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

Oh yes, definitely. In fact, I advocated (that) to Ms. (state House Rep. Sue) Burmeister back during that session (last year) when we were drawing that (mayor’s powers) bill up. To improve the local government, I insisted on giving the mayor a vote and also veto power. I think the mayor should have a vote and veto power. That’s my feeling. I believe in a strong mayor.

Mary Oglesby

Democratic Candidate

Republican Candidate

House District 97

House District 99

Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

No, I don’t think we need to abolish the Coliseum Authority. What I think we need to do is make sure they are able to work together and develop a vision of what we need to do for the civic center. The real issue maybe, is, maybe we need a whole new center. Is the center outdated? Those are some of the bigger issues we need to be looking at, instead of just abolishing the Coliseum Authority and putting it under city control.

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

I think the county commissioners are in the best position to decide whether they should or should not give him hiring and firing power.

We’ve had the county commissioners basically having that job for so many years and if they see fit to change it then I would leave that in their discretion. I believe they’re in the best position to know exactly what to do there. And although persons always want to put it on the General Assembly to change the government,

I think the county commissioners do have some idea of what they might want to do with the government.”

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

The only way the mayor should have more powers, regardless of who the mayor is, is if the mayor is going to get some type of vision of what he wants to do with the city. So at this point in time, unless he aired a vision of why he wants to expand those powers, I’d say it’s not necessary. Because the way I’ve told persons throughout, the way the argument has been framed is, we need the power to kind of keep certain folks in line — quite honestly, keep like the African-American commissioners in line. And I think that ought not be the reason why we talk about power. The reason should be that there’s a vision, a coherent vision, and here’s what (the mayor is) going to do with the power. Until that happens, we’re not ready to do that yet.

Should We Abolish the Coliseum Authority?

I think it definitely, definitely needs to be abolished. It’s become very much dysfunctional at this point and that is really a sad cry to the community saying, ‘We need help with all this going on.’ Now, put it under the local government? I think the local and the state governments, entities and legislators, need to look at that and readdress it. But the board that is there definitely needs to be dealt with.

Should the Administrator Have Hiring and Firing Powers?

I totally agree with that. I agree with that wholeheartedly. Basically, that’s what I understand what he was hired for, is to take care of those kinds of things. I think if he can totally give his energies and focus on that, you will get a better quality of employee and you will also be able to deal with those specific issues that the commissioners need to. They’re supposed to be dealing with policies, tax issues and things like that. When it comes to hiring and firing employees, I think you need to have

someone in there who is not having to deal with political sides, one way or another, that can stay kind of neutral in that respect.

Should the Mayor Be Given More Power?

He has powers. Whether he decides to use them or where he decides to use them is basically a discretion. Having a veto power, I think, is important. However, I think that he needs to be able to learn how to deal with the people in each issue individually. I really think, according to the way consolidation (legislation) was written up, there were some things that were not strong enough there and may need to go back and be readdressed. The veto power would be a helpful thing, but I don’t think it is necessarily the total, one answer to help the situation at this point.

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CAPITOL IDEAS: Locals Seek a Seat in Washington

By Stacey Eidson The newly created 12th Congressional District is a thin band of territory stretching from Georgia’s east coast in Savannah, through

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Barbara Dooley, an Athens radio talk show host and wife of the Georgia Bulldogs’ former legendary football coach and current athletic

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Needless to say, with the district encompassing three major cities, interest has been piqued among a wide range of candidates. From director, Vince Dooley, to Champ Walker, son of the powerful state Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker, the stage is being set for an interesting race come this November.

But first candidates must survive the Aug. 20 primary. Locally, five Democrats are vying for the opportunity to represent Augusta and the rest of the 12th District in Washington, D.C. With so many candidates involved in the race, The Spirit decided to give our hometown folks a chance to get their messages out.

Champ Walker

“I’ll stand up against any naysayers that say they don’t like me. The ones that say they don’t like Champ Walker are the ones who simply don’t know me.”

– Champ Walker

Think you know Charles “Champ” Walker Jr.?

Think again.

As the son of one of the most influential and controversial state senators in Georgia, most would expect Walker to be tremendously cocky.

After all, at 34 years old, Walker has never held political office, but this year expects to win a seat in Congress.

But Walker is the first one to admit that he must earn the voters’ respect and convince them that he can do the job. Walker realizes the No. 1 question on most people’s minds is whether he is serious about representing the new 12th Congressional District or just hoping to ride his father’s coattails all the way to Washington, D.C. “When I was younger, I didn’t want to be in the limelight,” Walker said, sitting in the Telfair Street office of his company, Bright Ideas Consulting, which he describes as a business development and investment firm.

“The only thing I had ever known was politics. My father was always on television and, everywhere I went, people knew who I was. And I always thought, ‘Gosh, how about a life?’ So, I rebelled against it.

“I rebelled against politics. I rebelled against everything.”

Walker decided he wanted to stay out of politics and concentrate on starting his own business.

“As a teen, the only thing I ever wanted was my own business,” Walker said. “At age 19, just like my father, I opened up my first, small business, a convenience store, while I was still in school.”

While attending Georgia Military College, Walker acknowledges he was probably more interested in his business than in his school work.

“I was a C student in college,” Walker said. “I had a child at 18 and got married when I was 21. So, after graduating, I came home to Augusta to take care of my child.

My father told me, ‘You made a decision, now it’s time to be a man.’”

Along with his convenience store, Walker also teamed up with Coco Rubio, the current owner of The Soul Bar downtown, and Didier Rubio, Coco’s brother, to open a non-alcoholic, teen-age nightclub in Augusta.

While the club is no longer open, Walker said with each of his businesses, he learned more and more about what it takes to be successful.

“Later, I began a local referral service and eventually, I created the Heritage Crest,” Walker said, describing the crest as a worldwide symbol, much like a family crest, of racial unity that has been endorsed by civil rights and religious organizations across the country.

“The Heritage Crest was inducted into the Smithsonian Institute (in 1999),” Walker said. “I created it for the legacy of African-Americans. From pride and dignity. I wanted African-Americans to realize that, yes, slavery was part of who we were, but today is a new day. Let’s move forward because we are strong people.”

With the creation of the Heritage Crest, Walker also started a clothing line which he named the Paris Walker collection, after his oldest daughter. His preppy/urban clothes included the Heritage Crest on the cotton polo shirts, caps and khaki slacks. The company’s logo, “We Don’t Play Polo” was also included on many of the garments.

A 1994 news story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said that Walker “could be sitting on a gold mine,” with his new Paris Walker collection.

But something was just not right, Walker said.

“I was just back from New York after selling my line to 13 major department stores. They were calling me the black Ralph Lauren. And I was on a high,”

Walker said. “I was doing extremely well with my hip-hop line, but I still had very low self-esteem. I was trying to figure out who I was and why was I born. I was so down and out, I went through a depression.

And that depression was a major milestone.”

Walker turned to his family and the Bible for guidance.

“In the process of talking to my uncle, whom the family always said was never going to amount to anything, he ministered to me. And pretty soon I realized that the answer is: Know who you are,” Walker said. “And that’s one of my greatest assets now. I know who I am.”

As soon as Walker began to accept himself and not fear criticism, that’s when he said things in his life started to make sense. He even began to finally feel comfortable with his nickname, Champ, which he said he questioned his entire life.

“I have accepted, through the word of God, I am more than a conqueror. And that’s what the name Champ means: More than a conqueror,” Walker said. “My grandmother gave me that name at birth and I never could figure it out. And now it is making all the sense in the world.”

Walker said he discovered that only when he let go of what he thought was expected of him could he truly succeed in life.

“I realized I can’t crawl back into my mother’s womb,” Walker said. “In the past, I often wondered why I was the son of Charles Walker. They’re some big shoes to fill. ... I think most kids of so-called famous, or well-known, or powerful people get involved with drugs, rebel and can’t quite cope with life and I understand that.

I’ve been there.”

Now, Walker says he’s ready. Ready to take on the critics. Ready to stand as a Walker. And ready to serve the citizens of the 12th Congressional District.

“I’ll stand up against any naysayers that say they don’t like me,” Walker said. “The ones that say they don’t like Champ Walker are the ones who simply don’t know me.”

Walker said he’s watched the media try to tear his father down during the past few decades and he says it’s easy to understand why critics attack the senator. Critics don’t like his father because he’s powerful, and others like him even less because he’s a minority, Walker said.

“I do think, without a shadow of a doubt, that he is targeted sometimes unfairly because he is black,” Walker said. “For example, some of the comments that are made by what I call the radio clown (Austin Rhodes) are demeaning, harsh and downright evil. However, that’s life. And my father is known as being someone who is tough, no-nonsense and he gets the job done. That crosses the color barrier.

“But I’ve gone on talk shows, and I’ve challenged the media to tell the truth. All I ask is, do your research and tell the truth.

That’s all.”

Earlier this year, The Atlanta JournalConstitution did an in-depth investigation of state Senator Charles Walker that was highly critical of some of the senator’s financial dealings with local and state organizations, such as Atlanta’s Grady continued on page 16

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The paper accused the senator of blurring the public-private line for his personal gain.

“I talked to my father about that story and I said, ‘What has happened to you in Augusta (with the media) is happening to you in Atlanta,’” Walker said. “The media has a tendency to do overkill. And people are smarter than that. Whenever a paper like Atlanta uses four pages and at the end of the story you end up with nothing, that shows that you have gained their respect and they are trying to prevent you from moving forward.

“Who else brings $30 million to this city?

My father is very compassionate and he does very little talking about what he does.

He’s not a credit-seeker and that’s why I love him.”

Recently, the media turned its focus to a business owned by the young Walker called CresTech, which he describes as an information technology and federal communications company. CresTech has been accused of overcharging prison inmates and their families for telephone calls.

Walker says that claim is outrageous. He says MCI, with which CresTech partners, is responsible for setting the phone rates.

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night, saying, ‘Please lower the rates.’ And that claim (that CresTech sets the rates) is a flat-out lie.

“But I have found that the only way critics can discredit my father or myself is to create stories. Well, it hasn’t worked on my father and I don’t anticipate it will affect me.”

Walker says he’s tried to get his message out and tell the media what he stands for, but instead, the newspapers want to focus on the negative. During his speeches to the community, Walker has presented his plan to develop a new Research and Technology Triangle that links the 12th District’s three major assets: Augusta’s medical facilities, Athens’ biotechnology and agricultural research and Savannah’s booming film and high-tech industry.

“I have had conversations with the media and they’ve told me, why don’t I abandon my father and separate myself from him,” Walker said. “And I told them, ‘You have to be out of your mind. He is my hero. That’s my father. That’s my family. Win, lose or draw.’”

But Walker said the media just doesn’t seem to understand that concept.

“The media has tried to distort the Walkers’ integrity and character,” Walker said. “The Walkers are real people. We are a family. Strong in faith and values. Hardworking. And we get things done. We handle business. Our track record is there.

And I am who I am.”

Walker said voters can see his track record

in the number of businesses he currently owns and runs.

“I have a procurement company, an industrial supply company, a capital brokerage firm ... I always have to stop and think about it because there are so many companies,” Walker said, pausing for a moment. “The clothing company, CresTech, and of course, Bright Ideas.”

If elected to Congress, Walker said he is prepared to step down from the six different companies and allow his silent partners to run the businesses.

“That shows my dedication,” Walker said.

At a recent campaign forum for the 12th District, Walker told the audience that in order to become a successful congressman you must be “unbossed and unbought.”

Walker reportedly was criticized by a fellow candidate, Robert Finch of Athens, who retorted, “Anybody who raises $400,000 is bought. They’ve sold out to big industry.”

So far, Walker estimates his campaign has raised between $410,000 to $450,000. But Walker insists he has earned every dime of those campaign contributions.

“With ‘unbossed and unbought,’ what I meant was, I own my own business. I don’t have to worry about my financial situation,” Walker said. “But what’s so funny is, the individual who said that, I don’t want to sound mean, but he’s not even on the radar screen as far as this campaign is concerned.”

“And, of course my father and my father’s

contacts have helped me, but be clear on this: I’m going to continue to call them (donors). I make no apologies about it,” Walker added. “But I guarantee you that no one has worked harder than I have. Being a businessman I know people invest in people who have the best shot at winning. And I don’t mind asking. I’m known for being persistent.

“So, for people who thought that I wasn’t my own man, there’s no question in their minds now.”

When asked to describe the difference between him and his father, Walker said it all comes down to history.

“My father’s experiences have shaped and molded his style of politics, which is, take no prisoners,” Walker said. “He’s so focused. He’s the most competitive person I’ve ever met. I’m focused as well, but up until five years ago, I cared too much about what people thought.

“And I didn’t have it as hard. My father was picked on. He grew up in a very, very poor family of 14 kids. So, the difference is, I tolerate more.”

But, before he jumped into the 12th Congressional District race, Walker said his father gave him a little advice.

“He also told me not to judge people.

And to serve people, regardless of whether they criticize me or not,” Walker said. “He also said, ‘If you truly want it, give it all that you have. Make no excuses and never apologize for who you are.’”

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Merwyn Scott

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“Some people are running for this congressional seat for the wrong reasons. I am running because I want to make sure that all of the people of the new 12th District are represented.”

– Merwyn Scott Merwyn Scott says he has seen behind the curtain of Congress while working for U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) for the past six years. He says he has learned how the mighty beast works and the games it plays. If elected to the new 12th District Congressional seat, Scott promises not only to expose Augusta to the world behind the curtain, but also to bring some of the federal government’s treasures home to his district.

“We need to take Augusta to Washington, D.C.,” Scott said in his campaign headquarters on Central Avenue. “We need to be exposed to exactly what goes on in Congress.

I have the power to pull the curtain and open up the door for people to walk into D.C. and see exactly what happens there.”

Scott, a native of Augusta and son of local civic leader Joe Scott, began his road to Congress after graduating from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in political

science. After graduation, Scott accepted a job as an international representative and political director for the clothing and textile workers’ union, traveling around rural Georgia registering people to vote.

That’s how he first met the outspoken and controversial congresswoman from Atlanta.

“In Burke County, I met Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and at the time I was applying to go back to law school and she offered me a job working on her campaign,” Scott said.

“From there I left and worked my way through law school in Washington, D.C., at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law while working for her at the same time.”

Six years ago, Scott said, he started out at the very bottom of McKinney’s political team and within three years had worked his way up to becoming her chief of staff.

“Working as the chief of staff for a very outspoken member of Congress and a very

busy member of Congress, I learned the political process inside and out,” Scott said. “I learned what to do and what not to do. And that’s why I decided on running.

“Out of all the candidates running for the 12th District, some may have more money than others, but I have more experience actually working in Congress. I will not have to have the two-year learning curve that most other people need. I’ve been in Washington a total of six years working now and I know how things work and I know people will listen to me.”

Scott, now 32, said during his last few years in Washington, he has met crucial players in Congress, including House Minority Leader Richard Gephart (D-Mo.) and Congressman Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), the only representative from Georgia on the appropriations committee.

“These congressmen will listen to me because they’ve listened to me before as chief of staff,” Scott said. “They know me and I know them. So, not only will they have to listen to me, but they will have to listen to the constituents of the 12th Congressional District because those people will use my office as a vehicle for their voices to be heard.”

The 12th District needs someone who is ready to hit the ground running, Scott said, otherwise the new district will be left behind, with little funding and few federal programs.

“Congress appropriates $1.8 trillion a year and Athens, Savannah, Augusta and the rural areas of the 12th District need a congressman who knows how to get the money back home to the district for special projects and programs,” Scott said.

In a large district that encompasses three major cities in Georgia, Scott said Augusta, in particular, is in desperate need of economic development.

“The most important thing that Augusta needs is job creation and economic opportunity,” Scott said. “We need business and small business development. But at the same time, our educational infrastructure needs to be strengthened. Teachers need to be given control of the classroom again. Someone from Washington, D.C., or Atlanta, Ga., cannot control that individual classroom. And teachers need to be paid more.

“In Savannah, they need community centers for children of all ages and all races for their children to have something to do after school. Senior citizen centers need to be adequate facilities and they need to be modernized. In Athens, affordable housing is a serious issue. And Georgia’s rural areas are simply being neglected.”

These are all problems that need to be immediately addressed, Scott said.

“Some people are running for this congressional seat for the wrong reasons. I am running because I want to make sure that all of the people of the new 12th District are represented,” Scott said. “And I will not ever inflict my own personal views on what’s happening in D.C. and I will listen to the people of the 12th District and do what they want me to do.”

Scott said he realizes that some people may be uncomfortable with the fact he has served as chief of staff for one of the most controversial representatives in Congress.

Just last year, McKinney fell under heavy national criticism after writing a letter of apology to the Saudi Arabian prince after New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani refused a $10 million check from the prince for the families of Sept. 11 victims. Giuliani had turned down the donation after the prince questioned U.S. policy in the Middle East.

A few months later, McKinney again drew flak for remarks she made suggesting that the Bush administration may have had advance warnings of the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks.

But Scott asks that the public look at what he stands for as an individual and not automatically lump him in with McKinney’s beliefs.

“Cynthia McKinney wants to change things. She wants to change the way regular politics operate in Washington, D.C.,” Scott said. “Everyone doesn’t agree with what Cynthia does, but she is probably the most honest politician in office. And sometimes being the most honest politician in office, makes you one of the most sought-after or the most hated people in office as well.”

“I think I will handle things a little bit differently in Washington,” Scott added, smiling.

“But working with Cynthia, she has her way of handling things. And I was her chief of staff. I was her advisor. And a lot of things I advised her against doing and she didn’t take my advice, but I was there to speak up as her advisor on what to do and what not to do. But she’s her own individual person.”

However, Scott said he had a great deal of respect for McKinney and as her chief of staff, he was given the opportunity to learn how to be a good congressman.

“I was the person behind the scenes making things happen while she was out speaking her mind and doing what she thought was the right thing,” Scott said. “I was out making sure the money was coming back to Georgia to create jobs and great opportunities for our children.”

Scott also said he learned how to be a loyal public servant while in Washington.

“I had the opportunity to work for someone ... no matter what people said about Cynthia McKinney, she wanted to make sure the public trusted her,” Scott said. “I learned not to take money from individuals. I learned not to accept free dinners from certain people because when you take cash from corporations, then they expect you to vote against the wishes of the people. I will never be in the pocket of any large corporation.

“I will never allow myself to be placed in a situation to vote against the people. I will not be compromised. And I think it is important for me to say that I’ve seen, in my course of time in Washington, many politicians go to jail over some of the dumbest things, and it’s all over money. I promise, I will never sell out the public’s trust. The only people I want to be controlled by are the people of the 12th District.”

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Ben Allen

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“One of the things that I learned in Atlanta was, seniority counts for a lot in the elected political process.

If you don’t have seniority, then it is very difficult to get much of anything done.”

– Ben Allen For the past seven years, Ben Allen has represented Augusta as a member of the state’s House of Representatives in Atlanta.

But it’s time, Allen says, for him to move up to the majors. Allen is ready to pack his bags and represent Augusta full-time in Washington, D.C. “One of the things that I quickly found out being in the state legislature, is that, because it is a part-time position, you really don’t have adequate staff and therefore it is difficult taking on the task of changing policy,” Allen said. “I find that to be a very frustrating aspect about the process. And that’s one of the reasons that I made up my mind that if I’m going to remain in public service in the political arena, then I need to go where I can really do the job.

“In Congress, that can be done because you have the adequate staff in place. It is a fulltime job, so you don’t have to worry about

working and trying to make a living. You can devote your time to talking about policies. And in Congress you can make the debate happen.”

Allen, 48, has lived in Augusta his entire life. Ever since he graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1977, he has always felt the need to be a public servant. He believes the idea of entering the political arena first began when he worked for the Georgia Legal Service Program for two years right out of college before he entered into private practice.

“It was a program that provided legal assistance to people who could not afford to pay for legal services,” Allen said. “I think it began to shape and mold me in terms of public service. The other thing, it gave me the beginnings of a background in civil rights.”

For example, he fondly remembers being fresh out of school and helping the Georgia Legal Service Program with grunt work

involving a lawsuit the organization had filed against local governments forcing them to establish voting districts.

“At one time in the (Richmond) county, everyone was elected at-large,” Allen said.

“By filing lawsuits forcing the local government to create districts, it enabled minorities and others to have an interest in the outcome of an election and really begin to participate in government.”

Allen believes those types of experiences helped prepare him for his future involvement in the Legislature, such as his position on last year’s redistricting committee.

“Redistricting was very interesting in a sense because while people tried to hide their motives for why they wanted certain lines drawn in the beginning, toward the end of the redistricting process, when everybody got a little frustrated, they stopped trying to hide their motives,” Allen said. “Then, the truth came out.”

But while Allen saw a lot of political maneuvering going on in the redistricting process last year, he also realized that there was a great deal at stake with each line that was drawn.

“Depending on how a line is drawn, will determine the destiny of that area for the next decade,” Allen said. “It was an enormous responsibility. For example, in Augusta, if a boundary line is drawn along Laney-Walker as opposed to Walton Way, that little shift can make a difference about how an area can grow and prosper over the next 10 years. And those lines are going to determine the kind of leadership that comes out of that area.”

When the state began looking at where to locate the two new congressional districts Georgia had earned because of population growth, Allen said he felt it was extremely important to draw one of the districts outside of Atlanta. After the 12th District was drawn with Savannah, Augusta and Athens all included, Allen said he felt the state had done its job.

“We have the makings of a great district,” Allen said, pointing out that the 12th District includes several higher-education institutions and military bases.

With three large cities all competing for the same federal dollars, some people may think it would be difficult for a new 12th District congressman to represent the needs of all three regions, but Allen said the competition between the three cities will be healthy for the district.

“Believe it or not, competition is what makes us great,” Allen said. “Competition forces you to really maximize what you have.

I really believe this district will be better off with good, healthy competition.”

If elected, Allen said he will fight to bring increased funding for technical education to Georgia, as well as protect and strengthen the district’s military bases.

But Allen realizes that it may take some time before he can really find his voice in Congress.

