Exalted Ruler’s Message Welcome Back! Now that summer is over, regular Lodge hours will resume. On Sunday September 3 rd , we will hold a “Welcome Back Sunday” party. The Lodge will open at 1PM and the party will start at 3PM. On Monday September 4 th , we will host our Labor Day BBQ, with music by the GroundHogs. There will be Dinner and music on Fridays or Saturdays during the month. Check your Calendars for info. “Texas Hold-Em” will be held on Friday Septem- ber 15 th and will be held on the third Friday of each month going forward. Please support all the events you can, they support charies and our Lodge. Our House Manager, Yolanda, has resigned effecve September 30 th . I want to thank her for the great job she has done for the past 1 ½ years organizing many events that has taken place in our Lodge during this me. I think everyone has had a good me and the events have benefited our Lodge and charies. While Yolanda is leaving as House Manager, she will connue on as a Bartender and an acve member of the Lodge. In July, on your behalf, I aended the Grand Lodge Convenon. I witnessed the installaon of G.E.R. Malcom J. McPherson Jr. whose program this year is “Strengthening Elkdom Through Community Awareness”. I was proud to see Florida State receive an award for the second highest in- crease in Membership second only to California. The Tallahassee Lodge won the Ritual Contest. I got to vote on your behalf on the 19 proposions put before the member- ship. One change will come during upcoming Iniaons. We will no longer perform the shortened version of the Ritual. All Lodges will now be required to go back to perform- ing the original (long) version of the Ritual. As of this wring, I am happy to report that the Lodge has received 4 grants from the Elks Naonal Foundaon. The Beacon Grant, which helps fund ‘Cookies for Soldiers’. The Promise Grant, which helps with funding ‘Sun-Up ARC’. The Gratude Grant, witch funds Diconaries for Rosewood Magnet School and the Christmas and Easter pares at the Wabasso School for the severely disabled. The Anniversary Grant (new this year), which will be used to fund Diconaries for the rest of the 3 rd grade stu- dents in the Indian River County School District. We have also applied for the Freedom Grant, which helps fund our Veteran Programs, and the Impact Grant, which funds our ‘Elks Love Kids of Character’ program at Vero Beach Elementary school. The Lodge should hear soon on these 2 grants. Finally I want to THANK all the MEMBERS who take me out of their busy schedules to volunteer around the Lodge and at our different events. I am very proud and appreciave of all you do, the Lodge would not be able to funcon without you. We are sll in need of more members that can step up to volunteer, remem- ber that many hands make the work lighter for everyone. So if you like to plan pares, have a favorite meal you like to cook or would just like to meet your fellow members by being a greeter or selling raffle ckets or Bingo cards, we would love to hear from you. If you are unable to volunteer, Remember, just going and enjoying any of our events is fun and contribung to the health of our Lodge. Hope to see you there! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ! Fraternally, Paul Diaz, PER, Exalted Ruler 2017 - 2018 Vero Beach Lodge #1774 Officers Exalted Ruler – Paul Diaz, PER Leading Knight - Sam Pollizi Loyal Knight - Donnie Sumner Lecturing Knight – Joe Palowich Esquire – Nancy Seeley Chaplain - James McFayden Inner Guard – George Abell Tiler – Steve Ogonoski Secretary – Jack McClurken, PDDGER , LM Treasurer – Terry Ketcham Trustees 5 Year - Dennis Ryan, PER 4 Year -- Donna Knerr, PER 3 Year – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM 2 Year – Faith Sapper 1 Year – Bill Schubert Presiding Jusce – Louis B. “Buck” Vocelle, Esq. Lodge Advisor – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM Parliamentarian – Bob Carroll, PDDGER, HLM Alternate to GL Convenon - Jack Houlihan, PDDGER Bullen Editor - Jack McClurken, PDDGER, LM Congratulaons 2016 2017 Elk of the Year - Jack Houlihan, PDDGER Officer of the Year - Paul Diaz, PER Cizen of the Year Santo James Rannazzisi Volunteer of the Year - Linda Bigelow September 2017 Volume 23 Issue 9
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Exalted Ruler’s Message Welcome Back! Now that summer is over, regular Lodge hours will resume. On Sunday September 3rd, we will hold a “Welcome Back Sunday” party. The Lodge will open at 1PM and the party will start at 3PM. On Monday September 4th, we will host our Labor Day BBQ, with music by the GroundHogs. There will be Dinner and music on Fridays or Saturdays during the month. Check your Calendars for info. “Texas Hold-Em” will be held on Friday Septem-ber 15th and will be held on the third Friday of each month going forward. Please support all the events you can, they support charities and our Lodge.
