Lodge # 2442 newsletter

A Letter from Lodge President Joan Tasoglu

Sisters and Brothers, As you can see by the location of my letter, July has brought about a change in the venue of

our Sgt. John Basilone Lodge 2442 newsletter. On July 8th, I received an e-mail from Brother Cliff Miller stating that he was stepping down as editor of the newsletter for a variety of reasons and that he felt he could devote his time elsewhere. My e-mail to him thanked him for all the time and devotion he has given us the past 6 years in doing the newsletter and bringing it to our members. As it is complex and runs approximately $200 a year to run website and pay dues for our webmaster and his wife, I have decided to use the NYS OSIA web connection. There is a lifetime fee of $100, and we have access to our own webpage. Angela Donato has offered to be editor and has been working closely with powers to be from the state to get it up and running quickly. This is your newsletter for August. As for the rest of July, we have indeed been productive as a lodge. On July 12, we went to see a presentation and a tour of the facilities of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown. We saw how dogs are trained to assist the blind and disabled and got to meet the America's Vet Dog Service Manager along with 2 Vet Dogs in training. At that time we presented him with a check for $500.00 to help with the training of a dog to be given to a returning veteran. Thank you to Sister Janis M for arranging this tour for 20 of our lodge members, It was a great day. We have wonderful pictures from Brother Vito. On July 19th, we had our summer Applebee's flapjack fundraiser. We served approximately 60 people with 15 lodge members working in some capacity or another. We raffled off 5 beautiful baskets and had a great 50/50. Thanks to Sister Stephanie S for setting up and chairing this event, and kudos to everyone that worked and attended this fun morning. Thanks again to Brother Vito for great pictures, to appear in our next newsletter. Sunday, July 27th I will represent our lodge at the District 1 Queen Pageant Dinner Dance to be held at the Brumidi lodge in Deer Park from 3pm to 7pm. We do not have a Queen from our lodge this year, hopefully we will have one next year. Please remember we are still collecting food for the pantry as well as box tops. We have also initiated for August and September to collect supplies for schools and for our USA service people. Fraternally, Sister Joan Upcoming Lodge Dates 8/4 Monthly Lodge Meeting - Acampora Center 39 Montauk Highway Blue Point doors open 6:30 PM meeting starts 7:00 PM 8/20 Lodge Social Night - Acampora Center - 6:30PM 8/25 Officers board meeting - Sayville library - 5:30PM

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1

AUGUST 2014

Editor: Angela Donato a12talegna12@verizon.net

The Lodge Visits the Guide Dog Foundation

Thank You Sister Janis Maddalena For arranging the visit.

Making a

donation

$500.00 Donation presented by President Joan Tasoglu and Sister Janis Maddalena

accepted by Ken Kirsch, service dog manager

While it Costs $55,000 to raise/train a dog.

All Service dogs are provided free

of charge

www.guidedog.org www.VetDogs.org

Cycling Champion Gino Bartali,

helped save Jews from the Nazis by

transporting Counterfeit identity

papers in his bike frame.

COPY & PASTE THIS LINK:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/

17/italy-remembers-gino-bartali-cycling-hero-

save-jews-nazis

GOLDEN DOOR movie available on NETFLIX

ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

Martin Scorsese introduces this film telling us how much this movie means to him,

especially hearing the Sicilian Dialect he heard as a child. In this sweeping immigrants tale from direction Emanuele Crialese, Sicilian widower Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) leaves behind everything he knows to pursue a better life in America at the dawn of the 20th Century. With his sons in tow, Mancuso survives the harrowing Atlantic crossing only to suffer more hardship and humiliation

on Ellis Island. But along the way, he finds romance with a mysterious Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg)

CINEMA

From time to time I will ask you for your photos and stories, my goal for

the Newsletter is to include more about you. Fraternally yours, Sister Angela

a12talegna12@verizon.net

LODGE #2442 NEWSLETTER

Thank you for being patient during this time

OSIA COLUMBUS DAY PARADE SUNDAY OCTOBER 12 CHAIRLADY: SISTER MARGARET 631 567 0874 PLEASE SIGN UP TO MARCH IN THE PARADE

GARIBALDI – MEUCCI MUSEUM:

CSJ

EVENTS

ITALIAN HERITAGE NIGHT

FRIDAY Sept. 19

Long Island Ducks game

Bethpage Ballpark

3 Court House Drive

Central Islip

5:00 p.m BBQ limited seats

7:05 p.m Game starts

Tickets and Info:

Call; Chairman Robert Ferrito

917 440 5435

Co-Chairman Charles Lucie

631 499 8684

The first 1500 attendees will

receive free bracelets from OSIA

NYS OSIA

Events

SATURDAY August 16 STREET CORNER DOO WOP SHOW

KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL 4:00 p.m.

