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The Easter Bunny hid the eggs...
No Fizz in April...see you in May!
Pizza! Spaghetti!
Live Music! Dancing!
Children 6-12 $5 5 and under free!
Dance the night away to
E Z Street
Friday April 24 Dinner 5-7, Dancing 6:15-8:30
Five - six kinds of fresh baked pizza * Spaghetti with meat sauce
Caesar Salad * Garlic French bread
April 2015
Volume 23 #4
Wednesday is CHEERS Burger night, come on in and join
your friends and enjoy a delicious burger! Veggie or
chicken burgers also! Mushroom Swiss, Bacon Cheese,
Western...plus salad, fries done just right, and dessert,
only $10 tax included! Door prize drawing too!
Don’t sit home and
wonder ‘what’s for
dinner’….come on
down to the Lodge and
enjoy a meal and good company! Every
week we feature a Chef’s Special with salad and dessert for
only $10! Dinner 4:30pm - 7pm, bar open 2pm - 8pm.
Full dinner, salad, dessert, tax included, $10. Children 5-12 $5, under 5 free.
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MONDAY — CLOSED TUESDAY — 11:00 – 5:00 Lodge nights 11:00 - 7:00 WEDNESDSAY - 2:00 - 8:00 THURSDAY - 2:00 - 8:00 FRIDAY — 11:00 – 5:00** SATURDAY — 11:00 – 5:00** SUNDAY — CLOSED FIZZ SUNDAY Lounge Bar 9:00 - Noon **Members bar open until 4:00 when there is an Elk event using the Lounge Bar
Our delicious lunches are served Tuesday and Friday
11am – 1:30pm
Have you visited us lately? Burgers * Hot or Cold Sandwiches Salads * Best soup on the Ridge!
Daily Specials: Tuesday - Chef’s choice - always excellent! Friday - Fish & Chips & our famous Clam Chowder
Saturdays 11am – 1:30pm Hot Dogs & Polish Dogs $2 Chili Dogs $3 Bloody Marys $3
Have you visited us
lately?
Marvelous people,
great food!
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Liz Manion is recovering at home from fall
Don Bird is recovering at home from fall
Al Veazey is in hospital in Davis with heart problems
Harold Downham is now recovering at Lifehouse
Sickness and Distress’ is paramount in helping keep our members in our hearts and minds.
Call me or the Lodge office if you know of any member or their respective family members being in
need of our help or support. Jim McMillen, Sickness and Distress Chairman 872-0132
Editor’s notes - Deadline for the May Call of the Ridge is April 15.
Please email to [email protected] or call 873-4720. Hildy Langewis, Editor
Spring is here! Are you busy with spring cleaning? Please remember we need your clean, usable items for our yard sale!
We’re already busy getting ready for the next sale May 7th, 8th, & 9th 2015. We have plenty of room for donations so
keep them coming! Want to join us? 872-3686 With appreciation, Jeanie & Wallace Sparks
Love socializing? Looking for a way to HELP at the lodge? Then we'd love to hear from
you! We are currently seeking two couples/pairs to volunteer to serve hot dogs one
Saturday a month! This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to help out the
Lodge and get to know your fellow Elks. We are looking for one couple to train and
start immediately, and a second couple to train to fill in for couples working now. If
you are willing to help, your time and volunteering would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact Jim McMillen, Leading Knight 530-872-0132
Wednesday nights - a door prize ticket is given with each
burger sold. Currently we have collectible beer steins, full
service oil change and lube service certificates from Express
Lube, and gift cards from Paradise Sporting Goods. One
prize drawing each week. If you would like to donate a door
prize please speak with Jerre Bates or Hildy Langewis.
RON MINTZ MEMORIAL
FUNDRAISER
April 18, 2015
$30 INCLUDES HOT DOG
& Bud Light or Soft Drink ($1.00 towards Other Drinks)
Questions – call 877-5364
Do you aspire to be a famous writer? We are looking for
members who would like to write about the Lodge and the
community organizations we support. We do so much on
the Ridge and it’s time to
acknowledge the hard work and
support our members give back to the
community. Please speak with the
ER Jim McMillen or the editor Hildy
Langewis.
