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925 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05408

(802) 862-1342

Greetings, BPOE #916 Elks Family Things are starting to look a little better for our Lodge and our Brothers and Sister Elks. The State has dropped many of the restrictions that have been placed on all of us for the past 16 to 18 months. We are able to have more people inside the lodge and we are starting to book more events in our facility. This is a good thing for our financial stability. It is great to see some of our older members starting to come in for pub night and Friday night dinners. I would like to thank all of our

volunteers for working these events. We have had a few new people step up to volunteer for these nights. That helps immensely. These new volunteers give a little break to all those who are working 6 to 8 nights a month. Thank you volunteers! We have our annual Motor Cycle and Classic Car Ride to Silver Towers on Sunday July 18th. We will be meeting at Middlebury High School at 11 am and with a police escort going the last 10 miles to Silver Towers Camp. Marcia Corey has put together a Gift Basket to Raffle off as a fund raiser. All money will go to our Silver Towers assessment for the year. Tickets are on sale now so please help us out with a ticket purchase. On July 25th we will have between 20 -25 veterans arriving at the Lodge for a rest stop on their way across country. They will spend the night with us and leave Monday morning to finish their ride to Arlington Cemetery for a tribute to our Fallen Veterans. They will arrive between 5-6. We will serve a free spaghetti dinner to them as well as all Elks who show up to greet them. Please come and participate to show them the respect and thanks that they so rightly deserve. In closing, Sally and I will be in Tampa, FL. July 3-8th for the Grand Lodge National Convention. Have a nice summer, see you when we get back.

Best Regards,

Exalted Ruler & PER

THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Lodge #916 Vol. 21, No. 7

July 2021 Lodge Notices .................................................... 2

Lodge Hours ...................................................... 2

New/Reinstated Members ................................ 2

Lodge Officers/Trustees ................................... 2

Dinner is Served ................................................ 3

Monday Night Bingo ........................................ 3

Cornhole Games ............................................... 3

Elks Food Booth at Fair ................................... 3

Congrats, Beth Dusablon, ER of Year! ........... 4

Award Ceremony 2020-2021 ........................... 5

Silver Tower Paver Project .............................. 6

Motorcycle & Classic Car Ride ....................... 7

Pledge Sheet ...................................................... 8

Waiver Form ..................................................... 9

Silver Towers Fundraiser Raffle ................... 10

Comfort Raffle Basket .................................... 11

Interlodge Goft Tournament ......................... 11

Tribute to Fallen Veterans ............................. 11

Scholarship Update......................................... 12

Silver Towers Cleanup ................................... 12

Thank You to our Sponsors ........................... 13

July Birthdays ................................................. 14

JulyActivity Calendar .................................... 14

July Events Membership Meetings Thursday, July 1st, 7pm

Monday Night Bingo Every Monday starting at 6 p.m.

Silver Towers Motorcycle & Classic Car Ride Sunday, July 18th, 11 a.m.—Middlebury High

Veteran Spaghetti Dinner Sunday, July 25th, 5 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, July 22nd, 6 pm

Join us for Dinner Tuesdays: 5:30 p.m.—7:00 p.m.

(Pub Menu Only)

Friday: 5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. (Full dinner menu)

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THE 916 BULLETIN

Monthly Newsletter of the

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks #916

925 North Avenue - Burlington, VT 05408

Published monthly and mailed to all current Lodge Members and select others, by standard mail at Burlington, VT. The bulletin is also emailed to members who provide the Lodge Secretary with a valid email address. The content can also be viewed at the Lodge’s Website, www.bpoe916.com

Relevant information for inclusion is welcomed and should be submitted by the 15th of the month preceding the publication by:

• Emailing to [email protected]

We do our best to include all pertinent information that our members would find interesting, however if the materials are not received by the Editor on or before the 15th of the month, there is a chance that they may not be included in the next issue due to the time needed to produce, print and mail the Bulletin. Our goal is to have it delivered to our members by the 1st of the following month.

We reserve the right to edit submitted items for brevity and appropriateness. The Exalted Ruler has the final responsibility for the Bulletin content.

