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Loyal Order of Moose Arlington #1315 Lodge

5710 Scoville Street, Falls Church, VA 22041 Social Quarters: (703) 820-9345 DECEMBER 2018

A Challenge to Spread the Holiday Cheer Our Fraternity is Adopting 4 Families for Christmas

The Arlington Fraternity will be adopting 2 local families through the charity organization Brighter Paths, AND adopting children from 2 families that attend the Glen Forest Elementary School, to assist them in celebrating the Christmas holiday. These families are suffering economically; therefore, our fraternity is hoping that our members will extend kindness and generosity by donating presents in support of these families. In

addition, we are requesting the donation of food for the two families being adopted through Brighter Paths for their Christmas dinner. The Lodge will be receiving the information about the children/families (sex, ages, and clothing sizes) at the beginning of December, and we will provide this information to our membership through our weekly communications emails and lists posted in the Social Quarters.

There will be a collection box within the Social Quarters for your donations.

Finally we have a Name for Our Lodge’s Moose … ARLIE! The Arlington Fraternity wants to thank the 35 members who participated in our “fun” contest to determine a name for our Moose head in the Social Quarters. It was close, but Arlie beat out Magnus by 2 votes. The sponsor of the winning name was Evelyn Lewis (of the Lewis Clan). For the record, the name is for Arlington! Please introduce him when visitors come to the Lodge.

Upcoming Social Events

(details on Pages 2-4)

December 2nd Legion Breakfast December 2nd Moose Orientation December 8th Green Cap Celebration for Patti Rodas December 15th WOTM Children’s Christmas Party December 15th Celebrate the Holidays December 24th Salute to Christmas

Future Scheduled Events beginning on

Page 9

Happy Holidays to all members within the

Moose Fraternity!

Pearl Harbor Remembrance

Day

December 7

Winter Begins

December 21

Christmas Day

December 25

Hanukkah

begins

December 2

The Lodge will be CLOSED Christmas Day! The decision was made due to minimum attendance/business during this day over the past years. Enjoy the chance to be with those that you love!

WANTED: Volunteers to help decorate the Social Quarters for the Holidays!

Snow is coming

Loyal Order of Moose Arlington #1315 Lodge Monthly Newsletter

DECEMBER 2018 Website: arlington1315.org

Thanksgiving Family Feast – November 22nd The Arlington Fraternity wants to thank Billy Hensley, Joyce Chaffins, Liz Coombs, Tom Oderwald, and Marty Mendel for cooking, preparing, and dishing (for the buffet) this excellent feast on a special day. In addition, an acknowledgement is in order for all those members that washed the many, many pots & pans from this event! Note: the turkeys were cooked in the large smoker in the back yard. (continued on Page 14)

Legion Breakfast – Sunday, December 2nd (10:00am – 1:00pm) Start the holiday season right by enjoying a “fulfilling” breakfast on a Sunday morning before you venture into the hustle-n-bustle commercial world of buying those needed presents. It’s an all-you-can-eat breakfast ($8.00/adult). As usual, the buffet portion of this event will consist of sausage patties/links, bacon, heated maple syrup, fruit salad, and home fried potatoes. From the kitchen there will be “made-to-order” eggs (any way you want them including omelets), pancakes, and French toast. Furthermore, there will be at least one “surprise” food item, coffee, and orange juice. And if you’re too stuffed after eating to go shopping … you can always stay at the Lodge to watch the NFL games.

New LOOM & WOTM Member Orientation on Sunday, December 2nd at 12:00pm (Noon) The orientation will occur near the end of the Legion Breakfast. New members that plan to attend the orientation should come early to enjoy the breakfast offering; as the Lodge/Chapter will pay the breakfast fee. Attendance at the orientation is not mandatory for continuing membership, but we are hoping that everyone wants to know about our

support to Mooseheart & Moosehaven … and maybe learn some answers to questions about our Arlington Fraternity.

Arlington #1315 Moose Lodge

Hours of Operation Monday – Wednesday 3:00pm to 11:00pm Thursday Noon to 11:00pm Friday Noon – 12:00am Saturday Noon – 12:00am Sunday Noon to 10:00pm Social Quarters & ABC Manager Joyce Chaffins

ABC Managers Michael Pogue Angella Coles Jane Kennedy

Dinner Every Friday Night

6pm-8pm $10 per person

Menu announced in weekly emails or call the Lodge

Kwanzaa

begins

December 26

Bar Bingo will NOT be played during the Month of December 2018

Bar Bingo will begin again in January!

