Officers for Lodge Year 2020 - 2021

EXALTED RULER Laurie Nevius

LEADING KNIGHT Rebecca Strahler

LOYAL KNIGHT Cat McLin

LECTURING KNIGHT

SECRETARY Kris Mason

TREASURER David Crew

TILER Larry Longo

ESQUIRE Shawn Sprinkle

INNER GUARD William Vatter

CHAPLAIN Dale Dyar

FIVE YEAR Bill Hoffman

FOUR YEAR John Baugh

THREE YEAR Doug Havens

TWO YEAR Dennis Dyar

ONE YEAR Lisa Martinez

TRUSTEES

1536 Villa Road SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 45503 www.springfieldelks51.com

Lodge usually meets on the First & Third

Wednesday in Feb., Mar. & April and every 3rd

Wednesday of all other Months at 7:00 p.m.

All lodge meetings are cancelled until

further notice

#51

Springfield

EXALTED RULER’S MESSAGE

Hello Elk Members,

As of April 1st I’d like to introduce myself as your new Exalted Ruler (Laurie Nevius). There are many of you I

already know and there are also many of you that I look forward to meeting.

The new officers for 2020/2021 are Leading Knight - Becky Strahler, Loyal Knight - Cathy McLin, Secretary -

Kris Mason, Treasurer - Dave Crew, Tiler - Larry Longo, Esquire - Shawn Sprinkle, Inner Guard - William Vatter,

Chaplain - Dale Dyer. I am still looking for someone to fill the Lecturing Knight position and also looking for

someone to run the Entertainment Committee. If you think you may be interested in either position or have ques-

tions PLEASE feel free to contact me (The sooner the better)!

As I am sure you know Gov. Mike Dewine closed all restaurants and bars in Ohio on 3-15-20 at 9:00 pm until

further notice. For those who wish to pay their Elks dues you may mail them to us or call the office at 937-325-4848

to pay them with your credit or debit card between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. We will let you know when we are

allowed to reopen. Please check our website, www.springfieldelks51.com and our Facebook page for updates.

At the time of this printing the golf course is open (weather permitting) and all leagues and golf events are

continuing as scheduled.

With appreciation,

Laurie Nevius

Office phone 937-325-4848 Lodge phone 937-323-9001

Please use the following phone numbers when calling the Lodge:

Bar: 937-323-9001 Restaurant: 937-399-1315 Office/Pool: 937-325-4848 Golf Shop: 937-399-2304

Articles for the next Chatter must be turned in by April 15th.

If you are typing your article on a PC, please email it to sharonleach@springfieldelks51.com

2020 Golf & Pool Memberships

It is not too late to get your Golf and Pool member-

ships. The golf prices

have changed but the

pool prices are the same

as last year. The appli-

cations are now avail-

able online at

springfieldelks51.com.

Please mail it to the of-

fice with a check or

credit card #. Have a

great golf and pool sea-

son!! Please call the of-

fice at 937-325-4848,

Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm if you have any

questions.

Pool to Open May 23, 2020

Special Early Bird Rate Extended

until May 22

SECRETARY’S MESSAGE

PARKING is sometimes very limited at the Lodge. Warning – if your vehicle is parked illegally in our lot

outside the legal spaces (example – at the end of the rows, etc.) your vehicle will be towed away at your expense.

We are required to maintain a legal fire lane around the parking lot.

NOTE:

The 2020-2021 membership cards are yellow and will

be activated on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Delinquent

members for 2019-20 will be dropped effective March

31, 2020.

For those who wish to pay their Elks dues you may

mail them to us or call the office at 937-325-4848 to pay

them with your credit or debit card between 10:00 am

and 2:00 pm.

If you do not plan on renewing your dues for 2020-

2021, please let the office know as soon as possible so

that we can remove you from our system.

If you have not received your dues renewal notice call

the office at 937-325-4848 to update your address, phone

or email address if any of these have changed.

