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Black and White: The Daily Clashes of the Two Races By Stacey Eidson ...................17

Opinion Whine Line ......................................................................4 Words ...............................................................................4 This Modern World .........................................................4 Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down ............................................5 Suburban Torture ...........................................................5 Insider .............................................................................8

Metro Beat

Kolb Questions Evaluation Process ............................10 Augusta Lynx Back in the Game ................................12 One Bad Apple Sparks Farmers Market Rumors ......14

LEARN, GROW, BECOME…

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Greasers, a Tomboy Princess and a Giant Rabbit ....21 Gertrude Herbert Presents 23rd Annual Juried Art Show .......................................................................24 Augusta Ballet Offers Sneak Preview ........................25

Rock Saves Seether........................60

Events

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Movie Listings .............................................................54 Review: “Cold Creek Manor” ......................................56 Close-Up: Haley Joel Osment .....................................57 Movie Clock ..................................................................58

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Rock Saves Seether .......................................................60 Music by Turner ..............................................................61 Reserve Your Seats Now for Southern Soul and Song .........................................................................62 Music Minis ....................................................................63 Night Life .........................................................................64

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Brezsny's Free Will Astrology ......................................67 New York Times Crossword Puzzle ............................67 News of the Weird ........................................................68 Amy Alkon: The Advice Goddess ................................68 Date Maker ...................................................................69 Classifieds .....................................................................71

EDITOR & PUBLISHER David Vantrease ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Rhonda Jones STAFF WRITERS Stacey Eidson, Brian Neill ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Joe White ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Kriste Lindler, Kristen Chandler PRODUCTION MANAGER Joe Smith GR APHIC ARTISTS Stephanie Bell, Natalie Holle, Erin Lummen ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER Meli Gurley ACCOUNTING MANAGER/CLASSIFIEDS Sharon King ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT Lisa Jordan CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Meli Gurley SENIOR MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR Ed Turner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Chuck Shepherd, Rob Brezsny, Amy Alkon, Rachel Deahl CARTOONISTS Tom Tomorrow, Julie Larson

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t’s good to hear that Congressman Charlie Norwood withdrew his House bill to destroy the Lake Thurmond shoreline. Now if he would just work on something worthwhile, such as last year’s state water problems, perhaps Charlie could shed the “Washingtonitis” disease that has taken control of him. Having lived in Augusta for many years and finally having the wisdom to get the heck out, I can certainly say that Augusta will never aspire to anything more than a backwards, pathetic cesspool of mediocrity. People with great ideas to improve the city are constantly shot-down and, if they have any sense, get out. The city lacks the charm of many of its Southern neighbors, and it is beset with the vitriol from racists and bigots, from all sides of the spectrum, that keep Augusta in a frustratingly futile dance of taking two steps forward and three steps back. To the whiner who bragged how he enjoyed his tax refund. He bought clothes, food and had a great night out with his wife. I’m glad. Remember that when you have to pay it back next year come tax time. What’s Brittany Spears doing “singing” parts of the Monday Night Football theme song? I’m ill. Geez, after all the blue lights and black and gray sedans that I just saw, I think they should rename the September 2003 First Friday “Lotsapolice-a”. I haven’t seen that many black and grey clad Gestapo since Munich in ‘38! Is that how it’s gonna be from now on? My gosh, I felt like I was in a third-world police state. Perhaps they felt I was. Personally I am tired of people complaining about the Augusta area. If you don’t like things here then you have two choices: you can either do something to change

what’s wrong or you can move. U-Haul trucks are not that expensive and I hear the weather in South Dakota is wonderful. Even former Commissioner Frank Spears is dissatisfied with the progress on the “Frank Spears Memorial Bike Path.” He claims the project was funded several years ago; hence, no need for the uncompleted mess we now see every day. If Columbia County has all this money to do great and wonderful things like give $25,000 to Harlem for the renovation of various buildings to include the Laurel and Hardy Museum, then the mess along Evans to Lock Road should be within the budget capabilities. How about some help here, Mr. Cross? I’m glad to see Sonny Pittman get in the Augusta District 10 Commission race. A man who has the chutzpah to stand up to Augusta’s old political crowd and say, “I’m nobody’s pawn” merits our consideration. Stay on your message about making the commission more accountable to citizens, Mr. Pittman. Many see you as the man who can win the District 10 race. The article “Running Out of Hope” was excellent and right on target. Many upper income families send their children to UGA and Tech due to the Hope. They could afford to go anywhere. Lots of students receive the Hope but do not get accepted to UGA or Tech, especially if they graduate from academic/private high schools. There are also some students from well-to-do families in Augusta who do not get accepted at UGA but do eventually get accepted because of “Who They Know!” I believe it is all a big mess and unfair. A cap on income certainly makes sense. Two groups drop out of Arts in the Heart due to restrictions and cost. The people of the arts program have forgotten the ethnic groups for a boost to their own ego. Also, you would think that they would want to help the economy here in Augusta, but, no, they are using out of

Words “They were telling us they were going to judge the food to make sure it was authentic. Imagine the German club not knowing how to fix German food.” — Herma Schmidt, vice president of the German Friendship Club, quoted in The Augusta Chronicle in a story about her club and the La Associacion Cultural Hispanoamericana pulling out of the annual Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival this year because of soaring fees and new regulations. Schmidt told the paper that her fees would have climbed roughly $700 over last year and her German food menu would have to be approved for authenticity, a requirement that event organizers maintained was nothing new.

town vendors instead of using local businesses to supply this event as they have done since this event was started at the government building parking lot many years ago. I have written a letter to the mayor and commission. Will they have the (guts) to do any thing about it? Have you stopped lately and looked at any of the situations that have the word “commission” or “council” attached to it? It must be related to the “loser.” Wake up Augusta! If you think Billy and Frank are hockey fans, then you must think Bush really cares about the people in Iraq. They want the civic center and he wants oil and ties to the Mid-East. Hockey fans of Augusta enjoy your last season — if it even happens.

Sure, now that we’ve freed the Iraqi people, we’re their enemies! Perhaps it’s the novelty of the freedom to protest that’s causing this behavior. It is better to have loved and lost than to waste your entire life. Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Cross and retired Commission Chairman Pete Brodie are birds of a feather. Brodie wanted control of the fire department as Cross does now. Brodie wanted to incorporate Columbia County to be like Richmond County and Cross is silent. Beware of Cross’ silence. The county needs to be in control of the fire department before incorporation of the

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Thumbs Up That former Richmond County Deputy Kevin P. Brown saved his department money and time by resigning. Brown was the officer who was stopped by North Augusta police after cruising over the 13th Street Bridge at a respectable 110 miles per hour on his private motorcycle.

And yes, he would have likely been one of the same officers to stop you for going 12 miles over the speed limit. (The posted limit on the bridge is 35. Therefore, Brown was exceeding it by 75 mph.) Hopefully they stuck him with the $400plus ticket the infraction warrants on his way out the door.

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Dooley more than $16,000 for gifts she purchased for athletic department staffers and supporters. That included $1,214 for ice buckets engraved with the UGA Bulldog, $1,748 for coasters and more than $2,000 for engraved Post-it note holders. Perhaps UGA should think about changing its mascot. Oink-oink.

county can become a reality. And remember, Brodie was Cross’ campaign manager during his 2002 election.

teenagers’ cars, as the rust flies in the air, like a fine metallic mist. Now why did I move here again?

Thank you so very much Brian Neill for the article titled “Running Out of Hope.” The $64,000 question has finally been uncovered on how the rich remain rich and how so many of the poor stay poor.

Attention Judge Annis — Would someone with some clout move to Country Place in Evans so we could get a turning lane.

Parents should quit griping about the schools and become involved with their child’s education. I think it is hilarious that they believe their child has no homework day in and day out. The kids come to school without their supplies and haven’t done their homework. Parents work with the teachers instead of against them and we will be successful. Did it ever occur to you people that maybe, just maybe, the black leadership in this town has the racial problem? Go to a black church on Sunday and, when you leave, then ask yourself who has a problem with race. I take my li’l Yankee butt down to Washington Road. Before me nearly every vehicle is a giant, gas-sucking SUV, with a bleached-blonde old-money type with a cell phone growing out of her ear. People whipping around as if it were the Brickyard 400: completely unnecessary lane changes, ultra-aggressive driving. I go to the grocery store and, mingling with them, are mountain folk with mullets and designer bib overalls, old trucks wheezing blue smoke, fluorescent green dripping all the way. Bass emanates from

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Thumbs Down To Vince and Barbara Dooley’s freewheeling spending on the athletic boosters’ dime. The former athletic director for the Georgia Bulldogs and his politics-aspiring wife spent more than $309,000 since mid-1998 on refurbishing and maintaining a house that the University of Georgia purchased for them, according to a story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The UGA Athletic Association, according to the article, also reimbursed Barbara

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Please, please, please, please, please bring MacKenzie Clark back to Augusta radio. To you noodle-head Republicans, a couple of points: Having ‘ole Dubya as president sure didn’t stop 9/11 and if Bush Senior had taken out of Saddam in the first Gulf War we wouldn’t be in the mess we are now. So go ahead and take another big gulp of Bush propaganda and follow old Pinocchio down the road to perdition. Hurray for Gov. Perdue. Instead of naming a judge with the most experience, he goes for party lines. I’m so sick of Democrat/Republican lines. I vote for the man. Thank goodness there will be an election for the people not the governor. This will be the end for Perdue. Sonny Perdue made a terrible mistake by not appointing the most qualified for the judgeship. Danny Craig was the most qualified of the short list. I’m a registered voter in the state of Georgia, and I was a strong supporter of Danny Craig being appointed to the judicial system that represents Columbia and Burke counties. I just thought Danny continued on page 6

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continued from page 5 Craig was the best-qualified man. He had the best background of all the candidates who were in the running to become judge. I supported Sonny Perdue strongly when he ran for the governorship of Georgia, but will tell you this: I do not think I can support him again for not picking the best qualified person to serve the people of Richmond, Burke and Columbia counties. The letter to the editor regarding the open container ordinance by Kevin Palmer beats around the bush a great deal. Your letter completely ignored the presence of the DUI officers downtown on First Friday pulling people over who were leaving the bars who were clearly intoxicated. You spoke out of both sides of your mouth addressing the issue of the open container ordinance; the fact is the ordinance has served downtown at First Friday and will continue to as long as things continue to go so well. I compliment the efforts of Main Street Augusta and Chris Naylor to try to fix First Friday. Hey Metro Spirit, I was looking in your upcoming concert schedule and did not see Carman listed in there. He’s a good contemporary Christian singer who’s going to be at the Bell Auditorium Friday, October 3. He is awesome. Why don’t you put that in the paper for next week? Thank you. Loved the story on the Chicken Lady. Every time I drive by there and have to stop for those little

roosters to cross the road, it just gives my hectic life a moment of pause. I really appreciate you highlighting her and maybe letting other people know what a special thing that is. I’ve been sitting watching all the replays of the towers coming down on 9/11/01 all week, and all I can really say is how can people hate us this much? Why do people hate us this much? I do know one thing: If we don’t find Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, George Bush is toast. To the person who says the school board should furnish uniforms for the children. First of all, we can’t even furnish paper and pencils for children like we used to. This person needs to tell her children they need to go by the rules and wear uniforms like everybody else is supposed to. Once they learn to go by those rules, they can probably go by other rules in life. Buyers beware! Did you know that Georgia state law clearly states that a retailer has no obligation to refund, return or exchange merchandise once you have paid for it? Not only that, they don’t have to post it anywhere in the store to let you know. — Call our Whine Line at 510-2051 and leave your comments. We won’t use your name. Fax your whines by dialing (706) 733-6663 or e-mail your whines to whine@metrospirit.com.

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nsiders report a sighting of former Augusta Administrator Randy Oliver this past weekend. Oliver and his lovely wife, Valorie, were seen enjoying the company of an Augusta commissioner and his spouse. One city official confirmed that Oliver was in town to give a deposition in a legal situation involving the city’s fire department. Insiders indicate the deposition did not involve the yet unresolved accusations of mismanagement leveled at former Fire Chief Ronnie Few in the Special Grand Jury Report. Regardless, Oliver’s presence has created some interesting conversations among city politicos about the remote possibility of bringing Oliver back to Augusta. The former administrator recently left the administrator’s job in Greenville, S.C., and is looking for other opportunities. He left Augusta to take the job in Greenville in large part due to the consistent efforts of Augusta Commissioners Marion Williams and Andy Cheek to run him off. Oliver enjoyed living in Augusta and sources report that he would possibly consider returning under the right circumstances. Currently, Williams and several other commissioners are gunning for City Administrator George Kolb. His long-term future in Augusta is definitely in question, especially if Williams wins his bid for re-election in November. Behind-the-scenes murmurs indicate that some commissioners who actually support Kolb may be willing to trade votes to oust Kolb in exchange for votes to make changes at the Public Works Department. This idea has been floated among select commissioners. It could eventually happen. The whiff of an idea to work Oliver into the mix is in the air. It is so speculative at the moment that the likelihood of the pieces falling into place are sketchy, at best. But insiders who remember Oliver as the most competent administrator ever in Augusta would probably entertain the idea of bringing him back. Williams and others are so intent on ousting Kolb, they may consider a deal. This represents an interesting possibility but not likely a reality. Too many forces must come together to make it happen so don’t hold your breath. But the concept is being discussed. Feds Hot on Walker’s Trail The raid of former state Sen. Charles Walker’s newspaper, The Augusta Focus, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service created quite a ruckus last month. The incident clearly localized the ongoing investigation into Walker’s activities and brought his woes front and center to the hometown crowd. Since that day, the feds have increased their efforts locally and have interviewed witnesses who may become a part of the prosecutor’s case.

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Former Sen. Charles Walker When the feds seek information, they go to friends, disgruntled employees, business associates, vendors, and other key people who may have become aware of the activities of the person targeted for investigation. In this case, there are many. Insiders report that at least one representative of a local accounting firm that has done business with Walker has been interviewed in the case. Sources report that Kip Plowman of Cherry, Bekaert, and Holland was visited by investigators and could possibly be called to testify if the investigation leads to charges against Walker. Insiders speculate that the firm will likely disassociate itself from Walker if it hasn’t already. Reliable sources report that investigators believe information obtained from the firm may help build a case against Walker. Time will tell. —The views expressed in this column are the views of The Insider and do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher.

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Get With The Guidelines: New Stroke Program “HealthTalk” on WGAC-580 AM Tune in on Monday, Sept. 29, at 8:30 a.m. to hear Avis Young, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist on University’s medical staff, discuss melanoma.

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Having a stroke is just as serious as having a heart attack, and the first few hours are critical. University Hospital has Harold McGrade, M.D., joined more Neurologist than 70 hospitals across the country in an effort to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients for a better chance of survival and recovery. The Get With The Guidelines – Stroke program, developed by the American Stroke Association, was designed to improve acute stroke treatment and prevent future strokes. As a program participant, University has developed a comprehensive system for providing rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke when patients are admitted to the Emergency Department. This includes being equipped 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide brain imaging scans, conducting patient evaluations and using clot-busting medications when appropriate. University is also increasing its efforts to prevent repeat stroke events through the aggressive

use of medications and education on smoking cessation, weight, exercise, diabetes, and cholesterol. “Our system begins by assessing the patient while in the ambulance. Then we are better prepared to treat the patient when he or she arrives in the Emergency Department,” says Harold McGrade, M.D., medical director of University Hospital’s Stroke Unit. Once an acute stroke patient is admitted to the hospital, the Stroke Unit offers the type of care they need for survival. This dedicated five-bed unit has a specially trained nursing staff and a team of specialists that reviews each patient’s medical history and develops a plan of care designed to ensure the best possible outcome. “Besides drug treatment, a stroke unit is the only other intervention proven to benefit stroke patients,” explained Dr. McGrade. The time is right for University to implement the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke program. The number of stroke patients eligible for treatment is expected to grow nationwide over the next decade due to increasing stroke incidence and a large aging population.

Did You Know? • Nearly 700,000 people suffer a stroke each year. • Of stroke survivors, 22 percent of men and 25 percent of women die within a year. For those 65 and older, the percentage is even higher. • The southeastern United States, known as the “Stroke Belt,” has the highest rate of stroke deaths in the country. Georgia ranks 6th.

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Food, Fit and Fun An after-school group nutrition program for ages 12-17 Holly Ford, nutritionist Mondays, Sept. 22, 29 3:45-6 p.m. Weight Management and Nutrition Center For more information, call 706/774-8917. Introduction to Infant CPR Sept. 22 6:30-8:30 p.m. University Women’s Center $5 To register or for more information, call 706/774-2825. Lunch with the Doctor “Memory Loss: Are You Losing Yours?” Sherry Barinowski, M.D. Sept. 26 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. University Hospital dining rooms 1-3 FREE for Seniors Club members, $8 for nonmembers Seating limited to 80. Reservations required. Call 706/738-2580.

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“Focus on Healing” Educational program through dance and movement for breast cancer survivors Sponsored by Walton Rehabilitation Hospital and University Breast Health Center Tuesdays, Sept. 30-Nov. 4 6-7 p.m. Outpatient Classroom, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital $30 for six-week session To register, call 706/823-5294.

