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Lookaway Hall needs your help Saturday
Lookaway Hall owners Kelly and Diana Combs are again hoping to get a little help with some basic clean-up and repair at the stately North Augusta icon.
Saturday morning, beginning around 9 a.m., volunteers are invited to gather at the mansion in front of Calhoun Park.
They are encouraged to bring gloves, tools, anything that might be useful while doing basic maintenance.
Marine Corps offers drop off for retired U.S. flags
The Marine Corps League has two red U.S. flag repository boxes to collect flags that are in need of being retired. One box is located at the center entrance to the North Augusta Walmart and the other at the North entrance to the Food Lion at Highway 25/1-20.
Census Bureau testing census-taker applicants
The Census Bureau will be testing for census-taker jobs each Wednesday at Fairview Presbyterian Church, at 1101 Carolina Ave. The bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time help for the months ahead, with features including "good pay, flexible hours, paid training, and reimbursement for authorized work-related expenses, such as mileage."
Information is available at (866) 861-2010.
Register for classes at Fox Creek High School
Registration for high school diploma, GED and computer classes will be held at the Fox Creek High School on Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. Classes are scheduled to begin Feb. 1, at the Fox Creek site.
For more information, contact the Edgefield County Adult Education office at (803) 275-1788.
Sports Hall of Fame banquet is Jan. 30
The fifth annual North Augusta Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet will be Saturday, Jan. 30, in the Wesley Center of Grace United Methodist Church.
Tickets are available at the North Augusta Chamber office. For more information, call John Felak at 215-6056.
Ribbon cutting, open house at Alliance Hospice
Alliance Hospice will hold a ribbon cutting and open house on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 8:20 a.m. The business is located at 802 East Martintown Road, Suite 200 on the first floor.
For more information, call the Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce at 279-2323.
Bridgestone/Firestone topic of breakfast
The next A. M. Connection, the monthly breakfast of the Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce, will be on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 7:15 a.m. at the North Augusta Community Center.
The sponsor and speaker will be Bridgestone/Firestone.
Call 279-2793 or e-mail roni@northaugustachamber.org for reservations. The breakfast is $10 for members with reservations, $12 without reservations.
Barrett is guest speaker at Chamber banquet
The Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce will host its annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. in the North Augusta Community Center. Congressman J. Gresham Barrett is the keynote speaker, and the 2009 Citizen of the Year will be announced at the event.
Sign up as a sponsor at 279-2323.
Sponsorships are now available, along with nomination forms for the Citizen of the Year.
For more information, call the Chamber at 279-2323.
Time to pay fire fees to Belvedere Fire District
The Belvedere Fire District fire fee statements were mailed out Dec. 15. Payments are due by Jan. 31.
Any changes in property assessments and ownership should be reported to the district office at 279-5505, ext 10.
LBC high school reunion
The L.B.C. Classes of 1967, 1968 and 1969 are having a joint high school reunion on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at the Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites in Augusta.
Members of these graduating classes or anyone who should have graduated with these classes but did not graduate for one reason or another is asked to contact Randy Peebles at (910) 700-0332 for the class of 1967, Dixie Foster Mims at (803) 215-5165 or Pete Woodward at (803) 593-2802 for the class of 1968 or Kathy Duncan New at (803) 593-9842 or Wanda Green Smith at (803) 507-7378 for more information.
Civil War encampment in Aiken
The Aiken County Historical Museum will host the Civil War Encampment from Jan. 15-17. A Generals Reception will be on Jan. 16. Call 803-642-2015 for more information
