Southern Hills Republican Women

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3

B O A R D O F

D I R E C T O R S

President: Daryll Ann Sulliman-daryllann@cox.net;

979-9724 1st V.P:

Virginia Finnigan-virginiafaye@cox.net;

270-0425 2nd V.P:

Angela Lin Greenberg-alingreenberg@gmail.com;

269-5557 Secretary:

Marla Nacon- 1msnmarla@gmail.com;

478-5954 Treasurer: Ivy Syriotis-

ivylinsyriotis@yahoo.com; 270-0893

Communications Director: Nickie Diersen-

ndiersen@cox.net; 897-4682

Events Director: Donna Lakers-

dplakers@aol.com; 616-0056

Campaign Director Lynn Armanino

lynn@armaninofamily.com 616-2578

Reservation deadline

for the monthly Luncheon is: Jan 17.

Luncheon fee is

$22.00 payable in advance to SHRW.

Price at the door is $25.00.

if space available

Buckman’s Grill is located at 2600 Hampton Rd. Henderson,

NV 89052

Room opens at 10:45 am and Lunch is served at 11:30 am.

Please send checks to: Donna Lakers:

1817 Tarrant City Drive Henderson, NV 89052

or drop them in the mail box at 2001 DiPinto; (at the cor-

ner of Hampton & DiPinto Street).

Our Mission To increase the effectiveness of Republican women in the cause of good government through political education and activity.

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We expect a full house, so please make your reservations early.

JANUARY 22ND

LUNCHEON

GUEST SPEAKER ALAN STOCK

Alan Stock has been named as one of the 100 most influential talk radio hosts in America for 12 straight years by “Talkers Magazine”. His radio career has taken him from Santa Rosa to San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco.

Alan joined Las Vegas radio as the afternoon drive time host at the

CBS affiliate in 1999. In the first eighteen months, afternoon ratings quadru-pled. In the fall of 2001, Alan became the morning host. Today he is the star of morning drive at Newstalk 720, KDWN and remains the most popular local talk show figure in Las Vegas.

In addition to his morning drive show, Alan is now the host of a night-

ly interview program on VegasTV (Channel 25, Cable Channel 14, HD Channel 1014).

During his 30 year radio and television career, he has interviewed dig-

nitaries, stars, entertainers and politicians including Paul Anka, Mickey Rooney, Tony Orlando, Wayne Newton, The Righteous Brothers, Debbi Reyn-olds, Don Rickles, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Loggins, President Barack Obama, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Governor Brian Sandoval, Senators Heller and Reid, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Charles Krauthammer, Sean Hannity, Shep-ard Smith, Newt Gingrich and many others. Alan has, also, appeared as a po-litical pundit on MSNBC, CNN and on Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel.

Prior to his current career, he worked in the field of psychotherapy

for 10 years. His specialties included working with poly-abuse drug addicts where he relied on his creative training and employed the techniques of role-playing and psychodrama. This training and experience probably explains his uncanny ability to cut through the BS and go right to the heart of the matter.

Volume 6 Issue 1

FEBRUARY GUEST SPEAKER

Victor Jeocks Nevada Policy Research Institute speaking on ‘Solutions for 2013’

Sydney Ingram

Nevada Federation of Republican Women

Leadership Meeting

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

10:00am to 4:00pm

At the Spanish Trail Country Club

5050 Spanish Trail Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89113

directions

The Nevada Federation provides this FREE opportunity and everyone is encouraged to attend especially new

members. All SHRW FULL members are invited to attend this annual leadership training.

RSVP to Cherie Wood at lvcsw@yahoo.com or 702-480-7151

no later than Friday, January 11 2013

SHRW PHOTOGRAPHER SEEKING

ASSISTANCE

Our club photographer, Janice Sutcliffe, is seeking an assis-tant photographer to take pictures at our events when she is unable to do so. (no prior experience required, just a love of taking pictures) If you are interested please contact Janice

at vegasjanice@cox.net or call 837-5527

PLEASE DON’T LET A VET TAKE THAT “LAST WALK” ALONE

Southern Hills Republican Women Remembering Veterans By Michele Turner

Every third Thursday of the month, a group of SHRW members attend the internment Services for Veterans who have no family or friends. The service starts at 8:40 am at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. We usually meet at the Anthem Center at 7:45 to car pool.