Our House Manager, Yolanda, has resigned effective September 30th. I want to thank her for the great job she has done for the past 1 ½ years organizing many events that has taken place in our Lodge during this time. I think everyone has had a good time and the events have benefited our Lodge and charities. While Yolanda is leaving as House Manager, she will continue on as a Bartender and an active member of the Lodge. In July, on your behalf, I attended the Grand Lodge Convention. I witnessed the installation of G.E.R. Malcom J. McPherson Jr. whose program this year is “Strengthening Elkdom Through Community Awareness”. I was proud to see Florida State receive an award for the second highest in-crease in Membership second only to California. The Tallahassee Lodge won the Ritual Contest. I got to vote on your behalf on the 19 propositions put before the member-ship. One change will come during upcoming Initiations. We will no longer perform the shortened version of the Ritual. All Lodges will now be required to go back to perform-ing the original (long) version of the Ritual. As of this writing, I am happy to report that the Lodge has received 4 grants from the Elks National Foundation. The Beacon Grant, which helps fund ‘Cookies for Soldiers’. The Promise Grant, which helps with funding ‘Sun-Up ARC’. The Gratitude Grant, witch funds Dictionaries for Rosewood Magnet School and the Christmas and Easter parties at the Wabasso School for the severely disabled. The Anniversary Grant (new this year), which will be used to fund Dictionaries for the rest of the 3rd grade stu-dents in the Indian River County School District. We have also applied for the Freedom Grant, which helps fund our Veteran Programs, and the Impact Grant, which funds our ‘Elks Love Kids of Character’ program at Vero Beach Elementary school. The Lodge should hear soon on these 2 grants. Finally I want to THANK all the MEMBERS who take time out of their busy schedules to volunteer around the Lodge and at our different events. I am very proud and appreciative of all you do, the Lodge would not be able to function without you. We are still in need of more members that can step up to volunteer, remem-ber that many hands make the work lighter for everyone. So if you like to plan parties, have a favorite meal you like to cook or would just like to meet your fellow members by being a greeter or selling raffle tickets or Bingo cards, we would love to hear from you. If you are unable to volunteer, Remember, just going and enjoying any of our events is fun and contributing to the health of our Lodge. Hope to see you there! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ! Fraternally, Paul Diaz, PER, Exalted Ruler
2017 - 2018 Vero Beach Lodge #1774 Officers
Exalted Ruler – Paul Diaz, PER Leading Knight - Sam Pollizi Loyal Knight - Donnie Sumner Lecturing Knight – Joe Palowich Esquire – Nancy Seeley Chaplain - James McFayden Inner Guard – George Abell Tiler – Steve Ogonoski Secretary – Jack McClurken, PDDGER , LM Treasurer – Terry Ketcham
Trustees 5 Year - Dennis Ryan, PER 4 Year -- Donna Knerr, PER 3 Year – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM 2 Year – Faith Sapper 1 Year – Bill Schubert Presiding Justice – Louis B. “Buck” Vocelle, Esq. Lodge Advisor – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM Parliamentarian – Bob Carroll, PDDGER, HLM Alternate to GL Convention - Jack Houlihan, PDDGER Bulletin Editor - Jack McClurken, PDDGER, LM Congratulations 2016 2017 Elk of the Year - Jack Houlihan, PDDGER Officer of the Year - Paul Diaz, PER Citizen of the Year Santo James Rannazzisi Volunteer of the Year - Linda Bigelow
September 2017 Volume 23 Issue 9
From the Secretary’s Desk
I would like to thank all of our members who turned out to welcome the “Brotherhood Ride” on July 27th and
28th. The cooks, servers and greeters did an outstanding job. Vero Beach High School made the showers available
as long as they were needed, thanks to Greg Ahrins for those accommodations. And thank you to Vero Beach Mayor
Laura Moss for welcoming the riders on Thursday night and coming back on Friday morning for their sendoff. Thank
you to our Southeast Central District Vice President Marge Spera and PER Sal Lentine for representing the Florida
State Elks Association. Many of our members made contributions to the Brotherhood Ride as well as purchasing T-
shirts and hats. The riders expressed their gratitude with a plaque and poster signed by all of the riders.
