Brothers, it was an honor and a privilege to serveas the membership chairman for your State President EdConnell and the State of Minnesota. Although we fell495 members short of NET GAIN, there are many Broth-ers to thank. I want to thank all of 621 members that didsign at least one new member this year! That sounds likea lot of members but only represents less than 4% of ourtotal membership. As we look forward to Mike "Hanny"Hanson's year as the new State President, let's try to tar-get the other 96% and get them involved in membership.Of the 621, I would like to thank the 225 that signed twoor more members. My sincere congratulations to the topfive this year: Ron Ankrum from Owatonna and Larry Sil-verthorn from Bemidji signing 32 members, in third placeWes Skochenski from St Cloud with 33 members, in sec-ond place Jake Fee from Crookston with 51 members,and this year's leader Bob Kuschel from Grand Rapidswith 91 members. Before Ed's year, Bob asked Ed: 'whatcan I do to help you'. Ed told Bob:, 'I'm going to needmembers'. Bob, you did your part and did it well! An-other interesting statistic from this year, the top 50 pro-ducers signed up 46.6% of all members signed up. Iwant to thank the whole membership team for their ef-forts to promote membership this year.

On a sad note, let's take a moment to rememberthe 307 reported deceased members from the past year.

If we wish to continue to grow as an organization,we will have to continue to strive for NET GAIN plus.WE, AS EAGLES, make a significant impact on our localcommunities. As we continue to be LEADERS OF THEPACK FOR THE FOE, let's blow our own horn and pro-mote ourselves as People Helping People, and let every-one know what we do and why we do it! Give thosenonmembers a reason to join!

As this chapter closes, a new one starts with Mike'Hanny' Hanson, as incoming State President, and hismembership team led by Terry 'two bits' Lubitz. Re-member, keep those membership applications handy,Hanny!

As entertainer and Eagle Bob Hope use to say"THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.''

Sincerely and fraternallyJohn Tobie, State Membership Chairman (retired, again)

MINNESOTA STATE AERIE“EAGLES ARE ... PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE”

MINNESOTA MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

JUNE 2018 Eagles State Website: VOL. 54 - NO. 1www.minnesotaeagles.com

Be a Leader of the PackDistrict 4Jack Kuhn - 25

St Paul 33Mike Hadel - 21

Minneapolis 34Mary Hedrick - 19

Bloomington 3208Joe Tucker - 18

New Brighton 3718Michael Jones - 16

Hastings 2212

District 5Ron Ankrum - 32

Owatonna 1791Kevin Hanson - 26

Rochester 2228Carmel Taylor - 22

Austin 703Doug Lind - 18

Albert Lea 2258Vinnie Martinez - 15

Albert Lea 2258

District 6

Terry Reich - 25Luverne 3403

Steven Meyer - 10Tracy 3918

Larry Bornitz - 7Tracy 3918

Tyler Connell - 7St James 3420

Ed Connell - 6St James 3420

District 1Bob Kushel - 91

Grand Rapids 2469 Larry Silverthorn - 32

Bemidji 351Jonathan Wills - 27

Bemidji 351Daryl Niemi - 10

Cloquet 1163John Ahrens - 4

Bemidji 351

District 2Jake Fee - 51

Crookston 873Willow Berre-Kuklin - 23

EGF 350Dean Knutson - 18

EGF 350Kimberly Hemmes -11

Hallock 26172 tied for 5th - 10

District 3Wes Skocjenski - 33

St Cloud 622Doug Boser - 23

St Cloud 622Scott Larson - 12

Alexandria 3063Pete Hellzen - 9

Litchfield 34242 tied for 5th - 7

Member Proposersfor 2017/2018 by District

MINNESOTA MEMBERSHIP BOARDFRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES3101 Cedar Lane NWBemidji, MN 56601

MESSAGE FROM THE STATE PRESIDENT

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Be a Leader of the PackEagle Brothers:

My last month as President, can’t believe how fast this year went by. I must apologize for miss-ing so many events in May (and early June) as Mother Nature was not at all cooperative and far as let-ting us plant and getting into the fields. We were just getting started when we should have been almostdone with the field work. So again, I am sorry for missing your Eagles’ events.

