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Official Publication of Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274, 905 E. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436

VOLUME 42 NUMBER 12 PUBLISHED MONTHLY MARCH 2014

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To Whom it may ConcernEXALTED RULER

Terry Gurley

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

Thank you to all of you who

have worked this whole year for

the good of the order!

The Exal t ed Ru le r s

Appreciation will be in the

Lounge March 30, 2014 at

4:00pm. POT LUCK. Bring your

favorite dish. All guest are wel-

come, they can be signed in.

PLEASE come and join in. This

program is the ERs way of showing his thanks to you for

all your efforts. Come and show your support, and join

in the Fun.

Pay your Dues Before March 31st, and enjoy a free

Early Bird Dinner. If you were born in March come to

get your Free Birthday Dinner.

Applying the new KISS Acronym, I hope you enjoyed

my Last Elk Tale Letter! God Bless You All

Fraternally Yours

Terry W. Gurley, Exalted Ruler soon to be (PER)

Many will be shocked to fimd

When the day of judgment nears,

That there is a SPECIAL place in heaven

Set aside for VOLUNTEERS’

Furnished with big recliners.

Satin couches and foot stools,

Where there’s no committee chairman,

No group leaders or car pools.

No eager team that needs a coach,

There will be nothing to staple

Not one thing to cut, fold or mail.

Telephone lists will he outlawed,

But a finger snap will bring

Cool drinks and gourmet dinners

And rare feasts fit for Queen or King

You ask who will serve these privileged few

And work for all their worth?

Why all those who Reaped the Benefits

And NOT ONCE volunteered on Earth!

It is my pleasure to select our photographer, Pete

Cole as the Elk of the Month. He is always available to

photograph any and all functions of the Lodge. His

pictures are always outstanding and contribute im-

mensely to the image of the Lodge in our community

PAGE 2 LOMPOC ELKS LODGE MARCH 2014

Elks MemorialAn Elk is Never Forgotten,

Never Forsaken

Robert D Leck #0329

Born: 20 July 1924

Died: 8 February 2014

Initiated: 27 January 1963

Life Member: 12 January, 1993

Tom Mortimer #3341

Born: 9 September 1930

Died: 12 February 2014Initiated: 26 June 1990

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Sickness/Distress:Sandy Doty was in hospital, now home recovering.

PER Don Kraus had surgery Feb 6th is now recovering.

Sympathy:PER Alexander Baxter (Atascadero) passed away.

Robert Leck Passed away.

Tom Mortimer passed away.

PROSPECTIVE MEMBERSThe following candidates will be investigated by the Investigation Committee. Anyone knowing why a candidate is unworthy of

Lodge membership MUST report this information to Investigating Committee Chair, Lis Woodward, or the Lodge Secretary

(preferably in writing) before the balloting.

Name Address Occupation Proposer

Marlan Hamilton Lompoc, CA 93436 Custody Deputy (SB Sheriffs) John Sams

Richard Anthony Davis Lompoc, CA 93436 Corrections Deputy (SB Sheriffs) John Sams

Julie Ann Hall Lompoc, CA 93436 Executive Asst Luis Oases Sr. Center John Sams

Milton Joseph Plumey Lompoc, CA 93436 Installer/Service Tech Overhead Doors John Sams

Carolyn Jackson Russell Lompoc, CA 93436 Teacher John Sams

Abel Romayor Lompoc, CA 93436 Plumber / Pipefitter John Sams

Harry W Van Artsdalen III Lompoc, CA 93436 Communications Technician John Sams

David Zivich Lompoc, CA 93436 Teacher, Lompoc USD Wayne Mercer

Ken Kindell Lompoc, CA 93436 Reinstatement Sylvia Boynton

Dale Day Lompoc, CA 93436 Reinstatement Bill Martin

LEADING KNIGHT

Fred Duffey

YOUTH ACTIVITIES

ATTENTION

MARCH 2014 LOMPOC ELKS LODGE PAGE 3

Greetings All,

It's March, and I would like

to encourage all committee

chairpersons to begin to think

of their budget for the coming

year.

Next month we will begin

to budget for the coming year.

It is most important that you

submit your budget for the

year.

Please put March 29th on your calendars! I would

like to invite all members, family and guests of members

to attend the Installation of Officers. This beautiful

ceremony will be held at 6:00 pm. Dinner in the Lodge

Room will follow the Installation. Entertainment will be

provided. Dress for the event will be Semi Formal.

Come, have a good time and support your lodge officers

as they begin their new year. Tickets will go on sale this

month at $18.00 per person.

