Memorial Service for Celia Coverly

The Memorial Service for Celia Coverly will be Saturday, January 14th
1PM to 3PM.

Markham Woods Presbyterian Church
5210 Markham Woods Road, Lake Mary, Florida
 
On Saturday beginning at 1PM, a memorial service and celebration of the life of our dear friend and Committeewoman Celia Coverley will be held at the Markham Woods Presbyterian Church.  I look forward to spending time with all of you at this service in her honor.  Donations may be made to Operation Christmas Child, Wounded Warrior or the ASPCA.

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Presidential Preference Primary

This month begins the Presidential Preference Primary for Florida.  The vote will be on January 31, 2012. If you have not already done so please make sure that your registration is up to date with the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections office (www.voteseminole.org). New applications for voting in Seminole County will not be accepted after January 2. We will have a need for volunteers to cover the office during the week before the primary to help direct people to their designated voting places. If you would like to help please contact the HQ or email mail @ seminolegop.org for more information.

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Christmas Eve Community Breakfast

Saturday, December 24th -
Christmas Eve Breakfast

Sanford Civic Center
401 East Seminole Boulevard, Sanford, FL 3277
9A.M. to Noon

(with volunteers needed starting a 6A.M. and following the start of the event)

Due to the hard work of Diana Evans, Nancy Riordan and a host of many of our members, as you know, we are sponsoring, and having our members participate in, a Christmas Eve Breakfast benefitting disadvantged Seminole families.  Please stop by if you can, even if it is just for a little while.  If you would like to help volunteer, please attend the event, or if you have any questions, please reach out to Diana Evans.

 A couple of items needed

  • 2 more huge oversized coolers that can hold ice and water/juice – please put your name on them.
  • Every volunteer to please e-mail their list of friends who are coming and remind all volunteers to wear a red shirt and jeans so we are instantly recognizable.  Right now their has been an overwhelming response, so if you get this email, please pass it along to those who wish to help.   
  • A couple of volunteers to bring white poster boards and fat black markers to make signs when we get there and figure out what we need to post.
  • Donations in increments of $10 to assist with some additional costs (you can just bring it with you to the event). 
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SCREC Christmas Party

Join the Seminole County Republican Executive Committee on Thursday December 15, 2011 7:00pm at the Longwood Community Center for their annual Christmas Party. This year we celebrate another great year as Seminole County Republicans. Join us as we talk about plans for next year, speakers, candidates, walks, and get out the vote efforts.

December 15, 2011
7:00pm
Longwood Community Center

For additional information please contact the Seminole County Head Quarters or fill out the contact us page.

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Update on Screc November Meeting

Our November meeting featured Seminole County Chair Al Schwarz with a “Seminole County Update”. We are out to increase revenue, increase membership, and increase technology at the headquarters. Our guest speaker at tonight’s meeting is Alan Korman on what Shari a law means to the US government structure. Our christmas party will be on Thursday December 15, 2011 7:00pm at the Long wood Community Bldg 200 W. Warren Ave.

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O’Malley in race for Altamonte Mayor

Tuesday November 8th there will be elections in both Altamonte Springs and Lake Mary. Please get out the vote and support the candidates in the race. Bob O’Malley is in a race for Altamonte Springs Mayor this Tuesday November 8th. Bob will face an incumbent in this race. Please support the O’Malley campaign for mayor by visiting his website www.omalley4mayor.com and being at the polls on November 8th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*by the Seminole County Republican Executive Committee*

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The Passing of Chairman Bitner

Dear Seminole County Republican Members and Friends,

It is with great sadness on behalf of our Board, that I report today our Republican family lost its
Chairman, Dave Bitner, to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Our thoughts and prayers go out to his
family and his wife Wendy, who has been constantly at his side. Our Party has lost a true leader and
friend, and I hope we will be able to carry on his lasting legacy in the months and years to come.

May God watch over him and his family,

Al Schwarz, Chairman
Jeff Bauer, Vice Chairman
Kim Carroll, Secretary
John Moffitt, Treasurer

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For Immediate Release – Conservative Roar on I-4 – September 3, 2011

For Immediate Release:

A Conservative Roar from the I-4 Corridor
Saturday, September 3rd
4:30PM – 7:30PM
@ 4316 W. SR46, Sanford, Florida

(Tentative Schedule)

4:30pm   – Opening with the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem, Straw Poll begins with Introduction and Remarks

5:00pm   – Live band starts playing

Todd Long will broadcast his show from 5pm-6pm

5:30pm   – Candidates and organizations address the audience

The American Adversaries radio show will broadcast from 6pm to 7pm

Presidential Candidate Herman Cain will address the audience

Poll results to be announced around 7:30pm

The public is welcome to stay and enjoy the live band and eat on the premises.

Note: The SCREC will offer the opportunity to everyone unable to attend the “Conservative Roar from the I4 Corridor” this Saturday to watch the event live from its website.   The live simulcast with Herman Cain will start at 4:30pm. Go to seminolegop.org and follow instructions under “Live Link to Conservative Roar”.   Please contact Ariel Gaussart at 407-252-0330 or ariel@salemorlando.com for additional event information.

