...enjoyed bluegrass music, barbecue and an outdoor exposition. Although most visitors were from the Augusta area, Tommy Shearouse and Joey Wheat drove up from Savannah, where they are working with a group dedicated to preserving the Savannah Ogeechee...

...what's left of the corridor and build boardwalks for foot traffic. "Sometimes I wish I wasn't a member," joked Tommy Shearouse, a 72-year-old member of the canal society. "Then I could spend Saturdays at home." It's volunteers like...