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the entire team, not your perfect it calls out your publication for angel, who is turns out really being slaves to your advertisers. isn’t that perfect... Glad to know you’re just like This past week’s column by every other newspaper. Austin Rhodes was his best Austin, I don’t vote left because article to date! Fair and I am poor, I make a good living. So I read in the daily that balanced. I vote left because I can’t stand Augusta’s perpetual gadfly (aka the rights fascination with pain in the butt) Brad Owens To the father that thinks his shoving their religious beliefs was at that secret meeting pretty princess daughter is with select commissioners better than the rest of her team. down my throat. and city attorneys negotiating Get a clue! Stop saying how you the TEE Center contract. First feel bad about being “that dad” So editing for content means off, what qualifies Owens to and actually stop being him. The erasing parts of whines when be negotiating a multi-million coaches did what was best for

dollar contract? Second, what does he even know about the convention center business? Third, what does he know about business, period? Owens sure must have fooled a few gullible commissioners to let him in the room. Why doesn’t Bonnie Ruben do something with her dilapidated downtown properties? They are a real eyesore.

the puppeteerss that control the Queen mayor { deke} has been tighting the stings to get the contract finish with riverfront. LLC. the story that is out is “ that they want their money” that was promise to them. In case you all are wondering who they are, the four big mony familys. Boardmans ,knoxes william morris, and etc. (continued on page 38)

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Gooooaaaal!: Columbia County scores with big time soccer tournament Student Council: GRU forum explores student life and athletics at the new university Historic Struggle: Endangered properties list raises eyebrows with addition of historic hotel Old School Blog: Columbia County man takes love of UGA football to the internet

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INSIDER@THEMETROSPIRIT.COM Insider is an anonymous, opinion-based examination of the hidden details of Augusta politics and personalities.

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Sentinel on Guard Last week’s Metro Spirit cover story highlighted Sentinel Offender Services and some seriously negative issues related to their handling of Augusta area probationers. Now, insiders are reporting the existence of a class action lawsuit filed in Columbia County alleging that the required contract between the county, the court and Sentinel — the thing that actually allows Sentinel to do what it does — doesn’t exist. This could get really ugly really fast. Without a contract, Sentinel would have no legal basis for collection, and the brutal nickel and diming they’ve done to the countless offenders entrusted to their supervision could be coming right back at them. Call it restitution or karma — if it comes, it’s coming hard. On that front, things are still fluid, but regarding the serious breakdown in the legal system there can be little doubt that none of this has been a secret. Really, all of it has been sitting in front of us, ugly and obvious, for years. And what about the cost? How many momentary lapses in judgment have become set behaviors in the exploitive vacuum of a system run by the lowest common denominator? How many temporary mistakes have become permanent because the only way out is kept at arm’s length by a system allowed by commissioners, administered by judges and observed by all of us?

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Everything Old One of the great things about being a 20-something-year-old publication is that fact that you’ve got archives to look at when you’re wanting to kick back and have a beer but it’s only 10:30. These archived papers are everywhere — massive volumes that threaten the back of anyone dumb enough to try to make room to do a little work. It’s one of a long list of reasons journalists get the reputation for being heavy drinkers. Standing at a bar might come naturally, but it’s behavior fortified by hours of standing around the office, scanning the archives, waiting for it to be 12 o’clock anywhere. Anyway, one happened to be open — obviously somebody was getting a little memory boost for a story — and thumbing through the issue it was open to, it’s really tough not to realize that everything is connected to everything else and there’s noting new under the sun. Inside the July 7, 2010, edition of the Metro Spirit there was a news story about Dr. Ricardo Azziz’s first day on the job as president of the Medical College of Georgia. Azziz, of course, has managed to change the name of that institution a couple of times since then, and still manages to find his way into the headlines on an aggressively regular basis. Then, there’s a story about Columbia County securing the 2012 NCAA Division II men’s and women’s soccer finals, an event that will be happening any day now. The movie review is for “Despicable Me” (see above) and Austin and the Insider both have a lot to say about Marion Williams’ attempted return to the commission (a return he managed to finally solidify just a couple weeks ago). And in case you figure that was just a lucky issue, one of the news stories in the issue before is about the groundbreaking of the TEE Center, a building that’s now waiting for its public open house. The movie review? You guessed it — one of the Twilight episodes.

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“Skyfall” and “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” What two very different movies taught me about obsession Warning: Extremely spoiler-y spoilers below. Early on, I thought seriously about using the word “passion” instead of “obsession” for this column. The former, though, appeals too blatantly, too on-the-nosedly to our fixation on, and tendency to, romanticize, and thus leaves comparatively scant wiggle room when it comes to a discussion about a tunnel-visioned life. Yes, obsession is a scary word. It invokes a singlemindedness that borders on psychosis, or at the very least sociopathy, and runs the risk of being a rhetorical turnoff. Unless you’re fascinated by the works and minds of sociopaths, in which case I wish you the best of luck in your career as a politician or serial killer. You cannot, however, truly achieve excellence at something unless you tend to at least border on obsession with it. In “Skyfall,” James Bond’s obsession with his work (killing, sex and killing) can, as it turns out, be explained by deeper, more painfully rooted fixations. He has spent his entire adult life, as well as most of his juvenile one, fleeing single-mindedly the trauma of his childhood, namely the death of his parents at age nine. It accounts for much about his attitude toward emotional connections — i.e., disdainful — and toward women (though, to be fair, it can’t help that the only two times Bond developed romantic feelings for a woman, in “In Her Majesty’s Secret Service” and the reboot of “Casino Royale,” she ended up betraying him, dying or both). His demeanor and temperament make him the perfect agent — a weapon the British government can generally fire at will — as it is that idea of “mission,” the completion of hard objectives, that keeps him in line. Only a somewhat enigmatic twinge of inherent good keeps him, indeed, from working for the other side. It’s an element of Bond’s backstory explored in hints and glimpses throughout the 23-and-counting films, especially in the Daniel Craig iterations, but only in this most recent film has it seemed to so evidently permeate and account for his character. Jiro Ono’s obsession is, at least on the surface, far more innocuous. For it to maintain that nonthreatening air, we do have to take it at face value, in its simplest form: the man just wants to make great sushi. And it’s easy to leave it at that, especially

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throughout the first half of the film. Slow motion shots of Jiro and his staff firing seaweed wrappers, stirring rice and basting pristine cuts of tuna in vinegar and oil with the care of a master painter have the somewhat predictable, though no less potent even when combined with the knowledge of its intent, effect of laying bare the apparently effortless achievement of ideal. This, I think, is what separates passion from obsession: in casual conversation, we tend to, perhaps unconsciously, associate the notion of passion with the ready-made fulfillment of a pursuit. It is, in so many respects, romantic; it requires no effort. Work itself takes place on some other, less-than-astral plane, worlds away from where the artist himself lounges among wildflowers, eating grapes and strumming at a lute. But Jiro’s obsession is darker than it initially seems. Not evil — there is no malice in his actions, his drive or his quietly stubborn pursuit of the transcendent. Jiro lives his life as a sort of clockwork artist; much is made of his enjoyment of, and preference for, routine. Essentially, he lives the same day over and over, each one a microcosm of his life’s aim. The potential for moral ambiguity rears when we take into consideration the lives that have been affected, perhaps adversely, by Jiro’s obsession, his curious combination of restless creation and numbing sameness: the eldest son, content now in his work and in his destiny of inheriting of Sukiyabashi Jiro, the family restaurant, but essentially strong-armed at age 19 into the business; the younger son, possessed by at least a portion of his father’s vision and propensity for sushi-making, culturally barred from inheriting the business, having to open up his own restaurant (owner of, for the record, two Michelin stars) across town. This is not to mention the hundreds of maynever-be patrons, marginalized by the prohibitive price tag — meals start at 30,000 yen or $370 per person — and the required, months-in-advance reservation period. At one point in the documentary, Jiro actually says, “I have dreams of sushi.” How wonderful, we think, to live our dreams. What we never think, however, is what may be the truth: how awful to see your dreams overtaken by reality. So often we speak of passions being riled, usually as it pertains to some moral code seemingly

ingrained in us since the beginning of forever. We feel these things, and become outraged when their parameters or mores are apparently breached. This is easy; passion, remember, exists apart from effort. Here is the barest definition, I think, the true essence of what it means to be obsessed: the perpetual straddling of the line between loving and hating a certain thing. It is what pushes athletes to both greatness and to career-ending injury; what fosters great writing, and also great drunkards; what stokes inquiry, and perpetuates madness. Bond finally had the courage, after more than three decades, to face his past head-on in “Skyfall,” taking M back to his eponymous childhood estate in Scotland. Tragedy ensued, naturally, but it was the first time in his life that he was able to let go of an earthly connection healthily, and is probably what facilitated finally moving forward with his life. It remains to be seen whether the destruction of the focal point of Bond’s obsession — those key, early childhood deaths — make him a better or worse agent, a better or worse man. Both Jiro and Bond illustrate that greatness is attained not through accident or the mere existence of talent, but in the seizing of those million moments that comprise a life, and compulsively sculpting that talent until you have nearly laid waste to yourself in pursuit of perfection. Obsess, my friends. We should all be so lucky to be so unlucky.

JOSHRUFFIN, a Metro Spirit alum, is a published

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

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Local Minorities Take Monolithic Voting to New Heights Taking a closer look at the area’s voting patterns in the November 6 elections, there is a case to be made that we have a very real racial divide when it comes to politics, with one particular race setting the highest standard for race exclusive single mindedness. And surprise, surprise... it ain’t the white people winning that ribbon. In Richmond County, when given the option to choose between a white candidate and a black candidate, you had a far better chance of seeing a white voter choose black than a black voter choose white. Results show President Obama collected 66 percent of the total vote, which most rational people, based on voter trends that showed him carrying 90 percent plus margins of victory in densely black precincts, would declare as close to a baseline for voting Democrats in the county as there can be. In the countywide elections, there were no white Democrats running and no black Republicans. It has been reported in the past that 80 percent of the county’s Democrats are black. The one Republican who fared the best in the county was incumbent District Attorney Ashley Wright, who lost to an impossibly underfunded, underqualified and underwhelming opponent in Democrat Evita Paschall by a 60-40 percent landslide. If there was a single example of black voters choosing race over qulaifications, with absolutely no qualms about casting a vote for a clearly inferior candidate, this would be the one case to make. Wright outraised and outspent Paschall more than 8 to 1. Wright is an award-winning prosecutor widely considered one of the best in the state, and she is universally admired and respected by every judge and almost every attorney within 100 miles of the courthouse. When she became district attorney as Danny Craig ascended into his Superior Court judgeship, Wright became on day one the most experienced prosecuting DA to ever take over the local office. There was not a hint, not a whisper, not a word of serious controversy or complaint about her service from anyone who matters. Not one damn peep. This race should not have been close, actually; in the grand scheme of things, it never should have been considered. Yet Paschall nailed her in Richmond County by 15,741 votes. Thank goodness for Wright, and for the sanity of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, she would ultimately win the three-county district on the strength of a 75 percent strong margin of victory in Columbia County. In Burke County it was practically a 50-50 split. Wright took the race by about 15,000 total votes. There were other black-white races in Augusta that finished in similar lopsided totals, with blacks coming out on top. Harry James beating Carlton Vaughn for probate judge, Kelli McIntyre defeating Chuck Evans for solicitor and, of course, Richard Roundtree beating Freddie Sanders for sheriff. In each of those races, an argument could be made that the black

