Volume 67 JULY 2010 Issue 7 http://www.pointpleasantelks.org FLAG DAY Jersey Girl Line Dancers by, Joe Chickene On Sunday June 13th, after a couple of months planning we awoke to a potentially inclement day. But, guess what? It turned out to be a gorgeous day. I think the Good Lord never lets it rain on our parade. The Joint Based McGuire, Dix Lakehurst color guard who looked splendid in their immaculate whites, led off the ceremony. Ron Brooks lifted our spirits singing our National Anthem. Losing no time, ER Valerie Famous and her team of officers rendered an excellent rendition of the Flag Day Ritual. Highlighted in the ritual were Lecturing Knight, Cliff Van Nest with the “history of the Flag” and Ron Brooks with the “Response” portion of the ritual. Members of the Girl & Boy Scouts troops were impressive during the pres- entation of our historical flags. Nancy DeVito, Vet- eran’s Committee Chairperson led all in the Pledge of Alliance. Nancy DeVito and John Kaufman did the placing of the memorial wreath in Vet’s Park. The wreath was designed and made by Gus Adamo. Continued on Page 3, See Flag Day by, Nancy DeVito The Jersey Girl Line Dancers hosted a dance workshop at the lodge on Saturday May 22, 2010. Forty-Seven paid guests from as far away as Massa- chusetts, Connecticut and Arizona attended the event, featuring dance instructor Scott Blevin from Indiana. The dancing and lessons went from 2:00pm—11:00 pm. Our guests had such a good time that they are hoping we hold this event annu- ally. The day and evening was a huge success not only financially for the lodge but for our reputation in the dance world. The guests raved about our nice dance floor and the top notch buffet put on by Gus Schipani, Bob Kierstead, Bob Scott and Dave DeVito. They loved our Elks Hospitality and are looking forward to the next time. A big thank you first goes to Linda Alexandrou, Shirley Ferrier and Nancy DeVito for putting this into play and to Patty Rudy and Carol Hurley for helping decorate the room. Continued on Page 3, See Jersey Girls
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Volume 67 JULY 2010 Issue 7
http://www.pointpleasantelks.org
FLAG DAY Jersey Girl Line Dancers
by, Joe Chickene On Sunday June 13th, after a couple of months planning we awoke to a potentially inclement day. But, guess what? It turned out to be a gorgeous day. I think the Good Lord never lets it rain on our parade. The Joint Based McGuire, Dix Lakehurst color guard who looked splendid in their immaculate whites, led off the ceremony. Ron Brooks lifted our spirits singing our National Anthem. Losing no time, ER Valerie Famous and her team of officers rendered an excellent rendition of the Flag Day Ritual. Highlighted in the ritual were Lecturing Knight, Cliff Van Nest with the “history of the Flag” and Ron Brooks with the “Response” portion of the ritual. Members of the Girl & Boy Scouts troops were impressive during the pres-entation of our historical flags. Nancy DeVito, Vet-eran’s Committee Chairperson led all in the Pledge of Alliance. Nancy DeVito and John Kaufman did the placing of the memorial wreath in Vet’s Park. The wreath was designed and made by Gus Adamo. Continued on Page 3, See Flag Day
by, Nancy DeVito The Jersey Girl Line Dancers hosted a dance workshop at the lodge on Saturday May 22, 2010. Forty-Seven paid guests from as far away as Massa-chusetts, Connecticut and Arizona attended the event, featuring dance instructor Scott Blevin from Indiana. The dancing and lessons went from 2:00pm—11:00 pm. Our guests had such a good time that they are hoping we hold this event annu-ally. The day and evening was a huge success not only financially for the lodge but for our reputation in the dance world. The guests raved about our nice dance floor and the top notch buffet put on by Gus Schipani, Bob Kierstead, Bob Scott and Dave DeVito. They loved our Elks Hospitality and are looking forward to the next time. A big thank you first goes to Linda Alexandrou, Shirley Ferrier and Nancy DeVito for putting this into play and to Patty Rudy and Carol Hurley for helping decorate the room. Continued on Page 3, See Jersey Girls
EXALTED RULER’S MESSAGE by Valerie Famous, ER Convention 2010……………a great time had by all!!!!
