FDR Dinner Volunteers – February 25, 2012
The FDR dinner was a great success thanks to a number of wonderful volunteers. We appreciate their dedication and service! The Chairman of the event was Lynn Minasi who was recognized for not only this event but her work throughout the year for the democratic party. There is Lynn below dressed as Jackie Kennedy! Dawn Hayward put together a president trivia quiz and a balloon contest that were a whole lot of fun! JoAnn Grenard, dressed as Amanda Felch was the master of ceremony of the evening. She was helped a whole lot by Al Cordova and Tom Berry and the three of them are pictured...
Read MoreFDR Dinner – Feb 25, 2012: Special Awards
Lynn Minasi was recognized as Volunteer of the year and Donna Murphy was recognized as democrat of the year at this years FDR Dinner. Fremont County Democrats Chairman, Al Cordova named Lynn Minasi Volunteer of the Year at this years activities. Lynn was recognized for her dedicated service throughout the year and also for orchestrating this years FDR dinner which was a great success. Party Chairman Al Cordova presented the award to Lynn and she received a standing ovation. Later in the ceremony, Tom Berry presented Lynn with a bouquet of roses in recognition of her service. Also...
Read MoreFDR Dinner – Community Service Award
The annual FDR dinner was held this year at the Quality Inn in Canon City. We’ll do a few articles on this event but today we’re focusing on just one. This year a special award and presentation were given by our Mayor Tony Greer. Tony Greer gave a certificate of appreciation to seven members of the Colorado Citizens against toxic waste for 10 years of dedicated community service. A full description of this groups accomplishments is included in an earlier post. Three of the key members of the Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste that were there to receive the award...
Read MoreJoe Garcia: ” We have to do a better job of serving our students”
By RACHEL ALEXANDER alexanderr@ canoncitydailyrecord.com Posted: 02/27/2012 08:10:14 AM MST The county’s Democrats gathered Saturday for their 21st annual FDR Dinner. About 130 people attended the dinner at the Cañon City Quality Inn. The dinner’s theme was presidents and several attendees came dressed as presidents and their first ladies. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia gave the evening’s keynote address. “I really wanted to be in public service, and I’ve never looked back,” said Garcia, who was the president of Colorado State University-Pueblo prior to being...
Read MoreCemetery Veteran Marker Project!
In 2011 Tom and JoAnn Berry were visiting their late son Chris’s grave at Lakeside Cemetery. They noticed that the red, white, and blue markers placed at veteran grave sites were in poor condition. Over time these markers had become worn and damaged and in need of repair. About half of them are repairable but many need to be completely redone. On Veteran’s and Memorial Day, the local VFW chapter provides flags and the Junior ROTC places the flags in the markers. Tom and JoAnn were moved that this problem existed and they approached the local VFW and asked if they could...
Read MoreLieutenant Governor Joe Garcia – FDR keynote speaker
We were very exited to learn that Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia is coming to Fremont County to be our key note speaker this February 25 at our annual FDR dinner. I was tasked with the job of preparing a press release for the FDR dinner and as part of that task I learned a bit about Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia. I knew he was past president of CSU in Pueblo and interested in education but I now know he isn’t just interested in education, he has a passion for it….and he has a passion for community service. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia has always had a passion for education. Before he became our 48th...
Read MoreFremont County Democrats 21st Annual FDR Dinner and Celebration
Saturday, February 25, 2012 5:30 PM – Social Hour 6:30 PM – Dinner The Ballroom at the Quality Inn (at the corner where Walmart and Ace Hardware are located) Cost: $30.00 per person in advance or $35.00 at the door! Our theme for this year is a celebration of our presidents and our featured speaker will be Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia! We are delighted to have Joe Garcia come speak to us but it’s not the first time he came and gave a talk to us. He was at our summer picnic in 2010 when he and now Governor John Hickenlooper were running for office and we enjoyed him very much...
Read MoreEnd Corporate Personhood – January 18 – Public Meeting
Pueblo Move to Amend Public Meeting: January 18th, 6-8pm, Ryals Room on the 4th floor of Pueblo’s main library, at the corner of Union and Abriendo You may have heard that the Pueblo County Commissioners, at the request of Pueblo Move to Amend, unanimously passed a resolution on January 3rd in support of an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – to overturn the Citizen’s United vs. FEC Supreme Court case. We are proud that Pueblo is in the forefront of this issue, as one of the first cities in our nation to do so, (along with Missoula, MT; Boulder, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and now...
Read MoreJanuary 20 – Occupy the Courts
Occupy the Courts will be a one day occupation of Federal courthouses across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday January 20, 2012. We will lead the charge on the judiciary which created — and continues to expand — corporate person-hood rights. Americans across the country are on the march, and they are marching OUR way. They carry signs that say, “Corporations are NOT people! Money is NOT Speech!” And they are chanting those truths at the top of their lungs! The time has come to make these truths evident to the courts. United States Court of...
Read MoreRoosevelt, the CCC, and Rock Fence Posts!
The Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC was a New Deal work program that combined conservation, renewal, awareness and appreciation of the nation’s natural resources. Once the CCC was established in early 1933 hundreds of projects were started all across the United States. As part of the New Deal legislation proposed by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), the CCC was designed to aid relief of the unemployment resulting from the Great Depression while implementing a general natural resource conservation program on national, state, county and municipal lands. President Roosevelt’s...
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