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Southern Hills Republican Women
April 2017 Voluume 10 Issue 4
I N T H I S I S S U E
Page 2:
April Luncheon
Page 3:
SHRW board members &
committee chairs
Legislators & other
Useful contacts
Page 4
What are your Volunteer
Hours
Page 5:
Legislative day Carson City
Page 6
Secretary of State
Lock Box
Did You Know
Page 7
Women to Women
Page 8
Birthdays, new member
Coming Events
Page 9 & 10
Luncheon Photos
Page 11 & 12
Advertisers
April 6 NvFRW Legislative Day In Carson City, tour the legislative Building. Meet legislators
April 7– 8 Annual Spring Board and Membership Meeting Carson City d Senate and Assembly sessions.
April 16 Easter
April 25 SHRW Luncheon
Wes Duncan and Rana Goodman May 23rd
Judge Mark Stevens June 27th Lori Frame
Vanac International
April 4 Municipal Elections
April 6 Legislative Day
April 7 NvFRW Board and Regency Meeting
April 8 NvFRW Spring
Membership Meeting
April 9 Palm Sunday
April 10 Passover begins at Sundown
April 12-16 Clark County Fair in Logandale
April 14 Good Friday
COMING EVENTS
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WHEN: April 25th Room opens at 10:45 a.m. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Buckman’s Grille 2600 Hampton Road
Henderson, NV 89052
RESERVATION DEADLINE: April 20th
Check must be received in the mail by date
PLEASE MAIL CHECKS TO:
So. Hills Republican Women 2505 Anthem Village Drive
Suite E-223 Henderson, NV 89052
or DROP CHECKS IN MAILBOX:
2001 DiPinto - Corner of Hampton & DiPinto Street
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL
DIETARY NEED?
Contact: Christine Acardi 702-914-9322
Luncheon Fee Members $25 Guests $30 SHRW
Accepts Debit & Credit Cards
April 25th Guest Speakers Wes Duncan
1st Asst. Attorney General Legislative Update bills to help veterans and victims of rape,
domestic violence and human trafficking And our , SHRW Legislative Chair, Rana Goodman
Wes Duncan
Wes Duncan is Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s First Assistant Attorney General for the Nevada Attorney General’s Ofice. Wes serves as chair of the Advisory Committee to study sex offender laws, and vice-chair of the Sexual Assault Rape Kit Working Group and the Attorney General’s Substance Abuse Working Group. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s office, Wes served as a Clark County District Attorney, active duty Air Force Judge Advocate, and Nevada State Assemblyman. During his time as a legislator, he served on the Judiciary, Education, Health and Human Services and Legislative Operations Committees. An Iraq war Veteran, Duncan worked at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq assisting the Iraqis with the prosecution of extremist groups and terror suspects in Baghdad.
Wes is also the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for a reserve wing at Nellis Air Force Base. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife Jennifer and their two sons. He graduated from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California - Berkeley.
Please join us on April 25th as Wes gives us a legislative update on the bills submitted by the Attorney General’s office to help veterans, victims of rape, domestic violence, and human trafficking. Learn what we can do to
help get these bills passed. SHRWluncheon.eventbrite.com
GIVE THE LEGISLATURE YOUR
OPINION EARLY AND OFTEN
You can use this link to go to Nelis and enter your opinion on each bill:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/ Opinions/79th2017/A/
SB174 Renames McCarran to Harry Reid International Airport. Vote no!
SB223 would make Nevada a Sanctuary
State. (WITHDRAWN by Sen Ford)
AB274 Oppose National Popular Vote Compact - If we go by the popular vote, all elections will be determined by the most populated states like CA, NY, FL, IL. NV Just say no.
AB286 Supports Veterans
Rana Goodman Rana is our SHRW legislative chair, but even before that time she has spent the past 10 years working as a non-paid lobbyist. She is going to show us quick and easy ways to track bills that may be of interest to us, and how we can send comments to our legislators.
During the final week of March Chief Justice Hardesty, of the Nevada Supreme court, and former Nevada state assembly speaker Barbara Buckley led the charge in supporting the four guardianship bills that were born from the efforts of both Rana’s advocacy and the work done in the 18 months of meetings of the guardianship commission on which Rana served. Justice Hardesty acknowledged Rana’s work during his comments to the Judiciary Committee which will now be a permanent part of the archives of the legislative records.
SB 229 the bill allowing inserting the forms naming the nomination of guardians regardless of where they may live to the secretary of state’s lockbox was over- whelmingly supported in the Judiciary committee meeting. Once past it must still move on to the assembly where Justice Hardesty has said he will present it again along with the other guardianship bills to assist passage.
