GHRW Newsletter Jan/Feb 2011

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V O L U M E X I V , I S S U E 1

T i n e k e h o s t s a “ p a c k i n g p a r t y ”

JuDian, Gail, Tineke, Jean, Pam, and Diana

put together special packages for our GHRW-

sponsored troops for the holidays

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P R ES E N TS FO R T ROO PS

HRW continues to send

gifts each month to the

soldiers that we are

currently sponsoring. Our

Americanism Chair, Tineke

Geringer coordinates everything,

but without the work of several

people, the troops would not get

these wonderful packages.

Home baked cookies go into eachpackage. Claudia Mosley andCarolyn Flintof faithfully makedozens of cookies each month.Contact Tineke if you want to helpout with this aspect of sending support packages to the troops.

The packages are sent through the

postal system by the Gig Harbor

Republican Women, from

individual donors and our Support

the Troops Fund.

When it cones time to putpackages together, not everyone

can make it every time, butmembers who come whenever they can are: Sherry Dougherty,Diana Lindahl, JuDian Guimbellot, Pam Abernathy, Jean Munday, Gail Johnson,Emily Jankord, Carol Hall.

Contributing items to put in theboxes: ALL OF YOU, ourmembers, who contribute at eachmeeting when we “pass the hat”.

General Meetings

January 19th and February

16th are the next twomeetings, 11:30am - 1pm atthe Inn at Gig Harbor.

Sally Taylor from WFRW willinstall new officers in January.

Mike Allen, history professor,will be speaking about

Abraham Lincoln in February.

RSVP before January 17th orFebruary 14th to the GHRW

1st VP, Linda Siegel, at

[email protected]

or call her at (253) 549-7311. Let her know you’re coming,and if you’re ordering theoptional $11.50 buffet lunch.

February Speaker Mike Allen

Support The Troops

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mailto:[email protected]?subject=GHRW%20Meeting%20RSVP

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Diana’s MessageHappy New Year to Officers andMembers of GHRW. We made itthrough the election. TheRepublican victories nationwideare the best for any political partysince 1932,and they are the bestvictories in the history of theRepublican party. StartingJanuary 3, the newly electedRepublicans will assume their offices.

The 2012 Presidential electionis already beginning preparation.President Obama will take notesand he will give speeches andinterviews where the Republicanswill be portrayed as the party of NO. This time there will be

Democrats joining theRepublicans in saying NO. Theyare aware of the political tsunamiwhich took place this pastNovember. Will Obama be able tosave his presidency? Only timewill tell.

The Republicans will need touse 2011 to prepare for the battleof 2012. The Republicans do nothave a clear front runner for

President. Mitt Romney maybecome the Front Runner, or oneof the new Republican Governorscould come forward. The namesof Chris Christie of New Jersey,Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, andformer Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska are just some being

mentioned now. They all denyany serious interest in the job.We shall see. 2011 will set thecourse.

In 2011, we will continue our close working relationship with theGig Harbor Republican Club,and with the South KitsapRepublican Club. We workedvery successfully on the 2010elections and we plan to continueour successful partnerships.

Linda Siegel, our 1st VicePresident and our Program Chair will be seeking outstandingspeakers for 2011. If you havepersons you wish to recommend,please contact Linda.

Diana Landahl

President

GHRW O cers for2011

President:

Diana Landahl

1st

Vice President: Linda Siegel

2nd Vice President:

Jean MundaySecretary:

VacantTreasurer:

JuDian Guimbellot

Americanism: Tineke Geringer Awards: Diana LandahlBylaws Committee: JuDian GuimbellotBudget and Finance: JuDianGuimbellotCaring for America: Americanism: Tineke Geringer Care Net : Jody Doggett

Habitat for Humanity : Diana Landahl Scholarship: Alice Diambri, Betty

Felker & Jody DoggettSupport the Troops: Tineke Geringer

Campaign: JuDian Guimbellot Communications Network : CAP Alert: vacant

Email: vacantPhone Tree: vacant

Chaplain: Gail Porter Fundraiser: vacant Historian: vacant Homeland Security: Joe Siegel

& Bill Landahl Membership/Outreach: vacant Legislative: vacantLiteracy/MELP: vacant

Newsletter: Gail Porter Parliamentarian: vacant Program: Linda Siegel Public Relations: Carol Hall Resolutions: vacantOutreach: vacant

Contact our 1st VP, Linda Siegel, to be incharge of committees/positions in orange

GHRW Committees 2011



HRW sends packagesto troops overseas,

but what happens to

veterans in need once they are back home and out of the service?

To find out some of theservices for veterans in ourarea, we invited two

veterans involved in privateorganizations who work

primarily with veterans.

Larry Geringer, Air Forceretiree and Vice Presidentof the Board of Directors of the Rescue Mission( formerly the Tacoma Rescue Mission ) filled us inon the work that the

Rescue Mission is doing forhomeless men. Larry’s

vision is to expand themission’s Men’s Shelter, tobuild a Veteran’s FitnessCenter, and to end veteranhomelessness.

Attendees at this meeting

asked the question, “how can we help”?

Larry said that the best way to provide help was to callthe Mission directly at253-383-4493 to learn of specific needs at the time

you call.

Rod Wittmier, Army Veteran, Founder, andExecutive Director of Vets

Meet Vets spoke to usabout this uniqueorganization.

This non-profit VeteranCommunity Organization

was formed to createeducational programs forour Veterans and their

families.

The main mission of VetsMeet Vets is to eliminate

veteran suicide in ournation. In the fall of 2008our VA reported thatVeteran Suicide was 18 perday ( that's one every 80

minutes or 6,570 per year ).

Vets Meet Vets takes a pro-active approach by creating community around ourVeterans and their familiesso that they know that they are not alone. We ask our40 & 60 year old Seasoned

Veterans to take on the roleof Coach for our RecentVeterans. They also to takeon the role of HomelessVeteran Liaison to bring our homeless Veterans toservices at The Missionthat Larry works with, andat the VA.

Previous Meetings - November 2010

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Larry Geringer , Air Force retiree and VicePresident of the Boardof Directors of theRescue Mission

Rod Wittmier , ArmyVeteran, Founder, andExecutive Director for Vets Meet Vets



e should all be encouraged

by the gains Republicans

made across the nation:

• In the House of Representatives, thelargest shift of representatives since

1938

• A 6 seat gain in the Senate ( note in

2012, 33 senators will be up for

election, 25 of whom are Democrats )

• Sweeping transformation in the

number of Republican governors a

gain of eleven and 19 state chambers

going Republican.

• Especially note- worthy were gains by

Republican African Americans and

Latinos in Congress, Governorships,

and state chambers

Unfortunately the West Coast with

few exceptions went to the Democrats,

along with our eff orts to elect Dino.

However, we did reelect Dave Reichert

and picked up a congressional seat

with Jaime Herrera. We turned PierceCounty from a blue county to a red

county. And Hans Zeiger is still in the

lead in the 25th as of today, up by 39

votes, mandatory recount starts 29

November.

Additionally two thirds of the voters

voted against income tax and repeal of

the candy tax. As well reinstating the

need for a 2/3 vote to increase taxes.

Clearly the voters are with us on fiscal

issues.

It is truly heart wrenching when a

candidate and campaign volunteers

work their heart out, do everything

right and still not prevail. We need to

thank our candidates and their

volunteers for working to make our

state a better place. Their campaigns

energized voters, strengthen our base,

and in some cases even made their

opponents start talking and acting like

conservatives.

In Pierce County we successfully

elected a Republican in every openRepublican Legislative and County

Council seat. Additionally every

Republican legislative seat remained

Republican. Special kudos to Dick

Muri for getting more votes in Pierce

County than Adam Smith. We came

tantalizing close to gaining 4 legislative

seats, our best showing yet against

incumbents, despite being hugely out

spent by the democrats.

