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MARCH 14, 2002
Sacred Heart hosts 10th Annual Garden Festival
Sacred Heart will host its
10th Annual Garden Festival
2002 Friday through Sunday,
March 22-24, 2002 at the Sa
cred Heart Cultural Centeron
Greene Street. “Gardening-A
National Pastime” will be the
theme of this year’s festival.
The event will feature the
Greathouse Live Butterfly
Exhibit; daily tours of five of
Augusta’s private gardens;
gardening lectures and dem
LKW hosts “Evening of Elegance” fundraising social
The Loyal Khristian Work
ers (LKW) will be hosting a
fundraiser in the form of a
social event titled “Evening of
Elegance” on March 22, 2002,
at 7 p.m. at the Boathouse
Center in Augusta, Ga. Tick
etswillbe s2oforadults. There
Augusta Opera features “Faust” Mar. 20, 22 and 23
The Augusta Opera will
present Gounod’s “Faust,”
sung in English, March 20,
22 and 23 at 8 p.m. at the
Imperial Theatre. Ticket
pricesrange from sl2 to S4O.
Student and groupdiscounts
are available.
In a contemporary look at
Writers conference brings notable authors to ASU
AUGUSTA
The Sandhills Writers Con
ference begins March 21,2002
at 11 a.m. in Galloway Hall
room 101, with the keynote
address by Jayne Cortez,
American Book Award win
ner.
The Sandhills conference is
a gathering of writers, edi
tors, and musicians with di
verse perspectives and cul
tural backgrounds, whoshare
their craft with those attend
ing the talks.
The conference continues
in the Science Building, room
Wloo2,March2lat7.4sp.m.,
with areadingby South Caro
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onstrations from well known
horticulturist Ted Stevens and
floral designer Sharon
McGukin; lavish gardening ex
hibitions by professional gar
deners and landscapers in the
Great Hall; a Youth Competi
tion; and vendor salesof plants,
gardeningsupplies, books and
garden art. This annual fund
raiser for Sacred Heart Cul
tural Center, a National Reg
ister Historic property, opens
will be a fashion show, music
and heavy hors d’oeuvres for
this semi-formal affair.
The LKW consists of busi
ness professionals from varied
backgrounds who have dedi
cated their time and experi
ence toarrange afundraiser to
this ageless story, Faust
makes a deal with the Devil:
in return for eternal youth
and the beautiful Marguerite,
he promises Mephistopheles
his soul. Valentin,
Marguerite’s brother, en
trusts the care of his sister to
the faithful Siebel while he
lina fiction writer George
Singleton and New York nov
elist Elizabeth Nunez.
On Friday at 7.45 p.m., At
lanta novelist and playwright
JoAllen Bradham, and Cortez,
an American Book Award win
ning poet, will hold readings,
alsoin the New Science Build
ing.
Other participantsinclude:
Andrew Calhoun, Oregon
based singer-songwriter who
will serve as song lyric evalu
ator; Leotis Clyburn, Atlanta
music publisher with SoSo Def
Recordings, Inc.; Jane Dystel,
New York literary agent;
Steven Huff, editor of Boa
Editions who will serve as
with an evening garden party
on Thursday, March 21, and
continues through Sunday,
March 24.
The gardens will be open
March 22-24 from 12to 5 p.m.
Theexhibitsin the Great Hall,
vendorsareaand butterfly tent
will be open March 22 and 23
from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., and on
March 24 from 11 am. to 5
p.m. Lecturesand demonstra
tions will be held on March 22
defray the costs of graduation
forhigh school senior students.
Checks may be made pay
able to the Loyal Khristian
Workers, 3483 Jonathan
Circle, Augusta, GA 30906.
Contact may also be made by
calling Sis. Ollie Johnson,
goes off to the wars. On his
returnhefindsthat Marguerite
hasbeen betrayed by Faust. He
challenges him to a duel and is
killed. Marguerite, in prison for
killing her baby, refuses to g 9
withFaustand Mephistopheles;
assheascendsto Heaven, Faust
is dragged down to Hell.
poetry evaluator; and Nancy
Smiler Levinson, award win
ning author of many titles for
young readers. -
Books written by these au
thors are also available for
sale at the university book
store in Washington Hall.
