Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, & Fidelity

Published for

March 2017

2016-2017

ELK OFFICERS

Exalted Ruler:

Mike Kessler

Leading Knight:

Pam Hardin

Loyal Knight:

Shirley Haney

Lecturing Knight:

Ann Norton

Secretary: Ken Lott

Treasurer: Jim Villano

Tiler: Larry Daly

Chaplain: Ralph Caudell

Inner Guard: RickHough

Esquire: Michael Smith

Trustees:

Glenn Hodges , Chair

Ronnie McKee

Gene Cozart

Robert Palmer

Joe McCulloch

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Newsletter Editor:

Robert Palmer

palmer1943@bellsouth.net

256-355-6507

Deadline: 15th

Membership Contest: Look for your membership number hidden in one of the articles in the Bugle. You

have until the 15th to claim a free drink at the bar. Last month’s winner was Don Havercroft.

Mike Kessler

Exalted Ruler

Decatur ELKs Lodge

On Saturday, Feb. 18th, the Alabama State Hoop Shoot was held at the Bessemer Recreation Center. I am very happy to Announce that our Lodge had a winner in the 12 & 13 year old boys, Elijah Hopkins with a score of 23 out of 25 free throws. Elijah also won the boys best shooter of the day award with a score of 31 out of 35 free throws. Elijah is the son of Shane and Kelley Hopkins of Hartselle, Alabama. Elijah and his family will be making plans to attend the Southeastern Regional Hoop Shoot in Valdosta, GA on March 18th. Thanks to Rick Thompson, Alabama State Hoop Shoot director, for conducting an outstand -ing Hoop Shoot contest. Special thanks to all the members of our Lodge who traveled to Bessemer to help officiate the contest. A great Hoop Shoot contest needs the support of a sponsoring Lodge. Thanks to Charles King, ER, and the entire Bessemer Lodge for your support in behind scenes. Congratulations to the new officers of the Lodge for 2017 - 2018. Thank you for giv-ing of your time and talents to ensure the continued success of our Lodge in the fu-ture. Please mark your calendar for Sunday, April 2nd, at 2:00 PM for the installation of our new officers by District Deputy, Jim Norton. Lastly, March each year is dues time. Annual members dues are $85.00. Spouses cards are $5.00. Please consider donating $3.65 to the Alabama Elks Association, and $10.00 to the Elks National Foundation with your dues payment. Your dues must be paid prior to April first. The card key locks will be changed April first. Regards, Mike Kessler

Dues Time

This month, March, is dues paying time. Please

don’t forget. Enclosed is a form to go with your

dues. Please fill it out. If there has been any

change in your address or email address, please

note on the form. That will be a big help in how we

serve you. We look forward to a great year coming

up and want you to be a big part of it. Thank you.

Friday Night is Steak Night Come for Supper in the Dining

Room. Orders are taken from 5:30 until 7:30.

Rib Eye Steak $14.00

Grilled chicken $8.00

Butterfly Shrimp $10.00

Black Angus Hamburger Steak $9.00

All include Salad, Potato & Drink

(prices subject to change without notice)

Alabama State

Hoop-Shoot Winner

Elijah Hopkins, son of Shane and Kelley Hopkins of Hartselle, won the 12-13 year old boys division of the Alabama State Hoop Shoot with a score of 23 out of 25 free throws. Elijah also won the boys best shooter of the day award with a score of 31 out of 35 free throws. Elijah and his family will be making plans to attend the Southeastern Regional Hoop Shoot in Valdosta, GA on March 18th.

DECATUR EMBLEM CLUB 127

Nancy Kessler, Emblem Pres.

