Volume 68 AUGUST 2011 Issue 8

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HOT!! 17th Annual Fluke Tournament HOT!!

Through the heat of what could be the hottest day of the year, the fisher-

men moved their boats out of the inlet at 6 am on Saturday, July 23, to

start our 17th Annual Fluke Fishing Tournament. They floated out into

the ocean and dropped their lines in anticipation of catching that large

Fluke that would win them a prize in this year’s Tournament.

When they returned and weighed their fish, we got the results of their

efforts. The winner of this year’s tournament in the Power Boat division

was Peter Fanizzi of Union Beach, NJ, with a fish that weighed 11 lbs. 9

oz. Second place went to

William Zebrowski of Wall, NJ, whose fish weighed 11 lbs. 3 oz. William

also won the prize for an Elk member. Third place went to Wayne Hurly

of New Egypt, NJ, with a fish that weighed in at 10 lbs. Fourth place went

to Lou DeRosa of Toms River, NJ, whose fish weighed 9 lbs. Fifth place

went to Bob Madej of Iselin, NJ, whose fish weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. Sixth

place went to Dave Arbeitman of Point Pleasant, NJ, whose fish weighed

8 lbs. 8 oz. Seventh place went to Ed Braunsdorf of Brick, NJ, whose fish

weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. The youth prize went to Ryan Marut, 11 years old, of

Toms River, NJ.

The winners in the Kayak division were: first place Bill Kiluk with a 22 inch

long fluke; second place was Chris Shoplock with a 20 inch fluke; third

place was Frank Healy with a 19.5 inch fluke. First place Calcutta Longest

was Capt. John Kravchak with a 27 inch fluke and first place Calcutta 3

Longest was Larry Newman and Gary Ward with a combined 61.5 inches.

While the fishermen were enjoying themselves out on the water, our

Members were sweltering in the heat either at the weigh stations waiting

for the fishermen to return or back at the Lodge preparing for the picnic

later in the day.

The Fluke Tournament Committee would like to thank all of the Members of our Lodge that came out in the heat on both Friday for the

Captains Meeting and Saturday for the Tournament to man the grills, beer truck, bar, and anything else that had to be done. Also, all of

the Members that were there all during the week to help in the set up. Special thanks to Julie Grassi for once again taking care of our

Silent Auction, the Veterans Committee for running the 50/50, and the Special Needs Children’s Committee for running the Calcutta.

It looks like we have had another successful Tournament and now we can start looking forward to

the 2012 Tournament!!

August 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Shuffleboard

Line Dancing

5 6 Twofers

3-7 pm

7 8 9 Trustees

Mtg. 7:30 pm

10 SNCC 8 pm

11 Shuffleboard

Line Dancing

12 13 Benefit 7pm

Tim McGrath

14 15 16 Lodge

Meeting 8 pm

17 NVSC 18 Shuffleboard

Line Dancing

19 20 Twofers

3-7 pm

21 22 23 Trustees

Mtg. 7:30 pm

24 25 Shuffleboard

Line Dancing

26 27 Twofers

3-7 pm

28 Breakfast

9-Noon

29 30 31 Thirsty Thurs-

days 4-7 pm

Every Sat.

Martinis 7:30 pm

Exalted Ruler’s Message

I hope you all are having a fun and safe summer! I would like to thank Tim, BAT,

Les, Phyllis, Tom, and Carolyn Watters for helping in selling out the 4th of July Star

Spangled HOT DOG Weekend! You guys are “Top Dogs” in my book!

On July 9th, we had a nice visit from the little Elks Lodge from Lacey, who made it a point to have us as

their last stop on their Lodge Crawl! Thank you, Lacey, and our own Tim Haley, Eric & the Prime Crew,

and Johnny Under and Duck for keeping their glasses filled with joy and plates mounded with the Best

Food on the Jersey Shore!!

Thank you to all of you who participated and volunteered for the 17th Annual Linda Van Duyn Memorial

Fluke Tournament. Arnie, Tracey, and John, Linda is very PROUD of you and your Team for putting on

another successful event...It was Magical!!!!

