CCRW Newsletter for May 2016 1 www.clearcreekrw.org (281) 334-3492 Political Advertising paid for by Clear Creek Republican Women Quote of the Decade A liberal s paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns. And believe it or not, such a place does indeed already exist; It s called Prison. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa County, Arizona Inside this issue: Top Golf Fundraiser 2 State Rep. Greg Bonnen MD 3 Calendar of Events 4 Greetings from CCRW. I hope everyone had a nice April and was spared from the recent flooding. Today is a beautiful day with flowerbeds being replenished and trees bursting out with new growth. Truly glorious! However, Mother Nature doesn t seem to mind that the Republican leadership is trying to chart a path forward against the background of the Presidential campaigns. Since the second big Super Tuesday on March 15th, we have seen Wisconsin (42 delegates) followed by New York (95) and the next big super Tuesday is April 26th with Connecticut (28), Delaware (16), Maryland (38), Pennsylvania (71) and Rhode Island (19) all being contested on that day. May is a slow month with only a handful of states holding primaries for a total of 112 delegates at stake the entire month. And it all leads up to the last Super Tuesday on June 7th when California (172), Montana (27), New Jersey (51), New Mexico (24) and South Dakota (29) bring the primary season to an end. 814. Clinton s challenge and the Democratic Party s challenge is how to ensure that all of those Bernie voters show back up to vote for Hillary in November. Most of them are young and don t think highly of Hillary. A good portion of Bernie voters says their second choice is Trump. On the Republican side things are much more interesting. At this point Trump is the only one that has much of a shot at 1237 at the convention. All delegates are bound to their candidates for the first ballot, and most for a second; but by the third ballot all delegates become free agents and can vote for whomever is nominated. A big clue to the strategy of the Republican Leadership will come when the rules for the convention are adopted. Currently, there is rule that a candidate cannot be nominated at the convention unless they win a minimum of 8 states. If that rules stays in effect, then only Trump and Cruz can be nominated. But perhaps the most interesting speculation is about the strategy of the Republican Leadership toward the two leading candidates. Onward to June. God Bless America, Land That We Love, Loretta Roberts, President Clear Creek Republican Women Birthdays 4 Chaplain s Messaage 4 Meeting Lunch menu 5 Caring for America/ Literacy 5 Minutes of General 6 Meeting April Meeting pictures 7 Membership application 8 May Guest Speaker Dr. Robin Armstrong was elected as the National Committeeman from Texas in June of 2012. He is a politician and physician who served as vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2006-2010. Dr. Armstrong has a B.A. in microbiology from Texas A&M University and an M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He did his residency in internal medicine and is on the staff of the Mainland Medical Center in Texas City, TX. Dr. Armstrong has been active in both politics and his community. He has travelled on missionary journeys to Africa and Nicaragua and worked in inner city and youth ministries in addition to leading a men s Bible study group. His activities in grassroots republican politics include serving as a city chair, an election judge, a precinct chair, a poll watcher, a convention delegate, a Senatorial District Convention chairman, and most recently as the State Republican Executive committeeman for Texas Senate District 11. Armstrong and his wife Martha, who is also a medical doctor, have four sons, Daniel, Gabriel, Joshua and Noah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lunch and Learn speaker for May is SD11 Caucus Chair Dr. Pat McGinnes
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3 State Representative Greg Bonnen, MD accepting Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program applications Nominations for the 2016-2017 Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP) have opened for next year s class (fall 2016/spring 2017 academic year). Students are encouraged to become members of the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, the Texas State Guard, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marine, or commissioned officers in any branch of the armed services of the United States. Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program The Texas Legislature created the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP) to encourage students to participate in Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs at civilian colleges. A student must meet specific eligibility criteria in order to receive an initial award. In addition to the eligibility criteria, a student must enter into an agreement requiring a four year commitment as a member of the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard, Texas State Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Merchant Marine or a commissioned officer in any branch of the armed services of the United States. Annually, the governor and the lieutenant governor may each appoint two students, and each state senator and each state representative may appoint one student to receive a conditional TASSP. A maximum of 185 students may be appointed annually. Eligibility for Nomination In order to be considered for a TASSP, a student enrolling in higher education straight from high school must meet two of the following four academic criteria at the time of application: Be on track to graduate, or has graduated high school with the Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP) or the International