The Exalted Ruler’s Message Fellow members…..the Month of May has been a very

busy and fun Month, with 3 drug awareness events, at North

Burlington Little League, Kid’s Day at Battery Park, and Colchester

Little League. Mother’s Day breakfast, a Pig Roast, Lodge clean up

day and of course two of our steak nights, which the 1st was Cinco de Mayo steak night. Thank you to all the volunteers, that make

all of this possible, of course too numerous to mention you all, but

you know who you are.

We also had our Annual PER initiation on May 15th. Every member should try and

attend this event. The PERs take great pride in this event. Come and watch the pros

at their best.

Would you like to help out? Do you want to volunteer? Sign up sheets for future events

Are posted in the members bar, on the bulletin board above the visitors sign in log. You

can also contact myself @ bpoe916er@comcast.net, or contact one of the Chair persons. I

welcome your involvement.

We also have a big event coming up June 3rd, 4th, and 5th, which is the Special Olympics

that takes place at UVM. This is a huge event that we are all very proud of. Essentially it

involves coordinating the pickup and delivery of donated food for a Friday lunch,

Saturday Dinner, and a Sunday barbecue. There will be a sign up sheet in the members

bar, or you can see myself, Anne Cross, or Rick Boucher for details.

A special thanks goes out to Chris Bissonette. We had a water problem in the basement.

He worked feverishly pumping and vacuuming to keep the water at bay. He figures that

he pumped by himself 2600 gallons….at 16 gallons at a time. Thank you Chris for your

hard work and all the others that helped out to get that water out of there.

Bring a friend to the lodge, show them how Elk’s Care and Elk’s Share. We would love

to meet them.

Fraternally yours, Craig Garrand.

THE 916 BULLETIN

925 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05408

Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Lodge #916 Vol. 11, No. 6

June 2011 916 Count…………………………………...7

Activity Calendar ....................................... .8

Birthdays .................................................... 7

Clam Bake…………………………………..4

Cruise Opportunity………………………….4

Elks Care/Elks Share—Drug Awareness.…..6

Eldoes Corner ............................................. 5

Flag Day Ceremony………………………...4

Frozen Drink Night…………………………7

Lodge Notices ............................................ 2

Membership Applicants…………………….2

New Members…………………….…...3 & 7

Officers & Trustees..................................... 2

PER Association Meeting…………………..3

Scholarship News…………………………...3

Secretary’s Note…………………………….5

Silver Towers Cleanup……………………...5

Special Olympics…………………………...3

Subordinate Lodge Changes………………..4

Steak Night Menus ..................................... 3

Volunteer of the Month ............................... 8

Yard Sale……………………………………3

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Count the 916’s Answer and you could win a Prize!

Steak Night Wednesday, June 8th and 22nd

Silver Towers Clean-up Saturday June 4th

Special Olympics June 3, 4 and 5th

Flag Day Ceremony! June 12th

Yard Sale July 17th

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The regular membership meetings will be held on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays of the month at 7pm every month except in the months of July, August and December as approved by Grand Lodge Resolutions. In July, August and December the regular membership meeting will be held on the THIRD Thursday of the month.

The Lodge Investigating Committee meets the FIRST Tuesday of every month at 7pm when there are members proposed. Members are welcome to attend the Governing Board meeting on the SECOND Tuesday at 7pm in the Upstairs meeting room. Initiation of new members, if any, will be held as called by the Exalted Ruler.

THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks #916

925 North Avenue - Burlington, VT 05408

Published monthly and mailed to all current Lodge Members and

select others, by standard mail at Burlington, VT. The content can

also be viewed at the Lodge’s Website, www.bpoe916.com

Relevant information for inclusion is welcomed and should be

submitted by the 15th of the month preceding the publication by:

emailing to bpoe916bulletin@comcast.net

Placing the material in the 916 Bulletin mailbox at the Lodge

front entranceway.

Mailing it to the Lodge to the attention of the 916 Bulletin.

We do our best to include all pertinent information that our

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

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

have it delivered to our members by the 1st of the following month.

We reserve the right to edit submitted items for brevity and

appropriateness. The Exalted Ruler has the final responsibility for

the Bulletin content.

