Exalted Ruler’s Message Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Everyone knows that this is a very slow time of the

year for Vero Beach businesses and organizations

such as ours. This is when we really need our

members to support the Lodge. All you have to do

to help is enjoy your membership! Just attend one

or more of our social functions and bring your friends, neighbors—even your

relatives—with you.

We will keep you current with all the happenings at the Lodge…if you are a

subscriber to our email list. Surprisingly, 20% of our members have an email

address, but are not subscribed to our email list! If you are not a subscriber

already, visit signup.veroelks.com to join our list. Want to see what you’ve

been missing? Visit email.veroelks.com to get a list of the last 20 emails the

Lodge sent out.

To many, my “eat, drink and be merry” message above will go unheeded. I

would really like to find out why. Accordingly, I’ve put together a real short

survey that you can answer at survey.veroelks.com. Your response can be

anonymous, or you can add your name. I intend to use the results of the survey

to do some “mid-course corrections.”

Thank you for keeping this a great Lodge.

Here are the survey questions:

Why did you become an Elk?

Have you been able to fulfill your “why” at our Lodge?

What’s the best social function you ever attended at our Lodge?

What social event(s) would you like our Lodge to hold?

What’s the best community or veterans service function sponsored by our

Lodge that you’ve attended?

What service project(s) would you like our Lodge to hold?

How can you best contribute your talents to the Lodge?

Please take just a few minutes, visit survey.veroelks.com and send me your

confidential response.

2018 - 2019 Vero Beach Lodge #1774 Officers

Exalted Ruler – Jim Rannazzisi Leading Knight - Sam Pollizi Loyal Knight - Nancy Seeley Lecturing Knight – Rich Miller Esquire – Joe Palowich Chaplain - Patricia Diaz Inner Guard – Ray Ketcham Tiler – Steve Ogonoski Secretary – Kathi Miller Treasurer – Terry Ketcham

Trustees 5 Year - Paul Diaz, PER 4 Year -- Donnie Sumner 3 Year – Donna Knerr, PER 2 Year – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM 1 Year – Phil Hanley Presiding Justice – Louis B. “Buck” Vocelle, Esq. Lodge Advisor – Les Owen, PDDGER, LM Parliamentarian – June Maher, PER Alternate to GL Convention - Jack Houlihan, PDDGER Bulletin Editor - VACANT Banquet Chair. - Angela Moyer

