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Friday, March 16, 2007
Your chance to See Obama on Sunday - Volunteer Info also...
If you are at all interested in either seeing Barack Obama speek downtown (Denver) on Sunday, or if you want to go that extra mile and help the campaign by volunteering, here's your chance!!!
See you Sunday if you go!
INFO
Meet Sen. Barack Obama
4PM-6PM
Sherman Events Center
1770 Sherman St.
The doors open at 4 PM. There's a suggested donation of $25, but it is open to the public.
Now, for the fun volunteer stuff.
I'll need approximately 40 people to volunteer on Saturday and Sunday. If you can volunteer both days, that's awesome. If not, that's fine too. We can use all the help we can get.
Saturday: Meet me (I'll be wearing a navy-blue Obama for President polo-shirt, and carrying an Obama '08 placard) at Coors Field at 8:30 AM. I'll have a bunch of tickets to hand out to the crowd watching the Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade. I'll need help passing those out, and the more people help me pass those out, the faster we'll be done, and the sooner we can get started on our (unofficial) St. Pat's festivities.
Sunday: Meet me at the Sherman Events Center (1770 Sherman St.) at 3PM. I'll be there most of the day setting up. At that time, I'll get you guys started and set-up on the various volunteer tasks needed.
***Bonus***: If you're someone who knows lots of folks, meet me at the Red Room (320 E. Colfax Ave.) tonight to pick up blocks of tickets to hand out to friends and family. I'll be there from 6-7 PM roughly along with some folks handing out tickets.
Finally, if you have any questions, please call me at 719.641.8966 (cell). I'm here to make your lives easier.
Thanks for your patience, and thanks for all that you do.
Thanks,
Raf Noboa
See you Sunday if you go!
INFO
Meet Sen. Barack Obama
4PM-6PM
Sherman Events Center
1770 Sherman St.
The doors open at 4 PM. There's a suggested donation of $25, but it is open to the public.
Now, for the fun volunteer stuff.
I'll need approximately 40 people to volunteer on Saturday and Sunday. If you can volunteer both days, that's awesome. If not, that's fine too. We can use all the help we can get.
Saturday: Meet me (I'll be wearing a navy-blue Obama for President polo-shirt, and carrying an Obama '08 placard) at Coors Field at 8:30 AM. I'll have a bunch of tickets to hand out to the crowd watching the Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade. I'll need help passing those out, and the more people help me pass those out, the faster we'll be done, and the sooner we can get started on our (unofficial) St. Pat's festivities.
Sunday: Meet me at the Sherman Events Center (1770 Sherman St.) at 3PM. I'll be there most of the day setting up. At that time, I'll get you guys started and set-up on the various volunteer tasks needed.
***Bonus***: If you're someone who knows lots of folks, meet me at the Red Room (320 E. Colfax Ave.) tonight to pick up blocks of tickets to hand out to friends and family. I'll be there from 6-7 PM roughly along with some folks handing out tickets.
Finally, if you have any questions, please call me at 719.641.8966 (cell). I'm here to make your lives easier.
Thanks for your patience, and thanks for all that you do.
Thanks,
Raf Noboa
Monday, March 12, 2007
BarackObama.com | Event | Whittier Community Center Kickoff Party
BarackObama.com | Event | Whittier Community Center Kickoff Party: "Whittier Community Center Kickoff Party (March 31 Kickoff Event)
Denver4Obama will have a kickoff event at the Whittier Community Center. The Community center is located just across the street from the 30th and Downing Light Rail station. "
I'd host my own Kickoff event - house party at my place but that would mean that I'd have to actually clean my house! :) So instead join Denver4Obama for a great time. This is perfect for Obama enthusiasts or people on the fence (come and see the energy, find out why so many people are excited about Barack and 2008). Click the link above for full details, or email me. I'll tell you all you want to know.
Denver4Obama will have a kickoff event at the Whittier Community Center. The Community center is located just across the street from the 30th and Downing Light Rail station. "
I'd host my own Kickoff event - house party at my place but that would mean that I'd have to actually clean my house! :) So instead join Denver4Obama for a great time. This is perfect for Obama enthusiasts or people on the fence (come and see the energy, find out why so many people are excited about Barack and 2008). Click the link above for full details, or email me. I'll tell you all you want to know.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Obama on Faith and Politics
BarackObama.com
Uh oh. Religion and Politics. The two things you should never talk about and I've got them all in one post! :) This is a great video of a powerful speech from Obama on Faith and Politics. Many people who know me have asked me questions about Obama and his ideas about religion and politics. Here's the best look into that topic that I've found. Great speech.
