Happenings Vancouver Moose Family Center

11018 NE 18th Street Vancouver, WA 98684

360-256-1420

DATES & EVENTS TO REMEMBER

Aug. 6 Steak Night, 6:00—8:00 p.m. by Tom $11.50 Aug. 10 Past Governors & Past Senior Regents Luncheon Peach Tree (162nd & 4th Plain) at 12:00 p.m. Aug. 13 Moose Legion Dinner—Breakfast For Dinner Aug. 20 Prime Rib Dinner, 6:00—8:00 p.m. by Mark & Crew $13.50 Aug. 27 Lodge Picnic 1:00—4:00p.m. Dinner—Burger Baskets, 6:00—8:00p.m. THANK YOUS The following people volunteered during the month of June for various events: Heidi, Vikki R., Tony, Tom, Mark, Cheryl, Eileen, Willie, Kathy P., Sue, Diana, Debbie, Nick, Bill, Paul & Mary. Thank you to the Texas Hold’em and Bunco players for their monetary contributions. A HUGE THANK YOU to ALL the Members who attend the functions and support the Lodge and Chapter!!

NEWSLETTER EDITOR The current e-mail address for the newsletter is: LOOM1774@gmail.com The Newsletter Editor is: Mary Taylor 360-573-1231 (home) or 360-624-5605 (cell). Please have any items you want in the Newsletter turned in by the 20th of the month.

MOOSE LEGION The Moose Legion of Vancouver Lodge 1774 is cooking the dinner on Saturday, August 13. Come down and see how easy it is to become a Moose Legion member and all the fun they have.

BINGO THANK YOU to all the Bingo Callers on both Thursday and Sunday. Without these volunteers there would be no bingo. A huge THANK YOU to all of you that come down and play bingo on Thursday and Sun-day. It is your continual support that makes these events both fun and successful. LODGE PICNIC The annual Lodge Picnic is going to be on Saturday, August 27th from 1:00—4:00pm. The Lodge will be providing the hamburgers, hot dogs, buns and condiments. Please bring a dish to share; last name starting with A —H please bring desserts, I—P please bring other side dishes, and Q—W please bring salads. Come down and enjoy the fun and activities.

AUGUST 2016 Volume 20 Issue 4

Lodge 1774—Chapter 970

What’s Inside LOOM Page 2 WOTM Page 3 Calendar Page 4 WSNIMA Page 7 Moose International Page 7

In preparation for starting to mail out the Newsletter to ALL members, the Newsletter is undergoing some changes. Please bear with us as we get all the bugs out. THANK YOU!!

Loyal Order of Moose—Vancouver Lodge 1774

Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. 360-256-1420, Fax 360-885-1423

Email Address: Lodge1774@mooseunits.org

Aug. 3 Moose Legion 6:15 p.m. LOOM Meeting 7:00 p.m. Aug. 10 Joint Board Mtg. 6:00 p.m. LOOM Officers 7:00 p.m. Aug. 17 LOOM Meeting 7:00 p.m. Aug. 24 House Comm. Mtg. 7:00 p.m. All LOOM members are encouraged to attend the LOOM Meetings on August 3 and August 17.

Board of Officers Governor—Vern Brumitt Junior Past Governor—Paul Taylor Junior Governor— Vacant Prelate— Vacant Acting Administrator— Tom Haeger Treasurer—Nick Thomas Trustees: Bill Savoie, Vacant, Vacant Sgt. At Arms—Vacant Asst. Sgt. At Arms—Vacant Inner Guard—Vacant Outer Guard—Vacant

GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Vern Brumitt—Governor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ADMINISTRATOR’S MESSAGE

Hello, my name is Tom Haeger. On July 13, the board of officers elected me as Acting Administrator of our lodge. I am looking forward to the opportunity to help keep our lodge office up to date on all business related issues. As you know, our lodge is for sale. We have had one written offer, which we rejected due to it being well below what the membership agreed to sell the building for. Another gentleman was walked through the building a few weeks ago but decided that it would not work for his purposes. Our realtor continues to promote our building and is working to find us a new home. In the mean time, please continue to support your lodge by enjoying a good meal or a drink or two with your Moose friends. Tom Haeger— Acting Administrator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MOOSE LEGION

