Category: Club events

Keep the red-white-and-blue flying after the Fourth of July by attending The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club’s annual Independence Day Bash.

The event will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 at the air-conditioned comfort of the LOW Community Center. There will be catered fried chicken and homemade side dishes, desserts and beverages provided by club members.

Door prizes and a Blue Donkey raffle will give attendees the opportunity to go home with something more than full tummies and smiles on their faces. The “Demettes,” will perform some of their traditional political satire for your entertainment.

Tickets are $7 per person and are available at the door. Youngsters under the age of 12 will be admitted without charge. Everyone is welcome, without regard to political affiliation.

Club member Lalli Omar gave an interesting and informative presentation at the club’s Jan. 15 meeting on the accomplishments of the Obama presidency (so far).

• The stock market has gained almost 10,000 points.
• Unemployment has dropped to near-normal levels.
• The nation’s economic growth has gone from minus 5.4 percent to plus 3.5 percent.
• And the deficit has been cut by two-thirds.

That’s quite a record for a president who has had little or no help (and, in fact, open hostility) from the opposition party.

For any who missed Lalli’s presentation, her slides can be reviewed by following this link.

The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will hold its annual Christmas luncheon at noon on Dec. 2 at the Bonefish Grille restaurant in Central Park.

The cost is $30 per person, including tax and gratuity. Checks should be in by November 25 made out to Anne Boyd and mailed or dropped off at her house at 710 Gold Valley Road. Her telephone number is 972-0674. The checks may also be collected by Chris Carr at the Nov. 20 meeting.

Participants will have a choice of oak grilled salmon, chicken marsala or Maryland crab cakes. The choice of entree need not be made until the day of the luncheon.

New officers for next year will be introduced at this meeting.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…”

— Declaration of Sentiments
Seneca Falls, N.Y., Convention
1848

The nationwide movement to make women the equal of men in all aspects of public life began in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 1848 continues today with renewed interest in the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will review the history of the Women’s Suffrage Movement at its meeting at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20 in the LOW Community Center. Club member Diane Sibley will lead the program.

There will be a short film, discussion and refreshments.

Everyone is invited to participate, regardless of political affiliation.

The links below are useful for those who want to familiarize themselves with the history of the Suffrage Movement in the United States:

• The Fight for Women’s Suffrage — The History Channel
• Women’s Suffrage Timeline — National Women’s History Museum
• Women’s Suffrage — Crash Course in U.S. History (video)
• “Ain’t I a Woman?” — Sojourner Truth