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Whine Line Thumbs Up The family of Lillie Belle Allen, an innocent 27-year-old Aiken woman who was gunned down during the 1969 racial riots in York, Penn., may finally be able to find some peace in the world. On Oct. 19, a York County jury found two men, Gregory Neff and Robert Messersmith, guilty of murdering Allen. The two men face maximum prison sentences of 10 to 20 years.

However, the guilty verdict is also bittersweet. Former York Mayor Charles Robertson, who was accused of providing ammunition to members of a white gang – including Neff and Messersmith – during the riots, was also acquitted.

Thumbs Down It appears Charles “Champ” Walker Jr. has been busy spreading his rhetoric across the state. This weekend, Walker reportedly told the Savannah Morning News that he grew up in a poor Augusta neighborhood, called “The Bottom,” adding, “I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth. By the time it was silver, I was paying my own way to college.” However, he also told the paper that when he was 13, his family moved into a comfortable middle-class subdivision with a backyard pool. In a previous interview with The Spirit he stated that as a youth he attended Immaculate Conception School, a private Catholic school. So is Walker a pauper or a prince? I guess it depends on when you ask.

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he United Nations is to the U.S. as the Metro Chamber of Commerce is to Columbia County. That is, both are worthless parasites!

It’s amazing how naïve Democrats are.

They base all their decisions on emotion, not reason.

Nobel Peace Prize Chairman Gunner Berge typifies the Norwegian peacenik mentality. His disparaging comment regarding President George W. Bush’s efforts against world terrorism were unnecessary and counterproductive, and politicized and denigrated the Nobel “Peace” Prize. If former President Carter were much of an American, he’d refuse the prize in protest of Berge’s comments.

I am so tired of all the negative campaigning in this election. Doesn’t anyone have a positive thing to say?

Good articles, all around, but I wish the Whine Line could have been updated too!

Linda Schrenko is a prime example of how you can take a redneck chick out of the country, but ... aw shucks. You know the rest.

Give me back my television. All I see now are commercials for these sorry politicians. I cannot wait until November the 5th has come and gone. Maybe then we’ll get our television stations back.

We do have a choice for mayor: a washedup newscaster, a has-been politician, a convicted felon and two individuals successful in business for years. The choice is yours, but vote.

Thank you for the tragically beautiful life of Amanda America Dickson. If you intended to write a Harlequin historical romance novel, unfortunately, you’ve succeeded.

Any hotel that can’t “do whatever it takes” to ensure that our Vice President of the United States, Democrat or Republican, is completely taken care of is not worthy of our business or support.

W O R D S “I think it’s (media bias) absolutely critical, like The Chronicle and The Spirit.

There’s a lot of divisive issues out here, and the way the stories are printed, they’re biased.”

-Charles “Champ” Walker Jr. as quoted by The Augusta Chronicle during an interview about his 12th District Congressional race. Does that mean The Spirit is legitimate now?

Thanks for previewing the candidates for the Georgia House of Representatives.

Even though they were on their best behavior and pushing campaign themes in their answers, I do feel I know them a little better now.

Bush 1 = recession; Bush 2 = recession.

If you need more information you’re a non-thinking Rush fan.

Finally downtown Augusta has managed to gain a semblance of vitality, and all it takes is one episode of unrest (not even associated with the First Friday festival) for the knee-jerk reactions to begin. If Augusta truly wants a vibrant downtown then it will be necessary to increase police patrols (even open up a substation). You cannot expect to control crowds and unlawful behavior if you are operating with a police presence based on the years when you could spot about five people on Broad Street on a Friday night. These same issues face any city with vibrant centers, but Savannah, Athens, and Atlanta just seem to do a better job at managing the situation.

As I walk on Riverwalk and look over to the North Augusta side I can’t help but wonder why North Augusta seems to be advancing so quickly while Augusta languishes. The homes being built on the other side of the river are a welcome addi-

tion and provide a “big city” feel to the area. Way to go North Augusta. Augusta, get with the program.

First of all, how can you be a business owner and not understand the importance of brand recognition/loyalty through logos? Second of all, who wants a mayor that doesn’t even have enough creativity to create a unique mailer/letter or enough brains to hire someone professional to create one for her?

Georgia lost 39,000 jobs in the past year, yet our goofy Governor Barnes continues to close his eyes to the flood of illegal immigrants overwhelming many communities. These illegal immigrants should be deported pronto!

The First Friday was created to be a cultural event and it is up until 10 or 10:30 pm. After that time is when a different type of people come out to damage storefronts, leave trash, urinate on sidewalks/streets, start fights and make out in plain sight. I’ve seen it! The media should let people know that, before 10 p.m., people can come and enjoy what First Friday was meant for, without the fear of being involved in any type of violence or bad behavior.

To the person who suggested they charge for admission to First Friday: You’re stupid!

Every time I have lunch in the park in front of the Lamar Building on Broad St., I get approached for money. There are always bums out there drinking beer and running back and forth between there and the hotel across the street. Last week I even saw a crack pipe. Let’s clean up now.

The weather forecasters on local TV just can’t get it right. With all the modern technology available to predict weather, why can’t they get it right most of the time?

I can’t believe WJBF has lost Raphael James. I just hope they don’t replace him with another lady with a pretty face but who knows nothing about news, like they have in the past. It would be a great idea to replace him with a black person, being that half of Augusta is black and maybe half their viewers are also. I just hope they don’t lose the rest of their black reporters.

I work downtown and the Augusta Common is turning out to be beautiful.

You would think Augusta should be on a rebound. Too bad Main Street Augusta overlooks the Richmond Summit. I feel like I’m going to be mugged every time I walk by there. First Friday has from the inception been a gallery walk (not “festival”) sponsored by gallery owners to sell art to would-be buyers. No more, no less than that. What we’re seeing take place is the sporadic renaissance of downtown beginning to have growing pains. If the public wishes to have “festivals” for live bands, selling sneakers or donations for a kidney transplant, have at it! There are 30 continued on page 6

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other days/evenings during a month for all to participate. Now, who’s going to step up to the plate and organize these ventures rather than complain about what’s going wrong? I agree with the whine from this previous week: Spread the music out to Riverwalk/Ellis St.; have a jury panel decide what is art and what are simply socks in a bag! Charge an entry fee for cleaning up people’s trashy habits. There is room to grow but all in one night? Come on.

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Your newspaper is great. Thanks for the news coverage you give to us. Don’t ever sell out to Billy Morris.

To the driver of the little red pickup truck, on Bel Air Road: Did you intentionally try to run me off the road and almost hit me this morning (Friday) or were you rushing to your driver’s education class? I realize getting into McDonald’s is a high priority mission but rest assured that my reflexes saved you from meeting me in court.

If the cops in Augusta want respect they have to be willing to give the same respect. Everyone knows that if they were downtown at First Friday hanging out with friends (by the way, they are hardworking and do not start fights) they would not appreciate the cops spraying mace in their faces. It is OK for everyone to enjoy themselves on First Friday and not just a certain group of people.

For future reference it would be nice for the cops to deal with the hoodlums and not the hardworking citizens of Augusta who only want to relax after a hard week of work.

How come the Georgia Bulldogs are still undefeated? They just aren’t that good.

I live off of Mike Padgett Highway and I would really like to understand why is it that our grass is always so overgrown on the sides of the road and median? There are no flowers/shrubs for decorations. It is lacking in stop lights in much-needed

places; you never see people picking up paper on the side of the road; there is no bus service for those in need. Should I go on? Do the city people think we are dumb country folk or what?

The following Augusta Commissioners voted to raise your taxes: Lee Beard, Marion F. Williams, Steve Shepard, Richard Colclough, Bobby G. Hankerson, Ulmer Bridges, Williams H. Mays III and

Bill Kuhlke. These people have decided that they know how to spend your money better than you do. Unfortunately they aren’t up for re-election for a few more years so you’ll lose more and more of your money as time goes on. Just remember those names next time they’re up for election. Be sure to vote for the other guy.

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I have some advice for all of those whining men that complain that they can’t get a date in Augusta. Learn to like fat women. You will have no problem at all getting all of the love you need, if you ignore modern society’s ridiculous prejudice that contradicts most men’s honest carnal desires.

I love women but they are so difficult to understand and reason with. So, what’s the big deal if I drink all weekend watching sports in front of the television? And, yes, my friends are annoying bums. But, at least, I’m not out running around chasing other women. So, how about a little slack, here? You know who I’m talking to.

America really is a great nation of opportunity. Only here can a junior college dropout be the front runner for Congress. Thanks Champ! Never will I tell my kids again that they need to study hard to succeed.

To the idiot who was complaining about the cars parked in the road in her subdivision. Duh, it happens everywhere in every city in America so get over it or move back to your south Augusta neighborhood where, instead of cars parked in the street, it’s broken-down junk cars in the yard!

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I think the idea of postponing November’s First Friday is a bad one.

Yes, the problems last month were numerous and the crowd must be controlled. But if we can’t handle the situation by any other means than canceling this popular event, our fair city will never grow. Look, the small-minded people who run Augusta want things to stay the same way they have been for years.

They don’t really want vibrant city events unless they can have a street full of cloggers and lousy arts and crafts.

Augusta, especially downtown, is on the verge of moving into this century. Let’s not throw up our hands and walk away from progress.

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It makes him look foolish.

My whine is in regard to inconsiderate neighbors who allow their dogs to bark all day and all night. If these dogs barking are annoying to other neighbors please tell me what I can do.

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Billy Morris is reportedly shopping a deal with Aiken, Columbia and Richmond County officials that would see them pay the lion’s share of the cost for a new $75 million Civic Arena complex, and yet still be controlled largely by Morris.

Nice trick. Get the government to foot the bill for a major project and still maintain private control. It is not a totally uncommon practice. When I think of the public funds that were used for Morris’ Riverfront Conference Center and Charles Walker’s BL’s, it is enough to boggle the mind.

To be honest, I don’t have many hard facts surrounding the proposal. Everyone is being tight-lipped for fear of incurring the wrath of Billy. I have never had that fear. Here is what I have been told, by no less than three elected officials: Morris wants the new complex to be paid for with a special sales tax (that has to be approved by state governments in both Georgia and South Carolina), with Columbia and Aiken counties paying some $15 million apiece for their “share” of the cost.

Richmond County, Morris, and likely a few other private investors would be responsible for the other $45 million. In what proportions, I don’t know.

Other details that have apparently leaked out include the location for the proposed facility, which would be near the River Shoals complex off Riverwatch Parkway. I hear Morris has already secured the property, but it is logical to assume those plans are contingent on getting the green light from the local pols.

I seriously question the location of such a complex on Riverwatch. First, it would take oodles of dough to build more roads to access the area. No one in their right mind would put a 12,000-seat arena in a place where there was only one road in and one road out.

Second, Riverwatch is one of the few local areas that would not easily be able to accommodate an influx of new support facilities convenient to the arena. If you are going to build such a thing, leave plenty of room around it for restaurants, hotels, gas stations, etc. Of course, knowing Morris, he probably already has those types of businesses drawn into his plan, and given Riverwatch’s limited access, any businesses located there would have a captive audience as a customer base.

Smart dude.

What Morris didn’t count on is getting a cold reception from the politicians hearing his plan. While it appears Richmond County, and specifically administrator George Kolb, loves the concept, Aiken and Columbia counties have been left limp.

Columbia County leaders guard their expenditures like Rottweilers on a bloody bone.

Any and all sales tax money they can possibly access goes one place: property tax relief.

Granted, they specifically use the money to

build parks and such, but more than any other local government, they realize that every dime they get through sales tax is one less dime coming from property owners. A republican enclave like Columbia County knows how important it is to keep property owners happy. Richmond County, on the other hand, has far fewer property owners (per capita) to worry about.

If Columbia County signs on to any such deal, I will swim the Savannah River in December.

There is another very real problem I believe Morris has underestimated, and that is the fear and disdain Aiken and Columbia County leaders have for Augusta-Richmond County government. “Fear and disdain” may be inadequate to describe the attitude; perhaps “abject terror” at the prospect of having to deal with the crew from Augusta is better.

Having witnessed the things we have witnessed in Augusta over the years, it is difficult to predict what could happen once the likes of Morris, Charles Walker, Roy Harris and Tom Allgood get hold of an idea. Having said that, I cannot believe the new Civic Arena scheme is going to do anything other than slide off the shore, and wash right down the river.

I have no doubt there are a few details that I have gotten wrong in the above assessment, but if Mr. Morris wants the wonderful story of his grand idea spelled out in immaculate detail, he shouldn’t sneak around trying to persuade politicians to sign on. A $75 million public expenditure should never, never be discussed in dark corners.

Walker’s Captive Audience Tour Continues In a week’s time, state Senator Charles Walker has been the beneficiary of “command performance” crowds at both the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta State University. The academic sycophants (there goes my honorary degree) have gotten the word that Walker is worried, badly worried, about the challenge he faces from Randy Hall. To keep the good senator happy, leaders from both institutions invited him, and only him, to address employees and tour facilities. All this, with two weeks until the election.

While no one expects the schools to invite a simple political candidate (like Randy Hall) to tour or address the employees, other members of the Augusta delegation are livid that they have been snubbed. The good news is, they have invited the only member of the delegation who is petty enough to hold such a thing against them.

The topic of Walker’s ASU speech was reportedly “Professionalism and the Political Process.” Next week, I am addressing the same group and my topic will be “Straight Hair and the Importance of Speaking Softly.”

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

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PUBLIC HEARING The Augusta Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 5, 2002 at 1:45 P.M. in the Commission Chamber, Room 803-804, Municipal Building regarding the exemption of the decaling of the vehicle assigned for the transportation of the Mayor of Augusta, Georgia as required

by O.C.G.A. § 36-80-20.

All interested person(s) are invited to attend. For further information, please contact the Clerk of Commission's Office at 706-821-1820 or Ms. Vanessa Flournoy, Staff Attorney at 706-842-5550.

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On the Campaign Trail The debate broadcast on WJBF-TV, Comcast, and WGAC Radio was an excellent opportunity for one or more of the candidates to gain ground in the hotly contested mayoral election. Unfortunately, their collective performance did little to instill confidence in the electorate. At the end of the two-hour exchange it is doubtful that voters who have already decided on a candidate changed their minds. For those undecided viewers who possessed the intestinal fortitude to sit through two hours of campaign slogans, the forum did allow voters to observe their options and form opinions. The widely expressed sentiment expressed by people questioned the day after the broadcast: “Is that all there is?”

Who Will Challenge McIntyre? There is a legitimate issue that the mayoral candidates are avoiding like The Plague: Is Ed McIntyre capable of performing the duties of mayor if elected? As the campaign drags on McIntyre looks more and more feeble. Whether it is advancing age or some physical ailment, the former mayor is just not operating at peak performance.

Ed McIntyre He has stated to this newspaper and The Augusta Chronicle that he has no major health problems but his appearance and actions tell a different story. Mayor Young won’t bring up the subject because he wants McIntyre in the race. Without Mac Bob’s chances of victory diminish. Bonnie Ruben and Robin Williams are friends of McIntyre and won’t bring talk about McIntyre’s health because it is a delicate subject that could backfire, especially with black voters they hope to woo. Who knows why Bobby Ross hasn’t talked about it? Apparently, he has accepted the fact that he is not in contention — so what has he to lose? Frankly, what do any of these three candidates have to lose? Voters all over the county are talking about McIntyre’s lack of vigor and questions of his ability to serve effectively for four years are increasing.

A recent poll indicates state Sen. Charles Walker and challenger Randy Hall are locked into a dead heat in their District 22 state senate race.

According to a poll conducted by The Tarrance Group, Walker is favored by 44 percent of the voters while Hall is favored by 43 perRandy Hall cent. Thirteen

percent are undecided. The poll also indicates that 38 percent of those polled have a favorable opinion of Walker while 39 percent view Walker unfavorably. If these numbers are reliable, they are Charles Walker astounding. For a powerful incumbent to be even with an unknown challenger generally spells trouble for the incumbent. Hall has put together a coalition of voters that could put him over the top on Nov. 5. Apparently, Walker senses that the race is tight and is campaigning harder than ever. With less than two weeks left in the campaign, look for increased intensity from both sides.

The stakes are high.

Burmeister television ads must cease according to a letter written to Burmeister from the headmaster at Augusta Preparatory Day School (APDS). The letter was released to media Tuesday so you may have heard of it by now. The letter referenced a television ad, stating that “film footage from the graduation ceremony for the APDS Class of 2002 at First Baptist Church is currently being Sue Burmeister used in media advertising for your current campaign for the Georgia House of Representatives.” The correspondence noted that “Augusta Prep is a non-sectarian, a-political educational institution that...cannot be associated with any political party or election. No permission was granted to use such footage in a political advertisement.” Oops!

Burmeister is running against local attorney David Bell for the 96th state House seat. The ad was filmed at the school’s graduation ceremonies and insiders suggest people associated with the Bell campaign were appalled when they observed the commercial being shot at the time of the event. Bell waited patiently for the commercials to appear. Now Burmeister must pull the ads that were expensive to produce and she must scramble to replace them. This has to disrupt the flow of her campaign somewhat. And, since the headmaster at Augusta Prep wrote the letter, Bell looks like an innocent bystander.

Pretty slick.

—The views expressed in this column are the views of The Insider and do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher.

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MetroBeat Cost-Cutting at the Civic Center

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ith already a $398,100 loss for the first three months of the civic center’s fiscal year, the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority is desperately looking for ways it can cut expenses, collect any outstanding bills and provide better service to patrons.

Such changes may result in walking papers for Fine Host Corp., the civic center’s catering and concession company.

After this summer’s four-day fiasco with the North Georgia Annual Conference of United Methodists, in which authority members were told that the event was sorely understaffed, the food was frequently late and there were times when Fine Host did not have enough food to go around, authority member Joe Scott told the board on Oct. 22 that it needed to seriously consider the future of Fine Host at the civic center.

“I think we need to look at our agreement with Fine Host and see if there’s been a breach of contract,” Scott said. “And if there’s been a breach, we need to be reimbursed or look into possibly terminating the contract.”

The authority unanimously agreed with Scott, to the shock of Jill Pokrzywinski, general manager of Augusta’s division of Fine Host.

“It was definitely a surprise to me, as well as to my boss,” Pokrzywinski said after the meeting, referring to Greg Fender, the regional vice president for Fine Host.

“Right now, nothing has actually been done yet by the authority. So, until something is decided, we’ll just continue doing the best job that we can at the civic center. But it was a surprise.”

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Pokrzywinski stated that, up until the United Methodist conference, Fine Host hadn’t received any complaints from the authority. However, the board is also quick to point out that the United Methodist conference was one of the civic center’s biggest events of the year, with a $2.5 million economic impact on Augusta.

Authority member Billy Holden also had some serious concerns about some of the prices at Fine Host’s concession stands.

“Fans have been complaining about the price of a Coca-Cola, hot dogs and popcorn. I know $4 for a Coca-Cola is too much,” Holden said to Pokrzywinski. “If you can’t reduce the cost of a $4 CocaCola, something’s wrong.”

Currently, 32 oz. sodas at the civic center are priced at $4.25, while a 32 oz. soda with a souvenir cup, which is decorated with holograms honoring the Augusta Lynx’s fifth anniversary, is $4.75.

Authority member Mildred McDaniel said she couldn’t imagine how a family with three children could afford to come to the civic center.

“If they buy soda, they can’t buy anything else,” she said. “And if they do, they might be put out of their homes when they get back because they’ve left all their money at the civic center.”

Pokrzywinski said she would have no problem whatsoever in reducing the prices at the facility.

“Since we’ve gone into the civic center in 1998, no item has gone up more than 50 cents over the four-year timeframe.

Those are the prices in 1998 that y’all gave us when we came in,” Pokrzywinski said. “If you want to reduce the prices,

we’ll follow your lead.”

The board agreed to set up a committee to review the concession prices at the civic center.

Fine Host wasn’t the only one battling with the board. The Augusta Lynx also caught some “H-E-double hockey sticks” from the authority over money.

Earlier this month, the Lynx were informed that the team owed the civic center approximately $65,000 in late advertising fees for its past two seasons. The Lynx responded by providing the civic center $25,000 on Oct. 2.

But Linda Roberts, the civic center’s interim general manager, said that since that date she hasn’t received any additional payment from the team. The Lynx still owed $40,716.75.

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Peter Gillespie, owner of the hockey team, stated that there was no question that the Lynx needed to pay off that outstanding bill.

“We owe that money and we should be paying it,” Gillespie said. “I’m sorry we haven’t. That’s my fault.”

He told the board that the team would begin to negotiate some type of payment plan, such as $5,000 a month, so they could resolve the matter.

However, he also asked that the authority consider ways to cut the facility’s expenses, such as reducing the number of paid staff during hockey games. Gillespie suggested that members of the Lynx’s booster club be allowed to volunteer as ushers for the game.

“You are spending $3,700 a game for staffing,” Gillespie said. “Of that, we pay $2,300 a game. That’s too much.”

Gillespie said, during the hockey team’s last game, he walked around the arena and saw several employees standing around.

“The game started at 7:30, but you had staff there at six o’clock,” Gillespie said.

“That, to me, is just too early. You guys are losing money. We are losing money.”

Gillespie added that there’s been a lot of talk around town by people like Frank Lawrence, owner of the Augusta Stallions arena football team – whose future in Augusta is currently in question – about the city building a new civic center.

In fact, the authority recently received a request from the Augusta Stallions’ former general manager to purchase the civic center’s football equipment, valued at approximately $191,000.

Authority Chairman Bernard Harper said he found it fishy that the former Stallions’ general manager was involved in the request.

“He may know something we don’t know,” Harper said.

The authority members agreed to send Lawrence a letter asking if he had any intentions of returning to the civic center for the 2004 season, before they consider selling the football equipment.

This summer, Lawrence announced that the football team would sit out the 2003 season. However, Harper said that decision really isn’t up to Lawrence.

“A representative of the Arena Football League is supposed to come down and rule if the Stallions can go dormant,” Harper said. “The owner cannot simply decide to go dormant. The team must get permission from the league.”

In Gillespie’s opinion, building a new arena would be a terrible move.

“You still owe something like $7.5 million after 23 years on this stadium, and you’re going to build a stadium that’s going to cost $65 million?” Gillespie asked. “And the $7.5 million will go on top of that? No. Some changes have to be made to this civic center instead.”

Otherwise, Gillespie said, the Lynx, much like the civic center, will also find itself in financial hardship.

“My season tickets are down 400 this year,” Gillespie said. “My sponsors are down $200,000, minimum, this year. And it comes from the bad publicity that has been generated from this civic center.”

Several authority members disagreed with Gillespie’s accusation, stating that the economy was more to blame for the team’s financial losses.

“Well, we have to do something,” Gillespie said. “We are willing to work with you guys in any way, but we need some help.”

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“Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: A New Image; A New Beginning” Presented by George S. Drew, M.D. Oct. 24 Dinner: 5:30 p.m.; program: 6-7 p.m.

The Meeting Centre, 671 N. Belair Road, Evans Seniors Club members: $8; advance registration: $9; at the door: $10.

Registration is recommended. Call 706/736-0847.

2nd Annual Miracle Mile Walk Oct. 26 Walk location: Kendall Healthcare Products Co., Marvin Griffin Road Registration: 8-9 a.m.; walk begins: 9 a.m.; registration fee: $10 Proceeds from this three-mile fun walk will benefit University’s new mobile mammography unit. The first 250 walkers to register will each receive a FREE T-shirt. Call University Health Care Foundation at 706/667-0030 for more information.

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B

y now, Charles “Champ” Walker Jr. is familiar with the criticisms leveled at him over the course of his seeking election as a Democrat to the newly created 12th Congressional District.

Among them: He’s a product of his father, State Sen. Charles Walker, and therefore inextricably linked with the elder’s recent spate of ethics woes. He has no political experience. He has some questionable marks on his own record from the past, including an apparently dismissed charge for leaving the scene of an accident, which, judging by a recent article in the daily paper, still left questions in some people’s minds.

Not to mention the fact, Walker, though beating challenger and state Representative Ben Allen in the primary runoff, failed to get a majority of the Richmond County vote, signaling, perhaps, that voters in Walker’s hometown aren’t totally sold on the idea of sending him to Washington, D.C. Allen got roughly 54 percent of the Richmond County vote compared with Walker’s 46 percent.

Walker, however, does not think any of that spells trouble for his campaign.

“I won 12 counties (during the primary); I was up by 8,000 votes,” Walker said, at his campaign headquarters on Greene Street.

“The analysts ... all stated that the runnerup in Georgia typically wins, because he is able to let his voters know that he needs the votes. My voters thought we had won and so it just played itself out. We have no worries whatsoever.”

Walker also considers himself the victor of a televised, quasi-debate between himself and Republican challenger Max Burns that aired on WJBF-TV NewsChannel 6 on Oct. 13, even though Walker failed to answer one of the questions, saying he needed to “study it more,” and repeated in almost mantra-like fashion, “Max Burns is too extreme for the people of Georgia,” as partial response to a

majority of the questions.

Granted, Walker, 34, did seem to gain the upper hand in the forum when he accused Burns of signing a document from the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC), an organization whose ideals include abolishing Medicare and the U.S. Department of Education.

Burns said he did sign a compact stating his support for the basic principles of the RLC, but the principles on the document he signed did not include abolishing Medicare and the Education Department. (See accompanying Max Burns article in this issue.)

Walker, however, argues that he has trouble believing a Fulbright Scholar like Burns

added. “However, I believe without question I showed that I have the debating skills to build a coalition or to tear down one. I know how to point out the ideas and drive a point home.”

Walker also takes issue with those who say he doesn’t deserve to be a congressman because he has no prior political experience.

“Those are people who are probably looking for a reason not to vote for me, because it (the criticism) doesn’t make any sense whatsoever,” Walker said. “I’m a businessman, entrepreneur; there are a lot of congressional representatives that come from a business background. I’ve been a community activist,

“I believe being a leader, you have to realize you are a servant of the people and you have to know before going in that you’re going to be criticized and ostracized. Jesus was as well — his own people did not recognize him. But he was the savior. Now I’m not saying I’m the savior, but people will make judgments without knowing and based upon perceptions and personalities.”

— Charles “Champ” Walker Jr.

would sign a document pertaining to an organization, without being familiar with what that organization stands for.

“He made this race about integrity ... And he proved in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers that he’s trying to dodge the issue that he signed the (document),” Walker said.

“Max is a professor indeed,” Walker

preacher-in-training, served on dozens of boards, member of the Young Democrats, ran many congressional and gubernatorial and local and state Legislature campaigns.