Officers Appreciation will be the next day. Check

your calenders for details.

Also on the calendar, we have Karaoke on the 7th,

and the Queen’s Premier on March 15th.

I look forward to my new year as your Exalted Ruler.

Thank all of you who supported me in this decision

to continue as your ER.

Fraternally,

Fred J. Duffey

The Elks Lodge 2274 Street BBQ team will no lomger

be doing BBQ Fundraisers at the Walgreen Parking Lot.

Future Fundraising BBQ’s will be held at the Elks Lodge,

905 E Ocean Ave. For more information, please call the

Street BBQ Chairperson, Joe Gonzales at (805) 735-7081

Well, a new season of Lodge officers will be upon us soon.

I would like to take time to Thank this year’s officers for their

support. To the incoming officers, this should be a great year

for you.

Here is the update for the Hoop Shoot from the State

level (3rd level). Raya Gonzales (girls 8-9 yr old category)

came in 2nd place. This is a challenging event, and we

congratulate her and Thank her for a job well done. Thank

you to her family for taking the weekend to support her and

get her there. We look forward to seeing you again next

year.

I would also like to Thank everyone that has supported

me as the Youth Chairman over the past 5 years. I have met

a lot of great people, and the whole experience has made my

life better. It is with a lot of thought, that I have made the

decision that this is my last year. I will be stepping down as

the Chairman. I hope that someone will step up, and enjoy

the position as much as I have. I will still be involved to help

out, and continue to guide the new coordinators as they

come in. If anyone is interested in joining one of the events,

(Hoop Shoot, Soccer Shoot, Youth Week, Dictionaries or

Student of the month/year) please let me or one of the new

officers know. These programs are already set up, so you

don’t have to invent the wheel again. I look forward to

seeing you all in the lodge soon.

Tarry Hetzel, Youth Activities Chairman.

We held an unscheduled Spaghetti dinner at the lodge in

January. We were unable to contact as many members as

we hoped to. In an effort to reach as many members as

possible I’ve created this email account to help notify more

members when the need arises.

Please send an email address with your name to

[email protected], it’ll be kept in an Elks Email group so

I can notify you of any events or information that may not

have had time to be placed in the Elks Tale.

You can also write your name and email address on

paper, put it in the suggestion box which will be given to me.

Hey, no silly stuff now.

Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

Look forward to hearing from all of you.

Joyce F. Moiha, Public Relations

Sherri Giovanacci

ELKS MOST

VALUABLE STUDENT

LOYAL KNIGHT


This is my last article of the year.

I guess I should look back at it and

see what I’ve done. I had better to

take the positive first and buoy

myself up a little. I’ve made it a

year; I should take credit for that

itself. See, optimism is key here. I

was afraid that when I agreed to be

an officer I may not be able to

complete the commitments required.

Let’s see, I went to almost all the

Tuesday meetings I was supposed to

go to and the ones I didn’t make

were not because I had something

better to do. I always found my sub and did not leave it for someone

else to find one. Also, I came in the correct uniform almost all the

time. I did come in my tux once on a green shirt night. I didn’t even

get the car parked in the Elks lot before the heads were shaking and

people were pointing at me. Gosh you’d think I’d arrived naked. I

did manage to fly home and change to the green shirt in time for the

meeting so that one doesn’t even really count. I also made it through

ritual and didn’t embarrass the Lompoc Elks or myself. I made it

through my kitchen crews without burning the Elks down (and I

actually wrote this before someone else almost did). I turned my

monthly article in on time or early every month. Some think it is

easier just to go back into the archives and pull an old one but I

wrote my own each month (as if someone might confuse that, duh,

obviously). I even managed to get through the Board of Director

meetings and Committee meetings without getting fired. I felt like

I fell into a Rabbit hole most of the time. I came out of the meetings

dazed and confused, just like Alice, and I wasn’t in wonderland

either. All in all I feel good about those because I never hesitated to

say what I thought was the right thing to do. I always voted by what

I thought was the right thing to do and was not afraid to stand alone

on a vote.

That being said, after the positives I have to say that I realize I’m

hanging on by my fingernails trying to meet the mandatory

requirements, let alone doing something extra. I see the same

handful of people bearing the whole load of the work. The same

ones day after day. They must be exhausted from all the time they

volunteer. The people, who keep everything functioning, put in an

incredible amount of time. I really wish I could have put more time

in. I wish I had just a little more time. I wish I could come in the

mornings and help. I wish I could volunteer more for events. I wish

I could go to visit the other lodges and meet their officers. I wish, I

wish, I wish (all this time and I finally know what I want to be when

I grow up. I want to be retired).

