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Exalted Ruler...

Dear Elks and DOES:

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all and best wishes in the year 2009 from all the Officers of your Lodge!

Many thanks to all of you that have volunteered your time and sometimes money to help on all our projects that we do to make our community a better place to live in and help our children become better adults in the future.

Congratulations to John Brooks for chairing a successful 101st Children’s Christmas party with over one thousand in attendance on a very cold day. (WOW! The entertainment was terrific and you should have been there to listen to the children talk to Santa and to see the joy on the children’s faces as they won prizes) Thanks to all the volunteers and stores that donated prizes.

Also thanks to Chuck Meisinger and his team that has finished distributing all the dictionaries and thesaurus books (over 2,500) to all the public elementary schools in Lincoln in person and the Catholic school office. I even had some children come up to me at the Children’s Christmas party and say "thank you". What a great program for us that can be expanded on to give the community more awarenes of what we do.

The Ritual team has begun practicing in preparation for the competition in February. Thanks to Steve Wirth and Rich Todd for coaching the team.

It doesn't slow down as Doug Reinks will be holding the Hoop Shoot competition the 17th while at the same time some Officers will be attending the East District Deputy Clinic in Norfolk, the dinner in January, Initiation of new members at the Lodge meeting the 21st and the 4th Annual Scholarship Pancake Feed Sunday the 25that the Lodge.

I hope you are as proud as I am to belong to such a great organization with wonderful members that have pride in what we stand for and what we can accomplish together in the year 2009 and in the future.

Fraternally,
Terry Edwards, Exalted Ruler