ROSE SOCIETY MEETING: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, First Baptist Church, 3500 Walton Way, Adult Education Building, room 105; Skip Shealy will talk about mini and minifloras for the garden; rcedlund@gforcecable.com

SOCIETY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aiken Technical College Community Room, Health and Science building; Gwen Cubbage, R.T. will speak on mammography and risk factors for breast cancer; Barnett@atc.edu

AIKEN TOASTMASTERS: 6:45 p.m. first and third Thursdays, H. Odell Weeks Activity Center, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken; (803) 648-7833

AIKEN CHAPTER OF AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT GUILD INC.: 1 p.m. second Thursdays, Aiken County Public Library, 314 Chesterfield St. S.W., Aiken; (803) 649-0465

AIKEN CAMERA CLUB: 6:30 p.m. third Mondays, H. Odell Weeks Activity Center, Room 3, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken; (803) 642-9272 or misticole22@hotmail.com

AIKEN INTERNATIONAL CLUB: 7 p.m. first Wednesdays, University of South Carolina Aiken, Administration Building; for those interested in learning about other cultures; (803) 641-6875

AIKEN COUNTY REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION: 5:30 p.m. first Mondays (unless a holiday, then second Monday), Registration and Elections Building, 916 Vaucluse Road, Aiken; (803) 642-1528

EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA, AIKEN CHAPTER: 10:15 a.m. third Mondays, Aiken County Library, 314 Chesterfield St., Aiken; call Dorothy Johnson, (803) 649-0465

GEORGIA-CAROLINA TOASTMASTERS: Noon Wednesdays, The Cotton Patch, 816 Cotton Lane, Augusta; (803) 593-6605

HARMONY RIVER CHORUS OF SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL: 7 p.m. Thursdays, Church of Christ, 600 Martintown Road, North Augusta; open rehearsals; Mary Norman, (803) 279-6499

NORTH AUGUSTA NETWORKERS: 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, North Augusta Community Center, 495 Brookside Ave.; (803) 442-3827

SCORE BUSINESS COUNSELING: Free help for small-business owners and entrepreneurs; (803) 641-1111, (803) 279-2323

STEPHEN JAMES CSRA COIN CLUB: Call for meeting times, locations; (803) 644-0761

TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB: FIRST THURSDAYS; ANTIQUE CLUB, BRIDGE, CANASTA, BOOK CLUB; $15 PER YEAR; CALL FOR TIMES AND LOCATIONS (803) 644-4425

HEALTH AND SUPPORT GROUPS

BUTTERFLIES: Grief support group for children, teens and their families; sponsored by First Baptist Church of Aiken and Aiken Regional Medical Centers; call for times and dates; (803) 641-5389

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fairview Presbyterian Church, Carolina Avenue, North Augusta; use cafeteria entrance; (800) 313-0170; www.gamblersanonymous.org

AIKEN MULTIPLE BLESSINGS CLUB: 7 p.m. first Mondays; call for location; social and support group for mothers of multiple-child births; Christina McNeely, (803) 643-9516, Mary Frances Hendrix, (803) 641-9993

WOMEN

WOMEN ON WHEELS: 7:30 p.m. second Tuesdays, call for location; for female motorcyclists; Mary Gordon, (803) 556-8782, wowryder@aol.com

MILITARY

AIKEN CHAPTER OF THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: 6:30 p.m. social time, 7:15 p.m. dinner, first Wednesdays, Houndslake Country Club, 901 Hounds-lake Drive, Aiken; $18; reservations required; (803) 641-2164

OUTDOORS

AIKEN OUTDOORS: 7:30 p.m. second Thursdays, Birds and Butterflies, 123 Laurens St. N.W., Aiken; to discuss outdoor activities in the Aiken area; open to the public; (803) 649-7999

SINGLES

AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION: 6:30 p.m. second Thursdays; call for location; (803) 441-6741