Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It is time now for our community connection right here
Speaker 1: on K one, the one you trust, and we have
Speaker 1: our friends in from Republicans and other Conservatives Washington County.
Speaker 2: They rock.
Speaker 3: Good morning.
Speaker 2: Everybody, Jessica Grouse and Queen Shipper.
Speaker 1: Hey kids, I hope we all had a good holiday.
Speaker 2: Christmas and off to a good start for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3: Beautiful sunshine outside right.
Speaker 2: Now, that'll change if the temperature is going to change.
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1: Well, first of all, it's a new year, and there
Speaker 1: are a lot of folks that might be new to
Speaker 1: the not only to the radio station, but new to
Speaker 1: the area who might not know what Republicans and other
Speaker 1: Conservatives of Washington County is all about.
Speaker 2: So what is the mission.
Speaker 4: Well, the mission of our group tom is to promote
Speaker 4: Republican and conservative values to an informed and active electorate.
Speaker 4: That's our state mission and we've been doing that for
Speaker 4: about a year and a half now and gathering monthly.
Speaker 4: We took a break in December, but been gathering monthly
Speaker 4: just bringing people of like minded values and interests and
Speaker 4: politics and other issues as well that come in.
Speaker 2: Bringing speakers from.
Speaker 4: Near and far, and just to inform people about important issues.
Speaker 3: That's right. Occurrences go ahead.
Speaker 5: I was going to say, this is also a great
Speaker 5: opportunity to thank everyone for coming out to vote on
Speaker 5: November fifth.
Speaker 2: It is.
Speaker 5: We had a wonderful turnout and big elections nation and
Speaker 5: state and county and city here locally, that's correct, So
Speaker 5: we appreciate everyone making their voice heard.
Speaker 2: Can you tell us a little bit about the values
Speaker 2: of the.
Speaker 5: Organization, yes, So we build our values upon the Republican
Speaker 5: history and the leadership of Washington County. We promote political education.
Speaker 5: Like Quinn mentioned, we've brought mini speakers and representatives from
Speaker 5: various organizations in to educate people what they do, how
Speaker 5: they can be involved, what all goes into the operation
Speaker 5: of our local government, our county government, and up into
Speaker 5: the national level.
Speaker 4: So one thing about the ROC TOM is we have
Speaker 4: an advisory group that organized this, like I said, about
Speaker 4: a year and a half ago, and on that we
Speaker 4: have three ex official members who happened to be our
Speaker 4: Senator Julie Daniels and our representatives Judd Strom and John B.
Speaker 2: Kane.
Speaker 4: And so we're very encouraged by the strong support we
Speaker 4: have as an advisory group. And those who well, they've also contributed.
Speaker 4: They've been speakers at various meetings.
Speaker 5: They were present at our meetings as well, exactly giving
Speaker 5: attendees an opportunity to chat with them about any concerns,
Speaker 5: positive or negative.
Speaker 4: I had a friend a company to a meeting this
Speaker 4: was last year, fall into the area and got to
Speaker 4: meet Senator Daniels and I don't think John was there,
Speaker 4: but representative strong and represented Ken and he's like, these
Speaker 4: people are like normal people.
Speaker 2: They're like, yeah.
Speaker 4: Like you can just talk to him, like he just
Speaker 4: seemed like he'd never experienced that before.
Speaker 2: But they're real people. Do a lot of people who
Speaker 2: are like that though they feel.
Speaker 4: Exactly, but they're real people doing real work for the state,
Speaker 4: for our county, for our community, and they're just great people,
Speaker 4: like everybody else who comes to meetings, very very.
Speaker 1: Personable, very personable, very one on one. Now we've got
Speaker 1: a big meeting coming up on January seventh, and now
Speaker 1: this looks like it's going to be an education as
Speaker 1: we've come to know.
Speaker 3: Would also be a great way to start off the year.
Speaker 5: And next Tuesday, January seventh, at six pm at crossing
Speaker 5: second six thirty, So sorry, six thirty, but we encourage
Speaker 5: people to come at six how about that dinner, have dinner,
Speaker 5: grab a drink, chat in a more relaxed environment before
Speaker 5: we start our meeting at six thirty, and we are
Speaker 5: welcoming the Republican Party of Oklahoma's chairman Nathan Dahm with
Speaker 5: Stan Stevens, who is the Oka GOP executive director, and
Speaker 5: they're going to give us a state of the State GOP.
Speaker 1: Wow, I'm sureing we're going to have a little bit
Speaker 1: called a Storied Pass. Puts at all well.
Speaker 4: The story Pass is a monthly feature of our meetings.
Speaker 1: It is okay, yeah, I guess it showed up a
Speaker 1: few times from you guys slept a few times.
