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HOLLEYHOLLEYHOLLEYHOLLEY----NAVARRENAVARRENAVARRENAVARRE ELKS LODGE #2787ELKS LODGE #2787ELKS LODGE #2787ELKS LODGE #2787

P.O. Box 5387 P.O. Box 5387 P.O. Box 5387 P.O. Box 5387 Navarre, Fl. 32566Navarre, Fl. 32566Navarre, Fl. 32566Navarre, Fl. 32566

PHONE (850) 939PHONE (850) 939PHONE (850) 939PHONE (850) 939----2787278727872787

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LODGE OFFICERS Exalted Ruler Toby Griner Est. Leading Knight Tom Stevens Est. Loyal Knight Brian Feehan Est. Lecturing Knight Lyle Cater Esquire Allen VanDyk Chaplain Robin Stevens Inner Guard Jesse Brosig Tiler Patrick Schulte Secretary Kathy Schulte (Acting) Treasurer Walter Zilka 3-Year Trustee Donald E Helms 2-Year Trustee Clarke Duarte 1-Year Trustee Benjamin R Gray

GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES

Activities Committee Linda Griner Special Community Projects Lyle Cater Community Activities Ray Yantch Public Relations Ray Yantch Youth Activities Rick Mase Hoop Shoot Unfilled

Drug Awareness Rick Rheaume PER Association Allen VanDyk Youth Activities Rick Mase

Fraternal Committee Americanism Hans Offenborn Elks National Foundation Dan Hargrave Flag Day Allen VanDyk Elks Memorial Day Tom Stevens Government Relations Jim Fix Membership & Lapsation Tom Stevens Indoctrination/Orientation Sherill Donaldson Investigation Allen VanDyk Veterans Service Kris Kane Lodge Activities Linda Griner Standing Relief Board of Directors Youth Camp Rick Mase Alt to Grand Lodge Bill White

Auditing and Accounting Auditing Chairperson Rick Mase Auditor Jesse Brosig Auditor Connie Mussari

STATE ASSOCIATION COMMITTES

Elks Training Rick Mase Harry Anna Trust Hans Offenborn Inter-Lodge Visitation Kathy Schulte Lodge Reporter Kathy Schulte Officers Attendance Kathy Schulte Membership & Lapsation Kathy Schulte Charity Committee Rick Mase

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Bulletin ’THE LOG’ Ray Yantch Bingo Patty Quinn Golf Tournament Donald Simmons Web Master Dan Hargraves

OTHER COMMITTEES

Presiding Justice Tim Mead Mediator Rick Mase Lodge Advisor Frank Hayes

HOLLEY-NAVARRE ELKS LODGE #2787

Toby Griner

BINGO!

We can use

your help!

Thank

you.

Patty

Welcome New Members Name Number Charlie Back

Fellow Elks,

Our new year has started well with a full slate of officers, and most of our

committee chairs are filled. Our Esquire will be Past Exalted Ruler Allen

Van Dyk. Allen was forced to resign as Secretary because of new work-

loads in his business, and I thank Allen for his continued support in the

Lodge in his new position. Thanks to Kathy Schulte for accepting appoint-

ment as Secretary until elections are held. As Secretary, Kathy vacated the

Auditor committee Chair, and Rick Mase has accepted appointment as our

new Auditor Chairperson. Thanks to all of you for accepting these officer

positions and thanks to all of our committee members for accepting respon-

sibilities for carrying on the charitable work of our Order.

Thanks to Trustee Clarke Duarte for his laborious and very successful ef-

fort to refurbish our walk-in cooler. It is now fully functional and was vi-

tally needed. Thanks to Clarke also for his unending attention to many de-

ficiencies he found in our Lodge facility, for replacing portions of the rear

deck, and for his acceptance as Safety Officer. Many others also donated

time and money to help in these projects. Thanks to Ray Yantch for ac-

cepting the job of editor of our newsletter, The Log, and for the tremendous

job he is doing.

I am proud to report that the final State tally of membership shows that

Holley-Navarre achieved an 11% increase last year, one of the highest in

the State. Membership is vital to our lodge and Tom Stevens, our Leading

Knight, has accepted both the Grand Lodge Membership and Lapsation

Committee chairs for the coming year in work that is so vital to increasing

membership and preventing member loss. We can all assist Tom in this

effort by proposing and sponsoring new members and participating in our

lodge activities and his special membership events.

As always, I cordially invite all Elks and their guests to visit and support

our lodge and Club. Our event and activity plans always provide some-

thing for everyone, so come out, meet other Elks, and enjoy your lodge.

