ALL LODGE NOTIFICATIONS IN THIS PUBLICATION ARE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND NO OTHER NEED BE GIVEN November, 2014 VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 8, CALVIN COX, EXALTED RULER NAPA CALIFORNIA MESSAGE FROM YOUR EXALTED RULER This month's E.R. Message will be the report of our official DDGER visitation. It took a lot of work and dedication by our officers, committees and membership to get an inspection of our Lodge we can all be proud of. Dear Exalted Ruler Calvin: This letter is the final report of my official visitation to your Lodge. I wish to thank you, your officers and the members of your Lodge for the warm hospitality shown to me, Joe, Gabriella, my Esquire PER Randall Logan of Petaluma, his wife Jackie, my Auditor Sandy Gowan PER of Vacaville Lodge and her Husband Dan Gowan. We are all aware that you and your members worked hard to make the visitation a very pleasant experience. Thank you for all of your efforts and your thoughtful and generous gifts to my family and ENF. ATTENDANCE: The attendance by your Lodge Officers and Committee chairs at the visitation was good. I appreciate that our early meeting times make it difficult for those who work to attend. REPORTS: I received 15 written committee reports and numerous oral reports some of which provided additional detail and others in lieu of a written report. All written reports were informative and thoughtfully prepared. The verbal reports provided interesting background into the work of your committees. The information shared at our meetings provided insight into your Lodge's level of activity, participation in the community and commitment to promoting the programs of our Order. OFFICERS: Your Lodge has PERs, officers & committee chairpersons who are enthusiastic and dedicated to promoting the programs of our Order. I encourage you and your members to expand the base of leadership in your Lodge by developing a mentoring and succession planning program. PROGRAMS AND COMMITTEES: I am happy to report that your Lodge is active in the Grand Lodge and California-Hawaii Elks Association Programs. With your continued efforts in these programs the Lodge will continue to be a true asset to the community. Your commitment to ENF, CHEMPI, Americanism, Scholarship and Veterans programs are notable. Your Lodge is the only Lodge in our district implementing an Antlers Program. Your involvement in these programs demonstrates that your Lodge embraces the very essence of Elkdom and your efforts make a tremendous positive impact in your community. Indeed, you are Elks Elevating America. I was particularly pleased to see that Napa Lodge has real committees - not just an individual who single-handedly is a committee. I applaud your efforts to invite incoming members to your activity committee meeting. I also encourage you to create additional committees that reflect the interest of your members and projects they want to complete in the community, which are consistent with the mission of our Order. PHYSICAL INSPECTION: My Esquire noted your facility is generally in good condition. A few minor recommendations, listed below, would enhance your safety efforts. OBSERVANCE: There was no Ritual of Initiation performed, as it is no longer required by Grand Lodge Statutes. Your Lodge meeting was well run and enjoyable to attend. FINANCIAL OBSERVATIONS: Your recent annual report indicates your Lodge takes steps to monitor its finances. You are encouraged to continue closely monitoring these items in order to prevent any year-end shortfalls. I understand you are just starting your busy season and expect revenue to increase in the coming months. PROTOCOL: You did a very good job in meeting the standards of protocol. Based on my visitation I expect you will be in the running for the district protocol trophy. I once again compliment you, your Officers, committee chairpersons, and your members for their hospitality during my visitation. I am available to assist your Lodge in any way that I may be able to. I wish you continued success and look forward to watching and assisting as your Lodge continues to grow and evolve. This letter is to be read on the floor of the Lodge at the first meeting after its receipt. Fraternally Yours, Robyn Anuhea Sembenini District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler For the Month of October, I chose Tom Mc Farland as Elk of the Month. Besides bartending, Friday Night BBQ's, Taco Tuesday, and assisting in most all Lodge activities, he is our Lodge Tiler. Thank you Tom for all you do!! Fraternally, Calvin Cox Exalted Ruler NAPA ELKS LODGE #832 Grapevine Express Commitment ~ Communication ~ Collegiality
