Houlton Elks Hold 9-11 Remembrance Dinner 

On September 11,2009 the Houlton Lodge of Elks BPOE 835 hosted a 9-11 remembrance dinner at their Lodge. In attendance were local Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, and Law Enforcement officers and their spouses. This event was in memory of those who lost their lives on 9-11-2001, and to recognize the area Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, and Law Enforcement Officers. Approximately 150 people attended this event and meals were delivered to another 50 who were working that night.

Pictured above are: Front Row left to right Milton Cone Houlton Fire Chief, Mike London Customs and Border protection, Darrell Crandall MDEA, 1st Lieutenant Kristine Prosser 488th MP.co, Brad Butler Exalted Ruler Houlton Elks, John Dunn PER and event Organizer, James Bledsoe Maliseet Police Officer
 
Back Row, Ezekiel Collins Houlton Police Dept., Mark Ritchie Customs and Border Protection, Butch Asselin Chief Houlton Police Dept., James Griffin Hodgdon Fire Dept.

Subordinate Lodge Website Contest 

Does your Lodge have a website? If so, you could win an award by entering the Grand Lodge Subordinate Lodge Website Contest, but you have to act fast.

Entry is simple. All you need to do is send your Lodge's website address to MEA Public Relations Director Wayne Cotterly by September 24, 2009 at meapr@fairpoint.net.

Entries will be judged on content, design, news, virtual homepage, and promoting their website.

The winner of the State Contest will have their entry forwarded on the the Grand Lodge, where they will have the opportunity to earn anywhere from one to five stars.

I know that the deadline is coming soon, but all you need to do is send your Lodge's website address to enter. The State Winner will be recognized at the MEA State Convention in May.

Student of the Month Program 
By Ronald T Lamot, GL Youth Activities Committee 

As we approach the new school year, every Lodge has the opportunity to award and reinforce the positive attitudes of our good boys, girls and students in schools and communities. Our Grand Lodge Youth Activities Committee has a program that will assist you in recognizing our future leaders, the Teenager/Junior Teenager of the Month/Year and Student/Junior Student of the Month/Year.

Go to your local high and junior high schools and ask them to participate. All they have to do is provide you with the name of a Student/Teenager of the Month and you will do the rest. What is the rest? You provide the school certificates (provided by the Youth Activities Committee) to be awarded to a boy and girl each month.

The Student/Teenager of the Year would be selected from this group at the end of the Lodge or school year. You could have the school award the certificate or you could make the presentation at the Lodge as part of your Lodge Youth Week.
Your State Youth Activities Chairman will provide you with certificates, instructions, posters, etc. In the event he or she doesn't have the material, contact the Area II Member of the GLYAC who will send them to you.

This program not only rewards our youth, but enhances the community image of your Lodge and Elks.

If you have news or information of interest to the members of the Maine Elks Association, please send your articles to Public Relations Director Wayne Cotterly at meapr@fairpoint.net for inclusion in the MEA Calendar, the MEA Website, or future issues of this newsletter.

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