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ELKS LODGE #829ELKS LODGE #829ELKS LODGE #829ELKS LODGE #829

LODGE BULLETIN

October, 2016

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Exalted Ruler’s Message

Fall is finally here and while some of our northern friends are get-ting snow already it is still hot down here. Our migratory Elks will soon be arriving at their winter homes, so let’s all welcome them back in true 829 style.

We are continuing to serve food and Chef’s specials nightly. Our house manager, Lorin Austin continues to improve the quality of food and service at our Lodge. Many members have compliment-ed the consistently good food and the word is getting out. It is nice to know that Elks can come to our Lodge for great food. We are also working on healthy options like grilled chicken or broiled fish. So come on down and join me for dinner and tell me what you would like to see in our Lodge.

Friday night dinners are doing great too - we have had large turn-outs for dinner and some great entertainment. Regarding Friday dinner reservation, please make your reservations prior to Friday. We don’t want to have to turn anyone away. The Chef must order the food in order to have enough for everyone! Thanks to the all the gentlemen in collared shirts, long slacks and ladies in your nice attire. I just might ask anyone wearing a ball cap in the din-ing room on Friday nights for a donation to charity.

We just completed our annual audit and the District Deputy Paul Orvosh made his official visit. Our Lodge is on the right track and looking good. We still have some work to do but the major parts of the audit were thumbs up! . Our next visit is to the Gainesville Lodge on October 22; if anyone needs a ride let me know. The theme is an English Beer Pub.

My Elk of the month for October is Fred Dupont. Fred is a good Elk who has been around awhile and not many realize the things he does. Recently, he took charge of the Veterans stand down and coordinated the event with the volunteers, donations, and the many veteran’s organizations. He also is the coordinator for the Veterans luncheons we serve here at the Lodge every month. Excellent job Fred!

John Gebert, Exalted Ruler

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John Klepadlo

John Koloss

Michael Kuc

Wayne Laibe

Alfred Lang Jr

Joseph Latona

Gilbert Leffler

Harry Lewis

James Long

Lisa Mondello

Kenneth Moore

Cynthia Munson

Samuel Nesbitt

Allen Nichols

Wanda Nord

Paul Novack

Mike Pastis

Wayne Patton

Thomas Pederzoli

Rita Pellicer

Joseph Pezak

Linda Philabaum

Mike Philips

Donald Pires

Nancy Pitman

Suzanne Podlesny

Ted Polgar

John Rogers

Almeda Ruda

Stephen Sellmer

James Sherry

William Smith

Ronald Stanch

Ann Stevenson

Bryan Sumrall

James Tannous

Wade Taylor

Joshua Thomas

John Thompson

John Tierney

Yvonne Tracy

Clark Trigg

Paul Vietzke

Charles Vincent

Paul Wadsworth

Claudia Wagner

Edward Watson

James Watson

John Watson

Barbara Webber-Morissette

Bruce Westra

John Wilcox

Lewis Williamson

Jack Wilson

Brian Wing

Charles Zitsman

Dorothy Quelch

Darryl Quilty

William Rhodes

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Delinquent Members

As of September 27, 2016

Michael Aaron

Terry Abern

Timothy Acton

Patsy Alter

Coy Alvarez

Jessica Antwine

John Atkinson

William Baglivio

Carol Barius

Barbara Bergen

Joseph Bewley

Heather Bissett

Daniel Blackman

Tracy Bogan

Michael Bogdaniec

Tamala Bollinger

Eugene Boone

Geraldine Bowdren

Donovan Branham

Renita Brown

Tim Burchfield

Joseph Caliandro

Susanne Caperton

William Capps

Sherri Carnes

Kenneth Carpenter

George Casto Jr

Christine Charanis

James Charbonneau

Michael Christensen

Allen Cole

Edward Conlon

William Connelly Jr.