The drawing for the raffle tickets will be held at the State Convention in Mankato. Even though the tick-ets say June 22nd, that was a misprint. We will draw on Friday June 15th. We have all this cleared with theMN gaming commission and the Confidence Learning Center. We want the Aerie and Auxiliary to be present, sothe drawing will be right before the Hospitality hour on Friday. Thank you to everyone who helped sell and/orbought tickets! Sherry and I appreciate that very much and the Camp thanks you! Be sure to get any ticketsthat you have sold turned in for the drawing!

Thank you to everyone who signed up members this year! We had a great year! My Membership Chairman,John Tobie will explain all the membership details.

Keep those Membership Applications handy; keep signing up members for Hanny for next year. We need tokeep this great organization going strong into the future. I want to wish Hanny good luck during his year as State Wor-thy President. I know he will do an excellent job.

Again, I want to thank all my Eagle brothers and sisters for all the kindness and hospitality shown me duringmy year and for all the support and friendships as well. Thank you – Thank you!!

See you all at the State Convention in Mankato!Be a Leader of the Pack for the FOE!

Ed Connell - SWP

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BYFraternal Order of Eagles

Minnesota Membership Board3101 Cedar LaneBemidji, MN 56601Vance Peters, Editor

Aerie No. & Name Members Members New/Re-En Members Net New Re-Enroll Total Total Gain

District #1 - 5 Aeries351 Bemidji 47 38 85 844 -1341163 Cloquet 11 5 16 103 22469 Grand Rapids 74 38 112 978 54456 Hibbing 0 1 1 41 -4

Total 132 82 214 1966 -131

District #2 - 8 Aeries350 E. Grand Forks 57 14 71 458 9873 Crookston 13 50 63 432 82342 Detroit Lakes 8 6 14 235 -82368 Thief River Falls 17 13 30 460 -142617 Hallock 34 15 49 456 123486 Karlstad 6 2 8 74 -53882 Roseau 1 0 1 31 -34195 Warroad 9 9 18 143 -10

Total 145 109 254 2289 -11

District #3 - 8 Aeries287 Brainerd 34 8 42 357 9620 Morris 10 9 19 227 -5622 St. Cloud 73 51 124 1846 -1012334 Willmar 68 18 86 593 132339 Fergus Falls 28 3 31 429 -103063 Alexandria 26 7 33 406 -453424 Litchfield 27 10 37 215 8

Total 266 106 372 4072 -131

District #4 - 9 Aeries33 St. Paul 38 5 43 102 2134 Minneapolis 30 20 50 305 -394 Stillwater 11 9 20 208 -342212 Hastings 18 6 24 116 03208 Bloomington 59 29 88 347 123264 Elk River 12 6 18 146 23718 New Brighton 44 13 57 362 -124120 Shakopee 16 8 24 138 144472 Blaine 0 2 2 31 -3

Total 228 98 326 1755 -3

State Aerie OfficersJr. P.W. Pres......Gaylen Dvorsak .......3063W. Pres .............Ed Connell ...............3420W.V. Pres ..........Mike Hanson ............3718Chaplain............Larry Silverthorn.........351Secretary ..........John Batchelder .......2469Treasurer ..........Bruce Meyer...............873W. Conductor ....Randy Beggs .............873Inside Guard .....Roger Hyatt ................287Outside Guard ..Darrell Spencer

TrusteesMike Melby ...........................................350Doug Lind ...........................................2258Jon Vogt ...............................................287

State Membership CommitteeJohn Tobie, Chairman........................2469Vance Peters, Sec-Treas.....................351Gaylen Dvorsak, Advisor ...................3063

District DirectorsDistrict 1 ............Larry Silverthorn..........351District 2 ............Randy Beggs...............873District 3 ............Wally Manderud ........2339District 4 ............Paul Dahlheimer Sr. ..3264District 5 ............Neil Rothbarth ...........1243District 6 ............Joe Thiner .................3282

MINNESOTA STATE AERIE OFFICEJohn Batchelder, Sec.16533 Sugarhills Rd.

