Spinnings October 29, 2024 

Halloween 
President Joan presides over a festive Halloween meeting at the Elks Club...
In our search for a new permanent meeting site,  the Elks is a popular choice.
 
Rosemary Azem...the witch in the middle...won best costume, and she placed all the table decorations!
 
Sheila Canzian was a costume winner...and a Paul Harris awardee.
 
Nicole Cherok was a costume winner.
 
Rod Hsiao got his new member badge
Ross Moilan earned a Paul Harris award
 
Tony Villanueva's Paul Harris pin has a ruby!
Dick Romanski returns as a long-time member.
 
Chuck Cattano returns as a long-time member...here signing Dick Bennett's post surgery card.
 
Mike Peterson introduces today's speaker..."raise your had if you saw 'The Exorcist".
 
Today's speaker Father Gary Thomas on exorcism
Father Thomas is graduate of Serra High School and serves at Sacred Heart Parish in Saratoga.  He is one of the few Vatican-certified exorcists in the U.S. having trained in Rome in 2005.  He emphasizes healing of those with spiritual afflictions.   He works with a multidisciplinary team to evaluate a patient.   His personal story is documented in the 2009 book The Rite by Matt Baglio, and also the 2011 movie The Rite    starring Anthony Hopkins.  
 
Next week...also at Elks Lodge  20th Ave SM  Election Day
Speaker Steve Muterspaugh..Artistic Director of Hillbarn Theater FC
 
editor Peter Webb