The Gold Cross EMS Bike Team provides medical service for Columbia County events.

In the final game Tuesday before region contests start, Evans and Grovetown split wins.

All-Area football teams announced North Augusta's Vinny Miller is the South Carolina Player of the Year.

VARSITY GIRL'S AND BOY'S BASKETBALL • Fox Creek at Wardlaw Academy, 6 p.m. JV AND B-TEAM BASKETBALL • Cross Creek at North Augusta, 6 p.m. MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL • Merriwether at Batesburg-Leesville, 6 p.m. • Paul Knox at LBC, 5:30 p.m.

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• Aiken County Schools Area 2 Advisory Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Paul Knox Middle. • The Edgefield County School Board will have a meeting about charter schools at 6 p.m. Jan. 24 at Merriwether Elementary.

Pupils of the Week for North Augusta schools

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• Hats, gloves, blankets and sleeping bags are being collected for the homeless. • The Master's Table Soup Kitchen Ministry meets from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. third Tuesdays.

Keith and Alice Edwards got involved with the community when they moved to North Augusta in 2005.

North Augusta busines sprofile on Bowwow Meow

North Augusta church provides job search tips through networking group

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