Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
Sweet Home Elks Lodge’s Exalted Ruler Valarie Eastin is not your typical Elks head honcho.
First, she skipped some of the rungs in the ladder that members generally climb to the top, and she is the first female exalted ruler in Sweet Home.
Eastin, 61, joined the Lebanon Elks Lodge in 1998. She transferred to Sweet Home after Past Exalted Ruler Dennis Bechtel needed to fill a position.