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I was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1932.  Our mother left my sister and me when we were very young, and our dad traveled with his work, so we moved to Roebling, New Jersey in 1934 to live with our Aunt Dell.  Our dad remarried when I was thirteen, so we moved to live with him and his new wife on a small farm. At eighteen, I enrolled at the University of Kentucky and met Jim, the guy I would marry.  We had...

Texas Federation of Republican Women 13740 N Highway 183 J4, Austin, TX 78750 512.477.1615     January 30, 2018   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 CONTACT:   [email protected]                                                                                                                www.tfrw.org                     TFRW Stands with President Trump  in his Call to Build  A Safe, Strong and United America Where Americans Work Together!   (AUSTIN, TX)  –   Karen Newton, president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), issued the following statement supporting  President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address:   President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address was inspiring, uniting and ...

Renee Yanta is a judge for the 150th District Court in Bexar County, Texas. She was elected in November 2014, effective January 1, 2015, for a term that expires on December 31, 2018.[1][2] Yanta received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas. She earned her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1993.[5] Yanta previously served as a judge for the 73rd District Court from 2009 to 2012, having been appointed by Governor Rick Perry. She was a public school teacher for nine years before she went...

A glass bead necklace caught my eye while I was walking around an open-air market with my daughter Kendall. Before inquiring about the necklace Kendall noticed an etched brass cuff with an inspirational message in an unusual font.  Wondering if the artist accepted commissioned work I asked the young women, dressed in 1940’s era clothing, if she would be interested in creating cuffs with my organization’s initials. I handed her my T.F.R.W. business card so she could write down the...

December has arrived at my house, full of tinsel and eggnog and lots of good cheer.  I hope this holiday season finds you and yours well, with images of sugar plums dancing in your heads. My head, on the other hand, is spinning with all the news hitting the air and microwaves lately. In my life, there are often times that I get down on my knees and give thanks that I was NOT born male and I have never appreciated it...

Debra H. Lehrmann was appointed to the Court by Governor Rick Perry on June 21, 2010. Before her appointment, she served as the District Judge of the 360th District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, and served as a family law judge in Tarrant County for 22 years. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Justice Lehrmann graduated from the University of Texas in 1979 and the University of Texas School of Law in 1982. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she...