Morton Grove Moose Family Center # 376 Moose News€¦ · families over the Thanksgiving and...

Niles West High School to Participate in Moose Youth Awareness Program

If you have not heard, paid attention or remember the “Story of the Moose” when you were enrolled or received your orientation, the “Moose” is a world-class Non-Profit Fraternal Organization with the Community they serve at heart. We are now extremely proud to be associated with our local high school. Kaine Osburn, Principal, Niles West High School, has agreed to participate with our Moose Youth Awareness Program. In short, some qualified and enthusiastic high school students will be trained to deliver an important message to the middle and grammar school children within our school district. They will be trained and will compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships. Since our inception we have enjoyed a positive and rewarding experience with both the Village of Morton Grove and the Morton Grove Park District. Within the last month we have contributed to the community by supporting the Second Annual Family Festival and Block Party in honor of Family Circle Magazine recognizing Morton Grove for being one of the ten best cities to raise a family. More recently, the Village and the Park District hosted a Children’s Halloween Party. Hayrides, Fun and Games, Goody Bags and a Haunted House were provided to all interested parents and their children. Upcoming events in the near future include hosting the “Santa Comes to Town” Event at our Lodge after the Christmas Parade. We are also working with the local fire department to supply our most needy families over the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays with a collection basket. We also recently sponsored our Annual Haunted Trails Outing for the children at Mooseheart in partnership with other local lodges in our Moose Legion jurisdiction. If you have a suggestion as to how we can better serve our community, please do not hesitate to ask any one of our officers our attend one of our general meetings scheduled for the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.

Membership 2

Sudoku 2

The Good of Order 3

Governor’s Corner 3 Sickness and Distress 3 Congratulations 3

Needy Basket 3 Larry King Live 4

Moose Riders 4

Pilgrim Celebration 5

Turkey Raffle Tickets 6

Children’s Christmas 7

Steak & Fish Dinners 10 Calendar Summary 11

Adult Christmas Party 7

Family Turkey Raffle 5

Star Recorder Day 8

Blackjack Tournaments 9

WOTM Bazaar 9

Moose NewsMoose News Morton Grove Moose Family Center # 376

Children’s Halloween Party a Huge Success

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Morton Grove Moose Family Center # 376 6419 Chestnut Street Morton Grove, IL 60053 Phone: (847) 965-2928 Fax: (847) 965-0098 [email protected] Todd Evan Kramer–Editor

November - December 2008 Volume V - Issue 6

Thanks to Cristie, Tori, Glenn, John Hoffman, Julie Higgins and Russ

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We want to thank everyone who has sponsored a new or former member recently & welcome t h o s e n e w l y acquainted with the Loyal Order of

Moose. Please do not forget about your family members, business associates and comrades who do not currently belong to this great fraternity. By sponsoring a new member you will be entitled to a free Steak Dinner (first Tuesday of the month) and will be our next Bull Moose until someone else steps up to the plate As a sponsor you will also receive an invitation to our preferred members party held in May of each year. The Preferred Member’s Party is open to all sponsors. Both men and women. Each year this celebration promises to get better and better. There are other incentives offered by Moose Intl’ and the Illinois Moose Association. All new members will receive a copy of the Illini Moose and a Moose International Magazine.

Member Sponsor Darren Chmiel Tom Segretti Gary daRosa Lawrence Anderson Gaving daRosa Lawrence Anderson Victor Elarde Lerv Schmidt William Greene Don Stewart Franz Grossman John Jamruska Jon Gursky John Hoffman Adam Keenan Patrick Forte Franz Lenhardt Richard Forte Michael Luft Glenn Murphy Brendan McKenna Andy Arkus Thomas Munvon Gregory Noncz Dean Okrzesik Transfer from River Park #2578 Dave Petersen Derek Hilliard Charles Provo Tom Ciucci Albert Rigoni Daniel Gooris Jim Saraceno Richard Sudendorf Gene Spina John Jamruszka James Thornhill Dean Okrzesik

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Letter from the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to thank the Women of the Moose for their efforts to make my Pilgrim Celebration a wonderful experience. I want to thank the Pilgrims

who came as far as St. Louis to honor me on that day. Special appreciation goes to Hank and June Gooris, Glenn, Jack, Don and Lenny for inspiration that goes beyond words. I can not express my gratitude enough for all who attended. In particular, my father and brothers and the final touches from the honorable Mayor of Morton Grove, Rick Krier. Happy Holidays to all. - Todd Kramer, Editor

