The
July 2016
MOOSE PRINT
OF TRACY MOOSE LODGE 2283
LOCATION: 35 E. 6th Street, Tracy, CA 95376 (209) 835-4366
Mail: PO Box 1023, Tracy, CA 95378 WOTM Chapter 1720
Visit us at http://lodge2283.moosepages.org/
Email us at: [email protected]
LODGE OPENS AT: MON-SAT 4 PM; SUNDAY 9 AM
From the Sr. Regent
Information on a Special
Election to fill the
Governor’s seat will be
announced at a later date.
Hello all. Thank you all for your support of
our WOTM activities in June. We had a delicious Pulled Pork dinner prepared by new
member, Anne Freitas. Everyone enjoyed
generous portions and great desserts. We
even saved the leftovers for another time (a
random Tuesday maybe?).
We also had a wonderful Father’s Day meal
and raffle. Thanks to our usual crew of Kristal, Myra, and Danette. Special thanks to John Arrington as one
of the loyal cooks, Joe Terra was dishwasher extraordinaire,
Alex Z and his daughter Melissa stepped in also, Bailey and
Madison worked on the raffle, and Sandi C., Vicki F and of
course Patty, the amazing bartender (and so much more!) and
many others made the day a great success. The winner of the
raffle was John B who generously donated it to Patty and family. Thanks to all who participated.
On Friday, July 8th, Gert and Dori will work their magic with
Baby back ribs, rice pilaf, salad, soup and dessert for $12.
Please reserve with the bartenders if you plan to come.
Our breakfast this month will be Sunday, July 24 th and will be
the usual Moose menu. After negotiations with the LOOM
board, prices of all breakfasts (men’s and women’s) will be $6
from now on. If we make some special item(s) we will charge
separately for that. Join us!
Our meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays @ 7pm each
month. We would love to see you there. We have some grand
plans for the upcoming year so please join us at the meetings to
give your input. You may also email us at [email protected]
As many of you know I was not in attendance for Father’s day
because I was with Ruben in the hospital after his heart surgery.
It ended up being his last day with us, passing at 3 am Sunday
morning. Thank you to all of you for your prayers on his behalf
and for the heartfelt sympathies expressed by all. Ruben will
be greatly missed around the Moose but he has gone to be with
his parents and older sister in heaven (probably already rolling
dice and joking with the other angels). We have set a date for a
Celebration of Life here at the Moose for July 23rd. (More
details to follow.) His family is doing a memorial in Winters on
July 8th, at 11 am at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church.
Best Regards, Julie Escobedo, Senior Regent
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UPCOMING FRIDAY DINNERS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesdays & Thursdays – Starting at 4:00 pm –
Snack Potluck
July 1 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - To Be Announced
July 4 - Potluck 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
July 5 - Bunco - 6:00 pm
July 8 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - Baby Back Ribs, soup, salad, dessert - Chefs Dori, Gert, Ann - $12.00
July 15 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - Mike's Famous Steak or
Salmon - $14.00
July 22 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - To Be Announced
July 23 - Celebration of Life for Ruben Valencia
July 29 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - White Ruffy, Clam Chowder, Salad, Dessert - Chefs Dori, Gert, Ann - 12.00
Aug 2 - Bunco - 6:00 pm
Aug. 5 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - To Be Announced
Aug. 6 - LOOM Pilgrim Ceremony
Aug. 12 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - WOTM - To Be Announced
Aug. 19 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - Mike's Steak or Salmon $14.00
Aug. 26 - Dinner - 6:00 pm - Baby Back Ribs, soup,
salad, dessert - Chefs, Dori, Gert, Ann - $12.00
Aug. 27 - All You Can Eat BBQ by Rudy Mason - $10
Welcome New Members!
Morris Antonino
Sponsored by Ben Curran
Robert J. Hernandez, Jr.
Sponsored by Frank Placeres
Ernie Lozano, Sr.
Sponsored by Frank Diaz
Ernie Marquez
Sponsored by Henderson Moore
Gordon Mosby and Ray Porotesano
Sponsored by Alex Zamora
Robert Rice
Sponsored by Erick Keating
Efren A. Rodriguez
Sponsored by Andy J. Higgins
Myron Spady
Sponsored by Michael Kanaday
John Garza and Peter Martin
Sponsored by Gary Farmer
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FROM THE DESK OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
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Hector Estrada
Susie Borges
Susan Rochelle
H Sloan
Dolores Gomes
Terres Ronneberg
Kenneth Vollbrecht
Dave Weaver
John Capps
Simon Ramirez
Yvonne Madrid
Joe Enos
David Pimentel Sr.
Ruth Briggs
Al DeAguero
David Hall
David Overstreet
Cheryl Williams
Barbara Cowan
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Ernie Lozano Sr.
