Affiliated with the California Federation of Republican Women and the National Federation of Republican Women
Editor - Sue Blair
July 2015 Volume 23 Issue 7
Shawn Steel
2015 LBRWF Officers
President:
Sue Blair
[email protected]
1st VP - Program:
Dorothy Kistler
[email protected]
2nd VP - Membership:
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Long Beach Marriott
4700 Airport Plaza Drive
9:30-11:30 a.m.
$25 includes Breakfast
Linda MacDonald
[email protected]
3rd VP - Campaign &
Precinct:
Republican National Committeeman
for California
4th VP - Ways and Means:
Allison Nicholas
[email protected]
Treasurer/Membership
Secretary:
Tina Thompson
[email protected]
Shawn is also a past Chairman of the California Republican Party.
We are looking forward to having him bring us up to speed on
everything Republican at the state and national levels. It's always
a real pleasure to hear Shawn speak.
Recording Secretary:
Beverly Norberg
[email protected]
Corresponding Secretary:
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR RSVP
Pauline Stenberg
[email protected]
Parliamentarian:
Lois Ledger
[email protected]
LBRWF OFFICERS
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Breakfast Menu
STUFFED FRENCH TOAST
Maple Syrup, Butter
SAUSAGE LINKS
WATERMELON AND OTHER SLICED FRUIT
Starbucks Coffee & Selection of Hot Tazo Teas
RSVP:
1. Email [email protected]
2. Call Sue at 562-493-4125 and leave a message
3. Click on image and pay by Credit Card
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President’s Message
We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year.
We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represented the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776, wasn’t the day that the Continental Congress decided to
declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). It wasn’t the day we
started the American Revolution either (that happened back in April 1775). And
it wasn’t the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of
Independence (that was in June 1776). It also wasn’t the date it was signed
(that was August 2, 1776).
So What Happened on July 4, 1776?
The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They’d been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits
and changes. Hence, July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the
Declaration of Independence.
Sue Blair
Placecards for all Members
Thanks to Linda MacDonald, our Membership Chairman, all members will have
place cards waiting for them at the Registration Desk starting at our July 11
meeting. Once you have registered for the meeting, please pick up your place
card and pick out your seat. Then you can mingle with others, check out the
opportunity drawing items, etc., and your seat will be saved for you. Our new
place cards will match our new centerpieces.
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2015 Membership
Come Join Us
Name: ________________________
Dorothy Kistler - Program Chairman
Address: ______________________
City: _________________________
State: _______ Zip: _____________
Phone: _______________________
Email: ________________________
Regular Membership: $30.00 ______
Associate Membership: $25.00 ____
Associates are registered Republican
men, teens or members of another
Federated club.
Military and Students: $15.00 _____
Please mail this form with your
check made payable to LBRWF.
Mail to: Linda MacDonald
4001 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90807
Linda MacDonald - Membership Chairman
Registered Republicans only
We want to raise awareness
of LBRWF in our community
Eileen Clary - Legislation
“Beware the greedy hand of government,
thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry” -Thomas Paine
This was written by my good friend who became a legal citizen from the UK in 1975 and
was printed in The Beach Reporter:
Thank you Christopher Bausch
for being our guest in June
Thank you Phone Tree
Nancy Sciortino
Joyce Ashley
Clia Zwilling
Eddie Graber
Western USA has a surplus of water, but the legislature seems to have no vision or
plans for getting more water to California. Mulholland, LA Aquaduct-1913, had a
vision for Los Angeles. Edmund Brown, the California Aqueduct, had a vision for
CA. Since the 1960’s the last addition was in 1997, Coastal Branch, which brought
water to the San Joaquin Valley and So Cal. An extension of the aqueduct northwards has stalled since the late 1970’s. One solution is to extend the aqueduct to
Oregon, there are many others. Recent growth of So. Cal cities at one percent per
year means that So. California needs more water for the foreseeable future.
The Water Shortage problem is finally being addressed by Republicans to use
funds for repair and increase Dams-see Howard Jarvis Assn (jhta.org). Brown plans
to reject Environmentalists plan, he approved 2 tunnels under San Joaquin Deltacalwatchdog.com.
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August 8, 2015
September 10 –13, 2015
Heritage Foundation comes to
NFRW 38th Biennial Convention
Long Beach Republican Women Phoenix, AZ
Federated
October 23—25, 2015
CFRW Biennial Convention
September 2015 - No Meeting
Irvine, CA
October 10, 2015
November 14—15, 2015
Member Fashion Show
So. Division Biennial Convention
CFRW President,
Knott's Berry Farm Hotel
Roseanne Slonsky-Breault
Dr. Virginia Baxter
Please contact Linda Toomajian if would like to volunteer at
the LA County RWF Voter Registration booth at the LA
County Fair.
July’s Legislative Update will be available on Facebook and email
by July 18
~Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain
and most fools do.
~There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
~Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
Appointed Officers
Caring for America—Mari Hooper
Hospitality/Phone Tree—Nancy Sciortino
Invocation—Maria Campelo
Legislation—Eileen Clary
Photographer & Historian—Laura Brewer
Scholarship—Davina Keiser
Volunteer Hours & Awards—Lois Ledger