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Tenth Annual Bert Yancey Memorial Golf Tournament Monday, October 13, 2003 Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Club North Augusta, SC To register to play or to be a sponsor Contact Phylis Holliday at 706-736-6857 Hole-in-one prizes sponsored by Master Pontiac Buick GMC. Proceeds benefit the Mental Health Association of Greater Augusta, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Augusta),and The Depression & Bi-Polar Supportive Alliance of Greater Augusta

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t’s performance evaluation time for City Administrator George Kolb, but he has requested that the Augusta Commission revamp the evaluation process to include more specific goals and objectives. And who will be one of the commissioners on a specially formed committee to consider Kolb’s request? Augusta Commissioner Marion Williams, the absolute last person Kolb would have wanted sitting on the committee. According to Kolb’s contract, the commission is required to evaluate his job performance at least once a year prior to the adoption of the budget in late November. So, on Sept. 15, Williams asked the commission to establish a timeline for the performance evaluation in order to have it completed by the deadline. But before the commission begins the evaluation, Kolb asked that some changes be made to the process. “First of all, let me say that I welcome the evaluation process,” Kolb said. “I believe it gives us an opportunity to show the things that we have done and the progress we’ve made.” However, Kolb said, the commission’s method of reviewing him was sorely flawed. “During the last evaluation process, it was agreed by the commission that you would set some goals and objectives,” Kolb said. “That did not happen.” He also stated that, after reviewing the form created for last year’s evaluation, he found that results were all over the board, with some commissioners giving him all low marks in performance categories while other commissioners ranked him very high. “I also had the opportunity to look at and analyze the results of the last evaluation form and I can’t agree to use that same form this year,” Kolb said. “We can statistically show the subjectivity in terms of the spread in last year’s evaluation and I believe that that form should be changed.” Augusta Commissioner Andy Cheek, who chaired a committee last year that developed the evaluation form, agreed that the process wasn’t working properly. He explained that last year his committee, along with the mayor and the administrator, developed a list of expectations for the administrator that were never

“During the last evaluation process, it was agreed by the commission that you would set some goals and objectives. That did not happen.” – City Administrator George Kolb

fully addressed by the commission. “If we are going to evaluate someone ... we should establish a set of goals and expectations for that employee that we can use as a yard stick at the end of the year,” Cheek said. “I recommended those goals last year, but they have been somewhat pushed aside,” Kolb said, responding to Cheek. “Now, I would re-recommend those.” Augusta Commissioner Lee Beard told both Kolb and Cheek they can’t be surprised that the commission didn’t follow through with establishing goals for the evaluation. “We didn’t do what we were supposed to do, like we don’t do what we are supposed to do on many instances,” Beard said. “But I think we can use the same process that we used last year.” Beard suggested that commissioners make amendments to the evaluation process if necessary, but that they “keep moving” because the budget process was quickly approaching. If the commission hadn’t implemented

the goals suggested by the evaluation committee last year, Williams said, he couldn’t understand why Cheek didn’t bring it to the commission’s attention earlier. “He didn’t stand up and wave no flag,” Williams said of Cheek. Cheek said he had previously mentioned the problems with the evaluation process. “Well, the flag fell down then,” Williams responded. Williams said he simply didn’t feel that it made sense for Kolb to be telling the commissioners what they should be including on his evaluation form. However, the city attorney said that, under Kolb’s contract, the administrator has that right. “The contract does refer to the fact that specific criteria for the evaluation be developed jointly by employer and employee,” Wall said. But Wall also pointed out that he believes Kolb was included in last year’s process to develop the evaluation form

and criteria. “Last time, you will recall that the evaluation form was developed through a committee,” Wall said. “Mr. Kolb participated in those meetings and was involved in that process and therefore, theoretically, he agreed with it.” Augusta Commissioner Ulmer Bridges suggested that Wall and the human resources director meet with Kolb and try to develop an evaluation process that would be agreeable to all involved. Williams said he found that suggestion laughable. “You mean to tell me that the employee sits in on setting up his own evaluation?” Williams asked. “He agreed, from what the attorney just said, on the very first evaluation. And that’s the same one that we are recommending using again, but instead we are going to let him set up an evaluation for himself?” Wall simply advised the commission that it would be wise to meet with the administrator and listen to his concerns. “I understand that the argument can be made that he was involved in the process last time, but he is now voicing an objection to it,” Wall said. “You may agree or disagree with his concerns, but I think it would be beneficial to at least meet with the administrator and look at the criteria.” Williams said that this was a perfect example of how things work in the city of Augusta. “So, Jim, if he disagrees next year, does that mean he has the option to come back next year and say, ‘Well, I went with the evaluation (last year), but I disagreed with it,’” Williams said. “Can he do that every year? That don’t sound right.” The commissioners agreed that they should at least consider Kolb’s objection to the evaluation process through a committee set up by Mayor Pro Tem Richard Colclough. Commissioners Steve Shepard and Andy Cheek volunteered to serve on the committee. Colclough needed one more appointment, but commissioners Bobby Hankerson and Beard, when asked, declined being part of the committee. Therefore, Colclough requested that Williams be the final commissioner to review Kolb’s concerns. Williams accepted. As Kolb heard Williams being named to the committee, he simply lowered his head in frustration.

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Augusta Lynx Back in the Game

ust last week, the long-time owners of the Augusta Lynx publicly announced that the 2003-2004 hockey season may not occur because the pending sale of the team to local investors was in terrible jeopardy. The prospective buyer, known as Augusta Entertainment Corp. LLC – an investment group consisting of local businessmen such as Frank Lawrence, owner of the dormant Augusta Stations arenafootball2 franchise, and William S. Morris III, publisher of The Augusta Chronicle – told the daily newspaper that the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority “killed the deal” by demanding that the new owners pay $50,000 a year for the right to sell advertisement inside the civic center’s arena. It appeared all was lost. What better time to send in Paul Simon to broker the deal? Simon, a long-time associate of Morris, is well known for his negotiating abilities on numerous Augusta projects like the development of two major downtown hotels along the Riverwalk and the creation of Augusta’s First Tee program located off Damascus Road. On Sept. 15, it was up to Simon to save the Lynx deal. “As far as we, the buyers, are concerned, the deal is off,” Simon told the authority. “As far as the sellers are concerned, the deal is off, too, and they intend to file a lawsuit against you unless we can get something worked out here.” Instead of paying an annual fee of $50,000 for the next five years of the hockey team’s contract, Simon suggested that the new owners pay an annual fee of $30,000 on Oct. 15 of each year. He also proposed that the new owners would agree to pay utility charges for the Lynx’s office located in the basement of the Bell Auditorium. The original Lynx owners never had to pay such utility costs because there is no meter installed in the basement of the Bell Auditorium that specifically indicates the utilities usage by the Lynx’s office. “The buyers are willing to pay those charges, if the authority, at its expense, wants

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“I think the difference is, you’re dealing with a new group.” – Paul Simon, representing Augusta Entertainment Corp.

to install meters that can determine what the usage of the service is there,” Simon said. “But $50,000 for the advertising rights is something we can’t do. It won’t work. ... The Lynx lost $370,000 last year.” Authority member Bill Maddox said he understood Simon’s concerns; however, he wasn’t convinced that only $30,000 a year was sufficient for the board to allow the Lynx exclusive rights to advertising in the arena. “I would like somebody from the Lynx to give me a breakdown on what they made (on advertising in the arena and concourse) for the last five years,” Maddox said. “Because what I understand, the first year they were here they made something like $700,000 to $800,000 on advertising and we got only about $20,000.” Simon said he was unaware of the amount of money the authority was given in the Augusta Lynx’s first 1998-1999 season, however he did say the Lynx provided him financial records for the last four years. Under the Lynx’ original lease, the team was required to provide the authority 35 percent of the ad signs’ revenue. According to the information given to Simon, the Lynx paid the authority $35,700 for the 1999-2000 season, $25,000 for the 2000-2001 season, $40,250 for the 2001-2002 season and $14,700 for the 2002-2003 season. But authority member Annie Rogers pointed out that those figures indicated how much the Lynx paid the board, not necessarily the accurate amount of money the hockey team earned selling the arena’s advertisements.

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Authority member Ellis Albright agreed, adding that if the new owners were willing to invest in the hockey team, they should have faith that they can successfully sell enough ads in the arena to easily pay the authority $50,000 a year. “I just can’t see why the Augusta Lynx want the citizens of Augusta to subsidize them because they think they are going to lose money,” Albright said. “They may not lose money. “And are you going to give us a guarantee that y’all are going to be here for the next five years?” Albright asked Simon. “And that Frank Lawrence won’t pull this team out (of the civic center) like he did the Stallions?” It’s no secret that Lawrence has been extremely critical of the conditions in Augusta’s civic center. On several occasions he has described the facility as a filthy disgrace to the city. In fact, Lawrence advocates that the city supports using funding from the next phase of sales taxes, in partnership with private dollars, to construct a new, $89 million sports arena. Simon told Albright that it’s impossible for him to predict whether the new buyers will be able to keep the team thriving in the civic center for the next five years. “Obviously, we wouldn’t be able to continue operating the team if we suffered serious losses,” Simon said. Civic Center General Manager Larry Rogers told the authority members that they needed to focus on what’s best for the civic

center and the citizens of Richmond County. “I think somewhere along the line, everyone concerned lost sight of what this facility was meant to be used for,” Rogers said. “This facility, that was built in 1979, is a multipurpose facility. ... You must remember, it’s not the Augusta Lynx Arena. It’s the AugustaRichmond County Civic Center and they are tenants in this building.” Maddox warned his fellow board members that it was crucial that they try to reach some compromise with the prospective Lynx owners or risk losing the team. “I think each board member should think about before the Lynx came here, you couldn’t give the ad signs away,” Maddox said. “Now, I don’t want to be mistreated. I want to get the money we are entitled to, but if the Lynx move out of here, and we get sued ... we are going to wind up paying a lot more in the long run.” As a solution, Maddox suggested that the new owners pay a set fee of $30,000 this year, an increased fee of potentially $40,000 annually for the next two years, and finally $50,000 each year for the last two years of the Lynx’s contract set to expire in 2008. The new buyers would have to pay the increased fee of $40,000 after the first year only if the team’s revenue warranted the increase. If the Lynx were still experiencing extreme losses, the team’s annual payment would remain at $30,000 for 2004. Simon told the authority that payment plan was acceptable. Therefore, the majority of the board approved Maddox’s motion, with members Joe Scott, John Manuel, Annie Rogers and Albright voting against it. Following the vote, the only other concern board members had was whether the authority could trust that the Lynx’s financial records concerning ad signs would be available to the board under the new ownership, unlike with the previous owners. Simon assured the authority that the team’s advertising records will now be open for review. “I think the difference is, you’re dealing with a new group,” Simon said. “We don’t mind you looking at the records at all.”

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One Bad Apple Sparks Farmers Market Rumors

By Brian Neill

orgive the fruit metaphor, but it seems the story of the Farmers Market being run off the Augusta Common by meddling city officials came down to one bad apple. And this apple carried the headline: “Market banned from common.” The story on the front page of the Sept. 11 edition of The Augusta Chronicle said that city officials had told Farmers Market organizers that the event must be moved because it was damaging the grass. Also, the article stated, tent stakes driven in by vendors had broken a water main. That water main, officials said when later asked about it, was actually something much more minor: a section of 1-inch-wide, PVC, sprinkler pipe. “There has not been any water main (break),” said Richmond County Parks and Recreation Director Tom Beck. “Where he (the reporter) got that from, God knows where.” Some were surprised to read that city officials had driven a wedge between two of Augusta’s most recent successes, the Augusta Common and the Farmers Market. But some of the same city officials that bore the blame in the article say nothing could have been further from the truth. “I got a call from a reporter day before yesterday who said that the statement was made at the Farmers Market Steering Committee that I had evicted the Farmers Market from the Common,” Augusta Mayor Bob Young said by phone from a conference he was attending in Chicago. “And I told the reporter that wasn’t true; I hadn’t said such a thing. And then the article came out in the paper yesterday morning. He went ahead and wrote the thing saying I had said it.” Young was quoted in the article as saying, “I’m not going to let them destroy a $2 million asset.” The mayor acknowledged making the remark, but only in the context of finding a solution to prevent wear and tear on the Common grass while allowing the market to continue being held there. Young said he met with Main Street Augusta Executive Director Chris Naylor and Beck to discuss solutions. Among those solutions were moving the tents around in different positions each time the market was held so that wear patterns from foot traffic and the weights of the tents was evened out, and resorting to weighted barrels or other methods to secure the tents so that stakes didn’t have to be used. Young said the officials also talked about going to smaller tents and possibly erecting them on the asphalt perimeters instead of on the grass. “These were all very friendly and constructive discussions that we were having,” Young said. “And nobody ever suggested or even intimated, at least in my presence, in any of the conversations I was in, that we wanted them to leave the Common.” Naylor, of Main Street Augusta, agreed with the mayor’s assessment. He said that Farmers Market organizers

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“These were all very friendly and constructive discussions that we were having. And nobody ever suggested or even intimated, at least in my presence, in any of the conversations I was in, that we wanted them (the Farmers Market) to leave the Common.” — Augusta Mayor Bob Young

were already on the lookout for an alternate location because of conflicting events at the Common, such as Arts in the Heart and the Border Bash. “Apparently, in a report, it said that we had gotten banned from the Common with the Farmers Market, which was totally incorrect and I don’t know where that came from,” Naylor said. “But we were going to have to find a place anyway because of previously scheduled events, like Arts in the Heart.” Naylor said some Farmers Market patrons might get confused if the event constantly moved from site to site. For the time being, the Farmers Market is being held at the site of the old train depot off Reynolds Street, next to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Beck, of the recreation department, said tent stakes used during the Farmers Market had resulted in about three separate sprinkler line breaks over the course of several weeks. Although Beck didn’t consider that damage major, he said the sprinkler system could be adversely affected if its lines continually had to be patched up.

Even in light of concerns about the grass and sprinkler system, Beck said he never suggested the Farmers Market leave the Common. “We never said, ‘You can’t use the Common,’” Beck said. In fact, the Farmers Market is still penciled in the parks and recreation reservation book for the Common, and will remain so until the department gets the official word that the event plans to remain at the depot or another location, Beck said. Though most agreed the situation was overblown, not everyone is happy. Bryan Haltermann, a downtown businessman and developer who is credited with coming up with the Farmers Market idea, said he thinks politics are at play. Haltermann said he had been chairing a Farmers Market board and helped see the event to fruition. Then, he said, Main Street Augusta stepped in and wanted to run things. “I plan to stay active (with the event), but the politics have gotten so that, basically, the people who officially have the money, which is basically Main Street or the city, they’ve

stepped in and they’re going to call the shots, no matter what the board thinks,” Haltermann said. “So I guess you only hang in with that so long. “The whole thing just got political.” However, Naylor denied that moving the Farmers Market to the depot was due to any reason other than it was a better fit. “I’ll be honest with you, I’ve been working with the city and I have not found any politics at all,” Naylor said. City officials and Farmers Market organizers realize, however, that the train depot could be a temporary solution, since it belongs to the city’s pension fund and the city’s pensioners are seeking to sell it. Pensioners gave permission to Farmers Market organizers on Sept. 16 to remain at the depot location for the next six weeks, which will mark the end of the event’s season until April. Naylor said the Downtown Development Authority is considering negotiating with the pensioners to buy the roughly 7-acre parcel of land. He said that city officials would first have to sit down and hash out the numbers. “The last thing that I heard (as a selling price), and I don’t know how true it is, was $1.2 million,” Naylor said. Should the depot location not prove feasible, Mayor Young said he has another site in mind. The mayor has looked into a permanent structure that could potentially be erected at the Eighth Street Mall, the brick pedestrian walkway leading down to Riverwalk from Reynolds Street. Young said he has contacted local engineers Rick Toole and Tom Robertson to look into the idea. “We looked at the feasibility of building an open-air market there, something that might be 70 or 100 feet long, maybe longer,” Young said. “You know, a brick commons and a roof over it, with power.” Young said he thought such a market, similar, but smaller in scale than ones in Charleston and Philadelphia, could be constructed for $150,000 or less. “We have enough festival activity and what not down on Riverwalk on the Eighth Street Plaza that a permanent structure might be a good solution for everybody,” Young added. “And I think we can build one relatively cheap. Somewhere, probably, around $100,000, $150,000, we could do that.” That idea wasn’t news to Haltermann, who said he had heard Young was inquiring about the Eighth Street Mall idea immediately after the first Farmers Market had been held at the Common. “That was after the first success. So basically, you have an event which has some success and everyone tries to jump on the bandwagon and they have their ideas about where to hold it and how to hold it,” Haltermann said. “The Common was the best, but once everyone saw it was going to be a success, they had their own idea of what it should be. I guess that’s what happens when you do something in the public realm.”

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ver since white and black Americans began routinely sharing office space, classrooms and neighborhoods, misunderstandings between the two races have become commonplace. If you ask any politician in Augusta what’s holding this city back, most will say race is dividing our community. So, why is it, now that we no longer live in a legally segregated society, the division between blacks and whites hasn’t gone away? According to Lena Williams, a 25-year veteran writer for The New York Times and author of the book, “It’s The Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy and Divide the Races,” racial tensions in this country are alive and well mainly because of the way whites and blacks treat one another on a daily basis.

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“This book is about perception — how blacks and whites perceive not only their own individual experiences but one another’s,” wrote Williams, who is black, in her book published in 2000 by Harcourt, Inc., now available in paperback. “I consider this book a guide to understanding the racial dynamics of everyday life: the self-imposed apartheid in school cafeterias, the polarization in the workplace, the de facto segregation in housing patterns.” A guide to black and white race relations. Is there anything more crucially needed in Augusta? The Metro Spirit figured it was worth a shot. If nothing else, it might at least spark some candid discussion. After all, that’s how this book got started. On Dec. 14, 1997, Williams wrote a column in The New York Times on this exact subject under the same title, “It’s the Little Things.”

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She began by describing an elevator ride she and her brother-in-law shared with a white woman in a department store. “The chic woman threw back her head and ran her fingers through her long flaxen hair on a crowded elevator in Macy’s,” Williams wrote, adding that her brother-in-law leaned over and whispered, “I hate it when they do that. If she does it again, I’m going to tell her about it!” Williams nodded in agreement and gently patted her brother-in-law’s hand as the woman, “still fingering her golden locks,” got off on the next floor. “Later, I couldn’t help wondering why such an inconsequential gesture had provoked such a strong response in both of us,” Williams wrote, admitting that she shared her brother-inlaw’s sense of indignation over the white woman shaking her hair, even though she knew the woman meant no harm.

“As blacks, we understood instinctively the role hair texture has played in perceptions of beauty and privilege in America,” Williams wrote. “All our lives we’ve been bombarded with images of white movie stars, models and other beauty icons with long flowing hair, which has been beyond our reach. For that brief moment in Macy’s, we both saw a white woman flaunting a symbol of preference.” Williams’ 1997 column caused a firestorm of letters to the editor, particularly from outraged white readers. “I was accused of being racist,” Williams wrote in her book. “I was called insensitive and hypersentive. One letter-writer said I was jealous of white women.” But many readers, both white and black, related to her column and urged her to delve deeper into the matter. That encouragement led continued on page 18

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For instance, Williams met a white, female business consultant from New England named Elizabeth who was caring for two young black children, along with several other white children, during a summer camp on her farm. “I’d notice that whenever the (black) kids went swimming or took a bath, their skin became really ashy, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it,” Elizabeth told Williams. “So, one day I’m talking to a black colleague at my office and I happened to mention this, and the woman, whom I considered a friend, sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes and told me that I sounded so ignorant. “‘Just put some lotion or Vaseline on their skin after they bathe, for Christ’s sake.’ That’s what she said and walked away.” Elizabeth took the woman’s advice, which worked beautifully, but she told Williams that for the rest of the summer she never again mentioned to her colleague the two black children staying at her home. While these may seem like simple misunderstandings, some everyday interactions in the workplace can be more harmful. In fact, such misunderstandings can affect a person’s career, Williams stated in her book. “For years black journalists have complained that their news organizations tend to rely on them to provide an edge in coverage on ‘black stories,’ while ignoring them as possible sources on stories involving white Americans,” Williams wrote. “When a federal office building in Oklahoma was bombed in 1995, white editors, for the most part, didn’t seek out the black journalists in the newsroom. We weren’t expected to know anyone in Oklahoma City, a predominately white town in the Midwest.” However, when the riots in South Central Los Angeles broke out in 1992, Williams wrote that black reporters’ phones were “ringing off the hook.” “An ‘all-blacks bulletin’ was posted in most major newsrooms,” Williams wrote. “Calling all blacks, calling all blacks. We need contacts, sources, black bodies to ‘send into the ghetto.’” As Williams traveled around the country, she quickly learned that such treatment of black employees didn’t just occur in newsrooms. “Blacks who work in other areas of the private and public sectors say their opinions are seldom sought by white managers on issues like foreign affairs, the economy, or environment,” Williams said. “But when the discussion turns to subjects like poverty, crime or single parenting, blacks are deemed inhouse experts.” In New York, Williams spoke to Alisha, a black female hospital administrator who said she was constantly stunned by some of her boss’ questions. “My boss, a white man, once asked me how food stamps work,” Alisha told Williams. “Neither I nor my family has ever used food stamps.” Another time, her boss asked her if she knew anything about “wilding,” a term used in the early 1990s after a white female jogger was thought to have been raped and severely beaten in Central Park by a group of “roaming” black youths. “I play the stock market; I go to church; I vote in every election, but I’m not the first person asked about investing or religion or politics,” Alisha, a woman in her late 50s, told Williams. “No, I’m not supposed to know about such matters. But food stamps and wilding ... I’m the expert.” A Guide to Play While the office may be a breeding ground for errors relating to the two races, Williams

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found that, when blacks and whites are invited to parties or dinners at each other’s houses, similar mistakes often follow the coworkers home. “Blacks don’t expect whites to necessarily be hip. Most believe they’re hopelessly uncool,” Williams wrote. “The idea that whites don’t have rhythm, can’t dance or just aren’t as hip as blacks has long been a source of irritation to many whites.” Such misconceptions often lead to terribly uncomfortable parties, Williams stated. “Many blacks will tell you that our idea of a ‘party’ (pronounced paartay!) is just not the same as that of whites,” Williams explained. “At white parties people arrive on time prepared to wine, dine and talk about office politics, child-care problems, summer rentals, and maybe — to liven things up — the local sports teams. “They stick around for two hours at most, then they’re off to the suburbs to relieve the baby-sitter. ... When and if there is dancing, any black person present is expected to get out on the dance floor and perform for the whites gathered.” However, in the case of predominately black social gatherings, Williams said she found that most do not consider it a party

unless there is music and dancing. “And no respectable black person would arrive at a party on time,” Williams wrote, describing it as CP time or “Colored People’s Time.” “Our idea of being on time — and yes, I am speaking on behalf of the 15 or so million of us — is to arrive at least one hour after the scheduled time.” Williams quickly points out in her book that these are of course generalizations of both races, but they are thoughts and fears many blacks and whites have before attending an integrated party. And, unfortunately, Williams said, the younger generation of blacks and whites in America is learning how uncomfortable such parties can be at an early age. Tameeka, a black teenager from the Bronx, told Williams there is no such thing as a fun party shared by both races because someone is always going to feel left out. “OK, so you go to an all-white or predominately white party, and some good soft music comes on. You look around, and there’s no black male students to dance with,” Tameeka told Williams. “Do you think the white boys are going to ask the black girls to dance? No way! So we sit there, looking left out and feeling stupid.

