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1 Dated Material Masoic TimesMoroe Servig the Masoic Commuity Sice 1963 Website: Geesee-Wyomig Livigsto Otario/Seeca/Yates & Waye Districts Volume 54 Number 3 USPS Rochester, New York Circulatio 2837 March 2016 Have-a-Heart Campaig Raises $18,000 PLUS for Roald McDoald Houses of Rochester R\W\ George Foeher, District Deputy Grad, Moroe District, ad Chairma of the Aual Have-a-Heart Campaig for the Roald Mc- Doald Houses iformed the Masoic Times as this issue was prepared for pritig, that the total collected was i excess of $18,000. Additioal iformatio will be provided ad published i the April issue. All Orgaizatios ad their cotributig members ca be proud of their efforts. While the dollar amout is less tha last year, mall traffic was slower tha expected o several days due to the weather... the good weather... i early February. All moey collected stays i Rochester ad supports families who have a child i Golisao Childre s Hospital for treatmet. This facility allows them to stay close to their child ad What s Iside? Brotherhood Fud, Area 15 4 Damascus News 7-10 DeMolay 1 Editor s Corer 2 Fidelity Triagle No. 4 1 Lalla Rookh Caldro 3 Lalla Rookh Grotto 3 Livigsto District 12 Lookig Ahead 1 Masoic War Veteras 2 Moroe District 4-6, Otario/Seeca/Yates District 12 Order of the Easter Star 2 Scottish Rite News Tall Cedars of Lebao 13 Waye District 13 York Rite News 16 2B1 ASK1 provide love ad ecouragemet as they go through their treatmets. May stories are shared with booth staffers of experieces of those supportig this cause. Begu i 1988 by the Moroe Districts s ad Wardes Associatio, before the House costructio was started, people have doated over $375,000 through this solicitatio program. Now, additioal groups have come forward to assist as the umber of Lodges ad available persoel has declied. Uder the baer of the Freemasos of the Geesee Regio, hudreds of hours of labor are doated to cover the first two weeks of February each year at Eastview Mall, The Mall at Greece Ridge ad Marketplace Mall. May thaks to all of you for your cotiued support of this most worthwhile project. Fidelity Triagle No. 4 The Orgaizatio of Triagles, Ic. By Kristia Bradt O Jauary 9th, Fidelity Triagle held its first meetig of 2016, which was Ope to the Public. Durig this meetig, they icluded Triagle Alumi to participate as some of the Officers who performed a Degree hoorig the frieds ad guests who came to support the Triagle. Growig the Triagle ad icreasig friedships ad members has bee a big project for Beloved Quee, Kalli, ad Seior Lady, Haah. Upcomig Evets I additio to holdig Public Meetigs i Jauary ad February, Fidelity Triagle will be holdig Iitiatio o March 19th ad a Regular Closed meetig o March 26th. All Masos ad members of Easter Star ad Amarath are welcome to atted to see the woderful Ritual work Widows Lucheo Saturday, April 30th The Burgudy Basi 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford Doors ope at 11 a.m. Luch served at 12 oo Sposored by the Masoic Service Bureau For more details, call Garry Craker, Committee Chair, at , or the Masoic Service Bureau at Fidelity Triagle Celebrates Friedships Durig Ope Meetig Rochester Chapter, Order ad welcome ew members ito our Masoic Family. Comig up, the girls will also have the opportuity to travel aroud the State as the various Districts withi the Orgaizatio of Triagles hold their ow Covetios as follows: April 17th - Capital District Covetio Jue 4th - Joit Nassau- Quees-Richmod ad Suffolk Districts Covetio August 13th - Oodaga- Oswego District Covetio October 8th - Erie-Moroe ad Erie-Chautauqua Districts Covetio Details ca be foud at: ooty.org for ayoe who would like to atted ay of these evets. It s by travelig ad supportig oe aother that the Triagle Girls are able to help grow their orgaizatio ad become close frieds. It s these friedships that keep the orgaizatio movig forward ad we aticipate makig may more frieds withi our District as well. of DeMolay, is pleased to aouce that it has set the date for its upcomig Degrees. Mark Your Caledar O March 12th, 2 p.m. at the Damascus Shrie Ceter, we will cofer the Degrees. We will have a dier followig at 5 p.m. After dier, the youg me will have a game ight ad fellowship. If you kow of a youg ma DeMolay Chapter Reschedules Iitiatio APRIL 8-10 Scottish Rite Valley of Bosto Reuio 16 Scottish Rite Reuio, Shrie Ceter betwee the ages of 12 ad 21 who might be iterested i joiig, please cotact Joh Truebger at: joh@amadeus-recordig.com for more iformatio. All Masos are welcome to joi us for the day. If you wish to atted ad would like to stay for the dier (there is a omial fee for dier), please RSVP by March 5th to Joh Truebger, Chapter Dad, at Masoic Activities Lookig Ahead 30 MONROE Widows Lucheo, Burgudy Basi MAY 2-3 Grad Lodge of New York Aual Commuicatio, New York City 7 Lalla Rookh Caldro Supreme Ispectio, Specerport 7 Scottish Rite Reuio Baquet 28 MONROE District - Joit Ivestiture Service, Fairport JUNE 30 Moroe s & Wardes Electio SEPTEMBER 15 OES Moroe Past Matros, Specerport Damascus News see page 7

2 2 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com March 2016 Order of the Easter Star Moroe District OES HiLights DDGM R.W. Doree Rhodes busyrhodes1@hotmail.com DGL M.W. Neil Laudry eillau@hotmail.com Commuity Project February Tua Trawl Well, our boat for the Tua Trawl is o its way to dock ad comig i loaded! What a great District we have ad I thak all for your participatio. I will report o the quatity i the ext issue of the Masoic Times ad, by the, the boat should be i dock. Officers Meetigs for March March 5th - Lie Officers; 9 a.m. Coffee; 9:30 a.m. Meetigs; Specerport March 12th - School of Istructio. This is for all OES Members. 9 a.m. - Coffee, 10 a.m. Sharp - Meetig, which will be coducted by M.W. Neil Laudry. This will be followed by a Membership Program by W. Erika Hase. Please support M.W. Neil ad W. Erika as a lot of time ad patiece has goe ito preparig for this day. Witer Party March 13th - Witer Party, 11 a.m. 5 p.m.; Powder Mill Park - Rad Lodge. There is a fireplace ad cookig facilities. We will ejoy Hot Chocolate, Chili, Hot Dogs ad more. Dier will be served at 3 p.m. Feel free to brig a dish-to-pass. We will also have karaoke to spice up the fu. For reservatios, please call Chris Hampto at March 17th Happy St. Patrick s Day to all! Square Dacig April 1st - Square Dacig, 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. at Specerport Masoic Hall. Grab your parter, swig to the left ad swig to the right as reowed Caller, Mike Callaha, takes you through the steps to a fu-filled eveig. $7 per perso; $4 (uder 12). Refreshmets icluded. All proceeds go to the Veteras. For further iformatio, cotact Beverly Thompso at Neil s Notes District Grad Lecturer Give our busy Sprig schedule, please do t forget our upcomig School of Istructio March 12th at 10 a.m. at Specerport Masoic Hall. Our emphasis will be o the Stadard Ritual Work as it applies to Opeig ad Closig regular meetigs. Several chages have take place over the past two or three years ad have bee prited separately to be icluded as updated pages i the Ritual books. Make sure you re reviewig the ewest work. Check with your Chapter if you have t purchased the ewest copy for yourself. While the focus will be o the chages, we ll also try to hadle ay questios that may come up cocerig other Sectios i the work. I thik we ve set aside plety of time for discussio of related cocers. Should you come up with ay ideas (questios), jot them dow so they do t get lost i the shuffle. I m lookig forward to seeig you soo! NOLATKA Chapter No. 320 Order of the Easter Star 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Matro W. Pat Dalykas Patro R.W. Robert Crystal R. W. Carol Wyigs Commuity Christia Church 2647 Chili Aveue, By R.W. Robert Crystal Hello agai from the ot-sofroze North. Every perso I talk to is amazed at how little sow ad boe-chillig weather we re havig this year. May our blessigs cotiue for the remaider of the seaso! By a vote of the members, Nolatka goes dark for Jauary ad February, so as you read this, we will be doig our crocus-ithe-law thig. Worthy Matro, Pat Dalykas; Associate Matro, W. Pat Pearso; ad our, R.W. Carol Wyigs; are cospirig for a great ew seaso. But let us review what happeed before the Witer Hiatus. I October, we participated i Project Budle Up at the JCPeey Stores. We provided a Thaksgivig dier for the Richards House - a shelter for Veteras. We gave them Turkey, Ham, Gree Beas, Rolls, Squash, Potatoes ad Desserts. Our ow Thaksgivig pumpki pies were sweeter, kowig that these vets were sharig our food with us. Pat, Pat, ad Carol are makig sure we ca do it agai! Note: The late Revered Thomas Beddoe Richards served i the Uited States Air Force as a Chaplai ad was awarded the Broze Star. As a residet of Rochester, NY, Rev. Richards atteded Colgate-Rochester Diviity prior to graduatig as a member of the Class of 1937 at Buckell Uiversity. He was later awarded the Hoorary Degree of Doctor of Diviity i 1963 from this same Istitute. The Revered Richards focused his life s miistry amog the homeless ad uderprivileged of our commuity ad, specifically, withi the City of Rochester. Veteras Outreach Ceter acquired the buildig at 785 South Aveue i March, It was dedicated to the memory of this Vetera i hoor of his sigificat cotributios to the bettermet ad wellbeig of our homeless populatio. Visit: veterasoutreachceter. org/programs-ad-services/ residetial-program-ad-certified-alcohol-ad-substaceabuse-services/ The we tured aroud ad made 40 pies (ot Bob, he bured his) for the Salvatio Army s Thaksgivig Basket distributio. Sister Tracy Dalykas reported back to us that ot a sigle pie wet ueate or uappreciated. More Sweetess. The the Sisters of the Chapter addressed Christmas Cards for the patiets at Walter Reed Army Bethesda Navy Hospital. Thaks to that project, I believe ot a sigle wouded warrior wet without a blessig ad good thoughts for the holiday. get-ivolved/holiday-mail-forheroes Our members made big, big trays of cookies for the Salvatio Army shelters. I oly wish we could put our ames o the cookies so that, as the kids eat them, they kow which Star made them. Ad agai, I say, more sweetess. At the same time, the Bake Sale, which has bee goig o for decades, has bee happeig every secod Saturday except July ad August. Usig the little alumium tis, members make Mii-meatloaves, Tua Casseroles, Spaish Rice, Baaa Bread, Baked Beas, Stews, Sloppy Joes, ad whatever strikes our facy to sell for less-tha-cost to members of a hi-rise. Residets get to talk with James A. Hard/ Waye Charter Post No. 12 Commader F. Jay McCullough fmccullough2@rochester.rr.com Adjutat Vace Collom vcollom1@rochester.rr.com ATTENTION Noe of us i the Post are allowed to be sick like so may were i Jauary whe there was o meetig because the illess roster was too heavy! Now that s AN ORDER! Mark Your Caledar Primary Post evets for the moth of March iclude: Wedesday, March 16th - our VAMC Birthday Party at the Caadaigua VA Medical Ceter. Joi us for luch at 12:30 p.m. at the Villager Restaurat i Caadaigua. 2d Lieuteat Commader, Dick Spageberg, may have the sog sheets he creates ad distributes so members ca etertai the other patros with their a cappella spirit. His musical choices stem primarily from the World War I Era with thoughts of youg uiformed me o troop ships headig for war zoes, or i groups returig from battles ad war zoes. Those of us Post members who followed i the military i World War II ad ito the 1950s ad later ca relate. We the climb ito our vehicles ad retur North a couple us, socialize ad get a ourishig meal for a dollar or two. The beefit we reap is that we kow we have doe a small bit to make the world a little better. If everyoe did that, what a great improvemet would happe! Meawhile, beig a member of the Order of Easter Star has give us the opportuity to do some great thigs ad to do them from iside a great buch of frieds Sisters eve. So ow, we look forward to the esuig year. We look way dow the road ad see more cookies, pies ad baquets; but before we get there, our Leadership Team will offer us more opportuities to give of ourselves ad have fu, too. I, myself, have promised to atted the wie tour, the flower arragemet, the Youth Group presetatio, the Bread Guy, the Bell Rigig road trip to Lake Aveue, ad whatever else they pla, as well as the District fuctios - especially the Chicke Bar-B- Que i Webster. I ivite every member of the Chapter, especially our ew arrivals from Corithia-Fellowship, to come ad see what woderful evets are plaed, startig with our meetig o March 1st. If you caot make that oe, come o March 15th. I am sure there will be a Tip o th Hat to St. Patrick at that meetig. (I really look forward to seeig what Vickie FitzGross ad Carol O Pickworth wear to celebrate. I have pictures from the 2015 party!) of miles to the Medical Ceter to commece the Party at 2:30 p.m. for residets. They have bee gathered by staff members so we ca greet the oes celebratig birthdays durig the moth alog with others from selected wards ad preset them all with mid-day treats. Thursday, March 24th - Busiess Meetig at Uity Lodge Hall i Specerport. Prior to this meetig, we ca luch at 12 Noo at the Uio Street Eatery, a mile or so orth of the Lodge o the same side of Route 259. The busiess meetig will commece at 1:30 p.m. with parkig alog Mai Street or behid the Lodge Buildig i the Commuity Parkig Lot. We are lookig for member attedace with voluteers to be ready for some Color Guard activities ad Post appearaces comig i April. We are expected at the Widows Lucheo at Burgudy Basi. I May, we have the Ivestiture Service at Fairport Lodge ad Color Guard/Missig Ma ad Flag Foldig Services at the VAMC, Caadaigua. Details will be set to members i the Post via letters or s. They will also appear i mothly issues of the Masoic Times. Do you have uiform elemets sufficiet for our evets? If i eed of ay, cotact Adjutat Vace Collom to become outfitted. Sayoara. 