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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 Liz Pike, 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 Paul Harris and Vicki Kraft 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 Brandon Vick 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 Larry Hoff. 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 Sharon Wylie has no announced help their favorite Republican win! opponent yet for her position one seat. Democrat Repre- sentative Monica Stonier 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.