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A gritty reminiscence of the Old West and American law on a moral fringe when men werent afraid to sweat, and justice sat at the end of a gun and gavel. This representation of Val Kilmers Doc Holliday re-minds us that good lies in men who appear somewhat crooked, and loyalty is priceless. Its a reminder to connect to our past and look to the American future with the same determination and guts. Griffin the

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Staff Picks (4)

Slow Exposures (5)

The Agile Enterprise (8)

Solitary Man (12)

Griffins Fond Fairwell

to Rectify (16)

OUTDOORS: Fishing

Companion (22)

Paparazzi (23, 43)

Legalizing Cannabis (26)

SPORTS: Griffins Own

Speed Racer (32)

Mowing with a Meaning (37)

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With less than a dozen storefronts and not a single stoplight for miles, Concord, Georgia, is unlikely to evoke the image of a typical artists haven; but when the third weekend in September rolls around, photog-raphers and photography lovers from across the coun-try will make their way to this picturesque town. In fact, SlowExposures, a juried photography exhibit cel-ebrating the rural South, attracts hundreds of visitors to Pike County each fall.

SlowExposures, a 2015 recipient of the Governors Award for the Arts and Humanities, began as a grass-roots effort to preserve the community. Now in its 14th year, "SlowE" is a nationally recognized exhibition drawing some of the best and brightest photographers, both amateur and professional, from around the country. Those jur-ied into the show include a Pulitzer Prize winner, photographers whose work is exhibited in the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery of Art, as well as students just beginning their artistic journeys. Their works cap-ture the essence of todays South, whether in the faces of its residents or the beauty of its land.

Eliot Dudik (eliotdudik.com), one of this years jurors, first discovered SlowExposures about five years ago and has missed the show only once since. I love that it is a fairly small, intimate gathering of like-minded photographers [set] in the graceful land-scape of western Georgia, during the most beautiful time of the year. Dudik, who is a published author and founder of the photography program at the College of William & Mary, has attended numerous photog-raphy festivals, but suggests that SlowExposures has a unique feel. It is run by some of the most passionate and generous people Ive ever met. I dont know of any other festivals that have a kickoff party in the front yard of a charming farmhouse, trees lit, crickets chirp-

ing, and looking out over the horse paddocks. Its such a great way to meet new folks and see good friends.

Houck Medford, (houckmedford.com) a documentary artist from North Carolina, is also a SlowE fan. My wife and I are lifelong veterans of festivalssports, crafts, and photographybut never have we experi-enced such a warm environment for conversation, the opportunity for cross fertilization of ideas, and the na-tive stimulation that the participating artists individu-ally brought to this event. Despite the shows relative proximity to the bustle of metropolitan Atlanta, the slow pacing of the four days facilitates a saturated ab-sorption. The genuineness of this community provides healing time from the rapid pace of another life that

everyone brought with them but left checked at the county line.

In a demonstration of true Southern hospitality, many members of these communities open their homes to the visiting photographers. In May, for example, Brant Barrett of Surf-side Beach, South Carolina, and Angela Wells of Ayden, North Car-olina, spent a week as Artists in Res-idence in Pike County. Housed in the Elliot Helms Guest House, a ren-

ovated 1910 bungalow, they rambled the countryside and were welcomed into homes and businesses across the county. Without a doubt, the most outstanding quality of the community is the people themselves, said Barrett. Everywhere I wentand I drove about 700 Pike County milesthe people were open, friendly, and very accommodating...Like eggs, people are better in the country. These two artists will have their own PopUp Show during 2016 SlowExposures.

The photographs of SlowE cover the gamut from emo-tionally charged images of individuals to the serenity of the land. In addition to the main show, this years

"The genuineness of this community

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event will include an exhibit of Southern Icons, A to Z, featuring the works of different photographers and writers. 5ob Mc'onald, one of the curators of this exhibit, says the goal is to demonstrate the realities of the contemporary South, which is less convention-ally rural, for example, and more diverse in every way than would have been conceivable just a generation ago. Pulitzer recipient and 2015 SlowExposures winner Preston Gannaway (prestongannaway.com will present a solo show at Stricklands, and legendary New

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Starting a company and nurturing it to profitability takes wit, courage, and innumerable hours of hard work. Finally, the business seems to run itselfbut the hard work isnt over. At todays pace of business, staying competitive means continually challenging the status quo to streamline processes and improve quality of service. And, as business moves faster and a company grows, communication becomes both more important and more challenging.

Liberty Technology defines itself by just such a forward-thinking mindset. As a managed service provider (MSP), Liberty provides com-prehensive IT services to keep their clients infrastructure running smoothly. So its only natural that they regularly evaluate their own ways of doing business to find ways they can add even more effi-ciency and value.

For example, Liberty challenged the way service tickets were mov-ing through the system. A ticket for a clients problem would come in, go through a dispatcher, and be assigned to a single person; then it would be out of everyone elses hands. There had to be a way to help the team work faster and more efficiently with the same amount of ef-fortthey just needed a better way to manage their work. The first step was finding a management method that was the right fit for the business. For example, while manufacturers may benefit from precise, proven procedures that consistently yield the same product, problem-solving work like architecture requires some elbow room for creativity. MSPs deal with many different problems on a daily basis: physical hardware fails, a hacker attacks a clients network, or a user accidentally breaks a program. Liberty needs to creatively adapt to changing circumstances and engage everyone on the team. Liberty found their answer in a business philosophy used in the soft-ware development industry. The Agile philosophy is a set of principles that fosters collaboration among team members. In short, the Agile enterprise focuses on rapid response to change. Liberty doesnt de-velop software, but they have found success in implementing Agile processes and adapting the philosophy to managed services. Full-scale implementation of Agile is a long process, but there are plenty of techniques that everyone can use to improve the way they work.

