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The Little Lodge That’s The Heart Of Our Community
Volume 11, Issue 11
November—December 2014
MOOSE TAILS
O ’ Fa l l o n I L L o d g e 2 6 0 8
In This Issue Page
Broken Antlers 2
From the
Governor 2
Administrator’s
Corner 2
Upcoming Events 3
Birthdays 3
Women’s News 4
Bulletin Board 5
November
Calendar 6
December
Calendar 7
Event Reminders 8
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We would like to thank everyone that helped
us make our Child’s Safety Day and the
Halloween Party a howling success. We can
not have successful events with out the help of
our volunteers.
At the Child’s Safety Day, the children learned
about fire safety, toured an ambulance, and
caught pancakes that were flipped to them by
Chris’ Cakes!
The Halloween Safe House had an amazing
turn out this year and the costumes were
Spooktacular! Well over 150 children from the
community stopped by to play games, make
s’mores, and went for a ride around O’Fallon
on the hay ride. We could not have done this
without the help of the McKendree College
volunteers to help set up and manage the
games, while the Women of the Moose served
refreshments and handed out candy!
(Top) Tony Manning the Fingerprint Station
(Bottom) Pancake Flipping in action!
Ages 5-8 Costume Contestants at the Halloween Party
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Published bi-monthly by:
O’FALLON MOOSE LODGE NO. 2608
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
904 Matthew Drive
O’Fallon, Il
Phone: 618-570-8113
Editor: John Antone
Email: [email protected]
Subscription paid automatically as part of annual membership
dues.
GOVERNOR Tony Dodge 604-6117
JUNIOR GOVERNOR Mike Pedersen 567-8360
JR PAST GOVERNOR Jeff Jerashen 632-1528
PRELATE Robert Gilmore 420-9690
TREASURER Mike Smith
ADMINISTRATOR Doug Hill 570-8113
TRUSTEE 1 YR Gale Newgent 624-3522
TRUSTEE 2 YR Kris Rhines 671-7842
TRUSTEE 3 YR Allen Depping 628-0904
SENIOR REGENT Marilyn Wiest 558-3615
JUNIOR REGENT Cheryl Hill 560-8580
JUNIOR GRAD REGENT Kim Crossen 791-4083
RECORDER Caroyl Dodge 601-6465
SECRETARY/TREASURER Jan Newgent 624-3522
CHAPLAIN Cathy Lewis
2014 –2015 LOOM OFFICERS
2014 –2015 WOTM OFFICERS
We would like to keep Renee
Donato, Florence Schlosser,
William Brandt, Ed Morse, and
Karen Jerashenin our thoughts
and prayers, and wish them a
speedy recovery.
FROM THE GOVERNOR The last quarter was extremely eventful and very
successful for our lodge. We had many events and were
able to help several organizations and some of our own
members along the way. This of course is not possible
without your continued support. My grateful thanks go
out to all that make it happen day in and day out. For
those that have not been able to join the fun, the next
quarter is not going to be any slower so please make an honest effort to get
involved we really need your help. Finally, many thanks to all that brought
new members on board. You continue to impress me with your
commitment and dedication to share our fraternity with others throughout
the community. A friendly reminder, it does not stop there. I encourage
you as a sponsor to explain the benefits, escort your newly signed member
to our meetings, ensure that they are aware of our daily/monthly events
and commit as much as time permits. As mentioned in the past, all of you
have many talents, suggestions, and ideas that can only be utilized or heard
if you get involved. Thanks again for your efforts, they don't go unnoticed.
If you are still not receiving this letter by electronic means and would like
to, please see Doug Hill, or myself so we can add your e-mail address or
ver ify/update the one we have on f i le for you.
Keep in Mind. "A burden heavy to one, is borne lightly by many"
ADMINISTRATOR’S CORNER
First, I would like to thank everyone who has helped out the
last couple of months. October was extremely busy with putt-
putt, child safety, and Halloween. Now we are in November as
you are reading this and in the middle of retention week of
members. I would like to encourage all of our members to
reach out to our existing members and remind them about
upcoming events and invite them to join. The American Legion has installed two steel
dart boards and we are looking to form teams for some town competitions. See your
local bartender if you are interested. For those interested in visiting the other lodges in
the district, District 9 is holding a Wandering Moose Competition. Stop by and ask
Doug for the tickets and information. There is always something going on with the
Moose, so paste your calendar to the refrigerator.
