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EVENTS
OUT OF ORDER will be presented at
the Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre on
August 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 29 and 31.
JAZZ TRIBUTETO JOHN COLTRANE
~will be held at BL's Restaurant, 1117
- Laney-Walker Bivd., on Sunday, Au
zgust 25, from 7 - 10 p.m. Featured
“~dinner will be fried chicken and hot
. waffles. Admission price: $5.
- THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUN
- DATION is planning the first “Walk for
- a Cure” on September 7. Teams are
. being formed. To participate, call 650-
: 7000.
- THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUN
TY MUSEUM, 560 Reynolds St., will
host The Lost Art exhibit beginning
- August 15. 2
- THE HUMANE SOCIETY will spon
- sora Dog Dip on Saturday, August 17,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Dairy Queen
parking lot on Washington Rd. at Fur
* ry’s Ferry Rd. Bring your own towel.
THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
. will be playing at the Imperial Theatre,
* 745 Broad St., on Friday, August 23, at
- 8 p.m. Tickets sl2 - s2l. For more
“ information, call 722-8341.
. PAINE COLLEGE’S SEVENTH AN
- NUAL “EVENING OF JAZZ” will be
- held on Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Jessye
> Norman Amphitheatre at the River
- walk, from 6 - 10 p.m. Tickets are
: available at the Paine College Office of
* Institutional Advancement, Pyramid
- Music and Video Broad St. and Gor
- don Hwy locations and all Home Folks
- locations.
- WYCLIFFE GORDON AND RON
- WESTRAY will be performing at the
Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St., on
- Saturday, August 17, 1996, at 8 p.m.
and on Sunday, August 18, at 3 p.m.
= Advance tickets are $15.50. Tickets
- arethe door willbe $17.50. Theyoung
* jazz trombone duo will also be releas
ing their first album together on Au
gust 20 by Atlantic Records, entitled
-+ Bone Structure.
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Around Town
BOOKSTORE EVENTS
BARNES & NOBLE, 1336 Augusta
West Parkway. Phone: 860-2319.
- Aug. 15 Thurs., 7 p.m. Children’s
Story Hour for primary and elementa
ry school children. Some feline tales
will be read.
- Aug. 17 Sat, 7 - 9 p.m. Jay
Harmon-Esquival will be playing jazz
guitar in the Case. -
- Aug. 19 Mon. - Aug. 25 Sun. -
National Aviation Week.
- Aug. 19 Mon., 10:30 a.m. Chil
dren’s Story Hour for preschoolers
featuring Budgie the Helicopter. Inthe
evening, the Case will be serving a
birthday cake in celebration of the
birthdays of Orville Wright and Gene
Roddenberry. Mr. Roddenberry was
the creator of the Star Trek science
fiction television series and film se
quels which began with Classic Trek
back in 1966.
- Aug. 20 Tues., 7 - 9 p.m. Trivia
Tuesday will feature Star Trek trivia.
Trekkers, please note: correct an
swers will be rewarded.
-Aug.21Wed.,7:30-8:30 p.m. Dr.
Edward Cashin of Augusta State Uni
versity will be discussing and auto
graphing his recent publication, Old
Springfield: Race and Religion. This
book chronicles the life of the coun
try’s oldest African-American church,
located in Augusta. Scott Gunter from
Augusta Aviation will also be present
for a discussion.
- Aug. 22 Thurs., 7 p.m. Children’s
Story hour will feature some aviation
stories.
- Aug. 23 Fri., 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. One
of the event organizers of the upcom
ing Boshears Memorial Fly-In will be
present to show a video and discuss
fly-ins.
Featured artist for August is New
York photographer Bryan Tran.
HEALTH INFORMATION
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COOLING CENTERS will be open
through September 30. These shel
ters are for persons who do not have
air conditioning in their homes and
would like to go where air conditioning
is available. All centers have a sitting
area and water and are mostly acces
sibletothe handicapped. Forspecifics
about smoking/no smoking policies
and handicapped accessibility, please
call the individual centers for informa
tion. The seven cooling centers are
Shiloh Comprehensive Community
Center, 1635 15th St., 738-0089; Bern
ie Ward Community Center, 1941
Lumpkin Rd., 790-0468; James Dyess
Park, 902 9th St., 722-0787; Powell
Apartments, 2244 Broad St., 724-
8949; Peabody Apartments, 1425
Walton Way, 724-0399; May Park
Community Center, 622 4th St., 724-
0504; and Mcßean Activity Center, Old
Savannah Rd., 798-1191. Additional
information is available from the Au
gusta-Richmond County Emergency
Management Office at 821-1155.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ARMY
MEDICAL CENTER is conducting their
annual school screening during Au
gust. To schedule an appointment,
please call 787-7300.
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL'S BIRTH
RIGHT OFFICE offers free pregnancy
testing and support is provided. For
more information, call 733-5683.
HEALTH SCREENINGS BY ST. JO
SEPH will be offered every Friday be
tween 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. $lO cost for
tests ontriglycerides, cholesterol HDL
and blood sugar. Screenings to be
held at the St. Joseph Hospital Family
Care Center, Suite 180, Summerville
Professional Center. For more infor
mation, call 481-7604.
If you have news of any
local, upcoming events,
please fax information
to (706) 724-6969.
SENIOR CITIZEN NEWS
SWIMMING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
will be offered FREE at the Highland
Pool, 800 Highland Avenue, every
Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m. and every Friday from 9:30 - 11
a.m. Pre-registration is not required.
For more information, call Catherine
Thompkins at 796-5025.
