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1 PIMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN JULY 2016January PCRWC OFFICERS President Mary Preble st VP / Membership Susan K. Smith LUNCHEON MEETING Thursday, July 28, :30 1:30 PM CANDIDATES for U.S. SENATOR Kelli Ward Alex Meluskey 2nd VP/ Programs Gini Crawford rd VP/ Hospitality Wendy Reuter th VP/ Campaigns Debe Campos Fleenor th VP/ Ways & Means Tiana Smith Secretary Lauren Blevins Treasurer Hon Beth Ford La PALOMA COUNTRY CLUB 3800 E. Sunrise Drive Cost is $20.00 Please RSVP to Wendy Reuter by phone or text to or to Wendyr60@cox.net Please make your reservation by Friday, July 22, 12:00 PM PAYING AT THE DOOR MAKE CHECKS OUT TO PCRWC A RESERVATION MADE IS A RESERVATION PAID

2 Page 2 PIMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Happy Post Fourth of July to all. For political people this is always a fun day of flag waving, parades, hot temperatures in our desert and fire on the mountain in the wake of a spectacular show. Lucky we live in Tucson. Cindy Coleman and I traveled to Nogales to participate in their parade with the Az GOP and the local candidates, including Shelley Kais and Chris Ackerley. We are always trying to make inroads to non-republican groups or at least we keep trying. With the last few weeks until the Early Ballots go out the campaigns are looking for volunteers to get the signs out on the streets and help with the upcoming GOTV efforts. Training sessions for the i360 Software at the Campaign School and at LD9 this last Saturday have been well attended. This shows a willingness to keep up with the changing landscape of political activism. We look forward to the National Convention later this month, hoping for no extreme incidents to derail the election. We round out the end of the month with our program of Senatorial Candidates speaking to us at lunch at La Paloma. Thank you Jodi Bain for allowing us to dovetail on your membership to get good rates there. Volunteer hour spreadsheet. We know that our women are out on the streets working for campaigns so I am going to re-emphasize that you MUST keep some sort of tabulation of your volunteer time. We have attached the Volunteer Sheet to this newsletter to help guide you in what we are actually tabulating. When you check in at our luncheons we will ask you to record your volunteer hours on a master spreadsheet that is sitting at the check-in table. Since this is a two year tabulation we want to make it easier on you. Just give your hours monthly and forget about them. Dinesh D Souza Event. The movie that was produced by Dinesh D Souza s production company, Hillary, The Movie, will be kicking off July 21 st in Tucson. There is a special showing by one political organization that has purchased the whole theater. That showing is at the Oro Valley Marketplace. A group of our club members is going to see the movie on Friday, July 22 nd at the El Con Theater for the 10:30am show. If you purchase your tickets at the Fandango website they are $6.25 plus whatever fee Fandango charges. We are not certain if this will be a sell-out showing so if you want to join us, please get your tickets early. We will meet in the lobby of the theater before the show. Please marypreble@msn.com if you will be attending. Campaign School. On Saturday, June 25 th, the Pima County Republican Party held a Campaign Workshop with 55 attendees. Many of our members attended, as well as presented training modules. This was an overly compressed program but for many it was the first time they had been exposed to this type of training. Our members participated in this fashion Dolores Johnston, Chair of the Event, Mary Preble, Curriculum coordination, Cindy Coleman, presenter. Thank you, again, for stepping up to train the next generation of political activists and refreshing some of us has-beens to the next wave of politics. Mary

3 Page 3 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Susan K. Smith, Membership Chairman No new members to report this month. We are still going strong at: 54 Members 8 Auxiliary members 8 Associates Please carry membership forms with you so you can give them out as needed. HOSPITALITY & ARRANGEMENTS - Wendy Reuter Please join us for the LUNCH meeting on Thursday, July 28 at the La Paloma Country Club at 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. From 11:30am 1:30pm Entrée Choices are: Cobb Salad with choice of Feta, Blu or Cheddar Cheese OR Quiche Lorraine with small green side salad Cost is $20.00 Please RSVP to Wendy Reuter by phone or text to or to Wendyr60@cox.net. Please make your reservation by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 22. And remember. A reservation made is a reservation paid. WAYS AND MEANS TIANA SMITH Congratulations to all the raffle winners last month! All money raised goes to support the many activities of our Club, including sending members to AzFRW meetings and conventions and campaign schools. Look for some more fun items at the next meeting, and, of course, the 50/50 always fun to win some cash! We have sold/reserved about a third of the seats we have available for our Gaslight Theater event August 18 th. Now is the time to let me know you want tickets. If you will be attending the luncheon, you can give me money then. If not, let me know and I will make arrangements to meet up with you. This is going to be a very fun event and I don t want any of you to miss it, but my deadline is now July 31st. Call me or me at tianasmith@cox.net or Look for the flyer in the newsletter. Thanks again for your support! Tiana

