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Police Reports ...............................1Steve’s Shorts ................................2City Council Reports ........................4

Letters to the Editor .........................5Allison’s Desk ................................6Obituaries ................................. 8-9

Professional Services ......................9Fruits of the Vine .......................... 10Church Directory ........................... 11

Dining Guide ............................... 13Health & Wellness Directory ............ 15Jonah Goldberg Column .................. 14

“We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.”

-Elie Wiesel (1928 - ____)

Romanian-US novelist,Nobel Peace Price Winner

Port Wentworth• At 3:30am, an Officer was north-bound on Hwy 21 and noticed the slow moving blue Ford Crown Vic-toria that was weaving in it’s lane and slowing down for the green light at Hwy 30. The Officer made a traffic stop, and the driver finally pulled onto the grassy side of the road, nearly putting the car into the ditch. The man stumbled out of the car with a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He was arrested for DUI.• An Officer was dispatched to the Welcome Center on I-95 where an Ohio man told him he’d just filled his Expedition up in Hardeeville. By the time he crossed the Savannah River he noticed flames coming from underneath his car. When he got on the exit ramp to the Welcome Center, the SUV was fully engulfed. He was able to get his family and a couple of bags out of the vehicle, which was completely destroyed in the fire.• Around 7:30pm, an Officer was on patrol in a neighborhood and no-ticed an unfamiliar woman on the front porch of a Bonnybridge Road residence. The Officer stopped and approached the woman, who was trying to dial her cell phone with clumsy motions. The Officer asked her what she was doing on this person’s porch, and she said she’d been dropped off by friends. She was extremely drunk, and the hom-eowner had no idea who she was, and didn’t want her on his porch, so she was taken to jail on public drunk charges. Garden City• Just before midnight, Officers were called to a bar for a customer leaving without paying his bar tab. One Officer recognized the red mini-van now northbound on Hwy 21, and pulled in behind it to make a traffic stop. The driver refused to pull over, however, turning into a residential area instead and not stopping. The Officer stopped his pursuit and followed from a dis-tance, noting that the driver had run two stop signs. But when the driver turned onto street that’s actually a circle, the Officer called for backup to help him block the man’s escape. The van came to a stop, and the Of-ficer approached with his weapon drawn and ordering the driver to get on the ground. The man began ___________________________________

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By Ashley [email protected] Yom Hashoah is Holocaust Re-membrance Day in Yiddish and this year will be held on Sunday, April 11th. This year’s theme is Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters, commemorating the 65th anniver-sary of the liberation of Nazi con-centration camps in 1945. Chaim Melamad, a Savannah resident, is himself a Holocaust survivor. Originally from the small town of Zelechow, Poland, his story is one of terror, hope, faith, and in the end life. He recalls watching the news in 1933, the year Hitler be-came Chancellor of Germany, and not liking what he heard and saw. Chaim said that before they could do anything, like leave the country or go into hiding, war broke out. That was September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Po-land. At the age of 15, Chaim was living in the Polish Lodz ghetto with his family. Lodz is located roughly 75 miles southwest of Warsaw. The Germans renamed the city Litzmannstadt, for a German General who captured the city in WW I. The ghetto was surrounded by barbed wire fence and special police units. Some be-lieved this was a good thing, think-ing the Germans would leave them alone and others were stricken with fear of what the Germans planned on doing with them. The “Jews were beaten on a daily basis” and were “dying like flies”, Chaim said. “By April 1940 any Jew found outside the ghetto was immediately shot”, he went on to say. Death was a part of everyday life at this point. If they wanted to get any food then they had to work. The work was hard labor and the compensation wasn’t enough food to literally feed a bird. He recalled the Germans com-ing into the ghetto sometime in ’44 telling residents that the ghetto had to be closed. Chaim, his mother, two sisters and a brother were load-ed into a “ghetto wagon”. “When I got in there was a bucket to relieve yourself and we got one piece of bread”, Chaim continued to share. That miniscule amount of food was supposed to last the several days journey. Chaim said that many died along the way because of the hor-rible conditions. From the Lodz ghetto Chaim and a few other family members were taken to the infamous Aus-chwitz. Once they arrived, Chaim was called to go to the left and his sister and mother were called to the right. Chaim’s mother was

holding his younger brothers hand and didn’t want to be separated from him but was forced to. “We found out later that line (the one his mother and sister were in) went straight to the gas chamber”, Chaim said soberly. Chaim received his identifica-tion tattoo, P53144, thus becoming a number instead of a person. He was forced to work out in the freez-ing cold with no clothes except the thin “uniform” and often with no shoes. While he has had years to learn to deal with what he and his family went through, it is almost unimagi-nable for us to think of 15 year olds today, dealing with the heavy load Chaim and many others were forced to deal with at young ages. Chaim was moved to several other camps, the last being Ber-gen-Belsen, the same camp where

Anne Frank died. Upon arriv-ing here, Chaim was not in good health. When asked how he made it through the days, Chaim replied, “We didn’t think a day at a time. We thought how can I survive the next 20-50 minutes.” Chaim was among many cho-sen to go on a “death march”, which the Nazis did at the end of the war in hopes of killing as many prisoners as possible, while making them suffer for as long as possible. Chaim, against all odds, made it through it all. God had big plans and a great life ahead of him. On April 15th, 1945, he recalls feeling extremely drained and not wanting to get out of his bunk. A friend came over and picked him up, carrying Chaim out into the yard. Chaim said, “He started sing-ing, “We are liberated, we are lib-erated…we made it!” then he im-

mediately fell down dead. I can still see that picture in my head.” The British 11th Armored Division was

Local Holocaust Survivor Shares His Story

By Stephen Prudhomme

As he’s battled cancer for nearly a year, 7-year-old Brayden Alleman has been buoyed by the support of family and friends, a remarkably positive attitude and a strong faith.Last week, as people prepared to celebrate Easter and the resurrec-tion of Jesus Christ, the Rincon resident experienced a miracle of his own, one in which he’s gained a “new life.” According to family friend Jen-nifer Bendetti, doctors last week told Brayden and his mother, Kar-in, that his cancer, a rare form of leukemia diagnosed last May, was in 100 percent remission. This fol-lowed a Dec. 4 stem cell transplant during a fourth round of chemo-therapy and a 100-day waiting pe-riod to determine the success of this latest procedure. “The doctors say Brayden is six months ahead of his recovery time,” Bendetti says. “They’re just amazed by him. He’s doing well and is off the majority of his medi-cine.” After months of staying at the Ronald McDonald House in At-lanta, Brayden will soon be able to come home. Although he has to remain in isolation for awhile and won’t be able to return to school, Brayden, required to wear gloves and a mask outdoors, will be able to resume many of his normal ac-tivities and return to playing his

beloved sports. “Brayden’s real excited,” Ben-detti says. “He played baseball, fished and dyed Easter eggs. He’s looking forward to be a little boy again.” On Easter Sunday, unable to go to church because of concerns over exposure to others, Brayden, along with his mother, put on his own service. “He watched sunrise on Easter morning and thanked the doctors for his recovery,” Bendetti notes. “He also thanked family and friends for the many prayers. He’s all about God and his faith and believes in the power of prayer.” Brayden hasn’t attended school this year, but he’s worked with a special instructor on a

daily basis and has maintained a straight-A average in the gifted and talented program and is on track to complete the first grade. Bendetti says he’s a great student, and is mother, a teacher, is so proud of his efforts under difficult circumstances. Bendetti describes Karin, a sin-gle mother with two children, as a “rock,” someone who has pro-vided tremendous love, support and encouragement for her son. She notes Karin is excited over her son’s recovery but faces the real-ity of continuing medical expenses while having to stay at home and caring for him around the clock as far as ensuring he receives his

AN EASTER MIRACLE Cancer-Stricken Youngster in Full Remission, Coming Home

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Just before Easter, Rincon first grader Brayden Alleman received a cancer-free diagnosis.

I’m loving this warm weather now. The only rain in the forecast through Sunday is, of course, for Thursday afternoon while we’re out delivering this paper!

... As a sports fan, this is my fa-vorite week of the year. First week of the baseball season, the final game of the NCAA basketball season, (which Duke unfortunately won!), and the best golf tournament of the year, The Masters in Augusta! Man I wish I could be in Augusta this weekend for the Masters! If I was a betting man, I’d bet that Tiger, versus the entire rest of the field, will win.

...I believe we should all insist that our next Congressman and Sen-ators should agree to passing this as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to re-

ceive our votes... “Congress shall make no law that applies to the citi-zens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Con-gress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representa-

tives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.”

...I heard something really ab-surd during the Final Four... The an-nouncer, and I have no idea who he was, was talking about a player for Michigan State... “He’s got good feet, and knows how to use them to get his body between himself and the defender!” How exactly does he do that?

...Too late to classify... We got a call from a distraught family this afternoon that their blue brindle pit bull puppy is missing from Zittrouer Road off Hwy 30 in Guyton. The puppy belongs to this man’s grand-son, and the young fellow’s heartbro-ken. If you’ve seen the puppy, please call him at 728-7094.

...Things I learned while reading about other things...• Police in Ohio say a woman shot her cousin to death because one woman didn’t think the other was dressed properly for the family’s Easter dinner. The woman said her 19 year old sister showed up in jeans shorts and a T-shirt, and she thought she was being disrespectful. So she shot her in the head with a pistol. Unbelievable.

...Thanks for supporting our advertisers! They make publication of your free community newspaper possible. Please pass along any story ideas you have, and don’t forget to send us pictures of your pet, and a picture of yourself holding our paper while you’re off on vacation!

...“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice!”

...Take care this week, stay safe, and in the words of the great Red Skelton, “May God Bless.”

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Vol. 10, Issue No. 30

Police Reports ...............................1

Steve’s Shorts ................................2

Business Briefs ..............................5

City Council Reports ........................6

Dining Guide .................................7

Obituaries ....................................8

Professional Services ......................9

Jonah Goldberg ..............................9

Fruits of the Vine .......................... 10

Church Bulletin Board .................... 10

Church Directory ........................... 11

Health & Wellness Directory ........ 12-13

“Some people give time, some money,

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Sheriff’s Office• Just after 1am, a Deputy stopped

a black Ford Ranger on Hwy 21 just

south of Goshen Road for having

a defective tag light. As he ap-

proached the driver, he noticed

that the man was chewing gum

and trying to light a cigarette.

He also noted the man’s eyes ap-

peared very watery. He asked the

man how much he’d had to drink

that night. The man replied “Not

too much, considering I’m the des-

ignated sober driver.” After failing

his field sobriety tests, the DD was

taken to jail for DUI.

• Another Guyton woman has

been summoned to court on tru-

ancy charges after her child appar-

ently quit going to school. (I’m glad

to see them beginning to enforce

this one! Put Momma in jail and see

if she don’t straighten their little

tails out when she gets out!!)

