Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks - Rapid City, South Dakota

Volume 35, No. 7

RAPID CITYELK HEARD

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605-393-1187 • www.rcelks.org January 2018

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It’s time to step up, become a lodge officer!Free Golf (single season pass) – A paid part-time

position in our Elks Lodge. Interested?Our Elks Lodge will need a new secretary beginning

April 1. See Dennis in the Lodge office for all the details,Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until noon.

Lodge officer positions soon will need to be filled. Weneed member Elks to volunteer for these positions for the2018-2019 fraternal year. Come to one of our meetings formore information or ask any lodge officer about what thevarious positions entail. We need your input and yourideas for our future.

Elks Lodge 1187’s Memorial Sunday service honoringthose Elks who have passed on in 2017 took place Sunday,Dec. 3, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Lodge. I would like tothank Rapid City Does Drove 33 for performing the ElksRest at the service. What a nice presentation, a fitting trib-ute to our deceased members.

And thank you to all the family members, friends andElks who attended. Thank you to the lodge officers for thealtar service. A special thank you goes to Bonnie Strattonfor playing the piano and Kim Swanson for playing guitarand singing the Memorial Songs for our members.

For the above mentioned, Kim is my Elks of the Monthfor January. He also helps our lodge each year in securinga van to transport members to our lodge during the stateconvention. Thank you, Kim.

I don’t want to forget to send special thanks to BobWindjue, Damon Ausmann and Kurt Werner for all theirwork during the annual Oyster Feed, Dec. 13.

Lodge 1187’s Scholarship Committee, Dr. Ron Reed

chairman, with Rex Goon, Paul Christensen and yourER, have finished scoring the appli-cations. Rex has finished inputtingthe scores for Grand Lodge. Therewere 37 applications for our ElksScholarships this year. We received25 last year. Thank you to all thestudents who applied.

Golf milestones keep happening.On Nov. 27, Tom Striegel shot hisfirst hole-in-one on Number 6. Iplayed that day and what a windwe had – 40 to 50 mph! I hear thatTom hit his ball past the hole, thendrew it back and yes, into the hole.This took place with a lot of golfskill, flair and much fanfare fromhis playing partners. I also hear thatgroup has placed him in LegendaryStatus Category. Nice shot Tom andcongratulations.

Here’s yet another milestone for Vincent Van Liere.Not only will 9-year-old Vincent be playingin the World Championships at Pinehurst,N.C., this coming August, he has receivedan invitation to play in the European JuniorGolf Championship May 29-31, inScotland. Keep your focus Vincent and doyour best. Congratulations.

William ‘Skeet’ Hamiel, Exalted Ruler

ER ‘Skeet’ Hamiel

Howard Rice, super volunteer and long-time chairman of the Golf Committeewas honored as December Elk of theMonth.

It is not too early to start planningfor the annual

Wildlife Feed - Fish Fry

March 14!So, check the freezer and keep that date in mind as you

head out to hunt and fish!

There will be a signup sheet in the Lodge in February.

Members, as always, will be asked to bring a favoritedish to share with everyone. Mak said the kitchen will

not be available for cooking except for the fish fry.

Open to all members, family and the public

There will be a jar for donations for a local charity, to be decided.

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RAPID CITY ELKS LODGE # 1187

3333 Jolly Lane

Rapid City, South Dakota 57703

LODGE STAFF 605-393-1187

Secretary’s Office......................................................393-1187

Pro Shop...................................................................393-0522

General Manager ..............................................Aaron Roeber

ELECTED OFFICERS

Exalted Ruler....................................William ‘Skeeter’ Hamiel

Est. Leading Knight.......................................... .......................

Est. Loyal Knight ...................................................Rex Goon

Est. Lecturing Knight..........................................Paul Gillings

Lodge Secretary................................................Dennis Riske

Lodge Treasurer........................................................................

TRUSTEES

Andy Gay..................................................................... 1 Year

Weston Chapman.........................................................2 Years

Ted English...................................................................3 Years

Shawn Bolton...............................................................4 Years

Al Sarver......................................................................5 Years

APPOINTED OFFICERS

Esquire....................................................Gerald Cummings Jr.

