Time to get it in gear for the elections of 2012! Summerfest and candidate school...

A word from Kim Krull and the scoop on Summerfest!

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Chairman's CommentsLadies and Gentlemen Start Your Engines! As I heard those words for the first time in person this past weekend at the Indianapolis 500, I wasn't thinking about politics. Chills were running up and down my spine and my heart was pounding as the race I watched on TV every year since they started broadcasting it live, was now about to begin right in front of my eyes. Tears of pride streamed down my face as they played the national anthem and then the stealth bomber flew over head. Tears continued as they played taps, and I thought about my dad's service in WWII and his birthday that would have been 2 days earlier if he was still here. We didn't know who would win the race, but we knew there would be a winner. So Kim, we're glad you had a good time at your first race, but what does that have to do with politics you might be saying about now. Well, first of all, we know there will be a winner in all races on November 8th, but we don't know who those winners will be. I can guarantee that none of those racers thought they would lose, and so it should be if you are a candidate for office. Shortly after the race was won, the rookie driver who was expected to win but crashed in turn 4 (yes I was sitting in turn 4!), told the reporters that he would speak to them after he spoke to his team. You see, JR Hildebrand got it. Even though he was the driver and he would have won the BorgWarner Award, it would have been due to his team. His team was the most important part of the race to him. It's like that when you run for public office too. If you don't have a good team behind you, you can't win the race. All candidates not only need to have a good plan, but they need many people to execute that plan along with the candidate to get to the finish line first. Your team should consist of family, friends, and political allies that want to see you win and believe in you. They will help you in the many tasks you need to do while running for office. The second political lesson I learned from the race was that even though there were many previous Indy winners there, a rookie was going to win the 100th anniversary race! A lot of our candidates this year are Rookies. They've never run for office, they may not have even ever been involved in any campaign before. But that doesn't mean they can't win. And the last lesson I learned from the race was that the Rookie lost not because he didn't have a plan, didn't have a team, or didn't have "the right stuff." He lost because he made a mistake almost at the finish line. So you can run a perfect campaign, but if you don't think about every last detail and what might derail your race, you can lose. The Lake County GOP is here to help make sure you can identify the priorities and the tools necessary to win your campaign. We are putting the final touches on our 2nd annual Campaign Workshop. It is free to all current candidates and 1 campaign worker as well as all city and town chairmen. There will be a nominal fee for all others. So join us on July 9th for an exciting Campaign School and learn the necessary techniques that will help you win your race! Kim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOUR CEDAR LAKE/HANOVER REPUBLICANS WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOU AT SUMMERFEST!!! Be sure to watch for us at the Summerfest this year.   Candidates will be taking turns manning the tent and your friendly neighborhood blogger will be there as well.   Summerfest means community coming together and it is a chance to meet people running for office as well as some of the folks who work the "pit crew" behind the scenes.   Check out the links below for more information... New for 2011All American Lumberjack Show & Kids Lumberjack Sport Camp Happy Birthday 30th Annual Cedar Lake Summerfest July 1 - 4, 2011 Cedar Lake Town Complex 7408 Constitution Avenue, Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303 New for 2011 All Cupcake Contest July 1st 5 p.m., July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th NOON Each year thousands of people attend the Cedar Lake Summerfest on the shore of our 800 acre lake. The town complex transform into 18 acres of fun for all ages with live entertainment, fireworks, midway games, amusement rides, bingo tent, beer garden, poker run, car show and much more! And don't forget the food! With over two dozen treats from elephant ears, funnel cakes, corn dogs and steak dinners, everybody's taste buds are sure to be satisfied. Meeting DatesAdmission is FREE! Hours of operation vary daily see schedule. A $5.00 parking donation. View our schedule for full details & downloads.All Information for events and form ready for download. On Information/Form Page Updated 6-24-11 P.O. Box 188, Cedar Lake, IN 46303 cedarlakesummerfest@yahoo.com Cedar Lake Parks & Recreation 219.374.4444 | Cedar Lake Chamber of Commerce 219.374.6157 Indiana South Shore CVA

Memorial Day. Thanks to all who have served, remember those who have fallen.

