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The tip of the
antler this month
goes to Michele
Moore, PER.
Michele made sure our visitation went
off without a hitch. She coached us
weekly, made sure the food was taken
care of, attended to all the little details
and then without blinking an eye,
organized all the last minute changes
that need to occur, including stepping
in as chaplain.
Michele also each year, co-chairs our
Elks Memorial Service and Charity
Dinner Auction, making sure all the
details, large or small, are attended to.
When she volunteers you know the
event will go off without a hitch!
Thank you Michele for all your hard
work. I truly appreciate your hard
work and dedication.
Email: scotiaglenvilleelks@live.com
Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 176 Sacandaga Road, Scotia, NY 12302
Phone: (518) 393-3504
Exalted Ruler’s Message
The change of seasons is with us and
the cold, winter weather says winter is
on its way!
November brought the end of the
visitation season for the Northeast
District. Our visitation was on
November 14th. Unfortunately I had to back out of
performing the ER part at the absolute last minute due to my
sister's illness. I would like to thank PSVP Deb Kruk for
standing in as Exalted Ruler and PER Michele Moore as
Chaplain. Also to PER Tim MacFarlane for stepping in and
introducing our Past State President. I am proud to say the
Officers performed a great ritual, especially after all the last
minute changes that were made. Their hard work and
dedication certainly showed. I would also like to thank all the
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Secretary’s Message Get Ready for December!
This month is loaded with events at the Lodge.
We have our toys For Tots up and running. Please
bring in a toy or two to help us fill our box.
The Food Pantry Dinner which supports our local
Food Pantry right here in Scotia. Come down and
enjoy a dinner and bring some non-perishable
food to help us, help them.
The Memorial Service to Remember all the
Members of our Elks Family that have passed
away over the years. This will be followed by
lunch and then it is off the Holiday On The
Avenue and we will have a booth to give away
Hot Cider and Sweet Treats.
Our Annual Holiday Dinner Auction is also in
December. Tickets are on sale now at the Lodge.
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Holiday Adopt-a-Family: We
will again be adopting two
local families this year. As
soon as we have the wish lists
from the families, we will post
the tags at the lodge. Please
come to the lodge and take a
gift tag to fill. We will do the
wrapping on December 10th
at 6:30 pm.
Holiday Charity Auction Dinner: Please join us on Saturday December
7th for the Charity Auction Dinner.
This is our biggest fundraiser of the
year. Tickets go on sale November 1st.
We are looking for help for setup
Friday night and for volunteers to
make an appetizer or dessert.
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Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
wELKcome to our new members Dave Lucier and Greg Ames who were initiated during the District Deputy Visitation on Nov. 14.
The Scotia-Glenville Elks would like to wish our
members in good standing a "Happy Birthday" for
their birthdays in December. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Darrin Prusko 02
Curtis Ryder 02
Colleen Lodge 03
Don Bekkering II 04
Anthony Marotta 04
John Torelli 04
Carol Smith 09
William White 09
Beverly Bulson 10
Karen Trapini 10
Nicholas Trapini 10
William Bulson, Jr. 13
Michael Hay 13
Timothy Horn 13
Kirstina Mowers 15
Nancy Shults 15
Joyce Paszkiewicz 17
Mark Wayand 18
William Conley 22
Louis King 22
Tamela Horn 24
Steven Eddy 25
Fred Engert 27
James Fahey 27
Kyle Welnhofer 27
John Gionet 28
Paul Watson 28
Hans Walter 29
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Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
2019 – 2020 Officers
Exalted Ruler Maria Dickerson
Esteemed Leading Knight Fred Mowers
Esteemed Loyal Knight Terry Bacchi
Esteemed Lecturing Knight Pat Pytlovany
Tiler Leo Palmer
Treasurer Debra Kruk
Secretary Tom Myslinski
Esquire James Brennan
Inner Guard Mary Palmer
Chaplain Karen Hale
Organist Rich Kruk
Trustees
5 Year Brad Harkness
4 Year Keith Dickerson
3 Year John Pytlovany
2 Year Curt Ryder
1 Year Michele Moore
To Our Absent Members, Elks are
Never Forgotten Elks Memorial Service: Please join us as we honor
the memory of our departed members on Sunday
December 1st at 1:00 pm. A light lunch will follow.