Baccalaureate Program (IB); Have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale; Achieve a college readiness score on the SAT (1590) or ACT (23); Be ranked in the top one-third of the prospective high school graduating class. Students must be enrolled in a college or university in the fall 2016/spring 2017 academic year in order to be nominated for a TASSP during the current nomination cycle. For more information on specific requirements, please visit http:// www.hhloans.com and click on the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP) link. The TASSP scholarship is a way to recognize students with the courage, character and patriotism to dedicate themselves to the service of our country. said Rep. Bonnen. It is an honor to nominate a deserving student from House District 24. If you would like to be considered for nomination by Rep. Bonnen for the TASSP, please email your resume, high school
2016 OFFICERS President Loretta E. Roberts 281-334-3492 1st V.P. Membership Lillian Murphy 2n V.P. Programs Paula Smith Recording Secretary Brooks Cima Corresponding Secretary Kellie Gross Treasurer/ PAC Treasurer Cindy Reddy Parliamentarian Honorable Kathleen McCumber Calendar of Events 2016 SPRING & SUMMER MEETING CALENDAR Friday, May 6th - CCRW Monthly Meeting-LaBrisa-11:00a-1:00p Speaker-Dr. Robin Armstrong-National Republican Committeeman- Electoral College Monday, May 23 -Top Golf Fundraiser, Clear Creek Republican Women May 12-14, 2016 - State Republican Party Convention in Dallas, TX Saturday, August 6 - Fundraiser Dinner, West Pearland Republican Women Friday, August 26 - Liberty Day Dinner, Galveston Republican Party MEETING CALENDAR FOR AREA REPUBLICAN WOMEN CLUBS 4 Immediate Past President Bonnie Wilson STANDING CHAIRMEN Campaign Activities Bay Area Republican Women -4th Wednesday of the month - Bay Oaks Country Club Friendswood Republican Women 4th Thursday of the month - Friendswood Chamber Galveston Republican Women - 3rd Wednesday of the month - Moody Gardens Kathie Nenninger Legislation Alison Putman Legislation Co-Chair Ruth Morrison Hospitality Roxann Lewis Literacy Kari Long Special Events Fay Picard Lillain Murphy Publicity Kristen Wilson Chaplain Mary Blackwell Newsletter Mary Blackwell SPECIAL CHAIRMEN Directory Mary Kennedy Internal Review Catharin Lewis Finance/Budget Cindy Reddy By-Laws Jeannie Kranz Chaplain s Message by Mary O. Blackwell As summer approaches some of us look forward to vacation, seeing family and spending time with the kids. The streets seem a bit bare at seven in the morning. It s a time for making memories and doing fun stuff. Attendance at church reflects the absence of the faithful. Aren t you glad God does not take a vacation? He is with you every moment of the Georgia Young 2nd Janet Hoffman 3rd Kellie Gross 12th Chris Pedan 16th Penny Ignazio 17th Tim Paulissen 21st Jan Marie Johnson 22nd Barbara Meeks 27th Sheila Payne Gilmore 30th day and night. He cares about your needs, all your needs. Let us continue to faithfully and joyfully give of our financial blessings because the church does not close down during the summer. God s work must go on. God bless you. Congratulations CCRW! Our club met the TFRW Membership Challenge of reaching at least 95% of the 2015 membership by the April 1st deadline. Let's keep it going! How about 150% of last year's numbers? Thanks to everyone for all your support. Lillian Murphy CCRW Membership Chair
5 La Brisa on the Creek 501 N Wesley Dr, League City,TX281-554-4000 Contact Fay Picard 281-507-0928 or reservations.ccrw@gmail.com Each choice is $15 cash only #1 Brisket Tacos with Mexican Rice and Black beans #2 Grilled chicken breast with a white wine sauce, corn and mashed potatoes #3 Tea or Soft drink, chips, red and green salsa Reservations are required please. If you are making reservations for someone else please provide their name(s) for our reservations list. We do not want to miss anyone. Please select choice #1, #2, or #3 on your reservation by 9:30 pm May 2nd. We are only able to order from this menu. If you have a food allergy, please feel free to email me and I will try to accommodate you. Please note: cancellations are available up to 9:30 pm on the Tuesday before our meetings on Friday. You will be sent a bill for the amount of the reservation made and did not attend. Thank you for your understanding in this very important matter. We also want to thank all of you who continue to make reservations in a timely manner. Caring For America Thank you everyone for your donations! Our May meeting will be the last meeting where we will be accepting donations for our Spring Caring For America Project. We are still accepting all items listed below. This project is making a double impact with not only Caring For America, but with also with our Top Golf Fundraiser as well. The more items we have to put together in baskets for the Silent Auction, the better! I am also holding two workshops to help put together the baskets for the Top Golf Fundraiser. The dates are May 17 and 19 from 6-8pm at Kari Long's residence: 853 Coastal Court, League City, Texas 77573. If you are interested, please let me know. I will provide snacks! Lastly, we are looking for a few good women and men to help with delivering the items to Bay Harbour United Methodist Church in League City on Tuesday, May 24, at 830 am. The pastor and congregation is so excited about our project and what we are doing for this ministry! (Please insert list with the article that I have sent before.) Literacy Literacy Committee will continue to take both gently- used and new books and monetary donations for our Literacy Project in September. Please bring those to the May Meeting. We will not have a meeting in June or July and our last meeting for donations will be in August. Let's make this year's event even better than last years! Thank you!
