18KENSKA, TIMOTHY R. UEHLEIN, RONALD J. 19MACK, RICHARD MCCAFFERTY, BRUCE R. 20 FOGLYANO, WILLIAM II, PER TAYLOR, WILLIAM RORICK, RICHARD H. 22MOORE, RANDY 23HORNING, DEBBIE K. PETROFF, MARK G. RUSSO, SHELLEY R. 24POWERS, BRIAN T. 25KIDDER, DAVID 26BELL, BRIAN D. GALLION, DALE, P.E.R. SIEKER, DAVID, PER, PDDGER 27BERKMEYER, JOHN CLARK, KENNETH E. 28BALUH, DENNIS W. CRIGGER, KATHLEEN HERDMAN, LARRY, PER 29BRUCK, DANIEL L. 30SMINK, GREGORY J. PINTER, CLAY J. TOLLETT, PATRICIA HOLTZMAN, CHARLES HAWKE, MARILYN C. 31KRUSE, ANTOINETTE OSWALD, KEN E. YESCHICK, GARY D. Happy Anniversary PAID Permit No. 142 Elyria, Ohio U.S. POSTAGE 2 SEWARD, RICHARD P. 3 SUSAK, VIC N. LYDON, JOHN JOSEPH 4 WOLFE, DANIEL R. YUSKO III, JOSEPH A. 5 SMITH, LELAND G. HYER, TOM 6 ALLAN, ANDREW WILLIAMS, JOHN R. JURCO, JOHN P. WALLACE, RONALD 7 GALLAGHER, TOM MOSS, JOSEPH F. 8 FEENEY, DALE 9 BIRKHIMER, JAMES L. HUDNUTT, JUDITH, P.E.R. WIRTH, CHARLES L. 10SCHROEDER, PER, SAM W. OCHENAS, MARY M. 12FITZHUGH, THOMAS L. MARSICO, HENRY C. NOWLIN, SUE 13IRELAND, DAVID R. REARDON, LARRY ALBRIGHT, JR., CHARLES KUSHNER, GEORGE R. 14YINGLING, RICHARD 15LENGYEL, DIANE M. KOVACH, THOMAS W. 17GILLIES, KIM KLINE, RUSSELL C. STANDEN, MATTHEW J. Non-Profit Organization Milestones SHARON/TIMOTHY GEBHARDT 2 SUSAN/RICHARD MACK 2 BROOKE/BRIAN POWERS 3 JANICE/GARY HUNTLEY 4 JEAN/MEL SHOOK 9 CATHY/PHIL HAHN, SR. 10LORI/GEORGE STUART 11 BEVERLY/RICHARD LEHMAN 11MARCIE/TIMOTHY WALKER, PER 13 IRENE/THOMAS DORNAUER 13 MARCI/WILLIAM KILFOYLE 15 RHONDA/RAYMOND EDWARDS 16KAREN/DENNIS BALUH BETSY/TODD READ JOAN/BRAD SMITH KITTY/STEVEN STARK 17MARCIA/RONALD HARMON ROBIN/RAY MACK 18 JAYNE/MICHAEL WHITE 20NANCY/DICK BILLINGS 21PATRICIA/DONALD WARD 22BEV/CHUCK BREEHNE 24DIANNE/BUD CASEY 26JILL/AL RUBINOSKI, JR. 27JODY/DANIEL BRUCK 244 East Broad Street • Elyria • 440-322-1700 www.vandemarkjewelers.com VOLUME 50 NO. 10 Get your Clambake tickets for dinner on Saturday. October 18th! Essence band will entertain this evening. What a sweet event at your Elks! Mmmm…. Clam Chowder! SEAN GABRIEL will be back performing at our Lodge on Friday, October 24th. SEAN “Wowed” our crowd in September and we are thrilled to have him back this month! Do not miss a great evening with SEAN. He can sing everything! Just ask him to sing your favorite. He is a star! Great find DOUG! Halloween is on our monthly draw night. The best Halloween costume wins you $50! Winning! “EXIT” band will perform on this ghoulishly fun evening. (continued inside...) Elks Scholarship News PARROTHEAD PARTY! This enjoyable evening was carried out with the aid of the following: TOM, KEN, BOB & BARB, JANE, CHERYL & KIM, RODNEY, SAM, DARRELL, DANIELLE, MICHELLE and our D.J. BABBLING BOBBY MEYER. Thanks to you all! JUDY BRENO ELK’S FAMILY PICNIC The weatherman cooperated and everyone had an enjoyable time at our picnic on Sunday, August 10th. The following deserve a hand for their work on a successful picnic: LAURA & JIM MURRAY for set up, break down and everything else; DAVE & MARY RESAR, AMBER and all those who donated baskets; RENEE, YVONNE & CORA, our ticket sellers; YVONNE & BRIAN MCDOUGAL for being such characters; RED, LARRY & DEAN for the reverse raffle; MIKE ELBERT for everything; The GROBE FRUIT FARM for their corn; JOHN KASPER, CHAR EYE, DALE KOTLAN, BROOKE POWERS and anyone else we forgot; The ELBERTS for the use of their pavilion and grounds. OCTOBER 2014 465 ROCKTOBER! 