Bulletin Editor - Mary Paule Goulet, PER

LODGE OFFICERS 2021-2022 Exalted Ruler: Wesley Blair, PER Esteemed Leading Knight: Open Esteemed Loyal Knight: Randy Lopes Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Skip Barton Secretary: Karen Fisher Treasurer: Rodney Demag Inner Guard: David Ely, II Esquire: Open Tiler: Gary Francis Sr. Chaplain: Hank Metevier State Trustee: Randall Corey, PER, PDDGER

LODGE TRUSTEES

Trustee (exp. 3/2022): Gary Bartlett, PER Trustee (exp. 3/2023): Jack Fontaine Trustee (exp. 3/2024): Dave Hartnett Trustee (exp. 3/2025): Marcia Corey Trustee (exp. 3/2026): Beth Dusablon

HOW TO CONTACT THE LODGE

General Information .................................... [email protected] Exalted Ruler ........................................... [email protected] Lodge Secretary ............................ [email protected] Lodge Treasurer ............................ [email protected] Trustees ............................................ [email protected] Event Bookings ................................. [email protected] Bulletin Editor ................................. [email protected]

• The regular membership meetings will be held on the FIRST Thursdays of the month at 7pm every month except in the months of February, March and April when the regular membership meeting will be held on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays of the month.

• Members are welcome to the Board of Directors meeting on the FOURTH Thursday of month at 6 pm in the upstairs conference room.

• The Lodge Applications Committee meets the THIRD Tuesday of every month at 7 pm when there are members proposed.

Lodge Hours Sunday—2 p.m.—6 p.m. Tuesday & Friday, 2 p.m.—9 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday—2 p.m.—8 p.m. Note: Masks are no longer required IF you are fully vaccinated

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP, REINSTATEMENT OR TRANSFER TO BE BALLOTED ON AT THE JULY 1ST MEMBERSHIP MEETING PENDING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

Name Residence Occupation Proposer

James Fitzpatrick Colchester Wastewater Operator Karen Fisher

Leon H. Flanagan Jr. Colchester Retired Gary Gile

Daniel J. Connolly Burlington Retired Karen Fisher

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Join us for Monday Night Bingos

6:00 pm

Masks required in building at all times unless you are fully vaccinated!

Let us know if you would like to volunteer and

sell tickets from 5:30 pm—8:00 pm

Menus change weekly! Great Food, Great Prices & Great People!

Tuesday Nights

5:30 - 7:00 (Pub Menu

Only)

Friday Nights

5:30 - 7:30

(Full Dinner Menu)

THE CORNHOLE GAMES Join us on the lawn!

Games begin at 6 pm - 8 pm

Work the Elks Food Booth at the Fair! Work August 27th through September 5th

Work 4 hours or 8 hours and receive free tickets for fair entry and parking.

We need the following: Restocking coolers/cleanup picnic tables

Order Handlers (Middle) Order Takers (Front)

Sign-Up sheets are available in the Member Lounge.

Please sign up early to get the time and day you want!

Free Tickets for Fair Entry and Parking for

everyday that you work the Elks Food Booth!

Grill Cook French Fry Cook

Fried Chicken Cook Food Prep (early morning Restocking coolers/cleanup Order Handlers (Middle)

OrderTakers (Front) Prep (early morning)

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Congratulations, Beth Dusablon, PER

Voted by VT Elks Association

VT North Exalted Ruler of the Year 2020-2021!

Exalted Ruler, Wes Blair presenting Beth with the VT North ER of the Year Trophy along with a special gift from Burlington Lodge #916; a gavel and plaque commemorating her year as Exalted Ruler for 2020-2021. Thank you, Beth for helping to move our lodge forward during a pandemic! We are very grateful for all your dedication and loyalty to Burlington Lodge #916.

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Awards Ceremony—2020-2021

Beth Dusablon, PER, presented awards to the Officers and Volunteers who helped her during her tenure as Exalted Ruler of Burlington Lodge #916. They were presented on Wednesday, June 16th after the Summer Solstice Calcutta.

Why Be a Volunteer It’s not for money; it’s not for fame. It’s not for any personal gain. It’s just for the love of fellow man It’s just to lend a helping hand. It’s not for medals worn with pride. It’s for that feeling deep inside. It’s that reward down in your heart. It’s the feeling that you’ve been a part. That’s why we volunteer. Author Unknown

“Officer of the Year” Rod Demag, Treasurer

“Elk of The Year” Glenn Enos

“Distinguished Citizenship” Dave Hartnett

“Outstanding Service Commendation”

Fred Dusablon, Leading Knight

“Outstanding Service Commendation”

Marcia Corey, Trustee

“Certificate of Recognition” “How Can I Help?”

