Archive for April, 2011

Chico Wins District Ritual Competition

The Officers of Chico Elks Lodge #423 placed first as a team at the North District Ritual Competition held this last weekend at the Redding Elks Lodge #1073.  Chico competed against the seven other lodges in the district and while the individual awards were distributed among all of the Lodges in the district, the Chico officers ended the event with the highest team score.  Here are the individual results of the team:

Inner Guard Matt Stanton, 3rd place
Chaplain Kevin Payne, 3rd place
Lecturing Knight Ryan O’donnell, 2nd place
Loyal Knight Mike O’donnell, 2nd place
Leading Knight Matt Goddard, 2nd place and most impressive 11′oclock toast
Esquire Brian Arntzen, 1st place
Exalted Ruler Mike Staples, 2nd place

Overall it was an outstanding competition and all of the Lodges in the North District put on outstanding performances of the Ritual.

Congratulations Chico Lodge Officers we are very proud of you!

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April ER’s Message

To all my brothers and Sisters: I would like to thank our membership for giving me the opportunity to fill the position of the Exalted Ruler this coming year. I would also like to thank our fellow officers who have given me guidance to this point. Our management and staff have also been such a help. We, as officers, are lucky to have such a great support staff.

We have been practicing for ritual competition. Some of you know or have participated in this long standing tradition. Those of you who haven’t, I urge you to attend this year’s competition in Redding. We compete against all the other lodges in our district. We performed the initiation ritual for the first time on step-up night, Wednesday, March 23, at our Lodge. I would like to commend the Officers for the fine job they did.

To give you a little insight into my life: I am married to Victoria, we have two children that you may have seen running about. We both work locally. I’m in telecommunications and my wife works for a local agricultural management company.

As for our officers this year, we have some new additions. Starting with our new trustee Russ Fortier, PER, Esquire Brian Arntzen, Chaplain Kevin Payne, and Inner guard Matt Stanton. I’m pleased to inform you they are all doing really well in preparation for our competition.

Finally, please review the menu of the dinners and make time to eat at our Lodge. Matt and his staff put together some of the best dishes in this area! I had a stuffed cod that would have been $18.00 or more at any restaurant in town. At our facility, it was only $9.00 with the best salad bar in town and dessert! We all plan evenings out. All I’m asking is that you review our own menu and take advantage of our dinners.

Thanks again for this opportunity and hope to see you at dinner some evening.

Michael Staples, Exalted Ruler

Elks Bowling News

The Chico Elks Bowling League just finished their 27th week. The PER’s team is in first place with 16.5 wins and 7.5 losses. Team members are Ray Navarro, Tony Miguel, Robert Sisk, Mike Ridley and sub Ken Greminger.

The roll off and sweeper will be on April 18th; then the potluck and awards will be on April 26th (Tuesday) at the Chico Elks Lodge #423. Happy hour is at 6 PM with dinner at 6:30 PM.

Results below of the Chico City Tournament held in the month of February. All Elks teams did well in the tournament.

LADIES RESULTS:
Division 3 Team Elks Ladies #1 came in first place. Team members are: Linda Rowland, Dar Fogleman, Bethany Whippo and Jodel Ebright.
Individual awards were give to Jodel Ebright in Division 2 Singles where she took third place; she also took first place in All Events.

MEN RESULTS:
In DIVISION 1, the Elks Treasures took seventh place. Team members are: Gary Nagle, Jack Barnes, Sean Olschowka and Jim Hair. The Elks PER’s also took eleventh place in Division 1. Team members: are Ray Navarro, Mike Ridley Tony Miguel and Ken Greminger.

DIVISION 1 DOUBLES: Eleventh place went to Don Engle & David Ebright; seventeenth place went to Ray Navarro & Ken Griminger.

DIVISION 1 SINGLES: First place went to Jim Becker & fourth place went to Ray Navarro.

DIVISION 2 TEAM: In third place was the team Elks Loyal Knights. Team members are; Dave Waldref, Marlin Keller, Don Engle & David Ebright. Also taking a third place was the Elks Chaplains. Team members are: Ernie Ridley, Mike Navarro, Jack Barnes and Jim Becker.

DIVISION 2 DOUBLES: in fifth place, Mike Conners & Ron Lindblad; eighth place, Gary Nagle & Jack Barnes; thirteen place, Mike Ridley & Tony Miguel.

DIVISION 3 TEAM: first place went to Elks Lecturing Knights. Team members are: Ed Anderson, Michael Efford, Richard Carver and Conrad Grinkiewicz. Second Place went to the Elks Rulers; Members of the team are: Gene Wright, Stan Haley, Ernie Ridley and Jim Becker. In third place was the Elks Leading Knights’ team. Team members are: Paul Arnold, Rhys Severe, David Murgia and Thuonp Tran.

DIVISION 3 DOUBLES: second place went to Stan Haley & Gene Wright; eighth place to Paul Arnold & Rhys Severe.

DIVISION 3 SINGLES: in sixth place was Stan Haley and in eighth place was Gene Wright.

HIGH SCRATCH SERIES: in first place was Jim Becker with a score of 729.

HIGH HANDICAP SERIES: in first place was Mike Efford with a score of 788.

ALL EVENTS DIVISION 1: second place ~ Jim Becker; seventh place ~ Ray Navarro.

ALL EVENTS DIVISION 2: eleventh place ~ Gary Nagle; twelfth place ~ Terry Lindblad; fifteenth place ~ Ron Lindblad; sixteenth place ~ Ernie Ridley.

ALL EVENTS DIVISION 3: First place ~ Gene Wright; eighth place ~ Paul Arnold; tenth place ~ Tony Miguel.

ELKS’ TRAVEL LEAGUE

The league will end this month on April 10th at Tyme To Bowl Lanes in Oroville at Gold Country Casino. Starting time is 1PM. Awards and Potluck will be April 26th. Standing going into the last two months are: 1st place,  Chico #8 with 19 wins and 5 losses; 2nd place, Chico #6 with 14 wins and 10 losses; 3rd place, Chico #7 14 wins and 10 losses.