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Do you know our house rules?
The Eleven O'clock toast or moment of silence shall be
observed at 11:00 pm daily.
All persons and guests using the Lodge facilities for
private functions will adhere to the house rules as set
forth by the House Committee.
Extension of credit to a member by bar
manager/bartender is strictly prohibited.
Please remember to sign in ALL YOUR GUESTS
The editor of The Elks Monthly Bulletin makes every
effort to accommodate your information. Please try
to keep your message short and to the point. Space
is very limited. Thank you.
ELKS LODGE # 997 BULLETIN
17 SPRING ST., FLORENCE, MA 01062
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
March 2011 Vol. CIV No. 12
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EXALTED RULER’S MESSAGE:
It has been a long and hard winter here in New England. Winter Weather has caused the cancellation of two meetings.
Because of this, Nominations and Elections (per Grand Lodge Statutes) for officers for the upcoming Elks year were held on
February 15th . My sincere congratulations to the following:
ER Elect –John Glenowica
Leading Knight -- Open
Loyal Knight -- Open
Lecturing Knight –Susan Farrell
Secretary –Sylvia Zakrzewski
Treasurer –Michael O’Brien
Trustee for 5 Years – Norman Graves
Tiler –Alan Scott
Installation for these new officers will be Saturday, March 26th. Cocktail hour is from 4:00-5:00 PM, ceremony at 5:00 PM and
dinner to follow. Please sign up if you plan to attend.
I would like to thank Skip Pichette, Patti McGrath and Todd Shanafelt for French Night. With the help of Ken Elkas, PER John
and Louise Glenowicz and myself, a good time was had by all.
I would also like to thank PER John Glenowicz, Sam Lococo, PER Greg Zakrzewski, Buddy Rogers and John Kingsley for their
efforts in attempting to build a skating rink so we could have a family fun day. Unfortunately, the winter storms and amounts of
snow hindered their efforts and the project had to be scrapped. But thanks for trying. Perhaps we can try again next year.
In conjunction with the ER Elect, we will be resurrecting the “Futures” Committee. This committee will be responsible for
researching (and reporting to the lodge) what our lodge needs will be in the coming years as far as space, building
improvements, pavilion, etc.
If you are interested in serving on this committee, please see myself or the ER Elect.
A new committee will be formed to examine Nationality Nights for the purpose of strengthening, streamlining and perhaps
combining our Nationality Nights. Again, if you are interested in being on this committee, please see myself or the ER Elect.
It is not too late to make your ENF donation for the Elk year 2010-2011. Go on line to www.elks.org/enf or contact myself or Co-
Chair PER John Glenowicz and we’ll make sure your donation gets in by the March 30th deadline.
As always, thank you all for your support.
Barbara J. Franklin
Exalted Ruler, PER, PDD
Melanoma Fundraiser:
Sailing for Success 9th annual Irish Night Out. March 19th 2011, 6PM at the Holyoke Elks Lodge.
Fantastic Bands: The Highland Rovers Band and the Caldonian Pipe Band. Superb buffet, featuring corned beef. Raffles and
a silent auction.
Please support this event. Proceeds go to the Cancer Connection Melanoma Support Group, Mass. Education Foundation
and the Yale New Haven Hospital for Melanoma Research.
For tickets, call Joanne Roy-413-536-2772.
If you can’t attend, please support us with the purchase of a raffle ticket or the best Irish fleece scarves for $10.
Our website is www.sailingforsuccess.com
Thank you!
Joanne Roy
SECRETARY’S MESSAGE:
Wow what a winter and we are almost through it!
The dues bills went out in the last bulletin and they are coming in to me at a steady stream. I am happy to say, that I even
have two members who have paid their dues from this current year so that is two less that will have to be dropped. There are
still 31 members who have not paid this years dues and will be dropped before April 1st. We will be balloting on life members
at the March 15th meeting. I accidentally missed a member who is up for life member who will also be voted on. That person
is Edward Michalowski. That is a total of 8 members being voted on.
In March we will be installing our officers on the 26th so sign up to join us and welcome in our new and returning officers.
I hope spring comes early this year! See you at the lodge.
Sylvia Zakrzewski, Secretary
Buck-a-Week Dinner-
The biannual Buck-a-Week dinner and drawing will be
held Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Lodge. Please
notice that the date is on a Thursday, not a Friday. This
change is to accommodate our caterer. Dinner will be
served at 6:30 PM. Due to the popularity of this function
and in order to accommodate as many people as
possible, only ticket holders may participate.
Unfortunately, guests can no longer be invited. Also, it is
mandatory that if you plan to attend you make a
reservation prior to the cut-off date of Friday, April 22,
2011 at 5:00 PM. Because of the limited seating capacity,
no more than 200 can be served. So, call early and we
hope to see you there for a fun evening.
Mike O’Brien, BAW Chairman
PROPOSITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
PROPOSED PROPOSER
John Richardson Greg Nuttelman
Thorne Wenner David Balise
Katherine Crick Frank Basile
PROPOSITION FOR AFFILIATION IN
TRACEY CATERINE PROPOSED BY GERRY CLARK
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Happy Birthday to our adopted veteran Jerel Harris! Jerel’s
Birthday is March 14th!
SICKNESS
&
DISTRESS
Charlie Paquette Bud Duseau John Nelson
Judy McKenna
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2010-LODGE OFFICERS-2011
Barbara Franklin Exalted Ruler
John Glenowicz E. Leading Knight
Michael Bardsley E. Loyal Knight
Susan Farrell E. Lecturing Knight
Sylvia Zakrzewski Secretary
Michael O’Brien Treasurer
Alan Scott Tiler
Richard Bart, PER Esquire
Michael Kolemba Inner Guard
Mary Bart Chaplain
Trustees
George Russell, PER Edward Cooper
Robert Hewes Manny Kolemba
Sam Lococo
March 2011 Calendar of Events
Tuesday March 1st~Regular Meeting~7:00 pm
Friday March 4th~Dinner~5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Tuesday March 8th—Irish Night
Friday March 11th~Dinner~5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Tuesday March 15th~Trustees Meeting~6:00 pm
Tuesday March 15th~Regular Meeting~7:00 pm
Friday March 18h~Dinner~5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Monday March 21st~5:30 pm House Committee Meeting
Friday March 25h~Dinner~5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Saturday March 26th~Installation of Officers~5:00 pm
Every Wednesday Night ~ BINGO
BINGO HELP NEEDED ANY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
STOP AND CHECK OUT WHAT IS GOING ON, THERE IS A
PLACE FOR EVERYONE!
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