Fraternal Non-profit
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 43
Streamwood, IL
HOLLY MOOSE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
2016/2017 L.O.O.M. BOARD
GOVERNOR
FELIX GALUSZKA
JUNIOR PAST GOVERNOR GERRY MURPHY
JUNIOR GOVERNOR VINCE PALAZZOLO
TREASURER DAVE FRANKFORT
ADMINISTRATOR DALE JOHNSON
PRE-LATE GARY BRANCH
SOCIAL DIRECTOR BOB SCHULTZ
TRUSTEES
HOLLIE SPEAR JR,
TOM ACREE
BOB WALTON
INNER GUARD GORDIE DRYER
OUTER GUARD TOM MCKENNEY
SARGEENT AT ARMS JOHN WINGLEMERE
2017
NEWSLETTER
2016/2017 W.O.T.M BOARD
SENIOR REGENT - JENNIFER SPEAR
JUNIOR GRADUATE REGENT - MICHELE WHARTON
JUNIOR REGENT - JILL BARGER
SECRETARY/TREASURER - SALLY CRIDER
RECORDER - BECKY JONES
F RO M O U R
G OV E R N O R
Dear Members,
Congratulations to the W.O.T.M. for receiving “Organization of the Year” from the Holly Chamber of Commerce. What a wonderful honor to receive and you deserved it very much. Great
job Ladies!
After three days of trying to repair the switches in the wall in the dining area, I want to thank
Mark and Dave Foss for helping me figure our what wire was which. I must have lost 10# going
up and down the stairs trying to find the correct breaker and on the 3rd day we finally figured it
out with some help from D.K. Thanks to all three of you for helping me solve this mystery!
I want to thank everyone in advance for all the help we will receive for our Annual Wild Game
Dinner which is upcoming in January. Its an event we all look forward to and the cooks prepare
a fabulous meal and the waitstaff and bartenders take great care of us at this annual gathering. We are so appreciative of all of the sponsors who donate prizes and to those who donate
meats and other food items to help make this event a success. Thanks go to Gerry Murphy,
Bruce Hammond and all the rest who make this event occur each year. We couldn't do this
without you. Don’t forget to get your tickets if you don't already have them—The Dinner will be
held on January 21st.
A big THANK YOU goes out to our Junior Governor Vince Palazzolo for repairing our floors—
both by the band stage and under the bar seating. What a beautiful job—we thank you so
much Vinnie!
We also are hoping that our Social Room Director Bob Schultz has recovered well from his recent eye surgery. This is his second go round and we are hopeful it was successful ! If you see
him in the lodge, be sure to thank him for the great job he is doing and all his hard work keeping the Social Quarters, kitchen and entertainment running. He works hard and deserves our
recognition!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, our sidewalk will not be repaired until Spring or early
Summer. The Village of Holly needs to work on gas lines in the area and therefore we have to
be patient but it should be completed sometime in early to mid 2017.
Hoping everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy new year! Looking forward to a great
2017!! God bless all our family members in the military and those living far from home.
Fraternally yours,
Felix Galuszka
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A D M I N I S T R AT O R
Dear Members,
I hope that all of you had a Happy Thanksgiving. I know that all of us that attended the
dinner here at the lodge had plenty of good food to eat and had a chance to enjoy each
others company. I would like to congratulate the Holly Women of the Moose for receiving
the Organization of the Year award that they received at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony by the Holly Chamber of Commerce.
May the New Year bring Peace, Harmony and Prosperity, not only in our daily lives but also
here at the lodge. We, as members, want good things that can better our lodge and to do
good things to better our community. This is why we support and believe in the Moose
Organization. You may have heard the saying “A burden heave to one, is borne lightly by
many”. This is the core of the Moose Organization and what makes us unique in our lodges and communities that we support. Along with that it is our responsibility to care for
our children at Mooseheart and our seniors at Moosehaven so that they too have a safe
place to live and are well taken care of.
God Bless Mooseheart and Moosehaven. Thank you all for being Moose members. Hoping you all had a wonderful and happy holiday season!
