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WHINELINE Great story about Randy Potter. He was truly an Augusta original....RIP Randy...
Brad Owens is going to start up his own little newspaper now. We ought to start a contest to see how soon this flops like all of his other business ventures.
Just heard a ASU history Thank goodness for Josh Ruffin professor on a call-in show on NPR. She was well spoken and his great sense -- that’s sense of sanity as well as sense and intelligent. Millions of people heard her and everyone of humor. We need that to counter Austin Rhodes at least. listening knew exactly where the university is. Save money: Well it looks like perennial gadfly keep the name the same:
ASU. Universities have various schools: Medical, Law, etc. Oh, and Azziz owes 45,000 to us tax payers.
White southern working class people are the stupidest voters on earth. They’ve been on the wrong side of history ever since they voted in favor of slavery, It will be a musical utopia. A then Jim Crow laws. Now without world where people who actually their support, the republican know something about music will party would never be able to decide what gets played instead win national elections. White of a few old men who probably southerners must dream that still cling to the idea that “the someday their job as a tractor beatles� are the best band ever. mechanic will enable them to own 15 mansions and a yacht when in reality under republican
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Should the Columbia County Board of Education trust as our new school superintendent a person who mishandled “The McCladdie Mess� at Greenbrier High Schiool?
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost The new Richmond County Law Enforcement Center is almost complete, and as the employees box up their belongings and get ready for the big move across the street, Insiders are wondering about the upcoming lawsuit. No, not the one against the builder of the soon to be demolished Law Enforcement Center — no one can remember who built the moldy monstrosity. Nope, this one has to do with the three crosses built into the new building’s façade. Southern cities are notorious for enriching the attorneys who defend them when it comes to God and morality lawsuits. A prime example was Augusta’s attempt to block X-Mart from opening by the slaughterhouse on Gordon Highway. Remember that? Even the commissioners at the time admitted they were going to be on the losing side of that argument, but that didn’t stop them from digging in their heels, and once they did, the money really started to flow. Ultimately, their stubbornness cost Augusta taxpayers close to a million dollars. So what do the powers that be think about the latest taxpayer dollars about to be frittered away? One thing is for sure — they ain’t gonna let no west coast liberal
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The DNC A snarky review A lot has gone down since the Democratic National Convention wrapped up last week, so I assume most of you have forgotten that it even happened. To be fair, I almost did. It’s just that these things aren’t what they were even 20 years ago, when there was actually a chance that something crazy could go down, at either one: Michael Dukakis’ skin sloughing off to reveal the lizard face beneath; the letters of Spiro Agnew’s name rearranging themselves by sheer force of will on every banner to spell “grow a penis” (seriously, try it, I’m not making that one up); Ronald Reagan being Raptured. Credit where it’s due, the GOP did bring the crazy this year: Paul Ryan showed for the umpteenth time that he doesn’t understand how math works, Rick Santorum exhibited a hand fetish and Clint Eastwood spontaneously developed Alzheimer’s in front of America. And I should be happy about it; for left-leaning columnists with an attitude problem, this is known as “Christmas.” But I have too many mixed feelings about how the DNC went down to really bask in the hateful glow of what unfolded in Tampa. There were simply too many varying implications and messages that took place during the proceedings in Charlotte, and what came about as a result of that is a bungled vision. All in all, I came away from everything feeling pretty good because, no matter how you slice it, I’ll take Obama’s enduring optimism and faith in his country over the GOP’s sensationalist, apocalyptic worldview any day of the week. I also, however, do understand where the disillusionment comes from. There were high points aplenty, but it could have been better. A lot better. So, in tribute to an iconic actor, brilliant filmmaker and shell of former greatness, here’s the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Democratic National Convention. The Good: Julian Castro In several ways, it was actually a stroke of strategic genius for the Democrats to tap Castro as their keynote speaker. Besides appealing to the all-important and expanding Latino demographic — not that they need to put in the extra effort; Romney’s idea of benefitting Latinos is to lower the voltage on the border fence — there are a couple of direct parallels drawn here between Castro and President Obama. 1. They’re relatively young, at least in terms of political careers. When Obama was tapped to deliver the keynote address at the 2004 DNC, he was only 43, and still paying off Harvard law school loans. He too delivered an incisive, prescient speech regarding the state of the nation; he too was plucked from relative obscurity. 2. They each represent the future. Make no mistake: Castro is here to stay. And while that sentence is giving many of your grandfathers retroactive panic attacks right now, it’s true. He delivered a speech that summed up what pretty much everyone, including most high-profile Republicans, think of Romney: that he’s probably a pretty decent guy, that you’d have a great time at a wine bar or even a barbecue with the guy, but that he’s so out of touch with the average low-tomiddle-class American, he’s essentially unelectable. I can’t say this any better than Castro, so I’ll just reprint the choicest quote of his speech: “Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn’t get it. A few months ago he visited a university in Ohio and gave the students there a little entrepreneurial advice. ‘Start a business,’ he said. But how? ‘Borrow money if you have to from your parents,’ he told them. Gee, why didn’t I think of that?” 3. It’s a little petty, but c’mon: Obama? Castro? Democrats are proving a point here: we can throw progressive liberals with vaguely threatening names into the mix and still win elections. Mark my words — in 2016, the left will be running Castro against a redneck named Jeb. The Bad: Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s Closing Prayer I have no pithy introduction for this one. There’s no good explanation for it, and I haven’t the foggiest freaking idea who thought this was a good move. I’m not referring to the prayer, or more specifically, prayer in general. Look, I have majors issues with the hypocrisies inherent in the way many modern Christians live their lives and what it actually says in the Bible, but there’s nothing wrong with prayer, nothing wrong with faith. Even for nonbelievers, or struggling believers, it has the potential to be a calming, introspective factor — at the very least, a reminder that we all should be fighting for something greater than the sum of ourselves.
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Let me remind you: we are insignificant less-than-nothings in the context of our universe, and it really helps stave off the existential crises if we have something to fight for. But this was inexcusable. Dolan, head of U.S. bishops since 2010, has exhibited a sustained position of virulent homophobia and bigotry. He has, in turn, done the following: lambasted President Obama for supporting same-sex marriage; thrown a hissy fit to demand that all businesses be granted the right to deny basic healthcare coverage — in terms of contraception — to female employees; tried to force all Catholic sisters and nuns to abandon their work ministering to the poor and infirm, and instead focus on battling same-sex marriage. All of this, at a point in our nation’s history when over half of the country — a monumental percentage in polling terms — is in favor of same-sex marriage. In the prayer itself, Dolan called for “those waiting to be born [to be] welcome and protected,” and for those in attendance to “seek the courage to defend life.” Furthermore, there was an overt dig at homosexuality: “Show us anew that happiness is found only in respecting the laws of nature and of nature’s God. Empower us with Your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making, or to remake those institutions You’ve given us for the nurturing of life and community.” Really? Really?! This is unabashed, ignorant, hateful and at best thinly veiled far-right propaganda. Even worse, Dolan wraps the whole thing up in just-vague-enough Biblical language — who can be against “life” or “the nurturing of life and community?” — so that it passes for moral diplomacy. It’s not. It runs counter to the all-inclusive tenets of our society, and to basic human decency. In short, the Democrats gave a many-times-proven bigot a national stage to utter hate speech. Disappointment and rage do not do this justice. The Ugly: Politics as Usual As with any party that hopes to present a clear, focused message — something at which both the Democrats and Republicans have failed this week to varying degrees — there’s going to be some shady backroom dealing and legal sleight of hand to see that message through. Republican lawmakers in Washington glossed over a loophole that would have seen Mitt Romney’s name stricken from that state’s ballot, and the party also went to great lengths to ensure that none of Ron Paul’s delegates saw the RNC floor. I’d like to pretend the Democrats are above this. However, this year’s convention saw Rep. Randall Terry, a former Republican and staunchly pro-life politician, refuse his seven delegates because of a marginal law mandating the reporting of all delegates to the state branch of party — in this case, Oklahoma. The delegates were, thusly, rendered null and void. Seven is maybe a large drop in the bucket, but still. But the real forehead-slapping moment came when the party, in full damage-control mode, “voted” to reinstate language that asserted Jerusalem as the true capital of the Jewish state. They’d come under fire from right-wing pundits — to be fair, who could’ve seen that one coming? — for not reaffirming that tenet, and so had to officially vote to reinsert it. The problem was, the delegates weren’t buying into it. The vote was conducted orally, by expression of “yay” or “no.” Anyone listening could hear that the votes were relatively close; if anything, the “no” vote was winning out. In the end, though, they kept re-trying the vote till they finally threw up their hands and declared the result they wanted in the first place… which had been on the teleprompter the whole time, no less. So yes, I’m putting my faith in a group of people too spineless to not give in to loud-mouthed bullies and too lazy to change the text on the teleprompter. But the right is throwing their weight behind a man who recently changed his stance on healthcare four times in one 24-hour period. I like my chances.
JOSHRUFFIN, a Metro Spirit alum, is a published journalist and poet who just
received his MFA from Georgia College & State University. He was once the most un-intimidating bouncer at Soul Bar.
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Local Teachers Could Use Some Union Help Thirty-one years ago last month, Ronald Reagan went from mild-mannered politician to superhero in the Conservative Justice League. That was the day he busted the PATCO union, and forever showed organized labor that they could dare to cross him, but only at their own peril. The conservative line on unionization is simple: organize and bargain collectively if you choose, but you cannot and will not order work stoppages that can halt the business of the federal government. Chicago politics is about as far from the conservative line as one can get, but you have to wonder if somewhere in the back of his mind, the left-wing power broker who just so happens to be the mayor wishes he could channel a little more Reagan right now and a lot less President Obama. The fact that he served as Obama’s chief of staff is one of the little ironies facing Mayor Rahm Emanuel as he finds himself neck deep in one of the most destructive and controversial work stoppages in recent Chicago history. An election year teacher’s strike in Chicago? This kind of thing is not supposed to happen to the president’s whiz kid who is now calling the shots in one of the strongest Democrat cities since, well, since ever. The reasons for the strike are numerous. Some demands are reasonable, others are ludicrous, but if anyone thinks that putting tens of thousands of school age children at loose ends while the grown ups work out their issues is a good idea, then I would advise you to stop reading the column right now. Such a stupendously selfish person needs to tend to more pressing business, like trying to figure out how to cheat at church bingo or something. While I do not think the issues in Chicago justify a work stoppage, it does give me a moment to suggest to local teachers that the folks up north do bear a bit of study. Pay attention, destructive habits aside; these Chicago teachers can teach you locals a few things about bringing some needed attention to areas of concern. In the 30 years I have been working in Augusta media, there is no single group of employees that I have witnessed more put upon (within the legal confines of permissible behavior) and taken for granted than educators. It is not so much about wages and benefits as it is work environment and communication. Education system bureaucrats tend to hide, lie, obfuscate and grandstand worse than any other single management class in the area, and the genuine fear and distrust many educators feel toward their central office staff and, yes, elected school board officials in certain areas is palpable. The atmosphere seemed to gin up a while back as virtually all the major school systems established their own public safety divisions, which at best are often used as an excuse to keep real cops off campus (no one likes all that nasty publicity) and at worse can be akin to mini-Gestapo forces, flexing muscles that don’t need to be flexed, and intimidating staff and students alike. I do not and will not advocate that the teachers of Georgia and South Carolina attempt to form unions that could actively strike against systems over wage issues. However, they need representatives that can expose workplace shenanigans in a way that will not put whistleblowers in jeopardy. Recent examples could include several pooh-poohed episodes that only came to criminal prosecution when parents (and undercover informant staffers) alerted the media as to the seriousness of the offenses. Does the Charlie Rape Gang situation ring a bell? Also, the public needs to know when well-meaning legislation (No Child Left Behind and/ or The Americans With Disabilities Act) perverts common sense and leads to a disrupted school environment and a completely uneven approach to justice, fair play and decency. For instance, a 17-year-old student who recently threatened teachers, students and the campus in general with deadly violence has been allowed back in the classroom because his parents insist his mental disorder is a medical disability. They insist they will invoke their legal options if the boy is not put back in place after a few days off. One wonders how “a few days off” would have helped Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris or Seung-Hui Cho. Teachers are livid... L-I-V-I-D over the issue, and one parent tells me her son is almost ready to jump the boy just to protect his friends and get the guy thrown out of school (sadly, along with himself) permanently. It probably doesn’t help matters that the boy’s Facebook profile features a photo of him wearing a mask and holding a gun, Columbine style. You folks getting the picture? The teachers at this particular school could sure use an advocate. They have been threatened with their jobs if anyone breathes a word about the situation. If they had an ombudsman, perhaps a retired teacher or administrator who was not on the county payroll, who could alert parents and politicians to these concerns, perhaps action and a solution could be forthcoming. So am I suggesting a union? Let this unbalanced student cause one more problem and I will personally fly Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. to town to organize one. But seriously, while they do not need the power to strike, local teachers do need the power of full disclosure and public discourse on their side. The parents of the system cannot be concerned about serious problems when they have no way of knowing they exist. And boy, do they exist!
