The Equalizer

                                Sabine District Transportation Club

                                 Member of Traffic Clubs International

                                                  Please keep our troops and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

 

Volume 08 Issue 10,  October 2008                                      SDTC, PO Box 20103, Beaumont,TX  77720
                             

         November 11, 2008   Fall Golf Outing at Brentwood Country Club

                            Last Fund Raiser for 2009

It is that time of year again when our thoughts turn to getting outside where the Fall weather delights the senses!  Brentwood Country Club will serve as the host for our November 11, 2008 Fall Golf Outing. Brentwood is always a great host & has great food as well!

 

John Cole, our golf chairman has arranged for a great golf outing this year with a hamburger supper planned following golf at the country club.

 

There are a few surprises planned for our golfers as well.  We will be honoring 1st & last place teams.  Great prizes as well!

 

You can make your reservations by calling John Cole, 842-3211 or Sherry Eckerle, 791-3259, on line from the web site or by faxing the form below.

 

Reservations for the November 11, 2008  Fall Golf Outing
 
Please furnish the names of your guests with their firm names:__________________________     
Please make reservations for ____people at $65.00/person for the golf
$17.50/dinner only
Check is attached (___) Bill me (___) Will pay at the door (___)
Signed____________________________
Date _____________
Firm_____________________________
Phone_______

Address________________________________________________________________
 
Call Robert Ferguson at 651-1708, John Cole at 842-3211, or  Sherry Eckerle at 791-3259,
 clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103,Beaumont, TX.  77720,  fax to (409) 842-5154.
 
You can also e-mail your reservations to: 
Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or on-line in the web site: txsdtc.org. 
 
 
Cancellations cannot be accepted after November 7, 2008.

 

                               

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

This is the last fund raiser for 2008, so please get your teams together & join the fun. 

 

We need your support and look forward to seeing you!

 

Upcoming Events:

 

November 11, 2008   Fall Golf Outing at Brentwood Country Club – noon tee time

 

December 9, 2008  Annual Christmas Party at

 Cattle Company 6:00 pm

 

January 13, 2009  Scholarship & election of officers luncheon at the Cattle Company

 

February 10, 2009 Installation of officers

 

 

 Web Site Update: To reach the website from the Internet: http://www.txsdtc.org To retrieve
the Equalizer from the server: http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/october2008/ or from the web site: txsdtc.org

If you do not have an e-mail address or simply wish to continue to have the Equalizer mailed to you, let our secretary know.

Be sure to visit our sponsors listed both in the Equalizer and on the Web Site…

 		 Board Meeting
Announcements:

There will be a Board of Director’s meeting for November to finalize plans for the Christmas party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            November 4, 2008 Presidential Election Day!

                                             Get out and Vote for the Candidate of your Choice!
Voting is a right many people take for granted, just look at the statistics, only 64% of Americans eligible to vote in the 2004 election actually stepped inside a voting booth. Though recent efforts have made voter registration simpler, things have not always been so easy -- the struggle for voting rights in America has a long and storied history.
In colonial America, voters were required to have a “stake in society,” meaning they either had to pay taxes or own a certain amount of land, and some colonies added their own restrictions onto this by excluding voters who followed certain religions. Voting rights varied throughout the colonies, and in some cities just 40% to 50% of white men were ruled eligible to vote.
Many Southern states continued to pass regulations and laws making it difficult for African-Americans to vote well into the mid 1900s. In 1940, only 3% of eligible African-Americans in the South were registered to vote. By the end of the 1950s, seven Southern states still had literacy tests and five states used poll taxes to prevent African-Americans from registering. In Alabama, voters had to provide written answers to a twenty-page test on the Constitution and on state and local government.
In the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. took action to bring national attention to voting rights. In 1965, he organized a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama. For seven weeks, he brought hundreds of black voters to the county courthouse to register to vote. Over 2,000 people, including King himself, were jailed during this time for contempt of court, juvenile delinquency, and parading without a permit. Demonstrations continued and in 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed. It outlawed literacy tests and sent federal officials to Southern states to register black voters. At the end of 1965, 250,000 new black voters were registered, one-third of them by Federal officials.
 		 An amendment granting women the constitutional right to vote was proposed in 1878, but 40 years lapsed before it was finally passed. In the meantime, states slowly began allowing women to cast a ballot -- Wyoming Territory was the first in 1869, followed by Utah, Idaho and Colorado. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was finally passed declaring that: "The right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."

