A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

ELK- -GRAMVolume 119 Issue No. 12 MARCH 2008

LINCOLN ELK'S LODGE NO. 80· 5910 South 58th Street, Lincoln, NE 68516 • (402) 421-6363

Home of Past Grand Exalted Ruler Vincent R. Collura & Past Grand Exalted Ruler George B. Klein

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Saturday, tlie 15tli of :MarcliCockJaiCs @ 5:30 pm,

SaW@ 6:30 pm witli (])inner@ 7:00 pmCooRjng 6y PJE.~ Jo/in}!man and t/ie Loya( Lepreeliauns

Corned CJ3eefCJ3riskgt,Ca66age, Carrots, rt{, Parsfey Potatoes,

(Sa fad rt{, CJVeCJ3readwi(( afso 6e avaifa6fe)

(Dessert: iee cream wi creme de mentlie rt{, toppings

Speeia( treats rt{, sweets

CJ3farneyStone green CJ3rew,too.

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your may reserve your ticf<.sts

6y ca[fing the 60[£ fads n' 60nnie [asses

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The Faults of our Members, we write upon the sand - Their Virtues upon the tablets of Love and Memory

Paul KoehrsenRealtor

South Pointe7100 S. 29th St.lincoln, NE 68516

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Fax (402) 434-3605Cellular (402) 525-3258E-Mail paul.koehrsen@Woodsbros.comWebsrte PauIKoehrsen.woodsbros.com

Fraternally,Terry Edwards, Exalted Ruler

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NOTES FROM THE EDITORS:Remember the 20th of MarchIS the EOG article deadline.

Let's work together to get our EOG out on time!

Email your news, photos, or articles toEOG.Lodge80@gmail.com or

contact Randy @ 402-450-0978 orAimee @ 402-770-9751.

SecretaryJerry Wilson

TreasurerDuane Vanderbeck

ChaplainRyan Hall

Trustees

Gary Aksamit.P.E.R. Virgil Wieting,P.E.R. John Aman,P.E.R. Sonny Lane,

Larry Bratt

Exalted Ruler

Terry EdwardsLeading Knight

Jeff SnellerLoyal Knight

John BrooksLecturing Knight

Amy JacobsenEsquire

Doug RienksInner Guard

Russ EarnestTiler

Sam R. Carter

EXALlED RlI.ER...position, are filled.

Dear Elks and DOES: ~ ~ Special recognition and thanks to the followingMarch has arrived and many of members who have completed 50 years of member-

you have Spring Fever. To help ship in our Order and will have Life Membership:break up the Winter blahs come to Vilis Berst, Art Berthold, Harry Blum, Paul Burkland,the Lodge arid enjoy the many ac- Marvin Goodding, Leroy "Bill" Hoffman, Roberttivities planned from a John Aman ' Logsdon, James Reeves, Roger Rocke, Rod Ro-St. Patty's dinner the 15th, to Dave zanek, Phil Stettinger and Robert White.Kirby's" Teen of the Month" pro- We have received the Survey of Volunteer Vet-grams at 2-;.00PM--the--9tl1and~Oth-to-reGQgR~ze--Qur:c-+, erans Serv~ce Programs~for the Fraternal Year: AprilYouth and American Essay contest winners at Beer 1, 2006 thru March 31, -2007.!Take time to read the& Burger the 25th. _ I report which is posted on the bulletin board. Total

Also in the Lodge Room you will notice a large contributions in donated hours and miles traveledmotorized projector screen and projector we will be converted to dollars plus cash and non-cash totalsable to use with a laptop computer with DVD and CD $27,168,178. We will never forget our veterans.capability. Thanks to Jerry Wilson, Randy King and Enjoy March, enjoy your Lodge, enjoy each oth-Aimee Dye for working on this project which will en- ers fellowship and remember: other people wouldable us to show the many pictures we have of youth like to join you if you only ask them.activities and showing different groups and new can­didates what our organization is all about.