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3 Website: March 2016 N 3 masoictimes@gmail.com Lalla Rookh GROTTO News Roy Moses, Moarch lallarookhgrotto.com M.O.V.P.E.R. Hilde DiJames Mighty Chose Oe By Beverly Murray, Rodeval Roy Moses 2016 Lalla Rookh Grotto Prophet Officers. (Below) radom photos We publicly thak Moarch at ope meetig where Officers were istalled, presetatios made. Roy Moses ad the Prophets for Moarch roymoses46@gmail.com their hospitality at Istallatio of Officers. We wish for you a successful year of fu, happiess ad laughter. The Steak Dier was GREAT! Thak You. All About Our Fezzes Supreme Caldro was orgaized i Rock Islad, Illiois, o Jue 5, I am ot sure whe the differet color of Fezzes was istituted, but the color desigates various positios/ history of the Daughter. Whe a lady jois the Caldro, she is preseted with a Fez of Blue with a tassel of Red. We refer to them as Blue Caps. If ad whe a Daughter becomes Mighty Chose Oe (the What a grad ight for Istallatio. I was amazed at the turout. Thak you all for supportig me ad this year s Grotto Officers. I, for oe, ejoyed the whole ight with the 45+ members ad Ladies. This is what the Grotto is all about. Fu ad etertaimet, with very special frieds ad Prophets. A big thak you to the Ladies of the Caldro for showig up i force. It is always good to get together with you. I had a big surprise at the Board of Goverors Meetig. It was the most Prophets I have see at a meetig. I was also amazed at the amout of busiess that was coducted. Great work, Prophets, this proves we are alive ad well with a great iterest i what we are doig i the Grotto. The su is shiig, the white balls are flyig ad it s time to thik GOLF!!!! Lalla Rookh Grotto olf ouramet ue 25th Old Hickory Golf Course 6655 Big Tree Road, Livoia Startig Tee Time 9:30 a.m. Joi us for Coffee ad Douts at 8:30 a.m. Etry fee is oly $50 per perso Ejoy 18 holes of golf with a cart, refreshmets o the course, luch o the tur. Steak Dier ad prizes. We use the Callaway scorig system. Etry Deadlie is Jue 3rd To make your reservatio or get more iformatio, call George Foeher at PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS REQUIRED! Make checks payable to & sed with reservatio form to: George Foeher, 10 Gladbrook Rd; Pittsford, NY Please list complete ames of players o separate sheet. LALLA ROOKH GROTTO GOLF TOURNAMENT JUNE 25th, 2014 Number i party Amout eclosed Name Address Telephoe City State ZIP Legio Clows Caldro Historia Presidig Officer), she wears a Red Fez with a Gold Tassel. As Juior-Past Mighty Chose Oe, she is preseted with a White Fez with a Purple Tassel. This is the Fez she will wear from the o. Whe a Past M.C.O. is asked ad istalled as a Supreme Officer, her Purple Tassel is replaced with a Gold Tassel o her White Fez. Whe that year is over she will put the Purple Tassel back o her White Fez. If she becomes the Supreme Mighty Chose Oe, she is preseted with a Purple Fez with a Black Tassel. If you see someoe with a Gold Fez ad Black Tassel, she was Supreme Mighty Chose Oe prior to Maybe it is a female thig about eedig a differet hat for each occasio. Happy Birthday to Daughters celebratig i March; may it be special i some way. Friedship is reachig for someoe s had, ad touchig his or her heart. May the peace of God abide with you. Golf, Golf, Golf!! Pla Ahead April 20th - We will be havig our Prophet Brig-a-Brother Night. I am challegig each Prophet to brig at least oe Brother for this evet. Always remember, this is ot oly for ew members but to elighte our Masoic Brothers about who we are ad what we do. March Birthdays Cyril White (1st), Ke Laza ad Ke Miler (4th), Richard Topel (8th), Douglas Fix (21st), Alfred Pulcio III (28th) ad Louis Nios (29th). Lookig Ahead March 7th - Board of Goverors Meetig, 7 p.m. i the Grotto Office. March 16th - Meetig Night; Oatka Lodge Cotiued from Page 13 The su is shiig, the white balls are flyig ad ow is the time to thik GOLF!!!! Come to Old Hickory Golf Course o Jue 25th ad ejoy 18 holes of golf with a cart, refreshmets o the course, food o the tur, Steak Dier ad prizes. Etry fee is oly $50 ad we use the Callaway scorig system. All Masos are welcome to come ad chase the ball. If you have a fried who is a No-Maso ad whom you would like to brig, he is more tha welcome. Etry deadlie is Jue 3rd. (See our ad i this Masoic Times.) Lalla Rookh Grotto is a social orgaizatio of the Masos. Our purpose is to brig a quality of SYMPATHY ad GOOD FELLOWSHIP ot oly to member Prophets, but to everyoe. A atmosphere of good, clea fu ad frolic prevails at all times. Our 2016 caledar has a year full of FRIENDSHIP ad GOOD FELLOWSHIP. If you have questios about the above program, please call George Foeher, Social - 5:30 p.m., Dier at 6:30 p.m., Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Program to be aouced. Come o out ad help keep the Grotto growig ad iterestig. evet ideas. Comig i April I a search for a uique fudraisig idea, we are explorig the possibility of sposorig a Food Truck Rodeo o Saturday, April 30th. The date coicides with the aual Rochester Street Sale, a day of Village-wide garage sales ad activities. Cocluded o Page 12 i memo lie earmark your check as Fellowcraft Room ad mail to our Lodge Treasurer: Evar Miller, PO Box 92565, Rochester, NY Ay size doatio will be documeted i future editios of the Masoic Times. Masoic Educatio We are usig The Short Talk Bulleti o a regular basis to help accomplish our goals to educate ad iform curret ad future Brethre. Masoic elightemet combied with etertaiig programs are plaed for the upcomig moths. Please prepare yourselves to share program goals, fud raisig suggestios, ad Brother Do delivers to a rapt audiece. BARTHOLOMEW HEALTH CARE GROUP COMMITMENT TO QUALITY SINCE 1955 We provide all the comforts of home at each of our four family owed facilities. 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4 4 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com of tow with his bride, leavig the o-participats to fed District Deputy Area 15 Brotherhood for themselves a cowardly Fud buch with all sorts of excuses. Grad I say that Masoic Brothers Moroe District are ot a cowardly buch with all sorts of excuses. More likely, Chairma R W W Melvi we just have t gotte a roud George Hussey tuit. I worked for a label compay oce who made roud tuits. Foeher mhussey486@ aol.com (315) They pressed out a roud desig with the words roud tuit o it. georgefoeher@gmail.com High Noo Whe asked what it meat, we Remember that all-time-great were told it was a roud tuit. As I m submittig this article, we are at the half-way mark 1952 movie, High Noo, starrig Gary Cooper ad Grace get a roud tuit. of the Have-a-Heart Campaig. That s what we eed to do, is to Kelly? It was about a former March is a good time for a At this poit, doatios appear Marshal, Will Kae (Gary Cooper) preparig to leave a small who have yet to participate. Fig- projectig to be quite a bit be- secod mailig to all Brothers to be disappoitig as we are tow with his ew bride, Amy ure out how may mailigs you hid last year s total. (Grace Kelly) whe ews of a eed, get your Lodge s permissio to subsidize the stamp cost, figer o the cause maybe I have t bee able to put my crimial, Frak Miller, he d tured i, was let out early ad ad call Lois at , the off-seasoal weather or the was comig back for revege. requestig the quatity you ecoomy maybe a loss of Becomig a particularly dagerous situatio, he started to should arrive i two weeks. some of Moroe District Lodges. eed for a secod mailig. They commitmet ad iterest from recruit others to help his cause, The get the Lodge This Campaig was started with but o takers. to supply a list of address labels Moroe District participatio as How does this legedary of Lodge members to paste o movie tie i with Masoic your outer evelope. These are Brotherhood Fud? the oes that get the stamp. A Grad Steward I the first place, March of similar umber of labels with 2016 is the High Noo time for your ow ame ad address ca R W the Masoic Brotherhood Fud. be used for the ier evelope so Stepha Micheer Closig its books o May 31st the participat may mail his cotributio to you for your records. smichee@ truly makes March the High Noo for the Year. It is so easy!! Brothers, keep rochester.rr.com After speakig with several up the good work. Brotherhood Fud Lodge Chairme, I m fidig that too ofte Two 80-year olds, Slim from 80-Year Olds they are gettig o takers i their Savaah ad Marvi from Road to the East pursuit of a successful year. Your Mario, were sittig o a bech By the time you read this, Lodge Chairma is the hero o i frot of the Mario library your Brothers who are iterested the white horse here. He is reachig out to his Brothers i Lodge feelig, Marv? they ca be, will have take the whe Slim said, How are you i beig the best Lodge leaders to participate, but way too ofte, Like a ew bor baby, Road to the East class. They will there are o takers. Slim. have leared what is ivolved Fially, our hero eds up You are? How is that? i ruig your Lodge ad will doig it all by himself, puttig Yep, o hair, o teeth, ad I be i the process of developig his life at risk, the ridig out thik I just peed my pats. their leadership capabilities. I say a process, because leadership skills require a lifetime to develop ad are ever complete; just as smoothig our Ashlars is somethig we cotiue to do over our etire lifetime ad is ever complete util we lay dow our Workig Tools. If you will be i the East ext year ad, for some reaso, you have ot take Road to the East, all I ca say is good luck. The Grad Lodge of the State of New York expects ay Brother who will be i the East to have take this class before beig elected as. If, for some reaso, you fid yourself i this precarious situatio, I would highly recommed you take the iitiative to cotact me. There are some thigs of which you eed to be made aware. March 2016 Moroe District District Deputy Grad - R\W\ George Foeher the major mapower. This year, it seems there have bee may timeslots for which Moroe District Brothers agreed to staff, but did t show up for the work. Agai, I do t kow the reasos, but I m troubled that a Brother ca t fid three or four hours of time to doate to the best Masoic charity evet i the State. From the oset of this very visible charity support by the Masos, our Brothers have always exteded their Cabletows to accommodate this worthwhile effort. My sicere thaks for all who did their duty. I recet years, Brothers from the surroudig Districts have wated to joi us i support of this evet ad we are eager to have the extra help. Icrease Your Masoic Educatio ad Ejoymet This moth I wish to speak about a way every Brother ca greatly improve his level of Masoic kowledge ad educatio, with very little effort. This small thig you ca do will miraculously icrease your Masoic wisdom ad ejoymet of the Craft ad you may kick yourself because you have t doe it before. You will woder why o oe ever told you to do this (eve though I m sure they have). Or you will hag your head i shame that you ever took the advice of Brothers more wise tha you whe they told you to do this. You might eve start tellig other Brothers to do this ad begi revealig oe of the core secrets of our time hoored istitutio. This just could be the very thig you ve bee waitig for all this time, ad it might eve be the sigle best thig all of us ca do to re-eergize our practice of Masory. I ca t believe I eve have to write about this. Ca you imagie the shock ad surprise all those Brothers who are t i the kow will have whe they fid out about this? It s ubelievable. Ad it s so easy. Are you woderig whe I will get to the poit ad tell you about this thig? Is it botherig you that it s take me this log to get to the poit? Are you still readig? OK- Here goes. Go visit a Lodge other tha your ow. That s it. Pretty simple, right? The why do so few of us do it? Have you ever oticed that it s fairly rare for your Lodge to have a visitor from aother Lodge? Have you oticed that maybe you have t visited aother Lodge? We are i this woderful Fraterity where there are o stragers just frieds we have t met yet. Ad yet, most of us stay withi the comfort of our ow Lodge - ever botherig to veture out ad get to kow Brothers i other Lodges. If that s you, the Agai, this year, they were atthe-ready, willig ad able to sig up for umerous days ad shifts. They reliably showed up as scheduled ad I thak them. Remember, besides beig a charity that beefits so may with the House that Love Built, oe of the mai reasos we sposor the Have-a-Heart Campaig is that it s oe way we, as Masos, are visible i the commuity to show that Freemasos are good me who care about the commuity. Let s hope that whe I ext report, the Have-a-Heart Campaig eded well. The we should sit dow for a debriefig ad discussio about the future of our Have-a-Heart Campaig. A Proud Maso you are missig out o oe of the most woderful beefits of our aciet istitutio. Too may of us stay withi the cuddle group of the Brothers we have met i our ow Lodge. But, at oe poit, you probably did t kow them either. It was a risk ad you had to step outside your comfort zoe to joi your Lodge. The, over time, your Lodge has become a sactuary a place for you to temporarily escape from the outside world ad be amog Brothers who accept you ad are glad to see you. Well, that same experiece ca be had whe you visit aother Lodge that is ot your Home Lodge. The feelig that happes whe you are received by the Brothers at aother Lodge is affirmig of the goodess of Freemasory. You do t have to wait util you are travelig i aother Jurisdictio or State. This experiece is waitig for you at the Lodge i the ext tow over. Besides the positive feeligs a Brother gets from beig welcomed whe visitig aother Lodge, there are some other beefits: 1) You icrease the umber of Brothers you kow ad your Masoic etwork grows. 2) You get to see how some thigs may be doe a little differetly. 3) You get to see the stregths of aother Lodge ad how maybe they do some thigs better tha your Lodge. 4) You icrease your kowledge base of the Craft ad idetify available resources aroud the District that may come i very hady whe you are i a leadership positio at your Lodge. These are just four beefits ad there are may more. To facilitate your experiece whe visitig you might wat to ask the of your Lodge for the address of the of the Lodge you wish to visit ad just let him kow you pla to come. Or, you ca just show up. Sure, you might get tested, but you ca prove your credetials. Just doig that will help your cofidece ad you

