Category: Community

Our new members that joined the lodge at our June 17th meeting. Pictured
from left to right: Sarah James, Kate Witthaus, Brandon Phillips, Judith
Freyslaben and Terry Kemp. Thank them for joining our Lodge and make them
feel welcomed.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its annual Mother’s Day program. This year’s honoree was Agatha Nord. Her journey began in the world of education. After graduating from college, she stepped into the classroom as a teacher, a role that honed her natural ability to guide and inspire. For the four Nord children, she wasn’t just a mom, she was a fixture of their upbringing and the backbone of their extracurricular lives. She took field trips, was a classroom volunteer, youth leadership, serving as a campfire leader and Cub Scout mentor and the “Team Mom”, the Nord household became a hub for local high school athletes. In the 1970’s, she and her husband Larry purchased Cal Courts. While many see it as a fitness center, for her, it has always been a people center and she’s still active in the business today. Even as her own children have grown, her commitment to Eureka hasn’t wavered. She remains a vital force in Humboldt sponsors, continuing her work to raise funds for local youth. Pictured from left to right: her daughter, Teri Silvers; Mother of the Year, Agatha Nord and the Lodge Exalted Ruler, Pat Gillmore.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 presented six $500.00 to local high school students. Pictured from left to right: from St. Bernards, Anthony Pena-Pimental; Arcata Hight, Quaid Aitken and Siri Caruso; Lodge Exalted Ruler, Nina Strang; from Arcata Hight, Gemma Caruso; Hoopa High, Monteya Colegrave and South Fork High, Travis Way.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652
Will Present its Annual Flag Day Ceremony
on Saturday June 13th at 12 noon

This is a wonderful patriotic event of the history of our flag from the earliest “Pine Tree” flag to our current “Stars and Strips”. Eureka Elks Lodge is proud to invite the following organization to participate in this ceremony:
Eureka Emblem Club No. 298
Boy Scout Troop No. 54
Boy Scott Troop No. 27
International Order of Jobs Daughters Bethel No. 86
Mad River Community Veterans Honor Guard
Eureka Commandry No. 35, Knights Templar

Members, family and friends are invited.
Hosted lunch of hot dogs will be served after the ceremony.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its annual Car & Motorcycle Show on Saturday, September 27th. Over 300 attend the event with 82 vintage cars, trucks and motorcycle on display. The event brought in over $7,000.00. The funds raised go to help local veterans with dinners, warm clothes, boots and rain gear for winter. Also, to help supplement food needs, veteran’s pantry
and clinic. Pictured from left to right are Elk volunteers that put on the program: Michele Davis, Ernie Nunes, Linda West, Pierre Carbonneau, Diane Viale and Jach Harris.

Eureka Elks Lodge No.652 honored Linda Powell as “Mother of the Year”. She opened Powell’s Family Child Care in 1986. She is a mentor, teacher and has mentored many College of the Redwood early childhood education students. She has served on the First 5 Early Childhood Care and Education Subcommittee and the CR Community Advisory Committee. Her husband Cliff joined her in the child care field in 2001. She is a proud mother of 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Pictured from left to right: Her husband, Cliff Powell ; Mother of the Year, Linda Powell and Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler, Nina Strang.