“You have to get to know who the players are,” Allen said. “You also have to get to know procedure, what you can and can’t do. ... And then, you have to find your niche and get to work.

“One of the things that I learned in Atlanta was, seniority counts for a lot in the elected political process. If you don’t have seniority, then it is very difficult to get much of anything done. But, once you begin to build seniority and people begin to know who you are, you have some influence over what’s going on. But it takes you five to six years to begin to have some kind of influence.”

During his first few years as a state representative, Allen learned that lesson the hard way when he tried to start the debate over abolishing the death penalty in Georgia.

“That was a difficult process because my colleagues and most of the people in the state still accept the position that the death penalty is OK,” Allen said. “Now – don’t get me wrong – I believe there are some people who are so bad they should never walk the streets again. But yet I’m still not for the death penalty.

“Our criminal justice system is imperfect.

Being a practitioner of the system, I know that. And when you look at those that are on death row, there appears to be some unfairness there. Those sentenced to death tend to be mostly poor people and that bothers me.

There is something wrong there and we need to correct it.”

But Allen said certain kinds of legislation just always seems to be inundated with people trying to block it at every turn.

“If we’ve done something this way for 20 years to 50 years and all of a sudden you say, ‘We don’t need to do it that way anymore,’ it immediately becomes a very difficult process,” Allen said.

Although when the debate of affirmative action reached the House floor in Atlanta, Allen said he was proud of the manner in which his colleagues handled the issue.

“I believe, in 1996, there was legislation presented by my colleagues which basically took the position that affirmative action was no longer needed and should not be a matter of public policy,” Allen said.

Through the discussions with the public, Allen said he and some other representatives were able to convince the legislators to keep affirmative action in place.

“Basically I took the position that affirmative action was still needed and it was just a matter of fundamental fairness,” Allen said. “I really believe that and I think it’s probably the accomplishment in Atlanta that I’m most proud of. I believe in fairness and that no one should have an artificial stumbling block placed in his or her path.”

However, Allen said through the years he has learned that nothing pays off more than persistence. And that’s one thing he won’t forget in Washington.

“You have to keep working at it,” Allen said. “I guess that’s why people say government works so slow, because of the difficulty of building a consensus. Because whenever you talk about change, people are fearful.

And so, as a legislator, you’ve got to learn how to alleviate those fears.”

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Denise Freeman

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“I am not going up to Washington to find out who I am or become someone. I am going so I can represent the people.”

– Denise Freeman Denise Freeman has a message for her opponents: I’m not giving up.

Since serving on the Lincoln County Board of Education from 1992 to 1996, Freeman has become passionate about representing the people of Georgia.

In 1996, Freeman ran for Georgia’s secretary of state and lost. In 1998, she ran

against U.S. Representative Charlie Norwood for the 10th Congressional District seat and lost. In 2000, she again faced Norwood for his district seat and lost.

But this time, Freeman says, she’s headed to Washington as the new representative of the 12th Congressional District.

“I don’t believe in giving up,” said Freeman,

a local community activist and minister. “In 2002, I am going to be the congresswoman for the 12th Congressional District. I believe that both the 1998 and 2000 elections have made me better, stronger and more equipped to be able to do the job that needs to be done.”

Last year, she taught six-graders in a school in Warren County and she said that experience taught her a lot about never giving up.

“We teach our children to try, try again and never give up,” Freeman said. “And I know holding office is for me and I’m not going to give up because there are too many good people in the 12th District that need dependable, reliable leadership. And if nothing else, I’ve shown my commitment and my ability to lead and to listen and to be heard.”

While some people may think that Freeman is running for the new 12th District because she doesn’t have to face an incumbent like Norwood again, Freeman said she’s not afraid of anyone.

“I didn’t let an incumbent scare me off before and he had lots of money. Millions of dollars. But I still did well,” Freeman said. “In 1998, I got in the lower 40 percentile of votes and in 2000, I got in the upper 40 percentile. I don’t think that is anything to be ashamed of, embarrassed about or to sneeze at.”

Freeman, 44, said she is the strongest candidate running in the 12th District race because she knows who she is already.

“I’m a minister, a teacher, a wife, a mother, and the CEO of a non-profit organization called CURE, Citizens United for Rural Empowerment,” Freeman said. “I am not going up to Washington to find out who I am or become someone. I am going so I can represent the people.

“I am not bought by anyone’s contributions.

I will not be swayed by any special-interest groups. This district is my special-interest group. Everybody in the 12th Congressional District will be my special interest.”

Freeman said it doesn’t matter how much money her opponents have. She believes when the voters see how hard she has campaigned throughout the district, she will have the clear advantage.

“I just believe with all my heart, if God is for you, who could be against you,” Freeman said. “So, I don’t think money will be an

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influence at all. I think people are more knowledgeable than that. I think the people will pick the best person and not the person with the most money.

“I think people are looking for someone who has direction, who has some leadership ability and someone who will go up to Washington and fight for them.”

Freeman assures the voters of the 12th District that she will campaign for all of their needs, whether constituents live in Augusta, Savannah, Athens or rural Georgia.

“Of course the people of Savannah, Augusta and Athens think what they want is more important than anything else in the district,” Freeman said. “I have four children – three boys and a little girl – and every one of them think that they are all the most important. So, it won’t be difficult being the congresswoman for the 12th District because I’m used to having to be diverse. It’s just like being a mother.”

And Freeman said she has enjoyed traveling around the district and reuniting with people she has met in past elections and meeting new people interested in what she has to offer.

“I’m no stranger in any of these counties,” Freeman said. “If you’ll remember back in 1996, I ran for secretary of state of Georgia, so a lot of folks that I’ve met over the years from my various organizations or endeavors now make up the 12th Congressional District.

“So, it’s just been a reawakening of relationships and friendships.”

Freeman says that she thinks people are drawn to her because she is an average person just like them. Someone they can relate to.

“I know what it’s like having to decide whether I’m going to go to the doctor because I’m sick or pay my rent for the month,” Freeman said. “My message is, I want to bring more job opportunities, better wages, better benefits, better housing, and of course provide affordable health care and prescription drugs to the 12th District.

“But I realize I can’t do this alone. I must build bridges with our current congressmen, and always remember elected officials are only as powerful as the people they represent.

So, we need to listen to the people and serve their needs, not our own.”

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“I want voters to know that I fought for America many years ago, and I will fight for the people now.”

– Chuck Pardue Local attorney and retired Army Lt. Colonel Chuck Pardue has renamed the new 12th Congressional District the “Liberty District.”

“On the map, this district looks like the Statue of Liberty,” Pardue said. “If you can imagine, Athens as the torch, Augusta as the head and Savannah as the foundation, it looks like Miss Liberty.”

After serving his country for 27 years as a soldier in Vietnam, a Captain Judge Advocate General (JAG) and a military judge at Fort Gordon, it’s no wonder Pardue is seeing Miss Liberty in the district lines.

“I’m a retired military person and I understand the issues that affect Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart and (Athens’) Navy Supply School,”

Pardue said. “I also spent about six or seven years as a part-time hearing officer over at SRS (Savannah River Site). There I did environmental hearings and security hearings for the Department of Energy.

“During that process, I learned a tremendous amount of information about the needs of this area and the issues at SRS.” If Pardue’s name is familiar, voters may recognize him as the candidate who ran for the 10th Congressional District in 1992.

Pardue lost that election but he said the experience was invaluable.

“In that year, I knew very few people,” Pardue said. “But unlike a lot of candidates who will run and then drop out of the political scene if they are defeated, I stayed engaged in the Democratic Party for the 10 years in between my running for office.”

Pardue, 52, is the chairman of the former 10th Congressional District of the Democratic Party of Georgia which covers a 24-county area.

Since Pardue ran for office in 1992, he has met several powerful politicians in the Democratic Party and he says he now feels confident that he will win the primary on Aug. 20.

“I was recruited by (House Minority Leader) Richard Gephart a few years ago,” Pardue said. “I like his vision for America.”

But while Pardue is a proud Democrat, he classifies himself more as a patriot.

“My hero is Harry S. Truman who was also a Democrat,” Pardue said. “Like Harry S. Truman, I believe in my country and I am a patriot. I went to Vietnam and I served my country for 27 years, either in active duty or the Reserves.

“But I believe both political parties love our country. And I think you can be a patriot and be a Democrat, and I think you can be a patriot and be a Republican.”

Pardue describes himself as fiscally conservative and a supporter of President George W. Bush.

“I support President Bush and his national defense issues. We need to stamp out terrorism,” Pardue said. “But I disagree with the way the Bush administration is handling the economy. ... I believe that we need to have

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If elected, Pardue also promised to do everything humanly possible to protect the district’s military bases from federal cuts.

“This district, which a lot of people may not know, receives each year from the federal government about $4.5 billion,” Pardue said.

“That money funds Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Gordon and the district’s V.A. Hospitals. Federal grants also go to the University of Georgia, Augusta State University, Savannah State and other educational institutions throughout the district. So, it’s very important to keep that economic impact on the district coming in.”

Pardue said he will work for every constituent in the district, but realizes he appeals to veterans, working men and women and environmentalists. Recently, he was endorsed by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

While there has been a lot of discussion in the media about how much money other candidates running in the 12th District race have raised in campaign contributions, Pardue said he would rather have the endorsement of the AFL-CIO any day.

“I’ll tell you what, I’d rather have the AFLCIO’s endorsement with their 20,000-plus members in our district, than a half-million dollars in cash,” Pardue said. “Those people have pledged to work for me and to help me win this primary.”

He also said that, while the name recognition of other candidates such as Charles “Champ” Walker Jr. and Barbara Dooley is important, it’s not everything.

“If the name recognition is negative, I don’t believe it will help that particular candidate,” Pardue said. “I personally do not want to be flamboyant. I want to quietly get things done for the people in the Liberty District. I’d like to be known as a congressman that has an excellent constituent service.

“And I want voters to know that I fought for America many years ago, and I will fight for the people now.

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ou’ve probably heard of eight-minute dinner dishes and eight-minute abs, but … eight-minute dating?

“The very first eightminute date is the hardest,” promises Pam Burkes, an event organizer for Boston-based 8minuteDating. “After the second one, they’re on a roll.”

The company is bringing its musicalchairs brand of romance to Augusta Aug. 24 and 25. Though 8minuteDating is now a fixture in over 14 major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, where Burkes is based, they’re branching out into smaller cities and hoping to replace clubs and bars as desirable meeting spots for busy singles.

“It’s so much better than a club,” Burkes says emphatically. “I think potentially, people are apprehensive about attending the event, especially shy people. But typically, shy people would not meet eight people in one night.”

And that’s the draw of eight-minute dating.

At an 8minuteDating event, singles are

set up with eight different potential partners and have eight minutes with each to strike up a conversation before event organizers ring a bell and everyone switches seats to do it all over again.

Though it sounds a bit chaotic, Burkes stresses that it’s not. “It’s very organized.

Your dating card tells you which table to go to. We have a lot of experience to make sure everybody has a really good time.”

The dating card also serves as a checklist of sorts; daters mark whether they want to meet each of their partners again for dating, for friendship, for business – or not at all.

“We really want to keep it no-pressure,” Burkes says, noting that the checklist method alleviates the awkwardness of an unrequited connection. After the event, daters go home and log on to 8minuteDating’s Web site (www.8minutedating.com) to enter their checklist.

Within 48 hours of the event, participants receive contact information for those who have a mutual interest in meeting them a second time.

“The computer will only send contact info if both people matched in the same category,” Burkes says. “The rejection factor is really nominal.”

And to keep things safe, each participant is known at the event by first name and a randomly-generated number only.

“You can talk about whatever you want, with three exceptions,” says Burkes. “We ask that you not ask for a last name or business card, no phone number, and not to ask them out on another date.”

But aside from that, the eight minutes are yours to spend however you wish.

“You would not believe how some people are like ‘No, no!’ when (we) ring the bell,” Burkes says. “A lot of people hesitate.

“It’s only eight minutes, so worst-case scenario, you only have to sit there eight minutes.”

After four rounds of dating, there’s a 20minute intermission, during which Burkes advises daters to refresh their drink and mingle with other singles in the room before the last four rounds begin. With an

“You would not believe how some people are like ‘No, no!’ when (we) ring the bell.”

- Pam Burkes, event organizer for 8minuteDating

average of 36 attendees at an 8minuteDating event, Burkes promises there’s someone for every dater.

“We guarantee that you’ll meet someone you want to meet again or the next event is free,” she says. “And very honestly, we really don’t have a whole lot of repeat people. Most people meet someone.”

Each event is tailored to a specific group, which Burkes says is integral to the guarantee of success. “Right off the bat, you know what you’re up against. You know that other people are there to meet you.”

The Aug. 24 event is for single professionals ages 25-35 and the Aug. 25 event, which Burkes herself is coordinating, is for African-American single professionals ages 25-45. “We are expecting a big crowd,” she says. “This time, we have enough room to seat 100 people.”

And, depending on how well 8minuteDating does in the Augusta area, the company may bring some of its other themed events from larger cities: everything

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And if you’re not sure that 8minuteDating is for you, Burkes also offers some words of reassurance.

“Everyone who comes, they’re initially apprehensive,” she says. “Everyone does not want to seem desperate. But they want to meet some new people.

“You have to give it a try. You will be very surprised. And I would say that, if you have given up on the bar scene or that’s just not for you, this is the event for you, without a doubt. The rejection factor is zero. You walk away having a good time – we guarantee it.

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When she was last in Augusta promoting the upcoming 8minuteDating events, Burkes says she was inundated with questions. “I’m not joking when I say this.

We were pinning a poster and a guy, he asked us who sponsored the event,” she says, adding that the man pulled his car over and grabbed a stack of flyers from Burkes.

“Guys typically are a little more reluctant (to try 8minuteDating) than women, but everyone in Augusta has been wonderful.”

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Its opening last April made a big splash in the Atlanta papers and the restaurant will be presenting a five-course dinner next month at the James Beard House in New York City, an Augusta first.

What’s all the fuss about? As with all truly great restaurants, it is a combination of wonderful food, pleasing presentations and an alluring atmosphere. There is so much more to Bambu than simply the food. The main entrance (though you can also arrive through the hotel’s main lobby) is beneath a swank black awning that climbs from the sidewalk on Hickman Road just off Walton Way. There is a delightful outdoor café area, with colorful market umbrellas under a canopy of trees, on either side of the doorway. That door is a portal to another world – one that will make you forget whatever you left outside. Once inside, you will be enchanted by the magic of Bambu.

Multi-colored furniture that looks as if Dali made it, lighting that constantly changes hues, music that pulses with earthly rhythms, and an iridescent waterwall that lulls with sound and vision; all combine to overcome your senses.

Live bamboo trees enhance the Eastern feel.

There is no bad seat in the house because the horseshoe shape of the dining area gives privacy to each table.

Bambu was conceived by Lake Tahoe’s Carin Cross Design, and their concept was to provide a stage for culinary presentations. All stages need star performers and Bambu has Philippe Chin, the youngest French Master Chef in the world. Chef Chin has totally transformed all of the cuisine at The Partridge Inn, but Bambu is his darling. He is a constant presence in the

kitchen and throughout the restaurant. On a recent visit, he was overseeing the preparation of Mojita rum cocktails for a group in the lounge, recommending a unique sushi dish to a couple and suggesting a substitution on his special “tasting menu” to a man dining with his young teen-age daughters. Later on, he was bringing out a taste of freshly made mint chilled sorbet to a group at the large communal table in the bar. The sorbets and ice creams are all made in-house and the flavors change daily.

Chef Chin was born in Paris, had a Chinese grandfather, was schooled in France, worked in the Caribbean and has owned three restaurants in Philadelphia. His menu is as varied as his background: Thai Spiced Chicken Rice Soup ($6.25), Leek and Potato Vichyssoise with Ponzu Cubes ($6.75), Creamy Pesto Risotto with Portobello, Asparagus and Chicken ($13.75), Japanese Ramen Noodles with Dashi Broth, Carrot & Zucchini Vermicelli ($9.50), Asian BBQ Pork Porterhouse with Thymescented Potatoes and Vidalia Onion Bourbon Sauce ($22.75). The list goes on and on. The menu is based upon seasonal ingredients.

Softshell Crab, Hawaiian Ono Loin and linecaught Florida Amberjack filets were recent additions. Warm South Carolina Peach Tatin is now one of the tantalizing desserts offered nightly. Chef Chin starts with the herbs grown in the restaurant’s window boxes and goes from there. “I love to have this flexibility to change the menu with the market. Corina (Bambu’s very engaging and informative sushi chef) does the same thing with our sushi. The freshest always tastes the best. That is why we never have specials. Even our staples are always changing.”

Don’t wait for a special occasion. Go to Bambu just because you deserve a break.

“It’s really a restaurant for everybody,” says Chef Chin. “Everybody can afford it; everybody can feel comfortable. And it’s fun and different.”

Bambu On Hickman is open Tuesday through Saturday nights from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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lvis Presley continues to transcend time, place and the rock ‘n’ roll revolution he helped ignite in the 1950s.

“Of anybody who’s ever played rock music, Elvis was by far the greatest talent,” said Billy Corgan, the former Smashing Pumpkins leader.

“Elvis is my man,” Paul McCartney said.

“He was a big influence on The Beatles, and he just was great.”

But not everyone holds Presley in high regard, as Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis is quick to note.

“To me, Elvis represented somebody who — because our country was not ready then to embrace the black artist and make them No. 1 — became No. 1 because of his rendition of what some black people sounded like,” Marsalis said. “What made it distasteful is that we had people who could do it better than him, but who couldn’t be accepted at that time because of the color of their skin.”

Now, 25 years after Presley’s death — on Aug. 16 — from years of bad living, the Southern-bred singer who scandalized the nation with his hip-swiveling stage moves, lip-curling sneer and smoldering sexuality, remains a household name. Simultaneously heroic and tragic (he was just 42 when his heart gave out), an innovator and a cultural thief, his controversial mythology looms larger than ever.

So large, in fact, that VH1’s recent concert special “Divas Las Vegas” (named after the 1964 Presley film “Viva Las Vegas”) featured vintage Elvis hits performed by Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Cher and other vocalists.

So large that such superstars as U2’s Bono and Bruce Springsteen regularly pay homage to Presley in their performances (though both clearly favor the first two years of his career, not his subsequent descent from roots-rocking fireball to middle-of-the-road Vegas crooner).

And so large that Eminem jeeringly compares himself to Presley on his new single, “Without Me,” which finds the top-selling shock-rapper declaring: “I’m not the first king of controversy / I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley / To do black music so selfishly / And use it to get myself wealthy.”

Of course, Presley at his most threatening is a model of restraint and good taste compared to Eminem’s dial-an-outrage shtick.

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But the Michigan rapper and the Mississippi rock icon share several traits.

Both grew up poor and worked deadend jobs before finding their secular salvation in music. Both embraced and appropriated African-American culture.

And both swiftly became targets of intense parental disapproval.

By doing so, Presley and Eminem became heroes to millions of young white listeners.

Their fans eagerly latched on to a musical rebellion that seemed to threaten public morality and promised, however fleetingly, a way out of stifling middle-class conformity.

But Presley was an inadvertent revolutionary — an accidental pop-culture catalyst who made the raw blues and steamy R&B music of pioneering African-American artists safe for a mass white audience.

Similarly, where Eminem followed the commercial breakthroughs of such white rappers as the Beastie Boys and Vanilla Ice, Presley had no precursors. He was the first white rock star in the racially polarized era of segregation.

“Before Elvis,” said Quincy Jones, the multiple Grammy-winning producer-performer, “white pop music was ‘The Ballad of Davy Crockett’ and ‘How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?’ Then Elvis came on (the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey-hosted CBSTV show) ‘Stage Time’ in 1956, and they wouldn’t shoot him below the waist because they still couldn’t handle anybody shaking their (rear) — black or white. And the show got 8,000 letters about his performance.

“I could see it then,” Jones continued. “I thought: ‘Things are going to change because they’ve discovered how to emotionally feel music.’ This had been happening with black music forever, but this was the first time young white kids did. It was amazing to watch.”

Presley forever changed the face of the nation, and with it international pop culture.

On June 25, RCA Records/BMG Heritage was scheduled to release “Elvis: Today, Tomorrow & Forever,” a four-CD, 100-song anthology featuring numerous alternate takes and concert recordings. Later in 2002 comes RCA/BMG’s single CD release of 30 of Presley’s No. 1 hits.

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Mikael Jorgenson, who has been the producer of all Presley reissue albums since 1992 and co-wrote the book “Elvis: Day by Day” with Peter Guralnick.

“And people my age or older — I’m 51 — will go out and buy it, because they (like to) buy memories,” Jorgenson continued. “Also, there’s an element of success that creates more success. And I think Elvis has reached a level where he still attracts a lot of young people because he’s Elvis. Like most great stories, it’s a drama, maybe a tragedy, but a fascinating rags-to-riches story of real life, and of losing it all.”

Presley’s legacy, like his AmericanDream-gone-to-hell life, is as troubling as it is inspiring.

A galvanizing force for millions, he was an immensely gifted singer and stylistic synthesist who deftly fused blues, country, R&B, gospel and pop. He also had what Sun Records’ honcho Sam Phillips (who signed the 19-year-old Presley to his first contract in 1954) had long been seeking: “a white man with the Negro sound and the Negro feel.”

Presley would never again match the searing impact of his records and concerts between March 1956 (when “Heartbreak Hotel” became his first national chart-topper) and March 1958 (when he entered the Army).

Moreover, he owed a profound debt to the many African-American bluesmen, R&B shouters and songwriters who penned or first recorded many of Presley’s earliest and greatest works.

His first Sun release, “That’s Alright Mama,” was written and first recorded by

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, who also wrote such Presley songs as “So Glad You’re Mine” and “My Baby Left Me.” Then there was Little Junior Parker’s “Mystery Train”; Kokomo Arnold’s “Milk Cow Boogie Blues”; Roy Brown’s “Good Rockin’ Tonight”; Arthur Gunter’s “Baby Let’s Play House”; and Smiley Lewis’ sizzling “One Night (of Sin),” which Presley and his producers toned down as “One Night With You.” Otis Blackwell, who died recently, composed some of Presley’s most transcendent works, including “All Shook Up,” “Return to Sender” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” Presley’s recordings were almost identical to how Blackwell sang them on the demonstration recordings. And in agreeing to let Presley record his songs, Blackwell had to split the writer’s credit with Presley, who didn’t write any of the songs he recorded, yet received a disproportionate share of their profits.

