925 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05408

(802) 862-1342

The Exalted Ruler’s Message

Hello my Lodge Brothers and Sisters. Summer time is

finally here and I can hear the birds singing as I write this

message. What a beautiful thing!

The end of May and the beginning of June was a flurry of

activity. At the State Convention, our Lodge was awarded

the Dick Herndopler Trophy for our drug awareness program

last year. This was truly an honor and well deserved. We also

were the state champions for Interlodge competition in shuffleboard…outstanding! Our Lodge had a great showing of support at the Vergennes

Memorial day Parade, then we painted the Recreation Hall at Silver Towers and supported

Special Olympics for three days at UVM—and that only took us through the first week!

BIG NEWS - we now have a new State President (her message is included in the

Bulletin), and our Lodge has three members now in state offices. We also have 10 new

members. Welcome to the Lodge!!!

In July, I will travel to Austin, Texas with my bride and Loyal Knight Pamela to

represent all of you at the National Convention . At this time there are two major

resolutions to be considered. One affects how Life Membership fees are assessed and the

other allows for a major reduction in the rituals used during General Lodge meetings and

during new member initiation. These resolutions are posted in the Lodge for you to read. Also please look at the schedule in this Bulletin. There is so much happening in July

with the Lodge Campout, clambake, Silver Towers Motorcycle ride and Family Day. Now

as we all start to enjoy our summer activities, stop by with your friends and show off your

Lodge. It is a place you all can be so proud of as it is the most beautiful Lodge in the state.

If there are ideas for new things you would like to do at the Lodge or improvements/

changes you would like to see to things we are already doing, please let either me or any

of the officers or trustees know. Also bring your suggestions to the Governing Board or

general meetings so we can talk about them. The important thing is that with new ideas

and suggestions, we continue to make our Lodge an interesting and fun place to come to.

This is your Lodge and your Lodge family so let’s all pull together to make it all that it can

be. I can be reached at any time by either leaving me a note, in the Exalted Ruler’s slot in

the upstairs hallway from the members bar, or contact me at bpoe916er@comcast.net

Please provide me with phone numbers or addresses so I can respond to you (either regular

mail or e-mail) I absolutely want to hear from you

Have a Fantastic July. May the weather be hot and sunny and full of good times. Enjoy!

Fraternally Yours,

Gary Poirier, Exalted Ruler

THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Lodge #916 Vol. 12, No. 7

JULY 2012

Activity Calendar ........................................ 8 BBQ Chicken Dinner & Karaoke ................ 3 Birthdays .................................................... 4 Clambake ................................................... 7 Contact Information .................................... 2 Eldoes Corner ............................................. 6 Elks Care Elks Share................................... 3 Elks Kentucky Derby .................................. 4 Family Day ................................................. 5 Flag Day ..................................................... 6 Handicapped Parking .................................. 3 Happy Birthday .......................................... 4 In Vain We Call .......................................... 2 Items for Silver Towers............................... 4 Lodge Notices ............................................ 2 Motorcycle/Classic Car Fundraiser .............. 7 New State Officers ...................................... 3 Officers & Trustees..................................... 2 Proposed Members ..................................... 2 Saturday Lunches ....................................... 5 Save The Dates ........................................... 5 Silver Towers Cruise .................................. 5 State President’s Raffle ............................... 5 Steak Night Menus ..................................... 7 The Year of the Duck .................................. 4 Volunteer 5-Pack ........................................ 3 Volunteer of the Month ............................... 8 Yard Sale .................................................... 5

Clambake

Friday, July 13th

Yard Sale Sunday, July 15th

Chicken BBQ/Karaoke Friday, July 20th

Steak Night Wednesday, July 25th

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THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks #916

925 North Avenue - Burlington, VT 05408

Published monthly and mailed to all current Lodge Members and

select others, by standard mail at Burlington, VT. The content can

also be viewed at the Lodge’s Website, www.bpoe916.com

Relevant information for inclusion is welcomed and should be

submitted by the 15th of the month preceding the publication by:

emailing to bpoe916bulletin@comcast.net

Placing the material in the 916 Bulletin mailbox at the Lodge

front entranceway.

Mailing it to the Lodge to the attention of the 916 Bulletin.

