THE 916 BULLETIN the Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER of ELKS Lodge #916
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THE 916 BULLETIN The Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Lodge #916 925 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05408 (802) 862-1342 The Exalted Ruler’s Message MARCH 2007 350 Club.....................................................4 It seems hard to believe that my year as Activity Calendar.......................................8 Exalted Ruler is coming to an end. March 31st A Proud Elk ...............................................3 will be the Installation of Officers with a Benevolent Ben..........................................7 wonderful dinner and dancing to follow. I hope Birthdays....................................................5 there will be a large turnout to welcome our first Bits & Pieces..............................................4 female Exalted Ruler Diane Hazen. It is only right Casino Trip ................................................8 to start her off with a big party! This year our Children’s Easter Party ..............................5 guest lodge for the Installation will be St. Albans Contact Information...................................2 Lodge. This is going to be a very big night for the Eldoes Update ............................................7 Lodge, so get your tickets early. Elks Care Elks Share..................................7 When I started out my year, one of my goals French Night ..............................................3 was to make several new connections. I feel I have Installation of Officers ...............................4 succeeded in this goal. I made many new In Vail We Call ..........................................2 connections not only at #916, but at other Lodges around the state as well. I had a great Irish Night..................................................6 time meeting other members at the State Convention, National Convention in Florida Lodge Notices ............................................2 and at all the other meetings that I have attended. It was great to visit all the New Officers to be Installed .....................3 surrounding Lodges both in and out of Vermont. It is very nice to see members from Officers ......................................................2 other Lodges visit and get to know them by their first name. Old Timer’s Meeting..................................5 I big thank you to all of my Officers and many members, chairperson, etc. that Penguin Plunge ..........................................3 made my year as Exalted Ruler an easier and rewarding one. I will not be able to name Proposed Members.....................................2 all of you in my message but I will see all of you in person to thank you. Without all the Special Olympics .......................................7 help from the many volunteers throughout the year things would not have gone as well This ‘n That................................................6 as they did. It is great to see the many new volunteers helping out. It makes it much Three Corks................................................6 easier on those who have been around for years as they are able to sit and enjoy a meal Vermont Special Olympics ........................7 once in a while. Thank you all again and please keep up the good work for your new Volunteer of the Month..............................5 ER. My year as Exalted Ruler will be ending and I will be headed for a five year term as Trustee. I hope to be around the Lodge as much as I can, so please feel free to chat Meeting Night anytime. I plan to be an active Trustee and will help out the Lodge anyway I can. Out of the Chairs and into the Trustees - here we go! If you would like to start in the Chairs Thursday, March 1st please see an Officer and talk it over. You really learn a lot about the Lodge and it’s daily operations. You need to start somewhere. It was a great year...Thank You! Hope to see many of you at the Installation Dinner on March 31st. 350 Club Thursday, March 8th HAVE YOU ASKED SOMEONE TO BECOME A MEMBER TODAY? Fraternally Yours, Steak Night Wednesday, March 14th Meeting Night Gary Little, Exalted Ruler Thursday, March 15th • All members should have received their dues renewal. The Key Card for the front door will be changed on April 1st. You need to renew by that date to gain admittance to the Lodge. Early birds will be considered by March 20th. I want to thank my wife and member Linda Langlois, member Betty Reider, Alice Charbonneau and Doug Schumpf for the yeoman type job they did in mailing out the dues notices and preparing the membership cards for the upcoming year. • Regular membership meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7pm. • Members are welcome to attend the Governing Board meeting on the second Tuesday at 6pm in the upstairs meeting room. • The Lodge Investigating Committee meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm when there are members proposed. THESE APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP OR REINSTATEMENT WILL BE BALLOTED ON AT THE MARCH 1, 2007 MEMBERSHIP MEETING Name Address Occupation Proposer TARY KIRK BURLINGTON DAY RYAN GEORGE EBERT ESSEX TEACHER MATT ENGELS RON BARLOW SOUTH BURLINGTON RICHARD GRACEY BRIDGET GRACEY SOUTH BURLINGTON RICHARD GRACEY SHARRON GREER WILLISTON SALES RICHARD GRACEY DANIEL BEAN SHELBURNE RETIRED BOB MC CANN IN VAIN WE CALL Name Born Initiated Died MARCEL J. CARRIER May 24, 1939 May 21, 2000 January 15, 2007 LODGE OFFICERS 2006-2007 THE 916 BULLETIN Exalted Ruler: Gary Little The Monthly Newsletter of the Esteemed Leading Knight: Diane Hazen Esteemed Loyal Knight: Dave Blankemeyer Benevolent Order of Elks Lodge #916 Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Mary Paule Hill Secretary: Charles Munson Published monthly and mailed to all Lodge Members and select Treasurer: Brian Bouchard others, by bulk mail at Burlington, Vermont. The content can also be viewed at the Lodge’s Website, www.bpoe916.com Inner Guard: Steve Schifilliti Esquire: Robert Brown Relevant information for inclusion is welcomed and should be Tiler: Daniel Ryan submitted by the 15th of the month proceeding the publication by: Chaplain: Hank Metevier Organist: Rick Guest • emailing to [email protected] State Trustee: Bruce Webster • Placing the material in the 916 Bulletin mailbox at the Lodge LODGE TRUSTEES 2006-2007 front entranceway. Trustee Chairman: Chris Bissonette • Mailing it to the Lodge to the attention of the 916 Bulletin. Trustee: Fred Dusablon, PER Trustee: Ron LaRose, PER, PSP We do our best to include all pertinent information that our Trustee: Richard Schmitt 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 Trustee: Jim Procopio 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 HOW TO CONTACT THE LODGE have it delivered to our members by the 1st of the following month. General [email protected] Exalted Ruler............................... [email protected] We reserve the right to edit submitted items for brevity and Lodge Secretary [email protected] appropriateness. The Exalted Ruler has the final responsibility for Lodge Treasurer............... [email protected] the Bulletin content. Trustees..............................bpoe916trustees@comcast.net Event [email protected] Editor - John Hill Bulletin Editor ...................... [email protected] Photography - Wayne LaBonte 2 A Proud Elk! Dr. John Farnham was French Night honored recently by the Vermont State Guard at a Over 200 people turned out for meeting held at Camp John- French Night on January 27th to enjoy a son in Colchester on Janu- great dinner and dancing to Phil n’ the ary 24, 2007, where he was Blanks. I want to thank all the awarded the following med- volunteers who help set up the tables, als for his distinguished serve the meal and clean up. Special service during the Korean thanks to my “Tourtière Team.” It’s conflict: Purple Heart always great to see our members Medal, National Defense supporting these wonderful events! One of the couple who Service Medal, Korean Ser- danced the night away! Fraternally yours, vice Medal, Army Overseas Service Ribbon (with 3 Wilfred “Dizzy” Desilets, PER, Chairperson Bronze Stars), United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea War Service Medal, Vermont Commendation Medal, Vermont Distinguished Service Medal and the Vermont Veterans Medal. He was joined by his wife Pat, their four sons and extended We Took the family. His son, Colonel Jonathan Farnham, and Lt. Governor and Major General Michael Dubie from the Vermont National Guard, had the honor of pinning the medals on Dr. Farnham. Dr. Farnham is a member of the Vermont State Guard Medical Plunge! Corps and serves as a Colonel. On February 11th, 18 hardy (or foolish) souls braved the elements to represent Lodge #916 in the annual Penguin Plunge to benefit the Special Olympics of Vermont. They were: Mike OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED Boucher, Sr., Mike Boucher, Jr., Matt Engles, Jim O’Brien, Diane Hazen, Kayla Eustace, Tom Eustace, Lauren Walker, Kari Lopes, ON MARCH 31ST Randy Lopes, Tristan Harris, Erica Price, Andy Maclean, Barney Lilley (PER and Chairperson), Fred Dusablon, Dizzy Desilets, Exalted Ruler: Diane Hazen Christie Hutchins and 7-YEAR OLD MACKENZEE LOPES! Esteemed Leading Knight: Dave Blankemeyer Esteemed Loyal Knight: Mary Paule Hill Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Rick Boucher Secretary: Charles