may meeting - Los Angeles County Federation of Republican Women

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN ESTABLISHED 1923
VOLUME LXXXXl ISSUE 4
MAY MEETING:
MAY 2014
DATE: May 28, 2014
TIME: 10:30 Social
Meeting and Lunch: 11:00am to 1:00pm
LOCATION: Holiday Inn - Long Beach Airport
2640 Lakewood Blvd., Long Beach 90815
NEXT MEETING:
May 28, Wednesday
Holiday Inn
2640 Lakewood Blvd.
Long Beach CA 90815
10:30-1:00
Cost $35.00
(details right)
CRAIG HUEY
Craig A. Huey is publisher of the industry newsletter Direct
Response and president of Creative Direct Marketing Group
(CDMG), a full-service direct response advertising agency. He is
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Board Members..........................2
President’s Message..................2
LACFRW Fun!.............................3
LACFRW Club News...................4
My Bookshelf .............................6
Americanism...............................6
EOWRF Fashion Show...............7
ESGVRWF Tea............................7
Calendar......................................8
JOHN WOOD
Republican Candidate for U.S.
Congress, 43rd District
(Incumbent Maxine Waters)
A writer and musician from
the Los Angeles area, John
Randolph Wood, Jr. is the
grandson of the late record
industry pioneer Randy Wood,
known for founding Dot
Records in the 1950’s and the
nationally broadcast radio show
and mail order record store
“The Randy’s Record Shop”
before that. He is the son of
John Wood, Sr., noted Jazz
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RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
$35.00 - Prepaid by May 16
$40.00 Pay at the Door
Marie Cruz
nanamarie.cruz@hotmail.com
(661)291-1447
23760 Via Helina, Valencia, CA 91355
PRESIDENT
PATTI ADAIR
(Malibu/Bel Air RWF)
310-924-1846 malibustudio@aol.com
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Program
MARY OWEN
(LA Crescenta Valley RWF)
818-249-5936 owenmm@aol.com
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Membership
MARIA MICHEL
(Encino Oaks RWF)
818-501-3898 formia@usa.net
FOURTH VICE PRESIDENT
Ways & Means
pepper parkinson
(North LACounty)
661-252-2968 lynnparky@sbcglobal.net
RECORDING SECRETARY
LOUISE BENSON
(Woodland Hills RWF)
818-340-3153 lcbenson31@aol.com
TREASURER
SOLANNA TARAGAN
(Manhattan Beach RWF)
310-371-3853 rbsolanna@verizon.net
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Sylva Martayan
Encino Oaks RWF)
sylvamartayan@yahoo.com
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
victorIa davis
(Malibu/Bel Air RWF)
818-825-1041 vldsunshine@hotmail.com
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Elaine Klock
(East Pasadena RWF)
626-797-2228 feklock@sbcglobal.net
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Martha Logan
(Manhattan Beach RWF)
310-376-9516
loganmartha84@gmail.com
NEWSLETTER PROOFREADER
Fran Pierce Jackson
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OFFICERS
Fellow Patriots,
As we have only a month before our primary on June
3, we hope all of our wonderful members are doing
their best to reach out to the Republicans of our county
to vote. We have some extremely deserving
candidates and our county and state desperately needs
their leadership.
We are having an event the afternoon of June 22nd
at Bel Air Country Club with the candidates that make
the general election in November. The funds raised
will be earmarked for the County Fair project. We
need to raise ten thousand dollars to meet this goal.
Please sign up now with Marie Cruz for this afternoon
event. Last year the County Fair had over 550,000
visitors. It is a “golden opportunity” for our party to have a presence.
Our next event will be the end of August on the 27th at the Santa Anita Golf
Course before we step up to the County Fair project at Pomona. Please help
Susan Silvestri fill up our days at the County Fair. You should hear from her
soon.
In the meantime we have our next Board Meeting at the Holiday Inn at
Lakewood in Long Beach. Please join us for that luncheon on May 28th.
We have compacted the meeting into two hours so that members that work will
have time to attend.
Remember our two initiatives are due May 15th. You will have some time to
collect more signatures. We have the opportunity to create an enormous
impact on the political scene here in California. Please help make it happen.
United for Victory 2014 and Happy Mother’s Day!
Patti Adair, LACFRW President
CRAIG HUEY (continued from page 1)
also President of InfoMat, a leading email and postal mailing list brokerage
and management company. He is recognized as one of the top direct response
marketing experts in the nation.
Over the past 30 years, Craig Huey has shared his expertise through
presentations and workshops, association meetings, direct marketing clubs and
conventions, private seminars, colleges and universities.
Huey was the Republican nominee in the redistricted 2012 66th State
Assembly district election in California. Prior to that, Huey ran for Congress
in the 2011 special election to replace Jane Harman.
JOHN WOOD (continued from page 1)
pianist and R&B vocalist Deonda Theus. John Wood, Jr. has worked in various
fields, including marketing, the legal and medical industries, and also in
politics. A student of theology, philosophy, history, economics and political
science, he lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and 2-year old son.
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Friends and spouses welcome!