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Arts in the Heart celebrates art, music, food and culture
Thirty-two years ago, Arts in the Heart of Augusta was a small community festival held at the Municipal Building. This year, it is a mammoth, regionally known event in which 50,000-70,000 are expected to gather for authentic food from more than 30 countries, a sprawling fine arts and crafts market that will shut down a three-block section of Broad Street for three days, and entertainment that will go on virtually non-stop on four different stages. Its roots may lie at the municipal building, where just a handful of artists and crafts vendors showed their wares, but this year’s vendors have grown even from last year’s list. “We’ve expanded this year and have around 100 vendors,” said Greater Augusta Arts Council Director of Outreach Sallie West. “We usually have about 80. We’ve extended the area and have squished them in a little. Our fabulous logistics team tries to make sure there’s always enough room there to add more. And I would say that the majority are returning vendors but there are some new ones and we’re very excited to add them.” Broad Street between 7th and 10th streets will close at midnight on Thursday so that preparations for the festival, which begins Friday at 5 p.m., can begin. “Some of the side streets will close even earlier than that,” West admitted. “They’ll close on Tuesday.” A complete list of road closures can be found at artsintheheart.com. Besides the expansion, the fine arts and crafts market will look essentially the same as it did last year, with ticket gates, stages and concessions available on some of the side streets. The young artists market will be located in 8
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the parking area in the middle of Broad across from the Augusta Common, and the children’s craft area will be at the corner of Broad and 8th next to the Family Stage. The Global Village’s popular ethnic cuisine tents will again surround the Common, with featured country Germany having a prime spot at the Broad Street entrance. In addition, three new countries — Turkey, Spain and Laos — are bringing their indigenous dishes to the mix. New this year is a closing concert on Sunday at 5:30 p.m., featuring a regional group of musicians. “We’re having a closing concert for entertainment and that is a group of young women called Von Grey and they are wonderful,” West said. “They are sisters who are all 12 to 19 years old, and they write their own music and play a variety of instruments.” With all the music, food and art, there is one aspect of the festival that West is really looking forward to. “Because there is such wonderful food and great art, I think the thing that we forget to talk about with Arts in the Heart is that this is a celebration of culture in Augusta,” she said. “We get a chance to meet people who live here, who call Augusta home now, but they’re actually from Germany or Turkey. It’s a really great opportunity to have them all here together at once and it’s just cool to meet Augustans who represent a wider world.”
Art45 Returns to Arts in the Heart In 2005 the Metro Spirit approached Brenda Durant, executive director of the Greater Augusta Arts Council, with a concept we figured had no chance of happening. What if we get a bunch of artists together and let them camp out in the middle of the Common during Arts in the Heart and paint for 45 hours straight? At the end we’ll auction the paintings and give you guys the money? What could possibly go wrong? Well, she said it sounded like a great idea, and Art45 was on. So there we were, 3 in the morning having cocktails while deputies patrolled around keeping the riff raff… in, apparently. It was a lot of fun, and we kept it going for a few years until then publisher Joe White left the Spirit for a stint in radio. Now back at the helm, White has resurrected Art45 with a new twist. Instead of canvases, our artists will be painting Metro Spirit boxes to be enjoyed year round. Those artists include two professionals, a retired educator with a god-given talent and a semi-retired world-class kickboxer. We expect more, so stop by the Joe’s Metro Spirits craft beer tent in the middle of the Common to see what’s up. But don’t expect anyone to be painting overnight. We’ll be up in Billy’s motel getting our snooze on.
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Walkway between TEE Center and parking deck in limbo Just when the saga of the TEE Center parking garage seemed finally over, Administrator Fred Russell came before the Engineering Services Committee requesting a path forward for the construction of an elevated walkway connecting the two buildings. In doing so, he may have given commissioners the clearest indication yet about the status of the deck itself. The deck has been at the center of several controversies. Most significantly, commissioners have doubted whether or not the city actually owns the deck. After initially being told the land for the deck was being donated, the agreement changed to allow for more advantageous funding. As a result, the city owned the air rights, but not the ground floor of the parking deck, something that troubled more than a few commissioners. As part of the recently approved management agreement, Russell was asked to come up with a plan for the walkway which, as he described it, would go from the second floor of the parking deck to the second floor of the soon to be completed TEE Center. Both buildings were developed to support such an option. “What we’d like to do, if this is acceptable, is go ahead and adjust the contract with RW Allen,” Russell said. “They’re already mobilized and the savings would be significant if we were to use them.” The projected cost of the project would be about $1.3 million, which he said would be a substantial savings if done as a change order to the original contract. According to Russell, there is still enough money in the parking deck fund to
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cover the cost of the walkway. Commissioner Alvin Mason, who had been absent for several weeks worth of meetings, wondered if traffic warranted spending $1.3 million, while Commissioner J.R. Hatney, a frequent critic of the parking deck, complained at the way the project had escalated over the course of time as well as what he considered a continued lack of information about the ownership status of the building. In the past, Hatney had tangled with Russell and the city’s TEE Center attorney over things he considered deceitful. “At what juncture are we going to be given some evidence that the so called deal you’re refereeing to is actually the truth?” he asked. “I would hope we’d see some of that [evidence] before we spent more money.” Commissioner Bill Locket was even more pointed. “Mr. Administrator,” he asked. “Do we own the parking deck?” Russell answered in the affirmative and eventually clarified the status. “At the end of the day, we will own the deck as we already own the area above the ground,” he said. “The Land Bank will have the rights to the property and that will all be under the control of the city.” Hatney, however, continued to reject that idea that there was any valid explanation of the parking deck. “I think it’s an insult to this body to continue to bring this stuff here to keep spending more money on something that we don’t have a clue whether we really own,” he said. Eventually, the entire matter was forwarded to the commission without recommendation.
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Counting Down the Worries Ironman preparation reaches critical point
Well over 3,000 of the world’s top athletes will soon be descending upon Augusta in order to take part in the ESi 70.3 Ironman on September 30. As part of our ongoing coverage of the preparation leading up to the event, the Spirit sat in on a weekly briefing between Augusta Sports Council and race Director A.J. Sills, who happened to be in Indianapolis for his brother’s wedding. The conference call is usually between Sills and Events Manager Randy DuTeau, but since DuTeau will be participating in the 56-mile bike portion of the event, Executive Director Brinsley Thigpen sat in, as she will from here until race day. After some confusion about who’s supposed to call who, the call gets off to a brisk start. The group exchanges pleasantries and then gets right to sorting out the myriad of details still outstanding. The first hitch, such that it is, comes quickly, when Sills says he wants to have Broad Street shut down between 8th and 9th on Thursday evening so that workers can start assembling the finish line structure on Friday. His thought: A completed finish line heightens the excitement for the participants, who will be walking around the event area on Saturday. “Everyone’s going to be in that mode, so if we’ve got our arch up and everything is ready and looking good, that vibe is able to be all day,” he says. Thigpen, however, questions the wisdom of shutting down Broad Street so long before race day. “I’m just concerned about displacing our Augusta citizens,” she says, reminding him that Broad Street is the main downtown artery. Sills doesn’t need reminding, however. Though this is his first 70.3 triathlon, he is detailoriented and by all accounts very thorough. In other words, he knows the layout of Augusta like an Augustan, and it’s a good thing, because Thigpen has some curves to throw at him, courtesy of the National Guard, who instead of bringing a climbing wall has informed them they are bringing a self-propelled howitzer and between four and six Humvees. The self-propelled howitzer, called a Paladin, concerns Sills the most, because it is a component
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piece — a big vehicle needing to be dropped off by a flatbed truck. At this point there will apparently be no place left in Augusta to park a flatbed truck, and you can hear the relief in his voice when they tell him finding a place for the flatbed is someone else’s responsibility and has already been taken care of. For the Humvees, Sills clicks off several grassy spots, then makes sure the delivery time coincides with everything else that’s going on downtown. It goes on like this through every issue still remaining — water testing, the railroad, the communications plan. Even toilet paper. No stone is left unturned. Then, Sills talks about needing to walk off the transition area when he’s next in town. “The national sponsors are really pushing people to come race Augusta,” he tells them, adding that they continue to add more comp racers to the point where he keeps checking registration numbers to make sure they don’t get too high without him being prepared. “So, what do you think it is?” Thigpen asks. “3,200 participants? 3,300?” “We’re way passed that,” he says, emphasizing that as much as they’re looking to put on a flawless race, there’s always something to learn with an eye for next year. “We’re going to have a lot of people this year, and if it means that wherever we are this year, there’s no possibility of putting people in next year, then we know that this is our cap out number.” When the call is complete, it’s these few moments that engage Thigpen and DuTeau. “I got butterflies on that call when he said that they’re well over 3,200 or 3,300 people,” Thigpen admits. “That’s awesome for the city of Augusta, but it makes me a nervous wreck because having over 3,000 to 4,000 people in the Savannah at one time…” She says it’s impossible to relax until they receive the announcement that the last person is out of the water. Then they wait to hear that the last person is off the bike course “Only then,” she says, “are you relieved.” DuTeau interjects that he’s feeling generally comfortable about the race, though he says he continues to remain diligent to guard against complacency. “I’m feeling comfortable in the sense that it’s not like the very first year when it was just endless sleepless nights and you were always on edge,” he says. “But this morning I had my first morning where I woke up and thought — hmm, I should still be able to sleep for a few more hours. But instead of sleeping, I instantly starting thinking about the shuttle buses.” It’s irrational, he knows, but that doesn’t keep him from thinking about the shuttle buses, which leads him to thinking about the next thing and the next thing. “The second I’m diving into work, there’s a sense of calm because now, as soon as I walk in the door, I know that I can get things done,” he says.
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Although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brutally hot outside and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been crawling around a dirty barn for most of the day, Pam Hayes is all smiles. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a picker, and her pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; has yielded a few promising items, including a pair of decorative iron brackets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what they used to go on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not shelf brackets, because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way to attach them,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But now with Pinterest and the internet giving people ideas, this stuff sells like crazy. Somebody with Pinterest and a creative mind will come along and love these.â&#x20AC;? As a picker, Hayes is one of a small but dedicated group of people who are always on the lookout for the next great find. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an explorer of sorts. An explorer with a Sanford and Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ringtone on her cell phone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pickers are the ones who have to get down and dirty and crawl through the rafters with rat turds and spiders and roaches to get the stuff,â&#x20AC;? she says. Hayes is an owner of Mema Had One, an antiques and collectables store located in the former AWOL building on Washington Road, so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a buyer who has pickers coming to her with things to sell. Most dealers depend on pickers to supply them, she says, and it tends to be a close knit, though competitive group. While a pick like todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, which was a dealer preview of an estate sale, might inspire some to be secretive and keep the knowledge to themselves, Hayes says most pickers will help spread the word. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in instances like this, if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place this big, you probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be greedy,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good karma to share.â&#x20AC;? Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s haul brought her the metal things that look like shelf brackets but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, an Augusta phonebook from 1967, some old Augusta maps with advertising on the back, some glass knobs, a vintage Christmas tree stand, an old wooden ladder and some other assorted treasures buyers may or may not find valuable. Most of it is pretty rough looking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it all came from a barn, after all â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Hayes has been doing this long enough that she can look beyond condition, though she admits there are differing opinions when it comes to cleaning up an object.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to sell stuff as it is, because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take this and paint it white or if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to hang it up just the way it is,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the type who would rather find the wagon wheel and just sell you that, while some shops might get into actually making a wagon wheel table, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you want.â&#x20AC;? Though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a business that tends to deal in tight margins, Hayes says that sometimes you can score big, like the little metal box she picked up for a quarter at Catholic Social Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could tell it had some age to it because it was all soldered,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it was just a tin can that was kind of shaped like an old milk can. The neck was narrower than the body and it had a little handle on the side.â&#x20AC;? It also had an embossed name on the front â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Church Brothers Seafood, Norwich, Connecticut. So she took it home and did a little research, something she enjoys. Searching through some old directories going back to pre-Civil War days turned up a seafood shop at the market in Norwich. The item, it turned out, was an oyster can, and oyster cans have their own dedicated collectors, one of whom was willing to buy it for just under $200. Two hundred dollars is a pretty good return on a quarter investment, but not as good as the 1938 medal she bought as part of a larger pile of stuff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The year 1938 was the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg,â&#x20AC;? Hayes says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The feds invited all surviving veterans to a huge banquet to celebrate the 75th anniversary, and each veteran was assigned a metal with his name on it.â&#x20AC;? The medal she found, which was engraved with a name and still had a bit of tattered ribbon attached, sold for $550. For special items like that, Hayes uses eBay to reach a wider audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could have put that in my shop and been lucky to get $50 for it,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never dreamed it was worth that, but I knew it would be worth more than $50.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beauty of eBay. If an item doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fetch what she thinks it should on eBay, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just sell it at the store. Though Hayes has been selling on eBay since 1999, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; since childhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My dad got me started when I was about 14,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in the business or anything, but whenever there was an estate sale or an auction, we would go out and I just caught the bug. All throughout college, every free minute I went pickin.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? By the time she finished college, her collection was large enough that she began decorating restaurants, including Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wild Wing, where she designed and installed the items as well. While nothing from todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s haul will likely make it to a restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wall, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found items she likes and thinks she can turn around and sell, and it was all thanks to the outbuildings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I walked inside the house briefly, but then I went back out to the barns and stuff,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, you just make a pile and settle up.â&#x20AC;? Since she expects the metal things that look like shelf brackets but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to bring in eight or ten bucks a piece, she thinks sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done all right. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people are content decorating their homes from Ashley Furniture or T.J. Maxx and Stein Mart, whereas some people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want a table from Ashley Furniture. They want something unique,â&#x20AC;? she says. With all the decorator shows on TV, she thinks someone will see one of the hosts decorate with things that look like shelf brackets but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and be willing to pay $16 for the set. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, somebody else might not pay a dollar.â&#x20AC;?
