For more information contact, Amanda Oien 749-3472 STARs President

The Republican candidates in the April 17 special election primary for CD 8 House are:

Frank Antenori, current LD 30 State Senator & former LD 30 House Rep., ran for this CD 8 seat in the 5-way Republican primary of 2006 (lost to Randy Graf, former LD 30 House Rep.), former Green Beret; www.antenori.com

Jesse Kelly, ran unsuccessfully against Congresswoman Giffords for this seat in Nov. 2010 after prevailing in a 4-way Republican August primary, project manager for family construction business, Marine; www.votejessekelly.com.

Martha McSally, former U.S. Air Force Colonel (first woman pilot to fly in combat), former Professor of National Security Studies at the George C. Marshall Center in Germany, political newcomer; www.mcsallyforcongress.com.

Dave Sitton, sports broadcaster, Marketing Director UA Cancer Center, political newcomer; www.davesitton.com.

Attend this debate to hear from the four Republican candidates for Congress in CD 8, one of whom will challenge Democrat Ron Barber (former District Director for Congresswoman Giffords since 2007, who was also shot on 1/8/11 along with Giffords), and Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis, a community activist, in the June 12 special general election.

State Senator Frank Antenori

Jesse Kelly

Martha McSally

Dave Sitton

Sabino Teen Age Republicans collect food for local Food Bank

When the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona said their shelves were bare, the STARs (Sabino Teen Age Republicans) felt they needed to step up and assist the less fortunate in our community. President of the STARs, Amanda Oien, said “We are so blessed to have food everyday to eat, I can’t imagine being without food at this time of year”

The Stars started collecting the canned goods 2 weeks ago, in each of the eight Math Classes at Sabino, the STARs will also host a pizza lunch for the class that collected the most canned goods.

The STARs will be donating approx. 1171 lbs* of food to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, on Wednesday, November 23, at 4:30pm at the Community Food Bank at 3003 S. Country Club Rd. Tucson, AZ. 85713

If you would like further information about this event please contact Lori Oien at 520-749-3472 or 520-603-3006, email at oienjmo@msn.com. Lori is their adviser and previously ran for the Ward 2 Council seat in 2007.

My husband and I donate $ and food throughout the year to the Community Food Bank, where I used to volunteer for 5 years helping to put together food boxes. Please help if you can, as Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Website: www.communityfoodbank.com, 520-622-0525.

*11/24/11 update: total collected: 2232 lbs.of food.