A Letter from your Exalted Ruler

THE

EUREKA-

PACIFIC

ELKS

LODGE

March 2016 Volume 4, Issue 3

Inside this issue:

Chicken Chit 2

Americanism 3

In Memoriam 4

Special Notes 4

Notices 5

New members 5

Veterans fundraiser 6

Veterans Flyer 7

Calendar 8

Birthdays 9

Elks of the Month 9

Elks Day at the Ball-

park

9

This will be my last newsletter as your Exalted Ruler. My

term will be ending this month and we will have new offi-

cers installed for the New Year, beginning April 1st.

It has been an experience and an adventure. I am

so thankful for those officers and members who have

supported me this past year; it meant more than you

know. I ask that you please show the same respect and

support to the incoming officers who will be installed on

Saturday, March 19th at Noon.

As a reminder, it is up to the Membership to

nominate and vote for officers. By doing so, you are ask-

ing those officers to run your Lodge to the best of their

ability. The Membership brings ideas and concerns to the

floor and we either vote for or against; it’s all up to you.

This is not and never has been a dictatorship; nothing can

be done without the Membership approval. Anyone can

become an officer; it all depends on you and how much you want to get involved.

Our Membership has grown this past year and we

want to continue to see the growth. If you know of

someone you feel will make a great Elk, get them an ap-

plication and be their sponsor. Please reach out to those

new members and remind them of everything going on at

our Lodge. Have them volunteer for 30 minutes or an

hour just to see what we do and how well we do it; they

will be hooked!

Thank you again for all your support!

Thank you,

Sincerely, Lisa Cushing

Exalted Ruler

The Eureka Pacific Elks Newsletter

# 2644

Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks

Lodge Meeting

Reminder:

The 2nd & 4th Tuesday

of each month at 7:00pm

Dinner to follow.

Lisa Cushing Exalted Ruler

Officer Installation Ceremony will be

held on:

Saturday March 19th

at Noon (Lunch following)

Page 2 The Eureka Pacific Elks Newsletter

Chicken Chit Bingo The 3rd annual Chicken Chit Bingo was

a success and raised $4,676.00 for our

own Scholarship Fund for EHS and PHS

students.

The event was once again a big hit!

Fun was had by all as we had a live

telecast of the nitty-chitty goings on

that could be seen up on our 60” TV or

up close and personal. We are very

grateful for the hard work of the many

people who made this event a success, but a few folks deserve special recognition: Karen Mueth for

the taco bar that was a new addition and a huge success, Kelly Lubker for running the raffles,

Melanie Mitchell and Andy Miller for chicken wrangling, and Harold Goodman for auctioneering for

the new live auction items. As emcee for the evening, once again Mike Cerutti was able to talk chit

for three hours - keeping the crowd entertained.

I would love to list everyone who made this a success including Jerry’s designer chickens, all the

bankers, and many more, but there is just not enough room. While it was a success, we are open to,

and looking for, any other input or ideas people may have to make this event even better as it con-

tinues to grow and provide resources for our Scholarship Fund.

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Americanism Our third year of the Americanism essay contest was again a success. The theme this year was “What I Can Do to Promote Americanism and Love of Country”. All public and private schools with 5th thru 8th grade students were invited to partici-pate. We had 51 entrants this year from The Most Sacred Heart School - thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Bachmann. Final judging was completed and the winners all at-tended the Elks meeting February 9th to accept their awards. The 1st place winner of each division also read their essay at the meeting. A huge thanks to the judges, Fred Bunch, Brenda Wilsey, Melanie Mitchell and Kathleen Meier, who put in many hours reading and analyzing the entrant’s essays. Winning essays are on the board for you to read for a short time longer. This year’s winners are: 5-6th Grade 7-8th Grade 1st Ella Vergara $100 Abby Piontek $100 2nd Tristyn Lonon $50 Drew Walters $50 3rd Olivia Brick $25 Abby Rathouz $25

A late development…… District judging has been completed and Ella Vergara

has been awarded 2nd place in Division I at the District level and will now move on to the State level. I am working with Mrs. Bachmann (her teacher) to give her a sur-prise presentation in the coming weeks. So please if you know Ella keep this to your-self until she receives this award.

Jeff Wilsey – Americanism Essay Chairman

Page 4 The Eureka Pacific Elks Newsletter

It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of a former Elk and friend,

Steve Hrin

"In vain we call. He has passed into the light beyond the valley of the shadow of death. The places that have known him, shall know him no more, but his virtues are written

upon the tablets of love and memory"

Special Notes

Manchester Elks Lodge # 2058 makes a donation to assist local flood victims. Pictured are , ER Lisa Cushing and Joe Cichacki, Trustee, from the Manchester lodge

ER Lisa Cushing and Mark Schmiedeskamp present certificates of appreciation from the Special Opera-tions Command Central 112th SIGDET— a unit consisting of Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Navy personnel.

The certificates were given in response to the Christmas Care packs sent by the lodge.

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Notices Matt Burner, the current Lions President, presents a check to ER Lisa Cushing. The $200 check is from the Lions in memory of Mr. Hrin, and as a “thank you” for hosting the luncheon following Mr. Hrin’s funeral services.

Mr. Steve Hrin Sr., a solid member of both The Elks and The Lions Club, passed away recently, and was buried at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. Mr. Hrin served in the Marine Corp and saw action in the Korean War. He was a very patriotic man who supported and served the troops his entire life. He had a big heart, great smile, mischievous sense of humor, and was always fun to be around. To know him was to love him, and he will be greatly missed.

Please Welcome these new members initiated into our Lodge.