When I joined this club I told the interviewer that I wanted to

make a difference and have input and decide in the course of our

club. Hmph! I feel guilty! There I’ve said it! I wanted to do more

but did not have more to give. My dad always says “good help is

hard to find” (usually when I don’t want to do some cockamamie

maintenance project like hanging bird houses on the eucalyptus trees

40 feet up or building a patio roof with a – let’s just say less than

adequate slope – that one didn’t turn out well at all). Inside I wanted

to volunteer more but it just didn’t happen. Good volunteers are

hard to find too. I think there is a lot of room for improvement there

for me. I’m hoping if I can come back next year I will be able to do

more. Nice try though because I still won’t be retired! On top of

that - my purple pig is only half full.

So my thanks this year go out to Sylvia Boynton and John Larson

for always helping me and making it seem like a small thing that was

no trouble for them (sometimes Sylvia looked at my blank face and

must have wanted to shake her head). Thanks to Susan Scanlan for

taking my kitchen mistakes in stride and allowing me to learn as

went along (very sorry about the butcher knife in the dishwasher’s

sink – oops). Thanks to Dean Kayes and Joe Poole for their

leadership ensuring I was prepared for the ritual competition. They

not only refused to allow me to fall on my face, but really made me

look good. Thanks to Ann Clark and Katie Holmes for donating

their community service match from their company ($500 ea) to ENF

(sort of extra insurance against failure with my first fund raiser).

And a Special thanks to Ann Clark, Laury Hayes and Susie Cromp

for being the driving force (or slave drivers) behind making sure

everything I attempted was accomplished.

And no ---I didn’t say I came to the Elks naked!

Sherri Giovanacci, Loyal knight

Hi,

Kim Bish just sent me the results of the State MVS

competition (attached). We had TWO forwarded to the Elks

National Foundation (ENF) for national competition.

Thanks to all who have supported the scholarship

program.

Wallace Rogers, Lompoc Elks Scholarship Committee

Special congratulations to Wallace Rogers of Lompoc

Lodge, Thom Dimmit of SLO, and Rick Herrera of Thousand

Oaks. We had some surprises, good and bad, some big gains

and some big drops from District to State judging. Thank you

all for your very hard work.

Kim Bish

ENF MVS CHEA Judging Results

West Central Coast District

Student Name School Total Merit District State Results

Award Award Award

Kenneth. S Barton CHS, 751.50 0.00 800.00 State

Fatima V. Cacho CHS, 764.45 0.00 800.00 State

Jose A. Guerrero. Jr. LHS, 805.50 0.00 0.00 ENF

Patricia L. Davis LHS 794 40 0.00 800.00 State

Samuel E. Andrews CHS. 748.95 200.00 800.00 Dis/St

McKell R Davis CHS 847.00 200.00 000 Dis/ENF

Things You Will Learn

If You Live Long Enough

Bob Murray

BIRTHDAY DINNERS

will be served on the

4th Tuesday of each month

LECTURING KNIGHT


This last year has been a

great one for me. I have

enjoyed being a Lodge Officer

again. We have accomplished

many things as a Lodge and it

has been my pleasure to have

had the opportunity to be of

service once again. Thanks for

all the support that so many

have shown the works of the

Lodge this last year. I hope to

see you around the Lodge or at

a meeting.

The Biggest Boy Scout in the Lodge

Bob Murray

If you are going to stand on thin ice, you might aswell dance.Being right doesn’t count until the right people knowyou’re rightCommittee work is like a soft chair – easy to getinto but hard to get out of.There are two ways to handle a woman, andnobody knows either of them.If people listened to themselves more often, theywould talk less.Management is the art of getting other people to doall the work.There is no job so simple that it cannot be donewrong.The person who marries for money usually earnsevery penny of it.Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run overif you just sit there.People who know the least always argue the most.It is especially hard to work for money you’vealready spent for something you didn’t need.One of the hardest decisions in life is when to startmiddle age.Age doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes agecomes alone.