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candidate was unquestionably qualified and better known, if not more popular than the white counterpart. But that statement cannot be made in the case of Paschall vs. Wright. Not even close. So what does it mean? It means that black folks are closer than they have ever been to controlling 100 percent of the important offices in Augusta. The coroner and marshal (both white males) are likely to be the next to go (in four years), and while Clerk of Court Elaine Johnson benefited from an incredibly poor and unqualified primary opponent this time around, you can bet she will be targeted soon again. Before any of you elephants start jumping out of windows, let me remind you; while Augusta is indeed an island of Dem Blue, it remains an island in a sea of GOP Red! Every state constitutional officer in Georgia is a Republican, and with the election, they picked up enough seats to practically own the legislative process (which means they are close to veto proof and can suggest state constitutional amendments at will). The GOP has both U.S. Senate seats, and would have easily picked up another Congressional seat if a perfect “Honey Boo Boo storm” of odd events had not put a controversial country boy up against popular incumbent John Barrow. He won’t be so lucky in two years. On the national front, while the Republicans certainly have a tall order to repair their image and refute so much of the pure bull**** that is constantly used by the mainstream media to smear them, here is a piece of trivia to give you pause... and hope: President Obama won all of the following “battleground” states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin. Aside from Obama’s wins, what else do those states have in common? All of them, every one, has a Republican governor, and all of them have state legislatures that are totally controlled by Republicans (except Va.’s state senate, which is split 50/50 GOP-DEM). I did not know that, but it’s encouraging. As is the fact that four of our states with the highest percentage of Hispanic voters, Florida, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, all boast Republican governors. And the GOP picked up an additional governor last week to give them a 30-19 national advantage over the Dems, with Rhode Island’s governor a confirmed independent. Just 20 years ago, Republicans didn’t have a majority in a single legislative house in the states of the old Confederacy; now they will control all 11. In total, they have captured the Triple Crown (Governor, State House, State Senate) in 37 states. Not bad for a party in decline.

AUSTINRHODES

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

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Student Council

GRU forum explores student life and athletics at the new university Kevin Frazier

The November 16 consolidation meeting held at Augusta State University’s Maxwell Center for the Performing Arts was significant for a number of reasons, but was perhaps most noteworthy for what it didn’t have — a formal speech from Georgia Health Sciences University President Dr. Ricardo Azziz. While Azziz was in attendance and did speak briefly from the auditorium seats, the forum, which focused on student affairs and athletics at the new combined institution, moved forward without him, though his theme of creating the next great American university was never far from the surface. Kevin Frazier, currently GHSU’s vice president for student services and development, spoke about the challenges of becoming more than a commuter school. “Making it a destination of choice requires not only great academics, but a similarly strong student life program courtesy of student affairs and others to facilitate our goals of enhanced student recruitment, retention, satisfaction and success,” he said. “Please don’t underestimate the value of student satisfaction — they say the Lord loves a cheerful giver, and so too do our foundations when our students become alumni.” Though the idea of growing future donors might

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sound greedy, Frazier said it’s simply an offshoot of providing a satisfying student experience, which is important primarily for academic reasons and is something Frazier said the combined university will be able to provide better than its individual institutions. “After consolidation, we’ll have many more reasons to respond when prospective students and staff ask, ‘Why GRU?’” This echoes a sentiment Azziz established early in his administration, both when he spoke about the effect creating a campus atmosphere at GHSU would have on recruiting the top students and faculty to Augusta as

well his much-derided comment that Augusta lacked the “cool factor.” ASU Athletic Director Clint Bryant also agreed that combining the institutions would favorably impact student life as well as the types of students choosing to attend the school. “The move of the consolidated university toward becoming a more comprehensive, student life-oriented campus will vastly enhance our recruiting efforts,” he said. “Consolidating drives us up the food chain from an athletics standpoint.” Bryant, who has been at ASU since 1988, said at first he refrained from bringing potential recruits on campus because he had nothing to show them. “But you know what’s happened in the last 25 years?” he asked. “The ugly duckling has turned into a beautiful swan.” He listed several possible new sports, including rowing, swimming and diving, men’s and women’s lacrosse, soccer and equestrian, saying they were the kinds of sports students drawn to the new university would want, but said football would be too expensive for the near future. The big consideration facing the school seems to be the decision whether or not to return to full NCAA Division I competition in all sports or remain an NCAA multi-classification school that competes in Division II except for men’s and women’s golf. A founding member of the Division I Big South Conference, ASU joined Division II’s Peach Belt Conference in 1991. GRU’s Student Affairs will be located on what officials are calling the Summerville campus, with the fitness and recreation component being primarily housed at the 42,000 square foot wellness center located on the medical campus. While some aspects of student affairs have redundancy that will be ironed out by the consolidation, other aspects seem to fit more or less seamlessly, like student health and counseling. GHSU has the only student health clinic and ASU has the only dedicated student counseling center. “Nothing’s been lost,” Frazier said. “Instead, it’s being unified in the primary office located on the Summerville campus.”

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Historic Struggle

Endangered properties list raises eyebrows with addition of historic hotel Bon Air

while the Cauley-Wheeler Memorial Building behind Lucy Laney High School is the last remaining structure from the Haines Institute, the school founded by Laney herself. Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cauley-Wheeler building is not currently being used by the school, though they reportedly do have a use for it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard through the grapevine that the high school is interested in tearing it down and building a replica so they can have it for their modern uses,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We, of course, feel that rehab can serve all of their needs, whatever they may be.â&#x20AC;? The plan is reminiscent of what happened to the Yerby House, home to Augusta novelist Frank Yerby, who graduated from Paine College in 1937. The house was moved from Eighth Street to Paine College property in 2004, but college officials razed the house and built a replica rather than deal with its asbestos and structural problems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is along the same vein,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got it, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do something with it. I would feel Though Historic Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yearly list of endangered properties contains two school very hurt to know that I was going to see this great buildings, a Broad Street office building and the home of a Tuskegee Airman, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the inclusion building from the early 20th century and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the same building.â&#x20AC;? of the iconic Bon Air Hotel thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting everybody talking. Anderson said she hoped their outreach into the black â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one might be a talking point,â&#x20AC;? admitted Robyn top destination for the wintering class looking to come to community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Bohler House on Phillips Street was Anderson, Historic Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preservation services Augusta to golf. Though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a good-looking building, home to Lt. Henry Bohler, the first African American director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But where else are you going to find something Anderson said the majestic impression it gives can be pilot in the U.S. military and a member of the famous that spectacular?â&#x20AC;? misleading. Tuskegee Airmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would help encourage residents to Designed by Augusta architect Willis Irvin, the massive â&#x20AC;&#x153;To a preservationist, we just see the chipping away,â&#x20AC;? appreciate their own history. Spanish Revival hotel currently serves as apartments for she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The balconies are gone, the windows are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Immaculate Conception had zero support from that low-income residents and seniors, and while buildings starting to go. We love to see the building occupied, but alumni group,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They never spoke up on the Endangered Property List are typically vacant, someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to have a hard time going back in and and now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got an empty lot.â&#x20AC;? Anderson said those in the preservation community felt putting stuff in there that was taken out.â&#x20AC;? The historic African American Catholic church and strongly about its inclusion. The annual list was announced at a press conference school were demolished this summer and no plans have â&#x20AC;&#x153;People might say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occupied,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held at 920 Greene Street, a house previously on the been made for a future use. this whole gauge of whether that occupation is the best endangered property list that early this year became part The final building on the list, the Erbelding Building and highest use of the building,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My of Historic Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate program. at the corner of Sixth and Broad, is a building that committee really wanted to do this, even though they â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real good way to show why we do the program,â&#x20AC;? suffers or thrives depending on the care given to it by its knew it was going to have some discussion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the first one that we found a seemingly endless list of temporary tenants. It, too, has a mission to promote and preserve historic buildings, and preservation-minded buyer for.â&#x20AC;? connection to Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s African American community, we need to make sure that we follow our mission with all The first of two school buildings on the list, the old however. It recently served as the campaign headquarters of our projects.â&#x20AC;? Lamar Elementary School, located across the street from for Richard Roundtree, who was just elected Augustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Built in 1924, the hotel had over 300 rooms and was a Richmond Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic field, was recently vacated, first black sheriff.

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Though Poole is definitely a fan, he didn’t start his blog just to vent about the football team. He started his blog to make money, though it took a little while for his venture to get off the ground. “The first two weeks, I think I’m the only one who ever saw it,” he says. “Then I figured out how to get it out in front of the public, but it was one of those pretty crappy looking blogs. By December, though, I had discovered how to make it present a little better and it was picking up some readership. By March 1 it was over the 1,000 page view a day threshold that it really requires to make any money at all.” One thousand page views a day might technically make some money, but it takes a lot more than that to make any kind of serious money. Any lower than 5,000 or 6,000 page views and it’s not considered lucrative at all. “I could make more money this month going out and working a regular job,” he says, “but because it’s growing the way it is, it’s attracting some attention from bigger media groups, which is leading to other things.” With No. 3 Georgia looking at a very real opportunity to play for a BCS National Poole says the timing is right for him to make it a go of it. Championship, Bulldog mania is off the charts, and one Columbia County man is doing his “If I were 40, I wouldn’t be doing this,” he says. “If I best to make the most of it. were 40, I would probably have a blog, but it would just In three years, Greg Poole’s Leather Helmet Blog has be a fan blog. I wouldn’t be putting this kind of time and personal attacks,” he says. “Present your point and go become one of the most popular Bulldog football blogs, effort into it, but at my age, even if I don’t do anything on.” generating more than 1,000 page views a day. else, it’s a pretty good supplemental income.” Poole works eight to 10 hours a day on the blog, “This year’s yearly page views are going to be over 3 Viewership took a 17 percent hit after UGA’s 35-7 loss mostly conducting research. He subscribes to over 200 million,” Poole says. “We had our first 400,000 page view different sources, mostly other blogs and websites, since to South Carolina on October 10, but has since climbed month in September, and this year we’ve never been dramatically with the Bulldog’s surge. He expects that the University of Georgia won’t communicate with him below 200,000 page views a month, which has been a big directly. interest to stay high through recruiting season, then taper threshold.” off during the off season, though he’ll continue to post “I would love to be in Athens and have university Poole, who will turn 65 next month, had a couple of media credentials to take advantage of all the things that throughout the slow period. bad experiences with people commenting on other blogs, gives you, but UGA refuses to credential blogs that are “The cardinal rule is, at least one post a day,” he says. so he decided to do it better himself. “If you get people reading your blog and they come not associated with a national media outlet,” he says. “People were just being snarky and acting as if they “I’ve been round and round with UGA folks about it, but back and it’s the same thing that was there before, they’re owned the commenting space and not allowing for good they’re not budging.” probably not coming back. And if that happens twice, comment flow,” he says. “That was really why I started It’s not just the university that’s giving him a hard time, you’ve lost them.” the blog — to provide a place for people to talk about Though he’s not sure just where the industry is however. Traditional print media tries to keep him at the their interest in Georgia football without all the crap.” margins, though every time he quotes one of their stories heading, Poole says he can envision a day when blogs He says he has a team of 10 moderators who work to get the notoriety he says they deserve now. or links to one of their YouTube videos, they get credit make sure people respect each other and maintain the “I think you’re going to see the serious blogs all for the page view. proper boundaries. become members of networks or become affiliated with Those page views are important because it’s a way of “We encourage argument and discussion, but not quantifying popularity in order to monetize the operation. print media that has finally learned its lesson,” he says.

