Eddie Redland plays a soldier at the tomb after the ressurection in one of the scenes depicting the life of Christ at the Sharon Baptist hayride event at the fairgrounds.
Special Photo Alexis Gibson, 9, (left) of Martinez, recently presented Tyler Hancock, 9, of Lancaster, S.C., with a bicycle as a Christmas present at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital. Tyler, a patient at the burn center, has had multiple surgeries since he received second- and third-degree burns to 47 percent of his body in 2010. Alexis won the bike through a reading competition at South Columbia Elementary School, and because she already had a bike she decided to donate it to another child. "The bike that Alex won was a boy's bike, so the Academy Sports manager told her that she could exchange it for a girl's bike or receive a gift card with the bike's value," said Shannon Gibson, Alexis' mother. "But Alex didn't want to do that. She wanted to give the bike to someone who needed it."
Several members of the Augusta Junior Rowing Club participated in the Columbia County Christmas parade. The float placed third in the Dec. 4 parade and also brought home the Chairmans Award.
Members of the Lakeside High School band volunteered to play for the Salvation Army bell-ringing at Kroger in Evans on Dec. 3, playing Christmas carols with a 26-piece ensemble.
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![Special Photo Alexis Gibson, 9, (left) of Martinez, recently presented Tyler Hancock, 9, of Lancaster, S.C., with a bicycle as a Christmas present at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital. Tyler, a patient at the burn center, has had multiple surgeries since he received second- and third-degree burns to 47 percent of his body in 2010. Alexis won the bike through a reading competition at South Columbia Elementary School, and because she already had a bike she decided to donate it to another child. "The bike that Alex won was a boy's bike, so the Academy Sports manager told her that she could exchange it for a girl's bike or receive a gift card with the bike's value," said Shannon Gibson, Alexis' mother. "But Alex didn't want to do that. She wanted to give the bike to someone who needed it." HAND OUT](http://newstimes.augusta.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/superphoto/10735281.jpg "Special Photo Alexis Gibson, 9, (left) of Martinez, recently presented Tyler Hancock, 9, of Lancaster, S.C., with a bicycle as a Christmas present at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital. Tyler, a patient at the burn center, has had multiple surgeries since he received second- and third-degree burns to 47 percent of his body in 2010. Alexis won the bike through a reading competition at South Columbia Elementary School, and because she already had a bike she decided to donate it to another child. "The bike that Alex won was a boy's bike, so the Academy Sports manager told her that she could exchange it for a girl's bike or receive a gift card with the bike's value," said Shannon Gibson, Alexis' mother. "But Alex didn't want to do that. She wanted to give the bike to someone who needed it." HAND OUT")
