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Ornament sale

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Lakeside High School's swim/dive team is selling the the school's first Christmas ornament. The ornaments cost $10. E-mail panthersplash@gmail.com.

Parades

Friday is the deadline for entries in the Merchants Association of Columbia County's Martinez-Evans Christmas Parade, to be held at 2 p.m. Dec. 5. For applications, go to www.columbiacountyfair.net, or call Billy Franke at (706) 650-8151.

Applications for participants in the Grovetown Christmas Parade, to be held at noon Dec. 4, are available at city hall, the city annex, Liberty Park, Grovetown Department of Public Safety or from www.cityofgrovetown.com. Call Laura McManus at (706) 868-9541.

Remembrance

The Augusta Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars will hold the annual "Massing of the Colors and Remembrance Day" ceremony at 3 p.m. today at Fort Gordon's Alexander Hall. Call LTC (Ret.) Charles Schuman at (706) 294-0677 or e-mail schumancl@aol.com.

Chanukah Bazaar

The Augusta Jewish Community Center, 898 Weinberger Way, off Furys Ferry Road in Evans, will hold its annual Book Fair and Chanukah Bazaar noon to 4 p.m. today, including a simulcast of "With Earth and Each Other: A Virtual Rally for a Better Middle East" at 1 p.m. Call (706) 228-3636.

Items wanted

Letters, photos and memorabilia are being sought for a keepsake book to be presented to retiring Columbia County Recreation Department Director Charlie Beale. Items should be sent before Dec. 10 to Community and Leisure Services, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Building B, Evans, GA 30809. Call (706) 312-7191.

Writers meet

CSRA Writers will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Borders Books, 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. Call (706) 836-7315.

Fall festival

Trinity Baptist Church, 4594 Columbia Road, will hold a fall festival 4-10 p.m. Friday. For information, call (706) 863-1222.