• A Rincon woman notified Depu-

ties after finding that someone had

used her PayPal account to pur-

chase an $800 laptop computer,

which was shipped to Mr. Jakhon-

gir Umataliev at Steak Plus Pizza in

Antioch, Tennessee. (No relation

to the Bloomingdale Umatalievs. Or

the Umathurmans in Rincon. And

who eats at Steak Plus Pizza? And in

the words of my buddy in Kentucky,

nothing sucks like a big Orange!)

• Just before 6pm, a Deputy was

southbound on McCall Road when

a northbound Chevy Suburban

passed by with his headlights

flashing on and off. The Deputy

turned around and made a traf-

fic stop. The driver explained that

he was having trouble with his

lights, and the Deputy asked why

he didn’t try to repair them before

getting on the road in the dark. Af-

ter all that, the man was arrested

for driving on a suspended license.

• A Rincon Officer asked for a

Deputy to check on a silver pickup

parked at a Rincon convenience

store. The Deputy pulled in and

spotted a man walking towards

the truck. The man got in behind

the wheel, but noticing that the

Deputy was watching him, got

back out and stood by his truck.

The Deputy walked over and asked

to see the man’s license, which

turned out to be suspended. He

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By By Ashley Engleford

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Lying near the banks of the Sa-

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of New Ebenezer. The Trustees of

the colony of Georgia extended an

invitation to 300 Salzburgers who

were seeking religious freedom.

The group arrived January 8th,

1734 and those who survived the

long voyage from the Province of

Salzburg (present day Austria),

built a new life here in America.

The population continued to

grow until the Revolutionary War

when it was burned by the British.

The town never recovered and now

275 years later, it largely remains

untouched. The Jerusalem Luther-

an Church, where the Salzburgers

worshiped, remains on the land, as

well as the first orphanage building

(which is used as the museum to-

day) and an old homestead.

Mere feet from these historic

landmarks lay the New Ebenezer

Family Retreat and Conference

Center, built in 1977. The center

welcomes corporate groups, school

groups, family reunions, banquets,

religious groups, and anyone else

who would like to get away from

the daily grind and enjoy nature.

The center is a non-profit organi-

zation which relies on the generos-

ity of guests and others who seek

to keep the center up and running.

The Scholarship fund, which is

funded by people like you, allows

kids and adults who wouldn’t be

able to attend their school group or

church retreat otherwise. The cen-

ter stays active in the community

by participating and hosting vari-

ous events and festivities through-

out the year such as their Annual

5K Forest Run/Walk. The event at-

tracts avid runners as well as those

who simply enjoy a good jog.

They also host three Hand Bells

festivals, a beginners, an interme-

diate, and an advanced. During the

275th Salzburger Heritage Day this

past year, they hosted the sculptors

of the Rev. Johann Boltzius statue

and set up a booth that highlighted

their hit education program, “Eb-

enezer Alive”. The program is of-

fered from September to May.

This program has attracted

students from Georgia, Alabma,

Florida, North Carolina and South

Carolina for the 48 hour retreats.

Many of these groups visit the cen-

ter annually, but there are always

those who are visiting for their first

time. During their stay, the kids

will learn from three main catego-

ries: Local History and Heritage,

Nature/Environmental Science,

and Character Education. There

are several different packages to

be chosen from and classes range

from participating in a DNR wild-

life workshop to exploring the

Indian Council House to getting

hands on in an Archeology Lab.

Their facilities include a large

main building, classrooms, two

types of cabins (which together

can sleep 175+), conference/meet-

ing rooms, two kitchens, volleyball

and basketball courts, swimming

pool, and a campfire. All of this

is set on land rich in trees and a

creek, very similar to when the Sal-

zburgers first settled it.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

At New Ebenezer Family Retreat and Conference Center

By Stephen Prudhomme

Diane Odom is always looking for

ways to help people, using her thrift

store in Rincon as a vehicle of sorts, a

headquarters to disperse goods and ser-

vices to those in need.

In her latest display of altruism,

Odom is the driving force behind a

grassroots campaign to raise money so

a local woman can have her own vehi-

cle. Odom is the owner of Grace Un-

limited Thrift Store, which she opened

last summer. During the six months or

so she’s been in business, Odom has

helped countless people by selling items

from her store at greatly reduced prices.

If someone says they can’t afford a par-

ticular item, Odom will ask how much

they can pay and routinely accepts a dol-

lar or two, regardless of the value of the

merchandise. It’s not uncommon for her

to give the item away.

“People need to know you care

about their plight,” explains Odom, who

grew up in Mississippi and watched her

mother routinely help others and not

expect anything in return. “We need

to see Jesus in other people. You give

them what they need when you can.”

Odom had an opportunity to put

those words into action when a regular

customer recently came in and inquired

if the brown 1990 Honda Accord parked

next to the thrift store and owned by

Odom was for sale. The woman told Odom she works in

Pooler and is paying someone $20 a day

to drive her to work and back. Having

just lost her home, she said she couldn’t

continue to pay that much in transporta-

tion and needed her own car. The wom-

an offered Odom her diamond ring as a

down payment. Odom wanted to give the car to

her second-eldest son, Trey, so he could

drive to Savannah Tech but was reluc-

tant to do so because it has a manual

transmission. “My husband I agreed

we don’t need to give Trey a car with a

stick,” Odom explains. “We want him to

have both eyes on the road, not one.”

When she learned of her customer’s

dilemma, Odom says she decided to buy

her son another used car. She deter-

mined she would need around $1,500.

When the woman told her she couldn’t

afford that much, Odom agreed to drop

the price down to $1,100.

Although the diamond ring was ap-

praised at $500, Odom says she couldn’t

bring it to a car dealership as part of

a down payment. There was an even

more compelling reason for Odom to

ultimately return the ring to the woman.

“I didn’t want to take the ring and sell

it,” Odom says. “You could see it had

sentimental value to her.”

Odom wasn’t about to give up, how-

ever. With her serving as an example to

helping out in the community, Odom

came up with the idea of raising money

for the downpayment. Although others

might face more dire circumstances,

Odom isn’t about to temper her giving

spirit. “This lady touched my heart,”

Odom says. “She’s struggling so hard.

When you see someone at the point of

desperation, you want to help them.”

To make a donation, contact Diane

Odom at (912) 826-3337 or stop by her

store at 317 S. Columbia Ave. in Rincon.

Days and hours of operation are Tues-

day through Friday, 10am to 4pm and

Saturdays, 10am to 2pm.

A DRIVE TO HELPRincon Thrift Store Owner Gears up Car Fundraiser

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there to liberate the prisoners of Bergen-Belsen. At the end of the Holocaust, Chaim emerged the only surviv-ing member of his immediate fam-ily (aside from an aunt and uncle who moved to Palestine prior to the war beginning) and the only known survivor of his hometown Zelechow. He was nothing but skin and bones and weighed around 89 lbs, being in very poor health. He ended up marrying a fel-low Holocaust survivor, Maryla Krause, in Germany in 1946. The two came over to Savannah, along with their 18 month old daughter, in 1949. The couple was sponsored by the Savannah Jewish Council and was the first of 26 Holocaust survivor families that came to Sa-vannah, most of who went on to larger cities looking for jobs. It was here that they built there life having a total of 2 children and 4 grandchildren. His wife and daughter have passed on, but his son lives in New Jersey. Chaim has shared his story with school children, soldiers, and many others, insuring that the Holocaust is not forgotten and in hopes of pre-venting another. His memorabilia of Pre-War Jewish life in Poland can be found in the archives of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He has found solace in writ-ing poetry, much of which centers around his experiences during and after the Holocaust (one can be found below). He remains active in Holocaust remembrance activi-ties and was instrumental in the creation of the original Holocaust memorial which resides in the hall of the JEA in Savannah. You can visit the Holocaust Me-morial Museum in Washington, D.C. at www.ushmm.org and tune in to the Museum’s national Days of Remembrance ceremony which will be webcast live from the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at 11:3am EST on April 15th. There will be a local remem-brance ceremony at 2pm on Sun-day April 11th at the JEA located at 5111 Abercorn St. The event is free and open to the public and will provide an opportunity to meet Chaim in person.

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------------------------------------I AM A KACETLER [Inmate of a concentration camp]

By Chaim Melamed

I am a kacetler. I have no name, no place.I am all alone, left by the world. I am a number;

That’s all I am. 53144 --- that is me.Funny, though hard to understand,

I remember distinctly being a son, A brother,Even a nephew; Today I am a number.I remember clearly being Bar-Mitzvah.

They called me to the Torah;Chaim ben Menachim Mendel, they called me.

Kacetler 53144 I am today! What happened?When did this come about? What have I done?

What is my sin? Please, Won’t someone tell me?I can not ask my father; I am sure he asked

The same question before he was shot by the wall;For no reason at all, they shot him.

My mother, my dear mother-No, she can’t answer me either.

She is in a state of haze; bewildered, helpless.No, she no longer can answer me either,

She had a respected husband, well mannered...Children and a happy home.

She was proud; Full of joy. TodayToday her husband, shot; one child died of hunger;

One died because of lack of medical care;One lays swollen sick. Her heart’s cut to pieces;Her lips bitten, dried out. She can cry no longer;

She has no tears left to shed.NO, she can not answer me either.

World, why don’t you answer?Why are you all so numb?

Why, why do you let this happen?If nothing else, have pity. I am human.

I have feelings, too.I am so young, I want to live,

People, what has happened to you?Have you no conscience? Why, why am I ignored?

Why are you deaf to my crying?I can no longer shout. I can no longer speak.

I can not even cry. I am nobody, have nobody,Just a number. I am cold, frozen, used up,

Finished, thrown away.I lay in a corner like trash.

My shouting, my crying, all unheard.ALL IN VAIN JUST A NUMBER.


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of Brayden’s recovery, one that continues to amaze Benedetti. “The Bible says to turn your worries over to God and have faith,” Bendetti says. “They have unwavering faith and hope and rely on God during hard times. “It’s amazing that someone so sick and with the worst diagnosis imagin-able could come full circle and be well. I give the glory to God. I’m so proud of the example Brayden showed the community and the lives he’s touched.”

