T HE R EDWOOD A LERT

H UMBOLDT R EPUBLICAN W OMEN F EDERATED , SINCE 1938

Serving the Republican Women of Humboldt County

V OLUME 34, I SSUE 9 S EPTEMBER 2009

Colleen Hedrick, President · Joy Finley, Newsletter Editor

P RESIDENT ’ S
Humboldt Republican Women Federated
welcomes M ESSAGE
BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
Our successful hosting of Meg
Whitman, candidate for governor of
California, was a surprise event and
put together in record time through the
combined generous efforts of donors:
Harvey Harper, Green Diamond,
Security National, George Peterson
Insurance, and O & M Industries.
Mike Harvey, devout Republican
supporter and all-around great guy to
work with, was hugely instrumental
in the event’s success. Joy Finley and I
Steve Baric had reason to be well pleased with the
turnout of the membership on short
notice. Our attendance matched the
September 17, 2009 best count at a more urban location
and well exceeded other points on the
Elks Lodge - Eureka Whitman itinerary on their Northern
California tour. A big thank you to all
of those persons contributing to what
“Election Law and Judicial Appointments” was called “a big success.”

Steven Baric is the Chairman of the California Republican Lawyers Association and serves on the
Other projects underway include the
Executive Committee of the California Republican Party. Under his leadership, the CRLA has
Sunday, October 4, Republican Picnic
become the leading Republican voice in California regarding judicial appointments and ensuring fair
at the Moose Lodge on Campton
elections and is often quoted in major newspapers in California. Mr. Baric has several years of
Road. Please mark your calendars and
experience in Election Law and Election Day operations, training lawyers and poll watchers since
save that day. Chuck De Vore,
2000, and a featured speaker at seminars for both the CRP and the Republican National Lawyers
candidate for Barbara Boxer’s senate
Association. In 2004, he served as the chairman of Lawyers for Bush/Cheney in Orange County.
seat, has promised to attend and other
Mr. Baric is currently in civil practice in Orange County, CA, and is a seasoned trial attorney, having
invitations have been sent.. Our
tried over 100 cases including 25 serious felonies. As a former Orange County Gang Prosecutor, Mr.
November 19 meeting will be a social
Baric prosecuted the toughest hardcore criminal street gangs as a member of the elite T.A.R.G.E.T.
event opening at 5:30 (more details to
gang task force. In 2005, he was honored with the prestigious “Diligent Prosecutor” award by
come), so please plan ahead on
Mothers Against Drunk Driving for his aggressive prosecution of a drunk driver that killed a woman
scheduling for this and a first showing
while she was walking with her walking club. Mr. Baric attended McGeorge School of Law (J.D., of our new cookbooks.
1998) where he was a member of the Dean’s List Honor Roll and a member of the Moot Court Please remember your clothing
Honors Board. contributions for the Soroptimists
Battered Women’s Shelter and your
Buffet Lunch & Speaker ~ $14.50 ~ Beverage & Speaker ~ $4.00 coupons for the overseas military
Please RSVP to Colleen Hedrick at 268-0101 families. Helping hands are often
***Lunch reservations needed and to be honored. most readily available on the ends of
Cancellation notice is a necessity. our own arms.
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P RIME M EDIA P EEKS O UT OF O BAMA ’ S P OCKET