William Cooley

Michael Cornish

Alberto Crespo

Kenneth Cutlip

Glen Davis

Kathy Della Rocco

James Desmond

Benjamin Dickerson

David Dobbs

Justin Dolan

James Donnelly

Antonella Douglas

Dean Eiden

Wilbur Ekback

Carolyn Embury

Paula Fallon

Larry Faris

Sam Flake Sr

William Forster

John Franco

John Fraser

Greg Gallagher

Chris Garvey

Linda Gee

Diana Goebel

Dawn Gould

David Grace

Patricia Haluch

Julianne Harvey

Joseph Hayes

Ann Heitman

Susan Hermann

Patricia Hill

John Holleran

Woodard Hucks

R Jody Hudnall

David Hudson

Fred Huerkamp

Brad Huffstetler

Patti Hunt

David Israel

Richard Jacobs

Louis Jeannette

Clara Jones

John Kelley

Robert Kennedy

John King

Sandra King-Vazquez

Raymond Kledzir

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Friday Nights On Fridays, enjoy luscious Lodge dinners and stay to party with great musical entertainment. And now, we have table service!!!

******************************* Tiki Bar

As of October 8, 2016, the Tiki Bar will reopen on Saturdays.

We plan to have a variety of entertainment on Saturdays and Joe

Smith Sr. will continue his great karaoke on Sundays.

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Sunday Breakfast

Great news: Sunday morning breakfast returns on October 2nd. Join us for a tasty breakfast at $8.00 a plate.

The Bar Menu is offered during the week when special meals are not scheduled. The usual menu is as follows:

Availability of daily food service is dependent on sales. Please support our various meal programs so we can con-tinue serving these great meals.

2016/2017 Dues

A list of members who have not paid their 2016/17 dues is on Pages 18-19. In many cases, we don’t have a valid address or

phone number to contact them. If you know members on the list,

please encourage them to pay their dues or to contact the Secre-

tary if there are issues or they have changed their address.

Hamburgers $6.00 Grilled Chicken Sand w/cheese $5.50

Cheeseburgers $6.50 Fried Chicken Tenders $5.00

Bacon Cheeseburgers $7.00

Basket French Fries $2.50

Grilled Chicken Sand-wich $5.00

Potato Skins $3.00

Fried Cheese Sticks $3.50

Chef's choice, “Special of the Day” $8.00 to $10.00

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Eland News

Hand & Hand, Building a Future for Children

Fall is in the air, football is in full swing, the children are back in school and now I am waiting, a little impatiently, for some cooler weather. I’m sure it will be here soon.

Wayne and I just came home from attending the Florida Ladies of Elks 2016 Annual Conference held at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida. It was a wonderful conference, wish all of you could have been there. I come back with some very exciting news – Eland received a beautiful plaque for “FIRST PLACE” for contrib-uting the “Most Money to the Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services for the Fiscal Year 2015 – 2016 $3,900.00 and we received another beautiful plaque for “FIRST PLACE” for contributing the “Most Money Per Member to the Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services for the same year. And, we also received a Certificate of Appreciation from The Florida Elks Youth Camp for our contribution in the amount of $1,800.00 for the Fiscal Year 2015 – 2016. Congratulations ladies on a job well done. I would also like to mention that the Orange Park Ladies of Elks #2605 also received a Certificate of Appreciation for their contribution of $600.00 to the Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services. Our District may be small but “We Are Mighty”.

We have now entered our very slow period for Eland. With that said, it was a unanimous vote at our September meeting that we take a little break during October and November. Our next meeting will be our Christmas get together at Zaharias, on the Island. Plan to attend this very festive gathering and please bring a gift (between $10 and $15) to ex-change . Also please bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots and we will drop them off at the Lodge for pickup. And even though we are not having a formal meeting in October or November I will be sending regular e-mails keeping everyone up to date on all the exciting news of Eland. So if your e-mail address changes, please notify Sharyn Grace at sharynmgrace@yahoo.com or to me at reddhott411@yahoo.com and we will make a correction. We want to keep you informed.

Our next Big Fundraiser, the annual “Garage/White Elephant Sale” will be Saturday Jan-uary 21st with the setup on Friday January 20th. Please start saving all your items for this big event. We have already started to receive items and this is promising to be one of our biggest events ever and everyone’s help in need to continue to build on our success.

Orientation for new Elks Members will be Tuesday, October 25th at 6:30 PM. Come join Sharyn Grace, our Vice President and Membership Chair Lady, as we share Eland with the new incoming members and their spouses.

