With less than two months remaining in 2017, our WORWF motto is to "Finish Strong". Let's look at this from a unique perspective:

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1 WORWF NEWS Women Strengthening Our Community November 2017 Hello Everyone, President s Corner By: Rebecca Mellen With less than two months remaining in 2017, our WORWF motto is to "Finish Strong". Let's look at this from a unique perspective: The human body is made up of over 7500 named parts, each contributing to its overall well being While the foot and the brain perform completely different functions, our lives would be greatly diminished with the loss of either entity. The same is true of the WORWF. Each of you is a vital component of our organization. Without your involvement, we may be able to function, though not to the fullest possible extent. Long story short - we need you, we appreciate you, and we thank you for choosing to be a part of our organization. Now, let's take a moment and look at our remaining 2017 goals: 1)Provide 500 lbs of food in fiscal year 2017 to Edgewood Children s Ranch, in addition to funding Thanksgiving dinner for the entire "Ranch" community. 2)Host a special event at our November meeting, honoring military veterans in celebration of Nov.11, 2017 Veterans Day 3)Raise $ in our December Christmas fundraiser to jump- start 2018, a mid-term election year. How do we achieve this goal? Please donate gift cards, unused or slightly used items, collectibles, white elephant gifts, jewelry, food baskets, purses, Holiday decor, "gag" gifts, art, pottery, plants, antiques, anything you like (because if you like it, we will probably like it too). And last, but certainly not least, please bring a friend - for lots of food, fun, and let's be honest, his or her checkbook. To reach this lofty goal, all of us need to do "our fair share" and then some - thank you, Mr. Obama, for the phrase that will forever be etched in our minds. Until November 9th, Becky Our Mission Statement To promote and inform the electorate through political education, to increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government through active participation and to encourage active citizenship. In This Issue President s Corner Christmas Auction Edgewood Children s Thanksgiving Dinner Meeting Notices NFRW Awards Rep Leader Training Good Deeds & Quotes Support our Flag - Call NFL hotline & Speak up! Legislative update Birthdays Board / Contact Information

2 WORWF NEWS Women Strengthening Our Community November 2017 Christmas Auction Goal is $2,500 Bring Your Donations NOW! Gift cards, unused or slightly used items, collectibles, white elephant gifts, jewelry, food baskets, purses, Holiday decor, "gag" gifts, art, pottery, plants, antiques. In December be sure to Bring Your Friends! Bring Your Checkbook (or Cash)! Bring Canned Food Donations For A Happy Thanksgiving Meal for Edgewood

3 Meeting Announcements for November General Meeting - November 9 Date: November 9 Location: West Orange Country Club, 3300 W. Orange Country Club Drive, Winter Garden, FL Time: Doors open at 11:30 / Meeting starts at 11:40 / buffet starts at 12:00 Cost: Lunch $20 Speaker: Armando Escalante, The Northeast Florida Director for Bear Witness Topic: How the culture is being influenced through entertainment, media and education Please RSVP: Rebecca Mellen, NO LATER than Friday, November 3 Cancellations: Before 6pm with no obligations. After pm must be paid in full. For more information: worw.federated@gmail.com Rebecca Mellen rebeccatmellen@gmail.com Cell: Satellite Evening Meeting - November 14 Date: November 14 Time: 6:30pm Location: Meadow Ridge Club House, 379 Douglas Edward Dr, Ocoee, FL Gate Code: 3633 Speaker: Armando Escalante, The Northeast Florida Director for Bear Witness Topic: How the culture is being influenced through entertainment, media and education Armando Escalante is currently the Northeast Florida Director for Bear Witness Central and an active speaker on Cultural Marxism. He is also a current board member of Volusia 912 Patriots in Florida and the Communications Chair for the Volusia County Republican Executive Committee. As an independent media professional, he has seen first hand how the culture is being influenced through entertainment, media and education. Over the last few years he and his wife have been advocating our Nation s Constitutional founding, speaking on the evils of Socialism, Communism and Globalization.

