First Annual Family Fun Picnic 
Andrew and Susan Richner enjoy the ERC picnic with their son Clark. In foreground are Peggy Hennigan and daughter Bridget









First Family Fun Picnic
A Huge Success
Members and friends of the ERC turned out by the dozens for fun and food at the club's first Summer Fun picnic!

Bill Lucas, center, has serious conversation with Walter Koppy and Stephanie Lucas
Braden, Claudia, Bridget, Emily, and Emily enjoy the outing and look forward to next year's event!








Peggy Hennigan, coordinator of the event, ensured there were activities for the kids and plenty of free hot-dogs, soft drinks, and all the fix'ns.

Ed Joseph, Therese Joseph, Bill Lucas, Stephanie Lucas and John Stempfle are ready for 2004 electoral races
Joe, Sally, Rose, Patti, Peggy and Bridget consider seed spit'n contest









The picnic took place on Saturday, June 21, 2003, at Patterson Park on Lake St. Clair at the foot of Three Mile Drive in Grosse Pointe Park.


Peggy Hennigan, Ed Joseph, Richard Durant, and Therese Joseph smile B I G for the camera :}
Future ERC member Dong Tao Mahl with his dad, Edward Mahl
Braden, Bridget, Claudia and Clark give their rapt attention to the illusionist











Peggy Hennigan even arranged for a magician to entertain the young and the young-at-heart!


Myron Ranney, Nancy Wessel and Robert Mason look cool
Lynda Webster, Joan McShane, Marti Miller and Georgiana Richner, pledge to man the 2004 GOP Get-Out-The-Vote phone bank










Desserts for the picnic were provided by the
Republican Women's Club of Grosse Pointe.


Stephanie Lucas, Cynthia Cassell, Mary Kedzior, and Don Kedzior, talk about manning the polls on election day 2004
Jim Miller with Hurst Wulf enjoy food, friends and fun in the sun
Ed Gaffney solicits views from voters Tom McCleary, Jared Maynard, Patty Lapansie and Marti Miller
GOP faithful lay groundwork for their 2004 election victory strategy












The ERC's Mike Hennigan served as photographer.


Clark, Emily, Bridget and Emily with an unidentified guest
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