To all of you who still serve or have friends and/or family serving, you too have a part in the long line of heroes who have stood on the wall or charged hostile shores or captured hills or flown headlong into flak...Thank you for your service and sacrifice!

Memorial Day

Written by LCRCC

Friday, 27 May 2011 23:31

Memorial Day Whether you are with friends and family this weekend, the Indianapolis 500, working, or staying at home, please remember all those who served our country and fought for our freedom and paid the ultimate sacrifice. To all those who died while serving our great country, to all those families who have suffered the loss of a loved one who served, we salute you, we commemorate you and we will will never forget. Thank you!

This issue of the Lake County Republican Party Newsletter includes a bit about the infamous "Printergate!"   To read everything on the LCRCC page, click right here. May Newsletter

Written by Kim Krull

Saturday, 21 May 2011 22:30

Chairman's Comments Congratulations to all of our Republican Primary winners! Now is the time to start working together to get our candidates elected. We have four mayor races and many council and other local seats to win. There are many projects coming up. Now that re-districting is completed, we will be re-organizing the First District Committee this June. We are working on another Candidate School scheduled for July. If you are not a candidate and would like to attend, please contact your City or Town Chairman for more information. The LCRCC has secured a headquarters and will be moving the printer and other office supplies there soon. We are hoping to once again have a call center going and will underwrite a significant portion for all candidates who wish to use this amazing technology. If you missed our last county meeting, we will have another one in September. We already have another guest speaker lined up! Reagan Breakfast is October 1st. We have confirmed US Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock as a guest speaker and we are also trying to get Senator Lugar to attend as well. Dan Buksa is coordinating a straw poll so it should be a lot of fun! Get your tickets early as we are also planning on a nationally known guest speaker as our keynote speaker. More details in upcoming newsletters. I am recruiting candidates for positions that were not filled in the primary. Our City and Town Chairs did a pretty good job of filling them, but unless we want democrats to go unopposed in the fall, everyone needs to step up to either run or encourage someone you know who is a qualified Republican candidate to run. Lastly, you may have read over the past few weeks negative press about some of our city and town organizations. Let me assure you that these issues have been addressed. Although by reading the local papers, one wouldn't know it. Let me also explain to you that where there is growth in any organization, there will always be conflict. It is when there is stagnation and apathy that everything always runs smoothly. We have been growing and changing from a party that was stagnant to a party that is engaging and has purpose. "Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." - Walter Lippmann. So there are bound to be disagreements. I am calling though for all Republicans who truly want to get Republicans in good standing elected, to stop the negative public comments. Like my mom always said, "If you don't have anything good to say, say nothing at all." If you don't like something, then work for change in a positive way. We are all volunteers working to make the Republican Party as well as Lake County government better. The personal attacks do nothing but slow down that process, and makes the work of all those who are volunteers, from myself to each precinct committeemen, that much harder. As Henry Ford said, "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." Let's strive for SUCCESS! Kim CHAIRMAN'S MEETING Saturday June 4th 9am lakecountygop@comcast.net This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it PrinterGate There seemed to be an awful lot of attention paid recently to the printer in Winfield! To clear everything up, here are the facts. The printer out in Winfield was purchased by John Curley. He stored it in a vacant building that he let the LOFS Chamber use rent free 2-3 days a week. He allowed the party to use the printer as Chuck Oliver was trained to run it, and Chuck ran other jobs for John using that printer as well. After John died, the Curley family allowed the LCRCC to continue using the printer as long as we insured it and paid any maintenance and ink fees. As we did not have the funds to pay for an office at the time and the Curley family did not move the printer out, the printer remained there. We have an old file cabinet and metal book case that is also in that building. There are no other printers, duplicators or copiers in that building and never have been since I took office. There is some talk of some other equipment like that, but I do not have any proof at this time that we have ever owned such equipment or where such equipment is. I am however, in the process of auditing records to see if any such equipment was ever purchased and if so, where it might be. Since all the uproar over the printer, I have spoken again to Janet Curley. She has been gracious enough to donate the printer now to the LCRCC as she stated she has no more use for the machine. She is also donating a picture of President Lincoln that was given to John from Target Strategies. She requested that we hang it in our new office, and I will be honoring her request. As I am unaware of when or if any candidates use the printer, it has always been the candidates' responsibility to find out what the in-kind donation amount is from Chuck Oliver to report on any campaign finance reports. He is the one who has the knowledge of jobs done and ink/time used. Most of the time it is a nominal amount as Chuck charges a flat rate for his time and the candidates supply their own paper. The party has absorbed the maintenance, ink, and insurance costs. I signed a contract in April for office space for the LCRCC in the St John Mall. The rent started May 1st. We are getting ready to move everything we have from Winfield to St John in the next couple of weeks. I'd like to thank Janet Curley and the Curley family for their generous donations, and Chuck and Clemmer Oliver for your time helping candidates with printing. We look forward to Chuck and Clemmer helping in the new location. ~ The Boss (according to the Times!) As you can see the LCRCC now own the Times.  Reporting has to get better...