Uh oh. Religion and Politics. The two things you should never talk about and I've got them all in one post! :) This is a great video of a powerful speech from Obama on Faith and Politics. Many people who know me have asked me questions about Obama and his ideas about religion and politics. Here's the best look into that topic that I've found. Great speech.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
In Memory of my Grandma Mary...
Mary Margaret Devie
My family and I just got back from attending the funeral of my maternal Grandmother this morning. It was both a sad and happy occasion. I don't get back to the small town I was born in very often, and as I get older I sometimes wonder why I was in such a big hurry to get away without looking back. So here's to a family that I may not see very often but hold dear to my heart. Here's to my Grandmother whom I loved deeply, but didn't get to tell her so as often in her later years. Be happy Grandma! We will all miss you very much. Memories of summer days out on the farm with your warm home cooking and earthy love will be with me forever.
Namaste ~
(the following is my grandmother's obit from the Sterling newspaper)
Mary Margaret Devie, 92, of Sterling passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Tennant Funeral Home. Vigil and rosary will follow at 7 p.m. at Tennant’s. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with Father Jim Baird celebrating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mary was born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 25, 1914, the daughter of Andrew Hershfeldt Sr. and Frances (Lell) Hershfeldt. She was one of three brothers and seven sisters. She moved to Ovid, Colorado, with her family when she was four years old. After three years, the family moved to Sedgwick where Mary attended Sedgwick Country School South 68. Four years later, a farm was purchased at Crook where Mary finished her schooling.
While in Crook, she met and married John Devie, Jr. They were married on February 12, 1935. A two-night and three-day German Wedding Polka Dance was held at Red Lion, Colorado, located between Crook and Sedgwick.
John and Mary farmed in the Crook area for 43 years until retiring in 1978 and moving to Sterling, where she resided until her death. Mary’s main hobbies were sewing, gardening, and working outdoors. She loved to prepare and have family gatherings.
Mary is survived by three sons: Richard and wife Joanne of Crook, James and wife Patty of Crook, William and wife Dora of Sedgwick; four daughters, Irene Mansuetti and husband Chuck of Sterling, Frances Lane and husband Henry of Cheyenne, Wyo., Vonna Koehler of Golden, Lorraine Snow and husband Jo of Arvada; two sisters; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Devie, Jr.; parents, Andrew and Frances; infant daughter Romona; son-in-law Wayne Koehler; three brothers and five sisters.
Memorials may be made to St. Anthony School or St. Anthony’s Parking Lot Fund , in care of Tennant Funeral Home, PO Box 1547, Sterling, CO 80751.
My family and I just got back from attending the funeral of my maternal Grandmother this morning. It was both a sad and happy occasion. I don't get back to the small town I was born in very often, and as I get older I sometimes wonder why I was in such a big hurry to get away without looking back. So here's to a family that I may not see very often but hold dear to my heart. Here's to my Grandmother whom I loved deeply, but didn't get to tell her so as often in her later years. Be happy Grandma! We will all miss you very much. Memories of summer days out on the farm with your warm home cooking and earthy love will be with me forever.
Namaste ~
(the following is my grandmother's obit from the Sterling newspaper)
Mary Margaret Devie, 92, of Sterling passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Tennant Funeral Home. Vigil and rosary will follow at 7 p.m. at Tennant’s. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with Father Jim Baird celebrating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mary was born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 25, 1914, the daughter of Andrew Hershfeldt Sr. and Frances (Lell) Hershfeldt. She was one of three brothers and seven sisters. She moved to Ovid, Colorado, with her family when she was four years old. After three years, the family moved to Sedgwick where Mary attended Sedgwick Country School South 68. Four years later, a farm was purchased at Crook where Mary finished her schooling.
While in Crook, she met and married John Devie, Jr. They were married on February 12, 1935. A two-night and three-day German Wedding Polka Dance was held at Red Lion, Colorado, located between Crook and Sedgwick.
John and Mary farmed in the Crook area for 43 years until retiring in 1978 and moving to Sterling, where she resided until her death. Mary’s main hobbies were sewing, gardening, and working outdoors. She loved to prepare and have family gatherings.
Mary is survived by three sons: Richard and wife Joanne of Crook, James and wife Patty of Crook, William and wife Dora of Sedgwick; four daughters, Irene Mansuetti and husband Chuck of Sterling, Frances Lane and husband Henry of Cheyenne, Wyo., Vonna Koehler of Golden, Lorraine Snow and husband Jo of Arvada; two sisters; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Devie, Jr.; parents, Andrew and Frances; infant daughter Romona; son-in-law Wayne Koehler; three brothers and five sisters.