Boxing Day

December 26

Pull for the House! A Pull Tab Recycling

Program at Our Lodge Collection of aluminum can pull tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald Charities of Greater Washington, DC

DECEMBER

EVENT

DECEMBER

EVENT


Contact Us: [email protected] DECEMBER 2018

Moose

of the

Month

Children’s Christmas Party Saturday, December 15th 12:00am – 2:00pm Santa will take time from his busy schedule and visit our Lodge to get last minute gift requests from the children and provide an early present to each (assuming that they have been good this past year). Lunch will be provided at the start of the event for the children; chicken nuggets will be the main entree. There will be some activities to entertain

the children; however, the activity with Santa Claus usually takes an extended portion of time in the event. Parents are encouraged to take memorable pictures of their children with Santa, and the Lodge will also be taking pictures to place on the Arlington website.

Please sign up those children who plan to attend, either in person at the Lodge or call (703) 820-9345 by December 9th. It is important that you provide the name of the child and his/her age.

** Sorry, walk-ins cannot be accommodated for this event **

Arlington WOTM Chapter #1253

Board of Officers 2018-2019

Senior Regent Judith York Junior Regent Linda Councill Jr. Graduate Regent Patti Rodas Secretary/Treasurer Sarah Shannon Recorder Rose Russo Guide Betty McLaurin Assistant Guide Roxanne Coles-Matis

Arlington #1315 Board of Officers

2018-2019 Governor Bernie Cerroni Jr. Governor Thomas Oderwald Prelate Ralph Phillips Jr. Past Governor Gregg Cady Administrator John Matis Treasurer Andre McFail Trustees Joseph Russo Dean Massey David Kish Sergeant-of-Arms Tim Nields Outer Guard Randy Nolan Inner Guard Steve Sisson

Watch the College Football Bowl Games

at the Lodge

Green Cap Celebration Honoring Joan “Patti” Rodas Saturday, December 8th (2:00pm to 6:00pm) Attend the Arlington Chapter celebration to honor Joan “Patti” Rodas for receiving her Green Cap at the 81st Annual Virginia Moose Association Convention in August. The Arlington Chapter had many accomplishments with her guidance as the Senior Regent from May 2017 to April 2018. Food will be served after the ceremony.

Thank you Patti for all your hard work!

DECEMBER

EVENT

DECEMBER

EVENT

Fellowship Degree Meeting The Arlington Lodge extends a thank you to Joseph “Ed” Jones, Larry Anderson, Terry Pamplin, George Warrington, George “Billy” Hensley Jr., Ralph Phillips, Bruce Pickett, and John Matis for their time and efforts to meet on November 5th to evaluate and recommend another member of our Lodge for the Fellow Degree of Honor.

VMA District 4 Karaoke Contest – November 17th After each contestant sang 2 songs, there was a 3-way tie for first place; and a third song was required by the 3 finalists. The winner to represent District 4 at the VMA Mid-Year Conference is Rachael Arriaga of Manassas #1380/ #1392.

mailto:[email protected]


DECEBER 2018 Social Quarters: (703) 820-9345

Another Year that was Successful For Retention Week (In Our Eyes) There were many activities during this dedicated week (& the prior weekend) to attract our members to come to the

Arlington Fraternity and to entice new & former Moose members to visit our Fraternity. The activities consisted of an Open House with the Sunset Manor Community on October 27th that included an invitation to the Children’s Halloween Party, the Membership Appreciation Breakfast on November 4th (with the Fellowship Meeting afterwards), a Retention Call-A-Thon after the LOOM General Meeting on November 6th, and the Honor Our Veterans Celebration on November 10th. The Arlington Fraternity did not enroll any new members; but we got to welcome many families in the local community, to have our members get together for a complementary meal for their efforts over the past year, and have our members honor those individuals within the Arlington Fraternity and guests who dedicated a portion of their lives to serve our Country.

Un-Oktoberfest

Saturday, January 5th

Support the VMA District 4 Cash Bash Raffle

Raffle Tickets are $15/each (Only 600 tickets to be sold with

$6,000 in prizes)

Drawing at VMA District 4 Quarterly Meeting in January

Chapter Award of

Achievement (7th Consecutive Year)

Watch the 2018-19 College Football

Championship Game

at the Lodge

Monday, January 7th

KidsCare

(Snow Emergency)

Food Kits Assembly

January 5th

Sponsored by Bailey’s Crossroads

Rotary Club

Celebrate the Holidays December 15th (5:00pm – 7:00pm) Why should the kids only have a celebration at the Lodge for the holiday? That’s why we extend an invitation to our members and their guests to come relax at the Lodge to enjoy some “me” time. The Administrator is willing to listen to what our members want Santa to give them for Christmas; however, he will not tolerate anyone sitting on his lap (weak knees)! The offered fare for this celebration will be something easy to cook … chili, and corn bread. After stuffing their bellies, our members can sit back with their favorite beverage and watch two NFL

games beginning at 4:30pm [Houston vs. N.J. Jets @4:30pm & Cleveland vs. Denver @8:00pm]. Also, there are six college football bowl games beginning at 12:00pm (noon).