“And if one of them does ask you to dance, do you do it and chance getting ratted on by your own kind for dancing with ‘one of them’? Or having the white girls, who are left standing around, staring you down all jealous and stuff? Rather than deal with all that, I just don’t go.” White teenagers also told Williams that when they try to liven up a party, black teenagers often make fun of their behavior. “Whites who show any sense of style – in fashion or manner – are often accused of trying to be black,” Williams wrote. Inner-city kids have even come up with the nickname “wiggers” to describe white youths who “act black.” Williams also found whites are often more reluctant than blacks to be “the only one” at a predominately one-race party. “I’ve heard blacks complain for years that whites will not patronize black clubs,” Williams wrote. “I hear things like, ‘Whenever you go into one of their clubs, they (blacks) give you this evil-eyed look like you’re not welcome.’” Obviously, those looks do occur on occasion, Williams wrote, but she said it would surprise many whites to learn that such treatment is “usually the exception.” But when it does happen, Williams stated,

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whites must realize there is reason behind such stares. “What bothers blacks is that too often our establishments don’t get the seal of approval until whites show up,” Williams wrote. “Until then, it’s just another juke joint.” And, of course, what’s a “guide to play” without talking about vacation? “For most Americans, planning a vacation involves a few basic considerations: where to go, where to stay, transportation and costs,” Williams stated. “But for many black Americans, there is often another factor to be considered: Will they be the only blacks there?” Whites may find such a concern laughable, but black Americans told Williams it is no joking matter. The last thing black Americans want to encounter on vacation is venturing into a predominately white area and finding “no room at the inn,” Williams wrote. In fact, there was a book published in 1971 that addressed this very concern called “The Black American Travel Guide” by Bob Hayes, which recommended areas such as Maryland’s Eastern Shore or the Caribbean for blacks to vacation. continued on page 20

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“Vacations are supposed to be a time of fun and relaxation,” Williams wrote. “Who needs grief? All too often blacks who tried to do the ‘white thing’ by vacationing in places whites frequented were sorely disappointed.” A Guide to Everyday Life When black Americans move into a predominately white neighborhood, they face a lot of challenges, Williams wrote. All too often, when black Americans are first introduced to their white neighbors, they frequently receive what Williams calls, “The Look.” “It starts with an expressionless stare. The eyes begin to squint. The mouth opens slightly. And you know you’re being analyzed or sized up,” Williams wrote. “It is a look whites often give blacks who don’t fit the composite notion of a Negro.” For example, when a black person tells his or her white neighbor that they attended an Ivy League school. A black Harvard professor told Williams that he’s been at parties where he thought whites were going to run a background check on him to see if he was lying about his education. “I’ve been at parties and had white people ask me what high school I attended,” the professor said. “It’s disconcerting ... because you know they’re asking to find out your history and how you arrived at this point.” After you’ve met your neighbor at a party or social gathering, many blacks told Williams they then receive the “white eye-treatment.” Dr. Ted Manley, a black professor from DePaul University in Chicago, encountered such treatment from a white colleague after he moved into his neighborhood. “I live in Oak Park, Illinois,” Manley, a six-footthree man with dreadlocks, told Williams. “Just the other day, a white male colleague, who teaches at DePaul and works in the same building with me, got on the train with me at the same stop, looked me in the eye, and said nothing.” Manley, who said he’s usually the first to say hello to this man, decided he’d see how long it would take for this white colleague to acknowledge him. “He didn’t acknowledge me on the train platform, on the train, on the escalator, or walking across campus,” Manley said. It wasn’t until Manley held the door to the campus library open for his white colleague did the man say hello and ask him what his schedule was like that day. More than 20 minutes later. “We – blacks, that is – have all felt the sting of being ignored in public by whites we work with or attend school with,” Williams wrote.

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“Racism, many blacks believe, has rendered us invisible.” While some black families told Williams about the cold shoulder they received moving into predominately white neighborhoods, many said it was nothing compared to the treatment they received from realestate agents once they wanted to move out. “A lot of black people have problems selling their home because there are black things in it,” Williams wrote. A white New York realestate broker told Williams she couldn’t believe the attitude of some of her white clients. “One woman told me she didn’t want her children sleeping in a room where blacks slept,” the Realtor told Williams. “Another said that homes owned by blacks smell funny.” The Realtor advised black families trying to sell their homes to “remove all items from the house that could readily be associated with a black lifestyle.” “In other words, ditch the African art, tuck the family photo album in a drawer, and throw out the old copies of Ebony, Jet and Essence,” Williams wrote. “Now toss a few copies of Architectural Digest and The New Republic around the place. Tack up a photograph of Ronald Reagan and a poster of the Hanson Brothers. And make sure the Shaker furniture is prominently displayed in the living room.” Dr. Mel Rapelyea, a black radiologist who was trying to sell his English Tudorstyle house in Maryland, told Williams he couldn’t believe the attitude of some white buyers.

“I can have a white person on my angio table dying and I’m trying to do something to save his life, but that person won’t buy my house,” Rapelyea said, adding, because it “smells funny.” Speaking of smelling funny, there is also a rumor blacks have about white people that Williams said simply won’t die. “Since I was a child I have been hearing blacks say that white people’s hair, when wet, smells the same as wet dogs,” Williams wrote. “That was the 1950s, but I’m still hearing it today from smart, intelligent, sophisticated black Americans. “In fact, when I asked people to fill out a questionnaire and list three things they’ve heard said about white people and vice versa, half of the blacks listed the ‘wet-hair thing.’” Clearly, no matter how hard black and white Americans try, Williams said there are always going to be differences between them. Nothing proved that more poignantly than the trial of O.J. Simpson. For many whites, it’s simply incomprehensible why so many black Americans supported Simpson. “I don’t for one minute believe some of the blacks who supported O.J. liked the brother,” Williams wrote. After all, Williams explained, Simpson was seen as a black man who tried to live his life as a white man, with a white ex-wife, a white girlfriend, mostly white friends, a white house guest (who could forget Kato Kaelin?), and a house in a white neighborhood. “His arrest, imprisonment, and lengthy trial was payback for turning his back on the black

community and trying to be white, many blacks believe,” Williams wrote. “But at the same time, blacks cannot forget the countless number of white Americans who also got away with murder, and all the times our cries for equal justice fell on deaf ears.” Simpson’s win meant that black America could conquer a predominately white judicial system, Williams wrote. “Some blacks have said they weren’t so much pulling for O.J. as they were for Johnnie L. Cochran,” Williams stated. “Johnnie was on the spot, and blacks wanted to see this charismatic black attorney beat the white man’s system. His victory was seen as a victory for the race. “That’s what whites have failed to see in all of this,” Williams added. “Not that O.J. got away with murder. But that Johnnie Cochran, a dark-skinned black man, who had once been stopped in his Mercedes on suspicion of DWB (Driving While Black), who is married to a black woman, who wasn’t even an initial member of the Dream Team, got him off.” Can most of white America understand that point? Williams stated, probably not. But the point of her book, Williams wrote, is not to solve all the race problems in the world. “Believe me, if I had the answers, I’d go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. But I don’t,” she wrote. “What I’ve tried to do in this book is to offer little brain cramps: a tiny little tinge that, perhaps, makes you think before you act, to think less about what is intended, but more about what may be felt. “We can’t all be friends. But we can cut each other some slack.”

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he shrill, young voice of a John Travolta of times past is singing “You’re the One That I Want” in my head. And it’s got to stop. Perhaps the only antidote is to replace it with another voice singing the teenage anthem. It’s an experiment that is totally possible to pull off, and soon, because the Augusta Players have decided to make the 1950s their next stop, by telling the story of Danny and Sandy – bad greaser boy and good (for now) bobbysockswearing girl who share a few moments during summer vacation and meet again when the school year starts. Of course, there’s a makeover with lots of singing and fast cars. I asked if there were going to be motorcycles onstage. “There will not be motorcycles on stage,” said managing director Debi Ballas. “However, there’s a car and a fabulous set designed by Russ Bonin.” She says that there will be plenty about the show to enjoy, no matter what your particular “thing” is – the soundtrack, the dancing, the costumes. “I don’t think there is any area of this show that will be disappointing. It’s such a high-energy show and the music is contagious.” This is, after all, a show that everyone knows. “But they will not be disappointed,” Ballas said. “We have a phenomenal cast.” Ballas confesses a sense of amazement at the talent she and artistic director Richard Justice consistently find in Augusta. “This is a very high-energy show. Many of the cast members have been in numerous shows and they have all agreed that this was one of the hardest, because it is not only demanding from a vocal or dramatic aspect, but physically demanding.” I asked about the ages of the cast members. After all, Danny and Sandy are mere adolescents.

The cast of “Grease” go together like ... well, you know the rest. “We’re not using high school students,” she said. “We have only one high school student and he’s a senior. And the rest of the cast are in their 20s all the way up to mid-30s.” But, she said, that’s OK. That’s how it’s usually done. “When it’s performed on Broadway, it’s not performed by high school students; it’s performed by seasoned performers. It’s important to deliver, to really understand the characters.” And by “seasoned,” she says, she means not only with acting experience, but with life experience as well. I tried out the phrase “seasoned people,” which perhaps sounds a bit cannibalistic. It didn’t seem to stick. “Well I like the word ‘performers,’ but mature, you know. It brings more maturity to the stage.” If you take a look at the cast photo,

however, you’ll see a very young and fresh-looking group of people. So then I started wondering how the play is different from the movie. “Much of it is the same,” Ballas said. “But there are differences. It’s funny, because there are a few songs from the movie that are not in the play because they were written for the movie, and then there are songs from the play that were omitted from the movie.” But, she added, she doesn’t think anyone will miss the numbers that appeared in the movie but do not appear in the play. Like “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” which Sandy sings. In the play, she sings “It’s Raining on Prom Night.” And Danny’s “You’re the One That I Want” (there goes my antidote), is replaced in the play by “All Choked Up.” His song “Stranded at the Drive-In” is replaced by “Alone at the Drive-In.”

Ballas said that the music of the play sounds more like 1950s music than does the music of the movie. “It stays true to the period,” artistic director Richard Justice chimed in. And there will be at least one surprise. Well, sort of. There is a spoiler ahead, so if you want to be surprised then put down the paper and walk away quietly. If not, then, here goes: There will be a cameo appearance by Austin Rhodes. Yep, you heard me. He’s going to play Vince Fontaine. Ballas said that sort of thing has driven audiences wild in the past. “When we did ‘Hello Dolly,’ and Judge Carlisle Overstreet played the judge in the show, the minute he came out, the audience went crazy. They loved it. He got into it and had a ball and every night we rehearsed, he kept bringing whatever props we needed. He kept bringing more and more and more.” “Grease” opens at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, and continues at the same time on Sept. 27. There is a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m., Sept. 28. All performances are at the Imperial Theatre. Tickets range from $12 to $35 and are available online at augustaplayers.com or by calling the Players business office at 826-4707. And You Thought Your Imaginary Friends Were Annoying What if you were being followed around by a giant, invisible bunny rabbit named Harvey? Well, if you were Elwood P. Dowd, you’d make friends with him. Of course, poor Elwood’s family decides to commit him, but then his doctor at Chumley’s Rest Home for the Mentally Disturbed becomes convinced that he, too, can see Harvey. But committing him wasn’t so easy, in spite of the fact that Elwood makes no continued on page 22

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effort to try hiding him from the rest of the family. In fact, his sister Veta Louise winds up getting herself committed by accident, because the doctor first thinks that she’s really the one seeing Harvey. Abbeville Opera House is the theatre group producing “Harvey” this go ‘round. Opera House director Michael Genevie is actually pulling double duty as director and lead character Elwood P. Dowd. It’s something he’s always wanted to do. He auditioned many years ago, but didn’t get a part. And this time, when he put out a call for actors, no one came forward to play the part of Elwood. So Genevie decided to do it himself. And it sounds like a fun part to play. “He’s always taking this white rabbit around and introducing him to everyone,” Genevie said. “Nobody else in the show sees him, but I truly believe he does exist for Elwood and his family.” The point of the play, Genevie said, is whether Harvey exists or if he is a figment of Elwood’s imagination. And, he said, things do happen that make one wonder if Harvey did have an actual hand – or paw – in influencing events. Asked what the show is about, 6-foot rabbits notwithstanding, Genevie said that is what makes the script so unique. “There are several underlying messages in the show. I think the most important is that our imaginations are a very valuable commodity and we should never lock our imagination away.”

Genevie said that the script is an important one, both for those deeper meanings and for the power that it has had over people. Like, for instance, Helen Hays. Genevie got the opportunity to work with her, he said, during his college days at Florida State University. “She was the first lady of the American theatre and I remember when we closed the play and the cast got together and we bought her a gift.” The gift, he said, was to thank her for being such a nice person. “And then she told us that night that there was a line in the play ‘Harvey’ that totally changed her life, and I remember asking her what the line was,” he said. She gave him one of Elwood’s lines: “In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. For years I was oh so smart. I recommend pleasant.” That conversation had as large an impact on Genevie as the line itself had had on Hays. “I remember thinking that, if a play can have such a profound effect on someone – anyone, not just Helen Hays – that’s an incredibly powerful script. And I think that is one of the most important messages of the show. It’s Elwood’s line, and he is one of the most likeable, amiable characters that you will ever run across. Everyone loves Elwood.” One thing that Genevie finds so endearing about the character is his penchant for taking people at face value.

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“Elwood in no way questions Harvey’s existence,” Genevie said. “He accepts people for who they are, not what they look like, not their appearance, but who they are inside and what they do. And I think that’s a really important message, for today especially. That’s what truly makes the script so incredibly topical in this day and age.” If you would like to test your ability to see Harvey, then the production opens at Abbeville Opera House on Friday, Sept. 26 and runs Sept. 27, Oct. 3-4 and 10-11. For information call (864) 459-2157. A Different Kind of Fairy Tale Though it sounds like one of those silly romantic comedies that would star Meg Ryan – and kind of is – “Once Upon a Mattress” is actually a reworked fairy tale. It’s about a loser-boy prince who can’t find a mate because of his bossy mother. The princess – Winnifred the Woebegone – is actually more interesting than he is. She’s very outspoken and strong and unprincessly. There’s even a lady-in-waiting who … apparently … didn’t wait around too long, for she is with child. Bonnie Welder, who is production manager for Aiken Community Theatre’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” spoke with us recently about the play. “It’s a lavish musical with lots of comedy, staged as a medieval fairy tale.” Lots of comedy translates into, “don’t

drink a lot of liquids before going to see it or you may be sorry,” by the way. Asked what it’s been like producing the piece, Welder replied, “Easier than most musicals, mainly because of such a talented production team. The director, musical director, choreographer, set designer, costumer and stage manager have worked well together with a delightful cast – 31 cast members from seasoned veterans to young newcomers, with professional quality talent.” She said that it is indeed appropriate for children and rates it G – “Great for everyone!” She said that, even though the Aiken Community Playhouse’s play selection committee chose “Once Upon a Mattress” before she joined the company, she thinks it is a great choice due to the freshness of the approach, the music and the all-ages appropriateness. “I cannot stress enough how funny this show is! I predict this show will have a revival in the next few years. The show has a full orchestra, and is staged like Broadway musicals were in the ‘50s and ‘60s. It is an evening of great entertainment.” If you would like to see for yourself, show dates are Sept. 19-20, 26-28 and Oct. 3-4. Call for times, ticket prices and reservations. (803) 648-1438. The Playhouse performs at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts at 124 Newberry Street, in Aiken.