Vero Beach Lodge should be proud of the way we welcomed these First Responders to our facility. They ride
for the men and women who lost their lives protecting ours. The money they raise goes to the families of those who
have made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless Them All and God Bless America.
If any of our members would still like to make a donation to the “Brotherhood Ride” please send a check made
out to Vero Beach Elks and put Brotherhood Ride on the memo line.
01 David Brown
01 Clifford Cherry
01 Nicholas Revelis
02 Ann Carlson
03 Lloyd Johnson
05 Patricia Stelz
06 John O’Malley
07 Patrick Brown
07 Larry Nixon
07 Jim Verney
08 Robert Amrhein
08 John McGuinness
08 June Piper
09 William Barry
09 Bruce Benson
09 Gil Berard
10 Arthur Zechman
11 Barbara Moroney-West
11 Larry Taylor
11 John Torres
12 Philip Weiler
13 John Francisco
14 Russell Cappelen, Sr.
14 John Ramer
14 Rosemarie Tufano
14 Robert Vatland
15 Sally McMahon-Birch
16 J Bacon Dawson
17 Homer Henderson
17 Charles Michael
18 Dennis Jacobs
18 Richard Miller
18 Edward Scott
18 John Sullivan
18 Charles Bauer
19 Jo-Ann Mattison
19 Harry Meyers
20 Helen Black-Long
20 Robert Fallon
21 Joe Coakley
21 Keith Hartley
22 John Bacon
22 Troy Brown
22 John O’Neill
22 Michael Antoniki
23 Roger Dye
23 John Langley
23 Robert Sammons
24 Ellen Cardinali
24 Ann Micheletti
24 Yolanda Sullivan
25 Howard Allston
26 Bennie McAllister
27 Dennis Calahan
27 Warren Pym
27 Charles Remillet
28 Daniel Kopckak
James Meade,
Life Member, Past Exalted Ruler
James Lofgren
Ray Foley
They have passed through valley of the shadows into
the sunlight of eternal morning; the places that have
known them shall know them no more, but upon our
tablets of love and memory,
their names shall endure forever.
Malcolm McPherson was installed as the Elks Grand Exalted Ruler at the Grand Lodge Convention in Reno, NV in July, 2017.
Community awareness is theme for 2017-18
Message from the Grand Exalted Ruler MALCOLM J. McPHERSON JR. As I begin my journey this year, I want to extend my sincerest gratitude to you, the Elks community, for trusting in me to serve as your next Grand Exalted Ruler. I could not have achieved this honor without the unwavering support and guidance of many of my fellow Elks, family and friends. My theme for the 2017-18 fraternal year is “Strengthening Elkdom Through Community Awareness.” By definition, community is “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals.” Elks are community, and it is my hope for the coming year that by working together with the Elks National Foundation and through our more than 775,000 Members and nearly 2,000 Lodges nationwide, we can build both stronger communities and stronger Elks. With the Elks mission of supporting veterans, aiding special and underprivileged children, and promoting the growth of our youth through scholarship, Drug Awareness and sports programs, we will ultimately build a bond with each other while making our local communities a better place to live. For 2017-18, one of my goals is to increase membership. As we begin celebrating our 150th year of Elkdom, l ask that you promote the great work of Elkdom to your communities. To exist for 150 years, the Elks are doing great work. We must continue to inform our communities of our great works to increase membership and continue to strengthen our programs. I challenge you to identify the specific ways in which you can foster the Elks values of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity in the places you live and work. Pat and l are looking forward to meeting many of you in your Local Lodges and communities throughout our travels this year. Until then, I leave you with the old lrish Blessing: “May the road rise to meet you; may the wind be always at your back; may the sun shine warm upon your face...” And may the hand of an Elk always be near.
