Exalted Ruler s Message

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1 THE UPSTART Volume No. 14, Issue No October Edition Hours of Operation LODGE OFFICERS Exalted Ruler Vinnie Alianiello, PER Leading Knight Vacant Loyal Knight Greg Crucitti Lecturing Knight Michael Savage Treasurer Scott Tackus Tiler Michael Hirth Esquire Michael Luna Chaplain Kenneth MacMurtry Inner Guard Aaron Lajoie BOARD OF TRUSTEES Five Year Don Coville Four Year Douglas Beeghly, PER Three Year Vacant Two Year Michael Perleoni, PER One Year Gerald McDonald Exalted Ruler s Message W e are Elks! We are not a bar. We are not a shooting/ sports club. We are Elks! I have challenged you and some have taken me up on this but most have not. Your dues are not enough to support the Lodge. We have taxes, heat, electric, telephone, internet and repairs to name a few. So then you ask how do we get the money? We have functions like the Sunday breakfast, Friday night dinners, Pig Roast, End Of Summer Bash to name a few. We rent the hall and pavilion. Your support can be as easy as attending one or more of these events. It could be volunteering to cook a Friday night dinner or run a function such as a game dinner, Halloween party, New Year s party and so on. We need to upgrade the kitchen and hall bathrooms. We need to raise money to do this. A Special Thank You As Elks we support our community. Did you know that the only one who gives out more money in scholarships than the Elks is the US Government? Speaking of scholarships it is that time of year so if you have children or grandchildren who are High School Seniors make sure they apply for an Elks scholarship. There is the soccer shoot, hoop shoot drug awareness, Americanism programs to name a few. They are all supported by the Elks National Foundation. I encourage you to make your tax deductible donation. I wish to thank the House Committee for a good job on the End Of Summer Bash. I wish to thank the Golf Committee and all who helped to make it a great success. I wish to thank the following for helping out at the Lodge Soccer Shoot. Greg Crucitti, Tom Wieleba, and Paul Labie- Mon. Thur. 4 PM 8 PM Friday 4 PM 10 PM Saturday Noon 9 PM Sunday Noon 7 PM Permittee: Mark Hudak glastonburyelks.org niec of our Lodge and Jake Parsons of Windsor Lodge. Additionally, George Gilhuly, state district Chairman for helping setup. Sunday breakfast is back and so is Sunday Trap Shooting. So come for breakfast, shoot some trap and stop by for Sunday lunch. Elk of the Month Michael Dondi Mike stepped up to run this year s successful Pig Roast. He was up from 4:30AM to put the pigs on, an up well after 10PM making sure everyone was enjoying themselves. Then back up again before 7AM finishing the cleaning. Mike, you have the place of honor! Fraternally, Vinnie Alianiello, PER Exalted Ruler The Glastonbury Elks would like to thank Botticello Farms for their donations this year once again for the corn they provided FREE OF CHARGE to the Steak and Lobster, Pig Roast and End of Summer Bash. We d also like to thank Dave and Jodi Poulin for arranging the donation. We will be creating a plague to provide to the farm for their donations. This is not the first year they ve done this!

2 N e v e r C r i t i c i z e a V o l u n t e e r House Committee News I d like to take the time to thank Gary Wassell and his team for the VERY successful End of the Summer Bash. again. Stay tuned for Friday Night dinners to begin Beer Specials Leinenkugel s Summer Shandy $ oz Bud Light $3.00 Naughty Nurse $3.00 Drink Specials Mai Tai s - $4.00 (Light and dark rum, pineapple juice and grenadine) New Yuengling on tap Jim Beam Fire Jim Sponzo House Committee Chairman Stick Bust Attention pistol shooters! The annual stick bust competition will be coming to an end on Tuesday, October 14th. The last two shoots will start at 5:30PM. successful year! Greg Crucitti Stick Bust Chairman Thank you to all of you who made this a Breakfast Committee Sunday breakfast has returned with a BANG! We ve held two thus far and both have been stellar in terms of turnout as well as profit, which is always good! I d like to thank the Crew as always. Without them there would be no breakfast: Dave and Jodi Poulin, Doug and Louise Beeghly, Dave Volpe, Stewart Stewie Sylvia, Mark Curtin, Kristen Kataja, and Sherry Perleoni. Finally, I d like to clear up some confusion as to the change we made this year of closing the kitchen at 10:00am. We will not be closing the breakfast at 10:00, yet simply have a time frame for volunteers to gage if new items are needed for the buffet in hopes of saving some inventory. Please feel free to sit and chat as long as you d like. Upcoming Breakfasts October 5th October 19th $8.00 for all persons over 10, $4.00 for those ages 5-10, Free all kids under 5 Change Counter

