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METRONEWS CROSSWORD AUGUSTA TEK FEATURE JENNY IS WRIGHT

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WHINELINE How come the people who want to push prayer in public never seemed to have prayed for manners or courtesy or respect of others supposedly poor souls? They should silently pray for a better heart and senses.

Hooray for the people who jumped on the knife-wielding kidnapper! Thank goodness the samaritans jumped in like

that. I sure hope that Mayor Copenhaver will give them a mayoral proclamation!

I want someone good with math to do an accounting of Mitt Romney’s tithing to his church.

Did the announced amount really cover 10% of *all* of his monies, including the ones in foreign banks?

If you blind sighted people want to see America fall and go to

hell then you vote for Obama.

I will not help you! You are too ignorant. I bet YOu don’t even know who the vice president is or who your local officials are or what any of the policies are. Go ahead and doom yourselves.

I’m pretty sure Matt Stone has butt implants. Yum. Augusta commissioners need to conduct an internal audit on

all downtown events organizers and club owners. They will be surprised of how much money is being laundered/embezzled by swindlers.

Contribute to sign for Dr. Azziz!! sign on elsewhere, get your bonus!!!!

Ken Echols is my choice in the District 7 commission race.

Echols has served on the school board and he’s a staunch

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Republican. Now retired from MCG, Echols has another big factor in his favor - the ability to serve in a time-consuming post.

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Teacher says a first grader beat him up.

Again, a grown man admits a first grader beat him up.

Augusta National 2, Azziz 1 The fuzziness of the spat between Billy Morris and Dr. Ricardo Azziz got even fuzzier when Morris’ paper sold four full-page ads to his fellow Augusta National member Nick Evans. The four pages were filled with names (arranged by first name, not last — wouldn’t want to make it easy to digest now, would we?) of people opposed to the name change championed by Azziz.

From our brief perusal, Morris and Evans are the only two members of Augusta National who have come out against Azziz. They also appear to be the only two citizens tied to a board affiliated with MCG/GHSU/ASU to resign in protest.

That limited number is more significant than you might think.

As any Girl Scout parent will tell you, when those sign-up sheets come home, they head straight to work or wherever your buds with cash are. The green jackets don’t seem to operate that way, however.

One thing is for certain, though — the Augusta Chronicle is on a tear for this man’s scalp. It may work, it may not. The ball, it seems, is in the Augusta National’s court, because if there is any one entity in town more powerful than Azziz (sorry Billy), it’s the National.

Should they decide they’re no long amused, the good doctor will be studying mice in Omaha and the university (gotta love that A) will get to keep that local name and all it projects.

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Paths It’s easy to wander off the proper path in Columbia County, and that’s just where Beda Johnson was, on the wrong path, especially when she got the gang together to take the I-16 path to Savannah to meet with the Corps of Engineers.

She was on the wrong path before that, though. Those fishing tournaments she liked? They cost a pretty penny to put on. In fact, the lake — at least what’s left of it — has always been pretty much of a misfire for the county, though without the lake we wouldn’t have that sailboat, and you’ve got to admit that sailboat makes a damn fine logo.

Anyway, now the county’s got Randy DuTeau, an outdoor recreation buff of the profitable kind. Plus, he’s highly intelligent, confident in his abilities and, staffers whisper, the right gender to succeed in Columbia County.

Now, if he could just get his brother to move back and open a restaurant out there…

The Difference The saga of Scott Dean continues.

Many people feel the former Harlem mayor, who was a Columbia County Commissioner at the time of his arrest, was railroaded and received an incredibly long prison term for what he was accused of, which was two counts of child molestation — exposing himself and inappropriately touching one of his adopted daughters. Of course, we aren’t a pro-child abuse publication, but it does seem odd, given the evidence presented and those allowed to testify.

Now, another adopted daughter, the one who made headlines when she left the country at the beginning of the whole sordid affair, Marlin Azucena Dean, 19, has been indicted for stealing jewelry from the home of Dean’s wife, Renee.

His golden hair blow-dried just so, his bright yellow Hummer, the self-aggrandizing way he carried himself, his overall unctuousness — these may very well have been as responsible for his incarceration as the facts in the case.

On the other hand, Joe Neal Jr. walks among us. Not only that, but he’s even going on the local news programs badmouthing his accuser and letting us know that, well, “everyone does it.”

Sort of makes you wonder what Neal’s got that Dean doesn’t.

04OCTOBER2012

Letter to the Editor

Back Kenny Echols for Augusta Commissioner, District 7 At first glance, the Augusta Commission race in District 7 appears to be about one candidate’s identity crisis. His minibillboards dominate the landscape and, most annoyingly, the entrances and exits to every neighborhood in West Augusta.

Then, there’s the now infamous display of bullying and intimidation previously reported in the Metro Spirit.

I’m supporting the other candidate, Kenny Echols. He is, by far, the best-qualified person to serve in our commission seat now that Jerry Brigham is term-limited. And, like Jerry, we elected Kenny to serve three terms (12 years) as District 7’s trustee on the Richmond County Board of Education. Toss in the 10 years that Kenny spent on the Richmond County Board of Health, and you have a man accustomed to dealing with different personalities, resolving tough issues and seeking what’s best for all our citizens.

Kenny has many great attributes: his commitment to our community, to our children’s education and devotion to his family, to name a few. I marvel at his positive attitude, enthusiasm and boundless energy as I, and other volunteers, walk with him through our neighborhoods.

But, it’s what I call the “time factor” that I deem most critical in this race. Now that Kenny has retired as an administrator at GHSU, he is able to devote the extraordinary amount of time it takes to be an active and effective commissioner.

Early voting begins at the Board of Elections office on Monday, October 15. And, in District 7, the poll at the Warren Road Recreation Center will be open for early voting from Saturday, October 27, through Friday, November 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

During the early voting or on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, I ask that the citizens in District 7 go to the polls and vote for Kenny Echols, one of the finest individuals I have ever known.

A vote for Kenny Echols is a vote to put the best-qualified person in our commission seat.

Sonny Pittman Augusta

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Political Chess Todd Akin’s views are excusable as long as he can take a seat away from a Democrat If the Zoroastrian forces of the world were tipped in the balance of good, Todd Akin would have absolutely zero bearing on the lives of most American citizens. But after his “legitimate rape” comments — which, if you agree with, I have no smarmy insult for you, so just go to hell instead — garnered him mountains of free publicity and incurred the wrath of any human being with a functioning mind and soul, this misogynistic blowhard is steadily muscling his way toward the eye of our national dialogue.

This isn’t a tirade against those particular comments, though I will say that anyone sharing Akin’s beliefs is going to be the cause of a lot of Satan’s paperwork. Akin mouth-shat that particular tidbit weeks ago, and we really can’t say anything else about it that sufficiently underscores what a reprehensible human being he is.

No, this is about what has transpired in the weeks since, and how the rest of the GOP is going to come off looking even worse than Akin has. For the record, he looks like a melting Muppet. On the inside, locusts.

First, a little background on Akin. These “legitimate rape” comments are not an isolated incident. Going all the way back to his tenure in the Missouri House of Representatives, Akin has long been a stubborn, to the point of illogical and hateful, social conservative. During his dozen years as a representative in the state house, he voted for carrying concealed weapons, against an increase in education spending and against a bill that would have provided funding for school nurses. In the end, Governor Mel Carnahan, a Democrat, refused to sign the bill because of an amendment Akin had attached, which would have prevented school nurses from providing students guidance on information regarding abortion.

Fast-forward to last year, when Akin said that “at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.” He apologized soon afterward, attempting to clarify his statement by saying that his comment had been directed “at the political movement, Liberalism, and not any specific individual.” To reiterate, Akin confirmed that he was insulting an entire, sizeable demographic of people, and not just an individual or a small group. This thread of logic alone makes Todd Akin unfit to operate a swivel chair, let alone have a say in national politics.

Earlier this year, Akin also declared his opposition to the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Act, a law that helps ensure equal pay for women in the workplace. When challenged on it, Akin responded thusly: “I believe in free enterprise. I don’t think the government should be telling people what you pay and what you don’t pay. I think it’s about freedom. If someone wants to hire somebody and they agree on a salary, that’s fine, however it wants to work. So, the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things has gotten us into huge trouble.”

To Republicans, when the government places sanctions on a woman’s vagina or tries to redefine rape, it is the noble action of moral authority. When the government tries to mandate equal social and civil rights across demographics, or make sure all of its citizens have access to affordable healthcare, it’s gross overreach. Also, in the latter case, substitute the word “guv-mint” for “government.”

But back to Akin and his terribleness. He voted against federally funded school lunches, and said that the student loan program is a “stage-three cancer of socialism.” He has to be hyperbolizing because, eventually, this country is going to have to adopt free — or at least affordable — university education, and he’s already pulled out the “cancer” line. When students start being able to attend college on the country’s dime, Akin’s going to have to call it “stegosaurus AIDS” or something.

Also, you leathery a-hole, I took out loans to get through my last two years of graduate school, and it was the only way I could afford housing, school supplies and lime-shrimp ramen. So you’ll forgive me and hundreds of thousands of other young adults if we get a little miffed at your equating the foundation of our livelihood 6

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to a disease that has probably killed someone we love.

You want numbers? An Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll taken after the comments had lapped news cycles several times over showed that 84 percent of Americans disagree with Akin’s assertions. On August 23, Rasmussen Reports indicated a 10-point lead by Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill, a pretty sharp reversal of numbers in the race up to that point. Yet another Rasmussen poll, released the very next day, showed the previously comfortable lead by Romney over Obama in Missouri state polling had virtually disappeared. As it stands right now, the two are tied nearly neck and neck, within the margin of error.

In Missouri. Where “Winter’s Bone” is set. Where John Ashcroft lost an election to a corpse.

Even a good many Republicans were calling for Akin’s head, or at least his immediate withdrawal from the race.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee threatened to pull their funding. Karl Rove implied a mob hit. Future President of Mitt Romney’s Mind Mitt Romney even released a statement that read thusly: “Congressman’s Akin comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable and, frankly, wrong. Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive.” Never mind that Paul Ryan, by this time named VP candidate, had cosponsored a fetal personhood bill that would have criminalized abortion and some forms of birth control without exception in cases of rape or incest.

But then, the deadline passed for Akin to quit. He didn’t, and now the Republicans are stuck with him. Judging by their tone, you wouldn’t think they’re too broken up about it: “There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein in the role of government in people’s lives, and finally focus on growing jobs in this country, that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Senator Claire McCaskill,” the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s executive director, Rob Jesmer, said in a prepared statement on Wednesday.

Because really, this isn’t about the few remaining principles that the more corporate, moderate Republicans might personally harbor. It’s about power. Akin’s what they’ve got to work with and, with Democratic control of both the White House and the Senate after November 6 a very real possibility, they know they need every seat they can lay their hands on.

Todd Akin doesn’t believe that rape is a thing, that Medicare is a necessity or that women should have any say over their own reproductive process. And you know what?

That would be fine if he were just some random s**thead.

But he’s not some random s**thead — he’s a s**thead in the running for a very powerful position, one that comes with influence and national sway.

Akin may get away with this, but that’s not the worst of it.

The real thing to take away from all this is that Washington Republicans are utilizing him as a mere pawn in a fartherreaching power grab. Women’s reproductive rights, access to affordable care and the right to a good education without having to starve for it… the abolition of these basic needs is, as far as these people are concerned, little more than a nudge across a game board.

JOSHRUFFIN, a Metro Spirit alum, is a published

journalist and poet who just received his MFA from Georgia College & State University. He was once the most un-intimidating bouncer at Soul Bar.

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American Voters Seemingly Have No Clue Take a quick look at the top 10 stories that time.com (as in Time Magazine) listed as the most viewed on their website during a one-hour period on Tuesday of this week: 1. WATCH: Justin Bieber Throws Up On Stage 2. Mona Lisa: Was There More Than One? 3. U.S. Teen Dies After Taking Hallucinogenic Drug, Ayahuasca, in Peru 4. Surgeons Grow a Replacement Ear for Cancer Patient — On Her Arm 5. Seven Crew Members Arrested After Hong Kong Ferry Crash Kills 38 6. Boyfriend Tells Police He Killed College Freshman 7. Oregon Farmer Eaten by Pigs 8. Philadelphia Cop Caught on Video Apparently Hitting Woman 9. Hong Kong Billionaire Offers $64 Million for Man Who Will Marry His Daughter 10. The 10 Coolest Restrooms in America Only one nationally or internationally relevant “hard news” story in the bunch, and that had to do with the horrific deaths of 38 people in a ferry accident overseas. Coming in at No. 25 on the list: “The Motive and the Means: Did Al-Qaeda Stage the Benghazi Attack?”

Justin Bieber tossing his cookies onstage is the top story of the hour; Al-Qaeda pulling off the assassination of an American ambassador under the nose of the White House and the State Department finishes 24 places further down the totem pole. The end of the world is nigh.

This week the senior U.S. senator from South Carolina did generate a few headlines with his insistence that “doomsday” is indeed drawing close on the American ponzi scheme that many refer to as “entitlements.” No shizzle, Sherlock.

Senator Lindsay Graham’s comments at a Chamber of Commerce function in North Augusta may be one of the few times you will hear anything on the topic of “entitlement reduction” anytime soon, because he is not running for office this year. The guys who are running would rather talk about something more politically acceptable... like government funded Pepto Bismol for Justin Bieber.

Graham is not very popular these days for many reasons, so maybe he has nothing to lose by not just discussing, but fully embracing the “third rail” that is entitlement reduction and reform.

Plainly speaking, Social Security and Medicare costs must be brought into line with the reality of the times, and not “protected” by virtue of the life expectancy stats and actuarial tables of the 1950s.

My parents are both 68 years old. Both have been collecting Social Security benefits since age 62. Both could easily live (at least I hope) another 25 years, and, right at this moment, both are as fully mentally capable of holding a job in their primary fields of training as they

ever have been. Despite some problems with their health (which can be largely attributed to the fact that they were both heavy smokers their entire lives), there was no real reason for them to step away from their primary careers when they did. But they did.

They did at age 62, because they were eligible for monthly Social Security benefits, albeit reduced from what they could have collected at a later date, but significant, nonetheless.

I hate to say this, because I want my parents to be as comfortable as the King and Queen of England as they get older, but issuing a Social Security check to a healthy 62-year-old person in 2012 is pure lunacy. Given the state of medical science, once you have made it past the age of 50 (and the chance of dying in an accident drops significantly), trends and studies indicate you are likely to live well into your 80s or 90s. No wonder the plan is broke.

And pity the private pension plans that can see workers put in a full 30 years of service, retire at age 52, and live another 35 years drawing 60 percent of their full salary annually, for five years longer than they actually worked. (That happens in the Georgia Teacher’s Retirement System all the time, and appears to be the gameplan of my wife, who started teaching at the age of 22.) To call the situation “unsustainable” is the understatement of the century. Psychotically suicidal is more like it.

And don’t even get me started on Medicare. While we have indeed managed to outsmart death to the tune of several decades of longer life, that science comes with a huge price tag. Medical bills in the hundreds of thousands of dollars (and more) are routine for Medicare patients, who according to the state of science in the time Medicare was “invented,” should have been long dead.

And I don’t blame expensive futuristic cancer treatments. The cold, hard fact is, a hip replacement for an 85-year-old is very expensive, considering in 1975 it would have cost nothing, because the guy who needed it would have been dead of a heart attack (now preventable) 20 years ago. In 2012, when it comes to “entitlements,” we are running 200 miles per hour on a poorly built four-cylinder engine. It ain’t gonna last much longer.

The two men running for president don’t have the balls to tell you that, but the muchmaligned Lindsay Graham seems to get it. Let’s hope the rest of our leaders do, so we can finally have the “come to Jesus meeting” that has been put off for decades.

AUSTINRHODES

The views expressed are the opinions of Austin Rhodes and do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher.

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T-shirtistas

For local entrepreneurs, it’s not just a T-shirt, it’s a passion

To begin at the very beginning, it started with a double date in McCormick, S.C., which is halfway between Marlee Calloway’s home in North Augusta and where her best friend, Amy Knapp, lives in Greer, S.C. At dinner with their husbands, reading teacher Knapp expressed an interest in the word recessionista, which she’d heard in a news story on NPR. This was back in 2009, when you heard words like that on the radio.

The two couples made a night of it, stringing together any number of istas as the meal went on.

Wineista. Pastaista. Dessertista.

“And then we thought — let’s make T-shirts, because everybody’s into something,” Calloway says.

So they scribbled down the basics on a napkin and drove back to their respective homes.

Most of us have had dinners like that, where we’ve written a good idea down on a napkin and vowed to make it happen. In this case, however, they actually did something with it. A year or so after Napkin Night, What’s Your Ista was an actual company selling an actual product to actual people.

Who paid actual money.

Ista, of course, is a suffix that means something you’re interested in or passionate about, and the two are definitely passionate about their product.

“We’d love to do every ista people can think about,” she says. “We kind of started out with what we know is the most common and we’re now getting a little into niches.”

So far they’ve got about 200 designs covering everything from food (gourmetista, chocolateista) to hobbies (fishingista, gardenista) to causes (conquerista for breast cancer, missionista for churches). Just about anything people are passionate about, they’ve got an ista T-shirt for.

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of healthy foods, and the fact that the pig in the middle is so darn cute.

To balance things out, however, they also have a veganista Each T-shirt has a uniform look, with the passion and the suffix separated by an image.

Chickenista is the word chicken and the suffix ista separated by a chicken. Grillista is grill and ista separated by a grill.

They’re also designed on the conservative side, like the popular Life is Good clothing line, because the world is already plenty gaudy.

“We’re in our 40s and we saw a lot of T-shirts out there that were very clever, and we also saw a lot of T-shirts out there that were very eye-catching and colorful,” she says. “But as a 40-year-old, I want to express my passion with a little jacket out to dinner or around town.”

So they purchased a font — being a wordie, Knapp liked dictionary fonts, which was kind of appropriate, since they were, in effect, creating words — settled on a size and a look and then started to learn about the apparel business.

“It was more like we didn’t know what we didn’t know until we didn’t know it,” Calloway says of their beginning.

Other than the T-shirts themselves, which are made in South America, the rest of the process is basically handled in their split locales. North Augusta’s Communigraphics prints the shirts and a North Carolina company serves as their distributor.

The company itself, located in Greer, has no employees other than Calloway and Knapp.

According to Calloway, going into business with her best friend made a strange kind of sense.

“I always felt like we’d come up with a business idea to do together,” she says. “We’re similar, yet different enough where her strengths support my weaknesses and vice versa.”

Has the business put a stress on their friendship?

“No,” she says. “Because it’s just T-shirts. No one’s going to die if their T-shirt doesn’t arrive on time, or no one’s going to die if we get a bunch of shirts

and we asked for yellow, but got orange. We’re disappointed and, okay, we’re out some money, but it’s not a pacemaker. Thank God it’s not a pacemaker.”

Though the shirts have made it into some retail outlets, most sales come from their website, whatsyourista.com, and from festivals.

“On our website, you can see all the istas at one time,” Calloway says. “At a festival you can see all the istas at one time. At a store, you’ll only see one or two, and if you only see one or two in isolation, you wouldn’t think — oh, my sister loves golf. Or martinis.”

That’s the beauty of the idea. It’s a clothing line with as many variations as there are passions.

Last year they went to 32 festivals similar to Arts in the Heart, but they didn’t actually go to Arts in the Heart. Their application was rejected two years in a row.

No matter. The women found another festival that same weekend and hit the road.

“The benefit to doing festivals is that you don’t know who’s going to walk into that booth,” she says.

“You’ve got people who go to festivals because there’s nothing else to do in that town, but you also have people who are looking for stuff or a new product.”

Which brings up a question — since it’s such a simple idea, aren’t they worried that someone bigger could come in and shoulder them out?

“We’re a little guy, what can we do?” Calloway says. “We have as much trademark protection as we possible could, but they can still take it and steal it if they want to. We just hope they’d do the honorable thing and buy us out.”

Buying them out would allow them to move on to the next thing, and when you’re an entrepreneur, there’s always a next thing.

Which makes the fact that they’ve applied to be on the popular business-themed reality show “Shark Tank” all the more intriguing. There’s no telling what might happen, or where they might go from here.

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Celebration of Flight Skyfest brings more than thrills to the area

Greg Connell The 20th Annual Boshears Skyfest promises to wow audiences with its daredevil flight demonstrations and fiery ground performances, but the popular air show wasn’t always so dramatic. Begun as a simple fly-in to celebrate the legendary Boshears Brothers, Augusta’s first family of aviation, it grew over time into one of the most recognized air shows in the region, thanks in large part to the guidance of Brad Kyzer.

Kyzer, a licensed pilot for 40 years, has been in charge of the air show for the last 11.

“When I got involved in the committee, I ended up being chairman, and that’s one of those jobs you have to die to get out of,” he says. “Fortunately, I haven’t done that yet.”

While some of the changes, like the addition of more dramatic acts, are unmistakable, others are much easier to overlook, though certainly no less central to the spirit of the show itself.

Ultimately, though, the show has always been a celebration of aviation and its history in Augusta.

That history goes back nearly to the dawn of aviation. The Wright brothers had a winter flying field down around Sand Bar Ferry not too long after they figured out how to fly, and the Army Air Corps had their field out there where they trained

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their pilots long before WWII. In fact, Hap Arnold, the pilot who ended up commanding all Army Air Forces in WWII, got his wings in Augusta. So, too, did members of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders, who flew B-25 medium bombers off the deck of the USS Hornet in the first U.S. air strike on the Japanese homeland.

During WWII, both Daniel Field and Bush Field played a part in military aviation.

Besides highlighting the history, the show has evolved into something very community minded.

“We’ve tried to broaden it to be really inclusive,” Kyzer says. “We started giving kids 12 and under a free ticket and encouraging them to come because we wanted the kids in this area who couldn’t otherwise get to see an air show or be involved in aviation or know about it to come out regardless of their economic means.”

Kyzer is proud of the diversity he sees at the show these days. Many, he knows, would not be able to see an air show if it wasn’t affordably in their own hometown.

Another part of the change is the scholarship program.

“We’ve really tried to encourage aviation in the community,” he says. “We give three scholarships a year for young people between the ages of 16 and 20 to begin earning their license, and if they begin and show some passion for it and do what they’re supposed to do, we go ahead and fund them to get a private pilot’s license.”

These days, getting a private pilot’s license can

run around $6,000. Previous winners have gone on to fly in the military or have moved into commercial flying jobs.

According to Tony Gay, who handles much of the operations and logistics for the show and who, like Kyzer, is a past Aviator of the Year recipient, the emphasis on youth extends to the running of the show itself. Boy Scouts are allowed to camp at the show in exchange for keeping the grounds clean, and the Youth Challenge out of Fort Gordon helps set the field up and then tear it down.

“Youth Challenge helps us, and for that they get to be our guests at the show on Sundays,” Kyzer says. “That’s a really good partnership that helps us and gives them an opportunity to do some things, too.”

They also work with the Wounded Warrior Project. Each air show Sunday, the Wounded Warriors are honored in the VIP tent as the guests of honor.

Despite the help and the volunteers, the show isn’t easy to put on. According to Gay, it’s a yearlong process.

“We have the airs show in October,” he says.

“Then we usually take November off and meet in December for a debrief, and from there, we start meeting once a month in January until the next air show.”