The traditional method of splitting up work is to assign each task to one person at a time. If a client is accidentally mishandled or if an as-signment sits for too long, the blame is on an individual. Take a step

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back and youll see thats not how customers view businesses from the outside. If a company doesnt send your order, you dont blame the person who put it in the wrong box; you blame the entire company. Small businesses cant afford to lose cus-tomers to chance mishaps or fire every employee who makes a mistake. Thats why Agiles focus on teamwork is critical. Now, when a ticket comes in to Liberty Technology, all team members can see it and anyone can pick it up. The entire team openly discusses all service tickets in a morn-ing meeting, and everyone knows whats on everyone elses plate. These meetings, called stand-ups, can be whittled down to about 15 minutes, depending on the size of the team. Stand-ups foster accountability among team members, but more impor-tantly, they create a stronger team dynamic. Stand-ups are a way for team members to communicate to the entire team at once about the work they do. As vital as stand-ups are, a team needs to be able to communicate more than once a day. Liberty Technologys work is fluid and comes in at all hours. To ensure that teammates can communicate with one another as quickly as they can with friends and family, Liberty Technology uses the chat platform Slack. Slack is easy to install on a smartphone, and it has robust do-not-disturb features that let team members set boundaries while staying connected. Everyone at Liberty Technology can instantly access their teammates, and this open communication means customers problems get solved faster.

Improved communication also fosters feedback, which, in turn, perpetuates im-provement. To gain the most value from modern management techniques like Agile, its often best not to start with a comprehensive plan to implementation, because circumstances will have changed in the time it takes to develop a plan. The most successful business owners play it a little bit loose and change course when they need to. They communicate what they want to accomplish to their team members, ask for feedback, and address each concern with care. Thats how Liberty Technol-ogy has inspired their whole team to take action: everyone has a say in how work is accomplished. When people know that theyre heard, they feel empowered to make a difference.

Liberty Technology CEO Ben Johnson and COO Nathan Jones recognized the need for MSPs to reconsider how services are delivered and found success in applying principles from the Agile software development philosophy to their MSP business. They and other team members from Liberty Technology have formed The Agile MSP, an organization dedicated to helping MSPs and other businesses discover what implementing Agile practices can do to improve the way they work. For more information on how Agile practices can improve your

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Couple that with fellow Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreaus dictum, I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude, and you will understand why the mountains are a constant destination.

On that Saturday I awoke to a gloriously sunny late-winter day, so with bike in tow I drove over the Richard Russell Parkway to Smithgall Woods. If youve never been, youre missing out on one of our states great natural treasures. I would say its a well-kept secret, but Im not sure thats true, and even if it were, here I am telling you about it. But its undoubtedly much less used than either Unicoi or Vogel, two nearby state parks that are more widely known.

The official name of the park is Smithgall Woods Dukes Creek Conservation Area. Its 5,664 acres (compared to 233 acres at Vogel and 1,050 at Unicoi) have their own charm, and unlike other state parks, if you dont like being out in the woods, its probably not going to be your cup of tea. But if you agree with Emerson, it doesnt get much better. Not to mention, a river runs through it. Or, to be more precise, the restorative waters of Dukes Creek.

Smithgall Woods was acquired by the state of Georgia in 1994 from Charles A. Smithgall, Jr., and dedicated as a Heritage Preserve under the Georgia Heritage Act of 1975. Its five miles of trails and 18 miles of roads (paved and unpaved) are ideal for hikers or bikers.

On my first trip there last August, I biked four miles in on Tsalaki Trail, all the way over to State Highway 75 outside Helen, and then back out again. It was quite strenuous. Downright lungbusting. Even on a somewhat cool and overcast August day I was a sweaty mess. The ups and downs of the hills were calorie burners, and though Im in good cardio shape, it was still a tough workout for this lowcountry rider. Those kinds of hillsnay, any hillssimply dont exist in Savannah.

Six months later, with backpack, book, and journal strapped tight, I was simply looking for a great way to spend a beautiful winter afternoon outside. I found it.

After huffing up the initial hill that leads away from the Visitor Center, I stopped first to say hello to

BLESSED WITH A FOUR-DAY PASS OVER THE LAST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY, I MADE TRACKS FOR THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA. RALPH WALDO EMERSON WROTE THAT IN THE WOODS WE RETURN TO REASON AND FAITH. THERE I FEEL THAT NOTHING CAN BEFALL ME IN LIFE, NO DISGRACE, NO CALAMITY, WHICH NATURE CANNOT REPAIR.

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the Smithgall bee farm. Even on a chilly afternoon, the little fellas were buzzing around in superior numbers, preventing me from moving in for a closer look, which was probably for the best. They didnt mind posing for pictures, though.

A little farther on I parked my bike by the side of a field that in August was bursting with blooming sunflowers but that now lay dormant. I spent a golden half hour writing in my journal, noting and describing the beauty all around me, listening to the rushing sound of Dukes Creek just beyond the meadow.

Dukes Creek has been rated one of the top 100 trophy trout streams in the country, and its meandering waters lie at the heart of the park. I found myself stopping repeatedly on my bike ride to just sit beside it. Its more like a river than a creek.

You dont have to be a fisherman to enjoy it, either. Im not, and I spent the better part of the day sitting on its banks listening, pondering, reading, watching, writing, thinking. Every so often Id meet a fly fisherman wading through the waters, and wed nod to each other. Some of them must have wondered what the guy on the bank was writing about in his notebook. I enjoyed their silent company and appreciated that each of us was ultimately there for the same reasons though doing different things. Thoreau told us its not what you look at that matters, its what you see.

Sitting beside picturesque Bays Bridge as the cascading creek tumbled over rocks glinting in the lowering afternoon sun, I realized: I need to come back here, to these mountains, these woods, this water, in every season, for as long as I can. As a wise man once said, there may be more to learn from climbing one mountain 20 times than from climbing 20 different mountains. Ill never be finished here.

Yes, Stan, this is all lovely, but were busy people here. Is there anything really to do there? My answer is that it all depends on what you mean by doing. As writer Roger Cohen thoughtfully noted, too often we confuse activity and movement with accomplishment and fulfillment. More may be gained through a pause.

This doctors advice: Take a moment sometime soon and visit a place like Smithgall Woods. If not there, someplace like it, near or far from where you live. Our stateindeed, our nationhas a wealth of such places set aside for us.

To paraphrase John Muir, he who gains the blessings of one mountain day is rich forever. Go collect your winnings.

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Quite a few films and television shows have been shot right here in Griffin in recent years, and given the film industrys ever-expand-ing presence in the state of Georgia, theres no doubt that well see many others in the future. However, its doubtful that any show will ever capture the look, feel, and soul of Griffin quite as thoroughly (or as artfully) as SundanceTVs superb television series Rectify. The show spotlights the life of Daniel Holden (played by Aden Young), an ex-convict trying to start a new life after spending 19 years on death row. The story mostly unfolds within the fictional city of Paulie, Georgia...a small, rural town with a population of about 12,000. Series creator Ray McKinnonpreviously best known for his memorable acting turns in films and TV shows like Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy, and Mudgrew up in a small town in south Georgia, and his familiarity with the nuances of small-town life is evident throughout the series. Theres a real sense of place in Rectify that few television shows are capable of matching, and thats partially due to the shows commitment to finding precisely the right filming location.

