Oconee County, GA Politics

From: "psommer" psommer@bellsouth.net Subject: next historical society meeting Date: September 15, 2013 5:05:37 PM EDT To: "'psommer'" psommer@bellsouth.net The next Historical Society meeting will be at Ashford on Main 7pm Tuesday September 17.  We will continue to plan for our 'History On The Grounds – dare to Share" event.  We will also be discussing helping welcome people to the historic gym during the Oconee Festival October 19.  If you can't make the meeting but want to help out at the festival let us know. Peggy

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note® II Dave and Mario ,  Thank you again, and again, for loaning Oconee Democrats your handsome Ashford on Main . new venue, I counted almost 75 people who were there on June 20.  Hope all of them will bring friends, business meetings, and wedding celebration, back to you. Thanks for making it so southern-ly beautiful that evening with all the magnolias every where--the scents and visuals were perfect!  Congratulations on becoming one of our Community Leader awardees too.  You two should get this award every year from ALL of Oconee County! I hope you heard half the compliments I did that night, about the house and setting;  multiple and flattering. PAT Adams VP of Oconee Democratic Committee

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We would like to humbly invite you to attend a decidedly "non-meeting" gathering of the Oconee County Democratic Committee with Democrats attending from Clarke, Oglethorpe, Greene and Barrow counties at the Ashford on Main - 7 South Main Street, Watkinsville, Georgia (next door to the Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast) 7 to 8:30 pm at lovely palatial mansion on Main Street and Barnett Shoals (and Business 441 and State Route 15) in the heart of Watkinsville. Giving a brief non-partisan speech will be Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials. Jerry Gonzalez of GALEO We will be having finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages and possibly a few candidates as well. We will also be presenting our first "Outstanding Oconee County Contributor" awards and have received a few RSVPs including Pat Reagan, the Development Director of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation, to accept one of these awards. Please attend, bring the kids if you must (t...

From: "psommer" < psommer@bellsouth.net > Date: March 12, 2013 5:33:56 PM EDT To: "'psommer'" < psommer@bellsouth.net > Subject: sepecial program at next historical society meeting MysteryNight in Watkinsville Images of the Past Photographic Tour by Joe Aiken and Hugh Gordon At   " Ashford   on   Main "   in   Watkinsville   7   pm   Tuesday,   March   19,   2013 Join us as Joe and Hugh show and discuss lots and lots of never before seen historic photos of Watkinsville's past-- ‐ its people and places.  See sites and sights you may remember, even family and friends you have not seen in years. Come to the first of what we hope to be several "Old time Watkinsville Family Album Picture Shows" Event Sponsored by the Oconee Historical Society

Begin forwarded message: From: "psommer"  Date: February 11, 2013 10:55:27 AM EST To: "'psommer'" Subject: historical society news Our next meeting will be   Tuesday February 19 at Ashford on Main 7pm .  At our last meeting we voted to change our meeting days to the third Tuesday and Dave Shearon very nicely volunteered his facility as a meeting location.  We also discussed helping with the historic survey that is currently going on in the City of Watkinsville, so we will concentrate our collecting of information on that area, however if you have something you want to share about that is outside of the city limits please do so. Peggy

Ashford Manor's 'Concerts on the Lawn' Series Ending After 12th Season

After 12 years, Ashford Manor Bed & Breakfast in Watkinsville is ending its popular Concerts on the Lawn series on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. The final concert will feature The Sensational Sounds of Motown, with gates opening at 5 p.m. Sept. 3, and the concert running from 6 to 9 p.m. Ashford Manor proprietors Mario Castro and David Shearon said they were saddened to end the series, which drew monthly crowds of around 500 to1,000 people to the four-acre estate -- the second largest concert venue in the Athens area. They cited economic reasons as well as dwindling attendance for bringing the series to an end. “It’s been a tremendously hard decision,” said Shearon, “one of the toughest we’ve had to make since we’ve been here.” Shearon and Castro, along with Shearon’s brother Jim Shearon, opened the bed and breakfast in 1997 and began the concert series three years later. For 11 years, the concerts took place nearly every Monday night from May through October. But...

Ashford Manor expands downtown Watkinsville presence | Online Athens

Check out the cool sounds of Kick The Robot, who will be playing at the final Team 6 event as Ashford Manor on Sunday, March 25, 2012 4-7PM!

Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast just doubled in size with the announcement that Dave Shearon and Mario Castro will be moving in their neighbor's to the south where Mike and Nona Thornton lived with their family. Anyone who attended the Daughters of the American Revolution's dedication of the pocket park in front of Jittery Joe's knows how far that property stretches. Dave and Mario will live upstairs and the downstairs will function as another meeting and event space. They are having a party to celebrate the 60th birthday of David Shearon's birth on March 25th as a fundraiser for the Dancing with the Athens Stars Team 6 with the unveiling of their new digs. Should be quite the soiree.