Wow, what celebration! The convention held in Wild-wood June 4-6 was outstanding. Kudos to Scot, Geor-giana, Linda, John, Bob S., Bob K., Victor, Gus, Peg, Cus, and everyone else that helped make this a most memorable weekend. The food cooked by our conven-tion committee was beyond YUMMY!! Thank you one and all!! It was so nice to kick back with you folks and get to know you outside the confines of our lodge and I can’t wait until next year when I can be a guest! Spe-cial note to Paul Brundage and Jack Walsh…… don’t stand close to edge boy’s you’re going in!! Thanks to our marchers and those of you who rode in the cars for the parade, we truly appreciate you bearing the heat and showing that Point’s membership support the lodge!
Flag Day – What can I say…….Joe you did a great job. Thanks to you and all the folks who made this day such a tremendous success. The weather was beautiful, the renditions of the service were outstanding and to look out into the crowd and see the membership, and Boys and Girls Scouts was a true blessing. I was hon-ored to call myself an ELK.
Membership – We still have some folks that haven’t paid their dues. Please I understand that our economy still hasn’t recovered but when you see all the great things your $70.00 will allow us to continue to do…it is money well spent. Please also remember that if you haven’t paid your dues we are obligated to inform you that you cannot enjoy membership me, the Officers and more importantly you, the Members!!!! benefits like our grill room, Friday Night Dinners and special events. Our bartenders have been instructed to check the membership cards so please – don’t be offended if they inform you that your dues are unpaid. Continued page 3
COMMITTEE CHAIRPEOPLE Americanism Jerri Parlow 814-6092 Audit Sue Kronenberger 581-4136 Banquets Georgianna Walsh 766-6400 Bar Steward Jay Ramirez 899-8620 Community Service Bob Haugh 330-6426 Convention Scot Famous 202-7030 Drug Awareness Donna Tranchita 908-965-3733 ENF Colleen Castronova 241-0769 Flag Day Joe Chickene 840-0891 Fluke Tournament John Veprek 908-910-9363 Friday Night Dinner Bob Scot 714-2505 Government Relations Sharon Haugh 295-1624 Hoop Shoot Greg Smith 920-7516 House Bob Kierstead 272-7307 Indoctrination Cus Dalik, PDD 295-8370 Investigating Ron Panuska 714-9966 Justice Robert Cook 295-5699 Lapsation Helen McDermott 785-3323 Lodge Scholarship Joe Rager 295-1636 Mediator Colleen Castronova 241-0769 Membership Ron Panuska 714-9966 Memorial Service Dory Lennon 295-8490 Nat’l Veterans Service Nancy DeVito 892-8961 Octoberfest Sharon Haugh 295-1624 Pianist Paschal Drew Photograher Ray Staab Soccer Shoot Dino Castronova 528-5582 Special Needs Children Tom Watters 848-992-6194 Tear off Raffles Cus Dalik, PDD 295-8370 The Antler Linda Regec 895-7100 Webmaster Terry LaDu 899-4635
LODGE OFFICERS 2010 - 2011 Exalted Ruler Valerie Famous 908-307-3234 Leading Knight Scot Famous 202-7030 Loyal Knight Dawn Tortoriello 714-2505 Lecturing Knight Cliff Van Nest 306-5935 Secretary Helen McDermott 785-3323 Treasurer Kim McLure 892-1763 Tiler Gus Adamo 899-2722 Esquire Jan Picarell 892-4522 Chaplain Joe Chickene 840-0891 Inner Guard Jack Secor 701-0535 Trustee Joe Miller 714-9553 Trustee Dino Castronova 528-5582 Trustee Bob Haugh 330-6426 Trustee Cus Dalik, PDD 295-8370 Trustee Ron Panuska 714-9966
Flag Day, Continued from page 1, Mayor Vincent Barrella then gave a short but enjoyable speech, followed by an Elk National Service Award pre-sented by PDD Cus Dalik. PER Dino Castronova pre-sented his moving “Flag Day Toast”. Ron Brooks then ended the proceedings with “God Bless America” as only he can do it. ER Valerie thanked all attendees for coming and those volunteers who helped. We then en-joyed refreshments compliments of Bob Kierstead and his House Committee.
