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BRIEFLY
TOWN HALL SPEAKER SERIES uj*r,b Get
7 with Helen Thomas. ponlicai corre
spondent. Later speakers are Michael
AshingtooPickett. wine and travel
expert, Nov. 12. Christopher Cerf. publisher and humorist. Feb. 10, 1998;
and Vincent Bugliosi. former Los
Angeles district attorney, March 10,
1998. The 10:30 a.m. lectures will oe
at in the ballroom of the Savannah
Civic Center. Free parking. Lunch afterward with the speakers, plus questionand-answer sessions. A series purchase, the four lectures are $80. Four
lectures plus lunch are $120. All proceeds go to Backus Children's
Hospital at Memorial Medical Center.
The One Hundred is the sponsor. For
information and tickets. 35O6381.
TODAY
ENGLISH SPEAK|NQ UNION OF THE UNIT' • tt & SWTCS' Savannah Branch, will hold
v.-C: 'is first meeting of 1997-1998 at 4
p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
- Carietoo, 115 E. Jones St. There will
be an opportunity to meet Steve and •
Pam Palmer, representing the chapter's sister branch in Guilford, England.
SAVANNAH STORYTELLERS will meet at 5
p.m. at The Mulberry on East Bay
Street. Those who enjoy telling or lis^
tening to a good story are invited. For
more information, call Bess Chappas
_ at 354-7688.
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MONDAY
iftoMAS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSO' CIATION will meet at 7 p.m. in the
community room of Williams Court
Apartments, 1900 Lincoln St. All who
live in the neighborhood are welcome.
IKTCTfiUTH HOSmUfTY NETWORK, an organization (brining to house and assist the
homeless, will meet at 7:30 p.m. at White
*ffr Bluff Presbyterian Church. 10710 White
*£ Bluff Road (directly acrossfromthe
*J£ Southside Fire Department). An orientation
-^J for newcomers will be held at 7 p.m. Five
churches have agreed to be host facilities
and several have pledged volunteers, but
organizers say more help is needed.
SAVMMAHCHAIIttM COUNTY ADULT
EDUCATION PROGRAM will host an
open house from 5-8 p.m. at the
Richard Arnold Education Center,
1810 Bull St.. to celebrate National
Literacy Month. Activities will include
I** a proclamation ceremony, registration
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• Fax: 234-6522 • Phone: 652-0330.
for adult education classes, entertain
ment and refreshments. For more infer
mation. call 651-7320.
SAVANNAH AREA OZNEALOOICAL ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. at
Marsh Auditorium in Candter Hospital.
Lon Oickerson, director of the
Chatham-Effingham-liberty Regional
Library, is scheduled to speak on
"Research Tools Available for
Genealogical Studies at the New
Library." For more information, call
59&0847.
NEW DOCENTS, MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS
who give tours and assist with a variety of educational programs, are being
recruited by the Terfair Museum of Art.
Free training will begin at 10 a.m.
Sept. 22 with a repeat session at 4
p.m. Sept. 26. To sign up for training,
call Holly Koons at 232-1177.
TUESDAY
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HOSTESS CITY TOASTMASTERS will have
an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. at
American Legion Post No. 135.1108
Bull St. Former members, guests and
prospective members are welcome.
For more information, call 355-5450.
COSTUME WORKSHOP on how to make
costumes for theater production and
Halloween will be held from 4-5 p.m. at
. St. Pius X Family Resource Center,
' 705 E. Anderson St. The free event is
for children aged 10 and up. For more
information, call Tonya S. Hunter at
6516815.
COMING UP
ROYCE LEARNING CENTER will host a free
tutor training workshop fron* 4:3f>6:30
p.m. Sept. 23 and Sept. 25 tor volunteers to work under the supervision of
a classroom teacher to help individual
adult (earners Improve their basic
skills. To reserve a place fw the training or for more Information, call 354-
4047 by Sept. 22.
LOW COUNTRY TURNERS, the organize
tion of Coastal Georgia and South
• Carolina woodturning enthusiasts, will
hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 at the home of club president
Hank Weisman at 11 E. 44th St. The
meeting will feature a presentation by
artist/turner John Dodge Meyer on the
topic of bowl design. Refreshments, a
business meeting and an "instant
gallery" (show-and-tell) will follow the
presentation. For more Information,
call Hank Weisman at 238-5777.
CHATHAM COUNTY CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S
CLUB will have a luncheon from noon-2
pm Sept. 24 at Carey Milliard's
Banquet Room. 11111 Abercorn
Extension. A special feature will be
"Creative Memories" by Corbina Ike.
