Oconee County, GA Politics

Come at 9 am and join Peggy Holcomb for a stoll around Watkinsville Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:20:19 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: Saturday's Market To: oconeefm@yahoo.com Hello,  Hope everyone is well. This week we will have : many different kinds of pound cakes , banana bread , assorted pies, including blueberry, fresh bread/rolls, fresh eggs, fresh milk from Johnston Dairy,  blueberries, peaches, jams , jellies, handmade soaps & lotions, tomatoes (Maryanne Simmons will have lots of tomatoes), eggplant, green onions , sweet onions , cucumbers, lettuce, potatoes, several kinds of squash, green beans , herbs, root vegetables , fresh cut flowers, salsa from Salsa Ya'll, gourds, woolens, among other things! Hope to see you all there! Karl P.S. Check out the Oconee Farmers' Market on Facebook !! Don't forget to tell a friend or co-worker about the Market!   Karl Berg 706-215-7385 www.oconeefarmers...

A fine letter from one of our own, Elaine worked long hours with her husband Carl McGrath to get President Obama elected anbd it is good to see that she is continuing the effort with an effective and rational Letter to the Editor in the Athens Banner-Herald. Elaine Cress: Health care poll debunks writer | Letters | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Rare agreement (however futile) between Athens-Clarke and Oconee County in agreeing how many boats will be allowed on Bear Creek Resevoir. They lost the vote, but hey, it's a start of real economic coordination. Bear Creek Reservoir opened up to more boaters | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

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Simonton Bridge Road is far too narrow (dangerously narrow for bicyclists) already and I am glad that it is included on the MACORTS plan for widening along with Hog Mountain, Mars Hill and Experiment Station sometime in the next quarter century. Some road plans slashed from list | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

STRATEGY PLANNING SESSION AGENDA Location: Ashford Manor Date: July 22, 2009 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Morning Session: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Set-up&Coffee 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. SPLOST - SPLOST Referendum - Four Approved Areas o Public Safety o Recreational&Park o Roads & Sidewalks o Sewer - Priorities in each area - Funding for each area Time permitting - Council members’ items - City Boundaries/Annexation Afternoon Session: 1:30 p.m. Courthouse, City Options 3:00 p.m. Historic Structures 3:30 p.m. Council members’ items 4:00 p.m. County Roads in City Community Center S.C. Logging Co. Watkinsville Bypass Contact Information Julie Sanders jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com 706-769-5161 Sponsored by Mayor & Council

Regardless of what you may think about African Americans getting lynched or re-enactments, the Georgia Association of Black Legislators has the right to commemorate the as-of-yet still unsolved last mass lynching in America. Moore's Ford rally set for Saturday | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

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The following was borrowed heavily from The Critter magazine and an article inside from Kathy Bangle, Director of Development at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Watkinsville's beautiful jewel of a bed and breakfast Ashford Manor will once again play a gracious hosting role for a wonderful fundraiser for the G.R.A.C.E. Fund with the sixth annual Hawaii Dawg-O 6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 1, hosted by Dean Sheila Allen of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medic and University of Georgia and NFL Hall of Fame football player Charley Trippi will also help raise funds for a new scholarship to a deserving Vet Med student in 2009. Also members of the 1980 National Championship football team will be in attendance. You are advised to call and reserve your tickets now by ringing up Dr. Flynn Nace at 770-483-7225. $100.00 per couple, $300.00 for a table of four, and $500 for a table of eight. Tickets must be purchase before Friday, July 24 2009. Master card ...

The radio news on NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM led with this brief bit about our new local lodgings expandeded in Oconee County. And they have a new contest there to get Tim Bryant to deliver donuts to your office. Oconee Hotel Opens - WGAU Local News on 1340wgau.com Shared via AddThis

A more newsy follow up to Kate McDaniel's Sunday editorial about the Oconee County BOC killing the Keep Oconee Beautiful Commision Oconee cleanup group's future unclear | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Full Moon music recording Studio owner Mark Cooper Smith led a group of 28 people on the first of a series of Saturday Strolls though the City of Watkinsville sponsored by the Oconee County Democratic Committee on a beautiful unseasonably cool morning. Organizer Pat Priest called it "almost too much of a success" and was thrilled to raise $135.00 for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a charity of the choice of the owner of the recording studio at First and School Street. He has promoted several years of concerts and softball games for the benefit of a group near and dear to his heart because of his daughter being afflicted with the blood sugar problem. "We had a great turn-out for our first stroll (28) -- in fact, almost too many," wrote Priest in an email to the Oconee Democratic Committe "We raised $135 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Main Street is nosier than I realized when big trucks rumble by, so (her husband Dr.) Neal (Priest) and I ...

The PR campaign for and against the reshuffling of power at the County level continues to boil and fester. Some Oconee employees balking at power shift | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast continues to have a profound influence on the economic present and future of Watkinsville, Georgia. Well done Mario and Dave. Essentially this is across Main Street from their Victorian Abode but a logical extension of their burgeoning local empire. Brief Cases: The Overlook gets new management | Business | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Retired EPA employee Kate McDaniel pens a well-written piece describing the downfall of the Keep Oconee Clean commission by the Board of Commissioners. Let us hope we can work out a way to reinstall this important environmental group on a local basis. Oconee mistaken to cut Clean panel | Opinion | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis