Category: Uncategorized

DAY	First	Last	City	Zip Code	Amt	Ticket #
1	Timothy	Culbert	East Winthrop	04343	$25.00	1184
2	Mary	Tompkins	Woodville	04457	$25.00	0625
3	Travis	Gould	Portland	04103	$25.00	0969
4	Alan	Harding	Presque Isle	04765	$25.00	0807
5	Coady	Robson	Woolwich	04579	$25.00	0055
6	Kathleen	Kelly	Waterville	04901	$50.00	0335
7	Ron	Bradman	Bangor	04401	$50.00	0621
8	Dolores	Francis	Old Town	04468	$25.00	0622
9	Sanford PER	ELKS	Sanford	04027	$25.00	1372
10	Danielle	Easler	Oakland	04963	$25.00	0413
11	Mike	Hopkins	Hermon	04401	$25.00	0606
12	Nancy	Goodwin	Eddington	04428	$25.00	0651
13	Constance	Bragdon	Peru	04290	$50.00	0109
14	Anne	McNally	Rockland	04841	$50.00	0110
15	Spencer	Forrest	Trenton	04605	$100.00	0848
16	David	Bulley	Stacyville	04777	$25.00	0626
17	John	Long	Benton	04901	$25.00	0343
18	Brian	Holt	Belgrade	04917	$25.00	0344
19	Laurie	Moore	Dover-Foxcroft	04426	$25.00	0661
20	Alexander	Held	Sanford	04073	$50.00	1109
21	Rodney	Anderson	Brooksville	34601	$50.00	0299
22	Paul	Adams	Richmond	04357	$25.00	0701
23	Paul	Martitz	Vassalboro	04989	$25.00	0394
24	Gary	Cooper	Sidney	04330	$25.00	0449
25	Jacob	Crosby	Sandford	04073	$25.00	1084
26	Chandler	Woodman	Thomaston	04861	$25.00	0066
27	Gerry	Inkel	Plantsville	06479	$50.00	0205
28	James	Damon	Franklin	04634	$50.00	0873
29	Stacie	Hartley	Springvale	04083	$25.00	0137
30	Kent	Stanley	Hancock	04640	$25.00	0872

The Maine Elks Motorcycle Riders present the 18^th Annual “Owie Box” Run on July 11^th!

This year we will leave from Gardiner Lodge # 1293 for a beautiful ride through Central Maine with stops at 4 other lodges before ending at the Augusta Lodge #964 – Home of State President Anthony Gause and First Lady Linda!

Once we arrive in Augusta we will be treated to a BBQ celebration. Pledge sheets are available as well as FLIERs you can post and distribute. The rider with the most money raised will be awarded a $100.00 gift certificate to The Red Barn Restaurant.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Comfort Inn($96.00 +tax) and can be reserved by calling 207.401.2415 (please be sure to tell them you are with the Elks). If there are any questions please contact Mindy at 207.453.6936, or Melinda.voisine@gmail.com. We look forward to a day of fun with everyone!

