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August 2017

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ON THE CALENDAR

This Month

Aug 1 General Meeting

Next Month

Sep 5 General Meeting

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Americanism

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the con-sent of the governed. -DeForest Soaries

IN THIS ISSUE . . .

President’s Pen p. 2 In Memorial p. 3 Legislative Update p. 4 Legislative Day Recap p. 5 Membership p. 10 We Care p. 11 On the Horizon p. 11 GCRW Board Roster p. 11

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JOIN US TUESDAY AUGUST 1, 2017

for our next General Meeting with

BILL BLAKE

The World is Listening Again: Foreign and Military Policy in the Age of President Trump

7:00pm - 8:30pm

We have a new meeting place AND day!

The Ivy School (pictured above)

903 W. Parker Road Plano, Texas 75023

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Ellen Skinner (214) 402-4630 [email protected]

President’s Pen

Cohesiveness

Over the last year or so, we’ve seen a num-ber of local conservative groups working together to organize forums and functions. Not only are these coordinated events a great way to share ideas and build relation-ships, they strengthen the conservative movement in our region and state. Mike Giles and the Republican Coalition of Collin County have been instrumental in this trend. Mike has united local Republican

clubs and Tea Parties in several successful events. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t like the

spotlight and he reminded me that these events are the result of a group ef-fort, not the work of any one individual. True, but I’ll point out that Mike’s good work continues today as he coordinates a joint Christmas party this year and joint candidate forums slated for next year. One thing is for sure, it’s been fun and productive working with the other groups, and it’s contagious.

Case in point, our club was asked by Carroll Maxwell—at the time he was President of Collin County Conservative Republicans—to consider joint meetings with his club rather than holding separate events on those rare occa-sions when, due to a holiday, we had to move our meeting dates from 1st Thursdays to 2nd Thursdays, CCCR’s meeting night. We recently ran across this issue when we decided not to hold our July social on the same week as Ju-ly 4. One quick conversation with Carroll and we saw the benefit of hosting a joint social of the two clubs on CCCR’s regular meeting night. Carroll’s suc-cessor at CCCR, President Terry Wade, picked up the baton and along with Corinne Mason, from the Golden Corridor, planned and pulled off a unique and successful July social at Texadelphia in Plano. Many thanks to Texadelphia for that. The restaurant closed for our event and was packed with guests who enjoyed the tasty food there and truly nice prizes put together by Terry and Corinne. We had a good turnout of elected officials and were pleasantly sur-prised by the number of first-time guests.

I’ve seen the benefits of these coordinated activities and I look for-ward to many more. Kudos to all of those who make them possible. Their work is keeping the conservative movement robust and cohesive.

Ellen Skinner

2017 GCRW President

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MAY MEETING MEMORIES

Photo by Zodie

GCRW hosted the fabulous Greg Willis, District Attorney for Collin County at our meeting in

May. DA Willis gave a dynamic presentation about the district attorney’s office.

From l eft to right: Mary Kaye Adams, Hope Fobes, Lene’ Alley DeRudder, Brook Fulks,

Greg Willis, Ellen Skinner, Piper McCraw, Candy Noble, Yoon Kim

Jennifer Shelton with

Real Options for Wom-

en attended our May

meeting to give us some

information about their

program for women

facing challenges in-

cluding unexpected

pregnancy.

Greg Willis gave

a very informa-

tive talk about his

office and what

they do for the

citizens of Collin

County.

Photo by Zodie

Photo by Zodie


MORE OF MAY’S MEETING

Candy Noble (center) asks our speaker a question during the May Meeting. Also pictured are

Brook Fulks (left), Piper McCraw (right) and Linda Elliot (far right). GCRW meetings are

always informative and interactive. Please join us at our new meeting time and location to see.

GCRW meetings are a great way to connect with citizens and elected officials who

share conservative values. (Top left) Deb Blencowe and Greg Willis. (Top right) Deb Blencowe

and Plano City Councilman Tom Harrison. (Lower left) Josh and Bri Andor pose for a picture while

(from left to right) Judy Fillmore, David Rippel, Corinne Mason, Howard Power and Janis

Nasseri provide a nice looking background. (Lower right from left to right) Yoon Kim, Tom

Nowack and Justice Lana Meyers take a moment to smile for the camera at our general meeting.

Don’t forget to join us on the first Tuesday of each month for great programs!

