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MARCH, 2020 VOLUME 98 / ISSUE 12, SHEILA COX, EXALTED RULER NAPA CALIFORNIA

MESSAGE FROM YOUR EXALTED RULERGreetings,

March signifies the end of the Elk year is finally coming to a close and the end of my term as Exalted Ruler. I often thought about this last message and what I would say to all of the members. Needless to say, the content has changed a few times, so here it goes!

First, it has been a privilege to represent Napa Lodge #832

as your Exalted Ruler. I am forever grateful for the support from the membership and the dedication of those members who never want recognition for the work and services they provide; from kitchen help, yard work, donations, etc., your commitment is noticed and really appreciated for all you have done for the Lodge. I also want to take this time to thank all of the Officers and their dedication and hard work they put in throughout this past year. And last, but not least, thank you to all the staff that contribute to the everyday running of the Lodge. They are truly dedicated and take pride in the services they provide! The success of this year is all due to everyone’s combined efforts.

As you may or may not know, election of Officers took place at the last meeting. Bob Fraid and Bob Niklewicz have graciously consented to continue as Chaplain and Esquire and Calvin Cox PER agreed to be Tiler. Elected Officers are as follows: Sheila Cox soon to be PER as Exalted Ruler; Bill Sollows as Leading Knight; Michael Sobelman as Loyal Knight; Janis Mousa as Lecturing Knight; David Harms as Inner Guard; Lindsay Wanagel as Treasurer; Judy Fisher as Secretary; and Tom McFarland as 5-Year Trustee. When you see your Officers, give them a big thank you for their commitment to the Lodge.

This past month Taco Tuesday started again and has been well attended. There was a big Friday Night BBQ/Valentine’s Day anniversary celebration in which over 120 members, family and friends came to help Len and Judy Fisher (60 years), Dave and Sandy Silveira (50 years) and Al and Sandy Brambrink (60 years) celebrate their anniversaries. They provided appetizers and music for all to enjoy and a good time was had by all! A big thank you to the celebrants for letting us all in on their celebration.

FYI, our facility had a surprise inspection of the kitchen and bar and was awarded the top rating! Congratulations to the staff for maintaining the high standards of the industry.

Coming up is the Homecoming weekend of Lodge member and CHEA State President Tim Jaeger. If you have not made a pre-paid reservation, they are due no later than March 2. Installation of Officers is on Saturday, March 28, at 11:00. Lunch will follow. Ritual Contest is April 24 and 25 in Ukiah. Anyone can come and watch the contest. A DDGER clinic is on Sunday, April 26 and is mandatory for the ER, Secretary, Leading Knight, Chairman of the Trustees and anyone in the Lodge that holds a District position.

Membership renewal is due on April 1st. We have had a net gain of members for this year. Judy has the full Membership Report information for all to review in every Bulletin.

Lastly, since this is not going to be my last message as ER, please note I have a new email: sheila4143@att.net . I look forward to another year to represent this Lodge as ER. I will be contacting members to see about committee assignments. Please let me know if you are interested or have a question as to what is available.

Fraternally,

Sheila Cox, Exalted Ruler

REPORT FOR JANUARY Stanley Blough ~ Bill Goss ~ Ben Haslet ~ Carrie Wren ~ Thom Falcon ~ Bob

Niklewicz ~ Mark Fowler ~ Brad Wagner ~ Candy & Lodge Pigs Total of $624.47

Please note: At the time of the newsletter printing and editing the month of February purple pig donations have not been completely tallied and recorded yet. So this report is approximately one month delayed.

NAPA ELKS LODGE #832 Grapevine Express

Commitment ~ Communication ~ Collegiality

FROM YOUR LODGE SECRETARY

Hello all Members!!

This year is going by way too fast!! We already have our Officers for next year. Thank you so much to all of them for stepping up for the Lodge. It is a great way to get to know how Elkdom works and you become part of a team.

Last meeting on Wednesday, February 19th we initiated six new members into the Lodge. They are: Diana Gill, Margaret "Peggy" Legg, John M. Luna, Ronald Reid, Bradley Thornburg, Louis Webster. Please welcome them to the Lodge and encourage them to get involved.

Dues notices will be going out the first of the month. The dues this year will be $176.00. We very much appreciate members getting their dues in as quickly as possible. This helps the Lodge function better when we receive the dues in a timely manner. Thank you to those of you who always get your dues in right away.

