DALE CITY MESSENGER

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DALE CITY MESSENGER

DALE CITY MOOSE FAMILY CENTER LODGE #2165

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE WOTM CHAPTER #1584

WOODBRIDGE, VA MARCH 2013

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DALE CITY MOOSE LODGE 2165 Officers

Governor Marty Ratchford

Past Governor Bob Skinner

Jr. Governor James Woodbridge

Prelate Mike Penn

Treasurer Jay Slovick

Administrator Donald O’Connor

3-year Trustee Norm Catterton

2-year Trustee Kevin Koster

1-year Trustee Bodie Samples

Sergeant at Arms Dee Alderman

Inner Guard Robert Carter

Outer Guard John Mullen

Chairmen Moose Service

Endowment

Membership/Retention Billy Moriarity

Community Services

Publicity William Sherman

Publications William Raines

Historical C. Heggenstaller

Investigating Drug Awareness

Sports Jeff Custer

Family Activities

Ritual Mike Toomey

Entertainment Billy Moriarity

Auditing Ryan Doyle

Fellowship Ricke O’Connor

Government Relations William Raines

Building and Grounds Trustees

Moose Legion Activities Committee Chairman

Vice Chairman Past Chairman

Asst Moose Legion Secretary

WOTM Chapter #1584

Senior Regent Kamela Hutchins

Jr. Graduate Regent Jr. Regent

Recorder Eva Hatch

Secretary/Treasurer Wanda Jenkins

Chaplain Eleanor Beigie

Editor: Maureen Raines (leave all articles at the Lodge)

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March 2013

Dale City Moose Lodge #2165, 15424 Cardinal Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22193 (703) 670-9214

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Seafood Dinner

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Steak Night

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Any good suggestions?

Contact a Member of the Board.

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6:30 PM Moose Mingo Night

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Boy Scouts - Pavilion

Taco Night

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McT's W ing Night

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7:00 PM WOTM Meeting with

Enrollment

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Seafood Dinner

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Steak Night

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Aim for Preferred Member Status

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Taco Night

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McT's W ing Night

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6:30 PM LOOM Officers' Meeting

7:30 PM Membership meeting with enrollment.

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Deadline for Newsletter A rticles

Seafood Dinner

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Preferred Member's Day

Steak Night

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1:00 PM Baked Goods Raffle

2:00 PM Draw Down to the Green 2:00 PM -7:00 PM

St. Patrick's Day Dinner Special

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Taco Night

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McT's W ing Night

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7:00 PM WOTM Meeting with

Enrollment

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Seafood Dinner

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Steak Night

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Recruit new members -- keep

the old. One is silver and the other is gold.

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Taco Night

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McT's W ing Night

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6:30 PM LOOM Officers' Meeting

7:30 PM Membership meeting with enrollment.

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Seafood Dinner

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Steak Night

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Easter Sunday

Feb 2013 S M T W T F S

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Apr 2013 S M T W T F S

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LUNCH SPECIALS

SOCIAL QTR HRS: Mo n-Thur 12 Noon - 11 PM++Fri and Sat 12 Noon - 1 AM**Sun 11 AM - 10 PM. All underage guests must leave the Social Qtrs by 10 PM.

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ADMINISTRATOR’S CORNER

NEW MEMBERS

ARREARS LIST

I am resigning my position as Administrator effective March 5, 2013. I wish to thank all the members who have helped and supported me during my time here.

Thanks to Ken Grimm for cleaning up the outside grounds.

There are lots of activities going on this month so be sure to check the calendar and come down and have a good time.

Don O’Connor Administrator

Welcome to the following new members:

Member Sponsor

Chris Gardner Malcolm Gardner Gavin Christopher Tate Celso Santiago Kevin Rankin Ed Waters Joshua Eklund Cliff Stack Lonnie Lee Whetzel, Jr. Travis Deardorff Ronald Grammer Roy Sigler John Brawick Mike Steele

Thomas Hart Mike Toomey

Chung Yoo Thomas Glorioso Derek Thomas Earl Dent James Schwartz Travis Deardorff Michael Sweeney John Callahan Jeremy Touar Mike Moore Andrew Glosemeyer Ryan Orr Dominic Villano Bill Baker

Kevin Moore Mike Moore

Paul Naylor Jeff Custer

Thanks to the sponsors. Sign a member and help your lodge grow

Board of Officers

As of February 15, 2013, 30 members are in arrears.

