Monthly Newsletter November 2015Monthly Newsletter November 2015

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Aerie Meetings are the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month Worthy President’s Report

Auxiliary Meetings are the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month Madam President’s Report

A E R I E O F FI C E R S

Worthy Past President

Walt Rochowiak

Worthy President

Gary Smith

Vice President

Sara Pickup

Secretary

Jeff Gueli

Treasurer

Rich Cetnarowski Jr.

Chaplin

Jim Wagner

Conductor

Mike Cullen

Inside Guard

Dave Nutt

Outside Guard

Darrol Mackey

Trustees

Walt Rochowiak

Tim Ogger

Jim Shrove

Kay Pickup

Brian McKelvey

Aerie Auditor & J.O.E Youth Advisor

Connie Fink

AUXILIARY OFFICERS

Past Madam President

Joyce Rochowiak

Madam President

Lisa Ochalek

Madam Vice President

Dianne Krause

Madam Secretary

Debbie Gagneau

Madam Treasurer

Janice Eaton

Madam Chaplin

Sue Banners

Madam Conductor

Connie Fink

Madam Inside Guard

Toni Anderson

Madam Outside Guard

Open

Madam Trustees

Bobbie Saffron

Linda Darr

Open

Auditor

Carol Pale

Fraternal Order of Eagles 3996

Fellow Eagles, Thanksgiving is around the corner, so I'd like to take a moment to thank every-one who gives their time to our club, including our employees, Aerie and Auxiliary officers, volunteers and members. Your hard work and continued support is appreciated. Getting down to business, our dues expired at the end of October. Please read the information inside about paying your dues if you haven't done so yet. The Grand Aerie changed our expiration date to May 31st and you have a couple of options to choose from when paying them.

Also inside, please read about changes to our newsletter. Printing and postage have be-come very expensive and we were forced to

make some changes, in part because we feel the money could be put to good use elsewhere in our club. Finally, I'd like to wish everyone a Hap-py Thanksgiving. Stay safe if you're traveling to visit family or friends.

Fraternally yours, Worthy President Gary Smith

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

I want to thank Bobbi Saffron and the Hallow-een Committee for their hard work putting on the Kid’s Halloween Par-ty. Thank you for all who donated candy for this event.

The next Meat Auction will be No-vember 13th at 7:30.

The Senior Thanksgiving Dinner will be on No-vember 22nd at 1pm. Please volunteer and donate for the Senior Members of our com-munity to have a wonderful dinner and fel-lowship.

That’s Amore for the kids cancer fundraiser will be held on November 7 at 5:30. Please help support this wonderful cause.

Congratulations to Dianne Krause for being elected to the position of Vice President.

We are still looking for a few more officers- Outside Guard and a Trus-

tee. We also need someone to chair our kid’s Christmas Party.

Madam President, Lisa Ochalek

EAGLE RIDERS OFFICERS: President: Norm Miller * Vice-President: Bob Jones * Acting Secretary: Open * Treasurer: Ginny Bogan * Chaplain: Buddy Hamrick Road Captain: Jack Bogan

RETIRED EAGLES

ACTIVITY CLUB

REAC Officers: President: Dave Walker * Vice Presi-dent: Eileen Graham* Secretary: Virginia Truan* Treasurer: Jim Graham* Ser-geant-at-Arms: Buddy Hamrick Remember at our next meeting on No-vember 3rd is nomination of officers. Please come and join us. Our next outing is going to be a trip to Detroit to tour the Hitsville USA/Motown Museum on 2648 W. Grand Boulevard on Tuesday Nov 17. For more information contact the Bruders at 734.461.2498. If you want to carpool, meet at the Eagles at 10am. Any Eagle member is invited to attend. Happy Birthday and Anniversary to all of our Members. Remember the sick in our prayers REAC Eligibility

1) 60 years or older, 2) between 55 and 60 and retired, 3)under 55 years of age but permanently retired because of a physical disability, and 4) a candidate shall be a member in

good standing of the Van Buren Aerie #3996 or the Ladies

Auxiliary

EAGLE RIDERS NEWS

Thanks for all of the Support that was gath-ered to railroad me into accepting the Office for a Second Term!

I plan for the new Executive Committee to continue the work of the outgoing Admin-istration and continue to do what we all do best: Helping Others while Having a Good Time!

As winter draws near, we will be do-ing more indoors. So look forward to some "Dinner & a Movie" nights to come.

Keep the shiny side up!

Norm "Maverick" Miller

EUCHRE NIGHT

NOVEMBER 14, 2015 @ 7PM

$5 PER PERSON…..$.25 PER EUCHRE —

FAST 10 ROUND GAME

COME JOIN US FOR A FUN

FRIENDLY GAME OF EUCHRE!!!

1ST—2ND—AND 3RD PLACE PRIZES

Seniors Thanksgiving

Dinner

Sunday November 22 at 1PM

Please volunteer and donate for the Senior Members of our

community to have a wonderful dinner and fellowship.