Editor - Tammie C Schmitt Photography - Wayne LaBonte

LODGE OFFICERS 2011-2012

Exalted Ruler: Craig Garrand

Esteemed Leading Knight: Anne Marie Cross

Esteemed Loyal Knight: Gary Poirier

Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Robert LaRue

Secretary: Dave Eaton

Treasurer: Brian Bouchard

Inner Guard: Steve Schifilliti

Esquire: Robert Brown

Tiler: Dan Ryan

Chaplain: Hank Metevier

Organist: Rick Guest

State Trustee: Fred Dusablon, PER

LODGE TRUSTEES

Trustee and Chairman (exp. 3/2013): Jim Procopio III

Trustee (exp. 3/2012): Gary Little, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2014): Dave Blankemeyer, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2015): Mary Paule Hill, PER

Trustee (exp. 3/2016): Rick Boucher, PER

HOW TO CONTACT THE LODGE

General Information ................................. bpoe916@comcast.net

Exalted Ruler ........................................ bpoe916er@comcast.net

Lodge Secretary ......................... bpoe916secretary@comcast.net

Lodge Treasurer ......................... bpoe916treasurer@comcast.net

Trustees .........................................bpoe916trustee@comcast.net

Event Bookings.............................. bpoe916events@comcast.net

Bulletin Editor ............................. bpoe916bulletin@comcast.net

Reinstatement

Jay Valley Colchester, VT Retired John Plunkett

Don Richer Colchester, VT Retired Fred Dusablon

Ken Bessette Williston, VT Driver Philip Delaricheliere

New Membership

Sherrylee Gustin Burlington, VT William Gonyeau

Arthur Greenblott So. Burlington, VT Reitred James Carris

Chad Bosley Williston, VT Homeland Security Mary Blankemeyer

Seth Nelson Burlington, VT Blythe Kent

Nancy Leclair Colchester, VT Donna Robert

THESE APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP, REINSTATEMENT OR TRANSFER WILL BE BALLOTED ON AT THE JUNE 16TH MEMBERSHIP MEETING PENDING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

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The Annual Scholarship Award Ceremony will take place at our Lodge Flag Day Obser-vance. We invite any and all members of our Lodge to attend this Ceremony. We will be hon-oring the Scholarship Winners in the Most Valu-able Student Contest and we will also be honor-ing the Scholarship winners in our own Lodge 916 contest. The Order of Elks has long been a supporter of higher education for interested and deserving students. We at Burlington Lodge 916 share that committment. Come help us celebrate the strong academic work of our young people!

PER ASSOCIATION MEETING

Tuesday, June 7th

7:00 p.m.

Moisan-Victor Room

All Past Exalted Rulers should attend these monthly meetings on the

1st Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.

The purpose of the Past Exalted Ruler Association is to foster the

spirit of good fellowship between the members of the Lodge, and to

render experienced counsel and assistance to the lodge, thereby

keeping the administration of the Lodge in safe and capable hands

and to make the Lodge a credit to the community and the Order.

Every Past Exalted Ruler is called into the service of his/her Lodge.

Mary Paule Hill, PER Association President

Special Olympics Burlington Lodge #916 has volunteered to assist with the food

for the Special Olympic Summer Games at UVM on Friday, June

3, Saturday, June 4 & Sunday, June 5. Help is needed for sand-

wich making on Friday and setup, serving and cleanup for dinner

on Saturday and Sunday. A volunteer signup sheet will be posted

on the lodge bulletin board with more information. Any volunteer

time you can devote to helping Special Olympics will be most

appreciated.

Craig Garrand, Exalted Ruler and Anne Cross, Chairperson

New member

Jay O'Brien

really wanted

to be a mem-

ber bad, so he came pre-

pared!

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Sunday, July 17th

9am-4pm

to benefit Respite House

Bring your "slightly" used items to sell to

benefit this worthy organization. You can

bring them up to the day of the event!

Michelle Charron, Community Activities

Chairperson

STEAK NIGHT MENUS

STEAK NIGHT June 8, 2011

Prime Rib

Baked Schrod

Broiled Scallops

Rack of Lamb

Petite Filet

Chicken Chris Ka-Bobs

STEAK NIGHT June 22, 2011

Prime Rib

Baked Schrod

Petite Filet

Seafood Pie

Chicken Louis

Baked Stuffed Sole

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Annual Spring Clambake

Friday, June 3rd

Cheese & Crackers - 6:00pm

Lobster or Steak

Corn, Steamers & Clam Chowder

$23.00 pp before June 2nd -

$25.00 pp after June 2nd

Flag Day Ceremony

The Flag Day Ceremony is June 12th at 1pm. Please

mark that date on your calendar and plan to be here. Once again, we are looking for names of POW’s (name, address and phone #). You can leave it at the Lodge bar or call 922-8347 and leave a message. Let your friends know this is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

There will be flag burning ceremony immediately follow-

ing. This is the proper way to dispose of old or tattered flags. There is a receptacle for them in the area before you enter the Member bar. Ron LaRose, PER, PSP, Co-Chairperson Carl Lozon, Co-Chairman

LAST CALL!LAST CALL!

