December, 2019 Milford Elks Lodge #1589 · we share in the spirit of Christmas and prepare our...

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December, 2019

Milford Elks Lodge#1589

Milford, CT

(203) 874-1589

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Exalted Ruler Robert Muoio, PERLeading Knight Susan BernorLoyal Knight David WilliamsLecturing Knight Nancy Brennan, PERSecretary David Field, PDD, PERTreasurer Joe Mager IIIEsquire John Pirozzoli, PERTiler Ronald FontaineChaplain Dennis DowningInner Guard Thomas Hessberger

TrusteesOne Year Trustee James Hessberger, PDD, PERTwo Year Trustee Danette ContarasThree Year Trustee Jeffrey Hall, PER, ChairmanFour Year Trustee Peter MurrayFive Year Trustee Lisa Mitchals

PER Association President Jeff Hall, PER

Youth Activities Committee Jennifer Musante Drug Awareness Committee Kathy O’Connor HartHouse Committee Joe SotoActivities Committee David WilliamsPublic Relations Committee Andy Ancel

Permittee Ed Sekelsky

Hall Rental Danette Contaras (203) 623-1991 or Anne Marie Field at (203) 314-1831 Or email at [email protected]

Sickness & Distress contact Susan Bernor (203) 913-8616 or e-mail [email protected]

Bulletin Editor Sarah Muoio e-mail [email protected] or call/text (203) 308-3147

Officers Birthdays - DecemberWish another member Happy Birthday. Stop in the month of yourBirthday and start the day you choose to celebrate your birthday withus and both you and your significant other will receive acomplimentary drink of your choice.

2 Nancy Brennan, Daniel Johnson, Joseph Pouliot, Kiley Rayher3 Barbara Macisco4 Dennis Gaetano, Jeffrey Gamble6 Frank Liscio, Walter Pilkowicz LM, Nicholas Sostilio7 Jeffrey Feulner, Timothy Grivalsky8 Craig Thomas Sr., David Kozek, Kyle Stafford, Louis Swanson9 Ronald Kuhl LM, Donna Marie Noto11 Kevin Suech LM13 Arleen Jones, Joanne Ruotolo, Robert J. Smith, Rick Theriault14 Raymond T. Carroll, Jared Heon, James S. Hessberger Jr., Anthony Natale15 James O’Brien LM16 David Baldwin LM17 Justin Carroll, Guy Wannop18 Richard Jones21 Thomas Haray22 Ann Donnells, Kenneth Jalbert, Robert Kemp, John O’Gorman Chloe Zimmerman23 Mark Waters25 Vincent Schmidt LM, Steven Warren26 Paul Ouellette, Robert Radecki27 Jose Lopez, Michael Musante28 Warren Cullen LM, Richard Patry LM29 Kenneth Maraczi, Marlene Terry30 Daniel Kochman, Calvin Smith Jr.

LM Denotes Life Member


What’s Happening Exalted Ruler Message

Children’s Christmas Party

Saturday, December 14th, 20197PM-10PM

Join us in the Tap Room for ourannual Members Christmas Partyhosted by the House Committee.Each member will receive a free drinkticket. This is a pot luck party. Pleaseconsider bringing something to eat.Members who bring something tothe dinner table will get an extradrink ticket! Come out and enjoy agreat evening celebrating the holidayswith your Elks family!

Our annual Children’s Christmas Party is here!. Make sure you sign up outside the Tap Room door! There will be lots of fun activities for the kids. Breakfast will be served with Santa! This year, we are collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Milford Fire Department’s Toys 4 Tots collection. Bring a toy to the party, or drop it off anytime before 12/7 in the box down at the Lodge. Toys will be picked up by the Fire Department at the Children’s Christmas Party!