5 5 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com March 2016 ca bask i the glow of beig received ad accepted by your Brothers! You are a Maso ad you have eared the right to go to ay Lodge you wat, wheever you wat. You are a member of the world s oldest, largest ad GREATEST Fraterity. Take full advatage of it ad ENJOY! Assistat Grad Lecturer Moroe District R W Roy Moses roymoses46@gmail.com Jauary was oe busy moth I was out 20 of the 31 days. I am really lookig forward to a less-streuous moth. Oe thig I have oticed is the Lodges are takig more otice i a Cadidate s proficiecy; this ca oly be good for your Lodge. It makes the Cadidate more aware of who we are ad also beefits him by lettig him kow we are ot a powder-puff orgaizatio. We have far too log let Brothers advace who are ot ready to advace. As I have stated i the last couple of articles, this is due to better metorig. We are o loger lettig Cadidates slide their way through the Degrees. This is great, but we must remember that ot every Cadidate is a fast learer. They may eed more attetio to their learig of the Ritual. You should kow a week or two before a scheduled Degree if the Cadidate is goig to make it. It is better to reschedule a Degree the, istead of the last miute. Oe other thig I have oticed is that more Lodges are ot completig the Degrees o the scheduled Degree ight. I uderstad that a perso might have to cacel for whatever reaso, but we must do our best to complete the Degree. If there is someoe who ca do that part, get them i to do it. All Degrees should be completed THAT ight of the Degree, i FULL. I remid the Lodges to let me kow the rehearsal dates. If I do t kow the dates, I wo t be attedig oe of them. I have doe my best to make as may of the rehearsals as possible or get a past AGL to atted. If I do t have advace otice, it is difficult to schedule you for that particular ight. Most Lodges are earig the 3rd Degree ad we wat to do Empire State Weeklies, Ic. Webster Pritig Corporatio 46 North Aveue Webster, NY (585) Specializig i Newsletters Priters of this Publicatio Chagig of the Guard Grad Lodge Sessios is fast approachig ad soo Moroe District will be meetig their ew Grad Officers Leadership Team. Jue 22d will be the official Apro Presetatio Dier whe we will exted our thaks to the outgoig crew ad welcome ad hoor the ew Team. Mark your caledar so you ca atted this prestigious affair i support of the ew Grad Officers. Festivities will be held at the Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road, Webster, begiig at 6 p.m. More details to follow. our best i this Degree for the ew Brother. Do ot be afraid to ask for help to a Brother to do a lecture, to a Brother to sit o the sidelies. We all wat to help; let s help make this Fraterity what it should be the greatest i the world. Moroe District s ad Wardes Associatio W\ Keeth Hecker Presidet keethhecker@gmail.com The ext Moroe District s ad Wardes Associatio meetig will be March 31st, 7 p.m. All s, Wardes ad Seior Deacos are requested to be preset to cover several topics that affect the District ad your Lodge. Please ote All s ad Wardes Associatio meetigs are held at 7 p.m. at Damascus Shrie Ceter, 979 Bay Road, Webster, i the Grotto Room. The Aual Grad Lodge Sessio trip is drawig very ear. There is much to discuss ad absorb at this upcomig meetig for the trip to New York. Some of our Purple Club Members will be preset to give travel, lodgig ad diig advice, based o their past trips. Our Scoutig Outreach Committee has bee showig some great progress. We will be hearig more about the positive thigs happeig o this topic. Mark Your Caledar April 28th - Our last Busiess Meetig. Jue 30th - Electio of Officers. All s ad Wardes should be attedig these last three meetigs if they are iterested i ruig for a Office at the Electios. Please make every effort to atted ad travel safely, Brothers. Moroe District Membership Developmet Lodge last year? How may remaied active? Why? Would ay of the Brothers i your Lodge build iterest by more ivolvemet i the Cocordat Bodies? Perhaps the fu of the Shrie or Grotto; the additioal lessos of the Scottish Rite Degrees; Royal Arch or the Degrees of the Order of the Easter Star; are just a few of the aveues available to Brothers, as well as opportuities for their Ladies. Do the Brothers of your Lodge kow about these optios? Somethig for Everyoe Locally, there is a effort uderway to build the Masoic Youth Programs for boys, girls ad youg me ad wome. Adults are eeded as well, ad this represets a excellet bodig experiece with your childre (or gradchildre). For o-masos, the opportuity to ivite a good ma to a Brother Brig-a-Fried Night, or to ivite him to a Shrie Cruz Night this Sprig, ca start the coversatio about who we are ad what we do. While we eed to remai steadfast i o-solicitatio, our future depeds o me cotiuig to kock at our door seekig Light. New York remais oe of the few States which still requires Petitioers to be at least 21 years old; the proposal to lower this age is expected to be preseted i Grad Lodge this May. If this measure passes, is your Lodge ready to welcome these ew Brothers? We have the tools to create iterest i our Fraterity amog o-members, ad to ehace the Masoic experiece of our members ad families. However, icreased awareess is eeded to eable the opportuity for success ad persoal growth. 14 FAME Lodge No d Thursdays 7:30 p.m. Moroe District Widows Lucheo Saturday, April 30th, 12 Noo Burgudy Basi Fame Lodge at Have-a-Heart booth; (below) Rosco creatig balloo art with Doug Joes passig out heart stickers. Wizard of Oz by my oldest so ad the youger boy has a sudde iterest i football. We are outside throwig the ball aroud util it gets too dark. So let s do some catchig up. December meetig we ivited the Ladies to Lodge ad had a woderful meal ad compaioship. I Jauary, Brother Dick Topel received the Scottish Rite Award. Brother Topel has bee Fame s Steward sice Dick has plaed all the meals, brought sacks ad desserts, made his ow specialty chocolates ad seasoed uts. He is a thoughtful ad carig perso ad truly deserved the Award may times over. Dick, ufortuately, could ot make the ceremoy due to medical proce- dures, but Juior Deaco, Oscar Wilso, stepped up ad accepted it o his behalf. I preseted the Award to Dick i his home two days later. Fame s ow Heiz Gukel led the Masoic War Veteras Color Guard Presetatio of the Colors at the Ceremoies. O February 1st, we staffed the Have-a-Heart Booth at The Mall at Greece Ridge. For a quiet Moday eveig, we were able to draw a small crowd thaks to our residet clow, Rosco (Oscar Wilso). Just watchig the kids faces light up whe he twisted some straight balloos ad suddely there was a dog, sword, helicopter, heart or who kows what was goig to come up ext. I foud myself starig as itetly as the kids. Saturday, March 19th, will be our Aual Ladies Recogitio Dier at Keea s Restaurat. Social gatherig will be at 2 p.m.; Buffet Luch at 3 p.m. Cotact the Worshipful if you pla o attedig. W Charles A. Zlotkus zlotkus@yahoo.com V W Daiel Walker optida@frotieret.et 979 Bay Road, Webster The weather has bee so ice i Upstate New York, I have ot had time to sit iside ad comby Bruce Katz, District Chair Recetly, may Brothers pose ewsletters. My garage has have helped with the Have-a- bee coverted ito a stage for Heart Campaig at our area the eighborhood productio of Closig Lodge (above); Christmas party attedees (below). Malls. Oe of the iterestig opportuities we have is the opportuity to chat with Brothers or meet families of our Brothers who come alog to this evet. Team evets like Have-a-Heart offer this opportuity, outside the Lodge eviromet. What other ways ca we build this opportuity? How may Brothers were iitiated ito your

6 6 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Uio Star 15 Lodge No. 320 Website: 2d Modays, 7:30 p.m. W Keeth J. Hecker keethhecker@gmail.com R W Gary R. Saford 27 Freshfield Rise, Fairport ggsaford@aol.com 3 North Mai Street Hoeoye Falls Whe March comes alog i Hoeoye Falls, Uio Star Lodge has traditioally bee i focused labor i the midst of our Degree work headig ito Sprig with Electios aroud the corer. The same is true this March, but much more has bee goig o i recet years. It gives the Brothers pleasure to see such fie work that has bee doe. Buildig Updates Our Temple Buildig ow has fuds approved to remodel the frot etrace foyer floor, walls, ceilig ad up the mai staircase walls to the 2d floor where the ceilig there will also be re-doe. The timetable is a bit fluid, but the machie is movig ow to polish up the etry of our well-kow Temple Buildig. Stay tued, as there are may other projects o the horizo. Project pictures are sure to show up o the Uio Star Masoic Lodge Facebook page ad Website. Scoutig Outreach The Scoutig Outreach Committee ad the Boy Scout Troops we are iteractig with have made great strides i ot oly opeig a proper lie of commuicatio, but a solid oe that (hopefully) ca cotiue for may years to come. Agai, keep a eye o Facebook ad the Lodge Website for pictures. A quick look at the preset Trestleboard shows: March 3rd - 2d Degree Rehearsal at 7 p.m. March 14th - Regular Commuicatio at 7:30 p.m. (o dier this eveig) Brothers are ecouraged to come early to discuss ay chages that may occur to our Trestleboard ad other Lodge projects ad evets. March 21st - 2d Degree Rehearsal at 7 p.m. March 24th - 2d Degree Rehearsal at 7 p.m. March 28th - 2d Degree with the Juior Warde i the East. Dier reservatios are to be made by callig W\ Keeth Hecker at The Trestleboard has chaged a bit ad it could possibly be adjusted agai. Check the Lodge Trestleboard lik foud o the Website ad Facebook page. The Craft at Uio Star Lodge looks forward to more fu at Labor; we hope you will be able to joi us. 15 ERAC Lodge No. 163 website: 2d & 4th Modays 7:30 p.m. W Bruce I. Katz ; c) brucek8189@aol.com W David G. Upham (315) dgupham@gmail.com 979 Bay Road, Webster The amazig cycle of the reewal of the seasos cotiues. Sprig is right aroud the corer, with the promise of the returig warmth of the su. While there may yet be time for sow, the loger days are already ours. Our Jauary 11th program was the coclusio of the 1st Degree. Brother James MacDuff preseted the Historical Lecture ad a talk was give by first-year Brother, Jaso Simmos, o Reflectios of the 1st Degree. Brother Jaso s commets reflected o fellowship, the challege of the Questios ad Aswers, ad the process of becomig a better ma. O Jauary 25th, we held a Fellowcraft meetig with Brothers from Waka-Hubbard Lodge. Brother Alle Hedrick (Seior Deaco from Waka-Hubbard Lodge) was i the East for this Degree, i which three ERAC Brothers ad oe Waka-Hubbard Brother was Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft. Precedig the Degree was a dier catered by Diosaur Bar-B-Que. We had several visitig Brothers for the Degree from Harmoie Lodge i Erie District ad a Brother from Virgiia. Our Seior Deaco, Brother Matt Muller, admirably guided our ewest Brothers. First-year Maso, Brother Mike Pettiato, gave a outstadig presetatio of the Workig Tools. The ew Brothers were guided to the Middle Chamber by W\ Dave Upham, DSA, V\W\ Hugh Woodside, ad R\W\ Rich Friedma. V\W\Patrick Mulrooey ad Brother Dea Sisso preseted the Questios ad Aswers for the Degree, ad W\ Richard Yedall gave the Charge. Special thaks to our Musicias, Brothers Ker Hayes ad Mike Sukheko for providig the gift of music for our Degrees; it has bee several RONALD JOHN ARNDT SHARI L. ARNDT 1118 Log Pod Road (585) South of Maide Lae l l l l l l l Pre-plaed Fueral Arragemets By Appoitmet Formal Chapel o Premises Complete Fueral Arragemets At Oe Coveiet Locatio Persoal & Digified Service For All Faiths Geeral Price Lists Available Cetral Greece Area Locally Owed years sice we had istrumetal accompaimet for our labors. Our ew Brothers were suitably impressed by the work ad are cogratulated i their progress. Thaks to the may Brothers (ad family members) who served o shifts for the Have-aHeart Program. Your participatio helped keep the lights o at Roald McDoald House (RMH) for aother year. A special thak you to W\ Rich Greeaway for agai coordiatig our participatio. Thaks, also, to Brother Dave Figado ad his bride, Sharo, for their work o the Jauary dier at RMH. a ivitatio if you live i the Rochester area, but please cotact Carl Scarpulla ( ) if you have ay questios or did ot receive a ivitatio by the ed of March. Rides to ad from the lucheo ca be provided withi the Rochester area. We hope to see you there! 15 Ispiratio Lodge No. 109 website: 2d & 4th Tuesdays - 7:30 p.m. W Todd L. Colbur colburtodd1@gmail.com R W Derek VaHoute derekhoute1@mac.com 979 Bay Road, Webster By R\W\ Skip Waterstreet I this selfie by Brother Mike Sukheko, he ad Brother Josh Reitao staffed the Have-a-Heart booth at Marketplace Mall. Mark Your Caledar Our March 14th meetig will be Reflectios o the 2d Degree, with short talks by two of the ew Brothers as well as commets by loger-service Brothers. Our March 28th meetig will discuss The Future of Freemasory. Oe of the speakers is Brother Sam Friedma, who recetly published his thoughts i a book (available o Amazo) Milleial Appretices: The Next Revolutio i Freemasory. We will also be discussig aspects of the upcomig chages i New York regardig the proposal to lower the age of petitioig to 18, ad the re-districtig which will be happeig beyod Moroe District. These are iterestig times. As always, dier reservatios are due to the Juior Warde by oo of the Saturday before our meetigs: bricklayer.jsm@gmail.com or phoe/text Thak you to Brother Thomas McKight for his doatio to the Lodge of Mackay s Ecyclopaedia of Freemasory ad a 1920 New York Ritual book. These books belog to Brother Tom s father, ad will cotiue to educate Masos i our Lodge. A farewell was offered to Brother Clemet Smith, who was elevated to the Lodge Above o February 1st, with a Masoic Service held o February 5th. Brother Smith was a 69-year Maso. Our codoleces to Brother Bud s family. My thaks to the Brothers of at least three Lodges who assisted i the ceremoy. A Special Ivitatio A special ote to Masoic Widows of our Lodge: The Widow s Lucheo is April 30th at Burgudy Basi; you are ivited as our guest. (The cost metioed i the aoucemet is paid by our Lodge,) Iformatio is o the cover of the February Masoic Times (ad likely i this issue as well) for meu choice. You should receive At our Jauary 12th meetig, it was aouced that 16 Certified letters were set to Brothers who were two years i arrears o their Dues. Five of those letters came back as Udeliverable. The bottom lie is, te Brothers were uaffiliated for No-Paymet of Dues. Four others paid up what they owed ad took a Dimit. Most of these were ew Masos, havig joied withi the last three or four years. It is a sad tale ad somethig we should look ito more closely. Brother Jared Sherwi spoke o ways to memorize the Ritual, explaiig tips he gaied from doig theatrical productios at school i the hopes some of our Brothers could use them i their efforts. Where was he whe I was tryig to lear Degree work? It was a very iterestig ad useful presetatio. Our 2d Degree Coferral, o Jauary 26th, wet off pretty well. The oe major drawback was whe our Brother preseter of the Middle Chamber Lecture came dow with Larygitis ad was uable to perform. We were scheduled to catch that up at our February 23rd meetig. March 2016 Our Seior Warde, Brother Rya Rampli, was i the East for the Degree, with W\ Todd Colbur sittig as Seior Warde ad W\ Richard Smith fillig the Juior Warde s Statio. W\ William Shelby was the Chaplai. Other roles were filled by Brothers William Grishaber, Seior Deaco; Matthew Austi, Juior Deaco; Guy Morse, Seior of Ceremoy; Scott Masucci, Juior of Ceremoy; Stewards were Paul Shipma ad Natha Crae; ad Jerry Lack was our Marshal. The Workig Tools were give by Brother Paul Shipma ad the Questios ad Aswers were passed betwee Brothers Natha Crae ad Mark Sulliva, a member of Waye Lodge who joied us for the Degree. Sickess ad Distress Sadly, oe of our Cadidates was uavailable due to the critical illess ad hospitalizatio of his wife. I have o further word o that situatio as I write this colum. It was reported that W\ Gabriel Miloi had passed away o Jauary 27th. No further iformatio was available at the time. The sympathy of the Lodge was exteded to his widow, Louise. Also, sympathies were exteded to Brother Scott Quizi o the passig of his Father ad Brother Guy Morse o the passig of his Ucle. Other reports were give o Brothers experiecig health issues, icludig Ree VaDeVeire, Robert Bishop, Joe DiTucci ad Royde Guess. It was also reported that Coie Siverd, wife of W\ Clyde Siverd, DSA, had a brief stay i the hospital. We hope all of them are doig better by ow! Good News There was some happy ews to pass alog. Our Juior Deaco, Brother Adam Gerke, ad Diaa were fially able to get away o a hoeymoo. They Clows Smirky (left) ad Gobe (right) helped draw people to the Ispiratio Lodge-maed Have-a-Heart booth at The Mall at Greece Ridge locatio. (Below) Heart-shaped balloo flowers were popular. Brothers Nate Crae with Smirky ad Matt Austi with Gobe try to etice more passers-by to cotribute. Cotiued o Page 11

