Upcoming caucus meetings in county

To the editor:
    We’re at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. It’s been said if we lose this war and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.     These words are as true today as they were when Ronald Reagan spoke them at the height of the Cold War. We rose to the challenge and defeated that great enemy. Today, we are faced with another great evil that again threatens to destroy the foundations of our freedom and our very lives. For those who believe in a strong national defense and/or for those would like to participate in the national debate on this topic at this critical moment, there is an opportunity for your voice to be heard.
    Maine is a Presidential caucus state; there will be no opportunity to vote for Presidential candidates in the June 2008 Primary Election. Registered voters who are enrolled in a political party may attend one of the two Political Party caucuses.
    Following is the 2008 Aroostook County Republican Party Presidential Primary Caucus Schedule:
• Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Fox Auditorium for the towns of Fort Kent, Madawaska, Van Buren, Eagle Lake, Portage Lake, Frenchville, Saint Agatha, Allagash, Stockholm, St. Francis, Wallagrass, Madawaska Lake TWP, Sinclair TWP, Cross Lake TWP, New Canada, Grand Isle, Hamlin, and Winterville, St. John and Cyr plantations.
• Saturday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Houlton Fire Station for the communities of Houlton, Hodgdon, Sherman, Island Falls, Littleton, Monticello, New Limerick, Linneus, Oakfield, Ludlow, Crystal, Dyer Brook, Weston, Smyrna, Cary PLT, Reed PLT, Merrill, Orient, Amity, Haynesville, Hammond, Hersey, Moro PLT, Macwahoc PLT, Bancroft, and Glenwood PLT.
• Saturday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. at the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Campus Center for the towns of Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Mars Hill, Washburn, Mapleton, Limestone, Woodland, Easton, Blaine, Ashland, Bridgewater, New Sweden, Westfield, Perham, Castle Hill, Chapman, Wade, Masardis, Connor TWP, Caswell, Garfield PLT, Westmanland, Oxbow PLT, E PLT, T11 R4 TWP, Nashville PLT, and TD R2 TWP.
    Registered voters who are enrolled in the Republican Party are eligible to attend Community Caucuses at the above locations. If you have not yet registered to vote or enrolled in the Republican Party, we encourage you to do so at your local Municipal Office before the above Caucus date.
Hayes Gahagan,
Republican State Committeeman
Presque Isle