Sorority honor
Kay Roland has been named the 2008-2009 Soror of the Year by the Phi Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc.
102, and counting
Estell Burgess , of Augusta, celebrated her 102nd birthday Nov. 25.
Grassroots support
The following organizations have received funding from the Grassroots Arts Program:
Augusta Training Shop Inc., $850; Lynndale Inc., $1,066; and the Jessye Norman School of the Arts, $1,950.
Also, Boys and Girls Club of Augusta, $700; Hope House Inc, $1,262.74; the Augusta-Richmond County Library, $1,008; and Sacred Heart Cultural Center, $1,304.
Helps children's center
Georgia Power Foundation Inc., working through the Augusta Chapter of the Citizens of Georgia Power, has donated $2,500 to the Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center.

