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A PUBLICATION OF THE WOMEN ’ S REPUBLICAN CLUB OF NAPLES FEDERATED
www.wrc-naples.com
JANUARY 2017
Letter from WRC - President
LUNCHEON/MEETING - JANUARY 13, 2017
Dear WRC Members,
“BACK AT TIBURON GOLF CLUB.”
Happy New Year! And it will be an even happier new
year at noon on January 20th when we say “good riddance”
to Barack Obama and his administration, and welcome Donald J. Trump as he is sworn in as America’s 45th President!
In celebration, champagne corks will be popping all over the
country!
Now that Republicans control the US House, Senate and
the White House, and control the Florida House and Senate,
we must hold our leaders and representatives accountable.
No longer can we blame anyone but ourselves if nothing is
accomplished and the status quo remains in place for the
next 4 years. This is our chance to prove that Republican
principles and values are good for America and will
strengthen our foundations. If you have questions or concerns, contact your representatives. Remember: the squeaky
wheel gets the oil!
With every new year, there are changes and changes to
WRC are no exception. I’m sad to announce that in November, Michelle Morgenstern submitted her resignation as
WRC’s 1st VP. She will continue to manage the website for
us for which I’m eternally grateful!! However, I’m delighted
to announce that Mary Waller has stepped up and accepted
this position. In addition, Mary has agreed to chair the
Membership Committee to ensure that WRC continues to
grow and have an impact on Republican activities.
In addition to our regular monthly board meeting, the
WRC Board will meet this month for a “retreat.” We will
strategize and plan for the upcoming year so you will be inspired and motivated. We are going to establish several
more committees and events to get you—the heart of WRC—
more involved!
I want to thank all of you who have worked with me to
make WRC so successful. Without you, nothing would be
accomplished. However, there is more to be accomplished
so I’m challenging you to get involved. The 2018 Elections
are just around the corner so we need to start preparing now
if we want to keep the Governorship and win a second US
Senate seat!! We will be calling on you and your talents.
Together—ALL things are possible!
Priscilla
Our next luncheon meeting is January 13, 2017 at TIBURON GOLF
CLUB. Speaker: Former NFL player, Ike Alama-Francis, from Drug
Free collier
Our menu this month: Mediterranean Salad with Grilled Chicken. Dessert: Ice Cream with Cookies. A gluten-free vegetarian plate will also
be available. A Cash Bar with wine, beer and well drinks are available. Please indicate any dietary restrictions when making your reservations online.
The Social Hour begins at 11:30 a.m. The luncheon program begins
at noon. The cost is $30 for WRC Members and $35 for nonmembers and guests. If you make a reservation but your payment is not
timely received, the “pay at the door” price is $35.
PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!! NO WALK-INS!!
Please make your reservations ASAP, but no later than noon on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at www.wrcnaples.com. Payments can be made on-line, or sent to WRC P.O. Box 8816, Naples, Florida 34101.
Payments must be received no later than Tuesday, January 10th.
UP-COMING EVENTS - JANUARY 2017
January 13:
WRC - Luncheon at Tiburon Golf Club
Speaker: Retired NFL Player, Ika Alama-Francis,
Representative of Drug-Free Collier
11:30 a.m.
January 16:
MLK Jr. Memorial Day Parade (see inside for
details)
January 17
Field Trip to Clewiston, FL (details forthcoming)
January 20:
The End of an Error!
Inauguration Day for Donald J. Trump
February 10:
WRC - Luncheon at Tiburon Golf Club
Speaker: Marina Berkovich
11:30 a.m.
March 10:
WRC - Luncheon & Fashion Show
“American Hats On Display”
Grey Oaks Country Club
11:30am - 1:30pm
WRC-NAPLES OFFICERS - 2016-2017
Priscilla W. Grannis - President - [email protected]
Cindy Lyster -Corresponding Secretary - [email protected]
Mary E. Waller - 1st VP - [email protected]
Suzanne Sheffield - Treasurer
Melva Wagner - 2nd VP - [email protected]
Roni M. Reid - Asst. Treasurer - [email protected]
Dayna Meserve - 3rd VP - [email protected]
Rose Parapiglia—Treasurer Emeritus - [email protected]
[email protected]
MARTIN
LUTHER
KING, JR.
