MOOSE TALES. December 2017 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE LODGE CHAPTER 2322

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1 MOOSE TALES December 2017 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE LODGE CHAPTER 2322 Moose Tales is a publication of Land O Lakes Moose Lodge Land O Lakes Blvd, Land O Lakes, FL Administrator: Charles Geary (813) Hours: 7 Days a Week Open 12 Noon WEB: Facebook: Ray Moose THE MOOSE FRATERNITY An International Organization of Men and Women Dedicated to Caring for Young and Old, Bringing Communities Closer Together, and Celebrating life. There s no better feeling than making a Difference in the lives of children, seniors and communities. We re accomplishing greatness together A burden heavy to one is borne lightly by many The Loyal Order of Moose is a private organization. All activities and information referred to in this Moose newsletter are available to members in good standing and their qualified guests only. The Newsletter is for informational purposes with proprietary information intended for members only. General information is available to the public at large, but should not be construed to be a solicitation for membership.

2 Folks if your like me December is a busy month and they're just doesn't seem to be enough time (or money haha) to do everything you need or feel you have to do. So, lucky for you I will keep this brief. Haggard sang - if we make it through December, everything's going to be alright I know. I hope this holds true for each and everyone of you. Remember why we celebrate Christmas. Don't let the year end without letting your close ones know how much you truly care. Do something for the less fortunate if you can. As always support your Lodge, your community, Mooseheart, and Moosehaven. On a quick personal note, brother Walter Wommack, what a great job you been doing with our newsletter, brother Wayne Fulton congratulations on being our Moose Legion honoree. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Fraternally, Eddie I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We all have so much to be thankful for each and every day! The food drive for November was 214lbs donated to Our Lady of Rosary pantry. Thanks John and Donna for picking up the food and dropping it off at the pantry. The next food drive ends December 18, Any frozen foods must be there by 6:00 pm for pickup. Let s beat our total of pounds in December. Thanks to everyone that donated! Thanks to the WOTM for letting me be your Senior Regent. It is a true blessing to know each one of you! I would like to wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday! November was a great month, and the WOTM function was such a great success on Veterans Day. What a tribute to all our Veterans. Thanks you for your service. December 3, 2017, our own past Sr. Regents are doing our Ways and Means! Betty Allen (Buccaneer fan) and Lynn Hall (Green Bay Packer fan) are betting against each other. Come on out and enjoy and bet on your favorite team. There will be Sloppy Joes with a Side for only $3.00. It should be a fun afternoon. December 15, 2017 is our Benefit/Fundraiser for our bartender Laurie Landry. There are activities all day including a coin set, auction, and 50/50. The food is Cuban leg quarters with rice and beans for only $5.00. All monies are donated to Laurie for medical expenses. December 21, 2017 is our WOTM meeting. After the meeting, there will be an elephant gift exchange. Any lady members, who would like to participate please bring a gift value at no more than $15.00! December 22, 2017 is our jointed Christmas Party, and the WOTM will be doing a cake auction. Thank you, Gibby Fletcher Senior Regent 2

3 Lodge 1903 Officers Governor Eddie Wiggins Administrator Charles Geary Junior Governor Randy Tengel Treasurer Tom Burnam Prelate Walter Wommack Trustee (1 year) Ed Scott Trustee (2 year) Mike Paris Trustee (3 year) Wayne Fulton Jr. Past Governor John Toney Sr. Sergeant At Arms Walt Cosby WOTM 2322 Officers Senior Regent Gibby Fletcher Junior Regent Debra Fulton Secretary/Treas Lavonne Chenoweth Recorder Lynn Hall Guide Linda Dilly Assistant Guide Heidi Moore Friday Night Food: First Friday: Moose Legion Fish, Shrimp, Chicken Strips Fries and Slaw 6PM 8 PM. Combos Available. Second Friday: Sausage N Peppers or Hamburger, Slaw and Chips Third Friday: Cuban Leg Quarters, Yellow Rice, Black Beans, Bread & Flan Fourth Friday: Steak, Potato and Salad Fifth Friday: Burgers, Dogs, Slaw & Chips Congratulations Randy Derr for getting MOOSE OF THE YEAR We at Land O Lakes Moose Lodge thank you for all you do in our Lodge and our lives. The best Damn Steak cook around. LODGE MEETINGS GENERAL MEETING 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH JOINT MEETING 3rd WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH MOOSE LEGIONNAIRE MEETING Moved to Wednesday 8th. LOOM OFFICERS MEETING 1st & 3rd WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH W.O.T.M. MEETINGS 1st & 3rd THURSDAY EVERY MONTH DISTRICT 16 MEETING Dec. 10th at New Port Richey 1747 at 1PM.

