Dr. Charles Steele, left, and Dexter Wimbish chat before entering the Gainesville Civic Center ballroom Saturday night for the Newtown Florist Club’s 57th anniversary banquet. Steele, the president and chief executive officer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was the evening’s keynote speaker. The theme for the banquet was "Examining New Frontiers: Community Organizing in Georgia’s Changing Political Landscape."