Republican Results from contested races around the Lake County area

First,  Crown Point School District's tax referendum passed!  Also John Foreman won the only contested race on the Republican side in Cedar Lake (in a close win against Marilyn Kaper, another great candidate).

Second, I believe Kim Krull/Lake County GOP's message to me was intended for distribution:

From: Lake County GOP

Sent: 2011-05-03 23:18
To: Lake County GOP
Subject: Congratulations!

Congratulations to our 2011 Republican Primary Winners in contested Races!

Cedar Lake
Ward 2- John Foreman

Crown Point
Mayor- Eldon Strong

Hammond
Mayor- George Janiec
District 1 Council- Michael Dye
District 5 Council- Chris Fleming

St John
Council at-large- Mark Barenie
Council at-large- Mike Forbes

Schererville
Ward 3 Council- Kevin Bradley

Winfield
Council at-large- Gerald Steiner
                               Paulette Skinner
                               Donald Samburg
                               David Anderson

Primary Voting - Cedar Lake Precinct Map AND Voting locations.

Primary is Tuesday!   The Republicans of Cedar Lake and Hanover Township have only one contested race and both of them are great candidates.   First, if you do not know what Ward/Precinct you are in, the map links are below:

I made a copy but it won't zoom in like the one online:

The zoomable map is located here.

Marilyn Kaper - Ward 2 Town Council
John Foreman - Ward 2 Town Council

(Personal note:  Within my family there is a split on this choice.) 

Win/win no matter who comes out on top.   Marilyn Kaper has been a devoted servant/board member/involved parent in Cedar Lake for somewhere in the vicinity of 30 years and has been an active part of the long, slow change from backwoods burgh to modern(izing) and growing community and certainly integral to making Hanover Central Schools one of the best school districts in the State of Indiana.   John Foreman (who clued me in to the location of the map online) has been part of the recent developments in town as the incumbent Council member and is familiar with and works in hi-tech industry.   John is a well-traveled professional in a highly specialized industry, Marilyn is also known to the town as her family's Cedar Lake Florist shop is a Lakeshore Drive fixture.

Running unopposed on the primary ballot:

Ralph Miller - Ward 4 Town Council

Patricia (King) Cassasa - Ward 6 Town Council

Gregory (Greg) Parker - Ward 7 Town Council

Amy Sund - Clerk Treasurer

TOWN OF CEDAR LAKE

By going to the Lake County Indiana webpage and clicking on the GIS link, you can see the precinct maps of all municipalities in Lake County, Indiana.