Dale Johnson,
Administrator
DID YOU KNOW
Moose International News
Do you know about Moose Charities? Moose Charities exist to provide the necessary resources for the continued support and maintenance
of the Mooseheart Child City & School and the Moosehaven retirement community. Your gifts allow Moose Charities to support both Mooseheart
the Child City and Moosehaven the City of Contentment through many services and initiatives to enhance the lives of those in our care. You can be
part of various giving societies that are based on your annual as well as cumulative giving to Moose Charities.
For more information go to http://www.moosecharities.org/
F RO M T H E
SOCIAL DIRECTOR
Dear Members,
Its been a busy Holiday Season at the Moose. We sure hope everyone is enjoying the food
provided at the football games. Also a big thanks to all our incredible volunteers and staff
who make all the evenings/days we are able to serve food happen. We truly are lucky to
have such a great membership!
We have some upcoming activities for January and February and may add a few other
things as they pop up but so far our scheduled events are as follows:
Saturday, January 21, 2017 is the date of our Annual Sportsman Dinner—Tickets are still
available to all members. The Lodge will be closed that day from 12:00 pm—6:00 pm except to those attending the dinner.
Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 4:00 pm—8:00 pm we are holding a Spaghetti Dinner
Fundraiser at the lodge with the Holly VFW post to benefit the Veterans Service Center at
the Karl Richter Campus. There will be Silent Auction items as well as a 50/50. More details
will be provided on facebook, our website and in the lodge as soon as we know them.
Sunday, February 5, 2017 we will be having a Super Bowl Party. Please bring a dish to
pass—A Sign up sheet will be posted—Come on down and enjoy the game with your Moose
family
Saturday, February 11, 2017 we will have a Valentines Day Party with Live Entertainment from 8:00 pm—12:00 am. Join us for a great evening of fun.
There is a possible Casino Bus Trip in the works for mid-February. We are still trying
to coordinate a date, location and pricing. Look for this info to be updated as well.
Thanks again to all our volunteers, staff and the Board who help make our lodge the best in
the area!! Here’s to a Happy and Healthy 2017!!
Bob Schultz
Social Director
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NEWS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Lodge Activities
Wild Game Dinner January 21st Advance Tickets required
W.O.T.M. Steak BINGO is back: January 28, February 18, March 18, April 15
Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser February 4th to benefit the Veterans Service
Center at Karl Richter
Super Bowl Party - February 5th—Bring a dish to pass
Valentines Day Party—February 11th—Live entertainment
Board Election Nominations are now being accepted. Contact an officer if you
are interested. Elections take place in late spring!
Moose Legion Activities
January—Moose Legion Honor Month
January 21, 2017—Flushing Lodge 1437—
Board of Directors/Assistant Secretaries Meeting 12:30 pm
Winter Moose Legion Celebration 2 pm,
February 11, 2017—Bay City Lodge 169
Nominations for Board of Directors 12:30 pm
Moose Legion Board of Directors/Assistant Secretary Meeting 2 pm
Don’t forget to check us out at http://lodge1168.moosepages.org/
or on our facebook pages
JANUARY 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tueday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
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7
BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
FOOD & POOL TACO NIGHT/
LEAGUE
EUCHRE
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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STEAK
NIGHT
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
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LOOM
WOTM Women's
Men's
(Open) Meeting
Meeting
6:30 PM
5:30 PM
FOOD & POOL TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
LEAGUE
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FOOD & POOL
TACO NIGHT/
LEAGUE
EUCHRE
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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SPORTSMAN
DINNER &
Moose Legion
Meeting—
Flushing Lodge
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
LOOM
Men's
Meeting
5:30 PM
FOOD & POOL
LEAGUE
WOTM Women's
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
Meeting 6:30
PM
TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
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Steak Bingo
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FOOD & POOL
LEAGUE
WEEKLY EVENTS: MONDAYS - BURGERS/EUCHRE TUESDAYS - POOL WEDNESDAY
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FEBRUARY 2017
Sunday
Monday
Tueday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
VFW/MOOSE
LODGE
SPAGHETTI
DINNER
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10
SUPER
BOWL
PARTY
BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
FOOD &
POOL
LEAGUE
WOTM Women's
(Open) Meeting
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
LOOM
Men's
Meeting
5:30 PM
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POOL
LEAGUE
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EUCHRE
TEXAS
HOLD EM
STEAK
NIGHT
Steak Bingo
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BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
FOOD &
POOL
LEAGUE
WOTM Women's
TEXAS
HOLD EM
FISH FRY
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6:30 PM
11
VALENTINES
PARTY
Moose Legion
Meeting—
Bay City Lodge
TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
FISH FRY
Meeting
6:30 PM
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TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
