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2014
PCRWC OFFICERS
President
Tiana Smith
886-3681
1st VP / Programs
Gini Crawford
907-3538
2nd VP / Hospitality
Arrangements
Lauren Blevins
886-8232
3rd VP/ Member-
ship
Susan Sims Smith
275-3443
4th VP/ Campaigns
Sherry Potter
490-1049
5th VP/ Ways &
Means
Linda Grissom
531-5545
Secretary
Maeve Johnson
602-578-8250
Treasurer
Penny MacArthur
327-1256
Immediate
Past President
Nancy Gunn Harsha
Mary Preble
Newsletter
September 2014September 2014September 2014
PIMA COUNTYPIMA COUNTY
REPUBLICAN WOMENREPUBLICAN WOMEN
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NOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICENOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICE +++ NOTICE Our September General Membership Meeting has been postponed Our September General Membership Meeting has been postponed
until October so as to allow our members to attend the Great until October so as to allow our members to attend the Great
American Playhouse Joint Fundraising Event. American Playhouse Joint Fundraising Event.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President Tiana
Smith
Congratulations to the Primary winners! And
thank you to those who didn’t win, but put
themselves out there to help keep this country
great. And a special thank you to all who put
aside their differences and pledged to support
our Republican nominees.
This month promises to be busy, even though
we won’t be having a general meeting. A group
of us will be attending the College Republican
Unity dinner this first weekend. We have a
great event at the Great American Playhouse
later in September and are giving half of our
profits to the Pima GOP. Look for information
on the Women2Women townhall forum on Oc-
tober 3rd that many of us are attending. And we
are planning an informal candidates’ night/happy
hour early in October.
We hope to see many of you at these events
AND out supporting the candidates. Thank you
always for your support!
SHERIFF PAUL BABEAU FEATURED SPEAKER IN OCTOBER
October’s General Membership Dinner Meeting will be held Thursday, October 23rd at La Paloma Country
Club. The event will start at 5:30 with dinner served at 6:oo pm.
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS NOMINATING COMMITTEE
SHERRY POTTER, CHAIRMAN
President Tiana Smith
1st VP Hospitality Wendy Reuter
2nd VP Programs Gini Crawford
3rd VP Membership Susan Sims Smith
4th VP Campaigns Shelly Kais
5th VP Ways & Means Adriana Moerkerken
Secretary Maeve Johnson
Treasurer Hon Beth Ford
A NOTE FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN THE HON. BARBARA HEIN
As the Labor Day holiday recedes and Election Day approaches, your parliamentarian's concern for vot-
ing procedures becomes a priority. In this election, there are two offices where we can vote for two people: State Representative and Corpo-
ration Commissioner. When there are two seats available, we are not required to vote for two candidates;
we can vote for a single preferred candidate or “single-shot” our vote for that office. This is better than
voting for our candidate and then filling the ballot by voting for the “less objectionable” among the alter-
natives. That “fill-in” vote might elect the “less objectionable” candidate over the one we actually prefer! We have an example today in LD 9, where there is only one Republican candidate on the ballot. It is in
our interest to vote only for the one Republican and not vote for either Democrat. We do not want our
vote for the “less objectionable” Democrat to elect that Democrat over our Republican.
Heather Bohnke Sept 9th
Ralph Baker Sept 19th
Earl Webb Sept 23rd
Lauren Blevins Sept 26th
LouAnn Preble Sept 26th
Carolyn Donges Sept 30th
Ruth Gaddis Jeffries Award
As we are knee deep in the pinnacle of our elec-
tion season I ask that you take a small break to
start thinking about the Ruth Gaddis Jeffries
award, as we will be looking at nominations in
the next two months.
The Ruth Gaddis Jeffries Award is presented
every year at the PCRWC Silver Tea. The award
is given in honor of past member Ruth Gaddis
Jeffries, who served on the boards of the Na-
tional Federation of Republican Women and
the Arizona Federation of Republican
Women. The award is presented to an active
PCRWC member.
The nominees must meet the following criteria: 1)
served as an elected Precinct Committeeman; 2)
been a PCRWC member for at least ten years;
and 3) demonstrated proven loyalty and dedica-
tion to PCRWC.
Next month we will have a comprehensive list of
those members who are eligible for this award.
Mark Hanna, candi-
date for Pima
County Community
College Board intro-
ducing himself at the
Old Pueblo Grille.
Executive Director of
the Erik Hite Founda-
tion, Nohemy Hite,
filled us in on current
activities for the foun-
dation at the Old
Pueblo Grille.
MAY BIRTHDAYS
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MEMBERSHIP SUSAN SMITH, CHARMAN MEMBERSHIP SUSAN SMITH, CHARMAN MEMBERSHIP SUSAN SMITH, CHARMAN
We are about to enter the 4th quarter of our membership year and are still hoping to increase our num-
bers. If a new member joins after October 1, she will get a bonus and is a member for 5 quarters.
