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healthy, productive lives with lower levels<br />
of tension, anger, fear, anxiety, stress,<br />
compulsions, and other symptoms. Email<br />
marykahb@yahoo.com.<br />
Georgia Carolina Toastmasters<br />
Group empowers people to become<br />
more effective communicators and<br />
leaders. Meets weekly from noon-1 p.m.<br />
Wednesdays at Fat Man’s Cafe. Email<br />
jmcneill22@att.net.<br />
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) GA,<br />
110 Augusta<br />
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church fellowship hall<br />
The group meets Mondays, with weigh-in<br />
beginning at 5:15 p.m. and the meeting<br />
beginning at 6:30 p.m. Call 706-790-0391<br />
or visit tops.org.<br />
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)<br />
Pine View Baptist Church<br />
The group meets Tuesdays, with weigh-in<br />
beginning at 4:45 p.m. and the meeting<br />
beginning at 5:15 p.m. Call 706-481-0529 or<br />
visit tops.org.<br />
La Leche League<br />
A breastfeeding support group. For more<br />
information on meeting dates, times and<br />
locations, visit them on Facebook under La<br />
Leche League of Augusta or at lllaugusta.<br />
wordpress.com.<br />
sexual abuse. Call 706-724-5200 or visit<br />
universityhealth.org.<br />
Alcoholics Anonymous<br />
Holds several meetings locally. For a<br />
current schedule, visit augustaaa.org/<br />
documents/Meetings/meetings.pdf.<br />
Narcotics Anonymous<br />
Trinity Hospital of Augusta<br />
Meets Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at<br />
7 p.m. Visit na.org.<br />
Beyond the Bars<br />
A support group for those with<br />
incarcerated loved ones. Call 706-855-<br />
8636.<br />
THEATER<br />
Fri Oct 20<br />
8pm - 10pm Dirty South Burlesque &<br />
Cabaret<br />
Le Chat Noir<br />
$20, advance; $25, at door. Also showing at<br />
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Call 706-722-3322<br />
or visit lcnaugusta.com.<br />
Thu Oct 26<br />
7:30pm Shakespeare’s Long Lost First<br />
Play<br />
Etherredge Center, Aiken<br />
The Reduced Shakespeare Company<br />
weaves all of The Bard’s famous<br />
characters, greatest lines and magnificent<br />
speeches into a brand new Shakespearean<br />
smorgasbord. $40. Call 803-641-3305 or<br />
visit etherredge.usca.edu.<br />
Ongoing<br />
“I’ll Be Back Before Midnight”<br />
The Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre<br />
Showing Oct. 19, 20 and 21. $53, civilians;<br />
discounts for seniors, military retirees and<br />
others. No kids 12 and under. Call 706-793-<br />
8552 or visit fortgordon.com.<br />
“Breath of Spring”<br />
Aiken Community Playhouse<br />
Showing at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, 21, 27,<br />
28 and 3 p.m. Oct. 22. $20, adults; $17,<br />
seniors and military; $12, students. Visit<br />
aikencommunityplayhouse.com or call 803-<br />
648-1438.<br />
“Beware What You Ask of a Fairy”<br />
AU’s Maxwell Theatre<br />
Storyland Theatre play showing for school<br />
groups at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15<br />
p.m. Oct. 24-27 and a family matinee at 3<br />
p.m. Oct. 28. $7; $5 for students. Activeduty<br />
military and their families admitted<br />
free with military ID. Call 706-736-3455 or<br />
email storylandtheatre@gmail.com.<br />
“Once On This Island Jr.”<br />
Evans High School<br />
This Augusta Jr. Players production is<br />
showing at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27; 3 and 7:30<br />
p.m. Oct. 28; and 3 p.m. Oct. 29. $10, adults;<br />
$7, children under 12. Tickets available at<br />
the door or at squareup.com/store/ajp. Call<br />
706-826-4707 or visit augustaplayers.org.<br />
“Fanny’s Fantastic Food Frolic”<br />
AU’s Maxwell Theatre<br />
Showing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, 10 and 11 and<br />
at 3 p.m. Nov. 12. $10, general; $7, alumni,<br />
military and seniors; $5, students, children<br />
and AU faculty and staff; free, AU students.<br />