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27
28
BURGER
NIGHT AND
EUCHRE
LOOM
Men's
Meeting
5:30 PM
FOOD &
POOL
LEAGUE
TACOS/EUCHRE
28
TACO NIGHT/
EUCHRE
THURSDAYS - TEXAS HOLD EM FRIDAYS - FISH FRY
F RO M T H E
W. O. T. M .
Dear W.O.T.M. Co-workers,
What an amazing couple of months we have had at our Lodge/Chapter. Our Member Retention Week was wonderful with
many activities that helped bring expired members back in to renew and stay a part of our Moose Family. On the 12th of
November the WOTM celebrated our 70th Anniversary as Chapter and had a beautiful party with lots of delicious food and
desserts. Thanks to my fellow Board Members who helped make this event happen and to all that attended and helped us
commemorate this milestone.
We also celebrated with our families at two very well attended events—our Annual Children's Halloween Party and our
Annual Christmas Party. It is such a pleasure to see all the kids and grand kids of our members enjoying themselves and
making crafts, dressed up in costumes or in their Christmas outfits to see Santa. Thank you to Brenda Sepanak for stepping
up to organize and volunteer for these events. Thanks also to Maureen Patton, Michele Wharton, Jill Barger, Sally Crider,
Becky Jones, Meghan Bearden and Lynn Campbell and all the others who helped make all our recent events so successful.
We also send a heartfelt THANK YOU to Red Devil Restaurant for the Pizza for our Christmas party—the kids really enjoyed
it. We also owe yet another huge thank you to Maureen Patton who organized a group of WOTM volunteers to help wrap
gifts with the “Shop with a Cop” event in December. We are so lucky to have so many giving members willing to step in and
help others. It’s a pleasure and honor to be a part of this Chapter with all of you Be sure to check the website and our facebook page to see photos from the Christmas party—we tried to get one of each child with Santa. Thanks to Santa for stopping in and giving each kid their special present.
As you may have heard, we had an amazing honor bestowed to our chapter by being nominated and winning “Organization
of the Year” from the Holly Chamber of Commerce. This honor was announced at the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in downtown Holly on November 25th and we were further honored by being invited to attend the Annual Chamber Holiday party in
December where we were given a framed document announcing our accomplishment as well as a beautiful plaque to display in the lodge. There are so many worthy organizations in the area so this is an honor we do not take likely and are so
grateful for the recognition. This honor validates all the hard work the WOTM does for our community and it belongs to all
of us at this Chapter—without your membership, volunteerism and generous donations, we would not have won this award
nor have been recognized. It is amazing to see the community come to understand what our organization does for the
betterment of Holly, our surrounding communities and of course, Moose Charities, Mooseheart and Moosehaven. Great
job to all and we are still so excited about this great honor!
In a few short months we will be electing new officers to the WOTM Board. Volunteers of all types are always needed and
we welcome you to step in and get involved in our amazing Chapter. If you want to be considered for the election upcoming
in the Spring or have any questions, please contact me or let one of the other Board members know
Back by popular demand is Steak Bingo—for the next 4 months starting January 28 we will hold this monthly event. If you
haven't come to one of our fun afternoons, you are missing out. We hope you will join us. See the calendar for dates!