Stella Rickman
Gerald Cunningham
Robin Cannell
Ann Mendez
Kelli Sordello
Paul Bartel
Michael Castillo
Frank Perry
Tom Lopez
David Furtado
Rudolph Garibay
Alfred Ortega
Jimmy Silva
Josephine Rapanut
Aubrey Halford
Mary Halford
Anah Cartemanche
Robert Sequeira
On June 4th, 2016, I entered the House of God
on the MooseHeart campus to receive the Pilgrim
Degree of Merit( the Highest Degree in the Loyal
Order of Moose). On August 6th there will be a
Pilgrim Presentation at the Tracy Moose Lodge
at 5:00 P.M. in my Honor. Everybody is invited
to attend this beautiful ceremony.
Breakfast in July 3, 10, 17,
24 & 31; Hamburgers on
July 4, 11, 18 & 25; Tacos
on July 6, 13, 20 & 27;
Dinner on July 22
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July 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Please remember to make your dinner reservations
and to cancel them if you no longer need them.
Fri
Sat
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Dinner—TBA by
the WOTM
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
4 Open 1-6pm
Potluck
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Bunco @ 6pm
Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
WOTM Business
Meeting 7pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner— Baby
Back Ribs by
WOTM
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
Bingo 2-5pm
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
LOOM Officer’s
Meeting 6:30pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner - Steak/
Salmon Night
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
WOTM Chapter
Meeting 7pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner—TBA
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Celebration of Life
for
Ruben Valencia
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
Bingo 2-5pm
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
LOOM General
Meeting 6:30pm
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Monthly Birthday
Celebration
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Dinner—White
Ruffy by Dori,
Gert & Ann
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Hall in use
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
Cooks Needed:
Breakfast onJuly 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31; Hamburgers on July 4, 11, 18 & 25;
Tacos on July 6, 13, 20 & 27; Dinner on July 22
August 2016
Sun
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Wed
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Hamburger Night
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Bunco @ 6pm
Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
WOTM Business
Meeting 7pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner—TBA
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
LOOM Officer’s
Meeting 6:30pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner—TBA by
the WOTM
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Hall in use
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
WOTM Chapter
Meeting 7pm
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Dinner - Steak/
Salmon Night
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
LOOM General
Meeting 6:30pm
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Monthly Birthday
Celebration
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Dinner—Baby
All You Can Eat
Back Ribs by Dori,
BBQ by
Gert, Ann
Rudy Mason
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Breakfast
9 to 11:30am
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Hamburger Night
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Snacks Night Potluck
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Taco Night
LOOM Pilgrim
Ceremony
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Welcome New Members!
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James Braun
Sponsored by Joe Terra
Michael Castillo and Stephen Shockey
Sponsored by Alex Zamora
Rodney Castro
Sponsored by John Dias
Marvin E. Gillimore
Sponsored by Martin Moates
Ronald Gild
Sponsored by Patricia Gild
Richard C. Hanson
Sponsored by Roy Patterson
Albert Mezzanares
Sponsored by John Airrington
Special Thank You!
Another Super Star was
Ben Curran who donated
his DAILY winnings to
WOTM to be applied
toward our
Children’s parties: Halloween (10/30), Christmas
(12/18), and Easter (4/9). If
you have children or
grandchildren up to 12
years of age, please mark
these
tentative dates on your
calendar!
In Memoriam
Ruben Valencia
July 4th / Independence Day Fun Facts
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when
the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry
Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain rule.[5][6] After voting for independence, Congress
turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally
approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,
bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.
Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the
much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a
closed session of Congress.
Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas
Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded
that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.
Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not a
signer of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became a President, James Monroe, died on July 4,
1831, thus becoming the third President in a row who died on the holiday. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4,
1872, and, so far, is the only U.S. President to have been born on Independence Day.
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In 1777, thirteen gunshots were fired in salute, once at morning and once again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode
Island. Philadelphia celebrated the first anniversary in a manner a modern American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships
were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
In 1778, from his headquarters at Ross Hall, near New Brunswick, New Jersey, General George Washington marked July 4
with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute (feu de joie). Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John
Adams and Benjamin Franklin held a dinner for their fellow Americans in Paris, France.
In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held a celebration of July 4 with a challenging music program assembled by
Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled "The Psalm of Joy." This is recognized as the first recorded celebration and is still
celebrated there today.
In 1791, the first recorded use of the name "Independence Day" occurred.[citation needed]
In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
In 1938, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday.
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TRACY LODGE #2283
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LOYAL ORDER OFFICERS
Governor
Jr. Past Governor
Junior Governor
Prelate
Treasurer
Trustee 1 year
Trustee 2 year
Trustee 3 year
Administrator
Sgt.at Arms
Tracy, California
Vacant
Alex Zamora
Bill Burt
Sonny Chitnis
Joe Terra
Erick Keating
Timm Johnson
Mike Kanaday
Andy Higgins
Grant Hetrick
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
ELECTED OFFICERS
Senior Regent
Junior Graduate Regent
Junior Regent
Chaplain
Recorder
Secretary/Treasurer
Guide
Assistant Guide
Julie Escobedo
Vacant
Myra Casey
Myra Casey
Kristal Ponce
Danette Poole
Vacant
Vacant
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