Get Up & Go
Holiday bazaar
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Riverside Middle School, 1095 Furys Ferry Road, Evans, will hold a holiday bazaar from 4-8 p.m. Thursday. For information, call (706) 868-3712, extension 5804.
CASA training
Child Enrichment will hold volunteer training for the Court Appointed Special Advocate program starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, continuing through Nov. 19. Call (706) 737-4631, or go to www.childenrichment.org.
Cancer talk
Pulmonologist Dr. Alfred Brannen will discuss lung cancer and other common lung diseases during a community education session at 6 p.m. Thursday at Savannah Rapids Pavilion. Dinner is free; reservations are required at www.universityhealth.org/calendar or by calling (706) 828-2502.
Wine festival
The annual Fort Gordon Wine Festival will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Gordon Club. Tickets cost $20 in advance or $25 at the door, and are available at MWR Marketing, the Gordon Club, Gordon Lanes or Aladdin Travel. For information, call (706) 791-6779.
Veterans program
Medal of Honor recipient retired Col. Jack Jacobs and retired Maj. Gen. Perry Smith will be the guest speakers at Harlem Middle School's Veterans Day assembly at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Signed books by Jacobs and Smith will be available at the event. For information, call Dolly Morris at (706) 556-5990, extension 3425, or e-mail dolly.morris@ccboe.net.
Choral program
The Columbia County Choral Society will present "Music Cornucopia," a concert of music from the 1930s and '40s and Thanksgiving-themed selections at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Evans. Tickets cost $10, or $7 for seniors, students and groups. For information, go to www.ccchoralsociety.org or call (706) 650-2311.
Fall festival
Evans Christian Academy, 3130 Skinner Mill Road, Augusta, will hold a fall festival starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $5, or $20 per family. For information, go to www.evanschristianacademy.org.
Yard sale
The Evans High School Band will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Martinez Elementary School on Flowing Wells Road.
Prayer event
Moms in Touch International will hold a prayer meeting for Christian women from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the former Augusta Christian School elementary site, 470 Furys Ferry Road, Martinez. For information, call (706) 863-2625.
Democrats dine
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Robert Gray, chairman of the Columbia County Democratic Party, will be the speaker at the party's breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Earthfare, 368 Furys Ferry Road, Martinez. Breakfast costs $10, with tickets available at www.columbiacntydemocrats.com, or from Floyd Everett at (706) 825-8314.
Women's lunch
The Augusta Christian Women's Connection will hold a patriotic luncheon at 11 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Augusta Jewish Community Center in Evans. Babs hawks from Woodstock, Ga., will be the speaker, and the U.S. Army Signal Corps Brass Quintet will perform. Cost is $12, with nursery provided. For information, call (706) 925-5316.
Hearing loss
The Hearing Loss Association of Augusta meets at 5:30 p.m. on the third Monday each month at Room 100 of the Adult Building of First Baptist Church of Augusta. For information, call Debbie Rish at (706) 650-2496, or e-mail hlaag.rish@yahoo.com.
Writers meet
CSRA Writers will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Borders Books, Music, Movies, and Cafe, at 257 Robert C. Daniel, Jr. 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.
Sierra Club
A National Sierra Club documentary on mountaintop coal mining will be featured at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the monthly meeting of the Augusta Chapter of the Sierra Club at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Augusta. E-mail Judy Gordon at jgordon77@comcast.net.
Alzheimer's group
An Alzheimer's caregiver support group meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday each month at Brandon Wilde. Call (706) 854-3519.
Senior seminars
Washington Commons, off Washington Road in Evans, is holding a "Let's Talk Seniors" series of educational presentations during November, with maintaining your brain at 10 a.m. Tuesday, living wills at 10 a.m. Nov. 23, and help for adults with aging parents, at 10 a.m. Nov. 30. Call (706) 860-0402.