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Humboldt Republican Women Federated, since 1938

Serving the Republican Women of Humboldt County

Volume 35, Issue 11 November 2010

Colleen Hedrick, President ∙ Terry Roberts, Membership Chair

Humboldt Republican Women, Federated

welcomes

Murriel Oles

November 18, 2010

11:30 Buffet Lunch ~ 12-1 p.m. General Meeting
Elks Lodge, 445 Herrick Ave, Eureka, CA

“Women in Numbers, Building the Team”

Murriel Oles, President of California Federation of Republican Women, Northern Division, will be our guest encouraging
Republican Women to run for office and sharing guidance about how to build a winning team. Murriel was certified as a
Paralegal in 1974 and is a retired Law Office Administrator. She is a member of National Association of Parliamentarians,
and the Treasurer of CA State Association of Parliamentarians, 2010-2011. In Placer County, she served in the Elections
Division beginning in 1988 as a Poll Worker, moved to Inspector, Roving Inspector, TSX Trainer, and the last three years as
Poll Worker Trainer. Murriel’s life has been dedicated to a vast array of wonderful organizations: the Order of Eastern Star,
involvement in the library and music, President of Auburn RFW, Central Committee, leadership of CFRW and Northern
Division in a variety of roles, with the honor of CFRW Woman of the Year for 2006-2007. She is a Breast Cancer survivor,
health advocate and peer counselor. She has been married to Bob for 47 years, raised a family, and a resident of Loomis
since 1967. They love to RV travel and she is an amateur chef. There should be no surprise that she is a co-founder of
Republican Congress of Placer County and is the Annual Crab Feast Chief Crab Wrangler! Join us for a great event ~
Installation of Officers for 2011 led by Murriel and a festive gathering to close a very busy election year!

Buffet Lunch & Speaker ~ $14.50 ~ Beverage & Speaker ~ $4.00

Please RSVP to Colleen Hedrick at 268-0101
*Early lunch reservations appreciated and to be honored ~ Payable to Elks Lodge
Cancellation notice is a necessity** Reservations are truly helpful.

Please join us and bring guests.

If you are unable to attend, please send your friends, men and women alike, to our meetings to enjoy the
speakers and we will welcome them. Thank you!

“Beat the Clock”~ Renew your membership for next year with the enclosed form or at our
meeting~ contact Terry Roberts, your Membership Chair today! Gift memberships available!

We are a Diamond Awards Club.

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Board of Directors
POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL

President Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net

Treasurer’s 1st Vice

Treasurer
Debbie Walker
Mary Jerland
441-1126
443-1228
walktalk@suddenlink.net
rjerland@sbcglobal.net

Report Recording Secretary

Parliamentarian
Carol Del Biaggio
Barbara Hecathorn
786-4832
442-7124
cdel2@frontiernet.net
hecathorn@aol.com
by Mary Jerland Director-at-Large Pat Murphy 441-9206 patmurphy0313@sbcglobal.net
Balance 10/1/10 3668.04 Americanism Chris Wennerholm 725-2020 chrissie.wen@gmail.com
Auditor JoAnn Stanhope 822-4776 jstanhope@suddenlink.net
Income +955.00
Business Co-Chair Liana Simpson 445-9641 liana317@hotmail.com
Expenses -524.60
Business Co-Chair Bernice Huston 822-0997 bhuston21@att.net
Balance 10/31/10 =4098.44
Care Home Co-Chair Linda Vann Hills 445-4112
Chaplain Vee Sorenson 822-2359 veesign@aol.com
Scholarship Savings
Cookbook Co-Chair Lynda Pozel 443-1283 lyndahopkinsportraits.com
Account Balance $1182.74
Cookbook Co-Chair Kathy Rodriguez 839-8105 kswenrod1@yahoo.com

