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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Lodi Elks Lodge No. 1900 Woodbridge, California

(209) 369-3291

January 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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PER Dinner Mtg 6pm

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Boy Scouts

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6 7

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Lifeline screening 8:30-5:30

House Comm/Trustee

Mtg 6pm

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Lodge Meeting 7pm

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Karaoke 6-8pm

Boy Scouts

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13 14 15

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Pool & Spa Meeting

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Boy Scouts

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Crab Feed

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Lodge Dinner Meeting 6/7pm

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Karaoke 6-8pm

Boy Scouts

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Rental

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L-R: Tim LeBas, Del Burns, Donna Schwartz, John Schwartz, Sherry Moroz, Tom Mayo, Blake Hanna, Steve Mayo, David Dietz & Calvin Craig.

Not pictured Michael Page & Bob Brooks.

Say Hello to Our Newest Members

LODI LODGE #1900—THE GRAPE PRESS

...From the Exalted Ruler

Name Occupation Sponsor

DeAnna Connors Supervisor Mike Patterson

Manuel Martins Farmer Larry Mullen

Gerald Schenore Unknown Rudy Vaccarezza

Proposed for Membership

January 2019

Fraternally yours,

Mike Patterson

Exalted Ruler

Greetings fellow Elks,

I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. We have had a lot going on around the lodge. We

even had an ugly sweater contest, I wonder who won? Watching Lodi Elks Lodge 1900

members, enjoying the lodge over the Holidays has been great. Everyone having such a

good time and in the process donating revenue for our charities.

This Lodge has great fellowship . If you want know what I'm talking about come to your

lodge and enjoy a great lunch during the week (11:30 to 1:30). Debbie and Jennie, our

wonderful cooks are putting out some very, very delicious meals.

Hope to see you all at the Crab Feed on January 19. I hear we have over 200 signed up.

Wow!

We will be working on storage for the bar soon. Do you have spare time to help? Call me or

the office. We also need help with a Lodge clean up party! The lodge needs 6 or more guys

to move things out and tidy up our building. Please join in. Call the office or me for the

info. We still need your help. Join in and have fun by helping this Lodge stay alive!

Well, as you know from reading these news letters, I like to keep it short.

Always in Order

Sickness and Distress

We have special thoughts for all Elks “under the weather”...get well, you are

important to us:

Ronald Bruno, Ted Elich, Bobbie Norton and

Deanna Mintun

Lodge Announcements

Note… A fee of $25.00 will be charged for all checks returned from the bank for any reason.

Lodi Elks Lodge Officers and staff are not responsible for lost or stolen articles.

PAGE 3 LODI LODGE #1900—THE GRAPE PRESS

PER Meeting/Dinner

Next PER Meeting will be on January 2nd. Dinner is at 6pm and Meeting to start immediately after.

Lodge Meetings & Dinners

Next Lodge Dinner Meeting is January

23rd @ 6/7pm.

In Memoriam William McMullen

& Carl Ramsey

The clock of their day

Has stopped

And across its’ dial the

Motionless shadow marks

the Hour of Eleven.

The faults of our

Members we write upon the

sand, their virtues upon the

Tablets of love and memory.

Membership Statistics

Happy Birthday to YOU— January 2019 The following Birthday Elks are

eligible for a FREE Birthday Drink on your birthday. See your bartender.

Elk of the Month

Elk of the Month is my favorite thing to do as ER. This is someone that steps up to help the lodge and it can be at a variety of levels. Lodge officers always display this by stepping and taking on our requirements set forth by Grand Lodge. This month we have an officer that takes on the important position of Trustee. He is always available to help in any way he can. He has displayed this month after month. He even volunteers the first and third Thursdays of every month, his time and equipment for members to enjoy some karaoke. He is a great Elk, Above and beyond. It is with great pleasure to announce Dennis Schimke as Elk of the Month.