Reporting on the progress of our Ritual Teamthat performed in Cozad against four other teams inwhat they call "Practice Under Pressure" they ;achieved second place. This helps prepare them forthe State Competition in April in which six otherteams will be competing. Award winners on yourteam were Amy Jacobsen (Lecturing Knight), RyanHall (Chaplain) and Russ Earnest (Inner Guard).Most Impressive were Doug Reinks (Esquire) andSonny Lane (Winning Candidate).

A big thank you to our coaches Stephen Wirthand Rich Todd and all the Ritual Team for their timeand effort in representing our Lodge in this event.

With our Lodge year shortly coming to the end Iam happy to announce that with the current nomina­tions all our Officer's Chairs, except for one Trustee

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"Daylight Savings Time""Top of the Day to You!"

"The Ides of March!""The First Day of Spring!"

"Easter!"

Yep, March is here, and yes;these are all signals of the first ofmany changes that occur during every calendaryear. Not to be left out; March also signals the endand beginning of new activity in the Elks Lodge.

The current Lodge year ends March 31st, aoctthe new Lodge year begins April 1st. Dues sfate- _ments for the next Lodge year have been sentout. Your prompt return of your payment will bemuch appreciated.

Also, the new Lodge officers will be installedwithin a month, and new programs and, improve­ments to the Lodge are in work or takingshape. The Lodge has lots of positive energy goingfor it and we working to build on it and createImore.

On a personal note, I am celel?rating the birth ofmy 4th grandchild (a girl - named Joraan Karley),born February 22nd. Arid of course she is the- bestand cutest! If I am a little slow in getting back to youshould you need to tal~ with me, I am sure you willunderstand. ©

And last, but not least, as I continue to say; mygoal is still the same, "to be the best, and I can onlydo that with your help", please if you have'any ques-

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tions or comments of how I can better serve you,please contact me.

My phone number is 402-570-2555 and myemail issecvlodqe80calvahoo.com. See you allaround the lodge.

tA MA~£ti 2()()S-SE-CRET--AA-Y'-S-C-~--•••---W St. (Patty's (])inner@q'/iePIi,§-2008

CJippin', (]Jinin', ~ (]Jesserts at tlie Locfoe

On Satunfay, :Marcli 15th, everyone is invited

to tlie Lodge for tfiis tasty aft.you-can-eat LodgecUnner of corned 6eef 6risl?,gt, tender cool?,gdca6­

6age, new potatoes simmered in 6utter and pars­

Cey, carrots, witli a JUCCsaCad seCection and rye6read. (]Jessert wi{[ 6e ice cream, witli creme de

mentlie for sweet' n tlie frozen dew, as weCc as a

variety of otlier toppings. %is year, Cook. Jolin

.JlmJ!n wiCC 6e assisted 6y a great crew: Jason

Jirsa, )Imy JacoGsen, CJ@ndy1(jng, Cliuck. Steen­

son, CliarCes)Ima.,n, and a liost of ottier p,Ck§ to6ring tfiis annuaC event to tfie first 100 ticRgt

fio(ders. ~%ere wi{{ 6e pCenty of food. %e Crew

guarantees you wi{{ not go away liungry! CButyou

liave to maR§your reservations!

We liope to liave a smaCCvariety of lrisli aCes

and 6rews avaiCa6Ce.)I{C draw Geer wiCCsefCfor

J{appy J{our Prices, startin' at wlienever CJW:x:ytlie

CBartenderis ready !We pCan to cook. 50 pounds of eXjra GrisRgt

for safe after cUnner. 'We strongfy suggest tliat you

reserve your ta/i.§ home aliead" of time 6y ca{Cing

eittier tlie Lodge; or 6y you may caCCJolin }lman

directCy at"'liis Office (475-7500) and fo{Cow tlie

simpCe plio..nepi£mpt. %e price wi{{ 6e a60ut tliesame as £4st year, around $5.00 per cooRgd pound.