WAYS & MEANS Corr. Secretary Donna Bellairs 442-6648 debellairs@yahoo.com

Education Sheryl Fearrien 726-0147 schoolmarm50@sbcglobal.net
BY COLLEEN HEDRICK Co-Chair Mary Scott 442-3056 marygscott@sbcglobal.net
Hospitality Haline Sundet 442-2623 sun17@suddenlink.net
The October HRWF general
meeting saw a bumper Hostess Margaret Stafford 822-3255 tom-marg@suddenlink.net

crop of winners on the Membership Terry Roberts 599-3255 terry@terryroberts.net

Opportunity Drawing. Name Tags Delores Theuerkauf 822-5090 erniet@suddenlink.net
Among this month's prizes Newsletter Chris Wennerholm 725-2020 chrissie.wen@gmail.com
there will be books, flags,
Newsletter Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net
a certificate for breakfast or
State Legislation Vee Sorensen 822-2359 veesign@aol.com
lunch at Gill's by the Bay,
and candles. Telephone Kathy Rodriguez 839-8105 kswenrod1@yahoo.com
Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net
Laura Bush 839-5538 lbush@asis.com
If you would like to donate a Nancy Elcock 443-2529 nancyelcock@suddenlink.net
prize for future drawings, Pat Stolte 725-4031 patstolte@prodigy.net
please call Colleen Hedrick at Irene Stidston 445-2732 jstidston@gmail.com
Pearl Micheli 445-9650 pamram9650@att.net
268-0101. Kay Parris 442-9232

OTHER CONTACTS:
Bulletin Design Scrapper’s Edge 445-9686 scrappersedge@sbcglobal.net
Website Master Bill Odonnell 442-4117 ERWF@odonnell.ws

WEBSITES:
Humboldt Republican Women Federated www.humboldtrepublicanwomen.com
National Federation of Republican Women www.nfrw.org
California Federation of Republican Women www.cfrw.org
CFRW- Northern Division www.cfrw.org/divisions/northern.php
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President’s Message BY COLLEEN HEDRICK

HRWF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS:

