Burnetttown Sassafras Festival planned this weekend
The Burnettown Sassafras Festival runs Thursday through Saturday at Sassafras Park behind the Burnettown Municipal Building. Activities include rides, food, live entertainment, arts and crafts, an antique car show, parade, and music. Herbal Solutions hosts a chair massage Friday. Ben Rushton offers 20 minute sessions for $15. Rally and Walk Saturday at H.O Weeks Center for kids up to fifth grade, with a half mile track walk to promote a drug and alcohol free lifestyle. Public details at 642-7631.
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Burnettown
Horse Creek
Midland Valley
Hwy. 421
Herbal Solutions
Silver Bluff Road
Ben Rushton
Ben
Ties Center
Whiskey Road
Mark “Rock” Rothstein
Weeks Center
Going Greek Festival Comes to Augusta in 2001
The Annual Greek Festival by the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity will run 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 pm Sunday in Augusta. Organizers expect crowds higher than last year’s 20 000 with lamb on the spit among highlights. A live Greek band Nick Trivelas and the Eageans will perform.
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Augusta
Church of the Holy Trinity
Mary Keller
Publiity
Keller
Nick Trivelas
the ‘Egeans
Fall events at Sassafras Festival in Burnettown and Augusta
The Sassafras Festival at 953 Telfair St Augusta features Market Days with a Greek soloist Jo Anna Kartsonis, a Chicago Olympian Dance Troupe, and Augusta dancers. A bazaar showcases sterling silver, pewter, leathers, rugs, needlework, nativity woodwork, icons, coins, books, toys, and Greek offers. Mayors Young and Jones attend Saturday 7 pm remarks. festival admission is free.
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Chicago
Olympian
Augusta
Greece
Bob Young
North Augusta
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Telfair St
Annual Greek Festival 2001 at Augusta venue
The Greek Festival runs at 953 Telfair Street in Augusta. Doors open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Visitors can enjoy cultural displays, food stalls, and music.
Bike Rodeo Focuses on Child Safety at Lowe’s Parking Lot
A bicycle safety rodeo spreads through Sandy this Saturday in the Lowe’s parking lot from 10 am to 2 pm. Kids and parents will enjoy stations on bike and car seat safety, helmet giveaways after volunteer service, free bike inspections, and raffled bikes. Local officials and Lowe’s staff highlight Lowe’s Heroes community safety effort with partnerships from State Farm, Sheppard’s Blood Center, Papa John’s, and Arby’s.
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Brian Madden
Lowe
Madden
Aiken Department of Public Safety
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David ‘Turno
Boynton
State Farm Insurance
Arby's
Break ins, fires and thefts reported in area this week
Sunday thefts included 31,119 in jewelry taken from a Monetta residence after a kitchen window was broken. A Graniteville fire alert noted a wooded area blaze near Chalk Bed Road, a third in a week. An Audubon Circle home showed a burn mark and matches nearby after a mid day return. An Alley Street home in Gloverville lost about 200 in cash from a living room cigarette case. A Williston home had a kicked in door but no items missing.
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Monetta
Graniteville
Gloverville
Johnson Joins Army Course at Redstone Arsenal
Pvt Shenese D Johnson arrives at Redstone Arsenal Alabama to complete the ammunition specialist advanced individual training course. She is the daughter of Teresa D Johnson of Wagener and a 2001 Wagener-Salley High School graduate.
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Army Reserve
Redstone Arsenal
Hunstville
Ala
Teresa D. Johnson
Wagener
Wagener-Salley High School
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