Archive for December, 2011

December’s ER Message

Hello, again! Well, Chico Lodge is in full
swing with the holiday season. Manzanita Place is
very busy with outside events as usual this time of
year, as well as our Lodge events. This is great for
our Lodge’s success and future. With that, any
members who have suggestions regarding the op-
erations of our facility need to bring those ideas to
the House Committee or Trustees, not directly to
our management.
We had a DD Clinic on November 20th, a lot
of great information was shared. Just a reminder to
all members these are not exclusive to officers of
our Lodge. All members are encouraged to attend,
especially if you are considering running for an
officer position.
Just a recap, we had several breakout sessions
to discuss business of the Lodge: Norman Stump,
PDDGER, current officers on what to expect; Sim
Nathan, PDDGER, protocol; Wade Thorpe,
DDGER, on life after being an Exalted Ruler. Russ
Fortier, PER, and John Knitter, PDDGER, did an in
-depth overview of ritual. Kim Thorp had a clinic
for the spouses of officers to help them with any
questions, etc. There were a lot of topics discussed
and Wade Thorpe, DDGER, will be doing another
clinic in the Red Bluff Lodge, January 22nd at 9
AM.
Well, I hope everybody has a wonderful holi-
day season and we’ll see you around the Lodge!

December Elks Bowling

The Chico Elks Bowling League finished the first third with the Leading Knights winning with a total of 25 wins and 15 losses. Team members are Scott Jones, Paul Arnold, Donald Schumacher and Rhys Severe.

Second place went to the Exalted Rulers with 25.5 wins and 15.5 losses. The Team mem- bers are Gene Wright, Ernie Ridley, Stan Haley and Jim Becker. Scott Swigart bowled a 294 game in week #9. Congratulations, Scott!

ELKS’LADIES BOWLING The two teams of Elks’ Ladies bowling in the Stardusters League on Monday nights are the Elk Chicks with 19 wins and 21 losses. The Elkettes had 15 wins and 24 losses. The Ladies score! now have shirts with team name and a Elks logo on them. Darlene Fogleman is the Secretary of the League.

ELKS TRAVEL LEAGUE The Northern Elks Travel League will be bowling at Shasta Lanes, in Redding on Novem- ber 13th and then at AMF Orchard Lanes in Chico on December 18th. This is the Christmas finger food day. Our starting time is 1 PM.

Standings as of the first third are:

Chico #5 12 wins 0 losses
Red Bluff/Chico 10 wins 2 losses
Chico #9 9 wins 3 losses
Chico #7 7 wins 5 losses

Mike Kelly bowled a 279 game last month at Tall Pines Center in Paradise. Great bowling