SENIOR CITIZENS OLYMPICS will
be held at the Julian Smith Casino,
2200 Broad St., on Sept. 6, from 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for men and women
55years of age and over. Medals and
ribbons will be awarded to the top
three winners in each category. For
more information, please call Cathe
rine Thompkins at 796-5025.
HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSEL
ING, ASSISTANCE AND REFERRAL
FOR THE ELDERLY (HICARE) is avail
able at the Senior Citizens Council on
adaily basis. A volunteer counselor is
available to answer questions and help
with Medicare, private insurance and
supplemental insurance. For more
information or an appointment, call
826-4480. Appointments are pre
ferred.
CLASS REUNIONS
THE ACADEMY OF RICHMOND
COUNTY CLASS OF 1986 will hold a
class reunion August 23 - 25. For
details or more information, call Sara
Whisenhunt at 733-0725. Deadline
for registration is July 26.
WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
OF 1986 is planning a ten-year re
union to be held later this summer. |f
you have any information concerning
amember of the 1986 class’s current
location, please contact Don Dyches
at (706) 826-4702.
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Weekdays
- 9p.m.
790-4381
#1
3084 Deans Bridge Rd.
Across from
Wendy's
736-1006
#4
2022 Gordon Hwy.
Across from
Bob Richards Chevrolet
AUGUSTA FOCUS
MEETINGS
GROWTH IN GRIEF, asupportgroup
for bereaved persons, will meet on
Mondays in August (19th and 26th) at
the Summerville Professional Center
adjacent to St. Joseph Hospital. For
additional information about these
sessions, please call 481-7490 or 1-
800-381-2273.
THE FIRST AUGUSTA SECTION OF
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO
WOMEN will meet on Thursday, Au
gust 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Friedman
Library, 1447 Jackson Rd.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA)
will hold an open meeting at St. Jo
seph Hospital, 2260 Wrightsboro
Road, every Friday at 8 p.m. for people
who have (or think they may have) a
drinking problem. For more informa
tion, please call AAat (706) 860-8331.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a
group for people who have (or think
they have) a problem with drugs or
any other addition. They hold open
meetings every Sunday at 8 p.m. at St.
Joseph Hospital. For more informa
tion, please call Narcotics Anonymous
at 855-2419.
NAR ANON, a support group for
family and friends of members of Nar
cotics Anonymous, as well as others
who are dealing with someone with
the disease of addiction, will meet at
St. Joseph Hospital every Sunday at 8
p.m. For more information, please
call 737-0675.
BEYOND THE BARS, asupportgroup
forthose with incarcerated loved ones,
will meet every other Thursday at 7
p.m.atSt. Joseph Hospital. Ifinterest
ed, please call (706) 855-5511.
CSRA COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
will be meeting on Tuesday, August
20,1996, at 7:30 p.m. atthe Aldersgate
United Methodist Church, 3185 Wheel
erßd. Thetopic willbe aboutaballoon
launch. This is a support group for
parents who have suffered the death of
a child. There are no fees or dues. For
information, please contact Jeanette
Daniel at (706) 733-8686.
CALL
TODAY!
722-9444
#2
453 Broad St.
Old Town Plaza
Across from Days Inn
737-6060
#5
3217 Wrightsboro Rd.
Across from Pizza Hut
August 15, 1996
BLOOD DRIVES
SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD
CENTER, 1533 Wrightsboro Road,
supplies the majority of hospitals in
the CSRA and depends on volunteer
donations to maintain thatsupply. The
following is a list of upcoming blood
drives:
A bloodmobile will be at the Aurora
Pavilion behind Aiken Regional every
Thursday in August frog noon to 6
p.m. During the Dog Days of Summer
promotion, for every donor, one dollar
will be given to the Aiken A.S.P.C.A.
A bloodmobile will be stationed ev
ery Tuesday, from 4 - 8 p.m., in the
Publix parking lot at Evans Towne
Centre located at the intersection of
Washington and Belair Roads.
-Aug. 16 Fri.- A bloodmobile will be
parked at the Aiken Post Office at 307
Laurens St. NW, from 3:30-6 p.m. A
drive will be held in the Morris Audito
rium of the Augusta Chronicle Build
ing, 725 Broad St., from 1 -5 p.m.
- Aug. 17 Sat. - The bloodmobile
will be parked by the tentinthe parking
lot of WalMart on Bobby Jones Ex
pressway, from 11 a.m. -2 p.m.
- Aug. 18 Sun. - The bloodmobile
will be in the church parking lot of St.
Mary’s on the Hill Catholic Church,
1420 Monte Sano Ave., fromß:3oa.m.
-1:30 p.m. and from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
- Aug. 19 Mon. - The bloodmobile
will be parked at the International Pa
per plant on Hwy. 56 from 1 - 4 p.m.
- Aug. 20 Tues. - University Hospi
tal will be sponsoring a drive in Class
room #4 on the 3rd floor, from 9 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m. The bloodmobile will be
parked in the parking lot of the Univer
sity Hospital Finance Center, 1250
Walton Way, from 1 - 4 p.m.
- Aug. 21 Wed. - A bloodmobile will
be parked in the rear of the 900 build
ing of Augusta Tech at 3116 Deans
Bridge Rd. from 9a.m. -2 p.m. Anoth
er bloodmobile will be parked in front
of the Grovetown City Hall on Robin
son Ave. from 3 - 7 p.m.
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560-0350
#3
2603 Tobacco Rd.
Windsor Spring Rd.
Across from Video Whse.
863-0060
#6
3836 Washington Rd.
In front of
K-Mart Pharmacy
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