Speaker 3: It's okay.
Speaker 2: I am and Kay Little, our local historian.
Speaker 4: She comes up with some of the most interesting historical characters,
Speaker 4: either here in Washington County or elsewhere in the state.
Speaker 4: Either she or someone else brings a presentation again just
Speaker 4: to build the bridge, you know, to our storied past
Speaker 4: and our strong future. And it's just a really fun
Speaker 4: little snapshot of a character. I don't know if I've
Speaker 4: known any of these characters.
Speaker 2: Are many of them.
Speaker 4: Anyway, when we've had our storied past section, it's really interesting.
Speaker 1: It's a colorful room from what I understand.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we have some colorful.
Speaker 1: Characters kind, But Nathan dumm is a fellow who's been
Speaker 1: in these studios here before. I don't believe we've had
Speaker 1: Stan Stevens in. But Nathan has an interesting story. He
Speaker 1: does have an interesting story time. He grew up in
Speaker 1: Broken Arrow as his childhood, and his family went to Romania,
Speaker 1: former communist country, as missionaries.
Speaker 2: So when he graduated from high school, he went back into.
Speaker 4: The mission field, and that, really, understanding from Nathan, really
Speaker 4: informed some of his political interests, seeing what life is
Speaker 4: like in a former communist and exposed to socialism and
Speaker 4: different kinds of things. And so at the very young
Speaker 4: age of twenty nine, he became a state senator and
Speaker 4: has been a senator up until this last year. So
Speaker 4: he's been very, very involved in politics. But again, his
Speaker 4: experience overseas, families, mission, other involvements have informed so much
Speaker 4: of who he is and how he approaches politics.
Speaker 2: Well that in itself ought it'd be pretty cool to hear.
Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, yeah, he's got a really interesting story and
Speaker 4: he's been the GOP chairman coming up on two years.
Speaker 4: But we do have a state convention coming up in May,
Speaker 4: and so there are things that are happening between now
Speaker 4: and May that all around.
Speaker 2: The state, the different counties will be preparing for that.
Speaker 5: Yes, so we look forward to hearing about their vision
Speaker 5: how we can all be involved and work together. And
Speaker 5: we'll have another election coming up before we know it
Speaker 5: for governor and lieutenant governor and many other positions there
Speaker 5: here and there a positive outlook.
Speaker 1: I understand that you know some of the things that
Speaker 1: are going to be going on. We've already talked a
Speaker 1: little about the general election, but we've got the inauguration
Speaker 1: coming up on the twentieth.
Speaker 2: That's going to be well.
Speaker 1: It all goes well today and Monday.
Speaker 2: We will and that'd be something.
Speaker 1: To do to address. Now, this is something that doesn't
Speaker 1: happen in too many states where the state where all
Speaker 1: the counties went the same color exactly. Are the only states,
Speaker 1: not very many. I don't think you're the only one,
Speaker 1: but I'm not very.
Speaker 3: Many, not very many, that's correct, where all.
Speaker 2: The counties fell in line.
Speaker 1: Because I've lived in places where it's a great sheet
Speaker 1: of purple yeah, yeah, but this one was all red
Speaker 1: and that turned out to be pretty interesting.
Speaker 4: And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's
Speaker 4: been the case for at least the last three general elections,
Speaker 4: all seventy seven counties, all read so obviously very strong
Speaker 4: Republican leaning as a state.
Speaker 2: One thing I valued.
Speaker 4: When I was campaigning this fall time was we have
Speaker 4: people of all different political stripes and background and nationalities.
Speaker 2: I mean, Bartiville is a really really unique place.
Speaker 4: And while we say Republican and other conservatives, you don't
Speaker 4: have to be a conservative to.
Speaker 2: Come to our meetings.
Speaker 4: We've had all kinds of people coming to our meetings
Speaker 4: because they too want to be informed. And so I
Speaker 4: think campaigning just helped.
Speaker 2: Me to see the community in a fresh way that when.
Speaker 4: We find the things we have in common, which are
Speaker 4: many that we can agree on and work together, it's
Speaker 4: not you know, red, purple blue in many cases doesn't matter.
Speaker 4: But we are obviously Republican, not a conservative. But everyone's welcome.
Speaker 2: They're not an interest in the various topics that we have.
Speaker 1: Sure, now once again this is going to be at
Speaker 1: crossing second, this will be at the back building where.
Speaker 2: The garage is sharing. Yeah. Yeah, the garage. It's the
Speaker 2: coolest darring garage you ever saw. What it is.
Speaker 1: I've been blessed to perform there several times. And the
Speaker 1: food is great. So get there early, get there between
Speaker 1: five thirty and six, get yourself a nice meal and
Speaker 1: a beverage, and then go on back and enjoy the meeting.
