Why the Moose? Why was this particular animal chosen to represent a humanitarian fraternal order? The answer is fairly straightforward: The Moose is a large, powerful animal, but one which is a protector not a predator. It is perhaps said best like this: "He takes only what he needs, nothing more ... yet for his great size and strength he lives in peace with other creatures. The moose uses his size and power not to dominate but to protect, not to spoil but to preserve. He is a fierce protector, a loyal companion, and a generous provider who brings comfort and security to those within his defending circle." It is these characteristics of the moose in the wild – the protective instinct for its young, and for the old and infirm in its herd – that the human members of the Moose fraternity have, for decades, modeled, in the establishment and operation of Mooseheart, the organization's commu-nity and school for children and teens in need; and Moose-haven, the retirement community for Moose men and women; as well as in service to its communities.

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The BACK SIDE Paradise Moose Newsletter

Issue # 10 of 12 Published monthly

Subscription is a benefit of

membership

Paradise Moose Lodge #2227 5275 Skyway in Paradise, CA

PO Box 1176 Paradise, CA 95967 (530) 877-9391

Website: http://lodge2227.moosepages.org/

October 2013

October 2013

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Elected Officers

Email addresses: loom2227@yahoo.com lodge2227@mooseunits.org Website: http://lodge2227.moosepages.org/

Governor Bill Goodwin 873-2670 Jr. Past Governor Jake Jacobson 873-3973 Jr. Governor Prelate Bill Dague 873-3228 Administrator Richard Sloane 877-5697 Treasurer Henry Bomgardner 877-2682 Trustee 3 year Trustee 2 year Cy Morris 873-5203 Trustee 1 year Harold Lamb 877-4450

Chairmen Membership Mooseheart/Moosehaven Jake Jacobson 873-3973 Moose Charities Application Review Richard Sloane 877-5697 Community Service Steve Little 872-1418 Loss Prevention Ed Van Der Linden 872-5716 Publications Richard Sloane 877-5697 Jack Jackson Webmaster Jack Jackson 876-0815 Government Relations Sports Committee Wayne Poppleton 876-8483 Moose Legion Moose Family Activities Ritual Committee Auditing Mike Shores 876-9130 Historical Committee Adopt-A-Highway Henry Bomgardner 877-2682 RV Wagon Master Jim Allen 872-5799 Building Supervisor Monty Niles 877-0773 Building Maintenance Ray Waelbrock 877-3212 Veterans Memorial Tom Markle 966-3816 Rescue 911 Ernie Hufschmidt 873-5050

Mailing address Loyal Order of Moose #2227 PO Box 1176 Paradise, CA 95967-1176 Phone (530) 877-9391

Loyal Order Of Moose #2227

Sergeant At Arms Ken Perry 872-8614 Inner Guard Ron Phillips 877-1275

Appointed Officers

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Offering Moose Members $35.00 /month

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Don’t Forget To Use Your S.H.A.R.E.S. card! Our Lodge gets a 3% donation of total spent every quarter!

“HELP WANTED”

The Lodge desperately needs: BARTENDERS and FOOD PREPARERS.

This will greatly increase the possibility of the Lodge meeting its financial obligations each month.

COURT ORDERED WORK PROGRAM All Court ordered people are to be referred to Tom Markle for screening and approval. We recently had one person working for us that I did not know about. When we are responsible to a Judge and the Court system we have to be careful with how we run this program. Thanks. Tom Markle

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Mailing address Women of the Moose Chapter #1628 PO Box 1245 Paradise, CA 95967-1245 Phone (530) 877-9391

Email address: chapter1628@mooseunits.org Website: http://lodge2227.moosepages.org/

Elected Officers

Women Of The Moose #1628

Senior Regent Tammy Freeland 873-1565 Junior Regent Natalie Freeland 873-1565 Chaplain Kathy Chester 327-7434 Junior Grad. Regent Rae Jean Goodwin 873-2670 Recorder Joan Mercer 876-9685 Secretary/Treasurer Ellen Pegler 873-7039

