Riverhead Moose Lodge is proud to announce that one of our own Boy Scouts, David Talmage from troop 242 has been awarded the Eagle Scout Award.On January 7th,the ceremony took place at the Baiting Hollow Congregational Church where the Talmage family has been members for generations.Davids Eagle Scout project was done on the church property where David did a beautiful job of renovating the on site cemetary.He added a beautiful entrance with pillars and stonework,and surrounded the cemetary with nice fencing,and did a great job of cleaning up all the plots.Governor George Yaede was there to present a certificate to David,and the lodge will be donating a check in his honor to the troop,for the purchase of a new tent for the troop.See the pictures of the ceremony and Davids project, in our photo album.

Social Quarters will be closed from January 14th to January 19th for some much needed repairs.Meetings will be held as scheduled.Also remember that Social Quarters is closed on Thursdays until further notice.

Wishing every member and coworker a Happy New Year ,Good Health,Happiness and Good Fortune,may each of you get all you deserve and more.Check out the pictures of the LOOM New Year Celebration.The Governor George Yaede and Chairman Jim Reid would like to THANK all those who helped make this a wonderful and successful occassion.Phone calls are still coming in with compliments on how beautiful the room looked,how the food was fantastic,the service impeccable and how happy they are that they attended.(Makes all the hard work worthwhile)To those who missed it,you missed an Affair to Remember!

The Board of Officers of LOOM and WOTM would like to congratulate Charlie Cali for being named Moose Legionnaire of the year,Ruthann Convery for receiving her call card for College of Regents and Lori-Ellen Castillo for receiving her call card for Star Recorder.