Fraternally,

Toby Griner

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Applications: Applications: Applications: Applications: SponsorSponsorSponsorSponsor OccupationOccupationOccupationOccupation

Kimberlee Blaine Bill Adair

Membership ApplicationsMembership ApplicationsMembership ApplicationsMembership Applications

Bulletin Boosters Calvin Christensen 01/13 Judith Christensen 01/13 Russ Wilby 03/13 Dan Hargraves 10/12 Jim & Betty White 9/12 Walter & Kathryn Zilka 9/12

Ewin Marris 7/12 Ben & Peggy Gray 6/12 Gary & Nancy Forester 4/12

Louis Albino 04/12 Vera Jordan 4/12 Jim and Gloria Fix 11/12

Your Name here for $10 per year. Help defray the cost of

the bulletin.

Business Cards will now be $30 per year starting Janu-

The second part of the question - what are we doing for the community? —Needs to be answered. We need to give our Mem-bers a reason to belong to our organization. Most Members join because they want to be involved in helping our communities be a better place too live. We need to increase our involvement and presence in this en-deavor. If our Lodge will find out the needs in our area and encourage our Mem-bers to get involved we will increase our membership.

Congrats to Rick Rheaume for

winning the Weber Grill, and

Jesse Brosig for winning the Na-

varre Beach Painting. This raffle

raised another

$166.00 for

“Relay For

Life”

We have started a new year for our Elk Lodge and with each new year, we have many ideas of what we would like to accomplish dur-ing the year. One of the biggest accomplish-ments would be to retain or increase our mem-bership.

How do we attract and retain our member-ship? By giving our Members a purpose for be-longing.

We need to ask ourselves, “What do we have to offer our Members, and what are we doing for our communities?”

To answer the first part of the question, we need to look at our facilities. Is it looking the best that it can? Are we keeping it clean and well painted? Are we taking pride to look at what we offer to the public? Have we got food and drink areas that are a little better than average as to give the Members a reason to attend our Lodge instead of going to some other place in town? We need to make our Lodge a focal point in the community and a place to be proud of.

2 Richard A Mase 9 Grady H. Carroll

3 Delores Tharp 14 Michael J. Boles

4 Calvin T. Christensen 16 William C. White

4 Howard W. Owens 19 Arthur J. Morell

5 James E. Murphy 19 Jeff A. Schmidt

6 Lyle R. Cater 20 Paul Turner

7 Gary Presley 24 Pamela Peck

7 Colette Burnham 20 Terry weeks

HOLLY NAVARRE ELKS CLUB HOURS

Monday - Saturday 2 pm - 11 pm

Closed Sundays … Holidays 2 pm - 11 pm

May 2012May 2012May 2012May 2012

SunSunSunSun MonMonMonMon TueTueTueTue WedWedWedWed ThuThuThuThu FriFriFriFri SatSatSatSat

1 BOD 6:00pm BOG 7:00pm

2 3 Activity Meeting 6:30 PM

4 BINGO 7pm Caller: Frank Valensi

5 Salsa Contest and Mexican Cuisine Food and Fun for

$5.00

6 Full Moon

7

PER Meeting

7:00 PM

Ladies Night 5pm to 9pm

8

Membership

Meeting

7:00PM

9 Spaghetti Dinner 6:00 PM

10 11 BINGO 7pm Caller: Art Williams

12

13 Mothers Day Event 2:00pm

14 Ladies Night 5pm to 9pm

15 16 Steak Dinner

6:00 PM

17

Oktoberfest

planning

meeting Bill

Adair’s home

18 BINGO 7pm Caller: Bill White

19 Craw Fish Boil

20 21 Indoctrination

7:00pm

Ladies Night 5pm to 9pm

22 Membership Meeting, & Initation,7pm

23 State Convention

24 State Convention

25 BINGO 7pm Caller: Tom Stevens

State Convention

26 State Convention

27 State Convention

28 Memorial Day in the Park time

TBD Ladies Night 5pm to 9pm

29

30 31

Our Charities NEED

your Help!

Elks CareElks CareElks CareElks Care----Elks ShareElks ShareElks ShareElks Share

Bulletin Articles are

due by the

15th of the month.

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Up-coming events for May 2012

