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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Just weeks until thousands of people Phil the Park, the Savannah Philharmonic is filling neighborhoods.

“This gift of music,” said Tina Weil, an attendee.

Families packed out the Isle of Hope Marina for the kick off with their drinks and lawn chairs. Some people have been waiting on this for months and it couldn’t have started on a more beautiful day.

“It’s a chance to hear some great music and have this beautiful view,” Weil said.

It’s the build up before the big event.

“Anytime you can get outside and enjoy the weather and music at the same time...to me, music brings people together and crosses all genres. You don’t have to worry about anything just everyone enjoys it,” said Marianne Greer, an attendee.

It’s Phil the Neighborhood...and this is just the first stop for some local bands.

“It really is music for everyone,” said Cynthia Heil, an attendee.

It’s familiar feeling for Cynthia Heil.

“At one point, I actually sang in the Phil chorus but I’ve been retired for a couple of years. That was a lot of fun, but now, I enjoy sitting in my seat and listening to them sing.”

Gatherings like this are also what some people have been missing.

“It was just nice to be able to get out here and be with people again,” said Venessa Lott, an attendee.

Just a taste of music in this neighborhood...

“Some good jazz.”

And coming to six more over the next few weeks.

On Saturday, they continue their performance at Windsor Forest.

On Sunday, you can hear the music in Kensington Park.

They will have one stop next weekend and three more stops the final weekend before Phil the Park.

All of the events are outside and will consist of an hour of free music by the Savannah Philharmonic and local guest artists.

For a full list of locations of Phil the Neighborhoods, head to their website.

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For Do Savannah

One late fall morning in 1972, Mitch Kolbe sat in geometry class. His teacher lectured on the formula for calculating slope as Kolbe’s gaze wandered out the window. It rested on the rise of a nearby chimney where he soon found himself absorbed in the color and texture of brick steadily rising one atop another. When the teacher called his attention back to class, he demanded what was so important beyond the window.

Earnestly, Kolbe replied, “I was thinking about how I would paint the slope of the chimney out there.”

Soon after, Kolbe’s geometry teacher mentored him in applying for the national merit art scholarship. After winning the prestigious award, Kolbe left rural North Carolina for art school in New York City where he grew and thrived but remained a country boy at heart.

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He enjoyed creating landscapes and painting en plein air, and in the intervening years after art school, Kolbe’s plein air paintings emerged as his signature style.

This Friday, Savannah celebrates some of Kolbe’s nature-inspired art with “Wild Ponies of Cumberland Island,” an exhibit that chronicles a day-in-the-life of some of Georgia’s most special barrier island horses. The show opens Friday and runs through Dec. 23 at Plant Riverside’s Grand Bohemian Gallery.

The idea for the paintings came about in 2006 when Kolbe went on a 10-day boat trip with longtime artist friend, Tom Sadler. Sadler had purchased a 26-foot sailboat and wanted to take it from Isle of Hope near Savannah to Titusville, Fla. The friends decided to do the adventure together and paint the barrier islands along the way. They stayed only a day at each island, painting and taking photos as reference for future works.

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When they arrived at Cumberland Island, they were greeted with a pleasant surprise.

“After we gathered our art supplies and ventured ashore, right away a mare and stallion ambled by us and then just stood there as if posing for us to paint them. The painting in this show entitled 'Beachcomber' is the result of that encounter, painted on location while the mare just stared off into the distance.”

The origin of Cumberland Island’s horses is a bit unclear.

According to the National Park Service, “a few horses were probably brought to Cumberland as livestock when Spanish missions were established in the late 1500s although evidence is scarce.” 1742, however, does mark the earliest documented occurrence of horses — as many as 60 animals were noted during a battle between the Spanish and English for control of the island.

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By the early 1800s, at least 200 horses were there as by then multiple plantations were also on the island. Flash-forward to the 1880s and the beginning of the Carnegie family compound then into the mid-20th century, a couple hundred horses were regularly rotated on and off the island. But after the Carnegies left, fewer and fewer people lived on Cumberland, so that what horses remained became free ranging.

