Currently
Exalted Ruler and Americanism Chair and
2022 Elk of the Year
Currently Council Vice President, Inland
NW Council Boy Scouts of America
Currently Video Director for the Rhode
Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Providence,
RI
Past Executive Officer and Life Member,
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association,
11-3
Life Member of VFW Post 3386, Airway
Heights, WA
Journeyman Member and past Business Agent,
IATSE Local 93
Retired from City of Spokane Entertainment
Facilities and City Cable 5
Retired Master Sergeant from Washington
Air National Guard, US Air Force
Graduate of SFCC & EWU with degrees in
Music and Radio Television Audio
Production
Eagle Scout Awarded 1978
Married to Jane Nordling, an Elks member
with 2 Chocolate Lab daughters
Warren Stout - Leading Knight
Hi, I'm Warren Stout, I have
supported personal lines insurance for 6
years and food service for 20 years. I
specialize in data management and continuous
improvement, as well as not giving people
food poisoning. When I'm not insuring or
cooking, you can find me bartending at our
Elks Lodge, taking care of my family,
sewing, and gardening. I’m proud to support
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks!
Lynn Hurd - Loyal Knight
I grew up on
the North side of Spokane and worked
during high school at the Downtown
Elks Lodge #228. I was hired out
of college to work at an electronics
firm in Portland, Oregon where I spent
38 years building, installing, and
instructing how to use our products,
sometimes halfway around the
world. Then I retired back to
Spokane with my wife Susan and our 2
small dogs. I have been a member
of Lodge #228 for 40 years and I am
also a life member. I enjoy
electronics including Amateur Radio.
Paul Ryan - Lecturing
Knight
A simple life story for a
simple man. I lived on the east
coast and Asia until 1992. Attended
7 different schools before
graduating from High school in
Maryland. I have a degree in
Philosophy from U of Md. I taught
High school math, then Preschoolers
with developmental delays, taught
outdoor skills to adults with
intellectual challenges, and
climbing to adults with physical
challenges. I worked at a wildlife
park training elephants and lions,
then a zookeeper at the Baltimore
Zoo for three years, before
returning to teaching.
Met
Laura as we were teaching an
adaptive canoeing class.We
got married in 1991 and moved to
Spokane a year later, for me to get
a degree in Recreation Therapy at
EWU. Thought the move was temporary,
but still live here, and raised 4
kids, we will welcome our 3rd
grandchild in June. I briefly taught
at EWU, worked at the Primate
research center in Medical lake.
Then I started at Lakeland in
1996, became the contact for
community organizations in 1999, I
had the pleasure of working with all
the volunteer groups who serve the
residents of Lakeland.The
Elks have a long history of
involvement with Lakeland, I
coordinated the events the Elks
presented to Lakeland residents. and
after retirement in 2020, it was my
plan to join the Elks, the pandemic
delayed my plans for a bit.
Laura and I travel a bit,
several times a year to the east
coast, and about every year to
somewhere that I have to drive on
the left side of the road. We
currently live outside of Medical
Lake, on Clear Lake.
James Bedard
- Secretary
Bio to follow soon
Jan
Lindsey (PER) - Treasurer
Before I
retired, I worked at many
different jobs.Bookkeeping for a major
home construction company in
Ohio as well as having worked in
Banking and also Human Resource
at The University of Montana.I have also worked off
and on in Optical, bookkeeping,
customer service and insurance
claims.
I
started my Elk career in
Lincoln City, Oregon.I am now a 20+ year
member.I have held many
positions in different
lodges, to include,
Secretary, Loyal Knight,
Leading Knight, Exalted
Ruler (2014-2015, Columbia
Basin Lodge, Moses Lake. I
have held a 5 year term for
the State of WA as a Therapy
Trustee.Over the years I have
held many of the committee
chairs and have enjoyed
working on all of them.I will never hesitate
to pitch in and help
wherever help is needed.I feel that if we all
work together for the Lodge,
we will prosper and grow.
Sally Stratton- Inner Guard
Bio to follow soon
Paula Davis -
Tiler
I'm delighted to be a member
of Greater Spokane Elks #228! I have been
a member of a number of civic
organizations and non-profits including
Kiwanis, Eagles, Idaho Public Television
and Camp Fire Boys & Girls, holding
both staff and board positions. I stay out
of trouble house and pet sitting, and when
I'm not otherwise occupied, I love to
camp!
Charles Blake (PER) - Esquire
Bio to follow soon
Pete Rainbolt - Chaplain
Bio to follow soon
Frank Powers (PER) - Trustee (5yr)
My
first job as a high school student was
a busboy at the Elks #228 on West
Riverside Ave. While attending Gonzaga
University, my duties ranged from
bus-boy, waiter, cook, bar tender,
food & beverage manager, asst.
manager and general manager. My
six-years at the Elks gave me a solid
foundation with
Denny’s Restaurants, Inc.My
positions with Denny’s were manager,
district manager (9 units), regional
manager(125 units) and corporate
Director of Franchise Operations (all
franchises in the company 450).
After 13-years with Denny’s I
purchased three franchises and
operated those and two other
restaurants concepts. I completed my
MBA/MPA at Cal State Northridge,
teacher certification at Whitworth
University. As an educator I taught
middle school and earned a Ph.D. and
post doc Ed.D. Professor of Education
at the University of Idaho, Director
of the Workforce Education and
Development program at Southern
Illinois University, Dean of Business,
Health Sciences and professional
Studies at Spokane Falls Community
College, Executive Dean at Columbia
Basin College and Vice-President of
Instruction and Provost at Bellingham
Technical College.
Dennis Hurd
(PER) - Trustee (4yr)
I'm a past Exalted Ruler
twice with our lodge and currently a 4
year Trustee on the Board of Directors,
I'm semi-retired and live in the Medical
Lake area and a Drummer in the Deep Creek
Band with Frank Powers PER, and I will be
a stagehand at Northern Quest Casino for
the summer Concerts.
James
VanSlyke - Trustee (3yr)
Bio to follow soon
Kent Allen -
Trustee (2yr)
Bio to follow soon
Jimmie Parman - Trustee (1yr) - Board Chairman
I am a Life Member with 37 years as an
Elk. I retired 20 + years ago as a
Commissioner with the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service after mediating labor
disputes for nearly 30 years. I have
mediated many diverse disputes from Iowa, to
Oregon and most states in between. I
have held numerous Offices and served on a
number of committees as an Elk, including
Lodge Secretary, Trustee, and Board
Chairman. I am a Missouri native and
my wife Ann and I have lived in the Spokane
area for nearly 40 years.
As a long time Elk member I
have been blessed in being in the right
place at the right time. My Healthcare
career in administration has added to the
positions I now hold in the Elks. I became a
member in the Elks in OR before transferring
to the Lodge in Moses Lake. From there I was
selected as a District Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler and also became President of the WA
State Elks Association. Our state sponsor
appointed me as the District Leader for
WA-East District in 2015. On the Grand Lodge
level I have been on the GL Fraternal
Committee for 3 years and am currently the
Chairman of that committee. Now living in
Spokane I transferred to the Greater Spokane
Lodge in 2022.