Salute to Christmas December 24th (5:00pm – 8:00pm) Staying in town for the Holidays? Then stop by the Lodge for a complementary drink to celebrate the spirit of the season on Christmas Eve. The Lodge will provide an assortment of appetizers. Let Santa Clause do all the work on this evening while you sit back and relax. Ho! Ho! Ho! [For the record, you can ask but it is believed that there will be no volunteers to assist you in assembling any gifts that Santa may have left for the children].

DECEMBER

EVENT

DECEMBER

EVENT


Website: arlington1315.org DECEMBER 2018

Super Bowl Party at the Lodge

Sunday,

February 3rd beginning at

6:00pm

Nominate a Lodge & Chapter Member

for Volunteer of the Quarter

(October - December 2018)

Deadline is December 31, 2018

NO PHOTO AVAILABLE

Next Moose Legion Committee Meeting on Thursday, December 13th @6:30pm

WOTM members & LOOM members are welcome to attend

Fish Fry Revisited

No. 12

Saturday, January 19th

WOTM Italian Dinner – November 17th Momma Mia! As the Italians believe, food solves everything … but we did not know when to stop eating to discuss our current minor problems of our Fraternity. Plenty of food, and if anyone left hungry … it was their own fault! The WOTM stated that it was another successful fundraiser event, as there were over 25 members and guests that enjoyed the home-made food buffet.

The menu selection consisted of Il primo: green tossed salad, Minestrone soup, cheese and grape platter & Italian bread; Il secondo: Lasagna, seafood classico, penne alfredo with chicken, eggplant parmigiana, chicken/sausage mozzarella pasta, and ravioli with meat sauce, AND Il dolce: chocolate “Billy-misu”, cannoli, chocolate cake, and ricotta cheese cake. The WOTM extends a thank you to Roxanne Coles-Matis, Donna Field, Liz Coombs, Andrea Hensley, Rose Russo, Judith York, Anna Phillips, Betty McLaurin, Tommy Oderwald, Billy Hensley, Andre McFail, and John Matis for being a volunteer “CHEF” and/or contributing in this event. In addition, an appreciation is offered to all the volunteers who performed the clean up after the appetites of everyone was satisfied.

Mangia bene, ridi spesso, ama molto! (Eat well, laugh often, love much)

The Cold Weather is Here

Dress Warmly!

Chinese New Year

Celebration

Saturday, February 2nd

VMA Raffle Tickets for Sale “20 Drawings” will be held

for $1,000 Each!

Drawings of the raffle is January 19, 2018 @VMA Mid-Year Conference

Please support the Virginia Moose Association Raffle tickets are being sold by the bartenders ($10 each)!

** Arlington #1315 needs to sell 40 Tickets **

The Arlington Moose Legion Committee Corner (1) The meeting on November 15th was cancelled on the meeting day due to bad weather (first snow of this year that made everyone panic). It had been rescheduled to November 29th.


DECEMBER 2018 Contact Us: [email protected]

Arlington #1315 Lodge sponsored a “wreath”

Brian Birtell LOOM Volunteer

of the Quarter (July –

September 2018)

Rose Russo WOTM Volunteer

of the Quarter (July –

September 2018)

Electronic Pull-Tabs by Powerhouse Gaming

at the Arlington

#1315 Moose Lodge

(9 Gaming Stations)

Redskins “Calling All Cooks” Sundays There were only two Redskin games played in November that qualified for “Calling All Cooks”, as the game against the Atlanta Falcons was played on the same day as the Membership Appreciation Breakfast (everyone was going to be stuffed), and the game against the Dallas Cowboys was

on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday). The Lodge wants to thank Billy Hensley, Joyce Chaffins, and Andrea Hensley, for providing chicken wings, macaroni & cheese, and baked beans for the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 11th. Liz Coombs & Tom Oderwald had volunteered for the game against the Houston Texans on November 18th; however, there was so much food left over from the WOTM Italian Dinner the night before that those remaining items were again offered instead during the Redskin game. Liz & Tom offered to volunteer for another game on December 16th.