On March 6th and 7th we will be celebrating the homecoming of our CHEA State President, Tim Jaeger and his lovely wife Sandy. That’ll be a super busy weekend around here with people coming from all over California and Hawaii. Wish us luck!

As always, if you have membership concerns please let me know.

Fraternally, Judy Fisher, Lodge Secretary

FOR MEMBERSHIP Joseph Breit ~ Sponsor: Judy Biggs ~ Matthew Fontes ~ Sponsor: Charlie Travers ~ Robert

Garske ~ Sponsor: Sandy Silveira ~ Maxine Maas ~ Sponsor: Deanna Desin ~ Lynn Pritchett ~ Sponsor: Patricia Bloch ~ Douglas Bridewell ~ Sponsor: Tish Zuniga ~ Craig Hall ~ Sponsor: Don

Critchley ~ Daniel Darling ~ Sponsor: Steve Price ~ Donald Stirling ~ Transfer: Santa Clarita Lodge

We have a Facebook “Public Group” called Napa Elks 832 find us

and join us! https://www.facebook.com/groups/207318319187/

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Napa Elks Spring is on the way! Happy March!

Activities Report March 2020 Updates on January/February Events: Chinese New Year's 1/22/29: The dinner menu was a delight. Stephanie outdid herself with the Chinese food. Not many Singapore slings were sold, my fault, I forgot to announce they were available. We had many opportunities for photos. I think Cyndi posted pictures in February's newsletter. There were Red & Gold decorations, Chinese place mats, Dragon Balloons, Green Tea Ice Cream with Fortune cookies. # 832 brought in 2020, year of the Rat with a bang. Spaghetti Night 1/29: This dinner

went over nicely, our members love spaghetti. We had a little over 60 in attendance. Sabine did the cooking, and

everything was delicious. Thank you Sabine. As mentioned before I know we all love our Burgers and Bocce, but it has

been nice having a change on the 5th Wednesday. Friday Night BBQ: Our first BBQ was on 1/31, we are back in the

groove on Fridays, come on down and join us. Super Bowl: We had an excellent turnout for Super Bowl. We also had a

lot of food, food and more food. Thank you everyone for your Pot Luck contribution, there are too many folks to thank

but I do want to mention a couple. Laura Kostelac's Chinese Chicken salad with chopsticks was not only tasty but

presentation was outstanding. Tom Solon's BBQed sausages went over great. And many thanks to Becky and the

bartenders for the decorations & balloons, Shoey for getting all 7 TV's working. I would say for most of us it was a fun

day, however, we all know 49ers lost....sad, for 49er fans. Valentine/Anniversary Event 2/14: Wonderful attendance for

our Valentine, Anniversary event. Last I heard attendance was between 140 to 150. Many thanks to the Mellow family and

Karl Hansen for hosting this BBQ and cooking all the steaks. Cyndi & Doc for cashiering, more thanks going to Becky,

Ilene & Francisco for helping with decorations. The three couples celebrating their 60th and 50th anniversaries had a

wonderful time, and thank everyone who brought cards and gave us anniversary wishes. Many of us received flowers,

champagne, balloons & candy. We also had three other couples that joined us to celebrate their anniversaries. Love was in

the air as we danced the Anniversary Waltz. A surprise for me was my husband showing up at the lodge looking great in

his white dinner jacket, black shirt and white tie, he was a cross between John Travolta and John Gotti. I loved the nice

surprise. We ended the evening with anniversary cake and danced to the music of Joe Geremia. Up and Coming events:

Wild Duck Dinner 2/29: updates in April's newsletter. Homecoming: 3/6 & 3/7, there will be NO Friday Night BBQ that

week. Pasta Dinner and entertainment Friday.-if you wish to attend the pasta dinner pre-paid reservations required in the

office. St Patrick's Day 3/13: tickets on sale soon. Installation: 3/28/20. Come support your officers.

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS, old, new and volunteers

We will have an Events/ Activities meeting on April 2nd. Club Room/ 6:00.