4 NEW LOOM MEMBERS FOR MAY NAME: SPONSOR: Jason Treuverg Randy Tengle David Crider Gibby Fletcher Glenn Dixon Bill Aurthor Riscendo Vila Eddie Wiggins Charles Wiggins Eddie Wiggins John Cabrera Bill Hall Richard Gagen Bill Hall DJ Brunot Stephanie Simpson Richard Cambel Eddie Wiggans David Porter Eddie Wiggins NEW WOTM MEMBERS FOR MAY NAME: SPONSOR: Beverly Stovall Walter Wommack Gretchen Neyra Chris Cosby Tracey Treuberg Randolph Tengal For The Good Of The Order Orange Blossom Moose Legion Celebration at Land O Lakes Lodge 1903 on December 2nd. Starts at 11 AM. Anyone interested in becoming a Moose Legionaries please get with Tom Burnam our Committee Chairman to see if you qualify. Membership Appreciation night will be held Saturday December 16th. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church pantry food drive still going on, bring in your food donations by December 18th 6 PM. Christmas Party December 22nd starts at 6 PM. Nine O Clock Ceremony is to be done anytime you have a group of members present. It is all member s duty to donate a dollar that goes towards the endowment fund. This donation helps to make sure that Mooseheart and Moosehaven are able to continue if dismal times befall the Loyal Oder of Moose. Please donate each and every time as you took an oath when you joined to support our fraternity. Our great members have signed up a lot of new and former members that is really great for our lodge but we still need to concentrate on retaining our existing members. If there is someone you know who s dues are about to or already have expired let s contact them and let them know how much we really want them to stay and how important it is for support of Mooseheart and Moosehaven. Cheryl Shiver Cassie Register Lindsey Landry Brittany Bridges Cynthia Scheel Darlene Stilson Gibby Fletcher Gibby Fletcher Let s all keep signing up new and former members. Invite qualified candidates from other organizations to join the Moose. A special thank you to the WOTM Chapter 2322 for awarding me the Lifetime Achievement designation. I will endeavor to continue doing for the chapter in whatever capacity I can. Thank you very much again. Betty Allen 4

5 Hey You Guys, It s been quite some time since I last wrote an article for the newsletter. I have a short story about something that happened to me on December 14, (I know you are all thinking short story right Ha Ha) It was a really bad day for me. I d just moved back to Florida, left a marriage, had kid problems, felt terrible and it was raining. All in all a real crappy day. I had to stop and get gas for my broken beater of a car. I went inside the convenience store to pay and there on the counter was a vase filled with live roses. I thought to myself I deserve a rose today maybe it will make me feel better. So I bought one. As I walked out the door with my rose in hand there was a little old lady struggling to get her cart over the curb. I promptly set the rose down and helped her with her cart. She thanked me and I picked up my rose and headed to my car. I stopped half way, turned around, gave the old lady my rose and told her Happy Friday! The old lady started to cry and said Honey nobody has ever given me a rose before. She thanked me and told me I made her day. I was right. Buying that rose did make me feel better but giving that rose away made me feel absolutely WONDERFUL! I decided that day I that I had to experience that feeling at least once a week. Thus was born Happy FRIDAY and TAKE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES BECAUSE LIFE IS FAR TO SHORT NOT TO! See I told you it was a short story. Now the reason I m writing this article. As Most of you know already our MOOSETTE Laurie Landry is going thru cancer. She has a long road in front of her. I thought with all my Moose brothers and sisters we could have a fund raiser in order to ease some of her financial burdens. I thought what better day to have it than December 15, 2017 my 20th year anniversary of taking time to smell the roses. It will be a full day of events. I hope you all will come out. If you have any Items that you would like to donate for baskets or silent auctions it would be greatly appreciated. If you could get these items to me by December 11th it will give me a little time to figure out how to use them. Sorry this article was soooo long but as I said in the beginning it s been a long time since last I wrote one. I LOVE YOU ALL with all my heart and remember to TAKE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES BECAUSE LIFE IS FAR TOO SHORT NOT TO! With All My Love, Anita Hart Paris 5