Professional writers in po
etry, fiction, children’s litera
ture, play writing, non-fiction
and songlyricwriting will give
readings, conduct talks on the
writer’s craft and interact with
participants. Conference reg
istration is open through
March 23. Mr. Calhoun, who
is also president of Waterbug
Records, will give a free con
and 23.
For more information and
ticket prices, please contact
Sacred Heart Cultural Center,
1301 Greene Street, at
706.826.4700.
Sponsored by the Augusta
Metropolitan Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Georgia Pub
licßadio, Metropolitan Spirit,
ThePartridge Inn, Sam’s Club
and the Augusta Floral Asso
ciation.
founder of LKW, at (706) 793-
7912, or Sis. Linda Smith,
president, at (803) 827-0205,
or by e-mail to
Lwsclassic2@cs.com. Doretha
Johnson is chairperson of
LKW and Betty Hester is sec
retary.
Student tickets are avail
able for $5 in the second bal
cony. Ca11826-4710toreserve
your tickets, or stop by the
Augusta Opera offices at the
Sacred Heart Cultural Center
between the hours of 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
cert as part of the Sandhills
in-concert series.
The Sandhills Writers’Con
ference is funded, in part, by
The Georgia Council for the
Arts, the Greater Augusta
Arts Council, the Augusta
State University Foundation,
the Jean DeWitt Fitz Memo
rial Fund, Janelle Taylor En
terprises, Inc. and the Mary
Lu Kuhl Writing Scholar
ships.
For more information, call
Anthony Kellman at 737-1500,
or go to http://www.aug.edu/
laagliteom/
sand_hills_conference/
index.html.
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African dance class for children
The Abatsu African Cul
tural Performing Arts will
present African dance classes
for Children, ages 7-11.
Spring session classes will be
held once a week for six weeks
beginning Sunday, March 17,
3:45 to 4:45 p.m. Pre-regis
tration is required. The
dance studio is on Washing
SHRM features Shelly Prochaska
The Augusta-Aiken Society
for Human Resources Man
agement (SHRM) will meet on
Friday, March 15, 2002, from
7:30 to 9:15 a.m. at the
Radisson Riverfront Hotel.
The sls guest fee includes
breakfast. Topic: “Gettingthe
Most From Your SHRM Mem
Laney class of 1977 meets
The Lucy C. Laney class of
1977 will hold a class meeting
on March 23,2002 at 2p.m. at
the Wallace Branch Library.
Please make plans to attend,
Your points of contact are
Mark Lightfoot at 706-793-
SICARS sponsors free workshops
The Sapelo Island Cultural
and Revitalization Society, Inc.
(SICARS) will sponsor two free
grant writing, training work
shops for non-profit corpora
tions, churches and faith-based
organizations.
The topics for each work
shop will include, but are not
limited to: Identifying funding
opportunities using the
Internet; Developing persua
sive program/project need
statement; developing pro
gram/project goals and objec
tives; developing winning tech
nical proposals; preparing the
item budgets and justifica
tions; developing winning sci
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ton Road in Augusta. Please
contact Sala Adenike, artis
tic director, for more infor
mation at (706) 731-0010.
Abatsu African Cultural Per
forming Arts is a non-profit
cultural and educational per
forming arts organization
whichincludes a performing
dance company.
ber Benefits.” The speaker
will be Shelly Prochaska, Area
II manager, SHRM.
Reservations can be made
by calling Regina Mobley at
706-739-1351. Look at the
web site at www.augusta
aikenshrm.org.
5848 or yardtofoot@aol.com
and Sheila Timmons-McCants
at 706-798-7369 or
jcjomcc@aol.com. Please feel
free to call or e-mail if you
have any questions or con
cerns.
entific-based program/project
evaluation plans; and develop
ing timelines and milestones
for programs/projects.
Workshop 1: This workshop
will be conducted on march
16, 2002 from 8:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Sapelo Island, ga.
Workshop 2: This workshop
willbe held on April 13 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. in Savannah,
Ga. At St. John Baptist
Church.
Pre-registration for both
workshops is mandatory;
space is limited.
For information and regis
tration, pleasecontact Beverly
DeHoniestoat 912-485-2197.