7 March 2016 Website: Damascus News Damascus Shrie Ceter No. 2 March 2016 Shrie Meetigs Dier Reservatios Required Call: (585) or (585) Shrie Office Hours Moday Friday 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Website: It s bee a fairly mild Witer ad the days are gettig loger; good weather is just aroud the corer. Daylight Savig Time O March 13th, do t forget to set your clocks a hour ahead a sure sig Sprig is just about here. Thigs are certaily heatig up at the Damascus Shrie Ceter. What a great turout at the February Mardi Grasthemed meetig. I thak Illustrious Lace Ward, PP, for the Hospital update to the Nobles ad for workig so hard with Geeva Hospital to get ivolved with the Shriers Hospitals for Childre - all to beefit our kids. Sprig Gu Raffle The Sprig Gu Raffle Committee is i full swig ad is lookig for help with the March 19th Gu Raffle. If you have t helped out previously, you re missig out o some of the greatest fellowship that ca oly be compared to the Circus Days. It truly is a great time. Show up ad help out or come ad be a participat. Either way, you will have a great time. Mark Your Caledar Saturday, April 2d will be Noble Brig-a-Brother Night. Come out ad show prospective Nobles how much fu we have with a purpose. If you sposor a Brother, your dier ad your Brother s kevi Skis faro Potetate dier are free ad, if you just come, it s oly $15 which is still a bargai. My Chief of Staff tells me we will have TWO Carvig Statios with may sides to go with that. The program for the eveig will be based o fu with a purpose. Cruz Nights Cruz Night kicks off o May 20th this year ad will ru through September 9th. Bruce Chilto is the Chair for this year s Cruz Night ad he has some great ideas to improve it. Dues Cards Just a ote about dues cards They are beig hadled through Tampa this year. Some Nobles have asked where theirs are; all I ca say is be patiet, let Tampa work the bugs out ad, hopefully, everyoe will have their cards by the time you read this. You ca oly get out what you put ito the Shrie. Your Diva is reachig out to all the Clubs ad Uits - tryig to get back to where we oce were. Come out ad support their efforts ad help make Damascus strog oce agai. You ll love it ad you ll feel good about makig a differece. I hope to see everyoe at the March Meetig o Wedesday, March 2d. Ladies are ivited ad we will have the Irish Dacers ad live music. chuck mc doald CHIEF rabba By Chuck McDoald, Chief Rabba The first thig o my ageda is the commitmet I am makig to myself ad Damascus Shriers. I have bee assiged by the the Illustrious Potetate, Skis Faro, as the Represetative to the Aubur Shrie Club. I have to devote my year as your Chief Rabba to visitig every Club ad Uit. Also I will be visitig every Blue Lodge i the Moroe District i a effort to promote Damascus Shrie ad Masory. I am hopig that my visits to the Lodges will icrease the umber of ew Shriers we ca add to our umbers. I will be promotig our evets so we may be able to have better attedace. It is also with a heavy heart that we cacelled the Super Bowl Party o February 7th due to a lack of reservatios. It is extremely importat that the Nobles Actio Required!!! If you are iterested i beig a 2016 Booster, please sed $15 to the Damascus Shrie Office. Ayoe iterested i advertisig their busiess i this Damascus News pullout sectio, please cotact the Shrie Office ( ). Damascus News Boosters participate i these evets - especially whe they are ope to Shriers, their families ad frieds. With this cacellatio, we missed out o a woderful opportuity to recruit ew members ad prove to our guest that we are the greatest philathropy i the world We, as members of the Diva, ca t keep this Shrie alive ad ruig without your help. We eed for everyoe to pull together ad work as a team. Remember may of us are gettig up i age ad we eed evets like this to promote ew members or, as has bee said may times, we eed to fid our replacemets. So I am askig all to get ivolved more so we ca icrease our umbers ad build a stroger ad more successful Shrie. Thak you ad may God Bless oe ad all. George & Lula Simo Dea & JoA Smith Skip & Diae Waterstreet Chuck & Marlee White Joh & Sadra Wihle I Memory of Carol Brickma Lace & Ly Ward Damascus Shriers Seekig Oasis Helpers Noble Da Burkhart, Bar Maager, has aouced plas to offer prospective Barteders a Certificatio Course. This will be preseted by the Moroe Couty Sheriff s Office ad is required if you would like to help provide libatio for your fellow Nobles. It is hoped the program would be offered i April, but details have to be worked out. Please call Nicole i the Shrie Office to put your ame o the Damascus Trestleboard 2016 march 2d Shriers Meetig; Cored Beef & Cabbage Dier; Ladies ivited. 9th Legio of Hoor Dier & Meetig 19th Sprig Sportsma s Raffle at Shrie Ceter; 1-5 p.m. 23rd Directors Staff Dier Meetig april 2d Brother Brig-a-Brother Evet 3rd Seeca Casio Bus Trip 4th Diva Meetig 6th Shriers Meetig, Ladies Ivited list for the Class. You will be cotacted whe the arragemets are fialized. Brothers of Lodges who meet at the Shrie Ceter should seriously cosider this opportuity as well. Curretly, there is a limited umber of idividuals available to cover the umerous fuctios. You could help icrease those umbers. It is suggested you also get your ame o the list of those iterested i takig the Course. Compesatio is available or you may doate your services. Those details will be worked out for each fuctio. Schedulig is flexible. You may work ofte or hardly at all. Give it some cosideratio. Get Your Irish O at Damascus Wedesday March 2d Ope to the Public 5 p.m. - Oasis Opes 6 p.m. Drumcliffe Irish Dacers Dier ad Live Music to Follow Cored Beef & Cabbage, Potatoes, Vegetable, Salad $15 per perso Catered by Forest Hill Caterig Please make your reservatio with the Shrie Office Call or office@damascusshriers.org PLEASE NOTE Reservatios are a must! If you wat to eat, it s ecessary so everyoe ca ejoy the dier. We had 10 walk-is with o reservatios at the February Dier Meetig. Luckily Forest Hill was able to serve everyoe, but that s ot the way to do busiess with a caterer. Be cosiderate ad RSVP. may 2d Diva Meetig 4th Shriers Meetig, Cico de Mayo; Hot Sads 31st Diva Meetig jue 1st Shriers Meetig; Wild Shirt Night

8 8 Website: March 2016 Damascus Legio of Hoor By Derek VaHoute, Commader A chage of commad has occurred for the Damascus Legio of Hoor, as it does each year. Now Past-Commader, Cy White, ca relax o the sidelies ad a ew Commader ca cotiue the programs for I thak those Past Commaders who have, through their leadership, cotiued the traditio of leadig the members of the Legio through the years at Damascus. Also, my thaks to Past Commader, Ke Miler, for doig the Istallatio of Officers for 2016: Commader Derek VaHoute 1st Lt. Commader George Pierce 2d Lt. Commader Orlo Noxo 3rd Lt. Commader Keeth Miler I have asked PC Fred Ludwig to be my Military Advisor for the year. This year there will be a few chages to our regular meetigs that, hopefully, will ecourage Veteras who are ot Legio Members to joi us. At each meetig we have the MIA/ POW table set to remember those who have give the ultimate measure of servig their Coutry. I the past, oe Noble would do the presetatio for the meetig; this year it will be by ivitatio ad will be every other moth. We have plaed for several guest speakers to speak about military sub- jects. Also, at each meetig, commets from idividual Legio Members will be welcomed (if so iclied) to express their thoughts o their service or somethig oteworthy of their service. I have preseted a missio to the Lt. Commaders to orgaize ad collect material for several "care packages" to be set to our Serviceme. They will provide iformatio o the requiremets as the year progresses. I am cofidet they will exceed my expectatios for the Legio. Thaks to our Adjutat, Cy Kloer, a good meal will be served each moth after the Social Hour, durig which time our Music Director, PC Frak Russell, will provide suitable Military music to ejoy with the fellowship of the eveig. Busiess will be kept to a miimum whe a speaker will be joiig us. I remember whe the Legio was still a marchig uit for our parades ad a very large America Flag was carried dow the street. I do't kow what happeed to that, but would't it be great if we could do that agai sometime? We still have Legio uiforms ad maybe, someday, we'll see if ay of them ca be used. The Damascus Legio of Hoor was formed i the 1930s ad cotiues to ecourage those Nobles who have served their Coutry to come ad joi us. Damascus Legio of Hoor Wedesday, March 9th Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road, Webster Social Hour - 5:30 p.m. (Hors d oeuvres ad Cash Bar) Dier - 6:30 p.m. ~ Meetig - 7:15 p.m. Salad * Stuffed Boeless Chicke Breast Roasted Potatoes * Vegetable Rolls & Butter * Coffee or Tea * Dessert $12 per perso RSVP o later tha oo o Moday, February 8th at (585) or cylegalrx@hotmail.com Directors Staff Dier Meetig Wedesday March 23rd Yellow Mills Dier 2534 Route 31, Palmyra Order off the Meu Social Time - 5:00 p.m. Dier - 6:00 p.m. Ladies ad Guests Ivited Casual Attire RSVP ad questios to Vace Collom (585) vcollom1@rochester.rr.com Crayos with Care Recetly, 10-year-old Cara Delaey doated crayos, colorig books ad activity items to Shriers Hospitals for Childre -Erie. Cara fouded Crayos with Care, a orgaizatio that collects activity items for childre i hospitals ad udergoig medical procedures. Her ispiratio was a cousi spedig time i a hospital. From all of the childre served at SHC-Erie, thak you Cara! Attire: Suit, Tie ad Fez Dedicated to the Memory of Nobles Gary S. Atiore Jauary 16, 2016 Camero C. W. Jameso February 5, 2016 Thak You Lady Leah Leah Loucks, First Lady of Zem Zem Shriers 2015, recetly completed her First Lady Project. The fial proceeds of her project totaled $55,000. Loucks used a multi-evet approach to tackle her fudraisig project. Alog with speakig ad fudraisig at Shrie Clubs ad Uit fuctios, Loucks sold a special First Lady pi, desiged exclusively for her project. The largest evet was a Jewelry Jackpot Raffle held at Zem Zem Shriers i October. The Jewelry Jackpot featured twety vedors, 114 Chiese auctio items ad umerous other prizes. The evet drew i over 400 attedees. The total proceeds from the Jewelry Jackpot was almost $20,000. The project targeted the purchase of ew surgical lightig systems i the ASC operatig rooms. The lightig system is Official Publicatio of Damascus Shrie A.A.O.N.M.S. Chuck McDoald CHIEF RABBAN alpha925@aol.com James R. Rya ASSISTANT RABBAN jrya91458@rochester.rr.com Jerry W. Lack HIGH PRIEST & PROPHET jwlack@aol.com Mike Pavoe ORIENTAL GUIDE mikedpavoe@gmail.com Michael P. Huesto TREASURER mph0523@frotieret.et Aubur Shrie Club By David Bowma Golly, we ca t seem to cajole ayoe ito sittig i the Presidet s seat. For that matter, we ca t seem to fid a Vice Presidet either. Maybe we ca wait util the political parties make their choices ad we ca approach those ot chose. So here is what has bee pouded out by the ad Treasurer, with iput from Sowbirds via s, ad ayoe who would show up to the plaig sessio. Comig up this year will be visits to Breda s Dier, Hollywood Restaurat, Tabitha s Restaurat, Devaey s Riverside Grill, Club 86 ad the Hilto Garde I. The Aual Steak Roast will be at the Aubur Lodge Hall cause Bob Colema does t wat us trackig dirt through the house. Club Dues Remider letters were set for Aubur Shrie Club Dues. It s hard to remember whe we paid last ad the years go by faster ad faster. If you get a ote, it is oly our best guess. I kow whe I pay my Lodge Dues, it icludes my Grad Lodge Dues, so I ca see how it is What s New i Erie a Harmoy LED Surgical Lightig ad Visualizatio System by Steris. The life of the low-eergy LED lights is 30,000 hours, loger tha haloge bulbs. The lightig system also provides a cooler ad more comfortable room, with 34 percet less beam heat over haloge lights. I exted my sicerest thaks to everyoe who worked so hard i makig sure the evet ra smoothly, said Loucks. Thak you especially to the Shriers ad Ladies who voluteered their time. Loucks preseted the check at the Jauary Board of Goverors meetig at the Erie Shriers Medical Ceter. BayHawks Visit A Slam Duk The Erie BayHawks, NBA D-League Team, paid a visit to Shriers Hospitals for Childre -Erie. They spet time meetig childre, shootig hoops ad sigig autographs. For may childre, icludig wheelchair basketball super- 979 Bay Road, Webster, NY (585) Fax - (585) office@damascusshriers.org Kevi Faro POTENTATE skis6603@aol.com Da Burkhart 1st CEREMONIAL MASTER dburk6t9ss@yahoo.com Jaso Simmos 2d CEREMONIAL MASTER hagar129@gmail.com Mike Roberts MARSHAL mroberts11@rochester.rr.com George Corbett CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD gcorbett@pefield.edu Rob Russo OUTER GUARD robrusso3@gmail.com Sea Nooa Vace R. Collom, Jr. RECORDER DIRECTOR STAFF recorder@damascusshriers.org vcollom1@rochester.rr.com Skip Waterstreet, EDITOR Damascus News (585) masoictimes@gmail.com possible you might thik our Club Dues are icluded with our Damascus Dues. Ufortuately, they are t. With Damascus ad Lodge Dues to be paid i early Witer, this might be a good time to give Club Dues as we all recover from the Holiday activities. Just a remider if you have t received a i a while, or eve a letter, I might eed to get your cotact iformatio agai. You ca call (315) or, if you have , drop me a ote at: dp49b@verizo.et Here is a scary phoe call I got this week. The iformatio o the scree said it was from Dave Bowma at (315) I could t figure out how I was callig myself, so I aswered. It was a scam ad I hug up, but how did they do that? If you kow, could you let me kow? I ve heard of people talkig to themselves, but call themselves? Oh, did you see the Valetie message from Presidet Clito o behalf of the Shriers Hospitals? It was great. Check the atioal website, it might still be there. star, Kalem, it was a dream come true to meet some of their favorite professioal basketball players. The BayHawks had a great time meetig the kids a d pla to come back for the wheelchair basketball program i the Summer.