By 1972 when the island was designated a National Seashore, all horses were feral.

Currently, as many as 200 of them live unmanaged on Cumberland Island. Whether or not these animals are more closely related to older Spanish horse bloodlines, horses as an introduced species have been on Cumberland for at least 270 years.

“I hope these paintings spark conversations about the conservation of these beautiful animals,” mused Kolbe.

“Cumberland Island has the only feral herd on the Atlantic coast that is not managed. There’s no veterinary care or population control, and they exist as truly wild free animals surviving in nature. For this exhibit, I’m a plein air journalist of sorts reporting on the ponies and hoping to get people thinking and talking about how these creatures live.”

IF YOU GO

What: “Wild Ponies of Cumberland Island”

Where: Grand Bohemian Gallery, Plant Riverside, 400 W. River St.

When: Artist Reception, Friday, November 25, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Exhibit run through Dec. 23.

Info: plantriverside.com/venues/grand-bohemian-gallery/

Isle of Hope K8 students competed in the National Student Astronaut Challenge Finals held at NASA in Florida earlier this month. The students had qualified in third place competing against teams from Miami to Seattle at a Run-Off Competition last fall to select the best 15 Middle School teams from across the nation to compete at Nationals.

The students spent months practicing 12-18 hours a week, including many weekends to prepare for the four challenges they would face over the three-day competition. The four challenges included a Design Challenge, Engineering Challenge, Space Shuttle Atlantis Simulator Challenge, and a Landing Challenge.

For the Design Challenge, students were asked to research and build a prototype (using specific materials) that would help decrease injuries from footholds on the International Space Station. Over several months, Chyler Ross, Megan Nguyen, Aisha Rhenals and Ally Arnsdorff, along with the rest of the team, researched the injuries sustained by astronauts, talked to experts in the field, including engineers and Commander Robert Shane Kimbrough, an astronaut for ISS Mission #49 and #50. Students wrote a research paper on their findings, created a slide show, and built a prototype.

For the Engineering Challenge, students were divided into a mission control team and a team aboard the Space Lab on the ISS. There were four components that had to be worked through…lack of technology for communication/relay between team members, broken circuits that had to be fixed where one team had the circuits and another team had the directions, computation of Ohms Law, and the ability to analyze the problem, design a solution, and understand (in that scenario) whether the problem had truly been corrected.

For the Landing Challenge, all six members of the team had to land the shuttle. They were randomly selected for each portion of the challenge - meaning all six participants had to know how to both land the craft in multiple scenarios, as well as communicate how to land the craft.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis Simulator Challenge includes a pre-launch checklist, launch into orbit, deorbiting procedures, and landing at a designated location lasting almost an hour from beginning to end. To participate, students had to spend an extraordinary amount of time learning the schematics of the Shuttle, as well as the location of all the switches. They had to learn to collaborate and work together strategically to isolate problems and repair them, all while flying the Shuttle.

The #Fiddlernauts received the gold medal for the Landing Challenge and were crowned National Champions. The students received the bronze medal for the Space Shuttle Simulator Challenge.

The 2019-2020 #Fiddlernauts are coached by Mr. Bob Nickels, Mrs. Carol Nickels, Dr. Barbara Serianni (Georgia Southern University), and Ms. Carolyn Rethwisch (Isle of Hope School). The Rotary Club of Skidaway Island provided a simulator for the team to practice on this year. Isle of Hope School, PTA, family and friends donated generously to make this dream a reality; and Mr. John Hopper, CEO of Bobcat of Savannah, donated to the team to make their journey possible. Their generosity is much appreciated!

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Chatham County Board of Elections has announced the updated polling changes and locations for the Dec. 6 runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.

Georgia counties are required to hold early voting days from Monday, Nov. 28, to Friday, Dec. 2. However, Chatham County is also opting to hold voting on Sunday, Nov. 27.