 Club's name changed from Eureka Republican Women Federated to Humboldt Republican Women Federated (HRWF) for purposes of
making the club more inclusive of the home communities of our conservative women who are united in common purposes:
education, better government, and service to our country.
 We closed out 2009 celebrating HRWF's award as a Diamond Club. There is reason to believe that we might be able to earn that award
again.
 We started off 2010 with the publication of the HRWF cookbook with more than 350 recipes provided by our membership and family,
neighbors, and friends.
 Prominent among HRWF goals was to become individual activists. To make ourselves heard and to influence those in power to believe
they needed to listen.
 In 2009 and 2010 we held a total of three drives for the Eureka Food Bank.
 In 2010 we held a Food Drive for Arcata's Northern Resource Center.
 In 2009 we held a drive for clothing for a Soroptimist Women's Shelter . That gathering was so bountiful that part of it benefited the
Discovery Shop as well.
 In 2009 we did a collecting of cell phones to benefit phone cards for the military.
 In 2009 we did two drives for American Business Women's Association's shelter. One was to provide personal items for women and one
was for the shelter's pantry.
 In 2010 we collected eyeglasses for the Lion's Club program to aid vision needs.
 In 2009 we held a Republican Picnic with Chuck DeVore, primary candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Ken Miller, a primary candidate for
governor of California, as speakers.
 In 2010 we held a Republican Picnic with Loren Hanks, candidate for Congressional District One; Karen Brooks, candidate for CA District
One Assembly; Lawrence Wiesner, Candidate for CA State Senate; and Johanna Rodoni, candidate for Humboldt County Assessor.
 In 2009 and 2010 we held Membership Teas as our general meetings for their respective months. In 2009 and 2010 we held ten
more general meetings for each year offering speakers on a range of topics to better educate our membership. One of these was a panel of
five candidates for elective office.
 HRWF held a 2009 and a 2010 Big Ticket Drawing as fundraisers. These efforts helped to build our scholarship fund. It took two years of
persistent effort to put that fund into a secure range for that program.
 HRWF hosted a reception for Meg Whitman, candidate for CA governor, at Baywood Golf and Country Club. We were assisted by
benefactor Mike Harvey, longtime local political leader.
 We were volunteers for staffing four county fair booths (Humboldt County Fairs and Redwood Acres Fairs,) sponsored booths at the Orick
Rodeo and at Rio Dell's Wildwood Days, held four bake sales, and held two member-catered buffets at general meetings as fundraisers for
HRWF.
 We donated leftover food from our self-catered lunches and Republican Picnics to the Eureka Rescue Mission and the Northern Resource
Center.
 We bought government-oriented books for four classrooms, textbooks for one teacher, and library books for six schools.
 Publicity for every general meeting and special projects was submitted to every Humboldt County newspaper. HRWF members also
submitted columns and letters to the editor. Entities and schools generated coverage for our efforts to assist them. We were also given
coverage by Eureka Radio. The Arcata Eye was particularly generous in coverage of our 2010 Membership Tea and helped launch our
cookbook sales. The Tri-City Weekly gave great coverage of our cookbook.
 Many HRWF members were also great supporters of work done in the interests of the Tea Party Patriots. Hundreds of hours were devoted
to the campaigns of our county, state, and congressional candidates. Staffing of the Central Committee office was also a major effort of
HRWF members.
 Several HRWF members also devote time to Central Committee membership. Two HRWF members have joined the League of Women
Voters in the interests of a more bi-partisan look at the organization. It is hoped that more HRWF members will join that membership.
 HRWF participated in two Rhododendron Parades.
 Six gift packages will have been sent to military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 Socks for Soldiers will benefit from HRWF efforts.
 Our last special event of the year was the Loren Hanks for Congress reception held jointly with the Central Committee. The reception
brought $2600 in support for our candidate.
 The HRWF Scholarship Program has established a scholarship fund and the first award is planned for the beginning of classes in 2011.
Applicants must have a connection with a member of HRWF.
 We are approaching $60,000 worth of coupons sent to the overseas military for use in their base stores. Many military families subsist at
poverty level.
 We donated checks to ten state and national Federated Republican Women's organizations for a variety of service and education purposes.
 The HRWF membership was generous in its support of food and bake sale donations and attendees of general meetings and special events
consistently made our Opportunity Drawings successful. We also are indebted to those who donated prizes.
 As part of our Beautification Project, we have awarded many flags for HRWF drawings. We hope to make the display of the stars and
stripes at many more HRWF homes a big goal. What could be more beautiful than more flags waving all over our county?
 Two Incoming/Outgoing Board Meetings will be part of the push to do a consistently good job of planning for HRWF.
 The Republican of the Year, as well as the Volunteer of the Year, for the last 2 years, were all members of HRWF.
It has been a great learning opportunity and a special privilege to serve as your president for these years. Among the best of these elements has
been getting to know you better and having that acquaintanceship reason to value and respect you more the better I know you. Thank you.
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California Legislative Report

BY VEE SORENSON

What can we say or even think November’s election. I proudly

positively when the subject of
California politics comes up in any
conversation? When I was growing
up, the mere mention of California
brought visions of opportunity, sandy
beaches and sunshine. Yes, we were
told it was truly the “Golden State” and
we believed it.
Today, what does America think of
when they hear the word
“California”? Fruits and nuts…The left
coast. Well, that fits us perfectly and,
unfortunately, the rest of America does
look at us as a joke, especially after
They can’t understand why we
would recycle a governor who was
such a joke and failure the first time
around that he was nicknamed
“Moonbeam Brown.” It is baffling to
outsiders why we would send back a
loud mouth liberal to the Senate who is
all talk and no substance, whose only
credential is the “D” after her name.
I remember a conversation with a
reporter the night George W won his
second term. He asked me what I had
to say as Chairman of the Bush
campaign for Humboldt.
answered him,
“It is
comforting to
know we
Republicans here are mainstream
America. Not in this area, obviously,
but that also means the majority of
people who live here are not
mainstream America”. I told him I felt
very pleased to be named among
America’s majority.
Kudos to Brooks, Wiesner and
Hanks. You did us proud and your
messages were right on.

