Whitefish Moose News November/December Issue

WHITEFISH
MOOSE NEWS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2014
Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #642 | Women of the Moose Chapter #597
Whitefish, Montana
Moose International Hosts Karaoke
Step up to the mike, Moose members, and prepare your
best Karaoke performances and a trip to The Music City
could be yours!
For the first time, the Moose is sponsoring a Karaoke competition, culminating with the finals at the 2015 International
Convention in Nashville.
“The whole program is exciting from beginning to end,” Director of Activities Shawn Baile said. “It gets the Lodge involved and it gets the Association involved. If there’s a need
for a District competition, it gets the District involved too.”
The search for the 12 finalists begins with Lodge competition
and continues with Association competition, which will take
place at each Association’s Mid-Year Conference. From that
pool of champions, the finalists will be selected, and each
will receive a free trip to the International Convention where
they will compete before a select panel of judges.
“This could become a staple for those who attend Conventions to enjoy for years to come,” Baile said. “It’s a free night
of entertainment for the Convention attendees and it puts
our 12 finalists on a pretty grand stage and in an environ-
ment I’m sure they never envisioned when they walked up to
the microphone to do Karaoke in their Lodge.”
Baile said he’s personally looking forward to the variety in
musical choices made by the finalists, both in the Mid-Year
competitions but also in the finals.
“Variety is a part of it,” Baile said. “I don’t envision us saying
we’re going to have a Country competition or a ‘50s competition. The finalists are going to pick music they’re fond of.
That might put a little pressure on the judges, but I’m sure
they’ll be look at each performance objectively.”
For more information, visit www.mooseintl.org. Local and
regional competitions have yet to be announced.
Weekly Burgers and Bingo
Burger Night is every Monday from 5-6:30 p.m.—And our menu is more than
just beef patties! Bring the whole family down for some great food, weekly dinner
and social quarter specials, raffles, and more.
Bingo is every Friday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Guaranteed minimum payouts for
every game. Food and drinks available. Bring your friends and come play!
Monthly Dinners
The Women of the Moose host a
monthly theme dinner at the Lodge.
Join us on the second Wednesday of
each month from 5-7 p.m.!
November 12 | Chili Cook-Off
December 10 | Poor Man’s Pleasure
Whitefish Moose Lodge
230 West 10th Street, Whitefish MT 59937 | 406.862.2669
lodge642.moosepages.org | WhitefishMooseLodge@gmail.com
Convention
Fun!
Calling All
Volunteers!
There is a new dishwashing
schedule coming due in January
2015 for the following four months.
We sure could use a few more
volunteers in the rotation! If interested and able, please call and
let’s talk: 862.2192.
-Vance Conn
BINGO! The Lodge is in need of
more volunteers to help with bingo
on Friday nights. We especially
need callers who are able to help
even once a month. If you are interested in volunteering, please
call the Lodge, 862.2669.
-Mike Larkey
Help wanted in the kitchen! A lot of
work goes into our monthly dinners, and we need a lot of volunteers to make it happen! If you are
interested in helping with any part
of these events — Set up, clean
up, cooking, busing, dishwashing
— Please contact me. Thanks!
-Carol Ott
Committee News
The College of Regents committee
will host the Chapter and Business
meetings on Nov. 11 and 18. All
Collegians should plan to bring
either food or door prizes. Please
wear regalia on Nov. 11, as we will
have a tassle-changing ceremony
as part of our College Night.
Thanks!
-Carolyn Pfrimmer
College of Regents Chairman
Photos by Stefanie Johnson
The Montana Moose Association’s Annual Convention was in Conrad from Oct.2-5.
The Mid-Year Conference is set for Lewistown, Feb. 12-15. For more information on
MTMA events and news, visit www.mtmooseassociation.com.
To contact LOOM or WOTM Boards or
Board members, call the Lodge at
406.862.2669 or email
WhitefishMooseLodge@gmail.com.
Happy Birthday!
