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You should attend this show this evening Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:42:13 -0400 Subject: [oconee] A concert to benefit Russell Edwards' campaign   Tonight several great musicians (such as Patterson Hood) and bands (The Packway Handle Band, among others) will be performing at a concert to raise money and get out the vote for Russell Edwards, the UGA law school grad and former public school teacher who is working hard to defeat Paul Broun, Jr. The show is at Last Call, a bar in Athens that's a couple of doors down from Junkman's Daughter's Brother on Clayton. (450 East Clayton) The concert features Patterson Hood of The Drive-By Truckers, Futurebirds (acoustic), The Packway Handle Band, Booray, Matt Mickinney of The Incredible Sandwich and special guests! Tickets are $10. The show starts at 9. Hope to see you! Pat and Neal Priest __._,_.___

Friends, *Please join us at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 16th for a bike ride to raise funds for Athens Police Officer Sergeant Courtney Gale.* Sergeant Gale was attacked Tuesday evening in a local grocery store and is in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital. As is true of every police officer, Sergeant Gale puts her life on the line daily to protect each one of us...now, we rally to support her. In an effort to help further surround her, and her loved ones, with positive energy and support from the community, we will be conducting a Police Escorted Bike Ride from the downtown Police Station (133 Washington Ave.) to St. Mary's Hospital and back. We ask a $10 donation to participate, but no one will be turned away. All proceeds will go directly to Sergeant Gale and her family. This is a completely grassroots effort, so your help in printing and posting the attached flier will be greatly appreciated. *If you cannot attend the bike ride, please try to focus your encouragi...

I got a big kick finding out about this through my healer/singer friend Wilma who is playing at the Melting Point Sunday night with a child friendly event you should all attend, but she is also going to be Dancing with the Athens Stars on Sunday, March 2, 2008. Wilma just received the proclamation from the city of Winterville for her song and video of the same name. She is amazing individual and talented singer/songwriter/guitarist/massage therapist and one of my favorite people. I can not yet personally vouch for her dancing talents but I am sure she will be one of the best people in this event and worthy of your donations. The description made me smile and want to attend. I think Project Safe is very important and well worth supporting. By then I should have enough $$ to contribute more than I can right now because of the season for giving to our family gifts, etc. I think dancing is one of the most interesting of the performing arts, and while I was not a big fan of the TV show, ...