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Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. -
1:30 p.m., the Aiken Mental
Health Association will hold a
Nurture Home Attic Sale at the
O’Dell Weeks Park Shelter next to
the Aiken Playhouse. All proceeds
from the sale will benefit Nurture
Home. If you would like to make a
donation or want more informa
tion, call Pat Spezialetti at (803)
641-4164.
Saturday, April 19, the Augusta
Area Council to Prevent Child
Abuse and the Education De
partment of ASU are sponsor
ing Saturday of Safety from 9
a.m. - 12 noon on the first floor of
the ASU Student Activity Center.
Highlights will include games,
clowns, face-.painting, food, an art
factory, puppet show and informa
tion on child safety. The event is free.
For more information, contact Bar
bara C. Johnson at 721-3406.
Sunday, April 20, at 2 p.m., the
Morris Museum of Art will hold
a lecture on artist Georgia
O’Keeffe, by Dr. Charles Eldridge,
a nationally recognized expert in
the historical field of the American
frontier, nationally syndicated
newspaper columnist, author and
filmmaker.
Sunday, April 20, from 1 -5 p.m.,
The University Hospital
Women’s Center will sponsor
Baby Fest *97 in the hospital’s Edu
cational Center. Registration begins
at 12:30 p.m. Baby Fest '97 is de
signed for new and expectant par
ents and will feature exhibits, dem
onstrations and guest speakers who
will discuss such topics as
parenting, allergies in your child,
infant nutrition, discipline and com
mon illnesses during the child’s
first year. There is no charge for the
program and the public is invited.
For more information, call the Uni
versity Hospital Women’s Center at
(706) 774-87817.
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Saturday, April 19, the Augusta
Symphony Master Works II
Concert featuring pianist Dan
wen Wei will be held at the ASU
Performing Arts Theatre. Tickets
are $lO - $24. Student and group
discounts available. Call 826-4705
for more information.
Now through August 1997, the
Morris Museum of art will ex
hibit Women Artists in the
South—Selections from the
Permanent Collection, in cel
ebration of Women’s History
Month. Admission is free on all
Sundays. For more information,
please contact Patricia Moore, cu
rator of Education at (706) 724-
7501.
Beginning Sunday, April 13 -
Saturday, April 19, Fort Gordon
celebrates National Volunteer
Week. Importance of volunteers
will be addressed in all church ser
vices Sunday and at 10 a.m. Mon
day, April 14, a recognition cer
emony will be held in Olmstead
Hall. Other activities include a pa
rade, a softball game and picnic.
Wednesday, April 23, is the
deadline for entering a free
poetry contest, open to everyone
in the Augusta area. Grand prize
is SI,OOO. Over $3,000 in prizes
will be awarded. Winners will be
announced on or before June 30.
Poems may be written on any sub-
Ject, using any style. To enter,
send one poem only, 21 lines or
less to: Free Poetry Contest, 1040
Fairfax Ave., Suite 208, W. Holly
wood, California 90046.
Beginning Wednesday, April 16,
Walton Rehab Hospital will
hold appointments to serve the
specialized medical needs of
clients who have sustained spi
nal cord injuries at McDuffie
County Hospital on Hospital Drive
in Thomson, Ga. Office hours will
be held the third Wednesday of ev
ery other month. To schedule an
appointment, please call (706) 823-
8560 or (800) 366-6055.
Friday, April 18, from 10 a.m. -
2 p.m., Fort Gordon presents
the Very Special Arts Festival
at Engineer Field off Brainard
Ave. 2,200 students and teachers
from Georgia schools in 13 differ
ent counties will be represented.
Friday, April 18, is the deadline
for the Augusta-Richmond
County Recreation and Parks
Slow Break Basketball pro
gram. The program will be held
at the May Park Community Cen
ter at 622 4th Street on Mondays
and Wednesdays from 7:00 - 10
p.m. for people age 30 or over. A
fee of SSO per team plus $9 per
game/per team for officials will be
charged. For more information,
contact Sam Stephenson at 724-
0504.
Saturday, April 19; Sunday, April
20 and Monday, April 21,
Shepeard Community Blood
Center will sponsor four blood
drives. April 19 at the Blythe
Community Center from 10 a.m. -
2 p.m., April 20 at Whole Life min
istries, 2621 Washington Rd. from
12:30 - 4:30 p.m., and April 21 at
University of South Carolina at
Aiken from 12 - 4:30 p.m. and at
Gracewood State School and Hos
pital fro 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 27, from 5 -9 p.m.
join The Cronies, Inc. for Tea
& Jazz, featuring All That Jazz
and )"azz trombonist Wycliffe Gor
don at the Old Medical College of
Georgia, 590 Telfair Street. Enjoy
tea and hors d’oeuvres, meet the
musicians, and welcome in spring.