Join your fellow Vermont Elks and their friends on a

7-day cruise in the Caribbean while raising money for

Silver Towers. For every cabin booked $70 will be do-

nated to our state charity Silver Towers! The beauti-

ful Carnival Valor will be departing for 7 nights from

Miami on Sept. 18th and stopping in Grand Cayman,

Roatan, Belize and Cozumel.

Rates are very affordable and start at $457.50 per

person plus tax for the entire week! The deadline for

payment is June 30th so don’t wait. Full details are at

the Lodge or call John Hill at 802-654-9260 for more

information on this exciting opportunity!

SUBORDINATE LODGE CHANGES TO BE VOTED ON AT

THE JULY 20, 2011 NATIONAL CONVENTION

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Eldoes Corner

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” We wrapped up another year with the installation of our officers for 2011-

2012 at our May meeting. This year we sponsored more bus trips, revised our by-

laws, tried a Tupperware fundraiser, had a successful bazaar and Sweethearts Din-

ner Dance, and got some new members involved as officers and chairpersons.

Despite the economy and fewer fundraising opportunities, we were still

able to donate a total of $3800 to the following charities: Disabled American Vet-

erans, COTS, Elks National Foundation, Police K-9 Association, Relay for Life, Respite House, Silver Towers, Spectrum, and the Vermont Chapter of the Parkin-

son’s Disease Association.

Anyone who is interested in becoming an Eldoe is welcome to join us in

the fall. Dates to keep in mind are:

September 20: First Regular Meeting

October 18: Potluck Dinner and Silent Auction

November 6: (Sunday) Annual Bazaar

Happy Birthday to the following members who celebrate June birthdays:

Rosalie Brill, Anna Dumont, Jean Moody, Doris Pepin, Nancy Plouffe. Be sure to

mention your birthday at a Steak Night to get your special $5 discount. Thanks to all of you for helping to make my job so much easier. Thanks

to Linda DeLaricheliere for doing 101 little things as well as organizing bus trips.

Thanks to all of the officers for doing your jobs so faithfully and well. Farewell and

thanks to outgoing officers Sally Vachereau, Treasurer; Marilyn Luchini and Mary

McMaster, Members at Large.

Thanks also to these members for going the extra mile:

Jane Williams and Bea Sylvia for running the October Silent Auc-

tion.

Sandy Venditti for chairing the Tupperware Sale.

Mary McMaster for organizing the Bazaar and all the members who

prepared the lunch and worked on the bakery, jewelry, craft, and

white elephant tables. Elaine Neary for running the horse races and providing prizes at Fun

Night.

Anna Dumont, Bev Guest, Bev Zivitski, and Virginia Giroux for the

festive St. Patrick’s Day snacks and decorations.

Bea Sylvia, Linda DeLaricheliere, Janet Bossi, Eileen Campbell, and

Doris Pepin for their work on the by-law revisions.

Gisele Fontaine, Virginia Giroux, and Doris Pepin for acting as the

Nominating Committee.

Louise King for taking over the Spring Raffle.

All the members who acted as hostesses and brought snacks to meet-

ings. Everyone for your support and great ideas.

Lastly I want to thank John Plunkett and the kitchen staff for the delicious meals as

well as the Elks officers and Elks spouses who helped serve and clean up for our

dinners.

Take care, Beth Dusablon, President

From the Secretary:

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL CANDI-

DATES WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF IN-

VITATION TO BOTH THE APPLICATION

COM. MTG. AND INITIATION (USUALLY

AT A LATER DATE). DO NOT ARRIVE AT

THE LODGE FOR ANY OF THESE OC-

CAISIONS WITHOUT RECEIVING THIS LETTER OR AT LEAST A PHONE/EMAIL

FROM THE SECRETARY ONLY.

Dave Eaton, Secretary

SILVER TOWERS CLEAN-UP

Our annual Silver Tow-ers Clean-Up Day is

Saturday, June 4th at

10am in Ripton. Our

Lodge is responsible for

the Activities Center

building and area. We’ll

need help raking, pick-

ing up branches and

refuse, painting and gen-

eral fix up chores to get

it ready for the summer

camp season. Please donate your time for this

very worthy cause and our State Elks pro-

ject. Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin

board. Rain date is June 5th.

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Carol, Mary, Anne & Donna - not

in photo Pam Porier

Smith Family left to right back Madison,

Michelle (mom), Elroy (Donna LaBonte,

Ed (dad) front Left to Right Jackson and

Sam. Ed is a lodge member.