January 2019

1 William Cade

David McClung

Lee Reich

Deserie Schaffer

Leo Verrett

2 Ed Goin

Ron Heidinger

3 Suzanne Black

5 Patrick Estes

Lauren Pulido

6 Matt Focacci

Ken Paige

Bob Thomason

7 Amy Aberle-Rogan

Tom Boschee

Jenny DiPiero

8 Calvin Craig

Robert Friedberger

Janet Thomason

9 Bob Baysinger

Doyle Sausser

10 Bernard Burks

Jerry Casini

Julie Traxler

11 Rudy Vaccarezza

12 Ted Parker

14 Robert Matt

Tom Senter

William Smith

15 Jim Peters

16 Gerry Lokey

17 Chuck Jones

18 Vic Mettler

James E Norton

19 Tim Stocker

20 Robert Miller

Annie Wantz

21 Lavan Bock

22 Sue Sandeen

23 Harold Hanhy

Virgil Konschak

24 Derek Moore

25 Lonnie Lievsay

26 Diane Clifford

Jeffrey Lippert

Dennis Schimke

Larry Welch

27 Billy Rogan

28 Kirk Lund

29 Richard Cotton

Scott Fyffe

Meghan Hayward

Vivian Rostomily

31 Marc Garcia

Nuel Henderson

Jeff Larsen

Membership 4/01/2018 541

New by Initiation 53

Affiliate/Transfer Dimit in 7

Reinstated 6

Total Added 66

Dropped 2

Expelled 0

Transfer Dimit Out 0

Absolut Dimit 2

Deceased 11

Total Loss 15

Membership 12/15/2018 592

LODI LODGE #1900—THE GRAPE PRESS January 2019

Save the Date…

Sunday March 3, 2019 Outgoing

Incoming

PER’s

Spouses

Get together at

Dottie Thompson’s house

To welcome

Our Incoming Exalted Ruler and his/her corp of Officers

Hoop Shoot Pictures

LODI LODGE #1900—THE GRAPE PRESS PAGE 5 January 2019

Celebrate St. Patrick’s

at the Elks Lodge

Saturday March 16th

$25 per person

Traditional Corned Beef,

Smoked Corned Beef,

Irish Sausage,

Cabbage, Red Potatoes, Carrots,

Sauerkraut, Bread & Dessert

5:00 pm Social

6:00 pm Dinner

Dancing with DJ Dallas Knapp til 10pm

ps...don’t forget to wear your green!


Notice of Proposed Change to By-Laws and Rules of the Order

Lodi, CA Lodge No. 1900 Proposal: ARTICLE V, Section 4 The affected portion of the sixth paragraph of Art. V, Section 4, addressing payment to our Lodge Secretary, reads at present: “…He will work 3 hours per day, 5 days per week. For the faithful performance of his duties he shall receive as compensation $10.50 per hour, currently amounting to $157.50 per week; $682.50 per month; or $8190 per year, payable semi-monthly retroactive to January 1, 2019.” (Affected portion in bold italic. This would be removed and replaced by the proposed text, below). This proposed change would read: “…His/Her schedule shall not exceed 3 hours per day, 5 days per week. For the faithful performance of his duties he shall receive as compensation $11.00 per hour, currently amounting to $165.00 per week; $715.00 per month; or $8580.00 per year, payable semi-monthly.” Retroactive to January 2019. In addition, according to California State Law this hourly wage will increase by $1.00 per hour for each of the next 4 years. Yearly Budget will be as follows: 2020 = $9,360.00, 2021 = $10,140.00, 2022 = $10,920.00, 2023 = $11,700.00. (Proposed text in bold italic. This would be inserted in place of the affected portion, above). Relevant Legislation: California Senate Bill No. 3, filed with the Secretary of State on April 04, 2016 reads, in pertinent part: “(2) …. On and after January 1, 2016, existing law requires the minimum wage for all industries to be not less than $10 per hour.” SB3 continues, mandating progressive wage increases for employers with 25 employees or less, as follows: “Jan 1, 2017: $10.00/hour; Jan 1, 2018: $10.50/hour; Jan 1, 2019: $11.00/hour…” etc. Discussion: Where there is a conflict between an employer’s policy and local, state, or federal law, the highest authority rules. California Minimum Wage Law mandates that, instead of paying our Secretary “$2400 per annum” (1900 By-Laws) we must pay “$10.50 per hour” (SB3). Also, unquestionably, we must apply this law retroactively--at least back to January 1, 2019. SB3 also provides for penalties “per violation”, meaning each payday not in compliance may be treated as a separate violation--particularly since we’ve long known of this law, but have delayed its adoption. The vote on this bylaws change will be held at our next regular meeting, on January 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Delinquent Members - 2018-2019 Elk Year Your $115.50 dues should have been paid by now; you need a Red Key Card for entrance to the Lodge and the Bartenders should be asking to see everyone’s Cards before being served. The Elks are a worthy organization and we are sure it is just an oversight that your name is listed here. Know that we have already paid $25.50 for each name to California-Hawaii and Grand Lodge; this is YOUR money.

