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Catholic series

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St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church is offering a six-week program, Catholics Returning Home, to help nonpracticing Catholics return to the church. The series begins at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in Meeting Room 3 at the church, 4921 Columbia Road, Grovetown.

For information, call Mary Soparas at (706) 364-9289 or e-mail cleanetta@knology.net.

Tree recycling

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will accept trees for recycling as fish habitat from Dec. 21 to Jan. 8 at Riverside Middle School on Furys Ferry Road in Evans. For information, call (864) 333-1159.

Absentee voting

Absentee voting in the Feb. 5 presidential preference primary will begin Friday at the Columbia County Board of Elections Office, 500 Faircloth Drive, in Evans, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For information, call (706) 868-3355.

Church program

The Church of the Holy Comforter will present a free Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, featuring music and a performance by ballerina Julia Morgan, at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 30 at Savannah Rapids Pavilion. For information, call (706) 210-1133.

Book drive

Barnes & Noble Book-sellers, 1336 Augusta West Parkway, is collecting books for donation to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital through Jan. 1.

Call Emily Dixon at (706) 860-2310.