Organized in 1920 April 2013 Presidentâ€™s Letter Evelyn McCoy

April 2013 Oklahoma City Republican Women’s Club Newsletter 1

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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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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.


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


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.


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


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


www.republicanwomen-okc.org PLEASE CONTR IBUTE

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

Cathy Meyer, Treasurer / OKC RW Club / 7737 Green Meadow Lane / OKC, OK 73132-3932

NAME: _____________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip+4

Phone: _______________ Email: ________________________________________________ Donors to the Mae Austin Scholarship Fund will be acknowledged in the Club Newsletter and listed on the Club website www.republicanwomen-okc.org

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