4 Page 4 Meet the Candidates Kelli Ward For U.S. Senate Kelli earned her degree in medicine in 1996, spending her life healing the sick in private practice and in the ER. While serving as a State Senator, she continued to practice medicine in emergency departments in Lake Havasu City and Kingman. She met her wonderful husband, Michael, in medical school, and together they ve been blessed with three amazing children: Nick, Katie, and Cameron.

5 Page 5 Alex Meluskey For U.S. Senate Born in 1967 to parents who were hard working middle income people. He learned that having principles is the most important characteristic a person can have. After graduating from high school, he earned a BA from The College of New Jersey. In 1993, he founded Optimum Graphics USA, LLC, a printing and promotional products company, one that he is proud to have built, and one that has thrived, despite the federal government. He is also active in the community. Many in the conservative community have heard him speak on the merits of the FairTax (of which he is the Arizona State Director). He is a Precinct Committeeman, a syndicated radio host and is active in the local concerns of his fellow Arizonans. Married to Roberta Gottfried for nearly 20, he has one son and one daughter.

6 Caring for America Project PCRWC pitched in after the Gospel Rescue Mission fire. Thank you to Sally Moffett for delivering our donations. And thank you to all who brought their donations to the luncheon.ast month. The sisters hard at work on the Nogales Float Thank you Mary Preble and Cynthia Coleman!

7 Photo credit: (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) TRUMP RALLY IN PHOENIX Donald Trump headed to Phoenix on June 18th for a Presidential rally at the Veteran s Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. Approximately 3500 attended this Rally on a very scorching temperature of 106 degrees! The TRUMP supporters were quite low key and more subdued than anticipated. Former Governor Jan Brewer spoke as did Sheriff Arapaio. Robert Graham, AZ GOP State Chairman, gave an introduction. Others at the podium were State Treasurer Jeff DeWitt, Benghazi Event with Kris Paranto in Tucson Friday, September 30, 2016 At the Hilton DoubleTree Reid Park For tickets or more information, call Tiana at Tickets are $35 each. More information to follow at this month s luncheon meeting.

8 DINESH D SOUZA EVENT $6.25 For Details Please see Mary s Message on page 2 Theaters El Con Mall Century E Broadway Thursday July 21 7:00 PM 9:45 PM 12:01 AM Friday July 22 10:30 AM 1:30 PM 4:20 PM 7:20 PM 10:10 PM Saturday July 23 10:30 AM 1:30 PM 4:20 PM 7:20 PM 10:10 PM Foothills Mall 7401 N La Cholla Blvd 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:00 PM

9 Should the United Kingdom vote to remain a member of the European Union, or to leave the European Union? 6 VOTES Remain a member 10 VOTES Leave the EU Concerns: Not my concern. I am not a British citizen. The Obama administration has issued a directive telling public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. Do you agree with the President that this is a federal issue, or do you think this should be decided at the state/local level? Yes, Federal issue - 0 No, State/local issue - 11 VOTES Neither - 5 VOTES Not Sure Suggestions: DUMB Just use a single bathroom! 3 VOTES Laissez-faire Leave as Is, Not an issue Who Will Become the next Democratic Running Mate? 3 Votes Bill Clinton 8 Votes Elizabeth Warren 3 Votes - Other (but no name given) 1 Vote Bernie 1 Vote Who Cares! Who Will Become the next Republican Running Mate? 9 VOTES Newt Gingrich 6 VOTES Chris Christie 1 VOTE Ted Cruz 1 VOTE Other Condi Rice

10 OUR EVENING WITH CANDIDATES FOR PIMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS John Winchester Steve Christy, John Backer and Deana Puccinelli, PGOP HQ Volunteer Steve Christy John Backer