PARADE AND CELEBRATION!
Naples, Florida
3. King received his doctorate in systematic
Theology.
4. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was not his
first at the Lincoln Memorial. Six years before his iconic
oration at the March on Washington, King was among the civil
rights leaders who spoke in the shadow of the Great Emancipator during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom on May 17,
1957. Before a crowd estimated at between 15,000 and
30,000, King delivered his first national address on the topic of
voting rights. His speech, in which he urged America to “give
us the ballot,” drew strong reviews and positioned him at the
forefront of the civil rights leadership.
January 16, 2017
From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade will
Line up on Broad Ave and proceed north on 3rd Street
South, then right on 5th Ave South, and end on 8th Street 5. King was jailed 29 times.
South. Celebration immediately following parade at
Cambier Park
6. King narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a decade before his death.
Newsletter from our FFRW Representative, Carmen Salomé:
Happy New Year! 2017 is filled with HOPE - don't you
agree? President-elect Trump has been busy assembling his
cabinet AND bringing JOBS back to America. He is working
hard for the American people already.
7. King’s last public speech foretold his death.
King had come to Memphis in April 1968 to support the strike
of the city’s black garbage workers, and in a speech on the
night before his assassination, he told an audience at Mason
Temple Church: “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life.
Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now
… I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you.
But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to
the Promised Land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried
about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen
the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
I hope you are well rested after the holidays because with the
new year comes important municipal elections. Many of these
elections are non-partisan. It is important to support the Republican candidates in those races especially the Republican
women! Commit to Identifying and working with these new
leaders interested in serving our community in an elected capac8. Members of King’s family did not believe James
ity. Your club could consider holding workshops in campaign
strategy, fundraising or messaging – crucial topics for the new Earl Ray acted alone.
Ray, a career criminal, pled guilty to King’s assassination but
candidate to master in order to WIN an election.
later recanted. King’s son Dexter met publicly with Ray in 1997
and argued for the case to be reopened. King’s widow, CorThis month I hope you will attend your local Dr. Martin Luther etta, believed the Mafia and local, state and federal governKing Unity Breakfast on January 16th. The theme is “Unity” ment agencies were deeply involved in the murder. She
and after this election season – the time to unite and move for- praised the result of a 1999 civil trial in which a Memphis jury
decided the assassination was the result of a conspiracy and
ward as a community and nation is now.
that Ray was set up to take the blame. A U.S. Department of
Justice investigation released in 2000 reported no evidence of
Carmen Salomé
a conspiracy.
FFRW District 7S Representative
Named one of FFRW Women to Watch in 2016
=================================================== 9. King’s mother was also slain by a bullet.
10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
1. King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin.
The civil rights leader was born Michael King Jr. on January
15, 1929. In 1934, however, his father, a pastor at Atlanta’s
Ebenezer Baptist Church, traveled to Germany and became
inspired by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther.
As a result, King Sr. changed his own name as well as that of
his 5-year-old son.
2. King
entered
college
at
the
age
of
On June 30, 1974, as 69-year-old Alberta Williams King played
the organ at a Sunday service inside Ebenezer Baptist Church,
Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr. rose from the front pew, drew two
pistols and began to fire shots. One of the bullets struck and
killed King, who died steps from where her son had preached
nonviolence. The deranged gunman said that Christians were
his enemy and that although he had received divine instructions to kill King’s father, who was in the congregation, he
killed King’s mother instead because she was closer. The
shooting also left a church deacon dead.
15. 10. George Washington is the only other American to
have had his birthday observed as a national holiday.