9 March 2016 Website: News from Sprigfield Early Fudraisig Notice for Our Nobles Very excitig ews! Both your Sprigfield ad Bosto Hospitals are fudraisig to upgrade their curret x- ray systems to brad ew techology which is much safer for our patiet populatio. EOS Imagig system uses oly 1/9th of the radiatio as traditioal x-ray systems. Research shows that childre who receive repeated exposure to x-rays are at a high risk of developig cacer later i life. Shriers Hospitals for Childre is proud to be offerig childre i our catchmet area this Nobel-prizewiig techology. EOS Imagig also gives physicias superior image quality, much better tha traditioal x-rays. We are curretly i the quiet phase of our Capital Campaigs, which meas we are ot ready to ask the geeral public Steve E. Behe, Past Potetate from Oxford, New York, has bee elected Chairma of the Board of Goverors for Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield. Behe, who for the past four years served as Vice Chairma, will be resposible for overseeig the implemetatio of the ew strategic busiess pla ad visio for the Shriers Hospital for Childre - Sprigfield. Behe, who succeeded David H. Burstei, Esq., a local attorey ad Melha Shrier, will serve a three-year term. A Shrier for 38 years, Behe is a Past Potetate of the Kalurah Shriers i Edicott, New York ad Past of Oxford Lodge No. 175 F. & A.M. I 2011, he was Presidet of the New York- Otario Shrie Associatio. Sice 1969, Behe has bee the Fueral Director, Presidet ad Maager of Thomas Baroody Gary Baxter Gordo Bell Gregory Blair II Chapi Blake Larry Blazey Albert Broccolo Joh Bryce III Bruce Christopher Robert Clark James Clevelad Lace Daul Frakli Davis II Kevi Faro Robert Fox William Gurett Gle Hedges Jaso Higley Sherwi Isaacs New Board Chairma Elected at the Sprigfield Shriers Hospital March Birthdays Hugh James Timothy Jeigs Bruce Katz Murray Kellogg Keeth Laza Neil Laudry William Lear Albert Ma Patrick McWhiey Richard Miles Keeth Miler Patrick Nicholso Richard Palmer Larry Pritchard Thomas Pusateri Clayto Ruggles Frakli Russell, Jr. Gle Scott Gary Shultz for their gifts yet, but we wat to share this iformatio with our Fraterity. It is our priority to keep you iformed of the latest happeigs at our Hospitals. Behe Fueral Home, Ic., i Oxford. He is a highly respected busiessma who is very active i his commuity. He s bee ivolved with the Oxford Lios Club, Oxford Emergecy Squad ad Oxford Voluteer Fire Departmet, where he served as Chief. Behe has served o both the Oxford Tow Board ad the Oxford Idustrial Developmet Corporatio (OIDC) Board. He is the curret Presidet of the Riverview Cemetery Associatio. Steve ad his wife, Sherry, have bee married 47 years ad have two childre, Scott (who is also a Shrier) ad Stefaie, as well as four gradchildre. I his spare time, he ejoys fishig, golfig ad boatig. Steve Sill Raymod Smith William Smith George Stato, Jr. William Sulliva Richard Topel, Sr. Jeffrey VaHoute Natha VaLoo Lloyd Verbridge Scott Waldeis Joel Walker William Warder Scott Wells Philip Westcott, Jr. Cyril White Eldo White Berislav Zlokovic Perry Shrie Club By Sharo Buckley The Jauary meetig of the Perry Shrie Club was held at the Lumberyard Restaurat i Perry. We had a good attedace as the weather was mild ad clear. The March 24th, meetig will be held at the Lumberyard Restaurat i Perry. Social hour will start at 6 p.m. ad we will order off the meu at 6:45 p.m. The speaker for the eveig will be Kare Ward, a retired Earth Sciece teacher. We hope to see you there. Happy St. Patrick s Day! Get Your Irish O at Damascus Wedesday, March 2d Zama Temple No. 14, Daughters of the Nile Cordially ivites you to the Niety-Fourth Istallatio of Officers Saturday,March 26, 2016 Three O clock i the Afteroo at Webster Masoic Hall 30 Orchard Street, Webster ~ ~ ~ ~ Etertaimet - 4:30 p.m. Dier to follow Members ad Visitors $20 per perso Reservatios Due by March 12th Make Checks Payable to Zama Temple No. 14 ad Sed to: Lori Gilley; 61 Edgemoor Road, Rochester, NY Ph: (585) Submitted by Ellie Cafield Here we are i a ew year with a ew begiig for Zama Temple No. 14. Just to thik back to 2015, Zama Temple did may thigs - some old ad some ew. Some were successful ad some were just ok. Here s a roudup of activities: July - we had our Supreme Quee, Sharo St. Joh, make her Official Visit. August 21st - several Ladies traveled to Motreal, Caada for the dedicatio of the ew Shrie Hospital. September - several Ladies traveled to the Widmill Farm ad Craft Market. October 19th - Zama did somethig they have ot doe i a few years - we had a Card Party, with luch ad door prizes at Webster Lodge. Also, i October, we had a Foliage Trai Ride. November - some Ladies atteded the Pefield Players ad we had a Fashio Show at the Shrie Ceter i cojuctio with the Harvest Dier. December - offered a Holiday Lucheo ad our Charitable Givig Doatio, as well as gifts for Shriers Hospital for Childre - Erie. Our biggest fudraiser for may years ad, of course, last year, was Friday Cruz Nights where we sold Homemade Cookies ad Browies. Believe me, all the car people look forward to our cookies. If you follow this article, you ca see Zama Temple was quite active i Now we start a ew year with our Stated Sessios ad March 12th will brig Electio of ew Officers ad St. Patrick s Day Celebratio. I am very sure there will be the wearig o the gree Daughters of the Nile Zama Temple No. 14 Meets 2d Saturday at 10 a.m. 30 Orchard Street, Webster Rhoda R. Shaffer, Quee by some of our Ladies ad there will be a luch followig. O Saturday, March 26th, will be Zama Temple s 94th Istallatio of Officers, with etertaimet ad dier to follow. This woderful afteroo takes place at Webster Masoic Hall. You will see I have eclosed all iformatio below. PLEASE remember this is a Ope Istallatio where me ca atted. With the begiig of a New Year, let us all support our ew Officers perhaps eve step forward ad offer ew ideas, work to help the Officers, atted sessios, ad, most of all, look for ew members. I will leave you with the followig: What is Life? Life is a Challege, Meet it, Life is a Adveture, Dare it, Life is a Tragedy, Face it, Life is a Game, Play it, Life is a Sog, Sig it, Life is a Jourey, Complete it, Life is a Beauty, Praise it, Life is a Goal, Achieve it, Life is a Gift, Accept it, Life is a Sorrow, Overcome it, Life is a Duty, Perform it, Life is a Mystery, Ufold it, Life is a Opportuity, Take it, Life is a Promise, Fulfill it, Life is a Struggle, Fight it, Life is a Puzzle, Solve it, Sometimes life will take you to your kees, but the pai will ope spaces i your life for joy. Somebody has said, Life is like a oio. You have to peel it oe layer at a time ad sometimes you cry. Util ext moth, God Bless. Stay safe. March 13th Daylight Savig Time Begis!

10 10 Website: March 2016 Mark Your Caledar & Joi Upcomig Evets Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road; Webster, NY ~ Reservatio Lie: (585) Ticket Iformatio: Call Ruger 10/22 Camo 22 LR 2. Stoeger Coach Gu 20-Gauge 3. Tikka T3 Lite 300 Wi Mag 4. Browig BPS Huter, 12-Gauge CZ 455 Lux.22 Mag Bolt Actio 6. Beretta Outlader, 12-Gauge Savage Model LR Semi-Auto Damascus Shriers sprig sportsma s raffle Saturday, March 19th ~ 1 5 p.m. at Damascus Shrie Ceter, 979 Bay Rd, Webster Doatio: $20 Ticket icludes Hots, Burgers, Sausage, Salad, Soda ad Beer... Available all Day! All proceeds to beefit Damascus Shrie Ceter, 979 Bay Road, Webster * Proceeds for this evet are ot tax-deductible * 8. Beretta Outlader, 12-Gauge Hery Survival Rifle 22 LR Camo 10. Remigto 870 Express 12/26 Sy 11. Ruger 10/22 Take-Dow 22 LR 12. Savage B-Mag 17 WSM Bolt Actio 13. Remigto 870 Express Camo Turkey Hi-Viz 2016 Shriers Charity Fishig Evet proceeds to beefit Shriers Hospitals for Childre Wedesday, Jue 29th at Reel Excitemet Charters, Poit Breeze Cost - $130 per perso, Icludes 5-Hour Fishig Trip 4 people per boat - get a group together or come by yourself ad joi a group Luch at the famous Black North I (BNI) All participats meet at the BNI Parkig lot by 6:15 a.m., Otario Street; Ket Leavig the parkig lot at 6:30 a.m. promptly. Reservatios due by May 1st Book early to reserve your favorite boat/captai! Please make all reservatios through the Damascus Shriers Office at (585) or office@damascusshriers.org Mail paymet (Payable to Damascus Shriers) to: Damascus Shriers Att: Fishig Derby 979 Bay Road, Webster, NY For further iformatio, icludig lodgig, cotact Bob Sogi at reelxite@rochester.rr.com or Phoe (585) Gus i All! 14. Ruger America 22LR Bolt Actio 15. Browig A-Bolt III 270 w/ 3x9 Red Field 16. Savage Model Gauge Bolt Actio Camo 17. Savage Axis 308 w/ 3x9 Scope 18. Browig BPS Huter 20-Gauge Savage Model III Trophy 270 Wi/3x9 Scope 20. Beelli Nova 20-Gauge 26 Camo Joi the Damascus Shriers for a day of fu o the fabulous 6th Aual Seeca Casio Bus Trip Suday, April 3rd $35 per perso Gio Tours ad our Hostess, Carm, ivite you to sit back, relax ad have fu o the trip up ad back i a luxury coach. Icludes doatio to Shriers Hospitals for Childre Bus Trip, $20 Slot Dollars & $5 Food Voucher Pizza bread, wie, soda & water o trip up Sacks, cookies, raffles ad Karaoke by Carm o the way home All raffles for trip attedees. ITINERARY Meet at Shrie Ceter - Be Prompt! Bus leaves at 10:45 a.m. Sharp Arrive at Casio 1 p.m. Ejoy the Casio, shop or sightsee i Dowtow Niagara Falls, NY Bus departs at 6 p.m. Sharp Retur to Shrie Ceter approximately 7:30 p.m. This trip is ope to all - Shriers, Masos, OES, family ad frieds! Call early - oly 40 seats available! Call the Shrie Office at (585) to reserve your spot ad pre-pay with credit card, or sed a check to: Damascus Shriers, 979 Bay Rd Webster, NY Paymet with Reservatio is due i the Office by Moday, March 30th at Noo. Damascus Shriers Noble Brig-a-Brother Saturday, April 2d Oasis Opes - 5 p.m. ~ Dier - 6 p.m. 2 Carvig Statios, Sides ad Fixis by Forest Hill Caterig The potetial Cadidate, his spouse ad referrig Brother ad spouse are our dier guests; all others are $15 per perso. No reservatios accepted past Noo, March 28th Attire Expected Fez for all Members, Diva icluded. Nobles & Guests - Suit/Sport Coat & Tie; Diva - Diva Suit Have you bee thikig membership lately? If ot, do t wait ay loger. Get those Petitios to the Office. We have plaed a outstadig Noble Brig-a-Brother Program. If you have a potetial member for Shrie, brig them. If you have a potetial member for your Masoic Lodge who might be iterested i the Shrie later o, brig them.

11 March 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 11 were married last year, but delayed their departure. March Birthdays Here are the celebrats this moth: Patrick McWhiey (1st); Ralph Rizzo (3rd); Keeth Laza (4th); Clyde Siverd (8th); Adam Gerke (12th); Jay Rodgers (15th); Joseph Meli (19th); Roald Freida (20th); Douglas Fix (21st); Aaro Jordo (23rd); ad Carl Ester (31st). Happy birthday to oe ad all! See you i Lodge. 15 Fairport-Flower City Lodge No. 476 Fairport Masoic Hall 87 South Mai Street 2d & 4th Modays 7:30 p.m. W Paul McLaughli pmclaughli2000@gmail.com Scott W. Goyeo sgoyeo@gmail.com O behalf of all Lodge Brothers, I thak the members of Fairport Chapter, OES, for ivitig us ad recogizig our Lodge at their Maso Night o February 2d. It was the first opportuity to atted a OES meetig for a umber of Brothers, icludig myself. I look forward to future opportuities! 15 UNITY Lodge No d & 4th Modays, 7:30 p.m. 133 South Uio Street Specerport W Patrick Schwartz ; c) partsguy1@rochester.rr.com R W Clifford Short short4us@rochester.rr.com I fid it very hard to believe that it is already March ad we are lookig forward to Sprig startig i earest. Here is a look at the happeigs i Jauary. Aual Reports were give by the Treasurer, ad Trustees at our first meetig. O behalf of all our Brothers, I thak ad recogize the hard work these Officers put ito assurig the preset ad future health of our Lodge. The secod meetig was the Coferral of the 3rd Degree upo our two ewest Brothers, Thomas Ellis ad Ellis Oster, Sr. Thaks to the hard work of all participats the Degree was very smooth. We should all be proud of the work that we do. As of this writig, the Havea-Heart Campaig has just started ad I will report o the overall campaig i ext moth s article. However, I just wated to ote that our first day Chagig of the Guard Grad Lodge Sessios is fast approachig ad soo Moroe District will be meetig their ew Grad Officers Leadership Team. Jue 22d will be the official Apro Presetatio Dier whe we will exted our thaks to the outgoig crew ad welcome ad hoor the ew Team. Mark your caledar so you ca atted this prestigious affair i support of the ew Grad Officers. Festivities will be held at the Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road, Webster, begiig at 6 p.m. More details to follow. Fairport Flower City Lodge Sweethearts Dier o February 6th. The Lodge s Sweetheart Dier o February 6th was atteded by a doze Brothers ad their Ladies. It was a special eveig to toast our Ladies ad let them kow how importat their support is to us ad the Lodge. Keepig a eye to the Trestleboard, mark March 14th o your caledar for the Fellowcraft Degree ad mark April 25th for the 3rd Degree. Dates ad times of Degree rehearsals will be commuicated i advace by our Lodge. Oe last word of THANKS to all Brothers who cotributed their time to staff the Have-a- Heart Booth you make the Lodge proud! New Uity Lodge Masos flak W\ Patrick Schwartz. Left is Brother Thomas Ellis ad right is Brother Ellis Oester. was February 5th ad we had a icredible turout. I m sure that our cotributio to this woderful program will help assure its success! A Trestleboard is a board for the Craftsma o which to draw his plas ad desigs givig the workme a outlie of the work to be performed basically a blueprit. No matter how much forethought or plaig is put ito a desig, cotigecies sometimes arise that cause the blueprit to be adapted to better fit the ew coditios. So it is with our work. Circumstaces beyod our cotrol have caused me to chage our Trestleboard for March. We will still ejoy a Masoic Program about Brother Wolfgag Amadeus Mozart, preseted by R\W\ Steve Micheer o March 14th; however, our secod meetig will ow be the Lodge Walk-About preseted by W\ Michael Schwartz. As I said i last moth s article, we have ot see this i quite a while; it will be educatioal for all! We have bee blessed by a couple of ew Petitios recetly, so it appears that we will have a 1st Degree o April 11th. Stay tued for future details. March Birthdays Craig McCa (3rd); Adrew Laughi (9th); Robert Clark, Neil Laudry ad David Olse (14th); David Hagmier ad Joseph Picioli (28th); Orville Gravelle (29th); ad Harry Coover, Jr. (31st). 