Kenton Lodge #157 Goes Back-to-Back-to-Back as National Ritual Champions!

This past Grand Lodge Convention, Kenton Lodge tied a record set back in 1935, 87 years ago, by winning the Ritual Team Competition three years in a row. In winning the competition, the Kenton Lodge had 4 Officers receive All-American status, as did their Coaches and the Candidate.

The All-American Officers were: Todd Daquino, Inner Guard; Derryck Menard, Lecturing Knight; Ryan Yoakum, Loyal Knight; John Hines, Chaplain. The Candidate was Sue Fox Buroker; D. Jack Buroker, David Beazley, and Jerry Haudenschield were the Coaches.

The rest of the team is Nate Davis, Exalted Ruler, Derek Kaufman, Esquire, and Chad Spencer, Leading Knight. John Hines, as Chaplain, won the William King Award for the highest scoring Officer in the Eastern Division.

Besides the Team Ritual honors, Kenton Lodge represented the Ohio Elks State Association in the Flag and Eleven O'Clock Toast Contests. Todd Daquino finished in the Final Four of the first ever National Flag Contest. Chad Spencer won Eleven o'Clock Toast Contest and honored the Ohio Elks by giving the Toast at the Grand Lodge Memorial Service.