For the Good of the Order Administrator’s Corner

Hi everyone - It looks like summer is really gone and the end of the year holiday’s are upon us. Our fish fry’s and steak dinners are going well again. Once again thank you to everyone involved in organizing those two functions and volunteer-ing their services. Thank you to Cristie Panke and her committee

who put together the Halloween party for the kids. A job well done. We had an orientation in October which was well attended. We showed a couple of videos about the current humanitarian efforts at Mooseheart and Moosehaven. I believe the new members learned a great deal about the obligations we have to those two commitments and our community service efforts. Thanks to Todd for a job well done. In November we will be having our Annual Turkey Raffle and dinner on Nov. 22, 2008. Raffle tickets are on page six. Please do not waste anytime sending in your donations as the proceeds will be earmarked for our Children’s Annual Christmas Party. If you like to have fun, come out and participate in the functions we have to offer our members at our Moose Family Center. We had a tailgate party that was enjoyed by every-one that attended. Thanks to Governor, Glenn, for cooking and to everyone who brought a dish for all to enjoy. Fraternally, Don Stewart, Administrator

Sickness & Distress

We are saddened to hear about the passing of Laura Borgard & Sandy Karnatz mom. Our prayers are with their families. Get well wishes to Eva Miller. Wecome home Big Ron.

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Governor’s Corner I’d like to take this opportunity to define my role as Governor of our fine Lodge. First of all, I took on this position because of my love for our lodge, what “Moose” stands for and to do the best job I can for our membership.

In recent months, I have been confronted by some members and have also heard feedback regarding the enforcement of rules, new procedures imposed upon us by Mooseheart and the overall operations of the Lodge. I alone do not set the rules, but as Governor, I am obligated to enforce them. Our precedence should and is with the majority and we must always abide by the general laws of Moose International and the by-laws of our lodge and the Illinois Moose Association. I will state that during my tenure, I’ve had an awful lot of cooperation and support from the majority of members. I can not say enough about the members, too many to name, both men and women of the Moose that pull together, and are there when called upon to make this organization the best that it can be. My heartfelt thanks go out to all of you. It has indeed been a challenging term in office this past year and a half with many major changes and new beginnings. There are intelligent approaches to resolutions. I believe that open communication is the key. I am willing to talk to anyone that has concerns regarding the operations of this Lodge. My door is always open. I look forward to the rest of my term as Governor, the support of the entire membership, both men and women and working with the best Moose Fraternity in the country. Fraternally, Glenn Murphy, Governor

Congratulations to Tim and Michelle Kessem on the birth of their son on September 5th, 2008. Raymond Jacob, 8 lbs. 14 oz. 21 “ Congratulations to RJ and Van Ruggeri on the birth of their son and to the proud grandparents Roger and Linda Ruggeri. Cole Anthony Ruggeri Born October 1st, He weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 1/2 oz. 20" long.

Congratulations

Do not forget the less fortunate at Thanksgiving or Christmastime! The next time you stop by the Lodge, please remember to bring in a non-perishable food item, new toys or other gift items for the young or old. Cash donations are also accepted. These gifts will be delivered to the needy families in our community, so be generous and open your hearts.

Needy Basket

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Moose Organization Target Of Defamatory Statement Oct. 16th by Bill Maher on Larry King Live;

Moose International Seeks Airing of Its Response

Official Statement Released by Moose International October 17, 2008:

Political commentator/comic Bill Maher, speaking on CNN's Larry King Live on Thursday, Oct. 16, in an exchange with host Larry King about how various groups may vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, made a defamatory reference to "the racists down by the Moose Lodge". Following is a statement from Moose International's Department of Communications & Public Affairs, released midday Friday, Oct. 17 to the producers of Larry King Live, with the request that it be read on a Larry King Live broadcast this week or as soon as is practical:

Mr. King: On behalf of more than 1.1 million men and women of the Moose fraternal organization, we at Moose International take great offense, and seek to correct the record, in the wake of Bill Maher's gratuitous attack on Moose members as "racist" on the Larry King Live broadcast of Thursday evening, Oct. 16.

