APRIL, 2018 VOLUME 2, NUMBER 4

President’s Message: Calendar By Stacie Jesser, CCRW President

of Events Here’s hoping that all of our members enjoyed a blessed Easter with friends and family. Easter along with the coming of Spring, is an ideal time for reflection and renewal. We have an Thursday, May 17 opportunity to start fresh and begin anew. Take time to reflect on Clark County Republican what’s most important in your life. Get in touch with an old friend Women Dinner that you have not seen in awhile. Go for a walk and breathe in all 6PM, Club Green Meadows that fresh, spring air! Plant some flowers that are visible inside Saturday, May 19 your kitchen window! Sometimes, it really is the little things that Clark County Republican can make all the difference! Party Lincoln Day Dinner Doors open at 5pm Our next CCRW dinner meeting is on Thursday, May 17th. Wharehose 23 Please RSVP for our CCRW dinner meeting in advance. While we love drop- ins, it’s important to have an accurate count for the hardworking kitchen staff Thursday, July 19 at Club Green Meadows. They do an awesome job of accommodating our Clark County Republican group but please note that advance registration is required. Please help us Women Dinner spread the word and buy tickets for you and your guests now! Register and pur- 6PM, Club Green Meadows chase tickets online at clarkcountyrepublicanwomen.org.

Thursday, September 20 An important part of our mission is to engage in politics to empower women to Clark County Republican Women Dinner seek political office and hold key positions within the campaign team structure. We 6PM, Club Green Meadows received good news this month about a past CCRW member; Clark County Coun- cilor Julie Olson is running to retain her Position 2 seat on the County Council. Julie Thursday, November 15 is the only identified Republican candidate so far in this race and this is certainly Clark County Republican something to be excited about. Congratulations Julie! Women Dinner 6PM, Club Green Meadows Thank you to all of our faithful members who have already renewed their 2018 CCRW membership. Let’s keep up our momentum. Our Secretary and Member- Reservations required for all CCRW ship Chair Anna Miller is announcing more exciting membership contests. See Events; Register and pre-pay page 4 for all the details. online at ClarkCountyRepublicanWomen.org God bless our President Trump! As always, it’s an honor and a privilege to serve as your CCRW President. 2018 CCRW Member Renewal Form - Page 7 APRIL, 2018 PAGE 2

By Brook Pell, CCRW First Vice President, Chair of Events Committee Register Today for CCRW May 17 Dinner Meeting Clark County Republican Women Host Author and “Free Market Warrior” Loren Spivack; Loren will entertain us and also host a book signing event.

Clark County Republican Women (CCRW), are clever illustrations “The New excited to present author Loren Spivack as the Democrat” transforms political keynote speaker at their Thursday, May 17 din- personalities of our time into a ner meeting. The event begins at 6p.m. and will conservative morality play. “The be held at Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd New Democrat,” listed as one of Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98661. All inclusive the top 10 conservative collect- Mexican Fiesta dinner is $24 for CCRW mem- ible items, humorously details bers and $30 for guests and non-members. the numerous failed policies of Reservations are required; please register the current government and the and pre-pay online at ClarkCountyRepub- century of liberalism that led up licanWomen.org. For additional registration to it. It features Obama as the information, please contact CCRW Secretary mischievous, toothy cat, wear- Anna Miller at (360) 600-6668. Loren will have ing a Soviet-style cap embla- several of his books for sale at a book signing zoned with hammer and sickle. event immediately following our dinner meeting. Glenn Beck plays the anxious, scolding fish. The book, both Loren Spivack thought-provoking and illuminating, ends with America “Free Market Warrior” Loren Spivack is a popular author, racing full speed ahead toward government rationing and economist, political activist, and highly sought after speak- death panels. er on economics and small government. In his most recent book, “The Gorax,” based on another Ever since Loren Spivack’s store “Free Market Warrior” famous Dr. Seuss book, “The Lorax,” satirist Loren Spi- was expelled from Concord Mills Mall in North Carolina vack, “Dr. Truth,” spoofs Al Gore and the environmentalist for selling materials critical of the Obama administration movement as a threat to freedom and the American stand- in 2009, (Mall owners, Simon Property Group, are major ard of living. Once again with snappy rhymes and equally Democratic donors.) Spivack has devoted himself to writ- amusing illustrations Spivack is both funny and poignant ing entertaining, educational political parodies, and teach- as he makes the case that capitalism is the real victim of ing people the truth about free market economics and how environmental extremists. it can save this country. If you think economics is uninteresting, dull, or perplex- Loren has appeared as a guest on a number of television ing, then you have never heard Loren Spivack speak. and radio programs including Glenn Beck, CNN, NBC His “Economic Literacy” seminar is witty, fascinating, and News, America’s Newsroom, National Conservative Ra- easy to understand. Enter a realm that makes sense and dio, Paltalk News, and We The People Radio. He has spo- laugh at what we have been taught to be logical. Loren hu- ken to hundreds of conservative, Republican, Libertarian, morously critiques the concepts of John Maynard Keynes and Tea Party groups across the United States. (father of Keynesian Economics) which have put the U.S. Spivack authored “The New Democrat,” a parody of the on the path towards our demise, and deals with today’s Obama administration based on the famous Dr. Seuss real problems in an entertaining way. classic, “The Cat in the Hat.” With pitch perfect rhyme and APRIL, 2018 PAGE 3

