Dunkirk, IN 1776

Dunkirk, IN Lodge News

Dunkirk Elks 1776 - MARCH / APRIL NEWSLETTER 2025 - Provided by James D Fulks III PER -And- Vicky May, Exalted Ruler

Newsletter for MARCH & APRIL 2025

Greetings to All of you BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
Another Elks year is almost in the books.
Yes, it's time for our annual installation of new Lodge Officers
for the upcoming, Elks Lodge years of 2025-2026.    

Time sure seems to fly by the older we all get.
The newly nominated officers are as follows.
ER Vicky May
Secretary Cindy Shepherd
Leading Knight Brandon Walker
Loyal Knight Dana Fuller
Lecturing Knight Joe Sommers
The new Lodge Officers will be installed into office at the first meeting in March.
(-- on Thursday, MARCH 6th, 2025.)   

Your Lodge has certainly been a flurry of activity in recent months.
We've had a great turnout for the regularly scheduled Tuesday evening meals.
Our monthly electronic bowling tournament and euchre tournament has been well
attended and is always a lot of fun. The Daytona 500 race Sunday opening was also
a very nice event for The Lodge.

We've been initiating a few new members, so make it a point to get out to The Lodge to
give our newest members a warm welcome into The Benevolent and Protective Order.
We have 4 new applications to read at our next meeting.

We have had our fair share of recent health issues.  
Former Lodge First Lady Tammy Davis Ford is still on a long road to recovery and is
really making progress. 
Lodge Bartender Wolfie is undergoing a surgical procedure and will be out of
commission for a while.
Our very own Exalted Ruler has recently undergone surgery and is recovering well.
ALL COULD STILL USE OUR WARMEST WISHES AND MOST SINCERE PRAYERS.
We've been upholding all in prayer, and we all should continue to do so.  
We all have so much to be thankful for.  

The ongoing fundraiser "thermometer" in the bar area is beginning to show real
progress on our ambitious, and much needed upcoming flooring upgrade project.
Thank you to all who have made donations.  We are at $3500.00.  

The old classic billiards table that's been a Lodge staple item for many years recently
received a major facelift in the form of a complete renewal of the side rails and felt
playing surface.  We have several members using it.  It's now a very sharp looking
Elks Purple colour on the playing surface.  We still have two gaming machines for
electronic bowling among other games, in the Lodge room, and they are very much
in use, on Saturday evenings especially, at The Lodge.  It's been nice to see the
newest members come out and participate and get involved in Lodge activities.  

Upcoming March 8th Euchre tournament 6:30 / March 22nd Bowling Tournament 6:30  
This coming Saturday is our regularly scheduled first Saturday of the month breakfast,
but it is also a dual benefit breakfast for The Jay County Special Olympics and A Better
Life Brianna's Hope, two very worthy local charitable organizations.  

C'mon out for a Tuesday evening meal, a First Saturday Breakfast, a Lodge Meeting,
a Saturday evening, a bowling tournament, a euchre tournament... Or just for a bit
of fellowship.  May 10th will be our awards night with the Officer of the year and
Elk of the year, Citizen of the year as well as the Scholarship winners with a nice
dinner.  Stop in the lodge for updates.  You'll find, YOUR LODGE is literally, and
absolutely, patronized and supported by...THE BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH!!!

RESPECTFULLY, SINCERELY AND BENEVOLENTLY YOURS:
James D Fulks III PER
And  
Vicky May Exalted Ruler 


Meals  -  March and April 2025  

March     4th    Chicken & Noodles, Mash Potato’s Veg & Roll    
               11th    Pulled Pork & Gravy Manhattans, Veg & roll                            
               18th    Smoked Pork Chops Mac & Cheese, Veg & roll              
               25th    Burrito’s & Or Taco Salad-Chicken Or Beef, Refried Beans    

April       1st     Chicken Cordon Blue, Garlic Mash Potato’s, Veg & roll                
                 8th    Baked Spaghetti, Salad, Garlic Bread                
               15th   Pork Filets wrapped in bacon, Cheesy pot, broccoli              
              22nd   Baked Steak, Mash Pot & gravy, Veg & roll                
               29th   Burrito’s & or Taco Salad, Chicken or Beef, Refried Beans  

Keep an eye out Tommy Scruggs will be cooking his famous Fried Chicken in May!


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Lodge Officers for 2024/2025 Elks Membership Year resulted in the following:  

Roster of Lodge Officers

Exalted Ruler Vicky May 

Leading Knight Barry Barger 

Loyal Knight Dana Fuller 

Lecturing Knight Barb Irelan 

Lodge Secretary Bob Ford 

Lodge Esquire Bob Rawlings (Appointed position) 

Lodge Chaplain Steve Fennig (Appointed position)  


Lodge Trustees 

One Year Trustee Dan Watson 

Two Year Trustee Joe Sommers 

Three Year Trustee Bob Weekly 

Four Year Trustee Gil Brandenburg 

Five Year Trustee Dennis Linn   


The Lodge House Committee is as follows 

Bob Ford 

Joe Sommers 

Barry Barger 

James Fulks 

Bob Braun   




 


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