Invitation to a Constitution Class

BY REBECCA CROSBY

After moving here approximately a year ago, I became active in politics for the first time pri-
marily because of ObamaCare. As a Registered Nurse, that was last straw. I joined
Humboldt Republican Women, Federated, and the Tea Party Movement; attended meetings,
worked in Republican Headquarters, and participated in parades.

I also attended a Constitution Class. The class meets at Shaw's Computers at 1655 Main Street
in Fortuna the second Tuesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is not politically
affiliated. I am encouraging everyone to attend. It was surprising to find out how much there is to learn and how much it teaches
about not becoming complacent again.

Chaplain’s Report
BY VEE SORENSON
It was hard to hear Jerry Brown admit
he never told the truth when he was
Governor and still see him get
elected. What are we, who believe in
honesty and integrity, to learn from
such blatant misbehavior?
People who do not believe in
penalties for disobedience to the Ten
Commandments will believe anything
they want to believe and overlook
lying, infidelities, cheating, stealing,
dishonesty and more.
I am sure you have heard me say it
before...but when someone asks me
how can these elected officials get by
with such dishonesty, squandering our
hard earned tax dollars, and never have
to answer for their behavior? My
reply is...someday they will surely face
a higher Judge and they will have no
choice but to
answer to Him.
.....Without wise
leadership, a nation is
in trouble, but with
good counselors, there is
safety...Proverbs 11:14. Therefore, let
us be vigilant and there to pick up the
pieces when our State falls apart.

