IDAHO COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB
ICRWC January Meeting Minutes 2025
Regular Monthly Meeting: Monday, January 13, 2025
The meeting was called to order by newly elected President Patricia Menough at 12:08 pm at the Trails Restaurant.
Sue Kinner led a prayer.
Mary Mangold led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Sue Kinner motioned for the December 2024 meeting minutes to be approved. Andrea Soltman seconded. Motion Passed
Cristy Imus, outgoing Treasurer and Bobbie Blakley, incoming Treasurer presented the Treasurer’s report. Cherylyn Kerley motioned to approve the report and Mary Mangold seconded. Motion passed.
Roy Farmer gave a report on the February 22nd Lincoln Day Dinner, mentioning that A.G. Raul Labrador is keynote speaker, and that other Republican delegates from Idaho County and State of Idaho will be in attendance. Mentioned that Lincoln Day IS a fundraiser and the costs of educating the public, buying signs, paying for lunch for canvassers as we fought the Proposition 1 socialist agenda item that was on our Nov 5th election ballot. Roy mentioned the Prop 1 (Ranked Choice Voting / Open Primaries) agenda will be presented again by the liberal left. Roy made an information outline of all that the ICRWC should know about.
Sue Kinner reported on getting conservative curriculum [Hillsdale 1776] for K-12 in the schools. The program is 100% free. She has a petition to collect signatures from residents who support including a conservative education about our American history to be included in the MVSD244 and also getting away from the Diversity, Equity and Injustice socialist agenda. Please contact Sue if you have any questions or would like to assist in getting signatures for this excellent program.
President Patricia Menough raised the topic of the ICRWC helping with setup of the silent auction on the night before the event and also pulling together two more baskets totaling 5 baskets for the Lincoln Day Dinner. Cristy Imus, Lu Crea, Cherylyn Kerley, Rachel Beeson and Marlene Wood are working together on the baskets.
Kathy Miller, Master Gardener, reported on a Victory Garden program sponsored by the Idaho County Extension Office. There are other nearby counties also involved in the program offering through their county extension office. Most of the instructors are master gardeners. Anyone can participate. In our county, the Victory Garden meetings will be conducted at Cornerstone Christian Learning Center. Cost is $25.00 pp and you also have to buy a book. The program starts on February 13th and goes for 5 weeks.
Patricia Menough called for a 2nd V.P. to be nominated the question was raised whether we really needed a 2nd VP and the group said “no we do not”. So we passed on having a 2nd VP.
OFFICERS:
Heather Moore, President of the Nez Perce County Republican Women’s Club was present at our meeting to induct new officers. Mrs. Moore spoke about suggesting to Cherylyn that Idaho County should form a Women’s Republican Club and Cherylyn tackled the challenge and became a chartered Republican Women’s Club and recognized by the Idaho Federation of Republican Women. Heather Moore said she was impressed by how everything fell into place under Cherylyn’s leadership.
Heather asked all new officers to step up to the flag, as she recited the pledge of duties for all new officers
New officers elected at the December 2024 ICRWC meeting for a 2 year term in 2025 and 2026 are as follow:
Cherylyn Kerley stepped down as President and Patricia Menough was inducted as new President.
Andrea Soltman continues her officer term as Vice President.
Lu Crea stepped down as Secretary and Mary Mangold was inducted as new Secretary
Cristy Imus stepped down as Treasurer and Bobbie Blakley was inducted as Treasurer.
BASKET: Bobbie Blakley was the winner of the basket raffle and took home a nice basket of items.
Next meeting is Monday, February 10th, 2025 at the Trail’s Restaurant.
A motion to adjourn was seconded and passed at approximately 2pm.
17 In Attendance: Hours In Attendance: Hours
MEMBERS:
Cherylyn Kerley 20 | Sue Kinner 34
Patricia Menough 25 | Mary Mangold 1.5
Bobbie Blakley 5 | Andrea Soltman 10
Cristy Imus 6. | Lu Crea 3
Marlene Wood 1/2 | Rachel Beeson 1/2
Charise Graves 1/2
GUESTS:
Heather Moore, President Nez Perce County Republican Women’s Club
Claire Schumacher, 1st VP for Nez Perce County Republican Women’s Club
Roy Farmer, ICRCC Lincoln Day Committee Chair
