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Volume X, Issue 3

OUR NEXT MEETING:

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

North Ridge Country Club 7600 Madison Avenue Fair Oaks, California

Sign In: 11:30 am Program: 12:00 noon

Menu Cobb Salad with Chicken, Blue

Cheese, Bacon, Avocado & Tomato Dessert, Coffee or Tea

Reservation Deadline:

Friday, February 25, 2011 At 5:00 pm

Cost: $25.00

Reservations After Deadline: Cost: $27.00

Reservation Line: 916 733-1623

Please Note: If you make a luncheon reservation and do not attend or cancel prior to the deadline, you are responsible for paying for your lunch.

Membership: Beverly Anderson (916) 359-4369

Membership@sacramentorwf.org

President: Janet Gardner (916) 447-0609

jgardner@pacbell.net

Editor: Mary Croxen (916) 363-8494

mecrec@sbcglobal.net

MARCH 2011

SACRAMENTO REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED

A DIAMOND AWARD CLUB

AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN

The Capitol City Bulletin WWW.SACRAMENTORWF.ORG

Guest Speaker

.KATY GRIMES On California Politics

A longtime political analyst and writer, Grimes is a political journalist and works for CalWatchdog, the Journalism Center for the Pacific Research Institute. CalWatchdog is read daily by California legislators and Capitol

staff, as well as lobbyists and associations influential in state politics. Grimes was a regular columnist for The Sacramento Union, and has written for The Washington Examiner, The San Francisco Exam-iner, The Sacramento Business Journal, The Flash Report and The Sacramento Bee. Grimes has been an influential political blogger since 2004 and cur-rently blogs at Townhall.com. Influenced early and politically active since the mid 1970’s Grimes was a student politician during high school, and voted in her first Presidential election in 1980 for Ronald Reagan. Grimes majored in Government at CSU Sacramento, interned at the California Manufacturers Association, and as a Junior lobbyist with CMA, worked with a political consultant, and in lobbying and Parale-gal work for a large law firm. Grimes worked for 19 years as a Labor Law and Human Resource specialist, while honing her political writing skills and raising her sons. Her political opinion column for The Sacramento Union was instru-mental in the 2008 Sacramento Mayoral race between entrenched in-cumbent Heather Fargo and current Sacramento Mayor Kevin John-son. Grimes is married to Sacramento business owner Terry Grimes, and has two sons, one of which is a 4th year Naval Academy Midship-man, graduating in May.

Terri Lyn Alexander, Program Chairman (916) 723-6156

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President’s Message

Just like last year, we have been busy so far this year. Even with the installation of new officers, the Leadership Seminar and then the CFRW Winter Conference in the first two months, we have much more to prepare for and attend. With seemingly endless elections this year and for those of you in State Assembly District 4, don’t forget to vote on March 8th! This year is also the NFRW Convention, Sep-tember 29-October 1, 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri. Here are a few more dates to mark on your calendar! • At the Hyatt Regency at Capital Park, The California Republican Party will hold it’s Spring Convention on Friday, March 18, 2011 through Sunday, March 20, 2011 and Sandy Stultz is still looking for volunteers to work the convention. This is always a fun time so contact Sandy (718-2942/sconsult@att.net) as soon as possible so you can get the hours and functions you want to work. • Also at the Hyatt Regency at Capital Park, The Califor-nia Federation of Republican Women will hold the Spring Board of Directors’ Meeting (yes everyone is invited) on Monday, April 18, 2011 and the 36th Advocacy Workshop continues on Tuesday, April 19 with the Student Advocacy Day and Capitol tours. If you have students that you want to sponsor or would like to be invited, please let our Director of Education, Sue Scott know as soon as possible. (635-0419/scotts8@sbcglobal.net) • We have the CFRW Northern Division Spring Confer-ence April 30 and May 1, 2011 which will be held in Chico. Friday, April 29, 2011 will be two workshops: Running for Office and Campaign Headquarter.

