Patronize & Participate Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Iowa City Lodge no. 590 Exalted Ruler Matt Zacek 637 Foster Road Iowa City, Iowa 52245 (319) 351-3700 Fax (319) 358-2176 E-mail: elks590@elks590.org Website: www.elks590.org april Bulletin 2011 General Manager s Report The course officially opened on Saturday the 19th of March. Superintendent Ned Giles feels the course came through the winter in excellent condition. Once the weather warms up we hope to see you out here. Reminder to all members that your social dues for the 2011/2012 Elk year are now due. If you haven't received a membership card you have not paid your dues or you have not been initiated. By regulation of national and local by-laws you must present a current membership card to enter the Lodge facilities or cast a vote in Lodge deliberations. Also please submit a fee sheet with your choices of activities you wish to purchase this year. We will not assume you will sign up for golf or swim simply because you did last year. Please take time to read the article my Mike Manfull on the locker room project he managed the last couple months. We hope you all can come out and take a look at the wonderful changes in the downstairs facility that was done this winter. Details on activities later in the bulletin should give you plenty of opportunities to stop and enjoy your Lodge. Easter Brunch Sunday the 24th we will serve our annual Lodge 590 Easter brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This year we will feature leg of lamb, baked ham, smoked salmon, chicken fingers, bacon and sausage. Also included will be scrambled eggs, beef stroganoff, French toast, mixed vegetables, home fries and mashed potatoes. If that isn't enough we are adding fruit, salads, cakes, pies and pastries. All this for $17.95 for adults, $9.95 for kids 8 to 12 and free for youngsters 7 and under. Call 351-3700 for reservations. Egg Hunt Saturday the 23rd, Lodge 590 will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt. Mom, dad grandma and grandpa bring the little ones out at 10 a.m. to search for the colored eggs. We will send them out in age groups. There will be a special visitor here to help search. New Locker Policies Individual lockers are available for sale or rent in our newly remodeled locker rooms. A single locker for a lifetime is $750, a ten year commitment is $500 and lockers annually will be $75. The lockers are for apparel and personal items only. If you purchase a lifetime or ten year locker a club storage locker is included if needed. Annual club lockers are $25. Secretary's Report Next regularly scheduled initiation will be held Monday, May 16th, during the regular Lodge meeting. Debra Carneol was proposed for membership in Lodge 590 by Jon Goodvin at the 7/3/11 meeting. Ben Halupnik was proposed for membership in Lodge 590 by Tom Knebel at the 3/21/11 meeting. The following were elected to office for the 2011/2012 year at the 3/7/11 meeting. Exalted Ruler Matt Zacek Leading Knight Lucas Haldeman Loyal Knight Mike Morony Lecturing Knight Matt Devery The following Lodge 590 by-laws changes were submitted at the 3/7/11 meeting: Sypnopsis of changes: Article III Life membership can be purchased for $5,625 which is current local dues times 25. Article IV Sessions is changed to meetings and December is added as a month to hold a meeting only the third Monday. Article V Secretary pay is changed from monthly to bi-monthly Treasure pay is reduced from $1,000 to $100. Article IX Operation of Lodge will be done by elected Trustees and not by appointed House Committee. Article X. Dues for year to paid on or in advance of April 1 of each year. Vote on the following changes will be take at the 4/19/11 meeting. Article III: LIFE MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The Lodge by an affirmative secret ballot of twothirds of those present at a regular Lodge meeting may elect a member in good standing to Life Membership upon payment in advance of $5,625,00 dollars. ($225.00 x 2) Article IV: MEETINGS Section 1. The regular s meetings of the Lodge shall be held on the 1st and 3rd Monday evening each month throughout the year, except the months of July, August and December meetings of the Lodge shall be held on the Third Monday evening of each of these months. Article V: ELECTIVE OFFICERS AND DUTIES Of THE SECRETARY Sec. 4., Paragraph 7, Line 25 $1800.00 per annum, payable two times/monthly. OF THE TREASURER Sec. 5., Paragraph, Line 20 $ $100.00 per annum, payable One time each year Article VI: Appointive Position and Duties Secretary Treasurer Tiler Trustee Tim Putney Roger Beyhl Bryan Dietz Mike Stibal continued
