organized in 1920 april 2013 president’s letter evelyn mccoy
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April 2013 Oklahoma City Republican Women’s Club Newsletter 1
www.okcrwc.org
Organized in 1920 April 2013
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19 OKGOP 1:00 to 5:00pm; Pre-convention Committee Mtgs, 5:30 to 6:30pm GALA
RECEPTION 5:30 – 6:30PM; DINNER 7:00PM Meridian Convention Center
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OFRW SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MTG. 1:00 to 2:00pm to elect 2013 delegates OFRW FIRST LADIES RECEPTION 2:30-5:00 Meridian Convention Center
20 OKGOP Convention – 7 to 9pm, Registration Convention 9:30am to 5:00pm Meridian Convention Center
President’s Letter Evelyn McCoy
Dear OKC RW Members, Spring is almost here. The Redbuds are budding and Daffodils are blooming. Our county and state party leadership is up for election. We can only pray the leaders elected will be as successful as our current ones. We need to have many RED COATS at the state convention on April 20. Make your plans to attend.
OFRW First Ladies will be entertained with a reception on April 19 from 3p-5p at the convention headquarters the Meridian Convention Center. Hosted by OFRW, there is no charge for First Ladies.
Our Spring fundraiser to replenish funds for Mae Austin Scholarship is in the planning stage and date to be announced soon. Bebe Dotter is making plans for a lovely evening of art. Look around the house and see if you have a piece of fine art to donate.
Our programs have been stimulating and April we will have Steve Fair, our National Republican Committee man. Steve will update it on the GOP plans. Many new ideas will be shared. Please come and hear the exciting plans as we move forward.
Regular General Meeting First Monday, 1 April 2013 9:30am check-in; 10:00 Convene
Featuring
Steve Fair Oklahoma National
Committeeman Stevens County Chairman 4th District Chairman
April Caring for America projects details on page 3 Coffee & Snacks will be served, N to Z bring snacks
At
5600 NW 122nd St., Oklahoma City, OK 73142
Members RSVP to your Club Caller
Guests are welcomed. Non-members and other guests make reservations [email protected] with your
name, address and phone number
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Mission
To promote an informed electorate through political education.
To increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government through active political participation.
To facilitate cooperation among Oklahoma County Republican Women’s Clubs.
To foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote its ideals.
To work for the election of the Republican Party’s nominees.
President
Evelyn McCoy, 721-7332
1st Vice President Bonny Green
2nd Vice President Cathy Meyer
Recording Secretary Carol Swink
Corresponding Secretary Brenda K. Hall
Treasurer Pat Grisham
Parliamentarian Bebe Dotter
Newsletter Deadline for club members is 3rd Monday of each month
Newsletter Editor Sylvia H. Morales
722-9566 [email protected]
OKC RW
Executive Board Meeting Exec. Brd. Meetings are open to
Club members NEW DAY FOR March only
Second Tuesday, 12 March 9:30a-11:30a
at OKGOP Headquarters
4031 N. Lincoln Blvd., OKC
Sunshine &
Friendship Encouragement card to Jean Terrell recovering from breast cancer surgery Get will to Bettie Swyden
When you know of a club member or member’s family that we can acknowledge, please call 405-879-2141, [email protected], Jo Fudge, Sunshine & Friendship Chairman
Mae Austin Scholarship Fund
2013 Donors Sylvia H. Morales
Clare Rattan
Consider a new donation to our scholarship fund. The scholarship donor form can be found on the back page of The RIGHT News
OKC RW YEARBOOK UPDATES – MAR.
Jan Bradstreet, 464-5553 Susan Walton, 833-9217 Correction: Francis Weber, zip code 73099-5655 Send updates or 2013 dues to:
Cathy Meyer, 2nd VP Membership 7737 Green Meadow Lane, OKC,
OK 73132-3932
For membership information: Please call Cathy, 728-1707 or email [email protected]
OKC RW Club SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP
Please consider this other level of support for the club.
You can convert your membership now to Sustaining by sending the additional $25.00 to the Club Treasurer with your check memo noting “Sustaining”.
SUSTAINING
MEMBERS OF 2013
Shirley Beckett Sandy Birdsong
Jan Brown Betty Catching
Bunny Chambers Susan Cox
Carolyn Demaree Bebe Dotter
Sharon Freeny Jo S. Fudge
Bonny Green Patricia Grisham Brenda K. Hall Jo Gosdin Hall
Mildred Henderson Linda Huggard Mary Johnson
Marcia Ledbetter Judy Liebmann Evelyn McCoy
Lorraine McCune Brenda McDaniel
Julie McDaniel Cathy Meyer
Sylvia H. Morales Terry Moser Nancy Myers
Virginia Naifeh Jennie Nikkel Sara Jo Odom Cheryl Phipps Clare Rattan
Robbie Steward Diana Strube
Marilyn Sullivan Carol Swink Jean Terrell
Connie Weber Joan Zubik
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President’s Letter continued from Page 1 Evelyn McCoy
Cathy Wise, Chairman, 341-2243
April General Meeting Busines appropriate clothing (on hangers) and accessories
In honor of We will collect diapers for
Marian Everson, Chairman, 348-1788
NFRW Armed Services / Homeland Security Committee
To complete OKC RW Club “Support Our Troops” requirements we will continue collecting change for the troops for The HUGS Project. These funds will help with their mailing costs
Change for HUGS – OKC RW Club We will continue Change for HUGS at each
meeting of 2013. BRING YOUR COINS!