Fraternally Yours,
Doug Hill
We urge all our members to visit www.mooseintl.org at least weekly, for the latest news on
Mooseheart, Moosehaven, Moose Charities -- plus updates on fraternal activities, sporting
events and other breaking news from around the Moose fraternity!
In the Members Only section -- http://www.mooseintl.org/portal/default.asp -- you can also
pay your dues instantly, and change details about yourself in your individual member file!
The events listed in this newsletter are for members and their qualified guests only.
We want to Congratulate Jeff Jerashen on
winning $250.00 on the District 9 Football
and Charity Mania Raffle.
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FALL MEAT SHOOT
Don't forget to come on out to our fall meat shoot at The Hut Sports Bar Saturday
November 8th and Sunday November 9th, Noon until dusk. There will be plenty of good
eats for all of the participants on both days. On Saturday there will be ham and beans, and
on Sunday, it will be beef stew. We will be shooting for hams, boneless pork loins, bacon,
mixed barbecue packages.
Most importantly, we have a raffle for a freezer full of food. Tickets are only $1 each, or six
for $5. The drawing will be held on Sunday November 9th at 4 PM. This event is one of our
largest fund raisers. So come on out and help your Lodge. Can we count on you being
there?
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER
Once again, your Lodge is sponsoring a community wide Thanksgiving day dinner. Any
person in the Armed Forces or people within the community that do not have a place to
spend Thanksgiving are encouraged to have a traditional dinner with us. There is no cost
for the meal. We will begin eating at 11 A.M. - 1 PM and you may stay for as long as you
wish. If you have a side dish, you would be willing to share with others, please feel free to
bring it. If it needs to be cooked, arrive early enough to prepare it. Don't spend
Thanksgiving sitting home alone. Come up to the American Legion for friendship, and
fellowship with others.
SANTA PROMISES TO BE AT CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
The children better watch out, because Santa will be arriving around 2 PM on December 6
at the annual children's Christmas party. From 1 PM until 4 PM, there will be refreshments
and cookies, crafts, and games for those in attendance. Bring your kids, your grandkids, or
heck, even the neighbor's kids for some good old-fashioned fun. Take pictures of the
children with Santa, I'm sure he won't mind. Just be sure to get here for this family friendly
event.
ADULT CHRISTMAS PARTY IS SET FOR DECEMBER 6
Come on out to the joint American Legion Post 137 and O'Fallon Fairview Heights Moose
Lodge 2608 adult Christmas party. The fun starts at 7 PM, with attendance prizes, food,
music, and the dirty Santa gift exchange. The cost is four dollars for singles, and five dollars
for couples, in advance, and five dollars for singles, and seven dollars for couples at the
door. See any post or Lodge officer for reservations. Please bring a hot or cold snack to
share, and a $15 or less gift for the Dirty Santa gift exchange. Wrap your gift in the cheapest
wrapping paper you can find, or even the funny papers. This is not a contest to see who can
have the best wrapped gift. We promise to make the Dirty Santa gift exchange go much
quicker than it has in the past. We hope to see you there.
The officers of O'Fallon Moose Lodge 2608, and Women of the Moose Chapter 2281, wish
everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving, a very Merry Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and
prosperous New Year. Please drive safely, because we want to see you back next year.
Andrea Picchietti 11/7
Joe Bright 11/8
Cheryl Hill 11/9
Renee Donato 11/16
Kyle Hutton 11/17
Gale Newgent 11/18
Danny Witt 11/19
Arthur Villhard Sr. 11/20
Penny Morris 11/22
Anthony Dodge 11/22
Aaron Johnson 11/22
Robert Aguilar 11/24
Pete Steigelman 12/03
Brian Alderson 12/14
Earl Allbright 12/10
Betty Stewart 12/17
David Witter 12/18
Ronald Bright 12/20
Sharon Fonger 12/21
Richard Reed 12/31
Kimberly Antone 12/31
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There has been a lot of events that have happened over the last couple of months and it seems that it
is the same members over and over again who help and participate at the events. We invite all of you
to help, and if you can’t physically be at an event, there is always the behind the scenes things that need
to be done. We all want our Chapter to be successful and that takes teamwork.
The women will be helping the men at during the Meat Shoot on November 8th and 9th. We will need
volunteers to help selling tickets, raffle ball, and other activities during these two days.
Our next Women of the Moose meal will be November 12th and we will be dishing up some
scrumptious chili and hot dogs. We need servers and a cashier for this event. If you are in the area and
having a difficult time deciding what to eat for dinner that night, stop by and help support the Moose
and solve your dinner dilemma at the same time.
