Democratic Women enjoying convention
Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006
ROGERS - This afternoon's keynote speech by U. S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N. Y., will, of course, be the highlight of the 2006 Arkansas Federation of Democratic Women State Convention. But other convention business and related activities also promise to be memorable, said Mary Lee Hay of Bella Vista.
Hay is a member of the Benton County Democratic Women, the club whose members are serving as hostesses for the biennial state convention.
The convention began Friday and will conclude today.
Members of the Benton County Democratic Women's Club will be busy all day today, Hay said. At various times Saturday, Benton County club members will accompany visitors on tours of various nearby attractions, including the Peel House Mansion and Historic Gardens in Bentonville, the Clinton House in Fayetteville, and others, Hay said.
Some club members will also be working at the Embassy Suites, at which all convention events except for Clinton's speech will take place, Hay said. Clinton will speak at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, Hay said.
"We are responsible for hostesses. We had to go through a little training to find out how to seat people, … and we guard some of the tables. So we're all there doing little jobs," Hay said.
At a AFDW meeting on Saturday morning at the Embassy Suites, new AFDW officers will be elected to serve for the next two years.
Members of each club who are attending the state convention were encouraged to create a poster, featuring photos and articles about a local club member whose activities made a significant positive difference in their community. Benton County club members selected Donna Cox of Bella Vista as their poster subjecthonoree, and the Benton County club's poster and posters from various other clubs will be displayed at the Embassy Suites, Hay said.
Clinton will speak at a 12: 30 p.m. luncheon session today.
Later, at a 7 p.m. banquet at the Embassy Suites hotel, newly elected officers will be installed, Hay said.
The oldest auxiliary group in the history of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, the Federation was founded in 1933. It supports the Democratic Party through more than 30 chapters across Arkansas.
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