Speaker 2: With feeling well paid, feeling wealth. And people can order
Speaker 2: during the meeting.
Speaker 4: If they want to eat during the meeting, they can
Speaker 4: do that as well. But some come early, some order in, and.
Speaker 2: It's just a very relaxed.
Speaker 3: Welcoming Okay, fay to go.
Speaker 1: It's kind of like you're go into someone's house, is
Speaker 1: really how I explained it to others. You know, it's kind
Speaker 1: of like the family getting together.
Speaker 3: Sharon and Donn are very welcoming people.
Speaker 5: They are great members of our community, and we are
Speaker 5: glad that they welcome us and allow us to hold
Speaker 5: our meetings there every month.
Speaker 4: And it's kind of a living room kind of setting,
Speaker 4: as we intentionally keep it a bit informal, and you know,
Speaker 4: we're all sit in the chairs and tables and.
Speaker 3: Whatever, back and forth banter exactly.
Speaker 4: Yes, you may meet new people, make friends, see people
Speaker 4: you haven't seen since our meeting in November. Because it's
Speaker 4: been a while, people are looking forward to kind of
Speaker 4: catching up.
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, oh, this is really gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. So once again, it's going to be
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, January seventh, and that'll be starting at sixty.
Speaker 1: Get their chicks order up to about seven forty five.
Speaker 1: So you're not going to miss your bedtime.
Speaker 2: Right in my case, says would the news.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and everybody gets up at four o'clock or whatever
Speaker 4: time you get up either tom two o'clock. Okay, in correctly,
Speaker 4: you make me feel very lazy.
Speaker 2: Right now, It's okay.
Speaker 1: You know, if I don't walk by dough by two thirty,
Speaker 1: there's a problem. So anyway, yeah, are you going to
Speaker 1: take me?
Speaker 2: That would be a good time. Yeah, you just gotta
Speaker 2: looks at you.
Speaker 3: They keep us on a schedule, don't they.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they do, I think with us. I don't think
Speaker 2: we had anything to do with picking them.
Speaker 1: But anyway, if folks want to know more about the group,
Speaker 1: how do we go about that?
Speaker 5: We encourage them to check out our Facebook page. They
Speaker 5: can search for that at roc WC. We also have
Speaker 5: an email info at ROCWC dot com that they can
Speaker 5: send any questions, concerns, comments, constructive criticisms.
Speaker 2: Oh and.
Speaker 3: I love to communicate with people.
Speaker 2: All right, very good? That sounds great.
Speaker 1: You know, it's really something to have everybody here and
Speaker 1: on board and all ready to go here for the
Speaker 1: big event, and it is going to be something to behold.
Speaker 1: You don't have to have reservations now, do you know?
Speaker 2: Not at all?
Speaker 4: And we are the first Tuesday of every month.
Speaker 2: First Tuesday. That's easy to remark.
Speaker 1: Even I can remember that, and I got problems with remembering,
Speaker 1: but that that's going to be good. And then once
Speaker 1: again we've already talked about where we can get the.
Speaker 2: Facebook.
Speaker 1: Okay, good, have a little bit of an issue here
Speaker 1: with my computer, So I'm sorry if I'm feeling if I'm.
Speaker 2: Kind of drifting a little bit here.
Speaker 1: But we do want everybody to make sure that you
Speaker 1: do come, you do have fun, and you do fine
Speaker 1: splike minded folks and maybe sure a few ideas. That's
Speaker 1: one thing that I noticed that happens all the time
Speaker 1: because I've been there and there are people I know
Speaker 1: that are far different politically than one would think. And
Speaker 1: it's a great uh common point for folks to discuss
Speaker 1: things and we'll still walk away very friendly. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: the beauty of it all. Nobody gets that's the goal,
Speaker 1: that's the whole goal.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we have good conversation to be civil about it.
Speaker 2: Huh.
Speaker 1: And you know it is really like I said, uh,
Speaker 1: well worth your time, effort and and get out there
Speaker 1: and just to have some fun and learn a few
Speaker 1: things to get yourself up to date.
Speaker 2: Oh boy. Alrighty well, I want to thank you for
Speaker 2: coming by today.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having us again.
Speaker 1: Alrighty, and we'll look forward to seeing you next month.
Speaker 1: I guess we will, if not Tuesday.
Speaker 3: That's right, please join us tuesday.
Speaker 2: Where you're Parka.
Speaker 3: Thanks Tom, Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Folks, you've been talking with Quinn Schipper and Jessica Cross
Speaker 1: with Republicans and other conservatives of Washington County right here
Speaker 1: on K one, the one you