But Presley never publicly credited Blackwell. Nor did he acknowledge the enormous debt he owed to AfricanAmerican music in general — or to Matt “Guitar” Murphy and Ike Turner, whom the teen-aged Presley avidly watched at various Memphis nightclubs — and soon copied.

To hold Presley partially responsible for the nation’s racial climate in the 1950s is no more fair than to blame his dictatorial manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker, for the spate of wretched movies Presley starred in the next decade.

To appreciate his historic musical and social impact without acknowledging the African-American artists who paved the way, however, perpetuates a sad legacy that even an icon like Elvis Presley can’t transcend.

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Shaking up Shakespeare

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asically, the atmosphere is casual, raucous, bawdy, and a whole lot of fun,” begins Kristin Dunstan, managing director of The New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta. “And if you think those words can’t go together with Shakespeare, then you need to come down here and try out the Shakespeare Tavern.”

Perhaps you’ve always thought Shakespeare was only for the well-educated and the wealthy. Not so, says Dunstan – the tavern is making the works of Shakespeare accessible to everyone.

“We call it ‘Shakespeare for NASCAR fans,’” she says, laughing. Dunstan notes that in Shakespeare’s time, he was a playwright for the people.

So it would make sense that the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, The New American Shakespeare Tavern’s resident theatre company, performs Shakespeare the way The Bard intended.

“We are passionately committed to the way Elizabethan theatre was done,” Dunstan says. “You will see authentic Shakespeare performed by a full company of actors. The Renaissance music is live. Every grunt, groan, clank, bang, scream – all of that is done by actors who are not currently onstage.”

And, unlike a lot of modern productions of Shakespeare’s works, the Atlanta Shakespeare Company never recasts the plays to another time and place.

The reaction to that aspect of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Dunstan says, is a committed fan base. “They are fiercely loyal; they are passionate,” she says. “They applaud, they whistle. There was a night last June where the balcony was literally thundering with people stomping their feet.”

If that hasn’t convinced you to abandon your notion that Shakespeare is only for the upper-crust, check out the (nonexistent) dress code: “You can wear jeans and a T-shirt and drink a pitcher of beer – that’s perfectly OK,” says Dunstan. She also adds that if you’re more comfortable in your Sunday best with a glass of wine in your hand, that’s cool, too. “Anyone is welcome.”

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And ticket prices are surprisingly reasonable, with several discount options.

“The highest ticket price is $24.50 on Saturdays,” says Dunstan. Season tickets are $150 and include a showing of 14 plays in 11 months. Dunstan recommends purchasing tickets as soon as you decide to take a trip to the tavern: Shows frequently sell out.

In fact, the overwhelming crowds prompted a 1999 renovation of the tavern. “Audiences had grown to such a point that we had to turn away people on weekends,” Dunstan says.

The tavern, which she describes as “a cross between an Elizabethan playhouse and a British pub,” seats 250 people – and every seat, whether it’s at a table on the floor or whether it’s up in the balcony, can accommodate food and drink.

But, as with everything else at The New American Shakespeare Tavern, dinner is anything but typical. “It’s not dinner theatre,” says Dunstan. Their menu features British-style pub food – Cornish pasties and shepherd’s pie – hearty and perfect for digging into before settling in for a night of rowdy fun.

From now through Aug. 25, the tavern presents its annual August Threepeat – three of Shakespeare’s comedies in rotating repertory, three nights a week. From there, it’s about a play a month – “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet,” to name a few. The tavern also presents works by other authors.

Don’t worry about not being able to follow the plays: “We do provide a free synopsis for anyone who comes here,” says Dunstan.

Do expect to be enthralled by the productions. “The actors are trained to be fearless,” she says, and they’re also trained to “break the fourth wall,” smashing the invisible barrier that so often exists between entertainers and their audience.

For a complete schedule of The New American Shakespeare Tavern’s 20022003 season, visit www.shakespearetavern.com. There, you’ll also find ticket information, a dinner menu, and even the company’s manifesto.

Tickets can also be purchased by phoning the box office at (404) 874-5299.

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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (PG-13) — On the moon in 2087, Pluto Nash (Eddie Murphy) owns one of the trendiest nightclubs around, but he finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell it to the local mob. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Illeana Douglas, Pam Grier, Jay Mohr.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) — No golden member, just a tin fig leaf. Mike Myers still has his crack timing and suppor ting cast (Seth Green a standout, plus Michael Caine agog with fun as Powers' dad), but the silly plot is nothing, and too many gags are just stupid frat-boy stuf f with a lacing of gay schtick. Beyonce Knowles brings a zip of sassy freshness as Fox xy Cleopatra, yet the movie is both smug and lazy, and the gaudy, pushy "style" steamrolls the humor into flatness. With numerous celebrity cameos, none very funny (the least: Steven Spielberg).

1 hr. 33 min. (Elliot t) ★1/2 Bad Company (PG-13) — It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins, who seem barely in the same movie. Rock plays a straight-arrow CIA agent named Kevin, whose cover is running an antiques store in Prague. Kevin gets killed on duty and replaced in a rush by identical twin brother Jake, a jokey speed-chess hustler in New York who never knew he had a twin "separated at bir th." His recruiter is Hopkins as the CIA's Gaylord Oakes. It's another cartoon show without animation. This is where James Bond has finally gone for burial. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Peter Stormare. Running time: 1 hr. 45 mins. (Elliot t) ★ Blood Work (R) — Clint Eastwood looks worse than weathered as Terry McCaleb, retired from the FBI af ter a serial killer drove him to a hear t at tack.

McCaleb's cardiologist (Anjelica Huston) can't believe it when McCaleb swings into detective work two

months af ter get ting a hear t transplant. Graciella (Wanda De Jesus), who urges him to take the case that flummoxes the rather lazy cops, is the angry sister of a murdered woman whose hear t McCaleb is now pumping. "Blood Work" gives early promise of being one of the rare adult Hollywood movies this summer, then bungles. It has enticing story touches, but flops into a hectic cascade of bizarre revelations, and then pure plot pulp on a wrecked ship. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jef f Daniels, Wanda De Jesus, Anjelica Huston, Tina Lif ford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh.

Running time: 1 hr. 51 min. (Elliot t) ★★ Blue Crush (PG-13) — Two young Maui hotel maids spend all their free time sur fing, eventually becoming good enough to at tempt entering a traditionally male sur fing contest. But a romance between one of the young women and a pro football player complicates mat ters. Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Boswor th, Mika Boorem, Mat thew Davis, Sanoe Lake, Faizon Love.

The Bourne Identity (PG-13) — Bourne (Mat t Damon) was sent to kill a risky African leader on a yacht, had an at tack of qualms, then plunged overboard with holes in his back. He was saved by fishermen, the captain an amateur doctor who pulls the rounds out of Bourne, and ex tracts an implant that has the number of a Swiss bank account. In an identity fog, though now with money and passpor ts, and reflexively gif ted with all his trained skills — his sour CIA boss, Conklin (Chris Cooper), decides to snuf f Bourne as "a malfunctioning $30 million piece of equipment" — Bourne zips to Paris af ter emptying the deposit box in Zurich. "The Bourne Identity" has the identity of potent enter tainment. Cast: Mat t Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles. Running time: 2 hrs. (Elliot t) ★★★1/2

Changing Lanes (R) — A propulsive nerve-biter with genuine human characters, about a yuppie law firm hawk (Ben Af fleck) who upsets the precarious life of a volatile working stif f (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 The Country Bears (G) — This benign, liveaction film follows bear cub Beary Bearington (voiced

by Haley Joel Osment) as he reunites his musical idols, The Country Bears. Af ter lit tle Beary convinces

the bit ter rock icons that they still need each other, the woolly second-grader makes peace with his own adopted human family. The 10-and-under crowd will love these blinking, harmonizing, restaurant-dining bears. Music-star cameos (Elton John, Willie Nelson, Queen Latifah) make the film slightly easier to digest for the tolerant parent. 85 mins. (Diamond) ★★

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (PG) — Steve "The Crocodile Hunter " Irwin and wife Terri dance circles around inept government agents and cuddle flesh-eating crocodiles. When the highenergy hosts of the hit wildlife series "The Crocodile Hunter " are accused of stealing a fallen U.S. spy satellite, they bat tle two silly CIA agents in an Outback

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adventure. Forget the common sense, but if you toss in the bot tle-sucking joey kangaroo cameo, this lite comedy is a close second to family bonding at the zoo. 1 hr, 27 mins. (Diamond) ★★1/2 Full Frontal (R) — An all-out "conceptual" mistake, and just a bad movie, from talented Steven Soderbergh. This preening mess is of a film within a film, and the actors might be acting or just hanging out (mostly his pals, from Julia Rober ts to Brad Pit t to Terence Stamp to, the funniest, Blair Underwood).

Shot cheaply, in and out of video, it has nothing to give us but insider takes on, well, nearly nothing at all.

1 hr., 35 mins. (Elliot t) ★ Halloween: Resurrection (R) — Jamie Lee Cur tis makes an appearance once again in the eighth film in the "Halloween" series. This time, six teens decide to host a live Internet chat in the house where Michael Myers grew up, stirring up evil. Cast: Jamie Lee Cur tis, Tyra Banks, Brad Loree.

Insomnia (R) — From Christopher Nolan ("Memento"). LAPD detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and his par tner (Mar tin Donovan) travel to Alaska to assist an old pal with a murder case. There's a lurching, Nolanesque vector shif t, and suddenly it's a dif ferent movie, infused with Dormer's exhaustion in the 24hour sunlight. A twisted, vaguely repulsive hack writer/murder suspect (Robin Williams) feeds of f Dormer's growing weakness. With Hilary Swank, sor t of — her character is sorely underwrit ten. Adapted from a 1998 Norwegian film of the same title. Running time: 1 hr, 55 mins. (Salm) ★★★ Juwanna Mann (PG-13) — Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is Jamal. The vain, preening NBA star is suspended for a burst of irate mooning and then full-frontal exposure on cour t. And then — inspired by a young girl whose love of the game moves him — he becomes Juwanna, a fake female, who fires up a women's pro team.

Vivica A. Fox is the team's reigning beauty, on whom Jamal has a cover t crush. The cour t action is all high points, no game. Gender comedy becomes a ruthless reduction of both sexes. Director Jesse Vaughan came from music videos, and should probably return.

Hectic, vapid, almost witless, "Juwanna Mann" keeps jammin' across the goofs, then milking inane sentiment before stumbling to a blooper reel that is no dif ferent than the preceding inept movie. Cast: Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Kevin Pollak, Vivica A. Fox, Ginuwine, Tommy Davidson. Running time: 1 hr., 26 mins. (Elliot t) ★ K-19: The Widowmaker (PG-13) — is about the vir tually suicidal mission and hapless plight of a Soviet sub of that name, during a tense time (1961) of the Cold War, based on actual facts. Though said to be the pride of Soviet Russia's new nuclear fleet, K-19 goes to sea inadequately prepared, on a politically motivated mission. It must voyage under polar ice to fire a demo missile, showing the cocky new man in the White House (JFK) how virile Moscow can be. The crew's beloved skipper, Capt. Polenin (Liam Neeson), is demoted to executive of ficer under Capt. Vostrikov (Harrison Ford), a fierce patriot. "K-19" puts a clammy whammy on us when a pressure leak in one of the reactors brings on nuclear horror. This is one of the most machocentric and masochistic movies ever made

by a woman; Kathryn Bigelow directed. Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Joss Ackland, Peter Sarsgaard.

Running time: 2 hrs., 10 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Lilo & Stitch (PG) — A cute Disney 'toon made in Florida but set in Hawaii, where darling Lilo turns a space crit ter into a pet. The animation is not computerized and has lovely watercolor ef fects, though the plot, voicework, Elvis tunes and product plugs are generically New Disney, not of Walt caliber. 1 hr., 20 min. (Elliot t) ★★1/2

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (R) — “Mar tin Lawrence Live: Runteldat” is a documentarystyle version of Lawrence’s bad-boy comedy, complete with commentary by the man himself and liberally mixed with pounding hip-hop beats. The stand-up comedy por tion, where Lawrence is a solitary presence onstage, illuminated by a spotlight, contains personal anecdotes and social commentary. Cast: Mar tin Lawrence.

The Master of Disguise (PG) — Dana Carvey plays Pistachio Disguisey, which all by itself gives you the comedic essence. He's a perky waiter in an Italian restaurant in New York. Pistachio is heir to a family talent for magical transformation, possessors of "energico," who can morph into almost any thing. Pistachio's parents are abducted by a rich villain, envious of energico, played with almost obscene lack of comic appeal

by Brent Spiner. Carvey is cute, but he doesn't seem to have a shaped and role-shaping personality. He seems locked into skit rhy thm. Cast: Dana Carvey, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin, Harold Gould, Edie McClurg. Running time: 1 hr., 33 mins. (Elliot t) ★ My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG) — Unmarried Toula Por tokalos is a 30-year-old waitress in her parents’ Greek restaurant, Dancing Zorba’s. Vowing to change, she gets a makeover and takes a job in her aunt’s travel agency, where, newly confident, she meets handsome Ian Miller — a high-school teacher who is definitely not Greek. The tale is familiar: strong and fiercely commit ted to their ethnic roots family but ts heads with the outsider wanting to marry into the group. But “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” of fers enough in the way of wit to stifle the sitcom feel a film like this might otherwise have. Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbet t, Louis Mandylor, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone.

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (PG) — The three saucer-eyed cuties (Bubbles, Blossom and But tercup) created by the benign but easily abstracted Professor Utonium in retro-cool Townsville, discover their "freakish powers" in a school game of tag, at first violently destructive (though the mayhem is merry).

Tar takovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm, but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality. There is some kid-wor thy diversion here, but for me (and for many?) the high point of the preview was a teaser trailer for the nex t Harry Pot ter movie, coming Nov. 15. Cast: Cathy Cavadini, Tara Charendof f, E.G. Daily. Running time: 1 hr. 27 min. (Elliot t) ★★1/2 Road to Perdition (R) — Tom Hanks plays Michael Sullivan, an Irish-American hoodlum and family man in grim 1931, in the Quad Cities on the IllinoisIowa border. He's an enforcer and ar t ful killer, almost

an adoptive son of bootleg mob boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), a patriarch stricken by inner rot.

Sullivan feels rot ted, too, but is an iron survivor. The movie has a solemn, dirgelike (but not dull) conviction of fated purpose. Tragedy must come, violently. It would be criminal here to spell out the exact cost to Sullivan, which spins him free of the Rooney gang, along with his now aware and endangered son Mike Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin). On the long roads, and humble towns, they enact an almost archaic Greek vengeance upon the Rooneys. There is father-son bonding (and humor), yet we never forget that every thing is at stake. This story is so mor tal. Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ciaran Hinds, Liam Aiken, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law. Running time: 2 hrs.

(Elliot t) ★★★★ Signs (PG-13) — Mel Gibson plays Father Graham Hess, an Episcopal priest who lost his faith and retired his collar af ter his wife was killed in an auto accident.

He lives in an old farmhouse with two adorable kids, plus a younger brother (Joaquin Phoenix). Big, elegantly precise "crop signs" turn up in their cornfield.

It's space aliens, and the movie teases us as the signs pile up. The aliens show up, shoving clawed hands under doors but scared by steak knives, full of evil strength, yet not able to knock down the pathetic blockade of a fruit cellar. "Signs," though handsomely shot, seems meant for viewers who need to believe in tabloid aliens, and that we can beat them with plainspun, homeland vir tues. It should be called "Sins" for compounding the sins of bad filming. Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, M. Night Shyamalan, Cherry Jones. Running time: 1 hr. 46 min.

(Elliot t) ★ Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (G) — A sweetly bland DreamWorks car toon film about a bold horse that runs across much of the Old West, his thoughts spoken by Mat t Damon, his adventures doused in Bryan Adams tunes that are like a floral tribute to Rod Stewar t. The horse action is swif t, and borrowed John Ford bits can mean nothing to modern kids. 1 hr., 25 mins. (Elliot t) ★★1/2

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (PG) — A cheer ful theme park of a comedy about junior spies, with a bigger budget and more inventive fun than the 2001 original (the plot is no advance).

Rober t Rodriguez directed, wrote, helped with the digital ef fects and gizmo touches, including excellent creatures. The many Hispanic rif fs do not land with PC heaviness, and the lively cast includes Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara as the main kids, plus Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Bill Pa x ton, Tony Shalhoub, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin and (still macho at 81) Ricardo Montalban. 1 hr. 27 min. (Elliot t) ★★★

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (PG) — This is No. 5 in the series and is visually spectacular (entirely filmed in digital, and projected that way in some theaters). It moves swif tly and has action payof fs, but George Lucas is still a turgid storyteller, and stif f dialogue drags the actors down to mere plot function too of ten. Ewan McGregor seems to be coming into his own as wise Obi-Wan. 2 hr., 23 mins.

(Elliot t) ★★1/2

Undercover Brother (PG-13) — The source was a Web comedy site, and it's a derivation of old bla xploiters, "In Living Color " and the Austin Powers goofs, but this lampoon of black heroics is funny in a pumped-up way. Eddie Grif fin wears the power Afro as the main bro, and Malcolm D. Lee also got good stuf f from Chris Kat tan, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis and Billy Dee Williams as a Colin Powell-like general who wants to be the new Col. Sanders. 1 hr., 26 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★ Unfaithful (R) — Richard Gere is Ed, businessman, loyal husband, devoted father, living in a plush suburb of New York City. Wife Connie (Diane Lane) seems equally pampered and happy, but there is something nervy and urban about her and, on a visit to SoHo, a wind storm blows her right into Paul, bookseller and stud, French, with facial stubble wor thy to be a put ting green. Paul is the other man, played by Olivier Mar tinez. It's some af fair, with Lane exposing much skin but also emotions that imply the af fair is a necessary, obsessive risk. The movie has a rather complacent dependence on rote situations. The vivid sex can't disguise the petrified fossils of countless studio melodramas about love triangles and sof t-rot marriages. Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Mar tinez, Erik Per Sullivan, Kate Bur ton. Running time: 1 hr., 47 min. (Elliot t) ★★ Windtalkers (R) — The core of it is about the Navajo "code talkers," some 400 men who confounded the Japanese by speaking radio code in Navajo. Of course, in a racist era, they had to face white bigotry as well as the enemy. Adam Beach, a strong presence with a boyish grin, plays Ben Yahzee, code volunteer.

Nicolas Cage is Joe Enders, patched-up war dog assigned to protect Ben and, if he faces capture, kill him — also the secret order to Ox (Christian Slater), whose code man is Charlie (Roger Willie). The rest of the Marines unit sent to murderous Saipan in 1944 is much like the old studio ethnic squads of 1944 Hollywood. "Windtalkers" depicts bravery, sacrifice, honor and horror. But the moments of uplif t are like confet ti in a morgue. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Mark Ruf falo, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater, Frances O'Connor, Roger Willie. Running time: 2 hrs., 8 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ XXX (PG-13) — Vin Diesel is buf f, which is surely the main point of his playing "edge spor ts" thrill-seeker turned CIA agent Xander Cage, but he has glints of boyish vulnerability. As he grooves into playing the new agent recruited by the agency's top dude (Samuel L. Jackson), the movie finds a rhy thm that is like a more masculine, bulked-up "Barbarella." The plot is junk, about a gang of ex-Red Army crazies led by a satanic Slavic slime (Mar ton Csokas), nihilists eager to destroy the world with a superweapon. It's another movie where you must believe, or giggle. Cast: Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Asia Argento, Mar ton Csokas, Danny Trejo. Running time: 1 hr. 44 mins.

(Elliot t) ★★ —Capsules compiled from movie reviews written by David Elliott, film critic for The San Diego Union-Tribune and other staff writers.

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In 1989, when “Sex, Lies and Videotape” was released by Miramax, Soderbergh was an unknown and Miramax was far from a household name. The studio largely distributed foreign titles and groundbreaking works like Errol Morris’ documentary, “The Thin Blue Line” (1988). And, when “Sex, Lies and Videotape” exploded onto screens, there was much to be excited about. A bold and brilliant investigation into the nature of love, deceit, sex and our inherent need to watch, the film was undoubtedly the best of the year and easily the finest achievement of the decade.

Today, Miramax is an established Hollywood player that clings to a shrinking reputation as a daring studio, distributing an equal amount of mainstream crap with a roster of independent pictures and foreign titles; the gamut swings from “In the Bedroom” to “40 Days and 40 Nights” to “Baran.”

Soderbergh has evolved as well, from a daring innovator into a more conventional filmmaker. A cynic might cite this reunion as the joint venture of two sell-outs; if that’s a bit unfair and overzealous, the final product appropriately has the last word.

A disappointing, self-indulgent stab at Hollywood painted as an investigation into filmmaking, “Full Frontal” has neither the bite nor the freshness that Soderbergh’s debut, or previous efforts, display. If anything, this flashy experiment is more reminiscent of the shallow, self-righteous whining that categorized the grueling “Hurlyburly” than the moving theatrics that propelled “Sex, Lies and Videotape.”

Shot on film and digital video, “Full Frontal” follows a group of Los Angeles natives throughout the course of a single day as their lives intertwine and overlap. Friends, relatives, lovers and co-workers – the disparate bunch finally converges at the birthday party of Hollywood producer, Gus (David Duchovny). The cast includes, among others, Julia Roberts playing a Julia Roberts-like actress named Francesca who is starring in a film within the film, titled “Rendezvous”; David Hyde Pierce as a nebbishy, insecure

Niles Crane-like magazine writer named Carl; Catherine Keener as Pierce’s uber-bitchy and unhappy wife, Lee (seemingly reprising her roles from both “Your Friends and Neighbors” and “Being John Malkovich”); and Blair Underwood as a philandering movie star named Calvin playing opposite Roberts in “Rendezvous.”