Membership Franci Lamb 966-0770 Publicity Lori Jean Vance 762-0062 Youth Involvement Victoria Guzman-Javier 876-1286 Mooseheart/Moosehaven Chris Chester 327-9071 Community Service Kim Wilson 327-7158 Educational Advancement Megan Humbard 588-6868 Health Awareness Jennifer Jefferies 877-7587 Moose Charities Vera Dague 873-3228 Family Involvement Sharon Peppy 327-7372

College of Regents Academy of Friendship Shirley Payne 873-2146 Star Recorder Wilma Sollars 877-9198

Chairmen

Standing Committee

Special Committee

Appointed Officers

Audit Comm. Chairman Karen Vierra 877-4467 App. Review Chairman Vonda Perry 872-8614

Guide Betty Hill 872-2127 Guide Assistant Vernona Bisset 873-2667

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Fellow Members, August and September have been busy times for all with a lot going on. As you know, August was the first month of “Rescue 911”. I’m extremely pleased with the results so far. Our supporters donated over $5000 in the first month. Some of the supporters paid for the full 24 months and some are paying the $11 monthly. In any event, all is appreciated and I hope we will see many more of our members step up and join us in supporting this excellent cause. A list of the supporters is posted in the dining area near the cash register. At our September 19th Lodge meeting, the membership voted to use some of the funds to purchase a badly needed leaf blower for yard clean up. Thank you Rescue 911!! On September 9th – 12th, we closed the kitchen for clean up. Seven of us showed up to help and everyone worked hard for the four days. Thanks to Kim Wilson, Debby Jackson, Jim Hoenig, Harold, Franci and Rae Jean for their help. Special thanks to Jim Hoenig for donating some new shelving for the kitchen. Also, thanks to the generosity of W.O.T.M., we were able to hire someone to steam clean the kitchen exhaust system. We are all looking forward to the BBQ and anniversary celebration on October 5th. Be sure to join us for fun and games. Thanks to all for displaying your membership cards when arriving in the social quarters or dining area. It’s nice not to have to ask. My best wishes to all.

Fraternally, In Loyal Friendship, Bill Goodwin, Governor

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Please visit the CNMA (www.ca-nvmoose.org) and the Moose International members only (www.mooseintl.org) websites for many new updated items and information including many videos on our fraternity including Mooseheart, Moosehaven, Member-ship Programs, Community Service, Sports, address lists of Lodges and Chapters, important events, general news, reports from the recent International Convention and much more of inter-est to ALL. Our Lodge Newsletter is posted on the CNMA web-site, and articles from our newsletter are on our own website (lodge2227.moosepages.org).

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THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONTACTED FOR THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Lodge Inside Monday Clean-up - Yard Maintenance - Tom Markle 966-3816 Lodge Building Maintenance - Ray Waelbrock 877-3212 Volunteer Bartenders - Jack Jackson 876-0815 Kitchen Coordinator - Rae Jean Goodwin 873-2670 Kitchen Consumable Inventory - Bulletin Coordinator - Jack Jackson 876-0815 Hiway Clean-up Crew - Henry Bomgardner 877-2682 Flag Display Crew -

In Friendship, Tammy Freeland, Sr. Regent

Hello everyone! We have some exciting events for October! Hope to see everyone join us for the October

5th 44th Anniversary Dinner for the Lodge.

We would also like to invite you to the Friendship Tea on the 19th of October – it will be a wonderful time to visit with your fellow co-workers, meet new people and invite friends that may be interested in joining the Moose. Please RSVP to Natalie 228-2291. Also the WOTM will be having a holiday sale on October 18th and 19th if you have any donations or would like to help please contact Natalie 228-2291.

If you are interested in volunteering or just want to share new ideas – please feel free to contact me.

Recorder’s Message: WOTM Members and Co-workers,

In order to keep our records current, please email or call me with any mailing address, phone number, or email address changes. You may also contact me if you have any other questions or suggestions.

Joan Mercer, Recorder (530) 876-9685 chapter1628@mooseunits.org

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Administrator’s Message:

Thanks to all our Lodge and Chapter volunteers who keep our Lodge running smoothly. Our kitchen workers, bartenders, outside and inside cleanup crews and those who keep our equipment in repair. You may never see those working when no one is around like Neil Hopler who keeps our yard equipment in running or-der or Mark Salyer who recently rekeyed all the locks in our building but they are appreciated, so when you see any of our workers say THANK YOU.