MEA Calendar Drawing, May 2020

DAY	First	Last	City		Amount	Ticket #
1	Dan	Richands	Gouldsboro	Me	$25.00	0897
2	David	Hooper	Rockland	Me	$50.00	0078
3	Tim	Rodrgne	Augusta	Me	$50.00	0440
4	Edythe	Willis	Warren	Me	$25.00	0093
5	Joe	Gould	Gardner	Me	$25.00	0476
6	Lorraine	Ely	Carmel	Me	$25.00	0688
7	Ron	Darling	Millinocket	Me	$25.00	0776
8	Susan	Pzaer	Hancock	Me	$25.00	0865
9	John	Mercer	York Beach	Me	$50.00	0313
10	Roger	Morin	Orono	Me	$50.00	0677
11	Tara	McKenney	Surry	Me	$25.00	0883
12	S.Craige	Williamson	Surry	Me	$25.00	0884
13	Judy	Baldinelli	Portland	Me	$25.00	0998
14	Marre	Huckabey	Bangor	Me	$25.00	0696
15	Alan	Myrick	Rockland	Me	$25.00	1004
16	Sanford Elks	PER Assn.	Sanford	Me	$50.00	1371
17	Amanda	Houlton	Ellsworth	Me	$50.00	1054
18	Chris	Cowperthwaite	Prospect Harbor	Me	$25.00	0941
19	Sandy	Lavertic	Mechanic Falls	Me	$25.00	0484
20	Julie	Brown	Hope	Me	$25.00	0122
21	Wayne	Walls	Bangor	Me	$25.00	0632
22	Rose	LeClair	Hinckley	Me	$25.00	0461
23	Carol	Russell	Brewer	Me	$50.00	0656
24	Brenda	Jones	Lamoune	Me	$50.00	0874
25	Bonnie	Cochrane	Dedham	Me	$100.00	0553
26	Marise	Anagnost	Sanford	Me	$25.00	0146
27	Ken	Eaton	Waterville	Me	$25.00	0338
28	Lori	Peltpen	Hancock	Me	$25.00	1050
29	Rebecca	Boutaugh	Turner	Me	$25.00	0782
30	Tom	West	Steuben	Me	$50.00	1388
31	Walter	Johnson	Exeter	NH	$50.00	0329

Good Day All,

     We will be having the Flag Day service at the Augusta Elks Lodge on June 14, 2020.

     The service will start at 11am, we will meet at 10:30am to have a dress rehearsal. All State Officers will be in there white coat/black pants/ black shoes, black socks.  This service will be on Zoom as well.

Thanks, Anthony

“Dare To Be Great”

Challenge Coins commemorating the installation of MEA President Anthony Gause are now available from PSP Don Piper for only $20 each.

Orders should may be e-mailed to Don at  dpiper1946@yahoo.com 

Checks should be mailed and made out to Donald Piper and include the address where they want the coin sent.
Don’s address is 25 Washington Junction Rd, Hancock, ME 04640 , phone # 207-460-7987

He will be mailing the coin(s) so make sure to provide him your physical mailing address.

Greetings Maine Elks,
Jessica and I would like to take the opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of you for the amazing support and hospitality you showed us during our year as State President and First Lady.
Our year was full of challenges and rewards, but we took great pride in serving you all and in representing the Maine Elks Association. Unfortunately, we were not able to visit every Lodge in the state during our year. However, we would like to thank all those Lodges that did host us during our visits. Each one was truly incredibly special, and we will always hold those memories close in our hearts.
During this time of global pandemic, Elkdom has experienced some extreme challenges, as the outbreak has shaken us to our core, and severely impacted us in every way. I am confident that like it always has, Elkdom will rise above these challenges and come out even greater and stronger than before. Likewise, the Maine Elks Association will remain “Stronger, Together”.
Jessica and I would like to wish our new State President and First Lady, Anthony and Linda Gouse, the absolute best in the upcoming year. They are absolutely wonderful people, and they will be amazing stewards of Maine Elkdom, representing us all with dignity, pride and class. I know that you all will all support them both unconditionally, and treat them just as wonderfully as you did Jessica and I.
I am confident that we will all meet again very soon, and when we do, it will be an amazing feeling. Until then, God bless The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and God bless America.

