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It's never been easier to be green when it comes to your home.

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Adam Plocha, 2, was all bundled up as he tried to keep warm while walking on Broad Street with his mother, Lara, on Thursday. Forecasts for today called for high temperatures near 50 degrees.

Think "green" when you make a home improvement purchase. Chances are the material will last longer and you'll feel better about it.

Among the most popular environmentally friendly building materials:

- Windows

- Doors

- Siding

- Decking

- Fencing

- Roofing

- Lumber

- Flooring

- Insulation

-- Associated Press

TODAY

FRIDAY NIGHT FILMS: 7 p.m., Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; Charlotte's Web, rated G, will be shown; admission is free; (706) 312-7194.

FEELIN' GREAT IN 2008: 5-10 p.m., centered on 10th and Broad streets; with artists, vendors, live entertainment; 6 p.m. Electric Voodoo Blues Revue, 7:15 p.m. Sound Equation, 8:30 p.m. S; presented by the Augusta Arts Council; free; www.augustaarts.com.

SATURDAY

MONOPOLY TOURNAMENT: 8:30 a.m. registration, 9:30 a.m. player check-in, 10 a.m. tournament begins; The Fermata Club, 841 Whiskey Road, Aiken; game will be played using tournament rules; registration required; (803) 215-7630, chuckfoster@bellsouth.net.