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Newspaper Page Text2B December 19, 1996 AUGUSTA FOCUS EVENTS ANGELIKA SELMAN-BONDAR will exhibit her photography at the Evans Government Complex, 630 Washing ton West Rd., Evans, Ga., through December. LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY, 1116 Phillips St., will feature art by Davidson Fine Arts School students through December. For more information, call 724-3576. FOURTH ANNUAL KWANZAA AF FAIR '96 will be held at the Julian Smith Casino, 2200 Broad St., on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Spon sored by the Ambasa Gift Shop and Friends, it will feature Sala Adenike & Soul Enlightment Band, Abatsu Drum mers & Dancers, crafts, vendors, Mr. Dezi 0. Nash, refreshments and much more. Tickets $lO per person. For moreinformation, call (706) 724-4620. EVENING CEREMONY FOR KWANZAA will be held on Thursday, Dec. 26, 7 - 9 p.m. at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History's Con ference Center, 1116 Phillips St. Key note speaker will be Willie Knox, a local educator, professional speaker and product developer. For more in formation, call 724-3576. - FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA will be - held on Sunday, Dec. 29,4-6 p.m., at the Laney Museum. For more infor _mation, call 724-3576. ~ FANTASY OF LIGHTS is a winter -wonderland of lighted scenes, ani - mated pieces and giant figures held at Pendleton King Park on Kissingbower : Rd. It will be operated evenings 6- 10 - p.m. until Wed., Dec. 25. Admissionis : charged with proceeds benefitting the - East Georgia Easter Seal Society. For - more information about prices and other details, call 722-3175. - HOLIDAY ART SHOW AND SALE - will be presented by The Home Store - and will feature contemporary and tra ditional works by over 20 of the South’s finest artists. Works include holiday :themed items and gift items in -printmaking, painting, photography, .ceramics, metal, wood and glass. Lit tle Five Points, 1154 Euclid Ave., up to :Jan. 6. For information, call (404) 75&9647. | At <4O 2/ Rev. Sister Hope % Guarantees To Solve Your Problems Are you sick, suffering with bad luck, evil spells, voodoo or any kind of evil curse? Call Rev. Hope and your problems will be solved!!! She can help in all problems, health, busi ness, money, luck, love, marriage, happi ness, drinking, court cases, hair loss, lost nature and number problems. One call or visit will convince you that she is the one you have been looking for!l! She will not fail you. She specialized in all case work. 100% sure, fast results. Don't wait for evil to come! Please don'tlet evil destroy your life! Call or Write Her Today!! Send donation with a stamped self addressed envelope. 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All proceeds will go to the Miles Me morial Community Center. For more information, call (706) 774-0303. ANNUAL NEEDY CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS GIVE-AWAY will be held on Friday, Dec. 20, at the Julian Smith Casino. The Needy Children’s Drive offers food and toys to those in need during the holiday season. Spon sored by the Davis Broadcasting Ra dio Stations, United Way of the CSRA and the Augusta-Richmond County Recreations and Parks Dept. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LI BRARY HOURS: Please be sure to check with your library directly for their holiday hours. Different libraries have varying policies concerning book return boxes, work hours, fines, etc. BUS RIDERS: Augusta Public Tran sit will not be running on Dec. 25 due to the Christmas holiday. For more information abouthours, callthe Tran sit Dept. at 722-2034. SENIOR NEWS THE SENIOR CENTER, 535 15th St., sponsors many classes, trips and oth er activities. For more information, please call (706) 826-4480. For The Senior Center members only: reduced rate bus trip to Atlanta for only $5, on Wednesday, January 29. Slots already filling up fast so sign up quickly. No reservations taken by phone so sign up in person soon. CLASS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS will hold a lifeguard course from January 6, 1997 until March 10, 1997. Ali classes will be held on Monday only, from 6 - 9 p.m. Pre-registration is required at 811 12th St. For more information, call 826-4464. AUGUSTA STATE U. ’ CON'T. ED. CLASSES For registration or information on classes please call Augusta State Uni versity Continuing Education at 737- 1636. WINDOWS 95. Make the most effi cient use of your computer by learning all about the new and powerful fea tures of the Windows 95 operating system such as Wordpad, Paint and Clipboard. Learn to set up and launch programs, manage your files more efficiently and customize Windows. Class meets January 13 and 15 at 9 am. Feeis $75. WORDPERFECT. Learn how to cre ate, edit and produce many different kinds of professional quality docu ments using WordPerfect’s pull-down menus and the point-and-click ap proach. This four-session course starts January 13 at 5:30 .m. Fee is $l2O. PHENOMENAL ABDOMINALS. Get in shape and stay that way with this abdominal class which includes some low-impact aerobics that also work the upper and lower abdominals. It will “wake up” your metabolism. This 20- session class starts January 13 at 6 p.m. Feeis $99. COMPUTER LITERACY FOR SE NIORS 1. A course designed for se niors who have little or no computer experience, this is an overview of the basic concepts of microcomputer sys tems, word processing, spreadsheets and Windows. This eight-session course starts Jahuary 14 at 1 p.m. Fee is $145. This is a sls discount for seniors (age 55 or older). £BO Same Da ST ECS Vi i & Delivery Yes, we'll deliver before Christmas! TR TR oe D |S e s B g ;;‘; ,‘ m s'.