Polling changes:

I-16 Ferguson Ave Baptist Church will vote at the Montgomery Athletic Association at 10155 Ferguson Avenue8-13 Savannah Christian School will vote at 8-03 Silk Hope Baptist Church at 4929 Pineland Drive

Polling Locations for Dec. 6 Runoff Election

1-01 First Presbyterian Church 520 Washington Avenue Savannah, GA 314051-05 JEA Building 5111 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA 314051-06 Central Church of Christ 632 Stephenson Avenue Savannah, GA 314051-08 Grace United Methodist Church 6412 Waters Avenue Savannah, GA 314061-09 Immanuel Baptist Church 7375 Hodgson Memorial Drive Savannah, GA 314061-10 St. Thomas Episcopal Church 2 St. Thomas Avenue Savannah, GA 314061-12 Isle of Hope Baptist Church 22 Rose Avenue Savannah, GA 314061-13 The Sanctuary 8912 Whitefield Savannah, GA 314061-14 St. Luke United Methodist Church 9114 Whitefield Avenue Savannah, GA 314061-16 Montgomery Athletic Association (temp) 10155 Ferguson Avenue Savannah, GA 314061-17 Islands Christian Church 4601 US Highway 80 East Savannah, GA 314102-02 River Pointe 939 Wheaton Street Savannah, GA 314012-03 W. W. Law Center 909 East Bolton Street Savannah, GA 314012-04 Fellowship of Love Community Church 1402 Harmon Street Savannah, GA 314012-05 Holy Spirit Lutheran Church 622 East 37th Street Savannah, GA 314012-06 Eli Whitney Complex #2 Laura Street Savannah, GA 314042-07 Christ Community Church at Morningside 1805 E. Gwinnett Street Savannah, GA 314042-09 Salvation Army 3000 Bee Road Savannah, GA 314042-11 Oasis of Hope Community Center 728 E 55th St. Savannah, GA 314052-12 Williams Court 1900 Lincoln Street Savannah, GA 314013-02 Temple Mickve Israel 20 E Gordon St Savannah, GA 314063-03 Savannah High School 400 Pennsylvania Avenue Savannah, GA 314043-04 1st African Baptist Church 402 Treat Street Savannah, GA 314043-05 New Generations Cathedral 2023 Tennessee Avenue Savannah, GA 314043-08 Jenkins High School 1800 E. DeRenne Avenue Savannah, GA 314043-09 The ConneXion Church 5411 Skidaway Road Savannah, GA 314063-10 Bible Baptist Church 4700 Skidaway Road Savannah, GA 314043-11 Southside Baptist Church 5502 Skidaway Road Savannah, GA 314063-12 Thunderbolt Senior Center 3236 Russell Street Savannah, GA 314043-13 New Covenant Seventh Day Adventist Church 5100 LaRoche Avenue Savannah, GA 314043-14 Oglethorpe Charter Academy 7202 Central Avenue Savannah, GA 314064-02 Islands High School Annex 169 Whitemarsh Island Road Savannah, GA 314104-04 Lighthouse Baptist Church 401 Quarterman Road Savannah, GA 314104-05 Saint Francis Episcopal 590 Walthour Road Savannah, GA 314104-06 First Baptist Church of the Islands 6613 Johnny Mercer Boulevard Savannah, GA 314104-07 Wilmington Island Methodist Church 195 Wilmington Island Road Savannah, GA 314104-08 Wilmington Island Pres. Church 450 North Cromwell Road Savannah, GA 314104-10 Burke Day Public Safety Bldg 78 Van Horne Ave Tybee Island, GA 313284-11 Tybee Old School Cafeteria 202 Fifth Street Tybee Island, GA 313284-12 St. Peters Episcopal Church 3 Westridge Road Savannah, GA 314114-13 Skidaway Community Church 50 Diamond Causeway Savannah, GA 314114-14 Skidaway Island Methodist Church 54 Diamond Causeway Savannah, GA 314115-02 Senior Citizens Inc 3025 Bull Street Savannah, GA 314055-03 Butler Pres. Ed. Building 603 West Victory Drive Savannah, GA 