OCTOBER 2021 - NOVEMBER 2021VOLUME 34

ISSUE 4

The Whisper

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Lodge Hours: Tuesday: 5pm - Close (Members Only)

Thursday: 5pm - CloseSunday: 10am - 5pm (during football season)

Every Sunday, 10a-5p and this Sunday, October 3rd

is making breakfast for $10 which includeseither 1 Mimosa or Bloody Mary or juice!

David Hessler - Exalted Ruler

ER, Dave Hessler; PDDGER, Kathy Grant,

Treasurer, Tracy Bagdon serve lunch to the ENF Scholars visiting Santa

Monica during their US tour.

Wow! I can't believe I'm halfway through my year as Exalted Ruler.

I'm so grateful for all the help and support I have had along the way. Thank you to all my officers, and congratulations on our 3rd place finish in the recent Ritual Competition. Great job to our Membership Committee, especially Barbara Taylor, who continues to bring in new members and grow the Good Time Lodge. (11 new members this month!) There has been such excitement about Elkdom and I am proud to be your E.R. Thank you to our volunteers for all events throughout this year.

Whether its cooking on Thursdays, setting up tables and chairs, or cleaning up, there has been no shortage of help. To everyone who has chaired an event, you have entertained our members, and made this Lodge a fun and safe place. Thank you to my First Lady, Colleen Hessler for all her delicious desserts and my mom, Maureen and Aunt Sharon for cooking our many dinners. Finally, a huge thank you to our award-winning Whisper staff who work tirelessly, spending upwards of 60 hours on a single issue.

I couldn't have done this without all of you. I look forward to the rest of my year, the many events on our calendar in the future, and I look forward to seeing you at Westchester Lodge #2050!

David HesslerExalted Ruler

The Copacabana event raised $1300 for our Major Project and Boy Scout Troop #915.

UPCOMING EVENTSEVERY TUESDAY –Regular Weekly Meeting 7:30pEVERY THURSDAY –Food, Fun, Friends. Dinner 5-8p $8EVERY SUNDAY –Sunday football 10a-5p

October 18th- Blood DriveOctober 31st- Halloween PartyNovember 14th- LWE Reverse FundraiserNovember 20th- Charity Ball

GOOD OF THE ORDER

$200 Lindsay Richmond- Absent$225 Danny Alvarez- Absent$250 Tony Pacheco- PRESENT!!$50 Eric Varisco- Absent

Patty Crockett - Leading Knight

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J. Steven Rhodes, Ilona Glinarsky, Melanie Emde, Christine Doll, John and Danielle Cosgrove

Welcome New Members!

1st row: Anne Drohan, Gina Masolini, Marilyn Hancock, Melanie Taylor, Nicholas Del Pozo

2nd row: Robert Brown, Andrew Perkins, John Babinec, Evie Silvers, Paul Hirsch

Missing but initiated Jayna RoseThank you members for your purple pig donations to Major Projects!

PSVP, Lan StrattanER Dave HesslerTammy RogersTaylor WhitleyFrank YeeLisa LevineColleen Hessler

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Thanks to Barb, Sharon, ER Dave, PDDGER Dan, PDDGER Kathy, Tony & Bobfor supporting the Vets at the Burger Babes event.

Oct 3rd NFL brunch withPaul Hirsch $10 includes1 mimosa, Bloody Mary or juice

Want to volunteer to cook orhelp in the kitchen?

You need your food handler card!It’s easy, short and only $7.99.

Take the course at efoodcard.com

Angel Valenzuela - Loyal Knight

Thank you to our Chili Cookers! We recognize it takes time and money to participate!

My Fellow Elks and Ladies of the Elks,

“WE SURVIVED RITUAL COMPETITION!!!”

And, we came in 3rd overall!

Our Lecturing Knight, Sylvia Thoma, was near perfect in her word accuracy and did us proud placing 3rd as well. Tania Morin, our beloved Chaplain, placed 1st with her dominant presentation. And, our dedicated coach, Dan Baccelliere, placed 1st in reciting our 11th hour toast.

What an amazing team we have! Many thanks to everyone for the mutual support, especially Dan for the excellent coaching.

This was my first time attending and competing in Ritual, and my knees were shaking like a leaf! While my part was not perfect, I now know what to expect for any future competitions.

Go Westchester! You were amazing, and we are so proud of you!

Redondo Beach: Wait until next year!

Peace & blessings always~Fraternally yours,Angel Valenzuela“And Justice for All!”

