Alexandria, VA October 2008
Message from the President
On September 18th, more than 80 CRWC members
and friends gathered at Gail and Don Ledwig’s to hear
from Joe McCain, who inspired us with stories about his
brother, John McCain, that demonstrated clearly what
has shaped his brother’s character and made him fit and
ready to lead this country.
Joe McCain exhorted us to be visible and vocal in support of the McCain-Palin ticket, to give our votes and our
time to electing this outstanding team to the top offices in
our nation - the country needs John McCain and Sarah
Palin - the campaign needs you!
The McCain-Palin campaign will appreciate any
amount of time you can give to the campaign. . .PLEASE
VOLUNTEER. Call 703-650-5436, or just go to the
headquarters at 1235 So. Clark St, Arlington (Crystal
City). You will be welcomed!
CRWC Volunteers! More than 20 CRWC members
have contributed their time and collective political expertise over these months to the campaigns of John McCain
and Sarah Palin for president and vice president; Jim
Gilmore for Senate; and Mark Ellmore for the House of
Representatives.
Special thanks to Amy and Jeff Millican, who, along with
Linda Greenberg, Michelle Marston and Shari Simmans,
hosted a wonderful evening with Jim Gilmore, whose vision for Virginia inspired all the guests.
And many thanks to Mark Ellmore for his tireless efforts to campaign for the 8th District Congressional seat
and for coming to the CRWC events to share his time
and his vision with us.
There’s room for even more voluteers to emerge from
among our ranks. . let’s keep it going in these last weeks.
Volunteer - the time is now. . .
October 23, 2008
CRWC MEETING
The Board invites all CRWC members to work at McCain
Headquarters in Crystal City on Thursday, October 23rd. The
last two weeks before the election are critical to making sure that
John McCain is our next President. Your effort can make a difference!
October 23, 2008: Please arrive by 6 p.m.
The address is 1235 S. Clark Street in Crystal City.
Directions can be emailed, lindaroseveargreenberg@comcast.
net, or call 703.461.6992 for a hard copy.
Please let me know if you are coming so McCain staff can plan
how we can be most helpful. (If there is anything you won’t do,
let me know as well.) Usually, too, pizza is available. We would
like to contribute veggies, fruit and home-made desserts. Please
assist. Thank you. Linda Greenberg.
Transportation Secretary
Mary Peters volunteers
for McCain at the Crystal
City HQ with Young
Republican President,
Brenda Hankins and
CRWC President, Leslie
Anderson
Future 2008 CRWC Meetings
November 20: At the meeting on November 20, 2008 Hannah Smith who clerked for Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas
will speak on How a Candidate to the Supreme Court is Prepared to Pass the Senate’s Scrutiny.” We meet at Jane Ring’s
home at 308 Monticello Boulevard at 7:30 p.m.
December 11: Join us for a festive Holiday Party at Julie Lineberry’s home. Spouses and friends are welcome. We will,
in addition to celebrating, install officers and hear a short presentation on Literacy in Alexandria from Community Lodgings.
A list of books Community Lodgings is requesting to help the children they serve will be emailed. Please bring your books
to the December meeting. Julie’s address is 500 High Street and the time is 7:30 p.m
DON’T FORGET YOUR
CAMPAIGN HOURS!
This is a REMINDER for all CRWC members to keep
a tally of your non-paid volunteer campaign hours. We will
submit them to the NFRW awards program next year.
MARKET DAZE!
July 13th: Shirley Sadler, President of the National Federation
of Republican Women, stopped by the Republican tent at the
Alexandria Arts Festival. Also pictured, l to r, Leslie Anderson,
president CRWC and Jerry Lipson, Coordinator, Alexandria
Veterans for McCain (and husband of CRWC member, Lois)
The tally time frame begins in July 2007 and ends in
June 2009. Now is the time to start your record-keeping!
If you’d like a campaign tally sheet, please contact Becky
Davies at [email protected]
(Below) Ellen Weekley, new CRWC member, volunteers for McCain-Palin
at the OT Market.
Welcome Ellen!
Baby Lucy in Pink supports
McCain-Palin
(Above) CRWC Hospitality Chair, Susan Yonts Shepard and her niece,
Stacey Shepard, have fun volunteering for McCain-Palin and Republican
candidates at the Saturday Old Town Market
(Below) Gabriel sports a McCainine bandana at the Market
Largest crowd of 23,000 people gathered at the political rally
for Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin in Fairfax, VA on September 10, 2008.
CRWC members Shari Simmans and Janice McLaury are there
to volunteer.
CRWC Portraits with Joe McCain
Joe McCain addresses a spillover crowd at the
Ledwig’s on September 18th bringing along his
brother’s Vietnam era flight jacket for the photo
ops!
Clockwise from above Joe McCain with ....
Pauline and Nadine Bacji, Don and Gail Ledwig, Eloise
Brantley, Reba Burns and Jane Ring, Mark Elmore,
Wendy Schacht and Leslie Anderson, Terri Hauser, Grace
Flores-Hughes
NOTE!
LOST & FOUND!
A white sweater was
left at the
September Meeting.....
Everyone wanted to get in on the shot with “to be First Brother” and THE jacket!
Above with Joe McCain with ....... Ann Hobbs,, Amy Millican, and
Deb Rankin
Below Joe with Jerry and Lois Lipson. ...........and ....... with Ruth and Bill Cleveland
To claim call Gail at
703-823-0975
MEET THE BOARD – Susan Yonts-Shepard
Susan is political junkie. She has been following politics ever since she was
a young girl and saw Sen. Barry Goldwater accept the Republican nomination for President. Even at that tender age, in her heart she knew he was
RIGHT. William F. Buckley also helped forge her interest in politics. She
was watching TV when Buckley and Gore Vidal had it out on live television.
Shortly after that exchange she read God and Man at Yale, and subscribed to
National Review. Her husband, Ralph, who in his early life was a southern
Democrat, told friends that Susan was so right she never turned left. Then
Ralph discovered Ronald Reagan and a new day dawned in the Shepard
household.
After spending nearly 33 years in a variety of government jobs including
working on the Capitol Hill and in the Bush White House, Susan retired from
her Senior Executive Service position with the Forest Service, USDA. While
working for the Forest Service she developed an interest in environmental
policy and issues. Over the years she has worked to protect the spotted owl
in the Pacific Northwest, grizzly bears, roadless and wilderness areas in just
about all 50 states. As much as she enjoyed working in Federal service she
always knew she has hampered in her political interest by the Hatch Act.
Susan with US 8th District Candidate Mark Elmore at the Old
So after years of watching various political campaigns she retired in time to Town Market
become active in the current Presidential campaign. “I think this campaign
is the most exciting I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. I can’t imagine sitting on the sidelines for this one.”
Susan and her “born-again” Republican husband live in Alexandria. Her hobbies are reading and writing murder mysteries,
yoga, going to estate sales and auctions and traveling.
CRWC
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Alexandria, VA 22305