We have chosen to change our normally scheduled 1st Wednesday for our June General Meeting to Saturday June 4th. We will be celebrating our 80th Anniversary as a Feder-ated Club and having our traditional Membership Celebra-tion. Director of Membership Outreach, Suzanne Jones is chairing the committee and is still welcome volunteers. This should be a party to remember!

I’m hoping many of you after hearing about our Website winning the NFRW Web of the Week, have gone in and checked it out! There are pictures (taken by Associate Mem-ber Mary Pearson) from January and February’s General Meetings under Members Only that I’m sure you will enjoy.

I’m quite excited about our having Columnist Katy Grimes as our featured speaker at our March 2, 2011 General Meet-ing! If you aren’t keeping up with her articles by e-mail, you can check them out at www.calwatchdog.com and once you have you won’t want to miss this meeting!

If you are in CA Assembly District 4, don’t forget to vote March 8, 2011. If you want information on the Republican candidates, go to our website and look under Current Elec-tion under Legislation for Websites or Bio on candidates.

Janet Gardner, President (916) 447-0609 jgardner@pacbell.net

SACRAMENTO REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED 2011 BOARD

President Janet Gardner 447-0609 1st Vice President Terri Lyn Alexander 723-6156 2nd Vice President Beverly Anderson 359-4369 Recording Secretarys Marylou Colombo 635-1003 Treasurer Marlene Coy 425-7369 Finance Review Ofcr Margie DeRow 638-1652 Corresponding Secty Claudia Dickerson 631-7677 Parliamentarian Beverlee Gross 635-0835

DIRECTORS

Caring for America Sandra Sinclair 422-0373 Military Support/Appreciation/Toys for Troops Kids (Sandy Stultz); Community Projects Communications Barbara McCarthy 852-8855 Bulletin Editor (Mary Croxen); Bulletin Circulation (Bobbie Prindle); Internet Updates/Blasts (Janet Gard-ner); and Publicity (Lou Green) Education Sue Scott 635-0419 Advocacy Workshop, Legislation (Local, State and Na-tional), Scholarships. (An Dunn, Jan High and Karen Klinger) Elections Ruth Crone 987-7916 GOVT/Precinct Walking (Sondra Rogers); Voter Regis-tration; Running for Office Assistance. Membership Outreach Suzanne Jones 780-0136 Internet Advisor (Janet Gardner); Satellite Clubs Organ-izer; Assistant to 2nd Vice President; Young Republican Clubs Liaison, Hospitality (Dottie Linden) Special Events Kay Burton 635-5590 Christmas Events/Whistle Stop w/1st Vice President/Membership Celebration w/ 2nd Vice President, Fund- raisers not under specific chairs; Ways & Means (Nell Greenbaum); Opportunity Drawings (Jenny Mitchell).

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Americanism Fran Kruger 638-5984 Awards/Historian Nancy Sharp 791-0761 Birthdays Mariluz Buchanan 771-5268 Bulletin Circulation Bobbie Prindle 635-4330 Central Com Liaison Janet Gardner 447-0609 Chaplain Glenda Thompson 481-5593 Reservations Cammie Hottinger 939-9560 Yvonne Bowers 483-6653

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MARCH 9 DEADLINE IS ALMOST HERE!!! March 9 is the deadline to renew SRWF membership if you desire to be in-cluded in the 2011 SRWF directory. Membership renewal may be done one of 3 ways: mail completed membership form and $30 fee to Bev Anderson, 1619 El Nido Way, Sacramento, Ca. 95864. A membership form is included in this issue of the