We all need to thank Sweaty Mike for running another fun and successful Golf Outing. And, thanks to

Jan, Tom Watters, Scotty, Bob K., Thor, Janice, Kyle, and all that participated, the sponsors, helpers, and

Kelli, our Awesome Chef!

The Special Needs Children’s Picnic was as Beautiful as the Day was! Thanks Tommy and all the volun-

teers for your hard work! The Kids had a Great Time!!

Last month’s Trivia answer was Theodore Roosevelt. This month’s trivia is: “I shall pass through this

world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being,

let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again!”

Fraternally,

Scot

Lodge Officers 2011-2012 Exalted Ruler Scot L. Famous 703-4701 Leading Knight Dawn Tortoriello 714-2505 Loyal Knight Cliff Van Nest 306-5935 Lecturing Knight Kyle Walters 575-9849 Secretary Helen McDermott 785-3323 Treasurer Kim McLure 892-1763 Esquire Valerie Famous, PER 609-505-0081 Chaplain Shirlene Taskowitz 330-8076 Inner Guard Jack Secor 701-0535 Tiler Gus Adamo 899-2722 Trustee Ron Panuska 714-9966 Trustee Bob Kierstead, PER 272-7307 Trustee Joe Miller, PER 714-9553 Trustee Mike Travisano 899-5115 Trustee Rob Cook 732-261-0048

Committee Chairpeople Americanism Jerri Parlow 814-6092 Antler Eileen Miller 714-9553 Audit Suzy Kronenberger 581-4136 Banquets Kelli McNicholas 746-3402 Bar Steward Jay Ramirez 899-8620 Batter Up Todd Schmidt 207-6076 Community Service Mike Donahue 892-4663 Convention Dawn Tortoriello 714-2505 Drug Awareness Donna Tranchita 908-965-3733 ENF Cus Dalik, PDD 600-6979 Flag Day Joe Chickene 840-0891 Fluke Tournament John Veprek, PSP 908-910-9363 Government Relations Vacant Hoop Shoot Greg Smith 920-7516 House Tim Haley 848-448-8518 Indoctrination Gus Schipani 892-6772 Investigation Bob Kierstead, PER 272-7307 Lapsation Helen McDermott 785-3323 Lodge Scholarships Jerri Parlow 814-6092 Mediator Colleen Castronova 241-0769 Membership Bob Scott 714-2505 Memorial Service Dino Castronova, PER 995-5758 Mother’s Day Service Georgianna Walsh 604-2841 Nat’l. Veterans Service Nancy DeVito 892-8961 Oktoberfest Vacant Photographer Ray Staab 892-5406 Pianist Paschal Drew 295-1713 Presiding Justice Rob Cook 732-261-0048 Public Relations Carmen Vanata 973-975-5652 Soccer Shoot Dino Castronova, PER 995-5758 Special Needs Children Tom Watters 848-992-6194 Tear Off Raffles Scot L. Famous, ER 703-4701 Webmaster Terry LaDu 899-4635 Youth Activities Dino Castronova, PER 995-5758

2011 Memorial Golf Tournament

by Michael Donahue

The day dawned brightly. The heat and

humidity hovered at acceptable levels. And,

most importantly, 80 golfers drove off at 8:30

am, July 25, 2011, for the benefit of our Lodges’

Charities, at Woodlake Country Club in Lake-

wood, NJ.

The Golf Committee consisted of co-

chairs Mike Donahue and ER Scot Famous, as

well as Jan Picarell, Jay Ramirez, and Gary Smith.

They would like to thank the following sponsors:

Hatteras Press; The Broadway Bar & Grill (Linda

DeDreux especially); US Subs; Mike’s Subs; The

Idle Hour; Pable & Evertz Funeral Home; Re/Max

Bay Point Realty; TravelSmiths; PBA Local 106;

Fugedy and McLees; Beaver Dam Hardware;

Lynne’s Ladies Fashions; Ocean County Music

and Electronics; Lee Richards fine jewelry; and

STS Tires. Two benefactors continued their tra-

dition of generosity: Don and Sandy Famous

and long time contributors, Dee and Cus Dalik,

PDD.