Name Day

Belluz, Edward A 1

Block, Dennis 1

Castro, Steven 1

Downey, George A 1

Ingraham, Walter 1

Moulds, Thomas 0 1

Vega, Harold 1

Young, Michael 1

Powers, Karin 2

St Onge, Robert G 2

Aleck Jr, John G 3

Hanley Jr, William R 3

Huyck, James A 3

Kornelsen, Robert R 3

Maddock, Jay A 3

Minyard, Wendell H 3

Patel, Paul 3

Aguilar, Peter D 4

Benson, Garry E 4

Giovanacci, Joyce J 4

Larsen, John C 4

Barry, Joshua 5

Nesby, Eric Anthony 6

Rivera, Michael S 6

Bagneski, Mathew 7

Dixon, Steven W 7

Hickam, Justin 7

Manfrina, Robert W 7

Montgomery, David 7

Mc Koy, John H 8

Mendez, Juan 8

Casarez, Edward G 9

Delacruz, Carlos 9

Hansen, Sherman A 9

Clark, Gary L 10

Leach, Steve 10

Ashby, Barry K 11

Durham, Anthony M 11

Pata, William H 11

Sowinski, Floryan P 11

Mathias, Ron 12

Jansen, Tina 13

Schwartz, Larry 13

Yahne, Robert C 13

Cook, Charles M 14

Donars, Marcel 14

Simoni, Elmer 14

Wilson, Ellet 14

Duffey, Fred J 15

Name Day

Bommersbach, Jerry 16

Johnson, Sean F 16

Magann, Michael 16

Mercer, Eltriede 16

Ouellette, Don M 16

Pope, JamesW 16

Sedberry, Kelly M 16

Casarez, Patrick 17

Leonard, King P 17

Pacheco, Patrick P 17

Smith, Jacob 17

Ayres, Don 18

Boynton, Sylvia 18

Ferrell, Robert W 18

Garife, Reynaldo 18

Cornejo, Ruben 19

Blackstone, Robert 20

Cortez, Virgilio 20

Eckert, Rodney J 20

Levin, Alvin 20

Arevalos, Robert P 21

Beck lll, Clair M 21

Thomas Sr, Walter R 21

Van Dyke, Martin 21

Eckert, Robert E 22

Bosley, Clifford P 23

Vasques, John J 23

Belloni, Linda 24

Kelley, James 24

Gildea, Craig M 25

Luis, Jerry 25

Adams, Earl Scott 26

Newby, Donald 26

Vargas Sr, Arthur 26

Campbell, Bob 27

Free, John 28

Ramsdell, Ken 28

Gomez, Vince 29

Jones, Harold 0 29

Lozoya, Humberto 29

Maynard, Joan R 29

Thomas, Dan 29

Cox, Garry 30

Fitzgerald, Brian 30

Arevalos, Adam D 31

Long, James E 31

Ochoa, Rafael 31

Palmer, Donald Jeff 31

Tabor, Nancy 31

FROM THE

SECRETARY’S DESK

Gene Schaefer

ELKS LADIES AUXILIARY


Have you received your dues

notice for the 2014-2015 Lodge year?

If you haven’t please contact my

office (736-8866) and let us know so

we can send you another dues notice,

Is your address correct? We will be

mailing out your new membership

cards in March. If you haven’t

received it by March 15, please

contact my office. The lodge door

locks will be changed on April 1, 2014.

We are still having problems with

new members making the Orientation

meeting before Initiation. This is a

mandatory meeting for membership. Proposers are reminded,

again, that it is part of their obligation to insure any new member

they are proposing goes to this meeting.

I would like to thank our members, Duane Schuyler, Red

Hunking, Don McIntyre for installing the new TV at the bar, hanging

the TV speakers on the wail and installing the new lights in the

Lounge. Phil Hager, Sylvia Boynton and Jimmy McIntyre also

assisted on the lights installation. Our Lounge improvements have

been long in getting done. It is gratifying that we have members

willing to help in these projects. If you see any of these members

let them know you appreciate their efforts. There are a lot of

projects that are done in the Lodge without anyone acknowledging

them. If you know of any of these projects, let me know so I can

acknowledge their efforts.

We, as members, need to thank some of the Committees that

have donated funds to the Lodge for improvements. The Elks of the

Year, Woodchuckers, Ladies Auxiliary, Street BBQ and the Can &

Bottle Recyclers are a few of the groups that have over the years

contributed to the Lodge improvements. I probably have forgotten

some groups so thank you to them also. We also have a lot of

members that donate time to do things to improve the Lodge that

go unnoticed. The Lodge Trustees also have been involved in many

projects around the Lodge.

Due to a scheduling conflict, Easter Sunday Brunch

on April 20th, will be held in the lounge from 9:30 am to

12:00 noon.

Sorry for the Inconvenience.

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It is almost SPRING.

Our Ladies Auxiliary began the meeting with Gloria Shanks from

the Community Women’s Club showing us an Easter basket they

made for the Ladies at the Convalescent Care Center. She wanted to

know if we would help fill the basket. We voted to donate $100.00

for them to buy some supplies.

