Palisades Park/Fort Lee Elks Lodge #2475

Lodge Meetings: October 3 (DD visit)

October 17 Meeting starts @ 730pm

Deadline for Event Submissions to Bulletin : *15th of each Month * To contact Lodge Secretary, Xio Mora -Lopez

Email: elkslodge2475@aol.com cellphone: 201-766-8696 Lodge phone number:201-592-9768

As Long As There Are Veterans - We Will Never Forget Them

October 2013

Editor

note

10/12/2013, Saturday 2-5pm

P u m p k i n C a r v i n g C o n t e s t All supplies and pumpkins will be

provided by the Lodge. Pre-registration is required by 10/05.

Contact Dawn at 201-679-8758 or by email:

dawney1981@aol.com $10 Donation

Come in costume or your usual scary self

7pm to 1 1 pm

Admiss ion is : Br ing a d ish

sign up sheet

For Food Posted at The Lodge

Sunday, 10/27 Children’s

1-5 pm $10 per child

Saturday, 10/19/13 at

Fort Lee Recreat ion Center $10 Donation includes admission, coffee, cake and 1 sheet of tickets.

Doors open 5:30 pm Tricky Tray starts at 7pm

See Carol Lorincz or Gen Lazzaro for more information.

Saturday 10/05/13

3-6 pm $10

Donation

Hey Football Fans… Treasurer Jim McArdle has taken over our Lodge’s Super Bowl XLVIII Event planning. Please call the Lodge and leave your contact information to confirm details of your participation in one of our Lodge’s biggest Wildwood fundraiser events.

ER Dan Ryan message: The weather is cooling down outside and

football season is in full gear. Remember to head to the Lodge where we have 4 different

feeds to watch 4 different football games on TV at the same time and plenty of football fans to

share the experience. Come on out to the Lodge.

Halloween Wishes

S ince th is i s the t ime for gobl in s and bats , Hal loween sp ir i t s , ghos ts and cats ,

Weird-happenings and witches ’ brew, These are the th ings I wish for you.

May the on ly sp ir i t you chance to meet,

Be the sp ir i t of love and fr iends so sweet. May the tr icks that you are asked to do,

Be a tr ick to he lp you gain a fr iend or two.

So, by Hal loween, p ick three fr iends sweet, And g ive them al l a spec ia l treat.

I t i s on ly one day, so hurry ! En joy the day my fr iends , make merry !

Reports of Committees : Army of Hope: Over $145,000 was raised, after expenses, at the 9/08/13 picnic at Lacey Lodge. Lodge Auditing and Accounting: The Lodge Auditing and Accounting Committee, in July, October, and January, is required to review the financial records of the Lodge and club for the year-to-date, including compliance with the approved budget and report at the last regular meeting of the Lodge during those months. E.N.F.: Sunday, 10/6/13, ENF Lunch Cruise on Spirit of NJ Boarding is at 11:30am, and cruise 12–2 pm. $55 per person. Gov. Relations: Committee members please remember to submit information on meetings you attended during the month. Membership: 26 members remain delinquent. Scholarship: Elks Scholarship application information for high school seniors is now available at the Lodge, please contact ER Dan Ryan. Student’s family do not need to be Elks to apply. Veterans: Volunteers needed every month on 4th Tuesday of the month at Paramus Vet home at 7pm to help with Bingo. Youth: Soccer shoot coming up in October, volunteers needed. Hoop Shoot will be taking place in November, volunteers needed. Please speak to Dan Ryan if would like to volunteer at these events.

October B irthdays

Reminder to House Committee, P.E.R. Association and Board of Directors: A copy of your meeting minutes is required to be on file in the office for when DDGER makes inspection on Tuesday, 10/01/2013.

Please make sure to keep your monthly committee meeting minutes up to date.

Labor Day BBQ 9/01/2013

Special Thanks to Bob Duffy, Ted and Gayle Kolaya for cooking for this event. Thank you Arlene Dare for getting the Lodge the food for this event and working the door. Special thanks also to Ken Lutz and Cathy Moran for providing the delicious desserts at this event. More than 30 members and guests enjoyed this Lodge event.

9/14/2013 Thank you to Ted and Gayle Kolaya for cooking the delicious food offerings for this Lodge event. Also thank you to everyone else who helped in putting this event together as well as the 31 members and guests who supported the Lodge by coming to this event.

1 Carol Lorincz, Esquire 2 Eugene Comerford Helena M. Leiter Brian Yeandle 6 Fred Kowal 7 Steven Campana Peter Murray 11 Joseph Hovan 15 Grace Keenan 16 Michael A. Lucey 18 James McGrath

19 George Boisvert William J. Farrell,Charter 20 Thomas Olszewski, Mediator 21 James T Egan, Jr, PER 23 John Lamarca 27 William Santosusso 29 Owen J. Sheehan 31 Gregg Goldman Stuart Slovak Edmond Sullivan

The Lodge has new entry stairs and landing, and many thanks GO to the

helping hands who worked on this project:

A particular thank you to John Langham, for obtaining the materials needed for this project. Helping hands provided by Bob Duffy, Jim Egan, Mike Gordon, Roland Iguina, Lou Marzocchi, Jim McArdle, John Pappalardo and George Primiano.

At the NJ State Batter Up Competition, two East District Lodges had young representatives in top spots. Palisades Park/Fort Lee Lodge #2475 and Cliffside Park Lodge #1502 will be sharing the state trophy for scoring the highest total points of all Districts in New Jersey. Athletes honored at Youth Activities Committee Dinner held on 9/27/2013.

