Category: Events

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 honored Dr. Thomas Mays and Cameron Renner as Veterans of the Year. Dr. Mays is a professor of history at HSU. He served for 26 years in the armed forces. Cameron Renner served in the Marine Corp and served in the First wave of Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq President of the California- Hawaii Elks Association, Jay Larkin presented the awards and thanked both veterans for ” courageously protecting our liberty and independence. Your honorable service is greatly appreciated. As long as there are veterans, Elks will never forget them”. Pictured from left to right: Association Vice President of the Northwest District, Dennis Hunter; Honorary, Cameron Renner; Honorary, Dr. Thomas Mays; Association President, Jay Larkins and Exalted Ruler, Scott Reinsmith.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its annual Mother’s Day breakfast and
Mother of the Year Award. This years recipient was Sang Ae Huffman. She was
born in Seoul, South Korea. She lived there through both the Japanese
occupation and Korean War. She met her husband James when working for I
Corps, U. S. 8th Army. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1969 and became a
citizen in 1971. She lives in Fortuna and worked for the Rohnerville School
District for 30 years. She been volunteering at the Elks for the past 8
years, cooking and serving meals, and enjoys the hobbies of fishing and
reading. . Mother to son’s James and David and Grandmother to Faith, Kathryn
and Rebecca. Pictured from left to right: Son, David; Granddaughter,
Rebecca; Husband for 52years, James; Recipient, Sang Ae and Lodge Exalted
Ruler, Scott Reinsmith.

Our Annual Flag Day Ceremony is June 6th at noon. This is a wonderful patriotic event celebrating the history of our
Flag. This year’s ceremony will include the Boy Scouts, Emblem Club, Mad River Military Honor Guard and the
Knights Templar. Members of these organizations, their families and friends are invited to attend. A free lunch of
Hot Dogs and condiments will be served at the Lodge after the event. Any donations are greatly appreciated.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 held its annual installation of officer on
March 27th. The lodge was chartered in 1910 and held its first meeting on
2nd street, where the Oberon restaurant is today. They later moved to the
corner of H and 4th street, the current location of Umpqua Bank. Then in the
1970’s, moved to its current location on Herrick Avenue. The lodge is one of
the most active lodges in the state with over 1400 members. For further
information visit the lodge web site at www.elks652.org. Pictured from left
to right, front row: Treasurer, Ernie Nunes: Lecturing Knight, Ward Mengel:
Leading Knight, Marta Martinez: Exalted Ruler, Scott Reinsmith: Loyal
Knight, James Jones: Secretary, Brad Smith and Chaplain, Shawn Doebel. Back
row; Tiler, Dennis Doty; Inner Guard, Wendy Brown: Esquire, Eddie Morgan and
Trustees, Pierre Carbonneau, Karen Hunter, Sherie Bialous and Terry Long.

Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652
Will Present its Annual Flag Day Ceremony On D-Day, Sunday June 6th 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”. The Elks Lodge is proud to invite the following organization to participate in this ceremony:

Eureka Emblem Club No. 298
Boy Scout Troop No. 52
Mad River Military 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. (donation appreciated)

Elio Bertolini, recipient of the World War II Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Area Campaign Medal and American Area Campaign Medal received the Humboldt Heroes Award as part of his 100th birthday, Saturday, November 7th. Members of Eureka Elks Lodge No.652 honored him with a drive by celebration with signs, balloons and bells. Elio has been a member of the Elks Lodge for over 70 years and served as Exalted Ruler 1977-1978. Pictured back row left to right: Exalted Ruler, Kathy Payne; AMVETS, Pierre Carbonneau, Mark Nelson and Barry Smith. Seated Elio’s wife Janice and Elio.

The 2020 Most Valuable Student Scholarships are available starting August 5, 2020. Applicants must be a High School Senior and a U.S. Citizen. Applications will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. You must access the application online at enf.elks.org/mvs. Deadline for completing the application online is November 15, 2020.

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 2021.

Legacy Awards Scholarships are for college-bound high school seniors who are the children or grandchildren of dues-paying Elks. Applicants compete 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. Application must be submitted online by February 5, 2021, at 11:59 a.m. Central Time.

Dale A. Stockly, Lodge #652 Scholarship Chair

From a young age, the Drug Awareness Program (DAP) asks kids to think about what it means to be drug free. Through the Elks Drug Awareness Contests annual poster, essay and video contests, kids and young adults are provided the opportunity to express their feelings on rejecting peer pressure.

Three contests are available for students of different ages:
Poster Contest: grades 3rd, 4th and 5th
Essay Contest: grades 6th, 7th and 8th
Video Contest open to three groups: Pre-High School, High School and Post Graduate. (Participants
may be an individual or group)

$ Cash Prizes $ Awards for the California and Hawaii Elks Association winners for each contest include:
$400 1st place $300 2nd place $200 3rd place

Each Elks District will also award $100 to each contest district winner.

Entry should be submitted no later than December 15th, 2020 to:
Elks Drug Awareness Contest 2379 Ariel Way Arcata, CA 95521

For contest rules and entry forms contact either Jack Harris at jacknlou071@gmail.com or go to

Drug Awareness

Jack Harris, Drug Awareness Chairman

Elks have been partnering with the Pacific Historical Parks, a WWII focused 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public
benefit organization that oversees the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, to help preserve, restore, and modern-
ize the USS Arizona Memorial. They have officially extended the end of this program to November 11.
All additional funds raised will be used to enhance and expand a virtual education program that will allow
youth and adults across the country to “virtually visit” Pearl Harbor and learn about our history.

Will you help us reach our goal of $1 per member?
Make a donation today at enf.elks.org/phc! (https://www.elks.org/vets/news.cfm?StoryID=119675)

Checks, payable to Elks National Foundation, may be mailed to Elks National Foundation, 2750 N. Lakeview
Ave, Chicago, IL 60614-2256. Please write “Pearl Harbor” in the memo line.

In 1949 our then Exalted Ruler, Carl Hansen, was at a social event
when he overheard some doctors talking about how half the blood that
was being sent by Greyhound Bus from Santa Rosa was tainted by the time the
hospital received it in Eureka. He got busy and put together a phone bank that
the hospitals could use to call Elk members to go and give fresh blood.

Carl Hansen, PER and MDs Dr. Jarvis, Dr. Dalm, Dr. Schmidt and Dr. Watson
decided to form the community blood bank. Our Elks Lodge #652 raised the
money to start the Humboldt-Del Norte Blood Bank. In 1951 the blood bank
was incorporated.

Let’s make PER Hansen proud by the Eureka Elks Lodge #652 members giving
“The Gift of Life”! Please come donate Wednesday, September 2 either at the
Blood Mobile in our Lodge parking lot from 12-6 pm or at the Northern CA
Community Blood Bank (2524 Harrison Ave.) from 4-7 pm.