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We took the four quadrants of Atlanta, and we drove all over the place looking, says Executive Producer Marshall Persinger, who was responsible for finding ideal locations to present to McKinnon. We thought Cartersville was really coolthere was a bridge that overlooked a small town, and we were looking for this small-town Georgia feel...a small town with a downtown, with a square, and where some of the stores are closed. As you read Rays script...his south Georgia hometown was prob-ably what he had in mind, Persinger says. So, it was unbelievable to drive into every one of these small towns. One town they looked at was Jackson, which is where the prison is located in the story, but the real prison located thereGeorgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prisonwouldnt permit filming there. Every single town we looked at had the sort of layout that was described in the story, Persinger notes. Griffin didnt have the town square, per se, but it did have a Main Street. The town for the story was supposed to have about 12,000 people, and Griffin was about 25,000, but it was more savvy for production to have a bigger town that we could make seem smaller.

As the search continued, it became increasingly clear that Griffin was the best option. It had to be around Atlanta, says McKinnon. So we looked around the perimeter. Now the metropolitan area is so big that a lot of the small towns are gentrified, and I wanted a place that feels more like youre further away from the city. I wanted the beauty, and the ugly, and the disrepair, and the evolution of strip malls. You know, the 30-year-old strip malls and the 20-year-old ones. So it offered a lot of that. I said, I want to film whatevers real. Theres Georgia architecture, theres Dollar General, its all of the above. The relationship between the citizens of Griffin and the show has largely been a happy one, and everyone involved with the show has worked hard to keep it that way. Persinger reflected on the shows early days in the city: Ray, from the beginning, at every production meeting, at every cast read-through, would say, I just want to

remind everyone that were guests here. Were guests in this town, and you should have manners and take care of it, just as if it were your own. I think that thats been a philosophy throughout the whole production. The shows presence has certainly had a positive economic impact on the city: owners of shooting locations are given location fees, the hundreds of cast and crew members staying in Griffin make plenty of local purchases, and the producers make an effort to support local businesses when theyre looking for set dressing and props. Every set is dressed with many items that have either been bought or rented from here, so you know that is a valuable contribution, Persinger says. And we procure it locally. Bank Street, I would think, has had a really good run, as has 6th Street Pier. I think many vendors have been happy. Location manager Steve Dirkes agrees: We have a good impact, we really do. I took over this department just this year, and I havent come across anybody whos been unhappy at all. Theyve been extremely helpful. If they dont want to have us, its usually for a reason, like somebody was sick or something, but most people are excited to have filming in their home. It used to be that way in Atlanta, when I started 20 years ago, but now its getting more like L.A., where its getting increasingly difficult and expensive. Currie Pierce, who runs Hills Tire & Auto (which doubles as Paulie Tire on Rectify), enjoys watching the show film in his business despite some occasional inconveniences. Its been fun...its definitely been a different experience, he says. They can come in here and turn our shop around in less than a week and it looks totally different. Its all been positive. The only downside to it is sometimes customers need tires fixed real quick and were not able to do it, so they have to go somewhere else. Still, hes quick to note that the shows presence has boosted the business in general. He says that customers often come in and talk about the show, and notes one scene in particular they tend to focus on: Obviously, a lot of people remember the coffee grinds scene, he laughs, referring to a bizarre moment from the end of the first season. (Trust me: if youve seen it, youll remember it.) A lot of people come in and say, Is this where the coffee grinds thing happened? and theyll point to the exact spot. I know thats kind of a strange one for people to remember, but thats the scene everyone talks about. The bulk of Rectify is shot on location: each episode takes seven days to film, and typically, only two of those days are devoted to shooting in the studios the production team has set up in local warehouses owned by American Tanning and Leather (a local alligator and crocodile skin tannery). Christy Plott, the tannery co-owner, takes great pleasure in giving everyone involved with the

I tell McKinnon that, for me, watching the show feels akin to reading a novel, with each

episode feeling more like a chapter of a book than a

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show a tour of the facilities and has even made some close friend-ships as a result of the shows presence. (She went on a Cuban vacation with one of the shows producers, and affectionately refers to lead actress Abigail Spencerwho stays with Plott when shes in townas my roommate.) Its been a really good thing for the community in general, she says. I get a check from them every month, so thats nice, but they do everything they can to spend money locally. It helps everybody out. Walking through the studios on Plotts property is a surreal experi-ence: one minute youre on death row in a Georgia penitentiary, then youre in an apartment looking at a Nashville skyline, and then youre in a dimly-lit psychiatrists office. Meanwhile, dozens of hard-working crew members scurry around adjusting lights, moving cables, setting up props, and taking care of countless other tasks. Its cool, right? Plott marvels. Its awesome. I remember when they first moved in and set up the teenagers bedroom, and I was like, oh my God, this could be my nephews room, and its right here in my warehouse! The rest of the week, the show is moving all over town: they might be at Hills Tire & Auto for one scene, Murphys Restaurant for another, and at a local residence for another. I ask Dirkes if shooting in a small town like Griffin makes a big difference in terms of being able to move from location to location over the course of a day. Abso-lutely. Everything is easier, less expensive, and more enjoyable, he says. If youre shooting inside the Atlanta perimeter, like the last several movies I did, youre almost driving an hour in traffic just to get there. Just to get to different locations in Atlanta, youre always driving a minimum of 30, 45 minutes just to get between locations. Here, youre driving 5-10 minutes to get between locations. Since it began airing in the spring of 2013, Rectify has earned lavish critical acclaim: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Time, The Hollywood Reporter, The Huffington Post, and many other distin-guished publications have dubbed it one of the best shows on television. Variety declared that the show is a master class in nuancein small looks and pauses that say more than pages of dialogue. Even so, the show has never drawn a particularly large audience, which is unsurprising given the shows languid pace, quiet tone, and resolute lack of needless sensationalism. I tell McKinnon that, for me, watching the show feels akin to reading a novel, with each episode feeling more like a chapter of a book than a traditional episode of television. Thats a kind way of saying its really slow, he quips. To be sure, slow is a descriptor casual viewers might throw at Rectify, but thats largely due to the frantic pace modern television has trained us to accept. McKinnon agrees with this notion. Recently, I watched some of the procedural shows, or at least pieces of them, he says. When I was a kid, I would watch all three stations, and I would change channels during the hour of procedural cop shows,