newsletter for your use. Enroll online at membership@sacramentorwf.org Submit membership form & fee at the March 2 SRWF luncheon. We currently only have 82 renewals and 13 new members and 95 members is a long way away from our last year total of 184. While renewing your membership, consider purchasing a Membership Gift Certificate for a conservative family member or friend. If interested contact Bev Anderson at 916-359-4369 for details. We welcome three new members: Jacquie Lee, Nancy J. Sharp, and Rosalene “Rosie” Walker. In addition, the following have renewed their membership: Beverly Acker Gloria Anthony Ann Bechtel Lola Brekke Mary Louise Brown Nancy Buckner Alice Campbell Kay Carrigan Shirley Chastain Sonia Colgan Shirley Cooper Nancy Ehlers Esther Greene Peggy Grenz Meride Hutchinson Donna Keep Fran Koeber Ivey Lambert Ann Lasiter Deborah Lentsch Marilyn Licursi Estela Lozano Lynn MacLean Sadie Onnigian Michelle Orrock Cris Powell JoAnn Raney Sharon Sanders Leta Shepard Sandra Sinclair Lori VanHamersveld Carolyn Winters We also welcome two associates: Leslie Clydene and Patricia Grover.

Bev Anderson, Membership Chairman (916) 359-4369 or Membership@sacramentorwf.org Would you like to support SRWF in a different way? You can if you own a business. For a $30 fee, you can become a sponsor AND place a business-card-sized advertisement in the 2011 SRWF Direc-tory. For your convenience, a directory sponsorship form is included in this issue of the newsletter. Remember, the deadline to sign up is March 9, 2011. If you have questions, contact Bev Anderson at 359-4369 for additional information. SRWF Members: Look in YOUR directory and try to support the businesses that support us.

CFRW 2011 WINTER CONFERENCE REPORT JANET GARDNER, President

Two other SRWF members (Beverlee Gross and Karen Klinger) joined me in Burbank, California for the CFRW 2011 Winter Conference. There were 169 other attendees from 45 clubs throughout California which was remarkable since it was Super Bowl weekend. Saturday’s featured topic “Action Speaks Louder Than Words” was presented by NFRW Western Regional Director, Leadership Development, Carrie Almond. We also had a great “Salute to President Reagan’s 100th Birthday” by Carol Cohea, Director of Marketing for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. She had a slide presentation, letting us see the new (as well as some old) exhibits prior to the official “Re-Opening” Monday, February 7, 2011. Our banquet speaker was the remarkable Kyndra Rotundra, Executive Director/Military & Law Policy Institute and Assistant Profession/Military International Law/Chapman Uni-versity. Kyndra enlightened us regarding the truth about Guantanamo with her “Honor Bound-Inside the Guantanamo Trails” presentation. Sunday SRWF was recognized for achieving 100% of 2009 members in 2010. Our club also received sec-ond place in our category for our outstanding Newsletter.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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CHAPLAIN’S CORNER Gracious Heavenly Father, We thank You for the opportunity to gather as a group and the freedom to discuss our ideas and thoughts about our government. We are grateful for the great Presidents who led us in our struggle for freedom and justice. We are mindful of the strong principles and courage that are hallmarks of leadership. We ask Your blessing on this great nation, it's leaders, and on us, its people. We ask you to give us the insight and strength by which we can stand together for what we know is right. Give us courage, we pray, in these perilous times. Help us to be ever vigilant and supportive of our troops as they serve in areas of conflict. In Thy Name, Amen

Glenda Thompson, Chaplain (916) 481-5593

VOTER REGISTRATION The very cool weather on January 19th affected the number of Republicans we helped to register (only 12), but we had a great time, as usual, participating in this great government process. . On February 16, however, even with rainy weather, we registered (30). Helping new citizens register to vote is a very important part of our community outreach. If you are looking for an uplifting and awesome opportunity to be an ambassador for our party and club, demonstrate Republican sup-port for legal immigration, and share in one of the best processes of our country, please join us. Depending on your schedule, you can help from 6:30 am – 7:30 am: set-up, 9:30 am – noon: help with registrations. Future opportunities: Wed, Mar 16thand Apr 20th , (the 3rd Wednesday of the month, every month this year) Naturalization Ceremonies, Memorial Auditorium, J Street, be-tween 15th and 16th Streets.

