E-Elephant Ear 10th District Republican Party of Georgia   www.gagop10.org  -  June 13, 2004       Nation Mourns the Passing of the Greatest President of the 20th Century - President Ronald Reagan -       10th District Tribute to President Ronald Reagan 1911 - 2004         Content: click on topic to advance   1. View tribute to the greatest President of the 20th century   2. Members write tributes to President Reagan   3. News from our Members in D.C.   4. County News:  Gilmer, Dade,  Forsyth, Pickens, Gwinnett   5. 10th District Bush/Cheney Chairmen and Co-Chairmen   6. Parties for the President   7. New web site for Hall for Bush Cheney '04   8. District 10 Annual Picnic - Mark your Calendar   9. Some of our Favorite Photos of the Week 10. New Political Cartoons 11..Attention County Chairs     1.  Please visit the home page of www.gagop10.org to view our tribute to the greatest President of the 20th century.  We hope that the revolving photos will open for you. If you are using a Netscape browser, this will not work. All of the new Reagan material is at the top of the home page. Other Republican web sites which also carry tributes: www.ggrw.org and  www.hall4bc04.org _____________________________________________________________   2.  Our members write special tributes. Many thanks to Chuck Payne, Whitfield County Chairman, and Mike North, School Board Member of Walker County, for sending us their wonderful written tributes to President Reagan. Both are very well done. These are in the first column of the home page.  _____________________________________________________________               3. News from our Members -  Two of our young members have been in Washington, D.C. this past week and participated in some of the events where they paid their last respects to President Reagan. Brad Scott of Catoosa County and Chase Murray of Gwinnett County write of their experiences. Chase is a Junior at UGA and is interning this summer in Rep. John Linder's office. Thanks to both for sharing their experiences with us. _____________________________________________________________   4. County News Gilmer County Chairman Mary Jones reports that the "Taking Back America Rally," sponsored by the Gilmer Republican Party on June 5 was a big success. Read more. . .. ▪ Read news from Dade County by Bill Adams. ▪ Read news from Forsyth County by Chairman Jim Harrell ▪ Read news from Pickens County by Gus Pries, Vice Chairman ▪ Read news from Gwinnett  by Chase Murray in D.C. ▪ Read news from Catoosa County  by Brad Scott  - just back from D.C _____________________________________________________________   5. 10th District Bush/Cheney Chairmen and Co-Chairmen To find the Bush/Cheney Chairmen and Co-Chairmen in your County in the 10th District, click here. If you would like to be a Bush volunteer in your county, please contact your county BC '04 Chairman or Co-Chairman ASAP. This information is furnished by Denise Clopton, 10th District Bush/Cheney Chairman. _____________________________________________________________   6. Read more about the Parties for the President on April 29 hosted in the 10th District. News of the parties have been moved to a special page. Please send us information on your upcoming July 15 Parties for the President, and we shall post them on the Parties page of this web site. _____________________________________________________________     7. Hall County -- New web site for Hall for Bush Cheney '04.          www.hall4bc04.org   Bettye Chambers and Wesley Clark, Co-Chairmen of the Hall for Bush/Cheney campaign, have recently launched a web site for posting news about the campaign in the Hall area as well as other news updates and photos of events. Please take a look at the top of this Home page for a special tribute to President Reagan on this new web site. Plans have been made to have the next national party for the President on July 15 at Curt's Restaurant in Oakwood -- 6 - 8 p.m.   Already the growing list of Hosts who have signed on to attend and assist in this party is very impressive. This list is headed by our own great Congressman Nathan Deal, Senator Casey Cagle, Senator Renee Unterman, Rep. Stacey Reece, Rep. James Mills Commissioner Debra Lynn, and Commissioner Roger Cole.  Other hosts include long time active Hall Republicans: Dr. Jimmy and Dot Burns, Bettye Chambers, Wesley Clark, Ken and Anne Cochran, P. Martin Ellard, Tony and Lynne Fraser, Richard Henry, Linda Herren (new GA National Committeewoman Elect), Marty Moore, John and Joanne Prien, Deryl and Lucy Rowland, Don and J'Net Viera, Edwin and Cathryn Sawyer, Gordon and Jean Sawyer, Joan Scales, Clint Smith. Everyone who supports the President is cordially invited to attend -- even Democrats for Bush!  Click here to read the flyer for this event.  (you must have Acrobat Reader installed in order to open this PDF file.) To view our invitation on the Bush web site, click here. _____________________________________________________________   8. District 10 Annual Picnic - Mark your Calendar    August 21at Lee Newton Park in Jasper.  More details later. _____________________________________________________________ 9. Some of our Favorite Photos of the Week Final Hail to the Chief   President Bush escorts Nancy Reagan into the National Cathedral while former President Bush and Barbara Bush look on. SUNSET BURIAL Navy Capt. James A. Symonds, (left) Commander of the USS Ronald Reagan, presents the flag to Nancy Reagan during sunset interment ceremonies in California. Long time friend, Lady Margaret Thatcher, visits Nancy Reagan at the Blair Hour in Washington, D.C. _____________________________________________________________ 10. New Political Cartoons      Reagan's Shining City on a hill   Click here to view Ronald Reagan Remembered by many national cartoonists:   Please Pray for our Troops              and our Commander-in-Chief Attention County Chairmen Please send us any news from your county for the next edition of the E-Elephant Ear and for the 10th web site. A couple of you have not yet sent us your e-mail lists for distributing the E-Elephant Ear directly to district members. Thanks for your contributions which greatly add to this e-publication Bettye Chambers Communications Director/Webmaster 5904 Fox Tail Cove Buford, GA 30518 770/271-2595 bcnole@bellsouth.net The End   www.gagop10.org   District 10 Officers Judy Grammer Chairman Bill Adams First Vice Chair Joe Cwik Second Vice Chair Denise Clopton Treasurer Mary Jones Asst. Treasurer Nancy Burton Secretary Larry Cavender Asst. Secretary Nathan Deal Congressman - Web Site Regional Directors: Doug Grammer Reva Jennings 770-887-7581 Daman Walker To be removed from this list, click here to send e-mail to the editor. Type PLEASE REMOVE in subject line. To subscribe click here and type PLEASE ADD in the subject line.   The E-Elephant Ear is the official Publication of the 10th District Republican Party of Georgia   Paid for by the 10th District  Republican Party, not authorized by any candidate or any candidate committee. ©2003 The 10th District Republican Party of Georgia. All rights reserved