INTERESTING THINGS YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT INAUGURATION DAY
THE BIBLE:
Inauguration Day is the day that the Presidentelect becomes officially sworn in as the President of the United
States. This is often symbolized by the tradition of the President
taking his oath of office with his hand on a Bible. This tradition
was first begun by George Washington during his first inauguration. While some Presidents have opened the Bible to a random
page (like George Washington in 1789 and Abraham Lincoln in
1861), most others have opened the Bible to a specific page
because of a meaningful verse . Of course, there is always the
option to keep the Bible closed like Harry Truman did in 1945
and John F. Kennedy in 1961.
tution, it has become a tradition to have the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court be the oath giver to the President on Inauguration Day. This, surprisingly, is one of the few traditions of inauguration day not begun by George Washington, who had
the Chancellor of New York Robert Livingston give him his oath
(Washington was sworn in at Federal Hall in New York). John
Adams, the second President of the United States, was the first
to have a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swear him in.
Chief Justice John Marshall, having given the oath nine
times, holds the record for having given the most presidential
oaths on inauguration day. The only President to become an
oath giver himself was William H. Taft, who had become a
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after he had served as
President. The only woman to have ever sworn in a President
was U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes, who swore
in Lyndon B. Johnson on board Air Force One.
TRAVELLING TOGETHER: In 1837, outgoing President Andrew Jackson and President-elect Martin Van Buren rode together to the Capitol on inauguration day in the same carriage.
Most of the following Presidents and President-elects have continued this tradition of traveling together to the ceremony.
SHORTEST INAUGURAL ADDRESS: George Washing- THE LAME DUCK AMENDMENT: Back in a time when news
ton gave the shortest inauguration address in history during his
second inauguration on March 4, 1793. Washington's second
inaugural address was only 135 words long! The second shortest inaugural address was given by Franklin D. Roosevelt at his
fourth inauguration and was only 558 words long.
INAUGURATION BLAMED FOR PRESIDENT’S
DEATH: Even though there was a snowstorm on William
Henry Harrison's inauguration day (March 4, 1841), Harrison
refused to move his ceremony indoors. Wanting to prove that
he was still a hardy general who could brave the elements, Harrison took the oath of office as well as delivered the longest
inaugural address in history (8,445 words, which took him
nearly two hours to read) outside. Harrison also wore no overcoat, scarf, or hat. Shortly after his inauguration, William Henry
Harrison came down with a cold, which quickly transformed into
pneumonia. On April 4, 1841, having only served 31 days in
office, President William Henry Harrison died. He was the first
President to die in office and still holds the record for serving
the shortest term.
FEW CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS : It is a bit surprising how little the Constitution prescribes for inauguration day. In
addition to the date and time, the Constitution only specifies the
exact wording of the oath taken by the President-elect before
he begins his duties. The oath states: "I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the
United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." (Article
II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution)
SO HELP ME GOD: Although not officially part of the official
oath, George Washington is credited with adding the line "So
help me God" after he finished the oath during his first inauguration. Most Presidents have also uttered this phrase at the
end of their oaths. Theodore Roosevelt, however, decided to
end his oath with the phrase, "And thus I swear."
THE OATH GIVERS: Although it is not stipulated in the Consti-
was carried by messengers on horses, there needed to be a
great length of time between Election Day and Inauguration
Day so that all the votes could be tallied and reported. To allow
this time, inauguration day used to be March 4. By the early
twentieth century, this huge amount of time was no longer
needed. The inventions of the telegraph, the telephone, automobiles, and airplanes had greatly cut the reporting time
needed. Rather than make the lame-duck President wait for
four whole months to leave office, the date of inauguration day
was changed in 1933 to January 20 by the addition of the 20th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment also
specified that the exchange of power from the lame duck President to the new President would take place at noon. Franklin
D. Roosevelt was both the last President to be inaugurated on
March 4 1933 and the first President to be inaugurated on
January 20 1937.