PRECINCT OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS Vote March 8th! Our website has information on each Republican Candidate and you can make an informed decision on your selection on Assembly District 4 by going to Legislation-Current Elec-tion.

We will be soliciting Precinct Captains for the 2012 elections this year so please consider taking one of these important positions and be thinking of family and friends that might want to commit to making sure we have a major change in leadership! Ruth Crone, (916) 987-7916 rfcrone@yahoo.com Director - Elections/Voter Registration

MEMBERSHIP CONTEST PRIZE to be announced at our

MARCH 2 LUNCHEON

ANYONE becoming a 2011 SRWF member by/at the March 2 SRWF lunch-eon will be eligible to win a SPECIAL PRIZE!!! If you have already renewed your 2011 membership, you are automatically in the prize drawing. If

you have enrolled as a new 2011 member, you, too, will be included in the drawing.

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RENEWED YOUR 2011 MEMBERSHIP, DO IT NOW SO YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN!!! Good luck to all!

Our MEMBERSHP RECRUITMENT CONTEST will be held earlier this year so watch for details in our April newsletter!

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AMERICANISM

There are no official dates in March on which we fly the Flag of the United States of America. That makes no difference to me because I fly the Flag eve-ryday. I hope you have a Flag and a pole of some type and you fly the Flag. It

is one of the many ways that we have to proclaim that we are Americans, proud to fly the Flag of our country. If you do not have a Flag, and you would like to have one that would be especially meaningful to you, you can write to your Congressman or woman, or one of our U.S. Senators and request that a flag be flown over the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. in memory of a loved one or to cele-brate a special occasion or event. It’s easy to do. I live in the 3rd District so Dan Lungren is my Con-gressman. On my computer, I accessed Representative Lungren’s website, Lungren.house.gov. I clicked on Constituent Services. When that window opened, I clicked on Flag Requests. A form appeared which I completed and printed out. I wrote a check for $13.05 for a 3’ X 5’ Nylon Flag. There are different sizes available and are priced according to size. I then sent it to Rep. Dan Lungren at an address on the form. The request must be sent five weeks prior to the desired date on which you want your Flag flown. I ordered a Flag to be flown on December 28, 2010. I received the flown Flag at the end of January 2011. I had the Flag flown on the date that commemorated my husband’s death and I’m going to give it to my ten-year old grandson. There will be a proclamation in the box with the Flag stating that the Flag has been presented to my grandson in honor of his grandfather. An American Flag makes a wonderful gift for a child to give to his Father on Father’s Day. Even if we don’t have official dates in March on which we fly the Flag of the United States of America, we have dates that are to be remembered. March 1 is Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day; on March 2, 1965 the Vietnam War Began; the “Star Spangled Banner” was made the U.S. National Anthem on March 3, 1931. Ash Wednesday is March 9, and the Girl Scouts of America was founded on March 12, 1912. Daylight Saving Time begins on March 13, and Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 19, 2003. Spring begins on March 20. Remember that Freedom isn’t free. God Bless our brave young warriors and keep them safe, and God Bless America.

Fran Kruger, Americanism Chairman (916) 638-5984 efkruger@sbcglobal.net

POLITICAL BRIEFING LEGISLATIVE NEWS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7, 2011—From the

web

SPENDING SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON House Republicans are keeping their pledge to Americans to take the steps necessary to rein in the federal spending spree in Washington and reduce our federal debt. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week, Speaker John Boehner outlined House Republi‐can plans to cut $100 billion in discretionary spending next week. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has publicly stated twice in the last week the effects of the spending spree in Washington saying, "one of the best things we can do for short‐term economic growth is to put out a plan that actually stabilizes our fiscal picture." House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R‐WI) outlined the fiscal crisis and what must be done to jumpstart our economy and job creation. "On the fiscal side, the CBO* projects a $1.5 trillion deficit this year with publicly‐held debt rising to 69 percent of GDP by the end of the year ‐ up from 40 percent at the end of 2008. In a few short years, the CBO* projects government spending to drive our debt to crisis levels, overwhelming the entire economy and drowning the next generation in red ink. Endless borrowing is not a strategy. We must restore the foundations of economic growth ‐ low taxes, spending restraint, rea‐sonable regulations, and sound money ‐ to help restart the engines of economic growth and job creation." We will continue to be involved in this debate as we support our Republicans in their efforts to reduce the federal

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CFRW Capitol Update Friday, February 11, 2011 Mariann Hedstrom, President

Allison Olson, Legislative Advocate—from the web

The CFRW OPPOSES SB 48!

