Louisville, KY #8

MESSAGE FROM OUR EXALTED RULER: November brings many things; Thanksgiving, the start of the Holiday Season, Christmas, New Years, wait I am getting ahead of myself. Veterans day is also in November. Let us not forget our Veterans. We owe them a lot. There will be NO chicken dinner in November. Don't forget the Friday Fish Fries. Come out and enjoy the fellowship topped off with good food. We will have Karaoke on Saturday nite, Nov 21st from 8 to 12 PM. We will have our District Deputy visit on November 2nd and at this time we will have an initiation. Hopefully we will have those who missed our initiation in Aug. and Sept. for this important Elk Ceremony. We are getting closer to our Split the Pot Drawing to be held December 12th at our Christmas Party. Please sell/buy the chances I sent you and turn them in for the drawing. We have sold a good number but we need a big push to meet our goal for a $10.000 split the pot. Looking ahead to December our Memorial Service will be held on December 6th at the Henry Clay Hotel. We have held it there the last 2 years and if you have not attended one you need to come this year. I will announce the time it will be held in next month’s newsletter. Plan now to attend our New Year’s Eve Dance with "Perfect Alibi" the band we had at our spring dance. Tickets will go on sale Dec 5th $35 per couple $17.50 single. Two drink tickets per person, cash bar available.......... Thanks to Jack Anderson for his donation of a Hammond Organ to the lodge. We are looking for a person who would enjoy playing it for our ceremonies. If you are interested in this let me know. Thanks to all who took part in "The Big Brown Truck" pull. Monies raised went to the special Olympics. Thanks to Greg and Lisa Swinney for doing our Trunk or Treat again this year. It was a big sucess!

Fraternally Yours

Robert Ringenberg

Exulted Ruler

Late Dues Notice CLARIFICATION

The Lodge # 8 is the organization of Elks, membership is renewable annually and affords to members in good standing all of the rights and privileges of the Club ( which is the facilities and bar ). Dues are considered lapsed on April 1 of each calendar year. The Lodge has a one-year grace period for total lapsation but the Club only has 90 days. On July 1st all members not paid shall have all of their privileges suspended until such time that payment is made. This will include access to the facility, bar, and any jackpots. We cannot be more clear that this will be enforced and the days to settle an account are shrinking.

Bob Ringenberg, ER

House Committee

Board of Trustees

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Don't forget if you have any ideas for activities or events, let us know so that we can plan for the future.

SPECIAL NOTE:

We need non-perishable snacks and comfort items for our Iraq Care Packages. Please place in marked box at the front of the Lodge Room. Please note the great pictures and a short thank-you letter from CPL Daniel Stratman on the new bulletin board at the Lodge or click on the blue button on your left labeled Our Troops...

HALL RENTALS

As you all know, our back hall is available for rental. Please encourage your friends and families to use our facility for their wedding receptions, reunions, parties, meetings, etc. Sande Hager is in charge of the rentals for the Lodge and can be reached at either 502.727.5983 (cell) or 502.451.8530 (home).

House Committee

No chicken dinners this month due to the Holiday. Also, No Fish Fry on Friday November 27th.

John Doelker

FROM THE POOL

The Pool is closed for the season. See News link for more information.

*************NEWS LETTER NOTES*****************

Please send your articles and information to Terry Akin by the 15th of the month. You can leave it at the bar or the office or better yet e-mail it to terryakin@windstream.net

UP COMING EVENTS

ENF EVENTS

Will you consider joining the ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION? You can start a Pledge for as little as $10.00 per year for 10 years. The ENF donates about 12 million to our Youth, Elderly Veterans, Scholarships, Hoop Shoot and Soccer shoot each year. Last year our 18 Kentucky Lodges donated $55,143.64, and this year we will receive back a total of $82,340.00 for our programs. Louisville Lodge #8’s goal is $6540.00. As of now we have collected $2492.50. You can see we have a long way to go. All checks should be made payable to the Elks National Foundation or (ENF). All donations are tax deductible-------------------- Thanks for your help

Ed Black Lodge ENF Chairman.

Youth Activities

Children's Christmas Party

The Children’s Christmas Party will be Saturday Dec 5th at 11am, please bring cookies and candy or some type of munchies for the little ones and big ones alike. Since our newsletter is only one page now we will have the kids sign up sheet/wish list at the bar. Let me or Linda Walsh know if you need one mailed to you.

