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May 2020 Vol 81 No. 9

Aloha fellow Elks. We hope this letter finds you from the Grand Lodge, statute forbids reductions or prora- well. As we all navigate our way tions of annual dues. Decisions about reducing or prorating through these uncertain times, fees for fitness facilities and locker room access will be please keep in your thoughts made once we know when our facilities will reopen. and prayers those Elks who have Currently, the Club is maintaining a skeleton staff that been financially and emotionally ensures routine upkeep and maintenance of the property. bruised in the current crisis, and Take-out food service is available Wednesday to Sunday, all the essential workers who 11:00 am to 6:30 pm and is open to members and our have been called to duty. We neighbors. Please call 923-5722 between 11 am and 6:30 hope and pray that all of us will pm for more information. come through this in good health. Despite the fluctuations of the market, Lodge finances The Lodge is closed through April 30 and the closure remain sound. Operational funds are held in cash accounts may be extended until it is safe for us to gather again. If and we plan on moving forward with planned capital you have business with the membership office, please improvements and our charitable obligations. Bequests are call and we will make every effort to help. If you need to invested conservatively for the long term and we regularly retrieve your surfboard from the racks or items from your consult our investment advisors at Morgan Stanley regard- locker, the office will schedule access for you, but once ing these investments. you retrieve them, please keep these items at home until We will continue to use email blasts to communicate we reopen. with membership. Unfortunately, some member’s email Some of our fellow Elks, along with their spouses, addresses are not current. If you are not receiving regular children, and extended family, are experiencing financial email blasts through email or know a member who has hardship. Many are awaiting benefits promised by the been out of the loop, please contact membership at 923- stimulus package, which hopefully will be delivered soon. 4935 to update your information. Personal email is pre- We understand the challenges this crisis has created and ferred rather than work or business. have extended the grace period for membership renewal We are also in the midst of redesigning the elkslodge616. through April 30. If necessary, the Board will extend the org website and are adding a bulletin board that will grace period further so that we can maintain Lodge and provide members with menus, notices and other up to date Club access for our brothers and sisters in financial dis- information. tress. In the meantime, we thank those of you who have With warmest aloha, we say stay well, stay safe, stay already paid your dues. home. There have been questions about reductions in dues, Russell Motter given the closure of the Club. Unless there is new guidance Exalted Ruler

Happy Mother’s Day Buffet ~ May 10 Watch for Special Mother’s Day Menu in the Eblasts. Be sure your email is updated. Call: 923-5722 2

LODGE FINANCE AND The funding for all scheduled time. Any employee that had to be INVESTMENTS UPDATE Lodge activities is in place and we laid off during the closure has been will be ready to resume operations encouraged to file for unemployment. Aloha All, as soon as we are advised it is safe to The Lodge is also looking into the Hope this finds all our members do so. Government “Payroll Protection safe and healthy. As has been said in I wish you all good health and Program” recently passed by other articles, this is a fluid situation, Aloha, Congress to see if we qualify for this program. As of this writing, April so information provided now (April Gloria Yau 11, the Club is providing food take- 9, 2020) may have significantly Loyal Knight changed by the time you read this. out on a limited basis Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to Our investment portfolio is weath- Board of Directors ering the storm. Our capital reserve 6:30pm. This also enables us to keep funds are used to fund our ongoing Much has happened since your some of our employees working. capital improvement program. Cur- Board of Directors last met “face to Call the Lodge for take-out orders at rently, this constitutes about one half face” in March. All of us have been 923-5722. of our portfolio and the funds are challenged by Covid-19, and the The first Board meeting of the held in cash or cash like investments. Board and the Lodge face these same year was held on April 7 using Zoom Therefore, they are not much af- challenges. and will continue that process until fected by the current volatility in the As of March 17, all Lodge and the Lodge reopens. Board meetings market. The other half of our invest- Club events were cancelled, and the will still be held on the second and ments are donor restricted funds with Lodge was closed. Newly elected fourth Tuesday. Several projects the objective of income production officers assumed their respective the Board has been working on and long term growth. These funds positions April 1 until a formal will continue as scheduled and are more heavily invested in conser- installation can be held later, once we’re taking advantage of the down vative dividend producing large cap Lodge meetings resume. We welcome time to complete various ongoing stocks which tend to be somewhat our two new Board members, maintenance projects. The 2020-21 less impacted by market fluctuations. Leading Knight Shannon Ball and budget is currently being addressed We have not seen any significant Lecturing Knight Calvin Hara. Along and any changes in fees due to dividend reductions. with Exalted Ruler Russell Motter the closure are in discussion. We The market suffered a steep decline and Loyal Knight Gloria Yau, the five encourage members to forward and hit its current low on March 23. Trustees John Nadler, Carl Reber, any concerns or questions you It has been regaining ground since Rick Bergstrom, Judy Rubano and have for the Board to Bud Lush at then. We decided to follow the advice Bud Lush make up the Board of [email protected] and we of our investment managers, stay Directors for 2020-21. will respond back by email. We are focused on the long term, and refrain Since closing the Lodge due to hopeful and optimistic things will from making any drastic changes at Covid-19, we have been working return to “normal” soon. this time. to do as much as possible to assist Please follow all the recommended The Lodge itself is financially our employees. All employees who Covid-19 guidelines and we hope sound and we will present a balanced had medical insurance at the time of and pray for the safety of you and budget, for both the Lodge and Club, closure will have coverage through your family. at the next Lodge meeting, whenever the Lodge until the end of April. Bud Lush, Chairman that is scheduled. This will be reviewed again at that Board of Directors

LODGE OF SORROW The clock of their days has stopped. Upon its dial the motionless shadows mark eleven, with us the golden hour of recollection. Frank DeJesus, Jr (75) Gary K.M. Fukuda (75) John Franklin Richardson, Jr (95) 34 Year Life Member 27 Year Member 75 Year Life Member Born: January 16, 1945 Born: July 26, 1944 Born: May 10, 1924 Initiated: June 22, 1987 Initiated: August 22, 1994 Initiated: May 30, 1945 Died: March 12, 2020 Died: March 31, 2020 Died: October 26, 2019 3

Aloha to my brother and Justice, Brotherly Love, and by the time you receive this, sister Elks. Fidelity . conditions may have changed. I look forward to the day when We won’t be gathering together A good way to stay up to date we can all hug each other and for Mother’s Day this May. As is through our email blasts, so talk story about our lives in your Chaplain, we will celebrate please be sure we have your quarantine. As each day goes our Elks ritual later in the year current email address. Contact by, I cherish those things we when our Exalted Ruler Russ the Membership Office @ 923- took for granted. The greetings, Motter designates the honor of 4935 to confirm or update your the smiles, the deep abiding celebrating your special day... address. Blasts go out weekly friendships, the Elks Rituals and Hau‘oli La Makuahine! If you with special blasts as appropriate. especially the HUGS! We are so are fortunate to still have a As of early April, of our 4000+ Blessed to be members of this MOM on earth that you can hug members, 2,700, 68%, have Lodge. I, for one, will never take and look her in the eyes, give her renewed dues. All new member this fraternal organization and all a hug and tell her, “I love you processing has been suspended we do together as Ohana making Mom ” till further notice. a better community for granted In addition to the membership again. We are truly Blessed to be Flowers that mean we should be happy staff of Debbie and Teru, Chris, a Blessing . Throwing aside a load of care our accounting clerk, is in daily to process billing and liaison finan- Oh, May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii cial information. With our out- May Day is happy days out there May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii sourced accounting firm, financial Garlands of flowers everywhere Malama pono, a hui hou, reporting and controls remain in Delorese Elks 616 Chaplain All of the colors in the rainbow place. We are now starting the year-end annual audit. Club staff Maidens with blossoms in their hair From the Secretary’s Desk come in Wednesdays through Sun- . Aloha members. As of this writ- days for the takeout food service May is the Month we celebrate ing, which is the first week of and a single maintenance/house- Mother’s Day all across our April, the Membership Office is keeping worker is in daily for nation at all Elks Lodges. Our open daily receiving and process- basic maintenance and cleaning. founders honored Mothers with a ing membership renewals and Stay safe and practice the dis- special Mother’s Day Ritual. This being available to communicate tancing and cleansing protocols. prayer is old school and still near updates on Lodge activity. The Aloha, e a hui hou, and dear to us who practice the office is staffed Monday through George West, principles of our order: Charity, Friday, 7:00a to 2:30p. Of course, Secretary

