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THE ISLANDER, JULY 6, 2009, PAGE 19
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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. □
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