T HE R EDWOOD A LERT

E UREKA R EPUBLICAN W OMEN F EDERATED , SINCE 1938

Serving the Republican Women of Humboldt County

V OLUME 33, I SSUE 7 J ULY 2008

Joy Finley, President · Margaret Stafford, Program Chair

Eureka Republican Women Federated P RESIDENT ’ S

welcomes M ESSAGE
Guest Speaker Frank J. Jager BY J OY F INLEY

I’d like to thank Rex Bohn for his

informative speech in June that gave us
July 17, 2008 insight to a great company and
employer. As always, Rex showed great
humor. This month our guest speaker
will be Frank Jager.
Buffet Lunch-$14.50 Beverage Only-$6.00 We will NOT meet in August. The
executive board agreed that this is
vacation and Humboldt County Fair
The Buffet lunch begins at 11:30 and the meeting opens at noon. If you are not time. We will be back in September
contacted by our Telephone Committee, please call Margaret Stafford at 822- and gearing up for upcoming elections.
Any of you who want to participate, I
3255 for your reservation. Members' guests and interested community members can advise you or you can join the
will be welcomed. Humboldt GOP to help. Remember,
When Women Work We Win!
A reservations made is a reservation paid AND cancellations a necessity. Please remember Vee and Dick
Sorenson in your prayers.

About Frank J. Jager: Frank was born in Albany, Oregon and has lived in — — — — — — —
Eureka for the past 60 years. He attended St. Bernards, College of the CARDS FOR SOLDIERS
Redwoods, and Humboldt State University. Frank currently serves as the I have received a donation of
Coroner / Public administrator for the County of Humboldt. Previously, he was approximately 500 decks of cards from
a Police Officer and Detective for the City of Eureka and a Criminal Investigator Cherae-Heights. I still need help getting
and Polygraph Examiner for the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office. these to our brave troops in Iraq. If any
of you can give me a couple of hours to
Frank has been married to his wife, Sarah, for 25 years and they have four get these out, I would appreciate it.
children. Frank is active in Boy Scouts and has received numerous honors and Please contact me at 845-2575.
awards for his community service activities. Thanks, Joy

Eureka Republican Women Federated

70th Anniversary
1938-2008
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A MERICANISM R EPORT
The mainstream media has
long been the propaganda
arm of the Democrat
party and refuses to print the
truth
about any of their candidates.
Check out the following…
OBAMA'S VOTING
RECORD:
- He voted against banning
'partial birth' abortion.
- He voted no on notifying
parents of minors who get
out-of-state abortions.
- He supports affirmative
action (racial preferences) in
colleges and government.
- In 2001, he questioned
harsh penalties for drug
dealing.
- Instead, says he will deal
with street-level drug dealing
as a minimum wage affair.
- He admitted his own
marijuana and cocaine use in
high school and in college.
- His religious convictions
are very murky - even before
the Rev. Wright fiasco.
- He is willing to meet with
our Communist and terrorist
foes, Fidel Castro, Hugo
Chavez, Kim Jung Il and
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to
negotiate our cooperation.
- He has said that one of his
first goals after being elected
would be to have a
conference with all Muslim
nations.
- He opposed the Patriot Act
BY C HRIS W ENNERHOLM
which has kept 9/11 terrorists
from further success on U.S.
soil.
- The first bill he signed that
also passed was campaign
finance reform (which has
had the opposite effect).
- He voted No on prohibiting
frivolous lawsuits against gun
manufacturers.
- He supports universal
health-care similar to Europe
and Canada's (even though
they come here for better
health care).
- He voted yes on providing
habeas corpus for
Guantanamo detainees
(constitutional rights for
terrorist prisoners in our
courts).
- He supports granting
driver's licenses to illegal
immigrants even though that
ID would, for instance, allow
them to vote.
- He supports extending all
welfare benefits to illegal
immigrants.
- He voted yes on the
comprehensive immigration
reform bill that failed after a
public outcry against
amnesty.
- He voted yes on allowing
illegal aliens to participate in
Social Security.
- He wants to make the
minimum wage a 'living
wage'.
T HE R EDWOOD A LERT
- He voted with Democratic
Party in 96 percent of 251
votes.
- He is a big believer in the
complete separation of
church and state - no religion
in the public square.
- He is opposed to any effort
to privatize Social Security
and instead supports massive
tax increases.
- He voted No on repealing
the Alternative Minimum
Tax.
- He voted No on repealing
the 'Death' Tax (i.e.
Inheritance Tax which
confiscates 56% of one's
estate).
- He wants to raise the
Capital Gains Tax, among
many others, as well
as institute some new ones.
- He has repeatedly said the
Surge in Iraq has not
succeeded (though our top
military claims the
opposite), and he will retreat
as rapidly as possible,
regardless of conditions on
the ground.
-In his book, he states that if
the world's nations cannot
agree, he will side with the
Moslem countries.
- He is ranked as the most
liberal Senator in the Senate
today and that takes some
doing.
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2008 B OARD OF D IRECTORS T REASURER ’ S

POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL
R EPORT
BY C INDY L EWIS
President Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net Balance 3/31/08 4628.65
1st V- President Margaret Stafford 822-3255 tom-marg@suddenlink.net Income
2nd V-President Barbara Hecathorn 442-7124 hecathorn@aol.com April + 431.80
Rec. Secretary Terry Roberts 599-3255 terryroberts@coldwellbanker.com May + 603.00
Treasurer Cindy Lewis 442-1187 liberty741776@sbcglobal.net June 0.00
Director-at Large Margaret Stafford 822-3255 tom-marg@suddenlink.net Expenses
Auditor JoAnn Stanhope 822-4776 jstanhope@suddenlink.net April - 838.23
May - 704.89
Parliamentarian Lynda Pozel 443-1283 lyndahopkins@portraits.com
June -352.48
Americanism Chris Wennerholm 725-2020 chrisw500@suddenlink.net
Bulletin-Notices Scrappers Edge 445-9686 scrappersedge@sbcglobal.net
Balance 6/30/08 $3767.85
Advertising Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net
Mailing Haline Sundet 442-2623 W AYS & M EANS
Chaplain Vee Sorenson 822-2359 veesign@aol.com BY J OY F INLEY
Commentary Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net
Last month I promised to do an
Education Sheryl Fearrien 725-6200 schoolmarm50@sbcglobal.net opportunity drawing for an overnight
Hospitality Haline Sundet 442-2623 stay at Benbow Inn and a round of golf.
Legislation Barbara /Vee 442-7124 hecathorn@aol.com This will absolutely be the case this
month. Margaret Stafford made a
Luncheons Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net wonderful Rhubarb Strawberry pie and
Membership Barbara Hecathorn 442-7124 hecathorn@aol.com Rex auctioned it off for us. Debbie
Name Tags Delores Theuerkauf 822-5090 erniet@suddenlink.net Walker donated a $25.00 Gift
Certificate for Curley’s Grill and was
Program Margaret Stafford 822-3522 tom-marg@suddenlink.net won by Steve Huston. Jim Pell was the
Publicity Paula Cunningham 443-9685 nooage@pacbell.net winner of the pie auction and donated it
Telephone Chair Bernice Huston 822-0997 bhuston21@att.net for a drawing. Nancy Elcock was the
winner. We generated $195.00.
Committee Jeannette Cruz 442-1852 jeannettelcruz@yahoo.com Thanks to Kay Peake who was a “one day
Connie Mortenson 725-5837 wonder” for selling tickets!
Terry Roberts 599-3255 terryroberts@coldwellbanker.com
Ruth Schnell 444-8579 eurekaruthe@sbcglobal.net M EMBERSHIP
Irene Schultz 822-9056 ischultz@suddenlink.net BY B ARBARA H ECATHORN
Pat Stolte 725-4031 patstolte@prodigy.net
Welcome to our new members and
Haline Sundet 442-2623 rejoining members, those that have
Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net not been recognized are: Donna
Bellairs, Jeanette Cruz, Joetta
Ways & Means Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net Holsinger, Patricia Murphy, Patty
Website Master Bill Odonnell 442-4117 ERWF@odonnell.ws O'Neal and Velma Thiel. Member-
ship dues are trickling in and we
are now at 203 compared to 246
last year. If you know someone
The Redwood Alert is designed by Sondra Kirtley of Scrapper’s Edge. who has not joined for this year,
please let them know that it is not
to late to join and that their mem-
To assist Sondra, please submit newsletter contributions as Word documents, typed with bership is needed, especially in this
Times Roman 10-point font and single-spaced. Send as attachments to:
ScrappersEdge@sbcglobal.net election year. I hope everyone is
having a good summer despite the
lightning storms and resulting fires
Does anyone want to help? It would be helpful if one member could gather all the that we are experiencing. See you
articles and submit them as one Word document to Sondra. If you’re interested, please at the July 17th meeting.
P AGE 4 T HE R EDWOOD A LERT

Legislative Update
From the Desk of CFRW Legislative Advocate Michelle P Conner:

Status on Bills: The California Federation of Republican Women voted to oppose these tax
bills below.