15 NORTHFIELD Lodge No st & 3rd Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. W Lace J. Daul lace.daul@ gmail.com W Joh A. Dudley, jdudley1@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford I hope everyoe is ejoyig this mild Witer we re havig. This is certaily a welcome break after last year s brutal weather. Plus Puxsutawey Phil predicted we ca look forward to a early Sprig. Sometimes Masory ca be a bit like the weather chagig rapidly ad without warig. This happeed to us with our Jauary Fellowship Night ad February meetigs! Jauary 7th saw us holdig our History of Masory meetig. Our Seior Deaco, Fracisco Cruz, put o a icredible dier! We all loved the food ad ejoyed some fellowship before the meetig. There was a lively ad thought-provokig discussio regardig where the Craft we all love came from. Of course, there are o right or wrog ideas, but it was very iterestig to hear everyoe s opiios. The discussio carried o for some time ad we all leared somethig ew for sure. Jauary 21st was our Fellowship meetig ad Juior Warde, Larry Stavaloe, made Chili for dier! Larry did a great job, as always. Nobody ever walks away hugry or dissatisfied from Stavaloe s cookig. As the opeig of this article suggested, we made chages to this meetig ad cotiued the discussio o the History of Masory from our Jauary 7th meetig. There were some ew thoughts added ad they were greatly appreciated. We also used some extra time to focus o some eeded buildig repairs. February 4th saw us holdig a 2d Degree with a Exemplar. Our Juior Warde, Larry Stavaloe, cooked agai this time makig Baked Ziti with Sausage ad Meatballs. Larry has set the bar icredibly high for himself but leaped over that bar with o problem with this meal. To top it off there were some amazig Cupcakes for dessert. Our Seior Warde, Jaso Morrisette, was i the East for this Degree ad did a great job. Thak you, Jaso, for directig this Degree ad your Ritual work. Juior Warde, Larry Stavaloe, did the Middle Chamber Lecture for the first time... a amazig job! Way to kock it out of the park, Larry. We were also fortuate to have a Brother visit us from Romaia. It was very iterestig to hear about Masory i Romaia ad lear about some of the differeces. We hope to have the Brother joi us agai i the future as it s always great to have visitig Brothers aroud! Waka-Hubbard Lodge No d & 4th Modays 7:30 p.m. W Doald C. Bell do_bell@hotmail.com R W Joh Zabel zabelj@midsprig.com 1822-A Pefield Road, Pefield By R\W\ Joh Zabel By the time you read this, we will have closed, or be close, to closig o the sale of our buildig i Pefield. The buyer has obtaied the proper fiaces to complete the sale. The ispectio of the buildig was scheduled for early February. We held our scheduled meetig o February 8th at the Lodge Hall. The purpose was to do busiess that eeded to be doe ad to get the pictures ad other Lodge property ready for storage. Brother Peter Derry has foud a mover to pick up our property ad take it to a storage facility. We will be storig our stuff util we decide what we eed to do with it. This is the first time the buildig has bee fully cleaed out sice it was built. Back i 2004 at the Buildig Ceteial, there was a effort to clea up the buildig, but there were may areas that were ot touched as obody ever wet ito those areas o a regular or semi-regular basis. We wish the ew ower success i their busiess eterprises i the buildig. Our future meetigs will be at the Webster Masoic Hall o Orchard Street i the Village of Webster. We are lookig forward to a good future there. Our 3rd Degree is scheduled for April 11th, which is the same eveig the ERAC Lodge will be holdig their 3rd Degree. Our is talkig to ERAC o the possibility of doig a joit Degree that eveig. We had a great 2d Degree with ERAC o Jauary 25th with three Cadidates from ERAC ad our Cadidate. We will make sure our Brother kows what will be happeig. Cotiued o Page N. Washigto Street, East Rochester (585) Over 100 YEARS OF SERVICE

12 12 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Waka-Hubbard Lodge (Cotiued from Page 11) March will be a time of trasitio as we become comfortable meetig at the Webster Masoic Hall. If you have t bee i the buildig, you will fid it to be a comfortable place to meet. There are stairs, but oly for half a floor ad there is a chair lift for those who have trouble with stairs. The diig ad refreshmet areas are very ice ad Webster Lodge has doe a good job with these areas ad the Lodge Room. We participated i the Havea-Heart Campaig o Wedesday, February 3rd at Eastview Mall. As of this writig we do ot kow how well we did, but the day was a little raiy ad widy. Hopefully, the shoppers were ot discouraged from comig to the Mall ad were geer- ous i their givig. We have leared that W\ Waye McCrosse ad family have moved to Nevada. For those Brothers who would like to get i touch with Waye, cotact the for his address. Comig i April or May there will be a party to itroduce our wives ad Brothers to Webster Masoic Hall. The party is i the plaig stage ad you will be iformed of the date ad time as the plas are completed. There are other thigs happeig with the Lodge ad we ecourage you to atted a meetig to fid out what they are ad what our future plas may be. Next moth we will have more iformatio o the Lodge ad meetigs, programs, etc., so stay tued (a old radio sayig). Stay warm ad ejoy this questioable weather. Moroe District Widows Lucheo Saturday, April 30th, 12 Noo Burgudy Basi Livigsto District District Deputy Grad - Douglas Staley Grad Steward R W Robert Cox robertcox56@aol.com There is always good ews i the Livigsto District. We joied with the Geesee-Wyomig District for traiig agai ad have fiished our Road to the East traiig o February 20th. We have had excellet traiig sessios from our Traiers, R\W\ Joh Gallat ad R\W\ Michael Grady. This Road to the East Program will help our ew s be prepared to move to the East ad have a great year. There is some Degree Work takig place aroud the District ad, if you ca help i ayway or just be preset, it helps leave a great memory to all our Brethre i the Fraterity. Our presece i the Commuity with the Have-a-Heart Cam- paig i the local Malls is aother way for us to be visible ad to show that we are always willig to help worthy charities like the Roald McDoald Houses. 15 Nuda Statio Lodge No st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. W Marcus A. Hugi superma.mah@gmail.com W Robert Cox, robertpcox56@aol.com Greetigs Brethre! Our first meetig of Jauary was our Aual Report Meetig. We also had a excellet Ham Dier. thaks to Juior Warde, Jim Va Sickle, Jr., for supplyig the delicious Ham! Our secod meetig was a Chili Cook-off to determie who would brig his Chili to the District Associatio Meetig the followig week. The wier was Radall Morris ad he wet o to place Secod at the Livigsto District Chili Cookoff! Great job! See you all at the ext meetig! The Masoic Care Commuity is available to assist ay New York State Maso avigate through the maze of health care optios for seiors. Whether you are iterested i accessig the exceptioal services of the Masoic Care Commuity or you eed help fidig the best care i your hometow. My Care Coectio ca assist you. This is a free service to Masos. Cotact us By 844-2ASK-MCC ( ) O the web By at mycare@mccy.com Otario/Seeca/Yates District Deputy Grad - R\W\ Joh C. Hubbard (607) District Deputy Grad Otario/Seeca/Yates District R W Joh C. Hubbard (607) johhubbard37@yahoo.com Time certaily marches alog. The chagig of the guard i May will be upo us i o time. May of us resist chage because of the ukow results, but without chage there is ever ay progress. Every Grad embraces chage for the bettermet of Masory. Our curret Grad ad Deputy Grad embrace chage. They have looked at some of the ways Masory has bee practiced ad have come up with the potetial chage of District cosolidatios to help the Craft survive with reduced erollmet. How may Lodges i the last te years have take a good look at their fiacial status, erollmet ad geeral welfare? I am willig to guess that we have all bee doig the same thig over ad over with the same result. If our Lodges i the Otario/ Seeca/Yates District do t become pro-active, our twelve Lodges may shrik to two or three i the ext few years. As a result, I have asked each Lodge i our District to prepare a Five-Year Pla ad preset it to the ew District Deputy o Jue 1, The Five-Year Pla format cosists of the followig: Visio Statemet: Oe paragraph aswerig what your Lodge should strive to become over the ext five years. Goals: Make a list of three log-term goals that traslate your Lodge s visio ito specific, measurable, attaiable, relevat ad timespecific objectives. Marketig Message to New Cadidates: What makes Masory differet from other orgaizatios? How will you attract ew members to your Lodge? What obstacles will you ecouter? Lodge Fiacial Status: Tabulate all Lodge icome from Dues, retals, diers, etc., each year mius the total cost of doig busiess. Iclude all expeses from Grad Lodge Dues, water, sewer, heat, buildig maiteace ad taxes. What is the Lodge s et profit or loss each year? List all Lodge accout balaces ad totals. If the Lodge has a et loss, divide the total Lodge accout balaces by the et loss. This figure will equal the umber of years util isolvecy. Our goal with the Five Year Pla is to stimulate thought about the future, both from a Masoic ad a fiacial stadpoit. Sad News Ad, some very, very sad ews, R\W\ James H. Rice, Grad Historia of the State of New York ad member of Caadaigua Lodge ad Milo Lodge, has laid dow his Earthly Workig Tools. Jim acted as my Metor i the past year-ad-a-half. He was a wise, steady ad passioate Maso. Our prayers go out to his wife Jea, ad his family. Jim will be greatly missed from the State level ad by the members of the O/S/Y District. Upcomig Evets The Table Lodge for Otario/Seeca/Yates will be held at Phelps Masoic Hall, o March 31st at 6:30 p.m. Also, the District Survivig Spouses Lucheo will be held at the Clifto Sprigs Coutry Club agai this year. Cotact R\W\ Eldo White for particulars ad reservatios at I thak my O/S/Y Team ad the etire District for their support durig the last year-ad-a- half. Grad Director of Ceremoies R\W\ Thomas C. Abraham abrahamtk@roadruer.com O Jauary 31, 2016 the O/S/Y District ad the Grad Lodge of the State of New York lost oe of its most precious jewels, R\W\ James H. Rice, who laid dow the Workig Tools of life. R\W\ Rice was a Metor to may i our District with Oatka Lodge - Cotiued from Page 3 Oce i a Blue Moo is Back! Our highly ejoyable Table Lodge returs this Summer. Two dates i discussio are either Friday, July 15th, or Friday, July 23rd. Stay tued for future developmets. Resposibility of the Chairs Just a remider if, for whatever reaso, Officers of Oatka are uable to atted a Regular Commuicatio, it is their resposibility to cotact a substitute to fill i for their absece. Joi us as we re-kidle the March 2016 his wisdom ad wise coucil. He was a calmig force i the District with his kowledge of Freemasory ad his getle demeaor. He will be sadly missed. His thirst ad iterest for history bleded well with his role as the Grad Historia for the Grad Lodge of the State of New York. He was the Rushville Historia ad loved to do research ad share his work with everyoe. He was a excellet teacher of history. We ca surely say about R\W\ James H. Rice, Well doe, good ad faithful servat; eter thou ito the joy of thy Lord. The O/S/Y District cotiues to be very active with several Masoic Evets takig place sice the first of the year. There have bee the three Degrees coferred o several me. Three Masoic Developmet Courses have bee taught to six ew Masos. The O/S/Y Associatio will be hosted by Ark Lodge at Phelps Masoic Hall (Garoga-Sicerity Lodge) o March 5th. Breakfast will be at the Blue Ribbo Restaurat i Phelps at 8:00 a.m. with the meetig to follow at the Lodge Hall. Joh Hodge Lodge has a 3rd Degree scheduled for March 21st. Garoga-Sicerity Lodge will host the O/S/Y Table Lodge o March 31st, with Past Grad Lecturer, R\W\ Robert Strag, Jr., as the guest speaker. I February, the O/S/Y District Participated i the Have-a-Heart Campaig at Eastview Mall. The DDGM, R\W\ Joh Hubbard, has asked each Lodge to develop a Five-Year Pla i preparatio for the future. It is our goal to see that each Lodge makes a effort to evaluate where they are, where they will realistically be i five years ad how will their goals be achieved. Items to be cosidered are membership, fiace ad doig the work of Freemasory i the District ad i each Lodge s commuity. Grad Lodge Plas Plas for the Grad Lodge Commuicatio i May are already uder way. The District s are all ecouraged to atted or sed a Proxy to represet your Lodge. The O/S/Y District Cotiget is plaig to take the trai from Syracuse ad will be stayig at the Pesylvaia Hotel. Hopefully, the ew DDGM ad Staff Officer ca cotiue the work begu by our predecessors ad cotiue to move the O/S/Y District forward ito a successful future. spirit of Oatka Lodge. Ay evet hosted by Oatka is guarateed to be a good time. Miss it at your ow peril ad disappoitmet. DON T OUTLIVE YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME! GUARANTEED! Call Berie Lazerso (585) for safety ad security---- A idepedet Broker/Aget with over twety-five years experiece FFCL #476

13 March 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 13 Waye District District Deputy Grad - R\W\ Joh P. Krest (315) District Deputy Grad R W Joh P. Krest (315) Waye District kremac7@gmail.com My sicere thaks to all those Brothers ad wives who participated i the Have-a-Heart Campaig at Eastview Mall. We had a great turout ad some fu times. I hope the District will cotiue to be a active participat i the years ahead. Good work for a worthy cause. Over a period of years as a of Palmyra Lodge, Drumli Square Lodge ad also as your District Deputy, I have eded just about all my ewsletters with a request for moetary support for the Brotherhood Fud ad especially our Masoic Home i Utica. This moth, I m reversig the order of thigs ad my request for your support for these worthy causes is right up here i the begiig of this article. The reaso beig that here is aother worthy cause that also requires us ALL to be participats. I realize we are asked to give, give ad give to so may causes that it becomes a real live pai i the behid to hear a request for moey every time we look aroud. Betwee requests i the Rochester Forest No. 133 Tall Cedars of Lebao of North America 4th Wedesdays, 7:30 p.m A Pefield Rd, Pefield Rob Russo, GTC robrusso3@gmail.com Doald C. Bell, Scribe do_bell@hotmail.com By Do Brugger, PDDSTC First, just a ote of clarity for our readers regardig the subtitles I use i these articles: Past - Idicates What has Happeed What Should Have Happeed - Plaed, but ot Guarateed What will Happe - Curretly Plaed or Expected to Happe I m ot scoldig or registerig a complait, but just tryig to tell it as I see it. Past The GTC has tried somethig a little differet the Jauary Meetig icluded the Ladies for dier. This was followed by a short Busiess Meetig, where a ew Woodsma was Iitiated (short form) ad the time for a little fu ad coversatio with the Ladies. Everyoe attedig seemed to ejoy that mail ad telephoe calls at all hours of the day from orgaizatios we ot oly ever heard of before, but have o idea where the moey really goes, it makes it difficult to respod to ONE MORE request for moey. As a Maso ad a Brother, you must have heard about, see with your ow eyes, or just maybe read about where our Brotherhood Fud moies go ad what a Jewel we have i Utica is all about. What are you waitig for? We o loger just support our distressed worthy Brothers, their widows ad orphas, but we recogize that our kowledge, abilities ad geerosity beefit all. So ope your wallet, write a check ad with as much as your heart ad meas allow GIVE. Grad Director of Ceremoies R W Alla Joe Gree adoiram32@ yahoo.com The Sprig Equiox is fast approachig with Sprig i the air. Ayoe remember the ice storm of 1991? I was workig professioally as a EMT i Rochester ad voluteerig for the Tow of Williamso at the time. Ayoe remember the blizzard of 1993 labeled The Storm of the Cetury by Natioal Weather Service? I was Supervisor of a divisio of 40 o-emergecy drivers. Both of these occurred i March whe ad thought it was a good idea. It looks like a little iovatio may brig a little more iterest from the distaff side. What Should Have Happeed I the last article, we leared that the Lodge Buildig is beig sold ad we asked for the voluteer of temporary storage places; that is still a eed. Sice that time we have leared that the closig of that sale has bee delayed slightly. We did, however joi i egotiatig for a ew veue ad have a offer from Northfield Lodge i Pittsford to ret there for Jauary through May ad October through December. This arragemet souds pretty good ad will be voted o at the ext meetig (February at Pittsford Masoic Hall, 7:30 p.m., which may be last moth, whe you read this). The fial arragemets should be worked out by that time. This is the oe of the reasos it is difficult to write this colum; the vote result will ot be official, util the ext issue. Our meetig beig late i the moth also creates a problem whe the deadlie for the Masoic Times is at the begiig of the moth. Ufortuately, some of us ca have as may as 13 meetigs per moth, ot icludig voluteer efforts, rehearsals, committee ad other acillary meetigs. This does t leave a lot of wiggle room to everyoe believed Witer was over. I do t mea to soud like a pessimistic harbiger because I m truly lookig forward to Sprig weather, but I m goig to hold off puttig away the sow shovel ad salt bucket ad fully celebratig Sprig for a few more weeks. May thaks to all the Brothers