Things to Do

Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Choir performance

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The Concert Choir of Michigan Lutheran Seminary will perform at 7 p.m. March 30 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 3703 Old Petersburg Road, Martinez.

Parkinson event

The sixth annual Parkinson's Disease Seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday at the Doubletree Hotel Augusta, 2651 Perimeter Parkway. Breakfast is provided. To register, call (706) 721-2798.

Medicare seminar

The Senior Citizens Council will hold a Medicare workshop at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Augusta. Cost is $7 and includes lunch. For information, call (706) 826-4480.

Cookies wanted

Donations of Girl Scout cookies are being sought to send to wounded service members recuperating at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Cookies may be dropped off at King's Crown barber shop in the Columbia Square shopping center on Flowing Wells Road, in Martinez, by Saturday. For information, call (706) 863-4383.

Marker dedicated

The Maj. Gen. Abrose Ransom Wright Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold a memorial service and new gravestone dedication for Maj. William Hundley II at 1 p.m. Saturday in the old Warrenton Cemetery.

The chapter meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the private dining room of the Side Track Bar and Grill, at 4027 Washington Road. For information, call (706) 863-7172, or go to www.geocities.com/scv1914/home.

Tomato class

Columbia County high school agriculture teachers will hold a tomato-growing class at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Harlem High School. For information on the class and on the Big Tomato Contest, call John Joyner at (706) 556-5980, ext. 236.

Sponsors needed

Sponsors and participants are being sought for the Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue MDA Golf Tournament, to begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. May 14 at the Bartram Trail Golf Club. For information, call David Dickenson at (706) 831-1308.

Vendors needed

Vendors are being sought for Columbia County's Farmers Market, to be held 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7 and 28, and May 12 at the Evans Town Center Park. To register, call (706) 312-7192.

Free CPR class

The American Red Cross of Augusta will hold free CPR classes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Abilene Baptist Church, 3917 Washington Road, in Martinez. For information, call (706) 724-8481.

Benefit sale

A yard sale fundraiser for the Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Doctors Hospital H2U Building. Call (706) 650-2876.

Party meeting

Columbia County's Republican Party will hold its county convention Saturday. For information, call Party Chairman Charles Allen at (706) 306-8872.



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