February 1, 2011 Volume 4, Issue 2 FEBRUARY LUNCHEON FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS Carol Greene 1st FEBRUARY 15, 2011 Teri Hulsebus 1st Anita Linden 4th Madeline Adachi 8th HEIDI HARRIS Lin Mando 10th Born and raised in Las Vegas (her dad was a showroom Ellen Bradt 14th musician and her mom had been a singer) she literally grew up Betty Lasham 16th backstage in the Las Vegas casinos. She started her singing ca- Lee Price 20th reer in 1995, and in 1999 she was privileged to be sent by the Linda Swing 23rd Department of Defense to entertain U.S. Troops in Bosnia. Bettye Smith 25th At her friend’s urging, she decided to give Talk Radio a Candy Gesell 28th try. In 1998, she cut her talk radio teeth working late nights at KDWN for If you have a birthday in Febru- free, and she was worth every cent! She went to KXNT in 1999, initially host- ary and don’t see your name on ing a weekend show, and then co-hosting an award winning morning drive this list, it’s because I don’t know the date of your birthday. show for five years. In October 2006 she left KXNT and in April 2007 The Send me an e-mail so I can Heidi Harris Show was born on KDWN. complete my records . vir- [email protected] Heidi has been repeatedly named by Talker’s Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Talk Hosts in America, and has won two Electronic Me- dia Awards for "Best Local Radio Talk Show". She appears weekly as a com- INSIDE THIS ISSUE mentator on Fox News Channel and MSNBC. A huge supporter of the mili- PAGE CALENDAR 2 tary, Heidi is an Honorary Commander for the A-10 Division at Nellis Air Force base. She recently published her first book, "Cocktail Waitress Wis- MEETING RONALD dom". Heidi and her husband Brian have been married nearly a decade, and REAGAN 3 & 4 they have a house full of rescued dogs. COMMITTEES 5 NEW MEMBERS 5 WE ARE CELEBRATING CANDIDATES 5 LISA HECK’S COLUMN & PICTURES 6 INVITE TO CONG. President Reagan’s 100th birthday HECK’S OPEN HOUSE 6 LINCOLN DAY DINNER 7 QUILT PROJECT 7 RESERVATION INFORMATION:s PICTURES OF PLACE: Buckman’s Grill, 2600 Hampton Road, Hender- PRESIDENT REAGAN 8 & 9 son, NV 89052. TIME: 11:30, come early and visit with friends. Make your DEADLINE FOR $22.00 check payable to SHRW and mail it to Donna Lak- ers, 1817 Tarrant City Drive Henderson, NV 616-0056. Or RESERVATIONS drop off your check in the mail box by the door at 2001 Di February 10th Pinto Avenue, at the corner of Hampton and Di Pinto. PAGE 2 Southern Hills Republican Women VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 CALENDAR OF UP COMING EVENTS!!!!! Feb 1st Open house at Joe Heck’s office 5 to 7 pm 8485 W. Sunset Road, Suite 300 RSVP to 702-387-4941 Feb 2nd Congressman Joe Heck Town Hall Green Valley HS 5:30 pm 460 N. Arroyo Grande Blvd. Near Stephanie & Warm Springs Feb 15th SHRW Luncheon—Speaker Heidi Harris— Help us celebrate Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday Mar 5th Lincoln Day Dinner– Venetian Hotel 7 pm Mar 9th NFRW Board Meeting & Legislative Day Washington, D.C. Mid Mar Early Voting Begins Mar 22nd SHRW Luncheon—Henderson City Council Candidates Apr 5th Primary election May 20th State Federation Spring Board Meeting—Carson City June 7th Local and County Elections Do you know someone in our club who is ill, has suffered a loss, or could just use a little cheering up? Please let our Sunshine Lady, Doris Federwisch, know so she can send greetings from our club. You can contact Doris at 616-3011 or [email protected] WE ARE ON FACEBOOK AND THE WEB!!! Thanks to the hard work of Lynn Armanino, we are reaching out to the world through FACEBOOK. Go to facebook.com and look for us at SHRW Hen- derson Republican Women and see the latest postings. If you like what you see, click on the ―LIKE‖ button. If you don’t like it, let Lynn know what you would like to see. [email protected]. And, don’t forget our web site, www.shrwhendersonrepublicanwomen.com. If you don’t remember the web ad- dress, just type SHRW into Google to search and you will find us. Give it a try. SHRW’S 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Daryll Ann Carter 979-9724 [email protected] 1st Vice Pres. Kathy Matson 407-1130 [email protected] 2nd Vice Pres. Virginia Finnegan 270-0425 [email protected] Secretary Linda Raia 898-2207 [email protected] Treasurer Donna Lakers 616-0056 [email protected] Past Pres. Joan Passaro 617-0458 [email protected] The Southern Hills Republican Women’s Newsletter is paid for by the Southern