The committee would like to single out

the companies who provided prizes: All 3 local

beer companies, Paige and Richie, Shore Point,

and Point Distributors. The Hole in One Prizes

doubled with the addition of a complimentary

car from Larson Ford (facilitated by the invalu-

able help of Lecturing Knight Kyle Walters. Tom

DeAngelis and the Lakewood Blue Claws fur-

nished season tickets along with numerous sou-

venirs to be awarded.

No undertaking as successful as this

could be accomplished without the assistance of

many capable volunteers including: Janice

Knorr, Les Hill, Honky, Bob Scott, Dawn Torto-

riello, Bob Kierstead, Tim Haley, The Watters

Family, Van Der Noots, and the perennial hard

working, Georgiana Walsh.

This year’s Four Star BBQ was provided

by Chef Kelli of Prime Grill. Many praises were

leaped upon her burgers, dogs, chicken, Jersey

corn and tomatoes, topped off by her, made

with love, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies!

To Bottom Line it, this year’s Memorial

Open garnered over $1,500.00! This could not

have been done without the golfers themselves.

The Committee wishes to extend to these truly

Best People On Earth our humble and heartfelt

expression of gratitude.

The winners, according to ER Scot,

were as follows:

Closest To The Pin: Ellen Miller & Jim Cusick

Longest Drive: Jan Picarell & Tim Phillips

Most Honest: Mike Travisano, Joe Abradi,

Charlie Colwell & Kenny Mathis

1st Place: Tim Phillips Crew

2nd Place: The Famous Foursome

3rd Place: The I.H. Hackers

House Committee News by Tim Haley

Thanks to Loyal Knight, Cliff Van Nest, the Point Elks “Wall of Remembrance” located outside the trophy room, has been updated for the first time in 8 years. 30 members of the Elks Lacey Lodge visited our Lodge July 9th on the last leg of their “pub crawl.” Prime Grill provided the food and a 50/50 was run which raised $135.00! Thanks to Ron Panuska and Bob Scott for painting the garage. Thanks to Gus Schipani and “Hockey” for removing the dead tree limb hanging over our parking lot. Members: If you would like to borrow any Lodge items, please fill out a form first. The forms are on the table in the grill room. Just fill one out and give it to the bartender. Quite a few long tables are missing from upstairs, so if you borrowed any please return them. Please contact me if you have any questions, 848-448-8518.

Save the Date...

Upcoming event 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1....... Happy New Year!!! Sat., December 31st New Years Eve Party

Dinner, Dancing,

Open Bar, Midnight Toast, Continental

Breakfast.

More details to come...

Casino Night October 8, 2011

$40.00 per person Cash bar, finger food, 50/50

Gift Auction Limited to 100 People

Anyone interested in donating an item for this event, or for more

information contact: Phyllis Willever 732-714-1149

pylever@comcast.net

Officer/Committee Chairperson

for 2012-2013

Anyone interested in becoming an Officer or

Chairing a Committee for the 2012-2013 Elk

Year, please see Dawn Tortoriello.

Correction to the July Antler : One of the Scholarship Awards which was handed o ut in June was mistakenly called the Robert Messeroll Memorial Scholarship. The correct name is the Bobbie Messeroll Memorial S cholar-ship.

Triple Crown Scholars by Jan Picarell The applications for scholarship grants have been received. We are proud to announce that 8 family members of current Elks will be awarded financial aid to continue their educational pursuits. They are: Freshmen College Class: Kelsey Haycook, LaSalle University Meredith Lee, Ocean County College Laura Miller, Ocean County College Mitchell Romano, Drexel University Tyler Rotunno, NJIT Second Year College Class: Justin Haugh, DeSales University Fourth Year College Class: Alison Haugh, Rider University Kristen Haycook, Dominican College Congratulations to all! I know you will make all of us proud that you come from Elk stock.