Structured around the film that Roberts and Underwood are making (which is, incidentally, about the making of a film), “Full Frontal” begins within the narrative of its internal fiction.

The studio vehicle is purportedly a trite romance about a reporter named Catherine (Roberts) who is doing a story on an up-and-coming black actor named Nicholas (Underwood).

For seemingly uncompelling reasons, Soderbergh chooses to alternate between film and digital video, shooting “Rendezvous” on film and the rest of the picture with grainy, rough-hewn DV. The clash of the two mediums is more annoying than anything else and does little more than provide a logical point of differentiation between the story and the story within the story.

The ceaselessly talky narratives, which finally parallel one another, creak along at a sluggish pace. Aside from a selection of hilarious scenes in which Keener’s HR manager takes sadistic pleasure in firing a string of employees, “Full Frontal” offers up a collection of lifeless characters wandering through a vaguely reminiscent Hollywood narrative.

Mostly what Soderbergh delivers is an onslaught of mindless cameos and in-jokes about the off-screen personas of his stars.

Brad Pitt appears briefly to shoot a scene in “Rendezvous.” Terrence Stamp wanders through the background of a few shots as if he’s stumbled out of a frame of “The Limey” and landed here by accident. Julia Roberts picks up a hot, young “lighting guy” at a party as if her recent real-life hubby, cameraman Daniel Moder, was given an on-screen doppelganger. An actor looking eerily like Miramax head Harvey Weinstein appears at the wrap party alongside Soderbergh. Taken together the effect is more obnoxious than funny or interesting; Robert Altman jammed more biting humor and intelligent satire into five minutes of “The Player” than Soderbergh gets into the entirety of “Full Frontal.” We have to hope that there are more effective and enjoyable ways to drive home the notion that films are built on artifice than by producing an artificial film.

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Movie Clock REGAL AUGUSTA EXCHANGE 20 Movies Good 8/16 - 8/22 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:20, 11:45; Sun-Thur: 1:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:20 Blue Crush (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 6:55, 7:25, 9:25, 10:00, 11:55, 12:25; Sun-Thurs: 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 6:55, 7:25, 9:25, 10:00 The Adventures of Pluto Nash (PG-13) FriSat: 2:10, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50, 12:05; Sun-Thur: 2:10, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 XXX (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:00, 1:25, 1:50, 4:00, 4:20, 4:40, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:50, 9:40, 10:05, 10:30, 10:50, 12:30; Sun-Thur: 1:00, 1:25, 1:50, 4:00, 4:20, 4:40, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:50, 9:40, 10:05, 10:30, 10:50 Blood Work (R) 2:15, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25 Spy Kids 2 (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:20, 1:55, 3:45, 4:25, 6:10, 7:05, 9:35, 12:15; Sun-Thur: 1:20, 1:55, 3:45, 4:25, 6:10, 7:05, 9:35 Signs (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:05, 1:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 9:45, 10:15, 12:10, 12:35; Sun-Tues: 1:05, 1:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 9:45, 10:15 Master of Disguise (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:00, 3:05, 5:25, 8:05, 10:10, 12:20; Sun-Tues: 1:00, 3:05, 5:25, 8:05, 10:10 Martin Lawrence (R) 2:05, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45 Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) FriSat: 2:20, 5:20, 8:00, 10:20, 12:40; SunTues: 2:20, 5:20, 8:00, 10:20 Country Bears (G) 1:50, 3:55 Stuart Little 2 (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 11:30; Sun-Thur: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10 Road to Perdition (R) Fri-Sat: 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40, 12:25; Sun-Thur: 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Halloween: Resurrection (R) 8:30, 10:40 Men in Black 2 (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 7:40, 9:55, 12:25; Sun-Tues: 7:40, 9:55 Like Mike (PG) 1:30, 4:15, 6:45, 9:35, 11:50 Lilo & Stitch (PG) 1:15, 3:50 EVANS 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 8/16 - 8/22 Full Frontal (R) Fri: 4:45, 7:45, 10:00; SatSun: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:00; Mon-Thur: 4:45, 7:45, 10:00 Blue Crush (PG-13) Fri: 3:20, 5:25, 7:35, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:05, 3:20, 5:25, 7:35, 9:50; Mon-Thur: 3:20, 5:25, 7:35, 9:50 Adventures of Pluto Nash (PG-13) 2:00, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 XXX (PG-13) Fri: 2:30, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 1:15, 2:30, 4:15, 5:30,

7:15, 8:30, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 2:30, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30, 9:45 Blood Work (R) 2:15, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 Spy Kids 2 (PG) Fri: 3:00, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15; Sat-Sun: 12:55, 3:00, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15; MonThur: 3:00, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15 Signs (PG-13) Fri: 4:00, 7:00, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 4:00, 7:00, 9:25 Master of Disguise (PG) Fri: 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Mon-Thur: 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) Fri: 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40; Sat-Sun: 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40; Mon-Thur: 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40 Country Bears (G) Fri: 3:10, 5:10; Sat-Sun: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10; Mon-Thur: 3:10, 5:10 K-19: The Widowmaker (PG-13) Fri: 4:05, 6:55, 9:40; Sat-Sun: 1:05, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40; Mon-Thur: 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 Road to Perdition (R) 7:20, 9:50 MASTERS 7 CINEMAS Movies Good 8/16 - 8/22 Blue Crush (PG-13) 2:20, 4:40, 7:30, 9:45 Adventures of Pluto Nash (PG-13) Fri: 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Sat-Sun: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Mon-Thur: 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 XXX (PG-13) 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Blood Work (R) 2:15, 4:25, 7:25, 9:40 Spy Kids 2 (PG) 2:05, 4:20, 7:05, 9:20 Signs (PG-13) 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35 Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) Fri: 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25 REGAL 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 8/16 - 8/22 Powerpuff Girls (PG) 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Crocodile Hunter (PG) 2:15, 4:35, 7:25, 9:50 Bourne Identity (PG-13) 2:10, 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Insomnia (R) 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Unfaithful (R) 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Windtalkers (R) 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Spirit (G) 2:20, 4:45, 7:45, 9:55 Juwanna Mann (PG-13) 2:35, 4:55, 7:00, 9:30 Bad Company (PG-13) 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Star Wars: Episode II (PG) 2:30, 5:15, 8:00 Undercover Brother (PG-13) 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Changing Lanes (R) 2:05, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00

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Cinema: Close-Up

Kate Bosworth, Surfer Girl

By Joey Berlin

B

y summer’s end, Kate Bosworth could be a big star.

Her athletic image is already seen everywhere on posters and billboards for the girl-surfer movie “Blue Crush.” She is the radiantly healthy, bikini-clad blonde clutching a surfboard as if she knows exactly how to ride it. And, in fact, she does.

Based on a magazine article about Maui’s surf culture, “Blue Crush” is the story of a young woman who lives in a beach shack and dreams of finding the perfect wave, so she can match her skills against surfing’s big boys.

Bosworth’s previous film credits include the inevitable “girlfriend” roles in movies such as “Remember the Titans,” but in “Blue Crush,” the 19-yearold takes the lead role.

As a child, the Los Angeles native bounced around the country with her parents, performing in occasional community theater productions and county fairs. As a lark, the accomplished equestrian auditioned for Robert Redford’s film “The Horse Whisperer.” To her surprise, she won a coveted role and launched a promising career.

Q: It looks like you girls really know how to surf well. What was your training like?

A: We had a limited amount of time to learn, but the training consisted of surfing, running, weight training and something called rock running, which is in the movie. You hold a rock underneath the water and run underwater as far as you can. It’s for lung capacity.

Q: Did you already know how to surf beforehand?

A: I went into a casting session with the director and the producers and they asked me if I knew how to surf. And I said, “Absolutely not. But I will work the hardest for you out of anyone.” And I think I proved that. I did work very hard.

Q: They would not let you do too much that was dangerous because you are the star of the movie, right?

A: Heh, heh. They weren’t that careful. Let’s put it that way. We were out at Pipe on the most dangerous days in the winter, on the north shore of Oahu. So it was all real.

Q: Was there a moment when you thought to yourself, “What am I doing here?”

A: Oh yeah! Every day! But you learn quickly.

Q: Did you have any close calls?

A: I was very close to cracking my head open on a board. A wave hit and a huge tandem board that probably weighs 65 pounds flew up and cracked me right on top of the head. I got knocked out and it was very weird. I had no control of my body and started sinking to the bottom.

Our water safety crew picked me up and I had to go to the hospital and get a scan.

I’ve never gone through that before. It was scary.

Q: There have been inspirational

sports movies about athletes believing in themselves, but they are hardly ever about women.

A: I’d like to say it’s about time! It’s inspirational to see anybody go out and ride waves that big and have the belief in themselves to go out and do the best that they can do.

Q: Usually the costume helps you illuminate the character, but this time you did not have much costume to work with.

A: Yeah, but I think the costume that we have sort of embodies the character.

She’s in a bathing suit. Surfers are in bathing suits almost 100 percent of their lives. They sleep in them, they go to work in them, they surf in them, obviously. If you see all the real women surfers, none of them wear one-pieces.

They all wear bikinis. I think it’s just more comfortable. And, so, just being comfortable in my own skin, with the body that I have, and portraying an athletic, strong young woman was nice. It’s a different image, I think, than we have out there for girls.

Q: How would you describe your next film, “Rules of Attraction?”

A: It’s set in college. It’s very twisted.

It’s by Roger Avery, who wrote “Pulp Fiction” with Quentin Tarantino, so it’s hard to summarize. But I will say that my character is one of James Van Der Beek’s love interests. It’s crazy. It’s just sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll in college.

It’s nuts.

Q: So you have managed to avoid any conventional high school roles and gone directly to college. Was that a conscious decision?

A: I think I’ve been lucky enough to do projects that I’ve connected with and just really loved. Every project that I’ve done, and it hasn’t been that many, but every one I’ve just loved with all my heart. And that’s what I go by when choosing a project.

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Auditions SWEET ADELINES PEACH STATE CHORUS OPEN REHEARSAL for singers each Thursday at 7 p.m. Held at 600 Mar tintown Road in Nor th Augusta. Contact Mildred Blain at 736-7740 or Mary Norman at 279-6499.

AUDITIONS FOR “CAMELOT,” A MUSICAL for Aiken Kidney Benefit, will be held in Room 115 at USC-Aiken’s Etherredge Center Aug. 15, 7-10 p.m. Par ts for 30 adults and five children. Gymnastic ability a plus; be prepared to sing, dance and read. Accompanist provided.

Per formances Nov. 8-10 at the Etherredge Center. Call David Culp at (803) 648-5253.

Education “WE WHO DRUM” WORKSHOP presents an introductory course on traditional hand drum construction with an emphasis on beginning hand technique and rhy thmic song ensemble. Clinic noon on Aug. 17 at the Wingate Inn of f Belair Road. Open to people with various musical backgrounds ages 14 and up. No experience required. $100 course fee includes all materials, instruction and a t-shir t.

Call Joseph Gillespie at 495-4420 for information.

USC-AIKEN MUSIC CONSERVATORY PROGRAM now open. Students of all ages and experience levels welcome.

Private lessons available for musical instruments and voice; instructors are USC-Aiken faculty and have at least a master’s degree in their per formance area. (803) 6413288.

Exhibitions STUDIO ART GRO features works by Carolyn Rolland through the end of August. Call 722-3594 for more information.

SOUTHERN MOON POTTERY GALLERY AND STUDIO features works by Jackie Gerstein, Liz Verecrusse, Anne Fallis-Elliot, Craig Bird, Deborah Harris, Peggy Cowan, Bob Malone, Brian Thorpe, Valerie Goetz, Mary Grant and Donna Proctor. The studio also of fers classes and programs for children over 3 years of age and adults. Call (803) 641-2309.

IMAGES OF THE CROSS GALLERY features custom sacred pieces and crosses made of specialty and exotic woods. Call 771-1013.

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David Stuar t, including Raku pot tery and stoneware.

Phone (803) 279-7813 for details.

BANKER DEARING GALLERY features paintings by Karen Banker, pot tery by Julia Dearing, charcoal drawings by Mat thew Whit ford, photography by Susan Lucas and the work of Neil Combs. Call 823-1060 for more information.

AUGUSTA ART GLASS displays the work of Tuck Schuf fer through Aug. 31. For info, phone 724-4300.

ARTISTIC PERCEPTIONS features por traits, original oil paintings and old masters reproductions. Call 724-8739.

THE WORK OF FRANK CARSTARPHEN is on display at the Sacred Hear t Ar t Gallery through Aug. 30. 826-4700.

DUANE BROWN EXHIBIT at the Metro Cof feehouse through the end of August. Call 722-6468 for info.

JAY JACOBS AND JESSE NEWKIRK exhibit in August at the Soul Bar. Jacobs successful July exhibit continues with new pieces, and Newkirk joins him with original work this month. Call the Soul Bar at 724-8880 for more information.

AUGUST ART EXHIBITS AT AREA LIBRARIES: Linda Baack’s watercolors will be on display at the Gibbs Library; steel sculpture by George Graham will be up at the Euchee Creek Branch Library. Call the Gibbs Library at 863-1946 or the Euchee Creek Branch at 556-0594 for more information.

DIANA GURLEY’S PHOTOGRAPHS of Italian coastal towns are on display at the Juice Bar on Broad Street this month.

Call Randy at the Juice Bar, 826-1678.

“DE-MYTHING THE GODDESS” EXHIBIT through Sept. 29 at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum of Black History includes paintings, writings and photography relevant to historical and current perceptions of women’s self-image. Works by Rhian Swain-Giboney. Admission to the museum is $3 adults, $1 students. Call 651-8712 for information.

SAVAGE GALLERY EXHIBIT showcases the pot tery of David Stuar t and sculpture by John B. Savage. For more information, call the gallery at 736-3336.

ARNOLD GALLERY in Aiken features new work by Mary Alice Lockhar t and Al Beyer. Call (803) 502-1100.

ART ON BROAD features pot tery by local ar tists Jerry Pruit t and Carol Craig. Also features oil paintings by Russ Bonin and Raku pot tery by Peter Alsen. Call 722-1028.

GENSHEER’S ART GALLERY features exhibit of Richard Flaher ty’s Irish scenes during August; in September, Emory Dallas will exhibit. For info, call 481-0069.

AT THE MARY PAULINE GALLERY through Sept. 21: Arless Day exhibits “Collages & Unique Variations.” Call 724-9542 or visit www.marypaulinegallery.com for details.

ECLECTIC DESIGN GALLERY is currently displaying works

by Kennith Humphreys, Dave Shore, Priscilla Hollingswor th and museum pieces from Africa, Korea and India. Open 12:30-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and until 9 p.m. First Fridays. Call 724-1010 for more information.

“OVER THE LINE: THE ART AND LIFE OF JACOB LAWRENCE” exhibit through Sept. 8 at the High Museum of Ar t in Atlanta. For more information, call (404) 733HIGH or visit www.high.org on the Web.

DAVID STUART’S WILD HARE POTTERY features work by

TOM KLOSE exhibits his work at Borders Books and Music through the end of August. Upcoming exhibits

Don’t wait for First Friday to head downtown. Artists’ Row is there all month. And it won’t be crowded with revellers if you go now. include: Carl Purdy in September, Alex McCain in October and Rober t Lee in November. Call Borders Books and Music at 737-6962.

Dance SINGLES DANCE each Saturday night from 8-11 p.m. sponsored by the Christian Social Organization for Single Adults. Held at Westside High School. Tickets $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and are available at the door; free dance lessons at 7 p.m. For more information, call 736-8004.

Music U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS BAND PRESENTS “MUSIC ON THE RIVER” Aug. 15 and 29 at the Jessye Norman Amphitheater. Concer t begins at 7 p.m. Call 821-1754.

WAYNE WATSON CONCERT Aug. 25 at Cur tis Baptist Church. Doors open at 5 p.m.; concer t begins at 6 p.m.

Concer t is free, but a love of fering will be taken. Call 7227348 for more information.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE for Paine College’s “Jazz 2002: The Thir teenth Annual Evening of Jazz” Sept. 1, 5-10 p.m.

Available at the Paine College Business Office, Hamilton Bookstore, Nan’s Collections and Pyramid Muisc and Video. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 the day of the event. Proceeds benefit the Paine College/UNCF Campaign. 821-8217.

MUSIC EXPLOSION at Riverwalk’s Eighth Street Bulkhead

Aug. 18 and 25 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Picnic, dance and enjoy the sounds of local musicians Quiet Storm. $5 admission. Call 821-1754 for details.

HOPELANDS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES continues Aug. 19 with Aiken Brass. Begins 7 p.m. at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken. For rain information and for those who need special assistance or accommodations, call 642-7631.

Theater MURDER AT THE PARTRIDGE INN: “LAST WILL & TESTAMENT” Aug. 16, Sept. 15, Oct. 20 and Nov. 17 at the Par tridge Inn. Dinner buf fet served at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 737-8888.

“STEEL MAGNOLIAS” will be presented by Stage III. Dinner theater per formances Aug. 22-24, with a 3 p.m. matinee Aug. 25. $25 dinner theater ticket; $15 matinee.

Held at the Augusta Jewish Community Center in Evans.

228-3636.

“HEAVEN CAN WAIT” Aug. 16-17, 23-24 and 30-31, 8 p.m., with matinees Aug. 17 and 24. Presented at the Abbeville Opera House in Abbeville, S.C. Tickets are $15 adults, $14 for seniors and children under 12. Call (864) 459-2157.

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All Laurel and Hardy, all the time. Visit memorabilia galore at 250 N. Louisville Street in downtown Harlem. For museum times, check the calendar listing. For more info than that, call 556-3448. admission to two of Riverwalk’s at tractions: Augusta Golf and Gardens and For t Discovery. Of fer valid through Sept.

30. Available at ticket of fices of either at traction. Call Augusta Golf and Gardens at 724-4443 or For t Discovery at 821-0200.

RIVERBANKS ZOO AND GARDEN EXTENDED HOURS: Admission gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

Weekday admission is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular admission is $7.75 adults, $5.25 for children ages 3-12. Call (803) 779-8717 or visit www.riverbanks.org.

THE BOYHOOD HOME OF WOODROW WILSON: Circa 1859 Presby terian manse occupied by the family of President Woodrow Wilson as a child during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Original and period antiques, restored house, kitchen and carriage house. 419 Telfair Street.

Open 10 a.m. 5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. Tours available; groups of 10 or more by appointment only. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students under 18 and free for ages five and under. 724-0436.

AUGUSTA GOLF & GARDENS OF THE GEORGIA GOLF HALL OF FAME features beautiful display gardens, as well as bronze sculptures of some of golf’s greatest masters.

Available for rent for a variety of functions. Group discount rates available. Closed Mondays; open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; open from 1 to 5 p.m. on 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. 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. Half-price admission daily af ter 3 p.m. Operating hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Call 821-0200, 1800-325-5445 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 noon3 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. 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island.

SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER is of fering 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.

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

Museums THE MUSEUM OF LAUREL AND HARDY OF HARLEM, GEORGIA features displays of various Laurel and Hardy memorabilia; films also shown. Located at 250 N. Louisville Street in downtown Harlem. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 1-4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 14.

Af ter Oct. 14, hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri.-Sat. and 14 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 556-3448.

LUNCH AT NOON LECTURE SERIES held the second Wednesday of every month at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum of Black History, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call the museum at 724-3576 for more information.

EVENTS AT THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: “Keepers of the Faith: A History of Organized Religion in Augusta” exhibit runs through Nov. 10. August’s film is “Heritage of the Black West” and will be playing, free with admission, continuously in the History Theatre. Family History Series on Aug. 24, “A Living History: Civil War 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment,” held from noon to 4 p.m. and admission is free. Call 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org.

“THE TIES THAT BIND” African-American Ar t and Heritage Tour Program available to students in grades 312. Prior to touring the Morris Museum, a museum docent visits students in their classroom and provides a slide orientation. Available year-round, Tuesday-Friday, and must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance. Call the Morris Museum of Ar t at 724-7501 or visit the museum Web site at www.themorris.org.

Special Events INDIA DAY 2002 is organized by The Indo-American Cultural Association of Augusta to help integrate Indian culture with American culture. Held Aug. 24 at the Ma xwell Per forming Ar ts Theatre of Augusta State University. Exhibition from 4-6 p.m. with Indian cuisine; cultural show from 6-8 p.m. Free admission. For more

information, call 833-8415.

BOOK SIGNINGS AT BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC: Aug. 16, 7-9 p.m., Steve Brown signs his new Susan Chase mystery, “Hurricane Par ty”; Aug. 17, 6-8 p.m., Murhl Teresa Bussey will sign her book “Reflections.” For more information, call Borders Books and Music at 737-6962.

WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY COMMAND PROGRAM in Alexander Hall, For t Gordon, Aug. 29 at 1:30 p.m. Guest speaker is Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught, president of Women in Military Service for America Foundation. For information, call 791-6455.

ULTIMATE DOMINO TOURNAMENT Aug. 17, 4 p.m. at The Spor ts Connection at Gordon Lanes, For t Gordon.

Cost is $20 per team and the tournament is open to the public, ages 21 and up. For more info, call The Spor ts Connection, 791-8716, or Sgt. Jenkins, 791-2223.

THE AUGUSTA HUMANE SOCIETY DOG OBEDIENCE AND PUPPY SOCIALIZATION CLASSES: Registration for the 12-week course held Aug. 28, 7-7:30 p.m. at the Julian Smith Casino. Bring proof of vaccinations (but not your dog) to the registration event. Contact the Augusta Humane Society at 736-0186 for more info.

25TH ANNUAL WHISKEY ROAD RACE Sept. 7 in Aiken.

Those registering af ter Sept. 2 must add late registration fee. Five races. First race begins at 7:30 a.m. Call Citizens Park, (803) 642-7761.

BOOK SIGNING: Charles Seabrook, author of “Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses,” will be at Books-AMillion Aug. 15, 6-8 p.m. 481-9090.