Treatment Courts. Vote Yes. 2
SHRW
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Lynn Armanino
[email protected] 702-248-1414
1st VPNickie Diersen
[email protected] 702-897-4682
2nd VPDorothy Kazanjian [email protected] 702-685-3631
Treasurer
Linda Schlinger
702-896-9829
Secretary
Heather Stamer [email protected]
702-743-0381
Communications
Director
Hannah Persons
480-570-7067
Events Director Christine Accardi
Campaign Director Carolyn von Gortler
702-914-3730
Budget & Finance
Director
Parliamentarian
Sharon Banta
SHRW
COMITTEE CHAIRS
Achievement Nickie Diersen
Americanism Sydney Ingram
Boutique Dee Gualandi
Bylaws
Sharon Banta
Caring For America Trudi Dailey Chaplain
Sydney Ingram
Fundraising Heather Stamer
Historian Diane Fell
Legislative chair Rana Goodman
Literacy Carol Tank
Newsletter Editor Rana Goodman
Photographer Heather Stamer
Publicity Gaye McDonald
Sunshine
Judy Uebbing Telephone Sheri McKay
Veterans Affairs Sydney Ingram
Webmaster
Hannah Persons
CONTACT YOUR
REPRESENTATIVE
Senator Dean Heller (202)224-6244Las Vegas office:
702. 388.6605
Sen. Joseph P. Hardy District 12
Sen. Michael Roberson District 20
Assemblyman Keith Pickard District 22
Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury
(District 23) [email protected]
Senator Scott Hammond Co-minority whip
Senator Becky Harris Caucus Policy Coordinator
PEOPLE /places OF INTEREST
Nevada Governor:
Brian Sandoval ®
* Term-Limited in 2018.
Nevada Lt. Governor:
Mark Hutchison (R)
Nevada Sec. Of State:
Barbara Cegavske (R)
Nevada State Treasurer:
Dan Schwartz (R)
Nevada State Controller:
Ron Knecht (R)
Nevada Attorney General: Adam Laxalt (R) |
State Capitol Building
101 N. Carson
Carson City, NV 89701
Las Vegas Office\Sawyer Bldg
555 E. Washington Ave
LV 89101 3
Your Volunteer Hours - What Counts & What Does Not?
By Carolyn von Gortler
It’s time to report your campaign volunteer hours. If you have any hours not report from the time period ranging from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017 they need to be turned in to me by May 31st and please project your June hours. This early reporting is necessary as the NFRW Biennial Convention is in September in Philadelphia.
The following details activities that can be included in your volunteer campaign hours:
1. All non-paid campaign activities benefiting our Republican Party, candidates, and/or the Federation.
2. Campaign work done within or outside the home, including mailings, phone calls, computer work, andsocial media postings or blogging.
3. Work at and/or for a special campaign event - but NOT if you attend as a paid guest OR if you arecompensated for the event.
4. Attendance at (and travel portal to portal) State or National Federation Board of DirectorsMeetings and Conventions - as well as time spent in preparation for Federation meetings if you serve on acommittee.
5. Time in session at (and travel portal to portal) municipality, precinct/ward, county, district, or state partyconventions.
6. Time in session at (and travel portal to portal) RNC conventions.
7. Time spent as a county, state, or national party committee member or as a temporary member, i.e.Rules Committee, Resolutions Committee, etc.
8. Campaign work at club meetings, i.e. getting petitions signed, doing mailings. DO NOT COUNT TIMESPENT IN REGULAR BUSINESS AT CLUB MEETINGS.
9. Traveling from event to event - but NOT for personal stops en route.
10. Volunteering at any municipality, county, state or Federation headquarters.
11. Volunteering for a Republican candidate for a non-partisan office, e.g. school board elections.
12. Working as a poll watcher on Election Day - but NOT if you are paid.
13. Involvement in a Campaign Management School, i.e. training to be a faculty member, teaching andorganizing a campaign school.
14. Working on Election Day as an Election Judge or Election Clerk - but only if you turn the moneyyou are paid over to your county party or your local FRW club.
15. Presenting campaign programs or speeches at local civic organizations.
16. Appearing on local media for the GOP cause.
17. Running for office - all time spent campaigning.
18. Time spent registering voters.
19. Hours spent as editor of a club newsletter or state newsletter and hours spent as club yearbookchairman.
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9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Report to front entrance lobby desk (entrance facing Carson St.) to begin tour of legislative portion of State Capitol Building.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. (Ending time estimated.) Meet the Sergeant-At-Arms at the Senate Chamber. Those of us who are represented by Republicans will be seated on the Senate Floor with our legislators and introduced.
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own and/or individual visits to your legislators' offices.
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Assembly Room 3100. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (tentative).
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Assembly Room 3100.
Panel Discussion and Q's & A's. Topic: "What the Democrats and Republicans are Doing During the 2017 Legislative Session and How We Can Help." Panel members: Jeremy Hughes, Caucus Director for the Senate Republican Caucus; Eric Roberts, Executive Direc-tor, Assembly Republican Caucus; and Greg Bailor, Executive Director, Nevada Republican Party. Moderated by Patricia Moser Morris, NvFRW Legislative Chair.
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Assembly Room 3100. "How to Bend the Ear of Your Legislator" (with handouts and Q's & A's!) by Patricia Moser Morris, NvFRW Legislative Chair.
4:30 p.m
Assembly Room 3100. End of scheduled events.
