T HE R EDWOOD A LERT

E U REKA R EPUBLICAN W OMEN F ED ERATED , SINCE 1938

Serving the Republican Women of Humboldt County

V OLUME 34, I SSUE 3 M ARCH 2009

Colleen Hedrick, President · Joy Finley, Newsletter Editor

P RESIDENT ’ S
Eureka Republican Women Federated M ESSAGE
Welcomes BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
Randy Gans The miserable barrage of news out of
Washington leads many of us to
wonder, “What will the bottom-
line cost be for the votes that put
President Obama in office?” Not just
in personal savings and security
and the wild spending in Washington,
but in citizens’ ongoing views on
personal responsibility.

At our last ERWF meeting, one of the

leaders of a local veterans’
support organization said, “Most of
the vets I help are liberals.
March 19th ~ Elks Lodge, Eureka Conservatives are a rarity.“ I have to
speculate that difference is strongly
Buffet Lunch-$12.50 Beverage Only-$4.00 tied to the veterans’ views on personal
responsibility.
'THE MARINA CENTER ~ IT’S TIME TO BUILD' will be Randy Gans' Recently Obama spoke about
topic when he brings information to ERWF on ground-breaking for the
Marina Center. Gans, Vice President of Development for Security National economic “plans” while avoiding
Properties, which headquarters in Eureka, represents Security National specifics. Then a nice-looking black
in acquiring and selling investment-grade commercial real estate and in the lady was shown, who said, "It's time
construction of commercial development properties. A privately held someone helps people who work 8-,
company, Security National currently owns more than $550 million in 10-, 12- hour days." Like many of
commercial properties. Formerly an operations and acquisitions
representative for The Carrington Company, a local commercial real estate our membership, I consistently
company, Gans joined Security National Properties in 2002. He has been worked more than a 40-hour week. I
involved in the development of the Marina Center since its inception. The sometimes held three part-time jobs
500-plus page document of the project's environmental impact report, CEQA, plus home and family responsibilities.
is now in public circulation. Government agency and public comments have I just always thought that was me
already been received regarding its many aspects. It hoped the final draft helping me.
stage for public approval will be reached by early summer.

Members, their guests, and interested persons are welcome to gather at the Elks Lodge from 11:30
a.m. Buffet will be served by noon. Lunch is $12.50 including coffee or tea, tax and tip. WE'RE WRITING
Beverage only- $4.00. Soft drinks may be purchased. *Please bring cans or plastic containers for TO
the “Food for People” donation!
PRESIDENT OBAMA
Please RSVP to Colleen Hedrick at 268-0101
PLEASE BRING A
Reservations are to be honored. Cancellation notice is a necessity.
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The miserable barrage of news out of
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C ONTACTS
Rep. Mike Thompson Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Diane Feinstein
269-9595 1-202-224-3553 1-202-224-3841
1-415-403-0100 1-415-393-0710

Email boxes for senator’s offices are often a lost cause because they are full. This sometimes also
happens with voice mail but persistence pays.

P ROPOSED N AME C HANGE

The ERWF Board voted to submit
the paperwork for a name change
for the club. The name change
submitted is Humboldt
Republican Women Federated.
The club would not lose its
original charter nor its claim to its
71-years existence. The purpose
of the proposed change is to make
the club’s name more inclusive.
The concept is two-fold: First it is
thought that more people will see
the club as welcoming residents
of all of Humboldt’s
communities. Second it
recognizes that our current
members come from several
towns. Depending on the return of
papers from California
Republican Women Federated a
vote will be taken in one of the
next two meetings.

C HAPLAIN ’ S C ORNER BY V EE S ORENSON

Where Has Wisdom Gone?
Freedom, according to many
opinion polls, is to be able to do
as one wishes. Christ taught that
real freedom exists when a person
practices self-discipline and self-
control.
A life of discipline is a life of
wisdom.
Does it seem to you that wisdom
is rare in the current political
arena? People who lack
judgment are gullible and only
trust in themselves. They pursue
elusive dreams and stir up
anger. Without wisdom there is
foolishness.
The real key to enjoying and
receiving wisdom and knowledge
is stated in Proverbs 1:7. “The
fear of the Lord is the beginning
of knowledge. Fools despise
wisdom and instruction.”
Our prayers should include asking
that God instill in our leaders an
awareness of Him that they
should honor his precepts and
gain wisdom, reason and sound
judgment in the affairs of men.
Only a foolish person would
choose to ignore God and reject
the protection wisdom brings.

