DALE CITY, VIRGINIA 22193

LODGE 2165 AND CHAPTER 1584

April 2014

2013-2014 LODGE 2165 OFFICERS

Governor …………………………...Marty Ratchford

Jr. Governor …………………….…..Norm Catterton

Past Governor …………………..………Bob Skinner

Prelate……………………………..….Mike McAllister

Treasurer…………………………...….…Jeff Walker

3 Year Trustee…………………….…Jeff Easton, Sr

2 Year Trustee…………………………..Dave Lamb

1 Year Trustee………………………………..Vacant

Inner Guard……………………..James Woodbridge

Outer Guard…………………………...Robert Carter

Administrator …………………………...Steve Hatch

Message from the Governor:

Lodge meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the

month. Please make an effort to attend.

www.dalecitymoose2165.com Phone: (703) 670-9214

Hello everyone,

Well its election time at the Dale City Moose Lodge and Family Center #2165. Soon I will be moving on to the Past Governor position on the board and just wanted to thank everyone over the past two years for all their help and support. The Governor position can be a very trying and stressful job, but with the help of the board members and volunteers the job went well.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the WOTM, board members and all those volunteers that have helped the Lodge over the past year. Without these people and the time they put in at the Lodge volunteering for many functions (wing night, taco night, Bingo) these nights would not be possible.

Again, thanks to everyone.

Marty Ratchford

Governor

ELECTIONS FOR THE 2014-2015

BOARD OF OFFICERS WILL BE HELD

7:30 THURSDAY APRIL 10th AT THE

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The Nominating Committee submits the following

nominations for office.

Governor………………….……………….Norm Catterton

Jr. Governor…………..…………..…………..David Lamb

Prelate ……………..William Baker, Michael McCallister

Treasurer………………………...………..Jeffrey Walker

3 Year Trustee……….Robert Hagerman, Ronald Nunn,

Francis Santella, James Woodbridge

1 Year Trustee…...Darrel Alderman and Kevin Simpson

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April-1 John Bell

April-1 Marty Ratchford

April-1 Travis Deardorff

April-2 Brook Yoder

April-3 Michael Bergh

April-5 Donald Haynes

April-5 George Nalisnick

April-5 P J Peters

April-5 Robert Pesek

April-6 Andrew Steinberg

April-6 David Morales

April-6 Jason Pogue

April-6 Ralph Walawender

April-6 Steve Lamberti

April-7 Maravich Nicholas

April-11 Jerry Donaldson

April-11 Jerry Frey

April-13 Joseph Hartel

April-13 Keven Defrees

April-15 Daniel Jobe

April-16 Chivon Franco

April-16 Michael Brenner

April-16 Mike Kuper

April-17 Don Bauer

April-17 Kevin Simpson

April-17 Matthew Godfrey

April-17 Nate Martin

April-18 Chris Christiansen

April-18 Rob Neal

April-18 Vince Jacobs

April-19 Gerald Burgess

April-19 Jeffrey Walker

April-19 Steven Gazda

April-20 Bill Naedele

April-21 Larry Waite

April-21 Patrick Sullivan

April-21 Robert Beach

April-21 William Breeden

April-22 Jay Zabelny

April-22 Joe Eonta

April-22 John Dodge

April-23 Paul Grant

April-23 Peter Homan

April-24 Larry Turpin

April-24 Michael Tucker

April-25 David Bassett

April-25 Sean Geyer

April-25 Steven Bambling

April-26 Pierre Funes

April-27 Bradley Briggs

April-27 Bryant McReynolds

April-27 John Lemon

April-27 Michael Watkins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHY NEW MEMBERS STAY OR LEAVE

WHY THEY LEAVE

#1 Reason – Smoking

Responses from a Moose International survey

1- Don’t want my kids exposed to smoke

2- When I get home my clothes smell like

smoke

3- Can’t breathe in the smoke

4- Social Quarters smell like smoke and stale

beer

#2 Reason – Poor Management

1- The outside is trashy and looks like a corner

bar

2- The inside is dark and dingy and is not very

clean

3- Inappropriate language use in Lodge

4- Restrooms are dirty and out of soap and

paper towels

5- Bartenders are not friendly and always on

the phone

6- The Officers never speak or welcome you

7- No events going on or they are poorly

planned or advertised

8- Meetings are the same boring meetings and

very little information given out

WHY THEY STAY

1- The Lodge is clean and well lit with clean

and well stocked restrooms

2- Offices and staff are friendly and helpful

3- The Lodge has activities for the family that

are well planned and advertised

4- They have a smoking area that is well

ventilated and doesn’t affect everyone

It’s a place that makes you want to be a part of,

supporting our children at Mooseheart and our

seniors at Moosehaven and making our com-

munities a better place.