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Hello Ladies. Our March meeting took an unexpected turn with our Chefs no longer employed at the
Elks. Our corned beef & cabbage lunch was prepared by Vikki Isham and Cathy Straub. And what a
fantastic meal was served! Kudos to the ladies for a fine job.
Our guest speaker was Sandy Graham who brought several examples of the fine jewelry she creates
using stones, wood & glass. She was well received & many ladies took advantage of her creations and
made purchases right on the spot. Thank you Sandy.
Our next meeting will be the Installation of New Officers on Friday, April 10th. This is always an
elegant affair as the new officers light their respective candles while being sworn in. There will be a
great lunch served so you won't want to miss it.
I have enjoyed writing these articles for the newsletter, keeping our ladies informed of the happenings
of our Club. I hope to see most of you at the installation.
Respectfully submitted & farewell.
Valerie Bishop
EWC 1st Vice President
Elks Women’s Club Installation Luncheon Ham Steak with grilled pineapple, au gratin potatoes, salad, vegetable, rolls & butter,
apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Only $12. Friday April 10, 11am.
2015-2016 Officers:
President: Valerie Bishop
1st Vice President: Gayle Fossan 2nd Vice President: Lorie Mendenhall
Secretary: Pat Sangl Treasurer: Linda Curry
Assistant Treasurer: Jackie Brazil
Meet the Paradise Elks Lodge Executive Chef David Sypnicki has been a chef/owner of two businesses in the last several years,
one a high-end catering company in the Wine country and the other a resort area
restaurant in Graeagle called the Aspen Grill. David achieved his Culinary
Apprenticeship at Caffe Mingo in Oregon which received the Restaurant of The
Year award in 1997.
With his expertise in catering and banquets and cooking at a busy lunch and
dinner establishment we feel David is a perfect fit for all of our business needs.
He is personable, and brings plenty of passion to the table to create new menus and a fresh new taste
and feel to our lunch and dinner menus. Both David and I are committed to creating quality, fresh food
and eye-appealing presentations to increase member satisfaction as well as proudly serve the best food
on the Ridge.
With that said, April 1st we will be rolling out a new lunch menu. Until then, Tuesday
and Friday lunch will have a few core items and David will be serving new items that
are his specialties to see how they are received as we move toward building a new
menu. The menu offerings will be on the board in the Memberʼs Bar every Tuesday and
Friday so stop in and see what's new, I promise you won't be disappointed!
Respectfully submitted, Cathy Straub
Events Coordinator, Paradise Elks Lodge
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Securities offered through Questar Capital Corporation (QCC) Member FINRA/SIPC
Advisory Services offered through Questar Asset Management (QAM) A registered Investment
Advisor.
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UPDATE FROM THE R.V. PARK COMMITTEE………….. Hello, by the time this is printed we should have submitted the plans, for the RV Park
upgrade, to the Town for approval. The Septic Plan should be underway. Things are moving along.
We will have an informational presentation on April 4th at 10:00 am at the Lodge for the general
membership. Anyone who is interested in the project should attend. There will be a question and
answer time. Fraternally Your RV Park Committee.
The Paradise Elks Lodge awarded $9,000 in scholarships on February 25, 2015. Left to right - Andrea Lawrie $1,000, Autumn Wyatt $1,500, Mason Christie $2,000, Austin Hess $1,500, Elizabeth Earley $2,000 and James Cleary $1,000.. Mason Christie and Elizabeth Earley also received $800 scholarships from the California Hawaii Elks Association.
For up to date news and events find us on
Facebook:
Paradise Elks Lodge #2026
Brother/Sister Born Initiated Died
Robert J Bishop 9/2/1943 5/21/1989 9/15/2014
The Faults of our Brothers
We write upon the sand
Their virtues on the tablets
Of love and memory
Note from the kitchen: Hello Lodge Members!
We have been diligently searching for a good fit for our new kitchen staff. A decision has been made and we feel
good about moving forward. Please be patient during this transition as we take the Lodge to a new and different level. I ask that all Lodge members respect our business decisions and trust that we have you in mind. Expect
great things and they will happen. During this phase we need to ask you to back off just a bit, let the chef take the
reins and let him do it, there is nothing worse for a brand new person than hearing “ that’s the way we've always done it”, we will also be enforcing our Employees Only in the kitchen policy. I think we have great promise, I
believe it’s possible. We need to work together and we will Rock the Ridge! Tom Drake
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We’re on the road having a great time! We’ll have an update for you in the May issue of the Call of the Ridge.
Business card ad in the Call of the Ridge and on our website is only $100/year. Email [email protected] for more information.
Citizen of the Year volunteers We couldn’t do it without you….
Entertainment - Gordon Browning on the piano Photographer - Bob Goeckner
Set up crew: Milt Heinz and his set up crew; Maggie Pace, Liz Mannion, Jan Keller, Barbara & Doug Flesher and their granddaughter. Servers: Sharon Galvez, Gerry Miller, Liz Mannion, Maggie Pace, Pat Sangl, and Wanda Walker. Master of Ceremonies: Doug Flesher
On February 21, 2015, 168 community
members honored our 2015 Citizen of the Year
recipients. From left to right: John & Piedie
Jewart, Senior Couple; Kelley Conner,
Woman of the Year; Mason Christie, Junior of
the Year; and Bob Irvine, Man of the Year.
These two charts give an idea of where our Lodge (Kitchen and Bar data is not included) income comes from and how that
money is spent. The income percentages are based on the 2014/15 income of $174,000 and the expense percentages on
expenses of $188,500. In other words, we spent $14,500 more than we took in this year.
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Exalted Ruler Jim McMillen [email protected] cell 321-7527 872-0132 Leading Knight Rich Lewis PER [email protected] Loyal Knight Doug Teeter [email protected] 872-1852 Lecturing Knight Bonnie Vaught [email protected] 876-1303 Secretary vacant Treasurer Ken Fossan [email protected] 327-7259 Tiler Doug Flesher [email protected] 877-2231 Esquire vacant Chaplain Paul Dodd Inner Guard Phil Schoube [email protected] 624-1839 Organist Gordon Browning 877-5515 Trustee 1 year Bill Dague [email protected] 873-3228 Trustee 2 year vacant Trustee 3 year Mark Thompson [email protected] 520-5134 Trustee 4 year Allen Carpenter [email protected] 872-8128 or 931 216-1103 Trustee 5 year Al Potthast 343-6002 Bar Manager Tom MacDonald [email protected] 877-2017 Elks Women’s Club President Valerie Bishop [email protected] 876-8416 Unless noted all phone numbers are area code 530
Lodge Office Secretary’s Office 877-3977 Fax 877-6934
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mailing Address
Paradise Elks Lodge # 2026 Box 418 1100 Elk Lane Paradise, CA 95967
REFUND POLICY – ELK EVENTS All social functions in the “Call of the Ridge” are limited to Elks, their families & guests only. At the June 7, 2004 Club Govern-ing Board meeting a motion was made, seconded and passed to change the refund policy for pre-purchased tickets. A refund will be given for pre-purchased (Elks) events no questions asked up to 5 days before the event. If you were unable to attend the event due to severe illness or a death in the family, we will issue a refund, if requested within 5 days after the event.
Year-to-date Membership Report
Start: April 1, 2014 542 Members
To Date: February 28, 2015 522 Members
Initiated: 25 Dropped: (38)
Transferred in: 05 Transferred out: (08)
Reinstatements: 06 Absolute Demit: (00)
Deaths: (10)
Membership Gain (Loss) (20)
Membership Applications Received Investigation first Thursday of each month, except August and December
Applicant Occupation Sponsor
Gary Moeller Retired Gary Ogden Barbara Dunivan-Elder Retired Charles ‘Al’ Elder Andrea Tanner Horticulturist Michael Wrangham Leslie Dolan Retail Sales Phil Schouboe Carolyn Mathas Writer/Editor Hildy Langewis
Applicant Transfer Dimit Previous Lodge
Richard Bugaj Retired Napa #832
Reinstatement Jan Cayot Retired
To the membership of Elks Lodge #2026
Seeing as this is to be my first article as your ER, I want to say...
Hello my brothers and sisters of Elkdom. Our Officers and I are embarking on a new year for our
Lodge and hope to make you proud of our work and progress.
We will be trying to make our Lodge self-sufficient and take the
financial load off the membership. We will be making changes in the things we do and how we do them in an attempt to realize our goal of paying our way as we go
and profiting without draining our members pocketbooks.
I will need input and cooperation from all the members
and Officers to make anything work. We have a website, email, a Facebook page, and a suggestion box available to all. Use it and elaborate on what you would like to see us
accomplish. But, remember it takes more than an idea to get something done. We also need volunteers and support
from our membership.
Time for me to get off my soapbox and just
give you the best I have and the incentive to make this Lodge better by being hands-on.
Jim McMillen, ER Lodge #2026
It’s your Lodge...attend
a meeting and voice
your opinion! Praise?
Criticism? Ideas?
Let us know how we’re doing!
Second and fourth Tuesdays, initiation fourth Tuesday.
Dinner 5:30 (only $9) meeting 7pm.
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February 10
$50 drawing Ray Wilhite Not present Terry Mallan Not present
Sharon Murphy Not present
Progressive $400
Mike Johnson Not present
February 24
$50 drawing Cody Sinnott Not present Diane Ogden Not present
Tom MacDonald Not present
Progressive $425
Dennis Phillips Not present
Lodge
Night
Drawings
Have you attended a meeting lately? You could be the next winner!
July 4th Tom Drake PER 872-4218
Labor Day Picnic Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Lapsation Mark Thompson 520-5134
Lodge Activities Jim McMillen 872-0132
Lunch Servers Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Major Project Pat Hall 872-8128
Mediator Trustees 877-3977
Member Memorial Service Amanda Blankenship 321-7067
Membership Amanda Blankenship 321-7067
Memorial Day Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Mothers Day Amanda Blankenship 321-7067
Old Timers Day Rich Lewis PER 413-5758
PER Night Rich Lewis PER 413-5758
Photographer Bob Goeckner 876-1847
Pizza & Pasta Night Wendy Wicklund 876-1575
Public Relations Jan Keller PER 877-5364
Purple Pig Pat Hall 872-8128
Ritual Bonnie Vaught PER 876-1303
RV Group John Jewart 873-1270
Safety Bob Wallen PER 872-4826
Scholarship Jan Keller PER 877-5364
Scouting Tom Sitter 873-0343
Sickness & Distress Jim McMillen 872-0132
Special Projects Trustees 877-3977
Spelling Bee Allan Bates 877-2752
Subordinate Forum Jim Johnson 877-3906
Veterans Affairs Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Webmaster Rich Lewis PER 413-5758
Welcoming Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Yard Sale Manager Jeanie & Wallace Sparks 872-3686
Youth Activities Tom Drake PER 872-4218
Aid & Relief ER, Knights, Secretary 877-3977
Americanism Jan Keller PER 877-5364
Audio-Visual Rich Lewis PER 413-5758
Auditing Don Smith PER 872-5266
Bar Manager Tom MacDonald 877-2017
Bequests/Trusts Bonnie Vaught PER 876-1303
Bingo Dave Jerro 872-9030
Bridge Mike Degmetich 873-4913
Business Practices Don Smith PER 872-5266
Children’s Xmas Party Jim & Shirley Williamson 872-7523
Citizen of the Year Doug Flesher 877-2231
Community Activities Vikki Isham 873-3380
Dinner Night Wed & Thurs Jerre Bates 877-6231
Drug Awareness Michael Slattery 873-0333
Editor Hildy Langewis 873-4720
Elks National Foundation Jan Keller PER 877-5364
Elks Women’s Club Valerie Bishop 876-8416
Events Coordinator Cathy Straub 413-9247, cell 408-896-7196
Fizz Breakfast Jeff Rice 876-9621
Fizz Greeters Jim Nokleby 877-5969
Fizz Set-up Phil Schouboe 624-1839
Flag Day Mike Zuccolillo ER 521-4576
Government Relations Doug Teeter 872-1852
Greeters Rich Todd 520-7070
Gym Manager George White 877-1790
Historian Steve Lobdell PER 877-4854
Hoop Shoot Al Keller PDDGER & Jan Keller PER 877-5364
Horseshoes Fred Kopp 872-1108
House Set-up Milt Heinz 877-3242
Indoctrination Jan Keller PER 877-5364 Gary Ogden 591-9336
Investigation Jim Williams 894-1895, Jan Keller PER 877-5364
If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch
the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch
a life. ~Author Unknown
The future of our Lodge is in your hands. So many local
organizations and people benefit from our scholarships, grants,
partnerships, etc. Children especially. The time is NOW to get
involved...volunteer, donate, recruit your friends, etc.