Carol Anderson
Sherry Baker
Roberta Beck
Alicia Bunch
Inez Carlson
Hazel Childers
Cherie Darsow
Jeri Egger
Florence Herron
Wendy Hinkley
Margrette Kinne
Ardith Lingle
Marge May
Sadie McCourt
Sara Mytty
Rebecca Pfrimmer
Kim Sands
Sharon Stratton
Reinanda Tenham
Patricia Ward
Shirlee Yeats
Carol Breidenbach
Rita Denning
Suzy Gauvreau
Rae Hollingsworth
Ronda Koestler
Carol Lietz
Amy May
Janet McFadden
Debe Miller
Kathy Murphy
Cynthia Smith
Billie Switzer
Cole Blackwell
John Voelker
Robert Feenan
Mark Vannyhuis
Kurt Lewis
Gene Ruby
Richard Baker
Phillip Waddell
John Kavanagh
Ross Doty
Leroy McFadden
Carl Coletti
Marshall Darner
Robert McLeod
Steve Christian
Ben Whitten Jr.
Joeseph Kilman
Mick Hoon III
Eric May
Robert Brown
Joshua Johnson
Bob Hensley
John Dunne
Bill Mandel
Ken Gress
Jeffery Harker
Larry Rich
Rusty Strever
Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament
set for January in Las Vegas!
The 6th Annual Moose International Texas
Hold ‘Em Tournament will be held Jan. 1115, 2015 at the historic Golden Nugget
Hotel and Casino in beautiful downtown
Las Vegas. This event continues to be the
highlight of the annual Moose sports tournament schedule.
The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino features more than 1,900 guest rooms and
suites in its three towers. There are six restaurants and a swimming pool complex,
complete with a 3-story waterslide and private cabanas. The Golden Nugget also offers top-notch entertainment, including impressionist/singer/entertainer Gordie Brown.
And, readers of Casino Player magazine
have awarded the Golden Nugget with the
distinctions of Best Overall Hotel/Casino,
Best Casino, Luckiest Casino, Best Casino
Promotions and Best Service.
the tournament, but not requiring lodging.
The cost for an entry with no lodging is
$350.
In order to participate, you must be a
member of the Loyal Order of Moose or
Women of the Moose. Your membership
must be current at the time of registration
and at the time of arrival for the tournaThe registration fee for the 2015 Moose ment. Membership cards will be checked.
International Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament
is $525 for a single player or $850 for two Registration deadline is Dec. 8, 2014.
players sharing one room. There is a max- Cancellations through Dec. 8, 2014 will be
imum of two players per room. The regis- refunded in full. Cancellations after Dec. 8,
tration fee includes the tournament buy-in 2014 will be refunded 50% of package
and four nights lodging. There is also an price. For more information and to register,
option for those wishing to participate in visit www.mooseintl.org.
Notes from our Leadership
LOOM #642 | WOTM #597
Administrator Message
Senior Regent Says
We will begin running some raffles to try and raise additional money to help with keeping our Lodge running. The first one you will
see will be for a rifle at $10 per ticket and the drawing for this gun
will be Dec. 15, 2014. It is a Henry .22 Caliber Lever Action Octagon Rifle, Frontier Model. This would be a great Christmas gift for
your child or grandchild that has an interest in shooting or if you
want them to become familiar with a firearm.
Greetings All-
Please come down and support the meals, Bingo and other things
that are happening at the Lodge. We are seeing good turnouts for
Monday night burgers and the WOTM is getting good response on
their meals that they do once a month, but Bingo is still suffering
and we are not seeing enough support for that function. We could
also use some more Bingo callers. The current ones are getting a
little burnt out.
We still need an administrator that can dedicate more time to the
Lodge than I can. If there is someone out there that is good with
computers, has a mind for business, is a strong fraternalist and
can dedicate at least 20 hours a week to the Lodge, please contact me. You can contact myself or the Lodge at 406.862.2669,
lodge642@mooseunits.org or WhitefishMooseLodge@gmail.com.
Mike Larkey
Administrator
Sorry if we missed you at the Hobo Dinner or Spookfest — We sure had fun! It was good to have so many
members and guests there with us. It is always great
to see old friends and family have so much fun together; chatting, reminiscing, and making future
plans.
We are going strong and going to get stronger. I
would like to thank ALL the volunteers for their assistance with all our projects, activities, and meals. Without this help and participation we would not be moving forward.
