Each member is encouraged to donate five cents twice a day to the “Gimme Five” program. You may contribute ten cents a day at the Lodge (in the jar placed for that purpose), send payments to Moose International or have it debited from your checking account.
This is a five year program to help defray the cost of operating both Mooseheart and Moosehaven. We begin each year with a budget that needs help. When you pledge to “Gimme Five” your donation amounts to $36.50 per year. The sum for the five-year program totals $182.50.
This can be paid per month, per year or all at one time. This program assures us that we will always have enough to operate these two great charities.
Please contact either Ron Gann or Debbie Chyle, Co-Chairpersons for help in enrolling.
Thank you for your consideration of this most important need of our fraternity.

We would like to thank brother Steve Murphy for the great job he has done as West Kentucky Moose Legion #56 Secretary. He took over (on a temporary basis) five years ago. Steve turned over the reins to brother Rick Stewart, from Grayson County Lodge #2453, on October 23, 2010. everyone gave Steve a big “Thank You.”
Our next Lodge Moose Legion meeting will be on November 9th at 6:00 p.m. If you get a chance, come on down
Our Lodge Moose Legion will host a Friday night dinner on November 12th. This will be our Famous Spaghetti dinner, featuring Steve’s Marvelous, Mouth-watering,Meat Balls and Ron’s Gastronomically-garlic,Grilled, Texas Toast (or plain if you prefer). We also will serve a Simply Superb Garden Green Salad with your choice of dressing.
There will be a Steak Dinner on Saturday, November 13th, at 6:00 p.m., to honor members of the Higher Degrees of our Order. These are the men who have achieved the Fellowship Degree of honor and the Pilgrim Degree of Merit and women who have advanced to the Academy of Friendship Degree and who have earned their College of Regents Degree. The cost will be $5.00 for these members and $10.00 others.
Don’t forget our Legendary Thanksgiving Day lunch. The lodge opens at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:30 until 1:30. The lodge closes at 2:00 p.m. There is no charge for this family and friendship meal.

I would like to start off by thanking Carl Minton for making the boxes to hold the targets so the workers don't have to bend over all the time when changing targets. Of course we still have the Turkey Shoots every Sunday starting at 11:30 A.M. at the Moose Memorial Park. Of course when we talk about the Moose Memorial Park we would like to thank Harold Roberts, Larry Hampton, Jackie Shoulders, Dale Payne, Ted Inman and Paul Chyle for all the work they did in cleaning up the pavilion and the grounds after the flood this spring. Also if it weren't for Harold, Larry, Ted, and Paul in keeping the Park mowed it would not look as well as it does. All this work in mowing takes the better part of a day so again we thank them because this is all volunteer work.
On a more serious note I would like to remind everyone that  if a check comes back to the lodge, it will cost you $35.00 for me to process it. As it has been stated before, we are not a bank, so please no check larger than $100.00 we don't mind helping out by cashing a check, but the stewards only have so much cash on hand. We thank you for your help on this.
On Oct. 30th we will be having a Youth Awareness meeting at the Lodge, so if you have a child in the 9th-12th grade who would like to know more about this program please come out and hear about it. We will be having a light lunch at 12 o'clock and the meeting will start at 1 o'clock. The State Chairman Neil Yates will be here to explain the whole Program.

Convention was great. Those who could not attend, please try to plan on for the mid year conference March 3rd to the 6th. Plan now. Bowling Green will be host chapter for the Women Of The Moose meetings. Hopefully we will have a great turn out of our co-workers. If you have any ideas for fun raisers please talk with the officers. We are always looking for new ideas and suggestions.
Congratulations to Danny Eades who won the 50/50 board for the fall family picnic. Although I was out of town, everyone I talked to had a really great time. (The food was pretty good too). Plans for the next family picnic are underway. Keep your eyes and ears open for additional information.
The “Time Is Now” for all of us to get new members, reenroll old members and retain all members. The Moose International Membership campaign is for signing up two members you will receive one year dues paid. The KMA’s membership campaign, retroactive to May 1, 2010, is for a lifetime membership. After you sign up 3 members, you will receive a Moose duffle bag. After 5 members and each 5 members thereafter, and you will receive 1 chance in the drawing for a lifetime membership.
Mark you calendar for November. In honor of all HIGHER DEGREE MEMBERS, we will be having a special steak dinner on November 13th at 6:00 p.m. for only $5.00. WOTM business meetings for November and December, will be on the third Wednesday, due to the holidays. Then on November 19th the WOTM will be serving our annual Thanksgiving turkey, ham and all the trimmings dinner. And don’t forget, Ms. Minnie’s cake walk. Please join us for an evening of fun and great food. On the following Saturday the 20th, we will be having the “Country Store” and silent auction. These are joint fund raisers for the children’s Christmas party and our Christmas projects. Our children’s Christmas party will be on December 11th. This will be by sign up only. We are trying something different this year. Any member may sign up and bring children. The sign up sheet will be in the social quarters on November 19th. If you have any questions or need additional information please contact me.
As most of you know, we have had a lot of illness and hospitalization of co-workers the last couple of months. Please let one of the officers know if this includes anyone we have left out. We try to send cards and call, but are unable to if we do not know. You may call the lodge to let us know or if you just want to send a card or say an extra prayer for those in need.
Co-worker of the month for September, was Pat Cross, don’t forget to tell her thanks for her hard work. Please check the meeting dates on the calendar.