We do our best to include all pertinent information that our

members would find interesting, however if the materials are not

received by the Editor on or before the 15th of the month, there is a

chance that they may not be included in the next issue due to the

time needed to produce, print and mail the Bulletin. Our goal is to have it delivered to our members by the 1st of the following month.

We reserve the right to edit submitted items for brevity and

appropriateness. The Exalted Ruler has the final responsibility for

the Bulletin content.

Editor - John Hill

HOW TO CONTACT THE LODGE

General Information ...................................bpoe916@comcast.net

Exalted Ruler .......................................... bpoe916er@comcast.net

Lodge Secretary ........................... bpoe916secretary@comcast.net

Lodge Treasurer ........................... bpoe916treasurer@comcast.net

Trustees .......................................... bpoe916trustee@comcast.net

Event Bookings ............................... bpoe916events@comcast.net

Bulletin Editor ............................... bpoe916bulletin@comcast.net

The regular membership meetings will be held on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays of the month at 7pm every month except in the months of July, August and December when the regular membership meeting will be held on the THIRD Thursday of the month.

The Lodge Applications Committee meets the FIRST Tuesday of every month at 7pm when there are members proposed.

Members are welcome to attend the Governing Board meeting on the SECOND Tuesday of every month at 7pm in the upstairs meeting room.

LODGE OFFICERS 2012-2013

Exalted Ruler: Gary Poirier

Esteemed Leading Knight: Robert LaRue

Esteemed Loyal Knight: Pam Poirier

Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Wes Blair

Secretary: Anne Marie Cross

Treasurer: Chris Bissonette

Inner Guard: Steve Schifilliti

Esquire: Robert Brown Tiler: Dan Ryan

Chaplain: Hank Metevier

Organist: John Cannizzaro

State Trustee: Wilfred “Dizzy” Desilets, PER

LODGE TRUSTEES

Trustee and Chairman (exp. 3/2013): Jim Procopio III

Trustee (exp. 3/2014): Dave Blankemeyer, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2015): Mary Paule Hill, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2016): Rick Boucher, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2017): Craig Garrand, PER

IN VAIN WE CALL

NAME BIRTHDATE INITIATED DECEASED

THOMAS STANZIOLA, LM JULY 6, 1922 OCTOBER 5, 1950 SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

KENNETH BENOIT NOVEMBER 26, 1942 FEBRUARY 10, 1991 DECEMBER 10, 2011

E. PAUL DUTIL MARCH 21, 1939 MARCH 20, 1988 MARCH 30, 2012

RICHARD LARAMEE, LM DECEMBER 8, 1932 FEBRUARY 24, 1974 MAY 19, 2012

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP, REINSTATEMENT OR TRANSFER TO BE BALLOTED ON AT THE JULY 18TH MEMBERSHIP MEETING PENDING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

NAME ADDRESS OCCUPATION PROPOSER

MICHAEL STEIN BURLINGTON SOFTWARE DESIGNER LISA TULKOP

EDWARD MCSWEENEY, III BURLINGTON SALES MANAGER JOHN FITZPATRICK

DOUG TROMBLEY BURLINGTON SELF EMPLOYED CHRIS BISSONETTE

FRANK GIBNEY SOUTH BURLINGTON CEO DOMINIC ALOI

PAUL BERNIER SHELBURNE RETIRED DANIEL BEAN

CHERYL HEPPNER BURLINGTON CLINICAL LAB SCIENTIST GARY RUSS

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Lodge # 916's Drug Awareness team participated in the Porters

Point School’s Project "Inside Out". About 250 students in grades K

through 2 received the drug awareness information. Project Inside

Out is held the last five days at Porters Point School in Colchester,

VT. It is an opportunity for children to use the basic curriculum in

practical application with an emphasis on Early American culture

and our natural environment.

In photo L to R front (kids): Jake LaBelle, Meghan Savage, Josh LaBelle, Kiera Vance (Jake & Josh’s father is member Tugger La-

Belle. Megan Savage is granddaughter of members Carl & Marilyn

Lozon).

Back row L to R: Donna LaBonte, Kerry Plunkett, Sue Hooper,

(Kerry & Sue are the head of Project Inside Out) Elroy, (Carl Lozon)

Marilyn Lozon, Cookie Manning, Mary Sweeney, Dot LaHue.

Lodge member Donna LaBonte works at PPS and arranged the

Elks involvement in the event.