Welcome to our newest member, Robert Horn sponsored by Arvel Rogers.

Our Women of the Moose are having a Tea and Holiday Craft Sale on October 19 at 11:00AM for everyone to help welcome new members. See the poster in this newsletter. Monday night football and games and meals in are in full swing thanks to our volunteers. Don’t miss the Thursday Burger nights, Friday dinners and Sunday breakfasts. Participation in these and other special events goes a long way in keeping our Lodge successful.

We will be celebrating our Lodge’s 44th Anniversary on October 5 with a fabu-lous BBQ. Plan to attend.

Thanks to all those members who have already replied and donated to our Rescue 911 Fund. We are over $6,000 in donations. This will help to pay down our Moose International bill and any major repairs that the members vote on.

There was a lot of good information received at the recent CNMA State Conven-tion. We will be sharing this at our meetings.

If you are moving or are going to be traveling, please send a note or call us so we can keep our mailing list up to date. We have to pay first class postage to get back those newsletters with incorrect addresses for those that do not let us know they are moving. The post office DOES NOT forward third class mail.

The new Membership campaign GO THE DISTANCE celebrates the 125th Anni-versary of the Moose and the 100th Anniversary of Mooseheart, the Women of the Moose and the Legion of the Moose. During the year long program May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014, the application fee is waived when you sponsor a new member into the Lodge, Chapter or Legion of the Moose. Have your friend turn in the application along with the first year’s dues, $60.00 Lodge, $25.00 Chapter or $20.00 Legion. We will invite them to our new member orientation program and acquaint them with our Lodge and the Moose Fraternity.

The State Association also has a program to give a gas card for signing up new or former members. See the poster in this newsletter.

Pick up a Moose Benefits brochure the next time you are in the Lodge or see it on the Moose International website www.mooseintl.org

Fraternally Rich Sloane, Administrator

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GAMES NIGHT IS NOW ON THE FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH!

Thank you to all those that come out to our game nights and participate in the various games. Bring your favorite

game and teach others to play!

The Fellowship is GREAT!

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***Attention*** Veterans Day is Monday Nov. 11th and to honor our Paradise 2227 Moose veterans, a brunch will be served from 10am-noon on Sunday, Nov. 10th. All Paradise Moose veterans in good standing will eat free. Just check in with Tom Markle at the cashiers desk to receive your free brunch ticket. This is your Lodges way of saying "THANK YOU for your sacrifices and service to your country."

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The next Mt. Lassen Legion of the Moose meeting will be at the Lewiston Lodge on Saturday October 5, 2013. The Legion Executive Board meeting is at 1PM with the Ceremonial at 2PM. Legion President Paul Reardon presiding.

District News: The next District Meeting will be at the Lewiston Lodge on Saturday October 5, 2013. District Executive Board Meet-ing is at 4PM and District Meeting and Dinner at 6PM. District

SICKNESS & DISTRESS Our best wishes to those in the hospital including Pat Knapp in Life House, Ernie Hufschmidt who is in Enloe and Jerry Moller in Feather River recuperating from bypass surgery. Glad to hear Larry Waddell is home doing better. Our deepest sympathy to the families of Pauline Car-riker who lost her sister and Jeff Rice who lost his brother-in-law. If you know of a member in need, please contact the Lodge or Chapter and we will do our best to help.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

If you can help on the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup on Clark Road, please contact Henry Bomgardner at 877-2682

If you have any ideas for additional Community Service projects, please

contact Steve Little (530) 872-1418.

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The meeting was held on Friday September 13, and we were pleased to announce there are still 7 rigs heading to Plymouth on Sunday the 15. Many new activities are planned, the Kennedy Mine Tour, Preston Castle Tour and some dinners out.

The campout to Lake Almanor in August with Ron and Billie as wagon masters was fun for the 3 rigs that attended, plus our guests, Hans and Jan, the Perry clan, and Dave and Barbara. Lots of good meals out, so the gals did not have to cook! Just wish we could have had more attend.