for soup, doggie bag box diers ad help durig my recuperatio from surgery. For those of you seeig my arm i a slig, the doc cut a bad portio of tedo out of my arm the sewed the tedo back together. He also scraped the boe ad removed tissue puttig pressure o the blood vessels i the arm. I wet for what I thought to be a routie cortisoe shot which tured ito a questio, Whe do you wat to schedule surgery? The doc is cofidet of full recovery. It hurt like si for few days, but already it feels much better tha before surgery. May Brothers are uaware, that Masos sposor Bigo Night at Blossom View Nursig Home i Sodus oce a moth. May other orgaizatios ad churches voluteer to fill the may activity time slots. Masos Bigo Night is the first Thursday every moth from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The project was started by Sodus Lodge who stepped forward a few years ago. Ay extra help is greatly appreciated. Kudos ad oe big attaboy to W\ Mike Cholach, of Waye Lodge ad all the Officers coferrig the 3rd Degree last Jauary. The Degree looked very ice ad was very well doe. Kudos ad oe big attaboy to W\ Rob Zai ad all Officers of Drumli Square Lodge who coferred chage our meetig ight. What Will Happe Our ext meetig is scheduled for March 23rd at Pittsford Masoic Hall. For dier prior to the meetig call the Scribe or GTC; both are listed i the header of this article. Keep promotig our membership effort; if you eed ay iformatio or a Petitio, please call Do Bell, Rob Russo or me O-At-Ka Lodge No :30 p.m., 2d & 4th Wedesdays W Erik P. Cradall epc_productios@yahoo.com W Timothy P. White imp@gmail.com 5 Brows Ave, Scottsville Officers of Waye Lodge who coferred the 3rd Degree. the 1st Degree i February. Moday of every moth at 6:00 Agai, the Degree looked very p.m. I m certai they will have a ice ad was well doe. I m certai dier prior to the 3rd Degree. I speak for Rob i exted- Drumli Square is plaig ig a big THANK YOU to all a 2d Degree o Wedesday, the Brothers of Waye Lodge March 2d, with their oe Cadidate who will the be Raised for the extra help coferrig the Degree. with the oe Cadidate at Every oce i a while, us Pulteyville o March 21st. old timers see a ewly Raised Waye Lodge is ot goig to Brother take o Q & A or a Chair ope Lodge March 8th; however, they will be holdig a Chili with a surprise of proficiecy. Waye Lodge Raised Brother Cook-off at 6:00 p.m. Mark Sulliva Jauary 16th ad Sodus Lodge has a Cadidate o February 2d Mark took the boucig o ad off ight-shift floor ceter stage with DDGM work. Their 1st Degree was Joh Krest at Drumli Square scheduled for February 16th. Lodge exchagig Questios & I m certai a Degree is o the Aswers very proficietly. Nice Trestleboard for March 1st ad/ job, Brother Mark!! or March 15th, but which oe? March looks to be a fairly Sodus has diers at 6:30 p.m. quiet moth for Lodges i the o the 1st ad 3rd Tuesdays of District. Presetly, the oly the moth, with a meetig at Lodges with aythig scheduled 7:30 p.m. are Pulteyville Lodge, scheduled Mario Lodge remais to cofer 2d ad 3rd De- dark i March. grees o March 7th ad March Peace be upo all of you ad 21st. They have a dier the first upo your households. Officers of Drumli Square Lodge who coferred the 1st Degree. Brother Leadro rocks a roller. By Mark Arlauckas Pay Your Dues We have Grad Lodge Assessmet, property tax, ad heatig bills due ow. We are really i eed for all Brothers of Oatka to make paymet of their 2016 Dues ad all arrears. Please mail your check today, or better yet, deliver it i perso. We would sicerely ejoy seeig you at our ext commuicatio. February Updates We kicked off the moth with our aual participatio i the Have-a-Heart Campaig. Staffig the Marketplace Mall Booth this year were Oatka Brothers Evar Miller, Doald Tubma the youger, Mark Arlauckas, Leadro DaSilva ad Tim White with wife, Shelli. O February 10th, Oatka Lodge hosted a public book talk to discuss The Devil at Geesee Juctio. Brother Do Tubma did a excellet job discussig details of his ivestigatio ad collaboratio of this local true crime ovel writte by Michael Beso. Brother Do s talk highlighted the key details of this seseless icidet, which forever chaged the lives of a etire commuity. His presetatio was very well received ad attedace was greater tha expected. March Commuicatios If you have a idea for future programs, please call me or brothermark759@aol.com As always, we meet o the 2d ad 4th Wedesdays of the moth. Mark your caledars for March 9th ad 23rd. We re too youg to forget ad too old for regret. Bars of the Geesee Valley Our program for March 23rd will feature a presetatio by Mr. Jim Bruer, a expert o bars. His talk will iclude the magificet Wells costructios dottig our coutrysides. This 7 p.m. program will be free ad Ope to the Public. Reovatio Progress Geuie ad oticeable progress is beig made o the Fellowcraft Room. We have slayed the drago of Overwhelmed ad ca ow see the light of completio burig brighter each day. We have developed a solid pla to create a veue for etertaimet, camaraderie ad relaxatio. A true ma cave dedicated to fosterig a stroger bod of Brotherhood through shared experieces ad thoughtprovokig coversatios. Whe completed, it will be a social destiatio ope to all Brethre i ad aroud old Moroe. Workdays are o most weekeds ad selected weekights. Stay i touch through Lodge s ad Facebook updates. facebook.com/groups/oatka759 More participatio is eeded over the ext few moths. Please spare some time to help out. If, i lieu of labor, you would rather make a doatio, please Cotiued o Page 3

14 14 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com March 2016 S C O T T I S H R I T E N E W S Chapter Rose Croix Cosistory Lodge of Perfectio Coucil of Prices of Jerusalem With probably 15 or 16 Brothers crowded aroud the large table at the Scottish Rite Meetig Room i the Valley Office, the Executive Committee meetig commeced. Similar Joh Lemke, 32, DSA Commader-i-Chief attedace has bee the orm at these mothly meetigs as of late. This is the group who plas the busiess, mothly programs, the Rite o the Road ad out-of-state excursios amog other popular programs. They write the iformative AASR articles i our Masoic Times. So Brothers, i a world of busy people with o time, set aside their time to help with successfully guidig our Valley of Rochester (it exteds all the way dow to the Pesylvaia Lie). I am very proud ad thakful for the effort ad success of everyoe ivolved ad the woderful programs ad evets they imagie, pla ad execute. We really do have a exceptioal Valley - largely because of our exceptioal members ad a leadership core who expects the best ad passes o the esprit de core that was passed o to them. It is a pleasure to work with such able ad dedicated Brothers. This hardly meas there are ot disagreemets at times as to the right course. Good me with the best of itetios may (ad will) disagree. We kow, of course, ot to take it persoally ad work to do so as harmoiously as possible. We are all workig to icremetally improve ourselves ad provide programs that guide improvemet while providig ejoyable ad ispiratioal opportuities for fellowship. I the Scottish Rite you ca be a active rather tha a passive ma. It is easy to get caught up i Rochester Chapter of Kights of Rose Croix By Stepha Micheer, 32 Most Wise Membership Chairma As sure as you are bor, you will lose someoe you love; someoe who mattered i your life, someoe who maybe eve raised you. We should take opportuity to remember those who have goe before us. I the February Issue of the Masoic Times, I wrote about the sigificace of the Feast of the Pascal Lamb from the perspective of both Judaism ad Christiaity. This is a evet that is coducted by the Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite, which pays homage to the Passover ad Easter traditios of our Jewish ad Christia Brethre. However, most importatly it is a remembrace of our Scottish Rite Brethre who have laid their Workig Tools to rest sice the last time the Feast was coducted i Not oly do we, as Masos, believe i the existece of a Supreme Beig. We also believe i the Immortality of the Soul. The Feast of the Pascal the circus part of the bread ad circus template that is today so much i vogue. We, i Masory, ad - particularly Scottish Rite Masory - take a rather differet road requirig more effort ad a willigess to swim agaist the tide. We help me lear ad experiece more fully what it is to be me ad to become the best ma, the best versio of themselves, they ca be. Bosto Bus Trip Check out the programs, evets, ad excursios you will fid metioed i these pages. If it is ot sold out yet, you may wat to look ito our bus trip to Bosto comig up i April to see all of the Lodge of Perfectio Degrees coferred i that oe weeked ad ejoy the fellowship of Brothers from other Valleys. Thrice Potet, Neil Bedford, has doe a exceptioal job of puttig this excursio together. Sprig Reuio Our Sprig Reuio will be o April 16th. Atted if you are able ad, of course, remember to ecourage Brothers to cosider further Light through the Scottish Rite. Cosider greater participatio. Our Valley offers may ways to participate from takig speakig or walk-o roles i Degrees, to workig with today s techology to ehace our Degrees ad programs, to orgaizig ad helpig with costumes, to participatig i appoited or elective Offices. If you would like to participate i our two live Degrees to be preseted April 16th, speak to Degree Director, Bruce Katz, for the 16th Degree or Lace Dual for the 26th Degree. There will be four Degrees preseted at our April 16th Reuio. Electio of Officers The Chairma of our Nomiatig Committee is Ill\ Joseph Bourcy, whom you should cotact if you have a iterest i a Office. Ask for a copy of our By-laws from our Valley, Ill\ Jack VaElzakker, if you are iterested i kowig the goverig rules of the Valley ad the rules for the upcomig May Electios. Ejoy the Sprigtime ow ufoldig ad your Scottish Rite experiece that awaits your discovery. Lamb proclaims this as we remember our departed Brethre ad ask that they be received ito God s gracious mercy ad protectio. This is profoudly sigificat, for we as Masos, whether you belog to the Scottish Rite or ot. I would ecourage every Brother s attedace at this beautiful ad deeply meaigful ceremoy. Feast of the Paschal Lamb O Suday, March 13th, the Valley of Rochester will hold the Feast of the Pascal Lamb. Social hour will begi at 3 p.m., with the program commecig at 4 p.m. ad a Chicke Cordo Bleu Dier will follow. This will occur at the Damascus Shrie Ceter. Spouses of departed Brethre ad a family member are the guests of the Valley. Otherwise the cost is $15. Dress for me is jacket ad tie. Rochester Coucil of Prices of Jerusalem By Bruce Katz, 32 Sovereig Price The 16th Degree, Price of Jerusalem, will be preseted at ext moth s Reuio o April 16th. This Degree exemplifies fidelity to duty ad devo- Helpig Families Share Memories sice Pre-Need & Medicaid Plaig Fueral & Crematio Services Memorial Evet Plaig David P. Crawford Licesed Maager 495 N. Wito Road Rochester, NY (Betwee Browcroft & Humboldt) (585) Our Missio: We will strive to be a fraterity that fulfills our Masoic obligatio to care for our members. AASR Valley of Rochester Officers Rochester Lodge of Perfectio Thrice Potet Neil Bedford, 32 Rochester Chapter of Kights of Rose Croix Most Wise Stepha Micheer, 32 Allegiace Rochester Coucil of the Prices of Jerusalem Sovereig Price Bruce Katz, 32 Rochester Cosistory Commader-i-Chief Joh Lemke, 32, DSA The Bodies of the Scottish Rite, sittig i the Valley of Rochester, State of New York, ackowledge ad yield allegiace to the Supreme Coucil, 33, Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasory for the Norther Masoic Jurisdictio of the Uited States of America, whose Grad East is i Lexigto, Massachusetts ad whose officers are: Ill Joh William McNaughto, 33 Sovereig Grad Commader Ill Robert F. Ogg, Jr., 33 Grad Miister of State Ill Peter J. Samiec, 33, Grad Almoer Past Deputy for New York Ill P. Michael Nielse, 33 Active Members for New York Ill Gail N. Kemp, 33 Grad Lieuteat Commader Ill David P. Specer, 33 Deputy for New York State Ill Stephe R. Whittaker, 33 Grad Geeral of Ceremoies Ill G. Michael Morris, 33 Active Emeritus Members for New York Ill James F. Niehoff, 33 Ill Richard H. Welkley, 33 Ill Frederick D. Greee, 33 Ill Harold L. Aldrich, 33 Ill Bruce Widger, 33, Past Deputy/New York Ill Gary A. Heigse, 33 Ill Edward R. Trosi, 33 Past Grad Miister of State; Past Deputy for New York Deputy's Represetative - Ill Charles O. Hacock, 33 Assiged Active - Ill G. Michael Morris, 33 Ill Jack VaElzakker, 33 M. Doald Darroh, 32 (2018) Ill Gle A. Stahl, 33 (2017) Trustees Treasurer Ill Robert L. Aderso II, 33 Gary L. Burke, 32 MSA (2016) Ill Charles R. Frear, 33 (Emeritus) 811 Ayrault Road, Suite 3, Fairport, NY Office (585) ; (800) secretary@valleyofrochester.org Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite Websites: Valley of Rochester, AASR New York State Coucil of Deliberatio Supreme Coucil, Norther Masoic Jurisdictio Childre s Dyslexia Ceter - I Hoor of Frak & Bette Paul 144 Metro Park, Suite 1, Rochester, NY Office (585) ; Fax (585) ; dyslexia.ceter.rochester.y@gmail.com A Kaczka, Learig Ceter Director Joh W. Paul, Chair, Board of Goverors tio to truth. As good me seekig to become better, the quest for truth is our laudable pursuit. Remaiig steadfast i this edeavor i face of temptatios ad diversios is as timeless a test i today s world as it was durig the time of the Secod Temple. Zerubbabel s resolve faces a trial which would challege the best of me. Come see how his resolutio helps guide him to follow the right path of actio. Scottish Rite Ambassador Program By Bruce Katz, 32 Valley Ambassador Chairma Brothers, oe of the goals for the Ambassador Program is to maitai telephoe cotact with every Brother of our Valley. While there are may voluteers who will be makig these calls, we ca use help. If you are iterested i callig Brothers i your Lodge or eighborig Lodges, please cotact me, your Lodge Ambassador or your District Ambassador. If a Brother is i eed, we ca escalate his eeds to the Valley. However, just a friedly voice may be a great gift which we are all able to give. The curret District Ambassadors are: Geesee-Wyomig & Livigsto Neil Bedford bedford67@gmail.com Moroe Bruce Katz brucek8189@aol.com Orleas Garry Craker gcraker@icloud.com Steube Mike Koval mpksek@gmail.com