New Scholarship

On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, the Lodge approved the Linda Van Duyn Memorial Scholarship. This Schol-arship will be awarded in June 2012 to Senior graduates at Point Pleasant Boro High School and Point Pleasant Beach High School whose intended college major will be Educational certification. Linda Van Duyn taught 5th grade in both school districts until her retirement. Linda was also the first woman to be-come an Elk at Lodge #1698 when Grand Lodge sanctioned full membership for women. The initial funds for this Scholarship were raised on July 23, 2011, at our Fluke Tournament which was named as a memorial to Linda for her efforts with her husband, Arnie Van Duyn, for the last 16 years. The Travers Race held later in the summer will also be dedicated to this Scholarship. And, the Pot-O-Gold winner for the Linda Van Duyn Scholarship Memorial held on July 23rd was Tracey Van Duyn!!

Grand Lodge Financial Assistance Available for Coll ege

Attention: Parents, Grandparents, and Guardians: Elks National Foundation awards students in the 50 states financial aid to High School Seniors. Your child who is to graduate in June 2012 may be eligible. Beginning on Sept. 1, 2011, they may go on line to apply at : www.elks.org/enf/scholars. If you need assistance with this, please call (732-892-4522) or email me (jan134@verizon.net).

ELK OF THE MONTH by Scot L. Famous, ER

Jan Picarell

August 2011 Elk of the Month is Jan Picarell. Jan has taken the Scholarship Committee to a new level. Jan ran a fun and successful Triple Crown Fundraiser that made over $1,500.00 for our Scholarship Fund! She helped run a Pot-O-Gold during the Haskell that went to the Special Needs Children’s Committee and is run-ning another P.O.G. during the Travelers this month. Jan has been a huge help for all of the Golf outings for the past 4 years. She also brings in at least 10 spon-sors per outing! And, Jan is always available to pinch hit for an Officer who cannot make a Lodge meeting! Thank you, Jan, for all your hard work and unselfish commitment and dedication…..You Rock!!!!

Antler Boosters 2011-2012

BOOSTERS

James A. & Rochelle Baine, Jr. Philip F. Bartus Don & Shadow Cashour Jack J. & Camille Cimino William S. & Theresa Cobb Robert M. & Bridget Cook Cus & Dolores Dalik, Jr., PDD Victor Damato Harold & Suzanne Demarest, Jr. Joseph V. Esposito Kenneth C. & Fran Hagemann Glenn P. Henry Ingrid & Mickey John W. & Anne Kaufman Terence J. LaDu William & Donna Leinweber Ken & Kathy Mathis David & Lois McWilliam John W. Menschner, Sr. Joe & Eileen Miller, PER Ronald W. & Joan Panuska George C. & Lauris Pearce Jack H. Secor William F. & Patricia Shay Thomas F. & Marilyn Spedding Steve & Rosemary Tassie Elizabeth & Dennis Torode Dawn Tortoriello & Robert Scott Michael A. & Julia Travisano Richard A. Van Duyn Harold & Pauline Wyckoff

MEMORIALS

Gloria Adamo William Harrison Brown II Philip Nicholas Connelly Melita Curry DeBellis Richard DeCosimo Hy A. Dooley Herbert Francis Daniel J. Hennessy Sr. Nancy M. Henry Gregory S. Hornish Edward O. Klein Sr. Ellen C. LaStella George & Patricia Lins Robert R. McCabe George Miller Jean & Billy T. Morrow Dr. Sharon Mullaney-Erbeck Nancy O’Brien Joseph F. Rager, Jr. Charles Rola Frank James Rotondi N. William Skidmore Bernie Smith, PER Joseph G. Tortoriello William Van Druten Sr. Linda Van Duyn Walter Whelan

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Come Sail with the PP Elks Lodge #1698 on Celebrity Summit, May 13, 2012, Sailing to Bermuda