The Good News

AB 1956 by Calderon (D-58) would require state tax officials to begin imposing sales taxes on
music, movies, and software purchases made online, such as on iTunes. DEAD
AB 2372 by Coto (D-23) would impose a new 1 percent tax on Californians earning more than
one million per year, raising the state’s highest income tax rate to 11.3 percent. DEAD
AB 2388 by Feuer (D-42) would raise the car tax based on the weight of the vehicle and the
amount of carbon dioxide emission it emits, to a still-unspecified level. DEAD
AB 2638 by Coto (D-23) would impose a new sales tax on the sale of cars in California that get
less than fifteen miles per gallon. DEAD
AB 2744 by Huffman (D-6) would authorize San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials to
impose a new gas tax, of as much as 10 cents per gallon, to pay for new government spending.
DEAD
AB 2829 by Davis (D-48) would impose a new plastic bag tax, at a still-unspecified level, on the
plastic bags used by grocery stores and other retailers to package. DEAD
AB 2897 by Hancock (D-14) would impose a new 10 percent tax rate for individuals earning
more than $136,115 every year or $272,230 for joint filers and a new 11 percent tax rate for
individuals earning more than $272,230 per year or $544,460 for joint filers. DEAD

The Bad News

AB 2522 by Arambula (D-31) would authorize San Joaquin Valley air quality officials to impose
a new thirty dollar car tax on drivers, without a vote of the people. ALIVE
AB 2558 by Feuer (D-42) would authorize Los Angeles transportation officials to impose one of
two different taxes, subject to a majority vote, to address climate change -- an increased gas tax
as high as three percent, or an increased car tax as high as eighty dollars. ALIVE
AB 2967 by Fuentes (D-39) would impose a new .06 percent tax on the gross operating costs of
every California hospital, to pay for new government health care programs. ALIVE
SB 1731 by Yee (D-8) would authorize San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials to
impose a higher car tax on local drivers, without a vote of the people. ALIVE
On the National Level
Obama’s Global Poverty Act (S2433) is coming up for a Senate vote sometime after the July 4
recess. According to Lee Cary with the conservative blog AmericanThinker.com this United
Nations inspired give away is estimated to cost the US $845 billion. Remember the United
Nations humanitarian aid program called “Oil-for Food”?
The Fairness Doctrine is back and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made it clear that she will
resist any effort that opposes reinstatement and she is bottlenecking the Broadcaster Freedom Act
in committee.

C HAPLAIN ’ S C ORNER BY V EE S ORENSON

Someone once said, “People
who look through keyholes
are apt to get the idea that
most things are keyhole-
shaped.” We have also heard
that our perspective is formed
by our predetermined notion
of reality. Does this concept
remind you of our
Congressional leaders who
adopt the “beltway
mentality” and the main-
stream media as bias
reporting flows from them?
We can only hope and
pray that our national leaders
will once again look at reality
as the psalmist did when he
looked around with a big,
open eye, taking in as much
as he was humanly able. He
pondered the works of God,
the greatness and majesty of
creation. He considered
God’s compassion and His
provision. In the end, the
poet concluded that wisdom
begins when God is
acknowledged and revered.
Let us pause daily to ask
God to open the eyes of
Washington opinion makers
and cause them to revere
God’s wisdom so they might
see reality, govern justly and
report honestly.
V OLUME 33, I SSUE 7
S OMETHING TO
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from
courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to
complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again
to bondage.
D OES A NYONE H AVE A H AMMER ?
BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
I am from Kansas . And
it’s a sure thing that Barack
Obama would not know
Kansas values if they waltzed
right up and bopped his
kneecaps.
He persists in talking about
the teachings of his Kansas
grandmother (yes, the same
one he threw under the bus
when the Reverend Wright
debacle was creating trouble
for this orator from Chicago’s
school of political mayhem).
He presented this poor lady
(who lived in Hawaii not
some version of homespun
Kansas when he knew her) as
being racist because she had
concerns about black men
approaching her on the street.
I don’t think that necessarily
makes Grandma racist.
Maybe that was about
avoiding risky looking men
of any color when she was
alone on the street? I
zigzagged through the streets
of Old Town many times to
avoid some people and color
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P ONDER BY V EE S ORENSON
didn’t have a danged thing to Those of us who grew up in
do with it. Kansas were all raised on the
premise that your word was
My Kansas relatives, and
your bond. Our parents said,
there are some impressive
“Your word has got to be
military service records
good. If you promise
among them, don’t believe
something live up to your
Obama and his Kansas values
promise.” We told our
claims any more than I do
children and grandchildren
and that puts him way up the
the same thing. It’s a matter
Kaw River with no paddle for
of honor. Obama’s word has
any votes of confidence in
proven to be worthless. He
their values
bragged, “I look forward to
departments. Kansas
debating John McCain
Governor Kathleen Sibelious
anywhere at anytime,” and
is often cited as having
made repeated vows to take
lucrative campaign
government campaign money
connections to Kansas
and limit campaign
abortion assembly lines. This
spending. In my family we
doesn’t keep her off
would all be clucking like the
speculators’ lists of potential
most skittish, fraidy cat old
Democrat vice presidential
hens. He’s hiding behind his
nominees. She would fit right
teleprompter and his big
in with Obama’s record of
bucks.
supporting partial birth
abortion, his support of Plenty more could be said
killing babies who survive about Obama’s ignorance on
abortions, and his rejection of Kansas values but I rest my
informing parents when girls case right there---Obama
under 18 are opting for doesn’t know green string
abortions. beans from Kansas
grasshoppers.
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M ARK Y OUR C ALENDAR