“And (Congressman) Charlie Norwood was a dentist. Our mayor was an anchorman. So it’s just mighty strange that people would say that.”

Walker said he was recently enrolled in

theology school through the Atlanta-based Interdenominational Theology Center. The organization has a campus locally at Beulah Grove Baptist Church, where Walker said he had been a preacher-in-training.

But Walker said running for the 12th District was a higher calling.

“I left theology school to run for this office because I believe we need Godly leadership,” Walker said. “I realized that I would be criticized and ostracized, but marketing is my thing and I believe that when people hear what I have to say and they realize that we’ve got to get beyond personality and realize that the media has distorted who I am — not including my father — I think they will vote for me because they can see my heart. I want what’s right for all of Augustans.”

“I believe being a leader, you have to realize you are a servant of the people and you have to know before going in that you’re going to be criticized and ostracized,” he added. “Jesus was as well — his own people did not recognize him. But he was the savior. Now I’m not saying I’m the savior, but people will make judgments without knowing and based upon perceptions and personalities.”

If elected, Walker said he would first work to pass a prescription drug benefit under Medicare with a co-payment that seniors could afford.

Walker said he also believes that Social Security needs to be strengthened and Congress needs to be prevented from raiding the Social Security Trust Fund and privatizing the retirement benefit program.

He said he would also work to create a “biotechnology triangle” in the area.

“There’s never been one, to leverage our intellectual capital, military capital and the rural land mass to attract industry,” Walker said. “And use our ‘best-at-a-skill’ concept to create a skilled pool of workers by working with our technical institutions because continued on page 16

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This notice is to advise that effective Monday, October 28, 2002 through Friday, November 1, 2002 that the Augusta Housing Authority will open the waiting list for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The waiting lists for the Public Housing Program and the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program (River Glen Apartments) are currently open for applications. The Housing Authority will also be accepting updated information from persons who have previously applied for the Section 8, Moderate Rehabilitation and Public Housing Programs.

The waiting list will be opened for all qualified applicants. However, applicants who quality for a preference will receive a priority in the housing selection process. The preferences are as follows: (1) Paying more than 50% of family income for rent and utilities; (2) Homeless or living in substandard housing; or (3) involuntarily displaced because of government or other action. The Augusta Housing Authority will accept an applicant's claim that it qualifies for a preference upon certification by the applicant. Before selection for participation in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program; however, the applicant must provide verification that he or she qualifies for a preference.

Applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program will be accepted by calling the following number during the week of October 28, 2002 through November 1, 2002 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

(706) 312-3196 The Augusta Housing Authority will only accept applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program by contacting the above telephone number. Persons who call this number will be given a scheduled appointment to bring relevant information to qualify for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

This notice is also to advise that effective November 1, 2002 at 5:00 p.m., the Augusta Housing Authority will close the waiting list for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The waiting list for the Public Housing Program and the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program (River Glen Apartments) will remain open and applications will be accepted every Thursday for Public Housing and River Glen Apartments from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except for holidays.

The Augusta Housing Authority does not discriminate in admission or access to its federally assisted programs. Any potentially eligible individual who has a visual or hearing impairment will be provided with information necessary to understand and participate in the Augusta Housing Authority's programs. Richard Arfman has been designated as the responsible employee to coordinate the Housing Authority's efforts to comply with the nondiscrimination based on handicap regulations.

continued from page 14 everyone won’t go to college. I believe in creating jobs for degreed and non-degreed citizens throughout this 12th District.”

Walker said Burns was ill-suited to serve as congressman, giving as one reason, Burns’ tenure on the Screven County Commission from 1993 to 1998.

“The real Max Burns came from Sylvania, Georgia (Screven County) where he had one of the highest unemployment rates, 43 percent of the teens were unwed mothers, one of the poorest healthcare establishments around, poorest infrastructure, one of the poorest educational systems,” Walker said. “(Screven County) was considered one of Georgia’s lagging, rural counties when he was chairman (of the commission).”

As for the various brushes with the law Walker has had, all of which reportedly were dismissed, Walker said he’s glad the dirt was put out there so the public could see that it amounted to nothing.

Still, a story that ran in The Augusta Chronicle on Oct. 13 cited a 1988 charge Walker received for leaving the scene of an accident and gave the impression that there was some doubt on the part of at least one official as to Walker’s innocence.

The article stated the case was dismissed by an investigator with the local district attorney’s office. The investigator’s recommendation, according to the article, stated that Walker had hit a mailbox, although Walker had reportedly told an officer who stopped him for running a red light that he had swerved into a Jeep Cherokee parked on the side of the road.

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Walker told The Chronicle he was never arrested and didn’t leave the scene.

However, a former Richmond County deputy who stopped Walker for running the red light and traced an oil leak from Walker’s car back to the accident scene, said Walker was arrested and had left the scene.

“He hit a car head-on,” the former deputy told the newspaper.

Walker scoffed at the notion Burns voiced during the NewsChannel 6 debate that Walker’s father, Senator Walker, had created the district for his son.

“If my father created the district for me, then why are people running in it? Why is Max Burns running in the district? The district covered Augusta, but the initial draft always included Augusta,” Walker said.

“You don’t even have to live in the district to run. Please print that.”

Walker said he hopes voters, particularly whites, will judge him on his accomplishments rather than what the media says about him.

“I make an appeal to sensible white people, Democrats and Republicans, to say, ‘What has Champ done to you? Why would you believe anything The Chronicle says about Champ?’” Walker said. “I’m asking them to watch the debates, look at the issues and judge Champ Walker based upon his business abilities, his family track record, his promotion of racial and spiritual unity, and just me as a lover of Augusta ... and just judge for themselves.

“Let’s not lose a representative in Congress because of personalities, issues and being judgmental based upon perception. That’s the problem in Augusta, is perception.”

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hen deciding who should be the first congressman elected to represent Georgia’s newly created 12th District, Republican candidate Max Burns said Augusta voters need to take a long, hard look at his opponent, Charles “Champ” Walker Jr., and consider what’s really there.

Or more importantly, what’s missing.

“You have to look at what Mr. Walker says in his campaign ads, and compare that to what he’s done. And the bottom line is, they are not the same,” said Burns, a professor at Georgia Southern University and a farmer from Screven County. “He says he has worked to promote the growth of Richmond County, but my opponent has never developed a job for someone other than for his own personal gain.

He has instead worked to personally profit from any activities he’s been involved in.

“Charles Walker Jr. is just not someone we can trust.”

For those voters who were introduced to Burns during the Republican primary race, in which he successfully defeated Barbara Dooley, wife of the Georgia Bulldogs’ former legendary football coach, Vince Dooley, they may be surprised by Burns’ strong criticism of Walker.

After all, many Georgians noted that, during the Burns versus Dooley race in August, both sides ran a very clean, positive campaign that concentrated heavily on the serious issues facing the state.

These days, Burns said, he unfortunately has no other option but to turn to tough talk in order to inform the voters about Walker’s inexperience.

“Campaigning against Mr. Walker is hard.

It’s much harder than in the primary,” Burns said. “We now have a candidate who won’t deal with issues. We have a candidate who won’t respond to questions. We have a candidate who has nothing to offer, so instead, he attacks.

“And I regret that we are going to have to work, unfortunately in some cases, in a campaign where we are going to have to deal with the way he attacks us. But we will never be negative. We will be truthful. And I think the truth will define our opponent.”

While Burns says his campaign is using truth to discredit his opponent, he said Walker is using fictitious accusations aimed at Burns to try and dissuade the public from voting for him.

“Mr. Walker challenges our campaign on Medicare,” Burns said. “He is spreading false and untrue statements. We’ve been consistent with our position that we will strengthen Medicare. We will enhance it and make sure

tively with the drug companies, with the marketplace and with the seniors, and lower prescription drug costs,” Burns said. “But my opponent, Mr. Walker, has taken money from the pharmaceutical companies that would keep the cost of our prescription drugs high.

He can’t be trusted to bring down the cost of prescription drugs if he is in the pockets of the large pharmaceutical companies.”

When Walker runs ads stating that Burns is against Medicare, Burns says it infuriates him.

“Mr. Walker has tried to simply run a scare campaign to frighten seniors,” Burns said.

“And I want to say to seniors, I am 53 and he is 34. I’m much closer to needing the benefits

“Campaigning against Mr. (Champ) Walker is hard… We now have a candidate who won’t deal with issues.

We have a candidate who won’t respond to questions. We have a candidate who has nothing to offer, so instead, he attacks.”

-Max Burns, Republican candidate for the 12th District Congressional race

it’s viable long term.”

Burns said he supports increasing Medicare reimbursements so physicians can continue to serve the nation’s most vulnerable patients. He also believes that the government should not only develop an effective Medicare prescription drug plan, but it also needs to provide prescription drug “price relief” for all citizens.

“Our position is that we have to work effec-

of Medicare and Social Security than he is and I will protect it for my family and for yours.”

However, during the first quasi-debate by the two candidates that initially aired on WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s “The Augusta Report” on Oct. 13, Walker accused Burns of signing a document from an “extreme” political organization called the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC). Because Burns signed

the document, Walker claimed that Burns supported the RLC’s principles of abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Medicare.

“That’s just a part of Mr. Walker’s smokeand-mirrors campaign,” Burns said. “What I signed is called the RLC’s Liberty Compact.

It is a pledge to reduce government, reduce taxes and to provide more personal freedom and not less.”

The actual wording of the RLC’s Liberty Compact is as follows: “I, (Max Burns), pledge to the citizens of the State of (Georgia) and to the American people, that as their elected representative I will work to: Restore Liberty, not restrict it; shrink government, not expand it; reduce taxes, not raise them; abolish programs, not create them; promote the freedom and independence of citizens, not the interference of government in their lives; and observe the limited, enumerated powers of our Constitution, not ignore them.”

Those are all general principles, Burns said, that he supports. And he’s not the only one.

Several other local and state politicians also signed the Liberty Compact.

“I’m in good company,” Burns said. “Mr. Walker’s television ad suggests that somehow I have radical or extreme friends. Well let me tell you what, those radical friends are people like Jack Kingston and John Linder in the U.S. Congress from Georgia.

“And from Augusta, it’s people like state Sen. Joey Brush and state Rep. Sue Burmeister.

Those are pretty good folks and I would be delighted to count them as my friends.”

Also during the Oct. 13 televised discussion, Walker continuously stated that Burns was “too extreme for Georgia”; however, his only proof of that statement was the fact that Burns had signed the RLC’s Liberty Compact.

“Too extreme,” Burns said, chuckling.

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run a business, and unfortunately, has an arrest record that goes back some 13 years.”

Burns was referring to an Oct. 13 news story in The Augusta Chronicle which found that Walker has had eight judgments for debts and state taxes against him relating to his businesses since 1994. The newspaper also found that Walker has reportedly been arrested at least four times in Augusta and Columbia County since 1988 on charges such as shoplifting, disorderly conduct and driving with a suspended license.

While Walker has stated that the debts have been taken care of and that the criminal charges were all dropped, Burns thinks voters shouldn’t simply dismiss Walker’s past actions.

“Quite honestly, it’s unfortunate that we have gotten to the point that we are talking about his background, but it’s germane,” Burns said.

“His background speaks to his character.”

Burns said his past is in stark contrast to his opponent’s.

“I grew up on a farm. At an early age, my father, my mother and my grandparents instilled in me core values of honesty, integrity, hard work, and honoring your commitments,” Burns said. “You know, Mr. Walker says I’m radical. I pay my taxes; I pay my debts; I balance a budget; and I’ve done that both publicly and privately for a lifetime.

Those are values that will serve the people of the 12th District well.”

As an educator and Senior Fulbright Scholar, Burns said he will fight to improve education in Georgia and also concentrate on aggressive job growth for the area. Burns said Augusta is a perfect example of a city that desperately needs an economic shot in the arm.

“As I go through the district, Augusta has struggled over the last decade in its economic growth,” Burns said. “Augusta used to be a tremendous engine in the east central part of the state.

“But, unfortunately, we now have a community that’s divided. And I have to lay that right at the feet of state Sen. Charles Walker Sr. and his son, Charles Walker Jr. They have split the community. They’ve tried to get it competing against one another.”

Burns said the citizens shouldn’t buy into that rhetoric. Instead, he said, the city needs to concentrate on its great assets like Fort Gordon, the Savannah River Site and the Medical College of Georgia to strengthen its economy.

But according to Walker, when Burns served on the Screven County Commission from 1993 until 1998, Screven County’s economic base was suffering and several of its citizens were on welfare programs. Walker said that’s why in 1998, the citizens of Screven County voted Burns out of office.

Burns acknowledges that he lost a reelection bid for his county commission seat in 1998, but he said that it was due to a local issue of land-use management.

According to a 1998 article from the local newspaper in Screven County, around the time of the election, the county commission was considering a “controversial proposal which among other things would require five acres of land to build a house or put a mobile home on.”

Burns stressed that just because he was defeated locally in 1998, that doesn’t mean that his hometown isn’t supporting him for Congress.

“In the August primary, I took 92 percent of the vote in Screven County,” Burns said. “My

neighbors and friends overwhelmingly supported my candidacy for Congress.

Meanwhile, Mr. Walker never received 50 percent of the vote in his home county. Not in the primary and not in the runoff.

“Charles Walker Jr. lost AugustaRichmond County.”

Therefore, Burns said, he thinks Walker should be more concerned about his own hometown support.

“Voters need to understand, where people know Mr. Walker Jr. best, they like him least,” Burns said. “I’ve found that people are tired of the Walkers. They are tired of their intimidation. They are tired of the way they run politics in Augusta-Richmond County.

And they are not willing to accept that at a Congressional level.”

Walker is also quick to point out that Burns, a now proud Republican, used to be a Democrat just a few short years ago.

“Sure, I ran as a Democrat in 1992,” Burns said. “Although I was not an active member of the Republican Party, I have voted Republican since 1980. ... I don’t see that at all as inconsistent. My values are the same.

My beliefs are the same. Many Georgians just tend to think of themselves as Democrats because that was their heritage.”

Burns said he doesn’t mind answering any questions the public has of him; however, he doesn’t believe the same is true of his opponent.

“In our televised discussions that aired on (Oct. 13), Mr. Walker never addressed a single issue,” Burns said. “He never dealt with anything of substance, and there is a reason for that. He can’t. He can’t understand the issues that face our nation and our district.”

Burns said his challenge is to make sure that people in Athens, Augusta, Savannah and everywhere in between understand what Charles Walker Jr. represents.

“This district was drawn by Mr. Walker Sr. for Mr. Walker Jr.,” Burns said. “Mr. Walker Jr. will be nothing more than a surrogate for his father.”

A similar situation happened a decade ago, Burns said, when state Rep. Bill McKinney created a Congressional district for his daughter, Cynthia McKinney.

“And Cynthia then won an election to represent the people of my community and she never did,” Burns said. “She never voted consistently with our values or our principles and Mr. Walker Jr. is exactly the same type of individual.”

And that’s something voters need to seriously consider, Burns said, because he believes if Walker Jr. is elected, he could remain in office for at least the next 10 years.

“This election is not about 2002; it’s about what will happen to this district for the next decade,” Burns said. “When Cynthia McKinney was elected, it took 10 years before the people of Georgia could rid themselves of an absolutely radical individual.”

Augusta can’t afford to lose 10 years, Burns said.

“I think one thing that people need to understand is, Charles Walker Jr. will cancel every vote of (U.S. Rep.) Charlie Norwood,” Burns said. “Charles Walker Jr. will not be an ally of the people. He will not support growth and development in Richmond County unless he finds a way to personally profit from it.

“We cannot afford to have Charles Walker Jr. represent this area.”

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re you tired of having Halloween come around, only to be subjected to a series of movies in which a bunch of adolescents are killed off in succession by a masked murderer whose handiwork is accompanied by a Top 40 tune list?

Doesn’t your imagination deserve a lot more?

Well, we can’t vouch for these movies’ Oscarworthiness, but we’re pretty sure the five titles we’ve assembled here are among some of the campiest, most gruesome cult favorites of all time. We’ve dispensed with the “Halloween” franchise and our old standby, Freddy Krueger, in an effort to provide you with some blastfrom-the-past, all-time horror favorites.

The acting’s hit or miss, the effects are over the top and the music is more likely to be Arkey Blue or Goblin than the latest MTV fave.

But beware: These movies aren’t for the meek, so don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Phantasm

Say what you want about yellow blood and a toothy fly that looks so pathetically fake as to be insulting, this movie is one that will live on in the annals of horror flick history for two of its inventions: The sphere and the Tall Man. A strange vibe permeates this film, reinforced by the minimalist keyboard soundtrack and the droning sound that emanates from the labyrinthine, marble-halled mortuary.

The movie opens with 13-year-old Mike Pearson (Michael Baldwin) witnessing some strange goings-on at Morningside Cemetery.

Mike’s curiosity is piqued when he spies through binoculars an extremely tall and creepy funeral director (played by Angus Scrimm) single-handedly lifting a coffin prepped for burial back into his hearse at the end of a funeral.

Where is he headed with that body? And where did all those habit-wearing dwarves come from?

Mike finally convinces his older brother, Jody — who has become a surrogate father to Mike after their parents have died — that all is not right at the mortuary.

The two, along with their friend and ice cream truck driver, Reggie, decide to investigate, and eventually discover just how wrong things really are there.

This leads to the scene that created the most buzz about this film, in which one of the Tall Man’s henchmen accidently falls prey to a silver sphere with protruding barbs and whirring drill that flies through the halls of the mortuary, seeking to impale the brains of any intruders.

In this over-the-top scene, blood gushes from the back of the sphere as it drills into the henchman’s forehead.

An interesting side note: According to one of the Web sites linked with the official “Phantasm” site (www.phantasm.com), Director Don Coscarelli had instructed a set hand to pump the blood from the sphere at the precise moment the drill had penetrated the henchman’s brain. However, the blood tube had become plugged. When it finally flowed, with the camera still rolling, the momentum caused the geyser of blood that is captured on film.

What was really a goof-up, actually became more appealing to Coscarelli in the end.

Though there are some abrupt segues and abhorrent plot holes (how about the black woman, an apparent resident in Jody and Mike’s home, who scares Reggie in the hallway when she briefly welcomes him, yet never appears or is mentioned at any other time in the movie?) the film has still maintained its cult status.

Getting ahold of this flick on VHS locally, however, may prove a problem unless you’re willing to order it from Amazon (and for a mere $4.94 at that). For some odd reason, local video rental shops carry only the sequels, parts 2 through 4. Best Buy did have the original “Phantasm” on DVD for $9.99.

Evil Dead 2

The surreal, comic book style of this movie, along with its gore-as-humor approach, is what has made many horror fans consider it superior to the original.

Once again, Ash, played by Bruce Campbell, battles the forces of evil unleashed by the “Necronomicon ex Mortis,” or “Book of the Dead.”

Ash drives his girlfriend, Linda (Denise Bixler), to the abandoned cabin in the woods where it all first began.

Linda finds a tape-recording containing incantations from the book. She begins to play it and creepy things start to happen.

The evil spirit arrives and Linda soon finds herself headless.

Violence is taken to bizarre extremes when Ash, out of desperation to silence Linda’s chattering, evil head, places it in a vice grip and saws into it with a chainsaw.

Ash tries to reassure himself he hasn’t totally lost it by looking in the mirror.

“I’m fine ... I’m fine,” Ash tells his reflection, which in turn, takes on a life of its own.

“I don’t think so,” Ash’s reflection says. “We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw.”

Dancing, decapitated corpses, a demon who takes on many forms (among them, the mother of one of the characters) as it peers up through the basement trapdoor begging to be let out and geysers of blood just for the sake of it,

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make this one wild ride. And Campbell’s frantic, manic motions coupled with the speeded up, veering camera views through the eyes of the evil spirit serve to entertain and amuse, even as you sympathize with Ash for enduring this living hell.

An A+ for effects, and a permanent place in the cult horror flick hall of fame.

Directed by Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man,” “For the Love of the Game”), this one’s sure to keep your loved one close at hand on Halloween night.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A blurb on the back of the box for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” says that the movie’s ability to horrify is so intense that some viewers at a sneak preview prior to the 1974 film’s release walked out in a state of shock.

It didn’t say whether they were shocked by its scariness, or by the fact it was so bad.

Bad it is, but it’s also required viewing for any connoisseur of slasher kitsch.

And myriad Web sites have even called the low-budget flick “high art,” and have served to keep its legacy alive.

In just 83 minutes, viewers are taken on the journey of five young adults who strike out in a van to check on a family home in a rural Texas community recently plagued by a series of grave desecrations.

Without much buildup or fanfare, they begin to drop like flies under the chainsaw teeth of Leatherface, so named for a mask (several different ones actually) of human skin he wears throughout the entire movie.

Contrary to a common myth, Leatherface is played by Gunnar Hansen, and not Dennis Hopper. Hopper does, however, appear in the 1986 sequel, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” as Lefty, a driven Texas Ranger out to avenge the death of his nephew, the wheelchairbound Franklin, from the first movie.

Granted, considering the original was made almost 30 years ago, prior to today’s technological inventions, director Tobe Hooper does manage to create an eerie tension and suspense with the film’s documentary style, notwithstanding Leatherface’s lumbering frame and maniacal presence that seem mismatched with his high-pitched muttering and cowering under the barking orders of his father, “The Cook.”

In various interviews, Hooper has said he relied on low circling angles and tight shots to leave the impression blood and guts had been spilled on screen, when in fact, very little actually had been. Hooper reportedly wanted to get a PG rating for the film, but instead, the film received an R, and even worse, an outright ban in Britain.

Aside from a few “get out of there!” edgeof-your-seat moments, however, much of the movie plays out like the inside of a Jaycees haunted house, with lots of hammering and chainsaw buzzing for no apparent reason.

Some of the tension Hooper creates also comes across as much too forced.

For instance, as Sally Hardesty (played by Marilyn Burns) is taunted by Leatherface and his dysfunctional family during the dinner scene as they prepare to let Grandpa hammer her to death, we’re given increasingly tighter shots of her eyes until all we see is red veins on white eyeballs.

Morbid, yes. But scary? Nah. Although the film is loosely based on Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, who had an affinity for dressing up in skin and making human furniture, it is not a true story. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” is said to have derived its storyline from the Gein case, as well. continued on page 22

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While “Night of the Living Dead” (also a must-see) was the original that inspired this followup by director George Romero, “Dawn of the Dead” took the zombified cannibal thing to a whole new level with one added feature: color.

It also is indisputably the best sequel in a vast series of subsequent “something-or-other of the Dead” followups.

The film wastes no time getting started, as SWAT team members Peter Washington (Ken Foree) and Roger DeMarco (Scott H. Reiniger) find themselves knee-deep in zombies in the basement of a tenement building, with low prospects for being able to blast their way through all of them before they overtake the city.

Roger has arranged to hook up with a TV traffic reporter, Stephen “Flyboy” Andrews (David Emge), who has the keys to the traffic chopper. Roger brings Peter along when he meets up with Flyboy and his girlfriend and TV station colleague, Francine Parker (Gaylen Ross), and they all attempt to fly out of this horror.

The group of refugees is up in the air for a only short time, however, before discovering there are few options for a safe haven. After seeing that even the rural sections of Pennsylvania are being overrun by the zombies and the National Guard has been called in, they decide to land the chopper on top of a shopping mall. The four protagonists safely ensconce themselves in the upper level of the shopping mall to wait out the situation.

Over time, they manage to create some pretty impressive digs there, owing to their one-stop shopping locale.

Of course, the crew has to kill off all the zombies who have made their way into the lower levels of the mall before they can rest easy, and this leads to plenty of gratuitous violence accompanied by a carnivalesque soundtrack.

Interestingly, the majority of the film takes place in the mall and there seems to be a sense of irony here on Romero’s part, as the zombies bear a strong resemblance to the catatonic state of today’s living mall shoppers.

Uncanny is the only way to describe the cheery Muzak that pipes through the mall as zombies are shot in the head and their lifeless, bloodstained corpses jam up on the escalators they’ve

Western acting legend Rory Calhoun stars in this ultra-campy twist on the cannibal genre.

“It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters.” So goes the slogan for Farmer Vincent’s smoked meats, which draw folks from all around for their unique flavor.

The demand for Farmer Vincent’s meats seems directly linked to the increasing number of motorists who’ve gone missing off the local highway.

The scary factor is pretty low in this 1980 release, but like “Phantasm,” it does have that strange kind of vibe running through it. Parts of it also are hilarious in that black comedy way, and Calhoun perfectly pulls off, with tongue in cheek, the role of a pragmatic and task-oriented butcher of human beings.

And quite frankly, the human “garden,” where Vincent and his sister, Ida (played by Nancy Parsons), bury the bounties of their highway hunts neck deep until they’re plump and ready for butchering, is just bizarre. Even more bizarre is the way Vincent and Ida keep their buried human cattle stock from calling out for help (gurgle, gurgle, gurgle).

Vincent uses his Motel Hello (the “O” is in the process of burning out) as a side business and front for his nighttime hunts. One night, however, Vincent forgets to light the “No Vacancy” sign as he heads out on a hunting expedition and a swinging couple shows up to check in.

This gives way to the exchanging of utterly cheesy innuendos between the couple and Vincent and Ida, who agree to a swinging tryst in the couple’s room as a pretense for turning them into jerky.

Wolfman Jack, the late, famed disc jockey, also makes several appearances as a televangelist of questionable character.

Most people get a kick out of the bizarro ending of this film, which culminates in a confession by Farmer Vincent that is the epitome of irony.

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nternational House Of Pancakes may be the place to go for the best pancakes in town, but don’t think that pancakes – or even breakfast – is all they do.

“We’re a full-service restaurant,” said manager Lynn Smith. Over the past few years, IHOP’s menu has expanded to include some good, fill-you-up dinners as well. IHOP’s After Breakfast Menu has just what you need, like the IHOP Monster Burger, Southwest Chicken Fajita Salad, and the Golden Ranch Chicken Sandwich.

“We have a homestyle pot roast that’s very good,” she said, and named off several other meals that even Mom will approve of: country fried steak, parmesan chicken, fried or grilled cod, grilled liver and onions, t-bone and shrimp dinner, and a 7-ounce sirloin.

Some of their breakfasts include the Breakfast Sampler, which is two eggs any style, two bacon strips, two pork sausage links, two ham strips, hash browns and two fluffy buttermilk pancakes.

And the prices are quite nice too.