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Columbia County scores with big time soccer tournament After years of planning and a significant investment in funds, Columbia County is getting ready to host the NCAA Division II men’s and women’s soccer finals at Blanchard Woods Park. “Basically, we were awarded the event over larger cities in Florida and California,” says Community and Leisure Services Director Barry Smith. “That’s a pretty large accomplishment for this region.” Four men’s and four women’s teams will arrive in town on Tuesday, November 27, spending the rest of the week practicing, playing and, in the off hours, exploring Columbia County and greater Augusta. The county also expects them to spend money, too. Hopefully, a lot of money. “There’s a lot of economic impact involved here,” Smith says. “With hotel night stays and sales tax and gas and family and friends eating in restaurants and the hotel tax, we’re excited about it.” Estimates made when the deal was signed back in June 2010 put the economic impact at $500,000. That money hasn’t come without a cost, however. Blanchard Woods Park, which opened in September 2007, had just about everything it needed to have a big time tournament — four practice fields, lights and a stadium field with bleachers that seat 700 — but it didn’t have locker rooms. No locker rooms, no big time tournaments. In an effort to help the park snag Peach Belt events, Peach Belt Commissioner David Brunk had been trying to convince the county to build the locker rooms since the park opened. Things changed in March 2010 when the chair of the NCAA Division II men’s soccer committee at the time also happened to be the head coach at Lander, a Peach Belt school. The Lander coach raved about the facility, and later Brunk was approached by the men’s and women’s soccer committees about the possibility of Blanchard Woods hosting the championships. Suddenly, the need for the locker rooms was critical, and though initial indications were positive, there were no guarantees that spending the money — estimated then to be between $300,000-$400,000 — would snag the tournament. “They don’t let us know [who else is in the running], but apparently they had already received some bids prior to calling us, and I thought that it was a good sign that maybe they weren’t real enthralled with who they had received from,” Brunk told commissioners at the time. “In talking with them, I think they were just really impressed with the facility and that, reading between the lines, if they had their druthers, they would rather come here.” Ultimately the county committed to building the locker rooms, and in July 2010 Columbia County beat out San Diego and Pensacola for the right to host the men’s and women’s championships for 2012 and 2013. Home of the Peach Belt soccer championships for the last five years, organizers used the most recent conference finals, played a couple of weeks ago, as a trial run. Outside of some positioning issues involving a 14 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

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tent, things went off relatively well. Even the portable press box required by the NCAA for live streaming of the finals seemed up for the job. “And the improvements the county made on the stadium field were outstanding,” Brunk said. “Everyone loved the surface, so I think we’ll be set and ready to go.” Though originally slated to be broadcast by the CBS College Sports Network, the championships will instead stream live on the NCAA website, which prompted the county to speed up the installation of its new broadband fiber in that area. “They wanted wifi capabilities at the stadium field, so we had to get those access points installed and broadband installed for streaming live,” Smith said. “And we had to accommodate them with that rental

press box I found out of Atlanta.” Both Brunk and Smith have been participating in increasingly frequent conference calls with NCAA officials about the condition of the field and the status of the event. “We’ve been in constant contact since probably last January or February,” Brunk said. “We’ve had at least monthly calls. Then, starting in the summer, we started having biweekly calls. This week, there will be a big call with the coaches and athletic directors of the teams.” The fight to make the championships wasn’t decided until Sunday, November 18. Playing for the men’s championship will be Mercyhurst out of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Lynn University, Saginaw Valley State out of Michigan and Simon Fraser University, a school 22NOVEMBER2012

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the NCAA, but now that we know the teams, we’re going to hit it pretty good. Hopefully, both Chambers are going to get email blasts out, and the Augusta Sports Council is helping, too. In spite of the fact that none of the schools are local — the Peach Belt Conference nearly had a team in both the men’s and women’s finals, but each fell tantalizingly short — Brunk said local support is still important. “We’ve got to get the support or the NCAA will say whoops — thanks, but nobody came out to watch, and I sure don’t want that to happen,” Brunk said. “We’ve put too much time and effort into all of this.” Though Columbia County has hosted a good number of major sporting events, including several top tier bass tournaments, the Dixie World Series and portions of the Georgia Games, this is the largest national sporting event it’s ever attempted to present. “I would consider it a feather in Columbia County’s cap,” Smith said. “It gives a nod of approval that our facilities are built to accommodate a national event like this.” 22NOVEMBER2012

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conference member ASU doesn’t have a soccer team, the Peach Belt conference itself, which is based in Columbia County, is partnering with the county to host. Though Brunk has been involved in several championship events in the past, this is the first time he and the Peach Belt have been this kind of primary host. One of the surprises has been the amount of signage the NCAA is sending in. “We have two full POD storage units out at Blanchard Woods and there’s supposed to be a semi truck coming today to deliver more stuff,” Brunk said. “The place will really look sharp when we get everything up.” That big time feel is also being translated into how the teams themselves are being treated. Tuesday evening, the night they all arrive, they’ll participate in a private evening at Adventure Crossing. Wednesday night, there will be a banquet at Savannah Rapids Pavilion and each coach is being given movie tickets to help relax their team during the off hours.

Smith said he hopes to increase that ability to host such events by investing even more into the park when the next round of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) money is available. “I do plan to submit Blanchard Woods Phase Two Expansion to build five to seven more soccer fields at that facility,” he said. “And once we do that, you can get big state games, which are a big draw to economic impact. Blanchard Woods Park has a total of 150 acres, only 40 of which are currently developed. That leaves plenty of room to develop 40 more. Such an expansion would probably cost between $4$5 million. In addition to the Blanchard Woods expansion, the county will eventually add five soccer fields to its emerging presence adjacent to Lakeside High School as well as a tennis complex somewhere else in the county. “Multi use is good, but I think we want to stick with just soccer and lacrosse at Blanchard Woods,” Smith said. Smith’s interest in lacrosse is so serious that he’s added it to his recreational offerings. “Once we can expand the fields, we can attract national lacrosse tournaments,” Smith said. “I’ve been networking with U.S. Lacrosse and they are interested in Blanchard Woods, but they say that we have to have a few more fields to have national lacrosse tournaments there. It’s something that I’m working to get, though. It’s a perfect fit for a soccer field.” With any championship, the NCAA basically has a conference or a sports council or a member institution serving as the host of the event. Because Peach Belt 16 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

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“And Friday, we have a community engagement activity,” Brunk said. “Some members from each of the teams are going to work at a food bank in the area.” As for what would make the tournament a success, Brunk was pretty straightforward. “To me, I guess it would be the support of the community for the event — that’s paramount — but then I also want the participants of every one of the teams to say this was really neat and that they had a good experience,” he said. “Because that’s what it’s really all about — the experience for the student athletes. I want them to go back to San Diego or back up to Vancouver and say, ‘Man, we went down to the Augusta, Georgia area and it was really great.” NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships Blanchard Woods Park Thursday, November 29 (semifinals) Saturday, December 1 (finals) 706-863-7523 | columbiacountyga.gov

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Exhibitions

Paintings by Art Gomez show at Casa Blanca Cafe through the end of the month. Call 706-504-3431 or visit casablancatime.com. Reflections on Water in American Painting shows at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org. “The Five,” Ester Melton and T’is the Season exhibitions show at the Aiken Center for the Arts through December 28, and Barbara Yon will show her work in the Aiken Artist Guild Gallery in November. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterforthearts.org. Lillie Morris, Lucy Weigle and Judy Avrett Exhibition shows at Sacred Heart Cultural Center through December 28. Call 706-826-4700 or visit sacredheartaugusta.org. The PEACE (Poetic Expression and Creative Enlightenment) Show, a community gathering of area artists organized by billy s and including art from Leonard Porkchop Zimmerman, Jay Jacobs, Jason Craig and many others, shows at Gaartdensity Gallery downtown through Friday, December 7. Visit facebook.com/gaartdensitygallery. Jetsam, works by Jay Jacobs, shows at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706724-7501 or visit themorris.org. Annual Doll Exhibition shows through December 31 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Free with museum admission. Call 706-7243576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. Annual Quilt Exhibition shows through December 31 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Pre-registration required. Call 706-7243576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel shows through December 2 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.

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

Music

Masterworks III: Handel’s Messiah, a production of the Columbia County Orchestra, is Sunday, November 25, at 6 p.m. at West Acres Baptist Church. $10; free for children, students, U.S. military and music educators. visit columbiacco.org. Columbia County Youth Orchestra Concert is Tuesday, November 27, at 7 p.m. at Genesis Church on Fury’s Ferry Road. Free. Visit columbiacco.org. Aiken Concert Band’s Holiday Celebration is Tuesday, November 27, at 8 p.m. at USC-Aiken’s Etherredge Center. $10, adults; $7, students. Call 803641-3305 or visit usca.edu. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas is Thursday, November 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. $55-$65. Call 877-4AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix. com. USC-A Faculty Artist Recital, featuring pianist Anna Hamilton, is Thursday, November 29, at 7:30 p.m. at USC-Aiken’s Etherredge Center. Free. Call 803-641-3305 or visit usca.edu.

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“The Nutcracker,” a production of Dance Augusta, show Friday, November 23, at 7 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, November 24-25, at 1 and 5 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre. $17-$40. Call 706-722-8341 or visit imperialtheatre. com. “The Night Before Christmas,” a production of the Augusta West Dance Company, shows Thursday, November 29, and Friday, November 30, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. for schools, daycares and groups, and Saturday, December 1, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for everyone. Showing at ASU’s Maxwell Theatre, performances are $12. Visit augustawestdance.com. Friday Dance, hosted by the Fraternal Order of Elks, 205 Elkdon Court in Martinez, is each Friday night in November from 8-11 p.m., with light snacks served from 7-8 and the dance, starting at 8 p.m., featuring DJ Joe Tutt playing shag, slow music and music to line dance to. $8. The third Friday is the Elks Dance, $35 per couple, which includes a full meal served from 7-8 p.m. and music by the Fun Time Band until 11 p.m. Call 706-860-3232. Christian Singles Dance, a smoke-, alcohol- and drug-free event for those ages 40 and over, is each Saturday night at the Ballroom Dance Center in Evans. Dance lessons start at 7 p.m., and the dance begins at 8 p.m. No partners needed. $8, members; $10, guests. Visit christiandances.org.

