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Oconee County Board of Education candidate & UGA Pollster Prof. Rich Clark talks to Athens Area Democrats 4 days after the election Sat., Nov. 8th
Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: ksolheim@hotmail.com To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: FW: Athens Area Democrats--Nov 8. Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:30:47 -0400 Dear CCDC members and friends, Please see the information below concerning the next Athens Area Democrats meeting on Saturday, November 8. Looks like a great (and timely) program! Remember to buy your tickets by November 3. See end of email below for details about purchasing. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications From: anitabarney@charter.net To: ksolheim@hotmail.com Subject: Advertising and List serv Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:47:20 -0400 THIS BREAKFAST IS RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE POLLS SHOULD BE INTERESTING! BUFFET BREAKFAST ATHENS AREA DEMOCRATS 9:00AM – NOV 8, 2008 TRUMPS – WASHINGTON & JACKSON ST. TOPIC: A POST ELECTION ASSESSMENT OF PRE-ELECTION POLLING SPEAKER...
Schedule for the Candidate Forum Monday at the Oconee County Library
Subject: Candidate Forum Monday Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:50:59 -0400 From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com> Reply-To: lbbecker@mindspring.com To: lbbecker@mindspring.com Dear Friends, Here's the schedule for the Candidate Forum on Monday night. Auditorium, Oconee County Library 7:00 Introduction of Candidates Bill Cowsert and Sherry Jackson for the 46th Senate District Questions from audience moderated by Lee Becker 7:40 Introduction of Write-In Candidate Tom Leach for the Chairmanship, Oconee County Board of Commissioners Questions from audience moderated by Russ Page 8:00 Introduction of Candidates Tom Breedlove and Richard Clark for Post 5, Board of Education Questions from audience moderated by Charles Baugh Refreshments available. The Senate is going to be dealing with a large number of crucial issues af...
Part one and two of the first Board of Education forum thanks to Lee Becker, Tony Glenn and videographer Jerry Price
Morning all, Well, after a two week delay, I finally have the video from the June 4th Board of Education candidate forum uploaded to our second Vimeo channel, www.vimeo.com/OconeeCounty. My apologies. Time and technology were both obstacles that had to be overcome. [cue the Rocky theme] The video of the Chamber of Commerce forums (last night and tonight) will be available within a day or two. The learning curve is flattening out. Pass the word along. Regards, Tony Glenn Part 1 of 2: June 4th Candidate Forum for Oconee County Board of Education from Lee Becker on Vimeo . Part 2 of 2: June 4th Candidate Forum for Oconee County Board of Education from Lee Becker on Vimeo .
Ignorance rears its ugly head again locally
An Oconee County woman is anonymously complaining to the media about a childbirth video shown to her 2nd grade child in the public school system. I understand why this woman wants to remain anonymous: she would be laughed at and ridiculed by every neighbor and at the Publix; and her child would be teased non-stop not just on the playground. While I have only seen the bits of the video provided by Fox 5 thanks to a principal's son, I know the miracle of childbirth up close and personal. It is an awesome experience I would recommend to almost everyone, breeder and non-breeder alike. I grant the parent in question the right to remove her child from an eye opening and honest view of reproduction. I have a second grader. He is reading Peter Pan and remarking on what a good book it is. I am in no hurry to have him grow up either. He asks questions about coming out of mother all the time. I am honest and open with him, describing the whole procedure. Parents raise and birth their childre...