President`s Message Manny Finazzo, President

Board Meeting:
Knights of
Columbus Hall
July 19, 2015 at
11:45 a.m.
Membership
meeting 1:00 p.m.
Lunch to follow
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE 2553 - La DOLCE VITA BULLETINO
9093 Tangelo - Fontana, CA 92335 - 5920
Telephone: (909) 823-5161
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.osiafontana.org
New beginning
LUGLIO * AGOSTO 2015
Volume 1
WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE
President’s Message
Judy and Mauro
Romagnoli, Rosemary
Dark for the month
Sclafani and I are attendof August 2015
ing the Grand Lodge
Convention in Burbank
from June 24-28. This is
an election year for
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Grand Lodge officers.
There are a lot of good
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Health &
candidates running for
Welfare
office. They are all very dedicated members
of our Order.
The successful candidates
Officers and 2
need our support. There are also some byCommittees
law changes up for a vote by the delegates
Upcoming
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attending the convention. One of the changEvents
es to be voted on requires newly installed
members to wait three months before they
Abbott &
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are eligible to vote. All committees of the
Costello
Grand Lodge will also give their reports for
the past year.
Membership is a very
Birthdays/
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important
subject.
Ideas
on how to bring in
Anniversaries
new
members
and
retain
current members
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will be discussed. Our delegates will give the
results at our July meeting.
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Finally, we are officially out of our lodge
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property and the business of running the hall.
It was a full-time operation and became a
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burden because the building was it need of
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many repairs. Remember, we are still a lodge
and we will continue to be very active in the
Save the
future. Our members can get together every
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Date Flyer
Thursday for lunch at Joe Bono’s restaurant.
Joe has graciously allowed us to use his facility to come together once a week. We have
Support our 9
a pot-luck lunch where 15-25 members enjoy
sponsors
the company and where good ideas are
discussed for different activities. Our members are encouraged to attend, have lunch
and be heard. Our July membership meeting
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will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall
on Merrill St. on July 19 starting at 1:00 p.m.
We had a meeting with our CPA to
discuss the best way to operate in the
future. Our 2014 income taxes for both
the lodge and foundation accounts will be
completed in July. I will keep you posted on
the progress regarding our investigation
into investing the money we received on
the sale of the lodge property.
Please see the “Save the Date” flyer in
this newsletter concerning a new approach
for our 32nd anniversary celebration. We
would like to get a sell-out attendance for
this event. You can contact Marlene Clark,
Anna Watts or Rosemary Sclafani for
RSVP’s.
Hope everyone had a great Father’s
Day. It is a special day for all of us dads.
We love them for all they do or did for us.
I know I sure miss my father very much and
appreciate the great man he was to all his
children.
Have a great 4th of July and be safe.
Remember what July 4th meant to our club
over the years. Our fireworks booth for
over ten years gave us enough revenue to
acquire our lodge hall.
California is in a severe drought and we
are being asked to conserve water. Fontana
is on a two-times a week water restriction.
Let’s do our part to conserve water.
Scholarship applications are due by the
end of June. Please get them in soon.
Hope everyone is doing well. Please pray
for those who are ill. I thank God that Veta
my wife is doing better.
Ciao e’ Sempre Avanti. . .
Continue to remember our motto of …
LIBERTY- EQUALITY - FRATERNITY
Manny Finazzo,
President
Joanne Coccia Lodge # 2553
HEALTH AND WELFARE
By Clara Sacco
We hope you had a great and
wonderful May and June.
Le’Bulletino
We pray that everyone is
happy and healthy so we may
continue to enjoy our time together.
Sister Veta Finazzo is still under the
weather and we pray that she will get
well soon. If we have missed any
illness or important
information about any of our lodge
family, please let me know.
HELPFUL HINTS:
Start your morning with a
glass of water with fresh
lemon juice. Paradoxically,
lemon juice helps to promote healthy alkalinity in
your body.
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Please call me at home
with any information for the
health and welfare portion of
our newsletter.