Which of the above fits your Lodge?

Andrew Campbell

Agostinho Colado

Bobby Cornell

Rodney M Crump Jr.

Bartholmew DiMattina

Travis Dodson

Richard Facciolo

William C Facciolo

Ronald Fisher

Johnnah Johnson

Landon Jones

Terry Kendall

Miroslav Lorinc

Jose M Mayol

Elvin McCormick

Donald Moore

Juan Ramos Orellana

Michael Reiff

Chester R Smith

Garrett Sneed

Tony A Thompson

Mark Vest

Carroll Warner

James Weaver

Billy JWilson

WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW LODGE MEMBERS

As the Board of Officers approach the end of our terms, we would like to thank all of our members who sup-ported us and our fundraising activities. It has been an honor to serve as your Board of Officers. We would also like to express our thanks to all of the volunteers that make the Dale City Family Center such a great place. It is our hope the information provided about Mooseheart and Moosehaven over the past few months has provided you with a better understanding of our mission to improve the lives of the children and senior citizens we support.

Our annual Children’s Easter Party will be on Saturday April 12 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Each child that will be attending must BRING THEIR OWN EASTER BASKET. Hot dogs and snacks will be served to the children. In order to have an Easter egg hunt, we are asking our members to bring in a dozen hard-boiled colored eggs by Thursday, April 10. We will need parents, grandparents, or adult chaperones to help with the party preparation and egg hunt!

We know it’s only April, but we all know how quickly time passes! Before you know it we will be celebrating our Nation’s Birthday! We need ideas for AND volunteers to help create another 1st Place Award winning 4TH OF JULY FLOAT for the annual Dale City 4th of July Parade!

Come to a meeting and share your ideas.

As you know, the Chapter holds lots of fundraisers. The reason for these fundraisers is so that we can meet our financial obligations to Moose-heart in Illinois and Moosehaven in Florida. Each of these fundraisers is the responsibility of one of the 13 Chapter Development Committees. In light of that, and to encourage participation in our Chapter activities and to become better acquainted with each other, all members of the Chapter are placed on one of the Chapter Development Committees. The Chapter Development Commit-tees are: Membership/Retention, Publicity, Youth Involvement, Moose-heart/Moosehaven, Community Service, Educational Advancement, Family Involvement, Moose Chari-ties, and Health Awareness. Each of these committees also needs a Chairman. Once the newly elected Board of Officers are voted into office (which was held March 20, 2014) we will need to assign a chairman to each of the committees. Please let us know if you would be interested in serving as a chairman or would like to serve on a particular committee. It won’t take much of your time so please consider serving. If you have any ideas for fundraising activities, please come to one of our meetings to share your thoughts and/or sug-gestions (1st & 3rd Thursdays at

7p.m.). ALL of the activities and functions offered at the Dale City Lodge are only made possible by members that VOLUNTEER some of their time. “The burden of a few is lightened by many!” We are confi-dent that by actively participating, you and your family will form many new friendships and have fun at the same time!

Congratulations and thank you to our new WOTM Board of Officers: Eva Hatch, Senior Regent; Bonnie Lamb, Secretary/Treasurer; Susan Lane, Chaplain and Cynthia “Dusty” Herrick, Recorder. The position of Junior Regent is, at this writing, still vacant.

Last, but not least, come out and show your support and appreciation for the women and men of the Dale City Moose Family Center who have graciously volunteered to serve on the Boards of Officers for the upcoming year. THE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS CEREMONY will be held on SUNDAY, APRILIL 27, 2014. The Men’s installation will start at 11:00 a.m. and the Women’s installa-tion will immediately follow.

Sincerely,

Wanda Jenkins, Sr. Regent, Kamela Hutchins, Jr. Graduate Regent, Cin-dy O’Connor, Secretary/Treasurer and Eva Hatch, Recorder

WOTM - From Your Board of Officers

WOTM meetings are the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month

We hope to see you there.

