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January, 2015 VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 10, CALVIN COX, EXALTED RULER NAPA CALIFORNIA

MESSAGE FROM YOUR EXALTED RULER

The Holiday Season has come and gone and it has been a very busy one with all the catered parties and Lodge events. It has kept our Lodge staff and Activities Committee going consistently. Thank you all for a great holiday season. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year! I with all of you are looking forward to another great year (2015) at Napa Elks Lodge #832. As some of you have probably heard, Dwayne Hassenplug has retired as our Bar Manager. I, along with all of you want to say THANK YOU for all the years of service and dedication to this Lodge. Dwayne is still our RV park host and security officer for our Lodge. Thank you again Dwayne for all that you do.

Fraternally,

Calvin Cox Exalted Ruler

FROM YOUR LODGE SECRETARY Hello All!

Hope you all had a great holiday! We are looking forward to a great and prosperous New Year at Napa Elks Lodge! Our Crab Feed is on January 17th so please buy your tickets now! We are anticipating a great time. This event is very important to the Lodge so please attend. At this time we have 529 current members. We have gained over 30 new members this year, some through initiation and some from transfers from other Lodges. We are always trying to bring in new members so tell your friends and neighbors!! As always, I am here to help the members in any way I can. Please let me know if you have any concerns and I will do my best to help. Have a great and prosperous New Year!

Fraternally,

Judy Fisher Napa Lodge Secretary

FRIDAY NIGHT BBQ’s START

JANUARY 23rd

TACO TUESDAY’s START

FEBRUARY 3rd

NAPA ELKS LODGE #832 Grapevine Express

Commitment ~ Communication ~ Collegiality

The Great Northwest District held

their annual recognition dinner at this

Lodge for the veterans from the

California Veteran's Home in

Yountville on 12/5/14. A contingent of

approximately 75 veterans and staff

from the Vet's Home joined an equal

number of local Elks and Elks

dignitaries for an evening of dinner and

expressed thanks for the honorable

and unselfish service by the veterans.

Local Boy Scout Troop 832, which is

sponsored by this Lodge, started the

evening with a crisp "presentation of

colors" and then helped serve dinner.

This was a memorable night for the

veterans in attendance, and a great way

for the young Scouts to keep a newer

generation connected with the service

and sacrifice of a previous generation.

PROPOSED FOR MEMBERSHIP: John Christensen ~ Sponsor: Sharyn Kastner-Danielson ~ Robert Kint ~ Transfer from Tracy

Lodge #2031 ~ Graham Gill ~ Transfer from San Diego Lodge #168 ~ Vincent Hall ~ Transfer from Golden Spike (Utah) Lodge #719

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707-257-7982

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Kitchen and Bath Remodeling

Waterproofing * Decks & Fences

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Memorial Crab Feed Jan 17, 2015

Activities Report for Dec. and January 2014-15

Happy New Year!! Hopefully everyone had a good holiday season. Events and Activities Meeting: Was held on Dec. 4th, a nice turnout, I am happy to see members attend with thoughtful insight and ideas for this coming year’s events. New Year's Eve was discussed and Marilyn and committee are on track for this Gala. Crab Feed issues were discussed, sadly we will need to raise the cost of the Crab Feed to $55.00 we got caught in a crab crunch. A list is posted on the bulletin board to let members know where they will be volunteering and for those who would like to sign up. Great pot luck appetizers, thanks everyone. District Veteran's Christmas Dinner: December 5th was the date for this dinner. Approximately 170 joined in for dinner. Veterans from the Veteran's Home in Yountville, along with other Veterans, were welcomed by Elk members from Vacaville, Petaluma, San Rafael, and Napa lodges. A delicious dinner was served starting with split pea soup and followed up by Salisbury steak. Many thanks to our Boy Scout troop #832 they did a fantastic job presenting the colors, serving and clean up. Also, more thanks to our lodge volunteers, this dinner is a lot of work, we are grateful for all the help we can get. The centerpieces by Vivian McFarland as always, were beautiful. Elk's Memorial Sunday: The first Sunday in December is set aside for this Ritual. We take time to remember our Elk members who have passed. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families. Monica prepared a delightful brunch and we had time to enjoy and share the morning with family members and friends. Children's Christmas Party: On December 10, 2014, our lodge members and staff brought and wrapped 40 gifts for our lodge children and the children from PartentsCan, gift cards, piggy banks and children's DVD's were also donated for this event. Our lodge members are very generous and the children benefit from the kindness of our members and staff, and more thanks to the Girl Scout troop #260026. Through the years #832 has been very blessed to have fanatic Santa's, starting with Santa Bob, Santa Dave and this year was Santa Cal. Santa Cal was very welcoming to the little ones and they all loved him and their gifts, Mrs. Santa (Shelia) was also on hand to give Santa some help and take over Candy Cane duties. The Children also enjoyed the Therapy Dogs, Miss Elf the Face Painter, Crafts, handmade knitted hats, Candy Cane Punch, pasta dinner and Christmas cookies. Our Debbie led the group of over 100+adults and children in a Christmas sing along. I saw a lot of smiles, laughter and Christmas cheer at this 2014 successful event. Thank you all very much and Good Job #832! Member's Christmas Party: 12/16/15 was our Holiday Cheer Party, and we had a lot of cheer. The evening started out with Egg Nog & Brandy, then the delicious appetizers prepared by our kitchen staff. Christmas music and other saxophone tunes were provided by Kevin Frazier, and we were all treated to a lot of Sugar Plums and desserts from members. We enjoyed all kinds of desserts from cakes, cookies, pears in wine sauces just to mention a few. We had some Merry Christmas birthdays we celebrated....Happy birthday to Tom, Shelia and Bob. This was a Merry event.