The California Federation of Republican Women’s Voting Body voted this week to OPPOSE SB 48 (Leno, D-3), Prohibition of Discriminatory Content in Instruction. SB 48 claims that it is necessary for equality sake to include in public instruction the study “of the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gender (LGBT) Americans and other ethnic and cultural groups, to the development of California and the United States.” What the bills fails to address is the negative impact this may cause in our public schools on our impres-sionable children. According to this law, all textbooks would have to include the Democrat’s idea of social and racial diversity; any other textbook would be prohibited. There is also no “opt-out” option for parents who do not wish for their children to be taught gay, bisexual, or transgender lessons. This is clearly the LGBT agenda being forced into our K-12 public schools and protected by the law. Now is the time to act! Letters, phone calls and office visits are needed now! Contact your legislators and urge them to vote “NO” on SB 48! You can find the bill language here and the CFRW analysis by our Education Analyst Camille Giglio here. SB 48 was assigned to both the Senate Education and Senate Judicial Committees. It will most likely be heard in committee early March. Please begin sending letters and making phone calls in OPPOSITION NOW!

Sunrise of Sunset Review taken from Internet 2/10/2011 In 2010, the Legislature announced efforts to re-invigorate the Sunset Re-view process to evaluate the effectiveness of boards and commissions.

In response, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB 1659 and AB 2130 (Chapters 666 and 670, Statutes of 2010) to revamp the sunset review process by abolishing the existing provisions and establishing the new Joint Sunset Review Committee to review all "eligible agencies." Eligible agencies are defined as, "any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, conservancy, council, department, division, or office of state gov-ernment, however denominated, excluding an agency that is constitutionally created or an agency related to post-secondary education, for which a date for repeal has been established by statute on or after January 1, 2011." It is anticipated that the new Joint Committee, Chaired by Assembly Member Huber, will focus on reviewing agencies in the state and the policy Committees (i.e., the Business and Professions Committees in the Senate and Assembly) will review boards and bureaus that fall under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). The same evaluative and review process performed by the former Joint Committee will be continued jointly by these committees as part of their oversight function. The Legislature will begin the sunset review process by sending each board a questionnaire and a request for information covering every aspect of the board's operation for a specified period. Legislative staff and the boards will then meet to discuss the information and to seek input from consumer groups. The basic issue for the Legis-lature to consider during its deliberations is whether the board should continue to regulate the profession in ques-tion or be terminated. It is important to note that even if a board is allowed to sunset, the profession will still be overseen under the Department of Consumer Affairs. This is because the sunset review process is in part built on an assumption in law that if a board is operating poorly and the board should be allowed to sunset, the board will begin running more efficiently and effectively if the board becomes a bureau under DCA. The main difference be-tween a board and a bureau is that under a bureau, a bureau chief is in charge and reports to the director of DCA. In bureaus, many decisions are made through a closed-door administrative management structure that ultimately stops at the Governor. Under a board governance structure, board members are appointed and hold hearings in public. The board members appoint an executive officer who manages the operations of the board and reports to the board members in public.

The government cannot give to anybody anything That the government does not first take from somebody else.

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SPECIAL ELECTION , March 8, 2011- ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 4 - PLEASE VOTE

Seven out of eight in the race are Republicans. The Republicans running are: John Allard, “Bo” Bogdan Ambrozewicz, Cheryl Bly-Chester, Beth Gaines, Rob Matthews, Michael O’Conner and Matt Williams. Our website has either a bio or website for each of these candidates under “Legislation” - Current Election When you receive your absentee ballot please send it in ASAP.

