<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290411265454348075</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:17:40.867-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Clay Democrats eNews</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/290411265454348075/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Clay County Democrats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08535528356171612305</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290411265454348075.post-6183770833653505807</id><published>2009-04-04T08:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T07:50:35.564-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Upcoming Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;THE COALITION TO KEEP TAX DOLLARS IN  CLAY COUNTY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;11:00AM-2:00PM&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Mountain Valley Country Store&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;on HWY 69 between HWY64 and the Cottage  Deli&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Free Hot Dogs and Drinks&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Sign the petition FOR the VOTERS to  decide&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;whether CC should have alcohol sales or  not.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Must be at least 18 and a Register Voter in  Clay County.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SATURDAY, April  4TH&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COOKING WITH KARA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;The Market on Tusquittee  Road, Hayesville&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;11:30AM-1:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;Bring a chair, a plate,  utensils and be hungry for some Healthy Desserts!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="buttonsNoSpace" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday,  April 18, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11th Congressional District&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LISTON B.RAMSEY SPRING  GALA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;AB Tech on the Enka Campus, 2nd Floor at the Haynes  Center&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;http://abtech.edu/enka/directions.htm&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;5:00PM  Hospitality&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Live Entertainment&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;6:00PM        Dinner&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;7:00PM     Program&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Guest Speaker &amp;amp; Presentation of Ramsey Awards&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;$35.00 per person&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Tickets available from Betty Anderson  828-389-4430   Clay  County&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;                                Pat Hardin   828-321-5210   Cherokee County&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;                                Arleen Higgins   828-479-8417   Graham County&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;                                &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt; Directions&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Take I-40 EAST towards Asheville.  Turn off onto Exit  44.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;div&gt;At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp, turn RIGHT/SOUTH on  19/23. Go to the fourth traffic light and turn LEFT on Sand Hill Road. Go to the  second entrance on the LEFT and turn into the campus.  http://www.abtech.edu/maps/enka.asp&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Haynes Conference Center will be on your RIGHT. You may park on the  left or in the lot straight ahead of you.  Proceed to 2nd Floor.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;SATURDAY, APRIL  18th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;Mountain High  Hikers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"&gt;Wildflower &amp;amp;  Photography Rambling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Easy 3-4 mile ramble  (not a hike)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;along the Nantahala  River on the Park Creek Trail in the Standing Indian area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Meet @ Ingles  Parking lot at 9:00AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Contact Bobbi  LeHoullier for details: 828-389-8240&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="mailto:Ironcouple@aol.com" href="mailto:Ironcouple@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:Ironcouple@aol.com"&gt;&lt;span id="lw_1238795648_3" class="yshortcuts" title="mailto:Ironcouple@aol.com"&gt;&lt;span title="mailto:Ironcouple@aol.com" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;Ironcouple@aol.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Saturday, April 25th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Clay County Democratic Party  Convention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;At the new Clay County Courthouse&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;10:00 AM&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;This in an important meeting and all  Democrats are urged to attend.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Officers and  delegates to the District  Convention  will be elected.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="buttonsNoSpace" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, April  25th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:00  p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moss Memorial Library, Hayesville&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Bonsai Demonstration and HGTV Video of  Smith-Gilbert Gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Dr. Robert Gilbert, former owner of Smith-Gilbert Gardens  in Kennesaw, GA will present a program on Bonsai.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He will  demonstrate the technique of creating a Bonsai garden, discuss the history of  this ancient art and detail the extended care required to maintain these  plants.&lt;span&gt;  He'll&lt;/span&gt; bring several plants for the group to see with a  follow-up visit Sunday afternoon to his new home in Franklin to view his prized  collection.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;THURSDAY, April 30th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clay County Democratic Party  Fundraiser&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Kathy and Melvin Cantrell are putting  together&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;our First Annual&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spaghetti and Fixins  Meal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;Brasstown Community Civic  Center&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;11:00 to 2:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;Tickets are $5.00 a plate&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;Call Betty Anderson to buy or sell  TICKETS 828-389-4430&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;Volunteers are needed to sell  tickets, bake pound cakes,&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;deliver meals and help with the  meal.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);font-size:85%;" &gt;Contact Betty Anderson  or Kathy  Cantrell (837-1973) to volunteer!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;Saturday, May 2nd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;North Carolina's 2009 Jefferson  Jackson Dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;Durham Marriott, Durham,  NC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt;Special guest will be Virginia  Governor and DNC Chair, Tim Kaine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(127, 0, 63);"&gt;Tickets are on sale NOW!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=72qQvImsMNsBqrcOHwT3wlO2ZhevxTev" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=72qQvImsMNsBqrcOHwT3wlO2ZhevxTev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span title="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=72qQvImsMNsBqrcOHwT3wlO2ZhevxTev" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;Tickets can be purchased online at  http://www.ncdp.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"&gt; Please be sure to purchase  your tickets early as seating is limited. For more information or to RSVP,  please contact Sallie Leslie at 919-821-2777 ext. 205 or &lt;span id="lw_1238795549_2" class="yshortcuts"&gt;sleslie@ncdp.org&lt;/span&gt;. Beginning April  20th, tickets may be picked up at the North Carolina Democratic Party  Headquarters, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a title="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=dgyieMF%2F%2FBZMy3IhEjL6a1O2ZhevxTev" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=dgyieMF%2F%2FBZMy3IhEjL6a1O2ZhevxTev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span title="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=dgyieMF%2F%2FBZMy3IhEjL6a1O2ZhevxTev" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;Click here to purchase tickets for Jefferson  Jackson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/290411265454348075-6183770833653505807?l=claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com/feeds/6183770833653505807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com/2009/04/upcoming-events.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/290411265454348075/posts/default/6183770833653505807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/290411265454348075/posts/default/6183770833653505807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://claydemocratsenews.blogspot.com/2009/04/upcoming-events.html' title='Upcoming Events'/><author><name>Clay County Democrats</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08535528356171612305</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
