A salute to those citizens who make our communities strong.

   The Lincoln Dinner was a big success, we had over 100 people in attendance, with at least 10 candidates running for public office.We had both oral and silent auctions packed with fantastic contributions from the community, and the Roseburg Country Club provided a superb meal.

   Our guest speaker, Professor Juanita Sinclair of Warner Pacific College, covered history of our Constitution from its beginning to today.  She took written questions from the audience and incorporated answers in her delivery.

Weekly Update: At the top, or bottom, of the barrel is that for whatever reason, and we have not been told, Sid Leiken's campaign manager notified us that Sid Could not make it for our March 23rd meeting. Jaynee Germond will be there though. Call Monty or Jeanne if you want to help with her campaign. We have yard signs and bumper stickers available. We also would like sites to put bigger signs up at. If you have, or know of them, give a holler.
 
School Board Opening: We just noticed last night that Connie Roberts has resigned from the Reedsport School Board creating a vacancy to be filled. We would encourage any and all to apply for the opening. The problem with being conservative is that we just want to be left alone to enjoy and prosper, but this results in the "nanny staters" ending up in all these positions. We need conservatives on these boards.
 
Douglas Coast Republicans: We are now associate members of the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce as
a non-profit association. The Douglas County Republican Party has supported us in this. We plan on participating in the 2010
Memorial Day Parade, Monday 31, 2010 in Reedsport. The theme for this year is "Honoring Veterans, Past, Present, and
Future." More info will be coming.
 
Americans for Prosperity: We have decided to more closely work with this powerful state and national organization. Our goals both as Conservatives, Tea Party Patriots, and all freedom loving Americans are identical to AFP. They have tremendous resources for training and activism at the grassroots level and this is what we are about. If there are any questions regarding AFP in the West Douglas County area, please direct them to Richard Burke, Director of Grassroots Developement for Oregon. Email: rpcentral@gmail.com or 971-238-0256.
 
Precinct Committee Persons: We almost have all the positions filled in the Reedsport area. We still need a male and female committee person for Winchester Bay and Loon Lake. Also a female for the Pioneer Precinct (Old town Reedsport). Even if you do not live in the precinct, it is possible to run from an adjacent precinct. If you live in the area, you are probably adjacent to one of these. The advantages of being one are: 1) When you call an elected official and identify youself as a
Precinct Committee Person for your precinct you will carry much more weight 2) You will have a voice as will Reedsport on the Douglas County Republican Party and 3) The Board of Douglas Coast Republicans consists of eight members, one from each precinct 01-08 and they will choose the following officers: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, and Treasurer.
plus other position deemed important. BTW these positions are open to all freedom loving supporters of DCR regardless of political party.
 
Apologies for being a couple of days late on the newsletter, but this has become a full time endeavour. Make sure to check currents news at www.douglascoastrepublicans.com/EventsandNews.html. We try an update this every few days. YOU can make a diference!
 

Monty Stewart

douglascoastrepublicans@gmail.com

RailAmerica, CORP and the State have settled their lawsuits.  This is good for Douglas County.

A look at the Rail Advisory Committee.