Talk the Talk Book Club discusses “To Dance with the White Dog” by Terry Kay on Tuesday, November 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Augusta International Folk Dance Club meets Tuesday nights from 7:309:30 p.m. at the Augusta Ballet Studio on 2941 Walton Way. No partners needed. First visit free. Call 706-399-2477.

ASU’s Reese Library Book Sale is Wednesday, November 28, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and Thursday, November 29, from 9 a.m.-noon. Call 706-667-4912 or visit aug.edu.

Theater

Looking at Art Philosophically: Aesthetic Concepts Fundamental to Being an Artist, a lecture by Tom Supensky, is Thursday, November 29, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Aiken Center for the Arts. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterforthearts.org.

“Miracle on 34th Street,” an Aiken Community Playhouse production, shows November 23, 24, 30 and December 1, 7, 8 at 8 p.m., as well as Sunday, December 2 and 8, at 3 p.m., at the URS Center for the Performing Arts. $20, adults; $17, seniors; $12, students; $7, children under 12. Call 803-648-1438 or visit acp1011.com. “Colorful Conversations: Let’s Talk About Black People in the CSRA,” 22NOVEMBER2012

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a production of the Paine College Department of Media Studies and the Blue Bistro Theater, is Monday, November 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Paine College’s Odeum Music Room in the Gilbert Lambuth Memorial Chapel. The event features several short plays as well as discussions in between each. $5, general admission; $3, students. Visit paine.edu. “Eli’s Bethlehem Inn,” a musical dinner theater production of the Enopion Theatre Company, shows November 29-December 7 at the Kroc Center. $16. Call 706-771-7777 or visit enopion.com.

Augusta Museum of History. The 90-minute tour includes the Old Medical College, the Haunted Pillar and St. Paul’s Cemetery. $22, adults; $12, children ages 5-12. Pre-registration required. Call 706-8145333 or visit augustaghosttrolley.com.

Health

Childbirth Preparation, a four-week class, begins Monday, November 26, at 7 p.m. at University Hospital and continues Mondays through December 17. Pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org.

Quickies, Le Chat Noir Theatre’s short play festival, is seeking original scripts by local authors. Writers must reside within the CSRA and scripts should be shorts of 5-15 pages and one-acts of 15-30 pages. Writers may submit up to three scripts. Submission deadline is December 31 for the festival, which will be held in April. Email scripts and a cover sheet with contact information to info@lcnaugusta.com.

Total Joint Replacement Educational Talk is Tuesday, November 27, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Pre-registration required. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

Flix

“Brave” shows at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library on Saturday, November 24. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Car Seat Class is Wednesday, November 28, from 5:45-8 p.m. at MCGHealth Building 1010C. $10; pre-registration required. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth.org/kids.

“The Green Berets” and “The Hurt Locker,” part of the Monday Veterans Movie Marathon showing in November, show Monday, November 26, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.

Childbirth Preparation, a four-week class, begins Wednesday, November 28, at 7 p.m. at University Hospital and continues Wednesday through December 19. Pre-registration required. Call 706-774-2825 or visit universityhealth.org.

Special Events

Ready and Able, a three-session class for those in their third trimesters of pregnancy, is Wednesday, November 28, from 7-9:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706-651-2229 or visit doctors-hospital.net.

The Blessing of the Hounds, an annual event to open the hunt season in Hitchcock Woods, is Thursday, November 22, at 11 a.m. Participants should park at the Aiken County Historical Museum and enter the woods from South Boundary. Family, but not pets, are welcome. Call 803-643-DRAG. One Table, a free Thanksgiving feast with live music by local church groups, is Thursday, November 22, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in The Alley behind Aiken City Hall. Visit onetable.org. Christmas in the Backcountry, a celebration of the season as it was during colonial times, is Saturday, November 24, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at North Augusta’s Living History Park. Free. Call 803-279-7560 or visit colonialtimes.us. Photos with Santa are Sunday, November 25, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Old Government House on Telfair Street. Call 706-821-1812 or email cmcfeely@ augustaga.gov. Christmas Tree Lighting at Calhoun Park in North Augusta is Tuesday, November 27, from 5-8 p.m. and includes live entertainment and food. Call 803-4414310 or visit northaugusta.net. Christmas Festival at Fort Gordon’s Woodworth Consolidated Library is Thursday, November 29, from 5-10 p.m. and includes carols, Christmas Tree lighting, cookies, hot cocoa, children’s crafts, hayrides and more. Call 706-791-6779 or visit fortgordon.com. The Holiday Gingerbread Village will be in the rotunda of the Augusta Museum of History through November 25. The historic-themed gingerbread structures will be available for purchase by silent auction, with the proceeds going to the museum. Call 706-722-8454 or visit augustamuseum.org. Festival of Trees viewing is November 27-December 8 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History in advance of a Holiday Open House and Tree Auction on Saturday, December 8, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in which the trees will be auctioned off. Call 706-724-3576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.

Free Cooking Demonstration and Sampling is Wednesday, November 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.

Infant CPR Class is Thursday, November 29, from 6-8 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Pre-registration required. Visit trinityofaugusta.com. Baby 101, a baby care and development class, is Thursday, November 29, from 7-9:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. Free, but pre-registration required. Call 706651-2229 or visit doctors-hospital.net. Child Safety Seat Inspections and Car Seat Classes, sponsored by Safe Kids East Central, are offered by appointment at either the Safe Kids Office or MartinezColumbia Fire Rescue. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth.org/safekids. Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson Disease Aquatics Class meets every Monday and Friday at noon at the Wilson Family Y. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers. Pre-registration required. Call Claudia Collins at 706-922-9664 or visit thefamilyy.org. Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Orientation is every Monday at 6 p.m. and Tuesday at 2 p.m. at University Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute (Classroom 3). Call 706-774-5548 or visit universityhealth.org. Adapted Wii Special Populations available by appointment at the Wilson Family Y, and feature individual ½-hour classes for physically and developmentally challenged individuals of all ages. $10, members; $20, non-members. Call Claudia Collins at 706-922-9662 or visit thefamilyy.org.

Support

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets Monday, November 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the GHSU Augusta MS Center. Call 706-721-8664 or visit georgiahealth.org. Cancer Share meets Monday, November 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. at University Hospital. Call 706-774-8308 or visit universityhealth.org.

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CSRA Parkinson Support Group, featuring guest speaker Ali Slocum on the topic of challenges facing caregivers, meets Tuesday, November 27, at 6 p.m. at St. John Towers’ dining room. Free and open to the public. Call 706-364-1662. Beyond the Bars is a support group for those with incarcerated loved ones. For more information about meetings, call Gerry Nail at 706-855-8636.

Sports-Outdoors

WJBF Turkey Trot 10K is Saturday, November 24, at the Old Richmond Academy, with a fun run beginning at 9 a.m., a wheelchair open beginning at 10 a.m., and the 10K beginning at 10:15 a.m. Pre-registration ends November 19 and is $35 for the 10K and $10 for the fun run. To register, visit strictlyrunning.com.

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

The Augusta RiverHawks vs. the Knoxville Ice Bears is Saturday, November 24, at 7:35 p.m. at the James Brown Arena. $10-$21. Call 706-993-2645 or visit augustariverhawks.com.

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

ASU Women’s Basketball Team takes on Coastal Georgia Sunday, November 25, at 2 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

Adult Sexual Assault and Rape Support meets for group counseling. For more information, call 706-7245200 or visit universityhealth.org.

ASU Men’s Basketball Team takes on Coastal Georgia Sunday, November 25, at 4 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

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

ASU Women’s Basketball Team takes on Benedict Wednesday, November 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

AA meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Centers’ Aurora Pavilion, and includes an open discussion. Call 800-322-8322 or visit aikenregional.com. Burn Support Group meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Doctors Hospital’s Lori Rogers Nursing Library, JMS Building. All burn survivors, and their families and friends are welcome. Call Tim Dorn at 706-651-6660 or visit doctors-hospital.net. Moms Connection, a free support group for new mothers and their babies, meets Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences Building 1010C. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Education

Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship, a JobSeeker workshop, is Thursday, November 29, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org. GED Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Free Tutoring for all ages, offered by ASU’s Literacy Center, is available by appointment Mondays-Thursday, from 4-8 p.m., at the center at 1401 Magnolia Drive. Appointments required. Call 706-737-1625 or visit aug.edu. ESL classes are offered every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Headquarters Branch Library (Third Floor Writing Lab). Pre-registration required. Call Charles Garrick at 803-279-3363 or visit ecgrl.org. Intermediate Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 2:30-4 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org. Beginner’s Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 4-5 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.

Benefit

James Brown Family Foundation Toy Giveaway Registration is each Saturday through December 1, from 9-11 a.m. at the James Brown Arena. Parents must have valid state ID, as well as birth certifications and proof of Social Security Number for each child ages 1-12. Visit augustaentertainmentcomplex.com. Karma Yoga is offered at Just Breathe Studio, downtown Aiken, each Friday at 10 a.m. and is free if participants bring a donation of a personal item, which will be given to the Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons. Call 803-648-8048 or visit justbreathestudio.com. 22NOVEMBER2012

ASU Men’s Basketball Team takes on Benedict Wednesday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu. The Augusta RiverHawks vs. the Fayetteville FireAntz is Thursday, November 29, at 7:35 p.m. at the James Brown Arena. $10-$21. Call 706-993-2645 or visit augustariverhawks.com. Fall Fest at Graystone Ranch Wildlife Education Center and Nature Park is going on through November 30, on Fridays and from 10 a.m.-midnight and Sundays from noon-midnight. the event includes a hayride and fireworks over the lake, hiking, fishing, boat rides, exotic animal tours, petting zoos, a pumpkin patch, a hay maze, photos with the scarecrow, zip lines and more. $10. Visit graystoneranch.com. Kroc Trotters Running Group, for those ages 16 and older, meets each Tuesday and Thursday at the Kroc Center to run the trails of the Augusta Canal. Free, members; $15, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. The Augusta Rugby Club holds weekly practice sessions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Larry Bray Memorial Pitch, 100 Wood Street in Augusta, adjacent to the Augusta GreenJackets’ stadium at Lake Olmstead. Experienced rugby players and newbies ages 18 and up are welcome, and those interested should bring a pair of cleats (cross trainers will work) a mouthguard, gym shorts and a T-shirt. Visit augustarugby.org or Facebook under the Augusta Rugby Club heading. BlazeSports Swim Team, for all ages of physically challenged swimmers who want to train for competition, meets at the Wilson Family Y. $35 a month, members; $50 a month, non-members. Preregistration required. Visit thefamilyy.org. Zumba Sentao and Zumba classes meet every Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Recreation Center on Jefferson Davis Highway in Graniteville, S.C. $6 per class, with coupons available. Call 706-627-1767. Wheelchair Tennis is each Monday at 6 p.m., weather permitting, at the Club at Rae’s Creek. Free and open to the public. Call 706-826-5809 or visit alsalley@wrh.org. Augusta Canal Boat Tours lasting one hour are offered Monday-Saturday at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30, 3 and 4:30 p.m. All tours include admission to the Augusta AUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

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CSRA Parkinson Support Group, featuring guest speaker Ali Slocum on the topic of challenges facing caregivers, meets Tuesday, November 27, at 6 p.m. at St. John Towersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dining room. Free and open to the public. Call 706-364-1662. Beyond the Bars is a support group for those with incarcerated loved ones. For more information about meetings, call Gerry Nail at 706-855-8636.

