Polk County Republican Women

Cordially invite you (men and women) to

“The Grand Dames of the Iowa Republican Party”

With special guest

Ambassador Mary Kramer

Tuesday, September 14th

5:30-5:45 pm Appetizers and Social Time

5:45-6:30 pm Dinner

6:30-7:30 pm Program

Westkirk Presbyterian Church
2700 Colby Woods Drive (map)
Urbandale, Iowa 50322

Reservations and prepayment of $18.00 are due by September 10th to:

Sonja Hansen-Smith
5319 SW 14th Des Moines, Iowa 50315
5felinefamily@gmail.com or  515-778-8804

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Speakers have not yet been scheduled.  Please check back for updates!

Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Guest Speakers
• Recognize all Republican candidates present.
• Order of Business
  • Recognize new activists or those returning after a long absence
  • Review & Approve Minutes
  • Receive Treasurer’s Report
  • Executive Committee Report
  • Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments
  • Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee
  • Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting
  • Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan
• Open Discussion & Wrap Up

We have been having a great time at the various parades in Polk County this year, with our our terrific float and awesome crew of volunteers!  We have pictures from several of the parades, and other events, all loaded up on Flickr!.  You can view all of the pictures on our new Photo Page!

Mary Whisenand has been coordinating our parades this year, and has been doing a fabulous job!  More pictures and excitement yet to come… we still have the Mitchelville on September 18!

Here are some samples of some of our parade pix!

Mary Whisenand, Bonita Davis, Dave Funk, and Mike Cook.
Bonita and Dave are both candidates for County Supervisor.

Kevin Koester’s Crew!

Getting the float ready in Urbandale!

(From Matt Strawn, Chairman Republican Party of Iowa):

Thousands of Iowans will be enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of the Iowa State Fair. I want to personally invite you to visit the Iowa GOP booth at the fair, which runs this Thursday, August 12 through Sunday, August 22. Republican candidates, office holders and national leaders are all planning stops at the Iowa GOP booth to meet the scores of Iowans who come by every day.

I encourage all Iowans to stop by and talk with our candidates, to hear their principled solutions for moving this state forward. We’ll also have absentee ballot requests if you’re ready to send a message that we need principled, conservative government here in Iowa.

Click here for your video invitation:

In addition to meeting fellow Republicans, you have a chance to win a pair of tickets to the sold-out Iowa-Iowa State football game. The theme for this year’s fair is “non-stop fun” and what can be more fun than the traditional in-state rivalry? You can enter to win by texting the word “Cyclones” or “Hawkeyes” (whichever team you plan to root for) to 41513, or enter at the booth. A random winner will be chosen at the conclusion of the Fair.

The Iowa GOP booth will be in its traditional location along the North wall of the air-conditioned Varied Industries Building.

Here’s the current schedule of appearances by GOP candidates, office-holders and national leaders. Please note this is a preliminary schedule. Other appearances will be added during the fair.

I look forward to seeing you at the Iowa State Fair!

Matthew N. Strawn
Chairman
Republican Party of Iowa

For those of you who have been notified of Tuesday’s (August 10) special county GOP convention, below is a map showing where the Republican Party of Iowa Headquarters are located. The convention will begin at 6:00 PM.

See the flyer below. You can order tickets to the event at this link, and if you are a Robb Kelley Club Member (click here to become a member), you can also register for the Business Round Table at this link.  Click anywhere on the information below to open a full printable (and more readable) PDF document.

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Speakers have not yet been scheduled.  Please check back for updates!

Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Guest Speakers
• Recognize all Republican candidates present.
• Order of Business
  • Recognize new activists or those returning after a long absence
  • Review & Approve Minutes
  • Receive Treasurer’s Report
  • Executive Committee Report
  • Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments
  • Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee
  • Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting
  • Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan
• Open Discussion & Wrap Up

We will have Polk County Republican T-Shirts available for sale here on the web site in just a very few days!  Check back… they look really cool!

Polk County Republicans nominated 3 people for Polk County Supervisor in districts 3, 4, and 5.  The candidates are:

District 3 : Dave Funk
District 4 : Bonita Davis
District 5 : Anita Morrill

These districts are held by Democrats, all of whom will be seeking reelection in November.

“This has been a very encouraging evening with all three of these great conservative candidates stepping up to make a difference for Liberty,” said John Bloom, Polk County Republican Chair.  “We are looking forward to a dynamic campaign of a sort that we have not seen in Polk County in a long time.”

Republicans in Polk County nominated these candidates in a special convention held for this purpose on Tuesday, July 27.  Democrats have held the majority of seats on the Polk County Board of Supervisors since 1948.