and Id try to figure them out. But, when I watched these [new shows], all the subtext is being spoken, all the information about how people are feeling is being spoken, and its just exposition. Im watching it and I think: This is like pornography. But Im not used to it. Not having seen that in so long, its shocking how explicit everything is now. And I understand it, because you have to have things where you can triple-task and also follow the story. With this show...Mad Men was the inspiration, because with that show, you f---ing had to pay attention. Im not always wanting to watch Mad Men. I dont always want to have to pay attention. But Im glad that the ten or twenty thousand who watch [Rectify] see the art of it. Hes joking about that figure, of course, but the real numbers are still low in contrast to many other hour-long dramas. I ask McKinnon if hes been gratified by the fact that critics have continued to champion the show and raise its profile. He chuckles: Lets think about this: if nobodys watching and you have a negative critical response, youre probably not gonna be on the air very long. Im exaggerating, but had it not been for the critical response, Im not sure we would have stayed on the air. Look, youre reflecting your skewed view of the world through your art, and you hope somebody gets it. And some of these guys have, and its sustained the show. Rectifys upcoming fourth season will be its last (a decision made mutually by the network and McKinnon), and McKinnon hasnt decided what his next step might be. However, hes grateful for the opportunity to have told this story on his own terms, without being asked to make any compromises: One reason its shocking that it ever got made is that this is what it was. Its what it was always meant to be. And I knew that it was a long shot. It was a wild time in television, and serialized storytellingwhich so many people were doingand Sundance decided to take a chance on it. I dont know that a show like this could be made now. Things have changed, and that little window is over. McKinnon speaks warmly of Griffin, noting that his encounters with local residents have been consistently positive and smiling as he recalls the joy of sinking his teeth into a hamburger from Griffiths Drive-In. As we talk about the fact that his grand project is nearly completed, he grows reflective. I wrote this story because I wanted to know what happened to this character that was inside my head, he says. I really just wanted to see, so I did that. Flash-forward five, six years later, and Im back in my home state with all these people helping to tell this story. You need all these people to help tell this story because you want to reach a certain level of professionalism and artfulness. But the thing that I didnt really think about...it wasnt until I was here and I saw the local boys and the teamsters and the girls doing makeup and all the different ethnic groups that I thought, You know, theyre making a living. Theyre making a living wage doing something that, on some level, mattersas much as anything mattersand theyre feeling good about it. And that makes me feel really good. The fourth and final season of Rectify will air on SundanceTV in the fall of 2016.

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Merlin was a dog-pound dog.

In the summer of 1974 Linda and I had been talking about getting a pet dog. We lived at Grandview Apartments and they allowed pets. That summer we spent about a month visiting her parents in Salisbury, Maryland, where I enjoyed catching sum-mer flounder off the bridge going out to Ocean City.

The day in early July before we left to head back to Griffin, we decided to visit the local dog pound just to get an idea of what kind of process was involved. Our plan was to get a dog from the local pound when we got home.

That morning at the pound there were dozens of dogs in cages, all yapping for attention. One cage had about eight fur balls in it, small brown and white puppies. All but one jumped and pawed at the wire, seeming to say Take me! But one sat back looking at us with an expression that seemed to say Im the one you need and want.

Even after they scared us by telling us the puppy was some kind of St. Bernard mix when we wanted a small dog, and even though we found out she was female when we wanted a male, we adopted her. Both of us were already in love with her. Fortu-nately, she turned out to be about 90 percent border collie, very smart and just the right size.

Linda was reading a book about Merlin the magician at the time, and Merlin seemed to fit the puppy since she had worked magic by stealing our hearts, so that was her name. That day started fourteen-and-a-half years of joy with her.

Although only about six to eight weeks old, Merlin slept in a cardboard box by our bed at Lindas parents house that night and never whined, made a mess, or woke us. The next day we loaded all our stuff into our Cutlass Supreme convertible, with Merlin at Lindas feet on the passenger side, for our 14-hour drive to Griffin. We really didnt know what to expect but had a roll of paper towels handy. On that whole trip she never made a mess, even though we stopped for a break only about three times. She was paper trained almost as soon as we got home, and within a short time she learned to go to the door when she needed to go out.

If we left her alone, no matter whether we were just walking down the driveway for the mail or going to work for eight hours, she greeted us at the door when we returned, jumping up and down and whining like we had been gone for weeks.

Although most of my memories are very good, some were bor-derline, like the first time I took Merlin fishing. A few days after we got home with her, I took her to Jackson Lake. My 1974 Ar-

row Glass bass boat had a raised front deck and she was too little to get up on it, so I would pick her up so she could stand by me.

That foggy morning, I was fishing with Merlin at my feet, as we would hundreds of times over the next few years, when I heard a splash. I looked down into the water and all I could see was the tip of her nose and two little front paws trying to keep her above water. It almost scared me to death. I reached down and grabbed her. She shook and got right back on the edge of the boat where she had been standing. The dip didnt bother her at all.

My dad did not like dogs in the house, but he tolerated Merlin when we visited. She always seemed to be on her best behavior when there. One Thanksgiving I went hunting in the morning, taking her with me. I shot a rabbit and field dressed it without realizing that Merlin was feasting on the guts. That night at our big Thanksgiving dinner Merlin was under the table at my feet. Suddenly we all heard the unmistakable sound of her throwing up. All the rabbit guts were now on the floor. Daddy didnt say a word; he just got up and went into the living room. We cleaned up the mess, Daddy rejoined us at the table, and we continued with dinner. He never mentioned that incident.

Another messy time was at Clarks Hill. Linda, Merlin, and I were fishing off an island in Little River and decided to go out and explore. Apparently some critter had dug a tunnel in a red clay bank and Merlin tried to dig it out. She was red from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail. We washed as much off as possible in the lake before letting her back in the boat, but the carpet still had some red clay stains in it when I sold that boat a few years later.

I went on few fishing trips without Merlin over the years. She loved to ride in the van and on the boat. My Arrow Glass had a 70-horsepower motor and would run only about 35 miles per hour. Merlin would stand right on the front tip of the boat with her ears blowing in the wind.