We are all looking forward to the Chili Cookoff in November and Poor Man’s Pleasure (Christmas) Dinner
in December. Let’s make these a true family, united
group and Lodge event!
Thank you also to the Loyal Order of the Moose
Lodge #642 … You have some pretty terrific volunteers and supporters too!
The Women of the Moose have many, many more
surprises coming your way! Please be a participant
with all the Moose Lodge functions. This is what
working together can achieve. Let’s blow the rest of
this year off the charts!
Memberships will increase if current members are
happy — And if we all work as one, this can be done!
Enter the raffle at the Moose Lodge for a chance to win this
Henry .22 Caliber Lever Action Octagon Rifle, Frontier Model.
Drawing will be held Monday, Dec. 15.
We can grow, we ARE growing. Let’s be the TOP!
Carol Ott
Senior Regent
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Notes from our Leadership
LOOM #642 | WOTM #597
From Montana’s
Deputy Grand Regent
final stretch to get the New School paid for. These fall Conventions should help with the Moose Charities Activities. Also
Mooseheart announced that anyone will be able to see the
Ramblers play football and many other sports and activities
Thanks Conrad! Conrad was the hostess Chapter this year on the computer. To view these go to highschoolcube.com.
for the MTMA Annual Convention and did a fine job. Molly Type “Mooseheart” into the cube and click on GO.
Brown was the Official Visitor and had a lot of new good information. Gladys Armstrong was the presiding Deputy I appreciate the opportunity to be your new Deputy Grand
Grand and was so gracious.
Regent and hope I can fill Gladys’ shoes, but not her cast!
Molly Brown, our official visitor explained the new general
changes to the rules. If you weren’t there you missed a good
time and a lot of good information. She was “Ma’am, yes
ma’am!”
Congratulations to Libby Upham from Cut Bank and Michelle
Lebrun from Helena as new Green Caps. Each of us know
how much effort it takes a Senior Regent and Chapter to
make that happen. We know they will go on to make their
College of Regents Degree! Also Betty Harris received her
College of Regents Degree and Jo Williams her Star Recorder Degree, as they were not able to go to National Convention. Congratulations to them both on a job well done.
Thanks to everyone.
Pat Gilbertson
Montana Deputy Grant Regent
2014-2015
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Recorder Notes
Happy Holidays!
As you begin planning your holiday gatherings and searching
for the perfect gifts for friends and family, don’t forget about
your Moose family — Both here at the Whitefish Moose
Lodge and of course our kids at Mooseheart and seniors at
Moosehaven. We have many local members who are alone
or sick for the holidays and need us to reach out to them. It
can be as simple as making a phone call or sending a card.
There was a great competition between our Montana Moose
Charities Chairmen Gary Coen and Stefanie Johnson for
pocket change, the “Change Challenge.” It was an ice bucket
challenge: Whoever raised the most change for Moose Charities got to pour a bucket of ice water on the opponent. When
it was discovered they were both too creative (they cheated), This year our Chapter will also be sponsoring a local family in
they both got ice water poured on them. But they raised more need, providing food, clothing, and Christmas presents. The
Lodge is once again a drop-off point for Toys for Tots as well.
than $800 for Moose Charities. Good job Gary and Stef!
Help us spread the holiday cheer in our community!
We are in our fall quarter of gathering new members and we,
in Montana would like to have more members than when we
began in last April. Put on your thinking caps to recruit new
members as well as retaining old members. Perhaps they
have decided not to pay their dues, because no has asked
them or contacted them. PLEASE: a phone call or a letter
would do a world of good to bring them back into the
fold. You can now re-enroll after just 6 months. We can also
cross-sponsor. Help your Chapter and Lodge by inviting
friends and family to join!
The Mooseheart School is 75% paid for and they are in the
We also have a Sunshine Child and Sunshine Grandparent
at Mooseheart and Moosehaven who would love to hear from
you. You can find their information on the Women of the
Moose bulletin board at the Lodge.
Lastly, please consider making a donation to Moose Charities
or to the local Chapter or Lodge. Our Fraternity, our kids and
seniors, depend on your continued support.
Stefanie Johnson
Recorder
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