3 I f y o u f i n d a m i s t a k e i n t h i s m o n t h ' s U p s t a r t... i t ' s s u p p o s e d t o b e t h e r e! I N D O O R W I N T E R B O A T S T O R A G E M a n c h e s t e r, C T Call Bill Wolfe for rates (860) L e a v e a m e s s a g e From the s Desk Happy October all! I would like to first apologize for anyone not receiving s (I hope you get this one?!). Apparently the last two Upstart s were not received by some. I am confused as I did receive mine, hence I am thinking all are receiving it. The program I use is part of the membership package from the Grand Lodge. As of April 1, 2014 our annual membership report to the Grand Lodge indicated a total of 618 members. As of September 30, 2014 we ve had a gain of 42, and a loss of 3 with a total of 657. This does not include the 72 members who have yet to pay. I stress yet again, I am only human and I make mistakes. If you have paid, and have not received your card, more than likely you ll be showing as delinquent. I will be sending second notices to delinquent members within the next few weeks. Many of you may have seen we have two vacant elected officer positions. Per Grand Lodge Statutes the Exalted Ruler indicated at the last meeting Nominations will be opened at the next meeting. Elections to fill vacancies will take place at the next regular meeting after said order. This will be the meeting of October 22nd. Propositions For Membership Golf Tournament - Thank you! For those of you who played in the recent golf tournament, you know what a gorgeous day we had. You couldn t have asked for better weather. First and foremost, I would like to thank all the raffle sponsors as well as the hole sponsors, unfortunately there is not enough room, and I d hate to miss one or two of you. We will be, as we did last year, sending out thank you letters directly to you. The golf committee would ask you patronize the local establishments who made the event a great success! Additionally to all the golfers who participated not in only the round of golf, but also adding some $1600 to the bottom line through purchasing raffle and 50/50 tickets. Finally, I d be remiss if I neglected to thank the volunteers who worked so hard prior to the event as well as on the day of the event: Dave and Jodi Poulin, Carl Lavoie, Tom Wieleba, Hugh Meadows, Michael Perleoni, Louise Beeghly, Dennis Claffey, PDD, Tom Harkins, Marsha Parsons, Peggy Smith, and my wife Carole. Thomas Herzog Golf Chairman The s Office has received an application on the following individuals, read their names on the floor of our Lodge. Any member knowing why any of these candidates should not be duly elected to membership, should notify a member of the Investigation Committee or one of the Lodge Officers. Each will be balloted on during a regularly scheduled Lodge meeting. Name Proposer Residence Occupation Timothy Fournier Tom Underwood East Hartford, CT Sales Michael Duell Christian Drouin S. Glastonbury, CT Applications Develop. Dennis Dowd Gene Cahill Wethersfield, CT Judicial Marshall William Carlson James Hinkley Newington, CT Pressman

