Current events

Pillars meeting

The Save the Pillars committee, working to preserve the historic stone pillars and arch in front of Evans Middle School, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the school cafeteria.

Black history program

The Zack Pollard Club of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Evans will present its annual Black History Month program at 4 p.m. today. The speaker will be retired educator Yvonne Shaw.

CPR classes

The CSRA Trauma Society will hold CPR classes from 1-4 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Monday at Omni Health and Fitness in Evans. For more information, call 210-1140.

Basketball game

The Harlem Ambassadors will play a basketball game with Fort Gordon soldiers at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Gym 3 on Brainard Avenue. The visit is part of a tour covering North America, Europe and Asia. Admission for the game costs $5 (children 3 feet tall and shorter admitted free). Call 791-7862.

Chamber breakfast

Jeff Eiseman, vice president for Ripken Professional Baseball, will discuss the upcoming Augusta Greenjackets season at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Columbia County Chamber breakfast at the Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery on North Belair Road. For information, call 860-4735.

Reading group

The Ikeda Reading Group meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at Borders Books Music and Cafe on Robert C. Daniel Jr. Parkway in Augusta. For information, call 495-0322.

Free legal help

Staff from Georgia Legal Services will offer free legal assistance to seniors 60 and older from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Bessie Thomas Senior Center, 5913 Euchee Creek Drive, Grovetown. Call 721-2327.

Black history talk

Leslie Pollard, professor of African-American studies at Paine College, will be the speaker for Gospel Water Branch Baptist Church's black history program at 10:45 a.m. Feb. 19. For information, call 860-7091.