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Serving the People

Well-known Coliseum Authority attorney hopes to make the jump to the Commission Ed Enoch says that although many of the people he meets on the campaign trail are unsure whether or not there’s yet another election between now and the November 6 general election, he’s confident the weary public has what it takes to gear up one more time. “I think it just kind of tuned people in,� he says of the high-intensity primaries and runoffs. “It’s a presidential election year, and people always get fired up for that, but you’ve got some historic elections again, too — the opportunity to reelect the first African-American president, and Richmond County may elect its first African-American sheriff. I think folks are going to be fired up.�

And though he admits the commission candidates had a difficult time dealing with the uncertainty about whether their elections were going to be in July or November, he says he’s glad with the outcome. “I think that county commission and local elections really bear more in everyday life than the big elections,� he says. “People get excited about the big elections, but who your sheriff is and who your county commissioners are and who runs your school board — they are a lot more directly important.�

Though the commission run marks his first real campaign, it’s far from his first foray into politics. Like opponent Mary Davis, who ran Mayor Deke Copenhaver’s last mayoral campaign, Enoch was also a campaign manager, running State Senator Hardie Davis’ campaign. “I learned that with a local election, it’s all how many people you met and how many people got to know you,� he says. “If they know you, they’ll vote for you. You’ve got to do the other stuff, but ultimately, people need to hear from the folks who are going to represent them.�

As the Coliseum Authority’s attorney through many of its most headline-grabbing years, Enoch started the campaign with considerable name recognition, and while some have been critical of his time with the authority, lumping him in with the dysfunctional board, Enoch insists his role was never controversial. “My job was to be their legal representative and keep them between the lines, and in the 10 years that I’ve represented them, we’ve never had any journalist file any complaint for not having open meetings or not complying with a request,� he says. “My job was to make sure they got the legal part right.�

Some, however, continue to think that he could have done more to steer the board away from some of its more embarrassing chapters. Not surprisingly, he does not agree. “I wasn’t even the parliamentarian,� he says. “I ended up making a lot of parliamentary rulings over there, and I can tell you there were a number of years where I didn’t go to those meetings without Roberts Rules of Order, but my job was to make sure that whatever they decided to do was legal for them to do it and that it was done legally. Whether they decided to hire somebody or not hire somebody — the policy decisions weren’t mine to make. I wasn’t an appointed official.�

Enoch, who grew up in Memphis, spent 10 years on submarines as a nuclear power plant operator, but with the nation’s nuclear program stalled after the accident at Three Mile Island, he decided to switch gears, choosing to follow his love of economics into the legal profession. “I have a degree in economics and a degree in law, and right now we don’t have an attorney sitting on the commission,� he says. “Bringing those critical thinking skills and those negotiating skills — that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 15 years. Bringing people together. Negotiating deals. Making things happen.�

It’s that kind of leadership he says Richmond County voters are looking for. “I think consistently what you hear is that folks want a county commission with a different dialog, or a different way of dealing with each other and approaching issues,� he says. “We’re going to have some new voices, and people want to hear how you’re going to deal with that.�

His practice represents small businesses, and he’s passionate about the role small businesses play in the Augusta economy. “I firmly believe that local entrepreneurs are the thing that will bring growth to this city,� he says. �It’s great that Starbucks and the Club Cars and the EZ-Gos are here, but what we really need are some entrepreneurs that stay here.�

Keeping small businesses in the area means upgrading their relationship with county agencies, he says. “Every small business needs to deal with city government, and we need to make sure that they have a yes experience instead of a no experience, because so often what I hear from my clients is that the first answer frequently is no and then you have to kind of get to yes. What we ought to be saying as a county government is, yeah, let’s figure out how to make that work.�

He brings up food trucks, which are popular elsewhere, but faced some difficult hurdles getting started here. “I think as a commissioner, the way you do that is hold people accountable,� he says. “The commission hires the department heads and the administrator. You look to those folks to say, ‘How do we serve our people?’�

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Making His Case

Mr. Smith wants to go to Atlanta… again experience in these realms, they’re disinclined to want to talk to you as a policy maker, but if they know you’re steeped in these areas of professional expertise, not only do they call you back, but they’ll seek you out, and that’s kind of what’s been happening to me.”

“Primarily, they’re looking at job security and new A former air traffic controller in the Air Force, Smith jobs,” he says. “And career changes.” put in several years on the Aviation Commission, where As a senior executive strategist for Savannah River he was part of the group arranged for the new terminal Nuclear Solutions, Smith sees the way the new economy to be built. has changed the workplace and he wants to help the “Legislators have to have some business acumen to region keep pace. really, truly craft policy, extrapolate what’s necessary “I’ve been working within the school system to for a region and to bring that into a worldwide initiative make sure that our young people understand that right here in our area,” he says. what companies and corporations are looking for now It comes down to leadership. are critical thinkers,” he says. “They’re not simply “Leadership is about compassion, and when you’re doing what we did 30 years ago, which is looking for compassionate and you have a vision, you can put these people who have degrees in accounting or business things together and really make some things happen,” management. They want someone who really and truly he says. has some technological expertise.”

Making things happen — more specifically, the lack He points to the expansion of Plant Vogtle, the of making things happen — is one of the things Smith’s changes at SRS and the new combined university to opponent, Republican David Hopper, is running on. highlight the magnitude of these changes and the impact Accusing him of simply filling the seat vacated by they will have on the region. He says his understanding Hardie Davis when he left the House to run for State of these changes makes him a more dynamic candidate Senate, Hopper alleges Smith has accomplished little of to the movers and shakers interested in investing in the value during his time in Atlanta. community.

Smith disagrees.

“I talk to quite a few of CEOs, and CEOs will talk to “I don’t believe in trying to get frivolous legislation you if they think you kind of get what they’re actually passed just to say, ‘I got this passed,’” he says. “But I looking for,” he says. “If you really don’t have an co-sponsored a bill this past session that affects everyone

When Democratic State Rep. Earnest Smith is out campaigning for the District 125 seat, he talks to people who are worried about their futures.

in Georgia — the Whistleblowers Protection Act, which means that if you’re an employee and your employer is doing illegal activities and you blow the whistle on them, they can’t retaliate against you.”

Smith says the bill a long time coming.

“It was a hole that we needed to fill because when you see the downgrading of the lawsuits and the amounts that claimants can receive for the lawsuits because of the tag that’s put on them of frivolous — it’s been detrimental to the actual people who were really getting hurt, which were the employees. So we had to put something in place that would really help everyone.”

Aside from that, Smith says he found some of the other legislation passed during the last session disappointing.

“I don’t think the immigration bill was a good bill for the state, because it’s hypocritical,” he says, singling out the E-Verify language. “I’d like to see it shelved and start back over and do it the right way.”

He also isn’t happy with the drug testing requirement attached to female welfare recipients, saying evidence shows that women on welfare aren’t the ones typically with drug problems.

“If you want welfare women and women on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to take a drug test, how about we ask the leadership of the state to step up to the plate and lead by example,” he says.

“Why don’t we take a drug test once a year? That was summarily voted down.”

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Switching Gears

DeTeau rides out of Sports Council and into top spot at Columbia County’s CVB won’t be having my hands on it completely,” he says.

“It will be bittersweet.”

Going from a logistics and operations person to a marketing person is a big transition, and one that promises a few difficulties along the way.

“I think I will acclimate well to it,” he says. “And I Not only did the ESi Ironman 70.3 go off without hope I do an excellent job, but at the same time it will a hitch and not only did his relay team end up on be different because when I go out and meet with event the podium and not only did he have the fastest bike owners, I may be able to bring some expertise to the split of all the cyclists in the relay, but Monday he table in terms of how the event is brought here and was announced as the new executive director of the planned for, but once it’s here, I’m not really going to Columbia County Convention and Visitors Bureau. have the operational role that I’ve had in the past.”

“To be able to set the tone for the way the county DuTeau replaces Beda Johnson, who resigned last moves forward in terms of how we promote the county is really exciting,” says DuTeau, an Evans resident. “I’m fall, and he inherits a CVB that seems almost perfectly really looking forward to broadening my scope, and I’m tailored for his background.

“If you look at what facilities are already in existence grateful for the opportunity.” in Columbia County, the majority really are geared He might be looking forward to the new job, but more toward sports and recreation,” he says. seven years is a long time, and he admits he will miss Starting with the mega ramps at Wildwood Park and being a part of the club he leaves behind. extending to the soccer fields at Blanchard Woods and “I love those folks,” he says. “There’s no way that the new tennis courts planned for the Lakeside area, such a small staff can work together in such close the county has definitely showed a commitment to quarters and so tightly under sometimes some pretty intense conditions and not have a true appreciation and recreation facilities that can be leveraged into outside programming. fondness for each other.”

In November, Blanchard Woods will host the NCAA Next year’s Ironman stands to be especially difficult.

Div. II Soccer Championships, and the commission “I will play some role in the event next year, but I

All in all, it’s been a pretty good couple of days for the Augusta Sports Council’s Randy DuTeau.

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recently approved the addition of an $800,000, 9,000-square-foot skateboard and BMX facility at the park.

“I’m really fortunate to step into it, because it’s not like I’m just starting in and trying to build something up from scratch,” he says. “We’ve got the infrastructure in place and we already have some outstanding relationships in place.”

For years, Columbia County’s Community and Leisure Services has served as a form of its own Sports Council, and DuTeau has a long and fruitful experience working with them.

“When we did the National Cycling Championships last year, the role those guys played with the National Time Trial Championship was huge,” he says.

The fact that he has so many relationships — in his role at the Sports Council he also worked closely with the Augusta CVB — fits into his philosophy of inclusion.

“The region is better served through collaboration,” he says. “They see that and we as a sports council saw that, and now me being in the role with the CVB of Columbia County — we’ve got the existing relationships and we’re all really eager to more forward.”

DuTeau will start transitioning to his new position the week of October 22, right after the Georgia-lina Bike Summit.

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Was That A Neutrino?

The Bomb Plant played an important role in the Cold War The year was 1949. The world was still in transition after World War II. As the only country in possession a nuclear bomb, the United States started flexing its muscle as the world’s sole superpower. In August of 1949, with the help of a network of atomic spies operating in the U.S., the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first atomic weapon. A few months later, Chairman Mao and the Communists took over mainland China. These events lead the White House to exclaim a collective “oh, sh**�, and after a letter from President Truman to the president of DuPont Company, the Savannah River Site was born.

Or at least, that’s how Walt Joseph, the executive director of the SRS Heritage Foundation, tells it while speaking to the Rotary Club of Augusta this past week (well, not exactly‌ I added some stuff). The Savannah River Plant (aka the Bomb Plant) played a crucial role during the Cold War era. The Savannah River Plant is one of the few places in the world that manufactured weapons-grade plutonium and other nuclear materials. The site provided this service for nearly 40 years, and today the site continues to be our country’s source for tritium.

The Savannah River Site is also a great source for trivia!

Quick Party Fact — What was one of the primary reasons that lead to the selection of the current site for the Savannah River Plant? It was not, as some speculate, its proximity to the James Brown estate, although I do understand that many commuters from Columbia County enjoy listening to the Godfather

during their daily commute. In reality, the Atomic Energy Commission desired a location that was out of the range of Soviet bombers.

Another Quick Fact — In order to establish the site, approximately 6,000 residents and 6,000 graves were relocated from the incorporated communities of Ellenton and Dunbarton and the unincorporated communities of Hawthorne, Meyers Mill, Robbins and Leigh. While these residents scattered throughout the CSRA, many moved into the new town of New Ellenton.

Quick Fact No. 3 — Being on the leading edge of nuclear technology in the 1950s, the Savannah River Site attracted the world’s leading nuclear researchers. The most significant research performed at the site (that we know of) is the discovery of the neutrino in 1956 by Fred Rienes and Clyde Cowan.

The neutrino’s existence was predicted by theoretical models, but had never been detected during an experiment. Almost 40 years later in 1995, the pair received the Nobel Prize for their accomplishment.

Quick Fact Finale — During the 1980s and 1990s, the Savannah River site began creating plutonium fuels suitable for nuclear reactors or, to be specific, radioisotope thermoelectric generators, in space. In total, Plutonium produced at SRS has powered 26 space missions, including the Galileo mission to Jupiter, the Cassini mission to Saturn and the Ulysses mission to study the sun’s poles.

So the next time you see an up-close picture of Jupiter, go ahead and pencil in “Powered by the CSRA.�

Until next time, I’m off the grid @gregory_a_baker.

GREGORY A. BAKER, PH.D, is vice president and chief rocket scientist for CMA, which provides information technology services to CSRA businesses and nonprofits.

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Life on the Line

One of Westobou Festival’s most intriguing events involves the appearance of high-wire walker Philippe Petit

At 7:15 a.m. on August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit embarked on what has become known as “the artistic crime of the century,” when he illegally performed a high-wire walk between the yet to be completed twin towers in New York, then the world’s tallest buildings. The walk took more than six years of planning and was the subject of Petit’s book “To Reach the Clouds,” which gave way to the documentary “Man on Wire.”

For those not familiar with Petit’s artistry, one might wonder why he would be possessed to do something as crazy as cross the sidewalks of New York 1,350 feet in the air on a one-inch wire.

“If you read my book ‘To Reach the Clouds,’ which the movie ‘Man on Wire’ was taken from — and if you see the movie, I think, in a sense there is no answer,” explained Petit, during a phone interview last week. Here I was, a young wire walker, and I decided to impose myself, so to speak, by walking places illegally — Notre Dame in Paris, Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia and the New York twin towers.”

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It was a mix of passion and a dash arrogance — and it was a very personal thing. It was not to become rich and famous,” he laughed, “which I’m still not.”

Passion is one thing, but to seemingly defy gravity also requires a confidence and skill that the majority of people in this world do not possess. But fear is not something that Petit considers very often, if ever.

“I do not fear,” he admitted. “I am probably too focused on what I am doing, and also because fear is an expression of not knowing. We are fearful of the unknown and I know my wire. Maybe not as well at the time as I know it now — you know 50 years later — but I don’t see anything risky in it.”

Not risky?

“I mean, it’s dangerous, of course,” Petit clarified. “If I put my feet one minute in one way, I will lose my life. I know I cannot do such big mistakes — putting my feet in the wrong place — so there is no fear. But at times before, during or after a performance — very often after — I look at what I have done and I feel shocked, almost in fear at the enormity of the impossibility of what I have just done. But actually before and during, I don’t really have doubts. Very few times in my life have I thought, ‘Is this too big for me? Am I going to make it?’ But usually I know I am perfectly safe.”

