Current events

Pesticide test

The Georgia Commercial Pesticide Test will be given at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Columbia County Extension Office located at Savannah Rapids Pavilion.

For more information, call 868-3413.

FFA Week

Members of the Evans High School Future Farmers of America will celebrate FFA week through Saturday with a variety of events.

There will be an FFA member appreciation day, FFA spirit days, after-school games and more.

Other events being planned in the future include career development events in forestry, nursery-landscape, floriculture and the environment. In addition, the Soil and Water Management Team will be traveling to Oklahoma in May to compete in a national contest.

Greyhound adoption

GreytHound Love Greyhound Adoption will host a meet and greet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at SuperPetz on Bobby Jones Expressway in Augusta. Several retired racing greyhounds will be on hand along with applications for adoption. For more information, call 796-1708.

Black history program

Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church in Evans will have its annual Black History Month program at today's 10:45 a.m. service.

The theme this year is From Past Heroes to Future Leaders: African-Americans Trusting God and Moving to Another Level. The guest speaker will be local historian Jimmy Carter.

Attendees are asked to dress in African clothing.

For more information, call 860-7091.

Fall classes

The Columbia County Christian Academy will be registering for fall classes on Wednesday for Mothers' Day Out, Pre-K through sixth grade.

For registration information, call Linda Powers at 863-0535 or 863-6973.

Free senior legal help

Georgia Legal Services Program staff will be in Columbia County to meet with senior citizens wanting free legal help, on a first come, first served basis.

Anyone age 60 and older who has a civil legal issue may qualify for help.

A staff person from GLSP will be in Columbia County to meet with seniors who want free legal help from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Bessie Thomas Senior Center, 103 West Robinson St. in Grovetown.

For more information, call 721-2327 or 1-800-248-6697.

Time Out

The First Baptist Church of Evans, Washington at Belair roads, will host Time Out, a monthly inspiration and lunch, at 11:50 a.m. Thursday.

The fee is $5. Please make reservations by noon on Feb. 19.

For more information, or to make reservations, call 863-1128, or e-mail fbcevans@mindspring.com.

Harlem input needed

Harlem residents are being urged to participate in a planning session for the city's application to Georgia's Better Hometown program.

The session begins at 10 a.m. Thursday in the meeting room of Laurel and Hardy Museum. City residents will be asked to offer input as a committee assembles the program application. For more information, contact city hall at 556-3448.