Diving Into Volunteerism Official Monthly Publication of the Sonora Elks Lodge #1587 No. 4 July 2018 11:00 O’Clock News MAJOR PROJECT Continued on page 2 Exalted Ruler’s Message I want to welcome 3 new members to our order:. Barry Blount, Gordon Hermann, and Otto Bulich! Please get involved by attending meetings. We have two chairs that are current- ly vacant, Youth Activities and Veterans. There are other commit- tees that need help and we need cooks for Family Night and the end of the month Friday Night Dinner. To our new members and all of our members: your help is really needed now. We applied for and received a Graditude grant for $2000. More details next month. If you have any ideas for fund raisers tell me and we will get into action with your help. The trip to the San Diego, CHEA convention, left Linda and I very tired, due to lots of information and long sessions each day. At the end of this month it's off to San Antonio for more all day sesions. I will report the results next month. Check out the flyer for the Annual Elks Lodge Picnic in August. Linda and I went last year and it was a lot of fun. Lastly, I want to encourage any member who is behind in dues to get up to date. Hal is spending a lot of time on this issue. Tom Newell, Exalted Ruler To Members & Guests; Independence Day A.K.A. “4th of July”, is being celebrated this month. Your Purple Pig would look good in “Red, White, & Blue”, off- setting his/her purple hue. As the temperatures climb, remember to keep lots of sunscreen on your Pig and keep a cool pool full of water to keep them cool. A small American flag inserted into their coin slot will work just fine as long as their little feet can touch bottom and the flag doesn’t get wet. You should all be proud of your- selves this year as our Exalted Ruler Tom marched across the stage in San Diego with a check for $14,295.84. This amounts to $28.03 per capita based on last years start- ing membership number. This is over $4000.00 more than last year’s total of $10,000.01 with a per capita of $19.06. Our work is just starting again with near zero balance, so thank yourselves. The Kids are the ones who benefit. Starting off our new Elk Year, I have a few names to mention. Lecturing Knight Michael Burke, Bob Nath, Carol Afshar, and our first “Century Club donor, Laurel Utecht. I just ordered her certificate and it will be arriving in the near future. This year’s Theme Child is a boy named John. John was born on May 27, 2016 and was diagnosed with his tively for their first four years are recognized through the “Road to Renewal” program. The following members now have a pin waiting for them to claim. We have some mem- bers who have received the first pin, the “Great Heart”. I now have more “Great Hearts” and some “Youth” pins ready to be pinned on your Elk shirt. I will be at all meetings and if you are there let me know so that you may be recognized during the dinner hour or at the meeting. Great Heart pins go to: Larry Bramblett, Jim Carlon, John Corsi, Charles Crawford, Jon Dashner, David DeCheney, Roy Ellis, Alan Fulkerson, Gary Johnson, Jim Maddox, Galen “Mutt” Mutzner, Matt Peller, Barbara Spadaro, Doug White, Pam Gracia, Tony Masselas, Bill Patterson, and John Smith. Second year of giving “Youth” pins go to Eileen Hogan, Bruce Kennedy, Marge Nath, Timothy Wallace, Bill Youngman and again Bill Patterson. Hope to see you at the next meeting. Good Guy Donor’s for May are: John Martin and Clifford Buck. New donors are Jimmy Stephens and Kenneth MacDonald. From the Book of David: Why does a round pizza come in a square box? Laurel Utecht ENF Chair JULY 2018
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Diving Into Volunteerism
Official Monthly Publication of the Sonora Elks Lodge #1587No. 4 July 2018
11:00 O’Clock News
MAJOR PROJECT
Continued on page 2
Exal ted Ruler ’s Message I want to welcome 3 new members
to our order:. Barry Blount, Gordon
Hermann, and Otto Bulich! Please
get involved by attending meetings.
We have two chairs that are current-
ly vacant, Youth Activities and
Veterans. There are other commit-
tees that need help and we need
cooks for Family Night and the end
of the month Friday Night Dinner.
To our new members and all of our
members: your help is really needed
now. We applied for and received a
Graditude grant for $2000. More
details next month. If you have any
ideas for fund raisers tell me and we
will get into action with your help.