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Pooler Pooler City Council met Mon-day night, with all members pres-ent. In the Finance Report, Coun-cilman Burke made a motion to pay $221,221 in General Fund bills for March, $6,306 in Splost Fund bills, and $259,112 in Water and Sewer Funds bills for March. Those bills were approved by

Council. In Public Safety, Councilman Royal said the Fire Department handled 178 calls in March, a year to date total now of 484 calls handled. The Police Department has handled 1450 calls in the past three weeks, bringing their year to date total to 6,435. Council-man Wall pointed out that Pooler’s Fire Department was the first to respond to a log truck fire in Gar-den City last week. Others joined in praising the Pooler Fire Depart-ment in response to another nega-tive article in the Savannah daily paper. In the Parks, Trees, Streets, and Drainage Report, Councilwoman Benton noted that free mulch is now available at the maintenance shed at the new recreation park on Pooler Parkway. She added that she’s gotten several more com-plaints that residents of some of the newer neighborhoods never received their Census forms in the mail. She said forms are now avail-able at the Pooler YMCA. In the Water and Sewer Re-port, Councilman Wall said the department had repaired one lift station, made three sewer calls, and repaired three grinder pumps. The wastewater treatment plant is meeting all requirements. In the Recreation Report, Councilwoman Black thanked Va-den Chevrolet for making some uniform and equipment dona-tions for the baseball and softball program. Those games begin this week. The Senior Center has a new Director, Blair Huff, and has also added three new Dell computers. The Seniors will be making a trip to Guido Gardens on April 7th. They’ve started a new Walking Club which will kick off on April 28th. Also, they will be having a bake sale at Carter’s Pharmacy on April 30th from 10am til 2pm. Councilwoman Benton gave the Building and Zoning Report and noted that there have been 16 new single family permits is-sued, bringing the number of new homes to 45 this year. There was no Old Business on the agenda, but Mr. Aaron Stewart came forward to say that he should have been on the agenda. He was told he could make his comments during the open forum section at the end of the meeting. In New Business, Council vot-ed to table a zoneing change for 2.83 acres on Dean Forest Road from C-2 Commercial to Light In-

dustrial at the request of the prop-erty owner’s attorney. There was a public hearing before the meet-ing for citizens’ input, and several neighbors came forward to say they had concerns about the drain-age, about the possibility of trucks getting backed up trying to pull into the property, and even about the possibility of low flying aircraft hitting cranes on the site. The item will come back for a vote at the next Council meeting April 19th. The next big item was approval to purchase a new phone system. The low bidder was Total Tech-nology Group who handles all the city’s computer needs. The city saved over $90,000 in the Public Works building expansion as that project came in substantially un-der budget. Council voted at the last meeting to move those funds into an upgrade for the phone system, and it went out on bid. The low bid came in at $70,716. Unfortunately, Council would not entertain a motion to include that the system would never be pro-grammed to say “Press 1 for Eng-lish.” In the final item on the agenda, Council passed a resolution re-garding a 1998 GEFA loan which has long since been paid back. This was simply to let the folks at GMA clear up their 12 year old paperwork. (Now why would any-body expect there to be problems with government handling our healthcare needs?) In the Open Forum, Mr. Stew-art came forward to again com-plain that there needs to be a left turn signal on Rogers Street at westbound Hwy 80. He’s been told before, and was reminded this night, that Pooler City Council doesn’t make those decisions, and that he needs to contact the state of Georgia Department of Trans-portation about his concern. At that point, Mr. Stewart be-gan to complain, again, about the stray dog that poops in his yard. He was advised, again, to call the Police Department, and they would have Animal Control come out and try to catch the dog. Ms. Frazier then asked Coun-cil for an update on the status of the FEMA flood maps. City Man-ager Robbie Byrd explained that Council had voted to join with the County in a $110,000 joint study and proposal to FEMA. That pro-posal has been completed and de-livered to FEMA, and we’re wait-ing for their decision. Hopefully, it will remove several residences and businesses from the newly drawn flood plain and lower the costs of insuring those properties. Ms. Frazier then thanked Council for moving into the 21st century and giving her the ability to pay her city bills online. Council meets on the first and third Monday of every month at City Hall at 6pm. The next meet-ing will be Monday, April 19th, and the public is encouraged to at-tend.

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Effingham County Sheriff’s Office• Just before noon, Deputies were dispatched to Hwy 17 between Hwy 80 and Roebling Road in Faulkville where a Hyundai Santa Fe had struck a deer, damaging the front right headlight. (D’oh!)• That same day, though much later, Deputies were dispatched to I-16 eastbound where a black Ford Expedition had swerved to avoid hitting a deer, causing his passenger side tire and rim to separate. (Doe! They might need to look at relocat-ing some of them deer crossing signs! These deer don’t seem to be paying much attention to them!)• Around 3am, a Deputy was on Midland Road when he passed a black Chevy Malibu that didn’t dim his bright lights for his patrol car. He turned around and made a traf-fic stop. While speaking with the driver, he noticed the heavy odor of alcohol on the man’s breath and asked how much he’d had to drink. “About a six pack,” the man replied, just before he was handcuffed and hauled off to jail for DUI.• Around 5:30am, Deputies were

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I don’t know why, but I’m feel-ing a little feisty this week. Seems each day the headlines, and peo-ple’s behavior in general, are get-ting more and more bizarre. It’s getting a little scary to even leave the house anymore. Here a just a few (out of many) of my traumatic morning moments while watching the news this week ... Man Charged Posing as Fertility Doc to Molest People -Phoenix - Maricopa County au-thorities say that 40-year old Jef-frey Graybill is being held without bond and is being charged with posing as a fertility doctor so he could sexually molest people while pretending to give them physical exams.(Ewwwwww! I don’t know about ya’ll, but I don’t think my doc-tor gets any more enjoyment out of these exams than me - thank the Lord they are only one time a year!) Cash and Carry-On: $45 to Bring Bag on Flight -Spirit Airlines will be charging up to $45 for carry-on bags.(Reason # 312 why I will think twice about flying again. I wonder if that applies to your pocketbook, too? Cause it’s getting’ to where that will be the only thing that I take with me on my next flight with all of these new fees!) Jogger Finds Human Scull in Bos-ton Woods -(This is so very sad, and we’re hearing more and more about this type of criminal activity. I’m never going to take up jogging!)

Woman spends $47,000 per Year on Hair -It was recently reported that the average woman spends roughly $50,000 on her hair over the course of her lifetime (these stats do not apply to Allison’s lifetime). Brandi Irwin, a 28-year-old New Yorker reportedly spends $47,000 in a year on her long locks - an ex-pense that could amount to $1.4 million over the next 30 years, all for an extra 24 inches of hair. Ev-ery time the former model steps into the Gemini 14 Salon in New York City, she forks over $10,000 for hair extensions, which she gets done three times a year. Add to that her color sessions every six weeks at roughly $300 a pop, twice a week blow-outs (what the heck is a blow out?) at $65 each, plus tips and cha-ching! This woman spends as much in one year as most women spend in a lifetime.(This woman spends more in 1 month than I will spend in this century).

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Piece of Plane Falls Off During Florida-Bound Flight -A JetBlue flight headed to Fort Lauderdale from Newark Airport returned to Newark after part of an engine cover fell off.(Reason #313 why I will think twice about flying again. Am I the only one who has noticed the many ‘mishaps’ with airlines and airplanes over the last couple of years? I’ll drive wherever I go if at all possible). 3 Navy Seals Accused of Mistreat-ment of Terrorist -(I had to reread this a couple of times - I cannot believe that this would even be a headline in any American publication, print or otherwise). Woman Gives Birth on Sidewalk After Hospital Refuses to Help -India - Even though a woman’s husband rushed into a hospital to ask for help, she was refused med-ical care and continued to writhe in pain for nearly an hour. The woman finally gave birth outside, but the child did not survive.(How very, very sad. I wonder what healthcare plan is implemented in that country. Even if there is none, where is the humanity?) Note: The hospital denies any wrong doing in this case and has yet to make a formal comment. Hmmm-mmm. The Duggars Take Baby #19 Home From the Hospital -Though born on December 10th weighing in at only 1 Lb. 6 oz., thankfully Josie Brooklyn is now stable and at 4 lbs. 9 oz. ready to go home!(Okay, I don’t know how these parents and this family does this, but I know this, at this point in my life it takes me about 10 minutes to actually get out of bed and I’m not fully functioning until after my 2nd cup of coffee. I only raised 3 children and I feel deserving of some kind of national award. I can’t imagine what their Ob/Gyn insurance is ... 19 young’uns? How do they find the time to have another, and another, etc.) Thanks for letting me rant! Wish-ing ya’ll many, many blessings in the upcoming week!


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The Coastal Bank is pleased to announce that Kelley Remler recently joined the bank as a new Mortgage Loan Originator at the Stephenson Avenue office. With more than 20 years of executive management experience, Remler will focus on mortgage lending and financing construction of residen-tial properties. Prior to joining The Coastal Bank, Remler served as the Bank Senior Vice President at First Na-tional Bank, overseeing all man-agement, loan production and the profitability of the mortgage and construction division in Savan-nah. Her responsibilities included management of construction loan portfolios, underwriting, preparing

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draws. Over the years, she also served as Senior Vice President at River-side Residential Lending, Inc. in Savannah and as First Vice Presi-dent at Century South Bank in Sa-vannah. “We’re delighted to welcome such an accomplished mortgage expert to The Coastal Bank’s pro-fessional team,” said Pam Brandt, Senior Vice President and Mort-gage Sales Manager at The Coastal Bank. “Kelley brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our customer base.” A Savannah native, Remler graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.B.A. in 1982 and currently resides in Savannah.

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Zion Lutheran church respond-ed to the cries from the Lutheran World Relief agency through the Southeastern Synod of the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in Amer-ica for additional health kits to Haiti. LWR kits are unique. In ad-dition to providing comfort and important tools for daily living, these ordinary items are also beau-tiful expressions of God’s grace and love from one side of the world to the other. We give special thanks to Zion’s WELCA (women of the ELCA) groups who collected funds and organized the packing. Monies col-lected were used to purchase items for health kits that have been great-ly depleted, due to the major need of the earthquake victims. Zion’s congregation was able to collect and pack over 120 health kits with wash cloths, band aids, soap and other various needed items. The congregation at Zion has come to the aid of the people in Haiti in the

past and will do it again in the fu-ture. Zion Lutheran Church is locat-ed at 121 Noel C. Conaway Road, (corner of Hwy 30 and Hwy 17), in Guyton. If anyone wishes to con-tribute or help, please contact Pas-tor Barbara Koch at 728-3430. Our

WELCA groups will be sending ad-ditional kits in the near future.

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session of marijuana.• A Deputy was alerted to Rincon Police chasing a black Buick with the driver possibly in possession of a gun. The Deputy joined the chase as they turned south on Hwy 21. The driver ran a couple of stop signs as he tried sneaking through a subdi-vision. He finally stopped and was taken to jail for possession of mari-juana, reckless driving, and fleeing to elude.• Deputies were dispatched to a Springfield domestic dispute where two women were doing there best to keep a man from leaving to go find some crack cocaine. There, they learned another man had come into the home and refused to leave, until the crack-craving culprit fired his shotgun into the air to scare him away. When the Deputies realized the man had a felony record, he was arrested for possession of a firearm



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Let Us Remember...Ida M. Kersey

Rincon- Ida M. Kersey, 86, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2010 at Hospice Savannah surrounded by her loving family.The Wilkinson County native was a member of Jasper Springs Bap-tist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Kersey; son, Doye Kersey; and par-ents, Shambrey and Lucile McCoy.Survivors include her sons, Grady Kersey (Christine) and Billy Kersey

(Kim); daughter-in-law, Donna Kersey; sister, Nina Wheeler; 7 grandchildren; 6 great-grand-children; and multiple nieces and nephews.Graveside Services were held at 2pm Friday, April 2, 2010 at Green-wich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery.Remembrances: Hospice Savan-nah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416.Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Fu-neral Home, Effingham Chapel, was in charge of all arrangements.