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Nancy Morgan, Emblem President

Accident Prevention March 2017

It’s a sticky situation when I write about something tacky!” During my monthly safety inspection of the Lodge, I’ve dis-covered once again that band aides have disappeared from the first aide stations in the Lodge. I can think of 2 (TWO) possible causes- either someone is taking them to be used elsewhere or there are a whole lot of unreported injuries requiring band aides. Let me remind the person using (or taking) these band aides for other than their intended use- “you are taking money out of my pocket!” First aide stations are required for a reason- “minor” injuries. If anyone is injured requiring the use of a band aide- please report it to the bartender or the House Committee person in charge. Don’t be a band-it for band aides! Safety is everyone’s responsibility- protect fellow Elks and guests by using wet floor signs and don’t block exits and pas-sageways. Remember that the next injury could be yours. I hope not! I want to put out a big shout out to our friends from down town. I have noted that they use the wet floor signs when they mop the kitchen- and that by keeping the floor in the kitchen clean, they prevent slips and falls due to spills. Thanks guys!! (if you enjoy their cooking skills, I encourage you to personally thank them and tip them. As you get to know them, you will find that they are really nice. Part of their experience at our Lodge involves interac-tion with “normal people’- so we need to be good role models to them! This gives them a better chance of making it once they are released.)

Don R Dickens Safety Professional

Greetings: We had a busy month for February. We had a lovely time at the Valentine Dance. Thanks to the Elks for allowing us to participate. Also, thanks to those who came on Friday and helped decorate the Lodge for the Dance. If you missed it, you missed a great time. The Band was wonderful to listen to, even if you don't dance The meal was great. Sev-eral people volunteered and worked hard to make the evening special. We were honored to have Susan Franklin, the President of the Alabama Associ-ation of Emblem Clubs and her Mar-shal, Donna King, as our guests. What sweet people! The Elks and Emblem participated in the "Have a Heart" blood drive on the same day as the dance. We col-lected 12 units of blood, with 14 at-tempting to give. This means we helped save 12 lives. Thanks to those who gave. As usual, volunteers are needed for bingo. This is a big fund raiser for Emblem, along with the Rotary Break-fast function. It takes all of us working together to get the job done. Thanks again to the Boys from Downtown, for all their hard work. The Emblem year is coming to an end. We will be installing new officers on March 12, at 1:00 PM, here at the Lodge. The installation will be -

handled by the Supreme President of Emblem Clubs, Marty Lynch and her Marshal, Paulette Thompson. It is an honor to have them with us. Thanks to Cari Johnson, for organizing the Installation at the lodge. The new president for Decatur Em-blem Club is Lynn Easterwood. She is very excited about her time as Presi-dent. I know she will do an outstand-ing job. I offer heartfelt congratula-tions to her and to her slate of offic-ers. They will have a successful year, if you give her the same level of par-ticipation that you gave me. I can never thank you enough for all you did to make this year a success. Emblem Love, Nancy

Pictured above are our Emblem Presi-

dent of 127, Nancy Morgan and her

husband Jim Morgan. They were

caught having fun at the Elk’s Lodge

Valentine’s Dance. The Emblem’ silent

auction at the party, and custom

photos earned $500.00, all for charity.

We’re all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!

Officer’s Installation Sunday, April 2nd at 2:00 PM, Join us for the installation

of our new officers by District Deputy Jim Norton.

Friday, March 17th

Join your friends at the Lodge

for Saint Paddy’s Party

Music by Tomcat and

Bark the Irish Dog

Take advantage of the Dining Room

then come to the party.

The party is free. The fun is up to you.

Lodge Hours Monday Bingo only

Tues, Wed & Thurs 3:30 -10 Friday 3:30 until ...

Saturday 3:30 until 11 Sunday 3:30 until 9

HotSun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Games in the

Lodge every

Wednesday

Cornhole every

Wed. evening

2PER Meeting @

6:30

3

Karaoke night with DW

Steak night too

4 HOT

TASTY PIZZA

SERVED DAILY

Ask at the bar

5

Cornhole

Every Sumday

afternoon

6 Vicki W Nancy T Shirley H.

7Supper Club &

Games in the

Lodge every

Tues. Evening

8 Corn Hole

Tonight and

Every

Wed.