Please volunteer to participate as a cook in December; refer to listed games above! It is noted that “Calling All Cooks” that was scheduled for December 23rd against the Tennessee Titans was cancelled as the NFL changed this game to Saturday. Remember … the Lodge will pay for the purchase of the food that will be offered and the cook(s) + partner(s) eat for free on the day of their offering.

Issue: 2018-12 Newsletter

Contributions

Editor John Matis Writers Bernie Cerroni Judith York John Matis Proofreading Liz Coombs

Volunteers are needed for future

articles for the Newsletters

Watch Redskin Football Games at the Lodge

Monday, December 3rd @8:15pm – at Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, December 9th @1:00pm – vs. New York Giants ◄ Sunday, December 16th @1:00pm – at Jacksonville Jaguars ◄ Saturday, December 22nd @4:30pm – at Tennessee Titans Sunday, December 30th @1:00pm – vs. Philadelphia Eagles ◄

◄ “Calling All Cooks” Offering

9th Annual

Honor Our Veterans Celebration – November 10th The Arlington Fraternity had its second ceremony for the Valued Veterans Program; as we had confusion in receiving the certificates for six veterans in time for notification purposes in April (but we did have an Honor Our Veterans dinner). Twelve (12) registered veterans were planned to be honored at the ceremony; however, only four of those veterans could make the ceremony. In the ceremony, each honoree who attended was presented with a Valued Veteran certificate. Unfortunately, a lapel pin was also to be

presented from Moose International; but, the Administrator made an OOPS by misplacing them (he is still looking for them). As our tradition from the first ceremony, the Arlington Fraternity issued a custom-designed “Value Veteran” baseball cap to each honored veteran in the program. The final ceremony segment was presenting the “Valued Veteran of the Year” Award … which was bestowed to James Bucklin Sr. for his efforts in assisting in many Lodge tasks. (Article continued on Page 8)



Social Quarters: (703) 820-9345 DECEMBER 2018

Senior Regent’s Message I wish everyone goodwill and good health in this last month of 2018. I thank all of you for your ongoing volunteerism and your expertise and friendship. One of the most invaluable bonds of Arlington Lodge and Arlington Chapter is the firm friendship between their members – thank you! And, Mr.

Administrator, thank you for letting us use the Lodge Ritual Hall for our meetings, WOTM appreciates your generosity. The fireplace lounge area would be preferable if that room was enclosed – perhaps if we are hard-working and successful for the rest of our year, we could come up with a solution for a smaller place to meet – excluding, of course, rooms downstairs in the basement. Liz Coombs, Jo Glass, Andrea Hensley, and Nessa Ruoff were honored at the November 6th special “Open” meeting for their specific achievements – ladies, we are so proud of you! Roxy’s Italian Dinner was fantastic and very successful. Joyce’s Thanksgiving meal was superb. I sound like an old record but where would you be able to indulge in such fantastic fare for $10 per person!? Next up is Patti Rodas’ Green Cap celebration, which is on Saturday, Dec 8th and she has kindly posted information on the WOTM bulletin board. Our Children’s Christmas Party is on Saturday, Dec 15 from Noon to 2 p.m. We’ve been in touch with Santa, who promises to drop by to chat with the kids. The WOTM’s Christmas Party will be on Tuesday, Dec 18th after our meetings, including our joint meeting with LOOM – winning ticket for the Christmas basket, courtesy of Cheryl’s artistic talents, will be pulled in the evening. There’s also the “Salute to Christmas” on Monday, Dec 24 (Christmas Eve). The WOTM is up to date and working hard to organize the January to April 2019 projects. They include food raffles, seasonal baskets (Valentine’s, St. Patrick’s and Easter), and one or two dinners. The ever popular “Mystery Raffle” takes place on Saturday, January 5, the same day that volunteers sort out, in the ballroom, emergency food supplies for low-income residents whenever schools are closed during inclement weather. Thanks LOOM and WOTM for your support and hard work – and to borrow a phrase from my 9-year grandson, “You are the BEST!!”

Judith York, Senior Regent

Chapter Award of


Bull Run Moose Legion #185 Winter Celebration/

Conferral Saturday,

January 26th at the

Arlington #1315 Moose Lodge

Moose International

Annual Membership Campaign

Think NEW Members

WOTM Steak Dinner

for Valentine Day

Saturday, February 9th

Membership Appreciation Breakfast – November 4th Thirty-six (36) members and 6 children took advantage of the free breakfast that was sponsored by the Lodge, Chapter and the Moose Legion Committee as a thank you to our members for their efforts over the past year. The sponsors want to thank Tom Oderwald, Elizabeth Coombs, Andre McFail, and Joyce Chaffins for doing the cooking. John

Matis helped a little bit in the kitchen at the beginning; but then went into his “dungeon” to do Administrator bookwork. Ralph Phillips kept a tally of the partakers; as he was ready to collect breakfast fees but there were no guests.