Inner Guard...................................................Paul Christensen

Tiler..........................................................................................

Chaplain.................................................................Bill Trankle

Organist...................................................................................

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

Accident Prevention...........................................Aaron Roeber

Activities Committee.................................................................

Americanism............................................................Neil Harris

Auditing...............................................................Dennis Riske

Christmas Baskets...................................................................

Drug Awareness.....................................Gerald Cummings Jr.

Elks National Foundation....................................Dennis Riske

Flag Day..................................................................Neil Harris

Golf Committee...................................................Howard Rice

Head Golf Professional......................................Aaron Roeber

Heard Editor...........................................................Sally Farrar

Hoop Shoot.............................................................Todd Miller

Indoctrination...........................................................................

Investigation..........................................................Kurt Werner

Membership.............................................................................

Memorial..............................................................Bob Windjue

Memorial Sunday......................................................................

National Service/Vets..............................................Neil Harris

PER Association.......................................................Andy Gay

Presiding Justice....................................................Brian Hagg

Protocol.............................................................Dean Reichert

Pull Tabs...................................................................................

Public Relations Coordinator....................................................

Retention..................................................................................

Scholarships............................................................Ron Reed

Social Activities.................................................Lodge Officers

Social & Community Welfare...................................................

Youth Activities..................................................Lodge Officers

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Buy pass by Jan. 15, get shop creditHello Golfers!

Just in case you missed it last month, we are offering an early season pur-chase special to get you started on the right track:

BUY YOUR SEASON PASS BY JAN. 15 AND YOU WILL RECEIVE$50 IN GOLF SHOP CREDIT FOR A SINGLE PASS OR $75 IN GOLFSHOP CREDIT FOR A COUPLE PASS! (junior pass does not qualify)

Out of town you may call the PRO SHOP at 605-393-0522 EXT 3 and wecan sell you your pass over the phone so you don’t miss out on the sale.

If you have never stored a private cart in our cart barn, leased one of ouryearly carts or had a trail fee in the past you may do so for the first year at nocharge.

Single $ 795.Couple* $ 1,140.Family $ 1,160.Senior Single $ 735. Senior Couple* $ 1,040.Junior (under 21) $ 130.

*Couple means married coupleas defined by South Dakota Law*

All Season Passes are subject to a $1 per nine holes Developmental FeeSeason Passes

Young Adultages33-34 $ 520.30-32 $ 495.29 $ 375. 27-28 $ 375. 25-26 $ 375. 21-24 $ 375. Young Adult Spouse add on $ 255.

New and reinstated members of Does Drove 33 are (front, left to right) TinaPruss, Jana Thies, Renee Meyers, Sue Meyers; (back) Laurie Mansfield, RoseDubois and Melanie Garstashlager.

Does welcome new and old membersDoes Drove 33 members were thrilled with the November reinstate-

ment of Judy Messer which was followed up in December with thereinstatement of Rose DuBois and the initiation of Tina Pruss, JanaThies, Renee Meyers, Sue Meyers, Laurie Mansfield and MelanieGarstashlager.

The year ended with the annual Craft Sale at Regional Hospital. After14 hours of setting up and selling products, not to mention countlesssewing hours of Karlene Schmidt and Nelva Blenner, the event was asuccess with $2,791 raised for the local Hospice House.

The more than 100 microwave snow people, suggested by MarenWard -- a labor intensive project for a few nights -- were a hit at thecraft show as well as the fall cookie sale.

JANUARY 2018Texas Hold’em

1 p.m.

SATURDAYS

SUNDAYS

TUESDAYS

THURSDAYSWEDNESDAYS

Brunch every Sunday from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Kids, 6.99: Seniors 10.99; Adults 11.99

$.50 off wells, domestic drafts

Windsor Wednesday $2.50

Thirsty Thursday Lord Calvert or Seagrams 7-

$2.50

Crown Royal $4

Tanqueray Tuesday - $3

Lodge MeetingJan. 3 , 7 p.m.

PERs meetingJan.3, 6:15 p.m.

1st & 3rd FridaysPrime Rib Specials

Third Friday BingoJan.19, 7 p.m.

MONDAYS

Morgan Monday $2.75

FRIDAYS

Board meetingsJan 2 and 16, 7 p.m.