Cabin prices range from $999. to $1,349. $225. deposit with final pay-ment due on Feb. 1, 2012. Prices are per person and include: All port and departure taxes; Meet and greet: Round trip transportation from the Elks Lodge to Cape Liberty, NJ; Bus drivers’ gratuities; Porterage fees at pier based on 2 bags per passenger; Cocktail party; Bottle of wine in each cabin; $25 on board credit/cabin; Comprehensive travel insurance. Depart Cape Liberty, NJ on Sun., May 13, 2012, at 5 p.m.; At sea Mon. and Tues.; Arrive at Kings Wharf, Bermuda on Wed., May 16, at 4:30 p.m. At Kings Wharf until Fri., when ship departs at 4:30 p.m. Arrive back at Cape Liberty on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 7 a.m. Sponsored by the National Veterans Service Committe e Contact Jill Rosenthal or Sally Jane at TravelSmiths,

732-899-8400

Veteran’s Committee by Nancy DeVito

Our first fishing trip of the year, June 21, was

enjoyed by Veterans from Joint Base McGuire and the

Veterans clinic. I’d like to thank Ed from US Subs for

the discount on the 6 foot sub for our Veterans. It

was enjoyed by all on the trip. You’re the best!

Thanks to Bob Scott for making the delicious meat-

balls, along with everyone who helped serve . And, to

Ron and Les for doing most of the clean up. Your

help is very much appreciated. July 19th will be our

2nd fishing trip for the Veterans from Vets Haven.

On June 26 the Veterans Committees of the

SE District treated Veterans to a fun day at the Blue

Claws Stadium. The weather was perfect and it was a

great day for all who attended. Jerry Rotunno threw

out a baseball at Blue Claws for his son, Tyler, who

placed 2nd in the “What a Veteran Means to Me”

essay contest.

Check out the Elks day on the

sign in the back ground!

Our super 50/50 raffle winner

will be announced at 8 o’clock July 23 at

the Fluke Tournament. Thank you so

much to the membership who showed

your support! Our Veterans deserve all

that we can give!!

We are offering challenge coins

in memory of 9-11. The coins are $10.

each. This is an awesome collector’s

item. All of the proceeds go to help our

Veterans. If you wish to support by pur-

chasing a coin, please see Nancy DeVito,

Frank Onorato, or Gus Schipani.

Thank you to Phyllis Willever for crocheting

a blanket to put the wounded warrior picture on.

The blanket will be given to a wounded soldier at

Walter Reed Hospital on July 23.

The SE District will present Veterans Haven

with a 50” screen TV on July 28.

Flag Retirement will be at Lacey Lodge on

Aug. 7. Ceremony will be held at 12 pm sharp so

get there early for a good seat.

Aug. 6, 732nd Family Picnic at Joint Base

McGuire.

Aug. 23, Joint Base Lakehurst fishing trip.

Aug. 27, 244th Brigade’s Family Picnic at

Joint Base McGuire.

Sept. 23, our annual Lodge Veterans Picnic.

More information to be announced.

Pavers are always available.

Care package items can be placed in the box in the foyer at the Lodge. Just imagine carrying a full backpack,

gun, and gear everywhere in 120 degrees with NO AIR CONDITIONER. We should all be very thankful to our Military.

Please don’t forget those who are fighting for our freedom!

