November/December/January 2004-2005


Feature Articles



Cover:
Photos by Kurt Wehrmeister and Michael McCulloh

> You can still call Moose International Headquarters at:
630/859-2000

(If you don’t know a given department’s direct line, dial that number, then press 7 for Moose Charities, 8 for Mooseheart Child City & School, or 9 for Moose International; listen for further instructions.)

Headquarters Hours:
Monday through Friday,
8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (CT)

Note: Moose International Headquarters will be closed in observance of the following upcoming holidays:
Th-F, Nov. 25-26
(Thanksgiving)
Friday, December 24
(Christmas Eve)
Friday, December 31
(New Year’s Eve)


> MAGAZINE STAFF
Publisher
Director General Donald H. Ross
Managing Editor
Kurt N. Wehrmeister
Associate Editor
Michael McCulloh
Production Assistant
Teresa Ehlert


> EDITORIAL OFFICE
Moose International Headquarters
155 South International Drive
Mooseheart, IL 60539




Director General Don Ross can be contacted at 630/966-2209, or by e-mail at DRoss@mooseintl.org.


> AUDIO, VIDEO TAPES
For audio and video tapes of any Convention Session contact Audio Archives at 800/747-8069 or e-mail to audioarc@flash.net.


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Cover Story: NJROTC GOING STRONG AT 30 YEARS

Under Cmdr. Groters, Gunnery Sgt. Hinton, a renewed enthusiasm among students



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MOOSEHEART HOMECOMING 2004

Despite a loss, campus is filled with school pride.


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MOOSEHAVEN STORM TOLL: NOT BAD, ’TIL JEANNE

Our northeast-FL campus feels all four hurricanes, but the last packs the hardest wallop


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FLORIDA LODGES DAMAGED, BUT STILL SERVING

Port Charlotte 2121 among several badly hurt by hurricanes—but it’s still a relief center


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GLIMPSES OF YCC ’04

For 14th straight summer, Moose kids experience a magical Yellowstone summer


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SURE BET: YOU’LL LIKE LAS VEGAS BETTER IN ’05

At Bally’s, a lot less walking than at MGM in ’01—and hotel rooms $20 less than ’04


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INCOME FOR YOU, A GIFT FOR MOOSEHEART KIDS

Details on how Charitable Gift Annuities work through Moose Charities


> DEPARTED PILGRIMS

Reported April 1-June 30, 2004


> LODGE MERIT AWARDS 2004

570 Moose Operations Win the Coveted Banner
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