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ALL LODGE NOTIFICATIONS IN THIS PUBLICATION ARE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND NO OTHER NEED BE GIVEN
This month's E.R. Message will be the report of our official DDGER visitation. It took a lot of work and dedication by our officers, committees and membership to get an inspection of our Lodge we can all be proud of. Dear Exalted Ruler Calvin: This letter is the final report of my official visitation to your Lodge. I wish to thank you, your officers and the members of your Lodge for the warm hospitality shown to me, Joe, Gabriella, my Esquire PER Randall Logan of Petaluma, his wife Jackie, my Auditor Sandy Gowan PER of Vacaville Lodge and her Husband Dan Gowan. We are all aware that you and your members worked hard to make the visitation a very pleasant experience. Thank you for all of your efforts and your thoughtful and generous gifts to my family and ENF. ATTENDANCE: The attendance by your Lodge Officers and Committee chairs at the visitation was good. I appreciate that our early meeting times make it difficult for those who work to attend. REPORTS: I received 15 written committee reports and numerous oral reports some of which provided additional detail and others in lieu of a written report. All written reports were informative and thoughtfully prepared. The verbal reports provided interesting background into the work of your committees. The information shared at our meetings provided insight into your Lodge's level of activity, participation in the community and commitment to promoting the programs of our Order. OFFICERS: Your Lodge has PERs, officers & committee chairpersons who are enthusiastic and dedicated to promoting the programs of our Order. I encourage you and your members to expand the base of leadership in your Lodge by developing a mentoring and succession planning program. PROGRAMS AND COMMITTEES: I am happy to report that your Lodge is active in the Grand Lodge and California-Hawaii Elks Association Programs. With your continued efforts in these programs the Lodge will continue to be a true asset to the community. Your commitment to ENF, CHEMPI, Americanism, Scholarship and Veterans programs are notable. Your Lodge is the only Lodge in our district implementing an Antlers Program. Your involvement in these programs demonstrates that your Lodge embraces the very essence of Elkdom and your efforts make a tremendous positive impact in your community. Indeed, you are Elks Elevating America. I was particularly pleased to see that Napa Lodge has real committees - not just an individual who single-handedly is a committee. I applaud your efforts to invite incoming members to your activity committee
meeting. I also encourage you to create additional committees that reflect the interest of your members and projects they want to complete in the community, which are consistent with the mission of our Order. PHYSICAL INSPECTION: My Esquire noted your facility is generally in good condition. A few minor recommendations, listed below, would enhance your safety efforts. OBSERVANCE: There was no Ritual of Initiation performed, as it is no longer required by Grand Lodge Statutes. Your Lodge meeting was well run and enjoyable to attend. FINANCIAL OBSERVATIONS: Your recent annual report indicates your Lodge takes steps to monitor its finances. You are encouraged to continue closely monitoring these items in order to prevent any year-end shortfalls. I understand you are just starting your busy season and expect revenue to increase in the coming months. PROTOCOL: You did a very good job in meeting the standards of protocol. Based on my visitation I expect you will be in the running for the district protocol trophy. I once again compliment you, your Officers, committee chairpersons, and your members for their hospitality during my visitation. I am available to assist your Lodge in any way that I may be able to. I wish you continued success and look forward to watching and assisting as your Lodge continues to grow and evolve. This letter is to be read on the floor of the Lodge at the first meeting after its receipt. Fraternally Yours, Robyn Anuhea Sembenini District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
For the Month of October, I chose Tom Mc Farland as Elk of the Month. Besides bartending, Friday Night BBQ's, Taco Tuesday, and assisting in most all Lodge activities, he is our Lodge Tiler. Thank you Tom for all you do!! Fraternally, Calvin Cox Exalted Ruler
NAPA ELKS LODGE #832 Grapevine Express
Commitment ~ Communication ~ Collegiality
FROM YOUR LODGE SECRETARY Hello to All!
Well here we are heading right into the Holiday Season! At this writing we are getting ready for a big Halloween Party! Hope you all attended. We have many great events coming up this month and next so check your bulletin!
