An Ek Adventure
By Gayle SeldenEdited By Horn, Gregory S.Sunday, January 11, 2026
52 members of Lakewood Rotary made it to our offsite meeting at the Elks Club on January 9th. We were greeted by Elks’ personnel with a welcome invitation to visit the lounge before and after the meeting. This was a wonderful throw back to when Lakewood Rotary met at the Elks in the late 1990s. I spoke to Joe Quinn, who presided over the club in 1997-98. He reminisced that there were many members who visited the lounge before and after the meeting very similar to the club’s time at Lakewood Terrace. Walt Richardson had fond memories of the meeting there but said the people that visited the lounge before the meeting “were all dead now.” I am not sure if they are dead because they visited the lounge. A more investigative journalist like Donnn Irwin might want to look into this further. On this day, I saw no members take to the lounge as an opportunity to imbibe. (By, has that changed!)
Lunch was table service of salad and, from what I heard, was an amazing lasagna. The tables were adorned with olives that many mistook for chocolate. Three different cakes were served for dessert. The Elks put on a show and will welcome us back anytime.
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