Welcome to Bill Ronay

My wife, Camille, and I "escaped" from nearly thirty years of living in the Metropolitan Atlanta area (Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia) in the Spring of 1998. We had lived there since 1972 and we just knew there was a quiet, relaxing place somewhere else we needed to be. And Lake Oconee is the place!!! Camille's mother, Ramona...who lives in the San Francisco Bay area...calls us you Southerners in the Wilderness! And we accept that...considering she was born and reared in "LA", Lower Alabama.

Instead of screeching tires we have screeching owls. The hum of the pontoon boats and personal water craft has replaced the drone of jet planes in a landing pattern and the steady "woooshhhhhhhh" of Interstate 285...way back "there". Egrets, ospreys, sergeant birds, Canadian geese, mallard ducks, white tail deer and many other flora and fauna welcome us each morning as we watch what we call "Lake TV" from our enclosed deck.

After all of the hard work and strain of moving, we do not plan to move again... What we do plan is sitting on our screened porch and watching Sunset after beautiful Sunset!

.com, the electronic calendar of events, is a subsidiary of our publishing company. January 2008 marked the beginning of the "new" web site. New software and format, expanded resource information and a refreshing look is being made available to subscribing members and the general public alike. Go to http://www.events2000.com now and see for yourself!

Bill is the Chairman of the Arts Development Council of Georgia, Inc. (ADCG).

ADCG is working as a support organization across the state of Georgia to identify the creative arts...visual, graphic, performing, literary, culinary...and provide resources for entrepreneurial development, product marketing and education to the individual.

Although we are currently not members of the International Festivals and Events Association

, www.ifea.com, and the Georgia Festivals and Events Association

, www.gfea.com, we continue to heartily endorse its purpose and resources. I served two terms on the GFEA Board of Directors (1998-2001) and GFEA Founding Board, '94-95.

A Step Ahead, Ltd. is also recognized by the Southeast Tourism Society

. Go to http://escapetothesoutheast.com to view the latest "Top Twenty" events across the Southeast.

You can see we are deeply involved in the promotion of fairs and festivals and working hard as advocates of the Special Events Industry!

Winter Park High School, Class of 1961... http://wphsalumni-1961.com

celebrated its 45th Class Reunion in April 2007. It was the best attended reunion yetbecause we had followed through on the suggestions for organizing and creating our own web site to locate and account for and locate all of our members. It has proven to be much more than we had ever expected. Go see what the "Then and Now"..."Remember When?" and "Where are They Now?" pages reveal about that wild and crazy group.

One thing is certain, we were a good-looking, handsome and intellectual class...and still are! Among us were destined to be several who achieved Phds, scientists, researchers, writers, novelists, beach bums, Clergy, world travelers, foreign service agents... Email wphsalums@wphsalumni-1961.com and "in touch" immediately!

OCARS' main focus and objective is to provide emergency communications and support during an emergency when called upon to do so by the Oconee County Management Agency.

Ham Radio is my hobby. Licensed since 1984, my call sign is KM4LS. You can learn about me and the other 1.2 million amateur radio operators around the world at http://www.qrz.com. If you want to know anything and everything about Amateur Radio...the Amateur Radio Relay League, ARRL, at http://www.arrl.org is the answer for all of your questions!

The day I received my license, I became a "net control station" on one of the oldest, continually operating "HF nets" on the Amateur Radio bands...The Southern Section of the Country Cousins Radio Network. It meets every night of the year on 3.970 kHz at 9:30 PM Eastern time.

Barbara Brabec,

a fellow publisher and noted Homebased Business guru, is a "must read" if you are in any way, shape or form entering into your own enterprise. Barbara's book, Creative Cash, is a useful "How to..." for artists, craftsmen and others with unique artistic skills, hand craft techniques and related know-how. Join Barbara and her growing list of informed, satisfied readers at http://www.barbarabrabec.com.

For the Holidays, Birthdays, Anniversaries...ANY occasion, pledge to give at least two Georgia Made and serve at least two Georgia Grown products! You've heard it and want to do it, but I'll bet your first question is "WHERE do I find Georgia Made Georgia Grown?", asks Camille, founder of Georgia Made Georgia Grown, LLC. "Go to www.gmgg.org or www.georgiamadegeorgiagrown.com and click the 'Shop for Georgia Made' category," Camille continues.

Camille Ronay and Georgia Made Georgia Grown LLC are currently allied with the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Tourism Foundation and, as a wonderful team, have developed the Creative Economies Initiative spreading across Georgia! This has become the most positive move forward to brand and market Georgia Made Georgia Grown Products.

Pledge to give Georgia Made and serve at Georgia Grown products throughout the year! You've heard it and want to do it...

If you have any questions or comments about the content of this page, please contact me at billronay@plantationcable.net .

This page was created by Bill Ronay, 2090 Shadow Lake Drive, Buckhead, GA 30625-2700