On October 15th we initiated sixteen new members. They are Michael A. Phillips, Eric A. Skaife, Constance Lee Buckles, Edna M. Williams, Jerovi Sanson, Doug Bigone, Gilda Kihneman, Frank Sanchez, Tish Zuniga, Robert & Maureen Ray, David & Beth Bowman, Cheryl Berry, Cliff Olmstead, Darlene Gay Owsley. Some of these new members are already involved in some of our functions in the Lodge. Please welcome them all!
As always, please come see me if you have any concerns.
Fraternally,
Judy Fisher Napa Lodge Secretary
PROPOSED FOR MEMBERSHIP: Peter M. Rios - Transferring from Santa Maria #1538 - Bobbe Lee Ferraiolo - Sponsor: Judy Fisher - Leanne R. White - Sponsor: Lindsay Wanagel - Jennifer Rose Phillips - Sponsor: Judy Fisher - Ronald Richardson - Transferring from Vallejo #559 - David Bennett - Sponsor: Calvin Cox - Roy Lee White - Sponsor: David Lamp - Rick Robben - Sponsor: David Bridges /
Creative Construction Company
“Committed to Excellence”
Senior & Elk Discounts
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4042 E. Third Ave, Napa CA 94558
707-257-7982
Dry rot Repair * Painting Specialists
Kitchen and Bath Remodeling
Waterproofing * Decks & Fences
www.creativeconstructioncompany.com
Palm Trees, Turkey and Santa (Busy Fall and Winter) Activities Report November 2014
DDGER Visit: Was on October 1st. Very nice turnout from our lodge and district lodges. We welcomed our
DDGER Robyn Sembenini and family to a lovely dinner. We held meetings both before and after dinner to help
our lodge keep on track with Elkdom. Thank you to all the staff and committees for their service and table
decorations. Special Thanks to: SIRS-Roving Roosters for the Friday night BBQ on October 3rd. Great turn out
and to Jason for the delicious chickens. I think we had almost 80 folks at this BBQ, Yeah! Event and Crab Feed
Meeting: Was held on 10/6/14. As Activities Chairman I think it is important that we have Event meetings now and
then, primarily to get new thoughts and ideas in the mix and on the calendar. We had approximately 20+ people
attending, there were updates on current events and discussions for a few new ones. We also had members sign on
to chair events, which is always helpful. When visiting the Redding lodge last spring, I spoke to a couple of their
members and asked about their events, they gave me a copy of their newsletter. They have something like 1500
members so chairing events is a bit easier for them. They have many events during the year, and there is a
different chairman for each event, this would be my goal for our lodge. Elks Care and Elks Share, we are hopeful
that our members will continue share their gifts and talents for the betterment of #832. A few new events were also
discussed an Oyster Feed, Cioppino Feed, Western Weekend, Giant's Game, Murder Mystery dinner and more.