ER Message (cont.) You can pay them right on the spot by check, cash or credit card. Finance – Like any charitable organization trying to sur-vive in this economy we are struggling. But your team of Officers and Trustees and House are hard at work to try and initiate some cost saving measures and new ideas that will make weathering this economy a little easier. Our accountants our hard at work putting the finishing touches on our financial statements and a report will be forthcom-ing at our July meeting. We are wrapping up our first quarter (Elk year runs April – March 31) and this should give us a snapshot of where we should be focusing our efforts for the next few months.
Fluke – Tournament is almost upon us and we will need the help of all members to help make this event success-ful. We will need help preparing and serving food and on our beer trucks. Please remember that if you are serving alcohol you must be TAM certified. Feel free to see Ar-nie Van Duyn, John Veprek or Bob Kierstead if you are interested in helping.
Well folks, thank you so very much for making the first quarter of 2010-2011 a resounding success for
Jersey Girls, Continued from page 1, Also, a thank you for Mike Cohen for being our DJ. Thank you so much everyone for all your help.
1st. G. Juri Anthony Loigu, John Vincent Matthews, Robert M Stowe III, Rosemary M Tassie 2nd. Wayne Hedden, Kenneth Talini, Theresa Withstandley 4th. Peter Glen, John J Heppinstill PER 6th. Arthur E Lokerson 7th. Steven J Blank, Thomas P Moretti, Joseph Woszczak 9th. Patrick Sullivan, Ralph N Yersin 10th. Phillip Blasi, Robert R McCabe 11th. Paul J Brundage, Frank N Pinho, Maria Sherman, Thor Thilesen, Kent Van Iderstine 12th. Anthony DiPalma, Sharon Haugh, Charles T Malloy 13th. Kenneth Santucci 14th. Stephen Chirico, Carmella Halliwell, Robert E Krug, Steven Tassie 16th. Howard R Hirst Jr., John W Kauf-man, Donald E Koch PER, Culbert F Starz-man, Shirlene Taskowitz, Marty Vaccaro, Karen A Verga 18th. John L Luccioni, Clarence Mc Dowell 19th. David Cavagnaro, Richard Rutyna 20th. Carleen Hornish, D Scott Smith 21st. Allan W Brown, Donald F Anderson III, Richard Przewoznik 22nd. John F Adie Jr., Donald C Bayer, William Carson, George W Lokerson, Den-nis M Mannion, Bobby Taveroni, Harold G VanEsselstine 23rd. William De Cosimo, Allan F Gile Sr. 24th. Michael J Donahue, Donald R Johnson 25th Jeremy Margolias 27th. John Carter, Marianne Chickene, George R Delap, T Joseph DiBiaso Sr., Ste-ven Gaffney 28th Peter M. Troost PER 30th. Irving L Brown Jr., Leonard F Gahr Jr., Kevin D. Hynes, James P McCrohan Jr. 31st James Barry
QUOTE OF THE MONTH “Faith is taking the first step even when you
don't see the whole staircase” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Point Pleasant Elks #1698 2010 Scholarship Awards
by, Joe Rager, Scholarship Chairman, The following students received schol-arship awards at Point Pleasant Boro High School on June 3rd, 2010. Student School Thomas Alameda University of Texas Alyssa Hall Undeclared Kayleigh Burke Temple University Alicia Burke Undeclared Chloe Ramerirez Ocean County College Jeffery Holman Rutgers University The following students received schol-arship awards at Point Pleasant Beach High School on June 8th, 2010. Student School Brian Dominianni Harvard University Jack Jackson Villanova University Monica Fernandez Undeclared Kaitlyn Parlow Manhattan College Jesse Ortiz Undeclared Patrick Tighe McDaniel College Point Pleasant Lodge #1698 Congratu-lates to ALL the graduates of 2010. Their par-ents, teachers and our Lodge members for their efforts in supporting our community youth. Thank you.