Memorials may be made to St. Anthony School or St. Anthony’s Parking Lot Fund , in care of Tennant Funeral Home, PO Box 1547, Sterling, CO 80751.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Clinton, Obama Link Selma March to Present - washingtonpost.com
Clinton, Obama Link Selma March to Present - washingtonpost.com
This is a great story in the Washington Post today...
Here's a snip - or click on the link (above) to read the ENTIRE story!
In the days leading up to the commemoration of "Bloody Sunday," advisers to Obama and Clinton insisted it would not be a day for politics. But the candidates' mere presence in Alabama signaled the extraordinary importance of black voters in the upcoming Democratic primaries, with recent surveys indicating that Obama is jeopardizing Clinton's lead in the race by gaining among African Americans.
Any pretense that it was not part of the presidential campaign was dropped as the day went on. Supporters carried signs for the two campaigns, former president Clinton joked about the "rainbow coalition" of candidates on the Democratic ballot, and Rep. Artur Davis, the Alabama Democrat who represents Selma, unabashedly introduced Obama in his keynote address at Brown Chapel AME Church as the next president of the United States.
The crowd in and around Obama's appearance was decidedly larger -- his audience included 15 members of Congress, compared with four who went to hear Clinton. Obama, who was 3 years old at the time of the Selma clash, used his keynote address to mark his place in a younger generation of black Americans who do not march in the streets -- but who still, in his words, are required "to fulfill that legacy, to fulfill the obligations and the debt that we owe to those who allowed us to be here today."
(end snip of article)
This weekend I attended a great Meet - n - Greet for Obama supporters in Colorado. It was organized by a member of the Colorado for Obama group - Andrew Nicholas (great job, Andrew!). It was held downtown at the Unitarian Church on 14th and Lafayette. I hadn't been there since my friend Willow's wedding in 1993 or 1994. Wow.
The Meet-n-Greet was well organized and packed with information! I'm bummed that a giant wave of shyness overtook me while at the event and I was unable to find my inner "Obama chattermouth" that errupts from me whenever the subject of Obama or the Presidential race comes up at home. Disappointing really. I hate when I clam up. But it was a rather large group. My son and I showed up late, and I felt intimidated which is really insane because the crowd was really warm and kind and welcoming, and everyone had such intelligent things to say. I learned a lot (amazing that I could find areas of Obama-ism that I haven't thought of myself- LOL!). But I promise at the next rally or event to be more vocal and involved. It was just one of those days.
Right after the downtown meet-n-greet I met up with my husband and daughter who were over at my in-laws house meeting our new cousin! Our cousin David and his partner Ron have adopted a baby girl named Katie who is an amazing, beautiful, sweet, and wonderful 11 month old so full of smiles and love. What a beautiful new family, I'm so happy for them!
While talking to the family I was fielding questions like - Why Obama and not Hillary? (or McCain as my father-in-law kindly bantered with me) You know - that's a very good question. I like Hillary, but I do not feel that she is on the same page as me when it comes to the direction I'd like to see our country go in. She's been in politics for a long long time and while that does have it's positives, it can also be a negative. With it comes the deals and favors owed to others in politics throughout the years. I like the "freshness" of Obama, his lack of time in the game has kept him more in tune with the people and less entwined in the "process". Make sense? Hillary, while a very strong and enigmatic figure herself, has been too much of a middle of the road person, and she's not stood her ground on some issues (such as Iraq) like I would have hoped she would. So am I saying she's not "left" enough for me? Perhaps I am, if we need to label things, then I guess you could say that.
I know people think that being a female I should support Hillary's bid for the White House, and if she does beat Barack in the primary, I certainly will support her. But it's not because she is a woman and I feel a kindred spirit in that fact. I think it's great. More minorities should run! More women! But I will not support a candidate on that basis alone. I need more. A candidates stand on issues is where it's at. Charisma, energy, hope. Yeah, all that helps, but without the platform it's all just fluff.
It was suggested also, that it is "because he's cute" that I'm an early Barack supporter and not a Clintonista. Hmmmm... (Ok, I have to laugh at that -- do people really vote for a candidate or volunteer to pound the pavement because of a candidates cute-meter reading? God, I sure hope not) I don't consider a candidates handsomeness a guage for political savvy. No, I'll admit, Barack's not bad to look at. But that has nothing to do with why I'm supporting Barack Obama. You only have to go back and re-read my political / Barack posts for the last couple of months to see WHY I've decided to back this candidate. And I believe in him with all my heart (not because he's cute).
