BPOElks

New Egypt Elks to host Touch-A-Truck The New Egypt Elks and the New Egypt United Methodist Church are sponsoring "Touch a Truck" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the New Egypt Elks, Lakewood Road (Route 528), Plumsted. Various modes of transportation will be on display to touch, climb and take pictures alongside. The festivities will include music and activities. Food will be available for purchase. Details: 609-758-8563 or 609-752-0272.

PASADENA - For the past century, men have been running things at Pasadena's Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. That all changed Tuesday night with the installation of Exalted Ruler Virginia Quintero, the first woman in Lodge #672 to reach the top job. "I finally made it there," Quintero said before the ceremony and presentation of her jewels of office - "and the gavel, of course." "I'm very excited, very happy ... and my family's all excited," the 63-year-old nurse said of her elevation to Exalted Ruler. "I don't think they'll treat me differently - but I hope they might," she joked.

WOONSOCKET - The city and Woonsocket Lodge of Elks will host their annual children's fishing derby on Saturday, April 11, the first day of fishing season. The event takes place at Cass Park pond, where the state Department of Environmental Management has stocked trout.

An area resident, with the help of the local Elks lodge and American Heart Association, recently presented life-saving equipment to Wethersfield and Rocky Hill schools. The gift was part of a drive led by Portland resident Kevin Sweeney on behalf of the Larry Pontbriant Jr. Athletic Safety Fund. The fund is named after the son of a close friend of Sweeney's. The younger Pontrbriant of Norwich, died running cross country at age 15.

Nice fraternal group effort. Should be more of those type activities

COOS BAY, ORE - As area Christians celebrated Easter over the weekend, communities up and down the South Coast came together to take part in the Easter Egg Hunts that have become tradition. One of the host sites was at Mingus Park in Coos Bay.

Move over, bulls: Dorothy Alt becomes Elks Lodge's first female leader Dorothy Alt was sworn in Saturday as exalted ruler of the Baraboo Elks Lodge, the first female to earn the honor. Here, she holds an old sign banning ladies from "lodge nights." The club began accepting female members in 1996. BEN BROMLEY / NEWS REPUBLIC Dorothy Alt was sworn in Saturday as exalted ruler of the Baraboo Elks Lodge, the first female to earn the honor. Here, she holds an old sign banning ladies from "lodge nights." The club began accepting female members in 1996. By Ben Bromley / News Republic You might think a title like "exalted ruler" would come with a golden scepter or a foppish hat, but Dorothy Alt has neither. What she has instead is a historic title: She's the first woman to lead the Baraboo Elks Lodge.