Music will be "Memorable Notes" with
Laura Lee Sims. Mary Kay Beard of
Birmingham, Ala., will speak on
"Lasting Memories." Complimentary
nursery provided by reservation only:
tall Sarah at 927-0691 or Beth at
925-7729. For luncheon reservations,
necessary by Sept. 22, and cancellations, call Betty at 925-3789 or Nita
at 3540780.
MASSIE HERITAGE INTERPRETATION CENTER will hold an orientation meeting
for individuals interested in volunteering as program docents. The meeting
will be held at 9:30 am. Sept. 25 at
the center. 207 E. Gordon St.
Volunteers are needed for a variety of
. programs working with students and
the adult public. For more information,
call 651-7022.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOLY FAMILY
COUNCIL 5588 will hold a batbecue
chicken fund-raising dinner from nooh6 p.m. Sept. 26-27, on the council
grounds, 700 Christopher Drive. The
cost is $5. Orders for five or more dinners will be delivered. To order, call
352-4608.
A CHILD WATTS
Chiquita, is a friendly 7-year-old
African-American female. She is
above average in weight and height.
She has a very pleasant smile. She
is usually cooperative and even
tempered. Chiquita, known as
"KeKe" to her friends, can be very
talkative at times. Chiquita is in
first grade. Her, favorite subject is
music, she loves to sing and dance.
She interacts well with her peers.
Her favorite foods are pizza and
spaghetti. She has a younger sister,
Joyce.
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Joyce is a 5-year-old AfricanAmerican female. She is above
average in weight. She is very outgoing, talkative and will occasionally
dominate any conversation. She
enjoys having her way. She is impatient and gets bored easily. Joyce is
ii> kindergarten. She interacts fairly
well with her peers. She likes to
sing, dance and play with her dolls.
Her favorite foods are hotdogs,
potato chips and candy. Her nickname is "Dottie."
We are seeking a single or twoparent household with or without
older children in a structured environment.
^ These children need a foster family who will provide a loving, stable,
and nurturing home environment
on a temporary basis.
They are the featured children
this week in the Savannah Morning
"News' "A Child Waits." It is our
tope to place them in a loving, outgoing family that will provide cul- ,
tural. social, recreational and, must
importantly, educational stimulation
Most of the children in this fea
ture have special needs A specialneeds child is a minority who is
older than 1 or a white child older
than 8. or any children who have
special medical needs, physical
handicaps or emotional problems
Special needs children may also
have brothers and sisters who want
to be adopted as a group
These children are available for
adoption or Coster care because
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their birth families were unable to
care for them. Most have been
abused, neglected or exploited. A
person interested in adopting children or becoming a foster parent
must be able to provide for their
needs, give them a secure environment and offer plenty of love to
help them grow.
For more information, call
Carmelita Maynard at 651-KIDS or
access the DFCS web site at
http^/www savannahnow.com/community/ChathamDFCS.
ISO Elsenhower Drive • 691-O8O7
1M W. River Street • 912 236 93R4
CoNege Graduates
Tlu- |i)l)ovvj!ii> i i i ' i i r n i ; * S
Mlv M u < l r n t > I K M J I t i n
w e l t - named to t h e de.in - l i .
• Kimbf rlv Anne Osboni «t
Savannah earned a baclu-lor ol M-I
i-nee decree in August l i u m
Mississippi I ' n i v e r s i U lor Women
• Nicole L. Simmons ol Savannah
graduated Aug 15 from l^ewis &
Clark College's Graduate School lor
Professional Studies. Simmons
earned a master of eduction degree
with an emphasis in special educa
lion: deaQpnd hard-of hearing
• The following local students
received their diplomas at summer
commencement exercises at
Georgia Southern University.
Savannah: Tunara Alexander,
Jane S. Anderson, Marilyn W. Bass,
Trad L. Best, Steflanie Bowles, Larry
W. Branson, Deborah A. Brown, Terri
D. Buchan, Cindy H. Caldwell, Misty
B. Coleman, Andrea Deshaxo,
Patricia Dillon, Jennifer A. Doyle,
Dorothy Eckmann, Brian Edwards,
Keith S. Bverson, Betsy L, Fajen,
Cornelius Freeman, Peter Futch,
Jennifer II. Garrison, Sheila A.
Haimaway, Margaret P. Helmly,
Valerie T. Hemming, Ashlie R
'Holland, Laura Hord, Kim E.
Jackson, Michael L. King, Richard B.
King, Robert Lewis, Stacey F. Mell,
Scott Morris, Mary S. Myrick, Alice
M. Nanra, Mary E. Newton, John S.
Noe, Kamal J. Piankhi, Melissa E.
Pifer, Joel T. Raley, Sicily A.
