You are hereby notified that the monthly Balthrop, Alabama town meeting will be held this coming Wednesday, February 21st. If you don’t know your days, that’s the day after milk day.

On the agenda:
- Mayor Billingsley would like to discuss the possible installation of a second traffic light, at the far end of Main Street where it meets Bigby Street.
- Ms. Babbie Jackson would like to discuss the upcoming donation drive for new baseball uniforms.
- Reverend Banks would like to discuss the alleged goings-on at Miss Grace Garland’s chicken farm out on Cody Road. Children will be excused for this portion of the meeting.
- Other town minutiae: Schedule for the upcoming school year;
New textbooks kindly donated by the Intelligent Design Institute;
Swearing-in of Mayor Billingsley for his 12th term.

Maw Pratscher has promised to bring one of her delicious cakes. And of course Paw Pratscher has a new batch of sour mash he’d like to try out on us. And Mr. Mitchell and his band will follow the proceedings with some music.

Wednesday, February 21st, 8pm
Union Hall – Park Slope, Brooklyn
702 Union St at 5th Avenue – Map
http://www.unionhallny.com/
w. Yarn and Dulaney Banks
$6
Dulaney Banks – 8pm
Yarn – 9pm
Balthrop, Alabama – 10pm

Please do come.

We know how you feel. You wake up every morning, screaming, sweating, still hearing that train whistle blowing. We know it hurts, baby. Ain’t nothing gonna change that but maybe a little time and a lotta whiskey. Come down and numb the pain with us.

Sunday, February 11th, 9pm
Happy UNvalentine’s Day
Red Hook Bait and Tackle
Van Brunt at Pioneer – Map
http://www.redhookbaitandtackle.com
Free

We’d like to announce a new intermittent feature here on the Balthrop, Alabama blog: Jemison’s Drunk Journal. Here’s a couple installments to get you started. Hopefully, there’s more to come: