925 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05408

(802) 862-1342

The Exalted Ruler’s Message

My fellow Brothers and Sisters, I am honored that the membership has placed your trust in me and elected me to serve as your Exalted Ruler for the 2012-2013 year. For the 9 years I have been a member, I have always found our Lodge as a place to be with good friends and have fun times as well to accomplish things for the good of others. In the next year, we have some significant challenges as a Lodge and as a business.

One of the most significant challenges we have before us to build the interest and increase the participation of our newest members who will be looked upon to carry our organization on and pave the way to the future. Thus I am calling this the “Year of Excitement and Involvement.” I will look to each of the members to help nurture and mentor the members who have yet to catch the volunteering bug, and come to the Lodge as merely a place to party, or become members and then seldom come to the Lodge at all. We all need to reach out to these folks, as I firmly believe that once they feel the great feeling of doing for others, they will be hooked just as Pam and I have. Also I want to reinvigorate the long term members that have been here for many years and have started to become complacent, thinking that someone else needs to take over, and I will ask the PER Association to lead the way here. I am going to challenge every member of this Lodge with what I call my “1-1-1 Challenge” which is to

1) Challenge every member to attend 1 meeting during the next year 2) Challenge every member to participate in 1 activity even if it to attend an

envelope stuffing party or make phone calls 3) Challenge every member to introduce 1 new person to the Lodge (and introduce

is the key word, for some of those people introduced may decide to become members.)

For those members who do volunteer, I’m going to ask you to “blow your own horn” about how many hours you give in a contest to see who volunteers the most by the end of my term as ER! As we start this new voyage, I want to thank my fellow officers, the trustees, and the PER Association for their dedication to their offices, and ahead of time for the support they will provide in the year to come. If at any time you have a concern or a suggestion, I want you to feel free to contact me or any of my officers at any time. I also encourage you to come to the Governing Board meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month or to speak up at the general meetings. Again, I thank you all for your faith in me, let’s move ahead and “Kick it up a notch” and have an fantastic year ….!!!

Fraternally Yours,

Gary Poirier, Exalted Ruler

THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Lodge #916 Vol. 12, No. 4

APRIL 2012

350 Club ....................................................... 5

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

Bar Policies ................................................... 3

Birthdays ...................................................... 5

Blow Your Own Horn .................................. 3

Calling All Members .................................... 6

Cinco de Mayo Mexican Night..................... 4

Committees ................................................... 6

Contact Information ...................................... 2

Eldoes Corner ............................................... 7

Lodge Green-Up Day ................................... 5

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

Moisan-Lilley Golf ....................................... 4

Mother’s Day Breakfast ................................ 7

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

PER Meeting ................................................ 3

Pinewood Derby ........................................... 7

Proposed Members ....................................... 2

Save The Dates ............................................. 7

Show Your Pride In America ....................... 6

Silver Towers Cruise .................................... 6

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

Swing Into Spring ......................................... 3

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

VT Elks State Convention ............................ 6

Kids Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 1st

Meeting Nights

Thursday, April 5th & 19th

Bar Bingo Saturday, April 7th & 21st

Governing Board Tuesday, April 10th

Steak Nights Wednesday, April 11th & 25th

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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 - John Hill

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

NAME ADDRESS OCCUPATION PROPOSER

REBECCA ASHLINE BURLINGTON SPEECH PATHOLOGIST COOKIE MANNING

MISSY HELLYER BURLINGTON OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST LISA TULKOP

SAMUEL DORSEY SO. BURLINGTON COLLEGE INTERN DAVID DORSEY

TRACEY MYERS BURLINGTON DENTAL JEANNE WELCH

PATRA VAIL BURLINGTON RN LISA TULKOP

THESE APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP, REINSTATEMENT OR TRANSFER WILL BE BALLOTED ON AT THE APRIL 19TH MEMBERSHIP MEETING PENDING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVAL

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 Applications Committee meets the FIRST Tuesday of every month at 7pm when there are members proposed.

