upcoming Clarke County Democratic events




Dear CCDC members and friends,
 
Much is happening Democratically in Athens Clarke County during the rest of June.
Please mark your calendars for and plan on attending the following:
 
1. Friday, June 13            
     CCDC Headquarters Grand Opening
 
     220 Prince Avenue (across from The Grit)
    5-7 p.m.
 
    DPG Chair Jane Kidd is the keynote speaker.
 
2.  Saturday, June 14
      AAD (Athens Area Democrats) Breakfast Meeting
 
     Trumps (Washington & Jackson St.)
     7 p.m. 

     TOPIC:  DOES THE MEDIA DECIDE ELECTIONS? 
 
     PANEL INCLUDES Pete McCommons, Editor, The Flagpole; Jason Winders, Editor
     in Chief and Jim Thompson, Editorial Editor, The Athens Banner-Herald, Mary
     Kay Mitchell, News Director of WUGA and Tim Bryant, News Director of WGAU.

     PRICE: $12.00 per person

Tickets may be purchased at Bobby Saxon's Campaign Hq. 1:00-5:00pm M-F 
(Phone 706-549-2862) at 125 S. Milledge Ave, SE corner of Broad & Milledge,
diagonally across Broad St. from the Varsity (parking at rear off Broad at
bldg. with dark green metal roof); at the Democratic HQ. (after 1 June) 220
Prince Ave. (across from The Grit)  or contact Bill or Peggy Horton
pahorton@aol.com or 706-548-5769 or Anita Brannen anitabarney@charter.net or
706-543-1480. Must be purchased by 06/09/08.
 
3.  Thursday, June 19
      Senatorial Forum
 
      Georgia Center for Continuing Education
     7-9 p.m.
 

A Senatorial Forum will be held on Thursday, June 19, from 7 to 9 PM in Master's Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.  Four candidates have confirmed their participation – Jim Martin, Dale Caldwell, Rand Knight, and Joshua Lanier. (Vernon Jones has not responded.)

 

Mary Kay Mitchell, news director of WUGA, will moderating the event. 

The event will not be aired live but will be aired on WUGA on Wednesday, June 25 between 2 and 4 PM. 

 

 

4.  Saturday, June 21

      Booth at AthFest

 

Democrats from Clarke, Madison, and Oconee County will staff an information booth at the AthFest 2008 music festival in downtown Athens.  The booth will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 21st.  Campaign literature, political buttons and bumper-stickers will be available, and area and state candidates will be present. Information about upcoming events and meeting schedules as well as how to get more involved in each county's Democratic efforts will also be available.  Festival attendees will be able to register to vote at a separate AthFest booth staffed by volunteers trained to impartially register Georgia citizens. 

 
5.  Saturday, June 21
      Booth at Classic City Spring Festival
 
      Miriam Moore Community Center
     10-3 p.m.
 
6.  Thursday, June 26
      CCDC monthly meeting
 
     CCDC Headquarters (not the Clarke County Courthouse), 220 Prince Avenue
     6 p.m.
 
Hope to see you at all the above.
 
Sincerely,
Karen Solheim
CCDC Corresponding Secretary

 
 
      

 
 
 


 







 

 


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