The trip to the San Diego, CHEA
convention, left Linda and I very
tired, due to lots of information and
long sessions each day. At the end
of this month it's off to San Antonio
for more all day sesions. I will report
the results next month.
Check out the flyer for the Annual
Elks Lodge Picnic in August. Linda
and I went last year and it was a lot
of fun.
Lastly, I want to encourage any
member who is behind in dues to get
up to date. Hal is spending a lot of
time on this issue.
Tom Newell, Exalted Ruler
To Members & Guests;
Independence Day A.K.A. “4th of
July”, is being celebrated this
month. Your Purple Pig would look
good in “Red, White, & Blue”, off-
setting his/her purple hue. As the
temperatures climb, remember to
keep lots of sunscreen on your Pig
and keep a cool pool full of water to
keep them cool. A small American
flag inserted into their coin slot will
work just fine as long as their little
feet can touch bottom and the flag
doesn’t get wet.
You should all be proud of your-
selves this year as our Exalted Ruler
Tom marched across the stage in
San Diego with a check for
$14,295.84. This amounts to $28.03
per capita based on last years start-
ing membership number. This is
over $4000.00 more than last year’s
total of $10,000.01 with a per capita
of $19.06. Our work is just starting
again with near zero balance, so
thank yourselves. The Kids are the
ones who benefit.
Starting off our new Elk Year, I
have a few names to mention.
Lecturing Knight Michael Burke,
Bob Nath, Carol Afshar, and our
first “Century Club donor, Laurel
Utecht. I just ordered her certificate
and it will be arriving in the near
future.
This year’s Theme Child is a boy
named John. John was born on May
27, 2016 and was diagnosed with his
tively for their first four years are
recognized through the “Road to
Renewal” program. The following
members now have a pin waiting for
them to claim. We have some mem-
bers who have received the first pin,
the “Great Heart”. I now have more
“Great Hearts” and some “Youth”
pins ready to be pinned on your Elk
shirt. I will be at all meetings and if
you are there let me know so that
you may be recognized during the
dinner hour or at the meeting. Great
Heart pins go to: Larry Bramblett,
Jim Carlon, John Corsi, Charles
Crawford, Jon Dashner, David
DeCheney, Roy Ellis, Alan
Fulkerson, Gary Johnson, Jim
Maddox, Galen “Mutt” Mutzner,
Matt Peller, Barbara Spadaro, Doug
White, Pam Gracia, Tony Masselas,
Bill Patterson, and John Smith.
Second year of giving “Youth” pins
go to Eileen Hogan, Bruce Kennedy,
Marge Nath, Timothy Wallace, Bill
Youngman and again Bill Patterson.
Hope to see you at the next meeting.
Good Guy Donor’s for May are:
John Martin and Clifford Buck. New
donors are Jimmy Stephens and
Kenneth MacDonald.
From the Book of David: Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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disabilities early on. John started to
receive physical therapy in his home
at the age of seven months through
the California/Hawaii Major Project.
I have yet to receive the new pam-
phlets yet, but they will be available
soon in our Lodge. There is an arti-
cle about John, and also the history
of the Major Project in the latest
California-Hawaii Elks Magazine,
May/June issue.
Remember, the rules never change.
Bring your Pigs in anytime and leave
them in the Office, the Main or East
Lounge Bar, or give them to me.with
your name in or on them. Always,
always pick up a new Empty Pig
located on the window sill in the East
lounge overlooking beautiful down-
town Sonora.
Remember,”A coin a day and they’ll
walk, talk, see, and play”
Fraternally,
Skip Hoy PER,
The Purple Pig Herder
Please join with me in welcoming
these new Members to our Lodge.
Gordon Herman, Jake Blout, and
Otto Bulich. They were initiated on
June 13th. Please give them and their
wives a warm welcome when you
see them in the Lodge and we hope
to see all of you back soon on a reg-
ular basis. Welcome!
Skip Hoy P.E.R.
Member Ed Soares is at the
Avalon Facility recovering from
medical problems.