Grand Exalted Ruler 2019-2020
Culver City Elks Lodge #1917
Robert L. Duitsman (Beth)
P.O. Box 5159
Torrance, CA 90503-5159
Phone: (310) 534-2012
Email: rldger1920@gmail.com
Honoring the past Honoring the past Honoring the past Honoring the past –––– Embracing the futureEmbracing the futureEmbracing the futureEmbracing the future
https://www.elks.org/grandlodge/ger/files/RobertLDuitsmanBio.pdf
2019-2020 NYS Elks Association
President Brian J Greene
Glens Falls Lodge #81
"Elkdom, a team effort"
The Official Website of the Great
Northeast District #6280 may be
found at
http://www.nyselks.org/NorthEast/
Our District Sponsors are
Past Grand Tiler Paul A. Galarneau
Cohoes Waterford Elks Lodge # 1317
Past State President Michael J. Bloss
Clifton Park Elks Lodge # 2466
NYS Northeast District Officers
State Trustee Thomas Waring
Greenwich Elks Lodge # 2223
2018-2019 District Deputy Carmella Gillis
Amsterdam Elks Lodge # 101
2019-2020 State Vice President Edward Zuzick Jr
Mechanicville Elks Lodge # 1403
2018-2020 Lodge Development
Thomas Myslinski
District Committee Chairs
Accident Prevention : Keith Dickerson
Business Practices: Bradley Harkness
Drug Awareness: Tim McFarlane
Internet/Electronic Media: John C. Pytlovany
Lodge Development: Debra Kruk
Major Projects: Michele Moore
National Foundation: Greg Myslinski
2019 – 2020 Committees:
Auditing/Accounting - Greg Myslinski
Activities - Michele Moore
Community Project - Jim Trapini
Youth Activities - Rich Kruk
Hoop Shoot - Lee Hale
Drug Awareness - Patricia Pytlovany
Fraternal - Tim McFarlane
Americanism - Diane Wyso
Elks National Foundation - Theresa Bacchi
Flag Day - Colleen Hale
Elks Memorial Day - Kirstina Mowers
Membership - Tom Myslinski
Lodge Activities - Michele Moore
Veterans Services - Jeffrey Lodge
Accident Prevention - Curtis Ryder
PER Association - Bradley Harkness
Standing Relief - Maria Dickerson
Public Relations - Debra Kruk
Ritualistic - Michele Moore
Soccer Shoot - Joseph O'Connor
Government Relations - John Pytlovany
State Major Projects - Fred Mowers Jr.
Cruisin on the Avenue - John Pytlovany
Adopt a Highway - Lee Hale
Business Practices - Bradley Harkness
Lodge Rental - Carol J. Squires
House Committee - Rich Kruk
Bar Stewart - James Nevins
Cinco de Mayo - Colleen Hale
Scholarship - Brad Harkness
Food pantry dinner - Jim Trapini
Adopt a family - Michele Moore
ENF grants - Deb Kruk
Lodge Newsletter - Pat Pytlovany
Toys for Tots - Michele Moore
Memorial Day Parade - John Pytlovany
Elks Training - Tom Myslinski
Bylaws/House rules - Rich Kruk
Mothers Day - John Pytlovany
Indoctrination - Tom Myslinski
Investigation - Tom Myslinski
Visitation - Michele Moore
Raffle & Gaming - James Nevins
Golf Outing - John Kruk
Kitchen Manager - Stephen Eddy
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Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
Officers and Members who accompanied me to
all the visitations. Our attendance to each of
them was wonderful.
December will continue to be busy. The annual
Elks Memorial Service is held at every lodge in the
country on the first Sunday in December. This is
the time of year when the Elks remember their
members who are no longer with them. Our
lodge will be holding the service on December 1st
at 1:00 PM.