DECEMBER 2018 Website: arlington1315.org

Watch the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards at

the Lodge

Support the

WOTM

Participate in

the Basket

Raffles &

Purchase

Delicious

Desserts in the

Bake Sales

Youth Awareness Student Congress – November 3rd The plan was to concentrate an extra effort this year to get high school students to attend the Youth Awareness Student Congress at our Lodge, which we feel was accomplished by many volunteers. Thank you volunteers! However, the results was the same as the last two years … no students showed up at our Lodge to participate in the program. The format

change to have four (4) mini-sessions during the day, in lieu of one major session, so that the students could try to participate around their our Saturday social and sports activities apparently still did not entice any students to participate. The Arlington Fraternity believes that this program is important to support high school students in a chance to obtain a scholarship for their further education; therefore, we will not give up and plan to sponsor another Youth Awareness Student Congress next year! The Arlington Fraternity wants to thank Myssi Strange and Cynthia Millard, as representatives of VMA at our Youth Awareness Student Congress, for having the patience (and “twittering their thumbs”) over the six hours waiting for a high school student to come to the Lodge. In addition, we want to thank Judith York, Bernie Cerroni, and John Matis for attending the Youth Awareness Student Congress at our Lodge on that day. For the record, the Lodge made a donation to VMA Youth Awareness Program in hopes of sponsoring a few students this year.

Arlington Chapter #1253

Annual Membership Fee is $30.00

Brochure of Program in the Social Quarters

(Naughty)

Honor Our Veterans Celebration (continued) Just moments before the ceremony began, a group of Moose members from Ohio looking for the nearest open Lodge while visiting our area walked in; and since most were veterans, they gladly attended the ceremony. We gave our visitors our normal

enthusiastic welcome after the ceremony. It is noted that ALL veterans in attendance were recognized at the beginning of the Ceremony. All attendees to the ceremony were offered a complementary celebration dinner.

The Arlington Fraternity would like to thank Joyce Chaffins, Elizabeth Coombs, and Tom Oderwald for preparing the celebration dinner of seasoned chicken breasts, mashed potatoes, and green beans. In addition, a special thanks is expended to Bernie Cerroni and John Matis for their efforts in the performance of the Valued Veteran Ceremony. And as usual, the Arlington Fraternity wants to express our appreciation for all those members that cleaned up after the event.

The Arlington Moose Legion Committee Corner (2) The Arlington Moose Legion Committee donated $300 to the Ritual Team of the Bull Run Moose Legion #185 to help towards the expenses of their trip to compete at the 2018 International Moose Legion Convention in Oklahoma City, OK. The Ritual Team did not win this year.


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Future Planned Major Events

(January –March 2019)

January 5th Un-Oktoberfest January 6th Legion Breakfast January 12th VMA District 4 Quarterly Meeting January 19th Fish Fry Revisited No. 12 January 17th – 19th VMA Mid-Year Conference in Norfolk, Virginia January 26th Bull Run Moose Legion #185 Winter Celebration at Arlington #1315

February 2nd Chinese New Year Celebration February 3rd Legion Breakfast February 9th WOTM Steak Dinner for Valentine Day

March 2nd Casserole Cook-Off March 3rd Legion Breakfast March 16th St. Patrick’s Party March 23rd March Madness Tailgate Party

Additional Social Events for February &

March are to be determined

Personal/Family Corner As a “Moose Family” we need to celebrate your personal and family milestones together. Therefore, if you have an upcoming birthday, an upcoming wedding anniversary, a new “clan” member, a promotion/change in your career, or anything else in your life that you want to share with the Moose members, please let John Matis know [in person when at the Moose Lodge or by [email protected]].

It is requested that any announcement milestones be submitted prior to the 20th of each month.

SICKNESS and DISTRESS Please keep our Moose members and families in our prayers for those who have current health or distressed situations; especially

… Donna Heflin, Shawn Kirkpatrick, James York, Linda Councill, Rosemary Haddock, Clare Toward, Ray Broz, Phil Weber, Andy Ogle, and David Harding; all long time members of our Arlington Fraternity who are trying to get back to good health.