If you would like to attend the service, please contact Michele Turner at turner2326@cox.net or 606-0983 or Syd-ney Ingram at singram6@cox.net or 617-1924 Please be sure to contact Michele or Sydney in advance in the event that there is a cancellation. No soldier should take their final walk alone.

Legislative Corner

By Rana Goodman

This month I am wearing my Legislative Chair hat so that I can let you know about a great new feature that has been started in Carson City. Some of you might yawn, but for those of you that are interested in following some of the, are you ready for this, more than 600 bill drafts that will be heard this legislative session, here is the scoop. Anyone can “track 5 bill drafts” free of charge. This means if you go to the legislative site at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ and click on Personalized Legislative Tracking (on the right side of the home page) you will find many options of bill tracking where you can read a brief description of the bills, click a box showing your in-terest and then each time the bill is amended, or changed in any way you will be notified and given a draft of the changes. Should you wish to get involved, you can even go down to the Sawyer Building on Washington and Las Vegas Blvd. North and testify via teleconference to the legislature since you will also be notified when that bill comes before the committee hearing it. It is a little early now since the starting date of the 77th session of our legislature is February, but in two more weeks if you find any of those brief descriptions whet your appetite, click on the bill number and you will be taken to the full bill so that you can read it. As I say, five bills are available as a courtesy but with so many things of in-terest this session, I’d like to offer two alternatives; if you have a small group with political interest, you might want to chip in together and buy a tracking package to share. Alternatively, I have already purchased a large package for my needs and I will be more than happy to track some bills that some SHRW ladies have an interest in and report back through my column here. Today I added a few bills that looked like they might be of interest but full details won’t be available until 7 to 10 days. They are Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3) covering a tax on live entertainment. I’m wondering if that would affect our TGIF, our restaurant or our Performing Arts shows since we pay for them albeit a nominal sum. There is another Senate bill (SB55) “AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising provisions governing the subject matter of master plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto” That could be the size of HOAs but, as I say, we won’t know until mid January. UPDATE: (This was received from the League of Women Voters today) The nuts and bolts of how to be effective and personally in-volved at the Nevada legislature in 2013 will be offered at the League of Women Voters Las Vegas Valley's Legislative Advo-cacy Workshop to be held MONDAY JAN. 7 from 6-8 pm at CSN West Charleston campus. Brian Davie of the Las Vegas Legislative Counsel Bureau will walk attendees through the advocacy features of the Nevada Legislative website with a dis-cussion on the upcoming legislative session and how to use social media to follow legislators, legislative staff, and the politi-cal news reporters. The workshop is open to the public, reservations are requested. For more information and reservations go to the league’s website www.lwvlasvegasvalley.org or phone (702) 464-7887.

The LWVLVV's January 19th meeting will feature Senator Richard Bryan who will bring to the membership an overview of the political spectrum in Nevada today. The meeting on Saturday morning January 19th will be held at the Las Vegas Social Club, Main & Stewart from 9 a.m. until noon with a breakfast charge of $20. For reservations and more information go to the League's website or phone 464-7887. The League of Women Voters Las Vegas Valley is a non-partisan organization that en-courages informed and active participation in government and invites the public to all meetings. If you have an interest in following or even browsing the state site and would like help, give me a call or e-mail. I’m more than happy to help. Rana0527@cox.net or call me at 433-6618 For the latest Legislative updates visit our web site at: http://www.shrwhendersonrepublicanwomen.com/2013_Legislative.php

Eleanor Roosevelt

American Women in Uniform

By: Jo Ann Crouse

For generations American women have played an important part in all of our na-tion’s wars. As far back as the Revolution and the Civil War, small numbers of determined women served on the battlefront as nurses, undercover soldiers and spies. Starting in 1901 and 1908, respectively, the Army and Navy officially accepted women as military nurses, and during World War I the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps enlisted several thousand women for noncombat service. While the U.S. Armed Forces were not eager to expand women's roles in the military beyond nursing, the sheer demand for soldiers in World War II made it an option for saving lives and winning the war. In 1942, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt used her support for Women in uniform to work with Margaret Chase Smith and other female members of Congress to lobby for legislation to allow women in the armed services. Nurses and Women Air force Service Pilots (WASP) could serve in combat areas. Enlisted women were barred from combat but served as air-traffic controllers, clerks, truck drivers, parachute riggers and any other job that could free up servicemen for duty at the battlefront.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Margaret Chase Smith