OFF TO THE RACES by, Jan Picarell During early May and June Lodge Members and their guest vicariously through TV went off to the races! Ken-tucky, our first stop for the Legendary Derby where Coupon Saver was the Win-ner. Off we went later to Maryland for the Preakness hoping the Derby winner would continue his success. But alas, he did not run. June 10th to New York for the Bel-mont. Each of these Saturdays was filled with camaraderie as we cheered our favor-ites on to victory. The kitchen opened at 4pm for light fare. At $5.00 per serving. Kudos to John and Vicky. Our “Track Officials” for orga-nizing the races. Very special thanks to my racing team in the Kitchen Bob Scott, Les Hill, Janice Knorr, Carmen Vanata and Tim-John Hall. We had a full bar each Sat-urday, So thanks to Annie Sherman for her on the Spot graphics to advertise the
events. The racing season continues in August and September for the Haskill and the Breeders cup. See you at the Starting line.
Point Pleasant Elks #1698 Veterans Committee
Support America’s Veterans, Purchase an Engraved ‘Paver’
Your engraved inscription on the ‘Paver’ can be memory of a Beloved Veteran, Elk, Family Member, Friend, a short thought, name of an
Establishment or Organization. Paver size: 4” x 8” Maximum: Three lines of lettering per Paver 13 characters per line (Spaces count as a character) Cost: $100.00 per Paver Fill out your information on the form below with your exact inscription for the Paver. Make checks payable to, Point Pleasant Elks #1698 or Use a Credit Card _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visa MasterCard American Express Discovery (circle one) Credit Card Number _______________________________________Exp Date____________ Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Phone Number:…………………………………………………………Check #: …………….. Inscription: Use Spaces Below
Mail Attention: Veterans Committee - Pavers
Veterans Committee News by, Nancy DeVito 50/50 Raffle Tickets are on now on sale, please show your support and buy a book. Our Veterans will benefit from the profits. Veterans Memorial Park: we have sold 142 pavers! Please buy or sell a paver and help us support the Veterans. There is no deadline, pavers will always be for sale. Forms are by the Lodge Bulletin Board. Donations for Iraq and Afghanistan, please show your support for those who are fighting for our freedom. If you are giving a gift instead of a donation please remember it is very, very hot there. Let’s let them know we are thinking of them. Burnt Tavern Care Center, come and join Jean Collins, Bob O’Brien, Lois Francello and Rosemary Tassie play cards with the residents. It’s every month on the last Tuesday. Save the date: July 21, Veterans fishing trip for Lakehurst Naval Base. July 24, 50/50 Raffle will be pulled at 8:00 Pm at the Fluke Tournament. July 24, Antsy the Clown will be clowning for the 82 airborne chapter at Walter Reed Hospital and will be delivering care packages from the Veterans Committee and Crocheted lap blankets donated by Ann Kaufman. Aug 1, Flag Burning ceremony at Lacy Lodge.
Next #1698 NVSC Meeting scheduled for July 7th and July 21st at 7:00 Pm
Dear Member, The Veterans Committee is privileged to be coordinating another Fund Raiser to help sup-port our America’s Military Veterans, presently serving and retired. We, again, are requesting your support for this year’s Fluke Tournament Raffle Drawing that will be held July 24, 2010 at 8:00 PM. The raffle winner in the past two years collected over $4500.00. The NJ Veterans Organizations we now support are Burnt Tavern Care Center, Brick. Menlo Park Veterans Hospital - Vets Haven, Winslow. Army of Hope Claremont Care Center, Point Pleasant and Golden Living, Old Bridge. With the funds we raise we will provide the Veterans with a change of scenery and fun by treating them to picnics, parades, spaghetti dinners, three fishing trips a year, a Blue Claws baseball game and Christmas gifts. In the past three years we have shipped over 230 care packages to our troops in Iraq and Af-ghanistan. Again we ask for your support to help us support or Veterans by purchasing and selling your raffles. Please if you need more see Nancy DeVito.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
ALL GAVE SOME - SOME GAVE ALL
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
POINT PLEASANT ELKS # 1698
APPLICANT OCCUPATION PROPOSER
◊ Joan Schmitt Retired Registered Nurse Harold Schmitt ◊ Victoria Vitkevich Retired Helen McDermott ◊ Robert C Mellett Project Superintendent Clifford Van Nest Vericon Construction
Our Next Orientation and Initiation will be July 20, 2010 at 7:00 pm Please come out and show and welcome our new members what a wonderful organization we have.
