THE TRUMPETER - May 2024

RWOP Newsletter Editor: Joan Lesko, RWOP VP Communications, contact@rwop.info

Greetings!

I want to be the first to wish all of you Happy Mother’s Day!  We owe a debt of gratitude to our natural, step, or adopted mothers.

In 1861, at the start of the Civil War, Virginia officially joined the Confederacy, with divided loyalties between the North and the South. The Jarvis family was trapped between Union forces to the North and Confederate forces to the South. The two armies engaged in battle 15 miles from where the Jarvis family lived. Ann Jarvis encouraged Mothers’ Day Work Club members to remain neutral and provide care for Union and Confederate soldiers. In 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, Ann organized a Mother’s Friendship Day to promote reconciliation between Union and Confederate veterans and their families.

In 1876, when Anna was 12 years old, she heard her mother (Ann) pray at the close of a Sunday school class: “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mothers’ day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life.”  Anna Jarvis never forgot her mother’s prayer. She repeated it at her mother’s memorial service in 1905 and vowed by the grace of God, her mother shall have that Mother’s Day.” 

Anna Jarvis began a letter-writing/public speaking campaign directed at local, state, and national figures and organizations. She solicited support for a holiday to honor mothers for their invaluable and selfless devotion as caregivers to their families. She advocated that Mother’s Day be observed on the second Sunday of May, memorializing the day her mother died. After a few years, almost all U.S. states celebrated Mother’s Day, and it spread quickly spread to other countries. In 1914, President Wilson made Mother’s Day a national holiday.

Although Anna’s activism honored mothers for their emotional support to families, she fought until her death in 1948 against the commercialism that surrounded the holiday. She wished for Mother’s Day to remain a holy day, a day to recognize the women who put the needs of their children before their own. Mother’s Day was also a practical exercise in patriotism. There is no doubt about it: both Ann and Anna Jarvis were strong conservatives who stood firm in their values and beliefs. Both provided invaluable community service and highlighted that one woman can make a difference in history.  

Mother’s Day - The Irony 

I moved to Arizona seven years ago, thrilled that it was the land of freedom. In this short period of time, the anti-science crowd is spoiling the party—the irony of destroying your very own unique DNA in the vessel that God created specifically for women. 

This is what took place in our town.

“Stop the Total Abortion Ban in AZ!

Rally Sunday 1-2 pm @ Courthouse!

Today, we received the devastating news that the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to revive the 1864 near-total territorial abortion ban, which criminalizes performing or helping someone obtain an abortion unless necessary to save their life.

Join us for a rally to raise our voices against this disgraceful decision!

We will have plenty of petitions on hand to put access to abortion on the ballot in November.

Together, we will protect access to abortion in AZ!”

source (https://prescottindivisible.org/).

Anti-life marchers at Courthouse Plaza recently, on Sunday, April 14TH, after church. A great first impression of Prescott for tourists and families? How do these protesters process Mother’s Day without the twinge of shame?

Let’s name names:

Indivisible Arizona, DWPA, Healthcare Rising, and organizations that YOU may be inadvertently supporting.

https://www.healthcarerisingaz.org/endorsements/

Thank God our SCOTUS reversed the infamous Roe V. Wade Ruling. And thank God that our Arizona Supreme Court re-affirmed pro-life laws. The liberals are well organized and intend to flex mob rule at the ballot, to the tune of 500,000 signatures and many more to come by July 3^rd.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

One person, one vote, can make a difference. Amplify that by the number of friends and connections you have, and each of us can make a difference. Maricopa County is heavily Democratic, and red counties like Yavapai are burdened to offset their shadow.

https://my.arizona.vote/PortalList.aspx

Check your voter status and encourage your neighbors and friends to check theirs.

Early Voting!

The Republican National Committee and Donald J. Trump officially endorse early voting.

Our 2024 Yavapai County Director of Elections confirmed that 93.7% of Presidential Preference ballots were early.

Early, in-person drop-off at any of the locations below. 

https://www.yavapaivotes.gov/Voter-Registration/Drop-Box-Locations

Only 54.86% of voters voted in Yavapai County for the PPE. Some of you are slacking. Please vote – YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

The responsibility to vote is entirely up to each of us.

188 days. That is all we have.

Let’s make history together.