%e remaining 6risRgt usua{Cy seffs out witliin fif-

teen~minrties of 6eing offered.

q'fiis year we are aoain offering a pre-ordered

taRg out 6ris/i.§t dinner, as we{[ as afew servings

of a non-meat entree. CPCeaseca{[ Clieri at tlie 0f­fice (421-6363) to ma/i.§ tliese specia{ arrange­ments.

So, come tip afew, enjoy a liearty mea~ top it

0-« witli a deCicious dessert, k.iss'JJ ~

sometliing green, and liave fun --

aCCfor ten 6ucRJ! See you at tlie

Lodge CBCarneyStone on Saturday,tfie 15TH!

Volume 119, Issue No. 12 Page 3

14603

Mike Killingsworth ofTroop 49,at his Eagle cere­mony on 2/23 withElk Randy King atFirst Presbyterian,840 S.17th Street,Lincoln, NE.

Qf{~~J1___f'~~Jy.iJ;A.-Cleve Stauffer 13 Paul Koehrsen

Frank Vogt 14 John Boosalis5 William Fry 15 Gordon Templeton6 Bernard Dow 16 Carl Christopherson

Wayne Weber 17 Mark Whitehead7 Kenneth Tenhulzen 18 Kenneth Maser

Donald Zeiss 19 Richard McCashland8 Dennis Dickerson John Weber

Jason Jirsa 21 Larry Jurgens9 Richard Blomgren 25 Charles Cordes

Richard Fitzsimmons 26 Robert Klouch

Jack Jensen Roger Pickering10 Dr. Dan Mosier 28 Donald Wright12 Aimee Dye 29 Don Svoboda

Robert Logsdon

Steak DinnerlWinter FormalThere were only about 35 people that attended.

Steak was wonderful, giant slab that covered halfIthe plate. Green beans and half baked potatoes inolive oil and garlic salt were well received. Cheese­cake for dessert went well.

Three or 4 of the 12 honorees and their wiveswere in attendance.

Thank you to everyone who helped with thisdinner. It was a lot ofhard work!

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Pancake Feed a Success!On January 27th, the Lodge's Charitable Fund

group that finances and admin­isters 18 Scholarships for ourarea youth, hosted a Pancakefeed for over 300 people.

This was possible because,first, Officers and P.E.R.s soldover 200 tickets; secondly, withthe help of advertising andsigns leading to the Lodge, over

100 ~o.re wa.lked in and enjoyed pancakes,:.. s~,sage, JUice, milk and coffee. f __ ~~ .. ~The result was a net profit to"tlie""fund of

$2000. This amount will be divid~d'~venly-between

all the schola~ships and will. th~r~fore i~~rea~ejOeirif ~net worth which translates Il)tO.more JlnanclaLhelp-rtfor the scholarship winners-l. ' _:" .

Due to donations of fodd by IMOP restaurantsand Lincoln Poultry and a donation Of placemats andsignage by FASTSIGNsi Inc., plJs ~a' cash donation, ..toward the cost of food! from~Roper", & Sons, the

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overall cost to the fund group was minimal. Othermembers and friends o,f1heL.pdge made.cash dona­tions directly to th~ fund 9n,SUQClaY...

All of this would not 'have been possible without

the 28 peopl~ that don~tef· tne.i(time\and labor.Space will not allow~us to·l~ ev~ryone,~but a few

should be noted for their; contributio'n. $pnny Lanefurnished the transportation and -mus"cle~to~pick-up~ ~.- -·r . ""-,' .,"and return the griddle. Me{hH~ss~( ~an?Larry Jur-gens stayed at the griddle all"dC!.y~JOh",nI?rgo~s andScott Jurgens cooked sausage for •.the ..entireday. The DOES, as usual, had"a~tr~ng ••cQntin!;!entof workers, including Wauneta PetersQ[1i"who p.layedthe organ from about 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m .. PaveKirby, and his two daughters, Erin and Katleput"'inseveral hours each as did our Exalted Ruler Terryand his wife Vivian.