4 October Birthday s Name Date Louise Beeghly 01 Thomas Kane 01 Angela Meyers 01 Michael Raffalo 01 June Tackus 01 Paul Calabrese 02 Thomas Kane 02 Christopher DiNardo 03 Donna Nelson 03 Michael Charron 04 Merritt Loomis 05 Dennis Claffey 06 David Dougan 06 Lawrence Kelly 06 Michael Perleoni 06 Sally Twachtman 07 Michael Wengzn Jr 07 Vassilia Mazzotta 08 Mark Tedeschi 09 Gary Curtis 10 William Gasparini 10 Joseph McGuire 10 Paul Byrne 12 Stephen Dombeck 12 Joseph Galka 12 Joseph Waggoner 12 Dan Young 12 Robert Fagan 13 Gary Jackson 14 Ronald Begin 15 Calvin Carini 15 Justin Howe 15 Paul Huot 16 Richard George 17 Michael Grenier 17 Scott Leonard 18 William Perleoni 18 John Weir 19 Robert Cherry 20 Cindy Coville 20 Michael Reading 20 Benjamin Kehl 21 Robert Scaglia 21 Anthony Dembek 22 Paul Gagnon 22 Thad Luzzi 22 Brett Somers 23 Alfred Brugnetti 24 Brian Pettson 25 Gerald Reed 25 James Shaw 25 Gina Pezzente 26 Alfred Tracy 26 Michael Briglia 27 Neil Caron 28 Matthew Erickson 28 Mark Santostefano 28 John Scandura 28 James Swanson 28 Nicholas Watts 28 John Yarmolovich 28 Edward Boice 29 Brett Cavalieri 29 Michael Medeiros 29 Anthony Trovato 29 Donald Coville 30 David Edwards 30 Paul Jacques 30 Charles Little 30 Stephen Del Rosso 31 N e v e r C r i t i c i z e a V o l u n t e e r Sick & Visiting If you know of any member who may not be doing well, please contact the Lodge at (860) or by Subject: Sick & Visiting Michael Smithwick Clarence Chief Drumm Home Home End of Summer Bash, Thanks I would like to thank all those who came to support the event. We served some 78 dinners, and the music was fantastic yet again! To all the volunteers who stepped to help me make this such a great day, I couldn t have done it without you. I know I m going to forget one or two so I ll apologize ahead of time: Michael Roberts, Dennis Claffey, PDD, Dan Vallier, Steve Rozanski, Sherry and Mike Perleoni, PER, Aaron Lajoie, Michael Redding, Jim Zocco, Louise Beeghly, Tom Harkins, Rick Donofrio and his wife, and Tom Harkins. Again I m sorry for those I may have missed. Gary Wassell Dinner Chairman Friday Night Dinner - Pork October 10, 2014 Dinner at 6:00PM Cost $10.00 * Anyone wanting to cook a Friday or Saturday night dinner, sign up at the bar!

5 C h a r i t y J u s t i c e B r o t h e r l y L o v e F i d e l i t y Grounds Committee Happy Fall time to all!! I'd like to start off with giving a special thanks to Dave Bassette & Mike Girard the two of you have really stepped up in helping in the maintenance of the grounds thank you so much keep up the great work!! As you can see the leaves are changing colors and falling to the ground. It nice to watch but a chore to clean up so I am starting to reach out now for November to organize a fall clean up at the lodge for the weekend before thanksgiving. Volunteers are asked to bring there own tools like backpack blowers, weed whacker's, etc. The lodge will provide fuel for equipment. If we have enough volunteers then we will also be doing work around the pond. Aaron Lajoie Committee Chairman Committee Corner For those of you interested in supporting any of the events listed within this months Upstart, here is a list of contacts, and the best way to get a hold of them. Friday Night Dinners: Sherry Perleoni Jim Sponzo Grounds mowing, etc.: Aaron Lajoie - alajoie@mac.com Finally, don t forget you can always call and leave a message at the Lodge (860) , or info@glastonburyelks.org. "As Long As There Are Veterans, The Elks Will Never Forget Them" Lodge of Sorrows The clock of their days have stopped, their journey through eternity commenced. We wish them an enjoyable and safe voyage and shall recall their virtues when the dial of night strikes Eleven. Peace be with Trap Shooting Thomas Lafontaine Fall trap is back! If you have your own shotgun, bring it! If you don't have your own one will be available for you to borrow. Eye and ear protection are recommended, and can be purchased on site. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Open to all levels The range is closed on Sunday s during Trap Shooting. Bill Wolfe, PER Trap Chairman

6 Upcoming Events October N E V E R C R I T I C I Z E A V O L U N T E E R November The official publication of the Glastonbury Lodge of Elks No Please have all material for this publication in the hands of the publisher no later than the 15th of the preceding month. Articles may be left with the at the Lodge, or ed to: info@glastonburyelks.org 1 - House committee meeting 5 - Sunday breakfast 5 - Trap shoot 7 - Stick bust 5:30PM 8 - Lodge meeting 7PM 10 - Friday Night Dinner - 6PM 12 - Trap shoot 14 - Stick bust 5:30PM 19 - Trap shoot 19 - Sunday breakfast 21 - Investigation 22 - Lodge meeting 7PM 26 - Trap shoot 31 - Halloween 2 - Sunday breakfast 8AM 2 - Trap shoot 4 - Election Day 5 - Lodge meeting - 7PM - Initiation 9 - Trap shoot 11 - Veterans Day 12 - House committee meeting 16 - Sunday breakfast - 8AM 16 - Trap shoot 23 - Trap shoot 27 - Happy Thanksgiving 30 - Trap shoot 30 - Sunday breakfast - tentatively Glastonbury Lodge No A Fraternal Organization PO Box 308 South Glastonbury, CT 06073