IN MEMORY:

The clock of time has stopped; across its face of motionless shadows mark the hour of their passing. A tribute to the memory of our Fraternity member who had passed into the realm of everlasting peace and the Supreme above: - Charles Layne Sr. (Pap-Pap) passed on November 29, 2018

Happy Birthday to Lodge members

Russell Anderson (12/02) Paul Gillard (12/04)

Art Kelly (12/06) Andrew Roesch (12/06) Charles Cowing (12/07) Thomas Bacon (12/08)

Adam McCaffney (12/09) Lloyd Johnston Jr. (12/12) Leonard Poland (12/14)

William Pettigrew (12/16) George Pinn Sr. (12/17) Ralph Phillips (12/22)

Thomas Waddell (12/28) Brian Abel (12/29)

Scott Greene (12/30) Joseph “Ed” Jones (12/31)

Happy Birthday to Chapter members

Linda Councill (12/03) Courtney North (12/04)

Barbara Palencia (12/04) Kathleen Redditt (12/05) Zulma Benavides (12/06)

Roxanne Coles-Matis (12/07) Amy Kirkpatrick (12/12) Martha Johnson (12/13) Elizabeth Jones (12/13)

Anh “Kim” Le (12/15) Phyllis Hamilton (12/18)

Sonia Molina-Figueroa (12/22) Aimee Dalton (12/23) Linda Kapatos (12/23)

Pamela Cameron (12/25) Kathryn “Jane” Ripley (12/25)

Sue Jennings (12/27) Donna Field (12/30) June Levine (12/30)

“The Queen of Hearts” Game Every Friday Night Enjoy our Friday Night Dinner while participating in the game for a chance to win a possible big cash prize. Tickets can be purchased whenever the Social Quarters is open, with the weekly drawing at 7:30 p.m. each Friday night. We have generous weekly consolation prizes; if the Queen of Hearts is not selected on that particular weekly drawing. Rules for “The Queen of Hearts” game are posted within the Social Quarters of the Moose Lodge.



Arlington #1315 Lodge sponsored 6 luminaries in memory of those who gave

their lives at the battle

Continue to save BOX TOP$ FOR EDUCATION coupons

Collection bag in the entrance of the Social Quarters on the bulletin board


DECEMBER 2018 Social Quarters: (703) 820-9345

St. Patrick’s

Party

Saturday,

March 17th

Let’s Talk (A Message from the Administrator)

As always at this time of the year, I want to recognize all those members who keep the Lodge operational for the enjoyment of our members. First, I want to thank Joyce Chaffins for her efforts as the Social Quarters Manager in performing the day-to-day activities of our business activities; including the planning and

preparation of the Friday Night dinners, AND handling the rentals of our Ritual Hall. Second, I want to express appreciation to all our current & past ABC Managers (Michael Pogue, Jane Kennedy, Angella Coles, and Anna Phillips) who served our members and guests on a daily basis with their favorite “libations” and their demanding requests for paper pull tabs. Finally, I want to thank all those volunteers who provided the necessary efforts in assisting in the Friday Night dinners, in the (almost) weekly Bar Bingo activities, in the planned Social events throughout the year, and in donating the desserts at the Friday Night dinners. These efforts also include those volunteers who work “behind the scenes” for planning the various events, calling active/expired members to continue to pay their membership in the Moose Organization, and for staying after the long and tiring dinners/events to clean up.

On a personal note, I want to express my appreciation to Anna Phillips for her dedication as a volunteer over the past year as Assistant Administrator in assisting me to record our financial transactions in the computer; and reconciling our daily income bags.

Chapter Award of


Casserole Cook-Off

Saturday, March 2nd

Welcome New Lodge/Chapter Members ► Phil Lancaster ► Anne Fox ► Sandra Poydence ► Lori Nelson ► Lisa Balzer-Holland ► Betty Pamplin (transfer-welcome back!)

VMA Moosehaven Centennial Project Report The posted report by VMA on November 5th states that over $700,000.00 was donated by Virginians to this project. The VMA portion counting Lodge, Chapter, Moose Legion, individual, and VMA donations was $612,813.03; which is well over the VMA commitment of $500,000.

According to the report, the following donations were provided within our “local Moose world”:

Arlington #1315 Lodge = $5,455.00 (139.87% percent of goal)

Arlington #1253 Chapter = $1,032.00 (not updated since September 30th)

Bull Run Moose Legion #185 = $1,218.75 (not updated since September 30th)

VMA District 4 = $1,000.00

You can Pay Your Moose Dues Online – It’s Easy! Go to Moose International Website; you need your Moose ID number & a credit card.


Website: arlington1315.org DECEMBER 2018

2018-2019 Arlington #1315 Lodge Membership Challenge Sponsor a new LOOM member between May 1, 2018 and April 30, 2019 and your name will be placed on a ticket in a raffle conducted each month during the entire Membership Challenge.

