Passing of Carrie Leigh Bailey By Bryan R.
Klatt, Grand Secretary
It’s
my unfortunate duty to inform you that we’ve received notification
that Carrie Bailey, a granddaughter of Dr. Leonard and Ginny
Bristol, passed away unexpectedly earlier this week.
Services were held on Saturday, August 28th in Saranac Lake, New
York.
If you wish, messages of condolence may be sent to Dr. and Mrs.
Bristol at the following address: PO Box 10, Rainbow Lake, NY
12976-0010.
SARANAC LAKE -Carrie Leigh Bailey, 37, of 49 county Route 18,
Lake Clear, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.
Born in Saranac Lake on April 28, 1973, she was the daughter of
Terry and Kathleen (Bristol) Bailey.
Carrie graduated from Saranac Lake Central High School in 1992.
She worked for many years at the Grand Union and HSBC Bank in
Saranac Lake. Carrie enjoyed roller skating and many outdoor
sports and boating with friends. She was an active member of the
Woman of the Moose No. 1909, and shared her love of life with
everyone around her. She especially loved spending time with her
nieces and nephews.
She is survived by her father Terry Bailey and his wife Diane of
Lake Clear; her mother Kathleen Bailey of Saranac Lake; two
sisters: Kathleen Ann Bailey of Tennessee and Kori
Bailey-Kilburn and her husband Seth of Saranac Lake; her
grandparents: Johanna Brewster of Lake Placid and Dr. Leonard
and Virginia Bristol of Rainbow Lake; three nieces and nephews:
Alexis Smith, Sawyer Kilburn and Harper Kilburn; many aunts and
uncles, including Noreen Oslander, Dennis, Michael and James
Bristol, Eileen Leahy, William Bailey, Barbara Faulknar and
Cindy Lanthier; and many cousins.
Calling hours will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28
at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. A memorial
service will immediately follow at 7 p.m. at the funeral home
with the Rev. Paul Kelly and Don Corlis officiating.
Friends wishing to remember Carrie Leigh Bailey may make
memorial contributions to Tri-Lakes Humane Society or Saranac
Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. in care of the funeral home. Family
and friends can also share their memories, photographs and sign
the online guestbook at
http://www.fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.
Ritual Judges Clinic Set
By Pete Nelson PER, CEA Ritual
Chairman
The combined Ritual Judges Clinic of Connecticut and Rhode Island
will take place on Sunday October 24th at the Coventry Lodge located
at 42 Nooseneck Hill Road in West Greenwich Rhode Island.
The
clinic will begin at 9:00 am sharp. If you are interested
please contact me as soon as possible so I can give Rhode Island a
heads up as to how many might be attending.
News from Around the
State
Hartford
Distributor Inc. Benefit Held
By Lisa Berthiaume
PER
A pasta fund raiser was held Thursday, August 26 hosted by the Manchester
Lodge to benefit the victims of the August 3 shooting tragedy at Hartford
Distributor's Inc. located in Manchester, CT. Nearly 600 people were in
attendance that evening and raised over $13,000 – and the donations are
still coming in. We would like to thank the individuals, the Town of
Manchester and over 80 businesses who contributed food, services and
prizes. There were 45 Elk volunteers and approximately 35 non-Elk
volunteers including representatives from the Teamsters Local #1035,
Chartwells-School Dining Service, Scot Haney and Teresa LaBarbera from WFSB,
Emblem Club #251, Mayor Louis Spadaccini and Deputy Mayor Leo Diana, and
friends and co-workers from Hartford Distributors. A 'tip of the antlers'
goes out to Linda Sherman, Lodge Permittee, who spearheaded the event. We
enjoyed the company and support of visiting Elks from Hamden, New Britain,
Willimantic, Wallingford, Windsor and Wethersfield/Rocky Hill. Check out
this video report from NBC Connecticut News featuring Phil Stender
PER.
