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November Meeting!

Saturday, November 15, 2025

10:00 am

We will be meeting at the Montgomery County Republican Party Headquarters:
Montgomery County Republican Party
1817A Madison Street, Suite 1
(There is additional parking in back.)

If you plan to attend please RSVP to Corinthia Elder by noon on Thursday prior to the meeting so we know how many chairs we need. You can reach her at 931-624-0898 or email at cpelder70@gmail.com (Text is best, just be sure to tell her who you are in case she doesn’t recognize the number). Meeting starts at 10:00 but many people come early to socialize.

Please bring a canned or packaged food product to donate to our neighbors in need this month!

SPEAKER INFORMATION

Dean Wegner

Founder and CEO of Authentically American

Dean is the Founder & CEO of Authentically American, a Veteran owned, American made premium apparel brand that was founded in 2017. They are a company that celebrates patriotism, believes in the American worker, and honors our American heroes by intentionally donating 10% of profits to Veteran and First Responder charities.

A West Point graduate, Dean served 7 years as a helicopter pilot and Army Ranger. The majority of his business career was spent in business development, marketing, and strategy with Mars and

Procter & Gamble.

Dean and Authentically American are riding a wave of national media exposure having been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, FOX News, MSNBC, Nasdaq, Newsmax TV, and SiriusXM Radio. In 2024, Authentically American was selected by the Small Business Administration (SBA) from 8000+ businesses in the state of Tennessee as the Veteran Owned Business of the Year.

Dean is happily married to his bride of 31 years and they have 4 children, with the youngest being adopted from Ethiopia. As a former Division I ice hockey player, Dean is highly competitive, possesses a tireless work ethic, and he still plays in a Men’s “Beer League” every week. Dean is active in his church and has served on the boards of many for-profit and non-profit companies and organizations.

July Meeting!

Our July Meeting

Saturday, July 19, 2025

We will be meeting at the Montgomery County Republican Party Headquarters:

Montgomery County Republican Party

1817A Madison Street, Suite 1

(There is additional parking in back.)

If you plan to attend please RSVP to Corinthia Elder by noon on Thursday prior to the meeting so we know how many chairs we need. You can reach her at 931-624-0898 or email at cpelder70@gmail.com (Text is best, just be sure to tell her who you are in case she doesn’t recognize the number).

Speaker – Chelsea Rose

Chelsea Rose is the proud wife of Congressman John Rose and mother of two young boys, Guy and Sam. Together, with her husband, she owns and operates the Rose Family Farm in Smith and DeKalb Counties comprised of more than 2,000 acres, primarily raising beef cattle. The farm was settled in 1790 and is recognized by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as a Pioneer Farm, predating the founding of the State of Tennessee. The Rose’s sons represent the ninth consecutive generation in the family to live and farm there.

Chelsea was raised in Rutherford County in the Eagleville community. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Communications from Tennessee Tech University and earned a master’s degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She was State President of the Tennessee Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association and was National Vice President for the National FFA Organization, the only female to ever be elected from Tennessee.

Chelsea formerly worked in Government Affairs for the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, which represents the electric co-ops that power homes and businesses in rural and suburban Tennessee. She went on to spend 10 years as Executive Director for the non-profit Tennessee FFA Foundation. As the leader of the FFA Foundation, she led fundraising to all-time highs, enabling FFA members across Tennessee to receive more scholarships and experience more special events and recognition than ever before.

Now, she and her family are busily working to elect her husband John as the next Governor of Tennessee. Chelsea is a founding member and former officer of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women chapter known as the Republican Women of the Upper Cumberland.

January Meeting Notice

Saturday, January 18, 2025

We will be meeting at the Montgomery County Republican Party Headquarters:

Montgomery County Republican Party

1817A Madison Street, Suite 1

(There is additional parking in back.)

If you plan to attend please RSVP to Corinthia Elder by noon on Thursday prior to the meeting so we know how many chairs we need. You can reach her at 931-624-0898 or email at cpelder70@gmail.com (Text is best, just be sure to tell her who you are in case she doesn’t recognize the number)

SPEAKER INFORMATION

Terry Minton

Monument Cleaning & Preservation

We are honored to introduce this month’s speaker, Terry Minton, the owner of Minton Monument Cleaning & Preservation. Terry’s journey is a testament to a lifelong commitment to service, community, and history.

Before founding his current business, Terry served with distinction for 34 years in the Clarksville Police Department, retiring as a Sergeant. During his career, he took on numerous vital roles, including Field Training Officer, Hostage/Crisis Negotiator, Shift Supervisor, and Crime Scene Unit Commander. His dedication to protecting and serving the community has made a lasting impact.

In retirement, Terry channeled his passion for helping others into a new venture: preserving and restoring historic gravestones. Many of these markers, some 75 to 100+ years old, require specialized care and materials to repair and protect them. Terry’s work includes leveling leaning stones, resetting keystone monuments with historic lime mortar, and repairing broken tablets with precision using two-part epoxy. He also restores gravestones that have separated from their bases, ensuring they are securely reset with modern setting compounds.

Terry primarily works in the Clarksville-Montgomery County area of Tennessee but is willing to travel up to two hours for cleaning projects and 1.5 hours for repairs, depending on the complexity of the work. His dedication ensures that families, churches, and communities can restore the beauty and dignity of these cherished memorials, preserving history for generations to come.

In addition to his business, Terry is a proud member of the Association of Gravestone Studies and serves as a consultant to the Tennessee State Historical Commission and Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation.