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March 9th, 2018 Meeting

SPEAKER

Judy Mixon President

of Trees for

America’s Troops

AGENDA

FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB

11:30-Social

11:45-Meeting 12:45-Lunch

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Presidents Message

Guns do not kill. To prove that theory, put a gun on your dining room table, do not allow anyone to touch it and keep count of how many people it kills. Now, give any of the perpetrators of the recent massacres the instruc-tions for making a pressure cooker bomb, access to their targets and keep count. Gun related deaths are a symptom of a problem we have in this country, just like a fever is a symptom of the flu. Controlling guns will not cure the underlying prob-lems: hate; failure to communicate; glorification of vio-lence in the media and, disrespect for authority, to name a few. In today’s world, there are limits/rules that make sense. I believe that background checks should be mandatory, that threats should be taken seriously and, the ability to convert a legal gun to an illegal should be illegal. Now, for the difficult part- the point at which our right to privacy and for our personal information to not be shared intersects the need to know if you are completely crackers. How do we go about creating a data base that makes background checks reliable? Do we treat a threat like an attack with criminal consequences? How do we remove all the bump stocks from the public when one can be made in a home shop? Or, will the people of this coun-try voluntarily surrender their gun accessories? And, if they are illegal, will we be encouraged to turn in our neighbor who still has one hidden in the back of his gun safe? And, who will come to your house to check? There are more questions than answers and some of the questions lead to answers that sit on a very slippery slope. The only thing I know for an absolute, is that the Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms.

Sincerely, Jacque Osborne

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Speaker

John Crawford, Clerk of the Court and Comptroller of Nassau County, was our February speaker. Our very knowledgeable officer here spoke on the U.S. Constitution. We thank him and look forward to more on this subject and other county business.

The mission of Trees for America’s Troops is to send joy to U.S. service members deployed overseas who will not have the luxury of spending the holidays with their families and loved ones. “We want to let our soldiers, especially those serving in war zones, know that they are not forgotten. We provide Christmas trees and other items that will help them during their deployment, especially during the holiday season.”

In 2017 alone, Trees for America’s Troops sent over 120 24” lighted and decorated Christ-mas trees; more than 400 filled Christmas stockings, strings of lights, etc., and over 450 cards for deployed and hospitalized troops overseas. Those items were shared amongst and brought much joy to approximately 800 soldiers. In addition, 50 stockings were filled with toys for their bomb-sniffing warrior dogs. In 2010 Judi’s nephew, Kelly J. Mixon, made the ultimate sacrifice for our country while serving in Afghanistan and he was the inspiration for this dedicated group of volunteers.

Judy Mixon

President of Trees for America’s Troops

News and Notes

Charlene Bratton, 3rd VP, FRWN working hard to take care of our retail area. Don’t be shy, please go buy!

Cara Curtin provides our monthly Americanism info.

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FYI by Cara Curtin

A FINE STATE OF AFFAIRS!

Florida state and local elections are coming up November, so this is a good time to start talking about Florida government, instead of government at the federal level.

Government in Florida started long before we joined the union in 1845. Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, founder of St. Augustine, was declared governor of the entire Span-ish territory of La Florida in 1565. Spanish governors remained in office until Britain took over in 1763. The Brits promptly divided Florida into East and West and appointed a governor for each one.

When the Spanish returned, they honored that division and appointed their own governors the two territories until the United States took possession in 1821. President James Monroe appointed Andrew Jackson as Military Commissioner, a post with the powers of a governor. He would remain in that post while the territorial or-ganization chart was drawn up and adopted.

William Pope Duval – a familiar name – was our first territorial governor, again appoint-ed by President Monroe. Five more men would hold that office until 1845, when Florida became a state. In November, we will elect our 46th governor (or 146th, if you count all the way

back to Don Pedro). If we want to be informed voters when we reach the voting booth on Novem-ber 6th, there are a few people we have to pay attention to. Republican Governor Rick Scott is termed-out, so his job is up for grabs. Democratic U.S. Senator Nelson is retiring and Republican U.S. Representative John Rutherford will seek a second term. Other offices we must inform ourselves about are Florida Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, and Commissioner of Agriculture. Aaron Bean’s Florida State Senatorial seat is up for grabs, and so is State Representative Cord Byrd’s. We will pay more attention to the election for Florida State Supreme Court justices when it gets a little closer to Election Day. And these are only the state offices! A little closer to home, we have County Commissioners Steve Kelley and George Spicer seeking reelection. Five candidates for School Board have filed: Robin Lentz (District 1), Jamie Deonas (District 3), and three contenders for the District 5 slot - Lissa Braddock, Nicklas Herrmann, and Jonathan Petree. And let’s not forget about our Ocean, Highway & Port Authority. Danny Fullwood is seeking reelection from District 2, while three more Republican candidates have filed: Adam Salzburg for District 3, Carrol Franklin for District 4, and Mike “Sarge” Cole for District 5. That’s a lot of people we have to get to know between now and Election Day, not counting those Supreme Court Justices. Most of us have been paying attention over the past several months. Now is the time to en-courage our friends and family to start paying a little more attention. We are going to have a busy nine months getting ourselves - plus our family and friends - ready for the ballot box on November 6th.

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FRWN 2016-2017 Executive Board

President - Jacque Osborne Osborne8706@comcast.net 904-310-6103

1stVP-Programs - Sarah Pelican SLPelican@gmail.com 904-432-8644

2ndVP-Membership - Momi Cruz Malspeis momijax@hotmail.com 904-704-0476

3rdVP-Ways&Means - Charlene Bratton brattonsbeach@att.net 904-491-0756

4thVP-Newsletter - Carolyn Wall chavanna04@gmail.com 904-910-2069

Treasurer - Bernice Kelly b.m.kelly@comcast.net 904-753-4049

Recording Secretary - Nancy Inboden nancyinboden1@hotmail.com 904-491-4932

Corresponding Secretary - Rita Larrabee rita.larrabee@comcast.net 904-491-9859

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May those who love us, love us. For those who don’t love us, May God turn their hearts.

And if God can’t turn their hearts,

May he turn their ankles so we’ll know them by their limping!

An old Irish proverb

……….Ending with IRISH HUMOR—again……!!!!