Elks host fishing day for veterans

Submitted Photo Veterans Sydney Hoffner and Cliff Jacobson, front, enjoy a day of fishing with guide Aaron Hayden, back. The Minot Elks Lodge #1089 hosted 11 veterans for a day of fishing on Lake Sakakawea on July 13. The veterans were provided fishing with guides, lunch on the boat, dinner after fishing and fish to take home. The day was funded by the local lodge and a grant from the Elks National Foundation.
- Submitted Photo Dave Kopp, Zac Roberts, Robert Kastner, Victor Privatsky, Sydney Hoffner, Cliff Jacobson, Leo Holt, Rich Matteson and Jim Bodell display the day’s catch following the Minot Elks Lodge event July 13. Bodell, Matteson, Hoffner and Roberts are Elk members and all are veterans except Bodell.