Currently we have 66 members. In August I reported 67 members but we sadly lost a long time member,
Ginnie Davies. She will be missed. We welcomed one newest member in August. Welcome, Karen Schutte.
Glad you made the move to our club.
Our Silver Tea, that will be held on December 6, is the optimum time to renew your membership. Please
plan to attend this wonderful event and bring your renewal check ($25).
Hope to see many of you at our joint fundraiser on the 21st at the Great American Playhouse. I will have
membership forms if any of your friends or family would like to join.
General Election:
Last Day to Register to Vote: October 6th at midnight
Early voting begins October 9th
General election: November 4th
The joint fundraiser with the Pima County GOP at the Great American Playhouse on Septem-ber, 21st should be very entertaining. The Playhouse in Oro Valley opened one year ago has received terrific reviews. Thanks to the members who have been so supportive in selling tick-ets.
Details for the event: Play: BEETLE-JUICED Date & Time: 3 pm Matinee on Sunday, September 21st Location: 13005 N Oracle Rd in Oro Valley Tickets can no longer be purchased from PCRWC or the Pima County GOP due to the dead-line to reserve our block of seats. The Great American Playhouse actors love audience partici-pation. Who knows, maybe you’ll be dragged on stage! A variety of tasty food selections are optional and can be ordered right at your table. The menu includes pizza, cheese crisps, sau-sage and meatball sandwiches, ice cream treats, beer, wine and soft drinks. Thanks so much for the great participation during our 90th Birthday Party. As a result we showed a net profit of $2,167. To date we have collected $432 from the 50/50 raffles at our program meetings.
CAMPAIGNS SHERRY POTTER, CHAIRMAN
WAYS AND MEANS LINDA GRISSOM, CHARIMAN
MEMBERS IN ACTION Thank you to Julie Katsel for reaching
out to another one of our members for
a locally televised commercial. Perhaps
you have seen the Honorable Lou-Ann Preble giving a friendly warning to other
seniors about the perils ahead of them
with their health insurance? I so enjoyed
the dismay in her facial expressions and
compassion for others as she expressed
her concern. I’m voting for Martha
McSally because I care for seniors, too.
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VOLUNTEER HOURS On the back cover of this news-letter is the AzFRW volunteer hours tally sheet. To quantify our amount of volunteerism, as one of the largest political organizations in the country, the NFRW tabulates volunteer hours from its membership from all over the country. The tabulation period spans two years but will start in the sum-mer months and end on the same summer months two years later so that these docu-ments can be submitted for the biennial national conventions in the fall. Please take the time to review your calendars and notate what hours you can re-call.
SILVER TEA JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Please save the date for our annual Membership
Drive event, the Silver Tea. This event is held on
the first Saturday of December so please mark your
calendars for December 6th to ensure you can at-
tend what is our most enjoyable social event of the
year. More details of the event to follow next
month. If you are interested in serving on the Silver Tea
Committee, contact the chairman, Wendy Reuter,
at 520-548-1323 or [email protected].
There are many ways to help and at the next Gen-
eral Membership Meeting a food sign up list will be
passed amongst the tables. Our member, Mary Lou Ogden, is opening her
home for this special event so if you have been
thinking about inviting one of your women friends
into this organization, this is the best time to invite
her. After invitations are printed, just let Wendy
know to mail out an invitation to anyone you would
like to receive one.
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Calendar of Events _________________________________ September 21st—Great American Playhouse
joint fundraiser
October 3rd—Woman 2 Woman event at The
Lodge on the Desert
October 7th -Oct board meeting. Location
TBD
October 9th—Candidate Happy Hour at
McMahon’s Steakhouse
October 23rd—General Membership Dinner
Meeting at La Paloma Country Club.
RSVP:
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women
Conversa-
tions Tour Friday, October
President, Tiana Smith, at the August General
Membership Meeting .
Our featured speaker, Leslie White,
from Americans for Prosperity.
LUNCH AT THE OLD
PUEBLO GRILLE
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING THURSDAY,
AUGUST 28TH.
Ann Hollis Smith
We are a welcoming
group of women, led
by our Arrangements
Chairman, Lauren
Blevins.
Lesley VanBorsum,
member, pointing out to
our guest speaker, Leslie
White, some of our
other members and
elected officials.
Secretary, Maeve John-
son, preparing to take
complete and accurate
records of our General
Membership Meeting.
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Do you have a business that you
would like to advertise to in our
newsletter? Members can submit
their business cards for placement
at $5.00 per card, per month. Just
submit your artwork in .pdf format
to: Mary Preble at
[email protected]. Make your
checks payable to PCRWC and mail
to Treasurer, Penny MacArthur,
2501 E Richards Pl, Tucson, AZ
85716-1123
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THANK YOU TO OUR ADVER-
TISERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.