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“EVENTS
HISTORIC TOUR OF AUGUSTA, .
sponsored by the Augusta-Richmond
County Convention & Visitors Bureau,
will be held every Saturday, from 10:30
a.m.-12:00 p.m. The tour will start at
the Historic Cotton Exchange Wel
come Center at Bth and Reynolds
Streets and wind through downtown
-Augusta and the Summerville area.
Costis $lO per adult and $5 per child.
Reservations must be made by Friday
by 4 p.m. for the Saturday tours. Call
823-6600 for reservations.
SINGING VALENTINES will be avail
able for order by the Garden City Bar
bershop Chorus. Arrange for a per
sonal visit to your sweetheart by a
Barbershop Quartet (Sweet Adelines
available), at least two beautiful love
songs to be performed at personal
“choice of time and place, long-stem
rose accented with baby’s breath and
other Valentine’s Day decorations and
-a personalized Valentine card with
message. Price is $45 for orders
made up to and on February 14th.
Advanced orders are recommended
as these popular Singing Valentines
-have sold out early in the past. Call
(706) 868-8554 for more information.
To place orders, call (706) 836-9218
in Georgia or (803) 663-4727 in S.C.
Mail orders in to: Singing Valentines
-’97, 213 Thread Needle Rd., Augusta,
- Ga. 30907-3750.
THE SECOND ANNUAL CELEBRITY
BACHELOR AUCTION will take place
on Friday, Feb. 7, at The Sacred Heart
Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Tickets in
advance S2O. At the door, $25. For
moreinformation, call (706) 860-1446.
VALENTINE’'S PARTY, sponsored
by T.W. Josey High School Alumni
and Friends Organization, will be held
atthe Cedarwood Club House on Rich
mond Hill Rd. on Friday, Feb. 14, from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is $lO
which includes food and drinks. Pro
ceeds to benefit T.W. Josey's weight
- Room. Tirkets on sale at the Augusta
~Mini Theatre, 430 Eighth St., and at
- Wishbone Fried Chicken; 1490
Wrightsboro Rd. Contact Tyrone But
ler at 722-0598 for more information.
- MRS. FAITH N. ROYAL will be con
ducting storytelling and art apprecia
~tion on Sat., Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. to
" noon at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum
of Black History & Conference Center,
1116 Phillips St. Open Monday -
Friday, 9 am. to 1 p.m. and by ap
pointment on Saturday and Sunday.
gor more information, call (706) 724-
576.
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EVENTS (con't)
AUDITIONS FOR MUSIC SCHOL
ARSHIPS AT AUGUSTA STATE UNI
VERSITY FOR 1997-98 will be held by
the department of Fine Arts on two
dates: Feb. 12 at Harlem High School,
3 - 5 p.m. and Feb. 19 at South Aiken
High School from 4 - 6 p.m. For more
information, call 737-1453.
ATONIA’S LINE, will be playing at
the Augusta State University (ASU)
Butler Hall Lecture Room on Mon.,
Feb. 10, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Free. -
' TUESDAY’S MUSIC LIVE concert
ill feature Vonda Darr playing harp at
{oon on Feb. 11 at St. Paul’s Church
n the corner of 6th and Reynolds
streets. Lunch reservations are nec
essary and can be made by calling
722-3463.
JC PENNEY to hold a heart charity
event on Saturday, Feb. 8, from9a.m.
to 9 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the
United Way. For more information,
call 826-4460 io purchase tickets.
GREENVILLESTAR TREK CELEBRA
TION, a Star Trek convention by Trek
Productions, will take place on Satur
day, Feb. 15, from 10a.m. so 6 p.m. at
the Palmetto Expo Center on Exposi
tion Ave. in Greenville, S.C. Featured
guests will be Marina Sirtis and George
Takei. Other attractions will be a deal
ers’ room, films, movie clips, trivia, a
costume contest, a no-minimum bid
auction andthe infamous blooper reels.
For ticket prices and more informa
tion, please call Trek Productions at
(203) 735-7633.
OPERA GOES OPRY will be held at
the Julian Smith Casino on Saturday,
Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. A line dancing
party, Sconyers barbeque, a silent
auction and prizes for best Western
attire and dancing will be held to ben
efit the Augusta Opera. Tickets are
$35 a person. Call 826-4710 for tick
efs.