AN EMBARRASING VICE PRESIDENT (WHO LATER BECAME PRESIDENT): In the Past, the vice president took his
oath of office in the Senate Chamber, but the ceremony now
occurs on the same platform as the President’s swearing-in
ceremony on the west front terrace of the Capitol. The vice
president takes his oath and gives a short speech, followed by
the President. This usually goes very smoothly — except in
1865. Vice President Andre Johnson hadn’t been feeling very
well for several weeks before Inauguration Day. To get him
through the important day, Johnson drank a few glasses of
whiskey. When he got up to the podium to take his oath, it was
obvious to everyone that he has drunk. His speech was incoherent and rambling and he didn’t step down from the podium
until someone finally pulled on his coattails. Interestingly, it was
Andrew Johnson who became President of the United States
after Lincoln’s assassination.
Presidential Inaugural
Committee (PIC) Unveils
Inaugural Schedule of
Events
ested in obtaining tickets.
Media credentialing information for inaugural events
is available at https://www.58pic2017.org/press.
Members of the media and the public will be notified
of any updates and/or changes to the schedule of
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the events.
Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) released the
schedule of official events for the 58th Presidential 58th Presidential Inaugural Schedule of Events
Inauguration. The official portion of the inaugural will
begin with the President-elect and Vice PresidentThursday, January 19, 2017
elect laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery,
Wreath Laying Ceremony - Arlington National Cemecontinue with a welcome concert on Thursday, Janutery
ary 19th, and end with the National Prayer Service on
Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration
Saturday, January 21st. The inaugural will carry the
Lincoln Memorial
message of President-elect Trump’s historic camTicket required for special viewing areas.
paign, “Make America Great Again!”
No ticket required for general public viewing areas.
“President-elect Trump is committed to unifying our
country as we once again celebrate the foundation of
our American system and the peaceful transfer of
power,” said PIC Chairman Tom Barrack. “The 2017
inaugural celebrations will reflect President-elect
Trump’s eagerness to get to work in order to make
our country safer and stronger.”
Friday, January 20, 2017
Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony
US Capitol
Inaugural Parade
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ticket required for special viewing areas.
No ticket required for general public viewing areas.
Inaugural Balls
The Committee also released an extensive schedule
Ticket required – limited availability.
of inaugural events to be held over a five day span
starting Tuesday, including several dinners honoring
Saturday, January 21, 2017
the President-elect, Vice-President-elect, and cabinet
National Prayer Service
secretaries, a concert celebrating the American peoWashington National Cathedral
ple, the swearing-in, the inaugural parade, two inaugural balls and a ball saluting our armed forces and
first responders.
Many of the ticketed events will be available to the
general public, and information can be found at the
PIC website at www.58pic2017.org for those inter-
Newt Gingrich:
Trumpism explained
Wehrmacht in 1939. These are totally different exchange rates. If
you were to go back, for the last two weeks, and look at how many
stories there were about Mitt Romney, and say to yourself, do you
think Trump minded that the media was fascinated by whether or
not Mitt Romney would be Secretary of State? He bought two
weeks of non coverage because he gave them junk they could talk
about, and the media has to talk about something. The simpler and
more stupid it is, the easier it is for them to do it. He doesn't try to
give them lectures that are complicated, because they can't cover it.
He just releases a rabbit, often by tweet, and the media goes trotting after it happily.
I want to start by suggesting to you that you should think about November the 8th as a potential watershed. We don't know for sure
yet that it's watershed, but the odds are pretty high. It's a watershed in the choice of Trump, he's the only person ever, in American
history to win the Presidency without ever holding a public office, or
being a General in the military. No one else has ever done this. He
did it against 16 Republican candidates of whom at least seven or
What is the perfect Trump day? You wake up in the morning knoweight were first class. He did it against the elite media, and he did it
ing you have this new technology, so you tweet. Then you watch
against the presumed next president, who had a billion dollars in
Morning Joe, and you call in. Then you call into Fox & Friends. Then
her campaign.
you think about doing, maybe a 10 a.m. press thing. Having now
saturated all morning, you start thinking about, maybe a huge rally,
What does Trumpism mean? First thing it means is, get the best. I'm and then after the rally you'll do an hour with Sean Hannity. In the
hoping that the National Security Establishment will think about course of that one day, you get $30 million dollars worth of free
these principles. Trump is very prepared to find what's the best media. Your opponents are all holding fundraisers to raise money to
product, this is why he's raising Cain about the F-35, and Air Force buy TV ads. They are being drowned and don't even know it. The
One. He's not at all convinced that they're good deals.
political press reports you aren't raising enough money to be competitive.
