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Exalted Ruler’s Column

Fall is officially here with cooler evening temperature. October brings us many fun activities to enjoy and get involve in! October is Elks National Foundation month and also it is Drug Awareness month. Let us not forget that our own Brad Smith, DDGER is coming home and he has combined it with Oktoberfest on October 12th. Please don’t forget to sign up for that dinner. It is also one of the last fun raiser for ENF.

Alan Bobillot,PER is our own Drug Czar. He is the Chairman of the Drug Awareness Committee. Alan is planning an event on October 23rd, look for more information around the Lodge on this event.

It has come to the attention of the House Committee, there may be a desire to move the Lodge meeting time up from 7:30 PM to 7:00 PM. There will be a notice in this edition of the Herd Talk to that affect. It will be voted on by the membership at the first meeting in November. If you desire it to change or stay the same, show up and let your vote count!!

We are still in the need of a Kitchen Manager, if anyone is interested please contact me at 707-498-3101.

Let us not forget our annual Halloween Havoc, it is scheduled for October 28th. The tickets are sold in advance $25.00 and it is always major fun!!!

We are approaching our busy season where we will be needing much help as we are an all volunteer organization. We do provide on the job training so don’t let that stop you!!

Don’t forget to welcome Brad Smith, DDGER home at the Oktoberfest Dinner on October 12th!

Gwen Carrol, Exalted Ruler

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Knight’s Corner – October 2018

Knights Corner

Herd Talk October Knight’s Corner It’s October . . . and that is Elks National Foundation month. So come out to the ENF’s biggest fundraiser of the year – Oktoberfest, Saturday October 12th for food, fun, costume prizes and more. Delicious German food by our world renowned chef, Hans Gerstacker. Brad Smith, our DDGER will also be having his Homecoming. Please come out and enjoy your lodge. Remember it’s a FUNdraiser! As of this writing the ENF Golf Tournament turned out great. I would like to thank everyone that helped and those that participated. But most of all I would like to thank all our wonderful sponsors. Without them this event would not have happened. Eureka Municipal Golf Course, Pierson Building Center, Bindel Real Estate, LCAR, Inc., Pape’, Scott Construction, Ward Mengel, Pierson Paint Department, Leon’s Muffler, Waterfront Cafe’, A.A. Lounge, Hensell Materials, Straight Flush Plumbing, Sports World, Bill Barton, and Hilltop Builders. Thank you all so much. Scott Reinsmith,
Loyal Knight and ENF Chairman

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Redwood Roamers – October 2018

The Roamers were lead by Howard/Karen Rier and Jim/Ivey Boyd for a “Do Nothing Labor Day Weekend” at the Klamath RV Park. Twenty-eight Roamers RV’s showed up to do nothing, but the i,nerary was more than nothing. Fi.y-six Roamers had breakfast at Requa Inn, dinner at Steelhead Lodge, two camp pot-lucks, a movie night, and two wonderful campfires to spread fellowship. The weekend ended with breakfast at the Log Cabin before saying good-bye and heading home. Loren and Sue Pancoast planned a wonderful weekend to Florence, Oregon for September 19th through 21st. We will have more informa,on on that trip in the next month’s Herd.
The Roamers last ou,ng will be to Benbow KOA on November 1st through 3rd. Bob and Cheryl Holt are planning this event.
Thank you to Roamers who have stepped forward to plan our ou,ngs. The next mee,ng will be October 2nd at 4:30 pm at the Lodge. Dale A. Stockly, Wagonmaster

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Vote on Bylaws November 6

It has been proposed to change meeting time from 7:30 PM to 7:00 PM. As per our By-Laws (10/27/2017) Article IV, Section 2- “…the regular meeting may be held at an hour to be determined by vote of the Lodge to that effect at the previous meeting, provided that written notice of such change of meeting hour shall be given to all members.” Vote to take place on November 6, 2019.

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Trustee’s Corner

Members,

Follow up from August Heard Talk: The Trustees/Lodge are still compiling a list of Members who are licensed contractors in general, structural, electrical, plumbing and/or landscaping – ANYTHING! – and who wish to be called/notified of any upcoming work at the Lodge to be preformed. If you are, please submit your name and contact information to the Lodge, ATTN Board of Trustees, as soon as possible.

The Lodge is seeking to hire a part-time bookkeeper/accountant. Anyone who is interested, or knows of someone who may be interested, please have them leave their contact information at the Lodge, ATTN: Kevin Christie or ER Gwen Carroll, as soon as possible. A job description/details is in progress.
Busy season is coming at the Lodge. If you find yourself with a little extra time in your schedule, we can always use an extra volunteer at the Lodge. Please contact Kathy Payne, Jessie Peters, or ER Gwen Carroll.

The Humboldt County Veterans’ Stand Down is October 3rd, 4th and 5th at the Ferndale Fairgrounds. Our Lodge Veterans Committee provides dinner Thursday night, beginning at 5 p.m., and lunch on Friday at 12 p.m. We could use a few Volunteers to help prepare and serve the meals. Please contact Kevin Christie at 707-269-7013 or 707-498-7312. Please leave your name and telephone number . Contact Anne Poole if you would like to volunteer as a staff person. Anne’s telephone number is 707-267-0873.
Rainy season is upon us. Roads are slick and visibility is poor. Please reduce speed and give everyone a little more room while driving.

