{"id":24866,"date":"2025-03-24T08:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=24866"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:08:18","slug":"decatur-elks-lodge-announces-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/decatur-elks-lodge-announces-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur Elks Lodge announces closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Decatur Elks Lodge 993 has announced in a Facebook posting that it is permanently closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No reason was given but Elks membership has been declining across the U.S. for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA sad day has arrived,\u201d the Facebook post said. \u201cOur Elks Lodge is now permanently closed for business.\u201d<br>The Decatur lodge, located a 327 N. Second St., was instituted in July 20, 1906.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-bjtjwbmv.jpg?resize=640%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-bjtjwbmv.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-bjtjwbmv.jpg?resize=300%2C93&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It marked its 100th anniversary in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A final event was held Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe evening was coordinated by ER Dustin Drake and his wife, Kelly (Secretary),\u201d the FB post said. \u201cPizza &amp; pulled pork was available. Greg Conrad was the DJ. March Madness was on the tvs. Conversation and laughs were free flowing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement said the local lodge is in the process of working toward a merger with Bluffton Elks Lodge 796, under guidance from the Grand Lodge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The Decatur Elks Lodge 993 has announced in a Facebook posting that it is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,14,15],"class_list":["post-24866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-decatur","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24868,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866\/revisions\/24868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}