CENTURY CLUB MEMBERS

To become a Century Club member, make a donation of $100 (must be a separate check) or more to the Major Project. You will receive a certificate of your membership and a gold “Piggy” lapel pin from the State President and be acknowledged in the California-Hawaii Elks Newsletter. All donated funds go to benefit our children with disabilities. The latest members to join the State President’s Century Club/52 Club are: Madeline Lum. . . . .$100.00 52 Club Laurie A.Doerschlen $52.00 4 4 HONOLULU LODGE NO. 616 BENEVOLENT AND May Application For Membership PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OFFICERS

Investigation: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Ballot: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 EXALTED RULER...... Russell Motter Orientation: Thursday, May 21, 2020 – Initiation: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 LEADING KNIGHT...... Shannon Ball Name Address Occupation Proposer Dr. Lawrence Allman Honolulu, HI 96815 Psychologist Simone Landgraf LOYAL KNIGHT...... Gloria Yau Hawaii Family Therapy LECTURING KNIGHT...... Calvin Hara Mary Atiburcio Kihei, HI 96753 Military Family Life Counselor Ormond Hammond SECRETARY...... George West Magellan Health Services TREASURER...... Winfred W. Cameron, Jr. Sandra K. Chang Honolulu, HI 96815 Unknown Gary Goslin ESQUIRE...... Ron G.S. Au Sueng-Hee Fujioka Honolulu, HI 96821 Homemaker Masanobu Fujioka CHAPLAIN...... Delorese Gregoire John Gravener Honolulu, HI 96825 Business Owner David Wheaton Kamaka Air, Inc INNER GUARD...... Burt Yasui Dr. Luke Hadge Honolulu, HI 96815 Clinical Psychologist Joan Randish TILER...... Michaelene Urban Dr. Luke Hadge LAPSATION...... Teru Yasuda, PDDGER Blossom L. Hoffman Honolulu, HI 96816 Teacher Adult Ed/voice Teacher Alison Zecha PRESIDING JUSTICE...... Greg Kugle HI DOE 1 YEAR TRUSTEE...... John Nadler John M. Maher Kapolei, HI 96706 U.S. Gov. Employee Robert Bradley 2 YEAR TRUSTEE...... Carl Reber Dept of Defense Tham Nguyen Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S. Gov. Emp Matt Arashiro 3 YEAR TRUSTEE...... Rick Bergstrom Dept of Treasury - IRS 4 YEAR TRUSTEE...... Judy Rubano James Petrides Honolulu, HI 96825 Business Owner David Wheaton 5 YEAR TRUSTEE...... Bud Lush, PER Kamaka Air, Inc MEDIATOR...... Robert Kekuna, PER William Pierpont Honolulu, HI 96825 Engineer Miles M. Anderson ORGANIST...... Jackie Burke Enecon Hawaii, Inc Terri Ross Washington Honolulu, HI 96815 Operations Manager Derek Anderson BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Bud Lush Waialae Properties Mgmt House Committee Chair Russell Motter These were the applications received prior to Lodge Closure due to COVID-19. All member- ship processing cancelled and will resume when it is safe and lockdown lifted by Government. PER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Deb Knight LODGE HISTORIAN Anita Manning DISTRICT DEPUTY GER John R. Smith, Kona Lodge 2616 Lodge Committee Chairmen CHEA STATE VICE PRESIDENT Peter Machado, will be updated at a later date. PER Pearl City Lodge #2669 Honolulu Lodge 616 DISTRICT LEADERS Wayne Howard, PSP, Honolulu #616 Ron Mizuno, PDDGER NOTEWORTHY NUMBERS Front Desk 923-5722 Club Mgr. Info. & Reservations 923-5722 Secretary 923-5525 Membership Information 923-4935 Fax 923-1726 E-mail [email protected] Website www.elkslodge616.org Board of Directors [email protected] Contact Lodge Secretary - for info re Elks Speech Therapy Program 559-255-4531 SICKNESS AND DISTRESS 923-5525 A beautiful Easter morning, with promises of a beautiful future. George West 923-5525