When I stepped up to a boat with a 115-horsepower motor that would run close to 50 miles per hour, Merlin did not like it the first time I went that fast with her riding up front. She quickly got down and gave me a dirty look, saying Slow down!

When Merlin was 14, she started having hip problems, and I had to build a ramp over the steps she had been bounding up for years. It got worse and worse, and she had a hard time even getting up off the floor. One day when I got home from a fishing trip, Linda told me Merlin could not get up at all that morning. Linda had taken her to Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic, where they had put her down.

I buried Merlin under the pear tree in the back yard. I think dig-ging the hole was easier because the ground was wet with my tears.

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Sarabeth had heard about families enjoying near-miraculous results from the use of medical cannabis oil to treat seizures. Still, she hesitated to try it because of the dubious legal ground surrounding its use. Im a severe rule follower, she says. Like, if Im driving in an empty church parking lot in the middle of the night, and there are white arrows painted on the ground telling you which way to go, Im following the white arrows. Im such a rule-follower that I did not use the oil at all until we were legal, and then after we tried it my only regret waswhy didnt we do this years ago?

Thats the funny thing about Geor-gias medical cannabis oil law. If you meet the qualifications, you can have the oil; you just cant get it. Georgia state law allows possession of the oil under strict guidelines, but cultivation, production, and distribution are not

yet legal. Even in Colorado, where sale of the oil is legal, you must be a resident of the state to purchase it. For this reason, some Georgia families have left their homes and moved to Colorado in order to treat their chil-dren legally with medical cannabis oil. Other parents, those who can afford it, must travel to buy recreational marijuana and try to cook up the oil in a motel room before coming home, or risk bringing the plants across state lines. Whats more, with homemade oil there is no way to test the THC or CBD levels (the active ingredients in cannabis oil) or test for any foreign substances that might be mixed in.

Like Sarabeth, most people cant imagine a situation that would find them conducting interstate drug deals or searching YouTube for instructional videos on cooking up an illegal, Schedule 1-classified narcotic

in their kitchen. Yet, hundreds of parents find themselves in precisely that surreal position, because they are caregivers of children who are suffering. Understandably, fear causes the majority of people to stick with prescribed pharmaceuticals, despite the mounting empirical evidence of cannabis oils effectiveness. This is particularly the case for those dealing with conditions not on the state registry of approved conditions, such as children with autism or veterans with PTSD.

Before she began treating Ava with cannabis oil, Sarabeth, along with Dale Jackson (See Meeting the Challeng-es of Autism in KD Issue 8.1) had already been actively advocating the legalization of cannabis oil for medical use in Georgia. They began an orga-nization called Hope United and have attended every session of the state

A slender girl in a black swimsuit, her bright blonde hair still damp from the pool, runs up and hugs her mom, Sarabeth, around the waist. Ava Fowler squints up into the sun with bright blue eyes at her moms question, So, Ava, whats your favorite thing to do?

Riding horses, she responds, and playing with my brotherand my chickens!

Legalizing CANNABIS Why Some Georgia Families Are Stirring the Pot

By Laurie Cochrane

Ava just turned 10. Recess is her favorite part of the school day. She has friends and sleepoversall pretty routine for most 10-year-old girls. But Ava was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 3, so up until a few months ago, her routine involved multiple seizures per day. During a two-week hospi-tal stay at Duke University, EEGs showed Ava was experiencing seizures in her brain, even when physical seizing wasnt evident. Doctors told her parents that there was a less than 5 percent chance she would ever out-grow her seizures. She would always experience side effects, either from the seizures or from the drugs used to suppress them. Ava was with-drawn and functioned poorly in school. She didnt play with other children; instead, she sat with the teachers at recess.

Pictured: Ava Fowler and her mother Sarabeth

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legislature for the past two years. So, when possession of the oil became legal, Sarabeth decided they couldnt wait any longer to get their hands on it. Today, the only way to do that is by means of a sort of underground rail-road between states like Colorado or California and Georgia. Some people find what they need to maNe the oil, she explains, and others have it mag-ically show up at their house.

Sarabeth is convinced the resulting freedom that children like Ava ex-perience is well worth any risk. We started on this strain of cannabis oil in December, she relates. Two months ago we had a 72-hour EEG, and it was our first-ever clear ((* 1o sei]ure activity whatsoever. Our neurologist had been against the oil and wouldnt sign Ior it 1ow weve had such ama]-ing results that she approved weaning Ava off all seizure medications. Sar-abeth has told her story many times, Eut she still has trouEle fighting EacN the emotion as she relates, Its a hard thing to explain that I met my child for the first time at years old She was in such a fog. But she has a personality now just a regular kid.

Sarabeth and Dale willingly spend much of their time educating others and trying to overcome years of stigmatization of cannabis. They would like to see people begin viewing cannabis oil legalization, not as a social issue, but as a health issue.

Dale believes that information and education are key: Most people start out thinking that were literally smoking a joint and blowing it in our kids face, says Dale. Thats our starting point, and all it taNes is a five-minute conversation to get past that. Sarabeth adds, And meeting our kids who arent high. Just seeing that were rational, professional adults.

Hope United is now working toward in-state cultivation, production, and lab testing of medical cannabis oil. House Bill 722 as originally introduced would have legalized in-state medical marijuana cultivation for two to six licensed producers. But the cultivation provision of HB 722 was removed in committee hearings. HB 722 passed the house and moved to the Senate with the modifications, Eut was Nilled by Senator Renee Unterman (R Sugar Hill/Buford), chair of the Senate Health & Human Services Committee and full-time insurance company ex-ecutive, who denied the bill a hearing.

The bill was revamped and received a favorable vote in the House, then returned to the Senate Ior a final vote on the last day of session on March 25, 2016. This version, however, pre-sented cannabis oil advocates with a tough choice: They would have to give up having autism added to the list of approved illnesses, or they would have to agree to lowering the legal THC lev-el to 3 percent. Either of these options

A licensed physician has approved use of the oil for one of eight qualifying illnesses: severe or end-stage cancer, ALS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons disease, or sickle cell disease; as well as seizure disorders, Crohns disease and Mitochondrial disease.

You are registered with the Georgia Department of Public Health and have the registration card on your person to prove it.

You are also carrying a card that designates you as caregiver, if the patient is under 18.