Sacramento Republican Women, Federated

2011 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION

www.sacramentorwf.org

Name________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ Telephone Number: _____________________________________ E-mail/Website: _______________________________________ Please indicate size of desired Ad Space and ATTACH SAMPLE LISTING: *Simple listing (business card size) - $30 _____ *Graphic listing - $60 _____ *Over-sized graphic listing - $70 _____ Please make checks payable to: SRWF % Bev Anderson, Membership 1619 El Nido Way Sacramento, Ca. 95864 _____ I am a member _____ I would like to become a member Did you know that our members support you? _____________________said to tell you hello. *Deadline: March 1, 2011

CARING FOR AMERICA LADIES!

What a generous group of women you all are. At our February meeting Dottie Linden made a tre-mendous plea for you to help us send two high school students to the Young America’s Foundation High School Conference March 10-12, 2011, to be held in Santa Barbara and the Reagan Ranch. Thanks to you, we raised over $600 which was sent that day to YAF. At some future date we will invite these two students to come back and give us an update on what speakers they heard and what they learned from this fantastic convention.

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CFRW Legislative Analyst Karen Klinger

State Redevelopment Agencies, who have a Statewide Indebtedness for 2008/09 Fiscal Year – over $93 BILLION DOLLARS per the State of California ’s Community Redevelopment Agencies Annual Report. The Governor is proposing to abolish the 425 State Redevelopment Agencies and the Successor Agen-cies will be the cities and counties, who created and administered these State Agencies. In reality there is just a governance change that dumps liability of debt and costs onto the citizens of the cities and counties, who are the Redevelopment Agencies. This restructuring of more government bureaucracy could fall under the control of unions. The State is bankrupt and can’t file bankruptcy. Let’s see if there will be new legisla-tion giving Counties the ability to file for bankruptcy. Do all of the Cities and Counties with Redevelopment Agencies (approx. 400) have a budget deficit? This new restructuring is not a stand alone process, but will assist and remove barriers for the City and County of Sacramento to implement their new General Plan Up-dates that are linked to Regional Land Use Planning Association Blueprint Plans with mandates from the State and Federal Government. AB 32 and Senate Bill 375 (Steinberg) deal with getting us out of our cars and into Bus Rapid Transit or light rail and changing and replacing our single family residential neighbor-hoods (one home per lot) with compact housing/multi family housing units of all kinds. Sacramento County General Plan Update only affects those of us in the unincorporated areas of the County. I support abolishing these 425 State Redevelopment Agencies, but have many concerns about this re-structuring. But, how costly and how much more government is being created ?. It looks like The State Re-development Agencies would remain open until they fulfill their housing obligations, so why would these State Agencies be in a hurry to comply with housing requirements. Then we would have State and Local Redevelopment Agencies. The City and County of Sacramento created a Joint Powers Agency for Rede-velopment in 1950. 60 years later, K Street Mall and merged downtown redevelopment projects still have an indebtedness of approx. ½ BILLION and still it’s blighted. The State Legislative Analyst and the Chair of this Committee made it very clear. The State is broke and there is no money to pay for backfilling money to schools. Redevelopment Agencies divert Property Taxes known as Increments away from County General Funds and away from municipal services for the people, schools, fire and police protections, parks and libraries. When the Counties were unable to pay for these services, the State stepped in to backfill schools. In Riverside County almost 30% of property taxes go to redevelopment agencies and thousands and thousands of acres of personal property parcels are held hos-tage within boundaries of redevelopment project areas and presumed to be blighted. State Redevelopment Agencies in the past have been supported by the legislature and 3 lobbying groups: California Redevelopment Association, the movers and shakers for developers & corporate inves-tors; League of California Cities, lobbying group for cities; and lobbying group for counties CSAC (California State Association of Counties.) This shell game and their abuses have lasted way too long. The Agenda and Material from last Wednesdays hearing regarding the Restructuring of Redevelopment Agencies can be found on our website under "Legislation", "State Issues" and you can read about Infrastruc-ture Financing Districts and other regional financing alternatives and the voting options for public works pro-jects on page 36

CFRW NORTHERN DIVISION SPRING

CONFERENCE

APRIL 30 - MAY 1, 2011 CHICO, CALIFORNIA

SAVE THE DATES!!! The Call to Conference will be sent out in March so

keep checking our website so you won’t miss out on a great conference!