\‘_ x \_, .. 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Features double 588 pillowbackl and reversible seat cu5hi0n5.................. , AB > ) LY A ,-'"i_' E o ¥ :“:“‘ HH " (7 ‘-’“A\" 1 :,.'. _‘(' “. v S Piece Dinette Dinette set includes table and four chairs. Come S2B 5 see! yjes! Financing Available | k. SAME DAY DELIVERY!! ) THE MHMRSA REGION 12 BOARD will meet on Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997, 5 p.m., at the Georgia Regional Hospi tal, 3405 Old Savannah Rd., building 15. The group is the governing board forthe Region 12 Planning Unit, asub state office of the Division of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Sub stance Abuse, Georgia Department of Human Resources. The board is involved with planning, resource allo cation and evaluation of state-funded mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services. BOOKSTORE EVENTS BARNES & NOBLE, 1336 Augusta West Parkway. Phone: 860-2310. - Dec. 20 Fri., 7:30 p.m. Local photographer Frank Christian willdo a booksigning of his recent book, Au gusta National & The Masters. - Special Story Times of Christmas Stories will be held during the follow ing days and times: —l2/21Sat. 10:30a.m.and 7 p.m. —l2/22 Sun. 2 p.m. — 12/23 Mon. 7:30 p.m. — 12/24 Tues. 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. - Dec. 23 Mon., 10:30 a.m. Chil dren’s Story Hour will feature Shhh and Jingle Bugs. Thestoreisalsodisplaying the Good Luck card in the Case for local signa tures for Lt. Cmdr. Susan Still and her shuttle crew members. Please sign the card as over 1,400 others have done. For more information about the card, see the Nov. 14 issue of the Augusta Focus, page five. Anadditional copy of the Good Luck card is now also set up at BL's Restau rant, 1117 Laney-Walker Bivd. If you areinthat downtown area, please stop by to sign the card there. RGO [ | 1607 Georgia Ave. | 279-7447 | Al furniture drastically reduced! 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'y,T.-Y ll== Roc J T = e AL Fy CheSt f}[’l\gj ‘s~< a 3 thickly padded seat &’I i “ = back. Available now in rg_ )l =, a variety of colors. e '!‘( = $ 9 . . W= 169 (e . | BLOOD DRIVES SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER, 1533 Wrightshoro 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: - Dec. 20 - Columbia-Augusta Re gional Medical Center, 3651 Wheeler Rd., 7-11am.,1-sp.m. Augusta West Plaza, 1323 Augusta West Pkwy ~ 3-7 pm. -Dec. 21 - Sam’s, 596 Bobby Jones Expressway, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Dec. 22 - Church of the Most Holy Trinity, 720 Telfair St., 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Dec. 23 - Wal Mart Super Store, 179 Edgewood Dr., North Augusta, 11 a.m. -6 p.m. US-107 Holiday Blood Drive at Shepeard Community Blood Center, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. - Dec. 26 - After Christmas Blood Drive, Shepeard Community Blood Center,9a.m. - 6 p.m. Aiken Commu nity Blood Center at the Aurora Pavil ion behind Aiken Regional, 12-6 p.m. South Augusta Community Blood Drive, 3121 Peach Orchard Rd., 3 - 7 p.m. - Dec. 27 - Columbia County Com munity Blood Drive, University Hospi tal Medical Center,4lo6 Columbiaßd., 3-7 pm. - Dec. 29 - First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way, 9:30 a.m. -2 p.m. Tell the places you visit that you read their news here in Around Town in the Augusta Focus! ART EXHIBITS MICHELE ASHE will exhibit animal portraits in scratchboard at the Shep eard Blood Center, 1533 Wrightsboro Rd., through December. THE CSRA PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB will exhibit their photographs at Meybohm Realty, 3523 Walton Way Extension, through December. ANDREW SABORI will exhibit acryl ic paintings at the University Hospital Professional Office Building, 818 St. Sebastian Way, through December. KAREN PERDUE-DAVIS will exhibit oil paintings at St. Joseph Hospital, 2260 Wrightsboro Rd., through De cember. WILLIE LAWRENCE LYNN will ex hibit watercolor and acrylic paintings atthe Metro Augusta Chamber of Com merce, 600 Broad St. Plaza, through December. SUSAN CHILDS will exhibit water color paintings at the Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St., through December. STUDIO FOTOGRAFICA will exhibit their photographs at the United Way of the CSRA, 630 Ellis Street, through December. HEALTH AUGUSTA AREA PODIATRISTS are conducting a shoe collection drive of new and used shoes which will be distributed to the Augusta-area home less. Donations may be brought to your local Augusta podiatrist’s office until Dec. 29. All types of shoes are needed regardless of size, shape or specialty. Contact Dr. Kent E. Kronowski at 724-0586 or your local podiatrist. CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS support group will meeton Sundays at 7:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center of St. Joseph Hospital. For more infor mation, please call 737-8591. LIVE AND LEARN PROGRAM by University Hospital will be offered on Monday, Dec. 23 at 9 a.m. “Safetyfest for Kids” may be signed up by calling (706) 737-8423.