This
year’s gift to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center's Safe Kids program
from the Elks of Connecticut has hit a milestone. With this year's
donation of $100,000 the Connecticut Elks Association and the Lodge of our
state have donated a total of $1,000,000.00 in support of our state major
project.
Beginning
in 1999 the Connecticut Elks Association became a title sponsor for the Safe
Kids program. Over the years the donations of the CEA and it's local
Lodges have gone towards the enhancement of the facilities at the
Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
With the
advent of the Safe Kids program the focus has changed to injury prevention
rather than treatment and provided an opportunity for the Lodges of
Connecticut to become involved in injury prevention statewide. The Elks of
Connecticut have been providing the facilities and personnel to run car seat
clinics, bike rodeos and safety fairs.
Pictured
left to right are Martin J. Gavin President & CEO of CCMC, Daniel Skiba PSP
PDD and William J. Chinn Jr. PDD our current CEA President at the recent
check presentation at CCMC.
Drug Awareness Committee T-Shirt
Fundraiser
Connecticut Elks Association
DRUG
AWARENESS PROGRAM FUNDRAISER
BLUE SILK SCREENED LOGO
ASH GREY 100% COTTON TEE
SHIRT
Proceeds help to sponsor
Milton Creagh Drug Awareness & Youth Motivational Speaker's appearance in
Connecticut
Danielson Lodge ended up posting a score of 96.1504 which was good enough
for 8th place in the Eastern Division. That score was also good enough for
finishing 10th in the Country overall.
Jerilynn Pacheco's score was 94.661 which was the winning score and
earned her the title of ALL-
AMERICAN ESQUIRE in the East! The second place score was 94.626 - it
was that close.
Also the Lecturing Knight from Danielson James Paquin just missed the
ALL-AMERICAN title by .293!
Congratulations to the entire team from Danielson, and also A SUPER
CONGRATULATIONS to Jerilynn
Pacheco our newest ALL-AMERICAN, and to James Paquin for his effort. As
always Danielson once
again did an outstanding job and we here in Connecticut are extremely proud
of them and their
accomplishments.
In the photo are (left to right) Frank Hegedus PSP PDD
Coach, Bill Chinn SP PDD, Jerilynn Pacheco ALL AMERICAN Esquire, Loni Wright
Loyal Knight, Daryl Racine Leading Knight, Jennifer Loring Chaplin, Tina
Hilton Jr. PER Exalted Ruler, James Paquin Lecturing Knight, Steve Hegedus
PER Inner Guard, Larry Rondeau Candidate, and Bobby Brown PER Coach.
Area 1 Roulette Contest
By Pete Nelson PER, CEA Ritual
Chairman
On Sunday the 19th of September 2010 the Area 1 Interstate Relations
Committee will be holding the Roulette contest in Nashua, NH.
The four main chairs are drawn for just before the Lodge enters the contest
room. The Inner Guard, Esquire, and Chaplin are already assigned before the
contest. Anyone interested in participating should please let me know
ASAP, so that a practice schedule and location can be arranged.
As I receive more information about lodging for the weekend I will pass it
along. The festivities and camaraderie at these events are second to none.
So if you would like to give it a shot step forward and have a good time
while you make new friends across the New England States. Our team from
Connecticut will go on at 2pm.
Special Olympics Gets Kick Out Of
Soccer Shoot
By Terry Ford PDD, CEA
Vice-President Northwest
The
Connecticut Elks Association Soccer Shoot Committee participated in the
Connecticut Special Olympics Urban Youth Day. Urban Youth Day allows
children from Inner Cities with special needs (and within the criteria of
Special Olympics) the opportunity to become familiar with, and hopefully
become an active participant, in the Special Olympics. The Connecticut Elks
are working with the Connecticut Special Olympics to have Soccer Shoot
become an event in the Special Olympics at both at the local level and at
the State Games. This fits well within the theme of “If you can kick it, you
can participate in it.”
The Connecticut Elks set up the small goal system and one hundred & fifty
seven (157) children took their turn kicking in the Soccer Shoot venue.
There was not one child who participated that did not score at least one
point, but there were plenty of smiles and cheers to go around.