ST. BERNARD’S SPAGHETTI FEED

AND SILENT AUCITON
Friday March 20th 6 – 8 p.m.
$5.00 per person or $20 for a family of 6
Homemade Sauce, Salad and Garlic Bread
Located in the Auditorium
Let’s support St. Bernard’s School
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2009 B OARD OF D IRECTORS

POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL

President Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net T REASURER ’ S

1st Vice Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net R EPORT
2nd Vice Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net BY C INDY L EWIS
terryroberts@
Secretary Terry Roberts 599-3255 coldwellbanker.com Balance 1/31/09 $4287.02
Treasurer Cindy Lewis 442-1187 liberty741776@sbcglobal.net Income + 1355.00
Parliamentarian Lynda Pozel 443-1283 lynda@hopkinsportraits.com
Expenses --1611.32
Advertising Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net
Balance 2/28/09 =$4030.70
Americanism Chris Wennerholm 725-2020 chrissie.wen@gmail.com
Auditor JoAnn Stanhope 822-4776 jstanhope@suddenlink.net
Business Cathy Pierson 443-1665 cathyray@pierson1.com
Chaplain Vee Sorenson 822-2359 veesign@aol.com
Commentary Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net
Corr. Secretary Donna Bellairs 442-6648 bellairsx2@suddenlink.net
County Politics Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net
Education Sheryl Fearrien 725-6200 schoolmarm50@sbcglobal.net
Hospitality Haline Sundet 442-2623 sun17@suddenlink.net
Host Jim Pell 496-7415 seamus@jamespell.com W AYS & M EANS
Hostess Cathy Pierson 443-1665 cathyray@pierson1.net BY J OY F INLEY
HSU Club Margaret Stafford 822-3255 Tom-marg@suddenlink.net
February’s meeting was great and I
Membership Barbara Hecathorn 442-7124 hecathorn@aol.com appreciate Terry Roberts and Chris
Publicity Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net Wennerholm helping with the
opportunity drawings! The free
State Legislation Vee Sorensen 442-7124 veesign@aol.com lunch was won by Lee Ann Schnell
Ways & Means Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net and her daughter Ruth won the
Patriot Barbie. She donated it back
Name Tags Delores Theuerkauf 822-5090 erniet@suddenlink.net to our wonderful speaker, Mr. Rob
News Editor Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net Wolford. She also won the beautiful
scarf made and donated by Bernice
Program Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net Huston. Her generosity knew no
Telephone Kathy Rodriquez 839-8105 kswenrod1@yahoo.com bounds. She donated the scarf back
and the winner was Sheryl Fearrien!
Voter Registration Sue Finch 725-5896 sfinch@bigplanet.com Susan Stump won our ongoing
Voter Registration Sonja Hauxwell 668-5260 drawing of the gorgeous afghan
crocheted by our own Chris
Wennerholm.
OTHER CONTACTS: This month we have another
great item. Cathy Ray Pierson has
Bulletin Design Scrapper’s Edge 445-9686 scrappersedge@sbcglobal.net generously offered a one-of-a-kind
Website Master Bill Odonnell 442-4117 ERWF@odonnell.ws sculpture called a Spirit Horse.
Opportunity tickets are also
available for a Coldcreek
throw. You ladies never cease to
The Redwood Alert is designed by Sondra Kirtley of Scrapper’s Edge. amaze me with your dedication to
To assist Sondra, please submit newsletter contributions as Word our club. REMEMBER, WHEN
documents, typed with Times Roman 10-point font and single-spaced.
Send as attachments to: joyfinley@suddenlink.net WOMEN WORK, WE WIN!
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E DUCATION R EPORT
by Sheryl Fearrien