You'll see him negotiate very toughly. He built really big things and
he built them so they're really pretty. Go look at Trump Tower. He's It got to a point that it verged on the absurd. How many of you saw
also very ruthless about getting good service, and getting good con- him the night of the Florida Primary, when he explained Trump
struction. What people never understood in this city is, he is not a Steak, Trump Water, and Trump Wine? Did anybody here see this?
financier. He's a builder.
This was a very, very interesting, very important technological thing.
Think about this notion, that part of what Trumpism is about is applying Taleb's model of, intellectual yet idiot. A good case study is
Trump's skepticism about consultants. Jeb Bush raised $110 million
dollars, and had one delegate. Trump kept wondering why he was
paying these, intellectual yet idiots, to run his campaign. It never
occurred to Trump to hire people who were truly stupid to run a
campaign, so Trump ran his own campaign. People said, well he
doesn't know anything. This is the guy who, The Apprentice was the
number one TV show in the country, he'd been on the air 13 years,
but they thought he didn't know anything.
He went around the country, and he figured out, this is how you
appeal to people. Start with the idea that using common sense, if I
can get this through to the Pentagon, this will be one of the greatest
revolutions in military affairs you've ever seen. My argument with
all of you is, it's not about money. It's about thinking. Trumpism
also means they use modern technology. Trump has 25 million people on Twitter and Facebook. His great realization, which occurred
around October of 2015, you can actually reach all these people for
free. He decides on Tuesday, let's do a rally in Tampa. They email,
and Tweet, and Facebook, everybody in Florida that's in their list,
and says, hi, I'm going to be in Tampa on Friday at 5 o'clock, and
20,000 people show up.
The other candidates are all buying TV ads. He's showing up at a
mass rally, which is covered live on television. He then has 20,000
people with smartphones who take his picture. They all send it out
on Facebook and Instagram. If you figure 40 people per person, a
20,000 person rally, is an 800,000 person system, about twice the
size of MSNBC. For free. There's no exchange rate you can create
that makes sense. It's like trying to compare Polish cavalry and the
Callista and I were fascinated. We know Trump. We first talked
about his running for President with him in January of 2015. Now
here he is having won the Florida primary and he is taunting the
media. He's won Florida, and won by a big margin. He knows he's
going to be the nominee. He's trying to see how long can he draw
them out. He was also answering Romney's charge that he wasn't
really a business man, and he said, well I've got Trump Steaks, I've
got Trump Wine, I've got Trump Water, of course I'm a business
man. I've got Trump Magazine, plus I've got 15 golf courses, et cetera. He's also testing the new media. They can't leave him.
f you look at the rules of engagement, and this, and what we're allowed to think, and what we're allowed to say, and all this stuff, one
of the things the Trump Administration should try to do, and I'm
very encouraged that their Cabinet has no lawyers, except for the
Attorney General who kind of has to be a lawyer. It'll be interesting
to watch. You're going to have Cabinet meetings with people who
actually are practical, common sense, want to get something done,
and don't realize all the things they're not allowed to do. They're
also very sophisticated people, who hire really good lawyers. They
hire the kind of lawyers who'd figure out how to do it, not how to
not do it. It'll be interesting to see if they have the guts to take on
the entire legal framework that has risen with law-fare.
My final thoughts for you, one, new thinking is more important that more money.
