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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1998
Page
8
Children invited to downtown Aiken at 11 30 a m Saturday for the Easter Eggstravaganza. A giant rabbit will shower eggs in Newberry Hall courtyard with age category contingents for kids. Sponsored by multiple local groups and businesses. call 649 2221 for more information.
The Aiken Newcomers Club schedules a yard sale for Friday April 17 and Saturday April 18 at 901 Shadow Drive off Richland Avenue near Kalmia Plaza Shopping Center. Proceeds support community projects with items such as books clothing and furniture. A club meeting follows on Tuesday April 14 at Newberry Hall with registration at 9 30 a m. and luncheon after a program led by Dr George J Fry Jr about the National Science Center Fort Discovery with reservations due by Friday.
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce has issued applications for Aiken's Makin' 1998 craft show. The deadline is Wednesday to complete packages, with late submissions auto placed on the 1999 festival list. Call 541-1111 for details. Criswick Gallery presents fine sporting and animal paintings in New York City through April 15.
Exhibits at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum feature works by Thomas LaFontaine Peter Howell and Antoine de La Boulaye alongside older racing pieces. The hall sits at Hopeland Gardens at Whiskey Road and Dupree Place in Aiken. The Carolina Pine Quilters meet monthly at Trinity United Methodist Church 2154 Whiskey Road at 730 p.m. on the second Monday through December. The Seventh Annual Concerto Competition by the Aiken Symphony Guild selects a young string player to perform with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra with final concerts at the Etherredge Center USC Aiken on Sept 24 25. Applications for students 18 and under from Aiken and Edgefield counties are due Friday. The Breakfast Club by Aiken Regional Medical Centers and the Lower Savannah Council of Governments meets Fridays at 9 a.m. at Aurora Pavilion with a Check-Up seminar on April 10 featuring cholesterol blood sugar and blood pressure screenings and speakers Dr R Lee Grantham Ophthalmology Dr Ahmad N Gill Oncology and Kristen Calvert R.D.
The Aiken Bird Club welcomes Dr Branson Ritchie author of two veterinary avian texts and UM Georgia researcher to discuss current avian virus research and a vaccine. The club to honor him with a 3000 donation. meeting 7 30 p m at Knights of Columbus Hall Spaulding Drive. For info call 5020031.
Local organizations announce arthritis autism and Alzheimer’s support meetings with details on dates times venues and speakers. A golf fundraiser by Hitchcock Hospice offers King Cobra clubs raffle tickets 2 for 5 and prize drawing April 17 with proceeds supporting hospice services.
Applications are open for the Ridge Arts Council Golf Marathon at Ponderosa Country Club on May 21. No entry fee required. Golfers are challenged to play 100 holes.
The North Augusta Health Department relocates to 802 E. Martintown Road Business Technology Center. It closes April 9 through 14 and reopens April 15 at 8 a.m. Call 278-3621 for assistance. services include Well-Baby Care, Child Clinics, BabyNet, and more.
Local veterans and families plan attendance at the National Prisoner of War Museum dedication in Andersonville Georgia on a Thursday aligned with the Bataan fall anniversary. CSRA American Ex-POWs leader Bill Zion and Roberta Starks of Aiken County Veterans Affairs available for details. SS-Alive: 35-Alive driver refresher course offered by Aiken Area Council on Aging and AARP at Cumberland Village on April 14 and 15 with 8 dollar fee and driving tips from instructor Tom Osborne.
Aiken area Christian Women's Club hosts a Prayer Coffee Monday April 13 at Hopeland Gardens 9 30 a.m. and Friendship Bible Coffees. Call Susan 648 8126 for details. The Your Next Affair program April 21 at Woodside Plantation Country Club 9 15 to 11 15 a.m. costs 6 with continental breakfast. Reservations and cancellations by April 17. Call Barbara Brewer 649 1857 or Rose Della Valle 649 2251.
Senior Girl Scout troop 226 collects worn American flags through April 15. Flags may be dropped off at Odell Weeks Recreation Center or the Girl Scout Hut on Dupree Street for proper disposal as a community service.
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