Our next meeting will be on October 11, it will also be the last “cook your own steak” night. We served 65 meals in September, and the guests seemed very happy with the dinner.

The last scheduled campout of the year is Red Bluff October 13-19. There are currently 18 rigs signed up to go. Tom and Ron have some good things planned and a dinner at the moose lodge.

The annual Christmas party is planned for Wednesday December 11, and the cost is your annual dues of $15.00. Harold has gra-ciously volunteered to once again handle the prime rib dinner, many offered assistance. If there are some that were not able to be at the meeting, please call Harold and offer your help. He and Franci would appreciate it.

IF YOU ARE MOVING or are going on an extended trip. Please let us know

IN ADVANCE. . . The Post Office does NOT

forward third class mail. Let us know when you return so you can be put back on the mailing list. When traveling you can view our newslet-

ter on the State Association website www.ca-nvmoose.org

and most “NEWS” articles on our website http://lodge2227.moosepages.org/

Jim Allen, Wagon Master

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Ballroom Dance

Lessons

2 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Line Dance Lessons!

3 7:00pm Lodge Mtg.

4 6-7:30pm Pizza & Salad Bar $6 for BBQ Ticket

holders $8 for all others

Orientation after dinner

5 11:00am 44th Anniversary

BBQ - $15 1/2 price for kids

under 12 1:00pm Pool Tournament

6 LODGE CLOSED

(NO Breakfast)

7 LODGE CLOSED

8 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Ballroom Dance

Lessons

9 LODGE CLOSED 6:30pm Calendar Mtg.

7:30pm Joint Mtg.

6:30 PM ~ Free Line Dance Lessons!

10 6:30pm House Committee Mtg. 7:30pm LOOM Executive Mtg.

11 5:00pm Mooov’n Moose Mtg.

6-7:30pm LOOM Dinner: $10

Cook Your Own Steak (by Mooov’n Moose Crew)

12 10:00am WOTM Exec. Mtg

11:00am WOTM Activity Day

1:00pm Pool Tournament

13 10:00am~Noon LOOM Brunch: $8 Eggs Benedict, etc.

Roast Beef, etc.

Bloody Mary Special $2

14 LODGE CLOSED

15 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Ballroom Dance

Lessons

Input Deadline: November Calendar & Newsletter

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LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Line Dance Lessons!

17 4-6pm LOOM: Hamburgers,

Chips & a drink $6 Floats $2

7:00pm Lodge Mtg.

18 6-7:30pm WOTM Dinner: Pork Steak w/all

the fix’ins!

NO QUILTERS TODAY!

19 11:00am WOTM Friendship Tea & Holiday Sale

1:00 pm Pool Tournament

20 9:00am~Noon WOTM Breakfast: $8 Omelet / Waffle Bar

Bloody Mary Special $2

21 LODGE CLOSED

22 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Ballroom Dance

Lessons

23 LODGE CLOSED 6:30pm Vets Comm. Mtg.

6:30 PM ~ Free Line Dance Lessons!

24 5:30-7pm Special Taco Night—$6

6:30pm House Committee Mtg.

7:30pm LOOM Exec. Mtg.

25 6-7:30pm LOOM Dinner:

Hobo Stew - $5 + bring a can of some-thing to add to the

pot!

26 10:00am WOTM Bus. Mtg

1:00pm

Pool Tournament

27 9:00am~Noon LOOM Breakfast: Steak $8, Ham $7

(by Monty & Friends) Bar opens @ 8:30 am

Fizz Special $1 Bloody Mary Special $2

28 LODGE CLOSED

29 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Ballroom Dance

Lessons

30 LODGE CLOSED

6:30 PM ~ Free Line Dance Lessons!

31 LODGE OPEN 3-9:00pm

October 2013 by Jack

SOCIAL QUARTERS HOURS Monday CLOSED Tuesday CLOSED Wednesday CLOSED Thursday & Fri. 3:00-9:00pm Saturday 12:00-6:00pm Sunday 9:00am - 4:00pm Closing time varies as business declines.

Every Friday: 10am-2:00pm

Quilters Group