They’re not the cheapest in town, though, Smith says, because IHOP does not use cheap ingredients – they use quality ingredients. “We do not accept anything but the best,” Smith said. “We don’t have

a problem spending money to get the customers what they need. Customer satisfaction is the drive of the store.”

Almost any time of day you go to IHOP, you will see plenty of other customers, who are too busy eating to complain. Smith said that the breakfast and lunch specials are very popular.

They don’t skimp on the helpings, either.

Another really, really good thing about IHOP is that they don’t have a cut-off time for breakfast items like the fast-food chains do. You want pancakes and eggs at 2:00 in the afternoon? You got ‘em!

And IHOP’s hours are good, too, for grabbing a bite before work, in the middle of the day, or even after play – if you don’t play too late. They open Sunday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to midnight, and Friday and Saturday from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next day.

They’re a fine spot for your afterchurch lunch as well.

Unfortunately, though there are over 1,000 restaurants nationwide, there is only one IHOP in Augusta, and that is the 2525 Washington Road location near Food Lion, across from Augusta National golf course. Look for the familiar blue roof.

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aren Miller, the assistant general manager of T-Bonz, not only takes her job seriously – she takes it personally as well.

“I’m big on T-Bonz,” she said. “I’ve been here a long time. I love these guys; I really do. I’ve been with (owners) Mark (Cumins) and Jerry (Scheer) for going on nine years now. I wouldn’t work for anybody else.”

“They care about us,” she added. “We’re family. Our customers are family.”

And she and the staff prove it, Miller said, by taking care of the people whose patronage keeps them in business. “We pride ourselves on good food, great service,” she said, but it doesn’t stop there.

“There are a lot of interactions between the management and customers,” she said.

“As a manager I check every table to make sure everyone is happy.

“I think what people like about our restaurant,” she said, “is that we don’t have a lot of turnover here. We know people by name. People feel comfortable here.”

For instance, she continued, “If people are on special diets or have special requests, we can do just about anything. If it’s in our power to do it then we will do it. That’s what we’re founded on – making people happy.”

The restaurant has been there about 15 years, she said.

She gives the patrons kudos also for helping out T-Bonz in their many community activities.

“The corporation prides itself on being very community involved. The community has kept us in business, especially with so many ups and downs in the economy.”

Their projects are many.

“We are very active with the Juvenile Diabetes Association, very active with Camp Rainbow. We just finished, in fact, sponsoring a golf tournament with Camp Rainbow.”

August is Camp Rainbow Month at TBonz, and they celebrate that by donating a dollar for every t-bone or porterhouse steak sold. Each of those dollars gets a matching 50 cents from their beef provider as well, Miller said.

Thanksgiving Day, T-Bonz is closed to the public, but not to the foster children of Georgia and South Carolina. They go in with other local businesses to organize a buffet, which serves about 400 people that day. T-Bonz is also involved with Augusta Boxing Club. “Tom (Moraetes) many times has kids that deserve a happy, family-type atmosphere. He usually brings a group as well,” Miller said.

“Right now, we’re trying to get a little bit more involved with the Humane Society as well,” she said. Customers and employees have become involved by gathering collars, blankets and other needed items for donation.

So if you’re looking for a place to eat that’s about even more than simply great food and great service, then T-Bonz is the place to go.

T-Bonz is located at 2856 Washington Road and at 1654 Gordon Highway. They are open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. until 10:30 at night. On Friday and Saturday, they’re open from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m., and on Sunday they’re open noon until 10 p.m.

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“The Rocky Horror Show” Not for the Easily Frightened

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f you’ve seen “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” – that campy taboo romp of the 1970s with Tim Curry as the irrepressible Dr. Frank-n-Furter – you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Welcome to the world of “The Rocky Horror Show,” a play that first frolicked its way across London stages in the 1960s. James Worth, director and evil genius behind Augusta Professional Repertory Theatre Company, was there, and he has a few words of caution for those of you planning to attend one of the 12 performances scheduled for this Halloween season.

“Most people come to this expecting this to be the film, and it’s not,” Worth said.

A Note for the Rocky Horror Virgins That’s how you’re officially known, by the way, if you’ve never had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of the lead character, one Dr. Frank-n-Furter. He is a self-described “sweet transvestite” from the planet Transsexual in the system of Transylvania. He wears a bustier, wields a whip and enjoys a few of the naughtier pleasures – actually, he enjoys all of the naughtier pleasures – with ... well, whomever he damn well pleases.

While all this free love is going on in his spaceship-disguised-as-a-haunted-mansion, he has a side project going on in his laboratory.

He’s building a man, and apparently having a lot more luck with it than his colleague, Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

Unfortunately, the man – who is the title character, Rocky – has a few reservations about being the love toy of a big, scary alien

in a fishnet body suit.

(Or a bustier and stockings, depending on which Frank you see.)

To assist him in his hedonistic quest, Frank has brought along a host of colorful characters from back home, including Magenta, a hideous French maid-type and her brother Riff-Raff, a butler with an incestuous gleam in his eye and a large hump on his back. The story spoofs every facet of the horror and gothic genres and every sexual preference you can think of. It is not for the faint of heart.

Enter Brad and Janet, two sexually repressed individuals who have been bestowed with a couple of interesting nicknames by the film’s fans over the years.

Surprisingly enough, their car has developed a flat late at night in the middle of nowhere and their only hope is to ask to use a telephone at the spooky house in the distance.

They are in for a close encounter of the fourth, fifth and sixth kinds. Some of them simultaneously.

“The movie is nothing compared to the play,” said Robert Seawell, who portrays Dr. Frank-n-Furter. “It’s definitely not a show to bring someone who’s homophobic.”

That, he said, is because these characters don’t tend to stay in their places as twodimensional beings. They will come right into your world, and possibly sit on your lap.

He swears it’s going to be a lot of fun.

Evolution of a Cult Classic Director James Worth said that, unlike the play, the movie flopped. It was only in later

years that the thing was resurrected and given free reign on an unsuspecting Earth, where it began causing people to do strange things like shout obscenities and other things at the screen, as well as throw items like toilet paper and rice and douse each other with water from the obligatory water pistols.

Worth said that the callback phenomenon, which involves conversing loudly with the characters and frequently shouting over them, works best with the film, as opposed to the play, for a couple of reasons. One, he said, the script is different. For another, talking or shouting over the actors’ lines has a tendency to throw them off as well as cheese off fellow theatre-goers.

Worth doesn’t want to discourage people from having fun and participating during the production, however, and is in fact selling a kit for under $10 with, he says, everything you’ll need. It’s even OK to squirt each other with water, he said. But some of these items must be used with caution.

“Don’t throw rice onstage,” he said. There is a wedding scene, during which film fans have long pelted the screen. But rice pellets under the feet of live actors are like ball bearings, he said.

Especially considering the shoes they’ll be wearing.

Dr. Frank-n-Furter, I Presume?

Because Augusta Professional Repertory Theatre Company is producing a whopping 12 performances of “The Rocky Horror Show,” Worth thought it would be a good idea if he took on two Franks instead of just one.

Seawell is gothic and flamboyant, stalking

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around the stage in high, glittering red boots.

Gary Dennis is quiet and relentless in his movements, drifting toward his ... guests, creeping up on them before they realize he’s there.

Asked for his take on the difference, Dennis summed it up like this: “He’s gay and scary and I’m supposed to be butch and a little less scary.”

Word to the wise: Don’t get caught in a dark, scary mansion with either of them. And to the rest of you: Frank-n-Furter will be opening the doors of his abode to the brave on Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. The show will run for three weekends, with a few midnight shows thrown in as well. On Halloween night, there will be a Midnight Bash, with the party starting an hour before the midnight showing. Bring extra cash for the bag o’ toys and snacks.

And wear your costumes, or else you may just wind up feeling a little ... overdressed.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25, Nov. 1 and Nov. 8; 8 p.m. on Oct. 26, Nov. 2 and Nov. 9; midnight on Oct. 26, Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 and 3 p.m. on Oct. 27. On Oct. 31 at 11 p.m. there will be a Halloween Bash, food, fun and prize for best costume. Performance is at midnight.

The Augusta Theatre Company is located at 2101 Walton Way in the old Bon Air Hotel across the street from the Partridge Inn. Their offices are in Suite 100-A and the theatre is located in the second story ballroom.

Parking for performances is located in the back area of the Bon Air Hotel. Theatre entrance is at the back of the building.

For information and tickets, please call (706) 481-9040.

Extreme left & right: Robert Seawell rehearses with the kinky cast of “The Rocky Horror Show.” Middle: Seawell preps Dennis, his fellow Frank, for dress rehearsal.

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One Night Only: Russell Brown’s “From Mozart to Motown”

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e have a warning for all of you planning to attend Russell Brown’s one-man show, “From Mozart to Motown,” at the Imperial Theatre: There will be flying clowns.

They’re coming in at the end of Act I, and are part of the fulfillment of a dream for the singer. He has always wanted to perform “Send in the Clowns,” but never has because he’s been told that would be professional suicide. It’s known as a “woman’s song,” he said.

But this is his show, so he’s going to do it his way. We asked how in the world he conceived of flying a bunch of clowns around the Imperial. “Well, that came to me in a dream,” he said. Then he laughed and said he was kidding. When he was considering what to do with the song, he thought, “Well, I’d like to have some clowns. I’d like to have them fly in.”

Great vision. But how does a singer/actor who has never before produced a show go about pulling off such feats?

Well, the first thing he did was contact Flying by Foy, whom he said invented the method that was used to fly the original Peter Pan around the theatre stage. Then he asked plenty of questions and did a lot of math.

“I called and I found Foy were the No. 1 people to call and I gave them a call, and they told me what it cost and I said that there’s nothing else in the show that cost that much.”

“We decided to do it,” he added, and corrected himself. “We didn’t decide; I decided, because there is no we. There’s just me.”

But in addition to clowns, Brown has 11 dancers who will perform a huge African dance number, some African drummers inside a cube – you’ll be able to see them of course. Five-piece band Sounds Unlimited led by Lynwood Holmes will be in the orchestra pit, and pianist Rosalyn Floyd will play a 9-foot Steinway Grand piano. “That’s the largest they make, you know,” Brown said.

And that’s not the half of it.

We asked Brown what inspired him to do such a large-scale show. He blamed Three Mo’ Tenors, whom the Augusta Symphony recently brought to Augusta. Brown had seen them in New York. He was impressed by the range of musical styles the men could sing.

“I wondered if I could do something like that as a soloist,” he said. He wondered if he had the vocal stamina to carry an entire show himself.

“I said, well there’s only one way to find out and that’s to do

it. So I’m doing it.”

But there was one thing he knew he wasn’t going to do – stand still. “Because of my theatre background, I couldn’t imagine standing up there with a piano.”

That’s when he went after the dancers. He hired nine from Creative Impressions and two from Cutno Dance Studio.

As for himself, he is performing more styles than most people can name: classical, spirituals, Broadway, jazz, blues, country, African, and R&B. “Everything but gospel and bluegrass,” he said.

He’s also going to dance. This will be the first time that he’s ever performed an African dance onstage.

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Brown will begin the program with the classical portion, by singing “The Marriage of Figaro.” Then he will go straight to the African portion and then to “Send in the Clowns.”

Act II begins with “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” featuring the Creative Impressions dancers.

The show will end with a Motown medley, featuring “Heatwave,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “My Girl,” “My Guy” and “Get Ready.”

Brown says it’s been quite an experience – and one he’s not rushing to repeat. “I won’t produce a show in which I’m starring.”

One reason for that is the state of semi-consciousness he’s been wandering around in since he conceived the show two and a half months ago. “That was the first time I didn’t sleep through the night.”

An Augusta native, Brown has spent the last 12 years performing professionally in New York, an environment that failed to feed his creativity, he said, because of all the activity there, and plenty of projects that were good enough to really make a performer think twice about joining the fray. But here at home, he said, he has found plenty of support for his ideas. “It’s really just allowed me to dream big,” he said.

We asked about his plans to perhaps return to New York at the beginning of the year, or perhaps try his luck in the Los Angeles film and television industry. He said he hadn’t made arrangements to leave that soon, and that he was still undecided about where to go or if he should stay. “I’m really not rushing to get back up there,” he said. “I don’t know if I want to continue living that way of life.”

He was 26 when he struck out for the big city, he said. He’s 38 now.

Brown is exploring his options in Augusta, he said, just in case he decides to stay. As for being up in the air with his plans, he says he doesn’t feel untethered. “I feel like God really wants me to be in Augusta, but he really hasn’t revealed to me why he wants me to be here. So, I’m just trying to be patient.”

Meanwhile, he’s going to put on a show.

Showtime is 8 p.m., Nov. 1, at the Imperial Theatre at 745 Broad Street in Augusta. General admission is $20, and there will be $10 student rush tickets the day of the show. VIP tickets are $35, which includes the VIP reception with Brown in the penthouse of the Lamar Building, complimentary parking and priority seating. For tickets or info, call (706) 826-4710.

Music at the Morris and Haydn’s “Creation” Round Out the Week

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ugusta’s own Irida Herri is from Albania, the daughter of a well-known opera singer named Raimonda Dabulla. This week, on Oct. 27, she will sing selections from Purcell, Schubert, Liszt and Barber, accompanied

by Olga Pikus on the piano and Doris Herri on the clarinet.

She sang so well in Albania that she won a contest in which entrance into the academy of fine arts in Albania was first prize.

She then studied at St. Petersburg Junior College in Florida before transferring to ASU. And that is the roundabout way that Irida came to us.

“She’s not your typical vocal fine arts student,” said Patricia Moore Shaffer, who is the Morris Museum of Art’s deputy director and curator of education.

Shaffer said that the Music at the Morris concert series, of which this is only the second performance, is about showcasing musi-

cians from the metropolitan Augusta area.

“We have had numerous requests over the years,” she said. Their auditorium provides an intimate setting for such concerts, she added. “We’re glad to be able to present it at a series this year.”

She can’t say for sure whether the series will exist next year.

“We’ll see what the public response is,” she said, adding that the first one, in August, brought well over 120 people.

“We’re hoping that sort of attendance continues,” she said. Future performances will be by Garden City Chorus and the Voices of Franklin, which are Barbara and Alvin Franklin, whom many people know because of their work at Studio ArtGro of Artists’ Row. All performances begin at 2 p.m. on Sundays in the museum auditorium, and they are free. For info call (706) 724-7501.

And on the choral front, “The Creation” is the work of a seasoned musician who had dedicated his life to his calling,

the pinnacle of his craft.

Well, that’s one way of looking at it. Like other musicians of his time, Joseph Haydn, born in 1732, indentured himself to an aristocratic patron and then to the court. His works – as well as, practically, himself – were the sole property of his employer.

“The Creation” is one in which he sought to capture all the excitement and splendor of the very first dawn, and has been amazing audiences for a very long time.

He must have had something going on: Both Beethoven and Mozart took inspiration from him.

On Oct. 25, the Augusta Choral Society will give voice to “The Creation” at Sacred Heart Cultural Center, accompanied by members of the Augusta Symphony as well as select soloists. For tickets and information, call (706) 826-4713.

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8pm at the Imperial Theatre* Traditionally, Cope blocks the wingside seats when her actors perform, but this time, she wants to encourage people to sit there.

And for the Kiddies ...

Storyland Theatre likes to take the opposite approach to their productions, with elaborate sets and wild costuming. Their next production is “Beware What You Ask of a Fairy,” and is a fun story about love, evil and poetic justice.

The story proceeds thus. Evil stepmother seeks to thwart beautiful stepdaughter’s plans to marry the man of her dreams – one Mr. Sean O’Casey, potato farmer – by selling her to the mad, bad and potentially dangerous Mr. Moroso as factory labor.

Unfortunately, the girl has no marketable skills and so the stepmother plots to change that. Unbeknownst to her, she has invoked three fairies, who aren’t happy with the way their new young friend is being treated.

From there, things pretty much go downhill for the dastardly duo.

Feldman, who plays the evil stepmother, says this is a special play for Storyland.

“It is our signature show. It’s the first one we ever did.”

“It has one of our most memorable characters – Mr. Moroso. The kids seem to respond to him.”

Mr. Moroso, who is all maniacal laugh and fluttering cape, is played this go ‘round by veteran to Augusta stages, Tony Cooper.

The play is an original by local playwright Rick Davis.

For “Arcadia”: Performances are held at 8 p.m. on Oct. 24-26, and at 3 p.m. on Oct. 27.

General admission is $10. Seniors get in for $7, students for $5. Bring your ASU ID and get in free. For more info, call 737-1500.

For “Beware What You Ask of a Fairy”: Performances are Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., with a Saturday matinee Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. For ticket information, call 736-3455.

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wo theatre groups are giving the Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre at ASU a workout this weekend, and embuing the old stage with much magic. ASU Theatre pairs and entwines two distant time periods on the same stage while Storyland Theatre presents fairies, wishes and just desserts.

Well, by now you know that Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” is all about sex. But that’s all Lord Byron’s fault. See, according to director Carolyn Cope, the thrust of the play ... so to speak ... is the quest of a young scholar named Bernard Nightingale who desperately wants to make a name for himself in the publishing world. His plan is to prove that the reason the promiscuous poet left England at the height of his popularity had to do with a little misadventure of the carnal type, involving another man’s wife and a duel that he just didn’t feel like penciling in.

“What’s nice about it is, it spans two centuries,” Cope said. “1809 and the present day.”

And frequently, she adds, the characters from both periods appear onstage at the same time, moving like ghosts around the same physical space, each playing out their own stories, a scenario that provides more than ample opportunity for a strange sort of culture clash, due to the differences in conversational style employed by the members of the two time periods.

People of Lord Byron’s time spoke in paragraphs, she said. “We speak in sound bites.”

Cope is going for a minimalist approach in this production. For one thing, she said, don’t expect British accents. “I may take some hits for that,” she said, explaining that there simply wasn’t time to provide the coaching.

And the set is minimal as well, but Cope says that doesn’t mean the audience won’t be transported. “I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised at the way the stage looks.

When you don’t have a big, huge set to look at and be intrigued with and in some cases to be distracted by, you focus on the characters.”

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Abandon (PG-13) — Katie Holmes moves on to college in "Abandon," playing a student whose first love disappeared her freshman year. Under the stress of school and her broken hear t, Holmes star ts to have disturbing visions of her ex-boy friend, as well as visions of other people who have vanished. As she struggles to come to terms with the fact that she may have been involved in the disappearances, Holmes is trailed by Benjamin Brat t, playing a newly-sober detective. Cast: Katie Holmes, Benjamin Brat t, Zooey Deschanel, Will McCormack.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) —

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

Running time: 1 hr., 33 mins. (Elliot t) ★1/2 Barbershop (PG-13) — In this day in the wacky life of a Chicago salon, the rapper/actor Ice Cube drops his rough, gruf f image to play Calvin, the current owner of the barbershop. The shop was passed down to him from his dad and has been a mainstay of the community for years. Calvin couldn't care less, because he has a pregnant wife and wants to make money fast. In a moment of stupidity, he sells the place to the neighborhood loan shark. Af ter spending a day talking with customers and fellow barbers, he realizes the impor tance of the shop. He then has to buy back the shop at double the price. Meanwhile at the barbershop itself, tensions begin to rise. Cast: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy and Cedric the Enter tainer.

Running time: 1 hr., 42 mins. (McCormick) ★★★ Brown Sugar (PG-13) — "Brown Sugar " is a romantic comedy focusing on two childhood friends who have both found success in the world of hip-hop: one is an A&R executive at a record label and the other is the editor of a glossy music mag. Even though they’re both involved with others, the two find that

they may have already found love – years ago with each other. Cast: Sanaa Latham, Taye Diggs, Queen Latifah, Mos Def. Feardotcom (R) — New York City detective Mike Reilly (Stephen Dor f f) and health examiner Terry Huston investigate a series of violent murders. They determine that each of the victims was logged on to a Web site, feardot.com, 48 hours before being killed; Reilly himself logs on to find out why the leather-clad temptress on the site is luring voyeurs to their deaths.

Cast: Stephen Dor f f, Udo Kier, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea. Running time: 1 hr., 54 mins.

Formula 51 (R) — It stars Samuel L. Jackson as "master chemist" Elmo McElroy, chief supplier to the illicit drug trade and inventor of a total happy pill called Formula 51. Elmo flies to Liverpool for another $20 million oppor tunity, wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs. Giving Elmo competition in profanity is Luverpudlian pot ty-mouth and thug Felix (Rober t Carlyle). They bond in greed. If you are a person of taste and sensitivity, you have the pedigree to be appalled by "Formula 51." But if you are a moviegoer who realizes that your habit is not sustained by absurd demands on taste and sensitivity, then "Formula 51" is the par ty junk you need as relief from worse junk.

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rober t Carlyle, Emily Mor timer, Meat Loaf, Rhys Ifans. Running time: 1 hr., 32 min. (Elliot t) ★★★ Ghost Ship (R) — A salvage crew on a mission discovers an abandoned passenger ship, missing since 1953, floating on a lone stretch of the Bering Sea. When the crew decides to tow the passenger ship back, strange things begin to happen. Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Juliana Margulies, Desmond Harrington.

Jackass: The Movie (R) — Nothing more than a big-screen version of the hit MTV series, "Jackass: The Movie" features Johnny Knox ville and pals performing hilarious and dangerous stunts and playing practical jokes on unsuspecting crowds. Don’t try this at home. Cast: Johnny Knox ville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Steve O. Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie (G) — The animated group of vegetables that stars in the "Veggie Tales" car toons comes to the big screen in "Jonah." A van of singing veggies breaks down in front of a

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strange seafood joint inhabited by a lazy bunch of pirates who proceed to spin the tale of Jonah and the whale for the impressionable young vegetables. Cast: Phil Vischer, Kristin Blegen, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer. Running time: 1 hr., 23 mins.

Knockaround Guys (R) — Vin Diesel and Seth Green are two of four sons of Brooklyn mobsters fighting to retrieve a bag of cash in small-town Montana. But the four soon learn that in order to get the cash, they must team up against the corrupt sherif f running the town. Cast: Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Dennis Hopper, John Malkovich.

Like Mike (PG) — The rapper Lil Bow Wow plays 14-year-old Calvin Cambridge, one of the older residents in an L.A. orphanage. Calvin has two wishes — to find parents who love him and to play in the NBA like his idol, Michael Jordan. Then one day, Calvin's only adult ally, Sister Theresa (Anne Meara), discovers an old pair of sneakers that once belonged to Michael Jordan. Calvin tries them on, and they are a per fect fit.

The nex t day, Calvin's dreams begin to materialize. He meets one of his idols, basketball superstar Tracey Reynolds (Morris Chestnut), during a half time contest at a Los Angeles Knights game. Calvin makes a wish to be "like Mike" and suddenly displays moves reminiscent of Jordan. He is quickly signed by the Knights, and both he and new teammate Tracey go on a journey of self-discovery. Cast: Lil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Crispin Glover, Anne Meara and Eugene Levy. Running time: 1 hr., 30 mins.

(McCormick) ★★★ Lilo & Stitch (PG) — A cute Disney 'toon made in Florida but set in Hawaii, where darling Lilo turns a space crit ter into a pet. The animation is not computerized and has lovely watercolor ef fects, though the plot, voicework, Elvis tunes and product plugs are generically New Disney, not of Walt caliber. 1 hr., 20 mins. (Elliot t) ★★1/2 The Man Who Wasn’t There (R) — The Coen brothers remake the classic film with stunning blackand-white cinematography and lots of atmosphere.

Billy Bob Thornton does an excellent job as Ed Crane, the bored everyman looking for a way out of his rigid

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world. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Scarlet t Johansson.

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (R) —

“Mar tin Lawrence Live: Runteldat” is a documentarystyle version of Lawrence’s bad-boy comedy, complete with commentary by the man himself and liberally mixed with pounding hip-hop beats. The stand-up comedy por tion, where Lawrence is a solitary presence onstage, illuminated by a spotlight, contains personal anecdotes and social commentary. Cast: Mar tin Lawrence. Running time: 1 hr., 40 mins.

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

by Brent Spiner. Carvey is cute, but he doesn't seem to have a shaped and role-shaping personality. He seems locked into skit rhy thm. Cast: Dana Carvey, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin, Harold Gould, Edie McClurg. Running time: 1 hr., 33 mins. (Elliot t) ★ Minority Report (PG-13) — "Minority Repor t" is a sci-fi thriller set in one of those futures (2054) most of us hope never to endure. At the front edge is John Ander ton (Tom Cruise), head of Pre-Crime. He works in a tech hive called the Temple, where three clairvoyants float in a tank like nearly comatose dolphins, feeding their vision of impending murders to a big computer screen. Ander ton assembles the clues, then leads the police team to arrest the presumptively guilty. Once Ander ton is himself accused of being a future killer, he abducts one of the "pre-cog" floaters (Samantha Mor ton). "Minority Repor t" has a kind of ugly beauty and, in its central storm of murk and rush, the suction of a compelling nightmare. Cast: Tom Cruise, Samantha Mor ton, Lois Smith, Peter Stormare, Ma x Von Sydow, Tim Blake Nelson. Running time: 2 hrs., 15 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Mr. Deeds (PG-13) — is an update or takeof f on the 1936 Frank Capra hit "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." In

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Unmarried Toula Por tokalos is a 30-year-old waitress in her parents’ Greek restaurant, Dancing Zorba’s.

Vowing to change, she gets a makeover and takes a job in her aunt’s travel agency, where, newly confident, she meets handsome Ian Miller — a high-school teacher who is definitely not Greek. The tale is familiar: strong and fiercely commit ted to their ethnic roots family but ts heads with the outsider wanting to marry into the group. But “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” of fers enough in the way of wit to stifle the sitcom feel a film like this might otherwise have. Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbet t, Louis Mandylor, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins.

Paid in Full (R) — "Paid in Full" is the story of a young man in Harlem, growing up amidst the illegal drug scene of the 1980s. He builds an ex tensive illegal drug empire, but then has a change of hear t when he begins to think about his actions in terms of morality and conscience. Cast: Wood Harris, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Carroll.

Pokemon 4 Ever (G) — "Pokemon 4 Ever " is the four th in the animated children’s film series, and this time, there are new pokemon to capture and new villains to apprehend. A time-traveling pokemon lands in the present and is found by young pokemon trainer Ash, who must save the new pokemon from villain Vicious, the latest member of Team Rocket with a dark pokeball that turns the creatures it captures into evil pokemon.

Punch-Drunk Love (R) — Adam Sandler turns away from his goofy side to play Barry Egan, a shy and socially inept man who keeps himself busy with obsessions, his latest being the collection of frequent flier miles earned from buying Healthy Choice products. He has seven overbearing sisters to cramp his style and trouble with the ladies until non-judgmental Lena Leonard walks into his life and elicits change.