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

The Augusta RiverHawks vs. the Knoxville Ice Bears is Saturday, November 24, at 7:35 p.m. at the James Brown Arena. $10-$21. Call 706-993-2645 or visit augustariverhawks.com.

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

ASU Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Team takes on Coastal Georgia Sunday, November 25, at 2 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

Adult Sexual Assault and Rape Support meets for group counseling. For more information, call 706-7245200 or visit universityhealth.org.

ASU Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Team takes on Coastal Georgia Sunday, November 25, at 4 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

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

ASU Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Team takes on Benedict Wednesday, November 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. Call 706-731-7925 or visit aug.edu.

AA meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Centersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aurora Pavilion, and includes an open discussion. Call 800-322-8322 or visit aikenregional.com. Burn Support Group meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Doctors Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lori Rogers Nursing Library, JMS Building. All burn survivors, and their families and friends are welcome. Call Tim Dorn at 706-651-6660 or visit doctors-hospital.net. Moms Connection, a free support group for new mothers and their babies, meets Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences Building 1010C. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.

Education

Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship, a JobSeeker workshop, is Thursday, November 29, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org. GED Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Free Tutoring for all ages, offered by ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Literacy Center, is available by appointment Mondays-Thursday, from 4-8 p.m., at the center at 1401 Magnolia Drive. Appointments required. Call 706-737-1625 or visit aug.edu. ESL classes are offered every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Headquarters Branch Library (Third Floor Writing Lab). Pre-registration required. Call Charles Garrick at 803-279-3363 or visit ecgrl.org. Intermediate Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 2:30-4 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org. Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spanish Language Class is each Monday from 4-5 p.m. at Friedman Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6758 or visit ecgrl.org.

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The Augusta RiverHawks vs. the Fayetteville FireAntz is Thursday, November 29, at 7:35 p.m. at the James Brown Arena. $10-$21. Call 706-993-2645 or visit augustariverhawks.com. Fall Fest at Graystone Ranch Wildlife Education Center and Nature Park is going on through November 30, on Fridays and from 10 a.m.-midnight and Sundays from noon-midnight. the event includes a hayride and fireworks over the lake, hiking, fishing, boat rides, exotic animal tours, petting zoos, a pumpkin patch, a hay maze, photos with the scarecrow, zip lines and more. $10. Visit graystoneranch.com.

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Kroc Trotters Running Group, for those ages 16 and older, meets each Tuesday and Thursday at the Kroc Center to run the trails of the Augusta Canal. Free, members; $15, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. The Augusta Rugby Club holds weekly practice sessions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Larry Bray Memorial Pitch, 100 Wood Street in Augusta, adjacent to the Augusta GreenJacketsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stadium at Lake Olmstead. Experienced rugby players and newbies ages 18 and up are welcome, and those interested should bring a pair of cleats (cross trainers will work) a mouthguard, gym shorts and a T-shirt. Visit augustarugby.org or Facebook under the Augusta Rugby Club heading.

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The Augusta Fencers Club is open five nights a week from 5:30-9 p.m. and most Saturday mornings from 10 a.m.-noon. Visitors always welcome. Call 706-722-8878.

French Language Class for those in grades 1-5 is Wednesday, November 28, at 4 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Free for the first 15 to register. Call 803-6422023 or visit abbe-lib.org.

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

In My Backyard shows at 7 p.m. and More Than Meets the Eye shows at 8 p.m. each Saturday in November at USC-Aiken’s DuPont Planetarium. Weather permitting, the observatory housing the Bechtel telescope will be open for viewing after each show. $4.50, adults; $3.50, seniors; $2.50, students grades 4K-12; $1, USC-A faculty, staff and students. Call 803-641-3654 or visit rpsec.usca.edu/planetarium.

Zumba with Sohailla is every Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at the Ballroom Dance Center in Evans. Call 706-4216168 or visit zumbawithsohailla.blogspot.com.

Fun-Time Fridays, for those ages 2-5, is each Friday at 10:45-11:30 a.m. at the Warren Road Community Center. Call 706-860-2833 or visit augustaga.gov.

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

Little Friends Gym, a parent and child class for those ages 6 months-4 years, is each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Warren Road Community Center. Call 706-860-2833 or visit augustaga.gov.

Lakeside Rideouts at Hilltop Riding Stables at Fort Gordon are each Sunday beginning at 1:30 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. The ride, which begins at 2 p.m., is a two-hour guided ride to Wilkerson Lake. $45-$50. Call 706-791-4864 or visit fortgordon.com. Weekly Group Runs include the Monday Metro Run meeting at Metro Coffeehouse at 6 p.m.; Monday Intervals meeting at the Family Y track on Wheeler Road at 7 p.m.; the Tuesday Nacho Mama’s Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday’s Blanchard Woods Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday Stay in Shape Group Run at 6 p.m.; Wednesday’s Post Office Hill Training Run at 7 p.m.; and Saturday’s Stay in Shape Run at 8 a.m. For more information, visit augustastriders.com. Hott Shott Disc Golf is each Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Killer B Disc Golf, 863 Broad Street, and features games and prizes for all ages and skill levels. $2. Call 706-8147514 or visit killerbdiscgolf.blogspot.com/p/hott-shott.

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United Hospice of Aiken, which covers Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Barnwell and Allendale counties, needs volunteers to visit with patients or work in the office. Training is provided. Call 803-641-0060 or email kathibault@uhs-pruitt.com. Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services is seeking volunteer advocates for Richmond, Burke, Jefferson and McDuffie counties. Advocates answer crisis calls and respond to hospitals in their area within 30 minutes. Call 706-774-2746 or email volunteerrcsas@ uh.org. MACH Academy is looking for volunteers to provide tutoring, academic support and mentoring services during fall after-school sessions held MondayThursday from 3:30-6 p.m. Call 706-796-5046, email mparks37@comcast.net or visit machacademy.com. Hospice Care of America’s Augusta office needs administrative and patient care volunteers. No experience necessary; training will be provided. Call Rich Boland at 706-447-2626 or email rboland@ msa-corp.com. If you would like to see your organization’s events listed in our calendar, please email Amy Christian at amy@themetrospirit.com. The deadline for each Thursday’s issue is the previous Friday at noon.

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Story Time at the Columbia County Library is each Tuesday at 10:15 and 11 a.m. for those under 2; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10:15 a.m. for 2-year-olds; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. for preschoolers; and Wednesdays for families with kids of all ages. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. Story Time at the Euchee Creek Branch Library, for all ages, is each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Call 706-556-0594 or visit ecgrl.org. Story Time is every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Harlem Branch Library. Call 706-556-9795 or visit ecgrl.org. Ceramics Class, for ages 14 and up, meets Mondays at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m., Tuesdays at 6 p.m., and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in the Weeks Ceramics Center. Call 803-6427631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Toddler Time, free play for children ages 5 and under, is each Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the H.O. Weeks Center in Aiken. Call 803-642-7631 or visit cityofaikensc.gov. Wacky Wednesday Story Time is each Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the children’s department of Barnes and Noble in the Augusta Mall. Call 706-737-0012 or visit bn.com. Story Time is every Wednesday at Appleby Branch Library from 10:05-10:20 a.m. for toddlers 18 months-35 months, and from 10:30-11:15 a.m. for preschoolers ages 3 and up. Parent must stay with child. Call 706-736-6244 or visit ecgrl.org. Story Time is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. for Pre-K, and either 11 or 11:30 a.m. for preschoolers at Aiken County Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org. Story Time is every Wednesday from 10:30-11 a.m. for toddlers and 11:15-11:45 a.m. for preschoolers at North Augusta Branch Library. Call 803-279-5767 or abbe-lib.org.

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The 47th Annual Chitlin Strut, which includes a carnival, concessions, arts and crafts and more, is Saturday, November 24, from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. at the town hall in Salley, S.C. Call 803-258-3485 or visit chitlinstrut.com. Bamberg County Holiday Concert is Thursday, November 29, from 6-8 p.m. at the Dane Theater in Denmark, S.C. Call 803-245-4427 or visit bambergcountychamber.org. Thursday Nights at the High, a special event at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, offers half price tickets from 4-8 p.m. each Thursday. A guided tour is offered at 6:30 p.m. Call 404-733-4200 or visit high.org. If you would like to see your organization’s events listed in our calendar, please email Amy Christian at amy@themetrospirit.com. The deadline for each Thursday’s issue is the previous Friday at noon.

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Paine production teaches theater basics, explores common themes Art has a long history of taking on social issues and making statements about society and the world we live in. Theater in particular has been used as a medium to confront morality, politics and the human condition. The Paine College Department of Media Studies in partnership with Blue Bistro Theater will present a series of short plays on Monday, November 26, titled “Colorful Conversations (Let’s Talk About Black People),” that not only address issues within the African American community, but will be presented in a unique way that will encourage community discussion about the matters at hand. Following each vignette, Dr. J. Bayliss, a doctor of psychiatry at Georgia Regents University (Georgia Health Sciences University), along with several of her colleagues, will lead a dialogue with the audience, giving the community an opportunity to talk about some of the issues and to hear alternate perspectives as well. All interested parties, not just the African American community, are encouraged to attend. The situations addressed in the short plays are centered on African American couples from a wide range of backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses, but also deal with topics that are relevant and universal to all. “The general theme for the production is the male perspective versus the female perspective,” explains Nicholas Pettye, a senior at Paine College

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and one of the producers of the series. “We all have heard that ‘women are from Venus, men are from Mars,’ so it’s basically a play off of that motif. There are three different plays that emphasize three different circumstances, but they’re still male-female opposing views and they’re all from the African American experience, but also other ethnicities will be interested because it’s very enlightening.” The three plays, which range in subject matter from a couple in corporate setting debating the root causes of problems within African American relationships, to a college couple discussing domestic abuse, to a very young couple struggling with the issue of teen pregnancy, were all written by Anthony R. Page, an independent arts producer and drama instructor at Paine College. “Often many take ‘Black American’ and see us all as one homogenous group,” says Page. “They think we’re all the same and see things and think the same way. But those in that culture, we think very differently, and often very differently than those who are in the same household. So each one of these plays covers a different perspective. We have a very upwardly mobile couple, and then a young couple who would be quote-unquote — from the ‘hood — dealing with a teen pregnancy situation, so we have corporate conflict, domestic violence, teen pregnancy.” Not only is the production an exercise in different

backgrounds and viewpoints, but it has also been a learning experience for the students in other ways. One of Page’s goals is to allow the students to gain hands-on theater experience in addition to just theory. “The whole point of this exercise, this is coming under the umbrella of our technical theater class,” explains Page, “I studied theater and film and they teach you so much principle and theory, but not execution — I wanted them to have the actual execution part of it. The whole point of the class is to teach them how to produce... and execute it to a complete and finished vision.” “Colorful Conversations: Let’s Talk About Black People in the CSRA” Paine College’s Odeum Music Room, Gilbert Lambuth Memorial Chapel Monday November 26 | 6:30 p.m. $5 for general public; $3 for all students | paine. edu

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November 22 22Thursday, Live Music

Looking for something… anything… to do after the turkey’s been demolished Thursday? Head to Wild Wing where AcostA, John Anthony Craig, Matthew L Acosta and Miranda L Pokrzywinski, will play Thanksgiving night, November 22. If you can’t escape the family Thursday, AcostA will be at Metro Coffeehouse and Pub on Saturday, November 24.

