Oconee County, GA Politics

From Ann Stoneburner ahstoneburner@bellsouth.net Subject: For Immediate Release Date: March 5, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2008 - 2018 “Carving Up Oconee” Revisited - A Public Perspective: A film and panel discussion of how a formerly agricultural county struggles to retain its rural nature and natural beauty in the face of mounting developmental pressures. For more information: 706 – 769 - 5362 Details in brief: 3 pm Sunday, March 25, 2018 Watkinsville Library, 1080 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville, GA Sponsored by the Oconee Democrats and Oconee County Progressives Free and open to the public Carving Up Oconee, an award-winning documentary filmed on location in 2008, shows a real life battle between citizens in Oconee’s farmland and the commercial developers who plan to build a truck stop in Farmington. Today as Oconee County formalizes a new comprehensive plan, voices are raised once again to spread commercial development around the county and no ...

Subject: opportunity to view film This was sent out by Melissa Piche and I agree with her that the film is worth seeing if you haven't already seen it.  Even if you have watching it again with a new audience and participating in the discussion afterwards might also be enlightening. I wanted to tell everyone that Celestia Sharp will be showing her film "Carving up Oconee" at the Oconee Library July 21st at 2:00. There will be a panel discussion after the showing of the Documentary. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend you take this opportunity to view it and meet and discuss the film and its pertinence to the current growth in Oconee County. This is a wonderful film and a great chance to meet Celestia. I was very enlightened by the experience. 

No talk on Elijah Clarke and Trans-Oconee  this time around, but instead a great film called Carving Up Oconee instead. Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 10:01:16 AM Subject: April 19 OCHS Meeting Dear Members - Given the opportunity to view Celestea Sharp 's film Carving Up Oconee and the need to discuss the latest developments concerning Heritage Park, we now have a modified agenda for the April 19 OCHS meeting.  The 77 minute film will be shown starting at 6 pm at the Gainsville State College Oconee Campus in Watkinsville followed by a 30 minute Q and A session.  This gives us time to get to and hold our business meeting from 8 to 9 pm at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) on School Street in Watkinsville.  We will have food! Gary Doster has graciously agreed to present his talk entitled "Elijah Clarke and the Trans-Oconee Republic" at a later date - possibly at the May meeting.  I look forward to all of you hearing Gary's lively tale about...

Listen to the radio tonight if you can - Georgia Gazette comes on at 7 pm Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  Subject: FW: Susanna Capelouto urges folks to listen to GA Gazette tonight  Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:02:49 -0400    Hi all. Sorry I've been out of contact with several of you. I was in  Mexico for the week.    Celestea's film is being profiled Georgia Public Radio! See below.    Tony    Susanna Capelouto urges folks to listen to GA Gazette tonight        Tonight on Georgia Gazette,  Our interview on Carving Up Oconee, a film about development in  rural Georgia. It's part of the upcoming Eco Focus Film Festival in  Athens.  The show airs on GPB's statewide radio network at 6 PM. It airs at  7 PM on WUGA in Athens. Always on line at GPB.org/georgiagazette.  Also, if you are not yet a member of GPB, please consider a  contribution during Georgia Gazett...

From: Celestea Sharp < celesteasharp@nyc.rr.com > Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM Subject: "Carving Up Oconee" screenings at UGA Film Festival Oct 25-26 To: Hi Dan, I have seen and appreciated your mention of my film on your blog, and I wanted to be sure that you knew that "Carving Up Oconee" will be screened twice at the upcoming UGA EcoFocus Film Festival at Ciné in downtown Athens: -- on Saturday, October 25, at 3:00 pm (panel discussion with Courtney Gale, Tony Glenn, and    Michael Reuter afterwards) and -- -- on Sunday, October 26, at 8:15 pm (Q and A will follow the film, and several film personalities    will be present). I'm hoping that the film will spark some good discussions among the audience about issues important to Oconee County residents. More information about the film and the filmmaker and crew, as well as the main characters of the film, can be found on the film website at www.carvingupoconee.com . ...

I wish I had seen the first screening of this film at the library a few weeks back, and I seem to recall from her interview on Tim Bryant's show that there is talk of another screening in Oconee County sometime in the near future. But I always wonder who is the uncredited writer of the press release in Wayne Ford's newspaper. Glad he could include this story.

you are not aware of Celestea Sharp’s award winning book, Bishop, Georgia: The Ancient Roots, Rich History and Enduring Spirit of a Southern Crossroads Community, here is your opportunity to purchase a copy and get it signed. This is an amazing reference book for anyone interested in Oconee County history. Thoroughly researched and cited, Celestea provides a historical narrative not just for Bishop, but for much of the county since so much history in the area is intertwined. See the details below. Pass this along to others who may be interested. BISHOP, GEORGIA: The Ancient Roots, Rich History and Enduring Spirit of a Southern Crossroads Community By Celestea Gentry Sharp SPONSORED BY TOWN OF BISHOP, GEORGIA The second printing from Wolfe Publishing will be available March 3, 2007. The Author will be signing books at the Trade-a-Book bookstore, 4991 Macon Highway (U.S. 441), downtown Bishop, Oconee County, on Saturday, March 3, 2007 from 2 to 6 pm. Books will be available at this...