Wishing all of our families a
Happy 4th of July
Almost instantly, you will
feel calmer and better able
to handle stress. Lemon
juice also helps you to
absorb minerals, so be sure
to drink it when you take any
nutritional supplements.”
Respectfully submitted,
Clara Sacco
909 350-3356
We want all of our members to
promote good health habits by eating
a healthy diet and exercising daily.
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OFFICERS
President
OFFICERS
Trustees
Manny Finazzo
Clara Sacco
Ron Rovere
Rosemary Sclafani
Frances Finazzo
Pauline Masotto
Health & Welfare
Anthony N. Finazzo
Mistress of
Ceremonies
Orator
Florence Zerilli
Marlene Clark
Vice President
Paul Finazzo
Past President
Mauro Romagnoli
Recording Secretary
Judy Romagnoli
Treasurer
Frank P. Finazzo
Historian
Lois Mitchell
COMMITTEES
IL Leone
(volunteer needed)
Clara Sacco
909 350 3356
Thanksgiving Dinner
Anniversary Party
Marlene Clark
Anna Watts
Anna Watts
Marlene Clark
Rosemary Sclafani
Charity Chairman
Ron Rovere
Membership
Christmas Party
Peter Dente
Clara Sacco
Marlene Clark
Anna Watts
Chaplain
United Lodges
Guard
Michaelynn Minicucci
Financial Secretary
COMMITTEES
Marie Finazzo
State Deputy
Lou Seibel
909-987-5828
Foundation Chairman
Manny Finazzo
Manny Finazzo
Rosemary Sclafani
Marlene Clark
Anna Watts
Dessert Chairperson
(volunteer needed)
Lodge Activities
(volunteer needed)
Entertainment
(volunteer needed)
Joanne Coccia Lodge 2553
Happy 4th of July
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August will be dark
Liberty - Equality - Fraternity
“Heavy rains remind us of
challenges in life. Never
ask for a lighter rain, just
pray to God for a better
umbrella. That is the
correct attitude.”
“Life is not about finding
the right person, but creating the right relationship.
It’s not how we care in the
beginning but how much
we care till the very end. ”
“Some people always throw
stones in your path. It
depends on what you make
with them; a wall or bridge?
Remember you are the
architect of your life.”
Our Lodge and United Lodge of So Cal Upcoming Events for July and August, 2015
July 04, 2015
July 19, 2015
The Fourth of July - Independence Day
Board of Directors Meeting 11:45 a.m.
(Sunday - Knights of Columbus Hall - 16432 Merrill Ave. Fontana, CA)
July 19, 2015
Joanne Coccia Lodge General Membership Meeting at 1:00 p.m.
Lunch will be served after the meeting.
Pot-luck lunch every Thursday from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
at Joe Bono’s Restaurant.
July 2015
August 1, 2015
LET’S MAKE A DEAL - Saturday Show
Call Marlene Clark for Reservation (909) 823-2367
Leave at 6:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Theme
August, 2015
Lodge will be dark for the month of August.
Pot-luck lunch every Thursday from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
at Joe Bono’s Restaurant.
August 22, 2015
Omni Train to San Clemente - $10 per person
Call Michaelynn Minicucci for details (909) 855-5477
For additional information and newsletter, go to www.osiafontana.org
Note:
Please submit any upcoming events for the year 2015 to Anthony N. Finazzo via email
or phone at 909-796-3580 or Email: [email protected]
THE LION IS THE EMBLEM OF OUR ORDER - THE SYMBOL OF OUR STRENGTH
LIBERTY - EQUALITY - FRATERNITY
Joanne Coccia Lodge #2553
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In an effort to save postage, we are asking all of our members to notify
Brother Anthony N. Finazzo via email at:
[email protected]
If you have an email address and wish to receive the lodge’s newsletter,
let him know and you will receive a copy via email. A member may also get
the newsletter by going to the internet via the lodge’s website at
www.osiafontana.org and simply download it from the home page.
You will be able to print it in color if you have a color printer.