Ok, first up. I neglected to put out a Moose Legion newsletter last month. Shame on me. With that said, you should notice that Amos is back with us. He is our reward for traveling the most miles to the last Celebration in Enumclaw. We are needing more attendance at our Moose Legion meetings. Having only 3 or 4 Legionnaires there makes it tough to put together an agenda to help our Moose Legion grow. Please make plans to attend our next meeting on August 3rd at 6:15 PM. Until then, do some good thing for someone each day Tom Haeger, Asst. Secretary, Moose Legion 17

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Women of the Moose—Vancouver Chapter 970

Meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at 7:00 pm P. O. Box 820778, Vancouver, WA 98682-0017

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WOTM MONTHLY CALENDAR — Activity and Sports Committee Month Aug. 3 Board of Officers Meeting 6:00 p.m. Aug. 10 Joint Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. Chapter Activity Meeting 7:00 p.m. Aug. 24 Chapter Business Meeting 7:00 p.m.

SENIOR REGENT’S MESSAGE

I had the opportunity to meet and visit with the girls from Washington/Northern Idaho House during their recent visit. What a polite and outstanding group of young ladies. It is with great sorrow and a deep loss that I inform you that Diana Cox-Pratt has passed away. Please keep her family and friends in your prayers as they deal with this sudden loss. Summer is a wonderful time to come down to the Lodge and cool off in the air conditioning and enjoy a beverage or meal. There is always a need for more volunteers and we appreciate everything that anyone does to help out. We can’t do what we do without your help and support. Don’t forget the WOTM does dinner every Thursday night and Bingo. Dinner starts at 5:30pm and Bingo starts at 6:00pm. We also do a light lunch on Sunday during the LOOM Bingo. Lunch starts at between noon and 12:30pm and Bingo starts at 1:00pm. We are also now needing to fill the position of Guide, if you think you would like to take this position, please contact me ASAP. Marylee Taylor, Senior Regent, 573-1231 (H) or 360-624-5605 (C) *************************************************************************************** HIGHER DEGREES—ACADEMY OF FRIENDSHIP There will be no Academy of Friendship meeting on Wednesday, August 3. The Higher Degrees Luncheon is taking the summer off and will meet again in September, have a GREAT SUMMER AND SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!

Denise Pedersen, Higher Degree Chairman, 360-892-9685

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JUNIOR REGENTS CORNER If you know of any co-worker who is ill, in the hospital or has lost a family member please contact me so the appropriate card and/or visit can be arranged or sent. Get Well cards were sent to Debbie Thomas, knee replacement surgery and Cheryl Dufay, car accident and several surgeries. A Sympathy card was sent to the family of Diana Cox-Pratt due to Diana’s passing.

Sue Jones, Junior Regent, 360-901-9768

BOARD OF OFFICERS Senior Regent—Marylee Taylor Junior Regent —Sue Jones Jr. Graduate Regent—Vacant Secretary/Treasurer—Debbie Thomas Recorder—Eileen Winstead

SUNDAY LUNCH & THURSDAY DINNER These are the two times that the Chapter prepares and serves meals. And both are also at the same time as Bingo. If you think you might like to help out in any way with one of these meals, please contact the Senior Regent Mary Taylor. Extra help is always appreciated. Thank you.

AUGUST 2016

Sunday Opens 12:00 p.m. Kitchen12:30-2:00pm

Monday Closed

Tuesday Closed

Wednesday Opens 1:00 p.m.

Queen of Hearts

Thursday Opens 1:00 p.m. Kitchen 5:30-6:45 pm

Friday Opens 1:00 p.m. Kitchen 5:30-7:30 pm

Saturday Opens 12:00 p.m. Kitchen 6:00-8:00 pm

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LODGE

CLOSED

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LODGE

CLOSED

3 Moose Legion

6:15 pm

LOOM Mtg.

7:00 pm

WOTM Brd. Mtg

6:00pm

Queen of Hearts

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Bingo 6:00pm

Caller -

WOTM Light

Meal

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Karaoke

7—10 P.M.

Burger baskets

and other

menu items

6 Harley Breakfast —Vern & Tom

Texas Hold’em

1:00 p.m.

Steak Night

by Tom

Queen of Hearts

7 Bingo

1:00 p.m.

Caller—Tony/

Vikki

Cook—

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LODGE

CLOSED

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LODGE

CLOSED

10 LOOM/WOTM

Joint Brd. Mtg.

6:oopm

LOOM Officers

7:00 pm

WOTM Chapter

Mtg. 7:00 pm

Queen of Hearts

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Bingo 6:00 pm

Caller –

WOTM Light

Meal -

12

Karaoke

7—10 P.M.

