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Members List:
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President:
Cathy Mann
Vice President:
Faye Albertson
Secretary:
June Falk
Treasurer:
Sharon Golder
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN OREGON FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN
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Get your Cookbook Now!!!... The cookbook’s are on sale now. This will make a great gift for Christmas, weddings, birthday’s or any other occasion. We did sell a few of the cookbooks at the fair, but the sales were not what we had hoped for. We need members to step up and sell, sell, sell. Remember this was approved by the members as a major fund raiser for the club. The price for the cookbook has been set at $15.00 with a shipping and handling charge of $4.00. However, it has been approved that if you buy two or more at the special price of $15.00 it will include s/h. These books are a hard bound three ring binder with a very clever book stand included. Also included are many helpful hint sheets. We need every member that can take at least 5 cookbooks and sell them. For your very own copy please use the below order form. If you are in town I can deliver the book(s) to you. For your very own copy please use the below order form. Thanks in advance!
ORDER FORM
NAME:_______________________________________________
ADDRESS:__________________________________________
CITY:_______________________________ ST:_____ZIP:________
Make checks payable to CCRW and mail to:
Fran Holland
90932 Beacon Lane
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery
NFRW 35th Biennial Convention .
Off to Florida
The National Federation of Republican Women held their 35th Biennial Convention at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida September 10th - 13th. Attending from the Coos County Republican Women's Club were Anita Conn, Delegate and Faye Albertson Alternate Delegate at large. Traveling with them and serving as their Chaperone was Erin Albertson, Faye's granddaughter. They arrived in Orlando one day early so after going through registration they went to the Epcot Center. Erin returned the following three days. It was awesome. CCRW received the Diamond award in the Club Achievement Awards. Faye and Anita attended two workshops: Membership: "Members are Treasures" and Campaigns: Why Women Don't Get Elected. Both were excellent tools of learning. The singing of the Star Spangled Banner was heard several times but best of all was by seven year old Gina Marie Incandela. She was diagnosed with a form of autism at age two because she could not talk. She started singing in her therapy programs and it helped her to overcome her disabilities. She brought the house down. She made her first video last fall. Her first recording was "I Dare to Dream. She even has her own website.
The distinguished speakers were: Bob Asztalos, Healthcare Lobbyist; Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida; Jackie Gingrich Cushman, Nationally-Syndicated Columnist and Speaker; Toni Anne Dashnell, President of the Texas FRW; Sharon Day, Sec. of the Republican National Committee; Sue Everhart, Chairman of the Georgia R. Party; Dr, Julio Gonzalez, Board-Certified Orthepedic Surgeon; Carlyle Gregory, Founder of the Carlyle Gregory Company; Vincent Harris, President and Founder of the Harris Media; Angela McGlowan, Founder and CEO, Political Strategies & Insights; Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's Governor; Frances Rice, Chairman National Black Republican Assn.; Holly Robichaud, Political Consultant/Analyst/Fundraiser; Hazel Roman, Vice President Membership Texas FRW; Ben Sasse, Former Asst. Sec., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Michael Steele, Chairman, R. National Committee; Mason Weaver, President, Mason Media Company and Sally West, Healthcare Lobbyist, Florida Retail Federation. They were all extremely informative speakers. We will tell you about the Bylaws Amendments which were all adopted as presented or adopted as amended at the October meeting.
Elected Officers for 2010 and 2011 were Sue Lynch of Wisconsin, President; Joyce Smith of Indiana, 1st Vice president; Rae Lynne Chornenky of Arizona, 2nd Vice President; Martha Jenkins of North Carolina, 3rd Vice President; Jessie Morton of Louisiana, 4th Vice President, Jane Lane of New Hampshire, Secretary and Brenda Smith of Kansas, Treasurer. They are all team players and will do a splendid job for the NFRW. My favorite teacher award went to Susan Jordon of Kansas. The Ronald Reagan Leadership Awatd went to a State President. The variety of Vendors and Exhibitors was fabulous.
A welcome to Kansas City, Missouri, the location for the 36th Biennial Convention was given by United States Senator, Christopher S. Bond. It is the city known for it's world-famous barbecue and smooth jazz. Admire the beauty of the city's more than 200 fountains second most in the world just behind Rome. Faye and I are planning to attend, Lord willing, and invite all of you to join us. Would we go again, yes, in a heartbeat. — Anita Conn
CCRW Monthly Meeting.....
Our meetings are the second Monday of each month.
Our meeting will be held at SOZO Tea & Coffee House in North Bend, OR (unless announced differently)
The meeting will begin at 11:30 so if you plan on eating arrive early. We may or may not have a speaker.
We are always searching for energetic Republican women who want to make a difference, so please join us for a meeting and sign up to be a part of this organization.
NOTICE: October 12, 2009 for the next meeting.
TID BITS
Voter Registration:
Please call 541-888-9650 to volunteer. "Ask not what can Coos County do for me - but - rather, how many Republicans can I register to add to those we now have.”
If we plan to win elections then we must work to add Republicans to our rolls. 2012 is the year for Republicans to file for office and to win.