Coyote’s - Dave Firmin, Rhes Reeves & the Coyote Band French Market Grille West - Doc Easton Smooth Jazz Joe’s Underground - Jerod Gay Mellow Mushroom (Downtown and Evans) - Live and Local Rose Hill Estate - Preston Weston & Sandra Somewhere in Augusta - Dave Mercer The Willcox - Classic Jazz Wild Wing – AcostA

What’s Tonight?

Bar on Broad - Thanksgiving Afterparty with DJ Kinetiks Casa Blanca - Thursday Tango Club Argos - Karaoke Cocktails Lounge - Karaoke Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke Fox’s Lair - Soup, Suds & Trivia Helga’s Pub & Grille - Trivia The Highlander - Butt Naked Trivia The Loft - Karaoke Malibu Jack’s - Karaoke Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Karaoke Mi Rancho (Evans) - Karaoke The Playground - Open Mic with Brandy Shannon’s - Karaoke Somewhere in Augusta - Country Line Villa Europa - Karaoke Wooden Barrel - ’80s Night Karaoke

November 23 23Friday, Live Music

100 Laurens – Chris Powers 1102 - Cameras, Guns & Radios, Artemia Cotton Patch - Old Man Crazy Country Club - Billy Creason and the Dam-Fi-No Band Coyote’s - Dave Firmin, Rhes Reeves & the Coyote Band Doubletree - Classic Jazz French Market Grille West - Doc Easton Joe’s Underground – Keith Gregory Laura’s Backyard Tavern - Shameless Dave and the Miracle Whips Malibu Jack’s - South Atlantic PI Bar & Grill - Jazz Duo Polo Tavern - Robbie Ducey Band Sky City - Funk You, The Favors Somewhere in Augusta – The Unmentionables Soul Bar - Jucifer, Witch Baby Wild Wing – Frekin’ Nutz The Willcox - John Vaughn

What’s Tonight?

Cocktails Lounge - Grown-Up Fridays with DJ Cork and Bull Pub - Karaoke Eagle’s Nest - Free Salsa Lessons; Latin Dance Party Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke Iron Horse Bar & Grill - Karaoke Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Karaoke with Ryan Moseley Mi Rancho (Washington Road) - Karaoke with Jeff Barnes Mi Rancho (Clearwater) - Three J’s Karaoke Ms. Carolyn’s - Karaoke Palmetto Tavern - DJ Tim The Playground - DJ Rebeck’s Hideaway - Open Mic Roadrunner Cafe - Karaoke with Steve Chappel Soul Bar – Jive Turkey Disco Hell Wooden Barrel - Karaoke Contest

November 24 24Saturday, Live Music

100 Laurens – Keith Gregory The Acoustic Coffeehouse - Open Acoustic Jam Session with Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold Cotton Patch - Skilyr Hicks

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Country Club – The Chris Lane Band Coyote’s - Dave Firmin, Rhes Reeves & the Coyote Band Fox’s Lair - Billy McKnight & the Blues Joe’s Underground – Impulse Ride MAD Studios - Josh Pierce, Taylor Swan Malibu Jack’s - David Heath Perfect Picture Metro Coffeehouse & Pub - AcostA P.I. Bar and Grill - Not Gaddy Jazz with Pam Bowman The Playground - Artificial Noise Polo Tavern – Josh Hilley Band Rose Hill Estate - Celia Sky City - Dead Confederate, Eye Candy Featuring Shonna Tucker, Kalen Nash Wild Wing – Playback The Band

What’s Tonight?

Club Argos - Variety Show Cocktails Lounge - Latin Night Fishbowl Lounge - Karaoke Fox’s Lair - Karaoke with Beth Helga’s Pub & Grille - Trivia The Loft - DJ Richie Rich Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Karaoke with Rockin Rob Mi Rancho (Clearwater) - Karaoke with Danny Haywood Mi Rancho (Washington Road) - Karaoke Ms. Carolyn’s - Karaoke Robbie’s - Saturday Night Dance Party Wooden Barrel - Kamikaze Karaoke

The Highlander - Open Mic Night The Willcox - Piano Jazz Wild Wing – Sabo & Dave

What’s Tonight?

Bar West - Trivia Club Argos - Karaoke Fishbowl Lounge - Dart League Laura’s Backyard Tavern - Karaoke w/ David Doane Malibu Jack’s - Karaoke Mellow Mushroom (Downtown and Evans) Trivia The Playground - Truly Twisted Trivia with Big Troy Polo Tavern - Karaoke Shannon’s - Karaoke with Mike Johnson Somewhere In Augusta - Big Prize Trivia

November 28 28Wednesday, Live Music

Joe’s Underground - Sibling String Malibu Jack’s - Live Music Sweet Lou’s Crab Shack - Chris Hardy Wild Wing – Good People Duo

What’s Tonight?

Bar West - Karaoke Club Argos - Santoni’s Satin Dolls Cocktails Lounge - Augusta’s Got Talent Cotton Patch - Trivia and Tunes Hotel Aiken - Karaoke w/ Tom Mitchell Sunday, November 25 Laura’s Backyard Tavern - Karaoke w/ David Live Music Doane 5 O’Clock Bistro - Buzz and Candice (brunch) The Loft - Karaoke Cotton Patch - Keith Gregory (brunch) Malibu Jack’s - DJ Mike Swift Malibu Jack’s - Playback The Band w/ Tutu Dy’Vine Midtown Lounge - Karaoke w/ Charles O’Byrne Patridge Inn - Sunday Evening Jazz w/ the Not Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Karaoke Gaddy Jazz Trio Mi Rancho (Washington Road) - Karaoke with The Willcox - Jazz Jam Session w/ Preston & Rockin’ Rob Weston The Playground - Krazy Karaoke with Big Troy Wild Wing – Cody Webb Polo Tavern - Karaoke w/ Tom Mitchell Somewhere in Augusta - Comedy Zone w/ Shaun What’s Tonight? Jones and Roy Haber Malibu Jack’s - Karaoke Surrey Tavern - Trivia with Christian and Mickey Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Karaoke Mi Rancho (Washington Road) - Karaoke, Salsa Upcoming Dancing Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - Bell Shannon’s - Karaoke with Peggy Gardner Auditorium November 29 She N She - Wild Wing November 29 Monday, November 26 Vagabond Swing - Stillwater Tap Room November 30 Live Music Riley Williams and Shane Davis - Cotton Patch Shannon’s - Open Mic Night November 30 Celia Gary CD Release Party - MAD Studios What’s Tonight? November 30 Applebee’s (Evans) - Trivia Holy Ghost Tent Revival - Sky City November 30 Club Argos - Karaoke Mi Rancho (Downtown) - Trivia with Mike Thomas JC Bridwell Band - Wild Wing November 30 The Moose Knuckles - Cotton Patch December 1 Somewhere In Augusta - Poker Tournaments David Heath and John Goudy - Fox’s Lair Wild Wing - Trivia December 1 First Born Hip Hop Reunion - Sky City December Tuesday, November 27 1 Live Music Willie Nelson - Bell Auditorium December 4 First Round - Open Mic Night Two Man Gentlemen Band, The Ramblin’ Fevers -

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Elsewhere

Zach Deputy - Livewire Music Hall, Savannah November 23 Youngstaples - Forsyth Park, Savannah November 24 Radiolucent w/ Josh Rover & The Hinges Peachtree Tavern, Atlanta November 24 Ray LaMontagne - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta November 28 Gary Ray- Saddle Bags, Savannah December 1 Chris Young - Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah December 7 Valorie Miller - Sentient Bean, Savannah December 7 JuBee and The Morning After - The Social December 8 Space Capone - Wild Wing Café, Savannah December 20 John Berry – The Grand Opera House, Macon December 22 Perpetual Groove – Cox Capital Theatre, Macon December 29

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METRO SPIRIT’S amber@themetrospirit.com PET PAGE! Holidays and Pets By Lorna Barrett It is really heartbreaking to know the numbers of dogs and cats that are abandoned, neglected, abused and euthanized. The numbers would truly shock you, and break your heart too. I get calls daily about sweet, beautiful dogs and cats found out in our streets, stopping traffic. Some are lucky enough to survive the frightening ordeal. Some are not so lucky. The people who have adopted a pet into their family, then don't take their responsibilities seriously, are not doing these animals any favors. The dogs get loose, run into the street and get hit, or they get scared and go so far away from home that they can't find their way back. If they don't get killed in the street, they are lost, and depend on the kindness of strangers. When we get involved, we find that most have not been spayed or neutered, or microchipped. They go unclaimed because so many pet owners don't go seeking them. We realize the squeeze of the economy is making it harder to deal with the costs of pets, and people must prioritize their spending. But pets are not disposable. They have grown to need and depend on you. So be there for them. If you need help, ask for help. There are organizations that will help you with the costs of spay/neuter and vaccines. There are food drives to help people feed their pets. If your pet does get lost, call or go to the Animal Services facility on Mack Lane. Call all the vets within 15 miles of where you live. Look in the paper, lost and found, and the Craig's List lost and found. Post their picture and information on Facebook. (If you are not savvy about Facebook, you probably know someone who is.) And look at Facebook postings, like Augusta, Ga. lost and found. Befriend other animal people, and check their Pet Food Drive starting now going through the walls for information. It really is very end of the year, with many drop off points: Animal helpful. House, Boots, Bridles and Britches, Pet Safari, But it would be so much simpler, safer Grovetown Seed and Feed, Paw Perfect Grooming and more humane for the animals if Salon, Martinez Animal Hospital, National Hills people would spay or neuter all pets. Animal Hospital, Vineyard Wine Market They are less likely to roam or fight Through December 30 and are much better, healthier pets. Microchip them! It costs as little as $15 Sponsored by the Pawprints Foundation and Long and contains the pet’s information. Dog Rescue, those who wish to donate can also Christmas is right around the corner call to schedule a pick up. and people will give pets as presents, 706-863-2067 without considering all the pawprintsfoundation.org responsibilities first. If you are thinking ¬ about bringing a pet into your family, Third Annual Dog Gone Cold 5k Run/Walk and we do encourage you to do so, think about it first. Make sure you Julian Smith BBQ Pit consider your lifestyle and the time Saturday, January 19, 2013 you will spend with a pet. Consider Sponsored by Hopeful Hounds, Inc. and The your finances and whether or not you American Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue, will be able to afford to not only feed organizers are currently looking for sponsors as this new pet, but the cost of tests, well as participants for this fun fundraiser. vaccines, spay/neuter, and regular Pre-registration required. checkups to avoid major problems. Think about the breed, and whether 706-294-6200 the size or temperament will be hopefulhounds.org suitable to your lifestyle. A quote comes to mind, the author unknown: "He is your friend, your Ongoing Adoption Events partner, your defender, your dog. You PETCO are his life, his love, his leader. He will 4209 Washington Road, Evans be yours faithful and true, to the last Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays, 1-4 beat of his heart. You owe it to him to p.m. be worthy of such devotion."