SAVE THE DATES: Please see flyers on upcoming events. Crab Feed: Saturday, Jan. 17th/$55.00

Valentine's Day Buffet Dinner/Feb. 13th/Music Kevin Frazier Cioppino Feed: Wednesday, Feb. 25th (pending)

St. Pat's Dinner: Friday, March 13, 2015/Corned Beef and Cabbage/Irish Accordion Music Elk's Reno Bus Trip: March 16, 17 and 18th/Sign up or see Tim Horton

Fraternally, Sandy Silveira, Loyal Knight & Activities

Elks care, Elks Share!

PURPLE PIG REPORT FOR NOVEMBER Pat Gardiner ~ Judy & Mike Biggs ~ Frank Brakin ~ Mike Phillips ~ Rich Rust ~

Big Pig ~ "Hershey" Pig ~ Bar Pigs ~ Total of $317.20

Children's Christmas Party Mystery

One of our members gave us the names of

two children. Sorry we don't remember

who!?! The children's names were:

Madeline Caceras and Abby Caceras. We

have their gifts in the secretary's office.

Please come by and pick them up. Thanks!

As well as our old favorites of Bud, Bud Light & Coors Light we now have Blue Moon and Napa Smith Pilsner on tap! And coming soon Laguinitas IPA! Come and check them out!

Thank You To All The Officers Who Donate Their Time for the Good of the Lodge

Exalted Ruler: Calvin Cox 255-6661 napaelks@sbcglobal.net Leading Knight: Janis Mousa 927-3099 paide@comcast.net Loyal Knight: Sandy Silveira 252-2284 sds3031@aol.com Lecturing Knight: Ron Kilby 255-5216 gretmad@aol.com Secretary: Judy Fisher 486-5749 judyjfisher@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Jan Schreiber 224-6081 jdcloset@comcast.net Esquire: Gene Aber PER 337-0051 geneca@pacbell.net Chaplain: Patty Tomlinson 255-9545 tompatnapa@aol.com Inner Guard: Mike Biggs 253-7819 biggsma@gmail.com Tiler: Tom McFarland 255-8008 tomandvivian@gmail.com

Trustee 1 year: Tim Horton 253-8407 thorton@rr.firstallied.com Trustee 2nd year: Lindsay Wanagel 226-3814 linsmark@sbcglobal.net

Trustee 3rd year: John Olney 386-2384 thewinecntryclb2@aol.com Trustee 4th year: David Silveira 252-2284 sds3031@aol.com Trustee 5th year: Lenard Fisher PER 224-1847 lenardfisher@sbcglobal.net

VETERANS HOME WISH LIST All types of snacks: Candy (without nuts) ~Chips, Peanuts in the shell ~ Jerky~ Microwave popcorn ~ Cup of Soup ~ Tea Bags ~ Instant & Regular Coffee. Toothbrushes ~ Toothpaste ~ Hair Shampoo ~ Combs & Hairbrushes (men & women) ~Deodorant~ Hand Soap, Lotion ~ Body wash~ Soap~ Nail Polish~ Polish Remover ~Emery Boards- Hair Bands ~Stationery ~ Envelopes ~ Stamps ~ Large Print Books ~ DVD Movies (Non-Violent) ~ CD Music (classical, jazz, western, bands of the 30’s & 40s’s) ~ Audio Books ~ Table Games ~ Puzzle Books ~ Bird Seed, the patients love to watch the birds!