Saturday, December 7th, 201910AM-1PM

Ages 12 and UnderSign Up Outside Tap Room Door

Members all,

It’s hard to think another year has nearly passed us by, but here we are in the last month of 2019. I’m so proud of all we’ve accom-plished as a team this year and always amazed at the impact we contin-ue to make on our community. Our work as a group reminds me why I joined this great organization. As we celebrate the holidays and come together at the Lodge these next 4 weeks, let’s try to go back to basics. Be kind to your brother/sister Elk. Reach out to a friend who might need a hand. Respect each other, our Lodge, and this great organization we all share together. I hope to see you all at the members Christmas party. Most importantly to me, I look forward to participating in our charitable holiday events. Danette Contaras has already been working hard to get everything together for our annual Christmas basket project. Dona-tions are coming in. We were recently approved for the Beacon Grant through Elks National Foundation to go towards our charitable holi-day events. While the monetary aspect of these events are important, giv-ing your time to participate in packing and delivering the baskets is priceless. And so is the participation of all the members who come out to make our Chrismas Day dinner possible. Join us to boost the holi-day spirit around the Lodge, and within your own family, this Decem-ber. It won’t just make an impact on our community, but it’ll also be rewarding to all involved. From my family to yours, wishing you all a very merry Christ-mas, happy holidays, and a healthy new year. May these next few weeks be filled with love, happiness, and laughter for each of you and your families. Fraternally yours,Robert Muoio [email protected] Ruler (203) 308-3149

Annual Members Christmas Party


What’s Happening Secretary’s Message

Taproom Hours

Monday-Wednesday 4PM to 10PM Thursday 4PM to 10 PM Friday 3PM to 1 AM Saturday NOON to 1 AM Sunday NOON to 10 PM

Please Note: Happy Hour is now Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5-7!

Elk of the MonthThe Elk of the Month is Rich LoPresti. Rich stepped up to chair the Hoop Shoot Contest this year when we were in desperate need of someone to take the reigns. He did a great job advertising, drumming up participants, and running a successful event on our Lodge’s behalf. Thanks for your hard work and dedication, Rich!

Tip of the AntlersTip of the Antlers to Jen Musante & Jeff Hall for all their hard work with the Law/Foran Sportmanship Dinner. Also, to all the volun-teers who helped make the event a success. This night was a great exam-ple of the great works we do when everyone comes together as a team!

Tip of the Antlers to all those who donated a turkey, ham, or raffle basket for the Turkey Shoot and items for our upcoming Christmas raffles! Great job all!

Tip of the Antlers to Danette & Dan Contaras, Caitlin & Dave Williams, Lee Hill, and Sarah Muoio for all their hard work with the Thanksgiving Pre-Game Breakfast. This event has grown every year since it started 3 years ago and is a fun time that many people-look forward to each year!

Members, The holidays are fast upon us and two of the most wonderful and charitable events that the Lodge sponsors every year occur in Decem-ber. The holiday food basket project, in which we deliver boxes of food to members of our community the weekend before Christmas, and the Christmas Day dinner that we host for anyone in our community look-ing for hot food and fellowship on Christmas Day. I strongly encourage everyone to participate in one or both events. You won’t regret it. Details on both events are elsewhere in this month’s bulletin. Also, I’d like to remind everyone that in the month of December the Lodge reduces the fee for a Reinstatement to just $1.00. If you know of a former member who has dropped their membership, please contact them to encourage them to consider rejoining our fantastic organization. I’ve decided to restructure the Secretary’s message a bit to pro-vide more “at a glance” type information. I hope you like it. Delinquent Members: 36 Reinstatements: 1 pending Membership Applications: Craig L. Rua – Reinstatement Candidates awaiting Investigation: 3 (12-9-2019) Initiation: Scheduled for 12-3-2019 Judith O’Connor, Patrick Dew, Jennifer Paskiewicz, Caitlin Williams, Jacqueline Murcko Orientation: Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 7:00 Balloting: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Celeste Falcone proposed by Sue Bedworth Peter Berube proposed by Katie Martino Lynn Viesti Berube proposed by John C. Drapp III

As always feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.

Fraternally,Dave Field, [email protected]


What’s Happening Volunteers Needed

Spreading Christmas CheerFriday-December 20th at 6:30 PMChristmas Basket Packing- Join us in the Lodge hall as we share in the spirit of Christmas and prepare our Christmas baskets for delivery.

Saturday-December 21st at 9 AMChristmas Basket Delivery- Gather the troops and join us to deliver our Christmas baskets to some very deserving families. This is a rewarding and fun event that’s a Milford Elks’ tradition!

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If your member number is listed below, your dues for the 2019-2020 lodge year are delinquent. If you wish to discuss your payment,

please contact Dave Field at 203-376-3089 or [email protected]

Delinquent Member List

Christmas Day Dinner-December 25th11 AM- 2 PM

Please join us on Christmas Day as we serve a hot buffet dinner toour friends in the Milford community. This event is free to anyonewho needs a warm meal, a place to be on Christmas,and the fellowship of our members. The dinner is from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, but volunteers are needed starting at 8:00 am for cooking/set up, and we’re usually finished with clean up by 3:00 pm.Family and friends are always welcome to help out, too, including kids and teens.