We extended our sincere sympathy to Anna Ramroth on the loss

of her husband.

PER Bob Murray has condescended to be the Liaison for the

Ladies Auxiliary. Thank you Bob.

Our next Ladies Auxiliary meeting will be March 5 at 6:45 PM.

On Wednesday, March 19 we will have the Dessert Bar and

Opportunity Drawing. NOTE: Beginning in April we will have the

Dessert Bar and Opportunity Drawing on the third Wednesday of the

month (New Members Orientation).

Coming Events:

March 21, Vets Push

March 29, Lodge Officer Installation and Dinner

March 30 at 3:00 PM will be the ER Appreciation Day

April 2 will he the Ladies Auxiliary meeting

April 4 we will host the ladies from the Convalescent Care for

lunch.

April 13. at 3:00 PM will be the Ladies Social and Installation of

new Officers

Last but not least; REMEMBER our RUMMAGE SALE will be

coming up July 12, 2014. We will need some Baked goodies as they

sell very well for us.

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY ONE AND ALL.

Marilyn Hains, Elks Ladies Auxiliary Publicity Chairman

We will be starting a new Elks Year soon. Which means we will

have elected new Officers and appointed some new Committee

Chairpersons. I am running for Tiler again and I volunteered to

continue as Veterans Chairperson.

Our Veterans Program is doing very well due to all your great

help. To raise funds for this program I still laminate cards and

documents that you may want to preserve. Large (8 x 12) or small

still only one dollar. I am also recycling aluminum cans. Bring them

to the Lodge, or if you can’t let me know nd I will pick them up at

your home.

Remember every third Friday of each month we bring the

Veterans from the Convalescent Care Center to the Lodge for a Fish

and Chips Luncheon. For this I always need help. This month it will

be on the 23rd. Take a couple of hours out of your day to assist

these Veterans. I guarantee you will enjoy the experience.

Fraternally,

J P Hurd, Vets Chairperson

LODGE PIN NIGHTwill be on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at the Lodge meeting that

night. Please attend and receive your Membership Year Pin. Congratulations to all listed

members for reaching another Elk milestone.


Five Year

Wittrnan, John F

Wolpert, Gail

Ybarra, David

Ten Year

Agnelli, Gerald J

Bell, Sherrie M

Brock, John

Buenaventura, Jake

Cobb, Jonetta ‘Rocky’

Duffey, Marie A

Endersby, Laurie

Grossi, Alray

Guest, David E

LomeIi, Guillermo

Marquez, Alan

Porr, Gale

Ralston, Larry

Sabatini, Daniel

Terrones, Robert C

Tonoli, Christina Marie

Townsend, Robert J

Van Dyke, Martin

Vega, Harold

Villardi, Patricia

West, Gerald W

Fifteen Year

Costa, Joseph W

Egan, Stephen L

Harman, David

Hernandez, Benjamin

Hinkens, Michael D

Linn, John

Mc Carty, Bobby R

Mc Clatchey, Lealon E

Montgomery, David

Pacheco, Patrick P

Russell, Sanford W

Schuler, Evelyn L

Smiley. Scott M

Twenty Year

Bates, Solomon E

Brewer, Alan

Casarez, Patrtck

Creager, Timothy A

Descamps, John W

Espinosa. Tommy

Kappos, Davtd F

Mabery. Peter

Mendek, Micheal P

Murray, Bob

Nogle, Randy

Nyswonger, Donald

Santos Jr. Harley I

Stewart, John

Weintraub Fred

Woodfln Jack

Woodfin 0 Duke

Twenty Five Year

Ferrell Robert W

Hutchinson Jr, Ernest F

Kirkham Dale

Kretzinger Ron

Lundergreen Joseph

Martin, James L

Martin Joe M

Smith, Patrick

Smith, Ralph R

Thirty Year

Bedford George P

Choate Howard

Lardy. Dale A

Mc Vicar, Michael L

Olinger Jr, Neal W

Pensabene, Joseph A

Sanford. Vincent W

Walker, Duncan E

Thirty Five Year

Anderson, James R

Ashby, Barry K

Barreras, Fidel L

Belluz, Edward A

Calvert, Ken

Clancy, John H

Concellos, Gary

Contreras Jr, Benny

Grindell, Dennis E

Hamon, Gregory J

Hanley Jr. William R

Heidt, Harry

Hurd , John P

Hutchins, Lawrence E

Levin, Alvin

Main, Michael A

Moore, James F

Reed, Jim

Scolari, Gerald E

Shiers, Richard L.