Web Master - Jim Rannazzisi

Past Exalted Ruler’s Association

President - June Maher, PER

Elk of the Year - Kathi Miller

Officer of the Year - Donnie Sumner

Citizen of the Year - Richard Miller

July & August 2018 Volume 24 Issue 8

01 Frank Blenman

01 Robert Votaw

02 Michael Bodnar

02 William Corbett

02 Eileen Halatyn

02 Daniel Kenny

03 Laurie Niblock

04 Susan Dous

05 Patricia Cannon

05 Robert Magee

05 John Piecuch

05 Sandra Sauerman

06 Judith Donatelli

06 Jim Ellis

06 Richard Fowler

06 Richard McNamara

07 Victor Diaz

07 Joseph Gomez

07 Jon Putzke

07 John Tirch

07 Farrell Wilmoth

08 Oscar Erice

08 James Kenerson

08 William McCool

09 Michael Balint

09 Laura Rendon

10 John Bisha

10 Ivan Chandler

10 Anthony Girardi

10 Ginette Rustin

10 Robert Walsh

10 Caprice Witt

11 Eileen Tirch

12 Mark Haskin

13 Richard Baker

13 Michael Longton

13 Raymond Rohner

13 Harold Roth

13 David Schwartz

14 Robert Caruso

14 Edward Hodgkinson

14 Frank Rupinetti

15 Marilyn Mulhall

16 Dave Ancil

16 Raymond Delorme

16 Douglas Johnson

17 Ken Dale

17 Denver Sperry

17 Thomas Tierney

18 Philip Hanley

18 Armand Mayotte

18 Jack Morgani

18 Douglas Skeet

19 Linda Bigelow

19 Bruce Das

19 Harry Dzierzek, Jr.

19 Vincent Lane

19 Donnie Sumner

20 Terry Williamson

21 James Johnson

21 Wallace Johnson

22 Jean Malanson

22 Richard Sherrill

23 Daniel Danaher

23 Edward Gazda

23 Raymond Ketcham

23 Nancy Whitten

24 Robert Deniger

24 Mark Poziomek

24 John Short

24 Patti Yount

25 Petrina Tersillo

26 Burney Carter

27 Carl Hurrell

28 Phillip Drapeau

28 William Gavin

28 Audrey Johnson

28 Kathi Miller

28 Margaret Richardson

29 Kathleen Morrison

30 Russell Cappelen

30 Richard Engelbart

30 Virginia Starr

31 Robert Barrett

01 Dorothy Slazyk

02 Edward Klimczak

02 Wendy Segalla

03 Arthur Bettiol

03 Martha Cleary

03 Lou Ferrari

03 Craig Waskow

04 Richard Gunderman

04 Lucie Kesler

04 Cory Rudder

05 David McDonough

06 Bruno Bornino

06 Beverly Good

06 John McCormack

06 Linda Smith

06 John Sullivan III

07 Scott Laing

07 Michael Royce

07 James Stevens

08 Nicholas Bianco

08 Roger Nutt

08 Gerald Repcheck

08 June Vitti

09 Allen Clement

10 William Kukelka

11 Robert Rector

11 Anthony Schillizzi

11 Joanne Stocking

12 Diana Kehres

13 Wencel Marrek

14 Gil Seus

15 Peter Jensen

15 Leslie Owen

15 Patricia Waskow

16 Blanche Gloetzner

18 Henry Emery

18 Mario Laudano

18 James Rannazzisi

19 Samuel Cassara

19 Russell Clark

19 Pauline Moldenhauer

20 Robert Gardner

20 Carole Ryan

22 Rick Doby

23 Richard Harris

25 Donald Burns

25 Anthony Garifo

26 Jonathan Ball

26 Dominic Lettiere

26 Paul St. Mary

27 Sidney Banack

27 Herbert Beadle

27 Donna Cunliffe

27 William Mowerson

28 Linda Marandola

28 Edward O’Brien

30 Norman Cram

30 Aubrey Dell”Omo

30 Donald Novak

30 Thomas Stinglen

30 Walter Wright

Robert Bauer

James M Gummerson

They have passed through the val-

ley of the shadows into the sun-

light of eternal morning; the places

that have known thim shall know

them no more, but upon our tablets

of love and memory,

their names shall endure forever.

House Committee Message - Your House Committee is working hard to provide activities for the summer months. Our snow bird members have returned to their summer homes leaving our year round sand bird mem-bers to continue to support the Lodge. Music for every weekend has been booked through August. Our Wednesday night $ 10.00 buffet continues to be popular. Followed by Trivia on the 1st. and 3rd. Wednesday, Blue Grass Jam on the 2nd. Wednesday and Left, Right, Cen-ter and Bar Poker on the last Wednesdays of each month. It is important to remember that in order to hire the music and put the dinners on, we need to have good attendance at our activities. We are now asking that all members contact the Lodge no later than Wednesday after 3:00 pm and be prepared to pay for your reservation with a credit card or stop by the Lodge and pay when you sign up for our dinners. We have to order the food no later than Thursday for weekend dinners. Unfortunately, due to the resignation of our custo-dian, we are currently looking for a custodian for two days a week. We have a custodian on Saturday, Sunday and Thursday. We need someone for Tuesday and Friday mornings between 8:00 am and noon. In the mean time we are asking our members to help by returning your drink glasses to the bar and throwing your garbage in the receptacles. It will be very appreciated.

Sincerely and Fraternally, Jack ‘Tex’ McClurken, LM, PDDGER House Committee Chairman

Message from the Grand Exalted Ruler MALCOLM J. McPHERSON JR. Oh, the places Elks will go over 150 more years

What an extraordinary year it has been! It’s hard to believe that my ten-ure as your Grand Exalted Ruler is com-ing to an end. Pat and I are extremely

humbled and grateful for this experience that allowed us to not only travel the United States, but to meet all of the men and women of the Order and witness the positive work you are doing. As you know, my theme of the past year was “Strengthening Elkdom Through Community Awareness,” and you have far exceeded my expectations. I’m so proud to say that Elks are thriving in every corner of our country. Each and every Lodge we visited is making a tangible difference in their communities in many valuable ways: unique initiatives to support our youth and those with special needs, numerous scholarship awards, and generous donations to our veterans. It was inspiring to see many Lodges use their 150th Anniver-sary Grants to further their local causes and respond to unex-pected tragedies, such as helping the victims of the devas-tating hurricanes last summer. I look forward to seeing many of you again this month in San Antonio for my final stop on this adventure, to celebrate your extraordinary accomplishments over the past year and the 150th birthday of our Order. You have so much to be proud of and I can’t wait to raise a glass in your honor. While I may be closing this chapter of my journey, our journey together as Elks is just beginning. There is much more we can accomplish and give back to our communities as we head into the next 150 years. I encourage you to keep striving for suc-cess. As Dr. Seuss wrote in his famous children’s book Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!” I truly believe the Elks are on the road to great places, and it is you, our outstanding Members, who will lead us there. Pat and I are overwhelmed by your generosity, hospitality, and enthusiasm in welcoming us into your lives and Lodges and will forever cherish the lasting memories we have made. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We’ll see you out there again soon.

