Location:702 South Orange Ave. Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043

Phone: 904-284-9049 Email: bpoe1892@bellsouth.net

Newsletter Editor: Sherry Adair

Happy Birthday from your Lodge!! Celebrate your birthday with a drink at the lodge. Visit the bar anytime during your birthday month

and present your membership card for a COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGE.

Officer of the Year: Penny Kunze Elk of the Year: Clyde Mixon

Citizen of the Year: Kimberly Thomas

Oct 1 Breakfast 7:30-11am Oct 1 Elks Yard Sale 8:00am - 1:00pm Oct 1 St Augustine VP Visit 6:00pm Oct 1 Fish & Shrimp 5:00 - 6:30pm $7 Oct 2 Jags Games Wings & Pizza with Draft Specials Oct 3 Beef Stroganoff 5:30pm Oct 4 Early Bird Bingo 6:00pm/Sandwiches 5:30-6:30p $5 Oct 5 Burgers 6:00-7:00pm $7 Oct 6 Tacos or Spaghetti 5:30-6:30pm $6 Oct 6 Lodge Meeting 7:00pm Oct 7 Roadside Fish Fry 11:00am Oct 7 BBQ—Ribs, Chicken and Sides Oct 8 Breakfast 7:30-11am Oct 8 Children's Fishing Tournament 11:00am Oct 8 Fish & Shrimp 5:00- 6:30 $7 Oct 9 Jags Games Wings & Pizza with Draft Specials Oct 10 Chicken & dumplings 5:30pm Oct 11 Early Bird Bingo 6:00pm/Sandwiches 5:30-6:30pm $5 Oct 12 Burgers 6-7:00pm $7 Oct 13 Tacos or Spaghetti 5:30-6:30pm $6 Oct 13 House Committee 5:30pm/PER 6:30pm/BOD 7:00pm Oct 14 Pizza, Nachos or Pasta Dish &8 Oct 14 October Birthday Cake after dinner Oct 15 Breakfast 7:30-11am Oct 15 WILD GAME FEAST 3:00pm Band at 4:00pm Oct 16 Jags Games Wings & Pizza with Draft Specials Oct 17 Liver & Onions 5:30pm Oct 18 Early Bird Bingo 6:00pm/Sandwiches 5:30-6:30pm $5 Oct 19 Burgers 6:00 -7:00pm $7 Oct 20 Tacos or Spaghetti 5:30-6:30pm $6 Oct 20 Lodge Meeting 7:00pm/Initiation Oct 21 Seafood Extravaganza 6:30pm $12 TRIVIA Oct 22 Breakfast 7:30-11am Oct 22 Fish & Shrimp 5:00 - 6:30pm $7 Oct 22 VP Visit Gainesville 6:00pm Oct 23 Jags Games Wings & Pizza with Draft Specials Oct 24 Meatloaf 5:30pm Oct 25 Early Bird Bingo 6:00pm/Sandwiches 5:30-6:30p $5 Oct 26 Burgers 6:00-7:00pm $7 Oct 27 Tacos or Spaghetti 5:30-6:30pm $6 Oct 27 Interviews 6:30pm Oct 28 Halloween Costume & Dinner party 6:30pm $12 Oct 29 Breakfast 7:30-11am Oct 29 Fish & Shrimp 5:00 - 6:30pm $7 Oct 30 Jags Games Wings & Pizza with Draft Specials Oct 31 Beef Stew 5:30pm

Sherry Adair is our Lodge's Elk of the Month for October 2016. Sherry serves as our Newsletter

Editor and digital distributor of special

information for Lodge members. Her artistic

and creative gifts coupled with her dedicated and

persistent traits make her an exceptional member of our Elk Team. Beyond her primary duties, Sherry cooks Sunday

afternoons, helps to plan Lodge events, and anything else she is asked to do.

She is a willing volunteer, who lives our motto "We are Elks, Who serve."

The GCS Police Department Benefit on September 10th to raise funds for its "Trunk or Treat" event to be held October 29th was a great success with 157 people attending. Their auction and drawings brought in over $5000 for "Trunk or Treat". This would not have been possible without the volunteers who cooked, served, and decorated. Thanks to them all and the 60 plus Lodge members who attended the event.

