Greetings Fellow Elks…

It occurred to me that many of our volunteers go quietly unnoticed. I’d like to rectify that right now. In addition to all the officers listed below, here are others, listed alphabetically by first name. Alex Rozak, Amanda Pasini, Bill Maloney, Cheryl Masterson, Devon Threadgill, Donna Bowman, Gary Farkas, Jeff Maloney, Kevin Maloney, Leonne Hudson, Lora Volpe, Matt Williams, Megan Banks, Mindy Rivas, Rachel O’Malley, Rich Threadgill, Ro Pruitt–Humphreys, Sally Bickford, Sharon Roncagli, and Skip Helmet. Hopefully, I didn’t miss anyone. If you have ever wondered what makes the Berea Elks so great, these people are the reason.

 Socially speaking, there’s a lot happening this month. Starting off with a WWE Summer Slam on August 3rd. The outdoor grill is hot every Friday, along with Jeff’s Trivia. Saturday the 10th is a Beer Tasting. The big fund-raising event for August is the Golf Outing on the 24th, there are full details available in this issue.

The third weekend of August is traditionally the Ohio Elks Fall Conference in Columbus. It’s not a requirement to attend, but it is informative, and very social. Since several of our members will attend, the Lodge is closed for that weekend.

In case you hadn’t heard, COVID was a strong visitor at the nation convention in Austin. Half of our six attendees caught it, and I heard that a rather large number of Elks took it home with them. The ‘new reality’ for large groups

Fraternally,

Bob Bickford
Exalted Ruler, Berea Elks #1815