THE 1997 MARDI GRAS BALL, host
ed by Walton Rehabilitation Hospital,
will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, at
Pullman Hall from 7:30 p.m. until mid
night. All proceeds benefit Walton’s
Capital Campaign to build accessible
housing for people with physical dis
abilities. Activities for the evening will
include dancing, feast of Louisiana
cuisine catered by Kevin Goldsmith, a
King's cake, crowning of a King and
Queen, a silent auction and prizes for
best costume and mask. For more info,
call 826-5809.
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EVENTS (con’t)
ANGELAMORGAN, ASU faculty, will
give a faculty violin recital on Thurs
day, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m., at the Grover C.
Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre.
COMEDIAN PABLO FRANCISCO will
be entertaining intwo performances at
the ASU University Center on Monday,
Feb. 10, at 10:07 a.m. and 8:07 p.m.
THEENCHANTED WELL, a Storyland
Theater performance written by Rich
ard Davis Jr., will have a Sunday mat
inee on Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. Admission is
$3.
CHORAL EVENSONG, featuring the
choirs of Church of the Good Shep
herd & St. John United Methodist
Church, will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9.
For more information, call 724-9641.
BIG BAND JAZZ CONCERT will be
held at the Imperial Theatre on Satur
day, Feb. B,atß p.m. The Salute to Big
Band Greats - Part 2 will feature the
music of Stan Kenton and Artie Shaw.
Music will be by the Augusta Jazz
Project Big Band, directed by Dr. Rudy
Volkmann. For more information, call
738-1855.
PAINE COLLEGE'S 115TH
FOUNDERS’ DAY CONVOCATION will
be held on Friday, Feb. 7, at 10:30a.m.
atthe Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chap
el. Speaker will be Bishop Woodie
White, resident bishop of lllinois Area
United Methodist Church. -
ASTEP SHOW will be held on Satur
day, Feb. 8, at the Paine College Carter
Gymnasium at 3 p.m.
SENIOR NEWS
THE SENIOR CENTER, 535 15th St.,
sponsors many classes, trips and oth
er activities. For more information,
please call (706) 826-4480.
SCRIBBLERS CLUB will be held on
Monday, Feb. 10, 1:30 - 3 p.m. in the
Meeting Room.
BLACKHISTORY MONTH CELEBRA
TION will be held on Wednesday, Feb.
12, with a poetry reading from Golden
Moments book by Charles Butler Jr.,
Room 1.
SENIOR CENTER BINGO will be held
at the Old Country Buffet Restaurant
on Friday, Feb. 14, from 2 - 3 p.m.
Senior Center members will qualify for
an Old Country Buffet Senior Discount
Card. The restaurant management
also donated bingo prizes to the Se
nior Center Program participants.
ACTION PACKED
SATURDAY!
SEARCH PARTY
SUNDAY!
AUGUSTA STATE U.
CON'T. ED. CLASSES
For registration or information on
classes please call Augusta State Uni
versity Continuing Education at 737-
1636.
ART APPRECIATION. Increase your
understanding and appreciation of
Western art from Egyptian times
through 1945 by analyzing paintings,
sculptures and architecture through
pictures and slides. This four-session
course starts Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Fee
is $39.
POWER POINT. Learn how to de
sign and create your own professional
presentations by producing slides,
computer projected slide shows, hand
outs and more using Microsoft’s Win
dows-based program. Class meets
Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. Fee is $45.
MEETINGS
THEAUGUSTA COIN CLUB will meet
at the First Union Bank, Daniel Village
Branch, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Feb. 12. An auction of coins will be
held after the meeting. The public is
invited to attend. For more informa
tion, call Glenn Sewell at 860-1240.
THE AUGUSTANS FOR NONSMOK
ER’S RIGHTS, the Augusta chapter of
Georgians Against Smoking Pollution
(GASP), will meet on Tuesday, Feb.
11, at the 801 l Weevil, Riverwalk at 9th
St., at 6:30 p.m. For information, call
Richard at 791-7780 or 733-8869.
THE RICHMOND COUNTY DEMO
CRATIC COMMITTEE will meet on
Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. at the
Richmond County Law Enforcement
Center on Walton Way. For more
information, call 722-8111.
THENORTHAUGUSTATOASTMAS
TERS will meet at St. Bartholomew's
Church on Martintown Rd. on Thurs
day, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. Come see
impromptu and prepared speeches.
Forinformation, call Bob at 771-9400.
THE GEORGIA RETIRED OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION will meet at the Ft. Gor
don Officers Open Mess on Feb. 19, at
6 p.m. for cocktails and at 7 p.m. for
dinner. Guest speaker will be MG
Michael Ackerman. For more informa
tion or reservations, call Col. John
Tomberlin at 868-1786.