October is shaping up to be another busy month. October 1st: Lodge Yard Sale Sale and GCS Soul Food Parade are in the morning with NE District VP Glenn Gardner's visitation to St Augustine Lodge #829 at 6:00 PM that evening. Volunteers are still needed to position parade units from 10:00 AM to 12:00pm. If you can help, please contact me. October 8th: Kid's Fishing Day at the Lodge. Richard Felkey is heading this up for kids from the Charles E. Bennett Elementary School. October 15th is the day for our Lodge's famous "Wild Game Feast". Advance tickets are on sale now. Thanks to Tim Smith for taking the lead on this. October 22nd: NE District VP Glenn Gardner's "home coming" visitation coming” visitation to his Gainesville Lodge #990 at 6:00 PM. We need someone to run the "Hoop Shoot" contest. If you are interested in this youth project, please contact me. As you can see our Lodge is a busy and active place and we need members to volunteer. Please be a part of the action. "We are Elks, Who serve." Gene Rittenhouse Exalted Ruler

September’s initiation brought our member count to 732. This is thanks to all of you! We still have 59

members who have not yet renewed, but it’s not too late. If you have not been to the Lodge lately, please stop by and visit with your old friends. Steak Night restaurant style was recently added with entertainment once

a month. This month’s Steak Night is October 28th and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Diane Watson Secretary

PROPOSITIION FOR MEMBERSHIP: Patricia Klimas proposed by Gordon Halbrook; David Alexander proposed by Wayne Whitehead; Susan Hayward proposed by Kenneth Burke; Harold Terry proposed by Russ Brummer; Gail Gartin proposed by Marlene Jacobs; Kathy Hendry proposed by Marlene Jacobs, and Jeffery Urbanik proposed by Robert Meeks TRANSFER FROM ST. AUGUSTINE: George Morat REINSTATEMENT: Jim Arnold IV

Thank you to the Members of the Green Cove Springs Lodge who have taken part in the annual Harry-Anna Trust Fund pin sale. This year's pin features State President John Harris' motto "Blasting Elkdom into the Future." Proceeds from the pin sale support the Children's Therapy Services and Youth Camp. Through the matching funds offer from our Bingo Committee, our Members pay only $25 but receive credit for a $50 pin donation! There are only a few pins left so please contact Tracy Carroll at tracyacarroll@att.net if you would like to support the Children's Therapy Services and Youth Camp through the purchase of one of these pins.

Robert Veleta, Jonathan Gerou, Lloyd Potter,

Wayne Moorman, Stephen Breuer, Tony Seago, April Grayson

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

Accident Prevention George Robertson 904-610-6367 Americanism Sandra Mead Auditing & Accounting Steve Conrad Bar Manager Ed Weston Bingo Chairman Ron Snow Building & Maint. George Robertson 904-610-6367 Comm. Activities / Projects Tracy Carroll Drug Awareness Program Pat Owen Elks Memorial Day Tracy Carroll Elks Scholarships Mike McNaney 284-0601 Elks Training (officers) Diane Watson ENF Exalted Ruler Entertainment Chair Nancy Klophenstein 904-307-2574 Flag Day Kathy Messman Food Service Director Jim Cornelious Fraternal Committee Gene Rittenhouse 904-940-2830 Government Relations Jim Arnold 904-264-3627 Harry-Anna Tracy Carroll Hoop Shoot Jim Geronimo House Committee Chair Marty Engelken 904-600-7019 Indoctrination Tracy Carroll Inter-Lodge Visitation Gene Rittenhouse Investigation /Interviews Diane Watson Lapsed Memberships Kristine Watson Lodge Rentals Open Lodge 1892 Scholarship Penny Kunze 904-477-4950 Lodge Activities Tracy Carroll Maintenance Director George Robertson 904-610-6367 Membership Diane Watson, Cheryl Alward Member at Large Marge Hamel Newsletter Sherry Adair 702-378-9961 Orientation Tracy Carroll PER Association Rick Kunze 269-7934 Ritual Gene Rittenhouse Public Relations Diane Watson Relief Gene Rittenhouse Soccer Shoot Coach Glisson Veterans Chair Rick Kunze Visiting (in hospitals) Russ Brummer Youth Activities Coach Glisson904-284-9049