Don’t forget about helping with the men’s BBQ on November 15th and December 20th.
We will be sponsoring the Children’s Christmas Party on December 6th. This takes a lot of time and
effort to set up and decorate. We have lots of activities planned and will need some help so we can
make sure that the children will have a blast this holiday season.
All of our events take time and volunteers. If you can only volunteer an hour, it is greatly appreciated.
There will be sign up sheets for the upcoming events at the Legion or you can email Cheryl Hill at
[email protected] or contact Tony Dodge, and you all should know his email by now.
Women of The Moose
CHAPTER 2281 NEWS
Pictures of our successful Halloween Safe House
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If you have any announcements you want posted send them to:
[email protected] or give a copy to Tony or Cheryl.
Moose Bulletin Board ATTENTION MOOSE MEMBERS! WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Either bringing in new members or getting expired members back in the fold.
SPONSOR TWO MEMBERS INTO THE LODGE AND THE LODGE WILL PAY YOUR NEXT YEAR’S DUES!!
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
Ask their sponsor to introduce you to the new
member, and you might find out things you have
in common with each other!!
New Member
Amber Kinkelaar
Joni Fultz
Amber Bowen
Sponsor
Caroyl Dodge
Andrea Picchietti
Christina Schmitt
Are you known for making the best Pumpkin Pie? Or
have the best Sweet Potato Dish
ever? And you want to share it?
Then share your dish with us as we
come together to give thanks and
celebrate the holiday together at the
American Legion this year.
Bring your kids to come see Santa!
Santa is making a special trip for the Moose this year, and he
wants to see all good little
boys and girls this year to take
a picture to add to his good
list. Has your child (or Grand
children) been good this year?
Then bring them by to get
their picture with Santa and
share some cookies and milk.
What has antlers and sucks blood?
A moose-quito!
Why do moose have such big
antlers?
So they get better radio reception
A turkey farmer was always experimenting with breeding to
perfect a better turkey. His family was fond of the leg
portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for
everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was
relating the results of his efforts to his friends at the general
store get together. "Well I finally did it! I bred a turkey that
has 6 legs!"
They all asked the farmer how it tasted.
"I don't know" said the farmer. "I never could catch it!"
The 4 stages of life:
1. You believe in Santa Claus
2. You don’t believe in Santa Claus
3. You dress up as Santa Claus
4. You look like Santa Claus
What do you call an elf that sings?
ELFIS
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November 20 14
General
Membership
Meeting @ 6:30
Meeting
@ 6:30
Joint
Membership
@ 6:30
MEN’S
DRAWING
Wing night
Queen
Drawing
Wing Night
Queen of
Hearts
Wing Night
Queen of
Hearts
Monthly BBQ
11am - 5 PM
Women’s
Dinner @
Legion
District Breakfast
@ Mascoutah
Thanksgiving
Dinner
11am—1 PM
Meat Shoot
@ The Hut
Noon-dusk
Meat Shoot @
The Hut
Noon-dusk
Freezer
Drawing
Dart League
Meeting
District 9
Dart
Tournament
Carlinville @
10am
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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December 20 14
Wing Night
Queen of
Hearts
General
Membership
Meeting @ 6:30
Meeting
@ 6:30
Joint
Meeting @
6:30
MEN’S
DRAWING
Wing Night
Queen of
Hearts
Christmas
Dinner
Wing Night
Queen of
Hearts
Monthly BBQ
11am - 5 PM
Women’s
Dinner @
Legion
Kids Christmas
@ 1 PM
Adults
Christmas @
7PM
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O’Fallon Moose Lodge 2608 904 MATTHEW DRIVE O’FALLON, ILLINOIS 62269 Phone 618-570-8113 Email : [email protected]
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
A Quick Look at Upcoming
Events:
Nov 5th: Dart League Meeting
Nov 8-9: Meat Shoot at The Hut
Nov 27th: Thanksgiving Dinner
Dec 6th: Children's Christmas Party
Dec 6th: Adult Christmas Party
Dec 25th: Christmas Dinner
A Quick Reminder of
Monthly Events:
Wing Night Thursday Nights
Lodge Meeting 1st, 3rd, and 4th
Tuesdays
Men’s Drawing Last Friday of the
Month
Monthly BBQ every 3rd Saturday
Late Breaking News!!!!! The American Legion now has Wireless available in the building!