Our annual Charity Dinner Auction will be held on
Saturday December 7th at 5:00 PM. This auction
has been a tradition at our lodge for over 25
years. Please join us for an evening of fun. The
tickets can be purchased at the lodge.
This month also brings many other functions
including our youth hoop shoot, regional pantry
dinner, adopt a family gift tree, and gift
wrappings. Please check the calendar and articles
in the newsletter for details on these and other
events.
As the year comes to a close I'd like to wish
everyone a wonderful holiday season with family
and friends and a healthy and prosperous 2020.
Fraternally,
Maria Dickerson, PER
(ER’s Message, Continued from page 1)
This is one of the biggest events that we run in
the winter months. It is always a lot of fun. So get
your tickets now as we always expect to have a
sold out crowd.
So I am sure I missed a couple of things coming
up this month but let’s take a look at January. We
are working on a couple of new and fun events.
We have Trivia by Brad and we are going to add
a new game show or two on Friday Nights. Stay
tuned and get ready to mark your calendar.
I always remind everyone that this is your Lodge
and you should make a point to stop by and see
how much it has changed since the last time you
came in.
Fraternally,
Thomas R. Myslinski
Secretary
Proposition for Membership:
John Baumgartner proposed by Deb Kruk
Cesar L Martiwez proposed by Anthony Mazzone
Barton L Strack Certificate of Release
Plattsburgh Lodge 621
James Giroux Reinstatement
Welcome to our New Members:
Greg Ames, David Lucier, Barton Strack and
James Giroux
As of 11/17/19 the following members have not
yet paid their dues.
Clarence W Adams, Michael Bachleda, Cynthia
A Biega, Kevin C Braley, Helen Carll, Vincent
Galante, David Haberland, Richard Hale, Liza
Hunt, Robert Hunt, Michael Kocienski, Robin
Kocienski, Andrew Kuhn, Anthony Lievanos,
John Noble, Ann Olds, Daniel Ossenfort, Gary
Smith, and Hans Walter.
(Secretary’s Message, Continued from page 1)
Hoop Shoot: Scotia Glenville Elks will be holding
our annual Hoop Shoot on Wednesday December
11th at 7:00 PM at the Scotia Glenville High School
(back entrance). Registration starts at 6:15 PM.
We will need volunteers for the event. The Hoop
Shoot is open to all children ages 8 to 13 years old.
Please encourage your children, grandchildren,
nieces, nephews, and friends to participate. Please
contact me with any questions.
Lee Hale, Hoop Shoot Chairman
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Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
Grants update: Reminder to all: Our Grants are provided by Elks
National Foundation and allows us to donate thou-
sands of dollars to our local community. Elks Na-
tional Foundation is supported by Elks all over the
country by lodge per capita amounts and member
donations. Grants require application with a plan
for membership to serve their communities. They
also require a detailed final report with receipts,
write ups and photos. Grants provide a means for
our Organization to be recognized as a community
leader and increase our visibility in the community.
Our grant projects must serve those in need, the
elderly, our youth or veterans. In order to receive
grants and be in compliance, the participation of
membership is also required. It is not hard work
and is very rewarding. Many hands make light
work. Consider participation in one of our grant
projects, especially if you have not previously par-
ticipated.
Duffel Bag Project
A huge THANK YOU to all of you who helped with
the duffel bag project in any way. Whether is was
your donation, your time or your support. We
were able to pack 30 duffels to donate to the
Schenectady County Social Services Foster Care
Unit. These bags will be used to provide children
going into foster care with a few essential items
they can call their own, including the duffel itself.
Many of them take a few belongings in a plastic
bag. This project gives them dignity and
ownership of something when the unthinkable has
to happen. Thank you for your generosity and
compassion. A special thank you to Laura Ziegler
for her insight and helping us to make a difference
by connecting our Lodge with the County Social
Service agency. Any leftover items will be donated
to our Adopt A Family, if needed, or other
community agency that provides items for
children.