Members and sponsor, if available, are listed:

Member Sponsor

Justin Antes Celso Santiago

Donald Bell Steven Strunk

Allan Boulter James Rastatter

John Caycedo Keith Glatz

Steve Denard Jeff Custer

Ryan Doyle Fred O’Hara

Matt Edwards Derek Upchurch

Allan Emory Michael Drapen

Bill Ewald Mark Levine

Richard Fonoimoana Boyd Samples Jim Fugate

Terry Hill Walter Faryniarz

James Keeper James Woodbridge

Paul Kelly James Smith, III

Gregory Marks Russ Kemp

Ted McGill Claude Heggenstaller

Gary McGregor Mark Kidd

Steve Melquist Marty Ratchford

Mike Mullins Boyd Samples

David Nesaw Bernard Miller

Larry Palmer Kelly Palmer

Samuel Pearson William House

Michael Pigg Dave Pigg

Timothy Plotner Loren Plotner

John Taft

Christopher Waller Jeffery Easton, Sr.

Travis Wedge Lynn Pendley

James Weeks Woody Abel

Wayne Westoff Michael Pigott

Roger Wooding Peter Horn

Board of Officers

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W O T M

Birthdays for March

March 01 – Wendy Sisson March 14 – Kaylynn Kingery

March 02 – Barbara Naglic March 14 – Barbara Stalker

March 03 – Katherine Fulkerson March 16 – Marcy Arcaro

March 03 – Tracey Roston March 17 – Patti Kidd

March 05 – M. Teresa Hite March 18 – Tracey O’Connor

March 05 – Eleanor Dove March 18 – Rached Ruane

March 06 – Dianne Cabot March 26 – Annette Trumpower

March 06 – Yoko Penn March 28 – Rachel Weinstein

March 08 – Joyce Dinger March 29 – Anne Bower

March 09 – Lisa Myers March 29 – Pam Larkin

March 09 – Janet Tapp March 29 – Natalie Miller

March 12 – Cindy Serafin March 29 – Debra Morris

March 14 – Stephanie Collins March 30 – Adrian Hoda

March 30 – Ginny Pesek HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ladies!

If I missed your birthday, I apologize and wish you a happy one!

March Events

March 07 First Meeting of the Month 7:00 PM

March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Theme Baked Goods

Raffle 1:00 PM

March 21 Second Meeting of the Month 7:00 PM

March 27 WOTM Wing Night 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Hello WOTM,

We have a busy March ahead of us and we still have positions open for this coming new year which starts May 1. It does not take much out of your week to join the board. You are only required to attend at least one meeting per month and help with the fund raiser for that month. We need your help so we can continue to help MooseHeart and MooseHaven stay funded and continue with the caring of our elderly and our children. I hope to see new faces this year and can’t wait to hear the wonderful ideas that you can provide us all.

If you are interested in participating on the board, please fill out a nomination form from the Women’s bulletin board and submit it to one of the current officers or the bartender. We need to have a slate of nominees chosen and posted by March 10. The elections for these positions will be held at the second meeting of the Women on March 21.

Ladies, it is that time again for all those cakes and cookies that everyone loves. We will be having a St. Patrick’s Day theme bake sale on the 17 . Please bring your favorite desserts to raffle off.^th

Thanks for all that showed up for a Moose races fund raiser. Would love to make this a tradition. And thanks to JuJu Murphy for keeping all of our moose racing.

Ladies, again thank you for all your contributions and support. Let’s keep up the great work. See you at the lodge.

Kamela Hutchins Senior Regent

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NEED ICE FOR YOUR PARTY?

Are you having a party and need ice for your coolers? If the answer is “yes”, then come on down to the Moose Lodge and buy your ice. The lodge will start selling 8-pound bags of ice of $1.50. Save yourself a couple of bucks and buy ice for your party needs at the Moose Lodge.

“VSWEEPS”

SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM

The lodge has instituted a new sweepstakes program which is designed to help promote and encourage donations and help raise money to help support the lodge in the great work it does for our community and our American service men and women. Come out to the lodge and make a donation or two and have some fun while supporting the lodge at the same time. We currently have four sweepstakes monitors set up ready for action. For more information on the program, ask one of the bartenders or the Club Manager or Administrator. You will love the sounds of the bells and whistles on the machines as you play.

$0 APPLICATION FEE BEGINNING DECEMBER 17, 2012

In July, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Women of the Moose both announced year-end gains in active membership during the 2012 Annual Convention, with the Moose Legion just missing the mark. To keep this positive momentum going, the Supreme Council has authorized General Governor Steve Greene to issue a blanket dispensation to waive all membership application fees for the three fraternal units to beginning December 17, 2012, through April 30, 2013.

No application fee will be required for any membership application transmitted to Moose International between 12:01 a.m. CST Monday, December 17, 2012, and 10:00 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (provided the application received date is on/or after December 17).

Completed applications must be remitted with full first-year dues. Additionally, applicants must be reported as

“enrolled” by 10:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013;

otherwise, the fraternal unit will be retroactively billed for all applications reported during the $0 application fee incentive period, but not enrolled prior to May 31.