SEWER PIPE PROJECT UPDATE While the Lodge is closed for covid-19, we have taken advantage of this time to move ahead on the sewer re- lining project from the building to the street. This involves all the underground sewage piping from the locker rooms, bathrooms, and kitchen. The relining of these pipes shall extend the life or our existing underground pip- ing for another fifty years or more. This project has taken two years of planning and working with a multitude of contractors and vendors. By the time this is printed, the project should be completed, and well under budget with no interruptions to our facility. John Nadler, Trustee 5

MAJOR PROJECT and Other Donations March 1 TO 31, 2020

Wed. Hawaiian Singers Piggy Banks Charlotte Duthie $37.04 2/26/20 ENF $34.00 Anonymous #1 $12.00 Emma Flynn $24.75 3/08/20 ENF $14.00 Anonymous #2 $49.82 Calvin Hara $52.00 3/11/20 ENF $23.00 Anonymous #3 $47.00 Bradford Harrison $33.81 Lodge Meeting (Koa Bowl) Dr. Lyn Ackerman $14.89 Lorna Kaaloa $128.85 3/10/2020 $26.00 Michele Aiwohi $2.50 Pamela Kimura $34.25 Anonymous-for J. Mills & J. Gomez Carol Aki $65.21 Valerie Mathews $38.10 3/10/2020 $20.00 Sjon Brown $133.13 Frank Ocalvey $25.10 Joe Dowson Art Group Oscar Campbell $8.46 Charles Pacheco $13.95 3/03/2020 $30.00 Jenni Cooney $29.00 Ernestine Smart $26.57 3/10/2020 $10.00 Kirstin Downey $10.00 James Stites $62.00

MEMBERSHIP REPORT — March 31, 2020 (End of Fiscal Year) STARTING MEMBERSHIP ON April 1, 2019: 3927 LAPSATION REPORT – AS OF March 31, 2020: 06 MONTHS DELINQUENT (paid to 10/01/2019): 0 TOTAL INITIATED: 244 12 MONTHS DELINQUENT (paid to 04/01/2019): 0 TOTAL TRANSFER IN: 8 Note: All delinquents were dropped from membership REINSTATED: 33 rolls prior to 3/31/2020 TOTAL GAIN: 285 TOTAL DELINQUENCY ON – March 31, 2020: 0 (0.00%) TOTAL DROPPED: 132 Applications on Hand: TOTAL TRANSFER OUT: 8 Waiting for Investigation, Indoctrination, Initiation, TOTAL AB. DIMIT: 14 Reinstatement & Affiliation: 87 TOTAL DIED: 27 Life Membership Report: TOTAL EXPELLED: 0 Life Members: 415 Honorary Life Member: 0 TOTAL LOSS: 181 Total: 415 CHANGE: +104 Percentage of Membership: 10.57% CURRENT MEMBERSHIP – March 31, 2020: 4,031 (2.64% GAIN)

s we bow our heads, we Bless the Mothers of our great A lift our hearts to you O land who are this day guiding God, Our Father, for the sacred and inspiring childhood, and and hallowed memories which may the gentle and ennobling have inspired the observance of influence of Mother be always Mother’s Day. to our youth the sweetest and We thank Thee, and may most uplifting power they the sweet and gentle shall ever know. recollections which crowd the May light perpetually shine hearts and minds of all as we upon the mother whom we have participate in this service, loved Always in all ways . make of us stronger, truer, Malama pono, a hui hou, and better children. Delorese Elks 616 Chaplain Honolulu Lodge 616 Nonprofit Organization BPO Elks U.S. Postage PAID 2933 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 Permit No. 256

Aloha valued members, We want you to know that our primary • Frequent handwashing and hand concern is the health and safety of sanitization will inhibit the spread our membership and of illnesses. our employees. Based • Employees will be extra on State of Hawai‘i vigilant during this time by recommendations regarding keeping surfaces clean and Covid-19, we want to frequently washing hands. emphasize good sense • Wear a face mask and do not precautions that we all can take. touch your face. • Fever, cough and shortness Please be assured that we will of breath are warning signs of update the membership as illness. If you’re sick, please conditions warrant. Mahalo for stay home. your attention to this matter.