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Woodworker uses skill to build custom pens, kitchen utensils and more Paul Fussell can do just about anything with wood, and he really likes Augusta. “We went to Augusta last year and basically sold out of everything,” he says. “We were like — we love Augusta. We’ll come back every year.” This year, he’s getting a double booth to support what he hopes will be continuing interest continued interest from the Garden City. “I sell higher end stuff, and at a lot of these shows they’ll put you next to some lady who glues beads onto vases she bought at Walmart, and you kind of get discouraged,” he says. “They’re selling stuff for 50 cents or a dollar and the cheapest thing I have is $15, but most of what we’re selling is from $50 to $200.” Arts in the Heart, however, he found to be different. “When I went to Augusta last year, that was something I appreciated,” he says. “Pretty much 95 percent of the vendors were artists, and it wasn’t a craft show.” Fussell teaches woodworking in the Atlanta area, often to people who are more than twice his age. “These guys can’t believe I am the vice president of the Georgia Woodworkers Guild,” he says. “The can’t believe that somebody my age has the experience and everything to do what I do.” While he’s growing his presence in Augusta, Fussell, is growing his business, too. “A year ago we had just hired an apprentice,” he says. “Now, we’ve hired a couple more, plus designers.” Like any craftsman, Fussell struggles to find a way to balance manufacturing, which provides a lot of product quickly and cheaply, with the handmade products he prefers to make and sell. For Augusta, about the only product he’ll bring that isn’t handmade will be the dinosaur puzzle, which he sells in three
sizes — six foot, three foot and one and a half foot tall. “I can’t tell you how many people come up and want the big one but are just trying to figure out where to put it,” he says. Aside from that, he says Augusta can expect to see a lot of wooden kitchen products like pepper mills, coffee grinders, cutting boards and chopping blocks. For a show that’s strictly art, he’ll bring his furniture, which tends to be extreme. Two coffee tables have attracted a lot of attention — a table with an inlaid spider web pattern and a table that appears as if someone spilled chocolate over it. Recently, he was introduced to a Colorado producer looking for a woodworker who wasn’t cut from the Norm Abrams/This Old House cloth to do a reality-type TV show along the lines of “American Chopper.” “I told him I’ve got one guy who works for me and the rest of the people who work for me are women,” he says. “Trust me — if you want drama, come to my shop.” Because Augusta was particularly fond of his cutting boards last year, Fussell will have quite a few on hand this time around. He says they are better than last year’s while also cheaper. Strangely enough, the items that seem like they might be the hardest to craft with precision — the pens — he claims can actually be fairly easy. “If I’m turning just the solid wood pen, it might take me 30 minutes from start to finish,” he says. “From drilling it out to waiting for glue to set, turning them, putting the finish on them — a lot of the pens we have take about a half an hour per pen.”
Arts and Crafts Like most of the aspects of Arts in the Heart of Augusta, the fine arts and crafts market continues to grow. Even since last year, the number of vendors has risen from around 80 to more than 100. Why such a big jump? It might have a little something to do with location. Last year, according to festivalgoers and vendors alike, was a high point in the festival’s history, with the market located on Broad Street instead of in the dirt of a vacant lot. That much more crowd friendly set up continues this year and thanks to vendors like these, the market continues to thrive.
Of Birds and Words
St. Simons folk artist Kay Edenfield pays it forward Five years ago, artist Kay Edenfield lost her longtime job and, like many women, she went shopping in hopes of feeling better about herself and what happened. She picked out a dress and left it with the store’s owner while she went out to eat with a friend, intending to pick it up on the way home. Someone at the restaurant overheard her talking about her situation and bought the dress for her in a pay it forward moment that left Edenfield touched, but confused. How was she supposed to repay such an act of kindness? After all, she was still unemployed and she still didn’t have any money. How can you pay it forward when your life has been reduced by so much? “I already knew I was at this big junction, and I decided that my pay it forward would be that I would let the spirit of that pay it forward guide what passages I put on these paintings,” she says. “So most of them have messages of community and love and hope.” As an untrained folk artist, Edenfield’s work is colorful and immensely approachable, which might account for the fact that it appears in 150 stores across the country as well as in the Caribbean. Recently, she even opened a studio and gallery in Brunswick, Georgia. “Birds and words,” she calls it, though she paints more than birds. Seascapes, portraits, Americana and Gullah subjects all fall within her style. Artistic as a child, she says she gave it up in high school, probably out of what she calls young girl 13SEPTEMBER2012
insecurity. About 12 years ago, she took it up again as the men around her went through mid-life crises. It’s the differences between the sexes, she says. “Instead of buying a motorcycle and growing a ponytail and getting a girlfriend, we do these introspective things,” she says. But because this occurred after she lost her job, she could no longer afford canvasses, which meant some more changes in her painting. “That’s when I started pillaging the family farm and getting in dumpsters at construction sites,” she says. “Primarily now, I do stuff on reclaimed wood and tin roofing.” Many of these works are between $40 and $50, which contribute to their popularity in a fitting kind of way, since everything reset for Edenfield at the start of the economic downturn that many are still feeling today. This year marks her fifth consecutive year coming to Arts in the Heart, and she’s certainly no stranger to art festivals. Last weekend she was in Aiken and she’ll be at several more before the end of the year. Though many of her friends hear she’s coming to Augusta and see photos and tell her they’re jealous, she reminds them that life on the road isn’t easy. “I sometimes think I should send them a picture of a port-a-potty,” she laughs. That said, she knows that no matter what she tells them, most of her friends think she’s got the world by the tail. “I don’ know,” she laughs. “It sort of feels like it has me a lot of the time,” she says. “Whipping me around.”
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If you ask Anthony Carter the question he’s expecting you to ask, the answer is yes. “It’s the one thing I get asked over and over again,” he says. “Yes — my bird houses are completely meant to go outside.” While it might seem like a no brainer, once you check out the kind of birdhouses the former Augustan makes, you’ll understand the confusion. Though fully functioning, Carter builds birdhouses that look more like decoration, something more suitable for a front porch than a backyard tree. “I’m a third-generation carpenter, so the construction part of it just comes naturally,” he says. “As for the art, I just wanted to blend the two. And I love recycling. Ninety-five percent of what I use is all salvaged or recycled material.” The oddest thing he’s ever used? A really old grandma’s walking shoe. And rotary phone dials. He can hardly keep those in stock. And like all good works of art, no two birdhouses are exactly alike. “I couldn’t duplicate one of them if I wanted to,” he says. The key ingredient to a good birdhouse, he says, is an open mind. “Sometimes, I have an idea, but for the most part, I have a really open mind,” he says. “The only way I can explain it is that the box speaks to me. I start building it and the colors come together and I just get crazy and funky with it and they turn out like what you see.” Carter, who sold his home in Augusta, bought an RV and drove it up to Tennessee with his wife and dogs, attends about a dozen festivals each year. “For the most part, that’s really how I sell,” he says. “I don’t really sell any other way.” In spite of the fact that he goes to so many festivals, he still finds them entertaining. “I love meeting people and talking to them and just the one-on-one part of it,” he says. “And I love it when people come up to me and tell me they actually have a bird living in their house.” Building houses can take anywhere from an hour to a day, depending on the size and what goes into it. “And that’s not including the salvage,” he says. “I can’t even include that in the time.” Having been to Arts in the Heart for the last 10 years, Carter is a big and vocal fan of the new Broad Street location. “It turned out phenomenally,” he says. “It’s easier to get to the artists and the Common. I am so happy that they finally did it.”
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Art at Lunch is Friday, September 14, at noon at the Morris Museum of Art and features South Carolina artist and author Jim Harrison, who will discuss his career. Lunch by A Catered Affair. Members, $10; non-members, $14. Pre-paid reservations required. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.
Social ARTifacts: A World Vision Through Art, shows through September 29 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Call 706-724-3576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.
Pottery 101 for Adults, a nine-week class for those ages 13 and up, meets Mondays starting September 17, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Pre-registration required. Call 706-3645762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston, including 60 oil and watercolor paintings, pastel drawings, etchings, drypoints and lithographs, shows through October 28 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-7247501 or visit themorris.org.
Intro to Painting, a nine-week class for those ages 16 and older, meets Tuesdays beginning September 18 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Strange Fruit: Lithographs by Joseph Norman is on display at the Morris Museum of Art through September 16. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.
Fundamentals of Digital Photography, a nine-week class for those ages 16 and older, meets Wednesdays beginning September 19 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Call 706-3645762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Advanced Painting, a nine-week class for those ages 16 and older, meets Thursdays beginning September 20 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Exhibitions
A Sense of Place, the 32nd annual juried fine art competition and exhibition, shows September 14-October 12 at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. An opening reception and awards presentation, free and open to the public, is Friday, September 14, from 6-8 p.m. Call 706-7225495 or visit ghia.org. Leonard Porkchop Zimmerman: Love Stories shows September 14-October 12 in the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art’s Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery. An opening reception, free and open to the public, is Friday, September 14, from 6-8 p.m. Call 706-722-5495 or visit ghia.org. Elizabeth Moretz-Britt and Beth H. Jones Exhibit is on display through October 26 at Sacred Heart Cultural Center. Call 706-826-4701 or visit sacredheartaugusta.org. September Exhibitions at the Aiken Center for the Arts include Jane Popiel and the Atlanta Collage Society in the main gallery, the ACA Summer Camp Show in the Brooks Gallery and Raymond Kent in the Aiken Artists Guild 13SEPTEMBER2012
Tying the Knot, a display of wedding dresses and accessories from the late 1800s to the 1960s, now shows at the Augusta Museum of History. Call 706-722-8454 or visit augustamuseum.org.
Music
Dr. Rob Foster performs Friday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Augusta Canal’s Moonlight Music Cruise. Participants are invited to bring snacks and beverages on the hour and a half canal cruise. $25. Call 706-8230440 or visit augustacanal.com.
will sign copies of her books Saturday, September 15, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Friends of the Appleby Library Book Sale is Saturday, September 15, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Appleby Branch Library. Call 706-736-6244 or visit ecgrl.org. Friends of the Library Book Sale at Diamond Lakes Branch Library is Saturday, September 15, at 10 a.m. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org. Monday Night Book Discussion group will discuss “Clara and Mr. Tiffany” by Susan Vreeland on Monday, September 17, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. CSRA Wrights meet Monday, September 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Georgia Military College, 115 Davis Road. Writers needing a support group are invited to bring 10 copies of a manuscript to be critiqued. Call 706-836-7315. Writers Marketing Meet Up is Tuesday, September 18, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. Lt. Colonel (ret.) Bill A. Heaton, author of “Once There Was an America,” signs copies of his book at North Augusta’s Nancy Caron Library on Tuesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. Call 803-279-5767 or visit abbe-lib.org.
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder perform Friday, September 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre as part of the Southern Soul & Song Series. $13-$24. Call 706-722-8341 or visit imperialtheatre.com.
Brown Bag Book Discussion group discusses “Cleopatra” by Joann Fletcher on Thursday, September 20, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.
