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P.O. BOX 173 BLUE POINT NY 11715 LIBERTY - EQUALITY – FRATERNITY [email protected] DECEMBER 2017 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 12 AVANTI 2442 NEWS Editor: Angela Donato, con piacere, with pleasure OSDIA National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii on December 7, 1941. From the Presidents desk, Dear Lodge Brothers & Sisters, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. The Christmas Season has started, and we will celebrate together at our Christmas Party. Please try to attend, it is a chance for us to socialize and get to know each other better. Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you Lodge Sisters Regina Allen and Dorothy Curto for Chairing this event. Coming up in January, we will attend the NYS Plenary Session January 27th at the Brumidi Lodge, Deer Park. Everyone is welcome to see how the Business of the Order is conducted. Breakfast and Lunch is served. I am working on a possible Legislative proposal in response to the Columbus Day Issue. A nominating committee has been formed and will meet Dec. 11th at 1 Ram Court Patchogue 7 pm, to begin the 2018 election process. While all positions STOP BY AT 6:45 FOR COFFEE & DESSERT are available, we have a few empty slots for officers that must be filled. It is WEAR YOUR UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER imperative that we find a new Treasurer and Delegates to attend the NYS convention in June. Please consider joining the Board. LEARN ABOUT LEONARDO A special Thanks to Madeline & Carlo Matteucci and District Deputy Ciro PAY FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY Capano for another wonderful Museum Luncheon and Presentation of the Flags for the Veterans at the Museum. DONATE TO THE TOY DRIVE Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. President Bob THERE WILL BE A SURPRISE GUEST NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING Lodge Brother Carlo, lent a helping hand. Lodge Brother Larry collecting his 50/50 winnings from Lodge Brother Pete 1. Larry Filippino 2 Jacqueline Fischer 3. James Gallo 4. Jennifer LoCasio 5. Helaine Witt THERESA SAREO- LED US SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF AMERICA & ITALY JOY BRUNO, NATIONAL OVERSEER FROM CALIFORNIA CARLO MATTEUCCI, STATE PAST PRESIDENT & NATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUSTEE CAROLYN RERES, STATE IPP & NATIONAL HISTORIAN - PETER ZUZOLO, NATIONAL PAST PRESIDENT JOANCCE STROLLO, NATIONAL PAST PRESIDENT MADELINE MATTEUCCI, MUSEUM CHAIRPERSON - JOE DITRAPANI, NATIONAL FOUNDATION PRESIDENT JOE SCIAME, MUSEUM CEO - NANCY DIFIORE QUINN, NATIONAL FIRST VICE PRESIDENT 200 PEOPLE, 50 PRIZES, THOMAS LJUPO, NATIONAL TREASURER & STATE PAST PRESIDENT. OUR LODGE WON 6. WE ROCK!!!!!! LODGE SISTER ROSE MANCUSO TOOK THIS PERFECT PHOTO OF THE FLAGS ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM. My mothers maiden name: Gucciardo, from Castelvetrano, Sicily. My maiden name: Elia, from Palo del Colle, Bari And my married name: Donato, from Bari, Italy -Angela Margaret & Frank Tripoli, Friends of LODGE MEMBERS, RAE & JIM FLAHERTY donated over 130 books to our cause. READY FOR DELIVERY TO THE CONNETQUOT LIBRARY, ALONG WITH A LETTER FROM OUR LODGE. President Bob had to bring a hand truck to move the boxes from the car to the Childrens Desk. When we arrived at the Childrens Desk, I told the ladies behind the counter that we had a donation. They could not see the boxes on the handcart from behind their tall desk. They told me to put the books in the basket, and I said “oh I don’t think these are all going to fit, and there are more in the car. They came around from behind the desk, and were very surprised and thrilled at the abundance of books. ABBONDANZA Our Lodge did a very good deed for those in need. Thank you for all your donations. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ENJOY THE VOICES OF HUSBAND & WIFE - -VINCENT & EMILY RICCIARDI - AT THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE CONNETQUOT LIBRARY IN NOVEMBER. VINCENT ALSO ENTERTAINED THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE ISLIP TOWN “TASTE OF ITALY EVENT”. He is pictured with our Lodge Sister Jackie, who gets credit for the photo. TRIO RESTAURANT SUNDAY DECEMBER 10 2005 Route 112 MEDFORD $42. Per person 1-4 pm $42.00 Make checks payable to BASILONE LODGE, Give or mail check to CHAIRLADY Regina Allen 281 SWAN LAKE DRIVE Patchogue NY 11772 654-3152 Or GIVE TO Dottie Curto at Meeting HOMEMADE MOZZARELLA w/ sliced TOMATO & LEMON BASIL DRESSING CLASSIC CAESAR SALAD BRUSSEL SPROUTS PENNE w/ SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE, BRUSCHETTA, BASI, (FISH) CHICKEN FRANCAISE, HERB ROASTED POTATOES, SLICED STEAK w/ CRISPY FRIED ONIONS and WARM STEAK SAUCE, ASSORTED DESSERTS SODA COFFEE YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN A GIFT EXCHANGE ($15 APPROX. VALUE) GIFT MUST BE SUITABLE FOR MALE & FEMALE. GIFT CARDS, FOOD, MAYBE A NICE ITALIAN COLORS APRON!!! Makes 2 dozen cookies FOR THE FILLING: 1. Filling: 1. Put the figs in a bowl and cover them with Vanilla 1 pound dry figs Rum. Let them soak for two days. vanilla rum 2. After two days, put the figs, the walnuts and the 1/2 cup walnuts raisins in a blender and chop finely. 