PRESIDENT S MESSAGE: DEAR MEMBERS, I HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL SPRING WEATHER! OUR MEETING ON MAY 22ND WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK FOR THE SUMMER. OUR SPEAKER FOR MAY WILL BE SANDY YAEGER, WHO WILL INFORM US OF WHAT THE NORTHSHORE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON HWY 434 HAS TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL HOLLIS HAS EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO HOST MEMBERS AT THE CAPITAL ON MAY 24, DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. MORE INFORMATION IS BELOW. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INFORMATIVE EVENT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS REACHING OUT TO US WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. WHEN WE RETURN FOR OUR AUGUST 28TH MEETING, THE MIDTERM ELECTION SEASON WILL BE IN FULL SWING. PRESIDENT NOHRA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON MAY 22ND! Next Meeting:May 22,2018. Location: THE VFW DAVIS MORAN POST 8290, 28000 MAIN STREET, LACOMBE. LA Hostesses: Stella Kemp and Dale Neale Speaker: Sandy Yaeger, Northshore Technical Community College This is a Fiscal Session, which is held in the odd numbered years. According to the rules, no matters shall be introduced or considered unless they relate to fiscal (money) matters or local and special laws. Each member of the Senate and House can pre-file up to 5 bills whose subject matter is outside the subject matter restrictions of the fiscal session. Is there a particular bill that worries or concerns you? Let your Representative, to discuss the opportunities the campus offers. Business: LA Regular Legislative session, Visit to the Capitol, club business. Future Meetings: NO scheduled meetings for June and July, August 28, September 25, October 16(a week early due to the WHA Luncheon on October 23), November 13( two weeks early due to Thanksgiving and December Luncheon), December 4. Now is the time to renew your membership for 2018. Please continue reading for more important Club and Election Information. DALE NEALE, 2ND VICE PRESIDENT 1
CLUB and FEDERATION INFORMATION: We are continuing with our Community Service initiative to help our local Lacombe Food Bank. We will be collecting non-perishable food items each month to donate to the Food Bank of which Bakey Hoover is the coordinator. Thank you to those who brought food items to our April Meeting. State Representative Paul Hollis has again extended an invitation for BLRW to join him at the State Capital during the Legislative Session. The date we have set up is MAY 24. Let me know if you can travel to the Capital on this date and we will arrange car pools. My email is dnealekfsd@aol.com and my phone number is 985-707-3885. Please RSVP by Thursday, May 17th. LFRW Day at the Legislature will be Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Starts at 8:00 a.m. with a Continental Breakfast at the Pentagon Barracks apt. of Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser. Republican Women Representatives and Senators, as well as other speakers will be there. Afterwards a short walk to the Capitol to sit in on different Committees to hear debate on different bills. At 12:00 lunch will be at the Welcome Center. At 1:30, everyone will meet on the steps of the Capitol for a picture and then inside to be recognized at the House and the Senate. Please wear RED. A separate email has been sent. The LFRW Fall Board meeting will be held October 12-14, 2018. More information will be given at a later date. The Southern Republican Leadership Conference dates have been changed from October 12-13, 2018 to January 18-19, 2019. at the Pontchartrain Convention and Civic Center, 4545 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70065. For more information go to info@srlc2018.com. The Elephant Stomp Gala will be on Monday, May 21, 2018, 7:30pm, at the L'Auberge Hotel Grand Ballroom, 777 L Auberge Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70820 Organization: Louisiana Republican Delegation. Contact: 225-456-0143 Admission: $100 special price p/p for LFRW members Send $100 check made payable to: Republican Legislative Delegation Campaign Committee, Inc. In the Memo line, please put LFRW Member. Only LFRW Members get this rate. 2
BAYOU LACOMBE REPUBLICAN WOMEN Mail to: The Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation, P.O. Box 44422, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4422. BEFORE May 16, 2018. If mailed late, the tickets will be at WILL CALL at the event. Please be sure to put LFRW Member in the Memo Line. POLITICAL INFORMATION: The Louisiana State Senate 2018 Regular Session convened at 12:07 P.M. on March 12, 2018 and will probably end early in order to call another Special Session to deal with the State s Budget Shortfall. The Regular Session s original adjournment date was June 4, 2018 at 6:00 P.M. The desire now is to end the Regular Session May 18th in order to have two weeks for the Special Session. Governor John Bel Edwards said that would keep taxpayers from having to pay extra for another special session. The Louisiana Legislature spent $642,968 holding the 15-day special session from Feb. 19 to March 5, according to information provided by the state House and Senate in response to a public records request. State law bars lawmakers from taking up tax legislation in regular sessions in even numbered years, so lawmakers do not have the option to vote on tax measures. CLUB ACTIVITIES: Ted Krumm, Director of the Southeast LA Veterans Cemetery speaking to Madelon Nohra, Jacki Schneider, Pat Johnson, and Dale Neale RPWST Meet & 3
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