Linda Solterisch

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Box 361025</div> <div> Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="erc_photo_gallery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U><B>Photo Gallery <IMG SRC="2b20f0f0.gif" border=0 width="15" height="15" ALT=">>Photos" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="erc_purpose.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purpose of ERC"><U><B>ERC Purpose & Membership</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="erc_p_a_c_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERC P.A.C."><U><B>About the ERC P.A.C</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:jhacklem@eastside-republican-club.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:"><U><I><B>Share your suggestions or comments</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="erc_testimonials.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Theyre Saying About Us"><U><I><B>Read what they've said about us</B></I></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <A NAME="pac_top"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <I><U>Park Activist Honored</U></I></div> <div> <B>Solterisch Selected by GOP Women</B></div> <div> <B>For 2011 Outstanding Service Tribute</B></div> <div> Honored on May 21 by the <A HREF="http://rwfmi.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://rwfmi.org/"><U>Republican Women's Federation of Michigan</U></A> at their annual Tribute banquet in Troy was Grosse Pointe Park activist Linda R. Solterisch.</div> <div> Michigan Federation president Nancy Steckler of Grand Rapids announced the purpose of the annual event was to recognize Solterisch and other honorees for outstanding service and dedication to their local club, the state federation, and support for Republican Party values and good government.<IMG SRC="1b6c40870.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="391" ALT="Linda and Ron Solterisch at 2011 Tribute Banquet" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></div> <div> Solterisch has been an active member of the <A HREF="gop_women.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Republican Womens Club of Grosse Pointe"><U>Republican Women's Club of Grosse Pointe</U></A> since 2003, and is currently serving as its treasurer.</div> <div> She has been active in numerous election campaigns on behalf of local, state, and national candidates. In addition, she has served as a poll challenger, volunteered at “Fix Michigan Centers,” and campaigned door-to-door.</div> <div> Solterisch has served on the Wayne County Republican Committee where she was secretary. From 2005 to 2008, she served on the Michigan Republican Party state committee where her presidential selection subcommittee was instrumental in setting Michigan's early, January 15, primary date in 2008.</div> <div> She became politically active in the Republican Party after the September 11, 2001 attack on America. Spurred to become involved, she joined the Eastside Republican Club where she soon was <A HREF="#erc_2007_board" TITLE="Linda Solterisch"><U>elected to the board and served as secretary</U></A>. She also serves as an elected precinct delegate.</div> <div> In addition, she serves on the <A HREF="erc_p_a_c_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERC P.A.C."><U>ERC political action committee</U></A> where she assists with raising funds to support local Republican candidates.</div> <div> In 2005 Solterisch was selected as a “Number One Republican,” and she has attended several Mackinac Leadership Conferences.</div> <div> As a member of the 13th congressional district executive committee, she has been elected as delegate to several state conventions, as well as the <A HREF="nyc_2004.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Convention 2004"><U>2004 Republican National Convention</U></A> held in New York City.</div> <div> Since 1967, Solterisch has worked for the Michigan Secretary of State, recently having retired from its St. Clair Shores office. In that capacity, she twice received certificates of merit for suggestions resulting in cost-savings and enhanced customer service.</div> <div> Solterisch and husband, Ron (pictured with Linda, above), are lifelong Grosse Pointe residents, have been married 44 years, and have three daughters, and five grandchildren.</div> <div> <I><U> <A NAME="erc_2007_board"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></I></div> <div> <I><U>Another in a Series on ERC 2007 Board Members</U></I></div> <div> <B>Turning Point was 9/11 for Solterisch</B></div> <div> “At that point in my life, I wanted to take a more active roll in politics and support President Bush in protecting the United States,” said Eastside Republican Club secretary, Linda R. Solterisch, about her reaction to the September 11, 2001, attack on America.<IMG SRC="159587ce0.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="206" ALT="Linda R. Solterisch" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="4"></div> <div> Solterisch explained, “I, like many Americans, had become complacent and comfortable with all of the liberties and advantages that I enjoyed as a citizen of the U.S.”</div> <div> “I had always thought of war as somewhere in a far off land, but when our country was attacked, I was jolted into realizing that nothing is certain,” she said.</div> <div> As a new grass roots activist, Solterisch became a delegate from Michigan's 13th district to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. >><A HREF="nyc_2004.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Convention 2004"><U><I>Read the Solterisch New York RNC convention report</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> Solterisch said she has learned that the ERC is a group of concerned citizens active in their community, state, and country.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="259" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 WIDTH="253"><div> <IMG SRC="1597f6e10.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="225" ALT="Linda's patriotic granddaughter, Olivia Sauer." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pictured is Linda's patriotic granddaughter, Olivia Sauer. Olivia is the five-year-old daughter of Nancy. She will start kindergarten at Defer in September.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Thinking back to the first time she visited the ERC she said, “I was warmly welcomed by leaders Tom McCleary and Marti Miller. They were instrumental in my becoming a very active member.”</div> <div> In addition to her involvement in civic affairs, she serves as administrative aide at the Secretary of State drivers' license and license plate office in St. Clair Shores.</div> <div> For recreation she enjoys walking, bike riding, aerobics, and traveling.</div> <div> Solterisch lives in Grosse Pointe Park with her husband, Ronald. They have three daughters, Nancy and Debbie both married, and Megan who is currently an MSU senior.</div> <div> Both family and security are very important to Solterisch. “We cannot take our way of life for granted. We must support the leaders that will protect our country and way of life for us, as well as for our children and our grandchildren,” she said. <I>>></I><A HREF="erc_officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><I>See the entire ERC board</I></U></A>.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#pac_top" TITLE="Linda Solterisch"><U>back to the top</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>