Burger baskets

and other

menu items

13

Queen of Hearts

14 Bingo

1:00 p.m.

Caller—Tony/

Vikki

Cook—

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LODGE

CLOSED

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LODGE

CLOSED

17 LOOM Mtg. 7:00

p.m.

Queen of Hearts

18

Bingo 6:00 pm

Caller – Eileen

WOTM Light

Meal -

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Karaoke

7—10 P.M.

Burger baskets

and other

menu items

20 Texas Hold’em

1:00 p.m.

Prime Rib

Dinner

Queen of Hearts

21 Bingo

1:00 pm

Caller—Tony/

Vikki

Cook—

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LODGE

CLOSED

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LODGE

CLOSED

24 House Comm.

Mtg. 7:00 p.m.

WOTM

Business Mtg.

7:00 p.m.

Queen of Hearts

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Bingo 6:00 pm

Caller -

WOTM Light

Meal -

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Karaoke

7—10 P.M.

Burger baskets

and other

menu items

27 Texas Hold’em

1:00 p.m.

LODGE

PICNIC 1-4PM

Dinner—

Burger Baskets

Queen of Hearts

28 Bingo

1:00 pm.

Caller –Tony/

Vikki

Cook—

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LODGE

CLOSED

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LODGE

CLOSED

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Queen of Hearts

4

Queen of Hearts

Drawing

Every Wednesday &

Saturday evenings.

Happy Hour:

Wednesday—Friday,

4:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.

Saturday music begins at 7:00

p.m.

Steak Night: You can choose

steak which comes with fries or

baked potato & salad or a ham-

burger basket. Sales tax includ-

ed on all meals.

Steak Night Dinner - $11.50.

Prime Rib Dinner- $13.50

Prime Tyme

Prime Tyme

Mario Carboni

MOOSE LEGION Breakfast For

Dinner

Texas Hold’em

1:00 p.m.

Southern Breakdown

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SOCIAL QUARTERS If there is something you would love to participate in or see happen and we have no listing for it, please let us know at your convenience. You can stop by the lodge and speak to one of the officers. Or you can leave us a note. Please include your name and phone number so we may contact you. We are also look-ing into some new activities. Check for your lucky number at the bar every day. Get fifty cents off your first drink. This is based on the last digit of your membership number. The Lodge is looking for volunteer bartenders. If interested or you know of someone who is please contact the Administrator. No one is allowed behind the bar without the permission of the bartender on duty. KITCHEN Stop by and see what new meals we have to offer. We need volunteers so if a few more members would step up that would be great. Thanks everyone for volunteering. Taxes are included in the price of all meals served. All volunteers are appreciated. Only designated cooks or helpers are allowed in the kitchen. This is for the health and safety of all involved. Please abide by these rules. PRINTER CARTRIDGES We are recycling printer cartridges and old printers as a building maintenance fundraiser for repairs. Please bring your old printer cartridges to the lodge to recycle. There is a collection box in the lobby. NEWSLETTER If you or someone you know has not received a newsletter please stop by the lodge to pick one up. If you would like a newsletter emailed to you please provide us with your name and email address. The current plan is to start mailing the Newsletter out to both the LOOM and WOTM Members starting this summer. FUTURE EVENTS For any other activities please contact either the LOOM or WOTM board members so a date can be reserved for the activity. The sooner the better so we can advertise the activity. ROOM RENTAL INFORMATION To rent a room for an event please contact the Lodge. ADVERTISING The Vancouver Moose Lodge is going to give businesses an opportunity to advertise in our Newsletter. We have 350+ members who receive the Newsletter by mail and email. These could be customers who may need your services. The cost will be $85.00 per year for non-members and $75.00 per year for members. All advertising will be reviewed and approved by the Board of Officers. This would be standard sized business cards. If you are interested please give a copy of your advertisement to the Administrator or Governor. CONTACT INFORMATION

Vancouver Lodge Phone Number: 360-256-1420 Lodge 1774: lodge1774@mooseunits.org Chapter 970: chapter970@mooseunits.org Lodge Website: lodge1774.moosepages.org/ International: www.mooseintl.org

Newsletter: LOOM1774@gmail.com Newsletter articles due on the 20th of each month.