This was a very successful and productive meeting, the next meeting will be on 12/4/14, please join us. As most of
our members know we lost our dear friend and Crab Feed chairman Mike Stornetta this last year. I was happy to
co-chair with Mike the last two years, but I will not be chairing the Crab Feed this year. The new Crab Feed
chairman is Tish Zuniga. I will be helping with Mike's memorial which will be a part of the crab feed and the
50/50 raffle. Please contact Tish and let her know if you would like to volunteer. Oktoberfest : 10/8/14- Pretzels,
Beer, Sausages, Drunken Chicken were all a hit at Oktoberfest. A little under 70 people attended Oktoberfest, nice
turnout. Everyone enjoyed their dinner and the polka music of Dan Cooper. TEA: The 2014 Holiday TEA was once
again a success. We had 11 tables this year, each and every table was beautiful and decorated differently. This year
we had the Earthquake survivors table......extremely unique and a delight. The ladies all showed up in their PJ's
and Robes (just like they were dresses after the quake) the table was very creative with a chipped cup here and a
bent tea kettle there. Other tables took on a Holiday theme, Halloween, Fall, Christmas a few others were a little
more formal. Many thanks to our hostesses Marie Narlow, Lorraine Anderson, Lindsay Wanagal, Lillian
Hartenstein, Judy Fisher, Vivian McFarland, Sonja Stornetta, Barbara Closs, Dolores DeSylva, Barbara Allan and
two very special friends that drove all the way from the Danville area to host a table and invited their friends Jean
Mello and Ellen Gonzales. More thanks going to our sandwich makers Marie Narlow, Sonja Stornetta, Lorraine
Anderson, Tess Zarte and Vivian McFarland. The sandwiches this year were delicious, Barbara Closs treated us
all to a champagne cake double delicious. The Mad Hatter in all his finery was there giving the TEA ladies a fun
day and Kevin Frazier with his smooth saxophone made for a jazzy afternoon. Janis Mousa did a wonderful job of
selling the 50/50 tickets and we raised $420.00! Thank you all for coming, as most of you know proceeds from the
TEA will be applied to our Children's Christmas party. Flu Clinic: OMG!!! What a crowd we had, I think the
count given was 430+ all came to the Elks for their flu shots. Once again the Napa Health Department was very
organized and ready to administer the shots. Thanks also to the Elk volunteers that assisted with the flu clinic.
Shelia Cox was chairman for this event, thank you Shelia. Burgers and Bocce and Halloween: Updates on these
events in December Newsletter. Food Drive: Will begin on Nov. 1st/Barrels in the lobby.
SAVE THE DATES - Please see flyers!
Classic Movie Night: Wed. Nov. 12th
- South Pacific/Dinner & Music
Veterans Dinner: Sat. Nov. 15th
(Free dinner to Napa Lodge Veterans)
Children's Christmas Party: Dec. 10th
- Volunteers welcomed!
Members Christmas Party: Dec. 16th/Club Room
New Year's Eve: Dec.31st - Dinner, dancing, favors, champage toast!
Photographed by John Olney: Left to Right – Tony Zarate (Boy Scout Elks Liason) Anthony Berghout, Calvin Cox E.R., Cameron Vaziri & Forrest Blue. Partnering together to collect food for the Napa Earthquake relief.
BSA Troop 832 WREATH SALE FUNDRASER 22” Mixed Green Wreath - $25.00 & 12”
Centerpiece - $20.00 Orders taken until October 31st – Delivery after
Thanksgiving
Tony Zarate 257-7155
PURPLE PIG REPORT FOR AUGUST Jan Schreiber ~ Big Pig ~ "Hershey" Pig ~ Bar Pigs ~ Yard Sale ~ Total of $1,141.71
One of our beloved members, Walter Cooper passed away on October 19th. Also, Thom
Witters P.E.R. passed away on October 24th.
Tom McFarland receives Elk of the Month award surrounded by
Napa Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Calvin Cox and his Esquire PER
Gene Aber (left side) and DDGER Robyn Sembenini and her
Esquire Randall PER Logan of the Petaluma Lodge.
BOY SCOUTS
CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT 2014 The movie This year is……
SOUTH
PACIFIC We will be showing the movie on mute & enjoying the
music of Roger and Hammerstein - played by J. Silverheels Menu: Coconut Prawns or Pineapple Chicken $20.00
Event Cocktail: Bloody Mary for Purchase
Wednesday Night Dinner/November 12th/6:00
Dress: Sailor Hats, Sailor Dungarees, Hula Skirts, Coconut Bras, Muumuus, Straw Hats, Leis, and Hawaiian Shirts or COME AS YOU ARE!
Children's Christmas Party Wednesday, Dec. 10th
Children's festivities at 5:00 Dinner at 6:00 SANTA after dinner
We will be asking members to draw names for the Children's Christmas Party, the names will be from the children of Parentscan
and our lodge children under 10 years old. Please select a name from Sandy and return the wrapped gift by December 1st.
Join us for: *Kid Friendly Dinner and Candy Cane punch
* Face Painter/Balloons
* Therapy dogs
*Santa and Gift giving
*Cost for adults $15.00
MEMBERS: Please get your child's name to me ASAP we want them on the gift list. Thanks!