The walk between the twin towers occurred in 1974, but

it was only turned into a full-length documentary in 2008 after Simon Chinn decided to pursue the film rights to Petit’s book. Eventually, Petit agreed.

“I have been approached throughout dozens of years by dozens of people wanting to do a movie,” explained Petit, “and somehow I never said yes. Maybe because inside me there was this dormant moviemaker who wanted to do his own movie. But that’s a very naïve concept for me to have, so finally I said yes. It was purely a personal feeling. I felt safe in this man’s ability to take my story and to involve me in a creative way in making a film.”

Petit’s trust, like his feet, proved well placed. “Man on Wire” won the Academy Award in 2008 for best documentary, and the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival that same year. Not only is Augusta fortunate enough to have the opportunity to see a screening of “Man on Wire” in conjunction with this year’s Westobou Festival, but Petit himself will conduct a talk after the movie.

“My presentation is centered about the World Trade Center adventure,” Petit said. “Many many people have seen the documentary ‘Man on Wire,’ and quite a few people have read my book, so why should they come to this evening to hear about it? Well, my statement there is 04OCTOBER2012

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Philippe Petit on…

What motivates him “One day I should write the story of my life, and when you read it, you will see that the motivation needs to be extracted from an entanglement of many passions, many interests that I had in my young life. You know, maybe from [age] 6 to 16 I did an extraordinary area of activity. Some were, you know, proposed by my parents and some were individually my choice and I think these brought me to the state of wanting to be an active poet in life. And there’s no better line to walk on than to become a wire walker. It’s my entire childhood life that brought me to choose theater and to choose a very strange stage for an actor — a very narrow stage, a very dangerous stage in the eyes of the onlooker.” actually [that] there are so many things I couldn’t put in my book, and so many things that were not shown at all in the film. I am going to share with the audience things maybe they’ve never seen or heard before, and also I am going to reenact, by my presence, what happened between the towers and answer in a different way the question, ‘What were you thinking up there?’ So I think even if you read the book and even if you saw the film, you must come.”

“Man on a Wire” ASU’s University Hall room 170 Friday, October 5 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Free The First Step: A Conversation with Philippe Petit about “Man on a Wire” ASU’s Maxwell Theatre Friday, October 5 7 p.m. $25 706-755-2878 westoboufestival.com

Whether he’s done and what’s next “Yes, if I look at the resume of my life, I see all those walks, all those films, plays, books… many, many things I have done and drawings and speaking languages and venturing in so many places that fascinates me, so it seems like that. But actually for me, it’s more the opposite. I feel sometimes I have done nothing. All my projects are still hanging.

You know, I need to meet the right engine of the arts to write the check to make it possible. So I still do all of what I do — the street juggling, the magic, the high-wire walking and the writing, everything. It is almost increasingly harder, maybe it’s the way we live now, for an artist like me to really form all the time and that’s basically what I want to do. So no, I have not stopped at all; I have not achieved it all. I have achieved, in my opinion, very little of what I want to do. I have millions of projects and I am ready to start tomorrow morning on my next walk, my next film, my next book, and some of it is happening. I have a book in the making called “Why Knot?” and it is about the art of tying knots. I just finished this book and it’s going be out in spring of next year. And I am jumping on another book right now about creativity, so I have many activities, projects in the making. I know exactly what I’m doing and I’m very busy trying to do it.”

BOX THIS INFORMATION SOMEWHERE PLEASE The Westobou Festival continues through October 7. For more information on other events, visit westoboufestival.com.

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Save the A

Seriously, just put a damn sign in your yard

If you’ve been living under a rock, and don’t know what the “A” is, let me help you out. A is for Augusta. Your city.

As you have hopefully heard, the Board of Regents decided that Augusta’s not an important part of the state university located on Walton Way. They don’t believe that Augusta is a nationally or internationally recognized place. Even though we, the taxpayers, paid for a survey that proved otherwise. That survey also showed that the overwhelming majority wanted Augusta somewhere in the name.

As a matter of fact, University of Augusta was the top choice.

When I was in Ireland this summer, and we told people we were from Augusta, not a single person said, “Oh, Maine?” The responses were things like, “I’ve always wanted to go to Georgia,” or “oh! Golf!” But golf isn’t all we have.

This isn’t about stopping the consolidation. It’s just about making sure our city is part of the name. We are the second largest in the state, after all. The people behind Save the A are quick to thank the governor and the Regents for their efforts so far. We can have a top-notch research university right here in Augusta.

Hell, I’m pretty sure we do already.

Why should you care? I know, I know. There are many, many bigger fish to fry.

This doesn’t affect you. You weren’t a student. You don’t live near the university.

However, this is a cause that we can all get behind. Seriously. If you don’t care, why can’t you just pretend you do? Who will it hurt? Can you remember the last time so many different people, with different politics and beliefs, got behind the same thing? It doesn’t happen often. We should run with it.

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Besides, someone’s suing us. I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna be sued. Did you just say, “Oh, they’re not suing you, Jenny”? Who the heck do you think is going to pay for the legal fees? I’m no attorney, but I’ll bet they ain’t coming from Azziz’s checking account. That’s right, folks. We paid for the useless survey, and unless we do something fast, we will also fund a big fat lawsuit. Regent University in Virginia is prepared to sue for trademark infringement.

What’s going to happen if we just ignore it? You may think it’s not that big of a deal if the Regents win with their silly GRU name. If we have an unattractive university, our town will suffer. It’s true. Those of you who like to do nothing but complain about Disgusta and how much it sucks around here will realize just how bad it can be. ASU (New U? GRU?) brings students from almost every state in the U.S., not to mention the over 60 countries represented in the student body. Many of those kids stay to work or get advanced degrees.

Thanks to some local businessmen with some sense (and cents), what started as a few college students and some concerned citizens has grown in to a full-fledged movement. Get moving.

See, it is simple. Save the A. Do your part. There is a petition, and you should sign it. Visit savethea.com , and enter your information. It’s free. Share the link on Facebook and Twitter. That’s free, too. You can get a sign for your yard. No charge. It won’t tell anyone if you’re Democrat or Republican. You won’t have to tell people that you’re voting for this friend and not the other. It doesn’t matter if you’re straight or gay. All it says about you is that you care about your town and its future. Just put a damn sign in your yard! If you need a sign, you can visit Phoenix Commercial Printers on 11th Street. Free as well! Don’t have a yard?

Those aren’t free. We have car stickers, too! Don’t have a car? Well, the sticker, um, sticks to things.

We can get in to more facts and figures and blah, blah, blah, but let’s face it: Georgia Regents University is a stupid name. The Regents may not think so, but what do they know? I guess I can’t fault them. I might like a school with my name on it, too. If Save the A doesn’t work out…

JENNYWRIGHT lives in Summerville with her husband, who she calls The Man, and two kids, who she affectionately calls The Boy and The Girl. She enjoys taking photos, cooking and playing tennis.

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Lonnie Holley Reception and Sculpture Dedication is Saturday, October 6, from 3-4:30 p.m. at Paine College’s Warren A. Candler Library. It will be followed at 5 p.m. by a performance by Holley in the college’s Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Paul Brown of the Discovery Channel’s “Auction Kings” (pictured at right with the rest of the cast) visits the Evans Towne Center Park on Saturday, October 6, for the Columbus Day Antique & Ar t Festival. Held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the event also features ar ts and crafts, games, demonstrations, live enter tainment, food by the ItalianAmerican Club, a mini farmers market presented by local hobby farmers and more. Call 706-312-7194 or visit columbiacountyga.gov.

Richmond County as part of the Westobou Festival. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Lonnie Holley Exhibit of found-item art shows at the Old Academy of Richmond County through October 7 as part of the Westobou Festival. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Celebrate Creativity, including workshops, art sale, free exercise classes, a raffle for private art lessons and more presented by the Aiken Artist Guild, is Saturday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Family Y. $30; $25, Family Y members. Visit aikenartistguild.org.

Wonderland, works by sculptor Karen Rich Beall and painter Claire Ellen Corey, shows through October 6 at the Center for Arts and Heritage in North Augusta as part of the Westobou Festival. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Day Trip to Columbia, S.C, to visit the Columbia Museum of Art and tour the Mark Rothko exhibit, is Wednesday, October 10, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and also includes visits to the Center for Contemporary Art and Gallery 80808.

Members, $35; non-members, $45. Pre-registration required. Call 706724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

Works by Troy Campbell show at Sky City during October. An opening reception will be held First Friday, October 5, from 8-10 p.m. Visit skycityaugusta.com.

The Morris Museum of Art offers free admission through October 14 in honor of its 20th anniversary. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

Day of Art, hosted by the North Augusta Artists Guild, is each Tuesday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Arts and Heritage Center and includes a group of artists painting in the center who will answer questions or allow visitors to join in. Call 803-441-4380 or visit artsandheritagecenter.com.

Exhibitions

October Exhibitions at the Aiken Center for the Arts include The Artisans of the South Carolina Cotton Trail, Lila Campbell and Joseph Bradley in the main gallery, the ACA Summer Camp Show in the Brooks Gallery and Bill Updegraff in the Aiken Artists Guild Gallery. An opening reception for all the exhibitions will be Thursday, October 4, from 6-8 p.m. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterforthearts.org.

Annual Quilt Exhibition shows through December 31 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. An opening reception will be held Sunday, October 7, from 3-5 p.m. $5, adults; $3, seniors and military; $2, children. Pre-registration required. Call 706-724-3576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.

Re: Noun, An Exhibition of Persons, Places and Things, a thematic group exhibition featuring works by Louise Belcourt, Holly Coulis, William Christenberry, Drew Galloway, Lonnie Holley, Scott Ingram, Ashley Kauschinger, Vivien Maier, Vee Speers, Katherine Taylor, Dayna Thacker and Angela West, shows through October 7 at the Old Academy of 04OCTOBER2012

Printed Matter by sculptor and mixed media artist Joe Sanders shows in ASU’s Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art until October 19. Visit aug.edu.

The Whiskey Painters of America annual exhibition shows through October 31 at the Zimmerman Gallery. Call 706-774-1006 or visit zimmermangalleryaugusta.com.

City of Dust: Photographs by John Mulhouse shows at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-834-9742 or visit augustaphotofestival.org.

Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel shows through December 2 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

A Sense of Place, the 32nd annual juried fine art competition and exhibition, shows through October 12 at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Call 706-722-5495 or visit ghia.org.

Leonard Porkchop Zimmerman: Love Stories shows through October 12 in the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art’s Creel-Harison Community Art Gallery. Call 706-722-5495 or visit ghia.org.

Elizabeth Moretz-Britt and Beth H. Jones Exhibit is on display through October 26 at Sacred Heart Cultural Center. Call 706-826-4701 or visit sacredheartaugusta.org.

The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston, including 60 oil and watercolor paintings, pastel drawings, etchings, drypoints and lithographs, shows through October 28 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-7247501 or visit themorris.org.

Tying the Knot, a display of wedding dresses and accessories from the late 1800s to the 1960s, now shows at the Augusta Museum of History. Call 706-722-8454 or visit augustamuseum.org.

Music

Six Hands, Thirty Fingers, part of the Westobou Festival’s Chamber Series, is Thursday, October 4, at noon at St. John United Methodist Church. Free.

Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Janelle Monae, Maceo Park, Fred Wesley & the New JBs and Funk You perform at the Parade Grounds at the Old Academy of Richmond County on Thursday, October 4, at 5 p.m. as part of the Westobou Festival. $30, advance; $40, gate; $75, VIP; $550, VIP table. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

The Fresh Beat Band performs at the Bell Auditorium Thursday, October 4, at 6:30 p.m. $29-$119. Call 877-4AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix.com.

ASU Chamber Orchestra performs as part of the Westobou Festival’s Chamber Series on Friday, October 5, at noon at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Joyce Lynn and Khirstin perform Friday, October 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Augusta Canal’s Moonlight Music Cruise. Participants are invited to bring snacks and beverages on the hour and a half canal cruise. $25. Call 706823-0440 or visit augustacanal.com.

Impressions, featuring flutist Angela Massey, clarinetist Taylor Massey and pianist Carol Cook, is Saturday, October 6, at noon at ASU’s Maxwell Theatre. Presented by the ASU music department, it is part of the Westobou Festival Chamber Music Series. $5. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Boyd Jones performs on both organ and harpsichord as part of the Westobou Festival on Saturday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John United Methodist Church. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Tara Scheyer and the Mud Puppy Band performs Sunday, October 7, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library as part of the Westobou Festival.

Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Pianist Alexander Schimpf, presented by the Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society, performs Sunday, October 7, at 3 p.m. at ASU’s Maxwell Theatre as part of the ASU Lyceum Series. $25; $7, children. Call 706-667-4100 or visit aug.edu.

