Marshall County Democratic Club

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Here's a sneak peak:</B></div> <div> <B>Week #1</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="28594920.png" border=0 width="404" height="658" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="parker_griffith_event"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="358" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="352"><div> <B>Madison County Democrats to host Parker Griffith's final fundraiser...</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="28991000.jpg" border=0 width="401" height="512" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000080><NOBR><div> <B>Meet Our </B></div> <div> <B>Democratic Candidates</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="303" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 203 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="27a9ec50.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="133"><div> Lynn</div> <div> <B>Walls</B></div> <div> <B>for Marshall County Revenue Commissioner</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_lynn_walls.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Election Candidates"><U>More</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 203 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="28092c50.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="133"><div> R.E.</div> <div> MARTIN</div> <div> <B>Marshall County Commissioner</B></div> <div> <B>District 2</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_r_e__martin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Election Candidates"><U>More</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 203 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="27c83c50.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="133"><div> Danny</div> <div> <B>PANKEY</B></div> <div> <B>for Marshall County</B></div> <div> <B>Commissioner District 3</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id29_danny_pankey_bio_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Election Candidates"><U>More</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 203 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="27e83c50.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="133"><div> Allen </div> <div> <B>Childress</B></div> <div> for </div> <div> County School Board, Place 5</div> <div> <A HREF="id29_allen_childress_bio.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Election Candidates"><U>More</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Mark Bollinger for Constable Beat 1</div> <div> Tommy Cole for Constable Beat 4</div> <div> Brent Rhodes for Constable Beat 20</div> <div> are unopposed</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="275"><div> <B>Banner seen outside the Vice-Presidential Debate on October 2</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="202" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 ><NOBR><div> We tried stupid.</div> <div> We want change.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>National Headlines</B></div> <div> <B>WARNING: McCain campaign sends out bad absentee ballot applications to Obama donors.</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="60" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000066 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="54"><div> <A HREF="id22_warning_mccain_campaign_sends_out_bad.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the News"><U><B>More</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Local Headlines</B></div> <div> <B>Wayne Parker goes for Parker Griffith's jugular in new campaign ad.</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="66" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000066 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="60"><div> <A HREF="id22_greg_privett.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the News"><U><B>More</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="26ec86e0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27010cc0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Party-switcher Buddy Allen </B></div> <div> <B>defeated in GOP primary runoff</B></div> <div> Buddy Allen lost the June 15 Republican primary runoff election with just 42% of the vote.  Democrat Danny Pankey will face Republican Richard Kilgore  for the District 3 Marshall County Commission seat in the November general election.</div> <bR> <div> When Allen switched to the GOP in February,  Democratic Executive Committee Chairwoman Susan McKenney said that he was committing "political suicide".  </div> <bR> <div> In the District 2 Republican primary runoff, James Maze, defeated Shannon Parsons.  Maze, a lobbyist, will will face popular Democratic incumbent R.E. Martin in the fall.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Compare Obama's Tax Plan to McCain's</B></div> <div> Barack Obama and John McCain are keeping up their barrage on each other's tax plans but we can save ourselves a lot of time by going to the reputable and non-partisan <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?ID=411693" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publicati"><U>Tax Policy Center</U></A></FONT>, which has done a preliminary evaluation of the Obama and McCain tax plans. Some highlights:</div> <bR> <div> 1. Both cut revenue significantly. "Although both candidates have at times stressed fiscal responsibility, their specific non-health tax proposals would reduce tax revenues by $3.7 trillion (McCain) and $2.7 trillion (Obama) over the next 10 years, or approximately 10 and 7 percent of the revenues scheduled for collection under current law, respectively."</div> <bR> <div> 2. The benefits would go to different people. "The two candidates' plans would have sharply different distributional effects. Senator McCain's tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom would receive large tax cuts that would, on average, raise their after-tax incomes by more than twice the average for all households.... In marked contrast, Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers. The largest tax cuts, as a share of income, would go to those at the bottom of the income distribution, while taxpayers with the highest income would see their taxes rise."