Sowinski, Floryan P

Spicer, J ‘Howdy’ H

Stoll, Robert A

Wakefield, Robert

Weatherford. Clarence 0

White, Perry J

Forty Year

Adams, Anthony

Martin, William W

Morehouse, Bud

Rupa Jr, John M

Smith, Leland E

Sulis, Lee

Zaccagnino, Frank A

Forty Five Year

Cornejo, Gilbert M

Cunningham, Thomas J

Duvall, Winston

Lane, Rich

Larsen, Charles E

Ochs, William C

Paulin, William A

Snell, James 0

Fifty Year

Eckert, Robert E

Ortiz, Paul A

Perry. Alfred F

Yahne, Robert C

Fifty Five Year

Wahlers, Gene L


Top row (L-R): Angel Cisneros (LHS) and Eugene

Choi (CHS). Bottom row (L-R): Bria Carucci

(LHS), Lexie Barbosa (LHS), Laurel Kwon (CHS),

and Kay Lao (CHS). Absent: Caleb Greene (LHS)

and Nico Pacheco (CHS).

Emely Martinez


The Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274 recently announced the

Class of 2015 Students of the Month selectees from

Lompoc High School and Cabrillo High School. The

Elks student of the Month Committee reviewed the

records of top-performing students from each high school

who were nominated by their faculties. Two boys and

two girls from each school were selected for Student of

the Month recognition. This year the Class of 2015

honors go to: Lexie Barbosa, Bria Carucci, Angel

Cisneros, and Caleb Green from Lompoc High and

Laurel Kwon, Kay Lao, Eugene Choi, and Nico Pacheco

from Cabrillo High.

Nominated students were evaluated in 10 areas:

academic performance leadership, community service,

athletics, student government, fine arts,

c!ubs/organizations, religious activities, part-time work,

and any other area the student considered important.

These Students of the Month will be honored in May

at a banquet hosted by the Elks Lodge.

Emely is a native of Lompoc

having lived here all of her

life. She is now 17 years of

age and a Senior in Lompoc

High School. She is involved

in many activities including

the Sheriff’s Explorer

Program, Drama, Water Polo,

Random Acts of Kindness

Club & LHS Dance Line. She

plans after graduation from

High School to continue her

education at a 4-year

U n i v e r s i t y t o s t u d y

Psychology.

She says she is pleased to have the opportunity to be a

Flower Festival Queen Candidate because it something

she has wanted since she was a little girl and first saw the

beautiful princesses and queen in the Flower Festival

Parade.

Ann Clark, Sherri Giovanacci and Katie Holmes

Jay Boudreaux with sponsor Lane Middleton


Ann Clark and Katie Holmes presented the Elks

National Foundation Chairperson Sherri Giovanacci with

two checks of $500.00 each from the United Launch

Alliance for corporate matching funds.

FOR ALL THOSE BORN

BEFORE 1945

We were born before television, before penicillin, before

polio shots, frozen foods; Xerox, plastic, contact lenses,

Frisbees and the PILL. We were before radar, credit cards,

split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens. Before

panty-hose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air

conditioners, drip-dry clothes...and before man walked on the

moon.

We got married first and then lived together. How quaint

can you be? In our time, closets were for clothes; not for

“coming out of”. Bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits

were not Volkswagens. Designer Jeans were scheming girls

named Jean, and having a meaningful relationship meant

getting along with our cousins.

We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent, and

Outer Space was the back of the Riviera Theatre. We were

before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual

careers and commuter marriages. We were before day-care

centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of

FM radio, tape decks, electronic typewriters, artificial hearts,

word processors, yogurt and guys wearing earrings. For us,

time-sharing meant togetherness...not computers or

condominiums. A chip meant a piece of wood. Hardware

meant hardware, and software wasn’t even a word.

Back then, “Made in Japan” meant junk and the term

“making out” referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas,

McDonalds and Instant coffees were unheard of. We hit the

scene where there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where you

bought things for five and ten cents. Sanders or Wilsons sold

ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel you

could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or

enough Stamps to mail one letter and Two postcards. You

could buy a new Chevy coupe for $600...but who could afford

one? A pity too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon!

In our day, grass was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and

POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a

Grandma’s lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal’s

office. We were certainly not before the difference between

the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex

change. We made do with what we had. And we were the

last generation that was so dumb to think you needed a

husband to have a baby.

No wonder we are so confused and there is such a

generation gap today.