O NLY O NCE I N A L OUSY G REAT W HILE
BY C OLLEEN H EDRICK
A Sunday morning talk show there’s not enough compost heaps health care, child care, vacation
September 6 provided a prime to contain all of them. time, and lifelong access to
example of how yet again education, a systematic phase-in of
mainstream media glosses over the The stuff on Jones includes his self comparable worth and like
Obama administration’s big time description as a radical communist programs to ensure gender equity.”
mistakes. As a further insulting and a black nationalist leader. He Other objectives include “the
premise regarding our proximity to proved his radical thinking in that democratization of our banking
the turnip truck, CNN Anchor after Glen Beck truthfully and financial system—including
John King took on an air of phony hammered away about Jones’ popular election of those charged
professionalism in his comments background, Jones organized black with public stewardship of our
on Van Jones’ departure from the citizens to try to get Beck fired by banking system, worker-owner
White House. boycotting his advertisers. (Maybe control over pension assets, and
Jones figures to emulate Jesse community-controlled alternative
Van Jones, another of the Jackson and just blackmail financial institutions.”
President Obama picks for his businesses for whatever it is you
constellation of thirty plus want.) It ain’t pretty but you get to Some sources have said that Jones,
“Czars”, and his high profile hi- wear thousand dollar suits and a one-time member of ACORN,
jinks, was virtually ignored by the adopt an attitude of contempt was vetted for his Green Jobs Czar
New York Times, The Washington toward those with differing position by ACORN. Jones, a
Post, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC opinions. Among Jones’ many Yale-educated lawyer, wrote a
CNN, and the liberal blogs. Fox questionable statements were bestseller on green jobs. There are
News had been hard on his case claims that whites had polluted for questions to be asked about Green
for several days as had talk radio the purposes of harming blacks. Jobs. Economics professor Gabriel
and conservative blogs. Despite his many questionable Calzada of King Juan Carlos
comments, actions, and University in Madrid, said of
In his brief report on the Jones’ affiliations, he declared that he had Spain,“No other country has given
resignation, King mentioned just been persecuted into his such broad support to the
two of the many intriguing resignation. construction and production of
footnotes from Jones’ less that electricity through renewable
politically astute history. He said Months before Jones appointment resources. The arguments for
Jones had called Republicans a to his Green Jobs Czar position, he Spain and Europe’s ‘green
name (on another news report it was recommended by business
was spelled out enough that the scholar Chuck Collins, an jobs’ schemes are the same
listener would know it was too associate of George Soros who is arguments now made in the U.S.,
dirty to be said on television.) known as a longtime leftist activist principally that massive public
Anymore it has to be pretty tacky and a major supporter of Obama. support would produce large
to get ruled out there. The other Collins is a director of the ‘Tax numbers of green jobs. The
offense King said was that on Program for Shared Prosperity,’ a question now asked in Spain is, “at
9/12/01, far left think tank affiliated with what price?”
ACORNand its ally, Project Vote,
Jones signed a petition advocating which have partnered on several The concept proved false. Calzada
prosecuting of the Bush projects. Collins has been named writes that nine jobs have been lost
administration for being party to as an activist in the top group for every four created under such
the attack on 9/11. Well, King’s building the Socialist Party. Print initiatives. He added, “The study’s
laidback style on those two issues copies of this group’s blog identify results demonstrate how such
are sort of tired examples. Heck, I Obama as a member. ‘green jobs’ policy clearly hinders
have called a few RINOS a thing Spain’s way out of the current
or two every now and again and I Among the New Party’s stated economic crisis, even while U.S.
still think they deserved the labels. objectives were “full employment, politicians insist that rushing into
And on the dippy-do petition, a shorter work week, a guaranteed such a scheme will ease their own
those sad apple nuts are always out minimum income for all adults, a emergence from the turmoil.”
and about—I suppose because universal ‘social wage’ to include

M EMBERSHIP BY B ARBARA H ECATHORN

Summer is gone and we are heading into fall. We have just a few weeks of the 2008-2009 membership
year remaining. Our President Colleen Hedrick and 1st Vice Debbie Walker are very actively sharing the
benefits of belonging to HRWF and continue to bring in new members. Please welcome our newest
members, Rebecca Kimble and Liz Garrett, introduced by President Colleen, and Associate member,
Anthony Mantova, introduced by V.P.Debbie. According to Debbie, she has a couple more on their way to
join us. To all who helped bring in our 40 new members this year, thank you. Our total is now 244, plus
the 18 associates for a grand total of 262. This has been a good year for growing our membership.
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2009 B OARD OF D IRECTORS

POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL

President Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net

1st Vice Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net
2nd Vice Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net T REASURER ’ S
terryroberts@ R EPORT
Secretary Terry Roberts 599-3255 coldwellbanker.com
BY C INDY L EWIS
Treasurer Cindy Lewis 442-1187 liberty741776@sbcglobal.net
Balance 7/31/09 $2563.25
Parliamentarian Lynda Pozel 443-1283 lynda@hopkinsportraits.com
Advertising Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net Income +720.00
Americanism Chris Wennerholm 725-2020 chrissie.wen@gmail.com Expenses -412.84
Auditor JoAnn Stanhope 822-4776 jstanhope@suddenlink.net Balance 7/31/09 =$2870.41
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 debellairs@yahoo.com
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
Hostess Cathy Pierson 443-1665 cathyray@pierson1.net
HSU Club Margaret Stafford 822-3255 Tom-marg@suddenlink.net
Membership Barbara Hecathorn 442-7124 hecathorn@aol.com
Publicity Colleen Hedrick 268-0101 colleen1516@sbcglobal.net
State Legislation Vee Sorensen 822-2359 veesign@aol.com
Ways & Means Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net W AYS & M EANS
Name Tags Delores Theuerkauf 822-5090 erniet@suddenlink.net
News Editor Joy Finley 845-2575 joyfinley@suddenlink.net
Ways and Means Offers Kadillac
Program Debbie Walker 441-1126 walktalk@suddenlink.net Kindling!
Telephone Kathy Rodriquez 839-8105 kswenrod1@yahoo.com A request call to Gordie and Eileen
Voter Registration Sue Finch 725-5896 sfinch@bigplanet.com Amos brought a generous donation
of a giant box of Douglas Fir
Voter Registration Sonja Hauxwell 668-5260 Kadillac Kindling for our September
Opportunity Drawing.
OTHER CONTACTS:
This kindling is so fancy and such a
Bulletin Design Scrapper’s Edge 445-9686 scrappersedge@sbcglobal.net work of art that there are several
Website Master Bill Odonnell 442-4117 ERWF@odonnell.ws reports that Gordie sands each piece
to a fine finish.
Humboldt Republican Women, their
WEBSITES: guests, and community members
Humboldt Republican Women Federated www.eurekarepublicanwomen.com drawing for this upscale prize will
National Federation of Republican Women www.nfrw.org also have chances for a garden book
California Federation of Republican Women www.cfrw.org donated by Colleen Hedrick, a
CFRW- Northern Division www.cfrw.org/divisions/northern.php movie, and other prizes.
The Redwood Alert is designed by Sondra Kirtley of Scrapper’s Edge. Cathy Pierson won two Americana
To assist Sondra, please submit newsletter contributions as Word prints donated by Joy Finley at our
documents, typed with Times Roman 10-point font and single-spaced. August meeting; Kay Peake donated
Send as attachments to: chrissie.wen@gmail.com the plant won by Patricia Newell.
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California Legislation by Vee Sorenson

AB 32 is a job killer. This is not new in Sacramento. Those we send to represent us have been killing
jobs in the State since 2001. There have been at least 100 bills and thousands of regulations that stifle
businesses and they are the reason so many businesses have left California.
###
Our state is losing 8 to 10 manufacturing jobs a year. A Fremont manufacturing company is following
GM’s path and will vacate their facility. It is clear that State policy makers don’t produce a comfortable
environment for business. Uncertainty, regulatory costs and taxes are simply too high in California.
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If the legislators get their way, the cost of Workers Compensation will skyrocket causing more jobs to be
lost and businesses to leave the State. The cost of Workman’s Comp in Nevada is capped and is, at a
minimum, 30% less than our state.
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New taxes are being proposed because the State Unemployment Fund is broke. It will need over $17
billion by the end of next year. In plain English, this means an automatic $17 billion tax increase to
businesses. There is currently a $2 billion tax hike being proposed, including taxes on everything
from gas, internet purchases and vehicle license fees. This would have devastating impact on small
business retailers. Another proposal targets oil and energy companies. According to the state’s non-
partisan Legislative Analyst’s office, this will eliminate up to 10,000 well-paying jobs.
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And Democrats are supposed to be for the working man. Who do they think work in businesses? A real
mess, wouldn’t you say? It will continue until voters wake up and smell the stench coming out of
Sacramento.

C HAPLAIN ’ S C ORNER BY V EE S ORENSON

Have you ever thought about how small groups of people can complicate and change the lives of
many? A person can go on a killing spree and strike fear into the hearts of everyone in a school or
community. Someone can sneak a poisonous substance into a package of food that requires an entire
industry to develop tamper-proof packaging. Look what 9/11 did to airline travel.
The above are examples done for evil, but think of the good things that can happen when just a few people
act to benefit a community or state or country. Through medical research, a scientist can develop a product
to extend life. One person can dig a well and provide water for thousands.
Remember, God sees the struggles between good and evil daily. Let our small number of local
Republican women remember that the good things we do to help others and further what is best for our
nation can have huge ramifications. It may seem at times that our efforts are ineffective, but just like many
teachers who pass on knowledge that prepares students for life, we must be patient and believe that in the
end, goodness will prevail.

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.
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A MERICANISM R EPORT BY C HRIS W ENNERHOLM

THE DEMS WERE RIGHT!!

