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Tuesday, April 1, the Honorable
_ Larry Sconyers and Richmond
County commissionerswill sign the
Celebrate Life in the Garden or
gan & tissue donation ribbon at
the Municipal building at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1, the New
Found Freedom Chronic Pain/
- TMJ support group will sponsor
.. a Meeting of the Minds Semi
- nar at 7 p.m. at Walton Rehabili
_ tation Outpatient Building, 1355
Independence Drive. For more in
formation, call Luis McTier at
823-8595 or Eunice Jordan at 793-
4232 or 667-3398.
Tuesday, April 8, Fort Gordon
will hold a Family Information
Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
lobby of Darling Hall.
Friday, April 4, the Astronomy
Club of Autusta will hold a
. star party. Rain date—April 5.
Party will be held at the WMCA
.-on Wheeler Rd., beginning at sun
*-set. Besides viewing the comet, our
telescopes will be focused on many
other celestial objects. Admission
is free and everyone is welcome.
< Monday, April 7, WJBF
NewsCHANNEL 6 will begin its
coverage of the 1997 Masters
with Masters Preview ’97 at
7:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday, April 7 - 11, the
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
will offer Art Camp during Mas
ters Week. Students between the
ages of four and 12 years will be
instructed in a variety of artistic
techniques. Children ages four and
_ five will meet from 10- 11 a.m. each
day. Children ages 6 - 12 will have
two-hour sessions. Registration costs
$25 for children aged four and five,
and SSO for children aged 6-12. Call
722-5495 for more information.
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band 1928-42; a pioneer experimenter of amplified bass.
2. What is name of trumpeter Ernie Royal’s brother?
3. Who was Gig Gryce?
4. We all know him as Muddy Waters. What is his real
name?
5. Where was he born?
6. When and where did Earl “Father” Hines die?
7. What are Coda, Radio Free Jazz, Jazz Forum, Down Beat
and Jazz Times?
8. New York is considered the “Big Apple.” What city and
state is called the “Little Apple?”
9. This world-ren.owned studio drummer has appeared on
over 30 gold and platinum records. He has
three of his own albums on the Arista label
including his Funk in a Mason Jar. What is
his name?
10. What instrument do the following musi
cians play: Freddy Kohiman, Philly Joe
Jones, Horacee Arnold and Steve Gadd?
11. What do the following have in common:
Larry Ridley, Kenny Barron, Ted Dunbar,
Freddie Waits and Frank Foster?
12. Who are they: Betty Carter, Mary Lou
Williams, Marian McPartland and Clora
Byrant?
13. Which is the correct title of Dave
Brubeck Sony: “Take Six,” “Take One” or
“Take Five?”
14. Who was the founder of the North Sea
Jazz Festival?
15. What do Ray Charles and Joe Williams
have in common?
16. When and where did Paul Acket, a
pioneer in the presentation of jazz, die?
17. Who are they: Jiggs Whigham, Al Grey,
Bill Watrous and J.J. Johnson?
18. Which one doesn’t belong: Lew Soloff,
Roy Hargrove, Lee Morgan and Wayne
Shorter?
19. Who are the “new” New York Voices?
20. The Alabama State Collegians evolved
into the what?
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Thursday, April 3, from 6 - 8
p.m., Books-A-Million will be hav
ing a book signing of the new
book Marvin Gaye, The Untold
Chapter. The author, Ms. Ander
son, will be appearing along with
Gaye’s sister, Zeola and the writer
of the book’s screen play. For more
information, call (706) 481-9090.
Saturday, March 29. the Top La
dies of Distinction will present
their Distinguished Men Who
Cook fundraiser. This annual event
has been a huge success for eleven
years. Cost is S2O for all-you-can-eat,
beverages, dancing and entertainment.
The event will be held at Savannah
Rapids Pavillion, 3300 Evans to Locks
Rd in Martinez, Ga. at 7 p.m. Pro
ceeds will finance scholarships for
CSRA high school seniors. For ticket
information, call president Lady
Nettie Smith at 790-0538 or publicity
chair Lady Yvonne Shaw at 738-2462.
Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p.m., Be
ginners Line Dance Classes will
be hosted by Senior Friends of
Columbia Augusta Medical Cen
ter, at the Senior Friends Office in
the Columbia Augusta Professional
Building. Cost is $9 for six weeks.
Call 651-6716 for reservations.
Every Tuesday & Thursday from
10°- 11 a.m., Tai Chi classes are
held at the Senior Friends Of
fice. Cost is sls per month. Call
651-6716 for more information.
Wednesday, April 2, the Special
Olympics Annual Regional
Games will be held on lower
Barton Field on Brainard Ave.
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, the command
ing general of Fort Gordon, Maj. Gen.
Michael W. Ackerman, will sign
an Adopt-A-School/GI Buddy
agreement with the superinten
dent of three county school sys
tems. The agreement will be signed
in Conrad Hall off Chamberlain Ave.
at 10:30 a.m.
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Thursday, April 3, at 2:45 p.m., In
termediate Line Dance Classes
will begin at the Senior Friends Of
fice. Cost is $9 for six weeks. Call 651-
6716 for reservations.
Saturday, March 29, the fourth
annual Geddings D. Osbon Me
morial Horse Show will be
held at the Hippodrome in
North Augusta. Admission is $1
per person or free with military I.D.
The Hunter/Jumper show will be
gin at 9 a.m. and the English/West
ern show will start at 10 a.m.
Schools will be held beginning at
3 p.m. Friday, March 28.