Eland’s next meeting will be held in the New Year, on Wednesday, January 4th at 7:30 PM in the back Hall and I encourage each of you to stay after to enjoy each other’s friendship and share ideas. And in January we will continue our Eland Luncheon Socials for Eland members, friends and guests or anyone who would like additional information on becoming an Eland member. The locations will be announced.

For additional information about Eland, please contact our Vice President / Membership Chair Lady, Sharyn Grace, you can reach her at (516) 312-6317 or by e-mail sharyn-mgrace@yahoo.com or you may contact me.

Eland Proud!

Judy Reyes, President (904) 825-8569

(904) 825-8569; E-mail reddhott411@yahoo.com

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ENF Corner

LEGACY AWARDS - HONORING TRADITION

In 2016-2017, The Elks National Foundation allocated $1

million to fund 250 scholarships for the children and

grandchildren of Elks. Any Elk with children or grand-

children who are high school seniors, are encouraged to

visit enf.elks.org/leg for more information.

ELIGIBILITY

Any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal

ward) of a living Elk who joined the Order on or before April 1,

2014, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after

April 1, 2014, is eligible to apply. The sponsoring Elk must be a

dues-paying member through March 31, 2017. The applicant must

be a high school senior or equivalent. If the applicant’s parent and

grandparent are both Elk members, the applicant must apply through

the parent’s Elks Lodge.

For more details, visit enf.elks.org/leg. Applications must be submit-

ted online by 12:pm (noon) Central Time on February 3, 2017.

Please share this information with anyone who is an Elk and has

children or grandchildren who are seniors in the current academic

year. This is the second of the (3) scholarship programs offered

through Elks National Foundation. In the last issue of ENF COR-

NER, the article was about ENF Most Valuable Student Scholars.

For more information on the ENF scholarship programs, do not hesi-tate to contact me at 904.829.6220 or at robert.kershner@gmail.com

Bob Kershner, PER

ENF Lodge Chair

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Be a Ready Rider and Help our Lodge Get It Done!

In the Old West, a posse was made up of Very Busy citizens who sometimes

were able to get away from the daily challenges of survival to assist in a neces-

sary community objective. The ELKS Ready Riders are busy living their lives

but are willing to be approached when certain activities are in need of assistance.

The Ready Riders are asked to check activities of interest such as decorating for

parities, assisting food services, etc.

Elks Ready Riders are never obligated to assist if contacted. By filling out the

form you are only stating an interest and May Be Contacted to find out more

about how you are looking to volunteer and be part of the Ready Riders!

Preference chart is listed below; add any special talents to the “other” box.

Check your areas of interest:

[ ] Ready Recruitment Team [ ] Painting and Decorating

[ ] Ready Rider Contact Team [ ] Minor Carpentry/Construction/Maintenance

[ ] Bingo Team [ ] Inventory Team

[ ] Event Parking Team [ ] Office Support

[ ] Food Preparation [ ] Family Activities Team

[ ] Event Decoration [ ] Photography Team

[ ] Event Set-up/Take-down [ ] Charity-Related Team

[ ] Civic/Community Outreach [ ] Public Relations

[ ] Other!

________________________________________________________________

NAME: ___________________________________________________

PHONE: _______________________Best time to contact you: _______

E-Mail: ____________________________________________________

Comments: __________________________________________________________

These forms will be available at the Bar or you can use this page and drop it in the Secretary’s Mailbox (at the

Bar) or mail it: PO Box 238, St Augustine, FL 32085.

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NOTICES

Lists of current membership candidates (new, transfers or rein-statements) are posted on the Lounge Bulletin Board.

Members wanting to comment on a prospective candidate should contact a Lodge Officer or send an email to: elks829secre-tary@gmail.com.

A list of bills-to-be-paid and detailed budget information is avail-able at the Wednesday meetings.

A delinquency list is posted in the Lounge; remind people you know on the list to pay their dues or contact the Secretary if there is an issue.

Please notify the Secretary (elks829secretary@gmail.com or (904)471-2829 when your address, phone or email changes.

