Nashville-Franklin
BENOVOLENT PROTECTION ORDER OF ELKSLKS
Elks Lodge No. 72
Edition December 2016
Exalted Ruler’s Corner
By Ed Furbee, Exalted Ruler
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and Happy New Year!
A year ago I discussed the sociology concept of the Third Place. Sometimes we need
to remember how blessed we truly are. The Third Place comes from The Great Good
Place by Ray Oldenburg. In his work, Ray says that the first place is home. The second
place is work (where those of us still in the work force spend most of our time). And
that the third place is a social place that remains separate from the other two. The
third place is described with the following characteristics:
 Free or inexpensive
 Food and drink, while not essential, are important
 Highly accessible: proximate for many (walking distance)
 Involves regulars – those who habitually congregate there
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new friends old friends can be found there.
I believe we meet all of those characteristics (at least for me we do). What’s more, there are several points that I like
to consider in which the Lodge offers to truly make it the Third Place!
1. Free or inexpensive: While we are private organization, we are a true bargain in terms of memberships
cost. Membership for a member and spouse is less than fifty cents a day.
2. Food and drink, while not essential, are important: We have a lounge with a professional staff that caters
to us. We have a kitchen that prepares a wonderful fare. Something special happens to people who share a
meal. If you take this in combination with the above, we do not have an assessment for the lounge like a
Country Club would. In other words, you are not forced to support a restaurant here as you would at a
Country Club. I had members recently tell me they were Country Club members and their restaurant
assessment is $110 a month whether you eat there or not.
3. Highly accessible and within walking distance for many: While I am unaware of anyone who walks here,
there are many who could. The Lodge is close to most members’ homes or
places of business.
4. Involves regulars – those who habitually congregate there: There are
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many members who you can set your watch by when they will walk into
the lounge for meetings, events, or just to hang out at the bar!
 Exalted Ruler’s Corner
5. Welcoming and comfortable: One of the things I point out in the
 From the Secretary’s
Indoctrinations Meetings with prospective members is how you can walk in
Desk
just about any time of the day and immediately engage in conversation
with someone. I recall one occasion when my wife and I walked in around  Did You Know?
three on a Saturday afternoon for a quick bite and wound up sitting with
another couple watching college football while we all ate a late lunch/early  Voting on Dues Increase
dinner. It was a great day and part of the reason we choose the lounge over  Officer Listing
other venues. Meal time can become very meal special. The great
 Calendar of Events
philosopher Epicurus said that one of the keys to happiness is making meal
times more about with whom you eat than what you eat.
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Exalted Ruler’s Corner
By Ed Furbee, Exalted Ruler, Contn’d.
6. Both new friends and old should be found there: I think this one speaks for itself!
As we wrap up the year with the holiday season, please rekindle your relationships here at the best third place
with the Best People On Earth. In an effort to make sure everyone is aware of what the Lodge is doing, I would
like to remind members that we now have additional methods of communicating to keep you abreast on all of
the daily activities and events at the lodge.
Facebook.com/BPOE72
This outlet highlights upcoming events through the events page (if you have a Facebook page you can
subscribe to our events and newsfeed. We also use it to share pictures of events.
Twitter.com/BPOE72
Twitter is used for event promotion as well as an outreach for programs, such as the Scholarship Program
and Spooks and Spooks to name a couple.
YouTube.com/BPOE72
We do a weekly videos to highlight what is coming up for the week. These videos are usually produced a
week before being published. We also produce videos using member pictures when we have them!
[email protected]
We have a Gmail account I use as the PR director to send an individual email to every member that we have
an email address for. Anyone can sign up for this, your spouse or significant other, your kids, etc.
Lastly, we have started using evite.com to send invitations to events (again using the email list from the Gmail
account). Please subscribe to our social media outlets and our email list!
Fraternally,
Ed Furbee,
From the Secretary’s Desk
Happy Holidays!
The Lodge currently has 509 members and 37
delinquent non-renewals. If you are one of the
delinquent members, it’s
not too late to come back!
We have a lot planned for
the coming year and new
beginnings that you won’t
want to miss. Be a part of
the change!
We also currently have ten
pending members awaiting
their initiations into
membership and a few
reinstating members. It’s
great to be an Elk!
If you would like to give a donation toward any of the
charities we support or upcoming events by credit card,
email me at [email protected] and I invoice
you the amount you wish to donate and the charity you
would like to donate too.
There are several charities that the Lodge will be
supporting through fundraiser events this year, but we
need your help! These events include:
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Children in Need Christmas Party
Thanks-For-Giving
Tennessee Elks Benevolent Trust
Elks National Foundation
If you need anything, please feel free to contact me
at 615.275.6610. I respond to texts quicker, but if you
leave me a message, I will respond to you as soon as
possible.
