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August 29, 1996 AUGUSTA FOCUS
EVENTS
THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUN
TY MUSEUM, 560 Reynolds St., will
host The Lost Art exhibit featuring
donated art works.
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.
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.
15TH ANNUAL MINORITY ENTER
PRISE DEVELOPMENT (MED) WEEK
AWARDS LUNCHEON will be held on
Tuesday, September 10, 1996 at noon.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Dennis
Kimbro. RSVP before August 30 to
(706) 722-0994. Donation: S2O per
person, S2OO table of eight.
NORMAN HUGHES STUDIO will
present a book signing and reception
for Mr. Tom Feelings for his book
Middle Passages on Saturday, Au
gust 31, at 7:30 p.m. Also exhibiting
will be Betty Biggs, Willie Lynne and
Thurnell EL
EASTAUGUSTAKIDS FESTIVDRUG
& TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION
will be held at the Eastview Park, 644
Aiken Street on Saturday, August 31,
from 1 - 6 p.m. There will be music,
refreshments, food, prizes and games.
For more information, call Cassandra
Foat at 722-2302.
THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTI
TUTE OF ART will exhibit Augusta
Regional Art and Its Artists: an Invi
tational in Celebration of the Olym
pics. The exhibit will be displayed up
to September 13. A free informal
gallery lecture will be given by David
Houston on Thursday, August 29, at 7
p.m.
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CON'T. ED. CLASSES
For registration or information on
classes please call Augusta State Uni
versity Continuing Education at 737-
1636.
MASTER GARDENER. Serious gar
deners will receive an intensive educa
tion in horticultural principles and pest
control practices. Topics include veg
etableand fruit gardening, lawns, land
scape design,, composting and
houseplants. Master gardeners will be
required to complete 50 volunteer
hours of service to their county’s Ex
tension program. Call Sid Mullis at
821-2349 to see if you qualify to reg
ister for this course which will start on
September 10 at 2 p.m. Fee is $79.
COREL DRAW WORKSHOP. Corel
Drawis asimple yet powerful graphics
program which allows you to create
your own graphics, import EPS and
BMP graphics as well as scanned im
ages, or use Corel Draw’s library of
hundreds of images. Class meets Sep
tember 16 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. Fee is
$69.
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS.
Find out what a computer and various
software packages can do for you in
this hands-on experience using mi
cro-computers. This three-session
class starts September 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Fee is S6O.
QUICKBOOKS. Quickbooks for Win
dows helps you to better manage your
financesor controlyour business. This
course assists you in setting up your
books, reconciling accounts, analyz
ing financial data and running the pay
roll. Abasic knowledge of accounting
terminology is required. This four
session course starts September 16,
at 8:30 a.m. Feeis $159.
BEGINNING ROWING. Rowing is
one of the fastest growing sports in
America. No experience is necessary,
but you need to be a good swimmer.
Both sculling and rowing are covered.
All equipment and rowing sculls are
provided by the Augusta Rowing Club.
Course starts September 10 at 6 p.m.
Fee is SB9.
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above left to right: Alfre Woodward (Lily), Brent Spiner (Data),
Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher) and Patrick Stewart (Capt. Picard).
Synopsis: Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the newly commissioned
Enterprise E battle the insidious Borg to restore the rightful future of Earth.
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
55 years 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.
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BLOOD DRIVES
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CENTER, 1533 Wrightsboro Road,
supplies the majority of hospitals in
the CSRA and depends on volunteer
donations to maintain that supply. The
following is a list of upcoming blood
drives:
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. 30 Fri. - The Aiken Commu
nity blood drive will be held inside
Aiken Mall from noon to 7 p.m.
If you have news of any
local, upcoming events,
please call (706) 724-7855
or fax information to
(706) 724-6969.
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MEETINGS
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 AA at (706) 860-8331.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a
group for people who have (or think
they have) a problem with drugs or
any other addiction. 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.
THE MHMRSA REGION 12 BOARD
will meet on Thursday, Sept. 5, at the
Georgia Regional Hospital, 3405 Old
Savannah Rd., building 15. The group
is the governing board for the Region
12 Planning Unit, a sub-state office of
the Division of Mental Health, Mental
Retardation and Substance Abuse,
Georgia Department of Human Re
sources.. The board is involved with
planning, resource allocation and eval
uation of state-funded mental health,
mental retardation and substance
abuse services.
BEYOND THEBARS, asupportgroup
forthose withincarterated loved ones,
will meet every other Thursday at 7
p.m.at St. Joseph Hospital. Ifinterest- ~
ed, please call (706) 855-5511.
Some library book return
boxes will be locked for the
holiday on Monday,
September 2, 1996.
Please check with your
local library before making
the trip to return books on
that day.
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
sibleto the handicapped. For specifics
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; Bera
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.
BOOKSTORE EVENTS
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BARNES & NOBLE, 1336 Augusta
West Parkway. Phone: 860-2310.
- Aug. 29 Thurs., 7 - 9 p.m. “Ac
cording to Hoyle Day” will be setin the
case. Various games will be set up on
gaming tables such as backgammon,
chess, checkers, bridge, pinochle,
rummy and others. At 7 p.m., Chil
dren’s Story Hour will feature dragon
slaying stories.
- Aug. 30 Fri.-Aug. 31 Sat., 11 p.m.
- Ba.m. Muscular Dystrophy Lock-In
will be held for:%gnagers agesl2-18.
Participants will earn the money
pledged by reading pages throughout
the night. Space is limited to 30
people. :