SHADES OF “WHOSE ON FIRST BY ABBOTT & COSTELLO
UNEMPLOYMENT EXPLAINED
COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in
America.
ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It's 5%.
COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7% of the people are out of work.
COSTELLO: You just said 5 percent
ABBOTT: 5% Unemployed.
COSTELLO: Right 5% out of work.
ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7%.
COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 14.7% unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, that's 5%.
COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 5% or 14.7%?
ABBOTT: 5% are unemployed. 14.7% are out of work.
COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, Congress said you can't count the "Out of
work" as the unemployed. You have to look
for work to be unemployed.
COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!
ABBOTT: No, you miss his point.
COSTELLO: What point?
ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work can't be
counted with those who look for work.
It wouldn't be fair.
COSTELLO: To whom?
ABBOTT: The unemployed.
COSTELLO: But ALL of them are out of work.
ABBOTT:
No, the unemployed are actively looking for
work. Those who are out of work gave up
looking and if you give up, you are no longer
in the ranks of the unemployed.
COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment rolls that would
count as less unemployment?
ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!
COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you
don't look for work?
ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how they get it to 5%.
Otherwise it would be 14.7%. Our government
doesn't want you to read about 14.7% unemployment.
COSTELLO: That would be tough on those running for reelection.
ABBOTT: Absolutely!
COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are
two ways to bring down the unemployment number?
ABBOTT:
Two ways is correct.
COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?
ABBOTT: Correct.
COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop
looking for a job?
ABBOTT:
BINGO.
COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down,
and the easier of the two is to have people stop
looking for work.
ABBOTT:
Now you’re thinking like an Economist.
COSTELLO: I don’t even know what the heck I just said!
ABBOTT:
Now you're thinking like Congress.
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE 2553
The Joanne Coccia Lodge
Foundation #2553 is accepting
scholarship donations in
memory of deceased members.
Please make your check to the
above foundation and in the
memo section indicate the scholarship foundation or
charity donation you wish to
make in a person’s name.
We thank all the members and
friends who have donated in the
past. Your donations have
helped our foundation to make
contributions for scholarships
and other charities. Donations
are tax deductible.
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To the Italian Gang. . .
(Whether
you're Siciliano, Calabrese, Napolitano
or Toscano)
I am sure for most second generation Italian
American children who grew up in the 30s, 40's,
50's & 60's there was a definite distinction
between us and them. We were Italians, everybody else, the Irish, the Germans, the Polish,
they were Ameri-cans.
I was well into adulthood before I realized I
was an American. I had been born American and
lived here all my life, but Americans were people
who ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on
mushy white bread. I had no animosity towards
them, it's just I thought ours was the better way
with our home made bread from our italian
bakery, egg man, vegetable man, the chicken
man, fruit man, fish man, to name a few of the
peddlers who came to our neighborhoods. We
knew them, they knew us.
Americans went to the A&P food store. It
amazed me that some friends and classmates
on Thanksgiving and Christmas ate only turkey
with stuffing, potatoes, and cranberry sauce. We
had turkey, but only after antipasto, soup, l
lasagna, meatballs and salad!
In case someone came in who didn't like
turkey, we also had a roast of beef. Soon after
we were eating fruits, nuts, pastries and homemade cookies sprinkled with little colored things.
This is where you learned to eat a seven course
meal between noon and four PM, how to handle
hot chestnuts and put peaches in wine. Italians
live a romance with food. Sundays we would
wake up to the smell of garlic and onions frying in
olive oil. We always had macaroni and meat
sauce.
Sunday would not be Sunday without going to
mass. Of course you couldn't eat before mass
because you had to fast before receiving
communion. We knew when we got home we'd
find meatballs frying, and nothing tasted better
than newly cooked meatballs with crisp
bread dipped into a pot of hot meat sauce.
