With the biggest meal of the year planned for Thursday, here are some tips about how to properly use a home garbage disposal.

THE WIGGLES: 3 and 6:30 p.m., University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center, 471 University Parkway; $25-$37; (866) 722-8877, uscatix.com

With the arrival of the heating season, the Consumer Product Safety Commission strongly urges occupants of homes with a wood-burning stove or fireplace to check their chimneys. A local chimney repairman, chimney "sweep," or dealer can help.

EVENTS Confrontation at the Convocation 7 p.m. SaturdayUSC Aiken Convocation Center, 375 Robert Bell Parkway$15-$55; georgialinatix.com, (866) 722-8877; for VIP (803) 514-0095Fort Gordon Independence Day Celebration 3 p.m. July 2Barton Field, Fort Gordon(706) 791-7003Fourth of July Celebration 4-10 p.m. July 4Augusta Common, 836 Reynolds St.(706) 821-1754

Here are events scheduled for Veterans Day:

Art is something Brittany Griffin King can lose herself in - and she is rewarded for it.

BURNETTOWN -- Levi J. Knight was an Indian fighter in the Wayne County, Ga., militia, held the rank of major general in the Georgia militia, and led a company of volunteers from Berrien County, Ga., with the rank of major during the Civil War. Gen. Knight's memory will be kept alive in the Horse Creek/Midland Valley Veterans Park in Burnettown by four family members in the form of a commemorative brick. And sponsors of the park say a fund-raiser for the veterans memorial is going full bore.

MARTINEZ, Ga. - Mrs. Margaret Greer Thigpen, 77, beloved wife of Thomas Thigpen entered into rest on Saturday June 7, 2008 at her residence. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday June 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Bellevue Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Michael Davenport and Rev. Don Wilson officiating. Mrs. Thigpen was a devoted Christian lady and active member of Pineview Baptist Church. She was the Past President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign War, Post 3200 and also Past President of the MOCA Pup Tent #3 Auxiliary. Mrs. Thigpen will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Thigpen is survived by her son; Michael Thigpen, her two daughters; Linda Thigpen Lee and husband Edward and Margaret Thigpen Wood, her brother; Ben Greer and wife Patricia of Easley, SC, her grandchildren; Thomas R. Thigpen, Jr. and wife Ashley, Christopher David Wood, Tammy Thomas and husband Robbie, Christen Greenway and husband Jeff, and Adarian Thigpen, and her great-grandchildren; Madison Thomas, Morgan Thomas, Jeffery Greenway, III, Aughtum Lee Greenway, and McKenzie Greenway. Mrs. Thigpen was preceded in death by her son, Master Sergeant Thomas R. Thigpen. If so desired memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society 2623 Washington Rd. Suite F-104 Augusta, GA 30904 or to the Pineview Baptist Church Building Fund 117 Pleasant Home Rd. Martinez, GA 30907. The family will receive friends on Monday June 9, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Platt's Funeral Home Belair Road Chapel. Platt's Funeral Home, 337 N. Belair Road.

Carolyn Youngblood was a familiar face to J.B. White's department store customers in Augusta.

THOMSON, Ga. - Entered into rest Thursday, August 22, 2002, at St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Laverne H.