So once you know which precinct/ward that is yours,  you then go to the voting site for that ward.

Election Information

The Cedar Lake Town Councilmembers each serve a term of four years. The terms of the Councilmembers are staggered. Wards 1, 3, and 5 are elected every 4 years in the even numbered years (2006, 2010, 2014, etc). Wards 2, 4, 6 and 7 and the Clerk-Treasurer are elected every 4 years in the odd numbered years (2007, 2011, 2015, etc).

Primary elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. At this election, each party elects the candidates to represent their party. The election is always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Officials elected in the general election take office the following January 1st.

A citizen of the Town may vote in Town elections if they are:

• A U.S. citizen,
  
  
• 18 years of age or older,
  
  
• A resident of the State of Indiana for 6 months,
  
  
• A resident of either Hanover or Center Township for 60 days,
  
  
• A resident of the precinct in which they live for at least 30 days prior to the date of the election,
  
  
• Registered with the Lake County Board of Registration.

Ward and precinct numbers are NOT the same. Please view the map below for further clarification or call the Town Hall at (219) 374-7000.
Note: Polls are open from 6 AM to 6 PM.

Precinct	Voting Locations
CL1	Boys and Girls Club 13000 Fairbanks
CL2	Cedar Lake American Legion 13050 Washington
CL3	Knights of Columbus 13039 Wicker Avenue
CL4	Cedar Lake Community Center (Park Office) 7408 Constitution Avenue
CL5	Cedar Lake American Legion 13050 Washington
CL6	Cedar Lake Town Hall 7408 Constitution Avenue
CL7	Cedar Lake Town Hall 7408 Constitution Avenue

PLEASE REMEMBER TO TAKE TIME TO VOTE,  YOU ARE AN AMERICAN!!!

Our Candidates for office 2011 Primary in Cedar Lake/Hanover! Meat and Greet!

As listed on the Lake County GOP website

Cedar Lake

Cedar Lakes Republican Candidates Written by Greg Wornhoff Sunday, 20 March 2011 15:03 Primary Election, Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 Marilyn Kaper - Ward 2 Town Council John Foreman - Ward 2 Town Council Ralph Miller - Ward 4 Town Council Patricia (King) Cassasa - Ward 6 Town Council Gregory (Greg) Parker - Ward 7 Town Council Amy Sund - Clerk Treasurer I can attest that our candidates have been coming to meetings and getting involved in the local party activities as well as making the effort to upgrade the Cedar Lake Town Website and make improvements and decisions for the good of the town.   "The Town of Cedar Lake’s population has increased by nearly 25% since 2000. There are now 11,560 people that call the Town of Cedar Lake home in Indiana..." Did you know you can go to the town website and view upcoming meetings and see announcements of meetings you may want to attend, public notices and various pieces of information?  You can get up to the minute weather information, you can get specific info for developers, see legal notifications, find out who has won awards and certifications (such as Ian Nicolini and Amy Sund) and more... Email askthetown@cedarlakein.org if you have suggestions for improving the website, or perhaps have information that would be helpful and etc. Want tickets to the Meat and Greet?   Call 374-7684 or email radarbinder@hotmail.com "MEAT AND GREET" Your Republican Candidates  Saturday, April 30, 201111am to 6pm South Side Pizza Parking Lot 111 Broadway (Lincoln Plaza) Cedar Lake In 46303  Adults .................... $8.00 Seniors 63 & Up ... $5.00 Kids 12 & Under ... $5.00 Roasted Pork Hot Dogs & Burgers Sides, Dessert, Cash Bar ~~~~~~~ Cedar Lake Historical Association’s April-May 2011 Newsletter Town Complex Grounds 7408 Constitution Avenue Post Office Box 421 Cedar Lake, Indiana www.cedarlakehistory.org Welcome members as we start our 2011 season. The new Cedar Lake Historical Association newsletter can be found online.

Who am I voting for in the Indiana Senate Race?

