Elks Lodge No. 418 holds youth banquet
Darian Cleveland accepts a scholarship for her excellence in orchestra on Wednesday at the Elks Lodge's Youth Banquet in Charles City. Photo by Kelly Terpstra
Noah Jenkins accepts his trophy from Shawn Hyde for first place in the Elks Hoop Shoot contest in the boys 10-11 category on Wednesday in Charles City. Photo by Kelly Terpstra
By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com
Giving back and helping out in the community are just a few of the positive contributions The Elks are able to achieve.
The local Elks Lodge No. 418 in Charles City held its annual youth banquet on Wednesday night and many standouts in various fields were in attendance to receive trophies and scholarships.
The Elks’ youth banquet coordinator, Shawn Hyde, talked about the importance of the organization. The youth banquet is just one of many events that allow the fraternal order to contribute and recognize positive accomplishments in the area, he said.
“We’re more involved than people realize,” said Hyde, who has been an Elks member for around five years. “It’s a lot more than what you can do as a person. It’s about what you can do as a group and that group is the United States.”
The night’s featured speakers were husband and wife Ryan and Maddie Fank. Ryan is the Charles City High School head wrestling coach and Maddie is the head coach of the Comet varsity volleyball program.
Also in attendance was Elks state President-elect Bill Berger, who addressed the crowd in attendance with some closing remarks.
Three boys and three girls won Elks scholarships. They were Joel Carlson, Carter West, Kaelyn Ambrose, Rachel Grober, Derek LaBarge, Theo Arndt and Morgan Fritz.
Jade Pringnitz, Noah Hollister and Kylie Vollbrecht all won Elks state vocational scholarships.
The Outstanding Senior Athlete scholarship was awarded to Charles City High School standouts Gavin Connell and Tayler Schmidt.
Ashlyn Bauer received a vocal scholarship and Nicole Loftus was given one for excellence in band. Darian Cleveland also came away with a scholarship in orchestra.
Winners of the Elks Hoop Shoot were: 8-9 girls — 1st place Edie Collins, 2nd place Julie Foster; 10-11 girls — 1st place Alex Wohlers, 2nd place Lorelei Nauman; 12-13 girls — 1st place Ashlyn Hoeft, 2nd place Madison Lensing; 8-9 boys — 1st place Garet Shannon, 2nd place Ceth Barry; 10-11 boys — 1st place Noah Jenkins, 2nd place Jordan Ritter; 12-13 boys — 1st place Reed Peters, 2nd place Brady Speltz.
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