FEDERATION PROGRAMS

All those that attended the CFRW– Northern Division Leadership Seminar had coverage on the many Federa-tion programs. For those that were unable to attend the Seminar in January, we have added descriptions of the programs on our website. Go to ACTIVITIES on our website: www.sacramentorwf.org and for NFRW pro-grams, go to NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. We will be updating our information on Scholarships and intern pro-grams when we learn of new opportunities!

We will be voting on the approval of our 2011 Budget at our March luncheon. For those that are interested in the details, go to Members Only on our website and you can see the complete budget for this year.

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WAYS AND MEANS Please don’t forget to stop by the table prior to the meeting. There are many beautiful NEW items and lovely jewelry either for yourself or special gifts. For information call Nell Greenbaum (Jewelry/Accessories) (916) 393-8475

TREASURER—MARLENE COY Marlene’s report is given at each meeting. Should you wish more information you may

contact her at: (916) 425-7369 or see the report under Members Only on our website.

HAPPY SRWF BIRTHDAY - March FLOWER Jonquil BIRTHSTONE Aqua Marine 2 Mary Coggins 19 Rachel Martin 5 Jaculin Beigel 25 Hellen Nitshke 7 Autom Underwood 28 Meride Hutchinson 7 Patty Benkel 28 Patricia Grover 8 Nellie Heringer 29 Beatriz Assenza SRWF Members: If your Birthday is this month but your name is NOT on this calendar please call me. We love to sing our Birthday Song for you.

Marliluz Buchanan (916) 771-5268 maril65@comcast.net

SUNSHINE Nancy Sharp asks for prayers for her sister, Bobbie Vincent. Bobbie has breast cancer and is undergoing chemo-therapy. Our prayers are with Nancy and her sister. Mary Croxen received word that following her surgery, her granddaughter is cancer free. She will go in periodically for testing. Please continue to contact me with member information, (916) 631-7677.

Claudia Dickerson, Corresponding Secretary

CARING FOR AMERICA - MILITARY APPRECIATION

Supporting our Troops and their Families we would like to help the Defenders of Freedom in their Care Package Donation Drive March 25-26, 2011. You can drop any of the below listed items off from 7am-7pm at Cal Expo or bring them to our March luncheon and our Military Ap-preciation Chair, Sandy Stultz will make sure the items get to the drop off site. This is a list of the many items on the wish lists of soldiers that they collect and mail individually.

CDs + CD Fanny Packs Nose Spray, Eye Drops Deodorant, Foot Powder Wash rags DVDs Feminine Hygiene Products Hand Sanitizers (Waterless) Shoe insole cushions Board Games Mouthwash (Travel Size) Q-Tips (travel size) Batteries (lots of AA) Crossword Puzzles Disposable Razors Tissues (individual) Beef Jerky Hand Held Elect. Games Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Bug Spray Cereal, Granola Bars Baby Wipes Socks (cushioned) Dental Floss Popcorn (microwave) Hairbrushes Hand Lotion Nail Clippers Oatmeal (instant) Soap Shampoo Sunscreen Coffee (instant) Powdered Drink Mixes Pop Top Cans of food Tuna Kits Gum (no sticks) Candies (heat resistant) Twizzlers Tea Mix (sweet or tea bags)

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FEDERAL OFFICES www.whitehouse.gov Barack H. Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington D.C. 20500 202 456-1414 president@whitehouse.gov