July 14-20 Fortuna Rodeo October 17-19 CFRW Fall Conference
July 17 ERWF Luncheon LAX Marriot, Los Angeles

August 1 CFRW Scholarship Deadline November 4 Nationwide Election

September 1-4 Republican National Convention November 14 NFRW Regional Meeting

Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN Las Vegas
(tentative date)

Q UOTES
“We’re having a meeting to decide to have a meeting. It doesn’t make sense to
me.” Roger Rodoni

“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural
liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” Oliver Cromwell

E DUCATION R EPORT BY S HERYL F EARRIEN

Last month I began reading
Obama's book, Dreams from My
Father. I had promised a report
by this month. After a while, it
dawned on me that Obama is
either a genius or
disingenuous, as liberals of
fond of saying. You see,
Obama's book is filled with
complete quotations of all the
conversations he remembers
from the time he was a tiny
child right on through his
wedding. I have a very good
memory of most of my
childhood, but I can't honestly
say I recall all the exact words
from every conversation I
remember. I will give Obama
credit for a superb writing
style. I believe his book is either
fictionalized or he 'remembers'
events the way he wants to. If
your goal is to find the real
Obama,I doubt this book will
help very much!
Now with that out of the
way...I would like to share
something I find so much more
important! Our Aunt Edith
Fearrien passed on to Heaven on
June 22. It is a comfort to know
that she is Heaven, but it is just
so hard not having her here with
us. Many of you knew her so
this won't be news to you! At
age 92 (would have been 93 on
August 19th) Aunt Edith had
lived a very long, busy, engaged,
and happy life. But she
probably would have lived at
least another ten or twelve years
if it hadn't been for the
accident. Aunt Edith was the
baby of the family and her last
sister died last year at age
106! Edith passed out walking
up church steps in Paradise to
attend a wedding on a very hot
day. She crashed her head on the
steps and never regained
consciousness. It was a shock to
all her family and friends. All
last week I kept thinking of
things I wanted to tell her and
then would remember that
wouldn't be possible. At the
celebration of life held in
Ferndale and at her funeral
services the next morning,
family and friends shared their
special memories. These
brought a lot of smiles, laughter,
and yes, tears. Aunt Edith was a
very accomplished lady. She
worked along side her husbands,
Henry from 1938 until his death
in 1970 and Fred from 1971 to
his death in 2001. She traveled
the world extensively and hiked
up to the top of Machu Picchu in
the Andes Mountains just three
years ago! She could keep up
with people half her age and pass
up many multiple decades
younger! She was very direct
and honest and sometimes very
funny! I knew she was as her
daughter, JoAnn, shared at the
celebration of life, "a-dyed- in-
the-wool-
REPUBLICAN"! That was
when I came up with a fitting
tribute. At the burial, I attached
my Republican elephant pin to
the pastel flowered spray from
our family. JoAnn watched me
do this and commented that
"Mom would appreciate
that!" Aunt Edith is an
inspiration for all of us. If God
chooses for me to live that long,
I truly hope I can be just like
her! I want to dance until the
party is completely over...just
like Aunt Edith!
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