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Achievement

Nickie Diersen

Americanism

Sydney Ingram &

Joanne Crouse

Annual Fund Raising

Kathy Matson

Boutique

Mary Ann Kelly

Chaplain

Sydney Ingram

Correspondence

Doris Wallace

Lincoln Day Dinner

Shirley Zeiner

Legislative

Rana Goodman

Monthly Fundraiser/

Wounded Warrior

Paula Richter

Newsletter

Rana Goodman

Parliamentarian

Karen Miller

Photographer & Historian

Janice Sutcliffe

Publicity

Gaye McDonald

Sp. Projects

Carolyn von Gortler

Sunshine

Doris Federwisch

Telephone

Sheri McKay

Webmaster

Nickie Diersen

CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER HOURS

by Lynn Armanino

We, the members of Southern Hills Republican Women, worked harder this year than ever to help elect local Republicans to office in Nevada. All the time you put in for these endeavors counts towards our mem-bers’ recognition by the National Federation of Republican Women. Please be sure to give Lynn Armanino, lynn@armaninofamily.com, your volunteer hours either by email or in person at a luncheon

NFRW Policy for Counting Volunteer Hours and form are on our web-

site http://shrwhendersonrepublicanwomen.com/VolunteerHours.php

NPRI launches redesigned TweetNevada Site will help Nevadans stay informed, offer input on legislative

discussions LAS VEGAS — TweetNevada, a website that compiles the Twitter messages, or "tweets," of Nevada state policymakers and helps citizens stay informed about the discussions surrounding the 2013 Nevada Legislature, was launched today with a new design. The site, located at http://TweetNevada.com, compiles the tweets of the 51 Neva-da state policymakers who currently have a Twitter account, and will include more as they are created. Hosted by the Nevada Policy Research Institute, the site features a crisper layout and the ability to reply or retweet directly from the page. In a separate column on the site, TweetNevada follows the hashtag #nvleg, which is used to designate tweets from citizens and journalists that relate to Ne-vada's legislative activity. "Twitter is the best way to find out what's happening when it's happening, and TweetNevada allows any citizen easy access to the conversation happening in Carson City," said Victor Joecks, NPRI's communications director. "TweetNevada is important, because while the decisions made in Carson City affect everyone, relatively few citizens have the chance to actually go to the state capitol. "By using the hashtag #nvleg, citizens are also able to join in the conversation and have their comments appear on TweetNevada." The number of elected officials on Twitter has grown substantially since Tweet-Nevada launched in 2011. In 2011, only 32 policymakers were using Twitter com-pared to 51 today. Currently, 32 Democrats and 19 Republicans have a Twitter account. Twenty-eight members of the Assembly have an account, along with 19 senators and four statewide office holders. "Too often Carson City becomes its own little world and politicians forget the con-cerns of the average citizen," said Joecks. "TweetNevada allows the average citizen to follow what's going on and, by replying to elected officials, to offer their perspective." While TweetNevada is hosted by NPRI, all the content on the site is generated by Twitter users.

Nevada Policy Research Institute ∙ 7130 Placid St., Las Vegas, NV 89119 Phone: (702) 222-0642 ∙ Fax: (702) 227-0927 ∙ Web site: www.npri.org

P A G E 6

COMING EVENTS!!

Jan 19 NvFRW Leadership Conference 10:am to 4:00pm Spanish Trail Country Club. RSVP at 480-7151 by 1/11/2013 Jan 22 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: Alan Stock Jan 26 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. Feb 23 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. Feb 26 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: Victor Jeocks Nevada Policy Research Institute speaking on ‘Solutions for 2013”.

Mar 19 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: Mayor

Shari Buck, the mayor of North Las Vegas. Mar 23 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. Apr 23 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Apr 27 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. May 25 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. May 28 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Jun 22 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. June 25 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD July 23 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Aug 27 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Sep 24 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Sep 28 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am. Oct 22 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker: TBD Oct 26 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem

Meeting 10 am. Nov 19 SHRW Luncheon. Guest Speaker:TBD Nov 23 Republican Club of Sun City Anthem Meeting 10 am.

