Maine Elks Association

Public Relations Committee Newsbriefs -06/28/07

Maine Elks Association Newsbriefs

AREA 1 RITUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO SANFORD!

After a one-year absence, the Area 1 Ritual Championship has returned to Sanford Lodge #1470. Competing with other state Championship teams the Grand Lodge Area 1 jurisdiction (6 New England states and New York), the 2007 team won a close contest held at Taunton, Massachusetts, on Sunday, June 24, 2007. Sanford finished in first place with a score of 93.779. Members of the Sanford team winning individual honors were Peter Baker, Esquire, John Caton, Esteemed Lecturing Knight and Christine Baker, Chaplain. This was the 5^th win in 7 years at the regional contest by the Sanford Officers. Team scores for the contest were:

1^st place: Sanford, Maine #1470 93.779

2^nd place: Danielson, CT #1706 93.314

3^rd place: St Johnsbury, VT #1343 93.309

4^th place: Everett, MA #642 91.250

5^th place: Woonsocket, RI #850 91.152

The teams will next compete at the National Ritual Contest to be held in Charlotte, NC July 7,8,9,10 at the Elks Grand Lodge Convention.

Sanford Elks Hold MCCP Motorcycle Run
From Carol Spellman, Sanford Public Relations



On Saturday June 2nd the Sanford Lodge held its 3rd annual MCCP Poker Run. It was a beautiful day for a ride and for fundraising. We had approximately 60 participants that met at the Lodge for Breakfast and then took the route Through Wolfeboro and Alton bay in New Hampshire before returning to the Sanford Lodge to see who had the best hand and door prizes. The Poke Run raised approximately $5,000 for the day. Great job riders and committee members!!!

Waterville Elks Honor Mothers
From Randy Gerry, Waterville ER



On May 12^th, the Waterville Elks Lodge #905 held their Mothers Day Tribute and Mother of the year crowning ceremony, along with their Ladies Auxiliary installation of Officers and Man of the year choice. The event was held in their Lodge room with 52 people attending. Officers and “Mother of the Year” was Gloria Moxcey and “Man of the Year” for the Ladies Auxiliary was Blaine Moxcey. Following the ceremony, a Turkey dinner was served, followed by dancing to the music of “The Returnable’s.” Fun was had by all!

Maine Elks Association Website: 5-Star Website

Now in its fourth year, the Maine Elks Association Website has been declared a Five Star Website by the Elks Grand Lodge State Associations/Lodge Activities Committee. For the past two years, the Maine Elks website, under the direction of MEA Public Relations Director Wayne Cotterly has been working on improving the layout and content of the site to better serve the membership, as well as provide information to the public about the Elks. The site had received a Four Star Rating for the past two years, but this year, the website received the coveted Five Star ranking by Grand Lodge, the highest ranking for State Association Websites.

Only Seven State Association’s have earned this title, including: Colorado, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, and Maine. A total of 21 States participated in the contest. The contest committee evaluated the websites for content, layout, design, graphics, and their effectiveness in telling the Elks story.

Starting next year, the State Associations/Lodge Activities Committee will be holding a Website Contest for Subordinate Lodges, in addition to the State Association Contest. For more information on this contest, contact MEA Lodge Activities Director Wayne Cotterly at meapr@fairpoint.net

The Maine Elks Website can be viewed at www.maineelks.org

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