For more information about Trainwreck Westport, please visit www.trainwrecksaloon.com.

We have been running into some scheduling conflicts with Mike Duffy's in Kirkwood. If anyone knows of a location that has a privet room we can use for our monthly meeting the Second (2nd) Thursday of each month, please e-mail us at info@stlouisyrs.com. All suggestions are welcome! 

Membership due support the operations of the organization and allow us to sponsor events and activities. Paying your 2011 dues will make you eligible for free or reduced prices on events and activities in 2011. You will also receive priority e-mail notification of upcoming events and activities.

Annual membership dues are $25.00 per regular or associate member, or $40.00 per married couple, or $50.00 per sustaining member, $100.00+ for advisory board member, or $300+ for President's circle per calendar year.

For mail in dues please, make checks payable to Saint Louis Young Republicans and mail to Saint Louis Young Republicans, Post Office Box 410671, Saint Louis, Missouri 63141-0671.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Reception: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

4512 West Pine Blvd., 63108 

(In The Central West End, Street Parking Available)

Kindly RSVP to:

Events@Showmeinstitute.Org

or Call A Show-Me Institute Host:

Rebecca Bruchhauser, William Kay, or David Stokes

at (314) 454-0647 

The reception will kick-off with remarks from President, Rex Sinquefield. Executive Director, Brenda Talent, will share the impact of the work of the Show-Me Institute. Elected officials from our generation will be available to discuss how they use SMI as a resource for solid research on free-market solutions applicable to their policy decisions. Dr. Rik Hafer, a member of the institute's board of scholars, will provide general remarks on the state of our economy.

The 2011 Missouri Lincoln Days will be held February 25-27, 2011 at the University Plaza Hotel (333 South John Q Hammons Parkway, Springfield, Missouri 65806). Information, the tentative schedule of events, and the updated registration form are available here.

The University Plaza Hotel is already full, but they have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Express, which is just a few blocks away. To reserve a room, call (417) 862-0070 and make sure you ask for the special Lincoln Days rate.

There will be a Missouri Young Republican meeting on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM. All Young Republicans are welcome to attend.

The Saint Louis County Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at the Southwest Viking Hotel Conference Center (10709 Watson Road, 63127). The reception (cash bar) starts at 5:30 PM with dinner and program at 7:00 PM.

Dinner is $45.00 with advance registration. The registration form is available here. Please, make checks payable to Saint Louis County Republican Central Committee and mail to Chris Howard, 222 Sage Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.

The Jefferson County Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Drury Inn & Suites at Interstate 55 and Highway 141 in Arnold (3800 State Route 141, 63010). The dinner starts at 6:30 PM. The guest speaker will be US Congressman Todd Akin with Mark Reardon from KMOX Radio as the Master of Ceremonies. Additional guests will include Ed Martin and Sarah Steelman.

Dinner is $30.00 with advance reservation. Please, RSVP to Dwight Vermette at (636) 464-8309 or Linda Smith at (636) 464-0904 by February 28, 2011.

The Young Republican National Federation's Spring 2011 Board Meeting will be held April 8-10, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Registration for the event is now open. To register, please visit www.yrchicago2011.com. The hotel room rate is $109 per night at the W Hotel, City Center. For hotel information, please visit www.yrchicago2011.com.

The 2011 Young Republican National Convention will be held from Wednesday, July 6, 2011 through Sunday, July 10, 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Registration Fees Schedule:

 - $165 from February 1st to March 31st, 2011
 - $185 from April 1st to May 31st, 2011
 - $205 from June 1st to June 30th, 2011
 - $225 from July 1st to Convention

All Registration check payments should be made payable and mailed to: YRNC 2011, Inc. Post Office Box 191372 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-1372.

For more information, visit www.yrnfpuertorico2011.com.