You're probably familiar with the
scenario of the frog and a boiling
pot. Should a frog be dumped
into scorching water, instinctively
he’ll jump out. However, if
placed in tepid water and the heat
is gradually increased, naïve
froggie will sit there and become
a dinner delicacy! Something
very similar has happened in this
country. Unfortunately, it is not
with frogs, but to the American
public, and the ramifications are
far worse than an unsuspecting,
well-done Kermit.
You may have noticed how our
rights have slowly been erased
over the years. In his first month
as chief executive, President
Obama cranked up the heat to
microwave high. Forget one-at-a-
time change, Obama is doing it in
big chunks, much easier to
hide. We probably won’t know
for some time just how badly
America’s freedoms have been
desecrated. I fear we are very
close to losing everything earned
over the past two hundred plus
years…and the populous just
doesn’t seem to notice, enthralled
as they are with the merchant of
“change”!
The following quotation, shared
by my good friend, Susie
McAllister, says it all. The author,
Norman Mattoon Thomas
(November 20, 1884 - December
19, 1968) a leading socialist,
pacifist, and six-time presidential
candidate for the Socialist Party
of America, said in a 1944
speech:
“The American people will never
adopt socialism. But, under the
name of “liberalism,” they will
adopt every fragment of the
socialist program, until one day
America will be a socialist nation,
without knowing how it
happened…I no longer need to
run as a Presidential Candidate for
the Socialist Party. The Democrat
Party has adopted our platform.”

M EMBERSHIP BY B ARBARA H ECATHORN

Membership committee sends a big THANK YOU to members who have sent in their dues for 2009. It
is important for ERWF and CRWF Northern Division to reach 100% membership renewals by March
31st………The Northern Division is #1 in the state. “ There are awards offered to the club that wins the
renewals but what we want to accomplish is building our “Army of Federated Women” to work to bring
back our majorities in DC , Sacramento, elect a Republican Governor, Senator and Representative.” If
you are among the 24% that have not renewed, please join us, send in your dues right away and take
advantage of the many values the Eureka Republican Women Federated offers. You will be part of the
largest women’s political volunteer organization in the nation.
In this light, Kathy Rodriguez has organized a membership contest for members who bring in the most
new members. We will have a monthly winner who will receive 2 free lunches at the following ERWF
luncheon meeting and then a grand prize at the end of the year. If everyone could bring in one new
person, we could double our membership this year. Friends, relatives, colleagues, acquaintances and
contacts are all possible members.
Our Annual Tea will be in April, it is a wonderful time to bring in new member guests and a great
opportunity to win the lunches or the grand prize for the most new members. Be sure to plan on
attending. This year it will be held at Esther Holmes lovely home: 637 Driver Road, in Trinidad on
Thursday, April 16th.
Please welcome this month’s new members, Sue Finch and Sue Johnson brought in by Colleen
Hedrick and Linda Hills.
Look forward to seeing you at our luncheon meeting.
(Quotations taken from Roseann Solonsky-Breault, 3rd VP, CFRW-ND with Enthusiasm)

ERWF Networking Update

At each meeting, you are invited to add your business card to the bulletin board for networking within our
group. There is no charge for this opportunity. I would love to have to purchase a larger board! Feel free to
email me at cathyray@pierson1.com.
If you want to advertise your business in the newsletter, the charge for that is a mere $10.00. You can see
Joy Finley for that option or email her at joyfinley@suddenlink.net.
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A MERICANISM R EPORT
BY C HRIS W ENNERHOLM

THANK YOU, ROB WOLFORD, FOR IN-

TRODUCING US TO AN INCREDIBLE
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION FOR OUR
SOLDIERS & THEIR FAMILIES AT OUR
FEBRUARY EVENT!
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Donations may be made online or
Send Donations to:
Operation Homefront - National Chapter
8930 Fourwinds Drive, Ste. 340
San Antonio, TX 78239

A 501(C) 3 non-profit organization

Additional questions, please contact:
Amy Palmer
Phone: 210-659-7756 or
Toll Free: 800-825-0813
Email:
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Albany, OR, is our area chapter:
Contact: Dale Clark-- Phone: 541-745-5990