It would be great if we could get email addresses from

our members so that we could send you the Chatter and

other updates electronically, thus saving money for the

lodge.

Thanks

Kris Mason, Secretary

THE LODGE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE.

There will be NO carry out, sign-ups or lodge meetings

during this time.

All events have been cancelled or postponed.

You can call the office @ 937-325-4848 between 10 & 2 for

additional information or to pay your 2020-21 dues.

THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE OPEN

(WEATHER PERMITTING)

springfieldelks51.comRemember

When we are given the OK to

open, hours for the Spring are

tentatively set as follows:

SOCIAL ROOM UPSTAIRS

Mon. - Thurs. 10AM - 9PM,

Fri. 10AM - 12AM, Sat. 9AM - 12AM,

Sun. 9AM - 10PM

DOWNSTAIRS BAR

Fri., Sat. & Sun. ONLY, Fri. 4PM - 1AM,

Sat. 4PM - 1AM, Sun. 4PM - 10PM

Reminder Members, please remember, you cannot sign anyone’s name other than your own for the quarter

and dollar daily and the Building Fund weekly drawings.. Also, remember, guests of members are not permitted to

purchase alcoholic beverages or run tabs. Members must make the purchase.

AT THE TIME OF THIS

PRINTING ALL GOLF

EVENTS AND

LEAGUES ARE BEING

PLAYED AS

SCHEDULED.

Because of the

uncertainty

facing all of us,

please call before

heading out to

the course.

937-399-2304

Horner’s Corner

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends,

we’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come in-

side. But this show is not for enlightenment, elucidation

or revelation, it’s about competition. You want to best

your friend, your co-worker, everyone in the league, the

best ball, the tournament. It’s about stroking one of the

three divisions of the psyche, Mr. Ego. You don’t want

the competition to make that three foot par putt and you

shouldn’t laugh out loud when their tee shot goes in wa-

ter on number four, but it’s Mr. Ego in the background

pulling the strings. Even though competition is the one

way we measure ourselves against our peers and placate

our inner voice, in reality, the real world, there is but a

few exceptions when you play defensively, it is you, not

hoping the worst for your opponent, but you against the

course. This show is about you competing against your-

self and the adversary is the course. So this year work on

Mr. Ego by working on your own game, it’s not that time

consuming as a lot of people would suggest. Too many

people show up right at their tee time, don’t work on

their game and expect to play their best?? We have a

driving range (I can give you directions to it), we have a

chipping area and we have not one but two putting greens.

One hour a week, hit one or all three and you might be

surprised and be more competitive, and still no laughing

out loud at others misfortune.

The show starts on March 15th for the posting of scores,

through November15th. I will continue to maintain our

website and have printouts for the years events hope-

fully beginning in early April. Come inside the shows

about to start, guaranteed to blow your head apart, rest

assured you’ll get your money’s worth, “the greatest show

in heaven, hell or earth”. (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

FAIRWAYS & GREENS

Bob Horner

Golf Course Superintendent

Hello Elks members! As I write this and the entire na-

tion is in shear panic but it’s business as usual for the

maintenance department. I feel the groundhog was cor-

rect with an early Spring. We could have our first 65

degree day during the 3rd week of March and that will

definitely get the course greened up sooner than normal.

With the first golf outing being scheduled for April 19.

Spring greens aerification will be done just like last year,

as soon as possible. I know this disrupts play but it’s a

very important ingredient for my maintenance program

to have the best playing surface and root base going into

the Summer months.

Winter maintenance on equipment went very well with

the addition of our new mechanic Martin Paulini. He has

many years of experience in the golf business and will

be a fine addition for the success of the Elks. As of March

11, all equipment and golf carts are serviced and ready

for operation. Unlike years past, it’s safe to say that this

is the best the equipment fleet as been in a long time and

I am confident it will stay this way.