Mrs. Cynthia GibsonGuyton-Mrs. Cynthia Gibson, 58, passed away on Tuesday, March

30, 2010 at Memorial Health Uni-versity Medical Center.Mrs. Gibson was born in Atlanta and was one of seven children born to the late Harold & Georgia Jones. She enjoyed sewing and was an avid Bingo player.Survivors include her husband, Tom Gibson of Guyton; son and daughter-in-law, Tommy & Debo-rah Gibson of Rincon and grand-children, Jeremy Usry, Kristen Usry and Branch “Peanut” Gibson.Memorial Services were held at 4pm on Saturday in the chapel of the funeral home.The family requests that in lieu of flowers, remembrances may be given to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 12502 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, FL 33612-9411Friends may sign the online register book at www.strick-landandsonsfuneralhome.comThomas C. Strickland & Sons Fu-neral Homes, West Chatham Cha-pel, was in charge of all arrange-ments.

Nina Bell Proctor BraddockNina Bell Proctor Braddock, 81, of Savannah, died Friday, Apr 2, 2010 at her residence under the care of Hospice Savannah.She was born in Swainsboro, and had worked as a Cashier for the former Byrd Brothers Super Mar-ket.She was a former member of Morningside Baptist, and then affiliated with Burkhalter Baptist Church, which later became Cross-roads Baptist Church. She loved fishing, and was well loved by all who knew her.She is survived by her husband, Cecil Braddock; sons, Edward C. Braddock, Ronald Paul Braddock, and James C. Braddock; 2 daugh-ters, Cecilia Ann Braddock, and Lisa Y. Stokes; a brother, Billy C. Proctor; 3 sisters, Sybil Cribbs, Zira Taylor and Barbara Proctor, 11 grandchildren, 16 great grandchil-dren, many nieces and nephews, and many great nieces and great nephews.Funeral Services were held at

11am Tuesday at Crossroads Bap-tist Church (formerly Burkhalter Baptist Church), with Rev. Everett Tumblin, and Ron Hiers officiating. Interment was in Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park.Remembrances: Hospice Savan-nah, 1352 Eisenhower Drive, Sa-vannah, Ga 31406.Fairhaven Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.

Kalea Stacey RicheyBloomingdale-Kalea Stacey Richey, infant daughter of Huber Dale Richey and Amanda Lynn Richey, passed away on Friday.Additional survivors include a sister, Kayloni Serenity Richey; brother, Deacon Richey and grandparents, Huber Richey, Tina Richey and Diane Rieder.Graveside Funeral services were held at 4pm on Tuesday at Gravel Hill Cemetery.Friends may sign the online register book at www.strick-landandsonsfuneralhome.comThomas C. Strickland & Sons Fu-neral Homes, West Chatham Cha-pel, was in charge of all arrange-ments.

Mrs. Dorothy H. ElliottGARDEN CITY – Mrs. Dorothy H. Elliott, 91, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of hospice.Dorothy was born in Atlanta, GA to the late Harry O. Hall and Katie Mae Thompson. She is preceded in death by her husband Fred S. Elliott. She retired from the Board of Education as Executive Secre-tary. She was a charter member of Chapel in the Gardens Presbyte-rian Church and was a member of the Eastern Star and was a volun-teer at Candler Hospital for many years.She is survived by her daughters, Joann E. Shaw, June E. Sasser (Thomas A.) and Janet E. Womble (Bernard); grandchildren, Stacey S. Kill (Russell), Stephen E. Sasser, Jennifer S. McDonough (Stewart), Amy W. Conaway (Alan) and Paul F.L. (Rick) Womble (Jacqueline); eleven great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren; and a sister, Betty H. Dionne.Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11am at Chapel in the Gardens Presbyterian Church in Garden City with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.Memorials may be given to Hos-pice Savannah, PO Box 13190, Sa-vannah, GA 31416.Friends may sign the online register book at www.strick-landandsonsfuneralhome.comThomas C. Strickland & Sons Fu-neral Homes, West Chatham Cha-pel, was in charge of all arrange-ments.

Katherine Nicoll LeeKatherine Nicoll Lee, 75, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., and formerly of Sa-vannah, passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Hospice Center, in Mount Pleasant, S.C.She was born in Charleston, S.C., daughter of the late Rose Sawad-ski Nicoll and William Edwin Nicoll. Katherine attended the Univer-sity of South Carolina and gradu-ated from Pfiffer University in Misenhiemer, NC, with a degree in Elementary Education. She also received her Masters degree from Armstrong State University in Ed-ucation and Reading. She was em-ployed with the Savannah – Cha-tham Country Board of Education for twenty six years, working as a classroom teacher and a reading specialist. Mrs. Lee was a member of the Georgia Retired Educators Association. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she was a member of the Day Lily Cir-cle and The Young at Heart Group. She was also a Stephen Minister.Katherine is survived by her hus-

band of 58 years, Rudolph H. Lee. She is also survived by a son, Ru-dolph N. Lee (Nick), and daugh-ter in law, Lee Ann; a daughter, Rosemary Lee (Rosie), Two grand-daughters, Katherine Peeples Brewer (Nicki), and husband Josh-ua Stephen Brewer, and Julianne Lee Peebles, an Uncle, Pleasant L. Rourk and Aunt, Anita Rourk; Niece, Katherine Smith and hus-band Rick; nephew, Billy Robert-son and wife Pam, brother in law, Walter A. Robertson.Funeral Services were held at 3pm Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Pastor John Hopkins, officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.Remembrances: Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savan-nah, Ga 31419.Fairhaven Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.

Mrs. Nell LaRue JohnsonGarden City-Mrs. Nell LaRue John-son died on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the age of 73.Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her parents, George Kel-ly Rogers and Eva LaRue Rogers, her husband, Augustus E. “Gus” Johnson and a brother, George Rogers. Mrs. Johnson lived in Gar-den City for 48 years and retired from Georgia Ports Authority. Af-ter retiring she and her husband enjoyed camping and fishing. She was a wonderful cook and well known for her fried shrimp. She loved going to Church and was a member of the Garden City Primitive Baptist Church for many years. She will be deeply missed by all that knew her. A special thank you to the staff at Oceans-ide Nursing Home for your kind-ness and generosity.Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Victoria and Ken-neth Thomas; brother, Riska Rog-ers and a sister, Sammie Hendrix.Funeral: 1:30pm on Thursday at the Garden City Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will follow at For-est Lawn Memory Gardens on Bo-naventure Road in Savannah.Remembrances may be given to the Garden City Primitive Baptist Church, P.O. Box 7623, Garden City, GA 31408.Friends may sign the online register book at www.strick-landandsonsfuneralhome.comThomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes, West Chatham Chapel, is in charge of all arrange-ments.

Miss Julia Anne PowersGarden City-Miss Julia Anne Pow-ers, 46, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2010 at her home.Julia was born in Savannah, grew up in Garden City and taught school at Springfield Elementary for 20 years. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Garden City. She was preceded in death by her father, Stephen Andrew Powers.Survivors include her mother, Lora Story Powers; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Sarah E. Powers and Carla P. (Randy) McCurry and a nephew, Stephen Edward (Mi-chelle) McCurry.Visitation: 4pm-6pm on Thursday at the funeral home.Funeral: 6pm on Thursday in the chapel of the funeral home.Graveside Funeral: 10:30am on Fri-day at Forest Lawn Memory Gar-dens.Friends may sign the online register book at www.strick-landandsonsfuneralhome.com

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Amazing Grace, how sweet the soundFor our love for you is all around.

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Mrs. Mildred Marie MettsMrs. Mildred Marie Metts, 89, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Effingham County Hospital.Mrs. Metts was born in Houston County and lived in Springfield for a number of years. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.She is preceded in death by her husband, Newell Metts and a granddaughter, Chrissie Metts.Survivors include her daughter, Shirley Saxton (Carl) of Brooklet; son, Daniel Metts; nine grandchil-dren, Sonia Whitworth, Shelia Ad-

ams, Carl S. Saxton, Stephen Sax-ton, Brian Saxton, Amanda Metts, Julie Metts, Erica Adams and Star-la Adams; one great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 24 in the Ben Wages Chapel of Riggs Funeral Home. Interment was at Westside Memorial Gardens.Riggs Funeral Home in Guyton, Georgia was in charge of arrange-ments.

Mildred Ruth Wilson Bennett

Mildred Ruth Wilson Bennett, 94, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at St. Joseph’s Hospital.She was a lifelong resident of Sa-vannah, a member of Washington Ave. Christian Church, formerly Chatham Christian Church. Mrs. Bennett retired from Cut Art

Stone Co., where she was the sec-retary and was also a life member of the National Association of Re-tired Federal Employees.Mrs. Bennett was predeceased by her parents, Emory J. and Mag-gie Williams Wilson of Savannah; a brother, Emory J. Wilson, Jr. of Richmond, VA; and a sister, Laura W. Darling of Savannah.Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Roy L. Bennett, Sr.; a daughter and son-in-law, Ruth Ann (Skeet) and Harvey Varnadoe of Pooler, a son and daughter-in-law, Roy L. (Jr.) and Janice Ben-nett of Savannah; five grandchil-dren, Beau (Marsha) Varnadoe, Stephen Varnadoe, Ben Varnadoe, Jeff (Chanel) Bennett, and Megan Bennett; three great grandchil-dren, Devin Varnadoe and Cole and Hailey Bennett; and several nieces and nephews.Visitation: 6pm – 8pm Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the funeral home.Funeral Service: 11am Friday, April 9, 2010 in the Chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Tom Keller offici-ating.Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gar-dens.Fairhaven Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

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Q: Does the devil ever give up on us and let us alone because he knows we won’t listen to him? With God’s help, I’ve been able to deal with some really bad problems in my life, but sometimes I wonder if the temptation to fall back into my old ways will ever go away. -- Z.K.

