Elks Magazine Online

Archive Issue: July/August 2006

Features

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2006 Elks National Hoop Shoot Finals Engender Suspense; Participants Reap Rewards, by Mark Hagland

Seventy-two boys and girls go the distance at the 34th annual basketball free throw contest in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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The Impossible Panama Canal, by Nick D'Alto

It took ten years, $350 million, and the labor of 80,000 men. The remarkable story of one of the world's greatest feats of engineering.

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A Good Time in Wisconsin: Sheboygan & Kohler, by Philip Hartigan And Patricia Ann McNair

Two easygoing vacation spots along the Lake Michigan shore take pride in their history, their art, and, yes, their bathrooms.

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Elks National Foundation Joy of Giving

Emergency Educational Grant recipients Maggie and Ben Lawrence put the world in perspective.

Departments

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It's Your Business, by Timothy Middleton

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Travels of the GER--On Tour with Jim Grillo

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Healthline, by Elizabeth A. Reid, MD

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News of the Lodges--Elks Care--Elks Share

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Drug Awareness

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Elks National Veterans Service Commission

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State Association News