The more new LOOM members you sponsor, the more times your name will be placed within the raffle. The monthly drawing prize will be $10.00 in Arlington “Moose Bucks” to the sponsor that is named on the selected ticket. Randy Nolan was the winner of the November monthly raffle of the Lodge Membership Campaign.

In addition, if you sponsor three (3) LOOM members within the 2018-2019 Moose Year, the Arlington Lodge will pay your dues for the next year of your membership.

IMPORTANT: This Lodge challenge applies to both LOOM & WOTM members who sponsor new LOOM members for Arlington #1315 Moose Lodge.

What does Antarctica Day celebrate? The signing of the Antarctic Treaty which was signed by twelve nations on December 1, 1959, establishing the ice-covered continent as a place for scientific study (cooperative exploration) and banning any military activity there.

Support Our Local First Responders

Saturday,

March 23rd

March

Madness

Tailgate

Party

Governor’s Corner The holiday season is upon us and I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and I want to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our Lodge put on quite the Thanksgiving holiday meal replete with all the seasons' favorite dishes. Thanks to all those who helped in preparing the impressive spread and to all those who came to enjoy it.

There are a number of upcoming events to help celebrate the season. We have two events on December 15th - the annual WOTM Children's Christmas Party and a NEW event, Celebrate the Holidays. On December 24th we will have a Salute to Christmas. Hope to see you there.

On a more personal note, I'm happy to announce the marriage of two of our members. Bob Muretta and Ursula Perales were wed on Sunday, November 18th in Las Vegas Nevada. It was a lovely ceremony and reception. In attendance for the nuptials was a nice contingent of Moose members that included Randy & Sonia Nolan, Ciaran (Mac) & Annie McAlonan and myself, your Governor. Be sure to congratulate Bob & Ursula when you see them.

As always, we need your participation to make our events successful. Remember, it's our members that make our lodge great.

November 23rd

Arlington #1315 Annual

LOOM Membership

Dues is

$45.00

Christmas Pun What is the best Christmas present ever? … a broken drum - you can’t beat it!



Cannot Procrastinate Much Longer

The BIG Day is

coming up fast!!

(less than 24 shopping days left)

Remember Mooseheart

Keep the Date January 12th

VMA District 4

Quarterly Meeting at Centreville

Moose Lodge #2168

Cash Bash

Drawing on this date

Thank You Veterans!

For Everything You Do for Our Country

Lodge Repairs/Replacements In continuation about the repair of the air conditioning system from last month’s Newsletter, the Administrator has “egg on his face”. Unbeknownst to him, the air conditioning system was repaired with a replacement actuation motor on October 19th; however, no one in the Lodge told him. He kept on calling the HVAC Mechanical Contractor

for the date when the new actuation motor would be delivered. It seems that the HVAC Mechanical Contractor confused us with another Lodge being serviced and finally realized that the motor had been delivered and installed. Unfortunately, we were freezing all our members for two weeks when they visited the Lodge [Note: there were some warm days when the air conditioning felt good]. Thanks to Billy Hensley, he turned off the air conditioning system prior to the WOTM Halloween Party and Open House on October 27th. The air conditioning system was “winterized” and the heating system became operational on November 5th. Heat … all members love it! A new upcoming repair event, a “drip” in the piping by the boiler was observed when the heat was turned on, which will need to be repaired. The Lodge received a second UNREALISTIC VERY HIGH water bill over the past two quarters. When the first bill was received, we had Fairfax Company “verify” that the meter was operating correctly; but also complained the amount of water was unusual based on past years of billing. We reasoned in our mind that maybe the combination of the water slide in the Summer Blast event, the watering of the grass, flowers, & community garden, a discovered toilet in the basement running for a few day, and a hunch (unproven) that someone was filling coolers for their work crews on a daily basis was the reason for the high bill. When we received the second bill, we called Fairfax Water again and they said that we must have a leak somewhere after their water meter. They did note that they would make an adjustment to our account if a certified plumber provided proper documentation that a leak was found and repaired. And so … the hunt for the leak begins. Thank you Bernie Cerroni for volunteering to discuss argue the situation with Fairfax Water.

We Hope Our Members have been Nice; if not you can

use the Coal to keep you

Warm!

Goal: Obtain Premier Lodge Award in 2019 Current Arlington #1315 Membership Status As of November 26, 2018:

2018-2019 Current +1 Goal Active Members Difference Expired Dropped

276 272 -4 33 23

New LOOM Members since May 1, 2018: 6 (As of November 26, 2018)

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Everyone has a Special Talent!