The holidays are an excellent time to connect with friends and relatives, and to invite qualified individuals to join you as brothers, co-workers, and Moose Legionnaires with the Moose! And remember, members who sponsor two applicants between May 1, 2012, and April 30, 2013, will receive FREE DUES for one year provided these applicants are reported as enrolled by 10:00 p.m. DST on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

For more information, please contact Moose Member Services at [email protected] or phone at 630-906-3658.

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WISHING YOU THE

LUCK OF THE IRISH THIS

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

BOARD OF OFFICERS

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PREFERRED MEMBER DAY

Saturday, March 16, 2013

SIGN UP A MEMBER DISCOUNTED BEVERAGES

PREFERRED MEMBERSFOR

WEDNESDAY’S

McTRUSLOW’s FAMILY WING NITE

TASTY WINGS – 3 FOR $1.00 Hot or Mild

Honey Mustard Teriyaki

Garlic Old BayBBQ Mango Habanero

Caribbean Jerk Asian Zing

COME IN AND ENJOY OR TAKE HOME A BUCKET

TACO TUESDAY 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

BEEF TACOS 50¢

STEAK OR CHICKEN TACOS $1.00

BEEF BURRITOS $2.00

STEAK OR CHICKEN BURRITO $3.00

TACO SALAD $4.00

NACHO SUPREME $4.00

DOUBLE DECKERS - BEEF $1.00

TACO PIZZA - BEEF $3.00

MOOSE FRIES $3.00

ALSO SELLING CHIPS & CHEESE

AND BEANS For Members & Guests

Benefit of the Lodge

MOOSE FAMOUS^–

MONDAY Dinner Specials

SPECIALS FOR MARCH

MENU POSTED AT THE LODGE

To assist the kitchen staff and ensure that we order and cook enough food so everyone who wants to eat gets a dinner, you can sign up in advance. Just call in early and get your name on the list,

$9.00 per order For Members & Guests

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WHAT WONDERFUL THINGS THERE ARE TO SEE

Health Column by Rayma Skinner

There are so many wonderful things to look at in my world: family (especially grandchildren), scenery, home, words in books, TV programs, movies, and on and on. I hope your world is just as wonderful. This month’s article will discuss preserving your eyes so you can continue to take in the many wonders.

1. Take a 20-second computer break. Staring at a computer (or any digital screen) will not hurt your eyes but it can make them feel tired and dry. We blink about half as often when we are looking at a screen. Follow the 20/20/20 rules. Every 20 minutes look at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. Also, place your screen so it is about 25 inches away and slightly below eye level. Reduce glare by moving light sources or using a screen filter.

2. Always wear sunglasses. UV radiation can hurt your eyes just like it does your skin. Effects add up and can cause problems like cataracts, cornea burns, and even cancer of the eyelid. Whenever you are outside–even on cloudy days–wear sunglasses or contacts that block 99% to 100% of UV-A and UV-8 rays. Protective lenses do not have to be expensive, just check the label. Hats also block exposure. Snow, water, sand, and concrete all can reflect UV rays.

3. Use safety glasses at work and play. Nearly half of all eye injuries happen at home, not on a job site. Use safety glasses whenever a project might send debris flying or splash hazardous chemicals. Protective eye wear may prevent 90% of sports-related eye injuries. Lenses should be made of polycarbonate plastic since it is 10 times more impact resistant than other materials. Some sports with the most injuries are baseball/softball, racket sports, lacrosse, and basketball.

4. Eat for your heart and your eyes. Foods that help circulation are good for your heart, eyes, and vision. Choose heart- healthy foods like citrus fruits, dark leafy greens, and whole grains. Foods rich in zinc, such as beans, peas, peanuts, oysters, lean red meat, and poultry can help eyes resist light damage. Carrots do help eyesight because the vitamin A in them is important for good vision. Other nutrients that help eyes include beta-carotene (found in many yellow or orange fruits and vegetables), and lutein and zeaxanthin (found in leafy greens and colorful produce).

5. Do not ignore eye problems. If your eyes are itchy or red, soothe them with cold compresses, antihistamines, or eye drops.

If you feel grittiness, like there is sand in your eye, rinse with clean water or saline. See a doctor if symptoms continue, or if you have eye pain, secretions, swelling, or sensitivity to light. Other reasons to see a doctor: dark floating spots, flashes of light, or any time you cannot see normally.

6. Clean your contact lenses. Take care of your eyes by taking care of your contacts. Always wash your hands before handling lenses. Use only cleaners and drops approved by your eye doctor. Clean, rinse, and dry the case each time you remove the lenses, and replace it every two to three months. Do not wear lenses when you are swimming or using cleaning products. Do not leave daily wear lenses in while you sleep, even for a nap. And do not wear lenses longer than recommended.