4 CONGRATULATIONS TO ORANGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN CLUBS! The National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) held its 39th Biennial Convention Sept in Philadelphia. The National Federation of Republican Women is the largest and most influential Republican women's group in the nation, proudly representing the party that first made it possible for women to vote in the U.S. The NFRW works to increase the effectiveness and relevance of women in the cause of good government. Our mission remains to recruit and elect Republican candidates, promote the principles of the Republican Party, educate the public, and inform the media. Every two years at the biennial convention, the NFRW presents awards to recognize and honor excellence at the state and club levels. Two of the Republican Women Clubs in Orange County receive the Club Achievement Awards by demonstrating excellence in membership development, campaign activities, community relations, programs and club functions. West Orange Republican Women Federated received the Diamond Award North West Orange Republican Women Federated received the Gold Award Ladies! We received the highest award presented to any Federated organization!!!

5 Hello Patriots! RLI Training This Saturday November 4, 2017 The Holidays are coming fast and before you know it the full on 2018 Campaign cycle will be kicking in our door. We are preparing for this so we can get fellow Republicans elected in 2018 and then again in To prepare for the 2018 election the Republican Leadership Initiative training will begin this Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 9:00 AM until 12:00 noon. All are inviting to attend the training and then our hands-on training. We will be having a brief practice session on canvassing after the training so plan to attend the training from the end of the session until 1:30. There will be plenty of coffee, fruit, and donuts to fuel our initiative! There are a limited number of seats so call early! So that we can plan properly please RSVP to: Bonita Scase at Meeting location: OCREC Headquarters 1320 N. Semoran Blvd Orlando, FL hq@ocrec.org

6 Good Deeds & Quotes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing Edmund burke Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little Edmund burke This is our President s response to Our postcard campaign Of support!!

7 Good Deeds & Quotes Thank you sent to our club for Our donation!

8 Good Deeds & Quotes Here are the books we donated to the PACE Book Drive Sponsored by Orlando Republican Women s Network And OCREC PACE is recognized as a national model for reducing recidivism and improving school success, employment and self-sufficiency amongst girls. Prior to Pace creation in 1985 girls involved with the justice system were Being placed in systems designed for boys. Pace changed all that by Providing a safe environment that celebrates girls strengths and challenges.

9 Support Our FLAG & Country Raise Your Voices & Be Heard Call (Budweiser hotline) Press 1 Voice your opinion on their sponsorship of the NFL And it s stance on standing for OUR FLAG

10 Legislative Update, by JuDian Guimbellot Democrats eying possible takeover of Orange County in 2018 Democrats are looking ahead to the 2018 Orange County elections thinking it might be the year they finally take over county government. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the mayor s office are officially nonpartisan, but the two main parties in Orange County don t see it that way. So while voters have the chance to vote strictly by the candidate, behind those candidates the Democrats and Republicans are pushing their own, and seeking to hold onto or take control of Orange County s agenda. Since the 1990s the Republicans have dominated county government even though Democrats have increasingly dominated the voter registration. Linda Chapin, the last Democratic Orange County chair [now called mayor,] left office in The Democrats have not had a majority on the Orange County Board of Commissioners since Currently Republicans hold the mayor s office [Teresa Jacobs] and four of the six county commission districts. This time last year they held five of the six commissioner seats, or six of seven votes including the mayor s vote. Next year, Democrats are projecting they would take the mayor s office and wind up with four, maybe five, of the six seats on the board of commissioners. That is the plan, said Orange County Democratic Chair Wes Hodge. Too soon to tell. I think we ll be OK, actually, said his counterpart, Orange County Republican Chair Lew Oliver. The Democrats have 43 percent of Orange County s voters, and Republicans just 27 percent, with another 31 percent of voters registering as either independents or minor parties. The Democrats advantage has been steadily widening for years. The Democrats prospects in 2018 are led by their candidate for mayor, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, who s got a high name recognition, three county-wide election victories, and strong community support, and who is expecting some crossover support from the business community. The Republicans have three strong candidates in Orange County School Board Chairman Bill Sublette, Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke, and businessman Rob Panepinto, president of Orlando Inc., the greater Orlando chamber of commerce. Yet in a nonpartisan primary next August, it s likely Demings will emerge to face one of the Republicans in a runoff election in November in a county which Democrats now hold a 16-point lead over Republicans in voter registration. The Democrats intend to milk that advantage. I have no issue with using our resources to let the voters know who our candidates are, Hodge said. Orange County Commissioner Victoria Siplin, one of only two Democrats on the board, is seeking reelection and does not have an opponent yet. It s a safe district for the Democrats, with a big majority overall in voter registration. Sixty-three percent of all District 2 voters are registered Democrats. Just 10 percent are Republicans. Right now the Democrats also like their chances to flip Orange County District 4, currently held by termlimited Republican Jennifer Thompson. Three Democrats are vying, Kevin Ballinger, Maribel Gomez Cordero and Nicolette Springer, in a district in which Democrats now have a 16-point advantage in voter registration. Lawyer Gina Perez-Calhoun is running for the Republicans.