Mondays 7:00-9:00 PM Join a Team-Fun—Excitement—Braggin’ Rights

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SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Initiation of new members has moved from the regular busi-

ness meetings to a special initiation meeting on the 4th

Wednesday of the month. This change should help to short-

en our regular meetings. Initiation will begin at 7:00pm with

the short form of opening and closing. No business other

than initiation of new members will be conducted at this

meeting. We anticipate the meeting being approximately 1

hour in length. The bar will be closed during the meeting

time. All members are encouraged to come welcome the new

members to our Lodge and witness their initiation.

Orientation meetings will be on the Tuesday preceding the

Initiation. The special initiation meetings will be announced

in the Lodge bulletin in advance. We hope that you will come

out to greet our new members at the special meeting just for

them.

Fraternally,

John Gebert, Exalted Ruler

OCTOBER 25th 7:00pm New Member Orientation

OCTOBER 26th 7:00pm New Member Initiation

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Make the Connection provides a resource locator that connects you to support available in your area from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, National Resource Directory, or SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services.

http://maketheconnection.net/resources

Military OneSource has consultants available to discuss benefits for eligi-ble wounded, ill, or injured service members, veterans and their families. Consultants are able to help with questions about health care, reporting problems with military facilities, support for-non medical issues such as transportation or legal needs, and obtaining additional support. Resources for caregiver support are also available on this website.

http://www.militaryonesource.mil/health-and-wellness/wounded-warrior?content_id=282920

Operation Homefront provides help to the families of service members and wounded warriors. This link takes you to an emergency financial as-sistance grant application for eligible veterans who are able to provide documentation for financial needs that are already due or delinquent. Please see the website for eligibility criteria. https://mafa.operationhomefront.net/MafaQualify.aspx

The Military Heroes Fund, administered by the PenFed Foundation, of-fers emergency financial assistance for OIF/OEF wounded warriors and their families who are facing short term financial difficulties. It also pro-vides family and caregiver transition support, including child care sup-port, short-term training or education expenses, and in-home health care for injured veterans. http://www.pentagonfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=heroes_index

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Parking Volunteers

Urgently Needed

Upcoming Amphitheater

Parking Events

Thursday, October 13th

Tour De Compadres with special guests Mat

Kearney, Parachute and Welshly Arms

Saturday, October 15th

20th Annual MagnoliaFest Celebrating the Stet-

son Kennedy Centennial

Saturday, October 29th

Bonnie Raitt with guests The California Hon-

eydrops

If you can help, send an email to

elks829secretary@gmail.com

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From the House

Here we go into the Fall Season and as the weather changes so will services for our patrons here at the lodge. Please note the following changes:

Change One Last month we increased our Friday Night Dinner by one hour adding an Early Bird option from 5pm to 6pm. Unfortunately the Early Bird option did not generate much interest. On that note as of October 1st Friday Night Dinner will go back to the original 6:00pm to 8:00pm schedule with no Early Bird Special.

Change Two We are changing the Friday Night Dinner menu. We have been serving Prime Rib for Friday Night Dinners for some time now. In order to control cost due to a severe hike in the price of beef, we are now re-placing the Prime Rib with Steak to Order. The Steak to Order option will take slightly longer to be delivered when you order your meal but no longer than a normal restaurant would take. This way, we will not be limited on how many entrees are available. Hopefully this option will eliminate the need for a sign up sheet yet we can still control over prep-ping and waste.

Change Three SUNDAY BREAKFAST IS BACK! Sunday Breakfast is back starting October 2nd and will be served each Sunday from 9:00am to 11:00am. Also enjoy a new lower price at only $8.00 per plate.

Tuesday Dance Lessons Continue Rumba is the smooth, slow, Latin dance of romance and a fa-vorite at weddings. It is a perfect dance for beginning dancers. So, if you keep vowing that you will learn to dance “one day,” this is your day. For one month, October, we will have free lessons on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 7:45 pm. Jim & Peggy White will teach lessons that build on the previous lesson and by the end of the month you will have a series of steps that you can use. So, it is very important to attend each class.

Rumba music is great. You are sure to find some of your favorite songs on the playlist. Come out and enjoy a fun time with friends.