15 March 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 15 From the s Desk By Ill\ Jack VaElzakker, 33 Oe of the thigs that has always impressed me about Masory is the large umber of members who have stayed i the Craft for so may years. At preset, our Valley has 24 members with 60 or more years of membership teure. Our most seior teured members are Robert L. Howe, Robert P. Hut ad Lloyd C. Verbridge with 68, 67 ad 66 years of membership, respectively. What a fatastic accomplishmet for each of these Brothers. By age, our Valley s seior members are Albert C. Ma ad Arthur Sobel who are both 100. They are followed by Frak J. DeSatis, Harold S. B. Hager ad Wallace W. Wager who are 99, 98 ad 97, respectively. We have 50 more members who have reached 90 or more. March Birthdays Happy Birthday to those celebratig i March. Larry Pritchard, Richard Trescot ad Cyril White (1st); Murray Kellogg ad Michael Wood (2d); Bruce Katz, Craig 2016 Scottish Rite Scholarships Eligibility Requiremets Abbott Scholarships are oly for childre of Scottish Rite Members of the Norther Masoic Jurisdictio. NY COD Scholarships are oly for gradchildre of Scottish Rite Members of oe of the Valleys of New York State. Refer to for applicatio forms ad eligibility istructios. Must be curretly attedig a recogized college or uiversity ad must submit a curret trascript showig a 2.75 or better GPA plus at least oe letter of recommedatio ad a recet FAFSA Form. High school Seiors are eligible. The appropriate applicatio must be used, must be legible ad fully completed. Icomplete applicatios will ot be cosidered for a scholarship. Applicatios should be mailed to the Valley to which the sposorig father or gradfather belogs ad must be received at that Office by April 1, Applicatios are olie at the appropriate website. Applicatios for Valley of Rochester should be mailed to: Valley of Rochester, AASR Att: Scholarship Chairma 811 Ayrault Road, Ste. 3 Fairport, NY McCa ad Vardell Swett (3rd); C. Ala Berkebile, Robert Doah, Keeth Miler ad Scott Waldeis (4th); Bria Dietz ad Edward Miller III (5th); Gle Scott ad Stuart Walthour (6th); Hugh James ad Robert Motgomery (7th); David Ferguso ad Richard Topel (8th); Jeffrey Quartley ad Doald Scherpf (11th); James Alla, William MacPherso ad Hugh Tehage (13th); Joh Bryce, Robert Clark, Gle Hedges, Neil Laudry ad George Sprigett (14th); Sherwi Isaacs (15th); Chapi Blake (16th); Richard Miles (17th); Vicet Micciche, Jr. (18th); Joh Warer (19th); William Bucholtz ad Orville Gravelle (20th); J. David Kallebor (21st); Eldo White (22d); Saford Aaroso ad Clayto Ruggles (23rd); Daiel Gerwig (24th); Lloyd Verbridge (27th); Lace Daul, Albert Ma (28th); Robert Scogga ad Rudolph Vogel (29th); James Wheeler (30th); ad Armad Gallucci ad Timothy McGee (31st). Masory i the Corig Area By Distiguished Brother Frak Hamm, 32 MSA, Valley of Corig Plaig the Corig Masoic Temple It was i 1907 that members of the Scottish Rite bega studyig the matter of buildig a Masoic Temple i Corig. Ill\ Hugh Kedall was elected a represetative from Corig Cosistory to meet with a Trustee from Paited Post Lodge No. 117 ad a Represetative from Corig Chapter No. 190, RAM, to pla a Corporatio. This group purchased the Joes lot at Erie Aveue ad Walut Street for $8,000. Later it was determied that the property did ot meet the requiremets of a Masoic Temple. O Jue 24, 1910, the Walker Property o the other side of the tracks was purchased. It is o that site that the Masoic Cathedral ow stads. The origial property was sold a few years later, with the committee recoverig all that had bee paid for it. Reuio Baquets were held i various places durig this period before the Cathedral was erected. Oe was held at the Dickiso House. The meu cosisted of Little Neck Clams o the Half-shell, Relishes, Salted Almods, Cream of Tomato Soup, Broiled Whitefish, Saratoga Chips, Chicke Croquettes, aux Frech Peas, Pieapple Ice, Migo Filets, Creamed Potatoes ad Asparagus, Champage Puch, Lobster Salad, Wafers, Vailla Ice Cream, Assorted Cakes, Lady Figers, Edam Cheese, Baquet Wafers, Coffee, cigars ad cigarettes. The Brothers ejoyed eatig! The Toast List: Our Ispiratio, by Warre J. Cheey; Our Fraterity, by the Rev. A. W. Ebersole; Our Temple Foudatios, by the Rev. J. C. Ball; Our Affiliatios, by the Rev. Joh Kox; Our Visitors, by oe of them; ad Out Class, by oe of the members. O May 9, 1918, some 300 members ad visitig Brothers walked to the City Hall where the Easter Star Chapter prepared the dier. It was here that Ill\ Frak B Hower, 33, of Buffalo, who had become a Hoorary Member of the Corig Cosistory, proposed givig $40,000 to the Valley of Corig to assist i startig a move toward the costructio of a Cathedral. It was this offer, together with fuds already held by the Masoic Temple Associatio, that sparked immediate actio. Subsequetly it was decided to erect a Scottish Rite Cathedral with provisios for housig all departmets of the Masoic Brotherhood. Valley of Rochester AASR Almost Sprig 2016 MARCH March 3rd - Rite o the Road Presetatio Mozart at Webster Lodge Brothers from other Lodges are welcome to atted March 13th - Feast of the Paschal Lamb Light Refreshmets - 2:30 p.m. ~ Program - 3:00 p.m. Dier followig (**) Meu: Chicke Cordo Bleu, Rice Pilaf, Gree Beas, Carrot Cake This is a special Program of Remembrace for our Departed Brothers March 17th - Meetig ad Program at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Meu: Irish Stew with Biscuits, Salad ad Ice Cream Program - Lodge Room Surprise Skit You Ca t Do It APRIL April 8th 10th - Bus Trip to Valley of Bosto Valley Presetatio of 5 View Degrees 4 through 14 April 16th - Reuio at Shrie Ceter 4, 5, 16 ad a Video Degree (TBA) Coffee & Douts - 8 a.m. ~ Degrees - 9:30 a.m. ~ Luch April 21st - Meetig ad Program at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Meu: Chicke Frech, Rice Pilaf, Apple Pie MAY May 7th - Reuio Baquet at Cobblestoe Creek Coutry Club (**) May 19th - Electio Meetig ad Istallatios at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Meu: Grilled Steak, Baked Potato Please otify the Office if you have a special diet requiremet. We will do our best to help so you ca atted diers. ** Reservatios Required! Do t be Late! Due by Noo o Modays (585) or secretary@valleyofrochester.org Go to Valley Caledar for more details: Our permaet meal reservatio list is available for your mothly meetig coveiece. Just ask! Save the Dates! Summer Activities Saturday, July 16th 11th Aual Family Clambake & Steak Roast at Camp Morris A ejoyable day of food ad fellowship for Valley families. ~ ~ ~ ~ Saturday, August 13th Scottish Rite Day at Darie Lake A fatastic opportuity for Valley parets ad gradparets to treat the yougsters to a day of fu, rides ad water slides at a super bargai price before school restarts. S C O T T I S H R I T E N E W S Lodge of Perfectio Coucil of Prices of Jerusalem Chapter Rose Croix Cosistory

16 16 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com York Rite NEWSMarch Hiram Chapter No. 62 2d & 4th Thursdays 7:30 p.m. R E Joh Zabel, High Priest H) zabelj@midsprig.com R E Charles M. Roberts, cholyoe@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford What s Happeig It is great to report that the Chapter is doig well this year. We had attempted to pla the Most Excellet (MEM) ad Royal Arch (RA) Degrees for late Jauary, but were uable to get the casts together i time. We are tetatively plaig the Royal Arch Degree for April. We eed to cofirm oe or more of the major parts prior to settig a date. We hope the Compaios who atteded the Most Excellet Degree were impressed with our work. The Chapter has sufficiet Compaios to do the Degree work ad we look forward to Compaios voluteerig for various parts of the Degrees. As you read this, the Grad Chapter will have met ad a ew Grad High Priest elected ad istalled. He is the M\E\ Raymod Roche. We wish him a great year as Grad High Priest ad are lookig forward to his programs for the year. We uderstad we will be doig more work uder his leadership, so stay tued for more iformatio o what we will be doig i the comig year. There are may thigs happeig i the Chapter ad we ecourage our Compaios to come to our Regular Covocatios to fid out what is happeig ad how they could, if they so desire, become ivolved i the growth ad stregtheig of the Chapter. We have ot yet set the date for the York Rite Picic, but it will ot be o the Chapter s Regular Meetig ight i Jue. We are lookig for a good weeked to hold the picic so more Compaios ad members of the other York Rite Bodies ca atted ad have a great time. Musigs The Most Excellet Degree has bee discussed i the colum o occasio, but I thought it would be appropriate to add a few poits about it ow. This is the oly Degree i Freemasory where somethig is completed. This Degree commemorates the completio of the Temple of Solomo i Jerusalem. With the completio of the Temple, the workme o loger eed their workig tools or dress as workme. This is all part of the Degree. The Degree also otes ad exemplifies that the Temple, although fully costructed, is ot complete util dedicated ad the proper furishig are i their proper place. What the furishigs are ad where they are placed is all part of the Degree. If you have forgotte, you eed to witess it agai. If you are ot a Royal Arch Maso, you eed to take the Degree to fid out. Now let s look at the Royal Arch Degree. There is a portio of the Degree where the Cadidate passes the Veils. This is a iterestig part as the passig of the Veils is ot part of the Eglish Costitutio Royal Arch Degree. The passig of the Veils is doe uder some Eglish Costitutio Chapters, but is ot part of the Royal Arch Degree. There is a move i Eglad to put the passig of the Veils back ito their Degree. We will see if this is completed. Why is the passig of the Veils importat to our Degree? Well, it shows that the Cadidate has take the prior Degrees ad kows the pass ad sig for the prior Degrees whe he is workig through to become a workma o the Secod Temple, that of Zerubbabel. As they start their work, they fid that which was lost ad brig it to light. The passig proves them worthy ad they the prove themselves further worthy by what they fid. If this is cofusig to the reader, the, if you are a Compaio, you eed to witess the Royal Arch Degree. If you are ot a Compaio, you should cosider becomig a Cadidate for the Degrees ad lear their meaigs. There is much that ca be leared i Freemasory takig the first three Degrees is just a start. Util ext moth, poder what we have give you to poder ad we hope our Compaios will take the time to witess our Degrees, ad, if ispired, take a part i the work. Doric Coucil No. 19 Cryptic Masos (Chartered 1861) 3rd Wedesday Illustrious Ill\ Doald Kuego Joh A. Dudley, Recorder jdudley1@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford Let s hope Old Ma Witer cotiues to brig mild weather to esure our Brothers are safe durig their Masoic travels. Puxsutawey Phil projected a early Sprig! Before our November ad December meetigs, a sufficiet umber of Coucil members gathered for dier at the Pittsford Coal Tower Restaurat. The Shrimp Dier cotiues to be official meal of choice. Upo opeig of the Coucil, special recogitio was give to our Grad Lodge ad District Officers: DGM, R\I\ Garry Hutchurso; DDGM, R\I\ Joh Gallat; R\I\ Deis Parmerter ad AGL, R\I\ Norm Austi. Sickess ad Distress It was oted that M\I\ Leoard Maso had eye surgery ad Do Elligham, Joh Burger ad Vic Versace were ill. A Get Well Card was set to each. It was reported by M\I\ Charles Roberts ad R\I\ Deis Parmerter that Palmyra Coucil No. 26 voted to merge with Doric Coucil No. 19. A motio was made, secoded ad passed by Doric Coucil to accept the vote by Palmyra Coucil ad merge with them. Our Masoic Travelers Iformatio Sessio seds a special Thak You to the followig Masoic Travelers who etertaied us with very iformative talks ad discussios about their experieces: R\I\ David Taber, a visitor of Palmyra Coucil, etertaied us with a talk about his Masoic travels durig his last trip to Eglad. Seems that, if you pla o attedig Lodge i ad aroud Lodo, make sure you pack a black suit as it is the color of choice. Also, upo visitig the Tower of Lodo he leared that most of the Beefeaters are Masos ad they cover their work whe they give you a hadshake. M\I\ E. William Whittaker led a lively discussio about his Masoic travels i Scotlad. Of particular iterest were the uique Masoic rigs he observed. If you have iterestig Masoic Travels, be sure to share them with your Brothers ad become part of our Masoic Travelers iformatio sessio. Do t forget to visit the Grad Coucil s website at: ad take advatage of the Educatio ad Iformatio sectio! Keepig i mid that Doric Coucil meets oce a moth, please make every effort to atted as may meetigs as your Cabletow allows. Please iform Recorder, Joh Dudley, if you pla to atted dier at the Coal Tower Restaurat, Pittsford. We gather at 6 p.m. May God Bless Our Service Me ad Wome i harm s way protectig our Great Coutry ad May God Bless America. See you i the quarries! Cyree-Moroe Commadery No. 12 Chartered 1993 Commader SK Beedetto Vitullo bbvusa@rochester.rr.com Recorder SK Charles M. Roberts cholyoe@rochester.rr.com 3rd Moday 17 Church Street, Pittsford The Zoe 8 Coucil Officers Meetig was held o Jauary 31st at Pittsford Masoic Hall. As of that meetig, the Aual Ispectios are plaed: March 17th DeMolay April 16th - Sagoyewatha All are preparig to their best to carry o the strog traditios of their respective Commaderies. April 18th - Cyree-Moroe Jue 12th - The ext meetig 2016 of Zoe 8 Coucil will be held durig the Aual Picic at the Home of Bill Wright. Thak you, Bill, for providig us with your residece to hold our gatherig. PART II - Foudig of the Kights Templar About 20 years after the coquest of Jerusalem ad the creatio of a Lati Empire, the Templars first appeared o the scee of history. Otherwise kow as Templars or Kight Templar, the Order s full ad proper ame was Poor-Fellow Soldiers of Christ ad the Temple of Solomo. The Order was fouded i 1118 by ie Kights: Hugues de Payes, Geoffrey de St. Omer, Rossal, Godamer, Geoffrey Bisol, Paye de Motdidier, Archambaud de St. Agat, Adre de Motbard ad the Hugh Cote de Champage. Thus was quietly bor oe of the most talked-about, effective ad powerful orgaizatios of Medieval Europe. These ie Kights preseted themselves to Baldwi II, the Emperor of Jerusalem, askig him to assig them the resposibility of protectig the lives ad property of the may Christia pilgrims ow flockig to Jerusalem from all over Europe. The Emperor kew Hugues de Payes, the first Grad of the Order, well eough to grat the ie their request. Accordigly, the district where Solomo s Temple oce stood (ad by the icluded the site of the al-aqsa Mosque, which survives to this day), was allocated to the Order of the Templars, thus givig the Order its ame. The Temple Mout thus remaied the Order s Headquarters for the ext 70 years util, followig the Battle of Hatti, the great Islamic commader Saladi recoquered Jerusalem for the Muslims. The Templars had established themselves there by choice, because the site of the Temple represeted the earthly power of Prophet Solomo; ad the remats of the Temple cotaied big secrets. Protectig the Holy Lad ad the Christia Pilgrims was the official reaso the ie fouders gave for joiig forces ad for creatig the Order i the first place. But the true reaso behid it all was altogether differet. I 1118, ie Kights Crusaders i the East, amog who were Geoffroi de Sait-Omer ad Hughes de Payes, cosecrated themselves to religio. The Order s missio of the Templars was to protect the Christias who came to visit the Holy Places but their secret missio was the rebuildig of the Temple of Solomo o the model prophesied by Ezekiel. There is o evidece that these foudig Templars ever gave protectio to pilgrims, but o the other had, we were soo to fid that there is coclusive proof that they did coduct extesive excavatios uder the ruis of Herod s Temple (as Solomo s temple was called after Herod rebuilt it). The real aim of the ie Kights was to carry out research i the area, i Order to obtai certai relics ad mauscripts thought to be buried withi. The Templars soo etered a phase of rapid growth. I 1128, the Papacy officially recogized the Order of the Templars, ad so did the Coucil of Troyes; the Order was officially fouded. I the Order s developmet ad progress, the sigle most importat perso is udoubtedly St. Berard who became the Abbot of Clairvaux at the youg age of 25. He rose i the Catholic Church s hierarchy to become a spokesma for the Church with the Pope ad the Frech Kig. It must be added that he was a cousi of Adre de Motbard, oe of the fouders of the Order. The Templar Rule was writte accordig the priciples of the Cistercia Order to which St. Berard beloged-or short, the Templars adopted the rules ad orgaizatio of this moastic Order. But most of their rule ever wet ay further tha beig writte dow ad recogized. St. Berard s documet, De Laude Novae Militae, or Book to the Kights of the Temple swept through Christedom like a torado, ad i o time the umber of Templar recruits icreased. At the same time doatios, gifts ad bequests, from Moarchs ad Baros throughout Europe, were arrivig regularly o the Templar doorstep. With a staggerig rapidity, the fledglig little bad of ie Kights grew ito what we refer to as Order of the Temple. With this documet, the Templars obtaied uprecedeted privileges ot grated to other Orders ad became the most successful military, commercial ad fiacial orgaizatio i Medieval Europe. As their leged ad reow spread from mouth to mouth, they became a multi-atioal compay with seemigly ulimited capital ad fiacial resources ad tes of thousads of traied employees. Fridays through March 25th Fish Frys Durig Let Fresh Haddock Cole Slaw Frech Fries or Baked Potato Take-out & Advaced Eat-i Orders Starts at 4:30 p.m. Call (585) Eat-i Starts 5:00 p.m. til Sold Out at Masoic Commuity Ceter, 12 Bak Street, LeRoy Sposored by Olive Brach Lodge