| Written and distributed since 2003 by Donald Katz, Esq., Republican State Committeeman for Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization BENGIVENGA TEAM UNANIMOULY RE-ELECTED AT MCRO REORGANIZATION MEETING ON JUNE 3OTH The Middlesex County Republican Organization Reorganization Convention was held at the Forsgate Country Club on Tuesday, June 30th.. The Bengivenga slate – all incumbents – were unanimously re-elected. South Plainfield Councilman Robert Bengivenga, Jr. was re-elected MCRO Chair, Sylvia Engel, MCRO Vice Chair, and former Edison GOP Chair was re-elected as MCRO 1st Vice Chair. Tonia Kulberda, President of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club and former South Brunswick GOP Chair was re-elected MCRO 2nd Vice Chair. Bryan Li, former East Brunswick GOP 1st Vice Chair, was re-elected MCRO and Harold Kane of Monroe Township was re-elected MCRO Treasurer. The committee members at the convention also unanimously re-adopted the MCRO bylaws, with no changes. Congratulations to all. MURPHY FOR SENATE TOWN HALL IN SOUTH BRUNSWICK ON FRIDAY, JULY 10TH US Senate Candidate Justin Murphy plans to hold Town Hall meetings in every county in New Jersey and one of his first is happening right here in Middlesex County this Friday, July 10th. It will be held at the South Brunswick American Legion at 148 Major Road, Monmouth Junction (part of South Brunswick) from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Justin Murphy will take questions. This Town Hall is open to the public and it is free. POLITICAL TRIVIA: Here are some political trivia questions. I hope you enjoy them. The answers are below, immediately above the calendar: 1. Which presidential library was dedicated in Iowa on the president’s 88th birthday? 2. Who finished second to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 Republican primaries? 3. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous radio addresses had what nickname? 4. Which US President lost the 1960 election, only to win the 1968 election? 5. What was the name of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home? 6. Who is the only US President to win the Medal of Honor? 7. Who was john Adam’s First Lady? DO YOU HAVE A GROUP, OR WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP, TO DO A DAY TRIP TO WASHINGTON AND VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL AS GET A TOUR OF THE CAPITAL? IF SO, OUR NATIONAL GOP COMMITTEEWOMAN, JANICE FIELDS, CAN HELP YOU New Jersey Republican National Committeewoman, Janice Fields, can help your group, (maximum of 25 people) do a day trip to Washington, including a visit to the White House and a tour of the Capital, as well as make the arrangements for a lunch in between. Your group would have to arrange and pay for their own bus transportation and would, of course, have to pay for the lunch. If you are interested, you should contact Janice directly at mrsfields@aol.com or 908-599-1637. FREE NAME TAGS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AVAILABLE As I have done for many years, I will be happy to make name tags for any Republican candidate for partisan public office in Middlesex County who wants one – for free. If there is interest, the candidates’ GOP municipal chair should send me an e-mail with the candidates’ information – including exactly the way each candidate wants his or her name on the name tag, plus his or her e-mail address (and address and phone number), so I can add them to my e-mail newsletter list, and I will prepare the name tags. HELP CELEBRATE THE USA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY AND HELP THE NJGOP AT THE SAME TIME (CORRECTION OF DATE) The New Jersey State Committee is hosting a “Salute to America” Cocktail Reception at the Molly Pitcher Inn, 88 Riverside Avenue, Red Bank, on Tuesday, July 21st, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The event is co-hosted by NJGOP Chair Christine Hanlon, former NJGOP Chair (and former State Senator for a district which included part of Middlesex County, Joe Kyrillos, and Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone. The Republican National Committee Chair, Joe Gruters, will be a Special Guest at the event. Tickets are $250.00 each and you should RSVP to Maria Chappa at 973-239-3024 or mchappa@aol.com. (Note that the article in my last newsletter had the incorrect date based on a typo I picked up from a NJGOP e-mail.) ANSWERS TO POLITICAL TRIVIA: 1. On August 10, 1962, President Herbert Hoover’s library opened in his hometown of West Branch, Iowa, on his 88th birthday. Located on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, the library traces Hoover’s history from his birth to his career as an engineer, to his time as the secretary of commerce before becoming the 31st President. 2. George H. W. Bush 3. Fireside Chats. The term was coined by Harold Butcher, a CBS station radio manager. The chats began in 1933 as a way for President Roosevelt to address the nation and discuss economic issues during the Great Depression, but they proved so popular that FDR continued them for over a decade, well into the 1940s as America was slowly pulled into World War II. 4. Richard Nixon 5. Monticello. Thomas Jefferson chose a name meaning “little mountain” in Italian for the house he built on the Virginia farmland he inherited from his parents. The original house was finished in 1784 before Jefferson left the country to spend four years as minister to France. When he returned, he felt inspired by French architecture and redesigned Monticello to have three stories and 35 rooms. 6. Theodore Roosevelt. The Medal of Honor is the highest U.S. military honor. Since the first award in 1861, over 3,400 service members have been recognized for valor and bravery in action. Roosevelt was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2001, for leading the famous Rough Riders cavalry in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898. 7. Abigail Adams UPDATED CALENDAR What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometimes provide added information, change dates, or cancel events, which I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed. Also, please be aware that these e-mails are not official MCRO notices or mailings; they are just something I do, voluntarily, to help our Republican Party. July 10 (Friday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – Justin Murphy Town Hall. South Brunswick American Legion, 148 Major Road, Monmouth Junction. July 22 (Wednesday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – “Remembering Rick” (Rosenberg, Jr)” Scholarship Dinner, Avos Ria Mar Restaurant, 25 Whitehead Avenue, South River. $50.00 per person. Checks should be made payable to the Rick Rosenberg Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund and mailed to: Monica Rosenberg, 125 Brian Oaks Trail, Conway, SC 29527. The scholarship fund in his honor is at Rowan University. Rick was born and raised in South River and was an excellent campaign consultant who helped South River and other Middlesex County Republicans, often for free or for a small charge, who had an untimely death at a young age. RSVP to Monica Rosenberg at MMRBUG98@aol.com July 26 (Sunday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club American 250 Party. Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Twp. $47.00 per person. Indoor/Outdoor Summer Cookout. Checks payable to MCRWC to be mailed to PO Box 5274, Old Bridge, NJ 08857 or pay online at https://tinyurl.com/250july26. August 3-9 (Monday through Sunday) – Middlesex County Fair at the Middlesex County Fair Grounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Volunteer at the Republican booth. The Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club (“MCRWC”) and the Middlesex County Republican Organization co-host the booth. If a GOP Municipal Committee or GOP Club would like to take a night, please contact MCRWC President Tonia Kulberda at 973-885-1030 or tonia@kulberda.com for more info and to sign up for a night. September 18-19 (Friday-Saturday) – NJGOP Summit. Resorts, Atlantic City. Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individuals, who you think might be interested in seeing it, but, before you forward it, make sure you delete the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of this e-mail, otherwise one of the people you forward it to, may unsubscribe you and the program will not let me add you back to my mailing list. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republicans who would like to receive periodic reports about Republican-related information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever wish to be removed from my e-mail list, click “unsubscribe” at the bottom of this e-mail. Donald Katz, Esq. 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