Address for Renewal of Dues Dues Processing Center

Moose International P.O. Box 88065

Chicago, IL 60680-1065 This is the lockbox address used for dues renewal for both the men and women. The Lodges & Chapters are also permitted to accept renewals. So, now you have three ways to renew membership: in person, by mail or on-line. When paying on-line you need your Moose ID number and the password. The Moose International website is: www.mooseintl.org. The password is on the inside page of your Moose Magazine or on the back of your Moose Membership Card.

ADDRESS CHANGE CARD

Name_____________________________________________ Old Address_______________________________________ New Address______________________________________ City___________________ State_____ Zip______________ Phone Number_____________________________________ Cell Number_______________________________________ Email Address _____________________________________

Did your Membership Card Expire June 30? Renew it today!!

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Want to make a difference? Volunteer. Just one hour a month can make a world of difference. In that one hour you can help in the kitchen (Food Handlers Card needed), sweep a floor, taking out a bag of trash, sell tickets for an event or raffle. If you like working outside it could be pulling weeds, trimming plants and trees, cutting grass, picking up trash or just general sprucing up the grounds outside. If each member of both the LOOM and WOTM gave just one hour a month it would be over 500 hours of volunteer work. Besides, in that one hour you might make a new friend, get re-acquainted with an old friend or you just might find out that you are enjoying yourself.

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WSNIMA INFORMATION

MOOSE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION

Regional Membership Workshops: Moose International’s Membership Department is conducting a series of regional workshops to discuss recruitment and retention challenges, as well as methods to address common issues expressed by Lodges and Chapters throughout the Fraternity. Dates and Locations: August 13—Eau Claire Wisconsin Lodge 1408; Sep-tember 24—Dearborn Heights Michigan Lodge 1795; October 1—East Aurora New York Lodge 370; and October 22—East Portland Oregon Lodge 1891.

Previous topics included results from membership surveys; strategies for signing new members; infor-mation on why members leave the Moose; details on the Moose Rewards program; and case study examples of successes and failures. New this year is a presentation on Attracting Younger Members, See the Moose Inter-national website (www.mooseintl.org) for ALL the details and reservation information. Reservations will need to be done one week prior to the workshop date. Sessions run from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

May 01, 2016—April 30, 2017 This year’s Annual Membership Campaign is Moose – Raise the Roof, which runs from May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017. Last year we focused on growing our Lodges and Chapters – our foundation – in order to support our core values. Now it’s time to build on that success and push above those levels so that our communities can hear our celebration loud and clear.

Paying your yearly Moose dues now can pay you back in another way. Earn points and redeem them for yearly dues, products or even cash. Go to www.mooseintl.org and under the Members section click on the Moose Rewards logo (like the one on the left) for ALL the details on how to earn and redeem.

For ALL the WSNIMA Information and News go to www.wsnima.org

WASHINGTON HOUSE GIRLS The girls from Washington House had a wonderful time while they were here for their visit in July. Thank you to all the Lodges and Chapters that housed events/dinners for the girls. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who made the extra effort to come and meet the girls, you made their day. A special THANK YOU to Dave and Sylvia Montonye and John and April Mangiantini for escorting and traveling with the girls during their entire visit.

If you ever wanted to know what is going on at the State Association level, just visit the WSNIMA website. You will find all sorts of useful and helpful information there, as well as the names and contact information for those men and women who can get you answers to any questions that you may still have. You can also read the Newsletters of the other Lodges within WSNIMA and check out not only your Moose Legion 17 infor-mation but also info from the other two Moose Legions within WSNIMA. There’s a TREMENDOUS amount of information there. Just let your fingers do the walking and you will be surprised what you can find.

Next Convention : Red Lion Olympia, September 15-18, 2016

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Vancouver Moose #1774 Officers

Governor Vern Brumitt Jr. Governor Prelate Jr. Past Governor Paul Taylor Acting Administrator Tom Haeger Treasurer Nick Thomas 3 Yr. Trustee Bill Savoy

WOTM Vancouver Chapter #970 Officers

Senior Regent Mary Taylor Junior Regent Sue Jones Jr. Grad. Regent Sec/Treas. Debbie Thomas Recorder Eileen Winstead Guide Asst. Guide Carole Bray

HOURS OF OPERATION Monday CLOSED Tuesday CLOSED Wednesday 1pm—Close Thursday 1pm—Close Friday 1pm—Close Saturday 12 noon—Close Sunday 12 noon—Close