</div> <bR> <div> 3. Both have ways to increase revenue. "Finally, each candidate promises to broaden the tax base and reduce corporate loopholes. McCain lists eight breaks for oil companies as targets but, other than that, is short on details for his pledge to eliminate 'corporate welfare.' Obama identifies a variety of steps, including basis reporting for capital gains, taxing carried interest as ordinary income, and enacting sanctions on international tax havens that don't cooperate with enforcement efforts, but he would also need additional as-yet-unspecified policies to achieve his revenue target for base broadening." </div> <bR> <div> <B>The truth about Barack Obama</B></div> <div> Barack Obama's campaign used a new Web site yesterday --FightTheSmears.com-- (<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/f"><U><U>HERE</U></U></A></FONT>) to try and put to rest a smoldering rumor that a videotape exists of MICHELLE OBAMA using the word "whitey" in a speech from a church pulpit. The claim that she used the word while speaking at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ has circulated all over the Internet for weeks.</div> <div> The site says in part, "No such tape exists...Michelle Obama has not spoken from the pulpit at Trinity and has not used that word."</div> <div> That new site also apparently puts to rest another Web rumor -- that Barack Obama was not born in the U-S. A copy of his birth certificate is posted</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Marshall County Democrats </B></div> <div> <B>Awards Scholarship to Asbury Student Luke Brown</B></div> <div> The first Future Leader Scholarship, established by the Marshall County Democratic Club, will be awarded to Jeffrey Luke Brown, a senior at Asbury High School.  The $1500.00 scholarship will be presented at the Asbury High School awards event on Thursday, May 15 by Susan McKenney, president of the club.  Luke is ranked near the top of his class academically, involved in basketball, baseball and cross country running.  He serves on the student counsel as president, and has served as an officer in Junior Civitans for the past seven years.  His community involvement ranges from Special Olympics and holiday food drives, to being a reading buddy for special needs children and raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  He even cross dressed at this year's harvest festival to raise money for a former student suffering from brain cancer.</div> <bR> <div> Luke's essay on "Why I plan to vote in the November 2008 General Election" impressed the scholarship committee stating that "our vote may seem to be a little more than a whisper, but when our votes are combined with the votes of others the outcome is very important". </div> <bR> <div> <B>Siegelman seeks donations to defense fund</B></div> <div> Former Governor Don Siegelman is seeking donations to the Siegelman Legal Defense Fund.  You can send a check to P.O. Box 430116, Birmingham, AL  35243.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 702 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="694" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 655 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <B>People making a difference</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="530" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 579 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05ddcbf0.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c426bf0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c902c10.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0cb01c10.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <IMG SRC="18781b60.jpg" border=0 width="129" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1861fb60.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="17f64b60.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="163"><div> <I><B>Great minds discuss ideas.  Average minds discuss events.  Small minds discuss people.</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>              Eleanor Roosevelt</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Recent Club </B></div> <div> <B>Guest Speakers and Events</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="148" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="142"><div> <A HREF="#ron_sparks" TITLE="Marshall County Democratic Club"><U><B>Ron Sparks</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="142"><div> <A HREF="#bill_clinton" TITLE="Marshall County Democratic Club"><U><B>Bill Clinton</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="142"><div> <A HREF="#artur_davis" TITLE="Marshall County Democratic Club"><U><B>Artur Davis</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="06e515a0.gif" border=0 width="81" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="275"><div> <B>What have these two been drinking?</B></div> <div> <B>Democratic Alert</B></div> <div> <B>Joey Masters goes GOP</B></div> <div> GUNTERSVILLE - February 25, 2008.  Revenue Commissioner Joey Masters cited his concern over the national direction of the Democratic party in his decision to become a Republican.  Read the announcement and our response </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0000 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="71"><div> <A HREF="id22_joey_master_announcement.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the News"><U>here</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Buddy Allen Switches to GOP</B></div> <div> GUNTERSVILLE - February 11, 2008.  Marshall County District 3 Commissioner Buddy Allen, Albertville, announced that he was switching to the Republican Party. </div> <div>      County Democratic Party Chairwoman Susan McKenney released a statement to the area newspapers which can be read </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0000 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="71"><div> <A HREF="id22_democratic_response_to_buddy_allen_s.