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March-

April

2013

Volume 11, Issue 2

The Little Lodge That’s The Heart Of Our Community

Moose Tails

IIN THIS ISSUE PG

Broken Antlers 2

New Members 2

Birthdays 2

Moose Legion 3

Pref. Members

Party 3

Caps For Sale 3

Arrearage 3

Mar. Calendar 4

Apr. Calendar 5

Nora’s Notes 6

Easter Egg

Hunt 6

From the Gov 7

Last Word 8

This March 9th (Saturday) and March 10th

(Sunday) from 12 noon until dusk is our

annual spring meat shoot at The Hut. As

usual, we will have free food both days

along with paddlewheel games and 50-

50's.

We're keeping the cost of each shot the

same as it was in the fall, despite our

costs going up. This is one of our major

fund raisers for the year, so we hope you

will come out and support this project.

IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN

(FOR THE SPRING MEAT SHOOT, THAT IS)

ED MORSE SPRING INVITATIONAL PUTT-PUTT

It is back again, by popu-

lar demand, our putt

putt/pub crawl. Starting

at noon on April 13th ,

teams will start at the establishment

where they signed up. They'll rotate clock-

wise through the following establishments

until they have played each one. The loca-

tions are as follows: Haney's, American

Legion, The Hut, Hemingway’s Zen Gar-

den, Outdoorsman, Shooter's, Town

Lounge, VFW, Casa Azteca, and Mandy's.

The cost is $10 per person due at signing

up. Cash prizes for first, second, third,

and last will be awarded at 5 PM at the

Outdoorsman. Why not come down and

spend a spring day getting in shape for

the coming golf season. You'll be all lim-

bered up for our next event which is …

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL LODGE 2608 GOLF CLASSIC

On Saturday, April 27, golfers

will be scrambling all over the

Clinton Hill Country Club for

the sixth annual Lodge golf

classic. Gale Newgent, Ed

Holdner, and Dan Stratman have been

working extremely hard to ensure the suc-

cess of this event. There will be cash priz-

es given out to the top three teams in the

A, B, and C flights. Our Lodge

barbecue team will be serv-

ing up a lunch and dinner for

those that are playing in the

tournament. If you know of

any business that would like to become a

hole sponsor at $100 each, please give

Gale a call at 618-624-3522.

NEVER PAY DUES AGAIN!

SPONSOR TWO MEMBERS INTO THE LODGE EACH YEAR,

AND YOUR NEXT YEAR’S DUES WILL BE FREE !!

BROKEN ANTLERS

Published bi-monthly by:

O’FALLON MOOSE LODGE NO. 2608

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

5240 Pepperdine Court

Fairview Heights, IL 62208-3914

Phone: 618-624-6449

Editor: Wayne L. Schlosser

Email: [email protected]

Subscription paid automatically as part of annual

membership dues.

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, sport-

ing 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.

GOVERNOR Jim Vest 954-9011

JUNIOR GOVERNOR Jeff Jerashen 632-1528

JR PAST GOVERNOR Tony Dodge 604-6117

PRELATE Mike Pedersen 567-8360

TREASURER Tracy Schau 410-2121

ADMINISTRATOR Wayne Schlosser 624-6449

TRUSTEE 1 YR Al Depping 401-0677

TRUSTEE 2 YR Gale Newgent 624-3522

TRUSTEE 3 YR Robert Gilmore 420-9690

SENIOR REGENT Nora Aguilar 632-3265

JUNIOR REGENT Kim Crossen 791-4083

JUNIOR GRAD REGENT Angie Jerashen 691-9382

RECORDER Caroyl Dodge 601-6465

SECRETARY/TREASURER Jan Newgent 624-3522

CHAPLAIN Marilyn Wiest 558-3615

2012 –2013

LOOM OFFICERS

2012 –2013

WOTM OFFICERS

We keep Brothers Ed

Morse and Butch Hund-

ley in our thoughts and

prayers as they recu-

perate from their vari-

ous illnesses. Also,

Richard Jerashen is

facing some serious

medical issues in the

coming days.

We apologize if we have

missed someone. We try

so very hard not to, but it

sometimes happens. If

you know of anyone we

have missed, please let

us know as soon as pos-

sible.

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 / SPONSOR

Jesse Randolph Jr. / Al Depping

Michael Carson / Chuck Crossen II

MARCH—APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Or I can’t imagine I’m that old

Kathy Miller 3/18

Marilyn Wiest 3/11

Cindi Ley 3/11

Ronda Bouas 3/9

Kelly Newgent 3/6

Gail Dericksen4/16

Caroyl Dodge 4/5

Amanda Crabtree

4/28

Cathy Lewis 4/29

Judy Lanxon 4/23

Ana Blanchard 4/7

Deborah Rogers 4/20

Sheree Powers 4/22

Daniel Burkett 3/1

Kenneth Wood 3/1

William Burgess 3/5

Joseph Benn 3/5

Michael Smith 3/7

Adolphus Hamilton

3/11

Ryan Schulte 3/17

Gerald Showalter

3/18

Brent Gaines 3/18

Mike Gartland 3/19

Jeff Erb 3/22

Bill Kowal 3/23

Ed Morse 3/31

Jason Waeltz 4/1

Frank Wieman 4/2

Roger Cudney 4/7

Donald Hubert 4/12

Kevin Johnson 4/14

Wallace Foxworthy

4/15

Brian Arnold 4/18

Dean Darnall 4/21

Jeremy Kmetz 4/25

MEMBERS RECEIVING NEXT YEAR’S DUES FREE

Robert Aguilar AND Al Depping

Congratulations, Rob and Al !!