2002 CAT FANCIERS’ ASSOCIATION CAT SHOW, sponsored by the Masters Cat Club, held Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Riverview Park in Nor th Augusta. Open to the public. Tickets available at the gate; $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors. For information, call Sharon Butler at 860-6820.

CELTIC REVIVAL MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL Aug. 17 from 7-10 p.m. at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion. Features music by Eric Duncan, Kelly Stewar t and ‘Smath Sinn Dragon; Celtic pipes and dancing; Celtic jewelry and music vendors. Tickets are $15 adult, $12 seniors and students. Contact Shari Parris at 863-2251.

MODEL OF THE YEAR COMPETITION and fundraiser for various non-profit scholarship programs Aug. 24, 4 p.m. at For t Gordon’s Gordon Club. Model registration through Aug. 20 for teens 13-19 and adults. No experience necessary. For more info, call 724-3220.

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 of f Bobby Jones Expressway every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Call AARF at 364-4747 or visit www.aar f.net. Adoptions also held at the Richmond County Animal Control Shelter, Tues. through Sun., 1-5 p.m. 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 for privately

owned pets. $8 per animal. 1 p.m. at Superpetz. Dogs must be on a leash and cats in a carrier. Puppies and kittens must be three months old and current for all vaccinations. Schedule subject to change, so please call 7906836 to verify dates and times.

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GEORGIA FEDERATION OF SADDLE CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW Aug. 29-Sept. 2 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Ga. (706) 485-8471.

ART IN THE PARK Aug. 17 in Blowing Rock, N.C. Ar tists and craf ters present their work from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the American Legion Grounds in downtown Blowing Rock.

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SUMMER EVENING CONCERTS AT BILTMORE ESTATE in Asheville, N.C.: Beach Night with Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, the Embers and Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Aug. 16; Randy Newman, Aug 17; Pat ty Loveless, Aug. 24; and the Indigo Girls, Aug. 31. For reservations, call 1-800543-2961.

Benefits SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER BLOOD DRIVES in various locations around the CSRA this month. The blood center is urging people of all blood types to donate in order to combat a blood supply shor tage. For detailed information on locations and times to donate, visit www.shepeardblood.org. You may also call Susan Edwards at (803) 643-7996 for information on Aiken locations and Nancy Szocinski at 737-4551 for information on

If the walk along the Savannah River doesn’t tucker out your kids, take them to Oglethorpe Park at the lower end of the Riverwalk. Relax in the shade while they use up that youthful spunk.

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THEATER OF THE STARS PRESENTS “42ND STREET” at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $52.50 and are now on sale through TicketMaster. (404) 249-6400.

GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FAIR through Aug. 18 in Hiawassee, Ga. Midway and carnival rides, craf ts and exhibits, historical demonstrations, pioneer village, fireworks, parade and more. Call (706) 896-4191 or visit www.georgia-mountain-fair.com.

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ATLANTA FALCONS CHARITY KICKOFF LUNCHEON to benefit the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation Aug. 16 at the Georgia Dome. Auction, player autographs and speeches by Ar thur Blank and Dan Reeves. $40 per ticket; $400 for a corporate table. (404) 586-8510.

MASTERS OF THE AMERICAN WATERCOLOR, SOUTH CAROLINA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY exhibits run through Aug. 18 at the Columbia Museum of Ar t in Columbia, S.C. Visit www.columbiamuseum.org or call (803) 799-2810.

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THE CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pet Center located behind the GreenJackets Stadium on Milledge Rd. 261PETS.

“BRING IN ‘DA NOISE, BRING IN ‘DA FUNK” Aug. 21Sept. 29 on the Alliance Stage in the Woodruf f Ar ts Center in Atlanta. Tickets are $20-$49 and can be obtained by calling the Woodruf f Ar ts Center Box Of fice at (404) 7335000. Also, visit www.alliancetheatre.org for info.

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CAMP RAINBOW BENEFIT OPEN HORSE SHOW Sept. 7 at the Hippodrome in Nor th Augusta. Open to equestrians of all ages; classes include English, Western, championship and exhibition. Entry fees are $5 for standard classes, $10 for the championship class and $2 for the exhibition class. Registration at 8 a.m., opening ceremony S at 9 a.m. Spectators admit ted free. To enter, or for more P information, call 721-4004.

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2 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Lake Olmstead. Food, enter tain0 ment, vendors and more. Tickets are $10 for adults and 0 $5 for kids 12 and under and may be purchased in 2

advance at the Beulah Grove Community Resource Center or the ASU Athletic Depar tment. 823-0905.

AIKEN SUN RUN to benefit the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons held Aug. 24, 8 a.m. at the Odell Weeks Center. Af ter the 5K race,a one-mile Fun Run will be held for those ages 14 and under. Contact the volunteer/special events coordinator at (803) 649-0480 for more information.

SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER SHAG AND STROLL Aug. 23, 7:30-11 p.m. at the Historic Firehouse on Broad Street. Fundraiser for a new bloodmobile features low country food, music by Flashback, limbo contests, shag demos, dancing, silent auction and more.

Tickets are $30 per person; corporate tables available for $1000. Call Lanie Wilson at 737-4551 or visit www.shepeardblood.org.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES at the Aiken Red Cross Blood Center on Millbrook Drive and the Augusta Red Cross Blood Center on Pleasant Home Road. The bloodmobile will also stop at various area locations this week. For a complete list, call the Aiken Blood Center at (803) 642-5180 or the Augusta Blood Center at 868-8800.

Learning BOAT SMART COURSE Aug. 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Boathouse, 101 River front Dr. Exam is Aug. 22, 7-9 p.m.

Registration is $25/person, $5 per additional family member, and will be held at 8:30 a.m. before the course. Lunch included. Call 796-8532 for information.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH SERVICES is holding “Writing a Business Plan” workshop Aug. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Small Business Outreach Services/Small Business Development Center Augusta Of fice on Claussen Road. $35 fee. Call 737-1790.

AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION is now offering the following classes: Digital Photography for Beginners, Intermediate Photography, Stained Glass and Intermediate Shag I. Also, ASU of fers online courses.

For more information, call 737-1636 or visit www.ced.aug.edu.

AIKEN TECH CONTINUING EDUCATION is now offering the following courses: Intro to Computers, Creating Web Pages, Intro to Massage Therapy, Intro to Java Script, Driver Education, and more. Classes begin in July and August. Aiken Tech also of fers Education to Go classes online. For more information or to register, call (803) 5939231, ex t. 1230.

Health HORMONE HEALTH SEMINAR with national educator Lisa Voorhies. Free seminar held at Herbal Remedies on Washington Rd. Aug. 29, 7 p.m. For reservations, call 854-9977.

KIDNEY DISEASE HEALTH SCREENING Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beulah Grove Community Resource Center.

Screening recommended for those with diabetes, high blood pressure or those with a family history of the above. For information, call 1-800-633-2339.

PEACHCARE FOR KIDS AND RIGHT FROM THE START MEDICADE of fers free or low-cost health coverage to qualifying families. Coverage includes prenatal care, hospitalization, vaccines, dental and vision care and is available to pregnant women of all ages and to children through age 19. Contact the RSM Project at 729-2086 or 721-5611 for information.

This Army medical helicopter is only one of the neat things that you can check out with your kids at Fort Discovery.

YOGA CLASSES at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 a.m. for $45/month or 10:30 a.m. to noon for $55/month. Call 823-6294.

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. Services include Pap smear, breast exam and the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmit ted diseases. For more info or an appointment, call the St. Vincent dePaul Health Center at 828-3444.

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.

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.

Kids FALL SPORTS REGISTRATION: youth football, soccer, cheerleading and baseball. Held at May Park, the Fleming Athletic Office and Eisenhower Park through Aug. 23. Call May Park, 724-0505; the Fleming Athletic Office, 7965047; or Eisenhower Park, 821-2800, for more information.

FAMILY STORYTELLING AND FOLKSINGING CONCERT WITH “MR. BOB” LINSENMAYER Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 3501 Walton Way Ex t. Includes stories and songs for adults and children. For more info, call (864) 391-2130.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLOCK PARTY Aug. 24, 1-4 p.m., at Crescent City Park in Wagener, S.C. Features Teen Challenge, food, games, prizes, clothing give-away, free haircuts and more. Contact Trudy S. Boyd at (803) 6491900 for more information.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLAST Aug. 24 at For t Discovery.

Noon-4 p.m. celebration features live enter tainment, special activities, science demos, take-home projects and more. Admission is $8/adult, $6/children, senior citizens and active military. 821-0200.

“HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION” parents’ workshop Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Friedman Branch Library. Call the library at 736-6758.

ACADEMIC HELP AND TUTORING available Saturdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 7226275 to make arrangements.

COLUMBIA COUNTY RECREATION SPORTS REGISTRATION through Aug. 17 at Patriots Park. Hours are Mon.Fri., 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fall spor ts offered are football, cheerleading, soccer, baseball and sof tball. $50 fee for first child, $45 for second child and $35 for third; out-of-county residents pay double. Visit www.co.columbia.ga.us or call 863-7523.

TEEN ADVISORY COUNCIL AT THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART begins in September. Members meet weekly to plan museum events for young adults. Applications must be received by Aug. 31 and can be obtained by contacting Victoria Durrer at 828-3865.

GIRLS INCORPORATED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM runs through the end of the 2002-2003 school year. A variety of programs will be offered. Services include van pick-up at select schools, evening drop-off, homework room and hot evening meal. Open to girls in kindergar ten through high school. Af ter-school program of fered 2:30-6 p.m.

Mon.-Fri. For more information, call 733-2512.

“INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS” one-session class of fered Aug. 16, 23 and 30, 9:30-11 a.m. at the Ma xwell Branch Library. Phone 793-2020.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SKILLS PROGRAM for teens ages 12-19 held the third Saturday of the month at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum of Black History. Call 724-3576.

SIBSHOPS every third Saturday of the month at the MCG Children’s Medical Center Conference Center. This program is designed for siblings of children with special health and developmental needs. Phone 721-KIDS for information.

WEEKLY STORY SESSIONS at all branch libraries. Visit www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us for more information.

FIRST SATURDAY STORYTELLING at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum. In addition, there is a tour of the museum.

Held 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of the month. Call 724-3576.

Seniors PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS CAN EXERCISE (PACE) meets at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2 p.m. Call 823-5294.

THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA of fers a variety of classes, including aerobics, quilting, tai chi, Spanish, painting, line dancing, bowling, bridge, crochet, pool/billiards, drawing and pinochle. For dates and times, phone 826-4480.

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS of fered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. Classes meet 9-9:45 a.m., 10-10:45 a.m. or 12:15-1 p.m. $37.50/month. To register, call 733-5959.

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

Sports FALL GOLF LEAGUE BEGINS Aug. 29 at Augusta Municipal Golf Course. Registration deadline is Aug. 28.

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AIKEN SOCCER CUP: Youth from all over the Southeast will compete at Aiken Polo Fields Aug. 24-25. Call (803) 641-4127.

LANGLEY POND JET SKI RACES Aug. 24, beginning at 1 p.m. Two divisions in each of three races: barrel, drag and oval. $20 registration fee per event. Registration at the Aiken County Parks, Recreation and Tourism of fice. For more information on how to register, contact Linda Smith, (803) 642-7558 or e-mail lsmith@aikencounty.net.

YOUTH MONTHLY SPARRING the last Thursday of the month, 5:30 p.m., at the Augusta Boxing Club. Call 7337533.

AUGUSTA RECREATION AND PARKS SUMMER SWIMMING POOLS now open. Pools are located at Dyess Park, May Park, Jones Pool and Fleming Pool. Call 796-5025.

OPEN SWIM at the Smith Hazel pool through August. Held Monday-Friday, 1-6 p.m.; Saturday, noon-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Cost for children is 50 cents and adults pay $1.

Call (803) 642-7755 for more information.

AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS HOME GAMES Aug. 15-21, 26-28, 30-31 and Sept. 1-2. Ticket prices range from $6$8, with discounts for children and seniors. Sundays are Family Fest/Junior Jacket days, Tuesdays are “Two Fer” Tuesdays/Team Trivia and Thursdays are Thirsty Thursdays. Carpenter’s Bride will play immediately following the Aug. 16 game. For tickets, call 736-7889 or go to www.tixonline.com. Also check out www.greenjackets.net.

MARCH OF DIMES CHAIN REACTION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL currently accepting nominations for high school freshmen through juniors to serve on the council. Purpose is to increase awareness of the March of Dimes among high school students while building leadership skills.

Deadline for nominations is Sept. 13. Call Tracy Klemens at 733-8438 for a nomination pack.

THE JERRY LEWIS LABOR DAY TELETHON needs local volunteers to fill the following positions: phone operators, pledge verification, pledge tally, green room, production assistant. Groups and individuals welcome. Telethon is Sept. 2, and volunteers work flexible shif ts. Call 7388543.

OLDER AMERICANS ACT SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM is looking for volunteers to serve meals to needy older residents. To volunteer, contact the Senior Citizens Council at 826-4480. For those in need of home-delivered meals, call 210-2018 or toll free at 1-888-922-4464.

AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: 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; call 790-6836 to verify dates and times.

THE CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY is looking for animal lovers

Meetings AUGUSTA CHAPTER OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the University Hospital Dining Room. Contact Sunshine Prescot t-Aiu at 721-3448 or visit ht tp://iaap—fiarways.tripod.com/iaap.

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Weekly AUGUSTA TOASTMASTERS CLUB #326 meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Advent Lutheran Church. Call 868-8431.

BUSINESS NETWORKERS INTERNATIONAL Augusta Chapter meets every Thursday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in the Par tridge Inn main dining room. All professionals welcome; breakfast provided for a fee. Call Stuar t Rayburn, 737-0050.

RIVERWALK TOASTMASTERS meets Mondays, 7 p.m. in Classroom 3 at University Hospital. Call Gale Kan, 855-7071.

GUIDELINES: Public Service announcements are listed in this section without charge at the discretion of the editor.

Announcements must be received by Monday at noon and will be included as space permits. Send to Events, The Metropolitan Spirit, P.O. Box 3809, Augusta, GA, 30914 or Fax (706) 733-6663. Listings cannot be taken over the phone.

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AUGUSTA TASK FORCE FOR THE HOMELESS holds its monthly meetings the third Tuesday of the month. All meetings are open to the public. For more information, call 723-0040.

THE AUGUSTA SKI AND OUTING CLUB is a non-profit organization for those who enjoy snow skiing, boating, camping, whitewater raf ting, cycling and other outdoor recreation. Meets 6:45 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Cot ton Patch. Social scheduled for Aug. 20 at Famous Dave’s on Washington Road. Club interests should call (803) 279-6186.

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THE AUGUSTA-AIKEN SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT meets Aug. 16, 7:30-9:15 a.m. at the Radisson River front Hotel. Legislative and cour t ruling update on human resources issues by Ed Enoch. $15 guest fee includes breakfast. Make reservations by calling Maria Defever at (803) 442-7812.

LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP holds its first meeting Aug. 21, 7 p.m. in Classroom 1 on the third floor of University Hospital. Meeting will determine area interest in a lupus suppor t group; open to patients and their families. Call Marlene Roberson, 721-2171, or e-mail Lupus_Friends@hotmail.com.

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CSRA CHAPTER OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS meets at Athens Restaurant on Bobby Jones Aug. 15 at 8:15 a.m. At torney James Plunket t will speak on corporations and LLCs. 650-1700.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP meets Aug. 19, 7 p.m. at the Gibbs Library. Discussion on “Seabiscuit” by Laura Hillenbrand. Call 863-1946.

Diana Gurley’s photographs of Italian coastal towns are on display at the Juice Bar on Broad Street. Call 826-1678.

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RIVERS ALIVE STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER RIVER CLEANUP takes place Aug. 24 with the Augusta Canal Cleanup. The public is invited to join. Call the Sierra Club at 863-2324 for more information.

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

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GIRLS INCORPORATED OF THE CSRA is in need of volunteers to mentor and tutor girls ages 5-18 and volunteers willing to share a talent or hobby. Volunteer between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Orientation Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m. 733-2512.

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hey’ve played over 1,000 shows in 65 cities in 18 states.

They’ve been played on over 100 radio stations across the country and captured the attention of writers over 200 times. They’ve released four EPs and four full-length albums.

They’ve even totalled four vans using four distinct and diverse methods.

They are People Who Must. And on Saturday, Aug. 17, they will be playing at a Soul Bar near you, their first gig as a group in two years.

Joe Stevenson – guitarist, vocalist and main writer of the group – wants people to know that People Who Must are not having a reunion. Because the band never broke up in the first place.

But Why Say Goodbye?

“There was never a point where we got into a big fight,” Stevenson said. “If that was the case, we would have had a big farewell. We never had a last show, because I always planned to continue doing it.”

Even during the break, he said, he still saw the guys out and about. And of course, about a year into the break, they started talking about playing again.

“We were all kind of at the same points of our lives where it seemed to work real well playing together again. We just want to go out there, have a good time and make some great music.”

The reason they took a break in the first place, he said, was family.

“What it really boils down to,” 29-yearold Stevenson said, “the defining point was the birth of my daughter. I’ve got two children. It was time to take a break.

I just needed to get back to my family.

Get off the road.”

He wasn’t the only one who had reached that point, but not everyone wanted to put the band on hold. “It was a different response from different people.

Russell (Jarrett) had already moved on.

He was burned out and tired and was ready for a break earlier than the rest of us. It came with mixed reviews, but it worked out for the best.”

Now, he said, the band is fresh and ready to make a new start. “It’s really been great,” Stevenson said. “Now I can look at it from a whole different angle.

It’s been real refreshing.”

“I think it gave everybody an opportunity to branch out and discover different

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parts of their lives,” he added.

So Just What Were These Guys Up To, Anyway?

Not that they’ve been idle. The band members have each been rolling with different projects – personal and professional. “Well, Russell got married,” Stevenson said. “David (Plunkett), he’s working in Atlanta. That’s where he lives. I’m in commercial real estate, and I manage The Big Mighty and do the Homegrown radio show. I host it with the Freak Boy. “Even during the break, I didn’t just say, ‘I’m taking a break completely from music.’ Once music is in your blood, you just can’t walk away from it.”

Stevenson did say, though, that it is important to have your priorities straight.

Only then can you have it all – your work and your family.

“There’s a certain give and take on both sides of it. For it to work, family has to be first. You can’t just ignore your children or your wife to chase your dream.

But at the same time, my family’s very supportive of my dreams.

“It can work.”

When he and his wife Kelly had their son five years ago, Stevenson was touring a lot. “I was home during the early part of the week and gone during the weekends.

It takes a toll on you after a while.”

He adds that being with family doesn’t

mean giving up music.

“Being out on the road isn’t the only way to do it.”

He sounded delighted to be asked about the little ones.

“My kids?” he asked, his voice brightening considerably. “They’re great. They’re a lot of fun. Louis is at the age where, when I do a solo gig at The Pizza Joint, he’ll come up and play his harmonica.”

At 5 years old.

“Yeah, he’s playing a little guitar, too, already. As a father, there is nothing that makes you more proud, especially when your daughter’s out there dancing in the audience.”

That’s McCall, the almost-3-year-old who captured his attention at birth. Some dads have just got it goin’ on.

People Who Must Play But back to that other group he belongs to. When People Who Must climb on that stage Saturday night, it’s going to be a group of familiar faces: In addition to drummer Russell Jarrett, Stevenson will be joined by their bass player of 199396, David Plunkett, and Jayson Sabo, who was their road manager at the time.

He will be playing lead guitar.

“It’s not like we went out and got a bunch of brand-new guys that no one’s seen or heard of,” Stevenson said.

But they’re not just going up there and trying to rehash old times, either.

“We’ve got a handful of new songs,”

Stephenson said. “We’re actually starting this week on a new CD. There’s no telling when that will be out.”

Expect some of your old favorites when you go out to see them, as well.

If you’ve never heard People Who Must, he said, they are pretty much a pop-rock band. But not foo-foo. “I like to pride myself in saying it’s not bubblegum pop-rock.”

Britney Spears will not be joining them.

“This is more along the line of more intelligent lyrics. I hope. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.”

He says that his family has influenced his songwriting to a degree, but he’s not going around singing about three little ducks. “Around break time I wrote a song called ‘Wake Up’ – waking up to the fact that you’ve got this great family at home and you need to stay at home a little more. I wrote a song called ‘Stand Up’ when my son was born. ‘You’ll stand up sooner or later ...’ It turned out to be a pretty little song that I really enjoyed playing. But I don’t just write about my kids and my family and things like that.”

Fun Facts People Who Must was born in 1989. It has now reached puberty.

People Who Must have performed with over 150 other bands.

People Who Must have been produced

by Jeff Tomei and John Keane who collectively have also worked with Matchbox 20, Smashing Pumpkins, and Jerry Cantrell, R.E.M., The Indigo Girls and Widespread Panic.

People Who Must have released these beasts: “The Road You Travel” (fulllength album); “Lost Wire Transfer” (album); “It Fades” (single); “Never Ending Road to Success” (EP), which sold more than 2,000 copies in two months; “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” (double CD).

After that gargantuan project (the double CD), the group hit the road for a year and called it a fitting end to an era. For a year they rested. For another they planned.

Now they’ve returned. Because they must.

Don’t forget: Saturday, Aug. 17. Soul Bar. Opening will be a band called Exactus from Charleston, S.C.

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Widespread Panic founding member and guitarist Michael Houser passed away Aug. 10 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. A real trouper in every sense of the word, Houser played his last gig with the band only two weeks ago in Iowa. Fans are asked to pay tribute to the late guitarist by sending contributions to the Michael Houser Music Fund, PO Box 6548, Athens, GA 30604. All memorials will be used at the Athens Academy so that underprivilegd children can have the opportunity to learn the gift of music.

Houser was 40.

Beck hits Atlanta this week on Aug. 20 for a solo acoustic tour. The show will be held at the Ferst (not to be confused with the Secund or the Therd) Center for the Arts, long noted for its excellent acoustics. His new album, due in September, is still untitled but you can enjoy free downloads of some of the new tracks by visiting his official Web site at Beck.com.