A: I’m thankful for the difference Christ has made in your life -- and I pray you will continue to rely on Him for the strength you need to resist temptation. We get in trou-ble when we rely on ourselves for strength -- but when we rely on God, He helps us overcome even Sa-tan’s strongest assaults. No, Satan never gives up and decides to let us alone, because his goal is to draw us away from God -- and he always hopes he’ll be able to do this. And let’s face it: Sometimes he’s successful. This is why the Apostle Paul warned, “If you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” (1 Corinthians 10:12). Never forget: Satan is our enemy in the spiritual battles we face -- and like any enemy, he constantly seeks to find a weak point in our lives where he may attack. Sometimes his attacks are very obvious -- but sometimes he’s very subtle, attacking us when we don’t even realize it. He may no longer attack you where he has before, for example -- but he may try to fill you with pride, or impatience, or fears about the future. The key is to walk with Christ every day, through prayer, obeying His Word, and fellowship with other believers. The Bible says, “Resist the dev-il, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you” (James 4:7-8).

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• Gospel Sing at First Baptist Church of Blitchton featuring Homeward Bound on April 10th at 7pm. A love offering will be taken. First Baptist Church of Blitchton is located at 5204 Hwy 80, Blitchton.

For more information, call Mike at 657-6985. • Saturday, April 10th – Our W.I.L.D. (Walking In Love Daily) Women will be hosting a “Bake

Sale” table at the Ottawa Farms Strawberry Festival beginning at 9am. All proceeds from this sale will be going towards our special “Land Purchase” Fund. Our Revival, featuring Bro. Kenny Grant, runs Sunday, May 2nd (services at 11am and 6pm) through Thursday, May 6th (week night services at 7pm). Please be in prayer for Revival and for Bro. Kenny as he prepares his messag-es. Thursday, May 6th is the Na-tional Day of Prayer. South New-ington will open its doors at 6am for those who would like to stop in and pray for our country. A spe-cial short service will be held in the sanctuary at noon on Thursday and there will be a special mes-sage that evening. In preparation for our Reviv-al, we are having three cottage prayer meetings as follows: April

19th, 7pm at Charlie and Linda Hutchinson’s, 2905 Little Neck Road, Bloomingdale; April 26th, 7pm at Rusty and Robin Morgan’s, 139 Ohoopee Avenue, Meldrim; and May 1st- location and time to be announced! South Newington Baptist Church, Pastor: Rev. Steve McCoy, 453 John Carter Road, Blooming-dale. For more information, con-tact the church office at 748-4831 or online at www.snbchurch.com.

• Community Talent Show We are looking for talent to perform in a Community Wide Tal-ent Show on Saturday, May 8th at 4pm in Rincon United Methodist Church’s Social Hall at 107 Savan-nah Avenue. Register with Les-lie Chavez at 667-5281 or [email protected] by April 26th. Four age divisions: pre-k to 5, 6 – 11, 12-18 and adult. Registration fee is

$10. Trophies will be awarded.

• Come join the local fans of the Blackwood Brothers Gos-pel Quartet as Rothwell Baptist Church hosts the famous sing-ing group on Friday, April 9th at 7pm. There is no charge, and a love offering will be held.

• Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church will be having a Southern Gospel Sing on Saturday, April 17th, featuring The Premier Quar-tet of Rincon, from 6-8pm. Come see and heart The Premier Quar-tet, named the New Excelling Art-ist for 2009 at the Southern Gos-pel Music Fan Fair in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee! Trinity Chapel UMC is located at 10th and Butler on Ty-bee Island. For more information, call 912-786-6377. Love Offering collected will be given to the guest group to support their ministry. Coming May 15th: The Holcombes. • Gospel Sing at Cokesbury Unit-ed Methodist Church, Saturday, April 10th at 7pm, with very special guests Sons of Liberty, featuring southern, country and bluegrass style gospel music. Cokesbury UMC is located at 5411 Skidaway Road in Savannah. For more infor-mation, call 897-2861.

The Church Bulletin Board

Rincon area churches joined to-gether in celebration of Easter this past Sunday, April 4th. It is an Ef-fingham tradition for area churches to unite at the banks of the Savan-nah River in the Ebenezer commu-nity, at the historic Jerusalem Lu-theran Church. There were about one hundred congregants gathered on the brisk, dark Sunday morning at 6:45am. As the service began, greetings pro-claiming that Christ has risen in-deed came from Rev. John Barich-ivich, pastor at New Jerusalem. Through the nestled trees, you could hear the Alleluias resound-ing as hymns were sung. Echoes of a nearby rooster even enhanced the morning as everyone was meditat-ing on the first Easter morning. Rev. Duane W. Logsdon of Cor-nerstone Baptist Church led in Psalm as a responsive reading de-claring that this is the day that the Lord has made. As the responsive reading was finished, young voices came from atop of the hill singing “This Blessed Easter Day.” The message for Easter Sunrise Service was presented by Pastor Bob Rogers of First Baptist Church of Rincon. Pastor Rogers performed

a dramatic monolog, performing as the Apostle Peter. The sermon was delivered in costume dress. The revelation of a risen Savior from the perspective of Peter was told. The message was concluded as he walked up through the crowd shouting as the disciples did, “Go tell! Go tell someone that Jesus is alive!” Rev. Wayne Merritt, Rincon Church of God, closed the Sunrise

Service with prayer, and the Apos-tle’s Creed was recited. The morning service was com-pleted with fresh, home-made muffins and pastries served by the women of Jerusalem Lutheran Church. A joyous time of Easter celebration was enjoyed by citizens of our community. Events such as the annual Easter Sunrise Service portray the values held in Effing-ham County.

Rincon Community Easter Sunrise Service

The Presence of God I’ve felt the true presence of God a few times in my life, so real it seemed that I might reach out and touch Him. Each of those events has been etched solidly into my memory. It’s safe there and I call upon it for renewal of my spirit whenever needed, my own mini-miracle. One summer, my husband and I had the good fortune to travel by river cruiser from Amsterdam to Vienna. The trip afforded us many pleasures as we traversed the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers. Cathedrals and cas-tles, cobblestones and cafes--we sa-vored them all on the land excursions planned for us each day. Early one Sunday morning, our ship docked at the small town of Wert-heim, Germany. Here, we were told by our program director, we would have the opportunity to watch a glass blow-ing demonstration and then visit the retail shop that Hans, the Glass Blow-er, operated with his family. “I’m so sorry that there are no oth-er shops open since it is Sunday, but you can walk through the town and enjoy the buildings.” Renata told us as she pointed out a Protestant church. “There is a service here at 9:30 this morning, but it will be conducted in German.”

Ken and I attend church regularly in our home community, but, since this service would be in German, we elected to attend the glass blowing demonstration. How much can you get out of a service you cannot under-stand? Hans entertained us royally with his demonstration and lecture about his art. When we finished admiring the fragile merchandise in his shop, Ken and I strolled through this quaint lit-tle town situated alongside the river. The cobblestone streets and the half-timbered houses reminded us of fairy tale books we’d read as children. We admired the architecture of the build-ings and stopped to gaze in the shop windows, regretting that none were open for business on Sunday. “It’s a good thing this art gallery isn’t open,” Ken said. “If it was, I’d buy that picture.” Lucky for me, the door was locked, and we had to move on. Turning from the art gallery win-dow, we found ourselves next to the church Renata had pointed out earlier. “Let’s go take a look,” Ken said. “The service is over by now.” We climbed a flight of stone stairs and stepped into the cool interior of the church. No cathedral this one but truly lovely. An ornate altar with splashes of gold dominated the front.

Twenty to thirty people clustered near the front pews, talking softly and mill-ing around. They began to arrange themselves with backs to the altar and facing the mostly empty pews. Their chatter slowed, then ceased as they gazed steadily at a man who faced them. It dawned on me that this was a choir of some sort getting ready to practice. Ken and I slid into one of the back pews, prepared to listen. We were treated to some of the most beautiful music I have ever been privi-leged to hear. The choir sang three songs, all in German. I could not un-derstand one word, but there was no doubt that they were worshipping God with their music, singing from their hearts. It was as if we were lis-tening to the voices of the angels. Joy and adoration radiated in the faces of the choir members as they sang in the near-empty church. Ken and I moved a little closer to-gether, our shoulders touching. The light from the windows shone on the altar giving the gold leaf a vibrant glow. The choir voices appeared to surround us; melody and harmony blended to perfection. Soft, but clear as crystal, the music flowed from front, back and sides, even though the choir sang directly in front of us.

As the resplendent voices rose and fell with the melody, I felt the presence of God so strongly that it seemed as if there was nothing else in the world but this church, this choir, and the two of us. I could not have spoken a word at that point as emotion rose high within me. My eyes brimmed with unshed tears. One thought surfaced--that I did not want this to ever end. But end it did. The last notes of the final song floated softly toward us and stopped. The people in the choir moved to the pews, picked up their coats and sweaters, and came down the aisle chatting in German and smiling as they passed us. They were once again ordinary humans, not the angels who raised their voices to the heavens. We sat there a bit longer and fi-nally rose to follow them outside. The choir members clustered at the top of the steps posing for a picture. One of the men stood below on the cob-blestone street, adjusting his camera, and we slipped by him to continue our tour of Wertheim. Before we reached the corner, I turned for a last look at the German singers who had given us

a taste of spirituality and perhaps a glimpse of Heaven on a quiet Sunday morning. Minutes passed before either of us could speak, and, when we com-pared our feelings, we realized we had experienced something very, very special. No, we had not attended the church service that morning, but we found something never to be for-gotten. It was one of those rare times when God makes his presence known giving us His love and assurance that He is always with us. What a wonder-ful way to have it revealed to us—through the voices of this gifted choir as they practiced, singing a tribute to God. When life’s trials and tribulations seem to be closing in on me, I close my eyes and bring the memory of that Sunday morning back once more. I see the golden glow inside the church, hear the angelic voices of the choir, and feel the presence of God. A warm sense of peace envelops me, and I’m ready to meet the rest of my day.

By Nancy Julien Kopp and passed along by www.christianvoices.org.

Prayer of the Week...Dear Lord, I admit that I am a sinner. I have done many things that don’t please you. I have lived my life for myself. I am sorry and I repent. I ask you to forgive me. I believe that you died on the cross for me, to save me. You did what I could not do for myself. I come to you now and ask you to take control of my life, I give it to you. Help me to live every day in a way that pleases you. I love you, Lord, and I thank you that I will spend all eternity with you.