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To my Moose Legion Brothers we need you

to come to our celebrations!! They are sup-

posed to be fun events. But without partici-

pation it is hard to plan any games, meals

or raffles!! Ever thought about being a ritu-

alist? The ritual team is looking for new

members that have and will take the time

to learn their parts of the ritual. On a side

note if we get enough people to have a ritual team we

can have mini celebrations to get folks into the

Moose Legion while they practice their parts.

Please remember you only get out of an organi-

zation what you put into it. How many of your

Brothers have you asked to take the next step in

the Fraternity? The more of us that step up to

the next level the stronger the whole Fraternity

becomes.

Comedy Nights have been GREAT !!

If you have not had a chance to

come to one please get your tickets

early they are going fast!! Different

Comedians for each event so it is

never boring :-)

COMEDY NIGHTS

Tony Dodge has been selling caps to hopefully make

the members stand out and people take notice

(Hopefully for the good) ;-) He only has three of the

Blue with the Lodge info on them for $3.00 each,

and just a few Black or Tan Moose hats left for $8.00

each . First come, first served.

FOR SALE

Would you like to go to the preferred member’s

party? All you have to do is sign up one new mem-

ber between 31 April 2012 and

1 May 2013. While you’re at it

sign a second and get your next

year’s dues free. Believe it or

not most of our membership

production came from 6 people.

Just think where we as a lodge

could be if everyone just signed

one new member. The WOTM have just about

caught up to us in membership!! Not saying that

is a bad thing ;-) they are cuter then you guy’s to

PREFERRED MEMBERS PARTY

Would you help a fellow Moose member out? Simple

enough question. We have lost many members

through the years. I keep asking the same question

WHY? Most really don’t ever answer the question,

they just don’t renew their membership. If you could

give us a hand contacting the folks that are in the

arrears, and get them back in; or find out why they

will not renew, so we can try to fix it. This can be a

daunting task for one person. With your help we can

bring the folks back in and continue to build our fine

Fraternity.

Anthony & Caroyl Dodge, Retention Chairman \

Chairwoman

MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP

Could you help us, please? If you have an

email or snail mail address change contact me

(Wayne) with this information. You wouldn’t

believe how many copies of the newsletter

come back to me each time we send it out. The

last newsletter, 10 mailed copies were re-

turned. That may not sound like many, but it

was $4.50 in postage, and that is $4.50 that

we cannot use for our programs. Will you

please help?

March 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

AMERICANLEGION'SFISH FRY

2

3 4

NO

WINGS

5

JOINT

MEETING

6:30 PM

6 7WING

NIGHT

AT THE LEGION

6 - 8:30 PM

8


9

SPRINGMEAT SHOOT

@ THE HUT

NOON - 6 PM

10

SPRINGMEAT SHOOT

@ THE HUT

NOON - 6 PM

11

NO

WINGS

12

LOOM LODGEMTG 6:30 PM

WOTM OFFICERMTG 6:30 PM

13 14WING

NIGHT

AT THE LEGION

6 - 8:30 PM

15

AMERICAN

LEGION'SFISH FRY

16NO

BARBEQUE

THIS

MONTH

17

ST.PATRICK'S

DAY

18

NOWINGS

19LOOM LODGE

MTG 6:30 PMOFFICER

NOMINATIONS

ANNOUNCED

WOTM CHAPTERMTG 6:30 PM

20 21WING

NIGHT

AT THE LEGION

6 - 8:30 PM

22


23

COMEDY CLUB

NIGHT

24

DISTRICT

MEETING @

BELLEVILLE

10 AM

25

NOWINGS

26

AMERICANLEGION'SMEXICAN

FOOD NIGHT

27 28WING

NIGHT

AT THE LEGION

6 - 8:30 PM

29


30EASTER

EGG

HUNT AT

AMERICAN

LEGION

31

EASTER

DINNER

11 AM

UNTIL

2 PM

NEWS FROM THE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE CHAPER 2281

In February, we took nominations for the

offices of for Senior Reagent, Junior Rea-

gent, Chaplain, Recorder and Secretary/

Treasurer. The elections will be held on

19 March. The election of officers is im-

portant because Chapter members are

electing the co-workers who will lead the

Chapter for the subsequent year. Please

come out and vote.

Until 30 April, Moose International has waived the Appli-

cation Fee for any new members. This is a savings of

$20.00 for new members. With that being said, now is

the time to sign up new members. With signing 2 new

members, your dues are paid for the next year.

