Current events

School registration

The Martinez Baptist Hearts and Hands Christian Day School open house registration will be Monday from 4 to 6 p.m.

The school, at 3632 Lynnwood Drive in Martinez, is now enrolling for the 2003-2004 school year for grades K-2 through 8th. The school offers an A Beka curriculum.

For more information, call 364-2859 or 294-0977.

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School council meeting

A called school council meeting of Evans Elementary School, 628 Gibbs Road in Evans, will be Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. in the school's media center.

For more information, call 863-1202.

School carnival

Euchee Creek Elementary Schoolwill have its spring carnival on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be games, a moon bounce, a petting zoo (weather permitting), a cake walk, and a live auction. Items such as a week at camp, restaurant certificates, eye exams and a house-washing will be auctioned. The Coca Cola video truck will be there.

For more information, call the school at 556-4000 or Debby Turner at 556-3342.

Citizen's Law Enforcement Academy

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office will be holding a Citizen's Law Enforcement Academy on Mar. 20.

Participants will be given an insight to the everyday operations of the Sheriff's Office as well as firearms training, which will include live fire on the sheriff's office shooting range.

The free course is offered each Thursday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., for nine weeks and is open to Columbia County residents ages 18 and over.

Anyone interested in attending the class and receiving an application should contact Candi Sharp at 541-2876 or Capt. Jim March at 541-4027.

Violence seminar

The Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired presents What is Domestic Violence? on Saturday, March 8, at 2 p.m. at 107 Sharton Drive in Augusta. For more information, call Kenneth Williams or Omar Nouri at 860-1637.

Gardening seminar

A spring gardening and landscaping seminar will be Monday and Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Grovetown United Methodist Church. The seminar will be conducted by the Rev. Jim Bennett, the host of The Weekend Gardener and a lawn and garden instructor for Southern Living magazine.

The cost of the seminar is $5. For more information, call 863-1859.

New foundation

An organizational meeting for the Augusta chapter of the Lymphoma Research Foundation is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday night in the University Hospital Auditorium. For more information, call 736-5309.