Revised: February 6, 2010
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Carolyn
Phenicie Chairperson
Titusville Lodge #264 (NW)
1857 Hunter School Rd, Titusville PA 16354
814-436-7608
2009-2010
Public Relations Committee
Suellen M Shick, Vice Chair West
- Indiana Lodge #931 (WC)
1368 Tanoma Rd, Indiana,
PA 15701
Donna
Roberts, Vice Chair East – Bangor Lodge
#1106 (NEC)
PO Box 697, Bangor,
PA 18013
David A Pular, Webmaster, Connellsville Lodge #503 (SW)
PO Box 153, Leisenring,
PA 15455
Deborah
Raible, Braddock
Lodge #883 (M)
681 Highland Ave, Wilkins
TWP, PA 15145
Hilary B
Harry,
Bellefonte Lodge #1094 (NC)
546
East Curtin Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823
Glen Klein, Danville Lodge #754 (NEC)
187
Klinger Vista Rd, Northumberland, PA 17857
E. Paul
Randig, Tamaqua Lodge #592
(NEC)
313 Pine St, Tamaqua, PA 18252
Michael J McGinty, Lebanon Lodge #631 (SC)
1237 Elm Street, Lebanon
PA 17042
Mark Shepperd, Norristown Lodge No. 714 (SE)
231 Strawberry Lane, King
of Prussia, PA 19406
Susan Malcom, Ellwood
City Lodge #1351 (W)
126 Fisher Road, Portersville,
PA 16051
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Rich Rozell (Angela), Editor
Danville Lodge 754 (NEC)
147 E 8th Street. Bloomsburg, PA 17815
570-784-1129 Fax: 720-293-5290
Cell Phone: 570-594-8198
Email for Elk Articles: editor@thepaelk.us
Best Single Event
Grand
Lodge Public Relations Brochure Contest
Recognizing
The Lodge’s Most Significant Public Relations
Activity in the Community between April 1 & February
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All Lodges, regardless of size, have an
EQUAL chance of winning
Easy-to-Enter RULES: Combine pictures, newspaper articles, letters of
appreciation, commendations, programs, proclamations, memorabilia, etc. into a
3-ring binder, folder, or notebook up to
1” thick (8.5”x 11” pages).
Entries must be postmarked by March 15 and submitted to the GL Area Public
Relations Chairman for 1st round judging. The TOP 3 will be forwarded by April 15 to the address
below for Grand Lodge consideration and national recognition.
1st,
2nd, and 3rd place entries will be awarded at the Grand
Lodge Convention in July.
Submit
to: Richard J. Goldner
National
Public Relations Committee Chairman
(805)
491-2790; rgoldner@msn.com
A SAMPLE PROCLAMATION FOR A VARIETY OF USES
Simply insert the event you want a proclamation for from your town, county or
state, then print it out and have it signed by the appropriate official. Your State
PR Committee can make one on a nice 8.5" by 11" Parchment paper.
Don't forget to get a photo of the completed function and send it to the State
Newspaper, as well as your local publications.
WHEREAS, the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, through its Constitution, is a PATRIOTIC ORDER; and
WHEREAS, the Order promotes the Ideals that the
citizens of this nation live in freedom, won through the great sacrifice and
many tribulations which have provided the foundation for a free, prosperous and
independent life; and
WHEREAS, we realize that each generation must
work to maintain this freedom, otherwise, through carelessness or indifference,
the rights and liberties enjoyed may vanish; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to recognize
this freedom and to honor the nation which provides it now.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAYMOND BENDER, MAYOR OF THE
BOROUGH OF
GIVEN MY HAND AND SEAL THIS TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF
DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, TWO THOUSAND AND TWO.
IF YOU'UNS WANT TO LERN TO RITE
THESE HEAR ARE THE RULES FOR RIGHTING!
From the Ray Bender scool of good pennmenship
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly
superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however
should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking
ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
27. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations.
Tell me what you know."
28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist
hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.