Activities and entertainment events scheduled for today include:
ART AT LUNCH: The Morris Museum of Art will hold Art at Lunch at noon at the museum, 1 10th St. Augusta artist Jim Gensheer will present Painting the Lowcountry: A Watercolor Demonstration. For more information, call 724-7501.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: The Columbia County Choral Society will present a Christmas music program, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Evans, at Belair and Washington roads. Tickets cost $8 for general admission and $6 for students and seniors. Call 650-2311.
'TIS THE SEASON: The Dupont Planetarium will present 'Tis the Season at 8 p.m. today, Saturday , Monday, Tuesday and Dec. 27-28 at the planetarium, 471 University Parkway, Aiken. Tickets cost $4.50 for adults, $3.50 for seniors and $2.50 for pupils in kindergarten through 12th grade. For more information, call 641-3769.
Today in regional history:
DEC. 17, 1982
Salaried employees of the city of Augusta are in for an especially tight post-Christmas pinch this year. They'll work two weeks, Dec. 20-31, for only one week's pay and won't get paid again for an unusually long stretch of three weeks.
The reason behind the pay change is to make up for last January, when in effect they were paid for an extra week.
"We do not work by the day, we work by the year," said Miriam Ashmore, the director of personnel.
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