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JULY 2010...

FROM THE EXALTED RULER - Keith Kepner

Summer has officially arrived and boy has it been wet and hot!! It's hard to believe it's already July! I know everyone is busy during the summer, but I'd like to ask you to mark your calendars for the events we have coming up this month.

If you have never experienced volunteering for bingo at the Cameron Veterans Home, I highly suggest you give it some thought. It's an experience you'll leave being glad you represented your lodge doing.

Please plan on being at the July 19th meeting when the District Vice President will be visiting. Charlie Carroll is this years District Vice President. He resides in Hamilton, MO and is a member at the Cameron Elks Lodge.

The Annual Golf Tournament is going to be here before we know it! This is a fun-filled day that only happens because of the many, many volunteers that work countless hours making it happen. If you are available the 24th, please contact Steve Howe or Gary Willard and volunteer. I promise you will have fun!

With only one meeting a month in July and August, I'd like to challenge everyone to attend at least one of the meetings. By attending the monthly meetings, you have the opportunity to voice your concerns and opinions on things that are gong on within your Lodge to the one's that can listen and possibly make a difference, your officers and trustees. You are also showing support for the officers and trustees that take pride in serving the lodge and put up with the headaches that may arise from time to time. I assure you, none of these positions are easy 100% of the time, and it's nice to see our fellow Elks at the meetings showing their support.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Special Initiation and Flag Day Ceremonies in June. The attendance was good, and it turned out to be a beautiful day.

We will be having Steak Night on July 30th. Please get your reservations in as early as possible! Steak Night is always very successful and the attendance is phenomenal! On steak night, as with any other night, as you see people that are not yet members but attend functions and enjoy our lodge, encourage them to become members. The rules state that after three visits, they must become a member. If you've seen them more than three times at our lodge, talk to them about becoming a member, or let myself or an officer know and we'll encourage them to join. As we all know, our lodge is a great place; and it is a privilege to be a member.

I hope everyone enjoys their summer; and I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming events.

Keith Kepner, ER

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FROM THE SECRETARY - Steve Palmer

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• July 10 - Cameron Veterans Home Bingo (date changed from July 3; 2 or 3 volunteers needed)

• July 4-8 - Elks National Convention - Orlando

• July 24 - Golf Tournament - Green Hills Golf Course. Volunteers needed. Contact Steve Howe or Gary Willard.

• July 30 - Steak Night - reservations only. Call the lodge by 9:00 p.m. on Thursday to make your reservations.

• August 26 - Blood Drive, Noon to 6:00, United Methodist Church. Volunteers needed. Contact Steve Palmer, 247-3280.

• September 11 - Soccer Shoot, 9:00. Volunteers needed

• September 24-26 - Fall State Convention

TEA DANCE
Tea Dances are currently scheduled quarterly. The next dance will be September 19.

BLOOD DRIVE
The Lodge will again sponsor a Community Blood Center blood drive at the United Methodist Church on Thursday, August 26, from noon until 6:00. Consider donating blood at that time. Volunteers are needed to call current donors, set up and take down the equipment on the day of the drive and to hand out refreshments during the drive. Call Steve Palmer at 247-3280 to volunteer.

VETERANS HOME BINGO - DATE CHANGE
Due to the 4th of July holiday, bingo at the Cameron Veteran's Home will be on Saturday, July 10, instead of Saturday, July 3. We are looking for 3 or 4 volunteers to work the game. We'll leave Chillicothe around 12:45 and be back by 4:00. Contact Keith Kepner or Steve Palmer.

PROPOSED FOR MEMBERSHIP:

• Amparo Anthony, proposed by Fritz Kline

• John Inscmo, proposed by Pete Madison

New members will be voted on at the July 19 meeting.

NEW MEMBERS
Please welcome Amie Spears, Nancy Hicks, Scott Johnson, Dennis Kennebeck, Dennis Spears and Sidna McCauslin, all initiated in to the Lodge on June 13.

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITING THANKS
Congratulations and thanks to Brenda Trager, John Tharp and Steve Howe for receiving GER pins and congratulatory letters from GER James Nicholson recognizing their contributions to the Lodge and to Elkdom for recruiting at least 3 new members in the previous 12 months.

MEETING DATES:

• July 19 – Initiation; District Vice President's visit

• In July and August - we only meet on the 3rd Monday of the month.

JULY and AUGUST MEETINGS
Meetings in July and August will be only once each month on the third Monday of each month.

• Bill Tharp Scholarship - $1,000 - Kaley Hayward (Chillicothe)

• Stanley Dewitt Scholarship - $1,000 - Willie Ray Howe (Meadville)

• Tanner Edmundson Scholarship- $1,000 - Brittany Tutt (Southwest)

• Joe Murrell Scholarship - $750 - Mecalia MacWilliams (Breckenridge)

• Willard Renzelman Scholarship - $750 - Amber Kieffer (Chillicothe)

• Max Littrell Scholarship - $750 - Kendra Holcer (Meadville)

• Mary Ellen Valbracht Scholarship - $500 - Lauren Melte (Chillicothe)

• $500 winners - Patrick Lindley (Chillicothe), Meredith Brick (Chillicothe), Jared McCauslin (Chillicothe), Shannon Baker (Chillicothe), Madeline Brick (Chillicothe), Brooke Westcott (Chillicothe), Darcy Crackenberger (Hale), Emily Hutchison (Tina-Avalon), John Haley (Braymer)

CHARITABLE GIVING
One of the guiding principles of our order is charity. One of the things that make many of us most proud to be Elks is our charitable giving. At the initiation ceremony held on January 20, 2010, those present were reminded that Charity is "the cornerstone of every Elk structure, the highest virtue of every Elk creed." The presentation from the station of the Leading Knight reminded us all that Charity is the greatest of all the virtues.

Are you upholding your responsibility as an Elk to support Charity?

Are you willing to donate at least $10 a year to either the Elks National Foundation or the Missouri Benevolent Trust? Or both?

Are you willing to volunteer your time for some activity of the Lodge during the course of a year?

The Elks National Foundation is the Elks national charity. The Missouri Benevolent Trust is the State Association's charity. Our lodge has goals of $4.50 per capita contributions to each, or about $4,500. In the past, a handful of members would honor an existing pledge or make a new pledge. The balance between that committed amount and the per capita goal of the Lodge would be paid for by the Lodge. Over $4,000 a year goes from Lodge funds to the combination of two charities. That is $4,000 that does not go toward a local or other charity designated determined by the membership.

Here is an invitation to renew your oath as an Elk and your commitment to Charity. Print the form, complete it, and mail it in or drop it by the Lodge in support of one or more charities.

You should be proud to know Elks Care, Elks Share.

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