City Mission Meal
Our next opportunity to serve a meal at The City
Mission is Saturday December 21 at 2:30. Please
go to our landing page to register for this event. It
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https://www.elks.org/vets/
takes us about an hour and a half to serve about
150 people. We need at least 10 people to help
serve the meal. If you are unable to sign up, let
me (Deb Kruk) know and I will see that you are in-
cluded. Use the following link:
sgelks.citymissionofschenectady.volunteerhub.com
. If you are unable to help at the Mission, consider
donating a few dozen cookies as we bring these for
dessert. This is our Beacon Grant and a way to
serve and donate money to benefit our local
residents in need. If you have never been to the
Mission, take a trip over and see some of the great
things they do to assist people who are in need.
Christmas Toy Program at the City Mission
Included in our Gratitude Grant is $300 for toys to
donate to The Mission's Christmas Toy program. If
you would like to participate in the delivery or pur-
chase of the toys, let Deb Kruk know. This grant
item has been featured in the Elks National Maga-
zine in previous years.
Adopt A Family
Please see separate write up for this - This is also
part of our Gratitude Grant. Thank you Michele
Moore and Laura Zeigler for taking the lead. Please
support these two in this project.
~ Deb Kruk
( Grants Update: Continued from page 6)
Scotia-Glenville Elks Charitable Events
Weekend Back Pack Program
Our lodge continues to deliver weekend back
packs to children in need at one of our local
schools. Each week 3 to 4 of us deliver them for 86
children - it takes about and hour and a half, 2
vehicles and 52 miles. If anyone would like to join
us, see Deb or Rich Kruk or Dan Moran. John Kruk
has also been helping but will soon be in sunny
Florida. While we don't have a grant for this any
longer, this is reportable on our lodge Charity
reports.
Fundraisers for Endorsed Candidate for NYS Elks
State President Paul C Galarneau
Hoffman’s Car Wash tickets - just $10 each - only a
few left - see Deb. Great for stocking stuffers.
$100 raffle tickets for $17,000 drawing. Drawing
to be held Feb. 23, 2020. Get in on the action. We
still have tickets.
Raffle for Donna Summer show at Proctors in
March - Tickets $10 each or 3/$20 includes 2
tickets for the show, $50 dinner card at Johnny’s
and $50 Visa card for a night on the town. See Deb
- We have tickets left
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Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
In trying to keep the newsletter costs to a minimum we
have changed the format slightly. We hope you like it.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR'S NOTEPAD
Articles for the January 2020 edition of the
newsletter are due to me by
Friday December20th.
On-line newsletters may be found at
http://www.sgelks.org
~ Patty Pytlovany @ pat.pytlovany@yahoo.com
Holiday on the Avenue November 17 at 9:24 AM ·
Many thanks to the Scotia Glenville Elks for their
generous sponsorship of the 2019 Holiday On The
Avenue. Elks invest in
their communities
through programs that
help children grow up
healthy and drug-free,
meet the needs of
today’s veterans, and
improve the quality of
life. Thank you for all
you do!
Scotia-Glenville Elks Lodge #2759 Volume 10 Issue 9
Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
4th Thursday only in July and August @
7:30 PM
Lodge Hours:
Monday - Friday: 3:30 PM to 9:00 PM or
later
Saturday: 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM or later
Sunday: Noon to 7:00 PM or later
**Closed Sundays Memorial Day through
Labor Day
Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the U.S.A.
A Fraternal Organization
Mission Statement To inculcate the principals of Charity, Justice,
Brotherly Love and Fidelity;
to recognize a belief in God; to promote the
welfare and enhance the happiness of its
Members; to quicken the spirit of American
patriotism; to cultivate good fellowship; to
perpetuate itself as a fraternal organization, and
to provide for its government, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the United States of
America will serve the people and communities
through benevolent programs, demonstrating
that Elks Care and Elks Share.
December 2019
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