Ottawa County Campaign Headquarters Opening

KAPTUR OPENS LOCAL DEMOCRATIC HDQTRS

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur was in Port Clinton Wednesday evening to attend the opening celebration of the Ottawa County Democratic Headquarters. Greeted by about fifty persons, Kaptur cut a ribbon to designate the official opening of the local political office. It is situated at 119 Madison Street and will be open through Election Day, Nov. 2.

Master of ceremonies for the event was County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Mulligan. Mulligan announced that the party's new web site is now in operation at www.ottawadems.org. The site was created by a committee consisting of Amy Drummer, Chris Galvin and Darrell Opfer. Rick Noderer is the web site administrator.

The local effort to support the Kerry-Edwards Presidential campaign and the Kaptur for Congress campaign will be organized at the Democratic Party Headquarters. Information and yard signs for local candidates are available there. Currently workers are present 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 on week days and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.

Several announcements were made at the opening celebration. These included:
- The annual Democratic Dinner will be held at the County Fairgrounds on Mon., Oct 4 with Mary Ellen Withrow, former United States Treasurer, as speaker. Call the dinner chairperson, Jodi Regal, 419-734-4736 for information or JoAn Monnett 419-734-3986 for tickets. Advance reservations are required. Tickets are $25. Anyone who has items to contribute for the silent auction at the dinner should contact Trish Noderer,
419-734-4870.
- Carolyn Jessee is local Coordinator for the Kerry-Edwards campaign and Virginia Park is Coordinator for the Kaptur campaign. To assist in these campaigns or in the campaigns of local candidates, call Democratic Party Headquarters. Campaign staff person for Kerry-Edwards is Drew Tipson, 419-624-0040 or dtipson@ohiodems.org. Campaign staff person for Kaptur is Robert Dempsey at 419-693-0078 or rjdempsey1@aol.com.
- Thanks were extended to those who contributed items for the rummage/bake sale sponsored by the county's women elected officials in August and to all persons who provided food or assisted with hosting the open house event at Democratic Headquarters.