11 Michelle Ludwig: Legislative Committee, sets up the Polling table for all to weigh in on current issues guests and speakers are encouraged to participate in these Poll questions. The Honorable Lou Ann Preble Wendy Reuter, Hospitality Chair, shakes hands with the Honorable Cheryl Magnuson A little eating and some mingling Mary Preble, PCRWC President, mingles with members and guests

12 GASLIGHT THEATER Combined Fundraiser With Pima GOP THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH 7:00 PM TICKETS $25 PER PERSON Invite your friends and neighbors Come dressed as your favorite Superhero RSVP to Tiana Smith at Or Tickets will be available starting June 15th LAST DAY TO GET YOUR TICKETS IS JULY 31ST

13 AzFRW Volunteer Hours Tally Sheet for Club Campaign Awards NAME: CLUB: MONTHS JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER YEAR 2015 CAMPAIGN PRCT/DIST STATE / CO. PARTY FEDERATION TOTAL MONTHS JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER YEAR TOTAL YEAR 2016 CAMPAIGN PRCT/DIST STATE / CO. PARTY FEDERATION TOTAL MONTHS JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE YEAR TOTAL YEAR 2017 CAMPAIGN PRCT/DIST STATE / CO. PARTY FEDERATION TOTAL

14 Rosie has been traveling the nation on the National Federation of Republican Women's "2016 Destination: White House" tour, a high-visibility, nation-wide GOTV effort to register women voters and put a Republican back in the White House. Now Rosie has the opportunity to be a key player at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Help us get her there! Contributions or gifts to the National Federation of Republican Women are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. The NFRW does not accept contributions earmarked for any candidate or other committee. Contributions are used to fund all NFRW programs and will be spent as the NFRW determines, within its sole discretion, unless otherwise stated by donor. We can t do it without you! Help the Federation be a visible player in DONATE $20.16 Causes.anedot.com/nfrw-destination-white-house Rosie@nfrw.org

15 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis H.R Introduced in House (06/04/2015) Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 One of NFRW's legislative priorities is HR 2646, Representative Tim Murphy's Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. The legislation has been ordered reported out of subcommittee and is awaiting full committee action. Our immediate goal is to have key members of the Energy and Commerce Committee cosponsor the bill. Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] (Introduced 06/04/2015) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce Committee Reports: H. Rept Latest Action: Roll Call Votes: 07/07/2016 Received in the Senate. (All Actions) There has been 1 roll call vote This bill creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to take over the responsibilities of the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Mental health programs are extended and training regarding mental health is expanded. SAMHSA must establish the National Mental Health Policy Laboratory and the Interagency Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Mental Health to translate evidencebased interventions and the best available science into systems of care. Certain mental health care professional volunteers are provided liability protection. Pediatric mental health subspecialists are eligible for National Health Service Corps programs. An underserved population of children or a site for training in child psychiatry can be designated as a health professional shortage area. The protected health information of an individual with a serious mental illness may be disclosed to a caregiver under certain conditions. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to conditionally expand coverage of mental health services. Part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the SSAct is amended to require coverage of antidepressants and antipsychotics. If it will not increase Medicare spending, Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services is eliminated. Health information technology activities and incentives are expanded to include certain mental health and substance abuse professionals and facilities. This bill restricts the lobbying and counseling activities of protection and advocacy systems for individuals with mental illness. These systems must focus on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect.

16 Mary Preble, President 7201 E River Canyon Way Tucson, AZ Page marypreble@msn.com PCRWC.com Like us on Facebook Desert Living Homes, Inc. General Contractor HVAC Sales and Service Sherry Potter Office Cell Fax slpotter57@gmail.com 5805 W. Oasis Rd Tucson, Arizona ROC KB L C-39 JULY BIRTHDAYS Maeve Johnson July 1 Anne Segal July 4 Gini Crawford July 7 Lesley Vanbossum July 7 Paralee Schneider July 26 FUTURE MEETINGS Mark Your Calendars Board Meeting Thursday, August 2 location TBD. Gaslight Theater Event Thursday, August 18 AzFRW FALL MEETING Held in Tucson at the Double Tree September 23 & 24 Benghazi Event in Tucson Friday, September 30 Hilton DoubleTree Reid Park