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BLOOD DRIVES
SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD
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: ;
- Feb. 6, Thurs. - Castleberry Food
Company, 1621 15th St., 10a.m. -4
p.m. Aiken Community Blood Center,
new location behind McDonald’s at
the corner of Whiskey and Pine Log
Roads, 12 - 6 p.m.
- Feb. 7, Fri. - A.A. Friedman, 2559
Washington Rd., 1 -5 p.m.
-Feb. 8, Sat. - Belvedere Fire Dept.,
9 am. - 1 p.m. Macedonia Baptist
Church, 1828 Wrightsboro Rd., 2 - 4
p.m.
- Feb. 9, Sun. - Ever Faithful Mis
sionary Baptist, 1006 7th Ave., 1:45 -
3:30 p.m.
- Feb. 10, Mon. - Augusta Sports
wear, 425 Park 20 West Dr., Ba.m.-2
p.m.
- Feb. 11, Tues. - Plant Vogtle in
Mcßean, Ga., 10a.m.-4 p.m. Augusta
Preparatory School, 285 Flowing Wells
Rd., 12:30 - 4 p.m. Shepeard - West,
near Publix in the Evans Tewne park
ing lot, 4 - 8 p.m.
-Feb. 12, Wed. - Boral Bricks, 1630
Arthern Rd., 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Salant
Corp., 1058 Claussen Rd., 8:30 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. Warren Baptist Church,
3203 Washington Rd., 5 - 8 p.m.
- Feb. 13, Thurs. - Westside High
School, 1002 Stelling Rd., 8 a.m. -
12:30 p.m. North Augusta Communi
ty, 625 Georgia Ave. in North Augusta,
3 -7 p.m. Aiken Community Blcod
Center, new location behind
McDonald'’s at the corner of Whiskey
and Pine Log Roads, 12 - 6 p.m.
- Feb. 14, Fri. - Channel 6/Aiken
Regional “Show Your Heart Blood
Drive,” Aiken Mall, 10 am. - 4 p.m.
Georgia Power, 2103 North Leg Rd., 2
-4 p.m.
- Feb. 16, Sun. - Our Redeemer
Lutheran Church, 402 Aumond Rd.,
10a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Please note the new
location of the Aiken
Community Blood
Center for Thursday
blood drives.
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BOOKSTORE EVENTS
BARNES & NOBLE, 1336 Augusta
West Parkway. Phone: 860-2310.
- Feb. 8, Sat,, 10 am. Lyle, Lyle
Crocodile will be a special guest in the
Children’s Section. 2:30 p.m. A tour
of the Internet will be given in the
Multimedia Section. 7:30 p.m. Open
Mike in the Art Section will be a shar
ing of original writings.
- Feb. 9, Sun, 2 p.m. A special
healthy heart presentation for kids in
the Children’s Section. 5 p.m. Dr.
Warren Karp will show how to pick out
cookbooks. 7 - 8 p.m. Songsmith's
Night will be held in the Case. 8 - 10
p.m. Robert Lucas will entertain on
the piano and guitar.
- Feb. 10, Mon., 10:30 am. A
Valentine party will be held during
Children’s Story Hour.
- Feb. 12, Wed., 7 - 9 p.m. The
Philosophy Reading Group will meet
in the Case to discuss Republic IV and
V.
- Feb. 13, Thurs., 7 p.m. A Valen
tine party will be held during Chil
dren’s Story Hour.
- Feb. 14, Fri. Sweetheart special
will be held all day in the Case. Bring
your sweetie and receive a flower to
share. Pick the posy with the prize
ribbon and receive a special surprise.
Thestoreis also displaying 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 1,600 others have
done. For more information about the
card, see the Nov. 14 issue of the
Augusta Focus, page five.
CLASSES
WATERMEDIA COLLAGE. Explore
the possibilities of collage by staining
papers and manipulating into abstract
and traditional images. Learn to use
collage to develop color, value and
shape and to resolve paintings. Feb.
12-14,9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feeis
$l5O. Class by Gertrude Herbert insti
tute of Art. For more information, call
722-5495.
LIFEGUARD COURSES BY THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS. Sunday
classes to run from Feb. 9 to April 13,
2 - 5 p.m. each Sunday. Tuesday
sessions to run from Feb. 11 to April
15, 6 - 9 p.m. Pre-registration is
requiredatßll 12th St. Call 826-4464
for more information.
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