Amen


BloomingdaleAlpha United Methodist Church

5 East Hwy 80 • 748-4062Pastor Anna Kelley

Ash Street Baptist Church310 Ash Street • 748-0902

Rev. Carlton Wiley

Bloomingdale Alliance Church501 West Hwy 80 • 748-6351

Rev. Ken Otto

Church of the Nazarene1116 East Hwy 80 • 748-9128

Pastor: David Horne

Journey ChurchMeeting at Bloomingdale Elementary,

Sunday mornings at 10:30amPastor Larry D. Wilson

224-6453

First Baptist Church of BloomingdaleCherry Street • 748-4017

Rev. Darrell Bailey

New Life Sanctuary1410 Pine Barren Road • 988-3598

Pastor Bryan M. Smith

Liberty Pentacostal ChurchLittle Neck Road

Life Springs Worship Center1105 E. Hwy. 80 • 330-0740

Pastor Julie Stanley

Piney Grove Baptist ChurchHwy 80 • 748-5966

Pastor Belizaire Joseph

South Newington Baptist462 John Carter Road • 748-4831

Pastor Nathaniel Steve McCoy

St. John Divine BaptistHwy 80

Rev. Alphonso Piper

Westside Christian ChurchHwy 80 • 748-0309

Pastor Leonard Daughtery

Bloomingdale FellowshipChurch of God of Prophecy1501 E. Hwy. 80 • 748-2181

Pastor: Mark Minter

Firm Foundation Baptist Church937 Mixon Road • 865-4505

Dr. Bernard D. Carter

EffinghamInternational Worship Center

Marlow Learning Center • 748-7308Pastor Eddie Tomberlin

Berea Southern Methodist Church 2872 Noel Conaway Road • Guyton

(GA 30 near Kolic Helmy Rd)

Silver Hill United Methodist Church

Silver Hill Church Rd.Pastor Al Fernandez

Bible Lutheran Church 4650 McCall Road

Rincon, GA. Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Church Service 10:00 a.m.Pastor Andrew Krey

Clyo United Methodist Church Railroad St. at 3rd. Ave.

Pastor Al Fernandez

“The Lighthouse” of Effinghammeeting at Rincon YMCA

1224 Patriot Drive • 856-0428Roland Dann, Pastor

Corinth Baptist Church290 Corinth Church Rd.

754-1338 • ShawneePastor: Dr. George Lanier

Mizpah United Methodist Church Clyo Kildare Rd • 754-1563

Pastor: Jose Velasquez

Garden CityCentral Baptist Church

4010 Old Louisville Rd. • 965-0752Rev. Kenny Harrelson

Count It All Joy MinistriesHighway 17

Michael Tucker

Wildwood United MethodistGarrard Avenue

Pastor Lloyd Dees

Chapel in the Garden Presbyterian Church

Daren Russell93 Main Street • 964-5734

Living Hope Community Fellowship 5008 Augusta Rd. • Garden City(Hwy. 21 next to Dairy Queen)

965-0406Pastor Joyce C. Hall

Fairlawn Baptist Church 4719 Augusta Road • 964-4371Rev. Harold Edwards, Sr., Pastor

Church of Christ 4506 Augusta Rd. • 964-6443

Clifton Baptist Church100 Big Hill Rd. • 964-2335

Rev. Oddie Luckett

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness4869 Louisville Road • 964-1210

Dean Forest Baptist Church1524 Dean Forest Road • 964-7369

Rev. Larry Stricklandwww.deanforestbaptist.org

Fellowship Assembly of God5224 Augusta Rd. • 964-4243

Pastor Gary Smith

First Baptist Church of Garden City

35 Nelson Ave. • 964-0355

Garden City Primitive BaptistSunday Morning Services: 9:45am & 11am

Sunday Evening Services: 6:30pmWednesday Evening Services: 6:30pm

126 Smith Ave. • 964-5014Pastor: Elder Hugh Thompson

Jasper Springs Baptist Church62 Smith Ave. • 964-6864Pastor: Rev. Johnny Bowen

Garden City United Methodist Church

62 Varnadoe Ave. • 964-5780Rev. Dan Pegram

Elohim Christian Fellowship309 Main Street, Suite F • 966-5005

Pastor Leroy R. Kirkland III

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church41 Main Street • 964-1649

Rev. David Rasmussen

United House of Prayer For All People

4107 6th Street • 966-5522Elder Samuel Ransom

Oakland Missionary Baptist187 Burkhalter Rd. • 236-3439

Pastor Jerry Wright

Alpha & Omega Ministries4906 Pineland Dr.

Pastor James P. Witherspoon

Palm Grove Primitive Baptist2207 Shaw Avenue • 964-2080

Elder James W. Kicklighter

Everlasting Life Christian Church614 Hwy. 80W • 964-6003

Rev. Van Marie Green, Pastor

Trinity Church of God2202 Hwy. 80 • 964-8770

Frank Gupton

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist4617 Louisville Road • 964-2683

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church4285 Ogeechee Rd. • 234-1979

Pastor Robert L. Miley

Silk Hope Baptist Church18 Tower Dr • 233-8424Rev. Jonathan E. Phillips

Woodlawn Baptist407 Talmadge Ave. • 964-8676

Gary Johnson, Pastor

Woodlawn United Methodist2502 Hwy 80 • 964-0787

Sanford Brown

Zion Fair Missionary Baptist4123 First Street • 964-1322

Ronald Smalls

Parkway Church of Christ4360 Ogeechee Rd. • 234-4040

Clay Johnson

Silk Hope United Methodist 5212 Silk Hope Rd. • 447-5282

Guyton/MarlowFaith Ministries International

51 Central Blvd. (Hwy. 17)772-4849

Pastor, Bruce Meyers

Pine Street Baptist118 Lynn Bonds AvenuePastor: Chris Roberson

New Vision Pentecostal Church,

2355 Hwy 119 • 772-4417Pastor: Charles Bazemore

Pineora Holy Church of God460 McLaws Rd. • 232-6100

Pastor Ronnie Miles

Faith Baptist Church1951 Hwy 119 South • Guyton

Dr. Calvin Bradley, Pastor 772-5269

www.fbcguyton.org

Elam Egypt Baptist ChurchPaul Moore, Pastor

2166 Egypt Ardmore Rd • 754-5060Rev. Peter Vermeulen

United Methodist ChurchGa. Hwy 17 • Marlow

Rev. Richard Holt

Hwy. 30 Church of Christ1952 Noel C. Conaway Rd.

728-3819John W. Wright, Jr.

Guyton Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)

301 Pine Street772-3478

Bethesda United Methodist3608 Midland Road • 728-3332

Pastor Matt Waldron

Guyton United Methodist401 Church Street • 772-5099

Rev. Rick Holt

First Baptist of Marlow2229 Central Ave. • 772-7438

Pastor Daniel Alexander(Minister of Gospel)

Pilgrim Missionary BaptistAssociation Education Center

Central (Hwy 17) & Simmons Rd.

Macedonia Baptist ChurchCentral (Hwy 17), Guyton

Pastor: Delmons White

Safe Haven Church/ MissionCentral (Hwy 17), GuytonPastor: Emmett Patterson

Liberty Christian Fellowship Church

302 Church Street • 772-5522John Tanner, Pastor

Royal Temple Holiness Church409 Samuel Small Dr. - 772-3498

Elder Verdie Banner

New Providence BaptistEric Palmburg

772-3590

New Hope Christian Church2420 Courthouse Rd. • 772-4499

Rev. Brad Proudfoot

Trinity Faith International Church

776 Kolic Helmey RoadPastor: Kaye Bell

Pineora Baptist Church131 Elkins Street • 772-3044Pineora (Corner of Ga. 17)Pastor: Bobby Braswell, Jr.

Countryside Baptist Church1201 Noel C. Conaway Rd.

Pastor Terry A. Wilson

Sand Hill Baptist1931 Sand Hill Rd. • 728-3681

Rev. Royce Hendry

South Effingham Community Church289 Harley Road • 728-3810

www.southeffingham.comPastor: Steve Canfield

Zion LutheranHwy 30 at Ga. Hwy 17

Marlow • 728-3430Pastor Barbara Koch

Meldrim/Eden/FaulkvilleMeldrim First Baptist

748-5220James Carlisle – Pastor

Solid Rock Baptist Church5th Street • Meldrim

Pastor: Greg McAlister

Church of ChristHwy 80

Faulkville Baptist ChurchHwy 80 • 748-7332

Pastor Albert Hill

Eden Baptist Church435 Dogwood Way • 748-2373

Rev. Jonah E. German

United Methodist ChurchMeldrim

Pastor: Rick Holt

Powers BaptistEden • 748-6288Travis Cowart, Sr.

PoolerBeth-El Alliance Church

Quacco RoadRev. Michael Owens

The Fountain Church International

131 Canal Street, Suite B • 704-1462Sunday: 8AM and 11 AM,

Wednesday’s POWER HOUR @ 7PMPastor Joseph Clinton

New Life Covenant Church1105 E. Hwy. 80 • 220-5244

Rev. Rodney A. Sprauve

Abundant Life Community Church (ELCA)www.AbundantLifePooler.com

Sunday School 9:23 AMWeekly Worship - Sundays at 10:30 AM

119 Canal St. Suite 105Just off the Pooler Parkway near

Cancun Mexican RestaurantPastor Seth Bridger

856-6871

Christ Presbyterian ChurchCoffee, Welcome with Worship

at 10:00 a.m.1743 Quacco Road • 925-6441

Rev. Ed Ayers • 713-1276

The Sycamore at West ChathamMeeting in homes on WednesdaysPastor Ric Smith • 596-4725

Lighthouse Baptist Church106 Pipemakers Circle • 748-1164

Pastor: Dr. Van Power

New Birth Savannah118 Pipemaker’s Circle

Suites 202-205748-2969

Pastor: Kenneth K. Law

New Life Sanctuary1410 Pine Barren Road

Pastor J. S. Hartman • 572-6001

Heavenbound Baptist Church1014 Quacco Road • 921-1500

Rev. Gene Alderman

First Presbyterian Church Pooler (PCA)329 Hwy. 80 East • 330-9415

John Fender, Pastor

Faith Bible Baptist Church5137 Old Louisville Rd. • 964-7655

Dale Mathis, Pastor

Crossroads Worship CenterHwy. 80 at N. Rogers St. • 547-5101

Rev. Joe Hubbard

Calvary Assembly of God1007 West Hwy 80 • 748-5847

Daniel Webber, Pastor

Risen Saviour Lutheran1755 Quacco Road • Pooler

Worship: 10AM Pastor James Borgwardt

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church1285 Pine Barren West • 748-6016

Sunday Worship 10:30amRev. Dr. Robert LeFavi, Vicar

First Baptist Church of Pooler204 W. Hwy 80 • 748-7521

Sunday School: 10:45amMorning Service: 9:30am Evening: 6pm

Wednesday Service: 6:45pmRev. Otis Hill

Rothwell Baptist Church216 Rothwell Street • 748-7593

Rev. Devin Bell

South Valley Baptist ChurchRev. Barry Jackson

Pine Barren Road • 748-0279

Reaching For SoulsLocated in the All American

Glass Shopping Center on Hwy. 80478-494-0893

Pastors: Stanly & Angela Abraham

Trinity United Methodist ChurchCorner of North Newton St.& Benton Drive • 748-4141

Pre-School, 748-4410Pastor: Randy B. Nease

It’s Harvest Time Church409 W. Hwy. 80 • Pooler

748-1560Sundays at 11am

Pastors Greg & Donna Van Gorp

West Chatham Baptist ChurchSouth Rogers StreetRev. David Stanford

MorningStar Baptist Church131 Canal Street

(off Pooler Parkway)Pastor Tom Byerly

Savannah First Seventh Day Adventist

50 Godley Way • Pooler • 748-5977Rev. Mark Pioutrowski

Gateway Community ChurchNow meeting at the YMCA on Pooler

Parkway • 220-1074Pastor Matt Hearn

www.gatewaysavannah.com

Church of Christ in PoolerMeets at Quality Inn (behind

Burger King on Governor Treutlen Drive/I-95)

Services: 10AM-Bible Class11AM-Worship Service

Every SundayContact 912-966-2071

The Church at Godley Station(Meeting Sundays at 9am behind Home Depot on Pooler Pkwy)

Pastor Earnie PirkleAssoc. Pastor: Steve Dees

220-4440

Port WentworthBonnybridge Baptist Church

811 Bonnybridge Rd. • 964-0553Dr. Dan Hall, Pastor

Open Door Ministries at Joel’s Place13 North Coastal Hwy.

at Bonnybridge Rd. • 964-5001Pastor Neil Bush

Bible Connection Ministries410 S. Coastal Hwy. • 965-1101

Pastor: Alex Grant, Jr.