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Gertrude Herbert Presents 23rd Annual Juried Art Show

hen Tom Nakashima, the William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta State University, agreed to act as juror for the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art’s 23rd annual juried art show, he knew he would be going up against his own subjective tastes. And he didn’t want the show to be limited to those preferences. So Nakashima rejected plenty of pieces that he genuinely liked, and included pieces that he didn’t care for at all. In a juror’s statement released to Metro Spirit (he was out of town and not available for comment), he explained that he chose pieces based, instead, on work he thought displayed the most artistic integrity. And, he said, it wasn’t the first time he had put his own preferences aside. “In 1982 Gail Enns asked me if I would be the director of Anton Gallery in Washington, D.C. I never really had any desire to direct a gallery, because it seemed too unfair to introduce my rather limited aesthetic into the process of selecting artists,” Nakashima wrote. “I had heard somewhere that Leo Castelli said that he had no desire to run a gallery composed of artists with closely related works. He thought that art should stand on its own and not be subjected to fitting into some particular stylistic genre. I felt Castelli was right on (and I still do) – so with that in mind I agreed to direct the gallery.” What Nakashima took on then, was the task of reaching beyond his own likes and dislikes and put together exhibits that displayed a wide range of subject matter and style. “The work that I selected ranged from the fringe avant garde to some fairly traditional work that easily fit into the realist or abstract mainstream. Much of the art I did not really like, but I showed it anyway because I thought it was exceptional work that sincerely attempted to address contemporary subjects in a visionary way. I had no interest in showing work that was not willing to explore something new – I still don’t.” In his statement, Nakashima likened being an exhibition juror to being a juror in a trial. “You try to figure out who is telling you the truth – you try to decide which argument is logical – and when opinions are stated (by lawyers or witnesses) you try to decide whom to believe. I pretty much think that most of the artists I selected were trying to deal with truth, and some of

“Pasadena” by James Edwards. Digital print and drawing, 25.5 x 20 inches, 2002. them revealed things to me that were inspiring.” He also admitted to his own fallibility as a judge. “Certainly many good and excellent artists were rejected. Of course I got it wrong sometimes. No artist should take to heart my judgment. Please keep in mind that in my first round of selection there were almost 100 pieces, but then I had to trim it down by almost half so it would fit in the space.” That subjectivity of the process is why the Gertrude Herbert chooses a different juror each year, according to Director Amy Etheridge. She also spoke to Metro Spirit about the purpose of the show. For one thing, she said, it is about creating a showcase so that the Augusta community can see who is emerging as artistic leadership in

the South. Any artist who lives in the South, who is 18 or older, is eligible to submit work for consideration. This year, she said, over 111 artists submitted work, representing 10 states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia). “So it’s a good survey,” she said. “The original concept was to have a survey of what’s being created by artists out there in the different communities. ... this year we have 57 works of art that represent 44 different artists.” We asked if the Gertrude Herbert ever established relationships with these artists, inviting them to return for future exhibits. “Sure,” she said. “And that’s part of our reason, or one of the benefits, I should

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say, of doing a juried show like this.” When GHIA puts out a call for artists for the juried exhibit, Etheridge said, prospective artists can submit only five slides of their work. And based on those, she added, before the juror even gets to see them, a committee looks them over to see who they may want to contact. These artists, the Gertrude Herbert invite to send full proposals for exhibitions. The two processes – future exhibit search and juried show judgements – are completely independent of each other, she said. In other words, just because an artist isn’t chosen for one does not mean he won’t be chosen for the other. “We’ve contacted about six different artists and asked for full proposals,” she said. “Some were selected for the juried show and some were not.” One thing that should be noted by viewers, however, is the great variety of works that Nakashima chose for the exhibit. And of the 44 artists that were chosen, five of them are actually local artists: John Brecht of Aiken, S.C.; Ethan Brock of Evans, Ga.; Dick Dunlap of Augusta, Ga.; Stephen Snyder of Martinez, Ga.; and William Toole of Augusta, Ga. For those of you wondering, yes, that’s William Toole of Augusta Collegium Musicum. “And then,” Etheridge said, “we have quite a few from other parts of Georgia and South Carolina. We also anticipate a fair number of people who are not from Augusta will be here at the reception Friday.” That Sept. 19 reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and will feature an awards ceremony for the artists and a gallery talk. The exhibit is titled “A Sense of Place: Continuity and Change in the New South.” The exhibit itself, which features paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture, will continue through Oct. 24. If there are questions, call (706) 722-5495. The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, also known as Ware’s Folly, is open for public perusal Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. The WalkerMackenzie Studio gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free, but a donation of $2 for adults and $1 for children and seniors is encouraged.

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Augusta Ballet Offers Sneak Preview

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ast year, just before the Augusta Ballet began their season with “Carmen,” there was a little shindig at the ballet studio which included a few snacks, a few drinks and – the best part of all – a few scenes from the production to whet our appetites. It was a chance to mingle and hang out with the performers, which are a fun bunch of folks, let me tell you. The choreographer, Peter Powlus, was there, as were a lot of other behind-the-scenes people, without whom the performers simply could not do what they do. Oh yeah, and of course, the dancers were there, as well as other patrons. If you love ballet, it’s a great chance to say hello to the people who entertain you. If you don’t know whether you would like ballet or not, it’s a great way to ease yourself into it. (Personally, I think that, once you try it, you won’t be able to get enough.) This year, they’re doing it again. On Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at Augusta Ballet’s dance studio on Walton Way,

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they will be previewing “The Three Musketeers.” If you would like info, give the ballet office a call at 261-0555.

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AUDITIONS FOR “THE MOUSETRAP” will be held Sept. 2930, 7:30 p.m. at For t Gordon Dinner Theatre. Par ts are available for five men and three women ages 21-65. Show dates are weekends throughout November. Call 791-4389 or email walper ts@gordon.army.mil for additional information. AUGUSTA CONCERT BAND rehearses Monday evenings and is looking to fill vacancies on most band instruments. Interested par ties should contact Ben Easter, (803) 2020091, or e-mail bandforaugusta@aol.com. SWEET ADELINES HARMONY RIVER CHORUS OPEN REHEARSAL for singers each Thursday at 7 p.m. at Church of Christ, 600 Mar tintown Rd. in Nor th Augusta. They are on the lookout for voices in the lower ranges. Contact Mary Norman at (803) 279-6499.

Education

ISRAELI DANCE WORKSHOP at the Augusta Jewish Community Center Sunday af ternoons, 4-5 p.m. Open to teens and adults; no experience or par tners are necessary. Cost is $2 per session, with the first session free. For information or to schedule a pre-class beginner/refresher session, contact Jackie Cohen, 738-9016. ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS are offered year-round at the Ger trude Herber t Institute of Ar t. Classes and workshops are open to toddlers through adults and feature instruction in drawing, painting, photography, pot tery, weaving and sculpture. For a newslet ter or detailed information on registering for classes at the Ger trude Herber t, call 722-5495. The Ger trude Herber t Institute of Ar t also offers educational tours; for information, contact the education director at the above telephone number. ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS at the Ar t Factory. The Ar t Factory also has a homeschool program and scholarships are available. Programs include voice lessons and pantomime workshops, as well as classes in dance, theater, music, visual ar ts and writing. Call 731-0008 for details. USC-AIKEN MUSIC CONSERVATORY PROGRAM now open. Students of all ages and experience levels welcome. Private lessons available for musical instruments and voice; instructors are USC-Aiken faculty and have at least a master’s degree in their per formance area. (803) 641-3288.

Exhibitions

ROBERTO BOCCI exhibits at Augusta State University’s Fine Ar ts Center Oct. 2-30. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Oct. 2. Free. Call 737-1444 for info. TWO SHOWS BY JIM BODEN, “1+1<>2” and “The Sublimity of Flesh” will be up at the Rabold Gallery in Aiken Sept. 18-Nov. 15. The gallery also hosts ongoing exhibits by 20 dif ferent ar tists. For information, call (803) 641-4405 or e-mail raboldgallery@bellsouth.net. AT USC-AIKEN’S ETHERREDGE CENTER GALLERIES: the Aiken Ar tist Guild exhibits in the Upper Gallery Sept. 30-Oct. 29; Frank Barefield exhibits in the Lower

“A CENTURY OF PROGRESS: 20TH CENTURY PAINTING IN TENNESSEE” will be at the Morris Museum of Ar t through Nov. 9. For more information, call 724-7501. OIL PAINTINGS BY CINDY EPPS are on display at the Euchee Creek Library during September. 556-0594.

“THE NATIONAL PASTIME IN BLACK AND WHITE: THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUES, 1867-1955” will be at the Augusta Museum of History through Oct. 19. Photographs and rare ar tifacts will be on display. Call 722-8454 for more information. AT THE LUCY CR AFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY in September: Ethan Brock, Eugene Campbell, Audrey Crosby, Leisha Starchia, Rhian Swain-Giboney, Lee Quillian Blackledge, Willie Tarver and Gene Threats will exhibit. For information, call 724-3576. JACKSON CHEATHAM AND HAYWOOD NICHOLS exhibit works at the Mary Pauline Gallery through Oct. 11. 724-9542. WORKS BY TERESA COLE will be on display at the ASU Fine Ar ts Gallery through Sept. 25. Call 737-1444. WOMEN ON PAPER GROUP EXHIBITION through Sept. 26 at the Etherredge Center Ar t Gallery, located on the campus of USC-Aiken. The group also exhibits at the Sacred Hear t Cultural Center Ar t Gallery through Oct. 28. For more information, call 860-3374. “TWO NATIONS, ONE VISION” PHOTOGR APHY EXHIBIT through September at the Augusta Jewish Community Center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Free admission. Call 228-3636 for information.

Dance

THE AUGUSTA INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CLUB meets Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. No par tners are needed and newcomers are welcome. Line and circle dances are taught. For location information, call 737-6299.

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JURIED FINE ART EXHIBITION AT THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART through Oct. 24 in the main gallery. Gallery talk, reception and awards will be held Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m. Call 722-5495 for info.

DR AWINGS BY FR ANK BAREFIELD will be on display at the Etherredge Center Lower Gallery on the campus of USC-Aiken through Sept. 26. Call (803) 641-3305.

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Gallery through Sept. 26; and the Polish Ar t Poster Exhibit will be in the Lower Gallery Sept. 28-Nov. 2. Call (803) 641-3305 for information.

PORTR AITS BY KATRINA HINTZE will be at the Gibbs Library throughout September. Call 863-1946.

All the excitement of the Clyde Beatty/Cole Bros. Circus comes to the big top outside of Augusta Mall Sept. 18-21. members and $10 for non-members. Held at the BPOE facility on Elkdom Cour t. Contact Melvis Lovet t, 733-3890, or Jean Avery, 863-4186, for information. CSRA/AUGUSTA BOGEY-WOOGIE DANCE AND SOCIAL GROUP meets every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. at A World of Dance Studio. Couples, singles and newcomers are welcome. For information, phone 650-2396. SINGLES DANCE each Saturday night from 8-11 p.m. sponsored by the Christian Social Organization for Single Adults. Held at Westside High School. Tickets $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and are available at the door. For more information, contact Doris Heath, 736-3376.

Music

ELIJAH CLARK BLUEGR ASS FESTIVAL Sept. 19-21 at Elijah Clark State Park. Admission is free; parking is $2 for non-campers. Call 1-800-864-7275. “PERFORMING LIVE: NOON ARTS CONFERENCE” Sept. 19, noon, in the MCG Auditoria Center. The public is invited to at tend. For more information, contact Laurie Lane, 721-4056. BEST OF AUGUSTA MUSIC BASH Oct. 2 at the Imperial Theatre. Visit www.imperialtheatre.com or call 722-8341. AUGUSTA CLASSIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Sept. 28, 6 p.m., at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center. Tickets are $40.50-$50.50 in advance and $42.50$52.50 the day of the show. Call 722-3521. THE TUNESMITHS per form 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Morris Museum of Ar t. Call 724-7501.

THE DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE held the first Saturday of every month, 7-9 p.m., at the Unitarian Church of Augusta, honor the religious traditions of the world through song and movement. Call (803) 643-0460 for more information.

“LIVE FROM THE BLUEBIRD CAFE” concer t with Karen Staley, Paul Jef ferson and Wood New ton 7-9 p.m. at Augusta Common. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the gate. For more information, visit www.AugustaAr ts.com.

AUGUSTA CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES AMATEUR BALLROOM DANCERS ASSOCIATION holds a dance the first Saturday of each month, from 7:15-11 p.m. Cost is $7 for

“THE FALL CLASSIC” with the Augusta Symphony and pianist Marina Lomazov at USC-Aiken’s Etherredge Center Sept. 19, 8 p.m. For ticket information, visit

www.usca.edu or call the box office at (803) 641-3305. MARINA LOMAZOV will per form Sept. 20 as par t of the Augusta Symphony Master works Series. Visit www.augustasymphony.org or call 826-4705 for ticket information. SOUTHERN SOUL AND SONG CONCERT SERIES TICKETS NOW ON SALE for per formances by: Ricky Skaggs, Oct. 12; Mountain Hear t, Oct. 24; Rober t Earl Keen, Nov. 4; and The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Nov. 8. All shows are 7:30 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre. Tickets are $30 for the Ricky Skaggs show and $15 for all other shows; series subscription is $60. Proceeds benefit Morris Museum of Ar t public programming and the Imperial Theatre’s capital improvements fund. Call 722-8341 to reserve tickets. STEVEN JACKSON per forms Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., as par t of the Morris Museum of Ar t’s Young Tennessee Singer/Songwriter Series. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors, students and military personnel. 724-7501. TICKETS FOR “FROM MOZART TO MOTOWN 2!” AND “A MOZART TO MOTOWN CHRISTMAS” now on sale. “From Mozar t to Motown 2!” will be staged Oct. 17 at the Imperial Theatre and “A Mozar t to Motown Christmas” will be staged Nov. 29 at the Imperial Theatre. Tickets are $30 general admission or $45 VIP admission per show. To order tickets, call the Imperial Theatre box of fice at 722-8341. DOWNTOWN LUNCH DATE Sept. 18 and 25 and Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, noon-2:30 p.m., at Augusta Common. Bring a lunch or eat lunch catered by the featured restaurant while listening to live music. 821-1754.

Theater “GREASE” will be per formed by the Augusta Players Sept. 26-27, 8 p.m., and Sept. 28, 3 p.m., at the Imperial Theatre. Ticket prices range from $12-$35 and are available online at www.augustaplayers.com or by phone at 826-4707. “HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE” will be presented by the

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USC-Aiken University Theatre Players at the Etherredge Center Oct. 2-4, 8 p.m., and Oct. 5, 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 for students and $12 general admission. Call the box of fice at (803) 641-3305. “HARVEY” will be at the Abbeville Opera House Sept. 26-27, Oct. 3-4 and 10-11. (864) 459-2157. “ONCE UPON A MATTRESS” will be per formed by the Aiken Community Playhouse Sept. 19-20, 26-27 and Oct. 3-4 at 8 p.m. with a 3 p.m. matinee per formance Sept. 28. Tickets are $15 adults, $13 seniors, $10 students and $6 children 12 and under. For more information or tickets, call (803) 648-1438 or visit www.aikencommunityplayhouse.com. “THE ODD COUPLE” will be presented by For t Gordon Dinner Theatre Sept. 19-20 and 25-27. Dinner begins at 7 p.m., with the show star ting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 civilians; $28 seniors (65 years of age and older), retirees, DA civilians and active duty E8 and above; $17 active duty E7 and below; or $12 show only. For more information or ticket reservations, call the box of fice at 793-8552 or visit www.for tgordon.com.

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SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER is offering tours of its 100-year-old building. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $1 per person, children free. 826-4700. HISTORIC COTTON EXCHANGE WELCOME CENTER: Open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Riverwalk. Free. The center also offers guided driving tours of downtown Augusta and Summerville every Saturday through Aug. 4 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. and at other times upon request. Cost for tours is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Reservations are suggested. Call 724-4067. THE EZEKIEL HARRIS HOUSE: Deemed “the finest 18th century house surviving in Georgia” by the “Smithsonian Guide to Historic America.” Open Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. General admission is $2; senior admission is $1 and children get in for 50 cents. For more information, call 724-0436.

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AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FILM SERIES in conjunction with “The National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955” exhibit. All films will be shown in the museum’s History Theatre beginning at 2 p.m. and are free. Sept. 21 showing of “There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues,” Sept. 28 showing of “Only the Ball Was White”

and Oct. 5 showing of “Kings of the Hill.” 722-8454. “RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS” exhibit at For t Discovery through Sept. 21. A group of animatronic dinosaurs will be on display in the Knox Gallery. Admission to the exhibit is free with paid general admission to For t Discovery. For information, call 821-0200 or 1-800-325-5445. THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART in Ware’s Folly exhibits works by local and regional ar tists. Ar t classes, workshops and other educational programming for children, youth and adults are held in the Walker-Mackenzie Studio. Ware’s Folly galleries open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturday by appointment only. The Walker-Mackenzie Studio gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free, but a donation of $2 for adults and $1 for children and seniors is encouraged. Call 722-5495 for more info. THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY hosts permanent exhibition “Augusta’s Story,” an award-winning exhibit encompassing 12,000 years of local history. For the younger crowd, there’s the Susan L. Still Children’s Discovery Gallery, where kids can learn about history in a hands-on environment. The museum also shows films in the History Theatre and hosts a variety of programs. Located at 560 Reynolds Street. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. Admission is $4 adult, $3 seniors, $2 kids (6-18 years of age) and free for children under 6. Free admission on Sundays. Call 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org for more information. THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART hosts exhibitions and special events year-round. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Closed on Mondays and major holidays. 1 Tenth Street, Augusta. Call 724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org for details. THE MUSEUM OF LAUREL AND HARDY OF HARLEM, GEORGIA features displays of various Laurel and Hardy memorabilia; films also shown. Located at 250 N. Louisville Street in downtown Harlem. Open 1-4 p.m. ThursdayMonday. For more information, call 556-3448. LUNCH AT NOON LECTURE SERIES held the second Wednesday of every month at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum of Black History, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call the museum at 724-3576 for more information.

Special Events OKTOBERFEST 2003 FAMILY FUN FAIR Oct. 2-5 at For t Gordon’s Bar ton Field and Freedom Park. Carnival, live music, craf ts, fireworks and more will be featured. Open to the public. Call 791-7862 for information. FORT GORDON RETIREE DAY Oct. 10, featuring information booths, speakers, dinner and more. Reservations and dinner payment due Sept. 26. For more information, call 791-2654. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROGR AM Oct. 2, 1:303 p.m. in Alexander Hall at For t Gordon. David Casas will speak. Free and open to the public. 791-6657. FORT GORDON SEPTEMBER RETIREMENT CEREMONY 9:30 a.m. Sept. 25 at Alexander Hall. Open to the public. Call 791-3702. PLANT EXCHANGE AND SALE 9 a.m.-noon at Savannah Rapids Pavilion. Par ticipants are encouraged to bring plants and gardening items for trade or sale; par ticipants must provide their own tables or display equipment. Call Helene Hondrum, 854-8215, or Francis Ma xwell, 651-1987. JOB FAIR 2003 Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the U.S. Army Reserve Center on For t Gordon’s Fif teenth Street. Open to the public. For more information, call 791-0795. ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA FESTIVAL Sept. 19-21 at Augusta Common. Celebrate the visual and per forming ar ts with displays and enter tainment by local, regional and national ar tists. For more information, call the Greater Augusta Ar ts Council, 826-4702. FORT GORDON POW/MIA RECOGNITION CEREMONY Sept. 19, 10 a.m., at the POW/MIA monument. For more information, call 791-6001. UNITY DAY CELEBR ATION Sept. 19, 7 p.m., at Williams Memorial CME Church, 1630 Fif teenth St. For more information, contact the City of Augusta Human Relations Commission, 821-2506. GREEKNIC ‘03 stepshow will be at the Georgia/Carolina fairgrounds Sept. 20. Live enter tainment and other activities will be featured. Gates open

at 11 a.m. and the stepshow begins at noon. Tickets, which can be purchased at All About Music and Pyramid Music, are $10 general admission, $8 for Paine College Students with ID and free at the gate for children under 6. For more information, contact Spencer Gar trell, 798-6810 or 793-4156.

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“JOURNEY INTO THE LIVING CELL” will be at the Dupont Planetarium Sept. 19-20, 7 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $4.50 adult, $3.50 senior citizens, $2.50 K-12 students and $1 for USC-Aiken faculty, staf f and students. For more information, call (803) 641-3654.

NETHERWORLD HAUNTED HOUSE weekends in September, every night in October and Nov. 1-2 at the Georgia Antique and Design Center. Doors open nightly at 7 p.m. Netherworld Dark Harvest ticket is $14, combo Dark Harvest and Vault 13 ticket is $20. Call the hotline at (404) 608-2484.

LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1993 REUNION Sept. 20. For more information, call Dana, 860-1924, or e-mail lakesidereunion1993@excite.com. SATURDAY MARKET ON BROAD: Main Street Augusta is seeking farmers and vendors in the CSRA to market homemade and homegrown products in downtown Augusta on Saturday mornings through October 25. Market is open to the public at the Railroad Depot of f Reynolds Street 8 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, contact Mary Killen of Main Street Augusta, 722-8000, or Sheri Chambers, 664-1054 or 564-6231. MCDUFFIE FRIENDS OF ANIMALS holds pet adoptions each Saturday, 1-3 p.m. at Superpetz on Bobby Jones Expressway. Call 556-9090 or visit www.pet finder.com. COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and every Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at PetsMar t. For more info, call 860-5020. RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AND AUGUSTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS hold pet adoptions at Superpetz off Bobby Jones Expressway every Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Call AARF at 364-4747 or visit www.aarf.net. Adoptions also held at the Richmond County Animal Control Shelter, Tues.Sun., 1-5 p.m. Call the shelter at 790-6836. THE CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Pet Center located behind the GreenJackets Stadium on Milledge Rd. 261-PETS.