1/1 Margaret Ostendorf

1/2 Marilyn Ford

1/3 Leni Proctor

1/5 Dale Apel

Christie Karicofe

1/6 Marie Troiano

1/7 La Rae Ferguson

1/8 Shari McKay

Janet Sutcliffe

1/10 Paula Richter

1/11 Camille Bush

Linda Vickers

1/12 Judith Uebbing

Barbara Zielsdorff

1/16 Virginia Bear-Finnegan

1/20 Joyce MacLean

1/22 Mary Bollinger

1/23 Mary Moore-Bowman

1/27 Patricia Slavick

1/29 Marianne Ufford

1/31 Ada Harris

P A G E 7

Do you know about SHRW’s Sunshine Lady? Did this picture make you smile? We hope so because that is Doris’ job…..

If you know someone who has been ill, suffered a loss or could just use a little cheer, give our Sunshine Lady, Doris Federwisch a call at 616-3011 or drop her an e-mail at haldor51@cox.net so she can send them a card with a few rays of sunshine and good cheer.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS WE welcomed these new members in December

Annette Gudson, Jane Hess, Maryanne Olson, Nanette O’Malley, Maryanne Shue, Diana Stansbury

Membership dues: * $35 = Initial full membership, ($25 dues plus $10 for Magnetic name badge). $25.00 Renewals full membership. *$25 Initial Associate membership ($15.00 dues plus $10 magnetic name badge) $15 renewal associate membership. * Note members are not obligated to purchase a badge; however they are encouraged to do so.

If you are not yet a member, or if you have a friend or neighbor who you would like to have join us, please fill out the membership form and mail it or bring it to our next luncheon. We would love to welcome you as a member of the Southern Hills Republican Women. Please go to our web site and you will find our membership form.

http:// www.shrwhendersonrepublicanwomen.com/SHRW_Membership.php

HOLD IT HIGHER SHIRLEY!

That item in Shirley’s hands, and the fact that she looks a little weepy right now, is because it is the flag that was flown on July 4th, 2012 over the capital . At the request of Congressman Joe Heck the flag was presented to Shirley Zeiner. Shirley put her whole heart into Campaign 2012. Shirley donated her time, de-votion and love of country to represent all of us at Congressman Joe Heck's campaign office.

Shirley’s efforts to support the campaign for President, Congress, and Senate will be remembered as she flies this flag to celebrate many future holidays that al-low all of us the freedom to say "Merry Christmas" to all. Thank you, Shirley you “did SHRW proud” and made us all

look good with your dedication.

Shirley Zeiner

2012 Christmas Party

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE

Senator Dean Heller Las Vegas office: 702.388.6605

Congressman Joe Heck Las Vegas office : 387-4941 Sen. Joe Hardy (district 12) jhardy@sen.state.nv.us 775-684-1462

Sen. Michael Roberson (district 5) mroberson@sen.state.nv.us Assemblyman Lynn Stewart lynnstewart@cox.net (district 5) Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury 580-6119 (district 23)

WEB SITES OF INTEREST

Official Nevada State legislative site:

www.leg.state.nv.us Toll free phone:

800-992-0973

National Federation of Republican

Women (user name Federation; pass-

word 1938nfrw) www.nfrw.org

Nevada Federation of Republican

Women www.nvfrw.org

SHRW is on Facebook and on Twitter

(@sohillsrw)

SHRW web site:

www.SHRWhendersonrepublicanw

omen.com

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING

A PAID VOLUNTEER?

BY: Rana Goodman I discovered several programs run by Catholic Charities that not only utilize the experiences and expertise that seniors have to offer, but pay a tax exempt stipend in re-turn. One such program is The Senior Companion Pro-gram where the “volunteer” offers companion-ship to isolated and frail adults. They assist with simple chores; like letter writing, reading, shop-ping for groceries and even making sure that their companion keeps their medical appointments. Another program is the Foster Grandparent Pro-gram where one can serve as a mentor to a child as well as tutor children with low literacy skills. This program would be a perfect opportunity to re-discover some of the wonderful skills you provid-ed as former educators and teachers. I can’t think of many projects more rewarding than helping small children. Foster Grandparents work with programs like Head Start, some schools and other youth facilities. For these services, the “volunteers” receive paid training, an hourly stipend, mileage reimbursement, annual physicals (free of charge), accident and liability insurance while on duty and even paid vaca-tions. To qualify you must be over 55, be able to provide between 15-40 hours per week, have a vehicle and Nevada driver’s license and be willing to have a complete background check. If these programs with Catholic Charities interest you and/or you would like more information, please give me a call or contact them directly at 702-382-0721 or visit their website: www.catholiccharities.com