1/4 cup raisins 3. Put the mix in a pan, add the 1/4 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup sugar cook until the liquids dry up. Set aside to cool off. FOR THE DOUGH: 2. Dough: 1. In a bowl, mix all the dough ingredients and add as 2 pounds 00 flour or all purpose flour much milk as necessary to make the dough soft and 1/2 pound lard or Crisco elastic. Cover it and let it rest for 30 mins. 1 cup sugar 2. Spread the dough into a thin long flat strip about 3" 1 bag Vanillina Pane Degli Angeli or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract wide. 1 lemon, zest only 3. Spread the filling at the center of the dough and 4 large eggs close it into a long roll. 1 tablespoon baking powder 4. Cut the roll every 2" and then make an indentation milk, as much on one side of the cut piece. milk as needed - about 1/4 cup 5. Bake all your cookies at 375F for about 10 Min. 6. Garnish with powdered sugar. FUN IDEA from Lodge Sister Dottie Curto 2018 IS AROUND THE CORNER, IF YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE OFF LONG ISLAND IN THE NEW YEAR, WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST? IT CAN BE A GENERAL THING, OR A SPECIFIC PLACE. SEND ME AN E-MAIL, I WILL POST THE ANSWERS NEXT MONTH. I AM GOING TO GO FIRST: I WOULD MISS MY LODGE SISTERS & BROTHERS 1. WHAT DID ITALIAN AMERICAN, VINCENT CICCONO, INVENTOR OF THE BLOW POP INVENT TO COMBAT THE EFFECTS OF THE COMMON COLD? 2. GIUSEPPI GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPI MAZZINI, CAMILLE BENSO CAVOUR WERE HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL GREAT ITALIAN STRUGGLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY? 3. IN 166 A,D, ROMAN EMPOROR MARCUS AURELIUS SENT AN EMBASSY TO WHAT FAR OFF CIVILIZATION? 4. THIS MAJOR ITALIAN CITY DID NOT ORIGINALLY JOIN THE KINGDOM OF ITALY WHEN ITALY WAS UNIFIED IN 1861. HOWEVER THE CITY DID JOIN IN 1871 WHEN OCCUPYING FRENCH FORCES SUBSEQUENTLY LIBERATED THE CITY FROM FOREIGN RULE. NAME THE CITY. 5. THE LANTERNA IS THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE BUILT AFTER THE GREAT LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA, A WONDER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. WHERE WAS THE LANTERNA LIGHTHOUSE LOCATED? https://www.facebook.com/groups/domenicainsiemewckg/?ref=gs&fref=gs&hc_location=group DOMENICA INSIEME! SUNDAY TOGETHER Two hours of Italian culture and rockin' music with Pat and John, every Sunday. Go to the link to get updates and join a beautiful Italian community. You can listen to the program on your computer. WE ARE COLLECTING ITEMS FOR A SPRING YARD SALE. START BOXING UP THOSE GOODIES THAT NEED A NEW HOME. CALL BOB IF YOU NEED PICKUP. 631-589-5517. HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY MARIO MINITTI-born December 8, 1577 was an Italian artist active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator and model of the key Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. His main fame today is his work as a model in many of Caravaggio’s early works, including Boy with a Basket of Fruit, The Fortune Teller, The Musicians, Boy Bitten by a Lizard, The Lute Player and more. It is clear that he brought to Sicily the lessons he had learned from Caravagio, in particular the use of dramatic chiaroscuro and the depiction of scenes seized at the moment of greatest dramatic intensity. CARAVAGGIO’S BOY WITH A BASKET The Five Signs, workshop of Mario Minniti, showing characteristic CHIAROSCURO (an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something) and use of color. Agira (Enna), Sicily – Church of Sant'Antonio. FRANCESCO MESSINA was an Italian Sculptor of the 20th Century. Francesco was born December 14, 1900 in the commune of Linguaglossa in the Province of Catania. He was from a very poor family. Growing up in Genoa, where he also studied and lived until he was 32, he then moved to Milan. His sculptures are shown in the worlds most famous museums. He died September 13, 1995 THE FRANCESCO MESSINA MUSEUM IN THE FORMER CHURCH OF SAINT SIXTUS, MILAN Ira Fischer is an accomplished master woodworker with over 35 years of experience. All of the pens designed and created are made with the highest quality of workmanship and materials – from the inner brass tube to the exotic imported and domestic hardwoods (including Cocobolo, Red Heart, Purple Heart, Figured Walnut, Zebra Wood, Bocote, Pau Fero, Spalted Oak, Spalted Maple, Padauk, Osage Orange, Lignum Vitae, Marble Wood and others).