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THE ISLANDER, JANUARY 5, 2009, PAGE 19
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Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Wilson
announce the marriage vow renewal
of their daughter Sheryl M. Hazzard
to Kevin L. Hazzard.
Mrs. Hazzard is the granddaughter
of Mr. Maurice T. Wilson of St. Simons
Island and Ms. Angeline Wilson of
Brunswick. Mr. Hazzard is the son of
Curtis Smith of Cherry Hill, N. J. and
Viola Hazzard of Brunswick.
The Hazzards are currently
employed at A Perfect You Salon in
Brunswick.
The ceremony will take place Sat
urday, January 17 at Zion Baptist
Church in Brunswick at 5:30 p.m. □
Author James Cobb to speak at CGHS meeting
On Sunday, January 18 Dr. James
Cobb will speak at the Coastal Geor
gia Historical Society’s annual mem
bership meeting. The meeting begins
at 3 p.m. at the A. W. Jones Heritage
Center.
Cobb is the B. Phinizy Spalding
Distinguished Professor of History at
the University of Georgia. His numer
ous publications include Redefining
Southern Culture and The Brown
Decision, Jim Crow, and Southern
Identity (both Georgia), Away Down
South, The Selling of the South: The
Southern Crusade for Industrial
Development, 1936-1990 and The
Most Southern Place on Earth: The
Mississippi Delta and the Roots of
Regional Identity.
According to the Times Literary
Supplement, Cobb’s book, Georgia
Odyssey is “An excellent window
through which to take honest mea
sure of the state.” Georgia Odyssey is
a lively survey of the state’s history
from its beginnings as a European
colony to its current standing as an
international business Mecca.
Cobb guides readers through the
state’s self-imposed Jim Crow era
to its role as host of the Centennial
Olympic Games and the transition
from the linchpin of the Democratic
Solid South to its current dominance
by the Republican Party. “The con
stantly shifting cultural landscape
of contemporary Georgia presents a
jumbled panorama of anachronism,
contradiction, contrast, and peculiar
ity.”
A Georgia native, Cobb delights in
debunking familiar myths about his
state as he brings its past to life and
makes it relevant to today. Not all of
that past is pleasant to recall, Cobb
notes. Moreover, not all of today's
Georgians are as unequivocal as the
tobacco farmer who informed a visit
ing journalist in 1938 that "we Geor
gians are Georgian as hell.” That
said, a great many Georgians, both
natives and new arrivals, care deeply
about the state's identity and con
sider it integral to their own. Georgia
Odyssey is the ideal introduction to
our past and a unique and often pro
vocative look at the interaction of that
past with our present and future.
The lecture is free and open to the
public; a book signing will follow the
lecture. For more information, call
912.638.4666. □
"The Rise and Fall of Atticus Finch"
As part of this year's The Big
Read: To Kill a Mockingbird, a free
public program will be presented by
Chris Metress and entitled “The Rise
and Fall of Atticus Finch.”
Metress is a Professor of English
at Samford University in Birming
ham, Alabama, and an expert on
southern literature. He is the editor
of The Critical Response to Dashiell
Hammett, The Lynching of Emmett
Till: A Documentary Narrative, and
Emmett Till in Literary Memory and
Imagination.
The programs are scheduled Fri
day, January 16, 10 a.m. at the
Southeast Georgia Conference Cen
ter at Brunswick’s College of Coast
al Georgia; and at the Brunswick
Library on Saturday, January 17 at
3 p.m.
The program is sponsored by the
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities
Association, The Brunswick-Glynn
County Library and the Glynn Coun
ty Schools. Dr. Metress’ visit is fund
ed by the Georgia Humanities Coun
cil and the National Endowment for
the Humanities, and through appro
priations from the Georgia General
Assembly.
Additional funding has been pro
vided by the Friends of the Bruns
wick Library. □
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S1ANDER
Health System welcomes
Glynn County's First Baby of 2009
Southeast Georgia Health
System’s Brunswick Campus
welcomed Aubrigh Raylyn
Vizcaino at 1:23 a.m. New
Year's day.
The proud parents are
Erica Vizcaino and Timothy
Keach of Brunswick. She was
delivered by Matthew John
ston, MD, and weighed in at
5 lbs., 6 oz., and measured 18
inches long. She is the cou
ple’s second child—Aubrigh
joins big sister Thalia, 3.
Both mom and dad were
surprised that Aubrigh made
her debut on New Year’s Day.
“She was a little early, but we
are very excited to have her
here,” Keach said.
The Health System pre
sented the parents and baby
with a large gift basket full of
goodies and baby care neces
sities from the Brunswick
Campus Gift Shop. □
From left: big sister Thalia,
dad Timothy, and little
Aubrigh.
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Young at Heart
Wednesday,
January 7
2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Casino Theater
"Young at Heart." USA/UK, 2007, directed
byStephen Walker. Overthe last 25 years, there
has existed a group of senior citizens living In
Northampton, Massachusetts, who refuse to
let age and III health get them down. This Is a
documentary based on the lives of the current
singing group of 24 senior citizens, brought to
the big screen by British filmmaker, Stephen
Walker, who saw their performance In London.
109 minutes; Rated P0.
Upcoming Movies Include:
January 14 - Capote • January 28 - Under the Same Moon
Movies are free, but contributions are appreciated.