Current Events

Early voting

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Early voting for the June 19 special election is being held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the Board of Elections office in the Columbia County Government Center, Building E, adjacent to the Board of Health. Call (706) 868-3355.

Cub Scout camp

The Kiokee District of the Georgia-Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual Cub Scout Summer Day Camp at Wildwood Park, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 9-13. Registration costs $75 through Friday; the amount rises to $90 afterward. For information, go to www.gacacouncil.org, or call (706) 733-5277.

Garden seminar

The Columbia County Extension Service Gardening at Lunch program will be held at 12:10 p.m. today with a session on drying flowers. For information, call (706) 868-3413.

Mac users group

The CSRA Apple Macintosh Users Group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at CompUSA. For information, go to csraamug.info.

Army birthday

Fort Gordon will celebrate the 232nd birthday of the U.S. Army with a cake-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday in Conrad Hall.

Community fair

Harlem United Methodist Church will hold a community fair from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, with information available from more than 35 area health and social-service agencies. A free chicken barbecue dinner will be available to the first 400 participants at 5 p.m., and at 7 p.m. the church will hold a revival service with Bishop Sunday Onouha from the Methodist Church of Nigeria. For information, call (706) 556-6885.

Cruise-in

The John Redmond In It to Win It Cruise-in Scavenger Hunt will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of French Market Grill West on Furys Ferry Road, in Martinez, with contests for vintage cars, imports and street tuners and motorcycles. The event is a fundraiser for the family of John Redmond, who is battling cancer. For information, call (803) 279-6327.