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Please submit
your news and events
in word format to
Martha Logan
loganmartha84@gmail.com
by the 15th of the month
Antelope Valley RWF
Tuesday, May 20th, join us for our “Fashions on Parade” annual scholarship
fundraiser, at the Antelope Valley Country Club, 39800 Country Club Dr.,
Palmdale, 11:00 a.m. Cost is $30, and make reservations with Penny Ellis, 661
274 8533. Fashions provided by Dress Barn, and the jewelry will be available to
purchase from “Too Much Bling”, with 10% of the proceeds going to our club.
~ Lisa Moulton
Arcadia RWF
Our May 15th meeting will feature Ann-Marie Murrell, original anchor and
National Director/Editor in Chief of PolitiChicks, which was nominated at
CPAC 2013 as the “People’s Choice Blogger of the Year.” Ann-Marie writes for
dozens of respected Conservative websites including TownHall, Daily Caller,
Front Page Magazine, The Blaze and more.
Ann-Marie speaks at various Conservative rallies and 2nd Amendment events
across the country, from California to Texas and many cities in between, and
was the exclusive reporter for the David Horowitz Freedom Center West Coast
retreat. Join us at the Santa Anita Golf Course, 405 Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia,
CA 91006. 10:30 a.m. Cost is $17. RSVP by May 12 to Michelle Hopkins,
626 614-9290. ~ Wendy Schieldge
East San Gabriel RWF
Our general meetings are held at the West Covina Lanes, 675 S. Glendora Ave.,
West Covina, CA 91790, on the fourth Friday of the month (dark July and
August). Our business meeting starts at 11:00 a.m., lunch is served at 12 p.m.,
and the featured speaker begins at 1p.m. Guests are always welcome to come for
the luncheon ($17) or may come just to hear the speaker (no cost). Reservations
may be made by calling Helen Anderson at (626) 335-4381 or Patt Anderson at
(626) 332-4341. Our Mother’s Day Tea will be held Thursday, May 8th at the
Enchanted Rose Tea Parlour, 120 Bonita Ave., San Dimas. Please visit our
website for all of our upcoming events:www.eastsangabrielvalleyrwf.org
~ Valerie Evans
Encino Oaks RWF
May is here! And boy are we excited for our May 14th Fashion Show
Fundraiser. Wednesday, May 14th, 10:30 a.m. at the Sportsman’s Lodge,
12825 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Cost is $50. It’s not too late to make a
reservation, but the sooner you do, the better. We are finalizing the preferred
seating arrangements, so if you are certain you will attend, but haven’t mailed
in your RSVP, please call Mary Jenkins at 818-248-7308 or Nonie Geismann at
805-241-4756. ~Janet Price
Politi-Chick Ann-Marie Murrell
Arcadia RWF May 15 speaker
Long Beach RWF
Membership is on our mind, so May 10th we are hosting a membership
Mother’s Day Tea at the beautiful waterfront home of our 3rd VP Donna
Bennett. This is an annual favorite to bring in potential new members and this
year is even more special with CFRW President Roseann Slonsky-Breault
joining us. Our member, Stacy Mungo, saw VICTORY in our April 8th
primary nominating election for 5th District Long Beach City Council. We are
now working hard for her general election victory on June 3rd. She is running a
grassroots campaign while her opponent has police, fire and teachers’ union sup-
port. Volunteers are needed and you can make calls from
anywhere! Let me know if you can help. If elected, she will
be the only Republican on our nine-member City Council.
~ Tina Thompson
Manhattan Beach RWF
We have a busy spring! We will be welcoming at our May
17th meeting, conservative hollywood actor, Ned Vaughn,
who just finished filming the third and final installment of
“Atlas Shrugged” due out this summer. It will be
fascinating to get a glimpse of what it is like to be
openly conservative in the entertainment world. We will
once again be manning the California Republican
Assembly booth on Saturday, May 24th at Fiesta
Hermosa. That will be followed by our Yard Sale
extravaganza “Downton Attic/Season Two”. All details of
our events are posted at www.mbrwf.com
~ Rosalie Olson
North Hollywood RWF
Our Tuesday, May 13th speaker will be Susan Shelley,
the Republican candidate for the California Assembly in
District 45, the west San Fernando Valley. In last year’s
special election for this seat, Susan ran a grassroots
campaign and shocked the political world by getting 49.4%
of the vote, missing a victory by just 329 votes. We meet
at the Lakeside Golf Club, 4500 Lakeside Drive, Burbank
CA, 91610. Make reservations with Kathleen Marsden 818
385-180. Cost is $28. ~ Irene Metzger
South Bay RWF
We are very proud of two of our members, Joy Bliss and
Pam Corradi, who presented a Leadership Workshop and
Panel at the CFRW Spring Advocacy Conference in April.
Joy is also 2nd Vice of So. Div., and Pam is our CRP
Liaison. Congrats, Ladies, for an excellent presentation!
apogeehps.com
David Hadley was our guest speaker in April, and we also
heard other candidates: Elan Carr, running for Henry
Waxman’s seat in the 33rd CD and John Wong, running for
LA Co. Assessor. In addition, another two of our own,
Leilani Kimmel-Dagostino and Charlotte Svolos are
running for Torrance City Council.