I’m very proud and honored to announce that several members of our Lodge placed 1st

through 3rd in the competition. Our very own new Leading Knight, PER Patty Crockett, did an amazing job and placed 3rd. She was very animated and engaging in her presentation

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From the Car Show Committee

As the sun rose on September 11th 2021, the day did not disappoint.A beautiful day unfolded as the sound of engines roared down Manchester!The 80+ cars that came were stunning! The crowd grew and grew and we estimate we still had an impressive attendance of over 600 people throughout the day.

Kiki kicked us off with a beautiful national anthem, Jackie Levine, Fireball Tim and Ken Vela entertained us in their DJ lounge and I think they may have eaten just as much ice cream as they sold….We paid tribute to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, ate our NEW weight in chili, some floated away in the beer garden; and we ended the day with a special award ceremony honoring the passing of Randy Hessler.

For the car show team of superstars, it has become our mission to not just show classic cars, but create an event for all ages, men, women, kids and pets! It is our Lodge's open house to the public and largest event of the year. We invite people to come, look, eat, laugh, hang out and enjoy a beautiful day!

The best compliment we get is how our show is so unique and personable. We have combined what feels like a family reunion BBQ with a classic car show! There are people that look forward to seeing friends they have made at our Lodge over the years and there's plenty of seating to relax and stay. Everyone is so friendly and for the people that found us for the 1st time, we know they've been hooked and will be back year after year!

To the car show team, Ladies of the Elks and volunteers…thank you for all your hard work!Thank you so much if you attended, and if you missed it, see you for #22 in 2022!

All our best,Lisa, Deven, Willieand the "Car Show Superstars Team"

Chili Winners:1st Place: CheesebergerPeople's Choice: Paul Hirsch, Dre Clar2nd: Sprick Family3rd: Jim and Johnny Jeltema

Best in Show: Earl Rubenstein - 1935 Packard

Sylvia Thoma - Lecturing KnightMy Fellow Elks,

As I’m sure the other officers have mentioned we participated in the ritual competition the last weekend of September. I’m proud to be a part of this officer team and this Lodge. Everyone did a wonderful job representing Westchester Lodge 2050.

I don’t know if you feel the same way, but this year is just flying by and its already time to talk about Halloween.

The Westchester Lodge Officers came in 3rd place as a team at the South Central Coast District Ritual competition on Saturday. Some of our officers won individual awards. Congratulations to all of our officers!Dan Baccelliere won 1st place with the 11 o'clock Toast.Tania Morin won 1st place as Lodge Chaplain.Patty Crockett won 3rd place as Esteemed Leading Knight.Sylvia Thoma won 3rd place for Esteemed Lecturing Knight.

Join us on Sunday morning & afternoon, October 31 for Football and Halloween fun. Wear a costume as you root for your favorite team. Details are in the attached flyer. And if you’d like to volunteer to help with the event, please let me know.

Stay safe and healthy and I look forward to seeing you at the Lodge.

Sincerely,Sylvia Thoma Lecturing Knight

Thank you Dale Thomspon(Leading Knight), Barbara Taylor (Inner Guard) and Deb Loss (Trustee) for your contributions to the Lodge. You are very appreciated.

Welcome aboard Tammy Rogers (Inner Guard), Dixie Sanchez (Trustee) and Patty Crockett (Leading Knight) to the team!

Deb LossBarbara Taylor

Welcome to our new bartender,Sarah Norton!

Fiona Engler, our Grant Chair, received a Focus Grant for $10,000 which enabled us to donate to the LAX Food Pantry.

Apple Cider Old Fashioned Cocktail (courtesy of “get the recipe”)Ingredients2 ounces quality apple cider or juiceDash of angostura bitters1 teaspoon brown sugar2 ounces bourbon whiskeyIce , for servingOrange slice , for garnishApple slice , for garnishCinnamon stick , for garnish

Fundraising:We have a new and exciting fundraiser going on. It is called The Reverse Drawing. We are calling for all hands on deck in helping us sell 300 tickets before November 10th. It takes a village to succeed. Our Chairwoman, Gwen Vuchsas has done all of the legal and we are 100% IRS approved. This ticket purchase supports the community programs of the LWE as well as help our ER with his 2021 wish list. Ticket purchases can be bought by friends, family, coworkers etc.

Here is how it works.Tickets are $100 each but the odds are favorable as there are only 300 tickets! Every 50th ticket pulled will win a gift cardvalued from $100 to $300 with the Final pull winning a cash prize of $10,000! Purchases can be Cash, Check or ZELLE.

We will have a reception at our Lodge on Sunday, November 14th for ticket purchasers to come snack and celebrate the festivities. This is a great opportunity for the public to see our Lodge and learn about The LWE and Elks. No, you do not have to be present to win but, you must be available via telephone to WIN the prizes.