Photo by Zodie

Photos by Zodie


SUMMER SOCIAL

Photo by Zodie

Judge Cyndi Wheless raises her

hand excitedly after landing correct

answers during a trivia game at the

July summer social. GCRW along

with the Collin County Conservative

Republicans. Also pictured are Ryan

Jaquess (left) and Tina Yampanis

(right).

(Pictured to the right) Mary

DeCaprio, Olena Bonner, and Jane

Sidler, smile for the camera during

the July summer social on July 13,

2017. While Mark and Judge Piper

McCraw, Judge Emily Miskel,

Judge David Rippel, Bri and Josh

Andor, Sarah Duff, Kathy Ward

and Zodie Christakos all flash their

pearly whites for a group photo. Its

great to see our beautiful Zodie

Christakos on the other side of the

camera!

Photo by Zodie

Photo by Zodie


HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME

(Above) Svetlana Perry (left) and Stephanie Ricchi (right) look lovely at the July Social. (Below)

Tim McCord of the Collin County Conservative Republicans looks very patriotic at the joint summer

social event between CCCR and GCRW.

TEXAS

Capitol Switchboard: 512.463.4630 Email: Senate: [email protected] House: [email protected]

FEDERAL

Capitol Switchboard: 202.224.2122 Contact: Senator: John Cornyn: 972.239.1310 Ted Cruz: 214.599.8749

Photo by Zodie

Photo by Zodie


Clip art from www.clker.com Clip art from www.clker.com

Photo by Zodie

Photo by Zodie

Photo by Zodie

(Pictured above) Justice Jason Boatwright, Karin Tucker and Lucia Nazarian. (Pictured below)

Justice David Evans, Sharron Albertson, Carroll Maxwell and Jim Pikl. The July summer social

was a great success.

Plano City Councilmen Tom Harrison and Rick Smith, JB Owen and Carroll Maxwell. Congrat-

ulations to Rick Smith and Anthony Ricciardelli (not pictured) on their recent election to the Plano

City Council!


THANK YOU TO OUR PATRONS

Diamond Patrons

Jennifer Edgeworth - Attorney, MacDonald Devin Susan Fletcher - Collin County Commissioner Sam Johnson - U.S. Congressman, District 3 Mitch Little - Attorney, Scheef & Stone, L.L.P. Brian Loughmiller - Attorney, Loughmiller & Higgins Tony Mallers - Attorney, Cowles & Thompson Lana Myers - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Tom Nowak - Candidate, 5th District Court of Appeals Melody Pokorny - Stiletto Fireams & Personal Safety Training Keresa Richardson - Ben Franklin Plumbing David Rippel - Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 Scott Sanford - State Representative, District 70 Jim Skinner - Collin County Sheriff John Slavens - Candidate for Congress, District 3 Van Taylor - State Senator, District 8 Julie Whitten - Conservative Activist Cheryl Williams - Collin County Commissioner Greg Willis - Collin County District Attorney Ruby Patrons Jason Boatright - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Ada Brown - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals John Browning - Candidate, Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Tom Cowart - Attorney, Insurance & Commercial Maurine Dickey - Chair, Barbecue Boots & Badges Gary Edwards - Constable, Collin County Precinct 2 David Evans - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Robert Fillmore - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals George Flint - Partner, Scheef & Stone; Collin County Republican Party Chair Molly Francis - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Darrell Hale - Candidate, Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Bob Hall - State Senator, District 2 Mac Hendricks - Collin College Trustee Byron Henry - Partner, Scheef & Stone, L.L.P. Chris Hill - Collin County Commissioner Phillip Huffines - Dallas County Republican Party Chair Ray Huffines - Huffines Auto Dealerships Ron Kelley - Plano Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, Place 5 Sammy Knapp - Constable, Collin County Precinct 3 Douglas Lang - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Elizabeth Lang Miers - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Jeff Leach - State Representative, District 67 Jerry Madden - Right on Crime, Senior Fellow Piper McCraw - Judge, 469th District Court Morgan Meyer - State Representative, District 108 Geraldine “Tincy” Miller - State Board of Education Member, District 12 Fred Moses - Collin College Trustee Candy Noble - State Republican Executive Committee Woman, District 8 Ken Paxton - Texas Attorney General John Payton - Justice of the Peace, Collin County Jim Pikl - Candidate for 5th District Court of Appeals David Schenck - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Keith Self - County Judge, Collin County Ron Simmons - State Representative, District 65 Benjamin Smith - Judge, 380th District Court Rebecca Smith - Realtor, JP & Associates Realtors Rick Smith - Advanced Home Theater Systems & Plano City Council Michael Quinn Sullivan - Empower Texans / Texas Scorecard Angela Tucker - Judge, 199th District Court

