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MAY 1, 1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
Fvents
' Sunday, May 4, from 2-4:30 p.m.,
an Alaska Reunion will be held
at the Morris Museum of Art.
The reunion invites local residents
whose lives have been touched in
some way by “America’s last fron
tier” to reminisce about their expe
riences. For more information,
please call Patricia Moore, at the
museum at (706) 724-7501.
Saturday, May 17, the ASU di
vision of Continuing Education
will host Bicycle on the Au
gusta Canal. Spend a beautiful day
cycling the length of the historic
Augusta Canal and see a variety of
wildlife and vegetation. Have a
Dutch treat lunch with the group.
Bring your own off-road bike and
helmet or rent from Chain Reac
tion. Group leaves at 10 a.m. and
returns at 2 p.m. Fee is sls per per
son. Call ASU Continuing Educa
tion at 737-1636 for more informa
tion.
Now through August 1997, the
Morris Museum of art will ex
hibit Women Artists in the
South—Selections from the Per
manent Collection, in celebration
of Women'’s History Month. Admis
sion is free on all Sundays. For
more information, please contact
Patricia Moore, curator of Educa
tion at (706) 724-7501.
Tuesday, May 6, Sesame Street
Live will return to the Bell Au
ditorium for three performances
of “Let’s Be Friends.” Tickets are
$10.50. For more information, call
(706) 724-2400
Saturday, May 3, The Fort Gor
don Officers’ Wives Club
Spring Flea Market will be held
on Engineer Field from 9 am. - 4
p.m. For more information or for
an application, call (706) 791-7556
or (706) 791-3653.
Sunday, May 4, Augusta Care
Pregnancy will sponsor Walk For
Life at Eighth Street Plaza from 8
am. - 12 p.m. For details, contact Mike
McGowan at (803) 649-7963.
Red Cross intensifies flood relief efforts
The American Red Crossintensi
fied its response last week to the
extensive floodingin the upper Mid
west. Thousands of families were
forced toevacuate theirhomes, many
of whom sought shelter withthe Red
Cross while others went to friends
and family. Asthe Red River’srecord
crestlevelscaused thousandstoleave
Grand Forks, N.D., East Grand
Forks, Minn. and sther areas, the
Red Cross worked with the Grand
Forks Air Force Base, the Brother
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Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m.
The Greater Augusta Adver
tising Club and the Better
Business Bureau will cel
ebrate Texas Thursday. This
year’s event will feature a mer
chandise and media auction in the
newly air-conditioned Julian
Smith Casino. Join us for food,
fun and excitement with a silent
auction of over 150 items and a
live auction featuring Greg
Hodges as the auctioneer. Festivi
ties begin with a cash bar at 6 p.m.
followed with delicious Texas fare
from Dizzy Chicken. Tickets are
$lO and may be purchased at the
door or in advance from the Better
Business Bureau at 722-1574 or the
Augusta Chronicle at 823 -3443.
Tuesday, May 6, and Wednes
day, May 7, The Augusta Met
ropolitan Convention and
Visitors Bureau invites you
and your staff to celebrate
National Tourism Week with
a historic Augusta tour,
lunch and visit to Fort Dis
covery. The purpose of the pro
gram is to educate and entertain
people about the unique tourism
activities and attractions in the
Augusta area. Program begins at
8:30 a.m. at the Historic Cotton
Exchange Welcome Center and
Museum at Bth and Reynolds at
Riverwalk.
Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May
4, the Richmond County Sec
ondary Gifted Program will
hold its annual Academic
Sharing Fair at Augusta Mall.
The fair rewards students for
their academic accomplish
ments, encourages academic ex
cellence in students, and pro
motes community awareness of
the gifted program in Richmond
County. For more information,
call Barbara Fitzgerald or Sibyl
Kellam at 731-8787.
Saturday May 3, The Great
Savannah River Duck Race
begins at Ninth Street Plaza.
Get your ducks now! For more
information, call (706) 826-4700.
hood Convention of the Southern
Baptists, and otheragenciestoopen
shelters and serve more than 8,000
meals over the weekend to victims
in need of help.
The Red Cross has provided assis
tance to families around-the-clock
every day since the spring flooding
firstbeganat the beginningofMarch
in Minnesota and North Dakota.
The Red Cross response is expected
to be a multimillion dollar relief
effort.
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Morning Show
Weekdays 6 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m., the
annual Marion E. Barnes
Scholarship Banquet will be
held in the Fort Gordon Offic
ers’ Club banquet room. The
cost of the affair is $25 per person.
Speaker will be Mr. Michael
Thurmond, director of the Geor
gia Division of Family and Chil
dren Services.
Saturday, May 3, from 6 -8 p.m.,
the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Augusta Rescue Mission will
hold a Spaghetti Supper and
Auction at the Julian Smith
Casino. The auction is free to the
public. Some items in the auction
include gift certificates,
housewares, sporting goods and
equipment, furniture and more.
Cost for the spaghetti supper will
be $5 for adults and $2.50 for chil
dren. All proceeds will benefit the
Mission. Tickets are available at
Jeff’s Sewing and Vacuum on
Washington Road (across from
West Town), the Augusta Rescue
Mission and at the door. For more
information, call Cathy Jones at
(706) 722-2058.
Friday, May 2, The Georgia-
Carolina Council, Boy Scouts
of America will have an Adap
tive Scouting Fun Day. All
Richmond County special educa
tion classes and their teachers are
invited to participate. Sports such
as archery, fishing and BB guns
and other activities such as nature
hikes, boating and crafts will be
included. Event will be held at
Camp Linwood-Hayne, 4544 Old
Savannah Road just south of In
ternational Paper. Activities begin
at 10 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. Vol
unteers are also needed to assist
with the program. To participate,
or to volunteer, call (706) 826-
4471.