Please

Volunteer to Assist the

Fraternity in Accomplishing

our Goals

Chapter Award of


VMA presenting a $5,000 check to Moosehaven at the Chili Cook-Off

VMA booth at the Moosehaven Chili Cook-Off on November 10th

Cradle Fundraiser “chits” showing donations in Social Quarters entrance

Valued Veterans Charles Layne Sr., Andre McFail,

James Bucklin Sr., Thomas Seery, Sam Witt, and Clifton Ballance; with some of our

visiting veterans from Ohio (in the back left row).

Charles Layne Sr. (Pap-Pap) in front of the group wore his World War II veteran hat; with

James Bucklin Sr., the “Valued Veteran of the Year” award winner, standing next

to him.



Thanksgiving Family Feast – November 22nd 14 Everyone left STUFFED and satisfied from this event! The Arlington Fraternity provided everything we could image, except the kitchen sink (it was needed to sanitize the dishes) for this traditional holiday feast. By our count, 26 Moose member and guests attended this festive event, with many more coming to the Lodge after the event to celebrate the holiday.

The feast included 5 turkeys & 1 spiral ham as the main entrée selections, turkey stuffing, mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, green beans (no casserole), sweet potatoes, spinach casserole, Brussel sprouts, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, cole slaw, cucumber salad, a condiment relish tray, rolls & butter, chips & dip, and a cheese & cracker tray. And as this was not enough, the offered desserts were a variety of pies (apple pie, sweet potato, pumpkin pie, etc.), Cool Whip for the pies, and coffee. For the record, the Administrator sent out a flyer that our Lodge was open on Thanksgiving Day; however, we believe that many other Lodges now have decided to have a holiday feast of their own at their Lodges! It did not make a difference as long as all our members enjoyed their holiday with family and friends (home or Lodge).

The Lodge wants your

Ideas for New Events

Tell us what you want to have for events in the next six months! We need to expand our events to keep everyone interested in the Lodge. Every idea will be considered (e.g.: children movie night, a Capitals or Wizards game, a mystery bus ride, etc.). Please contact John Matis, Bernie Cerroni or Gregg Cady with your suggestions.

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Please drink responsibly during the

Holiday Season

9th Annual Moosehaven Chili Cook-Off A Heart of the Community Event The Virginia Moose Association (VMA) was represented at the Moosehaven Chili Cook-Off on November 10, 2018 by the “Kidney Kickers” team, from the Colonial Heights Moose Lodge #1783. While the team did not place in any categories In the chili cook-off, the VMA was recognized as the top donor for the event. (Pictures on Page 13).




As the year comes to an

end … the Arlington

Fraternity wants to thank

all our members for their efforts

throughout the past year in

being an active organization that supports

our obligations to Moose,

community & family

Need volunteers for Lodge

Clean-ups

WOTM November Committee Activity Night Higher Degrees – College of Regents and Award of Achievement on November 6th First, the Chapter Award of Achievement document was issued to the

Chapter and Joan “Patti” Rodas (Jr. Graduate Regent) for the 2017-2018 Moose Year. Then four members of Chapter #1253 were honored at this special ceremony for their College of Regents accomplishments. Nessa Ruoff was recognized for being conferred into the College of Regents at the Moose International 2018 Annual Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. After one year of being conferred into the College of Regents and the Chapter being successful during this same period, Elizabeth Coombs and Jo Glass earned their red tassel (replacement for the green tassel). Anna Phillips placed the red tassel on the cap of Elizabeth Coombs and Nadine Hodges placed the red tassel on the cap of Jo Glass. For the finale of the event, Andrea Hensley earned the red stole for her gown after being invested in the College of Regents for three years. The red stole was presented and installed to Andrea Hensley by Donna Field. The WOTM Chapter #1253 wants to extend their appreciation to all the LOOM members, WOTM members, and guests that attended the ceremony.

College of Regent participants: Elizabeth Coombs, Jo Glass, Andrea Hensley, Nessa Ruoff, Anna Phillips, and Donna

Field & Nadine Hodges (unseen in back row)

Nessa Ruoff making speech for being conferred

into College of Regents

Jo Glass and Elizabeth Coombs getting their red tassel

Andrea Hensley receiving her red stole


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LOOM & WOTM Meetings Moose Legion Meeting Friday Night Dinner Queen of Hearts

“Calling All Cooks” Legion Breakfast

DEC 1

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Membership Orientation

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DEC 8

Green Cap Celebration

for Patti Rodas

DEC 9

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DEC 15 WOTM

Children’s Christmas

Party

Celebrate the Holidays

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DEC 24

Salute to

Christmas

DEC 25

Christmas

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