Member Dan Brown had an acci-
dent with a skill saw and required
25 stiches in his hand.
Member Suzanne Davis is strug-
gling with an on-going fight with
Fibromyalgia
Member Vaskin “Ken” Finigian
passed away at Skyline assisted
Living in Sonora on 6/3/18. He
was 93 years of age.
PDDGER Jack Sauls spent a few
days in Adventist Health Sonora
Hospital with a respiratory problem
and is now home convalescing.
TUESDAY NIGHT DINNER July 3rd, 2018
By Melodie Ferguson BBQ Chicken
Baked Beans, Cole Slaw,
Vegetables, Corn Bread,
Pie for Dessert $14.00 per Person
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. -
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
R.S.V.P by noon on 6/28/18
Sonora Elks Lodge #1587
100 Elks Dr., Sonora, CA 95370
533-1587
Welcome New Members
TACO THURSDAY Build your Own- Taco Thursdays for June will be Thursday July 19, 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Cost is $7 per person for three tacos. Children 6 and under free. The menu is ground round hamburger tacos, rice, beans and cookies with all the fix-ings you can imagine, By Cheryl Reich and Crew. All profits will be donated to the Lodge for improvements.
With the month of July upon us we cel-
ebrate our nation’s Independence Day.
It is a time for picnics, BBQ’s, a time to
eat lots of hamburgers, hot dogs, chips
and dips, watermelon, potato salad,
corn on the cob, and many great
desserts. Just think, we could have been
born any where but we were born here
in America. A land of opportunities, a
land of grace and of freedom.
So as you enjoy your vacations or just
relaxing around the house or around
town, be grateful for the many blessings
we have. Food in our kitchens, a roof
over our heads, a car to get around in,
just to name a few. Most of all we
should be grateful for the loved ones we
have and for the greatest love of all, the
love of our lord Jesus Christ.
A special thank you for all of you who
came out for Flag Day on June 14th.
We had 55 people at the event and our
local Boy Scout troop retired flags for
us. In addition the Emblem club did a
flag folding ceremony and provided hot
dogs, chips, beans and soda. The after-
noon was a great blessing and again
thank you for making the event special.
ENF strives for annual support from
donors. The primary objective is to
retain donors year after year. New
member donors who give consecu-
HOUSE COMMITTEE Marty Smith PER: Chairman Jim Haughy PER, Mark Leonard, Rudy White, Dan Brown, Barbara Spadaro, Benny Carrillo, Steven Markley, Bill Youngman
1-Douglas G Buck, Jake Jacobs 4-Earl Randall 7-Mark Borden, Robert L Fischer, David P Reich, Lance Carle 8- Linley Harvey 10-Roy E Miller Jr, Donald Robertson, Jack Samuelian, Eden Ligsay 11- Steve Wallacee 12- Alta M Nelson 13- Jeff Kerns, Jim Siemers, Mark Fray 14-Robert Gracia, Dick Jobe, James Mayberry, James W Mueller 15-Larry W Beutler 16-Dan O'Connor, 17-Daniel C Bertelli, Robert Luna 18-Chester T Vann, 19-Ronald F Leedy 20-Ted Carpenter, Frank J Hicks, 21-Richard Brodie, Vincent Juracich, Henry H Nuki, Christopher Myers, Ben Valverde 23-Bryan T Neely, Dennis Waters 24-Robert E Bentz Sr, Mariano Garces, Jack D Peay, Bob Monson 26-Paul L Johnson, Roland Orth, Galen Mutzner 27-Wilbert E Fisher, Robert A Sylva, John Marrs 28-PDDGER John C Ostrom, David Hobbs 31-PER Carol Kent
JULY BIRTHDAYS
Elk Area Scholarships
Our Sonora Elks Lodge received the
Central District Youth Activities
Trophy for 2017. Shown above are
PER Wil Reich, Scholarship
Chairman and ER Tom Newell hold-
ing the trophy. This award represents
the work done with all our local high
schools on Scholarships and also our
Christmas with Special Olympics. A
job well done by all. In 2017 the
Sonora Elks Lodge (with the aid of
ENF ,Major Projects & CHEA)
awarded $33,000.00 in scholarships.
