Saturday, August 4: 10 a.m. to sundown. A very special year - it’s the 10th year for Westhaven Community Day! Music, Food, Dancing, Community Information Fair, Games, Dunking booth, Cotton Candy, Speakers, Awards, Bingo, Sports Physicals and more! Something for everyone!

If your organization or group would like to join us during the Community Information Fair period from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, let us know now. Last summer we had 50 organizations and groups represented! To let us know you want to participate, simply e-mail Nila Saliba at ns7e@virginia.edu with your organization, contact name, phone number, e-mail address, number of tables needed and activity planned. Visual displays, interactive games, and give-aways are always appreciated. As we get further into planning we'll give you more information about where to park and other details. Setup should be available about 9:00 am.

For general information about Westhaven Community Day call Joy Johnson at 971-1200.

Tuesday, August 7: 7:00 pm left of center with the Virginia Political Access Project, at West Main Restaurant (note new location) - downstairs

The recent Supreme Court decision invalidating a key tenet of McCain-Feingold underscores the contrast between the complexity of the federal system and the simplicity of Virginia's disclosure-based system. With money in Virginia politics, anything goes, as long as it is disclosed. David Poole will explain how his non-partisan group uses computer technology to enhance campaign finance disclosure, both on the state level and, new this year, in local races such as the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and Charlottesville City Council.

This is a free event. Questions? Contact us at leftofcentercville@gmail.com or 466-9610. Or check our our website at www.leftofcentercville.org.

Wednesday, August 8: 1:30 - 3:30 pm Senior Statesmen forum including 59th District Virginia House Democratic candidate Connie Brennan and incumbent Watkins Abbitt, at the Senior Center on Pepsi Place.

Also invited are candidates for the Virginia Senate in the 24th District including Greene County and three precincts in western Albemarle. They are David Cox, a Democrat from Lexington, Arin Sime, a Libertarian from Crozet and state Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R-Mount Solon.

The public is invited to attend and participate in the free program.

Tuesday, August 14: 7:00 p.m. Step back in time to 1807 and hear the “Father of the U.S. Constitution” James Madison (as portrayed by John Douglas Hall) Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at The Community Chalkboard and Podium: Charlottesville's Monument to the First Amendment.

Admission is free. To reserve a seat, simply call 434-295-4784. In the case of rain, the event will be moved to The Charlottesville Pavilion. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

Saturday, August 18: Reminder - No Democratic Breakfast in August

Sunday, August 19: 7:00 pm Monthly general meeting of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice. Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest, off Preston Ave. Pot luck dinner at 5:45, meeting at 7:00. All welcome. CCPJ 961-6278.

Tuesday, August 21: All day to benefit Virginia Organizing Project. Whole Foods Market is generously giving to VOP 5 percent of any purchase at their store on Tuesday, August 21.

VOP volunteers and staff will be at the Whole Foods Market Charlottesville Cafe from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on August 21 to share good news about how you can participate in our local and statewide campaigns to push for a living wage for all workers, to address the abuses of predatory lending, to lobby for a fairer tax system, and to organize to end racial profiling. Please contact Harold Folley at 984-4655 x 231 in order to join our fun crew of volunteers that day.

Saturday, August 25: Albemarle County Democratic BBQ. You can get a ticket by calling 296 1865. We take Visa and Mastercard if that is more convenient.

Tuesday, August 28: 6:35 a.m. The Full Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon. A total lunar eclipse will coincide with moonset for the eastern United States. The Central and Mountain Time Zones will see the Moon’s emergence coincide with moonset, while the western United States will see the entire eclipse.