Another difference between them and us was
we had gardens. Not just with flowers, but
tomatoes, peppers, basil, lettuce and
'cucuzza'. Everybody had a grapevine and fig
tree. In the fall we drank homemade wine arguing over
who made the best. Those gardens thrived
because we had something our American
friends didn't seem to have. We had Grandparents. It's not that they didn't have grandparents. It's
just they didn't live in the same house or street. We
ate with our grandparents, and God forbid we didn't
visit them 3 times a week. I can still remember my
grandfather telling us how he came to America when
he was young, on the 'boat.'
I'll never forget the holidays when the relatives
would gather at my grandparents' house, the women
in the kitchen, the men in the living room, the kids everywhere. I must have fifty cousins. My grandfather sat
in the middle of it all drinking his wine he was so proud
of his family and how well they had done.
When my grandparents died, things began to
change. Family gatherings were fewer and something
seemed to be missing. Although we did get together
usually at my mother's house, I always had the feeling
grandma and grandpa were there. Its understandable
things change. We all have families of our own and
grandchildren of our own. Today we visit once in a
while or meet at wakes or weddings. Other things
have also changed. The old house my grandparents
bought is now covered with aluminum or vinyl siding.
A green lawn covers the soil that grew the tomatoes.
There was no one to cover the fig tree, so it died.
The holidays have changed. We still make family
'rounds' but somehow things have become more
formal. The great quantities of food we consumed,
without any ill effects, are not good for us anymore.
Too much starch, too much cholesterol, too many
calories in the pastries. The difference between 'us'
and 'them' isn't so easily defined anymore, and I guess
that's good. My grandparents were Italian-Italians; my
parents were Italian-Americans. I'm an American and
proud of it, just as my grandparents would want me to
be. We are all Americans now...the Irish, Germans,
Polish, all U.S. citizens. But somehow I still feel a little
bit Italian. Call it culture...call it roots...I'm not sure
what it is. All I do know is that my children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, have been cheated out of
a wonderful piece of our heritage.
PASS THIS ON TO YOUR ITALIAN AND ALMOST
ITALIAN FRIENDS!
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE 2553
To The Gang italiani ....
(Che tu sia Siciliano, Calabrese,
Napolitano o Toscano)
Sono sicuro che per la maggior parte dei
bambini italiani di seconda generazione
americana che è cresciuto negli anni '30, '40, 50's
& 60's c'era una distinzione precisa tra noi e
loro. Siamo stati italiani, tutti gli altri, gli irlandesi, i
tedeschi, i polacchi, che erano americani.
Sono stato anche in età adulta, prima ho
capito che era un americano. Ero stato americano
nato e vissuto qui tutta la mia vita, ma gli
americani erano gente che mangiava burro di
arachidi e gelatina su panini mollicci pane
bianco. Non avevo animosità verso di loro, è solo
ho pensato che il nostro era il modo migliore con il
nostro uomo il pane, l'uomo delle uova, Vegetable
Man, l'uomo del pollo, solo per citarne alcuni dei
venditori ambulanti che sono venuti ai nostri
quartieri. Noi li conosceva, che ci conosceva.
Americani è andato a A & P. Mi stupisce
che alcuni amici e compagni di classe il giorno del
Ringraziamento e Natale mangiava solo con
tacchino ripieno, patate e salsa di mirtilli. Abbiamo
avuto la Turchia, ma solo dopo antipasto, zuppa,
le lasagne, polpette di carne e insalata!
Nel caso in cui qualcuno è venuto in chi
non ha come la Turchia, abbiamo avuto anche un
arrosto di manzo. Poco dopo siamo stati a
mangiare frutta, noci, dolci e biscotti fatti in casa
cosparsa di piccole cose colorate. Questo è dove
hai imparato a mangiare un bambino di sette
portate tra mezzogiorno e le 04:00, come gestire
le castagne calde e mettere le pesche al
vino. Italiani vivono una storia d'amore con il
cibo. Domenica ci si svegliava per l'odore di aglio
e cipolla in olio d'oliva per friggere. Abbiamo
sempre avuto maccheroni al sugo.
