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  FROM THE GOVERNOR


Dear Brothers and Co-Workers

Well I do hope that the snow is gone completely now. During the month of February we had to close our Lodge for a few days. The reason behind this was for your safety as members and the safety of our employees. If you ever need to find out if the Lodge is closed please visit http://www.fredericksburg.com and click on closing. We will be posting our closings and cancellations on this site.

During these hard times, if any member has problems with paying their dues, please see our administrator or one of your Board of Officers and we can work something out.

This month we will be holding nominations for our Board Of Officers, if you are interested in holding a position on the Board, fill out an application (located behind the bar) and attend 1 of the 3 meeting that are being held the first 3 Wednesday of this month(3/3, 3/10/and 3/17).

I will have a summary of how the lodge is doing on the Premiere Award in my next newsletter

Until then


Thank you,

Kim Denniston
Governor


  FROM THE JUNIOR GOVERNOR


Brothers,

February is history and hopefully so is the snow. How’s that “Global Warming” working for you? Naturally, I broke my favorite snow shovel and there was no way you could buy another one. Soon the mountains of ice that remain will be gone and the storms just a memory.

The Moose year is getting short and soon we will elect new officers to our board. Before the elections we have the nominating process. Now is your chance to become more involved with your Lodge. If you would like to be considered for election to the board you need to submit your name to the Nominating Committee. Forms are available behind the bar in the Social Quarters. Just complete the form and hand it back in an envelope to the bartender on duty. Expect to be interviewed by the committee. The committee will meet on the first three Wednesdays this month. You only need to be available for one of the meetings. Think about it.

Keeping the “F” in Moose

Dave Cramer
Junior Governor 1655
ragboat@comcast.net


  FROM THE SENIOR REGENT


Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

Mark your calendars for the annual WOTM St. Patrick’s Day Dance on March 13, 2010. Music played by Borrowed Time. See enclosed flyer for more information.

If your membership dues are expiring at the end of the month you may want to pay in the early part of the month because it does take a little time to get your new card. If you are having difficulty with paying your dues and do not want to drop your membership please contact the WOTM Board of Officers for assistance. We may be able to help. Please understand that once your dues are expired and you do not renew your membership you cannot be signed in as a guest at anytime or by anyone for two years. Please consider renewing your dues so that this does not happen. Dues are only $30.00 per year.

This year we are hosting a Magic and Illusion Show on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the lodge. Ticket prices are: In advance: Adults $10.00, Children (5-16) $6.00, Children 4 and under Free. At the door: Adults $12.00, Children (5-16) $8.00.

Our Chapter Activity Meeting is Monday, March, 7:00 p.m. and our Business Meeting is March 22, 7:00 p.m. Please come and join us and learn what we are all about!!

Also, if you would like to volunteer to help in the kitchen for the Bingo Food Concession on Tuesday nights, please contact Paulette Jones, 540-786-7540. We have two shifts 3-6 and 6-9.

Thank you for all that you do to support our chapter and lodge.

Paulette G. Jones
Senior Regent
540-786-7540



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Editor:  Bob Morello
11821 Lewis Thorburn Road, Fredericksburg, VA  22407
(540) 785-7811  |  Fax: (540) 785-4501
Email: kb2rdm@comcast.net

Suggestions, comments and articles welcome !!!


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TUESDAY'S

DOORS OPEN 4:00PM

SUPER EARLY BIRDS START 6:00PM

(Players & volunteers welcome!)


   CLUB HOURS

Monday through Thursday:  11:00 am - 12:00 am
Friday:  11:00 am - 02:00 am
Saturday:  10:00 am - 02:00 am
Sunday:  08:00 am - 11:00 pm

Phone: (540) 786-9165

   LODGE 1655 RULES AND REGULATIONS

   THE MOOSE FRATERNITY

   ABOUT LODGE ELECTIONS

   SPECIAL EVENT / SHOW

   FEBRUARY 2010 BIRTHDAYS

   POOL TOURNAMENTS

     Each month, we have great tournament set up for you. Doubles 8 ball !!!! Team up with another member and have some fun and a chance to win a few bucks as well. The teams will be blind drawn from the entrants so you have a good chance to play with a more skillful partner or you might be the one to help a new player.