Bar-B-Que

Chicken Dinner

& Karaoke with Wes & Sally Blair

Friday - July 20th starting at 6pm

Chicken and “all the fixin’s” just $8 per person

VOLUNTEER 5-PACK

You’ve seen them in action at our events. This team is always smiling and is

ready to handle any function. Do you have something coming up like a birthday,

anniversary, wedding or company party? Why not contact our Event Coordinator

Michele Charron at 310-7769 and see how affordable having it at the Elks can be?

From left: Pauline Guenther, Michele Charron,

Ellen Nims, Alice Charbonneau and Gail Forcier.

HANDICAPPED

PARKING

AT THE LODGE

Three new handicapped parking places have been added to the

parking lot, for a total of seven spaces. There are also two parking

spaces marked with NO PARKING any time. These striped spaces

are to allow for handicapped van ramp access. They are not to be

used as parking spaces at any time. You must display a handicapped placard when using handi-

capped parking.

Our New State Officers 3rd State Vice President ................ Fred Dusablon

State Trustee ................................ Wilfred “Dizzy” Desilets

State Americanism Chairman ..... Rick Boucher

Congratulations—you make us very proud!

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1 PJ Aumand, IV

2 Raymond Cota

Robert Foley

George Goulet, Jr.

Richard Schmitt

Dr. Amory Smith

3 Earl Cauchon

Steven Connors

Gary Kocsis

4 Alan Mitchell

C J Park

Mary Tessier Mary Wainwright

5 Robert Larue

William Loney

6 David Bean

Herbert Bluhm, II

Carl Lozon, III

7 Cheryl Callahan

Bruce Chagnon

Gary Forcier

Janice Gordon

George Lacasse

Lisa Payea

John Shappy

8 Robert Irish

Debbie Manning

9 Raymond Denault

Wayne LaBonte

Kenneth Spagnuolo

10 William Dalton, Jr.

Kenneth Jarvis Ralph Norton

Robert Prong

Norman Senna

Alain Therrien

Christopher Walker

12 Charles Alberts, Jr.

Ronald Brownell

Alice Charbonneau

Clement Deforge

13 Gary Gilliam

Daniel Mahoney

William Moulton

Alyson Randa

14 Marilyn Hill

Shaun Luther

Mieneke Maher

Harry McDonald

15 John Carlton

Terry Shepard

16 Earl Babcock, Sr. George Jackson

Floyd Smith, Jr.

17 Jon Curry

David Fisher

Patricia Yandow

18 Pauline Houghton

William Uhlir, Jr.

19 Charles Galvin, Jr.

20 Anna Buckley

Anne Marie Cross

Roger Fay, Sr.

Robert Hart

21 Carol Garrand Jimmy Mailhotte

22 Leo Blais

Brian Lander

Brian Lothian

Joey Purvis

Scootie Roberts, Jr.

Martin Therrien

23 Edna Corbett

Robert Hollinger

Ryan Mable

Lee Oldfield

Lawrence Thurber 24 Kevin McGonagle

25 Joseph Heald

Larry Shepard

Andrew Somers, Jr.

26 Arthur Greenblott

William Kalanges

Donald Pierce, jr.

Jon Tyner

27 Lawrence Barnes

Sandra Gazo

Roger Hutchins

Willis Real

28 Dorine Davis John Fitzpatrick

Vicky Lilley

William Miller

Monty Riddell

David Villemaire

30 Rolande English

Mark Evarts

Donald Gerry

David Roberts

Joshua Rock

Charles Sumner

31 George Barrett William Brainard

Calani Gambero

Chandler Nims

Birthday this month? Bring your driver’s license to

Steak Night and get $5 off ! If you come into the

Members lounge on your birthday and show proof

you’ll get an “adult” gift from the Lodge!

The Year of The

Duck Begins!

The Vermont Elks Association held its

85th Annual Convention on May 18-20 at

the Stowe Mountain Resort. There were

132 Delegates, 19 Alternates and 86 guests participating in the event (237 total). Junior

Past President Bob Milne of Montpelier

Lodge #924 and his team did an outstand-

ing job leading the Association through 2011-2012 and a great job on

the convention! Congratulations and many thanks!

