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Several Guests to Attend Reagan Day Dinner by STEPHANIE CRIDER Whether you are looking for someone to help an aging parent a few hours a week, or need more comprehensive assistance, Home Instead Senior Care® can help. • Companionship • Medication Reminders • Meal Preparation • Light Housekeeping • Shopping & Errands • Personal Care Call for a free, no-obligation appointment: 910.484.7200 homeinstead.com Each Home Instead Senior Care® is independently owned and operated. franchise of ce © 2010 Home Instead, Inc. Fans of Ronald Reagan's political legacy won't want to miss the Ronald Reagan Dinner on Feb. 4, at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux & Conference Center. Scheduled guests include: Jack Hawke, a former state Republican Party chairman, current Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes; candidate for the 7th Congressional District Ilario Pantano; N.C. Senator David Rouzer; U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers and Dan Forest, candidate for the offi ce of North Carolina's lieutenant governor. Guests at the dinner can mingle and exchange ideas with each other and the guest politicos. Ellmers was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and represents the second district of North Carolina. She serves on the Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Small Business committees in the House. On the Small Business Committee, she is the subcommittee chair for healthcare and technology. Tom Doheny, spokesperson for Ellmers, says that the congresswoman is looking forward to speaking at the event. The Ronald Reagan Day Dinner is the perfect occassion to talk about the virtues and successes of conservatism. "Her major issue is bringing jobs back to North Carolina and the second district. That has been the number one focus since she got here," said Doheny. The Congresswoman's offi ce anticipates that she will be talking about what Republicans are doing on the hill to turn things around — including issues about conservative policies and Republican solutions to many of the nation's problems. "We are working tirelessly everyday to turn this economy around and to bring back jobs and prosperity, not only to Cumberland County, but to the second district too," said Doheny. Forest is no stranger to Fayetteville. "I feel very at ease in Fayetteville. Dan Forest, a candidate for lieutenant governor, is one of the speakers at the Reagan Day Dinner on Feb. 4. The crowds have always been warm and welcoming — of course, I'm a Republican candidate speaking to conservatives, be it Republicans or Tea- Party members, so I'm sure that helps me." Forest is looking forward to shaking hands and sharing his ideas at the event. "I always try to get there early and I'm usually one of the last to leave," he said, adding that "One of the great things about Ronald Reagan is that he was an amazing leader. When he took offi ce he didn't have the benefi t of a Republican house or senate, but he was able to accomplish a lot of things as president and return patriotism to our country. That is the kind of leadership we need now. We need someone who will stand up and lead and give people hope." Forest points to the fact that while then Speaker of the House, Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, and Reagan differed greatly on ideology, they were able to accomplish much to better the country and outside of politics they were also great friends. During his speech, he will talk some about Reagan and Lincoln — before they were called Ronald Reagan Dinners, these events were known as Lincoln Dinners. Forest says it is going to be focused on Reagan and Lincoln, their leadership styles and why we lift them up as leaders. He'll also talk about the leadership crisis we face today and what we need to do to get back on track as a state and as a country. "I think that a lot of our energy gets focused on national politics and I believe we can turn things around by starting to make changes from the grass- roots level up: from people to the local government; from the local government to the state government and so on," he said. "I believe we can turn America around one state at a time and I would like to see North Carolina be the leader in that nationally." Tickets start at $40. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. For more information, call 489-2055. STEPHANIE CRIDER, Associate Editor. COMMENTS? editor@ upandcomingweekly.com 8 UCW JANUARY 25-31, 2012 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM