A tri-county rally and fund-raiser for Amy Laufer’s campaign for State Senate will take place Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Lake of the Woods Community Center.
Amy Laufer
Rep. Abigail Spanburger will be on hand to introduce and support the candidate.
The event is sponsored by the Democratic committees of Orange, Culpeper and Spotsylvania counties and will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. in Marion Pronk Hall of the community center.
An entrance fee of $25 per person will be collected at the door. All funds will be used to support the Laufer campaign. Additional contributions will be encouraged.
Refreshments will be served and musical entertainment will be offered.
Bob
Shippee, legislative committee chair of the Virginia Chapter of The Sierra Club,
will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club Wednesday, Aug. 14, on the
important environmental issues facing the General Assembly in 2020.
The Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club is over 20,000 members strong. It is part of the national Sierra Club, the nation’s
largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
Bob Shippee
The club
will meet at 1:30 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the LOW Community Center at Sweetbriar
Park. The program is open to all, regardless of political affiliation.
Shippee
has bachelor’s degrees in
economics and industrial engineering from Syracuse University and master’s
degrees in business administration and labor relations from Cornell University.
He worked in financial services for 28 years before retiring in 2015. He ran
for county office in 2015, which led him to become active in politics.
He has been a member
of the Sierra Club for many years, volunteered in various capacities, and
served as chapter treasurer from 2007-2010. He joined the Sierra Club chapter’s
Legislative and Political Committees in 2016.
His exposure to the
chapter’s work in this arena led him to become Legislative Committee co-chair
in 2017 and chair in 2018. He serves as a full-time volunteer advocate in the
General Assembly.
Shippee is treasurer of
the Henrico County Democratic Committee and vice chair of the Henrico Electoral
Board.
He is the father of five
children, ages 13 to 30.
The concerns of the Virginia Chapter
of the Sierra Club includes work in climate action, offshore wind, solar
energy, fracking, coal ash, coal dust, oil and gas pipelines, environmental justice,
and legislative and political engagement.
Ann. F. Ridgeway, candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, received an enthusiastic welcome from a large crowd attending the LOW Democratic Club’s annual Flag Day Picnic on June 12.
The event, which took place in Marion Pronk Hall at the LOW Community Center, featured full fried chicken dinners, door prizes and even a song from the fabled “Demettes” songstresses.
But the highlight of the event was an appearance by Ann Ridgeway, whose “We the People” campaign is working to represent the 30th state senate district in the November election. The Madison County, wife, mother, teacher and community activist explained her reasons for becoming a political candidate and answered questions on the issues from voters.
In support of her campaign, the LOW Democratic Club presented Ridgeway with a check for $500.
More information about Ann and her candidacy is available at her Web site at Ridgeway for Delegate.
The annual Flag Day Picnic, sponsored by the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club, will feature an appearance by Ann Ridgeway, candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates from the 30th District.
The picnic will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 in Marion Pronk Hall at the Lake of the Woods Community Center. Admission is $10 per person.
Ann Ridgeway
A fried chicken dinner with potato salad, baked beans and a variety of other side dishes and desserts will be served. There will be a drawing for patriotic door prizes.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the campaign to elect Ann Ridgeway to the Virginia House of Delegates. Attendees are encouraged to make private donations to her campaign. Checks can be made payable to “Ridgeway for Delegate.”
Ann, a native of Fredericksburg, was instrumental in the establishment of the Orange County Youth Commission and the Orange County Youth Council, working with a start-up research grant and a core group of citizens to create these vital public resources. She has served as a substitute teacher with the Orange County schools, on the board of the Orange County Fair, and on a Virginia board focusing on teenage alcohol concerns.
She and her husband, Michael, live in Madison County.
Amy Laufer, left, and Ben Hixon answer questions from voters
Ben Hixon and Amy Laufer, candidates for Virginia State Senate subject to the June 11 Democratic Primary, met in a debate sponsored by the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club on Wednesday, May 8 at the LOW Community Center. A video of the full debate, including questions submitted by the audience is available at the link below.