Out of Town “MACBETH” will be at the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta Oct. 2-Nov. 2. For more information, visit www.shakespearetavern.com or call (404) 874-5299. “KING HEDLEY II” will be presented by the Alliance Theatre Company on the Woodruf f Ar ts Center’s Her tz Stage Sept. 26-Nov. 2. Tickets are $25-$31 and are available online at www.alliancetheatre.org or by phone at (404) 733-5000. MICHAELMAS ENGLISH HARVEST FAIR weekends, Sept. 27-Oct. 26 at biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. 1-800-323-6822. AMELIA BOOK ISLAND FESTIVAL Oct. 2-5 on Amelia Island, Fla. All-access admission ticket is $15. Visit www.bookisland.org or call (904) 491-8176. “ICONOCLASTS: SIX ATHENS-BASED ARTISTS” will be on display at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Ar t Sept. 19-Oct. 26. Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Sept. 20. Visit www.athica.org or call (706) 208-1613. ATLANTA LITER ARY FESTIVAL Sept. 19-28. For events list and other information, visit www.atlantaliterary festival.com or call (404) 259-4841. “ESCADA FASHION SHOW: THE ART OF GREAT FASHION” will be presented by the Telfair Museum of Ar t Sept. 23, 11 a.m., at The Plantation Club in Savannah, Ga. Tickets are $35 per person and must be reserved by Sept. 19; call (912) 598-0839 or (912) 232-1177, ex t. 15. MOJA ARTS FESTIVAL Sept. 25-Oct. 5 in Charleston, S.C. For more information, call (843) 724-7305 or visit www.mojafestival.com. DOWNSTREAM FILM FESTIVAL through Sept. 21 in Decatur, Ga. For more information, visit www.downstreamfest.com or call (770) 998-2288. TASTE OF ATLANTA Sept. 19-21 at Lenox Square in Atlanta. For ticket information, visit www.tasteofatlanta.org.

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“THE CR AWLASEUM: A LIVE BUG EXHIBIT” will be at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga., through Oct. 31. Exhibit is free with gardens admission. For more information, call 1-800-CALLAWAY. GEORGIA MUSIC WEEK 2003 at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, Ga., through Sept. 19, with Brown Bag Boogie free lunchtime concer t series at noon daily and free Jammin’ in the Street Concer t Sept. 19, 8 p.m. For ticket info, call (770) 934-0906 or 1-888-GA-ROCKS.

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HEART WALK Sept. 27 at Doctors Hospital to benefit the American Hear t Association. For more information, call 855-5005. STARDUST BIG BAND BALLROOM DANCE to benefit the Aiken Choral Society Sept. 26, 8 p.m., at St. Angela Hall in Aiken. Tickets are $60 per couple or $30 per individual. Swingsation and Shall We Dance will perform. (803) 649-9193. CAMP RAINBOW BENEFIT OPEN HORSE SHOW Sept. 27, 9 a.m., at the Hippodrome Horse Complex. Proceeds benefit Camp Rainbow annual camp for children with cancer. For more info, call 721-4004. “GOOD TURN FOR GOODWILL” collection of clothing and small household goods Sept. 20 by the Girl Scouts of the Central Savannah River Council. For info, call 774-0505 or 1-800-997-2472. BERT YANCEY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT Oct. 13 at the Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Club. Proceeds benefit the Mental Health Association of Greater Augusta, local affiliates of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and Depression and Bipolar Suppor tive Alliance of Greater Augusta. Team cost is $600 and player cost is $150. Registration is 10 a.m. and shotgun star t is at noon. For information, e-mail friendshipcenter@knology.net or contact Phylis Holliday, 7366857, or Hugh Green, 738-2939. SAFE HOMES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER hosts its annual fundraising dinner Sept. 24. Keynote speaker is Ronda Rich, author of “What Southern Women Know” and “My Life in the Pits.” For information, call Safe Homes at 736-2499. AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL is in need of dog and cat food, cat lit ter and other pet items, as well as monetary donations to help pay for vaccinations. Donations accepted during regular business hours, Tues.Sun., 1-5 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. Call 7906836 for information. SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER BLOOD DRIVES in various locations around the CSRA this month. The blood center is urging people of all blood types to donate in order to combat a blood supply shor tage. For detailed information on locations and times to donate, visit www.shepeardblood.org. You may also call Susan Edwards at (803) 6437996 for information on Aiken locations and Nancy Szocinski at 737-4551 for information on all other locations.

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“RUINS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS: RECENT DR AWINGS AND SCULPTURE BY BRIAN RUST” exhibition at Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta through Oct. 2. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment. Free admission. For more information, call (404) 816-9777.

AUGUSTA SOUTH ROTARY CLUB YARD SALE to benefit the club’s community service projects Oct. 4, 7 a.m., in the Lowe’s parking lot on Peach Orchard Road. The club is currently collecting donations of furniture, collectibles, electronics and other yard sale items; bring donations to the sale or arrange for pick-up by calling Doug Hastings, 8326483 or 724-2240. For more information, contact Sandra Gurley at 724-2601.

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“THE SHAKESPEARE COMEDY SPECTACULAR,” featuring per formances of “The Taming of the Shrew,” “All’s Well That Ends Well,” “Twelf th Night,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” will be at the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta throughout September. For more information, visit www.shakespearetavern.com or call (404) 874-5299.

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

Learning AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS FOR ADULTS at the Ma xwell Branch Library 9:30-11 a.m. Sept. 29. Registration is required; call 793-2020. BEGINNER’S INTERNET I class Sept. 24, 6-8 p.m., at the Gibbs Library. Registration is required; call 863-1946. AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY’S BORN TO READ LITERACY CENTER presents Literacy Make and Take Hands-On Curriculum Activities for Young Children Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the ASU Literacy Center. Cost is $24 and participants will receive 6 DHR approved hours. Register by calling 733-7043. USC-AIKEN CONTINUING EDUCATION offers Italian, Ar t for Beginners, Debt-Free Living, Financial Strategies, Taming the Wild Child, Paralegal Cer tificate Course and more. Travelearn learning vacations for adults and Education to Go online courses also available. For info, phone (803) 641-3563. AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION is now offering the following classes: Digital Photography for Beginners, Couples Massage, Writing the Story of Your Life, Stained Glass, Acting Workshop, Kaplan SAT Review, Aquacise and more. Also, ASU offers online courses. For more information, call 737-1636 or visit www.ced.aug.edu. AIKEN TECH CONTINUING EDUCATION offers the following courses: Microsof t Cer tified System Administrator, Health Care courses, Massage and Bodywork Therapy, Rape Aggression Defense, South Carolina Childcare Training System, Real Estate courses, Defensive Driving, Driver Education and more. Aiken Tech also offers Education to Go classes online. For more information or to register, call (803) 593-9231, ex t. 1230.

Health STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets the last Wednesday of the month, 1-2 p.m., in the outpatient classroom at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. 823-5213. WALTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AMPUTEE CLINIC for new and experienced prosthetic users meets the third Thursday of each month, 1-3 p.m. 722-1244. MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT SCREENINGS will be at the University Seniors Club 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 24. Call 7744145 to schedule an appointment. PUBLIC FORUM ON DISABILITY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-noon, at Augusta Tech Information and Technology Center Auditorium. For more information, contact Walton Options for Independent Living at 724-6262, ex t. 320. WALTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL offers a number of health programs, including Fibromyalgia Aquatics, Water Aerobics, Wheelchair and Equipment Clinics, Theraputic Massage, Yoga, Focus on Healing exercise class for breast cancer survivors and more. Call 823-5294 for information.

HATHA YOGA with Tess Stephens at the St. Joseph Wellness Center in Daniel Village Plaza. Daytime classes held from 10 a.m.-noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Evening classes held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and also 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Cost is $60 per month for unlimited classes or $10 per class. For more information, contact Tess at 738-2782. FREE HATHA AND KRIYA YOGA CLASSES at Christ Church Unity. Hatha Yoga classes Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m.; meditation-focused Kriya Yoga Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m. Voluntary of ferings are accepted. Call 738-2458 for more information. THE MCG BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP meets the third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. and provides education and suppor t for those with breast cancer. For information, call 721-1467. DIET COUNSELING CLASSES for diabetics and those with high cholesterol at CSRA Par tners in Health, 1220 Augusta West Parkway. Free. Call 860-3001 for class schedule. PROJECT LINK COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES is held the first Tuesday of every month and is sponsored by the MCG Children’s Medical Center. Project Link provides educational resources and guidance for families who have children with developmental delays, disabilities and other specialized health concerns. Free and open to the public; takes place from 6:30-8 p.m. in the main conference room at the Children’s Medical Center. Call 721-6838 for information. UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMUNITY EDUCATION holds workshops, seminars and classes on a variety of topics: weight and nutrition, women’s health, cancer, diabetes, seniors’ health and more. Suppor t groups and health screenings are also offered. Call 736-0847 for details. PEACHCARE FOR KIDS AND RIGHT FROM THE START MEDICADE offer free or low-cost health coverage to qualifying families. Coverage includes prenatal care, hospitalization, vaccines, dental and vision care and is available to pregnant women of all ages and to children through age 19. Contact the RSM Project at 729-2086 or 721-5611 for information. YOGA CLASSES at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 a.m. for $45/month or 10:30 a.m.-noon for $55/month. Call 823-6294. FREE HIV/AIDS TESTING every Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Ministry, 922 Greene Street. Free anonymous testing, pre- and post-test counseling and education. A FREE WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC is held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Salvation Army and Welfare Center, 1383 Greene St. Services include Pap smear, breast exam and the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmit ted diseases. For more info or an appointment, call the St. Vincent dePaul Health Center at 828-3444. W.G. WATSON, M.D., WOMEN’S CENTER CONDUCTS EDUCATION CLASSES at University Hospital. Course topics include Lamaze, breast feeding, parenting and grandparenting. Par tners will learn positive suppor t techniques. There are also programs designed to help older siblings adjust to new family members. Some classes are free, while others require a fee. Registration is required by calling 774-2825.

Kids “BARNEY’S COLORFUL WORLD” Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 7 p.m., at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.

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available at the adult day center, and homecare is available as well. For information, call 738-5039.

PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK FAMILY DISCOVERY SERIES with “Swamp Tracks” program 6 p.m Sept. 18. Families may bring a picnic dinner to enjoy before the program. Program is free, but donations are welcome. Call 828-2109.

THE ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING offers lectures, courses, field trips, discussion groups and community information seminars on a variety of topics to mature adults. For more information, contact the USC-Aiken Office of Continuing Education at (803) 641-3288.

AIKEN COUNTY PONY CLUB meets weekly. Open to children of all ages who par ticipate or are interested in equestrian spor ts. For more information, contact Lisa Smith at (803) 649-3399.

THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA offers a variety of classes, including ballroom dance, aerobics, quilting, tai chi, Spanish, line dancing, bowling, bridge, computers, drama club/readers theatre and pinochle. For dates and times, phone 826-4480.

FREE CAR SEAT EDUCATION CLASSES for parents and other caregivers the third Monday of every month from 911 a.m. at MCG Children’s Medical Center. Registration is required; those who are Medicaid or Peachcare eligible should indicate status during registration and bring a card or proof of income to class in order to receive a free car seat. 721-KIDS. STORYTIME IN THE GARDENS Tuesdays, 4 p.m., through October in Hopeland Gardens. Local senior citizens will read children’s stories to kids ages 8 and under. All children will receive a free book to take home. Bring snacks and a blanket or chair to sit on. Rain location is the H.O. Weeks Center. Call (803) 642-7631. “TECHNOLOGY AND TENNIS FOR LIFE” FALL SESSION through MACH Academy will be held through Dec. 18 at May Park Community Center or Fleming Tennis Center. Program includes homework assistance, computer instruction, tennis and fitness instruction, field trips and more. Fee is $50 per month. For information, call 796-5046. GIRLS INCORPORATED OF THE CSRA AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM runs through May 21, 2004. Open to girls currently enrolled in kindergar ten through high school. In addition to offering specialized programs, Girls Incorporated offers van pick-up at select schools, neighborhood dropoff, homework room and a hot evening meal. For information, call 733-2512. STORYLAND THEATRE is now taking reservations for the 2003-2004 season: “Sleeping Beauty” Oct. 28-Nov. 1, “The Cour tship of Senorita Florabella” Feb. 24-28 and “Hansel and Gretel” April 13-17. Season tickets for weekday school per formances are $9 per student; season tickets for Saturday family matinees are $10.50 per person. For reservations, call Storyland Theatre at 736-3455 or fa x a request to 736-3349. YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SKILLS PROGRAM for teens ages 12-19 held the third Saturday of the month at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Call 724-3576. WEEKLY STORY SESSIONS at all branch libraries. Visit www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us for more information. FIRST SATURDAY STORYTELLING at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum. In addition, there is a tour of the museum. Held 10 a.m.-noon the first Saturday of the month. Call 724-3576.

Seniors WALTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL offers Ar thritis Aquatics and People With Ar thritis Can Exercise. Call 8235294 for information. SENIOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE NEW VISITOR CENTER AT PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK to greet visitors, hand out literature and sell merchandise. Volunteers are asked to commit one Saturday or Sunday per month, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-5 p.m. Call 828-2109 for information. FIT 4 EVER LIGHT IMPACT FITNESS CLASS is $25 for 12 tickets for Aiken city residents and $45 for all others. Classes are held at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10-11 a.m. Call (803) 642-7631 for information. THE CARE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT COMPANY, a nonprofit organization, provides transpor tation for seniors who live in the 30906 and 30815 zip code area. For a minimal fee, door-to-door shut tles provide safe, clean and dependable transpor tation 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance; call Linda Washington, 7338771, or leave a message for more information. COMPUTER CLASSES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center. For more information, call 738-0089. AIKEN PARKS AND RECREATION offers a multitude of programs for senior adults, including bridge clubs, fitness classes, canasta clubs, line dancing, racquetball, ar ts and craf ts, tennis and excursions. For more information, call (803) 642-7631. JUD C. HICKEY CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER’S CARE provides families and caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia a break during the day. Activities and care

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FAMILY Y ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE REGISTR ATION Sept. 30. For details, visit www.thefamilyy.org or call 733-1030. AUGUSTA JUNIOR ROWING CLUB OPEN HOUSE for prospective rowers and their parents Sept. 20, 9-11 a.m. at The Boathouse. For more info, call 821-2875. MONSTER MOTORNATIONALS Sept. 19-20, 8 p.m., at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center. Tickets are $14 in advance and $17 the day of show for adults and $5.50-$13 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 722-3521. BROAD STREET R AMBLE road race Sept. 20, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. at the Augusta Museum of History. Featured events include two-mile run, a half-mile kids run, 10K run, one-mile kids run and tot trot. For more information, or to register, call 737-9114 or visit www.augustastriders.org. FAMILY Y FALL RECREATIONAL GYMNASTICS PROGR AM Oct. 27-Dec. 19. Classes are available for toddlers through teen-agers. For info, call 738-6678. INTRODUCTORY AND DROP-IN CLIMBING Fridays, 5:306:30 p.m., at the Virginia Acres Park Climbing Wall in Aiken. Cost is $5 per session. Call (803) 642-7631 for information. THE AUGUSTA RUGBY CLUB is always looking for new members. Teams available for women and men; no experience necessary. Practice is Tuesday and Thursday nights, 79 p.m. at Richmond Academy. For more information, call Don Zuehlke, 495-2043, or e-mail augustar fc@yahoo.com. You may also visit www.augustarugby.org.

Volunteer PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK VISITOR CENTER is in need of volunteers to greet visitors, hand out literature and sell merchandise. Volunteers must commit to one Saturday or Sunday each month, from either 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-5 p.m. 828-2109.

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THE ARTISTS’ CONSERVATORY THEATRE OF THE CSR A is looking for volunteer board members, actors and production crew. Call 556-9134 or e-mail act@theatermail.net.

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SERVICE CORPS OF RETIRED EXECUTIVES (SCORE) provides counseling and mentoring to businesspeople star ting up a new business or expanding an ongoing business. Services are provided free of charge. For more information, call the Augusta of fice at 793-9998. SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE SERVICE is currently seeking volunteers to per form a variety of tasks, including relieving caregivers, reading to patients and running errands. Training is included. For additional information, contact Lisa Simpson, (803) 463-9888 or 869-0205.

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CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION PROGRAM the third Saturday of every month at the Pet Center, 425 Wood St. Orientation starts at 11 a.m. Volunteers under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian present during orientation and while volunteering. Call 261-PETS for information.

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THE KITTY ORTIZ DE LEON FOUNDATION needs volunteers to help promote organ donor awareness. For more information, please contact Cassandra Reed at 481-0105 or kodfoundation@aol.com. GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK needs volunteers during the day, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, to help sor t donated products and assist in their agency shopping area. Help is needed year-round. If you are able to lift 25 pounds, can commit to at least 3-4 hours per month and would like to help fight hunger in the Augusta area, contact Laurie Roper at 736-1199, ex t. 208.

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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: New volunteer orientation is scheduled the first Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. Schedule subject to change; call 790-6836 to verify dates and times. SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER is seeking donors to prevent a blood supply shor tage. To donate call 737-4551, 854-1880 or (803) 643-7996.

Author Ronda Rich is the keynote speaker for Safe Homes Domestic Violence Intervention Center’s annual fundraising dinner Sept. 24. 736-2499. THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD is looking for interested Georgia and South Carolina citizens to run for membership in 2004-2005. Board membership requires a 10-15 hour per month time commitment and active par ticipation on one or more issues-based commit tees. Female applicants are especially needed. Call 1-800-249-8155 for a packet. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGR AM VOLUNTEER TR AINING: The CASA program is looking for volunteers 21 years of age and older to advocate for abused and neglected children in the juvenile cour t system. Volunteers need no experience and will be

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THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY OF AUGUSTA holds a civic advocacy meeting every third Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon at the Friedman Branch Library. For details, contact Tonio, 373-3772. SRS CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD meets Sept. 22-23 at the Houndslake Clubhouse in Aiken. All meetings are open to the public. For additional information, call 1-800-249-8155. HOPE HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Sept. 18, 6 p.m., at Wachovia in Daniel Village. For more information, call 737-9879. SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AUGUSTA AREA CHAPTER meets 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Holiday Inn West. Cost for non-members is $15; RSVP to Karen Whitman by Sept. 19 at 220-2915 or karen.whitman@siteleast.com. “READ IT: ONE COMMUNITY, ONE BOOK” GROUP is reading “To Dance With the White Dog” by Terry Kay and discussion group meets Sept. 18, 7 p.m., at the Gibbs Library. For info, call the Gibbs Library at 863-1946.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-Step recovery program meets Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Augusta and Saturdays in Waynesboro. No dues or fees. For meeting times and places, call 278-5156. “A COURSE IN MIRACLES” DISCUSSION GROUP meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at Christ Church Unity to explore writings on spirituality and inner peace. Call 738-2458.

THE CANOE AND KAYAK CLUB OF AUGUSTA meets the four th Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m., at the Warren Road Community Center. For more info, visit www.ckca.homestead.com or contact Jim Mashburn, 860-5432.

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP for relatives and friends of drug abusers. No dues or fees. The group meets Mondays at 7 p.m. in Room 430 of the Summerville Building beside St. Joseph’s Hospital. For information, contact Kathy, 650-0947, or Josie, 414-5576.

THE GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY OF AUGUSTA meets the third Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m., at the Georgia Military College building. Contact Jean Parker, 650-2956, or Connie Barrrow, 547-0178, for information.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., in Room 420 of the Summerville Professional Building and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., in the basement of Fairview Presbyterian Church. 1-800-313-0170.

CSRA LINUX USERS GROUP meets every four th Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Borders Books and Music to discuss computers, Linux, the Internet and related issues. For more information, call 790-8439, e-mail augustalinux@comcast.net or visit http://home.comcast.net/~ckur tz11/linux.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: For more information and a meeting schedule, call 860-8331. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Call 785-0006 for location and information.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: If you want to stop using any drugs, there is a way out. Help is available at no cost. Call the Narcotics Anonymous help line for information and meeting schedules at 855-2419. SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program of recovery from addiction to obsessive/compulsive sexual thoughts and behaviors, meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. at Augusta Counseling Services. Call 339-1204 and leave first name and phone number; a confidential reply is assured. CHRIST-BASED RECOVERY MEETING every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., at the Love & Light Healing Center. Please use the back entrance. For information, contact Kenny Stacy, 373-5585. FREE ‘N’ ONE SUPPORT GROUP for those bat tling addiction to drugs and alcohol. Approach is a spiritual one. Held ever y Thursday night. For information, contact Sarah Barnes, 772-7325. TOUGH LOVE SUPPORT GROUP Monday nights, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the South Augusta Resource Center. Learn how to understand addiction and how to exercise tough love with those you care about. Call Sarah Barnes, 772-7325, for info. GEORGIA-CAROLINA TOASTMASTERS meets Wednesdays at noon at the Clubhouse, 2567 Washington Rd. $8 for lunch; visitors welcome. 860-9854. AUGUSTA TOASTMASTERS CLUB #326 meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Advent Lutheran Church. Call 868-8431. BUSINESS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL Augusta Chapter meets every Thursday morning from 7-8:30 a.m. at the Cour tyards by Mariott. The group is a business networking group designed to give and receive referrals. All professionals welcome. For more information or to join, call Barbara Crenshaw, 868-3772. RIVERWALK TOASTMASTERS meets Mondays, 7 p.m. in Classroom 3 at University Hospital. Call Gale Kan, 855-7071. GUIDELINES: Public service announcements are listed in this section without charge at the discretion of the editor. Announcements must be received by Monday at noon and will be included as space permits. Send to Events, Metro Spirit, P.O. Box 3809, Augusta, GA 30914 or fax (706) 733-6663. You may also e-mail listings to rhonda.jones@metrospirit.com or lisa.jordan@metrospirit.com. Listings cannot be taken over the phone.

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Bad Boys II (R) — Vulgar, brazen, crass, violent, stupid, juvenile, loud, long and pointless — "Bad Boys II" is all that, plus a thin slice of enter taining. The scene is Miami. Marcus (Mar tin Lawrence) and par tner Mike (Will Smith) are back as narcs pledged to double duty: to collar nasty crooks, and to tickle the audience with cute bonding humor. They kick of f this par ty by blowing a major drug bust while messing up a Ku Klux Klan rally at the drop site for smuggled dope. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer gives us not story, but the idea of story as gooey plot pizza; not violence, but the idea of violence as car toonish pulp; not style, but the idea of style as shiny pictures for gaping apes; not comedy, but the idea of comedy as compulsive imbecility; not fun, but the idea of fun as a migraine of lavishly cheap jolts. Cast: Will Smith, Mar tin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Joe Pantoliano, Jordi Molla. Running time: 2 hrs., 30 mins. (Elliot t) ★ Bend It Like Beckham (PG-13) — English teen Jess Bahmra adores football star David Beckham. She’d also love to be able to play the spor t, but her strictly traditional parents forbid her from doing so in the hopes that she will marry in an Indian wedding ceremony. Af ter Jess meets new pal Jules, who plays on an all-female football team, she joins the squad while keeping her new ex tracurricular activity a secret from her parents. Fur ther complicating mat ters, both girls find themselves falling for handsome coach Joe. Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis. Running time: 1 hr., 52 mins. Bruce Almighty (PG-13) — Jim Carrey is Bruce, the goofy features repor ter on a TV station in Buf falo. He aspires to become a "serious" anchor, but af ter blowing his cool on the air, loses his job and has a rif t with his sweet, please-marry-me girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston). There cometh unto Buf falo the Almighty (Morgan Freeman). The Lord loans his powers to Bruce. Time for some payback, some wild stunts, some sexual dazzling of Aniston, some nudges of satire. Like Mel Brooks as Moses in "History of the World, Par t I," Carrey has climbed the comical Mount Sinai and, like Brooks, he has dropped a tablet on the way down. One of the pieces is "Bruce Almighty." Cast: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell. Running time: 1 hr., 45 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Cabin Fever (R) — Paul (Rider Strong) hopes that

while on a week-long getaway in the woods, he and Karen (Jordan Ladd) will grow closer. Going along for the ride is self-centered Jef f (Joey Kern), par ty girl Marcy (Cerina Vincent) and boozer-jock Ber t (James DeBello). The five arrive at a time a mysterious plague is sweeping the forest. When a hermit (Arie Verveen) stumbles to their cabin looking for help, the five kill him by accident. He lands face-first into the town reservoir, contaminating the water supply. Af ter Karen is struck with the flesh-eating virus, friends become enemies as the group struggles to survive. Cast: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent and James DeBello. Running time: 1 hr., 34 mins. (McCormick) ★ Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (PG-13) — is a dodo begging for ex tinction. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu reprise their 2000 updates on the old TV espionage cuties, again combining macho girl brass and "shake your booty" allure. The plot involves impor tant high-tech rings. The buf f, jived angels race dir t bikes. There is a naughty nuns bit, set to music from "The Sound of Music," and a "Dir ty Dancing" jam of pumpin' rumps. Stupefying is a violent showdown at L.A.'s Grif fith Observatory. This dizzy spree of self-adoring ideas ends with out takes of the cast laughing dementedly, wild with surplus merriment. The term "go, girl" grinds to a halt. Cast: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Luke Wilson, John Cleese. Running time: 1 hr., 42 mins. (Elliot t) 0 Cold Creek Manor (R) — The Tilson family decides to relocate from the bustle of the city to the peace and quiet of upstate New York. They plan on spending their free time renovating the rundown, though once stately, house they’ve purchased. A series of frightening incidents, many of them involving snakes, lead the family to investigate the home’s dark past. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dor f f, Juliet te Lewis, Kristen Stewar t, Christopher Plummer. Daddy Day Care (PG) — Looking very much like the engorged warm-up for a future TV sitcom, "Daddy Day Care" stars Eddie Murphy and Jef f Garlin as cereal company promo men who lose their jobs, then star t a home day-care facility. There is an absurdly snooty villain (Anjelica Huston), owner of a posh day-care school. The kids are central casting darlings. The movie, which has a

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“The Fighting Temptations”

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★★★★ — Excellent.

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stern warning against sugar-based cereals, is sugared cereal. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Anjelica Huston, Jef f Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins. (Elliot t) ★★

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (PG-13) —

David Spade stars as Dickie Rober ts, adored as a child sitcom star in the 1970s, but now slumming it as a 35year-old parking valet. Desperate to get his showbiz career back, Rober ts is convinced that if he can get an audition with director Rob Reiner, every thing will fall into place. When he does get an audition, Reiner shocks Rober ts by telling him that because of his unusual childhood, Rober ts is not normal enough for the par t. So, what does Rober ts do? He hires a family to give him the childhood he missed out on the first time around. Cast: David Spade, Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierke, Alyssa Milano. The Fighting Temptations (PG-13) — Darrin Hill is a newly laid-of f New York adver tising executive with a slew of bill collectors breathing down his neck. When he discovers his late Aunt Sally has lef t him an inheritance of $150,000, Hill figures his troubles are over. But as always, there’s a catch: In order to get the money, Aunt Sally has requested Hill create a choir, enter it in the annual Gospel Explosion competition and bring home a victory for her small Southern town. It seems like a drag until Hill meets a beautiful jazz singer who shows him there’s more to life than money. Cast: Cuba Gooding, Beyonce Knowles, Mike Epps. Freaky Friday (PG) — It’s the updated version of the ‘70s film, starring Jamie Lee Cur tis as a frazzled mom and Lindsay Lohan as her rebellious teen-age daughter. The two are constantly arguing and both wish they could be someone else. When their wish comes true and the two end up switching bodies, they have to find a way back to their normal selves – before Mom walks down the aisle again. Cast: Jamie Lee Cur tis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal. Freddy vs. Jason (R) — The two masters of horror find themselves locked in a gory bat tle. An unfor tunate group of teens finds that they’re trapped in the middle of the slasher showdown. Cast: Rober t Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Jason Bateman, Jason Rit ter. The Hulk (PG-13) — It's excessive and too long, but with exciting macho blows, it pounds away at machismo. The nerdy, but more than sturdy scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) becomes a plaintive monster, morphed by digital ef fects into a furious green giant. The Hulk doesn't merely leap tall buildings in a single bound. He springs

★★★— Worthy.

★★ — Mixed.

★ — Poor.

over Wile E. Coyote canyons and falls from the upper atmosphere into San Francisco Bay and turns huge U.S. tanks into twisted toys. "The Hulk" presses on like a Wagner opera of "Fight Club." You can end up pulverized and satisfied, whipped and wowed. Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliot t, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas, Paul Kersey. Running time: 2 hrs., 15 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★ The Italian Job (PG-13) — If you must remake "The Italian Job," the way to go is demonstrated by F. Gary Gray's highly professional makeover. The 1969 heist was for $4 million in gold in Turin, the new one is for $35 million in gold in Venice. In place of Michael Caine as the top heister, there is Mark Wahlberg. Donald Sutherland appears with his patented aura of suave, cheeky sincerity, yet does not linger. So the crew is planning revenge against icy sociopath and ex-par tner Steve (Ed Nor ton). Steve has fled to Los Angeles with the loot. "The Italian Job" is the real kickof f of summer and also the best remake since "The Thomas Crown Af fair" got a delicious new lease on life. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Ed Nor ton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def. Running time: 1 hr., 51 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★1/2 Jeepers Creepers 2 (R) — In the sequel to 2001’s “Jeepers Creepers,” a busload of high school basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches headed home from the state championships run into a terrifying, flesh-eating creature on a desolate back road. Cast: Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Nicki Lynn Aycox, Billy Aaron Brown, Lena Caldwell.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (PG-13) — Reese Witherspoon is so peachy and pink

and perky as Elle Woods, girl lawyer crusading for animal rights in D.C., that you can just about forgive the brazen retouching of elements from "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," including a clip from the Capra film. Elle even visits, like Jimmy Stewar t before, the Lincoln Memorial. The rather lame "political" plot and sof t gags breeze by thanks to her, Sally Field, Bob Newhar t, Luke Wilson. 1 hr., 35 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Matchstick Men (PG-13) — As Roy, an L.A. con man, Nicolas Cage dominates easily. Sam Rockwell is fun as Frank, his young par tner. Roy is a por t folio of facial tics and neurotic habits, who stays functional through medication. His new shrink (Bruce Altman) gets Roy a new type of pill. This calms him for a big job with Frank, but what really changes Roy is meeting his teen daughter, Angela (Alison Lohman), from his previous marriage. She wants to join him in the scams. What most hur ts the

0— Not worthy.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (PG-13) — The movie will be a shocker

for anyone expecting watery gruel ex tracted from a Disneyland-ride base. This "Pirates of the Caribbean" is an original, with clever plot ting, some rapierlike dialogue and a scurvy crew of first-rate second bananas. When the Black Pearl, the invincible pirate ship commanded by the dread Capt. Barbossa (Geof frey Rush) storms Por t Royal and kidnaps Elizabeth (Keira Knightly), the governor's beautiful daughter, what can her secret admirer, the lowly blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), do but go af ter her? He's forced to team up with the immensely unreliable Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). The movie lies becalmed when Depp/Sparrow is absent; when he's on screen, it's a rousing good time. Since he's on screen a good par t of

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movie is its topper, its big plot twist. If you see the cynical twist coming, you probably haven't relished the humane moments of Cage and Lohman, and if you have liked them, the final, feel-good sop is a poor reward. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman. Running time: 1 hr., 56 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ The Matrix: Reloaded (R) — Keanu Reeves is back as Neo, empowered hero. Also, savior of the human race that was inside the cybernetic Matrix, enslaved as "cat tle," but has now fled to a life in an underground city. A blur of sci-fi and head comix cliches and "1984" gone 2003, the movie is overwhelmingly designed, but underwhelmingly imagined. There is the Matrix and the Oracle and the Keymaker and the Architect. Humor is kept minimal, as that could pop the gas balloon. The packaging is cosmic, success inevitable. Success feeds success. "The Matrix Revolutions" is set for Nov. 7. Time for Harry Pot ter and Frodo Baggins to join forces and get mad. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinket t Smith. Running time: 2 hrs., 18 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ My Boss’s Daughter (PG-13) — When a young man’s tough boss asks him to housesit, it seems to be the per fect oppor tunity for the young man to hook up with the boss’s beautiful daughter, on whom he’s had a longtime crush. But he can’t seem to get her alone, as a strange cast of characters revolve in and out of the house on various personal missions. Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Carmen Electra, Andy Richter, Molly Shannon. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (R) — Rober t Rodriguez is into roots rapture and giddy, boyish confusion. His movie goes nowhere. Should we emphasize Antonio Banderas as the thick guitar Zorro called El Mariachi? No point in dwelling on doomed love Carolina (Salma Hayek), as she is barely around. Surely the key interest is not FBI agent Jorge (Ruben Blades). And what of CIA man Sands (Johnny Depp)? Af ter his eyes are drilled out, Depp looks like Michael Jackson as a Day of the Dead float, and he gets a street vendor kid to act as his gun eyes. Might as well focus on Willem Dafoe as drug hood Barillo, wearing such great Mexican makeup you can't decipher why he wants his face removed. Cheech Marin depar ts af ter the first scene, taking with him all hope for a genuine comedy. Cast: Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Ruben Blades, Eva Mendes, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo. Running time: 1 hr., 45 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Open Range (R) — Once you are saddled for Kevin Costner's "Open Range," you have to keep riding. It is a wonder ful Western, maybe a great one. At the core of the story is the friendship of small-scale cat tleman Boss (Rober t Duvall) and sidekick Charley (Costner). The action builds inevitably, then bites hard. "Open Range" has the three crucial things that a good Western needs: actors firmly embedded in clear characters with strong motives; the tension of approach to a fated end; the topping gundown, here a complex death ballet of jumps and jit ters and stunning bursts of firepower (the best, really, since "The Wild Bunch"). 2 hrs., 15 mins. (Eilliot) ★★★★

the time, that makes "Pirates of the Caribbean" a rousing good movie. Arrrrr! Cast: Johnny Depp, Geof frey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Jonathan Pryce. Running time: 2 hrs., 14 mins. (Salm) ★★★ The Rundown (PG-13) — Beck is a tough guy who always gets his way and always finds himself in some sor t of trouble, although he never goes looking for it. The latest adventure involves rescuing Travis, a privileged and sassy youngster, from an ex tended Brazilian jungle excursion. The problem is that Travis doesn’t want to go back home, and he drags Beck fur ther into the jungle af ter a gold mine that always seems just out of reach. Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scot t, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson, Ewen Bremmer. Rugrats Go Wild (PG) — It's a synergistic cock tail, bringing together car toon figures from two big Nickelodeon TV shows, "Rugrats" and "The Wild Thornberrys," for a string of gags without a plot. Unless, as plot, you call being stranded on a deser t island that isn't really deser ted an "adventure." This TV promo gizmo and baby sit ter is an awfully small movie, though a Nickelodeon release boasts of $100 million in tie-ins and lists nine major companies. Voice cast: Tim Curry, Michael Bell, Lacey Chaber t, LL Cool J, Bruce Willis. Running time: 1 hr., 24 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Seabiscuit (PG-13) — Charles Howard, acted by Jef f Bridges, is a brawny, self-made man whose success as an auto biz wiz led to personal tragedy, then a healing fancy for horses. Mostly, for Seabiscuit. Two other men also are saviors of Seabiscuit, in turn saved by him. Chris Cooper is trainer Tom Smith, a folksy genius of horse sense; and the scrappy jockey, Johnny "Red" Pollard, a Depression castaway stuck with dud horses and even bare-knuckle boxing, is acted by scrawny but muscular Tobey Maguire. The film piles on glossy contex t, but it finds its legs once the beloved horse turns into a comefrom-behind challenger, egged on by the media. As a scrappy fable, this corn pops well, emotionally. Cast: Jef f Bridges, Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Banks. Running time: 2 hrs., 10 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★ Secondhand Lions (PG) — A 14-year-old boy is forced into spending the summer with a pair of grumpy grand-uncles. With the uncles’ tales of their own childhood adventures, the boy begins to gradually warm up to them. Cast: Michael Caine, Rober t Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Kat t.

