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Republican Women of Prescott • October 2009
Our October Program
Owen ‘Buz’ Mills, NRA member since 1962, Life Member since 1984 and
a current NRA national board member, is president of Gunsite Academy,
the world’s oldest and largest privately-owned firearms training facility.
Gunsite has trained USMC/Special Operations personnel that were deployed
to Middle East as well as having instructed law enforcement and civilians
on the tactical and effective use of all kinds of firearms.
A commercial pilot with 6,000 hours and a member of the Sheriff’s Air Group
SAR unit, Buz testified before Congress in favor of arming pilots. Buz is a
political activist and lobbyist supporting local, state and national pro-2nd
Amendment candidates. Please join us as Buz will address the issues of
“Firearm Ownership and Citizens’ Responsibilities in a Free Society.”
www.gunsite.com • www.nra.org
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES! GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY , COLUMBUS DAY—FLY THE FLAG! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
OCTOBER 12
LOCATION
SUNDAY, “NOT EVIL JUST WRONG” MOVIE PREMIER
HOTEL ST. MICHAEL
OCTOBER 18 7PM AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS
GURLEY & MONTEZUMA
THURSDAY , LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE OCTOBER 27 11:00AM—SOCIAL
OCTOBER 22 LUNCHEON 11:30AM—MEETING STARTS
TUESDAY, GENERAL LUNCHEON MEETING MENU
OCTOBER 27 HOTEL ST. MICHAEL, 11:30AM FETTUCINE ALFREDO WITH
OR WITHOUT CHICKEN
TUESDAY , TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S BIRTHDAY
$15
OCTOBER 27
TUESDAY , ELECTION DAY—FLY THE FLAG PLEASE RSVP BY
NOVEMBER 3 AND VOTE! OCTOBER 22ND TO
ANNA COCKLIN 778-5396
TUESDAY , PACKING FOR OUR TROOPS AT YAVGOP OR ELSIE TYREE 778-0235
NOVEMBER 3 HEADQUARTERS, 10:30AM
THURSDAY , BOARD MEETING PLEASE REMEMBER, DUE TO LIMITED SEATING,
NOVEMBER 5 PRESCOTT LIBRARY, ELSEA ROOM, 11:00AM
A RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
TUESDAY , USMC BIRTHDAY—FLY THE FLAG! A RESERVATION MADE IS A RESERVATION
NOVEMBER 10 PAID. NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED.
WEDNESDAY, VETERANS DAY—FLY THE FLAG! THANK YOU!
NOVEMBER 11
TUESDAY, REMEMBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER’S MEETINGS Please visit us at www.RWOP.info
NOV. 17 & DEC. 15 ARE THE 3RD TUESDAY!
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Jacquie’s Campaign Corner Judy Blackford
Federal Legislation Chair
Our September Luncheon and the Las
Fuentes forums featured the candidates
vying for Prescott City council. We must be What’s Wrong with This Picture?
educated voters. Thank you, Councilman
Bob Bell, a true gentleman, for your eight Republicans have offered in excess of 200 amend-
years of service to the City of Prescott! ments in the House that requires all members of
RWOP volunteers are working at YCR Congress to accept the coverage all of us will be
Headquarters gathering signatures on forced to have. A 72-hour waiting period will be
petitions for Republican candidates and allowed for the public and Congress to read the bill
the Proposition 13 Arizona initiative, and online prior to voting. All have been defeated by a
manning the office. You are all the best! party line vote.