The oil contains no more than 5% THC and CBD in equal or greater concentration than the THC.

The oil is in a pharmaceutical container with the THC level clearly stated.

You are found in possession of no more than 20 fluid ounces of the oil.

HB 1.

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HaleigHs HoPe actYou cant be prosecuted for possessing medical cannabis oil in Georgia if you meet all the following conditions:

Pictured: Parents Sarabeth Fowler and Dale Jackson receiving press coverage at Georgias Capitol in the fight to legalize medicinal cannabis oil


leave autistic children out in the cold, as the strain of canna-bis oil effective for autism requires a higher THC level than those for seizure disorders. Under the current law, termed Haleighs Hope Act (HB 1 See sidebar The Rules), some of these families had moved back from Colorado because their kids could now receive a THC level over 3 percent.

It was close to midnight on the last day of session when a group of senators called Dale down to the floor. They wanted him to have the final say on how they voted on the amendment. Dale was told that he had 15 seconds to decide. )ighting EacN tears, 'ale told the senators to vote 1o 7he Republican caucus then voted down the amendment in their private caucus meeting, and it never came up for a record-ed vote that night on the floor. After the fact, Dale and the others found out that the amendment, authored by Unterman, provided for only severe cases of autism where extreme self-harm behaviors are present. If the amendment had passed, Dales son Colin wouldnt have been covered anyway.

Its easy to see the motivation behind keeping full legalization at bay. A safe, effective medication that can replace prescrip-tion medications and potentially be produced in someones kitchen is naturally a serious threat to Big Pharma. And le-galizing cannabis would cost Georgia law enIorcement millions oI dollars in fines, confiscated property, and imprisonments $$$

The upside of current legislation is that families who need medical cannabis oil can usually afford it at $140-$180/month. Under the bill that nearly passed, the price per month would have gone up to Eetween - 2nce theres a legal means to obtain the oil, then it will be regulated and taxed, and there will be prosecution against anyone who operates out-side those parameters. Also, unless the oil becomes FDA-ap-proved, insurance wont cover the cost. So legislation is tricky. 7he current situation is Must fine Ior those who dont mind Iorg-ing ahead, despite the laws. But many parents wont risk it. If theyre prosecuted and imprisoned, they might reason, who will take care of their ill child?

In the meantime, Hope United is working with others in another state to create oil that is safe, lab tested, and effec-tive for the citizens of Georgia. They are then helping those families learn how to access it. Colins Voice is one of the strains that Dale consulted on to help his son and others with autism. Being of real assistance to other families who need solutions has become a huge part of Dales and Sarabeths lives $Eout last night, says SaraEeth, , got a call Irom someone whose mother has Stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to her spine. I get calls every week. Its been a blessing to me to be able to lead them to get help. And, at the writing of this article, Ava has been completely off pharmaceuticals for 11 days, completely seizure-free. Im not afraid anymore, says Sarabeth. I want other people to live the difference Im living. !

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cannabis Fact & Fiction

FICTION: Kids are getting high on cannabis oil.

FACT: Ironically, it was Avas rescue seizure medication, Klonopin (clonaz-epam), that made her high. When her school had to administer it, theyd call Sarabeth to come pick up Ava early, since any focusing was over.

FICTION: Advocates for cannabis oil legalization are hippie stoners.

FACT: Some of the strongest ad-vocates for legalization of medical cannabis oil would identify themselves as political and religious conservative professionals.

FICTION: Cannabis has always been classified as a dangerous narcotic.

FACT: Cannabis was widely used in over-the-counter medicines until the Mexican Revolution in 1910, when the term marijuana and its recreational use entered the U.S. with Mexican immigrants. Marijuana then became closely linked with fear and prejudice. In 1970, marijuana was defined in federal law, the Controlled Substances Act, as a Schedule 1 drug defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. (Other Schedule 1 drugs include heroin, LSD and ecstasy.) In 1986, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act required life sen-tences without parole for repeat drug offenders and provided for the death penalty for drug kingpins.

FICTION: Prescription opiates are safer than cannabis.

FACT: According to the CDC, over-dose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999. In 2014, nearly 2 million Ameri-cans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids. There has never been a confirmed case of a person dying from ingesting or smoking too much cannabis.

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onathan Anderson may be the fastest man in the storied history of Griffin, Georgia.

And no, were not talking good ol fashioned footracing. Jonathans passion lies squarely behind the wheel of a supercharged drag racer.

My familys always done it, Anderson said. My father and two of my uncles raced. My uncle, David Simmons, was a former champion and one of the best there was around the Southeast.

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But despite his scintillating success in the NHRA, Jonathan still hasnt left his old life or career behind. He and his father operate a pair of automotive shops in Griffin. Anderson takes time away from his day job to pursue his passion, but he doesnt look at racing as an escape to stardom.

Things are different than the way they used to be, he said. A few people can do it full time for a living, but you need pretty big corporate sponsorships to make that happen. You used to be able to do it with just your [race winnings], but everything is so expen-sive nowadays.

Despite his pragmatic approach, Jonathans star contin-ues to shine. Hes been chosen to represent Division 2 in an All-Star event in July. And if he stays on track and becomes the 2016 Southeastern Champion, his reput-tion will only continue to grow.

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Drag racing is really the only sport out there that gives the average person the chance to win big money, Ander-son said. Its way better odds than playing the lottery!

When asked about some of the people who helped him make it to where he is today, two special family members came to Jonathans mind. My wife, he said, without hesitation. Weve been together since high school, so definitely her. And I have to also say my dad, ever since we moved to Griffin nearly 31 years ago.

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A Georgia summer is upon us, and that means hot grills and cool desserts! If youre firing up the grill this season, try out these sweet and savory dishes, all cooked over an open flame. Created by Catherine Jarret of ButterAndBrie.com, these recipes feature undertones of maple and bourbon and

are great on their own or prepared together as an incredibly delicious family meal.

Maple Butter Corn4 ears of corn, shucked cup butter at room temperature1 Tbsp pure maple syrupSalt and pepper to taste

Mix together softened butter, maple syrup, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Liberally spread butter mixture all over corn. Wrap each ear tightly in aluminum foil, sealing ends well. Grill wrapped corn on a medium grill for about 20 minutes or until tender. Remove the foil and grill the corn directly on the grates for 3-5 minutes to char. Serve with any leftover maple butter and salt and pepper.