Secretary's Report continued Article IX: HOME, CLUB OR OTHER FACILITY Section 1. The operation, management and control of the Home, Club, or other facility owned and/or occupied by this Lodge shall be supervised and conducted by: a. The Trustees of the Lodge. Article X: FEES AND DUES Sec. 2 Paragraph 2, All Lodge dues hereafter specified shall be payable: a. Annually, in advance, on or before April 1 of each year. The listed candidates have not yet been initiated in the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. Failure to get initiated within six months of your election will result in loss of use of the Lodge facilities. Eric Bombei, Chris Bower, Dale A Cavin, Brian Douglas, Timothy Farnsworth, Michael Feagler, Robin Fields, Michael Frantz, Chad Freeman, Patrick Gavin, Dan Gralneck, Dawn Harris, Jonathan Hart, Bryan Hested, Greg Johnson, Nate Kaeding, Bill Kammerer, Tom Kaut, Steven Klesner, Joshua Koza, Phillip Lasansky, Rob McComas, Scott McDonough, Rob Miller, David Moore, Jim Morgan, David Motto, John Naeve, Scott Nibaur, Lesley Parent, Steve Polyak, Adina Pursley, Shane Smultz, Robert Sueppel, David Thomsen, Jeff Thuesen, Teresa Wagner, Mike Young. Remodel Thanks It is amazing what can be accomplished in a few short weeks with the help of enthusiastic volunteers and skilled tradesmen. The remodel of the two locker rooms took just over a month to complete and would not have been possible without the help and effort of so many people. I want to thank the following companies and individuals for their contributions: General Contractor: Prime Ventures Construction Chris Anderson: Anderson Electric Jeff Maske: Nagle Lumber Jim Mulford: Mulford Plumbing Bill Bednarz: Kelly Heating Josh Mehaffy: Mehaffy Construction Jay Nelson: Green Mountain Painting Jeff Harris: Concrete Central Jason Watts: JW Builders Ernie and Kathy Bachmeier: Bachmeier Interiors Chris Bower: Bower Drywall Rob McComas and Steve Wilson: McComas-Lacina A special thanks to Stephanie Wilson and Mara Goodvin for their help with interior selections and to Larry McConahay for the use of his trailer and the countless hours he spent helping to get rid of debris. A very special thanks goes out to all of the volunteers who helped with the initial demolition and periodic cleaning throughout the project. Thanks to Ned and his crew with helping to dispose of the concrete and rubble from the demolition and thanks to Kevin for helping with the coordination of the work when I couldn't be there. The scope and finish of this project would not have been possible without the generosity, time, skill and labor of all of these folks. The club can be proud of the new spaces that everyone can now enjoy. Remember to thank these folks when you see them and if you are looking for work to be done on your own homes please don't hesitate to support those who have supported your club. Thanks again to everyone for helping the club. Mike Manfull Vice President Prime Ventures Construction Introducing Your New Pro I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Tommy Dee, age 37 from Solon, IA. My name wife's name is Stephanie, and my daughters are Taylor age 5, and Sydney age 3. I started in the golf business in 1999 at Pleasant Valley where I worked for two years before going to work at Brown Deer until 2005. I've been teaching out of Saddleback for the last two years as well as working at Golfzilla. I'm very excited to have this opportunity to work at the Elks Lodge 590 as your golf professional. I'm here to listen to your suggestions, organize golf events, help you with your game and teach your children the fundamentals of the game at our upcoming junior camp this summer. Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. April Events April 7th - Thursday Night Men's League Kickoff Come out to meet the competition. April 9th - Master Pick A Pro Tournament Open to the public. Bring a guess to play the course and see our new renovations. $10 entry for members and guest and cart fees are extra. Tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. Your net score from Saturday combined with the pros score from Sunday will determine a winner. Prizes will be awarded for the top scores and for pin events. April 14th - Thursday Night Men's League Starts Entry fee this year is $200 per man. That includes dinner, prizes and 1st half 2nd half and entire season payouts. April 16th - Spring Kickoff Golf and Dinner 4 Person Best Shot starting at 11:00 a.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for the top teams as well as pin events. More Volunteer Kudos We would like to add to the list of thanks that Mike Manfull made in his article. Thanks to Terry Dickens, Chad Kron, Ron Kramer, Mark Welsh, Brad Goodfellow and Matt Sertterh for helping in the move of washer, dryer, ice machine and old lockers. Ditto to Alan Waldschmidt, Lavon Rutt, Larry McConahay, Ron Kramer, Kurt Kimmerling, Tim Putney, Chuck Wolfe, Tim Kuhns and Matt Sertterh who helped in moving furniture and removing the old Pro Shop carpeting. Special thanks also to Sharon Mathieu and Ken Hagen for getting the Pro Shop spruced up and dusted before we opened on the 19th. finally enough cannot be said for Tommy Dee, Kurt Kimmerling, Norby Jordan and Tom Steehler who did almost all of the remodel work in the Pro Shop with the financial help of Steve Yeater and Alan Waldschmidt. This was truly a successful team effort by Lodge 590. Call for Help On April 29 & 30, All Iowa Wheels for the World, will collect manual wheelchairs, walkers, canes and crutches for developing countries. MidWestOne Banks will serve as collection sites in the Iowa City and Coralville area. For more information visit www.iowawftw.org. Thanks for your help Patsy Lawton All Iowa Wheels for the World Chairperson From the Desk of the ER One of my goals this year is to have an article in each monthly newsletter about things that are important and topical for us as Elks. One thing that is important to me this year is to, as they say, get back to the basics. All to often we forget that we are an Elks Lodge that happens to have a pool and a golf course not the other way around. One of the most basic rules in the Elks organization is that each member must be initiated before they get their membership card and full access to the club. In this bulletin you will find there are many of you who have not attended initiation. That ends now. You can come to any of the Monday meetings and we will run through it with you. We have scheduled initiation in May and if we need to we can get a quorum together and run through it in 20 minutes on a Saturday. If you have not been initiated within 6 months of joining you will not be allowed to participate in any club activities including, but not limited to, the pool and golf tournaments. The Elks organization, is as the full name says, The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. We are an organization that was founded on the principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. The Elks organization has two main pillars under the principle of charity, Youth and Veterans. To that end I hope this year to open up a renewed dialogue with the Iowa City School district that has been lacking over the years. The Elks organization is one of the largest grantors of scholarships in the country yet almost one of that is know in this area. Getting us out and involved in the schools and community ties in with another goal of mine and that is to bring in 100 new members in 2011. Being visible and active in the community is the best way for us to bring in new members. If you have ideas on how we can get involved with community activities around the area, please let one of the officers or myself know and we will make it happen. Stay tuned for more articles in the coming months about our Drug Awareness trailer and Fire Safety trailer and how we can use these out in the community. I look forward to a great year as your ER, if you have any comments, concerns, or ideas for the club feel free to contact me at zaceks1@mchsi.com Matt Zacek
APRIL 2011 Luncheons Dinners Private Parties Meetings Members / Guests Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 prime rib private party 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Masters Pick-a-pro private party Lodge meeting crab legs 7pm open house guest open house pro shop 8am 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 chick lits 5:30 SG beef tenderloin spring kickoff pro shop 8am 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 lodge meeting 7pm 5:30 SG Walleye egg hunt 10am pro shop 8am 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 easter brunch 9:30-1:30 5:30 SG bbq ribs elks state convention pro shop 8am
ELKS CLUB BPO #590 2011 GOLF AND SWIMMING SEASON MEMBERSHIP Name Member # Spouse Home Phone Email Address: Children: Member's Signature 1 Family Golf Membership due in full 6/1/2011 $950.00 $ USGA Certified Handicap $20/person (Please indicate for which family member you desire a handicap) 2 Single Golf Membership due in full 6/1/2011 $675.00 $ USGA Certified Handicap $20/person 3 Junior Golf Membership due in full 6/1/2011 $250.00 $ USGA Certified Handicap FREE $0.00 4 Family Swimming due in full 6/1/2011 $350.00 $ 5 Season Cart Rental due in full 6/1/2011 $495.00 $ 6 Cart Storage (includes gas and electricity.) due in full 6/1/2011 $300.00 $ 7 Trail Fee due in full 6/1/2011 $100.00 $ (Privates carts not stored on Elks Property) Subtotal 7% Sales Tax Subtotal with Sales Tax Elks Membership Dues $242.00 or Life Membership Dues $42.00 Due April 1, 2011 Total Due
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