This study in character won Paul Thomas Anderson the Best Director award at Cannes and critical acclaim.

Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hof fman. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins.

Red Dragon (R) — Ed Nor ton plays Graham. He hates his work, especially af ter he and Hannibal Lecter nearly kill each other. But he's pulled back by earnest Detective Crawford (Harvey Keitel) to solve the case of Dolarhyde, a nerdy lunatic whose back is a slab of tat tooed muscle, whose mind is a nightmare. He kills and mutilates families in a grotesque private ritual.

Much of the movie is Graham and Craw ford comparing notes, noshing through the case. Lecter drops in for preening and condescending. Ted Tally's script fills the gore quota, pops lurid surprises and peddles a kind of family-values porn. The story savors its psychos as princes of evil, warped vir tuosos of the dark side.

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Nor ton, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel. Running time: 2 hrs., 4 mins. (Elliot t) ★ The Ring (PG-13) — begins with the telling of an urban-legend-like tale that, for a while, seems likely to

dreamboat Andrew (Patrick Dempsey, son of The Apple's tough but dishy mayor Candice Bergen). Andy doesn't know that his betrothed is still married to 'Bama boy Jake, who is hur t, haunted and planning his own rise from mediocrity. Mel returns home for a divorce, puts on her corn-pone accent instantly, and rediscovers the joys of Pigeon Creek. Director Andy Tennant serves this corny material with the skill of a machine punching out Alabama license plates. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Candice Bergen. Running time: 1 hr., 40 mins. (Elliot t) ★★ Swimfan (PG-13) — "Swimfan" is a by-the-book thriller, but in this book, about a third of the pages seem to be missing – the ones that might provide the viable thrills. The swim is Ben (Jesse Bradford), who surmounted some past trouble by taking to a pool and becoming the budding star of his high school team.

The fan is Madison (Erika Christensen), who cares naught for swimming, but develops a sudden, compulsive fixation on Ben. Soon af ter joining the student body, she joins his, in the very pool of his dreams.

Already warped — she has a past jock lover parked in a coma — she becomes the nemesis who cannot abide rejection. The clima x is an absurd, “let's-wrap” rush of entrapment, and if you really believe it, please don't go into police work. Cast: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Dan Hedaya, Kate Bur ton.

Running time: 1 hr., 42 mins. (Elliot t) ★1/2 Time Changer (PG) — 1890s Bible professor Russell Carlisle is presenting his manuscript, “The Changing Times.” One of his colleagues, Dr. Norris Anderson, takes issue with something writ ten in Carlisle’s book. He believes what Carlisle has writ ten will af fect future generations. With a secret time machine, Anderson projects Carlisle 100 years into the future to view the impact his words will have. Cast: D. David Morin, Gavin McLeod, Hal Linden, Jennifer O’Neill. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins.

The Transporter (PG-13) — Frank Mar tin is an ex-special forces operator living the quiet life along the Mediterranean in France. He suppor ts himself by running his own courier service – with a few rules.

Namely, Mar tin doesn’t want to know who he’s working for or what he’s delivering. But when Mar tin notices the package he’s transpor ting star t to move, he looks in the box and finds a beautiful and bound woman. Cast: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Mat t Schulze.

The Truth About Charlie (PG-13) — Mark Wahlberg and Thandie New ton star in this remake of the 1963 Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn vehicle "Charade." New ton plays a young Parisian wife who has plans to divorce her husband; but before she can do so, she discovers he’s dead and all their money is missing. A mysterious stranger shows up, demanding the money he claims is his. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie New ton, Tim Robbins.

Tuck Everlasting (PG) — Winnie (Alexis Bledel) is a sheltered rich girl who longs for life away from her strict parents (Amy Irving and Victor Garber). The Fosters live in a two-story home surrounded by a wrought-iron gate to keep strangers out. There's a family living not too far away – the Tucks, who also shun outsiders. The two worlds collide when Jesse and Winnie happen upon each other. The nex t thing you know, she's breaking bread at the Tuck home.

Winnie's distraught family thinks she's been kidnapped.

A mysterious man (Ben Kingsley) arrives, tracking the Tuck family and says he can help find Winnie for a price. At the Tuck home, Winnie is let in on the family's secret: immor tality. Jesse wants Winnie to drink from the spring that made them immor tal. But will love prevail, or will Winnie walk away and lead a normal life?

Cast: Alexis Bledel, William Hur t, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson, Amy Irving, Victor Garber, Ben Kingsley and Elisabeth Shue (narrator). Running time: 1 hr., 20 mins. (McCormick) ★★★ The Tuxedo (PG-13) — Jackie Chan plays Jimmy Tong, a cabby who lands a job as chauf feur for Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs), a wealthy industrialist.

Devlin is every thing Jimmy wants to be – handsome, smar t, rich, cultured and impeccably dressed. One of Devlin's prized possessions is an Armani tuxedo that seems to be a hit with the ladies and a definite confidence-booster. But Jimmy discovers there's more to Devlin than meets the eye af ter the boss is injured by a bomb while on assignment. Before he loses consciousness, Devlin asks Jimmy to wear the suit, a prototype created by a government agency that gives its wearer abilities far beyond mor tal men. Af ter Jimmy tests out the tux, he's thrust into the spy game. Cast: Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewit t, Jason Isaacs, Ritchie Coster, Debi Mazar and Peter Stormare.

Running time: 1 hr., 30 mins. (McCormick) ★★

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consign this movie to the slasher/horror bin: A weird videotape is circulating. As soon as you're through watching it, the telephone rings. A voice on the phone informs you that you have seven days to live. Seven days later, you die. The film boasts first-rate per formances, a gorgeous look, an engaging plot and a jangly, thrumming sense of dread. The ef fectiveness of such a movie depends entirely on the beholder. Save for a long, uneasy feeling of foreboding and one solid jolt, I didn't find it all that scary. Two young women exiting the theater in front of me, however, declared that the thing had terrified them, and I'm willing to take their word for it. Cast: Naomi Wat ts, Mar tin Henderson, David Dor fman, Brian Cox. Running time: 1 hr., 55 mins. (Salm) ★★1/2 Road to Perdition (R) — Tom Hanks plays Michael Sullivan, an Irish-American hoodlum and family man in grim 1931, in the Quad Cities on the IllinoisIowa border. He's an enforcer and ar t ful killer, almost an adoptive son of bootleg mob boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), a patriarch stricken by inner rot.

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

(Elliot t) ★★★★ Scooby Doo (PG) — is derived from the longestrunning TV car toon show (beginning in 1969 on CBS), and is mostly set in an island theme park. The 'toon gang loved by their TV fans — ginchy-dish Daphne, plain but brainy Velma, blond ego dude Fred (author of "Fred on Fred"), grinning par ty dude Shaggy — are now played by actors locked into one-note roles. Great Dane hero dog Scooby appears computer generated.

They go to Spooky Island to solve a criminal conspiracy, where special ef fects and cute theme park crit ters whiz by and the top villain is revealed to be ... a puppy.

This is one lollipop of a movie, OK for the 4- to 9-yearolds who like the TV show. Running time: 1 hr., 23 mins. ★★ Spider-Man (PG-13) — Sweetly dorky Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is bit ten by a new form of lab spider on a school trip. He morphs into a speed master with arachnid powers, but keeps his real identity masked from the girl literally nex t door, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). Spider-Man casts webs from his hand, climbs and leaps around New York and battles a capitalist nut turned Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe). Always sidelined is the nut's son, Peter's best friend, Harry (James Franco). The film is high-craf ted and amusing, though the POW! style so right for Marvel pages can be numbing in this tech-loaded, hypersonic approach. "Spider-Man" has the heat of a newborn franchise. The costumed hero finally makes a brilliant match with Old Glory, in a gleaming Manhat tan. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Clif f Rober tson, Rosemary Harris. Running time: 2 hrs. (Elliot t) ★★★ Sweet Home Alabama (PG-13) — Only a year and two weeks af ter New York became our most tormented but inspiring city, it is upstaged by a happy hicksville called Pigeon Creek. Why? Because cute "Mel" (Reese Witherspoon) fled poor-folks marriage to Pigeon Creek sweethear t Jake (Josh Lucas). She is now a light of Manhat tan as fashion designer Melanie Carmichael. And she has the love of politically upward

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that, Gary Cooper is a gentle, gallant rube who inherits a for tune, confounds the city slickers and radiates fuzzy ideals, while Depression audiences again got to ogle the idle (but frisky) rich. Now Adam Sandler is Longfellow Deeds, who inherits $40 billion from a genial old flake (Harve Presnell). Peter Gallagher is a fairly standard corporate wheeler as the sharpie running the vast estate. But as star repor ter Babe, Winona Ryder is game and slyly charming. The real ace is John Tur turro as Deed's new manservant, Emilio. It's a fond update and funny comedy, even making good use of John McEnroe (still cocky) and the Rev. Al Sharpton (dit to). Cast: Adam Sandler, John Tur turro, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Erick Avari, Harve Presnell. Running time: 1 hr., 31 mins. (Elliot t) ★★★

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f the two teenage girls, alone in a house at night, don’t scare each other to death with spooky stories, the creaks and groans from the soundtrack should be enough to do them in. They separate; the camera swoops and pivots, and there’s at least one cheesy, fake-out fright. But then — !

“The Ring” begins with the telling of an urban-legend-like tale that, for a while, seems likely to consign this movie to the slasher/horror bin: A weird videotape is circulating. As soon as you’re through watching it, the telephone rings. A voice on the phone informs you that you have seven days to live. Seven days later, you die.

Right up there with the couple that had been in Lover’s Lane and found a bloody hook on the door handle when they got home, right?

Nope. The film boasts first-rate performances, a gorgeous look, an engaging plot and a jangly, thrumming sense of dread. Adapted from a Japanese smash hit, the whole of “The Ring” is much less than the sum of its stylish parts, but for a while there, it’ll curl your hair, or your toes, or whatever it is you’ve got that curls up when you’re getting the holy popcorn scared out of you.

The aunt of one of those unfortunate girls is Rachel (Naomi Watts), a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who hears disturbing rumors at her niece’s wake. A grilling of the dead girl’s pals leads her to a rustic inn, where she rents the same room her niece and friends had, slaps an unmarked video she spirited from the front desk into the video machine, and watches a series of bizarre, disturbing images.

The phone rings, and the countdown begins: “Thursday — Day 1.”

Rachel begins a frantic search for the source of this horror, which ratchets up a

level when her young son, Aidan (David Dorfman), one of those odd little kids who sense things, gets a look at Forbidden Cinema and a subsequent long, long-distance call. As does Noah (Martin Henderson), Rachel’s ex and a skeptic — for a while.

The trail goes back decades, to a soggy Puget Sound isle, where Rachel uncovers a tale of equine madness (there’s a thrilling sequence of a terrified stallion rampaging through a car-laden ferry), suicide and child torture. The ancient pain is palpable, and made all the more horrid — made flesh — by Brian Cox in yet another brilliant, agonized turn. (He was the original Hannibal the Cannibal in “Manhunter,” and dazzled as the sad, monstrous pedophile in last year’s “L.I.E.”) “The Ring’s” look is minimalist, soft, flat, leached of primary colors and shadows. The effect is hyper-real and at the same time otherworldly; nothing warm or human can exist here, no love could possibly flourish.

There are a couple of cheap thrills and a few duds, but one scene had a preview audience sitting bolt upright, then gasping, then gulping for air. It was wellearned terror, and if the twist at the very end is second-tier TV Hitchcock, and if in retrospect the story was riddled with holes, well, “The Ring” doesn’t pretend to be anything more than what it is: a superior chiller.

The effectiveness of such a movie depends entirely on the beholder, and doesn’t lend itself to much discussion.

All I can do is report that, save for a long, uneasy feeling of foreboding and one solid jolt, I didn’t find it all that scary.

Two young women exiting the theater in front of me, however, declared that the thing had terrified them, and I’m willing to take their word for it.

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he thought of seeing a paranormal spook story set aboard a decaying ocean liner, conveniently released to coincide with Halloween, seemed like a prospect more nauseating than tearing through an entire bag of trick-or-treats in one sitting. Since it’s no secret that Hollywood has an unfortunate penchant for delivering seasonal fare which attempts to do little more than cash in on its holiday timeliness, “Ghost Story” appeared to fit the bill of a Tinseltown Hallmark special delivery. So, with expectations seriously lowered, the good news is that this modest ghost story isn’t nearly as bad as its external details indicate it should be.

Juliana Margulies stars as the brazen mother hen of a rowdy salvage crew that earns cash searching open waters for sunken and/or abandoned vessels. Along with the seasoned Irish seaman and captain of the ship (Gabriel Byrne), Margulies heads up the group aboard the Arctic Warrior as they make their unusual freelance living fixing and returning these lost ships to their owners. Who’s paying and who’s looking is anybody’s guess but, apparently, there’s big money to be made in this particular ocean biz. And money is what lures the crew to go in search of a mysterious vessel spotted somewhere in the Bering Sea. Cued in to the discovery by a pilot who approaches them in a bar, the Arctic Warrior heads out to sea with a stranger aboard, hoping to score their biggest profit to date.

The clues begin early that something is amiss with the old ship the Arctic Warrior discovers when the technical equipment starts malfunctioning upon contact. Realizing they’ve stumbled onto the mythic European cruise liner called the Antonia Graza, Byrne clues his fel-

low sailors onto the history of the vessel: namely that it went missing in the 1960s and simply disappeared without word from any of the crew. Once the salvagers board the dilapidated monstrosity, the poltergeists get feisty and start making their presence known to the interlopers.

Aside from its jarring opening sequence, which offers a snapshot of the horrifying fate of those originally aboard the Antonia Graza – imagine “The Love Boat” crossed with “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” – “Ghost Ship” is a fairly rote ghoulish tale. The mystery of what actually happened on the ship is momentarily compelling, but it isn’t riveting enough to make the “Ten Little Indians” scenario more enticing. As the investigating Arctic Warrior crew dwindle in numbers, and literally get knocked off one by one, the reason behind their murders becomes as inconsequential as the method used to pull them off. And, with films like this, when you stop caring how the sacrificial lambs die, the ship’s, well, sunk.

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MOVIE CLOCK REGAL AUGUSTA EXCHANGE 20 Movies Good 10/25 - 10/31 The Truth About Charlie (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:15, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30, 12:05; Sun-Thur: 1:15, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30 Paid in Full (R) Fri-Sat: 1:25, 4:00, 6:45, 8:55, 11:50; Sun-Thur: 1:25, 4:00, 6:45, 8:55 Ghost Ship (R) Fri-Sat: 12:50, 3:00, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00, 12:40; Sun-Thur: 12:50, 3:00, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Time Changer (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:20, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45, 11:55; Sun-Thur: 1:20, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45 Pokemon 4 Ever (G) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00 Punch-Drunk Love (R) Fri-Sat: 12:50, 4:15, 6:55, 9:15, 11:55; Sun-Thur: 12:50, 4:15, 6:55, 9:15 Jackass: The Movie (R) Fri-Sat: 1:30, 2:15, 3:50, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:10, 10:05, 11:45, 12:25; Sun-Thur: 1:30, 2:15, 3:50, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:10, 10:05 Tuck Everlasting (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:20, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15, 12:00; Sun-Thur: 1:20, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Abandon (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15, 12:15; Sun-Thur: 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 The Ring (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:40, 4:25, 7:25, 7:45, 10:00, 10:25, 12:40; Sun-Thur: 1:40, 4:25, 7:25, 7:45, 10:00, 10:25 The Tuxedo (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55, 12:20; Sun-Thur: 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 Formula 51 (R) 2:00, 7:35 Brown Sugar (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:05, 3:45, 6:55, 9:50, 12:30; Sun-Thur: 1:05, 3:45, 6:55, 9:50 Knockaround Guys (R) Fri-Sat: 4:55, 9:55, 12:15; Sun-Thur: 4:55, 9:55 The Transporter (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:00, 3:40, 7:05, 9:20, 12:05; Sun-Thur: 1:00, 3:40, 7:05, 9:20 Red Dragon (R) Fri-Sat: 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45, 12:35; Sun-Thur: 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie (G) 12:45, 2:40, 4:40 Sweet Home Alabama (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 7:30, 9:35, 10:10, 12:10, 12:35; Sun-Thur: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 7:30, 9:35, 10:10 The Barbershop (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 1:55, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40, 12:10; Sun-Thur: 1:55, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG) Fri-Sat: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:25, 11:45; Sun-Thur: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:25 EVANS 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 10/25 - 10/31 Ghost Ship (R) Fri: 3:00, 5:00, 7:10, 9:10; SatSun: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:10, 9:10; Mon-Thur: 5:00, 7:10, 9:10 Jackass: The Movie (R) Fri: 3:50, 5:50, 7:55, 10:00; Sat-Sun: 1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:55, 10:00; Mon-Thur: 5:50, 7:55, 10:00 Formula 51 (R) 9:15 Abandon (PG-13) Fri: 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 12:55, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50; MonThur: 5:20, 7:40, 9:50 The Ring (PG-13) Fri-Sun: 2:20, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55; Mon-Thur: 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Tuck Everlasting (PG) Fri: 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Sat-Sun: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

Knockaround Guys (R) Fri: 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:35; Sat-Sun: 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:35; Mon-Thur: 5:35, 7:35, 9:35 The Transporter (PG-13) Fri: 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25; Sat-Sun: 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25; Mon-Thur: 5:25, 7:25, 9:25 Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie (G) Fri: 3:15, 5:15, 7:15; Sat: 10:00, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15; Sun: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15; Mon-Thur: 5:15, 7:15 Red Dragon (R) Fri: 4:20, 7:05, 9:40; Sat-Sun: 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40; Mon-Thur: 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG) Fri: 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun: 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45; Mon-Thur: 5:45, 7:45, 9:45 Sweet Home Alabama (PG-13) Fri: 4:00, 7:00, 9:20; Sat-Sun: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20; MonThur: 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 The Tuxedo (PG-13) Fri: 3:05, 5:10, 7:40, 9:50; Sat-Sun: 1:05, 3:05, 5:10, 7:40, 9:50; MonThur: 5:10, 7:40, 9:50 MASTERS 7 CINEMAS Movies Good 10/25 - 10/31 Ghost Ship (R) Fri: 5:15, 8:15, 10:15; Sat: 3:15, 5:15, 8:15, 10:15; Sun: 3:15, 5:15, 8:15; MonThur: 5:15, 8:15 Jackass: The Movie (R) Fri: 5:30, 8:00, 10:05; Sat: 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:05; Sun: 3:00, 5:30, 8:00; Mon-Thur: 5:30, 8:00 The Ring (PG-13) Fri: 5:05, 7:45, 10:00; Sat: 2:45, 5:05, 7:45, 10:00; Sun: 2:45, 5:05, 7:45; Mon-Thur: 5:05, 7:45 The Transporter (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 5:20, 10:10; Sun-Thur: 5:20 Brown Sugar (PG-13) Fri: 5:00, 7:30, 9:45; Sat: 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45; Sun: 2:30, 5:00, 7:30; Mon-Thur: 5:00, 7:30 Red Dragon (R) Fri: 7:35; Sat-Sun: 2:35, 7:35; Mon-Thur: 7:35 Sweet Home Alabama (PG-13) Fri: 5:10, 7:40, 9:55; Sat: 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 9:55; Sun: 2:40, 5:10, 7:40; Mon-Thur: 5:10, 7:40 Barbershop (PG-13) Fri: 5:25, 7:50, 9:50; Sat: 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 9:50; Sun: 3:05, 5:25, 7:50; Mon-Thur: 5:25, 7:50 REGAL 12 CINEMAS Movies Good 10/25 - 10/31 Swimfan (PG-13) 2:05, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 Master of Disguise (PG) 2:00, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 Road to Perdition (R) 2:20, 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 9:40 Feardotcom (R) 2:25, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 Lilo and Stitch (PG) 2:15, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 Spider-Man (PG-13) 2:00, 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 Martin Lawrence (R) 2:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:05 Minority Report (PG-13) 2:10, 4:55, 7:50 Like Mike (PG) 2:45, 4:55, 7:25, 9:30 Mr. Deeds (PG-13) 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Scooby Doo (PG) 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 ASU FILM SERIES Movie Good 10/28 The Man Who Wasn’t There (NR) Mon: 7:00

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Arts

Auditions “THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER” AUDITIONS Oct. 26, 2 p.m., and Oct. 28, 7 p.m., at the Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3045 Deans Bridge Rd. Roles available for children ages 6-18. Audition material provided. Per formance dates are Dec. 20-22. Contact the Augusta Players Children’s Wing, 826-4707.

AUGUSTA CONCERT BAND rehearses Monday evenings and is looking to fill vacancies on most band instruments.

Interested par ties should contact Ben Easter, (803) 202-0091 or e-mail bandforaugusta@aol.com.

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

Education “WATERCOLOR PORTRAITS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS” adult workshop at the Dorn Studio in Evans. Bring a favorite personal photograph to interpret in watercolor during this twosession workshop. Held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 26 and Nov. 2.

Fee is $100. Call 722-5495 for information.

“FALL FLORAL DAY” Oct. 26 adult watercolor workshop at the Ger trude Herber t Institute of Ar t. Held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $55 fee. Call 722-5495 for more information.

CERAMICS CLASSES at the Weeks Center Ceramics House in Aiken. Fees include one class per week and students can choose any class time: Mondays, 9 a.m. to noon or 6-9 p.m.; Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m.; or Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon. $30 per month. Call (803) 642-7631 for info.

USC-AIKEN MUSIC CONSERVATORY PROGRAM now open.

Students of all ages and experience levels welcome. Private lessons available for musical instruments and voice; instructors are USC-Aiken faculty and have at least a master’s degree in their performance area. (803) 641-3288.

Exhibitions QUILT SHOW Nov. 5-Dec. 1 at the Aiken County Historical Museum in Aiken. Call (803) 642-2010.

JOHN BRECHT displays works at the Etherredge Center Lower Gallery Nov. 2-Dec. 20. (803) 641-3305.

AT THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: “Keepers of the Faith: A History of Organized Religion in Augusta” exhibit runs through Nov. 10. 2002. Call 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org.

“REAL GARDENS/VIRTUAL FRIENDS: AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY THE ARTISTS OF THE PAINT-L” will be on display through Nov. 14 at the Annette Bush Studio, Suite 701 in the Lamar Building. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday or by appointment. For information, call 722-1745.

CHICAGO ARTIST RICHARD HUNT exhibits at the Mary Pauline Gallery through Nov. 23. Ar tist reception Nov. 15, 5-8 p.m. For more information, call the Mary Pauline Gallery at 724-9542.

WORKS FROM THE NEW HORIZONS ART FESTIVAL will be on display through Nov. 30 at the Euchee Creek Branch Library. Call 556-0594.

AT THE ETHERREDGE CENTER: “Aiken Ar tist Guild: Various Media” exhibit in the Upper Gallery through Oct. 30; “Jill Stafford: Paintings” exhibit in the Lower Gallery through Nov. 2. Call (803) 641-3305.

MICHAEL KIMMERLY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION through Oct. 31 at the Fine Ar ts Gallery at ASU. Contact Kristin Casalet to at 737-1453 for more information.

"ON THE PORTICA: A COLLECTION OF INTERGALACTIC ART" presented by EEP and Associates will be on display at the Lamar Building in October. Call the Lamar Building at 722-8800 for more information.

EXHIBITS AT THE LUCY CR AFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY: Annual Quilt Exhibit and Davidson Fine Ar ts Annual Exhibit run through the end of October. The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sat. and 2-5 p.m. Sun. $3 admission for adults; $1 admission for students. 724-3576.

AT THE AIKEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS through Nov. 8: Elizabeth Moret z exhibits in the Westinghouse Group Galler y, Mar y Why te exhibits in the Wyat t Galler y and George Kierspe exhibits in the Founders Galler y. Call (803) 641-9094.

AT THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART: “Recent Works from the Ger trude Herber t Ar t Faculty” is in the Gallery at Walker-Mackenzie Studio through Oct. 31; “Walker-Mackenzie Studio First Anniversary Exhibit: Student Accomplishments Throughout the Year” is in the First-Floor Gallery at Ware’s Folly through Dec. 19; “If Walls Could Talk” is in the Third-Floor Gallery at Ware’s Folly through Dec. 19. “Ger trude Herber t Youth and Adult Student Exhibit” opens Nov. 5 and runs through Dec. 19.

Call 722-5495 for more information.

DANIEL HAYES exhibits his paintings through Nov. 22 at the Cafe Du Teau. He’s also exhibiting at Sacred Heart Art Gallery through Oct. 31 and at the Metro Coffeehouse through Oct. 31.

For a preview of Hayes works, visit www.hayesart.com. For more info, call the Cafe Du Teau, 733-3505; Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 826-4700; or the Metro, 722-6468.

“PAINTINGS AND PRINTS: THE WORKS OF TOM CROWTHER” will be on display at the Ar t Factory Gallery, 416 Crawford Ave., through Nov. 29. The Ar t Factory Gallery is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Call 737-0008.

AT THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: “Contemporar y Works on Paper” through Oct. 27. For more information, call 724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org.

ALEX MCCAIN exhibits his work at Borders Books and Music through the end of October. Upcoming exhibit is

The 24th Annual Pinch Gut Puffer kicks off with the Pinch Gut Pasta Party Oct. 25; The run and walk starts bright and early Oct. 26. Proceeds benefit the Walton Rehabilitation Hospital and affiliates. Call 823-8526 for information.

Rober t Lee in November. Call Borders Books and Music at 737-6962.

Dance SINGLES DANCE each Saturday night from 8-11 p.m. sponsored by the Christian Social Organization for Single Adults.

Held at Westside High School. Tickets $5 for members, $7 for non-members, and are available at the door; free dance lessons at 7 p.m. For more information, call 736-8004.

Music “FROM MOZART TO MOTOWN: AN EVENING WITH RUSSELL JOEL BROWN” features the per former put ting on a show-stopping musical ex travaganza. Held at the Imperial Theatre Nov. 1, 8 p.m. $35 VIP tickets include reception, complimentary parking and priority seating; general admission tickets are $20 and student rush tickets are $10 the day of the show. Call the Augusta Opera Box Office for ticket information at 826-4710.

AUGUSTA JAZZ PROJECT “MASTERS OF SWING” CONCERT 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Imperial Theatre. Tickets are $15 general admission, $5 student or $10 each for groups of 10 or more. To order, call 651-8712.

