Southern Hills Republican Women B O A R D O F Our Mission To increase the effectiveness of Republican women in the cause of good government DIRECTORS through political education and activity. President: Volume 6 Issue 1 JANUARY 2013 Daryll Ann Sulliman- [email protected]; 979-9724 1st V.P: Virginia Finnigan- JANUARY 22ND LUNCHEON [email protected]; 270-0425 GUEST SPEAKER ALAN STOCK 2nd V.P: Angela Lin Greenberg- [email protected]; 269-5557 Secretary: Marla Nacon- Alan Stock has been named as one of the 100 [email protected]; most influential. talk radio hosts in America for 12 straight years by “Talkers 478-5954 Magazine”. His radio career has taken him from Santa Rosa to San Diego, Treasurer: Ivy Syriotis- Sacramento and San Francisco. [email protected]; 270-0893 Alan joined Las Vegas radio as the afternoon drive time host at the Communications Director: Nickie Diersen- CBS affiliate in 1999. In the first eighteen months, afternoon ratings quadru- [email protected]; pled. In the fall of 2001, Alan became the morning host. Today he is the star 897-4682 Events Director: of morning drive at Newstalk 720, KDWN and remains the most popular Donna Lakers- local talk show figure in Las Vegas. [email protected]; 616-0056 Campaign Director In addition to his morning drive show, Alan is now the host of a night- Lynn Armanino [email protected] ly interview program on VegasTV (Channel 25, Cable Channel 14, HD Channel 616-2578 1014). Reservation deadline During his 30 year radio and television career, he has interviewed dig- for the monthly Luncheon is: Jan 17. nitaries, stars, entertainers and politicians including Paul Anka, Mickey Luncheon fee is Rooney, Tony Orlando, Wayne Newton, The Righteous Brothers, Debbi Reyn- $22.00 payable in olds, Don Rickles, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Loggins, President Barack Obama, advance to SHRW. Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Governor Brian Sandoval, Senators Heller and Price at the door is $25.00. Reid, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Charles Krauthammer, Sean Hannity, Shep- if space available ard Smith, Newt Gingrich and many others. Alan has, also, appeared as a po- Buckman’s Grill is located at litical pundit on MSNBC, CNN and on Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel. 2600 Hampton Rd. Henderson, NV 89052 Prior to his current career, he worked in the field of psychotherapy Room opens at 10:45 am and We expect a full house, so please make your reservations early. Lunch is served at 11:30 am. for 10 years. His specialties included working with poly-abuse drug addicts Please send checks to: where he relied on his creative training and employed the techniques of role- Donna Lakers: playing and psychodrama. This training and experience probably explains his 1817 Tarrant City Drive uncanny ability to cut through the BS and go right to the heart of the matter. Henderson, NV 89052 or drop them in the mail box at 2001 DiPinto; (at the cor- ner of Hampton & DiPinto Street). FEBRUARY GUEST SPEAKER Victor Jeocks Nevada Policy Research Institute speaking on ‘Solutions for 2013’ Nevada Federation of Republican Women Leadership Meeting Saturday, January 19th, 2013 10:00am to 4:00pm At the Spanish Trail Country Club 5050 Spanish Trail Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89113 directions The Nevada Federation provides this FREE opportunity and everyone is encouraged to attend especially new members. All SHRW FULL members are invited to attend this annual leadership training. RSVP to Cherie Wood at [email protected] or 702-480-7151 no later than Friday, January 11 2013 SHRW PHOTOGRAPHERSydney Ingram SEEKING ASSISTANCE Our club photographer, Janice Sutcliffe, is seeking an assis- tant photographer to take pictures at our events when she is unable to do so. (no prior experience required, just a love of taking pictures) If you are interested please contact Janice at [email protected] or call 837-5527 PLEASE DON’T LET A VET TAKE THAT “LAST WALK” ALONE Southern Hills Republican Women Remembering Veterans By Michele Turner Every third Thursday of the month, a group of SHRW members attend the internment Services for Veterans who have no family or friends. The service starts at 8:40 am at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. We usually meet at the Anthem Center at 7:45 to car pool. If you would like to attend the service, please contact Michele Turner at [email protected] or 606-0983 or Syd- ney Ingram at [email protected] or 617-1924 Please be sure to contact Michele or Sydney in advance in the event that there is a cancellation. No soldier should take their final walk alone. Legislative Corner By