In May we will have John A. Mirisch who is running for
Ted Lieu’s seat in the 26th Senate District, and you must
be sure to spell his name correctly as he is a write-in
candidate. You need to hear why he is a write-in, and then
you will definitely want to support him!! Lest we forget
our Military Heroes on Memorial Day, we will ask for
contributions for The Wounded Warriors and Fisher House,
two of our military charities. We are always thankful for
our brave Soldiers for their service.
In June we will have our annual Scholarship presentation
when we honor three winners and their families. In
addition, we are delighted to have Dr. Barbara Stone as
our guest speaker. This meeting is on Saturday, June 14, at
10:00 A.M., and you’re in for a real treat! Call Gloria for
reservations, (310) 326-9340. Please join us!!
southbayrwf@gmail.com
~ Ginny Callanan
Whittier Republican RWF
On May 3rd we held our 2nd Townhall Meeting, this time
at Parnell Park, Whittier. It is located at 15350 Lambert
Road @Scott
Our Special Guest was Senator Bob Huff who has already
held a Covered CA Forum in the City of Brea.
We also had Sue Carlson PIH Business Administrator,
and Kelly Good, Insurance Broker who served on the
Healthcare Panel in Brea with Senator Huff.
~ Laurie Dato
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!
LACRFW Leadership Conference date change. It is
usually the fourth Saturday in January, but this coming year it will be the
third Saturday, January 17, 2015
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By Trisha Bowler, Diamond Bar RWF
KILLING JESUS
By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
The authors tell us this is not a religious book, but instead one that focuses on the
humanity of Jesus Christ. They have done a good job treading the fine line between
straight biography and religious writing. It is clearly stated this was not a ‘religious’ book,
rather an ‘historical’ work. Jesus is never called “Christ”. He is mostly referred to as “the Nazarene”.
The life of the Nazarene are the four gospels with which most readers are familiar. Interspersed with
these writings you will find chapters devoted to Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Tiberius, and other historical
characters. There is a brief history of Rome, and short biographies of some of the figures, including
Pontius Pilate and the several Herods. The authors accept the gospel account of the birth in Bethlehem
and the visit of the Magi, which led to the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem at the insistence of
Herod. There appears to be no historical record for these events except for the gospels, so the reader
either takes it at face value or not, depending on his or her beliefs.
This work was filled with the historical accounts of the geographical, political and
human events that were going on at the time. I believe this book can actually draw
Christians back to the Bible as they consider certain aspects and statements found
within. As with any study of history one must rely upon the research and intellect of
the writer. The research for this book was an amazing thing to read.
It must be approached with an open mind as any historical reading should be.
The reader is left with no doubt that Jesus’ whole life was leading to a cross and
that Jesus knew he would end up there. The reader sees that the claims Jesus made
about himself put him at odds with both the Jews and the
Romans which ultimately lead to his death on the cross.
As the book comes to a close they state that Jesus’ followers soon claimed he had
been raised from the dead and that his followers believed this to such an extent that
they willingly gave up their own lives to his cause.
On a personal note, I have ordered and received the children’s version of
Killing Jesus, The Last Days of Christ for my ten year old grandson for Easter.
He is so excited to start reading it.
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T H I S D AY I N H I S T O R Y
May 5, 1961
Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr., was one of the Mercury
astronauts named by NASA in April 1959, and he holds the
distinction of being the first American to journey into space.
On May 5, 1961, in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, he was
launched by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory
suborbital flight – a flight which carried him to an altitude of
116 statute miles and to a landing point 302 statute miles
down the Atlantic Missile Range. (and NOW we hitch a ride
into space with the RUSSIANS! Arrrrrgh!)
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Duties to include
organizing volunteer
schedule for the LACFRW
Los Angeles County booth,
August 29th-September 28,
2014, keeping all materials
well stocked, instructing
volunteers what to do,
registering voters, AND
having a great time! Please
contact Susan Silvestri at
(626) 855-5528. or Patti
Adair at (310) 924-1846 for
more information!
cost: $50
RSVP, please call Mary Jenkins at 818-248-7308 or
Nonie Geismann at 805-241-4756
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22287 Mulholland Highway
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Calabasas CA 91302
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AHEAD:
Please note, that the
Annual LACFRW
Leadership Conference
will be ONE week
earlier this year. It will
be Saturday,
JANUARY 17, 2015.
Mark your calendars
now!
May 8th:
ESGVRWF Tea Enchanted Rose Tea Parlour, San Dimas
May 11th:
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 14:
EOWRF Fashion Show Sportsman’s Lodge, Studio City
May 28th:
LACFRW Board Meeting Long Beach Holiday Inn, Lakewood
June 22nd:
Fundraiser for LACFRW County Fair Booth High Tea, Bel Air Country Club, 2-5
August 27th:
LACFRW Board Meeting Santa Anita Golf course, Santa Anita
DETAILS FOR CLUB EVENTS ARE ON PAGES 4-5