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the News"><U>here</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>       The Sand Mountain Reporter has posted the story on it's website which you can view </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0000 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="71"><div> <A HREF="http://www.sandmountainreporter.com/story.lasso?tool=print&ewcd=0de4a4cbfe499ade" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sandmountainreporter.com/stor"><U>here</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>State GOP Chair doesn't know Marshall Co.</B></div> <div> <B>Hubbard's math doesn't add up</B></div> <div> Marshall County Democratic Chairwoman Susan McKenney makes math fun in her response to the GOP State Chair's recent mis-statement regarding Republican elected officials.  No calculator needed. You can view her Letter to the Editor </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FF0000 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="71"><div> <A HREF="id22_letter_to_the_editor_re_fuzzy_math.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the News"><U>here</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 236 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1d6c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="540"><div> <B> <A NAME="ron_sparks"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks </B>spoke at the June 5 meeting of the Marshall County Democratic Club.  Sparks spoke for an hour to a crowd of about 55 Democrats.  He talked about the Democratic party, Alabama agriculture, recent accomplishments at the Agriculture Department, and growing up in Northeast Alabama as well as trade, food lableing, alternative fuels, Iraq, veterans and immigration.  Then he got down to politics.  He is indeed looking seriously at the U.S. Senate race and believes Sessions is vulnerable in 2008.  He expressed a reluctance to enter into a Democratic primary race with Mobile State Senator Vivian Figures, who is also interested.  The night's crowd consensus was that Ron Sparks could beat Sessions, in part because he connects with rural Alabamians while staying true to his progressive roots.  This steals rural Democratic voters back from Sessions, while keeping the Democratic base excited.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>(Special thanks to Sherry Walker, Left in Alabama, for providing this post)  </I>To read a transcript of Spark's remarks </FONT></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="66" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.leftinalabama.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=83" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.leftinalabama.com/showDiary.d"><U>click here</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1b9c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="540"><div> <B> <A NAME="bill_clinton"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>President Bill Clinton</B>, left, addresses the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner held Friday, April 20 in Birmingham.  Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb opened the meeting.  Marshall County attendees included Rep. Jeff McLaughlin and his wife Stacy; Guntersville Mayor Bob Hembree and his wife Connie; Democratic State Executive Committee members Richard Wright and Bill Chandler; Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee officers Susan McKenney, Mark Garcia, Ruth Walker, and Gayla Wynn; Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee members Tom and Laura Taylor, and Ray Huckaby; Cliff Griggs; and Linda Morris.  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="143" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#celebration" TITLE="Marshall County Democratic Club"><U>See more photos here</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 182 WIDTH="202"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1d1c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Photos of President Clinton and Congressman Artur Davis by Cliff Griggs Photograpy</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="540"><div> <B> <A NAME="artur_davis"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>U.S. Congressman Artur Davis</B>, left, wows the audience at the April meeting of the Marshall County Democratic Club. Governor Don Siegelman dropped by for a visit with members before Davis was Introduced by former Congressman Bill Hefner.  Democrats from Cullman, DeKalb, Ettowah and Madison counties also attended.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="519" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#00BF00 HEIGHT= 36 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Marshall County welcomes Clinton</B></FONT> <A NAME="celebration"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Several Marshall County Democrats gathered at the Cahaba Conference Center</div> <div> in Birmingham on Friday, April 20, to welcome President Bill Clinton at the 2007</div> <div> Jefferson Jackson Dinner Celebration.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1bdfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1bffabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c1fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1c3fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1c58dbc0.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c7fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1c9fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1cbfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="505" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 ><NOBR><div> Paid for by the Marshall County Democratic Executive Committee</div> <div> Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.</div> <div> P.O. Box 452, Guntersville, AL  35976</div> <div> 256-586-1551   info@marshallcodems.com</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>