Modern Rock faves No Doubt and Garbage are teaming up for a short fall tour. An Oct. 27 date has already been finalized for Jacksonville, and an Atlanta (and possibly a Charlotte) show should

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be announced soon. “Rock Steady,” No Doubt’s most recent foray into the charts, has sold almost two million copies in the U.S. while Garbage is trying to revive sagging sales of “Beautifulgarbage,” which has yet to break the half-million mark in U.S. sales. We’ll keep you posted on this tour as information unfolds.

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Finally … and you thought that playing Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” over and over ad nauseaum was the greatest form of revenge.

Well, we used to think so, too, until a bright new package came across the desk recently. “Classic Drum Solos,” a 60minute “battle of the drummers” spotlights uncut – yes, uncut – solos from the likes of Gene Krupa, Chico Hamilton, Elvin Jones, Louie Bellson, Art Blakely and more. Many, many more. Taken from performances over the last five decades, this DVD and video has 60 full minutes of snares, cymbals, and tom-toms in a percussive war of the worlds. There’s even a “once-in-a-lifetime battle between Buddy Rich and … Jerry Lewis!”

Thankfully, Ginger Baker is nowhere to be found. Pass the Advil, please.

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ruce Springsteen’s “The Rising” debuted at the top spot this week in the album charts. It sold a very impressive 525,000 copies, holding off strong first week sales by Linkin Park, Nelly, and surprisingly, Def Leppard, whose “X” opened just out of the top 10.

Springsteen’s last No. 1 was in 1995, when his “Greatest Hits” sold a quartermillion units in its first week of release.

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t seems Santa Barbara, Calif., band Dishwalla has done some growing up since their 1996 debut album, "Pet Your Friends." You may remember them for the hit single from that album, "Counting Blue Cars," Billboard’s Rock Song of the Year that year.

Ever wonder where they went?

Dishwalla is back for Round 3 with "Opaline." The album, released in April on fledgling label Immergent Records, follows up a disappointing second album, 1998’s "And You Think You Know What Life’s About," which was released during a corporate merger involving Dishwalla’s label at the time, A&M Records.

"Opaline" combines introspective lyrics with acoustic sounds, at times almost experimental in its lush mix of singer J.R. Richards’ plaintive vocals with the laid-back sounds of Rodney Browning Cravens’ minimalist guitar-plucking.

But the real treasure in this little gem is in recognizing how far the band has come from "Pet Your Friends." While the 1996 album explored some difficult and important issues, Dishwalla never delved into them as deeply as on "Opaline." Here, we find explicitly stat-

ed emotions, chilling and evocative images, and the sense that the band members are personally invested in the music they’re making.

And, proving that they’re more than a one-hit alternative-rock wonder, Dishwalla appeared on the cover of entertainment magazine Buzzine’s debut issue. They’re also touring exten-

sively in support of "Opaline," on a six-month jaunt around the U.S. On Aug. 21, they’ll be at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, N.C. One night later, Dishwalla will be appearing at Atlanta’s Cotton Club.

Tickets to all Dishwalla shows are available from TicketMaster.

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y now, you’ve probably seen “Behind the Music” on Poison, so you know all about the groupies, drug-binges, car crashes, scandalous videotapes and other various rock ‘n’ roll excesses the band has plowed its way through.

But a happy ending for Poison doesn’t exactly mean settling down.

Their 2002 release, “Hollyweird,” features rather revealing artwork. (And no, it’s not a rendition of Bret Michaels.)

The album itself is a concept album about life in Hollywood – Michaels and the boys reminisce about their former debauchery, alternately romanticizing it and lamenting it.

And if you’re looking for “Nothin’ But a Good Time,” you’ll have your chance this weekend. Poison is already halfway through the second leg of the “Hollyweird World Tour 2002” with Cinderella and Faster Pussycat. It’s a bighair, heavy-metal reunion of sorts.

Poison and pals will be at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Aug. 16 and will head north to Charlotte, N.C.’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Aug. 17.

You’ll think you’re back in high school.

Peter Frampton comes alive yet again – and in a town near you.

Aug. 16 finds the icon of ‘70s rock at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta.

The next night, he’s playing the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, S.C. So what’s Frampton been up to recently? He’s currently working on his first studio album in nine years; that’s due out next March. And in addition to performing for charity, Frampton served as authenticity advisor on the set of “Almost Famous.” And he’s had a sensible haircut.

The fluffy curls may be gone, but Frampton’s still a classic rock god.

Dwight Yoakam brings a bit of country flavor to Cowboys Atlanta in Kennesaw, Ga., Aug. 16. It’s a late show, starting at 10:30 p.m., which will give you plenty of time to get there after you punch out Friday afternoon.

Yoakam’s stripped-down style has attracted a base of both rock and country fans, so the place should be packed.

And after you get home from the show, the biscuits that Yoakam’s serving up on his Web site might warm your belly. Yes, he’s really peddling biscuits, in a virtual

Old West/road trip/sideshow atmosphere.

The site’s just as eclectic as his music.

For the truly funky among us, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will be taking over the stage at Earthlink Live in Atlanta Aug. 20.

You might remember Parliament and Funkadelic as two related groups masterminded by George Clinton; they had a 1967 hit, “(I Wanna) Testify.” Even if you weren’t around back in the day, you’re probably familiar with some of the sounds of Parliament Funkadelic: They’re one of the most sampled bands around, and Clinton himself is often credited with giving birth to modern urban music.

Parliament Funkadelic is known for their outlandish live sets; there’s usually a crowd onstage, ornate costumes and props – and there were rumors about Clinton getting naked onstage.

No promises that it will happen (or that it won’t), but we’re guessing the show will be funkalicious.

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Thursday, 15th

Aiken Brewing Co. - Karaoke Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Coconuts - DJ Coliseum - High-Energy Dance with DJ Hawk Continuum - Playa*Listic Thursday Cotton Patch - Dennis Hall Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Voodoo Tuna, Bat tery D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Eagle’s Nest - Richardean Norwood, Michael Johnson, Karaoke Finish Line Cafe - Blind-Draw Fishbowl Lounge - Blind-Draw Dar ts Fox’s Lair - Tara Scheyer Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Greene Street’s - Men’s National Karaoke Contest Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Last Call - Ma x from 95 Rock hosts Barroom Olympics, DJ Richie Rich Logan’s Roadhouse - Karaoke with Bill Tolber t Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Pool League Marlboro Station - Talent Night Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - The Word Par t II Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Open Mic Night Rhythm and Blues Exchange - Elliot Holden Group Richard’s Place - DJ Mike the Outlaw, Pool League Robbie’s Sports Bar - Pool and Dar t Leagues Safari Lounge Aiken - Karaoke Salsa’s Bar and Grill - Karaoke with Linda Eubanks Shannon’s - Glenn Beasley Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Snook’s - Open Acoustic Jam Soul Bar - Rebel Lion, Happy Bones Sports Pub and Grill - Spor ts Trivia The Spot - Feature DJ Squeak y’s Tip-Top - Live Music Wheeler Tavern - Flashback and Company

Friday, 16th

Back yard Tavern - Karaoke, Horseshoes Bhoomer’s Lounge - Niche Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Borders - Jeremy Carr Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford, Carl Brown Charlie O’s - Live Music Coconuts - Miss Hawaiian Tropic with DJ Doug Coliseum - Barbara Barringer Continuum - In the House Friday with DJ Nick Snow Cotton Patch - Red-Headed Stepchild Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Keep, Tilden’s Faith, Jemani D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Euchee Creek Sports Bar - Karaoke Finish Line Cafe - DJ Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke with Linda Eubanks Fox’s Lair - Tara Scheyer Gordon Club - Flavor Fridays Greene Street’s - Karaoke with DJ Penny Highlander - Elliot Holden Group Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys The Infield Sports Bar & Grill - Karaoke Kokopelli’s - Bind Last Call - Dakota West, Tony Howard, DJ

Richie Rich Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Blind Draw Marlboro Station - Show Night with Special Guest Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - DJ Vegas Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Partridge Inn - The C. Anthony Carpenter Project Patti’s - Free Pool Private I - Disco Red Lion - The Happening, Hush Puppies Rhy thm and Blues Exchange - All Access Richard’s Place - Midnight Magic Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Shag Night with DJ Shannon’s - Bar t Bell Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Soul Bar - Prince Purple Rain 1999 Par ty The Spot - Ms. Behavin’ Competition Veracruz - Live Music Wheeler Tavern - Flashback and Company

Saturday, 17th

American Legion Post No. 63 - Karaoke Night Back yard Tavern - Karaoke Bhoomer’s Lounge - Niche Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Borders - Paul Gordon Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford, Carl Brown Charlie O’s - Live Music, Military Night Coconuts - DJ Doug Coliseum - Mallory Continuum - Rebel Lion, I.S.D. Cotton Patch - Red-Headed Stepchild Country Ranch - Karaoke Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves, Shelley Watkins and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Midnight Crossing, Wa x Bean D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Finish Line Cafe - DJ, Dar t Tournament, Karaoke Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke with Linda Eubanks, Blind-Draw Dar ts Gordon Club - Salsa Night Greene Street’s - Karaoke with DJ Penny Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Kokopelli’s - Custom Made Scare, SULAN Last Call - Tony Howard, DJ Marlboro Station - Show Night with Special Guest Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - Miami Night with DJ Boriqua Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - El Dorado Deluxe Private I - Disco, Live Jazz and R&B Rae’s Coastal Cafe - Live Music Red Lion - Par t-Time Hero, Almost Steve Rhy thm and Blues Exchange - Live Enter tainment Richard’s Place - DJ Mike the Outlaw Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Karaoke Shannon’s - Elliot Holden Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Snook’s - Horseshoe Tournament Soul Bar - People Who Must, Exactus The Spot - Live DJ Squeak y’s Tip-Top - Live Music Time Piecez - ‘80s Night Veracruz - Live Music VFW Post No. 3200 - Karaoke with Chuck and Frances Wheeler Tavern - Flashback and Company

King Konga (above) and Ingram Hill (below) will be playing on the very, very, very last night of the On the Bricks concert series, in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park. Also playing will be Blues Traveler, Trucker, Pseudopod and The Luxury Liners. Gates open at 5:30. Live music begins at 6 p.m. No dogs, backpacks, food, drinks, coolers or cameras. Free! Yay!

Sunday, 18th

Adams Nightclub - Dance Par ty with DJ Tim Back yard Tavern - Karaoke Bhoomer’s Lounge - DJ Boriqua Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford and The Last Bohemian Quar tet Cotton Patch - Dennis Hall Country Ranch - Pool Tournament Finish Line Cafe - Blind-Draw Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Logan’s Roadhouse - Trivia Marlboro Station - Starlight Cabaret with Claire Storm and Lauren Alexander Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Rhy thm and Blues Exchange - Karaoke with Bill Tolber t Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Shannon’s - Tony Howard The Spot - Live DJ

Monday, 19th

Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Coliseum - Q.A.F. Continuum - Monday Madness with DJ Freeman Crossroads - Club Sin Dance Par ty Elks Lodge - Line Dancing Finish Line Cafe - Open Pool Tournament Fraternal Order of Eagles - Bingo Highlander - Dar t League Honk y Tonk - Blues Monday featuring Robbie Ducey Band and Special Guest Kokopelli’s - Dar t Teams Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Dar ts Michael’s - Karaoke with Hugh Barrow Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Red Lion - F&B Karaoke Richard’s Place - Dar ts Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Safari Lounge Aiken - Shag Lessons Snook’s - Free Pool

Saturday Night Live gets even more exciting the second go-’round on Aug. 17: Fireworks! Booming begins at 9 p.m. Music runs from 7-11 p.m., with the featured act being the SailCats (pictured). For info, call Rommie Thompson, Riverwalk Special Events, at 821-1754, or Bryan Mitchell of The Cotton Patch, at 823-3714.

Tuesday, 20th

Adams Nightclub - Karaoke with Bill Tolber t American Legion Post No. 63 - Bingo Bhoomer’s Lounge - House Music Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Club Incognito - DJ Richie Rich Coliseum - Tournament Tuesday Cotton Patch - Brooke Andrews Band Crossroads - Club Sin Dance Par ty 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 Highlander - Open Mic Acoustic Jam Session Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Karaoke Metro Coffeehouse - Irish Music Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Patti’s - Pool Tournament Red Lion - Dancing Under the Influence Snook’s - Open Acoustic Jam Somewhere in Augusta - Trivia Sports Pub and Grill - Trivia

Wednesday, 21st

Big Iron Saloon - Russell Bonham Coconuts - DJ Coliseum - Talent Search Continuum - Open Mic Night 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 Finish Line Cafe - Blind-Draw Greene Street’s - National Karaoke Contest Honk y Tonk - The Duke Boys Hooters - Karaoke with Bill Tolber t Logan’s Roadhouse - Trivia Luck y Ladies Bar and Grill - Pool League Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - House Music Mulligan’s Nitelife - DJ Playground - Golf Tournament Rhy thm and Blues Exchange - The Family Trucksters Richard’s Place - Pool League Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G, Free Pool

Shannon’s - Steve Chapell, Bar t Bell Silver Bullet Lounge - The Big Dogs Snook’s - Open Acoustic Jam Somewhere in Augusta - Paul Arrowood Soul Bar - Live Jazz The Spot - Live DJ TGI Friday’s - Trivia Wheeler Tavern - Flashback and Company

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Elsewhere

Poison, Cinderella, Faster Pussycat - House of Blues, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 16 Blues Traveler - Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta Aug. 16 King Hippo - Music Farm, Charleson, S.C. - Aug.16 Dwight Yoakam - Cowboys Atlanta, Kennesaw, Ga. - Aug. 16 Zoso - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga. - Aug. 16 Peter Frampton - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Aug. 16; House of Blues, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 17 Aaron Tippin - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 17 The Irish Tenors - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Aug. 17 Luther Vandross - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Aug. 18 George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Ear thlink Live, Atlanta - Aug. 20 Marc Anthony - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Aug. 20 Taproot - 40 Wat t Club, Athens, Ga. - Aug. 20; Cot ton Club, Atlanta - Aug. 21 Vince Gill - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Aug. 21 David Allen Coe - Senate Park, Columbia, S.C. Aug. 22 Jump, Little Children - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga. - Aug. 22 Dishwalla – Cot ton Club, Atlanta - Aug. 22; Civic Center, Savannah, Ga. – Aug. 23 Dream Theater - The Tabernacle, Atlanta Aug.24 Charlie Pride - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 24 Cowboy Mouth - House of Blues, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 24 Norah Jones - Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta -

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Aug. 25 Particle - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga. - Aug. 27 Peralta, Planes Mistaken for Stars - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, S.C. - Aug. 28 Cher, Cyndi Lauper - Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, S.C. - Aug. 28 Aaron Carter - Bi-Lo Center, Greenville, S.C. Aug. 30 Tesla, Vince Neil, Skid Row - House of Blues, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Aug. 31 Lorrie Morgan - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Sept. 1 Jump, Little Children - Music Farm, Charleston, S.C. - Sept. 6 Superdrag, Love Apple - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, S.C. - Sept. 6 Of Montreal - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, S.C. - Sept. 7 Dillenger 4 - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, S.C. - Sept. 17 Merle Haggard - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Sept. 21 Steve Kimock Band - Atlanta’s Back Porch, Fairburn, Ga. - Sept. 27 Bill Gaither and Friends - Philips Arena, Atlanta - Sept. 28 Bill Cosby - Fox Theatre, Atlanta - Oct. 12 Sammy Kershaw - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Oct. 19 Disco Biscuits - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga. Oct. 19 Rolling Stones - Turner Field, Atlanta - Oct. 26

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Deadline for inclusion in Night Life calendar is Tuesday at 4 p.m. Contact Rhonda Jones by calling 738-1142, fa xing 736-0443 or e-mailing to rhonda_jones@metspirit.com.

Club Directory Adams Nightclub - 738-8811 Aiken Brewing Co. - (803) 502-0707 American Legion Post 63 - 733-9387 The Backyard Tavern - 869-8695 Big Iron Saloon - 774-9020 Bhoomer’s Lounge - 364-3854 Borders - 737-6962 Cafe Du Teau - 733-3505 Capri Cinema - Eighth and Ellis Street Charlie O’s - 737-0905 Club Incognito - 836-2469 Coconuts - 738-8133 Coliseum - 733-2603 Continuum - 722-2582 Cot ton Patch - 724-4511 Country Ranch - (803) 867-2388 Coyote’s - 560-9245 Crossroads - 724-1177 Docker’s - (803) 302-1102 D. Timm’s - 774-9500 Eagle’s Nest - 722-5541 Elks Lodge - 855-7162 Euchee Creek Spor ts Bar - 556-9010 Finish Line Cafe - 855-5999 Fishbowl Lounge - 790-6810 Fox’s Lair - 828-5600 Fraternal Order of Eagles - 790-8040 French Market Grille West - 855-5111 Gordon Club - 791-6780 Greene Street’s Lounge - 823-2002 Hangnail Gallery - 722-9899 Highlander - 278-2796 Honky Tonk - 560-0551 Hooters - 736-8454 The Infield - 652-1142 Jerri’s Place - 722-0088 Joe’s Underground - 724-9457

Kokopelli’s - 738-1881 Last Call - 738-8730 Logan’s Roadhouse - 738-8088 Lucky Ladies Bar and Grill - 651-0110 Marlboro Station - (803) 644-6485 Metro Coffeehouse - 722-6468 Michael's- 733-2860 Modjeska - 303-9700 Mulligan’s Nitelife - 738-1079 Par tridge Inn - 737-8888 Pat ti’s - 793-9303 Pizza Joint - 774-0037 The Playground - 724-5399 Private I - 793-9944 Rae’s Coastal Cafe - 738-1313 Red Lion Pub - 736-7707 Rhythm and Blues Exchange - 774-9292 Richard’s Place - 793-6330 Robbie’s Spor ts Bar - 738-0866 Safari Lounge Aiken - (803) 641-1100 Salsa’s Bar & Grill - 855-6868 Shannon's - 860-0698 Silver Bullet Lounge - 737-6134 Snook’s - (803) 278-2936 Somewhere In Augusta - 739-0002 The Soul Bar - 724-8880 The Spot - (803) 819-0095 Spor ts Pub and Grill - 432-0448 Squeaky’s Tip-Top - 738-8886 Surrey Tavern - 736-1221 TGI Friday’s - 736-8888 Time Piecez - 828-5888 Treybon - 724-0632 Veracruz - 736-4200 VFW Post No. 3200 - 736-9046 Wheeler Tavern - 868-5220 Whiskey Junction - (803) 649-0794

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• In July, for the second time in a month, a village council in Punjab province approved an abuse of females that had to be stopped by the Pakistan government.

Tribal law allows a convict to be pardoned if the victim’s family accepts cash compensation, but the council pardoned condemned murderers who agreed to send cash and their eight teenage daughters for marriage to elderly relatives of their victims. Two weddings had already taken place by the time the police halted the deal.

Good News for Men • New York University researchers writing in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that sex-abstaining women and women whose partners wear condoms were more frequently depressed and concluded that hormones in semen may enter the bloodstream and pep women up (May). And Concordia University (Montreal) researchers reported that their PT141 drug seems to encourage female rats to solicit sex from males three times as often as they otherwise would and are scheduling human trials (May). And Hebrew Rehabilitation Center (Boston) researchers found that the grain in beer (which men consume far more than women) must be a major reason why men suffer less osteoporosis (July).

Compelling Explanations • Prosecutors in Pottstown, Pa., said in May that they thought that some of rap singer Karim Ali Howard’s lyrics might be used against him in his upcoming trial for cocaine trafficking. (A sample: “I’m going to sell coke until you call me pope, do dirt until the lord tries to stop me, it’s gonna take hundreds of bullets just to drop me.”) And in June, Russell Adam Pelletier, 24, was convicted of murder in Louisa, Va., despite arguing that a supposed confession captured by undercover

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• Among recent denials of child sexabuse: Choir official Frank Jones, 51, said he was merely massaging a 13-year-old boy with slippery sports cream and that “My hand slipped” onto a “private area” (New York City, April). And teacher Carl D. Reid, 38, said he had no idea that several female elementary school students of his had crawled under his desk, and that before he knew it, they had put their hands underneath his gym shorts and touched him (Newport, R.I., May).

• Eleven alleged members of San Francisco’s Big Block street gang claimed in a court filing in June that they have a constitutional right to carry guns, pointing to a declaration last year by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft that changed the law. Previously, the Justice Department had thought that Second Amendment rights applied only to state militias, but Ashcroft declared in May 2001 that henceforth, the Second Amendment would be regarded as giving fundamental gun-toting rights to individuals.

Nonetheless, in July 2002, the federal judge trying the Big Block gang declined to dismiss the gun charges.

Latest Rights • The City of New York agreed in July to pay a Sri Lankan-born schoolteacher $50,000 for the “hostile work environment” he encountered in the classroom because of his nationality. The administrators said they couldn’t stop students from hassling him because they were emotionally troubled “special needs” students, protected by law.

• Claudia Huntey, 38, who has suffered from Tourette’s syndrome since age 9, filed a federal lawsuit in Denver in April after she was evicted from Torrey Pines apartment complex because her frequent screams during the night disturbed her neighbors. Huntey, whose most frequent symptom is to yell “Fire!” at the top of her lungs, claimed that since those are “involuntary vocalizations” protected under federal disability law, her neighbors would just have to get used to them.

• The Afkhami family of Gaithersburg, Md., filed a civil-rights lawsuit in July against Carnival Cruise Lines, which the plaintiffs said unlawfully denied their right to travel from a Miami port with 160 live bees, in bottles, because two of their adult children on the cruise were practicing alternative medicine involving the bees. The Afkhamis said the rights were denied because of the family’s Iranian nationality.