COMING SATURDAY FEB 20, 2016

MARDI GRAS 2016 Zydeco music by Monsieur Guil-laume and his Zydeco Hepcats

Detroit’s premier Zydeco band

Details to follow

Visit the Van Buren Eagles web page

www.foe3996.com

COME FOLLOW US ON

FACEBOOK!!

Please make sure to follow us at

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This month the Belleville Food Closet is asking for soup—no condensed soup. No glass

please, only plastic containers.

You can put your donations in the collection box in the social room. Thank you.

AERIE & AUXILIARY MEMBERS

The Grand Aerie is now collecting dues with the new expiration date of May 31st annually. Therefore, mem-bers will have two options to choose from when paying their dues: AERIE: 1.) You can pay $20.42 through the expiration date of May 31, 2016. If you choose this option, in May 2016 you will have to pay $35 to renew your dues through May 2017. 2.) You can pay $55.42 and be paid up till May 31, 2017.

AUXILIARY: 1.) You can pay $18.62 through the expiration date of May 31, 2016. If you choose this option, in May 2016 you will have to pay $32 to renew your dues through May 2017. 2.) You can pay $50.62 and be paid up till May 31, 2017. If dues are not received by November 15, 2015, you will be delinquent and not allowed in the Social Room until they are paid. If you do not pay your dues by Feb-ruary 15, 2016, you will be dropped by the Grand Aerie. Jeff Gueli Aerie Secretary #3996 Debbie Gagneau Auxiliary Secretary #3996

Have a Question?

Clubhouse: (734) 699-8836

Facebook: Kathy Smith or Kelley Sherwood - search for - Fraternal Order of Eagles Van Buren Web Site: Tony D'Onofrio - http://foe3996.com

Newsletter: Kelley Sherwood - vanbureneagles3996@yahoo.com

WEEKLY POOL TOURNAMENT

Every Tuesday at 7pm

$5 entry * Singles *

Double Elimination * 100%

Payout Thank You! Thank You!

Oktoberfest was a sell out and a lot of fun, and it wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of Keith and Gin-ger Bruder and their team. They literally spent hours shop-ping for food, rolling rouladen and preparing other tasty dishes, setting up tables, cleaning up, etc. The Bruder's events are always a big hit with our members. We're al-ready looking forward to their next event – Mardi Gras – next February!

The November meetings will be November 1st and 15th at 2pm. Any child (ages 6-18) affili-

ated with a member may join. All JOE Members are required to attend the Senior Thanks-

giving Dinner on November 22nd at noon. Our Monthly bake sale for the State Youth Presi-

dent’s Charity “Yellow Ribbon for Suicide Prevention” will be November 20th from 5:30-8. All

donated baked goods will be greatly appreciated. We will also have bracelets and pins for

sale. Please come support this great cause.

Thank you, Connie Fink, Youth Adviser

Do you hate returning your cans and bottles for deposit? Well, if you do, you can donate them to support the J.O.E.

Also, remember to turn in your can tabs to the Eagles for Medical Dialysis.

JUNIOR ORDER OF EAGLES REPORTJUNIOR ORDER OF EAGLES REPORTJUNIOR ORDER OF EAGLES REPORT

CHANGES COMING TO THE NEWSLETTER Members, after much discussion and thought, we decided it was necessary to make changes to the newsletter. Printing and post-age are expensive (and postage continues to rise) and we really feel the thousands of dollars we spend on the newsletter each

year could be put to better use elsewhere. So, effective January 2016, you will have to choose one of the follow-ing options if you wish to continue to receive the newsletter:

1. Receive it by e-mail. Send your e-mail address to VANBURENEAGLES3996@YAHOO.COM and indicate you'd like us to e-

mail it to you each month. Please include your name and address so we can find you on our member roster.

2.Read it on our web page at WWW.FOE3996.COM. We will post it near the top of our main page where you can easily find

it each month.

3.Pick it up in the club. We will continue to print newsletters for those of you willing to pick it up; however, please send us

an e-mail note indicating you're willing to do that - or leave a note with the barmaid at the club telling us that (include your name). We need some idea of how many people are willing to pick it up so we know how many to print.

4. Pay $10 (a year) to receive it in the mail. We know some of you live out of the area or just prefer to get the news-

letter by mail, so we're making this option available to you. The $10 won't cover all of our expenses to produce and mail the newsletter to you, but it will defray them by about 80%. If you choose this option, please send a check made payable to the Van Buren Eagles #3996 to 9961 Beck Road, Belleville, MI 48111, Attn Aerie Secretary. Remember, starting January 2016, you won't receive a newsletter by mail anymore unless you choose option #4 above, and if you choose to receive it by e-mail or pick it up in the club, please follow the directions in option #1 and #3 above. If you plan to read it on our web page, no action is necessary. In this era of computers and the internet, we believe we can continue to provide information about the club through our web page and e-mail for the majority of our members, while still making it available affordably to members who prefer to receive it by mail. We also post club information on our Facebook page at Fraternal Order of Eagles Van Buren #3996. Thank you for your un-derstanding. Worthy President Gary Smith

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