Richardson, Philippa L. Seabrook,
Ronald Smith, Robert C. lomenendal,
Mary E. Vaquer, Jennifer C. Waite,
Catherine R. Weiher and Una F.
Whittle.
Thunderbolt: Dale R. Lafitte.
Port Wentwbrth: Prince E.
Quarterman.
Garden City: Karen T. Walea
• Armstrong Atlantic State
University's Criminal Justice
Training Center graduation ceremony for Basic Law Enforcement class
7-97 was held Sept. 11.
Students who graduated are.
Arthur R. Alexander, Lisa T. Boyd,
Susan V. Chaplin, M.L. Dantzker,
Matthew C. DeVries, Mark Anton
Grant, Scott Andrew Hensler,
Charles Joseph Higgins, Benjamin
Kirksey Jr., Harvey Theodore
Knowles Jr., Gerry L. Lattbnore, L.
Morgan McLure, Howard Jackson
Morrison III, Guy D. Pagliolo, Jerry
M. Popwell, William A. Valentine Jr.
and Delores E. Wilson.
M-kTte<i n a t i o / i i i l h l i > b e a lelims > i >
t h e I n M i U i l e lor I n t e r n a t i o n a l
I'llhln I'ollt)
r quarti'i
Savannah Taniara Alexander.
Suzanne Allen. Kerri L. Bryan.
takeysha Daniels. Patricia Dillon.
Jennifer A. Doyle, John Fogarty,
Gretchen C. Gadde, Christopher L.
Gale, Jennifer H. Garrison. Stacey A.
Gruber, Amy L. Harrison. Viki K.
Malone, Scott Morris, Troy D.
Pittman, Robin A. Snow. Kelli W.
Taylor, and Ryan Williams
Bloomingdale: Valerie F. Baker
and Jessica Ridley.
Awanii And Honors
• Qualahnia K. Suggs, daughter of
Minister Debborah A. Suggs, assistant pastor of Greater Garvin
Temple Baptist Church, left Sept. 16
to study in Seville,
Spain.
Suggs, a 1995
honor graduate of
Windsor Forest
High School is
studying at the
University of
Seville. Presently
a junior at Clark
Atlanta
University, she is double majoring
in political science and economics
with a minor in Spanish. She has
recently accepted a scholarship1
from the Institute for International
Public Policy that allows her to
study abroad in any country of her
choice in order to improve language
acquisition. In Spain. Suggs will live
with a Spanish family and attend
courses at the University of Seville
for the fall semester. After that, she
will have to make a decision
whether to continue taking courses
in the Spain or proceed on to
Buenos Aires, Argentina, to get a
broader experience.
She is one of 20 minority students
she ha* a 4 0 grade point .«v«.-iat.'<
:i 9 c u m u l a t i v e ) and has made
dean* li.st at Clark Atlanta
I mversiU even 1 semester Her
future plans include possihlv work
ing lor the t i n t e d Nations and
becoming a judge for the I ' . N
• Kelly Goodwin of Savannah, a
senior business administration
major at St. Andrews Presbyterian
College in l^aurinburg. N.C., is
studying and living at Brumienburg
Castle in the Italian Alps for the
1997 fall term.
Brunnenburg Castle is the former
home of poet Ezra Pound and the
site of one of the college's
International Study Programs.
• The city of Savannah's Park &
Tree Department and the Savanrlah
History Museum were jointly selected as the first place award recipients of a Save Outdoor Sculpture
Award in the category Public
Awareness. Nonprofit Organization.
The award was $1.000.
An independent group of conservators, art historians, public art professionals and preservationists
reviewed 34 applications for the
first-ever SOS Achievement Awards.
• David Bykowski, son of John and
Lorraine Bykowski of Savannah, has
been initiated into Beta Theta Pi
International Fraternity by the !
chapter at Furman University. •
• Emily Richardson of Savannah
was inducted into the Order of
Gownsmen at the University of the'
South s opening convocation for the
1997 fall semester. Richardson isth'e
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Claude Richardson.
To become a member of this honorary student organization, founded
in 1873 to recognize the school's ties
with the English universities of '
Oxford and Cambridge, students
must achieve a superior grade
point average.
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• The following local students
were named to the spring quarter
dean's list at Brewton-Parker
College.
. They are: Jennifer Robin Garrett
and Jason Preston llarrell, both of
Garden City, and Rachel Leigh .
Taylor of Savannah,
Named to the spring quarter
honors list: Joyce Anne Fitzgerald of
Savannah,
• Malena Leila Hanson and
Jennifer Lynn Puckett, both of
Savannah, were named to the summer dean's list at Valdosta State
University.
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