314055-05 Liberty City Community Center 1401 Mills B. Lane Savannah, GA 314055-06 Seed Church 1950 Chatham Parkway Savannah, GA 314055-07 Elks Lodge 183 Wilshire Boulevard Savannah, GA 314195-08 Southside Assembly of God (temp) 401 Tibet Avenue Savannah, GA 314065-10 Jonesville Baptist Church 5201 Montgomery Street Savannah, GA 314055-11 Largo Tibet School 430 Tibet Avenue Savannah, GA 314066-01 White Bluff Presbyterian Church 10710 White Bluff Road Savannah, GA 314066-02 Windsor Forest Baptist Church 12521 White Bluff Road Savannah, GA 314196-03 Crusader Community Center 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road Savannah, GA 314196-05 Windsor Hall 302 Briarcliff Circle Savannah, GA 314196-06 The Light 8511 Waters Avenue Savannah, GA 314066-08 Christ Memorial Baptist Church 1023 Dutchtown Rd Savannah, GA 314196-09 Trinity Lutheran Church 12391 Mercy Boulevard Savannah, GA 314196-10 Georgetown Elementary 1516 King George Boulevard Savannah, GA 314196-11 Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens 2 Canebrake Road Savannah, GA 314197-01 First Baptist Church of Garden City 35 Nelson Ave Garden City, GA 314087-03 Preston B. Edwards Gymnasium 101 Turnberry Street Port Wentworth, GA 314077-04 Lakeshore Community Center 1000 Lake Shore Boulevard Port Wentworth, GA 314077-05 Woodlawn Baptist Church 407 Talmadge Avenue Garden City, GA 314087-06 First Baptist Church of Pooler 204 US-80 Pooler, GA 313227-07 Rothwell Baptist Church 216 East Rothwell Street Pooler, GA 313227-08 Bloomingdale Comm. Center 202 E. Moore Street Bloomingdale, GA 313027-09 Adult Ministry Center at Compassion 50 Al Henderson Blvd. Savannah, GA 314197-10 Progressive Recreation 5321 Ogeechee Road Savannah, GA 314057-11 Savannah Fire Station 14 480 Highlands Blvd Pooler, GA 313227-12 West Chatham Baptist Church 1360 S Rogers St Pooler, GA 313227-13 Southside Fire Training Center 1381 Dean Forest Road Savannah, GA 314197-14 Coastal Cathedral Church of God 275 Berwick Boulevard Savannah, GA 314197-15 Rice Creek School 100 Mulberry Street Port Wentworth, GA 314077-16 Pooler Rec Center Gym 900 S. Rogers St Pooler, GA 313228-01 Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum 460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Savannah, GA 314018-02 Hellenic Center 14 W. Anderson Street Savannah, GA 314018-03 Silk Hope Baptist Church 4929 Pineland Drive Savannah, GA 314058-05 West Broad YMCA 1110 May Street Savannah, GA 314158-06 Tompkins Recreation Center 2333 Ogeechee Road Savannah, GA 314158-07 Woodville Tompkins Technical Institute 151 Coach Joe Turner Street Savannah, GA 314088-08 Resurrection of Our Lord Church 112 Fell Street Savannah, GA 314158-09 Moses Jackson Center 1410 Richards Street Savannah, GA 314158-10 Carver Heights Community Center 905 Collat Street Savannah, GA 314158-11 Butler Elementary School 1909 Cynthia Street Savannah, GA 314158-12 Beach High School 3001 Hopkins Street Savannah, GA 314058-13 8-03 Silk Hope Baptist Church (temp) 4929 Pineland Drive Savannah, GA 314088-15 Cooper Center 700 Davis Ave Savannah, GA 314088-16 Mighty 8th Museum 175 Bourne Ave Pooler, GA 313228-17 Georgia Tech, Savannah Campus 210 Technology Circle Savannah, GA 314078-18 Savannah First Seventh-day Adventist Church 50 Godley Way Savannah, GA 31407

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