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Swanee Quintet 73rd Anniversary Concert, also featuring the Mighty Clouds of Joy, the Canton Spirituals, Lee Williams and the Spiritual QCs, Keith Wonder Boy Johnson, Doc McKenzie & the Hi-Lites, Darrell McFadden & the Disciples, the Legendary Singing Stars and the Sensational Nightingales, is Sunday, October 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. $28, advance; $33, day of show; $10, kids ages 3-12; free, kids ages 2 and under. Call 877-4AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix.com.

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Live, featuring Russian and Slovak Folk Music by Via Romen, is Tuesday, October 9, at noon at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church. Lunch by Crums on Central follows. Concert, free; lunch, $10 by advance reservation. Call 706-722-3463 or visit tuesdaysmusiclive.com.

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Gregg Allman performs Wednesday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. $35-$45.50. Call 877-4AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix.com.

Literary

Swamp Book Swap and Shop is Saturday-Sunday, October 6-7, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Phinizy Swamp Visitors Center. All environmental, science and nature books are $1 or participants can bring a book to trade. Call 706-828-2109 or visit naturalsciencesacademy.org.

Jim Duzak, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mid-Life Divorce and the Rebirth of Commitment,â&#x20AC;? will read from his book and sign copies on Saturday, October 6, at 3 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org.

Porter Fleming Literary Competition Awards Ceremony is Saturday, October 6, from 5-7 p.m. at the Morris Museum of Art and will included readings by selected winners. A wine reception will follow the ceremony.

Free. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Author Jarrett Krosoczka visits the Headquarters Branch Library as part of the Westobou Festival on Sunday, October 7, at 2:30 p.m. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Sara Hobbs Book Signing is Sunday, October 7, at 4 p.m. at the Old Academy of Richmond County as part of the Westobou Festival. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Words and Wine with the Kovac Brothers, a book discussion and wine tasting, is Sunday, October 7, at 5 p.m. at the Parade Grounds of the Old Academy of Richmond County. $15. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

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Nook tutorials at Barnes and Noble in the Augusta Mall are each Saturday beginning at noon, followed by a Nookcolor tutorial at 12:30 p.m. Free. Call 706-7370012 or visit bn.com.

Dance

De Trace: Parkour Performance is Saturday, October 6, at 2 p.m. at the Parade Grounds of the Old Richmond Academy as part of the Westobou Festival. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

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L.A. Dance Project performs as part of the Westobou Festival on Saturday, October 6, at 8 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre. $75. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com.

Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater, presented by the Aiken Performing Arts Group, performs Thursday-Friday, October 11-12, at 8 p.m. at the URS Center for the Performing Arts. $40, adults; $20, students. Call 803-648-1438 or visit apagonline.org.

Christian Singles Dance, a smoke-, alcohol- and drug-free event for those ages 40 and over, is each Saturday night at the Ballroom Dance Center in Evans.

Dance lessons start at 7 p.m., and the dance begins at 8 p.m. No partners needed. $8, members; $10, guests. Visit christiandances.org.

Tango Night is every Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m., at Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad Street. Call 706-504-3431 or visit casablancatime.com.

Belly Dance Class is every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Euchee Creek Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-556-0594 or visit ecgrl.org.

Augusta International Folk Dance Club meets Tuesday nights from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Augusta Ballet Studio on 2941 Walton Way. No partners needed. First visit free. Call 706-399-2477.

Theater

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Witness for the Prosecutionâ&#x20AC;? shows October 4-6 at the Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre, with dinner at 7 p.m. and the show beginning at 8 p.m. $25-$40. Call 706793-8552 or visit fortgordon.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Oz,â&#x20AC;? an Aiken Kidney Benefit event, shows Friday, October 5, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, October 6, at 3 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, October 7, at 3 p.m. $25, adults; $20, seniors and children 13 and younger. Call 803-648-1438 or visit aikenkidneybenefit.com.

Auditions for the Augusta Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol: The Musicalâ&#x20AC;? are Monday-Tuesday, October 8-9, for children and adults. Call 706-8264707 or visit augustaplayers.org.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man on a Wireâ&#x20AC;? shows as part of the Westobou Festival on Friday, October 5, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University Hall room 170. Free. Call 706-7552878 or visit westoboufestival.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;State of the Unionâ&#x20AC;? shows Friday, October 5, at noon at the Morris Museum of Art as part of the Films on Friday series. A discussion, led by museum Director Kevin Grogan, follows the movie. Participants are invited to bring a lunch. Free. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

The First Step: A Conversation with Philippe Petit about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man on a Wireâ&#x20AC;? is Friday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maxwell Theatre. Sponsored by the ASU film series, tickets are $25. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Playground,â&#x20AC;? a documentary, shows Saturday, October 6, at 8 p.m. in the old ARC Courtyard as part of the Westobou Festival. Free. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Fine, Thanksâ&#x20AC;? shows as part of the Westobou Festival Sunday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre. $10. Call 706-755-2878 or visit westoboufestival.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louder Than a Bombâ&#x20AC;? shows as part of the ASU Film series on Monday, October 8, at 7 p.m. Maxwell Theatre. $3. Call 706-667-4100 or visit aug.edu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbusâ&#x20AC;? shows Tuesday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Free. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survivor: Living Above the Noise,â&#x20AC;? a documentary about human trafficking, shows Tuesday, October 9, at 7 p.m. at USC-Aikenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business and Education Buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gym. $25, movie, pre-screening VIP reception at 6 p.m. and panel discussion; $15, screening and panel discussions; $7, seniors and students. Call 803-392-7095 or email imangroup@ gforcecable.com.

Special Events

The Augusta State University Gala, featuring a concert with Wycliffe Gordon and reception, is Thursday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. at ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maxwell Theatre. $30.

Call 706-667-4100 or visit aug.edu.

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Curious George on Friday, October 5, from 10:1511 a.m. at the Jessye Norman Amphitheatre. Other events include a life choices teen maze on Saturday, October 6, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Glynn Hills High School gym (registration required); a Family Festival and Education Fair on Sunday, October 7, from 1-5 p.m. at the Augusta Common; and a parade on Sunday, October 7, at 2 p.m. on Broad Street between 7th and 11th streets. Call 706-721-1869 or visit augustapartnership.org.

Border Bash 2012 is Friday, October 5, at the Augusta Common, with gates open at 4 p.m. The event features live music from Cowboy Mouth and the Joe Stevenson Band, as well as pep rallies with the USC and UGA cheerleaders, vendors, tailgate games and more. $10, advance; $15, day of; free, kids 12 and under, free. Limited VIP tickets available online.

Visit borderbash.net.

First Friday is Friday, October 5, from 5-9 p.m. on Broad Street in downtown Augusta between 7th and 12th streets and features live entertainment, food, shopping, art exhibitions and more. Call 706-8264702 or visit augustaarts.com.

First Friday Inshop Tasting is Friday, October 5, from 5-8 p.m. at Wine World in North Augusta and features six wines. $5, with a $3 rebate upon the purchase of one of the featured wines. Call 803-279-9522 or visit wineworldsc.com.

Third Annual First Friday Zombie Walk, a family friendly event, is Friday, October 5, at 6:45 p.m. and begins at Springfield Park, 12th and Reynolds.

Participants are invited to dress up in zombie gear.

For more information, visit Zombie Walk Augusta at facebook.com.

Columbus Day Antique & Art Festival, featuring guest speaker Paul Brown of the discovery Channel’s “Auction Kings,” is Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Evans Towne Center Park. The events also features arts and crafts, games, demonstrations, live entertainment, food by the Italian-American Club, a mini farmers market presented by local hobby farmers and more. Call 706-312-7194 or visit columbiacountyga.gov.

24th Annual St. Mary’s Chocolate Festival is Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Fairfield Street in downtown Aiken and includes carnival games, pony rides, concessions, baked goods, plants, a blood drive, a frozen casserole sale, used books and videos, pet adoptions, trash and treasures and chocolate. Live music by Southern Conduct begins at 12:30 p.m. Call 803-640-0356 or visit stmarysschoolaiken.com.

Fourth Annual Pagan Pride Day Celebration is Saturday, October 6, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta. The event includes information tables on Paganism, speakers, crafting workshops, movement workshops, entertainment and will end with a public harvest ritual.

Visit paganpride.org.

The Corner Pumpkin Patch at Marvin United Methodist Church is open Sunday, October 7-Wednesday, October 31. Hours are Monday-Friday, noon-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Call 706-863-0510 or visit marvinchurch.com.

Wine Tasting is Monday, October 8, at 6 p.m. at the General Elliott Inn in Aiken. Italian food and wines will be featured. $30, with pre-registration required. Call 803-642-8108 or visit generalelliottinn.com.

Oktoberfest at Fort Gordon begins Thursday, October 11, from 4-10 p.m. at Barton Field with a family carnival. Events continue through October 14. Carnival: $10-$20. Call 706-791-6779 or visit fortgordon.com.

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Saturday from 1-6 p.m. Call 706-922-9463 or visit vine11.com.

Apres Market walking tour of downtown art galleries meets Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Augusta Market at the River. The tour, which lasts until 5 p.m., includes live painting, children’s reading hours, demonstrations and discounts. Visit artistsrowaugusta.com.

The Augusta Market at the River is every Saturday through October 27 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the 8th Street Bulkhead and features produce, arts and crafts and more for sale, as well as live music and entertainment. Call 706-627-0128 or visit theaugustamarket.com.

Health

Mobile Mammography Screenings, offered by appointment, are available October 4 at Aiken Fiberglass Yarn, October 6 at Dillard’s in the Augusta Mall, October 8 for City of Augusta employees, October 9 at Tuscany Spa in Evans, October 10 at Home Depot on Bobby Jones and October 11 at Edgefield Medical Center. Appointments can be made from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. Call 706-774-4145 or visit universityhealth.org.

Center for Women Tour is Thursday, October 4, from 7-8 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Pre-registration required. Call 706-651-2229 or visit doctorshospital.net.

Weekend Childbirth Education Class is Friday, October 5, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org.

Short and Sweet, a weekend childbirth education class, is Saturday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 7, from 1-5 p.m. at Doctors Hospital.

Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-6512229 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Breast Cancer: Reduce Your Risk with Foods You Love, a seminar led by Dr. Robert Pendergrast, is Saturday, October 6, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the conference room of new Life Natural Foods. Free and open to the public; pre-registration required. Call 803-279-6019 or 803-279-8031.

Breast Self-Exam Class is Monday, October 8, at 4 p.m. at University’s Breast Health Center. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-4141 or visit universityhealth.org.

Nutrition and Cancer: The Power of Prevention is Tuesday, October 9 from 11 a.m.-noon at GHSU’s Cancer Center. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-721-0507 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Total Joint Replacement Education Talk is Tuesday, October 9, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free, but preregistration required. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Spine Education Class is Tuesday, October 9, at 3:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctorshospital.net.

Childbirth Education 101 is Tuesday, October 9, from 6-8:30 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Free, but pre-registration required. Visit trinityofaugusta.com.

Childbirth Preparation Class meets Tuesdays, October 9-30, from 7-9:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org.

Childbirth Tour is Tuesday, October 9, from 7:308:30 p.m. at GHSU’s Medical Center. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.

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Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know, a seminar and dinner, is Thursday, October 11, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the North Augusta Municipal Building.

Free, but pre-registration required. Visit universityhealth.org.

Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Orientation is every Monday at 6 p.m. and Tuesday at 2 p.m. at University Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heart & Vascular Institute (Classroom 3). Call 706-774-5548 or visit universityhealth.org.

Bariatric Seminar is Thursday, October 11, from 6-7 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Adapted Wii Special Populations available by appointment at the Wilson Family Y, and feature individual ½-hour classes for physically and developmentally challenged individuals of all ages. $10, members; $20, non-members. Call Claudia Collins at 706-922-9662 or visit thefamilyy.org.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center Tour is Thursday, October 11, from 7-9:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-7742825 or visit universityhealth.org.

Weight Loss Surgery Seminar is Thursday, October 11, at 7 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-7212609 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Babies, Bumps and Bruises, a childcare and infant CPR class, is Thursday, October 11, from 7-9 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-651-2229 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Saturday Mammograms will be available at GHSU between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in October. Register by calling 706-721-9729 or visit georgiahealth.org/ breasthealth.

Child Safety Seat Inspections and Car Seat Classes, sponsored by Safe Kids East Central, are offered by appointment at either the Safe Kids Office or Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth. org/safekids.

Joint Efforts, presented by Trinity Hospital of Augusta, meets every Thursday from 11-11:45 a.m. at Augusta Bone and Joint, and features a free seminar about knee and hip pain, treatments, medication, food and exercise. Call 706-481-7604 or visit trinityofaugusta.com.

