AERIE OFFICERSPresident David Fritz, Jr.Vice President Rodger McneesSecretary Glenn KadeTreasurer Jack Olthof Jr.Conductor Chris SorensenChaplain Dave HamatherTrustee Roger WilderTrustee John LemkeTrustee Jon LewisTrustee Tom JacobyTrustee DJ WesterhouseInside Guard Thomas NelsonOutside Guard Kenny EpplettJr. Past President Chester CookAmbassador Dean Nash

AUXILIARY OFFICERSPresident Brenda OlsonVice President Melanie JazkcykSecretary Deborah DeYoungTreasurer Peggy BriegelConductor Tamara GarganoChaplain Cami SeesTrustee Rita CherryTrustee Barbara DiederichsenTrustee Nancy ZobiInside Guard Clara MitchellJr. Past President Phyllis Button

AUXILIARY OFFICERSPresident Terry RobertsonVice President Mark GillhespySecretary Tami RiemersmaTreasurer Liane HendricksonChaplain Patti SchleeterRoad Captains Joy Robertson

Worthy President News

Grand Aerie Mission StatementThe Fraternal Order of Eagles, an international non-profit organization, unites fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life

more desirable by lessening its ills, and by promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope

May 2017Volume 16 Issue 5

People Helping People

Dear Brothers & Sisters:

Finally, our winter has come to an end! We are heading into some great spring weather with lots of entertainment and events at the club this month. Keep an eye on the newsletter and watch for emails for updates on events as we have some great stuff hap-

pening! At our final Fish Fry of the 2016-17 season we honored Don Khodl with a handsome plaque for his dedicated service with the DNR and for over four decades as a volunteer Hunter Safety Instructor. Great job, Don! On the first Saturday in May we will be hosting a Polka Party, featuring The Stan Mroz, Jr. Polka Band in the afternoon, followed by a Kentucky Derby watch party. We will be open to the pub-lic, with drink specials too! The Aerie will be hosting our 63rd Annual Safety Patrol Banquet on Wednesday, May 10th. The band Wayland will be performing an acous-tic show on May 24th upstairs in the Event Center, $5 cover. Grand Aerie President Jerry Sullivan will be touring West Michigan in late May; he and his wife, Maxine, will be joining Aerie #925 members for a special dinner here at the club on May 25th (details to follow). Don’t forget Mother’s Day on May 14th! This is a special day recognized by all Eagles. Our fiscal year ends May 31st. Have you signed up at least one new member? A big thanks to the Fish Fry crews who worked so hard and the groups that helped serve the dinners!!! This club simply could not function without our terrific volun-teers! THANK YOU!

David L.Fritz, Jr.Grand Haven Aerie 925, FOE Worthy President

At our final Fish Fry of the season, President Fritz pre-sented Hunter Safety Instructor, Don Khodl with a plaque honoring his 40+ years of service to the community. Don’s family was there to share in the celebration as well.

Auxiliary News Eagle Riders

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I would like to start by welcoming our new and re-enrolled members - Rosemary Zink, Kim Villaneuva, Diane VanVleet, Therera VanLeen, Jacqueline Syswerda, Barbara Sutter, Pame-la Plamann, Karen Losee, Toni Lyon, Heather McGee, Amber Acura, Diane Baker, Samatha Baker, Shirlee Batterman, Melin-da Berndt, Jeanene Blease, Shelly Hettenbach, Joyce Hollowell, and Mari Howe. Don’t forget that every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday thru May there will be an Auxiliary Representative at the club from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to collect your dues. May 12, the Auxiliary is having a Casino Bus run – look for flyers at the club for sign up. New officers will be installed in May for the Aerie and Auxiliary. Date is still in the air but as soon as I know I will send out a blast email. Would be great to see some of our 834 members attend this ceremony to watch your new officers being installed. Remember when re-enrolling to the Auxiliary you must fill out a new application, pay $15.00 application fee and dues for a full year. I have lots of new applicants that need to be initiated. I also have several re-enrollees that have not paid dues. Please contact me so we can make both happen.

Debbi DeYoung, Sec

Hello Riders,Our first 11:00 am. meeting was much appreciated, we will con-tinue this schedule through October. Also we have decided to plan on Sporty’s for breakfast around 10am on meeting days. Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to attend the meeting to have breakfast with us.The Sandy Corley kick-off bash is scheduled for Saturday June 3rd. We will be having a picnic style dinner. The cost is $10 and is open to the public. This cost does not include a raffle ticket for the Harley to be given away at the event in July, but those will be available that night. Doors open at 6pm. If you would like to volunteer for the Corley event contact Chaplain Patti Schleeter at 616-607-9193.We are also working on a member appreciation ride/dinner sometime this summer, and an overnight ride to Frankenmuth in August. We will have more details as these materialize.Our goal for the riders this season is to focus on riding more to wherever and whenever. If anyone has any suggestions and destinations, please bring them to a meeting or contact another member or officer. We will do our best to inform everyone as these rides form, so please give your current contact informa-tion to me, tamitileworks@aol.com or President Terry Robert-son trobertson_8@yahoo.comWe are planning a Toys for Tot’s fundraiser for sometime in Oc-tober. Watch for more details inupcoming newsletters and on our board.Here’s a thought for the month.....a quote by Donovan Bailey....Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don’t let anyone limit your dreams.

Ride safe!Tami Riemersma

Eagle Rider Secretary

Worthy Secretary NewsDear Brothers,

Welcome new, re-enrolled and transferred Brothers: Chris Albertie, Larry Baker, Mark Bancuk, Paul Bialik, Skip Brown, Max Busscher, Alex Cherry, Tim Deiters, Timothy Diepstra, John Gloster, Donald Graham, Randal Grinwis, Greg Grossenbacher, Eric Hettenbach, Dale Huff, How-ard Leschke, James Marquoit, Keith Mast, Ed Oom, Scott Osmun, Timothy Plamann, Arnold (Bill) Redeker, Peter Smith, Derek Straub, Steve Woiteshek and Brandon Zi-monick.Our deepest sympathies to Brother James Demilio, whose wife Catherine passed away. Prayers for Brother Dan Hil-dreth, who is recovering from an illness.As you know, all membership dues are due May 31st. We will be having someone man a table in the Social room Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:00 pm to 7:00

pm in May to renew dues. Please try to make it down to re-new at these times to take the burden off of the bartenders or through the mail. You can pay for more than one year at a time. When signing up new members, please check back with them to be sure they received notification to be initiated and that they did attend or if someone can’t make the Monday initiation meeting, call the club at (616) 842-4330. Some applicants never get initiated and are dropped after 6 months, forfeiting any money they paid. Aerie Elections will be held in the social room on Monday, May 1st from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm.The District Meeting is May 21, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Grand Haven Aerie #925.

Sincerely, Glenn Kade, Worthy Secretary

May 18, 2017 @ 7PMAerie/Auxiliary Joint Meeting

Dinner with the Grand Aerie

President

May 25, 2017Save the Date

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If you would like to include any information in the newletter or on the website, please email to: eagles925@aol.com or cwozny13@gmail.com (Christine Wozny). Please title your subject line “Eagles Newsletter” The deadline for the newsletter is 6:00 pm on the 15th of the month.

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