Sunday, May 11, Quest Foun
dation USA will hold a Walk -
A - Thon. Walk begins at 10 a.m.
in the lower level of the Riverwalk
Amphitheater. Registration for
the event is May 10. For more in
formation, please call Cheri Cofer
at (706) 650-2949.
Allßed Cross disaster assistance
is free, made possible by voluntary
gifts of time and money from the
American people. The Red Cross is
not a government agency. To help
the victims of this and other disas
ters, call 1-800-HELP-NOW (1-800-
435-7669). You may also contribute
to the American Red Cross Disaster
Relief Fund by sending a check to
American Red Cross,Augusta Chap
ter, 811 12th Street, Augusta, GA
30901.
Sunday, May 4, The Augusta
Players Repertory Company
will hold auditions for Noel
Coward’s comedy Present
Laughter at 4 p.m. in the Ter
race Room of the Bon Air Apart
ments, 2101 Walton Way. Roles
are available for five males and six
females ages 25 and older. The
production will be directed by
James Worth, with performances
planned for late July.
Monday, May 5, the Augusta
Mini Theatre will present a
piano recital at Augusta Mini
Theatre, at 430 Bth Street, at 6
p.m. For more information, please
contact Judith Simon-Butler at
722-0598.
Thursday, May 8, University
Hospital will present a Learn
and Live program, Tongue
Thrusting, at the University
Medical Center in Columbia
County at 10 a.m. The program
examines this swallowing disorder
and how the condition affects
people of all ages. Speech and lan
guage pathologist Amy Vincent,
MA, CCC is the guest speaker. For
more information or to register,
call (706) 737-8423.
Monday, May 19, The Harry W.
Jernigan Cancer Center at
University Hospital will spon
sor a free skin cancer screen
ing at the University Hospital
Medical Center in North Augusta.
Local dermatologists will perform
the screenings from 6 - 8 p.m.
Appointments are required. For
more information and appoint
ments, call the Harry W. Jernigan
Cancer Center at (706) 774-8900.
Tuesday, May 6, the Univer
sity Hospital will present a
Learn and Live program, Dry
Again: Women and Inconti
nence at the University Medical
Center in Columbia County at 6
p.m. The program examines how
to manage urinary incontinence
or a leaky bladder. For more in
formation, or to register, call (706)
737-8423.
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Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.m.
North Augusta Community Center
101 Brookside Avenue
(across from the municpal complex on Buena Vista Ave.)
North Augusta, S.C.
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Saturday, May 10, the ASU
Division of Continuing Edu
cation will hold a one-ses
sion class, Quicken I, from
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Fee is S6O.
Call Augusta State University
Continuing Education at 737-
1636 for more information.
Monday, May 12, the ASU Di
vision of Continuing Educa
tion will begin a six-session
course, Computer Literacy
for Seniors 11, a continuation
of the beginning literacy class for
seniors. Computer Literacy for
Seniors I or previous experience
is required. The course features
programs such as Word Perfect,
QuattroPro, Windows 95 and the
Internet. Fee is sllO. Call Au
gusta State University Continu
ing Education at 737-1636 for
more information.
Every Second Monday of each
month, St. Joseph Hospital
sponsors a support group
meeting for parents of chil
dren with a neuromuscular
disease at 7 p.m. For more in
formation, 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 St. Jo
seph Hospital. For more informa
tion, call 278-7339.
Tuesday, May 13, Augustans
for Nonsmokers’ Rights will
meet at Wings restaurant, 3412
Wrightsboro Rd.
Tuesday, May 20, The Sierra
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Doug
Martin will show slides and speak
on amphibians and reptiles in a
Reconstituted Carolina Bay. The
public is invited to join us at the
Unitarian Church, Walton Way
Ext., meet our members and sign
up for our Outings. For informa
tion, call 863-2324.
Friday, May 2, The Augu
State University Alumni Asso
ciation will hold its annual
meeting and awards presenta
tion at 7 p.m. in Pullman Hall,
560 Walton Way. The Distin
guished Alumnus Award will be
presented to Senator Charles W.
Walker, the Distinguished Service
Award to Roger M. Denning, the
Golden Key Award to Lisa
Shuford and the Town and Gown
Award to Roscoe Williams, EdD.
Reservations are necessary and
may be made by calling the alumni
office at 737-1759. Dinner will be
S2O per person and include Lon
don Broil, chicken cordon bleu
and snapper fillets topped with
shrimp. The Jammin’ Jaguars will
provide music.
Wednesday, May 21, The
Gertrude Herbert Institute of
Art will hold its annual meet
ing at 12 noon at 506 Telfair
Street. Reservations are required.
Fee is $6.50 per person. Call (706)
722-5495 for information or to
make reservations.
Tuesday, May 6, Aiken Tech
nical College will administer
the Health Occupations Basic
Entrance Test from 1 - 5 p.m.
The HOBET is required for en
trance into certain health occupa
tions. Students must have an ap
plication on file at Aiken Tech to
be eligible for the test. Fee is S2O
payable only with a money order
made out to: Midland Technical
College. For more information,
call Dr. Rita Melton at 593-9231
ext. 1393.
Friday, May 2, and Wednesday,
May 7, Aiken Technical Col
lege will administer the Prac
tical Nursing Entrance Exam
at 1 p.m and 5 p.m. in room 113.
Fee is S2O payable only with a
money order made out to: Psycho
logical Corporation. To make ar
rangements for testing, call 593-
9231 ext. 1223.
Discussion and motion
development will focus
on the L Area Oil &
Chemical Basin, the
L Area Acid/Caustic
Basin and several
other groundwater and
waste site remediation
projects at SRS.
Your participation and
comments are
welcome.
Please join us.
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