Kevin Christie, Chairman, Board of Trustees

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ENF Scholarship Program

THE 2019 MOST VALUABLE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS are available starting August 5, 2019. You must be a High School Senior and a U.S. Citizen. Your application will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. YOU MUST ACCESS THE APPLICATION ONLINE AT ENF.ELKS.ORG/MVS [1]. Deadline for completing the application online is November 5, 2019.

The Elks National Foundation Scholarship Program provides 2.44 million dollars in scholarships annually. Three boys and three girls’ applications will be selected from our lodge to compete at the District, State, and National levels. Five hundred four-year awards will be presented in the spring of 2020.

LEGACY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS are for college-bound high school seniors who are the children or grandchildren of dues-paying Elks. Applicants complete against other children and grandchildren from the state of the sponsoring Elk Lodge. Applications are judged on the core values of the Elks National Foundation. APPLICATIONS MUST BE ACCESSED ONLINE AT ENF.ELKS.ORG/LEG [2]. Application must be submitted online by January 31, 2020, at 11:59 a.m. Central Time.

Dale A. Stockly
443-8848
Scholarship Chair for Lodge 652

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Exalted Ruler’s Column – September 2019

Summer is in the books and fall is around the corner. Whatever you are doing for Labor Day, be safe! School is in so watch out for the children and don’t ever pass the school bus when it has its red lights on or displaying the stop sign!!

As summer wound down, we hosted Jamboree which was a fun event. We had many Elks from around our district in for the weekend starting with Friday night cook your own steak, Saturday we had four teams competing for the chowder cook off with Novato taking home first place and yours truly along with my team of Scott Reinsmith and Jan Belarde, taking second place. Saturday night we had a fantastic dinner of prime rib with all the fixings prepared by Kathy Payne and her crew. Saturday night featured a dinner show filled with music and song.

To finish the weekend off, James and his crew put on quite the breakfast spread! Thanks to all who participated and supported this event. Our lodge received a check for $1000.00 from the Jamboree Committee which will be added to our scholarship account as we met our per capital in the selling of raffle tickets. Our lodge sold over $10,000. worth of tickets. We had several members in the win column with the raffle.

Reminder, members when you bring guests to the lodge, you are responsible for them, responsible for their behavior, responsible for paying for them. This is a reminder that we will not accept checks or credit cards from non-members. When you bring a guest encourage them to join the lodge. Remember, this is a private club and there are benefits in joining. The purpose of our lodge is to serve our members.

I believe we are getting close to having an Event Coordinator! We are still in need of a Kitchen Manager, if you have managerial skills, contact me at 707-498-3101. We are looking for contractors among our ranks that have experience with concrete work. If you have that experience, please either call the clerk at the lodge or me at 707-498-3101 and get your name on the list. We will be in need hopefully soon and you don’t want to miss out. We will contact you when we are ready to start the process.

If you are a golfer, Scott our Loyal Knight has a Sunday golf tournament scheduled on the 22nd of this month, sign up for it. Scott also has a fun event scheduled in October on the 12th, he is putting on Oktoberfest with our own Hans Gerstacker cooking authentic German food!!! This is also the homecoming for Brad Smith as he finishes making his way around our district inspecting all the lodges. So plan on being at the lodge to welcome Brad and Janet home and support Scott’s fundraiser for the Elks National Foundation.

Mark your calendar for Halloween Havoc, October 26. This event is always fun. Look for more information on this in this edition of the Herd Talk. Remember this is Lodge is yours, come on out and enjoy it, get involved and bring your friends and sign with up to become members!

Gwen Carrol, Exalted Ruler
Deeds Not Words

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Leading Knight’s Message – September 2019

We have had a few more Purple Pigs turned in since our 4th of July fundraiser and we now have $2,813.47 for Major Projects! I am planning a Thanksgiving Dinner on the 24th of November as our next fundraiser for the Major Projects. Watch for upcoming details. I hope to see you all there. if your pig is full, please bring it in and pick up another one. I will get them counted and send you a receipt.

Kathy Payne, Leading Knight

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Knight’s Corner – September 2019

We had a great August at the Lodge; Coast Guard Appreciation, Jamboree with ELVIS. We’ve been busy! I would like to thank all of the volunteers and staff of the lodge for their hard work. All the out of town members. I spoke with that attended the Jamboree were very impressed with our facilities and the number of volunteers. Thank you again! Well, September is here, children are back at school, vacations are winding down and it’s time to play golf. Come down to the lodge and sign up for the E.N.F. Golf Tournament. There will be lots of prizes, food, and FUN. If you don’t play golf, but still want to help your could sponsor a team or help with the event that day. (See me if interested in helping.) Remember, this is a FUNdraiser, so come out and participate. Just a reminder, next month is October, E.N.F. month and we will be having our annual Oktoberfest on the 12th cooked by our VIP Chief Hans Gerstacker and his crew. I will be running a flier in the next bulletin with more details. People are already signing up and it will most likely sell out, so get your reservations in right away. October 12th is also our D.D.G.E.R. Brad Smith’s Homecoming! So come out for some fantastic German food, fun and help us thank Brad for all his hard work for our lodge and District, or just to hear him yodel.
Scott Reinsmith, Loyal Knight and ENF Chairman