Girls: Dorothy Anderson 2nd place for 11-12 year old (Lodge #1502) Emily Kim 1st place 12-13 year old (Lodge #2475) Mary Anderson 2nd place 12-13 year old (Lodge #1502) Jamie Anderson 1st place age 14-15 year old (Lodge #1502) Boys: Tristian Lee 1st place age 5-7 year old (Lodge #2475) Niko Gonzalez 1st place age 8-9 year old (Lodge #2475) Marcus Duran 1st place age 12-13 year old (Lodge #2475)

a th letes r ep r es en t ing

P a l i s ad es P ar k /F or t Lee Lod g e

Marcus Duran

Niko Gonzalez

Emily Kim

Tristan Lee

Jamie Anderson Mary Anderson Dorothy Anderson

A th letes

r ep r es en t in g

C l i ff s id e P a r k

Lod g e

Build ing Boosters :

Happy Halloween ! From

Taco Bill Mora-Lopez

Got any treats for me?

Happy Birthday To my Wife, Grace The best person I know!

Love Mike Make-A-Wish Foundation’s 2013 “Walk for Wishes”

Please join the Lodge in

supporting

Harold’s

Heroes

For more information,

contact Mark

Wrightington (201) 334-2714

Or online www.wish.org to donate online or Download mail-in donation forms.

Wishing my “baby girl” a Happy 13 th Birthday!!! Samara Lopez

10/28/2000

Oh no…. a teenager!

10/06/13 ENF Lunch Spir i t Crui se Boards 11:30am. Weehawken Terminal Cru i se 12—2pm $55 per person

10/19/13 E.D. Ritual Contest at Tenafly Lodge 11am Ritual by 2 Lodges

Lunch ER Flag Charge/11 O'clock Toast Contest and Results

10/26/13 Weehawken Lodge (details on www.njelks.org) Haunted Country Western Halloween Party 9pm $10 donation

DDGER Maureen Quinn visits to our Lodge:

Tuesday, October 1: Pre-Visit 5:15 pm Exalted Ruler, Secretary, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, House Chairman, Membership Chairman, Accident Prevention Manager and Chairperson of Auditing and Accounting Committee. Thursday, October 3rd: Official Visit Although not performing Initiatory Ritual for the DDGER, the DD will be attending our regular Lodge meeting.

Way down in South NJ…. 10/4/13, Friday Comedy Night

@ Bordentown Elks Fundraiser for Homeless Veterans

and other Elks Veterans’ Programs Tickets are $30

Includes appetizers/desserts only. For info call 609-947-4559 or email:

ssharpe88@aol.com

Veterans Remembrance Month is November:

Please support Lodge events in the month of November, dedicated to raise funds toward Elks Veterans’ Programs. Weekly Building Fund contributors’ donations will be put

toward Lodge Veterans’ Committee.

To Our Absent Member Michael Dillon

“Mike the Marine” 5/19/43– 9/03/13

Never Forgotten, Never Forsaken

Attention Football Fans! If you have never signed up for Members Only access to

WWW.ELKS.ORG, now Elks football lovers

have a reason to check it out! “ELKS PRO FOOTBALL PICK’EM”

You need an ELKS.ORG account to play, but you can sign up in minutes for your account.

HOW TO PLAY: To participate, pick each team you think will win each game of the

upcoming week. You make choices up to 5 minutes before kickoff for each game.

More details on how to play at www. elks.org

Prizes: Bragging rights only!

Questions: send via email to webmaster@elks.org

10/23-10/31

Congratulations Kim! Our Lodge Organist was finally

installed at the September 19 meeting.

Palisades Park/Fort Lee #2475 536 Tenth Street Palisades Park, NJ 07650

Reminder: Our Lodge is equipped with a wheel chair accessible ramp. Please use the entrance through the gate to our back deck. If you need assistance, just call ahead to the Lodge and a member will meet and assist you. (201-592-9768).

BEFORE ATTENDING ANY FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS OUTSIDE OUR LODGE, BE SURE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO DATE/TIME CHANGES . Check www.njelks.org east district activities for event details outside our lodge (location, event time, and prices.)

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Lodge Officers 2013-14

Exalted Ruler

Dan Ryan

Leading Knight- Dennis Mulford

Loyal Knight- Larry Sanzari

Lecturing Knight-

Cathy Carey

Secretary- Xio Mora-Lopez

Treasurer- Jim McArdle

Esquire-

Carol Lorincz

Chaplain- Gene Gallagher

Inner Guard-

John Pappalardo

Tiler- Glenn Hervey

5yr Trustee- Genevieve Lazzaro

4yr Trustee-

Bob Duffy

3yr Trustee- John Regan, PER

2yr Trustee- Roland Iguina, PER

1yr Trustee- Mike Gordon, PVP

Organist- Kim Macagnone

Mediator- Thomas Olszewski

House Chairman- Mike Gordon, PVP

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October 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 DD Pre-Visit 5:15 pm

Officers please attend.

2 3 Lodge Meeting Starts at 7:30pm

DD Visit

4 5 End of Summer BBQ

3-6pm $10

6 ENF Lunch Cruise 11:30am Board 12-2pm Cruise

7 8 9 10 11 12 Pumpkin Carving Contest

2-5pm $10 per carver

13 14 15 16 17 Lodge Meeting Starts at 7:30pm

18 19 Ft. Lee Rec. Ctr. TRICKY TRAY Doors open 5:30pm Raffles start at 7. $10 Donation incl. Coffee, cake and 1 sheet of tickets.

20 21 22 Bingo at Vets Home in Paramus Starts at 7pm

23 24 PER and Bd of Directors Meeting at 8pm

25 26 ADULT Halloween

Party 7-11pm Bring

A Dish

27 Children’s 1-5pm $10

28 29 30 31 Honoring U.S. Marine Veteran, DEA Agent Enrique Camarena

10/23-10/31