7. Know your health history. Many seemingly unrelated health conditions can affect your eyes. High blood pressure and diabetes can reduce blood flow to the eyes. Immune system disorders in the lungs, thyroid gland, or elsewhere can inflame eyes. Other threats include multiple sclerosis, aneurysm, and cancer. Tell your eye doctor about any current or past health issues, including family members with eye problems or serious illnesses.

8. Read drug labels. Many types of drugs, or combinations or drugs, can affect your vision. These include analgesics, anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antihypertensives, corticosteroids, diuretics, and oral contraceptives. Ask your doctor about possible side effects and look for issues like dry or watery eyes, double vision, light sensitivity, puffy or droopy eyelids, and blurred vision.

9. Throw away old eye makeup. Bacteria grow easily in liquid or creamy eye makeup. Throw out products after three months.

If you develop an eye infection, immediately get rid of all your eye makeup. If you tend to have allergic reactions, try only one new product at a time. Never share cosmetics and do not use store samples. Clean your face thoroughly before and after using makeup and do not apply cosmetics inside lash lines.

10. Get regular eye exams. Whether you wear glasses, get exams every other year if you are between ages 21 and 40. Contact lens wearers and anyone over 40 should get checkups every year. These exams should include dilation (drops to widen the pupil) so the doctor can look inside the eye for any damage or disease. Many common eye diseases, such as glaucoma or retinal problems cause by age or diabetes, do not give early warning signs. Some experts say young kids should have a complete eye exam at age 3, another before first grade, and then every two years thereafter.

11. Stop smoking. If you have been reading my columns, this is a recurring theme. If you smoke, stop. Smoking increases your risk of developing cataracts and aggravates uncomfortable dry eyes. It also builds up plaque in your bloodstream and weakens arteries. In addition to increasing your risk of a heart attack, you can damage the retina and cause vision loss. The good news is that after you quit smoking, your risk of eye disease is about the same as for non-smokers.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY

DINNER SPECIAL SUNDAY MARCH 17, 2013

SERVING FROM 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE BEER BATTERED COD

GRILLED REUBANS IRISH BEEF STEW

WASHINGTON NATIONALS

BUS TRIP

SATURDAY NIGHT MAY 11, 2013

“NATS vs CUBS”

$40.00 PER PERSON

MOTHER’S DAY STEAK NIGHT

MONDAY MAY 13, 2013

“FREE”

STEAK DINNER CHOICE OF POTATO

SALAD BAR DESSERT

FOR ALL WOTM

“MOTHERS”

THURSDAY NIGHT DINNERS

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

SEE MENU POSTED IN THE LODGE

TO ASSIST THE KITCHEN STAFF AND ENSURE THAT WE ORDER AND COOK ENOUGH FOOD SO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO EAT GETS A DINNER, YOU CAN SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. JUST CALL IN AND GET YOUR NAME ON THE LIST EARLY IN THE WEEK.

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SUNDAY MARCH 17th

$1,000

TO LAST NUMBER DRAWN

FIRST NUMBER DRAWN AT 2:00 PM

$2,500 IN TOTAL PAYOUTS 11 TOTAL PAYOUTS

$10 PER TICKET

300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD

DRAW DOWN PAYOUTS –

LAST NUMBER $1,000.00

270 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

240 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

210 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

180 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

150 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

120 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

90 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

60 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

30 NUMBER^th $ 100.00

1 NUMBER^st $ 200.00

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BIRTHDAY WISHES TO THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS

WHO HAVE BIRTHDAYS IN MARCH

March 01 Brian Laws March 02 Billy Peterson March 02 James Wagnon March 03 Robert Davies March 03 Gene Kneibert March 03 Thomas Owens March 04 Trent Pappas, Sr.

March 04 Joe Pettito March 06 John Rogers March 06 Shane Sheppard March 07 William Moriarity March 07 David Ruane March 07 Jerry Schelhorn March 08 Dave Oden March 09 Jonathan Bietsch March 09 Nelson Colley March 10 Robert Adkins March 11 Sean Coleman March 11 Troy Deberry March 11 James Homan March 11 Ken Redman, Jr.

March 13 Peter Horn

March 13 Lonnie Whetzel, Jr.

March 14 Edward Hill March 16 John Diamantis March 16 Robert Hagerman March 16 James Smith III March 17 Robert Moore March 18 Dennis Cappel, Sr.

March 18 Leonard Windsor March 20 Benny Jones March 23 Ben Chavez March 23 J. Leighton March 24 Kenneth Grimm March 24 Mike Mutrie March 26 Ronald Elie March 26 Anthony Sollars March 27 Robert Carroll March 27 James Heath March 29 Dale Bingham March 29 Michael Cornuet March 29 Randy Petersen March 30 Dennis Cashioli March 30 Sean Tooze March 31 Thomas Anamski