On Sunday, I had the great privilege of being sworn in as your

86th President of the Vermont Elks Association (VEA). Thank you to

members of the VEA from across the State, Bennington Lodge #567,

and to my husband Greg for entrusting me with this honor. I am ex-

tremely proud and terrifically humbled.

Along with our suite of officers; Chaplain David Tripp, P.E.R.; Esquire David Fenster, P.E.R., P.D.D.; and Tyler Bill Bryan, P.E.R.,

P.D.D.; the State Trustees and the Camp Committee; I vow to do the

best job we can to lead the Association and the programs we support!

My motto for the year is “We all have our part to play.” If you are

a member of the Elks, you are playing your part. A portion of your

dues goes to support our lodge and our many programs. For this I

would like to offer my personal thanks. I would also encourage you

to be as involved as you possibly can. I have found that you get back

much more than you give!

Again, many thanks for this privilege and there will be more in-

formation about the Year of the Duck to come!

Fraternally yours, Lori Pinsonneault

Vermont Elks Assoc. President, 2012-2013

ITEMS FOR SILVER TOWERS!

The following is a list of “wish” items needed for the campers at

Silver Towers to help save money and reduce the budget: toilet

paper rolls, construction paper, craft paints, bottle caps, safety pins, craft beads, markers, duct tape, masking tape,

glue guns/sticks, costumes, bandanas, glass stones, costume

jewelry, newspapers, modge podge, paint brushes, board games, puzzles, crossword books, coloring books, word

search books, chalk, stuffed animals, knick knacks, felt, glow

sticks, trophies. Themes include 4th of July, Halloween, Mardi Gras, Circus, Wild West, Space Travel, Olympics and

Safari/Jungle. A box will be set up in the coat room to collect these items.

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SAVE THE DATES!

Elks Campout .................................................................... 7/1-7/4

Governing Board ................................................................... 7/10 Clam Bake ............................................................................ 7/13

Yard Sale .............................................................................. 7/15

Meeting Night ....................................................................... 7/19

Chicken BBQ & Karaoke ...................................................... 7/20

Steak Night ........................................................................... 7/25

Silver Towers Motorcycle Ride ............................................. 7/28

Family Day ........................................................................... 7/29

Shriners Football Game..Flag Carry ........................................ 8/4

Steak Night ............................................................................. 8/8

Fair Cleanup .......................................................................... 8/11

Southern Cookin’ Dinner & Hootenanny ............................... 8/11

Governing Board ................................................................... 8/14 Meeting Night ....................................................................... 8/16

Steak Night ........................................................................... 8/22

Champlain Valley Fair..................................................... 8/25-9/3

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Saturday Lunches Noon-2pm Only $5 OR LESS!

Menu varies - call the Lodge for

that day’s menu items at 862-1342 EXT #4.

The 2012-2013 State Presidents

Raffle Tickets are here! I would

like to find 20 energetic volunteers

to sell 5 tickets each. If you would

like to help out please contact me

at bpoe916er@comcast.net or see

me at the Lodge. Thanks!

Gary Poirier, Exalted Ruler

Sunday, July 15th

9am-4pm

to benefit

Respite House

Bring your "gently" used items to sell to benefit this worthy or-ganization. You can bring them up to the day of the event! Please

leave them in the Coat room at the Lodge.

Questions? Call Michelle Charron 310-7769

Family Day!

Sunday July 29th

11:30am - 1:30pm

Fun and games for the entire family!

Hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages (hot & mild),

Salads, all the “fixins” and beverages.

Lisa Tulkop, Youth Activities Chairperson

Wes Blair, Esteemed Lecturing Knight

SILVER TOWERS CRUISE!

Join Vermont Elks and their friends on a 7-day Caribbean

cruise while raising money for our state charity, Silver Towers. The

Allure of the Seas© sets sail from Fort Lauderdale on March 3,

2013 with visits to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Enjoy a $50 ON-BOARD CREDIT plus every cabin booked

by August 15, 2012 will get a FREE GIFT!

For every cabin booked a $25 donation will be made to Silver

Towers. If more than 25 cabins are sold the donation to Silver

Towers will be DOUBLED to $50 per cabin!

Call John Hill at 802-654-9260 for more information or go to

www.elks.tropicalwindstravel.com

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ELDOES

CORNER

“Life is Good. You have 3 choices:

Give Up, Give In, or Give it all you have!