This is to remind all women that our general member-

ship meeting is the second Tuesday of every month at

6:30pm. Attending the meeting is a good way to find out

what activities we are going to be sponsoring. Any new

ideas and faces are always welcome.

We will be having a purse scavenger hunt after the

March meeting. Pack your biggest purse because I

don’t know what is supposed to be in purses. This

means I may be asking for different things. Also remem-

ber to put an acorn in your purse.

After the April meeting, we will be having a trivia con-

test.

Spread the word that Women of the Moose will once

again be sponsoring our annual Easter Egg Hunt on 30

March. Children from the ages of 0 to 12 are invited to

attend.

Nora

NEW MEMBER / SPONSOR

Jennifer Randolph / Karen Depping

Glenna Curtis / Transferred in

Spread the word that Women of the Moose will once

again be sponsoring our annual Easter Egg Hunt on

30 March. Children from the ages of 0 to 12 are

invited to attend. The Lodge is getting a Bouncy

House for this event!!

ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT

Become an honorary member of the

Class of 2013 at Mooseheart High School

$10.00 - Honor Student

Includes graduation package consisting of

• Commemorative lapel pin in coppertone

• Mooseheart Class of 2013 Personalized Wallet Card

• Honorary Class of 2013 High School Diploma

$50.00 - Honorary Salutatorian


• Commemorative lapel pin in silvertone



• Personalized Commemorative Pen

$100.00 - Honorary Valedictorian


• Commemorative lapel pin in goldtone



• Personalized Commemorative Pen

A personal copy of Mooseheart’s Class of 2013

Yearbook with name listed as an Honorary Member

of the Class of 2013

All proceeds go to Mooseheart School Renovation

Project

Application available at www.mooseintl.org

“No Man Stands

So Straight

And Tall …

As When He

Stoops To Lift

Up A Child”

James J. Davis

FROM THE GOVERNOR

To the membership,

As a newly voted in Gov-

ernor for O’Fallon Moose

Lodge 2608, I’d like to

thank everyone who sup-

ported my position as

Governor. I realize that I

only have a few months left before the

next election cycle; however, it is shaping

up to be one of our busiest ‘ few months’

that we have had in the past couple

years.

Our first comedy night was a huge suc-

cess. The national touring comedians

were very good and the food was excel-

lent. We have two more comedy nights

on the upcoming schedule, so please be

sure to look at the calendar at the back

of this months Moose Tails so you can

pencil in the date you want to attend.

These events normally sell out and to my

knowledge, Lodge 2608 is really the only

place in the area that has a comedy

event. Couple prices are $25 and we

feed you! You can’t find a better deal

than that anywhere.

While on that topic, I’d like to thank the

American Legion Post 137 for their con-

stant support of Moose Lodge 2608.

Myself and the other officers can’t say

enough about how you folks have opened

your doors and given us a place to call

home. Without the Legion, we simply

could not be as successful as we have

been. A special thanks to Ed Owens for

working with us on scheduling the hall

and allowing us to use the kitchen. The

new tables and chairs are only a small

thank you. Our goal is to replace all the

older ones until there are only new ones

to use.

The success of all or our lodge rests with

the volunteers who help out at the fund-

raising events we are constantly having.

One of the newest membership retention

programs we are currently running in-

volves our volunteers. Every time a vol-

unteer helps out at an event (usually 4

hour time span), their name is written on

a piece of paper and placed in a box. At

the end of each quarter, a name is pulled

from the box and Lodge 2608 will pay

that winning volunteer’s dues for the up-

coming year. This program applies

equally to our sister WOTM chapter 2281.

The more you volunteer, the better your

chances are.

In closing, I would just like to thank eve-

ryone for their continued support. We are

a family fraternity that will go to great

lengths to assist children in need and our

elderly. The more we work together in

support of our programs, the more suc-

cessful we will be. If there is anything

you need, please do not hesitate to con-

tact one of the Lodge officers. Our con-

tact information is listed in this newslet-

ter.

Be safe out there

JIM

First Volunteer Winners

Jim (Painter) Weigel & Christine Shepard

O’Fallon Moose Lodge 2608

5240 Pepperdine Court

Fairview Heights, IL 62208-3914

Phone 618-624-6449

Email : [email protected]

The Last Word

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

My Moose Brothers and Coworkers, I would like to ask you a question. Would you like to receive your news-

letter via e-mail? Before everyone yells at me, I realize not everyone has e-mail, but those of us that do can

really help out the lodge by opting to go this route. The cost of printing, folding, and postage per copy being

mailed amounts to $1.51. If only 20 of us opt to go this way we can save the lodge $30.20 bi-monthly or

$181.20 a year. So you can see that this cost can mount up very quickly. We have always tried to manage

the Lodge’s money responsibly, so I hope you see where we are coming from. Please feel free to e-mail my-

self ([email protected] \ [email protected]) or Wayne ([email protected])

so we can build a list. This will also help us become a greener lodge.

Fraternally,

Tony

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