New for 2013 MUGS for HUGS Project!
Microwaveable mugs, 8 ounces or larger, used and unstained regardless of
sentiment or decoration Collecting throughout the year
We have members attending the five state Region 4 NFRW meeting being held in Sugarland, TX in May. Looks to be exciting…
Remember the membership 1+1 program. Invite a friend to a meeting. Please let us be known as the friendliest club of movers and shakers. See a new face be sure to go over and welcome them.
See you at the county and state conventions
Regards,
Evelyn
Happy Easter
Any new member who joins between August 3, 2011, and Aug 2013, and the current member who invited her to join will be eligible for the 2013 One+One Drawing.
2013 One+One Campaign Rules: Any local club member who invites a guest to a local club or OFRW meeting resulting in that guest’s joining a local club, is eligible for the drawing for the One+One Prize, as is the new member,
provided the state and national dues of the new member have been forwarded to OFRW State Treasurer by July 2013. The drawing for the grand prize will be held at the August ’13 Board of Directors meeting. You do not need to be present to win.
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2013 CONVENTION Meridian Convention Center
737 S. Meridian Ave. @ Enterprise Way
Friday, April 19 2:30 – 5:00pm ……. Convention Registration NOON – 5:00pm …. Pre-convention Committee
Meetings (Rules, Platform, Credentials, Executive Committee & State Committee
Gala Reception & Dinner
6:00 – 7:00pm …… Reception (& photos) 7:00pm …… Dinner (Speaker TBA)
Saturday, April 20 7:00 am – Convention Registrations OPENS 9:00 am – Registrations CLOSES 7:20a – 8:30 Convention Breakfast
9:30am – Convention opens Register online at: http://2013okgopconvention.eventbrite.com
Called Board Meeting Friday, 19 April 2013
1:00pm – 2:00pm Meridian Convention Center 737 S. Meridian Ave. @ Enterprise Way
For the purpose of electing OFRW delegates for the 2013 Convention
OFRW
Oklahoma First Ladies Reception, Friday, 19 April 2013
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Meridian Convention Center
What: Regional OFRW Leadership Meetings
District 3, 4, & 5 Where: TBA When: May 4, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Wednesday Night’s Fusionism
Chairman’s Blog | 11 Mar 2013 Last Wednesday in Washington, DC, something very rare
happened. For one day and long night, conservatives were united. How we united was even more rare; it was a conservative rally that started in DC and spread across the country.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky launched a nationwide conversation last week with his 13-hour filibuster of the president's nominee to lead the CIA. Many want to focus on the debate over drones, but that wasn't the point. As Rand said, once we allow the government to take our constitutional rights we won't get them back—that was why this filibuster was necessary. It was as much about standing against imperial governance as it was about drones.
It was a conversation about basic civil liberties in this country. Presidential power must be checked and conservatives across the country cheered Rand on for standing up and speaking out.
As a State Party Chairman, it was refreshing to see that our Party can still unite behind a common cause. We've seen what can happen when conservatives unite like we did in 2010; and we've seen what happens when many of us stay home, like many did in November 2012. I prefer the 2010 results.
Uniting behind a common cause was precisely what was deemed necessary back in the mid 50's when Frank Meyer, a founding editor of William F. Buckley’s National Review, laid out the possibility—and necessity—of what he called “fusionism,” a union of social conservatives and those of a more libertarian, free-market mindset.
Fusionism happened Wednesday night on the U.S. Senate floor, and it was a powerful sight.
Unfortunately we had some in our Party take pot-shots the next day at the filibuster and those who participated. You're telling me we can't stand together as a Party on even a fundamental conservative principle such as this? Very disappointing to say the least.
The standard plea I hear from talking heads everywhere is that the GOP will rebound only when it communicates to working-class and middle-class voters how its ideas will improve their lives. Well, standing for liberty and fighting against imperial Democrat governance will resonant with these voters!
The American people want a watchdog in Washington these days, so let's own that space as conservatives. More fusionism like we saw on Wednesday night will happen as a result.
Cathy Wise, Chairman, 341-2243
Sign up at April meeting for National Women’s Build on May 10
OKC RW Special Projects Beth Cupp, Chairman, 752-2257
Symphony Show House 40th Anniversary Symphony Show House, a Trio of homes at The Abbey – an Italian, a Traditional, and a Modern in Fairview Farms
The Abbey Tea Room & Boutique will be open for shopping and dining.
May 4 - 19, 2013
Need 10 more for Morning shift
Need 15 more for Afternoon shift
Fundraising Committee Bebe Dotter, Chairman, 720-4917 To benefit Mae Austin Scholarship Fund
Calling all artists, photographers, jewelry makers, china painters and collectors to make a donation to
be sold or auctioned! DATE PENDING
A wonderful evening of fun, music, and art!
OKC RW Club day Monday, 13 May
2 shifts, AM & PM Sign up at April Gen. Mtg.
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Outreach Committee Estela Hernández, Chairman, 605-0345
Attend a monthly Naturalization Ceremony at the Court house, downtown OKC or USCIS at 4400 SW 44th.
The last Friday of each month except November and December we need at least one other OKC RW member to go with Estela to greet new citizens.
2013 March 29 August 30 April 26 September 27 May 31 October 25 June 28 December 6 July 26
Our theme for 2013 is Pray for America, emphasizing
the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to place their faith in the unfailing character of their Creator, who is sovereign over all governments, authorities, and men. To further highlight our theme, we’ve chosen Matthew 12:21 as our Scripture for this year: “In His name the nations will put their hope.”
For our May 2nd observances, Pastor Greg Laurie, our 2013 Honorary Chairman, has written a special prayer to be simultaneously read throughout the nation at noon (EDT).
En Español http://nationaldayofprayer.org/2013-pastor-greg-laurie-2/
NFRW MELP Book of the Week Animal Farm, 50th Anniversary by George Orwell
Heroes for My Daughter by Brad Meltzer
Who is your hero? ,,,heroine? Were they from the world of literature? politics? business? How were you introduced? Perhaps it was through a book. Heroes for My Daughter provides short essays on real people who will engage a young girl's thoughts on living with a purpose.
From the back cover: ". . . Brad Meltzer brings together the stories of fifty-five remarkable people, a diverse set of individuals from across time and from all walks of life: artists and inventors, scientists and explorers, who each dedicated their life to making our world a better place. From Eleanor Roosevelt to Amelia Earhart, Anne Frank to Randy Pausch, Theodore Roosevelt to Lucille Ball, Rosa Parks to the passengers on United Flight 93, the lives of these men and women offer lessons to guide our daughters on their journey to adulthood—lessons sure to inspire them as they take their place as citizens in our society and in the world. The stories told in Heroes for My Daughter are perfect for mothers and daughters to read and treasure together."
62nd Annual National Day of
Prayer Thu, May 2, 11am – 12pm
www.nationaldayofprayer.or
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2013 OK House Session Update Week 5: March 4-7, 2013
Measure Modifying Component of Quality Jobs Act Passes House: A measure focused on modifying a definition of the net benefits rate related to the Quality Jobs Act passed a full vote of the House floor today.
House Bill 1416, by Rep. Elise Hall, modifies the net benefits rate related to the Quality Jobs Act by capping the rate between 5 percent and 6 percent for a company with at least 10 percent of their gross annual payroll going to veterans of the United States military. House Approves Home Bakery Act: Oklahoma House lawmakers voted unanimously this week to approve a bill that would allow home bakeries to operate without a food preparation license.
Home food establishments would be defined as businesses that earn less than $20,000 a year and produces baked goods for sale that do not contain meat or fresh fruit, under the House Bill 1094, which is entitled the Home Bakery Act of 2013. House Passes Antipoverty/Marriage Measure: A measure drafted to fight poverty and promote marriage in Oklahoma passed a full vote of the House of Representatives this week.
House Bill 1908, authored by House Speaker T.W. Shannon, will set aside dollars to create a statewide public service campaign promoting marriage as a tool to fight poverty and decrease the likelihood of child poverty. Oklahoma receives a total of $145 million in federal TANF funds. The public service campaign could be created and run using less than one percent of those federal funds House passes bill protecting rehabilitation, social workers: The House passed HB 2060 this week, which will strengthen the penalty for assaulting social and rehabilitation workers in the course of doing their jobs.
Under HB 2060, social workers and rehabilitation workers would be extended the same protection of other public sector workers, like Department of Corrections officers, whose daily work places them in potentially dangerous situations.
House Votes to Reduce Abuse of Federal Lifeline Phone Program: Legislation to add accountability to a federal program administered by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission was approved unanimously this week by the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
House Bill 2165, by state Rep. Jon Echols, would authorize the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to require more documentation from phone service providers receiving money through the Lifeline program and penalize providers who fail to provide documentation. The federal Lifeline program pays for phone service for low-income individuals.
Senate Week in Review available @ http://www.oksenate.gov/news/wir_index.aspx
OKC RW Club March Meeting
Corporation Commission Chairman Patrice Douglas
Americans For Prosperity visited our members
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Mae Austin Scholarship Fund Sponsored by the Oklahoma City Republican Women’s Club
I support the Mae Austing Scholarship Fund with a contribution of: $____________ Please make checks payable to: “Mae Austin Scholarship Fund” and mail check with this form to
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