CEA Announces Rock Cats CCMC Fundraiser

By John Barry PDD, CEA Major Projects Chairman

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State Ritual Team at the Grand Lodge Convention

By Pete Nelson PER, CEA Ritual Chairman

Danielson Lodge ended up posting a score of 96.1504 which was good enough for 8th place in the Eastern Division. That score was also good enough for finishing 10th in the Country overall.

Jerilynn Pacheco's score was 94.661 which was the winning score and earned her the title of ALL-
AMERICAN ESQUIRE in the East!  The second place score was 94.626 - it was that close.
Also the Lecturing Knight from Danielson James Paquin just missed the ALL-AMERICAN title by .293!

Congratulations to the entire team from Danielson, and also A SUPER CONGRATULATIONS to Jerilynn Pacheco our newest ALL-AMERICAN, and to James Paquin for his effort. As always Danielson once again did an outstanding job and we here in Connecticut are extremely proud of them and their accomplishments.

In the photo are (left to right) Frank Hegedus PSP PDD Coach, Bill Chinn SP PDD, Jerilynn Pacheco ALL AMERICAN Esquire, Loni Wright Loyal Knight, Daryl Racine Leading Knight, Jennifer Loring Chaplin, Tina Hilton Jr. PER Exalted Ruler, James Paquin Lecturing Knight, Steve Hegedus PER Inner Guard, Larry Rondeau Candidate, and Bobby Brown PER Coach.

Area 1 Roulette Contest

By Pete Nelson PER, CEA Ritual Chairman

On Sunday the 19th of September 2010 the Area 1 Interstate Relations Committee will be holding the Roulette contest in Nashua, NH.

 

The four main chairs are drawn for just before the Lodge enters the contest room. The Inner Guard, Esquire, and Chaplin are already assigned before the contest.  Anyone interested in participating should please let me know ASAP, so that a practice schedule and location can be arranged.

 

As I receive more information about lodging for the weekend I will pass it along. The festivities and camaraderie at these events are second to none. So if you would like to give it a shot step forward and have a good time while you make new friends across the New England States. Our team from Connecticut will go on at 2pm.

Special Olympics Gets Kick Out Of Soccer Shoot

By Terry Ford PDD, CEA Vice-President Northwest

The Connecticut Elks Association Soccer Shoot Committee participated in the Connecticut Special Olympics Urban Youth Day. Urban Youth Day allows children from Inner Cities with special needs (and within the criteria of Special Olympics) the opportunity to become familiar with, and hopefully become an active participant, in the Special Olympics. The Connecticut Elks are working with the Connecticut Special Olympics to have Soccer Shoot become an event in the Special Olympics at both at the local level and at the State Games. This fits well within the theme of “If you can kick it, you can participate in it.”

 

The Connecticut Elks set up the small goal system and one hundred & fifty seven (157) children took their turn kicking in the Soccer Shoot venue. There was not one child who participated that did not score at least one point, but there were plenty of smiles and cheers to go around.

 

Discussions with the Connecticut Special Olympics Executive Board members, coaches & teachers have concluded this is a success. They would like Soccer Shoot to continue to get involved at upcoming Connecticut Area & Regional Games as well as being an exhibition at the State Games in June. The Soccer Shoot would be set up at the fields where the Unified Soccer Games will be held and this would allow Special Olympians to participate during breaks of their soccer games. In addition, it will allow the Elks to speak with Soccer coaches and others to explain the contest and see how we can make this a true event. We also hope to have the Grid Goal System set up to allow the older Olympians to participate

 

As the Connecticut Elks progress towards making soccer Shoot an event in the Special Olympics, I will continue to keep the GL – Youth Activities Committee informed.

Area 1 PER Ritual Contest Results

By Pete Nelson PER, CEA Ritual Chairman

On Sunday April 25 a team of PER's traveled to Woonsocket R.I. to represent Conn. in the Area 1 PER Contest. Competing were all six of the New England States. Conn. came in at number three with some respectable scores.

 

The following members made up the team.

E.R. Phil Stender PER Manchester #1893

Leading Knight Deb Barta PER Danielson #1706

Loyal Knight Steve Hegedus PER Danielson #1706

Lecturing Knight Bobby Brown PER Danielson #1706

Esquire Mike Barta V.P. PDD Danielson #1706

Chaplin Pete Nelson  St. Trustee, PER Manchester #1893

Inner Guard Lisa Berthieume PER Manchester #1893

Candidate Jennifer Loring Lect. Knight Danielson #1706

Coach Leon Zahaba PGLC, PSP,PDD,PER Manchester #1893

In addition to coming in third as a team, we did have three first place winners.

Lecturing Knight- Bobby Brown

Chaplin- Pete Nelson

Candidate- Jennifer Loring

Congratulations to all on a great job.

Fairfield Lodge Purchases New Sound System For The Beanery

Fairfield Lodge #2220, through the Community Charities Program presented the Recreation Department with a check for $1920 to purchase a much-needed new sound system for the substance free dance hall for high school students, namely, the Beanery.

 

In the photo, making the presentation is the recent Exalted Ruler, Michael Michaud to Ginna Paules, Youth Services Director for the Fairfield Recreation Department. Also in the photo, from left is Connecticut Elks Association Vice-President William Chinn and in the center is the district chairman for the Community Charities Program and Past Exalted Ruler of the Fairfield Elks, James Vezina. To the right is Recreation Director Gerald Lombardo.

Naugatuck Lodge Presents Community Charities Grant

By Terry Ford PDD, CEA Vice-President Northwest

The Connecticut Elks Association, through the Community Charities committee distributes charity grants each year to two deserving charities in each District.  This year one of the Lodges to receive a grant check was Naugatuck Elks No. 967 for their charity the Naugatuck VFW Post 1946 - Building Restoration Campaign.

 

Presenting the Connecticut Elks Association Community Charities Grant Check of $1,920.00 (left to right) are Mike McGrath Exalted Ruler, Chris Walsh - Post Commander, Stanley Borusiewicz - Past Post Commander, Terry Ford, PDD CEA Vice-President Northwest.

Connecticut's Legacy Award Winners

By Jack Knapp, Jr. PDD, CEA Scholarship Chairman

Connecticut is proud to present its ENF Legacy Award recipients for this year. These students, all children or grandchildren of Elks, will receive a $4,000 scholarship to be awarded over four years.

This area contains the names of departed members of the Connecticut Elks Association that were sent to us.

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