We will be selling tickets in person at the Lodge on Tuesday & Thursday Evenings. If you are able to help us sell them (Elks and LWE) please contact us to be assigned your pack of 5 to sell. See flier for more information on the next page.Gwen ( 310) 963-9495; Lu (310) 780-1393; Angel (310) 383-2428, Continued on next page.

Luann Casillas - LWE President

LOE Birthdays

7 Nancy Estrada9 Mary Hupp

22 Debra Edwards

2 Janice Solis7 Sharon Heyman8 Pat Wurster

12 Rosalind Perry13 Naomi Beck17 Sharon Hladek

October November

What’s New: You can now ZELLE your payments to email:LadiesOfTheWestchesterElks@Gmail.com

Greetings Ladies & Fellow Elks,

Happy Fall Y’all. Although for us this is normally a very warm time of year, the idea of longer evenings, cozy clothing, football and comfort food is welcoming. What is your favorite food for Fall? I think of spoon-friendly foods like chicken and dumplings, chicken and noodles, chili, stew and osso bucco with mashed potatoes. On that tasty note here is a Fall twist on the classic Old Fashioned. Enjoy!

Check out our FB page! facebook.com/ladiesofthewestchesterelks/

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We Hear You:The board has worked through the pandemic to keep things flowing for the LWE and we understand that change is hard for everyone. As you may or may not know our Lodge continues to be closed on Monday nights. Because of the hardships put on our Lodge during the worst of the Covid-19 shut down, we are doing our best to support what is best for our Lodge as well as keep membership meetings during the open hours of our Lodge. This was a decision that was brought to the members to vote on in our June meeting by all members present. We understand that there is a sound issue as our Lodge is open for football and libations. As we continue to work on getting the dynamics sorted, we appreciate your ongoing understanding and hope for your continued support.

Lodge Visit:Angel and I were able to make a quick and fun visit to the Indio Elks Lodge #1643 last month and had a great time meeting the members after their 9-11 event.

Celebrate:We are excited to celebrate our 2021 birthdays and are finally able to have The Ladies Birthday Dinner. Please join us at Cantalini’s on Wednesday, November 17 at 6:30 PM. Cost is $30 (pre-paid please) We cannot wait to celebrate with all of you. Please reach out to our birthday chairwoman Sharon Hledek (310) 245-9769 to pay for your seat.

Community Fun:Fresh fruits, veggies & more at the Westchester Farmers Market. SUNDAYS IN WESTCHESTER’S DOWNTOWN TRIANGLE 9am-1pmhttp://westchesterfarmersmkt.com/

Movies al fresco. Stay close to home and enjoy a movie by moonlight. October brings all kinds of fun and scary movies your way.Rooftop Cinema Club El Segundo. https://rooftopcinemaclub.com/los-angeles/venue/el-segundo/

For some outdoor fun, hit the El Segundo Fair on Richmond. Saturday, October 9th from 9am - 5pm. https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/4991/268322

With Best Regards, LuPresident 2019-2021

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Member, Libby Dubay and sister Jo

celebrate Jo’s birthday at Comedy Night.

The answer to Name that Member is Janice Solis

Lu & Angel visit Indio Elks

Dave TurnbullPDDGER

Dave Turnbull, PDGGER

Tell us your history with the Elks. I started as an Elk back in 1962 in San Francisco and then moved to Fresno where I was a candidate at their ritual. Eventually I moved down to Playa del Rey in the 80’s with an office next to Hacienda’s on Pershing. One day I walked into the Westchester Elks and

July 31st: Comedy Nightfor ENF

Bill Crowther was there and I asked him how I could become a member and he proposed me. I became ER in 1990 and again in 2000. I was an Esquire to DD, Frank Rocco in 2004. A State VP in 2011-2012 and a DDGER in 2015-2016. I was a part of many projects around the Lodge such as the expansion, the billboard, car show and others.

Do you have a favorite memory as an Elk? In 2003, I had my wedding reception there with Bunny. We now have 8 children and 24 grand and great grand children.

Tell us something most people don’t know. During my 1990 ER year, there was no billboard over the patio like there is now. Very few billboards are allowed in a residential area but with the help from a few Elk members on the board I was able to pass it to get installed as it serves as a community service fundraiser for the Elks which do so much for the area. Fun fact: Bunny’s real name is Miriam. She’s been called Bunny since she was a baby!

Your known around the Lodge for your World Famous pancakes. Tell us more about that. Sometime after my ER year, I brought it up to the PER’s as a fundraiser. I offered to make the pancakes and came up with the recipe. It has one secret ingredient which makes them delicious!

