CLAYMONT MOOSE FAMILY CENTER | CLAYMONT LODGE #847 CLAYMONT WOMEN OF THE MOOSE CHAPTER #186 NEWSLETTER OCTOBER — NOVEMBER — DECEMBER 2018 AND JANUARY 2019 5101 GOVERNOR PRINTZ BOULEVARD WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19809 302-764-9765 LODGE AND CHAPTER OFFICERS Governor - Andy Zeager Senior Regent - Clare Leonard Jr. Governor - Chris Clark Junior Regent - Kelly Clark Past Governor - Jim Sheftz Jr. Graduate Regent - Lorraine Talarico Smith Administrator - Michael Slotwinski Recorder - Sharon Bertrand Treasurer - Lee Anderson Secretary-Treasurer_ - Mary Jane Shefiz Prelate - Jerry Marley Trustee - Gary Cooke Trustee - Andy Lechette Trustee - George Tokash Cc ______ LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS _ Lodge meetings for Lodge Officers are held each month on the first and third Wednesdays at 6:30 P.M. General meetings for all Lodge members are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 P.M Chapter meetings for all co-workers are held each month on the second and fourth Mondays at 6:30 P.M. Hours of Operation Food Service (Bar Menu) Monday thru Thursday —- 11:00 AM. to Midnight Monday thru Saturday - 11:00 AM. to 10:00 P.M. Friday = 11:00 AM. to 1:00 AM. (Based on availabilty of Bar Staff) Saturday = 11:00 AM. to 1:00 AM. Sunday - 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M. Details of special food offerings can be found on (Note - Bar Staff has option to close eariy iffewer than the Claymont Moose Family Center Updates page 4 patrons are present)A MESSAGE FROM OUR GOVERNOR | Dear Brothers and Sisters: ‘Are you ready? Are ready for some football? As the Super Bow! Lil Champion Philadelphia Eagles attempt to defend their title this fall, a lot will be going on at the Claymont Moose. First, | hope everyone had an excellent summer, enjoying concerts, staying cool and vacationing with family. Gary Cooke and | had the privilege to represent the Ciaymont Lodge at the International Moose Convention in New Orleans in July. We could not have been more proud as Claymont 847 was announced to have earned the Premier Lodge Award for 2017-2018, making it an incredible 7 years in @ row. Unbelievable! We should all accept responsibilty for this great feat. Thank you all for making the Claymont Moose a fun and exciting place to come to ‘The Lodge will be having an Eagles Game Day Raffle as our fall fundraiser. Included in this $500 value will be two first-level-Section 116 tickets, parking pass, tailgate items, food and drinks, and a guaranteed victory over the Houston Texans... starting in early October, raffle tickets will be sold for $5 each or $10 for 3 tickets and the winner's ‘name will be drawn at the Lodge's Thanksgiving Eve Celebration. Also this fall will be the pool league, the 10” Annual ‘Timmy Speakman Crab Feast, Halloween Parties, Thanksgiving Eve Moose Races and our Christmas parties. Throw in the Association Annual Convention and it's even busier. And Congratulations to Claymont Chapter 186 as they received the Award of Achievement for 2017-2018 and have been nominated again for the Outstanding Chapter of the Year. On a more solemn note, our inner circle has been broken several times these past months. Starting with Drew Brechemin, John Kokoszka, John Leonard, Leonard Majeski, and longtime officer and gentleman, John Fowler. Bottom line.....Enjoy Life! And please come out and hang out with your friends and family at the Claymont Moose Lodge. Fratemally, ‘Andrew Zeager Dear Brothers and Sisters It is hard to believe that another summer has come and gone and how quickly the year is flying by. | hope ‘everyone had a great one and was able to join us for some of our many activities and fundraisers that were held (chicken BBQ, start and end of summer parties, steak and rib nights as well as our annual clam bake and Timmy ‘Speakman memorial crab feast to name a few). Do not feel sad if you have missed any of these or fee! that all the fun is over. We are now entering a new season and we have a number of things planned for the months to come. The holidays are starting and the Halloween grab bags will be back. There will be Moose races on Thanksgiving Eve, the children’s and adult Christmas parties and much more. Please look at the Calendar of Events at the end of the newsletter for the specifics for these as well as other planned activities. ‘The annual MD-DE-DC Moose Association Conference will be held this year in Ocean City MD at the Princess Royale from 10/18/18 to 10/21/18 and several of us will be attending. | wanted to share with you that we have qualified as one of the Top Honor Chapters for the 2017-2018 Chapter Year. We will not find out until the sessions in what order we have placed. | look forward to sharing with you what place we have eamed upon my return. In closing, | hope you will continue to support our Lodge and Chapter by volunteering whenever possible. We can always use a pair of helping hands to sell rafle tickets, help with Thursday sandwiches or Friday night dinners (prepping, serving, cleaning and especially cooking). These are the actives that enable us Keep us going as well as Provide the much-needed support to Mooseheart and Moosehaven. In Faith, Hope, and Charity, Clare Leonard* Transfer In Welcome Welcome “+ Re-Enrolled New Lodge Members New Chapter Members al el =, ees ae Robert Bayer™* ‘Alan Maguire [Linda Carney [Mamie McCormick ] Michael Callahan David Malishahak Melissa Horn | Holly Phillips. Frank Camey ‘John McCormick _ William Chopko* John McDade’ [ ] | David Clouse* Nicholas Palo [Edward Edwards** John Repetto 2 ‘Art Gabel Jason Stafford _ [ | Peter Gilberti Dominic Tavarone | | George Jordan Robert Lee Webb, Jr. Michael Koch William West. alas Welcome! The following members have incurred a recent illness and/or hospitalization— Kenny Babicki, Dave Bibey, Larry Fite, Paul Gustafson, Alice Necci, Patricia Reincke, Elie Silva We hope you are feeling better ! ‘Our defending circle has been broken with the passing of the following members: Drew Brechemin, John Fowler, John Kokoszka, John Leonard, Leonard Majeski, Mary Ellen Patterson (Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to their families and friends ‘Our sympathy is also extended to the following members who incurred deaths in their families. Mitzi Adams & Doug Berg (dog), Kelly & Chris Clark (Kelly's uncle), Chante! & Mike Connolly (Chantel's uncle), John Kiem (mother), Clare Leonard (spouse), Lucretia Selsavage (aunt), Barbara & John Slowtinski (John's son), Jennifer & Stephen Siotwinski (Stephen's brother), Linda & Mike Slotwinski (Mike's brother) Claymont Lodge CONGRATULATIONS = Premier Lodge Award from Moose International for 2017-2018 consecutive year) Claymont Chapter- Award of Achievement from Moose International for 2017-2018 Beth and Nancy L’Heureux - Invested with their College of Regents Red Stole Note: Do you know a Moose member who is in the hospital, il, or lost a loved one? If so, please inform a Lodge or Chapter officer so we may acknowledge. Thanks.