Our lodge is in need of 1. Lodge Activity Coordinator. 2. Community Activities Chairman 3.Chairmen for the

different events in 2020-21 4.Volunteers. Please plan on attending and sign up to assist with events. Pizza is

involved-$5.00, see or RSVP to Sandy for Pizza. Fraternally - Sandy Silveira P.E.R. and Lodge Activities Coordinator

Reminder: The Membership Card, which will be presented to you by the secretary, is a means of identification;

it shows that you are a member in good standing in this Lodge. You

should carry it with you at all times, you are required to present it in order to gain admission to this Lodge, and

without it you cannot gain admission to another Lodge.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Increases Total members on April 1, 2019.................... 631 New Members Initiated............................... 55 Affiliated...................................................... 6 Reinstated.................................................. 5 Gain…......................................................... 66

Decreases Dropped.................................................... 9 Transferred............................................... 1 Absolute Dimits........................................ 4 Deceased................................................... 9 Loss…........................................................ 23 Net Gain............................................................ 43

Total Members February 25, 2020………........674 Delinquent Members.........................................24 Membership Lapsation Rate...........................3.80%

Left: Exalted Ruler Sheila Cox welcoming new

members: Louis Webster, Peggy Legg, John

Luna, Bradley Thornburg, Robert Reid and

Diana Gill.

Thanks to everyone who came to the Super Bowl Potluck!

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

Exalted Ruler: Sheila Cox 255-6661 sheila4143@att.net Leading Knight: Monica Shepard 246-3137 shepard-creer@att.net

Loyal Knight: Bill Sollows 224-6604 duckfshr@pobox.com Lecturing Knight: Michael Sobelman 209-559-0758 mlsobelman@gmail.com

Secretary: Judy Fisher 486-5749 judyjfisher@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Lindsay Wanagel PER 290-5186 linsmark@sbcglobal.net Esquire: Bob Fraid 255-3367 bobffraid@gmail.com Chaplain: Robert Niklewicz 484-7373 ptsrgr8@sonic.net Inner Guard: Ron Kilby 255-5216 gretmad@aol.com Tiler: Tom McFarland 255-8008 tomandvivian@gmail.com

Trustee 1st year: Ron Rae 224-5194 ron1009@comcast.net

Trustee 2nd year: Judy Biggs 253-7819 jbiggs7@comcast.net

Trustee 3rd year: Mike Biggs 253-7819 biggsma@gmail.com Trustee 4th year: Tom Dawson 226-8411 tomedawson@aol.com

Trustee 5th year: Sandy Silveira 252-2284 sds3031@aol.com

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. Umbrellas ~ Ponchos ~ 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: VCR’s or Cassettes ~ Clothing of any kind ~ Candles ~ Food in cans or jars ~ Alcohol ~ Jigsaw

Puzzles ~ Books ~ Magazines ~ Medical Supplies ~ Liquid or bubble bath soap (no bathtubs)

Taco Tuesday’s are the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of every month!

We need volunteers for several 3rd Tuesdays, please call the office for dates if you are interested in hosting, they are in danger of

being cancelled if we don’t find anyone! Sheila has a list and will be calling a few people who have expressed interest. Thanks!

MARCH BIRTHDAY BABIES 2

nd Larry Brown Jr. ~ Ray Martinez ~ Monica Parker 3

rd John Lindholm ~ Tony Zarate 4

th Jack Gray

5th

Robert Niklewicz 6th

Mark Fowler ~ Justin Tharp 7th

Darwin Gardner 8th

Michael J.D’Adamo 9th

Donald Critchley ~ Andrew Meyer 11

th Shelley Halladay ~ Karl Hansen 12

th Myles Davis ~ James Marek ~ Connie

Max ~ Adam Welsh 13th

Nickolas Simone 14th

Don Ewald ~ Michael Reed ~ Robert Timm 15th

Judy Biggs 17

th Terry McGuinness ~ Linda Reed ~ Scott Sedgley ~ Robert Smith 18

th David Aten ~ Al

Campbell ~ Hans Strand 20th

Alex DeMoraes ~ Michael Graham ~ Kelly Norris ~ Maureen Ray ~ Geri Steffan 22

nd John Callanan ~ Michael Perri 23

rd Robert Ray ~ John Thern 24

th Rachel Hall ~ Bill Sollows

25th

Carl Falcone ~ Gregory Stiltz 26th

Dawn Phillips 28th

Charles Bertagna 31st

Cliff Steen ~ Steven Willis

March 2020 Birthday Coupon - Redeem for your free birthday drink!

Name:_______________________________________Member #______________

Birthday:_____________________________Drink Type:______________________

Installation of Officers Luncheon Please join us to welcome our new officers to the 2020-2021 Elk year!