Visit augusta.edu/maxwelltheatre or call<br />
706-667-4100.<br />
VOLUNTEER<br />
Sat Oct 21<br />
9am - noon Volunteer Work Day<br />
Icebox Urban Farm, 1736 Fenwick Street<br />
Lunch provided to volunteers, who should<br />
pre-register by calling 706-288-7895 or<br />
visiting augustalocallygrown.org.<br />
Celebrate Recovery<br />
Journey Community Church<br />
This Christ-centered recovery program<br />
meets every Monday night at 7 p.m. The<br />
meetings last two hours and childcare is<br />
provided. Pre-registration suggested. Visit<br />
cr@journeycommunity.net.<br />
Write to Heal Creative Writing<br />
Program<br />
Children’s Hospital of Georgia family<br />
resource library<br />
For patients, family members and<br />
caregivers, this program meets the second<br />
and fourth Wednesday of each month. Preregistration<br />
required. Call 706-721-5160 or<br />
email nawilliams@gru.edu.<br />
Diabetes Youth Support Group<br />
Meets quarterly. Call for more information.<br />
Call 706-868-3241.<br />
Overeaters Anonymous<br />
Meets at St. Andrews Presbyterian<br />
Church at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, at 7<br />
p.m. Thursdays at Unity Church, and at<br />
Covenant Presbyterian Church at 1:30 p.m.<br />
on Saturdays. Call 706-863-9534 or email<br />
oa.augusta.recovery@gmail.com.<br />
Adult Sexual Assault and Rape<br />
Support Group<br />
Provides group counseling at University<br />
Hospital for those who have experienced<br />
sexual assault, incest, rape or childhood<br />
The public is invited to review and comment on the Draft Participation Plan (PP) Update for the Augusta Regional<br />
Transportation Study (ARTS). The plan outlines the process to engage all interested parties in planning the regional<br />
transportation network and the development of major transportation studies undertaken as part of ARTS. The ARTS<br />
planning area covers the cities and towns in Richmond and Columbia Counties, GA. and Aiken and Edgefield Counties, SC.<br />
The Draft Participation Plan is available for public review at the following locations, at local libraries, and on the website<br />
http://www.augustaga.gov/2119/Public-Outreach. Comments may be submitted at these locations between October 18,<br />
2017 and December 3, 2017.<br />
Augusta Planning and Development Department<br />
Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building<br />
535 Telfair Street, Suite 300<br />
Augusta, GA 30901<br />
Aiken County Planning and Development Department<br />
Aiken County Government Center<br />
1930 University Pkwy, Aiken, SC 29801<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
INVITATION TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE<br />
DRAFT PARTICIPATION PLAN UPDATE<br />
FOR THE AUGUSTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY<br />
LOCATIONS<br />
Augusta Public Transit – Transfer Facility<br />
1546 Broad Street<br />
Augusta, GA 30904<br />
Columbia County Engineering Division<br />
Columbia County Government Center<br />
630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Building A<br />
Evans, GA 30809<br />
If you need more information about the locations or assistance for persons with special needs related to handicapped accessibility or<br />
foreign language, please contact the Augusta Planning & Development Department (APDD) at (706) 821-1796 or visit<br />
www.augustaga.gov/arts. Melanie Wilson, Director/ARTS Project Director, Augusta Planning and Development Department (APDD),<br />
535 Telfair Street, Suite 300, Augusta, GA. 30901.<br />
"No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied<br />
the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the<br />
Civil Rights restoration Act of 1987, and any other related non- discrimination Civil Rights laws and authorities under any program or activity receiving<br />
federal financial assistance. (Pub. L. 88-352).t<br />
19OCTOBER2017<br />
AUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989 METROSPIRIT<br />
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