First Baptist Church of Port WentworthHwy 25 • 964-5811Rev. John Ashworth

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic ChurchHwy 25 • 964-0219

Rev. Douglas Clark, Pastor

North Salem Baptist955 Hwy 30 • 964-7933

Pastor Phil Hudson

Port Wentworth Alliance Church222 Cantyre Street • 964-4495

Pastor John Smith

Faith Foundation C.O.G.I.C.7 Cantyre Street • 964-0019

Pastor, Elder Earl Williams, Jr.

Port Wentworth Baptist231 Grange Rd • 964-0762

Real Life Christian Fellowship841 Crossgate Rd.

Pastor Paul L. Taylor, Jr.

Port Wentworth United Methodist201 Turnberry Street • 964-4210

Pastor: Tom Edwards

RinconEffingham Baptist Church1007 North Columbia Ave.

826-3794Pastor: Tom Davis

St. Mary’s Holiness Church205 Stokes Ave • Rincon • 826-4525

Bishop Billy Scott

Jehovah Shammah Assembly of God432 Blandford Rd. • 826-2173

Pastor Jackie Gordon

St. Luke’s Episcopal155 Goshen Rd. 826-3332

Worship Service, 9:00 amSunday School, 10:30 am

à Rev. Liam Collins

New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

130 Giles Avenue • Rincon • 826-2431Solomon J. Roberts, Sr. - Pastor

Living Faith Church of God3789 Noel C. Conway Rd.

Rev. Sean Faircloth728-8811

House of Prayer of RinconFort Howard Road in Rincon

Services: Sunday 11 AM & 6:30 PM826-2570

Pastor: Mildred Lake

Cornerstone Baptist ChurchLexington Avenue

Sunday: 10:45am • Wednesday: 7pm 754-9650

Pastor Duane Logsdon

Centerpoint ChurchMeeting at Effingham YMCA

1224 Patriot Drive Pastors David Rhoads & Mike Bassett

826-5521

Brookstone Community Church604 Goshen Road • 401-2918

Pastor James Broxton

Church of the Harvest434 Weisenbaker Rd. • 826-6461

Rev. Brunson

Goshen United Methodist ChurchHwy. 21 at Goshen Rd • 826-6088

Pastor Devin Schultz

Abercorn BaptistBaker Hill Rd. • 826-4213

Bryant TempleW. 6th St. • 826-2896

Ephesus Reformed Baptist826-4598 • Pastor Steve Thomas

Faith Presbyterian2000 Lexington Avenue

826-6880Rev. Mary Beene

www.faithpcusa.com

First Baptist of Rincon201 E. 6th St. • 826-5536

Dr. Bob Rogers

New Life Worship Center5509 McCall Road • 826-3832

Pastor Paul Flippo

First Christian826-2224

Minister Steve Parker

Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church

Blandford Rd. • 826-5259Rev. Jonah E. Jerman

Goshen Road Baptist1323 Goshen Rd. • 826-1826

Rev. Frank Hodges

Grace Community Church1094 Goshen Rd. • 826-4204

Pastor Wesley Corbitt

Marantha Assembly of God454 Weisenbaker Rd. • 826-5234

Rev. Mike Beck

Bible Based Lutherans of EffinghamBlandford Elementary School

4650 McCall Road1 1/2 Miles from Harold’s Body Shop

Pastor Andy Krey

Northside BaptistHwy 21N • 826-5346

Rev. Mike Jones

Rincon Church of GodHwy 21, Rincon

Pastor: DeWayne Merritt

Rincon Baptist Temple305 Weisenbaker Rd. • 826-5818

Pastor: Bro. Joe Springer

Rincon Church of Christ306 E. 4th St. • 826-5440

Rincon United Methodist107 Savannah Ave. • 826-5796

Sr. Pastor: Rev. Larry Bird

Journey Community Church5938 Highway 21 South • 754-9444

Pastor Michael Bassett

St. John’s LutheranHwy 21 at 7th St. • 826-5411

SpringfieldAgape Assembly of God

703 First St. Ext. • 754-6354Pastor: Shane Holcombe

New Testament Fellowship UPC307 South Laurel St. • 754-9782

Pastor: Walter Thomas

Bethel Lutheran ELCA1984 Hwy 21N • 754-6561Rev. Shelley Nelson-Bridger

Holy Samaritan Apostolic Church of the Living God148 Rawls Drive • 754-4234

Pastor Isiah Brehler, Sr.

First Baptist of Springfield1435 Hwy 119N • 754-3443

Rev. Jeff Rollins

Northside Church of God273 Church Row • 754-4801Pastor Reginald Anderson, Sr.

Abundant Life Church1541 Highway 21 South • 754-3148

Pastor Don Burkhalter

Gethsemane Baptist1102 N. Maple St. • 754-7530

Holy Trinity Lutheran303 S. Laurel St. • 754-3353

Rev. Joe Copeck

Jerusalem Lutheran2966 Ebenezer Rd. • 754-3915

Rev. John Barichivich

Laurel Hill Lutheran530 Laurel Hill Rd. • 754-6718

Rev. David Hendrix

New Bethel Pentecostal2402 Old Dixie Hwy • 754-1509

Darrel Childress, Pastor

New Hope Apostolic525 Ardmore Oaky Rd. • 754-4079

Mount Hope Missionary Baptist5083 Mount Hope Road • 772-3280

Pastor Leonard Lemon, Sr.

Angel Haven Outreach Ministry409 S. Laurel Street • 407-0071 Pastors Carl and Leslie Canoy

St. Boniface Catholic Church1952 Hwy 21S • 754-7473Mass: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.Father Wes Lamb

St. Mathews Baptist218 Wallace Dr. • 754-3143

Springfield United Methodist209 Cleveland St.Rev. Ben Martin

Thomas Chapel AMESavannah Town Rd. • 754-1233

Turkey Branch United MethodistTurkey Branch Rd. • 754-0053Madison Morgan – New Pastor

Union Springs AMEUnion Springs Church Rd. • 754-

9460

Fellowship Bible Church841 Old Dixie Hwy. • 754-9645

Pastor Robert Quarterman

First United Pentecostal Church1735 Grove Point Rd • 927-0569

Rev. David A. Hodge

Southwest ChathamAmazing Grace Baptist Church5790 Ogeechee Road • 858-4362

Pastor: George Barron

Southwest Baptist831 Little Neck Road • 925-0699

Dr. Robert B. Peacock, Pastor

Chevis Oaks Baptist Church102 Sylvania Rd. at Chevis Rd.

925-3852Rev. Eric R. Carpenter

Bethel Baptist Church748-9085

Pastor Eddie Deas

New Vision Baptist Church2417 Louis Mills Blvd.

236-4841Pastor Gary Bradham

Savannah Holy Church of God707 Little Neck Road • 920-0042

Pastor: Rev. Ryan Ralston

Quacco Baptist Church215 Quacco Road • 925-3885

Pastor Barry Minsky

Southside Assembly of God401 Tibet AvenueRev. Jack Moon

Ft. Argyle Gospel Fellowship909 Ft. Argyle Road (Hwy. 204)Pastors Robert and Renea Jordan

748-4339

Holy Church of GodLittle Neck Road

Savannah Christian Church 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Pastor Cam Huxford

Bethel Missionary Baptist 5863 Ogeechee Rd • 927-8044

Rev. Jerome Baker

Coastal Christian Center6073 Ogeechee Rd • 925-3166

Ron and Rosie Chambers

Holy Church Of God707 Little Neck Rd • 920-0042

Rev. Ryan Ralston

New Mount Olive Baptist835 Chevis Rd. • 920-1133

New Testament Missionary Outreach

102 Waynesboro Rd • 927-6368

Southside Church Of God50 Henderson Blvd • 927-4408

Pastor John A. Reyes

Spring Hill Baptist 44 Carol Way

925-7523

Shiloh Missionary BaptistFort Argyle Road • 927-3169

Rev. Nathaniel Bowles

North Bryan CountyAbundant Life Church of God

119 Wildwood Church RoadPembroke • 653-3696

Gethsemane Baptist Church1275 Old Thorn Pond Road

660-3708Pastor: Lonnie Oglesby

Olive Branch Baptist ChurchOlive Branch Road - Ellabell

Pastor Clent Sullens(912)858-3216

Northside Independence Baptist Church

458 W. E. Smith Road • PembrokePastor Jeff Spencer • 653-3088

www.nsbcpembroke.com

Gospel Baptist Church5126 Wilma Edwards Rd.

690-1066Pastor John Whitakerwww.gospelbaptist.net

Ellabell United Methodist Church

3079 Hwy. 204 • PembrokePastor: Rodney Body

858-2534

Christ Baptist Church 3580 Wilma Edwards Road

Ellabell • 858-2724Interim Pastor: Travis Cowart, Jr.

Faith Harvest Sanctuary 1237 Bill Futch Road • Ellabell

Tony Hewitt858-5446, church

Gospel Baptist Church 5126 Wilma Edwards Road

Ellabell • 690-1066Pastor John Whitaker

Ellabell First Baptist Church 3425 Hwy. 204W • 826-5003

Pastor Keith Perdue

Pembroke United Methodist 102 College Street

653-2220Dr. Larry Sauls

Bread of Life Holiness Church #119 Cypress Bay Loop Road

Pembroke(912) 858-3161

Prophet Walter Wright, pastor

Church of ChristHwy 204 • Ellabell

Min. Joseph Holloway, Jr.858-3283

First Baptist Church of Blitchton

5204 Hwy. 80E • BlitchtonRev. Darnell Barner • 858-3274

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Barry is the son of William G. and Faye Fron of Cedartown, Georgia and is the grandson of T.J. and Eloise Hatcher of Mableton, Georgia.