Infant CPR Anytime Learning Program will be held Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the first floor information desk (west entrance) of Georgia Health Sciences University. Visit georgiahealth.edu.

Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson Disease Aquatics Class meets every Monday and Friday at noon at the Wilson Family Y. Free for members; $3 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Call Claudia Collins at 706922-9664 or visit thefamilyy.org.

Support

and caregivers. Call 706-829-0370 or visit wrh.org.

Cancer Survivor Support Group meets Thursday, October 11, from 6-7 p.m. at Augusta Oncology Associates. Call 706-651-2283 or visit doctorshospital.net.

PFLAG, a support group for LGBT people and their parents, family, friends and allies, meets Thursday, October 11, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta. Call 803-645-1436 or visit pflag.org.

Amputee Support Group meets Thursday, October 4, from noon-1 p.m. at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. A clinic follows at 1 p.m. Call 706-823-8504 or visit wrh.org.

Beyond the Bars is a support group for those with incarcerated loved ones. For more information about meetings, call Gerry Nail at 706855-8636.

Pink Magnolias Breast Cancer Support Group meets Monday, October 8, at 6:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-774-4141 or visit universityhealth.org.

Diabetes Youth Support Group meets quarterly. For more information, call 706-868-3241 or visit universityhealth.org.

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Breast Cancer Support Group meets Monday, October 8, at 7 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-774-4141 or visit universityhealth.org.

Cardiac Support Group meets three times a year. For more information on meetings, as well as for pre-registration, call 706-774-5864 or visit universityhealth.org.

Caregiver Support Group meets Tuesday, October 9, from 3-4 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Call 706-651-2283 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Adult Sexual Assault and Rape Support meets for group counseling. For more information, call 706-724-5200 or visit universityhealth.org.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk Cancer meets Tuesday, October 9, from 5:30-7 p.m. at GHSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer Center. Call 706-721-0550 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Narcotics Anonymous meets Fridays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Visit na.org.

Diabetes Support Group meets Tuesday, October 9, from 6-7 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

AA meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Centersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aurora Pavilion, and includes an open discussion. Call 800-322-8322 or visit aikenregional.com.

OB/GYN Cancer Support Group meets Tuesday, October 9, at 7 p.m. Call 706-821-2944 for location.

ALS Support Group meets Thursday, October 11, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at GHSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Office Building. Call 706-721-2681 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Breast Cancer Support Group meets Thursday, October 11, from 12:30-2 p.m. at GHSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer Center. Call 706-721-4109 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Brain Injury Support Group meets Thursday, October 11, from 6-7:30 p.m. at NeuroRestorative Georgia. Open to survivors and their family members

Burn Support Group meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Doctors Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lori Rogers Nursing Library, JMS Building. All burn survivors, and their families and friends are welcome. Call Tim Dorn at 706-6516660 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Moms Connection, a free support group for new mothers and their babies, meets Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences Building 1010C. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.

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Word Class is Thursday, October 4, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.

Common Cents, a six-week budgeting class, meets Thursdays beginning October 4 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $15. Call 706-3645762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Active Parenting a Teen, a six-week parenting class, meets Thursdays beginning October 4 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $15. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

What Our Earliest Memories May Tell Us, a psychology lecture series event presented by Dr. Jenelle Slavin-Mulford, is Friday, October 5, at noon at ASU’s University Hall, room 170. Call 706-667-4620 or visit aug.edu.

Adopt a Stream Chemical Monitoring Workshop is Saturday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Reed Creek Park. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-421-8639 or email reardonmp@hotmail.com.

American Sign Language Plus Class, for students who have completed the basic course, meets Tuesdays, October 9-December 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at GHSU’s Medical Center. $55. Pre-registration required. Call 706721-6929 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Intro to Computers is Tuesday and Thursday, October 9 and 11, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.

Word I Computer Class is Wednesday, October 10, at the Headquarters Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-821-2604 or visit ecgrl.org.

Basic Computer Bootcamp Part I is Wednesday, October 10, from 10 a.m.3:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.

Intermediate Sign Language Class meets Wednesdays, October 10-December 5, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. $40, with

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Word Processing Basics, a two-session class, meets Thursdays, October 11 and 18, at 10 a.m. at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org.

The Joy of Signing meets each Thursday from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

GED Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-8212600 or visit ecgrl.org.

7:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Historical Museum and includes a wine tasting, food, entertainment and more. $30. Call 803-642-2015 or visit aikencountyhistoricalmuseum.org.

Salvation Army of Augusta Auto Auction is Saturday, October 6, at 10 a.m. at the Salvation Army’s Greene Street location. $5 registration fee to bid.

Call 706-826-7933 or visit salvationarmycar.com/auction.

Karma Yoga is offered at Just Breathe Studio, downtown Aiken, each Friday at 10 a.m. and is free if participants bring a donation of a personal item, which will be given to the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. Call 803-648-8048 or visit justbreathestudio.com.

Free Tutoring for all ages, offered by ASU’s Literacy Center, is available by appointment Mondays-Thursday, from 4-8 p.m., at the center at 1401 Magnolia Drive. Appointments required. Call 706-737-1625 or visit aug.edu.

Sports-Outdoors

Work Networking Group is held each Monday from 8:30-10 a.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta. A networking and informational meeting for anyone looking for a job, the group meets in room 206 of the Asbury Building and is facilitated by career and business professionals. Call 803-279-7525 or email doctor@pritchardgroup.com.

Bike Swamp Saturday is Saturday, October 6, from 9:30-11 a.m. at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. Helmets required and children 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Free; pre-registration required for large groups. Call 706-828-2109 or visit naturalsciencesacademy.org.

Computer classes are offered every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.

ESL classes are offered every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Headquarters Branch Library (Third Floor Writing Lab). Pre-registration required. Call Charles Garrick at 803-279-3363 or visit ecgrl.org.

Intermediate Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 2:30-4 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.

Beginner’s Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 4-5 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.

Benefit

Banksia Comes to Life at Night, a benefit for the Aiken Mid-Day Lions Club’s scholarship/educational fund, is Thursday, October 4, from 5:30-

Jaguar Invitation men’s and women’s cross-country meet is Friday, October 5, at 5:15 p.m. at Blanchard Woods Park. Call 706-737-7925 or visit aug.edu.

Fall Scavenger Hunt at Aiken State Park is Saturday, October 6, from 11 a.m.-noon. Families should bring a camera for a chance to win 20 percent off a camping weekend or a discount in the park store. Call 803-649-2857 or visit southcarolinaparks.com.

ASU Jaguars volleyball team plays Lander on Saturday, October 6, at 3 p.m. in Chistenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

Run United 5K Race, sponsored by the Aiken Electric Cooperative and benefiting the United Way of Aiken County, is Sunday, October 7, at citizens Park with check-in at 2 p.m. and the run/walk beginning at 3 p.m. $25. Call 803-649-6245 or visit aikenco-op.org.

Couch to 5K at the Wilson Family Y, a six-week program for beginner and intermediate runners and walkers to prepare of the Y’s Gasping Gobbler 5K on November 17, begins October 9, with sessions available at 6 a.m. or 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. $15, members; $30, non-members.

Pre-registration required. Visit thefamilyy.org.

Adaptive Golf Clinic, designed to assist those with life-changing illnesses

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registration required. Visit thefamilyy.org.

Zumba Sentao and Zumba classes meet every Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Recreation Center on Jefferson Davis Highway in Graniteville, S.C. $6 per class, with coupons available.

Call 706-627-1767.

Wheelchair Tennis is each Monday at 6 p.m., weather permitting, at the Club at Rae’s Creek. Free and open to the public. Call 706-826-5809 or visit alsalley@ wrh.org.

Augusta Canal Boat Tours lasting one hour are offered Monday-Saturday at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30, 3 and 4:30 p.m. All tours include admission to the Augusta Canal Interpretive Center. Call 706-823-0440 or visit augustacanal.com.

October Exhibitions at the Aiken Center for the Arts include The Artisans of the South Carolina Cotton Trail, Lila Campbell and Joseph Bradley, whose work is pictured here, in the main gallery, the ACA Summer Camp Show in the Brooks Gallery and Bill Updegraff in the Aiken Artists Guild Gallery. An opening reception for all the exhibitions will be Thursday, October 4, from 6-8 p.m. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterforthearts.org.

or injuries relearn golf, is Tuesday, October 9, from 10 a.m.-noon at First Tee of Augusta. Call 706-826-5809 or email alsalley@wrh.org.

Adult Yoga Class is Tuesday, October 9, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.

Kroc Trotters Running Group, for those ages 16 and

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The Augusta Fencers Club is open five nights a week from 5:30-9 p.m. and most Saturday mornings from 10 a.m.-noon. Visitors always welcome. Call 706722-8878.

Thursday Night Chain Reaction Ride begins at 6 p.m. each Thursday at Patriots Park in Grovetown. For intermediate to fast-paced cyclists, who average 25-32 miles. Participants should bring their own water and helmet. Call 706-855-2024 or visit chainreactionbicycles.net. older, meets each Tuesday and Thursday at the Kroc Center to run the trails of the Augusta Canal. Free, members; $15, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

The Augusta Rugby Club holds weekly practice sessions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Larry Bray Memorial Pitch, 100 Wood Street in Augusta, adjacent to the Augusta GreenJackets’ stadium at Lake Olmstead. Experienced rugby players

and newbies ages 18 and up are welcome, and those interested should bring a pair of cleats (cross trainers will work) a mouthguard, gym shorts and a T-shirt.

Visit augustarugby.org or Facebook under the Augusta Rugby Club heading.

BlazeSports Swim Team, for all ages of physically challenged swimmers who want to train for competition, meets at the Wilson Family Y. $35 a month, members; $50 a month, non-members. Pre-

Riverview Disc Golf League meets each Thursday at 6 p.m. at Riverview Park in North Augusta. $5 entry fee and $1 ace pool. Call 803-215-8181 or visit augustadiscgolf.com.

Road Bike Ride meets each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Andy Jordan’s Bicycle Warehouse downtown for an approximately 25-mile ride at a moderate to fast pace.

Front and rear lights, as well as a helmet, are required.

Call 706-724-6777 or visit andyjordans.com.

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Guided Trail Rides at Hilltop Riding Stables at Fort Gordon are available Saturdays at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Sundays at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and noon; and Wednesday-Friday at 11 a.m. with reservations 24 hours in advance. All trail rides are on a first-come, firstserved basis, and participants should arrive 30 minutes prior to the trail ride starting for sign in procedures. $23-$30. Call 706-791-4864 or visit fortgordon.com.

Chess Club meets Saturday, October 6, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Solar System Adventure Tour is Saturday, October 6, at the DuPont Planetarium, with show times and 7 and 8 p.m. Call 803-641-3654 or visit rpsec.usca.edu/planetarium.

Artrageous! Family Sunday: Symphony Petting Zoo, including handson demonstrations of different instruments, performances by ASU Conservatory members and a musically inspired craft, is Sunday, October 7, from 1-4 p.m. at the Morris Museum of Art. Free. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

Zumba with Sohailla is every Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at the Ballroom Dance Center in Evans. Call 706-421-6168 or visit zumbawithsohailla. blogspot.com.

Saturday Historic Trolley Tours are Saturdays from 1:30-3:15 p.m. at the Augusta Museum of History. Reservations required 24 hours in advance. $12. Call 706-724-4067 or visit augustamuseum.org.

Lakeside Rideouts at Hilltop Riding Stables at Fort Gordon are each Sunday beginning at 1:30 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. The ride, which begins at 2 p.m., is a two-hour guided ride to Wilkerson Lake. $45-$50.

Call 706-791-4864 or visit fortgordon.com.

Children’s Week Story Time is October 9-11 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and features local celebrities as guest readers. Pre-registration required. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Halloween Craft Workshop, for ages 6-11, is Wednesday, October 10, at 1 p.m. and Thursday, October 11, at 4 p.m. at the Columbia County Library.

Pre-registration required. Call 706-447-7657 or visit ecgrl.org.

Weekly Group Runs include the Monday Metro Run meeting at Metro Coffeehouse at 6 p.m.; Monday Intervals meeting at the Family Y track on Wheeler Road at 7 p.m.; the Tuesday Nacho Mama’s Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday’s Blanchard Woods Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday Stay in Shape Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday’s Post Office Hill Training Run at 7 p.m.; Thursday’s Homer Hustle at 6 p.m.; and Saturday’s Stay in Shape Run at 8 a.m. For more information, visit augustastriders.com.

Study Hall for teens meets Wednesdays, October 10-31, from 3-5 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl. org/teens.

Hott Shott Disc Golf is each Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Killer B Disc Golf, 863 Broad Street, and features games and prizes for all ages and skill levels. $2. Call 706-814-7514 or visit killerbdiscgolf.blogspot.com/p/hott-shott.