Sweet Bourbon BBQ Chicken Skewers with Bacon

makes 4-5 skewers8 ounces BBQ sauce2 Tbsp bourbon

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 pieces4-5 skewers8-12 slices of bacon (If you prefer crispy bacon, use precooked slices.)

1 Tbsp packed brown sugar1 Tbsp smoked paprika (regular works okay, too)1 tsp salt tsp pepper tsp onion powder tsp garlic powder1 Tbsp maple syrup2 tsp bourbon2 Tbsp water


Grilled Peaches and Cherries With Ice Cream and Maple & Brown Sugar Syrup

4 large peaches, cut into 1 pieces14 ounces fresh cherries, pitted and cut in halfVanilla ice creamWooden or metal skewers

If using wooden skewers, soak skewers in water for 30 minutes before continuing. Thread the peach pieces and cherry pieces onto separate skew-ers. (Dont mix peaches and cherries on the same skewer.) Preheat grill to medium. Cook the fruit for 1015 minutes, flipping occasionally, until fruit is soft and showing grill marks. While cooking, make Maple & Brown Sugar Syrup. Once the fruit is cooked, remove from heat and set aside, covering it to keep it warm.

Maple & Brown Sugar Syrup1 cup brown sugar cup water cup butter, cut into pieces1 Tbsp maple syrup

In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Lower heat to medium and simmer for five minutes. Add the butter and maple syrup; stir until butter is melted. Remove from heat.

Remove the fruit from the skewers into four small serving bowls. When syrup is ready, scoop vanilla ice cream onto fruit and drizzle with syrup. Serve immediately.

Leftover syrup can be put into a tightly sealed con-tainer and refrigerated for up to a month. To reheat, uncover and microwave at 15-second intervals, stir-ring or swirling in between, until pourable. Its deli-

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Artist ProfilePEARLBOTTOM RADIO

Pearl Bottom Radio is a local band definitely worth check-ing out. The band has been play-ing together for a few years with the now-solidified lineup consist-ing of Lee White, David Schallot, Ian Fagan, Danny Paschal, and Chad Widner.The band got its name from an early musical influence. Lee remembers a very old radio that sat on a shelf in his grand-mothers kitchen when he was a child. It was up on a shelf, and the bottom of it was pearl, he said. Something about that old radio always caught my eye. When he was choosing a name for the band, Pearl Bottom Radio was one of the choices. It seemed to roll off the tongue and it fit, so it stuck!The five members all bring their distinct musical personalities to the band. This gives Pearl Bot-tom Radio an interesting, unique sound, which makes it difficult to easily place the group into a traditional musical genre. The sound is fairly Southern, vo-calist Lee White said, because I have a twangy Southern drawl when I sing. Pearl Bottom Radio is a blend somewhere in the mid-dle of Americana, Southern rock, and country. Everybody in the

band has different influences and listens to different things, Lee said. Its kinda clich, but we have our sound. Were not trying to pull or take anything from anybody else.Pearl Bottom Radio is making their mark on the Southern music scene. Six months ago, they recorded their first EP Holy Moly, which featured five original songs. Since releasing the EP in December, theyve been playing shows to promote it all around the Southeast, in-cluding in Georgia, South Caro-lina, North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. In May, they were musical guests at the Doc Holl-iday Beer, Wine & Arts Festival in Griffin. Pearl Bottom Radios The Beer Song has been get-ting attention on local radio and internet radio stations.

This attention is well-deserved. The band is made up of five guys who love truly music. Though they have day jobs, the band and music is their passion. For many of the members, Pearl Bottom Radio is not their first band. Danny and Chad have been in other bands around the area, such as FATBAK and Blue

Druids, and Ian and Lee were also in other bands. Ian is the best bass player Ive ever heard, Lee stated. This is Davids first band, and hes really grown and progressed as a guitar player. All experienced musicians, David and Chad play guitar, Ian plays bass, Danny plays drums, and Lee is on vocals. The years theyve spent playing music have resulted in this endeavor, and the shared passion comes through in every note.The band strives to make the songs relatable and have them evoke any kind of emotion in the listeners. My focus in writing the words is that once an audi-ence leaves, the songs stay in their head. I want them to wake up the next morning and the song is still in their head, said Lee. They try to create each song so the words are at the forefront, so the listener can hear and understand the words and pick up something, even if its just the hook.Lee writes most of the lyrics for Pearl Bottom Radios songs.

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Sometimes he brings the words to the other guys with an idea of a sound or a beat, and then the guys put the words to mu-sic. Other times, the band may come up with something during practice or at a show and then he writes words to the music. Writing the songs is a collab-orative process for the whole band, Lee said.

In addition to playing shows, Pearl Bottom Radio is working on filming music videos. The video for their song Knife Fight can be seen on their Facebook page or YouTube. The most

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Local music is one of the best things a community can have, and Griffin is lucky to have such talented musicians within its bor-ders. You can support this local band by liking them on Facebook and buying their EP and other merch, also available on their Facebook page. If you havent done so already, check out their music posted online, or catch one of the many shows they play around the local area. Then you can be one of the lucky people waking up the next morning singing The Beer Song as you get ready for work. !

To get in touch with or book the band, email [email protected].

The video was karaoke-style, which cut from the band playing on stage to fans on stage singing and mouthing the words along with the vocals in the video. We wanted the video to be very crowd interactive, Lee said. We wanted to get people involved. People tend to really like the song, and just about everywhere we play, people sing along to it. We thought if people wanted to sing along to it, wed give them a chance to have their face in the video. They plan on one more music video shoot in the near future.

Pearl Bottom Radio is finishing up their full-length album, and then their goal is to play as much as they can, anywhere they can. We want to buy a van and play, Lee said, chuckling. We want to get to where we can play more than just every weekend. Theyve been marketing some of the songs around, sending them to friends in Nashville or getting them heard by different out-lets like TV shows. Theyve also added their songs to iTunes and Spotify to expand the reach of their fan base.

There seems to be a fairly good underground local music fan base in the South, Lee stated. But there needs to be more. Any old band you listen to was a local band at first. Supporting local

music is a way to jump on the bandwagon from the

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Kirby Gs Though KirbyGs menu offers a variety of choices, the 50s-themed diner just off McDonoughs town square is most famous for its award-winning burgers. KirbyGs has participated in the invitation-only World Food Champion-ships every year since 2013 and will compete again at this years competition in Gulf Shores in November. Owner/manager Neil Daniell credits early awards, such as being chosen one of 11 Alives Top Five Burger Places South of I-285 in 2008, for giving the team inspiration to keep going through tough economic times.