Music at the Morris, featuring soprano Laquita Mitchell, is Sunday, September 16, at 2 p.m. at the Morris Museum of Art. Free. Call 706-7247501 or visit themorris.org.
Book Club discusses “To Live and Die in Dixie” by Kathy Trocheck on Thursday, September 20, at 4 p.m. at the Harlem Branch Library. Call 706556-9795 or visit ecgrl.org.
Intro to African Drumming, a nine-week class for those ages 16 and older, meets Mondays beginning September 17 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
It’s Your Book Club discusses “The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts” by Gary Chapman on Thursday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. a the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.
Newcomers Evening, for those interested in joining the Columbia County Choral Society, is Tuesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Evans. Call 706-650-2311 or visit ccchoralsociety.org.
Auditions for Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.,” a production of the Augusta Junior Players, are by appointment on Thursday, September 13, and are open to those ages 6-13. Call 706-826-4707 or visit augustaplayers.org.
Literary
Zirzeria Ortz-Wright, author of “The Queen in Me” and “My Bumblebee,”
Theater
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September 16, at 3 p.m. at the URS Center for the Performing Arts. $20, adults; $17, seniors; $12, students; $7, children under 12. Call 803-6481438 or visit acp1011.com. Auditions for “Eli’s Bethlehem Inn,” a production of the Enopion Theatre Company, are going on now for performances of the musical dinner theater production, which will show November 29-30 and December 1, 6 and 7. Parts are available for men, women and youth 15 and older. Auditions are by appointment only and will be held at the Kroc Center. Call 706-7717777 or visit enopion.com.
Flix
“The Artist” shows Monday, September 17, at 7 p.m. in University Hall Room 170 as part of ASU’s Fall Film Series. $3. Call 706-729-2416 or visit aug.edu. Southern Circuit Film Series, featuring “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts,” shows Tuesday, September 18, at 6 p.m. at the Morris Museum of Art. After the movie, a Q&A session with filmmaker Annie Howell will be held. Free. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org. “Pollock” shows Tuesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Free. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Family Movie Matinee, title to be announced later, is Wednesday, September 19, at 2:30 p.m. at the Friedman Branch Library. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org. “Freedom for Birth” documentary shows Thursday, September 20, at 7 p.m. at Augusta First SDA Church. The event is organized by CSRA Birthing Connections, Augusta’s only BirthNetwork national chapter. Call 706-2884440, email laura@csrabirthingconnections.org or visit freedomforbirth.com. “Mirror Mirror” shows Thursday, September 20, at 7 p.m. at North Augusta’s Nancy Carson Library. Call 803-279-5767 or visit abbe-lib.org.
Special Events
Soledad O’Brien will deliver the keynote address at GHSU’s Diversity Summit on Friday, September 14, at the Kroc Center. The summit’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. Pre-registration required. Call 706-721-9265 or visit georgiahealth.edu/diversity/summit/2012/. 2012 Fall-Winter Children’s Consignment Sale is Friday, September 14, from
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9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, September 15, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church. Items for sale include children’s and maternity clothing, shoes and accessories, baby equipment and furniture, toys, books and more. Saturday’s sale will feature half off select items. Call 706-738-8822 or visit trinityonthehill.net. Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival, at the Augusta Common and on Broad Street is Friday, September 14, from 5-9 p.m.; Saturday, September 15, from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Sunday, September 16, from noon-7 p.m. The event features live entertainment, a fine arts and crafts area, the global village including food from around the world, a children’s area, young artists market and more. Badges, good for the entire weekend, are available in advance at SRP Federal Credit Union locations for $5; at the event they are $7. For a complete schedule of event and other information, visit artsintheheart.com. Gold Medal Winners, a Tasters Guild event featuring 10 prize-winning wines from the group’s recent international competition, is Friday, September 14, at 7 p.m. at Wine World in North Augusta. Members, $15; non-members, $20. Pre-registration required. Call 803-279-9522 or visit wineworldsc.com. Wake to honor Randy Potter’s life is Saturday, September 15, at 2 p.m. at Crums on Central. Free and open to anyone who knew Randy and wants to share memories of him with friends. Call 706-729-6969. An Evening with CSI’s Hill Harper: Building a Foundation for Your Life is Saturday, September 15, at 7:30 p.m. at ASU’s Maxwell Theatre. Free, but tickets required. Call 706-667-4100 or visit aug.edu. A Taste of Downtown Aiken is Tuesday, September 18, from 5-7:30 p.m. and features food from downtown restaurants and more. Call 803-6492221 or visit downtownaiken.com. Neil Ligon, Aiken author and brain injury survivor, will speak on Wednesday, September 19, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on the lawn of Walton Rehabilitation Health System as a part of National Rehabilitation Awareness Week September 16-22. A reception and book signing will follow. Visit wrh.org. Comedian Brian Regan performs Thursday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. $38.50. Call 877-4AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix.com. Weekly Wine Tastings at Vineyard Wine Market in Evans are each Friday
from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and each Saturday from 1-6 p.m. Call 706-922-9463 or visit vine11.com. Apres Market walking tour of downtown art galleries meets Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Augusta Market at the River. The tour, which lasts until 5 p.m., includes live painting, children’s reading hours, demonstrations and discounts. Visit artistsrowaugusta.com. The Augusta Market at the River is every Saturday through October 27 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the 8th Street Bulkhead and features produce, arts and crafts and more for sale, as well as live music and entertainment. Call 706-627-0128 or visit theaugustamarket.com.
Health
Mobile Mammography Screenings, offered by appointment, are available September 13 at the Lincoln County Health Department, September 14 at Christ Community Clinic, September 17 at Walgreens on Washington Road, September 18 at Internal Medicine Partners on Peach Orchard Road, September 19 at Fievet Pharmacy in Washington and September 20 at Lamar Medical Center. Appointments can be made from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. Call 706-774-4145 or visit universityhealth.org. Car Seat Class is Thursday, September 13, from 5:45-8 p.m. at GHSU’s Safe Kids East Central office on Walton Way. $10. Pre-registration required. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth.org. Bariatric Seminar is Thursday, September 13, from 6-7 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net. Women’s Center Tour is Thursday, September 13, from 7-9:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org. Weight Loss Surgery Seminar is Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. at the Columbia County Library in Evans. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-721-2609 or visit georgiahealth.org. Women’s Center Tour is Thursday, September 13, from 7-9:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org.
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maintain their appearance and self-image during treatment, is Monday, September 17, from 1-2:30 p.m. at Cancer Care Institute of Carolina at Aiken Regional. Pre-registration required. Call 803-641-6044 or visit aikenregional.com. Look Good, Feel Better, a class for female cancer patients who want to maintain their appearance and self-image during treatment, is Monday, September 17, from 5-7 p.m. at the American Cancer Society Office. Pre-registration required. Call 706-731-9900 or visit universityhealth.org. Total Joint Replacement Class is Tuesday, September 18, from 1-3 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-7742760 or visit universityhealth.org. Can Diabetes Be Prevented or Even Reversed?, a class led by certified diabetes educator Robin Petry, is Wednesday, September 19, from 6-7:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Visit universityhealth.org. Breastfeeding Class is Thursday, September 20, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Pre-registration required. Call 706-651-2229 or visit doctors-hospital.net. Family and Friends CPR Class is Thursday, September 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. $10. Pre-registration required. Call 800-8827445 or visit aikenregional.com. Breastfeeding Class is Thursday, September 20, from 7-9 p.m. at Babies R. Us. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org. Child Safety Seat Inspections and Car Seat Classes, sponsored by Safe Kids East Central, are offered by appointment at either the Safe Kids Office or MartinezColumbia Fire Rescue. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth.org/safekids. Joint Efforts, presented by Trinity Hospital of Augusta, meets every Thursday from 11-11:45 a.m. at Augusta Bone and Joint, and features a free seminar about knee and hip pain, treatments, medication, food and exercise. Call 706-481-7604 or visit trinityofaugusta.com. Infant CPR Anytime Learning Program will be held Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the first floor information desk (west entrance) of Georgia Health Sciences University. Visit georgiahealth.edu. Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson Disease Aquatics Class meets every Monday and Friday at noon at the Wilson Family Y. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers. Pre-registration required. Call Claudia Collins at 706-922-9664 or visit thefamilyy.org. Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Orientation is every Monday at 6 p.m. and Tuesday at 2 p.m. at University Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute (Classroom 3). Call 706-774-5548 or visit universityhealth.org. Adapted Wii Special Populations available by appointment at the Wilson Family Y, and feature individual ½-hour classes for physically and developmentally challenged individuals of all ages. $10, members; $20, non-members. Call Claudia Collins at 706-922-9662 or visit thefamilyy.org.
Support
ALS Support Lunch and Learn is Thursday, September 13, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at GHSU’s Medical Office Building. Lunch is provided. Pre-registration required. Call 706-721-2681 or visit georgiahealth.org. Breast Cancer Support Group meets Thursday, September 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at GHSU’s Cancer Center. Call 706-721-4109 or visit georgiahealth.org. Brain Injury Support Group meets Thursday, September 13, from 6-7:30 p.m. at NeuroRestorative 20 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989
Georgia. Call 706-829-0370 or visit wrh.org. Cancer Survivor Support Group meets Thursday, September 13, from 6-7 p.m. at Augusta Oncology Associates. Call 706-651-2283 or visit doctorshospital.net. PFLAG Augusta, which offers support to parents, family, friends and allies of LGBT people, as well as LGBT people themselves, meets Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta. Call 803-645-1436 or visit pflag.org. Mended Hearts, a support group for those with heart disease and their family members and friends, meets Friday, September 14, from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at USC-Aiken’s Business Conference Center. Call 803-6482381 or visit aikenregional.com. Prostate Cancer Support Group meets Tuesday, September 18, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the GHSU Cancer Center. Call 706-721-0550 or visit georgiahealth.org. Prostate Cancer Support Group meets Tuesday, September 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Augusta Technical College. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706868-8758 or visit universityhealth.org. Celiac Disease Support Group meets Tuesday, September 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. in room 120 of the Summerville Professional Building next to Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Visit trinityofaugusta.com. Blood Cancer/BMT Support Group meets Wednesday, September 19, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the GHSU Cancer Center. Call 706-721-9134 or visit georgiahealth.org. Trauma Support Group meets Wednesday, September 19, from noon-1 p.m. at GHSU Medical Center. Call 706-721-4633 or visit georgiahealth.org. Spine Education and Support Group meets Wednesday, September 19, from 1-2:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-774-2760 or visit universityhealth.org. Cancer Support Group meets Wednesday, September 19, from 3-4 p.m. in the parlor of Aiken First Baptist Church. Call 803-649-5433 or visit aikenregional.com. Men’s Breast Cancer Support Group meets Thursday, September 20, at 7 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-774-4141 or visit universityhealth.org. Beyond the Bars is a support group for those with incarcerated loved ones. For more information about meetings, call Gerry Nail at 706-855-8636. Diabetes Youth Support Group meets quarterly. For more information, call 706-868-3241 or visit universityhealth.org. Cardiac Support Group meets three times a year. For more information on meetings, as well as for pre-registration, call 706-774-5864 or visit universityhealth.org. Adult Sexual Assault and Rape Support meets for group counseling. For more information, call 706-7245200 or visit universityhealth.org. Narcotics Anonymous, sponsored by Trinity Hospital of Augusta, meets Fridays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Call 706-855-2419 or visit trinityofaugusta.com. AA meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Center (Aurora Pavilion), and features an open discussion. Call 800-322-8322 or visit aikenregional.com. Burn Support Group meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Doctors Hospital (Lori Rogers Nursing Library, JMS Building). All burn survivors, and their families and friends are welcome. Call Tim Dorn at 706-651-6660 13SEPTEMBER2012
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or visit doctors-hospital.net. Moms Connection, a free support group for new mothers and their babies, meets Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences Building 1010C. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.