Grand Rapids, MN 55744John Batchelder..................(218) 326-5275

email: mnbatch@outlook.comVance Peters ......................(218) 368-1485

email: vancepeters351@gmail.com

Buy American Made

ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

I Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States ofAmerica, and to the Republic for which it stands, one na-tion under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

9th AnnualAutism Bike RunSaturday, June 23rd

Bloomington Eagles 3208

Join us!• Breakfast & Registration at 10 am• Kickstands up at 11am sharp• Cafe opens with food specials when we return!

• Music by SECOND 2 NONE at 6pm

$30 per rider$20 passenger

No Bike? No Problem!Sign up for the party bus - First 40

people - Beer Kegincluded$30/person

MINNESOTA 15268Net Gain (-495)DAKOTAS 6978Net Gain (-96)

NET GAIN

AERIE .......................................(-495)AUXILIARY................................(-217)

DISTRICT NO GOOSE EGG

DISTRICT #1 75%DISTRICT #2 75%DISTRICT #3 100%DISTRICT #4 78%DISTRICT #5 60%DISTRICT #6 83%

STATE AVERAGE 78.5%

Aerie No. & Name Members Members New/Re-En Members Net New Re-Enroll Total Total Gain

District #5 - 10 Aeries269 Mankato 25 8 33 329 9703 Austin 20 16 36 518 -61243 Winona 7 15 22 304 -201460 Faribault 9 5 14 257 -431791 Owatonna 32 40 72 754 172228 Rochester 99 14 113 1323 -222242 Northfield 6 1 7 102 -102258 Albert Lea 42 49 91 915 -214031 Farmington 0 0 0 50 -84486 Blue Earth 6 2 8 38 3

Total 246 150 396 4590 -101

District #6 - 6 Aeries3282 Worthington 14 2 16 99 -13394 Fairmont 12 3 15 61 83403 Luverne 17 14 31 123 -23405 Marshall 4 1 5 48 -63420 St. James 12 14 26 183 33918 Tracy 21 4 25 80 7

Total 80 38 118 594 9* Designates Quota

State Total 1097 583 1680 15266 -368

STATE WEBMASTER: JOHN BATCHELDER - E-MAIL mnbatch@outlook.comPLEASE NOTE: Any Minnesota Aerie holding an Activity of State-Wide importance may have their event published in theState Bulletin or State website. All information must be submitted to the EDITOR at least 60 days prior to the event.

Announcements& Activities

Microtel Inn & Suites Wyndham Mankato www.wyndhamhotels.com

200 Saint Andres Dr. Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 388-2818

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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Mankato 141 Apache Place, Mankato, MN 56001

(507) 386-1220 S

Riverfront Studio Suites Mankato 1708 N Riverfront Drive, Mankato, MN 56001

(507) 779-7553 S

2018 Minnesota State Convention

Mankato Aerie & Auxiliary #269

Best Western Hotel & Restaurant (Host Hotel) www.bestwestern.com

1111 Range St, North Mankato, MN 56003 (507) 625-9333

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Mankato City Center Hotel www.mankatomnhotel.com

101 E Main St, Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 345-1234

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Hilton Garden Inn Mankato Downtown hiltongardeninn.hilton.com

20 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 344-1111

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Baymont Inn & Suites Mankato www.wyndhamhotels.com

131 Apache Pl, Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 388-5107

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47th Annual 6th District Campout

July 20, 21 & 22,2018

Adrian CampgroundAdrian, MN

Owatonna 1791110th Anniversary

June 9Food Fun & Music

PPuulllleedd PPoorrkk && HHoommeemmaaddeeSSiiddeess available

Music by GB Leighton 7-10 pmRRaaffffllee TTiicckkeettss available

Help support the Aerie & AuxiliaryState Presidents Charity

- Confience Learning Center - Motorcycle & posters of theResort Stay will be on display

10th Annual 5th DistrictCampout

Aug. 3, 4 & 5Camp Faribo

21851 Bagley AveFaribault

contact Tina507-456-8870for reservations

June Anniversaries

Owatonna 6/09/1908 119 yrsRochester 6/21/36 82 yrs

Fergus Falls 6/20/1939 79 yrsShakopee 6/29/1985 33 yrs