RWOP Luncheon - Tuesday, May 14, 2024

NO SUBSTITUTIONS ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT

$35 per person

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If you have any questions, please contact:

Elsie Tyree 

928-778-0235

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Candidates for Yavapai County Superintendent

Candidates for Yavapai County Attorney

Charity of the Month

Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew (GMIHC)

LEARNING AND TRIBUTE CENTER

RWOP started the Scholarship Program in 2015, and we are proud to say we have awarded 104 students with a total of $144,275, including this year’s recipients. 

Congratulations to the Scholarship Committee Members for a job well done. Members include Sherry Ragsdale, Karen Varela, Dian Tucker, Elaine Janks, and Barbara Ernst, Chair.

We hope that by supporting our young Republican students and encouraging them to further their education, we are also helping them to earn their college degrees, develop a knowledgeable understanding of politics, and realize the importance of their conservative values and beliefs.

Recent picture of an Radio interview with Briah Williams and Caleb Zorich. 

May 10 Mother's Day Tea for Seniors

Granite Creek Convalescent Home

We all have a soft spot in our hearts for lonely seniors whose families do not live nearby, and they often celebrate holidays with only their memories. RWOP sponsored a Senior Christmas party last December with gifts and songs at the Granite Creek Senior Care Facility. It was so well received and appreciated that the Community Outreach team decided to follow up with a Mother's Day Tea. Many of you have donated teacups, flowers, tea cakes, and sandwiches, and we will be bringing these and cheer to the mothers (and maybe a few Fathers as well) on Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. Please join us starting at 1 p.m. to set up if you have the time and the inclination. Contact barbara.orloff@yahoo.com for details and directions if you wish to participate.

Volunteers needed! Sell RWOP's Patriotic Merchandise

Are you available for a few hours?

Call Marilyn Read 201-736-7587

As of the printing of this newsletter for the new 2024 membership year that started October 1, 2023 we have:

Total Members: 915

Active: 748

Associate: 163

Student: 4

New Active Members in April:

Barbara Patricia Carlson

Kimberly Colburn

Shanna Lynn Collier

Nancy Lee Elliott

April Hewerdine

Lavrileen Jesswein

Patricia Kouri

Kamryn Grace Maddock

Gwen Parker

Marilyn Rivenburg

Margaret Stafford

Lori Ann Tighe

Elaine Tomlin

Lucia Young

New Associate Members in April:

Charles Richard Cox

Gregg A.Ostro

Kevin Mason Young

Videos are available from

the May 2024 Luncheon.

Legislative Reports from Sen. Ken Bennett, Rep. Selina Bliss & Rep. Quang Nguyen

Click HERE for the 2024 RWOP Luncheon Schedule!!

Click on the link below for a list of recommended books. 

Recommended Children's Books

You can bring the books to our monthly RWOP business luncheon meeting and we will deliver them to the school.

Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated as it will assist with leveling out the current Reading material available to our young readers.

The Democrats have stocked the school library with history books, and we want to offer the Republican history to students.

For questions, please contact Liz Davidson Davidson.e.i@gmail.com or Lillian Bish lillybish456@gmail.com

 TAKE A LEGISLATION PEEK 

• Our Legislature is presently only in session on Wednesdays. Referral bills are taking a back seat until after the budget negotiations are over. However, bills are still being sent to Gov. Hobbs for action.

• Arizona Supreme Court ruling on abortions is front and center. At this writing the Senate had the votes to repeal the current law, but the House had a 30-30 tie vote.

• Congressman Eli Crane sent a letter to the Arizona Dept. of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) regarding recent concerns from constituents who have been impacted by cancellations of homeowner’s insurance policies due to high wildfire exposure. The Congressman asks DIFI to describe their plans to regulate insurance companies, investigate claims of new risk assessments being applied to insurance policies, and concerns that homeowners in rural and forested areas will be uninsured. This is a big concern for our Yavapai County homeowners.

• SB1129 - unlawful occupants; property; removal (Squatter bill) A new bill advancing through our Arizona state Senate would allow homeowners to involve the police if a squatter refuses to leave the homeowner’s property. A property owner could submit an affidavit to police outlining that the squatter is not paying rent, has no ownership or lease interest, and has no right to remain at the property. Police could then direct the person to leave and charge them with trespassing if they do not.

• Congressman Crane joined Rep. Good (R-VA) in introducing a bill prohibiting federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and using federal funds to acquire radio content. NPR receives most of its funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Over the years, NPR has consistently demonstrated extreme left-wing bias in its coverage of key topics. By signing on, they seek to prohibit American taxpayer dollars from being used to further fund the left NPR.

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