AUGUSTA CHILDREN’S CHORALE “JUST DESSERTS” CONCERT at Sacred Hear t Cultural Center Nov. 7, 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 each and include desser t. Call the Augusta Children’s Chorale Of fice for more information, 826-4718.

“BORENYA: WEST AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE” will be per formed Oct. 24, 7 p.m., as par t of USC-Aiken’s Mauldin Series. Per formance held in the Etherredge Center, and admission is $5 for the public and free for students. Call (803) 641-3305.

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET per forms Nov. 1, 8 p.m. at the Etherredge Center at USC-Aiken. Call (803) 641-3305 for ticket information.

MUSIC AT THE MORRIS: SONG RECITAL BY IRIDA HERRI, soprano, accompanied by So Young Cheng, piano. Herri presents selections from her November 2002 senior recital at 2 p.m. Oct. 27. 724-7501.

THE PAINE COLLEGE CHOIR, under the direction of Dr. Sandra Scot t, will per form Oct. 27, 5 p.m. at the Good Hope Baptist Church, 710 East Cedar Street. Sponsored by the Augusta Chapter of the Paine College Alumni Association. Free admision; proceeds from voluntary of fering will benefit Paine College. Contact Paine College Alumni Af fairs at 821-8247 for information.

THE AUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS “THE CREATION” by Haydn. Members of the Augusta Symphony and soloists will also be featured per formers. Held 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Sacred Hear t Cultural Center. Ticket prices are $18 adult and $15 senior/student. For more information, call 826-4713.

COMMUNITY HEALING MEDITATION DRUMMING CIRCLE hosted every third Monday of the month by IDRUM2U, the Not Gaddy Drumming Studio. Held 7-9 p.m. at the G.L. Jackson Conference Center, 1714 Nor th Leg Cour t. Fee is $5 or a donation of canned goods for the Golden Harvest Food Bank. All are welcome and drums will be available to rent. For info, phone the Not Gaddy Drumming Studio, 228-3200.

Theater “LES MISERABLES” will be presented by the Augusta Preparatory Day School Fine Ar ts Depar tment Oct. 30-Nov. 2. All shows are at 7 p.m. in Goodwin Commons at Augusta Preparatory Day School. Advance tickets are $8 for students and $10 for adults; at the door, tickets are $12 for students and $15 for adults. 863-6858.

“THE ODD COUPLE: FEMALE VERSION” at the Abbeville Opera House Nov. 1-2, 8-9 and 15-16. Matinee per formances on Nov. 2 and 9. Make your reservations by calling the Abbeville Opera House Box Office at (864) 459-2157.

“BEWARE WHAT YOU ASK OF A FAIRY” Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at ASU’s Per forming Ar ts Theatre. School per formances Tuesday-Friday at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

Family matinee per formance is 3 p.m. Nov. 2. Student ticket prices are $9 for Storyland Theatre season tickets or $3.50 for individual shows. Reservations required. For family matinee per formances, reservations are not required and tickets are $4 per person. 736-3455.

“YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU” comes to For t Gordon Dinner Theatre Nov. 1-2, 15-16 and 21-23. For more information and reservations, contact Lee at the box office, 7938552, or visit www.for tgordon.com/theatre.htm#youcant.

“ROCKY HORROR SHOW” Oct. 25-27, 31, Nov. 1-2 and 7-9 at the Bon Air Ballroom. Oct. 31 show is a midnight Halloween bash. Ticket prices are $20 per person for evening per formances and $12 per person for matinee performances. Call the Augusta Theatre Company box office at 481-9040.

RICKEY SMILEY COMEDY SHOW comes to the Imperial Theatre Oct. 25 for two shows; one at 7:30 p.m. and one at 9:30 p.m. Tickets available through Tix Online, www.tixonline.com or (803) 278-4TIX. “ARCADIA” will be at the Ma xwell Per forming Ar ts Theatre Oct. 24-27. Presented by ASU Theatre. Thursday-Saturday showtimes are 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee is 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 adult, $7 seniors, $5 students or free with ASU ID. Call 737-1500.

“NEVER AGAIN” will be at the Imperial Theatre Oct. 26, 8-10 p.m. Free business expo precedes the play from 4-8 p.m.

Play tickets are $16. 790-0250.

“FOOTLOOSE” is presented by the Aiken Community Playhouse Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-2. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Oct. 27 Sunday matinee is at 3 p.m. Per formances held in the Washington Center for the Per forming Ar ts. Tickets are $13 adults, $11 senior citizens, $9 students and $6 children. (803) 648-1438.

MURDER AT THE PARTRIDGE INN: “LAST WILL & TESTAMENT” Nov. 17 at the Par tridge Inn. Dinner buffet served at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 737-8888.

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

Weekday admission is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular admission is $7.75 adults, $5.25 for children ages 3-12. Call (803) 7798717 or visit www.riverbanks.org.

THE BOYHOOD HOME OF WOODROW WILSON: Circa 1859 Presbyterian manse occupied by the family of President Woodrow Wilson as a child during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Original and period antiques, restored house, kitchen and carriage house. 419 Seventh Street. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. Tours available; groups of 10 or more by appointment only. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students under 18 and free for ages five and under.

722-9828.

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

Available for rent for a variety of functions. Group discount rates available. Closed Mondays; open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tues.-Sat.; open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5.50 for adults; $4.50 for students, seniors and military; $3.50 for children (4 to 12); free for children 3 and under.

Sundays are two for one with a Super Sunday coupon.

Annual garden memberships are available. Call 724-4443 or 1-888-874-4443. Also, visit their Web site at www.gghf.org.

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

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

Admission to the grounds is free. Fee for house tours is $3 for adults and children ages 6 to 17. For more information, call (803) 827-1473. 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island.

SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER is offering tours of its 100-year-old building. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $1 per person, children free. 826-4700.

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

724-4067.

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

Museums BROWN BAG HISTORY SERIES at the Augusta Museum of History Nov. 6 at noon. William Reinig will present “Savannah River Site: A Shor t History of its First 50 Years.” Free for museum members and $2 for non-members; reservations required. Bring a lunch and the museum provides a beverage and desser t. Call the Education Depar tment at 722-8454.

YOUNG AT ART ANNUAL PARTY Oct. 25 at Riverwalk and the Morris Museum, which is transformed into a Las Vegasstyle casino. Festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. 724-7501.

THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY hosts permanent exhibition “Augusta’s Story,” an award-winning exhibit encompassing 12,000 years of local history. For the younger crowd, there’s the Susan L. Still Children’s Discovery Gallery, where kids can learn about history in a hands-on environment. The museum also shows films in the History Theatre and hosts a variety of programs. Located at 560 Reynolds Street. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. Admission is $4 adult, $3 seniors, $2 kids (6-18 years of age) and free for children under 6. Free admission on Sundays. Call 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org for more information.

THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART in Ware’s Folly exhibits works by local and regional ar tists. Ar t classes, workshops and other educational programming for children, youth and adults are held in the Walker-Mackenzie Studio. Ware’s Folly galleries open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturday by appointment only. The Walker-Mackenzie Studio gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free, but a donation of $2 for adults and $1 for children and seniors is encouraged. Call 722-5495 for more info.

THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART hosts exhibitions and special events year-round. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Closed on Mondays and major holidays. 1 Tenth Street, Augusta. Call 724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org for details.

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THE MUSEUM OF LAUREL AND HARDY OF HARLEM, GEORGIA features displays of various Laurel and Hardy memorabilia; films also shown. Located at 250 N. Louisville Street in downtown Harlem. Open 1-4 p.m. ThursdayMonday. For more information, call 556-3448.

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

Special Events AUTHOR RICK TURNBULL discusses his book “Gum’s Story” Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m. at the Ma xwell Branch Library.

793-2020.

AIKEN FALL STEEPLECHASE Oct. 26. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and post time is 1 p.m. For ticket information and tailgate reservation, call the Aiken Steeplechase Association, (803) 648-9641.

ADULT TOURS AND TRIPS OFFERED BY THE H.O. WEEKS CENTER: Nov. 1 tour of Augusta registration deadline is Oct. 28; Nov. 19 Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra and Nov. 21 “You Can’t Take it With You” per formances registration deadline is Nov. 4; Dec. 1 Pat Boone concer t registration deadline is Nov. 15. (803) 642-7631.

GEORGIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CONFERENCE meets in Augusta Nov. 2-4 and is headquartered at the Sheraton Augusta Hotel with sessions at Augusta Preparatory Day School and at Westminster Schools of Augusta. Registration is $35. For more information, contact Jolene Cumpton, 863-1906.

CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY PET-A-FAIR Nov. 3, 11:30 a.m. at Julian Smith Casino. Silent auction, raffle, ask-a-vet, microchip clinic, bake sale and more. Pets welcome to at tend. Call 261-PETS.

SWAMP SATURDAY Nov. 2 at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.

Two-mile walk star ts at 9:30 a.m. and leads visitors past wetlands, swamps, trails and outlooks. Wear weatherappropriate gear and comfor table shoes and bring a water bot tle, cameras and binoculars. Free; donations accepted.

828-2109.

AUGUSTA COMMON GRAND OPENING Oct. 26 will be emceed by Carson Daly and features live enter tainment by Nia, NonPoint, The Drif ters, Jamie O’Neal, Jerusalem Sounds, Augusta Mini Theatre, Esther Smith and Stephanie’s Dancers. There will also be a ribbon cut ting and a laser and fireworks show. Events take place from 2-10 p.m. For information, call the Augusta Of fice of the Administrator at 821-2400.

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SUMMERVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TOUR OF HOMES Oct. 26, noon-6 p.m. and Oct. 27, 1-6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the entire tour or $5 per home and are available in advance at Fat Man’s locations, Hill Drug, the Surrey Center Pharmacy and the Church of the Good Shepherd on Walton Way. Tickets available the day of the tour at the Church of the Good Shepherd or at the homes on the tour.

For more information, call 736-7195 or 736-3401.

FAMILY BIKE TOUR Nov. 3, 2-4 p.m. at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. Leisurely paced 10-mile bike tour. Adults should accompany children under 12 and helmets are required. Advance registration is necessar y. Contribution is $3 for members and $5 for non-members. Register by Nov. 1. Call 828-2109.

FIRST ANNUAL INTERTRIBAL POW WOW AND CULTURE FESTIVAL hosted by the Horse Creek American Indian Heritage Association. Indian ar ts and crafts, food, cultural and educational programs will be presented. Held Nov. 1-3 at Langley Pond Park. Gates open at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday and at 9 a.m. Sunday for a morning worship service. Donations are $3 per person and children under 12 admit ted free. For info, call Wanda Randall, (803) 663-9289.

EDWARD TELLER LECTURE/BANQUET hosted by Citizens for Nuclear Technology Nov. 4 at the Radisson River front Hotel. Reception at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased from CNTA, 1204 Whiskey Rd., or from the Operations Recreation Association at SRS. Ten-seat corporate tables may be reserved for $500.

Call 1-800-299-CNTA or (803) 649-3456.

BOOK SIGNING at Borders Books and Music Oct. 25, 7-9 p.m. Steve Brown will be on hand to sign his book “Hurricane Par ty.” Call 737-6962 for more information.

Comedian Rickey Smiley comes to the Imperial Theatre Oct. 25 for two shows.

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Sunday. For information, call David Chism, 541-4143.

GEORGIA-CAROLINA STATE FAIR Nov. 1-10 at the Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds. Scheduled enter tainment includes Charlie Brown and the Coasters, The Tams, gospel music, salsa, Classic Rock All-Stars, Flo Car ter, clogging and more. Tickets available through Tix Online. Visit www.tixonline.com or charge by phone at (803) 278-4TIX.

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WESTERN CAROLINA STATE FAIR through Oct. 26 at the Aiken Jaycees Fairgrounds. Tickets available through Tix Online, www.tixonline.com or by phone at (803) 278-4TIX.

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COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY holds pet adoptions every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at PetsMar t. For more info, call 860-5020.

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RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AND AUGUSTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS holds pet adoptions at Superpetz of f Bobby Jones Expressway every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Call AARF at 364-4747 or visit www.aar f.net.

Adoptions also held at the Richmond County Animal Control Shelter, Tues. through Sun., 1-5 p.m. Call the shelter at 790-6836.

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

Halloween HALLOWEEN MADNESS, a safe and fun alternative to trickor-treating, will be at ASU's Physical Education/Athletic Complex Oct. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Call Greg Wilson, 731-7915.

GHOST TOURS OF UNDERGROUND ATLANTA Oct. 24-31, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Tours begin at Steve Polk Plaza and admission is $5 adult, $3 children 10 and under. (404) 523-2311.

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KIDS HELPING KIDS HALLOWEEN PARTY features safety demonstrations by local sheriff and fire depar tments, Halloween games and treats and a costume contest.

Sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 192 and held 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Legion Post. For more information, contact Miriam Stein, 863-7249, or Joan Reeves, 863-6113.

TIME TO SCARE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL Oct. 25 at the Bernie Ward Community Center. Call 796-5025.

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HOUSE OF HORRORS is sponsored by the Masters City Ser toma Club and the Exchange Club of Richmond County.

Open Oct. 25-31 from 7-11 p.m. $6 admission fee. Site is on Wrightsboro Rd., one mile west of Bobby Jones Expressway. All proceeds given to CSRA charities. For info, contact Butch Holley, 831-6665.

MONSTER BASH Oct. 25 at McBean Activity Center. For information, call 798-1191.

NETHERWORLD HAUNTED HOUSE open daily through Nov. 3. Located in the Georgia Antique and Design Center in Norcross, Ga. $20 combo price for two haunted houses or $13 for the Inner Sanctum only. All ages admit ted, but parental guidance is suggested. Call the Netherworld hotline at (404) 608-2484 or visit www.fearworld.com for more information.

“IN THE REALM OF GHOSTS AND HAUNTINGS: A SPOOKY EVENING WITH E. RANDALL FLOYD” Oct. 28 at the Friedman Branch Library. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., local author E. Randall Floyd gives a talk on ghosts and tells some of the ghost stories in his new book. For more information, call the library at 821-2600.

HALLOWEEN AT PATRIOTS PARK Oct. 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m., features trick-or-treat in the gymnasium, pumpkin carving contest and more. Free admission with a canned good donation. Call 863-7523 for more information.

SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN PARTY 2-5 p.m. Oct. 26 at For t Discovery. Family afernoon of fun featuring “make and take” projects, a scavenger hunt, a costume parade, science demos and goody bags. $4 adult $3 child admission. Call Lisa Golden, 821-0646, for more information.

HALLOWEEN HOOPLA Oct. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken. Carnival games, inflatable activities, pumpkin carving, a costume contest and trick-or-treating will be featured for children 12 and under accompanied by an adult. Cost is $3 for children 3-12 years of age and free for children 2 and under; there is an additional fee for inflatable activities. Call (803) 642-7631.

HALLOWEEN FUN IN DOWNTOWN AIKEN: On Oct. 31, downtown Aiken businesses open their doors to trick-ortreaters. For info, call the Aiken Downtown Development Association at (803) 649-2221.

FRIGHTENING FILM FEATURES FOR HALLOWEEN every Tuesday in October at Headquar ters Library. Upcoming feature is Sleepy Hollow,” Oct. 29. Film begins at 6:30 p.m. Call 821-2600 for details.

SPOOKY SPLASH DIVE-IN MOVIE Oct. 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Family Y’s Wheeler Branch. Watch a family-oriented film while floating in the heated indoor pool. Parents must accompany children 12 and under. $3 for gold and silver members, $5 for bronze members and $7 for non-members; free for kids under 6. Bring swimsuits, towels and floats.

738-6678.

COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL at the Smith-Hazel Center in Aiken Oct. 26. Games, refreshments, prizes and more will be available from noon to 4 p.m. $1 per person.

(803) 642-7635.

HOWL-OWEEN WOODS ADVENTURE features age-appropriate spooky fun for kids ages 5-17. Oct. 29 excursion to Family Y Camp Lakeside includes a hayride and hike through “haunted woods,” Halloween craf ts and a marshmallow roast. Call 733-1030 for details.

“BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL” opens Oct. 31 at First Family Church of Augusta. Per formance is at 7 p.m.; additional per formances held every friday through December.

Reservations are required. Free admission. For tickets and information, call 828-5433.

TRUNK OR TREAT Oct. 26, 6-8 p.m., at First Baptist Church of Evans. Children trick or treat at the trunks of parked and decorated vehicles. Also, there will be a Great Pumpkin Par ty. Free and open to the community. For more info, call First Baptist Church of Evans at 863-1228.

HALLOWEEN BLOOD DRIVE Oct. 31 in downtown Aiken.

Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., the Red Cross Bloodmobile will collect blood donations and hand out Halloween treats.

(803) 649-2221.

JACK-O-LANTERN JUBILEE Oct. 26 on Georgia Avenue in Nor th Augusta. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., craf ts, games, rides and live enter tainment will be showcased. Children’s costume contest at noon. Free admission. Call (803) 441-4300.

HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS is open to any Aiken area senior adult and will be held at the Smith-Hazel Center Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Contests, games and prizes. $1 per person fee. Call (803) 642-7635 for information.

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“TALES OF TERROR AND FANCY” late-night stor y teller’s version of “Sikes and Nancy” and “The Happy Prince.”

Runs through Nov. 2, Fridays and Saturdays at 11 p.m. at the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta. $10 tickets. (404) 874-5299.

AT THE GEORGIA NATIONAL FAIRGROUNDS AND AGRICENTER in Perry, Ga.: Bull Riding, Nov. 1-2, (352) 8213568; Peach State Paint Horse Show, Nov. 2-3, (478) 9870973; Southern Championship Walking Horse Show, Nov. 21-23, (706) 232-3622; POA Horse Show, Nov. 23-24, (478) 962-0695; Lipizzaner Stallions Concer t, Nov. 26-27, (407) 366-0366.

FIRST GLANCE ATLANTA FESTIVAL showcases the Atlanta ar ts community through Nov. 3. Per formances, workshops and panels will be held at a variety of Atlanta ar ts venues.

For more information, call (404) 521-6688.

“THE TAMING OF THE SHREW” will be presented as par t of the Georgia Shakespeare Festival at Oglethorpe University through Nov. 3. Tickets are $23-$32 with group rates available. For more information, call (404) 264-0020 or visit www.gashakespeare.org.

“FRAME 312” will be presented by the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta through Nov. 10. Call (404) 733-4630.

“MURDER IN THE MAGNOLIAS” will be presented by Class Act Theatre in Mariet ta, Ga., through Nov. 17. Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $15 adult, $13 senior and $12 children. Call (770) 579-3156 for reservations.

ACCESSIBILITY ART PROJECT through Oct. 25 in downtown Sumter, S.C. Exhibition of high-quality ar twork presented in unique set tings throughout Sumter’s downtown area. Also, per formance ar t, interactive ar t, lectures, discussions and guided walking tours are par t of the project.

For info, call the Sumter County Cultural Commission, (803) 436-2260.

“A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH: THE LOUIS AND ANN WRIGHT COLLECTION” through Nov. 17 at the Columbia Museum of Ar t. Call (803) 799-2810 or visit www.columbiamuseum.org.

AT THE HARDEEVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY in Hardeeville, S.C.: IPRA Professional Rodeo Oct. 25-26. Call (843) 784RACE or visit www.hardeevillespeedway.com.

AT THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART in Atlanta: “The Mystique of Rene Magrit te: Five Surrealist Paintings From the Menil Collection, Houston,” through Dec. 1; “Building the Collection: American Sculpture,” through Nov. 3; “Beyond Surrealism: Selections From the Permanent Collection,” through Dec. 1. (404) 733-HIGH.

Benefits AUGUSTA SOUTH ROTARY CLUB YARD SALE Nov. 8, 7 a.m. at the Lowe's parking lot on Peach Orchard Rd. Proceeds benefit the Augusta Training Shop for the Handicapped. Contact Sandra Gurley at 724-2601.

HARVEST BALL Nov. 2, 7-11 p.m. at Julian Smith Casino.

Ticket proceeds benefit the Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron Scholarship Fund; silent auction proceeds benefit the Metro Adult Literacy Council. Cost is $17.50 per person in advance or $22 per person at the door. 737-8113.

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Holiday decoration and craf t displays, children’s activities, live enter tainment, celebrity gingerbread house decorating contest and more. All proceeds benefit community projects of the Junior League of Augusta. Volunteer oppor tunities are also available. For more information, call 736-0033.

LIVER JAM Franklin Murphy Benefit Concer t to raise funds for a liver transplant. Concer t is Nov. 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre. Featured enter tainment includes True Praise, Katie Graham, Dennis Hall, Jimmy Smithy and Sudden Thunder, Borderline, Prairie Rose Band, Shiloh, Rhes Reeves and Code Red. Refreshments available. Tickets are $8 per adult or $15 per couple; kids 12 and under are free. To purchase advance tickets, call (803) 593-1770 or (803) 593-4900.

24TH ANNUAL PINCH GUT PUFFER RUN AND WALK Oct. 26. 4.6-mile run begins at 1701 Goodrich Street; 2.3-mile walk begins at 605 Reynolds Street. Registration the day of the race is $25. Register online at www.wrh.org. Oct. 25 features the Pinch Gut Pasta Par ty at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. with speech by guest athlete at 7:30 p.m. $7 per person with special rates for children. All proceeds from these events benefit those served by Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, Walton Community Services, Walton Options for Independent Living and Walton Technologies. For more information, call 823-8526.

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

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

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BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT for Columbia County Christian Academy Oct. 26 at Three Oaks Golf Club in Harlem. Registration is $40 per person or $70 per twoperson team. Lauderdale format. To register, call Stacy Delph, 863-0535.

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M E T R INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD classes at the O Friedman Branch Library. Held 6-7:45 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 4-

U.S. DRUG-FREE POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 26 is presented by Python Power League. Held at the Holiday Inn on Gordon Highway. Entry fee is $50. General admission is $5. For information, contact Tee Meyers, 790-3806.

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S P I “HOW TO REPAIR YOUR CREDIT AND HOW TO WRITE R WILLS” Nov. 1, 6 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call I 722-6275 for information.

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MAKE-A-DIFFERENCE DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at Augusta-Richmond County Animal Control. On Oct. 26, volunteers will walk shelter dogs and collect dog and cat food and cat lit ter for the animals in the shelter. Volunteers needed from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. 790-6836.

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Also, ASU offers online courses. For more information, call 737-1636 or visit www.ced.aug.edu.

AIKEN TECH CONTINUING EDUCATION is now offering the following courses: Intro to Computers, Windows 2000, Microsof t Excel, Health Care Career courses, Rape Aggression Defense, A Look at Genealogy, Real Estate, Driver Education, Pilot courses and more. Aiken Tech also offers Education to Go classes online. For more information or to register, call (803) 593-9231, ex t. 1230.

Health FRESHSTART SMOKING CESSATION CLASSES held Mondays, 6-7 p.m. Nov. 4-25. Held at Doctors Hospital, Medical Office Building II, Spor ts Medicine Office, Suite 302.

No charge for the class, but pre-registration is required.

651-2229.

PROGRAM ON PRACTICES TO HELP THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. in Butler Hall Auditorium at Augusta State University. Sponsored by the Augusta Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the Medical College of Georgia. Free and open to the public. For information, call 733-6426.

“DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?” hearing loss workshop Oct. 24 at the Life Learning Center’s Uptown Division on Wrightsboro Road. Program begins at 2:30 p.m. in Room 3C104. Call 733-0188, ex t. 7989 to enroll in this free program.

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH and University Breast Health Center has a program to provide women who qualify with free mammograms. Call 774-4141 for more information.

AUGUSTA RED CROSS SAFETY TRAINING CLASSES: Standard First Aid, Community First Aid and Safety and Adult CPR classes are scheduled for October. For complete class schedules, call 724-8483 or visit www.redcross.org/ga/augusta.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP meets Dec. 10 at Doctors Hospital Office Building III in Classrooms 4 and 5. Pre-registration is not required. Call 651-2468 or visit www.doctorshospital.net for info.

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

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

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

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

Call Tess at 738-2782 for more information.

A FREE WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC is held from 6-8 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Salvation Army and Welfare Center, 1383 Greene St. Services include Pap smear, breast exam and the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmit ted diseases. For more info or an appointment, call the St. Vincent dePaul Health Center at 828-3444.

W.G. WATSON, M.D., WOMEN’S CENTER CONDUCTS EDUCATION CLASSES at University Hospital. Course topics include Lamaze, breast feeding, parenting and grandparent-

TOM SAWYER DAY will be held Oct. 26 at the Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson. Area youth will help paint the museum’s fence. Call 722-9828 for info.

The photography of Michael Kimmerly is on display through Oct. 31 in the Fine Arts Gallery at Augusta State University. ing. Par tners will learn positive suppor t techniques. There are also programs designed to help older siblings adjust to new family members. Some classes are free, while others require a fee. Registration is required by calling 774-2825.

Kids ART FOR TOTS FAMILY WORKSHOP Nov. 2 at the Ger trude Herber t Institute of Ar t. Toddlers ages 2-4 and their parents will explore the creative possibilities of drawing and painting media. Held 10-11:30 a.m. Fee is $12 per family (one adult and one child). 722-5495.

“YOU’RE A BIG GIRL NOW” CLASS for girls ages 9-12 and their mothers teaches information about puber ty and adolescence. Held Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon, star ting Nov. 2, at Doctors Hospital Medical Office Building II, Cradle Club Classroon, Suite 210. 651-2229.

UPWARD BOUND BASKETBALL AND CHEERLEADING SIGN-UPS through Oct. 26 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Evans. Program is open to children 5-13 years old. Contact Mike Benitez, 869-0888.

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK CELEBRATION through Oct. 26 at For t Discovery. Fun activities explore the chemical proper ties of everyday items. 821-0200.

SPECIAL SHOWING OF “JONAH: A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE” at the Evans 12 Theatre Oct. 26. Tickets for the 10 a.m. shows are $5 plus a canned good, other non-perishable food item or monetary donation to Columbia County Cares, a non-profit food pantry. For more information, call Columbia County Cares at 541-2834.

CHILDREN’S LEARNING CENTER at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History open Monday-Friday, 4:30-6:30 p.m., September through June. For information, call 724-3576.

STORYTIME IN THE GARDENS Tuesdays at Hopelands in Aiken, through Oct. 29. At 4 p.m., local seniors will read favorite children’s stories to kids ages 8 and under. All children receive a book to take home. Bring a blanket or chair and snacks; an adult must accompany children to the program. Free. In case of rain, event will be held at the H.O. Weeks Center. (803) 642-7631.