In the Senate, a mandate that every individual covered
We need a phone bank committee to
privately or publicly (Medicare/Medicaid) be allowed to
assist other committees in 2010. A sign-up
keep their current coverage was also defeated on a
sheet is available at all our luncheons. party line vote. There is a Senate bill with a $1,900 fine
Interested? Please call me at 776-7453. for not purchasing government approved health
A town hall will be held on Tuesday, Nov. insurance. Senator John Ensign inquired about penal-
10 from 4-6 pm at the Prescott Public ties for failing to pay that fine. The Joint Committee on
Library, Founders Suite, regarding Proposi- Taxation responded that violators could be charged
tion 13 Arizona. David Zacharias, from with a misdemeanor and jail time of up to one year or a
the Proposition 13 Committee, will give a $25,000 penalty.
presentation. Yavapai County Assessor Switching gears, the House version of the 2010 fiscal
Pam Pearsall will attend and present the year Defense Authorization Act will be coming up for a
current laws. All petitions are available for vote this fall. The relocation of and housing construc-
signatures at our luncheons. If you are cir- tion costs for 11,600 US troops moving from Japan to
culating these, please gather signatures Guam is one of the issues. The original cost of this
among your neighbors, friends and family. move was $15 billion which included $10 billion for
housing. In August, Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Many businesses in the Chino Valley and inserted Sec. 2833 into the bill which requires that the
Paulden areas are offering the Proposition wages paid on Guam for the construction match the
13 Arizona initiative petitions to be “prevailing” wages paid in Hawaii – which happen to be
signed. Visit www.Prop13Arizona.com for 250% higher. The cost for this will be an increase of
those businesses that are available for approximately $10 BILLION! What isn’t included in the
signatures during business hours. bill is that the Hunt Building Company is one of the
prime builders and, just by coincidence, happens to
Another initiative sponsored by Sen. be one the top five contributors to Rep. Abercrombie’s
Russell Pearce and Sheriff Joe Arpaio last election.
of Maricopa County proposes to eliminate
all sanctuary cities in Arizona - Bring it on! Only in America...
Republican Candidate Barry Wong for Corporation Commission
A native Arizonan, he pledges to ensure that Arizona citizens have adequate, clean
water, reliable and renewable energy, and protection against investment fraud.
Barry has the education, experience and commitment to work
for people across our state to accomplish that goal!
You can learn more about Barry at www.BarryWong.com.
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A M e s s ag e f r o m O u r P r e s i d e n t
Dear Members,
I wrote in a previous letter to you about a Sharps rifle that was given to a Civil War soldier by a group of Yale
students with the following Latin inscription: “Ultima ratio liberarum.” It means, “The final argument in liberty.”
We don’t, as a nation, have guns because we want to (although my brother may beg to differ); rather, it is
because we must. It is when our government fears us, there is democracy. When we fear our government,
it’s called slavery. And we never want to put ourselves in that predicament.
One of the first things Hitler did prior to the formation of the Third Reich was to confiscate everyone’s guns.
This single act set the stage to build 15,000 labor and death camps throughout Nazi-occupied countries. On
October 14, 1943, a small group of prisoners revolted at the Polish death camp, Sobibor. 250,000 would die
at the hands of the Nazis before the camp was closed permanently. What is interesting—and certainly a lesson
for all of us—is what these resisters did to plan a revolt. Of the 600 in the camp at the time of the revolt, only 70
would survive. But one thing was certain for their success: They needed weapons, and carefully, patiently and
methodically got them from their captors.
So, it is no accident that Israel has one of the best militaries in the world today. Likewise, it is no accident that
the founding fathers gave us the 2nd Amendment...the one that protects the other nine. Locally, nationally
and globally it is part of our mission as Republican Women to ensure the principle to remain free cannot be
compromised. It is also no accident that many foreigners want to live in our country. We are the last bastion
of individual freedom known to man.
Our motto, “Think Patriotically, Act Globally” lends itself for our club to do more and to know more. The more
erudite we are in American and world history, the better prepared we are to defend freedom in our own back-
yard and throughout the world. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for all you do! Susan Cohen
OCTOBER
Welcome New Members!
Birthdays!
Steve Blair - Associate Judy Besser Lynne Peters
Lorrain Black Joan Pierce
Linda Hughes Stephanie Casdorph Char Ramsay
Janice Cooley Linn Sampson
Rosemary Madden Joan Carrillo Connie Sonnenburg
Jayne Ficek Marilyn Speights
Susan West Dee Finn Jenny Spenard
Rosemary Madden Patricia Trebesch
Dee Ward Lee Nelson Barbara Waugh
Patricia Nowak Sharon Welker
Th e T ru m p e t e r
Dutko—
Judy Dutko—Americanism
A huge Thank You!