Some noticeable changes you will see on the course

include; 10 trees removed this Winter (3 behind #6 green),

removal of some unnecessary landscape beds by greens

and tees, and 81 stumps ground on the course and front

entrance. This was a task that should have been done

years ago and were a visual eyesore to golfers and my-

self. Please be patient as it will take a month or two for

these to be cleaned up and finished. More improvements

are in the near future.

Looking forward to a successful and fun golf season as

this will be my second year as your Superintendent! Re-

member to follow me on Twitter @ElksTurf51 for course

conditions and updates.

See you on the course,

Shawn DeWitt

Cart Fees & Trail Fees must be paid by April 1, 2020. Cash, check,

credit cards accepted. You may also have it deducted monthly. There

is a monthly $2 fee for this option. Storage fees $700 / Trail fees $500

MAY30 Saturday - MEN'S ORANGE BALL - WOMEN'S

ODD / EVEN - 9:00 Tee Times

(5 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-Up - Elks Course) No

Best Balls

JUNE13 Saturday - YAHTZEE - 9:00 Tee Times

No Best Balls (5 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-up - Elks

Course)18 Thursday Elk's Women's Invitational - 9:00

Tee Times

27 Saturday - MEMBER / MEMBER - Tee Times - 9

Hole Matches - 8:00 -10:30 -1:00

(5 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-up - Elks Course)

Course Closed Until 3:30

28 Sunday - MEMBER / MEMBER

Shotgun - 9 Hole Matches - 9:00 -11:30

Course Closed Until 2:00

JULY12 Sunday - Point Tournament (NEW) 9:00

18 Saturday - PICK YOUR OWN TEAM - Men /

Women - 9:00 Tee Times - No Best Balls

(5 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-Up - Elks Course)

19 Sunday - Rain Date for - Pick Your Own Team

29 Wednesday - Drawing for Women's Classic / 6:00

PM

AUGUST1 Saturday - WOMEN'S CLASSIC - 8:00 Tee Times

(12 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-up - Elks Course)

Best Balls - Metzger - 9:30, Tin Cup - 9:40, Legends -

10:00

ELKS 2020 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

2 Sunday - WOMEN'S CLASSIC - 8:00 Tee Times

Best Balls - Metzger - 9:30, Tin Cup - 9:40, Legends - 10:00

5 Wednesday - Drawing for Men's Classic - 6:00PM

7 Friday - Auction for Men's Classic - 7:00PM

8 Saturday - MEN'S CLASSIC - 8:00 Tee Times - No Best Balls

(12 Rounds in the GHIN at Sign-up - Elks Course)

9 Sunday - MEN'S CLASSIC - 8:00 Tee Times - No

Best Balls

16 Sunday - CLUB Championship -Play in Matches

22 Saturday - CLUB Championship

23 Sunday - CLUB Championship

29 Saturday - CLUB Championship

30 Sunday - CLUB Championship

SEPTEMBER5 Saturday - BIG TEN SHOOTOUT - Blue Tee - 2:00

#1 / Tin Cup Year End 9:00

6 Sunday - BIG TEN SHOOTOUT - Red Tees - 2:00 #1

Gold Tees - 3:00 #1

7 Monday - BIG TEN SHOOTOUT - White Tees -

3:00 #1

19 Saturday - EXALTED RULER TOURNAMENT-

8:00 /Both Nines - No Best Balls

(12 rounds in the GHIN at Sign-up - Elks Course)

20 Sunday - EXALTED RULER TOURNAMENT -

8:00 / Both Nines - No Best Balls

For more information call the

Golf Shop at

937-399-2304(All events are subject to change)

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, May 16BIRDSEYE MEMORIAL - 10:00 Shotgun

THIS

SPACE

AVAILABLE

937-325-4848

B.P.O.E

ELKS #51

1536 Villa Road

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 45503

ATTENTION MEMBERSIF YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF

ADDRESS, PLEASE CALL

THE OFFICE 937-325-4848

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