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THE ISLANDER, JULY 6, 2009, PAGE 19 J3ea JCiny ancf OSucf 33acfyna to wecf in CTluyust ceremony Lea Elizabeth King and Timothy Michael “Bud” Badyna of St. Simons Island are pleased to announce their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Nancy and the late Lamar King of Nahunta, Georgia. She is the grand daughter of Ruth and the late Cecil Moody and Elma and the late C.L. King, all of Nahun ta. Miss King is an honor grad uate of Brant ley County High School in Nahunta and attended Mer cer University in Macon. She graduated cum laude from Valdosta State College in Valdosta with a Bach elor of Fine Arts degree in Speech Com munications with a Public Relations con centration. She serves as Marketing Officer for Southeastern Bank in Darien. The groom-to-be is the son of Davida and Joseph Badyna of Toledo, Ohio. He is the grandson of the late Rose and Max Moldawsky and the late Clem entine and Joseph Sr., Badyna, all of Toledo. Mr. Badyna is a graduate of Rog ers High School in Toledo. He gradu ated from the University of Toledo with an Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Medicine and is an honor graduate of Coastal Georgia Commu nity College with an Associate Degree in Nursing. He currently serves as a Trauma Center Emergency Room Registered Nurse with Memorial Hospital in Savannah. An early evening ceremony is planned for Saturday, August 15 on the lawn of Neptune Park on St. Simons Island. A reception will immediately follow in the St. Simons Island Casino Atrium. Invitations will be sent. □ Lea King and Timothy "Bud" Badyna Cool Art and Sweet Tea art exhibit Becky Tucker's Dog Portraits are on display was at the Cool Art and Sweet Tea art exhibit on July 11. The Georgia Coastal Artists Guild will hold a "Cool Art and Sweet Tea" exhibit Saturday, July 11,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Thorpe Building of the United Methodist Chinch, 624 Ocean Boulevard, St. Simons Island. This is one of only three exhibits that the group as a whole presents each year. All artists will be present to wel come viewers. More than 20 members are expected to dis play art. A painting by Majid Ejlali will be raffled off, and 2 x 2 miniatures by the artists will be sold to benefit their projects. Through the years since Georgia Coastal Artists formed under Bill Hendrix at the Coastal Center for the Arts, it has grown and served the commu nity. With GIAHA, and with Glynn Art Association, as well as individually, the group has taken paintings into schools, (family history paintings, local land scape images, drawing demonstrations of student portraits). A special group of GCA artists volunteered art instruc tion in grade 8.5 at Risley. Since their founding in the 1980’s, the artists have donated framed paint ings to charity auctions for the Ameri can Cancer Society Galas, for Amity House Taste of Glynn, and for special children’s events such as at C-Boy Stables for children with cancer, when an artist sketched likenesses amidst the other festivities. Recently the group donated art work to the Magnolia Manor Women’s Event at Sea Palms. They have also mounted exhibits at Hospice of Glynn, at Southeast Georgia Health Systems, and at the Three Riv ers Regional Libraries. □ NSTEP ANDER. History brought to life with Major William Horton, a British Colonial Officer The Living History Program on Jekyll Island will present a free-of charge, fun-filled day with Major Wil liam Horton, a British Colonial Officer, along with his company of soldiers and indentured servants. The event will be held Saturday, July 11, at 2:00 p.m. at the Horton House on Jekyll Island. The Living History Program is the product of Fort Frederica National Monument and the Jekyll Island Museum working togeth er to interest people in the southeast and beyond about local history. Horton, portrayed by Jon Burpee of Fort Frederica National Monument, will spend the day bellowing orders at the 18th century British soldiers and explaining his grievances against the Spanish. Horton’s struggle centers around holding onto the Jekyll Island estate and Fort Frederica for England. John Hunter, director of the Jekyll Island Museum, a division of the Jekyll Island Authority, which maintains the Horton House Historic Site, said, “In 1742, Horton was placed in command of a new grenadier company of 30 men and Fort Frederica was raided by the Spanish. Finally, his house was burned down and his crops and livestock were destroyed." ‘With the help of his indentured servants, Horton rebuilt his home by the following year. The sturdy tabby house still stands today and is one of the earliest standing tabby structures in Georgia.” Horton’s servants will demonstrate chores such as carding and spinning wool, soap making, and blacksmithing, all essential skills in the colonial era. Guests can try their skills in a variety of 18th century entertainments such as hoop rolling, graces, and sack racing. During the living history program, visitors can quench their thirst with a dram of Major Horton’s finest beverag es. Horton, who established Georgia’s first brewery, will offer up his best hospitality inside Horton House, with family-friendly drinks poured by his servants. Visitors will be served frothy mugs of ginger-flavored “ale” (ginger ale) or root-flavored “beer” (root beer). Guests can participate in the colonial life of Jekyll through an assortment of activities designed to share information about Horton and his significant role in producing goods to supply the needs of the struggling British colony. “It is our hope that the guest’s inter action with historical games, musket demonstrations, and food and drink will help experience first-hand the stra tegically important role of Jekyll Island in the struggle for British survival in the New World,” said Hunter. For more information, call the Jekyll Island Museum on Stable Road, 912- 635-4036. Admission to the living his tory program is free of charge. □ Slarl Eli s unmier Or Qaiideii Shop 1908 Gloucester Street, Brunswick • 262- 103k e won 11 We’ll maL Please Compare Our LocaJion, Qua lily & Rales! with Beau bfnl flowers y!oi/e 371 Overview Drive, ^§| Inside the Jekyll Island Club Hotel Jj 635-2600 ext. 1010 1 599 Beachview Drive, St. Simons Island 912.634.2122 ~ oceaninnsuites.com