Saturday, March 28, 2020 11:00 Installation – 12:00 No Host Cocktails & Buffet Lunch - $20.00 Inclusive

Deluxe Full Salad Bar, Meat & Cheese Trays w/Rolls

and Assorted Cookies

Dress: Business Attire

Out of towners RSVP or locals buy tickets by: 3/23/20

Mother's Day Champagne Brunch Sunday, May 10, 2020 – More information to follow…

SAVE THE DATE Tickets available in April!

Past Grand Exalted Ruler Malcolm

McPherson with wife Pat and daughters

Megan and Mallory came from New Jersey

to visit our Lodge on February 12th.

Pictured with Exalted Ruler Sheila Cox

and CHEA State President Tim Jaeger.

RV Park will have limited availability March 4-8 (Wednesday-Sunday) because of Homecoming. The park will be open to Elk members who have dinner reservations for the Saturday Homecoming and are volunteering to help at the Lodge and hotel.

Valentine – Anniversary Party

Please see the office if you are

interested in becoming the new

bulletin designer-editor. Thanks!

AS LONG AS THERE ARE VETERANS, THE BPOE WILL NEVER FORGET THEM

The Past Exalted Rulers of Napa Elks Lodge along with the lodge Veterans Service Committee developed a “Veteran’s

Wall of Honor” in front of the Lodge beneath the Gold Elk west wall.

The “Wall of Honor”, a project conceived by PER George “Bus” Langdon features plaques with service veteran’s names,

branch of service and service assignment(s). Friends or family members of deceased veterans may secure an application

to be submitted in honor of their loved ones. The cost is $50 per plaque.

This project is dedicated to honoring those who have served to protect their country in a “public” way. Elks members,

visitors to the lodge and others will be able to view and pay tribute to those who served. Application below…

VETERAN’S WALL OF HONOR APPLICATION - Sponsored by PER Association - PER George “Bus” Langdon, President

I request to be included in the Veteran’s Wall of Honor of the Napa Elks Lodge. I understand that by submitting the following

information a plaque will be made and permanently placed on the Wall of Honor. NOTE: Family and/or friends may submit

request for plaque on Wall of Honor by submitting information on the application form for the deceased Napa Elk member.

Cost: $50.00 Includes cost of plaque and mounting. Any profit goes to PER Lodge Improvement fund. All applications will be

reviewed by the Wall of Honor committee for verification and approval. PLEASE PRINT THE FOLLOWING:

Name for plaque:_______________________________________________________________ Date:_____________________

Example: William A. Johnson

Branch of Service, Rank, Rate and Date Served:__________________________________________________________________

Example: U.S. Army l95l-l953

Indicate Veteran’s Unit, ship, regiment, etc.____________________________________________________________________

Example: USS Forest Sherman (if not known - War, WWII, Korea, etc.)

Applicant signature:_______________________________________________________________________________________

Submit cost of plaque with application – Make check to: Napa Elks Lodge #832 – Wall of Honor in Memo Section

Applicant address:_______________________________________________ Applicant phone:__________________________

Committee approval: _______________________________________________________Date:___________________________

DON’T

FORGET TO

SPRING

FORWARD!

MARCH 8TH

Hey members, don’t forget we have a website!

www.napaelks.org And those of you who have a business card in the bulletin, we have them on that site as

well under “supporters”. By clicking on the card itself

it links to your personal website. If you’d like to

update your current card or anyone else interested in adding a new one, please

contact the office.

DEADLINE FOR

NEWSLETTER

ARTICLES & INPUT

IS THE 22nd

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EACH MONTH

THANK YOU

The Elks Ear

Well my day has started off on the wrong note. First off, I was asked to leave the office and then the boys at the bar

showed me a new dice game, but I got off easy and only had to buy 6 drinks. But the good news is the Hall

Association is having a duck dinner to raise funds. They will be serving 100 wild ducks. I guess they have raised the

limit since I hunted ducks. Well anyway I have been promised a Merganser!!

The President's Homecoming is now a lot closer that when we talked about it a year ago, and there is no place to

hide!! We could use some volunteers to help setup and clean up for the Friday, March 6th dinner. To volunteer,

you can just go to our office and they will tell you where to go.

Our new Elks year will start the first of April. The Installation of Officers will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March

28th. You are all invited to see how Elks work. Some of you new members and some of you seasoned Elks need to

think about joining our committees, this will let you see what we do.