Donate to our Annual Christmas BasketFood Drive!

Our Christmas Basket Campaign is back! This is one very important way the Milford Elks helps those in need in our community. Please consider making a donation to help us deliver a basket to a family for the holidays. Each basket is designed to feed a family of up to four people for two to three days.

You can sponsor a basket for only $25.00.

Any amount is greatly appreciated. And, please share with family,friends, businesses, and co-workers!


What’s HappeningWhat’s Happening

Karaoke Nights

Get Your Raffle Tickets!

Saturday, December 7th, 2019Saturday, December 21st, 2019Grab the mic or just come out and enjoy the entertainment of karaoke night twice a month!

SAVE THE DATE!Friday, January 17th, 2020 Paint & Sip- 6:30PM- $35 per person

There is a raffle with several different Christmas items in the Tap Room. The money raised will

help with the Christmas Dinner for the needy. Stop by and grab your

tickets!

New Year’s Eve PartyTuesday, December 31st, 2019

Reserve your tickets now for an-other amazing New Year’s Party at the Milford Elks! Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $50 per

person and include dinner, music, and a champagne toast.

Dinner will start with salad and move on to the main course of Prime

Rib, potato, and vegetables. Dance the night away with family and

friends as you ring in the New Year with a champage toast. There will be raffles as well including a big prize

for dinner at Mohegan Sun’s Tuscany Grill! Spread the word and let’s make this event a night to remember as we

enter 2020!

7:30 PM $50 per person

In Memoriam“Living or dead, an Elk is never forgotten, never foresaken.”

To our absent member...

Barbara A. Weber, November 20th, 2019


Trustee’s Corner House Committee NotesThe Elks Diner will be on hiatus for the month of December to allow the committee to review possible other alternatives. Each week we will announce what the Friday food will be, but that will be subject to change based on holidays. We do have some exciting events planned including the Adult Christmas Pot Luck Party on Saturday December 14th starting at 7pm. Anyone who brings in a dish will get an extra drink ticket.

The Elk’s New Year’s Eve Party will begin at 7:30 with cocktails and hors d’oeuvre and prime rib dinner will be served at 8:30 dancing and champagne toast at midnight. Tickets are $50 per person.

Roast Beef Sandwiches are back on Saturday. Come down for a warm sandwich.

We still need volunteers to help with many different events, but don’t want to be on the Committee please contact me [email protected] or 203-667-8107. Also, if anyone has an idea for an event email or call me with suggestions.

MEMBERS ALL,

We’re are now in the month of December, a very busy month at the lodge. Christmas baskets, members Christmas party, Christmas dinner and a New Years party. Please consider your support of these great events to continue their success.

We had the carpet in the lodge room cleaned and it looks great.Our final punch list with our contractor is getting smaller but still not complete, hopefully it will be this month. Our kitchen hood has been inspected and pasted for another year, this is required by fire inspector and health department and needed for our liquor license renewal in January.

The trustees will be working on repair of two of our existing cameras in the lodge and adding another 8 or 10 cameras between our lodge room hall upstairs and front and rear parking lots.

The trustees would like to wish all members and families, friends a very warm and Merry Christmas and Happy and safe New Year and the Lodge a very prosperous 2020!!

Any questions, comments or suggestions please speak to any of your Trustees.

Fraternally yours,Jeff Hall PERTrustee Chairman


SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7Lodge Meeting- 7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Children’s Christmas Party- 10AM- 1PMHappy Hour 5PM-7PMKaraoke- 8PM

8 9 10 11 12 13 14Activities CommitteeMeeting-6:30PM

Couple’s Night 6PM-9PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PMCountry Line Dancing- 7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PMMembers Christmas Party- 7PM

15 16 17 18 19 20 21Lodge Meeting- 7PM

Couple’s Night6PM-9PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PMChristmas Basket Packing- 6:30PM

Basket Delivery-9AMHappy Hour 5PM-7PMKaraoke- 8PM

22 23 24 25 26 27 28Tap Room Closes at 7PM

Christmas Day Dinner- 11-2Tap Room Closed

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

Happy Hour 5PM-7PM

29 30 31New Year’s Party-7:30PM

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