Others worked the entire 6 hour session, includ-ing Steve Wirth, PancakeChairman, who also contrib­uted many hours prior to Sun­day and was the main reasoneverything ran smoothly.

Thanks, again, to all work­ers and all who had breakfast

with us on Sunday.

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P.E.R. Steve Wirth in the loss of his father, Fran­cis J. Wirth on 2/14/08 .

• The new AN system has been Installed andundergoing testing and tweaking, many thanks toMark Kelly who spent a lot of extra time and ef­fort reworking our sound system while he was atit...the PA can be clearly heard throughout theLodge Room.

• The Chili & Chicken Soup Dinner was greatbut we had a bit of chili left over ...ask Tom Roperwhat to do with 80 gallons of chili.

• We had a successful pancake feed lastmonth ...Lots of happy faces in the crowd.

• We honored our New Lifetime Members at theSteak Dinner this last weekend ...several wereable to attend ...The steak was wonderful, thanksto John Aman and Chuck Steenson's culinaryskills; a big thanks to Charles Aman and hisfriend Andrew who did a great job decorating thetables and making things look nice. The organmusic was a nice touch too.

• Ritual Team did a great job at "Practice underPressure." What's this about our Esquire DougReinks winning the award for most impressive­ness? And I thought it was just the "brotherlylove." Apparently Amy Jacobsen really wowedthem as did Brother Ryan Hall won 1st as Chap­lain! Way to go Ryan!

• Need a home for our old projection TV hasbeen removed from the Lodge Room if you oranyone you know is interested please call SonnyLane and adopt it.

• Rumor has it that we may be able to sell one ofour smoke-eaters, since we are no longer able touse them.

• Thank you to J. Richard Spellman had wonthe cash calendar on 1/21 for $80. He in turnsigned it off, sent it back to the Elks which hasbeen put into our General Fund.

• NEEDED: Teen of the Month Sponsor: Coordi­nating with 20 middle school counselors to nomi­nate a boy and girl teen of the month. Awardsavings bonds at Lodge to each student.

• NEEDED: Midget Football Liaison: Coordinatewith midget football coaches on needs for equip­ment and other budget item needs.

• NEEDED: Membership Committee Chairper­son: Goal to increase our membership in thelodge.

• NEEDED: Bar Steward: Ordering food and bev­erages, inventory control, manage bar staff.

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HOUSE COMMITTEE NEWS

• Our Lodge room converts easily into-a lovelyreception area and can be decorated most at­tractively for smaller weddings. Call the officefor more details.

• Used cooking oil can be recycled at the Lodgeby bringing it to the Lounge. By Health CodeRegulations, the Lodge must have a separategrease disposal system. This is an annual fee,which is reduced if we provide enough used oilfor recycling. Save your grease and old fryingoil and help our Elks Lodge and the environ­ment.

GENERAL NEWS

• We extend our sympathies to the family of

.Deaths: None to Report.

Sickness and Distress:

• Art Berthold is at Tabitha;• P.E.R. Richard Blomgren continues to experi­

ence difficulties as he recovering from surgeryat Tabitha;

• Sam Carter is home recovering from shouldersurgery; and

• P.E.R. Ken Studier's Parkinson's has becomemore serious lately, and is at Gold Crest Retire­ment Center (Adams, NE)

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Proposition for Membership: None to Report.

Members Voted & Approved: None to Report.

Members Initiated on 2/6/08:

• Damon Driskell proposed by Aimee Dye• Jason Pierce proposed by Aimee Dye

Membership Drawing: You have to attend themeetings to win! IT PAYS TO COME TO MEETINGS.• 02/06: No drawing.• 02/20: meeting was at $174. ~arry Knaub was• I •

the name drawn, he was not present to Win.

January's hidden membership number wasmember, Vance James, 14603.

Remember to find your hidden number? Callthe Lodge Office and get two free tickets to thenext dinner event!

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