FALL GYMNASTICS at the Family Y: Session II runs Oct. 28Dec. 30. Open to toddlers through teens and held once a week at the Wheeler Gymnastics Center. 738-6678.

ACADEMIC HELP AND TUTORING available Saturdays, 2:304:30 p.m. at the Wallace Branch Library. Call 722-6275 to make arrangements.

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

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

GIRLS INCORPORATED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM runs through the end of the 2002-2003 school year. A variety of programs will be offered. Services include van pick-up at select schools, evening drop-off, homework room and hot

evening meal. Open to girls in kindergar ten through high school. Af ter-school program offered 2:30-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. For more information, call 733-2512.

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

FIRST SATURDAY STORYTELLING at the Lucy Craf t Laney Museum. In addition, there is a tour of the museum. Held 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of the month. Call 724-3576.

Seniors 16TH ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST Oct. 25, 8-9:30 a.m., is sponsored by the CSRA Coalition of Advocates for the Aging. For more information, call 826-4480.

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

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

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. Classes meet 99:45 a.m., 10-10:45 a.m. or 12:15-1 p.m. $37.50/month. To register, call 733-5959.

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

Sports NATIONAL BARREL HORSE ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Oct. 28-Nov. 2 at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center. Tickets are $30 for the entire event or $8 per day. Children 6 and under admit ted free. Call the Box Office at 724-2400 for more information.

RUN FOR THE RIVER 5K road race at Watson Mill Bridge State Park star ts at 10 a.m. Nov. 2. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Application fee is $12 in advance or $15 the day of the race. For more information, call (706) 246-3312.

RUN FOR THE WOODS takes place Nov. 2 in Hitchcock Woods in Aiken. 5.4-mile cross-country race begins at 9:15 a.m.; 1.2-mile fun run/power walk begins at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call (803) 649-7552 or (803) 642-5021.

ADULT BASKETBALL REGISTRATION through Oct. 31 for Augusta Parks and Recreation program. Held at the Recreation Administrative Office. Call 796-5025.

COLUMBIA COUNTY RECREATION WINTER SPORTS REGISTRATION for basketball and soccer takes place through Nov. 2. Call 863-7523 for details.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE for the Augusta GreenJackets 2003 season. Home games at Lake Olmstead Stadium. Tickets

GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK needs volunteers during the day, Monday-Friday, to help sor t donated products and assist in their agency shopping area. Help is needed yearround. If you are able to lif t 25 pounds and would like to help fight hunger in the Augusta area, contact Laurie Roper at 736-1199, ex t. 208.

THOROUGHBRED RACING HALL OF FAME DOCENTS NEEDED for the upcoming season. Duties include opening and closing the Hall of Fame, greeting visitors and providing information about museum exhibits. Call Lisa Hall, (803) 642-7650 for information.

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

AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: New volunteer orientation is scheduled the first Monday of November at 7 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane.

Schedule subject to change; call 790-6836 to verify dates and times.

THE CSR A HUMANE SOCIETY is looking for animal lovers willing to donate a lit tle of their time. Volunteers are needed ever y Saturday at the Pet Center located behind GreenJackets Stadium on Milledge Road. Call 261-PETS for more info.

SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER is seeking donors to prevent a blood supply shor tage. To donate call 7374551, 854-1880 or (803) 643-7996.

Meetings THE AUGUSTA NEWCOMERS CLUB holds its nex t monthly coffee Nov. 6. For information on at tending, contact Bethany Greer, 210-8049, or Carol Holder, 651-0587.

AUGUSTA COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Nov. 5, 1:45 p.m. in the Commission Chamber, Rooms 803-804 of the Municipal Building. Topic is the exemption of the decaling of the vehicle assigned for transpor tation of the Mayor of Augusta. For information, contact the Clerk of Commission’s office at 821-1820.

Weekly SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program of recovery from addiction to obsessive/compulsive sexual thoughts and behaviors, meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. at Augusta Counselling Services. Call 723-3688 and leave first name and phone number; a confidential reply is assured.

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

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

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

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

Announcements must be received by Monday at noon and will be included as space permits. Send to Events, The Metropolitan Spirit, P.O. Box 3809, Augusta, GA 30914 or fax (706) 733-6663. You may also e-mail listings to rhonda_jones@metspirit.com or lisa_jordan@metspirit.com.

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If You Go “We expect it to be a good crowd,” says Seigler, so you may want to make plans to get there before the celebration starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Wear weather-appropriate gear, because the event will be held, rain or shine.

“Bring a picnic blanket, set up in this beautiful park and enjoy the music,” Seigler says. Two stages will be set up, so if you set yourself down somewhere in the middle of Augusta Common, you’ll be able to catch the acts on both stages merely by turning around.

“We kept one stage primarily gospel and family music,” says Seigler. “We did take that into consideration. We did want to keep it family-oriented.”

The park itself, she says, is “really getting the final touches. It’s 98 percent done.”

And the location, right in downtown Augusta, is ideal. “It really will compliment everything that goes on in downtown Augusta,” Seigler says. “It really does connect the commercial Broad Street with the leisurely Riverwalk.”

In the future, look for Augusta Common to host more concerts and other events.

“We’re really trying to set the pace and kick it off big,” says Seigler. “We’ll try to bring more big names down.”

he musical acts set to provide entertainment for the Augusta Common Grand Opening were chosen to offer something for everyone in the family to enjoy, according to Peggy Seigler, assistant to the administrator of Augusta-Richmond County.

“There’s a little bit of something for everybody,” she says.

That appears to be true, judging from the scheduled lineup. A committee put their heads together and came up with acts running the gamut from urban to country.

Here’s a preview of what you can expect.

Variety Is the Spice of Life Who better to play host for the day than Carson Daly? He’s the host of one of the most popular shows on MTV, “Total Request Live” (TRL). He also hosts a latenight talk show, “Last Call With Carson Daly,” and two nationally syndicated radio programs. He’s one of MTV’s heartthrobs, as evidenced by the crowds of shrieking pre-teen girls clamoring to get a spot in the TRL studios. Expect some of the same at the Augusta Common opening.

Gospel vocalist Esther Smith gives the first performance of the day at 2 p.m.

She’s released nine albums in gospel, traditional and contemporary styles. Smith began singing at 8 years old and became a recording artist at 12 with the Lockhart Soul Inspirers.

Next up is girl group Nia, performing a blend of hip-hop and R&B. They’re a foursome whose members range in age from 15-17. “They’re a teen group with a real positive message,” says LaKeshia Collins of Radio One, who is sponsoring the group’s performance. The Atlanta-based band released their debut album, “I’m Not the One,” on independent label Koya Records.

Nonpoint has been to Augusta before; they played the Locobazooka tour in July and was one of the most well-received bands on the tour. A live Nonpoint performance includes plenty of high-energy metal, as well as a crowd surfer or two.

You probably won’t see that at Augusta Common, but you may hear “Orgullo,” the Nonpoint song that’s entirely in Spanish.

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Jamie O’Neal The city of Augusta is sponsoring a performance by The Drifters. Though their lineup has changed considerably since their start in the 1950s, expect the current incarnation of The Drifters to sing several of the 16 Top 40 hits they’re credited with. Some of the songs you may find yourself singing along with include “Under the Boardwalk,” “There Goes My Baby,” “This Magic Moment,” “Up on the Roof,” and “On Broadway.” It should be a good time with a group that’s been around nearly half a century.

Jamie O’Neal is the last act of the night before the laser and fireworks show that signals the end of the Augusta Common

Grand Opening. She comes to us from Australia, Hawaii, Las Vegas and Nashville, to name a few of the places she’s lived during her lifetime. Though O’Neal has toured internationally as a backup vocalist for pop star Kylie Minogue, and country singers Chely Wright and Ronnie Milsap, she’s better known for her debut album, “Shiver,” whose first single, “There Is No Arizona,” quickly climbed the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

Local acts rounding out the bill include Stephanie’s Dancers, Augusta Mini Theatre and Jerusalem Sounds.

Reynolds Street Stage 3:45-4:30 5:15-6:00 7:45-8:30 8:30-9:15

Nia Nonpoint The Drifters Jamie O’Neal

The Augusta Chronicle Family Stage 2:00-2:45 4:30-5:15 6:00-6:45 6:45-7:30

Esther Smith Stephanie’s Dancers Augusta Mini Theatre Jerusalem Sounds

7:30-7:45 Ribbon Cutting 9:15-9:35 Laser and Fireworks Show

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hh .... the crisp fall weather and a baseball stadium full of excited fans. Yes, most Atlanta Braves followers thought that Turner Field would play host this week to another thrilling World Series but unfortunately (at least for Cox, Chipper, and the rest of their choking teammates) the witnesses will be rocking instead of chopping.

This Saturday night (Oct. 26) the Rolling Stones return to Atlanta. Touring in support of their new retrospective “Forty Licks,” Keith, Charlie, Ronnie and Sir Mick have garnered solid raves with another great show that features their deepest and most varied setlist ever. The band has worked up well over one hundred songs for the tour. Of course, the familiar hits will be trotted out for the masses, but rarely performed numbers from albums such as “Exile on Main Street,” “Sticky Fingers” and “Beggar’s Banquet” will be included. No Doubt opens. You can leave your tomahawks at home.

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The Chris Robinson solo album previously mentioned in these pages is now in stores. “New Earth Mud” features twelve new tunes from the ex-Black Crowes vocalist and was recorded in Paris earlier this spring. Another solo tour is planned in support of the disc.

Jazz great John Coltrane’s landmark 1964 album, “A Love Supreme,” is being reissued this month with upgraded sound and bonus tracks. Extras included on the set are live versions of some of the selections as well as several alternate takes.

Coltrane’s signature album featured stellar backing from McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. It’s a musthave for any collection.

The Foo Fighters return this week with “One by One,” recorded over the past year at vocalist Dave Grohl’s Virginia studio.

Over 30 selections were originally recorded and considered for the 11-song disc, which means lots of B-side material will also be available. Queen’s Brian May guests on one track. Until recently, Grohl

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Recent court documents have detailed just what a selfish stinker producer Phil Spector was in regard to back royalties owed to ‘60s girl group The Ronettes. The two parties have been in court for over 15 years trying to settle, with no success. The Ronettes were produced by Spector and enjoyed their biggest hit in 1963 with the classic “Be My Baby.” Surprisingly, the group has been paid only $14,482 total for all of their work with the famed producer.

The litigation (and legal bills) continues.

New albums due in stores this week include Richard Ashcroft’s (ex-The Verve frontman) “Human Conditions,” Badly Drawn Boy’s “Have You Fed the Fish?”, Blues Traveler’s “What You and I Have Been Through,” Gary Cherone’s (ex-Van Halen) “Exit Elvis,” The Donnas’ “Spend the Night,” Steve Morse’s “Major Impacts 2,” Tom Paxton’s “Looking For the Moon,” Carlos Santana’s “Shaman,” Brian Setzer’s “Boogie Woogie Santa,” and Rod Stewart’s “The Great American Songbook.”

Turner’s Quick Notes: The fabulous Del McCoury Band was named “Entertainer of the Year” at last week’s Bluegrass Music Awards … Beck’s terrific but downbeat “Sea Change” is perhaps the most morose and melancholy album since Brian Wilson’s “Pet Sounds” … Queen was crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week … Recent covers performed by Bob Dylan in concert include Don Henley’s “End of the Innocence,” Warren Zevon’s “Mutineer,” and even the Stones’ “Brown Sugar” …

Does would-be astronaut Lance Bass now qualify as the Deke Slayton of boy bands?

Turner’s Rock and Roll Jeopardy A. This 1988 movie starred Phil Collins and featured his sleepy version of “Groovy Kind of Love.”

Q. What is “Buster?” (No, we didn’t see it either.)

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Fiddler David Blackmon Rocks Out With Krill

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f the name David Blackmon sounds familiar to you, you’re probably a Widespread Panic fan.

“I just ended up playing with Panic,” Blackmon says. “It ended up, a lot of people expected me to be with the band all the time.”

Widespread Panic, however, hasn’t been the only outlet for Blackmon’s fiddle playing.

He’s worked with and recorded for a varied list of artists, including Kevn Kinney, Gov’t Mule, Jerry Reed, The Normaltown Flyers and Billy Bragg, just to name a few.

“I started out in 1981 in the country music field,” says Blackmon. “I moved from Athens to Nashville, which opened up a lot of opportunities for me. After about three-and-a-half, four years of that, I decided I’d move back to Athens and get a real job.” Blackmon laughs.

“I ended up hooking up with a recording studio. Widespread Panic were cutting their first album, ‘Space Wrangler,’ and wanted me to play on it. They invited me out to play live shows with them, which I did sporadically.”

Just how does a violinst become a fiddle player, anyway? In Blackmon’s case, he started out playing in the school orchestra at 9 years old. “I did that for a couple years and got really interested in fiddle playing,” he says. “It’s the same instrument, but a different interpretation.” After playing country and bluegrass in his teens, Blackmon tried his hand at electric guitar and fiddle playing – rock style.

When The Spirit asked what it was like to switch from one style of playing to another, Blackmon answered, “It’s entirely different.

I was real lucky in that I had a lot of influences growing up.” Those influences helped Blackmon build a musical repertoire a mile long.

“I’ll be able to come into any situation and

basically give them what they want,” he says.

“I guess that’s how I built my reputation.”

In July of 1999, an accident temporarily sidelined Blackmon. “I had a freak accident playing frisbee,” he says. “I hit my head on the ground and destroyed my sixth and seventh vertebra.” Blackmon was left paralyzed.

But thanks to good doctors, a supportive family, and his faith, Blackmon learned to walk again – and he was even able to go back to his fiddle playing.

During his recuperation, music didn’t leave Blackmon’s thoughts. “I devoted my mind to other things,” he says. “I was definitely going to stay in the music thing, going to produce or something.”

These days, he’s playing with a band called Krill. “Krill is basically, when I started playing with them, they were a power trio,” Blackmon says. “They borderline on Frank Zappa, maybe the Dixie Dregs a little bit, Jimi Hendrix possibly. It worked out real well.”

The audience for Krill shows, he says, varies. “Anything from Deadheads to people that know me from the country thing.”

And for audiences unfamiliar with Blackmon himself, does the rockin’ fiddle catch them off guard? “A little bit,” he says.

“But they really don’t realize a lot can be done with a violin in the rock genre. It can be a very powerful instrument. … It adds a nice element. It adds a whole other dimension because violin is a whole other voice from guitar. It just puts another instrument in there that’s in a different range. It’s not expected.”

Catch Blackmon’s performance at the Krill show Friday, Oct. 25, at the Red Lion. The Cogburns will also be playing. For more information on the show, call the Red Lion at 736-7707.

Neato Torpedo Celebrates New Release

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will be the Hellblinki Sextet. “We just have an appreciation for Andrew,” Graves says of Hellblinki’s main man.

“We’ve known each other for a long time. They’re very interesting, and we wanted to make the evening really fun.”

Another fun component to Neato Torpedo’s CD release party is the theme: It’s rumored to be a “pimps and hos” party. “I think this is one of Brian’s deals,” Graves says, pinning the blame on Neato Torpedo’s drummer. “But it’s pretty much for the ladies to dress up kind of hoish, for the guys to dress up pimpish.” But, he says, you won’t be turned down at the door if you’re not wearing your best fishnets or feathered hat. Any type of costume – or everyday wear, if you’re determined to rain on the parade – is appropriate. After all, it’s that time of year.

The holidays are also approaching, and Neato Torpedo’s got some December concerts planned. In addition to the anniversary of Neato Torpedo’s reunion, the band is anticipating the 12 Bands of Christmas show. “Just these past two weeks, all the sudden – boom, boom, boom – all these shows popped up,” says Graves. “The Fixx show showed up, and then I think we have two more shows booked in December.”

Until then, Neato Torpedo hopes to placate you with “Citizen’s Band.” When The Spirit spoke with Graves, he had plans to put the finishing touches on the CDs. “This evening, I’ll be working on putting the packaging together,” he said.

“We did the design ourselves. My wife, she does graphic design.”

You can catch Neato Torpedo in their element Saturday at Crossroads. If you’re going, plan to have a fun night out – with Neato Torpedo, anything can happen. As Graves says, “Anytime we play, it’s always full of surprises.”

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eato Torpedo blasts out of a summer-long break with “Citizen’s Band,” the group’s fourth release. On Oct. 26, they plan to celebrate with fans at their CD release party, held at Crossroads.

“We’ve just kind of been really taking our time with getting the CD finished,” says vocalist Joe Graves, explaining the band’s absence on the live local music circuit for the better part of four months.

“But we’re ready to go. We’re starting to rehearse again.”

The album, Graves says, isn’t a departure from the straight-up rock sound Neato Torpedo has embraced in the past.

“This CD is a lot more guitar-driven than the last one,” he says. “The production seems to be a little bit better than last time around. We really rushed it, but this time, we took a little bit more time and it’s really paid off. The sound quality is just so much better. We’re very proud of it.

“As a group, this is our fourth recording. But it’s our second CD. The first two were tape,” Graves says, laughing.

“Back in the late ‘80s.”

Yes, Neato Torpedo’s been around that long. They reunited last December after a more lengthy hiatus – 11 or 12 years – than this summer’s short break. To celebrate the band’s longevity, Graves says, a reunion anniversary show is in the works, most likely in late December.

Neato Torpedo is even the lucky band that gets to open up for The Fixx Nov. 12. “Scott Levine down at Crossroads is a strong supporter of local music,” says Graves. “He had said something about ‘Are there any fans of The Fixx?’ I think it was on the 95 Rock message board.

We were his first choice, which was a total surprise to me. It’s going to be really fun; I just don’t know what to expect.

I believe it’s most of the original lineup.”

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Night Life Thursday, 24th

The Bee’s Knees - Bud Hudson Bhoomer’s Lounge - Open Mic with Heavy Dose Cadillac’s - The Funtime Band Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Coliseum - Evonne Santini Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves and the Coyote Ugly Band D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Fox’s Lair - Karaoke Joe’s Underground - The Elliot Holden Group Kokopelli’s - Capital A Last Call - Grand Inferno Dueling Pianos Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - House Music Red Lion - Freakboy and Joe’s Bir thday Par ty with The Rif f Raf f Kings, The Big Mighty Shannon’s - Alan Black Soul Bar - Soul Bar Sound Lab Surrey Tavern - John Kolbeck

Friday, 25th

The Bee’s Knees - Jazz Trois Bhoomer’s Lounge - Heavy Dose with Special Guest Big Iron Saloon - Magic Hat Borders - Savannah River Grass Cadillac’s - Ocean Boulevard Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Coconuts - DJs Doug and Eric Coliseum - Hollywood Hunks with Lauren Alexander Cotton Patch - The Free Beer Band Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Drop Level, SPYT D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Fox’s Lair - Thom Carlton Hangnail Gallery - Bloodfest with Thicker Than Blood, Shell, Syndakit, Paint the Sky Red, Never Before Now, Diagnostic Highlander - Lions From Zion Joe’s Underground - Verge Kokopelli’s - Lithium Last Call - Tony Howard, DJ Richie Rich Marlboro Station - Lauren Alexander, Diane Chanel Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - DJ Vegas Red Lion - Krill, featuring David Blackmon, The Cogburns Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Shannon’s - Steve Chappell, Bar t Bell Surrey Tavern - Playback with Tutu Divine

Saturday, 26th

The Bee’s Knees - Shaun Piazza Bhoomer’s Lounge - Heav y Dose wi th Special Guest Big Iron Saloon - Magic Hat Borders - Charles Tremblay Cadillac’s - Ocean Boulevard Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford Coconuts - DJs Doug and Eric Coliseum - Ravion Star Cotton Patch - The Free Beer Band Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves and the Coyote Ugly Band Crossroads - Neato Torpedo CD Release Par ty, The Hellblinki Sex tet D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue

Diamond Express Fox’s Lair - Live Enter tainment Joe’s Underground - John & Andy Kokopelli’s - Rufie, The Buster Hymen Band Last Call - Tony Howard, DJ Richie Rich Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Modjeska - DJ Boriqua Red Lion - Lithium, Silence Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Mykie G Shannon’s - Benny Ray Soul Bar - Kevn Kinney, Redbelly Surrey Tavern - Playback with Tutu Divine

Sunday, 27th

Cafe Du Teau - Buzz Clif ford and The Last Bohemian Quar tet Cotton Patch - Jack Drummond The Edge - Shell, Siclid, Daughter of Lust, Drop Level Marlboro Station - Claire Storm, Sasha Robbie’s Sports Bar - DJ Shannon’s - Tony Howard Somewhere in Augusta - Keith “Fossill” Gregory

Monday, 28th

Joe’s Underground - Keith “Fossill” Gregory The Playground - DJ Chrissy Chris Red Lion - F&B Karaoke Surrey Tavern - John Kolbeck

Silence plays at the Red Lion Pub with Lithium Saturday, Oct. 26.

Tuesday, 29th

Cadillac’s - Danny Rhea Crossroads - MCG Halloween Par ty D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Joe’s Underground - Keith “Fossill” Gregory Metro Coffeehouse - Irish Music Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Surrey Tavern - Pat Blanchard and Friends

Wednesday, 30th

Cadillac’s - Karaoke with Bill Tolber t Coyote’s - Rhes Reeves and the Coyote Ugly Band D. Timm’s - Joe Patchen and the Blue Diamond Express Joe’s Underground - Jason Michael’s - Marilyn Adcock Shannon’s - Steve Chappell, Bar t Bell Somewhere in Augusta - Joe Stevenson, Jason Sabo Soul Bar - Live Jazz Surrey Tavern - John Kolbeck

Upcoming

The Dave Matthews Cover Band - Last Call - Nov. 6 Mary Prankster CD Release Party - Red Lion Nov. 7 3 Doors Down - Bar ton Field, For t Gordon Nov. 9 Bile, Nocturne - Hangnail Gallery - Nov. 10 Kicks 99 Guitar Pull - Bell Auditorium - Nov. 12 The Fix x, Neato Torpedo - Crossroads - Nov. 12 Jump, Little Children - Last Call - Nov. 14 Moshfest Four - Savannah Rapids Pavilion Nov. 15 She Festival - Crossroads - Nov. 16

Be sure to catch SPYT singer Jason Peck’s last show. It’s Friday night at Crossroads with Drop Level.

Elsewhere

War - Blumenthal Per forming Ar ts Center, Charlot te, N.C. - Oct. 24 Sam Bush - The Handlebar, Greenville, S.C. Oct. 24; Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Oct. 25 Yes - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta - Oct. 25 The Statler Brothers - Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, N.C. - Oct. 25 Alabama - Alabama Theatre, Myr tle Beach, S.C. - Oct. 25-27 Supersuckers - Echo Lounge, Atlanta - Oct. 26 Phil Vassar, Brad Paisley - Anderson Music Hall, Hiawassee, Ga. - Oct. 26 Rolling Stones, No Doubt - Turner Field, Atlanta - Oct. 26 Songs: Ohia, Damien Jurado, Ashley Proffitt Echo Lounge, Atlanta - Oct. 27 Cris Williamson, Holly Near - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Oct. 27 Dark Star Orchestra - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Oct. 29 Michael W. Smith, Third Day - Philips Arena, Atlanta - Nov. 1 Wilco - Classic Center Theatre, Athens, Ga. Nov. 1 Trey Anastasio - The Tabernacle, Atlanta - Nov. 1 Mad Margritt - Flanagins, Atlanta - Nov. 1-2; The Breaking Point, Atlanta - Nov. 22-23 Bile, Nocturne - Uncle Doctor’s, Columbia, S.C. - Nov. 1; Velvet Lounge, Savannah, Ga. - Nov. 6; Masquerade, Atlanta - Nov. 21 Voodoo Music Experience - New Orleans City Park, New Orleans, La. - Nov. 2 Bjorn Again - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Nov. 2 Salif Keita - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Nov. 3 Calexico, Black Heart Procession - Echo Lounge, Atlanta - Nov. 4 The Flaming Lips - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Nov. 4

Widespread Panic - Macon Coliseum, Macon, Ga. - Nov. 5 Cowboy Mouth - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta - Nov. 7 Mary Prankster - The Earl, Atlanta - Nov. 8; Velvet Elvis, Savannah, Ga. - Nov. 9 Beth Orton - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Nov. 10 Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta - Nov. 12 Herbie Hancock Quartet - Classic Center Theatre, Athens, Ga. - Nov. 14 Bill Gaither - Nor th Charleston Coliseum, Charleson, S.C. - Nov. 15 Saves the Day - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta - Nov. 16 Glenn Tilbrook - Red Light Cafe, Atlanta - Nov. 17 Hall & Oates - Spar tanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spar tanburg, S.C. - Nov. 20 California Guitar Trio - Red Light Cafe, Atlanta Nov. 22 Drive-by Truckers - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Nov. 30 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Charlot te Coliseum, Charlot te, N.C. - Dec. 8; The Carolina Center, Columbia, S.C. - Dec. 9 Jim Brickman - Spar tanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spar tanburg, S.C. - Dec. 10; Ovens Auditorium, Charlot te, N.C. - Dec. 15 Many tickets are available through TicketMaster outlets, by calling 828-7700, or online at w w w.ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be available through Tix Online by calling 278-4TIX or online at w w w.tixonline.com. Night Life listings are subject to change without notice.

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• Sen. Jorge Capitanich recently introduced a bill in the Argentine legislature to help restore voters’ faith in elected officials to pull the country out of its long and severe economic crisis. (It is a common street scene in Buenos Aires that politicians, once they are identified by passersby, are targets of insults and spitting.) If the bill passes, all congressional and presidential candidates would be required not only to prove they have paid their taxes and to disclose any criminal records but also to submit to psychiatric exams to assure voters that they are emotionally fit to hold office.

Latest Protests • A formerly obese woman organized a “million-pound march” for Ottawa in October to protest the Ontario Parliament’s proposed funding cutbacks on stomach-stapling surgery. (Attendance was about 998,000 pounds short.) And to protest unemployment in Escravos, Nigeria, in July, about 600 women held hundreds of workers captive inside an oil terminal and threatened to take off their own clothes, which Nigerians regard as gravely shocking. And in Rajasthan, India, protesters opposed to distribution of the allegedly mob-financed movie “Kante” said they would release poisonous snakes into the darkened theaters showing the film.

Cultural Diversity • In July, on her return from a frownedupon pilgrimage with a female friend just after her wedding, Sangeeta Sauda, age 20 and of a Khanjar tribal community in India, volunteered to hold a red-hot iron in her hands in public to prove to her husband that she was still as pure as the Hindu goddess Sita. She passed the test, but police in Indore, watching the ceremony, later arrested Sauda’s husband and in-laws for allegedly pressuring her to hurt herself.