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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (PG) —

“Sinbad” is an animated adventure, following Sinbad the Sailor as he searches to clear his name for a crime commit ted by Eris, the goddess of Chaos, who has framed him. He’s also out to save pal Proteus the Shapeshif ter. In an ef for t to accomplish his goals, Sinbad sets out into Eris’ realm, meeting and challenging various monsters and serpents along the way. Cast: Brad Pit t, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeif fer. The Son (NR) — “The Son” is a French film by the critically acclaimed Dardenne brothers. It’s a tale of a divorced carpentry instructor at a vocational training center and a mysterious student who arrives to take lessons. Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupar t, Nasim Hassaini, Kevin Leroy. S.W.A.T. (PG-13) — Samuel L. Jackson is Lt. Dan Harrelson, called Hondo, who is can-do to a fanatical degree. He's the only actor of sizable presence. Time for plot! Bring on one-dude fashion layout Olivier Mar tinez as Alex, a French psycho who has killed 24 and bags No. 25 by slit ting the throat of his uncle with a knife "given me by my father." He is called "the frog." Arrested, the swinish Alex of fers $100 million to anyone who can free him. Within hours, L.A. is crawling with crazies armed with bazookas and other big-time weapons, ready to blow Alex free, demolish subways, escor t him through sewers (yes, one has computerized bats) and land a jet plane on a street bridge. Of course, only Hondo's squad can block this evil and perhaps Francophile scheme. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Olivier Mar tinez, Josh Charles, Larry Poindex ter. Running time: 1 hr., 57 mins. (Elliot t) ★ Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (R) — An almost unbroken stream of mighty mayhem, high on the bliss of eviscerated metal. Arnold returns as the Terminator, to save the future leaders of mankind (Nick Stahl, Claire Danes) from a vicious terminatrix (Kristanna Loken) who is like the sleek evil twin of the computerized vamp in "Simone." It goes where it must, to nuclear hell, and is weirdly satisfying. 1 hr., 48 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★ 28 Days Later (R) — opens with berserk lab chimps being freed by perhaps crazier animal rights activists. The chimps infect the British Isles, so that London is soon deser ted except for corpses, some prowling zombies and a very few healthy survivors. Twentyeight days af ter the chimps escape, cycle messenger Jim (Cillian Murphy) stumbles into the scared, but tough

Selena (Naomi Harris). They light out for the territory. The infected zombies, whose blood can ruin you with one well-placed drop, are ready to pounce from shadows. Inevitably the plot heads for genre midnight, with strobed lightning and ravenous gobblers and a rock score amped for madness. The posh is pulped. Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noan Huntley, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston. Running time: 1 hr., 48 mins. (Elliot t) ★★1/2 2 Fast 2 Furious (PG-13) — The speed par ty "2 Fast 2 Furious" is 2 silly 2 believe and 2 cliched 2 be very enter taining. 2 bad. It stars Paul Walker, back as Brian from the 2001 summer hit "The Fast and the Furious," in which he was an undercover cop and rival, then pal, of mechanic and street racer Dom (Vin Diesel). Walker gets to appear slight nex t to the big rack of torso Tyrese, cast as racer and ex-con Roman Pearce. The set ting is now Miami. The script is a chop-shop quickie with a greasy aroma of "Miami Vice." The car scenes are so heavily edited and accessorized with tech-freak dazzle that even the blasting finish collapses into a string of stunts. This film is just a motorized budget. Cast: Paul Walker, Tyrese, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes, James Remar. Running time: 1 hr., 44 mins. (Elliot t) ★1/2 Underworld (R) — For centuries, a bat tle has been raging between vampires, sophisticated city dwellers, and Lycans, werewolf street thugs. “Underworld” is a Gothic twist on “Romeo and Juliet,” chronicling the pit falls of young love between a vampire (Kate Beckinsale) and a Lycan (Scot t Speedman). Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Danny McBride, Scot t Speedman, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen. Wrong Turn (R) — Bad luck befalls Chris (Desmond Harrington) when he sets out on a three-hour tour to Raleigh for a job interview. He’s barely star ted down the freeway when an accident up ahead halts traf fic. Taking a windy and isolated dir t road to get around the jam, Chris doesn’t see the SUV full of teens that is stopped in the middle of the road, tires mysteriously blown out. Investigating the accident scene, the group finds a strand of barbed wire stretched across the road — could it be a trap? Cast: Eliza Dushku, Desmond Harrington, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lindy Booth. Running time: 1 hr., 50 mins. —Capsules compiled from movie reviews written by David Elliott, film critic for The San Diego Union-Tribune and other staff writers.

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eturning to studio filmmaking with a genre thriller, director Mike Figgis brings some of his avant-garde sensibilities to the moderately spooky, but well-handled, “Cold Creek Manor.” After achieving his most notable mainstream and critical success with “Leaving Las Vegas” in 1995, Figgis seemingly departed from Hollywood to make more non-linear films. Creating mostly befuddling (“The Loss of Sexual Innocence”) or pointless (“One Night Stand”) efforts, Figgis finally emerged with his indie pièce de résistance: “Timecode.” The film, which follows four different storylines on a screen split into quarters, was an interesting and ambitious idea that didn’t make for a very watchable final cut. Here the director is working, thankfully, with a much smaller palette on a decidedly less ambitious project. Returning to plot-driven storytelling, “Cold Creek Manor” is a familiar revenge yarn made exceptionally moody by Figgis’ mannered direction. Dennis Quaid stars as Cooper Tilson, a documentary filmmaker who lives with his successful wife (Sharon Stone) and two kids in Manhattan. Souring on city life, the clan decides to pick up roots and move to the country — upstate New York, to be precise. Trading their pricey condo for a massive fixer-upper called Cold Creek Manor, the Tilsons move in and quickly start making themselves at home. After becoming acquainted with the only other yuppies in town (who’ve also abandoned urban drudgery), the Tilsons soon learn that most of the blue-collar community doesn’t care for city dwellers. And, when they meet the for-

mer owner of their homestead, Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff), they become acquainted with their most suspect neighbor. A wily ex-con who offers to help the Tilsons fix up his old place, Dale starts hanging around making the new residents quite ill at ease. And, when bad things start happening at the stately residence (from snakes in the bed sheets to the untimely death of the new pony), suspicion falls to Dale. Refreshingly,“Cold Creek Manor” isn’t driven by plot twists or forced horror movie scenarios. Instead, Figgis constructs a more unusual thriller by implicating his nuclear family in their own torture. Not only does the director employ the fact that his central character is a filmmaker, he also underscores the socio-political trend of wealthy New Yorkers buying property upstate. (A timely comment on the fact that these new owners are raising property values and pushing out longtime residents.) In one scene in the film, Dorff’s character confronts Quaid’s soccer dad in the local diner and points out that not only did Tilson buy his house at a rock bottom price, but he then had the gall to go through his pictures and memorabilia in order to make a documentary about his family. Finally, “Cold Creek Manor” isn’t a film about the repercussions of gentrification, but it does ingeniously work in a social commentary about the trend. And Figgis, making great use of his wonderful set (the dilapidated mansion is scary enough without a psycho running around in it), tells a very un-subtle story in a laudably subtle way.

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Q: Did you learn anything from the actors playing those old men, Michael Caine and Robert Duvall? A: Oh yeah! There’s so much to learn from them. Every day on the set was a learning experience, whether they were trying to teach me anything or not, because they were wise enough not to feel the need to have to tell me anything. Pretty much they just did what they did on the set, and I just watched and learned from how professional they were. Q: What appealed to you about this movie? A: The script was very appealing. It just really came alive on the page and it had strong, deep characters in it. That’s the best, when a script can tell you everything you need to know about a character. Q: Does anyone help you pick scripts? A: I work very much with my dad with the script, and then when I work on the project as well. He and I always read the scripts. Q: Your characters are often searching for answers. Is that a fun thing to explore as an actor? A: It is. The most interesting thing about a character is when he is searching for answers about anything. That’s when characters make their arc, that’s how they change and grow in a movie. I’m doing that too, in real life. Every person is growing and changing constantly

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every day, and that’s why the most real characters are the ones that make those changes. So even though I may be more fortunate than some of the characters in the films that I’ve done, I’m going through similar changes, in a way, that they’re going through. So it’s easy for me to know what that feels like. Q: What is it like to see yourself growing up on the big screen? A: It is a little bit weird thinking that I’ve been acting for 10 years now. I can remember films that I did 10 years ago, and it’s bizarre thinking of it that way. These years right now are big years for changes, and there’s a rapid rate of change that’s going on right now within me and, of course, it’s good. But it’s especially good for my acting, because I’m learning all these new things on the set, as well as in life, and I can really apply that to the level of reality that’s in a performance. Q: Ever since “The Sixth Sense,” your face has been very recognizable to moviegoers. Can you go to public places now? A: It’s easier now because it’s been five years since that movie and two years since my last film. In public now it’s easier, because people aren’t sure if it’s me, and I look drastically different than in some of my last films. Not that it’s bad when I’m recognized, but it is just easier to be in public right now. Q: Were you born to be an actor? A: I’m not so sure you would call it being born to act. I think that’s something you really have to learn. I may have been born with an ability to really love the use of imagination or the feeling of acting, but I think the skill itself is definitely taught. And I credit that to what my dad taught me. I think that ties in a little to “Secondhand Lions.” You have to have people wake up things inside you. You have to learn the knowledge of your elders and use that on your own.

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Q: What big change does your character go through in “Secondhand Lions?” A: It’s really that he’s unlocking his imagination for the first time. Before this film starts, he has no convictions and he doesn’t believe in anything. He has this really incredible imagination and the first time that it’s unlocked is when he meets these two old men. They finally give him something that he’s interested in and that he wants to believe in.

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Now 15, he is considerably taller and scratchier-voiced, starring opposite Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in “Secondhand Lions.” This coming-of-age story casts Osment as an awkward teen spending a summer with his two weird great-uncles on their Texas farm. Since he was last seen on the big screen in 2001’s “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence,” Osment has contented himself doing voices for various movies and a video game. The remarkably smart and mature Los Angeles-born star, who broke into commercial work at age 4, enjoys a sterling reputation as a consummate professional, a dedicated student and a gracious celebrity.

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MOVIE CLOCK REGAL AUGUSTA EXCHANGE 20 Movies Good 9/19 - 9/25 Underworld (R) 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:45, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:50 Cold Creek Manor (R) 2:05, 5:05, 8:00, 10:45 The Rundown (PG-13) Sat: 7:30 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (R) Fri-Sat: 12:20, 2:10, 2:55, 4:45, 5:25, 7:25, 7:55, 9:55, 10:30, 12:15; Sun-Thur: 12:20, 2:10, 2:55, 4:45, 5:25, 7:25, 7:55, 9:55, 10:30 Matchstick Men (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35, 12:20; Sun-Thur: 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35 Cabin Fever (R) 12:35, 3:15, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30 The Fighting Temptations (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:00, 1:50, 4:25, 4:55, 7:10, 7:40, 9:55, 10:25, 12:40; Sun-Thur: 1:00, 1:50, 4:25, 4:55, 7:10, 7:40, 9:55, 10:25 Secondhand Lions (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50, 12:25; Sun-Thur: 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Dickie Roberts (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 2:15, 4:40, 6:55, 9:15, 11:45; Sun-Thur: 2:15, 4:40, 6:55, 9:15 Jeepers Creepers 2 (R) 12:00, 2:30, 5:20, 8:15, 10:40 My Boss’s Daughter (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 12:50, 3:20, 5:30, 7:35, 9:50, 12:00; Sun-Thur: 12:50, 3:20, 5:30, 7:35, 9:50 Open Range (R) 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15 Freddy vs. Jason (R) 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:10, 10:35 Freak y Friday (PG) Fri-Sat: 12:05, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:25, 11:40; Sun-Thur: 12:05, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:25 S.W.A.T. (PG-13) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Seabiscuit (PG-13) Fri: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10:15; Sat: 12:45, 3:45; Sun-Thur: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10:15 Bad Boys 2 (R) 12:25, 3:40, 6:55, 10:10 Pirates of the Caribbean (PG-13) 1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25 EVANS 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 9/19 - 9/25 Underworld (R) Fri: 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:00; Sat-Sun: 2:00, 4:40, 7:35, 10:00; Mon-Thur: 4:40, 7:40, 10:00 The Fighting Temptations (PG-13) Fri: 4:10, 7:10, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 4:10, 7:10, 9:25 Secondhand Lions (PG) Fri-Sun: 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40; Mon-Thur: 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Cold Creek Manor (R) Fri: 4:20, 7:00, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50; Mon-Thur: 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Matchstick Men (PG-13) Fri-Sun: 2:10, 4:30, 7:35, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 4:30, 7:35, 9:55 Cabin Fever (R) Fri: 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; SatSun: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (R) Fri-Sun: 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 5:00, 7:15, 9:55

Dickie Roberts (PG-13) Fri: 3:10, 5:25, 7:35, 9:40; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 3:10, 5:25, 7:45, 10:00; Mon-Thur: 5:25, 7:35, 9:40 Open Range (R) Fri: 4:00, 6:50, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Freak y Friday (PG) Fri: 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35; Sat-Sun: 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35; MonThur: 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 Seabiscuit (PG-13) Fri: 3:55, 6:55, 9:35; SatSun: 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35; Mon-Thur: 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Pirates of the Caribbean (PG-13) Fri: 4:05, 7:05, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 MASTERS 7 CINEMAS Movies Good 9/19 - 9/25 Secondhand Lions (PG) Fri: 5:30, 7:50, 10:00; Sat-Sun: 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:00; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 7:50 Underworld (R) Fri: 5:15, 7:40, 10:10; Sat-Sun: 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10; Mon-Thur: 5:10, 7:40 The Fighting Temptations (PG-13) Fri: 5:00, 7:30, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50; Mon-Thur: 5:00, 7:30 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (R) Fri: 5:20, 7:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 2:40, 5:20, 7:45, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 5:20, 7:45 Matchstick Men (PG-13) Fri: 5:05, 7:35, 9:55; Sat-Sun: 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 5:05, 7:35 Cabin Fever (R) Fri: 5:25, 8:00, 10:05; Sat-Sun: 3:15, 5:25, 8:00, 10:05; Mon-Thur: 5:25, 8:00 Jeepers Creepers 2 (R) Fri: 5:30, 8:05, 10:15; Sat-Sun: 2:50, 5:30, 8:05, 10:15; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 8:05 REGAL 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 9/19 - 9/25 The Italian Job (PG-13) 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Terminator 3 (R) 1:55, 4:20, 7:00, 9:25 Bend It Like Beckham (PG-13) 7:15, 9:40 28 Days Later (R) 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30 The Matrix: Reloaded (R) 2:00, 4:55, 7:45 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (PG) 2:45, 5:05 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (PG-13) 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:20 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (PG13) 7:30, 9:50 The Hulk (PG-13) 2:05, 5:00, 7:50 Rugrats Go Wild (PG) 2:40, 5:10 2 Fast 2 Furious (PG-13) 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 Bruce Almighty (PG-13) 2:25, 4:35, 7:25, 9:35 Daddy Day Care (PG) 2:30, 4:30, 7:35, 9:50 Wrong Turn (R) 2:35, 4:45, 7:40, 9:55 ASU FALL FILM SERIES Movie Good 9/22 The Son (NR) Mon: 7:00

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SEETHER By Lisa Jordan

he tortured rock star: It’s a cliché we’ve come to know well. In the case of Shaun Morgan, vocalist and guitarist for Seether, his angst, borne of family troubles, brought him to the point where he had to choose between a gun and a guitar. It’s a scenario he makes no bones about, speaking of the incident in multiple interviews and even including it on the band’s bio, in which he says, “It was suicide or the guitar. I picked the guitar and got rid of the urge to take myself out.” That decision has led to nothing but success for Morgan and for Seether. The Johannesburg, South Africa-based band’s first release, “Fragile,” quickly became one of South Africa’s best-selling albums, and Seether, then known as Saron Gas, became one of the country’s top live acts. That brought the attention of U.S. music executives, who relocated the band stateside and released the band’s American debut, “Disclaimer.” First single “Fine Again” is a darkly compelling tale of recovery. In South Africa, it inspired one young girl who had overdosed to get her life back in order, and the band formed an attachment to the girl and her family. When Seether set out for the U.S., the family was so upset, “They were actually crying,” says Morgan. “That was the most surreal experience. They’re all standing around and saying, ‘We don’t know if we should be happy for you or angry at you,’ and that’s pretty cool. It’s good to know we’ve had such a positive influence on someone.”

That influence has reached far beyond one family; as Seether’s fan base has grown in the U.S. and abroad, songs like “Fine Again,” “Fade Away” and “Pig” have inspired fans going through tough times to contact Morgan and let him know that they identify with his lyrics. It’s an issue he seems to struggle with. In an interview with Web ‘zine “East Coast Romper,” Morgan says, “I wasn’t hoping for a response like that. I was just hoping I would be doing that and giving kids as much as the song gives me. … My whole thing is, I’m doing this so I can leave something behind and not become another number or another statistic that disappears because that was what I was told I would always be. So it’s like cool. When I read those stories, I don’t really know how to respond to those kids … If it is legitimate and they’re being honest with me, it’s like, what can I say that’s going to make … I could sit there and say thank you, thank you, thank you for a whole page, but it’s like I don’t know what to say to them or how, ‘cause it catches me off guard every time.” Seether’s influence is growing, with spots on the “Freddy vs. Jason” and “Daredevil” soundtracks poised to rope in new fans, as well as a new single, “Gasoline” hitting the radio airwaves. The band is also currently on tour. A Sept. 25 gig at Crossroads brings them through Augusta for a stop between dates in Tennessee and Alabama. For more information, visit www.seether.com.

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CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH were in fine form earlier this spring when they thrilled a packed house, eh, field at Atlanta’s Music Midtown Festival. The trio is set for Chastain Park on Sept. 19, where they will trot out renditions of “Wooden Ships,” “Southern Cross,” “Our House” and JONI MITCHELL’s “Woodstock.” Unfortunately, NEIL YOUNG (lost somewhere near Greendale the last time we looked) is not touring with his old bandmates this time around. “Some Devil” named DAVE MATTHEWS completes the trio of Atlanta shows this weekend with a Sept. 20 date at the Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater. Expect several new selections from the new disc which sees release Sept. 23. Dave and his band will have MARC BROUSSARD and DONAVAN FRANKENREITER open. Regardless of whether it’s Turner Field or the Hi-Fi shed, The DMB

never disappoints. Past shows this time out have featured “Stay,” “Ants Marching” and “Song That Jane Likes.” Not Jeff Dept. BECK is planning another studio set for release next year. Reuniting the enigmatic rocker with his old producers THE DUST BROTHERS should translate into a more upbeat affair this time out. Last year’s excellent “Sea Change” was a rather downbeat effort that failed to have the energy and vitality of “Midnite Vultures” and “Odelay.” Since both of the aforementioned discs were recorded with The Dust Brothers at the helm, the results should be a lot more lively. Several classic BOB DYLAN albums are reissued this week in the stunning new SACD format. Some of the discs are stereo versions newly remastered from the original tapes, while others boast multi-channel mixes for 5.1 surround sound. From vinyl to previous CD editions of these historic recordings, these new editions have the best sound yet. These include “Another Side of Bob Dylan,” “Blonde on Blonde,” “Desire,” “Blood on the Tracks,” “Nashville Skyline,” “John Wesley Harding” and several others. Turner’s Quick Notes Picker extraordinaire RICKY SCAGGS visits the beautiful Imperial Theatre in downtown Augusta Oct. 12 … Former JOAN OSBORNE bassist ANDY HESS is the new bassist in GOVT. MULE … THE STROKES invade Atlanta’s Tabernacle Nov. 9 on their “Rooms on Fire” tour … BON JOVI revisits old material acoustically with “This Left Feels Right” due Nov. 4 … DAVID BOWIE’s “Reality” and another live PEARL JAM set are new and in stores this week. Turner’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Jeopardy A. In 1973, this adult film star introduced Elton John at his Hollywood Bowl show.

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he Southern Soul and Song Music Series, a joint venture between the Imperial Theatre and the Morris Museum of Art, brings some of the country’s best bluegrass and grassroots musicians to Augusta for four nights of great music. The series begins Oct. 12 with a concert by Ricky Skaggs, continues Oct. 24 with Mountain Heart, Nov. 4 with Robert Earl Keene and concludes Nov. 8 with The Nashville Bluegrass Band. Tickets are now on sale through the Imperial Theatre box office. Call 722-8341 to reserve seats. Shows are individually priced or may be purchased as a series subscription, which gives you all four concerts for $60. Individual shows are priced as follows: Ricky Skaggs, $30; Mountain Heart, $15; Robert Earl Keene, $15; and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, $15. Proceeds benefit the Imperial Theatre’s capital improvements fund and the Morris Museum of Art’s public program initiatives.

producing new hits that introduce traditional American sounds to a wider audience, but also signing fellow musicians to his Skaggs Family Records and Ceili Music labels.

