Contents NOVEMBER 2022 * VOL. 78, NO. 11 16 38 34 16 Gifts from Georgia 20 24 Musical honors Bugles Across America volunteers play 'Taps' at military funerals. By H.M. Cauley Endangered and threatened Georgia is home to many imperiled species. By Amber Lanier Nagle On the cover A 1957 Chevrolet Corvette (front center), 1948 Chrysler Town and Country Sedan (back left) and 1932 Rolls-Royce 20/25 (back right) are just a few of the many classic cars on display at the Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville. (Photo by Louis Tonsmeire.) 4 MAILBOX 8 GEORGIA NEWS 9 TRIVIA CONTEST 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14 CURRENTS 28 AROUND GEORGIA Classic cars shine at the Savoy Automobile Museum 32 GEORGIANS AT WORK Meet puppeteer Dolph Amick 24 34 GEORGIA GARDENS Holiday light shows at Georgia's public gardens 36 MY GEORGIA Heat, bugs and boo-boos in the good old days 38 GEORGIA COOKS High schoolers make the grade in culinary studies 42 HOMETOWN HEROES Jim Minta, Lorenzo Cox stand with NJROTC cadets www.georgiamagazine.org 3 Shop locally this holiday season. By Jane F. Garvey COURTESY SEATREE STUDIO EMILY FERRELL / GEORGIA DNR MILLER GROVE HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS I S T O C . K C O M T / H E R A C H E L K A Yhttp://www.georgiamagazine.org