And Finally

TIKI BAR IS BACK ON SATURDAY! Starting October 8th. The Tiki Bar will be open Saturdays from 1:00pm to 8:00pm with live

entertainment and food. Since the weather is becoming milder we hope our Patrons will take advantage of the Tiki Bar on Saturday. The Tiki

Bar will also remain open on Sunday as usual with your favorite Karaoke singers. Please come join the fun.

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COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2016-2017

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Gerald Williams

364-8395

ACTIVITIES Jean Lamblin 477-2837

AMERICANISM Ted Beal (PDD) 824-5070

AUDITING Tom Kavanaugh 868-0007

BINGO Bob Catuto (PDDGER) 669-3510

CHARITY Lorin Austin 377-5758

DRUG AWARENESS Irv Stockdale 471-7812

ELAND LIAISON John Gebert ER 814-4055

ELKS NATIONAL FUND Bob Kershner (PER) 829-6220

FRATERNAL Randy Stay (PER) 460-0550

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Harry Waldron 501-2010

INVESTIGATION Ted Beal (PDD) 824-5070

MEMBERSHIP George April (PER) 826-6098

ORIENTATION Lorin Austin 377-5758

PARKING Jim Bellamy 461-0139

PER ASSOCIATION LAISION Fred Dupont (PER) 540-8704

PUBLIC RELATIONS Sandra “Sam” Williams 364-8435

RELIEF John Gebert ER 814-4055

VETERANS AFFAIRS Fred Dupont (PER) 540-8704

YOUTH ACTIVITIES Irv Stockdale 471-7812

HOUSE COMMITTEE

CHAIR

Jim Bellamy

BAR George April (PER)

GAME ROOM Bob Jonis

DINING Jean Lamblin

SAFETY Gerald Williams

LODGE NETWORK Lorin Austin

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EXALTED RULER

JOHN GEBERT

EST. LEADING KNIGHT LORIN AUSTIN

ESTEEMED LOYAL KNIGHT RANDY STAY (PER)

ESTEEMED LECTURING KNIGHT MIKE HUGHES

SECRETARY MICHAEL RATHMANN

TILER WALT MICKLE

ESQUIRE CONNIE SARNOWSKI

CHAPLAIN MEGAN KELLEY

INNER GUARD JEAN LAMBLIN

ORGANIST GEOFF DOBSON (PDD)

LODGE ADVISOR

BOB CATUTO (PDD)

LODGE OFFICERS 2016-2017

TREASURER

TRUSTEES

ONE YEAR

SARA MC DAVITT

TWO YEARS IRV STOCKDALE

THREE YEARS ELIZABETH WEST (PER)

FOUR YEARS JOE SMITH SR. (CHAIR)

FIVE YEARS OLEN MEREDITH (PER)

ELKS CLUB INC. COMMITTEE

CHAIR

PAT SHIPLEY (PER)

MEMBER BOB KERSNER (PER)

MEMBER JAMES DEAN (PER)

MEMBER TED BEAL (PDD)

MEMBER LOUIS WISE (PDD)

MEMBER BARRY MASTERS (PER)

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Serving great food at the Lodge every night, Serving great food at the Lodge every night, Serving great food at the Lodge every night, Serving great food at the Lodge every night, and at the Tiki Bar on Weekends. Now, and at the Tiki Bar on Weekends. Now, and at the Tiki Bar on Weekends. Now, and at the Tiki Bar on Weekends. Now, Breakfast is being served on Sundays. Breakfast is being served on Sundays. Breakfast is being served on Sundays. Breakfast is being served on Sundays.

Lounge Hours

Monday 3 PM - 10 PM

Tuesday 3 PM - 10 PM

Wednesday 3 PM - Midnight

Thursday 3 PM - 10 PM

Friday 3 PM - Midnight

Saturday 1 PM - 9 PM

Sunday 1 PM - 9 PM

Hours may be extended for special events and on nights

there is a show at the Amphitheater.

Tiki Hours

Saturday 1 PM - 8 PM (starting Oct 8th)

Sunday 1 PM - 8 PM *

(Tiki closes at 6 PM during Amphitheater Events)

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