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The Call

On 9-11, 2001, I was the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of West Volusia. I remember watching in disbelief as the events of 911 unfolded. I recall feeling more bewildered than afraid. We had a Board meeting scheduled for that evening and decided to cancel because we all just wanted to go home. By the weekend, I was beginning to understand the magnitude of what had happened “in America and to America.” By Monday morning, feelings of fear and sadness and vulnerability had set in. The Chamber had a Washington-Fly-In scheduled for early October and after an email poll of the Board, everyone agreed that we should cancel our flights. Around 9 a.m. I called the Travel Agency to request flight cancellation instructions. Around 10:30 a.m. my office assistant came back to my office to tell me that Congressman John Mica was on the phone wanting to talk to me. I said “you mean his office”. She said “No, it’s HIM.” I could not believe that this Congressman who was leading the charge to get Wall-Street open and planes flying again could possibly , on this morning, be calling ME, a west Volusia Chamber Chief. As I answered the phone, the voice on the other end took my breath away. It was “HIM”, Congressman John Mica. I said “Good Morning Sir, you must be very busy today.” and the conversation went something like this. “Yes Linda I am busy . I’m trying to get the planes flying again and I hear you canceled your flights to Washington. Listen to me ! You are a community leader and if all the community leaders across America are too afraid to fly or come to Washington, THEY won. Do you hear me? The Terrorists won! This is what they wanted to happen. Now I want YOU to get on the phone and call the travel agency and confirm your flight plans. Call your Board and tell them to get on that plane and get up here. Can you do that? Your job is to lead and to inspire courage in your community and if any of your board says no, here’s my cell phone number .You call me and let me know who I need to call. Do you understand what you need to do and what’s at stake here? Tell me you won’t let our community become immobilized by fear.” By now, tears were streaming down my face. And choking back the tears, I replied,” Yes Sir, I understand. We’ll fly, We’ll be there. I promise I’ll get them all there. And Congressman Mica,” Thank You.” “You’re Welcome Linda.” and the phone was quiet. I couldn’t imagine how he knew I had tried to cancel the flight or why he took the time on that morning, himself, to call ME. In the years since, I’ve come to understand why. I took a dozen people along with people from other Chambers to the Capitol as planned in early October. We were one of the 1st groups to be allowed back into the Capitol. Met by armed guards surrounding the Capitol and all around us, I knew that America had changed. It was the first time I truly understood the meaning of freedom.. And suddenly in the warm Washington sunshine in front of the Capitol surrounded by armed guards, I realized how fragile Freedom is. Congressman Mica was fierce that day as heavily armed security guards tried to keep us out of various places in the Capitol. I understood that he was fighting with all he had to keep America free as he escorted us through the Capitol. I learned that day that for America to really be free, we must understand and fiercely love, cherish and protect those things that make us free and not just on the days that freedom is easy. I learned that we should never cower down and assume the role of a victim but instead to honor those that lost their life on 911 by demonstrating our courage and our strength and our love of Freedom, even in the face of unspeakable tragedy. I learned that courage and action make us free and that restriction, fear and inaction make us “less free.” I also learned that” Real Leaders” can and will in the worst of times empower and inspire individuals, communities and America. I am saddened and resentful of many of the restrictions and regulations that have been enacted since 9-11. I think many of those regulations have been unnecessary and have made America neither safer or stronger or more free. I believe those overreaching regulations have, like a thief in the night, robbed us of our joy and our individual wills to be courageous and resilient in the face of adversity. I hold the “Phone Call” in my heart as one of my greatest “Lessons in American Freedom” It taught me how each of us can make a difference when we choose action instead of fear. I now know that Congressman Mica knew that too the day he called. I hope this story will again inspire us to be bold and courageous as it inspired me and my Chamber Board of Directors on that day. Our Chamber closed in 2009. The only Visitors Center in West Volusia is now operated with tax dollars. 10 years later, I still choke up when I sing the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave” and I still remember “Let’s Roll” .

 

- Linda White

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Constitutional Seminar October 8

A Constitutional Coach trained by the National Center for Constitutional Studies will lead us in a study of THE 5000 YEAR LEAP as we focus on 28 principles of the constitutional republic envisioned by our Founding Fathers.

Fee: $30.00 includes The 5000 Year Leap, study guide, and lunch.
Tables will be set up for easy note taking. Click Here to Register

Checks of $30.00 made to SCREC may be mailed to:
Cindy Youell, Education Chair
P. O. Box 151643
Altamonte Springs, Fl 32715
Registration deadline: September 16, 2011. We will need at least 50 people paid a month before the event for it to proceed as planned.

Thanks to all who invite group members, friends, co-workers, family, neighbors, and others in your paths of influence.

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The person who signs up the most participants will receive a free registration for the seminar!
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It promises to be a day of fun!

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