      These Doubles Tournaments are open to both men and women, and will be played on the second and fourth Wednesdays starting at 7:30pm. Prizes to be awarded are 1st place $50.00, 2nd place $30.00, and 3rd place pays $20.00. A $5.00 entry fee per person is required at registration. All pool play is free. Hope to see you soon.

P. S. Peet has a great food special each night.

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   TEEN NEWS


Hey all you parents and grandparents!! Do you have a child/grandchild from the ages of 13 to 17?? Talk to him or her and find out if they want to be a part of our TEEN CLUB. We will play hard and work hard, but, we’ll always have FUN!!!! So, come on out and join because… “all the COOL kids are doin’ it”!

If you are interested please contact me. I am looking forward to a great year.

Anne Cramer
Youth Awareness
Ragboat-Annie@comcast.net


   FELLOWS & PILGRIMS


This month’s message will pretty much echo my article last month. Hopefully, you Fellows and Pilgrims will have received an invitation to join us on Friday night, March 5th for Steak Night in the rear of the Hall. This event is intended to get us all together (as many as possible) due to the fact we weren’t able to do so around the Christmas holidays. We will have a social hour beginning at 5:00 p.m. with dinner to start at 6:00 p.m. The committee will supply the Moose Milk and drinks of choice. However, please be advised that we will all pay for our own dinners. Our committee is somewhat short of funds this year just like most others are. I hope you will be understanding and join us in some fun anyway. We will pick up the tab for the drinks and the tip for the waiting staff. When you receive your invitation from Bob Guest, please RSVP so that he will know how much food to order. I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

Thank you to those that helped with the ragtag breakfast on Valentine’s Day. Your help is always most appreciated.

Until next month, have fun, be careful, and God bless everyone.

Terry J. Burnette
Fellowship/Pilgrim Committee Secretary


   ATTENTION SENIOR CITIZENS


You asked for it---- you got it! There will be another senior citizens luncheon for those who are 60 years of age or older. If you enjoyed the last one you are sure to enjoy this one too. The menu will consist of ham, macaroni and cheese, and lima beans, with pudding for dessert.

The date is Thursday, March 25th. The meal will be served from noon until 2:00 P.M.

In order for the lodge to be better prepared please R.S.V.P. to Jim Hudgins. I can be reached via e-mail at bigjim1655@aol.com or by phone at 895-9531.

Looking forward to seeing everyone---

Join Us for Some Good Food & Fellowship

Fraternally yours,
Jim Hudgins


   SICKNESS & DISTRESS


Please if you know of a member who is in the hospital or stuck at home due to illness or some other distress please contact me so we can see if we can help ease the suffering in some way. You can reach me at Home at 540-785-7811; Cell: 540-226-0331 or E-mail at kb2rdm@comcast.net or leave a message for me at the Lodge.

Thank you and God Bless

Bob Morello, Prelate


   MEMBERSHIP


Brothers,

Thanks to your efforts we are still #1 in the state and are #14 internationally! At this writing we are 12 members short of achieving our 1st membership quota of the year. I know that each of you has this someone in mind to sign up, so please take this opportunity to sign them up and help us to surpass the first quota and to help the lodge attain our annual achievement awards from the state and international level. Only twice has the lodge not been awarded the merit award since its inception and now has been renamed as the lodge achievement awards just two years ago. So please help our Governor and our lodge by continuing to sign members. Just because we reach a quota doesn't mean you stop signing members. We need as many members as we can get.

I would like to express my extreme displeasure at whoever stole our membership status board. There is no reason for you to remove it from the wall or the premises. If you have a discrepancy with the totals, then see either Bob Guest or myself and hopefully we can resolve the issue. You have now created hours of work for us to create a new board and retrace our records. Some records may have to be sent from Chicago. The board had not been updated for January yet and now we have to recreate the entire past year. Whoever removed this board should be ashamed of themselves.