PLEASE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW

WOTM MEMBERS

April 2—Laurie Hendren

April 2—Anna Putzer

April 3—Keely Alderman

April 3—Mary Lou Plaugher

April 3—Candace Henderson

April 4—Lisa Guthrie

April 6—Judy Rogers

April 8—Connie Dutton

April 8—Bonnie Birk

April 10—Cathy Mangan

April 11—Dora Malave-

Pineda

April 13—Julia Murphy

April 13—Angela Terry

April 13—Sherry Saunders

April 14—Donna Hapner

April 18—Liz Milam

April 19—Norma Hanes

April 22—Kimberly Stennett

April 23—Cynthia McGill

New Member Sponsor

Patricia Brooks Transfer-In

Catherine Crump Criss Apple

Angela DiMattina Barbara DiMattina

Diana L. Ferrara Sylvia Baker

Diane E. Herbst Jessica Facciola

Carol Madagan Tara Angyal

Cassie Mangold Mary Crawford

Leslie KC Morris Transfer-in

Lynzie Munsell Ally Walk

Elizabeth Prosser Lisa Myers

Ashley Scott Cynthia Santella

Melody Sheets Tina Kashmer

Cheryl Simpson Kim Stennett

Carmela Slatton Jacki Crites

Linda Watson Jennifer Sarna

Dolores “Dolley” Wise Transfer-In

Marli Wright Sylvia Baker

Crissy Young Julia Murphy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOTM

UPCOMING WOTM EVENTS

April 3 First Meeting of the Month 7 PM

(Health Awareness Committee)

April 6 WOTM Bake Sale Raffle

April 12 Children’s Easter Party 12:30-2 PM

April 17 Second Meeting of the Month 7 PM

April 20 HAPPY EASTER!

April 26 Scentsy fundraiser 1:30 PM

April 27 Installation of Officers Ceremony 11 AM

2013-2014 DALE CITY CHAPTER

1584 OFFICERS

Sr. Regent……………Wanda Jenkins

Jr.Regent………………………Vacant

Jr.Grad. Regent……Kamela Hutchins

Sec.Treasurer……….Cindy O’Connor

Recorder……………………Eva Hatch

Chaplain………………………..Vacant

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2014-2015 WOTM

OFFICERS

Sr. Regent…………..……….Eva Hatch

Jr.Regent…………...……………Vacant

Jr.Grad. Regent…..……Wanda Jenkins

Sec.Treasurer…….……..Bonnie Lamb

Recorder……..Cynthia “Dusty” Herrick

Chaplain………………..…Susan Lane

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Win $5 to $250

Play weekdays until 3:00pm

If any errors or omissions occur in this newsletter, or you have an idea for something in the next newsletter please email

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Dale City Lodge 2165 HOUSE RULES

ARTICLE X Gaming & Entertainment A. Only Loyal Order and Women of the Moose in good standing are permitted to purchase and participate in all pull-tab games and the use of gaming room machines. B. Game winners not claimed within 30 days of the close of the game become the property of Lodge 2165. C. The drawing for the winning numbers for the previous daily/weekend books will take place daily between ABC Manager Shift change (approximately 4:30 PM). D. The volume level for the jukebox and TVs will be adjusted and controlled by management only. The members, not the ABC managers, will determine program selection. The manager should try to serve the interests of the majority. Another program on another TV may be viewed but the volume should be muted or adjusted. E. If the jukebox is being played, the volume on the TV sets should be adjusted or muted. The ABC Manager on duty should heed the advice of the members and refrain from selecting view-ing material that the members have little or no interest in watch-ing. On some occasions the jukebox should be turned off so members can enjoy a specific televised event.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday—Thursday

Noon to 10 PM

Friday and Saturday

Noon to 12 AM

Sunday

11 AM to 10 PM

Happy Hour 3 to 7pm Thurs

ABC Managers

Mary Crawford

Amanda Demuth

Lisa Myers

Kitchen Manager

Teri McCormick

This issue of the newsletter covers the month of April so we can take the opportunity

to introduce the new LOOM officers in the May/June issue.

We will have a work day at the Lodge on Saturday April 5 starting at 8 am.

The Charlie Isom Project will be playing on Saturday April 5 from 7 to 11 pm.

Shockwave will be playing Friday April 11 from 7 to 11 pm.

Brook Yoder will perform an acoustic solo on Wednesday April 16.

Paul Abe and the States Streets Band will be playing Saturday April 26 at 7 pm.

Don’t forget the Installation Of the 2014-2015 WOTM Officers April 27 at 11am and

the LOOM officers at Noon.

SOCIAL QUARTERS WILL

BE OPEN ON EASTER

SUNDAY

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SHOCK WAVE

April 11

7-11pm

SUNDAY APRIL 6th

1pm

BENEFITS WOTM

CHARITIES

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2

3

RIBS

4

5

Charlie

Isom

6

WOTM

Bake Sale

7

Chicken Fried

Chicken

8

9

10

Bada Bing

Bada Boom

Shrimp

11

Shockwave

12

Kid’s Easter

Party

13

14

Chicken Fried

Chicken

15

16

Brook

Yoder

17

RIBS

18

19

20

21

Chicken Fried

Chicken

22

23

24

Prime Rib

Dinner

25

26

State

Streets

Band

27 Installation

of Officers WOTM 11am

LOOM Noon

28

Chicken Fried

Chicken

29

30

APRIL 2014