Be sure to take the opportunity to meet the candidates on this year’s primary ballot next month, when the annual Lincoln Day Dinner and Fundraiser is held on Saturday, May 18 at 6:00 pm at the Oneida County Event Center.  All of the local and state candidates who will appear on the ballot have been invited to attend the event and speak to voters about themselves, their platforms, and their plans for the future.   

Jim Noorlander is the scheduled keynote speaker for the event, and is a national speaker who has been awarded the Citizen Stateman Award by the Utah Eagle Forum for his “strong moral position in stopping legislation that would hurt families”.  He later received a national award from Phyllis Schlafly, national Eagle Forum President.  Noorlander has run for Congress twice, and has spoken to many national audiences on such topics as “the difference between liberty and freedom.”  Jim believes “America has a divine destiny which has not yet been fulfilled, and Her greatest days are yet to come.”

This year’s candidates include state positions, as well as county commissioner and sheriff spots.  As commitments from candidates become finalized, we will update the speaker’s roster.  

The dinner will be catered by the Iron Door Smokehouse, and Boy Scout Troop 1776 will be on hand to conduct the flag ceremony.  

Funds raised through the event will be used to help support the organizational costs of the OCRC (Oneida County Republican Central Committee) in sending delegates to the Idaho State Republican Convention in Couer d’alene in June.   

Please RSVP for the event by calling Karen Kerr at (509) 528-8962, visiting Lincolnday.org, or using the QR code in the ad in this paper.  Tickets are $25 a person, and donations are gladly accepted.

The dinner and fundraiser will host a silent auction and a live auction with many prime items for bid.  The event is the only fundraiser which helps support the operations of the local Republican Party for the year.