Left to right Lily

Caputo, Cal Caputo and

Sophia Schifilliti

Levi Leavitt & Elroy

Drug Awareness at North

End Little League, Kids

Day Burlington , and Col-

chester Little League, was a

great success! The kids just

love Elroy! This was all

made possible by the hard

work of Anne Cross, Donna

Labonte, Gary and Pam

Poirier, Larry Tulkop, Jim

and Mary Procopio,Mary

Sweeney, Pauline Gunther,

Mary Paule Hill, and Carol

Garrand. All were in-

volved with either packing

the handout drug awareness

packets, manning the drug

awareness trailer or partici-

pating in the float.

Thanks again

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Find the 916’s through out the bulletin

Count the 916’s through out the bulletin and win a prize. The first two mem-

bers to contact me will be this months winners! One from the email recipients

and one from those that receive it in the mail! No one who works on the

newsletter can participate.

Please contact me at 802-497-0277 or at bpoe916bulletin@comcast.net

Tammie

FROZEN DRINK NIGHT & KARAOKE

WITH WES & SALLY

Friday, June 17th

6-10pm

1st row L-R; Roland Levesque/Jessica Mongeon/Phyllis Paolucci-Whitcomb/

Diane Heald

2nd row L-R; Jacques Marchessault/Patrick Adams/Jay O'Brien/Gary Forcier

Welcome New 916 Members

1 Dean Leonard

Panama Maitland

2 Sharrielea Gauthier

Robert Lavalette

Richard Shea

3 Thomas Miller

4 June Studley

5 Robert Piche

Steven Rugar

George Trono

6 Peter Gadue

John McGrath

Elizabeth Scheidegger

7 Janet Granai Benway

Richard Blow

8 Edward Cleary

Sonny Paronto

9 C. Richard Courcy

Dana Jewell

Blythe-Valerie Kent

Walter Wheel

10 Ernest Goodrich

Richard Guest

Edmund Richard

11 Don Boss

Patrick Brennan

Kenneth Hiseler

Robert Young

12 Daniel Bean

Christine Charron

John Fortune, Jr.

Zenneth Lagrow

Janice Lovejoy

William Rohrbach

13 Reid Allen

Donald Tanguay

Thomas Tessier

14 Gary Benway

Gary Hutchins

15 Kevin Barcomb

Robin Hammond

Richard Wehling

16 Glen Critchlow

Kevin Murphy

17 Gary Grew

Marcel Lemay

George Spry

Armande Thibault

18 Stanley Delorm

Fred Despirito, Jr.

Maurice Gregoire

Daniel Venditti

19 James Dutra, Sr.

Rosaire Longe

Jacques Trahan

20 Andrew Amour

Joseph Barber, Jr.

Mary Blankemeyer

William Burgess

Dennis Desautels

June Terrien

21 Pauline Bergeron

Glenn Enos

22 Laura Brosseau

John Macomber

Donald Marcelino

Richard Ploof

23 Robert Aragona

David Hathaway

Jeffrey Savoie

24 Amber Barber

Robert Cassell

Richard Garrow

Joseph Girard

Robert Goddard

William Thomas

Norman Yandow

25 Dennis Goyette

Tary Kirk

Joseph McGonagle

26 Andrew Gauthier

Dorothy Lahue

David Smalley

Jon Sylvia

27 Donna Diaz

Jean Moody

28 Francisco Cruz

Wilfred Desilets

Stephen Luchini

Antonio Todisco

29 Edmond Gamelin

30 Dave Demag

Robert Gauthier

Robert Grinnell

Daniel Hamlin

Birthday this month? Bring your driver’s license to Steak Night and get

$5 off !

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BURLINGTON LODGE #916

Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKS

925 North Avenue

Burlington, VT 05408

Volunteer of the Month Donna Labonte

Thank you for all your support.!

NON PROFIT ORG

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

BURLINGTON, VT

PERMIT # 15

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

June 1

2 Meeting Night 7pm

3 Clam Bake Special Olympics

4 Special Olympics Silver Towers Clean Up

5 Special Olympics

6 Bingo 6:30pm

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8 Steak Night 6pm

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10

11 Private Function Bar Bingo-6 pm

12 Flag Day Ceremony

13 Bingo 6:30pm

14 Governing Board Mtg.

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16 Meeting Night 7pm

17 Karoke and frozen drink night

18 Private Function

19 Lions Club Fathers Day Breakfast

20 Bingo 6:30pm

21 22 Steak Night 6pm

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24 Private Function

25 Private Function

26 27 Bingo 6:30pm

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29 30 July 1

July 2