The Past Exalted Rulers Association meets the FIRST Tuesday of every month at 7pm.

Members are welcome to attend the Governing Board meeting on the SECOND Tuesday at 7pm in the upstairs meeting room.

LODGE OFFICERS 2012-2013

Exalted Ruler: Gary Poirier

Esteemed Leading Knight: Robert LaRue

Esteemed Loyal Knight: Pam Poirier

Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Wes Blair

Secretary: Anne Marie Cross

Treasurer: Chris Bissonette

Inner Guard: Steve Schifilliti

Esquire: Robert Brown

Tiler: Dan Ryan

Chaplain: Hank Metevier

Organist: TBA

State Trustee: Fred Dusablon, PER

LODGE TRUSTEES

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

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

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

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

Trustee (exp. 3/2017): Craig Garrand, PER

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APRIL 11th

PRIME RIB

SCHROD

10 OZ. N.Y. SIRLOIN LYONNAISE

BBQ CHICKEN

RACK OF LAMB

APRIL 25th

PRIME RIB

SCHROD

SHRIMP SCAMPI

PETITE FILET

BAKED STUFFED CHICKEN

Please make reservations at the Member bar at least

TWO days before with your choice of entrée. This will

ensure that everyone gets what they order!

PER MEETING Tuesday, April 3, 2012

7:00 pm – Moisan/Victor Room

SWING INTO SPRING!

presented by the Eldoes

SATURDAY - APRIL 14th

Cocktails 6:00pm

Dinner 7:00pm

Music by Wes and Sally Blair

If you feel like dressing up in bobby socks, poodle

skirts, and saddle shoes, go for it! Guys can slick back

their hair and dress like John Travolta in “Grease”. There

will also be a costume contest during the evening.

A raffle basket full of goodies will be given away as well

$18 per person with tickets available at the member bar

JOHANNA'S JOURNEYS Johanna Prong

CLIA Certified Cruise Specialist

Cruises, Group and Individual Tours, All Inclusive Packages

15 years experience in the travel industry

Located in the New North End

PO Box 3245 Please Call: 802-859-3464

Burlington, VT 05408 Cell Phone: 315-462-2502

Donation made to Elks for every booking E-mail: gnorp@capital.net

IMPORTANT BAR POLICIES

As the Bar Trustee, I would like to remind our members

about practices that must be observed.

When we rent the main hall out for an external event, the

bar services we provide will be billed using external drink

prices. Any member attending that event will be charged the

external prices which are in effect as well. We cannot segre-

gate members from non-members at the event.

Members who go to the members bar will be charged

member prices. However, once a beverage is purchased in the

member bar it MUST be consumed fully within the confines

of the member bar or the Moisan/Victor room. It is not to be

brought back into the main hall. The bar stewards need to be

able to control and be aware of the alcohol consumption by an

individual.

There may be circumstances where we have something in

the member bar which is not offered in the main hall. If the

bar steward on duty is asked, they may go to the member bar

to get the desired drink and bring it out directly themselves

for the requesting member, but the bar steward must be in-

volved with this transaction.

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE RULES

DURING EXTERNAL EVENTS!

Thank you,

Rick Boucher, PER, Trustee

BLOW YOUR

OWN HORN!

ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! During the next

year you will see a new box at the lodge. I am

asking that all members who volunteer to tell me

how many hours they give to the lodge.

Each month these hours will be recorded and in

March 2013, a prize for the most hours will be

rewarded.

** Enjoy blowing your own horn **

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Aaron’s TREE SERVICE

802-598-7670

Reasonable Responsible Reliable

70 Bay Rd., Colchester, VT

THE 5th ANNUAL

MOISAN-LILLEY INDOOR GOLF TOURNAMENT

On March 4th, the Moisan / Lilley In-

door Golf tournament was held with 21

teams playing and entering either chili or

chicken wings.

Congratulations to Jim Procopio for his

award winning chili and to Carol Garrand

for 1st Place in the chicken wing competi-

tion.