SUMMER RETIREMENT PARTY
FOR ROBERT SCOTT
(Scotty, Foreman Long Branch Yard)
July 9th 2010 at 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm
Point Pleasant Elks 820 Arnold Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 732-899-9843 DJ: Joe Oz
Hot Buffet : Larry from Idle Hour Cake/Coffee
(Cash Bar Available) $25.00 Per Person
ELK OF THE MONTH by Valerie Famous, ER Linda Muir
Linda Muir has been a member of our lodge for many years. Linda began running convention back when Cus Dalik was ER (Wow!… did they have electricity then?). Two years ago, Linda very happily turned the job of committee chair over to the Leading Knights so that they could see first-hand what a job it is to put a convention together. Let me tell you it ain’t easy! Linda has always been there to answer a question or lend a hand. Linda is currently on our house committee and fills in as secretary for that committee. Linda volunteers for all our ma-jor events and you will often find her with a huge smile and contagious laugh at Fluke and Oktoberfest.
Linda has two daughters, Heather and Erin and recently became a first-time grandmother to Dakota. Linda is also the proud mother of three pooches, Virgina, Bubba and Oscar!!
Please join me in congratulating Linda for all her efforts and for being our July Elk of the Month.
BOOSTERS
James and Rochelle Baine Jr. Sonny Bartus & Barbara Smith Richard & Lois Campbell Nancy & Jack Carley Joseph & Barbara Chesnicka Joe & Marianne Chickene Jack & Camille Cimino Robert & Bridget Cook Cus & Dee Dalik, PDD Roxane & Arnie D’Ambrosa Lee & Jeanne Dawson Harold & Suzanne Demarest, Jr. John & Joyce Diercks Patrick & Susan English Rosemary & Joe Esposito Ken & Fran Hageman Glenn & Nancy Henry John & Anna Kaufman Robert & Joyce Kieffer, PER Ken & Kathy Mathis Dave & Lois McWilliam John Menschner, Sr. Eileen & Joe Miller, PER Joan & Ron Panuska Robert W. Pursel Alvin & Marybeth Reffitt Marybeth & Alvin Reffitt Mike & Linda Regec Sr. Gus J. Schipani Bob Scott & Dawn Tortoriello Bill & Pat Shay Carol & Ed Sholander Stephen & Rosemary Tassie
BOOSTERS
Mike and Judy Travisano Richard & Linda Van Duyn Taylor G. Weisleder Stephanie & John Wohlrab Harold & Pauline Wyckoff
Gloria Adamo Mary B. Arms Melita Curry DeBellis Hy A. Dooley Captain Clinton Edson Herbert Francis Daniel J. Hennessy Sr. Gregory Hornish Patricia J. Kierstead Edward O. Klein Sr. Ellen C. LaStella Edward Magley, PER Jack Magley Louis L. Meyer Jean & Billy T. Morrow Nancy O’Brien Kyle Joseph Rager Barbara Ann Rizzo Corky Rogers Lillian Schipani Roxann Schipani Bernie Smith, PER Dorrie & Herman Stabile Joseph G. Tortoriello William Van Druten Sr. PER Justin Weisleder
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16TH Anniversary Fluke Tournament July 24, 2010
We are once again into the month of July and it’s time for our annual Fluke Tour-nament. The Tournament this year will be held on Saturday, July 24th, with the
Captains Meeting to be held the evening of Friday July 23rd.
This years tournament will be the same as last year with two divisions, one for the Power Boats and one for the Kayaks. Applications are available at the Lodge or on
the Website.
Remember, this is one of your Lodge’s main fund raisers of the year and a lot of HELP is needed to make this event successful for our Lodge.
HELP is needed on both days on the grills, at the beer truck (must be TAM
trained), selling tickets and other work. HELP is also needed the week before to set up and prepare the grounds for the event. Also, HELP is needed to clean up the
grounds and put the equipment on the day after the event. A sign-up sheet will be available in the grill room, pleas sign up to HELP today.