6 L00M Birthdays for November 2017 Tom Flory 12/03 Lance Miller 12/23 Jeffery Simonson 12/04 Bill Amero 12/24 Royal Howard 12/09 Lee Tata 12/24 Anthony Chattin 12/11 Jack Cannon Sr. 12/24 Dale Dahlstrom 12/15 Thomas Wood 12/27 David Baute 12/15 Charles Elkins 12/29 Bryan Tunnell 12/16 George Brito 12/29 Jim Giangrosso 12/16 Randall Permentor Jr. 12/29 Ronald Radtke 12/18 James Massenburg 12/31 Ronald Olsen 12/21 WOTM Birthdays for November 2017 Susan Meli 12/06 Virginia Wesling 12/24 Viloa Laniewski 12/08 Cynthia Scheel 12/27 Carmae Braun 12/17 Susan Nelson 12/27 Carol McCarty 12/17 Rebecca Tolbert 12/28 Kathy Smith 12/17 Virginia Champion 12/28 Mary Fahey 12/20 Patsy Frank 12/31 H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y Elizabeth Eglin 12/21 6

7 Keep Sharing and Caring During Difficult Times By JAN FREGULIA/Executive Director, Moose Charitie Keep Sharing and Caring During Difficult Times A t this time, due to the catastrophes that have befallen our country and our neighboring countries, we need to understand how very precious life is and the importance of caring and sharing. Our Fraternity our family has come together to help those individuals who have suffered the loss of loved ones, their homes and to those who have been so tragically touched by hurricanes, earthquakes, and deadly shootings. Our Fraternity believes in the one for all, and all for one spirit. Our mission is, and will always be, to maintain the operations of the Mooseheart Child City & School and Moosehaven, our Fraternity s retirement community. And we ask that you keep this mission central in your thoughts at all times. God bless Mooseheart, Moosehaven and our Fraternity! Our mission is also to help our fellow man and this is said best in the following poem titled A Helping Hand by Ray Hansell: Make a difference Each day you live Open your heart Learn to give By JAN FREGULIA/Executive Director, Moose Charities Life for many Is so unkind Giving people Are hard to find So open your heart Give what you can We re all responsible For our fellow man It s so easy to look The other way But the tables could turn On any given day So help if you can For one day you maybe The one who s down and out The one no one will see. 7

8 Moose Tales December2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Moose Legion Dinner Night Fish, Shrimp, Fries & Slaw WOTM Ways and Means. Betty & Lynn duking it out football style 4 Bingo 6:30 PM. 10 games plus Progressive M 5 Queen Of Hearts 8 PM. 6 LOOM Officers 7 P.M. General 7:30 P.M 7 WOTM Officers 6:30 P.M. General 7 P.M. 8 Burgers, Sausage N Peppers, Chicken Strips. Karaoke by 7-11 PM District Meeting is at New Port Richey 1747 starts at 1 PM. 11 Bingo 6:30 PM. 10 games plus Progressive M 12 Legion 7PM Queen Of Hearts 8 PM PM! 14 4 P.M. till 7 P.M 15 Benefit / Fund Raiser for Laurie Landry 7-11 PM PM! 18 Bingo 6:30 PM. 10 games plus Progressive M 19 Queen Of Hearts 8 PM. 20 LOOM/WOTM Joint 630PM LOOM 7PM General 21 WOTM General 7 PM 22 Christmas Party and Steak Night with Baked Tater N Salad. WOTM Cake Walk PM! 25 Merry Christmas To All 26 Queen Of Hearts 8 PM P.M. till 7 P.M 28 4 P.M. till 7 P.M 29 Burgers, Dogs N Slaw Jack Happy New Year All! 8