Also many thanks to Rick Boucher for

organizing and being the MC for the event

which raised $1695 for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta!

CINCO DE MAYO MEXICAN NIGHT

& KARAOKE

Friday - May 4th 6-10pm

Margarita’s and Corona Beer specials! Wear appropriate Mexican attire if desired. Wes & Sally Blair—DJ’s

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2 Arnold Sharp

3 Gary Gregoire

Jed Marcelino

Sharron Minahan

George Mongeon

Mark Schroeter

Carl White

4 George Blow

Donald Clayton

Melissa Gonyon

Stephen Larned

Carlos Newsome, Jr.

5 John Blondin

Remi Gratton, Jr.

Frederick Loyer

Paulette Thabault

6 Frank Bernardini

Maitland Daniels

Thomas McCoy

7 Edward Lockwood

Dennis Rouille

8 Everett Curavoo

Matt Schifilliti

9 Gary Moreau

John Plunkett

10 Stanley Roberts

Eugene Ward III

11 Richard Antone

Tod Bessery

12 Judy Dimick

John Truax

13 Christopher Brown

Jack Curry

14 Diane Heald

Karyl Snow-Sweeney

15 Larry Coletti

John O’Donnell

Robert Titemore

17 Edward Bowery

Hank Metevier

Rodney Myers

18 John McDonald

Susan Senn

Paul Thibault

19 Robert Beauvais

Robert Brown

20 Rodman Barlow

21 George Brown

Al Jewell

Ed Vincent

22 Theodore Arel

Kevin Carney

Frederick Hannon

23 Charles Allard

Chris Bissonette

John Fox

David McGinnis

24 Al LaFrance

John Pijanowski

Bernie Roque

25 Robert Clark

Mark Guyette

Robert Vance

26 Mark Ciardelli

27 Timothy Lavery

28 Michelle Charron

Dillon Willette

29 John Murray, M.D.

Peter Navari

Millie Palmer

Birthday this month? Bring your driver’s

license to Steak Night and get $5 off !

CRUISES TOURS ALL-INCLUSIVE GROUPS

John Hill & Associates Colchester, VT

802-654-9260 jhill@CruiseOne.com

www.tropicalwindstravel.com

Independent Dream Vacation Specialist

Lodge Green-Up Day

May 5th - 8am (rain date May 12th)

We are planning a Lodge Green Up -

Clean Up Day. A few of the things that

are planned:

Raking

Flower Beds

Wash windows

Clean up the patio furniture

Pick up winter debris as necessary

A small cookout will be provide to all the

Green-Up volunteers. (burgers, hot dogs and

macaroni salad)

A sign up sheet will be posted in the bar.

Please help give a face-lift to your Lodge

Gary Poirier, Exalted Ruler

FINAL 350 WINNERS

Jeanne Welch & Cookie Manning .... $10,000 (Ball #153)

Daniel Bean ........................................ $2,000 (Ball #128)

Gary Francis II .................................... $1,000 (Ball #341)

Dan Ryan ..................................... Raffle Ball (Ball #323)

Janice Lovejoy ............................. Raffle Ball (Ball #326)

Jane Allen .................................................... 50/50 ($515)

Irene Foss ........................................ PER Drawing ($500)

Ed Sliker ......................................... PER Drawing ($400)

The 2011-2012 350 Club is now one for the history books! On

March 8th the final dinner was held with 263 people in attendance.

Congratulations to the main prize winners of $10,000 - Jeanne

Welch and Sandra "Cookie" Manning as well as to all of the other

winners. I also want to thank all of the volunteers that helped to

make these dinners a success. We hope to see everyone back again

in September.

Gary Poirier, Exalted Ruler

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> CALLING ALL MEMBERS <

After several years of dedicated service to our Lodge and mem-

bers, both our Lodge organist and photographer have decided to

retire, thus we are still looking for members to fill these positions.