Secretary’s Message We may all slow down in the heat

of our sizzling Florida summer weather but our lodge is still a COOL place to hang out! Great food, excellent musicians, cool drinks and, most important, fellowship with our wonderful members. Continuing to frequent our lodge during the sum-mer not only continues to support our physical lodge through the lean summer months but also allows us to keep our won-derful charity programs intact. Thank you to all those that donated to our children’s charities allowing us to send 38 very deserving children to Florida Elks Youth Camp. We leave for camp on June 24th and will be returning on June 30th. I will report on our adventure upon returning from Umatilla, stay tuned! The number of delinquent members is dropping very slowly with 121 members still past due. If you have not paid your 2018-2019 dues, you are not permitted to participate in lodge activities or visit the lounge, even as a guest. We need your support to continue our charity work essential to our children, veterans and our community. I urge any past due members to catch up on our lodges charity projects and calendar of events on our website, the Elks Tale, Lowdown and eblasts. Let’s keep these good works going! I wish you all a safe, fun and relaxing summer. Be sure to give a warm welcome to all of our new Brothers and Sisters initiated in May and June. I look forward to seeing you at the lodge! Fraternally, Kathi Miller, Lodge Secretary

Proposed Bylaw change: CURRENT WORKING: ARTICLE IV: (page 4) Sec. 2, The regular hour of the meeting shall be 7:30 PM

PROPOSED CHANGE: Sec. 2, the regular hour of the meeting shall be 7:00 PM

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Lodge

Closed

2 Game Night

6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

3 NO MEET-

ING

4 Bar B Q by

Yolanda and

Davy. 4 pm

Marschall &

Sally 5 to 8 pm

Queen of Hearts

at 7 pm

5 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

6 Grilled

Chicken Salad

Bar 6 pm

$8.00

7 Music by

Davy 6:30 to

9:30 Bring

your own

snacks

8 Lodge

Closed

9 Game Night

6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

10 11 Buffet

6 pm Queen

of Hearts 7

pm with

Blue Grass

12 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

13 Bar Food

Buffet $5.00

Nachos, Pop-

pers, Pot.

Skins, etc.

14 Country

Night Bar-B-Q

Kenny Wil-

liams Band 6:30

to 9:30 pm in

the Hall.

15 Lodge

Closed

16 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

17 Trustee

Mtg 5:45 pm

Lodge Mtg.

7:30 pm

Sandwiches &

Chips at 6pm

$5.00

18 Buffet

6 pm Queen

of Hearts 7

pm followed

by Trivia

19 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

20 Kards 4

Kids

Sophisticates

6:30 pm to

9:30 pm

Menu: Meat-

ball Subs.

21

22 Lodge

Closed

23 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

24 25 Buffet

6 pm Queen

of Hearts 7

pm followed

by Bar Poker

26 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

27 Italian

Food Dinner

6 pm $10.00

with the Dy-

namics 6:30

to 9:30 pm

28

29 Lodge

Closed

30 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

31 House

Committee

Meeting 6 pm

July 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Buffet 6

pm Queen of

Hearts 7 pm

followed by

Trivia

2 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

3 Chicken

Tender $8

Basket, Fries

Coleslaw

6pm Davy

6:30 to 9:30

4

5 Lodge

Closed

6 Game Night

6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

7 Trustee

Mtg. 5:45

pm, Lodge

Mtg. 7:30 pm

8 Buffet 6

pm Queen of

Hearts 7 pm

with Blue

Grass

9 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

10 11 Permanent

Affair in Lounge

Back Pack Fund-

raiser - Serving

Hoags or Grind-

ers or Heros

$8.00

12 Lodge

Closed

Rental hR +

Kitchen

13 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

14 15 Buffet 6

pm Queen of

Hearts 7 pm

with Trivia

16 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

17 Kards 4

Kids Salad

Bar $8 6pm

Kent & Jeff

6:30 to 9:30

pm

18

19 Lodge

Closed

20 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

21 House

Committee

Meeting 6

pm

22 Buffet 6

pm Queen of

Hearts 7 pm

followed by

Left, Right,

Center

23 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

24 25 Fish Fry

Basket $8

6 pm

Marschall &

Sally 7 to 10

pm

26 Lodge

Closed

27 Game

Night 6 pm

Karaoke 7 to

10 pm

28 29 Buffet 6

pm Queen of

Hearts 7 pm

followed by

Bar Poker

30 Lite Grill

5:30 to 6:45

pm Bar Bin-

go 6:45 pm

31

August 2018

4th. Of July

Picnic

Wednesday

7/4/2018

Music By

Marschall & Sally 5:00 pm TO 8:00 pm

Menu includes: Hamburgers, Hot Dogs,

Baked Beans, Potato Salad,

Cole Slaw & Dessert

Food will be served at 4:00 pm

Please Sign the Book

$ 10.00 per person

$ 1.00

Coors Light Draft

$ 3.00

Pitcher

Country

Western

Hat &

Boots

Contest

Elk of the Month

Darlene

Short For Your All Around

“Elks Spirit”

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winners.veroelks.com displays the results to date of the Search for the Queen

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Lodge newsletter-The Elk's Tale; and

events.veroelks.com displays a poster board view of the next 15 events on our

calendar.

House Committee Email: vbhouse1774@hotmail.com

B.P.O.E. Lodge 1774

1350 26th St

Vero Beach, FL 32960-5057