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Financial aid night

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Lakeside High School, with Monster.com and Making It Count, will hold a presentation on college financial aid from 7-8 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. For information, call Teresa Fox at (706) 868-3667, ext. 280.

Writers meet

CSRA Writers will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 1336 Augusta West Parkway. Writers needing a support group are invited to attend and bring eight copies of a manuscript to be critiqued. For information, call Steve Fox at (706) 836-7315.

SCV meets

Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, USAF retired, will be the speaker at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the meeting of the Maj. Gen. Ambrose Ransom Wright Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the private dining room of the Side Track Bar and Grill, at 4027 Washington Road. Smith will discuss the origin of the Medal of Honor in the War Between the States. For information, call (706) 863-7172, or go to www.geocities.com/scv1914/home.

Red Cross classes

The Augusta Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold training sessions this month, including adult CPR and first aid and instructor-training programs, at the office at 1322 Ellis St., Augusta. For information, call (706) 724-8481.

Gospel sing

The Byrd Family and Bible Fellowship will hold a gospel sing at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Purvis Community School, on Georgia Highway 17 between Thomson and Wrens. Call (706) 651-1971.