If you are interested in either of these positions please contact

Exalted Ruler Gary Poirier or one of the other Officers or Trustees..

2012-2013 COMMITTEES

PRESIDING JUSTICE: William Gagnon, Esq.

MEDIATOR: Jack Murray, M.D.

AUDITING & ACCOUNTING CHAIRPERSON Gary Gile

SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRPERSON John Murray, M.D.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CHAIRPERSON Michelle Charron

ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION CHAIRPERSON Rick Boucher, PER, Trustee

LODGE ACTIVITES CHAIRPERSON Andrew “Scotty” Worden

AMERICANISM CHAIRPERSON Pamela Poirer, Esteemed Loyal Knight

FLAG DAY COORDINATOR Ron Larose, PER, PSP

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COORDINATOR Moe Decelles, PER

MEMORIAL DAY COORDINATOR Ron Larose, PER, PSP

NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE COORDINATOR Jim Procopio III, Trustee

PER ASSOCIATION PRESIDING OFFICER TBA

MEDIA RELATIONS COORDINATOR/LODGE PHOTOGRAPHER

TBA

PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR TBA

VISITING COMMITTEE COORDINATOR Robert LaRue, Esteemed Leading Knight

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRPERSON Fred Dusablon, PER, State Trustee

INDOCTRINATION/ORIENTATION COORDINATOR Steve Schifilliti

APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE COORDINATOR Gary Gile

LAPSATION COORDINATOR Mary Blankemeyer

YOUTH ACTIVITIES CHAIRPERSON Lisa Tulkop

DRUG AWARENESS COORDINATOR Wes Blair, Esteemed Lecturing Knight

HOOP SHOOT COORDINATOR Donna Diaz

SOCCER SHOOT COORDINATOR Pauline Guenther

ACCIDENT PREVENTION MANAGER Ron Larose, PER, PSP

SHOW YOUR PRIDE IN AMERICA!

Volunteers are needed to help carry a 30x40 foot flag in the

Memorial Day parade in Vergennes. There will be other lodges

around the state also participating. This flag is sponsored by Brattle-

boro Lodge #1499 - it is a great way to show the community that

Elks Care - Elks Share.

If interested in helping out, you can call the lodge and leave

your name or contact Fred Dusablon directly. Thanks!

SILVER TOWERS CRUISE!

Join Vermont Elks and their friends on a 7-day Caribbean

cruise while raising money for our state charity, Silver Towers.

The Allure of the Seas© sets sail from Fort Lauderdale on March 3,

2013 with visits to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten.

Enjoy a $50 ON-BOARD CREDIT plus every cabin booked

by August 15, 2012 will get a FREE GIFT!

For every cabin booked a $25 donation will be made to Silver

Towers. If more than 25 cabins are sold the donation to Silver

Towers will be DOUBLED to $50 per cabin!

Call John Hill at CruiseOne at 802-654-9260 for more infor-

mation or go to http://elks.tropicalwindstravel.com

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ELDOES

CORNER

“No act of kindness, no matter how

small, is ever wasted.”

“Swing into Spring Dinner Dance” tickets are still available at

the member bar at a cost of $18 a person. It will be a fun evening

including a costume contest as well as special dances led by Wes

and Sally Blair. Plan to attend even if you are not a dancer. You can

enjoy a good meal, pleasant conversation, and an evening out. Don’t

forget that we will also be selling tickets for our raffle basket full of

goodies.

Now that spring seems to be around the corner we are starting

our annual Spring Raffle. This fundraiser costs $10 a ticket and in-

cludes drawings every week for ten weeks. The final drawing will

take place at our Installation Dinner.

As you do your spring house cleaning, keep us in mind. We will

need to add to our collection of jewelry for this fall’s craft bazaar.

Necklaces, watches, rings, bracelets, and earrings (in good

condition) are especially needed. If you have items to donate, plan

to bring them to our April meeting and we will put them aside. We

appreciate all contributions as our jewelry table is always popular!