Saturday May 5th: Ray &Amy will be doing Cinco de Mayo at the Lodge with Nachos, Taco salads, 7 Layer dip and a salsa contest all for a fun filled $5.00. Everyone is invited to make your favorite salsa recipe and see if you can compete with Lyle Cater and beat his winning streak. The fun starts at 6:00 PM along with this great Mexican cuisine you can purchase a Amy special blinged up Margareta glass and get special pricing on the Elk’s Lodge famous Margareta . Wednesday May 9th: Linda is making a spaghetti dinner with Garlic Bread and salad $7.00 per person at the Lodge. Come and enjoy bring your family and friends. At 6:00PM. Sunday May 13th: Mothers Day Ceremony at 2PM in the Lodge room. Everyone is asked to bring a appe-tizer to share after the ceremony. All mothers are invited for this very special occasion. Wednesday May 16th: Connie & Charlie is doing a steak dinner $12.00 per person steak, garlic bread, salad, and baked potato at the Lodge. Tickets will be at the bar for sell. Please purchase tickets early so they will have a head count and how many steaks to have on hand. At 6:00PM. Thursday May 17t: Bill Adair is having a Oktoberfest meeting for the planning of one of the largest events we will be doing this year. We will be assigning committees such as entertainment, food, and many others. Please keep in mind this event will take everyone working together to have such a large event. Everyone is en-couraged to come out and get involved. The meeting will be held at Bill’s home at 3193 Quiet Water Lane, Gulf Breeze at 6:30 PM. Saturday May 19th: Pat will be doing a craw fish boil with corn and potatoes at 2PM at the Lodge. Salads and desserts are welcomed. The Cost is $7.00 per person. Get your tickets at the lodge from the bartender. Monday May 28th: Elk Flag display at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Navarre Park in conjunction with the American Legion and the Specter VFW Post. Watch for special e-mails to announce the time.

Activity Chairperson

Linda Griner

National Veterans Committee National Veterans Committee National Veterans Committee National Veterans Committee Page 6 HOLLEY-NAVARRE ELKS LODGE #2787

Veterans Services Committee: “Got freedom? Thank a Vet!” I’ve spotted that saying on various T-shirts and own one myself. An easy way to thank a vet close to home is to join the Lodge 2787 Veterans Services Committee. Our goal is for the committee to plan and complete one activity a quarter, either on our own or possibly in conjunction with other local organizations such as the American Legion, the VFW, and the Air Force Enlisted Village in Shalimar. If you are interested in becoming a part of this committee, please contact me via phone at (H) 850-710-3114, (C) 850-830-2354, or by email at kanekm@aol.com. I will stand by for the stampede of volunteers!

Kris Kane

Chairperson, Lodge 2787 Veterans Services Committee Army of Hope Picnic, 25 August: Save the date!! The Army of Hope picnic is scheduled for Saturday, 25

August at the Fort Walton Beach Lodge. The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks be-

gan the Army of Hope Project as a benefit and to show support and appreciation for the members of the Armed Forces of

the United States and their families during the Iraq-Afghanistan War. In 2007 the Florida State Elks Association began

serving deployed military families with financial assistance through the FSEA Army of Hope. The NW District has

been the recipient of most of the donations made to military families since the program started in Florida. Details about

this year’s picnic will be made available as the AOH committee finalizes its planning activities.

To My Fellow Elks, The Cooler project began on 01/29/2012 and the Cooler became operational on 03/27/2012. The cooler was purchased in Milton for $450.00 an exceptional bargain. It was picked up and delivered to my garage by the members of the famous Beer Club, where it underwent total renovation, reconfiguration, painting, new door gaskets etc. Short story, a couple months of re-build desk, re-build shed, install cooler. Run Cooler Run. I want to give thanks to the following folks both members and guest who donated a total of $997.76 to this project: Suzie Peluso, Jan Duarta, Reggie Queenan, Ray Yantch, Don Helms, Lyle Cater, Toby and Linda Griner, Jim White, Ben Gray, Pat and Kathy Schulte.

In addition to financial aid, many thanks given to the following Elks, especially those who are not mem-bers of this lodge in providing their help and exper-tise throughout this project. Ben Gray who provided primary assistance with the construction and: Tom Stevens, Paul Turner, Ed Baker, Beryl Farmer, Jim White, Mike Warren, Lyle Cater, Reggie Queenan, Don Helms, Pat Schulte.

All done lovingly for “Cold Beer”

Gratefully,

Clark Duarte

Clark Duarte Builders Corner

This is a few picture of the construction project that was done with great pride.

DON’T FORGET

“THE FOOD SHELF”

Buckets are located at the Elk’s Lodge entrance

Try to bring a can of food etc.

Each time you come to the Lodge

Navarre Families really need our help

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Everyone needs to come out and share in the fun!

Easter Egg Hunt

Steak Dinner Night

Iron Chef Gumbo Cook-Off

We had the Iron Chef cook off sponsored by Walter & Kay Zilka with every type of gumbo you could think of. What a wonderful time we had. Lyle Carte aka “Mr.

Zatarain's” won judge’s choice, but they were all winners!

Mr. Zatarain’s

Thanks to Terry & Robin. They served 14-16oz steaks that were great with so much food you could hardly eat it all. They also set up the TV and cameras via the satellite with little Gene in Michigan. It was nice to see and hear Gene play

for us. This event brought back a lot of fond memories.

Past Events For April We’ve had a busy month, with a lot of activities. If you missed them, you missed a great time. Thanks to all that sponsored an event.

Ann Helms did an outstanding job on our Pre-Easter dinner with ham all the trimmings. Thanks to all that helped.

Thanks to all that helped with these events. I know all sponsors appreciated your help also.

Activity Chairperson

Linda Griner