Serving Cary and Morrisville
Stay Connected – Join Our Club!
Charles Swindoll said, “A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.”
The same could be said for a neighborhood, a community, and a political party. However, it is especially true of our Western Wake Republican Club.
The club is the incubator for newly engaged and seasoned party members. Beyond the simple opportunity of learning new facts from our speakers, the club is the proving ground for developing issues, a place to meet new candidates, to recruit future ones, and a unique opportunity to converse with the elected officials that frequent our meetings.
If you seek the facts that go with the passions of being conservative,
If you seek thoughtful considerations shared among friends,
If you seek honest debate among peers,
Join our club and discover new and old friends, engage in social networking, meet the leaders of your local communities, and witness the synergy that is generated when like-minded and maybe some not-so-like-minded conservatives come together in the spirit of honest discussion.
Members and visitors speak boldly about freedom, less government, and better government. Others want to listen quietly absorbing the main points being discussed and debated. And still others gather in the corner to explore the nuances of the issue under discussion.
No matter how you participate, this is America at its best.
Tired of sitting on the sidelines?
Flag Day Picnic Chili Cookoff
In addition to food from Danny’s Barbeque, there will be a Chili Cookoff Contest at our Flag Day Picnic on Saturday June 18th. Rumor has it that Bill Clark considers his victory to be a foregone conclusion. Do YOU have a chili recipe that will make the tears roll down Bill’s face? Bring it on!!
Here are some of the Chili Contest rules that our Rules Committee Chair, Darren Eustance, has come up with:
- You must purchase a picnic ticket to enter the cook-off. But you can enter as many chili varieties as you like since there are a lot of people to feed.
Chili should be made in advance – bring it in a crock pot or insulated container to keep it warm. - Extra points awarded if your recipe uses an endangered species.
- You don’t have to be a Republican.
- If you make extra hot chili (I’m looking at you Bill), you are required to bring your own fire extinguisher.
- You will NOT be given extra credit for fulfilling a quota of different bean varieties or colors. Nor will extra credit be given for using bean varieties that have been “historically discriminated against” in chili recipes. Rather, each bean shall be judged in it’s own merits.
- None of the ingredients are allowed to have been purchased with funds from either TARP or the Stimulus.
- Extra credit if the chili is hot enough to increase your carbon footprint.
The winner of the Chili Cookoff will receive a $20 gift certificate to Danny’s and one of our new WWRC T-shirts. XXL size, of course!
Order your tickets now as we need to provide a ticket count to Danny’s by Thursday evening.
$500 Scholarship for Essay about the U.S. Constitution
How is the U.S. Constitution relevant to your life today?
WWRC is offering a scholarship of $500 to the high school senior who writes the best essay on the subject “How is the U.S. Constitution relevant to your life today?” The student must be a resident of Town of Cary or Morrisville, NC, or a student in a high school in Cary or Morrisville.
The essay must be no more than 500 words, basically one page. The student must provide their first and last names, street address, telephone number or email address and the name of their high school.
The winning essay will be based on the following: Items selected from the Constitution-50%; Supporting arguments-20%; Effective communication-20%; Quality of writing-10%.
The essay should be emailed as an attachment to scholarship@westernwakegop.org, preferred, or mailed to Western Wake Republican Club, P.O. Box 5621, Cary, NC 27512. The essay must be received by May 15, 2011.
The check is to be presented to the winner by the North Carolina House of Representatives Majority Leader, Representative Paul Stam, at the Western Wake Republican Club Flag Day picnic, June 18, at the Kiwanis Shelter in Bond Park in Cary, where the winning essay will be read.
The documents and personal information will not be distributed to the public, other than that of the winner. Distribution of personal information about the winner will have to be approved by the winner.
Information about the Western Wake Republican Club can be found on westernwakegop.org. Email address is scholarship@westernwakegop.org.
God bless America.
Submitted by Ivan Bowman
WWRC Scholarship Committee Chair