MONDAY
AIKEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 7 p.m., municipal building on Park Avenue.
COLUMBIA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING: 4:30 p.m. business showcase and VIP reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Doubletree Hotel; tickets cost $50 for chamber members, $450 for corporate tables of eight and $60 each for non-members; www.columbiacounty chamber.com, or contact Chris Baum at (706) 364-0425 or at chris@columbiacounty chamber.com.
SOCIAL DANCING CLUB: 7 p.m., North Augusta Parks and Recreation Center; for the following five Mondays; call Rudy Brostrum at (803) 442-9337.
HARLEM'S HANDS UP OUTREACH MINISTRIES THRIFT SHOP: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday at 110 S. Hicks St.; free bread available; donations of clothing, housewares, school supplies and other items also are welcome; (706) 556-2259.
BAYVALE EVENT: 6 p.m., Bayvale Elementary School, 3309 Milledgeville Road; with various presenters, activities for children, food, door prizes; (706) 737-7255.
TUESDAY
PRIDE AND PROGRESS OF AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY: 7 p.m., University Medical Center South, 3121 Peach Orchard Road, Room 201
FIRST MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST OF 2008: 8 a.m. at Believer's Gospel Church, 3565 Peach Orchard Road, between Pepperidge Drive and Tobacco Road; join Pastor Gregory Young, Matt Aitken and Mayor Deke Copenhaver in a time of healing and restoration for the community; RSVP to Karyn Nixon via e-mail at knixon@augustaga.gov or by phone at (706) 821-1833.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT FILM SERIES: 6 p.m., University of South Carolina Aiken, Penland 106; A Man For All Seasons; $1 for students, $2 others; (803) 641-3208.
ON BEING A GIRL: 6-9 p.m Trinity Hospital of Augusta, 2260 Wrightsboro Road; ages 9-12 accompanied by their mother, a female friend or relative; focuses on physical and emotional changes of puberty; (706) 481-7604, www.trinityofaugusta.com.
HARLEM LIBRARY STORY TIME : 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Harlem Library, 375 N. Louisville St.
FRIENDS OF AUGUSTA LIBRARY'S ANNUAL MEETING : 6:30 p.m.; Student Activities Center Ballroom at Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; local author Naomi Williams will give a presentation about her new novel, Jacob's Daughter; free, refreshments served; (706) 821-2600.
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