 

 


Young people were one of the last groups to receive the right to vote. In the late 1960s, the Vietnam war fueled support for lowering the voting age. Young people argued that if eighteen-year-olds were old enough to be drafted into military service and sent into combat, they were also old enough to vote. The 26th Amendment was passed in 1970, preventing states and the federal government from denying anyone eighteen or older the right to vote.
America has come a long way, but the battle over voting rights isn't over. Debate continues today over whether convicted felons and illegal immigrants should have the right to vote and whether the voting age should be lowered to 17.

 

 

                   

 

 

 

 



 

 . Voting
The clock is ticking closer to election time and knowing where YOU stand on the issues is more important than ever
 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can register on line for absentee voting if you are not able to go to the voting precinct you are assigned to.

 
                                      TCI Annual Conference  
Congratulations to our: new President, Dennis Tam, Chairman of the Board, Mac Leonard, Lynn Donovick-VP Business, Laurie Tauber-VP Marketing, Anita Bene-Secretary, Katie Dejonge-Treasurer, Executive Director and James Ruberti-VP Mid Central US.

We are proud of these folks and are also familiar with this group as they have often visited us throughout the last few years bringing SDTC closer to the Transportation Clubs International organization.

Most of us met Dennis during his past 3 year tenure as TCI President. What a great leader! He is awesome at our annual Christmas Party each year & brings lots of fun with him when he comes!

He always had a listening ear & a caring heart for the smallest to the largest traffic clubs. It is always a joy to see him when he attends our meetings.

 

To reach the TCI Website: http://www.transportationclubsinternational.com

 

                   

 

For those of us who were not able to attend the conference, the web site provides an overall view of the event for your viewing.

There were several awards of interest to our members:

2nd place club newsletter for 200+ members went to our neighbors at the Transportation Club of Houston.

1st place club newsletter for 0-99 members went to our own SDTC.

The TCI NTW award went to the Joint Houston All Clubs Effort.

 

 There is a lot of hard work put into keeping all members informed with newsletters & club web sites.

Our congratulations to these folks behind the scenes!
 
Did you know?                                                                          Editor:  Sherry Eckerle

 11 Facts About Voting

1.  The Millennial generation already makes up 1/5 of the electorate. By 2015, they will account for 1/3.  

2.  Compared to 2000, young voters have more than doubled their turnout in the 2008 primaries and caucuses. For example, in Texas, the number of 18-29 year old voters grew 301%.

3.  In both the 2006 and the 2008 primaries, young voters made the difference in several tight races. Senator Obama owes his caucus win in Iowa to 18-29 year olds, and a winning margin among the youth vote helped Senator McCain win in California.

4.  The current presidential election is the first in decades where candidates are actively and aggressively courting the youth vote. In the primaries, four candidates from both parties had full-time, national youth outreach directors.

5.  Young Latinos are the largest, and fastest-growing ethnic subset of young adults; 50,000 young Latinos turn 18 each month, and Latinos make up 17% of the youth electorate.

6.  In comparison to other people of color, young African-Americans voters are more likely to vote regularly, donate money to candidates, and display a campaign button or sign.

7.  Since 2004, young women have led the turnout increase witnessed among young adults overall. In both 2004 and 2006, young women voted at rates seven and three points higher than young men.

8.  The majority of young voters identify themselves as Democrat (47%), with 55% of young women classified as Democrats, compared to 38% of men.

9.  Overall, 28% of young voters identify as Republicans, with 30% of young men categorizing themselves as Republican, compared to 26% of young women.

10.              Republican identification is also highest among Caucasian youth, with 35% identifying as Republican.

11.              Research shows that young voters with college experience are much more likely to vote than their non-college counterparts. Although ˝ of young Americans ages 18-29 have never enrolled in college, 79% of the young voters on Super Tuesday attended college.