Should Americans be Afraid? to Yavapai County Fair Chair,
Good morning class! Please open your US Constitution
to Article I, Sec. 8. This section lists some of the Charleen Marshall
duties of Congress. Among these are: “To provide and
maintain a Navy; to provide for calling forth the Militia to The booth looked terrific and the baked goods
suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; to provide for
were wonderful...Thanks to all the volunteers
organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia.”
who made Charleen’s job that much easier!
Now let’s move on to Amendment 13, Sec. 1:
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been Lynne and I fell in love with Prescott in
duly convicted, shall exist within the US, or any place subject 1999. We have a genuine concern for our
to their Jurisdiction.” community and are committed to preserv-
ing Prescott’s character.
Fast-forward to 2009: The present occupant of the White I have a strong work ethic
House stated during his campaign that he wanted to set and a strong sense of
up a “National Civilian Security Force” with the size and responsibility to my country
funding as big as the US military – a staggering hundreds and my community, and
of billions of dollars annually. This program would imple-
would appreciate your
ment a mandatory national service program for US
support of my City Council
citizens and would be part of secondary schools’
curriculum, in the form of “service” learning. In this plan, candidacy.
every person between the ages of 18 and 25 will be Thank you, Prescott
asked to serve their country by going through three Republican Women,
months of basic training, civil defense preparation and for your continued leadership in educating
voters in order to promote effective local,
“community” service.
state and national government.
To quote Glenn Beck: “Mr. President, why do we need
a civilian national security force as strong and as power-
Michael Allen Peters
ful as the US Military?” Who is threatening our security?
Illegal aliens? We already have the Minutemen Voting is a privilege...Please Vote!
and the Border Patrol. No, it’s not the Illegals. Who Dearest Republican
then? Islamic extremists? No…according to Obama, we
Women,
are not at war with them anymore.
No, my guess is that the perpetrators (according to the Thank you so much for
president, his secretary of Homeland Security his chief of the time that you have
staff and his attorney general) are tax paying, law-abiding given me. RWOP has
Americans who attend Tea Parties, our veterans, always supported me in
pro-lifers, gun owners, and people with “Don’t Tread On a way that words just
Me” flags. The “extremists” are conservative Americans can’t describe; you have
who believe in the US Constitution. all been so wonderful.
Does the term Brown Shirts ring a bell? The support you showed
The only “bell” I want to hear is the Liberty Bell. me in the last election gave that much more strength to run
again. I hope to take the conservative message back to
How about you? Remember, Prescott City Hall and beyond.
“The price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance.”
As always, I’m always here to help you!
Class dismissed.
Steve Blair
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Thank you, Republican Women of Prescott, for all you
do to promote good Republican values to all the
Don’t forget to VOTE!
citizens of Prescott: from your informative
monthly luncheon meetings, to the The city election is a mail-in
candidate forums, to scholarships, to care ballot and must be received by
packages sent to our Armed Forces - all
demonstrate your commitment to make this 5pm on November 3!
a better community. I’m honored to be a
long standing Associate Member of the
Republican Women of Prescott,
an organization that makes
“For the Love of Prescott”
have such profound meaning.
Integrity, commitment and responsibility...
That’s my promise to you!
Sincerely,
Councilman Bob Luzius
Dear Republican
Women of Presco
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(928) 899-7655
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to 500+ PCs. Stop by Headquarters at 112B Union St.
or call 928-776-4500 to find out how you can
help get Republicans elected in 2010!
Republican Women of Prescott
P.O. Box 10932
Prescott, AZ 86304-0932
www.RWOP.info
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P.O. Box 10932
Prescott, AZ 86304-0932
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the few, the proud, the brave—the Marines—who maintain
and secure the detention facilities in Iraq.
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