Tuesday, April 1, the Forces of
Technology in the Contempo
rary World lecture series for
the 27th annual Cullum will
begin at 11 a.m. in the Butler Lec
ture Room on the Walton Way cam
pus of Augusta State University.
Thursday, April 3, The Russian
Folk group, Balalaika, will
present a concert at Augusta
State University. Concert will be
held in the Grover C. Maxwell Per
forming Arts Theatre at 8 p.m. The
concert is part of the annual Ly
ceum Series presented by student
activities. Admission is free.
Sunday, March 30 at 6:30 a.m.
Fort Gordon will hold its Eas
ter sunrise service. Service will
be held near the Barton Field re
viewing stand on Barnes Ave. Maj.
Gen Michael W. Ackerman will be
the speaker. For more information
call (706) 791-6001.
Now through August 1997, the
Morris Museum of art will ex
hibit Women Artists in the
South—Selections from the Per
manent Collection, in celebra
tion of Women’s History Month.
Admission is free on all Sundays.
For more information, please con
tact Patricia Moore, curator of
Education at (706) 724-7501.
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Saturday, April 5, the Morris
Museum of Art will hold a pub
lic program, First Sunday Fam
ily Workshop: Alaska’s First
Peoples. The program begins at 2
p.m. For more information, please
contact Patricia Moore, Curator of
Education at (706) 724-7501.
Saturday, March 29, Barnes &
Noble bookstore will have a
special Easter egg hunt for
children through six years of
age. The hunt will be at Barnes
& Noble, 1336 Augusta West Park
way, at 10 a.m. Immediately follow
ing, at 11 a.m., a special story time
and craft for children of all ages.
Friday, April 4, the Augusta
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc. cordially in
vites you to attend The Creme de
la Creme Pageant and Red and
White Fantazia. The event will
be held at the Fort Gordon Offic
ers Club beginning at 8 p.m. Cost
is S2O per person. Attire is semi
formal. Entertainment will be pro
vided by the Cutno Dance En
semble. For ticket information,
contact any member of the Au
gusta Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at (706)
724-3576 or send E-mail to the fol
lowing: DSTinAUG@aol.com.
Monday, April 7 - April 11, the Au
gusta-Richmond County Recre
ation and Parks Department will
host Spring Fun Camp. The camp
will be held each day from 9a.m. -3
p.m. for children ages 6 - 12. Pre-reg
istration by April 2 and a small fee
are required. For more information,
call Jeanette Thurmond at 771-2656.
Beginning Thursday, April 10 &
11, the Augusta-Richmond
County Recreation and Parks
Department will host Masters
Mini Camp at the Hephzibah
Community Center, 9a.m.- 1 p.m.
for ages 5 - 12. Cost is $lO. For
more information call 592-2216.
Saturday, March 29, IKV Dark
Storm, a local Klingon Star
Trek group, will meet at Fried
man Branch Library, 1447 Jackson
Rd. at 3 p.m. All Trekkers welcome.
The Walton Rehabilitation
Hospital and the Resource Cen
ter on Aging hold a stroke sup
port group meeting every first
and third Wednesday of each month
from 2 - 3 p.m. in the Activity Room
at the Resource Center on Aging in
Daniel Village Shopping Center at
2803 Wrightsboro Rd., Suite 51.
Every first and third Wednesday
of each month, The Stroke Sup
port Group, sponsored by
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital
meets at 2 p.m. in the Activity Room
at the Resource Center on Aging.
The center is located in Daniel Vil
lage Shopping Center at 2803
Wrightsboro Road, Suite 51.
Every other Thursday, a sup
port group for those with
loved ones in prison meets at 7
p.m. at St. Joseph Hospital. Please
call 855-8636 for more informa
tion.
St. Joseph Hospice sponsors a
grief support group called Dis
covery which is geared toward
people dealing with the death of a
loved one. The group meets at St.
Joseph Hospital, in the Madonna
Wing, fourth floor. Meetings are
held each month on the Ist and
3rd Monday morning from 10:30
a.m. - 12 p.m. and on the Ist and
3rd Tuesday evening from 7:30 - 9
p.m. For more information, call
(706) 481-7490 or (800) 533-3949.
Every second Tuesday of each
month Augustans for Nonsmok
ers’ Rights meets at 6:30 p.m.
The April 8 meeting will be held at
Abbi’s Coffee Shop at 403 Fury’s
Ferry Road, next to Publix. For
more information, call 791-7780.
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Wednesday, April 2, Aiken Tech
nical College will administer
the Practical Nursing En
trance Exam. The test will be
given at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the
ATC Administration Building,
room 113. Fee is S2O, payable only
with a money order made out to
Psychological Corporation. To
make arrangements for testing,
call (803) 593-9231, ext. 1223.
Tuesday, April 15, Aiken Tech
nical College will administer
the Health Occupations Basic
Entrance Test. The test will be
given at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the
ATC Administration Building,
room 113. Fee is S2O, payable only
with a money order made out to
Midlands Technical College. For
more information, call Dr. Rita
Melton at 593-9231.
Reunions
Monday, March 31 is the dead
line for determining the number of
participants for the Immaculate
Conception Academy’s general
reunion in June. If you are a
former student or know of a
former student, please contact
Harriet Curry at 722-6924. The
event will be a three-day affair for
all former graduates and students.
Catch the CSRA
Black Expo,
on Saturday, April 12,
at the Augusta
State University
Athletic Complex.
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