MUST BE NEW: Men’s & Ladies: Watches ~ Jewelry ~ Caps, Hats, Scarves Gloves and Umbrellas

MUST BE NEW and in original box Following appliances are now being accepted: Microwaves ~ Coffeemakers ~ 50” Flat Screen TV ~ Blenders ~ Slow Cookers ~ DVD Players ~ Toaster Ovens ~ Electric Shavers

Not Being Accepted: Clothing of any kind ~ Candles ~ Food in cans or jars ~ Alcohol ~ Jigsaw puzzles ~ Playing cards ~ Books ~ Magazines ~ Medical Supplies ~ Liquid or bubble bath soap (no bathtubs)

JANUARY BIRTHDAY BABIES 1

st Richard Copelan ~ Lillian Hartenstein ~ Jeff Howden 2

nd Constance Coughlan ~ Frank Cuellar Jr. 3

rd Richard Nichols

~ Barton Penny ~ Cynthia Van Hoff 4th

Ray Kimball ~ Jack Reinholz 5th

Dick Kuykendall ~ Angela Nelson ~ Lloyd Zuehlke 6

th Robert Hope 7

th Thomas Huss 9

th John Johnson ~ Sharon Wall 11

th Derrell Decker ~ Will Hansen 12

th John

Hussey ~ Patrick Mc Greal ~ Roger Russell 13th

William Bacigalupi 15th

Richard Hancock ~ Dwayne Hassenplug ~ John Thompson 16

th Eric Brown 17

th Gene Sullivan 18

th Frank Fieser 19

th Caron Ewald ~ Ed Henderson ~ Harold

Messner 20th

Alan Widener 22nd

James Mc Cully ~ Patricia Wiley 23rd

Charles Rathjen ~ James Van Winden ~ Rex Williams 25

th Jeffrey Davis ~ David Trzesniewski 26

th Jacob Arcanin 27

th Dennis Ruise ~ Jeffrey Lee Scott ~ Kenneth

Tubman 29th

Joseph Orosz ~ Russell Quinnell 30th

Ron Mattioda ~ Kimberley Smith

January Birthday Coupon Redeem for your free birthday drink!

Name:_______________________________________Member #______________

Birthday:_____________________________Drink Type:______________________

CALLING ALL BARTENDERS!!! To keep things running smoothly and keep costs down we are

asking for any and every daytime volunteer bartender available.

No experience necessary – we will train you! The typical shifts

available are 11:00 to 3:00 (which includes a free lunch) and 3:00

to 5:00 Monday through Friday. Also 10:00 to 4:00 on Saturday

and Sunday. Or even on an “on-call” basis, anything will help.

Each of these shifts receives coupons for future adult beverages.

Call the office for more information please. 255-4522

All Seasons Yard & Maintenance Repair

Residential/Commercial ~ Free Estimates Proprietor Jeffrey B. Gelow ~ Lic # 17349 Landscape Services, Garden Preparation,

Rototilling, New Sod Installation, Tree & Hedge Pruning,

Fencing Repair, Irrigation Installation, Deck repair & staining, Yard maintenance

(Weekly, Bi-weekly & Monthly) 707-479-1977 ~ PO BOX 2285 ~ Napa CA 94558

Mike Stornetta Memorial

CRAB FEED Saturday, January 17th

Cocktails 6:00 p.m. & Dinner 7:00 p.m. MUSIC & DANCING BY CHARLIE BAKER Salad, French Bread, Pasta, Wine & Crab!!!

Silent Auction & 50/50 Raffle

Tickets must be purchased by Monday, January 12, 2014

$55.00 PER PERSON Napa Elks Lodge #832 – 2840 Soscol Avenue

YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THE DESSERT AUCTION! COME JOIN THE FUN! (SORRY NO STEAKS AVAILABLE)

Kid’s Xmas Party

Santa a.k.a. Calvin Cox E.R. - Photos taken by Len Fisher

Member’s Holiday Cheer ~ Music by Kevin Frazier Photos taken by John Olney

Valentine’s Day Buffet Dinner

Friday ~ 2/13/14 ~ 6:00 p.m.

Sweetheart BBQ & Dessert $20 Music by: Kevin Frazier

CIOPPINO NIGHT We are in the process of putting together a Cioppino Night. This event will be on a

Wednesday Dinner Night, February 25, 2015 at 6:00

However, at this point in time we do not have a price. Please check out flyers at the lodge or check the next newsletter for updates.

