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WHITE OAK UNITED METHODIST CAMPGROUND SUMMER CAMP MEETING: Today through Friday with services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily at the campground on White Oak Road at Wrightsboro Road, five miles east of Pumpkin Center.

RHETT AKINS, TY HERNDON, JEREMY GRAHAM BAND: Gates open at 4:30, concert at 5:30 p.m., Columbia County Amphitheater, 7022 Evans Towne Center Blvd.; $20 advance, $25 at gate; forthefansentertainment.com.

CANDLELIGHT JAZZ SERIES: 8 p.m. Sundays through August; Mace Hibbard; Eighth Street bulkhead; $6; (706) 821-1754.

MONDAY

PROPERTY TAX VALUATION APPEALS: Today is the deadline for filing an appeal on your property tax valuation in Columbia County; appeals by mail must be postmarked with today's date and sent to Columbia County Board of Assessors, Attn: Karyn Spratlin, P.O. Box 498, Evans, GA 30809; by fax, appeals are to be received before 5 p.m. today at (706) 312-7476; by e-mail they must be received before 5 p.m. at Assessor@columbiacounty ga.gov.

NONPARTISAN QUALIFICATION: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon on Friday at Columbia County's Board of Elections Office, 500 Faircloth Drive, Building E., Evans; filing of candidacy for nonpartisan candidates.

Aiken City Council work session: 6:30 p.m. followed by a council meeting at 7 p.m. in the council chambers on the second floor of city hall on Park Avenue.

GIRL SCOUTS TRAVELING TROOP SESSIONS: 10 a.m. to noon, Red Wing Rollerway, 3065 Washington Road; participants will create chalk murals before skating; girls don't have to be enrolled in Girl Scouts to attend; adult must accompany each girl; (706) 774-0505.

SUMMER SPORTS PROGRAM: For pupils entering fifth through eighth grades at any school; cheerleading camp, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, $100; Aquinas High School, 1920 Highland Ave.; Bill Tenore (706) 736-5516, btenore@aquinashigh.org.

BARIATRIC SURGERY GROUP: 5:30 p.m., University Hospital; (706) 868-3241.

AIKEN COUNTY FIRST STEPS FOR FATHERS: 6-8 p.m., Freedman Parenting Center, 225 Aiken Road, Graniteville; (803) 663-4204

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS: 9-9:45 a.m., 10-10:45 a.m. and 12:15-1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Building; $37.50; (706) 823-5294.

KIWANIS CLUB OF AUGUSTA: 12:30 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 605 Reynolds St.; www.kiwanis clubofaugusta.com.

TUESDAY

AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: 7 p.m. at 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken.

AIKEN BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS: 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers on the second floor of city hall on Park Avenue.

COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: 5:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Board of Education central office, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans.

COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMUNITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES COMMITTEES: 8 a.m. in the auditorium of the Evans Government Complex, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive; (706) 868-3379.

SCV MEETS: 6:30 p.m. in the private dining room of the Side Track Bar and Grill, at 4027 Washington Road; monthly meeting of the Maj. Gen. Ambrose Ransom Wright Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans; Dr. Russell Brown will discuss Jefferson Davis' visits to Augusta; (706) 863-7172; www. geocities.com/scv1914/home.

CHAPTER 439 OF TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 5 p.m. at Pine View Baptist Church, 117 Pleasant Home Road, Martinez.

COLUMBIA COUNTY WEST ROTARY CLUB: 12:15 p.m. at Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church on Columbia Road at Lewiston Road; call Richard Swann at (706) 868-3559.

GREENJACKETS: vs. Greenville Drive, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10:35 a.m. Wednesday; Lake Olmstead Stadium, Milledge Road; greenjacketsbaseball.com.

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE: 6-7 p.m., Walton Rehabilitation Hospital; (706) 823-5294.

CSRA PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP: 6 p.m., St. John Towers dining room, 724 Greene St.; (706) 364-1662.

WEDNESDAY

FAMILY MOVIE MATINEES: 1- 3:30 p.m. at Columbia County's Performing Arts Center, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans; free; showing Herbie Fully Loaded , rated G.

COLUMBIA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 7:30 a.m. at the General A Conference Room of the Evans Government Complex, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive; (706) 868-3379.

North Augusta Chamber of Commerce A.M. Connection: 7:15 a.m. at North Augusta Community Center, Buena Vista Drive, North Augusta.

SPECIAL STORY TIME: 2 p.m. at Harlem Library, 375 N. Louisville St.; featuring Columbia County Librarian Pam Link; free.

AIDS PANEL DISCUSSION: 5:30-7 p.m., Good Shepherd Baptist Church fellowship hall, 1714 Olive Road; (706) 733-0341.

THURSDAY

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 6 p.m. at Grovetown United Methodist Church, 206 E. Robinson Ave.; nonprofit weight-loss support group; (706) 863-0726.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FESTIVAL: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., New Bethlehem Community Center, 1336 Conklin Ave.; (706) 721-5828.

RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING: 6 p.m. at the board's central offices, 864 Broad St.; members to meet to approve budget for the upcoming school year.

SWING INTO SUMMER: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in front of the GreenJackets stadium; featuring area attractions offering discounts and prizes; (706) 823-6600.

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES: 6:30- 8:15 p.m. Thursday, 1-2:45 p.m. Saturday; Aiken County Library, 314 Chesterfield St. S.W., Aiken; (803) 642-2020.

RED CROSS OF AUGUSTA ANNUAL MEETING: 6 p.m., Enterprise Mill Events Center, 1450 Greene St.; $20; reservations required by Wednesday, (706) 724-8481.

JOINT EFFORTS: 11-11:45 a.m., Augusta Orthopedic Clinic, 1521 Anthony Road; learn causes, treatments for knee and hip pain; (706) 481-7604, www.trinityofaugusta.com.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 6 p.m., Grovetown United Methodist Church, 206 E. Robinson Ave.; weight-loss support group; (706) 863-0726.

HEPHZIBAH LIONS CLUB: 7 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays, Hephzibah Community Center, Windsor Spring Road; (706) 592-2982.