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Dear Harmony Lodge family,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to believe, but this Master\u2019s Message is being written forthe halfway point of our Masonic year. Being such an active Lodgedoesn\u2019t always afford the Officers the time to sit back and reflect often: from the time we\u2019re installed, it\u2019s off to the races. It\u2019s usually when summer time approaches, and the Lodge \u201cgoes dark\u201d that wecan take a breath and look back on our accomplishments up to that point. Flipping through the Trestleboards from November forward, we have a lot to be proud of, and based on the many upcoming events still in the pipeline, we will be adding to that list. Brother Pat Connor does a great job with maintaining our website, and I encourage folks to review past issues of the Trestleboards. It is a great walk down memory lane, not just for the current year, but also from years past.<\/p>\n
Our most recent event was the Children\u2019s Easter Party, which wascoordinated by Junior Steward Jose Gonzalez and his Lady, Dahamelis. As this was their first event where they were responsible for the planning and execution, they got plenty of advice from the veterans, but what was nice to see was how they put their own stamp on it. Rather than just follow a template from past events, they took the basic structure and built something even better. I remember lookingat a couple of the things they did and said, \u201cHmmmm…that\u2019s such a great idea why didn\u2019t I think of that?\u201d A big thank you also toWoodridge Assembly and Fidelity Chapter for their help, as well, and a special thank you to Brother Bill McColl, whose behind the sceneswork is also a big part of this event\u2019s success.<\/p>\n
Dinner for our April meeting was prepared by Brother Jim Lafitte, with assistance from his Lady, Jo \u2013 Ann. For those unable to attend, you missed a great meal! Jim wasn\u2019t kidding whenhe said at a previous meeting that he liked to cook and it showed. It was a toss up whichentr\u00e9e I enjoyed the most: Jim\u2019s chicken, or the Spinach Lasagna with Jo \u2013 Ann\u2019s Special Gravy.Thanks again, Jim and Jo \u2013 Ann!<\/p>\n
Saturday, April 7th, Woodridge Assembly held their April Fool\u2019s Dinner fundraiser. This is one of my favorite events that they do, and they all did a great job! As I\u2019ve mentioned in previousMessages, Harmony is in a great position in that we have close relationships with both youth groups and it is very rare that when we ask for help at events, we are told no. If you see an event advertised for either Fidelity Chapter or Woodridge Assembly, please make an effort to attend and show your support.<\/p>\n
As a reminder, our Ladies Luncheon is on Saturday, May 12th at Lancellotta\u2019s. If you have notalready made your reservations, the final count needs to be in by May 4th. Please see theadvertisement in this issue of the Trestleboard for Brother Jeremy Newton\u2019s contactinformation.<\/p>\n
For those Brothers applying for the Macintosh Scholarship, the deadline for submissions is May 15th. Additional information, including Scholarship Committee Chairman Alan French\u2019saddress, is within this issue of the Trestleboard.
\nAs this message is being written in the beginning of April, many of the events on our busy Aprilcalendar have not happened yet. My next Master\u2019s Message will contain updates regardingthose events.<\/p>\n
Fraternally,<\/p>\n
Mick Torgan<\/p>\n
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