Caring for America:
Now is the time to work the sales and purchase Baby Clothes and articles to be donated to the Pregnancy Resource Center. You can help by bringing to the October and November meetings Diapers and other things that Babies need.
If you cannot attend either or both meetings please do one of two things - take your purchases to member Sharon Carpenter at Orange Julius in the Pony Village Mall or send a check to Anita Conn, Caring for America, Chairman at 845 Seabreeze Terrace in coos Bay, Oregon 97420. Thank you so very much!
Membership:
October is the beginning of our membership drive and Dues for 2010 will be collected at the October meeting, also at the November and December meetings. Once again, if you are unable to attend, you can always mail your check. It is $30.00 for members and $15.00 for Associate members. Associate members are all gentlemen (males) and those ladies living outside the County of Coos.
We need to have all 2009 members to pay their dues and to get at least one new member. Remember to get those valuable Achievement Awards points we have to grow our membership yearly.
(www.orgsites.com/or/cooscorw/index.html)
My Week at Boy's State...
My week at Boy’s State; where to begin? The very first day when we were all separated from our friends and sent off to our cities and counties, filled with random people we had never met and were expected to work with? Or when we were all formed up for the first time and the explained how we were to go about our proceeding? I think I’ll start at the beginning.
The first day at Boy’s State, I traveled up to Eugene with three of my close friends and compatriots and expected to pal around with them the whole time, thinking, “I won’t have to branch out and meet new people if I just stay with my friends this whole time. This will be easy.” I was so wrong. When we all were finally registered and assigned to our rooms, we suddenly realized that none of us were even remotely next to the other room-wise; and as I thought with horror the process of meeting new peers, that awkward first time talking to them, sizing them up and finding out if they think your even cool enough to talk to them or whatever, I tredged up to my room on the third floor
After I became acquainted with my new roommate, David Larson, whom I later found out was somewhat of a genius by scoring somewhere very close to a perfect score on the SAT, we all went downstairs to form up in our respective counties and cities. During this first line up, a virtual feeding frenzy of hello’s and handshakes were exchanges and I got to know the basic population of my entire county. But all of this nonsense it just about the uncomfortable scene that was the first day at Boy’s State. I believe that this can be related to this papers topic of “life leadership lessons learned” by the fact that as teenagers, we all think that meeting new people is an interesting, if not for some, grueling, process. We immediately size people up and try to read them and think “how can I work with you?” or “how can you work with or for me?” During Boy’s State I met many interesting people who all worked in very interesting ways.
I like to thing that as a result of going to this seminar for a week, I learned how to adapt and adjust too many peoples’ way of working and processing information. Personally I worked in the House for most of the week and that dealt a lot with sharing all of our ideas and making others see that the positives outweigh the negatives in our bills so that we could get them passed on through the Senate and then to the Governor. I really enjoyed working in the House because it really shows you how as a citizen you can still make a difference in the state or even the country’s laws if law is found reasonable by enough people. Boy’s State truly opened my eyes to the fact that the people still do have the power in this country and that our voices are heard and they matter.
Out of all the leadership seminars that I have attended, this has by far been the most life changing and inspirational. This has been a wonderful experience and I would highly recommend it to any high school junior with leadership potential because it will unleash thet potential. I truly believe that this program has helped me to become a better American citizen and that these leadership skills that I have obtained will serve me well for the rest of my life.
Oh Really...
A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 800 gallons a year of gasoline. A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 480 gallons a year. So, the average clunker transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. They claim 700,000 vehicles – so that's 224 million gallons / year.
That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.
5 million barrels of oil is about ¼ of one day's US consumption. And, 5 million barrels of oil costs about $350 million dollars at $75/bbl. So, we all contributed to spending $3 billion to save $350 million.
How good a deal was that ??? They'll probably do a great job with health care though!!
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
As I am writing my newsletter article, I remembered that today is the last day of summer, so I hope that you all had a great summer. We now have to get ready for fall. With fall comes our Fall board meeting that will be held in Salem this year October 2-4, I will be attending this meeting with at least 2 other members. For our local club fall brings our Elections. During our November meeting, we will also be having elections of officers. Please really consider attending this meeting and run for office. It has been a great pleasure to serve you for the last 4 years but it is time that I give more attention to other things in my life now, so I will not be taking any office with this organization. There is not one single member in our club that would not be able to run for an office and that include President. You have a vast group of knowledgeable and helpful women who will see that you will succeed in any office you may wish to hold. During the summer, we did not have any meeting, but a group of us got together and sent out “care packages” to our troops overseas. We mailed out 60 plus boxes of necessary and needed items to our troop with a cost of $11.95 per box. The majority of the postage was paid with our “caring for America” funds, which is now very low but it was well worth it. We have already received several thank you from our troops. For those of you who helped my appreciation and heartfelt thanks goes out too you. See you at our next meeting — Cathy Mann, President.
Coming Events...
October......
