York

It was my honor to serve as ER in 1997-98. We had a good year thanks to the help of a lot of members and a devoted team of officers. However there was turmoil in the lodge and I lost my Leading Knight and Lodge Sweetheart early in the year, we pulled together and overcame this obstacle. My new team of officers went on to compete in State Ritual Competiton and brought back 4 out of 7 all state awards. These officers were:

Del De La Garza

Est. Leading Knight

Charles Fenicum

Est. Loyal Knight

All State Officer

Gary Koen

Est. Lecturing Knight

All State Officer

Sam Wilson

Esquire

Gayden Hays

Chaplain

All State Officer

Robert Giorgio

Inner Guard

Fred Kunish

Tiler

M. Duke Lane

Secretary

Ritual Coach

Steve Hurch

Treasurer

Jeff Morris

5 Year Trustee

Don Hamby

4 Year Trustee

Ron Reid

3 Year Trustee

Jerry Hutcherson

2 Year Trustee

John McMahon

1 Year Trustee

Our new lodge Sweet Heart was April Boudreau who raised over $4200 for the State Major Project.

The Lodge had a lot of accomplishments that year do to the work of a lot of members. We poured 2 sections of concrete parking lot, paid back the people who financed the golf course, replaced a 10 ton air conditioner, built a pump house for the pool equipment, acquired 5 acres of land, replaced the 62" TV and 100 chairs, put a new ceiling in the kitchen, remodeled the restrooms and added playground equipment in the pool area. Definitely a busy year for a lot of people. The Elks of the months that year were:

Bobbie Williams

Apr.

Tom Saye

May

Rick Franklin

Jun

Pat Jones

Jul

Bob Ross

Aug

Tommie Williams

Sep

Don Gourley

Oct

Mike Downes Nov Bill McMillam

Dec

Robbie Alaxander Jan

Bob Bean

Feb

Richard Hemmle

Mar

Elk of the year was Tommie Williams

Elk's Lady of the year was Laurie Jones

Doe of the year was Teresa De La Garza

Officer of the year was John McMahon