First, the Moose organization welcomes men and women of ALL ethnicities as members. Secondly and more importantly, the Moose organization not only conducts tens of millions of dollars worth of community service annually all over North America; but moreover, raises tens of millions of dollars annually to provide a home and school for children and teens in need, of ALL ethnicities, at its Mooseheart Child City and School west of Chicago. We have also, for many decades, provided full-ride college scholarships to any academically qualifying graduate of Mooseheart -- and over the last five years, fully one-third of the students receiving those scholarships have been African-American.

These are facts that Mr. Maher could have easily obtained from us--had he been interested in the truth--before voicing his smug and ignorant attack against the Moose organization on your broadcast.

We encourage anyone to learn more about our organization at www.mooseintl.org or www.mooseheart.org. Kurt Wehrmeister, Director/Communications & Public Affairs,

Moose International

Kurt Wehrmeister Larry King Bill Maher

The Moose Riders of Morton Grove is a newly formed group started last month with a group of lodge members from the Morton Grove Moose Lodge 376 and the Morton Grove Women of the Moose that love to get out and ride. We want to help raise money for our Lodge, Mooseheart our child city, and also to raise funds for our communities with fund raisers. At this time we are looking for members of the LOOM and WOTM who love to ride and enjoy the freedom of the open road. We are a newest generation of Moose Members with a heart of gold. Making a difference in our lodge, Mooseheart and in our communities. The Moose riders will be holding group rides on the 2nd Sunday of each month weather permitting departure time is 10AM. To ride with the group you must have an up to date insurance card. In the event of inclement weather we will still meet at

the lodge for some laughs at 12:30. If you have questions regarding the Moose riders please do not hesitate to contact me at 773-216-6954 or come out to one of the rides or meetings. Fraternally, Russ Grummel, Moose Riders Chairman, Morton Grove # 376


Annual Family Turkey Raffle Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Doors Open at 6:00 PM

50 Turkeys to be Raffled Free Draft Beer and Turkey Dinner

Donation: $ 5.00 per ticket Sell five tickets and get one free Bonus: For every 5 Tickets you sell, you receive a $10.00 gift certificate for any

Jewel-Osco product

Winners need not be present ! Proceeds to fund Annual Children’s Christ-

mas Party Tickets on reverse side of this page

Pilgrim Celebration

Above left, Todd and Anna Banana. Above right, Rollie Abell, MC, Jorden Higgins, special child, G l e n n M u r p h y , G o v e r n o r , Scot Baikie, Pilgrim Sgt.-at-Arms. Lower left, Jim Hobbs, Intl’ and State Publicity Chairman. Honorable Mayor of Morton Grove, Rick Krier, IMA Regional Director, Ron Kozuszek & Intl’ Asst. Membership Chairman, Byron Dalton


Morton Grove Moose Family Center

Annual Turkey Raffle November 22nd 2008 @ 6:00 PM

50 Turkeys to be raffled Winner need not be present

Turkey Dinner and Free Draft Beer Donation: $5.00

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Morton Grove Moose Family Center's

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GALA

Saturday, December 13th @ 6:30 PM

LIVE MUSIC

Featuring: "A Dime a Dozen"

CASH BAR - RAFFLE

Excellent Food

DONATION: $20.00 PER PERSON

Please Call and Reserve Your Tickets Today

No tickets will be sold at the door!

Registration For Children’s Christmas Party Sunday, December 14th, 2008

LIMITED TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN (TEN AND UNDER) OF THE LOYAL ORDER AND WOMEN OF THE MOOSE.

Child’s Name (First and Last) Age Gender 1. _________________________________________________________ __________ ________ 2.__________________________________________________________ _________ ________ 3.__________________________________________________________ _________ ________ __________________________________________________________ ________________ Member’s Name (Please Print) Number of Adults DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 2008

Santa Claus to Visit the Morton Grove Moose Family Center In honor of his visit we are hosting a Children’s Christmas Party at Noon on December 14th. All good Moose Boys and Girls of members in good-standing that are ten and under are invited to attend. The festivities will begin at Noon. Complimentary hot dogs and chips will be served. Santa wants to make sure he has enough gifts for all, so please fill out and mail this form or drop it off on or before the December 7th deadline. Children registered for gifts must be present to receive them. Please indicate how many adults will be attending so we can adequately prepare for a wonderful experience for everybody. Clip form below and mail to: Morton Grove Moose Family Center, 6419 Chestnut Street, Morton Grove, IL 60053, Attn: Children’s Christmas Party or better yet, drop it off during normal business hours.