Education
Computer Hardware Basics, a two-session class, meets Thursdays, September 13 and 20, at 10 a.m. at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org. Beginning Sign Language Class meets Thursdays, September 13-November 13, from 7-8:30 p.m. at University Hospital. $40, with $40 for the book. Pre-registration required. Call 706-774-8559 or visit universityhealth.org. The New Madrid Earthquakes 200 Years Later: What Have We Learned About Earthquakes at the Center of Tectonic Plates?, a talk by Dr. M. Beatrice Magnani, is Friday, September 14, at 1 p.m. at ASU’s Science Hall W1002. Call 706-737-1541 or visit aug.edu. Behind the Scenes at Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is Saturday, September 15, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. $18. Call 803-827-1473 or visit southcarolinaparks.com. Coupons at Drugstores Class is Saturday, September 15, at 10 a.m. at the Kroc Center. Free, but preregistration required. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Week to Excel Class is Monday-Friday, September 17-21, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Headquarters Branch Library. Valid PINES card and pre-registration required. Call 706-821-260r4 or visit ecgrl.org. Computer Boot Camp: Computing for Beginners is Tuesday, September 18, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. South Carolina Everyday Literacy Training Session, a class for early childhood educators that offers five hours of DSS credit, is Tuesday, September 18, from 10 a.m.3:30 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. $10 registration fee includes lunch, take-home materials and more. Preregistration required. Visit statelibrary.sc.gov. Beginner’s Typing Class is Tuesday and Thursday, September 18 and 20, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org. Sierra Club meets Tuesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church meeting room. Kim Hines of Augusta Locally Grown will talk about her organization and the local sustainable farmers in the area. Free and open to the public. Email gordonjudith@att.net. GED Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Free Tutoring for all ages, offered by ASU’s Literacy Center, is available by appointment Mondays-Thursday, from 4-8 p.m., at the center at 1401 Magnolia Drive. Appointments required. Call 706-737-1625 or visit aug.edu. Work Networking Group is held each Monday from 8:30-10 a.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta. A networking and informational meeting for anyone looking for a job, the group meets in room 206 of the Asbury Building and is facilitated by career and business professionals. Call 803-279-7525 or email doctor@pritchardgroup.com. Computer classes are offered every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org. 13SEPTEMBER2012
ESL classes are offered every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Headquarters Branch Library (Third Floor Writing Lab). Pre-registration required. Call Charles Garrick at 803-279-3363 or visit ecgrl.org. Intermediate Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 2:30-4 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org. Beginner’s Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 4-5 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.
Benefits
Cornhole for a Cure is Thursday, September 13, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Indian Queen. $25 registration fee per player for teams of two includes food. Grand prize is personalized cornhole boards for team members and $50 bar tab. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk. Register at http://tinyurl.com/C4CAugusta.
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20th Annual Phil S. Harrison Memorial Golf Classic is Monday, September 17, at West Lake Country Club. Call 706-826-5809 or email alsalley@wrh.org. Perfectly Aged: Historic Augusta’s Benefit Auction is Thursday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s River Room. The event will include a wine tasting with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and raffles. $100; $50 for those ages 35 and under. Call 706-724-0436 or visit historicaugusta.org. Karma Yoga is offered at Just Breathe Studio, downtown Aiken, each Friday at 10 a.m. and is free if participants bring a donation of a personal item, which will be given to the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. Call 803-648-8048 or visit justbreathestudio.com.
Sports-Outdoors
Safe Boating Course, sponsored by Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron, is Saturday, September 15, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Boathouse. $40 registration fee includes course materials and refreshments. Pre-registration required. Call 706-737-8113 or email pharris@aug.edu.
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Traffic Skills 101 safe cycling course, sponsored by Wheel Movement, is Saturday, September 15, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at North Augusta’s Riverview Activities Center. Participants should bring their bikes and helmets. $25 registration fee includes course materials and lunch. Call 912-536-8167 or email wheelmovement@yahoo.com. September Blooms, part of the Canal Discovery Walk series, is Saturday, September 15, at 10 a.m. and Sunday, September 16, at 3 p.m. Led by ASU biology professor Charlotte Christy, the walk begins at the Lake Olmstead Bulkhead parking area at the end of Milledge Road. Free for Canal Keeper members; $2, non-members. Call 706-823-0440, ext. 2, or visit augustacanal.com. Fall Canoe with a Ranger is Saturday, September 15, from 10 a.m.-noon at Aiken State Park’s canoe takeout dock. Canoes, life vests and paddles provided. $20. Pre-registration required. Call 803-649-2857 or email aikensp@scprt.com. ASU’s volleyball team takes on Newberry on Tuesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. in Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu. Registration is now open for a 10-week class in beginning foil fencing at the Augusta Fencers Club. The class is designed for adults, but mature students as young as 14 may apply. The class meets Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. beginning September 20. $150. Call 706-722-8878. The Augusta Rugby Club holds weekly practice sessions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Larry Bray Memorial Pitch, 100 Wood Street in AUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989
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With nearly 30 countries participating in this year’s Arts in the Heart, there is definitely something to tempt even the most well-traveled palate, including offerings from several new countries and, of course, host country Germany. “It’s a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of work,” says Ursula Campbell, a board member of the German Friendship Club of Augusta. “We do all of our food from scratch.” They’ve had lots of practice, too. Not only do the 166 members of the German Friendship Club participate in Arts in the Heart (Germany has been around since the beginning), they also put on Fort Gordon’s popular Oktoberfest. As host country, Germany won’t just have the prime center location at the Common, it will also offer an increased menu and a beer garden selling Krombacher, a German beer provided by AB Beverage. All in all, Campbell says about 140 people participate in the preparation and execution of the festival, though not all are members of the club. According to Campbell’s husband, Bruce, they get a lot of volunteers from among the patrons of Villa Europa, something that offsets the advanced age of many in the organization. For first time participant Laos, the time was right to join the other nations around the Common. “We felt like we were more ready this year and had more people involved,” says Suthiada Im-ueb. “We also want to get our food out there so people know what we have.” And what they have would make a Laotian traveler homesick. “We wanted to bring something that’s very authentic so people taste it and it tastes like they’ve been to Laos,” she says. The food is similar to Thai food, though with different spices and flavors, Im-ueb says. Her favorite? The papaya salad, which is served with stir-fried noodles. According to Atanur Caliskan, it’s been more than a decade since Turkey has participated in Arts in the Heart, and in that time a new organization, the Turkish Cultural Association of the CSRA, has emerged. Not only are they bringing food, they’re bringing information as well. “We spoke with the Turkish embassy in New York,” he says. “They supported us with this by giving us 5,000 brochures. Our goal is to give people a knowledge of Turkey, because Turkey is such a rich country.” Though Caliskan is excited about the information exchange, he knows that, for most, it’s all about the food. 22 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989
“The food is great,” he says. “It’s kind of like the bridge country between Europe and the Middle East.” Though the Augusta area has only one Turkish restaurant, Shishkebab in Evans, Caliskan says Turkish food is the No. 1 food internationally. Offering shishkebabs and kofte, along with stuffed grape leaves and baklava, he says the Turkish tent will have something for everyone. “I know we’re going to have people in line,” he says, laughing. The last time Spain was at Arts in the Heart was 2007, and according to Maria Henry, they’ve been making up for lost time. “We’ve been working pretty much non stop for almost three weeks to a month,” she says. Rather than a cultural organization, the Spanish tent will be run by Henry’s family and friends. “Food is something that’s a really big part of my family, so whenever we have an opportunity to share Spanish food and Spanish culture with people, it’s something we really love to do,” she says. “It’s not really work as much as it is something fun to do in the community.” Though Spanish cuisine doesn’t necessarily jump to the top of the list when people think about the kind of food they like, Henry says it draws a wide variety of people. “We’ve got a pretty diverse menu, and it’s going to appeal to everyone from vegetarians to people who like seafood to your standard meat and potatoes kind of people,” she says. “You’ve got a lot of Mediterranean-style food and you’ve also got a lot of Moorish influence in southern Spain, so there’s a pretty big diversity of different flavors.” Henry says the Spanish tent will be serving two types of paella, a Spanish rice dish with vegetables and either chicken or seafood, as well as a spicy marinated pork skewer, flan and other delights. Her favorite, though, is gazpacho. “It is definitely something that is unique for Spain,” she says. “It’s tomatoes and cucumbers and bell peppers and garlic and olive oil, and it’s all just blended up and served cold with diced cucumbers. In the summertime, there’s just something refreshing about it.” When she speaks, you can hear the excitement in her voice. “We’ve got such a great variety of food, I just want everyone to come and taste everything,” she says. And that pretty much goes for everyone. 13SEPTEMBER2012
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GERMANY
Entrees Arroz con Pollo (rice/chicken) $3 Arroz Amarillo (stewed chicken, yellow rice, fried plantain) $7
ENTREE Schnitzel Plate (schnitzel, potato salad, sauerkraut, roll) $7.50 Schnitzel Sandwich $4 Jagerschnitzel Plate (schnitzel with mushroom gravy, potato salad, red cabbage or sauerkraut, roll) $8.50 Bratwurst Plate (bratwurst, potato salad, sauerkraut, roll) $6.50 Bratwurst & Roll $3.50 Currywurst & Roll $4
Drinks Sodas/Water $1 Hispanic juice (various flavors) $1 Pina Colada $3
Sides Tacos (chicken or ground beef) $2 Empanadas (chicken or ground beef) $2 Tamales $3 Arepas Dulces (sweet corn/mozzarella cheese) $4 Ojaldre (fried bread/cinnamon) $1 Cinnamon Twists $1
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AUGUSTA Red Beans with Rice $3 African Ground Nut Soup $3 Creole Gumbo $3.50 Collard Greens $1.50 Cornbread $1
individual items Potato Salad $2 Sauerkraut $2 Bread/Roll $ .50 Pretzel $2 Cake $2
Pepper Cornbread $1 Sweet Potato Pie, slice $1.50 Banana Bread $1.50 Pound Cake $1 Sodas/Bottled Water $1
Drink Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, water $1
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
All Entrees Served with Rice & Peas, Fried Plantains, & Caribbean Salad
Entrees Curry Chicken $7 Jerk Chicken $7 Jerk Pork (Saturday and Sunday only) $7 Ox-tail (Saturday and Sunday only) $8 Curry Goat (Saturday and Sunday only) $8 Vegetarian (rice and peas, fried plantains, Caribbean salad) $6
Side Dishes Plantain $3 Jamaican Beef Patty $2 Jamaican Black Cake $2
Drinks Soda (Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke)/Water $1 Jamaican Soda $2 Jamaican Soda (Ting) $3
Individual Items Ham Fried Rice $2 Egg Roll $2 Char Sieu Pork Skewer (1) $3.50 Vegetable Lo Mein (noodles) $3 Chicken Wings $3 Sesame Chicken $4
Specialty Items Flavored Snow Cups $3 (Cherry, Blue/raspberry, Grape, Rainbow) Creamed Drinks (16 ounces) $3 Bing (Iced) Chai Bing (Iced) Kaffee Mango Ice Cream cup $2 Chinese Roast Pork Buns $1 Frozen Steamed Buns (12 buns) $11 Joong (sticky rice tamale in bamboo leaves) $2 CCBA Chinese Cookbook $10
CHINA entree $6- including egg roll, chicken wings (2), fried rice, fortune cookie and your choice of one of the following: Sesame Chicken, Char Sieu (grilled), Pork Skewer (1), Vegetable Lo Mein (noodles), or Chicken Wings (6) Drinks Soda, Tea, Bottled Water, Lemonade $1
GREECE
Sandwiches served on warm pita bread topped with onions, tomatoes, lettuce and tzatziki sauce.
