Startzville/Canyon Lake/Satler Parade 11 AM July 3

The Canyon Lake area Fourth of July Parade will begin (somewhere around the Dairy Queen) at 11 AM. The Canyon Lake Republican Women are marching in the Parade, and all Comal County Republicans need to zoom from the New Braunfels Parade (line-up begins at 8:30, behind the Catholic Church downtown) to the Startzvillle Parade.

Still looking for information on the Bulverde celebrations!

See Comal County GOP blog

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Election Day Voting sites for Comal County

Don't forget that early voting continues through Friday, October 31. Save time and vote today at the County Courthouse in New Braunfels from 7 AM to 7 PM.

You can also vote early on

Tuesday October 28 at the Garden Ridge Community Center (9 AM to 6 PM)
and
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 27, 28, and 29(from 9 AM to 6 PM)

at the COMMUNITY RESOURCE & RECREATION CENTER OF CANYON LAKE (in Downtown Sattler, across from the Bakery)

and

at the Bulverde City Hall, 30360 Cougar Bend, Bulverde.

NOVEMBER 4, 2008 COMAL COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION

(More information is available at the Comal County website. There are maps, here. Also, for those in Guadelupe County, your voting sites and sample ballots are posted here.)

Polls are open from 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM

101 COMAL CITY SENIOR CITIZENS CTR 655 LANDA, New Braunfels

102 SEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 540 HOWARD, New Braunfels

103 FREEDOM FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 410 OAK RUN POINT, New Braunfels

104 COMMUNITY RESOURCE &
RECREATION CENTER OF CANYON LAKE (Downtown Sattler) in the ACTIVITY BLDG 1941 FM 2673, Sattler

105 CANYON LAKE GOLF & COUNTRY 405 WATTS LANE, Canyon Lake CLUB

106 GUADALUPE VALLEY TELEPHONE CO-OP 36101 FM 3159, Smithsons Valley

107 BILL BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 20410 Hwy 46W, Spring Branch

201 PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH HALL 1147 S. WALNUT, New Braunfels

202 COMAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6720 FM 482, New Braunfels

203 MISSION VALLEY BOWLING CLUB 2311 HWY 46, New Braunfels

204 BULVERDE COMMUNITY CENTER 1747 E. AMMANN RD, Bulverde

205 JAY F. FEIBELMAN GARDEN 21340 FM 3009, Garden Ridge Community Center

206 OAK VILLAGE NORTH FIRE STATION 695 CIRCLE OAK DRIVE, Bulverde

301 LONE STAR SCHOOL GYM 2343 W. SAN ANTONIO ST, New Braunfels

302 ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 181 S. SANTA CLARA AVE, New Braunfels

303 EAGLES HALL 257 E. SOUTH, New Braunfels

304 FRAZIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1441 E. HWY 81, New Braunfels

401 EDEN HOME 631 LAKEVIEW, New Braunfels

402 CHURCH IN THE VALLEY 14181 FM 306 AT Canyon City

403 FISCHER COMMUNITY CENTER 12400 FM 32, Fischer

404 CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH 2171 E. COMMON ST, New Braunfels

405 SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY CTR 9996 FM 311, Spring Branch (Next to Fire Dept.)

406 FAITH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 970 LOOP 337, New Braunfels

"Why, thank you!" Sarah Palin

Just to give you a giggle, Click on this:

New Braunfels Republican Women and Robert Duval

Here's the picture, as promised.

Shown are Rosie Yaw, Cindy Perry, Robert Duval, Ruth Pharris, and Jan Kotylo.

Republican women rule govern!

Caravan for Sarah October 3, 2008

A few hundred people turned out on Friday afternoon to support the Republican candidate for Vice President, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. We gathered on the street corner outside the venue of a Republican fund raiser to be held at the San Antonio River Center Marriott on Friday, October 3, 2008.

The New Braunfels Republican Women were the first on the scene (I'm sorry it was so early, Ladies). We were soon joined by women from the Canyon Lake Republican Women, the Alamo Group and good Republicans from as far as Georgetown (north of Austin) and Lytle (south of San Antonio).

More pictures will be posted as they are sent to me.

A group of our New Braunfels Republican Women were walking through the Marriott River Walk lobby when they met actor Robert Duval. Mr. Duval was in town to attend that night's fundraiser and praised Governor Palin. He also agreed to a picture with the four. The women are beautiful and I'll post the picture as soon as I'm sure that I have permission.

In addition to the Republican Womens clubs (encouraged by the Texas Federation of Republican Women), a group of women from Bulverde who are not members of a club (yet), families with children of all ages and babies in strollers, beautiful and brave teen age girls, and men and women who just wanted to show Governor Palin that Texas is behind her and Senator McCain.

Unfortunately, no one would tell us the route that the Governor's vehicles would take to enter the hotel. (That should be "Governors'," since it turned out that Governor Rick Perry accompanied the Palins.) It turned out that security steered the cars and limos to an entrance about a block behind us.

The local San Antonio media turned our good deed into bad news, focusing on the cost of the fundraiser tickets and our lost opportunity to see Governor Palin. I'm convinced that they were projecting their disappointment at being on the wrong corner, too, right along with us.

However, we all knew that she was in San Antonio for a fundraiser, not a campaign stop. We were there to show our support for her, not to gain support from her.

We waved our flags and our signs, got lots of encouraging honks and shouts from fellow Palin supporters as they drove by, and met wonderful conservative men, women and children.

We also stood to face about 6 "Code Pink" protesters - whose pink and glitter signs said "Protect a woman's right to choose" and "Tyrant Palin." They were mean and rude and very upset at our "I'll pray for you," and singing "God Bless America." (Two of the younger members were dressed in black and stood with us until the pink ladies showed up. They refused the water I was handing out to the crowd, though. So maybe they were honest.)

The local TV news videos are on line, at least for a while and preceded by advertisements. Many of our Comal County women are featured and most of those blue McCain-Palin signs that you see were our contribution from the County Republican Headquarters. Here's the links:

KENS TV Channel 5(focuses on the protestors )

WOAI TV posts their videos in javascript, so I'm not sure I can figure out how to make a direct link. They are on this page, and titled, "Palin's S.A. Fundraiser Too Pricey For Most" and "VP Candidate Sarah Palin Makes Stop in S.A."

Last, but not least, KSAT TV Channel 12 features our own Jan Kotylo about 40 seconds in and our Ruth Pharris, Jeri Odom, Tasha Greg (in the Sarah mask) and another NBRW at 1:00 minute in. (Sorry, I can't remember her name - Please let me know her name and I'll edit this post) See "San Antonio Greets VP Candidate Palin."

Canyon Lake Freedom Walk 9-11-08

The Canyon Lake Republican Women hosted a Freedom Walk on September 11, 2008 to remember the lives lost and heroism displayed on 9-11-01, when our Nation was attacked by terrorists.