Hills Republican Women’s Club and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 Southern Hills Republican Women PAGE 3 STORIES FROM OUR MEMBERS—When I met Roland Reagan When I think of President Ronald Reagan, I think of a man with class. Case in point, it was one year after the shooting, fall of 1982/3, and being a Temp. on the detail for one month, I was on the second floor of the White House, and all of a sudden, a transmission came over our radios, Sulliman; Rawhide command post; Rawhide and VP (George H.W. Bush) (I will not provide his codename), want to talk, let us know when they are done. Picture this, I am on the second floor of the W.H., and President Reagan and VP Bush want to talk alone, in the hallway, with no staff or anyone else around. The leaders of our country wanted to talk alone, and it was just the three of us. I was only a few feet away from them, and there was not, anyone, and I mean anyone within shouting dis- tance. After what seemed like a long time, the President and VP concluded their private conversation. They both looked at me, and President Reagan looked at me and thanked me. The next procedure was to talk into my hand (radio), and advise the command post that “Rawhide was moving”. As I said before, President Reagan was a class guy. Robert Sulliman ( EDITOR’S NOTE: Bob Sulliman, a former Secret Service Agent and member of the White House Detail, is an Associate Member of our Club and the husband of our club president.) Meeting Ronald Reagan The first time we met President Reagan was on our first trip to Washington, D.C. It was just before Christmas in 1983. The weather was perfect and the city was absolutely beautiful all decorated for Christmas and clear blue skies. We went to the White House that morning and were escorted to George’s brother’s Office, Ed Meese. At the time, Ed was serving as the Counselor to the President. Our meeting was delayed as President Reagan was in a meeting in the Oval office. We were waiting just outside the oval office with Ed when Vice President George Bush came by. Ed introduced us and Vice President Bush immediately escorted us into his office to wait until President Reagan was free. We spent several minutes with him and he was so cordial and friendly. He was especially proud of the Christmas tree in his office that was decorated with ornaments made by disabled children from all over the United States. This extra time with the Vice President made a lasting impression on us. As we finally stepped into the Oval Office, we were almost speechless, but the President was not. I remember the big smile on Ed’s face as he proudly introduced his brother and me to the President of the United States. George was the Director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles at the time and presented the President with a California personalized license plate. This was the year that the Summer Olympics had been held in Los Angeles. We chatted with him about California and his friend, Governor George Deukmejian, whom both George and I worked for at the time. There were some jovial comments about the trouble DMV had trying to work with the International Olympic Committee to au- thorize the production of these special license plates. President Reagan remembered well the problems of California’s bureaucracy from his days as California’s governor and he was also familiar with the even larger bureaucracy of the IIOC. We came away from our meeting knowing that Ronald Reagan had lived up to every expectation we had of him and more. He was warm and friendly and seemed genuinely pleased to be meeting some of Ed’s relatives. It was an awesome day for us, meeting not only President Reagan but also Vice Presi- dent George Bush too. BELLA MEESE (EDITOR’S NOTE: Bella Meese is a Charter Member of our club and continues to be involved in its activities.) CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 The Southern Hills Republican Women’s Newsletter is paid for by the Southern Hills Republican Women’s Club and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 Southern Hills Republican Women PAGE 4 STORIES FROM OUR MEMBERS—When I met Roland Reagan (continued) I had the privilege of meeting President Reagan on quite a few occasions over my career in professional politics. I worked for a brief period helping to advance events in California af- ter he was elected to the Presidency; and then spent the remaining years of his Administra- tion working for California’s Governor and Mrs.