6 Minutes of the 1 April 2016 Clear Creek Republican Women General Meeting President Loretta Roberts called the CCRW meeting to order at (time) 11:58 on 1 April 2016 at La Brisa Mexican Grill in League City, TX. Invocation was given by Mary Blackwell United States Pledge and Texas Pledge was led by Geri Bentley. Loretta Roberts recognized elected officials, and guests. Programs Chairman Paula Smith introduced this month s program. The Lunch and Learn Speaker was Dwight Sullivan, Galveston County Clerk update on the 2016 Election Cycle. Michael Quinn Sullivan, President Empower Texas and Texans for Fiscal Responsibility gave a very informative talk about the need for all Republicans no matter who they voted for in the Primaries - needing to come together to support the candidate selected. After the speaker a short business meeting was conducted. The President called for approval of the minutes as printed in the newsletter. A motion to accept the minutes as printed was made by Fay Picard and seconded by Cindy Reddy. The motion passed. A quorum was verified by Lillian Murphy. Cindy Reddy, PAC Treasurer gave a report of the financial status of the chapter. The beginning balance was $11,440.22. Deposits were: $320.00 with expenses of $3116.54 and the ending balance was: $8643.68. A motion to approve the 2016 Budget was made by Kari Long and seconded by Fay Picard Legislative Report was given by Alison Putnam noting the dates for various conventions. Kari Long presented information for Literacy/Caring for America. She explained the baskets for the needy and the opportunity to purchase the baskets as a fundraiser. Fay Picard presented information on the Top Golf event. New Business was presented by President Roberts. Discussion of the State Convention in Dallas May 12-14. CCRW members attending were recognized. The two members (Kari and Loretta) who were selected for recognition at the Tribute to Women Luncheon were recognized. Announcements: Dues may be paid today. See Lillian Murphy. Galveston RW Style Show April 20 Moody Gardens. Recognize Mary Blackwell for job well done in the newsletter read it! Additional guests recognized The meeting was adjourned at 1:22 by President Roberts Motion made by Fay Picard and seconded by Mary Blackwell. Respectfully submitted by: Brooks Cima, Recording Secretary CCRW Loretta Roberts, President
7 April Meeting Left-Loretta Roberts, CCRW President Top Right-Dwight Sullivan Galveston County Clerk April Lunch and Learn speaker Bottom Right-Michael Quinn Sullivan April guest speaker
8 Clear Creek Republican Women PAC Galveston County Texas 2016 Membership Application Name Spouse Mailing Address Pct. # City Home Phone Zip Cell Email Occupation Birthday (Month/Day) Full Member $25** New Member Renewal Associate Member $15** Member Since Member of another Club? Yes No If yes, name of Club: How did you hear about CCRW? Newspaper (name) Website (name) Friend (name) Other (specify) I would like to help with the following (please check all that interest you): Audits Awards By-Laws CCRW Directory Historian Hospitality Legislation Newsletter Caring for America Parliamentarian Publicity Fundraising Website Hobbies/Areas, Topics of interest, comments Please mail membership application and check to: Cindy Reddy, CCRW PAC Treasurer, 201 Water Oak Drive, League City, TX 77573 Date Paid Check # Cash Amt. Paid **Dues and donations are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal Income Tax purposes. Corporate contributions are not permitted.