- 2nd - 4th State Convention at Red Lion in Salem Call Cathy for details 541-267-7252
- 12th CCRW monthly meeting
- 19th - 24th Voter Registration(see anita for details)
- 22nd Central Committee meeting All CCRW members should be PCP's
- 31st Halloween
November....
- 9th CCRW Election
- 16th - 21st Voter Registration in PV Mall
- 19th Central Committee meeting.
- 26th Thanksgiving Day
December.....
- 14th Installation of 2010 - 2011 Officers and
Christmas Party
- 14th - 19th Voter Registration
- No Central Committee Meeting in December
- 25th Christmas (Jesus Birthday) also Colleen
Kriegers
Correspondence...
July 7, 2009
Coos County Republican Women
2541 Sheridan Avenue
North Bend, OR 97459
Dear Coos County Republican Women
I greatly appreciate your sponsorship and support in helping me to attend this year’s Oregon Boy’s State. It was truly life-changing experience and I cannot rightly express my gratitude in this letter alone. I had such an educational experience as well as just a fun time!
Once again, thank you for your support.
Sincerely, Adam Langenstein
NOTE: Read Adams letter to your right.
American Legion
Bay Area Post #34
North Bend
Dear Sponsor,
Bay Area Post #34 will be celebrating the achievement of our Boys State Citizens on September 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm at Bay Area Post #34 on Airport Way in North Bend. We would like to extend a sincere invitation for you to attend and enjoy the successes of these wonderful young ladies.
This dinner will be a potluck, however as a sponsor we appreciate all you have done for this program and ask that you attend as our guest.
If you have any questions please contact me at (541) 756-2390 or cell (541) 297-1899.
Respectfully,
Kevin J. Owens
American Legion
Bay Area Post #34
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Sharon Golder 9/3
Heide Cummings 9/5
Karis Fries 9/11
Fran Capehart 9/23
Grace Falkowski 9/23
Marilyn Ingram 9/29
Lovella Moore 9/30
Elizabeth Cheslock 10/2
Terri Szopa 10/21
Beverly Proesel 10/27
If your birthday was this month and it did not appear in the above list, why are you keeping it a secret? Please contact either Fran Holland at 888-5278 or Anita Conn at 888-9650. We’d liked to publish all birthdays and we promise we won't give the year that you were born unless you so desire it to be done. Also we are unable to send you one of our birthday cards.
Quote of the Month!
"A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of up to and including my life." - Author Unknown
Fellow Republican Women & Associates:
The collection of dues began at the October meeting. If you haven't already paid your dues you can mail a check in the amount of $30.00 to
Treasurer, Sharon Golder
2541 Sheridan Avenue,
North Bend, Oregon 97459.
It would be so nice if all dues were paid by March 31st. Dues not current by this date will no longer receive the CCRW newsletter.
In order to receive credit on the Achievement Awards program, we must have eleven more members in 2009 than we had at the end of 2007. It is a two year program. Help!
Ever since that program began, Coos County Republican Women have earned the Diamond Award and we most certainly want to do so again this time.
Remember anyone can join the Coos County Republican Women as an Associate Member if you live outside Coos County. We would love to have you. Associate members pay $15.00 and get one of our newsletters each month. Just send your check to Sharon at the above address.
Coos County Republican Women Minutes
The CCRW meeting on Monday, September 14, 2009 was held at Sozo Tea & Coffee House in North Bend.
Presiding Officer - President Cathy Mann
Recording Officer - Sharon Golder, Secretary, Pro tem
Invocation given by Anne Crouse
Pledge of Allegiance: Sharon Golder
Roll Call/Presence of Quorum - sign in sheet was attached and quorum established, nine members.
Minutes of April 2009 Minutes of the June meeting were approved as printed in the June newsletter following this correction; the membership voted to disburse funds from the No Child Left Behind funs to Anita Conn in the amount of $213.00 to purchase school supplies..
Treasurer,s Report:
Income: $1,753.00
Expenses:$3,746.67
Fund Balances:
Assets: Sterling Savings $1,823.43.
CORRESPONDENCE:
A thank you from SPC Cody, Denise for the boxes we sent to National Guard members recently deployed to Iraq.
A thank you from Adam Langenstine for sponsoring his trip to the American Legion's Oregon's Boys State.
An invitation from the American Legion to attend a pot luck on September 21, 2009 to enjoy the successes of the participants.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Caring for America:Basket passed.
Cookbook – Fran reported sales are good, butcould use a few more people to do the selling.
Caring for America:Cathy Mann reported the funds were used to send the care boxes to the National Guard troops recently deployed to Iraq. Basket was passed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:58 Care Baskets for Our men and Women in the Service were sent.
NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GUESTS:None
SPEAKER: 1st Lt.Melissa Gruver from the National Guard
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 12:41 pm.
Respectfully submitted by, Sharon Golder, Secretary, Pro-tem
CCRW MEETING Monday October 12 ,2009 at the Sozo Tea& Coffee House.
ORFW State Convention October 2-4 in Salem
CCRW election of officers at November meeting. Nominations from the floor.
October speaker will be Lt. Gruver of the National Guard.