• Among the more daring indigenous national games (from a September ABC News report): fish-fighting in Thailand (just like cockfighting but with specially bred fish in a tank); competitive kite-fly-

ing in several Southeast Asian countries (kites with sharp edges for contestants to try to shred opponents’ kites); and “pato,” which is now played in Argentina with a partially buried ball with handles, but which originally was played by burying a duck up to his neck and attempting to yank it up while on horseback.

• To battle dry spells in Nepal and neighboring northern India in July and August, dozens of farmer’s wives gathered in the fields to perform naked dances at midnight in order to appease Indra, the Hindu god of rain; the women of Uttar Pradesh state in India were less successful, but the 200 Nepalese women who began dancing in mid-August were rewarded with the start of the monsoon season, which soon created floods and landslides. And in Lambertville, N.J., in August, a nude Douglas B. Carroll, 24, was arrested at 3 a.m. and told police he thought running across a bridge naked, really fast, would bring rain; the next night, it rained.

• Thailand’s public health minister issued a warning in August against the growing fad of keeping as pets the large Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, which are being widely sold for about $1.20 each. According to her, their bacteriaand virus-laden, 2-1/2-inch-long bodies, and very quick breeding ability, make them somewhat unsuitable as pets.

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• In August, in Goshen, Ind., Chad Hershberger, 45, survived having his skull split wide open by an exploding piece of metal in a septic-tank accident. (He initially remained conscious while being treated for the 2-inch, ear-to-ear gash but later underwent major surgery and lost his left eye.) And in June, a 20-year-old man accidentally fired his spear gun, hitting himself in the head, while fishing near Chania, Crete, but survived despite being in the water for six hours before being discovered and enduring three hours’ surgery just to remove the spear (which had entered his jaw and broken through the top of his skull); because the spear passed through a nonactive part of the brain, the man was soon back on his feet with no serious problems.

Boredom, Illustrated • A 16-year-old boy was sent to Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., in September with second-degree burns after he and two pals started playing a game in which each would splash gasoline on their shorts and set themselves on fire before rolling on the ground to try to extinguish the flames. One of the boys told police they agreed to three rounds each as sort of competition.

A Benefit of Obesity: Secret Hiding Places • James Scott Woods, 26, was arrested in Mount Carmel, Tenn., in July after police were called to a house on a robbery complaint. Officers could not find evidence of the robbery and were inclined to let Woods go but on a hunch discovered a half-ounce of marijuana, plus a pipe and $187 cash, tucked into a fold of Woods’ stomach. (A few minutes later, Woods was also charged with tampering with evidence when he allegedly broke his handcuffs and tried to swallow the marijuana.)

— Chuck Shepherd © United Press Syndicate

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Brezsny's Free Will Astrology I predict that your dreams will soon have potent effects on your waking life; they’ll help transform conditions that had previously been resistant to change. Maybe you’ll dream of being able to ripen green apples just by gazing upon them, for instance, and then find you have a comparable power to expedite evolution in the daytime. Or perhaps you’ll dream of time-traveling back to ancient Rome and leading an uprising that frees thousands of slaves, and then later that morning figure out how to liberate yourself from an all-too-real oppression. And who knows what fun will ensue, Aries, after you dream of doing what you were forbidden or too inhibited to do when you were in high school?

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Leo actor Christian Slater bemoaned aspects of his training. “I glommed on to the idea,” he said, “that I had to suffer for my art. Acting teachers love to promote the idea that in order to really get into character, you’ve got to put yourself through emotional hell.” Many of you Leos have a similar attitude. You regard your whole life as a work of art that shines brightest when it flirts with interesting pain. In the coming months, though, you’ll be called upon to make dramatic revisions in your approach to self-expression. I suggest you take your inspiration from Slater’s new and improved belief: “Now I’d say, ‘Don’t suffer for your art.’”

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This’ll be good — you’re sure to dream up inventive solutions to problems — but you’ll also have to guard against getting carried away. To curb excesses, I’m providing you with help from Sagittarian cartoon character Bart Simpson. If you start edging towards loopy intemperance in the coming weeks, repeat the following affirmations, which he has at one time or another written on his classroom’s blackboard: “I will not eat things for money. I do not have diplomatic immunity. I will not teach others to fly. Organ transplants are best left to the professionals. Underwear should be worn on the inside. I will not sell miracle cures. I will not spank others. I will not do anything bad ever again.”

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It’ll be a zigzag, flip-flop, which-end-is-up week, Virgo. Every plot twist will quickly split into at least two further plot twists; anything that looks like a trick ending will lead to what looks like another trick ending. Your natural talents for thinking on your feet and adapting on the fly will be even better than usual, though, so you’re poised to thrive in slippery conditions that may befuddle weaker minds. My advice? Act as if there’s no script for the unfolding drama; treat every situation

I live in Northern California, home of more psychotherapists per capita than any place on earth.

Though it’s fun to joke about it, I’m pleased so many of my neighbors place a high value on exploring and transforming their inner landscapes. If I were King of the World, every citizen would have an inalienable right not just to adequate food, housing, education, and medical care, but also regular counseling

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It’s your birthright to become a master of desire, Scorpio. Two related skills are involved. First, you have to regularly pare away all inessential desires and enthrone the precious few that are really important. Second, you have to steadily shed outmoded goals to make room for fresh goals that will consistently lead you away from the past and into the future. It’s a tough assignment. Most people never come close to accomplishing such refined potency, and they don’t have half the number of desires you do. Can you pull it off? The coming weeks will be a turning point in your quest to claim this birthright.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

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The cosmic powers have authorized me to grant you a double-strength, time-release dose of sweet certainty. During the coming grace period, your attraction to doubt will fade. A simple resolve will rise up in your heart every time you need one. Though at first the peace you experience may feel eerie, you could get so used to it that you’ll forever abandon the chronic vacillation you’ve assumed was your lot in life.

My daughter Zoe is modest about her poetry. She worries she hasn’t earned the states of awareness she writes about. “I don’t know if I’m really as sensitive and deep as I make myself out to be,” she confessed as she handed me a beautiful poem recently. I understand Zoe’s concern. Am I as enlightened as I appear to be, judging by the noble advice I dispense in these horoscopes? Nope. Yet in the process of conjuring up inspirational messages for you, I find myself striving to live up to their moral power; I become a better person. How about you, Taurus? Is there any gift you can give or service you can provide that will activate your dormant potential? Is there any beauty you can bring to life in your environment that will transform you on the inside?

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The key to Libran happiness, says master astrologer Steven Forrest, is to seek serenity within. He warns that you shouldn’t go overboard trying to manipulate the external world into becoming more tranquil. That’s not possible, and besides, it’s a distraction from the real work, which is best done on yourself. Now here’s the really exciting part of Forrest’s theory: The most reliable way for you to release tension is by putting yourself in the presence of beauty by seeking out people and environments that elicit your deep sighs of esthetic enjoyment. At this particular moment in your astrological history, my dear, that’s especially useful advice.

with a wise advisor. Alas, our civilization is not sufficiently enlightened for that revolution. Until it is, Gemini, you should take matters into your own hands. And now, while you’re at the top of your game, is a perfect astrological moment to initiate, expand, or cultivate your access to such a guide.

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Cancer cells are constantly developing in our bodies. Luckily, our immune systems routinely kill them off. Similarly, your mind always harbors pockets of crazy-making misconceptions and faulty imprints. They usually don’t rise up and render you insane thanks to the psychic version of your immune system. And how can you stay strong in your ability to fight off sickness and madness? You know the drill: Eat healthy food, sleep well, get physical exercise, minimize stress, give and receive love. But here’s another one that’s not so widely advertised: Know what your life’s purpose is and pursue it with all your heart. I encourage you to vigorously practice all these life-enhancing pleasures in the coming days, Aquarius. You’re in a phase when you can add enormous strength to every function of your immune system.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Imagine you’re swinging from the chandelier after midnight at the party of the year. The chandelier breaks, and you’re thrown into the lap of an interesting-looking wallflower who’s been sitting in the corner muttering into a cell phone all evening. The moment you land, the wallflower flatters you with outrageous praise, followed by an insightful critique of you that’s both embarrassing and helpful, followed by another dollop of praise, followed by an invitation to leave for the airport together and get on a plane for Egypt. While this scenario may not literally occur, Pisces, it’s a close metaphorical approximation of what your upcoming future will be like.

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Call 733-0526 (12/26#7877) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– RCA VHS-C Camcorder. CC6263. Brand new in box with ALL accessories. $249. OBO. No reasonable of fer refused. 803-441-8744 (12/19#7875) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Boxwood Shrub, 3 years old, 18 inches tall, $2.50 Call 706-863-3518 (12/19#7871) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Antique 1900 Singer Treadle Sewing Machine, Serial#0948896 Excellent Condition. Original Book. $200.00 OBO, 706-854-0152 (12/05#7859) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– HP882 Deskjet Printer, 12000DPI, Parallel Connection Printer Sof tware, Like New 706-738-8551, $125.00 OBO. (12/05#7859) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Two Piece, black leather couch and loveseat set. Pret ty good condition. Asking only $200. 706-267-0074.

(11/28#7833) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Pageant Gown - Black w/ Beading - Size 8 - Brand New“Mom and Dad, it’s appropriate for prom night, too!” $200 - 803-640-7694 (11/21#7826) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sanyo 12” T.V. & Haier Dorm Refrigerator, bought for college, she decided not to go. Paid $300, sell for $175.

706-564-1157 (11/21#7827) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Matress & Box Spring Set, Full size, good condition.

Asking $80.00 Call 830-0984 (11/21#7828) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Waterbed For Sale. $75. Includes headboard, padded bumper rails, and waterbed sheets. Call (706)729-0497 (11/21#7830) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Baby Crib, solid wood, excellent condition. Paid $250, Asking $120. Call 830-0984 (11/21#7829)

Brown Sofa & Hide a Bed Love Seat Set Like new for sale $225. Call (706) 495-3532 (11/14#7819) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Computer Laptop Toshiba, T2400CS 486/50MHZ Windows 95 56k Modem, PMCIA Slots, Power Supply, Carry bag $189 OBO. 706-444-8619 (11/14#7816) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Book, 1st Thus. “Red Book of Appin” pub. James Miller.

1866. Good+, Cloth. Tex t concerning the supernatural. $200. 284-6429, David. (11/07#7807) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Rascal Electric Scooter Excellant Condition $3,000.00 Call, 722-0451 B/T 1:30 - 4:30 or Evenings 722-0119 (10/24#7782) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Aluminum Racing Seat, $175, 14” Black cover, Kirkey, NEW 706-860-1237, Evenings. (10/24#7784) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Transmission for 1984 Ford Ranger, 5 spd 2 wheel drive, $400 OBO, Call 706-736-6159 (10/24#7787) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Store Clothes Fix tures. 8 Total, with 2 or 4 arms on each. $25.00 Each, 803-594-9099 (10/24#7789) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Crystal Stemware, Mikasa Venezia, Iced Tea, 12, Mint Cond, Paid $150, Asking $80.00 (706) 840-8635 Leave message. (10/24#7783) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– HP Laser Printer-600x600 dpi, Like new, $250.00, 706793-8834 (10/24#7780) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Silent Flame Wood Stove with fan pipe too. $250.00 706-595-8832 or 595-4883 (10/24#7779) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Floral Paintings California Roses & Apples of Spring $10.00 Each, 737-9335 (10/24#7778) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Golf Club Hippo Driver 9° Ultra light shaf t, Like new $80.00, 738-4270 (10/24#7790) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Book For Sale The Black West Buf falo Soldiers 10th Cav., $225.00 OBO 706-560-9782 (10/24#7776)

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wo Saturdays ago, my daughter was going to come home from college, but she changed her mind at the last minute. That af ternoon, a longtime friend of hers — a guy — showed up looking for her. He and I had flirted in the past, but I had never really thought any thing of it. Well, one thing led to another, and he and I ended up having sex. Before I go any further, I want to make it clear that he is of age; that he and my daughter have never been anything more than friends; and that neither of us is cheating on anyone. We have since spent several nights together, and we have enjoyed each other’s company very much. We are considering making the relationship public, but I’m concerned with how it will go over with my daughter. Will she be within her rights if she does have a problem with this?

—Mrs. Robinson

Does this mean you’re get ting a hall-pass to keep doing who you’ve been doing (as long as you keep your big yap shut)? Not exactly.

Granted, you haven’t broken any laws, and you claim you aren’t breaking any hear ts. Still, you sure are working some nasty stretch marks into the boundaries of good taste. The last guy your daughter wants to see in the running to be her stepfather is the snot-nosed kid who pushed her of f the monkey bars when she was 10. Worse yet, it’s all her doing: She’s not just her mother’s daughter; she’s her mother’s stud service, too! Of course, you’re not just her old lady; you’re plenty young enough to kick her in the shins and yank away all her boy friends, too! If she sees it that way (and she’s likely to see it that way), you might not be seeing a whole lot more of her. Like, for decades. As the saying goes: “Who says you can’t go home again?” Her answer: “Not only can’t you go home again; you’d bet ter get a judge to issue a restraining order to keep your mom at least 500 feet away from all your guy friends and boy friends at all times.”

Welcome to the Way Too Much Information Age. If you push back your cuticles, and no one’s around to videotape it, how will you ever get your own realit y TV show? Want access to a complete stranger’s medical records? Well, too bad if you don’t, because the nex t time you’re standing in line at the grocery store, you’re sure to be treated to some guy shouting “A Brief History Of My Small Intestine” into his cell phone. What’s nex t — get ting dragged into a dark alley at knife-point and being forced to listen to somebody’s to-do list?

Now, perhaps your convincing anyone to have sex with you is so notewor thy that you feel compelled to put out a press release. And, yippee for you — not only are you knocking boots, you’re doing it with someone you probably used to pick up for car pool.

Never theless, af ter “enjoying each other’s company” a few times, it seems a bit premature to aler t the international press corps, NATO, the Coast Guard, the Kiwanis Club, and your nex t-of-kin. Chances are, if you’d bagged some geezer instead of some boy toy who’s just post-Toys “R” Us, you wouldn’t be speeddialing your daughter and the rest of the free world. In other words, there’s no time like five minutes ago for you to star t practicing the long-lost ar t of kiss and shut up.

I’ve known this guy for about a year and a half, and we’re becoming very close; actually, we’re almost inseparable. The problem is, he says he’s afraid to get into a relationship with me because he still has feelings for his exgirlfriend. (They’ve been separated for a year, and she now has a new boy friend.) Do you think he just doesn’t want me at all?

—Roadblocked You’ve been listening to too many selfimprovement tapes. No sooner does Tony Robbins blind you with those big teeth than you’re sure you can sell mink toilet seat covers to the executive board of PETA ... or have a relationship with somebody who’s still in a relationship with somebody else. Does this guy want you? Well, yeah. He wants you to keep him company so he won’t have to curl up in a fetal position and pine for his ex-girlfriend all by himself. If that’s the kind of relationship you’ve always dreamt of, by all means, follow your dream! Do, however, remember to pack a picnic basket and a blanket so you and your dream won’t get cold and hungry while you’re camped out on his ex-girlfriend’s front lawn.

— © 2002, amy Alkon

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Seeking compassionate WF, 32-45, N/S, for LTR. ☎595934 HOME IS WHERE The heart is. Educated SWM, 33, self employed, veteran, enjoys family and friends.

Seeking HF, 24-31, for LTR. ☎601113 SOMETHING WE BOTH NEED Is friendship. SBM, 22, seeks woman, 20-29.

So if your sweet, caring and kind then we can be friends and maybe more. ☎603104 LOOKING FOR LTR SM, 41, 5’10’’, likes playing basketball, chess, long walks, picnics. Would like to meet a woman who has the same interests. ☎594412 THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER SM, 46, 5’10”, 200lbs, likes sports, chess, movies, quiet walks and evenings, socializing.

Seeking mature, full-figured SWF with inner and outer beauty. ☎590295 SEEKING SF, 21-46 SBM, 35, looking for casual relationship first, possible LTR. I enjoy malls, movies, rivers, quiet times at home. ☎579190 THE FUTURE IS WIDE OPEN SWM, 38, works in construction, enjoys movies, sports, hiking, mountains, camping.

Looking for serious relationship with SF, 30-60. ☎578727 VERY ROMANTIC SWM, 53, loves beaches, outdoors, sports, flea markets. Seeking a woman who can be honest and would appreciate a one-woman man. ☎576845 IN SEARCH OF TRUE LOVE WM, 40, 5’7’’, 140lbs, very loving, affectionate, passionate, caring, honest, sincere, with great personality, seeks open-minded female, 20-40, who knows the meaning of true love and commitment. ☎579693 LET’S MEET Shy SWM, 32, 5’9”, 221lbs, brown hair, enjoys bowling, ballgames. Seeking honest, friendly, caring SWF, 22-40. ☎966028 AUTHOR SWM, 29, 5’11”, 198lbs, published writer, cook, enjoys reading, writing, movies, intelligent conversation. Seeking slender, intelligent, loving WF, 25-33, who likes kids. ☎565627

SHOW ME THE TOWN... and what there is to do around here. Me: SWM, 42, N/S, new to the area. You: SWM, under 51, anxious to show me how wonderful Augusta is. ☎719366 LOOKING FOR LOVE GWM, 41, 5’8’, 140lbs, Pisces, enjoys fishing, television, wood working, gardening, arts, crafts. Seeking GWM, 25-45, for friendship first, possible LTR. ☎705204 SEEKING MAN OF COLOR GWM, 31, 5’8”, 164lbs, brown/gray, moustache, goatee, down-to-earth, very open-minded, seeks SB/HM, 23+, for friendship, maybe more. ☎575272 I KNOW WHERE IT’S AT SBM, 25, practical yet fun, outgoing, Aquarius, smoker, seeks a masculine, alluring, wellrounded BM, 23-45, smoker, with his priorities in order. ☎695448 TAKE THAT CHANCE Brown-skinned GBM, 35, 5’11”, 150lbs, who likes quiet evenings, reading, dining out, movies and stimulating conversations. Seeking SB/HM, 30-50, for friendship, possibly more. ☎753854 YOU NEVER KNOW Fun-loving, easygoing GWM, 51, 5’11”, 198lbs, enjoys cooking, movies, fishing, walking. Seeking interesting GWM, 18-33, who’s full of life, for casual relationship, possibly more. ☎676662 OUTGOING SEEKS SAME SM, 35, who enjoys gardening, working out, sports, fishing, long walks in the park, would like to meet an outgoing man for LTR. ☎594617 YOUNG MAN WANTED GWM, 22, brown/brown, pretty good-looking, in search of cute, down-to-earth GWM for movies, dinners, shopping, roller blading. ☎576230 GIVE LOVE; GET LOVE BACK SM, 35, 6’2’’, 190lbs, black hair, medium build, seeks understanding, achieved man who is escalating himself in life. ☎576303 ARE YOU MR. RIGHT? SWM, 51, 5’8’’, 150lbs, likes dining out, quiet evenings, walks and hugs. Seeking SWM, 2035, slim build, with similar interests. ☎584644 DOCTOR FIX IT GBM, enjoys chess, racquetball, auto mechanic. Seeking WM with similar interests. ☎566315 OUT SPOKEN SWM, 32, 5’11”, 145lbs, enjoys camping, fishing, Nascar. Seeking laid-back WM, 23-35, for LTR. ☎560095 BE MY TEDDYBEAR Athletic SBM, 23, college student, enjoys basketball. Seeking heavyset SWM, 35-48. ☎966035 WARM AND LOVING GWM, 18, 5’8”, 145lbs, blue eyes, outgoing, friendly, loves shopping, arts & crafts, photography. Seeking GM, 18-45, for a committed relationship. ☎966034 AWAITING YOUR CALL Outgoing SWM, 38, likes drinking, playing pool. Seeking fun-loving SWM, 25-45, for good times, future commitment. ☎966032 MAKE IT HAPPEN SBM, 32, 5’11”, adventurous, likable, likes drawing, more. Seeking SAM, 18-35, respectful, fun-loving, for LTR. ☎966031 QUIET TIMES Well-built SWM, 48, enjoys hiking, movies, dining out, beach walks. Seeking SWM, 35-40, for intimate relationship. ☎966030 NICE Outgoing, nice SBM, 31, 5’8”, 153lbs, seeks sexy SBM, 25-39, ☎966022 SPECIAL SOMEONE Open-minded GWM, 38, seeks GWM, 30-50, for LTR. ☎966021 WHAT DO YOU WANT? SWM, 31, 5’8”, 175lbs, masculine, muscular, passionate, dedicated, open, enjoys simple things, time with friends. Seeking SWM, 30-45, for LTR. ☎966019 GET TO KNOW ME SBM, 30, N/S, enjoys having a good time.

Seeking SBM, 20-40. ☎966018

How do you

TRY NEW THINGS SWM, 45, outgoing, sociable, open-minded, enjoys fishing, golfing, reading, quiet times.

Seeking SM, 25-45, for friendship, possibly more. ☎966017 GET TOGETHER GHM, 30, 5’6”, 165lbs, extroverted, enjoys sports, movies, walks, cuddling. Seeking outgoing GWM, 25-35, for friendship. ☎966016 MELODY OF LOVE WM, 40, 6’, 185lbs, enjoys sports, swimming, cycling and movies. Seeking WM, 25-50, to spend time with. ☎966015 FRIENDSHIP Or companionship. BM, 26, 5’8”, father, not into playing games, enjoys quiet walks. Seeking male, 21-35. ☎966014 NEW TO TOWN GWM, 31, 5’8”, 175lbs, brown/brown, masculine, country boy, passionate, dedicated, HIV positive.

Seeking GWM, 30-45, for LTR. ☎966013 ARE YOU READY? SWM, 42, 5’7”, 160lbs, blue-eyed, athletic, outgoing, enjoys quiet evenings. Seeking SWM, 21-55, adventurous, for casual times. ☎966012 LIVES THE MOMENT GWM, 51, romantic, adventurous, young-looking, 5’10”, 165lbs, likes quiet evenings, movies.

Seeking SWM, 35-50, sincere, blond preferably, fit. ☎966011 SIMILAR COMPLEX BPM, 37, enjoys going out, movies, shopping, quiet evenings. Seeking GBM, 35-40, who’s real, down-to-earth, knows what they want. ☎966010 GIVE ME A CALL! Outgoing, friendly GWM, 35, N/S, seeks GM, 21-50, for friendship and fun. He likes movies, cooking, malls, and quiet times. ☎966009

RAINBOW SEEKER Seeking my butch. SWF, 41, 5’2”, enjoys movies, walks, reading, quality snuggle time.

Honesty is a must. Seeking SWF, with no drama, 30+. ☎754885 WOULDN’T IT BE NICE? Shy, honest GWF, 40, 5’1”, 128lbs, salt & pepper hair, brown eyes, loves outdoor activities, traveling. Seeking GWF, 30-45. ☎965839 UP FOR GOOD TIMES GBF, 20, 5’3”, 130lbs, friendly, outgoing, loves meeting new people, reading, writing. Seeking outgoing, friendly GBF, 19-25. ☎965838

INTERESTED? SF, 33, 5’7”, long hair, slim, and would like to meet someone outgoing who like to spend time doing different things like movies and going out. ☎715481 JOIN ME GBF, 32, nurse, part-time student, Capricorn, N/S, enjoys bowling, movies, shopping, traveling. Seeking casual relationship with woman, 25-45. ☎711628 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN SBF, 58, mature, attractive, young-at-heart, Sagittarius, N/S, seeks woman, 48-62, N/S, who is ready to live again and likes traveling, playing cards, and bowling. ☎691703 TO THINE OWN SELF... be true. SBF, 27, 5’5”, 165lbs, Sagittarius, N/S, has 2 kids, enjoys walks, movies, and quiet times. Seeking an honest woman, 27-35, N/S, for friendship first and foremost. ☎693934 IT’S ALL IN YOUR HANDS Nice, available stud wanted. I’m a teacher in Augusta, 40, who would like to start a friendship with another female, and progress into something more. ☎664842 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SEEKS... beautiful woman. I’m 5’3”, physically fit, 132lbs, would like to meet fit female, 25-40, who would enjoy going to movies. Please be discreet. ☎661884 I’D LOVE YOU TO LOVE ME SBF, 41, no children, loves to read, chat on the internet, and more. Seeking a woman who is a romantic at heart, very good-looking, loves pets, family and God. ☎645876 GET TO KNOW THE REAL ME Dark-skinned young woman, 23, 4’9”, attractive, fun-loving, nice, caring, honest, laid-back. Seeking GF, 23-29, for casual relationship. ☎635372 I’M LOOKING 4 U Easygoing, loyal SBF, 31, 5’3”, 155lbs, security officer, people person, fun-loving, nice, caring, honest, enjoys bowling, movies, cuddling at home. Seeking trustworthy, outgoing SBF, 26-35, for friendship, maybe LTR. ☎965835 SECURITY GUARD Laid-back female, 41, likes movies, dining out, cooking, quiet evenings. Seeking similar-minded male for companionship. ☎589877 ARE WE POSSIBLE? GBF, 24, seeks GW/HF, 25-35. I’m outgoing, beautiful, intelligent, with a great mind. Hoping to meet a woman with a willingness to enjoy life. ☎566252 GIVE ME A RING Cute SBF, 30-something, seeks attractive SF, 25-45, for friendship, maybe more. No games. ☎965825 ISO YOU SBF, 25, mother, adventurous, N/S, loves art, poetry, animals. Seeking SBF, 25-35, goal-oriented, for a casual relationship. ☎965836

I’m easy...

SEEKING FRIENDSHIP Tall, slim, attractive SWF, 34, single mom, enjoys travel. Seeking athletic, easygoing, humorous, fun SWF, 26-45, to go out and have good times. ☎572618 FRIENDSHIP FIRST! Funny, smart, down-to-earth GBF, 5’6”, 125lbs, loves long walks, hand holding. Seeking GF, 21-30, who likes kids and doesn’t play games. ☎965829 ZEST FOR LIFE Articulate, adventurous WF, 32, 5’8”, brown/ brown, enjoys animals, running, movies and dining. Looking for WF, 25-40, for friendship. ☎965827 FRIENDS FIRST SBF, 40, 5’3”, 160lbs, laid-back, outgoing, enjoys reading movies, cuddling and dining out. Seeking SBF, 30-55, for friendship first. ☎965834 LET’S GET TOGETHER SF, 24, 5’4”, 185lbs, dark brown hair, likes singing and family-oriented activities. Seeking SBF, 2233, for friendship, possibly more. ☎965828 GIVE ME A CALL GBF, 20, down-to-earth, likes dancing, movies, walks in the park. Seeking GF, 21-35, for friendship and conversation. ☎965826 WHY NOT? GBF, 24, 5’4”, 145lbs, dark-skinned, short hair, has a wide variety of interests. Seeking GF, 2130, for friendship and conversation. ☎965824 ISO SOMEONE SPECIAL Fun-loving, romantic, sincere SBPF, 25, 5’1”, 170lbs, enjoys shopping, cooking, dining out.