THE OFFICE, BAR

& RESTAURANT

WILL BE CLOSED

THURSDAY

JANUARY 1st NEW

YEARS DAY

HOLIDAY

A very special thank you to Lisa Belli for donating her time to decorate our Lodge so beautifully this year! You’re the best!

We have two MARCH EVENTS Friday, March 13, 2015

6:00 p.m. Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner

Rolls and Dessert Music: Don Cooper / Irish music on Accordion

Irish Beer for purchase!

RENO BUS TRIP March 16th, 17th and 18th

El Dorado Hotel ~ RENO Sign-up sheet at the Bar or see Tim Horton

Please join us for the St. Patrick's Day Reno Bus Trip!

JANUARY 2015

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

CLOSED HOLIDAY

2

Lunch 11:30 – 2

3

4

NFL TICKET Bar Open

Hot dogs & Chili 11 – 4

5

Lunch 11:30 - 2

6

Lunch 11:30 – 2

Hall Association Meeting 6:00

Trustees Meeting 6:30

7

Lunch 11:30 - 2

Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

Lodge Meeting 7:30

8

Lunch 11:30 - 2

9

Lunch 11:30 – 2

10

11

NFL TICKET Bar Open

Hot dogs & Chili 11 - 4

12

Lunch 11:30 - 2

13

Lunch 11:30 – 2

14

Lunch 11:30 - 2

Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

15

Lunch 11:30 - 2

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Lunch 11:30 - 2

17

CRAB FEED

18

NFL TICKET Bar Open

Hot dogs & Chili 11 - 4

19

Lunch 11:30 - 2

20

Lunch 11:30 – 2

House Committee Meeting 6:00

Trustees Meeting 6:30

21

Lunch 11:30-2

Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

Lodge Meeting 7:30

22

Lunch 11:30 - 2

23

Lunch 11:30 - 2

FRIDAY NIGHT BBQ

24

25

NFL TICKET

Bar Open Hot dogs & Chili

11 - 4

26

Lunch 11:30 - 2

P.E.R. Meeting

27

Lunch 11:30 - 2

28

Lunch 11:30 – 2

Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

29

Lunch 11:30 - 2

30

Lunch 11:30 – 2

FRIDAY NIGHT BBQ

31

Wednesday Night Dinners All dinners include salad, coffee and dessert!

Don’t forget to call by Tuesday if you want to reserve the 2nd choice entrée, they are limited.

January 2015

7th

- Lamb Shanks w/ Polenta & Veg $18

(2) Roasted Chicken w/ Polenta & Veg $16

14th

- Honey Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes &

Gravy $16

(2) Cajun Catfish w/ Red Beans & Rice $16

21st

- Prime Rib Aujus, Baked Potato & Veg $18

(2) Baked Salmon w/ Rice Pilaf & Veg $18

28th

- Chicken Fried Steak w/ Mashed Potatoes

& Country Gravy $16

(2) Chicken Cordon Bleu w/ Rice & Veg $16

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

FEBRURY 1, 2015

MEMBER POTLUCK

MORE INFORMATION

TO FOLLOW

Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks PROUD SPONSORS OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TROOP #832

Napa Lodge # 832

2840 Soscol Ave

Napa, CA 94558-3521

(707) 255-4522 www.napaelks.org

Addressed to a very important Elk!!

DATED MATERIAL ~ SAVE THE DATE

Lunch Daily ~ Monday - Friday ~ 11:30 - 2:00

Wednesday Night Dinners ~ 6:00 - 7:00

Saturday, January 17th

~ Crab Feed w/Charlie Baker

Sunday, February 1st ~ Super Bowl Potluck

Friday, February 13th

~ Valentine’s Buffet Dinner w/Kevin Frazier

Wednesday, February 25th

~ Cioppino Night

Friday, March 13th

~ St. Patty’s Corned Beef & Cabbage w/Dan Cooper on Accordion

March 16-18 ~ Reno Bus Trip

Good Friday, April 3rd

~ BBQ w/Adult Egg Hunt & Raffle

Wednesday, April 29th

~ Beatles Tribute – Appetizers, Cake & J.Silverheels

Tuesday, May 5th

~ Cinco de Mayo Fiesta w/Acapulco Mariachi Trio

Sunday, May 10th

~ Mother’s Day Brunch w/Kevin Frazier

June 5-7 ~ Western Weekend

Friday, June 12th

~Father’s Day BBQ

Saturday, June 13th

~ Flag Day @ Vet’s Home in Yountville

Sunday, August 2nd

~ Hot August Sunday w/J.Silverheels

August 14-16 ~ Jamboree hosted at the Napa Lodge!!!

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