“Socks for Soldiers" Christmas boxes

will be packed for shipping each evening, the week of Nov. 29th through Dec.3rd and shipped
on Dec. 4th! Each session will last about 4 hours. To register your name and night for
packing these special boxes please contact Paulette at 442-9322. Call soon for details.
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Americanism Report
BY CHRIS WENNERHOLM
A LIST OF ALL THE
DEVELOPED NATIONS OF THE
WORLD THAT OFFER
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO
THE BABIES OF TOURISTS AND
ILLEGAL ALIENS:
United States . . . . . .
…. PERIOD ...
Yep, that’s right, every other modern
developed nation in the world has
gotten rid of birthright citizenship
policies. Yet, most of U.S. news media
and politicians have ridiculed the
comments by other politicians that it is
time for the U.S. to put an end to
birthright citizenship for tourists and
illegal aliens.
Folks, the U.S. stands alone.
There used to be many developed
countries that gave away their
Commentary
BY COLLEEN HEDRICK
Mostly, the election circus is over
for 2010 with a few straggling arenas
yet to be closed down. And,
mostly, our work force is relieved at
the prospect of leaving the phone, the
writer's cramp, the hard hit wallets, and
the frustrations inherent in being
heavily outweighed by Democrat
registrations.
We sure did not get most of what we
hoped for from the election. Starting at
the top of the Ballot, we had an
excellent candidate in Loren Hanks for
Representative of California's First
Congressional District. The same
scenario applied to Karen Brooks' run
for the Assembly in our district. Both
came as mostly unknowns without war
chests. These people ran heroic cam-
paigns. Johanna Rodoni worked hard to
replace the candidate chosen by the
assessor's office (despite a list of
failings from the Humboldt County
Grand Jury.) In all three campaigns,
their causes were lost in the brass tacks
of entrenched Democrat candidates.
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citizenship as freely as we do in the
U.S. But, one by one, they all have
recognized the folly of that policy.
SOME MODERN COUNTRIES
THAT RECENTLY ENDED THEIR
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
POLICY:
 Canada was the last non-U.S.
holdout. Illegal aliens stopped
getting citizenship for their babies
in 2009.
 Australia’s birthright citizenship
requirements are much more
stringent than those of H.R. 1868
and took effect in 2007.
 New Zealand repealed in 2006
 Ireland repealed in 2005
 France repealed in 1993
Unfortunately, too many voters equate
incumbency and/or party as enough
reason to continue with policies that
haven't been serving us well for too
long. On-the-job experience all too
often simply translates to more of the
same problems.
The passage of Measure N in favor
of the Marina project was the best thing
that has happened in these parts for a
book of stupidity rampant. The
community is indebted to Security
National and its champion
demonstration of persistence. There are
those of us who would gladly see the
county declare a day named to honor
Virginia Bass. We can also have hope
of more conservative thinking on
Eureka's City Council.
One thing I am still wondering if we
can get off the ground is to run Chuck
DeVore against Boxer next time that
kooky cookie is up to run again. I was
among many locals on the last
primary who couldn't imagine why he
wasn't elected. He truly came with a
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 India repealed in 1987
 United Kingdom repealed in 1983
 Portugal repealed in 1981
The United States is the laughing
stock of the modern world. Only the
U.S. values its citizenship so little as to
distribute it promiscuously to the
offspring of foreign citizens visiting
Disney World on tourist visas and to
foreign citizens who have violated their
promises on their visitor/work/ and
student visas not to stay illegally in the
country, as well as to those who sneak
across our borders.
~W A K E U P, A M E R I C A!!!~
base that related closest
to what I most hear
people advocate. He
appears to be
remaining active and that is
a good sign.
My biggest celebration has been the
replacement of Nancy Pelosi as House
Speaker. If arrogance was money, she
could pay off the national debt, prepay
her botox for life, and pay back what she
owes us for all those stupid flights with
liquor and food stocked for her self-
proclaimed royal whatever and
her entourage at taxpayer expense. She
also seemed to believe the halls of
Congress belonged to her and
demonstrated this at one point by having
the power turned off to the facility. No
way am I sorry to see Nancy move her
"Royal Whatever" to the minority side.
We must be ready for a
monumental 2012 election. NOW is the
time to look at where we have been, what
we have learned, and how to be best
prepared to get our country back.
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Membership Report BY TERRY ROBERTS

NEW! Membership Roster for Conservative Republican Individuals and Businesses

Do you want to be listed on our Membership Roster? For 2011 we are compiling an HRWF Membership Roster for all of our
members that wish to participate. It will be a great way for members to connect with each other outside of our monthly
meetings. We are also encouraging members with businesses to list their contact info so Republican Women can easily contact
them when they need a specific service and would love to choose a conservative owned business. If you’d like to be listed on the
Roster, when you send in your 2011 dues, check the box on the Application that says:
***  I Want to Share My contact Information With Other HRWF Members.
We will list you in the Roster!

INSTALLATION PARTY AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING

Summer is gone and we are headed into fall. The leaves our turning color and there is a
bite in the air! We have just a few weeks of the 2010 membership year remaining.
If you’re like me, I’m sure that you need a little R& R after the elections. It is time to
party with friends and meet some new friends! The November 18th HRWF meeting
will be a PARTY and INSTALLATION of the new 2011 OFFICERS. There will be
no December meeting.
2011 Membership dues can be sent at any time now and to my address at the bottom of
Application. Let’s keep HRWF growing. Hope to see you there!
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Mark your Calendar!

Thursday, Nov. 18 HRWF General Meeting—Muriel Oles, Speaker/Women by the Numbers;
Building the Team, and Installation of 2011 Board at Elks Lodge

Thursday, Dec. 2 Central Committee Meeting--6 p.m. at Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District,
828 7th Street, Eureka

Tuesday, Dec. 14 Incoming/Outgoing Board Lunch Meeting at the Sea Grill,11:30

Thursday, Jan. 20 HRWF General Meeting--Honor Flight, at Elks Lodge

HRWF wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving,

a blessed Christmas, and a happy, healthy New Year!