Elks Magazine Online

Archive Issue: October 2007

Features

28

Highlights of the 143rd Grand Lodge Convention, by Sara L. Miller

Unity and growth were the key themes of 2007 Elks national convention, held for the first time in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina

36

This Land Is Your Land: Fascinating Facts and Figures about the U.S., by Victor M. Parachin

The blizzard that buried New York, the cloud that ate Boise, the bug that brought prosperity to Enterprise, Alabama--and more.

40

Exploring Kentucky's Down Under--Mammoth Cave, by Patricia Ann McNair

The subterranean world of Mammoth Cave National Park is as eerie as it is spectacular.

50

Elks National Foundation Joy of Giving

Having won the very first Elks Drug Awareness Program/Marvel Comics Heroes Essay Contest, Vincent Buccigrossi can't wait to see his likeness in a future Marvel comic book.

Departments

4

Message from the GER

6

It's Your Business, by William J. Lynott

8

Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, M.D.

13

News of the Lodges

44

Elks National Veterans Service Commission

52

Elks Drug Awareness Program

57

State Association News