Domenica non sarebbe Domenica senza
andare a messa. Naturalmente non si poteva
mangiare prima della Messa, perché si doveva
veloce prima di ricevere la comunione. Sapevamo
che quando siamo arrivati a casa avremmo
trovato friggere le polpette, e niente di meglio che
gustare appena cucinato polpette di carne con
pane croccante immerso in una pentola di sugo
caldo.
Un'altra differenza tra noi e loro era che
avevamo giardini. Non solo con i fiori, ma
pomodori, peperoni, basilico, lattuga e
'Cucuzza'. Tutti avevano un albero di vite e fico. In
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autunno abbiamo bevuto vino fatto in casa a discutere
su che hanno fatto la cosa migliore. Quei giardini
prosperato perché abbiamo avuto qualcosa i nostri
amici americani non sembrano avere. Abbiamo avuto
nonni. Non è che non hanno avuto i nonni. E 'solo che
non vivevano nella stessa casa o sulla strada. Abbiamo
mangiato con i nostri nonni, e Dio non voglia che noi
non li visita 3 volte a settimana. Ricordo ancora mio
nonno che ci dice come è venuto in America quando
era giovane, sulla 'barca'.
Non dimenticherò mai le vacanze quando i
parenti si radunavano a casa dei miei nonni ', le donne
in cucina, gli uomini in salotto, i bambini ovunque. Devo
avere cugini cinquanta. Mio nonno seduto nel bel
mezzo di tutto bere il suo vino era così orgoglioso della
sua famiglia e come ben avevano fatto. Quando i miei
nonni sono morti, le cose cominciarono a cambiare. Le
riunioni di famiglia sono stati meno e qualcosa
sembrava mancare. Anche se abbiamo ottenuto
insieme di solito a casa di mia madre, ho sempre avuto
la sensazione di nonna e nonno erano lì.
Il suo cambiare le cose comprensibili. Abbiamo
tutti le famiglie del nostro
e nipoti dei nostri. Oggi visitiamo una volta ogni tanto o
rispondere a scie o matrimoni. Altre cose sono
cambiate. La vecchia casa dei miei nonni acquistato è
ora coperto con pannelli in alluminio o vinile. Un prato
verde copre il terreno che è cresciuto il pomodoro. Non
c'era nessuno a coprire il fico, così morì.
Le vacanze sono cambiate. Dobbiamo ancora
fare 'colpi' la famiglia, ma in qualche modo le cose
sono diventate più formale. Le grandi quantità di cibo
che consuma, senza alcun effetto negativo, non sono
buoni per noi più. Troppo amido molto, troppo
colesterolo, calorie, troppi dolci. La differenza tra 'noi' e
'li' non è così facilmente definita più, e credo che sia
buono. I miei nonni erano italiani-italiani, i miei genitori
erano italiani-americani. Sono un americano e
orgoglioso di esserlo, proprio come i miei nonni che
vuoi che io sia. Siamo tutti americani ora ... gli
irlandesi, tedeschi, polacchi, tutti i cittadini statunitensi.
Ma in qualche modo mi sento ancora un po
'italiano. Chiamala cultura ... lo chiamano radici ... Io
non sono sicuro di quello che è. Tutto quello che so è
che i miei figli, nipoti, nipoti, e nipoti, sono stati
defraudati di un pezzo meraviglioso del nostro
patrimonio.
Pass This On AI TUOI AMICI ITALIANI E
ITALIANE QUASI!
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE 2553
Fontana Theatre
8463 Sierra Ave, Fontana, CA
Entrée Choices:
1. Steak
2. Roasted Chicken
3. Blacken Mahi - Mahi
4. Vegetarian dish with pasta
More Information will follow.
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Brothers and Sisters:
We would appreciate a
good turn out from our
members and filial lodges.
Price pending subject to number attending
MATINEE SHOW STARTS AT 12:30
CALL NOW or email for reservations
Marlene Clark:
(909) 823-2367
Rosemary Sclafani: (909) 822-9791
Anna Watts:
(909) 823-3353
annawatts @sbcglobal.net
Space is limited to 160 people
(Early reservation appreciated)
JOANNE COCCIA LODGE 2553
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