Current events

Champion rally

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Former minor league baseball player Bryan Carter will be the featured speaker from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday at In Focus Church, with fellowship, worship, free pizza and door prizes. For information, call Justin Thigpen at (706) 833-6386.

VFW dinner

VFW Post 6445 and the Ladies Auxiliary, 6423 Wrightsboro Road, in Harlem, will hold a fundraising spaghetti dinner starting at 11 a.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $5, with proceeds benefiting Evelyn Ellis who needs eye surgery. For information, call (706) 556-9194.

YART session

Young Artists Repertory Theater Company is holding winter sessions through May 7 for students age 8-15, and ages 15-older. Classes are held at Dayspring Baptist Church. For information, call (706) 210-8915, or e-mail yart@comcast.net.

Democrats meet

Columbia County's Democratic Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Columbia County Government Complex Auditorium, in Evans. Canned goods for Golden Harvest Food Bank will be accepted as a community service project. For information, call (706) 513-3400.

Donations sought

Dropped Stitches, a group at Washington Commons that knits blankets for hospitals and soldiers, is seeking donations of yarn from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily at the retirement community on Washington Commons Drive off Washington Road across from Club Car. For information, call Holley Howard at (706) 860-0402.

Aquinas events

Aquinas High School will hold open house for middle school students and parents from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, and the high school entrance exam from 8:30-11:45 a.m. Feb. 7. For information, call (706) 736-5516, or e-mail jjenkins@aquinashigh.org.

Aid seminar

A seminar on scholarships, financial aid and student loans will be held 7-8:30 p.m. MondayFeb. 2 at the Jaguar Activity Center at Augusta State University. For information, call (706) 733-1192, extension 12

Wine tasting

The Greater Augusta Arts Council will hold a wine and chocolate tasting fundraiser from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 5 at Earth Fare, 368 Furys Ferry Road, Martinez. Tickets cost $10. Call (706) 826-4702.