Upcoming Pro-Life Educational Event – Saturday, November 3rd

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Speaking of Pro-Life Educational Events, this is a must attend with excellent national speakers!

Bioethics Conference – Saturday, November 3, 2007 – Sponsored by The Center for Arizona Policy

The Center for Arizona Policy is sponsoring a bioethics conference on Saturday November 3. Respected bioethics experts from around the country will be speaking at “The Biotech Century: Facing Our Future,” a conference for individuals who want to become better informed on a range of bioethics issues within a biblical context. Topics to be covered will be end-of-life issues like palliative care, living wills, withholding of food and fluids, as well as the latest on embryonic stem cell research, assisted reproductive technology, embryo adoption, and cloning.

The nationally recognized experts addressing these issues will be:

  • Wesley J. Smith, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Special Consultant, The Center for Bioethics and Culture
  • Carrie Gordon Earll, Senior Policy Analyst-Bioethics, Focus on the Family
  • Jennifer Lahl, National Director, The Center for Bioethics and Culture
  • Nikolas Nikas J.D., President, Bioethics Defense Fund
  • Dr. Fred Chay, Dean of Academics, Phoenix Seminary and,
  • Dr. Jacque Chadwick, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs for the Phoenix Campus, University of Arizona

The conference is also cosponsored by Focus on the Family, Phoenix Seminary, the CBC Network, the Christian Dental and Medical Associations, and the Bioethics Defense Fund.

The Conference will be held Saturday November 3 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at Bethany Bible Church, 6060 N. 7th Avenue in Phoenix. Those interested in attending should visit the conference web site at http://www.bioethicsconference.com/.

National Right to Life on the Presidential Candidates

See where the Presidential candidates stand on life issues including, Stem Cell Research, Roe v. Wade and Partial Birth Abortion.

Download the National Right to Life Candidate Factsheet.

Maricopa County Treasurer Candidates

Yellow Sheets is reporting they have a list of Maricopa County Treasurer Wannabe’s and the line up is quite impressive. Here are the candidates according to their October 26th posting:

  • Sean Bodkin - Manager, Visions West, LLC, a Scottsdale-based real estate development company
  • Marc Boucher – Recently moved to Phoenix from Maine
  • Larry Chesley - Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel; Former Arizona State Senator and Vietnam POW
  • Rosemarie d’Arcy – Business manager/instructor for an after-school art program in Cave Creek
  • Brett Nichols – Credit manager for an auto parts distributor/retailer
  • Royce Flora - Chairman, LD 8 Republicans; Self-employed governmental relations consultant; former state
    employee (DOA and ADEQ) specializing in cash management, budgeting and financial analysis; Candidate for House, LD8 in 2004
  • Charles “Hos” Hoskins - Member, Arizona State Board of Equalization; former Director of AZDOR and head of the Property
    Valuation Division; former Executive Secretary/Clerk of the State Board of Tax Appeals; Candidate in GOP primary for Maricopa County Assessor in 1996
  • Stan Hughes – Former Treasurer of Gallatin County, MT; former manager for real estate tax service
  • Gary Ong - President/CEO of Great Wall Enterprises, an Asian food restaurant in Phoenix; Placed second to David Schweikert in 2004 GOP primary.
  • Jody Quinn – Budget and financial controls specialist for Boeing
  • Tara Roesler - CPA; President of Roesler Enterprises; former manager for finance and planning at DOA; 2004 GOP House candidate in LD15 in 2004
  • Augustus Shaw, IV - Founding Partner of Shaw & Lines, LLC; The “HOA Guy”
  • Barry Siegel – CPA, financial consultant and tax preparer; former auditor for the Indiana Department of Revenue and US Navy
  • Leo Michael Terrill - Director of Academic Support at Embry Riddle in Los Angeles; formerly VP of Operations of an engineering consulting firm; Retired USAF Colonel

In addition, Sonoran Alliance has also learned that Charlie Gail Hendrix of the Maricopa County Health Care District, has thrown her hat into the ring.

The Board of Supervisors have also extended the deadline for receiving application to Friday, November 2, 2007 at 5 PM.