sandwiches Gyro $6 Chicken Souvlaki $6 Greek Style Chicken Wings (7) $5 Feta Fries $4 Greek Salad (large) $6
Pastries Baklava $1 Koulourakia, dozen $6 Baklava Ice Cream Sundae $5 Greek Yogurt $2 drinks Sodas/Water $1
IRELAND Fish and Chips $5 Bangers and Mash $5 Corned Beef Sandwich $4 Irish Whiskey Cake slice $3 Irish Chips $2 Soda, 16 ounces $2 Bottled Water $2
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INDIA (All Items are Purely Vegetarian) platters Maharajah Platter (Gourmet Meal) $11 Maharani Platter (Indian bread, rice, lightly spiced vegetables, garbanzos in gravy, vegetable fritters, dessert) $6 Individual Servings (mix and match from sampler platter) $1 Mysore Masala Dosa Special (Indian pancake filled with spiced potatoes vegetables with lentil soup, coconut chutney) $6 Samosa (each) with chutney $1 Pakora plate with chutney $2 Desserts (Barfi, Ladoo, Gulab Jamun, Karanji, each) $1
LAOS Mango Milkshake $2 Special Pricing 11 Samosas for $10 11 Desserts for $10
Beverages Bottled water/soft drinks $1
Lao beef meatball (lok cin nua) $3 Lao beef jerky (Cin sawan) $2 Lao Sausage (saigrok) $3 Lao Eggroll $1 Basil Chicken Pocket (Gai kra-pow hor pang) $2 Sticky Rice (Kao nyeow) $2 Papaya Salad with stir-fried noodles (Tum pok houng gub kua mee) $5 Chicken Salad (Lab Gai) $3 Lemongrass Chicken (Gai takai) $3 Sticky Rice & egg custard & $2 Bubble Tea with or without bubbles (taro, strawberry, honeydew, coconut, avocado, mango, almond) $3
NIGERIA
PAKISTAN
PHILIPPINES
Jollof (rice/dodo/meat) $6.50 Meat Pie $2.50 Suya $2.50 Special Flavored Roasted Chicken $1.50 Mama’s Crunch $1.50 Sodas/Water $1
Beef Combo (beef curry, rice pilaf, pakora) $7 Chicken Combo (chicken curry, rice pilaf, pakora) $7 Vegetarian Combo (mixed vegetable curry, rice pilaf, pakora) $7
Barbecue Pork (Marinated, skewered and grilled) $4 Pancit (Philippine noodles) $3 Chicken Adobo (A dish native to the Philippines; cooked in vinegar and seasoning) $4 Lumpiang Shanghai (ground pork w/vegetables and seasoning; wrapped in egg roll wrapper and fried) $1 Philippine dessert $1
THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS entrees Chamorrow Plate with Chicken $6.50 Spicy Beef Short Ribs $7.50 WITH: Hineksa Agaga (red with sautéed onions and achote) Tininon Monnok (BBQ chicken or spicy beef marinated in a Guamanian sauce and cooked over open flame) Monnok Kadon Peka (chicken cooked in a hot spicy sauce) Lumpia (wrapped vegetables and beef that have been deep fried) Finandene (onion slices & diced home-grown hot peppers in a special sauce) Side Orders Na Adotgan Monnok (chicken on a stick) $2 Tininon Monnok (BBQ chicken) $2 Lumpia $1 Monnok Kadon Peka (spicy chicken) $2 Hineksa Agaga (red rice) $2 Pancit (bowl of rice noodles w/ sautéed vegetables and sliced meat) $3 Drinks Mama ais Dutse (sweet smoothies, tropical fruit or pineapple) $4 Ice Slush (berry blue typhoon) $2 Shave Ice (Blue Hawaiian, pineapple, black cherry, tropical fruit) Small $2 Large $3 Water/Soda $1
Individual Dishes Rice Pilaf $3 Samosa $1.50 Pakora $1.50 Dessert Baklava $1.50 Kheer (pudding) $1.50 Drinks Soda $1 Bottled water $1
THAILAND Three-item combos $8 Choose one items from each section. Chicken Stick (2 pieces) Meatball Stick (2 pieces) Pork Stick (2 pieces) Beef Stick (2 pieces) Massaman Chicken cken Curry Green Chicken Curry Fried Rice or Pad ad Thai Noodles Spring Roll or Papaya Salad
drinks Soda or bottled water $1
SPAIN Seafood Paella (traditional Spanish saffron rice, pan-cooked over an open fire, featuring roasted fresh vegetables, mussels, calamari, and shrimp, served with hearty lemon slices) $6 Chicken Paella (traditional Spanish saffron rice, pan-cooked over an open fire, featuring roasted fresh vegetables and tender chicken breast) $5 Pinchitos Morunos (spicy Moorish kebabs marinated in garlic and rubbed with a special, house-made spice blend and served with crusty baguette) $3 Gazpacho (chilled summer soup of vegetables and tomato, topped with sliced cucumber. Refreshing and vegan-friendly) $4 Spanish Flan (vanilla cream custard with golden caramel sauce) $2 Drinks (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Water) $1
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On Tap
Beer garden returns with a bigger and better selection
In 2004, Arts in the Heart of Augusta added the craft beer tent. That year, and for a few years afterwards, it offered a few choices and was relegated to the dirt lot in the back of the festival. This year, Joe’s Metro Spirits offers 16 beers and is located right under Oglethorpe’s nose. It’s a good thing, too; eating all that meat on a stick tends to make a founding father quite thirsty. Check out this year’s selection and stop by for a brew this weekend. New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale Belgo IPA Southern Tier (high gravity) Java Hop Sun Crème Brule Lazy Magnolia Brewery Southern Pecan Indian Summer Spiced Ale
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Magic Hat Number 9 Not Quite Pale Ale Yuengling Octoberfest Shock Top Belgian White Raspberry Pumpkin Wheat IPA And for the first time ever, get there early for a sneak peek of a new Atlanta brewery offering beers that won’t officially be released in Augusta until next January! Monday Night Brewing Eye Patch Ale IPA Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale Fu Man Brew Belgian Style Whit
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Augusta, adjacent to the Augusta GreenJackets’ stadium at Lake Olmstead. Experienced rugby players and newbies ages 18 and up alike are welcome, and those interested should bring a pair of cleats (cross trainers will work) a mouthguard, gym shorts and a T-shirt. Visit augustarugby.org or Facebook under the Augusta Rugby Club heading.
706-724-6777 or visit andyjordans.com.
BlazeSports Swim Team, for all ages of physically challenged swimmers who want to train for competition, meets at the Wilson Family Y. $35 a month, members; $50 a month, non-members. Pre-registration required. Visit thefamilyy.org.
Cat-rageous Comedy, a story time and craft program featuring Pete the Cat, Skippyjon Jones and more, is Friday, September 14, from 4-5 p.m. at North Augusta’s Nancy Carson Library. Call 803-279-5767 or visit abbe-lib.org.
Zumba Sentao and Zumba classes meet every Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Recreation Center on Jefferson Davis Highway in Graniteville, S.C. $6 per class, with coupons available. Call 706-627-1767.
Childcare and Babysitting Safety, a class for students ages 11-14, is Saturday, September 15, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. $30, with lunch included. Pre-registration required. Call 706-481-7604 or visit trinityofaugusta.com.
Wheelchair Tennis is each Monday at 6 p.m., weather permitting, at the Club at Rae’s Creek. Free and open to the public. Call 706-826-5809 or visit alsalley@wrh.org.
Pollution Solution, in which participants ages 5 and older will learn about different types of pollution and their effects on the environment, is Saturday, September 15, from 10-11 a.m. at Reed Creek Park. Children must be accompanied by an adult and pre-registration is required. Free, members; $2 per child, non-members. Call 706-210-4027 or visit reedcreekpark.com.
Augusta Canal Boat Tours lasting one hour are offered Monday-Saturday at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30, 3 and 4:30 p.m. All tours include admission to the Augusta Canal Interpretive Center. Call 706-823-0440 or visit augustacanal.com. The Augusta Fencers Club is open five nights a week from 5:30-9 p.m. and most Saturday mornings from 10 a.m.-noon. Visitors always welcome. Call 706-722-8878. Thursday Night Chain Reaction Ride begins at 6 p.m. each Thursday at Patriots Park in Grovetown. For intermediate to fast-paced cyclists, who average 25-32 miles. Participants should bring their own water and helmet. Call 706-855-2024 or visit chainreactionbicycles.net. Riverview Disc Golf League meets each Thursday at 6 p.m. at Riverview Park in North Augusta. $5 entry fee and $1 ace pool. Call 803-215-8181 or visit augustadiscgolf.com. Road Bike Ride meets each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Andy Jordan’s Bicycle Warehouse downtown for an approximately 25-mile ride at a moderate to fast pace. Front and rear lights, as well as a helmet, are required. Call
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Kids
Karaoke Party for Teens is Thursday, September 13, at 4 p.m. at the Harlem Branch Library. Call 706-556-9795 or visit ecgrl.org.
Wii Tournament for ages 8-12 is Saturday, September 15, at 2 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-447-7657 or visit ecgrl.org. Our New Baby Brother or Sister, a class for older siblings, is Monday, September 17, from 4-5 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Preregistration required. Call 706-481-7604 or visit trinityofaugusta.com. Pottery 101 for kids, a nine-week session for those ages 7-12, meets Mondays beginning September 17, from 5:15-6 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Pre-registration required. Call 706364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Curious George’s Birthday Story Time is Tuesday, September 18, at 10 a.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. On Being a Girl, a class on the physical and emotional changes during
puberty for girls ages 9-12 along with their mothers, female friends or relatives, is Tuesday, September 18, from 6-9 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. $10. Pre-registration required. Call 706-481-7604 or visit trinityofaugusta.com. School’s Out in the Library, for ages 11-17, is Wednesday, September 19, from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Activities include a discussion about the Snow White legend and a viewing of “Snow White and the Huntsman.” Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Wii MarioKart for Teens is Wednesday, September 19, at 2:30 p.m. at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Prizes will be awarded for winners. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org. Little DaVinci’s Art Class, a nine-week session for those ages 7-12, meets Thursdays beginning September 20 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $80, members; $90, non-members. Pre-registration required. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Storytime in the Gardens is each Tuesday in September and October at 4 p.m. at Hopelands Gardens behind the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Local senior adults will read children’s books and each family who attends will receive a free book. Blankets, chairs, drinks and snacks are welcome. If the weather is bad, storytime will move to inside the Weeks Activities Center. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Registration is going on now through September 28 at the Weeks Activities Center in Aiken for a Kids Marathon for those in kindergarten through fifth grade. Those who register for the two-month running program will receive a log sheet in which to record their one-mile a day runs. A grand finale fun run of 1.2 miles will be held Saturday, November 3, at 9 a.m. at the Weeks Center Track. Those who complete the 26.2-mile program will receive a %-shirt, race number and finisher’s medal. $5. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Kids Saturdays, featuring local celebrity readers, is each Saturday in September at 10:30 a.m. at the Columbia County Library. Call 706-8631946 or visit ecgrl.org. YA@AL, a new young adult group at the library, is accepted slogans and logos for the new group during the month of September. Entry forms are
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available online and in libraries and the deadline for entry is September 30. Winners will be announced October 14. Visit ecgrl.org. Hickory Hill at the Watson-Brown Foundation are looking for high schoolers to server on its Junior Board, which makes grants to assist with historic preservation projects in the CSRA. Applicants must be in high school in Columbia, Richmond, Lincoln, Elbert, Wilkes, Warren, McDuffie, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Glascock, Burk, Aiken or McCormick counties and must be able to attend board meetings once or twice a month on weekdays evenings throughout the school year. Applications, available online, are due September 14. Call 706-595-7777 or visit hickory-hill.org/juniorboard/about-hh-junior-board.html. Mission to Mars shows Saturdays in September at 7 and 8 p.m. at the DuPont Planetarium in Aiken. $4.50, adults; $3.50, seniors; $2.50, 4K-12th grade students; and $1, USC-A students, faculty and staff. Call 803-641-3654 or visit http://rpsec.usca.edu/ planetarium.
Story Time is every Wednesday from 10:30-11 a.m. for toddlers and 11:15-11:45 a.m. for preschoolers at North Augusta Branch Library. Call 803-279-5767 or abbe-lib.org.
Seniors
Blythe Senior Center Adult Field Day is Thursday, September 13, from 9-11 a.m. Call 706-592-6668. Got 30 Minutes?, an overview of the Area Agency on Aging’s services, is Friday, September 14, at 2 p.m. in the senior lounge of the Kroc Center. Free. Call 706364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Senior Extravaganza, featuring educational seminars, displays, a catered lunch with keynote speaker and more, is Wednesday, September 19, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Weeks Center in Aiken. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Savvy Caregiver, a class for seniors, meets Tuesdays through October 9 from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Free. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Preschool Story Time (ages 2 and under) is every Wednesday at Headquarters Branch Library at 10 a.m. KinderCare Story Time (ages 3-6) is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Group registration required. Call 706-8212600 or visit ecgrl.org.
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, a class for seniors, meets Wednesdays through October 17 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Free. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Story Time is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Groups of six or more must preregister. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org.
Genealogy Course is Thursday, September 13, at 1 p.m. at the Euchee Creek Branch Library. Call 706556-0594 or visit ecgrl.org. Intermediate Genealogy is Saturday, September 15, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.
Story Time is every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Wallace Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.
Belly Dancing Classes are held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.
Story Time is each Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Maxwell Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-793-2020 or visit ecgrl.org.
Spiritual
Story Time at the Euchee Creek Branch Library, for all ages, is each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Call 706-556-0594 or visit ecgrl.org. Story Time is every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Harlem Branch Library. Call 706-556-9795 or visit ecgrl.org. Ceramics Class, for ages 14 and up, meets Mondays at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m., Tuesdays at 6 p.m., and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in the Weeks Ceramics Center. Call 803-6427631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Toddler Time, free play for children ages 5 and under, is each Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.
Christian comedian, singer and songwriter Aaron Wilburn will perform at Bethesda Baptist Church on Sunday, September 16, at 6 p.m. Free, but a love offering will be taken. Call 706-556-6818. Sunday activities at the Kroc Center include an adult Bible class at 9:30 a.m., youth Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., and a worship service at 11 a.m. Free. Call 706364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Volunteers
Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services is seeking volunteer advocates for Richmond, Burke, Jefferson and McDuffie counties. Advocates answer crisis calls and respond to hospitals in their area within 30 minutes. Call 706-774-2746 or email volunteerrcsas@uh.org. MACH Academy is looking for volunteers to provide tutoring, academic support and mentoring services during fall after-school sessions held MondayThursday from 3:30-6 p.m. Call 706-796-5046, email mparks37@comcast.net or visit machacademy.com.