11 Legislative Update, by JuDian Guimbellot Democrats eying possible takeover of Orange County in 2018, continued With Clarke s entry into the mayor s race, that could open up District 3 for a special election next year, provided he doesn t change his mind by next June. Last week, Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District Chair Eric Rollings, a well-known official expected to get strong party backing, entered the Democratic race. Democrats have a 15-point advantage in District 3. Republicans appear to have at least a momentum advantage in keeping the District 2 seat that will be vacated by Bryan Nelson, who is running for mayor of Apopka instead of for re-election. His predecessor, Fred Brummer; Brummer s former campaign manager, Christine Moore; and Apopka greenhouse grower Mark Byrd all are Republican candidates with established campaigns or campaign experience, and Brummer and Byrd are off to strong starts raising money. Moore just got in. Democrat Patricia Rumph s campaign has not raised much in ten months. Yet she reportedly has been building a ground game. And Democrats actually have a 17-point advantage in voter registration in District 2, thanks to inclusion of much of the Pine Hills neighborhood, a largely African-American community. So Hodge and other Democrats are in no way conceding the district. But there is a lot left to happen, Republican Chair Oliver said. And there is a reason Republicans have held control for 20-plus years: Orange County voters apparently feel comfortable with what Republicans have done. We ve got a bunch of good candidates either in the wings, or in play, Oliver said. At least two prominent Republicans have been mentioned in political circles for Clarke s District 3 seat, including former Orange County Clerk of Courts Eddie Fernandez and real estate agent Dean Asher, though each has told people he s not interested at this time. They both have until next June to decide. The District 2 race could change depending on what happens in the Apopka election in March Should Nelson lose, he could still file to run for re-election, though he has said he would not do so. Should Democratic Apopka Mayor Joe Kilsheimer lose his re-election bid, he s been mentioned as a possible Orange County Commission District 2 candidate. There also is the potential impact of the ongoing migration of people from Puerto Rico, greatly accelerated by a flow of evacuees from the island since Hurricane Maria devastated it. So far, Puerto Ricans have largely registered as either Democrats or independents, not Republicans. The Puerto Rican migration was widely credited for flipping neighboring Osceola County to Democratic control three years ago.

12 You are Special October & November! Lois Arie, Kathy Gibson, Anna Jackson, Suzanne Johnson, Brenda Knowles, Renee Lempert, Susse Mabie, Lee Mikell, Michele Nunnelley, Ardis Summers, Mary Ann Thorne, John Zweifel, WORWF Elected Officers President: Rebecca Mellen 1 st Vice President: Sherryl Becker 2 nd Vice President: Rhonda Peterson Recording Secretary: Carole Amey Correspondence Secretary: Elizabeth Van Dyke Treasurer: Brenda Knowles Asst. Treasurer: Cynthia Ellenburg For more information: Contact Us worw.federated@gmail.com Rebecca Mellen: Home (407) Cell (407)