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Aries March 21 - April 19
Ambitious, Determined
Taurus April 20 - May 20
Patient, Appreciative
Lodge Calendar Apri l 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Burgers 4:30 - 7
2 Bridge 12:30
Dinner 4:30 - 7
Investigation
3 Card Game 9-3
EWC Gen Mtg 11:30
Lunch 11-1:30
4
Hot Dogs 11-1:30
5 EASTER
6 7
Lunch 11-1:30
Line Dancing 10am
8
Burgers 4:30 - 7
9
Bridge 12:30
Dinner 4:30 - 7
10
Card Game 9-3
Lunch 11-1:30
11
RV Club 11am
Hot Dogs 11-1:30
12
Bingo 3pm
13 14
Lunch 11-1:30
Line Dancing 10am
Lodge Night/Dinner
15
EWC Board Mtg 10:30
Burgers 4:30 - 7
16
Bridge 12:30
Family Dinner Night
17
Card Game 9-3
Lunch 11-1:30
18
Hot Dogs 11-1:30
19
Bingo 3pm
20 21 Lunch 11-1:30
Line Dancing 10am
22
Burgers 4:30 - 7
23 Bridge 12:30
Dinner 4:30 - 7
Indoctrination
24 Card Game 9-3
Pizza & Pasta 5pm
Lunch 11-1:30
25
BBQ Hot Dogs
11-1:30
26
Bingo 3pm
27 28 Line Dancing 10am
Lunch 11-1:30
Lodge Night/Dinner
Initiation
29
Burgers 4:30 - 7
30 Bridge 12:30
Dinner 4:30 - 7
Bingo Anonymous Bill Vertrees Don Bird Jay Smith Fred Riecker Hot Dogs Fizz Breakfast John Jewart Fred Kopp
A Birthday gift from your Lodge -
come in to the members bar dur-
ing your birthday month and you
will receive a complimentary
cocktail! Happy Birthday from
the Elks #2026!
Albert E Cornelius 3
William C Green 3
Henri Brachais 5
Gordon D Browning 6
Stephen L Skinner 7
William Lenhart 8
Glen R Staub 8
George Gordus 9
Robert E Peterson 9
Barbara R Weimer 9
Iva V McCombs 10
Jean A White 10
Michele D Myers 11
Daniel Degrado 12
Thomas Sitter 12
Bruce Roberts 13
Patricia Martin 15
Carlos De La Rosa 18
Steven M Dobrich 18
Gene Stober 19
Charles Chauvin 20
Charles Elder 20
Ruby Marshall 20
George B Torres 20
Daymon Hamilton 23
Phillip Serna 23
Grant D Brown 24
Steven Wrangham 24
Arthur J Pollock 25
Nicholas Casella 26
Larry E Cantrell 27
Lydia M Dada 27
A. Wayne Hermansen 28
Randy Bullock 29
L. Michael Hohenthaner 29
Gary Ogden 30
Easter
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Bring a new player & get a Free half pack!
NEW Players get a Free half pack ! WIN FREE BINGO for up to five weeks! $15 BUY-IN and $5 PACKS
Every Sunday - Doors Open at 3pm - Games start at 4pm Closed Easter Sunday
Coming In MAY
(PER) Past Exalted Rulers Association #2026
PER Fundraiser for New Lodge Officers Uniform
All Proceeds will go to the New Officers Uniform Fund
When: Saturday May 16th
8:00-11:00am
Where: Charter Room
Bring the Family, Friends
& Neighbors
$5.00 per person
Menu: Pancakes &
Syrup / Link Sausage
Juice & Coffee
Please come and support
your Lodge Officers!
A Special “Thank You” in advance to
those who attend. See you then!