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Tis the season to be jolly, and it’s also the season where you are administered high levels of holiday music torture. I was going to call it “Christmas music torture” but didn’t you hear? That’s not politically correct anymore. To me, the week of Thanksgiving is the official kick-off to the holidays. For most people, they have waited this long to start putting up Christmas lights, a wreath on the door and, last but definitely not least, the Christmas tree goes up. Unfortunately for us patrons, retailers believe the holidays start as soon as the Halloween decorations come down. Holiday music has been playing for a solid three weeks and we still have over five weeks until the end of the year. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Jingle Bells”… even typing those song titles was painful. I think I could stand the classics, but now you have One Direction remixing it, Timberland rapping to it and eventually a new recipe for a holiday disaster. Holiday music is painful, yes, and there is a new song that has taken the lead. I’m talking about the Thanksgiving song. No, not Adam Sandler’s immortal Thanksgiving classic, I’m talking about a brand new Thanksgiving song that comes to us from the same producers who brought us Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” If you are out of the loop, here is a quick synopsis on Rebecca Black: insanely untalented, sounds horrible and received over 43 million views on YouTube of her music video. The new internet sensation is Nicole Westbrook with her new single, “It’s Thanksgiving.” In just over one week of its debut, “It’s Thanksgiving” has been viewed over 10 million times. In this new holiday classic, the 12-year-old tells us how she is super excited for Thanksgiving. “Oh oh oh it’s Thanksgiving, we we we we’re gonna have a good time,” sings Westbrook, into a turkey leg. No microphone needed for this, just a turkey leg. “With the turkey, YEAH, mashed potatoes, YEAH, it’s Thanksgiving, it’s Thanksgiving,” she continues, into a turkey leg. The video is painful enough for the first two minutes but reaches a whole new level of hilarity when the producer of the track, a black guy dressed as a turkey, shows up to the party and all he wants to eat is ribs. This Thanksgiving I vote that you get your family around the table, pass out the turkey, stuffing, don’t forget the mashed potatoes, and enjoy a little Nicole Westbrook. May this song be burned into your memory for all time. To any local bands out there, don’t forget that you can always email me your shows. Cameras, Guns & Radios and Artemia will be playing a show this Friday night at 1102 Downtown Bar and Grill. I heard some things are changing up with the live music at 1102, so don’t miss out on this show; I’m not sure how many opportunities are left. Music should get kicked off around 10 p.m. On Saturday night is a show that I’ve been excited about for a while now. It’s the return of Dead Confederate, along with Eye Candy, to Sky City. Both of those bands are great, but I’m more excited for the opener, Kalen Nash. Kalen is the lead singer of Ponderosa. Ponderosa came into town a couple of months ago and killed it. As I put in that week’s issue of the Metro Spirit, I haven’t been that impressed with a band in a long time, the way I was with Ponderosa. So I’m excited to hear what Kalen has to offer when it’s just him. Doors open at 8, music is at 10, with a $10 cover that is well worth it. What shows are coming to Augusta? What venue is changing the local music scene? Can I come over for pie? Email me at matt@ themetrospirit.com.

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Trim the Fat Friday Gold’s Gym hosts free workouts, fitness tips to help public burn off Thanksgiving meal To allow consumers to indulge a little this Thanksgiving holiday without feeling guilty, Gold’s Gym of Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken will once again turn Black Friday into Trim the Fat Friday, an annual effort to help consumers battle the holiday bulge. On Friday, November 23, residents of Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken are invited to work out at Gold’s Gym free of charge, in a larger effort to help Americans nationwide carve out those extra calories from the day before. Gold’s Gym of Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken trainers will also be on-hand at each location to offer tips and advice on how to steer clear of packing on additional pounds during the holiday season. “Our annual Trim The Fat Friday campaign has become something of a holiday itself, with local residents looking forward to this post-Thanksgiving trim-down,” said Allen Childs, marketing director for Gold’s Gym of Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken. “Our message for the CSRA is simple: enjoy your Thanksgiving Day meal and, the next day, focus on burning off those calories rather than a hole in your wallet.” Some food for thought: the average Thanksgiving feast contains 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat. Even before getting a work out in on Trim the Fat Friday, here are some tips to help burn the bird (in terms of calories, not in the oven) and other Thanksgiving favorites while at the dinner table: Choose your turkey slice wisely. The next time somebody asks “white meat” or “dark meat,” know how to make the wise choice. White meat has 24 grams of protein per 3-ounce serving and half as much fat as dark meat. Remove the skin from the turkey to remove additional calories from your meal. Think outside of the bird. Did you know that you could cut your caloric intake by half by simply cooking stuffing outside of the turkey rather than inside? The average one-cup serving of stuffing has 356 calories, the equivalent of a fast-food cheeseburger. Skimming off the top is a good thing. By simply putting your gravy through a skimmer you can cut those gravy calories by 80 percent. Healthier alternatives can be just as tasty. Unless you are hopelessly devoted to those candied yams, try a delicious alternative such as baked sweet potatoes or yams. They are just as sweet and even denser in nutrients. Keep your eye on the pie. It’s not necessary to eliminate the pie, just be wise about your choice. Always choose the pumpkin pie over the pecan pie for lower calories. Forgo the whip. Use fat-free non-dairy whipped topping on your pie instead of whipped cream and save 52 calories per tablespoon. For someone that likes a nice healthy spoonful of whipped cream, you may be saving yourself up to 150 calories or more. Consumers are welcome to show up at any participating Gold’s Gym in Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken on Friday, November 23, to take advantage of their free Trim the Fat Friday workout. (Limit one workout per customer, must be local resident with identification.) For more information, call 706-396-4653 on Bobby Jones Expressway, 706-481-0502 at the Walton Way Extension location, 803-648-4653 in Aiken and 803-279-8900 in North Augusta.

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New restaurant is a natural progression for Morrison brothers, in more ways than one

When the Morrison brothers opened Metro Coffeehouse and Pub, Kenny was 31 and Bobby was 26. Thirteen years later, they’ve opened Whiskey Bar (Kitchen) right next door to where it all began… except that their new venture is a bit more refined, polished and mature. Kind of like some of their Metro regulars. “One of our main ideas was that we wanted Whiskey to be a complementary place to Metro because Metro is like our first-born,” Kenny Morrison said recently from the counter at Whiskey Bar (Kitchen) that overlooks Broad Street. “This place is supposed to be the natural progression from Metro. It’s a little more grown up, a little less wild, but it still has that slightly hip vibe to it.” Whereas the vibe at Metro, which the Morrisons now share ownership of with Travis Petrea and Michael Yonesaki, can best be described as anything goes funky, Whiskey Bar (Kitchen) is welcoming and calm. The warm yellow walls with exposed brick are decorated with darkly stained palettes and, most notably, a buffalo skull hanging on the back wall. It’s a nod to the decade Kenny spent living in Denver, where he had originally planned to open a coffeehouse and bar. It was Bobby, who often visited Kenny in Denver, who convinced him to bring the concept to Augusta. And though neither of them ended up settling down there, they still loved the Colorado feel. “So when we talked about opening this place, we wanted it to have a very rustic, western feel,” Kenny explained. “And we wanted it to be a place where, whether you’re coming in from next door at Metro or from the Imperial Theater on a date, you’ll feel comfortable.” From the name, customers might guess that Whiskey Bar (Kitchen) takes its drinking seriously, and that’s definitely the case. In addition to beer on tap and by the bottle, wines by the glass and a healthily stocked bar, it boasts 36 bottles of bourbon and whiskey, 11 of Irish whiskey, 19 of Scotch and seven of Canadian whiskey. “That is actually my brother Bobby; he is a whiskey connoisseur,” Kenny said. “Most of our servers’ knowledge comes from him. We figured we needed to have a staff that was very knowledgeable about what 34 METROSPIRITAUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989

they’re pouring. If someone comes in and orders a Jameson 18 year, we want people to serve it properly and be able to talk about it a little bit. In order to do that, they have to go through a training session.” Plans are in the works for doubling their already extensive selection, offering a whiskey drinkers club with perks and offering whiskey dinners, with special menus paired with whiskeys. Which brings us to the food, perhaps one of the most unusual aspects of Whiskey Bar (Kitchen). Why? Because while the Morrison brothers knew they wanted to offer food, they didn’t want to run their new establishment like a restaurant. “We don’t consider ourselves a restaurant, first and foremost,” Kenny explained. “In most restaurants, you come in, you sit down, you order, you eat and then there’s this pressure to leave. We run this place like a bar and we train our staff to kind of keep people in here. We’re not big on flipping tables.” In fact, they had the booths custom built so that the seats are at barstool height rather than at dining-table height. “We’re trying to entice people to move around. Sliding in and out of a barstool is a lot easier than getting up from a dining table,” he said. “Plus, we’re a non-smoking establishment but smokers need to feel comfortable enough to get up and go outside. These are things we tried to keep in the forefront of our mind. We want regulars. Our regulars at Metro have kept that place open for over a decade and we wanted to have a very similar concept here too.” One sure way to build a regular following is with good food, and that is something that Kenny and Bobby have had extraordinarily good luck with. Executive Chef Techan Inaba and Sous Chef Brandon Whitaker have come up with a menu that successfully merges the Asian with the Irish. “In our original concept, we wanted the bar to be the engine; that’s why the kitchen is in parentheses in the logo,” Kenny said. “We wanted to maximize the bar concept because that’s what we know the best. However, since we’ve opened, the kitchen staff, they’re so talented that they’ve almost overtaken the bar.” Kenny said he and his brother gave Inaba and