Mary Jane McMahon

“Certificate of Recognition” “Stepping up to be Lodge Secretary”

Karen Fisher

Other “Certificate’s of Recognition” went to:

Sharron Minnahan “Leadership in Seeking & Supporting New Members”

Gary Frances, II

“Serving as Lodge Esquire from 2014-2021”

Gary Gile “Weekly Pub Night Announcements & Humor”

David Ely, II

“Volunteering for Events and Drug Awareness Chair”

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Vermont Elks Association Paver Project

To be a part of this special project buy a 12” x 12” paver $100 each

or 16” x16” paver $250 each (Lodges encouraged)

Engraving: Please print nearly (text will be centered and ALL capital letters) Maximum 15 characters per line up to 4 lines

Spaces, hyphens, and punctuation considered characters

Donor Name: _________________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________ Email: _________________________________

Please make check payable to Silver Towers Paver Project and send with form to:

B & B Monumental Engravers c/o: Silver Towers Paver Project

25 Gable Place Barre, VT 05641

100% of your donation will go toward the Silver Towers assessment of the Lodge you designate: Lodge Name and Lodge Number: __________________________________________________

Thank you in advance and please feel free to share to anyone you think would also be interested. Call me with any questions. Randall P. Corey, State Trustee, PER, PDDGER, 802-316-7460

A new Pool and Pool house was built last year at Silver Towers and we are now in need of a new walkway to the pool. To help accomplish this the Vermont Elks Association is selling Pavers to have engraved and used as a new walkway. This is a great project and a win-win for both Silver Towers and Burlington Lodge #916. For every paver sold through Burlington Lodge, 100% of the proceeds will be applied to our Silver Towers Assessment.

Purchase a Paver and have it engraved for yourself, in honor of someone else, in memory of a loved one or anything else that you

wish to leave as a mark on Silver Towers.

Thank you to those who have purchased a paver: Wesley Blair, Randall Corey, Members of Burlington #916, Robert Beauvais, Old North End Charities, Kyle Williams, Beth Dusablon, Rosaire & Irene Longe, Jeff & Steve Ploesser, Gary Bartlett, and Hank

Metevier.

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SILVER TOWERS PLEDGE SHEET 2021

Please bring the completed Waiver/Pledge sheet and pledge money collected with you on the day of the ride.

Name: ________________________________________ Riding for Lodge #/Name: ______________

$10 per person minimum to participate, includes BBQ lunch

# __________ for BBQ Lunch @ $10 each = $___________

Total collected from Pledges $__________

Paid for registration / lunch $__________

Total attached $__________

For more information contact Lisa Hickory at 802-917-1154, [email protected]

Thank you for supporting Silver Towers!!

Name/Business Address Amount pledged

mailto:[email protected]

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2021 Motorcycle/Classic Car Ride Fundraiser

TO BENEFIT SILVER TOWERS CAMP SPONSORED BY: VERMONT ELKS ASSOC.

Sunday July 18, 2021

Silver Towers Camp is an overnight summer retreat for people ages 6 to 75 years of age with disabilities. The camp has been operating since 1958, located in Ripton, VT. Silver Towers is funded by the Vermont Elks Association. Silver Towers is the chief charitable project of the Association. The 2021 Motorcycle/Classic Car Ride Fundraiser is a statewide event hosted by all twelve Vermont Elks Lodges.

To date we have meeting points from the following Elk locations, Sunday, July 18, 2021

Barre Lodge # 1535 will meet at 9 am, collect sponsor/waiver forms and head to Middlebury HS Rutland Lodge #345 will leave their lodge at 10:30 and head to Middlebury High School All other participants must arrive at Middlebury High School by 11:30 am, where we will collect the remaining waiver/

pledge forms, pledge funds you have collected, and the $10 ride fee which includes lunch. If you would like to arrange a meeting point at your local Lodge, please contact Lisa Hickory at [email protected] or Carolyn Ravenna at [email protected] From Middlebury High School we will meet our police escort and ride the 10 miles to Silver Towers Camp in Ripton as a group. Once there we will enjoy a wonderful BBQ. This ride is open to all. Elk members and non-members alike are in-vited to join and help support Silver Towers. Please also ask your family, friends, co-workers, and local businesses to sponsor you in our rally by making a charitable con-tribution to Silver Towers. All pledges need to be collected at the time of request. This registration/sponsor sheet and sponsor money will be collected at your meeting point on the day of the ride. Make all checks payable to “Silver Towers.” WAIVER FORM:

I hereby acknowledge that the organizers and hosts of the 2021 Vermont Elks Motorcycle & Classic Car Fundraiser (hereafter called the “Fundraiser”) will not be held responsible for any personal injury, property damage or loss sustained by me or any member of my fam-ily or any individuals in my care or control as a result of attendance at or participation in the Fundraiser, and that no claim or action will be made against the organizers and hosts of the Fundraiser for any such injury, damage or loss.