There is a time to every purpose under heaven. It is time for Dick Lugar to go quietly off into the evening and retire.

Richard Mourdock absolutely floored me when I shook his hand at the Lincoln dinner.  He recognized me and yet we had just one conversation in the last year!   Heck of a memory...but I would vote for him for Governor, for Senator, for President and be glad to see him on the Supreme Court.  Not because he remembered some random guy.   Because he has the heart of a public servant and the attitude of a statesman.   He is a true patriotic Constitution defender, a tea party enthusiast, a conservative Republican whose actions speak at least as eloquently as his words.  

April = Actual Politicians Really Involved Locally

Be part of the solution!   Meet the local Republicans.  Meet the some of the folks who are making decisions for the town.   Express your opinions and learn what others think...

Monday, April 4th at 7 PM - The Cedar Lake/Hanover Republicans meet at the Trustee's office in the old Library building at Lincoln Plaza.    Do you want to join us?   We love putting out more chairs!

Tuesday, April 5th from 7:30-8:30 will be a Town Council meeting.   Do you want details?   Do you want to know what is happening around Cedar Lake?   The Town has a website with pertinent information you need to know about what is going on!

Town website!

Announcements, pdf downloads, streaming video?  Weather, even!   More meetings are listed and virtually anything pertinent to governance and business can be found here.   We are for transparent government and citizen involvement.


Coming later this month...

"MEAT" N GREET YOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES PICNIC/HOG ROAST


Time Saturday, April 30 · 11:00am - 6:00pm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Location SOUTH SIDE PIZZERIA PARKING LOT

111 BROADWAY (LINCOLN PLAZA)

CEDAR LAKE IN 46303

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Created By The Cedar Lake/Hanover Township Republican Org.

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More Info ON THE MENU: BARBQUED PORK, HOT DOGS, BURGERS,

PASTA SALAD, PORK N BEANS, COLESLAW, DESERTS, CASH BAR, AND BEVERAGES

ADULTS $8.00,
CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER $5.00,
SENIORS $5.00


YOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WILL BE THERE TO SERVE YOU,

COME ON OUT AND MEET THEM!! THEY WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2011 11AM TO 6PM

THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, MAY 3RD, 2011

This is your chance to get some great food, meet and discuss the issues with the candidates and other interested citizens.   Get to know what people stand for and how they present themselves.   You don't want to be the guy who walks into the voting booth and then wonders who to vote for, do you?

I'll be reminding you again.   Tickets are available from the members of the local Republicans.   Come to the Monday meeting and meet with us!   Go to the facebook page linked above.

You can also comment with your email address and your friendly neighborhood blogger will gladly connect with you and get you the tickets you need!

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Meanwhile, what are the Democrats up to?

HoosierPundit tells us:


"Friday, April 1, 2011


Fleebagger Democrat Equates Running Away to Illinois with Soldiers Serving in Afghanistan




That's District 69 Democratic State Representative Dave Cheatham (Dave Cheat 'Em) comparing his retreat to Illinois to avoid doing his job to soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan to fight for their country. Disgusting.



Our soldiers are leaving home to do a job serving their country by going to Afghanistan. The Democrats ran away from doing their jobs serving the people of Indiana by fleeing to Illinois. The soldiers in Afghanistan are fighting and dying. The Democrats aren't in pitched combat. Their lives aren't in danger. They're not dying.



There is no comparison here, and Dave Cheatham shouldn't be making one."

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Let me tell you, Cheatham, you have no right to compare yourself to the brave souls who take the oath and agree to risk life and limb to serve America.   What a cowardly idiotic comparison (and I am being nice)!   My son served in Afghanistan and that ain't Illinois!!! 

Tell you what, if I was in charge downstate all the Democrats that went AWOL?   They would not be paid nor would their staffs get paid.   I would begin investigating the legal means of finding replacements for them in Indianapolis so government should get back to work.   If I don't work, I don't get paid.   How about you?