Rana Goodman This month I am wearing my Legislative Chair hat so that I can let you know about a great new feature that has been started in Carson City. Some of you might yawn, but for those of you that are interested in following some of the, are you ready for this, more than 600 bill drafts that will be heard this legislative session, here is the scoop. Anyone can “track 5 bill drafts” free of charge. This means if you go to the legislative site at http:// www.leg.state.nv.us/ and click on Personalized Legislative Tracking (on the right side of the home page) you will find many options of bill tracking where you can read a brief description of the bills, click a box showing your in- terest and then each time the bill is amended, or changed in any way you will be notified and given a draft of the changes. Should you wish to get involved, you can even go down to the Sawyer Building on Washington and Las Vegas Blvd. North and testify via teleconference to the legislature since you will also be notified when that bill comes before the committee hearing it. It is a little early now since the starting date of the 77th session of our legislature is February, but in two more weeks if you find any of those brief descriptions whet your appetite, click on the bill number and you will be taken to the full bill so that you can read it. As I say, five bills are available as a courtesy but with so many things of in- terest this session, I’d like to offer two alternatives; if you have a small group with political interest, you might want to chip in together and buy a tracking package to share. Alternatively, I have already purchased a large package for my needs and I will be more than happy to track some bills that some SHRW ladies have an interest in and report back through my column here. Today I added a few bills that looked like they might be of interest but full details won’t be available until 7 to 10 days. They are Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3) covering a tax on live entertainment. I’m wondering if that would affect our TGIF, our restaurant or our Performing Arts shows since we pay for them albeit a nominal sum. There is another Senate bill (SB55) “AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising provisions governing the subject matter of master plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto” That could be the size of HOAs but, as I say, we won’t know until mid January. UPDATE: (This was received from the League of Women Voters today) The nuts and bolts of how to be effective and personally in- volved at the Nevada legislature in 2013 will be offered at the League of Women Voters Las Vegas Valley's Legislative Advo- cacy Workshop to be held MONDAY JAN. 7 from 6-8 pm at CSN West Charleston campus. Brian Davie of the Las Vegas Legislative Counsel Bureau will walk attendees through the advocacy features of the Nevada Legislative website with a dis- cussion on the upcoming legislative session and how to use social media to follow legislators, legislative staff, and the politi- cal news reporters. The workshop is open to the public, reservations are requested. For more information and reservations go to the league’s website www.lwvlasvegasvalley.org or phone (702) 464-7887. The LWVLVV's January 19th meeting will feature Senator Richard Bryan who will bring to the membership an overview of the political spectrum in Nevada today. The meeting on Saturday morning January 19th will be held at the Las Vegas Social Club, Main & Stewart from 9 a.m. until noon with a breakfast charge of $20. For reservations and more information go to the League's website or phone 464-7887. The League of Women Voters Las Vegas Valley is a non-partisan organization that en- courages informed and active participation in government and invites the public to all meetings. If you have an interest in following or even browsing the state site and would like help, give me a call or e-mail. I’m more than happy to help. [email protected] or call me at 433-6618 For the latest Legislative updates visit our web site at: http://www.shrwhendersonrepublicanwomen.com/2013_Legislative.php American Women in Uniform By: Jo Ann Crouse For generations American women have played an important part in all of our na- tion’s wars. As far back as the Revolution and the Civil War, small numbers of determined women served on the battlefront as nurses, undercover soldiers and spies. Starting in 1901 and 1908, respectively, the Army and Navy officially accepted women as military nurses, and during World War I the Navy, Coast Eleanor Roosevelt Guard and Marine Corps enlisted several thousand Eleanor Roosevelt women for noncombat service.