By , CCRW Second Vice President, Chair of Legislative Committee Republicans File for Office in several Clark County Legislative Races Candidate filing week is right Congresswoman Jaime around the corner. Several in- cumbent Republicans have filed Herrera Buetler Faces for office along with their chal- Multiple lengers! Challengers in 2018 All House Seats up At the federal level, several challengers have lined up to oppose Republican for re-election in ‘18 U.S. Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Republican State Representa- Buetler whose term expires on Decem- tives and ber 31, 2018. from the 17th Legislative District have filed paperwork with the Her strongest Democrat opposition ap- Washington State Public Disclo- pears to be Carolyn Long, a political sure Commission, (PDC) to hold science professor at Washington State their seats. University - Vancouver. It’s interesting to note that Ms. Long and her family Rep. Vicki Kraft faces two Dem- reside in Salem. A few months prior to ocrat challengers, James Tolson filing her federal election paperwork, and Tanisha Harris. Rep. Paul Long rented a Vancouver apartment. If Harris faces Democrat challeng- this sounds familiar, it should. Last year, er Jiles Damion. Vancouver Port Commissioner Candi- date Don Orange rented a Vancouver apartment several To date, Republican State Representative miles from his long-time Ridgefield residence in order to has no opposition for his 18th district seat. The position be eligible to run for the Port seat which he eventually won two open seat has attracted Democrat Kathy Gillespie and in November of 2017. Republican John Ley as well as Republican political new- comer . Other Democrat challengers include Dorothy Gasque, Pe- ter Harrison and David McDevitt. The Democrats are not 14th District Republican incumbent Gina McCabe faces the only ones challenging Herrera Buetler. News on the Democrat challenger Elizabeth Hallock. Republican in- street is that conservative Republican Earl Bowerman is cumbent Norm Johnson is not running for his 14th District set to announce his candidacy before the week is out. He seat which includes a slim section of Washougal in Clark sites term limits among his top priorities. County. That race has two Republicans, Kathy Coffey and Garth McKinney along with two Democrats Jesse Rami- An updated candidate list will be provided in our May rez and Sasha Rose Bentley-Feinberg. newsletter including information about Republican Joey Gibson taking on Maria Cantwell for U.S. Senate. As al- In Vancouver’s solidly Democrat 49th District, Democrat ways, we encourage our CCRW members to get busy and State Representative has no announced help their favorite Republican win! opponent yet for her position one seat. Democrat Repre- sentative faces a Libertarian challenger in Representative Liz Pike is a three-term State Representa- Joshua Smith for her position two seat. tive from Camas and represents the 18th District in South- west Washington. She serves as Second VP for CCRW. APRIL, 2018 PAGE 4

By Anna Miller, CCRW Secretary, Chair of Membership Committee Thank You Ladies for Renewing Your 2018 CCRW Membership As your Membership Chair, I’m pleased to report that we’re Our Executive Board has put forth several membership approaching 60 new and renewing members as we begin renewal incentives, including gift certificates for early re- the second quarter of 2018! If we can keep this pace, we newals. Ruth Ann Hughes was the lucky winner of our are on track to grow our club even more than our record early bird membership contest, winning a $100 spa gift setting year in 2017! certificate drawn from those members who renewed be- fore December 31st. At our March meeting, Margie Fer- ris won a $75 spa gift certificate, drawn from those who Renewing Members renewed or joined for the first time during the months of Entered in our $50 Wilco January and February. Farm Store Gift Certificate! Going forward, at each of our dinner meetings in 2018, we will continue membership prizes to the CCRW member Lynelle Aarhus who has recruited the most new members during each Lisa Bayautet meeting cycle. Our next promotion will be a $50 gift cer- Cathy Treadwell-Nelson tificate to Wilco Farm Store for whomever sponsors the Lindsay Willocks greatest number of new members between March 1 and April 30. You can download our current 2018 membership New Associate Members: form found on page seven of this newsletter. David Austen January each year is the start of a new membership year Neil Cahoon for Clark County Republican Women, (CCRW). Our Ex- ecutive Board is committed to growing our membership so that we will continue to be relevant in Clark County poli- tics. Per our bylaws, all new membership renewals occur on January 1st of each year. However, new memberships Renew Online! are welcomed and encouraged throughout the year!

