Wagoner County Republican Party Newsletter
Next Monthly Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, April 6, 2023
Join us at 6:30 pm for a time of friendly fellowship.
(Fellowship Food Theme: Appetizers)
Meeting at 7:00 pm
(See Map Below)
NEW ROOM
LIBERAL ARTS - ROOM 212
PLEASE R.S.V.P.
Guest Speaker: Jim Bridenstine, Former NASA Administrator and Former Congressman of Oklahoma's 1st District
Jim Bridenstine, was the former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where he led the agency’s advancement in American aeronautic, science, and space exploration objectives.
Under Bridenstine’s leadership, NASA launched its new human lunar exploration mission, the Artemis program, which seeks to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the moon by 2024—the first human landing since the end of NASA’s Apollo missions in 1972.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is developing state-of-the-art spacecraft, systems, and a lunar-orbiting space station that will provide the nation’s astronauts greater access to the moon’s surface than ever before, paving the way for a future crewed mission to Mars.
During Bridenstine’s tenure, NASA once again launched American astronauts on American rockets from American soil, something that had not been done since the retirement of the space shuttles almost ten years prior. Partnering with commercial industry, Bridenstine sustained a human presence on the International Space Station and oversaw its continued commercial resupply. NASA’s dynamic science portfolio included the development of a quiet supersonic aircraft and an all-electric aircraft; a life-seeking Mars rover; enhancement of the nation’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites; and final preparations of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Prior to that, Bridenstine served in the U.S. House of Representatives where he represented the 1st District of Oklahoma and served on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. He began his career in federal service in 1998 as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, flying combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and, in the process, logging the majority of his 1,900 flight hours and 333 arrested landings on an aircraft carrier. He continued flying at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, the parent command to TOPGUN. Bridenstine then transitioned from active duty to the U.S. Navy Reserve, returning to Oklahoma where he served for two years as executive director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium.
Bridenstine earned bachelor’s degrees with a triple major in economics, business, and psychology from Rice University, and an MBA from Cornell University.
Come early and join us at 6:30 pm for a time of friendly fellowship.
(Fellowship Food Theme: Appetizers)
Meeting at 7:00 pm
(See Map Below)
NEW ROOM
LIBERAL ARTS - ROOM 212
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Other important dates:
City Council/School Board Elections
Early Voting: Thursday, March 30, 8 AM - 6 PM
Friday, March 31, 8 AM - 6 PM
Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Polls will be open from 7 am - 7 pm
REMEMBER TO GO VOTE
Oklahoma Republican Party 2023 Biennial State Convention
When: Friday, May 5, 2023 and Saturday, May 6, 2023
Time TBA
Where: UMAC, 6836 S Mingo Rd, Tulsa, OK 74133
Pre-Registration Fee: $70 per delegate or guest . (Scholarships are available If you want to attend the convention but can’t afford the fee for registration into the budget, please call Matthew Vermillion, Chair at (918) 918-812-3908 or email [email protected] and we will attempt to see what we can do. We really want to try and have everyone from Wagoner County attend.
* More info to come.
* To be a delegate at the Biennial State Convention, you must have been elected as a Delegate from the County Convention TO the State Convention.
June Monthly Meeting
When: Thursday, June 1, 2023
6:30 pm - Fellowship Time - TBA
7:00 pm - Guest Speaker: TBA
Where: Northeastern State University Broken Arrow,
Liberal Arts - Room 132,
3100 New Orleans St, Broken Arrow, OK 74014
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