Our Republican legislators have also been invited to drop by Room 3100 and give us their "take" on the 2017 legislative session and how we can help them achieve their goals.
4:30 p.m. on -- Dinner on your own.
NOTE: Transportation from hotel to tours, meetings, and Legislative Building will be provided.
Schedule for NvFRW "Legislative Day"
Thursday, April 6, 2017
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SOUTHERN HILLS REPUBLICAN WOMEN MISSION STATEMENT
The Southern Hills Republican Women’s Club believes in American exceptionalism. We are committed to supporting and advancing the Republican Party, and its candidates, at the local, state and national level. To fulfill this mission we will:
• provide information on current political and community issues,• organize members and coordinate efforts to promote and elect Republican candidates,• maintain our commitment, passion and knowledge in support of the Republican Party and conservative issues.• influence policy making at all levels of government.
ABOUT LIVING WILL LOCKBOX The Secretary of State is responsible for electronically storing and making available filed documents to the registrant and/or healthcare providers by request in conjunction with the registrant’s medical care.
Simple Any person may file an advance directive (NRS 449.965) in the form of a:
• Declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
• Durable power of attorney for health care decisions
• Do-not-resuscitate order
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Registration is free. Instructions, forms and resources needed to register are available
http://www.nvsos.gov/sos/online-services/living-will-lockbox
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Did you know? By: Sydney S. Ingram
We recently celebrated Presidents’ Day. If you’re like me you would also think you were honoring George Washington who was after all America’s first president. If so you’d be wrong.
The United States declared its independence in 1776, yet George Washington did not take office until April 30, 1789.
From 1776 until 1789 John Hanson served as the first President of the United States. America was actually formed in 1781 with the adoption of the Articles of Confederation which were proposed in 1776 but not agreed upon until 1777 and not signed until 1781. Once the signing took place a President was needed to run the country and John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress (which included George Washington). Hanson was a major player in the revo-lution and an extremely influential member of Congress.
-From the beginning, he was faced with challenges in trying to keep America together and figure out what the role ofthe President was since no one had ever been President before. As he took office just as the Revolutionary War end-ed, America was broke. Yet the troops demanded to be paid and threatened to overthrow the new government andestablish a monarchy with Washington as king.
The brave members of Congress ran for their lives, leaving Hanson as the only guy left running the government. Fortunately, sanity prevailed, deals were made, and anarchy was prevented. Since the Articles only allowed a President to serve a one year term, seven other Presidents were elected prior to George Washington taking office.
WHAT HAPPENED? Well the Articles of Confederation didn’t work well and a new doctrine was written-the Constitution. While George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States, he was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first eight Presidents have been forgotten in history.
(See google for additional information.)
Welcome New Members
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4/15
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4/22
4/23
Marie Black
Peggy Moon
Yvonne Sweeten
Patricia Ashment
Will Gillam
JoAnn Sellers
D.C.Collins
Bette Miller
Linda Elliot
Sue Hansen
Elizabeth Chevez
Rebecca Tackitt
Sydney Ingram
4/26 Dee Clifford
4/30 Kathy Matsen
Linda Berry
Joann Sellers Cheryl Wilcox
April 4 Municiple Election
April 6 Legislative Day in Carson City
April 7 NvFRW Board and Regency Meeting
April 8 NvFRW Spring Membership Meeting
April 9 Palm Sunday
April 10 Passover begins at Sundown
April 12-16 Clark County Fair in Logandale
April 14 Good Friday
April 25 SHRW Luncheon. Guest speaker 1st Attorney General Wes Duncan, SHRW Legislative chair, Rana Goodman
May 23 Judge Mark Stevens
June 27 SHRW luncheon guest speaker, Lori Frame Vanac International
Oct 13-14 NvFRW Biennial Convention in Las Vegas
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CONGRESS PASSES “KILL WHILE HIBERNATING” HUNTING LAW by Rana Goodman
While many of us have been focusing our attention on Nevada politics the “fat cats” in Washington just passed a bill you won’t believe.
Courtesy the net:“ The vote in favor of H.J. Resolution 69, authored by Alaska’s Rep. Don Young, was 225 to 193. Those 225 members voted to overturn a federal rule – years in the works, and crafted by professional wildlife managers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – to stop some of the most appalling practices ever imagined in the contemporary era of wildlife management. Denning of wolf pups, killing hi-bernating bears, spotting grizzly bears from aircraft and then shooting them after landing, and trapping grizzly bears and black bears with steel-jawed leghold traps and snares. The stuff of wildlife snuff films. And not just on any land. On our country’s national wildlife refuges. More specifically, on 16 national wildlife refuges covering 76 million acres, all in the state of Alaska. “
One day these beautiful creatures will be gone, all because hunters love the thrill of the kill. Children will have to see what
bears and wolves looked like in picture books just as they do with dinosaurs. Maybe, like the unicorn they will wonder if the
bear was a mythical creature and hug their teddy tighter thinking real ones never really were…… because hunters must kill!
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