Merry Christmas!
Thank You To All The Officers Who Donate Their Time for the Good of the Lodge
VETERANS HOME WISH LIST All types of snacks: Candy (without nuts) ~Chips, Peanuts in the shell ~ Jerky~ Microwave popcorn ~ Cup of Soup ~ Tea Bags ~ Instant & Regular Coffee. Toothbrushes ~ Toothpaste ~ Hair Shampoo ~ Combs & Hairbrushes (men & women) ~Deodorant~ Hand Soap, Lotion ~ Body wash~ Soap~ Nail Polish~ Polish Remover ~Emery Boards- Hair Bands ~Stationery ~ Envelopes ~ Stamps ~ Large Print Books ~ DVD Movies (Non-Violent) ~ CD Music (classical, jazz, western, bands of the 30’s & 40s’s) ~ Audio Books ~ Table Games ~ Puzzle Books ~ Bird Seed, the patients love to watch the birds!
MUST BE NEW: Men’s & Ladies: Watches ~ Jewelry ~ Caps, Hats, Scarves Gloves and Umbrellas
MUST BE NEW and in original box Following appliances are now being accepted: Microwaves ~ Coffeemakers ~ 50” Flat Screen TV ~ Blenders ~ Slow Cookers ~ DVD Players ~ Toaster Ovens ~ Electric Shavers
Not Being Accepted: Clothing of any kind ~ Candles ~ Food in cans or jars ~ Alcohol ~ Jigsaw puzzles ~ Playing cards ~ Books ~ Magazines ~ Medical Supplies ~ Liquid or bubble bath soap (no bathtubs)
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY BABIES 1st Robert Handel 2nd Cheryl Berry ~ Daniel Blach ~ Len Fisher 3rd Eugene Combs 4th George Knopp 5th George Cliff ~ Rodney Day 6th Ray Thornell 8th David DeBalli ~ Dennis Pangburn 9th Sue Stone 10th Jerry Payton 11th Hilario Larry Hernandez ~ Thomas Murphy ~ Janet Swan 12th Richard Garton ~ Patricia Sheridan 13th William Bresciani ~ Dwight Jensen ~ Jerry Nissen ~ Gib Toby 14th Kevin Gallagher ~ Larry Hodges 15th Robert Green 16th Foster Pritchett ~ Ron Werle 18th Rick Whatley 19th George Altamura ~ David Wall 21st Dean Stahr 23rd William Hernandez 24th Jerry Heuschober ~ Howard Simon 25th James Day ~ Raymond Kranich ~ Neta Thornell 26th Richard Murray 27th Thomas Struthers 29th Gene Aber ~ Edward Biggs ~ Lois Fredin 30th Michael Biggs ~ Robert Jenkins ~ Richard Lonergan
November Birthday Coupon Redeem for your free birthday drink!
Return forms by November 10, 2014 to front office.
An evening of honoring our Napa Lodge Members who have served and defended our country. ♥ Turn your forms in by 11/10/14 please.
Elks care, Elks share!
11th
Annual Napa Elks Veterans Night November 15, 2014
Honoring all Napa Elks men and women who have served in
the Air Force – Army - Coast Guard – Marines -Marine Merchant - Navy, defending our country and making all those sacrifices for us through the skirmishes and wars involving
the United States of America
Cocktails 6:00 p.m. - Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Beef & Chicken Buffet Dinner
Napa Elks Lodge Veterans (Free) Guests ($20.00)
Please get your form and reservation with Military status or
check to the lodge office by: November 10, 2014
THE OFFICE, BAR
& RESTAURANT
WILL BE CLOSED
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 25TH
AND 26TH
FOR THE
THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY
New Year’s Eve Rat Pack Style
Relive the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and
Sammy Davis Jr.
December 31, 2014 $55.00 Per Person
Appetizers, Cocktails & Martini Bar 5:00 p.m.
3 Course Dinner 6:00 p.m. Beef Wellington or Salmon Wellington
