I hope you enjoyed hearing Rick Green’s patriotic talk at our October party and hayride. You know how he loves to encourage fellow speakers and future leaders! Rick spoke about our founding fathers and gave out several of his books to students that could correctly answer his history questions.

If you were not there, you should also know that Rick Green is currently running for the Texas State Supreme Court. Why should that matter to you?

1. As most of you know, Rick is a fellow homeschool dad and was also homeschooled himself. His was one of the early homeschool families in Texas that paved the way before the Leeper decision. Texas just lost our only homeschool dad on the Supreme Court, and homeschooling has been an issue at state supreme courts recently… recall the California Supreme Court almost destroying homeschooling last year when ruling that homeschool teachers must be certified. We need to know that there is a Justice on the court that will stand up for the Leeper decision and protect homeschooling.
2. Parental Rights. I have known Rick for almost 10 years, and I know he is very strong on parental rights. He worked hard last session to get SB 1440 vetoed by Governor Perry. This bill, which was tacked on to a non-controversial bill at the last minute, would have given CPS unprecedented access to your children without probable cause.
3. Voting in judicial races is important for all of us.

Ezra 7:25 “Set magistrates and judges… all such as know the laws of thy God.”

From all the reports I’ve heard about the New Braunfels Round Robin it sounds like ARC was very well represented and did a fantastic job. Kudos to President Ben Snodgrass, the ARC officers, coaches, parents, and the whole club for your leadership, participation, and cooperation on Saturday.

I just wanted to make a quick announcement that a music video called “Forever” that was created in September with the help of several ARCers was accepted into the Young Christian Filmmaker’s Festival in Bryan, TX and will be shown this Saturday, November 21st.

Attendance is free and all are encouraged to come, participate, and learn. The festival will be held from 10:00 – noon at the address below:

First Baptist Church
3100 Cambridge Dr.
Bryan, TX 77802-4613

If you haven’t seen “Forever” online yet then you can watch it here. You’ll see some familiar names listed below the video.

If you have further questions just email me or give me a call. One last note, the latest project made with Alex Lerma was uploaded yesterday. You can watch it here.

Thanks,
Paul

When: October 16, 1:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

Where: Hope Chapel, 6701 Arroyo Seco, Austin

Cost: $20/student, $10/sibling. No charge for parents. Pizza included.

The schedule can be found here.

Register today!

“Don’t forget to prepare your cases for LD Debating Badly next Friday:

Anna Macdonald vs. Ben Snodgrass

Katy Maisano vs. Susannah Brister

Mentors: Christina Hastings, Paul Hastings, Avery Lill, and Toni Maisano

Debate attire, please.”

If you haven’t yet joined the ARC Yahoo group, parents group, or wiki, now is the time to sign up!  The yahoo group is your source for all club news, and the wiki is central for evidence assignments, etc.

To join either yahoo group, you can contact me (Beth Maisano) at writer4him830@gmail.com.  To join the wiki, contact either me or our Team Policy evidence ringmaster, Daniel Gaskell.  Thanks!

Vice President: Kathryn Clarkson

Secretary: Alex Macdonald

Treasurer: David Huber

Librarian: Anna Macdonald

Male Chaplain: Nathan Exley

Female Chaplain: Avery Lill

Evidence Ringmaster (TP): Daniel Gaskell

Evidence Ringmaster (LD): Christina Hastings

Cameraman: Ben Billups

Camerawoman: Rachel Perry

Webmaster: Beth Maisano

Sergeant at Arms: Jonathan Morgan and William Umstattd

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