Bob Lawrence

PCRP Chair

FILM REVIEW

Fire From The Heartland

“Fire From the Heartland” featuresseveral key female Republican figures,

from congresswoman Cynthia Lummis

of Wyoming and Jean Schmidt of

Ohio, to prominent political voices

Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin. But

Bannon credits Palin for “re-

awakening” the conservative female

movement in the United States, and

standing tall against what he calls

personal attacks brought on by the

entertainment community and liberal

media.Background story on this film:

Filmmaker Spotlights Role of Women

in Conservative Movement

About the film with trailer Fire From

the Heartland

Blue County Turns Red County

US CONGRESS -8th district Congressman Dave Reichert, Re-elected

WASHINGTON STATE

2nd District-State House | Position 1 – Jim McCune, Re-electedState House | Position 2 – JT Wilcox

25th District-State House | Position 1 – Bruce Dammeier, Re-elected

State House | Position 2 –

Hans Zeiger

26th District-State House | Position 1 – Jan Angel Re-elected

31st District-State Senator – Pam Roach, Re- Re-electedState House | Position 1 – Cathy Dahlquist

Pierce County -Pierce County Council District 1 – Dan RoachPierce County Council District 7 – Stan Flemming

Judicial – PCRP endorsedWashington State Supreme Court – Justice Jim Johnson,Re- Re-electedDistrict Court position 2 - Claire Sussman

As reported earlier PierceCounty has turned from a bluecounty to a red county!

Additionally Republicans havepicked up an additionalcongressional seat with JaimeHerrera in the 3rd District here inWestern Washington. We lookforward to working to expandthese trends.

From the Pierce County Republican Party Blog



ur 2010 ChristmasParty was held December1st. We tried something a

little diff erent from previous years: we held the Christmas

party at The Gathering Place,Chapel Hill Church. We missedthe warmth of being in the

Schneider’s home, but we didn’tmiss having to cook or clean up!

Stan Schneider still moderatedthe Christmas exchangeprogram, and that made it

almost as if we were at hishome. This was followed by

Progressive Auction, moderatedby Jeanne Foster, president of the SKRW. She brought in a

beautiful Christmas basket to be

auctioned off . It was a bitconfusing at the beginning, butonce we got the hang of it, we

were bidding like crazy for thatBasket. Some of the members

brought in Christmas items for a Silent Auction to add to the fun. Two of our newest members,

Karla Crocker and DianeLucciarini brought in their

beautiful Christmas Swags, rosehip jelly and applesauce to help with the Wounded Warrior

project.

Please visit our website at

www.ghrwomen.org and click onPhoto Gallery to see more

pictures of the event.

Previous Meetings - December 2010

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Nicolete and Armine,

foreign exchange

students attended and

enjoyed the Christmas party.

WFRW Day At The Capitol

Feb. 7th, 11am-2pmProgram: Meet and

greet Your

Legislators!

This year the ThurstonCounty RWC will “host”our two state-wide elected

Republican officials,Secretary of State SamReed and AttorneyGeneral Rob McKenna.

This year will be a littledifferent, as allreservations must be

prepaid by our meeting onJanuary 19th. Admissionis $3 per person withoutlunch, and $18 with lunch.

Photos will be taken andwe encourage everyone towear red. Red Jackets,red suits. Wear indeliblered for the EvergreenState!

Once again, all fees must be pre-paid by our

meeting on January

19th.

Please note that refundsor changes may be madeup until the 25th ofJanuary.Please give your

payment to our

Treasurer, JuDian

Guimbellot, at or beforeour meeting on January19th so she can submityour lunch selection to theThurston CountyRepublican Womenʼs Clubin time to secure areservation.



...we need to cut

spending significantly...

And we’ll start first by

cutting our own budget.

It will be one of our first

votes. John Boehner

US House Speaker - Designate

Diane Lucciar ini - Januar y 2 3r d

K at hy McCauslin - F ebr uar y 10 t h

Juli A nder son - F ebr uar y 11t h

Dot t ie Y oung - F ebr uar y 13t h

JuDian Guimbellot F ebr uar y 16t h

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Gig Harbor Republican Women

PO Box 2683, Gig Harbor, WA 98329

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