Pinewood Derby Held at DeLand Elks Lodge
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- Written by Linda Witt
Forty boys and their parents of Cub Pack 531 and Scout Troop 531 joined together at DeLand Elks Lodge for their annual pinewood derby. The event comprised of an awards ceremony and a luncheon. The pinewood derby is the final event for the Cub Scouts before they move on to the Boy Scouts. This gives the pack one last event with the current group of boys. Each scout is given a kit which contains a block of pine, plastic wheels and nails for axles. Their car cannot weight more than 5 ounces; the boys are encouraged to design and build their own car. Each car races eight times and four cars per race, and the times are recorded. All races are randomly picked by the track software. The scout with the lowest cumulative time wins. The top three racers win a medal and all the boys receive a participation ribbon. They also like to include siblings to join in the fun. They too can race their own pinewood derby car in a separate race. This is an exciting way to include the whole family before the summer break.
Winners of some of the pinewood derby events held at DeLand Elks Lodge are Daniel Noyes, first place; Casey Carson, second place; and Ian Campanella, third place.
Paul Ferguson, Heather Long, David Carson, John Rainey, Tony Fortier, Chris Noyes, Darin Breidigam, Christie Horn and Mike Campanella were part of the pinewood derby held at DeLand Elks Lodge.
Mothers young and old turned out Sunday, May 14, for the annual Mother’s Day flower ceremony at DeLand Lodge. Exalted Ruler, Rachel Sieg, and her officers were in full regalia as each read their inspiring verse. Flowers were given to the oldest mother, youngest mother, mother with the most children and mother with the most grandchildren.
The city of DeLand held their annual Kids’ Easter Egg Hunt at Earl Brown Park Friday evening, April 7. Each year DeLand Elks Lodge donates their time and approximately 300-400 hot dogs and drinks to feed the neighborhood children and their families. This year was no exception. The weather was perfect and the Easter Bunny handed out gift baskets to the kids who found an egg with a prize inside.
The installations of the 2017-2018 officers took place Saturday, April 1. Current ER, Bob Sari, PER, who had served two terms as Exalted Ruler, passed the torch to Rachel Sieg who is only the third female ER at DeLand Lodge. Sieg’s theme for the installation dinner was southern hospitality and the menu for the night consisted of chicken and biscuits with maple gravy, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, and Johnny cake. Sari presented awards to members serving the lodge this year. Dave Templeton was named Officer of the Year, Desiree Templeton was named Elk of the Year and Warren Kerswill was given the Tony DiNardo award. John Harris, current state president, also attended the installation.
On Jan. 28, 2012, the first ME STRONG Linda’s Run for the Dream took place in historic DeLand, Fla. The race was initiated when four women, Kim Winters, Barbara Underhill, Kim Martin and Kathy Guyer, wanted to honor their friend Linda Ryan who was diagnosed with recurrent cervical cancer at the age of 43. The inaugural run was an overwhelming success with nearly 1,000 participants of all athletic abilities and ages. The funds raised from the event went toward assisting community members battling cancer and cancer research.