I further agree to save harmless and indemnify the organizers and hosts of the Fundraiser for any claims or actions which may be made

by any third party arising from any injury, damage or loss sustained by reason of attendance at, or participation in the activities, of the Fundraiser.

I acknowledge that neither I, nor any members of my family, nor any individuals in my care or control are relying upon representations

made by the organizers or hosts of the Fundraiser as to the nature of safety of the activities of the Fundraiser, and that I am participating in the Fundraiser entirely at my own risk. I certify that I am 18 years of age or older.

Each participant must sign a waiver. If you have one pledge sheet for your family/group, please have everyone in your group

sign the waiver.

Printed Name:_________________________Signature: _________________________ Date: ___________

Printed Name:_________________________Signature: _________________________ Date: ___________

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Annual Motorcycle/Classic Car Fundraiser Ride To Benefit Silver Towers

Sunday, July 18th

This event is open to ALL, Elks and Non Elks! Any form of transportation!! Motorcycles, classic cars, trucks, jeeps, family cars, etc!! We have 3 meeting points on the day of the Ride. Barre Elks@9am, Rutland Elks@10:30am, with our final meeting point being Middlebury High School@11am. We will line up at Middlebury High School and ride the last 10 miles to Silver Towers as a group with a police escort. This year we have asked each lodge to come up with a Raffle Basket or a Raffle Item which will be raffled off on the day of the ride.

Thank you again for supporting Silver Towers!

Lisa Hickory, Ride Chair, [email protected] or text/call 802-917-1154

Becky Maynard, Raffle Committee, [email protected]

Betsy Stanford, Ride Committee, [email protected]

Barb Weas Watters, Ride Committee, [email protected]

Burlington Lodge #916 (Comfort Basket)

NOTE: We can use help prepping and cooking food for the BBQ lunch. Please let me know if you will be traveling directly to camp and be available to help out. Please reach out to any local clubs, whether bikers, ATVs or whatever to see if they would like to join us. Off road vehicles could meet up with us on the beginning of the Ripton Goshen Rd and proceed to camp. Even with camp closed this year Carolyn is arranging to have campers on site to meet all the riders. Brian Gaura, Secretary Vermont Elks Association [email protected]

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Vermont Elks Association Interlodge Golf Tournament

Neshobe Golf Club 224 Town Farm Road Brandon, VT 05733

Saturday August 14, 2021

Entry Fee: Elks Members only - $200.00 per team, includes greens fees and cart

Time: Shotgun start at 1:00 PM. Registration: 12:00pm – 12:30pm

Format: Four person scramble Maximum 3 teams per Lodge.

Please contact Randy Corey if interested – 802-316-7460 or [email protected]

MOTORCYCLE AND CLASSIC CAR RIDE RAFFLE

‘COMFORT BASKET’

Donated by Burlington Lodge # 916

Tickets - $5 each or 5 for $20 To purchase tickets contact Marcia Corey at 802-922-5759 or [email protected]

Our ‘Comfort Basket’ includes the following:

Beautiful Hand Knitted Afghan Beautiful Hand Knitted Scarf (using an advent mixed yarn set from UniqueSheep)

$80 in Gift Certificates to the Rotisserie Restaurant in South Burlington Bottle of Southern Comfort

Bottle of Fireball Snowflake Chocolates

Candles Hand Soap

Teapot with various teas and hot chocolate

All proceeds benefit Vermont Elks Charities Silver Towers Camp!