But, WE SURVIVED!!! What better reason to

celebrate?

-Source: AM710 KMPC, Los Angeles, CA


WINNERS & LOSERS

MEMBERSHIP REPORTApril 1st , 2013.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927

Initiated 40

Affilliated 3

Reinstatement 12

Total Added. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Dropped 4

Transferred out 1

Absolute Dimits 4

Deceased 25

Expelled 0

Total Dropped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Total January 31, 2014.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948

Applicants waiting Investigation 0

Candidates waiting Vote 5

Candidates waiting Orientation 3

Candidates waiting Initiation 0

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

THE MAJOR PROJECT

THANKS YOU

Our thanks to the following members for the turn-in

of their Piggy-Banks donations in December, 2013

Lompoc Lodge Purple Pig $206.01,

Bingo $83.00, Lydia Garlock, Dwight Cramer

52 Club Members:

Tricia O’Neill, Fred Duffey &

Teresa Berard(in memory of George).

Remember to bring in your Purple Pig to the Lodge

Office and receive your tax deduction receipt and

help our children with disabilities.

Remember“A coin a day so they’ll walk talk, see and play”

NOTICE


January 21, 2014(4690) Donld Deming $500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(2811) William Beatie $250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(2482) Jim O’Guin $230. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent

January 28, 2014(1699) PER Ron Williams $500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(4742) Melony Schuyler $250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(1750) Bruce Jackson $240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent

February 4, 2014(0236) Rinaldo Poloni $500.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(4312) Kim Blea $250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(4891) Ryan Acosta $250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent

February 11, 2014(4265) Cathy Brooks $500.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(4080) King Leonard $250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent(0174) Edward Everett $260. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absent

This Newsletter is being printed primarily in blackand white. This is to reduce the amount of colored tonerused. Colored toner costs almost 3 times as much asblack. However the Elks Tale in color will be sent to theE-mail recipients and will be in color on the Web Site. Ifyou have an E-mail address and wish to have the ElksTale sent to that address, please let us know. This willalso reduce the cost of postage.

The Hot Ball Numberis now worth $189.00

and growing.We now have a new box

of Pull Tabs.Special Door Prizes

$50.00 for 50 players inattendance

$25.00 for each additional 25 players We have room for 200 players

A big thank you to all the workers thathave made this program a success.

If you have any questions call me at805-315-6738

Janet Gurley, Bingo Chairperson

MARCH 2014 LOMPOC ELKS TALE PAGE 13

ELKS OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Tony Stanich*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1964-65

Bob Hough*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-79

Duane Schuyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-80

Bruce Hamlin*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980-81

George Talent*.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981-82

Tony Bettencourt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-83

Dick Boynton*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-84

James Braithwaite PER*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984-85

John Hurd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-86

Art Fridrich*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-87

Bill Downey*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-88

Al Shiers*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988-89

Dave Fort PER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-90

Red Hunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990-91

Augie Chiarenza*.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-92

George P. George PER, PSVP, DDGER. . . . . . . . . 1992-93

Joe Machedo PER*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94

Dean Kays PER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-95

John Coleman PER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-96

Bill Beattie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97

Pierre Chaldu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-98

Duncan Walker PER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-99

Jack Neal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00

Jerry Hogan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01

Baerbal Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02

Bob Towers*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03

Phil Hager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04

Jim O’Guin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05

Eugene Schaefer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06

Gerald Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07

Glen Erickson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08

Tarry Hetzel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09

Sylvia Boynton PER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10

Frank Martinez.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11

Jim Turri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011-12

J H “Howdy”Spicer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13

*Deceased

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Auditing & Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Sams

Activities Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarry Hetzel

Community Projects & Activities. . . . . . . Fred Duffey

Public Relations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Moiha

Youth Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarry Hetzel

Hoop Shoot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarry Hetzel

Drug Awareness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Gurley

Fraternal Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Americanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coutley

Elks National Foundation. . . . . . . . Sherri Giovanacci

Flag Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Duffey

Elks Memorial Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Poole PER

Membership.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Gurley

Lodge Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Veterans Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Hurd

Accident Prevention.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Martin

PER Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Murray PER

Sub Committees

Ritualistic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Kays, PER

Soccer Shoot (Tentative). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarry Hetzel

Government Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coutley

Major Project.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guillermo Lomeli

Bequests & living Trusts. . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Schaefer

ALHC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil McBratney

BBQ Catered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen Ericksen

BBQ Traveling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Gonzales

Blood Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Hager

Building Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Martin

Business Practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Schrum PER

Elks Tale Editor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Davis

Fathers Day Brunch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Gurley

Flower Festival Queen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Mercer

Historian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Davis

Orientation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melony Schuyler

Kids Christmas Party.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Moiha

Lapsation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Gurley

Lodge Mediator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hall

Mothers Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Murray PER

Photographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Cole

Popcorn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Sams

Presiding Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Huseman

Standing Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 -14 Officers

Scholorships / Student of the Month. Wallace Rogers

Scouting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Murray PER

Sickness & Distress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Gurley

Ways & Means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Hager

These Committees are very important toour Lodge. Without them we would not be ableto do the things we do for our youth and for ourcommunity. Please volunteer to assist in anyarea that you can.