Women of the Moose


WOTM Holiday

Roast Pork Dinner, Bake Sale and

Bazaar Sunday, November 30th from 2:00 - 5:00 PM

Donation: $8.50 Adults, $4.25 for Children under 12

We will have a Ho-Ho-Whole Lot of Fun!

W.O.T.M. Star Recorder Day Sunday, November 9th @ 2:00pm

Blackjack Tournaments

September Winners October Winners

First place - Rick W. Second place - Joni Third place - Julia Fourth place - Jerry “B”

First place - Myrtle Second place- Andy Third place - Jan Fourth place - Kathy

Friday, November 21st and December 19th, 2008 We are looking for Gourmet Chefs for the Blackjack Tournaments

Sign up In the social quarters * Members Only!

- Moe Bryers, Sr. Regent

I hope that everyone is enjoying the fall. We have had such great weather and the trees are really looking pretty. I love the fall!!

I would like to thank Mary Grasso and all the people who helped with our ½ Way to St. Pat’s Day Party. The food was great – thank you Jack for all of your work getting the food here and preparing the food at the party. The entertainment was fantastic!! I can hardly wait until Stephen’s Green comes back to our lodge. The turn out was stupendous!! Thanks to everyone who was involved we made $900 which we donated to Special Olympics. What a fabulous event!!

On Sunday, November 30th we are having an exciting day!! It is our Holiday Bazaar, Bake Sale and Dinner. We will be selling a variety of things at our Bazaar as well as delicious baked goods. Donations are needed for the Bazaar and Bake Sale. Please price all the items you are donating for the bazaar and bake sale. We will be having a delicious pork roast dinner the cost is $8.50 per person (children under 12 are half price). Tickets are on sale in the Social Quarters. The hours are 3PM – 5PM. You won’t want to miss this great function.

We are also welcoming Everett our Sunshine Child to our lodge on November 30th at 2:00 PM. He will be coming with his house parents and the other children who live with him in the Pennsylvania house at Mooseheart. Everett will be celebrating his 14th birthday on November 29th so we will have a birthday cake and gifts for him when they come. Please stop by and meet Everett and his friends at 2PM.

Congratulations Todd Kramer on your wonderful Pilgrim Celebration here at the lodge on October 5th. It was a great turnout, and you certainly deserve it!! Thanks for all you do for the Moose and all of your friends here at the Morton Grove Moose Lodge! I would also like to thank all of the ladies who cooked or baked for the celebration, we truly appreciate your help!

We had a Pai Gow Poker Tournament on October 18th and everyone who attended had a great time. The money we raised will go for a party we will be having for the children with special needs at the Malloy School in Morton Grove. Joni and Mary did a great job dealing, thank you both. John made some delicious burgers, thanks for your help John. To everyone who played, thanks for participating. The winners of the tournament were Ray Till,

Clark Schroeder, Cathy Neimann and Otto Waage. Congratulations and thanks for your donations!! We raised $365 for the special needs children.

Did you know the Women of the Moose have a bulletin board where we keep important and interesting information??? It is located outside the hall. Janet and her helpers keep everyone abreast of all kinds of Moose news as well as Community information. Take a moment to check out what’s new on our board.

Effective October 1st Moose International has raised their share of our annual dues to $20. This decision was based in part on their assessments not staying in tune with inflation over the years and the rising costs of caring for our children at Mooseheart and the seniors at Moosehaven. They really had no choice in the matter, if we are to continue the level of care they have appreciated for almost 100 years. The WOTM of your chapter have reluctantly decided to raise your annual dues to $25.00 which will only net your chapter $5.00 per year.

The holidays are coming up and we have to change some of our meeting dates. Our November meetings will be on Sunday, November 9th at 2PM and Tuesday, November 25th at 7:30 PM. In December our meetings will be on Wednesday, December 10th and Tuesday, December 16th at 7:30 PM. Our holiday celebration will be at the December 10th meeting. In January we will go back to our regular schedule which is the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 PM. We love to see you, and hope you can make it to our meetings.