Discussions with the Connecticut Special Olympics Executive Board members,
coaches & teachers have concluded this is a success. They would like Soccer
Shoot to continue to get involved at upcoming Connecticut Area & Regional
Games as well as being an exhibition at the State Games in June. The Soccer
Shoot would be set up at the fields where the Unified Soccer Games will be
held and this would allow Special Olympians to participate during breaks of
their soccer games. In addition, it will allow the Elks to speak with Soccer
coaches and others to explain the contest and see how we can make this a
true event. We also hope to have the Grid Goal System set up to allow the
older Olympians to participate
As
the Connecticut Elks progress towards making soccer Shoot an event in the
Special Olympics, I will continue to keep the GL – Youth Activities
Committee informed.
Fairfield Lodge
Purchases New Sound System For The Beanery
Fairfield
Lodge #2220, through the Community Charities Program
presented the Recreation Department with a check for $1920 to
purchase a much-needed new sound system for the substance free
dance hall for high school students,
namely, the Beanery.
In
the photo, making the presentation is the recent
Exalted Ruler, Michael Michaud to
Ginna Paules, Youth Services Director for the Fairfield
Recreation Department. Also in the photo, from left is
Connecticut Elks Association Vice-President
William Chinn and in the center is the district chairman
for the Community Charities Program and Past Exalted Ruler of
the Fairfield Elks, James Vezina. To the right is Recreation
Director Gerald Lombardo.
Naugatuck Lodge
Presents Community Charities Grant
By Terry Ford PDD, CEA
Vice-President Northwest
The Connecticut Elks Association, through
the Community Charities committee distributes charity
grants each year to two deserving charities in each District.
This year one of the Lodges to receive a grant check was
Naugatuck Elks No. 967 for their charity the
Naugatuck VFW Post 1946 - Building Restoration Campaign.
Presenting the
Connecticut Elks Association
Community Charities Grant Check of $1,920.00
(left to right) are Mike McGrath Exalted
Ruler, Chris Walsh - Post Commander,
Stanley Borusiewicz - Past Post Commander,
Terry Ford, PDD CEA Vice-President Northwest.
Connecticut's Legacy Award Winners
By Jack Knapp, Jr. PDD, CEA
Scholarship Chairman
Connecticut is proud to present its ENF Legacy Award recipients
for this year. These students, all children or grandchildren of
Elks, will receive a $4,000 scholarship to be awarded over four
years.
Ashley A.
Danielson Lodge No. 1706
Katherine C.
Bristol Lodge No. 1010
Theresa F.
Torrington Lodge No. 372
Barrett H.
Putnam Lodge No. 574
Matthew L.
Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
Sydney S.
Torrington Lodge No. 372
This area contains the names of departed
members of the
Connecticut Elks Association that were sent to us.
It’s
my unfortunate duty to inform you that we’ve received notification
that Carrie Bailey, a granddaughter of Dr. Leonard and Ginny
Bristol, passed away unexpectedly earlier this week.
Services were held on Saturday, August 28th in Saranac Lake, New
York.
This
year’s gift to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center's Safe Kids program
from the Elks of Connecticut has hit a milestone. With this year's
donation of $100,000 the Connecticut Elks Association and the Lodge of our
state have donated a total of $1,000,000.00 in support of our state major
project.
The
Connecticut Elks Association Soccer Shoot Committee participated in the
Connecticut Special Olympics Urban Youth Day. Urban Youth Day allows
children from Inner Cities with special needs (and within the criteria of
Special Olympics) the opportunity to become familiar with, and hopefully
become an active participant, in the Special Olympics. The Connecticut Elks
are working with the Connecticut Special Olympics to have Soccer Shoot
become an event in the Special Olympics at both at the local level and at
the State Games. This fits well within the theme of “If you can kick it, you
can participate in it.”
As
the Connecticut Elks progress towards making soccer Shoot an event in the
Special Olympics, I will continue to keep the GL – Youth Activities
Committee informed.