Seeking open-minded, romantic, fun-loving SBF, 21-28. ☎965842 SOMETHING SPECIAL Bi-SWF, 41, attractive, kind of shy, smoker.

Wants to meet a SWF, 30-45, for special times together. ☎965841 YOU DECIDE GBF, 21, 5’7”, 140lbs, enjoys quiet times at home. Seeking fun GBF, 19-28, for conversation and possibly more. ☎965840 SEARCHING FOR U! SBF, 18, 5’4”, 132lbs, attractive, reserved, likes reading, music, family times. Seeking outgoing, down-to-earth, funny SBF, 18-45, for friendship. ☎965837 IT COULD BE SWEET Laid-back SBF, 25, 5’4”, medium-built, into chats, pool, various films, music, books. Seeking caring, understanding SF, N/S. ☎965833 NO ORDINARY LOVE SBF, 27, seeks feminine SF for companionship, dining out, someone who wants something real. No games. ☎965832 BEST IS YET TO COME! GWF, 40, seeks GF, 30+, for casual friendship.

No stress needed, but willing and ready for what comes my way. ☎965830

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Cars FORD ESCAPES, 2 available, one black and one white, loaded, your choice, $17,499, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-7388000 (408/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1967 CADILLAC, 2dr, burgundy, AC, am/fm, excellent running condition, garage kept, $2500, OBO, 803-4418988 (616/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1968 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, 4dr, w/suicide doors, 80K original, new paint, new vinyl top, original interior VGC, $5500, OBO, 706-863-4721 or 706-495-1169 (653/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1981 CADILLAC EL Dorado, 2dr, V8, PW, PB, PL, new transmission w/warranty, very clean, $1800, after 5 pm, 706-860-6409 (650/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1984 OLDSMOBILE CUSTOM Cruiser SW, $700 OBO, 706-437-1726 (696/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1985 SUBARU WAGON, brown, 4dr, AC, 5spd, needs engine work, BEST OFFER! 706-738-8551 (615/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1986 BUICK SKYLARK, silver grey, some peeling paint, new battery, auto, good tires, no AC, first $500, 706-7331618 after noon (645/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1986 TOYOTA CRESSIDA, 108K, white, 4dr, auto, all power, alarm, VGC, $3800, leave message, 706-3642233 (567/1024) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––

1987 SUBARU GL, Station Wagon, power everything, rear wiper, lots of new stuff, runs and looks good, $997 OBO, 803-441-8744 (673/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1988 CHEVY CORSICA, blue, 4dr, needs some TLC, runs good but has been sitting for over a year, $500 OBO, 706-868-1743 (674/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1989 FORD ESCORT, 4dr, auto, runs good, $750, 706722-0772 (647/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990 GEO PRIZM, new paint, brakes, tires & timing belt, tuned up, AC very clean, 130K, $1600 OBO, 706-6649041 (661/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990 NISSAN 300ZX, 5spd, AC, loaded, red, grey cloth, ttops, CD, new tires, good condition, $6100, 706-8330797 (671/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990 NISSAN SENTRA, $500 OBO, 706-863-9376, ask for Jonathan/Mark/Kathie (667/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990 TOYOTA COROLLA, white, 5spd, am/fm, AC, great student car, $1800, 706-5641157 (499/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1990 VOLVO 740GL, 4dr, silver/black, $3300, 706-5640422 (569/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 MAZDA MX5, convertible, hard top, white, mint condition, 85.5K, $7400 OBO, 706-737-8047 (669/1121) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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1991 TOYOTA CAMRY, burgundy, runs great, dependable, economical, cold AC, new tires & battery, am/fm, cell phone, 123K, $1750 firm, 706-796-1351 (646/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 TOYOTA COROLLA, XC, 140K, new clutch and tires, $2500, 706-481-8989 or 706-414-1091 (651/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 ACURA LEGEND, midnight blue, stick shift, CD, hard mount phone, looks great, fun to drive, 180K, $6200, 706-829-0208 (603/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 HONDA ACCORD EX, 4dr, AC, all power, 5spd, all records, $4500 OBO, 706650-1431 (619/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 MAZDA PROTEGE,

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PS/PB, AC, power window locks, sunroof, cruise, CD, great gas mileage, reliable transportation, $1500 OBO, 706-399-7145 (701/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 SATURN SL2, 109K, win cam, sunroof, 4dr, leather seats, white, $3000, 706863-0372 (571/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1993 NISSAN ALTIMA, 4dr, auto, PL, PW, ABS, AC, CD, new tires, well-maintained, $4000, 706-836-6495 (566/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 CHEVY CAMARO, flowmasters, t-tops, like new paint, auto, AC, must see, $4900, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Tim Moseley, 706-2285227 (637/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 CHEVY IMPALA SS,

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immaculate condition, 44K, $22,000, serious inquiries only please, 803-637-2247 (617/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 CHRYSLER LHS, 3.5, V6, auto, tilt, cruise, AC, power everything, red/gray leather, CD, 102K, $4500, 706-860-5001 (432/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 LEXUS SC 400, gold pkg, all available options on this near perfect luxury sports coupe, 77K, $17,000, 706364-7899 (433/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 OLDSMOBILE CUTLESS Ciera, white/burgundy, am/fm/cass, AC, nice clean car, super ride, $4600 OBO, 803-594-1222 (605/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1995 FORD TAURUS, Wagon, one owner, 64K,

garage kept, well maintained, $4800, 803-502-1251 after 5pm. (602/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1995 LEXUS SC300, leather, power everything, sunroof, CD changer, 48K, $16,000, 706-736-9144 (568/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1995 MERCURY GRAND Marquis LS, clean, all power, cruise, wire wheels, $6250, 706-267-1497 or 706-7302697 (705/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 CHEVROLET CAMERO, 41K, factory purple, 5spd, 6 cyl, AC, FM, cass, immaculate, one owner, $8500 OBO, 706-868-0090 (472/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 GEO METRO, white, 2dr, hatchback, 85K, am/fm, AC, great student car, $2400,

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706-650-8550 (643/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 GEO SPRINT, beige, 4dr, sedan, AC, cassette, new tires, great condition, $3500 OBO, 803-442-4592 (670/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 KIA SEPHIA, dark blue, 4dr, auto, 107K, am/fm, AC, new tires, $2400, 706-6508550 (644/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 LINCOLN TOWN Car, white, leather, loaded, not a Cadillac but close, P3191A, $11,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-724-0111 (724/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 TOYOTA COROLLA, auto, AC, 67K, nice one owner car, $6995, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (403/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 ACURA 3.2TL, premium, loaded, great shape, great ride, new tires, $13,450, 803-279-8326 (704/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 ACURA TL, 2.5 premium, all available options on this luxury sedan, 122K, XC, $9800, 706-364-7899 (208/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 CADILLAC SEVILLE SLS, leather, power, looks and style, $14,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-7240111 (720/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 FORD CROWN Victoria, loaded, only 24.5K, 6yr/60K warranty to 9/03, NADA price $10,975, my price $9500, 803-279-6388

(658/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 HONDA CIVIC EX, silver, 4dr, auto, AC, PW, PL, cruise, am/fm/cd, moon roof, 76K, XC, $9800, 706-8691920 (623/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 MAZDA 626, XC, one owner, new tires, brakes, spoiler, sliding roof, leather, 58K, $8000, leave message 706-798-7126 or 650-7841 (621/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE, black, cruise, alarm, keyless entry, 63K, current tune ups, XC, $9995 OBO, 706-8232420 (697/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1998 CHRYSLER CONCORD, very clean, low miles, fully equipped, and ready to sell cheap, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706294-9033 (634/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1998 HONDA ACCORD, silver/grey, 4dr, 5spd, A/C, tilt, alloys, CD, highway miles, oil changed every 3K miles, very clean, NS, $9300 706-2101850 (012/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 BMW 323ic, convertible, black on black, mint condition, all leather, tan interior with charcoal trim, 21.5K, $29,999, OBO, 706-7378047 (642/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, white, 54K, warranty, 100K, new tires, loaded, CD, moonroof, immaculate, one owner, garage kept, looks new, $17,500, 706-863-9152

(676/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 MAZDA 626, auto, clean, $11,990, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (526/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 MAZDA 626, auto, clean, $11,490, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (527/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 PLYMOUTH BREEZE, 50K, auto, $7995, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (523/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 SAAB 930, Turbo, convertible, auto, clean car, $17,995, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (528/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY, 30K, local car, $12,988, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (530/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 CHEVROLET LUMINA, red, 37K, great car for the family, power windows, C2152A, $10,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-7240111 (723/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 CHEVY CAVALIER, 4dr, auto, AC, very nice car, priced to sell, #10230, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Grady Ward, 706-228-5227 (628/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 DODGE NEON, 4dr, auto, AC, 34K, super clean, $6800, #28143B, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (409/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 DODGE STRATUS SE, extra clean car, one owner,

$9995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (712/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 FORD ESCORT ZX2, black, 2dr, auto, 43K, loaded, $6999, Acura of Augusta, Ron Sumler, 800-851-5158 (685/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 FORD FOCUS, 31K, clean, factory warranty, $8995, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (529/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 HONDA ACCORD SE, 4dr, auto, ABS, PW/L, cruise, CD, cassette, trunk liner, cargo net, 31.5K, $16,000, 706-733-6807 (700/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 HONDA CIVIC EX, white, 4dr, auto, PL/W, sunroof, CD, low miles, $13,400, 706-210-9590 (702/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 HONDA CIVIC EX, silver, 42K, 5spd, 2dr, sunroof, CD, XC, car in Augusta, 610763-5202 (695/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 MAZDA MIATA, black, 5spd, PW, CD, appearance package, 47K, $13,500, 706951-0805 (672/1121) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE, 4dr, auto, AC, local trade, 35K, $7000, #P8790A, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-7388000 (400/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE pearl white, loaded, CD, cruise, alarm, keyless entry, warranty 53K hwy miles, well maintained. $9800 OBO, 706-210-1850 (098/1031) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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2000 NISSAN MAXIMA, 46K, Japanese Luxury at affordable prices, $16,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-724-0111 (725/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 PONTIAC GRAND Am, 2dr, V6, auto, loaded, power options, $8999, Acura of Augusta, Adam Pennington, 800-851-5158 (683/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 PONTIAC GRAND Am, black, 2dr, coupe, loaded with equipment, 48K, $8999, Acura of Augusta, John Peterson, 800-851-5158 (684/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 VW JETTA 43K, excellent condition, new tires, cruise, A/C, PS, PW, security system, one owner, $11,500, 706-799-0544 (071/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 CHEVY CAVALIER, white, 4dr, auto, AC, brand new radials, $7999, Acura of Augusta, John Bell, 800-8515158 (681/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 CHEVY CAVALIER, 4dr, auto, AC, hunter green, #280878, $9350, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (401/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 CHEVY IMPALA LS, On Star package, alloys, CD and much more, $14.995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706733-2210 (713/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 CHEVY MONTE Carlo SS, white beauty, gotta see it, $14,995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (714/1024)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 FORD ESCORT SE, 2 to choose from, auto, full power, like new, $6999, Acura of Augusta, Rogers Gotier, 800-851-5158 (686/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 FORD TAURUS SES, alloys, CD, theft, $11,995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706733-2210 (715/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 FORD TAURUS, CD, anti theft alarm, PS, PW, alloy wheels, $17,000, 706-2841036 (625/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX, 5spd, 11K, AC, warranty, silver/grey, must sell, $12,500, 706-738-6454 (104/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 MERCURY SABLE LS, premium package, alloy wheels, CD and much more $11,995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (708/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 OLDSMOBILE ALERO, fully loaded, all power options, fully serviced, $9999, Acura of Augusta, Donald Jackson, 800-851-5158 (679/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 PONTIAC GRAND Prix GT, white, 4dr, loaded, all the power options, CD, $11,999, Acura of Augusta, Cardell Burton, 800-851-5158 (680/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 PONTIAC GRAND Am SE, auto, factory warranty, $12,995, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (524/1024) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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for 60 months on all Certified Pre-owned Vehicles YOUR LUXURY FOR LESS DEALER 1999 Acura Integra $10,999 or $166 per mo.*

#00478 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

2000 Acura 3.2 TL $19,999 or $299 per mo.*

#08177 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

1999 Acura 3.5 RL $23,856 or $359 per mo.*

#00289 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

2002 Mazda Millenia Diamond White, Leather

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1999 Lexus ES300 “Coach Edition”

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1999 Lincoln Town Car “Signature Touring Sedan”

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1999 Cadillac Seville “STS,” Northstar

1999 Acura 3.2 TL Many to choose from

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1997 Acura 3.2 TL ✓ Certified 4.9% Financing

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1999 Acura Integra GS Leather, Automatic, 31K

1999 Ford Expedition 4x4, Loaded, 19,999 1999 Honda Odyssey “EX Model” Loaded

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED CARS INCLUDE: ✓ No Deductible ✓ 24-Hour Emergency Towing for covered components ✓ Comprehensive 150-point inspection ✓ Trip-Interruption & Rental Reimbursement Benefits ✓ 24 Hour Roadside Assistance ✓ Concierge Service ✓ 12-month/$12,000-Mile Limited Warranty ✓ 7-Year/100,000-Mile Powertrain Warranty* *Payments reflect 20% cash down or trade equity of selling price. 60 mos @ 4.9% WAC. See dealer for details.

ACURA of Augusta Brand New Location! Next to Kia of Augusta 1760 Gordon Highway (at the beginning of the Motor Mile) www.AcuraofAugusta.com 1-800-851-5158

USED CAR SUPER WAREHOUSE/INDOOR SHOPPING

S TA R T I N G AT $23,995* - All wheel drive - Open Cargo bed - Switch back system expands cargo bed into passenger area for hauling longer items - 2.5 liter box engine - Fully independent heavy-duty raised suspension * Plus destination charge, tax, title & fees

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706.738.2561

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continued from page 51 2001 VW BEETLE, black beauty, auto, gotta have it $13,995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (709/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 FORD ESCORTS’S, 3 to choose from, all power, as low as $8995, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (405/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 FORD MUSTANG, loaded, real sporty, priced to sell, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-2949033 (633/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 FORD TAURUS SES’s, 6 to choose from, as low as $12,995, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (404/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 MERCURY GRAND Marquis, 6 to choose from, leather, loaded, low miles, starting at $16,500, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (406/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA, loaded, pearl white, very clean, priced to sell, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-294-9033 (636/1024)

Motorcycles

White Exterior Gray Leather Interior Automatic CD & Cassette Only 22K Miles

$15,765 98 ISUZU HOMBRE Red Exterior Gray Cloth Interior A/C Only 49K Miles

$4,995 LARGE SELECTION OF USED CARS & TRUCKS, ALL MAKES AND MODELS Visit us in North Augusta at the top of the rise on the Aiken-Augusta Highway

ANDY JONES MAZDA ISUZU 803.202.0002

1995 HARLEY DAVIDSON FXDS-Conv. red, always garaged, dealer serviced, below KBB at $11,900 asked, 706-863-6374 voice mail (659/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 HONDA XR650R, enduro/trail bike, XC, many performance enhancing extras, the most fun you can have on two wheels, don’t miss out, new $8000+, your price $3500 or OBO, 706309-9526 after 6 pm (458/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 KAWASAKI VULCAN Drifter, 800cc, perfect condition, under 3300 miles, $5800, must sell, freebies included, call Josh, 706-7381672 (660/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 HONDA NIGHTHAWK, 250cc, showroom condition, 400 miles, excellent first street bike, $2600 OBO, 803-2783442 (677/1121)

SUVs 1979 FORD BRONCO, needs work, first $500 takes it, 706-790-3305 (703/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1989 CHEVY S-10 BLAZER, red, 4X4, fuel injected, good AC, most power accessories, towing package, new tires, 2nd owner, 112K, $3400 OBO, 706-667-6444 (622/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1989 FORD BRONCO, red, w/white stripe, great condition, power windows & locks, AC, 120K, everything works, $4000 OBO, 706-399-1816 (570/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 FORD EXPLORER, Eddie Bauer Edition, sunroof, green/taupe, 4 new tires, $2800, 706-798-5272

(606/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 CHEVY BLAZER S-10, clean, 104K, $2500, 706793-2993 or 706-730-2697 (668/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 CHEVY SUBURBAN, loaded, leather, low miles, 4X4, third seat, must see, #10427A, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Grady Ward, 706-228-5227 (629/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 MITSUBISHI EXPO, LRV, auto, AC, cargo space, good tires, one owner, no accidents, $2400, 706-8558062 (607/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE, low miles, white/tan leather, XC, running boards, bush guard, roof rack, cargo cover, carb rebuilt, new shocks & more, $14,500, 706-495-8158 (624/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 FORD EXPEDITION XLT, green/tan, rear air, GC, 131K, a steal $9750, 706294-9500 (654/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 FORD EXPEDITON XLT, green/tan cloth, 5.4L, 3rd seat, rear air, power everything, hands-free phone, 132K highway miles, XC, $8500 OBO, 706-3645347(699/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE, 4X4, auto, loaded, needs a home, $11,990, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Tim Moseley, 706-228-5227 (638/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1997 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Laredo, 4X4, 6cyl, 4dr, RV ready w/towing package, 92K, grey/brown, XC, $10,500, 706-855-7153 (649/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 FORD EXPEDITION, Eddie Bauer, white, leather, multi disc CD, low miles, power everything, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-228-5227 (639/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 FORD WINDSTAR, fully loaded, white/gray cloth, $10,999, Acura of Augusta, Bob Lancaster, 800-8515158 (678/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 GMC SUBURBAN, 40K, 4yr warranty, for more information, 706-592-2673 (655/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE Classic, bulldog red, very clean, non-smoker, privacy glass, luggage rack, auto, AC, #10287, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Grady Ward, 706-2285227 (630/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 JEEP GRAND Cherokee, Ltd Edition, leather, power roof, $15,995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (711/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 MITSUBISHI MONTERO Sport, 4X2, auto, AC, PW, PL, V6, great vehicle, $12,800, #28129A, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (407/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA, smooth ride, loaded, blue, great for the family, P3141,

$14,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-724-0111 (718/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 CADILLAC ESCALADE, silver sand, neutral leather interior, 30K, Cadillac certified, warranty, the luxury SUV of choice, C2342A, $30,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-7240111 (722/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 CHEVY BLAZER LS, 2dr, 28K, red, 4.3L, all power, CD, roof rack, tinted windows, factory warranty, $14,500 OBO, Leah 706564-1432 (663/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE Classic, xtra clean, new tires, won’t last long $9979, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (706/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 KIA SPORTAGE, 4dr, auto, all power, AC, CD, one owner, runs great, XC, $11,500, 706-8400957(698/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 NISSAN FRONTIER, auto, low miles, local trade $6995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (707/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER, 49K, SR5, clean, $18,988, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-2799143 (531/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, loaded, all the toys, very low miles, a real deal at $25,971, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-294-9033 (635/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 FORD EXPLORER XLT, leather, CD, premium sound, PW, PL, sunroof, running boards, champagne, cruise, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-228-5227 (640/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE, white, sunroof, all wheel drive, one owner, sold here new, 19K, Cadillac certified, P3237, $46,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-724-0111 (716/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 FORD EXPLORER, V8, leather, premium sound, sunroof, power everything, cruise, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706-228-5227 (641/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 LANDROVER FREELANDER, blue, leather, King of the Jungle, 4200 miles, P3129, $25,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-7240111 (717/1024)

Trucks 1963 FORD F-100, straight 6, step side, body in good condition, perfect for re-storing, does not run, $500 OBO, 706-541-0783 (662/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 CHEVY S-10 Pickup, am/fm, CD, 190K, black, GC, $2000 OBO, 706-869-8050 (620/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1994 CHEVY SILVERADO, fully loaded, camper shell, dark blue, XC, one owner,

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BOBBYJONESFORD.COM 3480 Wrightsboro Road at Bobby Jones Expressway

738-8000 • 1-888-733-3351 • www.bobbyjonesford.com FACTORY

AUTHORIZED

A-X-Z

26K MILES AUTOMATIC SUNROOF

01 FORD ESCORT

PLAN

WAS $11,995

3RD REAR SEAT ALLOY WHEELS

NOW

$19,999 00 FORD EXPEDITION XLT

P8820

✔ CERTIFIED

CREW CAB DIESEL V-8 4-WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC

17K MILES LEATHER SIGNATURE SERIES

$26,999

$21,399 P8817

00 F-250 LARIAT

99 LINCOLN TOWN CAR

L 8863

ROOF RACK AUTOMATIC FUEL INJECTED V-6

27K MILES 4-DOOR AUTOMATIC

WAS $11,750

$9,900

NOW

28535A

00 MITSUBISHI MONTERO

00 FORD FOCUS ZTS

$11,299 28129-A

$50 WORTH OF FREE GAS WITH YOUR USED CAR PURCHASE WHEN YOU MENTION THIS AD

(C2342A)

2002 Cadillac Escalade Sunroof - 19K - Cadillac Certified (P3237)

THE CSRA'S ONLY FORD QUALITY CHECKED CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED DEALER! LIMITED WARRANTY that provides ✔ POWERTRAIN coverage for six year or up to a total of 75,000 miles

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

on the odometer, whichever comes first (includes parts and labor) ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE Flat tire change, battery jump starts, towing assistance up to $100, travel expense reimbursement up to $500 for up to three days and destination assistance covers taxi, shuttle or rental car expense up to $75.

115-POINT INSPECTION COMPLIMENTARY FIRST oil and filter change NEW WIPER BLADES FULL FUEL TANK

4.9%

RATES AS LOW AS ON SELECT CERTIFIED FORDS WITH APPROVED CREDIT

✔ denotes certified pre-owned cars

$30,900

1997 Cadillac Seville SLS Leather - Power

$46,900

2000 Chevrolet Lumina Red - 37K - Power Windows (C2152A) $10,900

$14,900

2000 Nissan Maxima 46K - Japanese Luxury

2002 Cadillac Escalade EXT Luxury Pick Up - 1K - Black

1999 Pontiac Montana Smooth Ride - Loaded - Blue (P3141) $14,900

$25,900

$46,900

(C2378A)

2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette Local trade - 44K - Leather (4079A) $17,900

1999 Cadillac Eldorado Spring Edition - Loaded - Sterling

1996 Lincoln Town Car Leather - Loaded (P-3191A)

1999 Honda Accord LX 45K - Black - 4 Door - Local Trade

1122 WALTON WAY AUGUSTA, GA 30901 706-724-0111

$11,900

(P3193)

(P3171A)

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2000 Cadillac Escalade Leather - 30K - Cadillac Certified

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continued from page 52 84K, $6700, 803-279-2363 (604/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1998 DODGE DAKOTA, 2WD, very clean, auto, AC, bedliner, sunroof, wheels, #10465A, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Grady Ward, 706-228-5227 (631/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA SR, 4X4, manual transmission, bedliner, CD, radio, 84K, black, XC, $9200, 706-8635753 (652/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 DODGE 2500, pick up, 4X4, turbo, diesel, quad cab, 30 gal. aux. fuel tank, overload springs, running boards, trailer package, 4500 miles, XC, $21,000 OBO, 706-5561984 (665/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 FORD F-150 Sport, silver, shortbed, auto, chrome wheels, XLT trim, $10,999, Acura of Augusta, Dwayne Eisenhower, 800-851-5158 (686/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 MAZDA B3000, 4.0L, auto fully equipped for only $10.995, Gerald Jones Honda, 706-733-2210 (710/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 FORD RANGER XLT, 4cyl, auto, AC, disc player, tinted glass, 22K, factory warranty to 36K or April ‘03, $9250, 706-736-8032 (648/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 CHEVY S-10, AC, P/S, P/B, CD, 14K, 2yrs left on warranty, $11,000, no tax,

706-737-6100 (657/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, luxury pick up, black, 1600 miles, carry the dogs in style, C2378A, $46,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-724-0111 (719/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO C1500, extended cab, red, clean, low miles, 19K, loaded, priced to sell, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706294-9033 (632/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO C1500, extended cab, red, clean, low miles, 19K, loaded, priced to sell, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Ernie Ernst, 706294-9033 (632/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 GMC SONOMA, 2700 miles, king cab, $13,990, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-2799143 (522/1024)

Vans 1985 DODGE HI-TOP, 318 engine, 3/4 ton chassis, 131K, $900, 706-863-5967 (664/1114) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 FORD AEROSTAR XLT Cargo, 96K, new 134 air, auto, cruise, PS, PB, cage, $2800, 706-738-4270 (626/1107) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1992 MAZDA MPV, burgundy, stereo CD, air, runs good, $2700, 706-854-1278 (656/117) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1995 CHEVROLET ASTRO

Van, V6, 4.3L, 7 passenger, luggage rack, rear air, power seats and mirrors, $7000, 706-733-0526 (694/1128) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1995 CHRYSLER TOWN & Country, green/tan leather, loaded, 2 optional child seats built in, good condition, $6500, 706-733-4080 (618/1031) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1999 MERCURY VILLAGER, 7 passenger, loaded, low miles, privacy glass, luggage rack, nice, n-smoker, 5dr, Budget certified, #10296, Budget Car & Truck Sales, Grady Ward, 706-228-5227 (627/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2000 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE, “Managers Special”, dual power seats, power third door, new tires, #28063N, $12,995, Bobby Jones Ford, 706-738-8000 (402/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 DODGE CARAVAN, “Sport Package”, 8-passenger, dual AC, fully loaded, $13,999, Acura of Augusta, Chris Edenfield, 800-8515158 (682/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE, sand, local trade, 44K, leather, for the family that deserves the best, 4079A, $17,900, Johnson Motor Company, 706-7240111 (721/1024) –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2002 PONTIAC TRANSPORT, factory warranty, $18,990, Andy Jones Mazda, 803-279-9143 (525/1024)

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$

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2002 Saturn SC-Series

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*

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*

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14,325

*

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