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Contra Dance in Columbia, South Carolina, is Saturday, September 15, at the Arsenal Hill Park Building, 1800 Lincoln Street. A beyond beginner’s workshop begins at 6:15 p.m., followed by a new dancers workshop at 7 p.m. and the dance from 7:30-10:30 p.m. $8. Call 803-760-5881 or visit contracola.org. Thursday Nights at the High, a special event at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, offers half price tickets from 4-8 p.m. each Thursday. A guided tour is offered at 6:30 p.m. Call 404-733-4200 or visit high.org.
If you would like to see your organization’s events listed in our calendar, please email Amy Christian at amy@themetrospirit.com. The deadline for each Thursday’s issue is the previous Friday at noon.
Bible Teaching Seminar, featuring the topic Israel Defeated at Ai, is Saturday, September 15, from noon1 p.m. at the Friedman Branch Library. Participants
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Seeking Volunteer Advocates Seeking volunteers for Richmond, Burke, Jefferson, and McDuffie counties. Advocates answer crisis calls and respond to hospitals in their area within 30 minutes. Please contact 706.774.2746 or email volunteerrcsas@uh.org for more information.
Wacky Wednesday Story Time is each Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the children’s department of Barnes and Noble in the Augusta Mall. Call 706-737-0012 or visit bn.com. Story Time is every Wednesday at Appleby Branch Library from 10:05-10:20 a.m. for toddlers 18 months-35 months, and from 10:30-11:15 a.m. for preschoolers ages 3 and up. Parent must stay with child. Call 706-736-6244 or visit ecgrl.org.
Hospice Care of America’s Augusta office needs administrative and patient care volunteers. No experience necessary; training will be provided. Call Rich Boland at 706-447-2626 or email rboland@ msa-corp.com.
Hobbies
Story Time is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Friedman Branch Library. Groups of six or more must preregister. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.
Story Time at the Columbia County Library is each Tuesday at 10:15 and 11 a.m. for those under 2; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10:15 a.m. for 2-year-olds; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. for preschoolers; and Wednesdays for families with kids of all ages. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.
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It’s Almost Here
Apple’s worst kept secret is out… now! One of the most anticipated tech events of the year occurs this week with the release of the iPhone 5. Unfortunately, our columns are due on Tuesday, and Joe wouldn’t push back publication to accommodate the release of the iPhone. So what I have to give you is just the best guess of what’s coming. Fortunately for me, the iPhone 5 is probably Apple’s worst kept secret. You’ll know for sure by the time you read this. If all the rumors are true, the iPhone you wish you were holding in your hand by now is a significant redesign. The 4-inch screen is longer and thinner, allowing an extra row of icons and more accommodating to HD video. And of course it is thinner than its predecessors. While the new 8-pin dock connector is well overdue, you are still somewhat bitter that all your old accessories are relegated to eBay. The 4G LTE will be awesome, and I can’t imagine iPhone shipping without iOS 6. Did an iPad mini get announced? Maybe, but I’m doubtful. I’m guessing that Apple would want to create additional hype. At any rate, get your pre-ordering done early. It would be hard to image that the iPhone 5 would be anything less than the best phone on the market. Injured Gadgets — This past week a friend of mine stopped by to show me how he cracked the glass on his cell phone. A common occurrence… I’m sure all of us have known someone, like a spouse or child, to crack up a cell phone. I thought that the only way to have these things fixed was to take them back to the carrier and essentially trade up to a new phone and new plan. Turns out, that a number of sites are popping up offering replacement parts and DIY instructions. One that my friend found was Injured Gadgets out of Norcross,
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Georgia. They offer a large number of replacement screens for a wide variety of smartphones and iPads. They have also posted DIY videos on YouTube. Fair warning… you had better be comfortable working on tedious tasks before you set off on this adventure. If not, these guys also do repair. Either way, you have another option before having to submit to the carrier’s will. Nerf Arms Race — In 1969, Nerf was invented. And much like the cavemen who fought with stones and sticks, I grew up throwing Nerf balls at my brothers and beating each other with Nerf bats. And just like stones and sticks evolved into more sophisticated armaments, so has Nerf. The Nerf Ballistic Ball introduced in 1989 began the current generation of ball blasters. The Nerf Arrow released in 1991 proved to be the most accurate Nerf projectile… at least until a fin was bent. The Mega Dart came in 1992, and the Whistler Dart in 1993. Each generation of blaster designed to increase distance and capacity, seeking superiority over the blaster owned by the kid next door. This year, the Nerf Arms Race went nuclear. Introducing the Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail Fire, the highest capacity blaster ever produced by Hasbro. This blaster holds 8 x 18 dart clips for an astonishing 144 darts without reloading. Utilizing Hasbro’s new Elite Dart technology, this blaster has a range of an equally astonishing 75 feet! The N-Strike Elite also provides a motorized semi-auto mode that allows the shooter to unload darts as quickly as they can pull the trigger. The downside? Now you’ve got 144 of those stupid darts to pick up and reload. And, yes, in case you are wondering, GoDaddy is still up. Until next time, I’m off the grid @gregory_a_baker. GREGORY A. BAKER, PH.D, is vice president and chief rocket scientist for CMA, which provides information technology services to CSRA businesses and nonprofits.
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Yeah, it’s old, but I still love my car I told y’all about how my car wouldn’t start last weekend, right? It seemed like a one-time thing. I actually didn’t think about it at all after it happened. Well, until it happened again. And I was out of town. It’s time to admit that my car is getting old, I guess. I love my car, though. It was a wedding gift from The Man, and the very first brand-new car I’d ever driven. My previous car, a navy Toyota with navy interior, had no air-conditioning, leaked oil and the radio worked best when the windshield wipers were engaged. The new car had seven miles on it. We’ve been married for 10 years and never had any problems with the car. Until now. And I was out of town. I went to start my car on Sunday, ready to come home and see my family, and it wouldn’t crank. It tried. I even revved the engine, but as soon as I took my foot off the gas pedal, it died. I tried a few more times before I decided I should call The Man. He asked the basic questions. “Do you have enough gas?” “Does it seem to be the battery?” “What noises does it make?” I assumed that we’d just call and have it towed, but I quickly learned that it wasn’t going to be that simple. “Get out the manual,” he said. Huh? We’re going to fix this ourselves? Over the phone? No, silly. We’re going to use YouTube, too! He mentioned something about spark plugs and fuses and was doing some research, while I went straight to the part of the manual called Roadside Emergencies. I couldn’t find anything that described my problem, but I did see the diagram of fuses. Apparently, before you mess with fuses and such, you should disconnect the battery. It makes sense to me, I just might not have thought about it without the gentle husbandly reminder. Now here’s where just about every man is going to think I’m stupid (if you don’t already). I don’t really travel with tools in the car. Well, I have a wrench of some sort. To help you with the visual, I tried to Google the type of wrench I have, but my description must not be accurate. Anyway, I keep it in my car because the knob on my temperature control sticks. The only way to change from heat to AC is to use that wrench. So, using my trusty wrench, I tried to disconnect the battery. The screw would not turn. There was some corrosion acting like glue and preventing my wrench from doing the trick. The Man commented that he’s never, ever been unable to disconnect a battery from a car. Well I have. Clearly. I tried with all my might, and that screw wouldn’t budge. I checked the fuses anyway. I’m proud to say that I located the fuse for the fuel pump, and I can verify that it is still intact. We were stumped, and it was Sunday. The only open car repair place was closing in five minutes. Considering the car had to be towed, we’d never make there before they went home for the night. We decided I’d just spend another night and plan to call first thing in the morning. In the meantime, I started Googling. Maybe my problem was a common one. Not that I could fix it if it was, but at least I’d sound like I knew what I
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was talking about when I called the repair people in the morning. I actually found a thread where people were talking about my exact problem. They mentioned that we could possibly just clean the part and put it back in, rather than having to replace it. In order to get to the part, you have to remove the engine’s big, plastic chastity belt with a socket wrench. Um, no socket wrench. We tried cranking it one more time for good measure. Crank, putter, die. The next morning, thanks to the help of a college friend (yay, Karen!), I called Charles, the owner of Beechwood BP in Athens. I described the problem, using my newly acquired lingo and feeling so very important and knowledgeable. He said he’d just come over and take a look at it before we had it towed over there. How nice! It’s unheard of these days, actually. This guy likes his job, and just wants to help people. I met him in the parking lot. He shook my hand, and flashed a super friendly grin. I handed him my keys, going on and on about what I did, how it wouldn’t start, what I thought the problem was, and CRAP. My car started right up. Well, not right up, but he revved the engine gently and said something under his breath, and the car purred like a kitten. He said my diagnosis of the car was likely correct, and that I’d be safe to drive home, but I needed to take it to my mechanic once I got there. This will be a continuing problem and needs to be fixed. Part of me thought, “but it’s running, so what’s the big deal?” That, my friends, is why I do not repair cars. I did make it safely home, and I still haven’t taken the car to our repair guy. I’m tempted to try and repair it myself, because YouTube sure does make it sound simple. Five minutes, they say! Who knows if I’ll actually take that extra step, but I’ve been told that I’m getting a little tool set to keep in my car. Oh, just what I’ve always wanted. Apparently we’re also going to have a little tutorial on the basics of car care and maintenance. For our marriage’s sake, it might be better to just join AAA.
JENNYWRIGHT lives in Summerville with her husband, who she calls The Man, and two kids, who she affectionately calls The Boy and The Girl. She enjoys taking photos, cooking and playing tennis.
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“The Words”
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For a movie about books, it contains very few meaningful words “The Words” is a story about a story about a man who steals a story. The stolen story is apparently so good that its thief, an aspiring author named Rory (Bradley Cooper), becomes an instant critical and commercial darling — hailed as a genius, paid like a popular hack. Rory is fictional, imagined by an established author named Clay (Dennis Quaid), whose story about Rory stealing the story is good enough that it’s in hardback and apparently also quite popular. Alas, the story about Clay’s story about Rory’s story stealing isn’t all that great. Good enough to be made into a movie called “The Words,” and likely good enough to entertain you and a date for 96 minutes. But in the plotting, acting and direction, it goes squishy before it attains real resonance. What you’re left with is a merely pleasant film that drops a thought or two into your lap before it wanders away to thumb through a magazine. If “The Words” manages to create a single interesting character, it’s probably Rory, which Cooper plays with a placid earnestness that’ll have you wondering why the guy from “The Hangover” is ODing on Xanax. He’s a struggling author who grinds away at a novel at night while borrowing and day-jobbing enough spare change to afford a Brooklyn loft with his endlessly supportive lady Dora (Zoe Saldana, vaguely recognizable as the Na’vi ingénue in “Avatar”). We know he has promise — an agent left-handedly compliments his novel as too arty to publish — but we also can discern nothing from his on-screen actions that would suggest he has much insight, verbal ability or drive to research. We do however see, encouragingly enough, that he can type. Fortunately for this Hemingway wannabe, he stumbles across an unpublished novelistic memoir from the ’40s that happens to be extraordinary. Just for jollies he retypes it. One thing leads to another, and before he knows what’s happened, the book is in print and taking over the world. If Rory had been purely a fame-hound, this would be all skittles and beer. As the sensitive type, though, he’s ambivalent. When he encounters a man with claim to the story (Jeremy Irons, wringing out his lines for all they’re worth) he genuinely grapples with the next steps; that confrontation, at least, is one of the finer scenes in the film. When the old man tells the story of the story within the story within the story, “The Words” begins to feel like “Inception” crossed with “The Notebook.” Too bad the resolution he and the old man find thlub-thlubs like a worn
Whoopie cushion. Maybe if this story, the real story of “The Words,” hadn’t been nested inside the frame of Dennis Quaid’s author, it could’ve gone further into the fallout. Instead we have Quaid — the very picture of a rakish, middle-aged literarytype, incidentally — reading the story before a packed audience and mashing on a star-struck grad student (Olivia Wilde). That storyline, the exterior frame, also stops well shy of profundity. Writer/directors Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal (both in their directorial and screenplay-writing debuts) don’t fail here because of a lack of sincerity; very much in the film’s favor, it’s clearly a heartfelt work of attempted art. The score, for one, rises and swells with Very Serious Strings that telegraphs its Strong Commitment to Emotion. But they feel out of their depth, Rorys themselves. Where in the script are the striking turns of phrase? Or a memorable line of any sort? This is a story about authors that evinces no intimacy with books. It’s more literaryish than truly literary, and when you’re telling stories about literature that gap is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Are you so frustrated with your computer you’ve considered tossing it out the window? Is it so slow you can barely use it? Are you having trouble getting to your favorite web page... or facebood? Are you even tempted to teake it to one of those Big Box Stores for service? Think again! Do you really want the place that sells you envelopes or flat screen TVs working on your computer? Bring it to ComputerOne today... and our real computer guys will make it all better at a price you can afford. We’re the opposite of a Big Box Store. We’re the little store in Fairway Square and although we have our own of computer experts, we dont really call them geeks (at least to their faces). They’re just competent, skilled computer technicians with the know-how to clean up your computer at a reasonable price and get you back on the internet fast. And although we’re not keeping score, given the fact we’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, it is very likely we’ve sold and repaired more computers than any other company in Augusta... and we have thousands of satisfied customers to prove it.
