- Activities and entertainment events scheduled for this week:
TODAY
BOOK STUDY: A study of the book When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner, will be held at 6:30 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, 920 Belvedere-Clearwater Road in North Augusta. The study is free. For more information, call 593-5662.
ALL COUNTY CHORUS PERFORMANCE: World-renowned music conductor Joseph Jennings will direct the 2005 Richmond County All County Chorus at 7 p.m. at Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel at Paine College. For more information, call 826-1118.
AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY LYCEUM SERIES: Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way, will play host to the National Players as they perform The Oedipus Cycle at 2:30 and 7 p.m. in the Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre. They also will perform Romeo and Juliet at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday. Matinee tickets cost $6 for general admission and $4 for seniors, non-ASU students and ASU alumni; other performances cost $8 for general admission and $6 for seniors, non-ASU students and ASU alumni. Admission is free for students with a valid ASU ID. For more information, call 737-1609.
HOPE HOUSE BOARD MEETING: Hope House Inc. will hold a board meeting at 6 p.m. at Wachovia Bank, 3430 Wrightsboro Road. The board will discuss budget issues and the campaign for a new building. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 737-9879.
FRIDAY
RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEER SESSIONS: Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services will hold volunteer training sessions from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday and 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in Conference Rooms 1-5 at University Hospital, 1350 Walton Way. Sessions will address issues related to sexual assault, including how cases are investigated and prosecuted. Volunteers must attend all sessions and complete two self-defense classes. Training is free. For more information, call 774-2769.
Today in regional history:
Jan. 20, 1939:
The Rev. R. Paul Caudil, pastor of the First Baptist Church and principal speaker at the weekly Ex¤change Club meeting yesterday, scored the "gag rule" adopted by the Rich¤mond County Board of Education last Saturday as "containing the germseed of the one-party, the super-state ideal," and forcefully urged its immediate retraction.
The prominent Augusta pastor, who is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the outstanding lecturers and speakers in this section, using for his theme on the birthday program held in honor of the Southern leader, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Our Government or Theirs. Which? presented a survey of dictator governments in comparison with our own.
Pointing out the rapid rise of totalitarianism in Europe, the speaker said that, "We are strangely reminded of the fact that if the philosophy of our American form of government is to live, it must preserved by us who love it!"CutlineAndrew Davis Tucker/Staff
Exhibit maker Ken Fanning, of the Augusta Museum of History, looks over a 1951 Dodge Power Wagon Ladder Truck donated to the museum by the Army Corps of Engineers. The truck from the Strom Thurmond Power Plant will be installed as a permanent exhibit.
Legislative News
Both the Georgia and South Carolina legislative sessions are under way, and the Web offers sites to keep residents connected to their legislators and to bills being considered and enacted.
For Georgia:
At www.legis.state.ga.us, you can find a complete list of legislators, watch a live broadcast of the day's action and find information about visiting the Gold Dome.
For South Carolina:
Visit www.scstatehouse.net for a wealth of information, including video, calendars and contact numbers. Body CopyActivities and entertainment events scheduled for this week include:
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