The event is semiformal and tick
ets are $25 per person. For more
information, contact Jean Embry
at 738-5962, Judith Krause at 790-
4614, Jackie McGrady at 863-3508
or L.C. Myles Jr. at 667-7679.
Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m.,
the Augusta Symphony Wood
wind Trio will present a free
mini-concert at the Jeff Maxwell
Branch Library. For information,
call Karen Wiedmeier at 821-2600.
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During the month of April, the
Gertrude Herbert Institute of
Art will have art exhibits at lo
cations throughout Augusta. At
the Columbia Augusta Medical
Center, 3651 Wheeler Road—water
color paintings by Teresa Mullen;
at the offices of Dr. Scott Balogh and
Dr. Gayle Rozantine, 3740 Walton
Way Extension—pen and ink and
watercolor paintings by Diane
Davis; at the Evans Government
Complex, 630 Washington West
Road, Evans—oil portraits by
Jenny Johnson; at Georgia Bank
and Trust, 3530 Wheeler Road—
watercolor and oil paintings by
Arleigh Masfield; at Meybohm Re
alty, 646 North Belair Rd, Evans—
scratchboard portraits by Michele
Ashe; at Shepeard Blood Center,
1533 Wrightsboro Rd.—photogra
phy by Angelika Selman-Bondar; at
St. Joseph Hospital, 2260
Wrightsboro Rd.—watercolor
paintings by Susan Childs; at
United Way of the CSRA, 630 Ellis
Street—oil paintings by Karen Per
due-Davis; at the University Hos
pital Professional Office Buildingll,
818 St. Sebastian Way—watercolor
and acrylic paintings by Willie
Lawrence Lynn.
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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.
Saturday, April 26, the Gertrude
Herbert Institute of Art will
hold a family workshop titled
“This is the House that YOU
can build” from 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
Workshop is free and open to pub
lic. Reservations, please. Call 722-
5495 for reservations or more in
formation.
Every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, Senior Friends holds
a free aerobic workout class
at 8:30 a.m. at the Senior Center.
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Monday and Wednesday, April
21 and 23, at 7:30 p.m., the ASU
division of Continuing Educa
tion will teach a Bicycle Main
tenance class. Phil Cohen of
Chain Reaction shares his tools
and expertise with you in this two
session meeting. Fee is $29. Call
ASU Continuing Education at
737-1636 for more information.
Tuesday, April 22, from 7 - 8
p.m., St. Joseph Hospital will
hold an assertiveness training
class. The session teaches you to
increase your self-esteem and how
to be a better communicator. For
more information, call 481-7604.
Beginning Monday, April 28, St.
Joseph Hospital will teach a
smoking cessation course
called Fresh Start. The program
is designed to help you stop smok
ing in two weeks. To register, or
for more information, call St. Jo
seph Family Life at 481-7604.
Meetings
Monday, April 21, The Greater
Augusta Chapter SCSU Alumni
Association, Inc. will have its
monthly meeting at the Main
Branch Library in Augusta at 7p.m.
For more information, call Mashell
Fashion at (706) 592-5788 or Linda
Epps at (803) 278-5772.
The Walton Rehabilitation
Hospital and the Resource Cen
ter on Aging holds 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.
Saturday, April 26, at 11 am.,
former residents of Savannah
Place will hold a meeting in the
Community Center on 11th Street.
All former residents are invited to at
tend to make plans for a reunion. For
information, please call Augustus C.
Thurmond at (706) 738- 6425.
AUGUSTA FOCUS APRIL 17, 1997
Every Ist and 3rd Monday, St.
Joseph Hospice sponsors a
grief support group called Dis
covery. The group meets at St. Jo
seph Hospital, in the Madonna
Wing, fourth floor, 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.
Tuesday, April 29, from 6-8 p.m.,
the CSRA Transition Center
Board of Directors will meet at
409 Watkins Street. For more in
formation, contact Alicia Sapp at
738-5060.
Friday, April 18, The Out-to-
Lunch Bunch will meet at
Damon’s Restaurant, 3064
Washington Rd. Please make your
reservation by calling 826-4480.
Sunday, April 27 - Thursday, May
1, the Savannah River Chapter
and the Robotics and Remote
Systems Division of the Ameri
can Nuclear Society will co
host the seventh annual topi
cal meeting on robotics at the
Radisson Riverfront Hotel and Con
ference Center.
Every Second Monday of each
month, St. Joseph Hospital
sponsors a support group meet
ing for parents of children with
a neuromuscular disease at 7
p.m. For more information, call 738-
8543.
Every Sunday night at 8 p.m., a
support group for family and
friends of members of Narcot
ics Anonymous meets at the hos
pital. For more information, call
278-7339.
The last Wednesday of each
month, Heart Matters Support
Group, a support group for per
sons with a heart condition,
their families and loved ones
meets at St. Joseph Hospital at 3
p.m. Please call 481-7359 for more
information.
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