HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE— Lake County Republican Women Federated (LCRWF) celebrated their 70th anniversary (1948-2018) on Wednesday, Nov.14 at a luncheon in the Greenview Restaurant in Hidden Valley.
Highlighting the event was Dottie Linden, Northern Division President of California Federation of Republican Women, who spoke on “Celebrating 70 years of service and boldly moving forward.”
Linden reflected on what it means to be part of the National Federation of Republican Women and about the difference the organization has made and will make going forward. The speaker placed great emphasis on the informed voter. From various reports of the length of time voters spent in the voter booth and the consulting between people coming in to vote, she pointed to the fact people really had not studied the candidates and propositions before going to the polls.
Linden retired from AT&T as Regional Director, Northern Calif. During her career she led organizations of more than 3000 people and was responsible for 3.5 million customer contacts daily.
She’s a former 2nd and 3rd Vice President CFWND, Regional Director, and President of Sacramento Republican Women Federated and has chaired several committees.
She said her personal mission is to help the leadership teams to strengthen and grow the organization by being Informed, Involved and Impactful. According to Leona M. Butts, Publicity Chair for the LCRWF, Linden is determined to engage and share the knowledge and experience gained as a member of the National Federation of Republican Women with everyone as the best way to overcome voter ignorance and apathy.
LCRWF will move into their 71st year working for and not against America, noted Butts.
“We are for less state debit, for securing our country’s borders, for keeping the recent tax cuts, for fewer federal and state regulations, for fewer homeless, for outlawing sanctuary cities, for innocent until proven guilty, for America first. And this is just a partial list,” she said.
Although there will be no general meetings of LCRWF in December and January, the work of LCRWF never stops, she added. “As the delightful anniversary cactus plant table decorations symbolized, with our longevity and endurance, we will continue moving forward, no matter what elements are thrown at us,” Butts noted.
In her closing remarks, Linden outlined what Republican women are all about:
“We are here to help all people get the information and facts about issues; to be optimistic, to educate and show up; remembering at all times, We are one American family.”
The organization invites all registered Republican women to join them. The next general meeting will be February 13, 2019. For information about LCRWF, the members urged prospective new members to please feel free to leave a message for a call-back at 998-3027.