The awards kept coming: KirbyGs was named Best Burg-er by AJC readers in both 2012 and 2013. In 2014, they were named Tastemakers Choice and they placed in the Top Five in the 2015 Bubba Burger Competition. Most re-cently, KirbyGs won Judges Choice in the 2016 Atlanta Burger Wars.

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KD team members spent a pleasant evening enjoying these prize-winning burgers and other tasty fareand also trying to figure out the 50s references in each menu items name. My favorite entre was the Old Blue Eyes Black & Blue Burger (named after Frank Sinatra), topped with blue cheese, melted Monterey Jack, and bacon, and paired with spicy mayo. A surprisingly close second favorite sandwich was the Zukos Zesty Jack Chicken, with tender, chopped chicken; melted pepper jack cheese; bacon; tomatoes; lettuce; and sauted onions. I couldnt stop eating the hot, crispy Fried Green Beans appetizer; its easy for me to believe Neils claim that he sells more of them than anyone in metro Atlanta.

Sandwiches are served with fries or chips, and all burgers are hand-pattied and cooked to order. You can keep it simple at Kir-byGs, making it a popular choice for families. Neil says, Were known for specialty burgers, but we sell more cheeseburgers than anything else. Sauces are served on the side, so you can control the amount (and mix and match).

Theres often something special going on at KirbyGs. Every Tues-day is Taste Test Tuesdaynew burger recipes are tested, and winners often become the next weeks special. Thursday is trivia night, and theres usually live music on the weekend. Bill Turpin and the Shoulderbone Creek Orchestra play on Friday nights, and other artists such as Rick Snyder, Bethany Grace, Blues Bound, and Ross Pead play on Saturday evenings. KirbyGs often participates in local events and festivals and has even attracted some attention from celebrities, including William H. Macy and the cast of Krystal. For Neil Daniell and the Pit Crew at KirbyGs, the formula is simple: Good food, good servicepeople come back.

JakeKirbyGs is a 50s-chic burger place with a reputation to live up to: the best burger in Atlanta. I dont know about the beef, but their Toros Chipotle Black Bean Burger was the best veggie burger Ive had in a while. The secret has to be the chipotle sauce served alongside the burgerit was just spicy enough. The sandwiches are one thing, but their sides and appetizers are another thing en-tirely. I would come back to KirbyGs just to eat the Orsons Onion Petals with spicy mayo.

JoshMy favorite burger was Joanies Spicy Pimento Cheese Burger. They serve it with Thousand Island dressing on the side, and once you dip the already-delicious burger in that sauce, it becomes sure-nuff off-the-chain delicious. All the sides and appetizers that we tried were also great, but the one that Im still having dreams about is the Sweet Potato Tots. Served with a side of marshmal-low fluff for dipping, those things are just completely insane!

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My favorites may not be the healthiest option for your dinner, but lets be honestyoure not going to a burger joint to eat healthy. If youre looking for sinfully delicious burgers, KirbyGs has exactly what youre craving. And if youre not looking to get so full you could be rolled out the door, they do have healthier options, toolike salads, a veggie burger, andwater.

MichelleI enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. The owner was very knowledgeable about food composition, preparation, and the burger industry in general. I can see why Neil is super excited about having head chef Justin Nichols on his team. The food was cooked to order, with passion poured into each handmade burger. These guys get excited about their food and you can really feel that positive energy being transferred through every plate they send out. They took great care to ensure that our orders were cooked to perfection, and I was delighted by the service. At the end of the meal, they brought out a big milkshake. We were fighting over who would get to taste and how we should split it up. We eventually settled the fight by ordering a second one!

NicoleDespite my shockingly bad 50s-era knowledge, I enjoyed my step back in time at KirbyGs. When the crew described the Sweet Potato Tots with marshmallow fluff I was ALL IN. It was really difficult sharing them with the table; they were sweet but still had that perfect bit of savory. Another hit: the Fried Green Beans were perfectly crisp and went with every delicious sauce. Really want to surprise yourself? Try the slightly spicy vegetarian Black Bean Burger; you wont even realize there is no meat in it! All of this with a cold craft beer and a handmade malt shake at the endwhat more could you want?

Opening as Chevys in 2008, the restaurant was renamed KirbyGs in 2012 by owners Neil and Erica Daniell to honor Ericas father, R. Kirby Godsey. While Kirbys mother was expecting him, his father was killed in an accident at work, leaving his mother to par-ent three sons alone. Kirby later wrote, She labored long hours in the school lunchroom and on World War II assembly linesto assure that we were well-fed, well-churched, and well educated. At the time, it never occurred to me that we were poor. We were nurtured with good faith, strict discipline, and lots of up-close lessons about self-reliance.

At the age of 18, Kirby followed in his older brother Jacks footsteps by becoming a soda jerk at the Ala-bama Cigar & Soda Company. Kirby wrote: In that day and time a person jerked sodas, spewing high-pressured carbonated water into tall glasses of ice cream, foam-ing our way toward a soda to be topped with a mountain of whipped cream and a syrupy red cherry. The lessons about hard work and responsibility his mother taught him served Kirby well, and he soon found his manage-rial responsibilities increasing.

Kirby worked his way through school, earning two doctoral degrees, and eventually became a college professor of philosophy and religion, department chair, college dean, and then president of Mercer University in Macon for 27 years. Through all those years, Kirby Godsey always fondly remembered his days as a soda jerk, providing the inspiration for the diners 50s theme and its ice cream desserts. The diners blog states, It is our hope that KirbyGs will continue to stand as a symbol of the simpler days of ice cream sodas, cheeseburgers, and sock hops.

Favorite Burger/Sandwich:

Ben: Rickles Wickles BurgerAllison: Old Blue Eyes Black & Blue Burger

Jake: Toros Chipotle Black Bean BurgerJosh: Spicy Pimento Cheese Burger

Michelle: The MickNicole: Toros Chipotle Black Bean Burger

Wes: Spicy Pimento Cheese Burger

Other favorites:Ben: Fries with Chipotle

Allison: Fried Green BeansJake: Onion Petals

Josh: Sweet Potato TotsMichelle: Banana Pudding Milkshake

Nicole: Sweet Potato Tots Wes: Fried Green Beans

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