We must drop you from Membership on March 28, 2019 if you do not pay. If you have paid and have a cancelled check please let us know; errors happen and we will apologize like crazy for printing your name and will print a retraction. Please stay with us! Some of these members may have moved, or our address is incorrect; hopefully any incorrect addresses can be fixed; let the Office know.

Nick Adams Bryan Baumgartner Betty Borrink Anthony Cleveland Jamie Cole Steve Cole Carl Cotton Doug DeMarah Al Dentone Larry Eidson

Jim Farnsworth Frank Ferrero Max Frazier Scott Greeson Eric Hendrix Kecia Henton Bill Henton Robert Johnson Jim Kelley Gary Koehnen

Darcy Koster Larry Lavery Joaquin Lopez Jonathan Maffei Charles McClerkin Robert Melville Michael Niblock Marvin Nuss James Owens Everett Palmer

Alan Pitto Tim Polinsky David Rausch Juan Roybal Michael Sandeen Mitch Shannon David Shaw Glenn Spitzer Dana Turnbo Lois Unruh

John Van Ruiten Lee Webber Robert Weisenberg John Whiting Thomas Williams Robert Yoas Tim Ziegler Val Zuber

LODI LODGE #1900—THE GRAPE PRESS January 2019

Lodi Elks Crab Feed Saturday, January 19, 2019

Cocktails 5:30pm Dinner 7:00 pm

Major Project Raffle during & after dinner

$45.00 per person

All you can eat Salad, Pasta, French Bread and Crab

Raffle Prizes NEEDED

Get your tickets early!!

This event has been a sell out EVERY YEAR!!

Any tickets that are on "hold" must be paid for

by January 13th

or they will go back in the pot.

To reserve your tickets call 209/369-3291


January 2019

Lodge Officers Mike Patterson Exalted Ruler 415/990-1931

Eddie Wallace Leading Knight 760/391-3173

Arlene Scholl Loyal Knight 209/610-9106

Shawnette Swanson Lecturing Knight 209/333-5247

John Rochon Secretary 916/712-5813

Hal Laney, PDAVP Treasurer 209/747-2112

VACANT Esquire

Donna Snider Chaplain 209/747-7810

Ben Scholl Inner Guard 209/608-1873

VACANT Tiler

House Committee

Mike Patterson, ER Chairman 415-990-1931

Lecturing, Loyal and Leading Knights

Board of Trustees

Responsibilities: Supervise and conduct the operation, management and control of the lodge. Fix prices for goods and services.

Board of Trustees

1 Yr. Doug Estep

2 Yr. George Leonard

3 Yr. David DiPiero

4 Yr. Myrna Jewell 5 Yr. Dennis Schimke

Responsibilities: Control of funds, investments and property of the Lodge. Receive and collect income, rents and pay same to the Secretary. General supervision of Lodge property. Sign Contracts. Prepare annual Lodge budget and semi-annual report of Lodge transactions.

PERS of Lodi Robert McCaffrey, PER (67-68) Bill Wilkinson, PDAVP (72-73) Lee Sausser, PER (85-86) Richard White, PER (91-92) Al Locy, PER (92-93) Hal Laney, PDAVP (95-96; 97-98) Nuel Henderson, PDDGER (04-05) Richard Griffith, PER (05-06) Jon Traxler, PER (07-08; 08-09) Jim W. Norton, PER (09-10) Suzanne Henderson, PER (10-11; 11-12) Mike Dugan, PER (12-13) Dave Binning, PER (13-14) Charlene Johnson , PER (14-15; 15-16) Sue Sandeen, PER (16-17) Glen Robinson, PER (17-18) Responsibilities: Advise and counsel all Lodge officers and committees. Make recommendations for Lodge Officer and Committee candidates. Assist the E.R. Promote the good of the Lodge and the Order.