Veteran’s Affairs

Please take time to honor our Veteran’s on their day, Nov. 11. We cannot do enough for our Heroes who have sacrificed so much for us. One way to do this would be to attend the Veteran’s Celebration in downtown Taylorsville, KY at Noon on Sat. November 7th. Some of the features are: Parade at noon “Defenders Military Display” Car Show Crafts Games Music National Guard Hot Air Balloon WWII reenactors Vintage military vehicles

FUN THINGS TO DO AT LODGE 8

Euchre League Kick-off

Mark your calendar! The euchre league will officially begin on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:00 pm, but we ask that you be there at 6:30 that evening for a short meeting before play begins to review the schedule, rules, attendance, etc…

There will be two practice sessions at the Lodge on Thursday, October 22nd and Thursday, October 29th beginning at 7 p.m. for those interested in learning to play or anyone needing a refresher course. Please sign up at the bar if you would like to participate in the practice sessions. We also need regular players to participate, so “all you regulars” please sign up for the practice session too so we’ll have enough players to “practice”.

There is also a sign-up sheet at the bar for the league so if you plan to participate in the league, please sign-up, if you don’t want to participate but can substitute on occasion, just write “sub” beside your name.

Play begins at 7 p.m., please be punctual, regular and timely attendance is vital in making this an enjoyable and successful endeavor. If you cannot attend on a regular basis, with the exception of emergencies, please sign-up as a substitute for the times when regular players cannot attend.

The schedule is as follows: Nov 5th Jan 28th Nov 19th Feb 11th Dec 3rd Feb 25th Dec 17th Mar 11th Jan 7th Mar 25th Jan 14th Apr 8th

If you have any questions, ask Ray Diaz, President Elks Euchre League.

Corn Hole League

The Lodge’s summer Corn Hole League has ended. I believe a great time was had by all, and I would like to thank the men and ladies who participated. The winners of the Women’s Division were: 1st place – Jackie Abrams; tied for 2nd place – Elaine Ballard and Jeanne Boyd. The winners of the Men’s Division were: 1st place – Pat Ballard; 2nd place – Ray Diaz; tied for 3rd place – Fred Ries and Jim Smathers. We were grilling and selling sandwiches on Sunday afternoons during the Corn Hole League, and I am happy to report that over $300 was made for our State Major Charity, Kids With Cancer. Many thanks to Pat Fletcher and George Boyd for manning the grill and to all of you who ate the grub!

Donna Fletcher

**LADIES' AUXILIARY**

Craft Bazaar Nov, 7th

There are still booths available for this popular event.

To reserve one, please call Nancy Petito at 491-2726

**LADIES' AUXILIARY**

Dear Ladies,

Cooler nights marks the start for more fires at the Hobo Camp, so please come enjoy the nice evenings with us. Our last meeting was busy and there are a lot of fall activities on the calendar. Trunk or Treat will be Saturday Oct 24th. Lisa will have sign ups for trunks by the bar. With each year we get more children we need more trunks so please sign up or donate some candy. I am never sure who has more fun the kids or adults. Nancy Petito is moving right along with the Craft Bazaar, which is set for Saturday, Nov. 7th. We will need help setting up tearing down and all the fun things in between. Salley Feeney has the Fall Fund raiser off and running. Some items included are a turkey deep fryer and a beautiful porcelain Native American doll donated by Helena Kuhn. We need to get those tickets moving quickly. Please check out our web site at kyelks.org, Kathy Haire has done a great job on the web site and it is easy to move around in. We welcome Eva Hefner as the newest Ladies Auxiliary member. In closing please keep Louise Williams in our prayers and lend a hand if possible as she is dealing with her husband's Rays illness and her son Barry being in the hospital as well. And please keep my favorite mother in law, Mary Ann Ridge in yours prayers as she goes through her second surgery, she did really well with the first one. Until next month please be safe and keep well.

Lois Ridge PRESIDENT

Meetings 1st Tuesday of the Month.

****LODGE HOURS****

Monday through Thursday 1:00pm. until 11:00pm. Friday and Saturday Noon until 1:00am. Sunday 1:00pm. until 10pm.

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CORRECTION ON EMAIL ADDRESS If you had trouble emailing Kathy Haire to get the news letter emailed to you --- it is

kahairejr@bellsouth.net

NOTES FROM WEBMASTER

Have you gotten your elks.org password yet? It opens up many doors on the Elks website, copy and paste this link to register. Follow the instructions to register - it's that easy and free!

http://elks.org/members/MembersLogin.cfm

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Are you interested in going GREEN help save the trees -- one way is to get on our Lodge email list and your News Letter can be emailed to you. If you are interested in this please email

kahairejr@bellsouth.net

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Any questions contact the Lodge at 491-8335.

Our Lodge meetings are on the first & third Mondays of the month at 7:30 p.m. Meeting Directions: 2824 Klondike Lane Louisville KY