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A book of luck: Watkinsville author finds serendipity - and new calling - at a book conference | Athens Banner Herald Mobile

A book of luck: Watkinsville author finds serendipity - and new calling - at a book conference | Athens Banner Herald Mobile

Federal court filing hints at potential suspect in Moore's Ford lynching

Reed's Odds & Ends heavily damaged in blaze

Free trees are always a good thing, and given the vast amounts of moisture in our red Georgia clay right now, they should grow rather easily and well if planted after the last snow Sincerely,  Dan Matthews From: jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com To: jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com Subject: Free Trees Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:35:38 +0000 --> Free Trees! Celebrate Arbor Day 2015 The City of Watkinsville is giving away free trees to its residents in celebration of Arbor Day .  When:                  February 27  and March 2 – March 6th Where:                 City Hall – VFW Drive What:                    Red Maple, Wax Myrtle, Green Ash, Dogwood Arbor Day in Georgia is the third F...

Stadion Announces CEO Promotion

Some obsessed basketball fanatic decided that curtsied was not good enough Friday, no, you had to go for two in row when your buddy Steve offered up a couple of freebies. So we hopped on the Lindbergh station MARTA train after trudging through ice. Oh yeah and there was this on Friday. We missed the movie Selma, but we did see Rev. Joseph Lowery, Rev. C.T. Vivien, Mrs. Abernathy, and Ambassador Andrew Young and Congressman John Lewis. My new crusade is to allow Atlanta traffic on the HOV lanes during weather emergencies, as well as opening the MARTA gates and giving out those damn Breeze cards for free. If Cobb County has any sense they will build some train right to the new Braves stadium. Atlanta Hawks Offering Refunds Due To Winter Storm

Oconee County Observations: Commercial Development Leads To More Crime, Distri... : Crime Costs Money Commercial development has its downside, District Attorney Ken Mauldin told the Oconee County Board of Commissioners dur...

» Watkinsville revoting on liquor license laws

It will sure look lovely next to the Cokey Elder junk yard used car butt hutt. Watkinsville moves forward with comfort station - Oconee Enterprise: News

This is my worst commuting nightmare come true, and it will add about 20 minutes a day and countless miles to my 4x a day jaunt from Morgan Manor Estates to the Saye/Metropolitan buildings in downtown Athens. Road project will detour Simonton Bridge, Whitehall Road traffic beginning in May

Early voting in Watkinsville | Classic City Today

Several Ga. House Republicans React To Bowers Analysis Of Religious Freedom Bills

Key Senate committee approves bill establishing 25-foot buffer along Georgia marshes

Oconee high schools recognized for AP performance

Mike Bowers Calls For A "Swift Death" To Georgia Religious Freedom Bills

The Oconee County Board of Elections is located in a small unremarkable cinder block building in the curve on Water Street near the Oconee County Courthouse. Today I braved the elements to be the sixth voter to cast a ballot in the Alcohol referendum with the exact verbiage: CITY OF WATKINSVILLE Alcohol Referendum (Vote for One) "Shall the governing authority of Watkinsville be authorized to issue licenses to sell distilled spirits for beverage purposes by the drink, such sales to be for consumption only on the premises?" I wholeheartedly endorse and otherwise urge all Watkinsville residents to vote YES on this referendum, and to do it as quickly as possible 8-5 weekdays for the next two weeks, or otherwise on Tuesday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day). I appreciate the many talents of the people who work in there, and their sense of humor in the face of the absurd. And if voting on the near exact same words in November 2014 and again on March 2015 is...

Special Election for City of Watkinsville

Georgia Republican: Outlaw man-made centaurs, but leave the real ones alone

The most educated Georgia counties A snazzy interactive map from an online research engine called  FindTheBest  shows Georgia’s most educated counties. Oconee County earns bragging rights since it has the highest percentage of people over 25 years with a graduate degree (22.06 percent). Clarke County, Fulton County and Dekalb County trail close behind at 19.06 percent, 18.50 percent and 16.06 percent, respectively. In Bibb County, nearly 8.2 percent of the population over 25 has a graduate degree. The map uses research from FindTheBest that analyzes the percentage of population over 25 years with a masters, PhD or higher to determine levels of education within the area.  How does your hometown stack up against other counties?

The inexcusable repeat referendum on liquor by the drink sales in maybe two or three restaurants locally advance voting began and as a proper illustration of the sheer lunacy in voting for the same words in consecutive elections, no one showed up in the first day of early voting for the March 17th election. Unfortunately this also provides ammunition for those wanting to eliminate or otherwise reduce the advance voting period, something that has always appeared to be a better advantage for well organized campaigns and typically Democratic candidates. I will saunter down to Water Street and vote in favor of liquor by the drink in protest only because it is an undue burden to expect the voting populace to make repeat approval of the same words. I hope the election remains pro forma, and the referendum will pass as it did before. But in small special elections, anything can happen, so if you want a gin and tonic at Girasoles, you better go vote to pass the liquor by the drink distille...

Sorry Chuck Williams, any measure making government confiscation of student funds without proper use of the justice system is unconstitutional, immoral, an unnecessary increase in the power of government, and something that we simply do not need.  Georgia House passes student ID measure

The Consequence of Choice

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Begin forwarded message: Subject: CCDC Meeting Info and Other Interesting Info You'll Want to Read From: Karen Solheim, CCDC Secretary < ccdc.secretary.karens@gmail.com > Reply-To: Karen Solheim, CCDC Secretary < ccdc.secretary.karens@gmail.com > To: < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Date: February 22, 2015 at 4:27:43 PM EST The next CCDC meeting is February 26 ! Hope you can attend. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Clarke County Democratic Committee Monthly Meeting and Other Information Share with your friends and relatives! Thursday, February 26 CCDC Meeting! The next CCDC  meeting  is  Thursday, February 26,   beginning at 6 p. m. at    the 295 E Dougherty St Click   here   for map. A lot is happening at this meeting! Join Representative  Spencer Frye  as he presents a legislative update.  Meet Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) ...

Mardi Gras Party: 11 a.m., Oconee County Library, 1080 Experiment Station Rd. The event will feature games, art, food and more. Registration is required. For grades 2-5. Free and open to the public. www.athenslibrary.org/oconee. Handbuilding for Beginners Class: Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, 34 School St., Watkinsville. Instructor Jenna Gridley will teach basic handbuilding techniques that will enable students to form clay into their own visions. www.ocaf.com. Beginning Portrait Sculpture Class: Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, 34 School St., Watkinsville. Jean Westmacott, the renowned sculptor of the Athena statue, will instruct students to the forms, proportions and expressive possibilities in shaping the human head. www.ocaf.com. Movie & a Muffin: 10:30 a.m., Oconee County Library, 1080 Experiment Station Rd. “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” will be featured along with a muffin and juice. Free and open to the public.  www.athenslibrary....

Some Republican governors back Homeland Security showdown

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