Lastly, I want to thank our LOOM Board for all their generosity in 2016—whenever we needed help or funding for one of our
parties or other events, the LOOM Board stepped right up to help support our endeavors. We are so lucky to have
a Board that values their WOTM and are so supportive.. Thank you again to our Governor Felix Galuszka and the
rest of the gentlemen on the Board for helping us so often and so generously.
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 2017!
Respectfully yours,
Jennifer Spear
Senior Regent
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N EWSLETTER EDITOR
Dear Members,
Our new website is up and running and being improved every week with your suggestions. We will continue to fine tune
it and get it as close to perfect as we can. This new site allows us to post our bimonthly Newsletters in the File section, our Kitchen Menu, our calendar with all important dates and times as well as news from the lodge, photos and
even a page for members businesses. It is easily modifiable and we are so excited to unveil it for you. You can find
our website at http://lodge1168.moosepages.org/
We are still seeking someone with an actual camera (yes, digital is perfect but preferably not a phone) to take some
photos around the lodge of both inside and outside that we can use for our website and facebook page. If you have a
camera and want to donate a bit of your time to help, please contact me at [email protected]. Any
photos you take around the lodge or at lodge events can also be emailed to me so we can include on facebook or on
our webpage or in a newsletter. Make sure you check out all the photos already posted in those areas!
If you are no longer interested in receiving your newsletter by mail you can now view it on our webpage or receive it
by email. Please contact me at the above email address or fill out the attached form located below and drop it off
with one of the bartenders to place in the newsletter folder or mail it to us if you aren't coming in to the lodge so we
can start phasing out those who prefer digital correspondence and save our lodge money in mailing costs.
If you are interested in advertising in our newsletter, we will post appropriate ads for free. Ad must be a business
card or business card size and must be in to me no later than the 5th of any month and will appear in our next bimonthly newsletter and can be added to a section on our website for member owned businesses. Also, if you notice
any omissions of birthdays or new members or just plain old errors, let me know—I hope to keep our newsletter as
informative and correct as possible.
Thank you for your continued support of our lodge! As always you can reach me at [email protected]
Till next time ,
Jennifer Spear, Newsletter Editor
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newsworthy Holly Moose
Lodge events...You may
just see them in the next
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MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS
Women Birthdays - January 2017
Linda Davis 3rd
Stella Schlaff 3rd
Collin Parker 4th
Brenda Kruger 5th
Tanya Gotts 5th
Christine Radka 8th
Kelly Rodriguez 9th
Cathy Bombrisk 10th
Lena Campbell 10th
Janet Height 11th
Lori Perry 12th
Mary Baker 13th
Pam Hennig 13th
Linda Bach 15th
Ann Horton 15th
Katy Godfrey 17th
Sharon Ball 18th
Tami Spiece 18th
Rose Davenport 20th
Lynn Wilkinson 20th
Billie Stoner 21st
Renee Harp 24th
Lindsey Stevenson 25th
Lynn Campbell 26th
Mary Peake 28th
Dortha Watt 29th
Womens Birthdays - February 2017
Angel Magalski 1st
Sandy Murphy 3rd
Michele Adams 4th
Janice Nash 4th
Albertina Howland 6th
Karin Winchester 6th
Amy Randolph 7th
Beth Booher 8th
Carolyn Gibson 11th
Sharlene Peter 11th
Elizabeth Chapin 12th
Catherine Zajewski 12th
Patricia Ross 13th
Laurie Schupbach 13th
Amy Carnell 14th
Donna Roberts 14th
Sheila Madison-Francis 14th
Lynette Schaefer 15th
Michele Clark 17th
Judy Crosby 17th
Jessica Allen 18th
Sherri Koerber 18th
Lorraine Moller 18th
Teri Keener 21st
Shirley Strochine 21st
Mary Kozlowski 22nd
Lisa Aldrich 24th
Edith Bailey 24th
Rose Jirkovsky 24th
Delfina Ridley 25th
Sherri Lee 27th
Judy Walton 27th
Shelly Hardy 29th
Lorraine Williams 29th
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Happy Birthday Moose Members
From Your Holly Moose Family!!
Mens Birthdays - January 2017
Robert Leclercq 1st
James Leece II 1st
Eric Yeaster 1st
John Yobuck 2nd
Travis Castro 2nd
Douglas Williams 2nd
Robert Cleaver 3rd
Randall Fishback 3rd
Byron Harig 3rd
William Hoffecker 3rd
Dale Morgan 3rd
Brian Walz 4th
Tim Boulay 5th
Rick Hueston 5th
David Harris 6th
Gary Warden 6th
Dave Yovich 6th
Joe Walters 7th
Doug Grooms 8th
Tom Guilliat 8th
Tom Van Scoyoc 8th
John Weir 8th
Beau Cook 9th
William Sherman 9th
Jamie Rogers 10th
Robert Burgess 11th
Jim Van Scoyoc 11th
Gregory Beagle 12th
Rick Branham 12th
Todd Fritz 12th
Ron Seidl 2th
Felix Galuszka 14th
Thomas Vacca 15th
John Ostrand 16th
David Robinson 16th
Anthony Welton 16th
Thomas Gaulin 17th
Daniel Hughes 17th
James Ridgway 17th
John Dargel 18th
Don Oliver 19th
Chris Hogan 21st
Jesse Shippey 21st
Chuck Schmidt 22nd
John Spokaeski 22nd
Albert Tischbein 22nd
Scott McCormick 23rd
David McLean 23rd
John Moffatt 23rd
Tod Nash 23rd
Scott Spangler 24th
Chris Sancraint 25th
Gary Darst 26th
Brandon Beardsley 27th
David Couser 27th
Dan Fahlgren 27th
Daniel Krause 27th
Gary McDonald 27th
Steve Laferney 28th
Michael Zielke 28th
Gary Spangler 29th
Brett Litogot 31st
Mens Birthdays - February 2017
Dayne Dehaven 1st
John Reynolds 1st
Richard Bailey 2nd
Grafton Moore 2nd
Bub Pennington 2nd
Roy Garcia 3rd
Kirt Herronen 3rd
Dan Yoder 3rd
Reho Krause 4th
Andrew Jones 5th
Bill Aldrich 6th
Mark Meszler 6th
Joseph Weeder 6th
Gary Stack 7th
Tim Alder 8th
Thomas Acree 9th
Christopher Royle 9th
Francis Acox 11th
Richard Larobardiere 12th
Perry Allen 13th
Mike Gudith 13th
Danny Hinton 13th
Joe Cote 14th
Derrick Edge 14th
Timm Smith 14th
Robert Young 14th
Jason Burke 15th
Guy Cleaver 15th
Brian Keller 15th
Thomas Smith 16th
Ben Taylor 17th
Jimmie Joseph 18th
Jim Licavoli 19th
Thomas Gearhart 20th
Chris Williams 20th
David Hilliker 21st
Richard Lenz 22nd
Eric Lavasseur 23rd
John Graybeal 24th
Raymond Kent Jr. 24th
Michael Lussier 24th
David Dryer 25th
Kurt Knight 25th
Darrell Badgero lll 26th
Ronald Henson 27th
WELCOME!!
NEW MEMBERS
L.O.O.M
W.O.T.M
Mark Aho
Kalvin Baker
Scott Campbell
Peter Deahl
Michael DeLorenzo
Glenn Grommet
Brian Gudith
Brian Klaassen
Jim Licavoli
Gerald MacCormick Jr
Brian McDaniel
Steve McGee
Ron Patsey
Philip Portman
Dan Richards
Michael Thompson
Michael Zielke
Hillary Allgeyer
Heather Branson
Cindy Breeding
Cindy Carr
Sarah Field
Lori Jo Harman
Renee Harp
Bernadet Kamal
Judy Licavoli
Holly Macksood
Dolores Manley
Kelly Pool
Jodi Stiles
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