Update • From time to time News of the Weird has reported on the fluctuating value of the late Italian artist Piero Manzoni’s personal feces, which he canned in 1961, 30 grams at a time in 90 tins, as art objects (though, over the years, 45 have reportedly exploded). Their price to collectors has varied from about $28,000 for a tin in 1998 to $75,000 in 1993. In June 2002, the Tate Gallery in London excitedly announced it had purchased tin No. 004 for about $38,000. (The price of 30 grams of gold at press time was a little over $300.)

— Chuck Shepherd © United Press Sndicate

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Brezsny's Free Will Astrology There is an infinity of possible answers to the question “What is the meaning of life?” Last week, the meaning of life for me was embodied by a drunken Zen master who came to me in a dream and drawled, “Think with your heart and feel with your head.”

This week brought a new answer: In a San Francisco café I found a bar napkin on which someone had drawn a three-panel cartoon depicting a butterfly crawling into a cocoon and being transformed into a caterpillar. For you this week, Aries, the answer to “What is the meaning of life?” is an image that came to me as I meditated on your astrological omens: On a dry lake bed, a dozen long-stemmed red roses rise out of an ancient Greek vase as a thunderbolt cracks through the sky and a downpour begins.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

There are few things more poignant to an astrologer than a Crab without a secret. You Cancerians need tantalizing enigmas in order to feel fully alive. You thrive in the auras of smoldering mysteries and you love to explore hidden treasure in private. Though at times your fascination with the adult version of peekaboo is a way to preserve your delusions, just as often it’s a healthy expression of your playful nature and a wise recognition of how elusive and ever-shifting the “objective truth” can be. I’ve described this in detail, my dears, because you are dangerously low on secrets right now. It’s time to get filled up.

My acquaintance Renata is a sculptor who creates animals from marble and limestone. She likes to say that her art consists of liberating the figures that are buried inside the stone. She doesn’t build a statue, then, as much as she carves away the stuff that’s obscuring it. I recommend that you borrow Renata’s approach, Leo. The thing you love and need and deserve already exists, whole and complete. All you have to do is eliminate the inessential elements that are keeping it unavailable to you.

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Sagittarius comedienne Margaret Cho is my hero.

Her film, “Notorious C.H.O.,” is the bravest work of art I’ve seen in years. She bares her soul ruthlessly, unveiling raw admissions about herself that would permanently embarrass most people. Yet there’s also an unselfconscious grace in her spectacle; she avoids drawing us into the fantasy that we’re participating in naughty voyeurism. She’s authentic, not “bad.”

She’s telling the truth, not manipulating us into worshiping her outrageous ego. Best of all, “Notorious C.H.O.” is orgasmically funny. I belly-laughed so vehemently that the muscles in my abdomen were fatigued halfway through the movie. I’m describing Cho’s accomplishment in detail because you now have the ability to tap into the uniquely Sagittarian power she has harnessed with such mastery.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Many smart, educated people think astrology is bunk perpetrated by quacks. For any stargazer with an ego, this threatens to be depressing. We want to be loved and appreciated like everyone else. On the other hand, I’ve found that being in a field that gets so little respect has for the most part been liberating.

It has been impossible for me to get all puffed up with overbearing pride; I’ve had to learn to practice astrology primarily for the joy it brings me, not as a means of seeking recognition. In a backhanded way, then, a seemingly demoralizing curse has become an invigorating boon. I predict that you, Virgo, will

Is there anything about you that has remained unripe for too long? Have you clung to your innocence or amateur status past the time when you should have graduated to the next highest level? Are you still a casual dilettante in a field where you have the potential to become a flaming master? If you answered yes to any of those questions, now is a perfect

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

You Scorpios are the most strategic sign of the zodiac. Like chess masters, you’re often thinking 10 moves ahead. At the same time, your ability to concentrate on what’s right in front of you is almost scarily potent; your piercing attention resembles a magnifying glass focusing the sun’s rays on a bug on the sidewalk. This combination may make you difficult to read and impossible to outmaneuver: You can be intensely zeroed in on the present, yet furiously scanning the past and future for clues on how to take maximum advantage of all the possibilities.

Everything I just described is currently at a peak of expression. May you use it to create abundant good works for all concerned.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Tune in, please, to all the nagging itches that fester in the back of your mind and at the bottom of your heart. For now, do not attempt to scratch them; do not judge them; do not visualize them as frustrated desires whose purpose is to drive you mad with longing. Instead, Taurus, simply regard those nagging itches with reverence and curiosity. Give them room to breathe and allow them to speak their truths.

Surrender to the fullness of the emotions they stir. It may take an hour or it may take a few days, but if you persist in this approach, the nagging itches will become your brilliant guides. They will instruct you as to what questions you most need to ask and they will show you how to move in the direction of the blessed answers.

ACROSS

The Real Thing has arrived. Maybe not the Ultimate, Climactic, Last-You-All-Your-Life Real Thing, but who knows? Even if it is just a temporary Real Thing, it’s still got a lot of rich transformations to give you. I’d like to inquire, therefore, why you have not yet let it fully into your life? Is it because it has a superficial resemblance to a counterfeit “Real Thing” from your past? Or, in a world teeming with false promises and spin doctors and crafty sales pitches, are you finding it hard to recognize a truly genuine article? Pinch yourself, Libra.

moment to kick yourself in the butt. Waiting for fate to do the kicking for you would be a first-class goofup.

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alarm control freaks and big babies. You could have extravagant encounters with poignantly liberating sexuality and novel emotions that alter your brain chemistry forever. The controversial mysteries you naturally attract will prick some people on the raw edge between their desires and their fears. I suggest you provide clear warnings to anyone who may be offended by moist little miracles and huge flaming magic.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

So I’m taking a break from dancing outside the San Francisco warehouse where a sweaty prayer-style rave is unfolding. My mind has been melted and my chakras steam-cleaned by the pounding grooves inside. Up walk three manic creatures I happen to know, Aquarians all, their eyes popping and jaws flapping. My psychic probe determines they’re buzzed not on any drug but on the natural highoctane frenzy of their nervous systems. I swear I can see the vapor trails. I ask if they’ll help me do astrological research about the state of the Aquarian psyche. The next half hour passes in a dazzle as these virtuoso talkers regale me with convulsive stories of reconciliation. One has just reunited with her lost love, another with a lost part of his own mind, and the third with a lost cause that’s now no longer lost.

What’s your reconciliation, O Seeker of Unity?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

My first suggestion is that you gently remove your head from the sand. Next, get your hand unstuck from the cookie jar. Then figure out why your shoes are tied together, and do something about it. Finally, Pisces, I’d like you to reach around to your back and rip off the sign that reads “Kick Me,” which has been taped there for a while. Before you know it your strength and courage will return, and you’ll be primed to fix the less-obvious glitches in your fate.

For instance, you could dismantle the trap you set for yourself last February, then move on to dissolving a pocket of unjustified self-hatred.

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ast year, I dated a man who was very good to me. Because he moved too fast and doesn’t make enough money (I can struggle financially on my own), I cut him loose. I have a close girlfriend, 35, who’s not only a virgin, but has never even kissed a man — something she wanted to change so dating wouldn’t be such a big deal. Recently, her house needed work, and I asked the guy to help her. One thing led to another, and they got physically involved, although they didn’t have sex. A week later, he begged me to take him back, reiterating that he loves me deeply and can’t be with any other woman.

Shortly afterward, I figured out that something had happened between him and my friend. He broke into tears, calling it “a moment of weakness” with someone who isn’t for him. She said I’d convinced her that he was too poor for me, or she never would have let it happen. I believe them, but right now, all three of us are torn apart.

I want to pursue a relationship with him, but how can I survive the pain of being with a man my best friend will always see as her “first” — the man who finally made her feel like a woman?

—Shredded We “The man who finally made her feel like a woman” could actually be the per fect match for you, the woman who sometimes sounds like a script excerpt from a Summer’s Eve commercial.

Pain management, it seems, is the key. Now, do you actually get a lit tle electric shock every time The New Woman stocks up on Tampa x or gets within a few feet of pink chiffon? Or is the real problem a lit tle jolt of psychic pain — the result of your hopping off to one-too-many clearance sales in the melodrama depar tment?

Apparently, Scarlet t, you’ve put the recent past on a lit tle rhinestone leash, and you’re dragging it around with you everywhere you go. This might make sense if this par ticular piece of past had some bearing on the present or the future, and not just because you’re let ting it shed all over the two people you care most about. Quite frankly, if you’re going to furrow your brow over the competition, a 35-year-old woman who’s never been any thing-ed by anybody is the least of your worries. Yeah, The Man With The

Emaciated Wallet did toss your friend a night of what might charitably be called “charity sex” (except that it was, at best, charity pet ting).

Okay, so it wasn’t exactly a form of do-it-yourself tooth ex traction, but it probably wasn’t the erotic hour of the century either. Af ter all, it did send the guy scrambling back to beg to be with you, not scrambling back for another fumble ... uh, tumble, with the sexual freshman.

Your biggest problem is your conviction that you have a problem, probably borne of expectations that your love life read like a book sold in supermarket checkout lines. You can either accept the past (wise, since requests for rollbacks are rarely honored) and work on building a future with this guy, or you can begin construction on a shrine to all the sex he’s ever had with anybody else. But, what, pray tell, are you supposed to do about any thoughts of him that may or may not be floating around in your girlfriend’s head? Well, we all have our hangnails to bear.

Whether yours come in hangnail or 300-foot wooden cross size is up to you.

My ex-girlfriend and I have been broken up for two years (after six years together).

We haven’t talked about get ting back together in over a year, but I love her as much as I ever did. We see each other about twice a week because I live with her brother, my best friend, who she says she’s visiting. Lately, she’s been stopping over much more often. Would it be out of the question to bring “us” up again?

—Wishful Thinking Like many men, when it comes to signals from women, your powers of observation rival those of a stack of wet timber. This girl is dropping over several times a week to visit her brother? Check the name on the mailbox nex t to yours. Does it say “Chris Rock”? If not, consider that her brother might not be the roommate she’s most interested in encountering — especially not if she frequently arrives dressed like she’s due at The Playboy Mansion instead of her bro’s dumpsteradjacent two-bedroom. Is it out of the question to bring “us” up again? You’ve let it hang in the air this long. Why not just leave it up there until duck hunting season and see if some other guy comes along and shoots it down?

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Seeking SWM, 45-65, that is ready for LTR. ☎569448 TIME TO HAVE A BLAST Honest SWF, 43, enjoys spending time with my daughter, bowling, dining out, Nascar, movies, baseball games, camping. Seeking honest, genuine SWM, 43-50, for fun and friendship. ☎554752

MAKE MY HEART LAUGH SBF, 22, 5’8”, 155lbs, part-time student, seeks sensual, kind man with a great heart, for movies, dining out, and open-minded conversation. ☎565120 LOOKING FOR LOVE SWF, 55, dark/blue, 135lbs. Seeking WM, 4555, for honest, romantic, and fun-loving relationship. ☎552267 ABSOLUTE ALTRUISM SBF, 42, 5’7”, 1205lbs, seeks emotionally secure gentleman, 35+, with honor, wit, and wisdom. ☎605946 FULL FIGURED SWF, 25, enjoys animals, bowling, dining-out, movies. Seeking WM, 20-39, for LTR. No games. ☎559564 MATURE MAN DBF, very spiritual, caring, honest, friendly, intelligent, romantic, physically fit, stable.

Seeking BM, 37-45, spiritual, stable, and honest, for LTR. ☎965912 ARE YOU THE ONE? College educated SWF, early 40s, 5’6”, 136lbs, extroverted, enjoys camping, country living, animals, movies, traveling. Seeking same in SWM, 40-50, similar interests. ☎965910 WAITING TO HAPPEN DWF, 45, 5’4”, brown/green, likes sports, music, dining out. Seeking serious, honest, hardworking SWM, 40-55. ☎965902 MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY SWF, 5’7”, red hair, green eyes, full-figured, 34, good-looking, clean, sociable, enjoys quiet times, sewing, movies, cooking. Seeking SM, 32-43. ☎965879 BE HONEST SF, 60, enjoys good conversations, going to Church, yard sales, music. Seeking SM, 5070, N/S, likes to go to Church. ☎965856 TABLE FOR TWO SWF, 57, 5’4”, blond/green, easygoing, outgoing, enjoys cooking, fishing, reading, NASCAR. Seeking honest, respectful S/DWM, 57-65. ☎965851 WE SHOULD MEET SWF, 30, 5’5”, full-figured, shy, into movies, reading, intelligent conversation, basketball.

Seeking SM, 28-39, confident, for friendship. ☎965909 NO GAMES!!

SBF, 33, N/S, full-figured, enjoys reading, long drives, the outdoors. Seeking caring, understanding SBM, 25-38. ☎965855 THAT GIRL DWF, 39, brown/brown, attractive, financially secure, enjoys travel, loves to be spoiled.

Seeking WM, 36-50. ☎965911 LET’S GET TOGETHER SWF, 45, 5’5”, blonde/green, smoker, enjoys dancing, movies, dining out, reading, beach, mountains, up for anything. Seeking SWM, 40-49, similar interests. ☎965901 NEEDLE IN HAYSTACK BF, 42, 5’6”, long silky black hair, attractive, voluptuous, sociable, educator, enjoys computers, walks, movies, singing, instruments.

Seeking serious-minded, fun-loving SM, 4060. ☎965878 WHERE ARE YOU? SBF, 29, 5’3”, likes going to church, reading, sports. Seeking SBM, 28-35, with similar interests, to get to know better. ☎965850 GIVE ME A CALL SWF, 50, looking for friendship, possible LTR with SWM, 48-53. ☎965917 BEING YOURSELF SBF, 27, N/S, 5’6”, 180lbs, brown/brown, open-minded, fun-loving, enjoys bowling, poetry, movies, quiet evenings. Seeking strong-minded SBM, 26-39. ☎965916 MUCH MORE!!

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GIVE ME A CALL! SBM, 6’1”, 270lbs, seeking SBPF, 35-50, for friendship, movies, walks in the park, and dining out. ☎965993 COMPASSION SM, 53, 6’, 180lbs, musician, loving, communicative, loves bowling, dancing, walks, car A racing. Seeking attractive, compassionate U SWF, 21-60, for a LTR. ☎965990 LOOKING FOR MY LADY G SWM, 35, 6’1”, 195lbs, blond/blue, enjoys cooking, dining, dancing, quiet evenings. Seeking 1 SWF, 25-40, for friendship, possible LTR. 5 ☎965988 WATCH THE SUNRISE 2 SBM, 25, 6’9”, 225lbs, has a wide variety of interests.

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965987 2 ☎ 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. ☎965984 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. ☎965977 NEW COMER TO AREA SBM, 42, 5’8”, 160lbs, shy, likes baseball, cooking, country music, kids. Seeking SF, 2450, full-figured, for LTR. ☎965976 LET’S TALK SWM, 46, N/S, 5’10”, 200lbs, enjoys outdoors, hunting, country music, bowling and flea markets. Seeking SWF, 35-50, hardworking, honest. ☎965975 ENJOY LIFE SWM, 33, 5’11”, 215lbs, brown/green, creative, passionate, enjoys painting, poetry, hiking, traveling, sports. Seeking SWF, 23-45, for casual times. ☎965974 JUST FUN Shy WM, 55, N/S, no kids, enjoys going for coffee, ice cream or a movie. Seeking WF, 4565, for friendship first. ☎965973 RUN WITH ME SHM, 50, 5’8”, N/S, likes outdoors, having fun, running. Seeking SF, 36-45, for friendship. ☎965972 EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Shy SWM, 46, homebody, seeks SWF, 3542, no kids, easygoing, wants a relationship. ☎965971 CELESTIAL SAILOR Mystical romanticist, rider, believer, gardener, chef, biker, crafts, camper. SWM, 43, very clean, financially secure, seeks SF, 29-50, loves jazz. ☎965970 MR. RIGHT SBM, 41, 5’11”, down-to-earth, enjoys quiet evenings. Seeking slender SBF, 30-45, brown skin, black hair, for friendship, possibly more. ☎965969 MAKE YOUR MOVE Laid-back SBM, 41, 6’1”, clean cut, medium build, enjoys church, dining, beaches, shopping, reading, sports. Seeking soulmate. ☎965968 THAT SPECIAL LADY SWM, 60, easygoing, 5’8”, 160lbs, hardworking, secure. Seeking SCF, 35-55, N/S, for LTR. ☎965967 TO THE POINT SWM, 47, 5’10”, 190lbs, outgoing. Seeking attractive SWF, 30-47, for LTR. ☎965965 THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE SBM, 30, 5’11”, medium-built, clean-cut, no children, N/S, N/D, seeks SF, good-hearted, good-natured, down-to-earth, looking for relationship, maybe more. ☎965964 SENSE OF HUMOR SWM, 44, 5’7”, 190lbs, auburn/green, enjoys traveling, scuba diving, water sports, motorcycles. Seeking SWF, 30-45, outgoing redhead. ☎965959 SPECIAL SOMEONE Laid-back, relaxed, easygoing, smiles easily, 6’1”, 175lbs, dark brown hair (highlights), tall, tanned SWM seeks SWF, 18-27, for romantic relationship. ☎965955

WALK MY PIER Blue-eyed WM, 6’1”, retired, no kids, enjoys sailing on yacht, water sports. Seeking similar in lady, 25-35. ☎965953 A LITTLE TLC DWM, 47, hardworking, secure, seeks SWF, 35-46, who wants a LTR. ☎965966 GREAT SCOTT Retired DWM, 52, 6’4”, 155lbs, reddish/ blonde hair, enjoys dancing, seeks similar female. ☎965991 LISTEN UP Enjoys bowling, plus more. SM, 22, 6’3”, 165lbs, dark brown hair, outgoing, construction worker. Seeking SF, 22-35. ☎965950 WHAT DO YOU LIKE Fun, outgoing SM, 18, blond hair, loves music, movies. Seeking SF, 18-25, for fun, friendship and a possible LTR. ☎965948

OUTGOING SEEKS SAME SM, 35, who enjoys gardening, working out, sports, fishing, long walks in the park, would like to meet an outgoing man for LTR. ☎594617 YOUNG MAN WANTED GWM, 22, brown/brown, pretty good-looking, in search of cute, down-to-earth GWM for movies, dinners, shopping, roller blading. ☎576230 GIVE LOVE; GET LOVE BACK SM, 35, 6’2’’, 190lbs, black hair, medium build, seeks understanding, achieved man who is escalating himself in life. ☎576303 ARE YOU MR. RIGHT? SWM, 51, 5’8’’, 150lbs, likes dining out, quiet evenings, walks and hugs. Seeking SWM, 2035, slim build, with similar interests. ☎584644 SEEKING MAN OF COLOR GWM, 31, 5’8”, 164lbs, brown/gray, moustache, goatee, down-to-earth, very open-minded, seeks SB/HM, 23+, for friendship, maybe more. ☎575272 DOCTOR FIX IT GBM, enjoys chess, racquetball, auto mechanic. Seeking WM with similar interests. ☎566315 LONELY HEART Hard-working, DWF, 41, 5’5”, 234lbs, brown/ blue, enjoys conversation, music, poetry, cuddling. Seeking DWM 38-42, who still dreams of that one true love. ☎563879 OUT SPOKEN SWM, 32, 5’11”, 145lbs, enjoys camping, fishing, Nascar. Seeking laid-back WM, 23-35, for LTR. ☎560095 GUY SWEET TALK SWM, 6’2”, 240lbs, brown/blue, 52, dating first, possible relationship, enjoys walking, hand holding and talks. Seeking SWM, 30-40, with feelings. ☎966007 YOU NEVER KNOW Fun-loving, easygoing GWM, 51, 5’11”, 200lbs, enjoys cooking, movies, fishing, walking. Seeking interesting GWM, 18-33, who’s full of life. ☎966036 NICE Outgoing, nice SBM, 31, 5’8”, 153lbs, seeks sexy SBM, 25-39, ☎966022 NEED SOMEONE SPECIAL In your life? SBM, 46 young, 5’5”, 125lbs, oldfashioned, seeks sincere SM, 23-35, special friend and conversation. Let’s talk. ☎965995 BE MY TEDDYBEAR Athletic SBM, 23, college student, enjoys basketball. Seeking heavyset SWM, 35-48. ☎966035 WARM AND LOVING GWM, 18, 5’8”, 145lbs, blue eyes, outgoing, friendly, loves shopping, arts & crafts, photography. Seeking GM, 18-45, for a committed relationship. ☎966034 AWAITING YOUR CALL Outgoing SWM, 38, likes drinking, playing pool. Seeking fun-loving SWM, 25-45, for good times, future commitment. ☎966032

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WHAT DO YOU WANT? SWM, 31, 5’8”, 175lbs, masculine, muscular, passionate, dedicated, open, enjoys simple things, time with friends. Seeking SWM, 3045, for LTR. ☎966019 MAKE IT HAPPEN SBM, 32, 5’11”, adventurous, likable, likes drawing, more. Seeking SAM, 18-35, respectful, fun-loving, for LTR. ☎966031 QUIET TIMES Well-built SWM, 48, enjoys hiking, movies, dining out, beach walks. Seeking SWM, 3540, for intimate relationship. ☎966030 BEYOND SWM, 32, 5’11”, 155lbs, light hair, looking for good time with GM, 18-45, ☎966003 SPECIAL SOMEONE Open-minded GWM, 38, seeks GWM, 30-50, for LTR. ☎966021 GET TO KNOW ME SBM, 30, N/S, enjoys having a good time.

Seeking SBM, 20-40. ☎966018 TRY NEW THINGS SWM, 45, outgoing, sociable, open-minded, enjoys fishing, golfing, reading, quiet times.

Seeking SM, 25-45, for friendship, possibly more. ☎966017 GET TOGETHER GHM, 30, 5’6”, 165lbs, extroverted, enjoys sports, movies, walks, cuddling. Seeking outgoing GWM, 25-35, for friendship. ☎966016 MELODY OF LOVE WM, 40, 6’, 185lbs, enjoys sports, swimming, cycling and movies. Seeking WM, 25-50, to spend time with. ☎966015 FRIENDSHIP Or companionship. BM, 26, 5’8”, father, not into playing games, enjoys quiet walks.