Portman’s rock band student concert is Thursday, October 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.

Kids-Teens

What’s in the Box: Make a Mini Model, an activity hour for kids and parents, is Thursday, October 4, from 10-11 a.m. at the Morris Museum of Art. Free, members; $4, non-members. Pre-registration required. Call 706724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

Kids Night Out, for those ages 2-12, is Friday, October 5, from 6-10 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Dinner is included. $15, members; $20, non-members.

Pre-registration required. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Lego Club for those in grades K-5 meets Thursday, October 11, from 4-5 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Legos supplied by the library. Call 803642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org.

YA@AL Ghost Story Contest is accepting submissions online and at the library October 1-19. Call 706-821-2600 or visit surveymonkey.com/s/ JWMDR7N. Kroc Tots Activity Hours, for those 5 and under, meets every Friday from 9-10 a.m. at the Kroc Center. Free, members; $1, non-members. Call 706364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Homeschool PE Time, for those elementary school aged, meets MondayFriday, from 9-11 a.m. at the Kroc Center. Free, members; call for nonmember prices. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Storytime in the Gardens is each Tuesday in October at 4 p.m. at Hopelands Gardens behind the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Local senior adults will read children’s books and each family who attends will receive a free book. Blankets, chairs, drinks and snacks are welcome. If the weather is bad, storytime will move to inside the Weeks Activities Center.

Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Preschool Story Time (ages 2 and under) is every Wednesday at Headquarters Branch Library at 10 a.m. KinderCare Story Time (ages 3-6) is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Group registration required. Call 706-8212600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Groups of six or more must pre-register. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Friedman Branch Library. Groups of six or more must pre-register. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Wallace Branch Library. Preregistration required. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is each Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Maxwell Branch Library.

Pre-registration required. Call 706-793-2020 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time at the Columbia County Library is each Tuesday at 10:15 and 11 a.m. for those under 2; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10:15 a.m. for 2-year-olds; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. for preschoolers; and Wednesdays for families with kids of all ages. Call 706863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time at the Euchee Creek Branch Library, for all ages, is each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Call 706-5560594 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Harlem Branch Library. Call 706-556-9795 or visit ecgrl.org.

Ceramics Class, for ages 14 and up, meets Mondays at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m., Tuesdays at 6 p.m., and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in the Weeks Ceramics Center. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

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Toddler Time, free play for children ages 5 and under, is each Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Wacky Wednesday Story Time is each Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the children’s department of Barnes and Noble in the Augusta Mall. Call 706-737-0012 or visit bn.com.

Story Time is every Wednesday at Appleby Branch Library from 10:05-10:20 a.m. for toddlers 18 months-35 months, and from 10:30-11:15 a.m. for preschoolers ages 3 and up. Parent must stay with child. Call 706-736-6244 or visit ecgrl.org.

Story Time is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. for Pre-K, and either 11 or 11:30 a.m. for preschoolers at Aiken County Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org.

Story Time is every Wednesday from 10:30-11 a.m. for toddlers and 11:15-11:45 a.m. for preschoolers at North Augusta Branch Library. Call 803-279-5767 or abbe-lib.org.

Seniors

Senior Luncheon featuring guest speaker Rev. Nathaniel Irvin, who will talk about his experience attending Haines Normal & Industrial Institute, is Wednesday, October 10, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. $10, with pre-registration required. Call 706-724-3576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.

Silver Sneakers, a senior exercise class, meets each Wednesday and Friday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Savvy Caregiver, a class for seniors, meets Tuesdays through October 9 from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Free. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, a class for seniors, meets Wednesdays through October 17 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Free. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Games for Seniors at the Weeks Center in Aiken include Rummikub each Thursday from 9 a.m.-noon, Mahjong each Thursday from 1-4 p.m., Bridge each Friday from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Bingo each Tuesday at 9 a.m., Pinochle each Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and Canasta on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Silversneakers I is offered Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11:15 a.m., while Silversneakers Yogastretch is offered Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m. at the Weeks Center in Aiken. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Ceramics Class is offered at 9 a.m. on Mondays or Wednesdays and 6 p.m. on Mondays or Tuesdays at the Weeks Center. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Fit 4 Ever is offered at the Weeks Center in Aiken on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10-11 a.m. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Line Dancing is each Tuesday at the Weeks Center in Aiken at 10 a.m. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

Yoga I and II are offered at the Weeks Center in Aiken on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:45-9:45 a.m. and on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov.

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Southern France, a cooking class led by Chef Charleen, is Tuesday, October 9, from 6:30-9 p.m. at Countersync on Riverwatch Parkway. Participants will learn recipes from each region and the class will include wine matches and samples. $40. Call 706-831-0276 or visit chefcharleen.com.

Belly Dancing Classes are held Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 706-722-6275 or visit ecgrl.org.

Spiritual

Gospel Sing featuring the Dixie Echoes Quartet and the Byrd Family Gospel Singers is Friday, October 5, at 7 p.m. at Bible Fellowship Church. Free, but a love offering will be taken. Call 706-922-5314.

Fall Revival is Monday-Thursday, October 8-11, at 7 p.m. at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The public is welcome to the event, which features guest speaker Rev. Anthoni McElrath of Green Grove Baptist Church. Call 706-793-2235.

Sunday activities at the Kroc Center include an adult Bible class at 9:30 a.m., youth Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., and a worship service at 11 a.m. Free. Call 706364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Volunteers

United Hospice of Aiken, which covers Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Barnwell and Allendale counties, needs volunteers to visit with patients or work in the office.

Training is provided. Call 803-641-0060 or email kathibault@uhs-pruitt.com.

Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services is seeking volunteer advocates for Richmond, Burke, Jefferson and McDuffie counties. Advocates answer crisis calls and respond to hospitals in their area within 30 minutes. Call 706-774-2746 or email volunteerrcsas@ uh.org.

MACH Academy is looking for volunteers to provide tutoring, academic support and mentoring services during fall after-school sessions held MondayThursday from 3:30-6 p.m. Call 706-796-5046, email mparks37@comcast.net or visit machacademy.com.

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Hospice Care of America’s Augusta office needs administrative and patient care volunteers. No experience necessary; training will be provided. Call Rich Boland at 706-447-2626 or email rboland@ msa-corp.com.

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Elsewhere

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Raku Burn and Fall Festival at the Little Red Barn Gallery in Barnwell, S.C., is Saturday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and includes food, handcrafts and more.

Call 803-541-7900 or visit pawprintpottery.biz.

Healing Springs Country Store Fall Festival is Saturday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Blackville, S.C., and includes vendors, food, entertainment and more. Call 803-284-3377.

18th Annual Sassafras Festival is Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. in Burnettown, S.C., and includes a parade, crafts, car and truck show, carnival, cake and pie contest, food vendors, entertainment, a street dance and more. Call 803-593-2676 or visit burnettown.com.

Thursday Nights at the High, a special event at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, offers half price tickets from 4-8 p.m. each Thursday. A guided tour is offered at 6:30 p.m. Call 404-733-4200 or visit high.org.

If you would like to see your organization’s events listed in our calendar, please email Amy Christian at amy@themetrospirit.com.

The deadline for each Thursday’s issue is the previous Friday at noon.

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Better Than Ever

Take it easy? Gregg Allman says no thanks.

A word of advice: Don’t ask Gregg Allman why he still tours, and don’t even dare suggest that maybe he’s earned the right to take it easy.

“I am taking it easy,” said the 64-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend from New York City, a little more than a week before he is due to bring his tour to Augusta’s Bell Auditorium. “I love what I do. And retire? Why would you retire? That’s like retiring from Disneyland.”

Allman has definitely had one of the greatest careers in modern music history. One of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, he’s also had a successful solo career, was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and garnered No. 70 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list.

From “Whipping Post” to “Midnight Rider,” Allman has penned some of the most instantly recognizable songs in the last 40 years of popular music and the Allman Brothers Band’s “At Fillmore East” is widely considered the best live album ever recorded.

But with great highs also came great lows. From his brother Duane’s death in 1971 and his struggles with alcohol and drugs to six marriages and a recent liver transplant, Allman’s adult life hasn’t always been a day at Disneyland.

“I think if I had it all to do over again, I would have steered very, very clear of any drugs or alcohol,” he said when asked about his biggest regret. “It’s a shame that you want to change anything about your life, but I would definitely change that.”

But hand in hand with his biggest regret is his proudest moment.

“It would probably be getting into the Hall of Fame because, that same day, I quite drinking, smoking, snorting… everything. Even cigarettes,” he said. “I did it all in one fell swoop and I’m still off everything. It’s been 18 years.”

Allman said he’s replaced those destructive extracurricular activities with some more constructive ones. Riding his motorcycle continues to be one of Allman’s favorite pastimes, and he said he’s got his eye on a nice little two-lane road that runs between his home in Richmond Hill and Statesboro, one he and his buddies are sure to hop on during some upcoming free time.

Allman’s other hobby might strike some as very un-rock star-ish.

“This is going to sound geekish and mundane, but I collect old gold coins,” he laughed. “I bought one about a year and a half ago for $725 and I just sold it for 23 grand. It’s a really neat thing. You try to find the most unpopular, which means they didn’t print many of them, and go for those. Ten thousand is a small number. It’s not real time consuming and it’s not hanging on the computer all day.”

He also admits a fondness for checking up on the careers of his children.

Son Devon plays with the Royal Southern Brotherhood and daughter Layla fronts a band.

“They’re called Picture Me Broken,” he said. “Strange name. Well, you know, it’s 30 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

hard to name a damn hound dog. I mean, what’s in a name? But she sent me the CD and I listened to it and thought, ‘Wow. That is one of my offspring.’ I love it!”

Allman doesn’t have much time these days to indulge in his hobbies. He’s too busy touring and rehearsing for upcoming shows. Those shows, such as the one at the Bell, will feature a mix of his Allman Brothers Band and solo work, including some blues classics he recorded for last year’s “Low Country Blues.”

“We just had a big, long rehearsal at my house near Savannah most of last week,” he said. “We learned a bunch of new songs, some that I have written and some that other people have, and we’ll be playing a selection of it all. And the band sounds real good, better than ever. This is the first time, just recently, that I have felt that I’m really nicely in recovery from all that surgery. I’m really starting to feel like my old self now, only better.”

Even though the transplant surgery was two years ago, Allman said doctors are still keeping a close eye on him.

“My numbers check out perfect,” he said. “It really worked and they really did a spectacular job of it. The new liver likes me.”

Fans still like Allman too, which is a good thing since he doesn’t show signs of stopping anytime soon.

“I am so blessed for having this passion that I have for music and, coincidentally, it pays the bills,” he said. “You see these people — the majority of them, I would say — trudging back and forth to work. Another day, another dollar, and I’ve never had to do that. Everybody should be just as happy at work as they are at play.

“Retiring? No, I don’t think so.”

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Adam Sandler’s second highest debut... guess it helps if you don’t have to look at his real face.

RANK

TITLE

WEEKEND GROSS

TOTAL GROSS

WEEK #

LAST WEEK

1

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

$42,522,194

$42,522,194

1

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2

LOOPER

$20,801,522

$20,801,522

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3

END OF WATCH

$7,812,077

$25,980,710

2

1

4

TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE

$7,277,385

$23,473,347

2

3

5

HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET

$7,122,347

$22,193,316

2

2

“Looper”

SAMEIFLING

Loopholes in the time-travel plot? Not enough to make you sorry you saw this one.

In about 30 years, according to “Looper,” we won’t yet have time travel, though we will have designer drugs that we apply with droppers directly onto our eyeballs, and a few people will have starter-kit-grade telekinetic powers. Thirty years beyond that, however, there will be time travel, albeit controlled by organized crime.

When the mobsters of the future want someone whacked cleanly, they bind them, toss them into a time machine and ship ‘em back in time, where assassins called loopers stand ready to pull a trigger at a designated hour and location. The bodies are disposed of and never found, because who ever thinks to look for a corpse 30 years in the past?

In an interview with io9, writer/director Rian Johnson likened time-travel movies to magic tricks that need to withstand scrutiny only in the instant of the performance. It was his way of apologizing in advance, maybe, for any inevitable plot holes arising when you’re slinging characters across space and time, and killing off different versions of them along the way.

But “Looper” benefits from enough internal consistency to hold the whole shebang together as a creative, grisly, nerdpleasing ride stuffed with ample sick thrills, even for a dystopian visions of timetraveling assassins.

Key to the plot is the conundrum when an assassin is sent back to be shot by his own younger self (“closing the loop,” in the parlance). Early on, an assassin played by Paul Dano comes crashing into the home of our hero assassin, Joe, played by a darkly dashing Joseph Gordon-Levitt, explaining that he just couldn’t shoot his future self. But the criminal syndicate — headed, with villainous insouciance, by Jeff Daniels, of all people — doesn’t abide loose ends.