A Special Message from Jack McClurken, Secretary
Effective April 1, 2018, I will be stepping down
as Secretary of Vero Beach Elks Lodge #1774. When
I accepted the position in August of 2016, I told then
Exalted Ruler Dennis Ryan that I would accept the
position with the understanding that I would serve for
the remainder or his term and for one more year under
the newly elected Exalted Ruler. I have served
Elkdom for 36 years. No matter where I have moved
to, I have always been an active member. I will how-
ever remain an active member of the Lodge. My
sincerest thank you to all who have welcomed Nancy
and I to the Lodge.
Any member who desires to serve in the
position of Secretary should contact Exalted Ruler Paul
Diaz. There is considerable training to be done before
assuming this position.
Save the Date: “ Elks Annual
Oktoberfest” Saturday, Oct.
21st.
Friday, Sept 1st. Marschall & Sally 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Friday Sept. 8th TBD 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Saturday Sept. 9th. Burney’s Bluegrass Jam 3 pm
Friday Sept. 15th. TBD 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Saturday Sept. 16th. TBD 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Friday Sept. 22nd. Coolers Band 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Saturday Sept. 30th. Lou Phillips 6:30 to 9:30 pm
ELKS CARE FOR KIDS FUNDRAISING DINNER
Save the Date! Kathi and Rich Miller will be the
co-chefs cooking a lodge dinner on Saturday, October
14th in the ballroom. Entertainment will be provided by
Lou Phillips. All proceeds from the dinner will benefit our
Dictionaries in Education, the Wabasso School Christmas
& Easter parties, etc.)
The menu will be: Appetizer: Creamy Wild Rice
Soup, Assorted Bread Basket. Entrée: Honey Glazed
Baked Ham , Optional Golden Raisin Sauce served table-
side Italian Pasta Alfredo, Fresh Green Beans, Escalloped
Apples. Dessert: Strawberry Shortcake, Assorted Italian
Cookies, Coffee & Tea. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm
and the donation is $15.00 per person. Come join us and
Support Our Lodge's Children's Charities
To all Vero Beach Elks, I would like to start a Monthly Sunday Dinner Club. This will be a semi-annual com-
mitment. What this will entail is for $10.00 a month ($60.00 for 6 months), you will get dinner, entertainment and prizes. I am looking to get at least 100 people to join. This will give us $1000.00 per month, cost of food $200.00, entertainment $150.00, a donation to youth activities of $150.00. This leaves $500.00 per month for prizes to be determined how it will be divided. If you are interested please contact Nancy Seeley at 203-736-7764 or email me at [email protected]. If all goes well and we get enough participation the first dinner will be on Sunday October 15, 2017 at 4 pm, and then will continue every 3rd Sunday through March. Please note you need not attend to win prizes.
Queen of Hearts will be starting at the lodge. There
will be a meeting on Sunday, September 17th, 2017 at 4:00
pm to discuss the rules, form a committee and decide
which day of the week and time to have drawing. All inter-
ested members should attend. This is not an easy thing to
run and the more input and help I can get will be greatly
appreciated. If you are interested in helping or being on
the committee and cannot make meeting please contact
me, Nancy Seeley, at 203-736-7764 or send a Email to