Whitaker instructions — quality food without pretention, lots of hamburgers, Asian influence — and let them go. “We just said, make something good. Let me see what you guys want to do and those two got together and, over the course of three weeks, literally went to town with it,” Kenny said. “They came up with some exotic sauces and different plating methods and we went from grub to higher-end bar food. As far as the kitchen staff goes, we have to rein them in sometimes. They want to do 8,000 new things. We have a two-page on-deck listing of stuff they want to add to the menu.” For now the menu includes small plates (like Emerald Isle Edamame sautéed in whiskey), other plates (Asianinfluenced bowls and Katsu Curry Rice with panko breaded pork loin), salads and, of course, their nine signature burgers. Those include everything from the Elway (onion rings, barbecue sauce, bacon, cheddar) to a chili-pimento cheese burger. Their breakfast burger is topped with a fried egg, bacon, cheddar and syrup, but even it’s not the most unusual one on the menu. That honor would go to the TCB, a burger topped with smooth peanut butter, sliced banana, bacon and honey. “I’m a huge Elvis fan and one of our favorite restaurants in Atlanta is the Vortex and they have an Elvis burger,” Kenny explained. “So we took their concept and added a few more things to it. I think theirs has fried bananas on it and we like the bananas plain better. So we kind of borrowed that and it has turned out to be one of the biggest sellers we have.” In fact, though the interior mimics Colorado, Kenny said he and Bobby had their sights set a little closer when it came to whether they would feel they had succeeded with Whiskey Bar (Kitchen). “We always joked around that we wanted the end result to be… if we could physically pick the restaurant up and set it down in Atlanta, would it still belong?” he said. “And I think we’ve done that.” Whiskey Bar (Kitchen) 1048 Broad Street, Augusta 11 a.m.-midnight, Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-2 a.m., Friday; noon-2 a.m., Saturday; noon-10 p.m., Sunday 706-814-6159 22NOVEMBER2012

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Kelley Kirkland, Natalia Maldonado, Carmen Simons and Nick Arrington at the Bee’s Knees.

Robert Hagler, Rusty Noegel, Pat Regan and Charlie Walker at the Marybeth Regan Memorial Golf Tournament at ASU’s Forest Hills Golf Course.

Nancy Glass, John Coleman, Julia Vagovic and Ed Durant at Morris Museum of Art’s Southern Soul & Song Series concert with Steep Canyon Rangers at the Imperial Theatre.

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Jimmy and Courtney Johnson with Emily and Travis Azar at Stillwater Tap Room.

Laura Coble, Anna Spencer, Alice Hagler and Leigh McCormack at the Marybeth Regan Memorial Golf Tournament at ASU’s Forest Hills Golf Course.

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Piper Gehle, Ashtin Kizer and Candler Nall at Stillwater Tap Room.

Ophelia Overton, Madeline Rogers and Erika Eicher at the Country Club.

Brian and Laura Parr with Christine and Tom Rolka at Morris Museum of Art’s Southern Soul & Song Series concert with Steep Canyon Rangers at the Imperial Theatre.

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Erika Parker, Nicole Creswell and Charity Creswell at Bar on Broad.

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“Lincoln”

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An embarrassment of riches in cast, costume and story “Lincoln” is the story of a vote more than it is the story of a man. Abe was America’s Christ, dying for the country’s original sin, but in Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece biopic, which you should run out and see and then dawdle in the hallway so you can sneak back into and see again, he is more politician than martyr. Based on part of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” about the 16th president’s cabinet, this “Lincoln” follows the final few months of his life, during which time he guided the Union to the end of the Civil War and concurrently, against reasonable expectation, dragged the 13th Amendment through the House of Representatives like a broken-legged mule. The movie’s climax is a series of “aye”s and “nay”s, and it plays as a true cliffhanger. You know how this story ends because today in the United States of America the ownership and sale of human beings is no longer legal, and Lincoln is on your $5 bills and your pennies, and the first line of the Declaration of Independence, that quaint bit about all men being created equal, doesn’t make you laugh with contempt. “Lincoln” describes how this country, awash in its sons’ blood, began living up to its founding ideals. Between the elegant screenplay by Tony Kushner and the stunning ensemble led by Daniel Day-Lewis as the president, it feels nothing shy of living history. Per Lewis’ habit, he possesses Lincoln so as to disappear inside the man, who himself at times retreats, contemplatively, from the raging storm. The beginning of 1865 finds Lincoln weary, popular but nonetheless aware that he’d assumed nigh-dictatorial powers during the war that might not stand after its onrushing conclusion. Top of his mind was the Emancipation Proclamation, enacted in 1863 as a war measure. The 13th Amendment, ratified by the Senate, stood to make abolition permanent, if it could gain two-thirds majority passage in a divided, Republican-majority House. Audiences are sure to find the early going in “Lincoln” a bit talky (it wouldn’t hurt brush up on your Civil War history before diving into this 2½ hour tour) but the major premise is simple enough: Lincoln committed to every measure shy of outright bribe (and even that’s debatable) to wangle the 20ish Democratic House votes he needed to pass the amendment. Along the way he slow-pedaled a much sought-after Confederate surrender that would end the war but undercut the tactical support for such an amendment. In this a giant man squeezed through a miniscule

political seam. If at times “Lincoln” veers into the dry, its cast rescues it. Lewis’ performance is nuanced, engrossing and altogether stunning; Tommy Lee Jones’ turn as (Wikipediaworthy) abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens is nearly as remarkable. Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, David Strathairn as William Seward, Jackie Earle Haley as Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens (in a rather spooky resemblance, actually), and Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader and John Hawkes all supporting — it’s an embarrassment of riches. The sets are immersive; the costumes, a continual source of joy. It is in sum a tsunami of a film. To date, only three movies have won 11 Oscars apiece. “Lincoln” may give that record a run. The film closes with Lincoln’s second inaugural address, the only event in the film taken out of chronology. Along with his Gettysburg Address — delivered early on, in one of the blessedly rare overcorny moments — it bookends the film as a paean to Lincoln’s astonishing abilities as a writer. Throughout, his words astound and enrapture. This was the challenge, and ultimate success, of “Lincoln,” to feed lines to one of the greatest wordsmiths American politics has ever known. It bears repeat listens.

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“Life of Pi,” rated PG, starring Suraj Sharma. Based on the Yann Martel bestseller, which means that, between the book and the trailers, you probably already know that this is about a boy, Pi, and a tiger who survive a shipwreck only to have try and make it to land before they either starve or kill each other. Directed by Ang Lee, which means this promises to be a beauty. In theaters Wednesday, November 21. “Hitchcock,” rated PG-13, starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson. Yes, we can all agree that Hopkins’ portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock will be eerily, creepily spot on and that Mirren will, of course, be wonderful. But Johansson as Janet Leigh? Please.

FAMILY

“Rise of the Guardians,” rated PG, starring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Chris Pine. Ever wondered what would happen if the Avengers were actually well-known and loved characters from childhood like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy? Well, now’s your chance to find out. In theaters Wednesday, November 21.

DOCUMENTARY

“The Central Park Five.” Respected documentarian Ken Burns delves into more controversial territory in his latest, an examination of the 1989 case against five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman and spent years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he had actually done it.

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LINE After reading an article about the CEO of a certain pizza company saying they might have to lay people off to afford healthcare for employees I wanna throw up. Another company that’s not a blue shellfish is saying similar things. Corporate restaurant companies are more than because they are greedy. They buy food really really cheap and sell it at more than triple what they paid. These companies can MORE than afford to provide healthcare for employees, they are just greedy and trying to keep all the money. Corporate restaurants make billions of dollars. They also for the most part care little about their employees. Boycott corporate restaurants. Go to local joints or eat at home. Restaurant companies are the lowest of the low. If anything makes me sad it’s seeing an ill, severly sick young child or a grown man crying. Let’s focus on the latter of these two. Hey Sean Hannity (FOX), when are you going to stop crying over the 2012 Presidential election? I mean, I voted for third-party candidate Gary Johnson and he got his “bleepity-bleep” kicked and I’ve already gotten over that. Just go back to bringing on conservative bimbo Anne Coulter so she can tell your audience that Darwinian evolution is “bogus science” now that’s funny! So I noticed on his facebook group that Bradfly Owens is endorsing Matt Aitken in the District One run-off. I thought Bradfly always liked to bitch about The evil Cabal

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on his facebook page, and now he is backing their puppet on the commission. Has Bradfly gone to the darkside? $78,000 to hire some guy to go out and recruit chain stores and restaurants? Really? Who’s stupid idea was this? Don’t we pay Mayor Deke $75,000 a year to do this? Exactly what does he do anyway? Just picked up the current Metro Sprit, vol 33 no 46, this evening on my way home and I just want to say that the Austin Rhodes column on pg 7 was his best ever, hope to see more like this one. Although am sure the Sprit could charge a good penny for the extra advertising space it provided... Boy that new Discount Tire going up at the corner of Bobby Jones and Washington just goes to prove how truly bland and boring Columbia County really is. That building is something like 6 different shades of beige which in turns helps make that entire intersection one giant beige corner now. Ugh, loosen up Columbia County – a little color is not such a bad thing you know I heard recently a discussion on tv that abortion is robbing us of millions of tax-paying citizens. Since each of us are created with eggs or sperm that can produce lots of citizens, why are we allowing virginity, abstinence and contraception to limit our reproduction? We can certainly produce more babies,

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starting young and into middle age. You’re wasting time, people. If you think Job had patience, consider the residents of the area around the East Boundary/Laney-Walker intersection in East Augusta and of Hyde Park. Both groups have suffered severe floodings following heavy rains for at least forty years, probably much longer. They have also suffered for most of the same period the false promises of amelioration proffered by local government. Job had nothing on these hyper-patient folks. Last weeks column by Austin is by far his finest work. I wish you would just print it every week! The ony thing that could be Better is for the purveyor of puke Ruffin would use the same “article” every week as well! A blank page from both of them would be a great improvement ! Who thought it was a good idea to buy the electric sign for Garrett elementary schoo and leave it on allnight ? It makes an evening drive down Eisenhower dr feel like I am cruising the Vegas strip. ... It seems a real waste of electricity to have it flashing at 3AM to announce some home room teachers accomplishment ! Never mind ...After all... its only tax dollars they are wasting!

you did not use even a drop more ink than needed! Please teach josh Ruffin your secret! Thanks for the coffee invite but, I don’t consume coffee. Other than that, just name a time and place and Mr. Punctuality will show up! the goverment should legalize weed in every state. Let people have the right to be responsible for their own health.Is the real problem because the govt wants to control the money? regulate it like alcohol. anyway, whats so shocking in America? Our goverment is based on criminals. the statue of liberty was a prostitute, ben franklin was a whoremonger and supposed serial killer. And this is a few facts about our founding fathers. True facts. What will Badfly and Loudmouth Lori Davis have to complain about now that the TEE center is settled?

Congratulations to the Austin ... Last weeks column was your best work! You have perfected the technique of expressing the value of your thoughts and

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