I hate to admit it. The liberal Democrats were right. They told me if I voted for McCain, all sorts of bad things
would happen. Well, I voted for McCain anyway . . . and they were right....
-They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, and sure enough, there has been a 20-point drop
in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administra-
tion.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens
of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough, unemployment is approaching
10% and the President's bailouts and bogus stimulus packages have sent the stock market lower than at any time since 9-11.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more "crooks" in high ranking positions in federal government and sure
enough, several cabinet members revealed records of bribery, immigration violations and tax fraud or tax evasion.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, our relations with foreign countries would be worse, and sure enough China has ques-
tioned investing in more US treasuries, France and Germany have rejected our President's suggestions that they spend
more money to save the world economy, Russia has apparently forced us to abandon our defense missile programs in Po-
land and Czech Republic, we snubbed Great Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown when he visited Washington (and
sent him packing with a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office), the State Department shuffled the
visit of the president of Brazil to avoid a conflict with St. Patrick's Day (and spelled his name wrong in the official an-
nouncement), the President scuttled the pending free trade agreement with Colombia (an important ally next to Chavez's
Venezuela), Mexico imposed tariffs on $2.4 billion of American products in retaliation for our breach of the North Amer-
ica Free Trade Agreement, and Iran is getting ever close to making a nuclear bomb. It's a good thing we're chumming up
to Syria.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, that the moguls of industry would increase their salaries and bonuses at the expense of
the little people. And sure enough, companies like Merrill Lynch and AIG and Fannie Mae used the bailout money to pay
record bonuses to the very executives who drove those companies into the ground.
-They told me if I voted for McCain that innocent children would die, and sure enough, the President lifted the ban on fed-
eral funding of abortion and the ban on using federal funds for research on embryonic stem cells, so many more innocent
children will die.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, the civil rights of Americans would be put in jeopardy. And sure enough, Congress
passed the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act" which will deprive workers of the secret ballot in union elections and
the President wants to institute a civilian national security force (i.e. private army/secret police) to spy on Americans.
-They told me if I voted for McCain, American health care would deteriorate. And sure enough, the President is pushing
for government takeover of health care, with a multi-trillion-dollar price tag, and faceless bureaucrats making life-and-
death medical decisions for us.
Well, I ignored the Democrats in November and voted for McCain. And they were right . . . all of their predictions have
come true.

9-11 MEM ORIAL BY C HRIS W ENNERHOLM

On Friday, September 11th, 2009, an American flag should be displayed outside every home,
apartment, office, and store in the United States. Everyone should display an American flag on
this eighth anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who
lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain,
and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
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M ARK Y OUR C ALENDAR

Sept. 10-13 NFRW Biennial Convention - Orlando, Florida
Sept. 17 HRWF General Meeting: Steve Baric - Insuring Fair Elections
Oct. 15 HRWF General Meeting: Michael Cent - Medical Care
Oct. 16-18 Biennial Convention, Marriott - Ontario, California
Nov. 14-15 Division Fall Convention, Hilton - Concord, California
Nov. 19 A Festive General Meeting - Arrival of our HRWF Cookbooks,
Launching 2010 Membership Drive and our big Holiday Bake Sale
December Incoming - Outgoing lunch meeting (details to come)
January 21 HRWF General Meeting: Patricia Welch - Campaigns

Reminders by Colleen Hedrick

Cookbook copy went to the
publisher Wednesday, September
9. Thanks to the hard work of
Chairman Lynda Pozel, Co-Chair
Kathy Rodriguez, Margaret
Stafford, Terry Roberts, and
Colleen Hedrick, the HRWF
membership, and strong interest
by family, friends, and our
community, the book will be the
combined efforts of persons from
many homes both local and far
away. The book promises to be
special not only for its culinary
offerings but also because we will
be in such good company with
many happy reminders when we
turn its pages. We will have a
table ready at the meeting to take
your advance orders for your
books.
September is also our month to
get our closets cleaned out and get
ready for fall and winter because
of our clothing drive for the
Soroptimists Battered Women’s
Shelter. They are especially
interested in clothes that will help
women get back into the work
place. Be sure the garments you
put into your plastic bag are the
kind you would be happy to give
to a friend. These ladies need all
the kindness we can extend.
Please continue to save coupons
and discarded cell phones for our
ongoing efforts to help our
military families. Thanks much
for all you do.
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Jack R. MacDonald

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PERMIT NO. 60

C ALLING A LL C RAFTSMEN
& ARTISANS
All craftsmen and artisans in our club are invited to bring their
wares to the October meeting to display and/or sell. As a kickoff for
that event, you are asked to bring one item to display at this month's
meeting. Members are encouraged to remain after the meeting to check
out what others in the group are doing. If you would like to
participate in the October event, call Cathy at 443-1665 or 499-0484.

Cathy Ray