Angela Powell

PISD Board of Trustees, Place 2


Stellar Supporters

Ruby Patrons (Cont) David Waddill - Judge, County Court at Law, No. 7 Barnett Walker - Judge, County Court at Law No. 2 Duncan Webb - Collin County Commissioner Joe Wright - Constable, Collin County Precinct 4 Mike Yarbrough - Collin County Justice of the Peace Emerald Patrons Jay Bender - Judge, County Court at Law No. 6 Brent Everett - Partner, Talis Advisory Services Stacey Kemp - County Clerk, Collin County Danny Muzyka - President, Service Realty Anthony Ricciardelli - Attorney & Plano City Council Matt Shaheen - State Representative, District 66 Craig Stoddart - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Bill Whitehill - Justice, 5th District Court of Appeals Sapphire Patrons Weldon Copeland - Judge, Probate Court Don Huffines - State Senator, District 16 Carolyn Northcutt - Attorney, Northcutt Law Office Tan Parker- State Representative, District 63 Chuck Ruckel - Justice of the Peace, Collin County Gene Sera - Attorney Jill Willis - Judge, 429th District Court Topaz Patrons Margaret Barnes - Judge, 367th District Court Faith Johnson - Dallas County District Attorney Lynne Finley - Collin County District Clerk Neal Katz - Executive Director, Collin County Republican Party Linda Knoop - State Representative, District 102 Kathy Morgan - Conservative Activist Cynthia Wheless - Judge, 417th District Court Ray Wheless - Judge, 366th District Court Chief Justice Carolyn Wright - 5th District Court of Appeals Pearl Patrons Sharron Albertson - Director, Texas Life Chain Lance Baxter - Judge, County Court at Law No. 3 Michael Burgess - U.S. Congressman, District 26 Mike Cantrell - Dallas County Commissioner Joe Cordina - Colonel, USAF, Retired, Commander, The Military Order of The World Wars, Dallas Andy Eads - Denton County Commissioner Cathy Fang - Certified Public Accountant Alexandra Fincher - Marketing, Campaigns, Events & Fundraisers Consultant Debbie Georgatos - Host, “American Can We Talk?” John Keating - Frisco City Council Member Yoon Kim - Director, Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department Pam Little - Councilmember, Town of Fairview Kenny Marchant - U.S. Congressman, District 24 Chance Oliver - Candidate, Denton County Criminal Court #4 Charlie O’Reilly - O’Reilly Farms and Pastures Brody Shanklin - Judge, 211th District Court Clyde Siebman - Attorney, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith Dan Wilson - Judge, County Court at Law No. 5

Angela Powell

PISD Board of Trustees, Place 2

Note from the Editor

The Trumpet is published monthly from August through May. Links are highlighted in Pro‐Life

Blue. Names of GCRW members are printed in bold type. To contact a member mentioned in the

Trumpet, check your personal directory or the online directory at gcrw.org.

We thank our Newsletter Patrons (whose cards appear on the right sidebar of pages 2 through 11 and

on page 12) for their support. We also acknowledge with gratitude the assistance of everyone who

contributed articles, photos, leads and other information to this month’s edition.


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Many Thanks Sincere thanks to our 108 patron members who contributed more than

$22,000 to our ways & means project! We hope you will be glad to find your

business cards in the directory, newsletter and website.

Also we hope you enjoyed visiting with our volunteers who made calls

about our project and others who reminded regular members about mem-

bership. The committee included Mary Kaye Adams, Cathie Alexander,

Linda Block, Michele Chicoine, Karen Farley, Brook Fulks, Lola Hurt, Ellen

Skinner, Irene Wright and Sharron Albertson.

Please know that we value your friendship and your support for our con-

servative projects. -Sharron Albertson, Chair of Ways and Means

Special Delivery Your directory has been delivered! GCRW thanks those who helped stuff

the directories into envelopes at the home of the directory chair. Members

who got acquainted while working together were Lynn Baade, Evy Davis,

Karen Dunning, Diane Gehrke, John & Gala Partlow Marilyn Sevin and Ka-

rin Tucker.

