From the Indiana 8th District Democratic Party:

You're invited to the annual Golf Scramble with United States Congressman Brad Ellsworth

This is the 3rd year for this event and if a team or two originates from Owen County, it spares us from paying a $300 District assessment.  If you like golf, please take advantage of this opportunity to meet Brad Ellsworth, support the 8th District, and most important, keep $300 with our local Owen County Democratic Party.

Continue reading below and visit the 8th District website to register at:

http://www.indems8.com/test/golf.html

August 5th, 2009

Geneva Hills Golf Course

3446 Geneva Hills Road, Clinton, In  47842

Registration and Lunch starting at 11:00 A.M. EST Shotgun Start 1:00  P.M.

Dinner to follow

RSVP by: July 31st,  2009                                  

Reservations:   812-897-6868

____$1000 Gold Tournament Sponsor, Sign and Recognition, 4-Some with Lunch and Dinner

____$500 Silver Sponsor, Hole Sponsor, 4-Some with Lunch and Dinner

____$250 Bronze Sponsor, 2 Hole Sponsor Signs with Lunch and Dinner

____$250 Prize Sponsor, Lunch and Dinner

____$100 Hole Sponsor,

____$75 Individual Golfer,

Lunch and Dinner     ____Dinner $25 Couple

Reply to: Chairman S. Anthony Long, P.O. Box 250, Boonville, IN

47601

Golfer 1: _____________________________________

Golfer 2: _____________________________________

Golfer 3: _____________________________________

Golfer 4: _____________________________________

Name:   ______________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

Occupation: ________________ Phone: ____________________

Email: _________________________________

Paid for and authorized by: The Indiana 8th Congressional District Democratic Committee, Jeff Lehman Treasurer.

Contributions are not tax deductible. Printed in house.

SPENCER, INDIANA – The Owen County Democratic Party has announced the plans for their annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner to be held Friday, April 17th. The featured speaker for the evening will be former Indianapolis Mayor, Bart Peterson.  There will also be opportunities to meet current Democratic elected officials.

The event will be held at the Spencer First Christian Church’s Christian Life Center, located one block southwest of the Courthouse Square, on South Montgomery Street.  Tickets will be sold in advance of the event and are $15.00 per person.  They are available from any Democratic party official or by calling 829-4254.  The evening will begin with a social time at 5:30pm and the dinner and program starting promptly at 6:30pm.  The dinner will be catered by Lois Bixler.  Door prizes will be given away upon conclusion of the evening.

Bart Peterson served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, the nation’s 12th largest city, from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2007.  He also served as President of the National League of Cities in 2007.  He has been with Strategic Capital Partners, LLC since June 2008 as Managing Director of Strategic Partners Urban Fund, a new venture that will invest in underserved urban communities in cities across the country.

As Mayor, Peterson led a transformation of public education in Indianapolis by being the only mayor in America with the authority to create new schools by issuing charters won directly from the state legislature.  He managed 16 charter schools, and won Harvard University’s prestigious Innovations in American Government Award in 2006.   He also led the effort to create Fall Creek Place, the revival of a near-Northside neighborhood challenged by crime and blight by creating more than 400 new home ownership opportunities.  Under his leadership, Indianapolis experienced impressive job growth as Peterson was instrumental in the construction and development of major projects such as Lucas Oil Stadium, Simon Property Group World Headquarters, The New Indianapolis International Airport and Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal Building, and the future Indiana Convention Center expansion and JW Marriott Hotel.

Indianapolis’ public and private commitment to the arts flourished as Peterson increased public funding for the arts.  He also initiated countless cultural opportunities throughout the city.  Along with Indiana University and Purdue University, he also created BioCrossroads, a focused effort to push Indianapolis to the forefront as a life sciences capital.  Peterson was honored by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and earned the City Government Leader of the Year Award for his efforts in cleaning up the Indianapolis waterways.

During spring of 2008, Peterson was a fellow with the Institute of Politics of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.   Currently, he is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Ball State University.

Before running for office, Peterson had a distinguished career in the private sector, as well as in public service.  Peterson and his family built The Precedent Companies, a group of real estate development and financial services companies, served as a member of Indiana Governor Evan Bayh’s leadership team, first as his aide for environmental affairs and later as chief of staff, and was an attorney with Ice Miller law firm.

Peterson is a graduate of Purdue University and the University of Michigan Law School.

He is married to Amy Minick Peterson, who runs her own marketing consulting business.  Together they have a 20-year-old daughter, Meg, a sophomore at the University of Michigan.

Chairman Anton Karl Neff noted, “We are honored to have Bart Peterson visit Owen County and speak at our dinner.  This is an excellent opportunity for folks to meet him.  We welcome everyone to our dinner and invite you to be a part of this event.”  Additional information can be found on the party’s website, www.owendemocrats.org.

Owen County Democratic precinct officials met the morning of Saturday, March 7th and elected Anton Karl Neff as Chairman, Jo Ann Ligon as Vice-Chairwoman, Cynthia Hyde as Secretary, and David Gohn as Treasurer.  All will serve 4-year terms until March 2013.

The results are in.  You can find them HERE.  Also we have a lot of pictures from Election night.  See if you are in any pictures in our Gallery.

Thank you all for making this a successful election!