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Hyperlink:
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MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR 2017 DUE AND
OWING NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1ST 2017
WRC Bylaws
Article VII - Dues
Section 1. Dues shall be payable on application for membership and thereafter annually on or
before January 1st.
Section 2. Dues received on or after October 1st for a new member shall carry over the balance of the current year (i.e., through December 31st) as well as for the following
fiscal year (January - December)
Section 3. The fiscal year of this Club shall be January 1st to and including December 31st.
Section 4. Membership dues become delinquent February 1st.
FULL MEMBERSHIP
$45.00
Associate Membership
$30.00
(Spouse/significant other of Full Members, full members of another Federated Women’s Republican Club, registered Republican men)
Sustaining Membership
$60.00
Patroness
$100.00
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO WRC AND SEND TO:
WRC
P.O. BOX 8816
Naples, FL 34101-8816
OR
Go to www.wrc-naples.com and pay your Membership Dues on-line.
Membership table will be set up at January 13, 2017 meeting for easy payment.
PRHS Marching Pride has
set up a "GoFundMe"
account at
www.gofundme.com/
palmettoridgemarchingpride.
If you have any questions or
would be interested in coming to
the school during a trip meeting
or rehearsal as they prepare,
please contact Annabelle Sarmiento, Director of Bands by
calling (239) 377-4745.
The Marching Pride of Palmetto Ridge High School's goal is to send all 235 members of the band to Washington
D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration Parade by raising $135,000 total ($575 per student) by January 2nd.
WRC’s Board of Directors voted to sponsor 2 Palmetto Ridge High School band students to
Washington, D.C.
WRC’s Holiday Luncheon - A Season of Joy & Giving
On December 9, 2016 at Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club, Members of WRC celebrated a “Season of Joy & Giving”
with keynote speaker, former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich. Here are some of the comments received:
“. . . Absolutely elegant and delightful holiday luncheon/meeting.”
“WOW—it was apparent that beauty and brains were behind the fabulous Holiday luncheon. What a spectacular job you all did! The decorations, gifts, vendors, speaker, food and spirit were perfect! Thank you all so much for your hard work and planning.”
“The committee did a really stunning job! You should be very, very proud!”
“I would like to congratulate you and your committee for a wonderful Christmas luncheon. Now, where do I begin … the venue-lovely, the
program-the Governor was genuine and informing, menu-delicious, the charity, a good choice. Sandra Rommel ushered in the season with
the Christmas Carols and patriotic songs. To have two members of the clergy give the Invocation and Benediction was fitting for the season. I applaud you for your effort to make this country great, again.”
Many thanks to The Holiday Luncheon Committee for making this event so successful!!!
SOME FUN….
Obama worked harder on
golf than anything else
during his Presidency and he’s still a bad golfer
Bill Mitchel @mitchellvii
IF YOU ARE MOVING - WRC NEEDS YOUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS
This is what we need : - Full Name - New Street Address - New Phone Number - Email Address. Please
send this information to Michelle Morgenstern: [email protected].
LADIES AND GENTLEMENT IT’S NEW OUR
WRC PHOTO DIRECTORY TIME…
We’d love to see all of your Smiling Faces, so, please email a photo. Since the photo will be on the small size,
it should be shoulders up.
JPEG is the best format, but any shot emailed from a phone is fine. This directory will be accessible on our
Web Site and the resolution of the Photos doesn’t matter.
Shot of your Smiling Face need to be send as soon as you can to: Kathi Lewis, [email protected] or
Call me at: (774) 722-1707
WRC - Getting Connected in the 21st Century
When was the last time you checked out WRC’s website at www.wrc-naples.com? It is full of information, including an archive of The Trunkline, links to various resources, WRC directory, WRC Bylaws and events.
WRC also has an active Facebook page at Women’s Republican Club of Naples. Be sure to visit, “share” and
“like” it often!!
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We work very hard to get outstanding speakers for our meetings. As a courtesy to our speakers and fellow members, please refrain from speaking during their presentations!!