1 TAMARA/BRIAN BECKLOFF 2 BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER of ELKS • LODGE #465 Exalted Ruler’s Message B.P.O.E. #465 A Fraternal Organization 246 Second Street Elyria, Ohio 44035-5620 OCTOBER Birthdays Visit our website at http://www.elks465.org and visit us on Facebook! The Elks offer 2 scholarships for upcoming seniors going on to 4 year programs. The first is the Most Valuable Student Scholarship. This application is used at the local, district, state and national levels. Money is available from the ELYRIA ELKS LODGE, the OHIO ELKS ASSOCIATION and the ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION. The applications will be available after Sept. 1st on-line at www.elks.org/ enf/scholars/mvs.cfm. Applications are only available online. The applications must be submitted to the Elyria Lodge if the student lives at these ZIP Codes: 44011, 44012, 44013, 44035, 44036, 44037, 44038, 44039, 44044, 44049, 44050, 44074, 44075, 44090, 44253, 44275 or 44816. All other ZIP Codes need to contact the Lodge to see where to submit the applications. The second scholarship is the Legacy Award for any child, grandchild, step-child, step-grandchild or legal ward of a living Elk who joined the Order before April 1, 2012 and has paid up dues to Mar. 31, 2015. This application is ONLY available on-line at www.elks.org/enf/scholars (click on Legacy Awards). All rules are given on-line and the form must be filed on-line. A third scholarship is the Emergency Educational Grant for children of deceased or totally disabled Elks. All three applications are available at the above web address. Jim Mosher Thank You THE ELKS ECHO Published the first day of every month by The Elyria Elks #465 to BRIAN MCDOUGAL and his 246 Second St., Elyria, OH 44035 Wing Night helpers’ tip donations Office 322-9695; Club 323-4391 CO-EDITORS DENNIS RYAN 365-3345 SHELLEY RUSSO 506-0971 Elyri a Elks #465 Cla m ba k e to the Children’s Parties fund! Tickets are $22 and are available at the bar. The ticket includes 1 dozen clams with steak, grilled chicken or chicken in the bake with 2 dozen clams. Extra clams are available while they last with the purchase of a regular ticket. The dinner includes clam chowder and the rest of the fixings. Serving starts at 6 p.m. on October 18th. Tickets will be available to purchase on October 1st until sold out or October 11th. Only 200 tickets will be available so don’t wait. Raffle tickets, 50-50 and live entertainment will prove to be a good time for sure! LODGE OFFICERS 2014—2015 EXALTED RULER ESTEEMED LEADING KNIGHT ESTEEMED LOYAL KNIGHT ESTEEMED LECTURING KNIGHT SECRETARY TREASURER TILER ESQUIRE CHAPLAIN INNER GUARD DAVE HEUSER DEAN ROBINSON BRIAN McDOUGAL TOM DORNAUER LARRY O’GRADY KATHY AMOS DAVE NOREN ROBERT KELLERDALE KOTLAN KRISTEN BARNEY TRUSTEES AL L P R ND OCEEDS TO C.P. FU MATT GIBSON • JOHN HAROLD * GARY CAWLEY DOUG DANGERFIELD • JIM WIRSCHAM PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO PURCHASE YOUR C.P. PUMPKIN! C.P. News C. P. Donations for SEPTEMBER $42 MEMBER/GUEST ROAST BEEF DINNER $20 BOB KELLER Thank You! $5DENNIS & SHARON RYAN Thank You! $5 DALE KOTLAN Thank You! Thank You! October at the Lodge 3 1 CP Roast Beef Dinner Penny Banks: 2 Banks: BOB KELLER, GENE & ROSIE CALHOUN 1 Bank: JERRI BARNES, SAM SCHROEDER, RON VARGA, KEN TAYLOR, RAY MACK, Anonymous Thanks again for your donations. YOUR C.P. COMMITTEE 6:30 p.m. 5 HOOP SHOOT The ELYRIA ELKS #465 LODGE will conduct a “Hoop Shoot” contest this year on Saturday, November 15th at the ELYRIA EAST RECREATION GYM. Participants will need to arrive at 11 am for registration. The East Rec Gym is located at 1101 Prospect Street. The Elks Hoop Shoot is free to boys and girls who will be between the ages of 8-13 on April 1, 2015. Awards will be given for first, second and third places in each age and gender group. First place winners will advance to the Elks District Competition. More information can be found posted in our lodge and at www.elk.org/hoopshoot. The Hoop Shoot Directors are DAVE HEUSER and BOB KELLER. ADVANCEMENT of the LODGE Thanks to all who purchased tickets for the AOL Reverse Raffle. Also, this evening would not have been successful without TOM BRENO, who donated the tickets, our callers DAVE SEIKER, DAVE NOREN, and LARRY O’GRADY. And of course, all our other helpers. The $100 winners were CATHY MITTLER, LARRY O’GRADY, JENNA WALTER, VICKY & DAVE HEUSER, and GREG FITZ. BROWNS VS TITANS 1 p.m. 12 BROWNS VS STEELERS 2 Wing Night ACE OF SPADES 8:30 EVERY THURSDAY! 