Enough said on that topic. :) Later!
This is a great story in the Washington Post today...
Here's a snip - or click on the link (above) to read the ENTIRE story!
In the days leading up to the commemoration of "Bloody Sunday," advisers to Obama and Clinton insisted it would not be a day for politics. But the candidates' mere presence in Alabama signaled the extraordinary importance of black voters in the upcoming Democratic primaries, with recent surveys indicating that Obama is jeopardizing Clinton's lead in the race by gaining among African Americans.
Any pretense that it was not part of the presidential campaign was dropped as the day went on. Supporters carried signs for the two campaigns, former president Clinton joked about the "rainbow coalition" of candidates on the Democratic ballot, and Rep. Artur Davis, the Alabama Democrat who represents Selma, unabashedly introduced Obama in his keynote address at Brown Chapel AME Church as the next president of the United States.
The crowd in and around Obama's appearance was decidedly larger -- his audience included 15 members of Congress, compared with four who went to hear Clinton. Obama, who was 3 years old at the time of the Selma clash, used his keynote address to mark his place in a younger generation of black Americans who do not march in the streets -- but who still, in his words, are required "to fulfill that legacy, to fulfill the obligations and the debt that we owe to those who allowed us to be here today."
(end snip of article)
This weekend I attended a great Meet - n - Greet for Obama supporters in Colorado. It was organized by a member of the Colorado for Obama group - Andrew Nicholas (great job, Andrew!). It was held downtown at the Unitarian Church on 14th and Lafayette. I hadn't been there since my friend Willow's wedding in 1993 or 1994. Wow.
The Meet-n-Greet was well organized and packed with information! I'm bummed that a giant wave of shyness overtook me while at the event and I was unable to find my inner "Obama chattermouth" that errupts from me whenever the subject of Obama or the Presidential race comes up at home. Disappointing really. I hate when I clam up. But it was a rather large group. My son and I showed up late, and I felt intimidated which is really insane because the crowd was really warm and kind and welcoming, and everyone had such intelligent things to say. I learned a lot (amazing that I could find areas of Obama-ism that I haven't thought of myself- LOL!). But I promise at the next rally or event to be more vocal and involved. It was just one of those days.
Right after the downtown meet-n-greet I met up with my husband and daughter who were over at my in-laws house meeting our new cousin! Our cousin David and his partner Ron have adopted a baby girl named Katie who is an amazing, beautiful, sweet, and wonderful 11 month old so full of smiles and love. What a beautiful new family, I'm so happy for them!
While talking to the family I was fielding questions like - Why Obama and not Hillary? (or McCain as my father-in-law kindly bantered with me) You know - that's a very good question. I like Hillary, but I do not feel that she is on the same page as me when it comes to the direction I'd like to see our country go in. She's been in politics for a long long time and while that does have it's positives, it can also be a negative. With it comes the deals and favors owed to others in politics throughout the years. I like the "freshness" of Obama, his lack of time in the game has kept him more in tune with the people and less entwined in the "process". Make sense? Hillary, while a very strong and enigmatic figure herself, has been too much of a middle of the road person, and she's not stood her ground on some issues (such as Iraq) like I would have hoped she would. So am I saying she's not "left" enough for me? Perhaps I am, if we need to label things, then I guess you could say that.
I know people think that being a female I should support Hillary's bid for the White House, and if she does beat Barack in the primary, I certainly will support her. But it's not because she is a woman and I feel a kindred spirit in that fact. I think it's great. More minorities should run! More women! But I will not support a candidate on that basis alone. I need more. A candidates stand on issues is where it's at. Charisma, energy, hope. Yeah, all that helps, but without the platform it's all just fluff.
It was suggested also, that it is "because he's cute" that I'm an early Barack supporter and not a Clintonista. Hmmmm... (Ok, I have to laugh at that -- do people really vote for a candidate or volunteer to pound the pavement because of a candidates cute-meter reading? God, I sure hope not) I don't consider a candidates handsomeness a guage for political savvy. No, I'll admit, Barack's not bad to look at. But that has nothing to do with why I'm supporting Barack Obama. You only have to go back and re-read my political / Barack posts for the last couple of months to see WHY I've decided to back this candidate. And I believe in him with all my heart (not because he's cute).
Enough said on that topic. :) Later!
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