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“The Master,” rated R, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern. This new one from director Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood,” “Magnolia”) is not — we repeat, is not — about L. Ron Hubbard or Scientology. Sure it’s about a pseudo-religion called The Cause and its leader, played by Hoffman (who bears a striking resemblance to Hubbard), and the ease at which he can “brainwash” followers, but it is not about Scientology. So you can stand down, Tom Cruise and John Travolta. “Arbitrage,” rated R, starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth. Gere plays a dirty hedge fund manager; Sarandon plays his wife. Both spend a couple of hours reminding all of us that we’ll never grow older as gracefully as they have.
HORROR
“Resident Evil: Retribution,” rated R, starring Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez. Hey: A former model’s gotta make a living somehow, right? Given how good she was in “The Fifth Element,” however, you would think Jovovich could do better.
FAMILY
“Finding Nemo,” rated G, starring Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and cute little Willem Dafoe. Re-released in 3D. If you or your kids haven’t seen it on the big screen, it’ll be worth the extra cash. Rerelease “Monsters, Inc.” next, please?
COMEDY
“Liberal Arts,” not yet rated, starring Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Zac Efron. Directed by star Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”), this quirkfest follows a former college student who returns to his alma mater for a favorite professor’s retirement party. There he meets a college student and the two hit it off despite their age difference. “10 Years,” rated PG-13, starring Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Chris Pratt. This generation’s “American Reunion,” “Can’t Hardly Wait” or even “The Big Chill.” But it stars Channing Tatum, so chances are a certain segment of the population will see it not caring at all what it’s actually about.
THRILLER
“Stolen,” rated R, starring Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman. Didn’t Mel Gibson and Liam Neeson already cover the vengeful parent searching for the missing child well enough already?
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Le Chat Noir embraces irreverent, slightly deranged love story
Le Chat Noir is known for showcasing irreverent theater productions and giving a voice to expressions of dark humor. “Kitty, Kitty, Kitty,” the performance that opens this week, is no exception and will ensure that Le Chat’s irreverent reputation remains intact. “‘Kitty, Kitty, Kitty’ is about a suicidal housecat named Kitty, who was used as a lab experiment for the first cloned housecat,” explains Duane Brown, the director of the play. “Kitty falls in love with his clone (named Kitty, Kitty) but that love is not reciprocated and once he understands that it will never be reciprocated he goes on to make other clones so that he can get the love he is searching for.” But there’s a catch. Something goes wrong in the cloning process, and as he makes more copies of himself, each one turns out less intelligent than the last. The final clone, Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty, communicates in nothing but grunts and yells and drool. I know what you’re thinking. It sounds a little like “Multiplicity,” right? Brown laughs and groans at the mention of the film. “Yeah… it’s kind-of in the same vein of Multiplicity,” he says, “but I’ve been trying to get people to not make that comparison because this is more debaucherous than that.” It’s definitely not the play to bring the kids to, or even some of the more delicate adults. Mickey Lay, who plays Mr. Person, the owner of Kitty Kitty, remarks, “It’s almost a comedy of errors but it’s really grotesque — I hope people get a good laugh. It’s a very funny show, but it’s really raunchy… and it’s one of those things we’re trying to balance. We’ve changed a few things. We wanted to keep it funny instead of pushing it to the point where it makes people uncomfortable. It’s a really fun show — it’s by no means high art, but it’s fun and there’s a good laugh in there for everybody — and all the characters have their own bit that they bring in.” “One of the really cool things about this play,” says Brown, “is that I think it speaks to people on all levels because there’s a sense of longing-ness that one feels, especially when they try to gain acceptance from another. We all in our lives need that kind of justification that someone recognizes our existence that at least validates it. So I think that’s the general message to it… We’re all really alone until we have that acceptance.” “Kitty, Kitty, Kitty” Le Chat Noir | September 14-15, 20-22 8 p.m. | 706-722-3322 | lcnaugusta.com
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Andy Jordan’s 527 13th Street | 706-724-6777 | andyjordans.com WHAT TO BRING ON A GROUP RIDE An appropriate bike that is in good working order Helmet (mandatory) and proper riding attire (bike shorts, jersey, shoes, etc.) Flat repair kit and a multi-tool Sufficient water Cash (just in case) Front and rear running lights TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ROAD BIKE RIDES Departs store at 6:30 p.m. Moderate pace, rolling hills Distance is typically 25 miles Route varies
SATURDAY ROAD BIKE RIDE Departs store at 9 a.m. Show & Go... This means there's no one from the store on the ride and there is no set route or distance. Route and distance varies according to group skill/fitness level. WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE Departs store at 6:30 p.m. From the store, down the Augusta Canal Towpath to the singletrack MTB trail. Three laps around the trail then back to the store equals 14 miles. Trail has a several short steep sections with a few technical areas that require a little more in the bike-handling department. Overall difficulty is moderate. All rides are held year-round, so as daylight gets shorter and shorter, running headlights will be required to finish the routes.
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Weekly road bicycle rides leaving from the Outspokin' Bicycle Shop parking lot. Helmets are required on all rides. Ride leaves the parking lot 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Chain Reaction road rides meet at Patriot's Park near the tennis courts. Rides leave near scheduled times, so participants should arrive early. Road-specific bikes are encouraged for the rides from Patriot's Park. Helmets always required.
MONDAY BEGINNER RIDE Departs store at 6 p.m. Mostly flat with two small climbs. Distance is 19-25 miles Recovery ride for the experienced cyclist depart at same time (no drop rides).
MONDAY CANAL RIDE Departs Savannah Rapids Pavilion at 6 p.m. Casual ride, mostly dirt road Distance is approximately 10-12 miles All terrain bikes recommended
:('1(6'$<¬(;3(5,(1&(' 52$' %,.( 5,'( Departs store at 6 p.m. Most challenging of the week (longest and hilliest). Distance is 30-40 miles of hills and speed. Ride breaks up into small groups of 4-10 riders of like talent. Always shorter routes if desired.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ROAD RIDES Departs Patriots Park at 6 p.m. (until the time changes) Split rides into different skill levels. Pace groups range from 15 mph to 20+ mph. Distance varies between 25 to 35 miles.
FRIDAY INTERVAL RIDE Departs store at 6 p.m. Ten-mile warm-up followed by four intervals varying between 3-5 minutes. We regroup after each interval. Distance roughly 30 miles.
SATURDAY MORNING ROAD RIDE Departs Patriot's Park at 9 a.m. Easy to moderate pace, great for all skill levels Distance is 20-30 miles
SATURDAY ALL LEVELS INCLUDING BEGINNERS Departs store at 9 a.m. The biggest ride for all levels including beginners (usually between 35-75 riders). Route is mostly flat usually including a hill or two but (not very steep or long). Distance is 25-35 miles (includes several stops for those wanting a break). One of the Outspokin' staff rides towards the back of the pack in case a rider needs assistance or support (no drop ride).
Chain Reaction also offers trail rides year round at FATS and Bartram Trail. Please check chainreactionbicycles.net for updates.
The weather is perfect to discover all the biking opportunities Augusta has to offer. Beginning this week we are giving you an insider’s view of our thriving cycling community. Here are the schedules for organized rides provided by the three bike shops around the CSRA. Next week we will take you to FATS Trail System.
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Gerry Prince, singer Karen Gordon and Malcolm Dixon at The Commons Jazz Festival 2012.
Tanya Redic, Cassandra Ealey and Hazel Reed at The Commons Jazz Festival 2012.
Cheryl Melton, artist Beth Jones and Lou Gramling at the opening reception at Sacred Heart Cultural Center for Beth H. Jones and Elizabeth Moretz-Britt.
SIGHTINGS
Ray and Barbara Johnson at the 5 O’Clock Bistro during First Thursday.
Ooollee and John Bricker with Morgan Smith at Midtown Market during First Thursday .
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Paulette Knopp-Long and Chris Long with Veronique and Tracy Thurmond at Gallery on the Row during First Friday.
Ashley Jones, Karen Purvis and Stacy Elzey at French Market Grille.
Bee Kuhlke, artist Elizabeth Moretz-Britt and Margaret Estep at the opening reception at Sacred Heart Cultural Center for Beth H. Jones and Elizabeth Moretz-Britt.
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Caroliegh Frentzel, Kenny Johns, Jolayne Frentzell and Jeff Birchill at the Zimmerman Gallery during First Friday.
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I can’t believe that brazen lustful sex maniac Joe Neal would dare to challenge to get to practice law again!
Thank goodness for the fall of temperatures! Let the cool and low humidity be upon us ... in time for Arts in the Heart of Augusta festival! I don’t care for all the controversial talk against any judgements of Sheriff Ronnie Strength for his political choices. The man has been top law enforcement for many years and that cannot be forgotten. Bye, Ronnie, and thanks again VERY, VERY much for all your efforts! Josh ruffin seems awfully butt hurt about the idea of someone having an opinion different than his own. But then again as a democrat he must be used to butt pain by now.
I rode downtown to check out first friday. I know the newscasters said it would be a large police presence,but MY GOD! there must have been the entire richmond county police dept present! It felt more like a police state! A few police wouldve been fine. There were more police present than there was in the Blues Brothers movie! I think first friday is now officially over! Chief James should be fired. Spending 100k to fix a station that will be replaced soon. The citizens deserve better. And I just passed the judicial center at 1:30 September 5th. Why are there 6 fire engines out of service sitting there. Guess we better pray we don’t need an adequate response time today. Which the way your trucks barrel their way down Washington Rd they could probably still make it. I estimate
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them going 80 mph sometimes. It is ridiculous. I’m voting for neither Obama or Romney, but lets talk just a wee bit about one truthful statement that came from the mouth of Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic National Convention: “People feel like the system is rigged against them. And here’s the painful part - they’re right. The system is rigged.” You want to be rich? Let me tell you how to achieve that. 1.)Inherit it (Michael Jackson’s kids). 2.)Win the lottery (like former railroad worker and $337 million Powerball winner Don Lawson from Michigan). 3.)Marry into it (Senator John Kerry’s second wife is Teresa Heinz - as in the Heinz catsup fortune). 4.)Be born into it (Donald Trump / The Kennedys / The Waltons) 5.) Don’t work hard but convince others to work hard for you (look at any corporation and compare worker wage to preposterous CEO pay). The Richmond County Board of Education has money for conventions and “good ole boy/girl” consultants but no money for schoolbus monitors. Shouldn’t our kids be safe from BULLYING while riding to and from school on the board’s big, yellow busses? A whine to the local electronic and other print media for failing to cover examples of terrific grand-/parent participation in Richmond County public schools. That the grand-/ parents of students in the RCSS don’t care about their offspring is, at best, incorrect and, at worst, a deliberate smear.
46 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989
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The Democrats & Republican Partiies Have Little to Offer For this Presidential election! I’m Looking Toward the “Hollywood Ticket”! Robert DeNiro & Joe Pesci for President & V.P.! They’ve Plenty of Experience! I mean! They’ve Played “Mafia Boss & Underboss Often! They’ll likely Appoint Clint Eastwood “Minister of Offense! NO! That’s spelled Correctly! Under This Administration, the USA will No Longer Allow It’s Adversaries to “Throw the First Punch”! It’ll likely be: “Pose a Threat! Any Threat! Make My Day!” I am not going to vote this year or in the future. The electorial process in America is very similar to Professional Wrestling: It is all a fraud. Voting only gives legitimacy to an illusion that the citizens votes actually count. Every single Congressman, Senator, Supreme Court Justice, and the President should be put on trial for war crimes and treason. To give away our jobs to citizens of foreign countries is treason, a crime punishable by death. To send our children to fight another country’s enemies and defend other countries interests is also treason. We are in the Middle East to secure a clear zone around the new world capital. Not only do we fight this foreign country’s wars, we have bankrupted America paying for these wars to benefit this other country. I advise all citizens to stay home and not vote in the upcoming election. Our country has been destroyed by these traitors.
13SEPTEMBER2012