Vice President Joe Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington D.C. 20500 202 456-1414 vice.president@whitehouse.gov

U.S. Senators www.senate.org Barbara Boxer [D] 501 I Street, Suite 7-600 Sacramento, CA 95814 202 224-3553/916 448-2787/Fax 916 448-2563 senator@boxwe.senate.gov

Diane Feinstein [D] One Post Street, Suite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104 202 224-3841/415 393-0707/Fax 415 393-0710

U.S. Representatives www.house.org Dan Lungren 3rd Congressional District 11246 Gold Express Drive Gold River, CA 95670 916 859-9906 house.gov/lungren

Tom Mc Clintock 4th Congressional District 4230 Douglas Blvd. Granite Bay, CA 95746 916 786-5560 house.gov/mcclintock

Doris Matsui [D] 5th Congressional District 501 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 916 498-5600 house.gov/matsui

STATE OFFICE www.ca.org State Senators www.sen.ca.org Governor Jerry Brown State Capitol Sacramento, CA 94249 916 445-2841 governor@governor.ca.gov

Ted Gaines 1st Senate District 4230 Douglas Blvd., #300 Granite Bay, CA 95746 916 969-8232 senator.cox@sen.ca.gov

Darrell Steinberg [D] 6th Senate District 1020 N Street, #576 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 951-1529 senator.steinberg@sen.ca.gov

State Assembly www.assembly.ca.gov District 4 (vacant) 3300 Douglas Blvd., #430 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 774-4430 Assemblymember.gaines@ Assembly.ca.gov

Richard Pan - District 5 State Capitol, Room 4160 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 319-2005 Assemblymember.Pan@ Assembly.ca.gov

Alyson Huber - District 10 State Capitol, Room 5175 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 319-2010 assemblymember.huber@ assembly.ca.gov

Board of Supervisors Susan Peters – Dist. 3 700 H Street, #2450 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 874-5471 susanpeters@saccounty.net

Roberta MacGlashan - Dist. 4 700 H Street, # 2450 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 874-5491 MacglashanR@saccounty.net

Don Nottoli - Dist. 5 700 H Street, #2450 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 874-5465 nottolid@saccounty.net

Stay Informed Web Sites of Interest:

Sacramento Republican Women Federated SacramentoRWF.org SacGOPwomen.org Sacramento County Republican Party www.sacrepublicans.org or (916) 925-1850, Fax (916) 925-0933 California Republican Party www.cagop.org or (818) 841-5210, fax (818) 841-6668

Republican National Committee www.rnc.org or (202) 863-8500, fax (202) 863-8820 California Federation of Republican Women Advocacy Office- e-mail address: advocate@cfrw.org, www.cfrw.org or (916) 442-4084

National Federation of Republican Women www.nfrw.org (703) 548-9688, Fax (703) 548-9836

CFRW Northern Division www.cfrwnd.org

The White House: www.whitehouse.gov

California Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov

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look for details in the bulletins! March 2, 2011 SRWF General Meeting and Luncheon, 1l:30AM—North Ridge Country Club March 2, 2011 SRWF Board Meeting, North Ridge Country Club 2:30 PM March 8, 2011 Special Election, California Assembly District 4 March 10, 2011 SCRP Meeting, 7 PM Headquarters, 9851 Horn Rd., #170 March 16, 2011 Naturalization Ceremony Voter Registration, Memorial Auditorium March 18-20, 2011 CRP 2011 Spring Convention, Sacramento Downtown Hyatt Regency April 6, 2011 SRWF General Meeting and Luncheon, 1l:30AM—North Ridge Country Club April 6, 2011 SRWF Board Meeting, North Ridge Country Club 2:30 PM April 18-19, 2011 CFRW Lobby Day/Advocacy Workshop, Sacramento Downtown Hyatt Regency April 30-May 1, 2011 CFRW Northern Division Conference, Chico Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2011 NFRW Convention, Kansas City, Missouri

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