For the third consecutive year, the WOTM will be adopting a family to send presents to this holiday season. Anyone interested in donating or has any questions about the Holiday Adopt-a-Family Project can talk to an Officer of the WOTM or our project co-ordinator, Beth Naulty. ([email protected]) Save the dates:

January 11th – Women of the Moose Breakfast February 28th – Trivia Night

More information on these activities and others will be in the next Moose News. Fraternally yours, Moe Bryers Sr. Regent Chapter # 1329



Tuesday Night Family Steak Dinners First Tuesday of the Month

(November 4thd - December 2nd) Serving from 5:30 – 7:00 PM

Beautiful 8 oz. Butt Steak Dinner only $ 9.00 Marinated Chicken Breast Dinner only $ 7.00

Dinner includes Tossed Salad, Baked Potato, Corn, Grilled Onions and Coffee.

Please call with your Reservations. !

Fried Half Chicken served with honey mustard or bar b-q

KID’S MENU

Chicken Strips Served with choice of sauce

Fish and Chips Served with choice of potato chips or

Fried Ocean Perch Served with tartar sauce

Beer Battered Cod Served with tartar sauce

Fried Gulf Shrimp Six Jumbo Shrimps Served with cocktail

Farm Raised Catfish -Your choice of Filet or Fried

Broiled Atlantic Salmon Filet in garlic butter sauce

Fresh Walleye Pike Broiled to perfection

All selections are served with Cole Slaw, Dinner roll and your choice of Baked Potato or French Fries.

Tilapia Delicious

Hamburger or Cheeseburger 1/3 lb. Beef Patty Grilled to perfection

FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY MENU Served 2nd Friday of the Month

Between 5:30 – 8:00 P.M.

Please note: The Fish Fry’s on the Day after Thanksgiving and the Day after Christmas have been

cancelled. Our meeting schedules were also altered due to the Holidays!

November 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Moose Riders Meet

Second Sunday

Gourmet Chefs For Bear Games

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2 3 4 Family Steak Dinner

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9 W.O.T.M. Star Recorder

Day 2:00 PM

10 11 Veteran’s Day

Fly your Flag!

12 13 L.O.O.M. General Meeting 7:00 PM

14 Family

Fish Fry 5:30-8:00 PM

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16 First District Meeting

In Bellwood 10:00 AM

17 18 19 W.O.T.M. Officers Meeting 6:00 PM

20 21 Blackjack

Tournament 6:00 PM

22 Annual Family Turkey

Raffle 6:00 PM

23 24 L.O.O.M General Meeting 7:00 PM

25 W.O.T.M. Business Meeting 7:30 PM

26 27 Thanksgiving

Day Lodge Closed

28 Decorate The Lodge

With Us 7:00 PM

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30 W.O.T.M. Christmas

Bazaar 2:00-5:00 PM

December 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Family Steak Dinner

5:30-7:00 PM

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7 Village’s Santa Comes To

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8 9 10 W.O.T.M. Chapter Meeting 7:30 PM

11 12 Family

Fish Fry 5:30-8:00 PM

13 Adult Christmas

Party 6:30 PM

14 Moose Riders

Meeting

15 16 W.O.T.M. Business Meeting 7:30 PM

17 18 19 Blackjack

Tournament 6:00 PM

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21 Children’s Christmas

Party 12:00 Noon

22 23 24 Christmas Eve

Hours: Noon - 8:00PM

25 Christmas Day

Lodge Closed

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28 29 30 31 New Year’s Eve

Hours: Noon - 6:00 PM


L.O.O.M. Officers # 376 Governor – Glenn Murphy

Jr. Past Governor – Todd Kramer

Jr. Governor – Len Fair

Prelate – Ed Stojak

Treasurer – Gerald Swearingen

1-Year Trustee – Russ Grummel

2-Year Trustee – Jack Balsamo

3-Year Trustee – Craig Christiansen

Sgt-of-Arms – John Hoffman

Inner Guard – Jim Donnelly

Outer Guard – John Omischl

Asst. Sgt at Arms - Dusty Rhodes

Administrator - Don Stewart

W.O.T.M. Officers # 1329 Sr. Regent – Maureen Bryers

Jr. Graduate Regent – Mary Grasso Junior Regent –Janet Reilly Chaplain – Eileen Cavalaris

Secretary/Treasurer – Cathy Dunlap Recorder – Melanie Murphy

Morton Grove Moose Family Center # 376 6419 Chestnut Street Morton Grove, IL 60053 Phone: (847) 965-2928 Fax: (847) 965-0098 [email protected] Todd Evan Kramer–Editor [email protected]

Deadline for contributions for January-February issue is December 18th

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