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Barry, Landon and Barry, Jr. live in Savannah.

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later, the Hatfields called back, complaining that McCoy was now riding up and down the private road they share shooting his pistol from his car window. The Deputies were parked nearby for over an hour and never heard or saw anyone firing any guns.• Around 4:30am, a Deputy was tak-ing a report in Springfield of a sto-len Mercedes SUV. Another Deputy heard the report broadcast by dis-patch, and spotted the vehicle pull-ing a trailer as it turned off Hwy 21 onto First Street near the hospital. The trailer was not secured prop-erly and sparks were flying from the roadway. The Deputy began to follow and the driver quickly accel-erated, at which point he struck a parked steam roller with the Mer-cedes, causing the trailer to become unattached. The driver headed to

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Congratulations! This is your last week working for the man -- at least for this year. The Tax Foun-dation calculates that Tax Freedom Day for 2010 is April 9, which means that by Friday, Americans will have spent nearly 100 days working just to pay their taxes. If Democrats have their way, Tax Freedom Day will keep getting lat-er and later. Hold that thought. Imagine for a moment that Tax Freedom Day was Dec. 31. In other words, pic-ture working 365 days a year for the government. Now, the govern-ment would “give” you a place to sleep, food to eat and clothes to wear, but all your income would re-ally be Washington’s income to al-locate as it saw fit. Some romantics might call this sort of arrangement “socialism” or “communism.” But another perfectly good word for it is “slavery,” or, if you prefer, invol-untary servitude. No one is proposing any such arrangement. But it’s an important point conceptually. A 100 percent tax rate would be tyrannical not just because you have a right to own what you create, but because the government would necessar-ily decide what you can and can’t have. Reasonable people can of course differ about where a tax rate becomes tyrannical, and we’re far from that line in historical terms. But any amount of taxation can be unjust if it is being used for bad reasons, is applied discriminatorily or if it’s taken without representa-tion. (That’s how the American

Revolution started, after all.) Individual liberty is far from the only concern, either. The kind of country we want to be is deep-ly bound up in taxation. The Tax Foundation estimates that some 60 percent of American families already get more from the govern-ment than they pay in taxes (and the top 10 percent of earners pay more than 70 percent of the in-come taxes). If all of President Obama’s plans are enacted, that percentage will increase. We are heading toward being a country where instead of the people decid-ing how much money the govern-ment should have, the government decides how much money the peo-ple should have. Only after they passed “Obam-aCare” did Democrats clarify that this was one of their motives. ObamaCare’s appeal has less to do with saving money -- which it won’t do -- and more to do with spreading the wealth around. Sen-ate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., recently admitted that alleviating the “mal-distribution of income in America” from the haves to the have-nots is one of the legislation’s real benefits. Of course, this will fuel the na-tional debt, which has soared on both parties’ watches ($12 trillion now and heading for $20 trillion in a decade), choking liberty in an-other way. We are levying tax ob-ligations for generations to come. Our grandchildren didn’t have much representation in that taxa-tion. There’s also the simple fact that taxes impede growth, and low eco-nomic growth curtails the pursuit of happiness for everyone. Demo-crats are increasingly skeptical about this transcendently obvious point because they have convinced themselves that since government is better than the private sector when it comes to spending money wisely, it only makes sense to take money from the dumb private sec-tor and let the smart government sector decide what to do with it. Well, no matter how dumb Amer-ica’s wealth-creators might be, they’re smart enough to respond to incentives and disincentives. In-deed, since 1950, no matter where their tax rates have been, from as low as 28 percent to as high as 91 percent, the government’s take has held at about 19.5 percent of GDP, suggesting that squeezing taxpay-ers harder doesn’t necessarily yield more juice. Personally, I have never under-stood liberalism’s blind spot for liberty when it comes to taxation. A 24-hour waiting period before a teenager can have an abortion is an allegedly grotesque violation of individual freedom, but a fed-

eral government that takes vast amounts of your money -- the means by which you exercise your every freedom -- to distribute as it sees fit is “progressive”? The USA Patriot Act, whose threat to pri-vacy was somewhere between en-tirely theoretical and nonexistent for the overwhelming majority of Americans, shocked the liberal conscience. But our income tax system -- made idiotically complex by both parties -- that demands countless hours of preparation and requires law-abiding citizens to reveal (and document!) many of their most private decisions to government inspectors every year is “reasonable.” Yet many liberals even think complaining about this is a sign of right-wing dementia. Now, under ObamaCare, the IRS is going to branch out into the field of health care, enforcing man-dates and collecting fees. Perhaps it’s not entirely paranoid to fear that this will make the IRS’s past intrusions of proctological exacti-tude even less metaphorical. I bring this up because many in the Democratic Party and in the news media have a hard time understanding what the “Tea Par-ty” crowd is talking about when it complains of incipient tyranny and intrusive government. This might be why much of the media keep making up motives for the tea partiers rather than taking them at their word (as when a CNN report-er told viewers that the tea parties were driven by “anti-CNN” pas-sions). Again, reasonable people can disagree with where the line between necessary taxation and in-justice lies. But the line exists. Tax Freedom Day is going to come later and later, no matter what. Maybe we should figure out now where on the calendar we should mark down that line.

(Jonah Goldberg is an editor-at-large of National Review Online and a visiting fellow at the American En-terprise Institute. You can write to him in care of this newspaper or by e-mail at [email protected].)

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got the Camry stopped. The man claimed he was knew to the area and was lost. He was soon on his way to jail for DUI. (I reckon they let you drive the wrong way on a one way road where you’re from...)• Around 4:30pm, an Officer re-sponded to a restaurant parking lot where customers had found a woman staggering and falling to the pavement. She was unresponsive and in a stupor when the Officer ar-rived. He searched her pocketbook to find some ID while EMS treated the woman. Inside, he found 9 Xanax pills in the prescription bottle that had been refilled with 90 pills just five days earlier.• Just before 9am, an Officer was monitoring traffic on northbound I-95 and clocked a Nissan Altima at 94mph in the 65mph zone. He made a traffic stop and the Queens, New York man was unable to produce a driver’s license. He was taken to jail.• Keep your eyes open for the chumps that are stealing brass, copper and aluminum. Most recent victim was Rothwell Baptist Church, where a young man stole a 5’ and 10’ section of railing along with the brass inserts from the front of the church, then went to the back of the church and yanked 75’ of con-duit down to steal the copper wir-ing around the air conditioning unit. (Gonna need lots of air conditioning where you’re headed. and I ain’t talk-ing ‘bout the county jail!)• Here’s another chump who’s pic-ture I wanna put in the paper, so we’ll all know a chump when we see him... A Pooler man told Officers he’d purchased two moneygrams at

WalMart, one for $500 and one for $581.55. He somehow managed to lose them in the store while he was shopping. When he contacted the Moneygram people, they found out the money orders had been cashed the next day, by a Rincon man. They were able to provide the Police with a copy of the thief’s driver’s license information and photograph.• An Officer responded to the secu-rity gate at the mega site where a Guyton man told the guard he want-ed to cut through the property. The guard, of course, explained that he couldn’t go on the job site unless he had official business there. The man then drove past him onto the prop-erty, and the guard called Police and closed the gate behind him. The man returned a short time later and told the Officer that state money had paid for the road and he hadn’t left the road, so he hadn’t done any-thing wrong. The Officer explained how wrong he was and how he had, in fact, broken state law. He turned the man over to Georgia Port Au-thority Police.• A man showed an Officer the claims notice he’d gotten in the mail, telling him he’d won a grant for home improvement for $26,000. The letter included a check for $3,680, and all he had to do was deposit that check in his bank ac-count, and then mail certified funds to a Kentucky man in order to claim his winnings. Luckily, the man rec-ognized a scam when he saw one.• Neighborhood Watch Works! A little after 9pm, a man noticed two unidentified men in his neighbor’s yard, loading items from the yard into the back of their Ford pickup. He called Police and then followed the F150 as the men drove away. The Officer got the truck stopped nearby, and one of the men took off running. The driver tried saying they had permission to be removing the items, but then his partner told him they didn’t have permission and took off running. The driver was ar-

rested for driving while unlicensed, having an expired tag, and theft by taking. (And like a Good Neighbor, the Policeman was there...)• A Savannah woman was arrested for shoplifting at WalMart when she tried leaving with a pair of flip flops, a set of kids’ clothing, and a pair of men’s shorts without paying for them. (Less than $50 worth of crap and she’s in jail. Was it worth it?)• At a quarter after 2pm, an Of-ficer was westbound on Hwy 80 near Triplett Park when he clocked a maroon Chevy pickup at 89mph in the 50mph zone. He got the truck stopped at Yancey Cat and the Pool-er man was soon on his way to jail for DUI.• Officers were advised by a bank employee that a woman had called, upset about the bank’s overdraft fees, and said she was “going to the bank, closing her account, and was going to shoot someone.” Appar-ently the bank, and the police, take that kinda thing pretty seriously. They were knocking on the wom-an’s front door just a short time later. She said she’d said that in the background out of frustration, and wasn’t speaking to the bank em-ployee who overheard her. She was told to contact Police for an escort to the bank to close her account and not to go there by herself.

Bloomingdale• An off duty Effingham Deputy happened to be in the convenience store when the clerk asked a cus-tomer what he had in his pants pocket as he was leaving. The Dep-uty had the man stop, and soon removed an energy drink the man was trying to shoplift. He was given a criminal trespass notice and will now have to walk to Pooler to visit a convenience store.• A little after 6pm, an Officer re-sponded to a traffic accident on Cherry Street at Hwy 80 where a

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West Chatham Middle School participated in the FCCLA State STAR Events Competition this year in Athens, Georgia. London Delks, WCMS FCCLA Chapter President, competed in the Career Investigation event ju-nior level. She chose Career Coach as her topic of research. London earned a silver medal for her hard work and hours of research and practice. Mrs. Brooks, WCMS FCCLA’s Advisor, London, Mrs. Delks, and Lindsey Delks stayed at the Found-ry Park Inn and Spa in downtown Athens, next door to the UGA cam-

pus for three days and had a lot of fun! We attended all the Leader-ship Conference Sessions, Recog-nition Ceremonies, Career Expo, Gala Reception, and toured UGA’s campus with Mrs. Brooks son, Zachary Callaghan, who is a Fresh-man at UGA. We had an early dinner at UGA’s, The Village Summit, and then attended an Art Exhibition. Participating in the FCCLA State STAR Events Competition and ex-periencing UGA’s campus life was a lifetime experience never to be forgotten for all.

WEST CHATHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL FCCLA

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