PHOTO: ASAY JOHNSON
u The lodge’s dining facility seats 240 people, and in 2011, the lodge served approximately 120,000 meals. Food service is available six days a week for lodge members and is over- seen by Al Stewart (shown above).
u Bingo is a critical fund-raising event for the Lake Havasu City Lodge. Between late December and mid-April, six hundred players join in the fun each week.
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more than $12,000 worth of new clothing, games, and personal items to 160 VA hospital patients.
A Successful and Active Lodge When it was chartered in 1967, the Lake Havasu City Lodge had 167 members. Today, it boasts more than three thousand members. During the winter months, Lake Havasu City’s balmy winter weather attracts many retirees to the area from colder climates, but in the summer, from June through September, tempera- tures routinely exceed 110 °F, and lodge attendance tends to drop. “Our social attendance is down in the summer,” says ER Tim Fairbank. “So we watch trends that affect our lodge and have become very good at fore- casting and programming.” Assisting with forecasting and programming are Treasurer Richard Ross and PDD and PSP Richard
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Conway. Ross, who was the youngest store manager in F. W. Woolworth’s history, reminds lodge officers of his fiscal philosophy: “You can’t spend what you don’t have.” His spreadsheet, which tracks member interest on topics ranging from management to parking, has helped guide the lodge for fourteen years. Conway, a US Marine Corps veteran, is completing his tenth year as a trustee for the Arizona Elks Association and has extensive knowledge of how other lodges manage their finances. But it’s not all spreadsheets and finances. The Lake Havasu City Lodge is a very active and social place, and judging by the number of meals that were served there last year— 120,000—the dining room is one of the lodge members’ favorite places. The lodge’s dining facility can seat 240 people, and food service is available six days a week for lodge members. Sixteen different community groups meet at the lodge free of charge
throughout the year, making the Lake Havasu City Lodge a popular and inviting place for nonlodge members as well. Watching over all of this activity is Al Stewart, who manages the dining room and oversees food service and housekeeping. According to Stewart, his proudest moment in this capacity was serving 748 top sirloin steaks to help celebrate the lodge’s first All-American Lodge
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