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session; nonmembers $22 per session. Discount for additional siblings. Call 706-922-9664 or visit thefamilyy.org. Augusta Canal Interpretive Center and Petersburg boat tours winter schedule runs through March 31 and is as follows: The Center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hour-long Petersburg boat canal tours depart at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3 p.m. Admission to Center is $6, or free with $12.50 boat tour ticket. Seniors 65+, active military/dependent and students (age 4-grade12 or with valid college I.D.) are $2. One child under 3 per ticketed adult may get in free. Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Call 706-823-0440, ext. 4. Groups call ext. 7. Visit augustacanal.com. The Augusta Fencers Club is open five nights a week from 5:30-9 p.m. and most Saturday mornings from 10 a.m.-noon. Visitors always welcome. Call 706-722-8878. BlazeSports Swim Team, for all ages of physically challenged swimmers who want to train for competition, meets at the Wilson Family Y. Members $35 a month; non-members $50 a month. Pre-registration required. Visit thefamilyy.org.
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Civil War 150th Canal Tour, “Food, Fabric and Firepower,” is offered by the Augusta Canal Interpretive Center at 1:30 daily through 2013. Call 706823-0440 or visit augustacanal.com. Men’s Basketball Registration is being held at the Wilson Family Y through March 6 for ages 18 and up. Members $40; nonmembers $60. $20 team entry fee due by March 6. Season begins March 18. Visit thefamilyy.org.
Kids-Teens
“The Frog Prince: A Play With Puppetry” will be performed at the Imperial Theatre by Storyland Theatre at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m., and 12:15 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, and 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2. Call 706-736-3455 or visit imperialtheatre.com or storylandtheatre.org. Child Safety Seat Inspections and Car Seat Classes, sponsored by Safe Kids East Central, will be offered by appointment Friday, Feb. 1, at either the Safe Kids Office or Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue. Call 706-721-7606 or visit georgiahealth.org/safekids. Growing Boys is a class for boys ages 9-12 accompanied by their father,
other male relative or a male friend, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Feb. 2. $10. Visit trinityofaugusta.com. Simply Science II: Squishy Sensations will be held at Reed Creek Park in Columbia County for kids 5 and up, 10-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 2. Members free; non-members $2/child. Must be accompanied by adult. Reservations required. Call 706-210-4027 or visit reedcreekpark.com. “Frankenweenie” shows Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. Stargazing at the Boyd Observatory will be offered 5-7, Saturday, Feb. 2. Visit boydobservatory.org. Safe Sitter classes will be held at Doctors Hospital for kids age 11-13, Saturday, Feb. 2. Call 706-651-4343 or visit doctors-hospital.net. It’s All About Dragons ceramics class will be held at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art for three Saturdays: Feb. 2 and 16, and March 2. Session I takes place 9-10:30 a.m. for ages 7-9; Session II takes place 11 a.m.-
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