Seeking male, 21-35. ☎966014 NEW TO TOWN GWM, 31, 5’8”, 175lbs, brown/brown, masculine, country boy, passionate, dedicated, HIV positive. Seeking GWM, 30-45, for LTR. ☎966013 ARE YOU READY? SWM, 42, 5’7”, 160lbs, blue-eyed, athletic, outgoing, enjoys quiet evenings. Seeking SWM, 21-55, adventurous, for casual times. ☎966012 LIVES THE MOMENT GWM, 51, romantic, adventurous, younglooking, 5’10”, 165lbs, likes quiet evenings, movies. Seeking SWM, 35-50, sincere, blond preferably, fit. ☎966011 SIMILAR COMPLEX BPM, 37, enjoys going out, movies, shopping, quiet evenings. Seeking GBM, 35-40, who’s real, down-to-earth, knows what they want. ☎966010 GIVE ME A CALL! Outgoing, friendly GWM, 35, N/S, seeks GM, 21-50, for friendship and fun. He likes movies, cooking, malls, and quiet times. ☎966009

SEEKING FRIENDSHIP Tall, slim, attractive SWF, 34, single mom, enjoys travel. Seeking athletic, easygoing, humorous, fun SWF, 26-45, to go out and have good times. ☎572618 ARE WE POSSIBLE? GBF, 24, seeks GW/HF, 25-35. I’m outgoing, beautiful, intelligent, with a great mind. Hoping to meet a woman with a willingness to enjoy life. ☎566252 ZEST FOR LIFE Articulate, adventurous WF, 32, 5’8”, brown/ brown, enjoys animals, running, movies and dining. Looking for WF, 25-40, for friendship. ☎965827 I’M LOOKING 4 U Easygoing, loyal SBF, 31, 5’3”, 155lbs, security officer, people person, fun-loving, nice, caring, honest, enjoys bowling, movies, cuddling at home. Seeking trustworthy, outgoing SBF, 26-35, for friendship, maybe LTR. ☎965835

ISO SOMEONE SPECIAL Fun-loving, romantic, sincere SBPF, 25, 5’1”, 170lbs, enjoys shopping, cooking, dining out.

Seeking open-minded, romantic, fun-loving SBF, 21-28. ☎965842 YOUNG AT HEART Active GWF, 60, 5’5”, 122lbs, brown hair, enjoys meeting new people, dining out, short trips.

Seeking plus-sized GWF, 45-60. ☎965820 SECURITY GUARD Laid-back female, 41, likes movies, dining out, cooking, quiet evenings. Seeking similarminded male for companionship. ☎589877 GIVE ME A CALL GBF, 20, down-to-earth, likes dancing, movies, walks in the park. Seeking GF, 21-35, for friendship and conversation. ☎965826 KIND AND CARING GBF, 24, 5’2”, 170lbs, blond hair, energetic, loving, enjoys movies, shopping, cooking. Seeking romantic, outgoing GBF, 21-27. ☎965819 SOMETHING SPECIAL Bi-SWF, 41, attractive, kind of shy, smoker.

Wants to meet a SWF, 30-45, for special times together. ☎965841 YOU DECIDE GBF, 21, 5’7”, 140lbs, enjoys quiet times at home. Seeking fun GBF, 19-28, for conversation and possibly more. ☎965840 WOULDN’T IT BE NICE? Shy, honest GWF, 40, 5’1”, 128lbs, salt & pepper hair, brown eyes, loves outdoor activities, traveling. Seeking GWF, 30-45. ☎965839 UP FOR GOOD TIMES GBF, 20, 5’3”, 130lbs, friendly, outgoing, loves meeting new people, reading, writing. Seeking outgoing, friendly GBF, 19-25. ☎965838 SEARCHING FOR U! SBF, 18, 5’4”, 132lbs, attractive, reserved, likes reading, music, family times. Seeking outgoing, down-to-earth, funny SBF, 18-45, for friendship. ☎965837 ISO YOU SBF, 25, mother, adventurous, N/S, loves art, poetry, animals. Seeking SBF, 25-35, goal-oriented, for a casual relationship. ☎965836

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FRIENDS FIRST SBF, 40, 5’3”, 160lbs, laid-back, outgoing, enjoys reading movies, cuddling and dining out. Seeking SBF, 30-55, for friendship first. ☎965834 IT COULD BE SWEET Laid-back SBF, 25, 5’4”, medium-built, into chats, pool, various films, music, books.

Seeking caring, understanding SF, N/S. ☎965833 NO ORDINARY LOVE SBF, 27, seeks feminine SF for companionship, dining out, someone who wants something real. No games. ☎965832 BEST IS YET TO COME! GWF, 40, seeks GF, 30+, for casual friendship. No stress needed, but willing and ready for what comes my way. ☎965830 FRIENDSHIP FIRST! Funny, smart, down-to-earth GBF, 5’6”, 125lbs, loves long walks, hand holding. Seeking GF, 21-30, who likes kids and doesn’t play games. ☎965829 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. ☎965828 GIVE ME A RING Cute SBF, 30-something, seeks attractive SF, 25-45, for friendship, maybe more. No games. ☎965825 WASTE NO TIME GBF, 36, enjoys dining out, cooking, dining out. Seeking attractive, open-minded, fun, nice GF, 25-45, for friendship and possibly more. ☎965823 LOOKING FOR A QUEEN SBF, 30, one child, articulate, athletic, sense of humor, enjoys dancing. Seeking SF, 24-35, for conversation, friendship. No head games. ☎965822 SOMETHING DIFFERENT SWF, 41, 5’3”, 115lbs, blue-eyed blond, enjoys casual drinking, movies, dining.

Seeking WF, 35-45, with similar interests, for fun, exciting times. ☎965821

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——————————————— 1994 FORD ESCORT LX, sport, green, 5spd, A/C, PW, GC, 81K, $2950 OBO, 706-771-8416 or 706-860-7361 (204/912) ——————————————— 1995 HONDA ACCORD, EX, V6, local trade $5990. Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (179/815) ——————————————— 1995 INFINITI Q45T, loaded, silver, $15,000 706-799-7817 (112/919) ——————————————— 1995 PONTIAC FIREBIRD formula, convertible, red with white top and interior, loaded, 51K original miles, $12,500 706-231-4204 (207/912) ——————————————— 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY, black, auto, all power, 110K, very dependable, XC $5500 OBO (706)868-9227 (191/919) ——————————————— 1996 OLDSMOBILE CIERA, 4dr, AC, auto, PS, PB, PW, PL, cruise, tilt, am/fm/cass, 99K, $3475 803-6461112 (138/919) ——————————————— 1997 ACURA TL 2.5 premium, all options, 120K, near perfect, 28 mpg, $11,000 706-863-7021 (208/912) ——————————————— 1997 AUDI A-4 black/black, Bose stereo-CD changer, 5spd, sunroof, all power, GC $8995 OBO 803-613-1496 (209/912) ——————————————— 1997 BUICK LESABRE leather, burgundy, V-6, fully loaded, one owner, $7,995 Gerald Jones Honda 706-7332210 (163/815) ——————————————— 1997 CHEVY CAVALIER sporty, manual trans., good miles, new tires $4200 Gerald Jones Select 706-733-1035 (232/815) ——————————————— 1997 DODGE INTREPID V6, 4dr, auto, 80K, one owner, $6000 OBO 706-7929708 (210/912) ——————————————— 1997 DODGE NEON auto, air, am/fm, 95K, great student car, $3500 706-6508550 or 706-564-1157 (211/912) ——————————————— 1997 MAZDA MILLENIA, black/beige leather, moonroof, auto, full power, GC, 65K, $12,000 OBO 803-641-0630 (101/919) ——————————————— 1997 SATURN SL1 black, 5spd, 56K, 4dr, dual airbags, ABS, CD/fm, w/4 speakers, XC, smells new, $5500 706564-3735 (212/912) ——————————————— 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA, local trade, $6990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)2075771 (186/815) ——————————————— 1998 ACURA CL 3.0 premium 59K, must sell, excellent condition, $1000 of extra’s $14,500 OBO 706-284-2488 (96/919) ——————————————— 1998 ACURA LEGEND L, white, very clean, XC, leather seats, Bose Sound, SR, loaded, must sell $9600 OBO 803270-3145 (213/912) ——————————————— 1998 CHEVY PRISM auto, cold AC, very economical & affordable, $7995 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (141/815) ——————————————— 1998 HONDA ACCORD, EX, V6, certified, $13,990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (181/815) ——————————————— 1998 HONDA ACCORD silver/grey, 4dr, 5spd, A/C, tilt, alloys, CD, highway miles. Looks/runs like new. Must sell! $9500 706-210-1850 (214/912) ——————————————— 1999 CADILLAC CATERA leather, dark grey, chrome rims, roof, very clean, won’t last $16,495 Gerald Jones Honda 706-733-2210 (161/815)

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——————————————— 1999 CADILLAC CATERA, sunroof, loaded, special Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (190/815) ——————————————— 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORD affordable luxury, $13,650 Gerald Jones Select 706-733-1035 (233/815) ——————————————— 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING Coupe, $16,900 Gerald Jones Select 706-7331035 (224/815) ——————————————— 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX, white/tan, alloy wheels, CD, sunroof, all power, XC, non-smoker, clean, 1 owner, 43K, $14,999 (706)737-6754 (108/919) ——————————————— 1999 HONDA CIVIC LX, best seller, low miles, great value $12,295 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (142/815) ——————————————— 1999 LEXUS ES 300 “Coach Edition”, leather, wheels, one owner, off lease, 3 to choose from $19,999 Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (166/815) ——————————————— 1999 MAZDA PROTEGE auto, AC, 71K, XC, $6999 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (129/815) ——————————————— 1999 MERCURY SABLE 29K, white/tan leather, matching tan roof, $10,500 Bobby Jones Ford 706-7388000 (130/815) ——————————————— 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA auto, A/C, stereo CD, loaded $12,480 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (127/808) ——————————————— 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA, low miles $16,990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)2075771 (187/815) ——————————————— 1999 SATURN SW2, local trade, 24K, $9990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)2075771 (185/815) ——————————————— 1999 VOLVO V70 Wagon 4dr, $23,900 Gerald Jones Select 706-733-1035 (225/815) ——————————————— 2000 ACURA INTEGRA GSR, leather, sunroof, all power options $16,595 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (126/808) ——————————————— 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER automatic, CD & cassette $12,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-279-6564 (120/815) ———————————————

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4dr, rear air, low miles, you pay NADA, trade in $17,900 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (92/815) ——————————————— 2001 DODGE NEON, low miles, $9990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (189/815) ——————————————— 2001 HONDA ACCORD EX, 2dr, auto, silver, low miles, 7yr/100,000 mi warranty, only $19,295 Gerald Jones Honda 706-733-2210 (162/815) ——————————————— 2001 HONDA ACCORD EX, V6, one owner, local, leather, moonroof, loaded Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (167/815) ——————————————— 2001 HONDA ACCORD EX, one owner, new trade, fully loaded with every option. Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (169/815) ——————————————— 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX, 5spd, low miles, warranty, silver/grey $13,000 706-738-6454 (104/919) ——————————————— 2001 KIA OPTIMA, SE, 3K, $13,990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (183/815) ——————————————— 2001 KIA SPECTRA, 10K, $8990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (182/815) ——————————————— 2001 MAZDA MILLENIA 25K, loaded with every option, moonroof, leather.

Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (168/815) ——————————————— 2001 MERCEDES C320 one owner, loaded with every option, local, new trade “Brand New” Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (165/815) ——————————————— 2001 PONTIAC FIREBIRD V6, t-tops, auto, low miles, chrome wheels, $16,380 Gerald Jones Select 706-7331035 (229/815) ——————————————— 2001 SATURN L200 low miles, program cars, 6 to choose from, all colors, save $8000 at only $12,900 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (143/815) ——————————————— 2002 CHEVY CAVALIER automatic, CD $11,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803279-9407 (121/815) ——————————————— 2002 DODGE INTREPID auto, V-6, all power, nice car, $15,990 Andy Jones

Mazda 803-278-2549 (122/815) ——————————————— 2002 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX enthusiasts, you know, low miles $20,310 Gerald Jones Select 706-733-1035 (228/815) ——————————————— 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, 3 to choose from, fully loaded, auto, starting $15,999. Acura of Augusta (800)8515158 (173/815)

SUVs 1987 JEEP WRANGLER JV 327 engine, 700R trans., great project car, 33” tires, $7000, cell 706-399-8110 or 706-650-8038 (90/919) ——————————————— 1988 FORD BRONCO II, 5spd, cold air, new battery, new tires, fog lights, running boards, Bronco tire cover low miles, $2500 OBO 706-736-6644 (102/919) ——————————————— 1989 FORD BRONCO II new motor, VGC, $3000 OBO 803-827-2824 (218/912) ——————————————— 1996 FORD BRONCO XLT 5.8 engine, fully loaded, new tires & new paint, d. green 706-285-2880 (219/912) ——————————————— 1996 HONDA PASSPORT LX, 4x4, PW, PL, white, just traded $7995 Gerald Jones Honda 706-733-2210 (157/815) ——————————————— 1996 LEXUS LX 450, 4WD, AC, PS, PB, alloy wheels, CD, P/sunroof, Xclean, 90K, $17,500 706-737-6100 (110/919) ——————————————— 1997 FORD EXPLORER Sport, V6, auto, all power, dual A/C, tilt, cruise, m/r, am/fm/cass/CD, d. green, $8995 706860-0860 (220/912) ——————————————— 1999 CHEVY BLAZER, low miles, 4X4, special, Honda Cars of Aiken (800)2075771 (188/815) ——————————————— 1999 FORD EXPEDITION Eddie Bauer, 32K, new tires, white/tan leather, nicest ‘EB’ in town. Bobby Jones Ford 706738-8000 (134/815) ———————————————

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1999 FORD EXPEDITION, Eddie Bauer, 4 X 4, $22,990. Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (176/815) ——————————————— 1999 FORD EXPLORER XLT, factory warranty, CD, keyless remote, alloy wheels, $14,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-279-2366 (123/815) ——————————————— 1999 FORD EXPLORER many to choose from 2dr-4dr models, starting $9999. Acura of Augusta (800)8515158 (170/815) ——————————————— 1999 HONDA CRV, certified, $15,990.

Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (178/815) ——————————————— 1999 HONDA PASSPORT hunter green, V-6, AT, AC, P/sunroof, PW, PL, cruise, security system, XC 43K $17,900 neg. 706-854-7633 (89/919) ——————————————— 1999 NISSAN FRONTIER XE, silver, auto, air cond, sliding rear window, bedliner $10,900 OBO 706-736-0317 (109/919) ——————————————— 1999 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA

Platinum edition, one owner, off lease, low miles, & much more NADA trade $14,687 Saturn of Augusta 866-7299999 (139/815) ——————————————— 2000 FORD EXPEDITION, Eddie Bauer, beautiful SUV’s, two available, $24,990. Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (177/815) ——————————————— 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT, leather, alloys, low miles $22,710 Gerald Jones Select 706-733-1035 (227/815) ——————————————— 2001 FORD EXPLORER Sport, all power features, CD, auto $15,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-279-8830 (115/815) ——————————————— 2001 FORD SPORT Trac silver, all options, better than new, 1200 miles w/many added accessories $24,900 706-868-9519 (221/915) ——————————————— 2002 CHEVY BLAZER auto, V-6, all power $17,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-279-9264 (117/815) ——————————————— 2002 CHEVY BLAZER auto, V-6, loaded $17,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-202-1307 (118/815) ———————————————

2002 CHEVY BLAZER auto, V-6, loaded $17,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-202-1307 (119/815) ——————————————— 2002 FORD EXPLORER 9K, better than new, test drive today $21,997 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (132/815)

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FORD RANGER Super Cab XLT, flareside, auto, AC, all power, well maint., bed cover, stereo CD/cass $9990 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (135/815) ——————————————— 1994 CHEVY S-10 lowrider, rims, CD, manual transmission, white, brake lights, flowmaster175K $4500 706-8685110 (222/912) ——————————————— 1994 MAZDA B3000 A/C, PS, PB, am/fm, 129K, green/beige, immaculate cond., 803-557-4974 or 803-642-6976 (223/912) ——————————————— 1997 DODGE DAKOTA V6, auto, sporty, $7900 Gerald Jones Select 706-

733-1035 (231/815) ——————————————— 1999 CHEVY S-10 conversion, 27K, running boards, alloys, X-clean $8799 Bobby Jones Ford 706-738-8000 (133/815) ——————————————— 2000 GMC SIERRA X-tra Cab, 5.3 liter, big V8, auto, 3dr, $18,634 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (144/815) ——————————————— 2000 MAZDA B4000, V-6, mint condition, CD, 31K, garage kept, new tires, warranty, loaded, kelly blue book $17,000 asking $13,995 706-855-9044 (91/919) ——————————————— 2001 DODGE DAKOTA Sport Ext. Cab, V-6, all power, 6-disc CD changer $13,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-2791209 (116/815) ——————————————— 2001 GMC Z71 loaded, leather, auto, bedliner, white, $24,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-279-9143 (124/815) ——————————————— 2001 Mazda B3000 4X4, x-tra cab, 6cyl, auto, pwr package, alloy wheels 12K, you need to pay NADA $15,900 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (94/815)

——————————————— 2002 GMC Sonoma Flareside, 4dr, auto, V-6, alloy wheels, CD, $13,990 Andy Jones Mazda 803-202-0002 (114/815) ——————————————— 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5, X-Cab, gold, 3K, like brand new $16,995 Gerald Jones Honda 706-733-2210 (155/815) ——————————————— 00/01 SATURN SL’S 3 to choose from, auto, 5spd, loaded, start $6999. Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (174/815)

Vans 1991 INTERNATIONAL 36 passenger school bus, AC, perfect for churches $6995 Augusta Dodge 706-736-8414 (145/815) ——————————————— 1995 DODGE CARAVAN emerald green, auto, A/C, 120K miles, very nice, $3800 706-790-7356 or 706-399-5110 (217/912) ——————————————— 1997 CHEVY VENTURE 4dr, V6, low miles, one owner, $9495 Gerald Jones

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Honda 706-733-2210 (164/815) ——————————————— 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY EX, America’s premier van, loaded with everything, one owner, dual AC. Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (172/815) ——————————————— 1999 MERCURY VILLAGER Estate, leather, captains chairs, THE package $15,233 Gerald Jones Select 706-7331035 (230/815) ——————————————— 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER one owner, V-6, won’t last long $10,900 Saturn of Augusta 866-729-9999 (93/815) ——————————————— 2000 FORD E350 Van, 15 passenger, dual AC, fully loaded with power everything “church ready”. Acura of Augusta (800)851-5158 (171/815) ——————————————— 2000 HONDA ODYSSEY, EX, with navigation, certified, $23,990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (180/815) ——————————————— 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE, premier, nice van, $18,990 Honda Cars of Aiken (800)207-5771 (184/815) ——————————————— W W W. M E T S P I R I T. C O M

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1995 Honda Accord EX V-6..$5,990 2000 Honda Civic EX Coupe Certified...............Special Savings

2001 Ford Ranger XLT

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2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette

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*Must choose from in stock units in dealer’s inventory. Glamour color additional $400. Automatic additional $850. All prices plus tax, tag & fees & include any applicable incentives. Dealer installed accessories may vary on units. **With approved Credit.

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PRE-CONSTRUCTION REDUCTION

02 Subaru WRX-AWD $20,310 Performance Enthusiast, you know! Low Miles 2001 NISSAN SENTRA GXE O P T I O N S

O P T I O N S

• 28K • Loaded •

1999 LEXUS ES 300

O P T I O N S

1999 MUSTANG GT

• Loaded • Low Miles • Coach Edition •

2001 MAZDA MILLENIA

#7385-1

01 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited $20,310 All Options, Leather, Roof, Chrome Wheels

• 5 speed • Yellow • One Owner/Local Trade

#3346-1

Leather, C/D, Special Wheel Pkg, Keyless Remote, Alarm, #6318 Third Seat, Rear A/C, Must See, Black on Gray

99 Volvo V-70 T-5 Sedan $19,320

O P T I O N S

Leather, Roof, Alloys, Turbo, Volvo Certified - 7 year 100,000 warranty

• Automatic •

#7323-1

99 Volkswagon Passatt GLS V-6 $16,440 Power Roof, Alloys,

1999 ACURA 3.2 TL

VW Certified - 2 year/24K mfg. Warranty

#1415-1

99 Jeep Wrangler - Sahara $16,250 O P T I O N S

• Sharp Car • 28K •

O P T I O N S • Premium • Low Miles Certified 7 year, 100K Warranty • Very Nice

ACURA of Augusta

1760 Gordon Highway

737-5200

Automatic, V-6, A/C, Hard Doors, C/D, 4x4, Low Miles #6335

GERALD JONES SELECT 1775 Gordon Highway (next to Gerald Jones Volvo)

739-0040

Attention All Current Dodge/Chrysler Minivan Owners

AUGUSTA DODGE WILL HONOR THE GM $1000 VAN MAILER PROGRAM Simply bring in your GM Mailer & The $1,000 Bonus Cash can be applied to the Purchase or Lease of Any New Dodge Van or Durango

Plus Receive All Current Dodge Rebates and Incentives. Also, Receive 7 Year/70,000 Mile Power Train Warranty The Mayor Declares

WAR on Misleading Advertising

*0% financing on select models only Stratus, Intrepids & Durango only.

Finance offered with approved credit.

0.0% APR available (new cars) offers not in conjunction with any other offers. Tax, tag, & title extra. Expires 8/12/02. Prices & programs include manufacturer rebate. OUR GOAL: “A DODGE IN EVERY GARAGE.”

Service Now Open Sat. 8am -2pm

1886 Gordon Highway 706-736-8414

S P I R I T A U G

00 Ford Expedition - XLT $21,400

1999 ACURA INTEGRA LS

M E T R O

Service Now Open Saturday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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King & Queen Rooms

Luxurious Suites Fireplaces Whirlpool Tubs

312-334 Greene Street Augusta, GA 30901

(706) 724-3454