3 WEEKLY DRAWING 10 p.m. 6-9 P.M. 6 7 9 10 11 8 KITCHEN KITCHEN KITCHEN Trustee Mtg. OPEN WEEKLY OPEN OPEN 6:00 p.m. 5-8 p.m. DRAWING P.E.R. Mtg. 5-8 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Wing 6:30 p.m. 150 CLUB 10 p.m. PARTY Lodge Mtg. Night 7:30 p.m. 6-9 P.M. 6:30 - 8 PM 13 14 15 16 17 CLAM 18 KITCHEN BAKE KITCHEN KITCHEN OPEN 5-8 p.m. OPEN 5-8 p.m. Wing Night OPEN 5-8 p.m. 6-9 P.M. 19 20 21 22 23 24 KITCHEN KITCHEN KITCHEN Trustee Mtg. OPEN OPEN OPEN 6:00 p.m. 5-8 p.m. BROWNS 5-8 p.m. 5-8 p.m. Wing VS SEAN Lodge Mtg. Night JAGUARS GABRIEL 7:30 p.m. 6-9 P.M. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 26 BROWNS VS RAIDERS 4:25 p.m. OSU 4 KITCHEN VS OPEN MARYLAND 5-8 p.m. 27 28 KITCHEN KITCHEN OPEN OPEN 5-8 p.m. 5-8 p.m. ESSENCE WEEKLY DRAWING 10 p.m. OSU 25 VS PENN 8 p.m. KID’S HALLOWEEN PARTY WEEKLY DRAWING. 29 30 31 OSU 1 KITCHEN VS OPEN ILLINOIS MONTHLY 8 p.m. DRAW Wing WEEKLY Night HALLOWEEN! DRAWING 10 p.m. 6-9 P.M. EXIT Exalted Ruler’s Message Continued Buckeyes football games and Browns Sundays are excitement at the Lodge. We had a fantastic Browns “Tailgate” in September and our Brownies WON! GARY and MICHELLE were voted best Browns tailgaters! You can tailgate in our parking lot all Sundays in October. You bring the Pre-Game and the Browns are on our Elks TVS in the Lodge! Our normal lodge opening is a half hour before game time. The parking lot is always open! Great game food is brought in and shared. What can you cook up for a Browns win? Note that Sunday October 26th is a 4:25pm game vs. Oakland. Who can bring the music for the tailgate? The KJ BLUES BAND will be at the 465 on Saturday, November 8th. We will have a Reverse Raffle to benefit the kid’s parties at the Elks prior to KJ Blues. KRISTINE JACKSON and her band are sooo awesome! I love being an Elk! Black Friday = CORNWELL and MOORE. DREW DOMAN’S band NEW DECADE will entertain on New Year’s Eve! Can we bring in a new member? I think so! We have all the best games, tickets, and Ohio Lottery at our Lodge. Check out our new Ohio Lottery games. Don’t forget to appreciate our bar crew, and I have to say, our members are the best! Salute! Fraternally Yours, DAVE HEUSER, ER Great Events Coming in November Wednesday, Nov. 5th ~ C.P. Roast Beef Dinner Saturday, Nov. 8th ~ Reverse Raffle and KJ Blues Band Sunday, Nov. 9th ~ Veterans’ Breakfast Saturday, Nov. 15th ~ Hoop Shoot Saturday, Nov. 22nd ~ PER Barnyard Party Wednesday, Nov. 26th ~ Turkey Trot Sunday, Nov. 28th ~ Monthly Drawing and Cornwell and Moore Saturday, Nov. 29th ~ OSU vs. Michigan Party FOOD, TOYS AND COATS! Keep in mind that beginning in November, we will be in need of many items to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves during the upcoming holiday season. There will be several boxes located on the main floor to accept your generous donations. Please help out with our annual drive for new or slightly used gloves, hats, boots and coats for kids in need. Your donations will be distributed through the SALVATION ARMY. We will also hold our Annual Food Drive in November. We will be accepting your donations of any non-perishable food items. If you prefer, you may make a monetary contribution. These donations will be distributed through the SALVATION ARMY. The Elks Sleigh will also be at the 465 in November to accept your toy donations. The toys will be donated to the CHRONICLE TELEGRAM’S NOT FORGOTTEN BOX!