B USINESS R EPORT
IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS
President Obama's proposed budget reopens political battles on two key fronts - higher income Americans and small
businesses who will be hit hard by higher taxes, and the health care industry that will see deep cuts in government medical
payments.
The record-shattering $3.55 trillion budget for fiscal 2010, that begins in October, follows an even bigger budget-buster in
fiscal 2009 that will tip the scales at nearly $4 trillion, swollen by several giant economic stimulus plans that include the $700
billion bank bailout whose costs could rise significantly higher in the months to come.
No sooner had the White House unveiled the broad outlines of next year's budget Thursday, than the battle over the
administration's tax and spend proposals erupted in full fury.
Business advocates charged that multiple tax increases on Americans earning more than $250,000 a year would whack small
businesses who pay the individual income tax, too, and produce as much as 60 percent of all jobs.
"You don't build a house by blowing up its foundations. Small businesses and the entrepreneurs who lead them have been
the primary drivers of job growth over the past decade. This plan would punish them with higher taxes, resulting in less
government revenue, less economic growth, and fewer jobs - not more," said Bruce Josten, chief lobbyist at the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce.
On Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio called the budget plan a "job killer," saying that "small
businesses, family farms, middle-class families, retirees, charities, everyone with a 401(k), and anyone who flips on a light
switch is going to pay higher taxes under this plan."
Donald Lambro- The Washington Times - February 27, 2009
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M ARK Y OUR C ALENDAR

Mar. 13-14 Northern Division Spring Conference, Redding
Mar. 19 ERWF Luncheon, Elks Lodge
May 3-5 CFRW 34th Advocacy Workshop and
Spring 2009 Board Meeting
Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park, Sacramento

May 4 & 5 Advocacy Workshop

Each spring the California Federated Republican Women (CFRW) members and guest students meet
together in Sacramento at the annual Advocacy Workshop to hear Republican leaders speak. This
affords an excellent opportunity to introduce young people to the legislative process.
Early registration is set for May 3 5 to 8 p.m. Registration reopens at 7:30 a.m. May 4. Invited speakers
include Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.
Members and students will have the opportunity to tour the Capitol and meet their local representatives.
Hotel reservations may be made through the CFRW.org website which links to the Hyatt Regency, Con-
tact may also be made with The Hyatt Regency at 916-443-1234 by April 15, the hotel cut-off date.

Caribe Royale Hotel

n Now f or Orlando! Orlando, Florida

Pla September 10-13, 2009

C OLLEEN ’ S C OMMENTARY
P EOPLE C AN B E C ONFUSED A BOUT W HO T HEY A RE
BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
There is finally the off-putting
and shocking recognition that
President Obama is suffering
from delusions that are causing
him troubles with some shades of
multiple personality disorder.
Some days he thinks he is
President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt (he liked to smoke, too)
and canoodles congress for a
bushel and a peck of relief and
public works projects. He didn’t
play basketball but he was a good
swimmer, a good speaker, and he
had that same arrogant upward tilt
of the chin.
Other days he reaches further
into the past and rejoices in the
conviction that he is President
Abraham Lincoln and promises
A.C. O R. N. a few million and a
get-out-of-jail free card. After
that, he insults the British by
sending back way early a bust of
Winston Churchill on loan to the
U.S. so he can put old Abe on the
shelf in his new office. Why the
White House couldn’t spare room
in a parlor, hallway, or a broom
closet for the replica of a World
War II hero has yet to be
explained.
Then still another camera
clicks for the one-thousand and
forty-first magazine cover and
prompts the White House to emit
faint echoes of the loving
adoration of Nancy and the
incomparable oratory of the
Republican hero, President
Ronald Reagan. That prompts the
current President to fly around the
country a lot, leaving big carbon
footprints, making speeches with
timely political backgrounds and
signing bills about spending a lot
of money we haven’t got but
being careful not to veto nary an
earmark. That last part is
downright crucial because he has
to stay on the buttered-up side of
his congressional buddies (we
cannot call it their good side or
right side since this Democrat
House/Senate has no good side
and barely a glimmer of a right
side). President Obama has to
save their good will for future
spending on socialized medicine
and sending people to college
even if they don’t want to go.
How hard it will be to find a
barber, a plumber, a maid, a good
mechanic, a beautician, a janitor,
or a stevedore, no one knows.
It’s not going to be easy to tell
Obama that he isn’t a Roosevelt,
nor a Lincoln, and for sure not a
Reagan (Reagan liked us). Maybe
the easiest way to break the news
and get him out of this identity
crisis is to send several bushels of
Georgia peanuts, a ship in a
bottle and a portrait of Jimmy
Carter to the oval office.
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