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Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274

905 E. Ocean Ave

Lompoc CA 93436

PAST EXALTED RULERS OF LOMPOC LODGE #2274

GEORGE HILLIN*. . . . . . . . 1963

ROBERT C. LILLEY*.. . . . . 63-64

WILBUR C. LECKRONE*. . 64-65

HENRY B. MARCOTTE.. . . 65-66

KENNETH STILLMAN*. . . 66-67

JOE A. MACHADO*.. . . . . . 67-68

JOHN D. HUYCK. . . . . . . . . 68-69

KEITH R. WRIGHT*.. . . . . . 69-70

JOHN F. DITMAR.. . . . . . . . 70-71

NORMAN J. ASHBRIDGE*. 71-72

LOUIE M. DALCERRI. . . . . 72-73

JOHN W. FRENCH*. . . . . . . 73-74

RALPH R. WETZEL SR.*.. . 74-75

RICHARD C. LANE. . . . . . . 75-76

WILLIAM MOSBY. . . . . . . . 76-77

RON WILLIAMS.. . . . . . . . . 77-78

HARLAN LARSON. . . . . . . 78-79

GEORGE P. GEORGE. . . . . 79-80

EDWIN R. EWEN*. . . . . . . . 80-81

FRANK READE*. . . . . . . . . 81-82

BILL MARTIN. . . . . . . . . . . 82-83

DAVE EMMONS. . . . . . . . . 83-84

BOB DALE*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85

WOODY RISENHOOVER*. 85-86

RAY FULLER*. . . . . . . . . . . 86-87

DALE DOTY*.. . . . . 87-88,89-90

DAVE FORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-89

DUNCAN E. WALKER. . . . 90-91

DON KRAUS.. . . . . . . . . . . . 91-92

BERYLE FARMER. . . . . . . . 92-93

WAYNE HUDSON. . . . . . . . 93-94

JOHN COLEMAN. . . . . . . . . 94-95

RON BARROWS.. . . . . . . . . 95-96

JOE POOLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97

DEAN KAYS.. . . . . . . . . . . . 98-99

COY CHRISTMAS. . . . . . . . 99-00

RANDY TILLMAN.. . . . . . . 00-01

RICHARD KROEMER. . . . . 01-02

ROBERT SCHRUM. 02-03,06-07

SYLVIA BOYNTON. 03-04,12-13

ROBERT BARRETT. . . . . . . 04-05

JAMES BRAITHWAITE*.. . 05-06

VICKI DUERR. . . . . . . . . . . 07-08

JOE VASQUES. . . . . . . . . . . 08-09

ROCKY MICLAT. . . . . . . . . 09-10

CHARLES BISHOP. . . . . . . 10-11

BOB MURRAY. . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

By Affiliation:

WAYNE E. DUNCAN*.. . . . 92-93

*DECEASED

EDITOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Davis

HISTORIAN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Davis

LODGE PHOTOGRAPHER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Cole

PUBLIC RELATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Moiha

LODGE OFFICERS

EXALTED RULER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Gurley

ESTEEMED LEADING KNIGHT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Duffy

ESTEEMED LOYAL KNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherri Giovanacci

ESTEEMED LECTURING KNIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Murray

SECRETARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Schaefer

TREASURER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michaelle Bagneski

TILER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Hurd

ESQUIRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mario Santiago

CHAPLAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Baker

INNER GUARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Gurley

ORGANIST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TRUSTEE 1 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Hager

TRUSTEE 2 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Watkins

TRUSTEE 3 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Larsen

TRUSTEE 4 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lis Woodward

TRUSTEE 5 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Martin

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e-mail - [email protected] Web Site - www.elks2274.com

Documents

Official Publication of Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274, 905 E ... Tale Archive/2014 Tales/March 2014 Elks Tale.pdf · Official Publication of Lompoc Elks Lodge #2274, 905 E. Ocean Avenue,