O ’ F A L L O N I L L O D G E 2 6 0 8
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
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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
AMERICANLEGION'SFISH FRY
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
AMERICANLEGION'SFISH FRY
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
AMERICANLEGION'SFISH FRY
30EASTER
EGG
HUNT AT
AMERICAN
LEGION
31
EASTER
DINNER
11 AM
UNTIL
2 PM
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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
Includes graduation package consisting of
• Commemorative lapel pin in silvertone
• Mooseheart Class of 2013 Personalized Wallet Card
• Honorary Class of 2013 High School Diploma
• Personalized Commemorative Pen
$100.00 - Honorary Valedictorian
Includes graduation package consisting of
• Commemorative lapel pin in goldtone
• Mooseheart Class of 2013 Personalized Wallet Card
• Honorary Class of 2013 High School Diploma
• 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
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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
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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