This year our Lodge awarded
$34,300.00 to 37 scholars from
Sonora High , Summerville High,
Bret Harte High , Tioga High and
Cassina High . Our lodge has four
bequests given to our Lodge, and
they are: Millar Endowment Fund,
Ernest Olivieri Fund managed by
Sonora Area Foundation, and
Guidici Family Fund & Pugh Family
Fund managed by Edward Jones.
These bequests provided $16,000.00
for our local Lodge to award this
year.
Students receiving awards this year
are: Sonora High: Mason
Dambacher, Emmalyse Peller,
Heather Kingsford, Tanner Van
Bebber, Weston Goularte, Allyson
Lucia, Emma Corcoran, Jackson
Bouchard, Thomasine Timmins,
Thomas Johnson, Levi Houghton,
JUNE “ELK” MEALS
Due to a lack of volunteer cooks and
lack of attendance at the last few
“Elk Meals”, there will be NO meal
this month on last Friday of the
month. In May we only had 49 on
Tuesday and 34 on Friday. The
meals themselves made a little
money but when expenses of open-
ing the Lodge and using the kitchen
are tallied up, the Lodge ends up los-
ing money. The supply of cooks has
dwindled along with attendance for a
variety of reasons. In conversation
with some Members of the House
Committee, we decided to just spon-
sor one meal a month, probably on
the 1st Tuesday and maybe with a
regular cook with options for others
as they become available and will-
ing. There would still be the option
of the Elks sponsoring “special or
big” nights such as Steak & Shrimp,
Cook your own Steak, Entertainment
nights with a special meal, but these
would have to be undertaken by a
group or individual volunteers.
If you have any suggestions or ideas
you can contact me and we’ll see
what can be done. Meanwhile, I’ll
try to plan something for the 1st
week in July.
Skip Hoy P.E.R.
ANNUAL ELK PICNIC This is “HOT OFF THE PRESS!”.
The Annual Sonora Elks Lodge
Picnic has just been confirmed for
Saturday, August 18, 2018 once
again at the Indigeny Reserve Grounds. Stay tuned for more information in the future!
Madison Fong, Jace Decker,
Kaarina Thiompson, Victoria
French, and Damian Kress. Also,
Jacob Evans received an award
from Women of Western Art that the
Elks managed. Summerville High:
Erika Simonson, Alexis Simonson,
Samuel Grider,Alexia Franco,
Mackenize Hartwig, and Skylar
Holt.
Bret Harte High: Shileen Andico.
Cassina High: Mathew Freese,
Karly Rodriguez ,Mike Cota,
Cheyala Powell, Arianna
Hernandez, Kevin Banner, and Eric
Sinklier. Also, the Elks gave
$100.00 to each Class Honor
Student from: The Adult School-
Jasmine Lippincutt, Ted Bird High-
Courtney Tolhurst, & Cassina
High- Azlin Dowing. Tioga High:
Miguel Gomez, Jesse Brown,
Hayden Peek, and Cole Seal.
Scholarships Continued
Flag Day, June 14, 2018Fifty-five people showed up at the Lodge parking lot to help cel-ebrate Flag Day. This event was co-sponsored by the Emblem Club, who also served hot dogs, chili and cookies after. Ron Leedy and his scout troup led the ceremony with a flag salute followed by a flag retirement of all used American flags.
Meeting Menu Wednesday July 11th Roast Beef w/ Mashed Potatoes
Vegetables,Coffee, Milk & Desssert $12
Wednesday, July 25th Beef Enchilada w/ Rice & Beans,
Salad, Coffee, Milk & Dessert
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2018-2019 OFFICERS Exalted Ruler..................Tom Newell Leading Knight...........Chris McGreevy Lecturing Knight ..............Mike Burke Loyal Knight..............Carol Kent PER Esquire .........................Melvin Slife Chaplain .......................Carol Lewis Inner Guard................ Eileen Hogan Tiler.............................. Dan Hogan Secretary................Hal Channell PER Treasurer ..................Larry Leatham Organist .....................Linley Harvey
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