Dano’s sad-sack assassin is apprehended and held, and soon the old assassin, on the lam, is reading instructions that are carved as scar tissue on his arm. Soon after, his fingers start vanishing. When someone is holding the you of the past, it’s a cinch that they can pretty much get you to do whatever they want.

The crux of the action comes when Gordon-Levitt has to face down his future self, played by Bruce Willis, who is a cool future self to have just so long as he doesn’t beat you unconscious when you’re supposed to shoot him in the chest, per your job description. Soon a twisted manhunt is afoot: Joe aims to kill Old

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Joe, the mob tries to kill the both of them and Old Joe tries to head off his own crappy fate by finding and capping the future’s most feared criminal kingpin, known only as the Rainmaker, who happens to be a child in the very same city as our overlapping manhunts.

One possible young Rainmaker is a little boy (a precociously freaky Pierce Gagnon) at the farmhouse of an ax-swinging Emily Blunt. The second half of the film runs future-rustic, as your time-traveling mindbender fare collides with menacing boonies. Should you shoot a kid who’s going to become a monster?

Should you kill your future self if it means saving your life right now? Honestly, does it really make any sense to have loopers assigned to shooting themselves?

Does Gordon-Levitt’s prosthetics make him look like a young Bruce Willis or just botoxed?

And then, like that, it all wraps. Maybe it is sleight of hand, but maybe Johnson is onto something more enduring. For all its flash and bang, “Looper” transcends mere parlor trick — or, at the very least, maintains that heady illusion until the end.

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COMEDY

“Pitch Perfect,” rated PG-13, starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp. Think “Glee,” made into a movie. In other words, 112 minutes of your worst nightmare.

“The Oranges,” rated R, starring Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney, Adam Brody. Two friendly families, one prodigal daughter and a scandalous affair. Sounds hilarious! But it’s got Gregory House in it, so it can’t be all bad.

“Butter,” rated R, starring Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde.

A quirky little comedy about a butter sculpting contest and the competitiveness it brings out in a town’s local residents.

ACTION

“Taken 2,” rated PG-13, starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace. Okay, if you saw the first one (or even if you didn’t) you know that Neeson’s daughter is kidnapped and he goes through less than normal channels (ahem) to get her back. Any guesses what the plot of the new one is? Here’s a hint: It looks like his wife gets snatched this time around and Liam Neeson, at 60, is still a badass. There.

You’re up to speed. You’re welcome.

FAMILY

“Frankenweenie,” starring the voices of Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau. Only Tim Burton would make an animated family movie about a dearly departed family dachshund named Sparky. And for your twisted sense of humor, Mr. Burton, we thank you.

THRILLER

“The Paperboy,” rated R, starring Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron. Director Lee Daniels’ long-awaited follow up to “Precious” features Nicole Kidman peeing on Zac Efron.

We kid you not. How this has anything to do with an investigation of death row inmates in Florida, and the women who love them, we have no idea.

HORROR

V/H/S, rated R, starring no one you know and directed by 13 different people. An anthology of scary stories based upon found VHS footage.

DOCUMENTARY

“Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare,” rated PG-13. What can be done to save the U.S.’s broken medical systems?

These filmmakers think they have an answer.

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Beyond Fast Casual

Laziza Mediterranean Grill celebrates first anniversary

Laziza Mediterranean Grill looks very much the same on the outside as it did when it opened a little more than a year ago. Walk inside and you still may only notice subtle differences: the small market of Mediterranean products up front and the hookah products available for purchase toward the back, maybe.

Owner Nader Khatib, however, is going into his second year of business having already made some significant tweaks to his already winning business model. And more changes, he said, are on the way.

A close look at the menu reveals minor adjustments: new items have appeared, such as spicy chicken shawarma (their already delicious shawarma tossed in a chili sauce) and Laziza feta fries with garlic chili sauce.

And lamb, a staple of the Lebanese style of Palestinian food that Khatib hopes to re-create in a traditional manner, is finally on the menu.

“We didn’t start off with the lamb because to do it right, it is very labor intensive,” Khatib explained. “So we waited until we were comfortable with our core menu before we added it.”

That’s welcome news to the many customers who he said requested it. Also welcome to families are the platters now available for two or four people that 38 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

include salads, hummus, a variety of kebabs and falafels and drinks.

“With the family platters, customers are getting more food and more variety,” he said. “It’s a full meal and they can just pay one price for everything.”

One of Khatib’s most ambitious plans for Laziza, however, isn’t on the menu. Whereas once he thought he might add a second location, he now has plans to do something a little more… mobile.

“We’re currently exploring starting a food truck,” he said. “We’re researching getting one and, hopefully, taking it different places like downtown and Aiken. It would have a smaller menu, but the gyros and chicken shawarma would definitely be keepers.”

So why a food truck instead of second location?

“A food truck has low overhead, low startup costs and, if it doesn’t work, we can just park it,” he explained. “And it allows us to test out new markets.

If we get a good response in Aiken, for instance, or North Augusta, we might consider opening another location in one of those places. It’s kind of like a rolling experiment.”

And while his rolling experiment is still in the primary stages, Khatib said that he and his staff are currently focusing on their new hookah items, including pipes,

tobacco and other accessories (don’t worry, though; no smoking is allowed in the restaurant) and their business lunch catering.

“We’re doing a promotional thing right now where, for $8 a person, you get salad, hummus, grilled, boneless chicken, rice and pita bread,” he explained. “And people can come in and pick it up or we’ll deliver it.”

All customers can take advantage of another of Laziza Grill’s features: online ordering.

With so many changes made and in the works, one might suspect that the restaurant business is easier than those in the food service industry make it out to be.

Khatib, however, says it isn’t so.

“It’s not easy,” he admitted, “but as long as you have a plan and good people, it can be done. The people are by far the most important thing because, if I didn’t have a good staff, I wouldn’t have been able to do this.”

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METRO SPIRIT’S amber@themetrospirit.com PET PAGE! Yes, You Can Make a Difference

By Lorna Barrett

Interested in making a difference in our community? Looking for genuine gratitude and appreciation?

Consider donating your time to caring for animals. One of the best places to start is at an animal shelter or rescue. There are many of them in and around the CSRA that would be very grateful for your help.

Taking the time to walk a dog, feed animals, clean up kennel areas and generally socialize with animals is so very important in that it gives love and attention to animals so that they are more social and adoptable.

Fundraising events are really a fun way to get involved in the animal care network. It's a great way to meet people, have fun and raise money and awareness of animal welfare needs. The fall season brings lots of fundraising events; many opportunities to get involved and see how you can help.

There is a tremendous shortage of foster homes for companion animals. People who are willing to foster kittens, puppies, cats and/or dogs are very much needed. It is a temporary situation that saves lives.

Rescue organizations cover the costs of medical intervention, testing and vaccination as well as spay or neuter, then work to find forever homes for these animals.

Here are just a few of the benefits of volunteering in the area of animal care: 1. You are part of the solution. You will be joining a network of hundreds of thousands of people across our country that work tirelessly to make life safer and more humane for all creatures.

2. Getting that warm fuzzy feeling. You will never find a more grateful and appreciative recipient of your kindness. The trusting relationship you build with an animal will fill your heart while giving the animal a better life.

3. Keeping good company. You will make lots of new friends, and not just furry ones. Working side by side with people that share similar interests can forge lifelong friendships.

4. Meet the new you. You will discover skills you never knew you had, and you may be surprised at what you are capable of achieving.

5. Gain a new career. Employers and college admissions officers look favorably on time spent in volunteer service. Following your dreams, doing something that is truly fulfilling, that you really enjoy, can lead you on a new and wonderful path in life.

6. Enjoy a wagging tail, a purr and a smile. Simple pleasures; what a reward! Didn't someone say once that the best things in life are free?

Upcoming Events Pet A Palooza NJ’s Grooming, 523 Shartom Drive Sunday, October 14 3-8 p.m.

706-364-5404 PawPrints’ Wags to Wishes Taylor BMW Saturday, October 20 7-10 p.m.

Includes music, food, live and silent auctions, networking and more pawprintsfoundation.org Pet Howl-O-Ween Festival Graced Kennel Saturday, October 20 6-8 p.m.

Rescues will be dressed up for Halloween and presented in costume for a costume contest 706-738-7168 gracedkennels.com

CSRA Humane Society’s Pet A Fair Julian Smith Casino Sunday, October 28 Noon Contests, raffles, auction and more.

706-261-7387 csrahumanesociety.org Santa Paws’ Santa and Pets Pictures Pendleton King Park Saturday, November 10 8 a.m.

Holiday pictures with your pets and family. Sponsored by Jennifer Weaver, photographer, and That’s What Friends Are For. Inc. 706-736-3691 thatswhatfriendsarefor.org

Diamonds in the Ruff’s Mutt Strutt Evans Towne Center Park Saturday, October 27 Starting at 10 a.m.

Includes a dog walk, Halloween costume contest, kissing booth, vendors and more. diamondsintheruffcsra@gmail.com diamondsintheruffcsra.org

Ongoing Adoption Events PETCO 4209 Washington Road, Evans Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

PetSmart 225 Robert C. Daniel Parkway, Augusta Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tractor Supply 596 Bobby Jones Expressway, next to Sam’s Club Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m.

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Barrett Center, Anna Baldowski, Audrey Crane and Chris Nabholz at the one-year anniversary party at Crazy Turk’s Pizza Bar and Grill.

Josh and Courtney Ward with Grace and Reed Bennett at the one-year anniversary party at Crazy Turk’s Pizza Bar and Grill.

Mike and Tracy Adkins with Len and Deborah Fulmer at Soy Noodle House.

SIGHTINGS

Lindsey Hart, Randy Pyers and Amanda Zwanziger at Somewhere in Augusta.

Lauren Potocik, Eric Lynes, Sarah McSwain, Dave Lynes and Isabella Lynes at 1102 Downtown.

SIGHTINGS

Drew Rowell, Travis Jenkins, Robert Rodriguez and Alexander Schwartz at Augusta Pride 2013 Kick Off Party at the Filling Station.

Shivaun DeLisser, Tayla Jones and Tracy Borcharot at Augusta Pride 2013 Kick Off Party at the Filling Station.

Jessic Schearer, April Powell and Tara Landrum at the Country Club.

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Lexie Doyle, Erin DeLmore, Sarah Woznicki and Amanda Doyle at the Country Club.

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LINE I know for a fact that this latest tv campaign attack ad against President Obama and John Barrow by ygaction is not being totally honest about some of the negative comments they say in their ad. They are just telling us want they want us to here and see.

Because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support them and they want them to lose. Besides, you all please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe everything of what some of these other superpac ads, etc.playing on tv. Some of them is using dark money. I suggest you all do some fact checking on your own to see who is really telling you the truth if you can or want to. There is some websites, etc.on the internet to help

some of you out with some of this too. Also,if any of you get the chance. See what any person running for any office in the state or federal government is telling the truth by their actions, by what they say and make your decision based on that if you want to or can. Especially to you all that will vote also.

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Have something you want to get off your chest? Send your whines to whineline@themetrospirit. com. If you do so by noon on Friday, you might just see it in the next Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue. Oh, and whines may be edited for content but will pretty much be printed exactly as you type them.

Kudos to matt and sanj on the happy hour at 95rock. They make you laugh and they play great rock! What a concept in augusta radio To the idiots who insist on loudly saying Republican lies and God this and that as if to brainwash me to your skewered views: The Devil made you do those bad things!

uughh Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in med school iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m too good to say hello to someone uughh. Prick.

Romney tells his wealthy cronies that he does not care for half our nation. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care for him at all for The insider was correct when they say president! that beating Barrow will take more than just silence. There is a possibility Hello, Columbia County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that Lee Anderson maybe hiding Department cruiser on I-20 west something from the public that he bound right past the Belair Rd. exit donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want us all to know. Silence is this past Thursday. What were you not always golden depending on the trying to accomplish exactly? What situation, topic or etc. you ALMOST accomplished was a major wreck! I was almost rear-ended

when I had to break suddenly as cars in front of me reacted to your presence and brief flash of blue lights. And the 18-wheeler looked like it was about to t-bone into my lane.

If you want to help deter speeding, maybe posting yourself visibly along a medium would be a safer alternative.

If the county needs money, find other ways to get it. Traffic along that route is always speeding at that time of day.

Your actions almost made it worse.

With all the election/ political/ candidate chatter, consider the following: (Author Unknown) Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Thomas was a doubter, Moses stutteredâ&#x20AC;Ś.. GOD doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call the qualified--- HE qualifies the CALLED !!!

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