See you at the Lodge,
Christine, Lodge Secretary
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Did You Know? Christmas Fun Facts
The Germans made the first
artificial Christmas trees out of
dyed goose feathers.
More than 3 billion Christmas cards
will be sent in the U.S this year.
All the gifts in the Twelve Days of
Christmas would equal 364 gifts.
In A.D. 350, Pope Julius I, bishop of
Rome, proclaimed December 25 as
the official celebration date for the
birthday of Christ.
According to the Guinness of world
records, the tallest Christmas tree
ever cut was a 221 ft. Douglas fir
that was displayed in 1950 at the
Northgate Shopping Center in
Seattle, Washington.
The traditional colors of Christmas
are green, red and gold. Green is
the symbol of life and rebirth, red
the blood of Christ and gold
represents light and royalty.
The first Christmas tree sold in the
U.S. was in 1850.
Christmas trees are usually around
15 years old before they are sold.
Alabama was the first State in the
U.S. to officially recognize
Christmas in 1836.
Christmas did not become an
official holiday in the U.S. until
1907.
The poinsettia is native to Mexico
and was cultivated originally by the
Aztecs, who used it for medicinal
purposes.
Santa Clause is based on a real
person, St. Nikolas of Myra who
lived during the fourth century.
Puritan Oliver Cromwell outlawed
Christmas celebrations in England
from 1649-1660.
Wassail is from Old Norse and
means good health.
According to the United Nations
Children’s Fund, there are 2,106
million children under age 18 in the
world. If there are on average 2.5
children per household, Santa
would have to make 842 million
2016—2017 Officers
Exalted Ruler | Ed Furbee
904.655.4031
ed,edfurbee.com
Esquire | Doug Young
615.828.3760
[email protected]
Leading Knight | Lucia Young
615.218.1206
[email protected]
Inner Guard |
John Druckenmiller
865.470.8549
[email protected]
Loyal Knight | Mike Press
865.465.8811
[email protected]
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy,
the devil. He prowls around like a roaring
lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand
firm against him, and be strong in your
faith. Remember that your family of
believers all over the world is going through
the same kind of suffering you are.
1 Peter 5:8-9 (NLT)
Tiler | Kevin Schruer
630.880.1152
Lecturing Knight| Gary McBee Chaplain| Joseph Patrick
615.202.5509
615.972.4130
gmcbee@peopleshomesequity. [email protected]
com
Organist | Robert Blythe
Secretary | Christine Clemmens 615.430.4716
615.275.6610
[email protected]
[email protected]
Trustees
Treasurer | John Burney
1 Year: Joe Barbieri
615.739.3142
2 Year: Todd Nussey
[email protected]
3 Year: Steve Hensley
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Did You Know? Christmas Fun Facts Cont’d
According to the United
Nations Children’s Fund, there are
2,106 million children under age 18
in the world. If there are on
average 2.5 children per
household, Santa would have to
make 842 million stops on
Christmas Eve, traveling 221 million
miles. To reach all 842 million
stops, Santa would need to travel
between houses in 2/10,000
second, which means he would
need to accelerate 12.19 million
miles (20.5 billion meters) per
second on each stop. The force of
this acceleration would reduce
Santa to “chunky salsa.”
During this Christmas season,
nearly 28 sets of LEGO will be sold
every second.
Christmas purchases account for
1/6 of all retail sales in the U.S.
In 1999, residents of the state of
Maine in America built the world's
biggest ever snowman. He stood at
113ft tall.
spend $700 on holiday gifts and
goodies this year, totaling more
than $465 billion, the National
Retail Federation estimates.
The Spangler Candy Co. will make
2.7 million candy canes per day this
Christmas season.
Santa’s red coat came from a 1930s
ad by Coca Cola.
The word Christmas comes from
the Old English "Cristes maesse"
meaning "Christ's Mass".
Gold wrapped chocolate coins
commemorate St Nicholas who
gave bags of gold coins to the poor.
The average American will
2017 Dues Increase Notice Reminder: Voting on December 6, 2016
On Tuesday December 6, 2016 the Resolution to increase Dues will be voted upon.
This notice in the newsletter serves as the thirty-day notice as required by statue.
This Lodge faces increasing operation cost each and every year. While we have enjoyed adding members
each year, it is often offset by the loss of an equal number of members each year. Since moving to
Franklin, our Lodge has subsidized the bulk of the operational cost with the income derived from our
investment accounts, unlike when the dues were subsidized by the illegal gaming machines that were in
the Downtown and Brentwood locations. Additionally, this Lodge has not added to the principal of the
investment account in well over a decade. A third revenue stream that has not increased in over a decade
is the Lodge yearly dues. The portion of the total $153 dues that we each paid for this fraternal year that
actually stays at our Lodge is $122.00 $31 of the $153 goes to the State and Grand Lodge. We have been
advised that the Grand Lodge Assessment is increasing by 50 cents per annum. With these facts is mind I
resolve that By-Laws in regards to the dues of the Nashville-Franklin Lodge #72 increase from a total of
$153 per year ($122 to us and $31.50 to the State and Grand Lodges) to $200 per year ($168.50 to us and
$31.50 to the State and Grand Lodges) for all members with the exception of Life Members.