9 Lodge

Meeting@7:30

10 Steak night

11

12 13 Donna D, Jane P Jennifer G.

14Supper Club

& Games in the

Lodge every

Tues. Evening

15 Bugle

DEADLINE

16 Board meeting

@ 6:30

17 Steak night

St Patrick’s Party

with Tom Cat &

Bark the Dog

18

Enjoy new felt

In

Claybough Hall

19

Come play today

20

Lynn E Teresa L Need one more.

21Supper Club

& Games in the

Lodge

22Games in the

Lodge every

Wednesday

Cornhole every

Wed. evening

23 Lodge

Meeting@7:30

24 Steak night

Mo’ Karaoke

with DW

25

26 27 Becky S Nancy K need one more.

28Supper Club

& Games in the

Lodge

29 30 31 Steak night

March 2017 Lodge Hours

Monday Bingo only Tues, Wed & Thurs 3:30 -10

Friday 3:30 until ... Saturday 3:30 until 11

Sunday 3:30 until 9

Page 6 Decatur ELKs Lodge

12 Denise and Lester Collins 04 Malcolm and E. Faye Pyatt 15 Tony and Sherry Morgan

22 Charles and Suzie Butler

25 John and Dora Babchak

25 Charles and Debra Bryant

31 Jimmy and Shirley Haney

31 Shirley and Jimmy Don Haney

February Member Anniversaries

Teresa Lindquist Gives Blood On February 11th, our Emblem Club sponsored a Blood Drive for LifeSouth. There were 16 attempts to donate with a total of 12 pints donated. Thank you to all who donated or attempted. Due to our donations, 36 people will receive life sustaining blood! We can make a difference! Lynn Easterwood, Community Service Chairperson

Decatur Emblem 127

Looking forward to

seeing you and yours

at the Saint Patrick’s

Party, Friday,

February 17th.

Good fun,

good music,

good fellowship.

Tomcat & Bark the

Irish Dog.

Emblems

Happy hour 3:30 –7:00 daily

Advertise your business in the Bugle Newsletter. Call Jim Bowers @ 256–318-7994

Elks

01 Bragg, Henry C 01 Gretzler, Raymond H 01 Herring, Gale 02 Dyer, Jimmie L 02 Tune, Sam D

03 Puckett, Brandon C.

04 Bassham, Bobby R

04 Cummings, Derrick

04 Dykes, C H

04 Fry, W David

05 VanDuynhoven, W J

06 Johnson, Rick

07 Dickens, Dustin H

07 Crump, Bill

09 Jones, E Frank

09 Pinion, Timothy T.

10 Howard, Jason B.

11 Lubiniecki, Ed

12 Armor, Christopher

12 Bost, Floyd W

12 Caudell, Martha Jo

12 Cooper, Roger H.

12 Davenport, Mike

12 Dumas, Raymond S.

13 Svarney, Rick

14 Dickey, Crystal Gail

16 Green, Kevin

17 Harmon, Donald B

18 Svarney, Joanne

20 Nelson, Gregory

21 Griffith, Nicole

22 Thomas, Cynthia A

23 Burgess, Gary A

25 Lansdell, G Alan

26 Pace, Waylon J

28 Garner, Sharon

29 Bell, James L 29 Thomas, Elizabeth

Hartselle Heritage Funeral Home

Jeffrey Brown & Diane Copeland 1401 Main Street East in Hartselle 35640

Phone 256 761 1806

They offer free Caskets to honorably discharged veterans,

and discounts on services to the families of honorably dis-

charged veterans of America. You can read all about their

services by scanning the bar to visit their website.

March Elk & Emblem Member Birthdays

06 Marcy Stadden 12 Martha Hemrick- Caudel 13 Patricia Puma 17 Rae Chandler 30 Betty Parsons

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Dated material

Please do not delay

NASCAR

Races on

the big screen

at the Lodge

Happy hour

prices during

the race.