Fraternally, John Desjardins
MEA State President 2019-20

	MEA Calendar Drawing
	APRIL 2020
Day	First	Last	City	State	Amount	Tickt #
1	Janet	Leture	Bangor	Me	$25.00	0694
2	Erik	Tall	Brewer	Me	$25.00	0663
3	Louise	Walsh	Arrowsic	Me	$25.00	0044
4	Darelyn	Kearns	Gardiner	Me	$50.00	0474
5	Valerie	Stitham	Old Town	Me	$50.00	0664
6	Geraldine	Pomerleau	Gorham	Me	$25.00	0993
7	Toni	Canter	Ellsworth	Me	$25.00	0905
8	Ernest	Bryant	Pittsfield	Me	$25.00	0834
9	Mark	Eldridge	Millinocket	Me	$25.00	0789
10	Luman	Phinney	Ellsworth	Me	$25.00	1333
11	Meg	Souza	Prospect	Me	$50.00	0858
12	Anthony	Richardson	Trenton	Me	$50.00	1034
13	Sadie	Russ	Action	Me	$25.00	1125
14	Bill	Smart	Scbec	Me	$25.00	0693
15	Monika	Monroe	Brewer	Me	$25.00	0636
16	Tyler	Bryant	South Portland	Me	$25.00	0293
17	Donald	Rae	Ellsworth	Me	$25.00	0907
18	Kaleigh	Webber	Wells	Me	$50.00	0305
19	Nancy	Goodwin	Eddington	Me	$50.00	0651
20	Shirley	Watson	Sidney	Me	$100.00	0360
21	Rosemary E.	Thayer	Hollowell	Me	$25.00	1313
22	Gerald	Castongoay	Augusta	Me	$25.00	0964
23	Victoria	Doughty	South Portland	Me	$25.00	0009
24	Mike	Hopkins	Hermon	Me	$25.00	0606
25	Gary	Gould	Warren	Me	$50.00	0135
26	Gary	Harrington	Old Orchard Beach	Me	$50.00	1116
27	Jared	Drown	Hope	Me	$25.00	0099
28	Kathy	Coffin	Bath	Me	$25.00	0934
29	Nancy	Corliss	Laconia	NH	$25.00	1330
30	Todd	Hoglone	Franklin	Me	$25.00	0859

People who smoke, vape, or have a history of substance use disorders may be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection and complications, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). “As people across the U.S. and the rest of the world contend with corona virus disease, our friends at the DEA advised us that we should be alert to the possibility that it could hit some populations with substance use disorders particularly hard,” advised Kent Gade, National Director of the Drug Awareness Program. “This virus has certainly changed the way we need to deliver our message, but it hasn’t changed that message or our mission. Since this virus attacks the lungs, people (especially young individuals) who smoke or vape tobacco or marijuana are at a high risk from COVID-19, which is the respiratory disease caused by the virus”, he added. While we have heard from the very beginning that the virus attacks an older population with underlying health issues, it only makes sense that smokers and vapors compromise our lungs. Thus, the work of the Drug Awareness Program cannot relax during this crisis. We just need to find ways to get the message out to the families and children we serve that we still need to make Smart Choices. Our messages before the virus ring truer now. The DAP Directors are constantly in contact with State Chairmen, who have been charged with keeping in touch with Lodge chairs. Our Lodges may be shuttered for the time being and our children may be home from school, but the message still needs to be reinforced. Lodge ER’s are reminded to encourage members’ families to seek out information at our various websites:  www.elkskidszone.org  and  www.elks.org for up-to-date information. The DAP is also designing in-home and on-line programs for kids while they are out of school and more information will be provided as this program is rolled out. “In the meantime, we need to heed the recommendations from the CDC. Practicing Social Distancing does not mean we abandon good social practices. When the opportunity presents itself, thank a police officer, a fireman, a first responder, a grocer, a nurse, a doctor or any essential worker in your community. We will come through this together and when we do, we will be stronger and better and more informed than ever before”, said Director Gade. He added that hopefully by the time you read this, we will be headed back to normal, however we must remain vigilant and our mission will not change or waiver.

Sincerely:  Frank Burr Assistant Director – Elks National Drug Awareness Program

Since COVID-19 currently has all our lodge facilities closed, the three DD Clinics originally scheduled to be taking place this coming Sunday, April 19th, are being re-scheduled.

DD Maine Coastal has re-schedule his clinic for June 7th, 10-1200, still at the Portland Lodge.

Watch here or the Association calendar for further information on your district’s meeting.