Since a decision must be made prior to dues notices being issued for the 2017-2018 fraternal year the
vote will be on December 8 our only meeting in December. The notice will be in the Newsletter.
Respectfully,
Stephen Hensley
Trustee
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Audit and Accounting
Jeff Pansa
615-972-0599
[email protected]
Scholarship
Kevin Burton
615-394-2915
Accident Prevention
Joe Barbieri
615-972-5001
Drug Awareness
Amy Plewinski
214-364-9271
Membership/Lapsation
Board of Directors
Thanks For Giving
Chris Nelson
615-574-0537
Indoctrination
Ed Furbee
904-655-4031
Suitcase Committee
Stacy Whitson
615-275-9709
Investigation
Steve Parsons
615-306-3639
Website
Mike Press
856-465-8811
Elks National
Foundation
Steve Parsons
615-306-3639
Public Relations/Social
Media
Ed Furbee
904-655-4031
Children’s Christmas Party
Betty Snell
615-974-9838
Pool Entertainment
Committee
Manny Mueller
615-509-2274
Family Fun Committee
Dana Pansa
615-972-5657
Hoop Shoot
Kevin Downer
845-344-7935
[email protected]
Veterans
Flag Day
Lucia Young
615-218-1206
Memorial Service
Christine Clemmens
615-275-6610
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John Cunningham
Robert McGaughey
Melanie Mayes
Oscar White, Jr.
Richard Coleman
Betty Snell
Peter Coyne
Eric Davis
Stanley Muszynski
Bruce Ochenski
Sara Beighley
James Freeman
Debra Anderson Hare
David Danyo
Dalton Jordan
Melissa Harris
Gary Luther
Gregory Ramsey
David Walko
James Evans
Thomas Read
Berkely Nance
James Woods
Ron Austin
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John Giardina
Nancy McKeon Olson
Lester Skinner
Donald Martens
John Beamer
Glenn Hodge, Jr.
Linda Lyons
Gilliam Traughber
Johnson Jaythan
Mark Wendzicki
Larry Eltoft
Gordon Jackson, Sr.
Willis Reynolds
Edward Bolte
Patrick Snyder
Timothy Ward
Jonathan Barron
Emanual Gregory
Gail Fontaine-Trapnell
Paula Ligon
Julia Bovill
Stephen Scott
Julia Sarmiento
Lodge Events and Volunteer Time
Charitable Donations and Time
Committee Chairs
I need you to fill out Charity forms for your events:
Sickness and Distress
Gina Cossey
615-293-2827
Example: Scholarship, Hoop Shoot, Drug Awareness, Lodge events: Thanks-forgiving, spooks and spooks, Children’s Christmas party suitcase fund; these are a
few. Also please fill out your time spent helping at the Lodge and in the Club.
Decoration Committee
Maxine Cox
615-373-8953
Joann Harper
615-373-2998
The Phoenix Project
Committee
(Renovation of Lodge)
Mike Pappas 615-9825758
[email protected]
If you would like to serve on a
committee or get involved,
contact a committee chair.
Every Friday
Night
7:00 PM
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December 2016
Sun
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Memorial
Mon
Tue
7 Town Hall
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Bingo
Board Mtg
Football
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ELKs Kids
Football
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Texas Hold’em
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Bingo
Lodge Mtg
Initiation
Texas Hold’em
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Board Mtg
Texas Hold’em
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Football
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Bingo
Texas Hold’em
Thu
Fri
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Trivia
Karaoke
8 Trivia
(Tentative)
Christmas
Party
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9 Bagging
Party
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Hoop
Shoot
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Party
Karaoke
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Eve
Party
Christmas Party
Bagging
Dec. 9th
Christmas Party
Dec . 10th
Elk Kids
Dec. 11th
Who are the Elks?
Elks Lodges bring so
much more to their
communities than just
a building, golf course
or pool. They are
places where
neighbors come
together, families
share meals, and
children grow up.
Please check our website and
Facebook for most current
events!
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THE
PHEONIX PROJECT
Renovation of the Lodge
If you want to get involved or
volunteer your experience and
time email the committee.
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Children in Need Christmas Party
Friday, Dec. 9
Bagging 7 PM
Saturday, Dec. 10
11 AM
Need a Notary?
EMAIL
[email protected]
Contact
Christine Lodge Secretary
615-275-6610
NON-PROFIT ORG.
Nashville-Franklin Elks Lodge 72
485 Oak Meadow Dr.
Franklin, TN 37064
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