Please thank the following who surreptitiously left a directory on your door

step - even during hot weather. We hope you got a chance to visit with your

angel. These volunteers saved the club $550 in postage by taking directories

to almost all of our 471 members. If you live some distance away, your di-

rectory should have come to you in the mail.

Those that we know about who helped with deliveries were: Mary Kaye &

Dave Adams, Lynn Baade, Lily & Ida Bao, Linda Block, Justice Ada Brown,

Michele Chicoine, Sarah Duff, Linda Elliott, Karen & Jim Farley, Diane

Gehrke, Donna & Cipriana Huaman-Castillo, Lola Hurt, Kristen, Caleb,

Joshua & Samuel Kim, Justice Douglas Lang, Lisa & Grayson Lytle, Donna

Martin Rammer, Judge Corinne Mason, Carroll Maxwell, Gala & John

Partlow, Jane Sidler, Johnny & Thunder Slavens, Peggy & Roland Stodola,

Karin Tucker, Tina Yampanis and Sharron Albertson. -Sharon Albertson, Directory Chair

We Care

Every month we ask you to please pray for certain members and their

families who need prayers. Not only is it comforting for those members to

know that you are praying for them, but GOD does listen, and He does an-

swer prayers.

This month, please especially remember in your prayers those members

for whom Linda sends an email special request.

The We Care committee is chaired by Linda Block. To request prayers for

yourself or a loved one, please contact Linda.

2017 GCRW Board of Directors

OFFICERS

President ............................................................ Ellen Skinner

Executive Vice President ........................................................

VP Programs …………………………….......... Brook Fulks

VP Membership ........................................ Cathie Alexander

VP Legislation ......................................... Mary Kaye Adams

VP Awards ............................................. Jennifer Edgeworth

VP Community Impact……...……..Suzanne Blackstone

VP IT ………………………………….……….. Mel Pokorny

Recording Secretary ........................................... Jess Perroni

Treasurer …………………….....Hope Fobes/Julie Whitten

(Elect)

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Americanism ........................................................ Jayne White

Bylaws ………………….…………………. Angela Tucker

Campaigns Collin County ........................... Kathy Morgan

Campaigns Dallas County .................................... Lola Hurt

Campaigns Denton County .......................... Peggy Stodola Caring for America ............................................. Linda Block

Chaplain ............................................................. Irene Wright

Christmas Party .................................................. Cynthia Tari

Collin County Lincoln Day ...…………… Cyndi Wheless

Corresponding Secretary ................................... Lynn Baade

Dallas County Reagan Day ............................. Bonnie Wells

Denton County Lincoln/Reagan Day ..... Camille Johnson

Education ......................................................... Piper McCraw

Greeting ..................................................... Sonja Baumgarten

Historian ...................................................... Zodie Christakos

Homeland Security .......................................... Cindi Castilla

Hospitality ................................................... Andrea Bouressa

Internal Review ....................................................... Pat Greer

Literacy ............................................................... Emily Miskel

National Liaison ..................................... Mary Kaye Adams

Newsletter Editor ............................................. Shayla Smith

Outreach…………………………………………....Jan Burke

PAC ............................................................................ Lola Hurt

Public Relations ................................ Lene Alley DeRudder

RNC for Life ....................................................... Elida Munoz

Scholarship............................................................. Sarah Duff

Social Media ……………….…..…Lene Alley DeRudder

State Liaison .............................................................. Jill Willis

Summer Socials ............................................. Corinne Mason

Telephone ..................................................................................

Ways and Means/Directory................... Sharron Albertson

Website/Wild Apricot ...................................... Mel Pokorny

We Care ………………………………….………Linda Block

On the Horizon

GCRW Board Meeting, join us for the August board meeting scheduled from Au-

gust 17, 2017 at La Madaline located at 5000 W. Park Blvd. Plano, Texas 75093.

GCRW General Meeting, join us on September 5, 2017 at our new location for our

September general meeting featuring Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Lt. Gover-

nor Patrick is a dynamic speaker and true example of conservative leadership. You

won’t want to miss him next month!

GCRW General Meeting, join us on October 3, 2017 when our speaker will be Su-

preme Court of Texas Justice Don Willet. Also you don’t want to miss November

8th’s general meeting regarding election results with a special guest, Faith Johnson

the Dallas County District Attorney.

GCRW Christmas Party, December will be here before you know it! Come cele-

brate our club and the season at Heritage Ranch. Tickets go on sale soon!


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We are stronger together!

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