Veteran group paying honor to one of their fallen with a motorcycle dedication ride

On July 25th we will have between 20 -25 veterans arriving at the Lodge for a rest stop on their way across country. The riders are part of a group riding to “Remember Our Fallen” following a route to Washington, D.C. They will spend the night with us and leave Monday morning to finish their ride to Arlington

Cemetery for a tribute to our Fallen Veterans. Riders will arrive between 5-6. We will serve a free spaghetti dinner to them as well as all Elks who show up to greet them. Please come and participate to show them the respect and thanks that they so rightly deserve. Wes Blair Exalted Ruler, PER



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Scholarship Update The Scholarship Committee of Burlington Elks Lodge BPOE 916 is pleased to inform our members that the scholarship season has ended for this year. However, we are always mindful of raising money for our 2022 Scholarship recipients. Toward that end, I am in the process of setting up The Dr. John J. Murray Scholarship

Fund to honor our friend and Lodge member, Jack Murray. As most of you know, Jack has served the Lodge as Scholarship Com-mittee Chair for 13 years. We felt it was time that we honored him for his hard work and his service to The Lodge, as well as his ded-ication as Scholarship Chair. During this next year we will be raising money for this new scholarship fund so that it may grow enough to give out its first scholarship next June at Flag Day. We hope to provide a scholarship from this fund every year. All mon-ey raised and donated to The Dr. John J. Murray Scholarship Fund will go through The Burlington Elks Lodge # 916. Consider a donation to honor a loved one or in memory of a family member or friend. For more information, contact Anne Tewksbury-Frye at [email protected] or 802-373-3147. This year at our Flag Day 2021 Ceremony, we were able to present $1,000.00 Scholarships Awards to five deserving High School graduates. The recipients were : Ella DeCelles, Chance Rose, Riley Hammond, Erin Noel, and Gwen Willard. We were fortunate this year to receive Scholarship Funding through the Phil Gimli-mead Scholarship and the Lawrence J and Pearl S Budrow Scholar-ship Grants, as well as The John Bossi Fund, and The Burlington Elks Lodge #916. We are grateful that our Lodge continues to sup-port young people and their excellence in learning every year. Many thanks to the members of the Lodge Scholarship Committee who worked diligently through the academic year. The members are Pat Stone, Paul Gosselin, and Bill Wetherbee.

Anne Tewksbury-Frye Chair, Scholarship Committee

Silver Towers Cleanup The annual Silver Towers Camp clean-up day was held on June 5th. Elks from all 12 Vermont lodges were there

including the 916 crew of ER Wes Blair, Randy and Marcia Corey, Beth and Fred Dusablon. Our lodge is responsible for the recreation building and garage. We cleaned the exterior walls and painted the garage doors and window frames. Weeds were also trimmed around the building.


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July Events Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

27 28 6 pm—Monday Night Bingo with Wes & Sally

29 5:30 pm—7:00 pm Pub Menu

30 6 pm—Cornhole on the lawn!

1 7 pm—Membership Meeting

2 5:30 pm—7:30 pm Full Dinner Menu

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4 Happy Birthday USA!

5 6 pm—Monday Night Bingo with Wes & Sally



8 9 5:30 pm—7:30 pm Full Dinner Menu

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11 12 6 pm—Monday Night Bingo with Wes & Sally




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18 11 am—Motorcycle & Classic Car Ride




22 6 pm—Board of Directors Meeting

23 5:30 pm—7:30 pm Full Dinner Menu

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25 5 pm—Veteran Spaghetti Dinner & Meet & Greet





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2 Rodney Demag George Goulet, Jr. 3 Earl Cauchon Steven Connors Gary Kocsis 4 Mary Tessier Mary Wainwright 6 David Bean Herbert Bluhm, II Carl Lozon, III 7 Gary Forcier Tim Gazo George Lacasse John Shappy, Sr. 9 Raymond Denault Wayne LaBonte, Sr. Kenneth Spagnuolo 10 Kenneth Jarvis Gail Tisseur 12 Alice Charbonneau Clement Deforge

13 Ned Mahoney 14 Christina Francisco Mieneke Maher 15 John Carlton Kristopher Daudelin 16 Floyd Smith, Jr. 17 David Fisher Trish Yandow 18 Pauline Houghton William Uhlir, Jr. 21 Carol Garrand Madeleine Norse 22 Leo Blais Marcia Corey Brian Lothian Joey Purvis 24 Kevin McGonagle 26 William Kalanges Jon Tyner 27 Lawrence Barnes Sandra Gazo

28 John Fitzpatrick David Villemaire 29 Jonathan Stevens 30 Mark Evarts 31 George Barrett William Brainard Calani Gambero Clayton Trutor

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