We will miss you Dale and Sandy Thompson

also, Deb Loss and Roger Lewis. We look forward To you visiting!

Why yes, that’s our PDDGER, Kathy Grant!

B I R T H D A YS

As I continue visiting Lodges around California, this is about the Lodges you can visit. These are all in Southern California; and, they would love to see you. If you have not been to the San Pedro Lodge, set a day aside and go down. It’s just about ½ hour drive (on a good day) from our Lodge. They are open every day and serve lunch and dinner on their beautiful patio. They have a full kitchen staff so it’s a bit more expensive. There is plenty of parking, so that’s not a problem. Just a reminder, their meetings are on Mondays, so keep that in mind.

If you are up for a little longer ride, head to the Santa Ana Lodge. They also have an entire kitchen staff, including a pastry chef, and no kidding, their member lounge is about as big as our Del Rey room and bar combined. They sold their Lodge in the city of Santa Ana for $26M and built a $13M Lodge. It’s beautiful; and they serve lunch and dinner daily. They meet on Tuesdays; but of course, you wouldn’t go that night as you would be at our meeting.

So, for those who want to take a day trip, you must go to the El Cajon Lodge. That’s one fun Lodge! They have a huge patio which is set up like Margaritaville; and it’s larger than our parking lot. Not sure when and what days they serve food; but it’s a great place to hang for an adult beverage. Try spending a weekend in San Diego and doing a Lodge crawl. Beside El Cajon, there is the San Diego Lodge, Poway Lodge (It’s a small Lodge so call to make sure they are open) and Chula Vista Lodge. I suggest you take a designated driver as there is a little distance between these Lodges; but all are worth visiting if you find yourself in the area.

Now that Lodges are opening up, visit them and spread some Elks love.

Kathy Grant (AVP Beverly Woulfe’s traveling companion)PDDGER

4 Christopher Blatter4 Alecia Kuhn6 Kenneth Dufva7 Nancy Estrada7 Randolph Herber11 Karen Cohen Hayes11 Jeff Coulter12 Gordon Goldberg14 Lexa Cole14 Sheryl Jones15 Tracey Colvin19 Craig Bromberger19 David Downs22 Debra Edwards22 Scott Russell22 S Thomas Sperduto23 Jose Marrero Jr24 Sandra Herrera24 Michael Maher30 Tania Morin3 Thomas Zvanovec31 Steven Marley Poe

3 Timothy Readey6 Rowena Ake6 Richard Duarte7 Sharon Heyman7 Kimberlee Irby14 Angela McCartney15 Sandra Richlin15 Timothy Stansell16 Daniel Helms17 Kent Mader18 Gary Reyes20 Richard Meeks21 Sergio Paredes26 Suzanne Lauderback26 Randall Raudt29 William Carter29 Bunny Turnbull

October November

DDGER – Karen BuchananRedondo Beach #1378

Santa Monica 906 - Wed, Oct 6 and Thurs, Oct 7Gardena 1919 - Tues, Oct 12 and Wed, Oct 13Culver City 1917 - Tues, Oct 19 and Wed, Oct 20Torrance 1948 - Tues, Oct 26 and Wed, Oct 27Redondo Beach 1378 – Homecoming, Mon, Nov 8 and Tues, Nov 9

Karen’s Visitation Schedule

WESTCHESTER ELKS Lodge 20502020-2021 OFFICERS

Exalted Ruler: David HesslerLeading Knight: Dale Thompson – Loyal Knight: Angel Valenzuela – Lecturing Knight: Sylvia Thoma

Trustee 5 Year....Deven Parmar, PERTrustee 4 Year… Lan Strattan, PERTrustee 3 Year… Craig Bromberger, PERTrustee 2 Year….Deb LossTrustee 1 Year….Sharon Heyman

Esquire…….Diane Phillips, PERTiler……….Rob Sitter, PERChaplain.......Tania MorinInner Guard..Barbara TaylorOrganist……Taylor Barton

PAST EXALTED RULERS

ELK OF THE YEAR ROSTER

1962-63 Henry Raves*1963-64 George Johnson*1967-68 H.Boege*/C.Haluck*1968-69 Don Howarth*1969-70 Steve Kardos*1972-73 Joe Sachen*1973-74 Stan Swiatlowski*1974-75 Harry McIlvain*1976-77 Herb Jones*1977-78 Stan Wasechka*