Oct. 12 - Ricky Skaggs Not many folks can say that they’ve met – much less shared the stage with – their heroes by the age of 10. Ricky Skaggs, however, is one of the few musicians who can. His career started at age 3, with Skaggs singing at a Kentucky church alongside his mother. By 5, Skaggs was playing the mandolin at venues throughout the eastern portion of the state. By 10, he’d performed with three bluegrass legends – Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers and Flatt and Scruggs. All of those accomplishments could only be the start of a long and vibrant music career. Skaggs has been an instrumental part of bands like the Clinch Mountain Boys, the Country Gentlemen, Boone Creek and Emmylou Harris’ band, in addition to working on solo country and bluegrass albums. And let’s not forget all the accolades Skaggs has earned over the years: No. 1 hits, placement in the top 20 artists of the decade and top 100 artists of the past 50 years by Billboard magazine, eight Country Music Association awards, four Grammys and more. Today, Skaggs is known for his preservation of bluegrass sounds in country music, not only

Nov. 4 - Robert Earl Keen How does a college student keep from getting bored? If you’re Robert Earl Keen, you strip down to your underwear and jam with Lyle Lovett on your front porch, serenading passing churchgoers on a Sunday morning. But, older and wiser, Keen is now better known for his songwriting than for his skivvies. Keen-penned tunes have been recorded by the likes of Lovett, Joe Ely, Kelly Willis and Nanci Griffith. And Keen’s solo career spans nine albums. That number is soon to move up to 10 – Keen is set to release a new album Oct. 7.

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Oct. 24 – Mountain Heart At last year’s International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards, Mountain Heart picked up two honors: their album, “The Journey,” was named Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year, and their mandolin player, Adam Steffey, was named Mandolin Player of the Year. Their accomplishments aren’t too shabby for a group that’s been together for a little over two years. But the band members – Steffey, Steve Gulley, Jim Van Cleve, Jason Moore and Barry Abernathy – are all seasoned performers. The shared experience of the five musicians includes time in bands such as Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Isaacs, Silver Creek and IIIrd Tyme Out.

Nov. 8 – The Nashville Bluegrass Band The Southern Soul and Song Series ends on a high note with widely acclaimed act The Nashville Bluegrass Band. You can’t get a much higher endorsement than the two Grammy Awards, two IBMA Entertainer of the Year Awards and four IBMA Vocal Group of the Year Awards. There’s also The Nashville Bluegrass Band’s contributions to the “O Brother Where Art Thou” and “Down From the Mountain” soundtracks, two albums which won over old and new bluegrass fans alike.

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MUSIC MINIS Johnny Cash Dead at 71 What can we really say? What a bummer. Poor Li’l Eminem She’s 70, and she’s out to get Eminem. Harlene Stein, whose late husband Ronald Stein wrote a score for the 1970 film “Getting Straight,” claims that the rapper sampled part of that score for part of “The Slim Shady LP.” The allegedly purloined part is 24 seconds long and is called “Pigs Go Home.” The tune that the piece supposedly appears on is … get this … “Guilty Conscience.” We Just Can’t Top “Armaweddin’” On Sept. 16, the E! Online music lead was a charming little piece called “Armaweddin’.” The graphic was a movie poster mock-up featuring the twoheaded Bennifer Beast itself with this astonishing caption: “Wedding Bells to Bombshells: The On-Again, Off-Again Saga of Ben and J.Lo’s Nuptials.” But have they really split? Some sources say yea, some say nay. But E! Online says

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Friday, 19th Adams Nightclub - DJ Andy’s - Bustin’ Loose Back Roads - DJ The Bee’s Knees - Sky City Blind Pig - Shameless Dave and the Miracle Whips Borders - Billy S. Cafe Du Teau - James McIntyre Club Argos - Sasha No Holds Barred Talk Show with Celebrity Guests, DJ Joe Steel Cotton Patch - Tony Williams Coyote’s - The Rhes Reeves Band Crossroads - KISS Army, Push Cult D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Finish Line Cafe - DJ Fox’s Lair - Live Enter tainment Greene Streets - Karaoke Hangnail Gallery - Bozo Porno Circus Highlander - Saw Dust Joe’s Underground - Black-Eyed Susan Last Call - DJ Roonie G Marlboro Station - Lauren Alexander Michael’s - Mike Swif t Modjeska - DJ Ty Bess Ms. Carolyn’s - Live Band Partridge Inn - Jazz Soulstice with Anthony Carpenter The Pourhouse - The Recaps featuring Sassy Brass Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Eric The Shack - DJ Chip Soul Bar - (r)EVOLUTION with DJ Stillwater Tap Room - Black Bot tom Biscuits Surrey Tavern - Playback featuring Tutu D’Vyne

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Meet Bozo Porno Circus Sept. 19 at the Hangnail Gallery. Greene Streets - Karaoke Joe’s Underground - John Metro Coffeehouse - Irish Night with Sibin Michael’s - Mike Swif t Surrey Tavern - Tuesday Night Jam Session

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Wayne Capps plays the Cotton Patch Sept. 18 and French Market Grille West Sept. 23. Park, New Orleans - Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Oak Ridge Boys, Phil Vassar - Georgia Mountain Fair, Hiawassee, Ga. - Nov. 1 Steve Earle and The Dukes - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Nov. 1 Bill Gaither Christmas Homecoming Concert Philips Arena, Atlanta - Dec. 6 Many tickets are available through TicketMaster outlets, by calling 828-7700, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be available through Tix Online by calling 278-4TIX or online at www.tixonline.com. Night Life listings are subject to change without notice. Deadline for inclusion in Night Life calendar is Tuesday at 4 p.m. Contact Rhonda Jones or Lisa Jordan by calling 738-1142, faxing 736-0443 or e-mailing to rhonda.jones@metrospirit.com or lisa.jordan@metrospirit.com.

symbol for the coming week: a sign that read “The Very Tidy Pirates” above an image of a dude wearing an eye patch and apron and wielding a vacuum cleaner and feather duster. I hope this vignette inspires you to be wildly disciplined, neatly rowdy and boisterously organized.

Brezsny's Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

My acquaintance Delilah is a leftwing pagan hippie who makes big bucks working as an X-ray technician in a large hospital. She’s a pacifist, but serves as president of the local chapter of the American Legion, an organization for military veterans. She has been engaged forever to a dreadlocked man 25 years her senior, though he looks her age because he has practiced sex magic and eaten nothing but wheat grass and lived outside for decades; on the other hand, she loves to flirt with young businessmen with buzz cuts. Delilah is your role model and patron saint for the coming week, Aries. Like her, you can and should be a cheerful master of contradictions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Of the many brave adventurers I met during my recent visit to the Burning Man festival, Tauruses comprised a large proportion. One example was Melissa Whitman, who leaves soon for a year-long stay in Madagascar, where she’ll be the only female and English-speaker among a team working to save the scops owl from extinction. Though she’s afraid of heights, she’ll have to climb tall trees at night to study the birds in their natural habitat. Another courageous Taurus was Jennifer from Napa, CA, an art therapist for the criminally insane. She risks her life daily. Why did I encounter so many daring bulls? Is it because the expansive planet Jupiter is cruising through your astrological House of Extravagant Self-Expression? Whatever the cause, I urge you to sync up with the audacious vibes now available to your tribe.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In her book, “Simply Sophisticated: What Every Worldly Person Needs to Know,” Suzanne Munshower lists the requirements for an elegant home. You should have at least one needlepoint pillow, she says. The thread count of your sheets should be 200 per inch or more. Your bookcases, if visible to guests, must have no paperbacks, and ACROSS

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your bathroom accessories should be ceramic. Now that you’ve heard Munshower’s ideas, Gemini, please rebel against them. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ll put yourself in alignment with current cosmic rhythms if you add elements to your home to make it more playful and less formal, more in tune with what delights you and less concerned with what others think.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

In its original use, the phrase “priming the pump” referred to the fact that a hand-operated water pump didn’t provide a steady, abundant flow of water until you first lubricated it with a little water. In modern parlance, it’s often a way of saying that to make money you have to invest some, or that in order to get lots of goodies you have to give some. To take maximum advantage of the current astrological potentials, Cancerian, regard “priming the pump” as your metaphor of power.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

When I’m not writing this horoscope column, I pursue a career as a performance artist. For a recent show, I bought eight jars of pigs’ feet at the grocery store, 200 pair of white underpants at Costco and 20 alarm clocks at the drugstore. None of the clerks who took my money expressed the slightest interest in the reasons for my peculiar and prodigious orders. Their numbness was deeply disturbing to me. How could they have so thoroughly repressed their natural curiosity? In the coming week, Leo, you must avoid behavior like that. Awaken your innocent longing to know everything you can about the unexpected marvels that life brings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

During my recent visit to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, I drank in an abundant array of confounding sights and enriching adventures that I’ll remember forever. The last surprise I saw before heading home was among the most modest, but it’s a perfect choice to serve as your ruling

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When you have achieved great victories in the past, Libra, they have often happened because of your graceful willpower or fine intelligence. At other times they have been the result of your unflagging commitment to creating harmony. But none of those skills will be your main source of power during the turning point just ahead. As you pull off this next big triumph, your secret weapon will be your flourishing imagination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Beginnings and endings will be overlapping in the near future, Scorpio. They will demand that you grow rapidly. It won’t always be easy to tell them apart, either; you’ll have to become wiser faster in order to understand the clues. Here are two meditations to guide you: 1. Which of the long-running dramas of your life have run their course? 2. What struggling dreams are aching to resurrect themselves and bloom again as if for the first time? Once you figure out the answers to those questions, act dynamically to nurture what’s being born and expedite the dissolution of what’s dying.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“Dear Dr. Brezsny: With the help of a flood of pithy coincidences, I’ve become aware that the Universal Mind recently lost her train of thought. I believe we are now under the care of a substitute ‘Universal Mind,’ and that therefore the laws of karma are not being enforced as strictly as usual. Cosmic slack is available in extravagant amounts. Tell your readers so they may take advantage of it by aggressively reconfiguring their little slice of reality to reflect their deepest needs. — Opportunistic Sagittarius” Dear Opportunistic: Good catch. I totally agree with your assessment, especially as it applies to you Sagittarians. As you suggest, karma now has a reduced power to whip your fate this way and that; your willpower has more room than usual in which to maneuver. I call this phase “Freedom from Cosmic Compulsion.”

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Every act of genius, said psychologist Carl Jung, is an act contra naturam: “against nature.” Indeed, every effort to achieve psychological integration requires a knack for breaking out of the trance of normal daily life. Eighteenth-century mystic Jacob Boehme agreed. The great secret of divine magic, he asserted, is “to walk in all things contrary to the world.” My teacher, Paul Foster Case, believed that living an ethical and enlightened life required one to reverse the usual ways of thinking, speaking and doing. What’s your position on this approach, Pisces? It’s prime time for you to redefine your relationship with what I call sacred rebellion. — © Rob Brezsny You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Every August, the temporary city of Burning Man sprouts up in the Nevada desert. Upwards of 30,000 freaks and mutants drop their inhibitions for a week as they interact with entertaining rituals that transpire in hundreds of “theme camps.” If you ever go, you’ll be able to eat fresh sushi off the naked bellies of clowns posing as supermodels, play a giant game of billiards using bowling balls, and take a joyride on a wheeled version of Captain Hook’s schooner as it sways with scores of sweaty dancers dressed like characters from your dreams. Unfortunately, Burning Man won’t come around again until August 23, 2004, but you need to have your mind blown and blown and blown now. Find a worthy substitute.

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could make the boogie man cry. That’s because your anger is smarter and your fears are weaker than they’ve been in many moons. You also have access to a high level of courage, which is made even more potent by the fact that it’s rooted in quiet confidence, not blustering egotism. As you fight evil in the coming days, your forceful actions will no doubt be fair and enlightened. On behalf of the cosmic powers, therefore, I authorize you to induce tears in boogie men, out-of-control tyrants and the devil himself.

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emales in tribes in Kenya and other African nations are finally rebelling at the ancient custom of requiring a newly widowed woman to pay to have sex with the village’s “cleanser” to purify her soul sufficiently to be allowed to attend her husband’s funeral, according to an August Washington Post dispatch. Said one particularly vulgar, besotted cleanser in Gangre, “It’s not bad for me since I get to be with the beautiful ladies. The women like it because who else would be with them. They can’t stay alone with the spirits. They need me.” Cleansers are believed to be major HIV conveyers, since a condom would not allow the spirits to pass. Least Competent People • In Charleston, S.C., in August, graduate student Mohammed Talha Shekhani, 23, was charged with assault and lewd conduct for what he told police was a sincere, though inept, strategy for meeting women. After a friend told him to just walk up to a woman and start touching her, Shekhani said he initiated four public hugging incidents (with two adults and, almost directly in front of their mothers, two teenage girls). His lawyer said Shekhani’s poor judgment was caused by the stress of an academic program that will earn him both a Ph.D. and an M.D. at Medical University of South Carolina. Least Competent Animals • In June, British Airways came to the rescue of Billy, the homing pigeon belonging to John and Maria Warren of Bootle, England, and flew him home; he was supposed to have flown home on his own from Fougeres, France, but he got sidetracked (probably on a ship) and wound up in New York City. And in August, the Shanghai (China) Zoo shipped two dwindling-population Chinese tiger cubs to a preserve in South Africa so that experts can teach them how to survive; the zoo-bred tigers instinctively chase prey but do not know how to kill it. More Things to Worry About • A car traveling on Interstate 77 just north of Charlotte, N.C., was hit by a flying speedboat at 2:20 a.m. on Aug. 21; the boat was dashing across adjacent Lake Norman, became airborne, clipped the car and landed in the median, but the only casualties were the boaters. And a 13-year-old girl was expelled from school in Beaver, Pa., in July for performing oral sex on a boy during a school bus ride home in May; her mother had challenged the expulsion, unsuccessfully arguing that the school had never specified which activities were unacceptable.

Government in Action • Outside auditors concluded in May that 16 Houston schools with muchpublicized “zero” dropout totals actually had at least 3,000. A whistleblowerprincipal told The New York Times that principals had been pressured to record their dropouts in some other, benign way. According to him, no one within the school district’s culture (created by former superintendent Rod Paige, who is now U.S. secretary of education) realized that people would be suspicious if these schools reported “zero” when every other urban school district in America is plagued by dropouts. • On the ballot in Denver in November will be a referendum calling on the city council to research various proposals on how to reduce residents’ stress and to prove scientifically which methods might work. “The buildup of society-wide stress is like a new pollution in the environment,” said activist Jeff Peckman, who collected the signatures to qualify the issue for the ballot. Said council member Charlie Brown, “What are we supposed to do, hand out incense sticks at Denver International Airport? Is that the image we want for our city?” • The problem of housing for paroled sex offenders is severe in some states, according to an August report in the Los Angeles Times. Parolee Bruce Scott Erbs, unable to find anyplace to live in Oregon, stays in a government-supplied tent behind the Linn County jail. In Polk County, Ore., five parolees live in a parking garage with the blessing of county commissioners, who like the idea that they can easily monitor the offenders. Wisconsin law requires the government to furnish quarters for released sexual predators if placement service fails, and it is about to purchase a $100,000 home in West Allis to house predator Billy Lee Morford. Fetishes on Parade • Jason Glen Humphrey, 29, was charged with taking indecent liberties for what prosecutors said was a yearlong spree of leering at mothers as they changed infants’ diapers in semi-public places, or questioning women about their toddlers’ bowel movements (Hillsborough, N.C., July). And Jeffrey Bernard Fuller, 35, a medical technician working for insurance companies, was arrested after allegedly exceeding the scope of his work at least nine times by giving men gratuitous prostate and pelvic exams (Decatur, Ga., March). Extreme Plumbers • Julio Cesar Cu, 42, and his three diving partners work exclusively by touch because their full-time job is in water so dark that flashlights are useless: to unclog and repair the antiquated Mexico City sewers (“a sea of human waste and industrial chemicals,” according to an April Los Angeles Times dispatch). The city itself is in a valley surrounded by mountains, with frequent flooding and poor drainage in its combined storm water-sewage system. Said one environmentalist, “You walk streets, smell the stench of raw sewage and can only imagine what’s happening underground.” — Chuck Shepherd © United Press Syndicate

know my boy friend loves me, but I can’t get him to understand the difference between “thoughtful” and “romantic.” He’ll surprise me with socks I need (thoughtful), but not flowers I don’t (romantic). He pointed out that he didn’t buy me just any socks, but the Cadillac of hiking socks: a special wool blend to keep moisture away from my feet, woven without seams at the toe to prevent blisters. This was very thoughtful of him, but why couldn’t he make me little cards or cook me a special dinner? (Both are romantic things I’ve done for him.) He does do nice stuff for me, like scrubbing the bathtub then running the bath for me, and he always asks me how my day was (and is genuinely interested). It’s just that he’s never given me flowers, candy, jewelry, etc. — the stuff that says “I love you” in a way socks just can’t. How do I get him to express himself romantically? — Missing That Special Something Let’s take a moment and read the average man’s mind: “Sex, sex, sex, red meat, sex, sex, sex, beer, sex, sex, sex, Cheetos, sex, sex, sex, baseball, football, sex, sex, sex” ... you get the idea. A whole lot of sex, a smat tering of spor ts, a side of beef and processed food and zero mention of Hallmark.com’s “Hear t felt Rose Bouquet with Candle.” So, how reasonable is it, really, to expect a man to “say it with flowers”? Men do tend to comply — maybe because when they hear “say it with flowers,” they get the subliminal message loud and clear: “because it’s cheaper than building a guest room onto the dog house.” In other words, men who speak through plant life might simply be telling you how much they care, or they might be sending a subliminal message of their own: “Floral white flag!” or “Bed — it’s not just for sleeping!” or the all-too-popular “I was just joking about wanting to have sex with your best friend.” A man who instead “says it with deluxe tube socks” is telling you all you should need to know: he cares about areas of your body which do not jiggle and are not commonly encased in lingerie. No, your boy friend didn’t give much thought to how nasty socks look when you stick them in water in a big vase, but he actually interrupted his regularly

scheduled thoughts of sex, sex, sex, touchdowns and beer to worry that you might get a blister or sweaty feet, then took steps to prevent it. And not only that. He scrubs the tub. He gets down on his hands and knees and scrubs the tub for you. Sadly, the world’s greeting card-industrial complex does not stay afloat by suggesting that romance is also about a guy noticing that his girl’s freezing and put ting his coat around her, leaving her the big piece of chocolate, or expressing concern, with Comet in hand, that her heinie might touch a less-than-pristine tub. That last action alone, on your boy friend’s par t, should be enough to cut your clamoring for “that special something” for all eternity. It should be, but it isn’t. No, you still (snif fle-snif fle) wonder why he doesn’t “care enough to send the very best” — as in the best hear t felt, yet deeply impersonal, message a guy can get for about $2.50 and a 10-minute trip to the drugstore card rack. Hello? Did you miss that bit above? He gets down on his hands and knees and scrubs the tub. It doesn’t get any bet ter than that.

Despite being in good shape, I suspect I’m ugly, so I rarely ask women out because I’m afraid of being rejected. I’ve always felt this way, but I’m getting worried that I could end up alone. How do I prevent that? — Troll with a Goal Ugly people have fun too! Look at Henry Kissinger. He got lots of girls, and it wasn’t because they were all so nearsighted they thought he was Gary Cooper until he asked them, “Vanna come up and zee my foreign policy?” In other words, being ugly isn’t a problem, providing you wear it well. For example, you might be a ringer for Austin Powers, complete with buck teeth you could bolt to a train to stop cows, but the key is acting like Austin Powers — like there’s no way you’re let ting any thing come between you, your bed and Liz Hurley. Don’t let rejection sway you; it happens to even the best (looking). Dating’s a numbers game, so just dust yourself of f and move on to the nex t. On the bright side, with a slew of Hollywood actresses dating seriously ugly rock stars, Jen Chung of Gothamist.com repor ts that “ugly might be the new black.” Maybe you’re ugly, maybe you’re not, but there’s no time like the present to stand up troll and be counted. — © 2003, Amy Alkon

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