PERS By Dimit David L. Telles, PER—Fremont Lodge (77-78) David Orland, PER— Ridgecrest Lodge (88-89) James Miller, PER— Stockton Lodge (04-05)

Committee Chairpersons

Accident Prevention George Leonard 209/727-5849

Americanism Jennifer Lozo 209/339-4995

Auditing Mike Zaccagni 206/295-8776

BLT Nuel Henderson, PDDGER209/369-5658

Business Practice Bob Owen 209/339-8484

Community Activities Suzanne Henderson, PER209/712-2278

Dictionary Project Charlene Johnson, PER 209/251-5921

Drug Awareness Hal Laney, PDAVP 209/747-2112

Elks Nat’l Foundation John Rochon 916/712-5813

Elks Training Suzanne Henderson, PER209/712-2278

Flag Day Glen Robinson, PER 209/401-7433

Government Relations Jim Bell 209/663-7700

Hoop Shoot Mike Patterson 415/990-1931

Investigation Hal Laney, PDAVP 209/747-2112

Lapsation Charlene Johnson, PER 209/251-5921

Lodge Activities Lori Shuman 209/369-3291

Major Project Bob Owen 209/339-8484

Mediation Jim W. Norton, PER 209/368-4231

Membership Hal Laney, PDAVP 209/747-2112

Memorial Day Glen Robinson, PER 209/401-7433

Mother’s Day Cheryl Taylor 209/269-0580

Orientation John Rochon 916/712-5813

Presiding Justice Courtney Christy 209/329-6916

Public Relations Charlene Johnson, PER 209/251-5921

Ritual Coaches Hal Laney, PDAVP; Lee Sausser, PER;

Nuel Henderson, PDDGER

Scholarship Nuel Hendeson, PDDGER209/369-5658

Scouting Don Schroeder 530/440-8603

Veterans Cheryl Taylor 209/269-0580

Visitation John Rochon 916/712-5813

Youth Activities Jennifer Lozo 209/339-4995

Past District Association Vice Presidents Bill Wilkinson, PDAVP (80-81) Hal Laney, PDAVP (04-05)

Nuel Henderson, PDDGER (09-10)

Past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Nuel Henderson, PDDGER (11-12)

Staff Bar Manager Nichole Van Steenberge 209/369-3291

Camp Host Charlie & Diane Dolar 209/625-6110

Caterer Pauline Meyer 209/482-6776

Event Coordinator Lori Shuman 209/369-3291

Janitor Alan Buffo & Swamy

Office Assistant Lori Shuman 209/369-3291 Office Fax 209/369-2569 Email [email protected]

District Officers Assoc. Vice President: Gerry Gouveia 925/876-8486 District Deputy GER: Nita Ohlhauser 925/667-5287 District Leader: Fred Bianchini, PDDGER 209/478-0609 District Leader: Richard McDonald, PSP 209/521-2099 PDDGER (Jr): Wayne Tilley, PDDGER 925/234-5180

Lodi Lodge #1900 2018-2019



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THE GRAPE PRESS

A MONTHLY PUBLICATION BY B.P.O.E. LODGE #1900 19071 N. LOWER SACRAMENTO RD, WOODBRIDGE CA 95258

VOLUME XXVII ISSUE JANUARY 2019

Office Hours: Mon-Fri. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Telephone: (209) 369-3291 2nd & 4th Wednesday closed after 12:30 p.m. Fax: (209) 369-2569 E-mail: [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.elks.org enter 1900 in the Keyword Search Check us out on Facebook—Lodi Elks

Lounge Hours: Lunches Served:

11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday—Thursday & Saturdays Monday - Friday 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.

11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fridays

12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sundays

The Bar is CLOSED during Lodge Meetings

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

Woodbridge, Calif. Permit No. 3

LODI ELKS LODGE #1900 Benevolent and Protective

Order of Elks 19071 N. Lower Sacramento Rd Woodbridge, California 95258

Dated Material To A Very Important Elk

The Grape Press Scoop

Copy Deadline: 5th of the month

NO EXCEPTIONS

Editor: Lori Shuman

(209) 369-3291

Guideline Submissions: Send article no later than the 5th of the month to: [email protected] be sure to include “bulletin” in the subject. In order to meet our goal and our publishing deadlines, we regret there can be no exceptions to this policy.

WANT YOUR BULLETIN BY EMAIL? Send me an email to let me know!

[email protected]

1/1 - We Welcome 2019

1/19 - crab feed

2/13 - Nomination of 2019-2020 Officers

2/27 - Elections of 2019-2020 Officers

January 2019

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