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Online Issue

Current Issue: September 2025

Features

8

The Acceptance Speech of Bryan R. Klatt

At the 2025 Grand Lodge Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, GER-elect Bryan R. Klatt announced his theme for the coming year: Be The Difference.

28

The Life and Music of Lawrence Welk, by Tom Scudder

Lawrence Welk, a self-made man from a humble background, achieved one of the greatest successes in American entertainment history by bringing The Lawrence Welk Show to national television audiences for nearly thirty years.

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Counting Free Throws: The 2025 Elks Hoop Shoot National Finals, by Patrick Roelofs

In April, the seventy-two regional winners of the Hoop Shoot contest arrived in the Windy City for the Hoop Shoot National Finals, where they all demonstrated grit, perseverance, and sportsmanship.

Departments

6

Message of the GER

10

Introducing 2025–2026 BPOE First Lady Susan L. Klatt

12

Travels of the GER

14

It’s Your Business, by Brendan Middleton

16

Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD

18

News of the Lodges

42

Elks National Veterans Service Commission

46

Elks Drug Awareness Program

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Elks National Foundation