1978-79 Leon LaBrie*1980-81 Jim Storey1981-82 Samuel Roberts1982-83 Chuck Quesnel*1983-84 Norman Kail*1984-85 Jim Lynch*1985-86 Jack Madigan*1986-87 Joe Houlihan*1987-88 Ed Knudsen1988-89 Bill Frye*

1989-90 Paul Freedman1990-91 Herb Eilertsen*1991-92 Curt Curtiss*1992-93 Norman Kail*1993-94 Tom Dragoun*1994-95 Bill Cedel*1995-96 Lee Ezzes1996-97 Bud Fournier* 1997-98 James Beeler1998-99 Tim Walsh

2000-01 Ken Barger*2001-02 George Vernon Sr.*2002-03 Albert Burke*2003-04 Fred Handley*2004-05 Al Torres*2005-06 Judith Ciancimino2006-07 Joe Apodaca2007-08 Al Torres*2008-09 Roger Lewis2009-10 Vernon Tinsley*

*1957-1958 Ray D. Conover*1958-1959 Charles W. Pearson*19591960 Cyril F. Van Loozen*1960-1961 Ed. D. Ryan*1961-1962 Jan Van Eyk*1962-1963 John Mijal*1963-1964 John Mijal*1964-1965 Roger Harmon*1965-1966 Wayne Conover*1966-1967 Paul Cornmesser*1967-1968 Joseph Walsh*1968-1969 Dick Birch*1969-1970 Joseph Rollins*1970-1971 Stan Oczachowski*1971-1972 Ernest Sweeney*1972-1973 Bill McKindley*1973-1974 Bill Robertson*1974-1975 Wayne Garrison*1974-1975 Wayne Garrison*1975-1976 Joseph Hoover*1976-1977 Joseph Sachen*1977-1978 John McGah

*1978-1979 Fred Lucas*1979-1980 Bill Graham*1980-1981 James Lynch*1981-1982 Glenn Viles1982-1983 Thomas Mescher1983-1984 Steve Johnson

*1984-1985 Dean Culshaw*1985-1986 Kurt Jena*1986-1987 Frank Rogers*1987-1988 William Crowther*1988-1989 Vernon E. Tinsley1989-1990 Thomas P. Russo1990-1991 David G. Turnbull1991-1992 James C. Betz

*1992-1993 Walter J. Diver *1993-1994 George C. Vernon, Sr.1994-1995 Richard G. Page1995-1996 Oleg Krotenko1996-1997 Landon A. Strattan1997-1998 Ronald Lee Buress

*1998-1999 George C. Vernon, Sr., PER

1999-2000 Ross Moen2000-2001 David G. Turnbull, PER2001-2002 Landon A. Strattan, PER2002-2003 Mechie Nunez-Meents2003-2004 Jana Markum2004-2005 Stan Clark*2005-2006 Philip Parlett2006-2007 Lee Ezzes2007-2008 Dan Baccelliere2008-2009 Bobbette Williams2009-2010 Dan Baccelliere2010-2011 Patty Crockett2011-2012 Sherri Dunlap2012-2013 Deven Parmar2013-2014 Kathy Grant2014-2015 Craig Bromberger2015-2016 Craig Bromberger2016-2017 Kathy Grant2017-2018 Sean Williams2018-2019 Rob Sitter2019-2020 Serina Tremayne2020-2021 Diane Phillips

** By Merger with Inglewood Lodge 1492April 4, 1983

*R. Leonard Bush*Barney PelantJoe Namnam

*Robert McCormick*John Campbell*Clyde Miera

*B.S. Gallamore*Ralph Phillips*Frank RoccoRon Alexander

By Afflilation: *Harold McClintock*Joseph MinnilloRoger HoemanJohn NasbyRaedean Kiesz

Secretary………Serina TremayneTreasurer……...Tracy BagdonOfficer at Large..…..Dan BaccelliereAlternate Delegate..Diane Phillips, PER

2010-11 Dan Baccelliere2011-12 Tracy Bagdon2012-13 Sherri Muro2013-14 Mark Meyer2014-15 Kathy Grant2015-16 Kena Liggins2016-17 Tony Pacheco2017-18 Jeff JR Coulter2018-19 Betty Ford2019-2020 Willie Phillips2020-2021 Serina Tremayne*Deceased

ELKS EMAIL ADDRESSES :

Westchester.elks@gmail.com for Mimi Muro, Office Manager.

Elks2050@gmail.com to chair/join a committee, event listings, Whisper submissions and general inquiries.

PlayaBabs711@gmail.com Barbara Taylor for membership chairperson.

Westchester Elks #20508025 W. Manchester Ave.Playa Del Rey, CA 90293

Phone: 310 -821-3005

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