May we wish everyonea happy and peaceful New Year!

Jan. 20 -- New Year Resolution Ruiner PartyWatch for details

Happy Hours have changed:4 to 5 p.m. drink specials

7 to 9 p.m. drink and app specials

Winter Hours

Please follow us on Facebook or on our website Thanks for all your support. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Makayon and the entire lodge staff

BarSun-8:39 -CLMon-4-CLTues-ClosedWed-11-CLThurs-4-CLFri-4-ClSat-11-CL

RestaurantSun-8:30-1 pmMon-4-9Tue-ClosedWed-5-9Thurs 5-9Fri-5-CLSat-11-9

Only one meeting in January

PERIODICALSPostage

PAIDRapid City, SD

Name Born Init Died

Dean Kurtz01/10/29 03/22/58 11/26/17

Ralph Hartford09/19/44 09/24/70 10/28/17

James E Taylor02/03/25 10/18/61 12/08/17

Alvin L “Timer” Allison07/03/29 04/03/63 12/12/17

An Elk is never forgotten!

Around the Lodge in Bits and Pieces,

At A GlanceJANUARY

Jan. 1 -- Lodge closedJan. 2 -- Board meeting, 7 p.m.Jan. 3 -- PERs meeting, 6:15 p.m.

Lodge meeting, 7 p.m.One meeting only in January

Jan. 11 -- Does meeting. 6:30 p.m.Installation of officers

Jan. 16 -- Board meeting, 7 p.m.Jan. 19 -- Third Friday Bingo, 7 p.m.

Does Drove 33 wants to thank everyone who sold andpurchased.raffle tickets for our veteran’s fundraiser. It wasvery heartwarming to earn $405 to send to the “InfiniteHeroes” program.

There were four lucky winners who went away with cashwinnings: Jerry Reichert, $500; Fred Millikan, $250; KurtWerner, $100, and Dorothy Clark, $25.

The Drove is asking for HELP IN A HURRY -- Thegroup needs $3,000 more in Family Thrift Center (FamilyFare) receipts to collect fundraising money from the FTCcommunity program. Please send them to Karyl Shanahanor drop them off at the Lodge.

In another effort, Does were invited by Mary Taylor toassist her Girl Scout Troop one Saturday morning in help-ing to pack 7,000 meals for the local effort of Kids AgainstHunger.

Retiring Drove President Dianne Labor noted that theDoes recently wished happy birthday to Charter MemberHarriet Foertsch, 98 years young, and Lois Haynes, 95.

Installation of 2018 Drove officers will begin at 6:30p.m., Thursday, Jan. 11. All Does are encouraged to attendthe event followed by a reception in the Herd Room.Karlene Schmidt will assume the position as president.There will be a complete list of officers in the FebruaryHeard.

During the Dec. 20 meeting, Trustee Alan Sarverexplained that the $1,000 donation from Does Drove 33 forlodge improvements will be supplemented by the lodge andused toward badly needed renovations in the first-floorwomen’s restroom.

In the November report to the Lodge, National VeteransService Committee Chairman Neil Harris noted he had

attended a recent recognition luncheon at the Fort MeadeVA Medical Center where some volunteers had providedmore than 2,000 hours of service.

He also noted that ER Skeet Hamiel, Est. LecturingKnight Paul Gillings, PER Paul Christensen, Est. LoyalKnight Rex Goon and Wahneta, Does President DianneLabor, Eileen Johnson, Carol Shanahan, Deb Pasqualand Linda Trankle participated in the VFW-sponsoredVeterans Day Parade Nov. 11.

“It was a beautiful day for a parade and an outstandingturn out of families attending.Thank you all for honoring ournation’s military service membersand veterans,” Harris added.

On Nov. 16 Linda Gardner andHarris were hosts to `17 veteransand two staff members at themedical center to the Elks month-ly bingo night. They serveddonuts and sodas and distributed$70 in cash prizes. We deliveredsome men’s clothing items thathad been donated by LarryLeitzke.

Sally Farrar, Heard Editor Welcome our newestElk Iva Carter

Don’t miss the Jan. 3 meeting,the only one this month!