Hello again – as I write this it appears summer is arriving in Ver-mont. For those of you who don’t know me, I can sure stand the

heat. Just returned from Arizona and on my favorite day there the

temperature only reached 113 (gotta love it!!!!!)

We want to thank all of you who supported our 2012 Spring Bas-

ket Raffle. We had 2 baskets each worth approximately $400 each.

The drawing was held at the May 23rd steak night. The two lucky

winners were: Esteemed Leading Knight Bob LaRue and Jeff Shep-

ard (Jeff, I understand and his wife moved to Florida that weekend

so very appreciative of the food certificates that were in the basket).

Good luck to them on their new venture and congratulations to our

winners! Going forward – we will again be having our annual bazaar on

Sunday November 4th. We are always looking for crafters as well as

old jewelry. The jewelry table is one of our bigger money makers –

so if you have some you would like to donate, please contact an

Eldoe and they will be more than happy to take it off your hands.

Upcoming trips: July 10th – Montreal Casino; August 12/13 – 3

Casino venture; October 2nd – our 5th annual Lake George Dinner

Theatre. For further information on these trips – please call me at

238-7565 or Gary at 238-2219. We are looking into having a Taste

of Vermont (more information to follow).

As you all know – fundraising is more of a challenge these days

with all that is going in the economic world. That being said, we still find as big a need if not more for those who need our support. So it

is a big thank you to all of you who support us in our efforts.

The monthly birthday invitation to steak night continues. Come to

a steak night during your birthday month and you receive $5.00 off

of your meal. July birthdays: Charlene Cannizzaro, Pat Clayton,

Sandra Enos, Pat Gero, Bev Guest, Janet Handy, and Ann Irish

(there must have been many COLD October nights). A very happy

birthday to all and I hope to see you at an upcoming steak night.

Please keep all of our members, family and friends in your

thoughts and prayers. As we get approach our “GOLDEN

YEARS” (so they say) we all seem be encountering new challenges and they are not easy.

‘Til next month – thank you to my partner in crime Liz. Linda DeLaricheliere President

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Annual Motorcycle/Classic Car Fundraiser To Benefit Silver Towers

SATURDAY, JULY 28th - 10AM

Entry fee: $25 rider or driver/$10 passenger IF YOU RAISE $100 OR MORE IN DONATIONS THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE

All 13 Vermont Lodges will participate in this fun event. This rally is not limited to Elks members only! Anyone can participate, so please

tell your family and friends!! We encourage you to obtain sponsors so we can raise additional money for Silver Towers. We will meet at the

Lodge and travel to a designated area, then group together to continue to Ripton, VT where Silver Towers is located. A BBQ will follow.

Information and forms are available at the lodge. For more information please contact Michael Evarts at (802)-862-9133.

CLAMBAKE

Friday - July 13th

6:00pm

Lobster or Steak

Peel & Eat Shrimp, Corn, Steamers & Clam Chowder

$23.00 pp before July 10th

$28.00 pp after July 10th

Tickets on sale now at the bar!

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BURLINGTON LODGE #916

Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKS

925 North Avenue

Burlington, VT 05408

NON PROFIT ORG

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

BURLINGTON, VT

PERMIT # 15

Volunteer of the Month

Dave Ploesser

Thank you for all you do to make our Blood Drives and Special Olympics efforts a success! Keep up the good work!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

July 1 2 Bingo 6pm

3 Applications Committee 7pm PER Meeting 7pm

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5 6

7

8 9 Bingo 6pm

10 Governing Board 7pm

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12

13 Clambake 6pm

14

15 Lodge Yard Sale 9am-4pm

16 Bingo 6pm

17 Eldoes Meeting 7pm

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19 Meeting Night 7pm

20 Chicken BBQ & Karaoke 6pm

21 Drug Awareness—Lone Pine Campground

22

23 Bingo 6pm

24

25 Steak Night 6pm

26

27

28 Silver Towers Motorcycle Rally 9am

29 Family Day 11:30am—1:30pm

30 Bingo 6pm

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August 1

28 3

4

5 6 Bingo 6pm

7 Applications Committee 7pm PER Meeting 7pm

8 Steak Night 6pm

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10

11 Fair Cleanup 9am Southern Cookin’ Dinner &

Hootenanny 6pm

ELKS CAMPOUT—BACK LAWN