Tickets $45. pp Contact: Joe Vallone

631 269 5725

SUNDAY September 14th

11:00 a.m. 22nd Annual Italian Festival

Hofstra University South Canvas

Hempstead Tpk. Hempstead Eleanor Jobbagy

516-358-9151

On Monday night, July 14, 2014, Museum Commissioner Madeline Matteucci attended her first museum meeting on Staten Island. Sister Madeline is the first female member of our lodge to be elected to a State office. The museum's National Overseer Chairman and State Past President Carlo Matteucci was also present. There are 6 museum commissioners and they make the decisions for the museum. The national lodge owns the property and the New York Grand Lodge runs the day to day operations of the museum. The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the main force who unified Italy, and Antonio Meucci, the true inventor of the telephone. Both of these 2 gentlemen lived and worked in this house that is now the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. The MUSEUM will be having a major FUND RAISER on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST at THE STATEN on Station Island. The brunch is $70. The honorees are Keith Wilson, the former Museum Chairperson, and the outgoing Museum Commissioners. There will be a champagne reception at the museum following the brunch. A bus is being planned to leave from the Brumidi Lodge on the morning of the event. The cost of the bus is $20. More details will follow. Anyone interested in attending the brunch please contact sister Madeline Matteucci at the next lodge meeting.

How did we ever get along without espresso?

This delicious beverage got its start in a kitchen in Italy. Espresso first appeared in Italy in the early 20th century.

Coffee had already become a necessity to Italian daily life during the Renaissance. In 1903, Luigi Bezzera owned a manufacturing business and was frustrated by the

time-consuming process of brewing his own coffee at home each morning. He soon found that adding steam pressure to the machine not only cut down on the

brewing process but also produced a stronger, more robust cup of coffee. Bezzera immediately named his invention the “Fast Coffee Machine”.

Espresso’ means fast in Italian, the name we know the beverage by today. Unfortunately, Bezzera wasn’t as talented at marketing and sales as he was at engineering. In 1905, another businessman named Desidero Pavoni purchased

the machine’s rights from Bezzera and had it patented. Pavoni’s name was soon attached to all things having to do with espresso.

Bezzera may be responsible for giving the world the espresso machine, but Pavoni’s marketing is what changed the way we drink coffee.

Espresso Martini Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka • 3/4 ounce Kahlua coffee

liqueur 1/4 ounce white crème de cacao

1 ounce cold espr1 ounce cold espr1 ounce cold espr1 ounce cold espressoessoessoesso Preparation:

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake well.

Espresso is essentially a strong black coffee that’s been brewed under intense pressure. Water is forced through very finely ground beans until a

concentrated coffee with delicate, chocolate colored foam on top

called cream is produced. It can then be sipped as is or mixed with

milk to create a Latte.

COSMIC ESPESSO Astronauts of all nationalities, but especially the Italians, have long

grumbled about the coffee served on the International Space Station high above earth..

Now the Space Station is getting a real Espresso Machine.

The Machine is designed especially for space. Its introduction

will coincide with the 6 month mission of

ITALY’ S FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI , 37.

The Fighter Pilot & Italian Air Force Capt. will fly to the Space Station in November

aboard a Russian Capsule. FOR MORE ABOUT ITALIAN ASTRONAUTS

SEE PG 4 ITALIAN AMERICA MAGAZINE SPRING 2014

this website is filled with photos of artwork

painted with coffee http://coffeeart.com

As Fellow members of OSIA and the Sayville Community

we extend our Heartfelt Condolences to the Colantone and Visone Families

CONGRATULATIONS SISTER LINDA JOHNSON

ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR NEW GRANDDAUGHTER GRACE

BASIC TOMATO SAUCE 1 can CENTO brand crushed tomatoes ( low in sodium) scant ¼ cup OLIVE OIL (approx.) ½ Large VIDALIA SWEET ONION diced 2 Large BASIL LEAVES Cut into small pieces 3-4 GARLIC CLOVES smashed and chopped ¼-1/2 teaspoon SUGAR ( optional) ½ cup WINE ( optional) Heat Oil in Pan Add Onions, sauté , for a few minutes Stirring once or twice with a wooden spoon until tender. Add Basil & Garlic, sauté Stirring once or twice until Garlic turns golden Slowly add Tomatoes to pan, Stirring, MIX ALL INGREDIENTS WELL Slow simmer about 10 minutes on low Heat, stirring a couple of times. TASTE If there is any hint of bitterness, add sugar, I also add wine at this point, Whatever wine is handy. Stir & Taste, mmmm good Simmer 5 minute more, stirring Gently fold in cooked, drained macaroni, I use about ¾ pound of macaroni.

VICE PRESIDENT, SISTER MARGARET and I were Talking about ideas for the Newsletter.

She said, “everybody makes their sauce a little different, let’s ask the members to send in their

Sauce, (Gravy) recipes for a fun way to get them involved in the Newsletter.

I am starting with my recipe. Please send your recipes to:

a12talegna12@verizon.net

Put: SAUCE RECIPE in the subject line, I can’t promise to print them all, but I will

Do my best,

Thank you, Sister Angela