WCRW Newsletter
April 2008
Upcoming Meetings and Events
April Luncheon
7 April 2008, 12:00 Noon
Rickenbackers Restaurant
Albatross Gallery – 2nd Floor (elevator available)
4282 South 1640 West
(South of the Ogden Airport - enter the parking lot from 4400 South in Riverdale)
$13.00/person
We will be honored to have Congressman Rob Bishop speak to us. Congressman Bishop will speak on the upcoming national election and answer questions on other issues. We are excited to have Congressman Bishop and invite all interested persons to contact 2008 President,
Pat Iannone, 399-4749 for information and reservations.
Be certain to RSVP to your caller, or respond to this e-mail by Wednesday, 2 Apr. Final count must be given to the restaurant by Thursday, 3 Apr. Cancellations made after Thursday, and no shows, will be billed to the individual
More Upcoming Meetings and Events
12 April - Weber County GOP Nominating Convention 9am Orion Junior High School
5 May - WCRW Luncheon Rickenbackers, Speaker, First Lady Mary Kay Huntsman
8 May - Weber County Lincoln Day Dinner, WSU Ballroom, 6:00 pm (See invitation below)
12 May - Utah GOP Nominating Convention 8:30am Utah Valley University
The Weber County Republican Party
Invites You To Our
Lincoln Day/Patriotic Dinner
May 8, Thursday, 2008
6:00 PM
Weber State University, Ballroom B
Beautiful Buffet Dinner
With
Joshua Romney
Special Guest Speaker
During the evening you will have an opportunity to have pictures taken with officials from our
county, state and national congressional delegations
Tables will be: Ronald Reagan $1,500; John McCain $1,000; (8 seats to a table)
Couples: $75; Individuals: $50.
For More Information/Tickets Contact
Suzanne Ellison Ferre 801 745-3098, suzhvl@hotmail.com
Matt Bell:801 725-8771,mattbell@xmission.com
Christie Moore, 801 510-6634, chrisim001@aol.com
MEMBERSHIP RAZZLE DAZZLE
Bring a guest to WCRW and you will have the opportunity to win a piece of jewelry. If your guest joins WCRW, you each will receive a piece of jewelry.
How fun is that?
Lisa Galvez, Membership V.P.
Reminder: We have brand new Pink Elephant pins.
Support our Troops!
Weber County Republican Women had the privilege of listening to Vickie McCall’s experiences of her visit to Iraq. She was so moved at what she witnessed at the hospitals that she asked what she might possibly do to help. The hospital administration expressed that the men and women come in from the field with nothing, even their back packs are left behind. They said it would be wonderful if she could help provide comfortable clothing for them to put on during their stay or when it was time to be discharged from the hospital.
So Vickie is on a quest to gather sweats for the soldiers and ship them to the hospitals. We have volunteered to help and have already had a wonderful response.
It would be fabulous if you could purchase sweats, sizes large, Xlarge, and XXlarge and bring them to the next couple of meetings OR deliver them to someone that would be going to the meeting OR deliver them to:
Century 21 Gage Froerer’s real estate office at
2641 Washington Blvd.
Ogden, UT
(Main entrance is in the rear off the parking lot)
Vickie prefers you put the personal effort into purchasing the sweats yourself and delivering them to us, BUT if that is not possible, we are collecting money also and will purchase the sweats for you.
Also, if any of you are involved in other organizations that would be interested in getting involved, please invite them to join us!
Gloria Froerer, Community Relations Chair (801) 941-4345
(Additional information: Others from Hill AFB and surrounding businesses are also participating in this wonderful project.)
Let’s keep up our part!!
President’s Corner
President’s Message
Bylaws are the law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization. WFRW, UFRW and NFRW all operate within a framework of Bylaws, and the WFRW Bylaws must be in compliance with the NFRW. At the 2007 NFRW Convention in Palm Springs the Delegates approved a Bylaws amendment regarding membership status, so therefore a WFRW Bylaws change is required. The following amendments were presented at the WFRW meeting March 3, and will be voted on at the April 7 meeting.
ARTICLE III - POLICIES
1. The Club shall not endorse nor promote any individual candidate for public office prior to nomination by the appropriate body.
2. The Club shall, if there is a primary election hear invite from each candidate for office to speak at a meeting so members will have the opportunity to decide which candidate will best represent the Republican philosophy.
Section 3 - Termination and Renewal of Membership
Termination
A member whose dues remain unpaid for two (2) years shall be notified by the Treasurer that she shall be dropped from membership if her dues remain unpaid.
Renewal
A member shall be reinstated upon payment of the current Club dues.
Section 4 - Suspension or Expulsion from Membership
1. A member who fails to support the Republican Candidates.
2. Advocates a split ticket by supporting a candidate on an opposition ticket.
3. Failure to support the Bylaws of the National, State and Weber County Women’s Club.
Any member who fails to support Republican candidates, who advocates a split ticket, or supports a candidate running on an opposing ticket shall be expelled from membership.
Any member who fails to support the Bylaws of the National Federation of Republican Women, the Utah Federation of Republican Women and/or Weber County Republican Women shall be suspended or expelled from membership.
See you April 7
Warmest regards,
Pat
From UFRW President Darcy Kruitbosch
March 15, 2008
On this day in 1973, Lt. Commander John McCain was released from a North Vietnamese prison.
The missile that shot down his fighter-bomber broke both arms and a leg, and he nearly drowned after parachuting into a lake. He was then bayoneted and beaten. McCain refused his captors' demands that he divulge military information in return for medical treatment. Despite being tortured, McCain also refused offers from the communists to free him ahead of other servicemen who had been imprisoned longer.
President Richard Nixon welcomed McCain home, after five and a half years of captivity, much of that time in solitary confinement.
Son and grandson of admirals, John McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. In 1967, a massive fire broke out on the deck of his aircraft carrier. As bombs and jet fuel exploded nearby, McCain was injured trying to rescue a fellow pilot. One hundred and thirty-four men died in the inferno.
In 1982, McCain was elected to the first of two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1986, he won the first of four terms in the U.S. Senate.
President McCain -- what a terrific campaign slogan that would be! It sounds great and brings to mind the horrors of the Democrat alternative.
President McCain
This article and hundreds more are available on the Grand Old Partisan blog -- http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com. Republicans today would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of our Grand Old Party.
Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is his acclaimed history of the GOP from the Republican point of view. See www.republicanbasics.com for more information.
Michael Zak shows Republican office-holders, candidates, and activists how they would benefit tremendously from knowing and appreciating our Party's heritage of civil rights achievement. His book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party, is the acclaimed history of the GOP cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision.
Contact Mr. Zak to invite him to speak at conventions, fundraisers, and other Republican events.
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WCRW Board Information
President Pat Iannone
1st Vice President Suzanne Ellison Ferre
2nd Vice President Cheryl Madson
3rd Vice President Lisa Galvez
4th Vice President Lael Gibby
Secretary Machel Maycock
Treasurer Donna Stevenson
Newsletter Dixie Finch
Chaplain Lorna Salisbury
Parliamentarian Jordanna Galvez
Community Relations Gloria Froerer
Legislative/Political Jan Zogmaister
Caller & Reservations Donna Nelson
Volunteer Coordinator Joan Blanchard Historian Gaye Creager
