1 CCRW Newsletter for May 2016

Political Advertising paid for by Clear Creek Republican Women www.clearcreekrw.org

(281) 334-3492

Inside this issue:

Top Golf Fundraiser 2

State Rep. Greg Bonnen

MD 3

Calendar of Events 4

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 Com-

mitteeman from Texas in

June of 2012. He is a politi-

cian 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 mission-

ary journeys to Africa and Nicaragua and

worked in inner city and youth ministries in ad-

dition to leading a men’s Bible study group. His

activities in grassroots republican politics include

serving as a city chair, an election judge, a pre-

cinct 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. Arm-

strong 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

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 leader-ship is trying to chart a path forward against the background of the Presi-dential 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), Mary-

land (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 Ber-nie 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 Repub-lican 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 whomev-er 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 con-vention 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

Quote of the Decade

“A liberal’s paradise

would be a place where every-

body has guaranteed employ-

ment, free comprehensive health

care, free education, free food,

free housing, free clothing, free

utilities, and only law enforce-

ment has guns. And believe it

or not, such a place does indeed

already exist; It’s called Pris-

on.”

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa

County, Arizona

2 CCRW Newsletter May 2016

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 partici-

pate 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 stu-

dents 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 In-

ternational 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

CCRW Newsletter May 2016

4

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

Immediate Past President

Bonnie Wilson

STANDING CHAIRMEN

Campaign Activities

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

CCRW Newsletter May 2016

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

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

Chaplain’s Message by Mary O. Blackwell

As summer approaches some of us look for-

ward 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

day and night. He cares about your needs, all

your needs.

Let us continue to faith-

fully and joyfully give of

our financial blessings be-

cause the church does not

close down during the

summer. God’s work must

go on.

God bless you.

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

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 every-

one for all your support.

Lillian Murphy

CCRW Membership Chair

5 CCRW Newsletter May 2016

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 res-

ervations 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 meet-

ing 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 Car-

ing 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 meet-

ing for donations will be in August. Let's make this year's event even better than last years! Thank

you!

6 CCRW Newsletter May 2016

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 select-

ed.

After the speaker a short business meeting was conducted. The President called for approval of the minutes as printed in the news-

letter. 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 attend-

ing 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 CCRW Newsletter May 2016

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 CCRW Newsletter May 2016

Clear Creek Republican Women PAC

Galveston County Texas

2016 Membership Application

Name____________________________________________________________________

Spouse___________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address____________________________________________________________

Pct. #_________

City____________________________________ Zip____________________________

Home Phone______________________________ 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

**Dues and donations are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal Income Tax purposes.

Corporate contributions are not permitted.

Check # Cash Amt. Paid Date Paid