Well let's try this again next month!!

Still waiting, but the best is yet to come.

Please Join us for the Events Meeting: April 2, 2020 - 6:00 Club Room

Needed:1. Lodge Activities Coordinator 2. Chairmen for events 2020-21

3. Community Activities Chairman 4.Volunteers and

5. Your thoughts and ideas for events 2020-2021

Pizza is involved: Let Sandy know if you want pizza-$5.00

Everyone is welcomed, old, new members and volunteers!

A big thank you to Bus Langdon for his

donation towards the ADA Compliant Project

for the front parking area and walk way.

A huge thank you to everyone who helps keep the area out back looking so good!

“First Visit a Guest – Second Visit a Friend – Third Visit a Member”

MARCH 2020

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

Lunch 11:30-2:00

3

Lunch 11:30-2:00 TACO TUESDAY 5:30

4

Lunch 11:30-2:00 Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

Lodge Meeting-7:30

5

Lunch 11:30-2:00

6

NO BBQ!!! HOMECOMING

7

HOMECOMING DINNER

8 Don’t forget to set your clock!

“SPRING FORWARD”

9

Lunch 11:30-2:00

10

Lunch 11:30-2:00 House Meeting 5:30

Hall Meeting 6:00 Trustees Meeting 6:30

11

Lunch 11:30-2:00 Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

12

Lunch 11:30-2:00

13

Lunch 11:30 – 2:00

ST. PATRICK’S DINNER

14

Please call to see if we have a bartender!

15

16

Lunch 11:30-2:00

17

Lunch 11:30-2:00 TACO TUESDAY 5:30

18

Lunch 11:30-2:00 Dinner 6:00-7:00

Lodge Meeting-7:30

19

Lunch 11:30-2:00

20

Lunch 11:30 – 2:00 FRIDAY NIGHT

BBQ 6:00

21

Please call to see if we have a bartender!

22

23

Lunch 11:30-2:00

24

Lunch 11:30-2:00

25

Lunch 11:30-2:00 Dinner 6:00 – 7:00

26

Lunch 11:30-2:00

27

Lunch 11:30 – 2:00 FRIDAY NIGHT

BBQ 6:00

28

Installation of Officers &

Luncheon 11:00

29

30 Lunch 11:30-2:00

P.E.R. MEETING

31

Lunch 11:30-2:00

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

MARCH 2020

4th

– (Green Salad w/ Bleu Cheese)

(40) Swedish Meatballs w/ Egg Noodles $20

(10) Steaks $23 (10) No Entrée $10

Dessert- Ice Cream Sundaes

11th

–(Caesar Salad) (40) Fried Chicken w/ Mashed

Potatoes & Veg $20 (10) Steaks $23 (10) No Entrée

$10 Dessert- Apple Pie

18th

- (Tossed Spring Mix Salad)

(60) Prime Rib Aujus w/ Baked Potatoes & Veg $25

(20) Baked Salmon $20 (10) No Entrée $10

Dessert- Ice Cream

25th

– (Coleslaw) (40) Homemade Beer Battered Cod

w/ Seasoned Chips $20 (10) Steaks $23 (10) No Entree

$10 Dessert- Lemon Biscotti Cheesecake *The number of dinners being prepared is in parentheses.

The only way to guarantee a meal is to call & reserve one

between 10:30-4:30. It is also imperative that you tell the

cashier if you have called to make a reservation so that we

don’t hold that ticket & someone else misses out. Thanks!

If you ever take any good photos at any of our events that you would like to be in the

newsletter please email them to us at napaelks@sbcglobal.net – Thank you!

St. Patrick's Day Dinner Friday, March 13

th - 6:00 - Buffet Dinner

Menu: Salad, Corned Beef & Cabbage

and Patty’s famous Whisky Cake

Event Cocktail: Green Beer for Purchase

Music TBA - Cost $25.00

Please purchase tickets before 3/9/20

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 DATES

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

Wednesday Night Dinners ~ 6:00 - 7:00

Friday, March 6th

~ NO BBQ

Saturday, March 7th

~ Tim Jaeger’s Homecoming

Friday, March 13th

~ St. Patrick’s Dinner

Saturday, March 28th

~ Installation

Wednesday, April 29th

~ April Birthday Dinner

Sunday, May 10th

~ Mother’s Day Brunch

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