Lodge Officers 2016-2017 Exalted Ruler: Gene Rittenhouse Leading Knight: Tracy Carroll Loyal Knight: Kristine Watson Lecturing Knight: Kathy Messman Secretary: Diane Watson Treasurer: Paul Orvosh, NE DDGER Esquire: Helen Brummer Chaplin: Russ Brummer Inner Guard: Barbara Giansanti Tiler: Doug Wilton Lodge Trustees: 1 Yr. Trustee: Amien Joseph PER 2 Yr. Trustee: Ron Bendlin 3 Yr. Trustee: Doug McDonald 4 Yr. Trustee: Joe Boyd 5 Yr. Trustee: Baillie Forrester PER

Joseph Kozel Penny Kunze Rick Kunze Mark Landers Doug Lloyd Craig MacClaren Rico Masi Ronald Masucci Michael McCafferty Jack McInerney Sandra Mead Gary Miller Donald Moore Pete Moore Hugh Neighbors Steve Nelson Don Nichols Dan Norton Rainer Obermann Paul Orvosh Rick Ott George Penney Wellford Reed Bob Reeder Gene Rittenhouse Mary Roog Frank Rosenberger Joe Russell Laura Russell Charles Sauls Greg Shealy Terri Smith Ken Smith Robert Spann Ed Symanski Lewis Taylor Bill Thompson Kathie Thompson Joanie Usry Deborah Voskuil Gene Walden Frank Waldrup Ernie Ward Delbert White Douglas Wilton Marie Wilton James Womack Dorothy Wood Barbara Ziolo

Lodge Advisor Garfield Hurt,

PDDGER 904-284-4397

District Vice

President Paul Orvosh NE DDGER

Jim Arnold Richard Austell Ted Barber Mary Jo Beefelt Neil Beefelt Ron Bendlin George Brockus Donald Burden Gary Burnell Donna Burnette David Burkhalter Gary Burnell David Buttleman Jeannie Calhoun Tracy Carroll Arlene Chalmers Danny Clark Linda Crist Dorothy Degeneffe Tom Dorsky Hoyte Driggers Luke Dupuy James Elder Bennie Elrod Marsha Fields Bill Finneran Tom Flatter Jeff Flemming Pamela Fore Andre Franco Robert Frey Don Fullerton Roger Gill Jimmy Gillespie Janice Glisson Robert Goodbread Ronald Graham Jodie Graves Joe Hall Mike Hallam Bill Harwood Paul Haught Gerald Himes Paula Huff Greg Hughson Richard Huwel Charles Johns Richard Johnson Steve Johnston Maxie Kelly James Kinman Eugene Kirker Carl Kitchens Kim Knapp Jim Knight Grace Korosec Wynne

VP Visits 10/1/2016 - St Augustine 10/22/2016 - Gainesville

Sundays

Football 10/2 9:30am 10/16 1:00pm 10/23 1:00pm 10/27 8:25pm

and NASCAR

Wings & Pizza

and Draft Beer Specials

DURING The Jags Games!

EVERY Sunday at the Lodge

Birthdays are recognized on the 2nd Friday night of the month.

Fall Yard Sale FALL YARD SALE

Our Lodge Yard Sale is Saturday, October 1st

8:00 am to 1:00 pm We need donations of household goods, tools, toys,

and adult’s and children’s clothing. Please begin cleaning out closets, cabinets, garages,

and attics and put usable items aside. Watch for future emails for drop off dates.

We also need volunteers to sort and price items and work the sale.

Contact:

Kathy Messman or Tracy Carroll.

"WILD GAME FEAST” October 15

3:00PM Watch your email for

information

Welcome to the Jungle Join us on our Safari Open to the public!!

October 8th Children's Fishing

Tournament Free to Members and

Grandchildren Hotdogs and Hamburgers

11:00am—3:00pm

Halloween Party Steak Dinner and

Entertainment to be announced!

Another fun month has passed and by the time you read this our Hippie Dinner/Dance will be over and it will be October. Our two biggest October events are the Wild Game Feast, October 15th and our Halloween Dinner/Dance on the 28th. Again, I thank you all for your attendance and participation. I hope you will come join us for MORE FUN at our wonderful lodge. The Goodtime Gals

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