Current events

Babypalooza

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Save Kids East Central and the MCGHealth Children's Medical Center will hold a summer edition of Babypalooza for pregnant women and guests from 1-5 p.m. today in the grand ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel, 2651 Perimeter Parkway. For information, go to mcghealth.org/kids.

School vaccines

The Columbia County Health Department will hold a back-to-school immunization walk-in clinic from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., each weekday through Aug. 10 at all three of its clinics. For information, call the Evans clinic at (706) 868-3330, the Appling clinic at (706) 541-1318, or the Euchee Creek clinic at (706) 556-3727.

School supplies

- Grovetown Masonic Lodge 730 is holding a school supply drive, with a collection box at Grovetown City Hall.

- United We Care, in Grovetown, will be giving out school supplies from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. For information, call (706) 854-8852.

Book fair

The Columbia County Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, at Augusta Mall, continues from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. today.

Anniversary

Oakey Grove Baptist Church, 911 N. Belair Road, Evans, will celebrate the seventh anniversary of Rev. Rex Wright at 2 p.m. today, with guest speaker Isaiah Kirkland. For information, call (706) 863-4215.

Lake ministry

St. John United Methodist Church's summer lake ministry is held each Sunday at 8:45 a.m., through Aug. 30 at the church's Clarks Hill Lake site near Modoc, S.C., with nondenominational services led by area ministers and lay leaders.

Gardening series

The Columbia County Extension Service Gardening at Lunch series continues at noon Wednesday with a program on drought and deer-tolerant plants. Future programs include Composting, Sept. 2; Fragrant Shrubs, Oct. 7; Winter-blooming Plants, Nov. 11; and Gardening on a Shoestring, Dec. 2. For information, call (706) 868-3413.