Our April meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on the 17th. This

month we will elect officers for the coming year. Hostesses are

Marion Howard, Marilyn Luchini, and Mary McMaster.

April birthdays include the following Eldoes: our newest mem-

ber Gail Forcier, Pauline LaFramboise, Connie Leccese, Ruth

Martel, and Elaine Neary. Happy Birthday to all of you! Oops – it

looks like I forgot to add Linda Belisle to our January birthday list.

Linda, you can use your birthday discount in April instead. Sorry

about that!

We want to take this opportunity to thank PER Craig Garrand

for working with us this past year and to congratulate the newly

elected Exalted Ruler, Gary Poirier, and his suite of officers on their

recent installation.

Take care,

Beth Dusablon, President

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100 NORTH WILLARD STREET BURLINGTON, VERMONT 05401

PH. (802) 863-3416 FAX. (802) 863-2800

There will be an adult pinewood der-

by fundraiser event for Cub Scout Pack

#651 at the Elks Lodge on Sunday, May

6th. This event is open to members and

the general public. The cost is $25.00

per person, which includes your derby

car (which you must build out of a block

of wood), hors d’oeuvres, and a cash

bar. There will be cash prizes for the

winners. The event will begin at 3pm with race time starting

promptly at 4pm.

For more information contact Lisa and Larry Tulkop at 864-

3886 or ltlt699@gmail.com. We appreciate your support of your

local Cub Scout Pack #651. We hope you see you there!

Lisa Tulkop, Youth Activities Chair

Sunday, May 13th

9am-Noon

French Toast, Scrambled Eggs,

Sausage, Juice, Pancakes

$8.00 per person

$5.00 for children 10 & under

1 Mother Free per family

Breakfast

SAVE THE DATES!

Kid’s Easter Egg Party ............................................................... 4/1

Bar Bingo ................................................................................... 4/7

Steak Night ............................................................................... 4/11

Bar Bingo ................................................................................. 4/21

Steak Night ............................................................................... 4/25

Cinco de Mayo Mexican Night .................................................. 5/4

Lodge Cleanup............................................................................ 5/5

Bar Bingo ................................................................................... 5/5

Adult Pinewood Derby ............................................................... 5/6

Steak Night ................................................................................. 5/9

Mothers Day Brunch ................................................................ 5/13

Bar Bingo ................................................................................. 5/19

Steak Night ............................................................................... 5/23

Memorial Day Bingo ................................................................ 5/28

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BURLINGTON LODGE #916

Benevolent and Protective Order of ELKS

925 North Avenue

Burlington, VT 05408

NON PROFIT ORG

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

BURLINGTON, VT

PERMIT # 15

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

April 1

Kid’s Easter Egg

Party 11:30am

NEW DOOR CARD NEEDED!

2

Bingo 6pm 3

Applications

Committee 7pm

PER Meeting 7pm

4

5

Meeting Night 7pm

6

7

Bar Bingo 6pm

8

OPEN 4-8PM

9

Bingo 6pm 10

Governing Board

7pm

11

Steak Night 6pm

12

13

14

Eldoes “Swing Into

Spring” 6pm

15

16

Bingo 6pm 17

Eldoes Meeting

7pm

18

19

Meeting Night 7pm

20

21

Bar Bingo 6pm

22

23

Bingo 6pm 24

25

Steak Night 6pm

26

27

28

29

30

Bingo 6pm May 1

Applications

Committee 7pm

PER Meeting 7pm

2

3

Meeting Night 7pm

4

Cinco de Mayo

Mexican Night &

Karaoke 6pm

5

Lodge Cleanup 8am

Cinco de Mayo

drink specials all day!

Bar Bingo 6pm

6

Adult Pinewood

Derby 3pm

Volunteer of the Month

Carol Garrand

Thanks for your hard work!

Please make reservations at the Member bar at least TWO days before

Steak Nights and other special events with your choice of entrée.

This will ensure that everyone gets what they order!