We hope that you enjoy our Lodge facilities and participate in our many events both

for charity and fun. MEMBER SPONSOR Daniel Bantle Matt Iovaldi Robin Blake Artie Blake David Boettge Darcie Stocker Martha Buckley Harold Goodmon Matthew Burner Jerry Salisbury John Burton Becky Usher Craig Clynes Brad Beebe Christopher Cutting Brad Beebe Michael Warden Brad Beebe Angie Essen Terry Ridenhour Matthew Ferguson Ralph Wiltrout Robert Lebeau Teresa Holloway

New Members

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Upcoming Events

Dear Elks Brothers and Sisters,

Last year you where part of one of the largest Veterans Fund Raisers the Eureka Pacific Elks ever put on. It is

members like you, and the community that make me proud to be a member of the Elks.

This year on Saturday April 30th our Eureka-Pacific Elks Lodge will be hosting another Veterans Fund Raiser

for The Focus Marines Foundation www.focusmarinesfoundation.org). This Missouri Veterans Organization

assists returning post 9-11 Soldiers from all over the United States. Some of our Vets are experiencing diffi-

culties trying to adjust back to their normal lives. They feel isolated, hopeless and worthless. This Organiza-

tion will help them learn how to get back to feeling normal, set goals, become active participating citizen and

family members that they once was.

But they can’t do this alone. They need our help. Freedom isn't free and unfortunately a lot of Veterans do

not get the help, support and care they should be provided. Unfortunately, a lot of our Veterans lives will be

forever lost and forgotten because of our systems.

As a Member of this Lodge this is your chance to stand up and help our American Heroes. We understand

there are times it is hard to be at an event, so we are sending out a request for you to help us in the follow-

ing ways. Books of tickets are enclosed for 50/50, wheelbarrow of booze, and a shotgun (or cash) towards a

pistol. We ask that you please purchase, or sell the tickets to co-workers, friends and family. Extra tickets

will be available at the Lodge or you can call me at 636-938-6744 and I will make sure you can get them.

Please turn in all sold tickets & monies as soon as possible so we can keep our records up to

date.

For our auction items you can donate anything of value, nothing is to little. Remember all donations whether

monetary or auction items are tax deductible through our 501 (c ) 3 organization. Make all checks payable to

the EUREKA PACIFIC ELKS #2644 CARES CHARITY. In the MEMO: FMF Fund Raisers.

Remember we don’t have to do this alone, ask your place of employment, friends and family if they would

like to be a part of something great and ask them to come to the event that day. Extra flyers and tickets at

the lodge.

Thank you,

Steven C Jeffries

Event Chairman

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Save the Date

March 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 7:30pm Queen

of Hearts

6 7

8 7:00pm Lodge

Meeting

9 10 11 5:00pm

Fish Fry

12 7:30pm Queen

of Hearts

13

Daylight Savings

14 6pm PER’s

Meeting

15 16 17 18 5:30pm Pork

Chop Dinner

19 !2pm Officer

Installation

7:30pm Queen

of Hearts

20 21

22 7:00pm Lodge

Meeting—

Initiations

23 24 25

Good Friday 26 7:30pm Queen

of Hearts

27

Easter Sunday

28 29 30 31

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Congratulations Mike Serra

Birthdays This Month

Elk of the Month for February

2 Terry Ridenhour 3 Michael Van Horen-beeck 4 Dale Crane 7 Andrew Casey 9 Stephen Lee 9 Ronald Leuthauser 9 Barbara Walgren 13 Greg Brown 13 John Pedrolie 14 Sharon Schmidt 14 Kennith Wiggains

Come in on your birthday and enjoy a free drink on the lodge!

15 Jeremy Broad 16 James Bequette 16 Matt Iovaldi 17 Barbara Gillick 17 Jerry Mooneyham 18 Joseph Kehder 18 Chris Mehler 20 Robert Green 20 William Schmidt 22 Glenn Anthony 22 Stacey D'Aquila 23 Terry Summers

23 Stan Teabeau 23 Victoriano Torrez 25 Kirk Allmon 26 Vernon Brand 26 Michael Miller 27 Barrett Braun 27 Russ Lessmeier 27 Christopher Monks 27 Dan Travers 27 Jeff Woosley 29 Kenneth Fluchel 29 Bruce Willhite

31 Steve Grzyb

MISSOURI ELKS NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK World Champion Royals versus our beloved Cardinals

Busch Stadium

June 30, 2016 6:15 pm CDT Cutoff date for ticket orders is April 11, 2016

(See bulletin board at lodge for order form)

Initial block of tickets is 300. If orders exceed 300, additional seating will be based on availability and discretion of the Cardinals. All efforts will be made to seat groups/ lodges as close together as possible. Elks and their guests welcome. Tickets awarded on first come basis. No refunds. Ticket price of $21.00 in-cludes seat and $3.00 donation to the Missouri Benevolent Trust, Royals Charities and Cardinal Care ($1.00 to each ). Tickets subject to terms and conditions specified on the ticket and subject to Cardinal's rainout policy and other policies, rules and regulations of Busch Stadium. Tickets may not be resold via StubHub or any other secondary ticket market per Cardinal ticket policy. Resales are trackable by the Cardinals.

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Lodge Officers Lodge Trustees

Exalted Ruler Lisa Cushing Mike Bumps – Chairman

Leading Knight Jerry Holloway Mike Cerutti

Loyal Knight Ron Kurtz David Willand

Lecturing Knight Chris Mehler Fred Bunch

Esquire Darcie Stocker Jim Wall

Secretary Al Knappmiler

Treasurer Brad Beebe

Tiler Jerry Kirk

Inner Guard Lisa Hedge

Chaplain David Kueneke