Hope all of you are being safe during our snow emergencies. Please remember as you leave the lodge at night to be careful as that melting snow during the day becomes black ice at night; treacherous to walk on and even more dangerous to drive on. Don't know about you but I've had my fill of snow for the year. Come on spring so we can ride without getting crud all over the bike or sandblasted from the sand and salt!

Thanks for all you do.

God bless Mooseheart and Moosehaven,
Sam Thomas
Membership Chairman


   SOAP BOX DERBY NEWS


Brothers and Co-workers,

Well it’s almost that time again for the Local Race here in Fredericksburg, so the crunch is on. We as a Committee has to thank all who have been Loyal Supporters to our endeavors with there support of our dinners and raffles. Also we have to thank Don and Ally Nails for their donation last month to us. It will be put to good use. We will be continuing doing our Steak and Shrimp on the 4th Friday of every other month, also our Shrimp and Crab Leg night on the last Wednesday of each month. We will be adding a Dinner starting the 3rd Saturday of March and it will run every month. The Dinner will be an All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner. It will be Eddies World Famous Spaghetti. So those of you that really enjoyed the Wednesday night Spaghetti dinners it will be the same, SO COME ON OUT!!!

Just to let you all know where the money goes we raise from our dinners and raffles, it cost us about $600.00 a year in entry fee's to just race in the Local race, when we rally it cost us right at $1000.00 a weekend if all the kids race. We run in about 5 rally races a year. Myself and the parents pay for our own hotel rooms and meals. We spend on an average of $1500.00 a year in parts. It cost us in paint when we repaint a car and letter it right at $500.00 a car. We also have to pay the up keep on the trailer and the taxes and that about $200.00 a year. That’s why we do all the dinners and raffles at the lodge that we do; it all goes for the kids.

Last year we had a good turn out of Lodge members at the Local Race in Fredericksburg, However I would like to see that number grow for 2010. The race is on June 12 down town on William St. Fredericksburg should be the largest Race in the Country again this year. Last year we lost out to Culpepper by 2 cars but those 2 cars will be back in Fredericksburg this year. How do I know that? It’s because we had 3 cars race in Culpeper Local last year and 2 of the 3 will be in Fredericksburg this year. Believe me I have not lived it down from the Fredericksburg Race Director yet!!!

Ok Guys and Ladies I'm putting out the challenge to all of you members to help us make this year we will never forget! We need your Help Please Support our committee Dinners and raffles, just like you always have!!! We are working hard to make this year the best that we have had.

I just hope we can send several kids and cars to Akron this year to the World Championships!!!

Thank You,
Kyle Danielson


   'LUNCH BUNCH CLUB WITH KATIE"
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1  
French Onion Soup w/ Chciken Salad
$5.50
2  
Pub Club Sandwich
w/FF
$5.50
3  
Prime Rib Sub
$6.50
4  
Crabby Cake
Sandwich w/FF &
Slaw
$7.00
5  
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich w/Onion Rings
$5.50
8  
Steak & Veggie Soup
w/Steal & Cheese Sand.
$5.50
9  
Chicken Tender
Salad
$5.00
10  
T-Bone Steak Day
$8.50
11  
Cheeseburger Sub
$5.00
12  
Grilled Tilapia
or Salmon
$6.00
15  
Creamy Potato Soup
w/BLT Sandwich
$5.75
16  
Fried Fish Sandwich
w/FF & Slaw
$5.00
17  
Corn Beef 'n Cabbage
$6.50
18  
Prime Rib Sub
$6.50
19  
Meatloaf Sandwich
$5.50
 
22  

New Orleans Gumbo
w/Fried Shrimp
$5.50

23  
Uncle Ned's
Country Fried Steak
$6.00
24  
T-Bone Steak Day
$8.50
25  
Chicken Parmesan
Sub
$6.00
26  
Reuben or Rachel
Sandwich w/FF
$6.00
29  

New England Clam
Chowder w/Fried Clams
$5.50

30  
Fried Seafood
Sampler
$7.50
31  
Prime Rib Sub
$6.50
   

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