Eureka Elks lodge No. 652 held its annual Peace Officer Appreciation dinner. The officers are selected by each of the departments they serve. Pictured from left to right back row: Elks Lodge Activity Member, Dennis Hunter; Arcata Police, Chris Rogers; CHP Garberville office, Sam Crisler; Cal Poly Humboldt, Joseph Conlin; Eureka Police, Raymond Nunez; Ferndale Police, Tanner Gardner; Fortune Police, Jon Gier. Front row; Humboldt County Drug Task Force, Colton Ross; Humboldt County D.A. office, Ryan Hill and Elks Lodge Activiti Member, Sherie Bialous. Not pictured, County Deputy
Sheriff, Jacob McKenzie and County Correctional Deputy, Flabio Villa.
Meet our new members who joined the lodge at our April 16th meeting. Pictured from left to right; Michael Vandal; Ryan Jone; Brandy Brump; Dean Adams; Bette Giottonin and Ron Ziagenbein. Welcome them to our lodge.
Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its annual installation of officers on Saturday, March 29th. The lodge is preparing to celebrate its 125th anniversary early next year. The lodge first met in old town on 2nd street between F & G. Then in the 1920s moved to the corner of H & 5th Streets, the current location of Umpqua Bank. Then in the 1970s moved to its current location 445 Herrick Avenue. Pictured from left to right, front row: Secretary, Bradley Smith; Lecturing Kight, Jerry Stewart; Leading Knight, Pat Gillmore; Exalted Ruler, Nina Strang; Loyal Knight, Brian Smith; Esquire, Dana Harris; Treasure, William Lambo. Back Row: Chaplain, Skylar Carroll; Inner Gurad, Janet Humble; Tiler, Sharie Thomason; Trustees, Danny Rickman, Scotty Thomason. Alan Bobillot, Brett Engel and James Olson.
Welcome to our new members who joined at our March 19th meeting. Introduce yourself when they attend the lodge and thank them for joining.
Eureka Elks Lodge No.652 honored Bene’t Frame as the Premier Recipient on the 75th anniversary of the Purple Pig Project.
In 1950, the Eureka Elks Lodge began helping developmentally disabled children in a program called the Major Project Mobile Unit. Bene’t Frame was their very first patient from five to 21 years old. She was born with cerebral palsy and seizures. Bene’t received OT, PT and speech therapy through the project. She has had many fond memories and has given back to the children in the program by organizing the Christmas celebration, which they received stockings full of goodies from the Elks. Bene’t has attended five Elks conventions. The first in 1950, where she received red bike and then becoming a keynote speaker as a young adult. She said, “The Elks were so nice. They made me feel special. Meeting the Elks
was a whole new world, knowing they cared about people like me.” Pictured from left to right: Lodge Esquire, Pat Gillmore; Leading Knight, Nina Strang; Honoree, Bene’t Frame; Inner Guard, Dana Harris; Chaplain, Jerry Stewart and Lecturing Knight, Brian Smith.
Eureka Elks lodge No. 652 Veterans Committee presented $1,000.00 donation to the Cal Polt Humboldt University Veterans Resource Center. The center currently serves 578 students, including active-duty military, reserve component personnel and their families. Services include advising community building and coordination of military and veterans’ specific resource such as GI bill support, CalVet fee waivers and more. Pictured from left to right: Elks Exalted Ruler, Barry Smith; Veteran Student Intern, Liam Richardson; Veteran Resource Center Director, Cliff LaMastus and Lodge Veterans Chairman, Jack Harris.
At the March 5th meeting members were awarded certificates of appreciation for their contributions to the lodge. Pictured from left to right; Jim Olson PER, Alan Bobillot PE, Exalted Ruler, Barry Smith, Linda West, Brett Engel and Ernie Nunes PER.
Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 presented Hoop Shoot winner trophies to Ilya Kelly and Brighton Winfield. The Hoop Shoot allows every boy and girl
between the ages of 8 and 13 in an Elks Lodge community the opportunity to participate in a fun, age-appropriate program that sets them up for future
success. Pictured from left to right, Lodge Exalted Ruler, Barry Smith; Hoop Shoot 1st place winner, Ilya Kelly from Sunnybrae Middle School; Hoop Shoot 1st place winner, Brighton Winfield, from Jacoby Middle School and Lodge Chairman, Jack Harris.
Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 honored students in the Elks National Drug Awareness Program. The program stives to teach all children and parents
about the danger of illegal drug use and prevent the abuse of legalized and prescription drugs. Through the program annual essay and poster contests,
kids can express their feelings on rejecting peer pressure. Pictured from left to right, Lodge Exalted Ruler, Barry Smith; 1st place Elks Drug
Awareness Poster and 1st place in California Hawaii Northwest Disttict winner from Washington Elementary School, Atleigh Costa; 1st place Drug Awareness Essay, from Winship Middle School, Ellia Hoover and lodge Chairman, Jack Harris.
Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its award dinner to honor those members that contribute their time to the community and the lodge. The volunteers take the time to work for the many needs of the lodge. From helping in the lounge, RV Park, newsletter, landscaping and more. They are the back bone of
the lodge and without them the lodge would suffer. Pictured from left to right, Lodge Veteran of the Year, Pierre Carbonneau; Officer of the Year,
Sherie Bialous; Lodge Exalted Ruler, Barry Smith; Volunteer of the Year, Linda West; Elks of the Year, Diane Viale and Citizen of the Year, Kistin
Freeman.