Tim McGrath Fundraiser by Colleen Castronova

My younger brother, Tim was diagnosed with cancer a little over a year ago. On August 13 … 7 to 11 pm … I will be holding a benefit for him upstairs at the Lodge. Until you have a friend or family member with this awful disease, you cannot begin to imagine the total upheaval of life as you knew it. The magnitude of medical bills...along with the emo-tional strain on the entire family is overwhelming. With this event, in his honor, I just pray to al-leviate even a little of their daily stress and financial woes. Entertainment for the evening will be supplied by Outside the Box. They have “changed” a little since the last time some of you saw them at one of our Lodge events. I’m not even going to wager a guess how long ago it was...but they are all grown up now. They are currently the house band for The Stone Pony in Asbury Park and also have a new CD available. On top of being awesome musicians, they are also a great group of guys!! The donation at the door will be $20.00, cash or checks made payable to Friends of Tim. I am currently working on putting together a gift auction for the night and donations will gratefully be accepted!! Please call me at 732-241-0769 at any time. Prime Grill Catering will be preparing food for purchase and a cash bar will be available. I thank the Lodge for allowing me this space in the Antler to invite all of my friends to attend his benefit and hope to see you there! If you are unable to attend, but wish to make a donation...checks made payable to Friends of Tim can be mailed c/o Colleen Castronova, 1207 Benedict St., Point Pleasant, NJ, 08742. My family and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts! “Time is shortening. But every day that I challeng e this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” Ingrid Bergman

Special Needs Children’s Committee News by Tommy Watters, Jr.

On July 11th the SNCC along with many other committees, took the district bus trip to the Miracle on the Moun-tain, A.K.A. Elks Camp Moore. This trip is a yearly event that SNCC take to volunteer by cooking and serving food to the kids. You can also take a tour of the Camp. This place is beautiful in 2 ways! Way 1 is the nature and scenery. Way 2 is seeing all these kids having the time of their lives! While you are there, most people just stay in the dining hall. However, I would recommend the activity room. It’s not only the coolest place there (when I say cool, I mean it’s air conditioned) but it also has a bunch of games you can play or you could just sit back, relax and just watch the kids play in the pool. After all the kids ate, they gave us a typical Camp Moore thank you, they cheered. Plus, the kids were treated to balloon animals and other stuff from the one and only, Antsy the Clown! On July 16th the SNCC participated in “Day At The Bay.” This yearly event takes place in Seaside Heights. It’s mostly for older people with special needs. Our SNCC sets up a giant tic-tac-toe board which the attendees play by throwing bean bags into the holes. And, of course, they win a prize!! I lay underneath the board and retrieve the bean bags. Shop-Rite donates tons of food and a band provides musical entertainment. It’s a fun day for every-body!

Please Mark Your Calendars

September 17, 2011 Many Volunteers Needed!

Our biggest fundraiser of the year!!

All Members Invited!!! Please sign up

on the sheet in the Grill Room for a

certain committee you would like to

serve on.

Mike Travisano & Jessica Van Nest, Chairpersons

Shuffleboard News by Dave McWilliam

Our snow shortened 2010-2011 Thursday night shuffleboard league ended in June with Gus Schi-pani having 6 hangers to repeat as the men’s Champion. Jack Cimino, as usual, had a strong showing to fin-ish 2nd with 5 hangers. Our newest member, Joe Auriemma tied with our oldest member, Gus (Godfather) Adamo, for 3rd place with 4 each. The Ladies championship ended in a tie with Barbara Smith and Camille Cimino having 4 hangers each. 2nd place went to last year’s champ, Margie McGhee. 3rd place was a tie including most of the other women. However, there were 4 players who did not have any hangers this year. This group, known as the “Fab 4,” had the unique ability to have each of their weights for the entire year, either totally go off the board or remain fully on the board, without precariously hanging off the end of the board. Obviously, a skillful task. To avoid their being chased around the Lodge for autographs, we will not disclose their names in this article. Suffice it to say that one of the women in this group has the same first name as the star of the “Wizard of Oz” and her partner has the same first name as the “Chicago Bulls Jordan.” One of the other two, has the same first name as the famous frontier man “Crockett” and the last is the opposite of a cloudy day. It’s up to you to guess. The new season kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 8, after grueling summer practice sessions each Thurs-day in July and August. No Lock-Outs or hold outs for this group!

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SAUSAGE*SAUSAGE*SAUSAGE Once again Dino is taking orders for his homemade Italian Sausage at $5.00/lb. Orders due by August 16th. _____# Sweet _____# Hot _____# Thermo Nuclear Hot Make check payable to BPO Elks #1698 and place in the Secretary’s mailbox with your order. Pick up date will be August 22nd.