Volume 11, Issue 2

O’FALLON IL LODGE 2608

The Little Lodge That’s The Heart Of Our Community

MarchApril 2013

Moose Tails IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN (FOR THE SPRING MEAT SHOOT, THAT IS)

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 5050'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.

ED MORSE SPRING INVITATIONAL PUTT-PUTT

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

It is back again, by popular 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 clockwise through the following establishments until they have played each one. The locations 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 limbered 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 success of this event. There will be cash prizes given out to the top three teams in the

A, B, and C flights. Our Lodge barbecue team will be serving 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 !!

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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

We keep Brothers Ed Morse and Butch Hundley in our thoughts and prayers as they recuperate from their various 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 possible.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

Editor: Wayne L. Schlosser Email: [email protected]

Ask their sponsor to introduce you to the new member, and you might find out things you have in common with each other!!

Subscription paid automatically as part of annual membership dues.

NEW MEMBER / SPONSOR

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!

Jesse Randolph Jr. / Al Depping Michael Carson / Chuck Crossen II

MEMBERS RECEIVING NEXT YEAR’S DUES FREE Robert Aguilar AND Al Depping

The events listed in this newsletter are for members and their qualified guests only.

Congratulations, Rob and Al !!

2012 –2013 LOOM OFFICERS 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

TRUSTEE 3 YR

Robert Gilmore

MARCH—APRIL BIRTHDAYS Or I can’t imagine I’m that old Kathy Miller 3/18

Ana Blanchard 4/7

Marilyn Wiest 3/11

Deborah Rogers 4/20

Cindi Ley 3/11

Sheree Powers 4/22

624-3522

Ronda Bouas 3/9

Daniel Burkett 3/1

420-9690

Kelly Newgent 3/6

Kenneth Wood 3/1

Gail Dericksen4/16

William Burgess 3/5

Caroyl Dodge 4/5

Joseph Benn 3/5

Amanda Crabtree 4/28

Michael Smith 3/7

2012 –2013 WOTM OFFICERS

Gerald Showalter 3/18 Brent Gaines 3/18

Wallace Foxworthy 4/15

Mike Gartland 3/19

Brian Arnold 4/18

Jeff Erb 3/22

Dean Darnall 4/21

Bill Kowal 3/23

Jeremy Kmetz 4/25

Ed Morse 3/31

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

Kevin Johnson 4/14

Jason Waeltz 4/1 Frank Wieman 4/2

Cathy Lewis 4/29

Adolphus Hamilton 3/11

Roger Cudney 4/7

Judy Lanxon 4/23

Ryan Schulte 3/17

Donald Hubert 4/12

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To my Moose Legion Brothers we need you to come to our celebrations!! They are supposed to be fun events. But without participation it is hard to plan any games, meals or raffles!! Ever thought about being a ritualist? 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 organization 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 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 :-)

PREFERRED MEMBERS PARTY Would you like to go to the preferred member’s party? All you have to do is sign up one new member 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 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 returned. 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?

FOR SALE

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.

MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP 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

March 2013 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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AMERICAN LEGION'S FISH FRY 3

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NO WINGS 10

SPRIN G M EAT SHOOT @ THE HUT NOON - 6 PM

17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY

24 DISTRICT MEETING @ BELLEVILLE 10 AM

31 EASTER DIN N ER 11 AM UN TIL 2 PM

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NO WINGS 18

NO WINGS

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JOINT MEETING 6:30 PM

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WING NIGHT AT THE LEGION 6 - 8:30 PM

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WING 21 NIGHT AT THE LEGION 6 - 8:30 PM

LOOM LODGE M TG 6:30 PM WOTM OFFICER M TG 6:30 PM

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LOOM LODGE MTG 6: 30 PM OFFICER NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

NO WINGS

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AMERICAN LEGION 'S MEXICAN FOOD NIGHT

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AMERICAN LEGION'S FISH FRY 14 15

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WOTM CHAPTER MTG 6: 30 PM

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WING 7 NIGHT AT THE LEGION 6 - 8:30 PM

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SPRIN G M EAT SHOOT @ THE HUT NOON - 6 PM

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NO BARBEQUE AMERICAN THIS LEGION'S MONTH FISH FRY 22

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AMERICAN LEGION'S FISH FRY 28 29

COMEDY CLUB NIGHT

WING NIGHT AT THE LEGION 6 - 8:30 PM

AMERICAN LEGION'S FISH FRY

EASTER30 EGG HU NT AT AMERICAN LEGION

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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 Reagent, Chaplain, Recorder and Secretary/ Treasurer. The elections will be held on 19 March. The election of officers is important because Chapter members are electing the co-workers who will lead the Chapter for the subsequent year. Please come out and vote.

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 remember to put an acorn in your purse.

After the April meeting, we will be having a trivia conUntil 30 April, Moose International has waived the Appli- test. cation Fee for any new members. This is a savings of Spread the word that Women of the Moose will once $20.00 for new members. With that being said, now is again be sponsoring our annual Easter Egg Hunt on 30 the time to sign up new members. With signing 2 new March. Children from the ages of 0 to 12 are invited to members, your dues are paid for the next year. attend. This is to remind all women that our general memberNora ship meeting is the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm. Attending the meeting is a good way to find out

ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT Become an honorary member of the Class of 2013 at Mooseheart High School

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!!

NEW MEMBER / SPONSOR Jennifer Randolph / Karen Depping Glenna Curtis / Transferred in

$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

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FROM THE GOVERNOR To the membership, As a newly voted in Governor for O’Fallon Moose Lodge 2608, I’d like to thank everyone who supported 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 success. The national touring comedians were very good and the food was excellent. 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.

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 fundraising events we are constantly having. One of the newest membership retention programs we are currently running involves our volunteers. Every time a volunteer 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 upcoming 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 everyone 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 sucWhile on that topic, I’d like to thank the cessful we will be. If there is anything American Legion Post 137 for their conyou need, please do not hesitate to constant support of Moose Lodge 2608. tact one of the Lodge officers. Our conMyself and the other officers can’t say tact information is listed in this newsletenough about how you folks have opened ter. your doors and given us a place to call home. Without the Legion, we simply Be safe out there could not be as successful as we have JIM been. A special thanks to Ed Owens for working with us on scheduling the hall

First Volunteer Winners Jim (Painter) Weigel & Christine Shepard

“No Man Stands So Straight And Tall … As When He Stoops To Lift Up A Child” James J. Davis

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O’Fallon Moose Lodge 2608 5240 Pepperdine Court Fairview Heights, IL 62208-3914 Phone 618-624-6449 Email : [email protected]

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

The Last Word My Moose Brothers and Coworkers, I would like to ask you a question. Would you like to receive your newsletter 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 myself ([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