The most convenient way to renew your CCRW member- ship for 2018 is to do it online at our website. Simply visit clarkcountyrepublicanwomen.org. At the top of our web page, you’ll see a menu bar. Simply click on “JOIN.” Scroll down to the membership form. Your computer will allow you to electronically fill in all of your membership informa- tion and then accept payment with your credit card or deb- it card. Renewing your 2018 membership is a snap when you do it online; no postage stamp required! If you wish to pay by check, complete the member form, include it with your $35 annual membership fee and mail it to CCRW, 25810 NE 12th Avenue, Camas, WA 98607. APRIL, 2018 PAGE 5

Politics in and Around Clark County, Washington By CCRW First Vice President Brook Pell and CCRW Second Vice President Liz Pike

The following opinion piece does not reflect the official views of the Clark County Republican Women Board or membership and are presented solely by CCRW Vice Presidents Brook Pell and Liz Pike.

Clark County Council Considers Ban on Fireworks; What’s Next? Recently, at least one member of the Clark County Council is Vancouver: All personal use of fireworks are banned within the expressing a desire to ban fireworks here. I’m starting to get Vancouver City limits. emails and phone calls from my constituents in the 18th Dis- trict about a proposed ban on Fireworks on the Fourth of July is all Fourth of July fireworks in part of our great American herit- unincorporated areas. And the age. We celebrate with fireworks to folks who are contacting me remind ourselves of the American are furious about it! I agree Revolution and our founding fathers’ with them. and mothers’ struggles to be a free people. Let’s set aside for a moment that nearly all cities in Clark Unfortunately there will always be a County oppose a total ban on few bad actors who break the rules. fireworks. With the exception But why punish the majority of free- of Vancouver, which imposed dom-loving patriots who use fire- a complete ban on all personal works responsibly? fireworks, smaller cities in Clark County have varying rules that It’s easy to see why the City of Van- allow for the discharge of legal couver would ban fireworks; their fireworks around the annual Fourth of July holiday. Our smaller City Council is firmly controlled by liberals and a majority of its cities are governments closest to the people. citizens embrace bigger government, more regulations, higher taxes and less freedom. However, the rest of the county is not Here’s a list of current restrictions currently on the books in in lock step with liberal Vancouver! Clark County cities: I encourage our CCRW members to attend an upcoming Clark Battle Ground, Ridgefield and Yacolt: Allows fireworks to be County Council meeting to let our elected leaders know how sold June 28 - July 5; Allows discharge of fireworks on June 29 you feel about this proposed ban on fireworks. Here’s a list of through July 5. upcoming meetings. Remember, our elected officials work for us. Let’s remind them! Camas: Allows fireworks to be sold July 2 - 5; Allows discharge of fireworks on July 3 and 4. Tuesdays in April Tuesdays in May April 10 at 10am May 1 at 6pm LaCenter: Allows fireworks to be sold June 28 - July 5; Allows April 17 at 10am May 8 at 10am discharge of fireworks on June 29 - July 4. April 24 at 10am May 15 at 10am May 22 at 10am Washougal: Allows fireworks to be sold July 2 - 4; May 29 at 10am Allows discharge of fireworks on July 4. County Council meetings are held in the Clark County Public Service building, 1300 Franklin Street, in Vancouver. (Not an official CCRW position, for information purposes only) APRIL, 2018 PAGE 6

By CCRW Treasurer Marjie Austen CCRW Launches New Member Business Directory

As we continue to be the fastest growing GOP Womens organization in the state, our resources also contin- ue to grow. We are blessed with abundance and are so grateful that we can get to the business of cheerfully supporting our local Republican candidates. Starting with this issue, your CCRW Board has authorized a member business directory. Let’s support our Republican women and men who are working hard in our community!

BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES POLITICAL CONSULTING Brook Pell / Pell von Massari Group Pike Advertising Consulting and asset management 26300 NE Third Street, Camas, WA 98607 2005 SE 192nd Avenue, Ste. 200 Tel. (360) 281-8720 Camas, WA 98607 [email protected] Tel. (360) 601-4998 [email protected] REAL ESTATE SERVICES www.pellvonmassarigroup.com Gloria Matthews, Principal Property Brokers Tel. (360) 600-3042 FARM FRESH PRODUCE [email protected] Shangri-La Farm www.ggmathews.com Eggs, seasonal produce and special events 26300 NE Third Street, Camas, WA 98607 Kelyn “Key” Miles, Selling Keys Real Estate Tel. (360) 281-8720 Tel. (503) 707-7011 [email protected] FINANCIAL SERVICES www.sellingkeys.com David Austen, CPA 8200 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Ste. 103 ADD YOUR BUSINESS LISTING HERE! Vancouver, WA 98661 This space is reserved for CCRW members only. Do Tel. (360) 260-9900 you want to add your business information here? [email protected] Just email your business name, contact, telephone, www.austencpa.com email, address and website to Liz Pike, our CCRW enewsletter designer: [email protected] MEDICAL INNOVATIONS Valerie Vance / Red Point International 9208 NE Hwy. 99, Ste. 107-203 Vancouver, WA 98665 Tel. (503) 319-8139 [email protected] www.redpointcorp.com APRIL, 2018 PAGE 7

Engaging and Empowering Women in Politics OUR MISSION: The mission of Clark County Republican Women (CCRW) is to promote an informed electorate through political education, to increase the effectiveness of women in the causes of good government through effective political participation and to facilitate cooperation among Republican Women’s Clubs. CCRW fosters loyalty to the Republican Party and strives to promote its ideals, and to support the objectives and policies of the Republican National Committee, the Republican State Central Committee and to work for the election of the Republican Party’s nominees. OUR 2018 MEETINGS: CCRW meets at 6pm on the following dates in 2018: Friday, January 19, Friday, March 16, Thursday, May 17, Thursday, July 19, Thursday, September 20, Thursday, November 15. OUR STANDING COMMITTEES: Achievement Awards, Program, Campaign, Legislation, Budget & Finance, Membership, Ways & Means, Chaplain, Newsletter and Communication Committee. For more information, email [email protected].

“Make Our Club Great Again!” CCRW Membership Form - Join us today! Annual Membership $35 payable to CCRW due each January 1. Send Dues to 25810 NE 12th Street, Camas, WA 98607 OR JOIN ONLINE AT ClarkCountyRepublicanWomen.org Prospective Member Name______Mailing Address______City______State______Zip______Email Address______Mobile No.______Areas of Interest, Standing Committees:______Annual dues $35.00. Plus additional contribution to CCRW $______Total Enclosed $______Check No.____ Date____ Amount Paid $___ Sponsoring Member______Win fabulous prizes for top membership recruitment! Send Dues to 25810 NE 12th Street, Camas, WA 98607 OR JOIN ONLINE AT ClarkCountyRepublicanWomen.org APRIL, 2018 PAGE 8 APRIL, 2018 PAGE 9 CCRW Board Announces 2018 Meeting Schedule... Please Mark Your Calendars!

Thursday, May 17 6pm social, 6:40pm dinner, Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98661 Program: Loren Spivack, “Free Market Warrior” speaker and author

Thursday, July 19 6pm social, 6:40pm dinner, Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98661 Program: Gordon J. Fulks, PhD (Physics) “The Climate Hoax”

Thursday, September 20 6pm social, 6:40pm dinner, Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98661 Program: Rep. Jeff Kropf, Retired Oregon Legislator and former talk radio host at Oregon’s KVI “The real wants of the people ought never to give way to the imaginary wants of the State.” - Thomas Jeffer- son

Thursday, November 15 6pm social, 6:40pm dinner, Club Green Meadows, 7703 NE 72nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98661 Election of 2019 Officers and End of Year Celebration Join us for Trump Bucks at our next CCRW dinner meeting! Funds raised help us elect Republicans!

CCRW 2018 Executive Board

The mission of CCRW is to encourage women in elected roles and sup- portive roles, promote an informed electorate, pro- vide quality educational programs, promote Re- publican ideals and work for the election of GOP nominees. Club mem- bers strive for courage, commitment, compas- Stacie Jesser Brook Pell Liz Pike Anna Miller Marjie Austen President sion and civility in Clark First Vice President Second Vice President Secretary Treasurer County politics.