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Georgia lottery doesn’t hit jackpot Editor, Whenever I hear about shortfalls in our education budget my mind automatically flips to the state lottery and its promise to fund public education. Where does the money go? And so it was again, on reading Linda Sickler’s article in the Feb 1-17 copy of Connect Savannah, “Budget crunch:…
Coping with the R word
MEASURING tape around her neck, Diana Smock sits at a sewing machine, presses a switch and makes it hum. From her cozy Wilmington Island shop, Smock upholsters furniture, makes pillows, alters hems and repairs clothing. But as the recession deepens, most of the work at Diana’s Alterations and Canvas Work has been repairs. “People don’t…
The schools they are a-changin’
IT’S RISKY and will undoubtedly create controversy. But the three-year K-12 organization plan presented to the Savannah-Chatham Board of Education last week is a bold move with a focus on the future, says Superintendent Thomas Lockamy. “If we keep doing the same things we’ve always done, we’re going to get the same results,” he said…
Investment news
MOST MORNINGS my wake-up routine consists of turning on the coffee, feeding the dogs, and then, cuppa joe in hand, heading into my office to check on my investments. A glance at my desk—is the jar of pennies still intact? Check. A glance online at the daily newspaper—any news about our local educational institutions? Check.…
He has guns, too, he says
WHEN A Maupas Avenue resident threatened to kill his wife and daughter, police received a 911 call that he was threatening them with a gun and nightstick. The dispatcher heard the man making those threats and threatening to kill anyone who came to his house. Upon arrival, an officer met the wife and daughter in…
Drum ’til you pee blood!
I’ve heard and read stories about musicians, specifically hand drummers, pissing blood after playing a long set. The great Armando Peraza, Santana’s longtime bongo and conga player, told an interviewer: “Playing percussion for Carlos you had to be able to play hard, non-stop for sometimes up to three straight hours, and play loud enough to…
OMG ROFLMAO
Lead Story Belgian workers take sick leave nearly four times as often as U.S. workers, mostly attributed to Belgian law, which grants full salary the first month and then government-guaranteed 80-percent pay indefinitely. A recent study, noted in a January Wall Street Journal report, found that only 5 percent of Belgian leave-takers were proven malingerers,…
Junkyard Angel in Sandfly
Junkyard Angel This “Cosmic American” band with ties to both Athens and Savannah features Stewart Marshall (of Stewart & Winfield) and revels in the kind of rough and beautiful C&W-tinged rock and soul made famous by The Flying Burrito Bros. and “Country Honk”-era Rolling Stones. This is a rare home-turf show in advance of their…
Saturday Night Live Wire
ASK MOST folks if the name G.E. Smith rings a bell, and you’ll likely get blank stares, despite the fact that millions of people have heard his music. Known best to TV viewers as the blond, ponytailed band leader who mugged his way through the bumpers to commercial breaks on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (where…
Inside the Geechee soul
PEOPLE WHO believe the Gullah-Geechee culture is dying are wrong.Jim Bacote, who with his wife, Pat, founded the Geechee Kunda, a cultural center and museum in Riceboro, laughs at the very idea. “It’s a myth,” he says. “It will never happen as long as we are alive. We will flourish.” The Bacotes grew up in…
2009 Savannah Jewish Film Fest begins
IT’S BEEN six years since Savannah’s Jewish community sponsored the First Annual Joan and Murray Gefen Memorial Savannah Jewish Film Festival — the initial funding for which came through a donation by the Gefens’ children. “The Gefens derived great enjoyment from the cultural scene in Savannah,” explains Lynn Levine, director of the Savannah Jewish Federation.…
New TV pilot looks at haunted Savannah
LET’S face it. Many of the people who bring money to Savannah have been dead for years — sometimes centuries. The designation of Savannah as America’s Most Haunted city a few years ago by a national parapsychologist was just the latest nod to the city’s ghostly history. There are many books about haunted Savannah and…
“Double Dip”
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Diary of the planet
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Masquers go Full Monty
“LADIES, the time to grab is now!” Such were the first words I heard upon walking into Jenkins Theatre as director Benjamin Wolfe was giving notes to his cast. Damn, I thought, I didn’t bring any singles! Sorry, girls, there aren’t any Chippendale men hiding out on AASU’s campus. Instead the AASU’s Masquers are bringing…
