{"id":218,"date":"2013-01-08T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T12:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/bird-supper-tickets-on-sale.html"},"modified":"2013-01-08T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T12:05:09","slug":"bird-supper-tickets-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/bird-supper-tickets-on-sale.html","title":{"rendered":"Bird supper tickets on sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nOnce a year busloads of people go to Atlanta from Lowndes County and Valdosta<br \/>\nto lobby their legislators with small birds.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s curious we only hear about this from Valdosta, not Lowndes County.<br \/>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBird Supper 2013 Tickets on Sale Now<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPosted Date: 1\/3\/2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayvaldosta.org\/sementha-mathews-0\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayvaldosta.org\/sites\/unitedwayvaldosta.org\/files\/imagecache\/product\/sementha_0.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayvaldosta.org\/sementha-mathews-0\"><br \/>\nSementha Mathews<\/a>, Public Information Officer<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPhone: (229) 259-3548<br \/>\n<br \/>\nE-mail:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:smathews@valdostacity.com\"><br \/>\nsmathews@valdostacity.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTickets are on sale for the 2013 Bird Supper, scheduled for<br \/>\nWednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at the historic Georgia Railroad Depot, in<br \/>\nAtlanta, beginning at 5 p.m. The tradition&mdash;over 50 years<br \/>\nold&mdash;brings together hundreds of state officials and local<br \/>\nbusiness, professional and government personnel for a dinner of<br \/>\nquail and important conversation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe event, sponsored by the City of Valdosta and the Lowndes County<br \/>\nBoard of Commissioners, allows local professionals the opportunity<br \/>\nto have an impact on the current legislative agenda through<br \/>\nface-to-face conversations with those who will make some very<br \/>\nimportant decisions impacting our local area and entire state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTickets may be purchased\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nfor $50 each at the Lowndes County<br \/>\nJudicial-Administrative Complex, located at 327 North Ashley Street,<br \/>\nFirst Floor-Utility Payment Window. Tickets are also available for<br \/>\npurchase from the City Clerk at Valdosta City Hall, located at 216<br \/>\nE. Central Avenue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nExecutive Pearl Shuttle is offering a transportation option for<br \/>\nattendees of the 2013 event. The 38-passenger charter bus ride up to<br \/>\nAtlanta and back will cost only $40 per person. Tickets are<br \/>\navailable on a first-come first-served basis and may be purchased at<br \/>\nthe city and county locations listed above. This transportation<br \/>\noption is convenient for locals who want to attend the Bird Supper,<br \/>\nbut who don&#8217;t want to spend the night in Atlanta and incur the<br \/>\nadditional costs. The bus will leave Valdosta on Feb. 27 at noon,<br \/>\nand it is scheduled to depart the Georgia Railroad Depot immediately<br \/>\nfollowing the Bird Supper event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information or to purchase event or bus tickets, contact<br \/>\nLowndes County Public Information Officer Paige Dukes at (229)<br \/>\n671-2400 or City of Valdosta Public Information Officer Sementha<br \/>\nMathews at (229) 259-3548. Requests may also be sent to<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Bird-Supper2013@lowndescounty.com\"><br \/>\nBird-Supper2013@lowndescounty.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a year busloads of people go to Atlanta from Lowndes County and Valdosta to lobby their legislators with small birds. It&#8217;s curious we only hear about this from Valdosta, not Lowndes County. -jsq Bird Supper 2013 Tickets on Sale Now Posted Date: 1\/3\/2013 Sementha Mathews, Public Information Officer Phone: (229) 259-3548 E-mail: smathews@valdostacity.com Tickets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,20,88,21,22,3,54],"tags":[333,8701,8699,8702,8710,963,12,7,8734,8712,8700,6,8726],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia","category-government","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-planning","category-politics","category-transparency","category-valdosta-city-council","tag-bird-supper","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lobbying","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-politics","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}