Local parties focused
on presidential race

By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer
October 3, 2004
The Lauderdale County Democratic Party has scheduled a news conference for Monday at 11 a.m. to announce the opening of its John Kerry for President Headquarters.
Plans for a Democratic House Party also will be announced at the news conference, according to Melba B. Clark, chairman of the Lauderdale County Democratic Executive Committee.
The house party is scheduled for Friday, beginning at 7 p.m., at the local John Kerry for President Headquarters, in the Uni-Fam House, 610 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. State Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, is the scheduled special guest for the event.
Clark said both Monday's news conference and the Democratic House Party are open to the public.
Anyone wanting bumper stickers or yard signs supporting the Democratic ticket of Sen. John Kerry for president and Sen. John Edwards for vice president, can call the local headquarters at 581-1957, or 485-8882.
The Lauderdale County Republican Party opened its Bush/Cheney Victory Headquarters, at 818 22nd Ave., on Sept. 25, in support of the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
But Emily Fair, co-chair of the Bush re-election campaign in Lauderdale County, said the local office will be closed this week.
When the office reopens, Fair said she hopes to resume its regularly scheduled hours from 9 a.m.-noon and from 3 p.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday.
Anyone wanting to request Bush/Cheney bumper stickers or yard signs can call 938-9018 or 938-4956.